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Best Of – Volume I (Van Halen album)

Best Of – Volume I is the first greatest hits album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released on October 22, 1996.

The album does not contain any songs from the band's 1982 album Diver Down. Best Of – Volume I also features "Humans Being", the band's contribution to the Twister soundtrack. The two newly recorded songs, "Can't Get This Stuff No More" and "Me Wise Magic", at the end of the album are with original lead vocalist David Lee Roth. These two songs were released as singles to promote this compilation. They are also the last songs recorded and released by the original Van Halen lineup of Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Roth and Michael Anthony. Some demos recorded by the original lineup in 2000 would later be re-recorded by the Van Halen brothers, Wolfgang Van Halen, and Roth for A Different Kind of Truth, released in 2012. Anthony did not play with Van Halen again following the band's 2004 tour. He was replaced by Eddie's son Wolfgang.

Initial pressings of the album contained an alternate edit of "Runnin' with the Devil" where the verses, chorus and solos were arranged in a different order than that of the original album version. It was reported that this was accidental and subsequent pressings have replaced this version with the one found on Van Halen. However, some radio stations still play this erroneous version of the song.

The album itself sparked a great deal of in-band controversy because of the personnel issues surrounding the band at the time. Sammy Hagar by this time had been a member of Van Halen for eleven years, equal to the amount of time as the previous lead vocalist, David Lee Roth. Hagar saw his conflicts with the Van Halen brothers grow while recording earlier in 1996 for the Twister soundtrack, resulting in the song "Humans Being" (eventually included in Best Of) and an unfinished track called "Between Us Two". When called about completing "Between Us Two" for a greatest hits album, Hagar was angry given his opposition to such a compilation as opposed to an entirely new album of new material, declaring that “We’re not a greatest-hits kind of band. We made great albums and sold out concerts all over the world, and we do not need to rely on the past. . . . We spent 11 years trying to bury the past and make the music different and expand and grow.” Eventually he left the band in June, and the Van Halens began working with David Lee Roth on new material for inclusion on the disc. This was not to last, as Roth and Eddie Van Halen clashed publicly and the band once again was without a lead singer, before hiring Gary Cherone. All songs except "Humans Being", "Can't Get This Stuff No More", and "Me Wise Magic" are included on the band's subsequent greatest hits album The Best of Both Worlds (2004).

Despite the aforementioned friction, the album went on to win Metal Edge magazine's 1996 Readers' Choice Award for "Best Hits or Compilation Album". Hagar shares the accolade with Roth, since the album features material from both singers.

Personnel
Van Halen

 * David Lee Roth – lead vocals (tracks 2–8, 16 & 17)
 * Sammy Hagar - lead vocals (tracks 9-15)
 * Eddie Van Halen - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
 * Michael Anthony - bass, backing vocals
 * Alex Van Halen – drums, percussion

Production

 * Glen Ballard – producer (tracks 16, 17)
 * Bruce Fairbairn – producer (tracks 14, 15)
 * Andy Johns – producer (tracks 12, 13)
 * Mick Jones – producer (tracks 9, 10)
 * Don Landee – engineer (tracks 1–11), producer (tracks 9–11)
 * Erwin Musper – engineer (track 15)
 * Ted Templeman – producer (tracks 1–8, 12, 13)
 * Van Halen – producer (tracks 9–13)

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Sahara (1983 film)

Sahara is a 1983 British-American adventure drama film directed by Andrew McLaglen and starring Brooke Shields, Lambert Wilson, Horst Buchholz, John Rhys-Davies and John Mills. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone.

Plot
In 1928, R. J. Gordon dies in a practice run before he can drive his new race car in the Trans-African Auto Race through the Sahara Desert. To save her father's dream, and win the prize money, Gordon's beautiful daughter, Dale, makes plans to drive his car. To this end, Dale disguises herself as a man and, with the help of her father’s friends, takes his place in the race.

Dale is an excellent driver and has a good chance to win the male-only race. Soon after crossing the start line Dale discards her hat and mustache, thus revealing to the other racers that she is a woman. While taking a short-cut, she comes close to a tribal war between Bedouin factions. Another racer, the German Von Glessing, also takes the same short-cut in order to supply weapons to the evil leader of the two warring tribes.

Dale and her crew are captured by Rasoul, the uncle of the good leader of the warring tribes. The good leader, Sheikh Jaffar, had seen Dale from afar and desired her, so he rescues her from his uncle by claiming Dale as his bride. Dale marries Jaffar and escapes the next morning in her car to attempt to finish the race. She is captured by the evil leader before she can complete the race, but a stowaway gypsy child runs back to Jaffar to tell him of Dale's capture. Meanwhile, Dale is thrown into a pit of leopards. Jaffar rallies his men, rescues her and allows her to return to drive in the race. Dale wins the race, and when celebrating sees Jaffar's horse nearby. She bids farewell to her crew, mounts the horse, and returns to Jaffar.

Cast

 * Brooke Shields as Dale Gordon
 * Lambert Wilson as Sheikh Ahmed Al Jaffar
 * Horst Buchholz as Heinrich Von Glessing
 * John Rhys-Davies as Rasoul
 * John Mills as Cambridge
 * Ronald Lacey as Beg
 * Cliff Potts as String
 * Perry Lang as Andy
 * Terrence Hardiman as Captain Brownie
 * Steve Forrest as R. J. Gordon
 * Tuvia Tavi as Enrico Bertocelli
 * David Lodge as Ewing
 * Paul Maxwell as Chase
 * Yosef Shiloach as Halef

Development
The film was supposedly inspired by the then British Prime Minister's son, Mark Thatcher, who became lost in North Africa in 1982 during an auto rally. It also came about due to the box office success of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Menahem Golan's fondness for the Rudolph Valentino film The Sheik (1921).

In May 1982 it was announced Guy Hamilton would direct Brooke Shields in Sahara with a $15 million budget. It was one of the biggest budgeted films from Cannon Films.

Shields' fee was reportedly $1 million or $1.5 million. Her mother Teri Shields was executive producer with a fee of $25,000.

Teri said she wanted the film "to be cute and light and I wanted a fatherly director, who would play with her, smack her around, have fun. I don’t want anyone looking at her like a woman yet. It’s not time.” There were reportedly eight rewrites at the behest of Shields' mother and two directors quit before filming started.

Finding the male lead took over a year. “I wanted someone as handsome as could be with an unusual accent,” said Teri. Among those considered were Ted McGinley (“I darkened his hair and had him grow a beard, but he couldn’t get the accent” said Teri); Adnan Khashoggi's son Khaled (“He is a gorgeous boy, but he’s not an actor”); and John Kennedy Jr. (“He’s dark, handsome as hell and what a physique, but can you imagine the press if he co-starred with Brooke? The film would get lost. Besides, I didn’t think his mother would let him”). Vincent Spano, who had played a character called "The Sheik" in Baby It's You said he was offered the role but turned it down. "I wondered if it would be good for my career to play another sheik," he said. "Also, didn't want to be standing around in the Sahara Desert waiting for Brooke to fix her eyelashes." Eventually Lambert Wilson got the role.

"Brooke is the most beautiful creature on earth," said Golan. "She is the genie of the desert and Lambert is a wildman, but educated. He wants to rape her, but he controls himself. We are not afraid here of clichés. I want a beautiful romantic blockbuster where all American kids will identify.”

Shooting
Filming began in August with Andrew McLaglen as director. Sahara was partially filmed in the Negev Desert of southern Israel near the city of Elat.

The fashions were designed by Valentino, who said 1925 was one of his favourite years: "It was a fantastic moment, full of fantasy and ideas. A time when women changed for tea, and then for dinner and then for a ball."

Shields later said, "It was fun being in Israel for four months and driving a car." She was injured during filming when she was thrown from a car she was driving, landing on her back and bruising her ribs. She stated that this incident was the closest she'd ever come to death.

Filming ended in February 1983, after which Shields enrolled in Princeton University.

"It was enjoyable to be in the Negev desert and in Eilat and sort of in the Dead Sea, but the experience of it and living there for that long was definitely more memorable than the movie itself was," said Shields.

Reception
The film was meant to come out in December 1983. The release was delayed until February 1984. "We couldn't get the theatres we wanted at Christmas so the decision was to wait," said an MGM/UA spokesman. Other reports said the decision to push back a release were made after poor previews.

It was released only in the West Coast states. "We decided to open it in half the country to see what we had," said MGM.

It made $550,848 on 344 theaters on the West Coast - a per screen average of only $1,601. The Chicago Tribune called the film "a dog". It ended up making $1.2 million.

Accolades
At the 1984 Razzies, Brooke Shields was nominated for Worst Actress and won Worst Supporting Actor as "Brooke Shields (with a moustache)", making her the first and only actress to win this award.

One of the cars made for the film, a replica 1932 Hispano-Suiza H6C, was put up for auction in 2015.

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Timothy Olsen

Timothy Olsen (born 1989) is an American business author. He wrote The Teenage Investor: How To Start Early, Invest Often and Build Wealth which was published by McGraw-Hill in 2003 when he was 13 years old.

Early life
Olsen began investing at age 8 and has since become an advisor on financial matters for children and teens. He advocates an investment strategy utilizing index funds and asset allocation tailored to specific investment needs and goals. He is from Cranford, New Jersey.

He has written for a variety of sources, including IndexFunds.com, Minyanville, Morningstar.com, SageTrade.com and The Weekly Standard. He has appeared on national TV programs including CNBC's Power Lunch with Bill Griffeth, a Bloomberg Thanksgiving Day special in 2003, PBS's Nightly Business Report with Paul Kangas and FOX 5 New York's Good Day, New York.

Publications

 * The Teenage Investor: How to Start Early, Invest Often and Build Wealth 2003 ISBN 0-07-141663-3

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Sorraia

The Sorraia is a rare breed of horse indigenous to the portion of the Iberian peninsula, in the Sorraia River basin, in Portugal. The Sorraia is known for its primitive features, including a convex profile and dun coloring with primitive markings. Concerning its origins, a theory has been advanced by some authors that the Sorraia is a descendant of primitive horses belonging to the naturally occurring wild fauna of Southern Iberia. Studies are currently ongoing to discover the relationship between the Sorraia and various wild horse types, as well as its relationship with other breeds from the Iberian Peninsula and Northern Africa.

Members of the breed are small, but hardy and well-adapted to harsh conditions. They were occasionally captured and used by native farmers for centuries, and a remnant population of these nearly extinct horses was discovered by a Portuguese zoologist in the early 20th century. Today, the Sorraia has become the focus of preservation efforts, with European scientists leading the way and enthusiasts from several countries forming projects and establishing herds to assist in the re-establishment of this breed from its current endangered status.

Characteristics

The Sorraia breed stands between high, although some individuals are as small as   The head tends to be large, the profile convex, and the ears long. The neck is slender and long, the withers high, and the croup slightly sloping. The legs are strong, with long pasterns and well-proportioned hooves. These horses have good endurance and are easy keepers, thriving on relatively little fodder. They have a reputation for being independent of temperament, but tractable.

On adult horses, the lay of the hair can create the appearance of stars and flags on the neck and chest. Also due to the lay of the hair, newborn foals can appear to have stripes all over, reminiscent of zebra stripes. The breed standard refers to this as "hair stroke".

Color
Sorraia are generally dun or a dun variation called grullo. Dun coloring includes primitive markings such as a black dorsal stripe, black tipped ears, horizontal striping on the legs and a dark muzzle area. The dark muzzle area is in contrast to some other dun-colored horse breeds, who have light-colored muzzle areas and underbellies, possibly due to the presence of pangare genetics. Sorraia horses have bi-colored manes and tails with lighter colored hairs that fringe the outside of the longer growing black hair. This is a characteristic shared with other predominantly dun-colored breeds, such as the Fjord horse. Purebred Sorraia occasionally have white markings, although they are rare and undesired by the breed's studbook.

Genetics
The relationship between the Sorraia and other breeds remains largely undetermined, as is its relationship to the wild horse subspecies, the Tarpan and the Przewalski's Horse. The Sorraia originally developed in the southern part of the Iberian peninsula. d'Andrade hypothesized that the Sorraia would be the ancestor of the Southern Iberian breeds. Morphologically, scientists place the Sorraia as closely related to the Gallego and the Asturcon, but genetic studies using mitochondrial DNA show that the Sorraia forms a cluster that is largely separated from most Iberian breeds. Some evidence links this cluster with Konik and domestic Mongolian horses. At the same time, one of the maternal lineages is shared with the Lusitano. Genetic evidence has not supported a hypothesis that the Sorraia is related to the Barb horse, an African breed introduced to Iberia by the Moors.

Multiple authors have suggested that the Sorraia might be a descendant of the Tarpan based on shared morphological features, principally the typical color of its coat. Other authors simply state that the Sorraia has "evident primitive characteristics", although they do not refer to a specific ancestor. However, there have been no genetic studies comparing the Sorraia with the Tarpan, and similarity of external morphology is an unreliable measure of relatedness.

Genetic studies to date have been inconclusive about the closest relative of the Sorraia. On one hand, studies using mitochondrial DNA showed a relationship with the Przewalski's Horse,  in that Przewalski's Horse has a unique haplotype (A2) not found in domestic horses, which differs by just one single nucleotide from one of the major Sorraia haplotypes (JSO41, later A7). In comparison, genetic distances within the domestic horse are as large as 11 nucleotide differences. However, this relationship with the Przewalski's Horse was contradicted in another study using microsatellite data that showed that the genetic distance between the Prewalski's Horse and the Sorraia was the largest. Such conflicting results can arise when a population passes through a genetic bottleneck, and evidence suggests that the Sorraia, among other rare breeds, has recently passed through a bottleneck, effectively obscuring the position of this breed in the family tree of the domestic horse. Thus, the morphological, physiological, and cultural characteristics of the Sorraia are the subject of continued study to better understand the relationship between various Iberian horse breeds and wild horse subspecies.

History
Although it is known that the Sorraia developed in the southern part of the Iberian peninsula, the breed was isolated and unknown to science until the 20th century. Despite the lack of documentation, attempts have been made to reconstruct its history. Paleolithic parietal art images in the region depict equines with a distinct likeness to the Sorraia, with similar zebra-like markings. Analysis of mtDNA has been performed on Mustangs in the western United States that show similar mtDNA patterns between some Mustangs and the Sorraia breed. Spanish conquistadors took Iberian horses, some of whom closely resembled the modern-day Sorraia, to the Americas in their conquests, probably as pack animals. Similarities between the Sorraia and several North and South American breeds are shown in the dun and grullo coloring and various physical characteristics. This evidence suggests that the Sorraia, their ancestors, or other horses with similar features, may have had a long history in the Iberian region and a role in the creation of American breeds.

Otherwise, the Sorraia breed was lost to history until 1920, when Portuguese zoologist and paleontologist Dr. Ruy d'Andrade first encountered the Sorraia horse during a hunting trip in the Portuguese lowlands. This remnant herd of primitive horses had continued to live a wild existence in these lowlands, which were rather inaccessible and had been used as a hunting preserve by Portuguese royalty until the early 1900s. At the time of d'Andrade's initial meeting the breed, the horses were ill-regarded by native farmers, although they were considered hardy native fauna that lived off of the uncultivated lands and salt marshes in the local river valleys. For centuries, peasant farmers of the area would occasionally capture the horses and use them for agricultural work, including threshing grain and herding bulls.

In the 1920s and 1930s, as mechanization became more prevalent, both wild and domesticated breeding stock diminished to almost nothing, and d'Andrade, along with his son Fernando, encouraged the conservation of the breed. In 1937, d'Andrade began a small herd of his own with five stallions and seven mares from horses obtained near Coruche, Portugal. All Sorraias currently in captivity descend from these original horses obtained by d'Andrade, and it is believed that the remnant wild herds of the breed died out soon after. These horses were kept in a habitat similar to their native one. In 1975, two other farms took up the Sorraia's cause and acquired small herds to help with conservation. In 1976, three stallions and three mares were imported to Germany from Portugal to begin a sub-population there. In March 2004, a small breeding herd of Sorraia horses was released on the estate of a private land owner who dedicated a portion of his property so that these horses could live completely wild, as did their ancestors. The refuge created for them is in the Vale de Zebro region of south western Portugal, one of places so named because this is where the Sorraia's predecessors dwelt. Today, the breed is nearly extinct, with fewer than 200 horses existing as of 2007, including around 80 breeding mares. The Food and Agriculture Organization considers it to be maintaining critical risk status. The first studbook was published in 2004, dedicated to maintaining a written record of the bloodlines of the Sorraia. Sorraias are present mainly in Portugal, with a small population in Germany. While not bred for a specific use, the Sorraia horses are versatile and have been used in herding bulls, dressage riding and light harness.

American preservation efforts

Two Sorraia stallions were imported to the United States in the early 21st century. In 2006, another Sorraia stallion was imported to Canada where a Sorraia Mustang Preserve has been established on Manitoulin Island in Ontario. Unrelated to existing preservation efforts which work in conjunction with the Sorraia Mustang Studbook, another project by a consortium of breeders in the United States is attempting to establish a separate network and studbook. These breeders have gathered Spanish Mustangs that through mtDNA testing show a genetic relationship with the Sorraia and are breeding them according to both genotype and phenotype in an attempt to help preserve what they are calling the "American Sorraia Mustang".

Naming
Dr. Ruy d'Andrade gave the breed their name of "Sorraia". D'Andrade took the name from the Sorraia River in Portugal. The breed had previously been known by the local Portuguese as "zebro" or "zebra", due to their markings. In the time of Christopher Columbus, the Sorraia was also known as the Marismeño, but the Sorraia and the Marismeño have evolved into two different breeds over time. Today, the name Marismeño refers to a population of semiferal horses living in Doñana Natural Park in Spain.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wily Python

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. -- AllyUnion (talk) 06:03, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wily Python
Reads like vanity. I might have thought it a description of a fictional character, but since "Wily Python Show" gets no Google hits at all -- draw your own conclusions. -- Antaeus Feldspar 01:37, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

"The British Army has always fought the Wily Python", British Officer to Lieutenant Goodbody  in  Richard Lester's movie "How I won the war" (1967) ''-- this comment is not by Dr. Robert but by 24.5.82.8, the author of the article. -- Antaeus Feldspar 02:18, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * It seems to me that the above statement is very ironic. Dr. Robert

 * Delete. Non notable. --Woohookitty 02:17, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * "not delete" save as it expands knowledge that is important if in concept alone and that is the mission of Wikipedia. Dr. Robert

 * Boys. if defining and defending a concept is a problem for Wikipedia then argument and dialogue have become passe'. So please use your intellect and not your emotion.

 * The above quotation,, "The British Army has always fought the Wily Python" is from Dr. Robert as he is also the author but perhaps because he is not as computer savvy as the above nay sayer Antaeus Feldspar he did not make that known. This is about expanding knowledge for the many. Dr. Robert

The above information has been added to the section. Dr. Robert
 * "The British Army has always fought the Wily Python", British Officer to Lieutenant Goodbody in Richard Lester's movie "How I won the war" (1967)

 * Delete Unless someone gives some reliable source. Paul August  ☎

 * See the movie Mr. Paul August that is the reliable source. The movie "How I Won the War" is a classic anti-war movie and its DVD version was delayed because of the War On Iraq. The Wily Python is an integral concept to the anti-war message of the movie. Dr. Robert
 * Comment -- I do not think one line, or one literary symbol or metaphor from one classic movie is a satisfactory, reliable amount of reference for Wikipedia. Zzyzx11 09:16, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. The article is poorly written even it is related to How I Won the War. As you can see, we don't have an article on this film yet which is referenced in A Day in the LifeCapitalistroadster 05:16, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment -- Did you notice that "Dr. Robert", 24.5.82.8, the author of the article, made a new entry called Dr. Robert? In his comments above, he wikified links to it. I just marked that article as Vfd. Zzyzx11 05:23, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Um, is Dr. Robert badly translating his own comments from a different language? Delete, nonsense. -R. fiend 06:13, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Each entry confirm the validity of the Wily Python. You poor dears how I envy your misplaced certitude.
 * Again, another "insightful" comment by 24.5.82.8. This person is another example of why the people of the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically Marin County, act strange in the eyes of the rest of the United States. Zzyzx11 06:45, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I cannot find any notable evidence in the San Francisco Bay Area media, where the Wily Python Show allegedly broadcasts from. Wikipedia is not a forum to post unsubstantiated claims. Zzyzx11 06:57, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * The subject: Wily Python, the references exist but perhaps personal attacks on people in Marin who overwhelmingly opposed the War ON Iraq are not warranted. Perhaps this is the real reason that the Wily Python is so troubling to the "rest" of the USA. My friend you can say what you will but your lack of generosity toward "the other" needs some introspection. Insults don't help. I am sure you meant no harm and it was just a habit that comes when one is isolated online. Certainly if we were face to face you would not speak this way about us. We can do better. Let us try. Your are forgiven.
 * Comment -- Sorry, I was in the heat of the argument. I've been hearing too much of the talk show host on KGO radio in San Francisco on air from 2-4pm who frequently talks about the unusual behaviour of people in Marin. But back to the issue: Wikipedia requires notable claims and references from a neutral point of view. Zzyzx11 08:10, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable, not validated, not googlable. Radiant! 09:49, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)

After considered thought, I have renewed by subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica as my trusted source. You are right, the known world is so much safer than the unknown world. Having been chastised, I for one will no longer venture into the “non-googlable” unknown that goes on just outside my door. Thank you for the inspiration.
 * Good for you. I'm sure everyone will be much, much happier that you'll be pestering Encyclopedia Britannica and patronizing them instead of us, telling them that if only they were as pretentious intelligent as you, they'd be creating an article around a single line of dialogue from a single movie right away. -- Antaeus Feldspar 19:31, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

It's a concept like "god is a concept" Perhaps you might even check out Rudyard Kipling as another concept references. "It is better not to know than to be unsure." Bravo young man.

 * Are you under the impression that we don't hear this line of argument for every inappropriate article we VfD? Hurry along, Encyclopedia Brittanica is tapping their watches and wondering when you're going to show up and explain all about how "God" and "Wily Python" are equivalent in importance. -- Antaeus Feldspar 21:02, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

This little line of mine I'm gonna let it shine. Pull the use of Wily Python as the owner of the Wily Python Show revoked your permission to use the Wily Python in any form without prior written permission

 * You do realize that: 1) you just admitted you invented the thing yourself, and, 2) the owner cannot dictate in what forums his invention is mentioned on the internet? -R. fiend 23:51, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

That is not true but believe what you will. I just forewarned you about copyright issues. You're the lawyer; I am not.

This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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List of Iberian Jews

Jews had lived in the Iberian Peninsula since the Ancient Age, experiencing a Golden Age under Muslim rule. Following the Reconquista and increasing persecution, many of them were expelled from Spain in 1492 and Portugal in 1497. Some of their descendants, known as the Sephardim, settled mainly in North Africa, South-East Europe, the Netherlands, England, and America. Jews were only formally readmitted to the peninsula in the late 19th century. The modern Jewish Iberian population is based on post-war immigration and numbers around 14,000. The following is a list of prominent Iberian Jews arranged by country of origin:

Portugal

 * Abraham Aboab Falero (? – 1642), seventeenth century philanthropist.
 * Daniel Blaufuks (1963–), photographer.
 * Joshua Benoliel (1873–1932), photojournalist, official photographer for King Carlos I of Portugal.
 * Moisés Bensabat Amzalak (1892–1978),
 * Isaac Cardoso (1603/1604 – 1683), physician, philosopher, and polemic writer.
 * Artur Carlos de Barros Basto (1887–1961), author and military captain.
 * Artur Alberto de Campos Henriques (1853–1922), 50th Prime Minister of Portugal.
 * Nico Castel (1931–2015) tenor.
 * Uriel da Costa (1585–1640), philosopher.
 * Abraham Curiel (1545–1609), physician.
 * David Curiel (1594–1666), merchant.
 * Jacob Curiel (1587–1664), diplomat, merchant and nobleman.
 * Tatiana Salem Levy (1979–), novelist.
 * Rodrigo Lopez (1517–1594), physician
 * Fernão de Loronha (1470–1540), explorer and merchant.
 * Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510–1569), wealthy women of Renaissance Europe, became a prominent figure in the Ottoman Empire and developed an escape network that hundreds of Conversos.
 * Solomon Molcho (1500–1532), mystic and writer.
 * Garcia de Orta (1501–1578), herbalist, naturalist and physician.
 * Pedro Nunes (1502–1578), mathematician, cosmographer, and professor
 * Jacob Rodrigues Pereira (1715–1780), irst teacher of deaf-mutes in France.
 * Daniela Ruah (1983–), actress, dual American citizen
 * Isaac Henrique Sequeira (1738–1816), Lisbon-born French doctor.
 * Francisco Sanches (1550 – November 16, 1623), Portuguese born, Spain raised, French skeptic philosopher and physician.
 * José Maria Espírito Santo Silva Ricciardi (1954–), economist and banker.
 * David ben Solomon ibn Yahya (1425–1528), rabbi sentenced by King João II to be burned at the stake fled to Corfu.
 * Jacob Tirado (1540–1620), founder of the Spanish-Portuguese community of Amsterdam.
 * Fernando Ulrich (1952–), economist and banking administrator.
 * Samuel Usque (1500–1555), author.
 * Richard Zimler (1956–), American-born author, dual-citizen.

Pre-expulsion

 * Petrus Alphonsi, 11th and 12th century physician, writer, astronomer, and polemicist.
 * Vidal Astori (15th century), merchant and silversmith.
 * Bonafos Caballeria (?–1464), historian and anti-Jewish writer.
 * Abraham Cresques (1325–1387), cartographer.
 * Jehudà Cresques (1360–1410), cartographer.
 * Alfonso de Cartagen (1384–1456), Roman Catholic bishop, diplomat, historian and writer of pre-Renaissance Spain.
 * Moses Hamon (1490–1567), physician, historian and philanthopoist.
 * Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez (15th & 16th century), mystic and theologian.
 * Felipe Godínez (1588–1637), Portuguese born dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age.
 * Jacob ibn Jau (9th century), silk-manufacturer and held a position in the court of the Hisham II.
 * Judah ben Joseph ibn Ezra (12th century), physician.
 * Joseph Kimhi (1105–1170), rabbi and biblical commentator.
 * Francisco Perea (1620–?), first-generation son of Sephardic Jews exiled from Spain in Peru.
 * Antonio de León Pinelo (1589–1660), writer and historian.
 * Moses de León (1240–1305), rabbi and Kabbalist who is considered the composer or redactor of the Zohar. =
 * Isaac ben Moses Eli (15th century), mathematician.
 * Caterina Tarongí (1646–1691), burned alive by the Spanish Inquisition.
 * Bartolomé de Torres Naharro (1845–1530), writer.
 * Solomon ibn Verga (1460–1554), historian and physician.
 * Joseph Zabara (1140–1200), physicist, poet and satirist, writer of the Book of Delights'.
 * Abraham Zacuto (1452–c.1515), astronomer

Post-expulsion

 * Isak Andic (1953–), Turkish-born businessman and founder Mango.
 * Miguel de Barrios (1625–1701), philosopher, historian and poet.
 * Nissan Ben-Avraham (1957–), Marrano rabbi.
 * Esther Bendahan (1964–), Moroccan born author.
 * Elena Benarroch (1955–), fashion designer.
 * Doris Benegas (1951–2016), Venezuelan-born political lawyer, half Jewish.
 * José María Benegas (1948–2015), Venezuelan-born politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, half Jewish.
 * Ricardo Bofill (1939–2022), world famous architect, half Jewish.
 * Rafael Cansinos-Asséns (1882–1964), poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic and translator.
 * Abraham Miguel Cardoso (1626–1706), Sabbatean prophet and physician.
 * Isaac Carasso (1874–1939), Ottoman born co-founder of Danone.
 * Daniel Carasso (1905–2009), Ottoman born co-founder of Danone
 * Pancracio Celdrán (1942–2019), professor, intellectual and journalist who specializes in history & literature of antiquity & the medieval period.
 * Claudio Guillén (1924–2007), French-born writer and historian, half Jewish.
 * Heinrich Gärtner (1885–1962), Austro-Hungarian-born cinematographer.
 * Andrés Herzog (1974–), politician and lawyer;spokesperson of the Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD),half Jewish.
 * Jon Juaristi (1951–), poet, essayist and translator, self-confessed former ETA militant. Convert.
 * Alicia Koplowitz (1954–), businesswoman and philanthropist, half Jewish.
 * Esther Koplowitz (1953–), businesswoman and philanthropist, half Jewish.
 * Enrique Múgica Herzog (1932–2020), lawyer, politician and co-founder of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, half-Jewish.
 * Romeo Niram (1974–), figurative painter.
 * Eduardo Propper de Callejón (1895–1972), diplomat remembered for facilitating escape of tens of thousands of Jews from France, half Jewish.
 * Antonio Puerta (1984–2007), footballer.
 * Samuel Toledano (1929–1996), Moroccan-born Jewish lawyer and Jewish community leader.
 * Joseph de la Vega (1650–1692), well known merchant, poet, and philanthropist in Amsterdam.

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St-Hubert

St-Hubert BBQ Ltd is a chain of Canadian casual dining restaurants best known for its rotisserie chicken. St-Hubert is most popular in Quebec and in other French-Canadian areas such as Eastern Ontario and New Brunswick. The chain enjoys the highest customer loyalty of any restaurant in Canada (aside from Tim Hortons) according to industry analysis.

In March 2016, St-Hubert agreed to be purchased by Toronto-area based Cara Operations (now known as Recipe Unlimited), the owner of the rival Swiss Chalet rotisserie chicken chain, for $537 million. Cara increased its restaurant presence in Quebec as the St-Hubert chicken deal closed in September 2016.

History
The first restaurant opened in September 1951 on Saint Hubert Street in Montreal, just south of Beaubien street. This branch still operates today, but has been converted to a St-Hubert Express take-out restaurant. The founding family of Hélène and René Léger copied similar barbecue restaurants in the city.

St-Hubert began selling its gravy in supermarkets across Quebec in 1965. The company also sells its barbecue sauce in the ready-to-serve format, desserts, seasonings, and frozen chicken in supermarkets.

The original St-Hubert Chicken mascot was created and designed by former Disney animator Jack Dunham. Dunham also produced St-Hubert's first television commercials. However, the current St-Hubert mascot, which has been in use since the early 1970s, was not created by Dunham.

St-Hubert also opened a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1979, serving Canadians who spent their vacations in southern Florida. The restaurant was known for its ability to serve its customers in French, as most of its clients were French Canadians, which motivated the employers of their own accord to seek French-speaking employees. The location closed down sometime in the 1990s.

In 1983, St-Hubert attempted another type of expansion, this time in Italian cuisine. St-Hubert inaugurated the Pastelli restaurant and announced that it wanted to open 30 to 40 other franchises across Quebec during the following five years. The results were conclusive and other franchises were opened, but St-Hubert decided to end the experiment in the late 1980s.

A longtime purveyor of Pepsi products, St-Hubert switched to Coca-Cola products in the early 2000s.

In 2005, St-Hubert voluntarily became the first restaurant chain in Quebec to ban smoking inside its restaurants. This was one year before the province of Quebec made it mandatory.

St-Hubert's president was quoted in a Postmedia News article in October 2011 as saying that the company was considering adding halal and kosher products. It has since recanted in the aftermath of Quebec's reasonable accommodation debate.

On March 31, 2016, Ontario-based Cara Operations, owner of the Swiss Chalet chain of rotisserie chicken restaurants, announced that it would acquire St-Hubert in the summer of 2016 for CAD$537 million. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), an investment management firm, had presented an offer to acquire a minority share in St-Hubert, but was subsequently declined. Léger sought buyers within Quebec, but did not encounter any companies he was comfortable selling to. The sale was completed on September 2, 2016.

In 2017, Montreal actor Jay Baruchel mentioned St-Hubert as his favorite restaurant to visit when visiting the city during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. St-Hubert spokesperson Josée Vaillancourt later reached out to Baruchel after the actor claimed that he was willing to also appear in a commercial for the restaurant.

Operations
St-Hubert's service area has little overlap with the similar Swiss Chalet chain, which exited the Quebec market in the early 2000s, although there was no agreement between the chains. Following the closure or rebranding (as independent restaurants) of St-Hubert's remaining Toronto area locations over the following few years, the chains now only overlap in the Ottawa area, and in Moncton and Fredericton, New Brunswick. Restaurants in the Saint John, New Brunswick, area closed in 2013. Locations were in Halifax Nova Scotia & St. John's, Newfoundland also existed, but were closed around the late 1980s, early 1990s. However, in a 2007 interview with La Presse, St-Hubert CEO Jean-Pierre Léger suggested that the company was considering re-entering other eastern Canadian markets.

In January 2011, St-Hubert announced that its expansion plans included the opening of three Toronto area locations of the St-Hubert Express concept. It was also considering entering markets outside Canada. At around the same time, the company briefly re-entered the Kingston marketplace with a St-Hubert Express, which closed about a year after opening.

The St-Hubert locations operate as full-service restaurants, resto-bars, and 'St-Hubert Express' locations (closer in style to fast food restaurants, also with take-out, drive-thru and delivery). The bright yellow cars delivering food have carried the slogan "Putt-Putt Ding-Ding".

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Aurelio Rodríguez

Aurelio Rodríguez Ituarte, Jr. (December 28, 1947 – September 23, 2000), sometimes known by the nickname "Chi Chi", was a Mexican professional baseball player, who spent the bulk of his Major League career with the Detroit Tigers. Known for his powerful throwing arm, he was one of the great defensive third basemen of his generation. His career range factor of 3.215 per nine innings at third base ranks second in major league history, and his 4,150 assists at the position ranked fifth in major league history at the time of his retirement.

Rodriguez began his career in the Mexican League in 1965 and 1966 and was the league's Rookie of the Year in 1966. He then played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the California Angels (1967–1970), Washington Senators (1970), Detroit Tigers (1971–1979), San Diego Padres (1980), New York Yankees (1980–1981), Chicago White Sox (1982–1983) and Baltimore Orioles (1983). In 1970, he led all major league players (at all positions) with 30 total zone runs. He also led the majors in fielding percentage by a third baseman in both 1976 and 1978. In 1976, he finally received the Gold Glove Award, breaking Brooks Robinson's 16-year lock on the honor.

After his playing career ended, Rodriguez worked as a manager, primarily in the Mexican League, from 1987 to 1997. He led the Sultanes de Monterrey to the 1991 Mexican League championship. In 1995, he was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. He died in 2000 at age 52 when he was struck by a motorist in southwest Detroit.

Early years
Rodriguez was born in 1947 in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. He was part of a family with four sons and two daughters. His father, Aurelio Rodriguez Sr. played baseball in the Mexican League and was a member of the Mexican team that played in the 1953 world amateur tournament. Rodriguez learned to play baseball from his father, who told him that if he could field on the stone-covered diamonds of Cananea, he could field anywhere. His brother Francisco "Chico" also played baseball and spent 20 seasons playing in the Mexican League.

Rodriguez began playing professional baseball in Mexico at age 16. In 1965, he played in the Mexican League junior league for the Mineros de Fresnero and at the end of the season was promoted to the Charros de Jalisco. In 1966, he played 135 games at shortstop for Jalisco and compiled a .302 batting average with 15 triples and 54 RBIs. He was selected as the Mexican League's 1966 Rookie of the Year.

California Angels
In August 1966, Rodríguez signed with the California Angels. He was assigned to the Seattle Angels of the Pacific Coast League, playing at shortstop and compiling a .254 batting average in 59 at bats during the 1966 season. He moved to third base in 1967, playing most of the season for Seattle and El Paso. He hit .308 for Seattle and .327 at El Paso and had 32 doubles, nine triples, 13 home runs and 64 RBIs in 315 at bats in the minors during the 1967 season.

Rodriguez made his major league debut at the age of 19 with the Angels in September 1967. From 1967 to 1971, he appeared in 281 games for the Angels, 264 as the team's starting third baseman. While his .237 batting average was disappointing, he emerged as one of the American League's best defensive third basemen. In May 1968, Angels coach Don Heffner described Rodriguez as "the kind of player who can play anyplace" and predicted that Aurelio would be "around for a long time." Angels manager Bill Rigney boasted in March 1969: "He might be another Bobby Ávila. Aurelio Rodriguez could be the best Mexican player ever."

In 1969, Rodriguez appeared in 159 games at third base and led the league's third basemen with 42 double plays turned and ranked second behind Brooks Robinson with 352 assists. On the other hand, his batting average was only .232, and he also led the league with 24 errors at third base in 1969. The most memorable error involving Rodriguez in 1969 was his Topps baseball card; the photograph on the card was actually the Angels' batboy, Leonard Garcia.

When Rodriguez first signed with the Angels, he spoke no English: "When I came up in '66, I didn't speak English one word. I ate ham and eggs the first 10 days. I go to a restaurant and the lady would ask me what I want. I say ham and eggs . . . breakfast, dinner and supper for 10 days." He recalled being pressured by the Angels' general manager Dick Walsh to learn English: "He tell me if I no learn English, he no pay me any more money. I say, 'I can't believe it'." Rodriguez eventually picked up the language by watching television and going to cowboy movies.

Rodriguez fell from favor in 1970 under the team's new manager, Lefty Phillips. In March 1970, Phillips said: "We have tried everything to get Aurelio to choke up on the bat and to spray the ball instead of trying to pull for power but he won't listen or try to correct himself. He just smiles at you, says 'Si, amigo' and then goes back to his old swing. It's very frustrating."

Washington Senators
On April 26, 1970, the Angels traded Rodriguez with Rick Reichardt to the Washington Senators in exchange for power-hitting third baseman Ken McMullen. Washington manager Ted Williams said at the time that he hand-picked Reichardt and Rodriguez as players he would like to work with. Rodriguez appeared in 142 games for the Senators in 1970, including 137 games as the team's starting third baseman. Under Williams' tutelage in 1970, Rodriguez's batting average increased modestly to .247, and he posted career highs with 19 home runs, 83 RBIs, 70 runs scored, and 15 stolen bases. Rodriguez later touted the lessons he learned from Williams: "He help me a lot. When I play for California I swing at too many bad balls. Not with Washington. Ted Williams, all the time, he say to me 'no swing at bad balls ... always look, look ... wait ... wait ... I no forget what he tell me. Never."

Rodriguez's 19 home runs in 1970 was the most ever by a Mexican player in the major leagues—surpassing Bobby Ávila's mark of 15 home runs in 1954. On breaking Ávila's record, Rodriguez noted that Ávila had been "a big hero" for Rodriguez while growing up.

During the 1970 season, Rodriguez also established himself as having a solid claim to being the most dominant defensive third baseman in the game. He appeared in 153 combined games at the position (both for the Angels and Senators) and led all major league third basemen in both assists (377) and double plays turned (41). He also reduced his error count to 18 and ranked fourth among all basemen with a .965 fielding percentage—two one-hundredths behind major league leader Graig Nettles. His 30 total zone runs (a defensive metric utilizing play-by-play data) ranked as the highest in the major leagues at any position—eight zone runs higher than Nettles. Despite Rodriguez's impressive defensive showing, Brooks Robinson maintained a lock on the Gold Glove Award—receiving the award for 16 consecutive seasons from 1960 to 1975.

Detroit Tigers
On October 9, 1970, Rodriguez was part of a blockbuster trade that sent four Washington players (Rodriguez, Ed Brinkman, Joe Coleman, and Jim Hannan) to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Denny McLain and three other players. Rodriguez was considered "the prize of the deal", a third baseman with "quick reflexes, a fast glove and superb throwing arm."

At Detroit's 1971 spring training, Rodriguez quickly earned a reputation for his smiling and happy disposition. Detroit public relations director Hal Middlesworth called him "the most pleasant guy I've ever seen. Always smiling and always laughing." The team's doctor in 1975 declared Rodriguez one of the most perfectly adjusted people he had ever met, adding, "He is a completely happy person."

In his first season in Detroit, Rodriguez's batting average improved to .253 (the highest of his major league career to that time), and he led the Tigers in hits (153), doubles (30), and triples (seven). He also continued to hit for power with 15 home runs. However, he played most of the year with an injured elbow, and his defensive performance dropped off as he ranked second among the American League's third basemen with 23 errors.

In the off-season between the 1971 and 1972 seasons, Rodriguez was married, played only 37 games in the Mexican Pacific Coast League, and reported healthy and fresh to spring training. During the 1972 season, Rodriguez's batting average dipped to .236, but he had perhaps his finest defensive season and helped lead the Tigers to the American League East championship. He reduced his error count to 16 and ranked first or second among the league's third basemen in virtually every defensive category: 153 games played (first); 150 putouts (first); 348 assists (first); 3.36 range factor per nine innings (first); 33 double plays turned (second); and 12 total zone runs (second). Brooks Robinson himself reportedly called Rodriguez his equal at third base, praise that he never paid to another player. Rodriguez modestly insisted that Robinson was the best.

In 1973, Rodriguez continued to struggle at the plate, as his batting average fell to .222 with nine home runs. He did, however, lead the Tigers with 27 doubles and 58 RBIs. On defense, he led the league with 160 games at the third base and a .971 fielding percentage (technically .00002 behind with Don Money) and ranked among the league's premier players at the position with 135 putouts (second), 30 double plays turned (fourth), and 335 assists (fifth).

Rodriguez began the 1974 season saying he was committed to forgetting about home runs and spraying the ball to right and center fields. He hit fewer home runs (five) than any prior full season in his career, but he nevertheless compiled an identical .222 batting average for the second consecutive year. On defense, he led the league in games played at third base (159) for the third consecutive year, and he ranked among the leading third basemen with 389 assists (second), 132 putouts (second), 40 double plays turned (third), 21 errors (third), and a 3.37 range factor per nine innings (fourth).

Rodriguez began the 1975 season saying he was no longer listening to people telling him to spray the ball to right field. He recalled the advice of his old manager: "Ted Williams did not tell me to hit the ball to right or to center or to left. He just said hit it hard and not worry about it." Rodriguez's more relaxed approach led to a modest improvement in his batting average to .245, and he led the team with 20 doubles and six triples. On June 19, 1975, Rodriguez hit his first career grand slam against the Kansas City Royals.

In 1976, Rodriguez appeared in the Tigers' first 128 games, but missed the remainder of the season after sustaining an ankle injury sliding into second base on August 29. In the 128 games he played, Rodriguez hit .240 with eight home runs and 50 RBIs. He led all major league third basemen with a .978 fielding percentage (nine errors in 409 chances) and received his first and only Gold Glove Award—the first American League third baseman since 1959 to beat out Brooks Robinson. He also ranked second behind Graig Nettles in range factor per nine innings at third base.

Injuries continued to slow Rodriguez in 1977. He injured the same ankle sliding into home plate on April 26 and missed five weeks. Even after returning from the injury, Rodriguez shared the third base position with Phil Mankowski—Rodgriguez started 83 games and Mankowski 78. Rodriguez was unhappy with his new part-time role: "I'm not used to sitting on the bench, watching all nine innings. I finally got the Golden Glove last year, and now I'm not playing. I feel bad about it" Rodriguez was then slowed further when he slipped in a bathtub on July 2 and sustained a hairline rib fracture below his right arm.

In 1978, Rodriguez appeared in 131 games at third base, but only 86 as the starter, as he continued to share the third base position with Phil Mankowski. Despite the limited playing time, Rodriguez had the highest full-season batting average of his major league career at .265. He also led the major leagues with a .987 fielding percentage at third base, making only four errors during the entire season.

Rodriguez played his final season for the Tigers in 1979. He appeared in 106 games, 97 as the team's starting third baseman, and hit .254 with five home runs and 36 RBIs. He no longer ranked among the league's leading third basemen in any defensive category.

During the 1970s, Rodriguez had more hits (1,040) than any other Detroit player. He also ranked second in runs (417) and RBIs (423).

In late October 1979, the Tigers acquired third baseman Richie Hebner. Rodriguez, never one to complain previously, could see the writing on the wall, criticized Hebner's defensive abilities, and said publicly that he felt he was being treated unfairly after nine years with the Tigers. On December 7, the same day Rodriguez's criticism was published, the Tigers traded him to the San Diego Padres in exchange for a player to be named later.

1980–1983
Rodriguez appeared in 89 games for the Padres in 1980, 57 as the team's starting third baseman. His batting average dropped precipitously to .200 in his first season in the National League.

On August 4, 1980, with Graig Nettles out with hepatitis, the New York Yankees purchased Rodriguez from the Padres. Rodriguez appeared in 52 games for the 1980 Yankees, 43 as the starting third baseman. In 1981, Rodriguez remained with the Yankees as a backup to Nettles and started only 11 games. He compiled a .346 batting average in 52 at bats. In the 1981 World Series, he became a starter after Graig Nettles was injured in Game 2 and hit .417 (5-for-12).

Rodriguez was traded twice in the off-season between the 1981 and 1982 seasons. He was first traded by the Yankees in November to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. He was then traded by Toronto in early April to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for outfielder Wayne Nordhagen. While initially expecting to be a backup in Chicago, the Sox traded Jim Morrison to Oakland in mid-June, and Rodriguez became the team's regular third baseman. Rodriguez appeared in 118 games for the White Sox in 1982, including 87 starts at third base. While batting only .241, Rodriguez put in a solid year defensively, finishing third among the league's third basemen with a .969 fielding percentage and a 3.38 range factor per nine innings at third base.

In February 1983, Rodriguez signed with the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent. He appeared in 45 games for the Orioles but only 18 as the starting third baseman. His batting average dropped precipitously to .119 in 67 at bats with Baltimore. He was released by Orioles in August.

Three weeks after being released by Baltimore, Rodriguez signed for a second run with the White Sox. He started only six games for Chicago in 1983 and compiled a .200 batting average in 20 at bats. He played in his final major league game on October 1, 1983 at age 35.

In the spring of 1984, Rodriguez's efforts to return to the White Sox, or to sign with another major league club, were unsuccessful.

Career statistics and legacy
In 17 major league seasons, Rodríguez was a .237 hitter with 124 home runs and 648 RBIs in 2,017 games. It was on defense that he left his mark. His career range factor of 3.215 per nine innings at third base ranks second in major league history, trailing only Darrell Evans. And his career tally 4,150 assists at third base ranked fifth in major league history at the time of his retirement.

Rodriguez is best remembered for his powerful throwing arm. Praise for his ability includes:

 * Sparky Anderson was Rodriguez's manager in 1979, his last year in Detroit. "He probably had as good a pair of hands on him as anybody, and a great arm -- the only two arms I've ever seen like that, Travis Fryman and him. This guy was a great third baseman", Anderson said. WJR broadcaster Paul Carey, who during Aurelio's tenure with the Tigers was the radio partner of Hall of Famer Ernie Harwell, used to refer to Rodriguez' arm as a howitzer.
 * In an appearance on the YES Network by several great third basemen, George Brett once commented on Rodríguez's arm, saying to all (but particularly to the Philadelphia Phillies great Mike Schmidt), "You remember that guy? He would toy with you and pound the ball in his glove and you were still out by 10 feet!"
 * Every time the Tigers played the Yankees, the late Yankee broadcaster Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto eventually got a chance to see a Rodriguez throw a "rising" fastball across the infield. "There's that arm", Scooter used to say. "If I had an arm like that...!"

Baseball coach and manager
After his playing career ended, Rodriguez worked as a manager, primarily in the Mexican League, from 1987 to 1997. He began by managing the Los Mochis club in 1987. Rodriguez returned to the United States in 1989 as assistant coach for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, a Triple-A farm team for the Cleveland Indians. In 1990, he worked for the Toledo Mud Hens. In 1991, Rodriguez was the manager of the Sultanes de Monterrey and led the club to the Mexican League championship. He then managed the Saltillo Saraperos team in 1992 and the Industriales de Monterrey in 1993 and 1994. In 1995, Rodriguez was the manager of the Broncos de Reynosa of the Mexican League. He led Reynosa to the North Zone title in 1995. Rodriguez was suspended for the remainder of the 1996 season following an altercation in which he allegedly struck or bumped an umpire in May 1996. Rodriguez returned as manager at Reynosa in 1997, but was replaced after the 1997 season.

Personal life and death
Rodriguez developed a reputation as a ladies' man. When asked in 1969 if he preferred American or Mexican girls, he smiled and replied that "as long as they wear skirts he likes them all." A woman wrote in 1973 that Rodriguez had a "charm that attracts large numbers of woman fans. His handsome looks and disposition make the girls swoon."

Rodriguez was married in December 1971. He and his wife had a son, Aurelio, in approximately 1974.

In September 2000, Rodriguez was killed on a Saturday afternoon while visiting Detroit. As he left the El Rancho restaurant, he was struck by the driver of a vehicle that jumped the curb at the corner of Cavalry and West Vernor. Rodriguez was thrown into the air and then pinned under another car. He was extricated and transported to Henry Ford Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Rodriguez's funeral was held at a packed stadium in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. His tomb is located at Panteon Municipal de Los Mochis.

The driver of the car that struck Rodriguez was charged with three felony counts.

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Osip Mikhailovich Lerner

Osip Mikhailovich Lerner (13 January 1847 – 23 January 1907), also known as Y. Y. (Yosef Yehuda) Lerner, was a 19th-century Russian Jewish intellectual, writer, and critic. Originally a maskil—a propagator of the Haskala, or "Jewish Enlightenment"—he became a pioneer in the fields of Yiddish theater and folklore, as well as literary criticism. In his later years, he converted to Christianity and wrote a book denouncing Jews (Adler, 1999, p. 200).

Biography
Lerner was born in Berdichev (today Berdychiv), Kiev Governorate, then in the Russian Empire. After attending the Jewish school there, at age 13 he went to study at the gymnasium in nearby Zhytomyr. In 1866 he moved to Odessa, where for one year he attended lectures in the law faculty of the recently founded Odessa University, and thereafter began to devote himself entirely to literary pursuits (Reyzen, 1927, col. 269).

In 1881, shortly after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, Lerner leased the Mariinsky Theater in Odessa, Kherson Governorate (then part of Imperial Russia) to present Yiddish theater. He first presented plays by N.M. Sheikevitch and Moshe Leib Lilienblum, then was the first to present classic European theater in Yiddish, translating the material but not radically altering it or adding songs. He was the first to present Yiddish-language productions of Karl Gutzkow's Uriel Acosta and Eugène Scribe's La Juive. Jacob Adler, in his memoir, remarks that "both were works on Jewish subjects and both were in the repertoire of every important European stage of the time" (Adler, 1999, p. 200).

His daughter, Tina Lerner, because a noted pianist.

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Simcoe—Grey (federal electoral district)

Simcoe—Grey is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

It was created in 1996 from parts of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Bruce—Grey, Simcoe Centre, Simcoe North, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe.

It consists of the municipalities of Blue Mountains, Collingwood, Clearview, Wasaga Beach, Springwater, Essa, New Tecumseth and Adjala-Tosorontio. It had a population of 117,505 in 2001, and an area of 2,515 km².

History
It consisted initially of:
 * the part of the County of Simcoe lying to the west of and including the Town of New Tecumseth and the Township of Essa, to the west of and excluding the City of Barrie, to the east of and including the townships of Vespra and Flos, and to the south of and excluding the Township of Tiny;
 * in the County of Grey, the Town of Thornbury, the villages of Flesherton and Markdale, and the townships of Artemesia, Collingwood and Osprey.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

This riding lost territory to Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 86.7% White, 3.6% Indigenous, 2.3% South Asian, 2.1% Black, 1.2% Latin American

Languages: 85.3% English, 1.7% French, 1.5% Italian, 1.0% Spanish

Religions: 57.7% Christian (25.7% Catholic, 6.9% United Church, 6.2% Anglican, 3.3% Presbyterian, 1.2% Baptist, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.0% Christian Orthodox, 12.2% Other), 1.1% Muslim, 38.4% None

Median income: $43,200 (2020)

Average income: $55,950 (2020)

Riding associations
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.


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DMAX (engines)

DMAX is an American manufacturer of the Duramax V8 diesel engines for trucks, based in Dayton, Ohio. Engine production began in Moraine, Ohio in 2000.

History
DMAX originally was announced in 1997 as a 60-40 joint venture between and operated by General Motors and Isuzu. Diesel engine production started in July 2000. The company's Duramax V8 engine has been extremely successful for GM, raising that company's diesel pickup market share to 30% in 2002, up from approximately 5% in 1999.

The DMAX plant was built in Moraine on a land grant site adjacent to a GM plant that made the 6.2/6.5 L Diesel V8 designed by Detroit Diesel. Production of that engine began in 1982. The DMAX Moraine plant was completed in 1999, next to Moraine Assembly, which shut down in 2008. The DMAX Moraine plant added 80 workers in 2005.

The plant is planning to increase production from 580 engines a day, in 2017, to 700 engines a day. To further expand production, in 2019, GM began construction of a new DMAX plant in Brookville, which would send machined engine components to Moraine for final assembly. Completed engines were shipped from Moraine to Flint, Michigan for assembly into vehicles. The Brookville plant opened in 2021. , the daily component production at the Brookville and Moraine plants are 418 blocks and 324 heads; and 500 blocks, 1,440 heads, and 855 crankshafts, respectively. Moraine produces 882 completed engines per day.

According to financial filings, Isuzu wound down its investment in DMAX in May 2022, leaving the company wholly owned by GM. In June 2023, GM announced plans to shift Duramax V8 production from Moraine to an expanded Campus Boulevard plant in Brookville by 2025.

Engines
Completed engines are built for the GMC Sierra, Chevrolet Silverado, and Navistar trucks. Short blocks are produced for Gale Banks Engineering, who complete the engines for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, and marine fishing boats.
 * Duramax V8 engine – 6.6 L V8 (produced at DMAX)

Other Duramax-branded engines
General Motors produced multiple diesel engines under the Duramax brand, but these were not built in Moraine. DMAX, Ltd. exclusively produces the Duramax V8.

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No source

As Porfirio Díaz in 1915, this should be PD-US at least.

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Talk:Yuga

Pre-Puranic
Need definitions of Pre puranic Yuga ChandlerMinh (talk) 14:08, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It was already in the lead and "Etymology" section. Jroberson108 (talk) 20:44, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Much more needed to "do justice" to this important topic
This topic is all too short for the many layers involved in any meaningful treatment of the yugas.

— One point that needs would be to pull in the yuga cycle from the "See also" category to a more central position in the article itself, including the length of each yuga and the sandhya or interval period from one yuga to another

— Another is the question of which yuga we are currently in, since there are two schools of thought: one, that we are not yet out of ascending Kali Yuga; the other, that we are actually in ascending Dwapara Yuga.

— There should also be discussion of how the four yugas dovetail so well with other fourfold categorizations of time periods by major civilizations such as Egyptian, Greek, and Native American, to mention just a few such breakdowns.

I would like to work on the article to enhance it by addressing these three needs, but I'm hoping others will pick up on it as well.

Augnablik (talk) 10:30, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

 * Please don't. This page describes the general usage of the term yuga, which the lead specifies. There is already an in-depth yuga cycle page for that particular usage as well as pages for the named yugas like kali yuga. There are also other pages that relate "all" the different units to each other like Hindu cosmology where it is more appropriate to do so. Jroberson108 (talk) 18:33, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

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User:Gururvishnu

Watchlist

 * 1) Bakotopia
 * 2) God
 * 3) Il Muto
 * 4) List of Digimon
 * 5) Martin Wood
 * 6) Polar Music
 * 7) Practical Anarchy
 * 8) Russ Titelman
 * 9) William G. Roll
 * 10) Torphichen Preceptory
 * 11) Sartell, Minnesota
 * 12) Coralline rock

Ahem.

A Thousand Images of Unwritten and Written Poems

 * Pencils are like color trees. That grow backward.

 * Caught in an indescribable moment of surreality, my ignorance of it’s meaning lifted like a late morning fog.

 * And the trees of barren white grow crimson leaves.

 * My God! My hands! Oh, exulted epiphany!

 * The sickening dull yellow of my inkblot psyche.

 * That clever whore, that shark bastard!

 * Slides the crawling growl of Jaco’s bass-fingers.

 * It is lovechildren of Id, beauty in subconscious regurgitation.

 * But at least I’m not addicted to Heroin.

 * While the homeless and crazy hide from the falling sky under a concrete bridge.

 * I ride the sci-fi motorcycle over a rainbow made of brand-new colors into a stadium of cheering souls. “He’s made it!” they tell each other. “He’s finally made it here!” And everything else was a nothing joke by a good humored prankster.

 * Ah… Well… Uh… Yes then- er- I doth verily proclaim this day to fall into the night, so that they make love and bear the children of time… or something to that effect.

“ok?” “You calling me a liar?” “No.” “I'm calling you a liar. Although I wouldn't do it to your face. That would be mean. And liars are easily offended.” “AH! WHY DO I LIE?” “I don't know, you're the liar, you tell me. Of course, you would probably lie, so stop telling me, LIAR! If that is your real name” “Ok you can think that.” “No I can't.” “Keep going. I'm not stopping you. Put me down so many times that it makes you feel better.” “You can't tell me what I can't not stop thinking.” “Because I want you to feel better” “You want me And it makes you feel better. Good. I always like making people feel better, especially those fond of me. Although that's a complete lie, but since you're a liar it's a truth to you.” “I'm so confused right now.” “You understand it perfectly” “No, no I don't.” “AHA!!! No+no=yes.” NO! What about three? or four! NO NO NO NO NO. Beat that.” “I’ve cracked your code, you magnificent bastard! That's just you lying. And since we're both established liars, we speak in truths to each other.”
 * “I don't have a sword.”

 * Having reached the citadel, one feels the impulse to lie down in reflection...

 * Beauty of art expresses frailty of mind.

 * The wings of a dragonfly-a ching clink like a chain of keys.

 * Call me Salvador Ishmael Pinister, unless you can think of a better name. You probably can.

 * The virtual octuple-jointed elephants of free society roam nomadically within it’s borders.

 * And violet trombones sing the song of passion like an emblazoned choir. The liquid palaces dances among the crimson leaves of barren white trees.

 * Shinji Ikari: “Dammit.”

 * Drifting through a cloud of faceless faces, the muffled mutterings: “peas and carrots” “peas and carrots” They chant listlessly.

 * Must've played the viola, like I could of if I had taken lessons or ever picked up a viola. The strings would be made of love, and she could pluck them on a whim, the seductive genius she is.

 * You see, I'm very tired. So much so that letters and words have blended into a sort of beautiful soup.  Rhubarb soup.  It's all mixed up into a pink, poetic paste, and I'm in Paris.

 * I'm rambling here too, but I'm definitely in Paris, watching sculptures build themselves. Overall, it's very artistic.

 * The regurgitations of man's subconscious is a beautiful thing.

 * They paint me, mosaics of me; I care not.

 * Flowers drifting lazily around like a fallen leaf, I lie naked in a field.

 * Sleeping on burst fruit is a surprisingly comfortable experience.

 * And the adolescent boy decided to call himself Pedro.

 * Upon awakening we discovered that Leon and Winston had gone. Looking through the window, I saw them wandering outside draped in maps of South America and Northern Europe, respectively.

 * The fire slowly crawled up the leaves, draining the life out of each stock gradually and dramatically until it was a charred, blackened coil of ash. Smoke curled each vibrant leaf until they ruthlessly devoured themselves, releasing their substance through an explosion of chemical poetry that floated through space on some kind of wonderful, chaotic whim.  It began to dissolve into the air. Turning into the dreams of beautiful men who had let their soul bleed for the sheer joy feeling, they wept for the freedom of an eternal surreality.  Music dripped down into your ears.  It was their not because it was being played, but because it was playing the minds of those who were neither aware of it’s existence nor aware of it’s absence.

 * (some images derived from Kevin and Joey Jo Jo Jo)

 * The above is not an image.

 * However, the above is an image, so you decide.

 * Watching neon lights paint electric portraits of an alien city.

 * There is no cabal. Fnord.

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New Westminster—Coquitlam

New Westminster—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988, and from 2004 to 2015.

Demographics

 * According to the 2006 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 69.7% White, 10.4% Chinese, 3.9% South Asian, 3.3% Korean, 3.1% Filipino, 2.3% Aboriginal, 1.8% West Asian, 1.3% Black, 1.2% Latin American, 1.0% Japanese

Languages: 66.3% English, 1.6% French, 31.9% Other

Religion: (2001) No religion 34.1%, Protestant 29.1%, 22.0% Catholic, Christian Orthodox 2.0%, Other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 2.5%, Buddhist 1.7%

Average income: $28,241

The riding has the highest percentage in Canada of people who work outside the municipality, but within the same census division.

Geography
The district consisted of the eastern part of New Westminster, the southwestern part of Coquitlam and the southern part of Port Moody.

The NDP found much of its support in New Westminster, Port Moody and in the Maillardville part of Coquitlam. The Conservatives found most of their support in the more suburban parts of Coquitlam.

History
This electoral district was first created in 1976 from New Westminster and Fraser Valley West ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between New Westminster—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam ridings.

It was re-created in 2003 from New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby and Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam ridings.

It is currently the longest-held riding by non-government parties as both it and its predecessor ridings New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, New Westminster—Burnaby  and New Westminster  have not been represented by a member of the government side since 1968.

The 2012 electoral redistribution dissolved this riding into the ridings of Port Moody—Coquitlam and New Westminster—Burnaby for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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User:Kizzle/smoke/moss v. bush

Wiki articles
Moss v. Bush

News reports
from Timeline_of_the_2004_U.S._presidential_election_controversy_and_irregularities keyword: "moss v. bush" dec. 27 Ohio, Moss v. Bush: Kenneth Blackwell refused to appear at a deposition. (AP) (http://www.nbc4i.com/politics/4027481/detail.html)(AP) (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002132450_ohiovote28.html) (freepress) (http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/1046) Ohio, Moss v. Bush: Republicans Subpoenaed in Ohio Recount (wikinews) Ohio, Moss v. Bush: [334] (http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1325&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0) "Richard Conglianese, Ohio Assistant Attorney General, is seeking a court order to protect Blackwell from testifying under oath about how the election was run. James R. Dicks, Miami County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, filed a motion to block a subpoena in his county while Conglianese filed to block subpoenas in ten key Ohio counties. George Bush, Richard Cheney and Karl Rove received notice that they will be deposed Tuesday and Wednesday, December 28 and 29. The trio's Ohio attorney ... claims his clients have not been properly served." Voters in Trumbull County have testified that on Election Day they received punch-card ballots where holes were already punched for Bush. Miami County: Blackwell (Sec. of State) certified a 98.6% turnout in the Concord Southwest precinct, comprised of 520 votes for Bush and 157 for Kerry. This statistically improbable turnout has all but 10 of the 689 registered voters casting their ballots ... A preliminary canvas ... of less than half the precinct found 25 registered voters admitting they had not voted, meaning the official tally was almost certainly fraudulent. Under Ohio election law, the members, directors and deputy directors of all boards of elections are assigned by the Secretary of State ... at his discretion ... [Arguments that the election was bipartisan and fraud-free overlook] the fact that the principles all owe their jobs to the Secretary of State, who in this case served as co-chair of the state's Bush-Cheney campaign. Affidavits sworn, that voting machines in Mahoning and Coshocton counties were set to highlight and default to a "bush" choice before the voter had made a selection. Ties investigated between Triad and Datamaxx, a TN based company. Another 42 voting machines identified from serial numbers, unclear if these were in addition to the 68 held back in Franklin. Blackwell is escalating his public appearances in hopes of becoming Ohio’s next governor. On January 12, 2005, Blackwell is scheduled to speak at the exclusive Scioto Country Club on the topic of "Ethics in Leadership." Moyer denies motion on pleading technicalities regarding the affidavits and exhibits pdf (http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/newpdf/0/2004/2004-ohio-7119.pdf) Judge Moyer refuses to recuse himself from suit: calls the voters' claim, which comprises numerous affidavits and other claimed evidence, "wholly without foundation", and alleges that the petition, which cites multiple instances of Ohio election officials engaging in illegal conduct, does not suggest "that Ohio election officials are engaging ... in illegal conduct" pdf (http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/newpdf/0/2004/2004-ohio-7120.pdf) (AP) (http://www.newsnet5.com/news/4034135/detail.html) (AP) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4700646,00.html)
 * dec. 13: Ohio, Moss v. Bush: Ohio Electors Vote Despite Challenge - OH's EC Cast Ballots for Bush Despite Group's Challenge to Review Election [206] (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=326111&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312) (Filing, pdf) (http://freepress.org/images/departments/Election_Contest_1.pdf)
 * dec. 16: Ohio, Moss v. Bush: Ohio Election Challenge Thrown Out On Technicality (refiled on December 17) [242] (http://www.nbc4i.com/news/4003666/detail.html) The technicality is that two races were disputed in one challenge. One race was the presidential; the other was that of the Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Moyer, who, instead of recusing himself, dismissed the challenge.[243] (http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=501)
 * dec. 18: Ohio, Moss v. Bush: Ohio voters refile request to overturn election results [256] (http://www.columbiatribune.com/2004/Dec/20041218News021.asp)
 * dec. 24: Ohio, Moss v. Bush: Suit might be dismissed [305] (http://rawstory.rawprint.com/1204/moyers_delay_122204.php) (legal doc, pdf) (http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/newpdf/0/2004/2004-ohio-6995.pdf)
 * dec. 24: Ohio, Moss v. Bush: Update from the Ohio Frontlines: On Dec. 23, Attorneys for Plaintiffs successfully filed Motion to disqualify Justice Moyer from sitting as the Judge on the Moss v. Bush matter based on the fact that he has an apparent conflict of interest. [309] (http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/1027)
 * Ohio, Moss v. Bush, Opinion: The Man Who Sank the Constitution...this time! [333] (http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1325&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)
 * dec. 29: Ohio, Moss v. Bush:
 * jan 1: Ohio, Moss v. Bush: Vote challengers accuse Blackwell of trying to let 'clock run out' [372] (http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050101/NEWS09/501010374/-1/NEWS)
 * jan 3: Ohio, Moss v. Bush: Contestee George Bush's election campaign asks Judge Moyer to dismiss the election contest. [376] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=696&e=1&u=/ap/20050104/ap_on_el_pr/ohio_vote)
 * jan 4: Press conference on Moss v. Bush lawsuit to be held Jan. 5 at 2pm in Washington D.C.[381] (http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1419&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)
 * jan. 6: Cliff Arnebeck (Moss v. Bush): Letter to Congress [398] (http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1068)
 * jan. 11: Moss v. Bush: The voters challenging the presidential election results in the Ohio Supreme Court asked to drop their lawsuit (Moss v. Bush) Tuesday, saying congressional certification of the electoral votes last week and the upcoming inauguration render the case moot. [423] (http://www.nbc4i.com/politics/4071567/detail.html)
 * jan. 19: Ohio, Moss v. Bush: Ohio attorney general files request with OH Supreme Court to sanction Arnebeck, et. al. lawyers [441] (http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=2827555) [442] (http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/110613076592790.xml)
 * feb. 3: Blackwell's attempt to sanction Contestors in Moss v. Bush suit enables Contestors to file new evidence (http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1138)

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User talk:Jctong

Hi! Please do not post copyrighted material to Wikipedia. Take a look at Manual of style and What Wikipedia is not to learn more about how to contribute. Also, you can always click on my user name and either e-mail me or leave word on my talk page. Glad to help. - Lucky 6.9 02:01, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * VERY important: Please don't add vanity edits to existing articles.  Thanks again, and have fun! - Lucky 6.9 02:03, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * No sweat regarding your temp article. Just write something in your own words.  Original essays, original research and speculation aren't really allowed.  Suggestion:  Add the info to the current StarCraft article. - Lucky 6.9 02:05, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Goran Petrović

Goran Petrović (1 July 1961 – 26 January 2024) was a Serbian writer and academic.

Biography
Goran Petrović was born in Kraljevo, Serbia. He studied Yugoslav and Serbian literature at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology. He received the most prominent award in Serbian literature, the NIN Award, in 2000, for his novel Sitničarnica "Kod srećne ruke". Before his death, he worked and lived in Belgrade. Petrović was a member of the Serbian Literary Association, the Serbian PEN Centre and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Petrović published 115 editions and the following books: the short prose pieces Saveti za lakški život (Advices for an Easier Living, 1989), the novel Atlas opisan nebom (Atlas Described by Sky, 1993), the collection of short stories Ostrvo i okolne priče (The Island and Stories Around, 1996), the novel Opsada crkve Svetog Spasa (The Siege of the Church of Holy Salvation, 1997), the novel Sitničarnica "Kod srećne ruke" (Sundries Shop "At Lucky Hands", 2000), the collection of short stories Bližnji (Next of Kin, 2002), the selected short prose book Sve što znam o vremenu (Everything I Know About the Time, 2003), the play Skela (The Ferry, 2004), the collection of short stories Razlike (Differences, 2006), the book of short prose Претраживач (Browser, 2007), the novella Ispod tavanice koja se ljuspa (Below the ceiling that is pealing off, 2010) and the play Matica (The Nut, 2011). Some of his novels and stories have been adapted for theatre, television, and radio. Among them is the novel Siege of the Church of Holy Salvation that was dramatized and directed as a play by Kokan Mladenović at the National Theatre of Sombor.

Petrović’s novels and books of selected stories have been published in over fifty editions translated in languages such as French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Polish, Ukrainian, Macedonian, English and Dutch. About fifty Petrović’s stories have been published separately in Russian, English, French, Spanish, German, Polish, Czech, Greek, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Macedonian, Belarusian, Hungarian, while about twenty have been included into anthologies of Serbian short stories in country and abroad.

Petrović died on 26 January 2024, at the age of 62.

Awards
Goran Petrović received many awards and prizes including the NIN Award for the Novel of the Year, the Ivo Andrić Award, the Meša Selimović Award, the scholarship for literature from the Borislav Pekić Foundation, Prosveta Award, Serbian National Library Award for the most read book of the year, Golden Bestseller Award, Borisav Stanković Award.

Works

 * Saveti za lakši život (1989)
 * Atlas opisan nebom (1993)
 * Ostrvo i okolne priče (1996)
 * Opsada crkve Svetog Spasa (1997)
 * Sitničarnica Kod srećne ruke (2000)
 * Bližnji (2002)
 * Sve što znam o vremenu (2003)
 * Skela (2004)
 * Razlike (2006)
 * Pretraživač (2007)
 * Ispod tavanice koja se ljuspa (2010)
 * Matica (2011)
 * Unutrašnje dvorište (2018)
 * Papir sa vodenim znakom (2022)
 * Ikonostas (2022)

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