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Paul de Vigne

Paul de Vigne (1843–1901), Belgian sculptor, was born on 26 April 1843 at Ghent. He created public monuments for display in Belgium and France.

He was trained by his father, a statuary, and began by exhibiting his Fra Angelico da Fiesole at the Ghent Salon in 1868. Among his contemporaries, Vigne, a classic sculptor, has the purest style, and the most anxious desire for harmonious perfection. His early works reflect the inspiration of Italian art, particularly that of Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries.

In 1872 he exhibited at the Brussels Salon a marble statue, Heliotrope (Ghent Gallery), and in 1875, at Brussels, Beatrix and Domenica. He was employed by the government to execute caryatides for the ornate facade of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. In 1876 at the Antwerp Salon he had busts of Emmanuel Hiel and W. Wilson, which were afterwards placed in the communal museum at Brussels. Until 1882 he lived in Paris, where he produced the marble statue Immortality (Brussels Gallery), and The Crowning of Art, a bronze group on the façade of the Palais des Beaux-Arts at Brussels. His monument to the popular heroes, Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck, was unveiled at Bruges in 1887.

At his death he left unfinished his principal work, the Anspach monument, which was erected at Brussels under the direction of the architect Janlet with the co-operation of various sculptors. Among other notable works by De Vigne are Volumnia (1875); Poverella (1878); a bronze bust of Psyche (Brussels Gallery), of which there is an ivory replica; the marble statue of Marnix de Ste Aldegonde on the Sablon Square, Brussels; the Metdepenningen monument in the cemetery at Ghent; and the monument to Canon de Haerne at Kortrijk.

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Ride in the Whirlwind

Ride in the Whirlwind is a 1966 American Western film edited and directed by Monte Hellman and starring Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, and Harry Dean Stanton. Nicholson also wrote and co-produced the film with Hellman. A trio of cowboys are forced to become outlaws due to a case of mistaken identity by the local authorities.

The film was shot in 1965 in the Utah desert, back-to-back with Hellman's similar The Shooting, which also starred Nicholson and Perkins.

Plot
A gang of outlaws led by Blind Dick (Harry Dean Stanton) stop a stagecoach, kill the guard and rob the occupants. Another trio of cowboys, Vern (Cameron Mitchell), Wes (Jack Nicholson) and Otis (Tom Filer), unknowingly come upon the gang's remote hideout and stop to rest for the night. Neither group of men trusts the other. In the morning, they all find themselves surrounded by a vigilante hanging party, and a shootout ensues. The outlaws are burned out of their shed and Blind Dick and Indian Joe are hanged by the vigilante posse. Otis is shot as Vern and West flee, becoming fugitives in a case of mistaken identity and guilt by association.

Vern and Wes take refuge at a farm belonging to Evan (George Mitchell), who lives with his wife and daughter. Although innocent and not villains, the two hold the family hostage until they can make an escape. After a member of the vigilantes passes by and questions Evan, the two try to escape taking Evan's horses. Evan shoots and wounds Vern, and Wes shoots and kills Evan.

Wes and Vern ride off together on one horse with the posse in pursuit. Eventually Vern can go no further and falls off the horse, saying "I've bought it." Dying, he tells Wes to ride off alone, that the horse cannot carry both of them.

As he dies, Vern holds off the posse and Wes rides off.

Production
Hellman said that Roger Corman had agreed to put up funds for a Hellman-directed western at a lunch meeting at the old Brown Derby on Vine Street, just south of Hollywood Boulevard, one of a small chain of famous restaurants in Los Angeles (the famous hat-shaped location was on Wilshire Boulevard). By the end of the lunch, Corman had allowed that since Hellman was making one western, he might as well make two – presumably because, in the mind of the budget-conscious Corman, this would allow them to make two films for less than the usual cost.

The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind were made back-to-back, with The Shooting in production first. Hellman said that the crew and some cast members stayed on location, and, after taking a week's break, they began filming Ride in the Whirlwind. However, other than travel costs, shooting the two films back-to-back did not result in appreciable savings. Hellman stated that both films were made for under US$75,000 each (approximate total of $150,000 for two, provided by Roger Corman). Hellman and Jack Nicholson, who produced, wrote, and acted in Ride in the Whirlwind, and had a smaller role in The Shooting, had agreed that if they went over budget on either film, they would pay the overage out of their own pockets. Thus they were very careful to keep within the budget for each.

The films were shot in Eastman Color in Utah, in an area that has since been filled in with an artificial lake. Parts of the film were shot in Kanab Canyon, Calvin Johnson Ranch, Paria, and Glen Canyon in Utah. Hellman said that producers would sometimes hire him to find out where he had shot the films, then fire him once they knew. He stated that he was the last to film there because it was filled with water soon after. Both Ride in the Whirlwind and The Shooting feature the same reddish low mountains with white lines in the rock (possibly water marks from a past age when the area was a sea or lake).

Hellman said that he tended to cut out as much dialogue as he could. He preferred to tell the story visually. He avoided the obvious in terms of dialogue. Hellman stated that he oversaw the daily progress by the writers of the two films – and that they rented an office in the Writer's Building in Beverly Hills on little Santa Monica Blvd. One personal thrill for Hellman was that their rented office was next door to Fred Astaire's.

Distribution
Hellman stated that both films were sold to a distributor who then sold them as part of a larger package of films to be shown on television. The films did play theatrically in France in 1969 and Hellman said they were hits, with The Shooting playing for a year in Paris and Ride in the Whirlwind playing for six months. Hellman stated that in the late sixties it meant a lot in Hollywood to be lionized in France and thus Hellman had a brief time of being very much in demand in Hollywood.

Thematic similarities
Both films involve a hunt. In the case of The Shooting, Nicholson is a hired gun and Warren Oates is an ex-bounty hunter turned miner. Both men are working for a woman who is tracking someone. The entire film and the suspense is largely based on this mysterious hunt. In Ride in the Whirlwind, vigilantes that began by tracking a gang who robbed a stagecoach end up mistakenly hunting down the Nicholson character and another man, innocent cowboys. Both films are considered acid westerns that express a rather bleak, minimalist quality that does not sentimentalize the Wild West. Both films end with the Nicholson character's facing bleak outcomes, almost certain death in The Shooting but a tinge of optimism the Whirlwind one will escape the leader of the posse's prediction that "They've seen their last sunrise."

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Department S (TV series)

Department S is a British spy-fi adventure series, produced by ITC Entertainment. It consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969 and 1970. It stars Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King (later featured in spin-off series Jason King), Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. These three are agents for a fictional special department (the "S" of the title) of Interpol. The head of Department S is Sir Curtis Seretse (Dennis Alaba Peters).

Production
"When a case proves too baffling for the minds of Interpol, they turn to the talents of Department S." – from the ITC trailer for the series.

The series was created by Dennis Spooner and Monty Berman, although neither wrote any of the episodes, which were instead scripted by ITC regulars such as Terry Nation and Philip Broadley. Many of the directors on the show had also worked on other ITC shows such as The Saint, Danger Man and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).

The series was shot on 35mm film and designed, like all ITC's film productions, to fit the United States commercial format. Although episodes begin with a cold open (after the 'S' logo is shown), unusually, the episode title, writer and director credits appear on screen before the opening title sequence, though after the theme tune has started. With a few exceptions, the principal cast is always studio-bound. Some exteriors are represented by studio buildings, while the rest are mainly shown in second-unit footage using doubles where necessary. Outside locations were, in common with similar series, largely restricted to the Hertfordshire countryside in the vicinity of Borehamwood. At least one foreign location was used, featuring Peter Wyngarde on the streets of Vienna. Otherwise, foreign locations are usually established by the use of stock footage. To further cut costs, the series was produced back-to-back with Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).

Synopsis
Department S is a division of Interpol headed by international bureaucrat Sir Curtis Seretse (Dennis Alaba Peters). Its headquarters is in Paris and its members investigate international cases that other crime agencies cannot solve.

The team itself is led by American and former FBI agent Stewart Sullivan (Joel Fabiani), who takes direction from Seretse. Outside of his FBI experience, little is known about Stewart except that he is pragmatic and hands-on, and does much of the leg-work, confronting the criminals.

Jason King (Peter Wyngarde) is the ideas man, but also helps in the field. He is an adventure novelist who uses details from their cases to write his novels. The living he makes writing novels affords him a hedonistic lifestyle, and he is often seen with "beautiful" women though he has no permanent love interest in the series; in one episode he mentions he is a widower whose wife was killed in a plane crash. Jason King also serves as comic relief in the series, especially in scenes of hand-to-hand combat where he winds up being subdued as often as he prevails.

Annabelle Hurst (Rosemary Nicols) is a computer expert and analyst as well as a field investigator. She sometimes appears in seductive, glamorous disguises, and is shown in her underwear in the first episode. There are ongoing hints of romantic interest between Stewart and Annabelle during the series.

Cast

 * Peter Wyngarde as Jason King
 * Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan
 * Rosemary Nicols as Annabelle Hurst
 * Dennis Alaba Peters as Sir Curtis Seretse

Episodes
Filming took place between April 1968 and June 1969.

The air dates are for ATV Midlands. ITV regions varied date and order.

The production numbers here refer to ITC synopsis guide numbers and the sequence in the Network DVD booklet.

Re-runs
A repeat run of Department S began on ITV4 in November 2005, alongside others of a large number of similar ITC productions. Episodes of Department S screened on London Live TV channel in the London area in March–April 2022.

Home media
The first two episodes of Department S were released on DVD in Britain by Carlton Television (now part of ITV plc). Department S was released on DVD in Australia by Umbrella Entertainment in a box set. This version is in PAL with no region code. Network released the series on DVD in the United Kingdom featuring many exclusive extras, including commentaries and part of a documentary series also covering Jason King: ''Wanna Watch a Television Series? Chapter One: Variations on a Theme''.

Department S first appeared in high definition on Blu-ray as a single episode on Retro Action Volume 1 released by the Network imprint on 19 September 2011. This contained the episode "A Small War of Nerves", which features Anthony Hopkins.

Volume-by-volume release of the entire series in new high-definition transfers on Blu-ray began in 2017, with the first available on 27 February. There are six volumes in total; the first two each contain four episodes, the next four contain five episodes each.

A complete box set of the entire series was released in Blu-ray on 2 October 2017, coded for all three regions.

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Copyright Violation?
This is not a copyvio; I wrote both pages. (Or, more accurately, I wrote both pages at the same time.) I can put a license notice up on the Tripod site if you like, saying it's from Wikipedia. (Or vice-versa. Regardless, I grant license for both parties to use the text.) JRP 22:02, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * If the text appears on wikipedia, it will need to be under the gfdl, so it would be more appropriate if a notice appears on the tripod site. Enochlau 11:50, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * If this is sourced from a Tripod page, it should be linked as a source.   KenThomas (talk) 06:02, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Lacks significant sourcing; NPOV
Look guys... I do not want to disrespect Dick Sabot's memory,  more than anyone,  but, an article on the site of the company created by the subject of a the article,  is in no way a neutral source.

As a Wikipedia article and not a corporate bio, this piece reads like a mixture of Williamstown lore and unsourced praise-- some of which may be true. As a Wikipedia article, written by a Tripod employee(?),  it is close to violating the autobiographical rules and violates several others in regards to neutrality.

In the end, it violates NPOV and is highly problematic. It needs to be reworked. KenThomas (talk) 05:59, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Where is this Silicon River from? It was Silicon Village.
The New York Times had this article that mentioned the name: https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/30/us/museum-brings-town-back-to-life.html. And another: https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/12/arts/inside-art-barkless-puppy-in-tree-s-place.html. The cited reference is unfindable on the internet (by me, anyway).

Any objections to me fixing this?

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Alberto Semprini

Alberto Fernando Riccardo Semprini (27 March 1908 – 19 January 1990), known as Alberto Semprini, or by his stage name Semprini, was an English pianist, composer and conductor, known for his appearances on the BBC, mainly on radio.

Early life
Born in Bath, Somerset, England, of Italian ancestry, Semprini showed early talent for both the piano and cello. The second of three sons, his parents were Arturo Riccardo Fernando Semprini, a musician from Rimini, Italy, and his wife, Elizabeth Tilley, an opera singer from Dudley, Worcestershire. Alberto graduated from the Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 1929, having studied composition and conducting, as well as honing his skills at the piano.

Career
In Italy, he performed a broad range of music, from pop to jazz and classical, and in 1938 led his first radio orchestra there. In the late 1950s he also featured regularly at the Sanremo Music Festival.

Semprini recorded for Telefunken in the early 1940s, with a dance orchestra. During the Second World War, despite having a British passport, he was called up for military service in Italy. He was rejected as being unfit, but his passport was taken, and Semprini was suspected of being pro-British (which was true). Life in Fascist Italy became difficult for him, and he moved to Sanremo to compose. He returned to Rome in 1944 to await the arrival of the Allied Army. When they came, he volunteered his services with the Entertainments National Service Association. While working with ENSA, he met the actor Michael Brennan, who helped Semprini get his passport back. Brennan brought Semprini back to London in 1949. He was signed to His Master's Voice in 1950, for whom he recorded until 1963.

Back in the UK, he hosted a light music programme, Semprini Serenade, which he introduced with the words: "Old ones, new ones, loved ones, neglected ones". The program first aired on BBC Radio in 1957 and continued for around 25 years. Although his 'house band' was the New Abbey Light Symphony Orchestra on his commercial records, on radio he was always accompanied by one of the BBC's own staff orchestras, initially the BBC Revue Orchestra.

Semprini also wrote a number of original light music compositions, including Concerto Appassionato and Mediterranean Concerto, which he used as the theme tune for his radio show.

In 1977, following a performance in York, Semprini chose to leave the stage, citing a lack of confidence.

Honours
In 1973 he was made an Officer of the Order of St John, and on 30 November 1983 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his considerable charity work.

Personal life and death
In 1931, Semprini married Brunilde Regarbagnati in Italy, and the couple had three sons. However, the marriage was not to last. After the war, he worked and studied in Spain, where he fell in love with a young Spanish dancer, María de la Concepción Consuelo García Cardoso, the daughter of Generoso José García Inglesias, a house painter. Semprini took Consuelo to England in 1949, and following his divorce in 1952, married her that year. They had two sons.

He lived on a houseboat in West Mersea, Essex, and in Brixham, Devon. Semprini suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and died in Brixham on 19 January 1990, aged 81.

Recordings
Semprini was a prolific recording artist. His work was first released on the Italian label Fonit Cetra, then EMI Records, where he remained for the rest of his professional career. Although strongly associated with light music, his recordings were principally of well-known classical music, including the Grieg Piano Concerto and solo pieces by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Debussy.

In 2015 Vocalion Records released a CD of his late 1950s broadcasts with the BBC Revue Orchestra, most of which had not been heard since their first broadcast.

Cultural references
In the Monty Python's Flying Circus segment known as "The Chemist Sketch", the BBC interrupted the show to ban a number of "naughty" words, including "b*m", "b*tty", "kn*ckers", "kn*ckers", "p*x" and "w**-w**". The final prohibited word, a puzzling and random addition to the list, was "Semprini". Immediately when the action resumed, the chemist (John Cleese) asked, "Who's got a boil on his Semprini, then?" and was quickly taken away by a policeman (Graham Chapman). For the rest of the episode, anyone saying "Semprini" was similarly arrested.

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Melinda Cooper

Melinda "La Maravilla" Cooper (born March 6, 1985, in Las Vegas, Nevada), was the WIBA and IBA Flyweight Champion of the world, and is recognized as one of the elite female professional boxers on the planet.

Cooper started boxing in 1996, after meeting trainer James Pena at the Nevada Partners gym in Las Vegas. Pena recalls that at first he did not realize that Cooper was a girl, because she was with three boys and the hood of her coat was over her head. "There were a group of kids there, and I asked them all if they wanted to box, but no one really wanted to. Then I asked Melinda, 'How about you?' and she said she'd try it. It wasn't until the next day I realized she was a girl." "I told her, `Oh, sweetheart, I can't let you box. You're a girl. I can't let you box with the boys.' But she said she wanted to try and box them." She lasted four rounds that first day, and made an impression on Pena, who had never trained a female before. "I told her, `If you want to box, show up at 3:30 and don't be late. Every day since, she's showed up at 3:30." Pena later became Cooper's legal guardian.

Cooper went on to compile a depth of ring experience as an amateur boxer, quite rare for a female fighter, racking up an amateur record of 37–2, and numerous national amateur championships.

When she turned pro, she made history by becoming the first female boxer under the age of 18 to be licensed in the state of Nevada. The move was seen as necessary, because it was becoming increasingly difficult to find amateurs willing to fight Cooper. Pena said he would try to enter Cooper in tournaments at the last minute to keep her a secret, because "girls would find out that Melinda was in a tournament's weight class and everyone would drop out."

Cooper began her professional boxing career at age 17 on March 23, 2002, in Las Vegas, Nevada, winning a four-round unanimous decision over Annalisa Middleton.

In July 2004, Cooper won a 6-round unanimous decision to Johanna Peña-Álvarez.

Cooper has beaten every opponent she has faced as a professional, and on January 14, 2005, in Rancho Mirage, California, she TKO'd Anissa Zamarron in the ninth round to win the vacant IBA and WIBA Flyweight World Titles.

Currently, Cooper has a professional record of 20–0 with 11 KOs.

In addition to her impressive boxing resume, Cooper has also been featured in several nationally recognized magazines including Girls Life, Teen and World Boxing. Her personality and striking good looks are leading to experiences and endorsement opportunities beyond the sport she does so well.

"What makes Melinda appealing both inside and outside the ring is that she's real", says James Pena. "There is nothing fake about her; there are no masks. What you see is what you get. Melinda has the least amount of ego of anyone I know." "Don't get me wrong, she does have pride and that's what she protects when she gets in the ring. But as far as her perception of herself and how she treats everyone around her, that's her best asset and it doesn't have anything to do with boxing."

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New York zoo

There are several New York zoos:

 * in New York City:
 * The Bronx Zoo, the city's main zoo
 * The Central Park Zoo, Manhattan
 * The Queens Zoo (Flushing Meadow Zoo)
 * The Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn
 * The Staten Island Zoo, the North Shore, Staten Island

 * in New York State:
 * The Buffalo Zoo in the city of Buffalo
 * The Zoo New York in Thompson Park located in Watertown, Jefferson County

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Knox Farm State Park

Knox Farm State Park is a 633 acre state park located in Erie County, New York, adjacent to the village of East Aurora. It is the former country estate of the Knox Family of Buffalo.

Park features
The park contains a variety of habitats, including grasslands, woodlands, ponds, and wetlands. The Knox Farm, located within the park, is still home to a number of farm animals, including horses, sheep, goats, llamas, and chickens.

Visitors can observe wildlife, hike, and cross-country ski through a number of nature trails; bicycles, however, are only permitted in certain areas. Nature walks and programs are offered by the New York State Parks Office. The Knox Farm Visitor Center contains exhibits of historical and natural interest.

Nature trails can also be toured on horseback by permit only. Horse owners must also have a current Coggins certificate. The park also offers use of stable facilities and riding lessons. There are also several equestrian events open to the public, such as horse shows, summer polo matches, and an annual carriage drive.

Friends of Knox Farm State Park
The Friends of Knox Farm State Park is a not-for-profit group dedicated to maintaining and promoting the park and its resources. The group holds several events for that purpose. In February 2014, the Friends of Knox Farm Board of Directors voted to replace Seymour Knox IV, who had served as president of the group since its founding in 2006. This resulted in the resignation of eight members of the board including Knox and other members of the Knox family.

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Nikolas Asimos

Nikolas Asimos (Νικόλας Άσιμος; 20 August 1949 – 17 March 1988 ) was a Greek composer, singer and performance artist. His real surname was Asimopoulos (Ασημόπουλος). Asimos was a very special case of a counter-culture artist, mostly because of his lifestyle. His behavior and songs were often received as provocative by the general public. He was a person with strong political opinions. Ideologically, he could be categorized as an anarchist but he never accepted being put in a specific political ideology.

Early life
Nikolas Asimos was born in Thessaloniki and grew up, in Kozani, where his parents were from. In 1967, he enrolled in the Philosophical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. During his college years, he was often involved with theater and the performing arts whilst writing songs and singing in various boîtes of Thessaloniki.

He often had problems with the police, particularly during the period of military rule — junta — in Greece and the consequent restriction on civil liberties, i.e., freedom of expression.

Career
In 1973, he moved to Athens from Thessaloniki; there he continued to be involved in theatre studies and graduated from a private theatre school. He wrote songs that were not recorded officially, but rather privately and on tapes that he would then sell on the streets of Athens. He performed in boîtes around Plaka along with Yannis Zouganelis and Sakis Boulas, among others. His first official recording effort was in 1974 with the single Romios – Michanismos (Ρωμιός – Μηχανισμός). In 1976, he had a daughter with Lillian Charitaki with whom he was not married.

In 1977, he was temporarily imprisoned along with five other editors and writers. They were all released after an initiative by Dionysis Savvopoulos. In 1978, he was drafted into the Greek army but did not serve as he was relieved of duty for psychological reasons. He wrote a book titled Anazitontas Krokantropous (Αναζητώντας Κροκανθρώπους "Looking for Yolkthat) which was never officially published but was circulated by him in photocopies. In his later years and after his death, the book was also made available by a publishing house. In 1982, he released his long-play record titled O Ksanapes (Ο Ξαναπές), "The Say-It-Again Man".

In 1987, he was accused of raping an ex-girlfriend and was forcibly placed in a mental institution. Shortly after he was sent to Korydallos Prison for pre-trial detention, during which his ex-girlfriend withdrew her accusations and tried to drop the charges against him. The prosecutor, however, denied dropping the charges and Asimos stayed in Korydallos until he was bailed out at the end of June. After being released, he never managed to overcome his bitterness over this charge. The outstanding trial along with other personal problems affected his psychological state profoundly. After two failed attempts, he committed suicide by hanging on 17 March 1988 in his house which he used to call the "preparation area". It is rumored that he kept a diary during the last 15 days of his life in which he describes his efforts to find something worth living for in his life. He marked the pages with an "X" which meant that he had not found anything worth living for. The 15th day was also marked with an "X" which is the day he hanged himself.

Production
His Paranomes Kassetes (illegal tapes), as Asimos liked to call his early work due to its lyrical content, were recorded in friends' houses and other more or less inappropriate (concerning a recording session) locations, with several musicians accompanying him. The tapes had an underground distribution by Asimos himself or his friends because he wanted to avoid his work being exploited by Record Labels. Apart from the tapes, he produced during his lifetime a 45rpm single with two songs and a full-length LP, as well as five compositions for a Vasilis Papakonstantinou record. The rest of his work was released after he died.

Discography

 * 1974 – Romios – Michanismos (Ρωμιός – Μηχανισμός), single
 * 1978 – Kasseta me to Vareli pou gia na Vgei to Spaei – Paranomi Kasseta No.000001 (Kασσέτα με το Βαρέλι για να Βγει το Σπάει – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No.000001)
 * 1979 – Eimai Palianthropos – Paranomi Kasseta No.000002 (Είμαι Παλιάνθρωπος – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No.000002)
 * part A of trilogy Tripli Kasseta Mpela me Horis Tampela (Τριπλή Κασσέτα Μπελα με Χωρίς Ταμπέλα)

 * 1979 – Giati Foras Klouvi – Paranomi Kasseta No.000003 (Γιατί Φοράς Κλουβί – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No.000003)
 * part Β of trilogy Tripli Kasseta Mpela me Horis Tampela (Τριπλή Κασσέτα Μπελα με Χωρίς Ταμπέλα)

 * 1979 – Klaste Eleftheros – Paranomi Kasseta No.000004 (Κλάστε Ελεύθερος – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No.000004)
 * part C of trilogy Tripli Kasseta Mpela me Horis Tampela (Τριπλή Κασσέτα Μπελα με Χωρίς Ταμπέλα)

 * 1982 – O Ksanapes (Ο Ξαναπές). (Vasilis Papakonstantinou and Haris Aleksiou participated).
 * 1986 – O Saliagkas – Paranomi Kasseta No.000005 (Ο Σάλιαγκας – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No.000005)
 * 1986 – H Zavolia – Paranomi Kasseta No.000006 (Η Ζαβολιά – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No.000006)
 * 1986 – Pali stin Kseftila – Paranomi Kasseta No.000007 (Πάλι στην Ξεφτίλα – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No.000007)
 * 1987 – To Fanari tou Diogeni – Paranomi Kasseta No.000008 (Το Φανάρι του Διογένη – Παράνομη Κασσέτα No.000008)
 * This record was re-released in 1989 after Asimos' death, where some songs were excluded due to intervention by the record company. Sotiria Leonardou participated in the record.

 * 1987 – Asimos contributed 5 songs in Heretismata (Χαιρετίσματα) by Vasilis Papakonstantinou.
 * 1992 – Sto Falimento tou Kosmou (Στο Φαλημέντο του Κόσμου) Includes a selection from his Paranomes Kassetes. Vasilis Papakonstantinou participated.
 * 2002 – Viomichania tou Pezodromiou (Βιομηχανία του Πεζοδρομίου) Double CD compilation with songs from Asimos' Paranomes Kassetes.

Covers

 * 1997 – The Greek rock band Magic de Spell released a cover version of Mpataria (Μπαταρία) in their CD single O Fovos Ehi Onoma (Ο Φόβος Έχει Όνομα).
 * 1997 – Vasilis Papakonstantinou used five Asimos songs in his album Pes mou Ena Psema n' Apokoimitho (Πες μου Ένα Ψέμα ν' Αποκοιμηθώ).
 * 2000 – The Greek rock band Endelecheia released a cover version of Mpagasas (Μπαγάσας) in their CD single Kathreftis (Καθρέφτης).

Books

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Talk:1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon

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I found that Wikipedia contained nothing on the biography of Kamal Adwan, Yousef Al-Najjar or Kamal Nasser, all who were killed by an Israeli raid on Beirute in 1973. I decided to add their biographies from an objective source. I have not infringed on any copyright as I am listing the source. I also have their permission to add the biographies. In each instance, the biographies were removed under the pretext of 'possible copyright infringement'. If the source does not happen to be pro-Zionist, that does not make the source less reliable.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Yussef_El-Najjar"

 * The problem is that simply listing the source does not make it non-infringement. If you do in fact have their permission to license these biographies under the GNU Free Documentation License, please provide some evidence of that (for example, an email from the copyright holder saying they agree to license the biography under the GFDL). --Delirium 23:48, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Why dont you just leave them posted until someone complains... you do most of the time and besides i know damn well that no Palestinian is going to object to their biographys being posted on here as a matter of fact i think this guys making it clear theyre pretty upset your not allowing them to even the playing field... if you or whoever wrote the main page cant do it then let a Palestinian do it... Hes right it stinks of unfairness. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.177.173.3 (talk) 23:26, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Unit Participation
Shayetet 13 helped ferry the Sayeret Matkal Commandos to the landing point. And in the movie the depiction of the commandos, some of whom were dressed as women, is true. Ehud Barak was one such participant who dressed in drag.

Tomcat200 28 May 2006

Name change
Article name changed in accordance to the WP:MILHIST guidelines. Operation name was Israeli-POV. See also change 1978 South Lebanon conflict. -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 15:21, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Strength
It's unbelievable that 25,000 Israeli soldiers took part in the raid. It was only a limited commando raid, not an invasion. To be verified--Katous1978 04:23, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

outcome?
there noting after the results —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.35.146 (talk) 19:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

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Collateral deaths et al.
It may be that neither IDF nor PLO will give some of the details, but surely the Lebanese gov't did press releases and a UN speech, so we can at least state what they claim (or fail to claim) abt it. We could surely, without resorting to OR, better answer some of the following, and should try: --Jerzy•t 20:37, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) The Italian woman:
 * 2) In bed with a PLO leader?
 * 3) Taking out the garbage from an apt down the hall, but knew too little Arabic to understand "Lie face down and show me your hands"?
 * 4) Stray bullet?
 * 5) Other?
 * 6) The wife:
 * 7) Armed?
 * 8) A known assassin, and executed with her hands in the air in the closet she was trying to hide in?
 * 9) Other?
 * 10) "During the operation" insinuates but does not clearly say that Lebanese cops and Italian woman were killed in the main-target building.
 * 11) Lebanese cops
 * 12) Shot by Barak while they were admiring his ass?
 * 13) Had their weapons drawn when first commandos detected their presence?
 * 14) Failed to raise their hands when commandos drew on them?
 * 15) Shot down attempting to flee, at a time when they might have been able to summon reinforcements?
 * 16) Other target(s)
 * 17) "Main target" (probably hopelessly ill-conceived term) was 1st building, or 1 to 3 apartments in the 1st building, but "Secondary targets" (plural) seems to have as its whole scope "A separate nearby target [that] was a multi-story building" and was apparently reduced to rubble with explosives.
 * 18) Sounds like the second building was the only "other target".
 * 19) Sounds like the second building functioned solely as residence and perhaps office space for PLO personnel and perhaps families, but incredibly vague about that.
 * 20) "Bomb" as a verb normally means "drop an explosive device onto", while in contexts that make the distinction clear it can mean "blow up with a concealed explosive device". (Not sure the verb ever applied to such bombs as the Haymarket bomb or notional anarchist bomb-throwers.) Here it seems to mean "demolished with (one assumes multiple charges of) explosives whose immediate purpose was demolition of the building, which in turn was intended to kill all those inside". One such situation would be better described not as
 * Despite this resistance, the force was able to bomb the building.
 * but
 * Under fire from PLO defending the building, the force demolished it with satchel charges, presumably killing all inside.
 * Quoting Gavin Young in The Observer dateline Beirut 14 April: 'Madame Clara Morelli, a harmless Italian lady, aged 64, woke up at about 1 a.m. on Tuesday when a bomb blew out the door of her flat. When she went to see what was happening a machine-gun burst hit her in the face.'

'Madame Morrelli was in Beirut on a visit to her grand-children.'

The report lists the false names of the five man advance party.(middle aged 31-47). Three of them had British passports. And the models of the six cars they hired: Three Buick Skylarks, a Plymounth Valiant, a Plymouth station wagon and a Renault 16.

He states that Kamal Adwan was shot at his door. Yossef el Najjar and his wife were 'riddled with machine-gun bullets side by side in bed. Kamal Nasser was in his pyjamas.

Young repeats the 'thing about the mouth' referenced in the main text (Alan Hart). 'Kamal Nasser was a poet and a spokesman for Al Fatah. He was frequently heard on Arab radio stations; he was famous for his voice. So there was a paticularly vicious element to his end. As he lay dead on the stone floor, leaking blood into a small Arab rug, amid the wreckage of hired furniture, the cheap record player, the plastic Venetian blind, someone stopped to fire 10 or 12 shots into his mouth and jaw.'

He states that Nasser was 'a Christian from a highly respected family connected to a fine college at Bir Zeit' and Abu Yousef was from Jaffa.

The Scotsman report dateline Beirut, Tuesday (10th), quotes Mrs Maha Al-Jayousy Adwan as saying that her husband was able to fire back at the five or six men in civilian clothes, injuring a number of them before he was killed. It states that three guards were killed outside Abu Youssef's home and that his wife died when she threw herself in front of him.

One eyewitness told reporters 'he was convinced "a pretty girl" was among one of the groups of attackers.

Following the Jean Genet line : 'Asked about reports of some of the Israeli soldiers wandering around Beirut in hippie clothes, driving hired cars, Gen Elazar drily commented "All of them wore clothes..." and "When we take something we always pay."'

It quotes official casualties as being two civilians and two security men killed.'but an ealier statement, which included references to non-Lebanese, said nine civilians were killed. These were believed to include a 70-year-old Italian woman.' Israel announced two soldiers killed and two wounded.

This report is under a headline LEBANESE CABINET RESIGN AFTER ISRAELI ATTACK - which is a good marker for the beginnings of the Lebanese Civil War of 1975.

I'll get back to you when I have The Times account - as I remember they liked the blonde woman story.Padres Hana (talk) 23:11, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Munich Massacre
Shouldn't it say somewhere that it was a retaliation for the Munich Massacre?--Mycomp (talk) 12:05, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

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Civilian casualties
It seems POV to me that only two are designated as "civilians" out of the up to 100. Doesn't "civilian" specifically mean unarmed and unable to respond to fire? It seems to me that a guy sitting in his apartment with a family is a civilian, and so is his wife that "died in melee" with a professional soldier. It's a bit bizarre. Bataaf van Oranje (talk) 13:01, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

 * According to the Lebanese permanent representative at the UN Security council, the list of 12 casualties comprises four Palestinians (the three commanders plus al-Najjar's wife), three Syrian Laborers, two Lebanese policemen, two Lebanese civilians and the Italian old lady. LlegóelBigotee (talk) 03:36, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

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Transliteration - "Miv'tzah" not "Mitzvah"
I can't edit the article, apparently, but the transliterated (Romanised) Hebrew appears to contain an error: "מבצע" is not "Mitzvah", which is a commandment (in the religious sense), and would be spelled "מִצְוָה". Rather, it is "Miv'tzah" or 'operation' (also 'sale', like in a store).

With nikkudot ('vowel marks'), the word is spelled "מִבְצָע" (mi-v-tsah-[silent letter])

For more information, see the Morfix online dictionary here: http://www.morfix.co.il/en/%D7%9E%D6%B4%D7%91%D6%B0%D7%A6%D6%B8%D7%A2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dreadnought1906 (talk • contribs) 14:58, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 June 2020
In the very first line, change "Mitzva" to "Mivtsa"

- Flegetanis  192.69.180.125 (talk) 03:21, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Thanks. Verified with some Googling for "מבצע" and Wiktionary. ProcrasinatingReader (talk) 00:22, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 11 January 2023

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The result of the move request was: Moved to 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon. There seems to be a definite consensus for a move to a new title. There is a possibility of a new move in the future if a new article is created about a similar attack that happened earlier in the same year. (non-admin closure) Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk) 02:28, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon → 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon – This was a raid against the PLO in Lebanon, rather than against the country or government, so "in" seems more accurate than "on". This also follows the pattern of 1972 Israeli air raid in Syria and Lebanon. There is no established, common name for this event other than "Operation Spring of Youth", but that's less descriptive. –CWenger (^ • @ ) 22:18, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

 * No objection... AnonMoos (talk) 22:49, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Why not just change it to Operation Spring of Youth?--RM (Be my friend) 09:34, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Per WP:MILMOS: "Operational codenames generally make poor titles, as the codename gives no indication of when or where the action took place and only represents one side's planning (potentially leading writers to focus on that side's point of view). Iskandar323 (talk) 10:12, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes but this wasn't the only Israeli commando raid on Lebanon in 1973. There was a commando attack via seaborne landing with air support in February near Tripoli in February in 1973. This name eliminates the possibility of creating a Wiki article about that.--RM (Be my friend) 21:23, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I assume there is no Wikipedia article on it? If there was I would suggest this article be renamed to April 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon while that article would be named February 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon. Or one could disambiguate with the cities. But in any case I still think this article should still be "in Lebanon" not "on Lebanon". –CWenger (^ • @ ) 21:51, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

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Recent revert
User:Dovidroth: your edit here, with the edit-line "Per source which mentions name of the operation, redundant bad grammar (Munich massacre mentioned twice in same sentence)"

As to the the first; I have been reported to WP:AE for using a name in the source, instead of the Wikipedia article name(!) See this. So no; the argument "Per source" doesn't "trump" the issue, so to speak.

To the second issue (bad grammar) I completely agree; feel free to fix it (but not by introducing a NPOV name), cheers, Huldra (talk) 23:38, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

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Robert Swain Gifford

Robert Swain Gifford (December 23, 1840 – January 15, 1905) was an American landscape painter. He was influenced by the Barbizon school and became a member of the Society of American Artists.

Early life and education
Gifford was born on Nonamesset Island, in the Elizabeth Islands, When he was 2 he moved with his family to the New Bedford area, and he attended public schools in New Bedford. When Gifford was a teen, the Dutch painter Albertus Van Beest arrived in New Bedford, and the two collaborated on ship paintings.

Career
Gifford opened a studio in Boston in 1864. Two years later he moved to New York City. In 1867 he was named an Associate of the National Academy of Design and in 1878 he became a full member. He travelled and painted in Oregon and California, then left for Europe, where he visited Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain. Before returning to the U.S. he travelled to Morocco and Egypt. He was joined by fellow artists such as Louis Comfort Tiffany, and painted some subjects from those regions. Much of his work focuses on the landscapes of New England. He, along with Victorian contemporaries from the White Mountain and Hudson River Schools, helped immortalize the majestic cliffs of Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. His painting from the island, Pettes Cove, is illustrative of his masterful marine work. In 1867, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full member in 1878.

In 1876 he was a medal winner at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and at the International Exposition in Paris in 1889. In 1899, he was an artist on the famous Harriman Alaska Expedition. Gifford died at his home in New York City in 1905.

Some of his works hang in the most prominent galleries in the USA, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC. He was a member of the Society of American Artists.

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2001 Italian general election

The 2001 Italian general election was held in Italy on 13 May 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. The election was won by the centre-right coalition House of Freedoms led by Silvio Berlusconi, defeating Francesco Rutelli, former mayor of Rome, and leader of the centre-left coalition The Olive Tree, and rising back to power after Berlusconi's first victory in the 1994 Italian general election.

Electoral system
The election was regulated by the Mattarella law of 1993, also known as "Mattarellum".

The intricate electoral system, called scorporo, provided 75% of the seats on the Chamber of Deputies (the Lower House) as elected by first-past-the-post system, whereas the remaining 25% was assigned on proportional representation with a minimum threshold of 4%.

The method used for the Senate was even more complicated: 75% of seats by uninominal method, and 25% by a special proportional method that assigned the remaining seats to minority parties. Formally, these were examples of additional member systems.

Campaign
For this election Berlusconi ran again for Prime Minister as leader of the centre-right House of Freedoms (La Casa delle Libertà), which included the Forza Italia, National Alliance, Northern League, Christian Democratic Centre, United Christian Democrats and other minor parties. The candidate for Prime Minister of the centre-left Olive Tree (L'Ulivo) was Francesco Rutelli, former mayor of Rome.

On the television interviews programme Porta a Porta, during the last days of the electoral campaign, Berlusconi created a powerful impression on the public by undertaking to sign a so-called Contratto con gli Italiani (Contract with the Italians), an idea copied outright by his advisor Luigi Crespi from the Newt Gingrich's Contract with America introduced six weeks before the 1994 US Congressional election, which was widely considered to be a creative masterstroke in his 2001 campaign bid for prime ministership. In this solemn agreement, Berlusconi claimed his commitment on improving several aspects of the Italian economy and life. Firstly, he undertook to simplify the complex tax system by introducing just two tax rates (33% for those earning over 100,000 euros, and 23% for anyone earning less than that figure: anyone earning less than 11,000 euros a year would not be taxed); secondly, he promised to halve the unemployment rate; thirdly, he undertook to finance and develop a massive new public works programme. Fourthly, he promised to raise the minimum monthly pension rate to 516 euros; and fifthly, he would suppress the crime wave by introducing police officers to patrol all local zones and areas in Italy's major cities. Berlusconi undertook to refrain from putting himself up for re-election in 2006 if he failed to honour at least four of these five promises.

Proportional and FPTP results
In 2001 the proportional list exhausted before all the deputies – which the winning party was entitled to – were declared elected.

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Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell; February 10, 1974) is an American actress, producer and director. She is known for playing chaperone Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and an ICCA commentator in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017). She made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She has since directed the action comedy Charlie's Angels (2019) and the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in 2002 with her husband, Max Handelman.

Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy (1998). She has appeared in films such as Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Seabiscuit (2003), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Slither (2006), Invincible (2006), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), Role Models (2008), The Next Three Days (2010), Man on a Ledge (2012), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012), Movie 43 (2013), The Lego Movie film series (2014–2019), Love & Mercy (2014), Walk of Shame (2014), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Power Rangers (2017), Brightburn (2019), and Call Jane (2022).

On television, Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2010–2012), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She also had recurring roles on the comedy series Scrubs (2006–2009) and Modern Family (2009–2020), the latter of which earned her a third Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She starred in the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017). Since 2019, Banks has hosted the ABC revival of the game show Press Your Luck.

Early life
Banks was born and raised in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the eldest of four children of Ann (née Wallace) and Mark P. Mitchell. Her father, a Vietnam War veteran, was a factory worker for General Electric, and her mother worked in a bank. She described her family as "very meat-and-potatoes, old-school Irish Catholic." Growing up, she played baseball and rode horses. She was in Little League when she broke her leg sliding into third base. She then tried out for the school play, which was her start in acting.

She graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1992 and is a member of the Massachusetts Junior Classical League. She attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was elected to the Friars Senior Society. She graduated magna cum laude in 1996 with a major in communications and a minor in theater arts. In 1998, she completed schooling at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California, where she earned an MFA degree.

1998–2005: Early career and breakthrough
Banks changed her name upon joining the Screen Actors Guild, as actress Elizabeth Mitchell was already registered in the union under that name.

After auditioning in New York, she was offered a role on the soap opera Santa Barbara. Taking the role would have required her to quit her education at the American Conservatory Theater, and as she had taken out student loans to complete her degree, she declined the offer. She made her acting debut in the 1998 independent film Surrender Dorothy as Elizabeth Casey, and appeared in various films over the next seven years, including Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Swept Away (2002) and Seabiscuit (2003). Her most notable role up to that point was Betty Brant in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007).

In 2002, Banks set up her own production company, Brownstone Productions, with her future husband, Max Handelman.

Banks gained more prominent widespread exposure with her role in the 2005 comedy film The 40-Year-Old Virgin. In August 2005, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, she starred in William Inge's Bus Stop as Cherie, the aspiring nightclub singer. Jeffrey Borak wrote that Banks' portrayal was acted "with poise, clarity and a shrewd feel for Cherie's complexities. Her performance is all of a piece and in harmony, stylistically, with the performances around her." In 2005, she appeared on the series Stella, and in May 2006, she had a role in the season five finale of the NBC sitcom Scrubs as Dr. Kim Briggs, the love interest of J.D. (Zach Braff). Banks appeared throughout seasons six, seven, and eight as a recurring guest star.

2006–2014: Further success and recognition
In 2006, Banks appeared in the American football drama film Invincible, in which she played Mark Wahlberg's love interest. Later, she and co-star Wahlberg were nominated for the "Best Kiss" award at the MTV Movie Awards. That same year, she landed the starring role in the comedy-horror film Slither.

In 2007, Banks played the female lead in the comedy film Meet Bill, alongside Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba. That same year, she had a small role as Santa's little helper, Charlyne, in the Christmas comedy film Fred Claus, co-starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti. In 2008, she played the ex-wife of Ryan Reynolds’ character and mother to his daughter in the comedy film Definitely, Maybe alongside Isla Fisher and Rachel Weisz, starred with Seth Rogen as the eponymous female lead in the Kevin Smith comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and played United States First Lady Laura Bush in W., Oliver Stone's biopic of George W. Bush.

In 2009, Banks appeared in the horror film The Uninvited, a remake of the South Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters. The film was about an intrusive stepmother who makes life miserable for the teen daughters of her new husband. Banks based her character, Rachel, on Rebecca De Mornay's character in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. "It was very important to me that every line reading I gave could be interpreted two ways," says Banks of her role, "So that when you go back through the movie you can see that".

Banks is a frequent co-star of actor Paul Rudd, the two having appeared in five films together to date (Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Role Models, and Our Idiot Brother). She is also a frequent co-star of actor Tobey Maguire, the two having also appeared in five films together (Spider-Man, Seabiscuit, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, and The Details).

Banks was cast as a love interest for Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) in the fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning sitcom 30 Rock. Intended to appear in four episodes in 2010, Banks went on to become a recurring character with 13 appearances by the end of the fifth season, including her marriage in the episode "Mrs. Donaghy". Her performance in season five earned her a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2012, Banks starred in the romantic comedy film What to Expect When You're Expecting and the action film Man on a Ledge. She also starred as Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the musical comedy film Pitch Perfect, which became a critical and commercial success. The next year she directed and starred in separate segments of Movie 43, a critically panned comedy anthology film.

Banks starred in the science fiction adventure film The Hunger Games (2012), playing Effie Trinket, a woman from "The Capitol" who escorts the District 12 tributes to the annual Hunger Games. She went on to reprise the role in the sequel films The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014), and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015). Banks co-starred in the 2014 movie Every Secret Thing, playing Detective Nancy Porter investigating the disappearance of a young child with similarities to a case she had previously been involved with. The same year, she provided the voice of the Master Builder Wyldstyle in the Warner Bros. animated film The Lego Movie.

In 2014, Banks was recognized by Elle Magazine during The Women in Hollywood Awards, honoring women for their outstanding achievements in film, spanning all aspects of the motion picture industry, including acting, directing, and producing.

2015–present: Directorial debut
After producing and starring in the film Pitch Perfect (2012), Banks directed its sequel, Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), making her feature directorial debut. She also co-produced and starred in both Pitch Perfect 2 and the next sequel, Pitch Perfect 3 (2017).

Banks portrayed Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, the wife of Brian Wilson, in the 2015 biopic Love & Mercy, which is based on the life of the musician and founding member of The Beach Boys, as portrayed by John Cusack.

In 2015, she was named as a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2015 Venice Film Festival. The festival was chaired by Alfonso Cuarón. Also in 2015, Banks became a spokeswoman for Realtor.com in a series of television commercials. In mid-February 2016, Banks appeared in advertisements for clothing company Old Navy. She also played space alien Rita Repulsa in the 2017 Power Rangers reboot film. In 2018, Banks co-starred as Jenny in the comedy film The Happytime Murders, alongside Melissa McCarthy and Maya Rudolph. In 2019, she reprised her starring role as Lucy / Wyldstyle in the animated comedy film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. She then starred as Tori Breyer in the superhero horror film Brightburn.

Banks was a speaker at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con, where she promoted The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. It was there where, along with co-stars Chris Pratt and Stephanie Beatriz, Banks and the filming team released the film's trailer.

On May 2, 2019, ABC announced Banks as the host of the summer 2019 revival of the game show Press Your Luck, which she also executive produces. Banks directed, produced, wrote, and starred as Bosley in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels, which was released in November 2019. In 2020, she starred as feminist Jill Ruckelshaus in the FX miniseries Mrs. America.

In November 2019, it was announced that Banks was set to star in, direct, and produce a new adaptation of The Invisible Woman (1940), based on her own original story pitch. Erin Cressida Wilson will write the script for the reboot of the female monster, while Max Handelman and Alison Small will serve as producer and executive producer, respectively.

In February 2020, Banks was allowed to pitch for a project by Universal Pictures from the roster of Universal Monsters, ultimately pitching The Invisible Woman. In June 2020, it was announced Banks would star as Ms. Frizzle in a live-action/animated hybrid of The Magic School Bus, which she will also produce through her company Brownstone Productions.

In March 2021, it was announced that Banks would direct the thriller film Cocaine Bear, which she produced alongside Max Handelman for Brownstone Productions, and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. In May 2021, Peacock announced that Banks would direct and star in the upcoming television series Red Queen, based on the dystopian novel of the same name.

In January 2022, Banks was cast in the film The Beanie Bubble, co-directed by Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash.

In March 2023 it was announced that Banks would executive produce and voice the character Pebbles Flintstone in the upcoming Fox animated prime-time series Bedrock which will be a reboot of the original series The Flintstones and will take place two decades after that series.

Personal life
Banks met her husband, Max Handelman, a sportswriter and producer from Portland, Oregon, on her first day of college on September 7, 1992. They were married in 2003 and have two sons, born via surrogacy. Banks said that people have criticized her for using a surrogate mother, even though she was unable to carry her own children due to infertility issues. "I don't feel I owe anybody an explanation...If my story helps people feel less alone on their journey, then I'm grateful for that," Banks said in an interview with Porter's Edit.

Banks went through parts of conversion to Judaism, her husband's faith, and studied with rabbis. In 2013, speaking of her religion, she stated that she practices Judaism, though "I did not have my mikveh, so, technically, I'm not converted," but that she has "been essentially a Jew for like 15 years," adding, "Frankly, because I'm already doing everything [practicing religious rituals], I feel like I'm as Jewish as I'm ever going to be."

Politics
Banks supports gun control and abortion rights.

Banks was a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and was involved in a rendition of Rachel Platten's single "Fight Song" with other celebrities at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. She has stated she is a feminist. In September 2020, Banks urged her Instagram followers to contact VoteRiders to get information and assistance with voter ID. That same month, she used her social media presence to participate in the VoteRiders #IDCheck Challenge to help spread the word about voter ID requirements for the presidential election.

Filmography
Banks has more than 250 credits to her name within film, television, and video games.

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Cannara

Cannara is a town and comune on the Topino River in the floodplain of central Umbria, in the province of Perugia. It is located about 7 km west of Spello and 9 km north of Bevagna.

It is a low-key agricultural village: its main business is the growing of wheat and onions. Its railroad station is used for freight and does not serve passengers.

As indicated by the etymology of the name (from canna, rushes), it is a medieval town, recent by the standards of the region, since in earlier times the site was underwater in the Lacus Clitorius that covered much of the area between Bastia Umbra and Foligno, and was only drained in the Middle Ages. At any rate Cannara is first mentioned in 1170 as insula Cannaio — "the island of Cannaio"; the lake had not been completely drained yet.

Main sights
Its principal monuments consist in a number of small churches, among which the most important is probably the Church of the Buona Morte (also known as the Church of the Stigmata of St Francis), which may be associated with the foundation of the Third Order by Francis of Assisi. In the territory of the comune, a shrine at Pian d'Arca commemorates the "Miracle of the Birds" of the same Saint Francis. Also, the little hilltop town of Collemancio has two old churches and a ruined Roman settlement identified by some with Urbinum Hortense.

Local events
Cannara's main annual celebration is a Sagra in honor of the onion: the Festa della Cipolla -- the week-long festival, featuring onion-based dining al fresco, draws over 10,000 visitors and is one of the best of the Umbrian 'sagre'.

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Rockwell College

Rockwell College (Coláiste Charraig an Tobair), founded in 1864, is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school near Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland.

The school has a rugby tradition and has won the Munster Schools Senior Cup 26 times and the Munster Schools Junior Cup 20 times. Rockwell is run by the Spiritans. Its list of former pupils and teachers includes two Presidents of Ireland.

History
Rockwell College was founded in 1864 by two Spiritan priests (also known as the Holy Ghost Fathers) to provide education to the sons of Roman Catholics during a time when Penal Laws were still in place against the Catholic majority in Ireland.

Rockwell College played an important role in the development of the Irish State in the several prominent figures of the Irish Revolutionary period taught at or attended the school. Éamon de Valera taught mathematics there as a young teacher and fellow 1916 Proclamation signatory Thomas MacDonagh attended as a pupil. In 1964 as part of the centenary celebrations President Éamon de Valera returned to the school, 60 years after he taught there.

In 1997, Pat O'Sullivan became Rockwell's first lay principal, and in 2012 Audrey O'Byrne became the college's first female principal.

Sister schools

 * Blackrock College
 * St Michael's College, Dublin
 * St Mary's College, Dublin
 * Templeogue College, Dublin

Politics

 * Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland 1976–1990
 * Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach and President of Ireland 1959-1973, was a mathematics teacher at the school.
 * Fionán Lynch, Deputy Leader of Fine Gael, TD from 1918 to 1944, Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1938 to 1939 and Government Minister from 1922 to 1932
 * Michael Ahern, former Junior Minister for Industry and Commerce and former TD for Cork East
 * Tadhg Crowley, Irish revolutionary and Fianna Fáil Senator and TD for Limerick
 * Henry Barniville, Senator and Professor of Anatomy in University College Dublin
 * Andrew Boylan, former Fine Gael TD for Cavan–Monaghan
 * Ruairí Brugha, Fianna Fáil TD, Senator and MEP
 * Maurice Manning, Chancellor of National University of Ireland, former Fine Gael Senator and President of the Irish Human Rights Commission
 * Enda Marren, Fine Gael trustee and Member of Irish Council of State
 * Seán McCarthy, former Minister of State for Finance and Technology
 * William Quirke, former Fianna Fáil Senator and Tipperary IRA leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.
 * Denis Jones, Fine Gael TD for Limerick West, 1957-1977, and Leas-Ceann Comhairle
 * Thomas Walsh, former Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow–Kilkenny
 * James John O'Shee, former member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, MP for the constituency of West Waterford (1895-1918) and co-founder of the Irish Land & Labour Association.
 * Garret Ahearn, Fine Gael Member of Seanad Eireann.

Legal

 * John L. Murray, former Chief Justice of Ireland, former judge of the Irish Supreme Court, former judge of the European Court of Justice, former Attorney General of Ireland, and former Chancellor of the University of Limerick
 * Maurice Collins, Judge of the Supreme Court
 * John Rogers, former Attorney General of Ireland between 1984-1987
 * David Keane, Judge of the High Court
 * Mark Heslin, Judge Of the High Court
 * Fionán Lynch, former Judge of the Circuit Court, 1944-1959

Business

 * Richie Boucher, Chairman at CRH plc
 * Brody Sweeney, CEO of O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars and Fine Gael candidate in 2007 election
 * Harry Crosbie, Developer of Point Village
 * Bernie Cahill, former Chairman of Aer Lingus and Greencore

Sport

 * Mick English, Irish rugby international
 * Willie Duggan, Irish rugby international
 * Gabriel Fulcher, Irish rugby international
 * Mick Fitzgibbon, Irish rugby international
 * Gary Halpin, Irish rugby international
 * Jack Clarke, Irish rugby international
 * Denis Leamy, Irish rugby international
 * John Fogarty, rugby international
 * JJ Hanrahan, Connacht rugby player
 * Diarmuid Barron, Munster rugby player
 * Brian Gleeson, Munster rugby player
 * Paddy Butler, rugby player
 * Michael Dargan, cricketer and rugby player
 * Denis Fogarty, rugby player
 * Mark Melbourne, rugby player
 * Paul McNaughton, manager of the Irish rugby team
 * Walter Swinburn, jockey, who won 8 British Classics, including the 1981 Derby with Shergar
 * Pat McGrath, hurler
 * Conor Sweeney, Tipperary Gaa Football Captain, Winning the 2020 Munster Football Championship

Clergy

 * Michael Browne
 * Pádraig de Brún, former president of National University of Ireland, Galway
 * Denis Fahey
 * Henry Aloysius Gogarty
 * Aengus Finucane, former chief executive of Concern Worldwide, was a teacher
 * Jack Finucane
 * Archbishop James Leen, Bishop of Port Louis, Mauritius.
 * John Joseph McCarthy

Others

 * John Francis Crowley, Irish revolutionary and hunger striker
 * John J. Collins, Biblical scholar, was a Spiritan for nine years, professor in Yale
 * John M. Feehan, author and publisher
 * Thomas MacDonagh - poet, teacher and co-leader of 1916 Rising, for which he was executed.
 * Colm Mangan - former Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces,
 * Pádraic Ó Conaire, writer
 * Liam O'Flaherty, writer
 * Kevin Roche, architect
 * Gabriel Rosenstock, writer

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Far point

In visual perception, the far point is the farthest point at which an object can be placed (along the optical axis of the eye) for its image to be focused on the retina within the eye's accommodation. It is sometimes described as the farthest point from the eye at which images are clear. The other limit of eye's accommodation is the near point.

For an unaccommodated emmetropic eye, the far point is at infinity, but for the sake of practicality, infinity is considered to be 6 m because the accommodation change from 6 m to infinity is negligible. See visual acuity or Snellen chart for details about 6/6 (m) or 20/20 (ft) vision.

For an unaccommodated myopic eye, the far point is closer than 6 m. It depends upon the refractive error of the person's eye.

For an unaccommodated hypermetropic eye, incident light must be converging before entering the eye so as to focus on the retina. In this case (the hypermetropic eye) the focus point is behind the retina in virtual space, rather than on the retina screen.

Sometimes far point is given in diopters, the inverse of the distance in meters (see Simple myopia). For example, an individual who can see clearly out to 50 cm would have a far point of $$\frac{1}{0.5\ \text{m}} = 2\ \text{diopters}$$.

Vision correction
A corrective lens can be used to correct myopia by imaging an object at infinity onto a virtual image at the patient's far point. According to the thin lens formula the required optical power $P$ is

$$P \approx \frac{1}{\infty}-\frac{1}{\mathit FP} = -\frac{1}{\mathit FP}$$,

where $FP$ is the distance to the patient's far point. $P$ is negative, because a diverging lens is required.

This calculation can be improved by taking into account the distance between the spectacle lens and the human eye, which is usually about 1.5 cm:

$$P = -\frac{1}{\mathit{FP}-0.015 \; \text{m}} $$.

For example, if a person has $FP = 30 cm$, then the optical power needed is $P = −3.51 diopters$ where one diopter is the reciprocal of one meter.

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