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Battle of Mokra

The Battle of Mokra took place on 1 September 1939 near the village of Mokra, 5 km north of Kłobuck and 23 km north-west of Częstochowa, Poland. It was one of the first battles of the Invasion of Poland, during the Second World War, and was one of the few Polish victories of that campaign and the first German defeat of the conflict.

Eve of the battle
According to the Polish mobilization scheme, the main task of the Łódź Army was to secure the connection between the Kraków Army operating in Silesia and Lesser Poland and the Poznań Army defending Greater Poland. It was also to cover the mobilization of a reserve Prusy Army behind the Polish lines. Because of that, the main purpose of the army was to gain time and offer delaying actions and harsh resistance in order for the mobilization to be accomplished.

The Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade was located north of the town of Kłobuck, along the railway to Katowice. Two regiments (19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment and 21st Vistula Uhlan Regiment, as well as 4th battalion of the 84th Infantry Regiment) were entrenched on both ends of a forest surrounding the village of Mokra, to the west of the north-south rail road line. To the east, Colonel Julian Filipowicz placed the reserves of the brigade: 12th Podolian Uhlan Regiment, 2nd Mounted Rifles Regiment and 21st Armoured Battalion.

The main task of the Polish brigade was to keep the connection between the 7th Infantry Division (Poland) operating to the south and the 30th Infantry Division (Poland) to the north. The terrain chosen by the Polish commander was ideal for defence: a railroad earthwork and a forest formed the main defensive line while the foreground was hilly, with a large number of ditches, streams and other obstacles.

Battle
On 1 September at 0500, the German Tenth Army of Army Group South crossed the Polish border and initiated the invasion of Poland. The German 31st Infantry Division, as well as 1st and 4th Panzer Divisions crossed the border in the operational sector of the Polish Volhynian cavalry brigade. After breaking through small Border Guard and National Defence detachments, the German units seized the towns of Krzepice and Starokrzepice, directly in front of the main Polish positions. After capturing them, the Germans razed both towns and expelled all the local inhabitants towards the Polish lines.

The German units were divided into three separate assault groups. The 1st Panzer Division headed directly towards the town of Kłobuck, held by the Polish 7th Infantry Division, while the 4th Panzer Division was split into northern and southern columns, each trying to outflank the Polish positions around Mokra. At the same time, the Luftwaffe began a heavy bombardment of the Polish positions. By the end of the day, German aircraft made 15 attacks, with 9 to 26 bombers in each. The planes were mostly Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers.

At 0630 in the morning the motorcycle reconnaissance squads of the 4th Panzer Division made contact with the 12th company of the 84th Infantry Regiment under Stanisław Radajewicz. Soon afterwards the AFVs arrived, supported by infantry and purportedly using Polish civilians as human shields. However, after several hits from Polish AT weapons on their flanks, the German tanks lost orientation, which allowed the civilians to cross the Polish lines with negligible losses. The German assault was renewed shortly afterwards, but was repelled by heavy machine gun fire. Two AFVs retreated, while the majority of the motorcyclists were taken prisoner.

The 4th Panzer Division then mounted an assault on the Polish 21st Uhlans Regiment, further northwards. After a short artillery barrage and aerial bombardment, the German tanks took the village of Wilkowieck and headed directly for the village of Mokra. However, although the regiment lost many horses and approximately five ammunition cars, the bombs mostly missed the Polish defensive positions and the advancing tanks were welcomed at 150 metres by well-positioned Polish-made 37mm Bofors antitank guns. After two Panzers were destroyed, the German tanks withdrew to 400 metres and started shelling the Poles with artillery, but after losing two additional AFVs (one destroyed and one immobilized), the German tanks retreated. The German infantry were left on a flat open field, right in front of the Polish positions, without any cover. They were forced to retreat by a Polish cavalry attack that caused heavy losses and resulted in a number of prisoners being taken by the Poles.

The positions of the 19th Uhlans Regiment were attacked at 0800 by an assault group composed of tanks, AFVs, motorcyclists and infantry. The German group, divided into three columns, was advancing towards the village of Rębielice Szlacheckie in order to outflank the 21st Regiment from the north. However, the Germans were apparently unaware of the 19th Regiment's positions. The westernmost group easily captured the village, but the central group was caught in an ambush by the Poles near the forest and had to flee. The third group was advancing alongside the Polish positions in the forest, completely unaware of the Polish forces several hundred metres away. When the Polish machine guns and anti-tank guns opened fire, the group was almost annihilated before it could respond.

Nevertheless, the Polish northern flank was endangered and the Germans had uncovered its positions. To counter the threat, Col. Filipowicz ordered the 12th Uhlans Regiment under Andrzej Kuczek, until then held in reserve, to strengthen the positions of the 19th Regiment. The newly arrived units were fresh, yet already battle-hardened in the first skirmishes in the early morning, which helped Polish morale.

German assault
At 10 a.m., the Wehrmacht started an assault on the northern flank, but were repelled from most positions with significant losses on both sides. Fifteen minutes later the German 4th Panzer Division repeated the attack, this time with artillery support and air cover. The assault was planned in three directions:

 * 1) Towards the positions of the 19th Regiment and to the north, in order to outflank the brigade
 * 2) Towards the village of Mokra itself, with approximately 100 tanks and AFVs
 * 3) Towards the weakened 4th Battalion of the 84th Infantry Regiment

The northern assault was carried out quickly. Under heavy covering fire, the German tanks, a mixture of Panzer Is and Panzer IIs, managed to break into the forest and secured a road leading across the railway line to the village of Izbiska Duże, to the north of the Polish headquarters. At 10.30 a.m., the Polish 4th Squadron of the dismounted 19th Cavalry Regiment was attacked from behind and pushed out of the forest. This threatened the separation of their 19th and 21st Regiments. Colonel Filipowicz ordered the 19th Regiment to withdraw to the other side of the railway, but the way was already held by German tanks and the unit was effectively surrounded. However, the Polish defence was reinforced by the arrival of the Armoured train No. 53, known as Śmiały ("Bold"), which arrived on the battlefield just as the German tanks were crossing the railway line. It stopped in the middle of the German column and opened fire on the German tanks at close range with its two 75mm guns and heavy machine guns. The German column was dispersed and retreated with heavy losses, losing a number of Panzer I and II tanks, while the 19th Regiment crossed the railroad under cover of the armoured train. Although the 19th Regiment suffered heavy losses, it managed to regroup on the other side.

Simultaneously, a German attack on the main positions of the 21st Regiment near the village of Mokra began. German tanks managed to outflank the 4th Squadron of the Regiment from the north, at the same time attacking it frontally. The Polish defenders were pushed out of the forest and heavy fighting for the village itself started. The Germans lost four tanks to the Polish 2nd Artillery Battalion firing from across the railway, but the 4th Squadron was in retreat, fighting for almost every house in the village and suffering heavy losses. Again the day was saved by Śmiały. It arrived in the area at the height of the battle and opened fire from a distance of almost 2.5 km, which was beyond the effective range of all German tank guns of the time, in the end destroying or knocking out several more Panzer I and IIs. Also, more Polish cavalry, made up of the 12th Uhlans Regiment, was moved to the area; the men dismounted and reinforced the 21st Regiment.

Polish counter-attack
The 21st Armoured Battalion under Maj. Stanisław Gliński, equipped mostly with Polish TKS tankettes was ordered to counter-attack the village, along with the cavalry squadron of Captain Jerzy Hollak. In the clouds of smoke of the burning village, the Polish units accidentally drove right into the middle of a German tank column. Although the Polish tankettes were no match for the heavier Panzer II German tanks and the cavalry was very vulnerable to tank fire, the confusion in German ranks prevented their commander from responding quickly enough. The Polish units managed to break through the German column with negligible losses and seized the forest to the northwest of Mokra. This manoeuvre is sometimes referred to as a Polish cavalry charge against German tanks, although no charge was planned nor executed. Nevertheless, the German tanks again lost orientation and the column withdrew from the village, again leaving it in Polish hands. The tanks withdrew to their initial positions in Wilkowiecko, leaving behind the infantry supporting the failed assault. German losses were high and a large number of German troops were taken prisoner.

At the same time, also at 1000, the positions of the 4th Battalion of the 84th Infantry Regiment were attacked by a detachment of German mechanized infantry. After initial clashes the Polish 11th and 12th Companies withdrew deeper into the forest. Colonel Filipowicz ordered the 2nd Mounted Rifles to counter-attack and strengthen the positions between the 21st and 84th regiments. Also the 10th Company managed to charge the enemy and retake the positions lost only a couple of minutes earlier. By noon, the fighting in the centre and in the south of the Polish positions was over. The fighting in the forest on the northern flank was ended after the 19th Regiment successfully withdrew.

Final struggles

At 1215 approximately 100 German tanks returned to the village of Mokra. The main assault broke the lines of the 4th squadron of the 21st Regiment and the tanks managed to charge the AT artillery nests, destroying two of the guns and breaking through to the central part of the village. The houses there were set on fire and the 21st Regiment managed to withdraw to the rail line, under cover of the smoke. Only isolated pockets of resistance were left in the village itself, which caused much confusion to the Germans.

The withdrawal of the 21st Regiment allowed the Germans to attack the 12th Regiment and the 2nd Artillery Battalion directly. The losses of the latter unit were high since most of the 75 mm field guns were not the best weapon for antitank fire. The 2nd battery lost all three guns and the HMG, while the 5th battery lost two guns. However, the rest of the artillery positions were covered with smoke from the burning houses the Germans had set afire, and were successfully hidden. When a group of tanks unknowingly approached the 1st battery, the Polish guns used direct fire on the German tanks, destroying thirteen of them in a matter of minutes. This allowed the Poles to hold their positions. The 12th Regiment under Andrzej Kuczek attacked the German tanks from the rear, from the previously-retaken forest to the Northwest of the village. Although both sides suffered heavy losses, the Germans withdrew. After the assault ended, the 2nd Artillery Battalion was withdrawn from the battle due to heavy losses and lack of ammunition.

At 1500, the Germans repeated the frontal assault with heavy artillery fire, tactical air attacks and almost 180 tanks from Wilkowiecko. Simultaneously, side attacks were commenced on the Polish flanks. The frontal assault was directed on the 2nd Squadron of the 12th Regiment (commanded by Stanisław Raczkowski), in the centre of the village. Although the Polish artillery destroyed many of them, the German tanks managed to break through again to the village. The 4th squadron under Feliks Pruszyński counter-attacked, but both squadrons were being constantly pressed towards the rail line. Colonel Filipowicz had no further reserves and the German tanks were nearing the railway crossing, while the Polish cavalry was being pushed back with heavy losses. Soon the regiments lost contact with each other. Because of the smoke, the battle broke down to a series of different skirmishes in the forests, the village and along the rails. All batteries but one of the 2nd Battalion were withdrawn from the battle. This made the situation of the 12th Regiment critical.

The 2nd Mounted Rifle Regiment, the only unit that was still intact and in contact with the commander of the brigade, was ordered to assault at all costs and reinforce the 12th Regiment and the gap between the cavalry and the 84th Regiment in the south. This helped the Polish defence, but only for the moment. Colonel Filipowicz ordered the Polish tankettes to charge the German tanks in the village. Although the tankettes were not supplied with antitank ammunition, in the chaos of the battle they managed to halt the German advance temporarily. After losing one tankette the Poles withdrew, but managed to gain enough time for the armoured trains to return to the area. To the north, at the positions of the 19th Regiment the tanks also managed to break through and started crossing the railroad near Izbiska. When the German tanks crossed the line, both of the armoured trains arrived and attacked them from behind. While the losses in tanks were limited, the panic that started in German units resulted in many tanks being abandoned by their crews, who could not drive the tanks directly through the railway tracks (elevated some two metres above the ground); the crossing was blocked by burning AFVs. Although both trains suffered some losses and were finally forced to retreat, the panic in German ranks was not stopped. In the smoke some of the German tanks started firing at German positions, while others simply retreated towards their initial position, directly through the German infantry.

In the south the Polish infantry was yet again pushed deeper into the forest, but its lines were not broken. By 1700 the battle was over.

Aftermath
The German 4th Panzer Division was forced back to its initial positions in Opatów and Wilkowiecko, and only the 12th Schützen Regiment managed to reach the rail road crossing at Izbiska. However, upon learning that the German 1st Panzer Division had managed to take Kłobuck, the Polish forces were withdrawn overnight south-eastwards, to the village of Łobodno located north-east of Kłobuck, and then to the second line of defence, some 12 km to the east.

Casualties
The losses on both sides were quite high. The Germans lost approximately 800 men (killed, captured, wounded or missing), and between 100 and 160 AFVs (at least 50 of them tanks). The Polish brigade lost 200 killed and 300 wounded, as well as 300 horses and several guns. The 2nd Mounted Artillery Battalion lost almost 30% of its men, the 21st Regiment almost 25%; the 12th Uhlans Regiment that was used as a reserve lost 5 officers and 216 men killed and wounded.

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Jordis Unga

Jordis Losana Sikahema Unga (born August 6, 1982) is an American rock singer from Forest Lake, Minnesota. After years of building a cult following in Minneapolis, as a vocalist for The Fighting Tongs and Liars Club, Unga reached international fame for her performances on the first season of the CBS television reality show Rock Star: INXS where 15 contestants competed to become the lead vocalist for the Australian rock band INXS. She finished fifth overall. Unga was also a contestant on the second season of NBC's The Voice as a part of "Team Blake". She was eliminated on April 16, 2012, finishing in the Top 16 of the competition. In 2014, Unga released her debut album, A Letter from Home.

Early years
Unga comes from a musical family. Her father, originally from Tonga, moved the family around a lot when she was young. Eventually the family settled down in St. Paul, Minnesota when she was about 10 years old. Through her aunt, she is related to Sione Vailahi, a professional wrestler.

Unga attended Forest Lake Area High School, and, in 2000, the Perpich Center for Arts Education for her senior year of high school where she studied music.

Early 2002, Unga was the front singer for The Fighting Tongs. The band adopted the name from the movie Big Trouble in Little China. The band supported Twisted Sister, Anthrax, Sevendust and Damageplan. It was dissolved after recording a self-financed EP, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades. Ex-members including Unga, drummer Corey Frazee, guitarist "Moose" Hitchcock and bassist Josh Hoglund formed "Liars Club".

Unga first appeared on television as a contestant on Star Search (2004) but was knocked out of the competition in the first round.

Rock Star: INXS (2005)
She appeared on the first season of the CBS television reality show Rock Star: INXS where 15 contestants competed to become the lead vocalist for the Australian rock band INXS. Contestants were housed in the Paramour Mansion, and squared off in a singing contest featuring well-known rock songs. Each week, viewers voted for their favorite contestant. The three contestants with the fewest votes performed an INXS song the following night. Except for the second week, each week one finalist was asked to perform an encore performance of the song they performed the night before, noted as an "Encore Performance".

As the youngest contestant at age 22, Unga received international notoriety for her rendition of The Who's 'Baba O'Riley'. Dave Navarro, one of the judges, declared, "Let's close the competition now!" Unga scored high marks in the second round of the competition with Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box". Halfway through the competition, Unga was invited by Navarro to perform The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" with his band Camp Freddy at the West Hollywood House of Blues. Camp Freddy featured former The Cult bassist Billy Morrison on guitar and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins.

During the show, Unga achieved the feat of simultaneously having the top four most downloaded songs on MSN Music, reaching the No. 1 position on the MSN charts being an unprecedented feat for an unsigned artist.

Unga's performances on Rock Star: INXS by week of the performance:
 * Week 1:
 * Baba O'Riley (The Who)
 * Heart-Shaped Box (Nirvana)
 * Week 2:
 * The Reason (Hoobastank)
 * Week 3:
 * Gimme Some Lovin' (The Spencer Davis Group)
 * Week 4:
 * The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie) – Encore Performance
 * Week 5:
 * Layla (Derek and the Dominos)
 * Week 6:
 * Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
 * Week 7:
 * Dream On (Aerosmith)
 * Week 8:
 * Imagine (John Lennon)
 * Listen Like Thieves (INXS) – Bottom 3 Performance
 * Week 9:
 * We Are the Champions (Queen)
 * Try Not (Jordis Unga)
 * Us (INXS) – Ensemble of remaining contestants with INXS
 * Need You Tonight (INXS) – 'Bottom 3 Performance'

Unga placed fifth after being eliminated on September 7, 2005, but left the show with an Epic Records recording contract.

After Rock Star: INXS
After the competition, Unga spent time writing songs and recording demos for her debut album, but it was never released. Epic Records paired her with various collaborators, including David Hodges and the duo Anne Preven and Scott Cutler of Ednaswap.

Unga's first official live performance was October 15, 2005, singing the national anthem at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for the boxing event 'The Rematch; Mora vs. Manfredo Jr.'

Unga was invited by Yolanda 'Lonnie' and Muhammad Ali to perform at the Grand Opening for the Muhammad Ali Center located in Louisville, Kentucky on November 19, 2005. She performed John Lennon's 'Imagine'. As a part of the ceremonies, Unga shared the stage with James Taylor, Richie Havens, Hootie and the Blowfish, Jim Carrey, Chris Tucker and Herbie Hancock. Other celebrities in attendance were President Bill Clinton, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, B.B. King, Evander Holyfield, and Montel Williams.

Unga has co-written music with Oscar-nominated songwriters Anne Preven and Scott Cutler, Grammy winning artist and producer David Hodges, and Kevin Griffin (lead singer of Better than Ezra).

In The Voice (2012)
In 2012, Jordis Unga took part in the second season of the American reality television series The Voice. On the program broadcast on February 13, 2012, she sang "Maybe I'm Amazed" from Paul McCartney. Three of the 4 judges, Cee-Lo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton, hit their "I Want You" buttons. Unga eventually chose Blake Shelton as mentor becoming part of the 12-member "Team Blake".

On March 5, 2012, Unga defeated Brian Fuente in the Battle Rounds to advance to the Live Shows.

Unga was eliminated in the quarterfinal round on April 16, 2012. On the finale results show, she was called back by finalist Tony Lucca to perform Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way" with him as one of his final performances.

A Letter from Home (2012–present)
In 2012, Jordis started a Kickstarter campaign in order to release her debut album 'A Letter from Home'. The campaign gained 1,424 backers and pledged $75,949 (with a goal of $33,300), and raised $45,000 within the first three days. However, Unga's Kickstarter campaign became the subject of multiple Federal Trade Commission complaints due to unfulfilled rewards.

Studio albums

 * A Letter from Home (2014)

Compilations

 * A Night at the Mayan Theatre (2005) (includes her interpretation of "Baba O'Riley" by The Who and "The Man Who Sold the World" by David Bowie as a bonus track.)
 * The Best of Rock Star: INXS (2005) (includes her performances of "Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana, "The Man Who Sold the World" by David Bowie and "Imagine" by John Lennon)

Songs

 * Pretty Vegas (2005) (co-composer with Marty Casey, Andrew Farriss and J.D. Fortune)

Videography
A DVD titled Rock Star: INXS The DVD was released on November 29, 2005, containing selected performances by the final six contestants (J.D. Fortune, Marty Casey, Mig Ayesa, Suzie McNeil, Jordis Unga, and Ty Taylor) as well as the post-finale mini-concert by INXS & J.D. Fortune, short behind-the-scenes footage, and extras including the contestants' casting interviews and a photo slideshow.

Unga's performances for Rock Star: INXS The DVD were taken from episodes throughout the series:
 * Week 1, Episode 2: Jordis Unga – "Heart-Shaped Box" (Nirvana)
 * Week 4, Episode 11: – "The Man Who Sold the World"
 * Week 8, Episode 23 – "Imagine" (John Lennon)

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 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash 05:53, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Bar Mitzvah Boy
There's nothing here that isn't already on the main Play for Today page already. I can't expand it myself as I've sadly not seen this Play for Today, and the stub seems to have been up for two weeks without anybody else being able to come along and expand it either. Angmering 14:25, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Two weeks is no time at all. Osomec 14:34, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. — Well according to the Play for Today page, this was one of the more "famous" plays on that series. Based on a google search ("Bar Mitzvah Boy" AND BBC) it appears to be notable. There's even a musical based on the TV show. — RJH 15:18, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. With the radio series running that long, there must be someone who can expand this into something more meaningful. Alf 17:09, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, 's a Jack Rosenthal drama isn't it? Those certainly all deserve articles at some point. --zippedmartin 19:22, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
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Francis William Drake

Francis William Drake (1724 – 1788 or 1789) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of vice-admiral of the red.

Family and early life
Not much is known of Francis William's early life. He was born in Buckland Monachorum, Devon in 1724 and was baptized on 22 August that year. He was the third son, and the second surviving son, of Anne Heathcote and Sir Francis Henry Drake. This line of Drakes descended from the brother of Elizabethan naval hero Sir Francis Drake. Francis William is often confused with his younger brother, Francis Samuel, also a naval officer whose death occurred around the same time. All four sons of Sir Francis Henry Drake had Francis as their first name, which further adds to the confusion. The sons' names were, Francis Henry, Francis Duncombe, Francis William and Francis Samuel.

Drake joined the Royal Navy at an early age (about 8 or 10). He was promoted to lieutenant, and then to commander on 18 October 1743. He commanded first the HMS Dreadnought Prize from April 1747 to January 1748. He was then promoted to post-captain on 29 January 1748 at the age of 23. That year he commanded HMS Fowey (1744) during the War of the Austrian Succession. He went out the West Indies to serve under Charles Knowles, and came across the Spanish vessel St. Judea and captured her with her 108 crew. HMS Fowey was shipwrecked at the Florida Keys while towing the St. Judea to Virginia. An investigation was launched by the Admiralty, but all were exonerated on testimony that they were the victim of a strange current.

North America
From Fowey he was appointed to command HMS Mercury (1745) in May 1749 until 1750 and in 1751 took command of the 24-gun HMS Boston (1748). During this time he served under Commodore Sir George Rodney at Newfoundland and was sent into Conception and Trinity Bay's and as far north as Cape Bonavista where he had authority to hear appeals from decisions of fishing admirals and to enforce the various provisions of the Trade to Newfoundland Act 1698. In 1750 Drake served as the de facto Governor of Newfoundland under Commodore Rodney, senior naval officer in 1750 and 1751, and was appointed to the position of governor in 1752.

Governorship
Drake was instrumental in making reforms in the Newfoundland justice system in the way that prisoners were incarcerated and the requirement that people charged with criminal offences had to be transported to England for trial. The instructions given to Drake were to appoint judges and commissioners oyer and terminer to hear all criminal cases except treason. After returning to England Drake had suggested additional reforms urging that the provision forbidding the execution of those convicted of criminal offences be changed. He suggested that a secure prison be built in St. John's as prisoners could easily escape or freeze to death while awaiting transport to England while incarcerated over the winter while the British cabinet determined their fate. Changes were granted including the right to execute prisoners found guilty of crimes.

Seven Years' War
Drake was appointed to command the 50-gun HMS Falkland (1696) in October 1755, remaining in command until 1757, when he was succeeded by his younger brother, Francis Samuel. Francis William took command of the 60-gun HMS Edgar (1758) in December 1758. He remained in command for the rest of the Seven Years' War. He was present at the Battle of Lagos on 18 August 1759 under Sir Edward Boscawen, the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759 under Sir Edward Hawke, and the Capture of Belle Île between 4 and 8 June 1761 under Augustus Keppel. Drake then went out to the West Indies again, and was present at the Battle of Havana between 6 June and 13 August 1762 under Sir George Pocock, before retiring on half pay in 1763.

Political career and further appointments
Drake's elder brother, the fifth baronet, had previously represented Bere Alston in the House of Commons. He was appointed Master of the Household in 1771, and chose not to seek re-election. Instead Francis William was elected in his place, on 29 January 1771. He voted with the government on most issues, and did not seek re-election in the 1774 general election.

He was promoted to rear-admiral of the blue on 23 January 1778 and rear-admiral of the red on 19 March 1779, taking up command in the Downs in 1779 during the American War of Independence. He flew his flag at first aboard the 60-gun HMS Dunkirk (1754) between July and November 1779, and then aboard HMS Dromedary from November 1779 until 1781. He was promoted to vice-admiral of the blue on 26 September 1780 and was given command of a squadron of the Channel Fleet under Vice-Admiral George Darby. He hoisted his flag aboard the 100-gun HMS Victory and remained there until 29 December 1780.

He flew his flag for a brief time in May 1782 aboard the 60-gun HMS Rippon (1758), and then transferred to the 60-gun HMS Panther (1758). He does not appear to have gone out with her to the Mediterranean with the fleet to relieve Gibraltar under Admiral Richard Howe. Lord Sandwich offered him further commands in the fleet under Rodney, but severe attacks of gout forced him to decline, and he eventually struck his flag and went ashore. He was nevertheless promoted to vice-admiral of the red in September 1787, and raised his pennant on HMS Ganges (1782).

Family and later life
Drake's family life is confused in later records with those of his younger brother Francis Samuel. He may have married, on 23 January 1788 in Ripley, the only daughter of George Onslow, for many years the member of parliament for Guildford. A special license was apparently required as she was a minor. The same fact is recorded though for his brother, and Pooley would have actually been thirty in 1788. Sir Lewis Namier's work, The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, recorded that Francis William married his cousin, Elizabeth Heathcote, the daughter of Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet on 3 November 1763. They had two daughters; the elder Sophia (1765 - 14 June 1803), was mother of Peter, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio. Francis William Drake died in late 1788 or early 1789, or more likely December 1787.

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Hello Karmafist, Can you please help me understand how can I fix this mistake. Its my first article here, I'll appreciate a quote with sample of the NPOV.

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Johny

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Kaan Varnalı
Kaan Varnali, Ph.D., has been conducting research on a variety of topics related with digital marketing for more than 5 years. His research has appeared on several scholarly outlets as journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings. He also authored a book entitled "Mobile Marketing: Fundamentals & Strategy" that is published by McGraw-Hill. He has a particular interest on the impact of medim related factors on consumer behavior, especially on the factors that drive consumers’ value creation process in the context of digital media. His other research areas include mobile marketing, online communities and cultural influences on interpersonal communication and consumption. Currently, he is the vice dean of and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Communication, Istanbul Bilgi University, where he teaches courses on consumer behavior, brand management, and marketing through new media.

Kaan Varnali's Education

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi PhD, Marketing 2006 – 2010

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi MBA, Business Administration 2004 – 2006

Koç Üniversitesi BS, Computer Engineering 2000 – 2004

Specialties New Media, Consumer Behavior, Mobile Marketing, Online Services, Internet Ventures, Web Strategies, Virtual Communities, Marketing Research

Kaan Varnali's Experience

Assistant Professor Istanbul Bilgi University Educational Institution; Higher Education industry September 2010 – Present (1 year 2 months)

Lecturer AdSchool Istanbul Higher Education industry July 2010 – Present (1 year 4 months)

Postdoc Researcher Bogazici University Educational Institution; Higher Education industry June 2010 – September 2010 (4 months)

Honors and Awards: Bogazici University: Best Doctoral Dissertation in Social Sciences Award, 2010. Bogazici University: BUVAK scholarship based on academic excellence: 2009-2010. Bogazici University: Best Doctoral Dissertation in Social Sciences Award, 2010. Bogazici University: BUVAK scholarship based on academic excellence: 2009-2010.

Kaan Varnalı
Kaan Varnali, Ph.D., has been conducting research on a variety of topics related with digital marketing for more than 5 years. His research has appeared on several scholarly outlets as journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings. He also authored a book entitled "Mobile Marketing: Fundamentals & Strategy" that is published by McGraw-Hill. He has a particular interest on the impact of medim related factors on consumer behavior, especially on the factors that drive consumers’ value creation process in the context of digital media. His other research areas include mobile marketing, online communities and cultural influences on interpersonal communication and consumption. Currently, he is the vice dean of and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Communication, Istanbul Bilgi University, where he teaches courses on consumer behavior, brand management, and marketing through new media.

Kaan Varnali's Education

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi PhD, Marketing 2006 – 2010

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi MBA, Business Administration 2004 – 2006

Koç Üniversitesi BS, Computer Engineering 2000 – 2004

Kaan Varnali's Experience

Assistant Professor Istanbul Bilgi University Educational Institution; Higher Education industry September 2010 – Present (1 year 2 months)

Lecturer AdSchool Istanbul Higher Education industry July 2010 – Present (1 year 4 months)

Postdoc Researcher Bogazici University Educational Institution; Higher Education industry June 2010 – September 2010 (4 months)

Books: Varnali, K., Toker, A. & Yilmaz, C. (2010). Mobile Marketing: Fundamentals & Strategy. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Publications: Varnali, K. (in press). Upgrading to Customer-Interaction 2.0 with Mobile. In Columbus F. (ed.), Pervasive Computing. NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Varnali, K. (in press). The Impact of the Internet on Marketing Strategy: Revisiting Early Predictions. International Journal of E-Business Research.

Varnali, K. & Toker, A. (2010). Mobile Marketing Research: The-state-of-the-art. International Journal of Information Management, 30, 144-151. (SSCI)

Varnali, K. & Yilmaz, C. (2010). Exploring the Mobile Consumer. In I. Lee (Ed), Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy (768-778). Hershey: IGI-Global.

Varnali, K., Toker, A. & Yilmaz, C. (2009). A Consumer Centric Model for Mobile Marketing. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of ASBBS, 100-115.

Toker, A. & Varnali, K. (2009). A Framework for E-Potential Assessment in Online Markets. Journal of Internet Business, 6, 81-110.

Specialties New Media, Consumer Behavior, Mobile Marketing, Online Services, Internet Ventures, Web Strategies, Virtual Communities, Marketing Research

Honors and Awards: Bogazici University: Best Doctoral Dissertation in Social Sciences Award, 2010. Bogazici University: BUVAK scholarship based on academic excellence: 2009-2010.

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Wolfgang Wagner

Wolfgang Wagner (30 August 1919 – 21 March 2010 ) was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966. From then on, he assumed total control until he retired in 2008, although many of the productions which he commissioned were severely criticized in their day. He had been plagued by family conflicts and criticism for many years. He was the son of Siegfried Wagner (the son of Richard Wagner) and he was the great-grandson of Franz Liszt.

Biography
His mother, Winifred Wagner (née Williams-Klindworth), was English. He was born at Wahnfried, the Wagner family home in Bayreuth in Bavaria. In addition to his elder brother Wieland (1917–66), he had an elder sister Friedelind Wagner (1918–1991), and a younger sister Verena Wagner (1920–2019).

During the 1920s Winifred Wagner was an admirer, supporter and friend of the Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler, who became a regular visitor to Bayreuth a decade before he assumed power in Germany. Wolfgang Wagner first met Hitler in 1923, when he was four years old, and the Wagner children were encouraged to call him "Uncle Adolf" or "Uncle Wolf" (his nickname). When Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, he showered favours on the Wagner family. Wolfgang was a member of the Hitler Youth but never joined the Nazi Party. He joined the German Army in 1939. During the Polish campaign he was severely wounded in the arm, and he was discharged as medically unfit in June 1940 (Hitler visited him in the hospital).

Wagner married twice, to Ellen Drexel (1919–2002) and Gudrun Mack (1944–2007). He has three children: Eva, born 1945, Gottfried, born 1947 and Katharina, born 1978. He was reportedly estranged from his daughter Eva over control of the Bayreuth Festival, while Gottfried, who has long been publicly critical, and was banned from the family villa in 1975, only learned of his father's death from media coverage. According to Gottfried's autobiography Twilight of the Wagners: The Unveiling of a Family's Legacy (1997, English version: 1999), his father told him in the 1950s: "Hitler cured unemployment and restored worldwide respect for the German economy. He freed our people from a moral crisis and united all decent forces. We Wagners have him to thank for the idealistic rescue of the Bayreuth festival."

Eva was eventually named as his successor as the director of the Bayreuth Festival in conjunction with his preferred candidate, her half-sister Katharina, after the two women reached an agreement following the death of his second wife who was Katharina's mother.

Career
Wolfgang worked with his older brother Wieland Wagner in 1951 on the resurrection of the Bayreuth Festival following Germany's defeat in the Second World War. Since that time, the festival has run on an annual basis. On Wieland's death in 1966, Wolfgang became the sole director of the festival and, under his directorship, the famous Bayreuth Festspielhaus underwent extensive renovations. He stepped down on 31 August 2008 when the year's festival had finished.

Both brothers contributed productions to the Bayreuth Festival, but Wolfgang did not enjoy the same critical reception as Wieland did. Like his brother, Wolfgang favoured modern, minimalist stagings of his grandfather's works in his productions. As director of the festival, Wolfgang commissioned work from many guest producers, including innovative and controversial stagings such as the 1976 production of the Ring Cycle by Patrice Chéreau. However, he confined the stagings at the festival to the last ten operas by his grandfather that make up the Bayreuth canon established under the direction of his grandmother Cosima Wagner.

Wolfgang attracted some criticism for what was seen as his autocratic sway over the Festival, much of which comes from within the Wagner family itself. Wieland's daughters, Daphne and Nike Wagner, have accused their uncle of ill-treating their branch of the family, saying that he drove them and their mother out of Wahnfried, the family home, following their father's death and destroyed the scenery, models and correspondence with artists relating to their father's work. Wagner writer Barry Millington notes two rather inconsistent threads of criticism about Wolfgang's role in managing the presentation of the family's connection with the Nazis. Daphne accuses him of blackening her father's name by releasing information on Wieland's connection with the Bayreuth satellite of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, while Wolfgang's own son, Gottfried, accuses him of having tried to suppress all information about the Wagner grandchildren's connection with the Nazis. Moreover, Christian Kracht described "the likes of Wolfgang Wagner" as "bourgeois & enemy to Christoph Schlingensief."

Nonetheless, he helped make the Bayreuth one of the most popular destinations in the world of opera. There was a ten-year waiting list for tickets. In 1994, he invited Werner Herzog (who had staged Lohengrin at Bayreuth in 1987) to make a documentary about the festival, which was released under the title Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik (The Transformation of the World into Music).

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Thanks but just one question, why do people bother editing/creating/moving articles, i mean, is there any benefit or status within the Wikipedia community that we get?

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Zeltingen-Rachtig

Zeltingen-Rachtig is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Location
The municipality lies surrounded by vineyards in the great bend in the Moselle between Bernkastel-Kues and Traben-Trarbach not far from the university town of Trier. Both Ortsteile – Zeltingen and Rachtig – are found on the river's right bank where the valley broadens out into very flat country bordering on the Hunsrück. Zeltingen-Rachtig belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Nearby municipalities
Neighbouring municipalities are, among others, Erden, Ürzig and Graach an der Mosel. The nearest middle centres are Bernkastel-Kues, some 5 km away, and Wittlich, some 15 km away. Trier lies some 45 km away.

Climate
Zeltingen-Rachtig lies in a transitional zone between temperate oceanic climate and continental climate; compared to other regions in Germany, a very warm and sunny climate prevails here. In nearby Brauneberg on 11 August 1998, a record temperature of 41.2 °C in the shade, the highest ever air temperature recorded in the Federal Republic, was confirmed.

The barrier formed by the Eifel shields the double municipality from west winds, putting it in a rain shadow and sometimes subjecting it to a föhn effect. At the same time, the warming of the air is favoured by the only slight exchange of air with the surrounding area. Tied in with this is the high humidity due to ongoing evaporation of water from the Moselle, which, especially in summer, makes at times for heavy and muggy weather, and which also brings many storms along with it.

History
Remnants of human settlements near Bernkastel-Kues date from the time of the Linear Pottery culture, about 3000 BC. As early as 500 BC, the Treveri, a people of mixed Celtic and Germanic stock, from whom the Latin name for the city of Trier, Augusta Treverorum, is also derived, settled in the region around Zeltingen-Rachtig. Celtanc and Raptacum are the oldest names for today's Zeltingen-Rachtig that have been handed down; they document its Celtic beginnings. Until the 19th century, the double municipality was an enclave of the Archbishopric of Cologne. Cunibert of Cologne, who was once the Archbishop, was descended from the Moselle-Franconian nobility. The local lore has it that he was born at a castle near Zeltingen.

Municipal council
The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:

Coat of arms
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale gules two keys per saltire, the wards to chief and the one in bend surmounting the other Or, and argent a cross sable.

The municipality's oldest known seal, from the late 14th century, already bears these charges, and both refer to the former landholder, the Electorate of Cologne, whose arms are seen on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side. The keys on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refer to Saint Peter, who was Cologne's patron saint.

After having been in use for centuries, the arms were officially granted in 1936.

Town partnerships
Zeltingen-Rachtig fosters partnerships with the following places:
 * 🇫🇷 Saint-Florentin, Yonne, France since 1966

Village culture
With 133 ha of vineyards, the double municipality is among the biggest winegrowing centres on the Middle Moselle. One well known vineyard is the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (“Sundial”) at the Bernkasteler Ring winemakers’ association's wine auction in September 2006, a 2002 Trockenbeerenauslese from this vineyard fetched a record price for one bottle of €2,100. Other vineyards are Zeltinger Himmelreich (“Heaven Empire”), Zeltinger Schloßberg (“Castle Mountain”) and Zeltinger Deutschherrenberg (“German Lords’ Mountain”). Several wineries, which grow mainly Riesling, still exist today. Furthermore, there is a cultural path in the form of the Mosel.Erlebnis.Route, which stretches on for 7 km and gives information about the municipality's history, winegrowing and culture. It leads through both centres and through several vineyards. Inge Schwaab, the 1963/1964 German Wine Queen, comes from Zeltingen-Rachtig.

Volunteer fire brigades, parish communities and several clubs characterize village cultural life in Zeltingen-Rachtig. In the Zeltingen Rowing Association (Rudergesellschaft Zeltingen), which counts two world champions in lightweight fours without coxswain and an Olympian among its members, there is a very successful and active rowing club.

Regular events
Local history and wine festivals are regularly held. Highlights are the Street Wine Festival (Weinstraßenfest) and the Wine Fair (Weinkirmes) in Rachtig, as well as the Days of the Open Wine Cellars (Tage der offenen Weinkeller), the Wine and Street Festival (Wein- und Straßenfest) and the Wine Fair, each held in Zeltingen. Further concerts, practice of customs, dancing evenings and other public festivals are regularly staged. The operetta Zeltinger Himmelreich is produced every other year by more than 100 amateur performers on Zeltingen's old marketplace; active in this are mainly members of the local clubs. In nearby Bernkastel-Kues, the Großes Weinfest der Mittelmosel (“Great Wine Festival of the Middle Moselle”) is held each year in late summer, and the Zeltingen-Rachtig winemakers have their own booth there. Also, in Wittlich, there is the Säubrennerkirmes (“Sow Burner Fair”); it is one of Rhineland-Palatinate's biggest folk festivals and was begun in 1951, based on the mediaeval Säubrennersage (a legend that tells of a sow that inadvertently allowed a siege force to enter Wittlich, sack it and burn it down after she ate the turnip that the gatekeeper had used instead of the bolt, which he could not find; all swine in the town were accordingly punished with burning – meaning, in effect, a huge pork barbecue). Both events are among the Trier Region's biggest folk festivals.

Economy and infrastructure
Winegrowing and tourism play an important rôle. A local supply of food is guaranteed: a bakery, a grocer's shop, medical practices, several inns, a post office and a bank branch can all be found in the municipality. Zeltingen-Rachtig also has at its disposal two kindergartens, a special school, a campground, a miniature golf course, parklands along the Moselle and a sporting ground. The municipality has several hotels, restaurants and many commercial and private lodging providers with roughly 1,000 guest beds.

Transport
Near Zeltingen-Rachtig is a weir on the Moselle with a lock. In planning for Bundesstraße 50, right near Zeltingen-Rachtig, is the Hochmoselbrücke as part of the Hochmoselübergang – a highway link between Belgian and Dutch harbors and the Frankfurt area. Public transport is integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT), whose fares therefore apply.

Famous people
From Zeltingen came the baritone and director Franz Porten, whose daughters Rosa and Henny Porten were early filmstars.

In Zeltingen, the brothers Jost and Matthias Schömann-Finck grew up. In August 2009, the then 26- and 30-year-olds, together with the Jochen twins and Martin Kühner from Saarbrücken, became rowing world champions in lightweight fours.

Stephan Ehses (b. 9 December 1855 in Zeltingen as a winemaker's son; d. 19 January 1926 in Rome) was a Catholic church historian.

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Anand Patwardhan

Anand Patwardhan (born 18 February 1950) is an Indian documentary filmmaker known for his socio-political, human rights-oriented films. Some of his films explore the rise of religious fundamentalism, sectarianism and casteism in India, while others investigate nuclear nationalism and unsustainable development. Notable films include Bombay: Our City (Hamara Shahar) (1985), In Memory of Friends (1990), In the Name of God (Ram ke Naam) (1992), Father, Son, and Holy War (1995), A Narmada Diary (1995), War and Peace (2002) and Jai Bhim Comrade (2011), Reason (2018), and The World is Family (2023), which have won national and international awards.

Biography
Patwardhan was born on 18 February 1950, in Bombay, Bombay State (now Mumbai, Maharashtra). He completed a B.A. in English literature at Mumbai University in 1970, a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at Brandeis University in 1972, and a Master of Arts in Communication Studies at McGill University in 1982. He is a member of the Oscar Academy.

Films
Virtually all of Patwardhan's documentary films have faced censorship from the Indian government, eventually being cleared after legal action. His film Bombay: Our City was shown on TV after a four-year court case, while Father, Son, and Holy War (1995) was adjudged in 2004 as one of 50 most memorable international documentaries of all time by DOX, Europe's leading documentary film magazine. Father, Son, and Holy War was shown on India's National Network, Doordarshan, only in the year 2006, 11 years after its making, after a prolonged court battle which lasted ten years and ended with the nation's Supreme Court ordering the network to telecast the film without any cuts.

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), refused to certify his next film, War and Peace, released in 2002. The board demanded 21 cuts before it would be certified. Patwardhan took the government to court, leading to the film being banned for over a year. However, after a court battle, Patwardhan won the right to screen his film without a single cut. As with his previous films, Patwardhan also successfully fought to force a reluctant national broadcaster, Doordarshan, to show this film on their national network. It was commercially released in multiplexes in 2005.

His 2011 documentary, Jai Bhim Comrade, was based on a police firing incident against Dalits at Ramabai Colony in Mumbai in 1997. The film, which took 14 years to complete, is considered by many to be a watershed in Patwardhan's long career. In 2013 the Sheffield International Film Festival honoured Patwardhan with an Inspiration Award. In 2014 the Mumbai International Film Festival honoured him with the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award.

Upon being asked in a BFI interview to deliver a message for future documentary filmmakers, Patwardhan famously replied, "No message really. Do it only if it burns when you don't."

Political views
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Patwardhan signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.

Filmography

 * 1971: "Waves of Revolution" (Kraanti Ki Tarangein): This film was on government repression during the Bihar Movement.
 * 1978: "Prisoners of Conscience" (Zameer ke Bandi): a film on political prisoners in The Emergency (India)
 * The Tyne Award, Tyneside Festival, UK, 1982.
 * 1981: "A Time to Rise" (Uthan da Vela)]: Concerns Indian immigrant farm workers' efforts to unionise in Canada.
 * Grand Prize: Tyneside International Film Festival, UK in 1982
 * Silver Dove: Leipzig International Film Festival in 1982.
 * 1985: "Bombay: Our City" (Hamara Shahar): Everyday survival issues of slum dwellers in Bombay.
 * National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film 1986
 * Special Jury Award, Cinema du reel, France, 1986
 * Filmfare Award for Best Documentary, 1986
 * 1990: 'In Memory of Friends' (Una Mitran Di Yaad Pyaari): On rebuilding communal harmony in Punjab.
 * National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, 1990
 * Silver Conch, Mumbai International Film Festival in 1990 Anand Patwardhan Films.
 * Special Jury Award, Mannheim International Film festival, 1990
 * 1992: "In the Name of God" (Ram ke Nam): On the rise of Hindu Nationalism and the demolition of the Babri Mosque.
 * National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, 1992
 * Filmfare Award for Best Documentary, 1996
 * Best Documentary Film at Fribourg International Film Festival, 1993
 * Citizen's Prize, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, 1993.
 * 1993: We are not your Monkeys: A Dalit critique of the epic Ramayana through a music video.
 * 1995: Father, Son, and Holy War
 * National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues and National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, 1996
 * Toronto Film Festival, 1994
 * Special Jury Prize, Vancouver Film Festival, 1994
 * Special Jury Award, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, 1995
 * Grand Prize, Jerusalem International Film Festival, 1996.
 * Audience Award, Sheffield International Film Festival, 2010
 * 1996: A Narmada Diary : Introduces the Narmada Bachao Andolan of Gujarat.
 * Grand Prize at the Earth Vision Film Festival in 1996.
 * Filmfare Award for Best Documentary 1996.
 * 1996: Occupation: Mill Worker: Chronicles the actions of mill workers who, after a four-year lock-out, forcibly occupied The New Great Eastern Mill in India.
 * 1998: Fishing: In the Sea of Greed: Response of fishing communities in India and Bangladesh, to industrial-scale fishing.
 * 1998: Ribbons for Peace: An anti-nuke music video.
 * 2002: War and Peace
 * Grand Prize at the Earth Vision Film Festival in 2002
 * Best Film at Mumbai International Film Festival in 2002
 * FIPRESCI International Critics' Award at Sydney Film Festival in 2002
 * Best Documentary in Karachi International Film Festival in 2003
 * National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film, India, 2004, etc.
 * 2006: Images You Didn't See: Music video that interprets images gleaned from the net-images that either never appear in the mainstream media, or images whose import are masked behind a velvet curtain of global infotainment.
 * 2009: Children of Mandala: A message from the economically displaced children of a slum colony in Mumbai.
 * 2011: Jai Bhim Comrade: a documentary film based on a real incident – the killing of 10 Dalits by police in Mumbai, 1997.
 * Ram Bahadur Grand Prize, Film South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2011
 * Best Film/Video, Mumbai International Film Festival, India, 2012
 * Firebird Award for Best documentary, Hong Kong Film Festival, 2012
 * Special Jury Prize, National Film Awards, India, 2012
 * Bartok Prize, Jean Rouch Film International Film Festival, 2012
 * 2018: Reason / Vivek: the war between faith and rationality. An eight-part documentary.
 * IDFA Award for best feature-length documentary, 2018
 * Audience Award at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2019
 * 2023: The World is Family
 * IDFA Award for Best Editing, 2023
 * IMFF Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature, 2024

Websites on Anand Patwardhan's work

 * Opinion: Anand Patwardhan – Nation's Conscience-Keeper
 * Anand Patwardhan Website
 * Anand Patwardhan at the Internet Movie Database
 * The Films of Anand Patwardhan
 * Anand Patwardhan materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)

Interviews

 * Anand Patwardhan interviewed by Chandana Mathur for SAMAR Magazine, Winter 1992
 * Kathleen Maclay, "Anand Patwardhan, the 'Michael Moore of India,' brings his hard-hitting documentary films to campus", UB Berkeley News, 13 October 2004
 * Director's Interview - BBC interview
 * All the dire predictions of communal carnage made in my film came true
 * Interview: Firebrand filmmaker Anand Patwardhan CNNGO Website
 * Firebrand filmmaker Anand Patwardhan - Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace Website
 * Filmmaker as activist - The Hindu
 * Battling the bomb - Montreal Mirror
 * Of The 200 Killed In Mumbai, A High Number Were Muslims - Tehelka Interview, 2008

Writings

 * Monkey Business: Cross Currents Website
 * The Good Doctor of Chhattisgarh - Association for India's Development Website
 * Destruction of Buddhist monuments in Afghanistan and the Babri Masjid
 * Destruction of Buddhist monuments in Afghanistan and the Babri Masjid

Reviews

 * Ammu Joseph, "Censoring peace amid nuclear 'deterrence'", August 2002 - Tehelka
 * Short is Sweet - Tehelka
 * Elvis Mitchell, "FILM REVIEW; Weapons of Mass Pride: India's Nuclear Embrace", The New York Times, 26 June 2003
 * Elvis Mitchell, "FILM REVIEW; Weapons of Mass Pride: India's Nuclear Embrace", The New York Times, 26 June 2003

Video clips

 * War and Peace Video Clip - Ekta Online
 * War and Peace on YouTube
 * Vivek-Reason on YouTube
 * Vivek-Reason on YouTube
 * Vivek-Reason on YouTube
 * Vivek-Reason on YouTube
 * Vivek-Reason on YouTube

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Carrasco International Airport

Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport is the main international airport of Uruguay. It is the country's largest airport and is located in the Carrasco neighborhood of Montevideo. It has been cited as one of the most efficient and traveler-friendly airports in Latin America.

The airport is named after Cesáreo L. Berisso, a pioneer of Uruguayan aviation, and it also hosts an air base of the Uruguayan Air Force.

History
The original passenger terminal was inaugurated in 1947. In 2003 the Uruguayan government transferred the administration, operation and maintenance of the airport to the private investment group Puerta del Sur S.A, which since then invested in several upgrades of the airport.

On 3 February 2007, construction began on a new terminal parallel to Runway 06/24. Runway 01/19 was lengthened to 2250 m and the former Runway 10/28 was permanently closed because the new terminal cuts across it. The new terminal, designed by Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly, has the capacity to handle 3 million passengers a year, including a much larger parking area built for over 1200 vehicles. This new terminal building has four jetways, separate floors for arrivals and departures and a large viewing area on the top floor. The terminal has room for expansion for two additional jetways and a maximum capacity of 6 million passengers per year before the building would need actual enlargement. The new terminal was inaugurated on 5 October 2009 with official operations beginning on 29 December 2009. A new US$15 million cargo terminal was also constructed.

Regular passenger flights were suspended in mid-March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Regular flights to Spain were resumed in July, and to São Paulo and Santiago in August.

The airport serves as the main operational hub of cargo and charter passenger airline Air Class Líneas Aéreas.

Ground transportation
The airport is located 19 km from downtown Montevideo. The airport is served by public transit and a private taxi service which connect to Montevideo and Punta del Este.

Other facilities
The Oficina de Investigación y Prevención de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación (OIPAIA) of the National Civil Aviation and Aviation Infrastructure Direction (DINACIA) has its head office on the airport property.

Accidents and incidents

 * 18 September 1957: a Real Transportes Aéreos Convair 440-62 registration PP-AQE belonging to Transportes Aéreos Nacional, flying from Porto Alegre to Montevideo had an accident during touch down operations in Montevideo. While on a night landing procedure under fog, the aircraft undershot the runway by 1,030m, causing the left and middle gear to hit an earth bank bordering a highway. The right wing touched the ground and further on the aircraft lost both propellers. The right wing then broke off. One crew member died.
 * 6 June 2012: an Air Class Líneas Aéreas Fairchild SA227AC Metro III, registered CX-LAS, performing a freight flight on behalf of DHL from Montevideo to Buenos Aires disappeared south of Isla de Flores. Parts of the aircraft were located by a scuba diver approximately 1 NM south of Isla de Flores on 20 July 2012.

General Cesáreo Berisso Air Force Base
The General Cesareo Berisso Air Force Base is a base of the Uruguayan Air Force. It shares runways with the Carrasco International Airport. Most of its facilities are located just east of the old civilian terminal. It is named in honor of Cesáreo L. Berisso, a pioneer of Uruguayan aviation.

Air Brigade I

Air Brigade I, one of the three brigades of the Uruguayan Air Force, is stationed at the base. It was created as Aeronáutica n.º 1 in April 1936, when it was assigned 8 Potez 25 fighter aircraft.

Air Brigade I comprises three units:

 * The Central Office of Assistance and the Carrasco Rescue Coordination Center.
 * No. 3 Squadron (Transportation)
 * No. 5 Squadron (Helicopters)

No.3 Squadron (Transportation)
No. 3 Squadron operates 4 aircraft types:

 * Lockheed C-130 Hercules - Military transport (2)
 * Embraer C-95 Bandeirante - Light military transport (3)
 * Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia - Short distance VIP transport (1)
 * CASA C-212 Aviocar - Tactical transport (4)

No.5 Squadron (Helicopters)
No.5 Squadron operates 3 helicopter types:

 * UH-1H Iroquois - Utility (6)
 * Bell 212 - Utility (2)
 * AS-365 Dauphin - VIP transport (1)

Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum
Also on the base is the Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum, with a hangar for static aircraft display, in addition to a building that exhibits aviation historical material.

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Descent (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"Descent" is the 26th episode of the sixth season and the first episode of the seventh season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 152nd and 153rd episodes overall.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode they once again encounter the Borg.

The episode, which was aired on television in 1993, features a guest appearance by astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. He appears in the show's opening on the holodeck in a card game with android Data, as a holographic version of himself.

Part I
On the holodeck, Lt. Commander Data plays a game of poker with holographic representations of Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking. Data explains to Newton that the game is an experiment for understanding "how three of history's greatest minds would interact" in such a setting. He suspends the program when a red alert is issued from the bridge.

The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) responds to a distress call from a Starfleet outpost. Riker, Worf, Data and a security guard form an away team and they find the crew of the outpost dead. They are suddenly attacked by a group of Borg, who kill the "red shirt" security guard. Riker notices that, in contrast to previous encounters, the Borg are armed with energy weapons and refer to each other as individuals. Data experiences anger while fighting a Borg and breaks the Borg's neck. One Borg begins talking to himself about the nature of the away team members and appears to signal a withdrawal when he sees that Data is an android.

Meanwhile, in orbit, an unidentified ship fires on the Enterprise, which returns fire. The alien ship beams up the remaining Borg from the outpost and flees, with the Enterprise in pursuit. The Borg ship suddenly enters a vortex and disappears. On the planet surface, Riker asks Data what happened, but Data can only explain that he felt anger. The away team is beamed back on board and Admiral Nechayev arrives to take command of the situation. She reprimands Picard for not destroying the Borg when he had the chance ("I, Borg") and orders him to do so if another opportunity presents itself. Data continues to try to understand what caused his behavior on the outpost. He tries to experience emotion again through simulations of the event, but does not succeed.

The Borg ship reappears and attacks another outpost. The Enterprise is once again the nearest ship, which makes Picard suspicious, since there are now several Starfleet vessels patrolling the area. The Borg ship reenters the vortex and disappears when the Enterprise intercepts; the Enterprise is caught in its wake and follows. When the ships have exited the vortex the Borg attack the Enterprise, beaming drones on to the bridge. After a brief fire fight, one drone is killed and another wounded, but the distraction allows the Borg ship to escape. This, too, is unusual Borg behavior, since they had always reclaimed their drones, whether alive or dead.

The crew discover that the vortex takes them from one star system to another almost instantaneously. They do not know how it is activated, though, so they are unable to return to Federation space. Data is sent to speak with the captured Borg in an attempt to gather intelligence, but the drone manipulates Data into releasing him and they escape together in a shuttlecraft. Before the Enterprise can catch the shuttle it disappears into a conduit. The crew have learned how the conduits are activated and the Enterprise gives chase, tracking the shuttlecraft to a planet. An away team finds no trace of Data or the Borg, and something in the planet's atmosphere is blocking their sensors, so Picard decides to conduct a ground search utilising nearly the whole crew of the Enterprise. Only a skeleton crew now remain on board under the command of Dr. Crusher.

Searching the planet, Picard, Troi, a security officer and La Forge enter a building and are surrounded by noisy Borg. Their leader, appearing on a platform, resembles Data but Troi recognizes that it is Data's brother Lore. Data appears alongside Lore and announces that together they will destroy the Federation.

Part II
Lore has discovered a way to give Data emotions and has turned him against the Federation. Lore plans to lead the breakaway group of Borg to destroy all organic life, believing that Lore and Data are perfect life forms. Picard, Troi, and La Forge are taken captive. Lore orders La Forge's VISOR removed. La Forge tells Picard and Troi that the VISOR enabled him to see a carrier wave being beamed from Lore to Data and they surmise that this is the source of Data's emotions and Lore's control over him. In orbit, the Borg ship is detected and Dr. Crusher, acting as captain, orders the away teams to be beamed back aboard from the planet. There is not enough time to retrieve them all and 47 crew members remain on the planet. Riker orders Crusher to leave the area and come back only when it is safe, since the rogue Borg vessel has detected the Enterprise. Rather than leave the system, Crusher orders the crew to take the ship into the star. Using the technology developed by Ferengi scientist Dr. Reyga, they modify the shields to allow them to get closer to the star than the Borg can. They use the ship's phasers to trigger an eruption on the star's surface which destroys the Borg ship.

On the planet, Lore orders Data to perform an experiment on La Forge's brain – an irreversible procedure with a "60% chance" of being lethal. La Forge pleads with Data, who ignores him and continues setting up the process. In their prison cell, the away team constructs a device which they believe will reactivate Data's morality subroutines, hoping that he will question his unethical actions and Lore's intentions.

Riker and Worf encounter Hugh, who tells them that Lore is the leader of this Borg group. He says that at one time Lore's help was necessary, but that he has destroyed many Borg through brutal experimentation. Hugh's group are "rebel" Borg, attempting to remove Lore from power.

The away team manages to reactivate Data's ethical programming just as he is about to start the irreversible part of the experiment. La Forge pleads with Data, asking him to check his conscience. Data falters, claims that there are anomalies in the experiment and postpones it.

Lore begins to doubt Data's devotion and attempts to strengthen control by threatening to remove the emotions he has provided. Data appears to be subservient, but Lore remains suspicious, and orders Data to prove his loyalty by killing Picard. Data refuses, as the rebooting of his morality subroutines is complete. Two Borg seize Data and Lore is about to execute him, when Riker and Worf arrive, accompanied by Hugh and some of the rebel Borg. A battle commences and Lore flees, pursued by Data. In their ensuing confrontation, Lore attempts to talk Data into escaping with him. When Data is unswayed, Lore attacks Data, but Data shoots him with a phaser and then deactivates him.

In the aftermath, Hugh becomes leader of the Borg group and the Enterprise returns to Federation space. Data reports that Lore is to be disassembled permanently and that he intends to destroy the emotion chip, as it is "too dangerous", citing the harm he has inflicted under its influence. La Forge intervenes and advises him to keep the chip until he is ready.

Production
At a screening for the 1991 documentary film A Brief History of Time, which was based on the book of the same name by British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, Hawking was introduced to the audience by veteran Trek actor Leonard Nimoy. A Brief History executive producer Gordon Freedman told Nimoy that Hawking was an avid Star Trek fan. It was subsequently arranged for Hawking to visit the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which included an opportunity for him to sit in the captain's chair. Freedman told the show's executive producer, Rick Berman, that Hawking would appear on the show if asked. Hawking accepted the ensuing offer, marking the first time a guest star played himself on an episode of any Star Trek series. After he was sent the script, he made some modifications to it, including improving a humorous line of dialogue to make it funnier, which Berman called "delightful".

Later, when actor Brent Spiner, who appeared in the scene with Hawking, first read the script and saw that Hawking was a character in it, he imagined that he might be asked to play the scientist, as he had played multiple roles in episodes before. Spiner was excited, however, to learn that Hawking had agreed to play himself, leading Spiner to remark, "But I still think the guy cost me an Emmy". Filming of the scene drew a crowd of staff people, including some who were not working on the scene but pretended to have a work-related reason to be there according to screenwriter Ronald D. Moore. Between camera setups, Hawking was placed in a closet-sized room at his request, because such solitude allowed him to think without distractions. Berman related that of all the notable people he had met through the course of his career, including presidents and business magnates, the visitor who stood out above the rest was Hawking.

This episode is the only episode to have the episode title and opening credits listed during the cold open, before the title sequence. Normally, the episode title and all guest stars, producers/director are listed after the opening title sequence.

Novel
A novelization of this episode was published by Pocket Books. It was one of five novelizations to be made of The Next Generation episodes, along with "Encounter at Farpoint", "Unification", "Relics", and "All Good Things...".

Reception
In 2017, Den of Geek ranked Jonathan Del Arco as one of the top ten guest star roles on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also appears in the role of Third of Five (i.e. Hugh), in "I, Borg" and "Descent, Part II", and reprised the role in the series Star Trek: Picard.

Medium ranked this the 62nd best episode Star Trek: The Next Generation in 2017.

In 2019, ScreenRant recommended "Descent" as background on the character Data, for the series Star Trek: Picard.

In 2020, Space.com recommended watching this episode as background for Star Trek: Picard.

In 2020, Cnet noted "Descent" for featuring the return of the characters Hugh and Lore, and described it as "fun" but not as good as "Best of Both Worlds".

In 2020, SyFy Wire recommended this episode for binge watching, noting how it explores Hugh, Data, and the Borg.

Watch guides
The Nerdist suggested this episode as the conclusion of a story arc of this TV show. They propose a story arc with the Enterprise 1701-D confronting the Borg, that would include "Q Who?", "The Best of Both Worlds", "I, Borg", and "Descent".

In 2020, GameSpot recommended "Descent" parts I & II for background on the character of Data.

Story arc continuity
As a season cliffhanger, Descent follows up on a number of threads opened in prior episodes:

 * "Brothers", fourth season episode where Data's emotion chip is introduced, and Lore is left at large
 * "I, Borg", the fifth-season episode where Hugh is first encountered.
 * "Suspicions", the sixth-season episode where the metaphasic shields were first introduced.

Additionally, the emotion chip is followed up on in the 1994 film Star Trek Generations.

Home video releases
"Descent, Part I" and "Descent, Part II" was released on LaserDisc in the United Kingdom in January 1996. The PAL format optical disc had a runtime of 88 minutes, including both Parts of episode using both sides of the disc (CLV). The 12 inch optical disc retailed for 19.99 pounds when it came out.

In the United States, the episodes was released in LaserDisc in two separate iterations, with Part I paired with "Timescape" and Part II paired with "Liaisons". The "Timescape" and "Descent, Part I" disc released in NTSC format on November 17, 1998. The "Descent, Part II" and "Liaisons" released in NTSC format on November 24, 1998. Both were 12 inch optical discs with both sides used for a total of 92 minutes runtime, and retailed for US$34.98, they were published by Paramount Home Video and made by Pioneer USA.

Descent was also released on VHS tape.

"Descent, Part I" was released as part of the Star Trek: The Next Generation season six DVD box set in the United States on December 3, 2002. A remastered HD version of "Descent Part I" was released on Blu-ray optical disc, on June 24, 2014.


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Sarikei Division

Sarikei Division is one of the twelve administrative divisions in Sarawak, Malaysia. Formerly part of the Third Division, which included Sibu and Kapit, Sarikei Division has a total area of 4332.4 km2, and is the second smallest of the administrative divisions of Sarawak.

Sarikei Division contains four administrative districts: Sarikei, Meradong, Julau and Pakan.

History and background
The early history of Sarikei can be traced as far back as the early 19th century. There are many historical events to show its existence. Rajah James Brooke first visited Sarikei on 30 April 1845. There was also resistance from the local people towards Brooke's administration, including the burning of Sarikei on 4 January 1856 and the Julau Expedition on 19 June 1856, which was led by Sir Charles Brooke to counter the native resistance in Julau.

The establishment of Sarikei as a new division was mainly based on security consideration. Datu Wilson Baya Dandot, the Deputy State Secretary (Planning and Development) in his article entitled "Sarawak’s Unique Administrative Identity: Establishment of Divisional, District and Sub-District Machinery For Enhancing Development Administration" said that the establishment of Sarikei as the Sixth Division then was due to the security threats posed by the communist insurgency which was at its height at that time. It was felt that with the establishment of a new Sarikei Division the government would be able to concentrate and focus more in its efforts to contain and counter the security problem in the area.

Residents Roll of Honor

 * Chin Ting Ming
 * Datuk Wan Hashim Bin Tuanku Taha
 * Tuan Hj Adenan B Hj Aman
 * Tuan Hj Mohd Iskandar B Abdullah
 * Noel Hudson Laga
 * Patrick Rigep Nuek
 * Nilie Tangai
 * Jolhi B Hj Saar
 * Tuan Hj Mohd Atei Abang Medaan
 * Liaw Soon Eng
 * Sim Nyuk Foh
 * Isaka Kana

Demographics
The total population is 115,529. The population is ethnically mixed, with half of the population is Iban followed by Melanau, Malay, Bidayuh and Chinese predominating. The majority of the people live in Sarikei town.

Economy
The economy of the division is mostly agricultural. Sarikei Division produces more pepper than any other divisions in Sarawak. It is also famous for fruits, especially pineapples and oranges. The timber industry, as elsewhere in Sarawak, is also a major component of the local economy.

Transportation
Sarikei is the centre of the administrative division and it can be reached by land, water and air transportation via Sibu Airport.

Own transport
One also can drive from Kuching to Sarikei (360 km/6 hours) or from Sibu to Sarikei (64 km/45 minutes).

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