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Troy Tulowitzki

Troy Trevor Tulowitzki (born October 10, 1984), nicknamed "Tulo", is an American former professional baseball shortstop who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Colorado Rockies. He also played for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees.

After playing college baseball for California State University, Long Beach, the Rockies selected Tulowitzki with the seventh overall selection of the 2005 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut the following year. Tulowitzki is a five-time MLB All-Star, a two-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner. The Rockies traded him to the Blue Jays in 2015. Tulowitzki missed most of the 2017 season and all of the 2018 season with injuries, and the Blue Jays released him after the 2018 season. In 2019, he signed with the Yankees, playing the first five games of the season before being sidelined with a calf strain; after experiencing setbacks, he announced his retirement from baseball in late July.

Tulowitzki's arm, range and instincts at shortstop were highly regarded. His size, ability and leadership skills garnered him comparisons to Cal Ripken Jr., Alex Rodriguez, and Derek Jeter. He had a reputation for being an injury-prone player, having played over 140 games in a season only three times and missing at least 30 games in several seasons due to various ailments.

Early life
Tulowitzki was born in Santa Clara, California. He graduated from Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California. He earned four varsity letters in baseball and two in basketball. He was twice named second team All-State in baseball, and was a three-time team most valuable player (MVP). As a junior, Tulowitzki had a batting average of .536. He also had a 15–1 win–loss record as a pitcher. In his senior year, he batted .519 with six home runs. In basketball, Tulowitzki won league MVP, and was second team All-State and team MVP, averaging 22.6 points per game during his senior year. He was named Fremont High Athlete of the Year in 2002.

College career
After high school, Tulowitzki enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, where he played college baseball for the Long Beach State Dirtbags for three seasons. Tulowitzki had a .962 career fielding percentage. Offensively, in 155 career games, he had a batting average of .310, with 20 home runs, 117 runs batted in (RBIs), 37 doubles, and a .491 slugging percentage. He also accumulated 31 multi-hit games in his collegiate career. Baseball America rated him as having the top arm and as the best defensive shortstop in the Big West Conference. Tulowitzki was a two-time All-Big West selection (second team in 2003 and first team in 2004) and a two-time All-Regional Tournament selection, earning Most Outstanding Player (MOP) honors in 2004. In 2004, he was selected for the United States collegiate national team and helped lead Team USA to a gold medal in the World University Baseball Championship.

Draft and minor leagues
The Colorado Rockies chose Tulowitzki with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft. He received a $2.3 million signing bonus from the Rockies. He made his professional debut with the Modesto Nuts of the Class A-Advanced California League in 2005, and batted .266 in 22 games. In 2006, Tulowitzki played for the Tulsa Drillers of the Class AA Texas League. He had a .291 batting average, 13 home runs, and 61 RBIs in 104 games. Though he had a knee injury in June, he appeared in the 2006 All-Star Futures Game.

2006–2008
The Rockies promoted Tulowitzki to the major leagues on August 30, 2006. He made his major league debut that day against the New York Mets. He had four at-bats and went hitless with three strikeouts. Tulowitzki made it to the big leagues after playing just 126 minor league games. He collected his first Major League hit, an infield single off Óliver Pérez of the Mets, on August 31. Tulowitzki hit his first MLB home run on September 4, off Woody Williams of the San Diego Padres, in a 7–5 loss. He posted a .240 batting average with one home run and six RBIs in 25 games during the 2006 season.

Tulowitzki entered spring training prior to the 2007 season competing with incumbent Rockies shortstop Clint Barmes for the starting role. After a spring that saw Tulowitzki win the team's spring training MVP award, along with Barmes struggling offensively, Tulowitzki began the season as the Rockies' starting shortstop. On April 29, 2007, Tulowitzki turned the 13th unassisted triple play in MLB history, during a 9–7 home victory at Coors Field over the Atlanta Braves.

As a rookie, Tulowitzki established himself as a Gold Glove-caliber shortstop. He led all MLB shortstops in fielding percentage (.987), putouts (262), total chances (834), assists (561), and double plays turned (114; two more than Jack Wilson, in 233 more innings). He also ranked first in range factor (5.39) and second in zone rating (.866). Tulowitzki's .987 fielding percentage set an MLB single-season record by a rookie shortstop. He was also a major contributor in the Rockies' MLB-record .98925 fielding percentage for one season. Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins won the Gold Glove Award, despite the fact that Tulowitzki had a better fielding percentage (.987 to .985), zone rating, and range factor, and more total chances, putouts, and assists, and turned four more double plays in $66 1/3$ fewer innings, than Rollins. They each had 11 errors, but Tulowitzki's came on 834 total chances, compared to Rollins' 717. Tulowitzki did, however, win the Fielding Bible Award at shortstop, which is awarded to the shortstop who a panel of national sports writers, scouts, and sports radio talk show hosts view as the best defensive shortstop in Major League Baseball.

Tulowitzki was named the NL Rookie of the Month for August. On September 10, 2007, Tulowitzki hit his 20th home run of the season, which set the record for most home runs in a single season by a National League rookie shortstop. The previous record was 19, held by Ernie Banks. Tulowitzki hit his first career grand slam on September 29, 2007, in an 11–1 home win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, off of Dustin Nippert. He ended with 24 home runs on the season.

In the 2007 season, Tulowitzki ranked first among NL rookies in at bats (609), plate appearances (678), games (155), hits (177), doubles (33), runs (104), total bases (292), walks (57) and RBIs (99; two ahead of Ryan Braun, in 158 more at bats than Braun). Tulowitzki's 99 RBIs led all National League shortstops (he was three short of a tie for the MLB lead, held by Detroit Tigers shortstop Carlos Guillén). He set an MLB single-season record in RBIs for a rookie shortstop. He finished second behind Braun in OBP (.359). He was third behind Braun and Hunter Pence in batting average (.291), slugging percentage (.479), OPS (.838) and triples (5). Tulowitzki was also third behind Braun and Chris Young in home runs (24) and extra base hits (62), and tied for ninth in stolen bases (7).

Tulowitzki tied Young, Rajai Davis and Norris Hopper for the lead among all NL rookies in caught stealing (6), was second to Carlos Ruiz in grounding into double plays (14, which was one more — with 158 more at bats — than third place Braun) and second behind Young in strikeouts (130; leading all NL shortstops). However, Tulowitzki had the third lowest strikeout ratio (21.3%) out of all rookies with at least 400 at-bats, behind Kevin Kouzmanoff (19.4%) and Pence (20.8%). He batted .320 with a .554 slugging percentage and 15 home runs at mile-high Coors Field, but hit only .256 with a .393 slugging percentage and nine home runs in away games. However, one of the reasons for any substantial differences in home and road splits for Rockies batters is that they have to make adjustments in how they see pitches away from Coors Field — particularly breaking balls, such as sliders and curveballs — since those pitches act differently at Coors Field than on the road.

Team veterans alerted Tulowitzki every time Braun, his chief rival for rookie of the year honors, hit a home run.

Tulowitzki came in second in the race for National League Rookie of the Year. The award was voted on by 32 members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, two from each National League city. Braun beat Tulowitzki, 128 points to 126 points, which was the closest voting in the NL since the current system was adopted in 1980. Tulowitzki also lost to Braun in the vote for the 2007 NL Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award, which was voted on by 488 major league players and 30 managers. He lost out to Braun for the 2007 Baseball America Rookie of the Year Award, in the vote for the 2007 Players Choice NL Most Outstanding Rookie by their fellow major league players, Fans voted Tulowitzki the This Year in Baseball Rookie of the Year, with 27.6% of the vote, ahead of Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia (26.3%) and Braun (22.3%). Tulowitzki was selected to the 2007 Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team.

On October 1, 2007, in the one-game Wild Card tie-breaker against the San Diego Padres, Tulowitzki went 4-for-7 with three extra-base hits and scored the tying run in the bottom of the 13th inning. The Rockies won the game 9–8 and entered the playoffs as the NL wild card team. They faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Division Series. On October 4, 2007, in the second game of the series, Tulowitzki and left fielder Matt Holliday hit back-to-back first-pitch homers in the first inning to begin a 10–5 win, and the Rockies headed to Denver with a 2–0 lead in the series. The Rockies went on to complete a three-game sweep of the Phillies, and advanced to the National League Championship Series, in which they swept the Arizona Diamondbacks in four games. Colorado then played the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, which was the first ever World Series appearance in Rockies history. Boston swept Colorado in four games. Tulowitzki batted .195 in the postseason, with a .267 on-base percentage and 15 strikeouts in 41 at-bats.

On January 23, 2008, Tulowitzki signed a six-year, $31-million contract extension with the Rockies. The deal, which also included a club option for 2014, was the largest-ever contract for a player with less than two years experience until Ryan Braun signed an eight-year, $45-million contract extension with the Brewers on May 15, 2008.

On April 29, 2008, in a 3–2 road win over the San Francisco Giants, Tulowitzki tore a left quadriceps tendon during a defensive play in the first inning. He returned to the Rockies, starting at shortstop, on June 20, in a 7–2 home loss against the New York Mets. On July 5, 2008, Tulowitzki went back on the disabled list after cutting his right palm in the previous day's 18–17 home win over the Florida Marlins. The injury occurred in the bottom of the seventh inning when Tulowitzki slammed a maple bat into the ground in frustration. The incident took place after he was taken out of the game in that same inning; however, he noted that the frustration leading up to his injury wasn't due to being taken out, saying, "I was a little bit frustrated, not at the move. If anything, I thought it was the right move. I came in the hallway, grabbed a bat, hit it on the ground and the bat exploded in my hand and cut open my palm running up to my index finger." The cut required 16 stitches, but no damage was done to any tendons or nerves. Tulowitzki returned to the Rockies' lineup, starting at shortstop, on July 21, 2008, in a 16–10 home loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He recorded a career-high five hits during the game, as he went 5-for-5 with one RBI. After returning on July 21 he has had six multi-hit games in his past eight games. In 38 games prior to July 21, Tulowitzki had six multi-hit games. Tulowitzki ended the 2008 season with a .263 batting average, eight home runs, and 46 RBIs in 101 games.

2009–2011
On August 10, 2009, Tulowitzki hit for the cycle as part of an 11–5 home win over the Chicago Cubs. He also had a career-high seven RBIs, which tied for the third-most RBIs in MLB history in a game for a player who hit for the cycle. Tulowitzki became the fifth Rockies player to hit for the cycle. He also was the second player in MLB history to hit for the cycle and record an unassisted triple play in a career. Tulowitzki hit a career-high 32 home runs during the season and had a .552 slugging percentage, both of which led all MLB shortstops. He was second in RBIs (92), triples (9), walks (73) and on-base plus slugging percentage (.930). He finished fifth in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America for National League MVP.

On June 17, 2010, Tulowitzki fractured his wrist after being hit by a pitch from Minnesota Twins reliever Alex Burnett. He was placed on the disabled list the following day.

On July 4, 2010, Tulowitzki was one of two Rockies, along with starting pitcher Ubaldo Jiménez, selected as a National League All-Star to play in the 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. It was Tulowitzki's first All-Star appearance, but due to being on the disabled list since June 18 with a fractured wrist, he was replaced by New York Mets shortstop José Reyes. In September, Tulowitzki hit 14 home runs from September 3 through the 18th, garnering him back-to-back NL Player of the Week honors for September 6–12 and 13–19. He also earned his first National League Player of the Month award for his efforts during the month of September, in which he led all MLB players with 15 home runs, 40 RBI, 30 runs scored and an .800 slugging percentage. Only Babe Ruth had just as many or more home runs (17) and RBIs (43) during that month in MLB history.

Tulowitzki finished the 2010 season leading all MLB shortstops in home runs (27), RBIs (95), batting average (.315), on-base percentage (.381), slugging percentage (.568) and on-base plus slugging percentage (.949). He placed fifth in voting for National League MVP for the second consecutive season. Tulowitzki picked up his first Silver Slugger Award for his offensive prowess. On the defensive side, he had the best fielding percentage (.984) and range factor (5.06) among all shortstops in the National League. He earned his second Fielding Bible Award and first Gold Glove at shortstop. He was also ESPN's 2010 Web Gem champion.

On November 29, 2010, Tulowitzki agreed to sign a six-year extension on top of the three years, with a fourth option year, remaining on his contract. The six-year extension was worth around $120 million, making it the second-largest contract ever signed by a Rockies player (behind Todd Helton's nine-year $141.5 million contract).

Tulowitzki was elected by his fellow players as a National League reserve for the 2011 All-Star Game in Phoenix, Arizona, but after an injury to starter José Reyes (who was chosen by fans), Tulowitzki became the NL's starting shortstop. He had one hit during the game, which was a single. Tulowitzki won his second consecutive (third overall) Fielding Bible Award, as the best fielding shortstop in MLB. He also received his second consecutive Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Award.

2012–2015
On April 1, 2012, during a spring training game against the Cleveland Indians, Tulowitzki was hit by a pitch on the arm by former teammate Ubaldo Jiménez. Both Tulowitzki and Jiménez came close to each other while the benches cleared. Jiménez received a five-game suspension and an undisclosed fine. As the season progressed, Tulowitzki required surgery on his left groin, which ended his season. The injury happened on May 30, during a doubleheader with the Houston Astros. He was limited to 47 games, in which he batted .287 with eight home runs and 27 RBIs.

On June 13, 2013, Tulowitzki suffered a fractured right rib in a 5–4 loss to the Nationals. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list and missed 25 games. Despite the injury, Tulowitzki was selected for the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Teammates Carlos González and Michael Cuddyer were also selected, and all three players were in the starting lineup for the National League. Tulowitzki hit .312 in 126 games in 2013, with 25 home runs and 82 RBIs.

Tulowitzki started 2014 by batting .364 in April with seven home runs, nine doubles, and 22 RBIs. His hot start earned him the NL Player of the Month honors for April. On May 3, Tulowitzki singled for his 1,000th career hit in a game against the New York Mets. He injured his left hip during a July 20 game, and underwent labral repair surgery on August 15, which ended his season. Tulowitzki finished the campaign with a .340 batting average in 91 games played. Despite his injury-shortened season, he hit 21 home runs with 58 RBI.

Tulowitzki made his fifth All-Star team in 2015 as a replacement for the injured Dee Gordon. He batted .300 with 12 home runs and 53 RBIs in 87 games with the Rockies before being traded.

Rest of 2015
On July 28, 2015, Tulowitzki was traded, along with teammate LaTroy Hawkins, to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for José Reyes, Jeff Hoffman, Miguel Castro and Jesús Tinoco. Upon being informed of the trade during the middle of the ninth inning of a game at the Chicago Cubs, as Blue Jays and Rockies management had kept negotiations secret from the media, Tulowitzki reportedly yelled at Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich and vowed never to speak to him or other members of the Rockies front office. Tulowitzki expressed mixed emotions about the trade, but stated, "I get the chance to play for a contender, and maybe this will revive my career a little bit."

Tulowitzki made his debut with the Blue Jays on July 29, and went 3-for-5 with a home run, two doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored. During a game against the New York Yankees on September 12, Tulowitzki collided with teammate Kevin Pillar while backpedaling to catch a fly ball in centerfield, and had to leave the game. He was expected to be out for a minimum of 2–3 weeks due to a cracked shoulder blade. Tulowitzki returned to the lineup shortly before the end of the season after missing 18 games, and in total, appeared in 41 games for the Blue Jays in 2015, batting .239 with five home runs and 17 RBIs. The Blue Jays had a record of 50–51 and stood at fourth place in the AL East, but Tulowitzki's arrival helped the Jays go 43–18 for the rest of the regular season to capture the AL East Division title and earn their first playoff berth since 1993.

Tulowitzki played in all 5 games of the 2015 American League Division Series, batting .095 with one home run and four RBIs. In the third game of the 2015 American League Championship Series, Tulowitzki hit a three-run home run and was later ejected, becoming the first American League player to be ejected from a postseason game since Dwight Gooden in 1998. The Blue Jays won the game, 11–8. The Jays advanced to the American League Championship Series, which was won by the Kansas City Royals in six games.

2016–2018
On May 13, 2016, Tulowitzki hit his 200th career home run in a win over the Texas Rangers. On May 28, he was placed on the 15-day disabled list due to a right quad strain. He was reactivated on June 18, having missed 20 games due to the injury. Tulowitzki struggled in 2016, batting a career low .254 in 131 games, though he also hit 24 home runs with 79 RBIs.

Tulowitzki was placed on the 10-day disabled list on April 22, 2017, after suffering a hamstring injury. He returned to the lineup on May 26 after missing 31 games. On July 29, Tulowitzki was placed back on the disabled list with a sprained right ankle, which he injured running to first base. He was later diagnosed with ligament damage. On August 9, he was moved to the 60-day disabled list, ruling him out for the season. In 66 games, Tulowitzki hit .249 with seven home runs and 26 RBIs.

Early in 2018 spring training, it was announced that Tulowitzki had a bone spur in his right ankle, and that he would miss the start of the Grapefruit League season. On March 4, John Gibbons stated Tulowitzki was unlikely to be ready for Opening Day. Tulowitzki did not appear in any spring training games, and was placed on the 60-day disabled list to begin the year. On March 30, it was announced that his bone spurs required surgery. He missed the entire 2018 season. On December 11, 2018, Tulowitzki was released by the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays still owed $38 million on the two remaining years of Tulowitzki's contract.

New York Yankees (2019)
On January 4, 2019, Tulowitzki signed a one-year contract with the New York Yankees. They paid him the major league minimum salary of $555,000 and the contract included a no-trade clause. He won the starting shortstop job with Didi Gregorius injured for the start of the season.

He hit his first home run as a Yankee and also his last professional home run, a solo shot in the bottom of the 9th inning, against Baltimore Orioles' and former Yankees left-handed reliever Richard Bleier on March 30, 2019.

After playing in five games to begin the season, he went on the IL with a left calf strain. On June 7, he was transferred to the 60-day injured list.

On July 25, Tulowitzki announced his retirement from Major League Baseball through a statement by the Yankees.

Career statistics
In 1291 games over 13 seasons, Tulowitzki posted a .290 batting average (1391-for-4804) with 762 runs scored, 264 doubles, 24 triples, 225 home runs, 780 RBI, 57 stolen bases, 511 walks, .361 on-base percentage, and .495 slugging percentage. Defensively, he recorded a .985 fielding percentage playing every inning of his MLB career at shortstop. He is virtually tied with Omar Vizquel for highest all-time career fielding percentage as a shortstop. In 35 postseason games, he hit just .213 with 4 home runs and 22 RBI but handled 146 total chances (58 putouts, 88 assists) without an error for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in postseason play.

Coaching career
Upon retiring as a player, Tulowitzki was hired by the Texas Longhorns as an assistant coach. With the Longhorns, he specialized as a hitting and infield coach. In 2021, he coached the USA Baseball collegiate baseball team. He briefly decided to leave the Longhorns after four seasons with the team, but rejoined after coach Jim Schlossnagle was hired and the hitting coach spot became available.

Personal life
Tulowitzki is of Polish descent. He has a sister, Tiffany, who plays softball, and a brother, Tyler, who played baseball for San Francisco State University.

Tulowitzki's favorite player growing up was Derek Jeter. His jersey number with the Rockies and Blue Jays was No. 2, due to his admiration of Jeter. In a television interview with ESPN, Tulowitzki stated that his favorite team growing up was the Oakland Athletics and that his favorite musical artist is Jay-Z.

In November 2009, Tulowitzki married his high school sweetheart, Danyll Gammon, in Portola Valley, California. In January 2014, the Tulowitzkis welcomed a son. They reside in Austin, Texas.

Awards and honors

 * 5× National League All-Star selection (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
 * 2× National League Gold Glove: Shortstop (2010, 2011)
 * 2× National League Silver Slugger Award: Shortstop (2010, 2011)
 * National League Player of the Month (September 2010)
 * 4× National League Player of the Week (August 6–12, 2007, September 14–20, 2009, September 6–12, 2010, September 13–19, 2010)
 * 3× Fielding Bible Award: Shortstop (2007, 2010, 2011)
 * This Year in Baseball Rookie of the Year (2007)
 * Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team: Shortstop (2007)
 * National League Rookie of the Month (August 2007)
 * Colorado Rockies Minor League Player of the Year (2006)
 * All-Star Futures Game (2006)
 * Big West Conference All-Star: Shortstop (2004, 2005)
 * Palo Alto Regional MVP: 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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The K Chronicles

The K Chronicles is an autobiographical weekly comic strip by the independent cartoonist Keith Knight that has been produced since the early 1990s. Knight is an African-American artist whose comics often explore themes relevant to his racial heritage, as well as current events, both personal to Knight and general to the world.

Publication history
Until February 2010 The K Chronicles was updated every Wednesday at Salon.com. The strip previously appeared in the San Francisco Examiner.

Story and characters
Keith "Keef" Knight — The cartoonist and protagonist. The strip centers mainly around his life.

Kerstin Konietzka-Knight — Keith's German-born wife.

George W. Bush — Keith mercilessly lampooned the 43rd President of the United States and his administration. In many strips, Bush is shown as a child, or having the mind of one, as shown by his tiny size and frequent childish giggling.

Dick Cheney — In contrast to Bush, Vice President Cheney appears in the strip as a sort of evil mastermind (for example, after the real-life shooting of Harry Whittington, Cheney appears and after hearing a witness say that what he did was illegal, boasts that he has already done so many illegal things, such as fixing the 2000 election, without being punished, that he is confident that he will escape penalty again). He also makes an appearance in an installment entitled "People Who Can't Be Trusted", where he is placed on the list along with people who put cats on leashes, people who have never seen The Simpsons, and others.

God — Depicted in The K Chronicles as a hamster. In one K Chronicles Collection, "The Passion of the Keef", God appears to deliver the introduction, in which he reveals that The K Chronicles are among his favorite reading material. He also shows up at other times in the strip, such as to visit and hang out with Keith.

Evil Twin — Keith's twin sister.

Gunther — Ex-roommate and drinking buddy.

Special features
Life's Little Victories — A frequently occurring feature of The K Chronicles in which Knight lists the small victories of everyday life, such as "Running into a movie theater and making sitting down just as the lights are fading", or "Having just enough ingredients to make a fresh bowl of guacamole!" Sometimes the feature has a special theme, such as the "foreign version" which takes place when Keith is visiting his in-laws in Germany, and the "on crutches" version, taking place when Keith was on crutches for two months after tearing his Achilles tendon.

In other media
In November 2018 it was announced that Hulu would be producing a half-hour sitcom, titled Woke, based on The K Chronicles and events from Knight's life. The show will be co-written by Knight; actor Lamorne Morris will be playing Knight.

Awards
In 2007, The K Chronicles won the Harvey Kurtzman Award for Best Syndicated Comic Strip. The other nominees were Antiques: The Comic Strip, Doonesbury, Maakies and Mutts.

The K Chronicles has won "Best Comic Strip" three times in the Glyph Comics Awards, in 2006,  2007 and 2008.

Collections

 * Dances with Sheep: A K Chronicles Compendium (1997, Manic D Press). ISBN 0-916397-50-5
 * Fear of a Black Marker: Another K Chronicles Compendium (2000, Manic D Press). ISBN 0-916397-63-7
 * The 'K' Chronicles: What a Long Strange Strip It's Been (2002, Top Shelf Productions). ISBN 1-891830-30-9
 * The Passion of the Keef: The Fourth K Chronicles Compendium (2005, Manic D Press). ISBN 0-916397-67-X
 * The Complete K Chronicles — compilation of the first four K Chronicles books (2008, Dark Horse Comics). ISBN 978-1-59307-943-7
 * The 5th K Chronicles Compendium: I Left My Arse in San Francisco (2008, Keith Knight Press)
 * The K Chronicles: The Incredible Cuteness of Being (2012, Keith Knight Press). ISBN 978-1-4675-3661-5
 * Go East, Young Fam!: K Chronicles #7 (2016, Keith Knight Press). ISBN 978-0-9788053-3-3

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Eugene F. Provenzo

Eugene Francis Provenzo Jr. (born 1949) is an emeritus professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Miami. He became a full professor in 1985.

Career
Provenzo. was born in Buffalo, New York in 1949. He took his BA degree at the University of Rochester in 1972, where he studied History and Education (Honors and Distinction). He received a Ph.D. from Washington University's Graduate Institute of Education in the Philosophy and History of Education in 1976. In 1976, he joined the faculty of the School of Education at the University of Miami, becoming a full professor in 1985. He served as Associate Dean for Research for the School of Education (May 1986 to June 1988).

Provenzo's academic interests include the role of the teacher in American society, and the influence of computers and video games on children. His work has been reviewed in American and British media, including ABC World News Tonight, The Economist, and The New York Times. He has been involved in the analysis and archiving of works by W. E. B. Du Bois and, with Edmund Abaka, edited W.E.B. Du Bois on Africa, Left Coast Press, 2012. With H. Warren Button he coauthored History of Education and Culture in America (2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1989).

Provenzo has studied Catholic education in the United States. In the mid-19th century standard textbooks used in the public schools had a distinctive Protestant tone, with occasional attacks on the Catholic Church in Europe. At the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore (1885) the bishops called for the preparation of acceptable textbooks, and Catholic publishers obliged. Professor Provenzo argues that by the 1890s Catholic educators had selected and adapted non-religious textbook content such that parochial students learned mainstream American political and cultural values without compromising their religious beliefs. The Catholic textbooks presented a generalized nondenominational Christianity and omitted sectarian arguments. There were a few exceptions such as occasional mention of Guardian Angels. Beyond the textbook matter parochial schools copied the new pedagogical techniques being introduced by the mainstream educational system. Apart from catechism classes (where the students learned that Protestants were likely damned to hell), the typical parochial school covered the same material in much the same way as the public schools. Irish Catholic women as nuns made up the parochial teaching staff, Furthermore Irish Cathollc lay women became increasingly prominent in the teaching staff of public schools in the major cities. After 1900 the mainstream textbooks largely dropped an anti-Catholic tone.

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Valdís Óskarsdóttir

Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 6 May 1949) is an Icelandic film editor, whose work includes The Celebration, Les Misérables, Finding Forrester and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

She received multiple awards in early 2005 for her work on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In addition, she has twice won the Danish Film Academy's Robert Award for Best Editing.

Sveitabrúðkaup (Country Wedding), her directorial debut, premiered in Iceland in August 2008.

Filmography
Valdís was the primary editor on the following films, unless noted otherwise.
 * Remote Control (Sódóma Reykjavík) (1992)
 * The Biggest Heroes (De største helte) (1996)
 * Dream Hunters (Draumadísir) (1996)
 * The Last Viking (Den sidste viking) (1997)
 * The Dance (Dansinn) (1998)
 * The Celebration (Festen) (1998)
 * Les Misérables (1998) (additional editor)
 * Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
 * Mifune's Last Song (Mifunes sidste sang) (1999)
 * Finding Forrester (2000)
 * Labyrinth (Labyrinten) (2000) (miniseries)
 * When the Sun Goes Down (Solen er så rød) (2000)
 * Bear's Kiss (2002) (consulting editor)
 * The Sea (Hafið) (2002)
 * Sweet Dreams (Skagerrak) (2003)
 * It's All About Love (2003)
 * Toss-Up (Yazi tura) (2004) (with Uğur Yücel)
 * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
 * Mister Lonely (2005)
 * Overcoming (2005)
 * A Man Comes Home (En mand kommer hjem) (2007)
 * Mongol (Монгол) (2007) (with Zach Staenberg)
 * Country Wedding (Sveitabrúðkaup) (2008) (also director and screenwriter)
 * Vantage Point (2008) (replaced by Stuart Baird and credited as additional editor)
 * Metalhead (2013)
 * Lost River (2014) (co-edited with Nico Leunen)
 * A Beautiful Now (2015) (co-edited with Adam H. Mack)
 * Autumn Lights (2016)
 * Kursk (2018)
 * Flag Day (2021)

ACE Awards

 * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), nominated (Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical)

BAFTA Awards

 * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), won

Danish Film Academy Awards

 * The Celebration (1998), won
 * Mifune's Last Song (1999), won

Edda Awards

 * The Sea (2002), won

Golden Orange Awards

 * Toss-Up (Yazi tura) (2004), won

Online Film Critics Society Awards

 * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), won

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

 * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), won

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Bob Quinn

Bob, Rob, or Robert Quinn may refer to:

Sportspeople

 * Bob Quinn (American football) (born c. 1976), National Football League executive
 * Bob Quinn (Australian footballer) (1915–2008), former Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide in the SANFL
 * Bob Quinn (baseball, born 1870) (1870–1954), American baseball executive
 * Bob Quinn (baseball, born 1936), American baseball executive (and grandson of the above)
 * Rob Quinn (born 1976), English footballer
 * Robert Quinn (American football) (born 1990), American football defensive end

Other uses

 * Bob Quinn (Australian politician) (born 1947), Australian politician
 * Bob Quinn (filmmaker) (born 1935), Irish filmmaker, writer and photographer
 * Bob Quinn Lake Airport, British Columbia, Canada
 * Robert E. Quinn (1894–1975), American politician from Rhode Island
 * Robert H. Quinn (1928–2014), American politician from Massachusetts, active 1950s–1980s

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Vantage-point tree

A vantage-point tree (or VP tree) is a metric tree that segregates data in a metric space by choosing a position in the space (the "vantage point") and partitioning the data points into two parts: those points that are nearer to the vantage point than a threshold, and those points that are not. By recursively applying this procedure to partition the data into smaller and smaller sets, a tree data structure is created where neighbors in the tree are likely to be neighbors in the space.

One generalization is called a multi-vantage-point tree (or MVP tree): a data structure for indexing objects from large metric spaces for similarity search queries. It uses more than one point to partition each level.

History
Peter Yianilos claimed that the vantage-point tree was discovered independently by him (Peter Yianilos) and by Jeffrey Uhlmann. Yet, Uhlmann published this method before Yianilos in 1991. Uhlmann called the data structure a metric tree, the name VP-tree was proposed by Yianilos. Vantage-point trees have been generalized to non-metric spaces using Bregman divergences by Nielsen et al.

This iterative partitioning process is similar to that of a $k$-d tree, but uses circular (or spherical, hyperspherical, etc.) rather than rectilinear partitions. In two-dimensional Euclidean space, this can be visualized as a series of circles segregating the data.

The vantage-point tree is particularly useful in dividing data in a non-standard metric space into a metric tree.

Understanding a vantage-point tree
The way a vantage-point tree stores data can be represented by a circle. First, understand that each node of this tree contains an input point and a radius. All the left children of a given node are the points inside the circle and all the right children of a given node are outside of the circle. The tree itself does not need to know any other information about what is being stored. All it needs is the distance function that satisfies the properties of the metric space.

Searching through a vantage-point tree
A vantage-point tree can be used to find the nearest neighbor of a point $n$. The search algorithm is recursive. At any given step we are working with a node of the tree that has a vantage point $x$ and a threshold distance $v$. The point of interest $t$ will be some distance from the vantage point $x$. If that distance $v$ is less than $d$ then use the algorithm recursively to search the subtree of the node that contains the points closer to the vantage point than the threshold $t$; otherwise recurse to the subtree of the node that contains the points that are farther than the vantage point than the threshold $t$. If the recursive use of the algorithm finds a neighboring point $t$ with distance to $n$ that is less than $x$ then it cannot help to search the other subtree of this node; the discovered node $|t − d|$ is returned. Otherwise, the other subtree also needs to be searched recursively.

A similar approach works for finding the $n$ nearest neighbors of a point $k$. In the recursion, the other subtree is searched for $x$ nearest neighbors of the point $k − k′$ whenever only $x$ of the nearest neighbors found so far have distance that is less than $k′ (< k)$.

Advantages of a vantage-point tree

 * 1) Instead of inferring multidimensional points for domain before the index being built, we build the index directly based on the distance. Doing this, avoids pre-processing steps.
 * 2) Updating a vantage-point tree is relatively easy compared to the FastMap approach. For FastMap, after inserting or deleting data, there will come a time when FastMap will have to rescan itself. That takes up too much time and it is unclear to know when the rescanning will start.
 * 3) Distance based methods are flexible.  It is “able to index objects that are represented as feature vectors of a fixed number of dimensions."

Complexity
The time cost to build a vantage-point tree is approximately $|t − d|$. For each element, the tree is descended by $O(n log n)$ levels to find its placement. However there is a constant factor $log n$ where $k$ is the number of vantage points per tree node.

The time cost to search a vantage-point tree to find a single nearest neighbor is $k$. There are $O(log n)$ levels, each involving $log n$ distance calculations, where $k$ is the number of vantage points (elements) at that position in the tree.

The time cost to search a vantage-point tree for a range, which may be the most important attribute, can vary greatly depending on the specifics of the algorithm used and parameters. Brin's paper gives the result of experiments with several vantage point algorithms with various parameters to investigate the cost, measured in number of distance calculations.

The space cost for a vantage-point tree is approximately $k$. Each element is stored, and each tree element in each non-leaf node requires a pointer to its descendant nodes. (See Brin for details on one implementation choice. The parameter for number of elements at each node plays a factor.)

With $n$ points there are $n$ pairwise distances between points. However, the creation of a vantage-point tree requires that only $O(n^{2})$ distances be calculated explicitly, and a search requires only $O(n log n)$ distance calculations. For example, if $x$ and $y$ are points and it is known that the distance $O(log n)$ is small then any point $z$ that is far from $x$ will also necessarily be almost as far from $y$ because the metric space's triangle inequality gives $d(x, y)$.

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Do you have a reference for your edits. I have not seen anything from USask in terms of ratification of the vote there. I thank you for the extra info your brought about the other two schools. Do you have a reference for them.

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Bud Bowl

The Bud Bowl was a stop motion animated Super Bowl advertising campaign first aired in 1989, and sporadically during the 1990s. It served as an advertisement for Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser family of beers. It featured anthropomorphized Budweiser bottles playing a football game against Bud Light bottles.

History
Bud Bowl I was aired in 1989 during the telecast of Super Bowl XXIII. It was originally created in the D'arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Account Service Dept by Tom Gooch and Rich Lalley who were looking for a way to strategically be involved with the Super Bowl. David Henke and Bill Oakley of D'arcy Masius Benton & Bowles were the creative team behind the original Bud Bowl. The 3D computer graphics promotional spots preceding the game commercials were made by San Francisco Production Group. The stop-motion filming process was painstaking, involving eight hours of work to produce just three seconds of footage. Bud Bowl II was shot with stop motion animation by Broadcast Arts in NYC. Bud Ice and Bud Dry would make appearances in later Bud Bowls. Beer bottles with the voices of Terry Bradshaw and Tom Landry (the latter of which was topped with Landry's distinctive fedora) also made appearances. It has been jokingly said that the Bud Bowl was actually more exciting than the Super Bowl itself in some years. Starting with the fourth edition, a consumer contest was tied to the commercials, with game pieces distributed in the product packaging. Gambling on the outcome of the Bud Bowl was also common, despite the fact that some people knew the results before the actual airing.

In later years, Bud Bowl was retained as an advertising promotion, but in different forms. Beginning with the fifth edition, the bottles were transitioned to CGI by Pacific Data Images (later PDI/DreamWorks). In the sixth edition, the CGI bottles however were done by Boss Film Studios. In 1996, it served as a contest only. Game pieces with football plays written on it were distributed, and viewers with the winning play on their piece won. By 1998, it was mostly removed from television. Bud Bowl was used often in static store display promotions, and/or contests. By 2002, it was attached to a series of local events, such as concerts, festivals, and "block parties," taking place at the host city of the Super Bowl in the days leading up to the game.

In popular culture

 * In The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Greek", the "Duff Bowl" is shown.
 * During halftime of Super Bowls XXVIII through XXX (1994–1996), Beavis and Butt-head specials known as Butt Bowl I, Butt Bowl II, and Butt Bowl III were aired.
 * The song "Nerd Alert!" by American band The Aquabats references the games with the lyric "Get stupid on your time / Get the Bud Bowl off the air".
 * Reason.tv parodied the FDA's ban on Four Loko and caffeinated alcoholic drinks with Buzz Bowl I: Four Loko vs Joose.
 * During Episode 29 of Sklarbro Country, The Sklar Brothers discuss Jon Bon Jovi expressing interest in becoming part owner of the Atlanta Falcons. Claiming, "It's a sports disaster on par with the Bud Bowl VI, the worst of the Bud Bowls. They came back strong the next year, but that was a down year for them."
 * An early 90s episode of Late Night with David Letterman featured a parody of the Bud Bowl animation by instead portraying it merely with rows of actual beer bottles lined up in front of each other, then being smashed across the playing field floor with a large shop broom.
 * In Noah Baumbach’s 1995 debut film Kicking and Screaming, a character named Otis asks his roommate, “Who won Bud Bowl II?”
 * In an episode of MADtv, a claymated parody of the advertisements known as Vud Bowl V is shown, with every "Vud" and "Vud Light" bottle on the field ending up smashed all over the ground just after kickoff.

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Cannizaro Park

 Cannizaro Park is a public park in Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. Located towards the south-western edge of Wimbledon Common, it is known for its ornamental landscaped gardens with ponds and sculpture.

The park is Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

History
The park is the remnant of the gardens of the former country house at its centre (now a hotel). The house, originally known as Warren House, was built in the 18th century and was owned by the Grosvenor and Drax families who, for most of its history, let it to a series of wealthy tenants. The adjacent Royal Wimbledon golf course and the western parts of Wimbledon village were also once parts of the estate.

Between 1785 and 1806, Home Secretary and Secretary of State for War, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, occupied the house. At this time it was a major social centre for royalty and senior politicians (George III, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and William Wilberforce all stayed there regularly). Dundas organised the landscaping of the gardens, the basic structure of which remains today. Lady Jane Wood in the gardens is a memorial to his wife.

After the Dundas family moved out, George Johnstone and his sister Sophia moved in. Their father, also called George, was a Governor of West Florida and a director of the East India Company.

After George died in 1813, Sophia married the Sicilian Francis Platamone, Count St. Antonio. In 1817 they leased Warren House and held regular parties and concerts, whose attendees included Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington and Mrs Fitzherbert, mistress of King George IV. The Count left his wife and returned to Italy in 1832 when he inherited the title Duke of Cannizzaro (it). The Duchess remained at Warren House until she died in 1841. After her death, the house came to be known by her husband's title (with a variation in the spelling).

A major fire at the beginning of the 20th century destroyed much of the house but it was rebuilt and extended to its current arrangement. In the 1920s Cannizaro House was owned by Admiral Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax. He sold it to the Wilson family, its last private owners. The Wilsons owned the house until the late 1940s and made a series of improvements in the gardens with the planting of new trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias. In 1947, the house and gardens were sold to Wimbledon Borough Council. The gardens were opened to the public shortly afterwards and the house was for a time used as a nursing home.

The London Borough of Merton sold the house in the 1980s and it was subsequently converted to its current use as a hotel. The surrounding gardens remain in council ownership and are open to the public. Most parts are well maintained, keeping the character of a large private garden, with many distinct areas and small "garden rooms", but the elaborate Italian Gardens are largely unplanted. For a number of years the Italian Gardens saw opera performances in the summer as part of the Cannizaro Festival, but in 2013 the festival was not held.

Bust of Haile Selassie
Cannizaro Park was the home to a bust of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, created by Hilda Seligman. Selassie stayed in Wimbledon during his exile from Ethiopia in 1936, staying at Seligman's nearby family home. The statue was installed in Cannizaro Park after Seligman's home, Lincoln House, was demolished in 1957.

The bust was destroyed in June 2020 by a crowd of around 100 protestors, thought to have been linked to unrest in Ethiopia following the shooting of Hachalu Hundessa the previous day.

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RainbowCrack

RainbowCrack is a computer program which generates rainbow tables to be used in password cracking. RainbowCrack differs from "conventional" brute force crackers in that it uses large pre-computed tables called rainbow tables to reduce the length of time needed to crack a password drastically. RainbowCrack was developed by Zhu Shuanglei, and implements an improved time–memory tradeoff cryptanalysis attack which originated in Philippe Oechslin's Ophcrack.

Some organizations have made RainbowCrack's rainbow tables available free over the internet.

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1997 SEA Games

The 1997 Southeast Asian Games (Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 1997), officially known as the 19th Southeast Asian Games (Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara ke-19; the 19th SEA Games), was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Jakarta, Indonesia. This was the third time that Indonesia hosted the games. Jakarta also hosted the SEA Games in 1979 and 1987.

Around 4,696 athletes from 10 participating nations participated at the games, which featured 440 events in 34 sports. The games was held from 11 to 19 October 1997, although several events had commenced from 5 October 1997. The games was opened by Soeharto, the President of Indonesia at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, which was then known at the time as Senayan Sports Stadium.

The final medal tally was led by hosts Indonesia, followed by Thailand and Malaysia. Several Games and National Records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.

Development and preparation
The Organising Committee Of The 19th SEA Games Jakarta 1997 (JASOC) led by President Wismoyo Arismunandar was formed to oversee the staging of the games.

Venues
The 1997 Southeast Asian Games used a mix of new, existing and temporary venues. Some major retrofitting work were done in most venues, although they had been used to host major multi-disciplinary events such as the 1962 Asian Games, the 1979 Southeast Asian Games and the 1987 Southeast Asian Games.

At the centrepiece of the activities was the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, then Senayan Sports Complex which was completed on 24 July 1962. Incorporating the 120,800-seat national stadium at that time, it hosted most of the events.

A games village was not built. Instead, a "village in the city" concept saw athletes and officials housed in were housed in hotels in Jakarta and West Java. Besides being physically near to the sport venues, it was hoped that it will add vibe to both provinces and reduce post-games costs in converting a dedicated games village to other uses.

There were 35 venues for the games, 29 in Jakarta and 6 in West Java.

Logo
The official logo for the 1997 Games is an interpretation of three flames, and two torch rings, which reflects the Indonesian state philosophy of the Pancasila. The upward flames represent the aspiration of the participating nations to achieve the highest standards at the Jakarta SEA Games.

The colours of red, blue, and yellow are the basic colours of the flame. The color red represents the "spirit" of the Games, while the blue represents the "dynamism" of the Games, and the yellow represents the "hope" the Games brings to the athletes and people of Southeast Asia. The six-ring chain symbol, the emblem of the Southeast Asian Games Federation, symbolizes the Games' six founding nations and the SEA Games itself, and its gold colour represents the quality and solidarity of the Games.

The logo is the last one to feature the organization's 6-ring emblem, just before it was replaced by its new 10-ring symbol (reflecting the present number of its member nations at the time), which was then introduced at the next edition in 1999.

Mascot
The mascot of the 1997 Southeast Asian Games is a Ramayana epic character named "Hanuman". The Ramayana, known in Java, Indonesia as Kakawin Ramayana, is an Indian epic, which spread into Southeast Asia including the Indonesian archipelago during the ancient times. It does not only exists in oral and literary works, but also serves as the underlying theme for art performances and as the inspiration for other works, such as sculptures, paintings and literature. According to the Ramayana epic, he is an ardent devotee of Rama who fighting alongside him in the face of conflict and struggle and is always successful in accomplishing his tasks due to his superiority in speed, strength and altitude. The tasks managed by Hanuman in the epic includes: travel to Alengka (Lanka) and back in a day, fought in several battles and able to fly in the clouds when performing duties. Hanuman exist in the form of a white monkey in the Javanese adaptation of the epic and is one of the characters featured in the Wayang Shadow Puppet Show, known to the locals with the title Sang Kera Pemuja Dewa Rama (The mighty devotee ape of Rama). The adoption of Hanuman as the games mascot is to promote the games motto: "May the best man win", a phrase used before a competition to hope that the most deserving person wins. The cotton white colour of his body hair, a colour which symbolises sincerity and innocence, while the gold and black colour represents his attribute as a Wayang character. His cotton white colour represents sportsmanship spirit, while the yellow and black colour represents quality.

Sponsors
A total of 31 sponsors sponsored the games.

 * Pos Indonesia
 * Zyrex
 * Sybase
 * Kesakuno Reyakasa
 * Panasonic
 * Tiger Beer
 * Konica (now Konica Minolta)
 * Satelindo

 * Seiko
 * Nike, Inc.
 * Milo
 * Dharmala Inc.
 * Aqua
 * Mikasa Sports
 * Kompas
 * Nikon

 * Wall's
 * Kymco
 * Djarum
 * Gatorade
 * Indomie
 * Krating Daeng
 * Spotec
 * Pfizer
 * Yonex
 * Motorola
 * Mulia

 * IndoMobil Group
 * Telkomsel
 * Citra Sari Makmur
 * SingNet
 * Asaba
 * Lucent
 * Intel

Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held at the Senayan Sports Stadium on 11 October 1997 at 19:00 (WIB). It features the cultural dance show "Gebyar Nusantara"

Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony was held at the Senayan Sports Stadium on 19 October 1997 at 19:00 (WIB).

Participating nations

 * (Host)
 * (Host)
 * (Host)

Sports

 * Aquatics

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Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa

Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa is a sequel to Franz Kafka's 1915 short-story The Metamorphosis, written in 2002 by Marc Estrin.

Plot introduction
Gregor Samsa, the protagonist of The Metamorphosis, is revealed to have survived his apparent death at the end of the original story and goes on to have additional travels and experiences in the early-twentieth century.

Plot summary
Rather than being thrown away like trash, Gregor Samsa was secretly sold to a Viennese sideshow by the Samsas' chambermaid. He then met various figures like Wittgenstein, Spengler and Albert Einstein and witnessed American Prohibition, the Scopes trial, was involved in Alice Paul's feminist movement, encountered the Ku Klux Klan, and conferred with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Robert Oppenheimer.

Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science
The novel made allusions to post-World War I Vienna through the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico.


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Halton, Runcorn

Halton, formerly a separate village, is now part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. The name Halton has been assumed by the Borough of Halton, which includes Runcorn, Widnes and some outlying parishes.

History
There is evidence of human occupation in the Stone Age and during the Roman era. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) in the hundred of Tunendune and towards the end of the 11th century the first castle, which became the seat of the Barons of Halton, was built on the hill. The Tunendune hundred court was absorbed into Bucklow hundred by 1260 so government statistics for Halton over many later centuries are indexed by Bucklow hundred.

During the medieval period, a deer park measuring 100 acre lay to the south and the west of the village. At this time Halton had a weekly market and annual fair. The village held a court leet and the castle was used as a prison. During the Civil War, the castle was held by the Royalists and twice besieged by Parliamentary forces. Following this the castle fell into ruin. The importance of Halton declined with the coming of the Industrial Revolution and the development of the chemical and other industries in Runcorn.

Halton was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Runcorn. In 1866, Halton became a separate civil parish. On 1 April 1967, the parish was abolished and merged with Runcorn.

Geography
The village stands in an elevated position at 240 ft compared with the surrounding area which lies at about 100 ft. At its centre is an outcrop of sandstone which rises to a height of 252.6 ft. On the summit of the outcrop are the ruins of Halton Castle. The major road, Main Street, passes below the castle, to its west and south, and Castle Road leads up to the castle.

Demography
Population statistics were recorded separately for the parish of Halton until the village was incorporated into its larger neighbour under the Runcorn New Town (Designation) Order 1964.

The population of Halton Village in 1664 has been estimated as 375. In 1961, the parish had a population of 1,467.

Today
The village is now entirely residential. It is surrounded to the west and north by the estates of Runcorn New Town. To the south is Halton Lea, a shopping mall, and other retail and entertainment outlets. To the east is Town Park. The castle is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled ancient monument, and there are a number of other listed buildings in the village. There are two public houses, the Castle Hotel, which is incorporated into the structure of the castle and which contains the former courthouse, and the Norton Arms. In the village are two active churches, the Anglican Church of St Mary and Trinity Methodist Church. The Village has a Millennium Green, one of a series of 245 charity-run public Greenspaces created at the Turn of the Millennium.

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Marrakech Museum

The Museum of Marrakech is a historic palace and museum located in the old center of Marrakesh, Morocco. In addition to its notable architecture, the museum's collection showcases various historic art objects and contemporary art from Morocco.

History
The museum is housed in the Dar Mnebhi Palace, constructed at the beginning of the 20th century by Mehdi al-Mnebhi. Al-Mnebhi was a qaid of the Mnabha tribe and the vizier (minister) of war under Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz, from 1900 to 1908, replacing Ba Ahmad as the sultan's favourite. Al-Mnebhi also had other residences such as the Mnebhi Palace in Fez. His Marrakesh palace was later seized by the family of Pasha Thami El Glaoui, the autocratic ruler of southern Morocco under French rule, while Mnebhi was out of the country and serving as ambassador in London. After Morocco regained its independence (1956), the palace was seized by the state and in 1965 it was converted to a girls' school. After a period of neglect, the palace was carefully renovated by the Omar Benjelloun Foundation and converted into a museum in 1997.

Architecture
The palace is an example of late 19th-century and early 20th-century Moroccan architecture, one of many such palaces built by wealthy elites during this period. The palace consists of a large central courtyard, which was originally an open riad garden planted with trees, but today is fully paved and roofed over. The courtyard is centered around several fountains and surrounded by roofed galleries and wall fountains, all decorated with colorful zellij tilework and painted and carved cedar wood. The courtyard today also contains a huge, central chandelier made up of brass pieces cut into ornate geometric and arabesque motifs. Various rooms branch off the courtyard, including chambers with more ornate wood and stucco decoration. The palace also had roof terraces with a menzeh (pavilion) that provided it with views over the rest of the city. It was also equipped with multiple facilities typical of large palaces, such as kitchens and a hammam (bathhouse) – the latter being distinguished by its characteristic domed and vaulted chambers.

Museum collection
The museum holds a diverse collection of traditional art objects from different regions of Morocco and different parts of its population, such as, weapons, carpets, costumes, pottery from Fez, Berber jewellery, Jewish liturgical objects, and more. The museum also holds exhibits of contemporary art and other themes in its kitchen and hammam sections, and sometimes hosts cultural events such as theatre and concerts.

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