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Due to his membership in the Jesuit order, he was forced to abandon Spain. He found a teaching post in Ferrara. In Italy, he became involved in erudite, yet in retrospect petty, arguments about whether Spanish literature was decadent or a cause of decadence in Italy. His main writings were long tracts arguing mainly against the erudite Italian clerics and historians, Girolamo Tiraboschi and Saverio Bettinelli, who attributed any decline in Italian literature to corruption by Spanish influences. He published his six volumes of "Saggio storico-apologetico della Letteratura Spagnola" in Genoa, in 1778-1781. The tests were translated into Spanish by Josefa de Amar y Borbón and published in Zaragoza, 1782-1789, with further commentaries, with the title "Ensayo histórico-apologético de la literatura española contra las opiniones preocupadas de algunos escritores modernos italianos". The work serves also as a critique and review of early Spanish literature.

= = = Capture of Arendal = = =

The Capture of Arendal occurred on 9 April 1940 and saw the German torpedo boat "Greif" land a force of bicycle troops and seize an invasion beachhead at the Norwegian port town of Arendal. The main aim of the landing, part of the German invasion of Norway, was to sever the undersea telegraph cable between Arendal and the United Kingdom.

The German force landed unopposed, with the Norwegian torpedo boat based in the town choosing to evacuate rather than take up the fight against the surprising arrival of the Germans. The Norwegian naval commander cited concern for civilian casualties and a glum view of his chances as reasons for not resisting.

While the initial German occupation of Arendal took place without serious incident, panic broke out the following day and led to many civilians abandoning the town, following unfounded rumours of an incoming British bomber raid.

Five days after the German occupation of Arendal, the town saw the establishment of the first organized resistance group in Norway. The Arendal Group operated from 14 April 1940 until crushed by the Gestapo four months later.

After the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Norway declared her neutrality in the conflict. During the following months Norwegian neutrality was repeatedly ignored and violated by both the Axis and the Allies. On the part of the Germans, the violations included U-boat attacks on both Allied and neutral shipping within Norwegian territorial waters. The Norwegian Armed Forces were ill-equipped, poorly trained, only partially mobilized, and unable to efficiently defend Norwegian territory against neutrality violations.

On 16 February 1940, the British Royal Navy breached Norwegian neutrality in an operation to rescue 299 captive British sailors from the German auxiliary "Altmark" in the Norwegian Jøssingfjorden. Norwegian naval vessels observed the British operation, but did not intervene. Angered by the Altmark Incident, Adolf Hitler the next day ordered the invasion of Norway. Among Hitler's stated reasons for invading Norway was a need to pre-empt a potential British landing in Norway, a desire to secure the iron ore and other natural resources originating in or being supplied through Norway, and to secure Germany's northern flank while giving the Kriegsmarine easier access to the Atlantic Ocean. Hitler's concern about potential British landings in Norway was encouraged by Norwegian fascist leader Vidkun Quisling, who claimed that an alliance between the United Kingdom and Norway's Labour Party government was in the making. General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst was given overall command of the invasion of Norway.

In the plans for an attack on Norway presented on 29 February 1940 to Hitler by General von Falkenhorst, Arendal was one of the Norwegian towns and cities to be captured in the initial invasion wave. Like the port town of Egersund, which was also to be seized, Arendal had a land station for one of the two undersea telegraph cables between Norway and the United Kingdom. The Germans set out to cut the cable to the United Kingdom, as well as securing the telegraph cables to Denmark and Cuxhaven in Germany. Arendal was also important as a telegraph junction for the southern parts of Norway, with German personnel tasked to listen in on Norwegian communications. Isolating Norway from the outside world was an important part of the German effort at pacifying the Norwegian population and discouraging resistance to the occupation.

The task of seizing Arendal fell on "Gruppe 4" of the German invasion fleet. The primary objective of "Gruppe 4" was the capture of the main port in Southern Norway, Kristiansand. A single torpedo boat, "Greif", was detached from the task force on 8 April, "Gruppe 4" having left Wesermünde in Germany at 05:00 the same day. Before proceeding on her own, "Greif" had been escorting the E-boat tender "Tsingtau" off the west coast of Denmark.

In Arendal there was much tension due to the sinking of the German transport "Rio de Janeiro" off the nearby port of Lillesand that day. "Rio de Janeiro", a covert troopship en route to Bergen with 313 "Luftwaffe" personnel and anti-aircraft guns, had been intercepted and torpedoed off Lillesand by the Polish submarine "Orzeł". Some of the German survivors told Norwegian police officers that they had been on their way to Bergen to "help the Norwegian government protect the country's neutrality". Twelve wounded Germans were admitted for treatment at Arendal and Aust-Agder Hospital in Arendal. The regional newspaper "Agderposten", based in Arendal, ran an extra edition on the "Rio de Janeiro" sinking and reports of German fleet movements off Southern Norway.

The German force tasked with the capture and occupation of Arendal was the 90-strong 234th Bicycle Squadron of the 163rd Infantry Division, commanded by "Rittmeister" Smith von Wesentahl, with an attached unit of ten signals personnel. The signals personnel were to operate the town's telegraph station and sever the telegraph cable to the United Kingdom.

Transporting the landing force to Arendal, and providing support in case of Norwegian resistance, was the Raubvogel class torpedo boat "Greif", commanded by "Kapitänleutnant" Wilhelm-Nikolaus Freiherr von Lyncker and carrying torpedo boat flotilla commander "Korvettenkapitän" Wolf Henne. Once the army troops were on shore and in control of the town, "Greif" was to sail off and rejoin the rest of "Gruppe 4" at Kristiansand. The Germans did not expect resistance at Arendal, the town being unfortified and without a garrison.

The sole Norwegian military unit in Arendal was the 75-ton 2. class torpedo boat , commanded by Lieutenant Thore Holthe. Following reports of German ships off Denmark and at the entrance to the Oslofjord, Lieutenant Holthe had put his 18-man crew on increased readiness and brought up ammunition for the vessel's 37 mm guns and 7.92 mm machine gun.

In accordance with Norwegian mobilization plans a company of infantry was supposed to be set up to defend Arendal. However, no mobilization orders had been issued prior to the German attack, so the town lay undefended on the landward side.

As "Greif" made her way towards Arendal, the torpedo boat encountered thick fog, forcing "Kapitänleutnant" von Lyncker to decrease the vessel's speed, delaying the arrival at Arendal. According to the operational plans for the invasion, all the German landing groups were to arrive at their targets simultaneously at 04:15. "Greif" arrived at Arendal at 08:20. At 01:00, still more than seven hours from their objective, the Germans had received radio reports of fighting taking place in the Oslofjord. All the lighthouses along the southern Norwegian coast, from Marstein Lighthouse in the west to the Swedish border in the east had been turned off the previous evening, on the orders of Commanding Admiral Henry Diesen of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Although spotted by customs personnel as she made her way through the narrows leading to the town, the reports of the intruding warship did not reach Lieutenant Holthe on board "Jo".

As "Greif" entered the harbour in Arendal at 08:30, she was spotted from "Jo". At the time, "Jo" had been about to set off for Lyngør to join the fellow torpedo boats and in order to operate as a group. Norwegian neutrality rules regulated that since Arendal was not a protected war port, Lieutenant Holthe was required to have orders before opening fire at any intruder. As he had no orders or information to act on, and "Jo" was in an unfavourable position to attack, the torpedo tubes of the moored naval vessel pointing inland, Lieutenant Holthe refrained from opening fire.

"Greif" reached the quay without encountering any resistance other than a few rifle rounds fired by a customs officer and his son. The 100-strong landing force quickly disembarked and occupied the town. By 09:00, "Greif" set off for Kristiansand. During the short time "Greif" spent in Arendal, Lieutenant Holthe on "Jo" considered carrying out an attack, but avoided engaging due to the fire power of the German warship, and the numerous civilian onlookers crowding the quay area. As "Greif" was about to depart Arendal, a Norwegian Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11 seaplane (F.328) landed in the harbour next to the German torpedo boat. The Norwegian seaplane was one of four that had escaped from Kristiansand before the German attack on that city. Before the Germans reacted to the M.F.11, the Norwegian aircrew realised that Arendal had been captured, and took off. Chased by anti-aircraft fire, the M.F.11 flew south to the nearby unoccupied village of Fevik.

The bicycle-mounted German infantry seized control of the town's railway station, post office, police station and telegraph building. The undersea cable to the United Kingdom, which unbeknownst to the Germans had been inoperable for more than three months, was severed. As they took control of the town without encountering any opposition, the Germans also seized a cache of rifles which had been used by the Norwegian authorities to provide military training to civilian volunteers in the months prior to the invasion. Before the Germans reached the Norwegian Army's air raid station and the Royal Norwegian Navy's group centre in Arendal, the administrative officers there had made their way out of the town.

After "Greif" had left Arendal, Lieutenant Holthe took "Jo" out of the harbour and set up an ambush east of the town in case the German warship came back in that direction. Some time later on 9 April, "Jo" steamed to Lyngør where she met up with "Grib" and "Ravn". The three torpedo boats spent the next eight days trying to support the Norwegian land forces being mobilized in Telemark county, surviving several air attacks during the time. After considering evacuating the torpedo boats to the United Kingdom, and dismissing the idea as infeasible, Lieutenant Holthe and the other commanders scuttled their vessels off Lyngør on 17 April. The crews went home and the ship commanders tried to join Norwegian forces in Western Norway.

Although the population of Arendal had reacted calmly to the German invasion, rumours soon began to circulate about a supposed Allied bombing raid scheduled for 12:00 on 10 April. Most of Arendal's population fled the town in panic in the early hours of 10 April. It took several days before the majority of the evacuees had returned. The German landing force were housed in a school building, and "Rittmeister" von Wesentahl arranged meetings with the local Norwegian authorities to ensure their cooperation in accordance with the rules of occupation. Arendal's mayor agreed to help maintain calm in the town.

On 14 April, five days after the German invasion of Norway and the bloodless conquest of their town, a number of Arendal's citizens founded the Arendal Group. The Arendal Group is generally regarded as the first organized resistance group in occupied Norway during the Second World War. The group, mostly men employed in the shipping industry, initially functioned to provide supplies to the Norwegian forces fighting at Vinje in Telemark. After the fighting at Vinje ended on 5 May, the group continued their activities with intelligence work until discovered by the Gestapo on 14 August 1940. Close to 100 people were arrested in connection with the Arendal Group.

= = = Supai Group = = =

The Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian, (end of the Paleozoic Era), Supai Group, is a slope-forming section of red bed deposits found at the southwest-to-south Colorado Plateau. Cliff-forming interbeds (sandstone) are noticeable throughout the group, as well as the largest cliff-former the topmest member Esplanade Sandstone. The Supai Group is especially exposed throughout the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona, as well as local regions of southwest Utah (Virgin River valley region). It outcrops southeastwards in Arizona at Chino Point (south Aubrey Valley), Sycamore Canyon, and famously at Sedona as parts of Oak Creek Canyon. In the Sedona region, it is overlain by the Hermit Formation, and the colorful Schnebly Hill Formation.

The Supai Group is coeval with the Hermosa Group of east and south Utah; the Hermosa Group extended southeastwards from Utah to Durango, extreme southwest Colorado, and adjacent to the Hermosa type section.

The oldest member (Early Pennsylvanian), the Watahomigi Formation is from sedimentary basins. It is composed of red mudstone, sandstone, and tan limestone. As ocean levels rose, basins filled, and the Manachka Formation was laid down (especially in the Grand Canyon). Continentally aeolian sand became more widespread; the coeval Weber Sandstone was deposited in northeast Utah (Dinosaur National Monument region, northeast of the Uncompahgre Uplift).

From Middle to Late Pennsylvanian, the Ancestral Rocky Mountains, the northeast spur from Colorado, (the Uncompahgre Uplift) became the source region for further continental river and stream deposits. Rising sea levels and erosion led to the deposition of the Wescogame Formation, (Grand Canyon) by Late Pennsylvanian time, and in east Utah, (Paradox Basin, southwest of Uncompahgre Uplift, the Honaker Trail Formation); northeast of the Uncompahgre Uplift, the Weber Sandstone continued deposition.

By Permian time, the Esplanade Sandstone (Supai Group member 4) was being laid down in northwest Arizona (Grand Canyon), and southwest Utah; the coeval Cedar Mesa Sandstone was being deposited in east Utah.

The geologic sequences of the coeval Supai and Hermosa Groups.

The Late Pennsylvanian-Early Permian geologic sequence of the Supai Group common in the Grand Canyon: The Pennsylvanian is the Late Carboniferous.

The Supai Group members were created from marine (oceanic) sequences of marine transgression, and regression, thus the alternating sandstone, siltsones, conglomerate subsections (facies); the subsections are not always a continuous transition into the above section, mostly due to ocean levels, falling, or rising, glaciation, or regional subsidence-(basins, etc.) or uplift of land. Today's Wasatch Front is the approximate lineage, NNE to SSW of the western coast region of North America from where the oceans transgressed. The ancient Antler Mountains-(Antler orogeny, off-shore volcanic island arch(es)), of ancient Nevada supplied material, from the west, off the 'ancestral' West Coast. The continent supplied material from the east, both directions supplying the offshore basin, the Cordilleran Basin which became part of the Basin and Range Province, in later epochs. Three other basins were involved in this history: southwest of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains was the Paradox Basin-(eastern Utah to Southwest Colorado), northeast was the Central Colorado Basin-(NW Colorado, NE Utah, SW Wyoming); the Oquirrh Basin was north-northwest, at present day northwest Utah.

The coeval Supai and Hermosa Groups, Arizona, Utah, and northwest Colorado:

Because marine transgressions cover distances, over time, the coeval units are separated by distance, and type of deposition material; the local subsidence, or uplift, as well as glaciation, and sea level changes, can cause variations in the deposition sequences of transgression-regressions. The ocean was to the west of the proto-North American continent, but also northwest, or southwest.

= = = Mount Saint Canice = = =

Mount Saint Canice was a Catholic convent first opened in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia by the Good Shepherd Sisters in 1893. The sisters began to take in young women who were perceived to have fallen short of the morals and values of the times. The Mount Saint Canice convent was to become known as The Magdalene Laundry and was one of ten such laundries in operation throughout Australia. They were based on existing Magdalene laundries in Ireland. "The Magdalene Laundries were workhouses in which many Irish women and girls were effectively imprisoned because they were perceived to be a threat to the moral fiber of society."

The convent closed after 8 were killed in an explosion in 1974.

Mount Saint Canice has been likened by former inmates to laundries which operated in Ireland. Former inmates of Mount Saint Canice are now referred to as Forgotten Australians. In 2009, an official Australian government apology was made to people who had grown up in the institutional system, including former child immigrants to Australia. The apology was made by the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Survivor and artist Rachael Romero represents her experience as a girl in a similar Convent of the Good Shepherd in South Australia and another of the commercial laundries known collectively around the world as "Magdalene Laundries." Romero's art portrays her experience in the convent, recalling her suffering as an inmate. She expresses her opinion about the Good Shepherd nun's 150th anniversary celebration.

Writer and author Merlene Fawdry gives insight into the daily operation of Mount Saint Canice in "My Magdalene Home."

Janice Konstantinidis, guest author for the Australian National Museum, 28 February 2011, shares a current photograph, as well as her detailed history of her time from the age of 12 working in the Magdalene laundry of Mount Saint Canice, nicknamed "The Mag." Janice also includes recollections of the lengths some girls would go to in order to escape.

Mount Saint Canice had similar conditions to those shown in the 2002 film The Magdalene Sisters, written and directed by Peter Mullan. Girls as young as eleven were turned over to the Good Shepherd sisters. While there was a school at Mount Saint Canice, the curriculum was very basic. These younger girls were also forced to work in the laundry. Many young women who came to Mount Saint Canice pregnant were forced to give up their babies for adoption. Most women were released after varying lengths of stay; however, some stayed all their lives.

The Good Shepherd mother convent in Australia was Abbotsford, a commercial laundry that provided (unpaid) employment for girls and women and generated income for the Convent (1863 - 1975). The Convent was able to care for up to 1,000 and was self-sufficient through its farming, Industrial School and laundry activities.

Other Good Shepherd convents in Australia that supported themselves as industrial laundries included:

Historian Adele Chynoweth writes about the Good Shepherd Sisters denying history: There are no precise figures for the number of girls who slaved in the ten Magdalene laundries run by the Good Shepherd Sisters in twentieth century Australia. This is because the order of the Good Shepherd Sisters has not released its records. We do know, as a result of the Federal Senate Report on Forgotten Australians (2004) that the Good Shepherd laundries in Australia acted as prisons for the girls who were forced to labor in workhouses laundering linen for local hospitals or commercial premises. The report also described the conditions as characterized by inedible food, unhygienic living conditions and little or no education. In 2008, in Federal Parliament, Senator Andrew Murray likened the Convent of the Good Shepherd, "The Pines," Adelaide, to a prisoner-of-war camp.

Good Shepherd Australia's Province Leader, Sister Anne Manning writes: "We acknowledge, that for numbers of women, memories of their time with Good Shepherd are painful. We are deeply sorry for acts of verbal or physical cruelty that occurred: such things should never have taken place in a Good Shepherd facility. The understanding that we have been the cause of suffering is our deep regret as we look back over our history."

Mount Saint Canice closed after a tragic fire as a result of a boiler explosion in 1974. The buildings are now occupied by a retirement complex, the Saint Canice Lifestyle Village.

State government funded redress schemes have made or are planning ex-gratia payments to Forgotten Australians in some states.

= = = Sunrise Lake, Pennsylvania = = =

Sunrise Lake is a census-designated place and private lake community located in Dingman Township, Pike County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 739 in eastern Pike County, about eight miles west of the New Jersey state line at the Delaware River. Sunrise Lake is between, and shares borders with, the CDP communities of Conashaugh Lakes and Gold Key Lake. Sunrise Lake shares its name with the lake of the same name that the community surrounds. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,387 residents.

Before humans, the land was under thousands of feet of ice during the Wisconsin Glaciation. After melting glaciers left kettle lakes such as nearby Gold Key Lake, the land was left rock-strewn and rough. Considered a part of the Glaciated Low Plateau section of Pennsylvania, the land is slightly varied in elevation with the Sunrise Lake's main dam measured at 1309.8 feet above sea level

Before the arrival of European settlers, the land now encompassing most of Pike County was the domain of the Lenape people. The Lenape were expelled from the area after the Walking Purchase of 1737, which placed a large amount of new territory under the control of the Province of Pennsylvania. The land was next under conflict because it was claimed by settlers from Connecticut, eventually fueling the Pennamite–Yankee Wars between 1769 and 1784. After the Revolutionary War, the former colony became today's Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and land began to be settled.

Like many of the private lake communities in the area such as Gold Key and Woodlands, the land which is now Sunrise Lake was originally purchased by a private developer and subdivided into residential housing. A property owners' association was organized in 2009, following resident disapproval of the management of the community.

The community is served by the Delaware Valley School District, with local schooling from Kindergarten through eighth grade. Delaware Valley High School in Westfall provides ninth through twelfth grade education.

The community's main roads lead to Route 739. 739 leads to Route 6 and Interstate 84, the closest major highway. A close minor road is Log Tavern Road, which is a route to Milford from just outside the community's main entrance.

= = = 2013 Taça de Portugal Final = = =

The 2013 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2012–13 Taça de Portugal, the 73rd season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 26 May 2013 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed Benfica and Vitória de Guimarães. Vitória defeated Benfica 2–1 and secured their first title in the competition after five previous failed appearances in the final. In Portugal, the final was televised live in HD on RTP1 and Sport TV.

As a result of winning the Taça de Portugal, Vitória claimed €300,000 in prize money. As the winners, Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, and played against Porto, the winners of the 2012–13 Primeira Liga, in the 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

Benfica were appearing in their 34th Taça de Portugal final. Benfica went into the match as 24-time winners (1940, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1996, 2004). Of their 33 Taça de Portugal final appearances, they had lost 9 times (1939, 1958, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1989, 1997, 2005). Benfica's last Taça de Portugal final appearance was in 2005, against Vitória de Setúbal. The "sadinos" defeated the "encarnados" 2–1. Vitória de Guimarães were appearing in their sixth Taça de Portugal final. They had previously lost all five finals (1942, 1963, 1976, 1988, 2011). The "Vimaranenses" last Taça de Portugal final appearance was the 2011 final against Porto, where they lost 6–2.

In Benfica's and Vitória de Guimarães' entire history, the two teams had met on 152 different occasions. Benfica had accumulated 104 victories while Vitória de Guimarães had accumulated 24 victories. Of those 152 encounters, 24 of those games had ended in a draw. The last meeting between these two sides in this competition was a fourth round tie in the 2009–10 edition, where the "Conquistadores" defeated Benfica at the Estádio da Luz. The last meeting between these two sides, prior to this encounter was a domestic league match, which took place on 17 March. Benfica defeated their opponents 4–0 at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques.

As a Primeira Liga team, Benfica entered the 2012–13 Taça de Portugal in the third round, where they were drawn in an away tie against Segunda Liga side Freamunde at the Campo SC Freamunde. Benfica comfortably defeated the second division side 4–0, with goals from Lima, Óscar Cardozo, Eduardo Salvio and André Gomes. Fellow Primeira Liga side Moreirense, were Benfica's opponents in the fourth round. The match which took place at the Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, saw Benfica defeat the side from Moreira de Cónegos, 2–0. A goal near the hour mark through Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matić, and an injury time strike from Óscar Cardozo granted Benfica safe passage to the fifth round.

Benfica were drawn to play at home against Desportivo das Aves in the fifth round. Despite Desportivo das Aves being a second division side, Benfica's coach Jorge Jesus opted for a strong starting line-up with first team regulars Artur, Ezequiel Garay, Maxi Pereira and Nicolás Gaitán being selected over players who had primarily been used by Jorge Jesus for the cup competition. Jesus' strong starting XI would pay off as Benfica would demolish the opposition 6–0, with a hat-trick from Óscar Cardozo, a brace from Rodrigo and a second-half penalty from Lima. The "Encarnados" faced cup holders Académica de Coimbra at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra in the quarter-finals. For a second consecutive cup match, Jorge Jesus utilized another strong side to take on the Coimbra side. Benfica would defeat their opponents 4–0. Benfica's passage to the next round was pretty much sealed within the first twenty seven minutes, after Ola John opened the scoring and Brazilian striker Lima would score two. Argentine winger Eduardo Salvio would close the scoring in the second half.

For the semi-finals, Benfica were drawn against fellow Primeira Liga side Paços de Ferreira. The semi-finals were contested over two legs with the first leg taking place at Paços de Ferreira's Estádio da Mata Real. The first half of the first leg saw Benfica dominate possession but not break threw Paços de Ferreira's defense, but the second half proved to be different. Benfica broke the dead lock on 58 minutes, after Eduardo Salvio obtained the ball on the right hand side and took on Paços' Vitorino Antunes, where Salvio crossed the ball to an unmarked Lima to tap in Benfica's first goal of the game. Benfica's second came on 75 minutes threw substitute Ola John. The goal arose after Rodrigo's shot was saved by Cássio, and John followed up to tap in Benfica's second to take a two-goal advantage back to Estádio da Luz. Benfica's first leg win had marked five consecutive cup games where Benfica had kept clean sheets. The return leg in Lisbon was played in mid April, over two months after the first leg. The game saw the home side not take many risks, whilst the away side opted for an attacking approach in order to reduce the two goal deficit. After a quite first half, Benfica broke the deadlock in the second half near the hour mark through Óscar Cardozo to score his sixth overall goal of the competition. Paços would tie the game ten minutes from the end threw Cícero. The game would end tied, and Benfica would win the tie 3–1 on aggregate to progress to the final for the first time since 2005.

Just like their opponents, Vitória de Guimarães entered the 2012–13 Taça de Portugal in the third round, where they were drawn in a home tie against third division side Vilaverdense. The "Vimaranenses" defeated their opposition 6–1 thanks to braces from El Arbi Soudani, Marcelo Toscano and Ricardo. Fellow Primeira Liga side Vitória de Setúbal were Vitória de Guimarães' opponents in the fourth round. Played at the Estádio do Bonfim, the game was heavily contested which featured four goals. The home side scored first through Cameroonian striker Albert Meyong on 13 minutes. João Ribeiro equalized from the penalty spot on 50 minutes for Vitória de Guimarães. The 1–1 result would require extra-time to settle a winner. Six minutes from the end in extra-time, Freire would give the away side the advantage, but the home side would equalize a minute later through Jorginho which would require the tie to be settled by a penalty shootout. Vitória de Guimarães would win the penalty shootout, 5–3 after Setúbal's Albert Meyong missed his spot kick.

The fifth round saw the "Conquistadores" face another Primeira Liga side which was Marítimo. The fifth round cup tie saw the away side face another penalty shootout for a second consecutive match. The match went to penalties after each side were tied after 120 minutes. Marítimo scored the first goal of the game on nine minutes through Fidélis, and Vitória de Guimarães would equalize in the second half through Ricardo. After each side had taken six penalties each, the score was tied 4–4. João Diogo missed Marítimo's seven spot kick, and Amido Baldé converted his penalty kick to send his side to the quarter-finals. The quarter finals saw a home tie against Minho rivals Braga. Despite both sides competing for a European place in the domestic league, both managers opted for strong starting line-ups in order to win the tie. The game opened up with an early goal. The first goal of the game came in the first minute as Braga's Ismaily played the ball into his own penalty box where Uruguayan midfielder Jean Barrientos intercepted, and scored the first goal of the game from ten yards out. The "Vimaranenses" would go in at half time with a goal advantage. The second half began with the away side applying the pressure on their opposition to score an equalizer. As the game drew to a close, Braga's manager José Peseiro opted to play with an extra center forward and one less defender in order to take the game to extra-time. Peseiro's risk would pay off as Braga's Éder would score equalizer five minutes from the end. Éder's goal would force extra-time to settle the tie. Extra-time opened up with a goal from Jean Barrientos, who would score his second of the match. Vitória de Guimarães would hold on in extra-time and win 2–1 and book their place in the semi-final.

For the semi-finals, Vitória de Guimarães were drawn against the lowest ranked team still active in the competition which were Belenenses of the Segunda Liga. The semi-finals were played over two legs with the first leg taking place at the Estádio do Restelo. The first leg was primarily dominated by the home side but the away side where more clinical in front of goal and managed to score a goal in each half to take a two-goal advantage back to the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques for the second leg. Ricardo would score both goals, his fourth and fifth goals of the campaign. Ricardo's first came about from a long ball in which Ricardo capitalized on a Belenenses defense mistake and found himself unmarked in the penalty box to beat Belenenses' Matt Jones, whilst Ricardo's second came in the 76th minute as he headed the ball into the net from a free kick on the edge of the box. The return leg in Guimarães saw the "Vimaranenses" win 1–0 with a 14th-minute goal from Marco Matias, and thus win the tie 3–0 on aggregate to progress to the final for the first time since 2011.

Match officials were confirmed on 21 May, when Jorge Sousa of Porto was named the referee for the final. This was the first time that Sousa officiated a final of the Taça de Portugal. Sousa was assisted by Bertino Miranda of Porto and Álvaro Mesquita of Vila Real while the fourth official was Bruno Esteves of Setúbal.

Tickets for the final went on sale on 12 May. The FPF allocated tickets for both finalist clubs varying in price between of €15 and €30. On the 13 May, the FPF announced that all tickets for the final had been sold after only one day after its release to the public.

Traditionally the final of the Taça de Portugal has been played at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras since 1946. Five cup finals since the inauguration of the stadium in the 1940s have been played outside the Estádio Nacional. In January 2013, President of the Portuguese Football Federation Fernando Gomes announced his concerns over the conditions of the Estádio Nacional. He expressed his desire for the final to be held elsewhere.

Following Gomes' announcements, the Portuguese Football Federation sent a letter to the Secretary of State of Sport and Youth Alexandre Mestre, where the FPF expressed its concerns over the current conditions of the Estádio Nacional. The FPF cited the degradation of the internal and external conditions of the stadium as it main concerns. The FPF proposed renovations that needed to take place in order for the stadium to play host to the final.

On 30 January 2013, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Miguel Relvas publicly announced to newspaper "A Bola" that the final of the cup should be hosted at the Jamor. Relvas went on to say that the government and the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) agreed that the stadium should hold the Portuguese Cup final, but in order to do so major improvements need to be made in order to host the game. On 4 February, the Portuguese Federation announced the final to be held at the Jamor. On 5 February, Secretary of State of Sport and Youth Alexandre Mestre announced that the Portuguese government would invest €2.3 million into the stadium to improve its facilities with work to commence following Mestre's announcement and to conclude before May so that it can be ready to host the final of the Taça de Portugal.

= = = Verden Er Vidunderlig = = =

Verden er vidunderlig (English: "The World is Wonderful") is the second album from the Danish pop and rock band TV-2. It was released in 1982 and is stylistically in line with the group's 1981 debut, "Fantastiske Toyota". The album features New Wave inspired music with lyrics on technology and alienation. The sales were equal to those of the debut, reaching approximately 26,000 units sold.

= = = Yelan, Volgograd Oblast = = =

Yelan () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Yelansky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. Population was

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Fantastiske Toyota is the first album from the Danish pop and rock band, TV-2. The album was released in 1981; the band was at the time a quintet as Niels Dan Andersen plays the sax and keyboard. When recording it, the drummer Sven Gaul was on holiday in the US, so Eigil Madsen plays the drums for most of the songs. The album proved a moderate success compared to the later albums of the band. "Fantastiske Toyota" reached sales of 28.000 records.

Words and music by Steffen Brandt, except "Kolde hjerner" which contains an excerpt of the poem "Jeg er havren" by Danish poet Jeppe Aakjær and "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var mig", lyrics by Brandt and Georg Olesen

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Forget Us Not is a 2013 feature-length documentary film by Heather Connell, which follows the stories of some of the 5 million non-Jewish Holocaust survivors including artist Ceija Stojka and is narrated by actor Ron Perlman. The documentary was released on the festival circuit in August 2013 and has won eight awards to date including Feature Documentary and Editing Awards Of Merit from Accolade Film Competition, Helping Hand International Humanitarian Award from the Rhode Island International Film Festival, Best of Festival at Vancouver's Columbia Gorge International Film Festival, Mark Of Distinction Film at the New York Independent Film Festival and Best Narration and World Peace Impact Award from the Artisan World Peace Hamptons Film Festival and Feature Documentary Audience Award at the First Glance International Film Festival Los Angeles.

"Forget Us Not" is a look at the persecution and death of the 5 million non Jewish victims of the World War II Holocaust, and the lives of those who survived including:

Robert Wagemann, born with a physical disability, finds himself targeted twice. Nearly euthanized for being 'imperfect', he is snuck out of the hospital by his mother and spends the war hiding with his parents who have arrest warrants out against them for being Jehovah's Witnesses.

Ceija Stojka, a Roma girl, sees her father arrested and dragged off to Dachau, where he later dies. Shortly after, she is rounded up with the rest of her family and shipped to Auschwitz.

Vera Young, a Polish Catholic teen is separated from the rest of her family and sent to a concentration camp, where she survives each brutal day by sewing uniforms for her Nazi captors before being sent on a 900 mile death march.