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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maki%20Simelum

Maki Simelum

Maki Stanley Simelum, born 3 March 1972, is a Vanuatuan politician. After a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji in 1990, he became the finance manager of the National Bank of Vanuatu in 1992. He obtained a Master's degree in Business Finance at the University of Technology, Sydney, in 1999. In 2001 he became CEO of the Asset Management Unit, a public agency working with the National Bank. In the general election on 30 October 2012, he was elected to Parliament for the first time, as MP for Ambrym, representing the Vanua'aku Pati. On 23 March 2013, following Sato Kilman's resignation, Parliament elected Moana Carcasses Kalosil as Prime Minister. Carcasses appointed Simelum as his Minister for Justice and Social Welfare. In May, Carcasses sacked his Minister of Finance, Willie Jimmy, "amid reports the veteran politician was in talks with the opposition about a possible defection", which Jimmy denied. Simelum replaced him, while Silas Yatan (Greens MP for Tanna) was given the Justice portfolio. Like other members of the Vanua'aku Pati, he crossed the floor on 15 May 2014 to help bring down the Carcasses government. New Prime Minister Joe Natuman maintained Simelum at his post as Minister of Finance. He lost office on 11 June 2015 when the Natuman government was ousted in a motion of no confidence. References 1972 births Members of the Parliament of Vanuatu Vanua'aku Pati politicians Finance Ministers of Vanuatu Government ministers of Vanuatu Living people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776%20in%20Scotland

1776 in Scotland

Events from the year 1776 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers Lord Advocate – Henry Dundas; Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Murray Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger Lord Justice General – Duke of Queensberry Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming Events 27 February – American Revolution: At the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Scottish American Loyalists are defeated by North Carolina Patriots. Capt. Allan MacDonald (husband of Flora) is among those taken prisoner. 4 July – American Revolution: United States Declaration of Independence. Fife-born James Wilson and Gifford-born Rev. John Witherspoon are among the signatories. Physician Andrew Duncan proposes establishment of the institution that becomes the Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh. New Aray Bridge on Inveraray Castle estate, designed by Robert Mylne, is completed. Probable – Dunmore Pineapple constructed. Publications 9 March – Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations is published in London. David Dalrymple's Annals of Scotland are published. The arts David Herd's anthology Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs is published. Births 23 February – Heneage Horsley, Episcopal dean (died 1847) 9 March – Archibald Bell, lawyer and writer (died 1854) 11 April – Macvey Napier, lawyer and encyclopedia editor (died 1847) 15 April – John Anstruther, nobleman, landowner and colonel (died 1833) 11 June – James Gillespie Graham, architect (died 1855) 18 July – John Struthers, poet (died 1853) 6 October – James Duff, 4th Earl Fife, general in Spanish service (died 1857) 13 October – John Gibb, civil engineering contractor (died 1850) 7 November – James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline, lawyer and Whig politician (died 1858) 20 November – William Blackwood, publisher (died 1834) 30 November – James Jardine, hydraulic engineer (died 1858) Deaths 2 June – Robert Foulis, printer, publisher and art critic (born 1707) 25 August – David Hume, philosopher (born 1711) References Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland 1770s in Scotland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi%20Hi%20Puffy%20AmiYumi%3A%20The%20Genie%20and%20the%20Amp

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie and the Amp

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie & the Amp is a 2006 action game for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console based on the Cartoon Network animated television series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. Gameplay The player must navigate various levels by using the d-pad to move. Throughout the levels, the player will come across a variety of enemies trying to stop them. To attack, the player can either use the Nintendo DS's buttons or use the guitar strings that appear on the touchscreen. The game also features a two-player cooperative mode. Story Rock stars Ami and Yumi are having trouble getting the creative juices flowing to lay down some tracks for their new album. One day, they find a magic genie who sends them to various time periods to collect magic notes, which are required for the girls to play the "Ultimate World Tour." See also Puffy AmiYumi Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi References External links Nintendo page IMDB page GameSpot page IGN page 2006 video games Multiplayer and single-player video games Nintendo DS games Video games about time travel Video games based on animated television series Cartoon Network video games Video games based on Arabian mythology Video games developed in the United States Video games featuring female protagonists Video games featuring parallel universes Video games set in Japan Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Nintendo DS-only games

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenthurst%20Library

Brenthurst Library

The Brenthurst Library is a private repository of Africana in Johannesburg built by Harry Oppenheimer in 1984 as he started to disengage from the family's mining interests. It houses a collection of some 20,000 volumes, including rare manuscripts and documents. Among these were the only complete record of the proceedings of the treason trial of Nelson Mandela, until the papers were handed over to the Mandela estate in November 2008. Notes References External links Brenthurst Library web page Private libraries Libraries in Johannesburg Libraries established in 1984

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autheux

Autheux

Autheux () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. See also Communes of the Somme department References Communes of Somme (department)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Bradsher

Keith Bradsher

Keith Bradsher is a business and economics reporter and the Shanghai bureau chief of The New York Times. He was previously the chief Hong Kong correspondent since 2002, reporting on Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia on topics including economic trends, manufacturing, energy, health issues and the environment. He has won several awards for his reporting and was part of a team of New York Times reporters who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for a series of 10 articles about the business practices of Apple and other technology companies. Education Bradsher has a public policy master's degree in economics from Princeton University and received his bachelor's degree with highest honors in economics as a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also attended Hong Kong International School for 4 years. Career Bradsher joined the Times in 1989. Before his Asian assignment, he was the newspaper's Detroit bureau chief for nearly six years, a Washington D.C. correspondent covering international trade and then the Federal Reserve for five years, and a reporter in New York covering the airline and telecommunications industries for two years. He is known for numerous articles, starting in 1997, about the consequences of crashes between sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and other vehicles - including extra damage, injuries, and deaths. He cited statistical evidence that high-riding SUVs may contribute greater force to smaller vehicles and their occupants when hit, with the extra damage being caused by the vehicles' height and design and not just their greater weight. The articles led to the development by automakers of a variety of measures, including hollow, impact-absorbing steel bars below and behind SUV bumpers that Ford Motor Company nicknamed "Bradsher Bars." A 2011 study by the insurance industry found that the redesigns had sharply reduced the death rate in cars hit by SUVs and pickup trucks. Bradsher is also known for writing extensively in 2009 and 2010 that China was passing the West in the production of wind turbines and solar panels, and for his coverage in November and December, 2013, of the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Awards Bradsher shared the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2013 with other New York Times reporters for their work the preceding year on Apple's business practices in a changing global economy. Bradsher won the George Polk Award for national reporting on his coverage of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) during 1997 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize the same year. Later, he published a book on SUVs called High and Mighty which won the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award. He won the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for coverage of avian flu in the area. He won the Asia Society’s Osborn Elliott Award and the Overseas Press Club's Malcolm Forbes Award in 2010, for coverage of clean energy in China. The Asia Society summarized the work on China he was being honored for: "Through a dozen front-page articles, Bradsher revealed how China, as one of the world's largest polluters, has also begun to develop some of the world's most advanced solutions to global warming and has pursued them aggressively." Bibliography High and Mighty: SUVs - The World's Most Dangerous vehicles and how they got that way, PublicAffairs, 2002. References External links Keith Bradsher New York Times profile and articles' listing. Living people Princeton University alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni The New York Times writers Year of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Charles%20Battle%20Monument

St. Charles Battle Monument

The St. Charles Battle Monument is located at the center of the intersection of Broadway and Arkansas Street in the center of St. Charles, Arkansas. It commemorates the 1862 Battle of Saint Charles, a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War that took place just downriver from the city. It is a square granite monument, topped by an inverted cannon barrel. It is high and square. Its inscriptions commemorate the 148 Union soldiers who died in the explosion of the USS Mound City, caused by what is sometimes described as the single deadliest shot fired in the entire Civil War. Inscriptions on another side memorialize the smaller number of Confederate dead in the engagement. The monument was placed in 1919 through the efforts of a relative of William Hickman Harte, the master on board the Mound City who died in the explosion, and is one of the few memorials placed in a Confederate state by a northerner in commemoration of both Union and Confederate war dead. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. See also St. Charles Battle Site, the area southeast of St. Charles where the land engagements of the battle took place National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas County, Arkansas References Buildings and structures completed in 1919 Buildings and structures in Arkansas County, Arkansas Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Arkansas Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas County, Arkansas Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas Tourist attractions in Arkansas County, Arkansas

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Davey

Alan Davey

Alan or Allen Davey may refer to: * Alan Davey (civil servant), chief executive of the Arts Council England Alan Davey (musician) (born 1963), former bassist with Hawkwind Allen M. Davey, Academy Award-winning cinematographer

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandralekha%20%282014%20film%29

Chandralekha (2014 film)

Chandralekha is 2014 Kannada language horror comedy film directed by Om Prakash Rao starring Chranjeevi Sarja and Shanvi, while Sadhu Kokila plays a supporting role in the movie. The film is remake of Telugu film Prema Katha Chitram (2013) and released with positive reviews Plot People staying at a resort find terrifying things happening around them. Several people decide to commit suicide at a remote resort. The film is remake of Telugu film Prema Katha Chitram (2013) The movie starts with Sudheer Babu, Praveen and Nanditha planning a combined and flawless suicide because of their failures in their respective lives. Firstly they try to fulfill their last wishes before leaving this world. Nanditha wants to steal a new car and Sudheer wants to slap the local MLA in his own house. After stealing a new car and slapping the local MLA, the trio flees away from there to a nearby resort after escaping from the police. At the resort, the car is stolen and the trio enters the resort to have some food. There Saptagiri, yet another suicide aspirant joins them and the four reach the farmhouse. There, Praveen and Nanditha, who is in love with Sudheer, plans to postpone their suicide for three days so that they can prevent Sudheer from killing himself due to love failure. Their plan turns successful and in that interval of three days, all the four get close to each other. Sudheer develops feelings for Nanditha but hesitates to tell her for fear of being humiliated by her. At the end of the third day, Praveen asks Nanditha to kiss Sudheer to divert from death, per male psychology. He meanwhile asks Sudheer to kiss Nanditha as she wants to experience her first kiss before dying to which Sudheer accepts with shame and shyness. As he tries to kiss her, a ghost enters the body of Nanditha, who forces Sudheer out of there. A flabbergasted Sudheer runs out of the room. Whenever Nanditha shows her feelings to Sudheer and Sudheer reacts to it by hugging or touching her, the ghost enters her body and scares Sudheer away. Unaware of the ghost's entry into her body, Nanditha grew depressed. That night Sudheer learns about Nanditha. Nanditha, a hotel management student, falls for Sudheer, her neighbor. Sudheer never observes her and his intimacy with another girl leads Nanditha to plan to propose to Sudheer at any cost. Praveen, who wants to prevent Sudheer from committing suicide, uses this opportunity and plans the combined suicide. Thus the four are aware that they are not going to die. When Praveen hears Sudheer describing Nanditha as a ghost, he rushes to Nanditha's room to scold her and ask for an apology to Sudheer, only to see the ghost enter her body and thrash him. That night, Saptagiri too experiences the ghost's fury at its villainous best. The trio decides to distance themselves from her and always stay together. From the next morning, they try to get the ghost to vacate Nanditha's body only to earn the wrath of the ghost. After Nanditha learns about the ghost's presence in her, she too accompanies the trio to escape from there, in vain. Nanditha, who observes Sudheer avoiding her to escape the wrath of the ghost, gets deeply hurt and depressed, resulting in a suicide attempt by slitting her wrist. Three rich men enter the farmhouse who permit the four to stay there. One of them is the owner of the farmhouse. Sudheer reaches Nanditha but in turn, is requested to kill those three by the ghost. Sudheer asks her the reason for vengeance, and the ghost narrates her story to the trio. The ghost is Lakshmi, a newly married girl who enters the farmhouse with her husband for their first night. There these three drunk men break the boy's head with a champagne bottle and rape the girl. The boy dies after being impaled accidentally and drowning in the swimming pool. Then those three men bury her nearby. Sudheer, Praveen, and Saptagiri kill them. The ghost leaves Nanditha's body. The trio takes her to a nearby hospital, where Sudheer donates blood to her. She gains consciousness, and the movie ends with Saptagiri and Praveen watching the couple hugging each other. Cast Chiranjeevi Sarja as Chandu Shanvi Srivastava as Aishwarya Sadhu Kokila Nagashekar Abhishek Prasad Prashanth Siddi Hari das as Resort Watchman Anantha velu Tumkur Mohan Omprakash Rao Soundtrack The music was composed by J.B. and released by Aditya Music. References External links Chandralekha at oneindia Kannada remakes of Telugu films 2010s comedy mystery films Indian comedy mystery films 2014 films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian films Films directed by Om Prakash Rao Indian comedy horror films Indian horror film remakes 2014 comedy horror films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervase%20of%20Canterbury

Gervase of Canterbury

Gervase of Canterbury (; Latin: Gervasus Cantuariensis or Gervasius Dorobornensis) (c. 1141 – c. 1210) was an English chronicler. Life If Gervase's brother Thomas, who like himself was a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, was Thomas of Maidstone, they came of a Kentish family. St. Thomas of Canterbury received his religious profession on 16 February 1163, and perhaps then ordained him. He was certainly one of the monks who buried the saint after his martyrdom, on 29 December 1170. Historical records show that Gervase took a prominent part in the disputes between the monks and Archbishop Baldwin (1185-1191) and was one of the monks sent to announce to the archbishop an appeal to the pope. In 1189 he was again one of a deputation sent to lay the matter before King Richard I. As yet, Gervase, though one of the senior monks, had held no prominent office, but about this time he was made sacristan, for in 1193 he attended the new archbishop, Hubert Walter, in that capacity. He probably ceased to hold this office in 1197 when he speaks of one "Felix", as sacristan. The rest of Gervase's life is obscure. He was still writing in 1199 and there are slight indications in another chronicle, the Gesta Regum, that he continued to write till 1210, when a sudden change in style and arrangement point to a new chronicler. His death may therefore be assumed in or soon after that year. Gervase has occasionally been confused with others of the same name, notably with Gervase of S. Ceneri, and thus he is described as prior of Dover by Dom Brial, which is impossible on chronological grounds. Thomas Duffus Hardy identified him with Gervase of Chichester, but William Stubbs argued against this theory, as also against confusing him with Gervase of Melkley. Gervase and the Moon Five monks from Canterbury reported to the abbey's chronicler, Gervase, that shortly after sunset on 18 June 1178, they saw "the upper horn [of the moon] split in two." Furthermore, Gervase writes, "From the midpoint of the division a flaming torch sprang up, spewing out, over a considerable distance, fire, hot coals and sparks. Meanwhile the body of the Moon which was below writhed, as it were in anxiety, and to put it in the words of those who reported it to me and saw it with their own eyes, the Moon throbbed like a wounded snake. Afterwards it resumed its proper state. This phenomenon was repeated a dozen times or more, the flame assuming various twisting shapes at random and then returning to normal. Then, after these transformations, the Moon from horn to horn, that is along its whole length, took on a blackish appearance". In 1976 the geologist Jack B. Hartung proposed that this described the formation of the crater Giordano Bruno. Modern theories predict that a (conjectural) asteroid or comet impact on the Moon would cause a plume of molten matter rising up from the surface, which is consistent with the monks' description. In addition, the location recorded fits in well with the crater's location. Additional evidence of Giordano Bruno's youth is its spectacular ray system: because micrometeorites constantly rain down, they kick up enough dust to quickly (in geological terms) erode a ray system. So it can be reasonably hypothesized that Giordano Bruno was formed during the span of human history, perhaps in June 1178. Literature The works of Gervase consist of: (1) The Chronicle, covering the period from 1100 to 1199. It was first printed by Twysden in Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores Decem (London, 1652). (2) The Gesta Regum, which is in part an abridgment of the earlier chronicle, and from the year 1199 an independent source of great value for the early years of John's reign. (3) Actus Pontificum Cantuariensis Ecclesia, a history of the archbishops of Canterbury to the death of Hubert Walter in 1205, also printed by Twysden with the chronicle. (4) Mappa Mundi, a topographical work with lists of bishoprics and ecclesiastical foundations in the various counties of England, Wales, and part of Scotland. The works of Gervase were published in the Rolls Series in 1879–1880 under the editorship of Dr. Stubbs, whose introduction has been the groundwork of all subsequent accounts of Gervase. Modern representations A play by Dorothy L. Sayers, The Zeal of Thy House is based on Gervase's account of the injury and resignation of William of Sens. References External links British Historical Documents 1140s births 1210s deaths 13th-century historians 12th-century Latin writers 13th-century Latin writers 12th-century English people 13th-century English people English Christian monks 13th-century French writers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940s%20in%20jazz

1940s in jazz

In the early 1940s in jazz, bebop emerged, led by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and others. It helped to shift jazz from danceable popular music towards a more challenging "musician's music." Differing greatly from swing, early bebop divorced itself from dance music, establishing itself more as an art form but lessening its potential popular and commercial value. Since bebop was meant to be listened to, not danced to, it used faster tempos. Beboppers introduced new forms of chromaticism and dissonance into jazz; the dissonant tritone (or "flatted fifth") interval became the "most important interval of bebop" and players engaged in a more abstracted form of chord-based improvisation which used "passing" chords, substitute chords, and altered chords. The style of drumming shifted as well to a more elusive and explosive style, in which the ride cymbal was used to keep time, while the snare and bass drum were used for accents. This appealed to a more specialized audiences than earlier forms of jazz, with sophisticated harmonies, fast tempos and often virtuoso musicianship. Bebop musicians often used 1930s standards, especially those from Broadway musicals, as part of their repertoire. Among standards written by bebop musicians are Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" (1941) and "A Night in Tunisia" (1942), Parker's "Anthropology" (1946), "Yardbird Suite" (1946) and "Scrapple from the Apple" (1947), and Monk's "'Round Midnight" (1944), which is currently the most recorded jazz standard composed by a jazz musician. An early 1940s style known as "jumping the blues" or jump blues used small combos, uptempo music, and blues chord progressions. Jump blues drew on boogie-woogie from the 1930s. Kansas City Jazz in the 1930s as exemplified by tenor saxophonist Lester Young marked the transition from big bands to the bebop influence of the 1940s. These divergences from the jazz mainstream of the time initially met with a divided, sometimes hostile response among fans and fellow musicians, especially established swing players, who bristled at the new harmonic sounds. To hostile critics, bebop seemed to be filled with "racing, nervous phrases". Despite the initial friction, by the 1950s bebop had become an accepted part of the jazz vocabulary. The most influential bebop musicians included saxophonist Charlie Parker, pianists Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown, and drummer Max Roach. The swing era lasted until the mid-1940s, and produced popular tunes such as Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail" (1940) and Billy Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train" (1941). When the big bands struggled to keep going during World War II, a shift was happening in jazz in favor of smaller groups. Some swing era musicians, like Louis Jordan, later found popularity in a new kind of music, called "rhythm and blues", that would evolve into rock and roll in the 1950s. In the late 1940s there was a revival of "Dixieland" music, harkening back to the original contrapuntal New Orleans style. This was driven in large part by record company reissues of early jazz classics by the Oliver, Morton, and Armstrong bands of the 1930s. There were two populations of musicians involved in the revival. One group consisted of players who had begun their careers playing in the traditional style, and were either returning to it, or continuing what they had been playing all along, such as Bob Crosby's Bobcats, Max Kaminsky, Eddie Condon, and Wild Bill Davison. Most of this group were originally Midwesterners, although there were a small number of New Orleans musicians involved. The second population of revivalists consisted of young musicians such as the Lu Watters band. By the late 1940s, Louis Armstrong's Allstars band became a leading ensemble. Through the 1950s and 1960s, Dixieland was one of the most commercially popular jazz styles in the US, Europe, and Japan, although critics paid little attention to it. By the end of the 1940s, the nervous energy and tension of bebop was replaced with a tendency towards calm and smoothness, with the sounds of cool jazz, which favoured long, linear melodic lines. It emerged in New York City, as a result of the mixture of the styles of predominantly white jazz musicians and black bebop musicians, and it dominated jazz in the first half of the 1950s. The starting point were a series of singles on Capitol Records in 1949 and 1950 of a nonet led by trumpeter Miles Davis, collected and released first on a ten-inch and later a twelve-inch as the Birth of the Cool. Cool jazz recordings by Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Gil Evans, Stan Getz and the Modern Jazz Quartet usually have a "lighter" sound which avoided the aggressive tempos and harmonic abstraction of bebop. Cool jazz later became strongly identified with the West Coast jazz scene, but also had a particular resonance in Europe, especially Scandinavia, with emergence of such major figures as baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin and pianist Bengt Hallberg. The theoretical underpinnings of cool jazz were set out by the blind Chicago pianist Lennie Tristano, and its influence stretches into such later developments as Bossa nova, modal jazz, and even free jazz. See also the list of cool jazz and West Coast musicians for further detail. 1940 Album releases Duke Ellington: In A Mellotone Duke Ellington: Sophisticated Lady Births Dave Burrell (September 10, 1940), pianist Eddie Henderson (October 26, 1940), trumpet and flugelhorn player Pharoah Sanders (October 13, 1940), saxophonist Deaths Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892 – August 8, 1940) 1941 Births Bobby Hutcherson (January 27, 1941), vibraphone and marimba player Palle Mikkelborg (March 6, 1941), trumpeter Airto Moreira (August 5, 1941), drummer and percussionist 1942 Births John McLaughlin (January 4, 1942-), guitarist Jack DeJohnette (August 9, 1942), drummer Marlena Shaw (September 22, 1942), singer Deaths Charlie Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942), guitarist Bunny Berigan (November 2, 1908 – June 2, 1942) 1943 Events The American Federation of Musicians recording ban, called by James Petrillo, continued through 1943. Album releases Duke Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige (1943) Births Larry Coryell (April 2, 1943-), guitarist Kenny Barron (June 9, 1943), pianist Michał Urbaniak (January 22, 1943) Deaths Fats Waller (May 21, 1904 - December 15, 1943) 1944 Album releases Coleman Hawkins - Rainbow Mist (1944) Births Don Sickler (January 6, 1944 -), trumpeter Ron Mathewson (February 19, 1944), double bassist Eddie Gómez (October 4, 1944), double bassist Deaths Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – missing December 15, 1944), musician and composer Jimmie Noone (April 23, 1895 – April 19, 1944) 1945 Album releases Mary Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite (1945) John Serry Sr.: Leone Jump Single on Sonora Records Births Keith Jarrett (May 8, 1945 -), pianist Henri Texier (January 27, 1945), double bassist Deaths Pha Terrell (May 25, 1910 - October 14, 1945) 1946 Births Digby Fairweather (April 25, 1946) Bennie Wallace (November 18, 1946) 1947 Album releases Dexter Gordon and Teddy Edwards: The Duel John Serry Sr. and Joe Biviano: Accordion Capers - featuring the Biviano Accordion & Rhythm Sextette 1948 Album releases Coleman Hawkins: Picasso Births Larry Carlton (March 1, 1948 -), guitarist Richie Cole (February 29, 1948), alto saxophonist Jessica Williams (March 17, 1948), pianist and composer 1949 Album releases Lennie Tristano: Crosscurrents (1949) Duke Ellington: Liberian Suite (1949) Lee Konitz: Subconscious-Lee (1949) Bob Wilber: Jazz Band (1949) Deaths Albert Ammons (September 23, 1907 — December 2, 1949) See also List of 1940s jazz standards References Bibliography 1940s in music 20th century in jazz Jazz by decade

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelston%2C%20Lincolnshire

Gelston, Lincolnshire

Gelston is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is west from the A607 road, north from Grantham, and in the civil parish of Hough-on-the-Hill, a village to the north-east. The village is included in the ecclesiastical parish of Hough-on-the Hill, part of the Loveden Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln. History According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Gelston could be "a farmstead or a village of a man called Gjofull" – 'Gels' from an Old Scandinavian person name and 'ton' Old English for "enclosure, farmstead, village, manor [or] estate". Gelston is referred to in the 1086 Domesday account as "Chevelestune" in the manor of Hough-on-the-Hill, and in the Loveden Hundred of Kesteven. It had 26 households, 18 villagers, 6 smallholders and 2 freemen, with 16 ploughlands, a meadow of and a woodland of . In 1066 Earl Ralph was Lord of the Manor; after 1086 this transferred to Count Alan of Brittany, who also became Tenant-in-chief. In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted: "at Gelston there is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists; and an ancient cross". The Wesleyan chapel was built in 1839, closed in 1958, and is now a private residence. The medieval limestone cross on the village green dates from the 15th century, is Grade II listed and is a scheduled ancient monument. References External links Villages in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say%20Chhum

Say Chhum

Say Chhum (; born 5 February 1945) is a Cambodian politician who has been the president of the Senate of Cambodia since 2015. He was the first vice president of the Senate until June 2015, when he succeeded Chea Sim upon the latter's death. He served as the Chairman of the Permanent Committee of the Central Committee of the Cambodian People's Party. He was elected to represent Kampong Speu Province in the National Assembly in 2003. He also served as Second Vice-President of the National Assembly. As First Vice-President of the Senate, Say Chhum served as acting Senate President when the ailing Chea Sim was absent. Shortly after Chea Sim's death, Say Chhum was unanimously elected as President of the Senate on 9 June 2015 by the 51 senators present. His son, Say Sam Al, was appointed Minister of the Environment in 2013. References 1945 births People from Kampong Cham province Members of the National Assembly (Cambodia) Members of the Senate (Cambodia) Cambodian People's Party politicians Living people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagstaffe%2C%20New%20South%20Wales

Wagstaffe, New South Wales

Wagstaffe is a south-eastern suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia on the Bouddi Peninsula. It is part of the local government area. It was named after Captain Wagstaffe, one of the first settlers in the area. It has a general store, which is also the local post office. It is a thin slither of around 200 houses between the bay and the bush(Bouddi National Park). Historically it was also known as Wagstaffe Point. In aboriginal dialect the point is called Kourang Gourang. A ferry service operates between Wagstaffe and Palm Beach(via Ettalong). Travel time is 30 minutes. References Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20singles%20of%202005%20%28Ireland%29

List of number-one singles of 2005 (Ireland)

This is a list of the Irish Recorded Music Association's Irish Singles Chart Top 50 number-ones of 2005. Key Single of Irish origin See also 2005 in music External links Current Irish Singles Chart – Top 50 Positions 2005 in Irish music Ireland singles 2005

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev%20Yak-1

Yakovlev Yak-1

The Yakovlev Yak-1 () was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. The Yak-1 was a single-seat monoplane with a composite structure and wooden wings; production began in early 1940. The Yak-1 was a maneuverable, fast and competitive fighter aircraft. The composite-wooden structure made it easy to maintain and the engine proved to be reliable. It formed the basis for subsequent developments from the Yakovlev bureau. It was the founder of a family of aircraft, with some 43,000 being built. As a reward, designer Alexander Yakovlev was awarded the Order of Lenin (Russian ) (the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union), a 100,000 ruble prize, and a ZIS motor car. Design and development Before the war, Yakovlev was best known for building light sports aircraft. His Yak-4 light bomber impressed the Soviet government enough to order the OKB to design a new fighter with a Klimov M-106 V-12 liquid-cooled engine. Formal specifications, which were released on 29 July 1939, called for two prototypes – I-26-1 with a top speed of at , combat range of , a climb to ) of under 11 minutes, armed with 2 × ShKAS machine guns and 1 × Berezin BS heavy machine gun. I-26-2 had a turbocharged M-106 engine with a top speed of at and armament of 2 × ShKAS machine guns. The design took full advantage of Yakovlev OKB's experience with sports aircraft and promised agility as well as high top speed. Since the M-106 was delayed, the design was changed to incorporate the Klimov M-105P V-12 engine, with a ShVAK cannon in the "vee" of the engine block, in a mount. I-26-I first flew on 13 January 1940 and suffered from oil overheating which was never completely resolved, resulting in 15 emergency landings during early testing. On 27 April 1940, I-26-1 crashed, killing its test pilot Yu.I. Piontkovskiy. The investigation of the crash found that the pilot had performed two consecutive barrel rolls at low altitude, which was in violation of the test flight plan. It was believed that during the first roll, the main landing gear became unlocked, causing it to crash through the wing during the second roll. It has been speculated that Piontkovskiy's deviation from the flight plan was caused by frustration that his aircraft was being used for engine testing while I-26-2, built with the lessons of I-26-1 in mind, was already performing aerobatics. Technical problems with sub-assemblies provided by different suppliers raised the I-26-2's weight above projected figures, which restricted the airframe to only 4.4 G, while oil overheating continued to occur. The many defects caused I-26-2 to fail government testing in 1940. Fortunately for Yakovlev, its competitors, I-200 (future Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3) and I-301 (future LaGG-3), also failed testing. Requested improvements were incorporated into I-26-3, which was delivered for testing on 13 October 1940. Although it passed on 9 December 1940, the aircraft was still very much unfinished, its engine problems still unresolved. Troublesome and slow testing and development concerned Soviet officials, since I-26 was ordered into production under the name "Yak-1" on 19 February 1940, a mere month after I-26-1 made its maiden flight. The gamble was intended to reduce the time between the prototype and the beginning of production of service aircraft; the I-200 and I-301 were also ordered into production. The Yak-1 was slower than the I-200 and less heavily armed than the I-301, it enjoyed the advantage of having been started earlier, which gave it a consistent lead in testing and development over its competitors. Due to Operation Barbarossa the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, development of promising designs, like the Polikarpov I-185, proved unfeasible. Yakovlev might have been Joseph Stalin's favorite, which may have been in the Yak-1's favor. Simultaneous manufacturing and testing of a design that required as many improvements as I-26 caused much disruption of production. Almost 8,000 changes were made to the blueprints by 1941, with an additional 7,000 implemented the following year and 5,000 more in 1942. Production was further slowed by shortages of engines, propellers, radiators, wheels and cannons. Shortages of quality materials resulted in plywood being shed from the wings of several aircraft. Factory No.292, the main manufacturer of Yak-1s was bombed on 23 June 1941 and burned to the ground; production resumed amid the ruins on 29 June. Due to loose tolerances, each aircraft was unique, with workers performing the final assembly having to mate dissimilar components. The left and right main landing gear could be of different lengths and different angles relative to the aircraft, which required adjusting their attachments to ensure an even stance for the aircraft and parts were often not interchangeable. Production of the Yak-1 ended in July 1944, with somewhere around 8,700 built. Operational history At the time of Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941, 425 Yak-1s had been built, although many were en route or still incomplete. 92 machines were fully operational in the Western Military Districts but most were lost in the first days. The Yak-1 was built as an escort fighter for Il-2 tactical bombers and combats took place below , where the Yak-1 performed the best. The Yak-1 proved to have a significant advantage over its Soviet competitors. A full circle turn took just 17 seconds in the Yak-1M. The MiG-3, which had the best high-altitude performance, did poorly at low and medium altitudes and its light armament made it unsuitable for ground attack. The LaGG-3 experienced a significant degradation in performance (as much as on some aircraft) compared to its prototypes due to the manufacturer's inexperience with its special wooden construction, which suffered from warping and rotting when exposed to the elements. The Yak-1's plywood covering also suffered from the weather, but the steel frame kept the aircraft largely intact. Early aircraft suffered from fuel leaks, spot-welded fuel tanks failing from vibration. The canopy could not be opened under certain conditions in earlier models and some pilots had the sliding portion of the canopy removed. The first 1,000 Yak-1s had no radios; wireless equipment became common by spring 1942 and obligatory by August 1942 but Soviet radios were notoriously unreliable and short-ranged, so they were frequently removed to save weight. The M-105 could not tolerate negative G forces which starved it of fuel and suffered from breakdowns of magnetos, speed governors and emitted oil from the reduction shaft. The Yak-1 was better than the Bf 109E but inferior to the Bf 109F – its main opponent – in rate of climb at all altitudes, although it could complete a circle at the same speed (20–21 seconds at ). The Bf 109, with its automatic wing slats, had a lower stall speed and was more stable in sharp turns and vertical aerobatic figures. A simulated combat between a Yak (with M-105PF engine) and a Bf 109F revealed that the Messerschmitt had only marginally superior maneuverability at , though the German fighter could gain substantial advantage over the Yak-1 within four or five nose-to-tail turns. At , the capabilities of the two fighters were nearly equal, as combat was essentially reduced to head-on attacks. At altitudes over , the Yak was more manoeuvrable. The engine's nominal speed at low altitudes was lowered to 2,550 rpm, and the superiority of the Bf 109F at these altitudes was reduced. The Yak-1's armament would be considered too light by Western standards but was typical of Soviet aircraft, pilots preferring a few guns grouped on the centerline to improve accuracy and reduce weight. Wing guns were rarely used on Soviet fighters and when they were supplied, they were often removed (as they were from US-supplied Bell P-39 Airacobras). Avoiding wing guns reduced weight and demonstrably improved roll rates (the same was true of the Bf 109F). The US and Britain considered heavy armament and high performance necessary, even at the cost of inferior maneuverability, while the Soviets relied on the marksmanship of their pilots coupled with agile aircraft. Even with the Yak-1's light armament, to reduce weight, modifications were made on the front line and on about thirty production aircraft: the 7.62 mm ShKAS machine-guns were removed, retaining only the single ShVAK cannon. Nevertheless, these lighter aircraft were popular with experienced pilots, for whom the reduction in armament was acceptable and combat experience in November 1942 showed a much improved kill-to-loss ratio. In the autumn of 1942, the Yak-1B appeared, with the more powerful M-105P engine and a single 12.7 mm UBS machine gun instead of the two ShKAS. Although this did not increase the total weight of fire much, the UBS machine-gun was much more effective than the two 7.62 mm ShKAS. The simple VV ring sight replaced the PBP gun-sight because of the very poor quality of the latter's lenses. The Yak-1 had a light tail, and it was easy to tip over and to hit the ground with the propeller. Often, technicians had to keep the tail down, which could lead to accidents, with aircraft taking off with technicians still on the rear fuselage. The Yak-1 was well liked by its pilots; Nikolai G. Golodnikov considered that the Yak-1B, flown by experienced pilots, could meet the Bf 109F-4 and G-2 on equal terms. The French Normandie-Niemen squadron selected the primitive model Yak-1M (that had a cut-down fuselage to allow all-round vision) when it was formed, in March 1943. Twenty-four of these aircraft were sent to the all-female 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment, whose pilots included the world's only female aces: Katya Budanova, with 5, and Lydia Litvyak (claims range between 5 and 12, plus two shared). Litvyak flew Yak-1 "Yellow 44", with an aerial mast, at first in 296th Fighter Aviation Regiment and then with 73rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, until her death in combat on 1 August 1943. Another ace who flew the Yak-1 was Mikhail Baranov, who scored all his 24 victories with it, including five in a day (four Bf 109s and a Ju 87, on 6 August 1942). The Yak-1 was also the first type operated by the (1st Polish Fighter Regiment "Warsaw"). Soviet naming conventions obscure the fact that the Yak-1 and its successors – the Yak-7, Yak-9 and Yak-3 – are essentially the same design, comparable to the numerous Spitfire or Bf 109 variants. Were the Yaks considered as one type, the 37,000 built would constitute the most produced fighter in history. That total would also make the Yak one of the most prolific aircraft in history, roughly equal to the best known Soviet ground attack type of World War II, the IL-2 Shturmovik. Losses were the highest of all fighter types in service in the USSR: from 1941 to 1945, VVS KA lost 3,336 Yak-1s: 325 in 1941, 1,301 the following year, 1,056 in 1943, 575 in 1944 and 79 in 1945. Variants I-26 (also known as Ya-26) – The first prototype of the Yak-1 and progenitor of all Yakovlev's piston-engined fighters of World War II. Of mixed steel tube and wood construction the lightweight I-26 displayed promising performance and was produced as the Yak-1. UTI-26 – The third and fourth I-26s were completed as dual control trainers, produced as a fighter as the Yak-7. I-28 () – High-altitude interceptor prototype with Klimov M-105PD engine developed from I-26-2. Differed from I-26 in having an all-metal fuselage and tail and automatic, leading-edge slats on slightly smaller and reshaped wings. One aircraft was built, first flying on 1 December 1940. It did not enter production due to many deficiencies of the engine but served as the basis for high-altitude versions of Yak-7 and Yak-9. I-30 (Yak-3) – Development of I-26 with an all-metal wing with leading-edge slats, weight and space savings were used for additional armament and greater fuel capacity. Two prototypes built – I-30-1 armed with 3 × ShVAK cannons and 2 × ShKAS machine guns, and I-30-2 with two additional ShKAS. It did not enter production. The name Yak-3 was re-used for a different fighter. See Yakovlev Yak-3. Yak-1 – Single-seat fighter aircraft. Initial production version. Yak-1b – ("b" was an unofficial designation; after October 1942, all Yak-1s were built to this standard). New bubble canopy with lowered rear fuselage, increased armor, ShKAS machine guns replaced with a single Berezin UBS, electrical and pneumatic firing of the weapons instead of the mechanical system, new control stick based on the Messerschmitt Bf 109 design, new gunsight, airtight fuselage, retractable tailwheel, improved engine cooling, Klimov M-105PF engine with better low-altitude performance. The first flight (aircraft No.3560) took place in June 1942, with aircraft entering production in August. A total of 4,188 were built. Yak-1M – Yak-3 prototype with a smaller wing, revised cooling intakes, reduced overall weight and upgraded engine. Two were built. Yak-7UTI – Initial production version of the UTI-26. Yak-7 – Conversions of Yak-7UTI and new production of fighter version of Yak-7UTI. Several other Yak-1 variants did not receive special designations. These include prototypes with Klimov VK-106 and Klimov VK-107 engines, production aircraft capable of carrying external fuel tanks, production aircraft with the ability to carry 6 × RS-82 rockets or 2 × bombs, and lightened versions for air defense. Operators Free French Air Force Normandie-Niemen Fighter Squadron Air Force of the Polish Army 1st Polish Fighter Regiment "Warsaw" Soviet Air Force SFR Yugoslav Air Force – 103 aircraft in 1944–1950 111th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1944–1948) 113th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1944–1948) 112th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1944–1945) 2nd Training Aviation Regiment (1946–1948) 101st Fighter-Training Aviation Regiment (1948–1950) 104th Training Aviation Regiment (1948–1950) Specifications (Yak-1b) See also References Notes Bibliography Angelucci, Enzo and Paolo Matricardi. World Aircraft: World War II, Volume II (Sampson Low Guides). Maidenhead, UK: Sampson Low, 1978. . Bergström, Christer. Bagration to Berlin: The Final Air Battles in the East, 1944–1945. Hersham, UK: Classic Publications, 2008. . Bock, Robert, and Wojtek Matusiak. Yak-1, Yak-3. Gdansk: AJ-Press, 1998. Donald, David and Jon Lake, eds. Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft. London: AIRtime Publishing, 1996. . Reprinted from World Air Power Journal. Drabkin, Artem. The Red Air Force at War: Barbarossa and The Retreat to Moscow, Recollections of Fighter Pilots on the Eastern Front. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Military, 2007. . Ethell, Jeffrey L. Aircraft of World War II: Glasgow, Harper Collins Publisher, 1995. . Gordon, Yefim and Dmitri Khazanov. Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, Volume One: Single-Engined Fighters. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing Ltd., 1998. . Gordon, Yefim. Soviet Air Power in World War 2. London: Midland Publishing, 2008. Gordon, Yefim, Dmitry Komissarov and Sergey Komissarov. OKB Yakovlev: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft. Hinkley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2005. . Green, William. Warplanes of the Second World War, Volume Three: Fighters. London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1961 (seventh impression 1973). . Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. WW2 Aircraft Fact Files: Soviet Air Force Fighters, Part 2. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1978. . Gunston, Bill. Aircraft of World War 2. London: Octopus Books Limited, 1980. . Gunston, Bill. Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey, 1995. . Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Salamander Book Limited, 1998. . Gunston, Bill and Yefim Gordon. Yakovlev Aircraft since 1924. London, UK: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1997. . Kopenhagen, W., ed. Das große Flugzeug-Typenbuch (in German). Stuggart, Germany: Transpress, 1987. . Jackson, Robert. Aircraft of World War II: Development, Weaponry, Specifications. Leicester, UK: Amber Books, 2003. . Liss, Witold. The Yak 9 Series (Aircraft in Profile number 185). Leatherhead, Surrey, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1967. . Matricardi, Paolo. Aerei Militari: caccia e ricognitori. (in Italian) Milano, Mondadori Electa S.p.A., 2006. . Mellinger, George. Yakovlev Aces of World War 2. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2005. . Morgan, Hugh. Gli assi Sovietici della Seconda guerra mondiale (in Italian). Edizioni del Prado/Osprey Aviation, 1999. . Morgan, Hugh. Soviet Aces of World War 2. London: Reed International Books Ltd., 1997. . Шавров В.Б. История конструкций самолетов в СССР 1938–1950 гг. (3 изд.). Kniga: Машиностроение, 1994 (Shavrov, V.B. Istoriia konstruktskii samoletov v SSSR, 1938–1950 gg.,3rd ed. History of Aircraft Design in the USSR: 1938–1950). Kniga, Russia: Mashinostroenie, 1994. . Snedden, Robert. World War II Combat Aircraft. Bristol, UK: Parragon Books, 1997. . Stapfer, Hans-Heiri. Yak Fighters in Action (Aircraft number 78). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1986. . Степанец А.Т. Истребители ЯК периода Великой Отечественной войны. Kniga: Машиностроение, 1992. (Stepanets, A.T. Istrebiteli Yak perioda Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny (Yak Fighters of the Great Patriotic War). Kniga, Russia: Mashinostroenie, 1992. . Williams, Anthony G. and Emmanuel Gustin. Flying Guns: The Development of Aircraft Guns, Ammunition and Installations 1933–45. Ramsbury, UK: Airlife, 2003. . Christer Bergstrom, Andrey Dikov & Vlad Antipov, Black Cross – Red Star. Air War over the Eastern Front. Volume 3. Everything for Stalingrad. Eagle Editions Ltd., 2006. . Mijail Yurevich Bykov, "Асы Великой Отечественной Войны: Самие ресултативные лётчики 1941–1945 гг." (Asy Velikoy Otechestvennoy Voyny. Samye resultativnye liotchiki 1941–45 gg = "Aces of the Great Patriotic War: The Pilots with the better results 1941–1945"), Yauza-EKSMO, Moskow, 2008. External links Yakovlev Yak-1 Yakovlev Yak-1 Fighter Walkaround Yak-1B from Saratov Museum, Russia 1940s Soviet fighter aircraft Yak-001 World War II Soviet fighter aircraft Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1940

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ReforMers (Hungarian political party)

ReforMers () is a Hungarian centre-right to right-wing political party founded by Andrea Varga-Damm, a former member of Jobbik. History On 24 July 2020, Andrea Varga-Damm was expelled from Jobbik. On 21 May 2021, Varga-Damm founded her own political party, which she named the ReforMers. History of leaders References External links Political parties in Hungary Political parties established in 2021 2021 establishments in Hungary Jobbik breakaway groups Christian democratic parties in Hungary

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Shine Your Love

"Shine Your Love" is a song recorded, co-written, and produced by American house musician/DJ Scott “Scotty Boy” Schroer featuring British singer and co-writer/producer Lizzie “Curious” Taylor-Allee. The electro house single reached number one on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart in its January 3, 2018 issue, giving the collaboration their second American chart topper, although it also became Scotty Boy’s third. The single is also the first original recording for the two artists as their last singles were cover versions of previous recordings. In an interview with Billboard, Schroer explains how he came up with the song: "We knew we wanted to follow with an original song which had a really positive message," adding that "I had the guitar chords in my head for days and, when I hit the studio, the rest of the track just flowed out like it was meant to be. Once I heard Lizzie's vocals, I just knew we had a hit. When he learned of the single reaching number one, "We are thrilled to have reached No. 1 and are so pleased that everyone loves the song as much as we do." The single also features a laugh that came from Curious’ nephew, who noted as the inspiration behind writing the lyrics, telling Billboard, "I was so inspired to write something really uplifting after hearing the feel-good vibes of the track and that catchy trumpet riff. On this song, the vocals are about all kinds of love. For example, the line 'your laughter is the sweetest sound I've heard' was actually inspired by my cute little nephew, who does indeed have a wonderful laugh! Track listing Digital download Shine Your Love - 4:00 Shine Your Love (Extended Club Mix) - 4:52 References External links Official video at YouTube 2017 songs 2018 singles Electro house songs

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Vishal V. Sharma

Vishal V. Sharma has been nominated as India's ambassador/permanent representative to UNESCO. Sharma has previously worked as an officer on special duty for Narendra Modi in Gujarat, India. In an article, Sharma compared Modi to a supercomputer who is "having to work on an outmoded motherboard that is the Indian bureaucracy." There have been attempts by a section of the media to vilify the appointment of Sharma through ill-written writeups and fictionalised story making based on Twitter research. Sharma is a highly qualified and recognised personality with extensive overseas experience spanning over two decades. In 2003, he was sent by World Youth Council Against Terrorism (WYCAT) under the Chairmanship of G. Kishen Reddy, now Minister of State for Home Affairs for the 3rd International Conference on Counter-Terrorism in Herzilya Pituah (ISRAEL) organized by International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT). In a call for "Rome, Mecca & Jerusalem to unite against international terrorism", Vishal advocated the urgent need for the western world to look east and pay more serious attention to the sufferings of the people of India at the hands of cross-border terrorism. Sharma was also Fellow at Session 415: Changing Concepts of Security in East Asia organised by the Salzburg Global Seminar and had extensive interactions with leading world leaders and influencers at the Schloss Leopoldskron and the Meierhoff. These included Prof. Lee Hong Koo, former Prime Minister of South Korea, Prof. Harding, former Advisor to President Bush, Ambassador Laney among others. He was invited by the U.S. State Department in 2005 for the prestigious International Visitors Leadership Program IVLP. As part of this program, he interacted with local U.S. religious and political groups in Washington D.C., Jackson (Mississippi), Salt Lake City (Utah), Omaha-Lincoln (Nebraska), and Chicago (Illinois). Previous invitees to this program have been former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former President Pratibha Patil. Sharma was also invited as a summer faculty at a Swiss School near Geneva to address its students from over 60 nations. Sharma taught them during the summers of 2004, 2005 and 2006. Education Sharma has a Bachelor of Science in physics and a certificate in Executive Programme in Business Management from IIM Calcutta. As part of his corporate governance training, the Dept. of Public Enterprises trained him in Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI LODR (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Regulations), 2015 regulations to enhance his role on the board of Directors of BPCL, one of India's oil & gas giants with an annual turnover of over $50 billion. He served on its various board committees including the most important Audit Committee. Career Sharma was an officer on special duty in Gujarat when Modi was the chief minister there. He has served as a distinguished member of the governing body of SPIPA (Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration) for 9 years. SPIPA is government of Gujarat's nodal body imparting good governance training to Gujarat state cadre officers both police and administrative. It also mentors aspirants to UPSC and other all India examinations. Sharma has been an independent director with BPCL. In fact, he was one of the youngest people ever to have served on the board of BPCL as a Director. References External links Vishal Sharma on Twitter Living people Indian diplomats Year of birth missing (living people)

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Durden

Durden may refer to: Benji Durden (born 1951), Boulder, Colorado based coach of elite runners and former distance runner Brandon Durden (born 1984), left-handed starting pitcher for the Tulsa Drillers Jo Durden-Smith (1941–2007), British documentary film maker Jonathan Durden (born 1957), millionaire, businessman, and journalist from Islington, London Kent Durden (1937–2007), American wildlife photographer Mark Durden-Smith (born 1968), British television presenter Nino Durden (born 1963), officer in the elite Los Angeles Police Department Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums unit Reggie Durden, former Canadian Football League defensive back Richard Durden, (born 1944), English actor Tommy Durden (1919–1999), American steel guitarist and songwriter, co-writer of Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel William Durden, President of Dickinson College as of July 1, 1999 See also Durden Machinery, general engineers to the automotive industry from 1948 Forgive Durden, indie rock band from Seattle, Washington, who got their name from the popular novel, Fight Club Dearden

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Symphony No. 6 (Nielsen)

Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia semplice", (no opus number), FS 116. In August 1924 Danish composer Carl Nielsen began working on a Sixth Symphony, which turned out to be his last. By the end of October he wrote to Carl Johan Michaelsen: The first movement was finished at the end of November while he was in Copenhagen, and the second movement was composed during Christmas. At the end of January 1925 he traveled to the French Riviera with his wife. While he had been in Copenhagen, Nielsen had composed the third movement, but he now had to put the symphony aside to work on a commission for incidental music to Ebbe Skammelsen, which was to be performed at the Open Air Theatre in the deer park. He completed the Ebbe Skammelsen score immediately before his sixtieth birthday on June 9. While traveling to Damgaard in the middle of July 1925, Nielsen was able to continue work on his symphony. The last movement was finally completed on December 5, 1925. The first performance was given by the Chapel Royal Orchestra on December 11. The Copenhagen reviewers were confused by the style of the new Symphony. Nielsen had called it "Sinfonia semplice" (Simple Symphony). It has remained the least performed of all six symphonies. Instrumentation 2 flutes, 1st flute doubles piccolo 2 oboes 2 clarinets in A (later in B flat) 2 bassoons 4 horns in F 2 trumpets in F 3 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass) Tuba Timpani Glockenspiel Xylophone Triangle Cymbals Snare drum Bass drum Strings Description There are four movements: Tempo giusto Humoreske: Allegretto Proposta seria: Adagio Tema con variazioni: Allegro According to Robert W. Simpson, from the second edition of his book on Nielsen, this work may be partially autobiographical; the composer had just experienced a tremendous success with his Fifth symphony, but had also suffered a series of heart attacks. He was to write several more works, but in the remaining six years of his life, the atmosphere of his works began to change. As with many other works by Nielsen starting as early as his first symphony, this symphony uses "progressive tonality", not only starting in one key (G major), and ending in another (B-flat), but making the change part of the drama of the work. First movement The chiming of a glockenspiel opens the symphony, followed by a melody in octaves played by the violins. This is followed in turn by active and very characteristic figures in the winds. As in the fifth symphony there is an early hint of the key B-flat in which the symphony will eventually close, since the wind response hits that B-flat as an on-and-off note in an otherwise G major passage. The mood of the opening gives way to fugal unrest and, eventually, two chaotic and disturbing outbursts (Simpson believes these reflect Nielsen's heart attacks, in a manner of speaking, though he does not claim that the piece is programmatic), before again quieting, to a lightly scored but unsettled close in A-flat. Second movement The Humoreske is for winds and percussion alone. In the notes Nielsen wrote for the symphony's premiere, he said that wind and percussion in the movement "quarrel, each sticking to his own tastes and inclinations"; Nielsen went on to liken this to the musical world of the time. Third movement Proposta seria. To paraphrase Simpson, again, several passages in this movement circle around as though snakes chasing for-the-moment lost tails. Finale Fanfare, theme and variations, fanfare-reprise and coda, on a fairly unstable theme in B-flat. The ninth variation, just before the fanfare-reprise and coda, has a sound and affect like that of the Humoreske — Simpson likens it to a grinning skeleton; as in many sets of variations, it is preceded by a minor key variation (a variation in the parallel minor), but one that is so protracted that when its last minor cadence arrives it is difficult to grasp as one whole variation. The critic Robert Layton has described this as a lament. The last note of the piece is a sustained low B-flat played loudly on two bassoons. Notes References Sources Books See pages 105–123. Reprinted by Hyperion Press . See pages 112–136. Scores Symphonies by Carl Nielsen 1925 compositions

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Alfuzosin

Alfuzosin, sold under the brand name Uroxatral among others, is a medication of the α1 blocker class. It is used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). As an antagonist of the α1 adrenergic receptor, it works by relaxing the muscles in the prostate and bladder neck, making it easier to urinate. Alfuzosin was patented in 1978 and approved for medical use in 1988. It was approved in the US for BPH in 2003. In 2019, it was the 327th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 1million prescriptions. Side effects The most common side effects are dizziness (due to postural hypotension), upper respiratory tract infection, headache, fatigue, and abdominal disturbances. Side effects include stomach pain, heartburn, and congested nose. Adverse effects of alfuzosin are similar to that of tamsulosin with the exception of retrograde ejaculation. Contraindications Alfuzosin should be used with caution in patients with severe chronic kidney disease, and should not be prescribed to patients with a known history of QT prolongation or those who are taking medications known to prolong the QT interval. Chemistry Alfuzosin contains a stereocenter and is therefore chiral. There are two enantiomeric forms, (R)-alfuzosin and (S)-alfuzosin. The drug is used as a racemate, (RS)-alfuzosin, a 1: 1 mixture of the (R)- and (S)-forms. It is provided as the hydrochloride salt. Society and culture Brand names It is marketed under the brand name Uroxatral and elsewhere under the tradenames Xat, Xatral, Prostetrol and Alfural. References External links Uroxatral (alfuzosin HCl) Extended-Release Tablets Prescribing Information Alfuzosin (General information from the NIH) Alpha-1 blockers Carboxamides Quinazolines Tetrahydrofurans

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January 2015 Île-de-France attacks

From 7 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris. Three attackers killed a total of 17 in four shooting attacks, and police then killed the three assailants. The attacks also wounded 22 other people. A fifth shooting attack did not result in any fatalities. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility and said that the coordinated attacks had been planned for years. The claim of responsibility for the deadly attack on the magazine came in a video showing AQAP commander Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi, with gunmen in the background that were later identified as the Kouachi brothers. However, while authorities say the video is authentic, there is no proof that AQAP helped to carry out the attacks. Amedy Coulibaly, who committed another leg of the attacks (the Montrouge shooting and the Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket siege) claimed that he belonged to ISIS before he died. On December 16, 2020, 14 people who were accomplices to both the Jewish supermarket attack and the Charlie Hebdo shooting, including Coulibaly's former partner Hayat Boumeddiene, were convicted. However, three of these accomplices, including Bouddiene, were not yet captured and were tried in absentia. Attack events summary The attacks began on 7 January, when two gunmen attacked the headquarters of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and wounding 12 others before escaping. On 9 January, police tracked the assailants to an industrial estate in Dammartin-en-Goële, where they took a hostage. Another gunman shot a police officer on 8 January. He killed four more victims and took hostages on January 9 at a kosher supermarket near the Porte de Vincennes. French armed forces and police conducted simultaneous raids in Dammartin and Porte de Vincennes, killing all three attackers. After 12 January 2015 and for an indefinite period, as part of Operation Sentinelle, nearly 10,500 military personnel were deployed in France to secure 830 sensitive places (school, churches, press organizations, etc ). At the time, the attacks comprised the deadliest act of terrorism in France since the 1961 Vitry-Le-François train bombing by the Organisation armée secrète (OAS), which was working against Algerian independence. These fatalities were surpassed ten months later by the November 2015 Paris attacks. Background In December 2014, three attacks occurred in a span of three days in France. The first attack occurred in Joué-lès-Tours, in which a knife-wielding man attacked a police station, injuring three officers before being killed. The second attack occurred in Dijon, in which a man used a vehicle to run over eleven pedestrians in several areas of the city before being arrested. The third attack occurred in Nantes, in which a vehicular attack at a Christmas market resulted in ten people being injured and one fatality. The driver was arrested after attempting suicide. Although the French government concluded that the attacks were not related to each other, it heightened the nation's security and deployed 300 soldiers to patrol the nation's streets. Attacks Charlie Hebdo shooting The first and deadliest of the attacks occurred at 11:30 CET on January 7, 2015 at the offices of Charlie Hebdo. The Charlie Hebdo magazine began publishing in 1970 with the goal of satirizing religion, politics, and other topics. In 2006, Charlie Hebdo reprinted controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that originally appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. French President Jacques Chirac criticized their decision to include the cartoons and called it "overt provocation." In 2011, the magazine's offices were destroyed by a gasoline bomb after it published a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed. Two gunmen, later identified as Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, entered the building and fatally shot eight employees, two police officers, and two others, and injured eleven other people. The perpetrators fled the scene following the shooting. Despite police responding to the situation and arriving on scene as the gunman were leaving, the two gunman were able to escape by car. The gunman's getaway car was found abandoned - after crashing into another vehicle about 2 miles north of where the shootings occurred. Investigators found Molotov cocktails and jihadist flags in the car. The primary motive behind the shooting is said to be the Charlie Hebdo cartoons making fun of numerous Islamic leaders. The shooting received widespread condemnation internationally and a National Day of Mourning was held in France on 8 January. Fontenay-aux-Roses and Montrouge shootings A few hours after the Charlie Hebdo attack, a 32-year-old man who was out jogging in Fontenay-aux-Roses was shot and wounded. The man suffered injuries to his arm and back and as of 11 January was in critical condition. Shell casings found at the scene were later linked to the weapon carried by Amedy Coulibaly at the Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket hostage crisis on January 9. However, the jogger refuted Coulibaly’s involvement and recognized Amar Ramdani, a friend of Coulibaly, as the gunman. On 8 January, Coulibaly shot and killed municipal police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe at the junction of Avenue Pierre Brossolette and Avenue de la Paix in Montrouge (a suburb of Paris), and critically wounded a street sweeper. As police continued their search for Charlie Hebdo suspects, they initially dismissed the idea that there could be a link between this shooting and the Charlie Hebdo killings, but later confirmed they were in fact connected. Coulibaly reportedly was heard to declare allegiance to ISIS, a Salafist terrorist organization at war in the Middle East. ISIS, through its media outlet al-Hayat Media Center claimed responsibility for Coulibaly in a jihad nasheed video named "Ma vengeance" celebrating the posterior November 2015 attacks. Dammartin-en-Goële hostage crisis On 9 January, the assailants of the Charlie Hebdo shooting, Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, went to the office of Création Tendance Découverte, a signage production company on an industrial estate in Dammartin-en-Goële. Inside the building were owner Michel Catalano and a male employee, 26-year-old graphics designer Lilian Lepère. During the siege, Catalano told Lepère to hide inside the refectory. Throughout the crisis, the perpetrators were unaware that Lepère was in the building. During the siege, a salesman named Didier went to the building on business, and Catalano left his office, where he had been hiding. Both were confronted by the perpetrators and asked to leave. Didier realized that they were terrorists and quickly alerted the authorities. Catalano returned to the building and helped one of the perpetrators who had been injured in earlier gunfire. He was allowed to leave after an hour. After this, Lepère, who was hiding in a cardboard box, was able to alert authorities of the situation via text message. The siege ended after nine hours at 16:30 after a combined force of French Armed Forces and police stormed the building and killed both Kouachi brothers, the assailants. Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket siege Also on 9 January, Amedy Coulibaly, armed with several assault weapons, entered a Hypercacher kosher supermarket at Porte de Vincennes in east Paris. Amedy Coulibaly killed four people and took several hostages. Coulibaly was reportedly in contact with the Kouachi brothers as the sieges progressed, and told police that he would kill hostages if the brothers were harmed proving further that these attacks were connected in some form. When police stormed the grocery store, they gunned down Coulibaly. Fifteen hostages were rescued. Several people were wounded during the incident. Lassana Bathily, a Muslim shop assistant born in Mali, was hailed as a hero in the crisis for risking his life to hide people from the gunman in a downstairs refrigerator room and assisting police after he escaped from the market. Hayat Boumeddiene, Coulibaly's partner in crime and wife, was suspected to have been present during the incident but it was later confirmed that she left France before any of the shootings occurred, traveling to Syria from Turkey. Developments on Boumeddiene's whereabouts ran dry until March 2019, when Dorothee Maquere - wife of Fabien Clain - speculated that Boumeddiene had been killed in Syria late February during the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani. However, in March 2020 , a French jihadist woman told a judge that she met Boumeddiene in October 2019 at the Al Howl camp; Boumeddiene was staying under a false identity and managed to escape. French intelligence services think that this piece of information is plausible and credible as it corroborates previous indications. After 12 January 2015 and for an indefinite period, as part of Operation Sentinelle, nearly 10,500 military personnel were deployed in France to secure 830 sensitive places (school, churches, press organizations, etc ). The severity of these terrorist attacks forced France to take immediate action to prevent any further related attacks occur. At the time, the attacks comprised the deadliest act of terrorism in France since the 1961 Vitry-Le-François train bombing by the Organisation armée secrète (OAS), which was working against Algerian independence. These fatalities were surpassed ten months later by the November 2015 Paris attacks. Other incidents Cyber attacks French media reported that hackers breached the security of French municipality websites during the Île-de-France attacks, changing them to display jihadist propaganda. The French Defense Ministry and security bodies reported that about 19,000 French websites were targeted in an unprecedented wave of denial-of-service attacks following the publication of Charlie Hebdo with a depiction of the sacred prophet Muhammad on the cover. The websites of French businesses, religious groups, universities, and municipalities were also hacked and altered to display pro-Islamist messages. Incidents at mosques In the week after the shooting, the organisation "L'Observatoire contre l'islamophobie du Conseil français du culte musulman (CFCM)" called for strengthening of the surveillance of mosques. The French interior department reported that 54 anti-Muslim incidents were recorded in France in the first week after the shootings; this compared to 110 complaints in the first nine months of 2014. The 2015 incidents included 21 reports of shootings and blank grenade throwing at Islamic buildings including mosques; and 33 cases of personal threats and insults. After news of the January 8 attack was publicized, three blank grenades were thrown at a mosque in Le Mans, west of Paris. A new bullet hole was found in its windows. In addition, a Muslim prayer hall in the Port-la-Nouvelle was the target of shooting, but no one was injured. An explosion took place at a restaurant affiliated with a mosque in Villefranche-sur-Saone. No casualties were reported. 2020 trial On December 16, 2020, a French court convicted 14 accomplices after the three attackers for crimes ranging from financing terrorism to membership of a criminal gang in relation to the attacks. However, three were convicted in absentia, including Hayat Boumeddiene, the former partner of Coulibaly. Bouddiene would be convicted of financing terrorism and belonging to a criminal terrorist network, and received a sentence of 30 years in jail. See also 2014 Tours police station stabbing 2015 TV5Monde cyber-attack List of Islamist terrorist attacks List of terrorist incidents in France November 2015 Paris attacks Terrorism in the European Union Notes References 2015 in Paris 2015 attacks Antisemitic murders in 21st century France Antisemitism in France Crime in Île-de-France GIGN missions Islamic terrorist incidents in 2015 Islamic terrorism in Paris January 2015 crimes in Europe Massacres in France Mass murder in 2015 Terrorist incidents in France in 2015 Terrorist incidents in Paris Opération Sentinelle 2015 mass shootings in Europe

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Prairie Home Cemetery

Prairie Home Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Moorhead, Minnesota. The cemetery was founded in 1875 by the Rev. Oscar Elmer, a Presbyterian minister who was the first ordained member of Christian clergy in Fargo–Moorhead. Rev. Elmer's brother John had drowned in the Red River of the North while visiting from New York in 1874. The condition of John Elmer's body when it was recovered meant that it could not be shipped back East, as was the usual custom, but had to be buried immediately in a makeshift grave. The following spring, Rev. Elmer organized a cemetery association, which formally created the Prairie Home Cemetery. John Elmer's body was then moved to the new cemetery. The cemetery is still in operation. However, by 1929 the Prairie Home Cemetery Association merged with the Riverside Cemetery Association, which had organized a cemetery across the Red River in Fargo, North Dakota in 1884. Garrison Keillor used the cemetery's name for the title of his long-running radio program A Prairie Home Companion. References External links Cemeteries in Minnesota Protected areas of Clay County, Minnesota Moorhead, Minnesota 1875 establishments in Minnesota

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20James%20Lethem

Gordon James Lethem

Sir Gordon James Lethem, KCMG (16 September 1886 – 14 August 1962) was a British colonial administrator. Born in Leith, Scotland, the son of James Lethem and Marian Macintosh. He was Governor of British Guiana from 7 November 1941 to 1946. He was acting Governor from 1946 to 12 April 1947. He also served in Nigeria, the Seychelles, and the Leeward Islands. Lethem's papers are held in Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. After retiring from the civil service he became involved in politics. He was a member of the Liberal Party. In 1950 he was Vice-President of the Scottish Liberal Party. He stood as a Liberal candidate at the United Kingdom general election of 1950 in the constituency of Banffshire. He finished third and did not stand for parliament again. The city of Lethem, Guyana is named after him. References "Papers of Sir Gordon James Lethem" Bodleian Library 1886 births 1962 deaths Governors of British Seychelles Governors of British Guiana British Guiana in World War II Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights of the Order of St John Members of Lincoln's Inn Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topfstedt

Topfstedt

Topfstedt is a municipality in the district Kyffhäuserkreis, in Thuringia, Germany. References Municipalities in Thuringia Kyffhäuserkreis Bezirk Erfurt

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrushevsky%20Street

Hrushevsky Street

Hrushevsky Street is a street name mostly in Ukraine commemorated to Mykhailo Hrushevsky It may refer to: Hrushevsky Street (Kiev) Hrushevsky Street (Ivano-Frankivsk)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickpea%20distortion%20mosaic%20virus

Chickpea distortion mosaic virus

Chickpea distortion mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae. External links ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database: Chickpea distortion mosaic virus Family Groups - The Baltimore Method Viral plant pathogens and diseases Potyviruses

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener%E2%80%94Conestoga

Kitchener—Conestoga

Kitchener—Conestoga (formerly known as Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 114,405. The riding is currently represented by Liberal MP Tim Louis. This was one of only two ridings in the country Conservatives won in the 2015 election while Liberals won in the 2019 election (the other being Milton). Geography The district includes the townships of Woolwich, Wellesley and Wilmot, and the southwestern part of the City of Kitchener, i.e., the part of the City of Kitchener lying west of Fischer-Hallman Road. The electoral district was created in 2003 from Waterloo—Wellington, part of Kitchener Centre, and part of Cambridge. It was known as "Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich" from 2004 to 2005. This riding lost almost half of its territory to Kitchener South—Hespeler but gained territory from Kitchener Centre, Kitchener—Waterloo and a fraction from Wellington—Halton Hills during the 2012 electoral redistribution. Members of Parliament Election results References Riding history from the Library of Parliament 2011 Results from Elections Canada Campaign expense data from Elections Canada Notes Ontario federal electoral districts Politics of Kitchener, Ontario Woolwich, Ontario

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm%20Longair

Malcolm Longair

Malcolm Sim Longair (born 18 May 1941) is a British physicist. From 1991 to 2008 he was the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Since 2016 he has been editor-in-chief of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Education He was born on 18 May 1941, and educated at Morgan Academy, Dundee, Scotland. He graduated in Electronic Physics from Queen's College, Dundee, which later became the University of Dundee, but was then part of the University of St Andrews, in 1963. He became a research student in the Radio Astronomy Group of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, where he completed his PhD in 1967 supervised by Martin Ryle. Career and research From 1968 to 1969, he was a Royal Society Exchange Visitor to the Lebedev Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, where he worked with Vitaly Ginzburg and Yakov Zeldovich. He held a Fellowship of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 from 1966 to 1968 and was a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge from 1967 to 1980. He has held visiting professorships at the California Institute of Technology (1972), the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (1978), the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (1990) and the Space Telescope Science Institute (1997). From 1980 to 1990, he held the joint posts of Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Regius Professor of Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. He is a Professorial Fellow and Vice-President of Clare Hall, Cambridge. He was Deputy Head of the Cavendish Laboratory with special responsibility for the teaching of physics from 1991 to 1997, and Head of the Cavendish Laboratory from 1997 to 2005. Longair's primary research interests are in the fields of high-energy astrophysics and astrophysical cosmology. He has written eight books and many articles on this work. His most recent publication is the second edition of his Theoretical Concepts in Physics, released in December 2003. His other interests include music, mountain walking (completing the Munros in 2011), art, architecture and golf. he is the editor-in-chief of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society and has authored or co-authored biographies of John E. Baldwin, Vitaly Ginzburg, Brian Pippard, Geoffrey Burbidge and David J. C. MacKay. Selected publications Books 2nd: pbk, 1992, 440pp., revised and enlarged 2nd edition: 2003, 588pp., Papers he had published 298 papers. During his career he supervised numerous PhD students including Jim Dunlop, Stephen Gull, Simon Lilly and John Peacock. Awards and honours Longair has received numerous awards, including: 1986 - the first Britannica Award for the Dissemination of Learning and the Enrichment of Life 1990 - In December 1990, he delivered the series of Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Young People on television on the topic 'The Origins of Our Universe'. 1991 - From 1991 to 1992 he was President of the Physics Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 1994 - Awarded the 1994 Science Prize of the Saltire Society-Royal Bank of Scotland Annual award. 1994 - Chairman of the Gemini Board, the international project to build 8-metre telescopes in the northern and southern hemispheres, for the years 1994 and 1995. 1995 - In 1995, he was Selby Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and took a lecture demonstration entitled 'Measuring the Fundamentals' around all the state capitals of Australia. 1995 - Chairman of the Space Telescope Science Institute Council for 1995–6. 1996 - President of the Royal Astronomical Society 1996–8. 2000 - Appointed CBE in the 2000 New Year Honours List. 2004 - Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). References 1941 births Living people Scottish astronomers Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Harvard University staff Academics of the University of Edinburgh Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of Clare Hall, Cambridge Alumni of the University of Cambridge Alumni of the University of St Andrews Scottish physicists Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society Scientists from Dundee People educated at Morgan Academy Alumni of the University of Dundee Scientists of the Cavendish Laboratory

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos%20Tzogias

Nikos Tzogias

Nikos Tzogias (1921 – 1 March 1996) was a Greek film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1949 and 1987. Selected filmography Anthropos yia oles tis doulies (1966) .... Stefanos Phaedra (1962) .... Felere Dead City (1951) .... Petros Petrokostas The Last Mission (1950) .... Nikos Loranis External links 1921 births 1996 deaths Male actors from Athens 20th-century Greek male actors

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FZ%20Original%20Recordings%3B%20Steve%20Vai%20Archives%2C%20Vol.%202

FZ Original Recordings; Steve Vai Archives, Vol. 2

FZ Original Recordings is only available in The Secret Jewel Box set. Steve Vai reflects here on his three years as a member of Frank Zappa's ensemble where he was credited not just as "guitarist" but as wielder of "strat abuse" and "impossible guitar parts." These are Frank Zappa recordings, written and produced by Zappa, and authorized by the Zappa Family Trust. The booklet contains the original liner notes for each Zappa track, along with Vai's comments on each track. Track listing All songs written by Frank Zappa External links Discogs Frank Zappa compilation albums 2001 compilation albums Progressive rock compilation albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilashi

Bilashi

Bilashi is a historical village located in Sangli district, Maharashtra in India. This village is situated on the bank of River Warna. It is well known place for its structure of square shape. The Village has a canal to the north whereas a river in south. It is well connected with road to Taluka Shirala (17 km) in east side, to the west is Ratnagiri (approx. 92 km), Kolhapur (approx. 55 km), or Karad (via Shedgewadi). The Chandoli National Park and Chandoli Dam are approx. 35 km from here. Villages in Sangli district

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every%20Single%20Day%20%28Rob%20Mills%20song%29

Every Single Day (Rob Mills song)

"Every Single Day" is the second single released by former Australian Idol contestant, Rob Mills. "Every Single Day" was released in August 2004 and peaked at number #24 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. Track listing "Every Single Day" - 3:37 "All Right Now" (Live At 001) - 4:14 "Dirty Girl" - 3:55 Charts References 2004 singles 2004 songs Sony BMG singles Songs written by Phil Buckle

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20Ash%20Shaykh

Ahmad Ash Shaykh

Ahmad ash shaykh is a village in south-western Yemen. It is located in the Abyan Governorate. External links Towns and villages in the Abyan Governorate Populated places in Abyan Governorate Villages in Yemen

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Zarghan

Battle of Zarghan

The Battle of Zarghan was the last battle of Ashraf Hotaki's career as a statesman. Having been repeatedly bludgeoned by Nader's army through the Battles of Mihmandoost and Murche-Khort Ashraf had withdrawn from Isfahan and escaped south to Shiraz to rebuild his army in an ultimately futile attempt to reverse his fortunes. Although he found some local support amongst a few of the tribes he was decisively beaten, for the last time, after which he disappeared from Persia as well as the historical records, with no consensus being reached concerning the manner of his demise. The battle Nader spent a total of 40 days in the capital attending to mostly political matters before setting out south for a final decisive engagement with Ashraf. Approximately 30 kilometres north of Shiraz he found Ashraf's forces who were charged against his lines before being deployed fully. The battle occurred on the 15th of January 1730. The steady footed Persian musketeers beat off the assault with the same tactics they had developed and practised to perfection during their numerous clashes with Afghan cavalry in the past few years. The Persian artillery wreaked havoc on the columns of Afghans cavalry and Nader dispersed the infantry contingent of the Afghan army when he ordered a mighty cavalry charge of his own. Ashraf's mounted troops struck hard against Nader's infantry time and time again to only be beaten back by a murderous volume of fire until Ashraf had virtually lost all his horsemen. The aftermath Ashraf attempted a negotiated settlement, sending over the Safavid princesses he had taken when he fled from Isfahan, although ultimately he would decide against surrendering himself and flee in the hope of reaching Qandahar. Nearing dusk a group of 500 Afsharid and Kurdish riders from the advance guard caught up with the Afghans close to Fesa bridge and merged with them into a wild melee which resulted in the Afghans trying to flee across the river where many of them drowned. The civilians and stragglers following Ashraf's camp were either enslaved or butchered, though it is worth mentioning Nader condemned his men's behaviour when he came within view of their actions, however, much of the criticism seems to have been directed at the men's failure to inform him of the events in a timely manner rather than their conduct. See also Battle of Gulnabad Battle of Murche-Khort Battle of Khwar Pass References Further reading Michael Axworthy, The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant Hardcover 348 pages (26 July 2006) Publisher: I.B. Tauris Language: English Damghan Damghan Conflicts in 1729 History of Semnan Province 1729 in Afghanistan

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20UEC%20European%20Track%20Championships%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20madison

2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison

The men's madison competition at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships was held on 6 August 2018. Results Qualifying In each heat, last two teams are not qualified for the final. 100 laps (25km) with 10 sprints were raced. Heat 1 Heat 2 Final 200 laps (50 km) with 20 sprints were raced. References Men's madison European Track Championships – Men's madison

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered%20Accessibility%20Specialist

Registered Accessibility Specialist

A Registered Accessibility Specialist (RAS) is a professional licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to determine if a part of the built environment (building, park, sidewalk, parking lot) is compliant with the Texas Architectural Barriers Act and the Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS). A RAS reviews construction documents to determine accessible design and inspects finished buildings to verify accessible construction. External links http://www.tdlr.texas.gov/ab/abtas.htm http://www.gov.texas.gov/organization/disabilities https://www.jacobsaccessibilitygroup.com/post/what-is-a-registered-accessibility-specialist Disability rights

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Zhang%20Xun

Government of Zhang Xun

Government of Zhang Xun was formed after the Qing dynasty was restored on 1 July 1917 by General Zhang Xun. Puyi, who abdicated in 1911, became Qing emperor again. The government survived for 13 days only after army of the Republic of China forced Puyi to give up his throne. Puyi accepted Zhang's resignation on that day, the government was hence dissolved. Composition The following is a list of ministers in the cabinet: References Government of the Qing dynasty Cabinets established in 1917 Cabinets disestablished in 1917

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorki%2C%20Yuryev-Polsky%20District%2C%20Vladimir%20Oblast

Gorki, Yuryev-Polsky District, Vladimir Oblast

Gorki () is a rural locality (a selo) in Krasnoselskoye Rural Settlement, Yuryev-Polsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 491 as of 2010. There are 9 streets. Geography Gorki is located on the Kist River, 22 km northwest of Yuryev-Polsky (the district's administrative centre) by road. Vypolzovo is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Yuryev-Polsky District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miran%20Hrovatin

Miran Hrovatin

Miran Hrovatin (11 September 1949 in Trieste – 20 March 1994 in Mogadishu) was an Italian photographer and camera operator killed in Mogadishu, Somalia together with the Italian journalist Ilaria Alpi under mysterious circumstances. Background and death Hrovatin belonged to the Slovenian ethnic community of Trieste. He worked before for the agency Alpe Adria then for the agency Videoest of Trieste. On 20 March 1994, he and Ilaria Alpi were killed in an ambush on their jeep in Mogadishu by a seven-man commando unit after returning from Bosaso, while they were in Mogadishu reporting for Rai 3. With them were a bodyguard, who escaped unharmed and disappeared, and the driver Sid Abdi who was also unhurt. Miran was in Somalia to cover the Somali Civil War and investigate on an illegal traffic of weapons and toxic waste possibly concerning also the Italian Army and other Italian institutions. In 2000, Somali citizen Hashi Omar Hassan was convicted and sentenced to 26 years in prison for the double murder. In October 2016, a court in Perugia, Italy, reversed the conviction and Hassan was awarded more than three million euros for the wrongful conviction and nearly 17 years he had spent in prison. Aftermath In May 2009, Daniel Biacchessi wrote the story of Miran in his book Passion reporter. On 20 March 2014, 20 years after their death, the Italian government has reportedly authorized the declassification of secret files into their death. The Ilaria Alpi Award for Television Journalism () was created in his honor. See also List of unsolved murders Notes External links The complete list of Italian information war dead (after the end of World War II) on the website www.ilariaalpi.it. Fondazione Luchetta Ota D'Angelo Hrovatin 1949 births 1990s murders in Somalia 1994 crimes in Somalia 1994 deaths 1994 murders in Africa 20th-century Italian journalists Assassinated Italian journalists Italian male journalists Italian people murdered abroad Italian people of Slovene descent Journalists killed while covering the Somali Civil War Unsolved murders in Somalia 20th-century Italian male writers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Horne%20%28footballer%29

William Horne (footballer)

William Henry Horne (19 April 1885 – 1930) was an English footballer who played in the Southern League for Plymouth Argyle and Fulham. He was a goalkeeper. Horne served with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in South Africa during the Second Boer War. Life and career Horne was born in Plympton. He served with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in South Africa during the Second Boer War before returning to play football in Devon and Cornwall. Horne played for Tavistock and Essa prior to joining Plymouth Argyle on amateur terms in January 1904. He served as understudy to Jack Robinson in his first season and made three appearances before signing a professional contract. He became the club's first choice goalkeeper during the 1904–05 season but eventually lost his place in the team after Argyle signed England international John Willie Sutcliffe. Horne joined Fulham in May 1906 and made three appearances in his one season with the club. He returned to Argyle the following year and spent the next four seasons as understudy to Sutcliffe. Horne became the club's first choice again in 1911–12 and the following season he received a Southern League winners medal. He made his last appearance for Argyle in November 1914 before losing his place in the side to Fred Craig. His career was then interrupted by the outbreak of war as competitive football was suspended in 1915. Horne remained on the club's books and was a member of the squad for the 1919–20 season, serving as back-up to Craig, but did not add to his 240 appearances for Argyle in all competitions and then retired due to ill health. Horne died in Plymouth in 1930. Honours Western League First Division: 1904–05 Southern League First Division: 1912–13 References 1885 births People from Plympton British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry soldiers English footballers Association football goalkeepers Tavistock A.F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Southern Football League players Western Football League players 1930 deaths Child soldiers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tova%20Hartman

Tova Hartman

Tova Hartman (born 1957), scholar and social entrepreneur, is the Dean of Humanities at the Kiryat Ono Academic College. Biography She was formerly Professor of Gender Studies and Education at Bar Ilan University, specializing in gender and religion, and gender and psychology. She is the author of a book on Jewish and Catholic mothers, titled Appropriately Subversive, as well as a book on the crossroads of Jewish Tradition and modern feminism, titled Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism, which won the National Jewish Book Award for Women's Studies in 2007. Hartman most recently authored Are You Not a Man Of God? Devotion, Betrayal and Social Criticism in Jewish Tradition. She is a founder of Kehillat Shira Hadasha, a congregation organized to increase women's participation and leadership within traditional Jewish prayer and halakha. She is the daughter of Rabbi Prof. David Hartman. She was married to Moshe Halbertal, and they have three daughters. Published works Hartman, T., Appropriately Subversive: Modern Mothers in Traditional Religions, Harvard University Press, 2003, Hartman, T. and Marmon, M., "Lived Regulations, Systemic Attributions Menstrual Separation and Ritual Immersion in the Experience of Orthodox Jewish Women." Gender & Society 18:3, pp. 389–408 (2004) See also Feminist Jewish ethics Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jewish feminism Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Women in Judaism References External links Hebrew University School of Education Tova Hartman and Tamar Miller, "Our Tradition, Ourselves", JOFA Bulletin, Winter 2001 Jessica Ravitz, "An Orthodox Feminist Revolutionary", Moment, January/February 2009. "Orthodox Group Fetes Traditional Roles", Forward, May 11, 2001 Living people Israeli Jews Orthodox Jewish feminists Bar-Ilan University faculty 1957 births Jewish ethicists Ono Academic College faculty

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%20Waldo%20Hatler

M. Waldo Hatler

M. Waldo Hatler (January 6, 1894 - August 31, 1967) was a Sergeant in the United States Army during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for heroism near Pouilly, France, November 8, 1918. Biography M. Waldo Hatler was born January 6, 1894, at Bolivar, Missouri, elder of two sons of Troy and Rose Hatler. His father was a banker and real estate developer. Waldo graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1914 but never practiced law, instead following his father into banking and real estate. He was working in his father's bank at Neosho, Missouri when the United States entered World War I. He attempted to secure a commission in the navy but was turned down for medical reasons. He later waived exemption to the draft and was inducted into the army from Neosho. Assigned to Company B, 356th Infantry, he had risen to the rank of sergeant when, just days before the armistice, his regiment was halted by the enemy in its advance toward Germany at the Meuse River near the French village of Pouilly. Information relative to enemy strength and disposition on the opposite bank was vitally needed and Hatler was one of several men to volunteer. Extensive biographical and autobiographical information is contained in The M. Waldo Hatler Story, a book compiled and published by in 1968 by his widow Margaret Hatler, using the Ozarkana Book Press (Neosho, Mo.) imprint. M. Waldo Hatler is buried at Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. Medal of Honor citation Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company B, 356th Infantry, 89th Division. Place and date: Near Pouilly, France, November 8, 1918. Entered service at: Neosho, Mo. Born: January 6, 1894, Bolivar, Mo. G.O. No.: 74, W.D., 1919. Citation: When volunteers were called for to secure information as to the enemy's position on the opposite bank of the Meuse River, Sgt. Hatler was the first to offer his services for this dangerous mission. Swimming across the river, he succeeded in reaching the German lines, after another soldier, who had started with him, had been seized with cramps and drowned in midstream. Alone he carefully and courageously reconnoitered the enemy's positions, which were held in force, and again successfully swam the river, bringing back information of great value. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War I References 1894 births 1967 deaths People from Bolivar, Missouri United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army Medal of Honor recipients United States Army soldiers University of Michigan Law School alumni World War I recipients of the Medal of Honor Military personnel from Missouri

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2013 Transaereo 5074 Britten-Norman Islander crash

On 4 January 2013, a Britten-Norman Islander light passenger aircraft operated by Transaereo 5074 crashed during a domestic flight from Los Roques Airport, on the Los Roques archipelago, to Caracas, Venezuela, killing all six people on board. Among the victims was Italian fashion entrepreneur Vittorio Missoni. Discovery of the wreckage On 27 June 2013, the Deep Sea oceanographic ship confirmed that the missing aircraft had been found in the Caribbean, north of the Los Roques archipelago. Victims Among the victims were Italian fashion entrepreneur Vittorio Missoni and his wife, who were on holiday in Los Roques. Investigation During the course of the investigation, it emerged that the pilot had an expired medical certificate and the airline had not yet received the authorization to operate. In a statement from Asdrubal Bermudez, president and owner of the company Transaereo 5074, even though the airline was unable to fly, the plane involved in the incident had met all safety certifications and was allowed to fly. References Aviation accidents and incidents in 2013 Accidents and incidents involving the Britten-Norman Islander January 2013 events in South America 2013 in Venezuela Aviation accidents and incidents in Venezuela

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Boneclouds

Boneclouds is an album by Mason Jennings. It was released in 2006 by Glacial Pace. Production The album was produced by Noah Georgeson, with minor input from Isaac Brock. Critical reception NPR wrote that "though the production is cleaner and fuller sounding than on his earlier records, [Jennings] maintains the level of intimacy and insight that his fans have come to expect." American Songwriter called Boneclouds "the most dynamic and richly textured album of Jennings’ career." Billboard wrote that "there's a fine line between being genuine and being cheesy, and Boneclouds wrestles with this throughout." PopMatters called Jennings "an extraordinary player who dazzles through the charm and eloquence of his fret work." Paste lamented Jennings's "penchant for Hallmark sentimentality and easy rhymes." Track listing "Be Here Now" – 3:48 "Gentlest Hammer" – 3:14 "If You Ain't Got Love" – 3:16 "Some Say I'm Not" – 3:57 "Moon Sailing on the Water" – 4:34 "Jackson Square" – 4:10 "If You Need a Reason" – 4:35 "Which Way Your Heart Will Go" – 3:18 "Where the Sun Had Been" – 2:12 "Jesus Are You Real" – 4:52 "Things Change" – 3:48 (iTunes bonus track) References 2006 albums Mason Jennings albums Epic Records albums

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James M. Acton

James M. Acton is a British academic and scientist. He is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Early life Acton was awarded his PhD in theoretical physics at Cambridge University. Career Acton was a member of the faculty of the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. Acton's research projects have included analyses of IAEA safeguards in Iran, verifying disarmament in North Korea and preventing novel forms of radiological terrorism. Fukushima In the context of the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, Acton was able to distill a succinct analysis which was widely reported. "Fukushima is not the worst nuclear accident ever but it is the most complicated and the most dramatic...This was a crisis that played out in real time on TV. Chernobyl did not." "The key question is whether we have correctly predicted the risk that a reactor could be hit by a disaster (natural or man-made) that is bigger than it is designed to withstand." Selected works In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about James Acton, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 10+ publications in 1 language and 268 library holdings. The Use of Voluntary Safeguards to Build Trust in States' Nuclear Programmes: the Case of Iran (2007) Beyond the Dirty Bomb: Re-thinking Radiological Terror (2007) Abolishing Nuclear Weapons (2008), with George Perkovich Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A Debate (2009), with George Perkovich Deterrence During Disarmament: Deep Nuclear Reductions and International Security, and Low Numbers: A Practical Path to Deep Nuclear Reductions (2011) Notes Living people British nuclear physicists Date of birth unknown Academics of King's College London Alumni of the University of Cambridge Year of birth missing (living people)

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Callomyia venusta

Callomyia venusta is a species of flat-footed flies (insects in the family Platypezidae). References Platypezidae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1894

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EuroCrypt

EuroCrypt is a conditional access system for Multiplexed Analogue Components-encoded analogue satellite television. It had several versions (M, S and S2). It supported receivers with card slots and those with embedded keys. Its most widespread use was in Scandinavia, where the only EuroCrypt protected broadcasts remained until July 2006 (in France, they stopped in 1998). It was also hacked with pirate cards, which was popular in many countries in Europe, especially in order to watch English-language channels such as Filmnet Plus and TV1000. EuroCrypt evolved into the Viaccess system for digital television. Sources Frequency List, dated 1998. Denmarks Radio receiver info Digital television Digital rights management systems

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Harvey Catchings

Harvey Lee Catchings (born September 2, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 to 1985 as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Clippers. He has NBA career averages of 3.2 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game and 1.6 blocks per game. On December 18, 1976, Catchings scored a career-high 16 points alongside grabbing 11 rebounds in a 97–93 victory over the Indiana Pacers. On April 10, 1981, Catchings blocked 5 shots in only 16 minutes during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, a loss against the Philadelphia 76ers. He is one of 43 NBA players to have recorded at least 10 blocks in a single game. In his career, he made the Eastern Conference Finals three times (once with Philadelphia, twice with Milwaukee) and made the NBA Finals once with Philadelphia during the 1976-77 NBA season. Catchings is the all-time leader of Defensive Box Plus/Minus in Bucks franchise history at 2.6, above defensive greats such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Alvin Robertson. Personal life Catchings is the father of WNBA former star Tamika Catchings, who played for the Indiana Fever. Catchings is currently a Reverse Mortgage Consultant with Open Mortgage-North Houston. Both Harvey, and his daughter Tamika, identify as Christian. Catchings was friends with former 76ers teammate Joe Bryant, and both of their families spent time together while they each played professional basketball in Italy. Because of this, Catchings' children were childhood friends with Joe's son, Kobe Bryant. See also List of National Basketball Association players with most blocks in a game References External links NBA statistics at basketball-reference.com 1951 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Italy American men's basketball players Basketball players from Jackson, Mississippi Chicago Bulls announcers Hardin–Simmons Cowboys basketball players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Los Angeles Clippers players Milwaukee Bucks players New Jersey Nets players Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia players Philadelphia 76ers draft picks Philadelphia 76ers players Utah Stars draft picks Centers (basketball) Power forwards (basketball) 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople

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Joo Woo-jae

Joo Woo-jae is a South Korean actor and model. He is known for his roles in dramas such as Come and Hug Me, Please Don't Date Him, Love Alert and Best Chicken. Filmography Film Television series Web series Television shows Music video appearances Awards and nominations References External links 1986 births Living people South Korean male models 21st-century South Korean male actors South Korean male film actors South Korean male television actors

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Chippewa High School

Chippewa High School is a public high school in Doylestown, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Chippewa Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Chipps. History The school was known as Doylestown High School after the Doylestown and Chippewa Township districts merged in 1917, until 1971 when the new high school was built. The name change reflected the trend that most of the district's residents lived within Chippewa Township and not within Doylestown's limits. This is also when they shortened their nickname to the "Chipps", as they felt it was redundant to call themselves the "Chippewa Chippewas". Despite this, many locals still refer to the school as "Doylestown High." Chippewa's football rivalry with the Rittman High School Indians is the longest-running uninterrupted rivalry in Wayne County, having met every year since 1923. The two rival high schools compete for the "Big Chief Trophy.". Their football rivalry with Dalton High School Bulldogs is the second-longest in the county and has been played every year since 1925 with the exception of three years in the 1940s when Dalton didn't field a team. Chippewa is one of eight schools that participate in the Wayne County Athletic League. Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships Girls Track and Field – 1975 Ohio High School Athletic Association State Runnerups Girls Basketball-1994 Girls Soccer – 2005, 2015 Notable alumni Denny Galehouse (MLB Pitcher) Wayne M Adams (England International) References External links District Website High schools in Wayne County, Ohio Public high schools in Ohio

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Cardon cactus

Cardon cactus is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Echinopsis atacamensis, a species of cactus native to South America Pachycereus pringlei, a species of cactus native to northwestern Mexico

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titusville%20Area%20School%20District

Titusville Area School District

The Titusville Area School District is a small, rural public school district located in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The School District comprises Allegheny Township, Cherrytree Township, Oilcreek Township and Pleasantville Borough located in Venango County; and Centerville Borough, Hydetown Borough, Oil Creek Township, Rome Township and Titusville City located in Crawford County; and Southwest Township located in Warren County. The School District covers about . Per the 2000 federal census data, the district serves a resident population of 14,698. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $15,872, while the median family income was $37,271. According to District officials, in school year 2007–08 the Titusville Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,216 pupils through the employment of 171 teachers, 130 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 21 administrators. In September 2008, the administration reported there were 319 employees, including 19 administrators, 172 professional/instructional employees and 128 support personnel. The Administration includes; building level principals and assistant principals, six directors of specialized programs which include the following positions: Director of Student Services, Federal Programs and Elementary Curriculum, Special Education, Athletics, Day Care and Vo-Tech. There are four directors of support programs which include: Directors of Food Service and Transportation, Buildings and Grounds, Technology, and Parks and Recreation. There are also twelve department chairpersons that assist in the oversight of curriculum development. In May 2011 the superintendent reported there had been a 20 percent decline in the district's enrollment. Schools The district operates an early childhood center, which contains a day care center, three elementary schools (grades 1–5), a middle school (grades 6–8), a senior high school (grades 9–12), and one alternative education school. All of the district's facilities have been either constructed or renovated within the past 12 years. Early Childhood Center is located at 330 Spruce Street in Titsville. Constructed in 1991, the two-story building is home to Day Care, an Early Intervention Program, Pre-K, Pre-1st and Kindergarten Classes for the entire District. Main Street Elementary School Main Street Elementary School opened in 1912 and was renovated in 2002. The School is located at 117 Main Street, Titusville, PA. The school achieved AYP status in 2009 and 2010. The attendance rate was 96% in 2010, while it was 96% in 2009. Report Card 2010. Hydetown Elementary School Hydetown Elementary School opened in 1956 and was renovated in 2001. The School is located at 12294 Gresham Road, Titusville, PA. The school achieved AYP status in 2009 and 2010. The attendance rate was 96% in 2010, while it was 94% in 2009. Report Card 2010. Pleasantville Elementary School Pleasantville Elementary School opened in the 1942 and was a High School, until the building was merged into the district in 1969. All district Junior High School Students attended at the school until 1977 when the Senior High School was renovated, after that it became solely an elementary school. The school is located at 374 North Main Street, Pleasantville, PA. The school achieved AYP status in 2009 and 2010. The attendance rate was 96% in 2010, while it was 95% in 2009. Report Card 2010. Titusville Area Middle School Titusville Middle School opened in 1999, after moving from the High School Complex. The school is located at 415 Water Street, Titusville, PA. Titusville Area High School Titusville Area High School is located at 302 E. Walnut St., Titusville, PA. Academic achievement Titusville Area School District was ranked 292nd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance based on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and three years of science. 2010 – 280th 2009 – 255th 2008 – 204th 2007 – 184th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts. In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Titusville Area School District, was in the 56th percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0–99; 100 is state best) Graduation rate In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4-year cohort graduation rate. Titusville Area School District's rate was 83% for 2010. According to traditional graduation rate calculations: 2010 – 86% 2009 – 85% 2008 – 80% 2007 – 80% Graduation requirements Titusville Area School District School Board has determined that a student must earn 25 credits to graduate, including: English 4 credits, Math 3 credits, Social Studies 4 credits, Science 3 credits, Safety/Phys Ed 4 credits, Family & Consumer Science 0.25 credits, Intro to Computer Applications 0.50 credits, Intro to Computers 0.25 credit, Humanities 1 credits and Elective Courses 5.00 credits. Vo Tech students must earn 24 credits. Additionally, students must earn proficient or advanced scores on the PSSA in reading, writing, and mathematics given during their junior year or on the PSSA. Alternatively, they must earn at least a 2.50 (Grade 9–12) by the end of their senior year. By law, all Pennsylvania high school students must complete a project as a part of their eligibility to graduate from high school. The type of project, its rigor and its expectations are set by the individual school district. For the senior project at Titusville High School, seniors must write a passing (grade minimum 60%) research paper. Seniors in Business Communication complete a business project. All seniors give an oral presentation. A third component of the senior project is focused on preparing a working resume. By Pennsylvania State School Board regulations, for the graduating classes of 2016, students must demonstrate successful completion of secondary level course work in Algebra I, Biology, English Composition, and Literature for which the Keystone Exams serve as the final course exams. Students’ Keystone Exam scores shall count for at least one-third of the final course grade. High school In 2010, the high school has declined to Warning AYP status. In 2009, the school achieved AYP status. 11th Grade Reading 2010 – 64% on grade level (21% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 66% of 11th graders are on grade level. 2009 – 66% (20% below basic), State – 65% 2008 – 63% (13% below basic), State – 65% 2007 – 73% (16% below basic), State – 65% 11th Grade Math: 2010 – 50%, on grade level (29% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 59% of 11th graders are on grade level. Boys – 47% on grade level with 31% below basic / Girls – 53% with 28% below basic. 2009 – 53% (24% below basic). State – 56%. 2008 – 46% (26% below basic), State – 56% 2007 – 57% (22% below basic), State – 53% 11th Grade Science: 2010 – 29% on grade level (16% below basic). State – 39% of 11th graders were on grade level. 2009 – 36% (16% below basic). State – 40% 2008 – 32% (11% below basic), State – 39% College remediation According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 18% of Titusville High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English. Dual enrollment The high school offers the Pennsylvania dual enrollment program. This state program permits high school students to take courses, at local higher education institutions, to earn college credits. Titusviile High School's program enables students to take a college-level courses at University of Pittsburgh's Titusville campus. The students have full access to all activities and programs at the high school. The college credits are offered at a deeply discounted rate. The state offers a small grant to assist students in costs for tuition, fees and books. Under the Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Agreement, many Pennsylvania colleges and universities accept these credits for students who transfer to their institutions. The Pennsylvania College Credit Transfer System reported in 2009, that students saved nearly $35.4 million by having their transferred credits count towards a degree under the new system. In 2010, the district received a 10,132 state grant to be used to assist students with tuition, fees and books. Middle school In 2009 and in 2010, the school achieved AYP status. The attendance rate was 95% in 2010. 8th Grade Reading 2010 – 85% on grade level 49% advanced (% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 81% of 8th graders on grade level. Boys 76% on grade level / Girls – 93%. 2009 – 80%, 50% advanced (8% below basic), State – 80% 2008 – 85% (8% below basic), State – 78% 2007 – 63% (5% below basic), State – 75% 8th Grade Math: 2010 – 74% on grade level 50% advanced (4% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 75% of 8th graders are on grade level. 2009 – 79% 49% advanced (9% below basic), State – 71% 2008 – 71% (11% below basic), State – 70% 2007 – 68% (8% below basic), State – 68% 8th Grade Science: 2010 – 52% on grade level, 15% advanced (17% below basic). State – 57% of 8th graders were on grade level. 2009 – 52%, 14% advanced (21% below basic). State – 55% 2008 – 53%, State – 52% 7th Grade Reading 2010 – 76% on grade level, 33% advanced (7% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 73% of 7th graders on grade level. 2009 – 74%, 37% advanced (5% below basic), State – 71% 2008 – 76%, 34% advanced (8% below basic), State – 70% 2007 – 75% (10% below basic), State – 67% 7th Grade Math: 2010 – 83% on grade level, 58% advanced (5% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 77% of 7th graders are on grade level. 2009 – 83%, 55% advanced (9% below basic), State – 75% 2008 – 83%, 57% advanced (5% below basic), State – 71% 2007 – 83% (10% below basic), State – 67% 6th Grade Reading 2010 – 71% on grade level. 36% advanced, (7% below basic). State – 68% 2009 – 66%, 31% advanced (9% below basic). State – 67% 2008 – 73%, 30% advanced (7% below basic), State – 67% 2007 – 63%, 30% advanced (9% below basic), State – 63% 6th Grade Math 2010 – 87% on grade level. 53% advanced (1% below basic). State – 78% 2009 – 81%, 48% advanced (7% below basic). State – 75% 2008 – 74%, 46% advanced (10% below basic). State – 72% 2007 – 64%, 28% advanced (18% below basic). State – 69% Special education In December 2009, the district administration reported that 389 pupils or 17% of the district's pupils received special education services. 2008 – 405 pupils – 15% 2007 – 412 pupils – 18% In accordance with state and federal law, the District engages in identification procedures to ensure that eligible students receive an appropriate educational program consisting of special education and related services, individualized to meet student needs. At no cost to the parents, these services are provided in compliance with state and federal law; and are reasonably calculated to yield meaningful educational benefit and student progress. To identify students who may be eligible for special education, various screening activities are conducted on an ongoing basis. These screening activities include: review of group-based data (cumulative records, enrollment records, health records, report cards, ability and achievement test scores); hearing, vision, motor, and speech/language screening; and review by the Instructional Support Team or Student Assistance Team. When screening results suggest that the student may be eligible, the District seeks parental consent to conduct a multidisciplinary evaluation. Parents who suspect their child is eligible may verbally request a multidisciplinary evaluation from a professional employee of the District or contact the Special Education Department. In 2010, the state of Pennsylvania provided $1,026,815,000 for special education services. The funds were distributed to districts based on a state policy which estimates that 16% of the district's pupils are receiving special education services. This funding is in addition to the state's basic education per pupil funding, as well as, all other state and federal funding. Titusville Area School District received a $1,546,959 supplement for special education services in 2010. The state provided the same level of funding for 2011–12. Gifted education The District Administration reported that 51 or 2.38% of its students were gifted in 2009. By law, the district must provide mentally gifted programs at all grade levels. The primary emphasis is on enrichment and acceleration of the regular education curriculum through a push in model with the gifted instructor in the classroom with the regular instructor. Students identified as gifted attending the High School have access to honors and advanced placement courses, and dual enrollment with local colleges. The referral process for a gifted evaluation can be initiated by teachers or parents by contacting the student's building principal and requesting an evaluation. All requests must be made in writing. To be eligible for mentally gifted programs in Pennsylvania, a student must have a cognitive ability of at least 130 as measured on a standardized ability test by a certified school psychologist. Other factors that indicate giftedness will also be considered for eligibility. Bullying and school safety Titusville Area School District administration reported there were no incidents of bullying in the district in 2009–10. The School Board has provided the district's antibully policy in the school district's web site. All Pennsylvania schools are required to have an anti-bullying policy incorporated into their Code of Student Conduct. The policy must identify disciplinary actions for bullying and designate a school staff person to receive complaints of bullying. The policy must be available on the school's website and posted in every classroom. All Pennsylvania public schools must provide a copy of its anti-bullying policy to the Office for Safe Schools every year, and shall review their policy every three years. Additionally, the district must conduct an annual review of that policy with students. The Center for Schools and Communities works in partnership with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency and the Pennsylvania Department of Education to assist schools and communities as they research, select and implement bullying prevention programs and initiatives. Education standards relating to student safety and antiharassment programs are described in the 10.3. Safety and Injury Prevention in the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Health, Safety and Physical Education. Virtual Academy The Titusville Virtual Academy provides an online learning experience for K-12 students who reside in Titusville Area School District. Students may earn a Titusville High School diploma and participate in the graduation ceremony. Budget In 2009, the district reports employing over 190 teachers with a starting salary of $39,705 for 180 days for pupil instruction and an additional 5 for teacher inservice. The average teacher salary was $54,940 while the maximum salary is $106,019. As of 2007, Pennsylvania ranked in the top 10 states in average teacher salaries. When adjusted for cost of living Pennsylvania ranked fourth in the nation for teacher compensation. The school day is limited by the union contract to 37.5 hours per week. Special Education teachers receive additional compensation. Teachers receive a paid lunch time of 30 minutes. Additionally, Titusville Area School District teachers receive a defined benefit pension, health insurance, professional development reimbursement, 2 paid personal days, 10 sick days, paid bereavement days and other benefits. Teachers are paid extra when they are required to work outside of the regular school day hours. Severance includes payment for unused sick days. Additionally, teacher receive $72.50 for each year they have been a full-time teacher in Pennsylvania. The union receives 12 full days of paid leave to use for union business According to State Rep. Glen Grell, a trustee of the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System Board, a 40-year educator can retire with a pension equal to 100 percent of their final salary. In June 2011, the union and board agreed that the teachers would forego a salary increase for the 2011‑2012 school year. The administration reported this would save $380,423. In 2007, the district employed 154 teachers. The average teacher salary in the district was $48,979 for 180 school days worked. Titusville Area School District administrative costs per pupil in 2008 was $909.33 per pupil. The district is ranked 96th out of 500 in Pennsylvania for administrative spending. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil. In 2008, Titusville Area School District reported spending $12,067 per pupil. This ranked 267th in the commonwealth. Reserves In 2009, the district reported $1,866,942 in an unreserved-undesignated fund balance. The designated fund balance was reported as $2,124,809. PA school district reserve funds are divided into two categories – designated and undesignated. The undesignated funds are not committed to any planned project. Designated funds and any other funds, such as capital reserves, are allocated to specific projects. School districts are required by state law to keep 5 percent of their annual spending in the undesignated reserve funds to preserve bond ratings. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, from 2003 to 2010, as a whole, Pennsylvania school districts amassed nearly $3 billion in reserved funds. In September 2010, the Pennsylvania Auditor General conducted a performance audit of the district. Significant findings were reported to the administration and school board. The district is funded by a combination of: a local income tax, a property tax, a real estate transfer tax 0.5%, coupled with substantial funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal government. Grants can provide an opportunity to supplement school funding without raising local taxes. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pension and Social Security income are exempted from state personal income tax and local earned income tax regardless of the individual's wealth. State basic education funding In 2011–12, the Titusville Area School District will receive $12,943,618 in state Basic Education Funding. Additionally, the district will receive $171,434 in Accountability Block Grant funding. The enacted Pennsylvania state Education budget includes $5,354,629,000 for the 2011–2012 Basic Education Funding appropriation. This amount is a $233,290,000 increase (4.6%) over the enacted State appropriation for 2010–2011. The highest increase in state basic education funding was awarded to Duquesne City School District, which got a 49% increase in state funding for 2011–12. Districts experienced a reduction in funding due to the loss of federal stimulus funding which ended in 2011. In 2010, the district reported that 1,065 pupils received a free or reduced-price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. For 2010–11, Titusville Area School District received a 2.96% increase in state Basic Education Funding resulting in a $13,962,921 payment. Valley Grove School District received a 3.88% increase, which was the highest increase in BEF in Venango County. Kennett Consolidated School District in Chester County received the highest increase in the state at 23.65% increase in funding for the 2010–11 school year. One hundred fifty school districts received the base 2% increase in 2010–11. The amount of increase each school district receives is determined by the Governor and the Secretary of Education through the allocation set in the state budget proposal made in February each year. In the 2009–2010 budget year the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 3.45% increase in Basic Education funding for a total of $13,390,165. The state Basic Education funding to the district in 2008–09 was $12,943,618.28. The district also received supplemental funding for English language learners, Title 1 federal funding for low-income students, for district size, a poverty supplement from the commonwealth and more. Franklin Area School District received highest increase in BEF awarded by the Commonwealth, in Venango County, for the 2009–10 school year, a 6.43% increase. Among the 500 school districts in Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg School District in Berks County received the highest with a 22.31% increase in funding. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1,022 district students received free or reduced-price lunches due to low family income in the 2007–2008 school year. Accountability Block Grants Beginning in 2004–2005, the state launched the Accountability Block Grant school funding. This program has provided $1.5 billion to Pennsylvania's school districts. The Accountability Block Grant program requires that its taxpayer dollars are focused on specific interventions that are most likely to increase student academic achievement. These interventions include: teacher training, all-day kindergarten, lower class size K-3rd grade, literacy and math coaching programs that provide teachers with individualized job-embedded professional development to improve their instruction, before or after school tutoring assistance to struggling students. For 2010–11, the Titusville Area School District applied for and received $465,314 in addition to all other state and federal funding. The district used the funding to provide all-day kindergarten the 6th year, to provide teacher training to provide research based instruction and to increase instruction time for pupils through before and after school tutoring. Classrooms for the Future grant The Classroom for the Future state program provided districts with hundreds of thousands of extra state funding to buy laptop computers for each core curriculum high school class (English, Science, History, Math) and paid for teacher training to optimize the computers use. The program was funded from 2006 to 2009. Titusville Area School District did not apply for funding for 2006–07 nor in 2007–08. In 2008–09 it received 138,210. Of the 501 public school districts in Pennsylvania, 447 of them received Classrooms for the Future state grant awards. Education Assistance grant The state's EAP funding provides for the continuing support of tutoring services and other programs to address the academic needs of eligible students. Funds are available to eligible school districts and full-time career and technology centers (CTC) in which one or more schools have failed to meet at least one academic performance target, as provided for in Section 1512-C of the Pennsylvania Public School Code. In 2010–11 the Titusville Area School District did not apply for this state funding. Federal Stimulus grant The district received an extra $1,600,000 in ARRA – Federal Stimulus money to be used in specific programs like special education and meeting the academic needs of low-income students. The funding is for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 school years. Race to the Top grant School district officials sent an incomplete application for the Race to the Top federal grant which would have brought the district over one million additional federal dollars for improving student academic achievement. The teachers' union refused to sign the application as was required. Participation required the administration, the school board and the local teachers' union to sign an agreement to prioritize improving student academic success. In Pennsylvania, 120 public school districts and 56 charter schools agreed to participate. Pennsylvania was not approved for the grant. The failure of districts to agree to participate was cited as one reason that Pennsylvania was not approved. Common Cents state initiative The Titusville Area School Board chose to not permit the Pennsylvania Department of Education Common Cents program access to the district records. The program called for the state to audit the district, at no cost to local taxpayers, to identify ways the district could save tax dollars. After the review of the information, the district was not required to implement the recommended cost savings changes. Real estate taxes The Titusville Area School Board set the 2010–11 the property taxes were 38.4600 mills for property owners in Crawford County. Venango County was set at 14.2300 mills while Warren County was – 43.9300 mills. A mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of a property's assessed value. Irregular property reassessments have become a serious issue in the commonwealth as it creates a significant disparity in taxation within a community and across a region. Pennsylvania school district revenues are dominated by two main sources: 1) Property tax collections, which account for the vast majority (between 75–85%) of local revenues; and 2) Act 511 tax collections (Local Tax Enabling Act), which are around 15% of revenues for school districts. 2009–10 – 37.1500 mills for Crawford County. 14 mills for Venango County. 42.0800 mills Warren County. 2008–09 – 36.8100 mills for Crawford County. 13.9400 mills for Venango County. 42.0800 mills Warren County. 2007–08 – 35.7900 mills for Crawford County. 12.7300 mills for Venango County. 39.0600 mills Warren County. Act 1 Adjusted index The Act 1 of 2006 Index regulates the rates at which each school district can raise property taxes in Pennsylvania. Districts are not authorized to raise taxes above that index unless they allow voters to vote by referendum, or the school board seeks one or more exceptions from the state's Department of Education. The base index for the 2011–2012 school year is 1.4 percent, but the Act 1 Index can be adjusted higher, depending on a number of factors, such as property values and the personal income of district residents. Act 1 included 10 exceptions, including: increasing pension costs, increases in special education costs, a catastrophe like a fire or flood, increase in health insurance costs for contracts in effect in 2006 or dwindling tax bases. The base index is the average of the percentage increase in the statewide average weekly wage, as determined by the PA Department of Labor and Industry, for the preceding calendar year and the percentage increase in the Employment Cost Index for Elementary and Secondary Schools, as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the U.S. Department of Labor, for the previous 12-month period ending June 30. For a school district with a market value/personal income aid ratio (MV/PI AR) greater than 0.4000, its index equals the base index multiplied by the sum of .75 and its MV/PI AR for the current year. The School District Adjusted Index for the Titusville Area School District 2006–2007 through 2011–2012. 2006–07 – 5.8%, Base 3.9% 2007–08 – 5.1%, Base 3.4% 2008–09 – 6.5%, Base 4.4% 2009–10 – 6.1%, Base 4.1% 2010–11 – 4.4%, Base 2.9% 2011–12 – 2.1%, Base 1.4% For the school budget year 2011–12, the Titusville Area School Board did not apply for any exceptions to the Act 1 index. Each year, the school district has the option of adopting either 1) a resolution in January certifying they will not increase taxes above their index or 2) a preliminary budget in February. A school district adopting the resolution may not apply for referendum exceptions or ask voters for a tax increase above the inflation index. A specific timeline for these decisions is publisher each year by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. For the 2011–2012 school year budgets, 247 school districts adopted a resolution certifying that tax rates would not be increased above their index; 250 school districts adopted a preliminary budget. Of the 250 school districts that adopted a preliminary budget, 231 adopted real estate tax rates that exceeded their index. Tax rate increases in the other 19 school districts that adopted a preliminary budget did not exceed the school district's index. Of the districts who sought exceptions 221 used the pension costs exemption and 171 sought a Special Education costs exemption. Only 1 school district sought an exemption for Nonacademic School Construction Project, while 1 sought an exception for Electoral debt for school construction. With the 2011 state education budget, the General Assembly repealed most of the Act 1 tax increase exceptions leaving only special education costs, pension costs and prior voter approved (ballot referendum) debt for construction. The cost of construction projects in the future will go to the voters for approval via ballot referendum. Districts can no longer raise property taxes, beyond their Act 1 index, to cover increasing health insurance costs for employees. Titusville Area School Board did not apply for exceptions to exceed the Act 1 index for the budgets in 2009–10 or in 2010–11. In the Spring of 2010, 135 Pennsylvania school boards asked to exceed their adjusted index. Approval was granted to 133 of them and 128 sought an exception for pension costs increases. Property tax relief In 2011, the Pennsylvania Department of Education announced the district's property tax relief from gambling would be $143 for each of the 3,424 approved properties. This was the lowest amount of property tax relief awarded in Venango County. In 2009, the Homestead/Farmstead Property Tax Relief from gambling for the Titusville Area School District was $140 per approved permanent primary residence. In the district, 3,495 property owners applied for the tax relief. This was the lowest tax relief awarded in Venango County. The tax relief was subtracted from the total annual school property on the individual's tax bill. Property owners apply for the relief through the county Treasurer's office. Farmers can qualify for a farmstead exemption on building used for agricultural purposes. The farm must be at least 10 contiguous acres and must be the primary residence of the owner. Farmers can qualify for both the homestead exemption and the farmstead exemption. The Pennsylvania Auditor General found that 73% of property owners applied for tax relief in Venango County. Pennsylvania awarded the highest property tax relief to residents of the Chester-Upland School District in Delaware County at $632 per homestead and farmstead in 2010. This was the second year Chester Upland School District was the top recipient. Additionally, the Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate program is provided for low income Pennsylvanians aged 65 and older; widows and widowers aged 50 and older; and people with disabilities age 18 and older. The income limit is $35,000 for homeowners. The maximum rebate for both homeowners and renters is $650. Applicants can exclude one-half (1/2) of their Social Security income, consequently individuals who have income substantially more than $35,000, may still qualify for a rebate. Individuals must apply annually for the rebate. This can be taken in addition to Homestead/Farmstead Property Tax Relief. Property taxes in Pennsylvania are relatively high on a national scale. According to the Tax Foundation, Pennsylvania ranked 11th in the U.S. in 2008 in terms of property taxes paid as a percentage of home value (1.34%) and 12th in the country in terms of property taxes as a percentage of income (3.55%). Extracurriculars The district offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and sports. These program begin with elementary children and extend through high school athletics. Eligibility to participate in these activities is determined by school board policy. The district also provides recreation activities outside of the regular school year. By Pennsylvania law, all K-12 students in the district, including those who attend a private nonpublic school, cyber charter school, charter school and those home schooled, are eligible to participate in the extracurricular programs, including all athletics. They must meet the same eligibility rules as the students enrolled in the district's schools. References External links Official site School districts in Crawford County, Pennsylvania School districts in Venango County, Pennsylvania School districts in Warren County, Pennsylvania Titusville, Pennsylvania School districts established in 1969

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva%20franc

Geneva franc

The franc was the currency of the Swiss canton of Geneva between 1839 and 1850. It was subdivided into 100 centimes. History The franc replaced the thaler in 1839. It was equal to the French franc. In 1850, the Swiss franc was introduced, with 1 Swiss franc = 1 Geneva franc. Coins Billon coins were issued in denominations of 1, 2, 4, 5, 10 and 25 centimes. Small numbers of coins were struck in silver for 5 and 10 francs and in gold for 10 and 20 francs. References External links Modern obsolete currencies Currencies of Switzerland 1839 establishments in Switzerland 1850 disestablishments 19th century in Switzerland 19th-century economic history Canton of Geneva 19th century in Geneva

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20J.%20Churchill

Samuel J. Churchill

Corporal Samuel Joseph Churchill (November 1, 1842 to June 3, 1932) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Churchill received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Nashville in Tennessee on 15 December 1864. He was honored with the award on 20 January 1897. Biography Churchill was born in Rutland, Vermont on 1 November 1842. He enlisted into Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery at DeKalb County, Illinois. During his veteran furlough, he returned to Vermont where he married Adelia Augusty Holmes on May 4, 1863. When he returned to his battery shortly thereafter, he was promoted to the position of corporal. After the war, he moved to Lee's Summit, Missouri and then Lawrence, Kansas. In 1901, Churchill wrote Genealogy and Biography of the Connecticut Branch of the Churchill Family in America in which he recounts his Civil War experiences. Churchill died on 3 June 1932 and his remains are interred at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas. The Lawrence, Kansas Army Reserve Training Center is named in his honor. Medal of Honor citation See also List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F References 1842 births 1932 deaths People of Illinois in the American Civil War People of Kansas in the American Civil War People of Vermont in the American Civil War Union Army officers United States Army Medal of Honor recipients American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design%20by%20contract

Design by contract

Design by contract (DbC), also known as contract programming, programming by contract and design-by-contract programming, is an approach for designing software. It prescribes that software designers should define formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications for software components, which extend the ordinary definition of abstract data types with preconditions, postconditions and invariants. These specifications are referred to as "contracts", in accordance with a conceptual metaphor with the conditions and obligations of business contracts. The DbC approach assumes all client components that invoke an operation on a server component will meet the preconditions specified as required for that operation. Where this assumption is considered too risky (as in multi-channel or distributed computing), the inverse approach is taken, meaning that the server component tests that all relevant preconditions hold true (before, or while, processing the client components request) and replies with a suitable error message if not. History The term was coined by Bertrand Meyer in connection with his design of the Eiffel programming language and first described in various articles starting in 1986Meyer, Bertrand: Design by Contract, in Advances in Object-Oriented Software Engineering, eds. D. Mandrioli and B. Meyer, Prentice Hall, 1991, pp. 1–50 and the two successive editions (1988, 1997) of his book Object-Oriented Software Construction. Eiffel Software applied for trademark registration for Design by Contract in December 2003, and it was granted in December 2004. The current owner of this trademark is Eiffel Software. Design by contract has its roots in work on formal verification, formal specification and Hoare logic. The original contributions include: A clear metaphor to guide the design process The application to inheritance, in particular a formalism for redefinition and dynamic binding The application to exception handling The connection with automatic software documentation Description The central idea of DbC is a metaphor on how elements of a software system collaborate with each other on the basis of mutual obligations and benefits. The metaphor comes from business life, where a "client" and a "supplier" agree on a "contract" that defines, for example, that: The supplier must provide a certain product (obligation) and is entitled to expect that the client has paid its fee (benefit). The client must pay the fee (obligation) and is entitled to get the product (benefit). Both parties must satisfy certain obligations, such as laws and regulations, applying to all contracts. Similarly, if the method of a class in object-oriented programming provides a certain functionality, it may: Expect a certain condition to be guaranteed on entry by any client module that calls it: the method's precondition—an obligation for the client, and a benefit for the supplier (the method itself), as it frees it from having to handle cases outside of the precondition. Guarantee a certain property on exit: the method's postcondition—an obligation for the supplier, and obviously a benefit (the main benefit of calling the method) for the client. Maintain a certain property, assumed on entry and guaranteed on exit: the class invariant. The contract is semantically equivalent to a Hoare triple which formalises the obligations. This can be summarised by the "three questions" that the designer must repeatedly answer in the contract: What does the contract expect? What does the contract guarantee? What does the contract maintain? Many programming languages have facilities to make assertions like these. However, DbC considers these contracts to be so crucial to software correctness that they should be part of the design process. In effect, DbC advocates writing the assertions first. Contracts can be written by code comments, enforced by a test suite, or both, even if there is no special language support for contracts. The notion of a contract extends down to the method/procedure level; the contract for each method will normally contain the following pieces of information: Acceptable and unacceptable input values or types, and their meanings Return values or types, and their meanings Error and exception condition values or types that can occur, and their meanings Side effects Preconditions Postconditions Invariants (more rarely) Performance guarantees, e.g. for time or space used Subclasses in an inheritance hierarchy are allowed to weaken preconditions (but not strengthen them) and strengthen postconditions and invariants (but not weaken them). These rules approximate behavioural subtyping. All class relationships are between client classes and supplier classes. A client class is obliged to make calls to supplier features where the resulting state of the supplier is not violated by the client call. Subsequently, the supplier is obliged to provide a return state and data that does not violate the state requirements of the client. For instance, a supplier data buffer may require that data is present in the buffer when a delete feature is called. Subsequently, the supplier guarantees to the client that when a delete feature finishes its work, the data item will, indeed, be deleted from the buffer. Other design contracts are concepts of class invariant. The class invariant guarantees (for the local class) that the state of the class will be maintained within specified tolerances at the end of each feature execution. When using contracts, a supplier should not try to verify that the contract conditions are satisfied—a practice known as offensive programming—the general idea being that code should "fail hard", with contract verification being the safety net. DbC's "fail hard" property simplifies the debugging of contract behavior, as the intended behaviour of each method is clearly specified. This approach differs substantially from that of defensive programming, where the supplier is responsible for figuring out what to do when a precondition is broken. More often than not, the supplier throws an exception to inform the client that the precondition has been broken, and in both cases—DbC and defensive programming alike—the client must figure out how to respond to that. In such cases, DbC makes the supplier's job easier. Design by contract also defines criteria for correctness for a software module: If the class invariant AND precondition are true before a supplier is called by a client, then the invariant AND the postcondition will be true after the service has been completed. When making calls to a supplier, a software module should not violate the supplier's preconditions. Design by contract can also facilitate code reuse, since the contract for each piece of code is fully documented. The contracts for a module can be regarded as a form of software documentation for the behavior of that module. Performance implications Contract conditions should never be violated during execution of a bug-free program. Contracts are therefore typically only checked in debug mode during software development. Later at release, the contract checks are disabled to maximize performance. In many programming languages, contracts are implemented with assert. Asserts are by default compiled away in release mode in C/C++, and similarly deactivated in C# and Java. Launching the Python interpreter with "-O" (for "optimize") as an argument will likewise cause the Python code generator to not emit any bytecode for asserts. This effectively eliminates the run-time costs of asserts in production code—irrespective of the number and computational expense of asserts used in development—as no such instructions will be included into production by the compiler. Relationship to software testing Design by contract does not replace regular testing strategies, such as unit testing, integration testing and system testing. Rather, it complements external testing with internal self-tests that can be activated both for isolated tests and in production code during a test-phase. The advantage of internal self-tests is that they can detect errors before they manifest themselves as invalid results observed by the client. This leads to earlier and more specific error detection. The use of assertions can be considered to be a form of test oracle, a way of testing the design by contract implementation. Language support Languages with native support Languages that implement most DbC features natively include: Ada 2012 Ciao Clojure Cobra D Dafny Eiffel Fortress Kotlin Mercury Oxygene (formerly Chrome and Delphi Prism) Racket (including higher order contracts, and emphasizing that contract violations must blame the guilty party and must do so with an accurate explanation) Sather ScalaStrong typing as another "contract enforcing" in Scala, see discussion at scala-lang.org/. SPARK (via static analysis of Ada programs) Vala VDM Languages with third-party support Various libraries, preprocessors and other tools have been developed for existing programming languages without native design by contract support: Ada, via GNAT pragmas for preconditions and postconditions. C and C++: Boost.Contract DBC for C preprocessor GNU Nana eCv and eCv++ formal verification tools Digital Mars C++ compiler via CTESK extension of C Loki Library provides a mechanism named ContractChecker that verifies a class follows design by contract. DBC C++ Design by contract for C++ C# (and other .NET languages), via Code Contracts (a Microsoft Research project integrated into the .NET Framework 4.0) Groovy via GContracts Go via dbc or gocontracts Java: Active: OVal with AspectJ Contracts for Java (Cofoja) Java Modeling Language (JML) Bean Validation (only pre- and postconditions) valid4j Inactive/unknown: Jtest (active but DbC seems not to be supported anymore) iContract2/JContracts Contract4J jContractor C4J Google CodePro Analytix SpringContracts for the Spring Framework Jass Modern Jass (successor is Cofoja) JavaDbC using AspectJ JavaTESK using extension of Java chex4j using javassist highly customizable java-on-contracts JavaScript, via AspectJS (specifically, AJS_Validator), Cerny.js, ecmaDebug, jsContract, dbc-code-contracts or jscategory. Common Lisp, via the macro facility or the CLOS metaobject protocol. Nemerle, via macros. Nim, via macros. Perl, via the CPAN modules Class::Contract (by Damian Conway) or Carp::Datum (by Raphael Manfredi). PHP, via PhpDeal, Praspel or Stuart Herbert's ContractLib. Python, using packages like deal, icontract, PyContracts, Decontractors, dpcontracts, zope.interface, PyDBC or Contracts for Python. A permanent change to Python to support design by contracts was proposed in PEP-316, but deferred. Ruby, via Brian McCallister's DesignByContract, Ruby DBC ruby-contract or contracts.ruby. Rust via the contracts crate. Tcl, via the XOTcl object-oriented extension. See also Component-based software engineering Correctness (computer science) Defensive programming Fail-fast Formal methods Hoare logic Modular programming Program derivation Program refinement Strong typing Test-driven development Typestate analysis Notes Bibliography Mitchell, Richard, and McKim, Jim: Design by Contract: by example, Addison-Wesley, 2002 A wikibook describing DBC closely to the original model. McNeile, Ashley: A framework for the semantics of behavioral contracts. Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Behaviour Modelling: Foundation and Applications (BM-FA '10). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2010. This paper discusses generalized notions of Contract and Substitutability'. External links The Power of Design by Contract(TM) A top-level description of DbC, with links to additional resources. Building bug-free O-O software: An introduction to Design by Contract(TM) Older material on DbC. Benefits and drawbacks; implementation in RPS-Obix Bertrand Meyer, Applying "Design by Contract", IEEE Computer, October 1992. Using Code Contracts for Safer Code Software design Programming paradigms

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDivkovo

Živkovo

Živkovo is a village in the municipality of Leskovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 669 people. References Populated places in Jablanica District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium%20salicylate

Magnesium salicylate

Magnesium salicylate is a common analgesic and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to treat mild to moderate muscular pain. It is also used to treat headaches, general back pain, and certain joint pains like arthritis. It is found in a variety of over-the-counter (OTC) medications, most notably the brand of such medication called "Doan's Pills," as an anti-inflammatory, primarily for back-pain relief. Magnesium salicylate can be an effective OTC alternative to prescription NSAIDs, with both anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects. Controversy While magnesium salicylate is sold as an alternative for pain relief, it is still a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug and, like others in this class, can cause stomach ulcers, without any proven superiority to other over-the-counter pain relievers (NSAID). Doan's specifically, and the company producing it, Novartis, have been tried over their claim that the product is superior in providing back pain relief. In June 1996, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) charged the company with violating federal law with its unsubstantiated claim. In March 1998, the court ruled in favor of the FTC, but there was no stipulation about how the company should or would have to amend its advertising/packaging. Thus, Doan's was able to continue marketing as a "superior treatment for back pain". In May 1999 the FTC released a statement summarizing the proceedings and announced the commission's decision after a 4–0 vote imposing a penalty on Doan's and its marketer, Novartis, to "run ads to correct misbeliefs resulting from their unsubstantiated claim that Doan's Pills are superior to other over-the-counter analgesics for treating back pain" and to modify packaging to include the statement "Although Doan's is an effective pain reliever, there is no evidence that Doan's is more effective than other pain relievers for back pain." The ads were required to run for a period of one year. References Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Analgesics Magnesium compounds Salicylates

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow%20%27Round%20My%20Shoulder

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder is a 1952 American musical film directed by Richard Quine and written by Blake Edwards and Richard Quine. The film stars Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels, Charlotte Austin, Arthur Franz, Ida Moore and Lloyd Corrigan. The film was released in September 1952, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Two singers help an aspiring actress whose grandmother opposes her launching a show-business career. Cast Frankie Laine as Frankie Laine Billy Daniels as Billy Daniels Charlotte Austin as Cathy Blake Arthur Franz as Phil Young Ida Moore as Martha Blake Lloyd Corrigan as Tobias aka Toby Barbara Whiting Smith as Suzy Milligan Ross Ford as Elliott Livermore Arthur Space as Joe Brady References External links 1952 films American films 1950s English-language films American musical films 1952 musical films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Richard Quine

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg-Ga%C3%9Fmann-Stadion

Georg-Gaßmann-Stadion

The Georg-Gaßmann-Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in the district of Ockershausen in Marburg, Germany, named after the former politician and mayor of the city, Georg Gaßmann. The stadium, opened in 1967, is primarily used by the American football team Marburg Mercenaries, who play in the German Football League. VfB Marburg, the city's highest ranked association football team, also use the ground for friendlies and cup games against higher-ranked opponents. The Thorpe Cup athletics meetings in 2009 and 2010 were also held at the stadium. With its 12,000 capacity, the Georg-Gaßmann-Stadion is the largest in the region of Mittelhessen. References External links Georg-Gaßmann-Stadion on Marburg's municipal website Buildings and structures in Marburg VfB Marburg Football venues in Germany Athletics (track and field) venues in Germany Sports venues in Hesse American football venues in Germany 1967 establishments in Germany Sports venues completed in 1967

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reilly%20Dolman

Reilly Dolman

Reilly Dolman (born February 29, 1988) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as a step-brother of Percy in Percy Jackson & the Sea of Monsters and a main role as Philip Pearson in the Netflix series Travelers. , he lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has a child with Mara Valencia born in 2017. Career Dolman's interest in acting was sparked during a digital media class in high school. He began his career in 2007 and has had a steady stream of minor and recurring roles in television series including Bionic Woman, Supernatural, and Stargate Universe and in movies. He landed a main role as Philip Pearson in the Netflix streaming series Travelers in 2016. Filmography Film Television References External links 1988 births Living people Male actors from Vancouver Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors 21st-century Canadian male actors

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy%20O%27Day

Jeremy O'Day

Jeremy O'Day (born August 31, 1974 in Buffalo, New York) is the current general manager and vice president of football operations for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and a former Canadian Football League offensive lineman. He grew up in Lockport, New York, playing high school football at Lockport High School. O'Day played in college at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. He was a CFL All-Star in 2006, 2007, and 2009 and winner of the 2008 CFL season Tom Pate Memorial Award for community service. O'Day announced his retirement on February 8, 2011. On November 9, 2011, O'Day was named Assistant General Manager of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. On August 31, 2015, O'Day took over as interim general manager and Vice President of Football Operations duties for the Saskatchewan Roughriders after Brendan Taman was fired. The team went 3-6 during his interim tenure. On January 18, 2019, the Saskatchewan Roughriders named O'Day the team's General Manager, replacing Coach Chris Jones, who left for the NFL. CFL GM record References 1974 births Living people Canadian football offensive linemen Edinboro Fighting Scots football players Saskatchewan Roughriders players Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York Toronto Argonauts players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Zone%20II

Final Zone II

Final Zone II is a run and gun action video game created by Wolf Team and published by Telenet Japan for the PC Engine on CD-ROM in Japan on March 23, 1990. It was later ported to the TurboGrafx-16 CD add-on in North America later that year by NEC. It is the official sequel to Final Zone. Gameplay In this game, the player takes control of one of five characters in a typical overhead run and gun style game. Unlike the original game, the player can shoot in 8 directions, and enemies have fixed starting positions and a fixed number of enemies in each part of the level. The game is designed for the player to shoot off-center from the player sprite, in order to mimic a more realistic shooting style. Levels in the game are either character paced or have vehicles which automatically scrolls across the screen, creating a vertically scrolling shooter level. The five characters you play as during the game each have slightly different weapons and advantages. This makes the strategy needed for each stage vary. Throughout the levels, players can pick up power ups such as special weapon ammunition, additional health, and extending the health bar. Reception Final Zone II has received mixed to average reviews since its release. Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game a 6.5/10, calling the game's difficulty "average" and complaining about its short length but largely praising the graphics, music, and voice work. GamePro called the gunplay "intense, and rough as anything around" and characterized the gameplay as "fairly straightforward action", rating the game's difficulty as exceptionally high. Italian magazine Video Giochi heavily praised the graphics and music but criticized the high difficulty and lack of a save feature. Tilt called the game quite difficult, but stated that this is "partly offset by the flexibility and precision of the controls." Comparing it to the TurboGrafx-CD game Red Alert, they called Final Zone II "much less successful". See also List of TurboGrafx-16 games References External Links Final Zone II at MobyGames 1990 video games Run and gun games Telenet Japan games TurboGrafx-CD games TurboGrafx-CD-only games Video games developed in Japan Video game sequels

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaneyama%2C%20Yamagata

Kaneyama, Yamagata

is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the town has an estimated population of 5,205, and a population density of 35 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Kaneyama is located in northeastern Yamagata Prefecture, bordered to the north by Akita Prefecture. The town is at an elevation of between 100 and 400 meters, surrounded by 1000 meter mountains. The area is known for its extremely heavy snowfalls in winter. There are many osegi waterways running through the town. Part of the town is within the borders of the Kurikoma Quasi-National Park Neighboring municipalities Yamagata Prefecture Shinjō Sakegawa Akita Prefecture Yuzawa Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Kaneyama peaked in the 1950s has been decreasing over the past 70 years. It is now less than it was a century ago. Climate Kaneyama has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Kaneyama is 9.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1788 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around -3.1 °C. History The area of present-day was Kaneyama part of ancient Dewa Province and during the Nara Period and early Heian period was an important fortified point on the road connecting Akita Castle on the Sea of Japan with Tagajo on the Pacific Ocean. During the Sengoku period, the area was under the control of the Mogami clan, who built Kaneyama Castle on what is now the center of the modern town. During the Edo period, the town was a post town on the Ushū Kaidō connecting Edo with what is now Aomori. The mountain passes north of the town center were a battlefield in the Boshin War of the Meiji restoration. After the start of the Meiji period, the area became part of Mogami District, Yamagata Prefecture. The village of Kaneyama was established on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system and was raised to town status on January 1, 1925. Economy The main industry is agriculture, livestock and forestry. Kaneyama is particularly famed for its cedar trees, and houses built in the traditional style (with cedar wood and white walls) can be seen around the town. The town is also noted for its production of ornamental (nishiki) koi. These figures were taken from the 2000 census: Primary sector (agriculture and forestry) - 15% Secondary sector (manufacturing and construction) - 49% Tertiary sector (services) - 36% Education Kaneyama has three public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the city government and one public high schoos operated by the Yamagata Prefectural Board of Education. Transportation Railways Kaneyama does not have any passenger railway service. The nearest Shinkansen station is in neighbouring Shinjō. Major roads Local attractions Isabella Bird Memorial British explorer Isabella Bird mentioned Kaneyama favourably in her account of her 1878 travels in Japan, Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: "After leaving Shinjō this morning we crossed over a steep ridge into a singular basin of great beauty, with a semi-circle of pyramidal hills, rendered more striking by being covered to their summits with pyramidal cryptomeria, and apparently blocking all northward progress. At their feet lies Kanayama in a romantic situation, and, though I arrived as early as noon, I am staying for a day or two, for my room at the Transport Office is cheerful and pleasant, the agent is most polite, a very rough region lies before me, and Ito has secured a chicken for the first time since leaving Nikkō!" A monument commemorating Isabella Bird can be seen in the town centre. Notable people from Kaneyama Koichi Kishi, politician References External links Official website Towns in Yamagata Prefecture

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Ting%20%28canoeist%29

Li Ting (canoeist)

Li Ting (; born January 31, 1985 in Yingkou, Liaoning) is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the mid-2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she finished ninth in the K-1 500 m event. References Sports-Reference.com profile 1985 births Living people People from Yingkou Canoeists from Liaoning Olympic canoeists of China Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Chinese female canoeists

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Richard Barnes (bishop)

Richard Barnes (1532 – 24 August 1587) was an Anglican priest who served as a bishop in the Church of England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Early life, education and family He was born in Bold which was then a village near St Helens in south Lancashire. He attended Farnworth Grammar School and then was admitted to Brasenose College, Oxford. Here he was elected a fellow in 1552, and received his BA in 1553. This was followed by a BD and then a postgraduate MA in 1557. Finally he became a DD in 1579. Barnes was ordained a deacon on 24 September 1558 at St Bartholomew-the-Great by Peter Wall, Bishop of Clonmacnoise and a priest on 7 December by Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London at his manor's chapel. After receiving Holy Orders he was made Minister of Stonegrave in Yorkshire. In 1561 he was appointed Canon Chancellor (and canon of the Laughton prebend which was annexed thereto) of York Minster, which offices he held until 1571. He married Fredesmund Gifford in the 1560s. Their daughter Mary was born about 1567; she married Richard Jocelyn of Hyde Hall in Sawbridgeworth. (Jocelyn was an ancestor of the Baronets Jocelyn of Hyde Hall, the Viscounts Jocelyn and the Earls of Roden by his second wife Joyce Atkinson.) Episcopal career In 1567 he was appointed Bishop suffragan of Nottingham and later, in 1570, was appointed Bishop of Carlisle. As bishop, he soon gained a reputation as someone dedicated to seeking out recusants. In 1575 he was translated to Durham, as a result of the patronage of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: his election to that See was confirmed on 9 May and he was enthroned at Durham Cathedral on 19 May. It seems that he was on bad terms with Edmund Grindal, then Archbishop of Canterbury. One possible reason for this is that Barnes disapproved of Grindal's refusal to suppress the prophesyings – which refusal had led to Grindal being suspended from office. Whittingham affair At the first Metropolitan Visitation of Barnes' tenure, in 1577, Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, delegated his authority to Barnes. However, he met determined opposition from the Dean, William Whittingham, who refused to allow him in to the chapter house. In retaliation, Barnes excommunicated Whittingham. Barnes later, during a legitimate episcopal visitation, described the diocese's affairs thus: ...that Augiae Stabulum, the church of Durham ... whose stink is grievous in the nose of God and of men and which to purge far passeth Hercules' labours (BL, Lansdowne MS. 25, fols. 161–2) However, the conspiracy against Whittingham was brought to an end by the dean's death in 1579. Styles and titles 1532–1558: Richard Barnes Esq. 1558–1561: The Reverend Richard Barnes 1561–1567: The Reverend Canon Richard Barnes 1567–1579: The Right Reverend Richard Barnes 1579–1587: The Right Reverend Doctor Richard Barnes References Sources Foster, Alan, A History of Farnworth Church, its Parish and Village, 1981. 1532 births 1587 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Bishops of Carlisle Bishops of Durham Anglican suffragan bishops of Nottingham Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford People from St Helens, Merseyside 16th-century Church of England bishops

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Posted county price

The Posted county price (PCP) is calculated for the so-called loan commodities (except for rice and cotton) for each county by the Farm Service Agency. The PCP reflects changes in prices in major terminal grain markets (of which there are 18 in the country), corrected for the cost of transporting grain from the county to the terminal. It is utilized under the marketing loan repayment provisions and loan deficiency payment (LDP) provisions of the commodity programs. Rice and cotton use an adjusted world price as the proxy for local market prices. References Agricultural economics

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Virgibacillus profundi

Virgibacillus profundi is a Gram-variable, moderately halophilic, endospore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of Virgibacillus. References Bacillaceae Bacteria described in 2018

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashastra%20Seema%20Bal

Sashastra Seema Bal

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) is a border guarding force of India deployed along its border with Nepal and Bhutan. It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The force was originally set up under the name Special Services Bureau in 1963 in the aftermath of the Sino-Indian War to strengthen India's border areas against enemy operations. History The Sashastra Seema Bal was originally set up under the name Special Services Bureau (also abbreviated SSB) on 20 December 1963, following the Sino-Indian War of 1962. The primary task of the force was to provide armed support to the foreign intelligence division of Intelligence Bureau, which later became Research and Analysis Wing (after its creation in 1968). The secondary objective was to inculcate feelings of national belonging in the border population and assist them in developing their capabilities for resistance through a continuous process of motivation, training, development, welfare programmes and activities in the then NEFA, North Assam (the northern areas of the Indian state of Assam), North Bengal (the northern areas of the Indian State of West Bengal) and the hills of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh. The programme was later extended to Manipur, Tripura, Jammu in 1965; Meghalaya in 1975; Sikkim in 1976; the border areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat in 1989; Manipur, Mizoram and further areas of Rajasthan as well as Gujarat in 1988; South Bengal (the southern areas of West Bengal); Nagaland in 1989; and the Nubra Valley, Rajouri and the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir in 1991. Its primary purpose was to counter an act of aggression by the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The previous thinking had been that, militarily, the Chinese were "superior" to India and in the event of a war, the Chinese might attempt to overwhelm Indian forces. So, in 1963, a unique force was created, which would, in the event of such an attempt by the Chinese to invade and occupy Indian territory, merge with the border population, donning civilian attire, working a parallel administration and carry out the war of India with the help of guerrilla tactics. The SSB model proved an enormous success, evident by what it had achieved in training the Mukti Bahini in Bangladesh and other places, COIN Op's in the north-east and in its ability to provide security at high peaks during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 as well as during the Kargil War. In 2001, the SSB was transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs from R&AW and assigned the duties of manning the Nepal and Bhutan borders. The SSB was renamed the Sashastra Seema Bal, in accordance with its new role, and came under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This was done after the Kargil War with the adoption of the "one border one force concept". The SSB claims to have presented a "benign face" of the government in border areas and that this was appreciated by the people of those areas. Pursuant to the recommendations of a group of ministers on reforming the national security system, SSB was declared as a Border Guarding Force and Lead Intelligence Agency (LIA) for Indo-Nepal border (June, 2001) and assigned the task of guarding the 1751 km long Indo-Nepal border along the states of Uttarakhand, (263.7 km with 3 districts), Uttar Pradesh (599.3 km—with 7 districts), Bihar (800.4 km—with 7 districts), West Bengal (105.6 km—with 1 district) and Sikkim (99 km). In March 2004, SSB was assigned the task of guarding the 699 km stretch of Indo-Bhutan border along the states of Sikkim- (32 km), West Bengal (183 km—with 2 districts), Assam (267 km—with 4 districts) and, Arunachal Pradesh (217 km—with 2 districts). Since then SSB was re-christened into Sashastra Seema Bal and reached new heights. SSB is the first border guarding force that has decided to recruit women battalions. It is doing excellent job as Border Guarding Force on Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan Border. SSB is also engaged in Counter-Insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Anti-naxal operations in Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. It is also performing internal security duties i.e. Election duties and law and order duties in different parts of India. SSB celebrated the year 2013 as Golden Jubilee year marking 50 years of its raising. The celebrations have commenced with the Flag-off of a Mount Everest Expedition on 2 April 2013 from Delhi. The team led by Commandant Somit Joshi successfully reached at the peak at about 9:45 a.m. (IST) on 21 May 2013 to commemorate the 50th anniversary. In 2014, the government of India approved the recruitment of women as combat officers in SSB. Role The previous role of the Special Service Bureau was to motivate and mobilise India's border population for national security during times of peace as well as war and to promote a sense of security and brotherhood among the population, in furtherance of national integration. Its present-day role consists of preventing cross-border crime and smuggling as well as other anti-national activities. In pursuit of achieving this mandated task, the SSB has been conferred with certain powers under the Criminal Procedure Code of 1973, the Arms Act of 1959, the NDPS Act of 1985 and the Passport Act of 1967. The Government of India also contemplates conferring additional powers under the Customs Act of 1962. These powers are to be exercised within a belt of 15 km in the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, running along the Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders, as well as in any other area of SSB operation. Organisation Prior to 2001, the force was known as the Special Service Bureau (SSB). As per its revised role, the uniform wing worked under the operational command of civilian officers. It was in 1985 that a 15% quota of Area Organisers, for promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General, was given to the Commandants of the uniform wing. The civil wing worked in the Area of Operations (AOPs) along the Indo-Tibet and Indo-Pakistan border. Recruitment in uniform wing would be from among Indian youth of the border area who have undergone advanced training in guerrilla warfare and also selected by the respective operational commander such as by the Divisional Organiser, Area Organiser, Sub-Area Organiser and Circle Organiser. The Divisional Organiser was equivalent in rank to that of Inspector-General of Police, specifically earmarked for the respective AOPs to which they belonged and were activated by. The repercussions of the closure of the old role have been debated and deliberated in the defence establishments and now the relevance of the old role of SSB has been realised for the security of the border area, as such a role is likely to be revived. The highest-level headquarters of the force is Force Headquarters (FHQ), also called the Directorate-General of SSB, located in the Indian capital of New Delhi. Force Headquarters (FHQ) is commanded by an officer of the rank of Director-General. The Director-General is assisted by the Additional Director-General. Various Directorates including Operations and Intelligence, Personnel and Training, Administration, Provisioning and Communication, Medical, as well as others, function under the DG. Each Directorate is headed by an IG and assisted by a DIG and other officers. Frontier Headquarters (FTR HQ) is commanded by an officer of the rank of Inspector-General (IG), who is placed next in the chain of command after the FHQ. FTR HQR, in turn, exercises command and control over the sector HQs. The SSB Battalion, is commanded by an officer of the rank of Commandant and who is assisted by officers of the rank of Second-in-Command, Deputy Commandant and Assistant Commandant. The battalion is further divided into Companies and Border Out-Post (BOP). There are seven companies in a battalion, each company consisting of three border outposts. The company is commanded by an Assistant Commandants and the BOP is commanded by Sub-Inspectors.Each BOP consisting several Border check points. Ranks Present rank structure is as follows: Combatised wing Gazetted Officers (GOs) Director-General Special Director General Inspector-General Deputy Inspector-General Commandant Second-in-Command Deputy Commandant Assistant Commandant Non-Gazetted Officers (NGOs) Inspector Sub-Inspector Assistant Sub-Inspector Head Constable Constable Recruitment Assistant Commandants—Assistant Commandants are appointed (as officers are appointed and personnel below officer are recruited in any government organization) through a Competitive Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) along with Assistant Commandants(Comn) recruitment conducted by SSB. Sub Inspectors in GD/TEL/COMN are appointed (as SOs) through a competitive examination conducted by SSC and other special vacancies. Recruitment of constables and Head constables in different branch are also come every year generally. Training Centres Both civil and uniformed cadres of SSB are equally trained in various warfare's and other specialised courses such as Guerrilla warfare, Counter-Insurgency, Intelligence, Demolition, Jungle and Snow survival etc. The various training centres within the Force and in the training centres of other organisations/agencies. List of SSB Chiefs Before 2001, SSB was one of the four organisations under the Directorate General of Security and was headed by a Director. The Director reported to the Principal Director, DGS, who in his turn, reported to DG (Security). On shifting of SSB to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the post of Principal Director, DGS was shifted alongside as Director General, SSB. The post of Director, SSB got re-designated as Additional DG, SSB. Lists of Directors, Principal Directors and Directors General are given below. Director, Special Service Bureau Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal See also Ministry of Home Affairs Central Reserve Police Force Indo-Tibetan Border Police Central Industrial Security Force Border Security Force Assam Rifles National Security Guard Border outpost References Paramilitary forces of India India–Nepal border Bhutan–India border Central Armed Police Forces of India Border guarding forces of India

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Persicula imbricata

Persicula imbricata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae. References imbricata Gastropods described in 1844 Cystiscidae

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devs

Devs

Devs is an American science fiction thriller television miniseries created, written, and directed by Alex Garland. It premiered on March 5, 2020, on FX on Hulu. Lily Chan (Sonoya Mizuno) is a software engineer for Amaya, a quantum computing company run by Forest (Nick Offerman). Lily soon becomes embroiled in the mysterious death of her boyfriend, who died on the first day of his new job at Devs. The series explores themes related to free will and determinism, as well as Silicon Valley. It received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its imagination, cinematography, acting, and soundtrack. Cast and characters Main Sonoya Mizuno as Lily Chan, a software engineer at Amaya Nick Offerman as Forest, CEO of Amaya Jin Ha as Jamie, a cybersecurity specialist and Lily's ex-boyfriend Zach Grenier as Kenton, head of security at Amaya Stephen McKinley Henderson as Stewart, a member of the Devs team at Amaya Cailee Spaeny as Lyndon, a member of the Devs team specializing in work on sound waves. Though played by a female actress, the character presents as male. Karl Glusman as Sergei Pavlov, Lily's boyfriend and co-worker at Amaya Alison Pill as Katie, the chief designer of the Devs system Recurring Linnea Berthelsen as Jen, Lily's coworker and good friend Aimee Mullins as Anya, Lily's coworker Jefferson Hall as Pete, a homeless man who sleeps outside Lily's apartment Janet Mock as Senator Laine Georgia King as Lianne, Forest's wife Amaya Mizuno-André as Amaya, Forest's daughter Guest Brian d'Arcy James as Anton David Tse as Lily's father Liz Carr as a university lecturer Episodes Production Development On March 13, 2018, it was announced that FX had given the production a pilot order. The pilot was written by Alex Garland who also directed and executive produced the episode as well. On July 23, 2018, Rob Hardy mentioned in an interview that he would serve as the cinematographer for the series. On August 3, 2018, it was announced during the Television Critics Association's annual summer press tour that FX had decided to bypass the pilot process and instead were giving the production a straight-to-series order consisting of eight episodes. Additional executive producers include Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Eli Bush, and Scott Rudin. Garland appeared at the New York Comic Con and explained his reasoning behind the creation of the series: "I read more about science than anything else, and it started with two things. One was getting my head around this principle of determinism, which basically says that everything that happens in the world is based on cause and effect...That has all sorts of implications for us. One is that it takes away free will, but the other is that if you are at a computer powerful enough, you could use determinism to predict the future and understand the past. If you unravel everything about you, about the specifics of you why you prefer a cup of coffee to tea...then five seconds before you said you'd like to have a cup of coffee one would be able to predict you'd ask for it." In November 2019, it was announced the show would premiere on Hulu instead of FX, as part of "FX on Hulu". On January 9, 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere on March 5, 2020. Casting Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, and Alison Pill had been cast in the series' main roles. Amaya Mizuno-André, who plays Forest's daughter Amaya, is Sonoya Mizuno's niece. Filming Filming on the series had begun by August 2018, with scenes shot at UC Santa Cruz. Release The first teaser for the series was released October 5, 2019. The first two episodes of the series were released on March 5, 2020, with the rest debuting weekly on Hulu under the label "FX on Hulu". In India, the series premiered on Hotstar on March 6, 2020. The series premiered on BBC Two in the UK on April 15, 2020, with the whole series available on iPlayer at the same time. On September 23, 2020, Fox Greece picked up the series and began airing it on September 28, 2020. Reception As of August 2020, the series has an 81% rating with an average score of 7.64 out of 10 based on 85 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads: "A hauntingly beautiful meditation on humanity, Devs slow unfurling may test some viewers' patience, but fans of Alex Garland's singular talents will find much to chew on." On Metacritic, it has a score of 70 out of 100 based on 31 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com wrote a highly positive review and called it "stunningly ambitious" and stated "It's ultimately an unforgettable and rewarding experience". Tallerico praised Garland's work and concluded by writing, "one of the best new shows in a long time." CNN's Brian Lowry gave it a positive review, summarizing that it is "a mind-blowing concept that doesn't entirely come together at the close, but which remains unsettling and provocative throughout". In a more mixed review from The New York Times, James Poniewozik wrote that "It showcases what Garland does well—ideas and atmosphere—while amplifying his weaknesses in character and plot. As the techies say, it scales—for better and for worse". In a more negative review, Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic wrote that "Devs is only the latest in a series of puzzle-box shows more preoccupied with their own cleverness and their labyrinthine twists than with the burden of watchability." The New York Times interviewed theoretical physicist Sean Carroll about sweeping statements about humanity and determinism made by the creators of Devs and Westworld. When asked which show he preferred, Carroll responded, "I was very impressed with how [Devs creators] were doing something very, very different. I thought it was a very well done show. It was slow and contemplative, but that's a perfectly good change of pace from what we ordinarily see in action movies". Awards and nominations See also Laplace's demon References External links on Hulu on FX 2020 American television series debuts 2020 American television series endings 2020s American drama television miniseries 2020s American science fiction television series Techno-thrillers English-language television shows FX on Hulu original programming Television series about computing Television shows set in San Francisco Works by Alex Garland

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M. Jean McLane

M. Jean McLane (born Myrtle Jean MacLane) (September 14, 1878 – January 23, 1964), was an American portraitist. Her works were exhibited and won awards in the United States and in Europe. She made portrait paintings of women and children. McLane also made portrait paintings of a Greek and Australian Premiers and Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians. Personal life Myrtle Jean McLane born in Chicago, Illinois on September 14, 1878. While a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago she met John Christen Johansen and later became his wife. She then had a studio and lived in New York. They had a son John and daughter Margaret. The family spent their summers at Weyborne Hill in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and sometimes traveled to Europe. Their winters were spent in Greenwich Village. She died in Stamford, Connecticut; Her residence at the time was in New Canaan, Connecticut. Education She first studied with John Vanderpoel at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later in Cincinnati under Frank Duveneck and in New York City under William M. Chase. McLane also studied in Italy, Spain and France. Career Johansen and McLane helped to found the National Foundation of Portrait Painters in 1912. Asked by a group of philanthropists to help depict the Allied Leaders from World War I she provided the only female subject, Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians, This painting today is exhibited in the National Museum of American Art. In 1912, she was elected an associate to the National Academy of Design and a full academician in 1926. She was a member of the National Society of Portrait Painters. Her Portrait of Virginia and Stanton Arnold (Brother and Sister) was awarded the 1913 Third Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design, and also won the 1914 Lippincott Prize at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as the best figurative piece by an American artist in oil. Her painting "Portrait Mrs. Edmund D. Libby" was included in the Fourth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists and "The Baby" was included in the Fifth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists held at the Detroit Museum of Art April 16 to May 31, 1919. She made portraits of Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians, Premier Hughes of Australia, and Premier Eleftherios Venizelos. She and her husband were among artists who were commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery committee to create portraits of World War I soldiers and statesmen. Another woman artist was Cecilia Beaux. The exhibition of 20 portraits, including Johansen's Signing the Peace Treaty, June 28, 1919, circulated among American cities. Her works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Her work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Awards She received the following awards: 1904 – Bronze medal, St. Louis Universal Exposition 1907 – First prize, International League, Paris 1907 – Elling Prize, New York Woman's Art Club 1908 – First prize, International League, Paris 1908 – Burgess Prize, New York Woman's Art Club 1910 – Silver medal, International Exposition, Buenos Aires 1912 – Julia A. Shaw Prize, National Academy of Design 1913 – Third Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design 1914 – Walter Lippincott Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Works Some of McLane's works are: Autumn breeze, by 1911 Autumnae Boy with kite, by 1911 Brother and sister, 1913 Elizabeth Buehrmann, 1900s–1910s, Metropolitan Museum of Art Girl in Gray, Art Museum of Toledo Girl in Green, 1912 Johansen Girl, 1930 Italian mother and babe, by 1911 Italian nurse and child, by 1911 Laughing mother and babe, by 1911 Margaret and Her Brother, 1917 Markle Children Master Haussenier, Jr, 1913 Morning, 1925 Mother and babe, autumn, by 1911 Mother and babe, springtime, by 1911 Mr. Johansen, 1926 Mrs. Fanny E. Davies, 1934 Mrs. Henry Hammond and daughter, 1912 Mrs. Mackey, 1912 Mrs. Tracy Voughts Mrs. Walbridge On a Hill Top, 1908 Portrait of Baby Gilbert Barton, by 1911 Portrait of Baby Gilbert Barton, by 1911 Portrait of Baby Margaret Johansen, by 1911 Portrait of Master Filo H., by 1911 Portrait of Miss Margaret Rhodes, by 1911 Portrait of Miss Ruth K., by 1911 Portrait of Mrs. Enos M. Barton, by 1911 Portrait of Mrs. Finley D. Cook, by 1911 Portrait of Mrs. R. G. Arnold and children, by 1911 Rev. G.A. Studdart Kennedy, 1924 Sweet peas, by 1911 Tennis Days, 1932 The Feathered Hat References Further reading External links 1878 births 1964 deaths 19th-century American painters 20th-century American painters American women painters 20th-century American women artists 19th-century American women artists American portrait painters Artists from Chicago Painters from Illinois School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni Students of William Merritt Chase Olympic competitors in art competitions

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanshan%20%28poet%29

Hanshan (poet)

Hanshan (, fl. 9th century) is a figure associated with a collection of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Taoist and Chan tradition. No one knows who he was, when he lived and died, or whether he actually existed. In the Chinese Buddhist tradition, Hanshan and his sidekick Shide are honored as emanations of the bodhisattvas Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra, respectively. In Japanese and Chinese paintings, Hanshan is often depicted together with Shide or with Fenggan, another monk with legendary attributes. Little is known of his work, since he was a recluse living in a remote region and his poems were written on rocks in the mountains he called home. Of the 600 poems he is thought to have written at some point before his death, 313 were collected and have survived. Among the 57 poems attributed to Hanshan's friend, Shide, seven appear to be authored by Hanshan, for a total of 320. Date In Lüqiu Yin's () preface to Hanshan's poems, he claims to have personally met both Hanshan and Shide at the kitchen of Guoqing Temple, but they responded to his salutations with laughter then fled. Afterwards, he attempted to give them clothing and provide them housing, but Lüqiu Yin writes that the pair fled into a cave which closed itself and Shide's tracks disappeared. This led Lüqiu Yin, governor of Tai Prefecture, to collect Hanshan's writings, "the poems written on bamboo, wood, stones, and cliffs and also to collect those written on the walls of peoples' houses." However, Burton Watson is of the opinion that Lüqiu Yin did not exist in reality and that his preface to Hanshan's poems is nothing more than myth. In the introduction to his book, he says of Lüqiu Yin's preface to the poems: If we follow Watson and discount the preface of Lüqiu Yin, accepting only the words of the poet himself, we see that Hanshan says only that he wrote his poems on the rocks. Nowhere in the poetry does he say that he wrote them on trees or bamboo or wood or the walls of people’s houses. The collection of poems attributed to Hanshan may span the entire Tang Dynasty as Edwin G. Pulleyblank asserts in his study Linguistic Evidence for the Date of Hanshan. Wu Chi-yu in A study of Han-shan identifies him as the monk Zhiyan (智岩, 577–654), but that has been disputed by Paul Demiéville among others. The Encyclopedia of China gives his date as around 712 and after 793. Jia Jinhua came to the conclusion, after a study of Chan phrases in some 50 of the poems, that this particular group of poems may be attributable to the Chan monk Caoshan Benji (840–901). However, the dates for both Zhiyan and Caoshan Benji contradict Hanshan, who says that he was much older than either. Translations Early translations include those by Arthur Waley 27 poems by Han-shan, Gary Snyder Cold Mountain Poems, and Burton Watson Cold Mountain: 100 Poems. The first complete translation to a western language was into French by (Le Mangeur de brumes : l'œuvre de Han-shan poète et vagabond). Stephan Schumacher translated 150 poems into German in 1980. There are four full English translations, by Robert G. Henricks, Red Pine, Paul Rouzer and Peter Levitt Other translations: Encounters With Cold Mountain, by Peter Stambler (130 poems). Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry (96 poems) by Wandering Poet (2005, 2012). Biography In the introduction to his translation of Han-shan's poems, Burton Watson writes, “If the reader wishes to know the biography of Han-shan, he must deduce it from the poems themselves.” Watson goes further to describe Han-shan as "a gentleman farmer, troubled by poverty and family discord, who after extensive wandering and perhaps a career as a minor official" became a hermit. In Paul Rouzer's translation of poem 302, Han-shan appears to say that after leaving home and traveling he arrived at Tiantai Mountain at age 30, and that he was trained in the Confucian classics: A fanciful description of Han-shan is given by Lüqiu Yin in the introduction that is included in most editions of Han-shan's poems. During his journey to his prefect appointment, Lüqiu Yin writes, he was visited by Fenggan, who said that he came from the Guoqing monastery. When Lüqiu Yin, who suffered from a headache, asked Fenggan to cure him, Fenggan laughed and said, "The human body consists of but four great elements, and illness is only illusion," then sprinkled water onto Lüqiu Yin, curing him instantly. Lüqiu Yin then asked if there were any sages worthy of becoming of his tutor and Fenggan revealed that at Guoqing monastery were two Bodhisattva incarnations. The first, Han-shan, a man retired to the monastery, was, Fenggan said, an incarnation of Manjushri; the second, Shide, a man who "looked like a demented beggar coming and going, worked as an errand-boy at the stoves in the kitchen", was an incarnation of Samantabhadra. Three days after arriving at his government appointment, Lüqiu Yin asked his chief administrator if there were any information about Han-shan and Shide. The administrator reported that "seventy li (approximately 35 km) to the west of the town of T'ang-hsing, there was a cliff where a poor scholar lived. This scholar was said to be seen going to the Kuo-ch'ing Monastery." Lüqiu Yin went to the monastery and asked where Fenggan, Han-shan, and Shide were living. The monks there told him that Fenggan lived behind the library, but now it was haunted by a tiger who often accompanied him. Lüqiu Yin visited Fenggan's room but all he found was a "house full of the tiger's footprints." When he asked what Fenggan was hired to do, the monks said that Fenggan was assigned to hull rice for the monks and would spend his nights singing to amuse himself. Lüqiu Yin writes that no one knows where Han-shan came from. He relays descriptions of the poet given by elders from Guoqing Temple who said that Hanshan was "a poor and eccentric hermit" who "often went to the Kuo-ch'ing Monastery in order to take home the left-overs of the meal, which he carried in a bamboo tube given to him by Shih-te, a monk working in the dining-hall." "Sometimes Han-shan would stroll for hours in a long corridor of the monastery, cry cheerfully, laugh or speak to himself. When he was taken to task or driven away by some of the monks armed with sticks, he would afterwards stand still and laugh, clapping his hands, and then disappear." Lüqiu Yin says that his appearance was that of "an emaciated beggar, but every word he uttered was pithy, meaningful and inspiring. He wore a cap make of birch bark, a simple fur garment, torn and threadbare, and wooden sandals for shoes." Lüqiu Yin found Han-shan and Shide in the monastery kitchen, where he respectfully made obeisance to them. At sight of this, the two laughed and said, "Feng-kan has a long tongue. You did not recognize Maitreya at sight, why are you making obeisance to us now?" As Han-shan and Shide left hand in hand, the monks were stunned to see such a high official make obeisance to two poor scholars. Lüqiu Yin had two sets of clean clothing prepared and asked the monks to give them to Han-shan and Shide should they ever return. Lüqiu Yin later learned that the two hadn't reappeared at the monastery and had the presents delivered to their dwellings on Tiantai Mountain. When Hanshan saw these delivery men, it is said, he cried "Thieves! Thieves!" and retreated to a cave entrance, exclaiming, "Each of you should exert himself to the utmost," and withdrew into the cave, which closed itself behind him. Han-shan and Shide were never seen again at Guoqing temple. Lüqiu Yin had all the writings left behind by Han-shan and Shide collected. Han-shan had written on rocks, bamboo bark, trees, and the walls of houses in neighboring villages, and Shide had written a 49-line poem on the wall of an Earth God temple. Poetry Hanshan's poetry consists of Chinese verse, in 3, 5, or 7 character lines; never shorter than 4 lines, and never longer than 34 lines. The language is marked by the use of more colloquial Medieval Vernacular Sinitic than almost any other Tang poet. The poems can be seen to fall into three categories: the biographical poems about his life before he arrived at Cold Mountain; the religious and political poems, generally critical of conventional wisdom and those who embrace it; and the transcendental poems, about his sojourn at Cold Mountain. They are notable for their straightforwardness, which contrasts sharply with the cleverness and intricateness that marked typical Tang Dynasty poetry. Red Pine poem 283: Mister Wang the Graduate laughs at my poor prosody. I don't know a wasp's waist much less a crane's knee. I can't keep my flat tones straight, all my words come helter-skelter. I laugh at the poems he writes- a blind man's songs about the sun! (All these terms refer to ways a poem could be defective according to the rigid poetic structures then prevalent.) Thematically, Hanshan draws heavily on Buddhist and Taoist themes, often remarking on life's short and transient nature, and the necessity of escape through some sort of transcendence. He varies and expands on this theme, sometimes speaking of Mahayana Buddhism's 'Great Vehicle', and other times of Taoist ways and symbols like cranes. The following poem begins with the imagery of the burning house and the three carts from the Parable of the Burning House found in The Lotus Sutra, then ends with typical Zen and Taoist imagery of freedom from conceptualizations. Red Pine poem 253: Children, I implore you get out of the burning house now. Three carts await outside to save you from a homeless life. Relax in the village square before the sky, everything's empty. No direction is better or worse, East just as good as West. Those who know the meaning of this are free to go where they want. This mixed influence is probably due to the high preponderance of Taoists and Buddhists in the same area. The eminent Taoist Ge Hong acclaimed Mount Tiantai as 'the perfect place for practicing the arts of immortality,' which is probably also why so many Buddhist temples were established in the vicinity as well. Red Pine poem 13: "Brothers share five districts; father and sons three states." To learn where the wild ducks fly follow the white-hare banner! Find a magic melon in your dream! Steal a sacred orange from the palace! Far away from your native land swim with fish in a stream! Many poems display a deep concern for humanity, which in his view stubbornly refuses to look ahead, and short-sightedly indulges in all manner of vice, like eating animal flesh, piling up sins 'high as Mount Sumeru'. But he holds out hope that people may yet be saved; 'Just the other day/ a demon became a Bodhisattva.' Red Pine poem 18: I spur my horse past ruins; ruins move a traveler's heart. The old parapets high and low the ancient graves great and small, the shuddering shadow of a tumbleweed, the steady sound of giant trees. But what I lament are the common bones unnamed in the records of immortals. While Hanshan eschewed fancy techniques and obscure erudition, his poems are still highly evocative at times: Red Pine poem 106: The layered bloom of hills and streams Kingfisher shades beneath rose-colored clouds mountain mists soak my cotton bandana, dew penetrates my palm-bark coat. On my feet are traveling shoes, my hand holds an old vine staff. Again I gaze beyond the dusty world- what more could I want in that land of dreams? He is hard to pin down religiously. Chan concepts and terminology sometimes appear in his work. But he criticized the Buddhists at Tiantai, and he directed criticism at Taoists as well, having had no problem bringing Taoist scriptural quotations, and Taoist language when describing his mountains, into his poems. Yet, he does not mince words, but tells us precisely where to find the path to Heaven. Red Pine poem 117: I deplore this vulgar place where demons dwell with worthies. They say they're the same, but is the Tao impartial? A fox might ape a lion's mien and claim the disguise is real, but once ore enters the furnace, we soon see if it's gold or base. Red Pine poem 246: I recently hiked to a temple in the clouds and met some Taoist priests. Their star caps and moon caps askew they explained they lived in the wild. I asked them the art of transcendence; they said it was beyond compare, and called it the peerless power. The elixir meanwhile was the secret of the gods and that they were waiting for a crane at death, or some said they'd ride off on a fish. Afterwards I thought this through and concluded they were all fools. Look at an arrow shot into the sky- how quickly it falls back to earth. Even if they could become immortals, they would be like cemetery ghosts. Meanwhile the moon of our mind shines bright. How can phenomena compare? As for the key to immortality, within ourselves is the chief of spirits. Don't follow Lords of the Yellow Turban persisting in idiocy, holding onto doubts. The following poem is attributed to Hanshan's friend, Shide. The higher the trail the steeper it grows Ten thousand tiers of dangerous cliffs The stone bridge is slippery with green moss Cloud after cloud keeps flying by Waterfalls hang like ribbons of silk The moon shines down on a bright pool I climb the highest peak once more To wait where the lone crane flies Red Pine's poem 307: Whoever has Cold Mountain's poems is better off than those with sutras. Write them up on your screen and read them from time to time. Legacy The poetry from Cold Mountain has influenced the poets of many generations and cultures. He is especially loved by the Japanese, who know him as Kanzan. Hanshan was a sympathetic and important figure for Beat Generation writers Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac. In the introduction to his translation which appeared in the Evergreen Review, Snyder wrote of Hanshan, "He and his sidekick Shih-te (Jittoku in Japanese) became great favorites with Zen painters of later days — the scroll, the broom, the wild hair and laughter. They became Immortals and you sometimes run into them today in the skidrows, orchards, hobo jungles, and logging camps of America." Kerouac's The Dharma Bums closes with a vision of Hanshan and, at Snyder's suggestion, Kerouac dedicated the book to the fabled poet. Paul Rouzer reads the poems as Buddhist teaching poems, referring to Hakuin Ekaku Kanzan shi sendai kimon 寒山詩闡提記聞 (1746) ("Notes on the Lectures on Cold Mountain's Poems at Icchantika Cave") that largely ignores the biographical reading most commonly found in other sources. Translations by Snyder and by Red Pine were influential in the work of the artist Brice Marden, who executed a large series of paintings, drawings, and prints themed around the poems. See also Chinese poetry Classical Chinese poetry Fenggan Shide (monk) Shiwu Notes References The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain, Red Pine, Copper Canyon Press 2000, . Mair, Victor H. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 112, No. 2 (Apr., 1992). Script and Word in Medieval Vernacular Sinitic. Pulleyblank, Edwin G., Linguistic Evidence for the Date of Hanshan. In Miao, Ronald C., ed. Studies in Chinese poetry and poetics, Vol I. (1978) San San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center. Suiter, John. Poets on the Peaks (2002) Counterpoint. ; (pbk) Kagel, Martin and Wallis, Glenn, "Wer war Han Shan? Buddhistische Denkfiguren bei Rolf Dieter Brinkmann." In: Karl-Eckhard Carius (ed.), Rolf Dieter Brinkmann Schnitte im Atemschutz (Rowohlt: München: text + Kritik, 2008): 132-141. 寒山诗注 ("Cold Mountain Poems & Notes (With Lost Poetry Notes)") by Xiang Chu (1997, 2000, 2010) Rouzer, Paul. On Cold Mountain : A Buddhist Reading of the Hanshan Poems (2015), Further reading Rouzer, Paul [translator], Nugent, Christopher M. B. [editor] (2017). The Poetry of Hanshan (Cold Mountain), Shide, and Fenggan . De Gruyter Mouton. External links Twenty-seven poems in English translation A film portrait of the poet Tang dynasty poets Chan Buddhist monks Zen Buddhism writers Chinese Zen Buddhists Writers from Xi'an Chinese spiritual writers Tang dynasty Buddhist monks 9th-century Chinese poets Poets from Shaanxi Zenga Buddhist poets

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John Slocum (disambiguation)

John Slocum may refer to: John Slocum, founder of the Indian Shaker Church John J. Slocum, diplomat and bibliographer John L. Slocum, inventor of the Slocum stone Colonel John S. Slocum, namesake of Fort Slocum (Washington, D.C.) John W. Slocum, American lawyer and politician

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Chip Hooper (American agent)

Chip Hooper (March 15, 1962 – March 5, 2016) was a music industry agent, personally representing Phish and the Dave Matthews Band, and heading the Paradigm Talent Agency. Hooper was born in Miami, FL, but grew up in Chicago, and attended college at Southwest Missouri State University. He broke into the music industry with the Minneapolis-based Good Music Agency before hiring into the Carmel, California-based Monterey Peninsula Artists as an agent in 1988. He ascended to the head of the Paradigm Talent Agency after Paradigm acquired Monterey in 2005. Hooper was instrumental in promoting the Jam Band movement, through his agency with Phish and other seminal acts. Hooper was also an accomplished photographer, with books (including California's Pacific and New Zealand's South Pacific and Tasman Sea) and gallery showings to his name. References 1962 births 2016 deaths People from Miami People from Chicago American talent agents Missouri State University alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindera%20melissifolia

Lindera melissifolia

Lindera melissifolia, common name pondberry or southern spicebush, is a stoloniferous, deciduous, aromatic shrub in the laurel family. This endangered species is native to the southeastern United States, and its demise is associated with habitat loss from extensive drainage of wetlands for agriculture and forestry. Restoration efforts are currently being conducted. Description Form: Pondberry occurs in dense thickets with erect or ascending shoots up to tall and few branches; stems are connected underground by stolons. Thickets of female plants tend to be smaller than those of males and are sometimes absent from populations. Die-back of stems is a fairly common occurrence. Foliage: The drooping, alternate leaves are oblong-elliptic to narrowly ovate, long, wide, and tend to be strongly tapered to a point at the tip. Undersides are strongly net-veined and covered with short, soft hairs. When crushed, the leaves strongly resemble sassafras (Sassafras albidum) in fragrance. Foliage is deciduous. Flowers: Stems flower after two to four years of growth. Male and female flowers, each across, are produced on different plants (dioecious). Flowers appear before the leaves (February to mid-March) in tight, stalkless clusters. The petal-like tepals are pale to bright yellow, oblong, and long. Male flowers occur in dense clusters, with 9-12 stamens surrounded by two whorls of tepals. Female flowers are less conspicuous, with fewer flowers per cluster and a single pistil surrounded by two whorls of tepals; the outer whorl is petal-like and the inner whorl is reduced to nectar-producing scales. Flowers remain open for about 1 week making thickets conspicuous. Flowers are thought to be insect pollinated. Late season frosts occasionally damage flowers, resulting in reduced fruit set. Fruit: A bright red, single-seeded drupe, ellipsoid, long matures in late summer or fall (August to early October). Individual fruit stalks are long, thick, and appear swollen at the apex. Stalks persist beyond fruit fall; their presence indicates the plant's sex and past level of fruit production. Fruit production is highly variable from year-to-year, ranging from 0 to 150 fruit per stem. Habitat/Range Pondberry occurs in shallow depression ponds in wetland habitats with hydric soils, along margins of cypress ponds, and in seasonally wet, low areas among bottomland hardwoods. At present there are some 36 populations in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, and South Carolina. It has apparently been extirpated from Louisiana and possibly Florida. Most of these populations are located in Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain, with the largest population being in the Delta National Forest in western Mississippi. Ecology Pondberry has probably always been a rare species, and knowledge of its ecology is limited. In Mississippi, pondberry occurs in bottomland hardwood forests. In northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri pondberry is found on the bottoms and edges of shallow seasonal ponds in old dune fields, but in southeastern Arkansas it occurs in low habitat along a river. In South Carolina the species occurs in areas with karst topography, around the edges of sinkholes, and in Georgia it occurs along the borders of sphagnum bogs. Sunlight at the different sites ranges from deep shade to almost full sun. Most pondberry colonies occur in light shade beneath a forest canopy, but a few grow in almost full sunlight. Pondberry appears to be able to occupy widely different habitats as long as its requirements for water are met. In open conditions, competition from other plant species may be a problem. Many of the remaining populations consist only of male plants and are apparently the sprouts of a single individual. Habitat fragmentation severely affects dioecious species like pondberry because populations with plants of a single sex can only vegetatively reproduce. With significant habitat loss, plants become ever more isolated, lessening the likelihood that pollinators will travel from male to female plants. Propagation Clones expand vegetatively through stolons, and this mechanism of vegetative reproduction is the principal way that colonies develop. Stems usually live 6 or 7 years, and when a stem dies it is usually replaced by a new stem that grows from the base of the plant. Thus, mature colonies often include some dead stems intermingled with numerous live stems. Despite the regular production of mature fruit, virtually no seedlings of pondberry have been observed at any of the known sites. The cause of this apparent lack of natural reproduction is not currently known, but the consequences are clear—it severely reduces the species' chance for long-term survival. Sexual reproduction of pondberry is critical for long-range dispersal and genetic diversity. Before modern flood control was imposed along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, historic floods may have been an important mechanism in fruit and/or seed dispersal over long distances or for creating suitable conditions for seedling establishment. Although the fruit of pondberry sinks in water after a short time, the seed with the pulp removed will float for a day or sometimes longer. Characteristics of pondberry's fruit—the showy color, fleshy pulp, and its persistent on stems—suggest that animals, particularly birds, may be important dispersal agents. Of 82 bird species observed in the vicinity of pondberry thickets in fruit, only two species were observed to eat the fruit—hermit thrushes (Catharus guttatus) and northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis). Of these, the cardinals destroyed the seed by crushing and is thus considered a seed predator. However, the hermit thrush swallows the whole fruit and later regurgitates the seed, indicating that it is an important seed disperser. The foraging habits of the thrush suggests that most of the seeds would be dispersed with 100 m of existing female colonies. Mammals may also be potential dispersers of pondberry seeds, including the raccoon (Procyon lotor) and opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Historically, the black bear (Ursus americanus) may have been important to seed dispersal. Seed germination does not appear to be a deterrent to seedling establishment. Fairly high rates of germination have been reported under both controlled and field conditions. Removal of the fruit's pulp and sowing seeds into the soil favor germination. Under field conditions, germination of sown seeds has been observed to occur over a number of years suggesting some form of dormancy. The artificial establishment of pondberry to new areas may be needed if the species is to recover. Plants have been successfully transplanted from existing colonies to suitable locations. The transplants seem to do well in some locations although survivorship and growth has been low in others. Both transplants and seedlings do well under cultivation in a nursery setting, which has been used to provide planting stock for creating new colonies in field locations. Uses Pondberry fruit are eaten by hermit thrushes, northern cardinals, and perhaps other birds. Animals observed to consume pondberry seeds located on a cleared soil surface in a hardwood forest included: northern cardinal, brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), and gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Swamp rabbits have been observed browsing on stems. The spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) larvae feed on the leaves and roll themselves in a leaf making a tent. Leaf cutter bees (Megachilidae spp.) cut circular sections from the leaf margins, sometimes removing most of the leaf. A vintage use of pondberry fruit in the rural South was as projectiles in toy pop guns constructed by children from hollowed-out elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) stems. Threats A large part of pondberry habitat disappeared when forests were cut for timber or for conversion to agricultural fields, and as wetlands were drained. In some cases, wetlands were permanently flooded to construct lakes. Many of the existing colonies of pondberry are small, and occupy only a portion of the apparently suitable habitat. There are indications that pondberry, which is in the Laurel family, is susceptible to laurel wilt (Raffaelea lauricola). This fungal disease is introduced into host plants by a non-native insect, the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus) and kills the plant by plugging the water-conducting cells of the afflicted individual, causing it to wilt and eventually die. There is no known cure for this disease, which has quickly spread through other members of the laurel family (especially redbay, Persia borbonia) from the coast of South Carolina inland towards the native habitat of pondberry. Restoration Pondberry was listed as endangered in 1986. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's restoration plan states: existing pondberry populations should be protected from forestry and agricultural management actions and protected from grazing and browsing animals; searches for new populations should be continued; areas where pondberry has not been located but provide suitable habitat should be protected; and, new populations should be established or reestablish extirpated populations at suitable sites. A critical part of the restoration effort is to increase the knowledge about pondberry's ecology and reproduction. A team of researchers from the U.S. Forest Service's Southern Research Station are working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to learn as much as they can about the biology and ecology of pondberry. Scientists are investigating the role of flooding and light availability on pondberry at a large-scale impoundment facility, and they have set up controlled experiments to study competition, seed germination, seed storage, and seed persistence in the soil seed bank. An integrated approach is being used to learn more about pondberry's ecology, insect predators, fungal pathogens, physiological responses to light availability and flooding, population genetics, seed physiology, and seed dispersal. References External links Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee: Pondberry. United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Pondberry in North Carolina. North Carolina Natural Heritage Program: Pondberry. USGS: Southern Wetland Flora: Field Office Guide to Plant Species: Southern Spicebush. United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service: Plant Profile. Southern Spicebush. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources: Pondberry. Glitzenstein, Jeff. Native Plant Society and Forest Service re-invigorate endangered pondberry at Honey Hill. Journal of the South Carolina Native Plant Society. Fall 2007. melissifolia Endangered plants Flora of the Southeastern United States Plants described in 1788

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Federated Liquor and Allied Industries Employees' Union of Australia

Federated Liquor and Allied Industries Employees' Union of Australia (FLAIEU) was an Australian trade union which existed between 1910 and 1992. It represented workers employed in hospitality, catering, breweries and alcohol retailing. Formation The union was formed when the Victorian Liquor Trades Union merged with other state-based unions representing brewery workers in 1910. The union grew rapidly, incorporating workers from kindred industries, and in 1968 merged with the Hotel Club Restaurant and Caterers' Employees' Union of New South Wales. The New South Wales branch was the largest state branch of the union (with 68 percent of the union's membership in 1976). Amalgamation In 1992 the FLAIEU amalgamated with the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union, which primarily represented cleaners and security staff. The resulting body, the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union, had approximately 200,000 members at formation. The Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union later changed its name to United Voice. Further reading References External links lhmu.org.au The website of United Voice, the successor to the Federated Liquor and Allied Industries Union. Defunct trade unions of Australia Trade unions established in 1910 Trade unions disestablished in 1992 Hospitality industry trade unions

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Medvejie Lake

Medvejie Lake is a long, narrow, snow-fed lake on Baranof Island just south of Sitka, Alaska in the Alaskan Panhandle, which drains into Silver Bay, southeast of Sitka, on west coast of Baranof Island, Alexander Archipelago. Etymology Medvejie is derived from the Russian word meaning "bear." Most likely the lake's name comes as a holdover from Russian colonization of Alaska and the Sitka area. Also known as: Bear Lake Medvejia Lake Geography Medvejie Lake and the Medvejie Lake valley is nestled between the hulks of Bear Mountain and Cupola Peak at 243 feet (73 meters) of elevation. Little forested land exists between the mountains and shores of the lake owing to the precipitous rise of surrounding topography. As such, the geography of the area creates a narrow natural wind tunnel making blowdowns very common inside the valley. In the winter, with little or no water flowing into the lake due to all precipitation in the lake's watershed falling as snow, the lake usually freezes over and slowly shrinks into itself abandoning shards of ice that are strewn on the exposed former lakebottom. Medvejie Lake's outlet stream empties into Bear Cove, Silver Bay, and the Pacific Ocean. Temperature The temperature in the Medvejie Lake valley, partly due to sunlight blocked by surrounding peaks (but also because of air cooled by snow from surrounding mountains and icefields that flows into the valley basin), is roughly five degrees colder than Sitka or the Medvejie Fish Hatchery's temperature. A salmon hatchery sits at the mouth of Medvejie Lake's roughly mile-long outlet stream. Outdoor opportunities Medvejie Lake serves as a recreational gateway to inland destinations such as Peak 5390 and Indigo Lake. Medvejie Lake is also the beginning (or ending) segment of the Baranof Cross-Island Trail. Two modes exist to travel past the lake and up the valley: An untidy and bouldery hunter's trail along the north shore of the lake, and an assortment of communal canoes and paddles are located at the outlet of the lake. Hatchery staff and the City of Sitka also collaborate to maintain a well-kept trail from Bear Cove to the outlet of Medvejie Lake. See also List of lakes of Alaska References Lakes of Alaska Lakes of Sitka, Alaska Glacial lakes of the United States

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Yujiapu Financial District

Yujiapu Financial District (; also Yujiabao) is a central business district currently under construction in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin. The area is envisioned as a potential center for world trade and finance. The district is being developed with a total investment of about 200 billion yuan, and is located on the Hai River North Shore, along with the Xiangluowan Business District and Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA). Also, the Yujiapu Financial District is an APEC low-carbon demonstration town. The district was expected to open in June 2014, but has suffered from a construction slowdown. The district is modeled after New York City's Manhattan. Around 2016, property buyers started moving into the district. In 2019, some government functional agencies of the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone Administrative Committee moved to Baoxin Building in Yujiapu. Location Yujiapu is a peninsula located in the core area of the Tianjin Binhai New Area; it covers the entire block east, west and south facing the Hai River, an area totaling . The area is located from the Tianjin city center and from Beijing. The site is from the core district of the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA), with the southern tip of the site only a 10-minute drive from the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA). From the air, the whole Yujiapu region is shaped like a "pocketbook", is the upper hand in Sheung Shui land. It is already under construction on the west side of Xiangluowan business district, south of the future will be planning the construction of ecological residential area, east of the island shaped like a whale. To the west there is the Hai Kaiqi Bridge, with the Yongtai Rd traveling east–west in the north, and Sanhuai Rd traversing the peninsula from the north to the south. Buildings , of the nearly 41 projects that can be seen in Xiangluo Bay, nearly 22 buildings are still in an unfinished state. There are a number of substantial buildings under construction on the peninsula, including: Liqin Hotel Yujiapu Administrative Shangbang Leasing Tower Shenglong International Finance Center Yujiapu Twin Tower I and II Zheshang Building Wenzhou Building China Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Building R&F Guangdong Building Across the bridge in the Xiangluowan Business District there are a number of buildings, including: Binhai Cathay Tower AVIC International Plaza R and F Tower Zovie Plaza I and II Guangyao Dongfang Plaza Tower I and II Note also the Yujiapu Free Trade Zone. See also Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city Yujiapu Railway Station Kangbashi New Area, a new highly urbanized district of Ordos City that was initially without activity References External links China's Manhattan Knock-off, The China Chronicle No longer a ghost town Districts of Tianjin Economy of Tianjin Replica constructions in China

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Raymore, Wisconsin

Raymore is an unincorporated community located in the town of Greenfield, Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. Notes Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin

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Maximaphily

Maximaphily is a branch of philately involving the study and creation of maximum cards. It is one of eleven classifications of philately recognised by the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) and therefore has its own FIP Commission. The FIP Maximaphily Commission holds a biennial conference on the subject, most recently in Seoul in 2014. Maximum card In philately a maximum card (also known as a maxi-card, or maxicard) is a postcard with a postage stamp placed on the picture side of the card where the stamp and card match or are in maximum concordance (similarity). The cancellation or postmark is usually related to the image on the front of the card and the stamp. Not every country issues maximum cards (e.g. USA did very few) and some who do (e.g.. Germany) have only a limited number of releases every year whereas others issue maximum cards for every stamp (e.g. Australia). History Maximaphily did not become organised until after the Second World War. Before then maximum cards were created as novelties, often by tourists. Maximaphily is closely associated with thematic or topical stamp collecting and many thematic collections are enhanced with appropriate maximum cards. Elements A maximum card (maxicard, maxi-card, MC) is made up of three elements: the postcard, the stamp and the postmark. The object of maximaphily is to obtain a card where the stamp and picture are in close concordance, ideally with an appropriate cancellation, too. If all three elements are concordant, then that card truly is a maximum [concordance] card (hence the name maximaphily). Preferably, the image on the postcard should not be simply an enlargement of the image on the stamp. There are exceptions. For example: a work of art, like a painting (not a detail of it), is often shown in its entirety, both on the postcard and on the stamp of the maxicard. Competitions Maximaphily displays have become popular at competitive philatelic exhibitions and special rules have been developed by the FIP to assist in judging the entries. See also PHQ card References Further reading Brana, René et al. Catalogue des Cartes-Maximum de France: 1901-2007. Amiens: Yvert & Tellier, 2008 1118p. Cardoso, Eurico Carlos Esteves Lage. Manual do Coleccionador de Postais-Máximos. Lisbon: The Author, 1984 78p. Cardoso, Eurico Carlos Esteves Lage. O fascinio da maximafilia = La fascination de la maximaphilie = Fascination of Maximaphily. Lisbon: The Author, 1984 154p. Knight, Jesse F. How To Create Maximum Cards. 1996 23p. Les Maximaphiles Français. Les Cartes-Maximum de France: des origines à 1988. Saint-Maur-des-Fossés: les Maximaphiles français, 1989 465p. Rangos, Nicos. What is Maximaphily?, FIP Maximaphily Commission, 2006 Download link. External links FIP maximaphily regulations Maximaphily description Ye Choh San. Malaysia Maximaphily Asia Pacific Maximaphily Maximum cards of bridges Malaysia Maximum cards by Ye Choh San A history of maximum cards Postcrossing Blog: maximum cards Philatelic terminology he:גלוית מרב#מקסימפיליה

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Follo Line

The Follo Line () is a high-speed railway under construction between Oslo and Ski, Norway. Running parallel to the Østfold Line, it will be engineered for . Terminal stations will be Oslo Central Station and Ski Station. Most of the line, , will be in a twin-tube tunnel named the Blix Tunnel, which will be the longest railway tunnel in the country. Construction started in 2014, and is estimated to be completed by December 2022. The Follo Line will increase capacity from twelve to forty trains per hour along the South Corridor, and will allow express and regional trains to decrease travel time from Ski to Oslo from 22 to 11 minutes. The line was prospected to cost over 26 billion Norwegian krone (NOK) in 2014. The project is a continuation of the Norwegian National Rail Administration's (now Bane NOR) plan to build four tracks along the three main corridors out of Oslo; the Gardermoen Line was completed in 1998, and the Asker Line was completed in 2011. Between 1989 and 1996, the Østfold Line south of Ski to Moss was upgraded to double track and higher speeds. To take full advantage of this and allow the rest of the Østfold Line to be upgraded for high speeds, it is necessary to increase capacity through the bottleneck from Oslo to Ski. The new line is predicted to increase rush hour rail ridership 63%, and increased freight on rail would remove 750 trucks daily from European Route E18. The first plans for the Follo Line were launched in 1995, and also included an intermediate station at Vevelstad and Kolbotn. Background The first railway in the Follo district was the Østfold Line of the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) that opened on 2 January 1879, between Oslo East Station and Halden. Later the same year, the line was extended to the Swedish border, where it connected to the Norway/Vänern Line. The importance of Ski Station increased on 24 November 1882, when it became the station where the Eastern Østfold Line split, and went via Inner Østfold to Sarpsborg, where the two lines reconnected. Electrification of the section from Oslo to Kolbotn was completed on 18 January 1937, and the section to Ski finished in 1939; the whole Østfold line was completed in 1940. Between 1924 and 1939, NSB built double track along the route between Ski and Oslo. From 1989 to 1996, NSB upgraded the track to double track from Ski to Sandbuka, just north of Moss. This section is capable of speeds of , however the maximum is due to short distances between stops and limitations of the rolling stock. In 1992, the Norwegian Parliament decided to build the first high-speed railway in Norway, from Oslo via the new Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Eidsvoll. This line would run parallel to the Hoved Line, increasing the speed and capacity along the route. Fast express and regional trains could run along the new section, while slower commuter trains used the old tracks and could make many stops without disturbing other traffic. Projects were launched during the 1990s to create similar high-speed bypasses from Oslo to Ski, and from Skøyen (west of Oslo) to Asker. Construction of the latter—christened the Asker Line—started in 2001; the first section from Asker to Sandvika opened in 2005 , the second section to Lysaker opened in 2011. The Østfold Line between Oslo and Ski remains the largest bottle-neck on the Norwegian railway network. The line restrains the track to twelve trains per hour (six per direction) and hinders freight trains from using it during rush hour. The bottleneck occurs because there are up to four trains each hour making stops at all stations, and these stops delay all express and regional trains that follow. Travel time is 22 minutes for direct trains to Ski, and 31 minutes for commuter trains with a speed limit of along most of the line. Capacity on the upgraded double track from Ski to Moss cannot be fully utilized due to the limitations along the section from Ski to Oslo, and further growth in the number of freight trains along the South Corridor to Sweden and Continental Europe is impossible without reducing the number of passenger trains. Despite the existing double track all the way from Oslo to Moss, a further upgrade southwards will not be able to increase capacity past the current single train per hour to Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg and Halden. The most optimistic plans involve finishing the first upgrades of track south of Moss simultaneously with the Follo Line. The Rail Administration and Ministry of Transport is working on proposals for a high-speed railway between Oslo and Gothenburg in Sweden. This line would most likely use the Follo Line for the initial distance from Oslo. Route The initial plan from 1995 involved two intermediate stations, at Vevelstad and Kolbotn. The plans also suggested building the line in two phases, first between Ski and Kolbotn, and then from Kolbotn to Oslo. In 2008, the National Rail Administration announced two possible plans for the right-of-way—both predominantly in tunnel. The one proposal included Kolbotn, the other did not. Both excluded Vevelstad as a station on the new line, since the station could not develop as a hub, and would still keep services along the existing commuter line. A report from Det Norske Veritas published in 2008, and ordered by the Rail Administration, concluded that neither a station at Vevelstad or at Kolbotn could support the extra cost of construction. A direct line with no intermediate stops is estimated to cost NOK 11 billion, while a line via Kolbotn would cost 13.5 billion. The report also argued that the intermediate stops would decrease capacity and increase travel time for all passengers departing south of Ski and traveling north. The exclusion of Kolbotn would also increase the importance of Ski as a regional public transport hub. In 2009, the Rail Administration abandoned the plans to build the line via Kolbotn, stating that it was more important to secure a fast connection to Ski. At the same time, they promised to upgrade the existing station at Kolbotn. The rail line is planned for at least , although faster speeds are being considered. The earliest possible construction start is 2014, which could allow completion by 2020/21. Ski Station will also be upgraded as part of the project, and will be expanded to six tracks. Plans to connect the Eastern Østfold Line to the slower line were considered where the Eastern Østfold Line diverges from the Østfold Line at Ski. However this has changed so the local trains from Eastern Østfold can travel to Oslo faster along the new tracks. Just south of Oslo Central Station, each of the two tracks will diverge, and follow different routes. The inbound track will hook up with the Østfold Line at Sjursøya, while the outbound track will diverge at Loenga. An additional connection to the Østfold Line will be made at Nordstrand. The Østfold Line connects to the Hoved Line and Loenga–Alnabru Line before reaching Oslo Central Station (Oslo S). If the Kolbotn-alternative for the Follo Line is chosen, the Østfold Line will be rebuilt to follow a similar path to the Kolbotn station, which will require a new station building to accommodate the two lines. For this alternate route the two lines will enter the Kolbotn station at two levels, with the Follo Line running in a tunnel below, and the Østfold Line running at-grade above. Impact The Follo Line will allow the capacity in the South Corridor from Oslo to increase from about twelve to forty trains per hour. Local and freight trains will use the Østfold Line, while regional and express trains will use the Follo Line. Travel time will be reduced from 22 to 11 minutes. With a new line, there will be 11,000 more public transport trips through the corridor; this includes a 67% increase during rush-hour and 43% the rest of the day. This allows a reduction of 5,800 car trips per day and reduces carbon dioxide emissions of 5,474 tonnes. Rush hour capacity would be eight trains per hour to Kolbotn, with four continuing to Ski along the old line. The new line would be served by four trains to Moss, two to Mysen and two to Halden. There would be half the frequency during off-peak hours. The Østfold Line is the railway that connects Norway to Continental Europe, and 80% of all land-based, international freight transport goes through Østfold. Until the Follo Line opens, there cannot be a capacity increase on international freight trains to Norway. The Rail Administration has set a goal of tripling the amount of rail freight by 2040, which for the South Corridor is equal to the removal of 750 trucks per day from European Route E18. The Follo Line will also allow freight trains to pass during rush hour. Delays in completion The project was initially scheduled for completion in late 2020. As of August 2021, service to Sweden is interrupted, and service to the Eastern suburbs of Oslo is routinely delayed or interrupted for weeks at a time. References External links "The Follo Line Project" on banenor.no Railway lines in Oslo Railway lines in Viken High-speed railway lines in Norway Oppegård Ski, Norway Østfold Line

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Prince's Bay Light

The Prince's Bay Light (officially: John Cardinal O’Connor Light) is an active lighthouse on the highest point of the southern shoreline of Staten Island, New York, in the Pleasant Plains neighborhood. It is situated on an bluff overlooking Raritan Bay with an attached brownstone cottage which served as the lightkeeper's house. The bluffs are part of the southern terminal moraine formed by the Wisconsin Glacier which receded 10,000 years ago. History The current lighthouse was constructed in 1864 for the sum of $30,000 which was approved by Congress. The attached lightkeeper's cottage was completed in 1868. Both buildings were designated as NYC Landmarks on June 28, 2016. The Prince's Bay Lighthouse was deactivated in August 1922 after the installation of acetyline lights in Raritan Bay made the former lighthouse obsolete. The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mt. Loretto, a Catholic orphanage founded by Father John Christopher Drumgoole, purchased the lighthouse, the cottage and an additional outbuilding in 1926. In 1953, a rear range light was put up on Mt. Loretto, southeast of the lighthouse. The United States government paid $32 per year to lease the small parcel of land from the mission. The lighthouse, the bluffs and of surrounding upland and were purchased in 1999 from the Archdiocese of New York by New York State and the Trust for Public Land. The area, now known as the Mount Loretto Unique Area, is open to the public and maintained by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The lighthouse cottage currently serves as the residence for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Ranger Police Officer. The tower received a VRB-25 optical system which was placed on top of the lighthouse in 2006. References Lighthouses completed in 1864 Houses completed in 1868 Lighthouses in Staten Island New York City Designated Landmarks in Staten Island

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Munger Ganga Bridge

"SRIKRISHNA SETU" (Munger Ganga Bridge) is a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges, at Munger in the Indian state of Bihar. The bridge connects Munger District Munger-Jamalpur twin cities to various districts of North Bihar. Srikrishna Setu Munger Ganga Bridge is the third rail-cum-road bridge over Ganga in Bihar. The bridge costing Rs. 9,300 million is located downstream of the Rajendra Setu near Mokama and upstream of the Vikramshila Setu at Bhagalpur. The bridge will form a link between NH 33 on the southern side of the Ganges and NH 31 on the northern side of the Ganges. Shrikrishna Setu connects Jamalpur Junction and Ratanpur railway station on the Sahibganj Loop line of Eastern Railway through a new junction namely Sabdalpur Junction on north end of bridge to Sahibpur Kamal Junction and on the Barauni-Katihar section of East Central Railway. The Bridge connects districts of Begusarai and Khagaria to the Divisional headquarters Munger city. Construction work on the bridge was inaugurated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, through video conference system, in 2002. Bridge was formally opened for freight trains on 12 March 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was finally opened for passenger trains on 11 April 2016 by Minister of state for Railways, Manoj Sinha by flagging off Begusarai-Jamalpur DEMU train. In his inaugural speech the MOS Mr. Manoj Sinha announced that the bridge will be named "Sri Krishna Setu" "श्रीकृष्ण सेतु" in the honour of the great freedom fighter, premier and first Chief Minister and architect of modern Bihar "Bihar Keshri" Dr. Srikrishna Sinha "Sri Babu". Railway stations Jamalpur-Khagaria and Begusarai lines. Services At present pairs of trains run on this bridge: 03450/51 Jamalpur Tilrath Jamalpur DEMU 03453/54 Jamalpur Tilrath Jamalpur DEMU 03473/74 Jamalpur Khagaria Jamalpur DEMU 03475/76 Jamalpur khagaria Jamalpur DEMU 15625/26 Agartala Deogarh Agartala Weekly Express 05509/10 Saharsa Jamalpur Saharsa MEMU Special 09451/52 Gandhidham Bhagalpur Gandhidham Express Special 15553/54 Bhagalpur Jaynagar Bhagalpur Special See also List of road–rail bridges List of longest bridges above water in India References Bridges in Bihar Munger district Khagaria district Bridges over the Ganges Road bridges in India Railway bridges in India Double-decker bridges Road-rail bridges in India Bridges completed in 2016 2016 establishments in Bihar

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Tolpia alexmadseni

Tolpia alexmadseni is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2007. It is known from northern Sumatra. The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The hindwing is dark brown and the underside unicolorous brown. References Micronoctuini

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Euskal Heritarrok

Euskal Herritarrok (Basque for "We, the Basque citizens") was a coalition created in 1998 that replaced Herri Batasuna. It was intended as an expansion of this coalition to include a wider spectrum of sympathizers. The name played with the rather usual acronym EH that also means Euskal Herria: the Basque Country. That year, Euskal Herritarrok obtained 14 deputies in the Basque Parliament with 18% of popular support (one of the highest ever for the Nationalist Left). In 1999 it signed a pact to support the government of Juan José Ibarretxe (EAJ-PNV). The agreement broke in 2000 after the failure of a year-long ETA truce (see: Lizarra Agreement) on which they accused each other of being responsible. After these events Herri Batasuna started a new process of debate that ended in the formation of Batasuna and the split of Aralar. See also Herri Batasuna Batasuna Aralar Zutik ETA References Basque Country Elections: Euskal Herritarrok (in Portuguese) Interview of a member of Izquierda Unida on Basque politics in Green Left Political parties in the Basque Country (autonomous community)

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Veneno (album)

Veneno (stylized as VENENO) is the second studio album by Brazilian band Banda Uó. It was released on September 4, 2015 by Deckdisc. The album has twelve tracks, besides the hit song "Catraca", featuring Mr. Catra. The lead single is "É da Rádio," with a production inspired by The Offspring's "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)". Background and development The band's previous album, Motel, earned the attention from the internet and was very well received by critics. Mateus Carrilho said in an interview that the band's new album would have more less brega music and more pop, reaching larger audiences with radio-friendly songs. He further stated that the new album would be different from the band's previous releases. In search of new sonorities, the band got to collaborate with different producers, including Boss in Drama, Rodrigo Gorky, Pedrowl and Bernardo Martins. The band co-wrote all of the songs: "It was a delight to do this second album, ideas bubbled up and we put everything out," Davi Sabbag said. Critical reception In its first review, Veneno was praised for its production, since it maintains the good humor that marked the debut of the band, but with a vast sweep of inspirations, mainly from what was being successful in Brazil in the 90s. For Brazilian website It Pop, the album "demonstrates that [the band] still has a lot to explore within their influences" and "while they play with songwriting that revives the national pop, awakening in us a more determined appetite for this genre so underestimated [in Brazil] (...) they go through references to past decades, however looking forward." The website still compared the sound to artists such as Mamonas Assassinas, Bonde do Rolê and Blitz. Portal Famosos Brasil also provided the album a favorable review, stating that "Veneno ends with an auricular injection of adrenaline, extroversion and euphoria that leave the bittersweet taste of 'I want more'" and "with the wonderful trashy cover art to the commercial yet risky content they prove, once again, that pop music doesn't need to be taken seriously to have quality." Copyright claims The music video for Arregaçada was removed from the band's YouTube channel after alleged accusations that they didn't have permission to use the sample of MC Hammer's U Can't Touch This – which in turn samples Rick James's Super Freak – in the video. Before being removed the video had only 4,8 million views. As of November 2017, the video has been made available on the channel. Track listing Notes "É da Rádio" contains samples of "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" performed by The Offspring, and written by Dexter Holland. "Primeiro Encontro" contains samples of "Don't Lie" performed by The Black Eyed Peas, and written by William Adams, Stacy Ferguson, Jaime Gomez, Allan Pineda, Chris Peters, Drew Peters and Ricky Walters. "Boneca" contains samples of "We Belong Together" performed by Mariah Carey, and written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, John Austin, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Bristol Darrell, Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten and Sandra Suly. "Arregaçada" contains samples of "Super Freak" performed by Rick James, and written by Stanley Burrell, Rick James and Alonzo Miller. References 2015 albums

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Lars Tunbjörk

Lars Tunbjörk (15 February 1956 – 8 April 2015) was a Swedish photographer known for his "deadpan portraits of office spaces and suburban lifestyles". Background Tunbjörk was born in the Swedish town of Borås, a place which was a big influence for his work throughout his career. He was also influenced early on by Swedish photographer Christer Stromholm and American photographer William Eggleston. His photographs can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. Tunbjörk was a member of Agence Vu and worked for The New York Times Magazine, Time, GEO, and others. Exhibitions 1993: Hasselblad center, Gothenburg 1994: Nordiska museet, Stockholm 1995: International Center of Photography, New York City 1998: Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark 1999: Galerie Vu, Paris, France 2002: Arbetets museum, Norrköping 2002: Kulturhuset, Stockholm 2002: Home, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg 2004: Moskva Fotobiennal, Russia 2004: Hembygd, Borås konstmuseum 2007: Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, 2007: Winter/Home, Moderna Museet 2011: L.A Office, Shop, Wunderbaum, Skellefteå Konsthall 2018: Retrospective, Fotografiska, Stockholm. References 1956 births 2015 deaths People from Borås Swedish photographers

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Per Hafslund

Per Hafslund (18 August 1918 – 3 May 1990) was a Norwegian biologist, educator and broadcasting person. He was born in Drammen. He graduated in zoology from the University of Oslo in 1946. Working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, he produced more than 35 programs for Skolekringkastingen between 1952 and 1959, and thereafter 64 programs for television. Among his books are Naturens eventyr from 1962 and Dyr i kameraøyet from 1964. References 1918 births 1990 deaths People from Drammen 20th-century Norwegian zoologists University of Oslo alumni Norwegian educators NRK people

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Restituta

Saint Restituta (Santa Restituta of Africa; died in AD 255 or 304) is a Berber saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. She was said to have been born in Carthage or Teniza (presently Ras Djebel, Tunisia) and martyred under Roman Emperor Diocletian. The location and date of her martyrdom are not precisely known. She sometimes is considered one of the Martyrs of Abitinae, Roman Province of Africa, a group of North Africans including St. Dativus, St. Saturninus, et alia, who were martyred in AD 304. Legend A later medieval legend, recounted by Pietro Suddiacono in the 10th century and similar to legends associated with Saints Devota, Reparata, and Torpes of Pisa, states that after being horribly tortured, Restituta was placed in a blazing boat loaded with oakum and resin. Restituta was unharmed by the fire, and asked for aid from God. God sent an angel to guide her boat to the island of Aenaria (present-day Ischia), and she landed at the present-day site of San Montano. The legend further states that a local Christian woman named Lucina had dreamt of the angel and the boat. When she walked to the beach, she found the resplendent and incorrupt body of Restituta, who was now dead. Lucina gathered the population together and the saint was solemnly buried at the foot of Monte Vico in Lacco Ameno, where a paleochristian basilica was dedicated to her, and is now the site of a sanctuary dedicated to her. Veneration However, the spread of her cult from North Africa to Italy is historically associated with the expulsion of Catholics from North Africa by Genseric, king of the Vandals, who followed the Arian sect. Her relics may have been brought to Naples in the fifth century by Gaudiosus of Naples when he was exiled from North Africa. A church, Santa Restituta, was built in her honour in Naples in the sixth century. The church was then incorporated into the Cathedral of Naples built on the same site in the 13th century. She is the patron saint of Lacco Ameno. She is especially venerated on the island of Ischia and at Lacco Ameno, where she is celebrated in a three-day celebration running from May 16 to May 18. A crypt associated with Restituta can be found even in Sardinia at Cagliari, in the neighborhood of Stampace. Lamartine, inspired by the legend of the saint, composed in 1842 “Le lis du golfe de Santa Restituta dans l’ìle d’Ischia.” See also Martyrs of Abitina Avigliano Umbro in Umbria has a frazione called Santa Restituta. Saint Restituta, patron saint archive References External links Santa Restituta 3rd-century Christian saints Bizerte Carthage Saints from Roman Africa (province) Year of birth missing 255 deaths Ischia

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John Bayard

John Bubenheim Bayard (11 August 1738 – 7 January 1807) was a merchant, soldier, and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He achieved the rank of colonel while serving with the Continental Army, and was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Congress of the Confederation in 1785 and 1786. Later he was elected as mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey. Early life John Bubenheim Bayard was born on 11 August 1738 to James Bayard (1717–1780) and the former Mary Asheton (b. ca. 1715) at Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland. He had a twin brother, James Asheton Bayard (1738–1770). Their father James was the youngest son of Samuel Bayard (1675–1721), who was born in New Amsterdam, and Susanna Bouchelle (1678–1750), both of French Huguenot ancestry. James Bayard was educated at West Nottingham Academy under the tutelage of the Rev. Samuel Finley. He later became the 5th President of Princeton University. Family Bayard's paternal line were French Huguenots who escaped France through the Netherlands. His 2x great-grandfather, Samuel Bayard (d. ca. 1647), the son of the Rev. Balthazar Bayard, married Ann Stuyvesant, the daughter of the Rev. Balthazar Stuyvesant, in the Netherlands in 1638. After Samuel Bayard's death, she brought their four children, of which Petrus Bayard (d. 1690), John Bayard's great-grandfather, was the eldest, to New Netherland with her brother Peter Stuyvesant in 1647. In 1698, John Bayard's grandfather, Samuel Bayard (1675–1721), moved to Maryland and established a plantation known as Bohemia Manor in Cecil County. It remained the seat of the family for several generations of the Bayard family. Career In 1755, John Bayard moved to Philadelphia and became a merchant. He entered the business world in the counting-room of a merchant, John Rhea. He began making his own investments in shipping voyages, prospered, and became one of the leaders in the merchant community. When he joined his own firm, it was named Hedge & Bayard. In 1765 Bayard signed the non-importation agreement in protest of the Stamp Act, even though it hurt his own business. By 1766, he had become one of the leaders of the Philadelphia Sons of Liberty. Revolutionary War Bayard was elected to the convention of Pennsylvania in July 1774, and re-elected in 1775. This group was originally the revolutionary counter to the official assembly, but eventually replaced it as the legislature for the new government. When regiments were raised for the defense of Philadelphia in 1775, Bayard became Colonel of the second regiment. In 1776, when the convention had become a constitutional assembly, he was named to the Committee of Safety. In March 1777, he became a member of the state's Board of War, and the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly, and was re-elected in 1778. In the meantime, Hedge & Bayard was contracted with the Continental Congress to supply the Continental Army. Bayard fitted out a ship sent out as a privateer. But, in the fall of 1777, the British occupied Philadelphia. Bayard moved his family to a farm at Plymouth. After getting them settled, he took to the field with his regiment. They fought at the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Princeton. Bayard was cited by General Washington for his gallant leadership in the Battle of Princeton. In 1781, Bayard became head of the Board of War, and as such joined the state's Executive Council. Under Pennsylvania's 1776 constitution this was a kind of combination of the roles of a governor's cabinet and the state Senate. In 1785 he was elected to the Congress of the Confederation, the successor of the Continental Congress. He served there in 1785 and 1786, attending their meetings in New York, then the temporary seat of government. In 1787, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. Later life By 1788, Bayard had settled most of the debts he had run up during the war. He was forced to sell the estate in Maryland to another branch of the family, and closed down his Philadelphia business. He built a new home in New Brunswick, New Jersey and moved there in the expectation of retiring. But in 1790, he was elected mayor of New Brunswick. Then, for many of his remaining years he sat as the judge in the court of common pleas for Middlesex County. He died at home in New Brunswick, New Jersey on January 7, 1807 and is buried in the First Presbyterian Churchyard there. Personal life In 1759, he married Margaret Hodge (1740–1780), the daughter of Andrew Hodge (1711–1789), sister of Andrew Hodge and Hugh Hodge, and the aunt of Rev. Charles Hodge (1797–1878), in Philadelphia. Before her death in 1780, the couple had several children, including: James Ashton Bayard (1760–1788), who graduated from Princeton in 1781, and who married to Eliza Rodgers, daughter of Dr. John Rodgers, a trustee of Princeton from 1765 to 1807. Andrew Bayard (1762–1833), who graduated from Princeton in 1779, and who married a daughter of Col. Charles Pettit John Murray Bayard (1766–1823), who married Margaret Carrick. Samuel Bayard (1766–1840), who graduated from Princeton in 1784, and who married Martha Pintard, daughter of Lewis Pintard and Susan Stockton (sister of Richard Stockton) Jane Bayard (1772–1851), who married Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756–1831) Nicholas Serl Bayard (1774–1821), who in 1798 married Anna Livingston Bayard (d. 1802), the daughter of Nicholas Bayard (1736–1798) and Catherine Livingston (1743–1775). The latter was the daughter of Peter Van Brugh Livingston and his wife. After Anna's death in 1802, he married Esther McIntosh, the daughter of Gen. Lachlan McIntosh and the former Sarah Threadcraft. Margaret Bayard (1778–1844), who married Samuel Harrison Smith (1772–1845) in 1800 and became a published writer. She is best known for her posthumously published memoir, The First Forty Years of Washington Society (1906), drawn from her letters to family and friends. Anna Bayard (1779–1869), who married Samuel Boyd. The household was enlarged after the couple adopted the three orphaned children of John's twin brother, James Asheton Bayard I (1738–1770). He had married Margaret Hodge's sister Ann, who also died young. Two young nephews and a niece joined the John Bayard household in 1770: John H. Bayard (1762–1820), Jane Bayard (b. 1765), and James Asheton Bayard II (1767–1815). He graduated from Princeton in 1784. In 1781, shortly after the death of his first wife Margaret, Bayard remarried, to Mary (née Grant) Hodgson (d. 1785). She was a widow of John Hodgson of South Carolina. After Mary's death in 1785, Bayard married for the third and final time to Johannah White (d. 1834), sister of General Anthony Walton White (1750–1803), sister-in-law of William Paterson (1745–1806), and granddaughter of Lewis Morris (1671–1746), the Chief Justice of New York from 1715 to 1733 and Governor of New Jersey from 1738 to 1746. She survived him and died on June 26, 1834 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Neither of the later marriages had surviving children. Descendants Through his eldest son, James Bayard, he was the grandfather of two, James Asheton Bayard and Anthony Walton Bayard (1737–1860). Through his second son, Andrew Bayard, he was the grandfather of six, Sarah Bayard, John Bayard (1795–1869) (a founder of the Philomathean Society at the University of Pennsylvania), Elizabeth Bayard, Theodosia Bayard, James Bayard, and Charles Bayard. Through his third son, John Murray Bayard, he was the grandfather of Jane Bayard (who married A. H. Stevens). Through his fourth son, Samuel Bayard, he was the grandfather of seven, Rev. Dr. Lewis Pintard Bayard (1791–1840), Susan Bayard, Maria Bayard, Samuel John Bayard (1801–1878) (who married Jane Ann Winder Dashiel, the parents of Gen. George Dashiell Bayard (1835–1862)), William Marsden Bayard (1803–1863), Juliet Elizabeth Bayard (1806–1865) (who married William Augustine Washington II (1804–1830), son of William A. Washington), and Caroline Smith Bayard (1814–1891) (who married Albert Baldwin Dod (1805–1845)). Through his fifth child, Jane Bayard Kirkpatrick, he was the grandfather of Mary Ann Kirkpatrick, John Bayard Kirkpatrick (1795–1864), George Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797–1859), Jane Eudora Kirkpatrick (who married Rev. Dr. Jonathan Cogswell in 1837, the parents of Jane Emily Searle Cogswell who married James Grant Wilson in 1869), Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, Sarah Kirkpatrick, and Charles Kirkpatrick. Through his sixth child, Nicholas Serl Bayard, he was the grandfather to Nicholas James Bayard (1799–1879) (who married Sarah Harris, Sarah Glen, and Eliza Hand née King (1808–1883)), Jane Bayard (who married Rev. James Leighton Wilson), and Margaret Esther Bayard (who married Rev. James Read Eckard, the parents of Leighton Wilson Eckard who married Bessie Schofield). Through his seventh child, Margaret Bayard Smith, he was the grandfather of Julia Smith, Susan Smith, John Bayard Harrison Smith, and Anne Smith. Through his eight and youngest child, Anna Bayard Boyd, he was the grandfather of Bayard Boyd (1815–1904) (who married Manette Lansing (1817–1904)), Elizabeth Boyd, Anna Boyd, and Isabella Boyd. See also List of mayors of New Brunswick, New Jersey Bayard family External links Bayard's Congressional biography References 1738 births 1808 deaths Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania 18th-century American politicians Mayors of New Brunswick, New Jersey John Politicians from Philadelphia Huguenot participants in the American Revolution Burials in New Jersey People from Chesapeake City, Maryland People of colonial Pennsylvania Members of the American Philosophical Society

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Waiting... (City and Colour song)

"Waiting..." is the first single from City and Colour's second album, Bring Me Your Love. The song peaked at No. 32 on the Canadian Hot 100. References External links 2008 singles City and Colour songs 2008 songs Songs written by Dallas Green (musician) Dine Alone Records singles

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Sherry Magee

Sherwood Robert "Sherry" Magee (August 6, 1884 – March 13, 1929) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1904 through 1919, Magee played with the Philadelphia Phillies (1904–1914), Boston Braves (1915–1917) and Cincinnati Reds (1917–1919). He batted and threw right-handed and in a 16-season career posted a .291 batting average with 83 home runs and 1,176 runs batted in through 2,087 games played. Career A native of Clarendon, Pennsylvania, Magee was one of the premier hitters of the dead-ball era. He was picked out by local Phillies scout Jim Randall when he had heard about the exploits of Magee on the local diamond, and it resulted in an impromptu tryout that resulted in a spot for Magee on the Phillies. He started his first game as a left fielder against the Brooklyn Superbas on June 29, 1904. From 1905 through 1914, Magee finished in the National League top 10 in home runs and runs batted in (RBI) seven times, including leading the National League in RBIs four times. He led the league for a fourth time in the campaign, which was shortened by World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic. Magee also hit over .300 five times, including a batting title to his credit as well, while also being known as one of the finest defensive outfielders of his day. He collected 2,169 hits and 441 stolen bases, including 23 steals of home plate. Magee would play eleven years with the Phillies while spending the last year as team captain. His 85 RBIs in 1905 were a league high. His most productive season came in 1910, when he led the league in batting (.310), RBIs (123), runs (110), total bases (263), on-base percentage (.445), slugging average (.507) and OPS (.952), and finished second in doubles (39) and triples (17). On July 10, 1911, Magee (allegedly drunk) struck umpire Bill Finneran as a result of disputing a called third strike, knocking him unconscious, at which he was suspended for the remainder of the season, although on appeal the suspension was shortened to just over a month, 36 games. In 1914 Magee led the league in hits (171), doubles (39), RBIs (103), extra base hits (65), total bases (277) and slugging (.509). A year later, he was traded to the Boston Braves. He remained at Boston until the 1917 midseason, when he was sent to the Cincinnati Reds. In 1918, he led the league in RBIs (76) for the fourth time. In 1919, Magee was seriously ill for two months and he concluded his major league career by pinch-hitting twice during the 1919 World Series, which resulted in two hits and a championship for Magee. Later life Magee later played in the minors and also umpired in the New York–Penn League (1927) and the National League (1928). A victim of pneumonia, Magee died in Philadelphia, at age 44. He is buried at Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. In 2008, he was one of ten pre-1943 players to be considered by the Cooperstown Veterans Committee for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. See also List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball batting champions List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders References External links Sherry Magee at SABR (Baseball BioProject) Sherry Magee at Baseball Library Baseball Hall of Fame: Magee Had Live Bat in a Dead Era Sherry Magee at The Deadball Era 1884 births 1929 deaths Major League Baseball left fielders Boston Braves players Burials at Arlington Cemetery (Pennsylvania) Cincinnati Reds players Philadelphia Phillies players Baseball players from Pennsylvania National League batting champions National League RBI champions Major League Baseball umpires Columbus Senators players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players St. Joseph Saints players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Baltimore Orioles (IL) players

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Brenebon

Brenebon soup or bruinebonensoep is a kidney beans soup commonly found in the Eastern Indonesia, more often specifically associated with Manado cuisine of North Sulawesi. The soup is made from kidney beans with vegetables served in broth seasoned with garlic, pepper and other spices. Origin The dish is derived from Dutch Cuisine influence on colonial Indonesia, adopted by people of Eastern Indonesian provinces. The name "brenebon" is local Manado pronunciation of Dutch bruine bonen; bruine means "brown", while bonen means "beans", thus bruine bonen means "brown beans" or "red beans" (kidney beans). Ingredients The meat used for brenebon usually washed and soaked in water overnight. The meat is then boiled until tender. The kidney beans are then boiled in the broth with spices, typically shallot, garlic, salt, sugar, pepper, nutmeg, and clove. Then, vegetables such as green beans, celery, and scallion are added. Then the soup is usually served with steamed rice and sambal. In its original Dutch and Minahasa version, pig trotters are usually employed as the base of rich and thick soup broth. The rich gelatinous pig trotters gives the broth a thick and glistening texture. Since this soup is also popular across Indonesia as everyday soup served in common Indonesian households, various versions exist. This include a halal version, which replaces pork trotters with cow's trotters, ribs or bony parts of beef. A variant called sayur asem kacang merah uses beef-based broth and tamarind-based soup similar to sayur asem to add sour freshness. See also List of soups Brongkos References External links Brenebon soup recipe Brenebon soup cooking video Manado cuisine Dutch fusion cuisine Indonesian soups

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Darian Sahanaja

Darian Sahanaja (born May 20, 1963) is an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and arranger who is best known for co-founding the Wondermints in 1992 and playing with Brian Wilson's supporting band since 1999. He has also performed alongside the Zombies and Heart as a session musician. Background Darian Sahanaja was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on May 20, 1963. He grew up in the United States. Association with Brian Wilson According to Sahanaja, the first record he ever bought was the Beach Boys greatest hits compilation Endless Summer (1974), and that he "used to take physical beatings from neighborhood boys for being a fan." In the early 1980s, he became obsessed with the band's unfinished Smile album after hearing an unreleased version of the song "Wonderful". Sahanaja stated that it "pretty much changed my life." He said, "When I met Nick Walusko, who I formed the Wondermints with, one of the first things we bonded over was Smile bootlegs. We got to know [music historian] Domenic Priore and a small group of us became the Smile intelligentsia of that period." In 2003, Sahanaja worked with Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks in sequencing and arranging the fragments of the unfinished Smile album into a completed work. Wilson, Sahanaja and the rest of Wilson's band performed Brian Wilson Presents Smile both live, and in the studio. Wilson's wife Melinda praised Sahanaja as "an unsung hero on the Smile project. If it weren't for him, and Brian feeling so comfortable with his assistance, I don't think it would have happened." In 2013, Sahanaja was the Supervising Music Consultant and acted as Paul Dano's musical coach for the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy (2014). Other work Sahanaja performed alongside The Zombies on the 40th anniversary tour and the 2015 tour of their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. He later performed with Heart at the Dreamboat Annie Live concert, writing string arrangements, while also playing percussion, keyboards, and singing background vocals. In 2012, Sahanaja appeared on the Beach Boys' reunion album, That's Why God Made the Radio, and the subsequent anniversary tour, playing keyboards and providing backing vocals. Sahanaja was the composer for the Disney XD original series Future-Worm! (2016-2018). References External links Brianwilson.com entry on Darian [ All-Music Credits entry for Darian] 20th-century American male singers 20th-century American singers Indonesian emigrants to the United States Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Brian Wilson Musicians from Los Angeles 1962 births

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Neo Sidirochori

Neo Sidirochori () is a village and a former municipality in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Komotini, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 120.488 km2. Population 2,778 (2011). The majority of the residents of the village descend from Greek refugees who had to flee from the village of Samakovo in Eastern Thrace after the Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish War References Populated places in Rhodope (regional unit) el:Δήμος Κομοτηνής#Δημοτική ενότητα Νέου Σιδηροχωρίου

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Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Matches

Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was the association football tournament that featured eleven teams, all from Europe. Four teams were drawn into eight groups of two where they each played once in a single-elimination format. The rest of the teams directly passed to the quarter finals. France and Belgium withdrew shortly before the competition started. Great Britain won the competition, earning several gold medals. Denmark won silver medals and the Netherlands won bronze medals. First round Finland vs Italy Notes Austria vs Germany Sweden vs Netherlands Second round Finland vs Russia Great Britain vs Hungary Denmark vs Norway Netherlands vs Austria Semi finals Great Britain vs Finland Denmark vs Netherlands Bronze medal game Netherlands vs Finland Final Great Britain vs Denmark References Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Montrose, Queensland (Southern Downs Region)

Montrose is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Montrose had a population of 0 people. History The locality takes its name from a railway station, which in turn came from a pastoral run, named by pastoralist St George Richard Gore after the town of Montrose in Forfarshire, Scotland. References Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland

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Morteza Momayez

Morteza Momayez (; August 26, 1935 – October 25, 2005) was an Iranian graphic designer. He was one of the founders of Iranian Graphic Design Society (IGDS) and held a membership to Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). He was the president of Tehran International Poster Biennial and Editor-in-chief of “Neshan”. Throughout his career, Momayez initiated many cultural institutes, exhibitions and graphic design publications. In 2004, Momayez received the Art & Culture Award of Excellency from President Mohammad Khatami. Biography Morteza Momayez was born on August 26, 1935, in Tehran to Mohammad-Ali and Kochak Momayez. In 1965, he completed his undergraduate studies in painting at University of Tehran's College of Fine Arts. He subsequently continued his studies at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, where he received his diplomat in 1968. Experiences: Graphic Design Magazines: Iran Abad(1960), Ketab va Keyhan Hafteh (1961–62), Farhang (1961), Kavosh (1963–64), Negin(1965), Farhang va Zendegi (1969–78),Roudaki (1971-1978), Cinema (1974–75), Memari va Honareh Iran (1987), Kelk (1990-),Neghahe No (1991–99), Sharif (1993-2001),Tasvir (1992), Silk Road (1994–95), Faslnameh Khavarmyaneh ( 1994), Goftego (1994-),Payam-e-Emrouz(1994-2000). Art Director and Graphic Design: Tehran International Film Festival (1973–77) Awards 2004 National Award of Art achievements from the Academy of Art in Tehran. References External links Official homepage Iranian graphic designers People from Tehran 1935 births 2005 deaths Alumni of the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs Iranian poster artists Recipients of the Order of Culture and Art Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Visual Arts