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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocker%27s%20Arithmetick

Cocker's Arithmetick

Cocker's Arithmetick, also known by its full title "Cocker's Arithmetick: Being a Plain and Familiar Method Suitable to the Meanest Capacity for the Full Understanding of That Incomparable Art, As It Is Now Taught by the Ablest School-Masters in City and Country", is a grammar school mathematics textbook written by Edward Cocker (1631–1676) and published posthumously by John Hawkins in 1677. Arithmetick along with companion volume, Decimal Arithmetick published in 1684, were used to teach mathematics in schools in the United Kingdom for more than 150 years. Some controversy exists over the authorship of the book. Augustus De Morgan claimed the work was written by Hawkins, who merely used Cocker's name to lend the authority of his reputation to the book. Ruth Wallis, in 1997, wrote an article in Annals of Science, claiming De Morgan's analysis was flawed and Cocker was the real author. The popularity of Arithmetick is unquestioned by its more than 130 editions, and that its place was woven in the fabric of the popular culture of the time is evidenced by its references in the phrase, "according to Cocker", meaning "absolutely correct" or "according to the rules". Such noted figures of history as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Simpson are documented as having used the book. Over 100 years after its publication, Samuel Johnson carried a copy of Arithmetick on his tour of Scotland, and mentions it in his letters: In the afternoon tea was made by a very decent girl in a printed linen ; she engaged me so much, that I made her a present of Cocker's Arithmetick. Though popular, like most texts of its time, Arithmetick style is formal, stiff and difficult to follow as illustrated in its explanation of the "rule of three". As well as the rule of three, Arithmetick contains instructions on alligation and the rule of false position. Following the common practice of textbooks at the time, each rule is illustrated with numerous examples of commercial transactions involving the exchange of wheat, rye and other seeds; calculation of costs for the erection of houses and other structures; and the rotation of gears on a shaft. The text contains the earliest known use of the term lowest terms. References Further reading On-line text of Cocker's decimal arithmetic at Internet Archive 1677 books Mathematics textbooks Mathematics education in the United Kingdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma%20%28airship%29

Roma (airship)

Roma was an Italian built semi-rigid airship, designated by its constructor as the Model T-34. Purchased by the United States from the Italian government in 1921, Roma was operated by the United States Army Air Service from November 1921 to February 21, 1922, when it crashed in Norfolk, Virginia, killing 34 people aboard, with 9 survivors. As a result of this accident, Roma was the last hydrogen inflated airship flown by the US military; all subsequent airships were inflated with helium. Design and development The Roma was designed by Celestino Usuelli, the engineers Eugenio Prassone, Umberto Nobile and Colonel Gaetano Crocco. Designated and advertised as the Model T-34, it was the first project of the Stabilimento Costruzioni Aeronautiche ("Aeronautical Construction Factory"), for the partnership of Nobile, Usuelli, Croce and Giuseppe Valle. The T-34 was designed for trans-Atlantic crossings carrying up to 100 passengers, though initially fitted for 25. When constructed, Roma was the largest semi-rigid airship in the world. As a semi-rigid design it was built about a rigid keel - though the keel was partially articulated to allow some flexibility. The passenger spaces and control cabin were within the keel. The engines, 400 hp Ansaldo 4E-2940 V-12s, were mounted outside, angled such that the slipstreams would not interfere with each other. Service In September 1920, Roma made its first trial flight. The airship was purchased by the United States Army Air Service for $184,000 (equivalent to $ million in ). During the inspection and delivery ceremonies in March 1921, the Italians treated the new owners with a flight on the Roma, from Rome to Naples and back, carrying the US Ambassador, his wife and several Army officers. The passengers were served lunch while flying over the island of Capri. The Army originally planned to fly the Roma to the United States, but instead the dirigible was dismantled, packed in several crates and transported by ship, arriving in the US in August, 1921. When the Army unpacked the crates after their arrival at Langley Field, they found the airship's fabric skin mildewed and weakened. After being reassembled by US Army Air Service crews at Langley, Roma flew in America for the first time on November 15, 1921, with minor problems. On a subsequent flight, a propeller disintegrated, ripped open the envelope and slashed a gas bag; the airship managed to return safely. During a flight to Washington, D.C. on December 21, 1921, the Roma experienced several engine breakdowns due to the cold weather. After the return fight to Langley was made on only four engines, the original Italian Ansaldo engines were replaced with six Liberty L-12's. Crash The Roma crashed in Norfolk, Virginia during a test flight on February 21, 1922. The airship left Langley Field shortly before 1:00 PM in the afternoon with 45 people onboard, most of whom were US Army airmen. There were also a few civilians including mechanics and government observers aboard for the test flight. After lifting off, the pilot, Captain Dale Mabry, set a course along the shore of Chesapeake Bay that took it over Buckroe Beach, and Fort Monroe, before crossing Hampton Roads and passing over Willoughby Spit en-route to the Norfolk Navy Base. The crash of the Roma was caused by failure of the airship's box rudder system, which allowed it to maneuver over tight areas. Witnesses reported seeing the entire box rudder slip sideways and the uncontrollable airship flew straight into the ground at the Army's Norfolk Quartermaster Depot (now the location of Norfolk International Terminals) from an altitude of . Just before the bow struck the ground, the Roma contacted high voltage power lines, and burst into flames. A total of 34 people were killed, 8 were injured, and 3 escaped unharmed. Among the dead was the Captain Mabry. The crash of the Roma marked the greatest disaster in American aeronautics history up to that time. Master Sergeant Harry A. Chapman earned the Cheney Award for his heroics during the crash. He was the first recipient of the award and it was presented by President Calvin Coolidge in 1928. Although it was America's worst aviation disaster at the time, a century later the crash of the Roma has largely been forgotten, eclipsed by the Hindenburg disaster which occurred 15 years later and effectively ended the airship era. At Langley Air Force base, the spot where the massive hanger that housed the Roma once stood is now a parking lot but is still known as the "LTA" ("lighter than air") area, and the base's Roma Road is named in memory of the ill-fated airship. Specifications References Bibliography Tampa Times, February 22, 1922. Page 1. Airships of Italy Airships of the United States 1920s Italian military trainer aircraft Accidents and incidents involving balloons and airships Aviation accidents and incidents in 1922 Aviation accidents and incidents in Virginia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Duxbury%2C%20Massachusetts

South Duxbury, Massachusetts

South Duxbury is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Duxbury in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,360 at the 2010 census. Geography South Duxbury is located at (42.020223, -70.695338). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 11.5 km (4.4 mi), of which 7.7 km (3.0 mi) is land and 3.8 km (1.5 mi) (32.88%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 3,062 people, 1,099 households, and 864 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 396.7/km (1,027.0/mi). There were 1,226 housing units at an average density of 158.8/km (411.2/mi). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.98% White, 0.26% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.78% of the population. There were 1,099 households, out of which 41.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.9% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.20. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 30.4% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $96,929, and the median income for a family was $107,094. Males had a median income of $93,137 versus $45,109 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $42,108. Halls Corner South Duxbury is an area in the town of Duxbury, which includes Halls Corner, a small shopping district. Halls Corner consists of five streets (Standish Street, Bay Road, Washington Street, Depot Street, and Chestnut Street) coming together into a roundabout. Those streets contain several stores, such as grocery, clothing, gas, pharmacy, banks, eatery, consignment, flower, hair and nail salons, ice cream, wine and spirits, dentist, bakery, the South Duxbury Post Office, and many more. In previous years there was a train line from the Old Colony Railroad through South Duxbury, but it closed in the late 1930s. The site is now the Duxbury Clipper, a local newspaper. The SAIL Line (Seaside Area Inter-town Link) bus, operated by GATRA (Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority), runs through Halls Corner, stopping at the Depot Plaza. References Census-designated places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Census-designated places in Massachusetts

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Seaton%20%28singer%29

Ryan Seaton (singer)

Ryan Seaton (born December 7, 1979, Cynthiana, Indiana) is an American singer. He was the lead singer for Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, a Southern Gospel quartet, from 2003 to December 2009. Raised in Poseyville, Seaton began singing in the choir at Christian Fellowship Church when he was still a teenager. His mother, Debbie Seaton, herself a musician, worked in a couple of Country gospel bands. He began his professional singing career with the Melody Boys Quartet in 2003, only to join Ernie Haase and Signature Sound ten months later, the latter of whom he remained with for six years. After Signature Sound, he recorded his own solo album, "The Stage is Bare", in May 2010, before founding the Union Street Quartet, along with Andrew Goldman, Toby Hitchcock and Aaron McCune. In 2014 he joined Cornerstone Church based quartet Canton Junction, where he remained until 2016. References Living people 1979 births American performers of Christian music Southern gospel performers Singers from Indiana People from Posey County, Indiana 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Mexico%20State%20Road%2055

New Mexico State Road 55

State Road 55 (NM 55) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico. Its total length is approximately . NM 55's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 54 (US 55) west-northwest of Ancho and the northern terminus is in the village of Estancia at NM 41. History In the 1930s, the section of highway between Cuba and Farmington was known as NM 55. By 1940, NM 44 was moved to the road NM 55 followed, and the NM 55 designation was removed. In the early 1940s the portion from Estancia to Tajique was named NM 55 when NM 10 (later NM 14) was extended south over the remainder of NM 15. For a brief time in the early 1940s, the segment between Claunch and US 54 was designated NM 195. In 1988, NM 14 was broken up into several routes to eliminate concurrent segments with other routes, and NM-55 assumed the former portion of NM 14 south of Tajique. Currently it covers the entire length of the original route NM 15. Major intersections See also References 055 Transportation in Lincoln County, New Mexico Transportation in Socorro County, New Mexico Transportation in Torrance County, New Mexico

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Devenay

William Devenay

William Devenay (1864 – 12 May 1934) was a British trade unionist and politician. Born in Renfrew in Scotland, he found work as a dock labourer, and moved to London, also working for a time driving a bakers' van. He joined the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union, and was soon working full-time for the union as its London District Secretary. He also became active in the Independent Labour Party (ILP), and in 1898 was elected as its first councillor in West Ham. The ILP affiliated to the Labour Party and, as more Labour councillors were elected, he became an alderman in 1911, and then Mayor of West Ham in 1919/20, the first former docker to become a Labour mayor. He also stood for Labour in Mile End at the 1918 United Kingdom general election, taking second place with 25.1% of the vote. Devenay remained active in the Dockers' Union, becoming an assistant national organiser, and in 1911 was a leading figure in a strike of transport workers in London. Ben Tillett later described him as "...the plodder of the movement, and to his years of organising work is due a lot of the feeling aroused among the Transport Workers of London". In 1922, the union became part of the new Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), and Devenay was appointed as secretary of its General Workers Group. In 1914, Devenay was appointed to the Port of London Authority, replacing Harry Orbell, and in 1930 he was made chair of its maintenance committee, the most senior position held to that date by any trade unionist on the body. He retired from his trade union posts in 1932, and died in May 1934. References 1864 births 1934 deaths Labour Party (UK) councillors Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Mayors of places in Greater London People from Renfrew Scottish trade unionists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pud%C5%82owski

Pudłowski

Pudłowski (feminine: Pudłowska) is a Polish noble family name of . It may refer to: Gilles Pudlowski (born 1950), French food critic Zenon J. Pudlowski (born 1943), Polish engineer and educator Mary Lucy Denise Pudlowski, birth name of Marilu Henner, American actress and author Polish-language surnames

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold%20Strike

Gold Strike

Gold Strike may refer to: Gold Strike (drink), alcoholic drink Gold Strike (horse), Canadian champion racehorse Gold Strike Casino Resort, Tunica Resorts, Mississippi Gold Strike Hotel, casino hotel near Boulder City, Nevada, now the Hoover Dam Lodge Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall, Jean, Nevada, now Terrible's Hotel & Casino Gold Strike Resorts, company Gold Strike Canyon-Sugarloaf Mountain Traditional Cultural Property

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy%20Duffy%20%28politician%29

Paddy Duffy (politician)

Patrick Aloysius Duffy (July 1934 – 1996), known as Paddy Duffy, was an Irish nationalist politician. Born in Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Duffy studied at St Patrick's Academy in Dungannon and then Queen's University Belfast before becoming a solicitor. He became politically active in the Nationalist Party, then in the Unity movement, acting as agent for Frank McManus, the successful candidate in Fermanagh and South Tyrone at the 1970 general election. After the election, Duffy was a key founder member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and served as its first treasurer. He was elected to Cookstown District Council at the 1973 Northern Ireland local elections, and then at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election he won a seat in Mid Ulster, which he successfully defended on the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975. He also retained his council seat in 1977 and 1981. However, he proved less successful on the national stage, taking second place in Mid Ulster at the 1979 general election. In the late 1970s, Duffy became known for his outspoken support of Northern Irish independence, although he did concede that there would need to be some form of federal structure covering the entire island. He objected to the arrangements for the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, refused to stand, and unsuccessfully attempted to persuade the SDLP to boycott the election, and called for its assembly members to withdraw after Seamus Mallon was disqualified. Following this, he withdrew from involvement in the SDLP, although he was re-elected as a nominal party member to Cookstown District Council in 1985 and 1989. Outside politics, Duffy built up a large legal practice, with offices in small towns across Northern Ireland. He was also active in the credit union and co-operative movements. At the time of his death in 1996, he was a member of the board of the International Fund for Ireland. References 1934 births 1996 deaths Members of Cookstown District Council Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1973–1974 Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention People from County Tyrone Social Democratic and Labour Party politicians Solicitors from Northern Ireland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levellers%20%28disambiguation%29

Levellers (disambiguation)

Levellers were an English 17th century political movement active during English Civil War. It may also refer to Levellers (band), a British rock band Levellers (album), their eponymous third album See also Diggers, also called True Levellers, an anarchist or communist land rights movement (1649–1651) The Leveller, a British radical political magazine published in the 1970s Leveller, a variety of gooseberry Levellers Day, an annual event commemorating the Banbury mutiny Audio leveler, a process in sound production Leveler (album), an album by the American band August Burns Red Levelling (disambiguation) Level (disambiguation)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaTemat.pl

NaTemat.pl

NaTemat.pl (lit. OnTopic) is a Polish language website created by Tomasz Lis on 22 February 2012. It includes a wide variety of content including latest events, politics, lifestyle, culture, social issues and economic and sports information. After seven months since the creation of naTemat, the boss and editor-in-chief Tomasz Machała reported that the website had exceeded the one million unique visitors. According to the January 2013 study of the Polish internet by Megapanel_PBI/Gemius, the website was 15th place in the category of "information and journalism" with 940,495 real users. The service combines editorial content and blogs. The approximately 400 authors include Janusz Palikot, Jacek Dehnel, Sebastian Gojdź Justyna Kowalczyk, Marcin Orliński, Jacek Rostowski, Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Krystyna Kofta, Karol Okrasa. References External links Blog Internet in Poland 2012 establishments in Poland Polish news websites

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%20Edmonton%20municipal%20election

1977 Edmonton municipal election

The 1977 municipal election was held October 19, 1977 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board. This was the first election in which a nine-member public school board was elected instead of the seven member board that had previously existed. It was also the last election to use only four wards; beginning in 1980, two aldermen were elected from each of six wards. Voter turnout There were 116,525 ballots cast out of 305,342 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 38.2%. Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) Mayor (William Hawrelak had been elected mayor in the 1974 election, but had died in office. Cavanagh was selected by council to replace him.) Aldermen Guide: E.C.G.A = Edmonton Civic Government Association E.V.A. = Edmonton Voters Association U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton Public school trustees Shirley Forbes - 38468 Mel Binder - 37438 Ernie Lund - 35406 Jim Patrick - 33618 Don Massey - 33444 Catherine Ford - 33170 Richard Jamieson - 32371 James Falconer - 31754 Elaine Jones - 27494 Lorne Mowers - 26792 Vernon Johnson - 25896 Douglas Sorenson - 24397 Molly Glass - 21330 John Mason - 16319 Clare Brown - 16252 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Leo Floyd - 16438 Jean McDonald - 15123 Barry Cavanaugh - 11506 Phil Gibeau - 11207 Laurier Picard - 11071 Raymond Pinkowski - 10342 Joe Donahue - 9810 William McNeill - 8664 Zan Matishank - 8436 Patrick Murphy - 7873 Lyle Lavender - 7039 John Kash - 6506 Paul Haljan - 4659 References City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1977 1977 elections in Canada 1977 in Alberta

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

Lithoconus

Lithoconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Lithoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Lithoconus) Mörch, 1852 (type species:Conus millepunctatus Lamarck, 1822) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Distinguishing characteristics The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Lithoconus from Conus in the following ways: Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758 Shell characters (living and fossil species) The basic shell shape is conical to elongated conical, has a deep anal notch on the shoulder, a smooth periostracum and a small operculum. The shoulder of the shell is usually nodulose and the protoconch is usually multispiral. Markings often include the presence of tents except for black or white color variants, with the absence of spiral lines of minute tents and textile bars. Radular tooth (not known for fossil species) The radula has an elongated anterior section with serrations and a large exposed terminating cusp, a non-obvious waist, blade is either small or absent and has a short barb, and lacks a basal spur. Geographical distribution These species are found in the Indo-Pacific region. Feeding habits These species eat other gastropods including cones. Subgenus Lithoconus Mörch, 1852 Shell characters (living and fossil species) The shell is large, thick and obconic in shape, and the shoulders are subangular. The protoconch is multispiral, and the whorl tops are usually concave in cross section and have just one or two cords. The shell is ornamented with nodules which are obsolete but present. The anal notch is shallow to moderately deep, depending upon the species. The color pattern includes spiral rows of brown, red or black markings, and the anterior end is usually colored black, red, blue or lavender. The periostracum is smooth and very thick, and the operculum is large. Radular tooth (not known for fossil species) The anterior section of the radular tooth may be shorter or significantly longer than the length of posterior section, and the blade is long and covers most of the anterior section. A basal spur is present, and the barb is short. The radular tooth has several rows of coarse denticles. Geographical distribution The species in this genus occur in the occur in the Indo-Pacific region. Feeding habits These cone snails are vermivorous, meaning that the cones prey on a variety of polychaete worms, including enteropneust, eunicid, capitellid, and nereid worms. Species list This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) list. Species within the genus Lithoconus include: Lithoconus caracteristicus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807): synonym of Conus caracteristicus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 Lithoconus eburneus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Conus eburneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Lithoconus edaphus (Dall, 1910) : synonym of Conus edaphus Dall, 1910 Lithoconus leopardus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Conus leopardus (Röding, 1798) Lithoconus peasei Brazier, 1877: synonym of Conus flavidus Lamarck, 1810 Lithoconus sandwichensis (Walls, 1978): synonym of Conus sandwichensis Walls, 1978 Lithoconus suturatus (Reeve, 1844): synonym of Conus suturatus Reeve, 1844 Lithoconus tessulatus (Born, 1778): synonym of Conus tessulatus Born, 1778 References Further reading Kohn A. A. (1992). Chronological Taxonomy of Conus, 1758-1840". Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. Monteiro A. (ed.) (2007). The Cone Collector 1: 1-28. Berschauer D. (2010). Technology and the Fall of the Mono-Generic Family The Cone Collector 15: pp. 51-54 Puillandre N., Meyer C.P., Bouchet P., and Olivera B.M. (2011), Genetic divergence and geographical variation in the deep-water Conus orbignyi complex (Mollusca: Conoidea)'', Zoologica Scripta 40(4) 350-363. External links To World Register of Marine Species Gastropods.com: Conidae setting forth the genera recognized therein. Conidae

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wotapuri-Katarqalai%20language

Wotapuri-Katarqalai language

Wotapuri-Katarqalai is an extinct Dardic language of the Kohistani group spoken in Afghanistan. Phonology Below is set out the phonology of the Wotapuri-Katarqalai language. Vowels Consonants References Dardic languages

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dockyard%20and%20Engineering%20Works%20Limited

Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited

Dockyard and Engineering Works (DEW) Limited is a ship construction and repair yard at the Narayanganj, Bangladesh owned by the Government of Bangladesh under Ministry of Defence and managed by the Bangladesh Navy. The yard built many small to medium-sized patrol boats for the Bangladesh Coast Guard and landing craft for the Bangladesh Navy. History The shipyard was founded in 1922. Initially, it was a profit-making institution which continued after the independence of Bangladesh. But it experienced a period of loss starting from the nineties. As a result, it was laid off in 2002. On 7 December 2007, the yard was handed over to the Bangladesh Navy. From then, it is regaining its standard. This shipyard has constructed the Pabna Class riverine patrol boats from 1972 to 1977, which are the first Bangladesh made warships. Naval projects Pabna Class riverine patrol boats Shobuj Bangla class inshore patrol vessels Fast Patrol Boats Harbour patrol boats Landing craft tank X-12 patrol boats See also Chittagong Dry Dock Limited Khulna Shipyard Shipbuilding in Bangladesh References Defence companies of Bangladesh Shipbuilding companies of Bangladesh Shipyards of Bangladesh Government-owned companies of Bangladesh Organisations based in Narayanganj

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous%20poly%20alpha%20olefin

Amorphous poly alpha olefin

Amorphous poly alpha olefin (APAO; also known as atactic poly alpha olefin) is a commodity chemical used in multiple applications. History In the mid-to-late-1950s, atactic polypropylene (APP) was a by-product of the synthesis of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) using first and early second generation Ziegler–Natta catalysts (Z-N catalysts), which typically produced about 10-15 wt% of APP. Polymerization reactions using those catalysts were based on solution processes that simplified the elimination of the APP due to solubility differences. In other processes, such as slurry or suspension, the APP had to be eliminated from the isotactic fraction by washing/extracting the polypropylene product with hydrocarbon solvents. With the development in the 1980s of more active and stereospecific supported Z-N catalysts, the proportion of atactic polymer to crystalline isotactic polypropylene in the polymers produced was substantially reduced, to typically less than 2 or 3 wt%. Therefore, the polypropylene product generally did not require additional purification steps to remove the atactic or low crystalline fraction. This meant that the APP supply from polypropylene plants using standard first- and early second-generation Z-N catalysts decreased as commercial plants adopted the new catalysts. Little by-product APP was thereafter produced. Because APP is a by-product, it frequently has broad product specifications . Starting in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, several chemical companies identified the need to have an APP-like polymer produced to tight specifications. This type of polyolefin became known as on-purpose APAO, or just APAO, or APO. APAO synthesis and manufacture has been accomplished by properly designing the process of synthesizing the amorphous polyolefin, specifically, by the proper choice of catalyst system and the use of olefinic co-monomers. This process results in products with defined properties, such as melt viscosity, softening point, needle penetration, open time and tensile strength. Production The amorphous polyalphaolefins are synthesized by a catalyst system based on a Z-N supported catalyst and an alkyl aluminum co-catalyst. The polymerization process produces a mostly amorphous polymer with low crystallinity. Crystallinity depends on the catalyst system and on the use of co-monomers. Product types The four distinctive commercially available product types of on-purpose APAO are: Homopolymers of propylene Copolymers of propylene and ethylene Copolymers of propylene and 1-butene or other higher a-olefins Terpolymers of ethylene, propylene and 1-butene Properties The composition of the APAO is typically determined by using infrared spectroscopy, specifically, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Typical properties for APAO are: Melt viscosity (MV) - indicates processability and is typically determined at 375°F (190°C), as per the ASTM D-3236 or DIN 53019 test methods. Needle penetration (NP) - indicates resistance to deformation and hardness, and is typically determined as per ASTM D-1321, ASTM D5 or DIN EN 1426 test methods Ring and ball softening point (RBSP) - indicates resistance to heat, and is typically determined as per ASTM E-28 or DIN EN 1427 test methods. Open time (OT) - indicates how long it takes for a film of adhesive to set to a destructive bond. Typically determined as per ASTM D-4497. Other tests carried out to determine product properties are: Rheology- measured with a rheometer Tensile strength and modulus - measures mechanical properties - measured using a tensile tester Molecular weight - used to obtain the molecular weight distribution, MWD, determined by Gel Permeation Chromatography, GPC Shear adhesion failure temperature (SAFT) Peel adhesion failure temperature (PAFT) Applications Applications include: Personal hygiene baby diapers Adult incontinence Feminine hygiene Paper and packaging Paper lamination Cardboard and case sealing Pressure sensitive labels Bookbinding WoodworkingEdge banding References Pellon, B.J. and A. Sustic. 1991, TAPPI Hot Melt Symposium Notes. p.193 Pellon, B.J. and A. Sustic. 1991, Journal of The Adhesion and Sealant Council 20(2):41 Pellon, B.J. and A. Sustic. 1991, Adhesives Age, 34(12):17-20 Krishnamurthy, V. and A. Sustic. 1992. TAPPI Hot Melt Symposium Notes. p.77 Sustic, A. 1997, TAPPI Hot Melt Symposium Notes. p. 69 McLaughlin, K.W. and D.D. Latham. 1988. Polymer Preprints. ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, 29(2):406 Organic polymers Chemical substances

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo%20Drago

Massimo Drago

Massimo Drago (born March 2, 1971) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player. Playing career Born in Crotone, Drago started his career at hometown club Kroton in the Serie C2 league. In 1990–91 he had a short stint at Serie B level with Avellino, in what was his highest point as a footballer. He successively played at Serie C1, Serie C2 and Serie D level with a variety of teams before retiring in 2004. Coaching career After retiring as a player, Drago joined Crotone's coaching staff in 2005 as a youth coach for the Giovanissimi (under-15) level. In 2008, he was promoted as technical collaborator for the first team, and was successively named as assistant coach to Leonardo Menichini in 2011. After the latter's dismissal as head coach, Drago was then promoted new head coach of Crotone in January 2012, successfully guiding the Calabrian club to safety in the 2011–12 Serie B and being successively appointed as permanent manager by the end of the season. Drago was successively admitted to the UEFA Pro Licence course due to his role as manager of a Serie B club in December 2012. Under his tenure, Crotone achieved a twelfth place in the 2012–13 season and, then, an impressive sixth place in the 2013–14 Serie B, the best result in the club history to date, thus qualifying to the promotion playoffs (then lost to Bari). On 4 February 2019, Drago was appointed as the manager of Reggina. The adventure at Reggina ended after only 9 games. He was fired after a defeat to Sicula Leonzio on 4 April 2019, after only managing to get 9 points in 9 games. References 1971 births Living people People from Crotone Italian footballers Serie B players F.C. Crotone players Calcio Catania players U.S. Avellino 1912 players Potenza S.C. players Italian football managers F.C. Crotone managers Association football defenders U.S. Castrovillari Calcio players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamba%20language%20%28disambiguation%29

Kamba language (disambiguation)

Kamba language (Kenya) Kamba may also refer to: Kaamba language (Congo) Kamba language (New Guinea) an alternative name for Chiriguano Guarani Kamba people of Brazil, who identify as and speak Chiquitano See also Kamba (disambiguation)

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Sydney J. Bowie

Sydney Johnston Bowie (July 26, 1865 – May 7, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, nephew of Franklin Welsh Bowdon. Born in Talladega, Alabama, Bowie attended private schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1885. He was admitted to the bar June 1, 1885, and commenced practice in Talladega, Alabama. City clerk of Talladega in 1885 and 1886. He served as member of the board of aldermen in 1891. He served as member of the Democratic State executive committee in 1894–1899. He moved to Anniston, Alabama, in 1899. Bowie was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1906 and moved to Birmingham and continued the practice of law until 1919, when he engaged in business there as an automobile dealer. Bowie served as member of the Southern Education Board in 1908 and 1909. He served as member of the Birmingham Board of Education in 1915–1919, chairman of the State educational commission in 1920, delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention in 1920, president of the Alabama Tuberculosis Commission in 1920–1922, a member of the State harbor commission in 1922 and 1923. He died in Birmingham, Alabama, May 7, 1928. His interment occurred in Birmingham's Elmwood Cemetery. References External links 1865 births 1928 deaths People from Talladega, Alabama American people of Scottish descent Alabama Democrats Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama School board members in Alabama Politicians from Anniston, Alabama Politicians from Birmingham, Alabama Alabama lawyers University of Alabama School of Law alumni Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) 19th-century American lawyers Members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T48%20Gun%20Motor%20Carriage

T48 Gun Motor Carriage

The T48 57 mm Gun Motor Carriage was a self-propelled anti-tank gun produced by the Diamond T company in 1943 for the United States. The design incorporated a 57 mm gun M1, a US production of the British Ordnance QF 6 pounder, mounted on an M3 Half-track. A total of 962 vehicles were produced from 1942 to 1943. It had originally been planned that Britain would receive all of the examples produced through Lend-Lease, intending to use them in the Western Desert, but by the time they arrived the campaign was over. Additionally, the purpose-built M10 tank destroyer, armed with a 3-inch gun (and later a 17-pounder gun in British service) had begun to enter production. As a result, the British transferred 650 half-tracks to the Soviet Union under the Soviet Aid Program. Britain retained 30 and the remainder were taken by the US; except for one kept by the U.S. Army, these British and American vehicles were converted back to standard M3 Half-tracks. The Soviets called it the SU-57 (Samokhodnaya ustanovka 57); under this designation it served in Operation Bagration and other fighting on the Eastern Front during World War II. Specifications The T48 Gun Motor Carriage was long, wide, and high. It had a wheelbase of , and weighed 9.45 tons (20,800 lb). The suspension consisted of a leaf spring for the wheels, while the front tread had vertical volute springs. The vehicle had a maximum speed of . With a fuel capacity of 60 US gallons (230 l), it had a range of , and was powered by a White 160AX, 386 in3 (6,330 cc), 6-cylinder gasoline engine with a compression ratio of 6:3:1. The power-to-weight ratio was 15.8 hp/ton. It also had 6–12 mm of armor, and was armed with a single 57 mm Gun M1 with 99 rounds of ammunition. It had a crew of five (commander, gunner, driver, loader, and radio operator). Development The T48 originated from an Anglo-American requirement for a self-propelled 6-pounder anti-tank gun. The requirement was met by emplacing a 57 mm gun M1 – the U.S. production version of the British Ordnance QF 6-pounder – in the rear of an M3 Half-track. The first production batch was ordered in April 1942. The Americans dropped their requirements because of the design of another tank destroyer, the M10. Afterwards, it was intended solely to be supplied overseas under the terms of the Lend-Lease Program; the T48 was never officially type-classified. Pilot model The pilot model was built at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in May 1942. The 57 mm Gun M1 was mounted in the M12 recoil mechanism and installed on a tubular pedestal. The tubular pedestal was soon replaced with a conical structure that was designated the "57 mm gun mount T5". The gun on the pilot model had a traverse of 27.5 degrees either side of the centerline (total of 55 degrees), while having an elevation of +15 to -5 degrees. The short-barrelled (43 caliber) British Mark III 6-pounder gun was installed in the pilot, but the longer-barrelled (50 caliber) 57 mm Gun M1 was specified for the production models. The original travel lock – to hold the gun in a fixed position when the vehicle was moving – proved to be unsatisfactory, and was replaced by a travel lock on the front hood. The original design used a gun shield taken from the T44 57 mm Gun Motor Carriage, but after the first tests were complete, a new shield was designed with face-hardened steel 5/8 inch thick on the front and 1/4 inch thick on the sides and top. The shield extended over the crew with a relatively low silhouette of only . Experience with the M3 Gun Motor Carriage in the Philippines Campaign, resulted in demountable headlights being used. The T48 was accepted for production in 1942. Service history Deliveries of the T48 were made in 1942 and 1943, with 50 arriving in 1942 followed by a further 912 in 1943. The British ordered all of the T48s that were produced, intending to use them in the Western Desert Campaign. By the time the vehicles arrived in the theater in the summer of 1943, the British had already won the war in the Western Desert. Meanwhile, the 57 mm gun was superseded by the 75 mm gun from the U.S., and later the availability of the Ordnance QF 17-pounder gun, meant that the T48 became surplus to British requirements. As a result, the vehicles were almost immediately shipped to the Soviet Union under the terms of the Soviet Aid Program. Through this, the Soviets received 650 vehicles, which they designated the "SU-57" (Samokhodnaya ustanovka 57). A small number were later passed to the Polish People's Army. Of the remainder, Britain accepted 30, all of which were converted back into carriers, and the US took 282 vehicles. Of those retained by the US, all but one were converted back to M3A1 standard carriers in 1944. The conversion took place at the Chester Tank Depot. The Wehrmacht also operated a number of T48s as carriers, having captured several from Britain and the Soviet Union. The Soviets employed the T48 along the Eastern Front, mainly in Operation Bagration. The Soviet 16th Separate Tank Destroyer Brigade used a large number of T48s in 1943 during the offensive across the Dnieper River, and with the 19th Brigade during the Baranow bridgehead battle in August 1944. The T48 also served with the Soviet 22nd Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade. Some of these units also took part in the Berlin and Prague offensives. The Polish People's Army used T48s assigned to the 7th Self-Propelled Artillery Battery to support Soviet attacks into Germany and Poland. In Soviet service, the vehicles were allocated to brigades at a scale of 60 per brigade. During the attack, the vehicles were used to provide mobile fire support, being placed behind the infantry, usually in a hull-down position behind a ridge or a hill, to fire across a broad front to take advantage of the long range of the 57 mm gun. Operators British Army accepted 30 vehicles, later rebuilt as carriers. Polish Army in the East received 15 vehicles operated previously by the Red Army. Red Army operated T48 GMC under the designation SU-57. U.S. Army used T48s rebuilt as M3A1 Half-tracks, in 1944. Most rebuilt by the Chester Tank Depot. One T48 was integrated into the U.S. Army. Wehrmacht units operated a small number of T48s captured from UK and the Soviet Union. See also Deacon (artillery) – a British 6-pdr gun on an armored truck List of U.S. military vehicles by supply catalog designation References Notes Citations Bibliography Berndt, Thomas (1993). Standard Catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles, 1940–1965. Iola, WI: Krause Publications. Berndt, Thomas (1994). American Tanks of World War II. Minnesota, MN: MBI Publishing Company. Chamberlain, Peter; Ellis, Chris (1969). British and American Tanks of World War II. New York, NY: Arco Publishing Inc. Doyle, David (2011). Standard Catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles. (2nd Edition). Iola, WI: Krause Publications. Dunn, Walter S. (1995). The Soviet Economy and the Red Army, 1930–1945. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishing Group. Green, Michael (2013). Russian Armour in the Second World War: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives: London, UK. Pen and Sword. Green, Michael (2014). American Tanks and AFVs of World War II. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. Hogg, Ian V.; Weeks, John S. (1980). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Vehicles. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Hunnicutt, R. P. (2001) Half-Track: A History of American Semi-Tracked Vehicles. Navato, CA: Presidio Press. Kinard, Jeff (2007). Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. Mesko, Jim (1996). M3 Half-tracks in Action. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications. Ness, Leland S. (2002). Jane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles. New York, NY: HarperCollins. Rottman, Gordon L. (2012). World War II US Armored Infantry Tactics. Oxford, UK and New York, NY: Osprey Publishing. Zaloga, Steven J. (1994). M3 Infantry Half-Track 1940–1973. New Vanguard. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. Zaloga, Steven J. (2012). M10 and M36 Tank Destroyers 1942–53. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. External links 57 mm Gun Motor Carriage T48 T48 Gun Motor Carriage – World War II Database T48 Gun Motor Carriage – World War II Vehicles World War II armored fighting vehicles of the United States World War II half-tracks Half-tracks of the United States Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Arne%20Hansen

Glenn Arne Hansen

Glenn Arne Hansen (born 20 September 1972) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper. After half a year on Langhus's senior team in 1989, he joined the region's prime team Drøbak-Frogn in 1990. He played the 1992 season in Ski, then returned to Drøbak-Frogn. In March 1996 Hansen was loaned out to Bradford City, trying his luck in reserve matches. However, in late May 1996 the Norwegian top-flight team Strømsgodset was bereft of goalkeepers, and Hansen agreed on a loan to them. He then joined Strømsgodset on a permanent basis, playing there until 2001. He then had a nine-year stint in Follo, staying with them until the 2010 Norwegian Football Cup Final which Follo lost. Hansen then played two seasons for then-second-tier Nesodden, then one season each in Drøbak-Frogn, Nesodden and Langhus before retiring as a 43-year old. He joined Ski's coaching setup and even featured for the club's fifth-tier senior team. References 1972 births Living people People from Ski, Norway Norwegian footballers Drøbak-Frogn IL players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Follo FK players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Association football goalkeepers Norwegian expatriate footballers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha%20X-1R

Yamaha X-1R

The Yamaha X-1R is a commuter motorbike built by Yamaha Motors. It is similar to a Yamaha X-1, but replaces that model's 110 cc engine with a larger 135 cc engine. It is almost exactly similar with the Yamaha Sniper/T135 except for several distinguishable features, such as: Body styling & fairings Engine & swing arm color (black) Headlight assembly Instrument panel Transmission (1 down, 3 up) Movable foot pegs Tail light assembly Bent side mirrors Clip-on handlebars Dual piston front disc brakes Rear disc brakes Kick starter rubber Specifications X-1R

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hawdon

John Hawdon

John Hawdon was a 19th-century British sculler. Hawdon won several notable matches, including against former world champion Joseph Sadler. Early success Hawdon was born and raised in the River Tyne region in England. In 1876, Hawdon won the prize for scullers under age 21 at the Tyne Regatta, defeating H. Atkinson and Ralph Forster. In 1877, James Percy became Hawdon's coach and trainer. That same year, competing in the Thames International Regatta, Hawdon came in first place in the open scullers' handicap race. In March 1878, he defeated J. R. Hymes on a two-mile course on the River Thames. In a rematch three weeks later, Hawdon beat Hymes again on the River Tyne. In April 1878, Hawdon defeated Robert Bagnall, a top English sculler, on the River Tyne., During the 1878 Thames International Regatta, Hawdon won the second class sculls. On 14 September 1878, Hawdon raced against Joseph Sadler. The race took place for £200. Sadler was out of shape and lost the race. Earning notoriety On 1 October 1878, Hawdon raced against Joseph Cannon. Hawdon won with a time of 22 minutes,. 57 seconds. This victory established Hawdon as one of the top scullers in the United Kingdom. Racing William Lumsden Hawdon's victories over Sadler and Cannon set up a highly publicized match on 11 November 1878 against William Lumsden. Hawdon was considered the favourite as Lumsden was past his prime. The odds were 3 to 1 on Hawdon. The race was to be held on the River Tyne from the High Level to the Scotswood Suspension Bridge. The prize was £100. Lumsden took the lead for the first two miles in rough water conditions. However, Hawdon reclaimed the lead and won the race. Lumsden claimed a foul but this was disallowed and Hawdon was declared the winner. Racing Ned Hanlan On 8 May 1879, Hawdon rowed against Canadian sculler Ned Hanlan on the River Tyne for a prize of £400. The odds were five to two on Hanlan, Hanlan won the toss for position and took, the north side, which gave him shelter for the first half mile. At the end of the first hundred yards Hanlan had drawn a length ahead and a little further on was fully a length clear, with ease improving his position. By the first quarter mile mark, it look apparent that Harlen was going to win easily. At Skinner Burn Hanlan was two lengths ahead. He frequently looked around over his shoulder to see that the course was clear, apparently not exerting himself to his fullest powers and seeming quite at ease, as if confident of the result. Approaching Redheugh Bridge Hawdon put on a spurt, but it had no effect. Hanlan also quickened up and passed under the bridge with a lead of about three lengths. Hawdon struggled manfully and rowed well and fast, while his opponent continued his easy, quiet style, never apparently exerting himself. After passing under the bridge Hanlan actually ceased rowing. He allowed Hawdon to draw up almost on a level with him and then with a few strong strokes drew away and resumed his lead of nearly three lengths. The race was from the very first a one-sided affair, although Hawdon rowed gamely. More than once Hanlan allowed the Tynesider to draw up, but with the greatest ease quickly resumed the lead, while every few strokes he looked round to see his course. Near the top of King's Meadow the men were both in very rough water. Hanlan ceased rowing, and Hawdon with half a dozen strokes pulled up on a level with him. Hanlan smiled and nodded to his pilot, who was following in a cutter, and at once drew away. A little further later, Hanlan stopped rowing, sponged the water out of his boat, and then started rowing again. He repeated this two or three times. Hanlan won the race by five lengths with a time of 22 minutes, 5 seconds. At the end of the race, Hanlan rowed up to Hawdon and shook hands with him as the crowd cheer his good sportsmanship. References Edward Hanlan Champions Oarsman, Otago Daily Times, Issue 6907, 5 April 1884, published by Albert S Manders & Co, Melbourne 1884. English male rowers 1852 births Year of death missing

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortaro%20de%20Esperanto

Vortaro de Esperanto

The Vortaro de Esperanto (), published by Kazimierz Bein in 1911, was the first monolingual dictionary ever published in Esperanto. It is considered the predecessor of the Plena Vortaro de Esperanto, published in 1930, and of the current Plena Ilustrita Vortaro, whose last edition came out in 2005. The first edition of the Vortaro de Esperanto was published in 1911, the second in 1922 and the third in 1925 (they were, in truth, merely reprints). Overall 8500 copies of the dictionary were printed; the book was 175 pages long. The only Esperanto dictionary published previously had been the Plena Vortaro, an Esperanto–Esperanto and Esperanto–French dictionary published in 1909 by Émile Boirac; nevertheless, it contained somewhat imprecise definitions in its monolingual section. Esperantologists consider the Vortaro de Esperanto a valuable source of information about the Esperanto of the early 20th century, given the presence of many archaisms and old-fashioned meanings of words. Structure The definitions, brief but clear, contain example phrases. However, the dictionary lacks any etymological references to the first use of a word and does not mention whether or not a word was personally introduced to the language by Zamenhof, or possibly even mentioned in his Fundamento de Esperanto. The structure has remained essentially the same throughout the Plena Vortaro of 1930 and in the modern Plena Ilustrita Vortaro. See also Plena Vortaro de Esperanto Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto References Esperanto dictionaries 1911 non-fiction books

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Barbet

Matt Barbet

Matthew Barbet (born 8 June 1976) is a British television presenter and journalist, best known for his work with Channel 5 and ITV. In 2003, Barbet joined BBC News, where he worked on various news programmes. In September 2007, he left BBC News so he could join 5 News. He covered some of the broadcaster's main news events. In September 2012 until April 2014, Barbet co-presented Daybreak alongside Ranvir Singh, before returning to 5 News for 5 News Tonight. He has also presented The Cycle Show for ITV4 and The Saturday Show for Channel 5. Early life Growing up in Cilcain in North Wales, Barbet attended the Alun School in Mold, Flintshire and later studied at Cardiff University before returning to the Cardiff School of Journalism. Career Before joining BBC London in 2003, Barbet worked at BBC Radio 1 as a newsreader on the Sara Cox Breakfast Show. In 2006 he presented BBC London's Children in Need coverage. He also presented the BBC's STORYFix programme – a light, upbeat look at the news shown on BBC News 24 and the BBC website. In 2007 he was an occasional relief presenter for BBC Breakfast. In September 2007, Matt Barbet was named as a presenter and correspondent for 5 News on Channel 5. His position came after Kirsty Young, the principal anchor, announced her departure from the programme. He took up his new role in November 2007. In June 2008, Matt Barbet and Isla Traquair, were announced as stand-in presenters on 5 News while Natasha Kaplinsky was on maternity leave. Matt visited Haiti in January 2010 after the earthquake and has also been embedded with the British Army in Afghanistan. In February 2011, he was announced as the new presenter of the flagship 17:00 programme, after Kaplinsky left the station. He left on 26 July 2012. On 11 June 2012 it was announced Barbet would leave 5 News to join ITV Breakfast's Daybreak. He made his debut on 3 September 2012 and presented the show from 6:00 am to 7:00 am with Ranvir Singh. Throughout 2012, Matt occasionally reviewed the news on This Morning with Singh. On 17 August 2013 he made his debut presenting the ITV News weekend bulletins on ITV and ITV News London on ITV London. In December 2013, Matt appeared as a contestant in a Text Santa special of the ITV game show The Chase, and won £55,000 for ITV's Text Santa appeal. On 3 March 2014, it was announced that Daybreak had been axed and would be replaced by Good Morning Britain later in the year. Matt presented his final episode of Daybreak on 4 April 2014, and it was confirmed by the Daily Mirror on the same day that he would not be part of the presenting team at Good Morning Britain. During his time at Daybreak, Matt co-presented 330 editions of the show. On 16 April 2014, it was confirmed that Matt would rejoin 5 News to present their 5 News Tonight programme, weekdays at 6:30 pm. He returned as host of 5 News on 28 April 2014. Commenting on his return to Channel 5, Matt said "I'm really happy to be returning to Channel 5 at what is a very exciting time for the network". From 2014 until 2015, Barbet has presented The Cycle Show on ITV4. In October 2015, it was announced that Barbet would co-present The Saturday Show, a Saturday morning programme for Channel 5. He left the show in July 2016, replaced by Matt Allwright. On 4 December 2017, it was confirmed that Barbet would leave 5 News and he presented his last edition of the programme on 15 December 2017. Personal life Barbet lives in London with his wife Katie and their two daughters. Matt is an accomplished runner and road cyclist. He is a patron of the Educate for Life charity and ran the London Marathon in 2010 and 2016. He rode the first three Ride London events, and in 2015 was the fastest celebrity to cross the line, completing the 100-mile course in 4 hours 24 minutes. Filmography TV The Weakest Link — Contestant BBC News (2003–2007) – Presenter BBC Breakfast (2007) – Stand-in presenter 5 News (2007–2012, 2014–2017) – Anchor Daybreak (2012–2014) – Co-presenter, alongside Ranvir Singh This Morning (2012) – Occasional newspaper reviewer The Chase: Text Santa Special (2013) – Contestant ITV News (2013–2014) – Stand-in anchor The Cycle Show (2014–2015) – Presenter The Saturday Show (2015–2016) – Co-presenter, with Gaby Roslin References External links Matt Barbet Twitter Matt Barbet YouTube BBC newsreaders and journalists 5 News presenters and reporters ITV Breakfast presenters and reporters Living people Alumni of Cardiff University English male journalists English television presenters British reporters and correspondents 1976 births People educated at Alun School, Mold

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

Lindseth

Lindseth is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jonathan Lindseth (born 1996), Norwegian footballer Ketil Lindseth (born 1977), Norwegian politician Peter Lindseth (born 1962), American lawyer Surnames of Scandinavian origin

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

Chinmoku

Chinmoku is the original title of: Silence (Endō novel), 1966 novel of historical fiction by Japanese author Shūsaku Endō Silence (1971 film), Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda, based on the novel An opera by Teizo Matsumura, based on the novel "The Silence", a short story by Haruki Murakami, published in the 1991 collection The Elephant Vanishes "Silence", a 2007 episode of Death Note "Silence", a 2008 episode of D.Gray-man

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly%20Bajk%C3%B3

Károly Bajkó

Károly Bajkó (1 August 1944 – 9 June 1997) was a Hungarian wrestler. He was born in Békés. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1968, and in Freestyle wrestling in 1972. References External links 1944 births 1997 deaths People from Békés Hungarian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Hungary Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV%20Haute-Picardie%20station

TGV Haute-Picardie station

Haute-Picardie TGV station (French: Gare de TGV Haute-Picardie) is a railway station on the LGV Nord-Europe between Lille and Paris. Geographically, it is located about west of Péronne, between the towns of Saint Quentin and Amiens, in the heart of the Battle of the Somme territory. Overview When built, it was criticised by the press for being too far from any of the neighbouring towns to be useful. It was located near a trunk road rather than a connecting railway line: it was often nicknamed la gare des betteraves, or 'sugar beet station', as it is surrounded by sugar beet fields, as it was the case for some rail stations in the countryside at the beginning of the twentieth century, when those vegetables were still transported almost exclusively by train to the nearest sugar refinery. Today, the station is connected with the two local main cities, namely Amiens to the west and Saint Quentin to the east, by the A29 motorway – it takes around 30 minutes to reach either city and a bus shuttle service operates. The annual number of passengers varies from 360,000 to 400,000. As a very small TGV station, from the point of view of watching the trains the platform is only a few metres from the main running lines, where trains pass by at , and there is a good view of the lines in both directions. At most stations on high-speed lines there is some form of barrier preventing this close up viewing from the platform. Since 2013, passengers are not allowed onto the platforms until the arrival of the next stopping train, in order to avoid any risk of being hit by flying track ballast. There is a business park close to the station. Services References Timetables TER Picardie External links Haute-Picardie Railway stations in France opened in 1994

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%20Highway%20986

Alberta Highway 986

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 986, commonly referred to as Highway 986, is an east-west highway in Northern Alberta. It spans approximately from Highway 35 (Mackenzie Highway) to Highway 88 (Bicentennial Highway). Highway 986 comprises the western segment of the partially constructed "Northern Alberta East-West Highway Corridor". Route description Highway 986 begins at Highway 35, approximately north of the Town of Grimshaw and south of the Hamlet of Dixonville within the County of Northern Lights. After intersecting Highway 743, the highway crosses the Peace River and enters Northern Sunrise County. A short distance later, the highway intersects Highway 688. It then continues east through the hamlets of Cadotte Lake and Little Buffalo before ending at Highway 88, approximately south of the Hamlet of Red Earth Creek. History Highway 986 was originally numbered Highway 686. The highway was renumbered in the mid-1990s. Major intersections The following is a list of major intersections along Highway 986 from west to east. References 986

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

Pubsoft

Pubsoft is a cloud-based eBook publishing platform headquartered in Houston, Texas. It serves as the publishing engine for Kbuuk, LLC, a self-publishing software company that provides digital conversion, distribution and marketing services for authors. Pubsoft is designed to allow publishers to create and manage an online eBook store for direct consumer sales. Publishers can also use Pubsoft to handle social media marketing, deliver eBooks to mobile devices, manage author and reader relationships and distribute royalties through an administrative portal that uses PayPal. The Pubsoft system also provides book-level analytics designed to help publishers and authors move toward data-driven publishing. Originally designed for the trade publishing sector, the Pubsoft system is currently used for a variety of applications by agencies, education and creative writing programs, enterprises, industry experts and religious organizations. Pubsoft allows companies to manage content by uploading documents and converting them to EPUB 3.0 eBooks, which can then be read in a web browser or on an iOS device. Through the Pubsoft backend system, an administrator or instructor can then evaluate reading progress and engagement, as well as assess reading comprehension through customized quizzes. History Pubsoft was founded and launched in 2012 by CEO Isaac Shi and COO Dougal Cameron. Technology Pubsoft is a multi-tenant software-as-a-service (SaaS) eBook publishing platform that is designed to support digital publishing industry standard EPUB 3.0, an XML-based eBook content standard. Pubsoft utilizes a Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern, and the system contains three layers: a database layer created in MySQL, a business logic layer built on a Zend framework and a responsive user interface layer created with HTML5 and CSS3. As an enterprise-grade application, the Pubsoft database is built on a relationship schema compatible with Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF), which is designed to ensure scalability, reliability and data integrity. The Pubsoft SaaS application is deployed on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Amazon Relational Database Service. References Book publishing in the United States

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

Ferdiansyah

Ferdiansyah may refer to: Ferdiansyah (footballer, born 1983), Indonesian association football player Ferdiansyah (footballer, born 2000), Indonesian association football player

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310%20UAB%20Blazers%20men%27s%20basketball%20team

2009–10 UAB Blazers men's basketball team

The 2009–10 UAB Blazers men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Mike Davis's fourth season at UAB. The Blazers competed in Conference USA and played their home games at Bartow Arena. They finished the season 25–9, 11–5 in CUSA play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament and advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to North Carolina. Roster Source Schedule and results Source All times are Eastern |- !colspan=9| Exhibition |- !colspan=9| Regular Season |- !colspan=9| 2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament |- !colspan=9| 2010 National Invitation Tournament See also UAB Blazers men's basketball 2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season Rankings *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. References UAB Blazers men's basketball seasons UAB UAB

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Krause

Jonathan Krause

Jonathan Krause may refer to: Jon Krause (born 1981), Australian politician Jonathan Krause (American football) (born 1992), American football wide receiver

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20Samoa

Rugby union in Samoa

Rugby union in Samoa is the country's most popular sport. The national teams in both the standard 15-man game and rugby sevens are consistently competitive against teams from vastly more populous nations. Governing body Rugby union is governed by Lakapi Samoa who are also members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance. Samoa were awarded 'second tier' status by the International Rugby Board which entitles them to funding from the IRB. Lakapi Samoa was founded in 1924, as the "Apia Rugby Union", and affiliated to the NZRFU in the same year. As the Western Samoa Rugby Football Union, it joined the IRB in 1988. When Western Samoa amended its constitution to change the country's name from Western Samoa to Samoa, the union also changed its name, and dropped the word football to become the Samoa Rugby Union. The union is also a member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU). History The Marist Brothers brought the game to Samoa in 1920 and The Apia Rugby Union was formed in 1924. On August 18, 1924 Western Samoa played its first international against Fiji in the capital Apia, the visitors winning 6-0. The Pacific Tri-Nations series between Tonga, Fiji and Western Samoa was established in 1982. The Western Samoa Rugby Football Union joined the International Rugby Board in 1988. Western Samoa played in the World Cup for the first time in 1991. The Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) was set up in 2002 as a basis of co-operation between the Fiji Rugby Union, Samoa Rugby Union and Tonga Rugby Football Union. In 2006, the Pacific Tri-Nations was replaced by the IRB Pacific 5 Nations which was then renamed the Pacific Nations Cup. The IRB Pacific Rugby Cup started in 2006 with Upolu Samoa and Savaii Samoa representing Samoa. Rugby was first introduced into Samoa around the turn of the 20th century, when it was still a German colony. It is believed that the first people to introduce it there were missionaries from New Zealand. For many years, Western Samoa's international contact was confined to the other South Sea islands of Fiji and Tonga. This is partly because of the isolation of the islands. Their first international was against Fiji, in 1924, and featured a palm tree in the middle of the pitch. There was also a large amount of contact with New Zealand, where many Samoans would migrate to in the 20th century. Samoa first came to major international attention in 1986, when they toured Wales. Their test against the Welsh national side produced a result of 32-14. This was also seen as a major turning point as previously there had been a debate as to whether to have an international team at all, as many players had traditionally defected to New Zealand. Samoa rugby's relationship with New Zealand rugby has been a mixed blessing. On the one hand it has allowed Samoa to recruit amongst the massive pool of first and second generation Samoan migrants in New Zealand, but conversely it also meant that for many Samoans, their highest ambition was to win a cap in the All Blacks. Notable Samoan-New Zealander players include Michael Jones and Peter Schuster. Controversially Samoa was not invited to the first World Cup - although Tonga and Fiji were. This led to a massive campaign to build up a side good enough to qualify for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. They selected Bryan Williams, who had been a winger for the All Blacks to be their coach, and using a mixture of home grown backs such as Brian Lima and Mathew Vaea, and no nonsense New Zealand based forwards such as Mark Birtwistle, Pat Lam Mat Keenan, and Peter Fatialofa, he wielded a disparate group of talented individuals into a side which quickly came to dominate Fiji and Tonga and gain access to the world cup. Samoa's performance at the 1991 Rugby World Cup was superb, and proved that they were an international force to be reckoned with. After beating Wales in the first game in Cardiff, they beat Argentina. In a nail bitingly close finish, they were beaten 9-3 by Australia, who would later win the tournament. However, they were beaten 28-6 by Scotland. Popularity Rugby union is the most popular sport in Samoa, with 12 provincial unions made up of around 120 clubs and nearly 5,000 senior and twice as many junior players in a country with a population of just under 175,000 people. Prominent Samoan players include Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu Alesana Tuilagi Freddie Tuilagi, Apollo Perelini, Lome Fa'atau, Lolani Koko, Pat Lam, Brian Lima, current sevens captain Lolo Lui, and two winners of the IRB International Sevens Player of the Year Award in Uale Mai and Mikaele Pesamino. The huge numbers of players playing professionally abroad can work to Samoa's disadvantage when it comes to team training as it is difficult to get them all together as a squad. But Samoa still manage to remain competitive on the world-stage and are regarded as tough opponents. Competitions National Provincial Championship This is the second highest level of domestic competition within Samoan rugby union and is a stepping stone for local players into international rugby. Teams play within their respective unions, and then the top teams from each union then contest the finals series held at Apia Park. The Apia West and Apia union teams usually dominate. Pacific Rugby Cup The IRB Pacific Rugby Cup started in 2006 and involves representative teams from the three Pacific rugby unions, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. Samoa, along with Tonga and Fiji, have two sides in the tournament, Savaii Samoa and Upolu Samoa. The aim of the tournament is to improve the quality of rugby in the Pacific Islands. Representative teams National The national team known as Manu Samoa have competed at every Rugby World Cup since 1991, and have made the quarter finals in 1991, 1995 and 1999. Samoa also play in the Pacific Nations Cup and the Pacific Tri-Nations. The sport is governed by Lakapi Samoa, were members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, and thus, also contributed to the international Pacific Islanders rugby union team. Pacific Tri-Nations The Pacific Tri-Nations is the series between Tonga, Fiji and Samoa. It has been played since 1982. It was replaced by the Pacific Nations Cup. Pacific Nations Cup The Pacific Nations Cup is a competition most often held between six Pacific rim sides; Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga, Canada, and the United States. The inaugural competition in 2006, known as the IRB Pacific 5 Nations, featured New Zealand's "A" side, the Junior All Blacks. In 2007, Australia A joined the original IRB Pacific 5 Nations teams in the new IRB Pacific Nations Cup. The 2008 competition saw the Junior All Blacks replaced by the New Zealand Māori, a developmental side made up entirely of players from the country's indigenous Māori people. In 2009, Australia A did not play and the Junior All Blacks returned. The 2010 competition had no participation from Australia or New Zealand, and was won by Manu Samoa. National (sevens) The Samoa national rugby sevens team is one of the 15 "core teams" that compete in every event in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series. Long a solidly competitive side, Samoa Sevens burst into prominence in 2006–07, when they ran traditional favourites New Zealand and Fiji very close for the title. They cemented their status as one of the world's sevens powers by winning the 2009–10 season title. Samoa rules Samoa rules is a traditional sport derived from Australian rules football and rugby union that is occasionally played in Samoa. It generally uses rugby pitches, H posts and 15-a-side teams, but is played to Australian rules otherwise. See also Sport in Samoa Culture of Samoa American Samoa national rugby union team Rugby union in American Samoa References External links Official website of Manu Samoa Samoan rugby union news from Planet Rugby The information website for supporters of the Manu Samoa Rugby Team Samoa Observer sports pages

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Brian McGuinness

Brian McGuinness (22 October 1927 – 23 December 2019) was a Wittgenstein scholar best known for his translation, with David Pears, of the Tractatus-Logico-Philosophicus. He was christened with the forenames "Bernard Francis" but changed his name to "Brian" in his youth. He commonly published, and was cited, as B. F. McGuinness. Formerly a tutee of RM Hare, McGuinness was a Fellow and Tutor at Queen's College in Oxford University from 1953 to 1988, and took a post at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. In 1990, he became a professor at the University of Siena, Italy. From 1990 to 1993, he was director of the faculty of philosophy and social sciences of this university. During his time at Queen's, he was an invited speaker at the Oxford Socratic Club, speaking with J. D. Mabbott on "The Problem of Free Will" on 14 November 1955. Family His son, Paddy McGuinness, is a British civil servant who is currently the Deputy National Security Adviser for Intelligence. Select bibliography Books authored Wittgenstein: A Life: Young Ludwig, 1889-1921, (1988) (with Guido Frongia) Wittgenstein: A Bibliographical Guide (1990) Approaches to Wittgenstein: Collected Papers, (2002). Select papers "The Mysticism of the Tractatus", Philosophical Review, vol. 75 (1966), pp.305-28. "Philosophy of Science in the Tractatus", Revue Internationale de Philosophie, vol. 23 (1969), pp. 155-64. "Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein's Notes on Logic", Revue Internationale de Philosophie, vol. 26 (1972), pp. 444-60. Works edited/translated (with David Pears) Ludwig Wittgenstein: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, (1961) Felix Kaufmann: The Infinite in Mathematics: Logico-Mathematical Writings, (1978) Hans Hahn: Empiricism, Logic and Mathematics: Philosophical Papers, (1980) Gottlob Frege: Collected Papers on Mathematics, Logic and Philosophy, (1984) Ernst Mach: Principles of the Theory of Heat: Historically and Critically Elucidated, (1986) Unified science. The Vienna monograph series, originally edited by Otto Neurath, now in an English edition. (1987) (with J. Schulte) Friedrich Waismann, Josef Schächter, Moritz Schlick: Ethics and the will: Essays, (1994) (with Gianluigi Oliveri) The Philosophy of Michael Dummett, (1994) (with Gianluigi Oliveri) Karl Menger: Reminiscences of the Vienna Circle and the Mathematical Colloquium (1994). (with George Henrik von Wright) Ludwig Wittgenstein: Cambridge Letters, (1995) Wittgenstein in Cambridge: Letters and Documents 1911-1951 (2008) Language, Logic, and Formalization of Knowledge: Coimbra Lecture and Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Siena in September 1997, (1998) References External links "A Tapestry: Susan Edwards-McKie Interviews Professor Dr B. F. McGuinness on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday" Susan Edwards-McKie & Brian McGuinness, Nordic Wittgenstein Review 6 (2):85-90 (2017) November 2017 laudatio by Josef Mitterer given on the occasion of McGuinness receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Innsbruck. 1927 births 2019 deaths 20th-century British non-fiction writers 20th-century British philosophers 21st-century British non-fiction writers 21st-century British philosophers Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Analytic philosophers British logicians British male non-fiction writers Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford Institute for Advanced Study faculty James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients Philosophers of language Philosophers of logic Philosophers of mathematics Philosophers of science Philosophers of social science University of Siena faculty Wittgensteinian philosophers

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Sustainability Management School

Sustainability Management School (SUMAS) is a business school focused on sustainability and a responsible management education (UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Program, Voluntary Initiative). This training center was founded in 2012 by Ivana Modena, PhD with the mission of Inspiring Innovative Leaders. SUMAS's main campus is based in the headquarters of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), just neighbors without any connection, in Gland in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Moreover, the school has recently opened its second campus in Milan, Italy, in which students can attend all bachelor programs as well as graduate programs specialized in Sustainability Management and Sustainable Fashion Management. Programs SUMAS offers different educational programs for all students from different ages, from IBCP to Bachelors, Masters, MBA or Doctoral Degrees. Undergraduate programs Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Sustainability Management . Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Sustainable tourism Management. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance and Responsible Investment. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Sustainable Hospitality Management. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Sustainable Fashion Management. Graduate Programs Master Programs All Master programs are offered both on-campus and on-line. Master in Sustainability Management (MAM) Master in Sustainable Fashion Management (MAM) Master in Sustainable Hospitality Management (MAM) Master in Sustainable Tourism Management (MAM) MBA Programs All MBA programs are offered both on-campus and on-line. Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Sustainability Management Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Sustainable Fashion Management Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and Responsible Investment Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Sustainable Tourism Management Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Sustainable Hospitality Management Doctorate Programs Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) in Sustainability Management Other Programs Certificate of Advance Studies (CAS). Training for Professionals In partnership with Management Centre Europe, the various programs are aimed at organizations. International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP) in Business & Sustainability Professional Development Program Accreditation, Memberships and Achievements Accreditation Sustainability Management School is a fully-accredited business school, recognized by different accreditation bodies as well as affiliations. Some of these accreditations include: Full accreditation granted by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) in 2016. Accredited business school by the Foundation Board of the Swiss Private School Register. Achieved 4 out of 5 QS Stars in 2017 by QS Intelligence Unit. Fully accredited by the Swiss Private School Register. Affiliations & Memberships R20 Regions of Climate Action (R20) Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) initiative, both Swiss and Russian networks. Ranking The school's Online MBA in Sustainability Management was named 18th among The 23 Best Online MBA Programs in Sustainability for 2017–2018. Moreover, Sustainability Management School achieved 4 out of 5 QS Quacarelli Simonds Stars in 2017. Campuses Switzerland SUMAS is headquartered in the city of Gland, between Geneva and Laussane. Its Swiss campus is a city-campus with different buildings, including: - IUCN Campus, in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Conservation Center. - SUMAS Learning Center (SLC,) across from the IUCN Campus. This is where teaching facilities are located. Italy SUMAS opened in February 2020 its brand new campus in Milan, Italy. Located in BASE Milano, students can attend Sustainability Management and Sustainable Fashion Management programs in this campus. References Business schools in Switzerland Canton of Vaud

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Ruben Ecleo

Ruben Edera Ecleo Sr. (December 9, 1934 – December 20, 1987) was a Filipino cult leader who founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, Incorporated (PBMA, INC.) in 1965, and the mayor of the Municipality of Dinagat, Surigao del Norte from 1963 up to 1987. Married to Glenda Buray Ecleo, they had eight children: Ruben Jr., Glorigen, Gracelyn, Benglen, Allan I, Allan II, Geraldine and Gwendolyn. Ecleo also has a son with former mistress Reyneria Borja named Ruben Al. Early life According to the teachings he propagated, he was born in a poor family on the island of Cabilan in the town of Dinagat. Ruben claimed he started his mission as a transient healer-missioner assuming different names and personalities and travelled mostly in the Visayas area and in many parts of northern Mindanao at the age of 8. He claimed he can communicate with spirit guides, which allowed him to master Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Sanskrit languages from which he was able to read the akashic records and interpret the ancient mysteries. However, he has never demonstrated his linguistic capabilities by talking to native speakers of the languages he says he knows. His cult's beliefs revolve around a new sort of wisdom which is a fusion of the Akasha (akashic), Buddhism, Christianism, Hinduism, and Judaism. His teachings became the fundamental doctrines of the PBMA. Spiritual leader career and politics In the early years of the 1960s Ruben organized his first group of followers which he then called "The First Thirteen", the first batch of his fellow-workers, a group of healer-teachers known as "missionaries" resembling the Twelve Apostles of the Christ in the ancient Judea, who allegedly received his blessings, teachings and instructions. This "First Thirteen" became the "fishers of his members". Owing to his growing fame as a spiritual leader and a healer, as well as the very poor level of education in the island where he began his cult, he was eventually called as "Dr. Ruben" or known by the title "Divine Master" to his followers, an indication of his "great proclivity in the spirituals and of the divine". In the PBMA cult, the title is equivalent to "Grand Master" or "Worshipful Master" of the order of Freemasonry. Through the help of his cultists, followers and supporters, in 1965, they organized and founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, Incorporated, a non-sectarian, non-stock, and a brotherhood organization with the prime objectives to extend the missions of his group to do charitable works; to serve faithfully, to help benevolently and to give voluntarily, among others. PBMA was registered on that same year on October 19 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under Registration No. 28042. This became the platform for their family to pursue political power in their severely underdeveloped island. Ruben Ecleo also tried his luck in politics. In the 1963 local election, in his second attempt at the mayoralty, he won an overwhelming victory against an unpopular opponent. That launched his political career, cut short only by death. In 1981, he was featured in the WHO Magazine (September 26 Issue) as "The South's Mysterious Superstar" for being a charismatic leader, the undefeated mayor of Dinagat and the architect of Barangay San Jose in the municipality of Dinagat for making it as the "Most Outstanding Barangay of the Philippines" in 1980; a recognition given by the elite Rotary Club of Makati. San Jose was then home of his association, the PBMA. He was chosen as the "Most Outstanding Mayor of the Philippines" in 1985. Death, legacy and family controversy Ruben Ecleo Sr. holds the record for serving the longest term as local executive in Dinagat for 24 years, from 1963 until his death on December 20, 1987. Days after his demise, PBMA's leadership was bequeathed to his eldest son, Ruben B. Ecleo Jr. who was then a musician and a recording artist, who became the mayor of San Jose from 1991 to 1994, after its conversion from a barangay into a municipality in 1989. A mausoleum called the "Divine Master's Shrine" at the top of a hill in Barangay Aurelio, San Jose, Dinagat Islands was built by the PBMA members in honor of the elder Ecleo. This shrine symbolizes his lasting legacies. Considered by his followers as a seemingly "Christ-like" figure, Ruben Ecleo Sr. and his group PBMA has an estimated membership of 3.5 million in 2002, but real statistics could be significantly lower. References and sources External links All About the PBMA - Unofficial website of Members of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, Inc. 1935 births 1987 deaths People from Dinagat Islands Mayors of places in Dinagat Islands Ruben Filipino religious leaders

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Garners Creek (Pauls Creek tributary)

Garners Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to Pauls Creek in Carroll County, Virginia. Course Garners Creek rises about 1 mile northeast of Sugarloaf Overlook in Carroll County and then flows southeast to join Pauls Creek about 1.5 miles northwest of Cana, Virginia. Watershed Garners Creek drains of area, receives about 53.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 282.84, and is about 66% forested. See also List of Rivers of Virginia References Rivers of Carroll County, Virginia Rivers of Virginia

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Novo Hopovo Monastery

The Novo Hopovo Monastery () is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was built by the Despots of the House of Branković. The first written mention of the monastery was made in 1451, and the latest mention of the monastery dates back to 1641. The extant church was erected in 1576 and the bell-tower with the small St. Stephen's Chapel upstairs was built between 1751 and 1758. The monastic residences were constructed in several stages, from 1728 until 1771. The icons were painted in 1776 by Teodor Kračun. The Novo Hopovo Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by the Republic of Serbia. See also Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance Tourism in Serbia Monasteries of Fruška Gora List of Serb Orthodox monasteries References External links Novo Hopovo Monastery - Fruškać More about the monastery Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance (Serbia) Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia

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Alley (surname)

Alley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anthea Alley (1927-1993), British sculptor Allen Alley (born 1954), American businessman and politician Alphonse Alley (1930-1987), Beninese political figure Bill Alley (1919-2004), Australian cricket player Cal Alley (1915-1970), American editorial cartoonist Candice Alley (born 1982), Australian singer-songwriter Carroll Alley (1928-2016), American physicist Chelsea Alley (born 1982), New Zealand rugby player Don Alley (born 1945), American football player Elizabeth Alley (1955–2013), American actress Ernest Alley (1904-1971), American football player Fred Alley (1962-2001), American lyricist Gene Alley (born 1940), American baseball player Geoff Alley (1903–1986), New Zealand rugby player George Alley (died 1912), Irish Methodist Henry Alley (born 1945), American writer Jennifer Alley, American basketball coach Jerome Alley (1760–1826), Irish poet and author John B. Alley (1817–1896), American politician and businessman Keirsten Alley (born 1973), American tennis player Kim Alley (born 1965), American modeling agent Kirstie Alley (born 1951), American actress and comedian Larry Alley (born 1948), American politician Lindsey Alley (born 1977), American actress and singer Louise Alley (1927-2015), American radio personality and advertising executive Miko Alley, American-Filipino footballer Phil Alley (born 1970), Australian cricket player Rewi Alley (1897-1987), New Zealand writer Richard Alley (born 1957), American geologist Rick Alley (born 1963), American poet Shelly Lee Alley (1894–1964), American singer, musician, songwriter and western swing bandleader Stephen Alley (1876–1969), British mechanical engineer and secret agent Steve Alley (born 1953), American ice hockey player T. W. Alley (born c. 1942), American football player and coach Taylor Alley, American rugby player Ted Alley (1881–1949), Australian footballer Thomas Alley (born 1946), American politician Tom Alley (1889–1953), American racing driver Vernon Alley (1915-2004), American jazz musician Wayne Alley (born 1932), American judge William Alley (1510–1570), Anglican prelate William Alley (born 1936), American javelin thrower William Nassau Alley (1808–1849), Irish methodist Zeb Alley (1928–2013), American lawyer, lobbyist, and politician Given name Male Alley Broussard (born 1983), American football player Female Alley Baggett (born 1973), American glamour model Alley Mills (born 1951), American actress

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Monarchy of China

China was a monarchy from prehistoric times up to 1912 CE, when the Xinhai Revolution overthrew the Qing dynasty in favor of the Republic of China. The succession of mythological monarchs of China were non-hereditary. Dynastic rule began in circa 2070 BCE when Yu the Great established the Xia dynasty, and lasted until 1912 CE when dynastic rule collapsed together with the monarchical system. The monarchy of China took the form of absolute monarchy, even though the actual power of the ruler varied depending on his/her ability to consolidate the rule and various other factors. During periods of political disunity, China was divided among competing dynasties that oftentimes claimed exclusive Chinese politico-cultural orthodoxy; in such cases, more than one Chinese monarchy existed simultaneously. Throughout Chinese history, there were monarchs of both ethnic Han and non-Han origins. Domains of the Chinese monarchy While the Chinese monarchy was originally established along the Yellow River and Yangtze River in China proper, various Chinese dynasties expanded to incorporate other regions into the Chinese realm. At various points in time, the Chinese monarchy exercised control over China proper (including Hainan, Macau, and Hong Kong), Taiwan, Manchuria (both Inner Manchuria and Outer Manchuria), Sakhalin, Mongolia (both Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia), Vietnam, Tibet, Xinjiang, as well as parts of Central Asia, the Korean Peninsula, Afghanistan, and Siberia. The Chinese monarchy reached its largest territorial extent under either the Yuan dynasty or the Qing dynasty, depending on the historical source. This discrepancy can be mainly attributed to the ambiguous northern border of the Yuan dynasty: whereas some sources describe the Yuan border as located to the immediate north of the northern shore of Lake Baikal, others posit that the Yuan dynasty reached as far north as the Arctic coast. Contrastingly, the borders of the Qing dynasty were demarcated and reinforced through a series of international treaties, and thus were more well-defined. The total area under the control of the Qing dynasty amounted to more than 13 million km at its peak. Apart from exercising direct control over the Chinese realm, the Chinese monarchy also maintained hegemony through the Chinese tributary system. The Chinese tributary system had its roots during the Western Han and lasted until the 19th century CE when the Sinocentric order collapsed. Dynasties of the Chinese monarchy Since the establishment of the Xia dynasty, China had been ruled by a succession of dynasties. A recurring theme in Chinese history, dynastic transitions occurred typically as a result of military conquest or usurpation. Historians often seek to account for Chinese dynastic transitions using the concept of dynastic cycle. In history, China was ruled by dynasties of various ethnic origins. Although it is a common practice in Chinese historiography to label a particular dynasty as being ruled by a specific ethnicity, there were Chinese monarchs who had mixed heritage. For instance, the Emperor Xiaoming of the Xianbei-led Northern Wei dynasty was of mixed Xianbei and Han heritage; he obtained his Han ancestry from his mother, the Empress Ling. Similarly, the Kangxi Emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty was of mixed Manchu and Han descent; he acquired his Han ancestry from his mother, the Empress Xiaokangzhang. Therefore, the ethnic identity of the ruling families as assigned by historians should not be regarded as absolute. Fall of the Chinese monarchy On 10 October 1911, the Wuchang Uprising broke out in modern Wuhan, marking the start of the Xinhai Revolution. Led by the Tongmenghui, the predecessor of the modern Kuomintang, the Xinhai Revolution soon spread to other parts of China. On 1 January 1912, the Republic of China was proclaimed by Sun Yat-sen in Nanjing. On 12 February 1912, the Xuantong Emperor abdicated, marking the end of the Qing dynasty and the Chinese monarchy altogether. The National Day of the Republic of China, celebrated today in the Taiwan Area, commemorates the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising. It was also celebrated officially in mainland China between 1912 CE and 1949 CE prior to the retreat of the Republic of China to Taiwan. Monarchism in China During and after the Xinhai Revolution, there were various attempts at reviving the Chinese monarchy. All these attempts ultimately ended in failure. Emperorship by Duke of Yansheng or Marquis of Extended Grace During the Xinhai Revolution, there were numerous proposals advocating for the replacement of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty by a new dynasty of Han ethnicity. Kong Lingyi (), a 76th-generation descendant of Confucius and the Duke of Yansheng, was identified as a potential candidate for Chinese emperorship by Liang Qichao. Meanwhile, gentry in Anhui and Hebei supported a restoration of the Ming dynasty under Zhu Yuxun (), the Marquis of Extended Grace. Both suggestions failed to materialize. Empire of China In 1915 CE, Yuan Shikai proclaimed the Empire of China. It soon sparked the National Protection War and the empire was abolished after three months. Manchu Restoration In 1917 CE, the Qing loyalist Zhang Xun reinstalled Puyi to the Chinese throne. This attempt at restoring the Qing dynasty, known as the Manchu Restoration, lasted only 11 days. Manchukuo The Japanese puppet state Manchukuo was established in Northeast China in 1932 CE. This regime subsequently became a monarchy with Puyi as the emperor in 1934 CE. Manchukuo collapsed in 1945 CE following the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and the unconditional surrender of Japan. Pretenders to the Chinese throne The following is a list of pretenders to the abolished Chinese throne from the Aisin Gioro clan, the ruling house of the Qing dynasty and the Manchukuo. Gallery See also Chinese Empire Reform Association Chinese expansionism Chinese nobility Chinese sovereign Conquest dynasty Dragon Throne Dynasties in Chinese history East Asian cultural sphere Emperor at home, king abroad Emperor of China Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors Family tree of Chinese monarchs (early) Family tree of Chinese monarchs (late) Family tree of Chinese monarchs (middle) Foreign relations of imperial China Golden ages of China Historical capitals of China History of China List of Chinese monarchs List of recipients of tribute from China List of tributary states of China Mandate of Heaven Names of China Pax Sinica Political systems of Imperial China Royalist Party Sinicization Sinocentrism Succession to the Chinese throne Timeline of Chinese history Tongmenghui Tributary system of China Notes References History of China Monarchism in China

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George Gabb

George Seymour Gabb M.B.E. (February 28, 1928 – March 1, 2007) was a Belizean artist, sculptor, writer and entertainer. Career Gabb was born in Belize City and educated no further than primary school. At age 13, he began to take up the arts and soon gained a following as a sculptor. Among his many creations are "The Sleeping Giant", a version of which is on the Belize $100 currency note, and the "Freedom of Thought" sculpture at the entrance to the city of Belmopan. He also held many other passions, during his career he engaged in the performing writing poetry and plays. Some of his work in this area included "The Naked eye" a collection of poems and proverbs as well as "Yellowtail" a play first performed in the 1960s. In 1974 he was awarded an M.B.E for his services by the British Empire. Family Gabb had six children, Elena, Antonio, Rupert, George, Jose, and Deirdre. George was chair of the CIS department in the School of Computer and Engineering Technologies at Miami Dade College, North Campus in Miami, Florida. His son, Rupert, was a prominent architect in Belize, designing and building multiple luxury resorts in the island of San Pedro, Belize. He and his son Rupert also collaborated to create the Belmopan Regional Language Center Monument. His niece, Margaret Gabb-McKenzie, was the first female Chief Magistrate of Belize. References 1928 births 2007 deaths Belizean artists Belizean poets Belizean dramatists and playwrights 20th-century poets 20th-century dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Belizean writers Members of the Order of the British Empire

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Talanoa Hufanga

Talanoa Hufanga (born February 2, 1999) is an American football safety for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC. Early years Hufanga attended Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis, Oregon. He played safety and wide receiver. As a senior in 2017, he was the Polynesian High School National Player of the Year. He played in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Game. Hufanga committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football. College career As a true freshman at USC in 2018, Hufanga played in eight games with five starts before suffering a season-ending broken collarbone. He finished the season with 51 tackles. As a sophomore in 2019, he started all 10 games he played in and recorded 90 tackles and 3.5 sacks. Hufanga returned to USC as a starter his junior year in 2020. He and BYU quarterback Zach Wilson were selected as co-recipients of the 2020 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award. Professional career Hufanga was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the fifth round, 180th overall, of the 2021 NFL Draft. He signed his four-year rookie contract on May 13, 2021. During his rookie campaign, Hufanga played mainly on special teams and sparingly on defense. He appeared in 15 games, of which he started three. In the Divisional Playoffs against the Green Bay Packers, he recovered and returned a blocked punt for a critical touchdown which eventually set up a 13-10 victory for the 49ers. Personal life Hufanga is the son of Tevita and Tanya Hufanga. He has one brother named T.J. Hufanga. Hufanga is a Christian. References External links San Francisco 49ers bio USC Trojans bio 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Corvallis, Oregon Players of American football from Oregon American football safeties USC Trojans football players All-American college football players San Francisco 49ers players

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Kiyoshi Nakatani

is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Vanraure Hachinohe. Career statistics Club . Notes References External links 1991 births Living people Japanese footballers Japanese expatriate footballers Association football defenders J3 League players Japan Football League players Gamba Osaka players BFC Daugavpils players FC Osaka players Vanraure Hachinohe players Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Poland Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate footballers in Latvia

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List of The Vampire Diaries episodes

The Vampire Diaries is an American supernatural-fantasy horror television series. The series is based on a book series of the same name by L.J. Smith and was developed for television by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. The series ran from September 10, 2009 to March 10, 2017, on The CW. The first season was released on both DVD and Blu-ray formats in the United States and Canada on August 31, 2010. The Vampire Diaries follows the life of Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) who lives in Mystic Falls, a fictional town heavily charged with supernatural history. She falls for a handsome century-old vampire named Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley). Their lives grow more and more complicated as Stefan's vicious older vampire brother Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) also returns to town with a vendetta against his brother and the descendants of the town's founders. However, Damon quickly becomes their greatest ally in their fight against evil. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2009–10) Season 2 (2010–11) Season 3 (2011–12) Season 4 (2012–13) Season 5 (2013–14) Season 6 (2014–15) Season 7 (2015–16) Season 8 (2016–17) Specials Ratings References External links Lists of American fantasy television series episodes Lists of American horror-supernatural television series episodes

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Ragnheiður Bragadóttir

Ragnheiður Bragadóttir (born 1956) is a professor in law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Iceland. Professional experience Ragnheiður was born in Reykjavik 10 May 1956. She completed her matriculation examination from the Ancient Languages Department of Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík (Junior College in Reykjavik) in the spring of 1976 and a master's degree in law (cand. juris) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Iceland in the spring of 1982. In addition, she attended graduate courses on criminal law, criminology, and criminal policy at the Institute of Criminology (Kriminalistisk Institut) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Copenhagen from 1982 to 1983 with a scholarship from the Danish Ministry of Education. She studied criminology at the master's level at the Faculty of Law of the University of Iceland in the autumn semester of 1983. Ragnheiður was an assistant judge at the Reykjavík Criminal Court in 1984 and a legal expert at the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1984 to 1985. She taught criminal law at The Prison Warden School from 1985 to 1991 and at The State Police Academy from 1989 to 1994. In 1984, Ragnheiður began teaching criminal law part-time at the Faculty of Law of the University of Iceland, became an adjunct in 1985, an assistant professor in 1989, an associate professor in 1995, and on 1 January 2000 she was the first woman in Iceland to become a professor of law. Other work and projects Ragnheiður has served in various positions of confidentiality under the auspices of the University of Iceland, as well as outside it, and sat on various boards of directors. She has chaired the Pardons Committee of the Ministry of Justice since 1993. She was on the Board of Directors of the Law Institute of the University of Iceland from 2005 to 2016, including being Chairwoman of the Board of Directors from 2013 to 2016. From 2005-2010 she was a member of the research education committee of the Faculty of Law of the University of Iceland. She was on the Curriculum Committee of the Faculty of Law from 2003 to 2007 and Chaired the Master's Curriculum Committee of the Faculty of Law in Environmental Studies from 2001 to 2005. She was on the Teaching Committee of the University of Iceland's University Council from 2003 to 2008, on the board of directors and the Allocation Committee of the University of Iceland's Assistantship Fund from 2004 to 2009, and on the first Board of Directors of the Research Centre of Women's Studies at the University of Iceland from 1990 to 1992. Additionally, she has participated in various workgroups under the auspices of the University on diverse matters. She has chaired the Icelandic Society of Criminology since 2009 and was on the examination committee of stockbrokers from 1993 to 1996. While studying at university, she was on the board of editors of Úlfljótur, the law students’ journal, from 1978 to 1979. Ragnheiður has actively participated in Nordic cooperation in her field and was Iceland's representative on the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology (Nordisk Samarbejdsråd for Kriminologi, NSfK) from 1998 to 2012, vice-chairman from 2007 to 2009, and chairman from 2010 to 2012 and managed the office at the University of Iceland. During Ragnheiður's chairmanship, NSfK had its 50th anniversary, which was celebrated in Iceland. On the occasion, the Council published an anthology, Nordic Criminology in Fifty Years, which Ragnheiður edited. Research and main written work Ragnheiður has a long professional career of teaching and writing. She has published books, many chapters in books, and articles in academic journals, both in Iceland and abroad, in addition to reports and drafts of parliamentary bills. Her most important research areas are: criminal law (general and special part), sexual offences, and other offences against women and children, environmental criminal law, criminal sanctions, and criminal policy. Over the last 20 years, she has done extensive research on legislation and judgements involving sexual offences. She has written four fundamental works on this subjects: Rape and other offences against people's sexual freedom (2018), Rape – University of Iceland's Law Institute Series no. 14 (2015), Sexual offences – A Book on Court Judgements (2009), and Rape – University of Iceland's Law Institute Series no. 3 (2006), in addition to numerous articles and chapters in books in Iceland and abroad. She drafted a parliamentary bill that became the current provisions on sexual offences in the General Penal Code (2007). Ragnheiður's noteworthy books on other topics include: Textbook on criminal law for The Icelandic Police Academy (1995) and Icelandic Environmental Criminal Law (1988). Ragnheiður participates actively in Nordic and international research collaboration. She has, for example, done research at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Law, at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht in Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany, at the Faculty of Law at Cambridge University in England, and at the Boalt Hall School of Law (now Memorial Hall of Law), University of California, Berkeley, USA. Ragnheiður has initiated and managed Nordic research projects, such as the two following projects under the auspices of NSfK: Miljøstrafferet og retspolitik i de nordiske lande (2010–2012), dealing with legislation providing sanctions for environmental protection, and Straf for seksualforbrydelser i Norden (2012), dealing with legal provisions on rape in the Nordic countries, and how punishment is determined for rape offences. Additionally, Ragnheiður participated in researching legislation on prostitution in the Nordic countries (Prostitutionslovgivning i de nordiske lande), the findings of which were published in Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab (2005). Another study was on sanctions outside institutions in the Nordic countries (Samfundssanktioner i Norde), see Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab (2001). Ragnheiður has also participated in international research projects, such as: International research on environmental criminal law, conducted under the auspices of the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht, Freiburg im Breisgau, the findings of which were published in the book Umweltstrafrecht in den nordischen Landern. Arbeiten zum Umweltrecht 10 (1994); and a European research project on politicians´criminal liability, see her article in the book Criminal Liability of Political Decision-Makers – A Comparative Perspective (2017). See also a joint Nordic project dealing with judicial rules on criminal jurisdiction in the Nordic countries. Its findings appear in two books: Criminal Jurisdiction – A Nordic Perspective (2014) and Strafrechtliche Jurisdiktion – Eine nordische Perspektive (2017). Since 1999, Ragnheiður has been on the editorial board of Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab (NTfK), Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention 1999-2003 and the Nordic Journal of Criminology since 2018. Ragnheiður has given lectures on her research at many international, Nordic, and domestic conferences and symposiums. Personal life Ragnheiður grew up in Reykjavik, Iceland. Her parents are Ragnheiður Gunnarsdóttir, bank secretary and housewife (b. 1933) and Bragi Hannesson, attorney, bank manager of The Industrial Bank of Iceland plc. and director of Industrial Loan Fund (b. 1932). Her sisters are Ásdís, teacher (b. 1958) and Bryndís, piano teacher (b. 1968). Ragnheiður is married to Bjarni Kristjánsson, business administration graduate and managing director (b. 1956). They have two daughters. Ragnheiður also has a granddaughter. References 1956 births Living people Ragnheiður Bragadóttir Ragnheiður Bragadóttir University of Copenhagen alumni

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Santeetlah dusky salamander

The Santeetlah dusky salamander (Desmognathus santeetlah) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Amphibians of the United States Desmognathus Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1981

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Friedenberg

Friedenberg may refer to: Friedenberg, Missouri, United States Edgar Z. Friedenberg (1921–2000), American scholar Johnny Sequoyah Friedenberg (born 2002), American actress Judi Friedenberg (born 1950), American bridge player Michael Friedenberg, American media executive Richard Friedenberg, American screenwriter and director

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Racey Helps

Angus Clifford Racey Helps (1913–1970) was an English children's author and illustrator. His books were written in a simple style and feature woodland creatures and birds, with illustrations by the author. He is known also for illustrating postcards, greeting cards, jigsaw puzzles, playing cards and wrapping paper. Biography Helps was born in Bristol on 2 February 1913, to Clifford R. Helps and his wife Dorothy (née Davis), who had married in Cardiff in 1911. He spent his childhood in the hamlet of Chelvey, Somerset. He was privately educated at a vicarage and later at Bristol Cathedral School. Speaking in a 1966 television interview, Helps traced his story-telling back to his schooldays, when he began to write stories for a sick younger cousin. On leaving school he entered the antiquarian book trade and attended the West of England College of Art. Helps married Irene Orr on 8 April 1936. A daughter, Anne, was born in July 1937, and a son, Julian, in 1949 or 1950. He used to tell his young daughter a bedtime story every night. His first notable success as an author and artist came during World War II with stories written for her. When the war came, Anne was packed off to a less noisy part of the country, but she still insisted on her story, and so Helps wrote them down for her, drew pictures to illustrate them, and sent them on. During that time, Racey and Irene lived in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, and were hosts to many young American soldiers based in the town, besides running a hairdressing salon. On one occasion a publisher happened to drop in and pick up one of Helps's handwritten, illustrated booklets. Helps was invited to London to discuss publication of future work. For a while the family lived in Clevedon, Somerset, then moved to Saltford near Bath, and in 1962 on to Barnstaple, Devon, where the scenic countryside provided further inspiration for Helps's pictures. Racey Helps suffered a fatal heart attack at his Barnstaple home in 1970, at the age of 57. Publication Helps's stories were published initially by Collins and later by the Medici Society. He contributed to several children's annuals published by Collins. Much of his work was published also by Rand McNally in the United States, where he illustrated several books written by Helen Wing. At least ten of his picture books appeared in German. At least one appeared in Danish. Partial bibliography References External links Racey Helps postcard checklist 1913 births 1970 deaths English children's writers British children's book illustrators Writers from Bristol People from Somerset People from Barnstaple Writers who illustrated their own writing

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Cumhur

Cumhur () is a Turkish given name for males. People named Cumhur include: Abdullah Gül (born 1950), President of the Republic of Turkey, has been known as Cumhur Cumhur Oranci (born 1960), Turkish writer Cumhur Yılmaztürk (born 1990), Turkish footballer Turkish masculine given names

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Special Tactics and Rescue (Singapore)

The Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) is a tactical unit of the Singapore Police Force (SPF), tasked to provide a tactical armed-response capability, and specialises in counter-terrorism and hostage rescue operations in Singapore. History STAR started off in March 1978 as a part-time outfit called the Police Tactical Team (PTT), and was mainly used to contain civil disorder. During the early days, the Police Tactical Team was a motley crew of volunteer officers from the Police Task Force (PTF), who served even on their days off for a monthly allowance of $50. The PTT, although drawing expertise from the PTF, were still limited in their operational readiness, skills and capability. The hijacking of Singapore Airlines Flight 117 and subsequent successful recovery by the commandos from Singapore Armed Forces' Special Operations Force in 1991 highlighted the need to provide the Singapore Police Force with a dedicated armed response team. With expertise assistance of Hong Kong Police Force's Special Duties Unit, the United Kingdom's SAS, Germany's GSG 9, France's GIGN, and America's Delta Force, the PTT was re-formed into STAR under Special Operations Command and commissioned on 9 November 1993. After the events of 11 September, the unit was also planned to undertake counter-terrorism duties. In 2005, STAR acquired a new maritime assault capability to augment the Police Coast Guard and the Republic of Singapore Navy in dealing with maritime threats. Known operations On 8 May 1998, STAR apprehended Anthony Tan Cheng Lock, a drug addict who had earlier shot a police officer in the thigh and stole his service revolver at a housing estate in Woodlands the previous night, after violently resisting arrest. Tan committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with the stolen revolver after STAR troopers breached into the flat. Tan had been admitted into the drug rehabilitation centre five times for drug consumption from 1982 to 1993, and was wanted by Central Narcotics Bureau for skipping mandatory reporting dates under drug supervision order prior to his death. In 2007, STAR was involved in the arrest of Dave Teo Ming, a National Serviceman who was AWOL and armed with a rifle and live ammunition, at the Orchard Cineleisure Mall without firing a shot. In 2016, STAR responded to two separate hostage situations in the flats of Ang Mo Kio and Sembawang, in which both events involved in stand-offs for more than ten hours. In May 2018, STAR was involved in a covert operation to swiftly apprehend two Taiwanese weapons smugglers who were part of an organised crime syndicate that were busted in Taiwan, but had escaped to Singapore. Selection and training Application to join the STAR unit is open to both public and police officers through the open recruitment exercise every year around October to December. To get the best people for the job, the unit holds an intensive and rigorous selection process. During this process, candidates have to undergo a full-day screening to evaluate both their physical and mental capabilities. After which, they are put through psychological assessments and an interview is conducted by an interview panel. Successful applicants will be notified to undergo a final medical review before starting their intensive eight-month training and orientation. See also Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response (SPEAR) References External links Counter-terrorism in Singapore Special Operations Command (Singapore) Non-military counter-terrorist organizations

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D65

D65 may refer to: Illuminant D65, a commonly used standard illuminant defined by the International Commission on Illumination Greek destroyer Nearchos (D65) HMS Codrington (D65), a 1930 A-class destroyer of the Royal Navy HMS St. James (D65), a 1946 Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy SPS Blas de Lezo (D65), a Spanish Navy ship INS Chennai (D65), an Indian Navy ship the former designation for the Slovakian R1 expressway D 65 road (United Arab Emirates) (Al Manara Road), a road passing in Umm Suqeim

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Intonaco

Intonaco is an Italian term for the final, very thin layer of plaster on which a fresco is painted. The plaster is painted while still wet, in order to allow the pigment to penetrate into the intonaco itself. An earlier layer, called arriccio, is laid slightly coarsely to provide a key for the intonaco, and must be allowed to dry, usually for some days, before the final very thin layer is applied and painted on. In Italian the term intonaco is also used much more generally for normal plaster or mortar wall-coatings in buildings. Intonaco is traditionally a mixture of sand (with granular dimensions less than two millimeters) and a binding substance. Types of intonaco Different types of intonaco are classified based on the binding material used: Intonaco based on lime, where the only binding substance is hydrated lime Intonaco lime/cement, where the binding element is a mixture of hydrated lime with Portland cement, with a majority of lime Intonaco cement/lime, where the binding element is a mixture of hydrated lime, and Portland cement, with a majority of Portland cement Intonaco with a plaster base, where the binding element is exclusively plaster The sand utilized in the intonaco can be limestone or silicate, taken from a natural source such as a river or from sand that is pulverized. Types of stabilizers Intonaco can be stabilized using: Lime plaster Calcium-sulfate based plaster Terracotta-based cement References Painting techniques Plastering

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Cruzeiro da Fortaleza

Cruzeiro da Fortaleza is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 3,639 people living in a total area of 185 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and to the microregion of Patrocínio. It became a municipality in 1963. Location The municipality is located in the region of the Alto Paranaíba, south of the Paranaíba River and west of the Emborcação Reservoir. Neighboring municipalities are: Guimarânia (N), Serra do Salitre (E) and (S), and Patrocínio (W). Distances Guimarânia: 18 km Monte Carmelo: 20 km Patrocínio: 40 km Patos de Minas: 66 km Belo Horizonte: 413 km Geography The maximum elevation is 1,179 meters, at Cabeceira do Córrego da Limeira; the minimum elevation is 868 meters, at Foz do Córrego do Tonico. In the central point of the town the elevation is 840 meters. The average yearly temperature is 20.7 C; the average yearly maximum is 27.9 C; and the average yearly minimum is 14.8 C. The average yearly rainfall is 1,569.1 mm. Half of the land is flat and half is hilly. The main rivers are the Rio Fortaleza and the Córrego do Jacu. Economic activities The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ R$27 million, with 12 million generated by services, 01 million generated by industry, and 12 million generated by agriculture. Cruzeiro da Fronteira is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. there was one banking agency in the town. There was a modest retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. There were 378 automobiles in all of the municipality (2007), about one for every 10 inhabitants. Cruzeiro da Fronteira has a small municipal area and therefore little available land for agriculture. In the rural area there were 189 establishments (2006) occupying 15,000 hectares (planted area—3,500 ha, and natural pasture—8,000 ha.). About 600 persons were dependent on agriculture. 48 of the farms had tractors, a ratio of one in 09 farms. There were 16,000 head of cattle in 2006. The main crops were coffee, corn, rice, and soybeans. Health and education In 2006 there were 04 health clinics, 03 pre-school, 03 primary schools and one middle school. Municipal Human Development Index: 0.795 (2000) State ranking: 54 out of 853 municipalities National ranking: 669 out of 5,138 municipalities Literacy rate: 92% Life expectancy: 73 (average of males and females) The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of Pernambuco has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place. References See also List of municipalities in Minas Gerais Municipalities in Minas Gerais

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Fiscus

Fiscus, from which comes the English term fiscal, was the name of the personal chest of the emperors of Rome. The word is literally translated as "basket" or "purse" and was used to describe those forms of revenue collected from the provinces (specifically the imperial provinces), which were then granted to the emperor. Its existence pointed to the division of power in the early era of the Empire between the imperial court and the Senate. Origins Augustus divided Rome's territory between senatorial provinces, whose tributes ended up in the aerarium (the already existing state's chest), and imperial provinces, whose incomes ended up into the fiscus, the emperor's chest. Upon the latter chest fell the most burdensome costs, namely the ones for army and fleet, bureaucracy and grants to urban plebs (distribution of wheat or moneys). The imperial provinces, under Augustus’ reform, were the provinces non pacatae (i.e. the border provinces) who Augustus had advocated under his direct administration. Those provinces, that later started to be called provinciae Caesaris, were entrusted to equites and agents of the emperor with the title of procuratores Augusti. Despite this separation, the emperor had the right to transfer moneys from the aerarium to the fiscus. Several historians believe that the senatorial provinces were actually only 10, that is only one third of the total number of the imperial ones. This fact would prove that the fiscus were much richer and relevant than the aerarium already from its birth. Administration The head of the fiscus in the first years was the rationalis, originally a freedman due to Augustus' desire to place the office in the hands of a servant free of the class demands of the traditional society. In succeeding years the corruption and reputation of the freedman forced new and more reliable administrators. From the time of Hadrian, any rationalis hailed from the Equestrian Order (equites) and remained so through the 3rd century and into the age of Diocletian. Under the Flavian dynasty, a new official, rather than the rationalis, was in charge of the fiscus, it was called procurator fisci (or procurator a rationibus Augusti). He had some tasks like drawing up a state's financial statement and forecasting empire's incomes and outcomes. He also managed the assets of the emperor (patrimonium principii), the army's expenditures, the allocation of wheat, the restoration of aqueducts, temples and streets. At last he had the crucial role of establishing the annual quantity of metal to be minted. == Fiscus''' incomes == The incomes of the emperor's chest could derive from taxes or from other sources. Incomes from taxes The first noteworthy tax is the provincial tax imposed to the imperial provinces. It is essentially a 10% of the entire amount of taxes due, imposed only on those able to generate profits (females, children and old people were not subjected). These incomes were especially used for national defense. There was also the vicesima hereditatium a tax of 5% of the inheritances. Another important tax was the dogana, with a variable percentage going from 1.5% up to 5%. Luxury objects imported from the east, for instance spices, silk and precious stones were subject of a customs tax 25% of their value. The last one was on the turnover, but it isn't known in which measure. Non-fiscal incomes Incomes received as inheritance by the emperor. This type was one of the most relevant income's sources for the fiscus, it was a custom among the Romans to leave as inheritance something to the emperor. The lost portion of an inheritance (bona caduca), that is the part of the inheritance that couldn't be received by the heir. There were some reasons for which someone couldn't receive the whole inheritance or part of it. For example, the Lex Papia Poppea Nupitalis (9 BC) established that some people couldn't inherit, namely: the caelibes (unmarried men between 25 and 60 years old and unmarried women between 20 and 50 years old) they lost the 100% of their capacity to inherit, the orbi (married people without sons) who lost the 50% of their capacity to inherit, the pater solitarius (i.e. who had sons from a previous marriage but didn't marry again) for them the lost capacity isn't known. There are also laws concerning the unworthiness of the heirs. The vacant inheritance (bona vacantiaia), that is the case in which the inheritance was without any heirs, neither legal nor designated. If the deceased was a citizen of one of the imperial provinces the fiscus became owner (but, in this case, it also inherited any eventual debts). The inheritance of the “implicit guarantor”. Is a very peculiar kind of guarantor who was relevant in case the deceased asked him (but with an unspecified formula) to transfer the inheritance once received. This disposition was meant to avoid the use of this figure, because it was usually used to avoid some other legislative dispositions. State's assets incomes: national mines’ incomes and leasing of public lands (tributum soli). Incomes from the sale of war's treasuries. Incomes from the discovery of treasuries, the half of the treasure found in the imperial provinces had to be delivered to the fiscus. Incomes from fines. The goods of the convicted (bona damnatorum), i.e. all the good of people sentenced to deprivation of life or freedom or citizenry right, had to be delivered to the fiscus. Nature of the fiscus There are three different theories about the nature of the fiscus.The first theory takes the fiscus as the private capital of the emperor. The second theory states that the fiscus was a public capital entrusted to the emperor to maintain public order. It should have been used only for public welfare aims. Supporting this thesis there are the facts that some emperors, like Augustus, made its accounting public, that the emperor could leave as inheritance the fiscus only to his heir to the throne, and that Pertinax defined the fiscus as public. According to the third theory the fiscus was owned neither by the emperor nor by the people, but it was essentially a legal person. The emperors could use it only for public interest reasons. As a legal person it could be creditor or debtor, plaintiff and defendant. In support of this thesis it's showed that there was a proper legal structure around it. Nerva established one specific magistrate (praetor) designed to judge over the legal cases between private individuals and fiscus. The legal agents of the fiscus were the rationalis (and the procurator fisci from the Flavian dynasty ages), nevertheless the judicial actions themselves were made by the advocatus fisci, role created by Hadrian. They were appointed to defend its reasons in trial. According to this evidence the emperor never appeared in trial nor was he judged. Reforms and developments From its very introduction the fiscus started a continuous process of enforcement with respect to the aerarium, until the word aerarium ended up representing only the municipal chest of Rome. With Diocletian came a series of massive reforms, and total control over the finances of the empire fell to the new stronger central government. With these reforms the distinction between aerarium and fiscus was definitely abolished, even though some historians believes this union was already realized under the empire of Septimius Severus. In the late imperial period, probably under Constantine, the fiscus was renamed largitiones, and it was entrusted to the comes sacrarum largitionum (count of the sacred largess) a proper appointed minister of finance. He maintained the general treasury and the intake of all the revenues. Other fisci Beside the fiscus but independently from it Vespasian created the fiscus Alexandrinus and the fiscus Asiaticus to receive Egyptian and Asian revenues, formerly directed to the aerarium.He also created the fiscus Iudaicus, to which the Jewish population was subjected. See also Aerarium comes Congiarium Fiscus Iudaicus rationibus rationalis Roman finance References Further reading G. Xu, fiscus, confiscation, delatio, the Study of the Revenue of Imperial Treasury of Roman Francesca Milazzo, Res publica e priceps, vicende politiche, mutamenti istituzionali e ordinamento giuridico da Cesare ad Adriano, Atti del convegno internazionale di diritto romano, Copanello 25-27 May 1994 Sara Galeotti, Il fiscus Caesaris nella dottrina romanistica del XIX e XX secolo, teoria e storia del diritto privato (number X, year 2017) Marcello Morelli, Il decorso del tempo nel sistema tributario romano Santo Mazzarino, L’impero romano, vol1, Editori Laterza 2008 Santo Mazzarino, L’impero romano, vol2, Editori Laterza 2007 Fiscus, Article by George Long, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College Digest, tit. 14 Filippo E. Vassalli, Concetto e natura del fisco,'' Fratelli Bocca editore, Torino 1908 External links Fiscus, article in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities Government of the Roman Empire Economy of ancient Rome Economic history of Italy Fiscal policy ja:国庫

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Francesco Paolo Figliuolo

Francesco Paolo Figliuolo (born 11 July 1961) is an Italian army corps general. On 1 March 2021, he was appointed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi as Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation of Health Measures to Contain the COVID-19 pandemic, to lead the vaccination campaign. Biography Francesco Paolo Figliuolo was born in Potenza, Basilicata, in 1961. After having trained at the Military Academy of Modena, as a mountain artillery officer, he carried out his first experience in command within the “Aosta” artillery troops of Alpine Brigade "Taurinense", which he led as commander on a mission in Kosovo, in 1999 and 2000. Between 2004 and 2005, as commander of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, Figliuolo served as the head of the Italian contingent in Afghanistan, as part of the ISAF mission. From September 2009 to October 2010, Figliuolo was appointed deputy commander of the "Taurinense" Alpine Brigade, later serving as its commander until November 2011. From 2014 to 2015, he became the 19th Commander of NATO forces in Kosovo, the Kosovo Force (KFOR), with the rank of Major General. He also served as Head of the Logistics Department of the Army's Staff from August 2015 to May 2016. He then joined the staff of the Chief of Defence, General Claudio Graziano. On 7 November 2018, Figliuolo became the commander of the Logistics Command of the Italian Army (COMLOG). On 1 March 2021, Prime Minister Mario Draghi appointed Figliuolo also Extraordinary Commissioner for the COVID-19 Emergency, replacing Domenico Arcuri. As commissioner, Figliuolo organized the implementation of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19. Decorations General Figliuolo was awarded a substantial number of national and international medals and decorations, among which: Italian Army gold and silver cross of merit; NATO Meritorious Service Medal; Golden Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr; Legion of Merit of the United States of America. Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (13 January 2017). References Italian generals Alpini Living people 1961 births Italian military attachés Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

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Thiruthiraipoondi block

Thiruthiraipoondi block is a revenue block in the Thiruthiraipoondi taluk of Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It has a total of 32 panchayat villages. References Revenue blocks of Tiruvarur district

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Federico García (skier)

Federico García (born 3 September 1951) is a Chilean alpine skier. He competed in two events at the 1976 Winter Olympics. References 1951 births Living people Chilean male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Chile Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people)

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Public Order Act 1936

The Public Order Act 1936 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 c. 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to control extremist political movements in the 1930s such as the British Union of Fascists (BUF). Largely the work of Home Office civil servant Frank Newsam, the Act banned the wearing of political uniforms in any public place or public meeting. (The first conviction under the Act was of William Henry Wood, by Leeds Magistrates' Court on 27 January 1937.) It also required police consent for political marches to go ahead (now covered by the Public Order Act 1986). The Act also prohibited organising, training or equipping an "association of persons ... for the purpose of enabling them to be employed in usurping the functions of the police or of the armed forces of the Crown", or "for the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object". While the Act likely prevented a rapid comeback of the BUF, it may in fact have had the indirect result of actually improving their fortunes. The party's forced abandonment of paramilitary and armed tactics improved their relations with the police and, by making it more "respectable", increased the BUF appeal among traditionally conservative middle-class citizens, who became the party's main base in the years after the Public Order Act 1936 was passed. The Act was used extensively against IRA and Sinn Féin demonstrations in the 1970s, though the Act does not extend to Northern Ireland. In November 1974, 12 people were each fined the maximum £50 under the Act for wearing black berets at Speakers' Corner during a Sinn Féin anti-internment rally. The Public Order Act 1936 was also used extensively against the flying pickets during the 1984/5 miners' strike. The police used it on the grounds of preventing a breach of the peace. In 2015 and 2016, this act has also been used against Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen of the far-right political movement Britain First. Section 5 - Conduct conducive to breach of the peace This section created the offence of conduct conducive to breach of the peace. This section was repealed by section 40(3) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Public Order Act 1986. The offence under this section was abolished by section 9(2)(d) of that Act. The offence under this section is replaced by the offence of fear or provocation of violence, contrary to section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986. See also Public Order Act References External links Anti-fascism in the United Kingdom Fascism in the United Kingdom United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1936

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Christoph Florentius Kött

Christoph Florentius Kött (7 November 1801, in St. Martin – 17 October 1873, in Fulda) was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda from 1848 to 1873. Kött was ordained as priest on 18 December 1824. On 29 March 1848 he was appointed as bishop of Fulda. He was confirmed on 11 December 1848 and ordained on 1 May 1849. During his tenure he ordained the future bishop Adalbert Endert as priest, on 6 April 1873. Kött re-founded the boys' seminary, which was housed together with the seminary for priests in the former cloister building. Kött was arrested in 1873, during the Kulturkampf, for protesting the laws that gave the state far-reaching influence on the seminary. In the end, this conflict would lead to the disbanding of the boys' seminary (1873) and the priests' seminary (December 1874). For years afterward the bishop's seat in Fulda remained empty. Kött died in Fulda, shortly after his arrest. References External links 19th-century German Roman Catholic bishops 1801 births 1873 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Fulda

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20dependency

Data dependency

A data dependency in computer science is a situation in which a program statement (instruction) refers to the data of a preceding statement. In compiler theory, the technique used to discover data dependencies among statements (or instructions) is called dependence analysis. There are three types of dependencies: data, name, and control. Data dependencies Assuming statement and , depends on if: where: is the set of memory locations read by and is the set of memory locations written by and there is a feasible run-time execution path from to This Condition is called Bernstein Condition, named by A. J. Bernstein. Three cases exist: Anti-dependence: , and reads something before overwrites it Flow (data) dependence: , and writes before something read by Output dependence: , and both write the same memory location. Flow dependency (True dependency) A Flow dependency, also known as a data dependency or true dependency or read-after-write (RAW), occurs when an instruction depends on the result of a previous instruction: 1. A = 3 2. B = A 3. C = B Instruction 3 is truly dependent on instruction 2, as the final value of C depends on the instruction updating B. Instruction 2 is truly dependent on instruction 1, as the final value of B depends on the instruction updating A. Since instruction 3 is truly dependent upon instruction 2 and instruction 2 is truly dependent on instruction 1, instruction 3 is also truly dependent on instruction 1. Instruction level parallelism is therefore not an option in this example. Anti-dependency An anti-dependency, also known as write-after-read (WAR), occurs when an instruction requires a value that is later updated. In the following example, instruction 2 anti-depends on instruction 3 — the ordering of these instructions cannot be changed, nor can they be executed in parallel (possibly changing the instruction ordering), as this would affect the final value of A. 1. B = 3 2. A = B + 1 3. B = 7 Example : MUL R3,R1,R2 ADD R2,R5,R6 It is clear that there is anti-dependence between these 2 instructions.At first we read R2 then in second instruction we are Writing a new value for it. An anti-dependency is an example of a name dependency. That is, renaming of variables could remove the dependency, as in the next example: 1. B = 3 N. B2 = B 2. A = B2 + 1 3. B = 7 A new variable, B2, has been declared as a copy of B in a new instruction, instruction N. The anti-dependency between 2 and 3 has been removed, meaning that these instructions may now be executed in parallel. However, the modification has introduced a new dependency: instruction 2 is now truly dependent on instruction N, which is truly dependent upon instruction 1. As flow dependencies, these new dependencies are impossible to safely remove. Output dependency An output dependency, also known as write-after-write (WAW), occurs when the ordering of instructions will affect the final output value of a variable. In the example below, there is an output dependency between instructions 3 and 1 — changing the ordering of instructions in this example will change the final value of A, thus these instructions cannot be executed in parallel. 1. B = 3 2. A = B + 1 3. B = 7 As with anti-dependencies, output dependencies are name dependencies. That is, they may be removed through renaming of variables, as in the below modification of the above example: 1. B2 = 3 2. A = B2 + 1 3. B = 7 A commonly used naming convention for data dependencies is the following: Read-after-Write or RAW (flow dependency), Write-After-Read or WAR (anti-dependency), or Write-after-Write or WAW (output dependency). Control dependency An instruction B has a control dependency on a preceding instruction A if the outcome of A determines whether B should be executed or not. In the following example, the instruction has a control dependency on instruction . However, does not depend on because is always executed irrespective of the outcome of . S1. if (a == b) S2. a = a + b S3. b = a + b Intuitively, there is control dependence between two statements A and B if B could be possibly executed after A The outcome of the execution of A will determine whether B will be executed or not. A typical example is that there are control dependences between the condition part of an if statement and the statements in its true/false bodies. A formal definition of control dependence can be presented as follows: A statement is said to be control dependent on another statement iff there exists a path from to such that every statement ≠ within will be followed by in each possible path to the end of the program and will not necessarily be followed by , i.e. there is an execution path from to the end of the program that does not go through . Expressed with the help of (post-)dominance the two conditions are equivalent to post-dominates all does not post-dominate Construction of control dependences Control dependences are essentially the dominance frontier in the reverse graph of the control-flow graph (CFG). Thus, one way of constructing them, would be to construct the post-dominance frontier of the CFG, and then reversing it to obtain a control dependence graph. The following is a pseudo-code for constructing the post-dominance frontier: for each X in a bottom-up traversal of the post-dominator tree do: PostDominanceFrontier(X) ← ∅ for each Y ∈ Predecessors(X) do: if immediatePostDominator(Y) ≠ X: then PostDominanceFrontier(X) ← PostDominanceFrontier(X) ∪ {Y} done for each Z ∈ Children(X) do: for each Y ∈ PostDominanceFrontier(Z) do: if immediatePostDominator(Y) ≠ X: then PostDominanceFrontier(X) ← PostDominanceFrontier(X) ∪ {Y} done done done Here, Children(X) is the set of nodes in the CFG that are immediately post-dominated by X, and Predecessors(X) are the set of nodes in the CFG that directly precede X in the CFG. Note that node X shall be processed only after all its Children have been processed. Once the post-dominance frontier map is computed, reversing it will result in a map from the nodes in the CFG to the nodes that have a control dependence on them. Implications Conventional programs are written assuming the sequential execution model. Under this model, instructions execute one after the other, atomically (i.e., at any given point in time, only one instruction is executed) and in the order specified by the program. However, dependencies among statements or instructions may hinder parallelism — parallel execution of multiple instructions, either by a parallelizing compiler or by a processor exploiting instruction-level parallelism. Recklessly executing multiple instructions without considering related dependences may cause danger of getting wrong results, namely hazards. References Compilers Analysis of parallel algorithms

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

Newsela

Newsela is a literacy-focused edtech startup company founded by Matthew Gross. It offers leveled and standards-aligned informational content that is available in English and Spanish. Newsela serves 90% of schools, including over 37 million K-12 students and 2.5 million teachers. Newsela news content is free with a registered account and additional resources are available by subscription. The content is designed to engage students, facilitate differentiated instruction and align to state education standards. The company has been named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies two years in a row and one of Deloitte's Fastest Growing Tech Companies two years in a row. Background History While former teacher Matthew Gross was working on the Common Core standards rollout in New York, he was disappointed to discover outdated textbooks that were labeled "Common Core-Aligned". One of Gross's own children struggled with reading and after meeting with his son's assistant principal, Gross decided to start Newsela in 2013 because he felt like she had given up on his son and he wanted to make a larger impact in education. Partnerships Newsela's ongoing partnership with The Virginia School Consortium for Learning (VaSCL) enables members to access Newsela content, technology and professional learning at a discounted rate, as of December 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Newsela is in a partnership with NWEA to automatically show teachers content at each student's reading level once they have completed the MAP Growth assessment test. BrainPop and Newsela formed a partnership on October 10, 2017. Users can access Newsela's resources directly from BrainPop topic pages. Newsela editor-in-chief Jennifer Coogan partnered with the American Press Institute to help combat Fake news websites in the United States in October 2016. Features Newsela offers high-interest news articles that can be customized to match a student's reading level. Newsela's over 14,000 texts come from more than 175 publishers, including the Associated Press and Encyclopedia Britannica and the company offers supplemental instructional materials, including assessments, lessons and professional development. English language arts (ELA), Social Studies, Science and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) content are available in English and Spanish. Other versions Due to concerns about mature content, Newsela has created Newsela Elementary. It is like the original website, but only contains articles geared toward elementary students. Newsela also created Newsela PRO, a paid upgrade for teachers to use more features. Reception Common Sense Media Education reviewer Patricia Monticello Kievlan rated Newsela five stars. References External links Webinar About BrainPop and Newsela Partnership American educational websites

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up%20in%20Flames%20%28album%29

Up in Flames (album)

Up in Flames is the second studio album by Canadian musician Dan Snaith, released under the moniker Manitoba on March 31, 2003 by The Leaf Label and Domino Recording Company. It is Snaith's second and final album credited under Manitoba, and received critical acclaim when it was released. In 2006, a special edition of Up in Flames was released. In 2013, the album was reissued under Snaith's current moniker, Caribou, and in 2015, it was selected by fans as one of ten albums re-issued by The Leaf Label as part of the label's 20th anniversary celebrations. This saw the album released on limited edition double vinyl and made available to fans via the PledgeMusic service. News program Democracy Now! uses "Kid You'll Move Mountains" as part of their regular theme music. Reception Up in Flames received acclaim from critics and has been assigned a score of 88 based on 20 critic reviews, translating to "universal acclaim", from Metacritic. Online magazine Pitchfork placed Up in Flames at number 106 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. Track listing Charts References External links Up in Flames at official Caribou website 2003 albums Dan Snaith albums Domino Recording Company albums The Leaf Label albums

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

Lizaki

Lizaki () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościerzyna, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. The village has a population of 50. References Lizaki

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges%20Othily

Georges Othily

Georges Othily (7 January 1944 – 18 December 2017) was a French Guianese politician who was elected to the French Senate in 1989. His biography of René Jadfard, René Jadfard ou l'éclair d'une vie, was published by Éditions caribéennes in 1989. References 1944 births 2017 deaths People from Cayenne Modern Left politicians French Senators of the Fifth Republic Presidents of the Regional Council of French Guiana French Guianan politicians French Guianan writers French people of French Guianan descent French male writers Senators of French Guiana

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Rainy Day People

"Rainy Day People" is a song written and recorded by Gordon Lightfoot, released on his 1975 album, Cold on the Shoulder, and also as a single. "Rainy Day People" went to number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was Lightfoot's last of four songs to reach number one on the Easy Listening chart, spending one week at number one in May 1975. Personnel Gordon Lightfoot – vocal, acoustic guitar Terry Clements – acoustic guitar Red Shea – acoustic guitar Rick Haynes – bass Pee Wee Charles – pedal steel guitar Nick DeCaro – piano, string arrangement Jim Gordon – drums Chart performance See also List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.) References Gordon Lightfoot songs 1975 singles Songs written by Gordon Lightfoot Reprise Records singles 1975 songs Song recordings produced by Lenny Waronker

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

Mannan

Mannan may refer to: Mannan (polysaccharide), a type of carbohydrate Mannan people, a social group of India Mannan language, a language of India Mannan (film), a 1992 Indian film Manannán, known in Manx as Mannan, a figure in Gaelic mythology People with the name Mannan Hira (1956–2020), Bangladeshi dramatist and filmmaker Khandaker Abdul Mannan, Bangladesh Freedom Party politician and the former Member of Parliament Gazi Alimuddin Mannan (1930–1990), Bangladeshi dancer and choreographer Hasina Mannan (born 1947), Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament M. A. Mannan, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, first mayor of Gazipur City Corporation and former religious affairs minister M. Sam Mannan (1954–2018), American chemical engineer Masud Mannan (born 1961), Bangladeshi diplomat Muhammad Abdul Mannan (born 1946), Bangladeshi politician, diplomat and bureaucrat and the incumbent Minister of Planning of Bangladesh Rowshan Ara Mannan (born 1948), Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician Shamin Mannan (born 1995), Indian actress Sheikh Abdul Mannan (died 1971), Bangladeshi journalist Xulhaz Mannan (1976–2016), Bangladeshi hate crime victim Mannan Shaah (born 1987), Indian film music director, singer and composer See also Manan (disambiguation) Mannon (disambiguation) Mannen, a mountain in Norway

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mak%20Soi-kun

Mak Soi-kun

Mak Soi-kun (; born 15 April 1956 in Macau) is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau. With a construction business in the city, Mak and fellow legislator Zheng Anting, a casino VIP room manager, founded the Macau Jiangmen Communal Society and provide social benefits to new immigrants. He later entered politics with a remarkable support from the working class after his mediation in the collapse of Sin Fong Garden. Election results See also List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau References 1956 births Living people Cantonese people Members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild%20Things%3A%20Diamonds%20in%20the%20Rough

Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough

Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (also known as Wild Things 3) is a 2005 erotic thriller film directed by Jay Lowi and starring Sandra McCoy, Sarah Laine, Linden Ashby, Dina Meyer and Brad Johnson. It is a sequel to Wild Things 2 (2004) and the third film in the Wild Things series. Like the previous film, the film premiered on Encore Mystery on February 19, 2005, and was released on DVD on April 26. Plot Marie Clifton is set to inherit two beautiful diamonds, called the "mother and daughter", which her late mother bestowed to her. Marie's step-father, Jay Clifton, challenges the will, claiming that Marie isn't ready for the responsibility, but actually wants to take the diamonds for himself. At a sexual education seminar at Marie's school, physician Dr. Chad Johnson and probation officer Kristen Richards discuss sex crimes, and Richards reveals she was a victim of an anonymous rapist many years before. At Marie's swim-meet, Jay encounters towel girl Elena Sandoval, and invites her to Marie's eighteenth birthday party. Elena attends the party but is assaulted by Marie, who says that Elena is not welcome. Jay comforts Elena, and brings her to the construction site of one of his buildings for privacy. Later, Elena alleges that Jay raped her at the site. Detective Michael Morrison is placed on the case, as is Richards, who is Elena's probation officer. Chad is placed in charge of documenting Elena's injuries, and testifies to the court that Elena was raped. Marie believes that Elena is doing this for money and tells Jay to pay her off. When Jay admits that he's broke, Marie suggests that they sell the diamonds. Jay agrees, and revokes his claim to the will, giving Marie custody of the diamonds so she can sell them off. However, this was a ploy between Elena, Marie and Chad to get the diamonds, and the trio are in a sexual relationship together. Jay believes that Elena will recant her accusation after being paid off, but at the next court session Elena testifies that Jay also threatened to kill her. Jay is sent to prison, but Richards is now suspicious of Elena's behavior. Richards and Morrison search Elena's trailer and discover she's gathered information about Kristen's rape, using it to form her testimony. Richards and Morrison discuss their suspicions with Jay, and conclude that Marie, Elena and Chad must be working together. Chad is questioned by Richards and Morrison, and fears they suspect him. He turns on Marie, drugging her and stealing the diamonds. Marie and Elena give chase, following Chad into the woods, where Marie kills him with a tire iron. Marie then meets the diamond buyer Chad set up, but learns that the diamonds are fake. Elena, who is left to deal with Chad's body, is caught by Richards and Morrison. Richards and Morrison give Elena a task: wear a wire and get Marie to admit she killed Chad, and the charges against Elena will be lessened. Elena goes to Marie and plays along with her plan to get the real diamonds from Jay's safe at the construction site. Throughout, Elena repeatedly tries to get Marie to confess, but is unsuccessful. When Marie and Elena finally get the diamonds from the safe, Elena pulls a gun on her and flees with the diamonds, prompting Marie to chase her with her own gun. Richards and Morrison, who are listening in from nearby, enter the construction site separately. During the hide-and-seek, Richards finds Marie and shoots her in the chest, killing her. Afterward, Elena claims there were no diamonds, and is escorted from the scene by Richards. At the end, it's revealed that Richards and Elena are mother and daughter. Jay was the man that raped Kristen in the past, and Elena is their daughter. They dispose of him by dosing his drink and leaving him to fall to his death. During the credits, scenes are shown explaining how they managed to pull their plan off. Cast Sandra McCoy as Elena Sandoval Sarah Laine as Marie Clifton Linden Ashby as Detective Michael Morrison Dina Meyer as Kristen Richards Brad Johnson as Jay Clifton Ron Melendez as Dr. Chad Johnson Michael Mantell as Theo Bloom Claire Coffee as Jenny Bellamy Nikki Griffin as Risa Howard Zakareth Ruben as Julie Van Epperson as Principal Phillips Maria Cina as Blonde Reporter Kymberly Newberry as Judge Wilcox Sandra Purpuro as D.A. Sarah Lovell Gary Carlos Cervantes as Davros Paul Terrell Clayton as Dammers References External links 2005 direct-to-video films 2005 films American films 2000s erotic thriller films Direct-to-video sequel films Direct-to-video erotic thriller films Television sequel films American sexploitation films American rape and revenge films American LGBT-related films Bisexuality-related films Films set in Miami Films shot in Florida Films shot in Miami Sony Pictures direct-to-video films Destination Films films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nin%20x%20Nin%3A%20Ninja%20Hattori-kun%2C%20the%20Movie

Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie

Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie (NIN×NIN 忍者ハットリくん THE MOVIE Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie) is a 2004 Japanese action adventure film based on the manga series Ninja Hattori-kun by Fujiko Fujio.The film is directed by Masayuki Suzuki and stars Shingo Katori as Kanzo Hattori. The official English title of the movie is Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori. Plot Kanzo Hattori's father, Jinzo Hattori sends him to Edo (Tokyo) with a mission to serve a master and not be seen by anyone except his master as his final mission. Hattori chooses Kenichi Mitsuba as his master. Afterwards, he finds out that Kenichi's new class teacher, Sato is actually Kemumaki Kemozo, who is a Koga Ninja. Meanwhile, Kurokage, the strongest ninja of Koga, commits serial of murders of former Koga ninjas. Hattori and Kemumaki joins force to defeat him when Kurokage kidnaps Kenichi. Cast Shingo Katori as Kanzo Hattori Rena Tanaka as Midori Gori as Kemumaki / Sato Sensei Yuri Chinen as Kenichi Mitsuba Shirō Itō as Jinzo Hattori Keiko Toda as Taeko Mitsuba Kazuyuki Asano as Kentaro Mitsuba Takeshi Masu as Korakage Takashi Ukaji as Tahara Keibu Mikihisa Azuma as Detective Kashiwada References External links Films scored by Takayuki Hattori

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En%20las%20Nubes

En las Nubes

"En las Nubes" ("In the Clouds") is a song written by Gustavo Márquez and first performed by Mexican ballad singer Tito Livio on his studio album Fíjate de Mi (1993). It was covered by Puerto Rican salsa singer Jerry Rivera on his fourth studio Cara de Niño(1993). Another salsa cover version of the song was recorded by American musician Edgar Joel on his studio album Me Atrapa la Noche (1994) with Anthony Colón providing the lead vocals for the song. Joel's version reached number-one on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart. His cover was recognized as the best-performing song of the year at the 1995 ASCAP Latin Awards. Puerto Rican singer Julián singer covered it on his studio Siete Mañanas (1995). Julián's version peaked at number ten on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. See also List of Billboard Tropical Airplay number ones of 1994 and 1995 References 1993 songs 1994 singles Jerry Rivera songs Spanish-language songs

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada%20County%20Courthouse

Nevada County Courthouse

The Nevada County Courthouse is located at 215 East 2nd Street in the center of Prescott, the county seat of Nevada County, Arkansas. The Mid-Century Modern building was designed by Weaver and Hiegel, an architectural firm based in Little Rock, and was built in 1964 on the site of the previous courthouse. The exterior is predominantly red brick, with trim and accent features of cast stone. The main facade is symmetrical, with the entrance recessed at the center and sheltered by a tall projecting portico supported by square cast stone columns. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Nevada County, Arkansas References Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Government buildings completed in 1964 Buildings and structures in Nevada County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Nevada County, Arkansas

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula%20virescens

Russula virescens

Russula virescens is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Russula, and is commonly known as the green-cracking russula, the quilted green russula, or the green brittlegill. It can be recognized by its distinctive pale green cap that measures up to in diameter, the surface of which is covered with darker green angular patches. It has crowded white gills, and a firm, white stipe that is up to tall and thick. Considered to be one of the best edible mushrooms of the genus Russula, it is especially popular in Spain and China. With a taste that is described variously as mild, nutty, fruity, or sweet, it is cooked by grilling, frying, sautéeing, or eaten raw. Mushrooms are rich in carbohydrates and proteins, with a low fat content. The species was described as new to science in 1774 by Jacob Christian Schaeffer. Its distribution encompasses Asia, North Africa, Europe, and Central America. Its presence in North America has not been clarified, due to confusion with the similar species Russula parvovirescens and R. crustosa. R. virescens fruits singly or scattered on the ground in both deciduous and mixed forests, forming mycorrhizal associations with broadleaf trees such as oak, European beech, and aspen. In Asia, it associates with several species of tropical lowland rainforest trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae. R. virescens has a ribonuclease enzyme with a biochemistry unique among edible mushrooms. It also has biologically active polysaccharides, and a laccase enzyme that can break down several dyes used in the laboratory and in the textile industry. Taxonomy Russula virescens was first described by German polymath Jacob Christian Schaeffer in 1774 as Agaricus virescens. The species was subsequently transferred to the genus Russula by Elias Fries in 1836. According to the nomenclatural authority MycoBank, Russula furcata var. aeruginosa (published by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1796) and Agaricus caseosus (published by Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth in 1883) are synonyms of Russula virescens. The variety albidocitrina, defined by Claude Casimir Gillet in 1876, is no longer considered to have independent taxonomic significance. According to Rolf Singer's 1986 classification of Russula, R. virescens is the type species of subsection Virescentinae in section Rigidae, a grouping of mushrooms characterized by a cap surface that breaks into patches of bran-like (furfuraceous) particles. In a molecular phylogenetic analysis of European Russula, R. virescens formed a clade with R. mustelina; these two species were sister to a clade containing R. amoenicolor and R. violeipes. The specific epithet virescens is Latin for "becoming green". The characteristic pattern of the cap surface has earned the species common names such as the green-cracking russula, the quilted green russula, and the green brittlegill. In the mid-Atlantic United States, it is also known locally as the moldy russula. Description Described by mushroom enthusiast Antonio Carluccio as "not exactly nice to look at", the cap is at first dome or barrel-shaped, becoming convex and flattened with age with a diameter of up to . The cap center is often depressed. The cuticle of the cap is green, most profoundly in the center, with patches of the same color dispersed radially around the center in an areolate pattern. The color of the cuticle is often of variable shade, ranging from gray to verdigris to grass-green. The extent of the patching of the cuticle is also variable, giving specimens with limited patches a resemblance to other green-capped species of Russula, such as R. aeruginea. The green patches of the cap lie on a white to pale green background. The cap, while frequently round, may also exhibit irregular lobes and cracks. The cap cuticle is thin, and can be readily peeled off the surface to a distance of about halfway towards the cap center. The gills are white to cream colored, and fairly crowded together; they are mostly free from attachment to the stipe. Gills are interconnected at their bases by veins. The stipe is cylindrical, white, and of variable height, up to tall and wide; it is roughly the same thickness at both the top and the base. The top portion of the stipe may be farinose—covered with a white, mealy powder. It may turn slightly brown with age, or when it is injured or bruised from handling. Like other mushrooms in the Russulales, the flesh is brittle, owing to the sphaerocyst cytoarchitecture—cylindrical cells that contrast with the typical fibrous, filamentous hyphae present in other orders of the basidiomycota. The spores of R. virescens are elliptical or ellipsoid with warts, translucent (hyaline), and produce a white, pale or pale yellow spore print; the spore dimensions are 6–9 by 5–7 µm. A partial reticulum (net-like pattern of ridges) interconnects the warts. The spore-bearing cells, the basidia, are club-shaped and have dimensions of 24–33 by 6–7.5 µm; they are colorless, and each hold from two to four spores. The pleurocystidia (cystidia on the gill face) are 40–85 by 6–8 µm and end abruptly in a sharp point. Similar species Russula parvovirescens, found in the eastern United States, can be distinguished from R. virescens by its smaller stature, with caps measuring wide and stipe up to long by thick. Compared to R. virescens, it tends to be more bluish-green, the patches on its cap are larger, and it has a lined cap margin. Microscopically, the terminal cells in the cap cuticle of R. parvovirescens are more swollen than those of R. virescens, which has tapered and elongated terminal cells. Another green-capped Russula is R. aeruginea, but this species may be distinguished from R. virescens by its smaller size and smooth cap. Other green russulas with a smooth cap include R. heterophylla and R. cyanoxantha var. peltereaui. Russula crustosa, like R. virescens, also has an areolate cap, but the cap becomes sticky (viscid) when moist, and its color is more variable, as it may be reddish, yellowish, or brown. Also, the spore print of R. crustosa is a darker yellow than R. virescens. R. redolens has a cap that is "drab-green to blue-green", but unlike R. virescens, is smooth. R. redolens has an unpleasant taste and smells of parsley. Edibility Russula virescens is an edible mushroom considered to be one of the best of the genus Russula, and is popular in Europe, particularly in Spain. In an 1875 work on the uses of fungi, English mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Cooke remarked about the mushroom that "the peasants about Milan are in the habit of putting [it] over wood embers to toast, and eating [it] afterwards with a little salt." The mushroom is often sold as a dried product in Asia; in China, it can be found in roadside markets, and used in traditional herbal medicines. Its smell is not distinctive, but its taste has been described as mild, nutty, fruity, or even sweet. Old specimens may smell of herrings. Drying the mushrooms enhances the nutty flavor. Mushrooms can be sautéed (the green color disappears with cooking), and young specimens that are prepared this way have a potato taste that pairs well with shallots. They are also fried or grilled, or used raw in salads. Young specimens are pale and can be hard to identify, but the characteristic pattern of older fruit bodies makes them hard to confuse with other species. When collecting R. virescens for consumption, caution is of vital importance to avoid confusion with the dangerously poisonous Amanita phalloides (better known as the death cap), a mushroom that can be most easily identified by its volva and ring. The nutritional components of R. virescens mushrooms have been characterized. Fresh mushrooms contain about 92.5% moisture. A sample of dried mushroom (100 g dw) has 365 kcal (1527 kilojoules). Carbohydrates make up the bulk of the fruit bodies, comprising 62% of the dry weight; 11.1% of the carbohydrates are sugars, the large majority of which (10.9%) is mannitol. The total lipid, or crude fat, content makes up 1.85% of the dry matter of the mushroom. The proportion of fatty acids (expressed as a percentage of total fatty acids) are 28.78% saturated, 41.51% monounsaturated, and 29.71% polyunsaturated. The most prevalent fatty acids include: palmitic acid, 17.3% of total fatty acids; stearic acid, 7.16%; oleic acid, 40.27%; and linoleic acid, 29.18%. Several bioactive compounds are present in the mushroom. One hundred grams (dry weight) contains 49.3 micrograms (µg) of tocopherols (20.0 µg alpha, 21.3 µg beta, and 8.0 µg gamma) and 0.19 milligrams (mg) of the carotenoid pigment lycopene. There are 4.46 g of organic acids per 100 g of dry mushrooms, including oxalic acid (0.78 g), malic acid (2.71 g), citric acid (0.55 g), and fumaric acid (0.23 g). Mushrooms have 22.6 mg/100 g dw of the phenolic compound 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, and 15.8 mg/100 g dw of cinnamic acid. Habitat and distribution Russula virescens can be found fruiting on soil in both deciduous forests and mixed forests, forming ectomycorrhizal symbiotic relationships with a variety of trees, including oaks (Quercus), European beech (Fagus sylvatica), and aspen (Populus tremula). Preliminary investigations suggest that the fungus also associates with at least ten species of Dipterocarpaceae, an important tree family prevalent in the tropical lowland forests of Southeast Asia. Fruit bodies may appear singly or in groups, reappear in the same spots year after year, and are not common. In Europe, fruiting occurs mainly during the months of summer to early autumn. A Mexican study of the seasonal occurrence of several common mushroom species in subtropical forests in Xalapa showed that the fruiting period of R. virescens occurred in April, before the onset of the rainy season. The distribution of R. virescens in North America is subject to debate, where a number of similar species such as R. parvovirescens and R. crustosa are also recognized. One author even suggests that R. virescens "is strictly a European species", citing Buyck and collaborators (2006), who say "the virescens-crustosa group is much more complex than suspected and embraces at least a dozen taxa in the eastern US". As in Europe, Russula virescens has a widespread distribution in Asia, having been recorded from India, Malaysia, Korea, the Philippines, Nepal, China, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is also found in North Africa and Central America. Chemistry Russula virescens has a limited capacity to bioaccumulate the micronutrients iron, copper, and zinc from the soil. The concentration of these trace metals is slightly higher in the caps than the stipes. A meal of fresh mushroom caps would supply 16% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of copper for an adult male or female (ages 19–50); 16% or 7.3% of the RDA of iron for an adult male or female, respectively; and 16–22% of the adult RDA of zinc. The mushroom is a poor bioaccumulator of the toxic heavy metals arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and nickel. Biologically active mushroom polysaccharides have been a frequent research topic in recent decades due to their possible stimulatory effect on innate and cell-mediated immune responses, antitumor activities, and other activities. Immunostimulatory activity, antioxidant activity, cholesterol-lowering, and blood sugar-lowering effects have been detected in extracts of R. virescens fruit bodies, which are attributed to polysaccharides. A water-insoluble beta-glucan, RVS3-II, has been isolated from the fruit bodies. Sulfated derivatives of this compound have antitumor activities against sarcoma tumor cell lines. RVP, a water-soluble polysaccharide present in the mushroom, is made largely of galactomannan subunits and has antioxidant activity. Ribonucleases (or RNases) are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid (RNA), and collectively they play a critical role in many biological processes. A RNase from R. virescens was shown to be biochemically unique amongst seven edible mushroom species in several ways: it has a co-specificity towards cleaving RNA at poly A and poly C, compared to the monospecific RNases of the others; it can be adsorbed on chromatography columns containing DEAE–cellulose as the adsorbent; it has a pH optimum of 4.5, lower than all other species; and, it has a "distinctly different" N-terminal amino acid sequence. The mushroom contains a unique laccase enzyme that can break down several dyes used in the laboratory and in the textile industry, such as bromothymol blue, eriochrome black T, malachite green, and reactive brilliant blue. Laccases are being used increasingly in the textile industry as environmental biocatalysts for the treatment of dye wastewater. See also List of Russula species References External links virescens Edible fungi Fungi described in 1774 Fungi of Africa Fungi of Asia Fungi of Central America Fungi of Europe Fungi of North America

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Ulf Kjell Gür

Ulf Kjell Gür (born 3 December 1951), is a Swedish theatre producer, filmmaker and singer-songwriter. Gür was artistic and managing director of the Gothenburg City Theatre 1992–1995, CEO at Sandrews Teater AB (1995–1996), producer at Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm 1997–2002 and also producer at the Boulevard theatre, Stockholm 2002–2006. He has been involved in several international theatre, dance and music productions/festivals. As a singer/musician he was active in Tom Trick 1979–1983 and later a founder member in the European music group NOWlab since 1985. Stage productions (by selection) Kiss of the Spider Woman (play) by Manuel Puig, 1988 Pistolteatern, Stockholm, directed by Christian Tomner. Miss Julie by August Strindberg, 1989 Pistolteatern, directed by Christian Tomner. Kanin, kanin by Coline Serreau, 1993 Gothenburg City Theatre, directed by Gunilla Berg. Count of Monte Cristo adapted by Per Lysander/Alexandre Dumas, 1994 Gothenburg City Theatre directed by Ronny Danielsson. The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright, 1994 Gothenburg City Theatre, directed by Joachim Siegård. The Blue Angel by Heinrich Mann, 1996 Intiman, Stockholm, directed by Dilek Gür & Ulf Kjell Gür. Don Juan by Molière, 1999 Royal Dramatic Theatre, directed by Mats Ek. The Dresser by Ronald Harwood, 2001 Royal Dramatic Theatre, directed by Thorsten Flinck. Söderkåkar by Gideon Wahlberg, 2005 Boulevardteatern, directed by Anders Wällhed. References External links Ulf Kjell Gür at Project Runeberg Dagens Nyheter: Teater ska ingjuta livsmod – Ulf Kjell Gür Svensk Mediadatabas: Ulf Kjell Gür Popfakta: Ulf Kjell Gür Swedish theatre managers and producers Swedish musicians Swedish male singers 1951 births Living people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon%20%28band%29

Canyon (band)

Canyon was an American slowcore band from Washington, D.C., United States. Their style was heavily influenced by Americana, folk and country music. History The band was formed in 1999 after ex-Boys Life member Brandon Butler relocated from Kansas to the Washington, D.C. area and briefly fronted the band Farewell Bend. Originally playing shows under the moniker Vita Bruno, the initial Canyon lineup consisted of members from several influential DC post-hardcore bands including John Wall from Kerosene 454 and Vin Novara from the Crownhate Ruin. The band released their first LP in 2001 on John Wall's Slowdime Records and toured nationally afterwards. By the time the record was released, fellow Boys Life member Joe Winkle had arrived in D.C., prompting a lineup shift that saw the departure of Wall and Novara, along with the addition of keyboardist Derry deBorja, bassist Evan Berodt, and drummer Dave Bryson. The self-titled album was picked up and re-released by Gern Blandsten Records, who also released their second full-length, "Empty Rooms," in 2002. Further touring ensued, including an opening slot for former Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt member Jay Farrar, and the recording of a live album for DCN Records. The Canyon song "Mansion on the Mountain('Live in NYC' version)," from "Empty Rooms," is in the default library for Windows XP and subsequent versions of Windows. On November 19, 2010, Canyon reunited as a four-piece featuring Butler, Winkle, and a supporting rhythm section, to play at the Black Cat in Washington DC. deBorja, Berodt, and Bryson were not featured in this reunion. Connections Derry deBorja, Evan Berodt, and Dave Bryson later played with the DC-based Americana outfit Revival before deBorja and Bryson joined Son Volt as full-time members. Brandon Butler continues to play solo and with a backing band; he has released two albums for Gypsy Eyes Records, "Killer on the Road" and later "Lucky Thumbs." Vin Novara played with the DC band Perfect Souvenir, and is again playing with 1.6 Band. Members Brandon Butler - guitar, lap steel, harmonica John Wall - vocals, bass Joe Winkle - guitar, harmonium, lap steel Derry deBorja - Fender Rhodes, keyboards, accordion Evan Berodt - bass guitar Vin Novara - percussion Dave Bryson - percussion Amy Heath - trumpet Yalan Papillons - vocals Michael Pahn - hand claps Discography Canyon (Slowdime Records, 2001; re-released on Gern Blandsten Records) Empty Rooms (Gern Blandsten, 2002) Live in NYC (DCN Records, 2003) Ten Good Eyes EP (Wichita Recordings, 2005) References External links C A N Y O N - Official Site [ Canyon at Allmusic.com] Brandon Butler solo website Musical groups from Washington, D.C. Musical groups established in 1999 Wichita Recordings artists 1999 establishments in Washington, D.C.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jami%20Masjid%20and%20Islamic%20Centre%20Birmingham

Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre Birmingham

The Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre is located in Birmingham, England. It includes a two-hall mosque, with a capacity of 2,000, and a separate building for the Darul Uloom, an Islamic school. Jami Mosque & Islamic Centre Birmingham (JMIC) was established in 1973 by a number of leading members of the Community with the purchase of 523 Coventry Road. Since then, the Mosque has grown significantly over the years through the purchase of adjacent properties. The centre houses 2 large prayer halls which can hold up to a thousand people and a separate prayer facility for sisters. They have an established tradition for providing Islamic education for children. Their evening maktab started in 1975, followed by our Hifz madrasa in 1983 and the full time Darul Uloom boys secondary school began in 1985. They have also been providing Islamic education for adults since 1992. They have a dedicated funeral services which has been operational from 1995. See also Islam in England List of mosques in the United Kingdom Mosques in Birmingham, West Midlands

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Choate%20Sears

Sarah Choate Sears

Sarah Choate Sears (1858–1935) was an American art collector, art patron, cultural entrepreneur, artist and photographer. Early life Sears, née Sarah Carlisle Choate, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 5 May 1858, the daughter of Charles Francis and Elizabeth Carlisle Choate. Her family was one of the Boston Brahmins, a very prominent class of cultural society in New England. In 1876 she studied painting at the Cowles Art School in Boston and later attended courses at the Museum of Fine Arts a few blocks away. In 1877 she married real estate magnate Joshua Montgomery Sears (1854–1905), one of the wealthiest men in Boston. The combination of her own family’s wealth and that of her new husband meant that she would live a life of leisure, free to pursue whatever interested her. She continued her art studies and won prizes for her watercolors at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893), the Universal Exposition in Paris (1900), the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo (1901) and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis (1904). Photography and later life About 1890 she began exploring photography, and soon she was participating in local salons. She joined the Boston Camera Club in 1892, and her beautiful portraits and still lifes attracted the attention of fellow Boston photographer F. Holland Day. Soon her work was gaining international attention. At the same time she was pursuing her photography interest, she and her husband were hosting some of the most elegant cultural and artistic parties in Boston. They often featured private symphonic performances and included many international composers and performers, including Ignacy Paderewski, Serge Koussevitsky and Dame Nellie Melba. In 1899 she was given a one-woman show at the Boston Camera Club, and in 1900 she had several prints in Frances Benjamin Johnson’s famous exhibition in Paris. In early 1900 she met American Impressionist Mary Cassatt, and the two continued to be friends for the remainder of their lives. During this same period she was elected as a member of the prestigious photographic associations: the Linked Ring in London and Alfred Stieglitz’s Photo-Secession in New York. In 1904 she stopped working to care for her ailing husband, and after his death a year later she devoted herself to managing the family’s finances for a brief period. She then traveled throughout Europe with Cassatt and Gertrude Stein, collecting more art and living a highly glamorous lifestyle among artists, musicians and writers. Added by the advice of Cassatt, she began to collect early Impressionist paintings by Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet and others. Her collection included Manet’s well-known ‘’Street Singer’’, later donated by her to the Museum of Fine Arts. Under the guidance of Stieglitz, she also collected modernist paintings by Maurice Prendergast, Arthur B. Davies, Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque and Henri Matisse. She took a particular interest in Prendergast, arranging for his first Boston exhibition and later paying for him to study in Europe. In 1907, two of her photographs were published in Camera Work, but by that time she had lost much of her interest in photography. She continued to paint watercolors for the rest of her life but rarely photographed again. She died in West Gouldsboro, Maine, on 25 September 1935. Her home is a stop on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. References Further reading Stephanie M. Buck, Sarah Choate Sears: Artist, Photographer and Art Patron, MA Thesis, Syracuse University, 1985 Erica Hirshler, A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston 1870–1940, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2001 External links Erica Hirschler, The Fine Art of Sarah Choate Sears Benefactor to Maurice Brazil Prendergast American art collectors 1858 births 1935 deaths American women photographers 20th-century American photographers 20th-century American women artists Photographers from Massachusetts People from Cambridge, Massachusetts 20th-century women photographers

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

Persicoptila

Persicoptila is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Species Persicoptila acrostigma Persicoptila aesthetica Persicoptila anthomima Persicoptila anthophyes Persicoptila aquilifera Persicoptila arenosa Turner, 1917 Persicoptila chiasta Persicoptila dasysceles Turner, 1917 Persicoptila erythrota Persicoptila eurytricha Persicoptila haemanthes Persicoptila heliatma Persicoptila heroica Persicoptila hesperis Meyrick, 1897 Persicoptila leucosarca Persicoptila libanotris Persicoptila meliteucta Persicoptila mimochora Meyrick, 1897 Persicoptila oenosceles Turner, 1917 Persicoptila oriaula Persicoptila peltias Meyrick, 1897 Persicoptila petrinopa Persicoptila phoenoxantha Persicoptila phronimopis Persicoptila picrodes Persicoptila ramulosa Persicoptila rhipidaspis Persicoptila rhodocnemis Meyrick, 1915 Persicoptila scholarcha Persicoptila tritozona Turner, 1917 Persicoptila vinosa References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Cosmopteriginae

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke%20%28Had%C5%BEi%C4%87i%29

Luke (Hadžići)

Luke (Hadžići) is a village in the municipality of Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina. References Populated places in Hadžići

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%20Link

Blood Link

Blood Link (, , also known as The Link) is a 1982 Italian-American-German giallo-horror film written and directed by Alberto De Martino and starring Michael Moriarty and Cameron Mitchell. The film was financed mostly by a German production company (Zadar Filmgesellschaft), but it was made by an Italian director and crew. Plot Craig Manning (Michael Moriarty) is a respected doctor living in the United States, who begins to experience strange visions of women being murdered. Before long, he begins to suspect that these visions are the result of a psychic connection with his twin brother Keith (also Michael Moriarty), who supposedly died in a house fire in Cleveland at the age of 17, but who is now engaged in a murder spree. Recognizing the scenery in one of the visions, Craig travels to Hamburg, Germany to find and stop his brother, over the protests of his girlfriend Julie Warren (Penelope Milford). Meanwhile, Keith is soon spotted and mistaken for Craig at a Hamburg coffee shop by ex-boxer Bud Waldo, (Cameron Mitchell) one Craig's former patients. Maliciously, Keith goads the older man into an impromptu boxing match, striking him repeatedly and causing a fatal heart attack. Craig arrives on the scene in time to meet Waldo's daughter Christine (Sarah Langenfeld), who joins him in his search for Keith. The two quickly become lovers, but their search is hampered by the local police (led by inspector Hessinger [Reinhold Olszewski]) who think Craig is to blame for Keith's murders. While they hide, Keith locates them, kills Christine, and finally confronts his brother, telling him he was aware of their psychic connection and that he committed the murders as a way of bringing his estranged brother to him. Craig condemns his actions, but Keith escapes, promising more murders. Shortly thereafter, the police arrive and arrest Craig, charging him with Christine's murder. In short order, Julie arrives in Germany and—certain that Craig's visions are real—implores the local authorities in Hamburg to help search for Keith in connection to the murders that Craig is now being blamed for. While Craig sits in jail, she concocts a plan to act as bait for Keith, meeting him at a secret location and counting on Craig's psychic connection to help bring the police to her in time. Keith, psychologically unstable and obsessed with his brother, attempts to rape Julie, but during the struggle she is able to stab him to death with his own knife. With Keith dead, the charges against Craig are dropped and he is freed from prison. He continues to have visions, however, which seem to show Keith returning from the grave. Moreover, he seems to have taken on some of Keith's personality characteristics. The film ends with some ambiguity about whether Keith is still somehow psychically affecting his brother from beyond the grave, or if Craig is simply psychologically scarred from his experience. Cast Michael Moriarty as Keith Mannings / Craig Mannings Penelope Milford as Julie Warren Geraldine Fitzgerald as Mrs. Thomason Cameron Mitchell as Bud Waldo Sarah Langenfeld as Christine Waldo Martha Smith as Hedwig Virginia McKenna as Woman in Ballroom Reinhold Olszewski as Inspector Hessinger Alex Diakun as Mr. Adams Shaun Lawton as Man with Cigar Wendy Merk as Head Nurse See also List of Italian films of 1982 References External links 1982 films Giallo films Italian films 1980s thriller films English-language films English-language Italian films 1982 horror films Films directed by Alberto De Martino Films scored by Ennio Morricone Supernatural slasher films 1980s slasher films

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C.D. Ferroviário do Huambo

Clube Desportivo Ferroviário do Huambo, formerly Ferrovia Sport Clube de Nova Lisboa is an Angolan football club based in Huambo, in central Angola. League & Cup Positions History In 1951 and 1974 the team has won the Angolan provincial championship. Honours Angolan League: 1951, 1974 Stadium Ferroviário do Huambo is the owner of the Estádio do Ferroviário do Huambo best known as Estádio dos Kurikutelas. Players References External links Facebook profile CampeoesdoFutebol.com— Futebol de Angola.blogspot— Football clubs in Angola Huambo Association football clubs established in 1930 1930s establishments in Angola Railway association football teams

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mountain%20peaks%20of%20Maharashtra

List of mountain peaks of Maharashtra

Maharashtra has an extensive mountain range running parallel to its 750 km long coastline. This range is geographically part of the Sahyadris or the Western Ghats which forms a crest along the western edge. of the Deccan plateau separating it from the coastal Konkan belt. Throughout its extent it bears some renowned peaks, hill stations and valleys. Parts of the western ghats has been designated as the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots. List of mountain peaks Following is the list of some notable peaks: (This list is highly inaccurate in terms of ranks) References Mountain peaks Maharashtra Maharashtra

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6y%C3%BCk%20S%C3%B6y%C3%BCdl%C3%BC

Böyük Söyüdlü

Böyük Söyüdlü (also, Bëyuk Sëyudlyu, Beyuk-Segutly, and Beyuk-Sogyutlyu) is a village and municipality in the Oghuz Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,198. References Populated places in Oghuz District

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Legacy of Kings

Legacy of Kings is the second album created by the Swedish metal band HammerFall. It was released on 28 September 1998 by Nuclear Blast.The enhanced CD release includes the music video for the track "Let the Hammer Fall", a photo gallery, lyrics for the songs, PC wallpapers, a screensaver, and a Winamp skin only on the Bonus Deluxe Edition. The cover art for this album was painted by Andreas Marschall. In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 9th best power metal album of all time. Track listing Regional differences In 2001 a Russian version was released with the following bonus tracks Legacy of Kings Box (limited box which contains CD of Legacy of Kings, personalized pick, Heeding The Call sticker and signed cards of each member.), LP, Shape CD (Sun-Shaped), Picture LP, Value Box (With "Always Will Be" CDS) and Deluxe Edition. All versions contain the songs from #1 to #10, excepted the ones listed below. The Japanese release contains "Eternal Dark", Stone Cold" and "Steel Meets Steel" as bonus tracks, plus the enhanced part. The Brazilian release contains "I Want Out" as bonus track. Deluxe Edition contains "The Metal Age" and "Steel Meets Steel" (both recorded live) as bonus tracks. There is a limited version that includes all four tracks from the "Always Will Be" single as bonus tracks. There is also a re-release of the album which contains a videoclip for "Let the Hammer Fall", and two additional live tracks: "The Metal Age" and "Steel Meets Steel". Chart positions Credits HammerFall Joacim Cans - lead vocals Oscar Dronjak - guitar, backing vocals Stefan Elmgren - lead guitar Magnus Rosén - bass Patrik Räfling - drums Other Personnel Andreas Marschall - cover art Flea Black - artwork Fredrik Nordström - engineering and mixing Göran Finnberg - mastering Mikael Johansson - photography References External links Album information Lyrics at Darklyrics 1998 albums HammerFall albums Nuclear Blast albums Albums recorded at Studio Fredman Albums produced by Fredrik Nordström

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C5%82t%C3%B3w%2C%20%C5%9Awi%C4%99tokrzyskie%20Voivodeship

Bałtów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Bałtów is a village in Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bałtów. It lies approximately north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and east of the regional capital Kielce. The village has a population of 740. History The village dates back to the Middle Ages and the rule of the Piast dynasty in Poland. Bałtów's first church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, probably existed in the 11th century. The famous 15th-century Polish chronicler Jan Długosz mentioned the Bałtów in his chronicles. In the early modern period Bałtów was a private village located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of the Polish Crown. The village often changed owners, among whom the most famous were politicians Jacek Małachowski and Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki. For a short period Bałtów was a town. It received town rights before 1751 and was deprived of them before 1790. Bałtów ceased to be a private village in 1864. Places of interest Large dinopark (called JuraPark) Drucki-Lubecki Palace from the 19th century Church of Our Lady of Sorrows dated to 1697 Watermill from the 19th century A 19th-century cemetery with the chapel of the Drucki-Lubecki family Wooden chapel of St. John of Nepomuk References External links View on Terraserver Villages in Ostrowiec County Sandomierz Voivodeship

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady%20Chepelev

Arkady Chepelev

Arkady Yegorovich Chepelev (Russian: Аркадий Егорович Чепелев; 24 January 1915 – 31 July 1985) was a Red Army Starshina or sergeant major and Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the title for ferrying weapons and ammunition to troops in the Dnieper bridgehead and repelling counterattacks during the Battle of the Dnieper. Chepelev continued to fight in combat and served with the 167th Rifle Division during the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive and Battle of the Dukla Pass, among others. He was demobilized postwar and returned to Voronezh, working as a mechanic in an aircraft factory. Early life Chepelev was born on 24 January 1915 in the village of Tamlyk in Voronezh Governorate to a peasant family. After he completed four years of primary school, Chepelev's family moved to Voronezh. Chepelev then worked at a factory there. World War II In April 1942, Chepelev was drafted into the Red Army. He was sent to the 180th Separate Sapper Battalion of the 167th Rifle Division in April 1943. The division fought in the Battle of Kursk. By September 1943, he was a senior sergeant commanding a sapper squad in the battalion. On 12 September, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. He fought in the Battle of the Dnieper. On 26 September, Chepelev and his squad cleared lanes in German minefields near Vyshhorod, enabling the advance of infantry units. During the subsequent crossing of the Dnieper, Chepelev reportedly made several trips on a raft, ferrying weapons and ammunition to troops on the west bank. Chepelev's squad reportedly built an improvised rowboat and ferried two artillery guns and an infantry battalion across the river. On 3 November, Chepelev helped repulse German counterattacks on the bridgehead. On 10 January 1944, Chepelev was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1944. Chepelev continued to fight with the 167th Rifle Division. In the summer, he fought in the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive. During the fall, he participated in the Battle of the Dukla Pass. On 8 December, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class. In January 1945, he fought in the Western Carpathian Offensive. During April, he fought in the Moravian-Ostrava Offensive. Postwar After the end of the war in 1945, Chepelev demobilized with the rank of sergeant major or Starshina and returned to Voronezh. He worked as a factory mechanic at the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association. On 11 March 1985, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class on the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II. Chepelev died on 31 July 1985 and was buried in the city's Southwestern Cemetery. References 1915 births 1985 deaths People from Novousmansky District People from Voronezhsky Uyezd Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Soviet military personnel of World War II Heroes of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Neinas

Chuck Neinas

Charles Merrill Neinas (born January 18, 1932 in Wisconsin) is a former commissioner of the Big Eight Conference from 1971 to 1980. Neinas also served as interim commissioner of the Big 12 Conference from 2011 to 2012. He was the 1996 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award winner. References External links 1932 births Living people Big 12 Conference commissioners Big Eight Conference commissioners

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20la%20Rochejacquelein

De la Rochejacquelein

Vergier de La Rochejacquelein is the name of an ancient French family of the Vendée, celebrated for its devotion to the House of Bourbon during and after the French Revolution. Its original name was Duverger, derived from a fief near Bressuire in Poitou, and its pedigree is traceable back to the 13th century. The family hold the title of Count of La Rochejacquelein. History In 1505 Gui Duverger married Renée, heiress of Jacques Lemartin, seigneur de La Rochejacquelein, whose name he assumed. His grandson, Louis Duverger, seigneur de La Rochejacquelein, was a devoted adherent of Henry II of France, and was badly wounded at the Battle of Arques; other members of the family were also distinguished soldiers, and the seigniory was raised to a countship and marquisate in reward for their services. At the outbreak of the Revolution the chief of the family was Henri Louis Auguste, marquis de La Rochejacquelein, maréchal de camp in the royal army, who had three sons named after himself: Henri, Louis, and Auguste. The marquis fled abroad with his second son Louis at the beginning of the French Revolution. He entered the service of Great Britain, and died in San Domingo in 1802. Family Henri, comte de La Rochejacquelein, was the youngest general of the Royalist Vendéan insurrection during the French Revolution. He served as commander-in-chief of the Catholic and Royal Army. Louis, marquis de La Rochejacquelein, the younger brother of Henri, fled France with his father after the Storming of the Bastille, served in the Army of Condé, and entered the service of England in America. He returned to France during the Consulate, and in 1801 married the marquise de Lescure, the widow of his brother's friend, the marquis de Lescure, who had been mortally wounded at Cholet. Marie Louise Victoire de Donnissan, marquise de La Rochejacquelein, the wife of Louis, was born at Versailles on 25 October 1772, belonged to a court family and was the god-daughter of Madame Victoire, the daughter of Louis XV. At the age of seventeen she married the marquis de Lescure, whom she accompanied during the Revolt in the Vendée. After his death, she went through various adventures recorded in her memoirs, first published at Bordeaux in 1815. They are of extreme interest, and give a remarkable picture of the war and the fortunes of the Royalists. She saved much of her own property and her first husband's, when a conciliatory policy was adopted. After her second marriage to the cousin of her first husband, she lived with her new husband on her estates, both refusing all offers to serve in any capacity under Napoleon. In 1814, they took an active part in the Royalist movement in and about Bordeaux. In 1815 the marquis endeavoured to bring about another Vendan rising for Louis XVIII, and was shot in a skirmish with the forces of Napoleon at the Pont des Marthes on 4 June 1815. The marquise died at Orléans in 1857. Henri Auguste Georges, marquis de La Rochejacquelein, the eldest son of Louis and Marie Louise Victoire, was born at Château Citran in the Gironde on 28 September 1805, was educated as a soldier, served in Spain in 1822, and as a volunteer in the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829. During the reign of Louis Philippe he adhered to the legitimist policy of his family, but he became reconciled to the government of Napoleon III and was mainly known as a clerical orator and philanthropist. He died on 7 January 1867. Julien Marie Gaston, marquis de La Rochejacquelein, the son and successor of Henri Auguste Georges, was born at Chartres on 27 March 1833, was an active Legitimist deputy in the Assembly chosen at the close of the German War of 1870-1871. He was a strong opponent of Adolphe Thiers, and continued to contest constituencies as a Legitimist with varying fortunes till his death in 1897. Alexander Duverger, was the son of Louis Duverger, seigneur de La Rochejacquelein, whom with his cousin Henri Louis Auguste fled abroad at the beginning of the French Revolution. Alexander fought on The French side during Haitian revolution. His grandson Antonio Duvergé became a General in the successful Revolution of Independence in the Dominican Republic. References Attribution French noble families 14

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Larry Birdine

Larry Birdine (born October 6, 1983) is a former gridiron football defensive end. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Oklahoma. Birdine was also a member of the Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, San Francisco 49ers and Edmonton Eskimos. Early years Birdine was a two-sport letterwinner at Eisenhower High School in Lawton, Okla., Birdine competed in football and track during his prep career and received consensus All-state honors as a senior and totaled 147 tackles, eight sacks and 24 tackles for losses in his final two seasons.. He compiled 81 tackles, 14 stops for losses, four sacks, three fumble recoveries and one blocked punt as a senior. He competed in shot put and discus on the school’s track team. College career Birdine played 41 career games (14 starts) at the University of Oklahoma, where he totaled 103 tackles (61 solo), 14.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one interception and seven pass breakups. He was a part of Oklahoma’s 2003 and 2004 teams that played in the BCS National Championship Game (Sugar Bowl) in 2003 vs. LSU and (Orange Bowl in 2004 vs. USC). He achieved notoriety prior to the 2005 Orange Bowl by opining that USC's offense (which was to score 55 points in the game) was merely "average". He played 14 games (13 starts) as a senior, posting 39 tackles, 3.5 sacks, one forced fumble and two pass breakups. Me missed the 2005 regular season due to a torn left biceps muscle but returned to play in the Holiday Bowl against Oregon. He played all 13 games (0 starts) as a sophomore and registered career highs in tackles (40), tackles for losses (11), sacks (7), pass breakups (4) and forced fumbles (2) to go along with a fumble recovery. As a redshirt freshman, he played all 14 games (1 start), totaling 24 tackles (15 solo), four sacks, one forced fumble and his only career interception. Professional career Birdine measured 6-3½, 261 pounds, and ran a 4.76 40-yard dash, did 21 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. At his Pro day he did the 20-yard Shuttle in 4.52 seconds and the Three-Cone drill in 7.47 seconds. Green Bay Packers After going undrafted in the 2007 NFL Draft, Birdine signed with the Green Bay Packers on May 4, 2007. He was waived on September 1, 2007. Tennessee Titans Birdine was signed to the Tennessee Titans' practice squad on September 4, 2007, then signed by Denver November 6, 2007. Was later re-signed by the Titans for the 2009 season. Post Football Career Birdine currently works for Homes by Taber Oklahoma City, OK as a construction project manager. Personal Birdine is the half-brother of former NFL linebacker Jason Gildon. References External links Denver Broncos bio Oklahoma Sooners bio San Francisco 49ers bio Tennessee Titans bio 1983 births Living people American football defensive ends Denver Broncos players Edmonton Elks players Green Bay Packers players Oklahoma Sooners football players Sportspeople from Lawton, Oklahoma San Francisco 49ers players Tennessee Titans players Players of American football from Oklahoma American players of Canadian football

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I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten

"I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten" is a song written by Clive Westlake and recorded by British singer Dusty Springfield. Recorded on 1 June 1968 at Chappel Studios in London, "I Close My Eyes..." was released that August to reach No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart, where it ranks as one of Springfield's biggest hits: of her solo singles only "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" (No. 3) and "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (No. 1) outrank "I Close My Eyes..." while "I Only Want to Be with You" matches its No. 4 peak (although "I Only Want to Be With You" charted for substantially longer than "I Close My Eyes...", with eighteen weeks as opposed to twelve). In the US, "I Close My Eyes..." was Springfield's final release on the Phillips label, Springfield having signed in June 1968 to have Atlantic Records be her US label of release as of that August; consequently the single was virtually ignored in the US, reaching No. 122 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in Billboard. (The US release of "I Close My Eyes..." replaced the UK B-side "No Stranger Am I" with Springfield's rendition of "La Bamba".) Cash Box said that it is an "exceptional lovesong with arrangements that should excite listener response" and with "classical orchestration and a brilliant performance from Dusty Springfield." Cover versions Fausto Leali as "Chiudo gli occhi e conto a sei" No. 20 (Italy) (1968) Lola Novaković as "Zaklopim Oči I Brojim" (1968) Radmila Karaklajić as "Zatvaram Oči I Brojim Do Deset") (1968) Heidi Brühl as "Ich schließe meine Augen" (1969) Séverine as "Je ferme les yeux, je compte dix" (1969) Raya as "Syliis saat mut puristaa" (1969) Pasha Hristova as "Neka tozi mig da spre" (1970) Anni-Frid Lyngstad as "Du var främling här igår" (1970) Lena Valaitis as "Und ich schließe meine Augen" (1975) Matt Monro (1975) The Simon Orchestra (1979) Jane Aire and the Belvederes (1982) Tracey Ullman (1983) Paul Young (1983) Laban (1987) The Lover Speaks (1987) Udo Lindenberg as "Die Augen zu (I close my eyes and count to ten)" (1991) Maarit Peltoniemi as "Syliis saat mut puristaa" (2000) Horse McDonald (2000) Matt Monro Jnr and Matt Monro (2005) Marc Almond and Sarah Cracknell (2007) Mari Wilson (2016) References 1968 singles Dusty Springfield songs 1968 songs The Lover Speaks songs Songs written by Clive Westlake Philips Records singles

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Lynn Canyon Park

Lynn Canyon Park is a municipal park in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia. When the park officially opened in 1912 it was only in size, but it now encompasses . The park has many hiking trails of varying length and difficulty. The Baden-Powell Trail passes through the park crossing over the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge. Due to its natural landscape many TV series such as Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis used the area for filming. History The Tsleil-watuth people called the Lynn Creek area Kwa-hul-cha, referring to a settlement in the area. When settlers moved to North Vancouver, they began to log the old growth forests as part of Vancouver's growing logging industry. The Lynn Valley area, along with Lynn Creek and Lynn Canyon were renamed after sapper John Linn, a Royal British Engineer in 1871. The Linn family name was often misspelled "Lynn". By the turn of the century Linn Creek had become Lynn Creek. In 1910, the McTavish brothers donated 5 hectare of canyon land to the District of North Vancouver. They hoped a park would attract people to their real estate development; the District of North Vancouver accepted the gift and added another 4 hectares. Walter Draycott visited the Lynn Valey on a picnic in 1911 and fell in love with the rugged wilderness. In 1912, he bought 3 lots near the canyon for $600. Designs for the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge were created by civil engineer and architect, C.H. Vogel. The construction of the bridge was completed in 1911. Lynn Canyon Park and the suspension bridge were officially opened at the first Lynn Valley Days celebration on September 14, 1912. As a private operation the Suspension Bridge cost 10 cents per person to cross. Later the fee was reduced to 5 cents, but the bridge fell into disrepair and was finally closed. The District of North Vancouver made repairs to the bridge and reopened it, free to everyone. The Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge is often compared to the nearby Capilano Suspension Bridge and is a local favorite. As of 2014, Lynn Canyon Park is 617 acres, making it the largest park in North Vancouver. Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre The Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre is a building within the Lynn Canyon Park of North Vancouver, British Columbia that displays interactive exhibits about British Columbia's natural history as well as local and global environmental issues. Opened in 1971, the building is designed to resemble a Pacific dogwood blossom, the official flower of the province. The Ecology Centre is a district of North Vancouver Parks Department facility. The centre is designed with the intention of creating a fun and interactive atmosphere for all ages to learn about local and global environmental issues. Admission to the facility itself is free, but a $2 donation is recommended. The facility serves a vast population. During peak tourism months, many individuals new to the city visit the Lynn Canyon Park and often take advantage of the gift shop found in the centre. Other populations include students via school organized field trips as well as individuals simply interested in learning more about local and global ecology. Depending on the month, the employees at the centre offer special events for adults and children to attend. Event topics include the rainforest, birding, and urban agriculture. The centre also has a theatre where they show regular educational videos. These videos can range from Magic School Bus for children, to documentaries about specific species created by experts in the field. The purpose of these programs is to enhance visitor's understanding of the ecology of North Vancouver while at the same time provide an opportunity to learn more about the park. The exhibits at the centre have a wide encompassing range from the development of the forest around Lynn Canyon Park to the various species that live and thrive in the North Vancouver area. Each of the exhibits display facts about a specific aspect of the ecology of the region through use of interactive quizzes as well as life-size models. The centre features four main galleries that encompass information about plants, animals and people. Ecology of Lynn Valley The ecology of Lynn Valley is quite vast as it expands to the entire North Vancouver area. There are several species of animals that can be found both within the Lynn Canyon Park as well as other surrounding regions such as Horseshoe Bay and the local mountains. Just like the wildlife in the area, the plant and vegetation is highly variable as the altitude of the regions change, however the majority of the vegetation in the area is a strong resemblance of Vancouver's temperate rainforest. There is a large range of vegetation that exists in Vancouver's temperate rainforest. This vegetation mostly consists of conifers with scattered pockets of maple and alder, and large areas of swampland which are even found in upland areas, due to poor drainage. The conifers are a typical coastal British Columbia mix of Douglas fir, western red cedar and western hemlock. The Vancouver area is thought to have the largest trees of these species on the British Columbia Coast. The Lynn Valley Forest is over 1000 years old and is a stable and self-replicating. Western hemlock, western red cedar, Sitka spruce, cottonwood, and broad leaf maples grow in moist valley soils. Douglas-fir and western hemlock grow on the well-drained hillsides. During a drought period, the forest becomes prone to spontaneous, natural forest fires that can devastate the region. Large mammals such as bears, wolves and deer easily out distance the fire while smaller mammals often perish. Two years after the fire, sun tolerant plants grow in the disturbed soil. The dead snags provide nutrients for smaller vegetation such as shrubs and small mammals such as shrews. Red-tailed hawks and other birds of prey return to the area to hunt the small mammals. 200–300 years after the fire the forest has reached an early climax stage. It is dominated by Douglas-fir, western hemlock and western red cedar. Birds and mammals such as the spotted owl, northern flying squirrel and Roosevelt elk start to present in the area in increasing numbers. If undisturbed by a major fire, storm or human activity, the forest community will gradually mature. The park is a second growth forest, with the most of the oldest trees being 80–100 years old. Evidence of logging in the area can be also found in the many large stumps, complete with springboard notches. There is a multitude of wildlife in the Lynn Canyon area. One of the main concerns for human-animal interactions in the North Vancouver area arises from black bears. Black bears are found in areas such as Lynn Canyon Park but also have been found to travel into residential areas in search of food. More than 1000 bears are killed every year in British Columbia because of bear-human conflicts; the North Shore Black Bear Society published a year end report in 2012 to try to address this issue. Although black bears are common in the Lynn Valley area many of the animals, especially the birds, will tend to migrate to different locations all around North Vancouver and can even be found as far west as Horseshoe Bay. Lynn Valley Park offers many animal-watching tours that provide an opportunity for tourists to witness animals such as voles, Douglas squirrels and birds of prey such as the Cooper's hawk. There are also larger animals that live in the area such as black bears and black-tailed deer. However, these animals are not seen on a regular basis by tourists due to the boundaries placed on trails by park officials. List of wildlife in the area See also Mount Seymour Lynn Headwaters Regional Park References External links Lynn Canyon Park and Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre - official site A Virtual Tour through Lynn Canyon park Twin Falls Loop hiking guide North Vancouver (district municipality) Parks in Greater Vancouver Nature centres in British Columbia

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Planet of Sound

"Planet of Sound" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, from their 1991 album Trompe le Monde. It was written and sung by frontman Black Francis and produced by Gil Norton during the album's recording sessions. "Planet of Sound" was released as the first single from Trompe le Monde in the US and UK. The single version is a different mix from the one included on the album. The lyrics reference the instrumental song "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams. Pixies singer Black Francis later re-recorded the song for his 2004 solo album Frank Black Francis. Track listing 1991 singles Pixies (band) songs Songs written by Black Francis Elektra Records singles 1991 songs Song recordings produced by Gil Norton

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

Garvonesa

The Garvonesa is a cattle breed originating in Portugal. Description The coat is normally dark red or brown in colour. The head and neck are normally very dark. The Horns are typically developed, based on head-back and down, then up to frentee. Characteristics Extension The breed region is circumscribed exclusively to the Southeast Portugal in Beja and Setubal district. External links http://autoctones.ruralbit.com/?rac=19&esp=1 Cattle breeds Cattle breeds originating in Portugal

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William Foley

William Foley may refer to: William Foley (American football), former American football coach William Foley (artist) (1926–2020), American artist William Foley (bishop) (1931–1991), Australian bishop and Archbishop William Foley (cricketer) (1906–1963), South African cricketer William A. Foley (born 1949), American linguist William Brown Foley (1855–1916), baseball player William R. Foley (1908–1988), American politician Bill Foley, American photojournalist William P. Foley II (born 1944), American businessman; chairman of Fidelity National Financial and owner of the Vegas Golden Knights Brian Foley (hymnist) (William Brian Foley, 1919–2000), Roman Catholic priest and hymnodist William J. Foley (1887–1952), American attorney and politician William Foley (priest) (1854–1944), Archdeacon of Ardfert Will Foley (footballer) (born 1960), Scottish footballer

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List of public art in Los Angeles

This is a list of public art in Los Angeles. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum. Most of the works mentioned are sculptures. When this is not the case (i.e. sound installation, for example) it is stated next to the title. Downtown Los Angeles Central Los Angeles East Los Angeles & Northeast Los Angeles Harbor South Los Angeles The Valley West Los Angeles References Art in Greater Los Angeles Public art Los Angeles Public art Los Angeles

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rim%20Un-sim

Rim Un-sim

Rim Un-sim (born 5 July 1996) is a North Korean weightlifter. She participated at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, winning a medal. Personal life Has an older sister Rim Jong-sim who is a weightlifter in 76 kg division. References External links 1996 births Living people North Korean female weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Universiade gold medalists for North Korea Universiade medalists in weightlifting

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovability%20%28album%29

Lovability (album)

Lovability is the first Korean studio album released by Korean pop boy band, ZE:A. It was released on March 17, 2011. Background ZE:A held a showcase to promote the release of the album. Televised music promotions followed shortly after that and lasted for roughly a month. ZE:A's leader, Moon Junyoung, was absent from some of the promotional activities due to an orbital fracture that he sustained. Promotions for their song Be My Girl were halted as the song was banned for presumably being "unfit for minors and will no longer be sold to those under the age of 19" as stated by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. The lyric line that induced the ban was the line "Be my girl tonight." within the song was ruled to suggest sexual content. Track list References External links Music Daum Page ZE:A albums 2011 albums

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USS Barton (DD-722)

USS Barton (DD-722), an , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral John Kennedy Barton. Construction The second Barton (DD-722) was launched on 10 October 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, sponsored by Ms. Barbara Dean Barton, granddaughter of Admiral Barton. The ship was commissioned on 30 December 1943, Commander J. W. Callahan in command. World War II On 14 May 1944, Barton departed Norfolk and arrived at Plymouth, England on 27 May. From 3-26, June she carried out screening, patrol, and bombardment duties in support of the invasion of Normandy. On 6 June, she rescued 31 American soldiers from the sinking LCT-2498. During a brisk engagement with German batteries in the Bombardment of Cherbourg on 25 June, Barton was slightly damaged while delivering effective gunfire support. Returning to the U.S. on 10 July, Barton soon departed Norfolk for the Pacific, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 2 October. She then steamed westward to take part in the capture of Leyte, including the Ormoc landings (9 November – 8 December), Mindoro landings (12–18 December), Lingayen Gulf landings (4–21 January 1945); Iwo Jima invasion, including the 5th Fleet's supporting raids on Honshū and the Nansei Shoto (10–19 February, 25 February – 1 March); joined Task Force 54 (TF 54) for the invasion of Okinawa (21 March – 30 June), and the 3rd Fleet raids on Japan (10–24 July). After the war After a brief tour with the occupation forces in Japan, Barton returned to Seattle on 6 October. She operated along the west coast until June 1946, when she departed Oakland for Bikini Atoll, where she participated in Operation Crossroads (15 June – 10 August). Returning to the United States, she continued operations off the west coast until 22 January 1947, when she went out of commission in reserve at San Diego. On 11 April 1949, Barton was recommissioned and joined Destroyer Division 201 (DesDiv 201). She operated with the Pacific Fleet until 11 July, when she got underway for Norfolk, arriving on 5 August. For the next three years, she operated along the eastern seaboard, made two cruises to the Caribbean, and one cruise with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. On 15 May 1952, Barton departed Norfolk via the Panama Canal for Korea, Commander Harvey B. Seim in command, arriving at Yokosuka, Japan, on 18 June. She Joined Task Force 77 as a member of a hunter-killer group for operations along the east coast of Korea. On 10 August, while silencing enemy batteries on the island of Hodo Pando, Barton was hit on her number-one stack by a shell from an enemy shore battery. Two men were wounded. Sailor Dale P. Gray, BM3, was killed. Repair party member MMFN Anthony Palm (Johnstown, PA) was dispatched to assess the extent of damage caused by the incoming round. His initial report of ". . . it's a small hole, about 18" in diameter", grossly underestimated the actual size of nearly 4 ½ feet. After a short repair period at Yokosuka (25–31 August), she returned to Korean waters. While operating with TF 77, she was struck by a floating mine on 16 September, and had five men missing and seven wounded. The five sailors who died were Russell J. Graf, Harold J. Savoie, John M. Sherry, Walter E. Thierfelder, Jr., and black crew member, John L. Walton. Effective damage control by her crew enabled her to reach Sasebo for temporary repairs (29 September – 19 October) and then Norfolk, via the Suez Canal, for permanent repairs. She arrived at Norfolk on 12 December. Repairs completed on 15 August 1953, Barton spent the remainder of the year operating along the east coast and in the Caribbean. On 4 January 1954, the destroyer headed for the Far East once again for another tour of duty with the 7th Fleet. After several months patrolling the waters between Okinawa and Taiwan and participating in hunter-killer exercises with , Barton steamed around the southern tip of Africa—making stops in Kenya, South Africa, Brazil, and Trinidad along the way. She moored in Norfolk on 10 August. Barton began a schedule of training exercises and Atlantic Fleet maneuvers out of Norfolk, generally operating in the Virginia Capes area and the West Indies. Following an overhaul in the Charleston Naval Shipyard in 1955, the destroyer rejoined the Atlantic Fleet for three months of hunter-killer antisubmarine warfare training in preparation for a Mediterranean cruise. On 28 July 1956, the destroyer departed Norfolk and entered the Mediterranean Sea on 7 August. After participating in NATO Exercise "Whipsaw", Barton and Soley steamed to Port Said, Egypt, to escort a convoy through the Suez Canal and into the Persian Gulf for a routine six-week patrol with the Middle East Force. On 29 October, the two destroyers started south from the vicinity of Abadan, Iran, to leave the gulf, circumnavigate the Arabian Peninsula, and retransit the Suez Canal. Hostilities broke out that same day between Israel and Egypt over Egypt's premature nationalization of the canal. The war closed the canal, and subsequent international military action prompted Egypt to block it with sunken ships. Meanwhile, Barton and Soley anchored in Sitrah Harbor, Bahrain, and stood by in case a need arose to evacuate Americans from the region. Operating from Bahrain, Barton spent the next two months anchored at night and conducting tactical and gunnery drills by day. Finally, on 12 December, the destroyer received orders directing her around the Cape of Good Hope to Norfolk, where she tied up on 5 February 1957. Following a period of upkeep, Barton prepared to put to sea on 14 March. and she received orders to escort the cruiser as she carried President Eisenhower to Bermuda to confer with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Barton carried members of the press to the ceremony and stood sentry with William M. Wood at the entrance to the harbor. The destroyer then conducted ASW patrol and spent time in Norfolk in upkeep before going into drydock in Newport News for hull repairs. Barton exited Chesapeake Bay on 1 July and set out for yet another Mediterranean cruise. After several weeks of training operations with NATO forces and other units of the 6th Fleet, Barton anchored in Port Said on the night of 20 September. The following day, Soley and she transited the Suez Canal together once again and then headed to the Persian Gulf for a month of operations with the Iranian Navy. Upon relief by , the warship returned to the Mediterranean to participate in three more NATO exercises. She returned to Norfolk on 20 November. For the next seven years, Barton alternated between training exercises out of Norfolk and assignments with the 6th Fleet. She made four Mediterranean deployments, eight visits to the West Indies, and one voyage to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The warship also qualified as a gunfire support ship in several exercises at Culebra and Bloodsworth Islands. On 5 February 1958, while steaming to Norfolk from the Caribbean, the destroyer received orders to assist a badly damaged Panamanian merchant ship, SS Elefterio. Bartons damage control parties could not contain the flooding caused by a large hole in Elefterios hold, so she embarked the tanker's crew and passengers and transported them to Norfolk. In 1962, Barton covered the Project Mercury space shot carried out on 18 May in which Colonel John Glenn, USMC, became the first American to orbit the Earth. Late in October, the other units of the Atlantic Fleet and she stood to as support for the warships engaged in the quarantine of Cuba called for by President John F. Kennedy in response to the siting of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. Barton rehearsed with amphibious units at Onslow Beach, North Carolina, and stood by, ready for immediate action. The ship returned to Norfolk when the crisis ended. At the end of a Mediterranean deployment in August 1963, Barton and made a goodwill tour of the Baltic Sea to support Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's Scandinavian tour. The destroyers held "open ship" for general visiting at Copenhagen, Denmark, and Helsinki, Finland, before heading home on 10 September. In April 1965, Barton received orders to join Reserve DesRon 30, and she became flagship of the squadron in its home port of Philadelphia. Her underway periods benefited the reserve units that trained on board the destroyer, and also provided her nucleus crew with liberty visits to such ports as Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades, West Palm Beach, and Miami, Fla.; Kingston, Jamaica; San Juan, P.R.; Freeport, Grand Bahamas; Bermuda; and Halifax, Nova Scotia. In July, Barton also steamed to Quebec and Montreal, and continued via the Saint Lawrence Seaway to Cleveland, Ohio, for a month of training combined with public awareness work about the Navy and its mission. During her remaining years in commission, Barton operated primarily between Philadelphia, Norfolk, and Guantánamo Bay. Fate In August 1968, a board of inspection and survey determined the destroyer to be beyond economical repair. Barton was decommissioned on 30 September 1968, and her name stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 October. She was sunk as a target on 8 October 1969. Awards Barton received six battle stars for World War II service and two for Korea. References External links navsource.org: USS Barton hazegray.org: USS Barton World War II destroyers of the United States Cold War destroyers of the United States Korean War destroyers of the United States Ships built in Bath, Maine 1943 ships Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy United States Navy Pennsylvania-related ships Ships sunk as targets

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20Z169

Small nucleolar RNA Z169

In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA Z169 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) and also often referred to as a guide RNA. snoRNA Z169 belongs to the C/D box class of snoRNAs which contain the conserved sequence motifs known as the C box (UGAUGA) and the D box (CUGA). Most of the members of the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs. Plant snoRNA Z169 was identified in a screen of Oryza sativa. References External links Small nuclear RNA