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

Fauj

Fauj () is an Indian Bollywood movie released in 1994, directed by Ashok Gaikwad and produced by Gurunam Kaur. The main casts in the movie are Kamal Sadanah, Farheen, Madhoo and Kiran Kumar. Cast Kamal Sadanah Farheen Madhoo Kiran Kumar Sudesh Berry Sanjeev Dhabholkar Ajinkya Deo Tinu Anand Aruna Irani Tej Sapru Avinash Wadhawan Music " Dil Pe Likh De Tera Naam" - Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam "Sare Zamane Se Keh Do" - Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam "Seedha Saada Bhola Bhala" - Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam "Tarana Mere Dil Ka" - Kumar Sanu "Tere Naam Jawani Likh Dali - Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan "Teri Nazar Ne Humko Apne Liye Chuna Hai" - Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy "Teri Nazar Ne Humko Apne Liye Chuna Hai v2 - Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy "Tumko Chhu Ke Kiya Hai Humne Vaada" - Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy References Indian films 1990s Hindi-language films Pakistan Navy in fiction Pakistan in fiction India in fiction Films scored by Raamlaxman Indian Army in films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry%20Morgan

Gerry Morgan

Gerry Morgan (born June 8, 1953) is a Canadian entrepreneur and educator specializing in ICT and creating working private-public partnerships. He has worked within the Canadian schooling system for almost 20 years. He has developed ICT learning resources to support classroom and administrative practices. Educator and Entrepreneur Gerry is currently the Principal of the International Division of Changchun Experimental School in Changchun City, Jilin Province, China. The school has 3500 students (Grade 10-12) currently enrolled. The past three years were spent in Thailand as Principal of the British Columbia International School in Bangkok. Gerry remains active in teaching technology, geography, English, and video and film. Gerry has pioneered the use of opensource educational systems and digital libraries in schools and installed several comprehensive systems in China and Thailand. Gerry Morgan is the founder of Ink Media Inc. (Founded:2002) with the mission of building a low cost computer for emerging nations with the premise that low cost computers could be built that would help to avoid the ownership pitfalls of modern computers and would have no need for virus protection or ongoing maintenance. As a result, demonstrating that this could be done, Gerry produced several models of what emerged as the InkMedia mobile computer. Gerry's research work and contributions have encapsulated developing ICT systems and training for school districts and at a provincial level, distance education delivery systems, online ICT collaborative tools, private-public social infrastructure projects, reproducible systems that can be adapted internationally and development of a low cost Rom based computer InkMedia. Gerry carries a B.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Calgary and MA in Education from the Antioch University, Seattle. Awards Gerry Morgan has received the following awards in light of his contributions at both national and international level: Marshall McLuhan Distinguished Teacher Award (Medal and cash award) References External links InkMedia Official webpage Wired article about Gerry Morgan titled "Scans: Real Tests for Real Kids" by Rachel Lehmann-Haupt.(10.09.97) Learner Profile Web site originally developed by Gerry Morgan The Gerry Morgan Foundation Canadian computer scientists Canadian technology writers Canadian business theorists Futurologists 1953 births Living people

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

Goonch

Goonch or goonch catfish is a common name for two South Asian species of sisorid catfish in the genus Bagarius: Bagarius bagarius, also known as the dwarf goonch, a small species reaching up to in length. Bagarius yarrelli, also known as the giant devil catfish, a large species reaching up to in length.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20W.%20Grout

William W. Grout

William Wallace Grout (May 24, 1836October 7, 1902) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont. Biography Grout was born in Compton in Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of Josiah and Sophronia (Ayer) Grout. His parents, native Vermonters, returned to that state when he was thirteen. Grout pursued an academic course, he attended St. Johnsbury Academy and graduated from the State and National Law School in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1857. He was admitted to the bar in December of the same year and began the practice of law in Barton, Vermont. In 1862 Grout was nominated as State's Attorney of Orleans County but declined, deciding instead to enter the army. In July 1862 he received his commission as Lieutenant Colonel of the 15th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the Civil War. He later attained the rank of Brigadier General as commander of one of three brigades organized for border defense by the Vermont State Legislature following the St. Albans Raid. Grout served as State's Attorney of Orleans County in 1865 and 1866. In 1868 he was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1868 until 1870 and in 1874. In 1876 he was a member of the Vermont State Senate and served as President pro tempore. Grout was elected as a Republican Congressman to the Forty-seventh Congress from Vermont's 3rd congressional district, serving from March 4, 1881 until March 3, 1883. The 3rd District was eliminated at the end of his term. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Vermont's 2nd congressional district in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress. Grout was elected to the Forty-ninth from the 2nd Vermont District and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1885 until March 3, 1901. He served as chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia in the Fifty-first Congress, and was on the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War in the Fifty-fourth through the Fifty-sixth Congresses. From 1881 until 1888, Grout's law practice included Willard W. Miles as his partner; when Grout withdrew in 1888 so that he could concentrate his full time efforts on his Congressional career, Miles continued the practice alone. After leaving Congress, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and the practice of law. Grout died on October 7, 1902 and is interred in Grove Cemetery in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont. Personal life Grout was the second child of ten, eldest of five sons. Seven of the children were born in the Compton house. There were no finished chambers in the Compton house. In winter, awakening to snow on the bed was a common experience. The family moved to Kirby, Vermont from Compton. Grout married Loraine M. Smith in 1860, and they had two children who died while in infancy. Loraine died in 1868. Grout's brother Josiah Grout, was the Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and was the 46th Governor of Vermont. His nephew Aaron H. Grout, the son of Josiah Grout, served as Vermont Secretary of State from 1923 to 1927. References Further reading Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, Vt. 1764-1887, published by Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders, 1887. External links Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Grout, William Wallace, (1836 - 1902) The Political Graveyard: Grout, William Wallace (1836-1902) Govtrack.us: Rep. William Grout Vermont in the Civil War: William W. Grout Our Campaigns: Grout, William W. 1836 births 1902 deaths State and National Law School alumni Vermont lawyers Members of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont 2nd Vermont Brigade Union Army officers People of Vermont in the American Civil War People from Barton, Vermont Vermont Republicans Members of the Vermont House of Representatives Vermont state senators Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians State's attorneys in Vermont

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20circo

El circo

Circo or El Circo may refer to: El circo, book by Ramón Gómez de la Serna El circo (film), 1943 Mexican film El circo (comics), a 1973 comic Circo (band), Puerto Rico band Circo, album by Nick Buzz 1997 Circo, album by Darden Smith 2004 Circo: A Soundtrack by Calexico, album by Calexico El circo (album), album by Maldita Vecindad 1991 "El Circo", a remake of Red Foley's "Alabama Jubilee" "El circo" (song), a 1996 song by Los Tigres del Norte

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20the%20Name%20of%20Buddha

In the Name of Buddha

In the Name of Buddha is a 2002 satirical drama film directed by Rajesh Touchriver and produced by K. Shanmughathas and Sai George. The film tells the true story of a Sri Lankan Tamil doctor Siva. After its world premiere at the Oslo International Film Festival, the film proved controversial and garnered critical acclaim for its subject matter. It also won the Best Foreign Film at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival Critical reception "A Fine Balance" – India Today. "A Courageous Treatise" – Empire. "Terrific" – Film Review UK "Very worthy" – BBCi Films. "Brave film" – The Guardian Crew References External links 2002 films Sri Lankan Civil War in film British films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi%20Komiyama

Hiroshi Komiyama

is a Japanese scientist. He was the president of University of Tokyo from April 2005 to March 2009. He is also the chairman of Mitsubishi Research Institute. His major research fields are Chemical engineering, Environmental engineering, functional material science and CVD reaction engineering. He is member of the World Knowledge Dialogue Scientific Board. When he was an undergraduate, he belonged to the American football club at University of Tokyo. Biography On December 15, 1944, he was born in Tochigi Prefecture. In 1963, he graduated Toyama high school in Tokyo. In 1967, he graduated the Chemical Engineering course of Engineering department, University of Tokyo. In 1972, he got Ph.D the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Tokyo In December 1972, he was hired by University of Tokyo (assistant professor) In 1977, he became a lecturer at University of Tokyo In 1981, he became Assistant Professor at University of Tokyo In July 1988, he became a Professor at University of Tokyo In April 2000, he became the head of Engineering Department at University of Tokyo In 2002, he became the president of Society for Chemical Engineers of Japan. In 2003, he became a vice president of University of Tokyo. In 2005, he became the 28th president of University of Tokyo. In 2013, he became a judge for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Awards Komiyama was awarded the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award in 2017. Writings Vision 2050: Roadmap for a Sustainable Earth, published by Springer Science+Business Media, 2008. . , published by , December 2004. . , published by Iwanami Shoten Publishing, December 1999. . , published by University of Tokyo Press, December 1999. . External links Message from the president (University of Tokyo) Global Green Growth Institute References 1944 births Japanese scientists Japanese chemical engineers Living people Presidents of the University of Tokyo University of Tokyo alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammore%20e%20malavita

Ammore e malavita

Ammore e malavita is a 2017 Italian musical comedy film directed by the Manetti Bros. It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival. Cast Claudia Gerini as Donna Maria Carlo Buccirosso as don Vincenzo Serena Rossi as Fatima Giampaolo Morelli as Ciro as Rosary as Gennaro as Uncle Mimmo Giovanni Esposito as Rival boss Ivan Granatino as Young killer Giuseppe "The King" Danza as Killer of the rival boss Claudia Federica Petrella as Mariellina as Caregiver as Doctor as Acquaintance of Fatima as Stationer Ronnie Marmo as Frank Strozzalone Stefano Moffa as Police Inspector as Sister of Don Vincenzo as Mother of Don Vincenzo Antonio Fiorillo as Grandson of Don Vincenzo as Lawyer Mario Rivelli as Young policeman Andrea D'Alessio as Tourist guide Tia Architto as American tourist as Master Antonello Cossia as Antonello Awards References External links 2017 films 2010s musical comedy films 2010s Italian-language films 2017 comedy films Italian films Italian musical comedy films Films directed by the Manetti Bros.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving%20G.%20Vann

Irving G. Vann

Irving Goodwin Vann (January 3, 1842 in Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York - March 22, 1921 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from New York. Biography Irving Goodwin Vann was the only child of Samuel R. Vann and Catherine H. (Goodwin) Vann. Vann received no formal education until he attended the Trumansburg Academy and then Ithaca Academy, in preparation for college. He enrolled at Yale College in 1859 and graduated B.A. in 1863. Vann initially pursued a career in education, becoming a high school principal and teacher in Owensboro, Kentucky; however, he resigned after a year to pursue a career in law instead. He began to study law at the office of Boardman & Finch in Ithaca, New York, and then entered Albany Law School in the fall of 1864, graduating in the spring of 1865. Upon graduation from Albany Law School, Vann worked briefly for the Department of Treasury in Washington, D.C., but within a year he returned home to central New York and joined the law firm of Raynor and Butler in Syracuse. Vann married Julie Florence Dillaye (1846-1934), the daughter of a Syracuse real estate developer, on October 11, 1870. They had two children, Florence (1871-1942) and Irving Dillaye (1875-1944). He was Mayor of Syracuse, New York from 1879 to 1880. He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (5th District) from 1882 to 1895. On December 31, 1895, he was appointed by Governor Levi P. Morton to the New York Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rufus W. Peckham, Jr, who had been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1896, he was elected on the Republican ticket to a full term on the Court of Appeals, was re-elected in 1910, and remained on the bench until the end of 1912 when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years. In 1913, he was one of the lawyers representing William Sulzer at his impeachment trial, and the only one who refused to receive monetary compensation from the State, noting that no further payment was necessary since he was already an employee of the state. (After his retirement as a judge, he had been appointed an official referee to hear claims arising out of the construction of the barge canal). Vann was buried at the Oakwood Cemetery. His son Irving Dillaye Vann (1876–1944) was a Deputy New York Attorney General. References Sources Court of Appeals judges at New York Court History THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT in NYT on October 4, 1881 JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS MADE in NYT on January 1, 1896 CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION in NYT on November 1, 1896 $245,000 SPENT TO IMPEACH SULZER in NYT on February 8, 1914 Political Graveyard 1842 births 1921 deaths Judges of the New York Court of Appeals New York Supreme Court Justices Mayors of Syracuse, New York People from Tompkins County, New York Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York) New York (state) Republicans Yale College alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Eifel

West Eifel

The West Eifel () refers to that part of the Eifel mountains in Germany that is centred on the town of Prüm and reaches as far as the border with Belgium and Luxembourg. It is not geographically precisely defined however, overlapping by about 60% with the Schnee Eifel), whilst geologically its northern half is part of the Vulkaneifel and its southern half part of the South Eifel. The grassy summits are somewhat higher than those of the Vulkan Eifel, but are generally more rounded and less rugged. Geographically and topologically it can be divided into three regions: Schneifel (Schwarzer Mann 697 m), a ridge near the Belgian border Belgian Eifel (not a uniformly used term) Islek (in the southwest), up to the German-Luxembourg border. The region is only sparsely populated in the north (~Schneifel), but is crossed by motor road 60 (to Malmedy). It is heavily wooded and mining is of some importance (see Bleialf). In the southern parts—in the valley of the Prüm and its tributaries—there is greater settlement and a degree of non-local traffic on the South Eifel Holiday Route (Ferienstraße Südeifel) and the Eifel-Ardennes Green Road (Grüne Straße Eifel-Ardennen). The area is part of the German-Luxembourg Nature Park. See also South Eifel, Vulkan Eifel, North Eifel Belgian Eifel, Ösling (Luxembourg) Literature and external links Deutsche Generalkarte 1:200.000, Blatt 12 (Germany: General Map, Sheet 12) Mineral finds in Bleialf Luxembourg Earth science portal Regions of the Eifel Ardennes Landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate Areas of Belgium Regions of Wallonia Regions of Luxembourg German-speaking Community of Belgium Geography of Liège (province)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikitas%20Nikolis

Nikitas Nikolis

Nikitas Nikolis (; born 16 June 2002) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League 2 club Chania. References 2002 births Living people Greek footballers Super League Greece 2 players Olympiacos F.C. players Association football defenders

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesand%20River%20%28Hewitson%20River%20tributary%29

Whitesand River (Hewitson River tributary)

The Whitesand River is a river in the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, part of the Hewitson River system. Course The river begins at North Whitesand Lake at an elevation of . The lake travels west, then turns south near the site of a mine. The Whitesand River then travels downstream via a series of lakes, including Cleaver Lake, Zenith Lake, Demijohn Lake, Gumboot Lake, Longcanoe Lake and Hornblende Lake. It then takes in its left tributary Ross Creek at Lyne Lake at at an elevation of , and reaches its mouth at Whitesand Lake at an elevation of just north of Ontario Highway 17. The mouth is about east northeast of the community of Rossport and northwest of the community of Schreiber. The Whitesand River's waters flow from Whitesand Lake via the Hewitson River over the Rainbow Falls into Lake Superior. Economy An access road to the mine runs from Highway 17 along the river. A campground of Rainbow Falls Provincial Park is on the south side of Whitesand Lake opposite the mouth of the Whitesand River. See also List of rivers of Ontario References Rivers of Thunder Bay District Tributaries of Lake Superior

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Grid%20for%20Learning

National Grid for Learning

The National Grid for Learning (NGfL) was a UK government-funded gateway to educational resources on the Internet. It featured many individually selected links to resources and materials deemed to be of high quality. The NGfL was specifically set up to support English schools; separate 'grids' were set up for schools in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The NGfL portal was launched in November 1998, as the portal for the DfES National Grid for Learning strategy. This programme aimed to help learners and educators in the United Kingdom benefit from information and communications technology (ICT). It was one of several new programmes initiated by the new Labour government which took office in May 1997 and had a linked budget of earmarked funds to be spent on schools internet connections and ICT. The portal was funded and managed by the Government's lead agency for ICT in education, Becta (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency). Regional Broadband Consortia (RBCs) were created in 2000 under the auspices of what was at the time the Department for Education and Skills, (DfES) to secure lower prices for broadband connections and services for schools by aggregating demand across a region and entering into region wide contracts. Since then, these consortia have expanded their remit and have taken over some of the original aims of the NGfL. On 13 April 2006, Becta closed the National Grid for Learning portal, stating that it was improving its offer to teachers by rationalising the number of different services it provides for schools and teaching staff. According to the agency, this is being achieved by integrating valued components of the NGfL into its existing services. The concept of the NGfL lives on, however. The RBCs have worked collaboratively since 2001, and have since been actively joined in their partnership by equivalent organizations in Northern Ireland (C2kNI), Scotland (Glow) and Wales (NGfL Cymru) to form the national education network (NEN), utilizing the JANET network to provide a single, secure private network available to provide shared resources amongst all UK schools. In 2019, London Grid for Learning bought the "National Grid for Learning" trademark as part of its plan to expand broadband connectivity for schools and public authorities. See also London Grid for Learning Regional Broadband Consortium References Further reading The Guardian: A gigantic online swapshop describes a North West Learning Grid project called the National Digital Resource Bank. External links National Education Network NI Grid for Learning Glow (Scotland) NGfL Cymru Education in the United Kingdom Governmental educational technology organizations Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Join%20the%20Army

Join the Army

Join the Army is the second studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies. It was released in 1987 and is one of the most well known albums for crossing over the genres of punk and thrash metal, known as crossover thrash, a genre that Suicidal Tendencies have been credited for creating. Join the Army is arguably one of Suicidal Tendencies' popular efforts, although it only reached No. 100 on the Billboard 200 chart. This was their first album with guitarist Rocky George and drummer R.J. Herrera, and their last recording with bassist Louiche Mayorga (although he did co-write songs on their next album How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today). This is also the last album to feature the band playing hardcore punk. Musical style Mike Muir used vastly different vocal techniques and range compared to their debut album (sometimes sounding similar to Lemmy from Motörhead). Original guitarist Grant Estes had been replaced by Jon Nelson in 1984, who was then soon replaced by Rocky George, who influenced the change of the band's sound into the thrash direction. Original drummer Amery Smith was replaced by R.J. Herrera, who used the particularly metal drum feature of double kick. Reception and legacy Reviews for Join the Army have been mostly positive. AllMusic's Eduardo Rivadavia awards the album three stars out of five, and calls it "a transitional album in the transformation of the band's sound from hardcore punk to thrash metal." Join the Army was also the first Suicidal Tendencies album to enter the Billboard 200; it peaked at No. 100, and remained on the chart for thirteen weeks. "Possessed to Skate" preceded the album's release as a single, which also had a music video created for it. The video featured old school skateboarding tricks, and as such is considered a classic visual period piece of skateboarding. The success of Join the Army garnered attention from major labels, including Epic Records, with whom Suicidal Tendencies would eventually sign in 1988. "War Inside My Head" is featured in the game Guitar Hero: Metallica. "Possessed to Skate" is featured in the game Skate 2. "Suicidal Maniac" was covered by Hatebreed on their 2009 release For the Lions. Over the years and with the involvement several line-ups, Suicidal Tendencies have recorded new versions of 10 of the 13 songs originally included in Join the Army, including two different new versions of two of those tracks: "War Inside My Head" and "A Little Each Day" (Still Cyco After All These Years); "Join the Army" and "Go Skate! (Possessed to Skate '97)" (Prime Cuts); "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" (Year of the Cycos); "Suicidal Maniac", "Possessed to Skate", "The Prisoner", "I Feel Your Pain... And I Survive", "Join the ST Army", "No Name, No Words", and "Born to Be Cyco" (No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family). Track listing "War Inside My Head", "Human Guinea Pig", and "You Got, I Want" were originally written by previous guitarist Jon Nelson. He traded the rights for "War Inside My Head" for a Flying V guitar after he left the band. "Human Guinea Pig" does not appear on vinyl or cassette versions of the album. Credits Mike Muir – lead vocals Louiche Mayorga – bass, backing vocals Rocky George – guitars, backing vocals R.J. Herrera – drums Recorded and mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles, California Produced by Lester Claypool (not to be confused with Les Claypool) and Suicidal Tendencies Engineered by Lester Claypool Guitar and vocals recorded at Baby/O/ Album cover by Michael Seiff Chart positions Album Billboard (North America) References Suicidal Tendencies albums 1987 albums Caroline Records albums Albums recorded at Record Plant (Los Angeles)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20Youth%20Climate%20Network

Indian Youth Climate Network

The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) is a youth organization in India that aims to raise the voice of Indian youth on the global platform, as South Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions affected by climate change and environmental issues. Further, IYCN is motivated by global need in the Indian context to adopt mitigation and adaptation policy measure to combat climate change. IYCN members work to generate consensus on what role India should play in the global debate of climate change, and how it should address its domestic issues. Started in 2008, IYCN was registered as an NGO in 2009 and today IYCN has offices in six locations with chapters in the Indian states, having outreach to thousands of youth in colleges, schools, corporations and institutions in India. IYCN has “informed youth” as its leaders and program members who: Follow environmental and climate change policies and make recommendations at state, national and international platforms. Run campaigns aimed at public awareness on climate change impact & causes. In this process, the chapters mobilise and informing thousands of Indian citizens. Implement projects such as composting and community waste management, rural energy projects, lake clean-ups, and herbal and medicine gardens. IYCN works at three levels: As a network of individuals enabling people to come together and work at a grassroots level, to form friendships and support each other. As a network of partner and supporter groups who bring together their strengths and passion for environment and sustainable development. As an organisation that runs its own programs/projects as well as participates in and supports programs/campaigns of other organisations. Chapters The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) has several chapters across India. Projects The organization has been working on the following initiatives. Agents of Change Rural Energy Project Climate Leadership Program Campus Climate Challenge Climate Solutions Road Tour Climate Solutions Road Tour January 2, 2009 - February 4, 2009 Climate Solutions Road Tour flagged off at Chennai, India, January 2, 2009. All over India traveling to more than 15 cities where a group of 10 members of the Indian Youth Climate Network and a solar powered band "Solar Punch" are traveling 3500 kilometers in solar plug-in electric cars, solar punch buggy and alternative-fueled truck. The road tour is one of the first initiatives towards sharing solutions in clean technology showcases, empowering youth in leadership training programs, and using art, dance and music by Solar Punch and other local musicians and artists to communicate the message. The objective of the tour has been defined as "To document a trail across the nation of climate solutions and empower youth along the route to create, communicate and celebrate their own solutions." The road tour which began in Chennai on January 2, 2009 has covered 15 major cities including Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Jaipur through to Delhi, covering more than on solar-powered vehicles and electric cars REVA. The tour ended on 5 February 2009, at Delhi. Agents of Change The program aims to send a delegation of Indian Young people which will strive to engage government delegations from around the world in policy, help build consensus amongst civil society groups and assist in the construction of a global youth climate network. Climate Leadership Program The program aims to produce a group of youth who would lead grassroots climate groups in their communities; leaders who will organize and mobilize people; and leaders who will spread the message about the urgency of climate change. The Leadership Training for Campus Climate Changers is a full day interactive session on climate change, beginning with basic climate science and solutions and moving quickly into brainstorming on campus solutions, creating action plans for implementation, and media training to communicate successes. Rural Energy Project The aim is to create a clean technology project in rural India that will reduce greenhouse gases, and work towards reducing the heating of the planet. The first rural energy project of IYCN is going to be implemented in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu in a village called MGR Nagar on the outskirts of Coimbatore. See also Australian Youth Climate Coalition Canadian Youth Climate Coalition Energy Action Coalition UK Youth Climate Coalition Youth Climate Movement References External links Indian Youth Climate Network Blog Climate India Solutions Solar Punch Climate change in India Climate change organizations Environmental organisations based in India Youth empowerment organizations Youth-led organizations Youth organisations based in India

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn%20of%20the%20Inland

Flynn of the Inland

Flynn of the Inland is a biography by Ion Idriess of John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctors service. It was one of his most successful books. References External links Flynn of the Inland at Ion Idriess Fan Page Australian biographies 1932 non-fiction books English-language books Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia Books by Ion Idriess Angus & Robertson books

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

Mellini

Mellini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini (1794–1859), Italian Catholic cardinal and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals Giovanni Battista Mellini (1405–1478), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal Giovanni Garzia Mellini (1562–1629), Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals Marie Azpiroz Mellini (1889–?), Spanish violinist Mauro Mellini (1927–2020), Italian lawyer and politician See also Mellini Chapel (Santa Maria del Popolo), chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome Ponte Mellini, small village (curazia) of San Marino Italian-language surnames

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping%20Concert%20Hall

Jönköping Concert Hall

The Jönköping Concert Hall () is a concert hall in Jönköping, Sweden. It was opened in September 1990. There are two halls, the Hammaskjöld Hall () and the Rydberg Hall (). References External links Programbolaget 1990 establishments in Sweden Buildings and structures in Jönköping Music venues completed in 1990 Concert halls in Sweden Culture in Jönköping

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjoerd%20Bax

Sjoerd Bax

Sjoerd Bax (born 6 January 1996) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Major results 2014 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 3rd Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize 10th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2015 1st Young rider classification Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 2018 3rd Flèche Ardennaise 4th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race 7th Overall Rás Tailteann 8th Overall Olympia's Tour 2019 5th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour 1st Points classification 1st Stage 2 5th Overall Ronde de l'Oise 6th Overall Flèche du Sud 9th Overall CRO Race 2021 1st Overall Alpes Isère Tour 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3 & 5 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Tour de la Mirabelle 1st Stage 2 References External links 1996 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Sportspeople from Gorinchem

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonoconger%20caribbeus

Japonoconger caribbeus

Japonoconger caribbeus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known only from the Caribbean Sea (off the coast of Colombia and Venezuela, from which its species epithet is derived), in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum total length of . References Congridae Taxa named by David G. Smith Taxa named by Robert H. Kanazawa Fish described in 1977

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expression%20%28song%29

Expression (song)

"Expression" is the lead single released from American group Salt-N-Pepa's third album, Blacks' Magic. The song was both written and produced by member Cheryl "Salt" James. The song became the group's second single to reach the top 40 in the United States, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 while also topping the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart, becoming their first song to do so. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on February 28, 1990, before reaching platinum status less than three months later, on May 25. In 1992 a re-release charted within the top 30 in Ireland and the United Kingdom and peaked at number 13 in France. The accompanying music video is notable for marking the directorial debut of director Millicent Shelton. Single track listing A-side "Expression" – 4:04 "Expression" (No Shorts mix) – 5:17 "Expression" (Acappella) – 1:16 B-side "Expression" (Instrumental) – 4:04 "Expression" (Bonus Beats) – 1:30 "Clubhouse" (Vocal) – 5:29 "Clubhouse" (Instrumental) – 5:29 Charts and certifications Weekly charts Certifications 1992 re-release "Expression" was re-released in 1992 as the first (and only) single from Salt-N-Pepa's remix album, Rapped in Remixes: The Greatest Hits Remixed. The song peaked at number 23 in Ireland and the United Kingdom and number 13 in France. Track listing CD maxi-single "Expression" (Hard Ecu Edit) - 3:59 "Expression" (Hard Ecu Full Length) - 6:18 "Expression" (House Mix) - 6:18 "Expression" (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) - 5:46 Charts References 1989 songs 1989 singles 1992 singles Salt-N-Pepa songs Next Plateau Entertainment singles

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed%20Overwatch

Armed Overwatch

The Armed Overwatch program is an effort launched by U.S. Special Operations Command to purchase roughly 75 manned, fixed-wing aircraft to perform close air support, precision strike, and ISR missions. An OTA prototype demonstration requirement is scheduled for release on February 14, 2020, followed by an industry day March 4–5 to allow representatives from prospective vendors to give feedback and ask questions. SOCOM plans to use the winning design as a replacement for the U-28A Draco aircraft currently used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance flights in remote areas. The U-28As will reach the end of their service life soon, so the Armed Overwatch program is being conducted rapidly, with the aim of selecting a design, retraining crews, and fielding the new aircraft without causing "a decrease in capacity on the battlefield." While the Pentagon's FY 2021 budget request sought $106,000,000 to purchase an initial batch of 5 aircraft, COVID-related delays, as well as increased Congressional scrutiny, have delayed the program. As of February 2021, AFSOC plans on conducting flying demonstrations in the summer of 2021, with procurement to begin in FY 2022. Armed Overwatch and its predecessor programs are distinct from the Light Air Support program, a US Air Force competition to select a turboprop attack aircraft for use by the Afghan Air Force, not by US forces. History Early Programs Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom demonstrated that U.S. special operators had an urgent need for surveillance aircraft that could fly out of more austere airfields than those required for modern combat aircraft. To meet this need, in 2006, Air Force Special Operations Command purchased a batch of 28 commercial Pilatus PC-12 tubroprop aircraft, which were modified, loaded with sensor and communication equipment, and designated U-28A. From 2009 to 2020, the U.S. Air Force toyed with the idea of purchasing a small fleet of Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance aircraft to provide air support to ground forces during COIN operations. In addition to completing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, the envisioned aircraft would be able to complete air strikes for special operators and conventional forces at a fraction of the cost of multirole fighters (such as the F-15E and F-16), jet-powered attack aircraft (such as the A-10), or stealth fighters (such as the F-22 and F-35). In December 2011, the Air Force selected the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano over Beechcraft's AT-6B Wolverine. Congressional opposition, spearheaded by allies of the Kansas-based Beechcraft, repeatedly blocked initial purchasing attempts, and despite several encouraging experiments, the program failed to regain its momentum. The Air Force ultimately canceled the program in early 2020. U.S. Special Operations Command, which had long lobbied for the Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance program, launched the Armed Overwatch initiative as a result. AFSOC Armed Overwatch Program Following the demise of the Air Force's Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance program, AFSOC decided to launch their own program to focus on obtaining and fielding a multi-mission aircraft to fill SOCOM's needs in uncontested airspace. Though the FY 2020 NDAA empowered SOCOM to take control of the existing Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance program from the Air Force, Armed Overwatch is a completely independent effort. Unlike the Air Force's previous light attack efforts, which primarily sought a turboprop attack aircraft to conduct close air support missions for conventional ground forces, the Armed Overwatch program is focused on aircraft that can provide small special operations teams with the ISR and communication support currently provided by the U-28A Draco, as well as close air support. In early March 2020, over 50 companies attended an industry day event to meet with SOCOM officials. Though SOCOM will not disclose which companies are submitting aircraft for the program, four (Sierra Nevada Corp., Textron, Air Tractor, and Leidos) have indicated that they are entering designs for consideration. On April 6, SOCOM released an "Armed Overwatch Program Other Transactional Authority (OTA) Agreement for a Prototype Project," detailing SOCOM's three-phase plan for evaluating entrants. Phase 1 requires interested vendors to submit a Notice of Intent and a "white paper" outlining their proposal. Phase 2 will consist of an "Offeror Deep Dive," during which a government evaluation team will visit each applicant contractor's facility and conduct a two day, one-on-one session with company representatives. This information will be used for evaluating each program's likely lifetime cost, as well as each applicant's ability to produce aircraft meeting SOCOM requirements in a timely manner. Following Phase 1 and Phase 2, up to four favorably-evaluated vendors will be awarded a contract, granting the vendor up to $4,000,000 to participate in Phase 3 demonstrations. Phase 3 requires each applicant to provide flight demonstrations of their aircraft and detail their plan for delivering "up to 75 aircraft over a 5-7 year period." The Phase 3 flight demonstrations are currently scheduled for November 2020. SOCOM anticipates that the entire evaluation process will be complete "on or about April 1, 2021." A draft of the 2021 NDAA approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee describes the Armed Overwatch project as a "poorly performing" program and prohibits the purchase of any aircraft as a part of the effort, while simultaneously blocking SOCOM from retiring the U-28A Draco or any other manned ISR aircraft. Similarly, the House Armed Services Committee proposed cutting funding for the effort by $80,000,000. The House Committee on Appropriations, in its FY 2021 appropriations bill, proposed allocating an unspecified amount of funding for "a new start for SOCOM's Armed Overwatch Program." In February 2021, AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. James Slife announced that, despite delays due to COVID and an increased amount of scrutiny from Congress, AFSOC would proceed with a flying demonstration of Armed Overwatch competitors in the summer of 2021. He indicated he was "cautiously optimistic" that AFSOC would collect the data they needed from the experiment, and be able to provide Congressional committees with information they needed to secure funding for procurement as early as FY 2022. The Armed Overwatch program is the seventh effort by the US military to evaluate or purchase commercial, off-the-shelf turboprop aircraft for reconnaissance and attack duties over the past fourteen years: it follows the US Navy's Imminent Fury combat test (2008), the US Air Force's Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance program (LAAR, 2009-2012), the Air National Guard's unnamed light attack experiments (2010), the US Navy's Combat Dragon II combat test (2015), US SOCOM's Light Attack Support for Special Operations program (LASSO, 2017), and the US Air Force's Light Attack Experiment (OA-X, 2017-2020). Competitors On May 14, 2021, SOCOM announced that 5 companies had been awarded contracts, totaling $19,200,000, to produce prototype aircraft for evaluation. MAG Aerospace MC-208 Guardian Based on the Cessna 208 Caravan, the MC-208 Guardian is a multi-role variant fitted with additional surveillance sensors, avionics, weapon hardpoints, and weapon systems. The MC-208 Caravan can be armed with up to eight Hellfire missiles and as many as 28 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS) laser-guided rockets for smaller targets. Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine Based on Beechcraft's successful T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft, the AT-6 includes additional sensors, communications gear, and weapons hardpoints. The AT-6 was one of two finalists of the Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance program. Though the only AT-6 sales thus far have been for evaluation by the U.S. Air Force, hundreds of T-6A and T-6B trainers are in service with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, respectively. Sierra Nevada Corp. MC-145B Wily Coyote Essentially an upgraded C-145A Combat Coyote, itself a version of the Polish-manufactured M28. While the C-145A is a STOL-capable light cargo aircraft operated in small numbers by AFSOC, the MC-145B adds sensors, communication equipment, and weapons, allowing it to complete ISR and CAS missions. Air Tractor/L3Harris AT-802U Sky Warden An armed variant of the successful AT-802 cropduster. 24 armed AT-802s have been delivered to the U.A.E., some of which have been loaned to the Yemeni Air Force and used in airstrikes. Leidos/Paramount USA/Vertex Aerospace Bronco II Originally designed by Paramount Group in South Africa as the AHRLAC, the Bronco II is a new aircraft designed from the outset for close air support, rather than being modified from an existing design, like its competitors. Despite the name "Bronco II," the aircraft is a new design, not a descendant of its namesake, the OV-10 Bronco. The Bronco II has no known operators. Sierra Nevada Corp./Embraer A-29 A U.S.-manufactured, modified version of the Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano. The A-29 was one of two finalists of the Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance program, and the winner of a U.S. contract to provide aircraft and training for the Afghan Air Force. The Nigerian Air Force has purchased 12 A-29s as well. While Sierra Nevada Corp. initially indicated they would enter the A-29 for the Armed Overwatch program, the A-29 was not awarded a contract for a prototype. Sierra Nevada Corp. appears to have dropped their efforts to market the aircraft to AFSOC, focusing instead on their MC-145B. References United States Air Force Special Operations Command

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Snow

California Snow

"California Snow" is a song by American rock band Weezer, released in September 2018 as a single from the 2018 film Spell. The song also appears on their 2019 album Weezer (aka the Black Album). Composition "California Snow" starts with 1980's-style keyboard sound, later morphing into a more sunshine pop sound. It was described by Spin as "odd juxtapositions of strange and melancholic lyrical and chordal shifts with empty trappings of modern pop production". The song's overall style has been described as electronic rock, electropop and synth-pop. Reception Andrew Sacher at the BrooklynVegan was critical of the song, stating "'California Snow' tries to be rap in the most embarrassing way, complete with lyrics like 'this is the definition of flow' and 'nobody cold as this.' Hearing him rap it is like the musical equivalent of going out to dinner with an older relative and watching in silence as they’re a dick to the waiter all night. It’s like, I love you but please, stop." The song got a similar response from Kara Bowan at The Itachan, where she opined "A stylistically flat vocal delivery and strong bassline makes it seem like “California Snow” is improving after its uncomfortable beginning. But, halfway through, unexpected piano chords and another attempt at almost-rapping take over, leading to an awkward finish." However, Devon Hannan at Alternative Press stated that the song is "perfect for fans of Weezer’s latest pop direction." References 2018 singles 2018 songs American synth-pop songs Electronic rock songs Electropop songs Songs about California Songs written by Rivers Cuomo Weezer songs

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Kamancello II: Voyage

Kamancello II: Voyage is the second album by Canadian duo Kamancello Raphael Weinroth Browne, cellist and Shahriyar Jamshidi, Kamanche player. This album has released as a self-published project in CD format in Canada and digitally worldwide. Kamancello II: Voyage is a full-length improvisation album consists of four tracks which are based on improvisation themes from West Asian and Western Classical music. Track listing Personnel Shahriyar Jamshidi - Kamanche Raphael Weinroth-Brwone - cello Leon Taheny - recording and mixing Fedge - mastering Maahy - artwork Isaac Vallentin - layout References Instrumental albums Kamancello albums 2019 albums

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Kukhar

Kukhar () is a Ukrainian language occupational surname literally meaning "the cook". The surname may refer to: Galina Kukhar, Ukrainian figure skating coach and former competitive skater Roman Kukhar, Ukrainian poet, writer, professor Ukrainian-language surnames

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utsav%20Chakraborty

Utsav Chakraborty

Utsav Chakraborty was an Indian comedian, writer and actor. He has performed stand-up, written comedy, and acted in sketches and shows, who is known for his frequent collaborations with All India Bakchod. Career Chakraborty gained online popularity in 2012 for operating a Chetan Bhagat troll account called @SatanBhagat on Twitter. He started performing stand-up comedy across India. He was briefly employed as HuffPost India's Trends Editor, for three months in 2015 and later on went on to work as a staff writer at All India Bakchod (AIB.) He has since written for television shows and performed sketches with contemporary Indian comedians. As an actor, and performer, he was known for his frequent collaborations with All India Bakchod (AIB) on comedy sketches and branded content. Between 2016 and 2018, Chakraborty acted in numerous projects that included branded content, reality television, and comedy sketches. He acted in Behti Naak (running nose), a dark-comedy YouTube series (created by Sumukhi Suresh,) and was a recurring cast member in the first two seasons of the mockumentary web-series, Better Life Foundation. During the first half of 2017 he worked as a writer on the second season of Son of Abish—Abish Matthew's YouTube talk show. The following year, Chakraborty was a participant on TLC's comedy reality-TV show (Queens Vs Kings) in April, and Comedy Central India's Impractical Jokers spinoff (Challenge Accepted). He also hosted a YouTube segment for VICE about Indian Men's Rights Activists. Style Chakraborty's stand up is irreverent in nature, a comedic style he cultivated since operating @SatanBhagat. He leveraged his online fame into open-mic spots and writing gigs for comedy sketches and television. He has since won multiple open mics and gigged across India. Controversy In October 2018, a number of allegations of Chakraborty's sexual impropriety surfaced on Twitter, several of which claimed that he had sent unsolicited and explicit messages. Following this, Chakraborty apologized for his transgressions. However, in a leaked call recording which surfaced in November 2019 between him and one of the prime accuser, Chakraborty challenged the authenticity of the allegations; he also claimed that the unverified allegations effectively destroyed his career, maligned his reputation, and made him suicidal. Events In October 2018, comedian Mahima Kukreja claimed on Twitter that Chakraborty had sent her "a dick pic", and also posted screenshots of anonymous messages as purported evidence of him attempting to harass a minor girl. Chakraborty apologized, and his actions prompted an apology from All India Bakchod (AIB). As a result of these allegations, AIB delisted its videos wherein he had worked from their YouTube channel. Some of his work from Queens Vs Kings was also removed from YouTube. Impact on AIB AIB apologized for continuing to work with Chakraborty after the [then] chief executive officer, Tanmay Bhat, had received "specific, detailed allegations" of sexual harassment against Chakraborty prior to the public call-out. AIB's problems compounded in eight months when allegations of sexual misconduct directed against another co-founder surfaced, which prompted a wide backlash from several of their sponsor brands. Following this, AIB cancelled its show On Air With AIB in its third season, fired its staff, and halted production of its YouTube channel. Aftermath One year later, in October 2019, Chakraborty said that he had few friends left and would have liked to be in therapy, but couldn't afford it because he is not working. "I haven’t worked or seen a paycheck since last October," he said. He admitted his past behavior was "problematic" and realized he made people "uncomfortable," which took a heavy toll on him. He said the media was irresponsible by exaggerating the accounts relating to his case without any verification or investigations into the allegation. On 21 November 2019, a year after the initial allegations of sexual impropriety, an audio clip of a conversation between Chakraborty, Kukreja and her sister was uploaded to YouTube. The conversation, broken into two uploads, happened one month after the initial allegations were made public. In it, Chakraborty can be heard listening to Kukreja and her sister, who identified herself as a lawyer, threatening him with legal action as Chakraborty planned to provide evidence that would disprove her accounts of the incident. On the same day, in a flurry of tweets, Utsav claimed that all of the earlier allegations were false, stating that the instagram conversations had been leaked without the alleged victim's consent, and with one half of the conversation which showed her consenting deleted. This was confirmed by said accuser, who then apologised to Utsav before deleting her account. Utsav also asserted, using screenshots, that the girl purported to be 'much younger' than him was only an year younger at 26 years of age, and that he never harassed her. Chakraborty claimed Kukreja didn't verify any allegations of impropriety sent to her. In response to claims of malicious intent against her, Kukreja penned a statement in Firstpost calling Chakraborty's claims a "planned and orchestrated PR-led campaign [that] has been led to malign me Kukreja, the women who spoke up, and the #MeToo movement itself." She said the leaked audio and screenshots of their previous chats were misleading, false, and claimed the audio was doctored. Chakraborty has since called the allegations against him "fabricated." References Indian stand-up comedians Living people 1985 births Indian YouTubers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFEMP2

EFEMP2

EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EFEMP2 gene. A large number of extracellular matrix proteins have been found to contain variations of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) domain and have been implicated in functions as diverse as blood coagulation, activation of complement and determination of cell fate during development. EFEMP2 (also known as fibulin-4) contains four EGF2 domains and six calcium-binding EGF2 domains. This gene is widely expressed in a range of adult and fetal tissues. Interactions EFEMP2 has been shown to interact with P53. References Further reading External links GeneReview/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on EFEMP2-Related Cutis Laxa

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320%20Super%20League%20Greece%202

2019–20 Super League Greece 2

The 2019–20 Super League 2 was the first season of the Super League 2, the second-tier Greek professional league for association football clubs, since restructuring of the Greek football league system. The exact system of conduct and how many teams will be promoted and how many will be relegated will be finalized in the summer when the final calls for professional bids are made public. It has been decided to hold Championship Round with the first 6 teams and Relegation Round with the last 6 teams of the regular season. The league was suspended on 3 October after failing to reach an agreement with state broadcaster ERT. After reaching an agreement with state broadcaster ERT the league resumed on 25 October. Team allocation Teams The following 12 clubs are competing in the Super League 2 during the 2019–20 season. Personnel and sponsoring League table Results Top scorers References 2 Second level Greek football league seasons Greece Greece 2

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2012 Welsh local elections

The 2012 Welsh local elections, were held on 3 May, in 21 out of 22 local authorities. The Labour Party made gains at the expense of the other 3 major parties and of independents. Labour won majority control of 10 councils, up 8 from the 2008 local elections, while 2 remained under the control of independents and 9 councils had no overall control. On 17 January 2012, the Welsh Government announced that elections for Anglesey council had been postponed to May 2013. Wales-Wide Results For comparative purposes, the table above shows changes since 2008 excluding Anglesey, which was not up for election. Individual Council Results Opinion polling Notes References External links 2012 elections in the United Kingdom Welsh local elections by year 2012 United Kingdom local elections Council elections in the United Kingdom May 2012 events in the United Kingdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving%20at%20the%202008%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%2010%20metre%20platform

Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform

Women's 10 metre platform competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics took place from August 20 to August 21, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. It was an individual diving competition, with dives performed from an inflexible platform (unlike the springboard used for three metre diving) ten metres above the surface of the water. The individual diving competitions all consist of three rounds. In the first, the 29 divers each perform five dives. The top 18 divers advance to the semifinals. Each diver again performs five dives, and the top 12 divers from among those dives advance to the finals. Preliminary scores are ignored at this point, as only the semifinal scores are considered in advancement. In the final round, the divers perform a final set of five dives, with the scores from those dives (and only those dives) used to determine final ranking. Seven judges evaluate each dive, giving the diver a score between 0 and 10 with increments of 0.5; scores below 7.0 or above 9.5 are rare. The two highest and two lowest scores from each judge are dropped. The remaining three scores are summed, and multiplied by the degree of difficulty of the dive to give the total score for the dive. Scores from each dive in the round are summed to give the round score. Results References Diving Women's 10m Platform Reports - The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games Diving - Olympics Sports - 2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing, China - ESPN Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 2008 in women's diving Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squamish%20Nation

Squamish Nation

The Squamish Nation, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw () in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim (Squamish language), is an Indian Act government originally imposed on the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) by the Federal Government of Canada in the late 19th century. The Squamish are Indigenous to British Columbia, Canada. Their band government comprises 16 elected councillors, serving four-year terms, with an elected band manager. Their main reserves are near the town of Squamish, British Columbia and around the mouths of the Capilano River, Mosquito Creek, and Seymour River on the north shore of Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, British Columbia. History The 'Squamish Nation', is an amalgamation of different villages, which became reserves under the Indian Act which the Canadian government imposed on the Squamish people. The origin of the Squamish Nation dates back to the late 19th century, when missionaries and Canadian government officials created a puppet government under the Indian Act within the Squamish, with the goal of blocking access to resources and cultural geography. The main goal of the Indian Act was the eventual assimilation of the indigenous people into the settlers' colonial socio-political structures and lifestyle. The Canadian government created a system of governing the Squamish (and other indigenous peoples) through selected "chiefs". These "chiefs" were selected based on factors such as their compliance, professed religious affiliation and sobriety. After passing of the Indian Act, these chiefs became the Indian Act government. The Squamish people were categorized and placed into numerous small reserves, established by the settler government. Each reserve was originally in the ownership of specific Squamish families. As land was being acquired, partitioned and allocated by the Federal Government without sufficient consent or consultation with the Squamish people, the separate villages formed into one Squamish Nation. On July 23, 1923 a political amalgamation agreement was signed by 16 chiefs. This amalgamation signage became the nation known as the Squamish, and each chief had a seat at the council table. After decades, the hereditary system for the band council changed into an elected council. This nation of the Squamish holds 16 seats for which elections occur every four years. The number 16 reflects onto the 16 signatures on the original amalgamation agreement. Prior to British Columbia's hosting of the 2010 Olympic Games, the Squamish Nation engaged in negotiations with the Provincial Government of British Columbia and Lil'wat First Nation. Numerous agreements were signed prior to and following the announcement of the host city for the Games, regarding issues such as Squamish land to be used for hosting the Games. Issues regarding the leasing of land, Nation-owned or operated businesses and other ventures currently account for much of the Squamish Nation's band council government business. The Squamish Nation recently announced the purchase of a Tree Farm License (License 38), which covers the Elaho Valley near Squamish, British Columbia. This is one of the rare instances of an Indigenous Nation buying forfeited land, as no agreement was ever signed between the Crown and the Squamish during colonization of the Lower Mainland. The Nation has been criticized as doing little for its people despite its economic growth. The Squamish Nation has close ties with the Burrard Band or Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, who reside further east on Burrard Inlet. They have family connections to the Musqueam who reside on the southern edge of the city of Vancouver. Squamish communities were seriously affected by the 2005 CN Rail Cheakamus River derailment. About 40,000 litres of caustic soda were accidentally released into the Cheakamus, killing 500,000 fish. Squamish communities around the river were advised by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority not to consume water from local wells, or local wildlife who use the river. The Squamish Nation Band Council is now taking legal action against CN Rail. Elected councilors The elected councilors make up the executive political body of this government. They operate on a four-year term with elections occurring around in December. They also elect a band manager. The most recent Council was elected December 7, 2017. Orene Askew Alroy Baker Deborah Baker (Co-chair) Richard E Baker Chief Ian Campbell Brandon Darbyshire-Joseph Carla George Joshua Joseph (Co-chair) Christopher Lewis Deanna Lewis Jacob Lewis III Dustin Rivers Kristen Rivers Joyce Williams Wilson Williams Marcus Wooden and the elected Band Manager Jennifer Campo Reserves Indian Reserves under the administration of the Squamish Nation are: Kitsilano Indian Reserve No. 6 (), located in the City of Vancouver, near English Bay, on the south side of the mouth of False Creek, 4.4 ha. Mission Indian Reserve No. 1 (), on the north shore of Burrard Inlet on Wagg and Mosquito Creeks, bounded on the north and east by the City of North Vancouver, 59.6 ha. Seymour Creek Indian Reserve No. 2 (), on north shore of Burrard Inlet, on right bank of Seymour Creek, near the mouth of Second Narrows, 45.5 ha. Capilano Indian Reserve No. 5 (), on north shore of Burrard Inlet at First Narrows, north end of Lions Gate Bridge, 155.6ha Skowishin Indian Reserve No.7 (), on left bank of the Squamish River, 29.6 ha. Skowishin Graveyard Indian Reserve No. 10, on the left bank of the Squamish River near the mouth of Ashlu Creek, 0.40 ha. Chukchuk Indian Reserve No. 8 (), on left bank of the Squamish River. 0.1 ha. Poyam Indian Reserve No. 9, on left bank of the Squamish River, 0.3 ha. Cheakamus Indian Reserve No. 11 (), at and to the north of the junction of the Squamish and Cheakamus Rivers., 1639.4 ha. Yookwitz Indian Reserve No. 12 (), right bank of the Squamish River, opposite mouth of the Cheakamus River, 9.3 ha. Poquiosin & Skamain Indian Reserve No. 13 (), left bank of the Squamish River at the mouth of the Cheakamus River, 45.2 ha Waiwakum Indian Reserve No. 14 (), left bank of the Squamish River 2 miles below the mouth of the Cheakamus River 15.0 ha. Aikwucks Indian Reserve No. 15, left bank of the Squamish River, 11.1 ha Seaichem Indian Reserve No. 16 (), on the east bank of Kowtain Slough of the Squamish River, 3 miles below the mouth of the Cheakamus River, 27.5 ha. Kowtain Indian Reserve No. 17 (), on the left bank of Kowtain Slough of the Squamish River, 4 miles from that river's mouth on Howe Sound, 20.8 ha. Yekwaupsum Indian Reserve No. 18 (), near left bank of the Squamish River, 3 miles from its mouth on Howe Sound, 2 ha. Yekwaupsum Indian Reserve No. 19 (), on right bank of the Squamish River, 3 miles north of its mouth on Howe Sound, 1 ha. Stawamus Indian Reserve No. 24 (), at the mouth of the Stawamus River at the head of Howe Sound, 1 mile southeast of downtown Squamish, 22.1 ha. Kaikalahun Indian Reserve No. 25 (), on west shore of Howe Sound south of Port Mellon, 11.5 ha. Chekwelp Indian Reserve No. 26 (), on the west shore of Howe Sound, to the west of Keats Island, 11.3 ha. Chekwelp Indian Reserve No. 26A, on the west shore of Howe Sound northwest of Keats Island, 0.2 ha. Schaltuuch Indian Reserve No. 27 (), on a small island north of Shelter Island in Shoal Channel of Howe Sound, west of Keats Island, 5 ha. Defence Island Indian Reserve No. 28 (), in Howe Sound, northeast from Anvil Island (Hat Island), the easterly of two islands called Defence Islands, 1.7 ha. Kwum Kwum Indian Reserve (), the westerly of the two Defence Islands northeast of Anvil Island, 6.20 ha. Treaty claims The Squamish Nation is currently in stage 3 of the BC Treaty Process but negotiations have not proceeded further in recent years. Social, Educational and Cultural Programs and Facilities In July 2008, the Squamish Nation partnered with their neighbours the Lil'wat First Nation to open the multimillion-dollar Squamish Lilwat Cultural Centre in Whistler. The two nations, whose territories traditionally overlapped around the Whistler area, had signed a Protocol Agreement in 2001 to work together on such opportunities. The centre features traditional art, cultural and historical displays, wood carvings, an 80-seat theatre, longhouse, pithouse, outdoor forest walk, cafe and gift shop. Economic and resource development The Squamish Nation owns land in the Lower Mainland in areas that have some of the highest real estate values in the province. Some of these lands and properties are leased out with rents returning to the Squamish Nation. Additional revenues are earned through businesses owned by the Squamish Nation, such as marinas, a driving range and a gas bar. In a recently concluded business arrangement, digital billboards were erected on Squamish Nation lands in North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Vancouver and Squamish, including at the approaches to Vancouver's Burrard Street Bridge, Lions' Gate Bridge and Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing. That contract has been projected to bring approximately $60 million in revenue to the Squamish Nation over three decades. The Squamish Nation also recently completed an agreement that will see a large gaming facility built on the highway leading into Squamish. The Squamish Nation, the Lil’wat Nation, Bell Canada and the Province of BC joined in the development of the Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Museum in Whistler BC. The purchase of a Tree Farm Licence by the Nation generated public protest. In recent years the Squamish Nation has been involved in energy development, including the development of private hydro power projects on public rivers, including the Furry Creek and Ashlu hydro projects. It takes a share of the private revenue scheme developed by the BC Liberal Government under Gordon Campbell in a closed-door policy called the BC Energy Plan. 2010 Olympic Games The Squamish Nation joined with the Musqueam, Tsleil-waututh, and Lil'wat through the Four Host First Nations Society to coordinate with the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC), representing their interests in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics. These 'Four Host First Nations' shared in hosting the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Fourteen of the 20 Olympic and Paralympic events took place in the Nation’s shared territories, primarily in and around Whistler, BC. See also Squamish people Joe Capilano Squamish language Tsleil-Waututh First Nation History of Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh longshoremen, 1863-1963 References External links Squamish Nation Squamish Lilwat Cultural Centre Nation Coast Salish governments

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastiano%20Lo%20Monaco%20%28painter%29

Sebastiano Lo Monaco (painter)

Sebastiano Lo Monaco (1750 – 1800) was an Italian painter, active in Sicily during the Rococo period. Biography He trained under Olivio Sozzi. Lo Monaco frescoed extensively with Matteo Desiderato in the Palazzo Biscari of Catania, including the cupola in the Loggia dei Musici, painted with a Triumph of the Biscari Family. He also frescoed in the Palazzo Reburdone in Catania. He later moved to live in Sortino, where he frescoed the church of the Natività di Maria. Other works of Lo Monaco are found in Lentini, Ragusa, Mineo, Militello in Val di Catania, Siracusa, and Biancavilla. References 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters 1750 births 1800 deaths Painters from Sicily

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%BD%20Rudolec

Český Rudolec

Český Rudolec () is a municipality and village in Jindřichův Hradec District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Český Rudolec lies approximately east of Jindřichův Hradec, east of České Budějovice, and south-east of Prague. Administrative parts Villages of Horní Radíkov, Lipnice, Markvarec, Matějovec, Nová Ves, Nový Svět, Radíkov, Rožnov and Stoječín are administrative parts of Český Rudolec. References Villages in Jindřichův Hradec District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20J.%20Zolfo

Victor J. Zolfo

Victor J. Zolfo is a set decorator who has worked in the film industry since the late 1980s. Zolfo won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, sharing the awards for the film with art director and production designer Donald Graham Burt. He was also part of the 20-person team who won the Art Directors Guild's Excellence in Production Design Award for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Zolfo is the son of an art director who worked at a publishing house in New York City. After Zolfo went to college, he worked as a set dresser in theater. He assisted set decorators in several films before entering the mainstream as a set decorator for Godzilla. Filmography Forever, Lulu (1987) Godzilla (1998) The Thirteenth Floor (1999) Mystery Men (1999) The Patriot (2000) The Time Machine (2002) Daredevil (2003) The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) Zodiac (2007) Yes Man (2008) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Terminator Salvation (2009) The Social Network (2010) Real Steel (2011) The Avengers (2012) Blackhat (2015) The Fantastic Four (2015) Deepwater Horizon (2016) Alien: Covenant (2017) Gemini Man (2019) References External links Living people Best Art Direction Academy Award winners Best Production Design BAFTA Award winners Set decorators Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20World%20Indoor%20Bowls%20Championship

2018 World Indoor Bowls Championship

The 2018 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, on 12–28 January 2018. Mark Dawes and Robert Paxton reached the Open singles final with Dawes taking the title on a tie break. Dawes had been the player of the tournament. Katherine Rednall won her third singles title defeating Rebecca Field in the final. The seventh seeds Mark Dawes and Jamie Chestney won the Open pairs final beating Nick Brett and Greg Harlow. Chestney missed the opportunity to win the first set with his last bowl but gained a three count to draw the set 6–6; the second set was won 9–5, helped by a decisive 5–0 count on end five. Chestney also won the Mixed Pairs title with Lesley Doig. Winners Draw and results Open singles Women's singles Open pairs + Furman replaced Paul Foster who withdrew following a family bereavement Mixed pairs + Burnett replaced Paul Foster who withdrew following a family bereavement References World Indoor Bowls Championship 2018 in bowls World Indoor Bowls Championship International sports competitions hosted by England World Indoor Bowls Championship Sport in Great Yarmouth World Indoor Bowls

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Fed%20Cup%20Asia/Oceania%20Zone

2002 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2002 Fed Cup. Group I Venue: Guangzhou, China (outdoor hard) Date: 4–9 March The eleven teams were divided into two pools of five and six teams. The teams that finished first and second in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group Play-offs. The two nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2002. Pools Play-offs and advanced to 2002 World Group Play-offs. and relegated to Group II in 2003. Group II Venue: Guangzhou, China (outdoor hard) Date: 4–8 March The five teams played in one pool of five, with the two teams placing first and second in the pool advancing to Group I for 2003. Pool and advanced to Group I for 2003. See also Fed Cup structure References Fed Cup Profile, Indonesia Fed Cup Profile, South Korea Fed Cup Profile, Chinese Taipei Fed Cup Profile, New Zealand Fed Cup Profile, China Fed Cup Profile, Japan Fed Cup Profile, Thailand Fed Cup Profile, Hong Kong Fed Cup Profile, Uzbekistan Fed Cup Profile, Malaysia Fed Cup Profile, Kazakhstan Fed Cup Profile, Pacific Oceania Fed Cup Profile, Singapore External links Fed Cup website Asia Oceania Sports competitions in Guangzhou Tennis tournaments in China

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane%20Graveline

Duane Graveline

Duane Edgar "Doc" Graveline (March 2, 1931 – September 5, 2016) was an American physician and NASA astronaut. He was one of the six scientists selected in 1965, in NASA's fourth group of astronauts, for the Apollo program. He was best known for being immersed in water for seven days as part of his zero gravity deconditioning research while working as a United States Air Force (USAF) research scientist. Personal Graveline was born on March 2, 1931, in Newport, Vermont. His hobbies included medical consulting in microgravity deconditioning and galactic cosmic radiation and personal health maintenance. Graveline died at the age of 85 on September 5, 2016. Graveline's ashes were interred at Arlington National Cemetery on May 3, 2017, with full military honors. Education Graveline graduated from Newport High School in 1948. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Vermont in 1951 and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1955. Following his internship at Walter Reed, he specialized in aerospace medicine, receiving his Masters in Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1958. Career Graveline entered the United States Air Force Medical Service after graduation from medical college. Following internship he attended the primary course in Aviation Medicine, Class 56C, at Randolph Air Force Base and was assigned to Kelly Air Force Base as Chief of the Aviation Medicine Service. Graveline was granted the aeronautical rating of flight surgeon in February 1957. From September 1957 to June 1958, he attended Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, where he received his master's degree in Public Health. He then attended the Aerospace Medical residency at the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, completing his residency training in July 1960 at Brooks Air Force Base and receiving his specialty certification by the American Board in Preventative Medicine. At that time he was assigned to the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory as research scientist with special interest in prolonged weightlessness deconditioning and countermeasures. In July 1962, he returned to Brooks Air Force Base where he continued his research, served as intelligence analyst for Soviet bioastronautics and was active as a NASA flight controller for the Mercury and Gemini missions. Graveline authored ten professional publications and reports on biological deconditioning and weightlessness countermeasures. His research involved bed rest and water immersion to study deconditioning. While in the USAF he did the original research on both the extremity tourniquet and the prototype lower body negative pressure device for use in prolonged zero gravity missions. NASA's operational lower body negative pressure device has seen use in the Soviet MIR, as well as on the shuttle and station research. His 2004 research on space medicine was studying the effect of galactic "heavies" in the brains of mice, using iron ions and NASA's linear accelerator at Brookhaven, NY. In June 1965, Graveline was selected with NASA's first group of scientist astronauts and assigned to Williams Air Force Base for jet pilot training. He resigned on August 18, 1965, prior to flying in space. He was the first astronaut to resign prior to being assigned a mission. Although this was ascribed to "personal reasons," it was later disclosed in Deke Slayton's memoir that Graveline resigned due to his impending divorce. According to Slayton, "The program didn't need a scandal. A messy divorce meant a quick ticket back to wherever you came from." His wife Carol had stated in the court papers that her husband had "violent and ungovernable outbursts of temper." Upon his resignation, Graveline stayed with NASA for three months as a doctor in Houston before returning to civilian life. Graveline practiced medicine as a family doctor in Burlington, Vermont, during which time he also served as a flight surgeon for the Vermont Army National Guard. Upon his retirement at age sixty, Graveline became a writer of medical and science fiction thrillers with 15 novels to his credit. Graveline married a total of six times. Following his experience with cholesterol drug side effects, Graveline became a critic of the use of statins to treat high cholesterol levels. While on Lipitor, Graveline developed transient global amnesia and could not recognize his family. He slowly recovered after stopping this medication. NASA physicians then prescribed half the dose, but the amnesia returned. Graveline was a contributor to the book NASA's Scientist-Astronauts by David Shayler and Colin Burgess. Notes External links Duane Graveline's web site This article incorporates text from http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/graveline-de.html, which is a webpage by NASA. NASA policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted." 1931 births 2016 deaths People from Newport (city), Vermont American astronauts Physician astronauts United States Air Force officers People from Orleans County, Vermont Johns Hopkins University alumni University of Vermont alumni Physicians from Vermont Writers from Vermont NASA people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%B1z%C4%B1lg%C3%BCney%2C%20%C3%87ine

Kızılgüney, Çine

Kızılgüney is a village in the District of Çine, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 73 people. References Villages in Çine District

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

Vouharte

Vouharte is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also Communes of the Charente department References Communes of Charente

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Open%20Data%20Day

International Open Data Day

International Open Data Day is an annual event that promotes awareness and use of open data. The event takes place globally, usually in February or March. Typical activities include talks, seminars, demonstrations, hackathons, training or the announcement of open data releases or other milestones in open data. In some countries it occurs along with Code Across coding events. History International Open Data Day was first proposed by David Eaves in 2010. The idea followed discussions with Edward Ocampo-Gooding, Mary Beth Baker, Daniel Beauchamp, Pedro Markun, and Daniela Silva. Today, the event coordination is done through its google mailing list. The date for the event is chosen by the group members taking into consideration different cultural events. From 2015, Open Knowledge Foundation - in cooperation with other NGOs from the open data world - has offered mini-grants to support the facilitation of events around the globe. Dates December 4, 2010 December 3, 2011 February 23, 2013 February 22, 2014 February 21, 2015 March 5, 2016 March 4, 2017 March 3, 2018 March 2, 2019 March 7, 2020 March 6, 2021 March 5, 2022 Notable Announcements In 2016, Megan Smith, United States CTO, endorsed Open Data Day with a special video. “ We need you the most. If it weren’t for you, this whole thing wouldn’t be happening. We need ideas, cheerleaders, and friends to spread the word.” “This day is a chance for people around the world to support and encourage the adoption of open data policies by local, regional and central governments,” said New Zealand Land Information Minister Louise Upston in 2016. See also Open Access Week References External links https://opendataday.org/ - a dedicated site for Open Data Day, supported by Open Knowledge Foundation Twitter hashtag #opendataday Open data Recurring events established in 2010

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%204027

NGC 4027

NGC 4027 (also known as Arp 22) is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 83 million light-years away in the constellation Corvus. It is also a peculiar galaxy because one of its spiral arms goes out more than the other. This is probably due to a galactic collision in NGC 4027's past. Galaxy group information NGC 4027 is part of the NGC 4038 Group, a group of galaxies that also contains the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039). See also NGC 4618 - a similar one-armed spiral galaxy NGC 4625 - a similar one-armed spiral galaxy NGC 5713 - a similar one-armed spiral galaxy References External links NGC 4027 The spiral galaxy NGC 4027 Barred spiral galaxies Peculiar galaxies NGC 4027 Corvus (constellation) 4027 37773 022 UGCA objects

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton-Agua%20Dulce%20Unified%20School%20District

Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District

Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District is a school district serving the rural unincorporated communities of Acton and Agua Dulce in northern Los Angeles County, California. The district includes three schools, all in Acton: Vasquez High School, High Desert Middle School, and Meadowlark Elementary School. References School districts in Los Angeles County, California

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen%20Hayley

Karen Hayley

Karen Hayley is a British actress and writer. She has performed with the writers John Cooper Clarke and Suede vocalist Brett Anderson. As a writer, her work has been showcased at The Rotterdam International Poetry Festival (representing Great Britain), and The Netherlands Film Festival, 2004. As an actress, she has been a member of the BBC Radio Rep Company, appeared in the film An Ideal Husband. She also narrated the programme Sea Monsters. Other television appearances include Bo' Selecta!, A Bear's Tail, The Armstrong and Miller Show, and regular late night appearances and sketches as a presenter for MTV. She has worked on a podcast with John Oliver (comedian), and Andy Zaltzman for The Sunday Times. In 2011, Hayley co-starred alongside Youtuber and actorStuart Ashen in the BBC Online Comedy series Back Space. She shared a flat with Martin Freeman whilst studying at The Central School of Speech and Drama, and later appeared with him in the short film Hood Felt Hate. She appeared in the Supergrass video for Mary (Supergrass song), directed by Sophie Muller. References External links Karen Hayley's official page Supergrass Mary video Karen Hayley's agent Karen Hayley's agent Karen Hayley Easter Party Sketch Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British actresses Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama British writers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Displacement%20and%20Refugee%20Agency

National Displacement and Refugee Agency

The National Displacement and Refugee Agency (NDRA) () is a Somaliland government agency established in 2017 by President Muse Bihi Abdi, it is responsible to protect and assist refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and as well as returnees from abroad. The Manager who serves as the head of the NDRA, is appointed by the President. The current Manager is Abdikarim Ahmed Mohamed. See also Somaliland Quality Control Commission Politics of Somaliland State Printing Agency References Government agencies of Somaliland Government agencies established in 2017 2017 establishments in Somaliland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norte%20Litoral%20TV

Norte Litoral TV

Norte Litoral TV (NL TV) is a television station for the conurbation of Póvoa de Varzim and Vila do Conde to be launched June 14, 2008. NL TV aims to be a primary local news source in the conurbation, but also aims to reach regional audiences in the neighboring cities of Esposende, Barcelos and Vila Nova de Famalicão. Programs Jornal Litoral — daily news Jornal Litoral Extra — news flash Estádio Litoral — sports Reportagem — reports Página de Polícia — crime Gente de Quem se Fala — style Roteiro Cultural — arts Gente do Amanhã — children Magazine Vila do Conde — varieties Barcelos Aqui! — weekly Esposende Aqui — weekly Famalicão Aqui — weekly References Mass media in Póvoa de Varzim Vila do Conde Portuguese-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2008 2008 establishments in Portugal

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Razhniv

Razhniv () is a village (selo) in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. It belongs to Zabolottsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Tarnopol Voivodeship in Poland. Until 18 July 2020, Razhniv belonged to Brody Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Brody Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion. References Villages in Lviv Oblast

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20River%20Parkway

New River Parkway

The New River Parkway, planned to be West Virginia Route 125, is a proposed road that will run alongside the New River in Summers and Raleigh Counties in southern West Virginia. The parkway's planned route will run from West Virginia Route 20 near Hinton to Interstate 64 at Sandstone; an extension from Hinton to Princeton has also been proposed. As of 2018, construction has only been completed on a segment of the route north of Hinton. The West Virginia Legislature approved the parkway in 1985, and plans for its route were proposed in 1991. The route between Hinton and Sandstone was finalized in 1998, but a controversy of the buying of land for the highway stalled its construction. In 2011, construction began on the first piece of the route, a segment north of Hinton; another segment to the north of the first is under construction . Route description Three segments of the route have been planned, running for a combined along the New River in Summers and Raleigh Counties. The first section, which has been built, spans from West Virginia Route 20 near Hinton north along River Road; the second and third sections continue along the New River into Raleigh County before crossing the river into Summers County at Sandstone, terminating at Interstate 64. According to the New River Turnpike Authority's long-term plans for the highway, it will ultimately reach south from Hinton to the West Virginia Turnpike in Princeton, though a route south of Hinton has not yet been developed. History The Hinton Chamber of Commerce and Jim Carrico, then superintendent of the New River Gorge National River, initially proposed the parkway in the early 1980s to establish a scenic highway along the New River to Sandstone Falls. Planning for the highway begin in 1985 when the West Virginia Legislature authorized the road and established the New River Parkway Authority. The highway was funded in 1987, and the West Virginia Division of Highways released the first plans for the route in 1991. Environmental concerns stalled the project through the 1990s, but in 1998 the Parkway Authority finalized a route along County Route 26. The plans became contentious, however, when local residents learned that all private property between the route and the river would be claimed for the parkway by eminent domain. After a 1999 public hearing, the Division of Highways opted to change the buyout plan in the face of public opposition. On August 10, 2011, the Division of Highways broke ground on construction of the first segment of the highway north of Hinton. The initial section is being built by Triton Construction of Nitro and is expected to cost $11.32 million. A second section north of the first is being designed and is expected to cost $22 million; the third portion of the parkway, which would complete the route to Sandstone, has not been designed. The Parkway Authority plans to build another part of the route between Hinton and Princeton, though the route of this section has not been planned. References Proposed state highways in the United States State highways in West Virginia Transportation in Raleigh County, West Virginia Transportation in Summers County, West Virginia

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

Entomophthoramycosis

Entomophthoramycosis (or Entomophthoromycosis) is a mycosis caused by Entomophthorales. Examples include basidiobolomycosis and conidiobolomycosis. Diagnosis A culture of the infected tissue of the individual suspected of having Entomophthoramycosis Treatment Treatment for phycomycosis is very difficult and includes surgery when possible. Postoperative recurrence is common. Antifungal drugs show only limited effect on the disease, but itraconazole and terbinafine hydrochloride are often used for two to three months following surgery. Humans with Basidiobolus infections have been treated with amphotericin B and potassium iodide. For pythiosis and lagenidiosis, a new drug targeting water moulds called caspofungin is available, but it is very expensive. Immunotherapy has been used successfully in humans and horses with pythiosis. Treatment for skin lesions is traditionally with potassium iodide, but itraconazole has also been used successfully. References External links Mycosis-related cutaneous conditions

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

Nolo

Nolo may refer to: Nolo contendere, a plea that can be entered in some courts Nolo (publisher), formerly known as Nolo Press, a publisher of legal self-help material Nolo, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Indiana County, in Pennsylvania, USA a no alcohol and low alcohol pub, see Pub#nolo

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20years%20in%20Norwegian%20music

List of years in Norwegian music

This page indexes the individual year in Norwegian music pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. 2010s - 2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s - 1930s - 1920s - 1910s - 1900s - 1890s - 1880s - Pre-1880s 2010s 2019 in Norwegian music 2018 in Norwegian music, deaths of Asmund Bjørken, Bjørn Boysen, Bjørn Lie-Hansen, Leif Rygg, Mikhail Alperin, Ove Stokstad, and Tor Brevik. 2017 in Norwegian music, deaths of Arild Engh, Atle Hammer, Dag Østerberg, Egil Kapstad, Egil Monn-Iversen, Jan Høiland, Jan Arvid Johansen, Knut Borge, Øyvind Klingberg, and Ståle Wikshåland. 2016 in Norwegian music, deaths of Andris Snortheim, Fred Nøddelund, Harald Devold, Hanna-Marie Weydahl, Ivar Thomassen, Jan Henrik Kayser, Jon Klette, Kari Diesen Jr., Knut Wiggen, Leif Solberg, Lilleba Lund Kvandal, Per Øien, Rolf Andersen, Sverre Kjelsberg, Terje Fjærn, and Willy Andresen. 2015 in Norwegian music, Eirik Hegdal awarded Jazz Spellemannprisen; deaths of Erik Amundsen, Gerd Gudding, Ketil Vea, Natalia Strelchenko, Nora Brockstedt, Per Hjort Albertsen, Simon Flem Devold, and Svein Christiansen. 2014 in Norwegian music, Marius Neset and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra awarded Jazz Spellemannprisen; Sigbjørn Apeland awarded Vossajazzprisen; deaths of Almar Heggen, Inga Juuso, Jan Groth, John Persen, Kåre Kolberg, Knut Nystedt, Olav Dale, and Svein Nymo. 2013 in Norwegian music, Karin Krog and John Surman awarded Jazz Spellemannprisen; Tore Brunborg awarded Vossajazzprisen; deaths of Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Alex Naumik, Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, Egil Hovland, Eivind Rølles, Kaare Ørnung, Kjell Lund, Knut Nesbø, Lage Fosheim, Ole Henrik Moe, Rolf Graf, Rolv Wesenlund, Sverre Bruland, and Yngve Moe. 2012 in Norwegian music, Sidsel Endresen and Stian Westerhus awarded Jazz Spellemannprisen; Tore Brunborg awarded Buddyprisen; deaths of Anne-Lise Berntsen, Edvard Hagerup Bull, Eivin One Pedersen, Frode Thingnæs, Harry W. Kvebæk, Odd Børretzen, Totti Bergh, and Trond Bråthen. 2011 in Norwegian music, Ola Kvernberg awarded Jazz Spellemannprisen; Mari Kvien Brunvoll awarded Vossajazzprisen; deaths of Børt-Erik Thoresen, Dag Stokke, Eyvind Solås, Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Harald Johnsen, Hilde Heltberg, Paul Weeden, and Sølvi Wang. 2010 in Norwegian music, Elephant9 awarded Jazz Spellemannprisen; deaths of Amalie Christie, Arne Nordheim, Dag Frøland, Gustav Lorentzen, Jack Berntsen, Knut Stensholm, Kristian Bergheim, and Willy Bakken. 2000s 2009 in Norwegian music, deaths of Arne Bendiksen, Bjørg Lødøen, Björn Haugan, Eva Gustavson, Gerhard Aspheim, Kjell Bartholdsen, and Torstein Grythe. 2008 in Norwegian music, deaths of Antonio Bibalo, Eivind Solberg, Fredrik Friis, Harald Heide-Steen Jr., and Henki Kolstad. 2007 in Norwegian music, deaths of Grethe Kausland, Robert Burås, and Thomas Hansen. 2006 in Norwegian music, birth of Angelina Jordan; deaths of Arne Dørumsgaard, Eva Knardahl, Ingrid Bjoner, Jan Werner Danielsen, Kenneth Sivertsen, and Lasse Myrvold. 2005 in Norwegian music, deaths of Ivar Medaas, Lars Kristian Brynildsen, Mikkel Flagstad, and Vidar Sandbeck. 2004 in Norwegian music, deaths of Arild Nyquist, Bjørnar Andresen, Carsten Klouman, Erik Bye, Jon Bratt Otnes, Kjell Bækkelund, Ørnulf Gulbransen, Sigurd Køhn, and Terje Bakken. 2003 in Norwegian music, birth of Aksel Rykkvin; deaths of Hallvard Johnsen, Knut Albrigt Andersen, and Ola Calmeyer. 2002 in Norwegian music, birth of Birgitta Elisa Oftestad; deaths of Bjørn Johansen, Egil Storbekken, Sigurd Berge, and Stein Ove Berg. 2001 in Norwegian music, deaths of Gro Anita Schønn and Ludvig Nielsen. 2000 in Norwegian music, deaths of Beate Asserson, Greta Gynt, Joachim «Jokke» Nielsen, Ole Jacob Hansen, Randi Hultin, and Svein Finnerud. 1990s 1999 in Norwegian music, deaths of Arne Sletsjøe, Jens Book Jenssen, Johan Kvandal, Gunnar Brunvoll, and Marius Müller. 1998 in Norwegian music, birth of Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen; deaths of Egil Johansen, Hans W. Brimi, and Robert Normann. 1997 in Norwegian music, birth of Alan Walker; deaths of Alfred Næss, Arnljot Kjeldaas, Karsten Andersen, and Søren Gangfløt. 1996 in Norwegian music, births of Adelén Rusillo Steen, Astrid Smeplass, and Aurora Aksnes; deaths of Anne-Marie Ørbeck, Arne Hendriksen, Maj Sønstevold, Per Asplin, and Robert Levin. 1995 in Norwegian music, birth of Malin Reitan 1994 in Norwegian music, births of Agnete Johnsen, Guro Kleven Hagen, Jo David Meyer Lysne, Julie Bergan, and Signe Førre; deaths of Finn Arnestad, Hans Stenseth, Rowland Greenberg, and Soffi Schønning. 1993 in Norwegian music, births of Chris Holsten, Debrah Scarlett, Eline Thorp, Fredrik Halland, and Rohey Taalah; deaths of Arvid Fladmoe, Cissi Cleve, and Øystein Aarseth. 1992 in Norwegian music, births of Elisabeth Lid Trøen, Ingrid Søfteland Neset, Krissy Matthews, Lukas Zabulionis, Mathias Stubø, and Siril Malmedal Hauge; deaths of Elisabeth Granneman, Finn Ludt, and Harald Sæverud. 1991 in Norwegian music, births of Andreas Skår Winther, Bendik Baksaas, Emil Solli-Tangen, Henrik Lødøen, Kjetil Mulelid, Kygo and Monica Heldal; deaths of Bjarne Nerem, Gunnar Sønstevold, Ingebrigt Davik, Jan Wølner, Kurt Foss, Magne Elvestrand, and Øistein Ringstad. 1990 in Norwegian music, births of Alexandra Joner, Bjørn Johan Muri, Charlotte Dos Santos, Dagny Norvoll Sandvik, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Hanne Leland, Ingebjørg Bratland, Iselin Solheim, Mette Henriette, Ole Mofjell, Patrik Svendsen, and Torgeir Standal; deaths of Per Bergersen, Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, and Thorbjørn Egner. 1980s 1989 in Norwegian music, births of Amina Sewali, Berit Hagen, Christian Skår Winther, Hans Hulbækmo, Ingrid Helene Håvik, Jakob Terjesønn Rypdal, Kristoffer Eikrem, Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard, Marius Njølstad, Matias Tellez, and Trond Bersu; deaths of Conrad Baden, and Fred Lange-Nielsen. 1988 in Norwegian music, births of Andreas Wildhagen, Chriss Rune Olsen Angvik, Christian Meaas Svendsen, David Aleksander Sjølie, Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson, Jan Martin Gismervik, Natalie Sandtorv, Ragnhild Hemsing, and Tone Damli Aaberge; deaths of Peter L. Rypdal and Robert Riefling. 1987 in Norwegian music, births of Aleksander Denstad With, Anja Lauvdal, Bendik Brænne, Bjørn Marius Hegge, Bjørnar Kaldefoss Tveite, Cashmere Cat, Didrik Solli-Tangen, Hanna Paulsberg, Hanne Kalleberg, Harald Lassen, Heida Mobeck, Ida Jenshus, Ingrid Helene Håvik, Kim-Erik Pedersen, Marte Eberson, Mikhael Paskalev, Moddi, Sandra Lyng, Thea Hjelmeland, Tine Thing Helseth, and Trygve Waldemar Fiske; deaths of Aage Samuelsen, Eva Prytz Øivind Bergh, Signe Amundsen, Torbjørn Knutsen, and Trygve Henrik Hoff. 1986 in Norwegian music, births of Ellen Andrea Wang, Emilie Stoesen Christensen, Espen Wensaas, Jakop Janssønn Hauan, Jon Audun Baar, Jonas Kilmork Vemøy, Lars Ove Fossheim, Maria Mena, Miss Tati, Philip Schjetlein, Stella Mwangi, Susanne Sundfør, Thomas Wærnes, Vilde Frang, and William Wiik Larsen; deaths of Bias Bernhoft, Eyvind Hesselberg, Hans-Jørgen Holman, Svein Øvergaard, and Thorgeir Stubø. 1985 in Norwegian music, births of Alexander Rybak, André Roligheten, Anine Stang, Carina Dahl, Catharina Chen, Caroline "Dina" Lillian Kongerud, Ellen Brekken, Eyolf Dale, Gabrielle Leithaug, Gunnhild Sundli, Ine Hoem, Jon Rune Strøm, Kim Johannesen, Kristoffer Lo, Linni Meister, Margaret Berger, Maria Arredondo, Marius Neset, Odd Steinar Albrigtsen, Øystein Skar, Per Arne Ferner, Siri Nilsen, Tore Sandbakken, Trygve Wiese, and Vivian Sørmeland; deaths of Christian Hartmann, Olav Kielland and Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due. 1984 in Norwegian music, births of Anders Brørby, Andrea Rydin Berge, Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Aylar Lie, Frida Ånnevik, Ida Maria, Ina Wroldsen, Jo Berger Myhre, Jo Skaansar, Jørgen Mathisen, Jorun Stiansen, Kristoffer Kompen, Lars Vaular, Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Marika Lejon, Marion Raven, Nathalie Nordnes, Steinar Aadnekvam, and Trond Bersu; deaths of Arild Sandvold Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, and Rolf Gammleng. 1983 in Norwegian music, births of Andreas Stensland Løwe, Andreas Ulvo, Benedicte Maurseth, Carmen Elise Espenæs, Eivind Lønning, Espen Berg, Gard Nilssen, Gaute Ormåsen, Guro Skumsnes Moe, Henrik Maarud, Marit Larsen, Myrna Braza, Rune Nergaard, Sigrun Tara Øverland, Svein Magnus Furu, and Tuva Syvertsen; deaths of Finn Mortensen and Øivin Fjeldstad. 1982 in Norwegian music, births of Admiral P, Anders Hana, Anders Jektvik, Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød, Daniel Herskedal, Even Helte Hermansen, Gunnar Greve, Håvard Lothe, Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen, Isak Strand, Kristin Minde, Maria Solheim, Marthe Valle, Ørjan Hartveit, Øyvind Hegg-Lunde, Øyvind Skarbø, Petter Vågan, Simen Aanerud, Sondre Lerche, Stephan Meidell, Therese Birkelund Ulvo, and Torbjørn Schei; deaths of Jonas Brunvoll, Jr. and Radka Toneff. 1981 in Norwegian music, births of Amund Maarud, Andreas Loven, Cato Sundberg, Erlend Slettevoll, Erlend Tvinnereim, Fredrik Mikkelsen, Gjermund Larsen, Hilde Marie Kjersem, Ingrid Olava Ivar Loe Bjørnstad, John Olav Nilsen, Julian Berntzen, Kim Myhr, Lars Fredrik Frøislie, Ola Kvernberg, Sigurd Hole, Solveig Heilo, and Todd Terje; deaths of Geirr Tveitt and Reimar Riefling. 1980 in Norwegian music, births of Andreas Amundsen, Christina Bjordal, Christoffer Andersen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Jenny Hval, Jørgen Munkeby, Kim André Arnesen, Kjetil Mørland, Lars Horntveth, Lena Nymark, Øystein Moen, Pål Hausken, Silje Nes, Siri Wålberg, Stian Omenås, and Thomas J. Bergersen; deaths of Bjørn Fongaard and Sverre Bergh. 1970s 1979 in Norwegian music, births of Alf Wilhelm Lundberg, Anders Danielsen Lie, Anita Auglend, Audun Ellingsen, Benedikte Shetelig Kruse, Bjørn Vidar Solli, Christer-André Cederberg, Espen Reinertsen, Eth Eonel, Einar Selvik, Hanne Sørvaag, Heidi Skjerve, Hermund Nygård, Ingunn Ringvold, Jan Erik Mikalsen, Jostein Hasselgård, Kenneth Kapstad, Magnus Loddgard, Marcus Paus, Maria Haukaas Mittet, Martin Sjølie, Mathias Eick, Noora Noor, Ole Morten Vågan, Ørjan Matre, Ove Alexander Billington, Peter Espevoll, Ragnhild Furebotten, Robert Post, Sampda Sharma, Stein Urheim, Stian Westerhus, Susanna Wallumrød, Thomas Dybdahl, and Tora Augestad; deaths of Elling Enger, Ernst Glaser, Klaus Egge and Trygve Lindeman. 1978 in Norwegian music, births of Amund Svensson, Ane Carmen Roggen, Børge-Are Halvorsen, Daniel Heløy Davidsen, Esben Selvig, Even Ormestad, Ida Roggen, Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, Jan Thore Grefstad, Joachim Kwetzinsky, Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, Julie Dahle Aagård, Karin Park, Kurt Nilsen, Lage Lund, Lorentz Aspen, Marita Røstad, Morten Qvenild, Nikolai Eilertsen, Ola Gjeilo, Silvia Moi, Steinar Nickelsen, Stian Hinderson, Sven Garas, Tarjei Strøm, Terje Bakken, Tore Bruvoll, Trond Frønes, Venke Knutson, and Vibeke Stene; death of Bjarne Brustad. 1977 in Norwegian music, births of Andre Lindal, Andreas Haddeland, Anine Kruse, Anne Nørdsti, Anne Lilia Berge Strand, Arve Isdal, Asbjørn Lerheim, Atle Nymo, Brynjar Rasmussen, Christer Espevoll, Christian Ingebrigtsen, Cornelius Jakhelln, David Wallumrød, Deeyah Khan, Emil Nikolaisen, Erik Faber, Even Granås, Even Kruse Skatrud, Frøy Aagre, Gunilla Süssmann, Håkon Kornstad, Håvard Stubø, Helena Iren Michaelsen, Ivar Bjørnson, Julius Lind, Kirsti Huke, Kjersti Horn, Mads Berven, Mads Hauge, Martin Horntveth, Morten Veland, Olav Iversen, Ole Jørn Myklebust, Pål Mathiesen, Per Zanussi, Ruben Sverre Gjertsen, Sven Atle Kopperud, Terje Winterstø Røthing, Tor Egil Kreken, Tor Magne Glidje, Tore Johansen, Torstein Lofthus, Torun Eriksen, and Trond Bråthen; deaths of Eivind Groven, Kristian Hauger, Sissel Vera Pettersen, and Trygve Torjussen. 1976 in Norwegian music, births of Andreas Mjøs, Ane Brun, Brynjard Tristan, Desirée Sparre-Enger, Erik Dæhlin, Erlend Jentoft, Freddy Wike, Håkon Thelin, Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen, Ian Kenneth Åkesson, Ivar Grydeland, Ivar "Ravi" Johansen, Jan Werner Danielsen, Jarle Bernhoft, Johannes Sæbøe, Jostein Gulbrandsen, Karl Strømme, Kjartan Salvesen, Kjell-Ole Haune, Kjetil Møster, Kjetil Steensnæs, Kristoffer Rygg, Lars Nedland, Liv Kristine Espenæs, Marianne Thorsen, Marita Solberg, Morten "Opaque" Aasdahl Eliassen, Nell Sigland, Olaf Olsen, Ole Børud, Øyvind Torvund, Roger Arntzen, Shaun Bartlett, Sivert Høyem, Stella Getz, Stian Shagrath Thoresen, and Thom Hell; deaths of Berit Brænne, Edvard Fliflet Bræin, Erling Kjellsby, Leif Rustad, and Ragnar Danielsen. 1975 in Norwegian music, births of Alexander Stenerud, Andy LaPlegua, Aslak Hartberg, Bertine Zetlitz, Bjarte Ludvigsen, Chrystalief, Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erik Johannessen, Erlend Øye, Ernst Simon Glaser, Espen Aalberg, Frode Haltli, Frode Nymo, Geir Zahl, Gisle Torvik, Håkon Mjåset Johansen, Håvard Jørgensen, Håvard Wiik, Helge Lien, Jannike Kruse, Janove Ottesen, John Erik Kaada, Kåre Opheim, Kate Havnevik, Kolbjørn Lyslo, Kristian Eivind "Gaahl" Espedal, Lars Andreas Haug, Lars K. Hustoft, Lars Petter Hagen, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mats Eilertsen, Morten Furuly, Ole Marius Sandberg, Øystein Brun, Øyvind Storesund, Robert Burås, Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Rune Eriksen, Sigurd Wongraven, Simen Eriksrud, Sondre Meisfjord, Steinar Raknes, Thomas "Pest" Kronenes, and Vegard Sverre Tveitan; deaths of Brita Bratland and Paul Okkenhaug. 1974 in Norwegian music, births of Anders Aarum, Anders Hunstad, Bård Guldvik Eithun, Beate S. Lech, Bernt Moen, Børre Dalhaug, Carl-Michael Eide, Chris Summers, Christian Blom, Daniel Salte, Erik Hedin, Frode Glesnes, Frode Jacobsen, Frode Kjekstad, Henning Solvang, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Jens Fredrik Ryland, Jørn H. Sværen, Kåre Nymark, Kenneth Ekornes, Knut Aalefjær, Knut Schreiner, Knut Magne Valle, Krister Dreyer, Lars Eikind, Lars Skoglund, Lasse Marhaug, Ole Moe, Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu, Øystein Greni, Paal Nilssen-Love, Sjur Miljeteig, Terje Vik Schei, Tom Cato Visnes, and Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen; deaths of David Monrad Johansen and Olav Gurvin. 1973 in Norwegian music, births of Ann-Mari Edvardsen, Asbjørn Blokkum Flø, Christian Jaksjø, Eirik Hegdal, Eivind Austad, Eivind Buene, Eivind Opsvik, Flint Juventino Beppe, Fredrik Wallumrød, Grutle Kjellson, Gunhild Seim, Hallgeir Pedersen, Henning Kraggerud, Jono El Grande, Jørgen Træen, Kari Rueslåtten, Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad, Lene Nystrøm, Magne Thormodsæter, Maja Ratkje, Marius Reksjø, Oddleif Stensland, Olve Eikemo, Pål Angelskår, Ronny Hovland, Silje Wergeland, Thomas T. Dahl, Thomas Tofthagen, Tor Ingar Jakobsen, Torbjørn Sletta Jacobsen, Varg Vikernes, and Wetle Holte; deaths of Odd Grüner-Hegge and Ola Isene. 1972 in Norwegian music, births of Annar Follesø, Arve Moen Bergset, Christer Fredriksen, Ketil Gutvik, Odd Nordstoga, Øyvind Nypan, Roger Johansen, Roger "Infernus" Tiegs, Siri Gjære, Ted Arvid Skjellum and Thomas Strønen; deaths of Alf Hurum, Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser, and Sverre Jordan. 1971 in Norwegian music, births of Christian Wallumrød, Erland Dahlen, Frode Berg, Gylve Fenris Nagell, Håvard Fossum, Helén Eriksen, Helge "Deathprod" Sten, Ingar Zach, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Isak Rypdal, Jacob Holm-Lupo, Kim Ljung, Kristin Asbjørnsen, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Rita Engedalen, Solveig Slettahjell, Stian Carstensen, Tommy Tee, Trygve Seim, and Unni Wilhelmsen. 1970 in Norwegian music, births of Anja Garbarek, Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred, Eldbjørg Raknes, Eskil Brøndbo, Even "Magnet" Johansen, Harald Johnsen, Harald Nævdal, Håvard Lund, Heine Totland, Jacob Young, Jørn Skogheim, Karoline Krüger, Kjersti Stubø, Leif Ove Andsnes, Live Maria Roggen, Maria Kannegaard, Øyvor Volle, Simone Eriksrud, Tone Lise Moberg, Tord Gustavsen, and Vidar Busk; death of Karl Andersen. 1960s 1969 in Norwegian music, births of Anneli Drecker, Arvid Solvang, Aslag Guttormsgaard, Bent Sæther, Berit Cardas, Bjørg Lewis, Erlend Skomsvoll, Gulleiv Wee, Håkon Gebhardt, Hans Magnus Ryan, Jan Axel Blomberg, Kim Ofstad, Lars Håvard Haugen, Lene Grenager, Mathilde Grooss Viddal, Olga Konkova, Øyvind Brække, Per Mathisen, Ståle Storløkken, Susanne Lundeng, Svein Olav Herstad, Sven Erik Kristiansen, Thomas Winther Andersen, Trude Eick, and Øyonn Groven Myhren; deaths of Jens Gunderssen, Ludvig Irgens-Jensen, Mary Barratt Due, Paal Flaata, Pauline Hall, and Reidar Bøe. 1968 in Norwegian music, births of Arve Henriksen, Bettina Smith, Charlotte Thiis-Evensen, Bjørn Berge, David Gald, Finn Guttormsen, Frank Kvinge, Frode Barth, Geir Luedy Andersen, Jan Bang, Jon Øivind Ness, Jørn Øien, Øystein Aarseth, Paal Flaata, Per Oddvar Johansen, Rune Brøndbo, Sigurd Slåttebrekk, and Stein Torleif Bjella; deaths of Bjarne Amdahl, Inger Bang Lund, Jolly Kramer-Johansen, and Marius Ulfrstad. 1967 in Norwegian music, births of Audun Erlien, Audun Skorgen, Børge Petersen-Øverleir, Frode Unneland, Gisle Kverndokk, Håkon Storm-Mathisen, Hans Mathisen, Ivar Kolve, John Hegre, Magnus Grønneberg, Margit Bakken, Petter Wettre, Siri Broch Johansen, Stein Inge Brækhus, and Svein Folkvord; death of Johannes Hanssen. 1966 in Norwegian music, births of Erik Honoré, Håvard Gimse, Hildegunn Øiseth, Jarle Vespestad, Kristin Sevaldsen, Kristin von der Goltz, Mai Britt Normann, Nils-Olav Johansen, Øystein Baadsvik, Øystein B. Blix, Ruth Olina Lødemel, Silje Nergaard, Sébastien Dubé, Siri Gellein, Sverre Gjørvad, and Torstein Ellingsen; death of Henrik Adam Due. 1965 in Norwegian music, births of Geir Lysne, Helge Andreas Norbakken, Helge Sunde, Kristin Mellem, Liv Stoveland, Malika Makouf Rasmussen, Njål Ølnes, Odd André Elveland, Ole Mathisen, Roger Ludvigsen, and Tone Åse; deaths of Arne Bjørndal and Helge Klæstad. 1964 in Norwegian music, births of Arve Furset, Aslak Dørum, Bjarne Brøndbo, Bugge Wesseltoft, Carl Petter Opsahl, Dagfinn Koch, Harald Devold, Helge Lilletvedt, Joachim «Jokke» Nielsen, Johannes Eick, Kåre Kolve, Gottfried von der Goltz, Reidar Skår, Roar Engelberg, Roger Arve Vigulf, Roy Lønhøiden, Terje Isungset, Torbjørn Økland, and Trond Sverre Hansen; deaths of Egil Rasmussen and Sigurd Islandsmoen. 1963 in Norwegian music, births of Baard Slagsvold, Benedicte Adrian, Doddo Andersen, Einar Røttingen, Geir Rognø, Henrik Hellstenius, Ingrid Bjørnov, Johan Sara, Kjartan Kristiansen, Ole Amund Gjersvik, Øystein Fevang, Per Arne Glorvigen, Ronni Le Tekrø, Solveig Kringlebotn, Sverre Indris Joner, Tine Asmundsen, and Vigleik Storaas; deaths of Arvid Gram Paulsen and Gunnar Kjeldaas. 1962 in Norwegian music, births of Bendik Hofseth, Jon Klette, Kjetil Saunes, Mads Eriksen, Magne Furuholmen, Nils Einar Vinjor, Olaf Kamfjord, Ole Evenrud, Snorre Bjerck, Tor Haugerud, and Torgeir Vassvik; deaths of Alf Andersen, Johan Evje, and Kirsten Flagstad. 1961 in Norwegian music, births of Asbjørn Schaathun, Audun Kleive, Eivind Aarset, Glenn Erik Haugland, Harald Dahlstrøm, Karl Seglem, Kenneth Sivertsen, Knut Reiersrud, Knut Vaage, Nils Økland, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Paul Wagnberg, Per Øystein Sørensen, Rolf Lislevand, Sinikka Langeland, and Truls Mørk; deaths of Carsten Carlsen and Einar Fagstad. 1960 in Norwegian music, births of Arne Berggren, Atle Bakken, Frank Hovland, Ingor Ánte Áilo Gaup, Martin Hagfors, Nils Henrik Asheim, Nils Petter Molvær, Ole Jacob Hystad, Per Bergersen, Rolf Graf, Stig Hvalryg, Terje Gewelt, Tore Brunborg, and Wolfgang Plagge. 1950s 1959 in Norwegian music, births of Bjørn Jenssen, Bjørn Ole Rasch, Diesel Dahl, Eivind Rølles, Elin Rosseland, Frode Alnæs, Frode Fjellheim, Gaute Storaas, Geir Botnen, Hilde Heltberg, Jon Larsen, Jørn Christensen, Kåre Thomsen, Lars Anders Tomter, Mattis Hætta, Morten Harket, Nils Jansen, Nils Mathisen, Odd Magne Gridseth, Ole Hamre, Per Hillestad, Robert Rønnes, and Sigurd Køhn; deaths of Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl and Ole Windingstad. 1958 in Norwegian music, births of Ánde Somby, Anne-Marie Giørtz, Bjarte Engeset, Bjørn Klakegg, Gabriel Fliflet, Henning Kvitnes, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Lage Fosheim, Lakki Patey, Lynni Treekrem, Marius Müller, Øivind Elgenes, Olav Dale, Ragnar Bjerkreim, and Tellef Øgrim; deaths of Arne Svendsen, Johan Backer Lunde, Maja Flagstad, and Ragnar Steen. 1957 in Norwegian music, births of Anne Grete Preus, Christian Eggen, Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Fredrik Carl Størmer, Hege Schøyen, Inger Marie Gundersen, Jørn Hoel, Morten Halle, Njål Vindenes, Oddmund Finnseth, Øystein Sevåg, Rolf Wallin, Runar Tafjord, Terje Mikkelsen, and Yngve Moe; deaths of Christian Leden and Edvard Bræin. 1956 in Norwegian music, births of Eivind Aadland, Eivin One Pedersen, Geir Holmsen, Geir Langslet, Hilde Hefte, Jens Wendelboe, Kari Bremnes, Kate Augestad, Lars Martin Myhre, Maj Britt Andersen, Mari Boine, Marit Sandvik, Mikhail Alperin, Morgan Lindstrøm, Ragnhild Berstad, Rob Waring, Stephan Barratt-Due, and Svein Dag Hauge; deaths of Harald Heide and Hildur Andersen. 1955 in Norwegian music, births of Jan Kåre Hystad, Jon Balke, Kjetil Bjerkestrand, Morten Gunnar Larsen, Ole Henrik Giørtz, Pål Thowsen, Rolf Løvland, Rune Klakegg, Terje Tønnesen, and Yngve Slettholm; death of Arne Eggen. 1954 in Norwegian music, births of Bertil Palmar Johansen, Bjørn Eidsvåg, Bodil Niska, Cecilie Ore, Edvard Askeland, Frank Jakobsen, Gunnar Andreas Berg, Haakon Graf, Håkon Berge, Hans Fredrik Jacobsen, Helge Iberg, Kåre Garnes, Kåre Nordstoga, Knut Værnes, Kristin Solli Schøien, Lars Kristian Brynildsen, Øystein Norvoll, Paolo Vinaccia, Svein Olav Blindheim, and Torbjørn Sunde; deaths of Hanna Marie Hansen and Per Reidarson. 1953 in Norwegian music, births of Erik Balke, Erling Aksdal, Geir Johnson, Jon Eberson, Lasse Myrvold, Odd Riisnæs, Per Hannevold, Per Kolstad, Sigurd Ulveseth, Ståle Wikshåland, Stein-Erik Olsen, Stein Erik Tafjord, Tom Olstad, and Vidar Johansen; death of Issay Dobrowen. 1952 in Norwegian music, births of Bent Patey, Carl Haakon Waadeland, Finn Sletten, Halvor Haug, Henning Sommerro, Jon Laukvik, Ketil Bjørnstad, Kjell Samkopf, Magnar Åm, Ole Thomsen, Øyvind Rauset, Per Jørgensen, Radka Toneff, Sidsel Endresen, Soon-Mi Chung, and Trond-Viggo Torgersen; deaths of Alfred Andersen-Wingar and Fartein Valen. 1951 in Norwegian music, births of Bodvar Moe, Brynjulf Blix, Ellen Nikolaysen, Erik Hillestad, Geir Bøhren, Gerd Gudding, Jan Eggum, Ragnar Sør Olsen, Terje Nilsen, and Tove Karoline Knutsen; deaths of Gunnar Gjerstrøm and Halfdan Cleve. 1950 in Norwegian music, births of Åse Hedstrøm, Bent Åserud, Bjørn Kjellemyr, Dag Arnesen, Gro Anita Schønn, Guttorm Guttormsen, Halvdan Sivertsen, John Pål Inderberg, Kari Svendsen, Lillebjørn Nilsen, Ragnar Olsen, Sveinung Hovensjø, Synne Skouen, Trond Granlund, and Trygve Thue; deaths of Cally Monrad, Signe Lund, Vilhelm Dybwad, and William Farre. 1940s 1949 in Norwegian music, births of Åge Aleksandersen, Åse Kleveland, Harald Halvorsen, Inger Lise Rypdal, Iver Kleive, Knut Borge, Lars Klevstrand, Lasse Thoresen, Olav Berg, Per Husby, Philip Kruse, and Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen. 1948 in Norwegian music, births of Carl Morten Iversen, Espen Rud, Frode Gjerstad, Håkon Austbø, Hans Rotmo, Henning Gravrok, Jens Harald Bratlie, Kåre Jostein Simonsen, Knut Buen, Konrad Kaspersen, and Steinar Ofsdal. 1947 in Norwegian music, births of Aage Kvalbein, Finn Kalvik, Fred Nøddelund, Grethe Kausland, Jan Garbarek, Jan Arvid Johansen, Ketil Haugsand, Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Ole Paus, Øystein Dolmen, Øystein Sunde, Ruth Bakke, Terje Rypdal, Terje Venaas, Torhild Staahlen, and Wenche Myhre; deaths of Per Kvist and Per Steenberg. 1946 in Norwegian music, births of Agnes Buen Garnås, Bjørn Kruse, Georg Kajanus, Harald Sæther, Helge Jordal, Ivar Antonsen, Kirsti Sparboe, Knut Kristiansen, Knut Lystad, Olav Anton Thommessen, Ole A. Sørli, Sigmund Groven, and Sverre Kjelsberg; death of Olav Gunnarsson Helland. 1945 in Norwegian music, births of Arild Andersen, Bjørn Alterhaug, Bjørn Moe, Bjørnar Andresen, Halvard Kausland, Inga Juuso, Knut Riisnæs, Magni Wentzel, Ragnar Søderlind, Svein Finnerud, Terje Bjørklund, and Trond Kverno; deaths of Edvard Sylou-Creutz and Johan Austbø. 1944 in Norwegian music, births of Carl Magnus Neumann, Erling Wicklund, Jan Erik Kongshaug, Jiri Hlinka, Oddbjørn Blindheim, Roy Hellvin, and Yngvar Numme; death of Sandra Droucker. 1943 in Norwegian music, births of Anne-Lise Berntsen, Bjørn Boysen, Bjørn Krokfoss, Bjøro Håland, Jon Christensen, Julie Ege, Knut "Sputnik" Storbukås, and Thorgeir Stubø; death of Anders Hovden. 1942 in Norwegian music, births of Arne J. Solhaug, Ditlef Eckhoff, Gro Sandvik, Jan Fredrik Christiansen, Jon Mostad, Terje Fjærn, and Torgrim Sollid; deaths of Alfred Evensen and Catharinus Elling. 1941 in Norwegian music, births of Frøydis Ree Wekre, John Persen, and Svein Christiansen; deaths of Christian Sinding, Gottfred Pedersen, Harald Lie, Iver Holter, and Sigwardt Aspestrand. 1940 in Norwegian music, births of Bjørn Johansen, Egil Kapstad, Frode Thingnæs, Jack Berntsen, Laila Dalseth, Ole Jacob Hansen, and Trygve Madsen; death of Ivar F. Andresen. 1930s 1939 in Norwegian music, births of Bjarne Fiskum, Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Jan Erik Vold, Kari Løvaas, Ketil Hvoslef, Ove Stokstad, Petter Pettersson, and Odd Børre; death of Gustav Fredrik Lange. 1938 in Norwegian music, births of Alf Kjellman, Ivar Medaas, and Kjell Bartholdsen; deaths of Anna Severine Lindeman, Borghild Holmsen, Ole Hjellemo, and Trygve Henrik Hoff. 1937 in Norwegian music, births of Alfred Janson, Arild Nyquist, Bjørn Lie-Hansen, Erik Amundsen, Eyvind Solås, Karin Krog, and Per Øien; death of Fridthjov Anderssen. 1936 in Norwegian music, births of Alf Cranner, Arve Tellefsen, Helge Hurum, Kåre Kolberg, and Rolv Wesenlund; deaths of Alfred Paulsen, Jakob Hveding Sletten Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik, and Rolv Wesenlund,. 1935 in Norwegian music, births of Birgitte Grimstad, Tore Jensen, and Totti Bergh; deaths of Caroline Schytte Jensen, Emil Biorn, Johan Halvorsen, Knut Glomsaas, Nina Grieg, and Per Winge. 1934 in Norwegian music, births of Egil Johansen and Kåre Grøttum; death of Mon Schjelderup. 1933 in Norwegian music, births of Asmund Bjørken and Jan Henrik Kayser; deaths of Alf Fasmer Dahl and Gerhard Schjelderup. 1932 in Norwegian music, births of Atle Hammer, Ketil Vea, Knut Albrigt Andersen, Sigurd Jansen, Sven Nyhus, and Tor Brevik; deaths of Eyvind Alnæs and Gabriel Tischendorf. 1931 in Norwegian music, births of Arne Nordheim, Bjørg Lødøen, Kaare Ørnung, and Kjell Karlsen; deaths of Margrethe Munthe and Otto Winter-Hjelm. 1930 in Norwegian music, births of Einar Iversen, Elisabeth Granneman, Jan Elgarøy, Kjell Bækkelund, Mikkel Flagstad, and Tone Groven Holmboe; deaths of Hannah Løvenskiold, Michael Flagstad, Oscar Borg, and Peter Brynie Lindeman. 1920s 1929 in Norwegian music, births of Finn Benestad, Sigurd Berge, Simon Flem Devold, and Sølvi Wang; death of Arvid Kleven. 1928 in Norwegian music, births of Alf Andersen, Egil Monn-Iversen, and Per Asplin; deaths of Sjur Helgeland and Torgrim Castberg. 1927 in Norwegian music, births of Alfred Næss, Eva Knardahl, Ingrid Bjoner, Kjell Lund, and Øistein "Tinka" Ringstad; death of Ole Olsen. 1926 in Norwegian music, births of Arne Bendiksen, Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, Erik Bye, Kristian Bergheim, Odd Børretzen, and Randi Hultin; death of Anton Jörgen Andersen. 1925 in Norwegian music, birth of Hans-Jørgen Holman, Ingebrigt Davik, and Kurt Foss; deaths of Hjalmar Borgstrøm and Johannes Haarklou. 1924 in Norwegian music, births of Edvard Fliflet Bræin and Egil Hovland. 1923 in Norwegian music, births of Bjarne Nerem, Carsten Klouman, Erling Stordahl, Fredrik Friis, Nora Brockstedt, Paul Weeden, and Sverre Bruland; death of Olaus Andreas Grøndahl. 1922 in Norwegian music, births of Antonio Bibalo, Arvid Gram Paulsen, Edvard Hagerup Bull, Finn Mortensen, and Hanna-Marie Weydahl; deaths of Theodora Cormontan, and Thorvald Lammers. 1921 in Norwegian music, births of Arne Dørumsgaard, Reidar Bøe, Søren Gangfløt, and Willy Andresen; deaths of Christian Haslerud and Knut Dahle. 1920 in Norwegian music, births of Jonas Brunvoll, Jr., Karsten Andersen, Ole Henrik Moe, Rolf Andersen and Rowland Greenberg. 1910s 1919 in Norwegian music, births of Bjørn Fongaard, Fred Lange-Nielsen, Johan Kvandal, Øistein Sommerfeldt, Per Hjort Albertsen and Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due. 1918 in Norwegian music, births of Berit Brænne, Finn Ludt, Torstein Grythe, and Vidar Sandbeck; deaths of Anders Heyerdahl and Frants Beyer. 1917 in Norwegian music, births of Eva Gustavson, Eva Prytz, Hans W. Brimi, Maj Sønstevold, and Ragnar Danielsen. 1916 in Norwegian music, births of Arnljot Kjeldaas, Greta Gynt, Hallvard Johnsen, Ørnulf Gulbransen, and Robert Normann; death of Christian Cappelen. 1915 in Norwegian music, birth of Aage Samuelsen, Arvid Fladmoe, Finn Arnestad, Henki Kolstad, Knut Nystedt, and Sverre Bergh. 1914 in Norwegian music, births of Kari Diesen, Magne Elvestrand, and Leif Solberg. 1913 in Norwegian music, deaths of Amalie Christie, Beate Asserson, and Eline Nygaard Riisnæs; death of Theodor Løvstad. 1912 in Norwegian music, births of Gunnar Sønstevold, Jens Gunderssen, Robert Levin, Svein Øvergaard, and Thorbjørn Egner; death of Ola Mosafinn. 1911 in Norwegian music, births of Anne-Marie Ørbeck, Arne Hendriksen, Cissi Cleve, Egil Storbekken, and Gottfred Pedersen; death of Johan Svendsen. 1910 in Norwegian music, births of Christian Hartmann, Jens Book-Jenssen, Leif Juster, and Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa; death of Johan Selmer. 1900s 1909 in Norwegian music, births of Jan Wølner, Øivind Bergh, and Peter L. Rypdal; death of Christian Teilman. 1908 in Norwegian music, births of Conrad Baden, Geirr Tveitt, and Paul Okkenhaug. 1907 in Norwegian music, deaths of Adolf Østbye, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and Edvard Grieg. 1906 in Norwegian music, births of Klaus Egge and Ludvig Nielsen. 1905 in Norwegian music, births of Elling Enger and Kristian Hauger. 1904 in Norwegian music, births of Ernst Glaser, Ragnar Steen, and Torbjørn Knutsen; death of Sigurd Lie. 1903 in Norwegian music, births of Bjarne Amdahl, Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Egil Rasmussen, Karl Andersen, Leif Rustad, and Øivin Fjeldstad; deaths of Adolf Thomsen and Erika Nissen. 1902 in Norwegian music, birth of Bias Bernhoft, Harald Lie, Jolly Kramer-Johansen; deaths of Elias Blix, Franz Josef Weern and Lars Fykerud. 1901 in Norwegian music, births of Aslak Brekke, Eivind Groven, Erling Kjellsby, Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser, and Olav Kielland. 1900 in Norwegian music, death of Augusta Schrumpf. 1890s 1899 in Norwegian music, births of Arvid Kleven, Einar Fagstad, Odd Grüner-Hegge, and Signe Amundsen. 1898 in Norwegian music, births of Eyvind Hesselberg, Ola Isene, Reimar Riefling, and Rolf Gammleng. 1897 in Norwegian music, birth of Harald Sæverud. 1896 in Norwegian music, birth of Hans Stenseth; deaths of Emma Dahl and Johan Gottfried Conradi. 1895 in Norwegian music, births of Arild Sandvold, Bjarne Brustad, Kirsten Flagstad, and Soffi Schønning. 1894 in Norwegian music, birth of Ludvig Irgens-Jensen; death of Sophie Dedekam. 1893 in Norwegian music, births of Finn Bø and Olav Gurvin. 1892 in Norwegian music, birth of Carsten Carlsen. 1891 in Norwegian music, births of Gunnar Gjerstrøm, Henrik Adam Due and Issay Dobrowen. 1890 in Norwegian music, births of Bjørn Talén, Gunnar Kjeldaas, Johan Didrik Behrens, Marius Ulfrstad, Pauline Hall, and Per Kvist. 1880s 1889 in Norwegian music, birth of Sverre Jordan; death of Martin Andreas Udbye. 1888 in Norwegian music, birth of David Monrad Johansen; death of Edmund Neupert. 1887 in Norwegian music, births of Edvard Bræin and Fartein Valen; death of Alette Due and Ludvig Mathias Lindeman. 1886 in Norwegian music, birth of Ole Windingstad. 1885 in Norwegian music, births of Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl, Helge Klæstad, and Trygve Torjussen. 1884 in Norwegian music, birth of Arne Svendsen. 1883 in Norwegian music, birth of Alfred Evensen; deaths of Friedrich August Reissiger and Per Lasson. 1882 in Norwegian music, births of Alf Hurum, Arne Bjørndal, and Christian Leden. 1881 in Norwegian music, birth of Arne Eggen, Edvard Sylou-Creutz, and Sigurd Islandsmoen. 1880 in Norwegian music, birth of Sigvart Høgh-Nilsen; deaths of Magnus Brostrup Landstad and Ole Bull. Pre-1880s 1879 in Norwegian music, births of Cally Monrad, Halfdan Cleve, Johan Austbø, and Per Reidarson; death of Hanna Bergwitz-Goffeng. 1878 in Norwegian music 1877 in Norwegian music, death of Ferdinand Giovanny Schediwy. 1876 in Norwegian music, births of Fridthjov Anderssen, Harald Heide, and Inger Bang Lund. 1875 in Norwegian music, births of Hanna Marie Hansen and Olav Gunnarsson Helland. 1874 in Norwegian music, births of Alf Fasmer Dahl, Johan Evje, Johan Backer Lunde, Johannes Hanssen, Thomas Tellefsen, Torgrim Castberg, and William Farre. 1873 in Norwegian music, births of Ole Hjellemo; deaths of Carl Arnold and Håvard Gibøen. 1872 in Norwegian music, births of Eyvind Alnæs, Jakob Hveding Sletten, and Targjei "Myllarguten" Augundsson. 1871 in Norwegian music, births of Maja Flagstad and Sigurd Lie. 1870 in Norwegian music, births of Mon Schjelderup and Per Steenberg; death of Herman Severin Løvenskiold. 1869 in Norwegian music, births of Alfred Andersen-Wingar and Michael Flagstad. 1868 in Norwegian music, births of Adolf Østbye and Signe Lund; death of Halfdan Kjerulf. ... 1866 in Norwegian music, death of Rikard Nordraak. 1865 in Norwegian music, birth of Borghild Holmsen. 1864 in Norwegian music, births of Emil Biorn, Hjalmar Borgstrøm, and Johan Halvorsen. 1863 in Norwegian music, births of Knut Glomsaas and Vilhelm Dybwad. 1862 in Norwegian music, death of Jacobine Bernard-Gjertz. 1861 in Norwegian music, birth of Gustav Fredrik Lange; deaths of Christian Blom and Fredrikke Egeberg. 1860 in Norwegian music, births of Anders Hovden, Hannah Løvenskiold, Lars Fykerud, and Margrethe Munthe. 1859 in Norwegian music, births of Anna Severine Lindeman, Berte Canutte Aarflot, Gerhard Schjelderup, and Per Lasson. 1858 in Norwegian music, births of Catharinus Elling, Per Winge, Peter Brynie Lindeman and Sjur Helgeland. 1857 in Norwegian music, death of Ole Andreas Lindeman. 1856 in Norwegian music, births of Christian Sinding and Sigwardt Aspestrand. ... 1852 in Norwegian music, birth of Adolf Thomsen. 1851 in Norwegian music, births of Frants Beyer and Oscar Borg. 1850 in Norwegian music, births of Iver Holter and Ole Olsen; death of Lars Roverud.. 1849 in Norwegian music, birth of Alfred Paulsen. 1848 in Norwegian music, birth of Caroline Schytte Jensen. 1847 in Norwegian music, births of Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Johannes Haarklou, Olaus Andreas Grøndahl, and Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik. 1846 in Norwegian music, death of Lars Møller Ibsen. 1845 in Norwegian music, births of Christian Cappelen, Erika Nissen, and Nina Grieg. 1844 in Norwegian music, birth of Johan Selmer. 1843 in Norwegian music, birth of Christian Teilman, Edvard Grieg and Theodor Løvstad. 1842 in Norwegian music, births of Edmund Neupert, Gabriel Tischendorf, and Rikard Nordraak. 1841 in Norwegian music, birth of Thorvald Lammers. 1840 in Norwegian music, birth of Johan Svendsen. 1839 in Norwegian music, death of Hans Skramstad. ... 1837 in Norwegian music, birth of Otto Winter-Hjelm. 1836 in Norwegian music, birth of Elias Blix; death of Israel Gottlieb Wernicke. ... 1834 in Norwegian music, births of Christian Haslerud and Knut Dahle. ... 1832 in Norwegian music, birth of Anders Heyerdahl. ... 1830 in Norwegian music, death of Hans Hagerup Falbe ... 1828 in Norwegian music, death of Ola Mosafinn and Waldemar Thrane. 1827 in Norwegian music, death of Mons Lie. ... 1823 in Norwegian music, birth of Thomas Tellefsen. 1821 in Norwegian music, birth of Hanna Bergwitz-Goffeng. 1820 in Norwegian music, births of Johan Didrik Behrens, Johan Gottfried Conradi, Martin Andreas Udbye and Sophie Dedekam. 1819 in Norwegian music, births of Jacobine Bernard-Gjertz and Emma Dahl. ... 1815 in Norwegian music, births of Fredrikke Egeberg, Halfdan Kjerulf and Herman Severin Løvenskiold. ... 1813 in Norwegian music, birth of Augusta Schrumpf. 1812 in Norwegian music, births of Franz Josef Weern and Ludvig Mathias Lindeman. ... 1810 in Norwegian music, birth of Ole Bull. 1809 in Norwegian music, birth of Friedrich August Reissiger and Håvard Gibøen. ... 1807 in Norwegian music, death of Johan Henrich Berlin. ... 1804 in Norwegian music, birth of Ferdinand Giovanny Schediwy. ... 1802 in Norwegian music, birth of Magnus Brostrup Landstad. 1801 in Norwegian music''', birth of Targjei "Myllarguten" Augundsson. 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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sar-e%20Daru%2C%20Kerman

Sar-e Daru, Kerman

Sar-e Daru (, also Romanized as Sar-e Darū) is a village in Heruz Rural District, Kuhsaran District, Ravar County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28, in 8 families. References Populated places in Ravar County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye%C5%9Filk%C3%B6y%2C%20S%C3%B6ke

Yeşilköy, Söke

Yeşilköy is a village in the District of Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010, it had a population of 343 people. References Villages in Söke District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Wynter

Alex Wynter

Alex James Wynter (born 15 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League club Eastleigh. Wynter had progressed through the youth system at Crystal Palace since the age of nine, where he made two cup appearances. He had loan spells at Eastbourne Borough, Sutton United, Colchester United and Portsmouth, before joining Colchester on a permanent basis in January 2015. He joined Eastleigh in July 2018, following an impressive season at Maidstone United. Career Early career Born in Croydon, Wynter joined the Crystal Palace Academy at the age of nine whilst he was attending Davidson Primary School based in his hometown. He later attended the Crystal Palace affiliated Oasis Academy Shirley Park between 2005 and 2010, where he was head boy. He made his professional debut whilst studying at Oasis Academy, appearing in the FA Cup while still in year 11. He left the academy with twelve GCSEs, including six at grade A. Alongside the academy, Wynter regularly featured in the Croydon Schools' team across multiple age groups. He scored hat-tricks against Woking Schools' in a 10–0 win at under-11 level in September 2004, Ashford Schools' in a 5–0 win and Sutton Schools' in a 6–2 win in December 2004, and a further hat-trick against Godalming Schools' in a 7–2 away win in January 2005 as he helped his side to the London School's Shield final. He scored for London Schools' in their 5–1 win over Surrey Schools' to lift the trophy for his side in April 2005. The following year, Wynter helped the Croydon Schools' under-12s side retain the English Schools' South-East Area Patrick Haugh Trophy after defeating Mid Sussex Schools' 3–1, with Wynter scoring the opening two goals for Croydon Schools'. He also helped his side to retain the Gibson Cup with two goals in their 3–0 win over Woking Schools' in April 2006. He continued his goalscoring form in the under-13 age group, scoring a hat-trick in the English Schools' Football Association Wimbledon Challenge Trophy against Canterbury Schools' in a 10–0 victory. He later helped his age group to a third consecutive season of success with victory in the Challenge Trophy with a goal in extra time to beat Gravesham Schools', and a hat-trick against Bedford Schools' in the semi-final stage of the Oxford United Invitation Cup in May 2007. Crystal Palace With Crystal Palace struggling financially, and facing an injury crisis with a number of players out on loan, manager Neil Warnock named only four players on the substitutes bench for an FA Cup third round tie away to Sheffield Wednesday on 2 January 2010. This included the 16-year-old Wynter, who was sent on for his debut as a substitute for Darren Ambrose three minutes into stoppage time in the second half. Wynter was then offered a three-year professional deal at Palace in April 2010, alongside Wilfried Zaha and Jonathan Williams. Eastbourne Borough loan On 28 February 2013, Wynter joined Conference South side Eastbourne Borough on loan for an initial one-month deal. He made his debut two days later in Eastbourne's 1–0 defeat at Eastleigh. He made six appearances during his loan spell with the club, which came to an end on 30 March, playing the full 90 minutes in each game. Return to Crystal Palace Wynter was handed his first start for Crystal Palace in a League Cup fixture against Bristol City on 27 August. He was replaced after 68 minutes by Kyle De Silva as the Eagles were defeated 2–1. Sutton United loan On 3 January 2014, Wynter joined Sutton United in a short-term loan deal. He made his debut in Sutton's 2–0 win at Chelmsford City on 11 January, making six appearances for the Conference South side before returning to Crystal Palace following the expiry of his loan. Colchester United loan After returning from his Conference South loan with Sutton, Wynter was quickly signed on loan by League One club Colchester United until the end of the 2013–14 season on 27 March 2014. He made his debut as a second-half substitute for Dominic Vose in the U's 2–1 home defeat to Tranmere Rovers on 5 April. However, for Colchester's trip to Stevenage on 12 April, Joe Dunne handed Wynter a start, as Colchester eased their relegation fears with a 3–2 win, as Stevenage's Filipe Morais was sent off after shoving Wynter. After the match, his performance was described as "exceptional" by Dunne. Wynter then started in all of Colchester's remaining games for the season, including scoring his first professional goal as Colchester sealed their League One status with a 4–1 thrashing of already-promoted Brentford on 26 April. Wynter's goal came after 32 minutes, heading in Ryan Dickson's corner to double the U's advantage. He ended his stay in Essex with six appearances to his name. Following the expiry of his loan at the end of the season, Colchester expressed an interest in signing Wynter on a permanent basis, but a move did not come to fruition, despite stating himself that he would be happy to return should the opportunity arise. Portsmouth loan Wynter joined League Two Portsmouth in a season-long loan deal in July 2014. He made his debut in Portsmouth's 1–0 win over League One opposition Peterborough United in the League Cup on 12 August, and played in Pompey's 3–1 Football League Trophy triumph over Yeovil Town on 2 September, but didn't make his first league appearance until 7 September, starting in their 2–0 away defeat to Burton Albion. Wynter was played in a wing-back role by Portsmouth manager Andy Awford, despite never having played in the position before, and said that he was "ready to thrive" in his new position. Following a string of poor performances, Awford scrapped his 3-5-2 system that utilised wing-backs, but did not blame Wynter or his teammates for the lack of function within the system. After making 15 appearances for Portsmouth in all competitions, Awford brought in Gillingham loanee Matt Fish as a replacement for Wynter, but insisted he would remain a part of his squad but the situation would be reassessed in the January transfer window. However, on 28 December, both Fish and Wynter returned to their parent clubs after the loans were not renewed with both players having fallen out of favour at Fratton Park. Colchester United Wynter rejoined Colchester United on 10 January 2015, on this occasion on a permanent basis, signing an 18-month contract ahead of the U's League One game against Peterborough United the same day. He made his second debut for the club later that day, starting in defence and helping his teammates to a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory at London Road. During Colchester's FA Cup fourth round match against Tottenham Hotspur on 30 January 2016, Wynter was involved in a sickening collision with fellow U's defender Tom Eastman after just two minutes of the game. Wynter suffered concussion and a seizure while on the field. He was taken to hospital, where he was reported to have been sitting up and talking by half-time in the 4–1 defeat for Colchester. He finally made a return to first-team action on 23 April when he came on for Gavin Massey in a tactical substitution following Joe Edwards' dismissal in the 17th minute of the 3–0 defeat to Burton Albion, a result which saw Colchester relegated to League Two. Despite Colchester suffering relegation to League Two, Wynter signed a two-year contract extension with the club on 27 April 2016. He ended the 2015–16 season with 16 appearances for the U's. Wynter described the 2016–17 season as not "a great season for me personally", where he had been "mainly on the bench". He played just 20 games across the season, five of which were cup matches. Maidstone United On 4 August 2017, Wynter's contract with Colchester United was cancelled by mutual consent and he opted to join National League side Maidstone United the same day. Eastleigh On 29 June 2018, Wynter agreed to join fellow National League side Eastleigh on a one-year deal following an impressive campaign at Maidstone. Career statistics References External links 1993 births Living people Footballers from Croydon Black British sportspeople English footballers Association football defenders Crystal Palace F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Sutton United F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Maidstone United F.C. players Eastleigh F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardisia%20antonensis

Ardisia antonensis

Ardisia antonensis is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to Panama. References Endemic flora of Panama antonensis Data deficient plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%20Big%20Ten%20Baseball%20Tournament

1988 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

The 1988 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 19 through 21. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Format and seeding The 1988 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Tournament All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Most Outstanding Player Vince Palyan was named Most Outstanding Player. Palyan was an outfielder for Minnesota. References Tournament Big Ten Baseball Tournament Big Ten Baseball Tournament Big Ten Baseball Tournament

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zar-Tash

Zar-Tash

Zar-Tash () is a village in the Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Batken District. Its population was 915 in 2021. References Populated places in Batken Region

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee%20Ward%20Road%20railway%20station

Dundee Ward Road railway station

Dundee Ward Road railway station served the city of Dundee, Scotland from 1832 to 1861 on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. History The station opened as Dundee West Ward on 3 April 1832 by the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. Its name was changed to Dundee Ward Road in 1853. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 10 June 1861. The station site is now a British Telecom building. References External links Disused railway stations in Dundee Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1831 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1861 1831 establishments in Scotland 1861 disestablishments in Scotland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger%20Fatty-Seven

Passenger Fatty-Seven

"Passenger Fatty-Seven" is the tenth episode of the fifteenth season of the animated sitcom Family Guy, and the 279th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on January 8, 2017, and is written by Alex Carter and directed by Greg Colton. The story follows Quagmire flying his friends to San Francisco, and as they go home, they are soon ambushed by a group of Eastern European terrorists hijacking their plane, causing Quagmire to put his ex-Navy piloting skills to the test. This episode was dedicated in memory of cast member Carrie Fisher, who died on December 27, 2016 after going into cardiac arrest while on a flight to Los Angeles on December 23, 2016. A slide showing her picture with the words "In Loving Memory" on top and "Carrie Fisher 1956–2016" below was shown before the start of the episode. Plot At the Drunken Clam, Glenn Quagmire meets with Peter Griffin, Cleveland Brown and Joe Swanson and tells them that he can get a discount for friends and family and bring them along on a trip, so they plan on going to San Francisco. They steal a cab meant for Lois who was originally going to a timeshare hosted by Donna Tubbs' sister Janet with Donna and Bonnie Swanson. As Peter unknowingly grabbed Lois's suitcase, Lois finds a sex doll resembling her in the suitcase as Lois commented that Peter was "bringing her" in the suitcase. When they arrive in San Francisco, they do random stuff like riding Segways and getting 'lesbian' haircuts while checking out the sights and Peter even sits on Stephen Curry's lap. When the trip ends, Quagmire gives them a tour of the plane where they soon accuse Quagmire of goofing off while the plane was on autopilot which he claims to use while taking breaks. Quagmire takes offense to that and kicks them out of the cockpit. While flying, the plane gets hijacked by 3 terrorists from an unidentified Eastern European country who jam the frequency. The terrorists explain that they are going to punish America for supporting the other side of the unidentified Eastern European country in the civil war (implied it is Ukraine and the civil war is likely the War in Donbass). This hijacking is covered on the news by Tom Tucker and is watched by the Griffins, the Swansons, the Browns and Ida Quagmire. Quagmire refuses to allow the terrorists entry to the cockpit, even when Peter is threatened at gun point. Joe and Cleveland decide to take matters into their own hands by going down to the cargo hold and retrieve a gun from Joe's bag. One of the terrorists discovers this and heads down to the basement with Peter as a human shield. Joe opens the landing gear, but Peter gets caught with the terrorist and they have a fight on the landing gear. Just as the two are about to make peace while flying over Yosemite National Park, Cleveland manages to hit the terrorist off as he falls to a watery grave into the river below. When the trio go back up and knock out the remaining terrorists, they are hailed as heroes. When Quagmire comes out to congratulate them and informs everyone that the plane will land in Nevada, an additional terrorist (the mastermind and ringleader of the hijacking team, who was also in reserve just in case the plan went awry) posing as a businessman hijacks the plane where he plans to crash it into Las Vegas' biggest hotel with Rita Rudner in it. Before the plan is carried out, Quagmire uses a barrel roll to subdue the terrorist. Unfortunately, Quagmire gets angry at the passengers for not following the "Please Fasten Seatbelt" light that was turned on ("Oh come on. Doesn't anyone pay attention to the sign?"). However, fighter jets appear unaware that the hijackers have been taken care of. The plane is shot in its right wing, but a determined Quagmire manages to land the plane in a large lake and keep everyone safe. As the passengers and co-pilot are tended by the EMTs and the damaged plane taken care of by the firefighters and the three remaining terrorists are also arrested by the FBI (with the police in tow and the media covering the averted crisis as well), Peter, Cleveland, and Joe thank Quagmire for saving them and apologize for judging his flight actions. Just then, a military plane comes with the guys' respective families to reunite with them. Peter and Chris have a chat about some of the charges Chris found on Peter's card from their time in San Francisco and suggests he keep some of his purchases private. As the various families plan to head back to Quahog and put the recent event behind them, Peter breaks the fourth wall and tells the audience "Oh, yeah, in case we didn't say, this was Spirit Airlines." The episode received an audience of 4.00 million viewers, an increase from the previous episode, and making it the third most-watched show of the night, behind Son of Zorn and The Simpsons. References External links 2017 American television episodes Family Guy (season 15) episodes Television episodes set in San Francisco

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389%20Arkansas%20Razorbacks%20men%27s%20basketball%20team

1988–89 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas as a member of the Southwest Conference during the 1988–89 college basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Nolan Richardson, and played its home games in Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. This Razorbacks team won the first of three straight SWC regular season and conference tournament championships before moving to the Southeastern Conference for the 1991-92 season. After earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, Arkansas defeated Loyola Marymount in the opening round before losing to Louisville in the second round. Roster A very strong recruiting class, highlighted by 1988 McDonald's All-Americans Todd Day and Lee Mayberry, and that included Oliver Miller, formed the team's nucleus. Schedule and results |- !colspan=9 style=| Regular Season |- !colspan=9 style=| SWC Tournament |- !colspan=9 style=| NCAA Tournament Sources Rankings Awards and honors Nolan Richardson – SWC Coach of the Year References Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball seasons Razor Razor

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipontonia%20psamathe

Manipontonia psamathe

Manipontonia psamathe is a species of saltwater shrimp that was first described in 1902. References External links Palaemonoidea Crustaceans described in 1902

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light%20and%20Day

Light and Day

"Light and Day", also known as "Section 9 (Light & Day/Reach for the Sun)", is a song by The Polyphonic Spree from their 2002 album The Beginning Stages of.... It was released in 2003 as the second single from the album. The song first came to attention in the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and was included on that film’s soundtrack album. A few weeks after the March release of the film, The Polyphonic Spree appeared as themselves to perform it in the April 2004 episode "My Choosiest Choice of All" of the television series Scrubs. Since then, the song has been used several other times in popular culture—in an episode of Undone, the documentary Murderball, an episode of Chuck, in advertisements for the supermarket Sainsbury's, an episode of Las Vegas where The Polyphonic Spree plays it, as well as the theme song in the trailer for the 2012 film adaptation of Dr.Seuss' The Lorax. It was featured in a 2017 episode of Girlboss and the 2017 movie Wonder, where a student choir sings it during a graduation ceremony. The song also appeared in a joint promotion for Apple’s new iPod (3rd generation) and VW Beetle, titled “Pods Unite.” In April 2010, research conducted by PRS for Music revealed that the song was the most performed in UK television advertising. The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind DVD includes a music video for the song, featuring scenes from the movie altered so that both the main actors (Carrey and Winslet), as well as various inanimate background elements of the movie (a brain scan, a plate of vegetables, a house), appear to be lip-syncing to the song. Charts References 2002 songs 2003 singles

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Blue Rock Dam

The Blue Rock Dam is a minor rock-fill embankment dam with controlled chute spillway across the Tanjil River, located approximately north of Moe, in the Central Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The dam is operated by Southern Rural Water. Features and location The dam was built to provide cooling water for the thermal power stations of the Latrobe Valley and to augment domestic water supplies. The Blue Rock Lake has two recreation areas on its shore and small power boats are allowed to be used. In 1992 Pacific Energy installed a small hydroelectric generator that is linked to the national grid. Jaidyn Leskie Jaidyn Leskie was a one-year-old boy who disappeared from his babysitter's house in Moe on 15 June 1997. A large scale search for the boy in the hope of finding him still alive was unsuccessful. Jaidyn's body was found on 1 January 1998 at Blue Rock Dam, north of Moe. His body had been preserved by the cold waters of the lake through winter. The clothing he was wearing was subject to a DNA test in an effort to solve the crime. His murder remains unsolved. Gallery References External links Dams completed in 1984 Gippsland Embankment dams Dams in Victoria (Australia)

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Ro-Ann Mohammed

Ro-Ann Mohammed is a human rights activist. In 2012, she co-founded the organisation Barbados - Gays, Lesbians and All-Sexuals against Discrimination (B-GLAD) with Donnya Piggott. In 2018, she was an organizer of Barbados' first LGBT Pride Parade. Early life Ro-Ann was born in Trinidad and Tobago. She moved to Barbados as a child, where she attended The University of the West Indies Cave Hill and Studied Psychology. Career In 2012, she started B-GLAD with Donnya Piggott. She has been vocal about the discrimination that LGBT people face in Barbados. and that the Evangelical Church in Barbados discriminates against LGBT people. She is a feminist, advocate for gender equality and activist for sexual and reproductive health rights. In 2016, she was named as a Fellow in President Obama's Young Leader of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) for her work with the Barbados LGBT community. She speaks out against the Barbados government, which punishes gay sex with life imprisonment. She attended anti-LGBT spaces in protest. In 2018, Mohammed was responsible for organizing Barbados' first LGBT Pride Parade, which took place in the island's capital of Bridgetown. References 1992 births Living people LGBT rights activists from Barbados Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to Barbados

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Member of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia for SAP Kosovo

A member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) for the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo existed from the 11th Congress in 1978 to the dissolution of the SKJ at the 14th Congress in 1990. See also Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo League of Communists of Yugoslavia History of Kosovo Socialist Republic of Serbia

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Mindanao–Eastern Visayas rain forests

The Mindanao–Eastern Visayas rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID:IM0129) covers the lowland rain forests of the island of Mindanao and of the easternmost of the Visayas Islands in the Philippines. Although 63% of this ecoregion is covered with closed broadleaf evergreen forest or open forest, much of this has been disturbed in the past by human activity, and many of the rare species of the area have been relegated to the isolated areas or higher elevations. Location and description Mindanao is the southernmost large island of the Philippines. The Visayas Islands occupy the center of the Philippines; this ecoregion includes the eastern Visayas - the largest islands of the ecoregion being Leyte, Samar, and Bohol. There are also a number of smaller islands, including Camiguin, Basilan, and Dinagat. The lowland forests are below 1,000 meters in elevation, with a few small peak up to 1,400 meters, and the median for the ecoregion being . Climate The climate of the ecoregion is Tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification (Af)). This climate is characterized as hot, humid, and having at least 60 mm of precipitation every month. An important factor in this ecoregion is whether the location is in the main typhoon track from July to November. The northern portions of Leyte and Samar are in this track, while the island of Mindanao and its satellite islands are not. For the locations in the typhoon track, up to a third of annual precipitation may occur during typhoons. Flora and fauna Although this ecoregion is spread among many islands, the floristic communities are related, as Mindanao and the eastern Visayas were all one connected island in the lower sea levels of the Pleistocene (the ice age from 2.8 million years ago to 11,700 years ago). Currently, 43% of the ecoregion is closed broadleaf evergreen forest, 20% is open forest, 9% is under cultivation for agriculture, and 5% is non-forest herbaceous cover. Beach vegetation merges into beach forest away from the coast, featuring trees of genus Casuarina (a tall evergreen with feather-like leaves) and Barringtonia. The lowland rain forests are dominated by trees of genus (Dipterocarpus) up through 400 meters. As elevations increase the dipterocarps are joined by Pterocarpus indicus, Pandans Pandanus, and others. Upper hill dipterocarp forests are found from 650 meters to 1,000 meters, where the dominant trees are Shorea polysperma, oaks, chestnuts, and elaeocarps. Above 1,000 meters, the ecoregions transitions into montane rain forest. The small outlying islands preserve distinctive sub-ecoregions. Camiguin Island, with an area of 238 km2, that has two endemic mammal species and an endemic frog. Dinagat Island has three endemic mammal species, including the elusive Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys australis). Mindanao supports the vulnerable Philippine deer (Cervus mariannus nigricans). Protected areas About 8% of the ecoregion is officially protected. These protected areas include: Mount Apo Natural Park Mount Malindang Natural Park Kitanglad Mountain Range Natural Park References Indomalayan ecoregions Ecoregions of the Philippines Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

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Johann Martin

Johann Martin (2 January 1893 – 21 December 1959) was an Estonian athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1912 Summer Olympics, representing the Russian Empire, and the 1920 Summer Olympics, representing Estonia. References 1893 births 1959 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Estonian male pole vaulters Male pole vaulters of the Russian Empire Olympic athletes of Estonia Olympic competitors for the Russian Empire Place of birth missing

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Tweezers (TV series)

Tweezers ( ;Moochin) is an Iranian comedy-drama television series. The series is directed by Hossein Tabrizi. Plot Farzad and Sima are engaged to each other, but Sima's father has stipulated that Sima's older sister Mina must marry first. Farzin tells Farzad that I will sacrifice myself and propose to Mina... Cast Hamid Lolayi Ali Sadeghi Mehran Rajabi Rabe'e Oskooyi Marjaneh Golchin Pouria Poursorkh Behnoosh Bakhtiari Afshin Sangchap Reza Tavakoli Zhale Dorostkar Rose Razavi Asha Mehrabi Shohreh Lorestani Amir Noori Abbas Jamshidifar Zahra Bahrami Ramin Naser Nasir Saed Hedayati Mohammad Fili Behrad Kharazi Fatemeh Shokri Hossein Tabrizi References External links 2020s Iranian television series Iranian television series

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Ted Freyer

Edward Freyer (20 May 1910 – 22 April 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL during the 1930s. Freyer usually played in the forward pocket and topped Essendon's goalkicking in consecutive seasons from 1931 until 1934 and again in 1936. In 1938, Freyer transferred Port Melbourne in the VFA without a clearance, at the start of the VFA's throw-pass era. He was a prolific goalkicker at Port Melbourne, and in 84 games managed 464 goals. In 1940, Freyer kicked 157 goals for Port, including 12 goals in the second semi-final and the Grand Final, to lead the VFA goalkicking for the season. External links 1910 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Essendon Football Club players Port Melbourne Football Club players 1984 deaths

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varnam%20%281989%20film%29

Varnam (1989 film)

Varnam () is a 1989 Malayalam-language psychological drama film starting Jayaram and Suresh Gopi. As the directorial debut of film director Ashokan, the film received critical acclaim and was well received. Plot Haridas moves to the city after his twin sister's death. Still struggling to keep his past, Haridas meet and fall in love with Ammu, the daughter of Major M.K. Nair. He learns that a local politician has cheated him out of a job to Manu, his classmate from college, and also suspects he killed his sister. Cast Jayaram as Haridas Suresh Gopi as Manu Vishwanath Ranjini as Ammu Thilakan as Major M. K. Nair Meena as Major's Wife Jagathi Sreekumar as Venkidy Mukesh as Gopan M. G. Soman as Manu's Brother Usha as Ammu's Friend Krishnan Kutty Nair as K. Purushothaman Parvathy Jayaram as Revathy Innocent as Varadan Pillai N. L. Balakrishnan as Unni Mamukkoya as himself External links 1989 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Indian films 1989 comedy-drama films Indian comedy-drama films 1989 directorial debut films 1989 comedy films 1989 drama films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20radio%20stations%20in%20Veracruz

List of radio stations in Veracruz

The Mexican state of Veracruz has the most radio stations of any of the 32 states, with 107 FM stations and AM-FM combos, plus two unique AM stations, as of March 2016. Veracruz-Xalapa FM stations AM stations Poza Rica-Tuxpan-Papantla FM stations AM stations Cordoba-Orizaba-Fortin de Las Flores FM stations AM stations Coatzacoalcos-Minatitlán-Cosoleacaque FM stations AM stations Cuenca del Papaloapan-Los Tuxtlas-Acayucan FM stations AM stations Misantla, San Rafael, Martinez de la Torre FM stations Northern Veracruz, Huasteca Alta FM stations References Veracruz

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Jetking Infotrain

Established in 1947, Jetking Infotrain Limited is an Indian computer networking institute, which trains technical and non-technical students. Jetking has 100 centers spread across India . Educational courses Jetking is an ISO recognised institute. Jetking provides courses like JCHNE+, JCHNP and MNA+ (now JCHNE has been replaced from DNA) which entails students education in the field of Computer Hardware and Networking. Other courses like CCNA and Network Security and Ethical Hacking are also provided. Operations and domestic expansion Jetking, which has 100 centres across the country at present. The company provides training to nearly 35,000 students each year. International foray Jetking has been said to have plans to open centres in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Nigeria References Companies established in 1990 Education companies of India

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Penitentes%20%28Argentina%29

Los Penitentes (Argentina)

Los Penitentes is a ski resort in Mendoza, Argentina about 25 km off Paso de Libertadores, which marks the border between Argentina and Chile, and 180 km from Mendoza Capital City, at the foot of Mount Aconcagua on Ruta 7. Etymology The name Los Penitentes (The Penitents, in English) comes from the curious forms the ice on the mountain sides, which remind the viewers of "penitents" climbing the mountains or praying on their knees. History In 1978, Emilio López Frugoni, a ski lover from Mendoza, bought 51 hectares of land and started a project to build a ski centre next to Mendoza City. The ski resort was inaugurated in 1979. Today the ski runs (25 in total) cover a surface of about 300 hectares, for all-level skiers and with ski lifts to reach different levels and runs. About 1950 people can be accommodated in Los Penitentes since there is a variety of facilities provided, such as apartments, apart hotels, and hostels. Weather In winter, the average temperature is about 1 °C, ranging between -4° and 7 °C. The weather is dry and sunny on most days. Activities This centre has 25 runs of different lengths and drops for beginner, advanced and expert skiers. The season ranges from mid-June to late August. The activities that can be carried out there include ski, snowboarding, and heli-skiing. There are also a number of services available, such as a ski school, snow garden, shopping center, restaurants, hostels, hotels, kindergarten, and disco. See also Cerro Castor Chapelco Las Leñas Cerro Catedral List of ski areas and resorts in South America External links Official Site Los Penitentes at welcomeargentina.com Sport in Mendoza Province Ski areas and resorts in Argentina Buildings and structures in Mendoza Province Tourist attractions in Mendoza Province

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Heffington

Heffington is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Don Heffington (1950–2021), American drummer, percussionist, and songwriter Ryan Heffington (born 1973), American dancer and choreographer See also Huffington

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Always is Forever Tour

Always is Forever Tour was a concert tour undertaken by the American singer Diana Ross in 1999. External links Diana Ross - The International Diana Ross Fan Club “Inauguration” 1999 concert tours Diana Ross concert tours

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Black Twitter

Black Twitter is an informal community largely consisting of African-American users on the social network Twitter focused on issues of interest to the black community in the United States. Feminista Jones described it in Salon as "a collective of active, primarily African-American Twitter users who have created a virtual community ... [and are] proving adept at bringing about a wide range of sociopolitical changes." A similar Black Twitter community grew in South Africa in the early 2010s. Although Black Twitter has a strong Black American user base, other people and groups are able to be a part of this social media circle through commonalities in shared experiences and reactions to such online. User base According to a 2015 report by the Pew Research Center, 28 percent of African Americans who used the Internet used Twitter, compared to 20 percent of online white, non-Hispanic Americans. By 2018, this gap had shrunk, with 26 percent of all African American adults using Twitter, compared to 24 percent of white adults and 20 percent of Hispanic adults. In addition, in 2013, 11 percent of African-American Twitter users said they used Twitter at least once a day, compared to 3 percent of white users. BlackTwitter.com was launched as a news aggregator reflective of black culture in 2020. User and social media researcher André Brock of the University of Iowa dates the first published comments on Black Twitter usage to a 2008 piece by blogger Anil Dash, and a 2009 article by Chris Wilson in The Root describing the viral success of Twitter joke memes such as #YouKnowYoureBlackWhen and #YouKnowYoureFromQueens that were primarily aimed at Black Twitter users. Brock cites the first reference to a Black Twitter community—as "Late Night Black People Twitter" and "Black People Twitter"—in the November 2009 article "What Were Black People Talking About on Twitter Last Night?" by Choire Sicha, co-founder of current-affairs website The Awl. Sicha described it as "huge, organic and ... seemingly seriously nocturnal"—in fact, active around the clock. Kyra Gaunt, an early adopter who participated in Black Twitter who also became a social media researcher, shared reactions to black users at the first 140 Characters Conference (#140Conf) that took place on November 17, 2009, at the O2 Indigo in London. Her slide deck offered examples of racist reactions to the topic #Thatsafrican that started trending in July 2008. She and other users claimed the trending topic was censored by the platform. She and other Black Twitter users began blogging and micro-blogging about Black Twitter identity. The blogging led to buzz-worthy media appearances about Twitter. Social media researcher Sarah Florini prefers to discuss the interactions among this community of users as an "enclave." Reciprocity and community An August 2010 article by Farhad Manjoo in Slate, "How Black People Use Twitter," brought the community to wider attention. Manjoo wrote that young black people appeared to use Twitter in a particular way: "They form tighter clusters on the network—they follow one another more readily, they retweet each other more often, and more of their posts are @-replies—posts directed at other users." Manjoo cited Brendan Meeder of Carnegie Mellon University, who argued that the high level of reciprocity between the many users who initiate hashtags (or "blacktags") leads to a high-density, influential network. Furthermore, a 2014 dissertation by Meredith Clark, whom NPR in 2014 called "the go-to person about Black Twitter, studied the topic of African American practice of creating hashtags on Twitter by arguing that most people use them to “test their opinions with the assurance they are being shared within a space where fundamental values are still agreed upon”. She explains that users on Black Twitter began to use hashtags as a way to attract members of society with similar ideals to a single conversation in order to interact with each other and feel as though they are engaged in a “safe space”. Clark characterizes the use of Black Twitter as critically important to the group, as the conversation helps “cement the hashtag as a cultural artifact recognizable in the minds of both Black Twitter participants and individuals with no knowledge of the initial discussion”. She argues that hashtags have transitioned from serving as a method of setting up conversation between separate parties to an underlying reason behind how users outside Black Twitter learn about the thoughts and feelings of African Americans in the present world. Manjoo's article in Slate drew criticism from American and Africana Studies scholar Kimberly C. Ellis. She concluded that large parts of the article had generalized too much, and published a response to it titled "Why 'They' Don't Understand What Black People Do On Twitter." Pointing out the diversity of black people on Twitter, she said, "[I]t's clear that not only Slate but the rest of mainstream America has no real idea who Black people are, no real clue about our humanity, in general [...]. For us, Twitter is an electronic medium that allows enough flexibility for uninhibited and fabricated creativity while exhibiting more of the strengths of social media that allow us to build community. [...] Actually, we talk to each other AND we broadcast a message to the world, hence the popularity of the Trending Topics and Twitter usage, yes?" Ellis said that the most appropriate response she had seen to the Slate article was that by Twitter user @InnyVinny, who made the point that "black people are not a monolith" and then presented a wide array of brown Twitter bird drawings on her blogsite in order to express the diverse range of Black Twitter users; the #browntwitterbird hashtag immediately went viral, as users adopted or suggested new Twitter birds. According to Shani O. Hilton writing in 2013, the defining characteristic of Black Twitter is that its members "a) are interested in issues of race in the news and pop culture and b) tweet A LOT." She adds that while the community includes thousands of black Twitter users, in fact "not everyone within Black Twitter is black, and not every black person on Twitter is in Black Twitter". She also notes that the viral reach and focus of Black Twitter's hashtags have transformed it from a mere source of entertainment, and object of outside curiosity, to "a cultural force in its own right ... Now, black folks on Twitter aren't just influencing the conversation online, they're creating it." Apryl Williams and Doris Domoszlai (2013) similarly state, "There is no single identity or set of characteristics that define Black Twitter. Like all cultural groups, Black Twitter is dynamic, containing a variety of viewpoints and identities. We think of Black Twitter as a social construct created by a self-selecting community of users to describe aspects of black American society through their use of the Twitter platform. Not everyone on Black Twitter is black, and not everyone who is black is represented by Black Twitter." Signifyin' Feminista Jones has argued that Black Twitter's historical cultural roots are the spirituals, or work songs, sung by slaves in the United States, when finding a universal means of communication was essential to survival and grassroots organization. Several writers see Black Twitter interaction as a form of signifyin', wordplay involving tropes such as irony and hyperbole. André Brock states that the Black Tweeter is the signifier, while the hashtag is signifier, sign and signified, "marking ... the concept to be signified, the cultural context within which the tweet should be understood, and the 'call' awaiting a response." He writes: "Tweet-as-signifyin', then, can be understood as a discursive, public performance of Black identity." Sarah Florini of UW-Madison also interprets Black Twitter within the context of signifyin'. She writes that race is normally "deeply tied to corporeal signifiers"; in the absence of the body, black users display their racial identities through wordplay and other language that shows knowledge of black culture. Black Twitter has become an important platform for this performance. Florini notes that the specific construction of Twitter itself contributes to the ability for African Americans to signify on Black Twitter. She contends that “Twitter’s architecture creates participant structures that accommodate the crucial function of the audience during signifyin’”. By being able to see each other’s replies and retweets, the user base is able to jointly partake in an extended dialogue where each person tries to participate in the signifyin’. In addition, Florini adds that “Twitter mimics another key aspect of how signifyin’ games are traditionally played—speed”. Specifically, the retweets and replies are able to be sent so quickly that it replaces the need for the audience members to interact in person. In addition the practices of signifying create a signalling that one is entering a communicative collective space rather than functioning as an individual. Tweets become part of Black Twitter by responding to the calls in the tag. Hashtags embody a performance of blackness through a transmission of racial knowledge into wordplay. Sarah Florini in particular focuses on how an active self-identification of blackness rejects notions of a post-racial society by disrupting the narratives of a color-blind society. This rejection of a post-racial society gets tied into the collective practices of performance by turning narratives such as the Republican National Committee's declaration of Rosa Parks ending racism into a moment of critique and ridicule under the guise of a game. Moments where performance of blackness meet social critique allow for the spaces of activism to be created. The Republican Party later rescinded their statement to acknowledge that racism was not over. Manjoo referred to the hashtags the black community uses as "blacktags," citing Baratunde Thurston, then of The Onion, who argued that blacktags are a version of the dozens. Also an example of signifyin', this is a game popular with African Americans in which participants outdo each other by throwing insults back and forth ("Yo momma so bowlegged, she look like a bite out of a donut," "Yo momma sent her picture to the lonely hearts club, but they sent it back and said, 'We ain't that lonely!). According to Thurston, the brevity of tweets and the instant feedback mean Twitter fits well into the African tradition of call and response. Black Twitter humor Many scholars have highlighted how Black Twitter offers a platform for users to share humorous, yet insightful messages. In their book titled, From Blackface to Black Twitter: Reflections on Black Humor, Race, Politics, & Gender, Jannette Dates and Mia Moody-Ramirez (2018) suggest that alternative spaces, such as Twitter, offer a platform for ideas and concerns from a black perspective about social inequalities, politics, and social justice, that were historically prohibited from taking root in other communication venues. Dates and Moody-Ramirez (2018) noted Black Twitter became the amplifier for a "clap back" culture that was particularly prominent during an era of social unrest. Comedians and ordinary citizens used the platform to share both humorous and serious messages on topics such as “Stay Mad Abby,” which highlighted Abigail Fisher, whose case against affirmative action was argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after Fisher was rejected from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. She claimed that it was because she was white. In another example, Black Twitter responded with #AskRachel questions, which quizzed readers on their true blackness. The questions centered on the idea Rachel Dolezal knew a lot about black culture; however, she was still white. Black Twitter also knows how to make sad situations into something humorous. More recently, Black Twitter spotlighted the "BBQing While Black", incident during which a white woman called police officers on a black family barbecuing in the park. Oakland police arrived; no one was arrested. The 25-minute episode was captured on video, then posted on YouTube where it was viewed more than 2 million times. The incident was memed hundreds of times with images featuring a white woman in sunglasses showing up to various locations and events, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s monumental speech, a Soul Train taping, and President Barack Obama’s presidency. Black Twitter and image repair In their book titled, Race, Gender & Image Repair Case Studies in the Early 21st Century, Mia Moody-Ramirez and Hazel Cole (2018) explored how Black Twitter has been used to repair the image of individuals and corporations using Benoit's typology of image repair. The popularity of #NiggerNavy provides an example of how social media users used Twitter to call out social injustices (Dates & Moody-Ramirez, 2018). Black Twitter was ablaze in January 2017 when Yahoo Finance misspelled the word "bigger" with an "n" instead of a "b", in a Twitter link to a story on President-elect Donald Trump's plans to enlarge America's navy, thus unintentionally changing what was meant as a "bigger navy" into a "nigger navy". This is a notable example of an "atomic typo" where a typo is undetected by spell checkers because the typo happens to be a correctly spelt word. The tweet containing a racial slur gained more than 1,000 retweets before being deleted, almost one hour after it was shared. Yahoo Finance published an apology shortly after, saying it was a "mistake". It was too late. Black Twitter turned #NiggerNavy into a joke for many Twitter users. Unlike other image repair cases in which celebrities used remorse and mortification (Benoit, 1995), Yahoo Finance primarily took a back seat in its own image restoration process and others took control—using social media. The two note that while Black Twitter responses are not a replacement for true image restoration tactics such as mortification and corrective action, they provide a platform to help tackle tough issues that might aid in the image restoration process of an individual or a company. Influence Having been the topic of a 2012 SXSW Interactive panel led by Kimberly Ellis, Black Twitter came to wider public attention in July 2013, when it was credited with having stopped a book deal between a Seattle literary agent and one of the jurors in the trial of George Zimmerman. Zimmerman – who had only been arrested and charged after a large-scale social media campaign including petitions circulated on Twitter that attracted millions of signatures – was controversially acquitted that month of charges stemming from the February 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager in Florida. Black Twitter's swift response to the juror's proposed book, spearheaded by Twitter user Genie Lauren, who launched a change.org petition, resulted in coverage on CNN. The community was also involved in June 2013 in protesting to companies selling products by Paula Deen, the celebrity chef, after she was accused of racism, reportedly resulting in the loss of millions of dollars' worth of business. A #paulasbestdishes hashtag game started by writer and humorist Tracy Clayton went viral. In August 2013, outrage on Black Twitter over a Harriet Tubman "sex parody" video Russell Simmons had posted on his Def Comedy Jam website persuaded Simmons to remove the video; he apologized for his error in judgment. Another example of Black Twitter influence occurred in May 2018 after Ambien maker Sanofi Aventis responded to Roseanne Barr, who blamed the sedative for the racist tweet she posted that resulted in the cancellation of her TV show, Roseanne. Barr explained that she was "ambien tweeting" when she compared former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to the "spawn" of "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes." Sanofi responded: "People of all races, religions and nationalities work at Sanofi every day to improve the lives of people around the world. While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication." In response to Twitter chatter and criticism, Barr was killed off Roseanne via an opioid overdose. The show was renamed, The Conners. Demonstrating the continued influence of Black Twitter, a 2019 SXSW Education panel, organized by Kennetta Piper, was selected to address the topic, "We Tried to Tell Y’all: Black Twitter as a Source!" Panelists include Meredith Clark, Feminista Jones, Mia Moody-Ramirez and L. Joy Williams. The focus for this panel is about how Black women are creating community and sparking change via social media and digital communities, how Black humor, over the centuries offers insights into the intersections of race, gender and politics, and how Black Twitter should be recognized as a news subculture. #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen The #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen hashtag was created by black feminist blogger/author Mikki Kendall in response to the Twitter comments of male feminist Hugo Schwyzer, a critique of mainstream feminism as catering to the needs of white women, while the concerns of black feminists are pushed to the side. The hashtag and subsequent conversations have been part of Black Twitter culture. In Kendall's own words: "#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen started in a moment of frustration. [...] When I launched the hashtag #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen, I thought it would largely be a discussion between people impacted by the latest bout of problematic behavior from mainstream white feminists. It was intended to be Twitter shorthand for how often feminists of color are told that the racism they feel they experience 'isn't a feminist issue'. The first few tweets reflect the deeply personal impact of such a long-running structural issue." #IfTheyGunnedMeDown After Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot unarmed resident Michael Brown, an attorney from Jackson, Mississippi, named CJ Lawrence tweeted a photo of himself speaking at his commencement at Tougaloo College with former President Bill Clinton laughing in the background and a second photo of himself holding a bottle of Hennessy and a microphone. Lawrence posed the question, "If They Gunned me down which photo would the media use?" The hashtag became the number one trending topic in the world overnight and was ultimately named the most influential hashtag of 2014 by Time magazine. This was a direct criticism of the way Black victims of police violence were portrayed in media with an assassination of their bodies subsequently and swiftly being followed with character assassinations in media. #IfTheyGunnedMeDown spread virally in the course of worldwide social media attention paid to the Ferguson crisis. The hashtag was posted several thousand times in the weeks following Lawrence's initial use of it. #IfTheyGunnedMeDown is now taught in elementary classrooms and in universities around the world. Lawrence, the creator, still lectures on #IfTheyGunnedMeDown and has since established his own media company, Black With No Chaser, to continue the mission of making sure that Black people control their narratives. #MigosSaid The call and response aspects of a game where users work to outdo the other are exemplified in the creation of the blacktag #MigosSaid. Black Twitter engaged in a public display of using oral traditions to critique the hierarchy of pop culture. The movement stemmed from an initial tweet on June 22, 2014, when @Pipe_Tyson tweeted, "Migos best music group since the Beatles." This sparked an online joke where users began to use the hashtag #MigosSaid to examine lyrics of the popular rap group. While the game could widely be seen as a joke it also embodied a critique of popular representations of black artists. The hashtag made in fun was used to offer a counter argument to the view the Beatles and other white popular music figures are more culturally relevant than their black counterparts. #BlackLivesMatter The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag was created in 2013 by activists Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi. They felt that African Americans received unequal treatment from law enforcement. Alicia Garza describes the hashtag as follows: "Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression." #OscarsSoWhite The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag was originally created in 2015 in response to the 87th Academy Awards' lack of diversity amongst the nominees in major categories. The hashtag was used again when the nominations were announced for the 88th Academy Awards the following year. April Reign, activist and former attorney, who is credited with starting the hashtag, tweeted, "It's actually worse than last year. Best Documentary and Best Original Screenplay. That's it. #OscarsSoWhite." In addition, she mentions that none of the African-American cast of Straight Outta Compton were recognized, while the Caucasian screenwriter received nominations. #SayHerName The #SayHerName hashtag was created in February 2015 as part of a gender-inclusive racial justice movement. The movement campaigns for black women in the United States against anti-Black violence and police violence. Gender-specific ways black women are affected by police brutality and anti-Black violence are highlighted in this movement, including the specific impact black queer women and black trans women encounter. The hashtag gained more popularity and the movement gained more momentum following Sandra Bland's death in police custody in July 2015. This hashtag is commonly used with #BlackLivesMatter, reinforcing the intersectionality of the movement. #IfIDieInPoliceCustody #IfIDieInPoliceCustody is another hashtag that started trending after Sandra Bland's death. In the tweets, people ask what you would want people to know about you if you died in police custody. #ICantBreathe The #ICantBreathe hashtag was created after the police killing of Eric Garner and the grand jury's decision to not indict Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer that choked Garner to death, on December 3, 2014. "I can't breathe" were Garner's final words and can be heard in the video footage of the arrest that led to his death. The hashtag trended for days and gained attention beyond Twitter. Basketball players, including LeBron James, wore shirts with the words for warm ups on December 8, 2014. #HandsUpDontShoot The #HandsUpDontShoot hashtag was created after the police shooting of Michael Brown and the grand jury's decision to not indict Darren Wilson, the white Ferguson police officer that shot Brown, on November 24, 2015. Witnesses claimed that Brown had his hands up and was surrendering when Wilson fatally shot him. However, this information was deemed not credible in the face of conflicting testimonies and impacted the jury's decision. What made this particular shooting unique, was that Michael Brown’s deceased body lied in the ground for four hours. Ferguson residents took to Black Twitter to share images of his body, share the story of Michael Brown being killed with his hands up, and ultimately the failure of the state to value his life. As Dr. Marc Lamont Hill puts it, “These efforts, anchored by the hashtags #MichaelBrown, #Ferguson, and #HandsUpDontShoot, transformed Brown’s death from a local event to an international cause.” Hands up, don't shoot is a slogan used by the Black Lives Matter movement and was used during protests after the ruling. The slogan was supported by members of the St. Louis Rams football team, who entered the field during a National Football League game holding their hands up. Using the hashtag on Twitter was a form of showing solidarity with those protesting, show opposition to the decision, and bring attention to police brutality. The #HandsUpDontShoot hashtag was immediately satirized with #PantsUpDontLoot when peaceful protests turned into riotous looting and firebombing that same evening. #BlackOnCampus The #BlackOnCampus hashtag was started in the context of the 2015–16 University of Missouri protests (which involved the resignation of multiple university officials), as well as other demonstrations at Ithaca College in New York, Smith College in Massachusetts, and Claremont McKenna College in California. The hashtag became an online discussion about racial inequality on college campuses, specifically microagressions, that some say are often overlooked by administrators and Caucasian students. The tweets shed light on the struggles that some black students endure at school and are seen as a call to action to address structural racism on campuses. #BlackGirlMagic/#BlackBoyJoy Black Twitter has also been used as a method of praise (Moody & Dates, 2018). Popular Black Twitter hashtags--#BlackGirlMagic and #BlackBoyJoy—were used to praise the accomplishments of black men and women. Both are meant to create a space for black people to celebrate themselves, outside of the projections society had placed on them. Harrison (2016) stated: "To reference childhood is to acknowledge that once a black person, and especially a black American, has reached adulthood, there are sorts of 'magic' and 'joy' that simply cannot be reclaimed if he or she is at all conscious of reality, a reality that has become increasingly inescapable with the practice of sharing police executions of black citizens on any given Twitter or Facebook timeline." According to Harrison (2016), the hashtag, #BlackBoyJoy, first appeared as a "natural and necessary counterpart to the more established #BlackGirlMagic". The hashtag #BlackBoyJoy appeared following the 2016 Video Music Awards ceremony, after Chance the Rapper tweeted an image of himself on the red carpet using the hashtag. #StayMadAbby In 2015, #StayMadAbby surfaced on Black Twitter as Black students and college grads rallied against Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, after he made comments about their supposed inability to graduate from universities he labeled "too fast". Scalia's comments came in 2015 during oral arguments for the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas. The suit, filed by one-time prospective student Abigail Fisher, alleged that she was denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin because she was white, and that other, less qualified candidates were admitted because of their race. The hashtag #StayMadAbby took off with hundreds of Black graduates tweeting photos of themselves clad in caps and gowns, as well as statistics pointedly noting that Black students only account for a small share of the UT Austin student body. The hashtag #BeckyWithTheBadGrades also emerged to spotlight Fisher. The hashtag referred both to Fisher and to a Beyoncé lyric from the song "Sorry" off her album, Lemonade. Reception Jonathan Pitts-Wiley, a former writer for The Root, cautioned in 2010 that Black Twitter was just a slice of contemporary African-American culture. "For people who aren't on the inside," he wrote, "it's sort of an inside look at a slice of the black American modes of thought. I want to be particular about that—it's just a slice of it. Unfortunately, it may be a slice that confirms what many people already think they know about black culture." Daniella Gibbs Leger, wrote in a 2013 HuffPost Black Voices article that "Black Twitter is a real thing. It is often hilarious (as with the Paula Deen recipes hashtag); sometimes that humor comes with a bit of a sting (see any hashtag related to Don Lemon)." Referring to the controversy over the Tubman video, she concluded, "1. Don't mess with Black Twitter because it will come for you. 2. If you're about to post a really offensive joke, take 10 minutes and really think about it. 3. There are some really funny and clever people out there on Twitter. And 4. See number 1." Criticism Labeling While Black Twitter is used as a way to communicate within the black community, many people outside of said community and within do not understand the need to label it. In regards to this concern, Meredith Clark, a professor at the University of North Texas who studies black online communities, recalls one user's remarks, "Black Twitter is just Twitter." Intersectionality Additional criticism of Black Twitter is the lack of intersectionality. One example is the tweets made after the rapper, Tyga, was pictured with the transgender porn actress, Mia Isabella. Alicia Garza, one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, explained the importance of intersectionality and makes it one of the priorities in the movement. She wrote that many people find certain "charismatic black men" more appealing, which leaves "sisters, queers, trans, and disabled [black] folk [to] take up roles in the background." South Africa Kenichi Serino wrote in 2013 in The Christian Science Monitor that South Africa was experiencing a similar Black Twitter phenomenon, with black discourse on Twitter becoming increasingly influential. In a country that has 11 official languages, Black Twitter users regularly embedded words from isiZulu, isiXhosa, and Sesotho in their tweets. In August 2016 there were approximately 7.7 million South Africans on Twitter – by August 2017, this grew to about eight million users, with 63.8% of South Africans being online. But according to journalism lecturer Unathi Kondile, black people had taken to Twitter as "a free online platform where black voices can assert themselves and their views without editors or publishers deciding if their views matter." #FeesMustFall #FeesMustFall was the most significant hashtag in South African Black Twitter. It started with a student led protest movement that began in mid October 2015 in response to an increase in fees at South African universities. The protests also called for higher wages for low earning university staff who worked for private contractors such as cleaning services and campus security and for them to be employed directly by universities. Black Students took to Twitter to report about the protest because they believed that the media was distorting their views and what the protest was about. One of the most retweeted tweets of the protest was "The Revolution Won't Be Televised, It Will Be Tweeted", the protest led to President Jacob Zuma of the ANC making a statement in December 2017 stating that free education would be rolled out for the working class as well as the low class, through a grant system. #MenAreTrash The #MenAreTrash hashtag was another prominent topic in 2017 on South African Twitter. Women of colour took to the social media platform to address numerous issues such as rape, patriarchy and domestic violence. See also Afrofuturism References Further reading Arceneaux, Michael. "The Miseducation of Black Twitter: Why It's Not What You Think", ComplexTech, December 20, 2012. Editorial Staff. "Black Twitter Wikipedia Page Gives The Social Media Force An Official Stamp Of Approval", HuffPost, August 21, 2013. Greenfield, Rebecca. "Why Conservatives Love Black Twitter" , The Wire, July 18, 2013. Telusma, Blue. "Study: Black Twitter Matters to the news media (although they don't admit it)", The Grio, February 27, 2018. African-American culture Social networks South African culture Twitter

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Ffestiniog

Ffestiniog () is a community in Gwynedd in Wales, containing several villages, in particular the settlements of Llan Ffestiniog and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It has a population of 4,875. History Ffestiniog was a parish in Cantref Ardudwy; in 1284, Ardudwy became part of the county of Merionethshire, which became an administrative county in 1888. Mary Evans (1735–89) founded a sect in Ffestiniog around 1780, whose believers held that she had married Christ in a ceremony held in Ffestiniog church. The sect soon died out after her death. The parish was created an urban district in 1894. On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Ffestiniog Urban District was abolished, becoming merged with other districts to form Meirionnydd District, which was itself abolished in 1996. Ffestiniog became a community with an elected town council. Ffestiniog Golf Club was founded in 1893. The club closed at the end of March 2014. Toponymy Celtic place-name in *-ākon "place of", then, "place belonging to, territory of" > Old Welsh -auc, -awg > Welsh -og. The form -iog with an additional /i/ can be explained by the preceding element, which is a personal name ending with -i-us : Festinius. The whole name should be *Festiniākon. Probably same name as Festigny (France, e.g.: Festigny, Marne, Festiniacus in 853) See also Festiniog and Blaenau Railway Ffestiniog power station Ffestiniog Railway References External links Communities in Gwynedd The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales cy:Ffestiniog

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Tanacross Air Base

Tanacross Air Base is a former United States Army airfield located one nautical mile (2 km) south of the central business district of Tanacross, in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. History Constructed 1943, activated September 20 by Air Transport Command as Station #16, Alaskan Wing, later 1464th AAFBU. Alaskan Division, ATC. It was auxiliary to Ladd Army Airfield for Northwest Staging Route Lend-Lease aircraft. The facility was designated Tanacross Air Base in July 1944. Its mission was servicing Northwest Staging Route Lend-Lease aircraft from United States. The facility was transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command in 1945 and closed; it was turned over to War Assets Administration for disposition in 1946. Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1947 and redeveloped as Tanacross Airport. One of the hangars at the site later became the Big Dipper Ice Arena in Fairbanks. See also Alaska World War II Army Airfields Air Transport Command Northwest Staging Route References Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in Alaska Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Alaska Closed installations of the United States Army

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Joseph Marcoux

Joseph Marcoux (16 March 1791 – 29 May 1855) was a Canadian Catholic missionary among the Iroquois. Fluent in Mohawk, Marcoux was also known as Tharoniakanere, "the one who looks up to the sky". Life He was ordained 12 January 1813, and spent the remaining forty-two years of his life evangelizing the Iroquois, first at St. Regis and later at Kahnawake (Sault-St-Louis). He died of typhoid fever, at that time epidemic among the Iroquois. Works He wrote Iroquois grammar and a French–Iroquois dictionary. For his church and schools, he translated into Iroquois François de Ligny's Histoire de la vie de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, and published in their language a collection of prayers, hymns, and canticles (1852), a catechism (1854), a calendar of Catholic ritual, and a number of sermons. References Attribution The entry cites: Appleton, Cyclopaedia of American Biography, s. v.; Tanguay, Rep. general du clergé Canadien Devine, E.J., Historic Caughnawaga. Montreal: Messenger Press External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online 1791 births 1855 deaths Canadian Roman Catholic missionaries Roman Catholic missionaries in Canada Missionary linguists

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Act of War: Direct Action

Act of War: Direct Action is a real-time strategy game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Atari. The game was released in March 2005 and features a detailed story written by Dale Brown, a retired captain of the US Air Force and a bestselling author. An expansion pack called Act of War: High Treason was released on March 2006 in Europe and Australia. The original game and expansion were later released as Act of War: Gold Edition, on 28 September 2007 in Europe. In September 2015 Eugen Systems released Act of Aggression which is considered a spiritual successor to Act of War. Gameplay The game includes a combination of pre-rendered cut-scenes and over an hour of live action film. Live action was shot in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during the summer of 2004. Pre-rendered cut-scenes were done using machinima technique, wherein one person plays while being recorded from different angles (with all interface elements hidden). The recorded video is then post-processed and provided with sound effects and dialog. In Act of War, heavily wounded soldiers are immobilized and are unable to engage in combat until they receive medical attention. They may bleed to death or be taken as the prisoners of war by the enemy. Buildings are realistically destructible and barricades can be created. Unlike RTS games in which all-around-effective units may be mass-produced and used almost exclusively over other units, Act of War requires the player to use a variety of units. The soundtrack is composed by Marc Canham and Jonathan Williams, and performed at Nimrod Studio Orchestra. It was released on 7 July 2006. Plot Act of War is set in what is only referred to as "a near future" (presumably 2017 or 2023, since the game starts on Wednesday, May 10) where the gasoline prices in the United States have reached over $7 a gallon due to an economic crisis. One week before the "World Energy Forum" meeting in London, a terrorist bombing destroys an oil facility in Houston. As such, an elite top-secret military unit known as Task Force Talon is assigned to guard the World Energy Forum. The squad thwarts an attack but two VIPs are kidnapped: Arthur Kingman, CEO of TransGlobal Energy corporation (TGE), and Yegor Zakharov, the representative of the world energy consortium. Task Force Talon manages to recover these VIPs apparently before they are murdered. Later, an unknown terrorist faction launches a massive military assault in San Francisco. With the aid of Task Force Talon, the attackers are eventually neutralized. To protect against further attacks on United States soil, the U.S. government orders a full troop recall: U.S. forces from all around the globe are ordered to return to the United States. The commander of Task Force Talon, Major Jason Richter, however, is not satisfied with the troop recall order. He has noticed that the primary target of the terrorist attacks in Houston, London, California and other places around the globe has been TGE, the oil company that is on the verge of resolving the oil crisis. Richter thinks that without U.S. troops in Egypt, terrorists will destroy TGE. Therefore, Major Richter goes against presidential orders and deploys Task Force Talon forces to Egypt. They manage to gather enough intelligence to convince the President to support their military defense of the TGE complex in Egypt. In a battle within the Egyptian TGE refinery, Task Force Talon deploy cutting-edge military technology against an enemy that now possesses self-propelled artillery and invisible tanks. Eventually, Task Force Talon prevails. During the battle in Egypt, Task Force Talon finally discovered the identity of their enemy: The Consortium, led by Zakharov, who owns two of the labs that produced stealth tanks. The United States government, Task Force Talon and the Russian government launch a joint assault against Zakharov who has a stronghold in Russia and is now in possession of a full army, a small air force and even 9K720 Iskander ballistic missiles. Through the joint effort, Zakharov is eventually captured. Major Richter personally takes Zakharov to the United States. Upon arrival however, he finds Washington, D.C. under the military occupation of the Consortium. Even as the U.S. forces struggle to liberate the United States Capitol, the 81st U.S. Armored Division, taken over by the Consortium, rescues Zakharov and occupies the White House area. The President of the United States attempts to escape but his helicopter is shot down. Only with the aid of Task Force Talon, the president manages to evade capture. Eventually, the U.S. army and Task Force Talon mount a counter-attack on the occupied the White House, facing cutting-edge enemy technology that is supposed to be top-secret U.S. prototypes. Even as they take back the White House, Zakharov unleashes The Falling Star, a space-based superweapon. Having deployed Patriot batteries to counter the Falling Star, Task Force Talon and the United States Army deploy cruise missiles to destroy Zakharov's base. Zakharov is discovered dead after Major Richter, standing atop of a massive smoldering crater, orders a DNA analysis of the remnants of the bodies. Factions United States military The United States military is the conventional war machine of Act of War with familiar (as of the game's release date) military units like the marines, AH-64 Apache and M1 Abrams main battle tank. The only exception is the F-22 Raptor, which is not featured in the game. United States military in possession of the greatest number of units and upgrades, each of which are specialized for a certain role. For example, the F-15 can only attack other air units, although it is the best fighter aircraft unit in the game. Meanwhile, the sniper is very effective against infantry but ineffective against anything else. One weakness, however, is their obligation to follow DEFCON procedures. To access its full strength, it must upgrade to DEFCON 2 and then to DEFCON 1, each of which are expensive. Task Force Talon Task Force Talon is a top-secret U.S. military branch, equipped with cutting-edge hardware. It includes units that, at the time of the game's release, were either cutting-edge, experimental or fictional. These units include Global Hawk (an unmanned stealthy aircraft) S.H.I.E.L.D. Unit (an infantryman wearing an exoskeleton suit equipped with both machine guns and rockets) and Spinner Tank (a tank with customizable weapons). Task Force Talon focuses on versatility. For example, the Global Hawk can be upgraded with anti-tank missiles and change role. This versatility however, comes at high cost: Task Force Talon units and upgrades are very expensive for good reasons and the AI is unable to use most Task Force Talon units properly because all late game units requires some basic micromanagement and strategic planning. Therefore, losing too many units early in a game due to misuse and poor strategic choices quickly decide the outcome of the battle. Consortium The Consortium is a shadowy organization with unknown origins and objectives. The branch of the Consortium featured in this game consists of terrorist groups and a renegade Russian army offshoot, supported by oil companies bent on creating an oil monopoly as well as manipulating political events for personal gain. This branch is led by Yegor Zakharov, the game's primary antagonist. However, it is hinted (and later confirmed in Act of War: High Treason) that there are other Consortium branches. The Consortium operates in two alert status modes: Undercover and Revealed. In undercover mode, the Consortium resorts to hiring mercenaries, terrorists and certain governments into doing their dirty work, relying more on massing inexpensive units such as infantry units initially equipped with AK-74 (customizable after purchasing) as well as surplus military hardware provide versatility in battle. In revealed mode, however, the Consortium deploys high-tech combat equipment such as YF-23 Black Widow II (a stealth aircraft) Akula Stealth Tank (a cloaked tank armed with twin railguns) and Optical-Camo Soldier (an infantry unit wearing active camouflage). Ironic as it may be, in revealed mode, almost all Consortium units have stealth capabilities. Reception The game was a runner-up for Computer Games Magazines list of 2005's top 10 computer games. References Atari games 2005 video games Multiplayer online games Real-time strategy video games Video games developed in France Video games with expansion packs Windows games Windows-only games Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games set in London Video games set in San Francisco Video games set in Washington, D.C. Video games set in Libya Video games set in Egypt Video games about terrorism

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Kankalabé

Kankalabé is a town and sub-prefecture in the Dalaba Prefecture in the Mamou Region of western Guinea. References Sub-prefectures of the Mamou Region

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Aleksander Čonda

Aleksander Čonda (born 26 August 1990) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Slovenian national team at 2009 Speedway World Cup and is riding for the KSM Krosno in the Polish Second League. Career details World Championships Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup) 2009 - the Event 2 will be on 13 July Individual U-21 World Championship 2008 - 11th place in the Qualifying Round 2 2009 - 14th place in the Semi-Final 1 Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Cup) 2008 - 4th place in the Qualifying Round 2 2010 - 4th place in the Qualifying Round Two European Championships Individual European Championship 2009 - qualify to the Semi-Final 1, but was replaced Individual U-19 European Championship 2008 - 11th place in the Semi-Final 3 2009 - Tarnów - 13th place (5 pts) See also Slovenia national speedway team References 1990 births Living people Slovenian speedway riders

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Crime & Punishment

Crime & Punishment is a 2002 reality television, nontraditional court show spin-off of the Law & Order franchise. It premiered on NBC on June 16, 2002, and ran through the summers of 2002, 2003, and 2004. The show was produced by Bill Guttentag, who won an Academy Award for his documentary You Don't Have to Die. Description The series goes inside the District Attorney's office of San Diego County, California, as they prepared and tried cases. It involved going behind the scenes with the prosecutors as they prepared for the trial and provided three-camera coverage of the courtroom. Crime & Punishment has been described as a cross between a drama and a documentary or "docudrama". The series was created and executive produced by Wolf, along with Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bill Guttentag. David J. Kanter is co-creator and executive producer, and follows prosecutors from the San Diego County District Attorney’s office as they investigate and try cases, while viewers see the drama unfold from real-life victims, prosecutors, family members and defendants. The main theme was a remix of the Law & Order theme. Episode list Season 1: 2002 "People v. Dailey" / 2002.06.16 "People v. Jones" / 2002.06.23 "People v. Vasquez" / 2002.06.30 "People v. Sanabria" / 2002.07.07 "People v. Curry" / 2002.07.14 "People v. Scheirbaum & People v. Villa" / 2002.07.21 "People v. Taitano" / 2002.07.28 "People v. Garcia" / 2002.08.04 "People v. Kayser & People v. Palomino" / 2002.08.11 "People v. Wells" / 2002.08.18 "People v. Scott & People v. Smith" / 2002.08.25 "People v. Mayta" / 2002.09.01 "People v. Redondo" / Air date unknown Season 2: 2003 "People v. Richard Arnold" / 2003.06.01 "People v. Ron Barker/NY Nourn" / 2003.06.08 "People v. Clifford Smith" / 2003.06.15 "People v. Emile Robershaw" / 2003.06.22 "People v. Joseph Villarino" / 2003.06.29 "People v. Hugo Alcazar" / 2003.07.06 "People v. Delia Contreras" / 2003.07.13 Season 3: 2004 "People v. George Waller Jr. & Lawrence Calhoun" / 2004.06.12 "People v. Brenda Cook & People v. Lawrence Marsh" / 2004.06.19 "People v. Bernard Cutts" / 2004.06.26 "People v. Terry Hall" / 2004.07.03 "People v. McPherson, Bubeck & People v. Chastang" / 2004.07.10 "People v. Tianna Thomas & People v. Charles Mambane" / 2004.07.17 References External links Law & Order (franchise) NBC original programming American television spin-offs Court shows 2000s American reality television series 2002 American television series debuts 2004 American television series endings Television series created by Dick Wolf Television series by Wolf Films Television series by Universal Television

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Fazail-e-Amaal

Faza'il-e-A'maal (, Virtues of deeds), originally titled Tablighi Nisab (, Curriculum for Tabligh), is a religious text composed mainly of treatises by the Indian Deobandi scholar Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi for the transnational Islamic missionary movement, Tablighi Jamaat. The book is written in simple Urdu and is a collection of pious and edifying tales based mostly on inspirational hadith traditions and anecdotes. Tablighi Jamaat promote the book to the non-Arab communities, while to Arabic speaking communities they suggest reading Riyad as-Salihin by Yahya Nawawi instead. The book has been translated into several languages, including: Arabic, French, and Malay. History In about 1955 a collection of works by Muhammad Zakariya was published in two volumes under the title Tablighi Nisab. A single volume version was published in 1958. The first English translation was published in 1960. A revised English edition was published by Kutub Khana Faydi in Lahore in 1980. Another English translation of the book was published in 1984 by Waterval Islamic Institute, Johannesburg and later become immensely popular in South Africa. In 1985, the translations from the second edition were published in Delhi as Teachings of Islam. The English edition published in Delhi in 1986 contained both parts one and two; part two was omitted from later versions. Kutub Khana Faydi published the third revised English edition of the book in 1985 as Faza`il A`maal. The 1987 Karachi edition was a reprint of the third edition, and was reprinted in England and South Africa. A simple English edition was published in 1995. The 1985 Kutub Khana Faydi edition has been published in French translation. The English and French translations retain the madrasa idioms, and the Uttar Pradesh town background and world-view of the original Urdu books. A Turkish version has also been published titled Ammelerin Faziletleri. Overview Some new Urdu editions also add: Muslim Degeneration and its Only Remedy (1939) (, ) by Ihtishamul Hasan Kandhlawi. English editions include writings such as: Six Fundamentals (translation of Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri's Chhe Baten (, [Six points])), A Call to Muslims (translation of a 1944 speech by Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi), and Muslim Degeneration and its Only Remedy (1939) (translation of Ihtishamul Hasan Kandhlawi's Musalmānoṉ kī maujūdah pastī kā wāḥid ‘ilāj). Some editions of Faza'il-e-A'mal do not contain: Zakariya's Virtues of durood (1965) (, ) This was omitted because some Deobandi scholars in Pakistan were against its inclusion. Contents The book has two parts (or volumes): In the preface of the book is mentioned that Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi wrote, "Hikayat-e-Sahaba" (Stories Of The Sahaba) at the request of Abdul Qadir Raipuri, "Fazail-e-Quran" (Virtues of Quran) at the request of Muhammad Yasin Niginwi, "Fazail-e-Namaz", "Fazail-e-Zikr", "Fazail-e-Tableegh" and "Fazail-e-Ramadan" at the request of his uncle Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi. "Fazail-e-Sadaqat" and "Fazail-e-Hajj" was written at the request of Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi. Part one Stories of sahabah (). This consists of stories of Mohammad's companions, depicting them as role models for Muslims. (272 pages) Virtues of the holy qur'aan (). Forty hadith on the merits of the Quran. (120 pages) Virtues of salaat (). Hadith on the merits of prayer. (112 pages) Virtues of zikr (). Quranic verses and hadith on the merits of phrases known as kalima that are used to remember God. (265 pages) Virtues of tabligh (). The significance of preaching the faith. (48 pages) Virtues of ramadan (). The merits and significance of ramadan, the month of fasting. (80 pages) Muslim Degeneration and its Only Remedy (). The history and causes of Muslim degeneration and how preaching the faith will solve this problem. (48 pages) Six Fundamentals (} Virtues of durood () Part two Virtues of charity (Fazail-e-Sadqaat) Virtues of hajj (Fazail-e-Hajj) Virtues of charity The Fazail-e-Sadqaat (Urdu: فضائلِ ﺻﺪﻗﺎﺕ) is the second volume of the Fazail-e-Amaal series, a compilation of selected chapters from various books, also written by Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi. The text consists of selected verses of the Qur'an, Hadiths, commentary thereon, and other material. The book is a compilation of different previous books written by the same author. It has been translated into English, Arabic, Persian, Bengali, and many other languages. Initially, it was popular in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and among South Asian immigrants in the United States or UK but now the popularity is exponentially grown up in recent years all over Europe, the Asia Pacific, African and Latin American countries. It is also used by the Tablighi Jamaat for taalim (teaching) purposes. Criticism The book has been claimed to be based mostly on historically suspect and non-authentic hadith traditions and anecdotes. The Ahl al-Hadith and Salafi communities allege that this Islamic book contains references to many baseless hadiths. So they continue to preach not to read the book. The Salafi scholar Salih Al-Munajjid said, "the scholars continue to warn against the book Tableeghi Nisaab, otherwise known as Fadaa’il al-A‘maal. It is not permissible for any Muslim to read it; rather they should focus on the books of the saheeh Sunnah, books whose authors follow the path of Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa‘ah. As for books that contain myths and lies, they should not have any place in the heart or mind of the Muslim." Hammood at-Tuwaijri wrote that the Tablighi Jamaat "pay a great deal of attention to this book, which they respect as Ahl as-Sunnah respect as-Saheehayn and other books of hadeeth. The Tableeghis have made this book the most important reference work for the Indians and other non-Arabs who follow them. It contains a great deal of matters of shirk, innovation (bid'ah), myths, and fabricated (mawdoo‘) and weak (da‘eef) hadeeths. In fact it is a book of evil, misguidance and confusion (fitnah)." The Maturidi, Shams ad-Deen al-Afghaani wrote, "The leading imams of the Deobandis have books which are venerated by the Deobandis, but they are filled with the myths of grave-worshippers and Sufi idolatry, such as – and he mentioned several books, including Tableeghi Nisaab, i.e., Nisaab at-Tableegh, and Manhaj at-Tableegh. These Deobandis did not openly disavow these books or warn against them, and they did not put a stop to the printing and sale of these books. The markets of India and Pakistan and elsewhere are full of them." It is said in , "In their gatherings in Arab countries they – i.e., Jamaa‘at at-Tableegh – focus on reading from Riyadh as-Saaliheen, but in non-Arab countries, they focus on reading from Hayat as-Sahaabah and Tableeghi Nisaab; the latter book is full of myths and da‘eef (weak) hadeeths." The book is widely criticized in Saudi Arabia, and Tabligh Jamaat is officially banned there, and for that reason, the book is also officially banned there. Gallery See also Dala'il al-Khayrat Al-Muhannad ala al-Mufannad References External links Faza'il-e-A'maal in English Faza'il-e-A'maal in Arabic Deobandi Maturidi literature Sunni literature Sufi literature Deobandi books 20th-century Indian books Censored books

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Fluffy-backed tit-babbler

The fluffy-backed tit-babbler (Macronus ptilosus) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swampland. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70–291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. fluffy-backed tit-babbler Birds of Malesia fluffy-backed tit-babbler fluffy-backed tit-babbler fluffy-backed tit-babbler Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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Marie-Claire Bancquart

Marie-Claire Bancquart (21 July 1932 – 19 February 2019) was a French poet, essayist, professor emerita and literary critic. She was the recipient of the Grand prix de la Critique littéraire of the Académie Française, the premier authority on matters related to French language and culture, as well as numerous other awards. Her poetry is known for its visceral nature, often exploring the interior of the human body as a means of exploring emotion and humanity. Bancquart was president of the French arts council La Maison de la Poésie, and a professor emerita of the Université Paris-Sorbonne. Bancquart has been described as one of the most "powerful" voices in contemporary French poetry, drawing comparisons to French poet Charles Baudelaire. In addition to her many volumes of poetry, Bancquart has also published books and essays on subjects such as surrealism and Anatole France. She was married to French composer Alain Bancquart. Published works Poetry Mais, Vodaine, 1969 Projets alternés, Rougerie, 1972 Mains dissoutes, Rougerie, 1975 Cherche-terre, Saint-Germain des prés, 1977 Mémoire d'abolie, Belfond 1978 Habiter le sel, Pierre Dalle Nogare, 1979 Partition, Belfond, 1981 Votre visage jusqu'à l'os, Temps Actuels, 1983 Opportunité des oiseaux, Belfond, 1986 Opéra des limites, José Corti, 1988 Végétales, Les cahiers du Confluent, 1988 Sans lieu sinon l'attente, Obsidiane, 1991 Dans le feuilletage de la terre, Belfond, 1994 Énigmatiques, Obsidiane, 1995 La Vie, lieu-dit, Obsidiane en coédition avec Noroît (Canada), 1997 La Paix saignée, précédée de Contrées du corps natal, Obsidiane, 1999 Voilé/dévoilé, éditions Trait d'Union, Montréal, 2000 Avec la mort, quartier d'orange entre les dents, Obsidiane, 2005 Verticale du secret, Amourier, 2007 Terre énergumène, Le Castor Astral, 2009 Explorer l'incertain, Amourier, 2010 Violente vie, Le Castor Astral, 2012 Novels L'Inquisiteur, Belfond, 1980 Les Tarots d'Ulysse, Belfond, 1984 Photos de famille, François Bourin, 1988 Elise en automne, François Bourin, 1991 La Saveur du sel, Bourin / Julliard, 1994 Une femme sans modèles, éditions de Fallois, 1999 Essays Paris des surréalistes, Seguers, 1973 Maupassant conteur fantastique, Minard, 1976, rééd. 1993 Anatole France, un sceptique passionné, Calmann-Lévy, 1984 Images littéraires de Paris fin de siècle, la Différence, 1979 Poésie française 1945-1970 (sous la dir.), PUF 1995 Fin de siècle gourmande, 1880-1900, PUF, 2001 Écrivains fin-de-siècle, Gallimard, 2010 References Further reading Broome, P. (2008). In the Flesh of the Text: The Poetry of Marie-Claire Bancquart. Amsterdam ; New York, NY: Rodopi. Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) Prix Sainte-Beuve winners 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists 20th-century French women writers French literary critics Women literary critics 20th-century French essayists 20th-century French poets 21st-century French poets People from Aveyron 1932 births 2019 deaths 21st-century French women writers

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Pelagonius

Pelagonius (4th century AD) was an influential Latin writer on veterinary medicine, especially on horses. He is one of the many authors whose work was compiled and preserved in the Hippiatrica. Remains of his texts still exist in Latin and Greek. One of his sources was Columella. He was used by Vegetius. There is an edition of his texts in Teubner (1980), De veterinaria medicina, by K.D. Fischer. External links Pelagonius studies and digitized texts by the BIUM (Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de médecine et d'odontologie, Paris) see its digital library Medic@. Latin-language writers Ancient Roman writers Science writers 4th-century Latin writers Latin veterinarians

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Ras Al Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University

Ras Al Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University (RAKMHSU) is a medical university in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The university was established by the Ras Al Khaimah Human Development Foundation (RAK – HDF) under the leadership of Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Crown Prince & Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah and Chancellor of the University. RAK-HDF is a joint venture of the Ras Al Khaimah Government, Al Ghurair Investments and ETA Ascon Group, Dubai. Colleges College of Medical Sciences RAK College of Medical Sciences offers Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program, consisting of two years of pre-clerkship (integrated, applied basic sciences) courses and three years of clinical clerkship courses. After graduation, one year of Internship is required as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Prevention, UAE to practice Medicine in the UAE. The curriculum has been developed to provide learning opportunities enabling medical students to acquire fundamental knowledge, develop basic skills and appropriate principles relevant to health care in the context of the community. The five year curriculum has been designed to follow integrated and problem based approach to medical science. It integrates basic sciences with clinical sciences to enable the students to apply their knowledge to health care and develop a professional and compassionate approach to the analysis and management of health care. The MBBS program obtained Initial Accreditation from Ministry of Higher Education, UAE in July 2006 and the first academic session commenced in Oct 2006. First Batch graduated in 2011. College of Dental Sciences The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) program is of five years duration followed by one year of internship. The program comprises six months of general education, two years of basic medical and dental sciences and two-and-half years of clinical dental sciences. This is followed by a year of dental internship. The BDS program has obtained Initial Accreditation from Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, UAE and admission is in progress for the academic session commencing September 2009. College of Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor of Pharmacy (B Pharm), comprises six months of general education, one year of basic sciences, two-and-half years of pharmaceutical sciences and training and 6 months of Practice School. The total program duration is four and half years. B.Pharm program has obtained Initial Accreditation from Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and admissions is in progress for the academic session commencing September 2007. College of Nursing College of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.Sc Nursing) of four-year duration. The B.Sc.Nursing program has obtained initial accreditation from the Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, UAE. References Educational institutions established in 2006 Medical schools in the United Arab Emirates Nursing schools in the United Arab Emirates Universities and colleges in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah 2006 establishments in the United Arab Emirates

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Cayrac

Cayrac is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. See also Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department References Communes of Tarn-et-Garonne

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Pleasures Magazine

Pleasures Magazine is a bi-monthly Pan-African entrepreneurship and lifestyles magazine. founded by Adedotun Babatunde Olaoluwa. It was first launched in 2012 as weekly newspaper and re-branded in 2017 as a glossy magazine focuses on entrepreneurial success stories, luxury goods, fashion and events. It is circulated in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, United Arab Emirates, United States, and United Kingdom. The magazine offices are located in Nigeria, Ghana and UAE References 2012 establishments in Nigeria Bi-monthly magazines Business magazines English-language magazines Lifestyle magazines Magazines established in 2017 Magazines published in Nigeria Publications established in 2012

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Borrowash Methodist Church

Borrowash Methodist Church is in Borrowash. Derbyshire. History The church was built by the contractor Henry Vernon of Derby, to designs by John Wills, who in the same year built an almost identical chapel in Beeston - (see Queen's Road Methodist Church). The church was opened on 30 May 1900. The building was designed for 415 people and cost around £2,250 (equivalent to £ in ). Organ The church has a pipe organ by J.H. Adkins of Derby from 1920. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. References Churches completed in 1900 Gothic Revival church buildings in England Gothic Revival architecture in Derbyshire Methodist churches in Derbyshire

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2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 7 July. Records Schedule Results Qualification Qualification: 8.00 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q) Final References Long jump Long jump at the European Athletics Championships

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Toni-Ann Singh

Toni-Ann Singh (born February 3, 1996) is a Jamaican singer and beauty queen who won Miss World 2019. She was previously crowned Miss Jamaica World 2019 and is the fourth woman from Jamaica to win Miss World and also she is the longest reigning Miss World in the history of the pageant. Early life and education Singh was born in Morant Bay, Jamaica. She is of Dougla heritage, with her mother being of Afro-Jamaican descent, and her father being of Indo-Jamaican descent. The family immigrated to the United States when Singh was aged nine, settling in Florida. She attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, where she graduated with a degree in women's studies and psychology. Career Miss Jamaica World 2019 In 2019, Singh competed in the Miss Jamaica World 2019 competition, where she ultimately won the title. Afterwards, Singh was given the right to represent Jamaica at Miss World 2019. Miss World 2019 Singh left for London in November 2019, to participate in the Miss World pre-pageant activities. Singh placed in the top 40 of the Top Model competition and won the talent competition, which granted her direct entry into the top 40 semifinals. Finals night was held on 14 December at ExCeL London, where Singh advanced from the top 40 to the top 12, and ultimately to the top five. During the top 5 question and answer round, she was asked by Piers Morgan - “Why should you win the title of Miss World 2019?” Toni went onto answer the question by saying: "I think I represent something special...a generation of women who are pushing forward to change the world. I don't consider myself better than any other girls on the stage, but I will say that my passion for women and making sure that they have had the same opportunities that I have had, is something that sets me apart." She was subsequently asked, “Who is the most inspiring woman in the world for you?” to which she expressed: "The most inspiring woman to me is my mother. Now I must say, if my mother and my father are the roots, and I'm the tree, then really, any work that I do, anything that I'm able to change in the world...It is the fruits of their labor and I watched her pour everything into me, even at the sacrifice of her own wants and her needs, and that's why I am able to sit before you today." At the end of the event, she was eventually crowned as Miss World 2019 by the outgoing title holder Vanessa Ponce of Mexico, besting first runner-up Ophély Mézino of France and second runner-up Suman Rao of India. With her win, Singh became the fourth Jamaican woman to hold the title, with the last being Lisa Hanna who was crowned Miss World 1993, and the first black woman to win Miss World since Agbani Darego of Nigeria won Miss World 2001. Her win also made 2019 the first ever year that black women won the two of the Big Four most prestigious beauty pageant titles in the world, after Zozibini Tunzi became South Africa's first black woman to have won the Miss Universe title. References External links 1996 births Florida State University alumni 21st-century Jamaican women singers Jamaican beauty pageant winners Jamaican emigrants to the United States Living people Miss Jamaica World winners Miss World 2019 delegates Miss World winners People from Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica Jamaican people of Indian descent

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Clemmons (surname)

Clemmons is a surname. It may refer to one of the following people: Abel Clemmons (1772–1806), American murderer Alan D. Clemmons (born 1958), American lawyer and politician Beth Clemmons, a fictional character from the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds David Judson Clemmons, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter François Clemmons (born 1945), American singer, actor, playwright, and university lecturer Jessica Clemmons (born 1981), American singer-songwriter John Ray Clemmons (born 1977), American member of the Tennessee House of Representatives Joseph Clemmons (born 1929), American politician Larry Clemmons (1906–1988), American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor Maurice Clemmons (1972–2009), American responsible for the November 29, 2009, murder of four police officers in Parkland, Washington Sarah Clemmons, American college administrator See also Clemons (surname) Clemens

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The Eyes of Annie Jones

The Eyes of Annie Jones is a 1964 American-British drama film directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Richard Conte, Francesca Annis and Joyce Carey. The film tells the story of a sleepwalking young woman involved with a murder. The film was shot in Spain and financed by Robert L. Lippert. Plot Taxi driver Lucas murders wealthy Geraldine Wheeler, with whom he had been having an affair. The victim's Aunt Helen gets in touch with Geraldine's brother David and with Annie Jones, a 17-year-old girl from a nearby orphanage, who is said to have powers of extrasensory perception. It turns out David has been embezzling from the family and hired Lucas to do the killing. A sleepwalking Annie seems to be possessed by the dead woman's spirit, saying things like, "They won't let me rest." When she approaches a spot where the body is buried, David has to prevent Lucas from killing the girl. The two men have a falling out over money Lucas is still owed. The police become suspicious of him, and Lucas dies after crashing his speeding car. David is arrested, and the body and soul of Geraldine had not been allowed to rest, now found in the car's trunk. Cast Richard Conte as David Wheeler Francesca Annis as Annie Jones Joyce Carey as Aunt Helen Myrtle Reed as Carol Wheeler Shay Gorman as Lucas Victor Brooks as Sergeant Henry Jean Lodge as Geraldine Wheeler Alan Haines as Constable Marlowe Mara Purcell as Orphanage Matron Mark Dignam as Orphanage Director Patricia McCarron as Miss Crossley Max Bacon as Publican Hoskins Barbara Leake as Margaret Production Robert L. Lippert tried to persuade Sophia Loren to play the lead. Filming started in March 1963. It was shot in London. References External links Review of film at New York Times Eyes of Annie Jones at BFI 1964 films 1964 drama films American films American drama films British films British drama films English-language films Films directed by Reginald Le Borg 20th Century Fox films

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Jed Hughes

Jed Hughes is a former American football coach. Hughes worked as a graduate assistant for Stanford University football program from 1972 to 1973. In 1974, he joined Bo Schembechler's staff at the University of Michigan as a linebacker coach. He remained at Michigan for two seasons. In 1977, he joined Terry Donahue's staff at UCLA. He was UCLA's defensive coordinator from 1977 to 1981. In 1982, Hughes was hired as the secondary coach for the Minnesota Vikings. After two seasons with Minnesota, Hughes joined Chuck Noll's staff as the linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After five years with the Steelers, he finished his football coaching career with the Cleveland Browns in 1989. References Cleveland Browns coaches Minnesota Vikings coaches Pittsburgh Steelers coaches Michigan Wolverines football coaches UCLA Bruins football coaches Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

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Ministry of Mines (India)

The Ministry of Mines, a branch of the Government of India, is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to mines in India. The head of the ministry is Pralhad Joshi since June 2019. Functions The Ministry of Mines is responsible for survey and exploration of all minerals (other than natural gas and petroleum) for mining and metallurgy of non-ferrous metals like aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, gold, nickel etc. and for administration of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) in respect of all mines and minerals other than coal and lignite. There are one attached office, one subordinate office, three public sector undertakings (PSUs), three autonomous bodies and some more agencies working under the aegis of the Ministry of Mines. Attached office Geological Survey of India; headquarters at Kolkata Subordinate office Indian Bureau of Mines, headquarters at Nagpur Public sector undertakings National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), Bhubaneswar Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL),Kolkata Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL), Nagpur Autonomous bodies Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur National Institute of Rock Mechanics (NIRM), Kolar National Institute of Miners’ Health (NIMH), Nagpur Registered society (autonomous & self funding) Non-Ferrous Technology Development Centre Centre for Techno Economic Mineral Policy Options (C-TEMPO) The subject of ‘mineral regulation and development’ occurs at Serial Number 23 of the State list in the VIIth schedule to the Constitution. However the Constitution circumscribes this power, by giving Parliament the power under S.No. 54 of the Union list in the VIIth schedule, to enact legislation, and to this extent the States will be bound by the Central legislation. The MMDR Act is the main Central legislation in force for the sector. The Act was enacted when the Industrial Policy Resolution, 1957 was the guiding policy for the sector, and thus was aimed primarily at providing a mineral concession regime in the context of the metal making public sector undertakings. After the liberalization in 1991, a separate National Mineral Policy (NMP) was promulgated in 1993 which set out the role of the private sector in exploration and mining and the MMDR Act was amended several times to provide for a reasonable concession regime to attract the private sector investment including FDI, into exploration and mining in accordance with NMP 1993. National Mineral Policy The first National Mineral Policy was enunciated by the Government in 1993 for liberalization of the mining sector. The National Mineral Policy, 1993 aimed at encouraging the flow of private investment and introduction of state-of-the-art technology in exploration and mining. In the Mid-Term Appraisal of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, it was observed that the main factors responsible for this were procedural delays in the processing of applications for mineral concessions and the absence of adequate infrastructure in the mining areas. To go into the whole gamut of issues relating to the development of the mineral sector and suggest measures for improving the investment climate the Mid-Term Appraisal had proposed the establishment of a High Level Committee. Accordingly, the Government of India, Planning Commission, constituted a Committee on 14 September 2005. under the Chairmanship of Shri Anwarul Hoda, member, Planning Commission. The Committee made detailed recommendations on all of its terms of Reference in December 2006. Based on the recommendations of the High Level Committee, in consultation with State Governments, the Government replaced the National Mineral Policy, 1993 with a new National Mineral Policy on 13 March 2008. The National Mineral Policy 2008 provides for a change in the role of the Central Government and the State Governments to incentivize private sector investment in exploration and mining and for ensuring level playing field and transparency in the grant of concessions and promotion of scientific mining within a sustainable development framework so as to protect the interest of local population in mining areas. This has necessitated harmonization of legislation with the new National Mineral Policy. Policy reforms The Hoda Committee studied the various reports prepared and submitted by study groups and in- house committees set up by various Ministries from time to time on the issues before the Committee. The Committee gave consideration to the mineral policies of the States as presented by the State Governments, especially to the differing perceptions of mineral-rich and non mineral-rich states. The Committee also gave consideration to the papers prepared by FIMI, which provided comparative analyses of the mineral policies and statutes of other major mineral producing countries in the world such as Australia, Canada, Chile, and South Africa. Legislation The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was enacted so as to provide for the regulation of mines and development of minerals under the control of the Union. The Act has been amended in 1972, 1986, 1994, 1999 and 2004 in keeping with changes in the policy on mineral development. It has been recently amended in 2016 to make fundamental changes. Legislative reform Since that the existing law had already been amended several times and as further amendments may not clearly reflect the objects and reasons emanating from the new Mineral Policy, Government decided to reformulate the legislative framework in the light of the National Mineral Policy, 2008 and consequently, the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill was drafted in 2009-10 by the then Secretary Mines, S. Vijay Kumar, in consultation with the stakeholders. Government then constituted a Group of Ministers, chaired by the Minister of Finance (comprising Ministers of Home, Environment & Forest, Mines, Steel, Coal, Tribal Affairs, Law etc.) which harmonized the views of the Ministries and the final draft as approved by the Cabinet in September 2011, was introduced in Parliament in November 2011. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011, inter alia, provides for the following, namely A simple and transparent mechanism with clear and enforceable timelines for grant of mining lease or prospecting licence through competitive bidding in areas of known mineralization, and on the basis of first-in-time in areas where mineralization is not known. "Extension" rather than "renewal" of concession to ensure complete exploitation of mineral deposit. Facilitating easy transfer of reconnaissance and prospecting licences; mining leases are also transferable but subject to prior approval of State Government. A notable feature of the Bill is to provide a simple mechanism which ensures that revenues from mining are shared with local communities at individual as well as community level so as to empower them, provide them with choices, enable them to create and maintain local infrastructure and better utilize infrastructure and other services provided for their benefit. The Bill after introduction in Parliament in November 2011, was referred to the Department–related Parliamentary Standing Committee ("Standing Committee" ) which after eliciting the views of all stakeholders, submitted its Report. Elections in 2014, however led to the Bill lapsing, and the new NDA Government used its majority to effect amendments in the MMDR Act. The most important amendment has been to make auctions the only way to get mineral concessions at prospecting and mining stages. Some auctions have been held, but the industry view seems to be that auctions are likely to lead to delays and supply interruptions, and that the auction is adding to the burden of taxes on mining. Auctions at mining lease stage are also disincentivising exploration by private sector. Mining within a sustainable development framework The Hoda Committee made important recommendations on the need for a Sustainable Development Framework (SDF), as follows: ""The Ministry of Mines and MOEF should jointly set up a working group to prepare a SDF specially tailored to the context of India’s mining environment, taking fully into account the work done and being done in ICMM and the IUCN. The Indian SDF principles, reporting initiatives, and good practice guidelines unique to the three sectors in Indian mining, i.e. SME, captive, and large stand alone, can then be made applicable to mining operations in India and a separate structure set up to ensure adherence to such framework, drawing from both IBM and the field formations of MOEF. • The aspect of social infrastructure in the form of schools, hospitals, drinking water arrangements, etc. needs to be addressed within a formalised framework on the lines of the ICMM model. The Samatha ruling requiring mining companies to spend a set percentage of their profits on model programmes for meeting local needs through a pre-determined commitment, is one option for the country as a whole. Another option could be to require the mining companies to spend a percentage, say three per cent, of their turnover on the social infrastructure in the villages around the mining area. The working group mentioned in paragraph 3.11 may take this into consideration when preparing the Indian SDF and determine the percentage that mining companies could be advised to set aside. " Based on these recommendations, the National Mineral Policy 2008 explicitly underlined the need for mining within a sustainable development framework. The National Mineral Policy 2008 states, ( para numbers in brackets are the para numbers in the Policy): " (2.3) A framework of sustainable development will be designed which takes care of biodiversity issues and to ensure that mining activity takes place along with suitable measures for restoration of the ecological balance..." In para 7.10 it states" Extraction of minerals closely impacts other natural resources like land, water, air and forest. The areas in which minerals occur often have other resources presenting a choice of utilisation of the resources. Some such areas are ecologically fragile and some are biologically rich. It is necessary to take a comprehensive view to facilitate the choice or order of land use keeping in view the needs of development as well as the needs of protecting the forests, environment and ecology... All mining shall be undertaken within the parameters of a comprehensive Sustainable Development Framework... Mining operations shall not ordinarily be taken up in identified ecologically fragile areas and biologically rich areas. Para 7.11 states that "Appropriate compensation will form an important aspect of the Sustainable Development Framework mentioned in para 2.3 and 7.10…" Para 7.12 states that: "Once the process of economical extraction of a mine is complete there is need for scientific mine closure which will not only restore ecology and regenerate biomass but also take into account the socio-economic aspects of such closure..." And not least, para 3.2 of the Policy states that "The Central Govt in consultation with the State Govts shall formulate the legal measures for giving effect to the NMP 2008..The MMDR Act, MCR and MCDR will be amended in line with the policy…" In line with the Hoda Committee recommendations, the Ministry of Mines commissioned ERM which prepared a Sustainable Development Framework Report in November 2011. List of Ministers List of Ministers of State References External links Ministry website Mines Mining in India

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Anzolu

Anzolu () is a village and municipality in the Lerik Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 395. The municipality consists of the villages of Anzolu and Təngəbin. References Populated places in Lerik District

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Nawan Killi, Mardan

Mayar مایار is a village and union council in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It has an altitude of 291 m (958 feet). References Union councils of Mardan District Populated places in Mardan District

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Thylacine

The thylacine ( , or , also ) (Thylacinus cynocephalus) is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea. The last known live animal was captured in 1930 in Tasmania. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (because of its striped lower back) or the Tasmanian wolf (because of its canid-like characteristics). Various Aboriginal Tasmanian names have been recorded, such as coorinna, kanunnah, cab-berr-one-nen-er, loarinna, laoonana, can-nen-ner and lagunta, while Kaparunina is used in the constructed language of Palawa kani. The thylacine was relatively shy and nocturnal, with the general appearance of a medium-to-large-size canid, except for its stiff tail and abdominal pouch similar to that of a kangaroo. Because of convergent evolution, it displayed an anatomy and adaptations similar to the tiger (Panthera tigris) and wolf (Canis lupus) of the Northern Hemisphere, such as dark transverse stripes that radiated from the top of its back, and a skull shape extremely similar to those of canids, despite being unrelated. The thylacine was a formidable apex predator, though exactly how large its prey animals were is disputed. Its closest living relatives are the Tasmanian devil and the numbat. The thylacine was one of only two marsupials known to have a pouch in both sexes: the other (still extant) species is the water opossum from Central and South America. The pouch of the male thylacine served as a protective sheath, covering the external reproductive organs. The thylacine had become locally extinct on both New Guinea and the Australian mainland before British settlement of the continent, but its last stronghold was on the island of Tasmania, along with several other endemic species, including the Tasmanian devil. Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributing factors may have been disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment into its habitat. Taxonomic and evolutionary history Numerous examples of thylacine engravings and rock art have been found, dating back to at least 1000 BC. Petroglyph images of the thylacine can be found at the Dampier Rock Art Precinct, on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia. By the time the first European explorers arrived, the animal was already extinct in mainland Australia and New Guinea, and rare in Tasmania. Europeans may have encountered it in Tasmania as far back as 1642, when Abel Tasman first arrived in Tasmania. His shore party reported seeing the footprints of "wild beasts having claws like a Tyger". Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, arriving with the Mascarin in 1772, reported seeing a "tiger cat". Positive identification of the thylacine as the animal encountered cannot be made from this report, since the tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is similarly described. The first definitive encounter was by French explorers on 13 May 1792, as noted by the naturalist Jacques Labillardière, in his journal from the expedition led by D'Entrecasteaux. In 1805, William Paterson, the Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania, sent a detailed description for publication in the Sydney Gazette. He also sent a description of the thylacine in a letter to Joseph Banks, dated 30 March 1805. The first detailed scientific description was made by Tasmania's Deputy Surveyor-General, George Harris, in 1808, five years after first European settlement of the island. Harris originally placed the thylacine in the genus Didelphis, which had been created by Linnaeus for the American opossums, describing it as Didelphis cynocephala, the "dog-headed opossum". Recognition that the Australian marsupials were fundamentally different from the known mammal genera led to the establishment of the modern classification scheme, and in 1796, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire created the genus Dasyurus where he placed the thylacine in 1810. To resolve the mixture of Greek and Latin nomenclature, the species name was altered to cynocephalus. In 1824, it was separated out into its own genus, Thylacinus, by Temminck. The common name derives directly from the genus name, originally from the Greek (), meaning "pouch" or "sack". Evolution The modern thylacine probably appeared about 2 million years ago, during the Early Pleistocene. Specimens from the Pliocene-aged Chinchilla Fauna, described as Thylacinus rostralis by Charles De Vis in 1894, have in the past been suggested to represent Thylacinus cynocephalus, but have been shown to either have been curatorial errors, or ambiguous in their specific attribution. The family Thylacinidae includes at least 12 species in eight genera, and appears around the late Oligocene with the small, plesiomorphic Badjcinus turnbulli. Early thylacinids were quoll-sized, well under , and probably ate insects and small reptiles and mammals, although signs of an increasingly-carnivorous diet can be seen as early as the early Miocene in Wabulacinus. Members of the genus Thylacinus are notable for a dramatic increase in both the expression of carnivorous dental traits and in size, with the largest species, Thylacinus potens and Thylacinus megiriani both approaching the size of a wolf. In Late Pleistocene and early Holocene times, the modern thylacine was widespread (although never numerous) throughout Australia and New Guinea. A classic example of convergent evolution, the thylacine showed many similarities to the members of the dog family, Canidae, of the Northern Hemisphere: sharp teeth, powerful jaws, raised heels, and the same general body form. Since the thylacine filled the same ecological niche in Australia and New Guinea as canids did elsewhere, it developed many of the same features. Despite this, as a marsupial, it is unrelated to any of the Northern Hemisphere placental mammal predators. The thylacine is a basal member of the Dasyuromorphia, along with numbats, dunnarts, wambengers, and quolls. The cladogram follows: Description The only recorded species of Thylacinus, a genus that superficially resembles the dogs and foxes of the family Canidae, the animal was a predatory marsupial that existed on mainland Australia during the Holocene epoch and observed by Europeans on the island of Tasmania; the species is known as the Tasmanian tiger for the striped markings of the pelage. Descriptions of the thylacine come from preserved specimens, fossil records, skins and skeletal remains, and black and white photographs and film of the animal both in captivity and from the field. The thylacine resembled a large, short-haired dog with a stiff tail which smoothly extended from the body in a way similar to that of a kangaroo. The mature thylacine ranged from long, plus a tail of around . Adults stood about at the shoulder and on average weighed , though they could range anywhere from . There was slight sexual dimorphism with the males being larger than females on average. Males weighed in at around , and females weighed in at around . The skull is noted to be highly convergent on those of canids, most closely remembling that of the red fox. Thylacines, uniquely for marsupials, have largely cartilaginous epipubic bones with a highly reduced osseous element. This has been once considered a synapomorphy with sparassodonts, though it is now thought that both groups reduced their epipubics independently. Its yellow-brown coat featured 15 to 20 distinctive dark stripes across its back, rump and the base of its tail, which earned the animal the nickname "tiger". The stripes were more pronounced in younger specimens, fading as the animal got older. One of the stripes extended down the outside of the rear thigh. Its body hair was dense and soft, up to in length. Colouration varied from light fawn to a dark brown; the belly was cream-coloured. Its rounded, erect ears were about long and covered with short fur. The early scientific studies suggested it possessed an acute sense of smell which enabled it to track prey, but analysis of its brain structure revealed that its olfactory bulbs were not well developed. It is likely to have relied on sight and sound when hunting instead. The thylacine was able to open its jaws to an unusual extent: up to 80 degrees. This capability can be seen in part in David Fleay's short black-and-white film sequence of a captive thylacine from 1933. The jaws were muscular, and had 46 teeth, but studies show the thylacine jaw was too weak to kill sheep. The tail vertebrae were fused to a degree, with resulting restriction of full tail movement. Fusion may have occurred as the animal reached full maturity. The tail tapered towards the tip. In juveniles, the tip of the tail had a ridge. The female thylacine had a pouch with four teats, but unlike many other marsupials, the pouch opened to the rear of its body. Males had a scrotal pouch, unique amongst the Australian marsupials, into which they could withdraw their scrotal sac for protection. Thylacine footprints could be distinguished from other native or introduced animals; unlike foxes, cats, dogs, wombats, or Tasmanian devils, thylacines had a very large rear pad and four obvious front pads, arranged in almost a straight line. The hindfeet were similar to the forefeet but had four digits rather than five. Their claws were non-retractable. More detail can be seen in a cast taken from a freshly dead thylacine. The cast shows the plantar pad in more detail and shows that the plantar pad is tri-lobal in that it exhibits three distinctive lobes. It is a single plantar pad divided by three deep grooves. The distinctive plantar pad shape along with the asymmetrical nature of the foot makes it quite different from animals such as dogs or foxes. This cast dates back to the early 1930s and is part of the Museum of Victoria's thylacine collection. The thylacine was noted as having a stiff and somewhat awkward gait, making it unable to run at high speed. It could also perform a bipedal hop, in a fashion similar to a kangaroo—demonstrated at various times by captive specimens. Guiler speculates that this was used as an accelerated form of motion when the animal became alarmed. The animal was also able to balance on its hind legs and stand upright for brief periods. Observers of the animal in the wild and in captivity noted that it would growl and hiss when agitated, often accompanied by a threat-yawn. During hunting, it would emit a series of rapidly repeated guttural cough-like barks (described as "yip-yap", "cay-yip" or "hop-hop-hop"), probably for communication between the family pack members. It also had a long whining cry, probably for identification at distance, and a low snuffling noise used for communication between family members. Some observers described it as having a strong and distinctive smell, others described a faint, clean, animal odour, and some no odour at all. It is possible that the thylacine, like its relative, the Tasmanian devil, gave off an odour when agitated. Distribution and habitat The thylacine most likely preferred the dry eucalyptus forests, wetlands, and grasslands of mainland Australia. Indigenous Australian rock paintings indicate that the thylacine lived throughout mainland Australia and New Guinea. Proof of the animal's existence in mainland Australia came from a desiccated carcass that was discovered in a cave in the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia in 1990; carbon dating revealed it to be around 3,300 years old. Recently examined fossilised footprints also suggest historical distribution of the species on Kangaroo Island. In Tasmania it preferred the woodlands of the midlands and coastal heath, which eventually became the primary focus of British settlers seeking grazing land for their livestock. The striped pattern may have provided camouflage in woodland conditions, but it may have also served for identification purposes. The animal had a typical home range of between . It appears to have kept to its home range without being territorial; groups too large to be a family unit were sometimes observed together. Ecology and behaviour Little is known about the behaviour of the thylacine. A few observations were made of the animal in captivity, but only limited, anecdotal evidence exists of the animal's behaviour in the wild. Most observations were made during the day, whereas the thylacine was naturally nocturnal. Those observations, made in the twentieth century, may have been atypical, as they were of a species already under the stresses that would soon lead to its extinction. Some behavioural characteristics have been extrapolated from the behaviour of its close relative, the Tasmanian devil. The thylacine was a nocturnal and crepuscular hunter, spending the daylight hours in small caves or hollow tree trunks in a nest of twigs, bark, or fern fronds. It tended to retreat to the hills and forest for shelter during the day. and hunted in the open heath at night. Early observers noted that the animal was typically shy and secretive, with awareness of the presence of humans and generally avoiding contact, though it occasionally showed inquisitive traits. At the time, much stigma existed in regard to its "fierce" nature; this is likely to be due to its perceived threat to agriculture. Mating There is evidence for at least some year-round breeding (cull records show joeys discovered in the pouch at all times of the year), although the peak breeding season was in winter and spring. They would produce up to four joeys per litter (typically two or three), carrying the young in a pouch for up to three months and protecting them until they were at least half adult size. Early pouch young were hairless and blind, but they had their eyes open and were fully furred by the time they left the pouch. After leaving the pouch, and until they were developed enough to assist, the juveniles would remain in the lair while their mother hunted. Thylacines only once bred successfully in captivity, in Melbourne Zoo in 1899. Their life expectancy in the wild is estimated to have been 5 to 7 years, although captive specimens survived up to 9 years. In 2018, Newton et al. collected and CT-scanned all known preserved thylacine pouch young specimens to digitally reconstruct its development throughout its entire window of growth in the mother's pouch. This study revealed new information on the biology of the thylacine, including the growth of its limbs and when it developed its 'dog-like' appearance. It was found that two of the thylacine young in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) were misidentified and of another species, reducing the number of known pouch young specimens to 11 worldwide. Feeding and diet The thylacine was exclusively carnivorous. In captivity, thylacines had a clear preference for birds (particularly chickens). In the wild, large ground-dwelling birds (such as Tasmanian nativehens) may have been their primary prey, since they are documented to have hunted a wide range of them, and its comparatively moderate bite force was more suited to hollow avian bones. During its peak occupation of the mainland, such prey would have been bountiful, and studies of their Pliestocene habitat points to a more suitable diet consisting of a range of megapodes (such as the Giant malleefowl) ratites (such as the emu), and possibly dromornithids (most of which extinct prior to European settlement). At the time of European settlement, the Tasmanian emu, a subspecies believed to be smaller than mainland emus, was common and widespread and Thylacines were known to prey on them and share the same habitat. Many early depictions of them hunting included emu. The large, flightless bird was hunted to extinction by humans within 30 years of European settlement. The extinction correlates with a rapid decline in thylacine numbers. Cassowary species of northern Australia and New Guinea coexisted with the Thylacine, but had developed strong defenses against predators; the emu on the other hand was more vulnerable to the Thylacine's adaptions including endurance hunting and bipedal hop. Dingoes, wild dogs and foxes have all been noted to hunt the emu on the mainland and killings of emus by dogs were noted in Tasmania. European settlers believed the thylacine to prey upon farmers' sheep and poultry. Throughout the 20th century, the thylacine was often characterised as primarily a blood drinker; according to Robert Paddle, the story's popularity seems to have originated from a single second-hand account heard by Geoffrey Smith (1881–1916) in a shepherd's hut. There is some controversy over the preferred prey size of the thylacine. A 2011 study by the University of New South Wales using advanced computer modelling indicated that the thylacine had surprisingly feeble jaws. Animals usually take prey close to their own body size, but an adult thylacine of around was found to be incapable of handling prey much larger than . Thus, some researchers believe thylacines only ate small animals such as bandicoots and possums, putting them into direct competition with the Tasmanian devil and the tiger quoll. Another study in 2020 produced similar results, after estimating the average thylacine weight as about rather than , suggesting that the animal did indeed hunt much smaller prey. However, an earlier study showed that the thylacine had a bite force quotient of 166, similar to that of most quolls; in modern mammalian predators, such a high bite force is almost always associated with predators which routinely take prey as large, or larger than, themselves. If the thylacine was indeed specialised for small prey, this specialisation likely made it susceptible to small disturbances to the ecosystem. Analysis of the skeletal frame and observations of the thylacine in captivity suggest the species were pursuit predators, singling out a prey item and pursuing them until the prey was exhausted. However, trappers reported it as an ambush predator. The animal may have hunted in small family groups, with the main group herding prey in the general direction of an individual waiting in ambush. Although the living grey wolf is widely seen as the thylacine's counterpart, the thylacine may have been more of an ambush predator as opposed to a pursuit predator. In fact, the predatory behaviour of the thylacine was probably closer to ambushing felids than to large pursuit canids. Its stomach was muscular, and could distend to allow the animal to eat large amounts of food at one time, probably an adaptation to compensate for long periods when hunting was unsuccessful and food scarce. In captivity, thylacines were fed a wide variety of foods, including dead rabbits and wallabies as well as beef, mutton, horse, and occasionally poultry. There is a report of a captive thylacine which refused to eat dead wallaby flesh or to kill and eat a live wallaby offered to it, but "ultimately it was persuaded to eat by having the smell of blood from a freshly killed wallaby put before its nose." In 2017, Berns and Ashwell published comparative cortical maps of thylacine and Tasmanian devil brains, showing that the thylacine had a larger, more modularised basal ganglion. The authors associated these differences with the thylacine's predatory lifestyle. The same year, White, Mitchell and Austin published a large-scale analysis of thylacine mitochondrial genomes, showing that they had split into Eastern and Western populations on the mainland prior to the Last Glacial Maximum and had low genetic diversity by the time of European arrival. Relationship with humans Captivity By the beginning of the 20th century, the increasing rarity of thylacines led to increased demand for captive specimens by zoos around the world. Despite the export of breeding pairs, attempts at having thylacines in captivity were unsuccessful, and the last thylacine outside Australia died at London Zoo in 1931. Extinction in the Australian mainland Australia lost more than 90% of its megafauna by around 40,000 years ago, with the notable exceptions of several kangaroo species and the thylacine. A 2010 paper examining this issue showed that humans were likely to be one of the major factors in the extinction of many species in Australia although the authors of the research warned that one-factor explanations might be oversimplistic. The thylacine itself likely neared extinction throughout most of its range in mainland Australia by about 2,000 years ago. However, reliable accounts of thylacine survival in South Australia (though confined to the "thinly settled districts" and Flinders Ranges) and New South Wales (Blue Mountains) exist from as late as the 1830s, from both indigenous and European sources. A study proposes that the arrival of the dingoes may have led to the extinction of the Tasmanian devil, the thylacine, and the Tasmanian native hen in mainland Australia because the dingo might have competed with the thylacine and devil in preying on the native hen. However, the study also proposes that an increase in the human population that gathered pace around 4,000 years ago may have led to this. However, a counter-argument is that the two species were not in direct competition with one another because the dingo primarily hunts during the day, whereas it is thought that the thylacine hunted mostly at night. Nonetheless, recent morphological examinations of dingo and thylacine skulls show that although the dingo had a weaker bite, its skull could resist greater stresses, allowing it to pull down larger prey than the thylacine. The thylacine was less versatile in its diet than the omnivorous dingo. Their ranges appear to have overlapped because thylacine subfossil remains have been discovered near those of dingoes. The adoption of the dingo as a hunting companion by the indigenous peoples would have put the thylacine under increased pressure. A 2013 study suggested that, while dingoes were a contributing factor to the thylacine's demise on the mainland around 3,000 years ago, larger factors were the intense human population growth and technological advances and the abrupt change in the climate during the period. Extinction in Tasmania Although the thylacine was extinct on mainland Australia, it survived into the 1930s on the island state of Tasmania. At the time of the first European settlement, the heaviest distributions were in the northeast, northwest and north-midland regions of the state. They were rarely sighted during this time but slowly began to be credited with numerous attacks on sheep. This led to the establishment of bounty schemes in an attempt to control their numbers. The Van Diemen's Land Company introduced bounties on the thylacine from as early as 1830, and between 1888 and 1909 the Tasmanian government paid £1 per head for dead adult thylacines and ten shillings for pups. In all, they paid out 2,184 bounties, but it is thought that many more thylacines were killed than were claimed for. Its extinction is popularly attributed to these relentless efforts by farmers and bounty hunters. However, it is likely that multiple factors led to its decline and eventual extinction, including competition with wild dogs introduced by European settlers, erosion of its habitat, the concurrent extinction of prey species, and a distemper-like disease that affected many captive specimens at the time. A study from 2012 also found that were it not for an epidemiological influence, the extinction of thylacine would have been at best prevented, at worst postponed. "The chance of saving the species, through changing public opinion, and the re-establishment of captive breeding, could have been possible. But the marsupi-carnivore disease, with its dramatic effect on individual thylacine longevity and juvenile mortality, came far too soon, and spread far too quickly." Whatever the reason, the animal had become extremely rare in the wild by the late 1920s. Despite the fact that the thylacine was believed by many to be responsible for attacks on sheep, in 1928 the Tasmanian Advisory Committee for Native Fauna recommended a reserve similar to the Savage River National Park to protect any remaining thylacines, with potential sites of suitable habitat including the Arthur-Pieman area of western Tasmania. The last known thylacine to be killed in the wild was shot in 1930 by Wilf Batty, a farmer from Mawbanna in the state's northwest. The animal, believed to have been a male, had been seen around Batty's house for several weeks. Work in 2012 examined the relationship of the genetic diversity of the thylacines before their extinction. The results indicated that the last of the thylacines in Tasmania had limited genetic diversity due to their complete geographic isolation from mainland Australia. Further investigations in 2017 showed evidence that this decline in genetic diversity started long before the arrival of humans in Australia, possibly starting as early as 70–120 thousand years ago. Benjamin and searches The last captive thylacine, often referred to as Benjamin, lived at Hobart Zoo until its death on the night of September 6, 1936. Its source has long been disputed. Until recently, Elias Churchill was regularly quoted as being the captor, but there appears to be little evidence to support this claim. Two more recent candidates are far better placed evidentially as the probable source – the Kaine capture near Preolenna in 1931 and the Delphin capture near Waratah in 1930. The thylacine died on the night of 6–7 September 1936. It is believed to have died as the result of neglect—locked out of its sheltered sleeping quarters, it was exposed to a rare occurrence of extreme Tasmanian weather: extreme heat during the day and freezing temperatures at night. This thylacine features in the last known motion picture footage of a living specimen: 45 seconds of black-and-white footage showing the thylacine in its enclosure in a clip taken in 1933, by naturalist David Fleay. In the film footage, the thylacine is seen seated, walking around the perimeter of its enclosure, yawning, sniffing the air, scratching itself (in the same manner as a dog), and lying down. Fleay was bitten on the buttock whilst shooting the film. In 2021, a digitally colourised 80-second clip of Fleay's footage of Benjamin was released by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, to mark National Threatened Species Day. The digital colourisation process was completed by a Paris-based company, based on historic primary and secondary descriptions to ensure an as exact colour match as possible. Frank Darby, who claimed to have been a keeper at Hobart Zoo, suggested Benjamin as having been the animal's pet name in a newspaper article of May 1968. No documentation exists to suggest that it ever had a pet name, and Alison Reid (de facto curator at the zoo) and Michael Sharland (publicist for the zoo) denied that Frank Darby had ever worked at the zoo or that the name Benjamin was ever used for the animal. Darby also appears to be the source for the claim that the last thylacine was a male. Robert Paddle was unable to uncover any records of any Frank Darby having been employed by Beaumaris/Hobart Zoo during the time that Reid or her father was in charge and noted several inconsistencies in the story Darby told during his interview in 1968. The sex of the last captive thylacine has been a point of debate since its death at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. In 2011, a detailed examination of a single frame from the motion film footage confirmed that the thylacine was male. When frame III is enlarged the scrotum can be seen; and by enhancing the frame, the outline of the individual testes is discernable. After the thylacine's death, the zoo expected that it would soon find a replacement, and "Benjamin"'s death was not reported on in the media at the time. Although there had been a conservation movement pressing for the thylacine's protection since 1901, driven in part by the increasing difficulty in obtaining specimens for overseas collections, political difficulties prevented any form of protection coming into force until 1936. Official protection of the species by the Tasmanian government was introduced on 10 July 1936, 59 days before the last known specimen died in captivity. A thylacine was reportedly shot and photographed at Mawbanna in 1938. A 1957 sighting from a helicopter could not be confirmed on the ground. An animal killed in Sandy Cape at night in 1961 was tentatively identified as a thylacine. The results of subsequent searches indicated a strong possibility of the survival of the species in Tasmania into the 1960s. Searches by Dr. Eric Guiler and David Fleay in the northwest of Tasmania found footprints and scats that may have belonged to the animal, heard vocalisations matching the description of those of the thylacine, and collected anecdotal evidence from people reported having sighted the animal. Despite the searches, no conclusive evidence was found to point to its continued existence in the wild. Between 1967 and 1973, zoologist Jeremy Griffith and dairy farmer James Malley conducted what is regarded as the most intensive search ever carried out, including exhaustive surveys along Tasmania's west coast, installation of automatic camera stations, prompt investigations of claimed sightings, and in 1972 the creation of the Thylacine Expeditionary Research Team with Dr. Bob Brown, which concluded without finding any evidence of the thylacine's existence. The thylacine held the status of endangered species until the 1980s. International standards at the time stated that an animal could not be declared extinct until 50 years had passed without a confirmed record. Since no definitive proof of the thylacine's existence in the wild had been obtained for more than 50 years, it met that official criterion and was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1982 and by the Tasmanian government in 1986. The species was removed from Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 2013. Unconfirmed sightings The Department of Conservation and Land Management recorded 203 reports of sightings of the thylacine in Western Australia from 1936 to 1998. On the mainland, sightings are most frequently reported in Southern Victoria. In 1982, a researcher with the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, Hans Naarding, observed what he believed to be a thylacine for three minutes during the night at a site near Arthur River in northwestern Tasmania. The sighting led to an extensive year-long government-funded search. In 1985, Aboriginal tracker Kevin Cameron produced five photographs which appear to show a digging thylacine, which he stated he took in Western Australia. In January 1995, a Parks and Wildlife officer reported observing a thylacine in the Pyengana region of northeastern Tasmania in the early hours of the morning. Later searches revealed no trace of the animal. In 1997, it was reported that locals and missionaries near Mount Carstensz in Western New Guinea had sighted thylacines. The locals had apparently known about them for many years but had not made an official report. In February 2005 Klaus Emmerichs, a German tourist, claimed to have taken digital photographs of a thylacine he saw near the Lake St Clair National Park, but the authenticity of the photographs has not been established. The photos were published in April 2006, fourteen months after the sighting. The photographs, which showed only the back of the animal, were said by those who studied them to be inconclusive as evidence of the thylacine's continued existence. In light of two detailed sightings around 1983 from the remote Cape York Peninsula of mainland Australia, scientists led by Bill Laurance announced plans in 2017 to survey the area for thylacines using camera traps. In 2017, 580 camera traps were deployed in North Queensland by James Cook University after two people – an experienced outdoorsman and a former Park Ranger – reported having seen a thylacine there in the 1980s but being too embarrassed to tell anyone at the time. According to the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, there have been eight unconfirmed thylacine sighting reports between 2016 and 2019, with the latest unconfirmed visual sighting on 25 February 2018. Since the disappearance and effective extinction of the thylacine, speculation and searches for a living specimen have become a topic of interest to some members of the cryptozoology subculture. The search for the animal has been the subject of books and articles, with many reported sightings that are largely regarded as dubious. According to writer Errol Fuller, the most likely record of the species persistence was proposed by Athol Douglas in the journal Cryptozoology, where Douglas challenges the carbon dating of the specimen found at Mundrabilla in South Australia as 4,500 years old; Douglas proposed instead that the well-preserved thylacine carcass was several months old when discovered. The dating of the specimen has not been reassessed. A preliminary 2021 study published by Brook et al.. compiles many of the alleged sightings of thylacines in Tasmania throughout the 20th century and claims that contrary to beliefs that thylacines went extinct in the 1930s, the Tasmanian thylacine may have actually lasted throughout the 20th century with a window of extinction between the 1980s and the present day, with the likely extinction date being between the late 1990s and early 2000s. The study claims that the reason behind the apparent lack of confirmed sightings during this wide and relatively recent time range is the lack of wide deployment of camera traps (which have been used to rediscover other elusive carnivores, such as the Zanzibar leopard) in Tasmania until the early 21st century, by which time the thylacine would be extinct or very nearly so. This study has not yet been peer-reviewed. Rewards In 1983, the American media mogul Ted Turner offered a $100,000 reward for proof of the continued existence of the thylacine. A letter sent in response to an inquiry by a thylacine-searcher, Murray McAllister in 2000, indicated that the reward had been withdrawn. In March 2005, Australian news magazine The Bulletin, as part of its 125th anniversary celebrations, offered a $1.25 million reward for the safe capture of a live thylacine. When the offer closed at the end of June 2005, no one had produced any evidence of the animal's existence. An offer of $1.75 million has subsequently been offered by a Tasmanian tour operator, Stewart Malcolm. Trapping is illegal under the terms of the thylacine's protection, so any reward made for its capture is invalid, since a trapping license would not be issued. Research The Australian Museum in Sydney began a cloning project in 1999. The goal was to use genetic material from specimens taken and preserved in the early 20th century to clone new individuals and restore the species from extinction. Several molecular biologists have dismissed the project as a public relations stunt and its chief proponent, Mike Archer, received a 2002 nomination for the Australian Skeptics Bent Spoon Award for "the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudo-scientific piffle." In late 2002, the researchers had some success as they were able to extract replicable DNA from the specimens. On 15 February 2005, the museum announced that it was stopping the project after tests showed the DNA retrieved from the specimens had been too badly degraded to be usable. In May 2005, Archer, the University of New South Wales Dean of Science at the time, former director of the Australian Museum and evolutionary biologist, announced that the project was being restarted by a group of interested universities and a research institute. In 2008, researchers Andrew J. Pask and Marilyn B. Renfree from the University of Melbourne and Richard R. Behringer from the University of Texas at Austin reported that they managed to restore functionality of a gene Col2A1 enhancer obtained from 100-year-old ethanol-fixed thylacine tissues from museum collections. The genetic material was found working in transgenic mice. The research enhanced hopes of eventually restoring the population of thylacines. That same year, another group of researchers successfully sequenced the complete thylacine mitochondrial genome from two museum specimens. Their success suggests that it may be feasible to sequence the complete thylacine nuclear genome from museum specimens. Their results were published in the journal Genome Research in 2009. Mike Archer reported about the possibilities of resurrecting the thylacine and the gastric-brooding frog at TED2013. Stewart Brand spoke at TED2013 about the ethics and possibilities of de-extinction, and made reference to thylacine in his talk. A draft genome sequence of the thylacine was produced by Feigin et al. (2017) using the DNA extracted from an ethanol-preserved pouch young specimen provided by Museums Victoria. The neonatal development of the thylacine was also reconstructed from preserved pouch young specimens from several museum collections. Researchers used the genome to study aspects of the thylacine's evolution and natural history, including the genetic basis of its convergence with canids, clarifying its evolutionary relationships with other marsupials and examining changes in its population size over time. The genomic basis of the convergent evolution between the thylacine and grey wolf was further investigated in 2019, with researchers identifying many non-coding genomic regions displaying accelerated rates of evolution, a test for genetic regions evolving under Positive Selection. In 2021, researchers further identified a link between the convergent skull shapes of the thylacine and wolf, and the previously identified genetic candidates. It was reported that specific groups of skull bones, which develop from a common population of stem cells called Neural crest cells, showed strong similarity between the thylacine and wolf and corresponded with the underlying convergent genetic candidates which influence these cells during development. Also in 2017, a reference library of 159 micrographic images of thylacine hair was jointly produced by CSIRO and Where Light Meets Dark, using scanning electron microscopy, metal-coated scanning electron microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy and optical light microscopy. In 2018, Rehberg published a study into the appearance of thylacine stripes using infrared flash camera trap photography. Research into thylacines relies heavily on specimens held in museums and other institutions across the world. The number and distribution of these specimens has been recorded in the International Thylacine Specimen Database. Cultural significance Since 1996, 7 September (the date in 1936 on which the last known thylacine died) has been commemorated in Australia as National Threatened Species Day. The best known illustrations of Thylacinus cynocephalus were those in Gould's The Mammals of Australia (1845–63), often copied since its publication and the most frequently reproduced, and given further exposure by Cascade Brewery's appropriation for its label in 1987. The government of Tasmania published a monochromatic reproduction of the same image in 1934, the author Louisa Anne Meredith also copied it for Tasmanian Friends and Foes (1881). The thylacine has been used extensively as a symbol of Tasmania. The animal is featured on the official Tasmanian coat of arms. It is used in the official logos for the Tasmanian government and the City of Launceston. It is also used on the University of Tasmania's ceremonial mace and the badge of the submarine . Since 1998, it has been prominently displayed on Tasmanian vehicle number plates. The plight of the thylacine was featured in a campaign for The Wilderness Society entitled We used to hunt thylacines. In video games, boomerang-wielding Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is the star of his own trilogy. Tiny Tiger, a villain in the popular Crash Bandicoot video game series is a mutated thylacine. Characters in the early 1990s cartoon Taz-Mania included the neurotic Wendell T. Wolf, the last surviving Tasmanian wolf. Tiger Tale is a children's book based on an Aboriginal myth about how the thylacine got its stripes. The thylacine character Rolf is featured in the extinction musical Rockford's Rock Opera. The thylacine is the mascot for the Tasmanian cricket team, and has appeared in postage stamps from Australia, Equatorial Guinea, and Micronesia. The Hunter is a novel by Julia Leigh about an Australian hunter who sets out to find the last thylacine. The novel has been adapted into a 2011 film by the same name, starring Willem Dafoe. In the 2021 film, Extinct, a thylacine named Burnie, along with a group of other extinct animals, help the movie's main characters travel through time to rescue their species from extinction. See also De-extinction / Breeding back Fauna of Australia List of extinct animals of Australia Savage River National Park References Notes Citations Bibliography Further reading Bailey, C. (2013) Shadow of the Thylacine. Five mile press. Guiler, E. (1985) Thylacine: The Tragedy of the Tasmanian Tiger. Oxford University Press. Guiler, E. & Godard, P. (1998) Tasmanian Tiger: A Lesson to Be Learnt. Abrolhos Publishing. Heath, A. R. (2014) Thylacine: Confirming Tasmanian Tigers Still Live. Vivid Publishing. . Leigh, J. (1999) The Hunter. Faber and Faber. . Lowry, D. C. (1967) "Discovery of a Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) Carcase in a Cave near Eucla, Western Australia". Helictite. Sleightholme, S. & Ayliffe, N. (2005) International Thylacine Specimen Database. CD-Rom. Master Copy: Zoological Society, London Smith, S. J. (1980) "The Tasmanian Tiger – 1980. A report on an investigation of the current status of thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, funded by the World Wildlife Fund Australia". Hobart: National Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania. Online ABC.net.au: Australian Megafauna Thylacine page at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History BBC News: item about the thylacine genome Preserved thylacine body at National Museum of Australia, Canberra Tasmanian tiger: newly released footage captures last-known vision of thylacine – video. The Guardian. 19 May 2020. 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Trichophoroides niveus

Trichophoroides niveus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Linsley in 1935. References Elaphidiini Beetles described in 1935