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19684013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagnota | Anagnota | Anagnota is a genus of flies of the family Anthomyzidae. Currently there are four described species that occur in the Palaearctic region:
A. bicolor (Meigen, 1838) Western, North and Central Europe, Russia (Western Siberia)
A. coccinea Roháček & Freidberg, 1993 Cyprus, Israel, Turkey
A. major Roháček & Freidberg, 1993 Central Europe, Southeast Europe, North Africa
A. oriens Roháček, 2006 Russia (Siberia) |
14925993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OR2A5 | OR2A5 | Olfactory receptor 2A5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A5 gene.
Olfactory receptors interact with odorant molecules in the nose, to initiate a neuronal response that triggers the perception of a smell. The olfactory receptor proteins are members of a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) arising from single coding-exon genes. Olfactory receptors share a 7-transmembrane domain structure with many neurotransmitter and hormone receptors and are responsible for the recognition and G protein-mediated transduction of odorant signals. The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the genome. The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms. |
26520082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel%20Desailly%20Pro%20Soccer | Marcel Desailly Pro Soccer | Marcel Desailly Pro Soccer is a soccer video game developed and published by Gameloft for mobile phones and Nokia N-Gage. The title is based on French football player Marcel Desailly.
Reception
The N-Gage version received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. |
3680156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Aubrey-Fletcher | Henry Aubrey-Fletcher | Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 4th Baronet, (24 September 1835 – 19 May 1910), born Henry Fletcher, was a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
The eldest son and second child of Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet (born 1807) and Emily Maria Browne, he succeeded to the baronetcy on 6 September 1851 upon the death of his father. In 1903, he had his name changed under Royal Licence to Henry Aubrey-Fletcher to reflect his inheritance from the Aubrey estate.
Before his service in Parliament, he had been a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards and then after retirement from the Regular Army he had been appointed a supernumerary lieutenant-colonel in the part-time 2nd Sussex Rifle Volunteers on 6 May 1874. He succeeded to the command of the battalion in 1882 and held it until 1897. Then as a colonel he commanded the Sussex & Kent Volunteer Infantry Brigade until 1904. He was Chairman of the National Rifle Association and during the Boer War was a strong advocate that rifle clubs should be formed throughout the country with the aim that every able-bodied man be enabled to be an effective shot.
Fletcher represented the Conservatives in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1880 to 1885 and Lewes from 1885 until his death in 1910.
He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1900, and a Privy Counsellor in December 1901.
Aubrey-Fletcher donated £10 in 1905 to the Holy Innocents Church in Southwater. He was a significant land owner in the area.
The town of Worthing conferred upon him the honorary freedom of the borough in October 1901, for services rendered to the town.
He died without any children and was thus succeeded to the baronetcy by his younger brother, Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher who also changed his name.
Sources |
16761306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorenji%20Suhadol | Gorenji Suhadol | Gorenji Suhadol ( or ) is a settlement in the foothills of the Gorjanci Range in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. |
18608407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost%20Worlds%20%28TV%20series%29 | Lost Worlds (TV series) | Lost Worlds is a documentary television series by The History Channel that explores a variety of "lost" locations from ancient to modern times. These "great feats of engineering, technology, and culture" are revealed through the use of archaeological evidence, interviews with relevant experts while examining the sites, and CGI reproductions. These visual re-creations take the form of rendered 3D environments and photo manipulated overlays, allowing the "lost world" to be seen over its present-day state.
The pilot episode "Palenque: Metropolis of the Maya" was first aired on April 4, 2005. It was followed by 12 more episodes in 2006, and a further 19 episodes in 2007.
Episodes
Release on DVD
Each episode was made available on DVD on its original air date. The first 13 episodes were released as a 4-DVD box set on January 30, 2007. |
6189990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetwater%20Independent%20School%20District | Sweetwater Independent School District | Sweetwater Independent School District is a public school district based in Sweetwater, Texas, USA. Located in Nolan County, the district extends into a portion of Fisher County.
The Sweetwater Independent School District serves approximately 2,253 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 on six campuses: high school, middle school, intermediate school, two elementary schools, and an early childhood center. Sweetwater ISD is also the fiscal agent for a nine-member school special education shared service arrangement.
Schools
Sweetwater High School [SHS] (Grades 9–12)
Sweetwater Middle School [SMS] (Grades 6–8)
Sweetwater Intermediate School (Grades 4–5)
East Ridge Elementary School (Grades 2–3)
Southeast Elementary School (Grades K-1)
J.P. Cowen Elementary School (Pre-Kindergarten and Head Start/Early Head Start)
Sports
Newman Field, ballpark |
44434892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devintsi | Devintsi | Devintsi is a village in Momchilgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria. |
50348789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene%20Mart%C3%ADnez | Irene Martínez | Irene Martínez Tartabull (28 October 1946 – April 2014) was a Cuban track and field athlete who competed in the long jump and the short sprints. She was the first woman from the Central American and Caribbean region to clear six metres in the long jump. She was also the first Cuban to win a jumps gold medal at the Pan American Games – a discipline in which the country later became highly successful.
Martínez broke the Cuban record for the long jump eleven times, resulting in a lifetime best of . She was a gold medallist in the long jump at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games and was the inaugural champion at the 1967 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. She also enjoyed success in the 4 × 100 metres relay, winning medals at the 1963 Pan American Games, 1963 Summer Universiade and the 1966 CAC Games, as well as twice breaking the national record for the event.
Career
Early life and career
Born in Cienfuegos, she was among the first athletes to enroll in the new national athletics program established after the end of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Her talent for running was noticed at high school and she transferred to a school in Havana to focus on sports in 1961. Among her contemporaries were sprinters Aurelia Pentón, Fulgencia Romay, and Miguelina Cobián.
Her first international selection came at the age of fifteen and she managed fourth place in the long jump at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games. She rose to prominence the following year – at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo she took fifth in the long jump and helped set a Cuban record in the 4 × 100 metres relay of 46.44 seconds alongside Romay, Cobián and Nereida Borges. She added to this with a fourth-place finish in the long jump and a relay bronze at the 1963 Summer Universiade. That year she achieved her first national record in the long jump, clearing in June (to beat Bertha Díaz's 1962 CAC Games-winning mark by one centimetre), then improving further to one week later. Her fourth national record of the year came that December, as she was part of a Cuban relay quartet that ran 46.2 seconds.
Regional champion
Despite being the country's best jumper, Martínez was not selected for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics on account of her young age (she was still 17 at the time of the tournament). That year, she improved the Cuban long jump record on five occasions, beginning with a jump of in April and ending with a clearance of in November. She struggled to improve in the 1965 season, managing a best of , but set a lifetime best in the 100 metres with a time of 11.8 seconds.
Martínez became the first woman from the Central America and Caribbean region to surpass six metres for the long jump, doing so with a jumps of then at a meeting in Havana in April 1966. Her first major individual success followed at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games, where she succeeded fellow Cuban Díaz to the women's long jump title with a Games record of . (The title would remain in Cuban hands for all but one edition over the next 25 years, courtesy of wins by Marcia Garbey, Eloína Echevarría and Niurka Montalvo.) The 21-year-old won the third major international relay medal of her career, taking the silver with the Cuban women behind a Jamaican team led by 200 metres champion Una Morris. Martínez had a very patriotic approach to the competition and held up her performance as a tribute to her country – her greatest memory of the period was of Fidel Castro signing her two medals.
The best performances of her career were in the 1967 season. In June she improved the Cuban national record for the tenth time with a jump of in Budapest. At the 1967 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics she became the first women's long jump champion with a result of , narrowly beating her compatriot Garbey – Marina Samuells and Garbey would turn Martínez's 1967 win into a four-edition streak of wins for Cuba. Cuba took a sweep of the women's titles at the event held in Mexico.
American gold and late career
Martínez was chosen for the 1967 Pan American Games and she came up against the defending champion, Willye White of the United States. White produced a jump of – two centimetres further than her winning jump four years earlier. However, that mark was not sufficient as Martínez produced the best jump of her life at . This was a Pan American Games record and good 13 cm clear of runner-up Gisela Vidal (6.20 m). The pre-event favourite, American Martha Watson, did not make the podium. Martínez's performance made her the first ever Cuban athlete – male or female – to win a Pan American gold medal in a jumping discipline. Cuba has since gone on to produce numerous world class jumpers, such as world record holder Javier Sotomayor, four-time long jump world champion Iván Pedroso and double triple jump world champion Yargelis Savigne.
She hoped to be selected for Cuba at the 1968 Summer Olympics, but did not receive a call-up to compete. The selectors requested that she be part of the team as an alternate for the 4 × 100 metres relay, but she refused due to her damaged pride of not being selected individually – a decision she regretted later in life. She produced marks of and in the 1969 and 1970 seasons, but she retired at age 24, having failed to recapture her best form.
After retiring from competition she went into academia and became a professor of physical education at the Instituto Técnico Militar in Havana. She remained in the role for almost 30 years. She died in April 2014 and was buried at Colon Cemetery, Havana, alongside other Cuban female athletes.
International competitions |
44996538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir%20Dostain%20Khan%20Domki | Mir Dostain Khan Domki | Mir Dostain Khan Domki (; born 18 March 1974) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018. He served as Minister of State for Science and Technology from August to May 2018 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
Early life
He was born on 18 March 1974.
Political career
He ran for the seat of National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-265 (Sibi-cum-Kohlu-cum-Dera Bugti-cum-Hernai) in the 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 17,411 votes and lost the seat to Mir Ahmadan Khan Bugti.
He was elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-265 (Sibi-cum-Kohlu-cum-Dera Bugti- cum-Harani) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 22,874 votes and defeated Ahmed Jan Khan, a candidate of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party.
Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the cabinet of Abbasi as Minister of State for Science and Technology. In November 2017, he announced to step down from the ministerial office of Science and Technology after Rana Tanveer Hussain was appointed as Federal Minister for Science and Technology. His resignation was not accepted until December 2017.
In April 2018, he quit PML-N and joined the newly created Balochistan Awami Party (BAP). Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Domki ceased to hold the office as Minister of State for Science and Technology.
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as an BAP candidate from NA-259 Dera Bugti-cum-Kohlu-cum-Barkhan-cum-Sibbi-cum-Lehri in the 2018 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 11,930 votes and was defeated by Shahzain Bugti, a candidate of the Jamhoori Wattan Party. |
16939191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly%20Beaches%20Reserve | Friendly Beaches Reserve | Friendly Beaches Reserve is a 140 ha coastal nature reserve in eastern Tasmania, Australia, 190 km north-east of Hobart and 180 km south-east of Launceston. It is located on the north-east side of the Freycinet Peninsula, bordering the Freycinet National Park. It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia (BHA), by which it was purchased in 1997.
Natural values
The reserve contains coastal heath, woodland and a saltwater lagoon. It protects one of the few remaining natural beach systems on Tasmania's east coast. The Tasmanian devil has been recorded from the reserve.
Access
While visitors are welcome to walk along the beach bordering the reserve, access to the reserve itself is prohibited due to the threat of contamination by the soil pathogen Cinnamon Fungus. |
47606127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri%20Borisov%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201996%29 | Dmitri Borisov (footballer, born 1996) | Dmitri Igorevich Borisov (; born 8 November 1996) is a Russian football player.
Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Sokol Saratov on 23 August 2015 in a game against FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. |
3615975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasile%20Voiculescu | Vasile Voiculescu | Vasile Voiculescu (, literary pseudonym V. Voiculescu; 27 November 1884 – 26 April 1963) was a Romanian poet, short-story writer, playwright, and physician.
Biography
Early life and education
Voiculescu was born in Pârscov, Buzău County, Romania, to a family of wealthy peasants. He attended primary school in Pleșcoi, a village near his home, for a year, after which he was sent to a boarding school in Buzău. He attended high school in Buzău, then in Bucharest — the Gheorghe Lazăr High School, where he befriended George Ciprian, an aspiring actor at that time, and the young writer Urmuz.
Upon graduating from high school in 1902, he read philosophy for a year at the University of Bucharest before starting his medical studies at the Faculty of Medicine. He became a doctor of medicine in 1910.
Prominence
March 1912 marked Voiculescu's debut as a poet with Dor ("Longing"), a poem first published in Convorbiri Literare. He managed to publish a volume of poems in 1916, but the German Empire forces occupying Bucharest (see Romanian Campaign (World War I)) destroyed all copies. In 1918, he published the volume Din țara zimbrului ("From the Land of the Wisent").
Between the two world wars, he lived in Bucharest and held a series of public conferences on medicine, broadcast on radio and aimed primarily at peasant audiences. He wrote poetry of religious persuasion, themed around the birth of Christ, Magi, and Crucifixion. His literary style gradually became Expressionistic.
Voiculescu published several short stories, such as Capul de zimbru ("Wisent Head"); novels, such as Zahei orbul ("Zahei the Blind"), and plays: Duhul pământului ("Earth's Ghost"), Demiurgul ("The Demiurge"), Gimnastică sentimentală ("Sentimental Gymnastics"), Pribeaga ("The Wanderer").
Imprisonment and release
After World War II, Romanian communist authorities attacked and persecuted Voiculescu for his religious and democratic ideals, and did not allow him to publish. He was imprisoned in 1958, at the age of 74, and he spent the following four years in prison; he became ill during detention, dying of cancer a few months after his release.
His final work, Shakespeare's Last Imagined Sonnets in the Imaginary Translation of..., comprises 90 sonnets, written between 1954 and 1958. An intricate portrayal of love in all its glory, it was published after his death.
In 1990, he was posthumously elected member of the Romanian Academy. His house in Pârscov became the Vasile Voiculescu memorial house. Also, the county library in Buzău bears his name.
Works
Ultimele sonete ale lui Shakespeare/Les derniers sonnets de Shakespeare (Paralela, 2005). Bilingual Romanian-French edition of Last Imagined Sonnets. |
4032494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Dieter | Paul Dieter | Paul Dieter (born May 23, 1959) is an American sound engineer and record producer. He has been the staff engineer at Groove Masters, the Santa Monica, California recording studio owned by Jackson Browne, since 1990.
Dieter's first major job was as an audio engineer on tour with 10,000 Maniacs from 1985 to 1987, and he has since worked as an audio engineer on various projects with Linda Ronstadt, David Lindley, Fleetwood Mac, and David Crosby. He also mixed the sound for Vonda Shepard's performances on Ally McBeal.
In 1994, Dieter was a co-nominee for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (along with Ed Cherney and Rick Pekkonnen) for the Jackson Browne album I'm Alive. A great deal of his work in the past decade has been with Browne, at Groove Masters and on tour, most recently co-producing Browne's Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1. |
7222831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jappic | Jappic | The Jappic, first entered at Brooklands on the Easter Monday meeting of 1925, was a tiny two seater cyclecar that had a 344cc JAP motorcycle engine. The car was designed by H.M.Walters and built by the coachbuilders Jarvis of Wimbledon. The frame was made from the wood ash with 3/32 inch steel flitch plates and tubular cross-members. It had expanding rear brakes on the rear, but no front brakes. The wheels where shod with 650x65 motorcycle tyres, which were attached by a chain-driven axle to a two-port overhead valve 74x80mm single-cylinder JAP engine via a three-speed gearbox (chain-driven from the engine).
Walters managed to break the Class J flying mile record in the car at a speed of 70.33 mph, but by 1926, the original engine was replaced with a 495cc JAP engine. The car was then obtained by Mrs Gwenda Stewart, who changed the cars name to Hawkes-Stewart and refitted the original 344cc engine. Unfortunately the car was destroyed in a garage fire at Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry in 1932.
Jarvis of Wimbledon intended to build replicas, but none are believed to have been produced. In 2019, two replicas appeared at the Vintage Revival Montlhéry - one was built in the UK and the other in New Zealand. |
24019581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds%20of%20Weber | Worlds of Weber | Worlds of Weber: Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington and Other Stories is a collection of short works by David Weber published in hardcover in September 2008 by Subterranean Press. Mass market paperback and e-book editions were released in October 2009 by Baen Books.
Stories
{| class="wikitable"
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! Contents:
! "Universe"
|-
| Introduction
| (not applicable)
|-
| A Certain Talent
| Roger Zelazny's "The Williamson Effect"
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| In the Navy
| Grantville (1632 series)
|-
| The Captain From Kirkbean
| Alternate Generals
|-
| Sir George and the Dragon
| David Drake's Foreign Legions.
|-
| Sword Brother
| Weber's own "War God series"
|-
| A Beautiful Friendship
| Honorverse, (HHA1)
|-
| Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington
| Honorverse, (HHA3)
|-
| Miles to Go
| Keith Laumer's Bolos 3
|-
| The Traitor
| Keith Laumer's Bolos 4
|}
Blurb
The following is a quote from Baen's promotional "blurb" about the book:
A mammoth volume (over 250,000 words) of the many facets of one of science fiction's most popular talents. Here are treecats, starships, dragons, alternate history, self-aware Bolo supertanks, wizards, sailing ships, ironclads—and, of course, Weber's fantastically popular starship commander, Honor Harrington. For nearly two decades, David Weber has been taking enthralled readers to destinations strange and fantastical, from his best-selling Honor Harrington novels and short stories to the heroic fantasy of Bahzell of the Hrandai, and the shared universe stories set in worlds of his own creation, and those of others, such as Eric Flint's best-selling Ring of Fire series, the popular Bolo series of Keith Laumer and more.
Visit 17th-century Magdeburg for the creation of the United States Navy a hundred and fifty years early, and go with John Paul Jones as he wins the Revolutionary War—For George III. Fight dragons and demons with U.S. Marines in a most unexpected campaign, find out how humans and treecats first met and share Honor Harrington's very first battle... |
47152695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keelaperumpallam | Keelaperumpallam | Keelaperumpallam is a village panchayat situated on the south bank of the Kaveri River in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu. The village name is a combination of three Tamil words: the first keela denote east side to MelaPerumPallam, the second part perum denotes big, and the last part pallam means pit. Another story is related to the ValamPuriNathar Shiva. Shiva have a one small V-shaped pit on his head so these two adjacent villages are called with pallam.
Keelaperumpallam Shiva Temple and Kethu temple
The Naganathar Shiva temple is famous for Navagraha worship of Kethu. It is located on the south bank of Cauvery River near the Bay of Bengal. The almighty Shiva is called Naganatha and goddess, Soundaryanayaki.
Keelaperumpallam Kethu temple
The above shiva temple is also called Keelaperumpallam Kethu temple. The deity Kethu is located north-east of this shiva temple. The Kethu story is related to the churning of Parkadal (milky way) for nectar. Lord Vishnu wanted to distribute the nectar only to devas but asura raghu also received the nectar and swallowed, this incident has been found by sun and moon and reported to Vishu. Vishu beheaded the rahu but he did not die because he swallowed the nectar, then his head is called as Rahu and his body is called as Kethu.
Worship
All devotees are request to see the shiva and parvathi first, then go to the kethu that is located north east of the shiva temple. Here kethu is worshipping shiva as well as shiva is a supreme god in this temple, so first worship shiva then do the pooja for kethu.
Transportation
Only one small motor road connects DharmaKulam (poompuhar) and Thalachangadu. Few service buses are available on this route, thus many people use autorisha and cars to reach the temple. However one can easily reach DharmaKulam, located around away from the temple. Dharmakulam is located near poompuhar beach to mayiladuthurai main road. There is no train service available but you can alight at sirkali or mayilaudthurai railwaystation. You can get more travel and temple information at http://wikiedit.org/India/Keelaperumpallam/228919/ and travel detail at http://distancebetween2.com/chennai/keelaperumpallam |
66779443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caradrina%20albina | Caradrina albina | Caradrina albina is a species of moth belonging to the family Noctuidae.
It is native to Europe. |
21885091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbowo%2C%20West%20Pomeranian%20Voivodeship | Garbowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship | Garbowo () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.
For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The village has a population of 40. |
63075513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Button-Down%20Mind%20Strikes%20Back | The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back | The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back is a 1960 stand-up comedy album by Bob Newhart. Released soon after Newhart's top-selling debut The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, the sequel album reached #1 on the Billboard Monophonic Action Albums chart on January 9, 1961. The two albums would occupy the top two positions on the chart for almost 30 weeks. Propelled by the success of Newhart's first album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back had sold 150,000 advance copies at the time of its release.
The album's tracks were recorded at the hungry i in San Francisco and Freddie's in Minneapolis.
Track listing
"Automation and a Private in Washington's Army" – 5:10
"The Grace L. Ferguson Airline (And Storm Door Co.)" – 9:30
"Bus Drivers School" – 6:13
"Retirement Party" – 8:08
"An Infinite Number of Monkeys" – 1:33
"Ledge Psychology" – 5:10
Certifications |
23996087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbophyllum%20hymenochilum | Bulbophyllum hymenochilum | Bulbophyllum hymenochilum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. |
62199460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%20Turn%20%282019%20film%29 | U Turn (2019 film) | U Turn () is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala mystery thriller film directed by acclaimed cinematographer Channa Deshapriya in his directorial debut. The movie is produced by Maharaja Entertainments as a Sirasa Movie. The movie features the stars Hemal Ranasinghe Thumindu Dodantenna, Bimal Jayakody, Gamya Wijayadasa with the debut actress Chanu Dissanayake in the lead roles. The music of the film is composed by Chinthaka Jayakody with Bharadwaj composing music for the song.
The movie is a remake of the 2016 Indian Kannada language film U Turn - thereby becoming the first Sinhala remake of a Kannada movie. The film mostly received positive reviews from critics. The film has successfully passed 50 days in theaters.
Plot
Raveena (Chanu Dissanayake), a news reporter working on an article on the incidents at a flyover. She also has a crush on the crime reporter Adithya (Thumindu Dodantenna), whose help she seeks for research material on accidents on the flyover. She finds that each day some motorists move the concrete blocks that partition the road just to take a quick U-turn and avoid the traffic. They don't move them back and the blocks are left to lie randomly on the road leading to many accidents. A beggar sitting on the flyover notes down the vehicle numbers of bikers who violate the rule to take the U-turn. Then he gives the list to Raveena. She obtains the details of the culprits using her contact in the traffic department, with the intention of confronting them for their "short-cut" and writing an article for the paper. Her attempt to meet the first person on the list goes in vain. Later the same day, the police take her into custody and accuse her of killing the same person she wanted to meet. She is shocked and tells her side of the story. Though the senior police officer rejects it, sub-inspector Ranga (Hemal Ranasinghe), finds it believable and does some investigation. It is revealed that all the persons Raveena has on her list have committed suicide. They also noticed that they have committed suicide the same day they took the wrong "u-turn". Raveena and Ranga find another number has been noted by the beggar which is to be delivered to Raveena the next day. The duo trace the address and try to rescue the man, a lawyer (Rana Madhav), who has taken the u-turn on the same day. As nothing seems suspicious, both leave only to encounter the very death of the lawyer whom they came to rescue.
Cast
Chanu Dissanayake as Raveena
Hemal Ranasinghe as Police Inspector Ranga
Thumindu Dodantenna as Adithya
Bimal Jayakody as Prasad
Gamya Wijayadasa as Maya
Veena Jayakody as Raveena's mother
Sanyumi Nimnadi as Anuki, Maya's daughter
Dayadeva Edirisinghe as OIC
Priyantha Wijesinghe as Traffic police officer Jagath
Nalin Lusena as Police Inspector Sagara
Athula Jayasinghe as Kapila Sirimanne
Rana Madhava as Nalaka Kalupahana
Suranga Ranawaka as Sandamini
Madushan Nanayakkara as Security officer
Nishantha Priyadarshana as Raja
Sunil Premaratne
Prasanna Dekumpitiya as Prasa
Randika Gunathilake as Ravi
Pradeep Ramawickrama as Three-wheel driver
Songs |
31452982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Vissel%20Kobe%20season | 2003 Vissel Kobe season | 2003 Vissel Kobe season
Competitions
Domestic results
J.League 1
Emperor's Cup
J.League Cup
Player statistics
Other pages
J. League official site
Vissel Kobe
Vissel Kobe seasons |
3619897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid%20Michigan%20Community%20College | Mid Michigan Community College | Mid Michigan College (Mid) is a public community college with two locations in Michigan, one in Harrison and one in Mount Pleasant. Founded in 1965, the college offers one- and two-year certificates and associate degrees in occupational and health science programs.
The Harrison Campus is in on of land, including multiple trails open all year long and free to the public. The Mount Pleasant Campus is south of the Harrison Campus.
In 2021 the entire territory of Mount Pleasant Public Schools joined the service area and the taxation area of Mid Michigan College as per the results of an election. 1,593 and 1,415 voters respectively approved being a part of the service area and taxation area while 952 and 1,141 respectively voted against each.
Athletics
Mid currently fields six varsity teams in the following sports: men's basketball, women's basketball, men's and women's bowling, baseball, and softball. |
53955656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton%20of%20Vence | Canton of Vence | The canton of Vence is an administrative division of the Alpes-Maritimes department, southeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Vence.
It consists of the following communes:
Aiglun
Ascros
Auvare
Bairols
Beuil
Bézaudun-les-Alpes
Bonson
Bouyon
Châteauneuf-d'Entraunes
Conségudes
Coursegoules
La Croix-sur-Roudoule
Cuébris
Daluis
Entraunes
Les Ferres
Gilette
Guillaumes
Lieuche
Malaussène
Massoins
La Penne
Péone
Pierlas
Pierrefeu
Puget-Rostang
Puget-Théniers
Revest-les-Roches
Rigaud
La Roque-en-Provence
Roquestéron
Saint-Antonin
Saint-Jeannet
Saint-Léger
Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes
Sallagriffon
Sauze
Sigale
Thiéry
Toudon
Touët-sur-Var
La Tour
Tourette-du-Château
Tournefort
Vence
Villars-sur-Var
Villeneuve-d'Entraunes |
30599771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Turner%20/%20Tim%20Barry%20Split | Frank Turner / Tim Barry Split | Frank Turner / Tim Barry is a split 7-inch EP by folk punk musicians Frank Turner and Tim Barry. It was released on October 13, 2009, on Suburban Home Records in the United States on 500 on black vinyl and 1000 on blue. The single was available on pre-order from Vinyl Collective and at the 2009 Revival Tour where both artists were playing. The release features a code that allows the buyer to download a digital copy of the tracks from the Suburban Home Records website.
Track listing
Side A
Tim Barry - "Thing of the Past" - 3:54
Side B
Frank Turner - "Try This at Home" (Acoustic) - 1:56
Tim Barry's personnel
Musicians
Tim Barry - vocals, acoustic guitar
Josh Small - electric guitar
Lance Koehler - drums, tambourine
Charles Arthur - Lap Steel
Josh Bearman Bass
Recording personnel
Tim Barry
Lance Koehler - Engineer, Producer
Artwork
Chrissy Piper - Photo
Ryan Patterson - Layout, Auxiliary Design |
22074628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20Powell | Wayne Powell | Wayne Powell is a former professional football player born in Caerphilly, Wales. He joined Bristol Rovers in 1975 and after 32 league appearances and 10 goals (plus a brief loan spell at Halifax Town) he joined Hereford United in 1978. Here, he made 6 league appearances and scored 2 goals before moving to Non-League football with Bath City. In April 2008 he was appointed manager of Clevedon Town. In October 2009 Wayne was appointed Caretaker manager of Leamington F.C. to help them out for a short period. He was manager of Aberdare Town in Wales from November 2017 to May 2018. |
35012278 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Swedish%20royal%20mistresses | List of Swedish royal mistresses | The following were mistresses of Swedish royal family members.
Medieval
Jutta of Denmark (1246-1286/95), mistress of Valdemar
1464-1470: Kristina Abrahamsdotter (), mistress of Charles VIII before their marriage in 1470
House of Vasa
Eric XIV of Sweden
1558-1561: Agda Persdotter
1561-1565: Karin Jacobsdotter
1565-1568: Karin Månsdotter, before their marriage in 1568
Others
1568-1573: Karin Hansdotter (), mistress of John III of Sweden
1568-1578: Karin Nilsdotter, mistress of Charles IX of Sweden
1615-1616: Margareta Slots, mistress of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
1646-1647: Märta Allerts, mistress of Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Unlike most of their predecessors and successors, Charles XI and his son Charles XII are not known to have had mistresses.
House of Hesse: Frederick I of Sweden
1730-1743: Hedvig Taube
1745-1748: Catharina Ebba Horn
House of Holstein-Gottorp
1760-1765 : Marie Marguerite Morel, mistress of Adolf Frederick of Sweden.
1778-1793 : Sophie Hagman, mistress of Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden
Maria Schlegel, mistress of Gustav IV Adolf
Charles XIII of Sweden
1771-1778 : Augusta Fersen
1779-1781 : Charlotte Eckerman
1781-1783 : Françoise-Éléonore Villain
1777-1797 : Charlotte Slottsberg.
1810-1818 : Mariana Koskull, also a mistresses of his successor Charles XIV John of Sweden 1811-1823
House of Bernadotte
Oscar I of Sweden
1819-1827: Jaquette Löwenhielm
1834-1840: Emilie Högquist
Charles XV of Sweden
c. 1850: Laura Bergnéhr
1852-1860: Josephine Sparre
1858: Elise Hwasser
1860-1869: Johanna Styrell
1869-1872: Wilhelmine Schröder
Oscar II of Sweden
1880s: Marie Friberg
Emma Elisabeth Hammarström
Alleged
Kurt Haijby and Gustav V of Sweden
Rosa Grunberg and Gustaf VI Adolf
Camilla Henemark and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden |
19772970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334%20FA%20Cup | 1933–34 FA Cup | The 1933–34 FA Cup was the 59th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Manchester City won the competition for the second time, beating Portsmouth 2–1 in the final at Wembley, winning through two late goals from Fred Tilson.
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played. The 1933-34 competition was notable in that no second replays were required throughout the competition proper.
Calendar
First round proper
At this stage 41 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 25 non-league clubs having come through the qualifying rounds. Chesterfield, Brighton & Hove Albion and Luton Town were given a bye to the Third Round. To make the number of matches up, non-league Folkestone and Kingstonian were given byes to this round. 34 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 25 November 1933. Seven were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.
Second round proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 9 December 1933. Three matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.
Third round proper
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage, along with Chesterfield, Brighton & Hove Albion and Luton Town. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 13 January 1934. Nine matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.
Fourth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 27 January 1934. Five games were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.
Fifth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 17 February 1934. There was one replay, in the Sheffield Wednesday–Manchester City match, played in the next midweek fixture.
Sixth round proper
The four Sixth Round ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 3 March 1934. There were no replays.
Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 17 March 1934. Manchester City and Portsmouth won their matches to meet in the final at Wembley
Final
The 1934 FA Cup Final was contested by Manchester City and Portsmouth at Wembley. Manchester City won the game through two late goals from Fred Tilson, after Septimus Rutherford had put Portsmouth ahead midway through the first half.
Match details |
15768344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungholtz | Jungholtz | Jungholtz (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Thierenbach, formerly the church of Thierenbach Priory, a dissolved Cluniac monastery, is located here. |
56367033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro%20Goi%C4%87 | Pedro Goić | Petar "Pedro" Goić (23 March 1896 – 19 January 1995) was a Croatian-Chilean track and field athlete who specialised in the hammer throw. He competed in the men's hammer throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.
After migrating to Chile, he won the silver medal in the hammer behind Federico Kleger at the 1927 South American Championships in Athletics, before going on to best Kleger to the gold medal at the 1931 South American Championships in Athletics. Upon his return to Yugoslavia he placed ninth at the 1934 European Championships. |
45345450 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Similosodus | Similosodus | Similosodus is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
subgenus Similosodus
Similosodus atrofasciatus (Pic, 1934)
Similosodus birmanicus (Breuning, 1938)
Similosodus castaneus (Aurivillius, 1911)
Similosodus chujoi Breuning, 1982
Similosodus flavicornis Breuning, 1961
Similosodus fuscosignatus (Breuning, 1939)
Similosodus papuanus (Breuning, 1940)
Similosodus torui Holzschuh, 1989
Similosodus unifasciatus (Pic, 1934)
Similosodus ursulus (Pascoe, 1866)
Similosodus verticalis (Pascoe, 1865)
subgenus Transverseosodus
Similosodus bedoci (Pic, 1926)
Similosodus burckhardti Hüdepohl, 1996
Similosodus coomani (Pic, 1926)
Similosodus palavanicus (Breuning, 1939)
Similosodus persimilis (Breuning, 1942)
Similosodus samaranus (Heller, 1926)
Similosodus signatus (Breuning, 1939)
Similosodus strandi (Breuning, 1938)
Similosodus transversefasciatus (Breuning, 1938)
Similosodus ziczac (McKeown, 1942)
subgenus Venosodus
Similosodus variolosus (Breuning, 1938)
Similosodus venosus (Pascoe, 1867) |
38060484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%20Fairies%3A%20Faith%2C%20Trust%2C%20and%20Pixie%20Dust | Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust | Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust is a compilation album featuring songs from and inspired by the Disney Fairies film series. It was also used to promote the Secret of the Wings film. The soundtrack was released on October 16, 2012, and contains "The Great Divide" by the McClain Sisters.
The score to the film was composed by Joel McNeely, who scored the first four Tinker Bell films. The songs were written by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda of GrooveLily. In the movie, Sydney Sierota from Echosmith sings the opening song, "We'll Be There", while the album version is sung by Thia Megia.
Track listing
Chart performance
The Great Divide
"The Great Divide" is a song by American recording artists McClain Sisters from the Disney Fairies film series's compilation Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust. The song was composed by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda. A music video was also created, interspersed with scenes from the film Secret of the Wings, released on December 12, 2012.
Charts
Release history |
44170613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulva%20paschima | Ulva paschima | Ulva paschima is a green alga in the family Ulvaceae, a green seaweed endemic to the West Coast of India. The species was identified in 2014 based on molecular phylogenetics using ITS sequences as belonging to the “Paschima” clade.
Description
The fronds are erect, filamentous, and grass-green in color, 5 cm-40 cm in length, mostly unbranched, tubular, with some parts of the thalli compressed like flat ribbons. The tufts of filamentous thalli are attached to the substrate by rhizoids. Thalli from low-saline environments are branched, while that exposed to the ocean are non-branched. Cells are more or less quadrilateral; some have linear cell arrangement. Parietal chloroplasts have more than two pyrenoids per cell.
Distribution
The distribution is endemic to Indian West Coast.
Ecology
The species is found in intertidal rocks of saline and estuarine environments with various seawater salinities (35 to 24 PSU).
Life history
The sporangial and gametangial thalli are morphologically alike. The diploid adult plant produces haploid zoospores by meiosis; these settle and grow to form haploid male and female plants similar to the diploid plants. When these haploid plants release gametes they unite to produce the zygote which germinates, and grows to produce the diploid plant. |
3950296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Seniors | The Seniors | The Seniors (sometimes The Senior or simply Seniors) is a 1978 American comedy film about four college seniors who open a bogus sex clinic, which unexpectedly mushrooms into a multimillion-dollar business. Directed by Rod Amateau, the films features Dennis Quaid in one of his earliest roles and Alan Reed (the original voice of Fred Flintstone) in his final film appearance.
Plot
The film opens with a title card that jokingly claims that Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, Al Pacino, Burt Reynolds, Ryan O'Neal, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, and Charles Bronson are the stars of the film. This is followed by a cartoon professor delivering the line "ooh all these big stars, not one of them is in the picture."
Ben (Gary Imhoff), Larry (Jeffrey Byron), Alan (Dennis Quaid) and Steve (Lou Richards) are college seniors who are terrified at the prospect of working for a living. They create a plan to support themselves as graduate research students by getting a foundation grant to study sexuality in college-age women.
Cast
Gary Imhoff ... Ben
Jeffrey Byron ... Larry
Dennis Quaid ... Alan
Lou Richards ... Steve
Rocky Flintermann ... Arnold
Priscilla Barnes ... Sylvia
Alan Reed ... Professor Heigner
Release
The film was released in 1978 with an MPAA rating of R. |
21414740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaFee%20discography | LaFee discography | The discography of LaFee, a German pop rock singer, consists of six studio albums, 29 singles, one best-of album, one compilation album and three music DVDs.
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Music videos
Video albums |
372633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worshipful%20Company%20of%20Butchers | Worshipful Company of Butchers | The Worshipful Company of Butchers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, England. Records indicate that an organisation of butchers existed as early as 975; the Butchers' Guild, the direct predecessor of the present Company, was granted the right to regulate the trade in 1331. The Butchers' Guild was incorporated by Royal Charter centuries later, in 1605. The Butchers' still, unlike other Livery Companies, continues to exist as a trade association for members of the industry, instead of evolving into an institution primarily dedicated to charity. However, the Company does contribute, like all Livery Companies, to various charities.
The Company ranks twenty-fourth in the order of precedence of City Livery Companies. The Company's motto is: Omnia Subiecisti Sub Pedibus, Oves Et Boves, from the Book of Psalms and Latin for: Thou Hast Put All Things Under Man's Feet, All Sheep and Oxen.
History of the Butchers Hall
The Company's headquarters is at Butchers' Hall. The Butchers' has had several halls throughout its history; the first was located in Monkwell Street and dated from the second half of the 15th century. The next Hall near St Bartholomew's Hospital was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666, together with forty three other Livery Company Halls. Its successor in Pudding Lane (1667–77) was again burnt down, rebuilt in 1829-30 and compulsorily purchased by an Act of Parliament in 1882. A new Hall was built at the present site in Bartholomew Close (1884–85), which was bombed in both world wars: 1915 and again in 1944. The Company's present Hall dates from 1960.
Royal connections
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was admitted as an Honorary Freeman of the Company in March 1976, continuing a link with the Monarchy that started with King James I in 1605; she took a constant interest in "Her Butchers". Following the Queen Mother's death in March 2002, her granddaughter, the Princess Royal was admitted to the Honorary Freedom of the Company (February 2003). Like the Queen Mother, the Princess Royal takes a keen interest in Company affairs, serving as its Master (2011–12).
Arms of the Butchers Company
Arms: Azure two Poleaxes in saltire Or blades inwards between two Bulls' Heads couped in fesse Argent on a Chief of the last a Boar's Head couped Gules tusked of the second langued of the first between two bunches of Knee-Holly Vert banded Gold
Crest: (Upon a Helm on a Wreath of the Colours) A Bull Statant Or with wings addorsed lined Argent the head forequarters hoofs and tuft of the tail of the first the hindquarters of the second armed Gules about the Head a Nimbus Gold
Mantling: Gules doubled Argent
Supporters: On either side a Bull with wings addorsed the head forequarters wings hoofs and tuft of the tail Or the hindquarters Argent armed Gules about the head a Nimbus of the first
Other links
The Butchers' connections with the local area remain strong, many Liverymen working at Smithfield Market.
The Butchers' Hall and St Bartholomew's Hospital have also stood side by side for years, forging links that continue to this day.
The Butchers' also maintains close relations with Commonwealth and international associations. For instance, the Australian High Commissioner and New Zealand High Commissioner are customarily granted the Honorary Freedom of the Company.
St Bartholomew-the-Great is the Butchers' adopted Church, and is where the Company's Annual Church Service takes place prior to Common Hall. The Honorary Chaplain to the Master Butcher is often the Rector of St Barts. |
1905327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-sealing%20fuel%20tank | Self-sealing fuel tank | A self-sealing fuel tank is a type of fuel tank, typically used in aircraft fuel tanks or fuel bladders, that prevents them from leaking fuel and igniting after being damaged.
Typical self-sealing tanks have layers of rubber and reinforcing fabric, one of vulcanized rubber and one of untreated natural rubber, which can absorb fuel when it comes into contact with it. When a fuel tank is punctured the fuel seeps into these layers, causing the untreated layer to swell, closing and thus sealing the puncture. A similar concept is also employed for making self-sealing run-flat tires.
History
World War I
George J. Murdock applied for the patent "War Aeroplane Fuel Tanks" on February 7, 1917 but was temporarily blocked by an order of the Federal Trade Commission, on February 6, 1918, to keep any discussion or publication of the invention secret. The order was rescinded by the United States Patent Office on September 26, 1918 and Murdock was eventually granted United States Patent 1,386,791 "Self-Puncture Sealing Covering for Fuel-Containers" on August 9, 1921. Military aircraft built by the Glenn L. Martin Company used this self-sealing fuel tank.
Howard Hughes used neoprene to self-seal his fuel tanks on his 1938 around the world flight.
World War II
In the newer generations of pre-war and early-war aircraft, self-sealing tanks were tanks used to minimize the damage from leaking or burning fuel. A conventional fuel tank, when hit by gunfire, could leak fuel rapidly. This would not only reduce the aircraft's range but was also a significant fire hazard. Damaged fuel tanks could also rupture, destroying the airframe or critically affecting flight characteristics. It was realized that, because of weight limitations, it was not practical to simply add armor plate to aircraft fuel tanks; a method of stopping fuel leaking from damaged tanks was necessary.
Early attempts at protecting fuel tanks consisted of using metal tanks, covered inside or outside by a material that expanded after being pierced. Research revealed that the exit of the projectile, rather than the entry, was the greater problem, as it often tumbled, thus creating a larger exit hole. Among the earliest versions of these types of tanks were those manufactured in the UK at Portsmouth Airport by Fireproof Tanks Ltd (formed in 1939). These tanks were first installed in the Fairey Battle light bomber with other versions installed in Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane fighters and larger aircraft such as the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber. The Henderson Safety Tank Company provided crash-proof self-sealing fuel and oil tanks which were fitted "as standard" to the Miles Master trainer.
German aircraft designers used layers of rubber laid over leather hide with a treated fiber inner surface for the self-sealing tanks on the Junkers Ju 88 early in the war.
In the United States, Ernst Eger of United States Rubber Company (later Uniroyal) patented a self-sealing fuel tank design in 1941, one of many companies involved in developing this technology during the war. Elmo E. Hanson, lead chemist for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company filed a patent for self sealing tanks on January 21, 1941, Patent 2,404,766. Goodyear chemist James Merrill filed a patent in 1941 (published in 1947) for refining and successfully testing his method for manufacturing self-sealing tanks using a two-layer system of rubber compounds encased in a metal outer shell or the wing lining of the aircraft. In 1942, he received a War Production Board citation and the Goodyear tanks were subsequently placed in service in Goodyear-produced Vought F4U Corsair fighters, as well as other aircraft. By 1942 Fireproof Tanks had developed the first flexible fuel bladders as range extender tanks for the Spitfire Mk IX. These tanks were flexible containers, made of a laminated self-sealing material like vulcanized rubber and with as few seams as possible to minimize leak paths.
As early tests showed that impact could over-pressurize a fuel tank, the self-sealing fuel cell is suspended, allowing it to absorb shocks without rupture. U.S. Navy fuel tanks during the war were able to withstand bullets and, on occasion, autocannon shells.
Not all fighters were fitted with the relatively new invention. Self-sealing tanks tended to have lower capacity than non-sealed tanks. Nonetheless, aircraft that were fitted with self-sealing tanks managed to withstand much more damage than those with conventional fuel tanks. Combat experience in the Pacific War showed that the self-sealing fuel tank-equipped American aircraft could sustain far more damage than the lightly armored Japanese designs without self-sealing fuel tanks, such as the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. The same principles were applied to give self-sealing fuel lines in aircraft (MIL-PRF-7061C).
Modern use
Most jet fighters and all U.S. military rotary wing aircraft use some type of self-sealing tanks. Military rotary wing fuel tanks have the additional feature of being crashworthy. High altitudes require the tanks to be pressurized, making self-sealing difficult. Newer technologies have brought advances like inert foam-filled tanks to prevent detonation. This foam is an open cell foam that effectively divides the gas space above the remaining fuel into thousands of small spaces, none of which contain sufficient vapour to support combustion. This foam also serves to reduce fuel slosh. Major manufacturers of this technology include Hutchinson, Amfuel (ex. Zodiac) (formerly Firestone), Meggitt (formerly Goodyear), Robertson Fuel Systems, GKN USA, FPT Industries, and Safran Aerosystems. FPT is now part of GKN. For military use, tanks are qualified to MIL-DTL-27422 (includes crashworthiness requirements) or MIL-DTL-5578 (non-crashworthy). An aircraft fuel tank sometimes consists of several interconnected fuel cells. The interconnecting hoses are typically also self-sealing.
In addition to military aircraft, some military vehicles feature self-sealing fuel tanks, such as the United States Marine Corps' LAV-AT armored vehicles. A notable example of a non-military vehicle that uses self-sealing fuel tanks is the U.S. presidential state car, having used them since John F. Kennedy's SS-100-X.
Self-sealing fuel tanks using military technology are also required in some motorsport categories. |
26221601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkozi | Nkozi | Nkozi is a town in central Uganda. It is one of the urban centers in Mpigi District.
Location
The town is situated along the Kampala–Masaka Road, approximately , southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. This location is approximately , north of Lake Victoria, at the point where River Katonga, exits the lake to begin its journey west to Lake George. The coordinates of Nkozi town are:00 00 36N, 32 00 00E (Latitude:0.0100; Longitude:32.0000).
Population
The exact population of Nkozi is not known, as of February 2010.
Points of interest
The following points of interest lie within the town limits or close to the edges of town:
The offices of Nkozi Town Council
Nkozi Central Market
The main campus of Uganda Martyrs University (UMU), one of Uganda's nearly 40 public and private universities.
Nkozi Hospital - A 100-bed community hospital administered by the Catholic Church.
River Katonga - The river exits Lake Victoria at Lukaya in Masaka District, approximately , south of Nkozi
Lake Victoria - The northern shores of Africa's largest fresh-water lake lie approximately , directly south of the town. |
12487559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Lawrence%20Island | Henry Lawrence Island | Henry Lawrence Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The island is located northeast of Port Blair.
Etymology
Henry Lawrence island is named after Brigadier-general Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence.
Geography
The island belongs to the Ritchie's Archipelago and is located between John Lawrence Island and Inglis Island. it is the second largest Island of the Ritchie's Archipelago, it has an area of 54.7 km2.
Administration
Politically, Henry Lawrence Island is part of Port Blair Taluk.
Demographics
The island is uninhabited.
Image gallery |
5220103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara%20Falls%20Flyers%20%281972%E2%80%931976%29 | Niagara Falls Flyers (1972–1976) | The Niagara Falls Flyers were a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team and member of the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League. The team played home games at the Niagara Falls Memorial Arena in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
History
In 1972, the Ontario Hockey Association's Tier I Junior "A" Niagara Falls Flyers were sold and relocated to Sudbury, Ontario as the Sudbury Wolves. They were replaced in Niagara Falls by the Tier II Flyers the same year.
They played four season in the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League. In 1976, the Tier II Flyers made way for the St. Catharines Black Hawks who were relocated as the second incarnation of the Tier I Niagara Falls Flyers.
Season-by-Season results
Playoffs
1973 Lost quarter-final
Windsor Spitfires defeated Niagara Falls Flyers 4-games-to-3
1974 Lost quarter-final
Welland Sabres defeated Niagara Falls Flyers 4-games-to-1
1975 Lost quarter-final
Chatham Maroons defeated Niagara Falls Flyers 4-games-to-1 with 1 tie
1976 DNQ
Notable alumni
Cam Botting
Willi Plett
Peter Scamurra |
36978141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepaug%20Dam | Shepaug Dam | Shepaug Dam (National ID # CT00232) is a dam located between Newtown in Fairfield County and Southbury in New Haven County, Connecticut.
The concrete dam was constructed in 1955 by the Connecticut Light and Power Company, with a height of 140 feet, and a length at its crest of 1412 feet. It impounds the Housatonic River and the Shepaug River for hydroelectric power. The dam is owned and operated by the power company Northeast Utilities.
The reservoir it creates, Lake Lillinonah, is the second-largest lake in the state, second only to Candlewood Lake. It has a water surface of 2.9 square miles, and a maximum capacity of 86,100 acre-feet. The riparian reservoir is the site of multiple state parks and recreation areas along its shorelines.
The dam, capable of a peak power output of 42,600 kW, is a popular nesting and feeding ground for wintering eagles and hawks, including the bald eagle. Near the power station, the operator also maintains an eagle observation area first opened by the utility's predecessor, Northeast Utilities, in the mid-1980s. Access is free, and some telescopes are provided. Utility company employees and volunteers from the Connecticut Audubon Society and other groups are at the observation area to assist visitors. Advanced reservations are required. Eagles are attracted to the spot because the water churning through the dam's hydroelectric turbine keeps the surface from icing over, allowing the birds to fish. Red-tailed hawks, goshawks, great blue herons and other waterfowl are also attracted to the spot.
FirstLight Power Resources has submitted a plan to the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control to build a new peak-power plant next to the existing hydroelectric facility.
The dam is not to be confused with the 1965 earthen Upper Shepaug Reservoir Dam, owned and operated by the city of Waterbury, Connecticut in Litchfield County. |
40318961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jura%20Rahmonov | Jura Rahmonov | Jura Rahmonov (, ) is a jamoat in Tajikistan. It is part of the city of Tursunzoda in Districts of Republican Subordination. The jamoat has a total population of 33,405 (2015). It consists of 21 villages, including Chashma. |
350915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromaticity | Chromaticity | Chromaticity is an objective specification of the quality of a color regardless of its luminance. Chromaticity consists of two independent parameters, often specified as hue (h) and colorfulness (s), where the latter is alternatively called saturation, chroma, intensity, or excitation purity. This number of parameters follows from trichromacy of vision of most humans, which is assumed by most models in color science.
Quantitative description
In color science, the white point of an illuminant or of a display is a neutral reference characterized by a chromaticity; all other chromaticities may be defined in relation to this reference using polar coordinates. The hue is the angular component, and the purity is the radial component, normalized by the maximum radius for that hue.
Purity is roughly equivalent to the term "saturation" in the HSV color model. The property "hue" is as used in general color theory and in specific color models such as HSL and HSV color spaces, though it is more perceptually uniform in color models such as Munsell, CIELAB or CIECAM02.
Some color spaces separate the three dimensions of color into one luminance dimension and a pair of chromaticity dimensions. For example, the white point of an sRGB display is an , chromaticity of (0.3127, 0.3290), where and coordinates are used in the xyY space.
These pairs determine a chromaticity as affine coordinates on a triangle in a 2D-space, which contains all possible chromaticities. These and are used because of simplicity of expression in CIE 1931 (see below) and have no inherent advantage. Other coordinate systems on the same X-Y-Z triangle, or other color triangles, can be used.
On the other hand, some color spaces such as RGB and XYZ do not separate out chromaticity, but chromaticity is defined by a mapping that normalizes out intensity, and its coordinates, such as and or and , can be calculated through the division operation, such as , and so on.
The xyY space is a cross between the CIE XYZ and its normalized chromaticity coordinates xyz, such that the luminance Y is preserved and augmented with just the required two chromaticity dimensions. |
15515721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga%20Football%20Cup | Riga Football Cup | Riga Football Cup was a knockout tournament held in Latvian football between 1925 and 1936. In 1937 it was replaced by the Latvian Football Cup. Clubs from other cities than Riga were allowed to participate in the tournament. |
40922364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipimima%20flexicostalis | Archipimima flexicostalis | Archipimima flexicostalis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Peru. |
63133889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanzor%27s%20Rings | Almanzor's Rings | Almanzor's Rings () is a 1977 Soviet action film directed by Igor Voznesensky.
Plot
Queen Januaria wants to marry off both of her daughters, but Augusta is too evil and Alely always says what she thinks. Suddenly, the wizard Almanzor decides to help them and offers the girls a choice of two rings: the usual ring of gold and the magic ring made of tin.
Cast
Svetlana Smirnova as Aneli
Mikhail Kononov as Zenziver
Valentina Talyzina as Queen
Lyudmila Dmitrieva as Avgusta
Boris Ivanov as Intrigio
Fyodor Nikitin as Almanzor
Feliks Rostotsky as Khimio
Viktor Pavlov as Abaldon
Roman Tkachuk as Aldebaran
Leonid Kanevskiy as Mukhamiel |
62976101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joann%20Venuto | Joann Venuto | Joann Anton Venuto, also styled as Jan Antonín Venuto, (24 May 1746 – 1 April 1833) was a Czech clergyman, watercolorist, draftsman, and cartographer. He specialized in the paintings of Bohemian and Moravian castles.
Biography
Venuto was born on 24 May 1746 in Jevišovice, in the Margraviate of Moravia (present-day Czech Republic). In 1769, he became a canon living with Bishop Jan Leopold Hay at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Hradec Králové. He died on 1 April 1833.
Gallery |
38390525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa%20Heizung%20GmbH | Copa Heizung GmbH | COPA Heizung GmbH is a Germany-based company with production facilities in Turkey with a capacity of nearly 2 million pieces of radiators annually. The company has been established in 2005 in Oberhausen city of Germany and moved to its current location in Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany in 2007.
Companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia |
28904622 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozarde | Kozarde | Kozarde () is a village in the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, the village is located in the municipality of Rogatica and had a population of 18. |
6840889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Cort%C3%A9s%20Vargas | Carlos Cortés Vargas | Carlos Cortés Vargas (1883-1954) was a Colombian general, most noted for ordering the Santa Marta massacre in response to a strike of United Fruit workers in 1928. Cortes took responsibility for 47 casualties, but the exact number of casualties will probably never be known. Herrera Soto, co-author of the most comprehensive and detailed study of the 1928 strike, has put together the various estimates given by contemporaries and historians, ranging from 47 to 2,000.
General Cortes, who issued the order to shoot, argued later that he had issued the order because he had information that American boats were poised to land troops on Colombian coasts to defend American personnel and the interests of the United Fruit Company. Cortes issued the order so the US would not invade Colombia. This position was strongly criticized in the Senate, especially by Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, who argued that those same bullets should have been used to stop the foreign invader. |
71276836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20Major%20League%20Baseball%20postseason | 1990 Major League Baseball postseason | The 1990 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1990 season. The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
In the National League, the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates both returned to the postseason for the first time since 1979. In the American League, the Boston Red Sox reached the postseason for the third time in five years, and the Oakland Athletics made their third consecutive appearance. The same four teams – the Reds, Pirates, Red Sox, and Athletics – had qualified for the postseason fifteen years before. They would all return again under an expanded format in the 2013 postseason.
This was the last edition of the postseason until 2006 to not feature the Atlanta Braves, who would make fourteen straight postseason appearances from 1991 to 2005, excluding 1994, when the season was cancelled due to a strike.
The playoffs began on October 4, 1990, and concluded on October 28, 1990, with the Reds shocking the defending World Series champion Athletics in a 4-game sweep to win their first title since 1976. It was the Reds’ fifth title in franchise history.
Playoff seeds
The following teams qualified for the postseason:
American League
Boston Red Sox – AL East champions, 88–74
Oakland Athletics – AL West champions, 103–59
National League
Pittsburgh Pirates – NL East champions, 95–67
Cincinnati Reds – NL West champions, 91–71
Playoff bracket
American League Championship Series
Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics
This was the third postseason meeting the Red Sox and Athletics. The Athletics once again swept the Red Sox and advanced to the World Series for the third year in a row. The series was not close - the Red Sox were held to just one run in all four games.
Both teams would meet in the postseason again in 2003, where the Red Sox defeated the Athletics in five games in the ALDS before falling in the ALCS.
As of 2022, this is the last time the Athletics won the AL pennant. The Red Sox would not return to the postseason again until 1995. They would return to the ALCS in 1999, but they lost to their archrival in the New York Yankees in five games.
National League Championship Series
Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
This was the fifth postseason meeting between the Reds and Pirates. The Reds defeated the Pirates in six games to advance to their first World Series since 1976.
The Pirates stole Game 1 on the road by overcoming a 3-0 Reds lead to win 4-3. Despite Doug Drabek pitching a complete game for the Pirates in Game 2, it wasn't enough as the Reds evened the series with a 2-1 victory thanks to excellent pitching as Tom Browning out-dueled Drabek for the win. When the series moved to Pittsburgh, the Reds convincingly took Game 3, 6-3, to take the series lead. The Reds would overcome an early Pirates lead to take Game 4 by a 5-3 score and go up 3-1 in the series. The Pirates sent the series back to Cincinnati with a 3-2 victory in Game 5, as Drabek out-dueled Browning. In Game 6, the Reds narrowly prevailed as Luis Quiñones hit an RBI single to put the Reds ahead for good, securing the pennant.
This was the first of three consecutive losses in the NLCS for the Pirates. They returned the next year, as well as in 1992, and they lost both to the Atlanta Braves in seven games.
As of 2022, this is the last time that the Reds won the NL pennant.
1990 World Series
Oakland Athletics (AL) vs. Cincinnati Reds (NL)
This was a rematch of the 1972 World Series, which the Athletics won in seven games. In what is considered to be one of the biggest upsets in World Series history, the Reds shockingly swept the Athletics to win their first championship since 1976 and their fifth overall.
The Reds blew out the Athletics, 7-0, thanks to excellent pitching from José Rijo and closer Randy Myers, who blanked the A's offense the whole game. Game 2 was the only contest of the series to go into extra innings, and the Reds prevailed thanks to a walk-off RBI single from Joe Oliver. When the series shifted to Oakland, the Reds blew out the Athletics again in Game 3 to take a 3-0 series lead. In Game 4, Rijo, who was on three-days rest, along with Myers, helped preserve a one run Reds lead to complete the sweep and clinch the title.
To date, this is the last World Series appearance by the Athletics and Reds, as well as the last time that the World Series was won by a team from Ohio.
This would be the last postseason appearance by the Reds until 1995, where the team was swept by the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS. The Athletics would return to the postseason in 1992, only to lose to the eventual champion Toronto Blue Jays in six games in the ALCS.
This was the last championship of the four major North American sports leagues won by a team from Ohio until the Cleveland Cavaliers made and won the 2016 NBA Finals.
Broadcasting
This marked the first year of a four-year agreement with CBS to televise all postseason game nationally in the United States. |
40627434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauda%20%28king%29 | Gauda (king) | Gauda was a king of Numidia, who reigned from 105 BC to 88 BC. He was the son of Mastanabal and a grandson of Masinissa. Gauda was thus also a half-brother of Jugurtha. He was the father of Hiempsal II and the grandfather of Juba I.
According to Sallust during the Jugurthine War, Gauda had petitioned the Roman commander Q. Caecilius Metellus to allow him a seat, like a prince, next to himself, and a troop of horse for a bodyguard; but Metellus had refused both demands because such a seat was granted only to those whom the Roman people had addressed as kings, and the guard would be seen as an indignity to Romans. An offended Gauda then conspired with Gaius Marius to seek revenge for the affronts by blackening Metellus' reputation and having him stripped of his command and replaced with Marius.
Gauda became king of a much reduced Numidia after Jugurtha was defeated and captured by the Romans led by Gaius Marius. |
6839621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riva%20San%20Vitale | Riva San Vitale | Riva San Vitale is a municipality in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland, located in the district of Mendrisio.
History
Riva San Vitale is first mentioned in 774 as Primo Sobenno. In 1115 it was mentioned as Ripa Sancti Vitalis.
The area around Riva San Vitale has probably been settled since the Neolithic. Due to the number of Roman era finds, it appears that there was a significant Roman settlement. A stele from some time before the 3rd century AD mentions that it was made for the inhabitants of vicus subinates. In 1115, the Benedictine abbey of S. Abbondio in Como owned property in Riva San Vitale. During the ten-year war between Como and Milan (1118–27) its port was an important base for the Comasker ships. Riva San Vitale was mentioned in the Charter of Como from 1335 as a burgus. In the Late Middle Ages, it lost its leading position in trade to Capolago, but still enjoyed far-reaching privileges and tax exemption. In the 15th century it was a market town for a short time.
The Parish Church of St. Vitale is first mentioned in 962–966. However, the church likely dates back to the Christianization of the southern foothills of the Alps. It was rebuilt in the late Baroque style in 1756-59 and renovated in 1993–95. The Baptistery of San Giovanni is built on the foundations of a Roman building and is from the early Christian era (c. 500 AD). It was renovated in 1919-26 and again in 1953-55 and is the oldest fully preserved churches in Switzerland. The church of S. Croce was endowed by the Della Croce family and was built in 1582–91. It is one of the most important religious buildings of the late Renaissance in Switzerland.
Agriculture, fisheries and brick works were once the main sources of income. In 1869 a silk weaving plant opened in Segoma, which employed about 100 workers in 1889. In the second half of the 20th century, Riva San Vitale saw an industrial boom that was accompanied by an increase in population. In 2000, approximately three-quarters of workers in the municipality were commuters, especially going to Lugano, Mendrisio and Chiasso. In 2005, the manufacturing sector provided 45% and the services sector 52% of all jobs. The Collegio Baragiola building was used as a secondary school from 1855 until 1925. In 1926, the Istituto Canisio, a special school for the disabled, opened in the building.
In 1910, the Mendrisio electric tramway opened, linking a northern terminus in Riva San Vitale with Capolago, Mendrisio, Balerna and Chiasso. The section of the line in Riva San Vitale closed in 1948 and was replaced by a bus service.
The Pieve of Riva San Vitale
Riva San Vitale was one of the oldest centers of the diocese of Como, to which it belonged until 1884/88. From here, Christianity spread into the Ticino. Together with the Pieves of Balerna and Uggiate (Como) in the 12th century, the parish formed a consortium. A canon priest is first mentioned in 1190, when Lafrancus de Mellano (died 1254) is called to that position. The number of resident and non-resident canons, is difficult to determine. In 1190 and 1321 two are mentioned. In 1786, Pope Pius VI dissolved the college of canons.
Originally the Pieve included Rovio, Bissone, Meriden, Tremona, Brusino, Arsizio, Rancate, Arzo, Besazio, Melano, Arogno, Maroggia and Saltrio (Varese). The Pieve was also a secular administrative unit which, in contrast to the church, included Capolago after 1416, but not Saltrio.
In 1170 it was part of the county of Seprio, and in the 13th century it was under the city of Como. At the beginning of the 15th century it formed, together with the Pieves of Agno, Balerna and Capriasca, the Lugano Valley Community. In 1517, under Swiss Confederation rule, it became part of the bailiwick of Lugano. The Pieve of Riva San Vitale was represented both at the General Conference of the valley (which had power over financial and tax matters as well the salt supply), and in the Landschaftsrat, the valley's administrative body.
After the failed attempt on 15 February 1798 for the bailiwick of Lugano to join the Cisalpine Republic, the Pieve formed the Republic of Riva San Vitale. The Republic only existed a few weeks, from 23 February until 16 March 1798. In 1803 the Pieve of Riva San Vitale was added to the district of Lugano and divided into two sections, Ceresio and Riva San Vitale. In 1814 they became part of the district of Mendrisio.
Geography
Riva San Vitale has an area, , of . Of this area, or 19.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 73.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.5% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 71.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.9% is used for growing crops, while 4.0% is used for orchards or vine crops and 9.7% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.7% is in lakes and 0.7% is in rivers and streams.
The municipality is located in the Mendrisio district, on the southern end of Lake Lugano and at the foot of Monte San Giorgio. It consists of the village of Riva San Vitale and the hamlet of Poiana.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules an arm issuant from dexter armoured argent embowed holding a sword hilted and pommed or.
Demographics
Riva San Vitale has a population () of . , 16.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Between 1997 and 2007, the population changed at a rate of 10.4%.
As of 2000, most of the population spoke Italian (2,089 or 91.1%), with German being second most common (117 or 5.1%) and French being third (24 or 1.0%). There was one person who spoke Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.9% male and 51.1% female. The population was made up of 1,008 Swiss men (40.5% of the population), and 210 (8.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,082 Swiss women (43.5%), and 190 (7.6%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 890 or about 38.8% were born in Riva San Vitale and lived there in 2000. There were 648 or 28.3% who were born in the same canton, while 199 or 8.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 491 or 21.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 20 live births to Swiss citizens and three births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 17 deaths of Swiss citizens and two non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by three while the foreign population increased by one. There were three Swiss men and four Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 12 non-Swiss men and two non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of one, and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of four people. This represents a population growth rate of -0.2%.
The age distribution, , in Riva San Vitale was 209 children or 8.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 291 teenagers or 11.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 255 people or 10.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 319 people or 12.8% are between 30 and 39, 476 people or 19.1% are between 40 and 49, and 328 people or 13.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 300 people or 12.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 210 people or 8.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 102 people or 4.1% who are over 80.
, there were 938 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,142 married individuals, 119 widows or widowers and 93 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 924 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 247 households that consist of only one person and 44 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 926 households that answered this question, 26.7% were households made up of just one person and 17 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 230 married couples without children, 359 married couples with children There were 50 single parents with a child or children. There were 21 households that were made up unrelated people and two households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 472 single family homes (or 67.5% of the total) out of a total of 699 inhabited buildings. There were 192 multi-family buildings (27.5%), along with 18 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (2.6%) and 17 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.4%). Of the single family homes 8 were built before 1919, while 74 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (100) were built between 1919 and 1945.
there were 1,137 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was four rooms of which there were 361. There were 24 single room apartments and 307 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 913 apartments (80.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 215 apartments (18.9%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (0.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 3.6 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Heritage sites of national significance
The Baptistery of S. Giovanni, the Bianchi House, the Church of S. Croce and the Palazzo della Croce are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire town of Riva San Vitale is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 1,698 registered voters in Riva San Vitale, of which 1,249 or 73.6% voted. 29 blank ballots and four null ballots were cast, leaving 1,216 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PPD+GenGiova which received 358 or 29.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT (with 214 or 17.6%), the LEGA (with 190 or 15.6%) and the SSI (with 189 or 15.5%).
In the Consiglio di Stato election, 19 blank ballots and seven null ballots were cast, leaving 1,223 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PPD which received 366 or 29.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the LEGA (with 241 or 19.7%), the PLRT (with 205 or 16.8%) and the PS (with 186 or 15.2%).
In the 2007 federal election (National Council) the most popular party was the PPD which received 28% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the PLRT (17%), the LEGA (15.2%) and the PS (13.5%). In the federal election, a total of 982 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.1%.
In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 1,802 registered voters in Riva San Vitale, of which 1,258 or 69.81% voted. 22 blank ballots and 3 null ballots were cast, leaving 1,233 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PPD+GenGiova which received 304 or 24.66% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the LEGA (with 245 or 19.87%), the SSI (with 218 or 17.68%) and the PLRT (with 191 or 15.49%).
In the Consiglio di Stato election, 24 blank ballots and seven null ballots were cast, leaving 1,227 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PPD which received 325 or 26.49% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the LEGA (with 316 or 25.75%), the SSI (with 185 or 15.08%) and the PLRT (with 181 or 14.75%).
In the 2011 federal election (National Council) the most popular party was the PPD which received 28.61% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LEGA (20.17%), the PLRT (15.52%) and the SSI (9.41%). In the federal election, a total of 1,065 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.04%.
In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 1,865 registered voters in Riva San Vitale, of which 1,340 or 71.85% voted. 41 blank ballots and 6 null ballots were cast, leaving 1,293 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PPD+GenGiova which received 303 or 23.43% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the LEGA (with 302 or 23.36%), the SSI (with 235 or 18.17%) and the PLRT (with 187 or 14.46%).
In the Consiglio di Stato election, 38 blank ballots and 12 null ballots were cast, leaving 1,291 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the LEGA which received 349 or 27.03% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PPD (with 289 or 22.39%), the SSI (with 226 or 17.51%) and the PLRT (with 181 or 14.02%).
In the 2015 federal election (National Council) the most popular party was the PPD which received 26.72% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LEGA (26.16%), the PLRT (13.88%) and the PS (11.99%). In the federal election, a total of 1,082 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.61%.
In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 1,924 registered voters in Riva San Vitale, of which 1,219 or 63.36% voted. 48 blank ballots and eight null ballots were cast, leaving 1,163 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PPD+GenGiova which received 238 or 20.46% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the LEGA (with 235 or 20.21%), the SSI (with 231 or 19.86%) and the PLRT (with 172 or 14.79%).
In the Consiglio di Stato election, 59 blank ballots and eight null ballots were cast, leaving 1,152 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the LEGA which received 317 or 27.52% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PPD (with 236 or 20.49%), the SSI (with 216 or 18.65%) and the PLRT (with 173 or 15.02%)
In the 2019 federal election (National Council) the most popular party was the PPD which received 24.18% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LEGA (17.55%), the PLRT (13.37%) and the PS (9.80%). In the federal election, a total of 1,006 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.85%.
Economy
, Riva San Vitale had an unemployment rate of 3.25%. , there were 31 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 322 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 43 businesses in this sector. 370 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 72 businesses in this sector. There were 1,099 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.3% of the workforce.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 656. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32, of which 18 were in agricultureand 14 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 343, of which 214 or (62.4%) were in manufacturing and 120 (35.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 281. In the tertiary sector; 69 or 24.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 10 or 3.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 30 or 10.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 1.8% were in the information industry, 5 or 1.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 26 or 9.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 101 or 35.9% were in education and 8 or 2.8% were in health care.
, there were 843 workers who commuted into the municipality and 817 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.0 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 35.1% of the workforce coming into Riva San Vitale are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.4% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 9.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 62.1% used a private car.
, there was one hotel in Riva San Vitale.
Transport
Riva San Vitale is served by the Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station on the Gotthardbahn railway, which is situated about away in the adjoining community of Capolago. Buses of the Autolinea Mendrisiense provide a link to the station, as well as services to Brusino Arsizio, Mendrisio and Porto Ceresio.
Religion
From the , 1,914 or 83.5% were Roman Catholic, while 86 or 3.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 7 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.31% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.17% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 11 individuals (or about 0.48% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 7 (or about 0.31% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 7 individuals who were Buddhist, 14 individuals who were Hindu and 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 133 (or about 5.80% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 107 individuals (or about 4.67% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Riva San Vitale about 932 or (40.7%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 231 or (10.1%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 231 who completed tertiary schooling, 51.1% were Swiss men, 30.3% were Swiss women, 13.4% were non-Swiss men and 5.2% were non-Swiss women.
In Riva San Vitale there were a total of 428 students (). The Ticino education system provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten and in Riva San Vitale there were 59 children in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the municipality, 117 students attended the standard primary schools and 4 students attended the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education. There were 114 students in the two-year middle school and 2 in their pre-apprenticeship, while 52 students were in the four-year advanced program.
The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student). There were 31 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 44 who attend part-time.
The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There were 5 students in the professional program.
, there were 321 students in Riva San Vitale who came from another municipality, while 95 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
A branch of an American university, Virginia Tech's Steger Center for International Scholarship, is located in a historic villa in Riva San Vitale. Formerly known as the Center for European Studies and Architecture (CESA), it is Virginia Tech's European campus center and base for operations and support of its programs in the region. Housed in the 250-year-old Villa Maderni, the provides various academic programs for the undergraduate and graduate students of Virginia Tech. The main offering of the Steger Center is its semester-long student residence program. In this program, students live in the municipality, attend classes in the Villa Maderni learning facilities, and participate in field trips around Europe that complement the academic program. The university also offers summer study-abroad programs at the center. |
3046585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany%20Toussaint | Dany Toussaint | Dany Toussaint (12 September 1957 – 15 September 2021) was a Haitian politician who was a candidate in the country's February 2006 presidential election. Toussaint served as Haitian Army major, head of haitian police and bodyguard of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He was a Senator and leader of the Haitian Democratic and Reformist Movement Party.
Investigation
In 2003, Judge Claudy Gassant requested that Toussaint's immunity from prosecution be lifted in regards to the assassination of Haitian journalist Jean Dominique who had accused Toussaint of having his rival for the position of Secretary of State for Public Security, Jean Lamy, assassinated. The request of Judge Gassant was rejected by the senate.
Arrest
On 2 January 2006, MINUSTAH troops arrested Toussaint for possession of illegal weapons. He was handed over to the Haitian National Police, who released him hours later.
Death
Toussaint died on 15 September 2021. |
417988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connected%20Limited%20Device%20Configuration | Connected Limited Device Configuration | The Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) is a specification of a framework for Java ME applications describing the basic set of libraries and virtual-machine features that must be present in an implementation. The CLDC is combined with one or more profiles to give developers a platform for building applications on embedded devices with very limited resources such as pagers and mobile phones. The CLDC was developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 30 (CLDC 1.0) and JSR 139 (CLDC 1.1).
Typical requirements
CLDC is designed for devices that have limited processing power, memory, and graphical capability. Devices typically have the following features:
16-bit or 32-bit CPU with a clock speed of 16 MHz or higher
At least 160 KB ROM allocated for the CLDC libraries and virtual machine
At least 8 KB total RAM available to the Java platform
Low power consumption, often operating on battery power
Connectivity to some kind of network, often with a wireless, intermittent connection and limited bandwidth
Noteworthy limitations
Compared to the Java SE environment, several APIs are absent entirely, and some APIs are altered such that code requires explicit changes to support CLDC. In particular, certain changes aren't just the absence of classes or interfaces, but actually change the signatures of existing classes in the base class library. An example of this is the absence of the Serializable interface, which does not appear in the base class library due to restrictions on reflection usage. All java.lang.* classes which normally implement Serializable do not, therefore, implement this tagging interface.
Other examples of limitations depend on the version being used, as some features were re-introduced with version 1.1 of CLDC.
CLDC 1.0 and 1.1
The Serializable interface is not supported.
Parts of the reflection capabilities of the Java standard edition:
The java.lang.reflect package and any of its classes not supported.
Methods on java.lang.Class which obtain Constructors or Methods or Fields.
No finalization. CLDC does not include the Object.finalize() method.
Limited error handling. Non-runtime errors are handled by terminating the application or resetting the device.
No user-defined class loaders
No thread groups or daemon threads.
Profiles
A profile is a set of APIs that support devices with different capabilities and resources within the CLDC framework to provide a complete Java application environment. There are specific profiles for devices ranging from vending machines to set-top boxes, with the mobile phone profile MIDP being the most prevalent.
Mobile Information Device Profile
The Mobile Information Device Profile is a profile designed for cell phones. There are two versions of MIDP available, specified in JSR 37 (MIDP 1.0) and JSR 118 (MIDP 2.0). Both versions provide an LCD oriented GUI API, with MIDP 2.0 including a basic 2D gaming API. Applications written to use this profile are called MIDlets. Many cell phones come with a MIDP implementation, and it is a popular platform for downloadable cell phone games.
Information Module Profile
The Information Module Profile is specified in JSR 195 and is designed for vending machines, network cards, routers, telephone boxes and other systems with either simple or no display and some form of limited two way network access. Only APIs for application creation, storage, and network access are defined. These are a subset of the javax.microedition.io, rms and midlet packages in MIDP. Siemens mobile and Nokia put forward this specification to the JCP.
DoJa Profile
The DoJa profile was designed for the i-mode mobile phone by NTT DoCoMo.
Digital Set Top Box Profile
The Digital Set Top Box profile, specified in JSR 242, is designed for the cable market. Also referred to as OnRamp, this profile is based on a subset of the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP), which defines a set of APIs for the development of applications for set-top boxes and similar devices. The profile consists of subsets from the CDC Personal Basis Profile including support for AWT, Xlet, file access, and network APIs, as well as several media-related interfaces from OCAP. The whole profile encompassed 31 Java packages and approximately 1500 APIs.
Optional Packages
The PDA Optional Packages are specified in JSR-75 and are designed for PDAs such as Palm or Windows CE devices.
The specification defines two independent packages that represent important features found on many PDAs and other mobile devices. These packages are:
Personal Information Management (PIM) which gives devices access to personal information management data contained in address books, calendars, and to-do lists.
FileConnection (FC) which allows access to file systems and removable storage devices, such as external memory cards.
General APIs
java.io A streamlined version of the java.io package found in the standard edition for doing Input/Output operations.
java.lang Contains classes that are essential to the Java language. This package contains standard java types like Integers and Strings as well as basic exceptions, math functions, system functions, threading and security functions.
java.util A streamlined version of the java.util collection library. This package contains the collection classes like Vector and Hashtable. It also contains calendar and date class. |
25801881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susana%20Zabaleta | Susana Zabaleta | Susana Zabaleta Ramos (; born September 30, 1964) is a Mexican soprano singer and actress.
Early life
Born in Monclova, Coahuila, she moved to Mexico City in 1985. In 1986 she performed in the Sala Ollín Yoliztli and interpreted opera performances, such as La Traviata, Dido and Aeneas and Eneas. She also performed with the group Quien es quien.
Career
In 1987 Zabaleta debuted on stage in the Mexican production of the musicals Fiddler on the Roof and Don Quijote de la Mancha. In 1989 she participated in the musicals ¡Que plantón! and Sor-Presas. In 1991 she participated in the Mexican production of Cats along with María del Sol.
In 1995, she recorded her first album titled ¿O fué un sueño? and in 1996, recorded the Spanish version of the song "Colors of the Wind" for the Disney film Pocahontas.
Zabaleta's acting career began in 1993 appearing in some telenovelas. In 1996 she starred in the horror film Sobrenatural, a film directed by her husband, the film director Daniel Gruener.
In 1999, she participated in the Mexican film Sexo, pudor y lagrimas (directed by Antonio Serrano) for which she won the Ariel Award for Best Actress.
In recent years, Zabaleta collaborated with the Mexican composer Armando Manzanero with whom she has recorded two albums: de la A a la Z (2006) and Amarrados (2009).
In 2011, Zabaleta debuted as host of her own TV show, Susana Adicción, on Unicable network.
Filmography
Film
Television
Stage credits
Discography
1995 – ¿O...fue un sueño?
1997 – Desde el baño
2002 – El pasado nos vuelve a pasar
2002 – Navidad
2004 – Quiero sentir bonito
2005 – Para darle cuerda al mundo
2006 – De la A a la Z
2007 – Te Busqué
2010 – Amarrados
2013 – La Sensatez Y La Cordura
2017 – Como La Sal |
73889976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbophyllum%20sect.%20Eublepharon | Bulbophyllum sect. Eublepharon | Bulbophyllum sect. Eublepharon is a section of the genus Bulbophyllum.
Description
Species in this section are epiphytes with creeping rhizomes and pseudobulbs that wrinkle with age along longitudinal lines.
Distribution
Plants from this section are found in China, India, Vietnam, and Japan.
Species
Bulbophyllum section Eublepharon comprises the following species: |
60409526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20in%20modern%20pentathlon | 2007 in modern pentathlon | This article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2007.
International modern pentathlon events
May 13 – 20: 2007 CISM Modern Pentathlon Championships in Rio de Janeiro
Individual winners: Sandris Sika (m) / Yane Marques (f)
July 23 & 24: 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro
Individual winners: Eli Bremer (m) / Yane Marques (f)
World modern pentathlon events
August 14 – 22: 2007 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Berlin
Individual winners: Viktor Horváth (m) / Amélie Cazé (f)
Men's Team Relay winners: (Eric Walther, Sebastian Dietz, & Steffen Gebhardt)
Women's Team Relay winners: (Mhairi Spence, Lindsey Weedon, & Katy Livingston)
August 27 – September 2: 2007 World Youth "A" and Combined Modern Pentathlon Championships in Pretoria
Youth Individual winners: Yasser Hefny (m) / Krisztina Cseh (f)
Youth Men's Team Relay winners: (Mikalai Hayanouski, Raman Pinchuk, & Artsiom Romankov)
Youth Women's Team Relay winners: (Rachael Maume, Kate French, & Freyja Prentice)
Youth Combined winners: Maxim Sherstyuk (m) / Anais Eudes (f)
September 25 – 30: 2007 World Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in Caldas da Rainha
Junior Individual winners: Ondřej Polívka (m) / Adrienn Tóth (f)
Junior Men's Team Relay winners: (Pier Paolo Petroni, Riccardo De Luca, & Federico Giancamilli)
Continental modern pentathlon events
February 22 – 25: 2007 African Modern Pentathlon Championships in Cairo
Individual winners: Amro El Geziry (m) / Aya Medany (f)
March 8 – 11: 2007 NORCECA Modern Pentathlon Championships in Havana
Individual winners: Sergio Escalante (m) / Larissa Lellys (f)
May 10 – 13: 2007 Asian & Oceania Modern Pentathlon Championships in Tokyo
Individual winners: Lee Choon-huan (m) / Dong Le'an (f)
June 6 – 13: 2007 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Riga
Individual winners: Viktor Horváth (m) / Evdokia Gretchichnikova (f)
Team Relay winners: Aleksei Turkin (m) / Heather Fell (f)
July 3 – 8: 2007 European Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in Budapest
Junior Individual winners: Róbert Kasza (m) / Adrienn Tóth (f)
Junior Men's Team Relay winners: (Szymon Staśkiewicz, Bartosz Majewski, & Michal Kacer)
Junior Women's Team Relay winners: (Adrienn Tóth, Krisztina Cseh, & Leila Gyenesei)
July 4 – 9: 2007 European Youth "B" Modern Pentathlon Championships in Las Palmas
Youth Individual winners: Zaramuk Shabatokov (m) / Sarolta Kovács (f)
July 12 – 15: 2007 European Youth "A" & Combined Modern Pentathlon Championships in Vilnius
Youth Individual winners: Maxim Sherstyuk (m) / Adrienn Tóth (f)
Youth Men's Team Relay winner: Bence Demeter
Youth Women's Team Relay winners: (Sarolta Kovács, Adrienn Tóth, & Krisztina Cseh)
Youth Combined winners: Mikalai Hayanouski (m) / Ronja Steinborn (f)
November 22 – 26: 2007 South American Senior & Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in Rio de Janeiro
Senior/Junior Individual winners: Tzanko Hantov (m) / Margaux Isaksen (f)
2007 Modern Pentathlon World Cup
March 2 – 5: MPWC #1 in Mexico City
Individual winners: Marcin Horbacz (m) / Edita Maloszyc (f)
March 22 – 25: MPWC #2 in Cairo
Individual winners: Eric Walther (m) / Tatiana Mouratova (f)
April 12 – 15: MPWC #3 in Millfield
Individual winners: Gábor Balogh (m) / Georgina Harland (f)
May 10 – 13: MPWC #4 for Men in Budapest
Individual winner: Andrey Moiseyev
May 10 – 13: MPWC #4 for Women in Moscow
Individual winner: Tatiana Mouratova
May 24 – 27: MPWC #5 for Men in Drzonków
Individual winner: Libor Capalini
May 24 – 27: MPWC #5 for Women in Székesfehérvár
Individual winner: Zsuzsanna Vörös
Women's Team Relay winners: (Lada Jiyenbalanova, Alena Abrossimova, & Arina Jienbalanova)
June 24 – 30: MPWC #6 in Rome
Individual winners: Libor Capalini (m) / Anastasiya Prokopenko (f)
September 15 & 16: MPWC #7 (final) in Beijing
Individual winners: Edvinas Krungolcas (m) / Aya Medany (f) |
60047295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSPM%20J0207%2B3331 | LSPM J0207+3331 | LSPM J0207+3331 is, , the oldest and coldest known white dwarf star to host a circumstellar disk, located 145 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in October 2018 by a volunteer participating in the Backyard Worlds citizen science project.
The white dwarf has a radius of , which is about 1.2 times the radius of the earth. Because white dwarfs are such dense objects, LSPM J0207 has a mass of about 0.69 . The presence of the Paschen Beta-Line in a near-infrared spectrum from the Keck telescope helped to determine that the atmosphere of LSPM J0207 is dominated by hydrogen (spectral type DA). Due to the inner disk around the white dwarf, it should be expected that the atmosphere has a lot of other elements and that the white dwarf is a metal-polluted white dwarf. To confirm this hypothesis, it is required to take an optical spectrum of the white dwarf.
Debris Disk
The star has a circumstellar disk despite being 3 billion years old. The infrared excess in the spectrum is consistent with two rings at different temperatures: an outer colder ring with a temperature of and an inner ring with a temperature between 550–. It may be a debris disk created from asteroids broken apart by the star's gravity.
The inner disk is optically thick with an inner radius of and an outer radius of . The outer disk is optically thin. It is located near the Roche radius at around and has a mass of a small asteroid or comet. This suggests that the outer disk formed relative recently from a tidal disruption of such a small body. If this outer disk is confirmed, it would be the first known dusty white dwarf with a two-component ring system. Alternatively the gap in the disk could be explained by a dense exoplanet orbiting inside the disk and clearing a gap, or a planet orbiting outside the disk and opening a gap via resonant dynamics.
Due to the inner edge of the inner disk being located near the sublimation radius of fayalite and iron, it is suggested that the inner disk is composed of these materials. It is however not excluded that forsterite is a component of the inner disk.
Models predict only a low rate of asteroids to be disrupted by an old white dwarf. The 1 Gyr simulations by Debes et al. found that only one asteroid per simulation was disrupted 200 Myrs after the white dwarf has formed. The presence of a disk around a 3 Gyr white dwarf sets new demands for models that seek to explain dust around white dwarfs.
A survey of 249 white dwarfs to be observed with JWST MIRI at 10 and 15 μm includes LSPM J0207+3331. This might detect the infrared excess coming from the disk in the mid-infrared. |
17568753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne%20Fontaine | Yvonne Fontaine | Yvonne Yvette Fontaine (8 August 1913 – 9 May 1996), also known as Yvonne Fauge, code named Nenette and Mimi, was a member of the French Resistance and an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, especially Nazi Germany. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England.
Fontaine worked as a courier for the Tinker and Minister networks (or circuits) in France in 1943 and 1944. She was, in the words of author Beryl E. Escott, "a highly successful and competent agent."
Early life
Yvonne Fontaine was born in Longuyon on 8 August 1913. In the early days of World War II, she was described as "twice married, once divorced, and her second husband, an Italian, had disappeared. She was not unhappy about his disappearance. "Vivacious, and smart and worldly" with "no family obligations," she worked as the manager of a dye and dry cleaning company in Troyes. She did not take part in any resistance activities until April 1943. She was anti-German but also criticized the De Gaullist resistance movement as too political, self-seeking, and talkative. As Troyes was an industrial region well connected to Paris, the city was the target of numerous Allied bombings generating numerous pilots and their crews to be hidden when their planes were shot down. Fontaine gradually entered the French Resistance by helping downed airmen evade capture by the Germans.
Special Operations Executive
Tinker network
Fontaine's work with the resistance began in April 1943 when an experienced SOE agent, Benjamin Cowburn, and his radio operator Denis John Barrett came to Troyes to set up a sabotage network, which SOE named Tinker. Cowburn came into contact with Pierre Mulsant and through him met Fontaine who he hired as a courier for a salary of 2,000 francs (about 10 British pounds) per month. Given the code name Nenette, she was adept at the job, carrying messages and sabotage material over a large area in northeastern France. The Tinker network had some successes, including on the night of 3/4 July the destruction of six locomotives used by the Germans. Fontaine also helped eighteen American airmen, shot down near Troyes, escape to Switzerland. However, the Germans infiltrated and destroyed many of the SOE networks in France during the summer of 1943. Cowburn was evacuated from France in September 1943 and on 15 November, the remaining members of the Tinker team, Fontaine, Mulsant, and Barrett, departed France for England from a clandestine airfield. Among the other resistance workers evacuated on the same airplane was a future president of France, François Mitterrand.
Minister network
In England, Fontaine underwent SOE training. She was known to SOE by her married name of Yvonne Fauge. SOE officials differed in their assessment of her during her training. One trainer of a group of prospective SOE agents said, "she was the most interesting person here and probably the most intelligent. A lively and indefatigable talker." Another said that she was "egocentric, spoilt, stubborn, impatient, conceited..." Fontaine was the only non-English speaker in her group of SOE trainees.
Fortaine returned to France by boat the night of 25 March 1944, landing on a beach in Brittany. She made her way to Paris where she re-united with her friends Pierre Muslant, the organiser (leader) of the new Minister network, and Denis Barrett, the radio operator. Mulsant installed her in a safe house in Melun, about southeast of Paris. She chose the new code name of Mimi. In addition to her travel as a courier, she located farm fields suitable for air drops of arms and supplies for the French Resistance. She organized groups to receive five air drops in April and May. In April she also met on their arrival by parachute a team of three American military officers who were to work with the French Resistance preparing for D-Day, the allied invasion of France which took place on 6 June 1944. The Minister network was successful in organising and carrying out several small-scale sabotage operations aimed at hindering German logistics and transport of supplies to the battlefields after D-Day.
Disaster struck in July 1944. A British commando team of the SAS called Operation Gain radioed they were in trouble in the nearby Forest of Fontainebleau. Mulsant and Barrett and others rushed to rescue the SAS team but were captured by the Germans. Benjamin Cowburn returned to France on July 30 in an unsuccessful attempt to free Mulsant and Barrett but both were later executed. Fontaine, the sole survivor of the Minister network, continued work with the Resistance until the liberation of the area from German control in late August 1944. She returned by airplane to England on September 16.
Aftermath
Fontaine was bitter about the capture of her colleagues, Mulsant and Barrett, and put her criticisms in a report to SOE. The capture of Mulsant and Barrett, she wrote, "was entirely the fault of sending in SAS parties in uniform in an area which was very closely patrolled by SS troops." The SAS team was able to withdraw to a safe area, but Mulsant and Barrett, attempting to help the SAS team, "were not aware of this" and were captured.
On her return to London, Fontaine was housed in a hotel with two other female SOE agents who also had grievances against the SOE: Anne-Marie Walters and Odette Wilen. An SOE officer reported their indiscreet conversation, openly discussing the arrests of SOE agents. He said of Fontaine, "Her present nervous condition is largely due to the fact that she blames the organization [SOE] for the arrests of her two friends." He added that "I was seriously shocked by the attitude of these three ladies."
Fontaine never received recognition for her work with SOE. SOE's spymaster, Vera Atkins, claimed that Fontaine was recruited in the field and was never an official agent of the French section of SOE. Proposals that Fontaine be awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Order of the British Empire were never approved. The de Gaulle government of France did give her the Medal of the Resistance. Despite the sparsity of her recognition, the appraisal by SOE of Fontaine's work was that she was "an efficient and loyal courier and assistant" with a "gift for clandestine work."
After the war Fontaine married a Frenchman named Dupont. She died on 9 May 1996.
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47712543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrobipalpa%20solitaria | Scrobipalpa solitaria | Scrobipalpa solitaria is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1969. It is found in the southern Ural Mountains, Ukraine, China (Xinjiang) and Mongolia. |
54001639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitfield%20Cowles%20House | Whitfield Cowles House | The Whitfield Cowles House is a historic house at 118 Spoonville Road in East Granby, Connecticut. Built about 1785, it was home to one of the early innovators in the development of silver plating, and was (as of the 2010s) still owned by Cowles descendants. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
Description and history
The Whitfield Cowles House is located in a rural-residential area of southern East Granby, on the north side of Spoonville Road just east of its junction with South Main Street (Connecticut Route 187). It is set facing south on a short stub of an abandoned colonial-era roadway, near the southern edge of a mainly wooded parcel. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, end chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. Its most prominent feature is a two-story Colonial Revival portico, which extends across the center three bays. It has four fluted Doric columns, which rise to a narrow frieze and dentillated cornice. A balcony, partially supported by the central two columns is set under the portico and over the main entrance. The entry is like the portico an early 20th-century alteration, with flanking sidelight windows. The interior follows a central hall plan, with a single-run staircase. The interior decoration is a mix of Colonial Revival and Georgian-Federal late 18th century elements.
The house was built about 1785, probably by Joseph Griswold Jr., who sold the house and to Reverend Whitfield Cowles in 1802. Cowles did not receive adequate financial support from his congregation, and eventually turned to other business endeavours to supplement his ministerial pay. He was dismissed from his position over political differences in 1808, and devoted himself entirely to business. With partners, he established a nearly complete textile operation, and also produced carding equipment and other tools. A major initiative of his was the establishment of a wire factory not far from his home. He soon began experimenting with electroplating silver, a pursuit his son William developed after he died. He partnered with silversmiths based in Hartford for the manufacture of silver-plated spoons, eventually expanding to a wide array of domestic silverware. By the mid-1840s Cowles was shipping his products as far off as South Carolina. However, the business was laden with debt, and eventually failed. Some of Cowles' partners and employees went on to more successful development of the technology, leading Connecticut to become a center of silver-plate manufacturing by the late 19th century. |
15353591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTPRH | PTPRH | Receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase H is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PTPRH gene.
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family. PTPs are known to be signaling molecules that regulate a variety of cellular processes including cell growth, differentiation, mitotic cycle, and oncogenic transformation. This PTP possesses an extracellular region, a single transmembrane region, and a single intracytoplasmic catalytic domain, and thus represents a receptor-type PTP. The extracellular region contains eight fibronectin type III-like repeats and multiple N-glycosylation sites. The gene was shown to be expressed primarily in brain and liver, and at a lower level in heart and stomach. It was also found to be expressed in several cancer cell lines, but not in the corresponding normal tissues. |
23766989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Lemonds | Dave Lemonds | David Lee Lemonds (born July 5, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher who played in the Major Leagues in and for the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. Lemonds appeared in 33 Major League games, all but two of them for the 1972 White Sox. He started 19 games, and in 99⅓ innings recorded 69 strikeouts and allowed 92 hits and 43 bases on balls. He retired after the 1974 minor league baseball season.
Lemonds played on the Charlotte Post 9 (American Legion) team that advanced to back to back championship games, in 1964 and 65. Post 9, coached by his father Jack, won the Legion national championship in 1965.
Lemonds, then went on to play for the University of North Carolina, where he was named first team All American, and Sporting News Player of the Year in 1968. UNC retired his number. He was drafted in 1966 by the San Francisco Giants during the 5th round but did not sign. He was drafted in the 1968 Amateur Draft (June Secondary) as the first pick in the first round by the Chicago White Sox.
He was traded along with Roe Skidmore and Pat Jacquez by the Cubs to the White Sox for Ossie Blanco and José Ortiz on November 30, 1970. |
13107276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girkenroth | Girkenroth | Girkenroth is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Girkenroth lies 7 km south of Westerburg at the foot of the Watzenhahn woodland. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
History
In 1516, Girkenroth had its first documentary mention as Gergerode.
Politics
The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Coat of arms
The three blue bends on a golden background come from the arms formerly borne by the lesser noble family of Ottenstein, whose seat, albeit already forsaken in the 14th century, lay within Girkenroth's current limits. A field's name still recalls this seat. In the village itself the von Ottensteins had property in the Late Middle Ages and early modern times.
The background tincture green refers to the woodlands growing around the community and the pasture farming that is important here to this day (there was a communal livestock herd until the 1960s). Agriculture, as the most important basis for food production into the 20th century, is also symbolized by the golden grain ear. The three basalt columns on a silver background are said to stand for the Watzenhahn basalt massif at whose foot Girkenroth lies. In this century, local quarrying has become an important source of income for the inhabitants.
Economy and infrastructure
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 8 leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. |
49507855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loco%20%28rapper%29 | Loco (rapper) | Kwon Hyuk-woo (Hangul: 권혁우; born December 25, 1989), better known by his stage name Loco (Hangul: 로꼬), is a South Korean rapper signed to hip hop label AOMG. His name "loco" means "crazy" in Spanish. He won the first season of Mnet's rap competition Show Me the Money in 2012.
Personal life
On September 13, 2022, Loco announced via Instagram that he would be marrying a non-celebrity girlfriend of the same age in the fall.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
Soundtrack appearances
Filmography
Television
Web shows
Music video appearances
Awards and nominations
Melon Music Awards
KBS Entertainment Awards |
33645829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Concession%20%28Shanghai%29 | American Concession (Shanghai) | The American Concession or Settlement was a foreign enclave (a "concession") within present-day Shanghai which existed from around 1848 until its unification with the city's British area to form the Shanghai International Settlement in 1863.
The concession was located north of the Suzhou River and west of the Huangpu River, in what are today parts of Hongkou District and Jing'an District.
History
In 1845, the bishop of the American Episcopal Church W. J. Boone bought an area in Hongkew to create real estates in Shanghai, in the name of building a church. Later Boone proposed to create an American settlement and in 1848, the Shanghai County approved the proposal. On 25 June 1863 American consul George Seward signed an agreement with the head of Shanghai County Huang Fang (黃芳) to create the American Concession in Shanghai, which also confirmed the boundary of area. On 21 September 1863, the American area was merged with the British as the Shanghai International Settlement. |
73043288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechurch%20GAA | Whitechurch GAA | Whitechurch GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Whitechurch, County Cork, Ireland. The club fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football.
History
The Whitechurch club was first established in 1904 to represent the eastern half of Blarney parish. It made some progress on the Gaelic football field, however, it went into decline for a period. It was reformed as a hurling club for some years in the 1920s, and competed in the newly formed City Division. A shortage of players result in the club becoming defunct by 1928.
In 1959, Whitechurch was revived as a sister Gaelic football club to Blarney hurling club in the Muskerry Division. The Whitechurch-Blarney arrangement ended in 1968, when Whitechurch became an independent dual club. Two Mid Cork JBHC titles were secured in 1968 and 1970.
Whitechurch joined forces with the Grenagh club in 1973, however, a number of lean years followed in terms of success as the club struggled for survival. Hurling in the club was revived in 1984, the same year the club moved back to the Seandún Division. The club amalgamated with White's Cross for a period, before once again deciding to revert to being an independent club in 2012. Since that decision was made the club has enjoyed some underage county championship successes. Whitechurch enjoyed its greatest success in 2017 when the club defeated Upperchurch-Drombane to claim both the Munster JBHC and All-Ireland JBHC titles.
Honours
All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship (1): 2017
Munster Junior B Club Hurling Championship (1): 2016
Cork Junior B Hurling Championship (1): 2016
Notable players
Paudie Kissane: All-Ireland SFC winner (2010) |
30631546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20painters%20by%20name%20beginning%20with%20%22Q%22 | List of painters by name beginning with "Q" | Please add names of notable painters with a Wikipedia page, in precise English alphabetical order, using U.S. spelling conventions. Country and regional names refer to where painters worked for long periods, not to personal allegiances.
Qi Baishi (齊白石, 1864–1957), Chinese painter and seal carver
Qian Du (錢杜, 1764–1844), Chinese painter
Qian Gu (錢谷, 1508 – c. 1578), Chinese painter
Qian Xuan (錢選, 1235–1305), Chinese painter
Qiu Ying (仇英, 1494–1552), Chinese gongbi painter
Qu Leilei (曲磊磊, born 1951), Chinese/English calligrapher, painter and author
Domenico Quaglio the Younger (1787–1837), German painter, engraver and architect
Arthur Quartley (1839–1886), American painter
Enguerrand Quarton (c. 1410 – c. 1466), French painter and manuscript illuminator
Pieter Jansz Quast (1606–1647), Dutch painter and draftsman
Harvey Quaytman (1937–2002), American painter
August Querfurt (1696–1761), Austrian painter
José Comas Quesada (1928–1993), Canary Islands painter
François Quesnel (c. 1543 – 1619), French painter
Annie Abernethie Pirie Quibell (1862–1927), Scottish artist and archaeologist
John Quidor (1801–1881), American painter
Benito Quinquela Martín (1890–1977), Argentine painter
Quirizio di Giovanni da Murano (fl. c. 1460–1478), Italian painter |
7916093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalna%2C%20Maharashtra | Jalna, Maharashtra | Jalna is a city in Jalna district in the Aurangabad Division, or Marathwada region, of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was part of Hyderabad State as a tehsil of Aurangabad district, before Jalna district was formed effective 1 May 1981.
Jalna become Maharashtra's 29th Municipal Corporation.
History
Jalna (formerly Jalnapur) is one example. Like Aurangabad’s predecessor Khirki, prior to the Mughal conquests Jalna had been ruled by the Nizam Shahs of Ahmadnagar, during whose reign their governor Jamshid Khan built a mosque Kali Masjid, travellers’ sara’i, and reservoir in around 1557. The town was
taken by the Mughals during the reign of Akbar, and during the reigns of
Aurangzeb and Nizam al-Mulk it saw numerous improvements to its civic and military infrastructure, its fort (Jalna Fort or Mastgad) being constructed in 1725 in response to Maratha incursions.
Geography
Jalna is located at . It has an average elevation of , on the banks of the Kundalika River.
Climate
Demographics
Religion
census, Jalna had a population of 285,577. The total population constitute, 147,029 males and 138,485 females —a sex ratio of 942 females per 1000 males. 38,834 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 20,338 are boys and 18,496 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 81.80% with 201,829 literates.
Language
Marathi is the official language of the city. Marathi is also the most commonly spoken language in the city, Urdu is the second most spoken language followed by Hindi.
Economy
The first cotton-ginning & oil-pressing factory was established in the year 1863 by Mr. Pestonji Meherwanji. There is so many problems in jalna like electricity, water shortage, road, etc.
In 1889 a cotton-spinning and weaving mill was erected in Aurangabad city, which employed 700 people. With the opening of the Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways in the year 1900, several ginning factories were started. In Jalna alone, there were 9 cotton-ginning factories and 5 cotton presses, besides two ginning factories at Aurangabad and Kannad, and one oil press at Aurangabad. The total number of people employed in the cotton presses and ginning factories in the year 1901 was 1,016.
Jalna is the biggest producer of sweet lemons and oranges in Maharashtra.
Jalna is the biggest steel producer in Maharashtra state, with many steel companies located in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area.
Transport
Jalna is primarily connected with the rest of India by railway and road.
Air
Aurangabad Airport is the closest airport to Jalna, it is about away from Jalna city center, about one hour travel time by road.
High Speed Rail
Jalna is going to be an important station in the middle of the bullet train project proposed between Mumbai and Nagpur. So in the future, Jalna is going to get a boost of high speed transport connectivity.
Rail
is a station located on the Secunderabad–Manmad line of the newly created Nanded Division of South Central Railway. Formerly, it had been a part of Hyderabad Division, before divisional adjustments in 2003, which saw HYB's bifurcation.
Road
Jalna is connected to major towns of the state by state highways. Road connectivity is excellent, roads connecting to Aurangabad, Pune, Ahmednagar, Nagpur, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Khamgaon, and Mumbai having been widened to four-lane highways. The new Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway (Samruddhi Mahamarg) passes through Jalna.
Dry port
Recently, a new dry port project has been set up in the MIDC Phase 3 area near the city. This is the first dry port project in the country. A similar, smaller project is also in progress in Wardha.
Neighbourhoods in Jalna
Nariman Nagar
Notable People
Kailas Gorantyal Indian politician and (MLA) Member of the Legislative Assembly Maharashtra.
Arjun Khotkar Indian politician and Ex Minister of Maharashtra State.
Saif Tyabji was a solicitor, mathematician, an educationist & Member of Parliament from Jalna Lok Sabha consittuency. |
2596378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20v.%20One%20Package%20of%20Japanese%20Pessaries | United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries | United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries, 86 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1936) (often just U.S. v. One Package), was an in rem United States Court of Appeals case in the Second Circuit involving birth control.
Background
In 1873 Congress adopted the Comstock Act, which prohibited the importation or mailing of "obscene matter". The law's definition of obscene matter included contraceptives or information about contraception. In the 1930s, Margaret Sanger and the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control lobbied Congress to revise this law, but were unsuccessful.
The case
Dr. Hannah Stone, at one of Sanger's clinics, ordered a new type of diaphragm (a pessary) from a Japanese physician to be shipped from Tokyo to the United States. Upon arrival in the United States the shipment was seized and confiscated under the Tariff Act of 1930, which had incorporated the anti-contraceptive provisions of the Comstock Act.
A lower court ruled against the government. When the government appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the appellate court affirmed the lower court's ruling. The appellate court held that the law could not be used to intercept shipments which originated from a doctor. Judge Augustus Noble Hand wrote, in his decision: |
36090978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20door-phone | Video door-phone | A video door-phone (also known as a video door entry or video intercom) is a stand-alone intercom system used to manage calls made at the entrance to a building (residential complex, detached family home, workplace, etc.) with access controlled by audiovisual communication between the inside and outside. The main feature of video door entry is that it enables the person indoors to identify the visitor and, if (and only if) they wish, engage in conversation and/or open the door to allow access to the person calling.
Equipment
Video door entry consists of both outside and indoor elements: an outdoor panel on the outside, an electronic lock release, and an indoor monitor. The outdoor panel or street panel is installed beside the entrance door or gateway and incorporates different elements ready for use in any climate conditions: one or several pushbuttons to make the call (usually one per home or apartment), a micro camera adapted for night vision to capture the image of the caller, a microphone to pick up their voice and a speaker to reproduce the voice of the occupant indoors.
A video door entry panel may include push buttons to call the homes or offices and a camera to capture the street scene.
The video entry monitor allows the occupant to see who has called, talk to the visitor and open the door.
Installed indoors, the monitor consists of a screen showing the image of the person calling, a microphone and earpiece for conversation and a pushbutton to trigger the door lock release. The communication setup is a full duplex. The electric door release is a device installed in the door lock and operated from inside the building to lift the latch and clear the way for the visitor.
Common equipment types
There are several variations on this basic format. In addition to outdoor panels with one pushbutton per apartment, it is possible to find others with a numeric keypad: in this case, designed for large residential installations, the homes are identified by codes. Others have built-in cardholder panels or even small screens to guide the user or facilitate entry for people with disabilities. Some video entry monitors have an earpiece similar to a telephone handset, while others are "hands-free". Other examples are monitors with memories that store an image every time someone calls at the door or touchscreen video entry systems.
Adaptive equipment
Different equipment sets are currently found on the market which make use more accessible for people with different disabilities. So, thinking of the visually impaired, the outdoor panel may include information in Braille alongside the pushbuttons, or a voice synthesiser can also be added which indicates when the door is opened. For people with hearing impairment, the outdoor panel may include a screen with icons signalling the communication status: if the user is calling, if someone is speaking from indoors or opening the door. Also with this type of user in mind, the monitor may be fitted with an inductive loop, an element that interacts with conventional hearing aids to facilitate the conversation with the outside without their presence being noticed by other users. The kit also includes visual or audio call alerts. |
53599251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraglenea%20latefasciata | Paraglenea latefasciata | Paraglenea latefasciata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1952. It is known from Vietnam. |
3830814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie%20du%20Preez | Jackie du Preez | John Harcourt "Jackie" du Preez (14 November 1942 – 8 April 2020) was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in two Test matches for South Africa against Australia in 1967.
A leg-spinner and useful lower-order batsman, he was educated at Prince Edward School and first played for Rhodesia aged 18 against New Zealand in Bulawayo in October, 1961. He represented Rhodesia a record 112 times before retiring in 1979.
Later he served as a national selector for Zimbabwe. Du Preez died on 8 April 2020 in Harare after suffering from a long-standing heart condition. He was 77. |
14423932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-Iranian%20paganism | Proto-Indo-Iranian paganism | Proto-Indo-Iranian paganism (or Proto-Aryan paganism) was the beliefs of the speakers of Proto-Indo-Iranian (the Indo-Iranians) and includes topics such as the mythology, legendry, folk tales, and folk beliefs of early Indo-Iranian culture. By way of the comparative method, Indo-Iranian philologists, a variety of historical linguist, have proposed reconstructions of entities, locations, and concepts with various levels of security in early Indo-Iranian folklore and mythology (reconstructions are indicated by the presence of an asterisk). The present article includes both reconstructed forms and proposed motifs from the early Indo-Iranian period, generally associated with the Sintashta culture (2050–1900 BCE).
Divine beings
Location
Entities
Other |
38208631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362%20Volleyball%20Women%27s%20European%20Cup | 1961–62 Volleyball Women's European Cup | The 1961–62 Volleyball Women's European Cup was the second edition of the competition for women's volleyball national champions in Europe. It was contested by ten teams, two less than the inaugural edition, and the quarterfinals and semifinals were replaced by a group stage. The competition was again won by the Soviet representative, as Burevestnik Odessa defeated Slavia Sofia in the final.
Preliminary round
Group stage
Final |
5346066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campion%20School%2C%20Mumbai | Campion School, Mumbai | Campion School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys located at 13 Cooperage Road, Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra, India. Established in 1943 by Jesuit Fr. Joseph Savall, the school is named in honour of Saint Edmund Campion, a 16th-century English Roman Catholic martyr.
The school is housed in Wellesley House on Cooperage Road in the Fort neighbourhood of South west Mumbai. The school is across the street from Cooperage Ground, which is a major soccer stadium in Mumbai, as well as Oval Maidan a city landmark. The school has over 800 students and offers classes at elementary and secondary levels, ranging from preparatory to grade 10. It is affiliated with the ICSE school syllabus and has English as its primary language of instruction.
Campion School has been taking part in most of the inter-school events organized by the Government, and often has prevailed. In a 2009 pan-India survey of day boys schools, conducted by Education World magazine, Campion School was ranked first in the country, and in 2013 it garnered the penultimate place.
History
Campion School was founded on 20 January 1943 by Father Joseph Savall, S.J. He had been the principal of St. Mary's High School, Mazgaon, for many years. In 1942, the Society of Jesus purchased Wellesely House on 13 Cooperage Road to house Campion School. But opposition from tenants delayed occupancy for 5 years, during which time the school was run from a ground floor rented at 45 New Marine Lines. It moved to Cooperage Road on 19 January. Within nine months the Department of Education recognised and registered Campion School under the Code of European Schools. It was authorised to teach up to Standard IV and to add one standard every year until the highest form was reached.
The school grew steadily in the late 1940s, but lacked a full-time principal, and Fr. Savall retired and returned to Europe in June 1949. Fr. Conesa, the director of the Technical Institute at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, served as principal until December 1950. Jesuit authorities appointed Fr. E.F. More first full-time principal. More oversaw major renovations to Wellesely House including the acquisition of the second floor in 1954 and the addition of a fourth floor.
In 1956, Campion School attained the stature of a full-fledged high school with an enrollment of 382. It was recognised by the University of Cambridge as an A-certificate school and by the S.S.C. Board, Pune. In the same year, the first batch of students appeared for the Senior Cambridge Overseas Examination and all eight of them passed, five secured Grade I, one secured Grade II, and two secured Grade III. According to a rating in the Hindustan Times, the school's highest ratings are in "attitude towards learning, sports, social engagement, governance."
Academics
The school year consists of two terms from May to April, with October as mid-year. The course of school studies extends from the Preparatory Class to Class 10. It is designed to prepare students for the ICSE Examination, conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations.
In addition to English which is the primary language of instruction, Hindi is taught from Class 1 and Marathi, the regional language of the state of Maharashtra, is compulsory from Class 1 to Class 8.
In 2016, Campion emerged first in both the junior (78 teams) and senior (82 teams) divisions of the 16th Hindu Young World Quiz. Also, a student from Campion won the gold medal in a mental abacus contest sponsored by UMCAS.
School badge
The school badge is in the form of a medieval shield. The shield has three major divisions, each with a different colour background, and a scroll containing the school motto "Joy in Truth". This motto is symbolically expressed by each of the three main divisions on the shield.
On the left side, against a red background is a rope shaped like a noose. It stands for the death of St. Edmund Campion, professedly for the love of Truth. On the right side, against a white background are three birds that stand for Joy while the star stands for Truth. Finally, at the base of the shield is to be found the logo of the Jesuits. It consists of the first three letters of Jesus' name in Greek. Contrary to the popular belief, the divisions and their background colours do not represent the colour of the four school "houses".
Principals
The following individuals have served as principals of the school:
School organisations
All students are assigned to a house. There were three houses until the 1990s when Berchmans was added:
Britto House (red), motto "Unity is strength" - named after St. John de Brito
Loyola House (white), motto "Now or Never" - named after St. Ignatius of Loyola
Xavier House (blue), motto "Never Give in" - named after St. Francis Xavier
Berchmans House (yellow), motto "Service before self" - named after St. John Berchmans
Since 2016, the junior school (standards 1 to 5) has different names and colors for the houses. The names are Gandhi, Raman, Nehru and Tagore and the respective colors are orange, purple, green, and white.
The School Council is a body established to put into practice the aims and objectives of the house system. The Council is made up of the School Captain and his Assistant, the House Prefects and their Assistants, the Leaders, the Class Monitor of the upper classes, and representatives of activities and organisations. It serves as an advisory body to the administration.
School organisations include:
43rd East Bombay Cub Packs: selection of recruits for five Cub Packs is made from the Primary section.
43rd East Bombay Scout Troop: the selection of recruits for the Scout Troop is made in the Secondary section. As a rule, students who have been cubs are given preference. The Scout motto is "Be prepared".
The 19th Mah. Junior NCC Air Wing and the 21st Troop Junior NCC Naval Unit 1st Mah. Bn. Wing: the NCC provides training for students with a view to developing in them officer-like qualities, thus enabling them to obtain commissions in the Armed Forces.
The Road Safety Patrol (RSP), motto "We live to serve", provides service training to young men and women so as to stimulate interest in the safety from accidents for the people and to build up officers to enable the Police Force to expand in a time of emergency.
The Junior Red Cross trains its members to care for their own health and that of others, and to help the sick and suffering, especially children.
The Interact Club is a Junior branch of the Rotary movement and aims at fostering a sense of social concern and international understanding among young students. It undertakes relief projects on behalf of the underprivileged.
Sanskar provides an opportunity to the students to follow and understand the cultural values of the ancient Indian Civilisation.
The Nature Club of India represents the Youth Wing of the World Wildlife Fund. Its aim is to make India's children aware of the economic, cultural, and aesthetic value of national resources by spreading interest and knowledge about its wildlife, rivers, forests, and other natural resources.
Elocution, Debating, and Dramatics: trains higher-class students in public speaking and drama. Prizes are awarded to the best individual speakers both in English and in Hindi and to the best Class and House in Inter-Class, Inter-House Elocution, Dramatic, and General Knowledge competitions.
The Campion Review issued twice yearly fosters the literary talent of students. It is managed by an Editorial Board and includes news reports.
The School Band, instituted by Fr. E.F. More, S.J, was revived in 1996. It plays at school functions such as the Republic Day parade, Independence Day, and the Annual Athletics Meet.
The Audio-Visual Instruction Room screens educational films, documentaries, and video cassettes.
Games and Sports: the school has a gymnasium where all boys of the Senior School have a programme of physical education. The wide range of co-curricular activities includes soccer, cricket, athletics, gymnastics, swimming, basketball, music, drama, debates and elocution, along with badminton, table-tennis, and lawn tennis. There are annual meets for athletics, aquatics, and a Junior Sports Festival. In 2015 Campion won the Under-16 Mumbai School Sports Association (MSSA) Division 1 title. Education Today magazine ranked Campion number one in sports education in 2016.
Notable alumni
Business and industry
Kumar Mangalam Birla - Chairman, Aditya Birla Group
Niranjan Hiranandani - Managing Director, Hiranandani Group
Mohit Jain - Managing Director, Indo Count Industries Ltd
Pramit Jhaveri - CEO, Citi India
Farrokh K. Kavarana - Director, Tata Sons & Tata Industries Ltd
Alok Kejriwal - founder & CEO, Contests2Win.com
Juzar Khorakiwala - Chairman & Managing Director, Biostadt India Ltd
Mahesh Madhavan - CEO, Bacardi
Keki Mistry - Vice Chairman & CEO, Housing Development Finance Corporation
Vikram Parikh - Managing Principal, Global Catalyst Partners
Bhaskar Pramanik - Chairman, Microsoft India
Neville Taraporewala - Country Head, Yahoo! India
Ratan Tata - Former chairman of Tata Sons and Tata Group
Politics
Praful Patel - former Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India
Jyotiraditya Scindia - politician and former Maharaja of Gwalior
Shashi Tharoor - former diplomat, Former Minister of State (Ministry of HRD and External Affairs) in the Union Government and Member of Parliament
Film and fashion
Ranjit Chowdhry - Bollywood and Hollywood actor, screenwriter
Sanjay Gadhvi - Bollywood director
Jugal Hansraj - Bollywood actor
Randhir Kapoor - Bollywood actor, producer & director
Rajiv Kapoor - Bollywood actor
Rishi Kapoor - Bollywood actor
Atul Kasbekar - photographer
Tarun Tahiliani - fashion designer
Vivek Vaswani - Bollywood actor, producer
Literature, theatre and journalism
Maxim Mazumdar - dramatist and playwright, founder of the now-folded Phoenix Theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dom Moraes - Goan writer and poet
Jehangir Pocha - (late) journalist, Editor-in-Chief at NewsX Television
Rajdeep Sardesai - journalist and recipient of the Padma Shri in 2007 for contributions to Indian journalism
Science
Dr. Mustansir Barma - theoretical physicist, recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (1995) and Padma Shri (2013) awards and director of TIFR from 2007-2014
Dr Adi Bulsara - physicist prominent in field of nonlinear dynamics
Dr. Shiraz Minwalla - theoretical physicist and string theorist, recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (2011) and TWAS Prize (2016) award from The World Academy of Sciences
Dr. Vikram Patel - leading psychiatrist and recipient of Rhodes Scholarship and MacArthur Foundation Fellow for Leadership Development
Sport
Adrian Ezra - squash player - 7 times Indian national squash champion
Hirji Nagarwalla - Indian athlete (represented India at the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul)
Military and police
Air Marshal Adi Gandhi - youngest pilot to be awarded the Vir Chakra
ADGP Himanshu Roy, Indian Police Service
ADGP Rajnish Seth, Indian Police Service
Rear Admiral Mahendra Pratap Taneja - Flag Officer, Maharashtra Naval Area
In popular culture
The school is mentioned in Salman Rushdie's book The Moor's Last Sigh as a school for boys from "good homes".
Other schools mentioned in a similar context are Cathedral and John Connon School and Walsingham House School. |
8103509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC%20Meda%201913 | AC Meda 1913 | A. C. Meda 1913 is an Italian association football company based in Meda (MB), Lombardy Italy. It currently plays in Seconda Categoria Under 21 Lombardy group G
History
The club was founded in 1913 as Associazione Calcio Meda 1913 and refounded several times, the last, with the current name, on June 17, 2010 deciding to address only the youth sector, but there is a first team football.
A.S.D. Meda 1913
The most important team of the company is the A.S.D. Meda 1913 that, in the season 2010–11, was promoted from Terza Categoria Under 21 group A to Seconda Categoria Under 21.
Colors and badge
The team's colors are black and white, as those its municipality.
Stadium
The team plays its home matches at the Città di Meda in Meda, which has a capacity of 3,000. |
49542659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exochaenium | Exochaenium | The genus Exochaenium (22 species) is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, with species occurring in most tropical and sub-tropical regions of the continent, particularly on the Katanga plateau (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia), with many extending to the Sudano-Zambesian and Guineo-Congolian regions. The genus is monophyletic and is used to study the variation and evolution of herkogamy.
Species
Exochaenium alatum (Paiva and Nogueira) Kissling
Exochaenium baumianum (Gilg) Schinz
Exochaenium caudatum (Paiva and Nogueira) Kissling
Exochaenium clavatum (Paiva and Nogueira) Kissling
Exochaenium debile Welw.
Exochaenium dimidiatum (Sileshi) Kissling
Exochaenium exiguum A.W.Hill
Exochaenium fernandesianum (Paiva and Nogueira) Kissling
Exochaenium gracile (Welw.) Schinz
Exochaenium grande (E.Mey.) Griseb.
Exochaenium hockii (De Wild.) Kissling
Exochaenium lineariforme (Sileshi) Kissling
Exochaenium macropterum (Sileshi) Kissling
Exochaenium oliganthum (Gilg) Kissling
Exochaenium perparvum (Sileshi) Kissling
Exochaenium platypterum (Baker) Schinz
Exochaenium primulaeflorum Welw.
Exochaenium pumilum (Baker) Hill
Exochaenium pygmaeum Milne-Redhead
Exochaenium rotundifolium (Peter) Kissling
Exochaenium teucszii (Schinz) Schinz
Exochaenium wildemanianum (Boutique) Kissling |
23652823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madisonville%20Municipal%20Airport%20%28Kentucky%29 | Madisonville Municipal Airport (Kentucky) | Madisonville Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northeast of the central business district of Madisonville, a city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.
Facilities and aircraft
Madisonville Municipal Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 439 feet (134 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 5/23 which measures 6,050 by 100 feet (1,844 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending October 14, 2008, the airport had 17,054 aircraft operations, an average of 46 per day: 78% general aviation, 19% air taxi and 3% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport:
88% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 6% jet. |
40083816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier%20Corral%20Jurado | Javier Corral Jurado | Javier Corral Jurado (born 2 August 1966) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN), who served as Governor of Chihuahua from 2016 to 2021. He has served in politics since the early 1980s, including six terms between the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Corral also specializes in communications and has a long career as a columnist and founder of various publications; he also was instrumental in the successful constitutional challenge that struck down the Televisa Law.
Early life and education
Corral was born on 2 August 1966 in El Paso, Texas, United States but spent much of his childhood across the border in Ciudad Juárez; in a 2016 interview, he noted that "although I was born on the other side of the border, I am 100 percent juarense". His mother, Socorro Jurado Ríos, sought to protect her children by giving birth to them in the United States. Javier was named for Javier Solís, an actor who had died several months before his birth. In 1978, Corral's mother died when a gas tanker exploded on the Mexico City-Querétaro highway and killed 200 people; by this time, she was selling jewelry and clothing in order to support her six children, and she had already separated from Corral's father.
At the age of 11, Corral worked for El Diario de Juárez newspaper and was referred to as "the kid journalist". In 1979, he traveled to the White House to receive the International Youth Journalism Award from President Jimmy Carter. Not long after, Arnoldo Cabada de la O, then an employee at XEJ-TDT, invited him to work on his newscast; when Cabada had a falling out with station owner Pedro Meneses Hoyos, Corral followed Cabada to the new XHIJ-TDT.
Early work
Corral's career in public service began in the early 1980s, inspired by sermons he heard from Bishop Manuel Talamás Camandari while he served as an altar boy. He joined the National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN) in 1982 — a political decision that caused him to split from Cabada and leave XHIJ — and served brief stints as the Director of Public Relations and Press for the public services unit of the Chihuahua Municipality, then as the Chief of Press for the public safety unit of the municipality. From 1982 to 1983, he served as Secretary General of the Chihuahua State Association of Journalists. In the PAN, he assisted candidates for municipal President of Ciudad Juárez. In 1985 and 1986, he founded and directed two publications: Ya es tiempo (It's Time), the official magazine of the PAN candidacy for Governor of Chihuahua in 1986, and a protest magazine, El Cincel.
Chihuahua legislature
His first candidacy for elected office was in 1991 when he ran for federal deputy, which he lost. The next year, Corral was elected to the LVII Legislature of Chihuahua. There, he presided over the Justice and Human Rights and Editorial Matters Commissions. Two years after his term ended, he was elected as a federal deputy to the LVII Legislature; he would serve twelve of the next fifteen years as deputy and senator in Congress. In the LVII Legislature, he presided over the Radio, Television and Film Commission, sat on two other commissions, and served as the deputy coordinator of culture, communication and relations for the PAN parliamentary group in the chamber. Corral then served as Senator during the LVIII and LIX Legislatures; he presided over the Communications and Transportation and Rules and Parliamentary Practices Commissions. He sat on seven other commissions in his six-year term, including Border Matters, Special for State Reform, and the bicameral commission that governs Canal del Congreso.
While in the LIX Legislature, Corral completed his undergraduate degree in law and social sciences at the Universidad de Occidente in Los Mochis, Sinaloa.
In May 2006, a group of 47 senators headed by Corral, Manuel Bartlett Díaz and César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta presented a constitutional challenge to the recently passed Televisa Law before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. In August 2007, the court declared the law invalid. His confrontational stance against traditional broadcasters continued; in 2007, the Federal Electoral Tribunal cleared Corral of responsibility over a debt of 1 million pesos allegedly owed to Televisa stemming from advertising time bought during his 2004 run for governor.
In 2009, Corral returned to the Chamber of Deputies in the LXI Legislature, presiding over the Government Commission and serving on four others, including Radio, Television and Film. That same year, he taught at the UNAM as a graduate professor of information rights. Three years later, he returned to the Senate for the LXII and LXIII Legislatures, presiding yet again on the Rules and Parliamentary Practices Commission and serving as Secretary of the Communications and Transportation Commission. He also sat on the Education and Government Commissions in both the LXII and LXIII Legislatures and the Foreign Relations (Latin America and Caribbean) Commission from 2012 to 2013. In the summer of 2015, Corral ran for national president of the PAN and lost by a wide margin to Ricardo Anaya.
Governor of Chihuahua
Corral launched a failed campaign ran for governor in 2004 under a PAN-PCD-PRD coalition banner. On February 9, 2016, Corral resigned from the Senate in order to make his second bid for Governor of Chihuahua; in the legislature he was succeeded by Sylvia Leticia Martínez Elizondoes
. On June 5, 2016 he defeated PRI coalition's candidate, Enrique Serrano Escobar, with 39 versus 31 percent.
A dispute over water distribution at La Boquilla Dam in September 2020 left two demonstrors dead at the hands of the National Guard.
Between October 2016 and January 2021 there were 10,042 homicides, of which 95% have gone unpunished, according to the Attorney General's Office (FGE) and the State Judiciary. More than half the murders were in Ciudad Juárez, mostly attributed to organized crime. Ten percent of the victims were women. Officially 3,513 people have been reported missing, although civil groups say the true number is much higher; 52% of the missing cases have occurred during the Coral administration. Also since 2016 narcofosas (mass graves attributed to organized crime) have been discovered — in Cuauhtémoc, Valle de Juárez, El Navajo creek (December 2016), Madera (June 2017), Guadalupe Municipality (June 2018), and Mariano Matamoros (February 2019).
Other work
In 1987 and 1988, Corral was a member of the company Administración Profesional de Negocios; in 1989, he co-founded Meridiano 107. He also worked for a variety of local and national media outlets including El Fronterizo and El Universal, as well as publications in the field of communications such as Revista Mexicana de Comunicación and Etcétera.
In 2012, his appearances on Antena Radio, the newscast of the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio, resulted in a fine as the IFE ruled that they illegally constituted additional airtime for the PAN beyond what it was entitled to under electoral law. |
36414652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87a%C4%9Flay%C4%B1k%2C%20Ardahan | Çağlayık, Ardahan | Çağlayık is a village in the Ardahan District, Ardahan Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 294 in 2021. |
30602620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeding%20Ground%20%28band%29 | Breeding Ground (band) | Breeding Ground were a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1980s, based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Lead singer John Shirreff and guitarist Hugh Gladish were the only consistent members of the band, and they founded the group in 1981 with original bassist Jonathan Strayer.
History
Formation
Breeding Ground were created in 1981 by vocalist Shirreff, guitarist Gladish, and bassist Strayer. Breeding Ground played over 40 shows on the Queen Street West circuit before they released their first eponymous debut EP, Breeding Ground, on Mannequin Records, recorded at Montclair Sound in November 1982, with original drummer Ken Jones. This was produced by Paul Tozer, their live audio technician, who worked with them on their first two EPs. Within a month of its release they were asked to open up for Bauhaus on December 4, 1982, at Larry's Hideaway in Toronto. Comparisons to Joy Division and the British cold-wave invasion were quick to surface after this release. They were managed by longtime friend David Hart (who also masterminded and operated the stage lighting) during this era. Breeding Ground also played at Lee's Palace in Toronto in 1986.
Within a little over a year, they had returned to the studio with this line-up to record "Reunion/Slaughter", their second 12" single. Jonathan Davies, the drummer for local band Kinetic Ideals, expressed an interest in assisting with production, and 3 months before the release replaced Jones in the live line-up. This EP was recorded at Quest Studio, Oshawa, and released in October 1983. "Reunion/Slaughter" was playlisted on Toronto radio station CFNY and again on college stations across Canada.
Davies was later replaced by Kevin Hunter, who would stay with the band until their break-up in 1990.
Studio albums
Three years after releasing "Reunion/Slaughter", the band returned to the studio in the late winter of 1985 to record their third release, with label Fringe Product. This album, Tales of Adventure, was released April 25, 1986, and spawned the hits "This Time Tomorrow" and "Happy Now I Know" featuring Molly Johnson. Videos were produced for these songs, both directed and produced by Jonathan Strayer's younger brother Colin Strayer; the video for "This Time Tomorrow" was shot on January 28, 1986. However, a year later, bassist Strayer had left, leading to a brief hiatus in which they disbanded, until reforming with Gary Quinn on bass leading to the follow-up recording, Obscurity & Flair. Chris Wardman joined soon after the release of Obscurity & Flair as an additional guitarist. Gary Quinn wrote the lyrics for, and played slide guitar on the track "Live Like Fear".
Local and national success
They were invited to open for touring acts such as The Stranglers at The Concert Hall in April 1983 and Echo and the Bunnymen as well as Let's Active on the Ontario portion of their tour in March 1984.
With the release of Tales of Adventure the band started to receive even more national radio airplay, and the two music videos were getting regular rotation on Canadian television music channel MuchMusic. Breeding Ground made it to the number one spot on the college and university music charts, a first for an independent Canadian act. In 1989, four years after releasing Tales of Adventure, the band went to the studio for the last time, with the line-up of Shirreff, Gladish, Quinn and Hunter, with a mixture of song-writing including Chris Wardman, before he officially joined the live line-up. Obscurity & Flair produced the hit "Ceremony of Love", once again featuring Johnson. A third video was shot for this song, produced by Mark Mowad, but received minimal exposure on MuchMusic because it was so dark, literally. Keyboardist Tad Winklarz from Chalk Circle added saxophone on the track "Bells Descend".
Gladish and Shirreff made a decision to end the second phase of the band in March 1990.
Discography
In nine years of existence, Breeding Ground released 2 LPs, 2 EPs, one greatest-hits CD and 3 music videos. |
9466711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School%20of%20Business%20and%20Computer%20Science | School of Business and Computer Science | SBCS Global Learning Institute Limited (SBCS GLI), formerly The School of Business and Computer Science, is a tertiary level academic institution based in Trinidad and Tobago.
SBCS GLI partners with the Heriot Watt University, University of London, University of Greenwich, University of Sunderland and University of Leicester. With the institute offering a variety of programmes, qualifications and certifications in Computing and Information Technology, Business and Management, Accounting and Finance, Engineering, Health and Safety, Procurement, Art and Design, and Media Communications.
Commonly referred to as “SBCS”, the SBCS GLI operates campuses in Champs Fleurs, San Fernando and Trincity.
History
SBCS GLI was founded by Dr. Robin Maraj in 1986 and officially began operations in 1987. Then, it was located in San Juan, in a small house that accommodated both the living quarters and classrooms. In 1990, operations were relocated to Champs Fleurs, and this campus, now a multi-story complex, stands as the oldest operational site among SBCS’ three locations.
SBCS’ second campus was situated in Port of Spain, and opened in May 2003, while the third campus opened in February 2006 in San Fernando. The Trincity campus, SBCS’ fourth site, was established in September, 2008.
In 2018, the operations of the Port of Spain campus were merged with those of the Trincity campus. The Trincity campus was renamed SBCS’ Centre for Media, Communication and Design. |
33524091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadfleet | Dreadfleet | Dreadfleet is a limited edition game from Games Workshop. This cooperative game is playable by at least two players and up to a maximum of 10 players. The game was released on 1 October 2011 and is set within the Warhammer Fantasy universe. One player takes command of the Grand Alliance, which is composed of the greatest pirate captains, whilst the other commands the Dread Fleet, a force of undead or demon-aligned captains and their skeleton crews.
Plot
Sartosa, the homeland of Captain Jaego Roth, is raided by the Dread fleet, killing his family and causing him to go on a quest to destroy Count Noctilus, the leader of Dread Fleet. After a failed attempt to recruit the Empire to his cause, he steals the ship The Heldenhammer from the Cult of Sigmar. Knowing that he needs to find more allies, he raids Zandri, the city ruled by undead king Amenhotep, and sails away with chests full of gold. This angers Amenhotep, who then joins the forces with Count Noctilus, creating the Dread Fleet. With their new funding, Roth recruits The Flaming Scimitar and The Swordfish. The three vessels head back to Sartosa to restock before heading to the Galleon's Graveyard, Noctilus's headquarters.
The trio encounters a sinking dwarfen vessel, and decide to aid the dwarfs. Heading to Barak Varr instead of Sartosa, they manage to recruit a steam-powered Dwarven battleship Grimnir's Thunder. The two forces cross the boundary but become scattered. The ships manage to regroup after fending off the Dreadfleet, and then encounter and recruit The Seadrake. The Grand Alliance heads to the Maelstrom, the source of Noctilus' power, where Roth sacrifices himself to destroy the Dreadfleet.
The Grand Alliance
The Grand Alliance consists of five vessels:
• The Heldenhammer, captained by the leader of the Grand Alliance, Captain Jaego Roth. It fields 180 cannons and hosts the Grand Templus, a large temple blessed by holy powers. It also sports Sigmar's Wrath, a statue representing Sigmar wielding a steam powered hammer used to smash enemy vessels;
• The Swordfysh has the only female captain in the Grand Alliance, Aranessa Saltspite. Aranessa was born without normal legs, and with mermaid-like fluke instead. She later amputated her legs below the knees to get rid of the fluke, and replaced them with two jagged blades of sawfish;
• The Flaming Scimitar is powered by magics and The Golden Magus stands at its helm. He casts powerful magics upon his opponents instead of using traditional weaponry;
• Grimnir's Thunder is the Dwarven battleship piloted by Red Brokk Gunnarsson, a master engineer from the Dwarven seahold Barak Varr. Grimnir's Thunder can launch a dirigible from its decks;
• Seadrake is a High Elven ship, captained by Prince Yrellian. The Seadrake has bolt launchers instead of cannons. Yrellian can call upon his dragon allies to aid him.
The Dreadfleet
The Dreadfleet also consists of five vessels:
• The Bloody Reaver, the flagship of the Dreadfleet, with the vampiric Count Noctilus at its helm and manned by an undead crew. The Bloody Reaver is able to repair itself using wrecked ships. The Count can summon powerful sea monsters to do his bidding;
• Skabrus is an undead sea monster that has been turned into a vessel by Count Noctilus after being killed by Skretch Half-Dead and his Skaven crew, who were devoured by Skabrus and attempted to gnaw their way out, dying in the process, but being resurrected by Noctilus as his undead servants. It is powered by warp energy and fires warp lightning;
• The Curse of Zandri, a war barque commanded by King Amanhotep, a Tomb King. A Pyramid tomb was constructed in its center and is capable of firing focused beams of sunlight, setting its targets ablaze. It also sports five marble Ushabti with great weapons, and uses catapults instead of cannons;
• Black Kraken, the monstrous demon-possessed mechanical squid of Tordrek Hackhart, a Chaos Dwarf. Tordrek holds a personal grudge against Red Brokk Gunnarsson;
• Shadewraith, the ghost ship of the ghost captain Vangheist. The Shadewraith is insubstantial and is capable of flying over the waves, thus making it harder to hit.
Reception
Reviews of Dreadfleet have been mixed. BoardGameGeek.com gave Dreadfleet 7.0 out of 10. Although there is no official statement, it is rumored that, due to poor sales, Games Workshop recalled all copies of the game from their Australian stores and destroyed them. The game is no longer offered for sale on the Games Workshop site, and all articles related to it are no longer available.
In a review of Dreadfleet in Black Gate, John ONeill said "Vampire lords, zombie sea monsters, undead pirates, strange magics... what more could you ask for?" |
20077478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton%20Summer%20Course | Eton Summer Course | Eton Summer Course is a three-week course for Chinese students at Eton College in England. The course has been run every summer since 2005. The aim of the course is to improve students' English and give first-hand exposure to British culture. The course is run by masters of Eton, with students of the school acting as teaching assistants.
The main part of the course is the daily English language classes in small classes to improve students' speaking and listening. To date there has been an average improvement in measured language ability of 25%. The measured improvement goes some way to explaining the popularity of the course, having attracted hundreds of students since 2005.
In addition, extra-curricular activities such as sports and trips to tourist sites are provided. Examples of these trips are to Oxford University, Windsor Castle and London. Other features of the course include public speaking and drama lessons, and lectures about life in the UK. |
25962525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Helmuth | HMS Helmuth | HMS Helmuth was a German tug that the Royal Navy captured at the beginning of World War I and armed as a picket boat. She served in the East African campaign including the battles of Zanzibar and Tanga, she survived a German attack at Dar es Salaam, and took part in blockading in the Rujifi Delta. In 1916 she took part in an amphibious assault on the coastal town of Bagamoyo.
Career
At the beginning of World War I, the German-registered Helmuth was in Zanzibar Harbour. Several prominent Germans in Zanzibar planned to sail on her to German East Africa to escape internment, but her engines were in disrepair and the British seized her before the Germans could use her. The Royal Navy had her repaired and armed with a 3-pounder gun. Helmuth became a picket boat at the mouth of Zanzibar Harbour, commanded by Sub-lieutenant Clement Charlewood, RNR.
When Königsberg appeared at the harbour mouth on 20 September 1914, Helmuth was unable to warn the protected cruiser , which was in port repairing her engines. In the ensuing engagement, Königsberg sank Pegasus. On leaving the harbour, Königsberg fired several shots at Helmuth, driving her crew overboard and killing a native working in the engine room. But Helmuth was only lightly damaged, and was the British recovered her.
On 2 November 1914, before the Battle of Tanga, Helmuth swept the harbour for mines before the British landing, but found none.
On 28 November 1914, Helmuth accompanied the battleship and protected cruiser to Dar es Salaam. Lieutenant Walter Orde, RN commanded Helmuth, with Charlewood second in command. The Royal Navy was inspecting suspected German passenger ships when German troops fired on the inspecting officers, and on Goliaths steam pinnace, Foxs steam cutter and Helmuth. Heavy fire wounded Orde and damaged Helmuth, causing a dangerous escape of steam. The stoker of Foxs cutter was mortally wounded, but the cutter's commander, Lieutenant Eric Corson, RN, took over from him. All the three boats safely negotiated the narrow channel. For their actions Corson, Orde and Charlewood were all awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and the coxswains of the pinnace and cutter were awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal.
Early on the morning of 22 July 1916 the kite balloon ship suffered a small fire in Zanzibar harbour. Helmuth came alongside, with a fire pump, but her help was not required.
On 15 August 1916 Helmuth was part of the Royal Naval flotilla that successfully attacked Bagamoyo. The town's defences included one of the 105 mm naval guns that the Germans had salvaged from Königsberg. The gun was emplaced on a hill just south of the town, and was firing at the monitors and , which were anchored some distance out to sea.
However, the German gun could not be depressed low enough to cover targets nearer the shore, so Helmuth and two other vessels, each armed with one 3-pounder gun, steamed close to the shore. At a range of about 500 metres the three vessels opened fire on the German position, helping to force its crew to abandon their gun and retreat. A section of armed sailors with a machine gun were then able to storm the hill, capturing the gun and more than 80 rounds of 105 mm ammunition. |
62005947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivankovo%2C%20Muromsky%20District%2C%20Vladimir%20Oblast | Ivankovo, Muromsky District, Vladimir Oblast | Ivankovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Kovarditskoye Rural Settlement, Muromsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 183 as of 2010. There are 3 streets.
Geography
Ivankovo is located 10 km west of Murom (the district's administrative centre) by road. Koldino is the nearest rural locality. |
92618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Piazzi%20Smyth | Charles Piazzi Smyth | Charles Piazzi Smyth (3 January 1819 – 21 February 1900) was an Italian-born British astronomer who was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888; he is known for many innovations in astronomy and, along with his wife Jessica Duncan Piazzi Smyth, his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Astronomical career
Charles Piazzi Smyth (pronounced ) was born in Naples, Italy, to Captain (later Admiral) William Henry Smyth and his wife Annarella. He was named Piazzi after his godfather, the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, whose acquaintance his father had made at Palermo when serving in the Mediterranean. His father subsequently settled at Bedford and equipped there an observatory, at which Piazzi Smyth received his first lessons in astronomy. He was educated at Bedford School until the age of sixteen when he became an assistant to Sir Thomas Maclear at the Cape of Good Hope, where he observed
Halley's comet and the Great Comet of 1843, and took an active part in the verification and extension of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille's arc of the meridian.
In 1846 he was appointed Astronomer Royal for Scotland, based at the Calton Hill Observatory in Edinburgh, and professor of astronomy in the University of Edinburgh. Shortly after his appointment, the observatory was placed under the control of Her Majesty's Treasury and suffered from a long series of under-funding. Because of this, most of his notable work in astronomy was done elsewhere. Here he completed the reduction, and continued the series, of the observations made by his predecessor, Thomas James Henderson. In 1853, Smyth was responsible for installing the time ball on top of Nelson's Monument in Edinburgh to give a time signal to the ships at Edinburgh's port of Leith. By 1861, this visual signal was augmented by the One O'Clock Gun at Edinburgh Castle.
In 1704 Isaac Newton wrote in his book Opticks Book 1, Part 1:
"... [telescopes] ... cannot be so formed as to take away that confusion of the Rays which arises from the Tremors of the Atmosphere. The only Remedy is a most serene and quiet Air, such as may perhaps be found on the tops of the highest Mountains above the grosser Clouds." This suggestion fell on deaf ears until in 1856, Smyth petitioned the Admiralty for a grant of £500 to take a telescope to the slopes of Teide in Tenerife (which he spelt Teneriffe) and test whether Newton had been right or not. In South Africa he had spent many nights observing from mountain tops but when he moved to Edinburgh had been appalled by the poor observing conditions there.
The Admiralty approved his grant and he was offered the loan of further equipment from many sources. Robert Stephenson loaned his 140-ton yacht Titania for the expedition. Mr. Hugh Pattinson loaned his refracting telescope of . This was a Thomas Cooke equatorial with setting circles and a driving clock. The Crimean War had recently concluded and the army offered to lend tents. This offer was declined as Piazzi Smyth had already designed a tent with a sewn-in groundsheet based on his experience in South Africa.
On this and all his subsequent trips he was accompanied by his wife whom he had married the year before. In 1856, on reaching Tenerife they first set up camp on Mount Guajara, a peak about south of Teide (all heights on Tenerife are those he derived barometrically). It was higher than all its neighbours and free from any volcanic activity. They took all their equipment up loaded on mules, except for the Pattinson telescope which was much too bulky. They stayed there a month making astronomical, meteorological and geological observations. He made observations of the steadiness and clarity of star images with the 3.6-inch (9 cm) Sheepshanks telescope and found both much better than at Edinburgh. He also made the first positive detection of heat coming from the Moon. However, they were annoyed by frequent dust incursions which frequently blotted out the horizon. Even when the dust was at its worst, the transparency at the zenith was better than at Edinburgh.
The dust was evidently confined to individual layers, so he decided to move to Alta Vista at , on the eastern slope of Teide, the highest point that mules could reach. He was determined to use the larger Pattinson telescope and returned to La Orotava to fetch it. As the three boxes were too heavy, they were opened and the contents distributed among several smaller boxes which were loaded on to seven strong horses. The telescope was soon mounted and in action. The Airy Disc was clearly seen and he made many critical observations and fine drawings. They spent a month there during which they spent a day climbing to the summit of Teide at .
The scientific results were described in reports addressed to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, the Royal Society, and the "Astronomical Observations made at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh Vol XII 1863", which were widely acclaimed. Piazzi Smyth was the pioneer of the modern practice of placing telescopes at high altitudes to enjoy the best observing conditions.
He wrote a popular account of the voyage in "Teneriffe, an astronomers Experiment". This was the first book ever illustrated by stereoscopic photographs ("photo-stereographs"). It included 20 stereoviews of Teneriffe taken by the author using the wet collodion process. A stereoscope could be purchased which allowed the pictures to be viewed in 3-D without removing them from the book.
In 1871 and 1872 Smyth investigated the spectra of the aurora, and zodiacal light. He recommended the use of the rain-band for weather forecasting and discovered, in conjunction with Alexander Stewart Herschel, the harmonic relation between the rays emitted by carbon monoxide. In 1877–1878 he constructed at Lisbon a map of the solar spectrum for which he received the Makdougall Brisbane Prize in 1880. Smyth carried out further spectroscopic researches at Madeira in 1880 and at Winchester in 1884.
In 1888 Smyth resigned as Astronomer Royal in protest at the chronic under-funding and age of his equipment. This brought events to a head and the Royal Observatory was almost closed when James Lindsay, Earl of Crawford made a donation of new astronomical instruments and the complete Bibliotheca Lindesiana in order that a new observatory could be founded. Thanks to this donation, the new Royal Observatory on Blackford Hill was opened in 1896. After his resignation, Smyth retired to the neighborhood of Ripon, where he remained until his death.
Pyramidological researches
Smyth corresponded with pyramid theorist John Taylor and was heavily influenced by him. Taylor theorized in his 1859 book The Great Pyramid: Why Was It Built? & Who Built It? that the Great Pyramid was planned and the building supervised by the biblical Noah. Refused a grant by the Royal Society, Smyth went on an expedition to Egypt in order to accurately measure every surface, dimension, and aspect of the Great Pyramid. He brought along equipment to measure the dimensions of the stones, the precise angle of sections such as the descending passage, and a specially designed camera to photograph both the interior and exterior of the pyramid. He also used other instruments to make astronomical calculations and determine the pyramid's accurate latitude and longitude.
Smyth subsequently published his book Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid in 1864 (which he expanded over the years and is also titled The Great Pyramid: Its Secrets and Mysteries Revealed). Smyth claimed that the measurements he obtained from the Great Pyramid of Giza indicated a unit of length, the pyramid inch, equivalent to 1.001 British inches, that could have been the standard of measurement by the pyramid's architects. From this he extrapolated a number of other measurements, including the pyramid pint, the sacred cubit, and the pyramid scale of temperature.
Smyth claimed that the pyramid inch was a God-given measure handed down through the centuries from the time of Shem (Noah's Son), and that the architects of the pyramid could only have been directed by the hand of God. To support this Smyth said that, in measuring the pyramid, he found the number of inches in the perimeter of the base equaled one hundred times the number of days in a year, and found a numeric relationship between the height of the pyramid in inches to the distance from Earth to the Sun, measured in statute miles. He also advanced the theory that the Great Pyramid was a repository of prophecies which could be revealed by detailed measurements of the structure. Working upon theories by Taylor, he conjectured that the Hyksos were the Hebrew people, and that they built the Great Pyramid under the leadership of Melchizedek. Because the pyramid inch was a divine unit of measurement, Smyth, a committed proponent of British Israelism, used his conclusions as an argument against the introduction of the metric system in Britain. For much of his life he was a vocal opponent of the metric system, which he considered a product of the minds of atheistic French radicals, a position advocated in many of his works.
Smyth, despite his bad reputation in Egyptological circles today, performed much valuable work at Giza. He made the most accurate measurements of the Great Pyramid that any explorer had made up to that time, and he photographed the interior passages, using a magnesium light, for the first time. Smyth's work resulted in many drawings and calculations, which were soon incorporated into his books Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid, the three-volume Life and Work at the Great Pyramid (1867), and On the Antiquity of Intellectual Man (1868). For his works he was awarded the Keith gold medal for 1865–67 by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, but in 1874, the Royal Society of London rejected his paper on the design of Khufu's pyramid, as they had Taylor's. The rejection of his ideas helped contribute to his resignation from his post as Royal Astronomer in 1888.
Influence of Smyth's pyramid theories
Smyth's theories on pyramid prophecy were then integrated into the works and prophecies of Charles Taze Russell (such as his Studies in the Scriptures), who founded the Bible Student movement (who adopted the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931, though Russell's successor, Joseph F. Rutherford, denounced pyramidology as unscriptural). Smyth's proposed dates for the Second Coming, first 1882 then many dates between 1892 and 1911, were failed predictions.
The theories of Taylor and Smyth gained many eminent supporters and detractors in the field of Egyptology during the late 1800s, but by the end of the 19th century it had lost most of its mainstream scientific support. The greatest blow to the theory was dealt by the great Egyptogist William Matthew Flinders Petrie, who had initially been a supporter. When Petrie went to Egypt in 1880 to perform new measurements, he found that the pyramid was several feet smaller than previously believed. This so undermined the theory that Petrie rejected it, writing:"The theories of the widths and heights of the passages are all connected, as the passages are all of the same section, or multiples of that. The entrance passage height has had a curiously complex theory attached to it supposing that the vertical and perpendicular heights are added together, their sum is 100 so-called "Pyramid inches". This at the angle of 26º 31' would require a perpendicular height of 47.27, the actual height being 47.24 ± .02. But in considering any theory of the height of this passage, it can not be separated from the similar passages, or from the most accurately wrought of all such heights, the course height of the King's Chamber. The passages vary from 46.2 to 48.6, and the mean course height is 47.040 ± .013. So although this theory agrees with one of the passages, it is evidently not the origin of this frequently recurring height; and it is the more unlikely as there is no authentic example, that will bear examination, of the use or existence of any such measure as a "Pyramid inch," or of a cubit of 25.025 British inches."
Marriage, family, and death
In 1855 Smyth married Jessica "Jessie" Duncan (1812–1896), daughter of Thomas Duncan. Jessie Duncan was a geologist who had studied with Alexander Rose in Edinburgh, and travelled on geological expeditions to Ireland, France, Switzerland and Italy.
Smyth's brothers were Warington Wilkinson Smyth and Henry Augustus Smyth. His sisters were Henrietta Grace Smyth, who married Reverend Baden Powell and was mother of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (founder of the world Scouting Movement), Georgiana Rosetta Smyth, who married William Henry Flower; and Ellen Philadelphia Smyth, who married Captain Henry Toynbee of the HEIC.
Smyth died in 1900 and was buried at St. John's Church in the village of Sharow near Ripon. A small stone pyramid-shaped monument, topped by a Christian cross, marks his gravesite.
Honours
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1846, and served on its council for a number of years. In June 1857 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, but resigned in 1874. He was conferred with Honorary Membership of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland in 1859. The crater Piazzi Smyth on the moon is named after him.
Bibliography
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612945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assur | Assur | Aššur (; Sumerian: AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: Aš-šurKI, "City of God Aššur"; Āšūr; Old Persian Aθur, : Āšūr; , , ), also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was the capital of the Old Assyrian city-state (2025–1364 BC), the Middle Assyrian Empire (1363–912 BC), and for a time, of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BC). The remains of the city lie on the western bank of the Tigris River, north of the confluence with its tributary, the Little Zab, in what is now Iraq, more precisely in the al-Shirqat District of the Saladin Governorate.
Occupation of the city itself continued for approximately 3,000 years, from the Early Dynastic Period to the mid-3rd century AD, when the city was sacked by the Sasanian Empire. The site is a World Heritage Site, having been added to that organisation's list of sites in danger in 2003 following the conflict that erupted following the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq and as a result of a proposed dam which would flood some of the site. Assur lies south of the site of Nimrud and 100 km (60 mi) south of Nineveh.
History of research
Exploration of the site of Assur began in 1898 by German archaeologists. Excavations began in 1900 by Friedrich Delitzsch, and were continued in 1903–1913 by a team from the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft led initially by Robert Koldewey and later by Walter Andrae. More than 16,000 clay tablets with cuneiform texts were discovered. The German archeologists brought objects they found to Berlin enhancing the collection of the Pergamon Museum.
More recently, Ashur was excavated by B. Hrouda for the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Bavarian Ministry of Culture in 1990. During the same period, in 1988 and 1989, the site was being worked by R. Dittmann on behalf of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Name
is the name of the city, of the land ruled by the city, and of its tutelary deity from which the natives took their name, as did the entire nation of Assyria which encompassed what is today northern Iraq, north east Syria and south east Turkey. Today the Assyrians are still found throughout the Middle East, particularly in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, and the Diaspora in the western world. Assur is also the origin of the names Syria and terms for Syriac Christians, these being originally Indo-European derivations of Assyria, and for many centuries applying only to Assyria and the Assyrians (see Etymology of Syria) before also being applied to the Levant and its inhabitants by the Seleucid Empire in the 3rd century BC.
History
Early Bronze Age
According to the Oxford Companion to the Bible, Assur was "built on a sandstone cliff on the west bank of the Tigris about 35 km (24 mi) north of its confluence with the lower Zab River". Archaeology reveals the site of the city was occupied by the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. This was still the Sumerian period, before Assyria emerged. The oldest remains of the city were discovered in the foundations of the Ishtar temple, as well as at the Old Palace. In the subsequent period, the city was ruled by kings from the Akkadian Empire. During the Third Dynasty of Ur, the city was ruled by Assyrian governors subject to the Sumerians.
Old and Middle Assyrian Periods
By the time the Neo-Sumerian Ur-III dynasty collapsed at the hands of the Elamites around the end of the 21st century BC according to the Middle Chronology and mid-20th century according to the Short Chronology following increasing raids by Gutians and Amorites. The native Akkadian-speaking Assyrian kings were now free while Sumer fell under the yoke of the Amorites. The historically unverified king Ushpia is credited with dedicating the first temple of the god Ashur in his home city, although this comes from a later inscription from Shalmaneser I in the 13th century. In around 2000 BC, Puzur-Ashur I founded a new dynasty, with his successors such as Ilushuma, Erishum I and Sargon I leaving inscriptions regarding the building of temples to Ashur, Adad and Ishtar in the city. Prosperity and independence produced the first significant fortifications in this period. As the region enjoyed relative peace and stability, trade between Mesopotamia and Anatolia increased, and the city of Ashur greatly benefited from its strategic location. Merchants would dispatch their merchandise via caravan into Anatolia and trade primarily at Assyrian colonies in Anatolia, the primary one being at Karum Kanesh (Kültepe).
With Shamshi-Adad I's (1813–1781 BC) capital at Assur, he magnified the city's power and influence beyond the Tigris river valley, establishing what some regard as the first Assyrian Empire. In this era, the Great Royal Palace was built, and the temple of Assur was expanded and enlarged with a ziggurat. However, this empire met its end when Hammurabi, the Amorite king of Babylon conquered and incorporated the city into his short lived empire following the death of Ishme-Dagan I around 1756 BC, while the next three Assyrian kings were viewed as vassals. Not long after, the native king Adasi expelled the Babylonians and Amorites from Assur and Assyria as a whole around 1720 BC, although little is known of his successors. Evidence of further building activity is known from a few centuries later, during the reign of a native king Puzur-Ashur III, when the city was refortified and the southern districts incorporated into the main city defenses. Temples to the moon god Sin (Nanna) and the sun god Shamash were built and dedicated through the 15th century BC. The city was subsequently subjugated by the king of Mitanni, Shaushtatar in the late 15th century, taking the gold and silver doors of the temple to his capital, Washukanni, as spoils.
Ashur-uballit I emulated his ancestor Adasi and overthrew the Mitanni empire in 1365 BC. The Assyrians reaped the benefits of this triumph by taking control of the eastern portion of the Mitanni Empire, and later also annexing Hittite, Babylonian, Amorite and Hurrian territory. The following centuries witnessed the restoration of the old temples and palaces of Assur, and the city once more became the throne of a magnanimous empire from 1365 BC to 1076 BC. Tukulti-Ninurta I (1244–1208 BC) also constructed a new temple to the goddess Ishtar. The Anu-Adad temple was established later during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser I (1115–1075 BC). The walled area of the city in the Middle Assyrian period made up some .
Neo-Assyrian Empire
In the Neo-Assyrian Empire (912–605 BC), the royal residence was transferred to other Assyrian cities. Ashur-nasir-pal II (884–859 BC) moved the capital from Assur to Kalhu (Calah/Nimrud) following a series of successful campaigns and produced some of the greatest artworks in the form of colossal lamassu statues and low-relief depictions of the royal court as well as battles. With the reign of Sargon II (722–705 BC), a new capital began to rise: Dur-Sharrukin (Fortress of Sargon). Dur-Sharrukin was originally planned to be built on a scale set to surpass that of Ashurnasirpal's. However, he died in battle and his son and successor Sennacherib (705–682 BC) abandoned the city, choosing to magnify Nineveh as his royal capital. However, the city of Ashur remained the religious center of the empire and continued to be revered as the holy crown of the empire, due to its temple of the national god Ashur. In the reign of Sennacherib (705–682 BC), the House of the New Year, Akitu, was built, and the festivities celebrated in the city. Many of the kings were also buried beneath the Old Palace while some queens were buried in the other capitals such as the wife of Sargon, Ataliya. The city was sacked and largely destroyed during the decisive battle of Assur, a major confrontation between the Assyrian and Median armies.
Achaemenid Empire
After the Medes were overthrown by the Persians as the dominant force in ancient Iran, Assyria was ruled by the Persian Achaemenid Empire (as Athura) from 549 BC to 330 BC (see Achaemenid Assyria). The Assyrians of Mada (Media) and Athura (Assyria) had been responsible for gold and glazing works of the palace and for providing Lebanese cedar timber, respectively. The city and region of Ashur had once more gained a degree of militaristic and economic strength. Along with the Assyrians in Mada, a revolt took place in 520 BC but ultimately failed. Assyria seems to have recovered dramatically, and flourished during this period. It became a major agricultural and administrative centre of the Achaemenid Empire, and its soldiers were a mainstay of the Persian Army.
Parthian Empire
The city revived during the Parthian Empire period, particularly between 150 BC and 270 AD, its population expanding and it becoming an administrative centre of Parthian-ruled Assuristan. Assyriologists Simo Parpola and Patricia Crone suggest Assur may have had outright independence in this period. New administrative buildings were erected to the north of the old city, and a palace to the south. The old temple dedicated to the national god of the Assyrians Assur (Ashur) was rebuilt, as were temples to other Assyrian gods.
Assyrian Eastern Aramaic inscriptions from the remains of Ashur have yielded insight into the Parthian-era city with Assyria having its own Mesopotamian Aramaic Syriac script, which was the same in terms of grammar and syntax as that found at Edessa and elsewhere in the state of Osroene.
German semiticist Klaus Beyer (1929-2014) published over 600 inscriptions from Mesopotamian towns and cities including Ashur, Dura-Europos, Hatra, Gaddala, Tikrit and Tur Abdin. Given that Christianity had begun to spread amongst the Assyrians throughout the Parthian era, the original Assyrian culture and religion persisted for some time, as proven by the inscriptions that include invocations to the gods Ashur, Nergal, Nanna, Ishtar, Tammuz and Shamash, as well as mentions of citizens having compound names that refer to Assyrian gods, such as ʾAssur-ḥēl (Ashur [is] my strength), ʾAssur-emar (Ashur decreed/commanded), ʾAssur-ntan (Ashur gave [a son]), and ʾAssur-šma' (Ashur has heard; cf. Esarhaddon).
The Roman historian Festus wrote in about 370 that in AD 116 Trajan formed from his conquests east of the Euphrates the new Roman provinces of Mesopotamia and Assyria. The existence of the latter Roman province is questioned by C.S. Lightfoot and F. Miller. In any case, just two years after the province's supposed creation, Trajan's successor Hadrian restored Trajan's eastern conquests to the Parthians, preferring to live with him in peace and friendship.
There were later Roman incursions into Mesopotamia under Lucius Verus and under Septimius Severus, who set up the Roman provinces of Mesopotamia and the Neo-Assyrian kingdom of Osroene.
Assur was captured and sacked by Ardashir I of the Sasanian Empire 240 AD, whereafter the city was largely destroyed and much of its population was dispersed.
Threats to Assur
The site was put on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in danger in 2003, at which time the site was threatened by a looming large-scale dam project that would have submerged the ancient archaeological site. The dam project was put on hold shortly after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The territory around the ancient site was occupied by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2015. Since ISIL had destroyed a number of ancient historical sites, including the cities of Hatra, Khorsabad, and Nimrud, fears rose that Assur would be destroyed too. According to some sources, the citadel of Assur was destroyed or badly damaged in May 2015 by members of IS using improvised explosive devices. An AP report from December 2016 after the Iraqi forces had retaken the area, said that the militants tried to destroy the city's grand entrance arches, but they remained standing and a local historian described the damage as "minor".
As of February 2017, the group no longer controls the site; however, it is not secure enough for archaeological experts to evaluate. |
7447098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Gatis | George Gatis | George Gatis (born 25 March 1978) is a former rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s in the NRL and the Super League.
He played for the New Zealand Warriors, and the North Queensland Cowboys in two separate spells in the National Rugby League, and the Huddersfield Giants in the European Super League.
After a few overcoming injuries, Gatis quit football and took over management of his family business 'Simply Tops Seafood Bar'. This was declared the best Seafood bar in North Queensland according to the Australian Seafood Committee's (ASF) 'Best Seafood in Queensland' contest in 2016
Background
He was born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia and is of Greek heritage.
Playing career
In his junior years playing Rugby League Gatis would play for Souths Townsville and Centrals in the TDJRL.
Gatis originally played for the Wests Panthers and the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup.
North Queensland
He made his first grade début for the North Queensland Cowboys in 2001. Gatis played 24 games for the Cowboys between 2001 and 2003.
A broken arm in 2003 followed by a knee reconstruction kept Gatis out of first-grade for several years.
New Zealand Warriors
When the New Zealand Warriors visited Townsville in 2005, assistant coach Kevin Campion offered Gatis a chance to come and spend the pre-season with the Warriors.
Gatis accepted the offer and, in 2006, he was signed by the New Zealand Warriors. He played in thirty nine games for the club over two seasons.
Huddersfield
In August 2007 Gatis signed for the Huddersfield Giants for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. However, just three months into a two-year contract with Huddersfield, George quit the club due to personal reasons.
Retirement
Gatis returned to Australia and helped his parents fish and chip shop. During the 2008 season he signed with the North Queensland Cowboys, and played one NRL match for the club, starting at hooker. For the majority of the season he played with the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup.
Gatis retired at the end of the season.
International career
Gatis, of Greek heritage, played for the Greece national team several times in non-test fixtures. He received Greek citizenship in November 2007. |
20209262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerold%20Starr | Jerold Starr | Jerold M. Starr (May 12, 1941 – July 13, 2012) was an American writer, professor, and social activist.
Biography
He was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended Mumford High School and Montieth College of Wayne State University. Starr earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Brandeis University in 1970. He taught 1969–76 at the University of Pennsylvania, 1976–2002 at West Virginia University and 2004–08 at the University of California at San Diego. Since 1980 he has lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Among his many awards, Starr has been a Fulbright Scholar, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow and recipient of the Alfred McClung Lee Award from Sociological Abstracts for "Distinguished Career as a Humanist Sociologist."
Starr's works have focused on two areas: One is peace and conflict resolution, organized in the 1980s under "The Lessons of the Vietnam War" program of the Center for Social Studies Education. This program received the Veterans for Peace Medal for Educational Achievement and has been used in about 3,500 colleges and secondary schools. In the 1990s he founded Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting, an effort to bring greater diversity to public television and media reform throughout the PBS and NPR systems.
Since 1984, Starr has been active in theatre as a board member, producer, actor, and playwright.
Works
Social Structure and Social Personality, nonfiction (Boston: Little, Brown, 1974)
Cultural Politics: Radical Movements in Modern History, nonfiction (New York: Praeger, 1985)
The Lessons of the Vietnam War: A Modular Textbook, nonfiction (Pittsburgh: Center for Social Studies Education, 1988)
Air Wars: The Fight to Reclaim Public Broadcasting, nonfiction (Boston: Beacon Press, 2000)
Buried: The Sago Mine Disaster, play (Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, 2006)
Interesting Times, play (Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, 2008) |
31758181 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo%20II%20da%20Verona | Guglielmo II da Verona | Guglielmo II da Verona (died 1273/1275) was a Lombard noble from the triarchy of Negroponte (Euboea), considered by earlier historians as a triarch and a marshal of the principality of Achaea in Frankish Greece.
He was the second son of Guglielmo I da Verona, ruler of the southern third ("triarchy") of Euboea.
According to earlier historians following K. Hopf, he succeeded to this position upon his father's death in 1263/6. He was also thought to have become Baron of Passavant and marshal in the Principality of Achaea from an hypothetical marriage to Margaret de Neuilly, because he was improperly called "marshal" in Sanudo's Istoria di Romania. These views have been challenged by Raymond-Joseph Loenertz in the 1960s.
He married Catherine, a niece of William II of Villehardouin, with whom he had no known child.
Guglielmo was killed in the Battle of Demetrias, which took place either in 1273 or in 1275 in the area of modern Volos. |
3252105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-forward%20line | Half-forward line | In the sport of Australian rules football, the half-forward line refers to a position on the field of play.
3 players are positioned in the half-forward line, a left and right half-forward flank player, as well as a centre half-forward.
A half-forward flanker can be a forward such as John Barker, or it can be a midfielder such as Andrew McLeod, or Daniel Kerr.
The centre half-forward is probably the most athletic player on the ground. He is required to kick goals, take strong marks, and do a lot of running. It is probably the most challenging position on the field, partly the reason key position players are so sought-after. Examples of centre half-forwards include Wayne Carey, Jonathan Brown, Warren Tredrea, Nick Riewoldt, Matthew Pavlich, Anthony Rocca, Barry Hall and Scott Lucas. The most prolific CHF in the competition over the past 4 years and currently is Lance Franklin.
Australian rules football terminology |
55146179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunderup%20%28manor%20house%29 | Gunderup (manor house) | Gunderup is a manor house located in Køge Municipality, Denmark. It has been associated with Vallø since its establishment in 1592 and is today managed as a farm under Vallø stift.
History
Gunderup was originally a village that belonged to Vallø in 1421. The Gunderup estate was established as a farm (ladegård) under Vester Vallø by Mette Rosenkrantz in 1582. Vallø was from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century divided into a western and an eastern estate.
In 1610, Mette Rosenkrantz' son Oluf Steen Rosensparre gave Gunderup to his wife as a widow seat. She owned both Gunderup and Vester Vallø until her death in 1638. The estates were then taken over by Christen Skeel, who already owned Øster Vallø. Since then Gunderup has remained in the hands of the same owners as Vallø. Queen Sophie Magdalene founded Vallø stift in 1737.
Architecture
The main building is from 1861. It is a white-rendered, single-storey building built in red brick and has a slate roof.
Today
Gunderup is managed as a farm under Vallø stift.
List of owners
(1582–1588) Mette Rosenkrantz, widow (1) Rosensparre, (2) Oxe
(1588–1624) Oluf Steen Rosensparre
(1624–1638) Elisabeth Gyldenstjerne, widow Rosensparre
(1638–1659) Christen Albretsen Skeel
(1659–1695) Otto Skeel
(1695–1707) Christen Skeel
(1707–1708) Christian Siegfried von Plessen
(1708–1713) The Crown
(1713–1730) Queen Anna Sophie Reventlow
(1730–1731) The Crown
(1731–1737) Queen Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
(1737–present) Vallø stift |
2981581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internuclear%20ophthalmoplegia | Internuclear ophthalmoplegia | Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) is a disorder of conjugate lateral gaze in which the affected eye shows impairment of adduction. When an attempt is made to gaze contralaterally (relative to the affected eye), the affected eye adducts minimally, if at all. The contralateral eye abducts, however with nystagmus. Additionally, the divergence of the eyes leads to horizontal diplopia. That is if the right eye is affected the patient will "see double" when looking to the left, seeing two images side-by-side. Convergence is generally preserved.
Causes
The disorder is caused by injury or dysfunction in the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF), a heavily myelinated tract that allows conjugate eye movement by connecting the paramedian pontine reticular formation (PPRF)-abducens nucleus complex of the contralateral side to the oculomotor nucleus of the ipsilateral side.
In young patients with bilateral INO, multiple sclerosis is often the cause. In older patients with one-sided lesions a stroke is a distinct possibility. Other causes are possible.
Variants
A rostral lesion within the midbrain may affect the convergence center thus causing bilateral divergence of the eyes which is known as the WEBINO syndrome (Wall Eyed Bilateral INO) as each eye looks at the opposite "wall".
If the lesion affects the PPRF (or the abducens nucleus) and the MLF on the same side (the MLF having crossed from the opposite side), then the "one and a half syndrome" occurs, with paralysis of all conjugate horizontal eye movements other than abduction of the eye on the opposite side to the lesion.
Diagnosis
Can be seen in multiple sclerosis, stroke, and other pathologies. Accompanying symptoms include scanning speech, intention tremor, incontinence, and nystagmus. |
34826535 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth%20Neame | Gareth Neame | Gareth Elwin Neame (born 8 March 1967) is a British television producer and executive. As an executive at the BBC, Neame presided over the development of the dramas Spooks, State of Play, Bodies, Hustle, New Tricks and Tipping the Velvet. He was executive producer of the historical drama series Downton Abbey and originally proposed the idea to its writer and creator Julian Fellowes. He is a recipient of the Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe awards.
Early life
Neame is the fourth generation of a family whose involvement in cinema and television spanned the past century. His great-grandparents were the photographer and pioneer filmmaker Elwin Neame (1885–1923) and the film actress Ivy Close. Neame's grandfather was the director, producer, cinematographer and writer Ronald Neame CBE, his great uncle was the author and screenwriter Derek Neame (1915–1979) and his father was the writer and producer Christopher Elwin Neame (1942–2011).
He attended the independent Seaford College in West Sussex. He read English and Drama at the University of Birmingham.
Career
Since 2004, he has been CEO of Carnival Films, the British studio which has produced television series such as Poirot, Traffik, Jeeves and Wooster, Hotel Babylon, Whitechapel and Stan Lee's Lucky Man. In 2008, Neame sold the company to NBCUniversal as part of its new international TV studios, producing shows such as The Philanthropist for NBC and the historical drama series Downton Abbey.
Neame executive produced all episodes of the show which has won numerous national and international awards, as well as receiving a Guinness World Record for the highest critical review ratings for a TV show ever. Neame was also honoured by the Producers Guild of America with the David L. Wolper award for outstanding producer of long-form television. The subsequent movie released in September 2019, produced by Neame, was No.1 in the box office in North America and the UK, and is Focus Features' most successful release grossing in excess of $200 million. In August 2015, Neame accepted a BAFTA Special Award in recognition of Downton Abbey's global success, alongside Julian Fellowes and members of the cast. A sequel to the first film, Downton Abbey: A New Era, was released in 2021, with much of the original cast returning.
Other series which Neame has produced at Carnival include Belgravia, Jamestown and The Hollow Crown, a filmed anthology of Shakespeare's history plays. He has collaborated with Sir David Hare on his Worricker trilogy, and produced the BAFTA award-winning series The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies and Any Human Heart. Carnival Films was recognised as best production company at both the Broadcast Awards and Televisual Bulldog Awards in 2012. Neame also produced five seasons of the popular series The Last Kingdom for Netflix, with a spin-off movie Seven Kings Must Die released in April 2023. Also at Carnival Films, Neame has developed and produced The Day Of The Jackal and is the Executive Producer on HBO's series The Gilded Age.
Neame was named by GQ magazine as one of the 100 most connected men in Britain in March 2014 and in December 2014 was announced by 10 Downing Street as an Ambassador of the GREAT Britain campaign. Neame has also been interviewed as part of the Archive of American Television, and has been listed in the Variety 500 index of most influential business leaders in the global entertainment industry.
Personal life
Neame was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to drama. Neame is also a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Greater London.
When Neame discovered that a portrait of his great-grandmother Ivy Close – which had been painted by Sir Arthur Hacker after she won the Daily Mirror's contest to find the World's Most Beautiful Woman, exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, and used to fill the newspaper's front page on 4 May 1908 – was in the collection of the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull but not on display because it required restoration, he paid for the necessary work.
Neame is a Life Patron of The Landmark Trust and through his charitable foundation supports causes including Together for Short Lives, music and drama scholarships, youth organisations, conservation and the arts and veterans. He is a Freeman of The City of London and a Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers. |
51615662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan-Christoph%20Borchardt | Jan-Christoph Borchardt | Jan-Christoph Borchardt (born 3 May 1989 in Minden, Germany) is a German open source interaction designer. He is primarily known for his work on Open Source Design, Terms of Service; Didn't Read, ownCloud, and now Nextcloud.
Open Source Design
In his bachelor thesis "Usability in Free Software" he argues that "For a software to truly be free, people need to be able to easily use it without help". His thesis has the subtitle "Freedom 4: The freedom to use the program effectively, efficiently and satisfactorily", a reference to the four freedoms of free software.
He is a cofounder of Open Source Design, "a community of designers and developers pushing more open design processes and improving the user experience and interface design of open source software". To that effect he has been responsible for the introduction of the “Open Source Design room” in 2015 at FOSDEM as well as FOSSASIA in 2016.
In 2013 he was a lecturer for Design in Open Source Software at the nationally recognised University of Design, Art and Media "Merz Akademie" in Stuttgart, Germany.
Free software
Borchardt contributes to several open-source projects and communities. This includes Shotwell (software), Diaspora (social network), elementary OS as well as the Nextcloud and ownCloud projects.
In 2012 he co-founded Terms of Service; Didn't Read, a community project aiming to analyze and grade the terms of service and privacy policies of major internet sites and services. He is co-chair of the W3C Unhosted Web Community Group.
Based on his belief that contributing to open-source is already difficult enough he is also a cofounder of the Stuttgart JS and Tel Aviv JS meetups. As well as several other community events such as AfricaHackTrip.
ownCloud and Nextcloud
Since early 2011 he has been the lead designer of ownCloud. As of 2016 after the fork of ownCloud into Nextcloud he is employed by Nextcloud as design lead. |
26856043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Practice%20%281985%20TV%20series%29 | The Practice (1985 TV series) | The Practice was a 1985 British television soap opera produced for ITV by Granada Television, which aired for two series in 1985 and 1986. The series was first introduced as a twice-weekly medical drama in January 1985, becoming Granada's second regular networked soap opera along with Coronation Street, with the idea being that its hard-hitting storylines would be a competitor with the BBC's EastEnders which started airing the following month.
The Practice was set in a GP's surgery in the fictional Manchester suburb of Castlehulme and had an initial run of 34 episodes airing for 30 minutes in an early evening slot on Friday and Sunday evenings throughout the Winter and Spring of 1985. However, the series did not perform as well as had been hoped and it disappeared from screens in May 1985. It returned for a second run of 13 one-hour episodes between May and 15 August 1986, this time airing in a 9pm slot on Friday evenings. After series two ended no further episodes were made.
Main cast
John Fraser as Dr. Lawrence Golding
Brigit Forsyth as Dr. Judith Vincent
Simon Molloy as Supt. Edge
Tim Brierley as Dr. David Armitage (Series 1)
Rob Edwards as Dr. Chris Clark (Series 2) |