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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving%20Kolodin

Irving Kolodin

Irving Kolodin (February 21, 1908April 29, 1988) was an American music critic and music historian. Biography Irving Kolodin was born in New York City, New York. He wrote for the New York Sun from 1932 to 1950 and for the Saturday Review starting in 1947. He was best known for his popular Guide to Recorded Music. He also wrote program notes for the New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera, and a 762-page "candid history" of the Met up to 1966. He was married to Irma (née Levy) Zeckendorf, former wife of real estate developer William Zeckendorf. References Grammy Award winners Opera critics American music critics 1908 births 1988 deaths Metropolitan Opera people American music historians 20th-century American historians The New York Sun people 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Historians from New York (state)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naka%2C%20Tokushima

Naka, Tokushima

is a town located in Naka District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on March 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Aioi, Kaminaka and Wajiki, and the villages of Kisawa and Kito, all from Naka District. As of June 1, 2019 the town has an estimated population of 7,549 and a density of 10.9 persons per km². The total area is 694.98 km². Transportation Highways Japan National Route 193 Japan National Route 194 Notable people from Naka Taiki Nakago, baseball pitcher Masatoshi Sanma, slalom canoer External links Naka official website Towns in Tokushima Prefecture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackin%20Speaks%20Louder%20Than%20Words

Mackin Speaks Louder Than Words

Mackin Speaks Louder Than Words is the 6th studio album by Mac Mall. It was released September 10, 2002. Track listing Mac Mall albums 2002 albums

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%20district%20of%20Eastern%20Division%20of%20Camden

Electoral district of Eastern Division of Camden

Eastern Division of Camden was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the then British colony of New South Wales from 1856 to 1857. Its name was changed to East Camden in January 1858, and it was largely replaced by the district of Illawarra in June 1859. It elected two members simultaneously, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected. The electorate was situated in eastern Camden County, which adjoins the Cumberland County (Sydney Basin) to the south, including the Southern Highlands and, to the east, the Illawarra region. Members for Eastern Division of Camden Election results References Former electoral districts of New South Wales 1856 establishments in Australia 1859 disestablishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1856 Constituencies disestablished in 1859

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

Polyctenium

Polyctenium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Great Basin region of the Western United States. The plants are known by the common name combleaf, owing to the resemblance of their deeply lobed leaves to a comb. Species There are two species within the genus: Polyctenium williamsiae — Washoe combleaf; quite rare and is specially protected in Nevada. Found in the Washoe Valley playas of the Virginia Range. Polyctenium fremontii — Desert combleaf; more common species, found in the Great Basin habitats of northeastern California, southeast Oregon, southwest Idaho, and northwest Nevada. References External links USDA Plants Profile for Polyctenium (combleaf) Brassicaceae Brassicaceae genera Flora of the Great Basin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proper%20equilibrium

Proper equilibrium

Proper equilibrium is a refinement of Nash Equilibrium due to Roger B. Myerson. Proper equilibrium further refines Reinhard Selten's notion of a trembling hand perfect equilibrium by assuming that more costly trembles are made with significantly smaller probability than less costly ones. Definition Given a normal form game and a parameter , a totally mixed strategy profile is defined to be -proper if, whenever a player has two pure strategies s and s' such that the expected payoff of playing s is smaller than the expected payoff of playing s' (that is ), then the probability assigned to s is at most times the probability assigned to s'. The strategy profile of the game is said to be a proper equilibrium if it is a limit point, as approaches 0, of a sequence of -proper strategy profiles. Example The game to the right is a variant of Matching Pennies. Player 1 (row player) hides a penny and if Player 2 (column player) guesses correctly whether it is heads up or tails up, he gets the penny. In this variant, Player 2 has a third option: Grabbing the penny without guessing. The Nash equilibria of the game are the strategy profiles where Player 2 grabs the penny with probability 1. Any mixed strategy of Player 1 is in (Nash) equilibrium with this pure strategy of Player 2. Any such pair is even trembling hand perfect. Intuitively, since Player 1 expects Player 2 to grab the penny, he is not concerned about leaving Player 2 uncertain about whether it is heads up or tails up. However, it can be seen that the unique proper equilibrium of this game is the one where Player 1 hides the penny heads up with probability 1/2 and tails up with probability 1/2 (and Player 2 grabs the penny). This unique proper equilibrium can be motivated intuitively as follows: Player 1 fully expects Player 2 to grab the penny. However, Player 1 still prepares for the unlikely event that Player 2 does not grab the penny and instead for some reason decides to make a guess. Player 1 prepares for this event by making sure that Player 2 has no information about whether the penny is heads up or tails up, exactly as in the original Matching Pennies game. Proper equilibria of extensive games One may apply the properness notion to extensive form games in two different ways, completely analogous to the two different ways trembling hand perfection is applied to extensive games. This leads to the notions of normal form proper equilibrium and extensive form proper equilibrium of an extensive form game. It was shown by van Damme that a normal form proper equilibrium of an extensive form game is behaviorally equivalent to a quasi-perfect equilibrium of that game. References Roger B. Myerson. Refinements of the Nash equilibrium concept. International Journal of Game Theory, 15:133-154, 1978. Eric van Damme. "A relationship between perfect equilibria in extensive form games and proper equilibria in normal form games." International Journal of Game Theory 13:1--13, 1984. Game theory equilibrium concepts Non-cooperative games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Clute

Dan Clute

Dan Clute (born January 14, 1966) represented the 59th District in the Iowa House of Representatives 2007–2009. He received his BBA (1988) and MBA (1989, with “First in Class” honors) from the University of Iowa, and is Market President at MidWestOne Financial Group Clute was elected in 2006 with 7,250 votes (58%), defeating Democrat Jim Sammler. Mike Huckabee appeared at a campaign event for him 9 September 2009 in Clive. In the Iowa House, Clute served on the Commerce committee, the Economic Growth committee, the Local Government committee, and the Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee. His campaign raised and spent money in 2007, but hardly at all in 2008; he was not a candidate for the Iowa General Assembly in 2008. Before his election to the Iowa House he was elected to the Clive City Council in a special election in 2003 and to a four-year term in 2004. He began in politics at the age of ten years, and was a College Republican. After establishing his career in the Des Moines area, he joined the Bull Moose Club of young Republican professionals. He worked for George W. Bush's Iowa caucus effort in the 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries. Mr. Clute was employed at Wells Fargo Financial (1989–2000) before joining the Citi Cards operations center in West Des Moines, Iowa. He has lived in Clive since 1997, and is a member of the Lions Club and Historical Society there. He was elected President of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation's board of directors, and Vice President of the Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity's board. In 2003 he was named to the Des Moines Business Record’s “40 Under 40” list, and honored on 2004 with Mason City High School Distinguished Alumni Award – Alumnus of the Decade 1980’s. References External links Clute on Project Vote Smart Clute's erstwhile Website at the Iowa House Clute at Iowa House Republicans Members of the Iowa House of Representatives Living people 1966 births University of Iowa alumni Citigroup people Wells Fargo employees People from Mason City, Iowa People from Polk County, Iowa People from Dallas County, Iowa College Republicans Iowa Republicans Iowa city council members

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20LaFrance

Bruce LaFrance

Bruce LaFrance (born in Bay City, Michigan) is an American bassist. Career In 2005, when Tantric bassist Jesse Vest had left the band, LaFrance was suggested as a replacement. In January 2006, LaFrance traveled with Tantric and hard rock group Drowning Pool to Seoul, South Korea to play several shows for U.S. troops stationed along the Korean Demilitarized Zone. In March 2006, Tantric parted ways with Maverick Records which was collapsing. Maverick had postponed the release of the third record which caused much internal strife in the band already strained by personal and musical frustration. During this time LaFrance was in a side project called "State Of The Art" with Hugo Ferreira (Tantric), Joe Pessia (Dramagods), Marcus Ratzenboeck, Kevin Miller (Fuel). In May 2007 Bruce left Tantric and State Of The Art to form Interchange with original Tantric/Days of the New guitarist Todd Whitener. State Of The Art became the "new" Tantric. LaFrance had also been working with Louisville based band Nova Red since October 2005. Nova Red released their first album "No Regrets" produced by Malcolm Springer in October 2007. In 2008 LaFrance was recording and performing with both Interchange and Nova Red. Interchange has disbanded while Nova Red still remains active playing occasional shows and demoing new material. While he is not credited on any Tantric albums, he does claim to have co-written three songs on The End Begins album and played on some tracks. As of 2011 Bruce moved back home and has resumed being a working cover/hired gun musician and hosting various benefits. He has played in several bands in Mid Michigan including fill-in spots with recording artists Deepfield and still plays with long running original project Feeding the Machine with guitarist Kevin McCreery (Uncle Kracker), who died in 2017, and drummer Fran MacMillan. He also continued his own sound engineering business in Michigan (called Level 47 Productions) that he began in Louisville, KY in 2007. He was recently voted Best Rock Bass Player for 2013 by the Bay Area Review, an award he also won in 2000. References External links Bruce LaFrance website Nova Red's ReverbNation page People from Bay City, Michigan American rock bass guitarists Living people American male bass guitarists Year of birth missing (living people)

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

CLEFIA

CLEFIA is a proprietary block cipher algorithm, developed by Sony. Its name is derived from the French word clef, meaning "key". The block size is 128 bits and the key size can be 128 bit, 192 bit or 256 bit. It is intended to be used in DRM systems. It is among the cryptographic techniques recommended candidate for Japanese government use by CRYPTREC revision in 2013. Standardization CLEFIA is included in the following standards. ISO/IEC 29192-2:2019, Information security - Lightweight cryptography - Part 2: Block ciphers References Further reading External links CLEFIA website 256bit Ciphers - CLEFIA Reference implementation and derived code Sony Introduces CLEFIA Implementation of 128-bit CLEFIA codec and hash function Block ciphers Digital rights management systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESIEE%20Management

ESIEE Management

ESIEE Management (previously named ISTM or Institut Supérieur de Technologie et de Management) is a French business school created in 1995. ESIEE Management is operated by the Paris Chamber of Commerce. It is located in the east of Paris in Marne-la-Vallée. The school is part of the ESIEE network of graduate schools. Institution ESIEE Management ESIEE Management is a business school for high tech projects where management and technologies are inseparable. Courses are based on learning management concepts and the knowledge of a technical subject. The academic disciplines and the 10 months of internship allow graduate students to be quickly effective in companies. The possibility to spend the third year in a foreign country gives the opportunity to students to pursue an international career. The academic specializations are: Management and Biotechnology or Bioindustry: This specialisation gives the opportunity to students to acquire knowledge in life sciences. Management and Computer Science or Digital Communications: This specialization was created to respond to the need for versatility in the fields of data processing, telecommunications and finance. Management and Advanced Materials or Integrated Engineering: This specialization takes place in the automobile and aeronautics field and associated services to accompany the major changes to these industries. Admissions ESIEE Management is one of the French Grandes écoles, and as such it requires passing a selective entrance examination. Students are admitted to ESIEE Management with a scientific or technical degree. Admission in the first year is also possible after two years of university. Accreditations International accreditations The ESIEE Management is accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles and by the Chapitre des écoles de management. It confers a master's degree. International partnerships The ESIEE Management has signed partnership agreements with foreign schools and universities. The school is a member of the Erasmus Programme, the European Union's Socrates Programme and it is a partner of the CREPUQ, the official body in charge of student exchanges concerning universities in Quebec and Canada. Some of the partners of the school are: - Université du Québec à Montréal - Université Laval - Engineering College of Copenhagen - Turku School of Economics and Business Administration - Politecnico di Milano - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Inholland University of Applied Sciences in Alkmaar - University of Exeter - University of Liverpool Research Research is a priority to the management school. First, it contributes to the increase of knowledge and then, in management as in the other scientific disciplines, competitive research is a key factor to economic development, which supports innovation. ESIEE Management has a search Committee, made up of teacher-researchers. This committee is in charge of orientating the research and evaluates the work in adequacy with the research goals of the ISTM. The research programs offer the students academic and practical lessons based on academic research and observation of companies. Student life Campus Created in 1983, the Campus Descartes city is the largest center for higher education and research of the East of Paris. It is composed of 18 high education establishments such as the École des Ponts ParisTech, Engineers 2000, the university of Marne-the-Valley and of course its school of technology, ESIEE Paris. More than 15,000 students work in this area and the campus is located at 20mn from the heart of Paris by RER. Sport The students have quality facilities including a gymnasium covering 2000 m², a weight training room and a climbing wall. More than 20 sport activities are offered, among them, martial arts, handball, tennis, rugby and volleyball. Clubs BDE : Students' Union in charge of the organization of social activities and sports events. Energie ISTM : Junior Enterprise managed by students who offer consulting services to companies, related to their field of studies. 4L Trophy : Humanitarian association. See also Education in France Grandes Écoles External links http://www.esiee-management.fr/ Educational institutions established in 1995 Grandes écoles Business schools in France 1995 establishments in France

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

Barbagallo

Barbagallo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alf Barbagallo (born 1942), Australian racing car driver and businessman Jess Barbagallo, American playwright and performer See also 93061 Barbagallo, a main-belt asteroid Barbagallo Raceway, a motorsport circuit located in Pinjar, Perth, Western Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%20Keatley

Charlotte Keatley

Charlotte Keatley (born 5 January 1960, London) is an English playwright. She studied drama at the Victoria University of Manchester and as a postgraduate at the University of Leeds. She has worked as a journalist for Performance magazine, The Yorkshire Post, the Financial Times and the BBC. She co-devised and performed in Dressing for Dinner, staged at the Theatre Workshop, Leeds, in 1983, and set up the performance art company, Royal Balle, in 1984. Her first play, My Mother Said I Never Should, which she wrote in 1985, was first performed at the Contact Theatre, Manchester, in 1987, and won both the Royal Court/George Devine Award and the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best New Play.The play was revised for a successful run at the Royal Court Theatre in 1989, and in 1990 she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Most Promising Newcomer Award. My Mother Said I Never Should was published in the UK by Methuen in 1988, and has been studied as an A-level set text for a number of years. It has subsequently been translated into 22 languages and has become the most performed play in the English language written by a woman. Waiting for Martin, a short monologue about the Falklands War, was produced by the English Shakespeare Company in 1987. Charlotte Keatley was Judith E. Wilson Fellow in English at Cambridge University in 1989 and Writer in Residence for the New York Stage and Film Company in 1991. Later that year she co-directed at the Edinburgh Festival the first stage adaptation of Heathcote Williams' hefty polemical poem Autogeddon. It won an Edinburgh Festival Fringe First award. She wrote the screenplay to Falling Slowly, for Channel 4, and the children's drama, Badger, for Granada Television. Her work for radio includes ten episodes of the BBC series Citizens, the play Is Green The Same For You (1989), and an adaptation of Mrs Gaskell's novel North and South. In 2003, Charlotte Keatley was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company to write an epic play set in Georgia and the Caucasus entitled All the Daughters of War. External links British Council Contemporary Writers Writernet Biographies 1960 births Living people English dramatists and playwrights Writers from London Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester Alumni of the University of Leeds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painkiller%20Jane%20%28TV%20series%29

Painkiller Jane (TV series)

Painkiller Jane is an American-Canadian science fiction and action television series based on the comic book character of the same name. Airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the US starting April 13, 2007 and Global in Canada, it starred Kristanna Loken as the title character. The show was canceled after one season of 22 episodes. Plot The series stars Loken as Jane Vasco. She begins as a DEA agent, where in the course of her work she encounters Andre McBride (Rob Stewart), who is the leader of a team of agents working for an unspecified government agency. The team is based in a disused subway station named Deckard Street. She is forced to join the team after she probes too far into their operations. It is then revealed that the team's mission is to identify and neutralize "neurological aberrants" ("neuros") – human mutants with supernormal mental powers. Dialogue in the pilot states there are dozens of variations, and the reasons neuros use their abilities vary. It is then theorized that the aberrations interfere with the brain's ability to distinguish right from wrong. During the pilot episode, Vasco discovers that she has superhuman abilities – supernormal regenerative powers bordering on invulnerability. This is realized when she is pushed through a forty-story window and falls to her apparent death, only to later revive and recover completely. However, she still feels the pain of her injuries before they heal. The team's doctor, Seth Carpenter, identifies her abilities as not like those of the neuros they track, but "something else". Cast Kristanna Loken as Jane Vasco – the show's protagonist. Rob Stewart as Andre McBride – the leader of the special team. Stephen Lobo as Dr. Seth Carpenter – a doctor/scientist working with the team. Noah Danby as Connor King – the "muscles" of the team; a field operative with a short fuse. Sean Owen Roberts as Riley Jensen – a computer and communication technology specialist working for the team. Nathaniel Deveaux as Joe Waterman – former subway caretaker working for the team. Alaina Huffman as Maureen Bowers – Jane's best friend and former DEA partner. Episodes Production The TV series received a 22-episode production order after the 2005 Painkiller Jane TV-movie yielded positive results. The film differed significantly from the original comic's storyline; the TV series, in turn, discarded the film's back-story and started afresh. According to story creator Jimmy Palmiotti, the new series was "closer to the original concept we came up with in the comic". Executive producer Gil Grant has said the new series is "partly true" to the original comic, but will still differ to some extent. The series credits include several people in the role of producer. Most are credited only for a few episodes. This includes Loken (the star), who is credited as co-executive producer for several episodes. The TV series was filmed at Insight Film Studios in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada and various locations around the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. The final four episodes were filmed and set in Budapest, Hungary. See also List of television programs based on comics References External links PKJ Files Painkiller Jane at TVGuide.com Syfy original programming 2000s American science fiction television series 2000s Canadian science fiction television series 2007 American television series debuts 2007 American television series endings 2007 Canadian television series debuts 2007 Canadian television series endings Global Television Network original programming Television shows based on comics Television shows filmed in Vancouver Painkiller Jane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyctenium%20fremontii

Polyctenium fremontii

Polyctenium fremontii, the desert combleaf, is named both in English and Greek for its deeply lobed leaves, which almost appear to be pinnately compound. It takes the other portion of its scientific name from John C. Frémont. It is a small and compact plant native to the western United States. Leaves have forked hairs, and the distal end of the leaf often has a single hair at the very tip. It is a member of the broccoli family, and the white flowers therefore have four petals in the shape of a cross. The flowers appear in clusters at the ends of the stems. This plant is rather uncommon, but is among the first plants of sagebrush country in the inland western U.S. to bloom in spring. It is found on the banks of seasonal streams and similar places. External links Jepson Manual Treatment of Polyctenium fremontii USDA Plants Profile for Polyctenium fremontii (Desert combleaf) Polyctenium fremontii — U.C. Photo gallery Brassicaceae Flora of California Flora of Idaho Flora of Nevada Flora of Oregon Flora of the California desert regions Flora of the Great Basin John C. Frémont Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene Taxa named by Sereno Watson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao%20Sasaki

Isao Sasaki

is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer. He has had voice roles in anime such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Space Battleship Yamato, and Gatchaman. He has also performed the opening themes for anime such as Yamato, Star of the Giants, Getter Robo, Casshern, Grendizer, Gaiking and tokusatsu series such as Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai, Choujinki Metalder, and most recently Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger. He has also had an acting role in the tokusatsu film Kamen Rider ZO, OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders and in the series Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion. He is also known for dubbing over Sylvester Stallone, and Christopher Reeve. As an actor, Sasaki was Selected for the lead role in Nagisa Ōshima's film The Sun's Burial in 1960 by Ōshima. Sasaki played the leading roles in seven films when he was an actor under contract with Shochiku studio. In 1969, he landed lead role on the TV jidaigeki Yōjutsu Bugeichō. Filmography Film The Sun's Burial (1960) - Takeshi Mesu (1964) - Yoshida Pale Flower (1964)　- Jirō Kuroineko (1965) - Shigeru Kizawa Kyōyou no Hanamichi Dos (1966) - Kanta Daikanbu Nagurikomi (1969) - Giro Zankoku Onnashikei (1969) - Okamoto Mujo (1970) - Yasuhiro Mori Taro! (1991) - Takamatsu Kamen Rider ZO (1993) – Dr. Mochizuki Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action (2004) – Michael Micson (voice) Space Battleship Yamato (2010) – Narrator OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders (2011) – Shocker Scientist (Naoki) Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship (2011) – Gatsun (voice) Saber + Zenkaiger: Super Hero Senki (2021) – Sentai Megid (voice) Live action television series Yōjutsu Bugeichō (1969) -Kidō Makotonosuke (Lead role) Haru no Sakamichi (1971) – Matsudaira Tadanao Kamen Rider Ep.81 (1972) – Shintaro Mine Horror Theater Unbalance Ep.13 (1973) – Tatsuya Mori Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) – Ep.6 G-Men '75 (1975–81) Ep.145, 146, 147 and 148 Hissatsu Karakurinin (1986) Ep.4 Daitokai Part2 (1977–78) Ep.21, 41 and 52 Seito Shokun! (1980) – Seiji Kitashiro Taiyō ni Hoero! (1983) Ep.544 Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion (1985) – Ken'ichirou Nanbara Furuhata Ninzaburō Series 3 Ep.37, 38 (1999) – Mutouda Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000) – Hosokawa Tadaoki Shinsengumi! (2004) – Uchiyama Hikojirō Dondo Hare (2008) – Masato Yoshizawa Tenchijin (2009) – Daidōji Masashige Television animation Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (1972) – George Asakura/Joe the Condor Space Battleship Yamato II (1978) – Hajime Saito Gatchaman II (1978) – George Asakura/Joe the Condor Gatchaman Fighter (1979) – George Asakura/Joe the Condor Les Aventures de Colargol (1979) – Crow The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982) – Mendosa Ai Shite Knight (1983) – Go Kato Jungle Emperor 3rd Series (1989) – Panja The Galaxy Railways (2003) – Fahren Fort Drake Romance of the Three Kingdoms (2010) – Lü Bu She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man (2022) – Mira/Dunbalf Gandagore/Sakimori Kagami (Male) OVA Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1998) – Erich Von Haltenberg Great Yamato No. Zero (2004) – Sōji Ozuma Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (2018) – Shuntaro Yasuda Theatrical animation Uchu Enban Daisenso (1975) – Duke Fleed Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978) – Hajime Saito Final Yamato (1983) – Daisuke Shima Video Games Tatsunoko Fight (2000) – Joe the Condor,Announcement voice Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D (2003) – Eggman Hanjuku Hero 4 (2005) – Eggman,Isao Sasaki Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (2008) – Joe the Condor Dubbing Roles Live-action Sylvester Stallone Escape to Victory (1982 Fuji Television edition) (Captain Robert Hatch) Nighthawks (1987 TV Asahi edition) (Detective Sergeant Deke DaSilv) First Blood (1995 TV Asahi edition) (John Rambo) Rambo: First Blood Part II (1995 TV Asahi edition) (John Rambo) Rocky IV (1995 TV Asahi edition) (Rocky Balboa) Cobra (1994 TV Asahi edition) (Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti) Rambo III (1994 TV Asahi edition) (John Rambo) Tango & Cash (1993 TV Asahi edition) (Lt. Ray Tango) Rocky V (1991 VHS edition) (Rocky Balboa) Cliffhanger (2014 BS Japan edition) (Gabriel "Gabe" Walker) Demolition Man (1997 TV Asahi edition) (Detective Sergeant John Spartan) The Specialist (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Ray Quic)) Assassins (2000 TV Asahi edition) (Robert Rath) Daylight (2000 TV Asahi edition) (Kit Latura) Get Carter (2005 TV Tokyo edition) (Jack Carter) Driven (2007 TV Tokyo edition) (Joe Tanto) D-Tox (2006 TV Tokyo edition) (FBI agent Jake Malloy) Shade (The Dean) Taxi 3 (2005 Fuji TV edition) (Passenger to Airport) Rambo (John Rambo) The Expendables (Barney Ross) The Expendables 2 (Barney Ross) Bullet to the Head (James "Jimmy Bobo" Bonomo) Escape Plan (Ray Breslin) Grudge Match (Henry "Razor" Sharp) The Expendables 3 (Barney Ross) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Stakar Ogord) Escape Plan 2: Hades (Ray Breslin) Escape Plan: The Extractors (Ray Breslin) Rambo: Last Blood (John J. Rambo) Christopher Reeve Superman (1983 TV Asahi edition) (Superman) Superman II (1984 TV Asahi and 1990 TBS editions) (Superman) Somewhere in Time (2021 BS TV Tokyo edition) (Richard Collier) Superman III (1985 TV Asahi edition) (Superman) Faerie Tale Theatre Season 2 Ep.3 Sleeping Beauty (1985 VHS edition) (Prince Charming) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1989 TV Tokyo edition) (Superman) The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Maj. John Dodge) Village of the Damned (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Dr. Alan Chaffee) David Hasselhoff Knight Rider (Michael Knight) Knight Rider (2008) -Knight Rider NEXT- (Michael Knight (1st Generation)) Hop (David Hasselhoff) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (David Hasselhoff) Elvis Presley Flaming Star (1968 TV Asahi and 1973 Fuji Television edition) (Pacer Burton) Blue Hawaii (1977 TV Asahi and 1981 LD edition) (Chad (Chadwick) Gates) Dick Van Dyke Mary Poppins (1986 Fuji Television edition) (Bert) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1989 VHS edition) (Caractacus Pott) Earl Holliman Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1975 TV Tokyo edition) (Deputy Sheriff Charlie Bassett) The Sons of Katie Elder (1971 Fuji Television edition) (Matt Elder) On the Town (1991 Nippon TV edition) (Ozzie (Jules Munshin)) Shane (1990 TV Tokyo edition) (Shane (Alan Ladd)) The Young Lions (1976 Fuji Television edition) (Noah Ackerman (Montgomery Clift)) Ben-Hur (1979 Nippon TV edition) (Messala (Stephen Boyd)) True Grit (1985 TV Asahi edition) (La Boeuf (Glen Campbell)) Airport (1994 Nippon TV edition) (Vernon Demerest (Dean Martin)) The Persuaders! (1974 - 75 TV Asahi edition) (Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore)) American Graffiti (1980 Fuji Television edition) (John Milner (Paul Le Mat)) Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1978 TBS edition) (Lightfoot (Jeff Bridges)) The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1992 TV Asahi edition) (Sinbad (John Phillip Law)) Two-Minute Warning (1994 TV Asahi edition) (Capt. Peter Holly (Charlton Heston)) Wonder Woman Season 2, Season 3 (1980 - 81 Fuji Television edition) (Steve Trevor Jr. (Lyle Waggoner)) Battlestar Galactica (1979 - 81 Nippon TV edition) (Captain Apollo (Richard Hatch)) Platoon (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Bob Barnes (Tom Berenger)) F/X (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Roland "Rollie" Tyler (Bryan Brown)) F/X2 (1992 VHS edition) (Roland "Rollie" Tyler (Bryan Brown)) I Love You to Death (1991 VHS edition) (Joey Boca (Kevin Kline)) Animation Balto (Steele) Music (1960) Casshan (1973) (along with Columbia Cradle Club) Getter Robo (1974) Hurricane Polymar (1974) Space Battleship Yamato (1974) Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (1975) (along with Mitsuko Horie) (along with Mitsuko Horie) Getter Robo G (1975) Uchu Enban Daisenso (1975) Grendizer (1975) Gaiking (1976) Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu (1976) J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai (1977) Mazinger Z (English Version, 1977) Starzinger (1978) Message from Space: Galactic Wars (1978) Galaxy Express 999 (1978) Tōshō Daimos (1978) Science Ninja Team Gatchaman II (1978) The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (1979) The Ultraman (1979) Gatchaman Fighter (1979) Kamen Rider The Movie Eight Riders vs. Gingaoh (1980) G-Men '75 (1979–80) Space Emperor God Sigma (1980) Choujinki Metalder (1987) Gekigangar 3 (OVA, 1998) Ultraseven 1999 The Final Chapters (1999) Ultraseven 35th Anniversary EVOLUTION (2002) The Galaxy Railways (2003) Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (2004)Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Japanese Version, 2010) Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2013)Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger 10 YEARS AFTER (2015)Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (2017)Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger (2021)''' References External links Official website Isao Sasaki at Yahoo! Directories Sasaki, Isao Discography Isao Sasaki Videos 1942 births Living people Anime musicians Japanese male film actors Japanese male video game actors Male voice actors from Tokyo Singers from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors 20th-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese male singers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby%20Jacobs

Libby Jacobs

Libby Swanson Jacobs (born October 1, 1956) is a former Iowa State Representative from the 60th District. Education Jacobs received her BA in political science from the University of Nebraska and her MPA from Drake University. Career Prior to her career in politics, Jacobs was president of a consulting firm called The Jacobs Group, LLC. She also spent some time in the telecommunications, non-profit, and financial services industries. She served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009. She was a majority whip and sat on several committees: the Commerce committee; the Judiciary committee; the State Government committee; and the Ways and Means committee. Jacobs was re-elected in 2006 with 7,849 votes, running unopposed. As a member of the Iowa Utilities Board, she voted in June 2016 alongside Nick Wagner in favor and against Chairwoman Geri Huser to allow the controversial construction of the Bakken pipeline to continue. Awards and honors Jacobs has won a number of awards which include: West Des Moines Citizen of the Year (2008) Drake University Outstanding Master of Public Administration Alumnus Award (2008) Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Business Leadership Award (2008), Iowa Grocers Association Legislative Leadership Award (2005) Des Moines Business Record Woman of Influence (2001) Family Jacobs is married to her husband Steve and together they have two daughters. They reside in West Des Moines. References External links Jacobs on Project Vote Smart Jacobs's Capitol Web Address Members of the Iowa House of Representatives Living people Women state legislators in Iowa 1956 births University of Nebraska alumni Drake University alumni Iowa Republicans Politicians from Lincoln, Nebraska People from West Des Moines, Iowa 21st-century American women

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Shinra

Shinra may refer to: Alternative transliteration of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea Shinra Technologies, a subsidiary of Square Enix which closed in 2016 Fictional characters and organisations Video games Shinra Electric Power Company, a fictional company in Final Fantasy VII Rufus Shinra, a character in Final Fantasy VII Shinra, a minor character in Final Fantasy X-2 Shinra, a character in Ikaruga Manga and light novels Shinra Kishitani, one of the main characters in Durarara!! Shinra Kusakabe, protagonist of the manga series Fire Force Shinra Tensei, a jutsu (technique) in the Naruto manga series

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Jeff Hamilton (drummer)

Jeff Hamilton (born August 4, 1953) is an American jazz drummer and co-leader of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Music career Hamilton was born in Richmond, Indiana, United States, and attended Indiana University. Starting in 1975, he was a member of Monty Alexander's Trio, then Woody Herman's Orchestra from 1977 until 1978. He was a member of the L.A. Four, with whom he made six albums. He co-leads the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with Jeff Clayton and John Clayton. He also leads his own trio, with Jon Hamar on bass and Tamir Hendelman on piano. Hamilton has worked with Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, the Count Basie Orchestra, Oscar Peterson, and Ray Brown. He toured with Diana Krall and has played on several of her albums. Equipment Hamilton was co-owner of Bosphorus Cymbals. He then started his own cymbal company, Crescent Cymbals, with Michael Vosbein, Bill Norman, and drummer Stanton Moore. Sabian bought out Crescent Cymbals and will be redistributing them through their "Hand-Hammered series." He also plays Mapex Black Panther drums and Remo drum heads (Fiberskyn 3 Diplomat) and his signature Regal Tip sticks and brushes. Discography As leader Indiana (Concord Jazz, 1992) It's Hamilton Time (Lake Street, 1994) Live! (Mons, 1996) Dynavibes (Mons, 1997) Hamilton House: Live at Steamers (Mons, 2000) Hands On (Mons, 2002) The Best Things Happen (Azica, 2004) From Studio 4, Cologne, Germany (Azica, 2006) Symbiosis (Capri, 2009) Red Sparkle (Capri, 2012) Time Passes On (Jazzed Media, 2012) The L.A. Session (In + Out, 2013) Catch Me If You Can (Capri, 2020) Merry & Bright (Capri, 2021) With the L.A. 4 1978 Just Friends 1978 Watch What Happens 1979 Live at Montreux 1980 Zaca 1981 Montage 1982 Executive Suite As sideman With Monty Alexander 1977 Live in Holland 1979 Facets 1983 Reunion in Europe 1986 Li'l Darlin' With Ray Brown 1979 Live at the Concord Jazz Festival 1988 Bam Bam Bam 1988 Summer Wind: Live at the Loa 1989 Black Orpheus 1991 Georgia on My Mind 1991 Three Dimensional 1993 bassface Live at Kuumbwa 1994 Don't Get Sassy With Benny Carter Elegy in Blue (MusicMasters, 1994) With Diana Krall 1993 Stepping Out 1999 When I Look in Your Eyes 2001 The Look of Love 2002 Live in Paris 2006 From This Moment On 2009 Quiet Nights 2017 Turn Up the Quiet 2020 This Dream of You With Scott Hamilton 1979 Tenorshoes 1991 Race Point With Rosemary Clooney 1979 Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin 1989 Show Tunes 1994 Still on the Road 2000 Brazil With Ernestine Anderson 1979 Sunshine 1983 Big City 1989 Boogie Down With Gene Harris 1987 Tribute to Count Basie 1989 Listen Here! 1989 Live at Town Hall N.Y.C. With Michael Bublé 2005 It's Time 2007 Call Me Irresponsible With others 1977 Soul Fusion, Milt Jackson 1979 Conception, Ted Nash 1981 East of Suez, Jackie and Roy 1982 Latin Odyssey, Laurindo Almeida 1987 Spontaneous Combustion, Barney Kessel 1988 Perfect Match, George Shearing 1988 Reunion, Mel Tormé 1991 Unforgettable... with Love, Natalie Cole 1992 Full Circle, Jackie and Roy 1992 In Tribute, Diane Schuur 1992 Midnight Sun, Herb Alpert 1993 Take a Look, Natalie Cole 1993 Back to Broadway, Barbra Streisand 1994 Timepiece, Kenny Rogers 1994 Holly & Ivy, Natalie Cole 1996 Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album, Dee Dee Bridgewater 1998 Manilow Sings Sinatra, Barry Manilow 1998 These Are Special Times, Céline Dion 2004 Reneé Olstead, Renee Olstead 2006 Dear Mr. Sinatra, John Pizzarelli 2008 Blues & Beyond, WDR Big Band 2012 It's a Wonderful World, Stacey Kent 2012 Kisses on the Bottom, Paul McCartney 2014 Life Journey, Leon Russell References External links Official web site Jeff Hamilton Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2018) American jazz drummers Big band bandleaders Living people Musicians from Richmond, Indiana Musicians from Indiana 1953 births 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra members The L.A. Four (band) members

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Above and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space Sciences

Above and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space Sciences was the first-ever attempt at creating an encyclopedia of all matters related to the history, technology and aims of the aerospace industry as it existed in the late 1960s. Published in 1967 by New Horizons Publishers, Inc., of Chicago, this fourteen-volume collection was aimed primarily at teens and young adults. Encyclopedias of science Children's encyclopedias Aerospace American encyclopedias 1967 non-fiction books

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Pallache

Samuel Pallache

Samuel Pallache (Arabic: صامويل آل بالاتش, Shmuel Baylash, Hebrew: 'שמואל פאלאץ, Shmuel Palach, c. 1550 – February 4, 1616) was a Jewish Moroccan-born merchant, diplomat, and pirate of the Pallache family, who, as envoy, concluded a treaty with the Dutch Republic in 1608. He is likely an ancestor of Haim Palachi of 19th-century Izmir. Background Pallache was born in Fez, Morocco. His father, Isaac Pallache, was a rabbi there, first mentioned in takkanot (Jewish community statutes) in 1588. His brother was Joseph Pallache. His uncle was Fez's grand rabbi, Judah Uziel; his son Isaac Uziel was a rabbi of the Neve Shalom community in Amsterdam. His family originated from Islamic Spain, where his father had served as rabbi in Córdoba. According to Professor Mercedes García-Arenal, "The Pallaches were a Sephardi family perhaps descended from the Bene Palyāj mentioned by the twelfth-century chronicler Abraham Ibn Da’ud as 'the greatest of the families of Cordoba'." In the first half of the 16th century, following the Christian conquest of Islamic Spain (the Reconquista), the family fled to Morocco, where Jews, like Christians, were tolerated as long as they accepted Islam as the official religion. Pallache's surname is spelled "Palache" on his death certificate. He signed his name also as "Palacio" and "Palatio"; other Dutch records show "Palatio," "Palachio," and "Palazzo." Career Pallache arrived in the Netherlands between 1590 and 1597. In 1591, Middelburg offered him residential permit, but Protestant pastors protested. After a delegation from the Dutch Republic visited Morocco to discuss a common alliance against Spain and the Barbary pirates, sultan Zidan Abu Maali in 1608 appointed the merchant Samuel Pallache to interpret for his envoy Hammu ben Bashir to the Dutch government in The Hague. Officially, Pallache served as the sultan's "agent", not ambassador. On June 23, 1608, Pallache met stadtholder Maurice of Nassau and the States-General in The Hague to negotiate an alliance of mutual assistance against Spain. On December 24, 1610, the two nations signed the Treaty of Friendship and Free Commerce, an agreement recognising free commerce between the Netherlands and Morocco, and allowing the sultan to purchase ships, arms and munitions from the Dutch. This was one of the first official treaties between a European country and a non-Christian nation, after the 16th-Century treaties of the Franco-Ottoman alliance. The story goes that, one day, Pallache's horse-drawn carriage met the carriage of the Spanish ambassador in The Hague. The two carriages were unable to pass one another and, to cheers from onlookers, the Spanish ambassador's carriage had to make way for Pallache's carriage. In addition to his diplomatic affairs, Pallache also continued his activities as a merchant, actively trading between the Netherlands and Morocco. He also got permission from Prince Maurice for privateering activities. The goods obtained through these pirating activities were sold along the Moroccan coast. Death In 1614, Pallache, having captured a Portuguese ship, was unable to bring its cargo ashore in Morocco and so sailed for the Netherlands. A heavy storm forced him to seek refuge in an English port where, by request of the Spanish ambassador, he was arrested and imprisoned. Eventually, Prince Maurice came to his aid and helped bring him back to the Netherlands. However, he had lost all his money by then and fell ill shortly thereafter. On February 4, 1616, he died in The Hague, and was buried with a gravestone (image) in the Beth Haim of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, a "cemetery of the Portuguese Jewish community" in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel near Amsterdam. The record for his grave spells his name as "Palache" and describes him as Morokkaans Gezant (Moroccan envoy). It cites a birth place of Fez (Morocco). It states a burial date in Hebrew calendar Sebat 16, 5376 (February 4, 1616). It lists three sons: Isaac, Moses, and David. Legacy Co-founder of Amsterdam Sephardic community In the first pages of his 1769 Memorias do Estabelecimento e Progresso dos Judeos Portuguezes e Espanhoes nesta Famosa Cidade de Amsterdam, David Franco Mendes records the first minyan in Amsterdam with its sixteen worshippers: Jacob Israel Belmonte (father of Moses Belmonte), David Querido, Jacob Tirado, Samuel Pallache, Ury a Levy, Joseph Pallache, Jacob Uriel Cardoso, Isaac Gaon, Samuel Abrabanel Souza, Jeosuah Sarfati, Joseph Habilho, David Abendana Pereyra, Baruch Osorio, Abraham Gabay, Isaac Franco Medeyro, Moseh de Casserez. Several sources claim this first minyan occurred in Palache's home, as he was the most prominent among them, being the envoy from Morocco and occurred around 1590 or Yom Kippur 1596. Family (Mediterranean rabbis) Both Les noms des juifs du Maroc and A Man of Three Worlds describe several generations of Pallache family members, which forms the basis of the family descent shown below. Samuel's wife was Reina (Hebrew Malca) (English "Queen"). Les noms cites two sons, Isaac and Jacob, One Man cites only Isaac. Samuel's brother Joseph had five sons: Isaac, Joshua, David, Moses, and Abraham. One Man cites Moses (and David) as the most influential person after Samuel's death and de facto leader of the family, even before his own (elderly) father Joseph. 19th Century descendants included four grand rabbis, three in Izmir, Turkey (Haim Palachi, Abraham Palacci, and Rahamim Nissim Palacci) and one in the Netherlands (Isaac Juda Palache)–spellings of the surname varied considerably over the centuries). As early as 1896, Samuel Pallache received mention in The Jewish Chronicle: a "Moorish Jew, Samuel Pallache, was also Consul for Barbary and one of the chief figures in the newly-organized Jewish Congregation." "Rabbi Pirate" Publication of A Man of Three Worlds: Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant Europe in English (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press: 2003) and originally in Spanish as Entre el Islam y Occident: La vida de Samuel Pallache, judío de Fez (Madrid: Siglo XXI 1999) has led to some popular emphasis on Pallache as a pirate. A main source of this reputation is Edward Kritzler's book Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean (2008), which calls Samuel Palache the "Pirate Rabbi" who "was still capturing Spanish ships in his late sixties." The book led to reviews with titles like "Sephardi Sea Hawks" and "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Schnapps" among other reviews. It has led to continued mentions of Pallache in current-day prints, such as "Merchant, Diplomat, Pirate, Spy Dies in Amsterdam" and "The Pirate Rabbi." See also Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands History of the Jews in the Netherlands Morocco–Netherlands relations Jewish pirates Islam and Protestantism References External sources Anno: Joodse Marokkaan onder christenen (Dutch) Universiteit Leiden: Openingscollege 400 jaar Marokkaans - Nederlandse betrekkingen (Dutch) Review van Gerard Wiegers en Mercedes García-Arenal, Man of three worlds. Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant Europe (Dutch) Wereldomroep: Diplomaat, handelaar, kaper en geleerde (Dutch) Moroccan businesspeople Dutch Sephardi Jews 17th-century Moroccan Jews 1616 deaths Moroccan pirates 1550 births Year of birth uncertain Moroccan diplomats People from Fez, Morocco Businesspeople from Amsterdam 16th-century Moroccan Jews 16th-century Dutch businesspeople 17th-century Dutch businesspeople Moroccan people imprisoned abroad Moroccan emigrants to the Netherlands Jewish merchants 17th-century pirates Dutch privateers

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1979 European Cup Final

The 1979 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Olympiastadion, Munich, on 30 May 1979. Trevor Francis scored the only goal of the match, as Nottingham Forest of England defeated Malmö FF of Sweden 1–0 to become European champions for the first time in club history. The win represented a third successive victory for an English side in the European Cup, after Liverpool's victories in 1977 and 1978. Background The competition had provided many great stories and had thrown up a final that no-one could have predicted when it had started the previous August. Unfortunately, with two of their best players – midfielder Bo Larsson and defender Roy Andersson – already ruled out with injury and with their captain and key midfielder – Staffan Tapper – breaking his toe in training on the eve of the final, Malmö resorted to the same defensive tactics that Belgian team Club Bruges had used at Wembley in the final twelve months earlier. With neither of the finalists being one of Europe’s major clubs, Munich’s Olympiastadion was far from full for the Final, and the game itself was something of an anti-climax. There was, however, one memorable story still to be told. Back in February, Brian Clough had elected to spend the money that Forest had made from winning the league title in 1978 on a forward from Birmingham City. Clough made Trevor Francis Britain’s first £1 million footballer when he took him to Nottingham, but UEFA rules stipulated that he could not play European football for another three months. Therefore, the first game that Francis was eligible for was the final itself and, with Martin O'Neill injured and Archie Gemmill not selected by Clough, Francis was picked to play his first ever European club game, albeit out on the right wing. Route to the final Match summary With Malmö opting to sit back in defence for the duration of the match, the game was merely about whether Forest could break through. Despite constant pressure, the English side had still failed to score as first half injury time began, but then John Robertson, a man who was now one of the most feared wingers in European football, beat two Swedish defenders on the left hand side before whipping in a cross. Goalkeeper Jan Möller, who had been solid up to this point, did not come out to clear the ball, and at the far post was none other than Trevor Francis to head the ball into the roof of the net. That was effectively the end of the match. Both Garry Birtles and Robertson missed good chances in the second half, but it did not matter, as Malmö never looked likely to score. It may have been an unremarkable final, but the result certainly made for a remarkable overall story. Under their maverick manager Brian Clough, Nottingham Forest–– a relatively small English provincial club–– had won European club football’s biggest prize, knocking out two-time defending champions Liverpool along the way. Just two years earlier, Forest had been in English football's second tier, and yet they now found themselves at the zenith of European club football. Nottingham Forest would retain their title the following year. Match Details See also 1978–79 European Cup Malmö FF in European football Nottingham Forest F.C. in European football Notes References External links 1978–79 season at UEFA.com 1 European Cup Final European Cup Final European Cup Final 1979 European Cup Final 1979 UEFA Champions League Finals International club association football competitions hosted by Germany European Cup Final 1970s in Munich European Cup Final Sports competitions in Munich European Cup Final

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Harry Shapiro (criminal)

Harry Shapiro is a convicted criminal who pleaded guilty on March 20, 1997, to federal charges that he had planted a pipe bomb at a Jacksonville, Florida, synagogue. Shapiro was 31 years old at the time of his plea and admitted "using an explosive to threaten a foreign official, internationally protected person and official guest of the United States Government." On February 13, 1997, about three hours before former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres was supposed to speak in support of the Oslo Accords at the Jacksonville Jewish Center, Shapiro called the Jacksonville Sheriff's office claiming to be a member of American Friends of the Islamic Jihad and warned of two bombs at the center. The building was evacuated and searched, but no bombs were found. Shapiro told his rabbi and a co-worker at the gas station where he worked of his plan to prevent Peres from speaking, but his claim was dismissed until a gunpowder laden pipe was found nine days later by children playing at the Center; it was then detonated by the police. Shapiro told the court March 19: "I placed gunpowder in a pipe. I placed it in a house of worship. I threatened a life of a human being with it. I called 911 and issued a threat to keep Mr. [Shimon] Peres from speaking." (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 28, 1997.) As part of his plea he avoided the charge of using an explosive in the commission of a crime, which carried up to 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. As reported in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, (January/February 2001 issue, Pages 71–72, quoted above) Mr. Shapiro's crime was a hoax to protest and stop Shimon Peres' lecture. "...[H]e staged a phony bombing of a Jacksonville synagogue where Shimon Peres was to speak on behalf of the Oslo accords." Another source states that "Harry Shapiro... planted a phony pipe bomb at a Jewish community center in order to disrupt a speech by Prime Minister and peace advocate Shimon Peres." (Washington Monthly, September 2000.) This position was further supported by reports in the media at the time of the event, both at the bail hearing, where "Mr. Shapiro's lawyer, Hank Coxe, told the judge... that the bomb was 'incapable of exploding or causing harm to anyone,'" (New York Times, February 28, 1997), and at the sentencing, re-asserting Shapiro's attorney's claim that Shapiro did not intend to injure Peres or the audience of 1,500; "...that he had made an inoperable device. 'It was important for Mr. Shapiro to make clear that, in his mind, he never intended to hurt anybody,' defense attorney Hank Coxe told the Florida Times-Union after the hourlong hearing (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 28, 1997). The fact that the device did not explode or might not have been functional was not a factor in the federal charge, [Assistant U.S. Attorney] Devereaux said (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 28, 1997). Despite, "Federal and local authorities, as well as members of Israeli security units... having...searched the synagogue after receiving the threat," (New York Times, February 28, 1997), and Jacksoville area police having been told the location of the device in Shapiro's 911 call, all agencies failed to properly search the synagogue. There was a bitter public exchange between the State Department and the police in Jacksonville as to who was responsible for the failure to defuse the event from happening- the former accused the local police of utter incompetence, and the latter insisted they followed the State Department's orders as to how to conduct the search (New York Times, February 27, 1997, Late Edition - Final, Section A, Page 18), which eventually led to the Federal Bureau of Investigation taking the case out of the hands of local authorities. Shapiro, formerly inmate #19669-018, was released from federal custody on February 17, 2006. Analysis Shapiro was profiled in a chapter entitled "Jacksonville, Florida, 1993-1997" in Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry by Samuel G. Freedman, theorizing that the crime was committed as a result of Shapiro's theo-political leanings as a practicing Orthodox Jew. Based upon interviews with Shapiro, Freedman concluded that Shapiro identified with "Rabbi [Avraham] Hecht's theology," which according to Freedman, "completed a circle for Harry. Years ago, Gush Emunim had taught that God granted Eretz Israel to the Jews; then Meir Kahane demonstrated how one could hate Jewish leaders in the name of loving the Jewish people; and now Harry understood the penalty for disobeying divine commandment, 'The Torah is our deed to the land,' Harry put it. 'Who is man to give it back?'...Never able to join the battle against Arabs in Eretz Israel, Harry decided to carry it against a Jew on American ground." References 1966 births 20th-century American Jews Living people 21st-century American Jews

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Myx Music Awards 2007

The 2nd Myx Music Awards was held on March 15, 2007, at the AFP Theater. List of nominees and winners Winners are in bold text Favorite Music Video "Martyr Nyebera" by Kamikazee "Bitiw" by Sponge Cola "Sugod" by Sandwich "Invincible" by Christian Bautista "Doo Bidoo" by Kamikazee Favorite Song "Narda" by Kamikazee "Bitiw" by Sponge Cola "Sugod" by Sandwich "Doo Bidoo" by Kamikazee "Stars" by Callalily Favorite Artist Kamikazee Sponge Cola Sandwich Hale Imago Favorite Male Artist Christian Bautista Erik Santos Gary Valenciano Michael V. Sam Milby Favorite Female Artist Sarah Geronimo Rachelle Ann Go Nina Sitti Toni Gonzaga Favorite Group Kamikazee Sponge Cola Sandwich Hale 6cyclemind Favorite Collaboration "Bakit Ba Iniibig Ka" by Erik Santos and Regine Velasquez "The Ordertaker" by Parokya ni Edgar and Kamikazee "Hindi Ko Na Kayang Masaktan Pa" by Ogie Alcasid and Regine Velasquez "Superproxy 2k6" by Francis M. and Ely Buendia "Umaasa" by 6Cyclemind and Francis M. Favorite Remake "Doo Bidoo" by Kamikazee "Nakapagtataka" by Sponge Cola "Your Love" by Erik Santos "Panalangin" by Moonstar88 "Yakap Sa Dilim" by Orange & Lemons Favorite Rock Video "Bitiw" by Sponge Cola "Sugod" by Sandwich "Doo Bidoo" by Kamikazee "Waltz" by Hale "The Ordertaker" by Parokya ni Edgar feat. Kamikazee Favorite Mellow Video "I Still Believe in Loving You" by Sarah Geronimo "Dahil Ikaw" by True Faith "Invincible" by Christian Bautista "Someday" by Nina "You Give Me Reason" by Gary V. Favorite Urban Video "I Do" by Nina "Solid" by Pikaso "Manila" by Amber "Igalaw Mo Lang" by Dcoy & RP "6 in the Morning" by Dice & K9 Mobbstarr Favorite Indie Artist Kjwan Queso Up Dharma Down Dong Abay Mayonnaise Favorite New Artist Callalily Kala Hilera Toni Gonzaga Yeng COnstantino Favorite MYX Live Performance APO Hiking Society Christian Bautista Kjwan Slapshock Dong Abay Favorite International Music Video "Buttons" by The Pussycat Dolls "Welcome To The Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance "Bebot" by The Black Eyed Peas "Breaking Free" by Nikki Gil, Vince Chong and Alicia Pan "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake Favorite Media Soundtrack "Dahil Ikaw" by True Faith for Sa Piling Mo "Isang Bandila" by Rivermaya for Bandila "Nakakabaliw" by Barbie Almalbis and Pupil for Juicy Fruit Rockoustic Mania "First Day High" by Kamikazee for Rexona, First Day High "Super Noypi" by Sandwich for Super Noypi Favorite Guest Appearance in a Music Video Rica Peralejo for "Martyr Nyebera" by Kamikazee Piolo Pascual for "We Belong" by Toni Gonzaga Gretchen Barretto for "Minamahal Kita" by Ogie Alcasid Edu Manzano for "DVDX" by Sandwich Chin-Chin Gutierrez for "Pintura" by KjwanFavorite MYX Celebrity VJ Michael V.''' Gary V. Jojo A. Maverick & Ariel Kamikazee Favorite Myx Bandarito Performance The Ambassadors Favorite Ringtone "Narda" by Kamikazee MYX Magna Award Apo Hiking Society Philippine music awards

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Teru (singer)

, better known by his stage name TERU, is a Japanese musician and singer best known as vocalist of the rock band Glay, for which he was initially the drummer. Biography History He also founded the side-band rally, with Hisashi (Glay), Kouji Ueno (The Hiatus and ex-Thee Michelle Gun Elephant) and Motokatsu Miyagami (The Mad Capsule Markets). The band recorded the song "Aku no Hana" for Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick-, a tribute album to Buck-Tick. They've played in festivals. Besides singing, Teru is also an artist. He does some design to Glay's products and some non-Glay related campaigns. He's also worked as a narrator for the animated movie "Highway Jenny", in 2006. As a child, he used to play soccer and baseball and believed he could become an athlete. However, as a teenager he became interested in music and started to play the drums. Teru has been involved in several humanitarian campaigns as the White Band and the Red Ribbon Live. In 2007 and 2008 Teru starred an Ad Council Japan (AC) CM to show people of having the blood tested for HIV awareness. In 2017 he teamed up with Hisashi, Inoran, Pierre Nakano (Ling tosite Sigure) and Ery (Raglaia) to cover "Lullaby" by D'erlanger for the D'erlanger Tribute Album ~Stairway to Heaven~. Teru hosts a radio show, "Teru Me Night Glay", on Bay FM. Personal life He married singer Ami Onuki from pop group PUFFY in April 2002, and she gave birth to their daughter in March 2003. He has two other children, a boy and a girl, from a previous marriage. Songs by Teru ACID HEAD (from single "Zutto futari de...", lyrics written by Teru and Takuro, music by Takuro) Hello my life (from single "Winter, again" - lyrics written by Teru and Takuro, music by Takuro) Shuumatsu no Baby Talk (from album "BEAT out!" - music and lyrics) Little Lovebirds (from single "Yuuwaku" - music and lyrics) Rock Icon (from single "Mermaid" - lyrics written by Teru and Takuro, music by Takuro) Super Ball 425 (from single "STAY TUNED" - lyrics by Teru, music by Takuro) BACK UP (from single "STAY TUNED" - music and lyrics) BLAST (from album "THE FRUSTRATED" - music and lyrics) I Will~ (from album "LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL" - music and lyrics) Special features "Zero Landmine", song by "No More Landmine", with various musicians. "Love Clover", by Miho Nakayama "Ango", by Yukinojo Mori (álbum "Poetic Evolution") "Migratory Bird", by the Taiwanese band Mayday "Fuyuu no Etorage", by Misia (album "Singer for Singer") "Say Something", by Kyosuke Himuro (album "In The Mood") "Red Ribbon Spiritual Song: Umare kuru kodomotachino tameni", with Kazumasa Oda, Takuro, Miliya Kato and others "Still Love", by rapper MCU References External links GLAY official website Teru's radio website Visual kei musicians Japanese male rock singers Japanese male pop singers Glay members People from Hakodate 1971 births Living people Musicians from Hokkaido 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers

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Tommy Turk

Thomas Eugene Turk (1927 – August 4, 1981) was an American jazz trombonist. Early life Tommy Turk was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1927. His father, Joseph, was a coal miner and self-taught trumpeter. Tommy got his first trombone when he was in fourth grade of school. His elder brother, Rob, was also a trumpeter. The three of them played in a band with two neighbors, and Tommy developed some fast-playing technique when playing polkas in the band. He had further musical experience in the Conemaugh High School band, and graduated from the same school in 1944. The brothers then continued playing together in a University of Michigan campus band, but Tommy soon joined the army, where he also led bands. Later life and career Turk left the army and then moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1947. He became established there as part of the Deuces Wild quintet. Their playing helped Turk develop a reputation, and when promoter Norman Granz heard him play, he invited Turk to appear with his touring group of major jazz figures when they performed at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh. His appearance was a success, and Granz recruited Turk to play in Chicago, and for several months in 1948 as part of Jazz at the Philharmonic. Turk can be heard on several CDs with Charlie Parker. In 1949 he was a member of Flip Phillips and His Orchestra, together with John D'Agostino, Buddy Morrow, Kai Winding, Sonny Criss, Mickey Crane, Ray Brown and Shelly Manne, and on December 1, 1949, he led a group including Ray Brown and Buddy Rich that recorded four tunes under the name "Tommy Turk and His Orchestra". Nevertheless, he decided to stay in Pittsburgh, where he could control what he played and enjoyed life – in the 1950s he continued playing with Deuces Wild. In 1954, The Pittsburgh Press reported that Turk was considering leaving the area because his annual earnings of less than $5,500 from leading Deuces Wild were inadequate. At the time, he had a wife, Mary, and two sons – Tommy Turk Jr, aged three, and Charles, aged two. Turk also recorded with Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Flip Phillips around the same time. In 1972 he performed at the Pittsburgh jazz festival with a band led by Roy Eldridge. For many years Turk led a quartet that played at the Point View Hotel in Brentwood, Pennsylvania.<ref>Frushell, Richard (December 12, 2010) "The Next Page / An Upright City: Pittsburgh and the jazz bass" [http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/the-next-page-an-upright-city-pittsburgh-and-the-jazz-bass-277271/ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.]</ref> He later moved to Las Vegas, to play in house bands. The Brentwood band reformed in 1976, and later recorded the album The-Truth!!! as a quintet. Death Years later, Turk was living and performing in Las Vegas. On August 4, 1981, he was fatally shot by robbers at a tavern in that city. The Pittsburgh Press reported that Turk was "shot in the head for no apparent reason as he and other patrons lay on the floor of a tavern liquor store during a holdup." One eyewitness reported that Turk had difficulty lying flat and did not take out his wallet quickly enough for the killer. Four gang members were charged in relation to the killing. The 15-year-old who shot Turk was made eligible for parole in 2005. Turk, who was 53, was survived by his wife and two sons. Discography As leader AlbumThe-Truth!!! Asterik. Recorded in concert, June 23, 1977 Singles "Two By Four" / "Encore" Mercury. Recorded December 1, 1949 "Bye Bye Blues" / "The Beat" Mercury. Recorded December 1, 1949 As sideman With Jazz at the Philharmonic1949 Jazz at the Philharmonic (Verve, 1949)Carnegie Hall 1949'' (Pablo, 1949) Further reading Account of Turk's killer's attempt to overturn his conviction References 1927 births 1981 deaths 1981 murders in the United States American jazz trombonists American murder victims Deaths by firearm in Nevada Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania Male trombonists People from Johnstown, Pennsylvania People murdered in Nevada 20th-century American musicians 20th-century trombonists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians

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Bi-articulated bus

A bi-articulated bus or double-articulated bus and sometimes train-bus is a type of high-capacity articulated bus with an extra axle and a second articulation joint, as well as extended length. Bi-articulated buses tend to be employed in high-frequency core routes or bus rapid transit schemes rather than in conventional bus routes. Sometimes multiple unit trains or mostly metros and trams composed of 3 cars can be bi-articulated buses on rails since they are articulated in the same number of cars as road going bi-articulated buses Design considerations Common bi-articulated buses resemble rail vehicles in design. They often have elevated train-type doors instead of traditional bus doors to use dedicated stations. Payment is typically made at a bus station using a fare gate rather than on the bus. Compared to using multiple smaller buses on a route, challenges using a bi-articulated bus include: difficulties maneuvering in traffic an increased turning radius the need to have extended length station platforms reduced frequency of service (one larger bus every 10 minutes rather than two regular sized buses coming once every 5 minutes) less flexibility for scheduling, routing, and maintenance. However, a bi-articulated bus requires fewer drivers relative to the number of passengers per bus. Early versions In the late 1980s, the French manufacturers Renault and Heuliez Bus developed the "Mégabus" (officially the Heuliez GX237), a bi-articulated high-floor bus. The demonstrator Mégabus visited transit agencies throughout France, but the only city to order them was Bordeaux (an order of 10 buses, built in 1989). These buses, now retired, were used on Bordeaux's bus route 7 until the city's tram system opened in 2004. Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarus also developed a bi-articulated bus prototype, the Ikarus 293, in the early 1990s. In Bucharest, the ITB (today the STB) operated a double articulated trolleybus (unofficially called DAC 122E), made by adding a modified section between the first and the last sections of a DAC 117E articulated trolleybus, one of the sections coming from a damaged DAC 117E. This vehicle was built to fulfill the need of high capacity person transportation, which was proving difficult for the ITB in 1988, when the prototype was made. However, the DAC 117E's 125 kW traction motor proved insufficient for such a heavy vehicle, let alone the weight of passengers when it operated at full capacity. As a result, the vehicle was very slow and had trouble operating on grades, especially the incline between Cișmigiu Park and University Square. It also had trouble making sharp turns and was difficult to control, especially on snow or ice. This trolleybus was operated on long lines with wide roads and no major turns except the end of the lines like 69 and 90, but occasionally entered on lines 85, 66, 79 and 86. Bucharest traffic became increasingly intense in the very late 1990s, and RATB sought shorter trolleybuses. The DAC 122E was withdrawn from regular service, being occasionally used on lines 69 and 90 until 2000 when it was fully removed from service, displaced by the then-new Ikarus 415Ts and scrapped. Bucharest no longer operates bi-articulated vehicles (except for trams) due to high traffic levels, which is also the reason why between 2007 and 2018, the RATB refused to operate normal articulated buses. Use A bi-articulated bus is a long vehicle and usually requires a specially trained driver, as maneuvering (particularly reversing) can be difficult. Articulated electric trolleybuses can be difficult to control, with their motors producing momentary peak power in excess of 600 kilowatts (816 PS; 805 hp). The trailer section of a "puller" bus can be subject to unusual centripetal forces, which many people can find uncomfortable, although this is not an issue with "pushers". Bi-articulated buses are difficult to reverse park as joints force the bus into a zig-zag shape. The transit system that has used bi-articulated buses the longest is the Rede Integrada de Transporte, in Curitiba, Brazil, which provides a type of service that has come to be known – particularly in American English – as bus rapid transit (BRT), where buses run in dedicated lanes and stop only at enclosed stations. Use of bi-articulated buses began in 1992, with vehicles manufactured by Volvo (chassis) and Marcopolo/Ciferal (body), able to carry up to 270 passengers. Each bi-articulated bus is equipped with five doors where passengers can quickly load and unload. Buses stop only at enclosed, tube-shaped stations, where passengers pre-pay the fare and then board at the same level as the vehicle floor. Curitiba has over 170 bi-articulated buses in operation on routes serving five main corridors of dedicated bus lanes. These buses run on an average period of 50 seconds during peak hours. Belgium On 28 June 2020, the Flemish regional public transport company De Lijn inaugurated the Ringtrambus (route 820) between Brussels Airport and Jette via Vilvoorde, operated half-hourly by 14 24-metre double-articulated buses. The service is presented as a step towards the tramline that was originally proposed. Brazil The Brazilian bus body manufacturers Marcopolo, CAIO, Busscar and most lately Neobus have made many bi-articulated buses on top of Volvo chassis. They are currently used in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Campinas, Goiânia, Curitiba and, outside of Brazil, in Bogotá, Colombia. In November 2016, Volvo launched the Volvo Gran Artic 300 bi-bus chassis, specifically developed in Brazil for BRT systems. At long, this chassis is capable of carrying 300 passengers. Canada In November 2019, Quebec City's Réseau de transport de la Capitale announced that it is planning to open the city's first BRT line along Boulevard Charest by 2026, utilizing a fleet of bi-articulated electric buses. Quebec City is the first and only North American city to make such an announcement. China The Chinese manufacturer Youngman developed the JNP6250G bi-articulated bus for 300 passengers with assistance from Neoplan. In 2007, these buses appeared on trial service in Beijing and were thought to be the world's longest, at long. Colombia TransMilenio in Bogotá has operated bi-articulated buses since 2009, having purchased 120 by 2013. In 2020 it will receive a further 58. Czech Republic The Belgian manufacturer Van Hool offers a bi-articulated bus with a capacity of about 180 passengers. This bus is used in Prague, with line 119 connecting the Václav Havel Airport Prague with the rest of the city. Ecuador Empresa de Pasajeros de Quito in Quito operates bi-articulated buses since 2016, having purchased 80. They are Volvo DH12D buses, model B340M EURO 3, with a diesel tank capacity of 120 gallons and a power of 340 HP. The chassis is a bi-articulated Volvo B340M. France The Swiss manufacturer Hess produces 22 bi-articulated lighTram 25TOSA electric. These units are used in the city of Nantes for the BusWay line 4, to replace the Mercedes-Benz Citaro G CNG of the line, which had become under capacity (these having been assigned to line 5). The line 4 carrying an average of 42,660 per day in 2018, the entry into service of the Hess buses taking place at the end of 2019. The city of Metz and the Martinique island run Van Hool Exqui.City 24 hybrid diesel-electric and the city of Nîmes in the natural gas-electric version. Germany The Belgian manufacturer Van Hool offers a bi-articulated bus with a capacity of about 180 passengers. These buses are used in the German cities of Aachen (lines 5 and 45) and Hamburg (Metrobus 5 and Eilbus E86), where single-articulated buses alone were not able to handle the huge number of passengers per day. In Hamburg they were retired in 2018 after 13 years of service as they started to require more and more maintenance due to their growing age and an unusual level of wear and tear, caused by the second articulation joint. In 2012, Fraunhofer IVI introduced the AutoTram Extra Grand in Dresden. With overall length of it is the longest bus in service with a passenger capacity of 256. Its unique 5-axle design is made possible using advanced computer controlled steering on the 3 trailing axles. Luxembourg The Swiss manufacturer Hess produces a bi-articulated, hybrid-engine bus based on the LighTram. This type is currently in use for the Luxembourgian bus operator Voyages Emile Weber. Netherlands The Belgian manufacturer Van Hool offers a bi-articulated bus with a capacity of about 180 passengers. In September 2002, fifteen were deployed on lines 11 and 12 in Utrecht, connecting the central railway station to office, college and university buildings at the edge of the city. Twelve more have been added since. From August 2014 to 2016, Swiss manufacturer Hess's bi-articulated LighTram buses were in service in Groningen, Netherlands on the route from the main train station via the city centre to the university north of the city. In 2016 these buses were moved to Utrecht because the few stops and higher speeds on this line made the hybrid engine perform poorly. Norway From August 2019 onwards, Trondheim have used Van Hool Exqui.City 24 CNG Hybrid on three core routes, known as the Metrobuss system. Sweden Volvo has manufactured several bi-articulated buses now in use in Gothenburg. They are based on Volvo's "puller"-type articulated, low-floor bus model with the internal combustion engine mounted on the floor on the side of the bus, and the cooling system on the roof. They have not manufactured anymore and are currently being replaced by normal articulated buses. The city of Malmö is currently operating one bus line as a bus rapid transit route with 24 meter long, bi-articulated busses from Van Hool, and it is planned to upgrade further local bus routes with these bi-articulated busses. Switzerland The Swiss manufacturer Hess produces a bi-articulated trolleybus called LighTram that is in use in several Swiss cities, including Zürich, Geneva, Lausanne and Lucerne. See also Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit Bombardier Guided Light Transit List of buses Road train Trailer bus References External links Photo of an early Van Hool AGG300 Image gallery of Volvo BRT systems, some bi-articulated Details of the Renault Heuliez Mégabus Press release about introduction of Volvo bi-articulated buses in Gothenburg, Sweden showing the articulation better Youngman-Neoplan China (Flash + JavaScript) Buses by type

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Snarling at Strangers

Snarling at Strangers is a repackaged version of Smiling at Strangers, an Australian Hip Hop album by TZU. The album also came with an EP containing five previously unreleased tracks. These tracks (listed under the 2nd disc title 'Snarl') were not included on the original album, as the band considered them too political , while the Smiling At Strangers album was quite upbeat. Track listing Disc 1, 'Smile' "Hey OK" - 3:23 "She Gets Up" - 4:00 "Logical" - 2:50 "Recoil" - 5:00 "Tzu Blues (Sweet Little Hoochie)" - 4:31 "Won't Get Played" - 3:52 "Coming Round" - 6:16 "In Front Of Me" - 3:38 "Back To Front" - 3:09 "Reminisce" - 4:52 "Lounge" - 4:09 "Raise 'Em Up" - 3:13 "Unnecessarily Blue" - 5:21 "Unnecessarily Blue (Remix)" - 7:55 Disc 2, 'Snarl' "Pacman" - 3:42 "City" - 3:09 "Gone" - 3:28 "On A Train" - 4:33 "Listen" - 4:39 TZU albums 2006 albums

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Xiao Xian

Xiao Xian (蕭銑) (583–621) was a descendant of the imperial house of the Chinese dynasty Liang Dynasty, who rose against the rule of Sui Dynasty toward the end of the rule of Emperor Yang of Sui. He tried to revive Liang, and for several years appeared to be successful in doing so, as he, with his capital at Jiangling, ruled over a state that included most of modern Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, and northern Vietnam. In 621, however, under an attack by the Tang Dynasty generals Li Jing and Li Xiaogong, he, not realizing that relief forces were approaching Jiangling, surrendered. He was subsequently taken to the Tang capital Chang'an, where Emperor Gaozu of Tang executed him. Background Xiao Xian was a great-grandson of Emperor Xuan of Western Liang, a vassal of Western Wei and Northern Zhou, who claimed Liang imperial title under the support from those states with his capital at Jiangling. His throne passed for two more generations, to Emperor Jing (Xiao Cong), until it was abolished by Emperor Wen of Sui in 587. That year, Xiao Xian's grandfather and Emperor Jing's uncle Xiao Yan () the Prince of Anping and Emperor Jing's brother Xiao Huan () the Prince of Yixing, believing that the Sui general Cui Hongdu () was about to launch a surprise attack on Jiangling with Emperor Jing away at the Sui capital Chang'an to pay homage to Emperor Wen, surrendered to Chen Dynasty with the people of Jiangling, an act that directly led to Emperor Wen's decision to abolish Western Liang notwithstanding Emperor Jing's submissiveness. In 589, after Emperor Wen conquered Chen, he largely spared Chen officials, but as he bore a grudge against Xiao Yan and Xiao Huan for rebelling against him, he had them executed even after they surrendered. As a result of Xiao Yan's death by execution, his family, unlike the rest of the Xiaos, was not treated well by Sui authorities. Xiao Xian himself was poor in his youth, supporting himself and his mother by serving as a scribe. He was known for being filially pious to his mother. During the reign of Emperor Yang, because Emperor Yang's wife Empress Xiao was a sister of Emperor Jing's, her relatives were generally given governmental offices, and Xiao Xian was made the county magistrate of Luochuan (羅川, in modern Yueyang, Hunan). Initial uprising In 617, several military officers at Baling Commandery (巴陵, roughly modern Yueyang) considered rising against Sui rule. They initially wanted to support one of their own, Dong Jingzhen () as leader, but Dong pointed out that he was of a humble lineage and would not be respected by others, but that Xiao Xian was of imperial heritage and would be supported. They therefore sent messengers to Luochuan to report this to Xiao, who then gathered several thousand men. At the same time, the agrarian rebel leader Shen Liusheng () was attacking Luochuan, and Xiao initially could not repel him. However, when Xiao, believing that the act would cause Shen to submit, declared himself the Duke of Liang and replaced all Sui uniforms with Liang ones, Shen submitted. Within five days of Xiao's declaration, he had several tens of thousands of men, and he led them to Baling. Dong sent one of his followers, Xu Deji () to greet Xiao, when Shen, believing that his accomplishment would be overshadowed by the contributions of Dong and the others, killed Xu and wanted to detain Xiao. Xiao, in shock, offered to resign, which led Shen to, in fear, beg for forgiveness. Xiao initially pardoned him, but Dong argued that if Xiao did not kill Shen, he could not show the rule of law, and so Xiao changed his mind and allowed Dong to execute Shen. Shen's soldiers fled. In winter 617, Xiao built a tall altar and burned a wooden pire thereon. He declared himself the Prince of Liang and changed era name to show independence from Sui. Reign Around the new year 618, Xiao Xian sent his general Su Hu'er () to attack another rebel leader, Lin Shihong the Emperor of Chu, who had earlier taken over most of modern Jiangxi and Guangdong. Su captured Lin's major city Yuzhang (豫章, in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi), prompting Lin to retreat from Nankang (南康, in modern Ganzhou, Jiangxi) to Yugan (餘干, in modern Shangrao, Jiangxi). In summer 618, Xiao took imperial title and established an imperial government with Liang Dynasty governmental structure. He posthumously honored Xiao Cong as Emperor Jing (as Xiao Cong had died with only the Sui title of Duke of Liang), but did not so posthumously honor his grandfather Xiao Yan and father Xiao Gui (), honoring Xiao Yan only as Prince Zhonglie of Hejian and Xiao Gui as Prince Wenxian of Hejian. He created seven of his generals princes and sent one of them, Yang Daosheng () the Prince of Song to attack Jiangling. After Yang captured Jiangling, Xiao moved his capital from Baling to Jiangling. Meanwhile, the Sui officials in the modern Guangxi and northern Vietnam regions, upon hearing that Emperor Yang had been killed in a coup led by the general Yuwen Huaji in spring 618, largely surrendered to Xiao. Historical records indicate that Xiao's territory went as far east as Jiujiang, as far west as the Three Gorges, as far south as Jiaozhi (交趾, modern Hanoi, Vietnam), and as far north as the Han River, with more than 400,000 regular soldiers under his disposal. In 619, Xiao made a push to expand his territory to the modern Chongqing and Sichuan region, then held by Tang Dynasty. He sent Yang and Chen Puhuan () to attack Tang's Xia Prefecture (峽州, roughly modern Yichang, Hubei), but they were repelled by the Tang general Xu Shao (). In 620, the Tang general Li Xiaogong the Duke of Zhao Commandery attacked Xiao's general Du Ti () the Prince of Dongping and killed Du. Meanwhile, Xiao was said to be narrow-minded and suspicious, and his generals, because of their accomplishments, were out of control and cruel. Xiao feared them, and therefore declared that his empire was peaceful and that the military should be cut back, in order to reduce the influences of the generals. Meanwhile, in winter 620, Dong Jingzhen's brother, a general at Jiangling, was resentful of Xiao and plotted against him. When the news of the plot was leaked, Xiao executed Dong Jingzhen's brother. At that time, Dong was defending Changsha. Xiao declared a pardon for Dong and summoned him back to Jiangling, but Dong, in fear, rose against Xiao, offering to surrender Changsha to Tang. Emperor Gaozu ordered Xu to try to aid Dong, but Xu did not appear to be able to advance much, although he did capture Jingmen from Liang. Meanwhile, Xiao sent Zhang Xiu () the Prince of Qi to attack Changsha. Dong tried to get Zhang to join him, by pointing out the situation to be similar to when Emperor Gao of Han first killed Han Xin and then Peng Yue—i.e., the people with contributions were being killed. Zhang did not respond and put Changsha under siege. Dong tried to fight his way out of the siege but was killed by his own subordinates. Xiao promoted Zhang, and Zhang became arrogant due to his contributions. Xiao killed him, and thereafter, it was said that all of Liang's generals all considered rebelling, and that Liang's power was weakened. Defeat and death Around the same time, the Tang official Li Jing had offered 10 strategies to destroy Liang to Li Xiaogong. Li Xiaogong relayed them to Emperor Gaozu, who accepted them. In spring 621, Emperor Gaozu made Li Xiaogong the commandant at Kui Prefecture (夔州, modern eastern Chongqing) and had him build a large fleet and train sailors to prepare for the attack against Liang. He also made Li Jing Li Xiaogong's deputy. In summer 621, the Tang general Zhou Faming () attacked Liang's An Prefecture (安州, roughly modern Xiaogan, Hubei), capturing the Liang general Ma Guiqian (). Soon thereafter, the Tang general Guo Xingfang () attacked Liang's Ruo Prefecture (鄀州, in modern Xiangfan, Hubei) and captured it as well. In winter 621, Tang launched a major assault on Liang, with Li Xiaogong, assisted by Li Jing, in command of the forces overall. With Yangtze River's water high and treacherous at that time, Xiao did not expect an attack from Tang, and he was caught by surprise. Li Xiaogong defeated the Liang general Wen Shihong () and approached Jiangling. As Xiao had earlier reduced his armed forces, he only had a few thousand men in Jiangling, and he issued emergency orders to the troops in the other parts of the empire, ordering them to come to Jiangling's aid at once. Nevertheless, Xiao's counterattack was initially successful, although Li Xiaogong and Li Jing soon defeated Liang forces again and put Jiangling under siege. Under Li Jing's suggestion, Li Xiaogong floated the captured Liang ships down the Yangtze River, empty, to confuse Liang forces into believing that Jiangling had fallen. The Liang forces were indeed confused and slowed down. With Jiangling surrounded and Xiao's contact with the outside cut off, he, under suggestion by his official Cen Wenben, decided to surrender. He announced to his officials: Heaven does not protect Liang, and we can no longer stand. If we fight all the way to being completely worn out before surrendering, it will be the people who suffer. Why do I put them in water and fire just because of myself? After offering sacrifices to the Liang ancestors, Xiao surrendered, stating to Li Xiaogong, "Only Xiao Xian should die. The people are innocent. Please do not plunder." He did not know that more than 100,000 Liang soldiers were approaching, and after they arrived, they saw that Xiao had surrendered and surrendered as well. Li Xiaogong delivered Xiao to Chang'an. Emperor Gaozu rebuked him. Xiao, not submitting to Emperor Gaozu's rebuke, responded: Sui lost its deer, and the heroes sought after it. I, Xiao Xian, was not blessed by Heaven, and therefore was captured. I was merely like Tian Heng (田橫, a Qi prince who tried to revive Qi after the fall of Qin Dynasty) claiming a princely title, who did not rebel against Han Dynasty. If what I did is criminal, I am willing to be boiled to death. Emperor Gaozu, angry at Xiao's refusal to submit, had him beheaded. Era name Fengming (鳳鳴 fèng míng) 617-621 Notes Liang dynasty people Sui dynasty politicians Chinese emperors 580s births 621 deaths 7th-century executions by the Tang dynasty Executed people from Hubei People executed by the Tang dynasty by decapitation 7th-century Chinese monarchs Politicians from Jingzhou Transition from Sui to Tang

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Turf Hotel

The Turf Hotel is a public house in Wrexham, Wales, located on the corner of Wrexham AFC's Racecourse Ground. Introduction For over 150 years, the Turf Hotel has been the meeting place on match days for some of Wrexham's fans (the football ground has existed for over 150 years). It was the only pub in the United Kingdom to be built inside the grounds of a football club and is now the oldest public house at any sport stadium in the World Situated on Mold Road, which is now regarded as the ‘Gateway into Wrexham’, the Turf had been in its present position long before the football club was actually founded. History The records are unclear, but it is believed that the ‘Turf Tavern’ was built between 1840 and 1844. It was first mentioned in the ‘North Wales Commercial’ (Business Directory) in 1844, which stated that the Landlord was a John Tench. The last North Wales Commercial before that was in 1840, and there was no mention of the Turf then. The first race meeting at the Racecourse was on 29 September 1807, and later a Grandstand was built next to the Turf, which later became known as the Mold Road stand when the football club was up and running. Known as the Turf Tavern, its name later changed to the Turf Hotel. This is believed to have happened when the original building was knocked down and replaced by the current building in 1913. Due to the lack of building records, there is no accurate date as to when the Turf Hotel replaced the Turf Tavern. As well as horse racing, the Racecourse was also being used by this time by Wrexham Cricket Club, and it was from members of the Cricket Club that Wrexham Football Club was formed in 1864. Cricket Club members met at the Turf Hotel on 4 October 1864, for ‘the purpose of starting a football club for the ensuing season.’ This was to give them activities for the winter months. Not long after, changing rooms were added next to the Turf, for use by both cricketers and footballers. In fact the football pitch at this time lay from north to south, and so it remained until 1902, when it was changed to its present-day orientation of east to west. The Turf had become a focal point for the local community for the sporting events, and with the growth of football in North Wales, the Racecourse became the home of Welsh football, with international games taking place there, as well as Welsh Cup finals. The changing rooms were used right up until the late 1940s when new changing rooms were opened under the Plas Coch stand. The changing rooms adjacent to the Turf were situated upstairs, and the teams would climb down a wooden staircase and run out over planks onto the pitch. Also on the same floor were the club offices, which you could enter from Mold Road. Part of the building adjoining the Turf, where the changing rooms and club office were situated, was demolished when the development of the Pryce Griffiths Stand took place. The balcony, which is still on the back of the Turf, was a place for locals to watch the many sporting events taking place. There have been other sporting events witnessed from the balcony, including cycling. There once lay a cycling track around the pitch, whilst both boxing and wrestling have taken place on the Racecourse. In recent years the ground has played host for both Rugby league and Rugby Union World Cup games, whilst up to the late 1960s the Turf itself had its own bowling green where the pub car park is now. In 2007 the pub was threatened with demolition as part of the revamp of Wrexham AFC's grounds, but Wales First Minister Rhodri Morgan stepped in to support its survival. The Turf was the starting point of the Olympic Torch Relay when it visited Wrexham on 30 May 2012. References External links Wrexham County Borough Council Local History — Wrexham (BBC) Wrexham.com Further archaeological information about Wrexham Pubs in Wales Wrexham A.F.C. Buildings and structures in Wrexham County Borough

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Hope & Gloria

Hope & Gloria is an American sitcom television series created by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, that aired on NBC from March 9, 1995, through June 22, 1996. The show was canceled after 35 episodes. It starred Cynthia Stevenson as Hope, a high-strung television producer, and Jessica Lundy as Gloria, a tough-talking beautician, who become neighbors in an apartment complex in downtown Pittsburgh. The program also starred Alan Thicke as a local TV personality and featured Enrico Colantoni in one of his first regular roles on television. The series was broadcast in Britain on ITV during the 1996 summer holiday, going out Monday to Friday for seven weeks. Cast Jessica Lundy.....Gloria Utz Cynthia Stevenson.....Hope Davidson Enrico Colantoni.....Louis Utz Alan Thicke.....Dennis Dupree Robert Garrova.....Sonny Utz Taylor Negron as Gwillem Blatt (season 2) Episodes Season 1 (1995) Season 2 (1995–96) Notable guest stars Larry Poindexter as Jeffrey Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay External links 1990s American sitcoms 1995 American television series debuts 1996 American television series endings NBC original programming Television duos Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Television shows set in Pittsburgh English-language television shows

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List of FM radio stations in Bangalore

This is a list of radio stations in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Radio City 91.1 FM – Kannada Radio Indigo 91.9 FM – English Big 92.7 FM – Kannada Red FM 93.5 FM – Hindi (from Nov 2012) Radio One 94.3 FM – English Radio Mirchi Radio 95 – Hindi Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM – Kannada Amrutavarshini 100.1 FM – Classical music FM Rainbow 101.3 FM – Kannada, English & Hindi Vividh Bharati 102.9 FM – Kannada & Hindi Fever 104 FM – Hindi Gyanvani 106.4 FM – by IGNOU This is a list of community radio stations Radio Active 90.4 FM Radio Neladani 90.8 FM Radio 95.7 FM – Kannada Radio Universal CR 106.8 FM This is a list of Internet radio stations Namm Radio Android/iOS app – Kannada's First Digital International Radio Station Radiochimpu – Kannada Internet Radio (including music for children and classical music) Radio City Radio City is the first private FM radio station in INDIA and First FM station to come to Bengaluru and It was started on 3 July 2001 with the frequency 91 MHz. On 30 October 2006 it changed to the frequency 91.1 MHz.It is the only station in India to have completed 10 successful years and currently the number one station in Bengaluru according to RAM reports. It broadcasts for 24 hours around the clock. It is operated by Music Broadcast India Private Limited. FM Rainbow & Vividh Bharati FM Rainbow & Vividh Bharati were the second & third radio stations. They are controlled by All India Radio. FM Rainbow was launched on 1 September 2001, while Vividh Bharati on 1 November 2001. Both stations broadcast for 17 hours daily from 5.20 to 23.20. Gyanvani Gyanvani is the 4th radio station launched on 26 January 2004 with frequency 107.6 MHz. In January 2007, its frequency changed to 105.6 MHz. In March 2007 again its frequency was modified to 107.2 MHz. Since May 2009, it is transmitting in frequency 106.4 MHz. It is controlled by IGNOU. It broadcasts for a total of 10 hours daily, from 5.20 to 11.20 and 17.00 to 22.00. Gyanvani went off air since 1 October 2014 due to non-payment of dues to AIR. Amrutavarshini Amrutavarshini is the 5th radio station featuring mostly Indian classical music. It was started on frequency 100.3 MHz and later modified to 100.1 MHz. It is operated by All India Radio. It broadcasts in morning and evening hours, from 6.00 to 09.30 and 18.30 to 23.00. This channel airs music of renowned masters of Indian classical music of both Carnatic and Hindustani ways. It is known to be resourceful for music learners. It is a platform with rich heritage for future generation music lovers with respect to classical music. Radio Mirchi Radio Mirchi was the 6th radio station launched on 17 April 2006 with frequency 93.3 MHz. On 1 August 2006, it modified its frequency to 98.3 MHz. It broadcasts for 24 hours a day and is controlled by Entertainmment Network India Limited. Radio One Radio One was the 7th radio station launched on 1 August 2006 on a frequency of 94.3 MHz. It broadcasts from 6:00 AM to 1:30 AM. It is controlled by The Mid-Day Group. Radio Indigo Radio Indigo was the 8th radio station launched on 19 September 2006, with a frequency of 91.9 MHz. It broadcasts for 24 hours a day and is controlled by Indigo Mass Communication Ltd. Big FM Big FM was the 9th radio station launched on 9 October 2006, on frequency 92.7 MHz . Controlled by Reliance Broadcast, it broadcasts for 24 hours a day. Red FM Red FM was the 10th radio station launched on 6 November 2006 on a frequency of 93.5 MHz, with the name S FM. On 24 August 2009, the name was modified to as Red FM. It broadcasts for 24 hours a day. It is controlled by Kal Radio Pvt Ltd. (Sun Network Ltd., a South Indian media house). Fever FM Fever FM was the 11th radio station launched on 22 January 2007, on a frequency of 104 MHz. It broadcasts for 24 hoursa day. It is controlled by Hindustan Times & Virgin Radio. Radio Active Radio Active, (Frequency:90.4 MHz) is Bengaluru's 12th radio station and first community radio station, launched on 25 June 2007, by Jain Group of Institutions. Radio Universal Radio Universal, (Frequency:106.8 MHz) is Bengaluru's 13th radio station and second community radio station, launched on 21 June 2008, by Universal College. The station broadcasts from Vijaynagar Tollgate Circle, Magadi Main Road in Bengaluru. Radio Neladani Radio Neladani, (Frequency:90.8 MHz) is Bengaluru's 14th radio station and third community radio station, launched on 3 September 2011. The station broadcasts from Nelamangala in rural North Bengaluru. The Neladani station is available in around 8–10 km radius of Nelamangala town covering Nelamangala and portion of Bengaluru North Taluk. This radio station was established with the help of Ministry of Agriculture, to produce content on farm related programs. Amateur (Ham) Radio Bengaluru has highest number of Amateur Radio Operators (hams) and the frequency allotted to them are on frequencies 144 MHz to 146 MHz on VHF and 434 MHz-438 MHz on UHF primarily on Frequency Modulation (FM). Nets are conducted such as R5 Net at 0700 IST on VU2RSB repeater at frequencies Transmit – 145.100 MHz and Receive – 145.700 MHz and 2030 hours IST on the VU2TWO repeater at frequencies transmit – 145.050 MHz and Receive – 145.650 MHz. Namm Radio Namm Radio is Kannada's first digital international radio station which is across all 196 countries, TIER-2 and TIER-3 cities of Karnataka. In addition to NammRadio being available as a stream on website, the radio station is also available as an interactive mobile application' free to download in iOS and Android. Coffee with Kannan is popular show of NammRadio hosted by Hiremagaluru Kannan. NammRadio is owned by Pastime Productions Private Limited. Radio Chimpu Radio Chimpu is a Kannada internet radio station. It was launched on 15 June 2017. It is currently broadcast from Bengaluru, Karnataka. Participations are offered to people of all ages and categories. Radio Chimpu has its policy as "Listen to what you want, not to what the program directors want". The station broadcasts for 17 hours daily from 6.00 to 23.00. See also List of Kannada-language radio stations Media in Karnataka List of Kannada films List of Kannada magazines List of Kannada newspapers List of Kannada television channels List of radio stations in India References FM Radio stations, FM Bengaluru, FM

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Richard McPartland

Dick McPartland (May 18, 1905 – November 30, 1957) was a jazz guitarist during the 1920s and the older brother of Jimmy McPartland. He was part of the Austin High School Gang of musicians in Chicago. McPartland played banjo and guitar. He replaced Eddie Lang in the Red McKenzie band. Near the end of the 1920s, he recorded with Irving Mills and Jack Teagarden and in the 1930s with his brother Jimmy. After a heart attack in the 1930s, he retired from music. References 1905 births 1957 deaths American jazz guitarists 20th-century American guitarists

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The Forum, Norwich

The Forum is a community building in Norwich, Norfolk in England. It stands opposite St Peter Mancroft Church. Built on the site of the previous Norwich Library which burnt down in 1994, the Forum was designed by Michael Hopkins and Partners, and built as a millennium project for the East of England, being finished in October 2001. The Forum is part of Norwich 12, a collection of notable buildings in Norwich spanning the Norman, medieval, Georgian, Victorian and modern eras. It is visited by more than 2.5 million people every year. The majority of the public area of the building is occupied by the Norfolk & Norwich Millennium (NML) library, which spans across all three floors and has been regularly named as the most popular library in the UK. The building is also home to the local Tourist Information Centre, and the BBC East offices and studios, where the regional television news bulletin BBC Look East and local radio station BBC Radio Norfolk are based. An open mezzanine looks out across the floor and the glass front of the building, and currently houses a Pizza Express restaurant. The amphitheatre-like steps at the front have provided a venue for functions such as amateur theatrical performances, outdoor opera, musical competitions, art exhibitions, processions, and celebrations. Because The Forum is funded partly by lottery grants, they hold certain events which are free of charge for people to attend. The Forum is commonly used as a meeting place, and the plaza area attracts skateboarders and free runners. References External links The Forum Norfolk County Council NML MS Buildings and structures in Norwich Public libraries in Norfolk Tourist attractions in Norwich Art museums and galleries in Norfolk Buildings by Hopkins Architects

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Ananthasagaram

Ananthasagaram is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Geography Ananthasagaram village is from Nellore. It has a pond (cheruvu) :- Ananthasagaram AnanthasagaramCheruvu Demographics As of 2011 census, the village had a population of 8,588. The total population constitute 4,436 males and 4,152 females. Average sex ratio of the village is 936 for per 1000. References Villages in Nellore district

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Anumasamudrampeta

Anumasamudrampeta is a village in Nellore district of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. References Villages in Nellore district

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Embriaco family

The Embriaco were a prominent Genoese family, who played an important role in the history of the Crusader states. It also gave consuls, admirals and ambassadors to the Republic of Genoa. The family ruled the city of Byblos (in present-day Lebanon), styling themselves "Lord (Signore) of Gib(e)let" or "Gibelletto", the name which the city was called at the time. Their rule lasted for almost 200 years, from 1100 to the late 13th century. History They arrived in the Kingdom of Jerusalem as early as 1099, with Guglielmo Embriaco and his brother Primo di Castello. They had Byblos, given to Ugo I Embriaco by Bertrand of Toulouse, from about 1110, thanks to Embriaco's military assistance in the creation of the Crusader states, on behalf of the Republic of Genoa. Guglielmo Embriaco's son, Ugo I, was the first administrator of "Gibelletto" in the name of the Genoese republic, he then obtained the city as a hereditary fief, undertaking to pay an annual fee to Genoa and to the church of San Lorenzo. The family always protected the Genoese traders in the Levant, exempting them from all duties. Their power in Byblos lasted, apart from occupation by Saladin 1187–1197, to the end to the thirteenth century, when they were defeated by Bohemond VII of Tripoli, and finally pushed out by Muslim advances. The Embriacos were Lords of lands in Liguria and in Lunigiana. And had properties and a square in Genoa. The family died out in the half of the 15th century. Embriaco family tree Guglielmo I Embriaco of Gibelletto, Lord of Gibelletto (b. 1040) (r. 1109 – after 1118) Ugo I Embriaco of Gibelletto (de), Lord of Gibelletto (c. 1110 – ?) (r. before 1127 – 1135), married Adelasia Guglielmo II Embriaco of Gibelletto (de), Lord of Gibelletto (r. 1135−1157), married Sancha from Provence Ugo II Embriaco of Gibelletto (de), Lord of Gibelletto (r. 1157−1184) (d. 1184) Ugo III Embriaco, Lord of Gibelletto (de) (r. 1184−1187) (d. 1196), married Stephanie of Milly, and had: Guido I Embriaco, Lord of Gibelletto (1197–1241) (d. 1241), married Alice, daughter of Bohemond III of Antioch, in 1204 and had: Maria (born before October 1214) Enrico I Embriaco of Gibelletto, Lord of Gibelletto (r. 1241−1271) (d. c. 1271), married c. 1250 Isabelle d'Ibelin, and had: Baliano Embriaco of Gibelletto (d. 26 August 1313, Nicosia) Guido II Embriaco of Gibelletto, Lord of Gibelletto (r. 1271−1282) (d. 1282 in Nephin) married Margaret Grenier of Sidon, daughter of Julian Grenier, Lord of Sidon Maria Embriaco of Gibelletto (es) (d. Nicosia 1331/4, buried there), married c. 1295 Philip of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus and Jerusalem (1253–1318) Juan de Ibelin (1302 – after 1317) Guy of Ibelin, married Margaret of Ibelin, with whom he had: John of Ibelin (d. after 1367) Alice of Ibelin (d. after 1374), married John of Lusignan, with whom she had: James of Lusignan (died 1395/1397), Peter of Lusignan (died February 10, 1451, who had an illegitimate son Phoebus of Lusignan), Eleanor of Lusignan (died c. 1414), married c. 1406 her cousin Henry of Lusignan and Loysia of Lusignan married her cousin Eudes/Odo of Lusignan Margaret of Ibelin Balinese of Ibelin (died 1349), married a woman also named Margaret of Ibelin Isabel de Ibelin (1300 – after 1342), married Ferdinand of Majorca Helvis de Ibelin (1307 – after 1347), married Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, with whom she had: Philip (c. 1332 – 4 August 1369/70), Riddag (c. 1334 – 1364/67), Balthazar (c. 1336 – aft. 14 January 1384), Thomas (c. 1338 – c. 1384), Melchior (c. 1341 – 6 June 1381) and Helvis, married Louis de Nores Catherine Embriaco of Gibelletto, married Jean of Antioch Peter Embriaco of Giblet (r. 1282−1289) (d. after 1310), the last Lord of Gibelletto married Douce de Gaurelée, then Agnes Embriaco of Gibelletto Silvestre Embriaco of Gibelletto Giovanni Embriaco of Gibelletto (d. January 1282 in Nephin), married daughter of Hugh l'Aleman Baldovino Embriaco of Gibelletto (d. January 1282 in Nephin) Maria Embriaco of Gibelletto (d. c. 1290), married Balian II Grenier, titular Lord of Sidon Raimondo Embriaco of Gibelletto (es) (died after 1238) Bertrando Embriaco of Gibelletto (died after 1271) Agnes Embriaco of Gibelletto, married Barthelemy of Saint Simeon, Lord of Soudin Ugo Embriaco of Gibelletto Plaisance Embriaco of Gibelletto (es) (d. c. 1218), married Bohemond IV of Antioch Pavia, married Garnier l'Aleman Raimondo Embriaco of Gibelletto (es) (before 1135 – after 1204), married a noblewoman from Principality of Antioch, Constable of Tripoli Guglielmo Embriaco of Gibelletto, married Eva John de Embriaco (de) (before 1228 – around 1262), Marshal of Jerusalem, married Femia de Cesarea, daughter of Walter III of Caesarea, lord of Cesarea, with whom he had Isabel, who married Guillermo Filangieri; then he married Juana de Lanelée, with whom he had Balian, Juan and Femia (Eufemia), who married Guido de Soissons. Bertrando I Embriaco of Gibelletto (d. after 1217), married Doleta, daughter of Stephen of Armenia Ugo Embriaco of Gibelletto (d. after 1264), married Marie Porcelet Bertrando II Embriaco of Gibelletto (es) (murdered 1258) Barthelemy Embriaco of Gibelletto (killed on 26 April 1289 during the Fall of Tripoli), married Helvis, daughter of Pierre de Scandelion Bertrando III Embriaco of Gibelletto Ugo Embriaco of Gibelletto, married Catherine de la Roche Agnes Embriaco of Gibelletto, married Gauvain de la Roche, then Peter Embriaco of Giblet Guglielmo Embriaco of Gibelletto (murdered in January 1282 in Nephin) Lucie Embriaco of Gibelletto, married Juan de Botron (es) Marguerite Embriaco of Gibelletto, married Baudouin Ibelin Guglielmo III Embriaco of Gibelletto (de), (d. after December 1204), married Fadie, daughter of Manasses of Hierges Agnes Embriaco of Gibelletto, married Guermond II (de), with whom she had a daughter, Helvis who later married Roland de Lucca Offspring of Guglielmo III Guglielmo III Embriaco of Gibelletto Ugo di Gibelletto (de) (d. c. 1220), Lord of Besmedin, married Agnes de Ham and had: Raimondo di Gibelletto (de) (d. c. 1253), Lord of Besmedin, married firstly Marguerite de Scandelion and secondly Alix de Soudin, and had: Giovanni I di Gibelletto, married Poitevine, daughter of a Marshal of Tripoli Giovanni II di Gibelletto (d. c. 1315), married Marguerite du Plessis, without issue. Maria di Gibelletto Ugo di Gibelletto, died young Enrico di Gibelletto (de) (d. 1310), Lord of Besmedin, married Marguerite de Morf, without issue Bertrando di Gibelletto, died young Eschiva di Gibelletto, married Raymundo Visconti Agnese di Gibelletto Susanna di Gibelletto, died young Maria di Gibelletto, married Guy de Montolif Gerardo de Ham di Gibelletto (d. 1225) Guglielmo II di Gibelletto (d. c. 1243), married Anne de Montignac, and had: Eudes di Gibelletto, died young Girard di Gibelletto, died young Giovanni III di Gibelletto, Lord of Saint-Foucy, married Gillette d'Angiller, and had: Guglielmo III di Gibelletto, married in 1318 Marie de Verny, without issue Maria di Gibelletto Eschiva di Gibelletto (d. c. 1350), married Simon Petit (d. 1355/1338) Stefania di Gibelletto, married Amaury le Bernier Maria di Gibelletto, married Amaury le Flamenc Eufemia di Gibelletto, died young Agnese di Gibelletto, died young Adamo di Gibelletto (de), Lord of Adelon Agnese di Gibelletto, married Thierry de Termonde See also War of Saint Sabas Byblos Castle References External links Tripoli at fmg.ac. 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Balayapalle

Balayapalle is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. References Villages in Nellore district

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Bogole, Nellore district

Bogole is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It forms a part of Nellore Urban Development Authority. References Villages in Nellore district

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Chejerla, Nellore district

Chejerla is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Demographics As of 2001 India census, Chejerla had a population of 6172. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Chejerla has an average literacy rate of 65.89%, less than the Andhra pradesh average of 67.02%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 57%. Geography Chejerla is located at . It has an average elevation of 48 meters (160 feet). References Villages in Nellore district

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Chillakur

Chillakur is a village and partly out growth of Gudur in Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Chillakur mandal. Geography Chillakur is located at . It has an average elevation of 14 meters (49 feet). References Villages in Nellore district

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Chittamur

Chittamuru is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Mallam Subramanya Swamy Temple is close to Chittamuru. https://gotirupati.com/mallam-subramanya-swamy-temple/ References Villages in Nellore district

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Dagadarthi

Dagadarthi is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. References Villages in Nellore district

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Sea of the Hebrides

The Sea of the Hebrides () is a small, partly sheltered section of the North Atlantic Ocean, indirectly off the southern part of the north-west coast of Scotland. To the east are the mainland of Scotland and the northern Inner Hebrides (including Skye and the Small Isles); to the west are the southern Outer Hebrides islands, principally South Uist, Eriskay, and Barra. To the north is the Little Minch, a channel connecting it with the Minch. The Sea of the Hebrides forms part of the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, as defined by the International Hydrographic Organization, and part of the Seas west of Scotland as far as fisheries management is concerned. Ending on 30 August 2019, the Scottish Government consulted on a proposal to designate the Sea of the Hebrides a Marine Protected Area (MPA). The designation was confirmed in December 2020. The designated area of the MPA covers , mainly to protect the area's population of basking sharks and minke whales. References External links Sea of the Hebrides MPA Summary Leaflet - Scottish Government Scottish coast Hebrides Seas of the Atlantic Ocean European seas Bodies of water of Scotland Marine Protected Areas of Scotland

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Doravarisatram

Doravarisatram is a village and a mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. References Villages in Nellore district

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Hohenzell

Hohenzell is a municipality in Upper Austria. It is situated in the district of Ried im Innkreis in the Innviertel and has 2,002 inhabitants. The responsible jurisdiction is Ried im Innkreis. Geography Hohenzell is situated 478 m above sea level in the Innviertel. Its dimensions are 6.8 km from the North to the South and 5.7 km from the West to the East. The complete area accounts for 22.6 km2. 10.2% of the land is afforested, 80.1% is used agriculturally. Parts of the municipality are Aching, Aschbrechting, Breiningsham, Breitsach, Dürnberg, Emprechting, Engersdorf, Ficht, Gadering, Gonetsreith, Hilprechting, Hohenzell, Kager, Langstadl, Leisen, Mauler, Oberham, Oberlemberg, Obermauer, Plöck, Ponner, Roith, Wöging, Wötzling, Wanger, and Willmerting. Coat of arms The official description of the coat of arms (translation): From Red to Silver diagonally separated, with two heraldic roses in complementary colours; on the separating line a sword, which is silver at the top and black at the bottom. The municipal colours are green and white. History From the foundation of the Bavarian dukedom the city belonged to Bavaria until 1780. Together with the Innviertel (former known as "Innbaiern") it was ceded to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen. During the French Revolutionary Wars it became Bavarian again, then in 1814 it became part of Upper Austria to whom it has belonged up to the present day. After the Anschluß to the German Reich on 13 March 1938 the city was part of the "Gau Oberdonau". After 1945 the restitution of Upper Austria took place. Politics Since September 2015 Thomas Priewasser (ÖVP) has been the mayor and Mag. Thomas Fischer (ÖVP) the vice mayor. Population According to the census of 1991 the municipality had 1,870 inhabitants, and 2,002 inhabitants in 2001. References Cities and towns in Ried im Innkreis District

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Duttalur

Duttalur or Duthalur is a village and a mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Geography Duttalur is located at . It has an average elevation of 134 meters (442 feet). It is located in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, about 46 km from the nearest town. The village is spread over an area of 7584 hectares with a population of 6509 people, according to 2011 census data. The number of males in the village is 3295, and females 3214. The number of people in scheduled castes is 1255 and the number of scheduled tribes is 204. The census location code of the village is 591777. Its pincode is 524222. References Villages in Nellore district

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Indukurupeta

Indukurupeta is a village and a mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is located in Kovur (Assembly constituency). Geography Indukurupeta is located at . It has an average elevation of 4 meters (16 feet). Indukurupeta is located approximately 15km east from district headquarters Nellore. Area of the mandal is 144sq.Km approximately. Climate and soil The climate of Indukurupeta is hot and humid in summer and cold in rainy and winter seasons. Summer temperatures range from to . Soils are black cotton and sandy loams. Annually the mandal receives approximately of rainfall, including in the months of August and September. Panchayats Indukurupeta comprises 20 panchayats: Devispeta Gangapatnam Indukurpet Bit-II (Kothuru) Indukurpet Bit-I Jangamvanidoruvu Komarika Koruturu Kothuru-Chinthopu Kudithipalem Leburu Bit-I Leburu Bit-II Mudivarthipalem Mypadu Narasapuram Nidimusali Pallipadu Punnur Ramudupalem Ravur Somarajupalli The mandal revenue office is situated in Kothuru. There are 16 major villages, 64 hamlets and 16,687 households in the mandal. There is rural police station, 30 bed primary health care center, veterinary hospital in mandal headquarters Indukurupeta. Population As per 2011 census total population of this mandal is 58543 out of which 29,075 being male and 29468 female. Sex ratio is 1014(females per 1000 males), while sex ratio between 0-6 years age is 937(females per male). Literacy rate is 65.4%. (Male-71.1% and Female-59.7%). Economy Most of the people rely on farming, cattle and sheep rearing, agriculture, building & daily labor, street vendors and priests. Since rice and other crops grow abundantly, there are many rice and dal mills in the mandal. Also many marine export companies are present, as there are many fish and prawn ponds in the mandal. Marine products are mainly exported Chennai and thereby to other international destinations. Tourism Many famous temples are located in and around Indukurupeta mandal, including Gangapatnam Chamundeswari Ammavaru, Leburu Kunkalamma, Kothuru Saibaba, Lalithamaheswari Ashramam, and Mypadu Shivalayam. Mypadu Beach is also located in this mandal. The mandal hosts several movie theaters and recreational clubs. Transport The nearest railway station is in Nellore. APSRTC buses are available from Atmakur bus station in Nellore. Many autos and private vehicles are also available. The nearest airports are in Kadapa, Chennai and Vijayawada. References Villages in Nellore district http://www.dataforall.org/dashboard/censusinfoindia_pca/ https://spsnellore.ap.gov.in/grama-panchayats/ http://www.apsdps.ap.gov.in/pages/weather_observations/soil_moisture.html https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s39c82c7143c102b71c593d98d96093fde/uploads/2019/07/2019072494-1.pdf

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Jaladanki

Jaladanki is a village in Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Jaladanki mandal of Kavali revenue division. References Villages in Nellore district

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Kaligiri

Kaligiri is a town in Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh it is the mandal headquarters of Kaligiri Mandal in India. Transport There is a bus station in Kaligiri near the Sangam Road, Kavali Road and Udayagiri Road intersection. There is also a bus stand in R&B Banglow Bee Said, Kaligiri. From there, Other Depot buses go to Nellore, Kavali, Kanigiri, Pamur, Atmakuru(N), Udayagiri, Vijayawada, Kadapa, Others State Buses Hyderabad MGBS, Banglore, Channai,and other destinations. Railway line, Nadikudi-Srikalahasthi is passing (under construction) through the town.and well connected by road Near villages Velagapadu 7 km nagasamudram 6 km AyyapareddyPallem 11 km Tellapadu 11 km PathanaPuram 13 km Villages There are 23 administrative villages are there in Kaligiri Mandal. Jirravaripalem Papanamusilipalem Venkanapalem Polampadu Kammavaripalem Sidhanakonduru Tellapadu Dobugunta Pathanapuram Gumprlapadu Nagasamudram Verareddypalem Krakuturu Krishareddypalem Chinnaanaluru Basireddypalem Gangireddypalem Narasareddypalem Peddapadu Peddakonduru Yepinapi Thurpu Gudladona Ananthapuram Kaligiri Near Mandals East jaladanki mandal West vinjamuru mandal North kondapuram mandal South anusamudrapeta mandal Demographics Census of India, the town had a population of . The total population constitute, males, females and children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 80.31% with literates, higher than the national average of 73.00%. References Villages in Nellore district

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Kaluvoya

Kaluvoya or Kaluvaya is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Geography Kaluvaya is located at . and has an altitude of 91m. References Villages in Nellore district

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Kodavalur

Kodavalur or Kodavaluru is a village in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India The Maldevi River runs through Kodavalur.It is Located in Kovur (Assembly constituency). The present M. L. A. Of Kovur (Assembly constituency) is nallapareddy prasanna kumar reddy. Geography Kodavaluru is located at . It has an average elevation of 8 meters (29 feet). References Villages in Nellore district

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Manubolu

Manubolu is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Geography Manubolu is located at . It has an average elevation of 9 meters (32 feet). References Villages in Nellore district

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Marripadu

Marripadu is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is located at the border of Nellore District. It produces tobacco. It is on the banks of small river called Boggeru. Somasila Project, Udayagiri are the adjacent tourist places. References Villages in Nellore district

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Winter in the Blood

Winter in the Blood is the debut novel of James Welch. It was published by Harper and Row's Native American Publishing Program in 1974. Set on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in north-central Montana during the late 1960s, Winter in the Blood follows a nameless Blackfeet and Gros Ventre (A'aninin) man's episodic journey to piece together his fragmented identity. Welch received praise from such luminaries as Pulitzer Prize-winning Ojibwe author Louise Erdrich, celebrated American novelist Reynolds Price, and Coeur d'Alene author Sherman Alexie. Alexie later produced the film adaptation of the novel, which was released in 2012. Plot Summary The novel features a self-destructive narrator undergoing an identity crisis. After getting into a bar fight with a white man, the narrator comes home drunk to discover that his girlfriend, Agnes, has disappeared with his electric razor and gun. The narrator travels to Malta, Montana to track her down, where he meets a white nameless "Airplane Man" from New York heading out West. He meets the Airplane Man again when he travels to Havre, Montana, where the man tries to convince the narrator to take him across the border to Calgary in an attempt to escape from the FBI. While the man buys a hunting knife and an old Ford Falcon, the narrator sees Agnes and her brother Dougie in the street. Later that night, the narrator finds Agnes in a bar and tries to talk to her, but Dougie and his friends beat him up. As the narrator leaves the bar, he sees the Airplane Man being arrested. The narrator hitchhikes home and discovers that his grandmother has passed away. The next day he, Teresa, and Lame Bull dig a grave for her. While digging, the narrative flashes back to a memory of the narrator and his brother (Mose) herding cattle, which results in Mose's death. Once the grave is finished, the narrator leaves to visit Yellow Calf, who talks about the narrator's grandmother. She was the youngest wife of Sitting Bear, from the Blackfeet tribe. The tribe survives starvation and a military assault during which Sitting Bear is killed. The Blackfeet turn on the grandmother, and Yellow Calf helps her survive. The narrator then realizes that Yellow Calf is his grandfather. The next day, with the help of Teresa and Lame Bull, the narrator buries his grandmother. He ponders the future and resolves to work things out with Agnes. Characters The Narrator: A self-destructive, unnamed protagonist living with his mother and grandmother. He believes himself to be Blackfeet and Gros Ventre. The narrator is disconnected from his ancestry and is a “servant to a memory of death” due to unresolved trauma from the death of his father and older brother. First Raise: The narrator's father, from whom the narrator gets his connection to Fort Belknap. He froze to death in a barrow pit. Teresa: The narrator's Blackfeet and Catholic mother. She is married to Lame Bull after being widowed by her first husband, John First Raise. She is described as never having been "beautiful, [but] a woman who had grown handsome” with a stout body. A proprietor of good land, Teresa is financially stable and was wealthier partner from both her marriages. Her first marriage was an unhappy one, and she describes her former husband as a “foolish man.” Teresa owns the ranch they live on and has a large expanse of good land and cattle. Airplane Man: A flighty, white man the narrator meets after leaving Fort Belknap.Together they spend time together drinking and loitering around the airport. The Airplane Man is representative of the “American” or “white” world that the narrator is a part of, but also alienated from. Agnes: The narrator's girlfriend. She is a Cree woman from Havre who's “scorned by the reservation people,” and is believed to be married to the narrator. The narrator's grandmother harbors negative feelings toward Agnes because she is Cree. She only makes brief appearances in the novel, but her theft of the narrator's gun and electric razor engenders his journey. She is later found accompanied by her brother, Dougie. Mose: The narrator's older brother. He died at the age of fourteen after being hit by a car while herding cattle. Yellow Calf: A member of the Blackfeet tribe whom the narrator meets after burying his grandmother. He is a blind and old. In his youth he helped the narrator's grandmother survive when her tribe ostracized her. The narrator discovers that Yellow Calf is his grandfather. The Grandmother: An old Blackfeet woman and the narrator's grandmother. She is blind and does not speak throughout the novel. Welch writes of her dislike of Agnes because she is Cree. Given that Agnes is Cree, the grandmother believes that she is a kind of bad luck charm and internally shames the narrator for having married her. She dies before the narrator returns from Havre. Setting The novel takes place on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and along the Hi-Line of Montana. The narrator visits multiple cities in Montana, beginning with Fort Belknap. He travels north to Malta, and then west to Havre as he follows Agnes and the Airplane Man. The narrator moves in and out of the boundaries separating one part of his identity from the other. Paula Gunn Allen identifies Welch's work as one of many Native American fictional works to utilize opposing settings in a way that which "indicate[s] the pervasiveness of alienation as a continuing theme in American Indian writing...". Themes Alienation Following an increase in the number of Indigenous authors and literature published in the 1970s and 1980s during the Native American Renaissance, Native American literature as a genre diverged from preceding Native American works with the thematic inclusion of alienation. Paula Gunn Allen details the prevalence of alienation in contemporaneous Native American poetry and prose as an "experience of the single individual; it is a primary experience of all bicultural American Indians in the United States-and, to one extent or another, this includes virtually every American Indian." According to Allen, the unnamed narrator endures a lifetime of alienation due to his lack of a "clear sense of belonging to a people, a tradition, or a culture, resulting in a deeply fractured sense of self, showing both the degree of his lack of power and the extent of his self-estrangement." Fragmented Identity Random House notes how Welch obscures the narrator's identity to emphasize his disconnection to his family and the outside world. The narrator says, "I felt no hatred, no love, no guilt, no conscience, nothing but a distance that had grown through the years" and proceeds to exist in an inebriated state throughout most of the novel, constantly reliving old memories. Allen states that the narrator is so "out of touch with himself that his long past relationships with his dead brother and father have more meaning for him than any of his contemporary ones, and he is adrift in a life that lacks shape, goal, understanding, or significance." Andrew Horton argues that the narrator is separated between two perspectives and two worlds, which explains why the narrator is never named and why the plot is told in non-linear or “episodic” fashion. Welch has explained that his intention with the "episodic" narration was to create a circle; "the plot of the book continued around until the story came back to the same area at the end of the book as the beginning." According to Professor William "Bill" Bevins, the narrator's relationships with various characters throughout the novel also embody opposing realities. Though Welch has gainsaid autobiographical connections in his works, Horton notes that Welch's existence between two tribes made him straddle the line between those two worlds, a circumstance which Welch experienced with a uniquely disillusioned perspective. Kathleen M. Sands describes the narrator as someone who is "ineffective in relationships with people and at odds with his environment, not because he is deliberately rebellious, or even immaturely selfish, but because he has lost the story of who he is, where he has come from." Recovery Allen observes that the nameless narrator carries physical injuries and emotional trauma engendered by the death of his brother and father. Louis Owens writes that, "without an identity, the narrator is frozen in time, caught up in a wintry dormancy as he moves tentatively and tortuously toward a glimmer of self-knowledge." As he travels to find Agnes, the narrator undergoes an abstract recovery. Owens states that, "following the momentary response to life, the narrator begins to recount the events leading to his brother's death" and relives memories of his deceased father, First Raise. The narrator statement, "[i]t was beginning to get light," signals a movement towards healing, according to Owens. The novel continues a pattern of having traumatic triggers engender moments of reflective recovery with the "wild-eyed cow," Agnes, Marlene, Malvina, and Bird all contribute to the narrator's repeated regressions and violent outbursts. Owens writes, "as he has moved toward full remembrance of Mose's death, which took place when the narrator was twelve, he has been regressing toward childhood, in order to come to terms with his brother's death and his own guilt he must go back and begin again from that moment." His final moment of recovery, as represented in his conversation with Yellow Calf, is precipitated by memories of previous confrontations and re-livings of past events. Owens states that "the narrator's rebirth and reawakening, such as it is, comes to fruition in this scene as he says, 'Some people, I thought, will never know how pleasant it is to be distant in a clean rain, the driving rain of a summer storm. It's not like you'd expect, nothing like you'd expect.'" Assimilation Jennifer Kay Davis analyzes the shifting settings of Winter in the Blood in relation to the novel's preoccupation with assimilation and identity. Winter in the Blood explores both themes through the narrator's journey towards the rediscovery of his Blackfeet heritage. Davis' dissertation analyzes the novel's deviation from, "other Native American literature in which the main character simply returns to his or her native culture and leaves the white world behind." Return or assimilation represents a way of "resolving a psychological crisis-- but they modify these traditional patterns for modern, and specific personal, needs." In Davis' understanding, the novel follows the narrator as he navigates between assimilation and alienation. She states: "it is even more important that they feel a part of the culture to which they choose to belong-- i.e., they are not alienated." Reception Winter in the Blood received attention and critical acclaim from literary critics and scholars. Louise Erdrich's introduction to Winter in the Blood called the novel a "work of slim majesty, lean, rich, funny, and grim" and a "quiet American masterwork." In a New York Times book review, novelist Reynolds Price described the novel as a "nearly flawless novel about human life. To say less is to patronize its complex knowledge, the amplitude of its means, and its clear lean voice." In 1977, a panel at the Modern Language Association Convention discussed the novel, analyzing Welch's “episodic” narration in particular. Following the literary studies convention in 1978, a Special Symposium Issue on Welch's novel commenced, producing over twenty reviews and journals. In 2003, retired University of Montana literature professor William "Bill" Bevis described the book as an "unflinching look at life on a Montana reservation," written so brilliantly "in [terms of] technique that it really took Native American writing to a new level" with "poetic and the [that] images were so exact...a great combination of poetic technique and hard realism." Film adaptation Winter in the Blood was adapted as a screenplay by Ken White. It was produced as a 2012 feature film by Native American author Sherman Alexie with brothers Alex and Andrew Smith. It was the Official Selection in 2013 of the Los Angeles, Austin, and American Indian film festivals. References 1974 American novels Novels by James Welch Native American novels Novels set in Montana Blackfoot culture Harper & Row books American novels adapted into films

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Muthukur

Muthukur or Muttukuru is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Geography Muthukur is located at . It has an average elevation of 4 meters (16 feet). Panchayats There are 21 panchayats in Muthukur mandal. Muthukur Mandal Panchayat List: Balija Palem (village) Brahmadevam (village and panchayat) Dammayapalem (village and panchayat) Doruvulapem (village and panchayat) Duvvuruvaripalem (village and panchayat) Epuru (village and panchayat) Krishnapatnam (village and panchayat) Malluru (village and panchayat) Mamidipudi (village and panchayat) Musunurivaripalem (village and panchayat) Muthukur Town(Panchayat and Headquarters) Narikelapalli (village and panchayat) Nelaturu (village and panchayat) Pantapalem (village and panchayat) Pathurivari Kandrigi (village and panchayat) Pidatha Polour (village and panchayat) Polamrajugunta (village and panchayat) Pottempadu (village and panchayat) Pynapuram (village and panchayat) Tallapudi (village and panchayat) Valluru (village and panchayat) Varkavipudi (village and panchayat) References Villages in Nellore district

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Naidupeta

Naidupeta is a Town & Municipality in Nellore district of the Andhra Pradesh state of India. It also the divisional headquarters and Mandal headquarters of Naidupeta revenue division. Transport The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Naidupeta bus station. Naidupeta has a railway station on Chennai - Hyderabad route operated by Southern Railways. References Towns in Nellore district

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Dropping bombs

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Ojili

Ojili or Ozili is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Transport National Highway 16 passes through the town, which connects Kolkata and Chennai. The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Ojili bus station References Villages in Nellore district

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Pellakur

Pellakur is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Geography Pellakuru is located at . It has an average elevation of 41 meters (137 feet). Pellakuru is located in between Naidupet and Sri Kalahasthi. References Villages in Nellore district

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Podalakur

'Podalakur is a Town and a mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Geography Podalakur is located at . It has an average elevation of 43 meters (141 feet). The nearest railway station is in Vedayapalam which is located at a distance of 2.22 Km. References Villages in Nellore district

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Baldwyn School District

The Baldwyn School District is a public school district based in Baldwyn, Mississippi (USA). The district covers southwestern Prentiss and northern Lee counties. Schools Baldwyn High School (Grades 9-12) Baldwyn Middle School (Grades 5-8) Baldwyn Elementary School (Grades K-4) Demographics 2006-07 school year There were a total of 942 students enrolled in the Baldwyn School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 46% female and 54% male. The racial makeup of the district was 51.91% White, 47.24% Black, 0.74% Hispanic, and 0.11% Asian. 57.0% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. Previous school years Accountability statistics Notable alumni Laura Pendergest-Holt - Chief investment officer of the Stanford Financial Group References External links Baldwyn School District Education in Prentiss County, Mississippi Education in Lee County, Mississippi School districts in Mississippi

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Rapur

Rapur is a small town and a Mandal in SPSR Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Rapur is one of the major panchayats located in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, India and soon going to become as a municipality by 2020 as state government approved for it. Rapur became famous nationwide recently as it possess longest electrified railway tunnel line in India which is of 6.6 km long. It was opened by vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu on Aug 21, 2019. This line lies between krishnapatnam port and cheropali, currently serving only for goods and soon passenger services will be available. Rapur will become Railway Junction with 4 routes by 2022 when other line of Nadikudi to Srikalahastri project completes. Kandaleru dam, the longest earth dam is also in Rapur mandal. The dam is a part of Telugu Ganga project which is a key water source channel for Chennai. Fishes of a kind from this dam are being exported to Kerala, Chennai in available seasons The surroundings forest and land have rich mica resources. Geography Rapur is located at 14.2000°N 79.5167°E. It has an average elevation of 90 meters (298 feet). Rapur comes under Nellore district and has a border with Kadapa district. Rapur town is surrounded by very big hills named veligonda which makes it a sightseeing place especially in winter and rainy seasons. Agriculture plays a vital role and rice as a major crop. Amaravati is the state capital located 351 kilometers from Rapur. Other state's capitals which are near to Rapur are Chennai at a distance of 148.2 km, Bangalore 252.2 km, Pondicherry 253.7 km. The surrounding nearby villages and its distance from Rapur are Pangili 3.0 km, Nellepalle 5.0 km, Yepuru 6.0 km, Thumaya 7.7 km, Gilakapadu 8.8 km, Gundavolu 8.8 km, Jorepalle 9.6 km, J.A Puram 14.5 km, Akilavalasa 11.7 km, Sanayapalem 14.6 km, Khambhalapalle 16.5 km, Gonupalli 17.0 km, M.v.puram, . Demographics Total population of Rapur Mandal is 44,424 living in 10,367 Houses, Spread across total 58 villages and 21 panchayats . Males are 22,306 and Females are 22,118. Temparature The maximum temperature is 36-46c during summer and the minimum temperature is 23-25c during winter. The rainfall ranges from 700–1000 mm through South West and North East Monsoons Connectivity Details Rapur have an APSRTC Bus stand and depot, recently got railway station too which is near from maddelamadu center. Tirupathi Airport is the nearest one which is at a distance 73 km. Tourist Places Kandaleru Dam at a distance of 18.7 Sivakona Waterfalls at a distance of 11.4 km Penchalakona Waterfalls at a distance of 27 km Penchalakona Temple distance of 26.7 km Sight seeing of Attractive Hills and Reserved forest Area which starts just 1.4 km away from town Pilgrimages Rapur has surrounded by many holiest places and pilgrimages like Penchalakona, Tirumala, Sri Kalahastri. Penchalakona is very famous for Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami temple. Language The languages spoken in Rapur are Telugu, Urdu, English. People live very close to each other irrespective of religion, so almost everyone can understand and speak Urdu here tough Telugu is official state language here. Colleges Animal Husbandry Polytechnic Rapur was established during September 2007, under the esteemed Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University at Bojjanapalle, Rapur mandal, Nellore district. This college has an administrative building, separate classrooms for first and second years, laboratory, museum, library, staff quarters, playground in addition to separate boys and girls hostel in an area of 29.56 acres. Newly constructed farms are available separately for cattle, sheep, goats and poultry for demonstration of farm activities to students. The first six batches of students were admitted at Rapur during 2007 – 2014 and the college was shifted from Rapur to a 30-acre nearby land during April, 2014. The first principal of the college was Dr. K. Sarjan Rao and the present principal of the college is Dr. P. Venkateswara Rao. Administration Police Station Fire Station Hospital Government High School Government Junior college Government Degree College Mandal Revenue Office Government Urdu School Uppar Primary schools(3) State Bank of India with ATM syndicate bank Pinkini Grameena Bank APSRTC Substation Mandal Parishat Office Post Office Social Welfare Office Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Public Library Urdu Library Education Good Sheppard English Medium School G.P Narasimham English Medium School Simhapuri English Medium High School Lakshmi Vidyanikatan Karunamayi Vidyalayam Madhava English Medium School North school Politics Rapur (Assembly constituency)|Rapur was an assembly constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India until 2008. Right now after delimitation is in Venkatagiri Assembly constituency of Andhra Pradesh. 166,411 voters were registered in the Rapur constituency during the 1999 elections. Elected Members: 1972 - Nuvvula Venkataratnam Naidu, Indian National Congress 1978 - Nuvvula Venkataratnam Naidu Indian National Congress 1983 - Malireddy Adinarayana Reddy, Telugu Desam Party 1985 - Anam Ramnarayana Reddy, Telugu Desam Party 1989 - Nuvvula Venkataratnam Naidu - Indian National Congress 1994 - Y. Sreenivasulu Reddy, Telugu Desam Party] 1999 - Anam Ramnarayana Reddy- Indian National Congress 2004 - Anam Ramnarayana Reddy- Indian National Congress In 2009 Mr.Ramakrishna.K has elected as a M.L.A for venkatagiri assembly constitution. This Assembly Constituency are Marge at Venkatagiri Assembly Constituency from 2009 in General Election Villages in Rapur Mandal Rapur Kandaleru Dam Tegacherla Penubarthi Gonupallu Penchalakona sydadupalli Yepuru masidupeta marlapudi vepinapi pangili velugonu Momin Gunta Siddavaram Cherlopalli Jorepalli Thanamcherlla References Towns in Nellore district

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List of radio stations in Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Switzerland hosts radio stations broadcasting in all its native languages: French, German, Italian, and Rumantsch. German language Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen: SRF 1 SRF 2 Kultur SRF 3 SRF 4 News SRF Musikwelle SRF Virus Private: Radio 24 neo1 neo2 Radio Pilatus Radio Zürisee Radio ENERGY Zürich FM1 Radio Sunshine Radio Argovia Community: Radio 3fach Radio Blind Power RadioIndustrie Radio Kaiseregg Kanal K Radio LoRa Radio RaBe Radio RaSa Radio Stadtfilter toxic.fm Radio X French language Radio Télévision Suisse: La 1ère Espace 2 Couleur 3 Option Musique Private: Fréquence Jura Lausanne FM One FM Radio Chablais Radio Fribourg Radio Lac Radio ORBITAL Rouge FM RTN Community: Cité Fréquence Banane Meyrin FM Spoon Radio Radio Django Loose Antenna Italian language Radiotelevisione Svizzera: Rete Uno Rete Due Rete Tre Private: Radio3iii Radio Fiume Ticino ItaliaOnAir Radio Gwendalyn Radio Morcote International Rumantsch language Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha Radio Rumantsch English language World Radio Switzerland Swissgroove Swissinfo Switzerland in Sound Liechtenstein Radio Liechtenstein, established as Radio L in 1995, since 2003 operated by the public Liechtensteinischer Rundfunk (LRF) broadcaster. See also Communications in Switzerland Media of Switzerland External links Radio stations in Switzerland (Radiomap.eu) emetteurs.ch, list of FM/DAB transmitters in Switzerland Local Radio list from the Swiss radio regulator Swissradio.net is a directory with the most popular radio stations Switzerland Radio stations in Switzerland Radio stations

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Sangam, Nellore district

Sangam is a village on the bank of Penna River and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The village of Chennavarappadu is nearby to the north. References Villages in Nellore district

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Seetharamapuram

Seetharamapuram is a village and a mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Geography Sitarampuram is located at an average elevation of 244 meters (803 feet). References Villages in Nellore district

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Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha

Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha (ICS(SCS)) was a political party in India between 1984 and 1999. The party was formed through a split in the Indian Congress (Socialist), and was led by former Assam Chief Minister (1971–78), Sarat Chandra Sinha. This faction merged with Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 1999. See also Indian National Congress breakaway parties References 1984 establishments in India Defunct political parties in Assam Defunct socialist parties in India Indian National Congress breakaway groups Nationalist Congress Party Political parties established in 1984 Political parties in India

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Dicranopygium

Dicranopygium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru. Species Species include: Dicranopygium amazonicum - NW Brazil Dicranopygium angustissimum - Guyana Dicranopygium aristeguietae - Venezuela Dicranopygium arusisense - Colombia Dicranopygium atrovirens - Colombia Dicranopygium aurantiacum - Colombia Dicranopygium bolivarense - Venezuela Dicranopygium calimense - Colombia, Ecuador Dicranopygium callithrix - Colombia Dicranopygium campii - Ecuador Dicranopygium coma-pyrrhae - Ecuador Dicranopygium crinitum - Panama Dicranopygium cuatrecasanum - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador Dicranopygium dolichostemon - Colombia Dicranopygium euryphyllum - Ecuador Dicranopygium fissile - Colombia Dicranopygium globosum - Colombia Dicranopygium goudotii - Colombia Dicranopygium gracile - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Dicranopygium grandifolium - Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador Dicranopygium harlingii - Costa Rica, Panama Dicranopygium idrobonis - Colombia Dicranopygium imeriense - Guyana, Venezuela, NW Brazil Dicranopygium insulare - Tobago Dicranopygium latissimum - Peru Dicranopygium lugonis - Ecuador, Peru Dicranopygium macrophyllum - Venezuela Dicranopygium microcephalum - Costa Rica, Honduras Dicranopygium mirabile - Colombia Dicranopygium nanum - Guyana, Venezuela Dicranopygium novogranatense - Colombia Dicranopygium odoratum - Colombia Dicranopygium omichlophilum - Venezuela, Colombia Dicranopygium pachystemon - Peru Dicranopygium parvulum - Colombia Dicranopygium polycephalum - Colombia Dicranopygium pygmaeum - Colombia, the Guianas Dicranopygium rheithrophilum - Colombia, Ecuador Dicranopygium robustum - Amazonas in Venezuela Dicranopygium rupestre - Venezuela Dicranopygium sanctae-martae - Colombia Dicranopygium sararense - Colombia Dicranopygium schultesii - Colombia, Ecuador Dicranopygium scoparum - Colombia Dicranopygium stenophyllum - Ecuador Dicranopygium tatica - Costa Rica Dicranopygium testaceum - Panama, Colombia Dicranopygium trianae - Colombia Dicranopygium umbrophilum - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Dicranopygium venezuelanum - Venezuela Dicranopygium wallisii - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia Dicranopygium wedelii- Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras Dicranopygium williamsii - Ecuador, Peru Dicranopygium yacu-sisa - Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela References External links Hammel, B. E. (2003). New Species of Cyclanthaceae from southern Central America and northern South America. Novon 13 52–63. Cyclanthaceae Pandanales genera

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Thotapalligudur

Thotapalligudur is a village in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Geography Totapalligudur is located at . It has an average elevation of 4 meters (16 feet). References Villages in Nellore district

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Paul Johns (activist)

Paul Johns was chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) between 1985 and 1987. Johns worked previously as a management consultant for different companies, both large and small. In the 1980s he was active in the peace movement, first becoming Chair of Christian CND and then, for two years, of CND as a whole. He later became Managing Director of Traidcraft; and followed this with five years part-time work for the FA Premier League, helping to improve communication between clubs and supporters. He is a co-founder of SANA, a small joint Christian-Muslim development agency in Bosnia where he has worked for several weeks a year for over 12 years. He also runs the charity Friends of St Hannah's which supports an orphanage in Baghdad, Iraq. Johns has in the past been a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's "Thought for the Day". He writes and tell stories, one book of which, September 11 and beyond, has been published. He also writes plays for performance locally in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, where he has lived for most of the last 40 years. Johns became director of the College of Preachers in September 2006. He is a Methodist local preacher. He has an MA in history at Oxford University and Master of Theology (MTh) degree at the University of Wales. References Living people Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament activists British anti–nuclear weapons activists People from West Bridgford British Methodists Year of birth missing (living people)

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Udayagiri, Nellore district

Udayagiri is a town in Udayigiri Mandal in the Nellore district of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Geography Udayagiri is located at . It has an average elevation of 230 meters (757 feet). History First known history of the city was from 14th century. It was the capital of local kingdom of Langula Gajapati, chieftain to Gajapatis of Odisha. It came under rule of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagara around 1512. The Udayagiri fort, constructed by Langula Gajapati was inaccessible on most sides. It could be only penetrated only by a jungle track in the east side and a pathway on the west side. The siege by Krishna Deva Raya lasted for 18 months and resulted in defeat for Prataparudra Deva of the Gajapatis. During the reign of Gajapatis and the Vijayanagara Empire, the fort was extended. The entire city and the surrounding hill of 1000 feet height were encircled with walls. The fort consisted of thirteen buildings, with eight of them on the hill and five below. It also consisted of several beautiful temples and gardens. After the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire, it was ruled by sultan Ahamed Proxy of Abdullah Arafath.The mosque on top of the hill has two Persian inscriptions that credits the construction of the mosque and the planting a nearby garden to Then it came under the rule of Abdullah Arafath in 1682,His descendants controlled it till 1859. It was formerly a place of immense importance. The walls which once encircled the town have almost entirely disappeared, but much of the fortifications on the neighbouring hill to the west still remains. The fort originally consisted of thirteen separate strongholds, eight on the hill and five below. Inside the walls are the ancient remains of tombs, temples, and palaces. A part of the hill is so precipitous and thus inaccessible, the cliffs being in places nearly 1,000 feet high, and every path up to the fort was commanded by lines of defence forces. Other structures include Chinna Masjid and Pedda Masjid. A great Sufi saint belonging to the 18th century, Rahamathulla Nayab Rasool, got absorbed in the higher-self here. Every year the Sandal Festival is celebrated on the 26th of the Rabi-Ul-Aval month. Mahaboob subhani sandal s also celebrated every year. Demographics This town is known as "Nawabi Adda", as this was ruled by the Nawabs and the Muslim population is very high in this town. The town people mostly follow Islam and Hindu religions. Languages spoken are Telugu and Urdu. Assembly constituency For main article see Udayagiri Assembly constituency Udayagiri is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. As of 1999, there are 1,58,292 registered voters in Udayagiri constituency. And the leading mandals are Vinjamur, Duttalur, Sitarama Puram, Kaligiri, Jaladanki and Varikuntapadu. Mr Venkaiah Naidu, now vice president of India had been elected as MLA of Udayagiri when he first entered politics. In 2014 elections Bollineni Venkata Ramarao from TDP elected as MLA. References External links Udayagiri at Digital south asia library Towns in Nellore district Forts in Andhra Pradesh

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Venkatachalam mandal

Venkatachalam is one of the mandal in Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Geography Venkatachellam is located at . It has an average elevation of 20 meters (68 feet). References Mandals in Nellore district

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Vidavalur

Vidavaluru is a village and a mandal headquarters in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in india. It is located in Kovur. History Vidavaluru is a village panchayat located in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. Its latitude is 14.5721409 and its longitude is 80.0661975. Politics Vidavalur is represented by Kovur for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy is the current MLA of Kovur (Assembly constituency) representing the YSR Congress Party. References Villages in Nellore district

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Vinjamur

Vinjamur is an upcoming town in Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Vinjamur mandal. Near mandals East kaligiri mandal West duttaluru mandal North kondapuram mandal South anusamudrapeta mandal Near villages Nandigunta 5 km utukuru 7 km nagasamudram 8 km gottigunda 11 km sankavaram 11 km padakandla 13 km Villages There are 16 administrative villages are there in vinjamur Mandal. bukkapuram Chakalakonda Chandrapadia Chinthalapalem Gundemadakala Janardhanapuram Katepalli Kistipuram Nallagonda Nandigunta Ravipadu Sankavaram Thamidapadu Utukuru Juvviguntapalem Vannurupalem Vinjamur Irrigational facilities Borewells are the main source of drinking and irrigated water. Yarraballipalem Pond and Pathur Pond are important ponds. Water supply to agriculture in vinjamur is through the following sources. Wells / Bore wells: 150 hectares Ponds: 403 hectares Demographics Census of India, the town had a population of . The total population constitute, males, females and children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 80.31% with literates, higher than the national average of 73.00%. References Villages in Nellore district

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Salatyn Asgarova

Salatyn Aziz qizi Asgarova (also spelled Salatyn Askerova; ; 16 December 1961 – 9 January 1991) is a National Hero of Azerbaijan. She was one of the Azerbaijani journalists killed in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Life Salatyn Aziz qizi Asgarova was born on 16 December 1961 in Baku, Azerbaijan. After finishing secondary school, she entered Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute. However, her enormous interest in literature brought her into journalism. She started her journalistic career at “Baku” newspaper, and then began working as a special correspondent for Molodezh Azerbaijana (The Youth of Azerbaijan). Prior to the beginning of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Salatyn was writing about contemporary issues of society. However, after the war broke out, Salatyn frequently visited the front line and provided press coverage from hot spots. Her family and colleagues tried to persuade her not to go to the front line jeopardizing her life. In such cases she would usually say: “If nobody goes, then who will?” First Nagorno-Karabakh War On 9 January 1991, the 29-year-old journalist was on her way to Shusha to prepare a story for the newspaper. At the 6th kilometer of the Lachin - Shusha highway, next to the village of Boyuk Galadarasi, the vehicle in which she was travelling was shot upon by Armenian militants firing from at almost point-blank range with machine guns and sniper rifles. The investigators counted 113 bullet holes in the vehicle. As a result of the attack, Salatyn Asgarova died instantly. Three military officers (Lieutenant-Colonel O. Larionov, Major I. Ivanov and Sergeant I. Goyek) of the Soviet Army accompanying her were killed as well. The attackers – Arno Mkrtchian, Hrachik Petrossian, A. Mongasagian and Garik Arustamian – were identified and arrested. They were later released and handed over to the Armenian authorities. Legacy A Baku street and a vessel in the Caspian Sea carry her name. A monument in her memory was erected at Tafakkur University in Baku. She was conferred the National Hero title posthumously. Salatyn was buried in the Martyrs' Lane in Baku. References External links 1961 births 1991 deaths 1991 murders in Asia Journalists from Baku Women war correspondents Journalists killed while covering the Nagorno-Karabakh War National Heroes of Azerbaijan People murdered in Azerbaijan Deaths by firearm in Azerbaijan Azerbaijani murder victims Azerbaijani people of the Nagorno-Karabakh War 20th-century women writers 20th-century Azerbaijani writers Female murder victims 20th-century journalists

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Vakadu

Vakadu is a village on the bank of Swarnamukhi/Suvarnamukhi and a Mandal in Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Vakadu is the birthplace of Ex-C.M. of Andhra Pradesh Dr. Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy & Padmasri Nedurumalli Bala Krishna Reddy. As per some historical evidences, Vakadu village was called as "Vandanapuri" in ancient times. References Villages in Nellore district

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Electoral district of Bulli

Bulli was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the Bulli area. It was originally created in 1930, replacing Wollongong. In 1971 it was abolished and was divided between the new electoral district of Heathcote and Corrimal. In 1991, Heathcote was abolished and Bulli was recreated. In 1999, Bulli was abolished and Heathcote was recreated. Members for Bulli Election results References Bulli Bulli Bulli 1930 establishments in Australia 1971 disestablishments in Australia Bulli Bulli 1991 establishments in Australia 1999 disestablishments in Australia

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Tanzan Shrine

, also known as the Danzan Shrine, the and the , is a Shinto shrine in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. History The shrine traces its origin to a Tendai temple built in the Asuka period (538 – 710) called Tōnomine-ji, built by the monk Jo'e (643 – 666). Jo'e was the oldest son of Fujiwara no Kamatari (614 – 669), founder of the Fujiwara clan. Jo'e located the temple on Tōnomine, a peak of on the southern side of Mount Goharetsu (). Jo'e moved the remains of Kamatari to a 13-story pagoda on the site. During the Heian period, the temple developed together with the prosperity of the Fujiwara clan. The emperors Daigo (884 – 930) and Go-Hanazono (1419 – 1471) attached special reverence to the temple, and bestowed it with various honorifics. Under shinbutsu-shūgō, a system of syncretism of Buddhism and kami worship, the site was both a Shinto shrine and a Buddhist temple. The Tanzan Shrine and Tōnomine-ji coexisted on the same site. Tōnomine-ji had two subtemples located within its precincts, Myōraku-ji (妙楽寺) and . The shrine received significant financial support from the Tokugawa bakufu during the Edo period (1603 – 1868). During the anti-Buddhist shinbutsu bunri movement after the Meiji Restoration of 1868 Tanzan Shrine was designated solely as a Shinto shrine dedicated to the worship of the kami of Fujiwara no Kamatari. The Buddhist structures of the shrine were rededicated as Shinto structures. Under the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, the Tanzan Shrine was designated a bekkaku kanreisha in 1874, an Imperial shrine of special status. The shrine lost this designation after the abolition of the ranked shrine system after World War II. Structures The present thirteen-story wooden pagoda was built in 1532, and is a reconstruction of the structure built by Jo'e in the Asuka Period. The pagoda is designated an Important Cultural Properties of Japan. The honden, or main hall, is built in the Kasuga-zukuri style. It is dedicated to Fujiwara no Kamatari. Kemari Matsuri A Kemari Matsuri, or kickball festival, is held every year on April 29 and the second Sunday in November. On this day, people in ancient costumes and arranged in a circle play a form of football in which they kick a ball made of deerskin to each other. See also For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism. References Gallery External links Official Site (Japanese) 7th-century Shinto shrines Shinto shrines in Nara Prefecture Buddhist temples in Nara Prefecture Religious organizations established in the 7th century Important Cultural Properties of Japan Shinbutsu bunri Religious buildings and structures completed in 678

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Booneville School District (Mississippi)

The Booneville School District is a public school district based in Booneville, Mississippi (USA). Schools Booneville Middle/High School Anderson Elementary School Demographics 2006-07 school year There were a total of 1,380 students enrolled in the Booneville School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 48% female and 52% male. The racial makeup of the district was 20.22% African American, 77.75% White, 1.09% Hispanic, 0.72% Asian, and 0.22% Native American. 34.1% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. Previous school years Accountability statistics See also List of school districts in Mississippi References External links Booneville School District Education in Prentiss County, Mississippi School districts in Mississippi

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Richard Power

Richard, Richie or Dick Power may refer to: Peers and politicians Richard Power, 1st Baron Power (c.1482–1539), Irish peer (Earl of Tyrone#Barons Power (13 September 1535)) Richard Power, 4th Baron Power (c.1553–1607), Irish peer (Earl of Tyrone#Barons Power (13 September 1535)) Richard Power, 1st Earl of Tyrone (1630–1690) Richard Power (of Clashmore) (c.1747–1814), Irish peer; MP for County Waterford Richard Shapland Power (c.1776–1831), Irish legislator; MP for County Waterford; his father was Richard Power of Clashmore Sir Richard Champion Power, 3rd Baronet (1843–1892), Irish peer, member of Power baronets Richard Power (Parnellite MP) (1851–1891), Irish nationalist politician, MP for Waterford City 1874–1891 Others Dick Power (before 1903–after 1938), boxer Richie Power (hurler, born 1957), Irish hurler Richie Power (hurler, born 1985), Irish hurler and son of the above Richard Power (writer) (1928–1970), Irish writer Richard Power (cricketer) (1896–1978), Irish cricketer See also Richard Powers (disambiguation) Power (name)

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Chris Myers (footballer)

Christopher Myers (born 1 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played for clubs including Torquay United and Exeter City. Career Myers began his career with Torquay United, making his debut in 1986 whilst still a trainee. He turned professional in June 1987, but was released after just nine league games. He played for Dawlish Town and then Barnstaple Town until August 1990, but was re-signed by Torquay United. His second spell at the club was more successful, and he was a member of Torquay's promotion winning side in 1991. He was sold to Dundee United for a fee of £100,000 in August 1993, but struggled to establish himself at Tannadice and returned to Torquay on loan in December 1993. On leaving Dundee United in January 1996, Myers joined Wrexham, but left to join Scarborough later that month without appearing for Wrexham. In March 1996, Myers returned to the South-West of England, joining Exeter City. Myers was released by Exeter in May 1997 and, after an unsuccessful trial with Torquay United, returned to playing non-league football with Dorchester Town under manager Stuart Morgan who had given him his debut for Torquay eleven years earlier. He signed for Taunton Town in July 1998 and helped Taunton to the Western League title in 2000. He missed most of the following season through injury, but returned to play for Taunton until October 2003 when he left by mutual consent after discovering he required a knee operation. Two weeks later he took over as player-manager of Dawlish Town where he remained until June 2008 when resigned in order to spend more time with his Southport-based family. The previous season had seen him lead Dawlish to 2nd place in the Western League, their highest ever league finishing position. In April 2009, Myers was appointed manager of Burscough on a temporary basis, although his first game in charge saw his side's relegation confirmed. Personal life Myers' father, Cliff was a professional footballer and in 2014, Myers' son Spencer signed a scholarship deal with Premier League side Everton. At one point outside of football, Myers ran a golf shop with former Torquay United teammate Ken Veysey. He has also worked as a firefighter for the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service. References External links 1969 births Living people People from Yeovil English footballers Torquay United F.C. players Dundee United F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players Taunton Town F.C. players English football managers Dawlish United F.C. players Barnstaple Town F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players Association football midfielders

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Red Rose Forest

Red Rose Forest is the previous name for the charity City of Trees, the charity underwent a rebranding in 2016. City of Trees is the community forest for Greater Manchester, part of a national network of community forests across England - www.communityforest-trust.org Red Rose Forest was founded as a community forest in western and central Greater Manchester, England. It was established in 1991, as the Greater Manchester Community Forest – one of 12 community forests across England. In 1994 the Red Rose Forest Plan was approved by Government and launched to the public. It aimed to be a mechanism for the economic, social, and environmental regeneration of the countryside around our towns and cities. Achieving this by involving communities in creating and preserving a woodland flora for the future. The population within the forest boundary amounted to 2.5 million, at the time the community was founded, making it the largest urban community forest in the United Kingdom. The main aim of Red Rose Forest was to get greenery where people can appreciate it every day. This included street trees, green roofs and green spaces. Red Rose Forest's Green Streets team worked with local communities on unique and innovative greening projects to improve the quality of life for urban communities. The value of greening as a means of tackling a range of social, health and economic issues is huge. Red Rose Forest offered many ways for the people to get involved in their environment including the general public through their Friends of the Forest scheme, businesses through sponsorship and communities through the Green Streets project. Area covered The forest area under Red Rose Forest covered and took in the districts of Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Trafford and Wigan. The population within the forest boundary amounts to 1.5 million, making it the largest urban community forest in the UK. Cost Over the 40-year projected lifespan of the project it was planned to plant 25 million trees. For new woodland the costs of planting is between £7 - £10 for each tree as compared to £300 in an urban area. Since the scheme started, as of 2007, 1,183 hectares of woodland had been planted in the forest area. Partnership bodies See also Community Forests in England References External links Greater Manchester parks to get 2,000 new trees Moo-ve over lawnmowers! Forests and woodlands of Greater Manchester Conservation in the United Kingdom Parks and open spaces in Greater Manchester

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Em with tail

Em with tail (Ӎ ӎ; italics: Ӎ ӎ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Em (М м) by adding a tail to the right leg. Em with tail is used only in the alphabet of the Kildin Sami language to represent the voiceless bilabial nasal . Computing codes Cyrillic letters with diacritics Letters with hook

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Stainmore Railway Company

Stainmore Railway Company is a volunteer-run, non-profit preservation company formed in 2000 with the aim of restoring Kirkby Stephen East railway station in Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England. In 1997 a company called Stainmore Properties Ltd. was formed, with the intention to convert KSE into an authentic North Eastern Railway focused heritage centre representing the early 1950s. The Stainmore Railway Company was subsequently formed to restore the site. Since then essential repairs have been made to the roof and station, a number of rooms have been restored and a short section of track has been laid along the formation of the old Eden Valley Railway, with some sidings and yard infrastructure within the station area and surroundings. A quantity of rolling stock that is authentic to the site has also been brought in. The station was formerly on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway, and was also the eastern terminus of the Eden Valley Railway. The company has re-instated approximately a third of a mile of running line on the former Eden Valley Railway formation to allow train running. There is the eventual aim of joining up with the heritage Eden Valley Railway (at Warcop). August 2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the railway. To commemorate this occasion a series of events were held during 2011, leading up to 'Stainmore 150', a large gala, where Steve Davis, the then-head of the National Railway Museum, drove the first fare-paying passenger train from the station in over 50 years, hauled by ex. Kirkby Stephen locomotive BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0 no. 78019. In 2013 the Stainmore Railway Company began its first operating season, running Peckett and Sons 0-4-0 'F C Tingey' on selected weekends. In 2014 this was joined by Yorkshire Engine Company 'Stanton 50' which operates diesel hauled trains on some weekends when there is no steam service. In June 2017 it was announced that a joint Heritage Lottery Fund bid between the Stainmore Railway Company and the Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust, to restore both LNER J21 65033 and an ex. North Eastern Railway stores van, no. 5523, as an interpretation vehicle to travel with the locomotive, had been successful. As part of the joint bid, it was agreed that, once restoration is completed, the locomotive will be based at Kirkby Stephen East and become the project's flagship locomotive. As a result of this, work is currently underway to create a vastly more flexible track layout within the station yard, as well as building a new restoration shed and authentic locomotive watering facilities. Part of the new work means that a short stretch of the former South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway formation across Bridge 149 has been re-instated. Locomotives Rolling stock References External links Company website Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Stainmore line in August 2011 Details of project Heritage railways in Cumbria

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Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow

Jeffrey Maurice Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, (born 27 December 1934 in Stepney, London) is a British businessman and Conservative peer. The Plaistow referred to is Plaistow, West Sussex, reflected in the land holdings in the county. Career Sterling founded Motability, a charity which, amongst other initiatives, oversees the Motability Scheme in providing cars for people with disabilities, in 1977 and today is currently Life President of the organisation. He was executive chairman of the shipping line P&O from 1983 to 2005, having joined the board as a non-executive director on 6 February 1980, and is now Life President of P&O Cruises. In 2002 he served as chairman of the Golden Jubilee Weekend Trust, in commemoration of The Queen's reign of 50 years as sovereign. In March 2007 Sterling announced that he would be buying the Swan Hellenic brand from Carnival Corporation & plc. In April 2007 he brokered a deal with Roger Allard's All Leisure Holidays, operator of cruise company Voyages of Discovery, to purchase the brand Swan Hellenic. Together they acquired cruise ship Explorer 2, to be renamed Minerva 1. Swan Hellenic began its new summer season in March 2008 with Lord Sterling remaining as chairman. In October 2010 Sterling hit the headlines by suggesting cruise passengers using his company, Swan Hellenic, at Portsmouth should not mix with "ordinary" ferry passengers who were mostly "semi-lager-louts" or "lorry drivers smelling of BO". He later tried to backtrack on this statement, saying he meant 'backpackers' or 'people rushing around'. He led the initiative to build the Queen's Row Barge Gloriana in 2012. House of Lords As part of Margaret Thatcher's resignation honours, he was created a life peer as Baron Sterling of Plaistow, of Pall Mall in the City of Westminster on 17 January 1991. He sits in the House of Lords as a Conservative Party peer. He was a member of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy from February 2010 to May 2010, and from December 2010 to May 2014. Honours He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1977 Birthday Honours and was knighted in the 1985 New Year Honours for public services and services to industry, having the honour conferred by The Queen on 12 February. He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in August 2002 in a supplement to that year's Birthday Honours list in recognition of his services in connection with the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Baron Sterling has a coat of arms with the Latin motto "Usque Per Ignem" (Trans: All the way through fire). Sterling has also received numerous foreign honours, including: Grand Officer in the Order of May (Argentina) in 2002; Officer's Cross in the Order of Merit (Germany) in 2004; and Officier in the Légion d'Honneur (France) in 2005. He held an honorary commission in the Royal Naval Reserve of rear admiral and was appointed honorary vice admiral in the RNR on 2 April 2015. He is associated with HMS President. References Sterling of Plaistow Life peers created by Elizabeth II People educated at Reigate Grammar School Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor Living people 1934 births People from Chichester District

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Methoxypyrazines

Methoxypyrazines are a class of chemical compounds that produce odors. The odors tend to be undesirable, as in the case of certain wines, or as defensive chemicals used by insects such as Harmonia axyridis which produces isopropyl methoxy pyrazine (IPMP). They have also been identified as additives in cigarette manufacture. Detection thresholds are very low, typically near 2 parts per trillion (1 ng/L). Examples of methoxypyrazines in wine grapes Cabernet Sauvignon has high levels of methoxypyrazines. Two methoxypyrazine compounds, 3-isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine (IBMP) and 3-isopropyl-2-methoxypyrazine (IPMP), are considered to be important determinants of green flavours in Sauvignon blanc wines. See also Alkylpyrazines References Pyrazines Ethers Wine chemistry

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Connector Motorways

Connector Motorways was an Australian toll road operator which operated the Lane Cove Tunnel and the Falcon Street Gateway (now Military Road E-ramp) in northern Sydney. Both projects opened to the public in March 2007. Connector was owned by CK Infrastructure Holdings (19.6%), AMP (15%) and Leighton (11%) Connector Motorways started off as the Lane Cove Tunnel Company and was engaged by Roads & Traffic Authority to design, construct, maintain and operate the tunnel for 33 years on 1 October 2003. Connector Motorways was supposed to operate the tunnel concession until 2037. On 19 January 2010, Connector Motorways went into receivership when traffic through the tunnel failed to reach the projected volumes. International toll road operator Transurban bought the tunnel in May 2010 for $630 million and became the new operator. References Transport companies of Australia Toll road operators Australian companies disestablished in 2010 Australian companies established in 2007 Transport companies disestablished in 2010 Transport companies established in 2007

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Neuhofen im Innkreis

Neuhofen im Innkreis is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Ried im Innkreis. Geography Neuhofen im Innkreis is situated 464 m above sea level. Its dimensions are 7.1 km from the north to the south and 3.9 km from the west to the east. The total area accounts for 15.7 km2. 10.2% of the land is forested, 79% is used agriculturally. Parts of the municipality are Auleiten, Baumbach, Baumgarten, Bergetsedt, Gobrechtsham, Grillnau, Hörzing, Hauping, Holzleiten, Langstraß, Leinberg, Neuhofen im Innkreis, Niederbrunn, Ponneredt, Rödt, Rettenbrunn, Spießberg, and Wiesen. Coat of arms The official description of the coat of arms (translation): From Green to Red, separated by a silver pile, which is decorated with a blue wavy pile; to the left are three golden apples; to the right is a golden crozier, which comes out of the lower frame of the shield. The municipal colours are green, yellow, red. History From the foundation of the Bavarian dukedom the city belonged to Bavaria until 1780. Together with the Innviertel (former known as "Innbaiern") it was ceded to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen. During the French Revolutionary Wars it became Bavarian again, in 1814 it became part of Upper Austria to whom it has belonged up to the present day. After the Anschluß to the German Reich on 13 March 1938 the city was part of the "Gau Oberdonau". After 1945 the restitution of Upper Austria took place. Politics The mayor is Johann Augustin (ÖVP). Population References Cities and towns in Ried im Innkreis District

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Dicranopygium tatica

Dicranopygium tatica is a plant belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae. This is a local species, found (often on cliffs) near the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. It can easily be distinguished from its congeners by having a very short stem with petioles up to 57 cm long terminating in long (up to 53 cm) very narrow, deeply bifid leaves. References Cyclanthaceae Plants described in 2003 Flora of Costa Rica

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DWUN

DWUN (1350 AM), on-air as Radyo La Verdad 1350, is a radio station owned by Mabuhay Broadcasting System and operated by Breakthrough and Milestones Productions International. Its studio offices are located at La Verdad Christian College (LVCC) in Caloocan, while its transmitter is located along Kagitingan St., Brgy. Muzon, Malabon. Background 1972-2011: DZXQ The station was established in 1973 as DZXQ, initially as a music station, competing with top-rater DWBL at that time. In 1986, DZXQ reformatted into a talk station, offering brokered programming. It aired Chinese Programming from 9pm - 12mn. DZXQ's antiquated and obsolete facilities such as faulty transmitter, antenna and power supply, dilapidated and poorly ventilated transmitter house, improvised "catwalk" made of bamboo, all in deplorable condition, resulted in weak signal reception even in nearby cities. On February 28, 2011, DZXQ ceased operations a few days after a new set of investors acquired the station, whose immediate plans are to close only for six months, but the plan was later shelved. A couple of weeks later, most of the Powerhouse Broadcasters moved to DWSS, while some moved to DWBL. 2011-present: UNTV Radio In November 2011, the group identified with radio executive and innovator Manuelito "Manny" Luzon, formerly of Love Radio and Energy FM. MBSI's airtime, formerly occupied by Energy FM, was occupied by 91.5 Big Radio. At the same time, Breakthrough and Milestones Productions International took over the station's operations and began its test broadcast, airing UNTV simulcast feed. Other timeslots were mostly filled by religious content provided by Ang Dating Daan. The station changed its call letters to DWUN, and began to operate 24/7. On January 16, 2012, the station was formally rebranded as UNTV Radio La Verdad 1350 (Spanish word for "the truth radio"). Its mission is to bring back the glory of radio, from the current trend which is radio sans images or “Radio on TV” (TeleRadyo). UNTV Radio also introduced a mobile radio booth, a first in Philippine Radio history, where it broadcast from a specific location via see thru mobile studio vehicle. In 2017, the UNTV Radio was rebranded to "Radyo La Verdad 1350" with a new logo and slogan "Totoong Balita, Tunay na Kalinga Para sa Kapwa". At the same year, it upgraded its transmitter facilities, which includes its transmitter house and a concrete catwalk, and replaced its four-decade old analog tube-type 10-kW transmitter with its brand new 50 kW solid-state radio transmitter. In 2016, UNTV Radyo La Verdad conducted its first Student Reporters' Convention held in Apalit, Pampanga. Currently, the radio station has Student Reporters across the country and abroad known as "La Verdad Correspondents". Notable Anchors/Hosts Current Kuya Daniel Razon Manolo Favis (formerly from DZBB) Former Ben Tulfo (now with Radyo Pilipinas 1) Bro. Eli Soriano (deceased) See also UNTV News & Rescue Ang Dating Daan References Radio stations in Metro Manila News and talk radio stations in the Philippines Members Church of God International Radio stations established in 1973

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Gunnar Dafgård AB

Gunnar Dafgård AB (GDAB) was founded 1937 by Gunnar Dafgård and is Sweden's largest private food producer with an annual revenue of more than US$300 million. GDAB has customers throughout Europe with the main market being Scandinavia. GDAB produces all kinds of foods but the biggest selling products are Swedish meatballs, pizza, lasagna and ready meals. GDAB's own brands include Billy's Pizza, Familjen Dafgård and Gorby's. Internationally, GDAB is best known for producing the meatballs for IKEA in all the European markets. References Dafgårds i Källby : Sagan om Gunnar Wickbom, Ulf, Uppsala : GullersBild, 2001, ATL - Lantbrukets Affärstidning. 2012. Lantbruk | Ikeas köttbullar enbart från Dafgårds | ATL - Lantbrukets Affärstidning. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.atl.nu/lantbruk/ikeas-kottbullar-enbart-fran-dafgards. [Accessed 4 June 2012]. External links https://web.archive.org/web/20090408222006/http://www.dafgard.se/produtv/dafgards3.nsf/LookupInEnglish/1?OpenDocument Food and drink companies of Sweden Food and drink companies established in 1937 Swedish companies established in 1937

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Abraham Hecht

Abraham Hecht (Avraham Berl Hecht) (April 5, 1922 – January 5, 2013) was a Chabad-affiliated American Orthodox rabbi, and president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabanim. Known as a "rabbi's rabbi" and a scholar of Torah, Hecht was regarded by some as one of America's most articulate Orthodox rabbinic leaders. Life and career Abraham Hecht was a Hasid (disciple) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and of the previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn. He had the distinction of being one of the first ten students of Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim in America. He also served as a Shaliah ("emissary") in Boston, Buffalo, Newark, and New Haven, establishing Yeshiva Achei T'mimim elementary schools for both boys and girls. Hecht was the rabbi of Congregation Shaare Zion of Brooklyn, New York, the largest Sephardic congregation in North America, comprising more than 3,500 families. Hecht served the congregation for more than fifty years. Known as a distinguished orator, Hecht inspired many to study the teachings of the Torah and mitzvot. He was a frequent contributor for over fifty years to various Jewish publications in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Hecht was an advocate for Mihu Yehudi—Giyur K'halacha Who is a Jew?, Shleimus HaTorah (Torah study) and Shleimus HaAretz—Pikuach Nefesh (see Land of Israel). Hecht led protests against the film Monty Python's Life of Brian, claiming that it "was produced in hell." Hecht promoted awareness on behalf of "Family Values" within the Jewish community, as well as in the larger population. He worked to raise awareness of the Seven Universal Laws of Noah (Sheva Mitzvoth Bnei Noach) in greater society. Controversy Hecht was featured in a June 23, 1995, article by Larry Yudelson, for his assertion, at a rabbinical gathering, that Jewish Law (Halakha) could permit the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres for their proposal at Oslo to withdraw from parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. On June 19, 1995, Hecht told the gathered members of the International Rabbinical Coalition for Israel "that by handing over Israeli land and property, Israeli leaders are betraying Jews to non-Jews" and that, according to Maimonides, "such people should be killed before they can perform the deed." An October 1995 article in New York Magazine referred to Hecht as the rabbi who "sentenced" Yitzak Rabin to death, and quoted Hecht as praising Israeli mass murderer and American expatriate Baruch Goldstein, as "a great man, a holy man". At the time, Hecht was a senior rabbi of Congregation Shaare Zion in Brooklyn, the largest Sephardic Jewish congregation in the U.S. Rabin was assassinated in Israel on November 4, 1995, by Yigal Amir for signing the Oslo Accords. After the assassination, Hecht was placed on a six-month paid leave by his synagogue and was, along with six other American Jews, barred for "security" reasons by the Israeli government from entering the country. He was subsequently let go from his position by the synagogue. The congregation issued a formal apology to Hecht in 2012. Death On the night of January 5, 2013, Hecht died in Brooklyn, New York. He was 90 years old. Hecht was survived by nine children and their families. His funeral service was held the next day at the Shomrei Hadas chapel in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Works Spiritual Horizons Spiritual Freedom Autobiography References 1922 births 2013 deaths 20th-century rabbis 21st-century rabbis Writers from Brooklyn Orthodox rabbis from New York City Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis American Hasidic rabbis Jewish American writers

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Under the Knife

Under the Knife may refer to: Film and television Under the Knife (film), a 2019 British documentary "Under the Knife" (Gotham), a television episode Louis Theroux: Under the Knife, a television documentary by Louis Theroux Music Under the Knife (EP) an EP by Hatebreed "Under the Knife", a song by Kansas from Freaks of Nature "Under the Knife", a song by Labrinth from Atomic "Under the Knife", a song by Motörhead, B-side of "Killed by Death" "Under the Knife", a song by Rise Against from The Sufferer & the Witness Other uses Trauma Center: Under the Knife, a Nintendo DS video game Under the Knife, a book by Krista Franklin "Under the Knife", a short story by H. G. Wells included in his collection The Plattner Story and Others "Under the Knife", a Baseball Prospectus column by Will Carroll Witch Doctor Vol. 1: Under the Knife, a collection of Witch Doctor comics

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Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College

Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College is an educational institution in Tamil Nadu, India, established in 1997. Situated between Udumalpet and Pollachi, the college offers seven undergraduate and eight postgraduate courses. It is a co-educational and self-financing institution, affiliated to the Bharathiar University and approved by the AICTE and UGC New Delhi. It has been accredited with ISO 9001:2000 certification. History In 2008 the college set up a Centre for Counselling and Guidance headed by Dr. Thomas Janetius, a professional counselor and psychotherapist from De La Salle University-Manila, Philippines, to provide care and support for students and faculty in their personal/social, academic, and career development. Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College was placed as second best college for overall performance in 2009 among all the affiliated colleges of Bharathiar University. The Tamil Nadu State Information Commissioner gave the award at a function organised at Bharathiar University. The college offers a psycho-spiritual development program for Coimbatore Central Prison inmates. This year-round program will focus on giving meaning and purpose, and reform, for future life. The program is conducted by Dr. Janetius, director, Centre for Counselling and Guidance of the college. STC organized a two-day national level seminar on "Human Rights Abuse on Elders" on 8–9 July 2010. It was coordinated by the STC Centre for Counselling and Guidance, and the PG Department of Social Work. The vice-chancellor of Bharathiar University inaugurated the sessions and the DIG of Prisons P. Govindarajan distributed certificates to the researchers. 33 papers were presented in the six technical sessions. New courses STC started new degree courses in 2020: MSc Applied psychology and MSc Psychology, Bsc Data analytics and BSC Artificial intelligence and machine learning. Trust The college was founded by the V.S.V. Vidyaa Mandir Charitable Trust, which was formed by three business and philanthropic families: Thiru P.M. Thiagarajan, Smt. T. Saraswathi, Thiru M.K. Arumugam, Smt. A. Mahalakshmi and Thiru D. Sivaraman, Smt. Vasantham Sivam. The trust's aim is to uplift the members of society through education. References External links Official website Clickindia: Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College Colleges in Tamil Nadu Education in Coimbatore district Educational institutions established in 1997 1997 establishments in Tamil Nadu

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Octonion algebra

In mathematics, an octonion algebra or Cayley algebra over a field F is an algebraic structure which is an 8-dimensional composition algebra over F. In other words, it is a unital non-associative algebra A over F with a non-degenerate quadratic form N (called the norm form) such that for all x and y in A. The most well-known example of an octonion algebra is the classical octonions, which are an octonion algebra over R, the field of real numbers. The split-octonions also form an octonion algebra over R. Up to R-algebra isomorphism, these are the only octonion algebras over the reals. The algebra of bioctonions is the octonion algebra over the complex numbers C. The octonion algebra for N is a division algebra if and only if the form N is anisotropic. A split octonion algebra is one for which the quadratic form N is isotropic (i.e., there exists a non-zero vector x with N(x) = 0). Up to F-algebra isomorphism, there is a unique split octonion algebra over any field F. When F is algebraically closed or a finite field, these are the only octonion algebras over F. Octonion algebras are always nonassociative. They are, however, alternative algebras, alternativity being a weaker form of associativity. Moreover, the Moufang identities hold in any octonion algebra. It follows that the invertible elements in any octonion algebra form a Moufang loop, as do the elements of unit norm. The construction of general octonion algebras over an arbitrary field k was described by Leonard Dickson in his book Algebren und ihre Zahlentheorie (1927) (Seite 264) and repeated by Max Zorn. The product depends on selection of a γ from k. Given q and Q from a quaternion algebra over k, the octonion is written q + Qe. Another octonion may be written r + Re. Then with * denoting the conjugation in the quaternion algebra, their product is Zorn’s German language description of this Cayley–Dickson construction contributed to the persistent use of this eponym describing the construction of composition algebras. N. Furey has proposed that octonion algebras can be utilized in an attempt to reconcile components of the standard model. Classification It is a theorem of Adolf Hurwitz that the F-isomorphism classes of the norm form are in one-to-one correspondence with the isomorphism classes of octonion F-algebras. Moreover, the possible norm forms are exactly the Pfister 3-forms over F. Since any two octonion F-algebras become isomorphic over the algebraic closure of F, one can apply the ideas of non-abelian Galois cohomology. In particular, by using the fact that the automorphism group of the split octonions is the split algebraic group G2, one sees the correspondence of isomorphism classes of octonion F-algebras with isomorphism classes of G2-torsors over F. These isomorphism classes form the non-abelian Galois cohomology set . References External links Composition algebras Algebra Non-associative algebras

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Knockentiber

Knockentiber (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an Tobair, hill of the well) is a village in East Ayrshire, Parish of Kilmaurs, Scotland. Knockentiber is west-northwest of Kilmarnock and northeast of Crosshouse. Latitude:55.6193°N Longitude:4.5455°W and . The population was 359 in 1991, however the population is much higher following the construction of several housing estates (2007). In the 18th and 19th and mid 20th centuries the locality was a highly industrialised coal mining district. The settlement is on the Carmel Burn, which runs into the River Irvine, around to the south. Introduction Knockentiber lies on the old toll road from Kilmaurs to Crosshouse, with a junction for Kilmarnock and a country road leading to Busbiehill, West Plann, Southhook and ultimately the Cunninghamhead and Perceton districts. A minor road branches off for Busbiehill and Knockentiber. History Ainslie's map of 1822 marks the site of the settlement as Bushby, although a "Knockintiber" is marked as being nearby. The name "Knokmdybir" is marked on Pont's map of 1604, but no mention is made of Busbie. Armstrong's map of 1775, shows both Busbie as a ruin with woodland policies and Knockentiber as a separate settlement nearby. The 1860 OS shows that a pre-reformation chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary was situated close to the site of Busbie Castle. A small hamlet of thatched cottages was also clustered near the castle, making this a distinct settlement at that time. In 1860 the OS shows "Old Busbie" on the opposite side of the road from the site of the castle. Busbie and Knockentiber progressively grew together over the years. Busbie is more or less an alternative name for the area until the Royal Mail reorganised its postal districts in the 1930s when many hamlets and other localities ceased to exist in the eyes of that body. Busbiehill, Busbie mains, Busbie holdings, Busbie cottages and Busbiehead are still extant nearby. Archibald Adamson walking through the area in 1875 remarks on the handsome railway bridge and his view of the Plann estate and the extensive fireclay works of John McNight and Son, the senior partner being the owner of the estate of Plann. A pit had been sunk near the mansion house and to the surprise of all the experts, good quality ironstone was found. Top quality coal and fireclay were also found in the vicinity. He describes Knockentiber as being a row of old houses occupied by miners. Laigh Milton viaduct over the River Irvine is situated near Gatehead, a few miles away on the other side of Crosshouse. This is the oldest railway viaduct in Scotland and one of the oldest in the World. Busbie Castle Knockentiber was close to several country estates which provided employment and helped create the need for the establishment of settlements such as Knockentiber. The old castle, a ruin since at least the 1770s was demolished in 1949 or 1952 H. Ritchie had Busbie House erected as a replacement for the old castle. Busbie Estates and Collective Securities Limited owned a fair amount of land as late as the 1950s. Knockentiber's greenhills At the back of Greenhill farm, on the top of a steep bank in a circular mound about 21 m in diameter and 4 m in height. It may be an ancient barrow or tumulus. Some years before 1875 several stone coffins were found in a tumulus in a field, called 'Mound field' in 1912 on Waterpark farm. There had been two mounds on this side of the Carmel and the other one at Greenhill. The Waterpark mounds contained many stones, having an appearance of neither having been water worn or weathered; no trace of these two mounds now exists. The headless skeleton of a large man was found about five feet down in the Greenhill mound and this led to speculation that a 'Battle of Kilmaurs' had taken place nearby between King Macbeth and Malcolm III, known as Malcolm Canmore. Malcolm was the son of the murdered King Duncan and on this occasion he was forced to escape to his castle at Corsehill in Stewarton. He was nearly captured by MacBeth's soldiers, however a peasant named Friskin hid him by covering him with straw, hence the "Over Fork over" motto of the Cunninghames and Stewarton. Whilst sinking a well at the edge of the mound in the 19th century the workmen found large quantities of chaff and charred wood. This suggests that the hill had been extensively used for 'shillin' or 'sheiling', this being the winnowing of corn before the invention of fanners. The finding of stones of steadily increasing size suggests that another grave lies beneath. When the railway was built a stone coffin was unearthed, similar to those in the Waterpark mounds. Diehard's raid on Greenhill Farm James Paterson, the historian, relates that Greenhill Farm was then owned by Bailie Finnie, an unpopular man, due to his officious handling of the radical disturbances of the time. In 1829, one William Brown, known as 'Diehard' due to his army experiences, led a hungry mob to Greenhill which was known to hold considerable hoarded supplies of meal and grain. The farm domestics were taken by surprise, no difficulty was encountered in obtaining the food supplies and no wanton damage perpetrated. On the return journey to Kilmarnock the mob met with Bailie Finnie and the local constables, resulting in a 'battle' in which stones were for the most part the weapons of choice. In the meantime the cart of meal and grain was taken to the town centre and the food was handed out to the needy. Despite the boldest of the act, only a few stragglers were punished by the sheriff and William Brown, 'Diehard' himself, got off scot free. The Barony of Robertoun This barony, once part of the Barony of Kilmaurs, ran from Kilmaurs south to the River Irvine. It had no manor house and belonged to the Eglinton family latterly. Hugh Montgomerie, Ist Earl of Eglinton, had a charter on 3 February 1499 from James V of the £40 lands of old extent of Roberton in Cunninghame. These lands were part of the Lands and Barony of Ardrossan; the following properties were part of the barony: parts of Kilmaurs, Knockentiber, Craig, Gatehead, Woodhills, Greenhill, Altonhill, Plann, Hayside, Thorntoun, Rash-hill Park, Milton, Windyedge, Fardelhill, Muirfields, Corsehouse. Thorntoun and other estates Thorntoun house and estate, including Carmel Bank, previously a Cuninghame property lies towards Springside. It was home to various families, such as the Montgomeries, Ross's, Mures, Cuninghame's, Peebles, Wreys and Sturrocks, before becoming a school, opened by Barnardo's in September 1971 for children with emotional difficulties aged 11 to 16 years. The school closed in 1990 and Thorntoun finally became a nursing home. Groome refers to a mansion house at Knockentiber circa 1885, but gives no further details. The collieries, coal pits, brickworks and quarries The 1860, 1898 - 1904 and, 1923 and 1912 OS maps all show that the extent to which Knockentiber was surrounded by collieries, coal pits and freight only railway or 'tram' lines. Collieries were located near Busbie farm and Plann. These were served by standard gauge mineral railway lines, criss-crossing the countryside; they all now lifted, with only a few embankments left to indicate their original course. In 1860 numerous old and current coal pits dotted the area. The waste bings of Busbie Colliery still lie close to Busbie farm in the field across the road. Greenhill freestone quarry lay over towards Waterpark and several limekilns were present near the Carmel Ford, etc. J. & R. Howie had extracted coal and clay under licence from the National Coal Board in 1951. Tiles were made at the rail served Plann Brickworks and Balgray Bauxite Company had a small mine at Fardalehill. Quarry house still stands. Plann Fireclay Works was a very large works making a range of products including salt-glazed sewer pipes. It had 14 downdraught kilns, some rectangular and some round, and at least one Newcastle kiln. This works closed in 1969, and was demolished in 1978. It was probably the largest works of its kind in Scotland. Miner's rows The county council in 1932 planned to demolish most of the old miners' rows, a local case being Southhook row near Southhook farm. the 1895 OS shows a Fardlehill miners row on the Kilmarnock side of the farm, near Ellerslie. The railway Crosshouse railway station opened on 4 April 1843 as Busby. Busby station had a short life and closed on 15 April 1850, however the station reopened as Crosshouse (then as part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway) on 1 September 1872.and closed permanently to passengers on 6 April 1964. Busbie Junction branched off to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (G&SWR) Busbie Branch to Irvine via Springside and Dreghorn. A milestone near Busbie Junction on the bridge over the Carmel, shown on the 1860 OS map appears to read Glasgow and Gretna . The old railway from Kilmarnock to Irvine, branching off at Busbie Junction (Crosshouse station), has become a tarmaced cyclepath, maintained by Sustrans. The turnpike Knockentiber was on a toll road or turnpike; the nearest toll house being opposite the entrance to the old Goods station; the backwall of the building remaining as the field boundary. The name 'turnpike' originated from the original 'gate' used being just a simple wooden bar attached at one end to a hinge on the supporting post. The hinge allowed it to 'open' or 'turn' This bar looked like the 'pike' used as a weapon in the army at that time and therefore we get 'turnpike'. The term was also used by the military for barriers set up on roads specifically to prevent the passage of horses. In addition to providing better surfaces and more direct routes, the turnpikes settled the confusion of the different lengths given to miles, which varied from 4,854 to nearly . Long miles, short miles, Scotch or Scot's miles (5,928 ft), Irish miles (6,720 ft), etc. all existed. seems to have been an average! Another important point is that when these new toll roads were constructed the turnpike trusts went to a great deal of trouble to improve the route of the new road and these changes could be quite considerable as the old roads tended to go from farm to farm, hardly the shortest route. The tolls on roads were abolished in 1878 to be replaced by a road 'assessment', which was taken over by the county council in 1889. Most milestones are no longer in situ and often the only remaining clue is an otherwise unexplained 'kink' in the line of a hedgerow. The milestones were buried during the Second World War so as not to provide assistance to invading troops, German spies, etc. This seems to have happened all over Scotland, however Fife was more fortunate than Ayrshire, for the stones were taken into storage and put back in place after the war had finished. The 1860 OS does not indicate the milestone opposite Busbie farm, embedded in the tarmac of the pavement. It is marked on the circa 1983 OS map. This milestone is granite and has had its 'information' deleted by a coat of cement being applied to the surface, some of which has come off, revealing 'Crosshouse' and 'Kilmaurs'. This may have been by an assiduous workman 'blotting out' the information on a milestone which could not be buried easily; the fate of so many other milestones. Another milestone survives near to the entrance to Carmyle or Waterpark farm. It appears to have read Kilmaurs and Crosshouse , the lettering is also obscured by a 'wash' of cement. Farms West Plann (previously Planne) and Greenhill are nearby. South Woodhill and Carmyle or Waterpark lies on the Kilmaurs side of the old railway. Fardalehill is on the Kilmarnock road and Fergushill lies towards West Plann and Busbie Mains. Busbie Mill The present Busbie farm is marked on the older maps, e.g. 1860, as a mill, with a clear millrace or lade and a sluice. The water was taken from the Carmel somewhere in the vicinity of a dwelling marked as Busbie Holm, rejoining the burn just beyond the mill. It is not clear as to when the mill ceased to operate. It is likely that the mill was associated with the Lairds of Busbie. A Robertown mill is known to have existed, named from the title of the Barony. Football club Knockentiber has a history up to the present day (2007) of fielding very successful amateur football teams. The football pitch and associated facilities are literally at the centre of the community. Local history and traditions of the area Strawhorn states in 1951 that a fair number of inhabitants are of Cornish extraction, having been brought up here to break a coal workers strike in the 1880s. They brought names like 'Chynoweth' with them, pronounced 'She-no-ef', Cornish or Kernewek for 'New House'. Andrew Fisher from nearby Crosshouse was Prime Minister of Australia on three occasions in the early 1900s. On the 1860 OS map the road from Kilmarnock enters via a ford with a wooden footbridge. In 1912 J. & R. Howie of Plann have a rental income of £703 6s 0d, John Barr has £181 5s 0d and Hugh Robert Wallace of Busbie has the considerable income of £1,451 5s 0d. The 'Tiber Tavern' was opened in the late 1990s, but has struggled to survive and having closed once it has re-opened. The last local shop ceased trading in the 1990s. The 1860 OS map marks a fine dwelling named as 'Knockentiber House'. This site is still occupied by a similarly dwelling, although apparently much modified. This was presumably the abode of a local business magnate. Above Busbiehead and Fergushill farms is a plantation on the 1860 OS called 'Lochhead'. This may be another of the many small lochs or lochans drained over the years to provide land for farming. The lochs at Halket near Lugton and at Lambroughton are other examples of drained former lochs. New housing estates have boosted the population considerably (2007). In 1832 an outbreak of cholera claimed many lives in Kilmaurs and to prevent the entrance of strangers or vagrants, guards were placed at Knockentiber, Gatehead and other places to prevent any communication between the occupants of Kilmaurs and the rest of the community. Views of Knockentiber and Busbie See also List of places in East Ayrshire Bailliehill Mount References and Bibliography External links Maps at the National Library of Scotland 1860 OS Maps A Researcher's Guide to Local History terminology Villages in East Ayrshire

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Bulgarian Land Forces

The Bulgarian Land Forces () are the ground warfare branch of the Bulgarian Armed Forces. The Land Forces were established in 1878, when they were composed of anti-Ottoman militia (opalchentsi) and were the only branch of the Bulgarian military. The Land Forces are administered by the Ministry of Defence, previously known as the Ministry of War during the Kingdom of Bulgaria. The Land Forces were made up of conscripts throughout most of Bulgaria's history. During World War I, it fielded more than one million troops out of Bulgaria's total population of around four million. Two-year conscription was obligatory during Communism (1946–1990), but its term was reduced in the 1990s. Conscription for all branches was terminated in 2008; since then, the Land Forces are a volunteer force. Bulgarian Land Forces troops are deployed on peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. Since 2004, the Land Forces are in a process of continued restructuring. Under the most recent reform, brigades were reduced to regiments, while several garrisons and brigades were disbanded. Functions The Land Forces are functionally divided into 'Active" and "Reserve Forces". Their main functions include deterrence, defense, peace support and crisis management, humanitarian and rescue missions, as well as social functions within Bulgarian society. The Active Forces mainly have peacekeeping and defensive duties, and are further divided into Deployment Forces, Immediate Reaction, and Main Defense Forces. The Reserve Forces consists of Enhancement Forces, Territorial Defense Forces, and Training Grounds. They deal with planning and reservist preparation, armaments and equipment storage, training of formations for active forces rotation or increase in personnel. During peacetime the Land Forces maintain permanent combat and mobilization readiness. They become part of multinational military formations in compliance with international treaties Bulgaria is a Party of, participate in the preparation of the population, the national economy and the maintenance of wartime reserves and the infrastructure of the country for defense. In times of crisis the Land Forces' main tasks relate to participation in operations countering terrorist activities and defense of strategic facilities (such as nuclear power plants and major industrial facilities), assisting the security forces in preventing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, illegal armaments traffic and international terrorism. In case of low- and medium-intensity military conflict the Active Forces that are part of the Land Forces participate in carrying out the initial tasks for the defense of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country. In case of a military conflict of high intensity the Land Forces, together with the Air Force and the Navy, aim at countering aggression and protection of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country. History On 22 July 1878 (10 July O.S.) twelve battalions of opalchentsi who participated in the Liberation War, formed the Bulgarian Armed Forces. According to the Tarnovo Constitution, all men between 21 and 40 years of age were eligible for military service. In 1883 the military was reorganized in four infantry brigades (in Sofia, Pleven, Ruse and Shumen) and one cavalry brigade. Early years The Bulgarian unification of 1885 made Bulgaria the largest Balkan state in terms of territory, which immediately sparked dissent in Serbia and Greece, which demanded territorial compensations. While the agitation of the Greek side calmed down, Serbia - backed by Austria-Hungary - launched a military campaign against Bulgaria. The Serbs, expecting a quick end to the war, suffered losses and were pushed back by Bulgarian troops who did not have higher-ranking officers than captains at the time. Owing to its militaristic policy at the time, Bulgaria was labelled as a "Balkan Prussia". In the early 1900s instability in the Balkans continued, as the collapse of the Ottoman Empire progressed. After an anti-Ottoman rebellion in Macedonia and an Ottoman defeat in the Italo-Turkish War, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro settled their differences and formed a coalition against the Ottoman Empire, known as the Balkan League. In late September 1912, both the League and the Ottoman Empire mobilised their armies. Montenegro was the first to declare war, on 25 September. The other three states, after issuing an impossible ultimatum to the Sublime Porte on 13 October, declared war on 17 October. Bulgaria was militarily the most powerful of the four states, with a large, well-trained and well-equipped army. The peacetime force of 60,000 men was expanded during the war to 370,000 (more than half of the League's total of 700,000 troops), with almost 600,000 men mobilised in total, out of a population of 4,300,000. The field army counted for 9 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry division and 1,116 artillery units. Bulgarian troops marked a decisive victory at Kirk Kilisse and captured Adrianople after a prolonged siege. A British war correspondent of the era compared the determination of Bulgarian troops to kill their enemy with that of the Japanese and the Gurkhas. The Second Balkan War began shortly after the end of the first one. A dispute between Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece over the division of Macedonia prompted the Bulgarian leadership to attack its neighbours. Bulgarian troops were still exhausted by the first war, and the majority of Bulgaria's forces were deployed along the Ottoman border. During the war, Bulgaria fought against all its neighbours, including Romania, which did not participate in the first war. The 500,000-man Bulgarian army faced a total of 1,250,000 enemy troops from all sides. Supply and coordination problems and the overwhelming numbers of the attackers brought about an end to the war in less than two months. World Wars The outcome of the Balkan Wars sparked a very strong revanchist sentiment among Bulgarians. In 1915 Germany promised to restore the boundaries according to the Treaty of San Stefano and Bulgaria, which had the largest army in the Balkans, declared war on Serbia in October the same year. In the First World War Bulgaria decisively asserted its military capabilities. The Second Battle of Doiran, with general Vladimir Vazov as commander, inflicted a heavy blow on the numerically superior British Army, which suffered 12,000 casualties against two thousand from the opposite side. One year later, during the Third Battle of Doiran, the United Kingdom, supported by Greece, once again suffered a humiliating defeat, losing 3,155 men against just about five hundred for the Bulgarian side. The reputation of the French Army also suffered badly. The Battle of the Red Wall was marked with the total defeat of the French forces, with 5,700 out of six thousand men killed. The 261 Frenchmen who survived were captured by Bulgarian soldiers. Out of a 4.5 million population, Bulgaria fielded 1,200,000 people in its army. Even this vast expansion of the military could not save Bulgaria from the imminent defeat of its patron Germany. The Allied breakthrough at Dobro Pole and the subsequent soldier mutiny at Vladaya completely disrupted the war effort in 1918. Bulgaria capitulated soon after these events. Bulgarian casualties amounted to 412,000, along with 253,000 refugees created from the lost territories. During the interbellum the Bulgarian military was not allowed to have active combat aircraft or naval vessels, and the army was reduced to about twenty thousand men in peacetime. In the early 1920s army officers participated in repressions during the Tsankov regime as part of paramilitary groups known as shpitskomandi. In 1923 the army, along with shpitskomandi and Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) militia, violently suppressed the leftist September Uprising. Two years later Bulgarian troops stopped a short-lived Greek invasion of southwestern Bulgaria, known as the War of the Stray Dog. By the mid-1930s, the army had begun an expansion in violation of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine, following the rearmament pattern of Nazi Germany. During this period, the Bulgarian government procured combat aircraft from Germany and France, and light tanks from Italy. During World War II, Bulgarian troops did not participate in either the invasions of Yugoslavia or Greece, but occupied parts of northern Greece and Yugoslav Macedonia after they were conquered by Germany. The army was the main tool in imposing a policy of relocation, and expulsion of the local Greek population in the occupied areas. By late 1941, more than one hundred thousand Greeks had been expelled from the Bulgarian occupation zone. Increasing attacks by partisans in the latter years of the occupation resulted in a number of executions and wholesale slaughter of civilians in reprisal. In September, 1944, a Red Army-backed left-wing coup d'état overthrew the pro-German government and installed a Fatherland Front government. All active Bulgarian troops were incorporated into the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front and began to fight their former German allies. The Bulgarian 1st Army took part in the Yugoslav campaign. During Operation Frühlingserwachen, it fielded 101,000 men. At the end of March 1945, 1st Army led the Nagykanizsa–Körmend Offensive. After defeating the German units, the Bulgarians reached the Austrian Alps and on 13 May they met the British 8th Army near Klagenfurt. The Vienna Offensive was one of the final operations with Bulgarian participation during World War II. Cold War By 1947, the Soviet Union began to strengthen the armed forces of its new satellite state. The only armoured formation in the Army of the Kingdom of Bulgaria was the Armoured Brigade, based in Sofia and armed with German equipment. In addition to the Armoured Brigade a new tank regiment was formed in Samokov with 65 T-34 tanks (in 1947) and an armoured troops school was formed in Botevgrad (in 1950). The formation of the 1st Tank Division also started in Kazanlak in 1947 with T-34s, only to be disbanded in 1949 with its four tank regiments to be converted into tank brigades and subordinated to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Army and the General Reserve respectively. The front line infantry divisions started forming tank battalions (one each) and several hundred trophy German tanks were transferred to Bulgaria to form a static fortified defensive line along the Turkish border, unofficially called the "Krali Marko Line". Later, when the T-54 and T-55 started replacing the T-34 in larger quantities, some of the retired Soviet tanks were added. In 1950 two new tank divisions were formed (in Sofia and Kazanlak), but with the technological advancements and the increase in weight and dimensions of the tanks at that time after an evaluation it was decided, that the predominantly mountainous terrain of Bulgaria was unsuitable for the deployment of tank divisions, and the Bulgarian Land Forces reorganised their tank forces into brigades and regiments. At the end of 1955 the Bulgarian Land Forces had a peacetime structure of two armies and two independent rifle corps, made up of a total of 9 rifle divisions and 14 other formations. The 16th Mountain Rifle Brigade had been established in 1950 with its headquarters in Zvezdets, being given the old number of the 16th Infantry Division. In addition to that in a case of war five additional rifle divisions and 9 other formations of the different arms would mobilize. With Bulgaria's accession to the Warsaw Pact on May 14, 1955, a new stage commenced. The Land Forces operated 800 tanks and had a formidable artillery corps. In 1963 the Bulgarian People's Army peacetime strength was set at no less than 100,000 men, with four motor rifle divisions (the 16th Mountain Brigade had been upgraded into the 16th MRD on February 6, 1961) and five tank brigades at full strength within the Land Forces, and additional three motor rifle divisions at reduced strength. By August 1966, the Institute for Strategic Studies in London was reporting that Bulgaria had a total of eight motorized infantry divisions. 333 Т-72s of Soviet and Czechoslovak manufacture were delivered up until the collapse of the Socialist bloc, spread between the 9th and 13th Tank Brigades and training centers. The 5th, 11th and 24th Tank Brigades and the tank regiments had T-55s. The 220 T-62s were put in reserve storage. In 1992 another 100 T-72s and 100 BMP-1s were received second-hand from Russia, went to the 24th Tank Brigade. The five tank brigades (9th Tank Brigade at Gorna Banya in Sofia, in the 1st Army, 5th and 11th in the 2nd Army and the 13th Tank Brigade at Sliven, and the 24th Tank Brigade at Aytos in the 3rd Army) included three Tank Battalions, with T-72 main battle tanks or T-55; a motor Rifle Battalion, with BMP-23 infantry fighting vehicles or BMP-1; a Self-propelled Field Artillery Divizion, with 18x self-propelled 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika howitzers; a Reconnaissance Company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles; an Anti-aircraft Battery, with 4x Strela-10 air defence missiles; a missile division, with 2x 9K52 Luna-M ballistic missile launchers (Were being replaced with OTR-21 Tochka in the late 1980s); an Engineer Company; and logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, and signal units. By July 1987, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated that the Land Forces were organised in eight motor rifle divisions, five tank brigades; four surface-to-surface missile brigades with "Scud" SSMs; three artillery regiments; three anti-aircraft artillery regiments; a SAM brigade; and a parachute regiment (later identified as the 68th Independent Parachute Reconnaissance Regiment, forerunner to today's 68th Special Forces Brigade (Bulgaria)) and special commando companies. It appears by the late 1980s that a Bulgarian-helmed Balkan Front was active in embryo, which would unfold and direct the three armies after mobilization. After 1987 the motor rifle divisions were reorganised into brigades as well. At that time the IISS estimated that ground units operated a total of 2,100 tanks (200 T-72 and 1,500 T-54/55) though later estimates have raised the figure to 2,550. There were no Soviet forces present in the country. Structure and equipment during the Cold War The eight motor rifle divisions did not all have the same structure. Four had a tank regiment and three motor rifle regiments and four divisions fielded four motor rifle regiments. Also the two training/reserve divisions (18th, 21st) were partially equipped with older equipment. Motor Rifle Division Motor Rifle Regiment 3x Motor Rifle Battalions, with MT-LB armored personnel carriers Tank Battalion, with T-55 main battle tanks Reconnaissance Company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles Anti-tank Artillery Battery, with towed 100mm T-12 anti-tank guns Air Defence Battery, with a mix of Strela 1 and ZSU-57-2 vehicles Engineer Company Motor Rifle Regiment 3x Motor Rifle Battalions, with BTR-60 wheeled armored personnel carriers Tank Battalion, with T-55 main battle tanks Reconnaissance Company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles Anti-tank Artillery Battery, with towed 100mm T-12 anti-tank guns Air Defence Battery, with a mix of Strela 1 and ZSU-57-2 vehicles Engineer Company Motor Rifle Regiment 3x Motor Rifle Battalions, in trucks and lorries Tank Battalion, with T-55 main battle tanks Reconnaissance Company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles Anti-tank Artillery Battery, with towed 100mm T-12 anti-tank guns Air Defence Battery, with a mix of Strela 1 and ZSU-57-2 vehicles Engineer Company Tank Regiment (Replaced by a fourth MT-LB-equipped motor rifle regiment in the 2nd, 7th, 16th, and 17th motor rifle divisions) 3x Tank Battalions, with T-55 main battle tanks (T-62 main battle tanks in a few units) Motor Rifle Battalion, with MT-LB armored personnel carriers Reconnaissance Company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles Air Defence Battery, with a mix of Strela 1 and ZSU-57-2 vehicles Engineer Company Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, and signal units Artillery Regiment 3x Field Artillery Division, with 18x towed 122mm M-30 howitzers Heavy Howitzer Artillery Division, with 18x towed 122mm ML-20 howitzers (Were being replaced with towed 152mm D-20 howitzers in the late 1980s) Self-propelled Field Artillery Division, with 18x self-propelled 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika howitzers (Not present in training/reserve divisions) Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units Air Defence Regiment 5x Anti-aircraft Missile batteries, with either Kub or Osa air defence systems Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units Reconnaissance Battalion, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles (Training/reserve divisions fielded a mix of BRDM-1 and BTR-40 armored cars) Anti-tank Artillery Division, with towed 100mm T-12 anti-tank guns and BRDM-2 vehicles in the anti-tank variant with Konkurs anti-tank missiles (Some units fielded older towed 100mm BS-3 or towed 85mm D-48 anti-tank guns) Missile Division, with 4x 9K52 Luna-M ballistic missile launchers (Were being replaced with OTR-21 Tochka in the late 1980s) Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division, with 18x 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers Engineer Battalion Signal Battalion Transport Battalion Supply Battalion Maintenance Battalion Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery Chemical Defence Company Commandant's Company (Military Police) Medical-Sanitary Battalion The only armoured formation in the Army of the Kingdom of Bulgaria was the Armoured Brigade, based in Sofia and armed with German equipment. After the end of the Second World War and the signing of the Paris peace treaty by Bulgaria in 1947, the Soviet Union began to strengthen the armed forces of its new satellite state. In addition to the Armoured Brigade a new tank regiment was formed in Samokov with 65 T-34 tanks (in 1947) and an armoured troops school was formed in Botevgrad (in 1950). A formation of 1st Tank Division also started in Kazanlak in 1947 with T-34s, only to be disbanded in 1949 with its four tank regiments to be converted into tank brigades and subordinated to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Army and the General Reserve respectively. The front line infantry divisions started forming tank battalions (one each) and several hundred trophy German tanks were transferred to Bulgaria to form a static fortified defensive line along the Turkish border, unofficially called the "Krali Marko Line". Later, when the T-54 and T-55 started replacing the T-34 in larger quantities, some of the retired Soviet tanks were added. In 1950 two new tank divisions were formed (in Sofia and Kazanlak), but with the technological advancements and the increase in weight and dimensions of the tanks at that time after an evaluation it was decided, that the predominantly mountainous terrain of Bulgaria is unsuitable for the deployment of tank divisions and the Bulgarian Land Forces reformed their tank forces into brigades and regiments. 333 Т-72s of Soviet and Czechoslovak manufacture delivered until the collapse of the Socialist bloc and spread between the 9th and 13th tank brigades and training centers. The 5th, 11th and 24th tank brigades and the tank regiments with T-55s. The 220 T-62s put in reserve storage. In 1992 another 100 T-72s and 100 BMP-1s received second-hand from Russia, went to the 24th Tank Brigade. The five active tank brigades (9th in the 1st Army, 5th and 11th in the 2nd Army and 13th and 24th in the 3rd Army) were organized as follows - three Tank Battalions, with T-72 main battle tanks or T-55; a motor rifle battalion, with BMP-23 infantry fighting vehicles or BMP-1; a self-propelled Field Artillery Divizion, with 18x self-propelled 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika howitzers; a reconnaissance company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles; an anti-aircraft rocket battery, with 4x Strela-10 air defence systems; a missile division, with two 9K52 Luna-M ballistic missile launchers (Were being replaced with OTR-21 Tochka in the late 1980s); an engineer company; and logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, and signal units. The three rocket artillery brigades included 3x Rocket Artillery Divisions, with 18x 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers; a Rocket Artillery Division, with 130mm RM-51 multiple rocket launchers; and logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units. The three Army Operational-Tactical Missile Brigades - one for each army, plus a Frontal Operation-Tactical Missile Brigade as General Reserve, each had two missile divisions, with 4x R-300 Elbrus (Scud-B) ballistic missile launchers assigned to each of the Army-level brigades, while the frontal brigade was armed with the R-400 Oka, plus logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units The three army artillery regiments each had 3x Field Artillery Divizions, with 18x towed 122mm M-30 howitzers; a ong Range Artillery Divizion, with 18x towed 130mm M-46 howitzers; a Heavy Howitzer Artillery Divizion, with 18x towed 122mm ML-20 howitzers (Were being replaced with towed 152mm D-20 howitzers in the late 1980s); and logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units. The three army anti-tank regiments each comprised three Anti-tank Artillery divizions, with 12x towed 100mm T-12 guns and 6x BRDM-2 vehicles in the anti-tank variant with Konkurs anti-tank missiles Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units Structure Land Forces Command, Sofia 2nd Mechanized Brigade, Stara Zagora Headquarters Battalion, Stara Zagora 31st Mechanized Battalion, Haskovo 38th Mechanized Battalion, Stara Zagora 42nd Mechanized Battalion, Yambol 20th Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion, Stara Zagora 91st Surface-to-Air Missile Battalion, Pleven 78th Engineer Battalion, Stara Zagora Logistics Battalion, Stara Zagora 2nd Military Police Company, Stara Zagora 61st Mechanized Brigade, Karlovo Headquarters Battalion, Karlovo 1st Mechanized Battalion, Karlovo 2nd Mechanized Battalion, Kazanlak 3rd Mechanized Battalion, Karlovo 61st Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion, Kazanlak Surface-to-Air Missile Battalion, Kazanlak Engineer Battalion Logistics Battalion, Karlovo 61st Military Police Company, Karlovo Brigade Command Blagoevgrad 3rd Independent Mechanized Battalion, Blagoevgrad 10th Independent Mechanized Battalion, Vratsa Joint Center for Initial Training (JITC), Pleven 4th Mechanized Battalion, Pleven 29th Mechanized Battalion, Shumen 101st Alpine Regiment, Smolyan - the 68th Special Forces Brigade was transferred from the Land Forces to the Chief of Defence on February 1, 2017. 101st Mountain Battalion detached from it and retained its place within the Land Forces to become their special operations unit with an upgrade to regiment. 4th Artillery Regiment, Asenovgrad Headquarters Battery, Asenovgrad 1st Towed Artillery Gun Battalion Tactical Surface-to-Surface Missile Battalion Multiple Launch Rocket Systems Battalion Anti-Tank Battalion Logistics Unit, Asenovgrad 55th Engineer Regiment, Belene Headquarters Company, Belene 54th Combat Engineer Support Battalion, Belene 91st General Engineer Support Battalion, Plovdiv Bridge Construction Engineer Battalion, Stara Zagora Engineer Training Center, Belene Logistics Unit, Belene 110th Logistic Regiment, Plovdiv Headquarters Company, Plovdiv 1st Logistic Support Battalion, attached to the 61st MechBde battalion battlegroups 2nd Logistic Support Battalion, attached to the 2nd MechBde battalion battlegroups other support battalions (repair, supply and storage units) 1st Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Battalion, Svoboda 38th NBC Defence Battalion, Musachevo CIMIC, PsyOps & Geographical Support Battalion, Sofia Land Forces Command Documentation Support Center, Sofia Basic Training Center, Pleven Specialists Training Center, Sliven Drivers and Logistics Specialists Training Center, Ruse Land Forces Training Range "Koren" The 61st Mechanised Brigade is earmarked for deployment with the Greek NATO Rapid Deployment Corps for exercises, emergencies and for actions alongside NATO. For that reason the corps has a Bulgarian major-general as a deputy commander. In addition to its training tasks the Specialists Training Center, Sliven, is the storage facility of the operational reserve of 160 T-72M1 tanks and many other armoured vehicles. The plan for the mechanised brigades is for each of them to have three battalion battlegroups. Although the first three battalion battlegroups are already formed the MoD disclosed very little information about their actual structure. What little is known is, that each of them will have three rifle companies and integral fire and engineer support (including EOD disposal). In addition to that, according to the modular principal of actions the structure is optimised to easily integrate additional supporting units tailored to the actual mission, such as tanks, self-propelled artillery, self-propelled missile air defence units, special forces, heavy engineering, CIMIC etc. Contingency plans envision, that one of the brigades will be fully ready to deploy entirely for operations overseas, while the other, alongside the new Mountain Infantry Regiment, assumes the armed forces' paramount mission of defending the territorial integrity of the country. Equipment Notes Sources (for further reading) External links https://armymedia.bg/archives/14607 - First Sofia Division is 131 Years Old, November 2014 Armies by country Land forces Wars involving Bulgaria Military units and formations established in 1878

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Stainmore Summit

Stainmore Summit is the highest point on the trans-Pennine South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway, also known as the Stainmore Railway in Northern England. Located on Stainmore between Barras and Bowes stations, the railway over the summit was the highest in England at until its closure in 1962. The location was marked by a famous cast-iron sign which is now preserved at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum. Whilst there wasn't a station at Stainmore, trains did halt here to let relatives of the railway workers on and off the trains to enable them to get transported off the summit. The railway had several cottages at the summit. This pass is commonly referred to by geographers as the Stainmore Gap. References External links Photographs of the summit railway Map showing location Newspaper article about the summit railway South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway Rail transport in Cumbria Mountains under 1000 metres Mountains and hills of the Pennines Eden District

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Greg Jein

Greg Jein is a Chinese American model designer who creates miniatures for use in the special effects portions of many films and television series. He has been doing so since the 1970s. Jein has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for his work on the films Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and 1941 (1979), and also nominated for a Outstanding Special Visual Effects Emmy for his work on Angels in America. Greg Jein built the model of Star Trek franchise Klingon Vor'cha starship (designed by Rick Sternbach) featured in the hit TV shows Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The studio model for the Star Trek Ferengi Marauder spaceship, designed by Andrew Probert was also made by Jein; the model was constructed of resin, fiberglass, and aluminum. References Sci-Fi and Fantasy Models magazine (UK) ran a two-part article called "So, you want to build effects miniatures?!" in issues 29 (pages 51–55) and 30 (pages 36–42), both dating from 1998. The article was by David Merriman; who was working as a subcontractor for Greg Jein. The first part includes pictures and text regarding work on a large Star Trek: The Next Generation filming model of the Enterprise-D. The second part includes pictures and text about a smaller model of the same craft; plus work on a model of the Enterprise-C and a Klingon spacecraft. Merriman also discusses unique models he built for use on episodes of Doctor Madblood. Cinefex magazine, issue 2, dated August 1980, included a 26-page article by Brad Munson, entitled "Greg Jein: Miniature Giant". Jein's work on various projects—from his earliest student work to Close Encounters of the Third Kind and slightly beyond—is discussed in detail. Fantastic Films magazine, volume 1 number 4, dated October 1978, included a cover article (9 pages) by James Delson, entitled "An interview with Greg Jein: maker of the mothership from Close Encounters and other interstellar craft from Flesh Gordon, Dark Star, Laserblast, The UFO Incident and more...". External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Special effects people Miniature model-makers

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En with tail

En with tail (Ӊ ӊ; italics: Ӊ ӊ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter En (Н н) by adding a tail to the right leg. Its form is not to be confused with the En with descender (Ң ң). En with tail is used only in the alphabet of the Kildin Sami language where it represents the voiceless alveolar nasal . Computing codes See also Ң ң : Cyrillic letter En with descender Ӈ ӈ : Cyrillic letter En with hook Ҥ ҥ : Cyrillic ligature En Ge Cyrillic characters in Unicode Cyrillic letters with diacritics Letters with hook

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Bush Hill Park

Bush Hill Park is an area of Enfield, located to the south-east of Enfield Town, on the outskirts of north London, in the historic county of Middlesex. Much of the district is a planned suburban estate, developed mainly in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, and designated a conservation area in 1986. History Bush Hill Park was farmland that was part of an estate centred on Bush Hill Park House, a country house. The estate changed hands several times in the 18th century before coming under the ownership of William Mellish, a merchant and MP for Middlesex. By this time the estate covered – one of the largest in the parish. The estate was broken up in 1875 with the North London Estates Company NLEC, a speculative development company buying acres. Bush Hill Park House was sold separately and demolished in 1929. Initially, the estate was slow to develop. However, with the building of Bush Hill Park station in 1880 the first phase of houses were built between 1880 and 1886. The houses were divided into a prestige development in Village Road and other substantial homes were completed in Wellington Road, Queen Anne's Place and Dryden Road. Most of these earlier houses were designed by architect, R Tayler Smith for the NLEC. By 1887, following a housing boom a ten-year decline began with NLEC going bankrupt in 1887. Demand for housing picked up due to the expansion of the Royal Small Arms Factory during the Boer War and the present form of the estate was completed by 1914. Between 1914 and 1960 development was restricted to infilling existing plots. After 1960 larger properties were demolished and replaced by blocks of flats. In 1987, much of the estate was designated as a conservation area and halted such redevelopment. On 27 November 1975, Ross McWhirter was murdered by two Provisional IRA terrorists at his home in Village Road in Bush Hill Park. Architecture Bush Hill Park Library (later renamed John Jackson Library) has a notable copper-clad roof. It underwent redevelopment in 2019. The United Reformed Church on Main Avenue was built in 1910. It has a Lombard Romanesque front, round headed windows and a gabled clerestory. The adjacent hall, added in 1932, has an Arts and Crafts feel. A former bank is adjacent to the southern exit of Bush Hill Park station which has since been repurposed as a nursery, retaining the characteristic dome and pillared entrance of the building. The aforementioned bank is adjacent to The Old Coach House, a redeveloped coach house with Gothic architecture, such as gargoyles, atop its roofs. Governance Bush Hill Park is one of seven wards which form the Edmonton parliamentary constituency. The three ward councilors elected in May 2018 were Will Coleshill, Jon Daniels and Clare De Silva. This was one gain for the Conservatives, who progressed from two to all three councillors. Enfield Council remains in Labour Control, as it has been since 2010. In September 2018, William Coleshill was suspended from the Conservatives after being accused of making racist comments. Later the same month, another Conservative councillor for Bush Hill Park, Jon Daniels, resigned. A by-election to replace him was held in November 2018, which was won by the Conservative candidate, James Hockney. Coleshill, who had continued to sit as an independent councillor after being suspended from the Conservative Party, lost his seat in June 2021 after failing to attend council meetings for six months. A by-election to replace him was held in July 2021, which was won by the Conservative Peter Fallart. The MP for Edmonton is Kate Osamor, Labour Co-op who polled 25,388 votes (61.4%) at the 2015 United Kingdom general election. Geography Bush Hill Park is a popular residential suburb due to its good transport links and wide mix of quality housing. Amenities include a primary school, several places of worship, a public house, doctor and dentist surgeries and a selection of essential retail outlets and services. Adjacent to the railway station is a parade of shops, and a small commercial area which includes the former bank now used as a nursery. Conservation area The conservation area can be divided into three distinct areas. Firstly, the main core of the estate to include Wellington Road (between Park Avenue and Illingworth Way), Queen Anne's Place, Queen Anne's Gardens, Dryden Road and Abbey Road. The second area Private Road was added to the conservation area in 1994. Bush Hill Park railway station and its immediate environs make up the third area. Two buildings of note in this area are the former bank and the Bush Hill Park Hotel. Contained within the area there is a wide variety of building styles from 1880 to 1960 including examples of Baroque revival, Arts and Crafts and two Grade II listed houses. Open spaces include Bush Hill Park Recreation Ground, the Enfield Cricket Club and Bush Hill Park Tennis and Bowls Club. Also, of interest are the many mature trees, hedges and well-stocked front gardens that can be found throughout the neighbourhood. Watercourses Saddlers Mill Stream flows mostly underground before merging with Salmons Brook. However, the stream is visible at Village Road and Wellington Road. Culture The locality has several large areas of open space; The Bush Hill Park Recreation Ground is bounded by Lincoln and Southbury Road and was officially opened on 18 April 1911, Bush Hill Park golf club was established in 1895 on the fringe of Bush Hill Park and extends into Enfield. Enfield Cricket club and the Bush Hill Park Tennis, Bowls and Social Club are both located in the conservation area. The cricket club founded in 1856 plays in the Middlesex County Cricket League while the Bush Hill Park Bowls, Tennis & Social club was founded in its current form in 1912. Riverside Park is an informal public open space off Park Avenue. Croquet was introduced to Bush Hill Park Recreation Ground by Enfield Council in 1991 and the Enfield Croquet Club was founded in 1993. Transport Bush Hill Park is served by Bush Hill Park railway station and London bus routes 192 and 377. Notable residents Ross McWhirter, founder of the Guinness Book of Records lived in Village Road until his murder on 27 November 1975. Diane Parish, actress who plays Denise Fox in the television programme EastEnders. Scorcher, grime MC, as revealed in "Scorcher's Funeral" by Frisco from Logan Sama's War Report mix-tape. References External links Transport for London - Bus routes Geograph images St Marks Church Bush Hill Park primary school Bush Hill Park Hotel The Nursery school Bush Hill Park in World War 2 Bush Hill Park Residents Association Places in Enfield, London Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Enfield