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55474758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%20Shau-fu | Pok Shau-fu | Pok Shau-fu (; 21 June 1909 – 4 November 2000) was a Chinese-born journalist and politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1981 to 1987. He was a native of Jiangsu.
Career
In the 1960s, Pok was the publisher of Newsdom, a magazine based in Hong Kong. He also served as a correspondent to the United Daily News. In 1968, Pok was awarded a Chia Hsin Award for journalism for reporting on the riots of the previous year. He was appointed to the Legislative Yuan as a representative of Hong Kong and Macau for the first time in 1980, and reappointed in 1983.
Shortly after the death of his wife in 1996, Pok was diagnosed with lung cancer. He and Liang Su-yung eulogized publisher at Liu's funeral, held in Taipei in February 2000. Pok fell ill later that year and first sought treatment in France, and was later admitted to Ruttonjee Hospital in Hong Kong. On 3 November 2000, Pok removed himself from medical equipment and refused to eat or drink. He fell into a coma at 10:00 the next morning, and died soon after.
References
1909 births
2000 deaths
Republic of China journalists
Taiwanese people from Jiangsu
Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu
Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan |
37423337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynchorhamphus%20malabaricus | Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus | Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus or Malabar halfbeak is a halfbeak of the family Hemiramphidae of the order Beloniformes.
It is one of the four recognized species of the genus Rhynchorhamphus and can be found along the Western Indian Ocean, from southern India to Sri Lanka.
References
malabaricus
Fish described in 1976 |
58416292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona%27s%2012th%20legislative%20district | Arizona's 12th legislative district | Arizona's 12th Legislative District is one of 30 in the state, located in southeast Maricopa County, and a slight section in Pinal County. As of 2018 there are 38 precincts in the district, 37 in Maricopa and 1 in Pinal, with a total registered voter population of 196,341. The district has an overall population of 263,664.
Political representation
The district is represented for the 2021–2022 Legislative Session in the State Senate by Warren Petersen (R, Gilbert) and in the House of Representatives by Travis Grantham (R, Gilbert) and Jake Hoffman (R, Gilbert).
References
Maricopa County, Arizona
Pinal County, Arizona
Arizona legislative districts |
25171167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never%20Knew%20I%20Needed | Never Knew I Needed | "Never Knew I Needed" is a 2009 single written and performed by American R&B singer Ne-Yo for the 2009 Walt Disney Pictures film The Princess and the Frog. The song, produced by Chuck Harmony, is heard during the ending credits of the film and is also the first single from the film's original soundtrack. The song had an accompanying music video which was in heavy rotation on the Disney Channel. The song was sent to rhythmic radio in the U.S. on October 27, 2009. It was released as a digital download on November 3, 2009. The song reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song also has an official remix that features Cassandra Steen.
Music video
The music video was directed by Melina. It was released on October 29, 2009.
The video pays homage to several scenes in The Princess and the Frog. It takes place in New Orleans in possibly the jazz age—the time period the film is set. It starts with Ne-Yo walking through the empty streets fantasizing about a woman as jazz musicians play behind him. He walks into a restaurant where he works as a waiter the woman / "Princess" character is a beautiful and clearly wealthy customer who is dining with her family. Ne-Yo then goes into an empty warehouse which he imagines is a kitchen (homage to the scene in which Almost There is performed). He dreams the woman has come to visit him and they are eating some of Ne-Yo's cooking and having a good time with each other. Ne-Yo then takes a streetcar and he sees the woman with her family outside the home through the window. The woman looks up and sees him on the streetcar and runs after it. This is intercut with Ne-Yo overlooking the bayou where a large portion of the Princess and the Frog takes place. He turns around and the woman is standing behind him the two run to each other and share a kiss while two frogs on the bayou are also seen kissing.
Charts
References
2009 singles
Ne-Yo songs
Pop ballads
Neo soul songs
Songs written by Ne-Yo
Song recordings produced by Chuck Harmony
Songs from The Princess and the Frog
2000s ballads
Walt Disney Records singles
Def Jam Recordings singles
2009 songs |
54554374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuzzi | Leuzzi | Leuzzi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Giuseppe Leuzzi (born 1941), Italian journalist, essayist, and writer
Vincenzo Leuzzi (1909–1983), Italian academic
See also
Luzzi (surname)
Italian-language surnames |
18843405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristjan%20Kais | Kristjan Kais | Kristjan Kais (born 3 March 1976) is a retired Estonian beach volleyball player. With teammate Rivo Vesik, he represented Estonia in beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Achievements
Overall FIVB World Tour results
Personal
He is married to Liina Kais (born Uibopuu).
References
External links
1976 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Pärnu
Estonian beach volleyball players
Men's beach volleyball players
Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic beach volleyball players of Estonia |
3506276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyung%20Hee%20University | Kyung Hee University | Kyung Hee University (abbreviated to KHU) (Hangul: 경희대학교; Hanja: 慶熙大學校) is a private research university in South Korea with campuses in Seoul and Suwon. Founded in 1949, it is widely regarded as one of the best universities in South Korea. Kyung Hee University is part of the Kyung Hee University System, which offers comprehensive education from kindergarten through graduate school.
As of 2020, about 33,000 students were enrolled in Kyung Hee University. The university consists of 24 undergraduate colleges, 1 general graduate school, 13 specialty graduate schools and 49 auxiliary research institutions. The university offers a study abroad program in partnership with 434 sister universities in 69 countries.
Kyung Hee University is known for its College of Korean Medicine, which is considered a leading school in traditional Korean medicine and other traditional Asian medical practices.
History
Kyung Hee University originated in 1949 as Sin Heung Junior College, a 2-year college. Amid the financial crisis of the Korean War, Young Seek Choue bought the struggling school in 1951 and had it accredited as a 4-year undergraduate college in 1952. In 1954, the graduate school was established. The college was renamed to Kyung Hee University in 1960.
The university hosted the 1968 conference of the International Association of University Presidents, first proposed in 1981 the UN International Day of Peace, organized the 1999 Seoul International Conference of NGOs, held the 2009 World Civic Forum, ran the 2011 UNAI-Kyung Hee International Symposium, and has spearheaded the Global Common Society movement.
In 1993 Kyung Hee received the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. In 2006, Kyung Hee and the University of Pennsylvania initiated the Penn-Kyung Hee Collaborative Summer Program and two years later, a formal Global Collaborative with Peking, Ritsumeikan, and Moscow State universities, with the cooperation of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the Conference of NGOs (CoNGO).
Symbols
The university emblem is the Chinese character for "university" (it was changed in 2016 to the symbol of a book) and has a world map in the background. This symbolizes Kyung Hee's vision for globalization as well as an open mind and humanism for the world. The university character mark is visualized through the mane of the Laughing Lion, the torch which sheds light on the truth, and the dove, an international symbol of peace. Sports teams and various university promotional products use the character mark to proliferate Kyung Hee's brand value throughout the world. Magnolia is the official flower of Kyung Hee University and the magnolia logo embodies the qualities that Kyung Hee stands for such as resilience, beauty, generosity, and unity.
Academics
Undergraduate colleges
College of Humanities
College of Law
College of Politics and Economics
College of Management
College of Hotel and Tourism Management
College of Science
College of Human Ecology
College of Medicine
College of Korean Medicine
College of Dentistry
College of Pharmacy
College of Nursing Science
College of Music
College of Fine Arts
School of Dance
Department of Global Eminence (formerly College of Law)
College of Engineering
College of Electronics & Information
College of Software
College of Applied Sciences
College of Life Sciences
College of International Studies
College of Foreign Language and Literature
College of Art & Design
College of Physical Education
The School of East-West Medical Science
Graduate schools
Graduate School (general)
Graduate School of Business
Graduate School of Education
Graduate School of Public Policy and Civic Engagement
Graduate School of Journalism and Communication
Graduate School of Physical Education
Graduate School of Technology Management
Graduate School of International Legal Affairs
Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies
Graduate School of East-West Medical Science
Graduate Institute of Peace Studies
Graduate School of Tourism
Graduate School of Art and Fusion Design
Professional Graduate School of Medicine
Professional Graduate School of Dentistry
Law School
Graduate School of Biotechnology
Notable academic programs
Traditional Korean medicine
Founded in 1948 as Dongyang College and reorganized in 1965 into the Kyung Hee College of Korean Medicine (KHKM), KHKM is one of eleven Korean medical colleges in the country, dedicated to the study of traditional medical practice. In 1972 its researchers demonstrated a drug-free acupunctural anesthesia. In 1998 Kyung Hee established the International Studies of Korean Medicine to broaden its reach to international scholars. The following year it established the Graduate School of East-West Medicine Science (GSM) in order to blend Eastern and Western diagnostic methods. The College of Korean Medicine and the Graduate School of Medicine have integrated the two traditions within the Kyung Hee Medical Center and active collaboration occurs between the college and the biomedical engineering department on acupuncture therapy, chronic medical conditions, palsy, and geriatric diseases.
The medical center is divided into the General Hospital, Dental Hospital, Korean Medicine Hospital, East-West Medical Center, and the Medical Science Research Institute. In a 1999 study, the Kyung Hee Korean medicine curriculum consisted of 60 percent Eastern and 40 percent Western research and practice.
Physical education
The Dept. of Physical Education at KHU was set up as the Dept. of Physical Education in Korea in 1949, and became a stepping stone to play a pivotal role in Korean Physical education. It was promoted to the college of Physical education upon completing the construction of the largest gym in Asia in 1955. The doctoral program was opened in 1980 for the first ever time in Korea. Currently, five departments are operated within the college of Physical education: Physical Edu, Sports medicine, coaching, Golf management and Taekwondo.
Campus
Kyung Hee University has three campuses. The university's original campus is Seoul Campus (245 acres), located in the Dongdaemun District of Seoul, and established in 1954. In 1979, the university established its second campus, the Global Campus (510 acres) in Yongin, near Suwon. In 1984, the university established its third campus, Gwangneung Campus (12 acres) in Namyangju, just outside of Seoul. Gwangneung Campus is home to the Graduate Institute of Peace Studies.
Facilities
Central Museum
It was opened in October 1955 and later moved to the fourth floor of the central library building in November 1966 when the central library was completed. In 2001, it was registered as the 1st National Museum of Korea (Ministry of Culture and Tourism Registration No. 193) and then recommissioned and computerized the collections and launched the Internet search service in January 2004.
Natural History Museum
Kyung Hee University's Natural History Museum is a museum established and operated by Kyung Hee University. It opened on June 13, 1978, and houses some 70,000 specimens and natural materials such as rocks, minerals, mammals, birds, insects, fish, and plants. Each category includes 1,200 rock and mineral samples, 5,000 bird and mammal samples, 50,000 insect specimens, and 4,000 plant specimens.
Hye Jung Museum
The Hye Jung Museum is the first high-level museum to be established in Korea. From the 11th century to the 20th century, it has the largest collection of materials produced in Korea, including antique maps, lightings, and related historical materials.
Programs
Global Collaborative
The Global Collaborative is a summer program that allows international students to attend classes led by scholars and engage in discussions about global governance and sustainability. The Global Collaborative is co-run by the University of Pennsylvania, Peking University, Ritsumeikan University and Moscow State University with the cooperation of the United Nations and the Conference of NGOs (CoNGO). Through research, education and modules on global governance, or sustainability and the environment, international students collaborate on research projects.
World Civic Forum
Run as a join initiative with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the World Civic Forum (WCF) is a global institution that brings together academic institutions, international organizations, civil society, governments, the business sector and the media to create programs in education, research and practice related to the challenges of making the world a better place to live. Held concurrently with the World Civic Forum, the World Civic Youth Forum focuses youth on contemporary global issues, civic values, engagement, and action.
Global Service Corps
The Global Service Corps emphasizes peace studies in new forms of public service. Launched in September 2010, effort is placed on volunteering, social responsibility, social services, and regional and global engagement in areas such as rural farming communities, environment protection, and medical treatment of the disadvantaged. The program aims to seek means to address institutional engagement in global problems through research, education and practice, and media. Collaborations are with the United Nations, international NGOs, corporations, and other organizations.
Global Studio Network
The Global Student Network links by the internet diverse institutes and individuals around the world to overcome communication beyond barriers of language and culture. The network works with both local and international organization to encourage discussion. Previous strands have included environmental issues and conflict resolution with the United Nations and UNESCO.
Global Academy for Future Civilizations
The Global Academy for Future Civilizations is a set of international research organizations dedicated to creating a more humane civilization in the 21st century. The program works with the United Nations and other organizations.
United Nations Academic Impact
The university and the United Nations Academic Impact program seek to align institutions of higher education with the United Nations in supporting the principles of the UN in the areas of human rights, literacy, sustainability and conflict resolution. The Academic Impact also asks each participating college or university to demonstrate support of at least one of those principles each year.
Research institutes
Seoul campus
International Studies of Korean Medicine
Institute for Human Society
Research Institute of Social Science
Research Institute of Humanities
Research Institute for Educational Affairs
Institute of Legal Studies
Institute for Industrial Relations
Korea Institute of Ornithology
East-West Medical Research Institute
Research Institute of Oral Biology
Institute of Global Environment
Institute of Korean Medicine
East-West Nursing Research Institute
The Contemporary Art Research Institute
Kohwang Medical Research Institute
Research Institute of Science for Human Life
Center for the Study of Languages
East-West Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Research Institute of Clinical Nutrition
Tourism Industry Information Research Center
Testing and Development Center for Dental Material
Advanced Display Research Center
Center for Arts and Cultural Management
International Center of Speech and Debate
Healthcare Industry Research Institute
Age-Related and Brain Diseases Research Center
Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center
Impedance Imaging Research Center (IIRC)
Global campus
Institute of Global Affairs
Center for Cross Culture Studies
Institute of Social Science and Policy
Design Research Institute
Plant Metabolism Research Center
Impedance Imaging Research Center
Hye-Jung Cultural Research Institute
Skin Bio-Technology Center
Industrial Liaison Research Institute
Institute of Natural Science
Institute of Life Science and Resources
Research Institute of Sports Science
Institute of Multimedia Technology
Materials Research Center for Information Display
Regional Innovation Center-Components and Materials for Information Display
Rankings
For 2020, Kyung Hee University was ranked 6th in South Korea, 40th in Asia, and 247th in the world, according to the QS World University Rankings. The university's Hospitality and Leisure Management program was ranked 50th in the world in 2018, the highest of all of the school's program areas.
Notable alumni
Politics, government and public service
Kim Dae-jung – 15th President of South Korea and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Moon Jae-in – 19th President of South Korea
Kim Jung-sook – First Lady of South Korea
Literature and arts
Han Su-san – author
Cho Hae-il – author
Jeong Ho-seung – poet
Kim Jong-ok – author
Won Tae-yeon – poet
Kwak Jae-yong – film director, screenwriter
Sports
Yeo Hong-chul – gymnast, Olympic silver medalist
Yun Mi-jin – archer, Olympic gold medalist
Lee Ho-Suk – short track speedskater, Olympic gold medalist
Kong Young-il – one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo
Dai-won Moon – Mexican martial artist, known as the "Father of Mexican Taekwondo"
Park Jong-hwan – former manager of the South Korean national football team
Kim Jong-kyu – basketball player
Lee Woon-jae – football goalkeeper, former member of the South Korean national football team
Park Kun-ha – former football player, coach of the South Korean national under-23 football team
Lee Jung-soo – football player
Lee Ho – football player
Yoon Kyung-shin – handball player
Entertainment
Bang Yong-guk (B.A.P)
Byun Baek-hyun (EXO)
Cha Hun (N.Flying)
Cho Hye-ri (aka "Wax")
Cho Kyu-hyun (Super Junior)
Cho Yi-hyun
Choi Whee-sung
Do Kyung-soo (aka "D.O.") (EXO)
Go Joon-hee
Gong Yoo
Han Da-min
Han Ga-in
Han Seung-yeon (Kara)
Hwang Hee
Hwang Seung-eon
Hwang Soo-jung
Hwang Yoon-seok (aka "Hwanhee") (Fly to the Sky)
Im Chang-kyun (aka "I.M") (Monsta X)
Im Hyun-sik
Im Jung-eun
Jang Do-yeon
Jang Seo-hee
Jang Su-won (Sechs Kies)
Jeon Ji-yoon (4Minute)
Jo Kwon (2AM)
Jun Kwang-ryul
Jung Yoon-hak
Jung Ji-hoon (aka "Rain")
Jung Joon-ho
Jung Woo
Kang Dae-sung (Big Bang)
Kang Min-kyung (Davichi)
Kang San-eh
Kang Shin-il
Kim Hae-sook
Kim Hyung-soo (aka "Brother Su")
Kim In-seong (SF9)
Kim Ji-seok
Kim Jong-dae (aka "Chen") (EXO)
Kim Jong-wook
Kim Jun-myeon (aka "Suho") (EXO)
Kim Min-jun (aka "Jun. K") (2PM)
Kim Nam-joo
Kim Ok-vin
Kim Seok-woo (aka "Rowoon") (SF9)
Kim Seol-hyun (AOA)
Kim So-hyang
Kim Sun-a
Kim Sung-ryung
Kim Tae-ri
Kim Tae-woo (g.o.d)
Kim Yi-ji (aka "Kim E-Z")
Kim Yeon-ji (SeeYa)
Kim Yoo-ri
Kim Young-woon (aka "Kangin") (Super Junior)
Kwon Ji-yong (aka "G-Dragon") (Big Bang)
Lee Hae-ri (Davichi)
Lee Hong-gi (F.T. Island)
Lee Hyo-ri
Lee Joo-young
Lee Ki-chan
Lee Kyu-hyung
Lee Ok-joo (aka "Tymee")
Lee Seung-hyung
Lee Tae-sun
Lim Seul-ong (2AM)
Min Kyung-hoon (Buzz)
Na Tae-joo
Ock Joo-hyun
Oh Min-suk
Oh Na-ra
Oh Seung-hoon
Park Chan-yeol (EXO)
Park Hyo-shin
Park Ji-yoon
Park Na-rae (Spica)
Park Soo-ah (aka "Lizzy") (After School and Orange Caramel)
Park Soo-jin
Park Ye-eun (Wonder Girls)
Park Yoo-chun (JYJ)
Ryu Hwa-young
Seo Ji-hoon
Shim Chang-min (TVXQ)
Shin Bo-ra
Sung Yu-ri
Yoon Doo-joon (Highlight)
Yoon Eun-hye
Yoon Kye-sang (g.o.d)
See also
Kyung Hee Cyber University
List of universities and colleges in South Korea
Education in South Korea
References
External links
Official website (Korean)
Official website (English)
Universities and colleges in Seoul
Universities and colleges in Gyeonggi Province
Traditional Korean medicine
Educational institutions established in 1949
1949 establishments in Korea
Private universities and colleges in South Korea |
15212021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton%2C%20Indiana | Brighton, Indiana | Brighton is an unincorporated community in Greenfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
History
Brighton was originally called Lexington, and under the latter name was laid out in 1836. A post office called Brighton was established in 1837, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1911.
Geography
Brighton is located at .
References
Unincorporated communities in LaGrange County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana |
16847982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HARS2 | HARS2 | Probable histidyl-tRNA synthetase, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HARS2 gene.
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are a class of enzymes that charge tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. The protein encoded by this gene is an enzyme belonging to the class II family of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Functioning in the synthesis of histidyl-transfer RNA, the enzyme plays an accessory role in the regulation of protein biosynthesis. The gene is located in a head-to-head orientation with HARS on chromosome five, where the homologous genes share a bidirectional promoter.
References
Further reading |
61783394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Eger | Robert Eger | Robert Eger was a Swiss field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
References
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Swiss male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players of Switzerland
Field hockey players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing |
67757897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Dispute%20Resolution%20Association | Australian Dispute Resolution Association | The Australian Dispute Resolution Association (ADRA) is a professional mediator's body formed in 1986. It is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
Under the Australian NMAS (National Mediator Accreditation System), ADRA is recognized by the Mediator Standards Board (MSB) as an authorized mediator accreditation body.
Purpose
ADRA was originally formed by litigation lawyers and allied professionals to promote mediation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as alternatives to conventional, adversarial litigation. It is written that this was "at a time when there was a very strong lawyer bias against mediation" in Australia.
Organizational patrons
The original patron of ADRA was the 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales Sir Laurence Street. ADRA's current patron is prominent Australian judge and former politician Terry Sheahan AO.
The Law Society of New South Wales is an ADRA sponsor.
Early role in promoting mediation and ADR thought in Australia
In terms of promoting mediation and alternative dispute resolution in Australia, ADRA was instrumental in the formation of today's respected and well-known Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal (ADRJ) - a regular Journal containing articles on non-adjudicative processes.
The ADRJ was first published by ADRA as a two-page circular and then in February 1990 as a quarterly journal under the ADJR name and expressed as being 'in association with' ADRA. The ADRJ continues to be published by Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate.
Lobbying efforts
ADRA has historically been active in lobbying Governments, including:
- to better facilitate the use of mediation and alternative dispute resolution processes to improve access to justice and outcomes;
- for Australia's entry into the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, otherwise known as the Singapore Convention on Mediation, to which 53 nations including the United States of America, China and India are signatory to.
Recently, ADRA initiated the formation of a peak dispute resolution body for the dispute resolution industry, the Council for Australian Dispute Resolvers (CADR), to provide a facilitative focal point for member group consultation with Government about the mutual needs and concerns of DR Industry, both on a national and international level.
International initiatives
ADRA members have assisted in nation building ADR initiatives overseas. In Mongolia, ADRA worked with the Judicial Council of Mongolia and the National Family, Youth and Child Development Authority, to train mediators and judges, in furtherance of the Mongolia's ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Recognition
A function at NSW Parliament, organized for July 2021, has been organized to celebrate ADRA's 36th year in operation.
References
1986 establishments in Australia
Organizations established in 1986
Organisations based in Sydney
Mediation |
12977414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street%20Fighter%3A%20Sakura%20Ganbaru%21 | Street Fighter: Sakura Ganbaru! | is a manga series written and illustrated by Masahiko Nakahira. The story follows Sakura Kasugano in her quest to become a street fighter and meet Ryu.
Characters
The main character of this story. Introduced in Nakahira's Street Fighter Alpha Vol. 2, Sakura becomes obsessed with the world of street fighting as well as becoming Ryu's self-proclaimed "No. 1 fan". While young and inexperienced at fighting, Sakura displays great physical ability as well as a strong aptitude for learning fighting techniques, recreating Ryu's hadōken, shōryūken, and tatsumaki-senpūkyaku after only seeing them a few times (albeit Sakura's versions are highly modified and arguably weaker).
Sakura's younger brother. Tsukushi is obsessed with playing video games and is seen playing Final Fight and Street Fighter II (against none other than Blanka himself) in the story. Sakura makes her street fighting debut against a very large student who stole Tsukushi's friend's copy of Final Fight. He can also be seen in the background of Sakura's stage in Street Fighter Alpha 2 playing video games inside the house.
Sakura's best friend. While she is your average schoolgirl (into boys and clothes while utterly opposed to Sakura's hobby of street fighting), she (reluctantly) accompanies Sakura on her quest to become the greatest street fighter.
Sakura's self-proclaimed teacher. While still a comical blowhard, Dan is actually depicted to be a capable fighter in this manga, although he can still be easily defeated by more intimidating fighters such as Balrog or Zangief. After Sakura's meeting with Sagat, he stays behind as she moves on, challenging Sagat and declaring that he's there to avenge his father. The fight is never seen, and the outcome remains unknown.
Karin is the heir to the super-rich Kanzuki family (whose compound stretches across 200 miles), yet attends the local high school to "observe the lifestyles of the less fortunate". Following her family's code, "In all things, be victorious", Karin challenges Sakura to a match and loses, thus leading Karin to instigate a fighting tournament across the prefecture of Setagaya. Sakura Ganbaru! is actually Karin's first appearance in any Street Fighter media, later becoming a playable character in Street Fighter Alpha 3.
An employee of the Kanzuki family, and Karin's personal steward. He drives her to and from school, arranges her meals (she won't eat school cafeteria food), does background research on anyone she takes interest in (even straying into the TMI territory), and other odd jobs. While concerned for her welfare, especially in regards to her interest in street fighting, he is nonetheless in awe of her abilities as a martial artist and as the heir of the Kanzuki zaibatsu.
Secretly entering the tournament under the alias of a young girl by the name of "Aoki" (each tournament participant carries a badge which sends tracking information to the Kanzuki zaibatsu, Ken supplied false data). Ken Masters makes short work of his opponents, defeating many including Dan and Karin. His final opponent is Sakura, who, much to everyone's surprise (especially Ken's), gives him a very tough fight. However he defeats her and wins the tournament.
Sakura's idol. After rescuing Sakura from Bison in Volume 2 of the Street Fighter Alpha manga, Sakura is determined to meet Ryu to have a match with him. Towards the end of the Volume 2, Sakura finally finds him and challenges him to a fight, the end of which is never seen, though its implied that either Ryu won or it was a draw, though the former is most likely. At the very end, he and Ken appear before an older Sakura, now a gym teacher (which Ken comments as being "so like her"), and the two begin to spar.
Volumes
Sakura Ganbaru! has been released in tankōbon and kanzenban formats.
Tankōbon
(Released in February 1997)
(Released in August 1997)
The kanzenban () was published by Shueisha in January 2004. It was followed by a larger-format re-edition in April 2007 ().
Sakura Ganbaru! was also released in English by Udon Entertainment in a translation of the tankōbon edition, released in September 2007. These editions had slightly edited covers, altering Sakura's skirt so that her bloomers were no longer visible, as they were on the Japanese editions.
External links
Sakura Ganbaru!
1996 manga |
16347805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyda%20language | Oyda language | Oyda is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the Gamo Gofa Zone of Ethiopia.
The 2007 Census of Ethiopia lists 45,120 individuals for the ethnic group.
References
External links
DoBeS Oyda Documentation Project
North Omotic languages
Languages of Ethiopia |
68216340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena%20Fj%C3%A4llstr%C3%B6m | Magdalena Fjällström | Magdalena Fjällström (born 12 January 1995) is a Swedish alpine skier.
Competing at the Junior World Championships in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, her biggest success came at the 2013 edition where she won the gold medal in giant slalom. Competing in four events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, she won the gold medal in the combined. She also won the team event at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.
She made her FIS Alpine Ski World Cup debut in October 2012 in Sölden, being disqualified. She collected her first World Cup points with a 17th place in March 2013 in Lenzerheide. She improved to a 13th place in December 2013 in Lienz, but after collecting 45 World Cup points in 2013–14 she started struggling. Until New Years' 2019, she finished only two World Cup races, and exited or was disqualified in 22 races. Picking up the pace again, she improved to a 10th place in the slalom in February 2020 in Kranjska Gora. She finished 30th in giant slalom at the 2019 World Championships.
She represents the sports club Tärna IK Fjällvinden.
References
1995 births
Living people
Swedish female alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics |
67313344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menotomy%20Hunter | Menotomy Hunter | The Menotomy Hunter (1911) is a sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin in Arlington, Massachusetts, showing a Native American hunter pausing at a brook for a drink of water. It is located between the Arlington Town Hall and the Robbins Memorial Library. The sculpture resides at the center of the garden between Town Hall and the Robbins Library, on a crest above a long, shallow reflecting pool. The man is equipped for a hunt, holding a bow. His catch for the day, a goose, rests by his foot.
The sculpture was commissioned by the family of the late Winfield Robbins. On the June 25, 1913, this sculpture and the nearby Robbins Flagstaff were dedicated and Dallin's speech included a passionate plea for renaming the town of Arlington as Menotomy after the historic significance of its largely vanished inhabitants.
The architect Richard Clipston Sturgis designed a fountain and grounds to fit the sculpture into a naturalized setting. In 1938, the Robbins sisters hired Frederick Law Olmsted of the Olmsted Brothers firm to redesign the gardens. The new design transformed the garden into a secluded, welcoming space that included a circular brick walk and an "informal, woodsy and rocky environment and a naturalistic planting as a background to the Indian". (Town Report, 1939.)
Like many of Dallin's iconic sculptures, this one too has seen its essence repurposed elsewhere. The statue has become one of Arlington's symbols. It is on the patch of the town's police officers and the fire department, and it is one of the logos used by the Spy Ponders, Arlington High School's athletic team.
The sculpture can be found outside the library at 700 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington and about west of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum.
References
1911 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Massachusetts
Hunting in art
Monuments and memorials in Massachusetts
Sculptures of men in Massachusetts
Sculptures of Native Americans
Works by Cyrus Edwin Dallin |
26012685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93South%20Korea%20relations | Afghanistan–South Korea relations | Bilateral relations between South Korea and Afghanistan began in 1973.
On September 17, 1978, Afghanistan's pro-Soviet Khalq government announced that it would break off relations and instead recognize only the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). A North Korean delegation visited Afghanistan in October 1978.
South Korea was engaged in helping Afghanistan recover from years of civil war in the 2000s and 2010s. South Korea has an embassy in Kabul. Afghanistan established its embassy in Seoul in 2004.
In 2007, the two countries gained wide attention because of the Taliban hostage crisis in Afghanistan.
The Taliban extremists promised to release the rest of the team safely only when Seoul promised to stick to the planned withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of 2007.
References
External links
Embassy of South Korea to Afghanistan - website
Embassy of Afghanistan to South Korea - website
South Korea
Bilateral relations of South Korea |
58660727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidig | Leidig | Leidig is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Charles J. Leidig (born 1956), American military commander
Michael Leidig (born 1965), British journalist
Sabine Leidig (born 1961), German politician
German-language surnames |
19284698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majuri | Majuri | Majuri (Major) is a military officer's rank (OF3) in Finland, senior to Kapteeni and junior to Everstiluutnantti.
History
During peacetime, a Majuri is a staff officer or battalion commander. The rank requires the completion of a senior staff officer course. It is also possible for reservists to obtain the reserve rank of Majuri. This is however, quite rare and requires active participation in national defence.
See also
Finnish military ranks
References
Military ranks of Finland
fi:Majuri |
21565793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array | Array | An array is a systematic arrangement of similar objects, usually in rows and columns.
Things called an array include:
Music
In twelve-tone and serial composition, the presentation of simultaneous twelve-tone sets such that the sums of their horizontal segments form a succession of twelve-tone aggregates
Array mbira, a musical instrument
Spiral array model, a music pitch space
Science
Astronomy
A telescope array, also called astronomical interferometer.
Biology
Various kinds of multiple biological arrays called microarrays
Visual feature array, a model for the visual cortex
Computer science
Generally, a collection of same type data items that can be selected by indices computed at run-time, including:
Array data structure, an arrangement of items at equally spaced addresses in computer memory
Array data type, used in a programming language to specify a variable that can be indexed
Associative array, an abstract data structure model composed of key-value pairs, often implemented as a hash table or search tree
or various kinds of the above, such as:
Bit array or bit vector
Dynamic array, allocated at run time
Jagged array, a multidimensional array where the rows have different lengths individually
Parallel array of records, with each field stored as a separate array
Sparse array, with most elements omitted, to store a sparse matrix
Variable-length array
or various related concepts:
Array programming, using matrix algebra notation in programs (not the same as array processing)
Array slicing, the extraction of sub-arrays of an array
or also:
Global Arrays, a library for parallel processing
Intel Array Visualizer, a piece of scientific graphics software
Mathematics and statistics
A standard array in coding theory
An array or matrix (mathematics)
a Costas array
a Monge array
A holor
In statistics, arrays are a name for some kinds of :Category:Experimental design
Intersection array a concept of category theory
Technology
Computing
Array data structure, an arrangement of data in computer memory
Asynchronous array of simple processors
Disk array, such as the RAID
Gate array, including a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
ICL Distributed Array Processor, an array processor for the ICL
Integrated circuit packages:
Ball grid array
pin grid array
land grid array
Processor array
Programmable Array Logic (PAL), a systematic way to implement boolean functions
Reconfigurable datapath array, a flexible data processing architecture
Systolic array, a hardware architecture
Transistor array, an integrated circuit
Video Graphics Array (VGA), a display adapter and many variants thereof
Wi-Fi array, a wireless networking device
Other technologies
Antenna array
Array gain, a telecommunications parameter
Array processing of multichannel signals (not to be confused with array programming)
Color filter array, placed over an imaging array
Field emitter array, an electron source
Halbach array, an arrangement of magnets
Linear diode array used in image scanners
Microphone array
Parametric array of transducers
Phased-array optics
Photovoltaic array
Staring array, an imaging sensor
Towed array sonar
Other
A Commission of Array, a commission for mustering a militia
ARRAY, an independent film distribution company
Array Networks, a computer networking company
Array Collective, a Belfast-based artist-activist collaborative project |
44472108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%20Donnelly | Ann Donnelly | Ann Marie Donnelly (born 1959) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Early life and education
Donnelly received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981 from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor in 1984 from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Career as a prosecutor
From 1984 to 2009, she was a prosecutor in the New York County District Attorney's Office. From 1997 to 2005, she served as Senior Trial Counsel and from 2005 to 2009, she served as Chief of the Family Violence and Child Abuse Bureau.
As an assistant district attorney, Donnelly successfully prosecuted former Tyco International CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski for securities fraud and grand larceny, among other crimes. Donnelly was also part of the prosecution team in the murder trial of Sante Kimes and her son, Kenneth Kimes.
State judge
From 2009 to 2015, she served as a judge of the New York Court of Claims. Concurrently, she served at various points on the New York Supreme Court (the state trial court) in Bronx County, Kings County (Brooklyn), and New York County (Manhattan), as well as on a Special Term for Election Matters.
As a state court judge, Donnelly presided over the trial of Adam Tang, a day trader convicted of reckless endangerment and reckless driving for his illegal high-speed street racing around Manhattan (circling the island in 24 minutes) and posting videos of the stunt on YouTube. After Tang fled the country during his trial, Donnelly issued a warrant for his arrest and sentenced him in absentia to a year in jail.
Federal judicial service
On November 20, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Donnelly to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Sandra L. Townes, who took senior status on May 1, 2015. Senator Charles Schumer recommended Donnelly for the position.
On December 16, 2014, her nomination was returned to the President due to the sine die adjournment of the 113th Congress. On January 7, 2015, President Obama renominated her to the same position. She received a hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2015. On June 4, 2015 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On October 20, 2015 the Senate voted 95–2 to confirm Donnelly. She received her judicial commission on October 21, 2015. An investiture ceremony was held on January 22, 2016.
Notable cases
On January 28, 2017, Donnelly issued an emergency stay blocking part of an executive order issued by President Donald Trump from going into effect. The ruling enjoined the federal government from deporting individuals who had arrived in the country with valid visas or refugee status. Several minutes after Donnelly entered her order, another judge, Leonie M. Brinkema of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from preventing the return of lawful permanent residents at Dulles International Airport.
She also tried the singer R. Kelly in his sex trafficking trial, where he was convicted of all charges and is scheduled to be sentenced on May 4, 2022.
References
External links
1959 births
Living people
American women judges
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Ohio State University Moritz College of Law alumni
New York (state) lawyers
New York (state) state court judges
New York Supreme Court Justices
People from Royal Oak, Michigan
United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
21st-century American judges
University of Michigan alumni
21st-century women judges
21st-century American women |
37592102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAP%20Rocky%20discography | ASAP Rocky discography | The discography of American rapper ASAP Rocky consists of three studio albums, one mixtape, 42 singles (including 25 as a featured artist), eight promotional singles and 31 music videos.
Albums
Studio albums
Mixtapes
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Promotional singles
Other charted songs
Guest appearances
Music videos
See also
ASAP Mob discography
Notes
References
External links
Official website
ASAP Rocky at AllMusic
Discographies of American artists
Hip hop discographies |
6654549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Bucks%20Trivia | Big Bucks Trivia | Big Bucks Trivia is a quiz arcade game released by Dynasoft in 1986. The player answers questions from various trivia categories, in order to win "big bucks".
References
1986 video games
Arcade video games
Arcade-only video games
North America-exclusive video games
Quiz video games
Video games developed in the United States |
49863379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20Kazakhstan%20Cup%20Final | 1999 Kazakhstan Cup Final | The 1999 Kazakhstan Cup Final was the seventh final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Kaisar-Hurricane and Vostok-Altyn at Central Stadium in Almaty. The match was played on 16 Jule 1999 and was the final match of the competition.
Background
Kaisar-Hurricane played the second Kazakhstan Cup Final. In the first final they lost Irtysh with the score 2–1.
Vostok-Altyn played the third Kazakhstan Cup Final. In a Kazakhstan Cup Final they have won against Aktyubinets (1994 final, 1–0) and have lost Kairat (1997 final, 2–0).
Kaisar-Hurricane and Vostok-Altyn played twice during the season of league. In the first game, on Jule 20, 1998 Vostok-Altyn won 2–0 on Vostok Stadium. As a part of Vostok-Altyn - Aleksandr Antropov and Vladimir Kashtanov scored. On August 4, 1998, Kaisar-Hurricane won a victory 2–0 with goals Andrei Vaganov and Azamat Niyazymbetov.
Route to the Final
Kaisar-Hurricane
Vostok-Altyn
Match
Details
References
1998 domestic association football cups
1998 in Kazakhstani football
1999 domestic association football cups
1999 in Kazakhstani football
Kazakhstan Cup
Kazakhstan Cup Final 1998-99 |
21940767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20budgerigar%20mutation | Blue budgerigar mutation | The Blue budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars. It is part of the genetic constitution of the following recognised varieties: Skyblue, Cobalt, Mauve and Violet.
Appearance
The Blue mutation changes the colour of the body feathers, which are light green in the wild-type, to skyblue and the colour of mask and other parts which are yellow in the wild-type, to white.
In the domesticated bird this mutation changes the Light Green variety into the Skyblue variety, the Dark Green into the Cobalt and the Olive into the Mauve.
The green colouration of the wild budgerigar is due to the combined effect of a yellow pigment and an interference effect similar to that which gives colour to petrol on water, which in the budgerigar produces a blue colouration. Yellow pigment is present in the outer layer (cortex) of the cells forming the barbs of all feathers of the wild budgerigar with the exception of the cheek patches, although it is very weak in the outermost flight feathers. The distribution of the yellow pigment is clearly shown in the Lutino. The Blue mutation totally inhibits the production of this yellow pigment, and as far as is known, it has no other effect.
The yellow pigment in young budgerigars is paler than in adults, which makes green budgerigars in nest feather appear duller and Lutinos appear paler. A brighter and stronger yellow colouration appears after the first moult.
Parrot feathers contain red, orange, and yellow polyene pigments called psittacofulvins. Genome-wide association mapping and gene-expression analysis mapped the Mendelian blue locus, which abolishes yellow pigmentation in the budgerigar. The blue trait maps to a single amino acid substitution (R644W) in an uncharacterized polyketide synthase (MuPKS) gene. When the MuPKS gene is expressed in yeast, yellow pigments accumulated. Mass spectrometry confirmed the yellow pigments matched those in feathers. The R644W substitution abolished MuPKS gene activity. Furthermore, gene-expression data from feathers of different bird species suggest that parrots acquired their colors through regulatory changes that drive high expression of the MuPKS gene in feather epithelia. This formulates biochemical models that explain natural color variation in parrots.
The Blue mutation provides a widely accepted division of domesticated budgerigars into two colour classes: the "Green series" and the "Blue series". Birds of the Green series exhibit yellow pigmentation, while birds of the Blue series lack yellow pigmentation. These names can be misleading, since some birds belonging to the Blue series, such as Albinos, are not blue; similarly, Lutinos belong to the Green series, yet are not green.
In combination with the Dark budgerigar mutation the body feathers become deeper shades of blue. A blue budgerigar with a single Dark factor is called a Cobalt, and one with two Dark factors a Mauve. The World Budgerigar Organization has established precise standards for budgerigar body colours using the Pantone Codes, as shown to the right.
Historical notes
The Blue mutation
made its first recorded appearance in 1878 in the aviaries of M Limbosch of Uccle, a suburb of Brussels, but this strain died out, it is believed, in 1881. Blues appeared independently in the Netherlands between 1881 and 1885, and a Mr Pauwels of Everberg, near Brussels, reintroduced them to Belgium from this Dutch strain.
The first Blues to be seen in England were some exhibited by Messrs Millsum and Pauwels at the Horticultural Hall in 1910 and the Crystal Palace in 1911. Mr D Astley owned Blues in 1911,
and it is recorded that C Pelham Sutton of Putney bred a Blue in 1912.
Blues remained quite rare until the 1930s, fetching up to £100 per pair in Japan around 1928, about the cost of a car at the time.
Genetics
The Blue mutation is recessive to its wild-type allele, so a bird possessing a single Blue allele (the heterozygote) is identical in appearance to the wild-type light green. That is, the presence of a single wild-type allele is sufficient to permit the full production of the yellow psittacin pigment. Among the budgerigar fancy such a bird is said to be a Light Green split blue, usually written Light Green/blue. In a bird which has two Blue alleles (the homozygote), the lack of the wild-type allele means the yellow pigment can no longer be produced, and so the body colour is blue—the Skyblue.
The locus of the Blue gene is situated on one of the autosomal chromosomes. The Yellowface Blue I mutation, the Yellowface II mutation form an autosomal co-dominant series of alleles with the Blue mutation.
The loci of the Dark budgerigar mutation and the Blue allelic series are situated on the same autosome, so the Dark mutation is linked to the Blue allelic series (see genetic linkage). The cross-over value (COV) or recombination frequency between the Dark and Blue loci is commonly stated to be about 14%, but some experiments have found much smaller values (see Genetics in the Dark budgerigar mutation).
Notes
References
External links
World Budgerigar Organisation (WBO)
WBO Colour Guide
Budgerigar colour mutations |
55543553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham%20Mebratu | Abraham Mebratu | Abraham Mebratu () is an Ethiopian football coach.
Managerial career
Yemen
Under-22
Coach of the Yemen U22 for the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification, Mebratu led the team to 1–0 victory over Nepal in their first group stage clash, facing Uzbekistan in their second and holding them to a mundane 1–1 draw. Next, he led his charges to a 5–1 triumph over Bangladesh, sealing qualification into the 2013 tournament.
Holding the post of Yemen Football Association technical director, Mebratu expressed concern for the preparation of the Under-23 players ahead of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship due to the Yemeni Civil War which is afflicting football in Yemen by the prorogation of the local league.
Senior
Booking their place in the second round of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification by beating the Maldives twice 2–0 in the play-offs, the Ethiopian-born coach praised his Yemen national team players for their efforts in the qualifying phase.
He was an instructor for a B License Coaching Course held in Ethiopia in 2012.
In March 2018, his Yemen senior team qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup for the first time.
Ethiopia
On July 19, 2018, Mebratu was appointed head coach of the Ethiopian national team. In August 2020, the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) decided not to renew his contract amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
External links
"Yemen National U-22 Coach Abraham Mebratu Visits Youth Football Training Camp", June 24, 2012, GoalNepal
1970 births
Living people
Expatriate sportspeople in Yemen
Yemen national football team managers
Ethiopia national football team managers
Ethiopian football managers
Ethiopian expatriate football managers
Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in Yemen
Expatriate football managers in Yemen |
48431234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persoonia%20curvifolia | Persoonia curvifolia | Persoonia curvifolia is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to central New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear leaves and somewhat hairy yellow flowers.
Description
Persoonia curvifolia is an erect to spreading shrub with smooth bark and young branches and leaves that are hairy when young. The leaves are linear, long, wide and grooved on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to eighteen along a rachis long, each flower on a hairy pedicel long. The tepals are yellow, long and sparsely to moderately hairy on the outside.
Taxonomy and naming
Persoonia curvifolia was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae from specimens collected near Port Jackson by "D. Cunningham".
Distribution and habitat
This persoonia grows in woodland and forest south from the Warrumbungles and Goulburn River in New South Wales and south to the Cocoparra National Park at altitudes between .
References
curvifolia
Flora of New South Wales
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
Plants described in 1830 |
27604890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athamanta%20turbith | Athamanta turbith | Athamanta turbith is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is endemic to southern Europe and northern Africa.
References
NCBI taxonomy database
ZipCodeZoo entry
Apioideae |
61799455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivaritettix | Bolivaritettix | Bolivaritettix is an Asian genus of ground-hoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the subfamily Metrodorinae and not assigned to any tribe.
Species
Bolivaritettix includes the species:
Bolivaritettix acumindentatus Zheng, Shi & Mao, 2010
Bolivaritettix albus Ingrisch, 2001
Bolivaritettix amphinotoides Günther, 1939
Bolivaritettix apterus Rehn, 1904
Bolivaritettix asperula Bolívar, 1898
Bolivaritettix brachynotus Zheng, 2003
Bolivaritettix brevipennis Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2007
Bolivaritettix celaenotus Zheng, Zhang & Dang, 2009
Bolivaritettix chinensis Hancock, 1912
Bolivaritettix chongqingensis Zheng & Shi, 2002
Bolivaritettix circinihumerus Zheng, 2003
Bolivaritettix circocephala Zheng, 1992
Bolivaritettix convergens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Bolivaritettix curvicarina Zheng, 2003
Bolivaritettix darongshanensis Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2009
Bolivaritettix daweishanensis Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2007
Bolivaritettix difficilis Günther, 1939
Bolivaritettix fangjingshanensis Zheng, 1992
Bolivaritettix fugongensis Zheng & Mao, 2002
Bolivaritettix fuscoviridis Ingrisch, 2006
Bolivaritettix galbustrial Zheng, Wei & Li, 2009
Bolivaritettix gaoligongshanensis Zheng & Ou, 2012
Bolivaritettix ghumtianus Hancock, 1915
Bolivaritettix guentheri Ingrisch, 2001
Bolivaritettix guibeiensis Zheng & Jiang, 1994
Bolivaritettix guilinensis Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2007
Bolivaritettix hechiensis Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2008
Bolivaritettix huanjiangensis Zheng & Jiang, 1995
Bolivaritettix humeralis Günther, 1939
Bolivaritettix hutiaoxiana Zheng & Ou, 2003
Bolivaritettix impennis Günther, 1942
Bolivaritettix insignis Kirby, 1914
Bolivaritettix interrupta Zheng & Jiang, 2002
Bolivaritettix javanicus Bolívar, 1909
Bolivaritettix jianfengensis Liang, 2002
Bolivaritettix jinchengjiangensis Zheng, Shi & Mao, 2010
Bolivaritettix jiuwanshanensis Zheng, 2005
Bolivaritettix lanceolatus Ingrisch, 2001
Bolivaritettix laticeps Bolívar, 1909
Bolivaritettix latipulvilus Zheng, Jiang & Liu, 2005
Bolivaritettix lativertex Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Bolivaritettix liboensis Zheng, 2003
Bolivaritettix liuwanshanensis Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2007
Bolivaritettix longitarsus Liang, Chen, Chen & Li, 2008
Bolivaritettix longzhouensis Zheng & Jiang, 1995
Bolivaritettix luchunensis Liang, Chen, Chen & Li, 2008
Bolivaritettix luochengensis Ding, Zheng & Wei, 2006
Bolivaritettix luteolineatus Zheng, 2003
Bolivaritettix medogensis Zheng, 2005
Bolivaritettix menglaensis Zheng, 2006
Bolivaritettix microptera Zheng & Ou, 2003
Bolivaritettix nathani Wagan & Kevan, 1992
Bolivaritettix nigrifemurus Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2007
Bolivaritettix nigripennis Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2007
Bolivaritettix nigritibialis Zheng, 2002
Bolivaritettix nigropennis Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2007
Bolivaritettix nilgirica Hebard, 1930
Bolivaritettix palawanicus Günther, 1939
Bolivaritettix paraguensis Günther, 1939
Bolivaritettix pianmaensis Zheng & Ou, 2003
Bolivaritettix remissa Bolívar, 1887
Bolivaritettix rongshuiensis Zheng & Jiang, 2002
Bolivaritettix roonwali Shishodia, 1991
Bolivaritettix sanbaishanensis Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2010
Bolivaritettix sculpta Bolívar, 1887 - type species (as Mazarredia sculpta Bolívar)
Bolivaritettix serrifemoralis Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2009
Bolivaritettix shiwanshanensis Deng & Zheng, 2015
Bolivaritettix sikkinensis Bolívar, 1909
Bolivaritettix similis Storozhenko, 2018 (Vietnam)
Bolivaritettix tandoni Shishodia, 1991
Bolivaritettix tengchongensis Zheng & Ou, 2011
Bolivaritettix tenuifemura Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2010
Bolivaritettix torulosinota Zheng, 2005
Bolivaritettix tridentate Zheng & Ou, 2003
Bolivaritettix tuberdorsalis Liang, 2002
Bolivaritettix tubericarina Zheng & Jiang, 1995
Bolivaritettix unduladorsalis Zheng & Shi, 2009
Bolivaritettix wuliangshanensis Zheng & Ou, 2003
Bolivaritettix yuanbaoshanensis Zheng & Jiang, 1995
Bolivaritettix yuanjiangensis Zheng & Ou, 2010
Bolivaritettix yunnanensis Zheng & Mao, 2002
Bolivaritettix zangnanensis Zheng & Shi, 2009
References
External links
Tetrigidae
Caelifera genera
Orthoptera of Indo-China |
22505347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascocalyx | Ascocalyx | Ascocalyx is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae. The genus contains 6 species.
References
Helotiaceae |
50228689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny%20Marchi%C3%B2 | Fanny Marchiò | Fanny Marchiò (1904–1980) was an Italian stage, film and television actress. She was born in Corfu to an Italian family, her parents were both actors.
She was married to Renato Navarrini.
Selected filmography
The Lady in White (1938)
For Men Only (1938)
In High Places (1943)
Variety Lights (1950)
Without a Flag (1951)
The White Sheik (1952)
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
1904 births
1980 deaths
Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
Actors from Corfu
Greek emigrants to Italy |
53605985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%20Gate%20Line | Hell Gate Line | The Hell Gate Line is the portion of Amtrak's high-speed Northeast Corridor between Harold Interlocking in Sunnyside, Queens and Shell Interlocking in New Rochelle, New York.
The first portion of the line was built by the Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad, and opened in 1873 as the Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Commuter service ran along the line from the Harlem River Terminal up to main-line New Haven in New Rochelle until 1931. Electrified service on the line began in 1911, and the line was extended to Penn Station across the Hell Gate with the completion of the Hell Gate Bridge. Metro-North Railroad is currently planning to reinstitute local commuter service on the line as part of the first phase of Penn Station Access.
Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad
The Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad was chartered April 23, 1866 as a branch line from the Harlem River at the north end of the Harlem Bridge (now the Third Avenue Bridge) in New York City to the Village of Port Chester in Westchester County, New York at the Connecticut state border. Only the southern portion was completed, terminating instead about five towns southwest of Port Chester in New Rochelle. At the time, New Rochelle was the final railroad station when traveling from Connecticut before entering New York City.
Early New Haven Railroad operation
The New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad merged to create the larger New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1872. The HR&PC was leased by the New Haven Railroad in 1873 and opened later that year, running from the New Haven at New Rochelle south into the Bronx. Leasing the line enabled the New Haven to establish a continuous line of service from Connecticut to Manhattan. The HR&PC provided freight service between New York City and the Harlem River Yard. Commuter service ran along the line from the Harlem River Terminal up to main-line New Haven in New Rochelle until 1931.
Construction of the Hell Gate Bridge
The New York Connecting Railroad was incorporated on April 21, 1892, and was jointly owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (the "New Haven") and the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR).
The Hell Gate Bridge was conceived in the early 1900s to link New York and the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) with New England and the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad (NH).
In June 1906, the NH applied for and received a franchise to operate trains from the northeastern suburbs of New York City to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan, built by the PRR. The New Haven would be able to accomplish this by constructing a spur from the four-track New Haven Railroad and New York Central Railroad main line in the Bronx (these railroads are now respectively the modern-day New Haven Line and Harlem Line of the Metro-North Railroad). The spur, now the Port Morris Branch, would split north of Melrose station in the South Bronx, then merge with the Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad (HR&PC; now part of the Northeast Corridor) just north of the Harlem River. The HR&PC would pass from the Bronx to Queens via the Hell Gate Bridge, then continue south through Queens, eventually connecting to the East River Tunnels and Penn Station. As part of the plan, the Hell Gate Bridge would carry four tracks, which would connect to the NH's four-track lines on either side of the Hell Gate.
Construction was overseen by Gustav Lindenthal, whose original design left a gap of between the steel arch and the masonry towers. Fearing that the public assumed that the towers were structurally integral to the bridge, Lindenthal added aesthetic girders between the upper chord of the arch and the towers to make the structure appear more robust. The original plans for the piers on the long approach ramps called for a steel lattice structure. The design was changed to smooth concrete to soothe concerns that asylum inmates on Wards and Randall's islands would climb the piers to escape.
The engineering was so precise that when the last section of the main span was lifted into place, the final adjustment needed to join everything together was just . Construction of the Hell Gate Bridge began on March 1, 1912 and ended on September 30, 1916. The bridge was dedicated and opened to rail traffic on March 9, 1917, with Washington–Boston through trains first running on April 1. It was the world's longest steel arch bridge until the Bayonne Bridge opened in 1931.
The New Haven's system was extended across the Hell Gate Bridge to the New York Connecting Railroad upon the line's construction. The system of electrification was an extension of the New Haven's revised 11/22 kV autotransformer architecture. The original electrification extended from the New Haven's main line, across the Hell Gate Bridge, to the Bay Ridge yard. The line south of Bowery Bay Junction was de-electrified in the 1950s.
On July 29, 1911, NH began electric service on its Harlem River Branch, a suburban branch that would become a main line with the completion of the New York Connecting Railroad and its Hell Gate Bridge. The bridge opened on March 9, 1917, but was operated by steam with an engine change at Sunnyside Yard east of Penn Station until 1918.
The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway commuter rail line opened in 1912, paralleling the HR&PC just to the west, south of the crossing of the Bronx River. Until 1924, when a new combined station was built, the short Willis Avenue Spur of the elevated IRT Third Avenue Line ran to the Harlem River terminal of the HR&PC and the NYW&B.
In 1917 the New York Connecting Railroad opened for passenger service between the HR&PC at Port Morris and the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad at Sunnyside Yard. This allowed NYNH&H trains to run over the HR&PC and into New York Penn Station, though most continued to serve Grand Central Terminal until Amtrak took over intercity operations in 1971.
On January 1, 1927 the HR&PC was merged into the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The NYNH&H was merged into Penn Central in 1969, and Penn Central became part of Conrail in 1976. The HR&PC was ultimately sold to Amtrak and is now part of their Northeast Corridor used by its high-speed Acela Express.
Penn Central
In February 1968 PRR merged with its rival New York Central Railroad to form the Penn Central (PC). Penn Central was required to absorb the New Haven in 1969 as a condition of the merger, which brought the entire Washington–Boston corridor under the control of one company.
On September 21, 1970 all New York–Boston trains except the Turboservice were rerouted into Penn Station from Grand Central; the Turboservice moved on February 1, 1971 for cross-platform transfers to the Metroliners.
Amtrak
The line between New Rochelle and the Harold Interlocking was transferred to Amtrak in 1976 upon dissolution of Penn Central. The electrification system continued to be controlled as a portion of the ex-New Haven system until the 1987 conversion to 60 Hz operation.
When the New Haven main line was converted by Metro-North to 60 Hz operation, the Amtrak Hell Gate line was also converted, but as an isolated system powered from the Van Nest substation. Control of the catenary system was transferred from Cos Cob to the Load Dispatcher at New York Penn Station. Although conversion occurred subsequent to the PRR-era electrification, Amtrak substation numbers 45-47 were assigned for consistency with the rest of the PRR numbering scheme.
A 1969 proposal by the North Bronx Transportation Project considered running trains via the Hell Gate Bridge to Penn Station, with travel times estimated to be 25 minutes. Some plans for the Second Avenue Subway included integration with the upper portion of the line, providing express service from the East Side of Manhattan to Co-op City and Parkchester. This line was also considered for through-running with the Northeast Corridor in New Jersey, easing travel for residents of Westchester and Connecticut trying to get to New Jersey.
While not proposed officially, in June 1973, two Congressmen and the Mayor of Yonkers proposed having trains run from Stamford, Connecticut to Penn Station, making stops at Pelham Manor, Co-op City, and Parkchester/Van Nest. They proposed that the line be operated by the MTA pending completion of the Second Avenue Subway, which was under construction at the time and slated to be completed in 1980. Sixty percent of Co-op City residents that responded to a survey said that they would have used the proposed rail service.
Planned improvements
Amtrak has applied for $15 million for the environmental impact studies and preliminary engineering design to examine replacement options for the more than 100-year-old, low-level movable rail Pelham Bay Bridge (just west of Pelham Bridge) over the Hutchinson River in the Bronx that has been limiting speed and train capacity. The goal is for a new bridge to support expanded service and speeds up to .
Penn Station Access
The Penn Station Access project was initiated on September 2, 1999 when the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in conjunction with Metro-North Railroad, issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a Major Investment Study/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The EIS was intended to consider possible additions to Metro-North using existing rail lines, with the intention of providing flexibility and increased regional access. Rail alternatives originally considered included Hudson and New Haven service, via the Empire Connection and Hell Gate Line, respectively, and a Harlem Line option via wyes at Mott Haven and Spuyten Duyvil.
In November 2000, the Final Scoping Document for Penn Station Access was completed, showing 18 alternatives, including a no-build option, a Transportation Systems Management option, various commuter rail options, and alternatives using other modes. Various alternatives considered various ways to run service to Penn Station from the New Haven Line, the Hudson Line, and the Harlem Line, either during all times, or only operating during off-peak hours and weekends. Existing Metro-North riders would have the choice of arriving at either Penn Station or Grand Central on the New Haven Line and the Hudson Line. Service from the New Haven Line would diverge at New Rochelle, using Amtrak's Hell Gate Line to access Penn Station, while service from the Hudson Line would split off at Spuyten Duyvil station via Amtrak's Empire Connection. The alternatives via the Harlem Line would have required the construction of wye tracks. One option would have branched off of the Harlem Line at Mott Haven, using a wye track to go north via the Hudson Line. Using a newly-constructed wye track at Spuyten Duyvil, service would turn south via the Empire Connection before reaching Penn Station. Another option considered would have constructed a wye track at Woodlawn, allowing Harlem trains to go east and head down the Hell Gate Line to Penn Station. The final option would have required the reconstruction of the Port Morris Branch and the Hell Gate Line. An additional option would have extended service from Grand Central to Penn Station through the construction of a new tunnel.
In September 2002, a second screening took place narrowing five alternatives to four, and narrowing 20 potential station locations in the Bronx, Queens and Manhattan to five locations. The remaining alternatives considered would have used either the Hudson or New Haven Lines. The Harlem Line options were removed from consideration. The five remaining stations under consideration were at West 125th Street and West 59th Street under the Hudson alternative, and at Co-Op City, Parkchester and Hunts Point under the New Haven alternative. The preferred alternatives would have used three miles of trackage, and would have involved the construction of six new Metro-North stations in the Bronx and Manhattan, allowing riders in these areas to easily access Penn Station, Westchester, Dutchess, and Putnam counties upstate as well as Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. Existing Metro-North riders would have the choice of arriving at either Penn Station or Grand Central on the New Haven Line and the Hudson Line.
By 2011, Metro-North had initiated a federal environmental study for Penn Station Access, to be completed by 2013. The cost of the project was estimated at $350 million with the state of Connecticut funding $100 million and the state of New York funding the remaining $250 million.
The first piece of Penn Station Access would route some New Haven Line trains down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to Penn Station. The New Haven Line to Grand Central splits off from the Northeast Corridor near New Rochelle. The Northeast Corridor (also known here as the Hell Gate Line) continues south crossing the Pelham Bay Bridge into the Bronx, the Hell Gate Bridge into Queens, and entering Manhattan through the East River Tunnels also used by the Long Island Rail Road. This phase includes the construction of four new Metro-North stations in the Bronx to be served by the New Haven Line, located in Co-op City, Morris Park, Parkchester/Van Nest, and Hunts Point. The stations would provide fast, direct rides to West Midtown and facilitate reverse-commuting trips to Westchester County and Connecticut. The new stations would provide transit access to the transit-deficient East Bronx.
Previously, a station was also considered to be built in Astoria; however, analysis showed that there wouldn’t be enough riders to justify the high cost of constructing a station. The construction of a station was projected to cost over $20 million, and the station would only be able to be 4-car lengths long. The station would only have a projected annual ridership of 310,367. Since 2014, local residents have pushed to have a Metro-North station built in Queens, either between 41st and 44th Streets in Astoria, or at Northern Boulevard and Broadway in Woodside.
Planning
On January 8, 2014, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo voiced support for the project in his 2014 State of the State address. With his support for the project, $695 million was budgeted for the project in the MTA's 2015–2019 Capital Program. In order to accommodate more trains, power and signal systems, and yards at Penn Station and New Rochelle will be upgraded and three railroad bridges will be rehabilitated or replaced. In addition, a third track will be installed between the Parkchester/Van Nest station and north of the Co-Op City station, and additional switches will be added. Metro-North service to Penn Station will begin after the completion of the East Side Access project, which will divert some Long island Rail Road trains to Grand Central, therefore opening up slots at Penn Station for Metro-North service. During peak hours there will be between six and ten trains to Penn Station. There will be four trains per hour to Connecticut in the reverse peak direction, and there will be two trains per hour to and from Penn Station during off-peak and weekends.
The project would add redundancy to the regional transportation network in case of service interruption. Regional connectivity will be increased with accessible transfers to Amtrak, the Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit at Penn Station. Through-running between the New Haven Line and New Jersey Transit would be possible, linking business centers in Connecticut and New Jersey while providing access to Newark Liberty Airport. The draft Environmental Assessment was to be made available for public review in late 2018.
At the MTA's Metro-North Railroad Committee meeting on January 22, 2019, it was announced that Amtrak and the MTA had reached an agreement regarding track usage rights, and $35 million was approved for initial engineering design work. In addition, HNTB New York Engineering and Architecture received a $35 million contract to consult on the planning of the four new stations. In exchange for being allowed to use the Hell Gate Line and build the four stations, the MTA agreed to replace the Pelham Bay Bridge across the Hutchinson River, as well as pay access fees for using the Hell Gate Bridge. Amtrak and the MTA also agreed to conduct a joint study on the feasibility of extending Amtrak service to Long Island via the tracks used by the LIRR. As part of the project, three track interlockings would be built, one existing interlocking would be rehabilitated, and the line would be widened from three to four tracks between the Hell Gate and Pelham Bay Bridges.
Design for the project began in February 2019, and construction was expected to begin in late 2020, with an expected opening by 2023. By February 2020, the MTA had identified three firms that were qualified to bid on the design–build contracts for Penn Station Access. At that point, the project's opening date was announced as 2024. Shortly afterward, work was placed on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published a draft environmental impact statement in May 2021, and the state government commenced a request for proposals for the project's development. The project's completion was then announced for 2025. The expanded services will operate at Moynihan Train Hall, an expansion of Penn Station into the neighboring James A. Farley Building.
On September 28, 2021, the FTA issued a Finding of No Significant Impact for the project, allowing the project to move forward.
Infrastructure
Amtrak owns the entire line up to New Rochelle, New York, where it merges with the New Haven Line, which is owned by Metro-North Railroad.
This line is electrified using the former New Haven Railroad's system, which supplies 12.5 kV at 60 Hz.
Station listing
See also
New Haven Line
Oak Point Yard
List of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad precursors
References
Sources
Railroad History Database
PRR Chronology
Transportation in Westchester County, New York
Transportation in the Bronx
Transportation in Queens, New York |
27943740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej%20Wojdowski | Andrzej Wojdowski | Andrzej Wojdowski (Latin Voivodius) (Chmielnik, 1565 – 1622) was a Polish Unitarian scholar.
In 1598 he and Krzysztof Ostorodt were sent as Socinian missionaries to the Netherlands, where in Leiden they stirred up a great controversy by their success in converting the University's students to Unitarianism. Among their converts was Ernst Soner.
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1565 births
1622 deaths
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55698579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Benjamin%20H.%20Hill | SS Benjamin H. Hill | SS Benjamin H. Hill was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Benjamin H. Hill, a Confederate senator and later a US Representative, US senator from the state of Georgia.
Construction
Benjamin H. Hill was laid down on 16 December 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1514, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. John D. Pellett, and launched on 7 February 1944.
History
She was allocated to the A.L. Burbank Company, on 19 February 1944. On 8 October 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in the James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia. On 20 May 1954, she was withdrawn from the fleet to be loaded with grain under the "Grain Program 1954", she returned loaded with grain on 28 May 1954. She was again withdrawn from the fleet on 4 April 1959, to have the grain unloaded, she returned empty on 11 April 1959. On 18 November 1960, she was withdrawn from the fleet to be loaded with grain under the "Grain Program 1960", she returned loaded with grain on 7 December 1960. She was again withdrawn from the fleet on 19 May 1963, to have the grain unloaded, she returned empty on 22 May 1963. On 2 February 1971, she was sold, along with the ship Monterey, to Hierros Andes, S.A., for $172,500, for scrapping, she was delivered on 9 September 1971.
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Liberty ships
Ships built in Brunswick, Georgia
1944 ships
James River Reserve Fleet
James River Reserve Fleet Grain Program |
61490539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20W.%20Goodlander | C. W. Goodlander | Charles Wesley Goodlander (1834-1902) was an architect, builder, businessman, banker, hotelier, and author in the United States. He designed the Cherokee National Capitol building (1869) and wrote Memoirs of C. W. Goodlander of the Early Days of Fort Scott about Fort Scott, Kansas. He also designed and built the Goodlander Hotel in 1887.
Goodlander gave funds for the Goodlander Childrens Home in 1903, for the renovation and adaptation of his father-in-laws home. He was president of the Citizens National Bank of Fort Scott. He designed a Presbyterian church, city hall, and Miller Block in Fort Scott.
His nephew, also named Charles Goodlander (March 23, 1863 - May 13, 1914), served as mayor of Fort Scott.
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1834 births
1902 deaths
19th-century American architects
19th-century American writers |
67619860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20NCAA%20Division%20I%20Men%27s%20Golf%20Championship | 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship | The 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships were contested at the 67th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament for determining the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the Division I level in the United States.
The tournament was held at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland.
Georgia won the team championship, the Bulldogs' second NCAA title and the first since 1999.
James Lepp, from Washington, won the individual title.
Qualifying
The NCAA held three regional qualifying tournaments, with the top ten teams from each event qualifying for the national championship.
Individual results
Individual champion
James Lepp, Washington (276)
Team results
Eliminated after 54 holes
DC = Defending champions
Debut appearance
References
NCAA Men's Golf Championship
Golf in Maryland
NCAA Golf Championship
NCAA Golf Championship
NCAA Golf Championship |
44401050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20European%20Athletics%20U23%20Championships%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20shot%20put | 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's shot put | The men's shot put event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16 July.
Medalists
Results
Final
16 July
Qualifications
16 July
Qualifying 18.25 or 12 best to the Final
Group A
Group B
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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Shot put
Shot put at the European Athletics U23 Championships |
61903113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramatoulie%20D.%20K.%20Sanneh | Ramatoulie D. K. Sanneh | Brigadier-General Ramatoulie D. K. Sanneh MRG is an officer of the Gambia National Army. She joined as an enlisted member before being commissioned as a captain in May 2006. Sanneh was appointed a Member of the National Order of the Republic of The Gambia in 2010 and was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in May 2011. She became Gambia's first female army general and has since worked to reduce gender-based violence in the country.
Biography
Ramatoulie D. K. Sanneh enlisted in the Gambia National Army. She was promoted from the non-commissioned officer rank of corporal to the commissioned officer rank of captain in May 2006. In April 2008 she was promoted to the rank of major by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. On 7 January 2010 she was appointed to become a Member of the National Order of the Republic of The Gambia (MRG) by President Jammeh; at this time she held the rank of colonel.
In May 2011 Sanneh was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, becoming Gambia's first female army general. The promotion was hailed in the local press as a milestone in the history of the Gambian Army and a step towards empowerment of women. Sanneh was said to have "proven her commitment and dedication to duty and has served her institution with a high sense of respect, loyalty and discipline".
Sanneh has since led campaigns against gender-based violence in Gambia in her role as Chief Adviser to the Gender Focal Officer in the Gambian Army. She committed the Gambian Armed Forces to work with the Network Against Gender Based Violence and noted that the army had set up gender offices in its barracks to provide expertise on the issue.
References
Female army generals
Gambian military personnel
Living people
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60528392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Brother%27s%20Love | A Brother's Love | A Brother's Love () is a 2019 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Monia Chokri. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Following its Cannes premiere, the film had its Canadian theatrical premiere on 7 June.
The film stars Anne-Élisabeth Bossé as Sophia, an immature university graduate student who is forced to reassess her life when her brother Karim (Patrick Hivon), with whom she has always had a very close and codependent relationship, falls in love with her gynecologist Éloise (Evelyne Brochu).
Plot
Sophia earns her PhD for her thesis on Antonio Gramsci, but discovers a lack of teaching positions available in her field and is saddled with student debt. At age 35, she lives rent-free with her brother Karim and leads tours at a local art gallery. Pregnant, Sophia seeks an abortion and she and Karim meet Eloïse, a doctor. Eloïse recognizes Karim as a man she met and slept with when she first moved to Montreal several years ago. Although Karim does not remember Eloïse, they agree to see each other again. After the abortion, Sophia tells Karim he should date a woman like Eloïse, but is turned off when he replies he will see Eloïse herself. Sophia loses her job at the gallery and decides to write a novel. She returns to Karim's apartment and speaks loudly about how she imagined Karim's date with Eloïse went, speculating Eloïse is frigid and shallow. Sophia is embarrassed to see Eloïse is in the apartment. Envious and concerned about Karim entering into an increasingly serious relationship, Sophia watches Eloïse as she interacts with Karim.
Eloïse and Karim take Sophia to a dinner, and Eloïse also brings her best friend Jasmin, a male midwife. Concerned she has been lured into a double date, Sophia is offended when Jasmin says giving birth is the most important event of a woman's life; Sophia never wants to have children. Jasmin and Sophia share a taxi, and Jasmin asks to see her again, though Sophia is reluctant. Eloïse then joins Karim and Sophia in a dinner with their parents. There, Sophia engages in a heated argument over her family, saying the world is overpopulated (when Eloïse expresses a desire for children) and her eight years of education were for nothing. Sophia storms out and refuses to apologize. She leaves Karim's apartment for a room at Jasmin's apartment; she also accepts a job as a French-language tutor for immigrants in the suburbs. Jasmin and Sophia have sex; the next morning, Sophia rushes to her new job and struggles on where to begin.
Sophia visits Eloïse in her office and tearfully apologizes for her behaviour at their last dinner. She confesses she had never seen her brother so happy. Eloïse replies by comparing the sibling relationship to atomic theory; since people are made up of atoms, they inherit their atoms from their parents, and she understands Karim and Sophia share a connection.
Cast
Anne-Élisabeth Bossé as Sophia
Patrick Hivon as Karim
Evelyne Brochu as Eloïse
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau as Anabelle Lajoie
Sasson Gabai as Hichem
Niels Schneider as Alex
Mylène Mackay
Micheline Bernard as Lucie
Accolades
References
External links
2019 films
2019 comedy-drama films
Canadian films
Canadian comedy-drama films
French-language films
Quebec films
Films directed by Monia Chokri |
5788762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20of%20Temptation | Mount of Temptation | The Mount of Temptation (, ) is said to be the hill in the Judean Desert where Jesus was tempted by the devil ().
History
The exact location of the Mount of Temptation is unknown. It is generally identified with Mount Quarantana or Quarantania, Arabic name: Jabal al-Quruntul, from its Crusader name, Mons Quarantana, a mountain approximately high, towering from the northwest over the town of Jericho in the West Bank. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914), Quarantania is "a limestone peak on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho".
Halfway up to the top of the mount is the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Temptation or "Deir al-Qarantal" in Arabic. Above Qarantal, on top of the cliff, is a modern wall that sits on the ruins of the Hasmonean (later Herodian) fortress Dok or Duq (), mentioned in the First Book of Maccabees, which appears as Dagon in Josephus' "Antiquities of the Jews" (Ant., XIII, viii, 1; BJ, I, ii, 3). The modern wall was built at the end of the 19th century: the Greek Orthodox hoped to raise another monastery on the top of the mount, but ran out of money.
In 1998 an Austrian-Swiss company built a -long cable car from Jericho's Tell es-Sultan, the mound where the prehistorical and biblical towns once stood, to the level of the monastery, in preparation for the year 2000 when large numbers of tourists were expected.The cable car is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the "longest cable car aerial tramway below sea level."
In literature
The Mount of Temptation is mentioned in a poem of the Temptation event by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
See also
Chariton the Confessor, a monk and saint who established a lavra here at the beginning of the 4th century
References
Further reading
Temptation
Temptation
Judaean Desert |
57294814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairo | Clairo | Claire Elizabeth Cottrill (born August 18, 1998), known professionally as Clairo, is an American singer-songwriter. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Carlisle, Massachusetts, she began posting music on the internet at age 13.
Clairo rose to prominence following the viral success of the music video for her lo-fi single "Pretty Girl" in 2017. She subsequently signed a record deal with Fader Label, where she released her debut EP Diary 001 (2018). Her debut studio album Immunity (2019) received critical acclaim and spawned the singles "Bags" and "Sofia", the latter of which became her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Cottrill's second studio album, Sling, was released in 2021. Upon its release, the album received critical acclaim and saw commercial success, debuting in the top 20 of the US Billboard 200.
Early life
Claire Cottrill was born in Atlanta, Georgia; however, she was raised in Carlisle, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of marketing executive Geoff Cottrill.
Career
2011–2017: Career beginnings
Cottrill began recording covers at the age of 13; she often performed covers at local businesses including Blue Dry Goods. During this time, MTV contacted her to record a song to be used as background music for one of their shows, but the song was never used. Under the names Clairo and DJ Baby Benz, she began posting music to Bandcamp while attending Concord-Carlisle High School and went on to post covers and songs in addition to DJ mixes of rap music on SoundCloud. She also maintained a YouTube channel where she would post covers and short films.
Clairo first drew wide attention in late 2017 when the video for her song "Pretty Girl" went viral on YouTube. The song was recorded for an indie rock compilation benefiting the Transgender Law Center. According to her, she recorded the track "using the resources around me which were pretty shitty. I used like a little keyboard that I had and I was really into ’80s pop music — my mom is obsessed with it — so it kind of inspired me to do something like that." She attributed interest in the video to YouTube's algorithm system. The video also became popular on vaporwave-centric Facebook groups. "Pretty Girl" had amassed more than 15 million views on YouTube by 2018. A piece written by Joe Coscarelli of The New York Times said that the work: "bridges both worlds, building on the coy, understated bedroom pop of 'Pretty Girl' and 'Flamin Hot Cheetos' toward sturdier numbers like '4EVER' and 'B.O.M.D.'".
Another video that was uploaded to YouTube a month earlier, "Flamin Hot Cheetos", garnered 3 million views by July 2018. The success of "Pretty Girl" led to interest from major labels such as Capitol, RCA, and Columbia. Jon Cohen, co-founder of The Fader, signed Clairo to the magazine's associated record label with a 12-song record contract and introduced her to Pat Corcoran, manager of Chance the Rapper. She became a client of talent agency Haight Brand near the end of 2017.
2018–present: Immunity and Sling
On May 25, 2018, Fader Label released Clairo's debut record, titled Diary 001. In her review for Pitchfork, Fader contributor Sasha Geffen wrote that the EP ought to subside the "legions of naysayers who dismissed her as a one-hit fluke or an industry plant." That same month, she announced a headlining tour throughout North America, as well as select dates opening for Dua Lipa. Her July performance at the Bowery Ballroom in New York was a sold-out show. In October 2018, she performed at Lollapalooza. She performed at Coachella in 2019.
On May 24, 2019, Clairo released a new single, "Bags", and announced her debut album Immunity which was released on August 2, 2019. She would further release two more singles from the album "Closer to You" and "Sofia." Following the album's commercial success, Apple Music named Clairo an Up Next artist in August 2019. Clairo made her television debut performing "I Wouldn’t Ask You" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September 2019, before performing "Bags" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show a few days later. In December 2019, Clairo won Pop Artist of the Year at the 2019 Boston Music Awards for the second consecutive year, as well as Album of the Year for Immunity. "Bags" was included in over 15 critics' lists ranking the year's top songs including Pitchfork's and Paste's lists of best songs of the decade. Immunity was included in over 10 critics' end of year lists, including The Guardian, Pitchfork, Billboard and Los Angeles Times. As of 2019, Clairo was managed by Mike Ahern and Jimmy Bui.
In April 2020, Clairo revealed that she had begun working on her second album via a tweet of a screenshot of a playlist titled ‘Album 2 (demos so far)’. On October of that same year, Clairo formed a new band called Shelly with indie-pop artist Claud and their two friends from Syracuse University, Josh Mehling and Noa Frances Getzug. The group released two songs, "Steeeam" and "Natural", on October 30, 2020. On June 11, 2021, Clairo released "Blouse", the first single from her second record, Sling, which was announced that same day. The album was released on July 16, 2021. In February 2022, Clairo embarked on the US leg of the Sling tour.
Artistry
Clairo recalled that the Shins' Wincing the Night Away was "the first album I really completely geeked out over" crediting it as her inspiration to make music. Based on the fact that many around her told her that a career in music was unlikely she did not consider it a likely prospect and musically "kind of did whatever I wanted".
Personal life
In 2017, Cottrill began attending Syracuse University.
Cottrill was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 17. Cottrill came out as bisexual to her fans via Twitter in May 2018. In an interview, she explained that making friends in college is what helped her to come out as they were openly gay and she was inspired by "their confidence and their willingness to be exposed."
Following the success of "Pretty Girl", a number of social media users (specifically on discussion website Reddit) began claiming that Clairo was an "industry plant" who gained success through her father's nepotism. She denied the claims, calling them sexist. Writers for The Guardian and The Ringer also stated that her father's connections facilitated her record contract signing.
Discography
Immunity (2019)
Sling (2021)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Clairo on Spotify
1998 births
Living people
21st-century American women singers
American women pop singers
American indie pop musicians
American indie rock musicians
American Internet celebrities
LGBT people from Massachusetts
Musicians from Massachusetts
People from Carlisle, Massachusetts
Syracuse University alumni
Bedroom pop musicians
Bisexual musicians
Bisexual women
LGBT singers from the United States
NME Awards winners
21st-century American singers
21st-century LGBT people |
16026263 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigny%2C%20Metropolis%20of%20Lyon | Grigny, Metropolis of Lyon | Grigny () is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
History
Grigny became of a member of the Urban Community of Lyon in 2007. On 1 January 2015 Grigny left the department of Rhône to join the Metropolis of Lyon.
See also
Communes of the Metropolis of Lyon
References
Communes of Lyon Metropolis |
32465101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirroul%20Butchers | Thirroul Butchers | The Thirroul Butchers are an Australian rugby league football team based in Thirroul, a coastal town of the Illawarra region. The club was formed in 1913 and entered the Illawarra Rugby League, where it still competes today.
History
The Thirroul Butchers were established in 1913, entering the third season of the Illawarra Rugby League competition. On 20 May 1913 Thirroul (at the time also known as "The Blues") competed in their first premiership match, with a 13-3 loss to Unanderra. The team listed was: Dansfield, A. Lacey, E.Lacey, Hopkinson, Coulton, Grace, McDonald, Ryan, Moore, Green, Fraser, Schalel and Clarke.
Players
Notable former players
Trent Waterhouse (Penrith Panthers(2002-2011), Warrington Wolves(2012-2014))
Glen Air (1994-02 Illawarra Steelers, London Broncos & West Tigers)
Brent Grose (2001-08 Cronulla, South Sydney, Warrington & Sydney)
Keith Cole
Michael Howell (2002-04 St George Illawarra Dragons)
David Howell (2003-13 St George Illawarra Dragons, Canberra Raiders & London Broncos)
Ryan Powell (2004-05 St George Illawarra Dragons)
Matt Prior (2008- St George Illawarra Dragons & Cronulla Sharks)
Max Bailey (2015- St George Illawarra Dragons)
Aaron Schoupp (2021- Canterbury Bulldogs)
Leading Pointscores
Honours
Illawarra Rugby League Premierships: 8
1940, 1954, 1973, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2012
Illawarra Minor Premierships: 4
1987, 1995, 2003, 2008
CRL Challenge Cup:1
2003
References
External links
Thirroul Butchers Clubpage
Country Rugby League Homepage
Country Rugby League
Illawarra District League
Illawarra Rugby League
Rugby league teams in Wollongong
Rugby clubs established in 1913
1913 establishments in Australia |
21035564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight%20501 | Flight 501 | Flight 501 may refer to:
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 501, caught fire during takeoff on 22 March 1984
LANSA Flight 501, crashed on 27 April 1966
Ariane 5 Flight 501, a launch failure of the spacecraft Cluster on 4 June 1996
0501 |
9728519 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burketown%20Airport | Burketown Airport | Burketown Airport is an airport located southwest of Burketown, Queensland, Australia.
Airlines and destinations
See also
List of airports in Queensland
References
Airports in Queensland
North West Queensland |
741044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Hayman | Francis Hayman | Francis Hayman (1708 – 2 February 1776) was an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and later its first librarian.
Born in Exeter, Devon, Hayman begun his artistic career as a scene painter in London's Drury Lane theatre (where he also appeared in minor roles) before establishing a studio in St Martin's Lane.
A versatile artist influenced by the French Rococo style, he achieved some note during the 1740s through decorative paintings executed for the supper boxes at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London. Hayman was also a successful portraitist and history painter.
Combining some of these, he contributed 31 pictures to a 1744 edition of Shakespeare's plays by Sir Thomas Hanmer, and later portrayed many leading contemporary actors in Shakespearean roles, including David Garrick as Richard III (1760). He also illustrated Pamela, a novel by Samuel Richardson, Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, Tobias Smollett's translation of Don Quixote, and other well-known works. In the 1760s Hayman was commissioned by Jonathan Tyers, proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens and the Denbies estate, to paint a series of large-scale history paintings depicting British victories in the Seven Years' War.
He was an able teacher. His pupils included Mason Chamberlin, Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Thomas Seton and Lemuel Francis Abbott, and he was also a strong influence on Thomas Gainsborough.
With Joshua Reynolds, Hayman was actively involved in the formation of the Society of Artists, a forerunner of the Royal Academy, during the early 1760s.
Hayman died in 1776 and was buried in an unmarked grave in St Anne's Church, Soho.
Gallery
References
Laurent Turcot. The Surrender of Montreal to General Amherst de Francis Hayman et l’identité impériale britannique Mens : revue d'histoire intellectuelle et culturelle, Volume 12, numéro 1, automne 2011, p. 91-135.
Notes
External links
Francis Hayman online (ArtCyclopedia)
Portrait of Hayman by Joshua Reynolds (Philip Mould Fine Paintings)
1708 births
1776 deaths
18th-century English painters
English male painters
English illustrators
Royal Academicians
Burials at St Anne's Church, Soho |
26709950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otra%20Cosa | Otra Cosa | Otra Cosa ("Another Thing") is the title of the fifth studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas, released worldwide on March 16, 2010. iTunes sold two versions of this album, the standard version and an iTunes LP, and it became the first iTunes LP released by a Latin artist. The deluxe iTunes release includes the music video for the single "Bien o Mal," as well as a remix by the Mexican Institute of Sound. The album was also released exclusively in Mexico in format of vinyl.
This album features collaborations with Alejandro Sergi (vocals from Miranda!) and Adrián Dárgelos (vocals from Babasónicos). The first single chosen to promote the album was the song "Bien o Mal," which topped the popularity in Mexican radio and in Latin America.
In Mexico, Otra Cosa sold 30,000 copies. Won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Album.
Background
On this album Julieta Venegas served not only as a singer/songwriter but also as a producer. She directed each of the processes and the song selection, choice and management arrangements. For Otra Cosa, Venegas used the sounds of acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers, many percussion instruments, cavaquinhos, woodwinds, pianos and accordions ever. As for the composition and subsequent recording of the album, it said on her official blog:
"Both the composition and the arrangements began to assemble at home, composing on the piano, and then up the music room I have, where I started recording with the idea of trying things, many of those things ended up being on disk , which I love, because it was something very homely, not thinking about the pressure of study, but in the quiet of my house. Not that I have a big studio, I have to clarify basic only pro tools, and many instruments this time came many cavaquinhos, percussion, synthesizers, accordion with many effects, drum machines, in short, the development of ideas was something I did in solitude, and sometimes forgetting that it was preparing a disc. I came to write about 40 songs, among which I did in my house, and later in Buenos Aires, where I got together to compose Ale Sergi (Miranda!), Adrian Dargelos (Babasónicos ).... I wanted to write with other people, after be at home one time, it was refreshing to see what could come to sit with friends, both Ale and Adrian are very friendly and have been wanting to do things together, and now it happened."
Promotion
To promote the album, Julieta Venegas began her "Otra Cosa Tour" in several cities in Mexico and the United States like the presentation at the Vive Latino of México City. At the same time she traveled to several countries in Latin America and Europe for media presentations.
After her pregnancy, she began the second part of her world "Otra Cosa Tour" on November 20, 2010 in Madrid, Spain. She went on to continue the "Otra Cosa U.S. Tour" in several U.S. cities, Latin America, Brazil and Europe before she returned to the United States and Mexico.
Singles
The first single from the album was "Bien o Mal" released on January 18, 2010 by digital download. In Mexico it reached #5 on the charts and in Spain #45. It was #8 on the US Latin Pop Airplay, #21 on US Hot Latin Tracks, and #40 for US Tropical Songs. "Despedida" was released on May 11, 2010 in Mexico, Latin America and Europe, and ranked No. 35 on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay. On March 9, 2011 Venegas released the third single, "Ya Conocerán" as announced by Sony Music Chile.
Track listing
Otra Cosa Más - EP (Walmart Exclusive)(only US)
"Bien o mal"
"Despedida"
"Debajo de Mi Lengua"
"Me Voy"
"Andar Conmigo"
"Limón y Sal"
Personnel
Julieta Venegas - Vocals, background vocals, accordion, piano, glockenspiel, keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, cavaquinho, banjo, xylophone, ukulele, Fender Rhodes, melodion, percussions, handclaps, programming, composer
Cachorro López - bass guitar, programming, claps, composer
Dany Avila - Drums, percussion
Alejandro "Ale" Sergi - Vocals (background), composer
Adrían Dargelos - Composer
Demian Nava - Programming, percussions
Sebastian Schon - Flute, tenor saxophone, handclaps, vocals (background), programming
Mono Huarto - double bass
Santiago Castellani - Tuba
Leo Heras - Clarinet
Juan Carlos de Urquiza - Trumpet
Ana Schon, Ana Piñero, Lola Piñero, Valentino Ohanian - Vocals (background)
Daniel Melingo - Bouzuki
Juan Blas Caballero - Programming, percussion
Sandra Baylac - Claps, vocals (background)
Patricio Villarejo - Cello
Florencia Ciarlo - Vocals (background)
Production
Producers: Julieta Venegas, Cachorro López
Engineers: Sebastián Schon, Julieta Venegas, Demian Nava
Mixing: Cesar Sogbe
Mastering: José Blanco
A&R: Charlie García, Betto Rojas
A&R drawings: Nicolás Prior
A&R pictogrph: Ale Paul
A&R direction: Guillermo Gutiérrez-Leyva
Photography: Nora Lezano
Design assistant: Silvia Canosa
Design: Alejandro Ros
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Certifications
Year-end charts
Awards
Grammy Awards
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| rowspan="2" align="center"|2010
| Otra Cosa
|Best Latin Pop Album
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Latin Grammy Awards
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| rowspan="2" align="center"|2010
| Bien o Mal
|Best Short Form Music
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References
2009 albums
Albums produced by Cachorro López
Julieta Venegas albums
Rock en Español albums |
9295736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20force%20tracking | Blue force tracking | Blue force tracking is a United States military term for a GPS-enabled capability that provides military commanders and forces with location information about friendly (and despite its name, also hostile) military forces. In NATO military symbology, blue typically denotes friendly forces. The capability provides a common picture of the location of friendly forces and therefore is referred to as the blue force tracker. When all capitalized, the term refers to a specific defense contractors' system, but the capability is found in many military and civilian mobile apps.
Systems
Blue force tracking (BFT) systems consist of a computer, used to display location information, a satellite terminal and satellite antenna, used to transmit location and other military data, a Global Positioning System receiver (to determine its own position), command-and-control software (to send and receive orders, and many other battlefield support functions), and mapping software, usually in the form of a geographic information system (GIS), that plots the BFT device on a map. The system displays the location of the host vehicle on the computer's terrain-map display, along with the locations of other platforms (friendly in blue, and enemy in red) in their respective locations. BFT can also be used to send and receive text and imagery messages, and has a mechanism for reporting the locations of enemy forces and other battlefield conditions (for example, the location of minefields, battlefield obstacles, bridges that are damaged, etc.).
Additional capability in some BFT devices is found in route planning tools. By inputting grid coordinates, the BFT becomes both the map and compass for mechanized units. With proximity warnings enabled, the vehicle crew is made aware as they approach critical or turn points.
Adoption
Users of BFT systems include the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Air Force, the United States Navy ground-based expeditionary forces (e.g., United States Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) and Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) units), the United Kingdom, and German Soldier System IdZ-ES+.
In 2008, work began on plans to reach the level of nearly 160,000 tracking systems in the US Army within a few years; the system prime contractor is the Northrop Grumman corporation of Los Angeles, California.
In November 2010, the US Army and the US Marines Corps reached an agreement to standardize on a shared system, to be called "Joint Battle Command Platform", which will be derived from the Army's FBCB2 system that was used by the US Army, the US Marines Corps, and the British Army during heavy combat operations in the Iraq War in 2003.
An Army-specific Blue Force Tracking technology is Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below, or FBCB2. The system continually transmits locations over the FBCB2 network. It then monitors the location and progress of friendly (and enemy) forces, and sends those specific coordinates to a central location called the Army Tactical Operations Center. There the data are consolidated into a common operational picture, or COP, and sent to numerous destinations, such as the headquarters element, other in-theater forces, or back out to other military units for situational awareness. The system also allows users to input or update operational graphics (i.e. obstacles, engineer reconnaissance on the road, enemy forces). Once uploaded, it can either be sent to higher headquarters or "mailed" to other subscribers of that user's list, or other BFT users within the subscription system. The M1A1 Abrams's tank AIM refurbishment/upgrade program includes FBCB2 and Blue Force Tracking.
The BFT system, and the FBCB2 system of which it is a variant, have won numerous awards and accolades, including: recognition in 2001 as one of the five best-managed software programs in the entire US Government, the 2003 Institute for Defense and Government Advancement's award for most innovative US Government program, the 2003 Federal Computer Week Monticello Award (given in recognition of an information system that has a direct, meaningful impact on human lives), and the Battlespace Information 2005 "Best Program in Support of Coalition Operations".
See also
Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below
Project Manager Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below
Program Executive Office Command Control and Communications Tactical
Civilian / commercial equivalents
Find My Friends
Android Tactical Assault Kit
Swarm (app)
Automatic Packet Reporting System
References
Photograph taken of Major Stuart Burruss, Executive Officer, 2-156th Infantry, 256th Brigade Combat Team (Mechanized) at Camp Liberty prior to a combat patrol in the brigade's Area of Operations.
External links
The Blue Force Tracker System video by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Command and control
Military equipment of the United States |
19361785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamuna%2C%20Nepal | Jamuna, Nepal | Jamuna is a town and Village Development Committee in Ilam District in the Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,277 persons living in 567 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Ilam District
Populated places in Ilam District |
28094453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epialtinae | Epialtinae | Epialtinae is a subfamily of crabs, containing the following genera:
Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828
Alfredalcockia Števčić, 2005
Antilibinia MacLeay, 1838
Cyclonyx Miers, 1879
Epialtoides Garth, 1958
Epialtus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
Esopus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875
Eupleurodon Stimpson, 1871
Goniothorax A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
Griffinia Richer de Forges, 1994
Huenia De Haan, 1837
Leucippa H. Milne-Edwards, 1833
Lophorochinia Garth, 1969
Menaethiops Alcock, 1895
Menaethius A. Milne-Edwards, 1834
Mimulus Stimpson, 1860
Mocosa Stimpson, 1871
Perinia Dana, 1851
Pugettia Dana, 1851
Sargassocarcinus Ward, 1936
Simocarcinus Miers, 1879
Taliepus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
Xenocarcinus White, 1847
Incertae sedis
Acanthonyx elongatus White, 1847 (nomen nudum)
Huenia dehaanii White, 1848
Huenia proteus var. tenuipes Adams & White, 1848
Inachus australis Gray, 1831
Menaethius brevirostris Heller, 1862
References
Crustacean taxonomy
Arthropod subfamilies
Majoidea |
23729473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%20Virginia%20Slims%20of%20Washington%20%E2%80%93%20Doubles | 1983 Virginia Slims of Washington – Doubles | Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith were the defending champions but lost in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 against Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith (final)
n/a
Jo Durie / Barbara Potter (quarterfinals)
Draw
External links
1983 Virginia Slims of Washington Doubles Draw
Virginia Slims of Washington
1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series |
56526323 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20ASUN%20Men%27s%20Basketball%20Tournament | 2018 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament | The 2018 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Schedule
Bracket
See also
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
2018 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament
References
External links
ASUN Men's Basketball Championship Details
ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
Tournament
Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament |
57126544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Proctor%20%28bobsleigh%29 | John Proctor (bobsleigh) | John Proctor (born November 2, 1950) is an American bobsledder. He competed in the two man and the four man events at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
References
1950 births
Living people
American male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders of the United States
Bobsledders at the 1976 Winter Olympics
People from Plattsburgh, New York |
38297956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll%20Be%20Going%20Now | I'll Be Going Now | Tolgo il disturbo, internationally released as I'll Be Going Now, is a 1990 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Dino Risi.
Plot
Augusto Scribani is an old retired, cultured and genteel, who comes to Rome to visit his children and his granddaughter Rosa. The child and Augusto soon become attached to time, causing the anger and jealousy of parents. In fact, the couple are two business people and do not care much to small, and so Augusto shows his disappointment. The old man so completely quarrels with his son, and is out of the house, while the little Carla droops in pain.
Cast
Vittorio Gassman: Augusto Scribani
Elliott Gould: Alcide
Dominique Sanda: Carla
Eva Grimaldi: Ines
Firmine Richard: Anita
Monica Scattini: Margherita
Valentina Holtkamp: Rosa
References
External links
1990 films
Italian films
Films directed by Dino Risi
Commedia all'italiana
1990 comedy-drama films
Films about old age
Italian comedy-drama films |
15817369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia%20Union%20High%20School | Patagonia Union High School | Patagonia Union High School (PUHS), is a public high school located in Patagonia, Arizona, which serves rural eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona, including the communities of Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin. PUHS is a 1A school, with an enrollment of about 90 students in grades 9–12. Its mascot is the Lobo, the Spanish word for "wolf."
General information
The student population is 54% low income (i.e., eligible for free & reduced-price lunches by the federal definition). Ethnically, the student population is 52% Anglo and 48% Latino.
National and state authorities have lauded the school for its academic excellence. PUHS has met the federal standard of "adequate yearly progress" every year since the passage of No Child Left Behind. The Arizona Department of Education has given the school its highest rating (Excelling) for the past three years. PUHS is the only "Excelling" high school in Arizona south of the Tucson metro area.
U.S. News & World Report recently recognized PUHS as a bronze medal school, a designation that indicates unusually good test scores for the school's demographics. Patagonia is the only bronze medal school in southern Arizona outside the Tucson metro area.
Great Schools rated PUHS at 7 out of 10.
History
In 1989 the Arizona Daily Star ran an article about recreational drug use being a rampant issue among the student body.
Academic awards
Arizona Department of Education Report Cards
2002–2003: Excelling
2003–2004: Highly Performing
2004–2005: Performing
2005–2006: Excelling
2006–2007: Excelling
2007–2008: Excelling
2008–2009: Excelling
No Child Left Behind Adequate Yearly Progress
2002–2003: Met
2003–2004: Met
2004–2005: Met
2005–2006: Met
2006–2007: Met
2007–2008: Met
U.S. News & World Report America's Best Schools
Bronze Medal, 2007, 2008
Arizona Regional Brain Bee
1st place: 2008
2nd place: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009
Arizona Academic Decathlon
2nd place among 1A schools in regional & state competition, 2008
Willow Canyon Scholastic Bowl Invitational
3rd Place, 2008
Athletic achievements
Baseball
1st place, 1A South division, 2003 (Head Coaches: Brian MacKenzie & Alvaro Monteverde)
Basketball (Boys)
3rd place, 1A South division, 2008 (Head Coach: Jim Paul)
1st place, 1A South division, 2007 (Head Coach: Jimmy Lewis)
Basketball (Girls)
4th place, 1A South division, 2007 (Head Coach: Michelle Shadrick)
Football
3rd place, 1A South division, 2008 (Head Coach: Jim Paul)
3rd place, 1A South division, 2007 (Head Coach: Brian MacKenzie)
Co-State Champion, Class C division, 1991 (Head Coach: Bill House)
State Champion, Class C division, 1988 (Head Coach: Bill House/Darrell Howell)
State Champion, Class C division, 1987 (Head Coach: Bill House)
Volleyball (Girls)
1st place, 1A South division, 2005 (Head Coach: Lance Sabbe)
Faculty and staff recognition
Brian MacKenzie
Arizona Educational Foundation Arizona Teacher of the Year finalist and Ambassador for Excellence, 2009
Patagonia Union High School Teacher of the Year, 2008
Veterans of Foreign Wars Arizona High School Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year, 2008
Arizona 1A South Baseball Coach of the Year, 2003
Lois Rodgers
National Rural Teacher of the Year, 2001–2002
Arizona Rural Schools Association Teacher of the Year, 2000–2001
Susan Stropko
Superintendent of the Year for Small & Rural Schools, 2004
Notable alumni
Dinesh D'Souza, author, conservative activist, Reagan Administration policy analyst
Jim Kolbe, Republican U.S. Congressman for southern Arizona, 1985–2007
References
Educational institutions established in 1926
Public high schools in Arizona
Schools in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
1926 establishments in Arizona
School districts in Santa Cruz County, Arizona |
1767268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20John%27s%20East%20%28provincial%20electoral%20district%29 | St. John's East (provincial electoral district) | St. John's East was a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011 there were 8,063 eligible voters living within the district. The district was abolished in 2015 as Newfoundland and Labrador reduced the number of districts. Portions of the district are now within the district of St. John's East - Quidi Vidi.
Prior to 1956, the district was larger and elected two MHAs.
Members of the House of Assembly
The district has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly:
For MHAs elected to the old St. John's East between 1956 and 1995 see Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
St. John's Centre (1956-1995), St. John's East since 1995
Dual-Member District
Single-Member District
Election results
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|NDP
|George Murphy
|align="right"|2,766
|align="right"|52.11
|align="right"|+35.51
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|NDP
|Gemma Schlamp-Hickey
|align="right"|864
|align="right"|16.60
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|NDP
|Bruce Clarke
|align="right"|864
|align="right"|14.54
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|Independent
|Steve Durant
|align="right"|66
|align="right"|1.11
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|NDP
|Barry Darby
|align="right"|600
|align="right"|10.08
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|NDP
|Sean Murray
|align="right"|796
|align="right"|12.94
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|NDP
|Fraser March
|align="right"|874
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
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|NDP
|Vicky Silky
|align="right"|625
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|NDP
|Nina Patey
|align="right"|976
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|NDP
|Pobert Harry E. Cuff
|align="right"|293
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References
External links
Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts
Politics of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
68104453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie%20Sonnenberg | Debbie Sonnenberg | Debbie Sonnenberg (born 4 January 1971) is a Canadian softball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
References
1971 births
Living people
Canadian softball players
Olympic softball players of Canada
Softball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Edmonton |
3394973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome%20to%20Alflolol | Welcome to Alflolol | Welcome to Alflolol is volume four in the French comic book (or bande dessinée) science fiction series Valérian and Laureline created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières.
Synopsis
Valérian and Laureline are departing the Earth colony Technorog following a tour of inspection. Passing through the protective shield that surrounds the planet, Laureline is suddenly enveloped in a blue flame and rendered cataleptic. Recovering she reveals that she could hear what sounded like a cry for help. Checking their tracking instruments, they find an alien spacecraft falling towards Technorog. It strikes the protective shield and bounces into the asteroid belt that rings the planet. Valérian and Laureline spacewalk to the alien ship which they find deserted. Suddenly, Laureline is again rendered cataleptic and this time floats out of the spacecraft and into the asteroids. Following, Valérian finds Laureline surrounded by a group of strange aliens. The lead alien, unable to bring Laureline round, moves to open her spacesuit. Valérian intervenes. The lead alien introduces himself, using telepathy, as Argol, He-Who-Has-The-Gift-Of-Speaking-In-Minds. His family's maternal ancestor, Garol, She-Who-Has-The-Gift-Of-Taking-Over-Minds, has fallen gravely ill. In an attempt to get help she has taken over Laureline's mind but is now too sick to free her. Argol's wife, Orgal, She-Who-Has-The-Gift-Of-Making-Things-Move-Through-Space, used her telekinetic powers to bring Laureline to them. Valérian offers to bring them back to his astroship to see if he can cure Garol's illness. On the way, Argol introduces the rest of his family: his son Lagor and daughter Logar, who haven't yet discovered their gifts, and the Goumon, their pet. He explains that they come from the planet below them which is called Alflolol and that they have been away exploring other worlds. Valérian tells him that the planet below him is called Technorog and belongs to Earth. Argol laughs and says his people have just been away on a little trip. Valérian estimates their "little trip" has lasted 4,000 years. Algol explains that his people live for hundreds of thousands of years. Reaching the astroship, Valérian takes them to its medical unit where he manages to stabilise Garol's condition. Laureline recovers, much to the delight of the Goumon which has taken a shine to her. Valérian contacts the Governor of Technorog requesting permission to return to the planet.
As the astroship flies over the surface of their planet, the Alflololians are dumbfounded by the activities of human settlers – the salt extraction plants on the ocean, the mines, the factories and the hydroponic plantations. They are even more dismayed when they discover that the humans have built their capital, Technorogville, on top of where they had their campsite. Landing, the guards that greet them demand that the Alflololians are put through sanitary control. Laureline goes with them while Valérian goes to the Governor's office. He explains to the Governor that Technorog's original inhabitants have returned and that, under Galaxity's laws, they have the right to return to the land that is theirs. The Governor wants to refer the matter to Technorog's council before making a decision. Suddenly, the door opens and Laureline arrives with the Alflololians. At the same time, alarms start going off all around the city – chaos has broken out as the automatic control systems have broken down. Laureline admits that the Alflololians had been having a bit of fun before they came to the Governor's office which they have come to claim as their own since it lies on the exact spot they lived on before they departed. Left with no choice, the Governor leaves them to it and Algol and his family begin celebrating their return. The party lasts for several days and, eventually, Valérian and Laureline, exhausted, fall asleep in the corridor outside.
Waking up, the pair find the Alflololians have gone. Algol has left a message – the city doesn't agree with them and they have set out for their traditional hunting grounds. The Governor arrives with the rest of the council. He orders Valérian and Laureline to lead an expedition to bring them back – at least, up to now, they knew where the Alflololians were and what they were doing. Now, they present a threat to industrial production. The Governor provides the best men and equipment but they prove no match for the harsh environment and soon, their equipment destroyed, the last of the able-bodied men are forced to turn back leaving Valérian and Laureline alone in the jungle. Making camp, they soon fall asleep but, suddenly, Laureline is grabbed by a huge tentacled beast and borne away into the jungle. Valérian gives chase and follows them out of the jungle to the shores of Magnet Ocean. Left with no choice, Valérian draws his gun and prepares to fire, hoping he won't hit Laureline. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, the Goumon appears and attacks the creature. Valérian drags Laureline out of the water as Argol and the rest of the family arrive but she has fallen sick – the creature is a Shalafut-Personality-Splitter. Suddenly, Logar stands over Laureline and cures her. Algol is delighted – his daughter has found her gift – he tells her she will henceforth be known as Logar, She-Who-Saves-From-Nasty-Beasts. He invites Valérian and Laureline to accompany them on their boat where his son, Lagor, will be taught how to kill his first Furutz, one of the vicious sea creatures that inhabits the ocean.
On the boat, on the hunt, they close in on a herd of Furutz swimming near the salt extraction plants when suddenly a squadron of aircraft fly over them. Valérian's radio crackles into life and the Governor's voice orders them to withdraw from the area as it is restricted. Algol warns them to get clear – a panicked herd of Furutz can cause untold damage. The Governor ignores them and opens fire. The Furutz are enraged and attack the salt extraction plants causing spectacular damage. Somehow, in the middle of the devastation, Lagor manages to make the kill and the Alflololians drag the huge beast onto the shore. The Governor and his men land. The situation has gotten worse – a hundred Alflololian families have now arrived and are demanding to be allowed to return to their home. Laureline is horrified to discover that the Governor plans to put them on a reservation. Valérian is left in charge of administering the new arrangement.
The reservation is on the edge of the desert near some factories on the worst hunting grounds on the planet. There is little game and all the food is contaminated by the pollution from the factories. Hunting becomes impossible when the sirocco winds blow from the desert. With the Alflololians on the brink of starvation, Valérian convinces the council to give them food-aid. But there is a price – the Alflololians must work for their food. This is the last straw for Laureline who leaves Valérian and, throwing her lot in with the Alflololians, heads off to the hydroponic plantations with them. Fed up, Valérian sets up camp in the desert.
Some days later, he receives an urgent call from the Governor – a catastrophe has occurred at the hydroponic plantations. Arriving there, he discovers that all the foodstuffs have been transformed into pretty flowers. Algol informs him that his son has discovered his gift and will now be known as Lagor, He-Who-Has-The-Gift-Of-Making-Ugly-Things-Beautiful. Unfortunately, the flowers are not edible and the planet is now on the brink of starvation. The Governor has a new plan: the Alflololians will be split up – some to the mines, some to the factories, some to the power plants. Valérian refuses to comply with his new orders. The Governor threatens to inform Galaxity about Laureline's rebellious behaviour – if Valérian doesn't co-operate, Laureline will be dismissed from the Spatio-Temporal Service and will finish her days in the mines. Reluctantly, Valérian complies.
Several days later, Valérian begins a tour of inspection to see how the Alflololians are getting on. Arriving at a factory, he discovers that the spaceships they have been making have all been transformed into colourful sculptures. The situation is similar in the other factories – the atomic weapons factory can only make pocket-knives while at the biology centre, everyone has hay-fever. Moving on to the mines, he discovers that the drilling rigs are paralysed. Flying over the power plants he finds a huge fire raging. Reaching Technorogville, he finds it plunged in darkness due to a system-wide power cut. Entering the Governor's office, the council are in a state of despair – production has ground to a complete halt. Finally they agree that the Alflololians should be allowed to roam free on their own world.
Heading to the reservation to pass on the good news, Valérian is surprised to discover the Alflololians leaving in their spaceships. The only ones left are Algol and his family, who cannot leave because their ship is too badly damaged. Laureline is with them – she explains that the Alflololians had had enough and have chosen to return to travelling. Valérian offers Algol a lift in his astroship and Laureline finally makes up with him. Leading the flotilla of Alflololian ships through the protective shield, they say their farewells to the Governor who warns them never to come back. The Alflololian ships go their separate ways. Valérian takes Algol and his family to Galaxity, promising them there will be plenty to eat and drink and their celebrations will be appreciated. The high-ranking officials of Galaxity await them as ambassadors and prepare a reception for them.
Main characters
Valérian, a spatio-temporal agent from Galaxity, future capital of Earth, in the 28th century
Laureline, originally from France in the eleventh century, now a spatio-temporal agent of Galaxity in the 28th century
The Governor of Technorog
Argol, He-Who-Has-The-Gift-Of-Speaking-In-Minds, patriarch of the Alflololian family Valérian and Laureline befriend
Orgal, She-Who-Has-The-Gift-Of-Making-Things-Move-Through-Space, wife of Argol
Lagor, He-Who-Has-The-Gift-Of-Making-Ugly-Things-Beautiful, son of Argol and Orgal
Logar, She-Who-Saves-From-Nasty-Beasts, daughter of Argol and Orgal
Garol, She-Who-Has-The-Gift-Of-Taking-Over-Minds, maternal ancestor of Argol's family
Setting
The planet Alflolol, or Technorog as it is known by its human settlers, 28th century. Alflolol is a yellow/orange planet surrounded by a rocky asteroid belt. The planet has at least one ocean and a desert from which fierce sirocco winds blow across the surface. It rotates on its axis once every 60 Earth days. It has a single moon that rotates every 30 days.
The native Alflololians are few in number due to spontaneous birth control practices and are arranged in familial groups. Their life spans are very long compared with humans – approximately 25,000 Earth years. Each Alflololian is born with an individual paranormal gift, such as telepathy or telekinesis, which first begins to manifest during childhood at around 2,500 to 3,500 years old. When this happens the young Alflololian's name changes to include a description of the gift – e.g. Argol, He-Who-Has-The-Gift-Of-Speaking-In-Minds. It is an important right-of-passage for a young Alflololian male to hunt and kill one of the cruel Furutz that swim in the ocean. Although highly intelligent, Alflololians generally have little interest in wealth or material goods and even less interest in work. They are, however, curious about other cultures and periodically leave their homeworld, in spacecraft pulled from the soil of Alflolol by their ancestors, to visit other worlds. These journeys can often last for thousands of Earth years and usually the entire population leaves together leaving their homeworld deserted.
The human settlers from Earth have come to Alflolol, which they have named Technorog, attracted by the valuable natural resources it offers. To provide protection, they have placed huge electro-magnetic relay beacons on the asteroids in the belt that rings the planet. When activated these beacons generate an impenetrable shield around the planet. Ingress and egress is only permitted to authorised spacecraft through a narrow channel that can be opened in the asteroid belt. Alflolol's harsh atmospheric conditions are harmful to humans if exposure to them is prolonged so they live under domes and wear protective clothing when working outside. The domes also simulate an Earth-like cycle of day and night. The capital city they have constructed is called Technorogville and it lies on a hill on the ancestral burial site of Argol's family. Nearby is a forest, known as Ananil to the Alflololians, which leads to the shores of the sea, named Magnet Ocean by the humans, where the settlers use floating platforms to extract magnetic salts which fuel the ultra-light motors of Galaxity's spacecraft. In the surrounding mountains, gigantic mines extract rare metals which are processed and used in manufacturing in the colossal factories that lie on the plains near the desert. Great hydroponic plantations are required to feed the workers who keep this vast enterprise going. The planet is administered by a technocrat Governor who reports to a council representing the business interests on the planet.
Notes
The two key themes in this album – the ecological and sociological impact of industrial development and the treatment of indigenous peoples under colonialism – make this one of the most political of the Valérian albums. This is the first time in the series that Galaxity is portrayed in a less than favourable light and is used to hold a mirror up to modern Western society.
This album was translated into English by S. Baker and published in and 1983 by Dargaud USA in the United States () and in 1984 by Hodder Dargaud Ltd in the United Kingdom ()
1972 graphic novels
Valérian and Laureline |
34818648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ghosts%20of%20Watt%20O%27Hugh | The Ghosts of Watt O'Hugh | The Ghosts of Watt O'Hugh is the first in a series of novels by Steven S. Drachman (2011). The books fall into the category of science fiction western and tell the story of an American Civil War veteran who becomes a dime novel hero while engaging in varousfantastic adventures. The books also feature true life characters such as Oscar Wilde, J.P. Morgan, the first-century Chinese emperor Wang Mang and the mathematician Leopold Kronecker, who appears as a villain.
Plot summary
From the Boston Phoenix:
The title hero -- a Western legend, Civil War Veteran, and Wild West Show star -- has, like Billy Pilgrim in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five become unstuck in time. Also like Pilgrim, who was forever traumatized by the Allied bombing of Dresden during World War II, at the heart of Watt's chronological peregrinations is a tragic historical event, in his case the 1863 New York City Draft Riots during which uncounted African-Americans were lynched.Love also plays a major part in Watt's tale: he's lost his heart to Lucy Billings, a beautiful firebrand and fighter for justice who unfortunately has taken up with someone whose revolutionary commitment is greater than his own. But there are other amorous solaces with which he passes the time, or times; like Emelina, a bawdy barmaid and apparently immortal revenant.
So you could say there's a lot going on in this teeming tome, including cameos by Oscar Wilde and J.P. Morgan, the latter of whom is responsible for one of Watt's grimmer misadventures when he has the redoubtable cowpoke tossed into the Wyoming Territorial Prison in Laramie on a bogus murder charge.
Literary significance & criticism
Kirkus Reviews called The Ghosts of Watt O'Hugh "fast-paced, energetic and fun; a dime-novel for modern intellectuals," The Midwest Book Review called it, "a humorous and fun adventure, recommended", The Bethesda Gazette described it as "Quixote-esque," and The Boston Phoenix called it "a rip-snorting, mind-boggling novel," adding, "there's a lot going on in this teeming tome!"
The book also won acclaim from independent critics covering the Indie book industry. Indie Bookspot, for example, wrote: "Complicated it might be, and sometimes dizzying, but The Ghosts of Watt O’Hugh is never dull .… Drachman has created a sense of real drama on an epic scale …. an ambitious and well-realised tale of American life."
The Ghosts of Watt O'Hugh received a number of industry citations and awards. Most notably, for example, the book was included on the prestigious and closely watched "best of 2011" year-end list by Kirkus Reviews. In addition, Ghosts was named Best Fantasy novel by Indie Excellence Book Awards 2012, one of the most prominent book awards for the Indie industry, and it was also named a finalist in the Action Adventure category by the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2012.
The Author
Steven S. Drachman is a writer whose work has been published in: The Boston Phoenix, The Chicago Sun-Times, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Village Voice. As well as the Watt O'Hugh trilogy, Drachman has gained recognition for his work on the Middle East war with the IsraelPalestinePeace e-zine and Enough Already: A Framework for Permanent Peace. The latter formed the basis for a 2014 Ted Talk. One of his teachers was novelist Raymond Kennedy and professor Hans Bielenstein at Columbia.
Background
The Laramie Boomerang noted that the novel's gestation began as early as the 1990s, and in an interview with the Bethesda Gazette, Drachman acknowledged that his tales about Watt O’ Hugh, "a crusty old Civil War veteran who believes that ghosts protect him," took 15 years to materialize.
“In 2010," he said, "I had a huge health scare .... It turned out that I was misdiagnosed, and in fact, I was reasonably healthy and didn’t have an awful disease. But I thought, ‘I could get hit by a car any day,' and decided to finish it.”
The book has been described as mixing real history with magical events; as the Leadville Herald Democrat in Colorado noted, "Leadville was selected for the book when Drachman was 'looking for a place that magically sprang into being' as Leadville did during the silver rush."
References
Science fiction Westerns
Western (genre) novels |
38048901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola%20Tesla%20Satellite%20Award | Nikola Tesla Satellite Award | The Nikola Tesla Award is an honorary Satellite Award bestowed by the International Press Academy to recognize the "pioneers of filmmaking technology industry". It was first presented on January 12, 2003, at the 7th Annual Golden Satellite Awards ceremony to George Lucas. Hive Lighting and its company co-founders Robert Rutherford and Jon Edward Miller are the latest recipient.
The trophy awarded to the honorees is a bust of inventor Nikola Tesla cast in bronze, on a marble base, inscribed for the recipient. It was designed by Sarajevan sculptor Dragan Radenović.
Honorees
References
External links
International Press Academy website
Nikola
2003 introductions
Filmmaking |
42218212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekimdya | Mekimdya | Mekimdya () is a rural locality (a selo), one of three settlements, in addition to Khorintsy and Balagannakh, in Solyansky Rural Okrug of Olyokminsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located from Olyokminsk, the administrative center of the district and from Khorintsy. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 0.
References
Notes
Sources
Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Olyokminsky District.
Rural localities in Olyokminsky District |
56369843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Goldie%20%28darts%20player%29 | John Goldie (darts player) | John Goldie (born 19 January 1985) is a former Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.
He won a two-year PDC Tour Card in January 2018.
References
External links
1985 births
Living people
Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders
People from Alloa
Scottish darts players
Sportspeople from Clackmannanshire |
17446321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class%20Dismissed%20%28TV%20series%29 | Class Dismissed (TV series) | Class Dismissed is a British children's sketch comedy series created by Luke Beddows, Stephen M. Collins and Andy Potter. The series is produced by CBBC Productions and has run from 2016. The show has aired 6 series, with the first starting on 1 February 2016, a second series starting on 5 December 2016, a third on 27 November 2017, a fourth on 11 March 2019, a fifth sometime in mid-2019 and a sixth on 29th November 2021. The series follows 'a school day at the fictional Dockbridge High, (in Series 4, 5 & 6 it focusses on Quayside Academy) where 'nothing out of the ordinary ever happens' – unless you count the stunt diving supply teachers, explosive science classes and hazardous baked bean moments!'. The show features an ensemble cast, similar to Horrible Histories currently consisting of Richard David-Caine, Vivienne Acheampong, Jason Forbes, Greig Johnson, Steven Kynman, Suhk Ojla, Luke McQueen, Kat Bond and Denise Welch and formerly Sophie Willan, Marvyn Dickinson, Thomas Nelstrop, Dan Starkey, Ellie White, Jamie Rose-Monk, Naga Munchetty, Susan Harrison, Sam Battersea, Velile Tshabalala, Harvey Virdi and Marie Lawrence. It was originally filmed at St Anne's R.C. High School, Stockport.
In series 4 in March 2019, the series relocated to Quayside Academy with an almost entirely new cast other than David-Caine and narrator Turnbull. The series consisted of 10 episodes. Series 5 & 6 were filmed at Manchester Health Academy.
Production
Class Dismissed was first announced in 2014, as part of CBBC's 2015 commissions, despite not airing until 2016. 12 episodes were ordered. A second series of 12 episodes was announced as part of CBBC's 2016 commissions. CBBC joined with BBC Writersroom to find sketch writers for series one and did this again for series two. Series 2 began on 5 December 2016. Series 3 began on 27 November 2017. Series 4 began on 11 March 2019, Series 5 , sometime in mid 2019 and Series 6 on 29 November 2021.
Child Cast
Lead
Charleigh Brierley (Series 4-5) as Charleigh. Charleigh is slightly weirder than her friends. She aspires to be a DJ but still dislikes Mr Bishop, especially his “silly” jingles. She often falls for Miss Crank’s pranks and out of the four she’s the most tolerant of the teachers but still gets annoyed by them.
Connor Elliott (Series 4-5) as Connor. Connor dislikes school the most of the four and is baffled by Warren’s obsession with it. He can often predict how a lesson will end in disaster. There isn’t a subject he enjoys.
Alexcia Farquarson (Series 4-5) as Alexcia. The cleverest of the four who often tries to ignore her teachers. Mr Christopher nicknames her F minus and often tells her she has no talent.
Hakeem Khan (Series 4-5) as Hakeem. Hakeem is often making sarcastic quips about the teachers who really get on his nerves and can often be found joking around with his friends.
Charleigh Adams (Series 1-3,5) as Emily. Emily is a sensible girl who is often on the receiving end of the teachers' eccentricities. Her excellent art work is consistently ruined by Miss Flip while Mr Nasal regularly sneezes over her. She returned in a brief guest appearance for the final episode of Series 5.
Billy Holland (Series 1-3,5) as Billy. Billy doesn't take school very seriously and enjoys gently baiting his teachers. He returned in a brief guest appearance for the final episode of Series 5.
Tahj Miles (Series 1-3,5) as Tahj. Tahj is the brightest and most eager to learn of the students. He does find the incompetence and silliness of some of his teacher such as Miss Franks and Mr Capp frustrating. He is usually found giving advice to Mr Konnundrum. He returned in a brief guest appearance for the final episode of Series 5.
Chanelle Thompson (Series 1-3,5) as Jasmine. Jasmine is a bright student but occasionally pushes the boundaries. She returned in a brief guest appearance for the final episode of Series 5.
Thomas O'Toole (Series 6) as Nick. Nick is Year 7's cool kid and pretty cheeky. He's often to be found in the canteen, excited by Miss Chelin's dish of the day, but is normally left disappointed by the final result.
Amira Macey-Michael (Series 6) as Imani. Imani is Year 7's teacher's pet. She is always perfectly turned out and very studious.
Danny Shoesmith (Series 6) as Oli. He is the class clown, constantly dodging “Double Detentions” from the BFF headteachers as he searches for illicit sweets!
Marlis Robson (Series 6) as Grace. Grace is full of enthusiasm and likes to be involved with all the action. She learns best in practical lessons but at Quayside Academy these often end up messy!
Additional
Ethan Proops (Series 1-3,5) as Martin. Martin is unquestionably the oddest of the students. He always seems to enjoy his teachers' antics including the ones who annoy the students the most such as Mr Capp, Mr Christopher and Miss Fun-With-Numbers, being the first to join in when the class is asked. He returned in a brief guest appearance for the final episode of Series 5 in which it was revealed that Martin continued to work for Mr Christopher when he left school as his personal assistant and doesn't get paid by him.
Emily Su (Series 2-3) as Mollie. Mollie contributes a few lines but her character is less well-developed than the other students. Mrs Stein likes to throw food at her to her dismay.
Shine Dosunmua (Series 5) as Shine. Kelly’s son who she is constantly fussing over and treating him like a baby. She nicknames him Boo-Boo Bear. The other students like to laugh at his embarrassing situation.
Adult Cast
The cast consisted of Richard David-Caine, Vivienne Acheampong, Jason Forbes, Greig Johnson, Steven Kynman and Kat Bond, Steve McQueen, Selom Awadzi and Denise Welch (who all joined in Series 5). Sophie Willam appeared in Series 4 but did not return in Series 5. Only Johnson and Bond returned for Series 6, with an all-new cast joining them. Evan Davis made a guest appearance in one episode. As well as the characters listed below, the main adult cast also make appearances as other minor characters.
Quayside Cast
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!scope="row"| Richard David-Caine (Series 1- 5)
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Mr Gangle (Series 4-5) A P.E. teacher lives up to his surname with his gangly appearance and who is completely physically uncoordinated and easily confused, often leading to him confusing his students as well.
Mr Nasal - (Series 1-2, 4) Mr Nasal has a grotesque and filthy appearance. He has a huge nose and regularly sneezes thick and foul mucus, often over the unfortunate Emily or over food or students’ books. He has a romance with the equally physically repulsive (but more likeable) lab technician Miss Spray whom he marries at the end of Series 2 after which they both leave. He returned for Series 4 in which it was revealed that he and Miss Spray had a baby who shares his father’s disgusting habit. He didn’t return for Series 5.
Gary Stern (Series 4) The head of discipline at Quayside Academy. He bears a strong resemblance to Jeremy Kyle and disciplines students as if it were The Jeremy Kyle Show. He didn’t return in Series 5.
Mr Christopher - (Series 1-5) Mr. Christopher is a very camp and self-obsessed music and dance teacher with a deluded sense of his own skills as a performer. Even during a written exam he finds it impossible to keep quiet and he always wishes to steal the show. In Series 2 he is promoted to Head of Arts ("not including actual Art"). He has made two songs which have been used in the show's credits. Martin was the only member of his ‘entourage’, the other students being distinctly unimpressed with his abilities. In Series 4 (now set at Quayside Academy) he became a drama teacher and Mr Bishop took the role of music teacher. He left at the end of Series 5 to pursue a career in television. The final episode of series 5 is a retrospective of his life. He is convinced that his pupils have absolutely no talent, particularly Alexcia whom he nicknames F minus.
'Dockbridge Characters
Mark - (Series 1-3) Although in Year 8 Mark is far taller than his fellow students. However his behaviour is anything but mature and he shows no interest in working even though his mother (Mrs. Mark) is his form teacher. Indeed, Mark is constantly embarrassed by the idea his mother being his teacher and insists "She's not my mum!"
Mrs. Mark - (Series 1-3) A form tutor who teaches her son, Mark. Although she claims to treat all students fairly she blatantly favours Mark, always giving him "Pupil of the Week" and punishing other pupils for his wrongdoing. She was inspired to become a teacher by Granny Mark, who is her mum. She then used Mark's catchphrase "she’s not my mum" to refer to Granny Mark.
Marcella - (Series 2-3) A mean Year 13 girl whom Mark has a crush on. She often uses stereotypical teenage expressions and slang.
Juan Castenetta - (Series 2-3) A Spanish teacher who teaches Spanish through gestures and mannerisms rather than the actual Spanish language.
Mr Ladd - (Series 2) A briefly-seen, "cool" supply teacher who likes to break rules and do parkour rather than actually teach. Mr Capp admires him but Mr Ladd tries to lure him into trouble.
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!scope="row"| Vivienne Acheampong (Series 4-5)
| Miss Scandal - (Series 4-5) An English teacher who seems to prefer having a gossip with the class to actually teaching the lesson! However her gossipy tales do have a learning value as they are actually based on characters or events from literature.
Miss Stuart - (Series 4) A Geography teacher with a PhD in fun! Every time a member of her class says that they are bored she breaks out into song to "make sure they are having fun". However her elaborate efforts fail to catch their imaginations. She left after one series.
The Amazing Anita - (Series 5) A Spanish teacher who used to be part of a magic act called Juan and the Amazing Anita. She gets her class to recite things in Spanish while she performs magic tricks which usually go wrong.
Kelly (Series 5) An extremely embarrassing mother who is obsessed with her son whom she nicknames Boo-Boo Bear and makes up excuses to visit him during the day. She is constantly hugging and kissing him and squeezing his cheeks.
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!scope="row"|Jason Forbes (Series 4-5)
| Mr Endzone (Series 4) American football coach turned head of year 8. Students come to him for help but he tells them stories from his younger days which have no relevance to their situation. He encourages them to "Go Long!" Every time he throws an American football, it seems to make a crash. He didn’t return the following series.
Mr Vista (Series 4) An art teacher whose drawings seem to get a little destructive. Although the lessons start off happy, he then believes that something awful will happen to his world so starts messing up the picture. He only appeared in Series 4.
Mr Krill (Series 5) An art teacher who is obsessed with Blue whales and gets annoyed if his students paint something other than a blue whale.
Nick (Series 5) One of the receptionists. He constantly interrupts Bunty with useless information that doesn’t make sense.
Mr Keenan (Series 4-5) A fleetingly seen teacher who is always falling victim to some strange accident. When enquires follow he replies “don’t ask”.
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!scope="row"| Greig Johnson (Series 4- present)
| Chris Bishop (Series 4-5) A denim-clad music teacher who teaches almost no music and sees himself as a wannabe radio DJ. He calls himself "Chris the Bish" and instead of making students put their hands up to answer questions, he makes them "Dial in to request a song".
Steven “Knight Hawk” Jenkins (Series 4-5) A P.E teacher who believes himself to be the "Night Hawk", a champion wrestler. He teaches the lesson as if it were a wrestling match, with loud music at the start for his entrance. He likes the students to call him by his nickname but they stick to calling him "Mr Jenkins".
Mr Alan (Series 4-) A Maths teacher who is slightly overenthusiastic about numbers, often singing songs and playing music about them. However his positive mood evaporates when he objects for no clear reason to a perfectly correct answer from one of the students and sends him or her out of the room. In Series 6 he returns from a mindfulness retreat but quits his job and is re-assigned as school caretaker. He develops a rivalry with his replacement, Mr. Phillips, leading to a number-off.
Rolf Smorgasbord (Series 5-) The selfish, pompous and camp head of displays. He has a German accent. His displays are never very good. He often gets students to be part of his displays by dressing them up in costumes covering them in substances or getting them to stand still in a position all day. In Series 6 he takes on the position of Geography teacher, creating elaborate displays and scenarios to explain parts of his new subject.
Mr Gentley (Series 6) A mild-mannered, ginger-haired physical sciences teacher with an alter ego called Scream Beast who performs heavy metal songs about the lesson’s topic when the pupils get bored.
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!scope="row"|Steven Kynman (Series 4 - 5)
| "Chips" (real name Bobby) (Series 4) He is one of the school caretakers along with his partner "Chicken". Both once presented a children's TV comedy show but he is now world-weary and wants to put his comic past behind him. However he finds his attempts to take a serious approach to work are frustrated by her behaviour. He didn’t return for Series 5.
Mr Goldman (Series 4-5) Headteacher of Quayside Academy. He takes his assemblies as if he were the CEO of a big technology company, calling himself "Teacher, Innovator" and can often be found with his less-than-helpful assistant Carol.
Mr Soleil (Series 4-5) He teaches French and wears an outfit of clashing colours and patterns. He is completely disrespected by his "assistant" Poppy whom he has to send out of the room in an unconvincing display of authority. He likes to think that he’s strict and serious but he’s anything but.
Mr Carroll (Series 5) A geography teacher who acts and dresses like he’s from Australia. Despite this he is one of the few teachers who knows what he’s doing. Warren particularly like this class and always knows what Mr Carroll is going to say and knows all the answers.
Mr Spenge (Series 5) A very easily-confused science teacher who is always getting his words muddled up and accidentally getting covered in sticky substances and getting stuck to things.
Mr James (Series 5) A secret agent who appears in one episode of Series 5 in which he goes undercover as a supply teacher, taking over French for Mr Soliel, and mistakes Connor for a fellow secret agent.
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!scope="row"| Sukh Ojla (Series 4 - 5)
| "Chicken" (real name Charlotte) (Series 4) is one of the school caretakers along with her partner "Chips" (Bobby). The pair used to present a children's TV comedy show and it is clear she stills sees herself as a comedy character with her zany outfits and manner. Although he wants to take the job seriously she turns even the most basic task into a slapstick routine. She didn’t return the following series.
Miss Crank (Series 4-5) A History teacher and prankster who always tries to "Crank" her class so she can post them on the internet. However, none of the students ever actually believe what she is saying so the Cranks don't work.
Poppy (Series 4-5) Poppy is supposed to be Mr Soleil's teaching assistant but her behaviour and attitude are far worse than any student.
Nadia Choudhry (Series 5) The lazy, Australian-accented, head of security who is constantly on the phone and shows no interest whatsoever in the student’s problems, even if it’s incredibly serious like the ceiling in the assembly hall falling down. Her catchphrase is “Oh No!” said in a sarcastic tone.
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!scope=“row”| Kat Bond (series 5 - present)
| Linda (Series 5-) Linda was hired at the start of Series 5 as Mr Goldman’s new assistant. She is almost identical to his previous assistant Carol and is very, very clumsy and forgetful. Mr Goldman sometimes mistakes her for Carol. In Series 6 she has anew role as Front of House Executive Solutions, which she isn’t much better at than her previous job.
Mrs Aviary (Series 5-) A reptile obsessed biology teacher who often lets her pets loose in the school. In series 6 she becomes a survivalist and begins camping on the school grounds as well as teaching her pupils gross ways to save the planet. She debuted in Series 4 as a supply teacher, played by Sophie Willan.
Dame Margo Chichester (Series 5-) The drama teacher who takes Mr Christopher’s place. She gets her students to act as nursery rhyme characters and goes to extreme lengths to make them act the part. I. Series 6 she is no longer nursery rhyme obsessed and is characterised by a bald head and a wig that often falls of.
Joanna Clearwater (Series 5) A broadcaster who reports on Mr Krill’s art classes and is obsessed with blue whales.
Bunty (Series 5) One of the receptionists at Quayside Academy who interviews everyone who comes through reception such as delivery drivers. She is constantly interrupted by Nick.
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!scope=“row”|Selom Awadzi (Series 5)
| Warren (Series 5) An adult who is obsessed with Year 9 and has asked to be kept back a year 12 times in a row. He still wears the same uniform as he did back when he first started Year 9.
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!scope=“row”|Luke McQueen (Series 5)
| Freddie Bowditch-Bentley (Series 5) A self-obsessed art teacher who gets his pupils to draw pictures of himself at big events surrounded by celebrities admiring him. He loves all of their pictures, even if they’re bad because they’re of him. If he sees one which he thinks has made him look exceptionally handsome he dances around the room with it, gets carried away with himself and dances his way out of the room.
Mr Chakra (Series 5) A man who teaches yoga and his constantly breaking wind but blames it on other people. He
speaks in a sing-song voice.
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!scope=“row”|Denise Welch (Series 5)
| Chief Inspector Pam Travers (Series 5-) A police officer turned lollipop lady who takes her job far too seriously.
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!scope="row"|Sophie Willan (Series 4)
| Carol (Series 4) Mr Goldman's assistant who tries to help him but she is totally disorganised and her attempt at even the simplest task such as making coffee ends in chaos. There are well-founded rumours that she and Mr Goldman are a couple. These were confirmed in Series 5 but she dumped him by text and she was replaced by the equally disorganised Linda.
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!scope=“row”|Chiara Goldsmith and Róisin O’Mahony (Series 6)
| Miss Bianca Fopp-Fort and Miss Bridget Fair-Fleet (Series 6) The new headmistresses of Quayside Academy who are very girly and childish and do everything together. They run the school together and can often be found chanting about their friendship.
Miss Chelin and Marlowe (Series 6) Experimental food artist, Miss Chelin and her moustachioed assistant Marlowe have been appointed to run the canteen by the new Headmistresses who found them on Instagram. They have very peculiar methods of preparing and serving food. They’re catchphrase is experience.
Mr. Turtalli and Nancy (Series 6) Mr. Turtalli teaches Italian and has brought his beloved wife, Nancy into school to be his teaching assistant. They always find a way to relate the lesson to their relationship, eventually forgetting about it altogether and embarrassing their pupils with their romantic scenarios before asking them to have a lengthy amount of homework homework on their desk by Friday.
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!scope=“row”|Ali Kahn (Series 6)
| Dr. Ola Markov (Series 6) The school’s new Russian-accented head of technology who creates inventions trying to change the habits of today’s youth. She thinks she’s very cool and mocks her pupils, even though her inventions always end in chaos and/or disaster.
Mr. Kettering (Series 6) A business mogul who now teaches home economics, using his lessons as a chance to make some money, whether that’s by setting up a fast-food service or a wedding-cake making business. He puts his students under a lot of pressure and speaks with a cockney accent.
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!scope=“row”|Shiv Rabheru (Series 6)
| Mr. J.C.B Dahling (Series 6) A conceited self-published author and English teacher who’s books are clear rip-offs of other books. He thinks classic works of literature are rubbish and has very strange ways of teaching about story writing.
Mr. Phillips (Series 6) An American former special services officer who creates elaborate scenarios to show the importance of maths. He develops a rivalry with Mr. Alan and Linda has a bit of a crush on him. His catchphrase is “Math Saves Lives!”
|}
There are also four canteen assistants who wear red and white striped jackets and hats and have curly moustaches. They sing about their menu in the style of a barbershop quartet but find none of the students interested in buying. In Series 4 these characters were played by Richard David-Caine, Steven Kynman, Greig Johnson and Jason Forbes. In Series 5 Luke McQueen replaced Richard David-Caine in the group.
Dockbridge Cast
The cast originally consisted of Richard David-Caine, Harvey Virdi, Jamie-Rose Monk, Marie Lawrence, Sam Battersea, Velile Tshabalala, Dan Starkey, Thomas Nelstrop and Marvyn Dickinson. Lawrence left after Series 1 while Ellie White and Susan Harrison joined the cast. Velile Tshabalala and Harvey Virdi left after Series 2. Naga Munchetty joined the cast in Series 3, making regular guest appearances. Other guest stars have included Fred Sirieix, playing himself, and Arthur Bostrom, playing Monsieur Artois, a supply teacher who’s English isn’t very good.
Episodes
Series 1 (2016)
Series 2 (2016)
Series 3 (2017)
In other media
Richard David-Caine's character's 'Mark' and 'Mrs Mark' appear in David-Caine and Joseph Elliott's web sketch show InterNOT''. Mark appears filming videos whilst his mum interrupts him.
References
External links
English-language television shows
BBC children's television shows
British comedy television shows
Children's sketch comedy
2016 British television series debuts
2010s British children's television series
BBC television sketch shows |
62488646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.%20L.%20Hunter | L. L. Hunter | Louis Lucien Hunter, (28 September 1890 - 19??) was a Ceylonese civil servant and politician. He served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance (1950-1953), being a member of the Senate of Ceylon (1950-1953) and the House of Representatives (1953-1956).
Education
Educated at Royal College, Colombo, he joined the Teacher Training College and gained a Trained Teachers' Certificate. He taught at the Teacher Training College from 1912 to 1914.
Civil service career
Taking the Civil Service Examination in 1914, he passed first in the order of merit and joined the Ceylon Civil Service as a cadet. Having served in the Ceylon Civil Service from 1914 to 1936 in may parts of the island, he took early retirement in 1936 while serving as Government Agent of the North Central Province. He was recalled to service in 1940, and served as Additional Director of Agriculture, Additional Land Commissioner and Government Agent of the Western Province, before his final retirement in 1950. In the 1949 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for Colonial Administrative Service.
Political career
In September 1950, Hunter was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon and made Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance succeeding Sir Herbert Eric Jansz and served in this capacity till June 1953. In July 1953, he was appointed to the House of Representatives by the Governor-General as one of six members to represent important interests which were not represented or inadequately represented in the House.
Personal life
He married in 1915, Edith Constance Fretz, daughter of Arthur Henry Fretz, Colonial Surgeon. They had two daughters Phyllis Daphne Pereira and Dr Edith Maureen de Zilva. He is a Life Member of the Ceylon Red Cross Society.
References
1890 births
Parliamentary secretaries of Ceylon
Members of the Senate of Ceylon
Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon
Government Agents (Sri Lanka)
Burgher politicians
Burgher civil servants
Ceylonese Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
Year of death missing |
16087416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy%20Figueroa | Sammy Figueroa | Sammy Figueroa (born November 16, 1948, The Bronx, New York) is an American percussionist. At 18 he joined the band of bassist Bobby Valentín and also co-led the Brazilian/Latin fusion group Raíces.
Selected Discography
As leader or co-leader
Solo
Talisman (2014, Savant, SCD 2144) with Glaucia Nasser
Memory of Water (2015, Ashe Records)
Imaginary World (2015, Savant, SCD 2151)
With Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion
...and Sammy Walked In (2006, Savant Records 2066)
The Magician (2007, Savant 2079)
Urban Nature (2011, Senator Records, SEN-1001)
As sideman
With Deodato
Very Together (1976)
With Average White Band
AWB (1974)
Cupid's in Fashion (1982)
Soul Tattoo (1996)
With George Benson
In Your Eyes (1983)
With Blondie
The Hunter (1982)
With Tommy Bolin
Teaser (1975)
With David Bowie
Let's Dance (1983)
Tonight (1984)
With The Brecker Brothers
Back to Back (1976)
Don’t Stop the Music (1977)
Straphangin' (1981)
With Stephanie Mills
Tantalizingly Hot (1982)
With Chic
Chic (1977)
C'est Chic (1978)
Risqué (1979)
Real People (1980)
Take It Off (1981)
Tongue in Chic (1982)
With Joe Cocker
Unchain My Heart (1987)
With Melissa Manchester
Hey Ricky (1982)
With Miles Davis
The Man with the Horn (1981)
With Joey DeFrancesco
Where Were You? (1990)
In the Key of the Universe (2019)
With Peter Tosh
Mystic Man (1979)
With Candi Staton
Candi Staton (1980)
With Al Foster
Mr. Foster (1979)
With Hiroshi Fukumura
Hot Shot (1985)
With Dave Grusin
West Side Story (1997)
With Daryl Hall & John Oates
Ooh Yeah! (1988)
With Debbie Harry
KooKoo (1981)
With Etta Jones
Christmas with Etta Jones (1990)
Reverse the Charges (1992)
With Mick Jagger
She's the Boss (1985)
With Stanley Jordan
Magic Touch (1985)
With Debbie Gibson
Body, Mind, Soul (1993)
With Chaka Khan
Naughty (1980)
Chaka Khan (1982)
With Ben E. King
Music Trance (1980)
With Carole King
City Streets (1989)
With Steven Van Zandt
Men Without Women (1982)
With Earl Klugh
Wishful Thinking (1986)
With Herbie Mann
Peace Pieces - The Music of Bill Evans (1995)
With Jay McShann
The Big Apple Bash (1979)
With Bette Midler
Thighs and Whispers (1979)
With Charles Mingus
Me, Myself an Eye (1979) Mingus does not play on this posthumous recording
With Bob Mintzer Big Band
Departure (1993)
With Yoko Ono
It's Alright (I See Rainbows) (1982)
With Jimmy Ponder
Come On Down (1991)
With Sonny Rollins
Road Shows, Vol. 1 (2008)
Road Shows, Vol. 2 (2011)
Road Shows, Vol. 3 (2014)
With David Lee Roth
Crazy from the Heat (1985)
Eat 'Em and Smile (1986)
Skyscraper (1988)
With Diana Ross
The Boss (1979)
Red Hot Rhythm & Blues (1987)
With Leo Sayer
World Radio (1982)
With John Scofield
Who's Who? (1979)
With Sister Sledge
We Are Family (1979)
With Patti Smith
Dream of Life (1988)
With Spyro Gyra
Three Wishes (1992)
With Luther Vandross
Forever, for Always, for Love (1982)
With Narada Michael Walden
I Cry, I Smile (1977)
References
External links
www.SammyFigueroa.com
All About Jazz article
Sammy Figueroa discography and album reviews, credits & releases at AllMusic
Sammy Figueroa discography, album releases & credits at Discogs
Sammy Figueroa albums to be listened as stream on Spotify
American jazz drummers
American jazz percussionists
Latin jazz percussionists
Living people
Musicians from New York City
People from the Bronx
Jazz musicians from New York (state)
1948 births |
41197128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix%20Felton | Felix Felton | Robert Forbes Felton (12 August 1911 – 21 October 1972), known professionally as Felix Felton, was a British film, television, stage and voice actor as well as a radio director, composer and author.
Radio work
In his earlier years Felton considered becoming a professional pianist, a composer or a classical scholar, but instead chose to become an actor. At the University of Oxford where he studied Music he was President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. He began his acting career as Bottom in Max Reinhardt's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. He joined BBC Radio in 1934 where he was a producer, actor and director until 1948, producing Calling Germany in 1943 and directing a BBC Radio production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida in 1946, among others. In 1941 he was a Senior Instructor on the BBC's 'General Broadcasting Technique' course which included George Orwell as a student when he joined the BBC's Overseas Service. He resigned from his post at the BBC in 1948 in order to concentrate on a career as a freelance writer and actor.
In 1957 he adapted Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth in six episodes for BBC Children's Hour with himself playing the part of Guern the hunter. In 1961 he also adapted Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers into a six-part series for Children's Hour for BBC Radio; In 1962 he adapted her book Dawn Wind for radio and himself played the role of Einon Hen. Felton adapted The Hound of the Baskervilles into Baskervilles Hund which was broadcast on Danish radio in January 1964. In 1965, together with Susan Ashman, he adapted Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz as a ten part serial for the BBC Home Service. In this major radio drama production he played the prominent role of Gaius Petronius Arbiter the adviser and confidant of the Roman Emperor Nero.
Acting career
Theatre
Felton's stage appearances included the speaking-role of Merlin in a concert version of King Arthur and broadcast by BBC Radio from Cambridge in 1949, The Pajama Game at the London Coliseum (1955), Nekrassov by Jean-Paul Sartre at the Royal Court Theatre (1957), and Frank Loesser's musical Where's Charley? with Norman Wisdom at the Palace Theatre in London in 1958.
Film
His film roles included Councillor in Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951), Foreman of the Jury in Night Was Our Friend (1951), Dr Slammer in The Pickwick Papers (1952), Boxing Promoter in The Gambler and the Lady (1952), Governor in The Beggar's Opera (1953), Closterman in My Death is a Mockery (1952), Mr Patch in Our Girl Friday (1953), Alfred (uncredited) in The Million Pound Note (1954), Examiner (uncredited) in Doctor in the House (1954), Man of the Moment (1955), Bar customer in Confession (1955), Police Commissaire in Escapement (The Electronic Monster in the USA) (1960), Mayor in It's Trad, Dad! (1962), Dr George Thomas in Doctor at Sea (1955), Uncle in Pacific Destiny (1956), Reform Club member (uncredited) in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Man in Cinema in Just My Luck (1957), First Gambler (uncredited) in The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Farm Patient (uncredited) in Doctor in Distress (1963), Tetchkinov in Licensed to Kill (1965), Second Minister in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and Cellar Proprietor (uncredited) in The Assassination Bureau (1969).
Television
Television roles included the Archbishop of Rheims in Saint Joan for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951), Lord Cantlemere in The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1951), Soames the butler in The Great Detective (1953), Louis XVIII in The Lost King (1958), Aylmer - Member of Drug Cartel in H. G. Wells' Invisible Man (1958), The Third Man (1959), Mr. Petheridge in Dixon of Dock Green (1962), Maigret (1962), Demaris in Ghost Squad (1964), Major Culcao in "The Third Bullet" episode of Crane (1964), Dr. Grimesby Roylott in Sherlock Holmes (1964), Philip Clewes in an episode of The Wednesday Play (1965), Abram Gobseck in The Rise and Rise of Cesar Birotteau (1965), Colonel Krauss in The Good Soldier Schweik, St. Laurent in The Troubleshooters (1966), Alderman Adam Sweater in The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists (1967), an episode of Armchair Theatre (1968), and Richard Warde in The Shadow of the Tower (1972).
Voice actor
As a voice actor he played the Mayor in the radio adaptation of S. G. Hulme Beaman's book Toytown for BBC's Children's Hour in the 1930s, and provided various voices in the first radio series of The Lord of the Rings in 1955 and 1956 for the BBC. He was the Ghost of Christmas Present in the 1971 animated film A Christmas Carol and in the same year he narrated the BBC Radio 4 programme What Did You Do in the War Felix?, concerning the work of BBC Radio Bristol during the Second World War.
He wrote two orchestral suites which were played by the London Philharmonic and other orchestras.
Felix Felton died in London in 1972 aged 61.
Filmography
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) - Councillor
Night Was Our Friend (1951) - Foreman of the Jury
My Death Is a Mockery (1952) - Closterman
The Pickwick Papers (1952) - Dr. Slammer
The Gambler and the Lady (1952) - Boxing Promoter (scenes deleted)
The Beggar's Opera (1953) - Governor
Our Girl Friday (1953) - Mr. Patch
The Million Pound Note (1954) - Alfred (uncredited)
Doctor in the House (1954) - Examiner (uncredited)
Confession (1955) - The Business Man
Doctor at Sea (1955) - Dr George Thomas
Man of the Moment (1955) - Foreign Office File Seeker (uncredited)
Pacific Destiny (1956) - Uncle
The Weapon (1956) - Oscar Smithson
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) - Reform Club Member (uncredited)
Just My Luck (1957) - Man in Cinema
Escapement (1958) - Police Commissaire
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) - First Gambler (uncredited)
It's Trad, Dad! (1962) - Mayor
Doctor in Distress (1963) - Health Farm Patient (uncredited)
Licensed to Kill (1965) - Tetchkinov
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) - Minister #2
The Assassination Bureau (1969) - Beer Cellar Proprietor (uncredited)
Up in the Air (1969) - Sir Humphrey
Publications
The Radio-Play - Its Technique and Possibilities, Sylvan Press (1949)
Thomas Love Peacock, Allen and Unwin (1973)
References
External links
Profile of Felton an aveleyman.com
Felton on The Swedish Film Database
Felton on the British Film Institute website
1911 births
1972 deaths
Alumni of the University of Oxford
English male film actors
English male television actors
English male stage actors
English male voice actors
20th-century English male actors |
27948291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokuti | Lokuti | Lokuti is a village in Saku Parish, Harju County, Estonia, located about south of the capital Tallinn. It has a population of 95 (as of 1 June 2012).
The Tallinn–Rapla (Tallinn–Viljandi) road (nr. 15) passes through Lokuti. The Vääna River flows through the village on its northern side.
In 1499 a Lokuta farmstead (Locketal) was mentioned on the site for the first time. Later a support manor of Saku Manor was located here (Paulshof). The nowadays settlement developed in the 1950s. In the 1960s a barn for cows with 448 slots was built.
In 2006 there were plans to build 1600 new residential buildings into Lokuti, so the settlement would grow into a small borough with a population of 5000. Since then no building process has taken place.
References
Villages in Harju County |
57885631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Coe%20%28director%29 | Peter Coe (director) | Peter Leonard Coe (18 April 1929 – 25 May 1987), was an English theatre director.
Early life
Coe was born in London 18 April 1929 and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Theatre career
After beginning as an actor, Peter Coe staged dramas, musicals and operas across several continents in a long career. His first London success came in 1959 with the musical Lock Up Your Daughters and by 1961 he had three hits running simultaneously. He also directed both the Australian and Broadway productions of Oliver! as well as its U.S. national tour and the 1983 London and 1984 Broadway revivals.
His operatic credits included The Love of Three Oranges, The Angel of Fire, and Ernani.
In 1981 Coe received an Antoinette Perry Award nomination as Best Director for A Life, and in 1982 he won the award for his revival of Othello.
He was thrice nominated for the Tony award on Broadway; in 1963 for Best Director (musical) for Oliver!, 1981 for Best Director (play) for A Life before winning for Best Director (drama) with Othello in 1982.
His theatre productions included:
Lock Up Your Daughters (Mermaid Theatre, London 1959)
The World of Suzie Wong (Prince of Wales Theatre, London 1959)
The Miracle Worker (London 1961)
The World of Suzie Wong (London 1961)
Oliver! (New Theatre, London 1961)
Castle in Sweden (Piccadilly Theatre, London 1962)
Caligula (Phoenix Theatre, London 1964)
Golden Boy (1964)
Oliver! (Hanna Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio 1964)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1966)
The Italian Straw Hat (Chichester Festival Theatre 1967)
The Skin of Our Teeth (Chichester Festival Theatre 1968)
Oliver! (Piccadilly Theatre, London 1968 revival)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Chichester Festival Theatre 1969)
Kiss Me, Kate (London Coliseum, 1970)
Peer Gynt (Chichester Festival Theatre 1970)
Hamlet (Bankside Globe Playhouse, London 1972)
Tonight We Improvise (Chichester Festival Theatre 1974)
Mister Lincoln (1980)
On the Twentieth Century (Her Majesty's Theatre, London 1980)
Barnum (London Palladium 1981)
Henry V (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut 1981)
Hamlet (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut 1982)
Othello (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut 1982 revival)
Barnum (London Palladium 1983 revival)
Oliver! (London 1983 revival)
Hello, Dolly! (Birmingham Rep and Prince of Wales Theatre with Danny La Rue)
Barnum (Manchester Opera House 1984 revival with Wendy Toye)
Great Expectations (The Old Vic, London 1984)
Oliver! (Broadway 1984 revival)
Jane Eyre (Chichester Festival Theatre 1986)
His appointments included artistic director of the Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Canada in 1980 and the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, United States. Prior to his death, he was the artistic director of the Churchill Theatre, Bromley.
Filmography
Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)
Barnum (1981)
Mr Lincoln (1981)
References
Film Reference
Peter Coe and Tsai Chin in Colombo 1959
New York Times obituary, 3 June 1987
The Bromley Times obituary 1987
Variety obituary 27 May 1987
External links
1929 births
1987 deaths
Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Artistic directors
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English male stage actors
English theatre directors
English film directors
Road incident deaths in London |
60892246 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel%20Brassey | Nathaniel Brassey | Nathaniel Brassey (c. 1697–1765) of Roxford, Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire and Lombard St., London was a British banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1761.
Brassey was the eldest son of John Brassey,a Quaker banker of Lombard Street, and his wife Mary Lane. His father was an assistant in the Sword Blade Company and traded with his son-in-law, Sir George Caswall, as a banker under the name Brassey and Caswall. Brassey was his father's partner in the banking firm by 1716 . His first wife was Mary. By 1730 the banking firm was known as Nathaniel Brassey and Lee. In 1737, Brassey succeeded his father, who by his purchase of Roxford, near Hertford in 1700, had established an electoral interest in Hertford.
Brassey stood for Parliament at St Albans at a by-election in 1730, but was defeated in a contest. He was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Hertford at the 1734 British general election. In 1739 he was one of the Members chosen to prepare a bill to prevent fraud and abuses in gold and silver wares. As a result, he received the thanks of the Goldsmiths’ Company for his ‘indefatigable pains’ Also in 1739, with other Hertfordshire Members, he supported a motion for the repeal of the Test Act. Otherwise, he voted regularly with the Government. He was returned unopposed again as MP for Hertford in 1741 and 1747.
Brassey was re-elected unopposed at the 1754 British general election. He continued to support the administration. In 1757, he subscribed £10,000 to the loan. He did not stand again at the 1761 British general election.
Brassey married as his second wife Martha Phillips on 17 October 1751. He died on 29 September 1765, aged 68 leaving a daughter by his first marriage and a son by his second.
References
1690s births
1765 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
British MPs 1734–1741
British MPs 1741–1747
British MPs 1747–1754
British MPs 1754–1761 |
6229737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20de%20Maat | Martin de Maat | Martin de Maat (January 12, 1949 – February 15, 2001) was a teacher and artistic director at The Second City in Chicago. He also taught at Columbia College and Players Workshop. He studied under Viola Spolin. De Maat and Del Close were the two main figures of the Chicago improvisational comedy scene in the late 80's and throughout the 1990s.
De Maat began working at The Second City as a teenager washing dishes in the kitchen and began teaching classes at The Second City for his aunt, Josephine Forsberg, when he was 18 years old. He instantly became a favorite teacher at The Second City, as well as supporting the shows by doing lights and stage managing. He studied theater at the University of Iowa and would much later receive a PhD from National University in Kanpur in communication arts. In 1974 he moved to New York City, where he became a very successful director and art director in both theater and film. During this period Martin returned to Chicago every summer to teach improv for his aunt's new school, Players Workshop, which acted as The Second City's unofficial training program. In 1984 Martin returned to Chicago semi-permanently and began to teach improv full-time at the Players Workshop, helping his aunt, Josephine Forsberg to develop the school. About that time, friend and colleague Sheldon Patinkin asked Martin to join the staff of the recently created The Second City Training Center, the theater's official improv training program. In 1985 Martin became its artistic director and led the development of the acting, writing and improvisation programs for the next 15 years, making it the biggest and most successful improv training program in the country. Martin became well known as a transformative and empowering teacher, who greeted his students with a hug and referred to The Second City as their home. He was not only an improv comedy teacher to them but also a life counselor and a father figure who helped to guide them to get in touch with their creativity and give up their restrictive ways of thinking.
Martin de Maat died on February 15, 2001 of complications from pneumonia. Always a very private person in the public eye, he never revealed his age. The Chicago Sun-Times published it in his obituary at "around 52." It also came as a shock to many that knew him that he had been living with AIDS for several years. After his death, he received many honors and memorials, especially in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles where many of his students and colleagues teach, direct and perform. At The Second City Training Center in Chicago in the early 2000s, an ongoing performance series was named in his honor, The de Maat Showcase. A plaque in his honor hangs on the wall at the training center.
In 2009, the de Maat Studio Theater was opened in his honor at The Second City in Chicago.
Some of Martin de Maat's students over the years include: Mick Napier, Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Scott Adsit, Rachel Dratch, Sean Hayes, Tina Fey, and a young David Mamet.
External links
Article from the Chicago Reader about Martin de Maat
Obituary from PerformInk
August 1998 Interview with Martin de Maat
American male comedians
People from Chicago
1949 births
2001 deaths
American theatre directors
AIDS-related deaths in New York (state)
Comedians from Illinois
20th-century American comedians |
36444260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josias%20Lima | Josias Lima | Josias Lima is a paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category F52 throwing events.
Josias was part of the Brazilian team that attended the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta. There he competed in all three throws finishing ninth in the F55 Discus, sixth in the F55 javelin and won the silver medal in the F52 shot putt that was won by New Zealand's Peter Martin in a new world record distance.
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40763234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20of%20Information%20and%20Protection%20of%20Privacy%20Act%20%28Ontario%29 | Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Ontario) | The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. F.31) (commonly abbreviated FIPPA) (the Act) is an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Act legislates access to information held by public institutions in Ontario subject to specific requirements to safeguard the personal information of individuals.
History
In 1977, the Williams Commission was convened with a mandate from Ontario's Attorney General to report on public information policies of the Government of Ontario. The Commission presented recommendations to the provincial legislature in August, 1980.
After the long-standing Progressive Conservative government was defeated in 1985, the Liberal party established a minority government with the support of the New Democratic Party (NDP). One of the conditions for the NDP's support was passage of Bill 34, legislation which would establish new freedom of information and privacy protection law, and which relied on the recommendations of the Williams Commission. Bill 34 was originally introduced in July, 1985 and referred for public consultations between March 1986 and May 1987.
The resulting Act came into effect on January 1, 1988.
See also
Freedom of information in Canada
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
References
Ontario provincial legislation
Publication bans in Canadian case law |
17515602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20stub | Test stub | In advanced polymorphism computer science, test stubs are programs that simulate the behaviours of software components (or modules) that a module undergoing tests depends on. Test stubs provide canned answers to calls made during the test, usually not responding at all to anything outside what's programmed in for the test. They are mainly used in incremental testing's top-down approach. Stubs are computer programs that act as temporary replacement for a called basin module and give the same output as the actual product or software.
Example
Consider a computer program that queries a database to obtain the sum price total of all products stored in the database. In this example, the query is slow and consumes a large number of system resources. This reduces the number of test runs per day. Secondly, tests may include values outside those currently in the database. The method (or call) used to perform this is get_total(). For testing purposes, the source code in get_total() can be temporarily replaced with a simple statement that returns a specific value. This would be a test stub.
Several testing frameworks are available, as is software that generates test stubs based on existing source code and testing requirements. Stubs and Drivers are two types of test harness. Test harnesses are the collection of software and test data which is configured so that one can test a program unit by simulating different set of conditions, while monitoring the behavior and outputs.
Stubs and drivers both are dummy modules and are only created for test purposes.
Stubs are used in top down testing approach, when one has the major module ready to test, but the sub modules are still not ready yet. So in a simple language stubs are "called" programs, which are called in to test the major module's functionality.
For example, in a situation where one has three different modules: Login, Home, User. Suppose login module is ready for test, but the two minor modules Home and User, which are called by Login module are not ready yet for testing. At this time, a piece of dummy code is written, which simulates the called methods of Home and User. These dummy pieces of code are the stubs.
On the other hand, Drivers are the ones, which are the "calling" programs. Drivers are used in bottom up testing approach. Drivers are dummy code, which is used when the sub modules are ready but the main module is still not ready.
Taking the same example as above. Suppose this time, the User and Home modules are ready, but the Login module is not ready to test. Now since Home and User return values from Login module, so a dummy piece of code is written, which simulates the Login module. This dummy code is then called Driver.
See also
Mock object
Method stub
Software testing
Test Double
Stub (distributed computing)
References
External links
Test Stub at XUnitPatterns.com
Software testing |
27282944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya%20ibn%20Abd%20al-Aziz | Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz | Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz () was the last ruler of the Hammadids from 1121 to 1152, when the dynasty's rule was ended by the Almohads.
Hammadids
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66738354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball%20Johnson | Cannonball Johnson | W. "Cannonball" Johnson was a professional baseball outfielder who played in the Negro leagues between 1919 and 1923.
Johnson made his professional debut in 1919 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants and the Bacharach Giants. He went on to play three seasons with the Lincoln Giants, and finished his career in 1923 with the Harrisburg Giants.
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30537122 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%20holder%20Tag%2C%20erw%C3%BCnschte%20Zeit%2C%20BWV%20210 | O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210 | (O lovely day, o hoped-for time), BWV210.2, BWV210, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He wrote the solo cantata for soprano in Leipzig for a wedding and first performed it between 1738 and 1746. Bach used material from a "Huldigungskantate" (homage cantata), O angenehme Melodei, first performed in January 1729.
History and words
Bach wrote the cantata for a wedding; scholars suggest different possible events. Werner Neumann mentions the wedding of Anna Regina Bose and Friedrich Heinrich Graf (3 April 1742) and of Christina Sibylla Bose and Johann Zacharias Richter (6 February 1744), Herrmann von Hase suggests the wedding of Johanna Catharina Amalie Schatz and Friedrich Gottlob Zoller (11 August 1746). According to Michael Maul, the cantata celebrated the wedding of the Prussian Court Counsellor Georg E. Stahl (1741). The cantata text of an unknown poet suggests an influential man who esteemed music. The parts for soprano and continuo are written in exquisite calligraphy, probably as a gift for the couple. The words center on the relationship of music and marital love, ending in praise of the bridegroom as a supporter of music.
The cantata may have been performed at least twice.
Scoring and structure
Bach titled the work Cantata a Voce sola. The cantata is scored for soprano, flauto traverso, oboe d'amore, two violins, viola, violone, and harpsichord continuo.
Recitative:
Aria: (A major)
Recitative:
Aria: (E major)
Recitative:
Aria: (B minor)
Recitative:
Aria:
Recitative: (A major)
Aria: (A major)
Music
Bach used material from a "Huldigungskantate" (homage cantata), O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210.1, for all the arias, the first recitative and part of the last recitative. Alexander Ferdinand Grychtolik edited a reconstruction of the lost homage cantata based on the wedding cantata, published by Edition Güntersberg. Bach's music is demanding especially for the soprano and the flutist. The movements show different instrumentation, to ensure variety in spite of only one singing voice. The arias show a "decrescendo" (Alfred Dürr), a diminishing of the number of instruments, towards the central Schweigt, ihr Flöten, schweigt, ihr Töne (Silence, you flutes, silence, you tones), in which the voice corresponds with the flute as in a duet. The following arias are scored "crescendo" until the final festive movement. While all other recitatives are secco, the last one is accompanied by figuration in the flute and the oboe d'amore, long chords in the strings.
Selected recordings
J. S. Bach: Cantata No. 210, Hermann Scherchen, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Magda László, Westminster 1950
J. S. Bach: Cantata BWV 210, Aria for Soprano, Helmut Winschermann, Deutsche Bachsolisten, Ursula Buckel, Cantate 1963
Bach made in Germany Vol. VII – Secular Cantatas III, Peter Schreier, Kammerorchester Berlin, Lucia Popp, Eterna 1981
Bach: Wedding Cantatas, Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music, Emma Kirkby, Decca 1996
J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 5, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Lisa Larsson, Antoine Marchand 1996
Die Bach Kantate Vol. 66, Helmuth Rilling, Sibylla Rubens, Hänssler 1998
J. S. Bach: Wedding Cantatas, Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln, Christine Schäfer, Deutsche Grammophon 1999
J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 30, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Carolyn Sampson, BIS 2003
References
External links
Cantata BWV 210 O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210 on bach-cantatas.com
German text and English translation, Emmanuel Music
BWV 210 O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit on uvm.edu
O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit (Oh glorious day, longed-for time) Simon Crouch, 1999, classical.net
Cantata No. 210, "O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit," BWV 210 allmusic.com
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) / Secular Cantatas Johan van Veen, 2005, musicweb-international.com
Entries for BWV 210 on WorldCat
Secular cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach
Wedding music by Johann Sebastian Bach |
25498523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress%20of%20Nationalities%20for%20a%20Federal%20Iran | Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran | The Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran is a political alliance of political parties and advocacy groups, mostly underground or exiled, which campaigns for the replacement of the current Islamist government system in Iran with a secular, democratic, federal government. It has also called for antipersonnel landmines to be banned in Iran. Many of the member groups are concurrent advocates for the rights or self-determination of non-Persian Iranians, including Azeris, Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen, and Baloch.
The organization grew out of a conference held in London on 20 February 2005.
Member organizations
Azerbaijan Cultural Society
Balochistan National Movement – Iran
Balochistan People's Party
Balochistan United Front of Iran
Organisation of Kurmanj People (The Kurds in the region of North of Khorasan)
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Democratic Solidarity Party of al-Ahwaz
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Organization for Defence of the Rights of Turkmen People
Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement
National Movement of Iranian Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan Diplomatic Mission
Party of United Lurestan and Bakhtiari
Southern Azerbaijan Diplomatic Commission
Turkmen National Democratic Movement
Kurdistan Freedom Party
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Secularism in Iran |
61470225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%202019%20Farah%20bombing | July 2019 Farah bombing | On 31 July 2019, a roadside bomb killed 34 civilians and injured another 17 who were on a bus in Farah Province, Afghanistan. President Ashraf Ghani's spokesman confirmed that the perpetrators were the Taliban.
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57970990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel%20Barbeault | Marcel Barbeault | Marcel Henri Barbeault (born 10 August 1941) is a French serial killer who murdered in Nogent-sur-Oise in the 1970s. He is responsible for the murder of seven women and one man. Because his crimes were always in the evening or early in the morning, he was given the nickname The Shadow Killer.
Youth
The eldest son of a father working as a steam locomotive conductor and a mother working in the textile industry, Marcel Barbeaut quit school at a very young age after missing his certificat d'études primaries. At the age of 14, he began working in a workshop called "Établissements Rivière" in Creil as a riveter. With a valiant heart he then joined the YCW. On 13 December 1960, he joined the army and was mobilized during the Algerian war, where he was a stretcher bearer. Upon his return, he returned to the factory and worked in Saint-Gobain. He soon began to practice boxing and judo, and said that he'd like to become a paratrooper or a gendarme, but was subjected to vertigo and failed the tests 8 times. In 1964 he married a woman named Josiane and fathered two boys - Patrice in 1966, and Laurent in 1972. His mother, Micheline, died of cancer in 1968, followed by his two brothers. At this time he began to burgle homes, and when driving his moped on his way back from work he would steal weapons. The deaths in Barbeaut's family seem to be the key events for his dive into crime and violence (his mother had both breasts removed before her death, and this trauma could have led to a desire for revenge and similar sexual rites).
Murders and the investigation
On 10 January 1969 he committed his first murder by killing Françoise Lecron, wife of a Saint-Gobain engineer, and his last murder was committed in January 1976.
He attacked his victims along the railway line, striking them with a shovel then stabbing them in the heart, or would kill them using his .22 Long Rifle at nightfall (between 9PM and 11PM). All of his victims were rumoured to be brown women, killed after he had watched them for a long time (during his days off) in order to monitor their actions. He undressed the corpses but did not violate them, and stole their handbags, which is rare among serial killers. Despite this, Marcel Barbeault was regarded as a wonderful husband and an exemplary father who was self-contained and "banal". It is this schizophrenic behaviour that allowed him to pass through police nets for years.
Finally, after more than 7 years of stalking, he was arrested thanks to an anonymous phone call which described him: "aged 35, 1.80 cm tall, married to a blonde, with two children, no driving license. He served in Algeria, has practised boxing and worked at the Rivière..". Commissioner Christian Jacob did not identify the "killer" but he pinned Barbeault as a suspect. Inspector Daniel Neveu, freshly promoted to the judicial Police of Creil, managed to make the connection between Barbeault and the murders, through a 22 LR found in a cemetery and a rifle discovered in the basement of the accused. He found that the key to the enigma was the cemetery of Nogent-sur-Oise, which was in the center of the triangle area where all the murders took place. In addition, the double homicide of a couple occurred on the parking lot of the Laigneville cemetery. But this murder, although different from the others, was also attributed to the "Shadow killer". Inspector Neveu concluded that, unlike the others, it was not premeditated, but was more of an "opportunistic" murder - the killer was on the scene before the couple's arrival and perhaps frequented the cemetery regularly.
The officer's reasoning was corroborated by the discovery of a .22LR bullet near a water tap in the cemetery. The tap was located behind the church, making it hard to find for anybody besides those who visited regularly. Neveu decided to cross out the names of the letters of denunciation and the surnames engraved on the cemetery's graves. The list of 30 names was eventually traced back to Barbeault. His beloved mother had died of breast cancer in her son's arms after much agony, and she had been buried in the Nogent cemetery since 1968.
Neveu interviewed the suspects one by one. While searching Barbeault's home in Montataire on 14 December 1976 he found in his cellar a sawed rifle with a silencer, a raincoat and various caps. Ballistic analysis revealed that the weapon was used in one of the two murders. The weapons used in the other homicides could not be found but the similar modus operandi left little doubt about a single killer. Due to Barbeault having already been sentenced for burglary in the past, the police reviewed all his crimes in the region and discovered that he had also stolen a rifle. The owner had practised shooting with the weapon in his garden, and the investigators found sockets in it, showing that they had been used for some of the murders. Authorities then pointed out that the days of the murders corresponded to those in which Barbeault had days off.
Trial and sentencing
His trial began at the Beauvais Courthouse on 25 May 1981 in the cour d'assises of Oise. Barbeault was charged with the five murders, but the three other crimes charges attributed to him were dropped due to lack of evidence. He denied being "The Shadow Killer" despite the evidence and acted coldly during the trial. The general advocate wanted to give him the death penalty, but that fell through because François Mitterrand had just been elected President of the Republic and announced the death penalty's upcoming abolition. Despite the five hour speech of his lawyer Jean-Louis Pelletir, Marcel Barbeault was sentenced to life imprisonment on 10 June 1981. He tried to appeal his sentence at the Court of Cassation but it was rejected in November 1983, and he was resentenced to life imprisonment.
Marcel Barbeault remains incarcerated in the central prison of Saint-Maur in Indre, and is employed as the prison librarian.
Notes and references
See also
List of serial killers by country
Bibliography
Daniel Neveu, Le mort n'a pas le profil d'un assassin, Anabet Publisher, 2010, 462 pages,
François Lapraz, Alain Morel, Terreur en banlieue, l'affaire du tueur de l'Oise, Guy Authier Éditeur, 1977.
Georges Moréas and Bill Waddell, Murder Case, Investigation of the great crimes of our time, vol. 28: The Shadow Killer. Marcel Barbeault: for seven years, this good father sowed terror in Nogent-sur-Oise, Paris, ALP, 1991, 30 p.
Alain Hamon, Un tueur dans l'ombre. L'Affaire Marcel Barbeault, I read, 1994 (out of print), 4 January 1999, 186 pages,
Pascal Michel, 40 ans d'affaires criminelles 1969-2009 (chapitre : L'affaire Marcel Barbeault, le tueur de l'ombre) pages 7 and 13, April 17, 2009, 208 pages,
Pascal Dague, Tueurs en série, éd. Publibook, pages 407 and 425, May 11, 2012, 430 pages,
TV documentary
Get the Accused, presented by Christophe Hondelatte in February 2005, October 2007 and July 2010 in "Marcel Barbeault: The Shadow Killer" on France 2.
Radio shows
"Marcel Barbeault, the killer of the Oise" March 18, 2014 and "Marcel Barbeault case" March 24, 2016 in The Double Hour of Jacques Pradel on RTL.
"The Marcel Barbeault Affair" August 22, 2016 in Hondelatte tells on Europe 1.
External links
Biography of Marcel Barbeault on tueursenserie.org.
Biography of Marcel Barbeault on 13emerue.fr.
French serial killers
Male serial killers
Murder in France
1941 births
Living people |
47041907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wudingmen%20station | Wudingmen station | Wudingmen station (), is a station on Line 3 of the Nanjing Metro. It started operations on 1 April 2015.
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Railway stations in China opened in 2015
Nanjing Metro stations |
67219258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zell%20Miles | Zell Miles | Zell Miles (October 6, 1909 - December 18, 1970) was a professional baseball left fielder and pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Chicago American Giants from 1937 to 1940. He also played for the Seattle Steelheads in the West Coast Negro Baseball Association in 1946 and the Minot Mallards of the Mandak League in 1951.
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65506139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Convery | Christian Convery | Christian Convery is a Canadian actor. He plays the role of Gus in the Netflix fantasy series Sweet Tooth.
Life and career
Convery made his film debut in the romantic comedy Hearts of Spring by Marita Grabiak as Conner, released in April 2016. He also played pilot episode roles that year in the series Supernatural and Van Helsing and in 2017, Legion and Lucifer. In November 2016 he was seen in the TV film My Christmas Dream by Hallmark Entertainment in his first leading role alongside Danica McKellar and David Haydn-Jones as the latter's son Cooper Stone.
In 2019, he was honored again with a Young Artist Award in the Streaming Series or Film category. In the 2018 drama film, Beautiful Boy with Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell, he played the role of Jasper Sheff. He had a leading role as Morgan in the Disney Channel series Pup Academy. He was also seen in the 2019 television film Descendants 3. Convery appeared as Will in Playing with Fire alongside John Cena, John Leguizamo, Judy Greer and Keegan-Michael Key. In 2020, he won the Best Lead Actor award in the Television Series for Pup Academy.
In the Netflix fantasy series Sweet Tooth with Will Forte and Nonso Anozie, he had a leading role as deer-man-boy Gus in 2021. For the drama The Tiger Rising, based on the book by Kate DiCamillo he stood with Dennis Quaid and Queen Latifah as Rob Horton on camera.
Filmography
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40567288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Convention%20on%20Information%20on%20Foreign%20Law | European Convention on Information on Foreign Law | The European Convention on Information on Foreign Law is a 1968 Council of Europe treaty whereby states agree to procedures for the mandatory provision of information when a state requests information on the legal system of another state.
Content
States that ratify the Convention appoint a single body to receive requests from other state parties regarding information on the "law and procedure in civil and commercial fields as well as on their judicial organisation". When a request for such information is received from a judicial authority in another state party, the Convention makes it mandatory of the state to provide information in response to the request. States may by individual agreement or declaration expand the categories of information that must be provided.
Creation and state parties
The convention was concluded in London on 7 June 1968 and entered into force 17 December 1969. As of 2019, 43 of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe have ratified the convention; it has also been ratified by Belarus, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Morocco. The five Council of Europe states that have not ratified the convention are Andorra, Armenia, Ireland, and San Marino.
Additional Protocol
On 15 March 1978 the Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Information on Foreign Law was concluded in Strasbourg. The Additional Protocol expands the categories of information that must be provided to encompass "substantive and procedural law and judicial organisation in the criminal field, including prosecuting authorities, as well as on the law concerning the enforcement of penal measures".
The Additional Protocol entered into force on 31 August 1979. As of 2013, it has been ratified by 38 Council of Europe states plus Belarus, Mexico, and Morocco.
See also
List of Council of Europe treaties
External links
European Convention on Information on Foreign Law, Council of Europe information page
Text
Signatures and ratifications
Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Information on Foreign Law, Council of Europe information page
Text (Additional Protocol)
Signatures and ratifications (Additional Protocol)
European Convention on Information on Foreign Law
Council of Europe treaties
European Convention on Information on Foreign Law
European Convention on Information on Foreign Law
European Convention on Information on Foreign Law
Treaties of Albania
Treaties of Austria
Treaties of Azerbaijan
Treaties of Belarus
Treaties of Belgium
Treaties of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Treaties of Bulgaria
Treaties of Costa Rica
Treaties of Croatia
Treaties of Cyprus
Treaties of the Czech Republic
Treaties of Denmark
Treaties of Estonia
Treaties of Finland
Treaties of France
Treaties of Georgia (country)
Treaties of West Germany
Treaties of Greece
Treaties of Hungary
Treaties of Iceland
Treaties of Italy
Treaties of Latvia
Treaties of Liechtenstein
Treaties of Lithuania
Treaties of Luxembourg
Treaties of North Macedonia
Treaties of Malta
Treaties of Mexico
Treaties of Moldova
Treaties of Monaco
Treaties of Montenegro
Treaties of Morocco
Treaties of the Netherlands
Treaties of Norway
Treaties of Poland
Treaties of Portugal
Treaties of Romania
Treaties of the Soviet Union
Treaties of Serbia and Montenegro
Treaties of Slovakia
Treaties of Slovenia
Treaties of Francoist Spain
Treaties of Sweden
Treaties of Switzerland
Treaties of Turkey
Treaties of Ukraine
Treaties of the United Kingdom
Treaties extended to the Faroe Islands
Treaties extended to Greenland
Treaties extended to Clipperton Island
Treaties extended to French Comoros
Treaties extended to French Somaliland
Treaties extended to French Guiana
Treaties extended to French Polynesia
Treaties extended to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Treaties extended to Guadeloupe
Treaties extended to Martinique
Treaties extended to Mayotte
Treaties extended to New Caledonia
Treaties extended to Réunion
Treaties extended to Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Treaties extended to Wallis and Futuna
Treaties extended to Aruba
Treaties extended to Jersey |
15208634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomopterus | Kokomopterus | Kokomopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid. The genus contains a single species, Kokomopterus longicaudatus, known from the Silurian of Kokomo, Indiana.
See also
List of eurypterids
References
Stylonurina
Silurian eurypterids
Silurian arthropods of North America
Eurypterids of North America |
24330306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer%20for%20Ukraine | Prayer for Ukraine | Prayer for Ukraine () is a patriotic Ukrainian hymn published in 1885, which became a spiritual anthem of Ukraine. The text was written by Oleksandr Konysky, and the music was composed by Mykola Lysenko, first with a children's choir in mind. The song became the regular closing hymn in services of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and other churches. It gained national significance when it was performed by mass choirs during the Ukrainian War of Independence in 1917–1920. The hymn was intended to be an official spiritual anthem of Ukraine. It has closed sessions of oblast councils and other national functions.
Prayer for Ukraine was performed in Kyiv in 2001 during a parade celebrating the 10th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, among many national functions. It has been part of church services internationally, in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 26 February 2022, the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York performed the hymn in the cold open of Saturday Night Live.
History
Oleksandr Konysky wrote the a patriotic poem from February to 28 March 1885 in Kyiv, at a time when the Imperial Russian government suppressed the use of the Ukrainian language. The melody and a choral setting were written by Mykola Lysenko, a composer who inspired a Ukrainian national school of composition.
It was printed in Lviv in the summer of 1885, intended for a children's choir. The first title read: Молитва. Гімнѣ, на жѣночи голоси. Слова О. Я. Кониського, музика Миколы Лисенка, — Львовѣ., 1885, Лит[ографія] П. Прищляка, 4 с. (Prayer. Hymn, for women's voices. Text written by O. Ya. Konysky, Music Mykola Lysenko, Lviv., 1885, Lithography P. Pryshliak, 4 p.). It came as a score, with separate parts for soprano and alto. The setting proved to be too difficult for usual children's choirs.
The Prayer became widespread in the beginning of the 20th century in arrangements for mixed choir made by in 1907, and Kyrylo Stetsenko and Oleksandr Koshyts in the 1910s. It acquired symbolic significance during the Ukrainian War of Independence in 1917–1920, then performed by thousands of choirs, conducted by Kyrylo Stetsenko, on Bohdan Khmelnytsky Square in Kyiv. It was sung at a national-patriotic rally on 20 December 1917, and on the occasion of the Unification Act of the UPR and WUPR on 22 January 1919.
On 14 July 1998, with an initiative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the hymn was part of the law project registered under #1229 "About the text of the State Anthem of Ukraine and the Spiritual Anthem of Ukraine". The author of the project was Anatoliy Holubchenko, a native of Mariupol and then First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine (1997–99)..
Lyrics
Usage
Churches
The song from 1885 closes each liturgy in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, as well as the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and other churches.
National spiritual anthem
It is sung at the end of meetings of oblasts, raions, and city councils. Other occasions include the Day of Unity of Ukraine, Holodomor Memorial Day, and the anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. In his memoir, Taras Hunczak recalled that the song opened a 1991 concert at the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre, organised by the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament of Ukraine) and celebrating the 125th anniversary of Mykhailo Hrushevsky's birth. It was performed on Khreshchatyk, the main street of Kyiv, in 2001 during the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Ukraine's independence; The Ukrainian Weekly described it as "perhaps one of the most inspiring moments of the parade". In 2007, the Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir sang it at the opening of the sixth convocation of the Verkhovna Rada.
Recordings
Prayer for Ukraine has been recorded several times. Oreya, a choir focused on Ukrainian music, chose the hymn as the first song of their 2000 album, its name as the title. It was also the opening of their 20th anniversary album in 2009. In 2002, Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus recorded Prayer for Ukraine in the album Golden echoes of Kyiv. In 2020, Mykhailo Khoma of Dzidzio recorded the hymn with the , conducted by Oksana Lyniv.
2022
The song has been performed internationally in church services related to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, already in anticipation. On 24 February 2022, the day that the invasion officially began, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra spontaneously included Prayer for Ukraine, arranged by its music librarian Serge Liberovsky, in a series concert in Santa Monica, between Mozart's Divertimento for String Trio and Dvořák's Serenade for Winds. It was introduced by an address about its significance. Two days later, the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York, a group founded in 1949 "to preserve and cultivate the rich musical heritage of Ukraine", performed the hymn in the cold open of Saturday Night Live, standing behind a table of candles that were arranged to spell "Kyiv".
References
External links
Compositions by Mykola Lysenko
Ukrainian patriotic songs
1885 songs
19th-century hymns |
16014185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalach%2C%20Kalacheyevsky%20District%2C%20Voronezh%20Oblast | Kalach, Kalacheyevsky District, Voronezh Oblast | Kalach () is a town and the administrative center of Kalacheyevsky District in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tolucheyevka and Podgornaya Rivers, from Voronezh, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
It was established in 1716 and granted town status in 1945.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kalach serves as the administrative center of Kalacheyevsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with seven rural localities in Kalacheyevsky District, incorporated within Kalacheyevsky District as Kalach Urban Settlement. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Kalacheyevsky Municipal District.
References
Notes
Sources
External links
Official website of Kalach
Kalach Business Directory
Cities and towns in Voronezh Oblast
Populated places established in 1716 |
59429937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision%20%E2%80%93%20Australia%20Decides | Eurovision – Australia Decides | Eurovision – Australia Decides is an annual song competition organised by Australian public broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and production partner Blink TV. It has determined for the Eurovision Song Contest since 2019 (except in , following the cancellation of ).
Background
Australia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in by invitation from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as a "one-off" special guest to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Eurovision. On 17 November 2015, the EBU announced that SBS had been invited to participate in and that Australia would once again take part. This invitation has been extended each year and Australia is invited to participate in the contest until at least 2023.
The entrants from 2015 until 2018 were internally selected. In September 2018, SBS announced that from 2019, it would organise a national contest to select the artist and the song that will compete at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest and placed a call for entries. The show was to be called Eurovision – Australia Decides.
Format
SBS asks for submissions, then selects ten entries and their running order for the contest. The contest takes place over a weekend in February, with a jury preview show, a matinee preview show and a live final. The winner is determined via the combination of public televote (50%) and the votes of a professional jury panel (50%).
Winners
References
2019 Australian television series debuts
Eurovision Song Contest selection events
Music competitions in Australia
Recurring events established in 2019
Singing competitions
Australian music television series
Australian reality television series
February events
Music festivals established in 2019 |
21314351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoseph%20Imry | Yoseph Imry | Yoseph Imry (Hebrew: יוסף אמרי; born 23 February 1939 – 29 May 2018) was an Israeli physicist.
He was best known for taking part in the foundation of mesoscopic physics, a relatively new branch of condensed matter physics. It is concerned with how the behavior of systems whose size is in between micro- and macroscopic, crosses over between these two regimes. These systems can be handled and addressed by more or less usual macroscopic methods, but their behavior may still show quantum effects.
Awards and honours
In 1996, 2001 and 2016, Imry received the Rothschild Prize, Israel Prize and Wolf Prize in physics, respectively. Imry was the 1996 Lorentz Professor at Leiden University.
He was a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Salzburg), the European Academy of Sciences, Sciences and Humanities (Paris), the National Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
See also
List of Israel Prize recipients
References
External links
home page
1939 births
2018 deaths
People from Tel Aviv
Israeli Jews
Israeli physicists
Israel Prize in physics recipients
Weizmann Institute of Science faculty
Members of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Jewish physicists
Fellows of the American Physical Society
Wolf Prize in Physics laureates |
36339940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escuela%20San%20Francisco%20de%20Placilla | Escuela San Francisco de Placilla | Escuela San Francisco de Placilla () is a Chilean high school located in Placilla, Colchagua Province, Chile.
References
Educational institutions with year of establishment missing
Secondary schools in Chile
Schools in Colchagua Province |
58323729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Martin%27s%20Basilica%2C%20Li%C3%A8ge | St Martin's Basilica, Liège | St Martin's Basilica (French - basilique Saint-Martin) in Liège, is a Roman Catholic church situated on the Publémont hill in the city centre. It was initially built as a Romanesque structure in the 10th century, which in 1246 held the first celebration of an annual 'Fête-Dieu', the festival later known as Corpus Christi. This structure was replaced by a Gothic building in the 16th century. Up until the Liège Revolution it was one of the seven collegiate churches of Liège. In 1886 it was promoted to the rank of minor basilica.
Sources
http://fr.structurae.de/structures/data/?ID=s0056128
http://www.upsaintmartin.be/medias/files/visite-guidee-de-la-basilique-st-martin-liege-1.pdf
Liege
Gothic architecture in Belgium
16th-century architecture
Former collegiate churches in Belgium
Saint-Martin |
27042964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarites%20gunnerusensis | Margarites gunnerusensis | Margarites gunnerusensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in Antarctic waters.
References
Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
gunnerusensis
Gastropods described in 1996 |
13040070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Year%27s%20Best%20Science%20Fiction%3A%20Twenty-Third%20Annual%20Collection | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2006. It is the 23rd in The Year's Best Science Fiction series. It won the Locus Award for best anthology in 2007.
Contents
The book includes a 30-page summation by Dozois; 29 stories, all that first appeared in 2005, and each with a two-paragraph introduction by Dozois; and a ten-page referenced list of honorable mentions for the year. The stories are as follows:
Ian McDonald: "The Little Goddess"
Paolo Bacigalupi: "The Calorie Man"
Alastair Reynolds: "Beyond the Aquila Rift"
Daryl Gregory: "Second Person, Present Tense"
Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold: "The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Back From the Stars"
Michael Swanwick: "Triceratops Summer"
Robert Reed: "Camouflage"
Ken MacLeod: "A Case of Consilience"
Bruce Sterling: "The Blemmye's Strategem"
William Sanders: "Amba"
Mary Rosenblum: "Search Engine"
Chris Beckett: "Picadilly Circus"
David Gerrold: "In the Quake Zone"
Liz Williams: "La Malcontenta"
Stephen Baxter: "The Children of Time"
Vonda N. McIntyre: "Little Faces"
Gene Wolfe: "Comber"
Harry Turtledove: "Audubon in Atlantis"
Hannu Rajaniemi: "Deus Ex Homine"
Steven Popkes: "The Great Caruso"
Neal Asher: "Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck"
Alastair Reynolds: "Zima Blue"
David Moles: "Planet of the Amazon Women"
Dominic Green: "The Clockwork Atom Bomb"
Chris Roberson: "Gold Mountain"
Gwyneth Jones: "The Fulcrum"
Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy: "Mayfly"
Elizabeth Bear: "Two Dreams on Trains"
Joe Haldeman: "Angel of Light"
James Patrick Kelly: "Burn"
References
External links
Review and story synopses by Brad Shorr
2006 short story collections
23
St. Martin's Press books |
59992058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%20in%20Kosovo | 2019 in Kosovo | Events in the year 2019 in Kosovo.
Incumbents
President: Hashim Thaçi
Prime Minister: Ramush Haradinaj
Events
10 – 14 April – The 2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy is held in Pristina.
Deaths
13 February – Idriz Ajeti, Albanologist (b. 1917).
References
2010s in Kosovo
Years of the 21st century in Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo |
33132001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace%20Be%20Still | Peace Be Still | Peace Be Still may refer to:
Peace Be Still (Hope Darst album), 2020
"Peace Be Still" (song), a 2020 single by Hope Darst
Peace Be Still (James Cleveland album), 1963
Peace Be Still (Vanessa Bell Armstrong album), 1983 |
15757564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural%20Impulse%20Actuator | Neural Impulse Actuator | The Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA) is a brain–computer interface (BCI) device developed by OCZ Technology. BCI devices attempt to move away from the classic input devices like keyboard and mouse and instead read electrical activity from the head, preferably the EEG. The name Neural Impulse Actuator implies that the signals originate from some neuronal activity; however, what is actually captured is a mixture of muscle, skin and nerve activity including sympathetic and parasympathetic components that have to be summarized as biopotentials rather than pure neural signals. As of May 27, 2011, the OCZ website says that the NIA is no longer being manufactured and has been end-of-lifed.
On June 1, 2012 a post was made on the official forums, asking about the NIAs future, the reply being, "It [the NIA] was spun out into a different company as a side-effect of OCZ's IPO and that company is BCInet."
Name
The name Neural Impulse Actuator is still justifiable since also the secondary signals are under neuronal control. The biopotentials are decompiled into different frequency spectra to allow the separation into different groups of electrical signals. Individual signals that are isolated comprise alpha and beta brain waves, electromyograms and electro oculograms.
The current version of the NIA uses carbon-fibers injected into soft plastic as substrate for the headband and for the sensors and achieves sensitivity much greater than the original silver chloride-based sensors using a clip-on interface to the wire harness.
Shortkeys system
Control over the computer in either desktop or gaming environments is done by binding keys to different zones within as many as three vertical joysticks. Each joystick can be divided into several zones based on thresholds and each zone within each joystick can be bound to a keyboard key. Each keystroke can further be assigned to several modes, including single keystroke, hold, repeat and dwell, which allows full plasticity with respect to configuration of the NIA for any application. Moreover, the same "vertical joysticks" can be used in more than one instance to enable simultaneous pressing of multiple keys at any given time like "W" and "Spacebar" for jumping forward or toggling between left and right strafing for running in a zigzag pattern.
Software support
The only software available officially is proprietary to 32 and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows 7 (XP and Vista).
No specifications have been published. People who are trying to make use of the device on Unix-like platforms, or create their own software for it for other reasons, say it may be a HID device providing raw data from its sensors to the software. There is no support for Linux.
The 3rd-party input remapping applications GlovePIE and PPJoy accept input from the nia according to GlovePIE.org forums.
See also
Comparison of consumer brain-computer interface devices
Emotiv EPOC
Mindset
References
External links
Official drivers: http://www.ocztechnology.com/resources/drivers/
Help for using the NIA
OCZ Mind Controlled Gamer Mouse Nears Production
OCZ preps neural headband controller for release
Brain-body actuated system
Brain-body actuated system
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=3252&p=2
http://www.ocztechnology.com/aboutocz/press/2008/273 – OCZ Press release
http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?shownews=18456
http://www.techpowerup.com/54897/Price_of_OCZ_Neural_Impulse_Actuator_Confirmed_$159.html
Complete Review of NIA, including the practice it requires.
Complete Review including its development.
Brain–computer interfacing
Pointing devices
Computing input devices
History of human–computer interaction
Video game control methods |
30957025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callitriche%20antarctica | Callitriche antarctica | Callitriche antarctica, commonly known as the Antarctic water-starwort, is a small, prostrate plant with tiny yellow flowers in the family Plantaginaceae (though sometimes placed in its own family – Callitrichaceae). It is found in wet places on many subantarctic islands and has a wide circumantarctic distribution, something reflected in its specific epithet.
Description
The starwort is a prostrate, mat-forming herb, with freely branched stems, rooting at the nodes. It has a similar appearance to watercress. The small, fleshy, spathulate leaves are usually 3–5 mm long and 1–2.5 mm wide. Flowering occurs from September to March. The yellowish to dull brown fruits are about a millimetre in diameter.
Distribution and habitat
The starwort occurs on Campbell, Heard and Macquarie Islands, the Auckland, Antipodes, Kerguelen, Prince Edward, Crozet and Falkland Islands, as well as on South Georgia and Tierra del Fuego. The plant may be locally common, especially in boggy areas, along streams and around freshwater pools.
References
Notes
Sources
antarctica
Flora of New Zealand
Flora of the subantarctic islands
Snares Islands / Tini Heke
Flora of southern Chile
Flora of South Argentina
Freshwater plants
Plants described in 1867 |
65304099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundas%20Karoblis | Raimundas Karoblis | Raimundas Karoblis (born 14 April 1968) is a Lithuanian politician. He served as Minister of Defence in the Skvernelis Cabinet led by Saulius Skvernelis from 13 December 2016 to 11 December 2020.
References
Living people
1968 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Lithuanian politicians
Ministers of Defence of Lithuania |
21060254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953%20Wisconsin%20Badgers%20football%20team | 1953 Wisconsin Badgers football team | The 1953 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1953 Big Ten Conference football season.
Schedule
Team players in the 1954 NFL Draft
References
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football seasons
Wisconsin Badgers football |
29808717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Merritt%20%28baseball%29 | John Merritt (baseball) | John Howard Merritt (October 12, 1894 – November 3, 1955) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played one game for the New York Giants in 1913.
References
External links
1894 births
1955 deaths
Major League Baseball outfielders
New York Giants (NL) players
Baseball players from Mississippi
Sportspeople from Tupelo, Mississippi
Knoxville Reds players
Clarksdale Swamp Angels players
Fort Worth Panthers players
Memphis Chickasaws players
San Antonio Bronchos players
Chattanooga Lookouts players
Houston Buffaloes players
St. Paul Saints (AA) players
Atlanta Crackers players
Mobile Bears players |
49621623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female%20intrasexual%20competition | Female intrasexual competition | Female intrasexual competition is competition between women over a potential mate. Such competition might include self-promotion, derogation of other women, and direct and indirect aggression toward other women. Factors that influence female intrasexual competition include the genetic quality of available mates, hormone levels, and interpersonal dynamics.
There are two modes of sexual selection: intersexual selection and intrasexual selection. Intersexual selection includes the display of desirable sexual characteristics to attract a potential mate. Intrasexual selection is competition between members of the same sex other over a potential mate.
Compared to males, females tend to prefer subtle rather than overt forms of intrasexual competition. However, they are also less likely to resolve a conflict with a same sex peer.
Self-promotion tactics
Self-promotion tactics are one of the main strategies that can be used during intrasexual competition for mates. It is often perceived to be the most socially desirable strategy, as it can be perceived as self-improvement, rather than an attack on competitors. Self-promotion tactics are especially useful for when women are looking for short-term mates, as such tactics will directly promote their sexual availability.
Luxury consumption
Self-promotion tactics refers to the different strategies that women might use to make themselves look better compared to other competing women. For example, women are interested in luxury items that enhance their attractiveness. Luxury items can indicate attractiveness by emphasising a higher status, which is a factor that potential mates will take into consideration. When testing for female intrasexual competition, research has shown that women would purposely choose luxury items that boosts their level of attractiveness, and will disregard non-attractive items, even if they are luxury items. When consuming attractive luxury items, women are perceived to be more attractive, young, and flirty by other women. At the same time, such consumption portrays their willingness to engage in sexual activity.
When women's hormonal cycle is nearing her ovulation stage, which is her peak fertility, they have a higher tendency to choose products that would enhance their attractiveness, such as sexier and more revealing clothes. It has been shown that when women are at their peak fertility, they will have an increased awareness and sensitivity to female intrasexual competition. This is due to the fact that when women are at their peak fertility, this is the most optimal time for them to mate and produce offspring. However, this tends to be only applied in situations when women are faced with rivals who they consider to be attractive. When with an unattractive rival, women might not necessarily see them posing any threat, as they would feel more attractive in comparison.
Cosmetic surgery
By using plastic surgery, women can surgically change their appearances to make themselves more attractive. They can surgically alter their faces and bodies according to their wishes. They can use botulinum toxin to prevent wrinkles and get face lifts. Or they can use get liposuction to remove fat and achieve a more desirable body. Research has shown that the waist-hip ratio (WHR) of a female is a good indicator of their health, and that males tend to have a preference for females with a low WHR. When comparing women's pre- and post-operative photographs, post-operative photographs where women have a lower WHR are rated as more attractive, regardless of their weight gain or their BMI. Culture plays a role in the type of plastic surgery a woman gets. The beauty standards for Westerners and Easterners are extremely different. Western models tend to be used to promote clothing and to portray seductiveness, whereas Asian models tend to be used to promote hair and skin products. Research suggest that Western models are more body-oriented.
Regardless, by using cosmetic surgery, females can change various aspects of their body to make themselves more attractive by displaying a more desirable waist-hip ratio. This can lead to competition with other females who may be considered less attractive in comparison. When women change their appearances, such as by applying cosmetic products and wearing sexy or stylish clothes, do make a difference and has been proven to be effective.
Competitor derogation
There are a number of competitive strategies that females may use in a bid to appear more attractive in comparison to other females. Whilst males may use direct forms of aggression during intrasexual competition females typically compete for access to desired mates through the use of indirect aggression. Unlike direct aggression which involves delivering harm face to face, indirect aggression describes acts that are done circuitously, where an individual aims to cause harm but attempts to appear as if they have no harmful intentions. In the context of intrasexual competition, indirect aggression works to reduce the opportunities the rival may have in securing access to the desired mate to, therefore, increase one's chances of reproductive success. These include behaviours such as shunning, social exclusion, getting others to dislike the individual, spreading rumours and criticizing the rival's appearance.
Female derogation
Female derogation is a form of indirect aggression where females attempt to reduce the perceived value of another female 'rival'. Fisher (2004) studied female derogation and the effects of estrogen levels on this form of competition. Females disclosed their ovulation status and rated the attractiveness of male and female faces. Competitor derogation (giving low ratings) towards same-sex rivals occurred frequently when women were at their most fertile stages. In contrast, women gave same-sex rivals higher ratings during the least fertile stages of their ovulation. This indirect form of competition appears exclusive toward females as findings also showed that women, irrespective of ovulation status (high or low), showed no difference in the rating of male faces. Supporting research has also found that younger women who are considered as having high fertility, gossip about other women more than older women, who are no longer at their most fertile stage.
Indeed, indirect aggression appears more prevalent amongst (or exclusive to) females than males who are said to engage in more direct forms of competition. Research studying the relationship between indicators of attractiveness, such as physical attractiveness and indirect victimisation, showed that the likelihood of experiencing indirect victimization increased by 35% for females who perceived themselves as physically attractive. In contrast, being a male who is physically attractive decreased the chances of experiencing such indirect victimization. This also highlights how the physical attractiveness of a female is a trigger for indirect aggression and forms a core part of intersexual selection between the sexes.
Female derogation is also used to enforcing equality amongst females which prevents high-status ambitious females from using their status to gain resources, allies and mates at the expense of other females. Thus attempts to gain social status are punished while norms of "niceness" (which is defined as a lack of competitiveness) and equality dominates as a social norm amongst females. Equality is enforced by threat of social exclusion (which can be directed against any female but females attempting to gain status are more likely to be targets) and low thresholds for dissolving relationships when equality arises. Within a peer group, a high-status girl who tries to interfere with another's goals risks social derision and exclusion.
Slut-shaming
Another form of competitor derogation that is instrumental in making rivals appear less desirable is slut-shaming. In slut-shaming, females criticize and derogate same-sex rivals for engaging in sexual behaviors that are deemed "unacceptable" by society's standards, as it violates social expectations and norms with regards to their gender role. For example, an act of sexual promiscuity demonstrated by a female is often considered non-conventional and inappropriate as such behaviors are not viewed as acts that constitute femininity. Females may choose to personally confront or spread rumors and gossip about the promiscuous activity of another female. Buss and Dedden explored sex differences in competitor derogation to investigate the tactics that are commonly adopted by both sexes for intrasexual competition. Researchers presented both sexes with a list of tactics that are often employed by individuals to derogate same-sex competitors in an attempt to make them look undesirable to the opposite sex. On a scale from 1 (likely) to 7 (unlikely), participants rated the likelihood that members of their own sex would perform each act. Results revealed that tactics that pointed out a competitor's promiscuity were used by females more frequently than males. These involved "calling her a tramp", "telling everyone that she sleeps around a lot" and that "she cheats on men". Indeed, accusations of promiscuity are a frequent cause of female-female violence, where females may physically retaliate in a bid to defend their sexual reputation. British schoolgirls were surveyed and asked questions about their involvement in fights. In addition to 89% stating that they had actually been involved in a fight, 46% of reported fights were attacks on personal integrity related to promiscuity or gossiping.
With an ultimate goal of enhancing reproductive success at the expense of others, slut-shaming effectively works to arouse suspicion and cause suitors to question the fidelity of these females. In the long term, men may have doubts regarding the paternity of any offspring produced and since humans strive for reproductive success, (which, for a man is to reproduce and to continually invest in his own children), the decision to mate with such an individual drastically reduces the chances of reproductive success. Considering this and the high-value that men attach to women who practice chastity, men are less likely to mate with a supposedly promiscuous female due to the fear of becoming a cuckold.
The effectiveness of strategies: competitor derogation vs. self-promotion tactics
Generally speaking, competitor derogation is often rated as less effective than self-promotion tactics. Men and women tend to judge self-promotion tactics that show resource potential and sexual availability as highly effective for short and long-term mating, respectively. Women, relative to men, appear more likely to engage in self-promotion than competitor derogation tactics. With females having a tendency to engage in more indirect forms of aggression/derogation such as spreading rumors and shunning (social manipulation), studies investigate the extent to which such strategies enable females success by increasing their mating opportunities. Common indicators of reproductive success are sexual activity and dating behaviors. Research has found that the use of indirect aggression is positively correlated with increased dating behavior and early engagement in sexual activity. Arnocky and Pavilion investigated whether the use of victimization or personally experiencing victimization could predict the dating behavior of adolescents over a year. In a follow-up assessment, indirect aggression (peer-nominated) was found to predict dating behavior one year after the initial assessment. Moreover, indirect aggression appeared to be a more powerful predictor of dating behavior than other factors such as initial dating status, peer-rated attractiveness, peer-perceived popularity, and age. Overall, females who used indirect aggression were more likely to be dating in comparison to victimized individuals, who were less likely to have a dating partner. The notion that peer aggression is associated with adaptive dating outcomes is further supported by studies that note that females who frequently displayed indirect aggression began dating much earlier in life than individuals who experienced female-female peer victimization, for whom dating behavior had a much later onset. Dating popularity is also found to have a strong association with the use of indirect aggression. With regards to sexual activity, White et al. investigated the influence of peer victimization and perpetuated aggression on reproductive opportunities amongst young adults. Measures of sexual activity such as the number of previous sexual partners and the age of their first sexual intercourse were obtained alongside measures of their social experiences in middle and high school. Results found that females who experienced more peer aggression during adolescence had their first sexual intercourse at a later age. In contrast, females who perpetuated high levels of indirect peer aggression tended to have their first sexual encounter at earlier stages of adolescence.
Overall, indirect aggression (peer aggression) appears functional in maximizing one's own reproductive opportunities at the expense of same-sex rivals. A quote by Tracy Vaillancourt neatly concludes the literature on female-female aggression by stating: "Not only does such cattiness make the targeted women too sad and anxious to compete in the sexual market, some studies suggest it can make men find rivals less attractive".
Variables that influence female competition
Females often compete using low-risk strategies compared to males as females have to provide primary care and protection to their offspring. Fisher (2015) suggested that attractiveness is the single route by which women compete and men have shown a preference for attractive women.
Other factors that influence women's intrasexual competition are:
High genetic quality of the males
Females will promote themselves more often when males demonstrate various abilities to provide secure resources, protection for offspring, or when the costs of competing are inferior to the benefits gained. They choose males with the highest possible qualities that can maximise reproductive success. Attractiveness and gene quality are both believed to be highly correlated.
Some research suggests that male attractiveness is biased by female's phenotypic quality, male attractiveness does not necessarily correspond to their gene quality. This leads to the state-dependent choice theory which suggests females with lower qualities prefer low-quality males than high-quality males. Surprising results show that promiscuity does not affect attractiveness rankings if physical attractiveness outweighs this variable.
Ovarian hormones and hormonal variations
The ovarian cycle phase is an emerging concern in exploring issues related to female intrasexual competitive behaviour. It has been found that when fertility rate was maximised during the ovarian phase, women gave significantly lower ratings of attractiveness to other females. Ovarian hormones affect how females view their potential competitors and cause them to behave more competitively.
Many studies implied that testosterone levels were one of the key factors in aggressive competitive behaviour in social situations. When testosterone is produced in the brain and gonads in both genders, the androgen receptors in neural and peripheral tissues are being possessed and trigger behavioural and physiological responses to testosterone. The role of androgenic steroids is to activate or facilitate aggressive behaviour. High levels of oestrogen are shown to have an effect on women's derogation on potential competitors (e.g. rating other female faces as less attractive) but there is no effect on ratings of male attractiveness.
Interpersonal dynamics
Females often compete with their own sex to gain the attention of potential mates with high genetic qualities in order to induce reproductive success. Miller et al. (2011)’s study revealed that presence of another sex individual leads to testosterone enhancement.
The ratio of females to males in the course of competition might alter salivary testosterone levels in both genders which lead to competition.
The nonequivalent ratio of men with "good genes" to a large number of accessible females also leads to female intrasexual competition. Biosocial status hypothesis indicated that to win in the female competition, it is thought to enhance in testosterone production thus facilitating violent, prevailing behaviours and exhibition of high status. Whereas, losing in female competition lowers testosterone levels which weaken the tendency of competing. Testosterone levels correspond to various factors such as form of competition, characteristics of opponent, psychological state and baseline hormone levels of the person competing.
See also
Dominance hierarchy
Sexual selection#Male intrasexual competition
Queen Bees and Wannabes
References
Huddergs, L., De Backer, C., Fisher, M., & Vyncke, P. (2014). The Rival Wears Prada: Luxury Consumption as a Female Competition Strategy. ''Evolutionary
Women and sexuality
Sexual selection
Evolutionary psychology |
3092253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI%20Prism | SGI Prism | The Silicon Graphics Prism is a series of visualization computer systems developed and manufactured by Silicon Graphics (SGI). Released in April 2005, the Prism's basic system architecture is based on the Altix 3000 servers, but with graphics hardware.
The Prism uses the Linux operating system and the OpenGL software library.
Three models of the SGI Prism are Power, Team and Extreme levels.
The Power level supports two to eight Itanium 2 processors, up to 96 GB of memory and two to four graphics pipelines.
The Team level supports 8 to 16 Itanium 2 processors, up to 192 GB of memory and four to eight graphics pipelines.
The Extreme level supports 16 to 256 Itanium 2 processors, up to 3 TB of memory and 4 to 16 graphics pipelines.
The graphics pipelines for the Prism are ATI FireGL cards based on either the R350 or R420 GPUs.
References
Prism
Prism
Very long instruction word computing
64-bit computers |