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6,000 | Hiroko Matsuura | Hiroko Matsuura (松浦 寛子 Matsuura Hiroko, born July 15, 1990) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Baki-Azeryol. Clubs Kumamoto Municipal Nagamine Junior High → Higashikyushu Ryukoku High School (2006–2009) → NEC Red Rockets(2009-2012) → Baki-Azeryol（2012-） National team Youth national team (2007) Junior national team (2008) Honours Individuals 2007: World Youth Volleyball championship - Spike award Team 2011 60th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - Runner-up, with NEC Red Rockets. National team Junior team 2008: Champion in the 14th Asian Junior Volleyball Championship References External links JVA Biography NEC Red Rockets Official Website Category:Japanese women's volleyball players Category:Living people Category:1990 births |
6,001 | Harlingen railway station | Harlingen is a railway station located in Harlingen, Netherlands. The station was opened on 27 October 1863 and is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway. Train services are operated by Arriva. 600m west of this station is Harlingen Haven, the terminus of the line. From 1904–1935, Harlingen was the terminus of the Stiens-Harlingen railway line. From Harlingen Haven there are ferry connections to Terschelling and Vlieland. Train services Bus services Gallery See also List of railway stations in Friesland References External links NS website Dutch Public Transport journey planner Category:Railway stations in Friesland Category:Railway stations opened in 1863 Category:Railway stations on the Staatslijn B Category:Harlingen |
6,002 | Cedar Shakes | Cedar Shakes is the debut album by Timber Timbre, released in 2005. Track listing References Category:2005 debut albums Category:Timber Timbre albums |
6,003 | Internasal scales | In snakes, the internasal scales are those on top of the head between the scales that surround the nostrils. They are usually paired and situated just behind the rostral. Related scales Nasal scales Rostral scale See also Snake scales Scale (zoology) References Category:Snake scales |
6,004 | Proselotis apicipunctella | Proselotis apicipunctella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Stainton in 1859. It is found in India (Bengal). The forewings are dull-ochreous, veined with darker, with some scattered blackish atoms, and an elongate black dot on the disc before the middle. A row of black dots goes around the acute apex. The hindwings are pale grey, darker at the base. References Category:Moths described in 1859 Category:Proselotis |
6,005 | The Stroller Strategy | The Stroller Strategy (French: La stratégie de la poussette) is a 2013 French comedy film directed by Clément Michel. The musical score was composed by Sylvain Ohrel. The film starring Raphaël Personnaz and Charlotte Le Bon in the lead roles. Cast Raphaël Personnaz : Thomas Platz Charlotte Le Bon : Marie Deville Jérôme Commandeur : Paul Bordinot Camélia Jordana : Mélanie Julie Ferrier : Valérie François Berléand : Jean-Luc Hamory François Rollin : Franck Del Rio Anne Charrier : Lorraine Yelle : Flore Guilaine Londez : The nurse François Civil : François References External links Category:French films Category:2012 films Category:French comedy films Category:French-language films Category:2010s comedy films Category:Films shot in France |
6,006 | Postalveolar fricative | Postalveolar fricative may refer to: Voiced postalveolar fricative Voiceless postalveolar fricative |
6,007 | Pajaro River | The Pajaro River (pájaro is bird in Spanish), is a U.S. river in the Central Coast region of California, forming part of the border between San Benito and Santa Clara Counties, the entire border between San Benito and Santa Cruz County, and the entire border between Santa Cruz and Monterey County. Flowing roughly east to west, the river empties into Monterey Bay, west of Watsonville, California. History The first European land exploration of Alta California, the Spanish Portolà expedition, camped near the river for two nights, in the vicinity of today's community of Pajaro, on October 8–9, 1769. The party continued north the next day toward Santa Cruz. Expedition soldiers called it "Pajaro" (meaning "bird" in Spanish) because the natives they saw there had a large stuffed bird. Franciscan missionary Juan Crespi, traveling with the expedition, noted in his diary that, "to some of our party it looked like a royal eagle" (possibly an osprey). The Pajaro River has had many names. Early Spanish maps had the name Rio de San Antonio and Rio del Pajaro. Alternate names included Pigeon River, Rio de La Senora La Santa Ana, Rio del Paxaro, Rio de Santa Ana, San Antonio River and Sanjon del Tequesquite. In 1953 the State Water Resource Control Board determined that the Pajaro Valley Watershed suffered from saltwater intrusion due to groundwater overdraft. In the 1970s, the groundwater basin consistently fell below sea level, and was identified in 1980 as critically over-drafted. By the 21st century, 54 square miles of the Pajaro Watershed's groundwater supply was overdrawn and as a result, below sea level making the area susceptible to saltwater intrusion. The Pajaro River has a recurring history of flooding. The towns of Pajaro and Watsonville were built on the river's natural floodplain. Before the Army Corps of Engineers built the levees, flooding devastated homes, businesses, and agriculture. Since the $748,000 levees were constructed in 1949, there have been several instances of flooding from severe weather events and failed levees. In 1963, the USACE (United States Army Corps of Engineers) acknowledged poor planning in levee design, and congress authorized re-construction of the flood control system, however no funds were provided from the federal government. Following the 1995 floods, several lawsuits were issued against the different counties and cities by farmers and homeowners affected. Santa Cruz County, Monterey County, and the California Department of Transportation were all held responsible for failing to maintain the Pajaro River during floods and sued by about 250 people. Plaintiffs held the counties responsible because in 1944, both counties made promises to maintain the levees implemented by the Army Corps of Engineers. Timeline of floods Geology The San Andreas Fault line crosses the Pajaro River at the Pajaro Gap near Aromas, California and California State Route 129. The Salinian Block rests above the Pacific Plate which slips north along the San Andres Fault. It is made up of granitic material, and marine sediments. The Pajaro River has a history of changing its course due to the San Andreas fault slippage between the Pacific plate and the North |
6,008 | 2014 Indiana Hoosiers football team | The 2014 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers played in the East division, a new division of the Big Ten Conference, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was led by head coach Kevin Wilson, which was his fourth season. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division. Preseason Recruits Coaching staff Schedule Schedule Source: Roster 2015 NFL draftees See also List of Indiana Hoosiers in the NFL Draft References Indiana Category:Indiana Hoosiers football seasons Category:2014 in sports in Indiana |
6,009 | The Juice Project | The Juice Project is an American social enterprise initiative set up as a joint venture between Shawn McKie, owner of a corner store in St. Louis, Missouri called The Juice Box, and Angie Beatty, executive director of JUICE (Jumpstarting Urban Innovation with Critical Thinking and Exercise). As well as promoting healthy eating by stocking nutritious snacks, the store aims to build community spirit by hosting free art, education and exercise activities. The Project has received several awards, and was praised by first lady Michelle Obama on May 27, 2010, during her speech on the Social Innovation Fund. References Category:Non-profit organizations based in Missouri Category:Organizations established in 2009 |
6,010 | Chionodes discoocellella | Chionodes discoocellella, the eyeringed chionodes moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine to South Dakota, Florida, Texas and Colorado. The forewings are brown, tinged with roseate or purple, and faintly streaked with ocherous within the inner margin, and with a yellowish-white spot containing a black central dot at the end of the disc, a small black spot on the fold, and one about the middle of the wing, and with a few ocherous-yellow small spots around the apex between the nervules. The larvae feed on Fallopia convolvulus, Persicaria chinensis, Persicaria pensylvanica, Persicaria punctata and Rumex crispus. References Category:Chionodes Category:Moths described in 1872 Category:Moths of North America |
6,011 | Capulina contra las momias | Capulina contra las momias ("Capulina Against the Mummies") is a 1973 Mexican comedy horror film written, produced, and directed by Alfredo Zacarías. It stars Gaspar Henaine as Capulina and Jacqueline Voltaire as his romantic interest. Cast Gaspar Henaine as Capulina Jacqueline Voltaire as Jackie Freddy Fernández as The Nephew Enrique Pontón as The Scientist Miguel Ángel Sanroman as The Mummy / The Monday Thief Manuel Dondé as The Dead One Cristóbal Martell as the Second Mummy Citlali Breceda as a Rejuvenated Mummy Argentina Candelario as a Rejuvenated Mummy Dinorah Cornejo as a Rejuvenated Mummy Susana Álvarez as a Rejuvenated Mummy Leticia Perdigón as a Rejuvenated Mummy Sessi Castin as a Rejuvenated Mummy Cecilia Leger as Capulina's Mother External links Category:1970s comedy horror films |
6,012 | Lorn Brown | Lorn Brown (September 18, 1938 – June 24, 2010) was a sports broadcaster who worked for baseball's AAA Iowa Oaks 1973–1974 (St. Louis Cardinals September 1974 fill-in), Chicago White Sox (1976–1979, 1983–1988), Milwaukee Brewers (1980–1981), and New York Mets (1982), among other jobs. He once said that he changed the spelling of his first name from Lorne to Lorn because he didn't want to be confused with the actor Lorne Greene. Brown's career included working alongside such baseball broadcasters as Harry Caray, Bob Uecker, and Bob Murphy, each a recipient of the prestigious Ford C. Frick Award, the highest honor in the field. While a member of the Mets' TV broadcast team (WOR Channel 9), many Mets fans referred to him as "The Professor" because of his appearance; beside his greying beard and glasses, he would often choose to wear a vest or a Tweed Jacket on air. He was replaced in the Mets booth by Tim McCarver, who would go on to become the highest-profile baseball broadcaster of his generation and winner of the Ford Frick award. According to Daniel Okrent, his work alongside Uecker could be strained: Long baseball seasons demanded humor, and Uecker provided it. With the players, he was always charming; at other times, though, he could be brutally cold, as he was to his radio-booth partner from the year before, Lorn Brown. When Brown was doing the play-by-play, Uecker would turn off his mike, making himself inaccessible to a desperate Brown, a decent, earnest, and rather unimaginative man who couldn't easily make it through an inning without the help of a partner. Brown was stolid, plodding, hung up on statistics. He was also painfully ill at ease among ball players, and Uecker disdained him for it. Brown's basketball work included Bradley U., Drake U, Big 10, ACC, Missouri Valley, Notre Dame and Metro Conf. TV networks as well as TV announcer for the Chicago Bulls 1974-1978. Brown is a member of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame. Brown also turned his baritone voice toward work in the commercial voice-over field, narrating commercials for Budweiser beer, Ace Hardware, and the National Football League, among others. He was represented by Grossman & Jack Talent, Inc. Brown died from apparent heart failure on June 24, 2010 at the age of 71. References External links Lorn Brown Obituary Legacy.com Category:1938 births Category:2010 deaths Category:American sports announcers Category:Chicago Bears broadcasters Category:Chicago Bulls broadcasters Category:Chicago White Sox broadcasters Category:College basketball announcers in the United States Category:Major League Baseball broadcasters Category:Milwaukee Brewers broadcasters Category:National Basketball Association broadcasters Category:New York Mets broadcasters Category:Place of birth missing |
6,013 | Lee Won-jae | Lee Won-jae (; born February 24, 1986) is a South Korean football player who plays as a central defender for Indonesian club Bhayangkara. References External links Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:South Korean footballers Category:Association football defenders Category:Pohang Steelers players Category:Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC players Category:Ulsan Hyundai FC players Category:Ansan Mugunghwa FC players Category:Daegu FC players Category:Gyeongnam FC players Category:K League 1 players Category:K League 2 players Category:Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Category:South Korean expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Bahrain Category:South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Category:Expatriate footballers in Thailand Category:Thai League 1 players |
6,014 | Samuilova Krepost | Samuilova Krepost is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. References Category:Villages in Blagoevgrad Province |
6,015 | ¿Por qué nací mujer? | ¿Por qué nací mujer? ("Why Was I Born a Woman?") is a 1970 Mexican film. It stars Sara García. Cast External links Category:1970 films Category:Mexican films Category:Spanish-language films Category:Films directed by Rogelio A. González |
6,016 | Franz Aurenhammer | Franz Aurenhammer (born September 25, 1957) is an Austrian computational geometer known for his research in computational geometry on Voronoi diagrams, straight skeletons, and related structures. He is a professor in the Institute for Theoretical Computer Science of Graz University of Technology. Aurenhammer earned a diploma in technical mathematics from Graz University of Technology in 1982, and completed his doctorate there in 1984 and his habilitation in 1989. His doctoral dissertation was jointly supervised by Hermann Maurer and Herbert Edelsbrunner. He was on the faculty at Graz as an assistant professor from 1985 to 1989, and returned in 1992 as a full professor. References Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Graz University of Technology faculty Category:Austrian computer scientists Category:Austrian mathematicians Category:Researchers in geometric algorithms |
6,017 | George Gordon (merchant) | George Gordon was a Scottish merchant and wealthy landowner who owned the Gordon's Rock Creek Plantation on land that eventually became part of Washington, D.C. In the 1740s, Gordon built an inspection house for tobacco on the plantation. Knave's Disappointment, part of his landholdings, was surveyed in 1752 as a possible site for George Town (now Georgetown). Maryland offered Gordon two lots in the town, along with the "price of condemnation" (remuneration). Gordon accepted two lots (number 48 and 52). Maryland paid a total of 280 pounds to acquire the land from Gordon, along with land owned by George Beall. References Category:History of Washington, D.C. Category:Scottish landowners Category:People of colonial Maryland Category:Date of birth missing Category:Date of death missing Category:Scottish emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies Category:Colonial American merchants Category:18th-century American businesspeople Category:18th-century Scottish businesspeople |
6,018 | Prevention | Prevention may refer to: Health and medicine Preventive healthcare, measures to prevent diseases or injuries rather than curing them or treating their symptoms General safety Crime prevention, the attempt to reduce deter crime and criminals Disaster prevention, measures taken to prevent and provide protection for disasters Pollution prevention, activities that reduce the amount of pollution generated by a process Preventive maintenance, maintenance performed to prevent faults from occurring or developing into major defects Prevent strategy, a scheme in the UK to report radicalisation Risk prevention, reducing the potential of loss from a given action, activity and/or inaction Risk management, the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks in business Other uses Prevention (magazine), an American healthy lifestyle magazine Prevention (album), a 2009 album by the Scottish indie rock band De Rosa Prevent defense, an American football defensive alignment Prevention First, a nonprofit organization supporting drug-free communities through public education Prevention Institute, a nonprofit center dedicated to improving community health and well-being See also Preventive Medicine (journal), a peer-reviewed medical journal Prevention paradox, the situation where the majority of cases of a disease come from a population at low risk Prevention science, the application of a scientific methodology to prevent or moderate major human dysfunctions Prevention through design, the concept of mitigating occupational hazards by "designing them out" |
6,019 | Bui Simon | Bui Simon (born Porntip Nakhirunkanok (; ; ); February 7, 1968) is a Thai personality, philanthropist and beauty queen who held the title Miss Universe 1988. Simon is President and founder of the Angels Wings Foundation. She is on the Board of Regents of Pepperdine University, the Board of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis as a Distinguished Advisor and also is on the Board of Governors for the Dream Foundation. Biography Porntip Nakhirunkanok was born in Chachoengsao, Thailand. Her nickname is "Bui" (, , ), which is her preferred name. It means "to sleep like a baby" in Thai. In the early 70's, she was brought to the United States by her family. She is the first daughter of Sornglin Nakhirunkanok.She had a younger sister who had died in 2005. In August 1988, Nakhirunkanok was presented the Thai Royal Medal of Honour, Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, by King Bhumibol Adulyadej for her service in helping needy children. She received a second Royal Decoration in 2001, Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand. In 1989, she was named United Nations Goodwill Ambassador of Thailand by Air Chief Marshal Siddhi Savetsila, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand. As Goodwill Ambassador, she addressed the UN General Assembly concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child. She graduated with a bachelor's degree psychology from Pepperdine University. In 2002, she married Herbert Simon, an American businessman who is the owner of the Indiana Pacers basketball team and Simon Property Group. Pageantry In 1983, at the age of 15, Simon took part in the Miss California Teen USA where she was placed 1st runner-up. Upon her return to Thailand, she participated in the 1988 Miss Thailand pageant held in Bangkok where she won the right to represent Thailand at the Miss Universe pageant. At age of 20, Simon was crowned as Miss Universe 1988 by outgoing titleholder Cecilia Bolocco on May 24, 1988 in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. She became the second Thai woman to win the title after Apasra Hongsakula who won Miss Universe 1965. She entered the semi-finals in fourth place, right behind the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Korea. She received an interview score of 9.730, a swimsuit score of 9.684 and an evening-gown score of 9.752. Simon became the first woman ever to win both the Miss Universe and Best National Costume award in one pageant. References External links Simon's Angels Wings Foundation Category:1968 births Category:Thai people of American descent Category:Thai people of Chinese descent Category:Living people Category:Miss Thailand winners Category:Miss Universe 1988 contestants Category:Miss Universe winners Category:People from Los Angeles Category:Ryerson University alumni Category:Thai beauty pageant winners Category:Thai female models |
6,020 | Cyperus bonariensis | Cyperus bonariensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Venezuela and two groups of offshore Caribbean islands, the Netherlands Antilles and the Venezuelan Antilles. It was first described by Gordon C. Tucker in 2013. References bonariensis Category:Flora of the Netherlands Antilles Category:Flora of the Venezuelan Antilles Category:Flora of Venezuela Category:Plants described in 2013 |
6,021 | Bailarico | Bailarico (also known as bailharico) is a popular party at which a band plays and people dance in pairs. The music played is "pimba". It is more frequent in summer and it is usually in conjunction with a religious bank holiday. It is also more frequent in small villages. Portuguese folk dance. The pairs face each other without holding each other, and with their backs turned to the neighboring pair, form a circle. In the first part of the music, the circle rotates with the girls backing up and the boys going towards them. They take baby bouncing steps and both boys and girls raise their hands in the air. On the second part of the music, the pairs embrace and waltz by spinning in place, to one side first and then to the other. External links Article on bailarico (in Portuguese) Category:Portuguese folk dances |
6,022 | Rafiq Nishonov | Rafiq Nishonovich Nishonov (Cyrillic ; Rafik Nishanovich Nishanov) (born 15 January 1926) served as the twelfth First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR. Nishonov held this position for 17 months, from 12 January 1988 to 23 June 1989. His replacement was Islam Karimov. He was also Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities from 1989 to 1991. In 1970-78 he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Sergei Lavrov, who has since 2004 served as the Foreign Minister of Russia, served as his Sinhala interpreter. References World Statesmen - Uzbekistan Category:1926 births Category:Living people Category:People from Tashkent Region Category:Party leaders of the Soviet Union Category:Heads of state of Uzbekistan Category:Communist Party of Uzbekistan politicians Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin Category:Seventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Category:Eleventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union |
6,023 | Rural Municipality of Indian Head No. 156 | The Rural Municipality of Indian Head No. 156 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6 and Division No. 1. It is located in the southeast portion of the province. Communities These self-governing communities are located within the geographical borders of Indian Head No. 156, but are technically not part of it. Indian Head Katepwa (part) Sintaluta History Before 1905, Indian Head would have been part of the North West Territories. The first settlers moved into the district in 1882. Indian Head was established as a town in 1902, and was said to be the largest point of initial shipment of wheat in the world. Indian Head has had many firsts in its history - the water and sewer system has long been the pride of Indian Head citizens. The water and sewer system was originally installed about 80 years ago. The water is the best in the country. It comes from the Squirrel Hills and flows by gravity for about 10 km into town. In 1978 the sewage lagoon was enlarged and upgraded. The town had the first rural dial telephone service in the province and was one of the first to have direct long-distance calling. The town had a power plant built and electricity installed throughout the town in 1906. Natural gas was installed in the town in 1960. Demographics N/A = Data Not Available References I Category:Division No. 6, Saskatchewan |
6,024 | Sarcoplasmic reticulum | The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is a membrane-bound structure found within muscle cells that is similar to the endoplasmic reticulum in other cells. The main function of the SR is to store calcium ions (Ca2+). Calcium ion levels are kept relatively constant, with the concentration of calcium ions within a cell being 10,000 times smaller than the concentration of calcium ions outside the cell. This means that small increases in calcium ions within the cell are easily detected and can bring about important cellular changes (the calcium is said to be a second messenger; see calcium in biology for more details). Calcium is used to make calcium carbonate (found in chalk) and calcium phosphate, two compounds that the body uses to make teeth and bones. This means that too much calcium within the cells can lead to hardening (calcification) of certain intracellular structures, including the mitochondria, leading to cell death. Therefore, it is vital that calcium ion levels are controlled tightly, and can be released into the cell when necessary and then removed from the cell. Structure The sarcoplasmic reticulum is a network of tubules that extend throughout muscle cells, wrapping around (but not in direct contact with) the myofibrils (contractile units of the cell). Cardiac and skeletal muscle cells contain structures called transverse tubules (T-tubules), which are extensions of the cell membrane that travel into the centre of the cell. T-tubules are closely associated with a specific region of the SR, known as the terminal cisternae in skeletal muscle, with a distance of roughly 12 nanometers, separating them. This is the primary site of calcium release. The longitudinal SR are thinner projects, that run between the terminal cisternae/junctional SR, and are the location where ion channels necessary for calcium ion absorption are most abundant. These processes are explained in more detail below and are fundamental for the process of excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle. Calcium absorption The SR contains ion channel pumps, within its membrane that are responsible for pumping Ca2+ into the SR. As the calcium ion concentration within the SR is higher than in the rest of the cell, the calcium ions won't freely flow into the SR, and therefore pumps are required, that use energy, which they gain from a molecule called adenosine triphosphate (ATP). These calcium pumps are called Sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum ATPases (SERCA). There are a variety of different forms of SERCA, with SERCA 2a being found primarily in cardiac and skeletal muscle. SERCA consists of 13 subunits (labelled M1-M10, N, P and A). Calcium ions bind to the M1-M10 subunits (which are located within the membrane), whereas ATP binds to the N, P and A subunits (which are located outside the SR). When 2 calcium ions, along with a molecule of ATP, bind to the cytosolic side of the pump (i.e. the region of the pump outside the SR), the pump opens. This occurs because ATP (which contains three phosphate groups) releases a single phosphate group (becoming adenosine diphosphate). The released phosphate group then binds to the pump, causing the pump to change shape. |
6,025 | Ed Kowalczyk | Edward Joel Kowalczyk (born July 16, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and a founding member of the band Live. After leaving Live in 2009, he launched a solo career. His first album, Alive, was released worldwide in June and July 2010. Ed rejoined Live in December 2016. Early life Kowalczyk was born to a family of Polish descent. He grew up in York, Pennsylvania and attended William Penn Senior High School in the York City School District, where he met the other three members of what would become Live. His father was a teacher at the local Northeastern High School. Career Ed Kowalczyk was the lead singer, lyricist, and main songwriter for the band Live from its formation until 2009, then rejoined the band in December 2016. In 2009, he left the band and the other three members issued a statement detailing what they felt were inappropriate actions by Kowalczyk. Kowalczyk was sued by the band, seeking damages and an injunction against using the name "Live". Ed rejoined the band in December 2016 after months of rumors. Following his departure from Live, Kowalczyk recorded his first solo album, Alive, which was released in 2010. In 2012, he recorded The Garden and in 2013 The Flood and the Mercy. In 2014-2016 he embarked on an extensive tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of Throwing Copper, playing acoustic concerts across the U.S., Europe and Australia. Kowalczyk has worked with musicians Stuart Davis and Glen Ballard and singers Anouk, Neneh Cherry, Adam Duritz of Counting Crows, Red Wanting Blue, and Shelby Lynne. He featured on the song "Evolution Revolution Love," from the 2001 Tricky album Blowback. He collaborated with Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth (ex-Talking Heads, then performing as The Heads) on the song "Indie Hair" from their 1996 album No Talking, Just Head. He appeared in the David Fincher film Fight Club as a waiter who serves the characters of Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter, his only film acting credit to date. Political activities Kowalczyk performed John Lennon's "Imagine" with Slash in 2003 at "Peace on the Beach," a rally to protest the coming War in Iraq. In 2008, he appeared in a video with will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Scarlett Johansson, and Nick Cannon, supporting U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama and appeared at campaign rallies for Obama with will.i.am. Kowalczyk is a member of Canadian charity Artists Against Racism and has worked with them on awareness campaigns. Discography Solo studio albums Solo extended plays Solo singles Songs in TV "Evolution Revolution Love" (Tricky featuring Ed Kowalczyk) was used in the NBC series The West Wing in the episode "Manchester (Part 1)". "The Great Beyond" was included on the soundtrack of the 2011 film Killing Bono. References External links Category:1971 births Category:20th-century American singers Category:21st-century American singers Category:American people of Polish descent Category:Alternative rock singers Category:American alternative rock musicians Category:American baritones Category:American male bloggers Category:American bloggers Category:American male singer-songwriters Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American rock singers Category:American rock songwriters Category:American male songwriters Category:Live (band) members Category:Living people Category:Musicians from |
6,026 | Antonio Poli de Mathaeis | Antonio Poli de Mathaeis (also Anto Matković or Antonio Poli de Matteis)(died 1588) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bosnia (1573–1588). Biography Antonio Poli de Mathaeis was ordained a friar in the Order of Friars Minor. On 26 Aug 1573, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Bosnia. He served as Bishop of Bosnia until his death in 1588. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon (1582). References Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII Category:1588 deaths |
6,027 | Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. The amendment was ratified by the required number of states on December 6, 1865. On December 18, 1865, Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed its adoption. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War. Since the American Revolution, states had divided into states that allowed or states that prohibited slavery. Slavery was implicitly permitted in the original Constitution through provisions such as Article I, Section 2, Clause 3, commonly known as the Three-Fifths Compromise, which detailed how each slave state's enslaved population would be factored into its total population count for the purposes of apportioning seats in the United States House of Representatives and direct taxes among the states. Though many slaves had been declared free by President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, their post-war status was uncertain. On April 8, 1864, the Senate passed an amendment to abolish slavery. After one unsuccessful vote and extensive legislative maneuvering by the Lincoln administration, the House followed suit on January 31, 1865. The measure was swiftly ratified by nearly all Northern states, along with a sufficient number of border states up to the death of Lincoln, but approval came with President Andrew Johnson, who encouraged the "reconstructed" Southern states of Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia to agree, which brought the count to 27 states, and caused it to be adopted before the end of 1865. Though the amendment formally abolished slavery throughout the United States, factors such as Black Codes, white supremacist violence, and selective enforcement of statutes continued to subject some black Americans to involuntary labor, particularly in the South. In contrast to the other Reconstruction Amendments, the Thirteenth Amendment was rarely cited in later case law, but has been used to strike down peonage and some race-based discrimination as "badges and incidents of slavery." The Thirteenth Amendment applies to the actions of private citizens, while the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments apply only to state actors. The Thirteenth Amendment also enables Congress to pass laws against sex trafficking and other modern forms of slavery. Text Slavery in the United States Slavery existed in all of the original thirteen British North American colonies. Prior to the Thirteenth Amendment, the United States Constitution did not expressly use the words slave or slavery but included several provisions about unfree persons. The Three-Fifths Compromise, Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution, allocated Congressional representation based "on the whole Number of free Persons" and "three fifths of all other Persons". This clause was a compromise between Southerners who wished slaves to be counted as 'persons' for congressional representation and northerners rejecting these out of concern of too much power for the South, because representation in the new Congress would be based on population in contrast to the one-vote-for-one-state principle in the earlier Continental Congress. Under the Fugitive |
6,028 | Lixus cardui | Lixus cardui is a species of true weevil found in Europe It was introduced in Australia to control scotch thistle Onopordum acanthium, an invasive weed. References Category:Lixinae |
6,029 | Gughe | Gughe or Guge is a mountain located near the city of Arba Minch, and the Abaya Lake, in Ethiopia. References Category:Mountains of Ethiopia |
6,030 | Grade II* listed buildings in Plymouth | There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Plymouth in Devon. City of Plymouth |} Notes External links Plymouth Category:Buildings and structures in Plymouth, Devon |
6,031 | Szarglew | Szarglew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Iłów, within Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Iłów, north-west of Sochaczew, and west of Warsaw. References Szarglew |
6,032 | Meenakshi Srinivasan | Meenakshi Srinivasan (born 11 June 1971) is an Indian classical dancer and choreographer, and an exponent of the Pandanallur style of Bharatnatyam. She trained under Alarmel Valli and is considered among the most promising soloists of the younger generation of dancers in this traditional style. She has performed at the annual international dance festival of the Madras Music Academy, the SIFAS Festival of Indian Classical Music and Dance in Singapore, and the Musee Guimet in Paris, among many others. She received the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar from Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2011. In addition Srinivasan is a professional architect and runs a boutique architectural practice called Calm Studio in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Early life and training Born on 11 June 1971, in Chennai, Srinivasan received her training in Bharatanatyam first under Venkatachalapathy of Kalakshetra then later under Alarmel Valli. Career and notable performances She has been featured at important sabhās in South India, such as the Madras Music Academy, Brahma Gana Sabha, Krishna Gana Sabha. and the Margazhi Festival. She has performed in dance festivals in other parts of the country including Bangalore Habba, the Nadam Festival, the Parikrama Festival, the Shilparaman Dance Festival, Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata, Devdasi Festival, the Surya Festival, the Swaralaya Festival and the Nishagandhi Festival. Internationally she has performed in the SIFAS Festival Of Indian Classical Music & Dance at the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay in Singapore, the Singapore Repertory Theatre in Singapore; Ramli Ibrahim's Sutra Dance Theatre in Malaysia, the Gait to the Spirit festival in Vancouver, Canada, the Young Masters Festival in London, England, and the Musee Guimet in Paris, France. She has also performed in Holland and Belgium. Awards She has received several honours in appreciation of her work. She has been acclaimed for her energy and inner power and the "measured brilliance" of her "nritta (pure dance), nritya (expressive dance) and natya (drama)" She has been conferred the titles Natya Kala Vipanchee (2007), Natya Kala Dharshini (2012) and Nrtya Abhinaya Sundaram. Srinivasan was awarded the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar of Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, in 2011 for her notable talent in the field of Bharatanatyam. References Category:Bharatanatyam exponents Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Category:Performers of Indian classical dance Category:Indian classical choreographers Category:Indian female classical dancers Category:Indian women choreographers Category:Indian choreographers Category:Dancers from Tamil Nadu Category:20th-century Indian dancers |
6,033 | Arthur Graham | Arthur Graham (born 26 October 1952) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played for Aberdeen, Leeds United, Manchester United, Bradford City and the Scotland national team. He played as a left winger. Club career Graham was raised in the Castlemilk district of Glasgow. One of 11 siblings, he attended St Margaret Mary's Secondary School and supported Celtic as a child. Ray Houghton, who would also become an international footballer, was a downstairs neighbour in the same tenement block. After a short spell in the Junior grade with Cambuslang Rangers (combined with working in the nearby steel works), in 1970 he was signed by Aberdeen and played in five league matches during his first season with the club. Despite his inexperience, he was given a place in the starting line-up for the 1970 Scottish Cup Final by manager Eddie Turnbull. Aberdeen defeated Celtic 3–1 with 17-year-old Graham making two assists via left-wing crosses. He remained at Aberdeen until July 1977, winning the Scottish League Cup in his final season (again beating Celtic in the final). He played a total of 298 matches for The Dons, scoring 45 goals. He joined Leeds United for £125,000 at the start of the 1977–78 season. He scored a total of 47 goals in 260 appearances for Leeds over six seasons, including a hat-trick against Birmingham on 14 January 1978 - the first hat-trick to be scored by a Leeds United player in any competition for nearly five years. However, Leeds were relegated to the Second Division in the 1981–82 season and failed to regain their status in the top flight in 1982–83. Graham was subsequently sold to Manchester United for £45,000 in August 1983. He remained at Old Trafford for two seasons, scoring seven goals in 52 appearances in all competitions, before finishing his career at Bradford City where he remained until 1987. International career Having been capped at under-23 level at Aberdeen, Graham's international career seemed to be over prematurely when he was one of a group of squad players (including Billy Bremner and Joe Harper) 'banned for life' after an incident in Copenhagen in 1975. He was later reprieved, and won a total of 11 full international caps for Scotland while playing for Leeds, making his debut against East Germany in 1977. He scored twice at international level, against Argentina and Northern Ireland – both in 1979. Post-playing activities Graham has spent time coaching youngsters at the Leeds United Academy and at football schools in the Wetherby area where he settled - often working with Jimmy Lumsden. His younger brothers Jimmy and Tommy were also footballers. Honours Aberdeen Scottish Cup: 1969–70 Scottish League Cup: 1976–77 Manchester United FA Charity Shield: 1983 In popular culture Graham is frequently mentioned in the letters page of the comic Viz. In every edition, there will be a recommendation from a 'reader' that Graham is the only man to be considered for a range of positions. Graham has been recommended for a host of unlikely positions, such as taking over from Jeremy Clarkson as host of Top Gear, mediating |
6,034 | Haft Cheshmeh Gholamabad | Haft Cheshmeh Gholamabad (, also Romanized as Haft Cheshmeh Gholāmābād) is a village in Kakavand-e Sharqi Rural District, Kakavand District, Delfan County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported. References Category:Towns and villages in Delfan County |
6,035 | Kendal Broadie | Kendal Broadie is an American biologist specializing in genetic dissection of nervous system development, function and plasticity, currently the Eldon Stevenson, Jr. Professor at Vanderbilt University. References Category:Vanderbilt University faculty Category:21st-century American biologists Category:University of Oregon alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:American neuroscientists |
6,036 | Strange Relationship (Darren Hayes song) | "Strange Relationship" is the second solo single released by Australian singer Darren Hayes from his debut studio album Spin. The single was released in June 2002. The track was expected to be another hit single, and received enormous radio support in Australia, but it only just made it into the top 20 in Australia. The music video was directed by Tommy O'Haver. It features Hayes moving around a film set with a number of other people and changing scenery. Track listing Australia CD1 "Strange Relationship" (album version) – 5:02 "So Bad" (original demo recording) – 4:08 "Insatiable" (Metro Boys Remix) – 4:02 Australia CD2 – The Remixes "Strange Relationship" (album version) – 5:02 "Strange Relationship" ('dp versus 'Darren Hayes' Mix) – 4:06 "Strange Relationship" (Specificus 'Mad Scientist' Mix) – 5:48 "Strange Relationship" (Specificus 'Jungle Lounge' Mix) – 4:49 UK CD1 "Strange Relationship" (radio edit) – 3:58 "Sexual Healing" (Capital Radio Session) – 4:00 "So Bad" (original demo recording) – 4:09 "Strange Relationship" (CD-ROM video) UK CD2 "Strange Relationship" (album version) – 5:01 "Insatiable" (Capial Radio Session) – 5:15 "Strange Relationship" ('dp versus 'Darren Hayes' Mix) – 4:06 UK Cassette "Strange Relationship" (radio edit) – 3:48 "Sexual Healing" (Capital Radio Session) – 4:00 Personnel Programmed by Walter Afanasieff Engineered by Nick Thomas and Robert Conley Electric guitar by Vernon Black Orchestra arranged and conducted by David Campbell, contracted by Suzi Katayama, engineered by Dave Reitzas and recorded at Ocean Way Recording Chart performance Peak positions References External links Category:2002 singles Category:Darren Hayes songs Category:Songs written by Darren Hayes Category:Song recordings produced by Walter Afanasieff Category:2001 songs |
6,037 | I Got a Name (song) | "I Got a Name" is a 1973 single recorded by Jim Croce with lyrics by Norman Gimbel and music by Charles Fox. It was the first single from his album of the same title and also Croce's first posthumous single, released the day after his death in a plane crash on September 20. The song reached a peak of #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 after spending 17 weeks on the chart. It also hit #3 on the Cash Box Top 100. "I Got a Name" was also the theme song for the 1973 movie The Last American Hero. It was also featured in the movies The Ice Storm, Invincible, Django Unchained, Logan and The Lego Ninjago Movie. Background Croce composed most of his own material, however he did not write "I Got A Name". In an interview with Billboard magazine, writer Norman Gimbel revealed the reason Croce chose to record the song, stating that "Jim liked it because his father had a dream for him but had died before his son's first success." Content The song features a narrator who is proud of who he is and where he is going in life, undeterred by the naysaying of others. He begins by declaring that like any plant or animal, he has a name of which he can be proud. The narrator acknowledges, however, that not all people take pride in who they are in such a way: for instance, he carries his name with him "like [his] daddy did," but the narrator, choosing to handle life differently, is "living the dream that [his father] kept hid." The narrator, unlike his father, is able to have a proud connection with his name, and live out the dreams that his father was unable to accomplish in life. In the second verse, the narrator goes on to note that like the wind, birds, or even crying babies, he has a song to sing. Much like he does with his name, he holds his song up as a proud part of his identity, and resolves to sing it no matter what. Even if singing "gets [him] nowhere," by declaring his identity and worth to the world, the narrator can go to "nowhere" proudly. In the final verse, the narrator declares that he will go forward in life "free," acknowledging that he will forever thus be a "fool." However, he happily chooses this path of foolish freedom, because moving through life this way can only help him achieve his "dream." This dream is clearly as much a part of the narrator's identity as his name or the song he sings, and he holds it up just as proudly to others. He then notes that while others may "change their minds" about him and his dream, their naysaying can never change his identity. Even so, the narrator is willing to "share" his dream with others, and announces that if anyone else is "going [his] way"—i.e. they believe in his dream as well—then he will go forward in life along with them. However, the culmination of the narrator's |
6,038 | William Mackintire Salter | William Mackintire Salter (1853–1931) was the author of several books on philosophy and a critical and enduring major classic on Nietzsche. He was also a special lecturer for the Department of Philosophy in the University of Chicago. He served as lecturer (the equivalent of minister) for the Ethical Culture Society in Chicago. With other Ethical Culture leaders, he signed the call for the 1909 National Negro Conference, which led to the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Salter's book, Ethical Religion, influenced Mohandas K. Gandhi, who published a summary in Gujarati in 1907. Salter's father, William Salter, was a long-serving Congregational minister in Burlington, Iowa. Works Ethical religion (1889) Anarchy or Government? An Inquiry in Fundamental Politics (1895) The conflict of the Catholic Church with the French republic (1907) Nietzsche the thinker; a study (1917) (at Internet Archive) See also American philosophy List of American philosophers Footnotes Further reading William Dean Howells, Editors Study/Review — (IV), Harpers, August 1889. Amy Kittelstrom, The Religion of Democracy: Seven Liberals and the American Moral Tradition. New York: Penguin, 2015. Category:Ethical movement Category:American philosophers Category:1853 births Category:1931 deaths |
6,039 | Arthur Abney Walker | Arthur Abney Walker FRSE (1820–1894) was a 20th-century British botanist. Life He was born in Yorkshire in April 1820 the second son of Elizabeth Abney and her husband, Henry Walker (1785–1860) of Blyth Hall and Clifton House, Rotherham. The Walker Brothers were prominent ironfounders, their notable works including Southwark Bridge in London. Their predecessors had specialised in cannons and supplied most of the cannon to the Royal Navy from the late 18th-century, including 80 of the 105 cannon on HMS Victory (the others being from the Carron Ironworks). He appears to have studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. There is mention of his being a surgeon, but does not appear to have ever practised, and is referred to in directories as a "gentleman", implying that he lived off independent means. In 1861 he was living in Edinburgh with his young family. They lived at 32 Melville Street: a large mid-terraced Victorian townhouse in Edinburgh's fashionable West End. In 1864 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being John Hutton Balfour. In 1866 he is also listed as a Member of the Edinburgh Botanical Society alongside Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie and Stevenson Macadam. In the 1870s he moved from Clifton House in Rotherham. He retired to Beech Lodge in Wimbledon Common and died there in 1894. Family He was married at least twice, his second wife being Isabella Robertson, daughter of John Robertson of Edinburgh. They were parents to the sculptor Dame Ethel Walker (1861–1951). His sons included Arthur Edward Walker (born 1851), Frederick John Walker (born 1853), Ernest Abney Walker (born 1854) and Col Henry Walker. Publications Studies of the Geographic Botany of Europe (1859) References Category:1820 births Category:1894 deaths Category:People from Rotherham Category:British botanists Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
6,040 | Ron Chippindale | Ronald Chippindale (26 March 1933 – 12 February 2008) was the Chief Inspector of Air Accidents in charge of the New Zealand Office of Air Accidents Investigations. Early life and family Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, on 26 March 1933, Chippindale was the son of George Frederick Chippindale, an engineer in the Royal Air Force, and Irene Eulalia Chippindale (née Neale). The family moved to New Zealand in 1938, and Ron Chippindale was educated at Rangiora High School. In 1954, Chippindale married June Rosemary Spackman, and the couple went on to have four children. RNZAF career Chippindale was a pilot for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) from 1951 to 1974, flying transport and training aircraft. He was a qualified flight instructor and spent over eight years in Defence Flight Safety before retiring (as a squadron leader) after 23 years of service. He was a graduate of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. Inspector of Air Accidents On retirement from the RNZAF, Chippindale was appointed as an Inspector of Air Accidents in 1974 and in 1975 became Chief Inspector of Air Accidents in charge of the New Zealand Office of Air Accidents Investigations. During this time period, he was the investigator-in-charge of 48 aircraft and rail accidents and incidents, and had overall responsibility for the investigation of approximately 400 accidents and incidents. He was involved in several major aircraft accident investigation such as being the chief investigator of the November 1979 Mount Erebus Disaster, the DC-10 accident in Antarctica in which 257 lives were lost. He was responsible for the official accident report for this disaster and concluded the accident was a result of pilot error. This conclusion was controversial and a Royal Commission was established presided over by Justice Peter Mahon QC. Mahon's report cleared the crew and blamed the company for altering the programmed flight plan without informing the crew. As part of the report Chippindale was described as having a poor grasp of the flying involved in jet airline operation, as he (and the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority - CAA in general) was typically involved in investigating simple light aircraft crashes. Chippindale's investigation techniques were revealed as lacking in rigour, which allowed errors and avoidable gaps in knowledge to appear in reports. Consequently, Chippindale entirely missed the importance of the flight plan change and the rare meteorological conditions of Antarctica. When the Office was abolished in 1990, he was appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer and Chief Inspector of Air Accidents in the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC), which replaced the Office of Air Accidents Investigation. In 1992, when a Chief Executive was appointed, Chippindale became the Chief Inspector of Accidents with the TAIC, an appointment he retained until his retirement on 31 October 1998. He was a member of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) teams, which investigated the Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 air disaster in South Africa in which the President of Mozambique lost his life, and the shooting down of three civil aircraft: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 over Russia and two United Nations (UN) L-130 aircraft |
6,041 | Kjetil Skogrand | Kjetil Skogrand (born 5 January 1967) is a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. He took the Master of Arts degree in International Relations at the University of Sussex in 1992, and the cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo in 1994. He was a research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1994 to 1995 and a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies from 1997 to 2005. When the second cabinet Stoltenberg assumed office following the 2005 election, he was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He resigned in November 2006. References Biography at Government.no Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Labour Party (Norway) politicians Category:Norwegian state secretaries Category:Politicians from Oslo Category:University of Oslo alumni Category:Alumni of the University of Sussex Category:Norwegian historians |
6,042 | Periclytus | Periclytus, a sculptor, who belonged to the best period and to one of the best schools of Greek art, but of whom scarcely any thing is known. He is only mentioned in a single passage of Pausanias (v. 17. § 4), from which we learn that he was the disciple of Polykleitos, and the teacher of Antiphanes of Argos, who was the teacher of Cleon of Sicyon. Since Polycleitus flourished about b. c. 440, and Antiphanes about b. c. 400, the date of Periclytus may be fixed at about 420 BC. References Category:5th-century BC Greek sculptors |
6,043 | International Socialist Review | International Socialist Review may refer to: International Socialist Review (1900), a defunct American socialist journal associated with the Socialist Party of America International Socialist Review (1956), a defunct American socialist journal published by the United States Socialist Workers Party See also International Socialism (magazine), a British-based quarterly socialist journal published by the Socialist Workers Party |
6,044 | Central Philippine University College of Law | The Central Philippine University College of Law (also referred to as CPU College of Law) is the law school and one of constituent units of Central Philippine University located in Iloilo City. The College of Law is one of the leading law schools in the country. In 2012, the Juris Doctor (JD) replaced the Bachelor of Laws (LLB), making it as the first law school to offer such program approved by Philippine legal education board in the Philippines. Programs The college offers one academic program, the Juris Doctor Program (J.D.) in lieu of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) program. Notes and references Footnotes References External links Central Philippine University College of Law site Central Philippine University site Category:Central Philippine University Category:Law schools in the Philippines Category:Universities and colleges in Iloilo City |
6,045 | Bokod, Hungary | Bokod is a village in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary. External links Official website Street map (Hungarian) Category:Populated places in Komárom-Esztergom County |
6,046 | Sharon Bulova | Sharon Schuster Bulova is an American politician who was chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in Virginia. A Democrat, she was first elected chairman in a special election on February 3, 2009. Bulova was reelected in 2011 and again on November 3, 2015. She retired at the end of her last term in January 2020. Early life One of four children of Lawrence King Schuster, Sr. and the former Mary Suzanne Knox, Sharon Schuster grew up in Pikesville, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore. In 1966, Schuster married scientist Richard T. Bulova and the couple moved to Fairfax County, where Richard worked at Fort Belvoir. After living in Woodbridge for a short time, in 1971, they moved back to Fairfax County, buying a house in the Kings Park West neighborhood of Fairfax. Bulova was elected vice president of the Kings Park West Civic Association, then became president when the existing president moved to Korea. In 1984, Annandale District Supervisor Audrey Moore hired Bulova. Political career In 1987, Bulova was working as a legislative aide to Annandale District Supervisor Audrey Moore when Moore decided to challenge Republican Jack Herrity for the Chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Moore encouraged Bulova to replace her on the Board; Bulova declared her candidacy in April 1987. Bulova, a Democrat, defeated Republican D. Patrick Mullins for the Annandale District seat in the November 1987 election, and was sworn in the following January. In 1988, Bulova became a member of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission. In her first term as supervisor, Bulova focused on transportation, environmental and educational issues. One of her major projects, which she had begun working on while still on Audrey Moore's staff, was the Virginia Railway Express commuter rail service. Bulova announced her run for a second term as supervisor in February 1991. Though Democratic chair Audrey Moore was deeply unpopular, and despite the Republican strategy of tying all the board's Democrats to deeply unpopular chair Audrey Moore, Bulova won reelection as supervisor from the renamed Braddock District in November 1991, defeating Paul E. Jenkins. In her 1995 run, Bulova handily defeated the Republican candidate, restaurant owner Paul A. Romano, III. Bulova was unopposed for her runs as Braddock District Supervisor in 1999 and 2003. She defeated Carey C. Campbell in the 2007 election for Braddock District supervisor with over 80% of the vote. The election of Gerry Connolly as congressman from Virginia's 11th congressional district in November 2008 necessitated a special election to fill the Chairman's seat on the Board of Supervisors. In the February 3, 2009 special election, Bulova defeated her challengers, Republican Springfield District Supervisor Pat S. Herrity, as well as Independent Green Carey C. Campbell and independent Christopher F. DeCarlo. On November 3, 2015, Bulova was reelected as chairman of the Board of Supervisors, defeating Republican Arthur G. Purves and Independent Green Glenda Gail Parker. In November 2011, Bulova received the Tower of Dulles award from the Committee for Dulles for her work to bring Metrorail to Dulles International Airport. Community efforts In 2011, Bulova initiated a |
6,047 | 2013 Sony Open Tennis – Women's Singles | Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to the eventual champion Serena Williams. Williams went on to win the tournament for the record sixth time, defeating four-time finalist Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 in the final. Seeds All seeds receive a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 {{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes |RD1=First Round |RD2=Second Round |RD3=Third Round |RD4=Fourth Round |RD1-seed03= |RD1-team03= F Pennetta |RD1-score03-1=6 |RD1-score03-2=6 |RD1-score03-3= |RD1-seed04= |RD1-team04= J Larsson |RD1-score04-1=4 |RD1-score04-2=1 |RD1-score04-3= |RD1-seed05= |RD1-team05= H Watson |RD1-score05-1=6 |RD1-score05-2=5 |RD1-score05-3=4 |RD1-seed06= |RD1-team06= A Morita |RD1-score06-1=1 |RD1-score06-2=7 |RD1-score06-3=6 |RD1-seed11= |RD1-team11= R Oprandi |RD1-score11-1=6 |RD1-score11-2=3 |RD1-score11-3=6 |RD1-seed12= |RD1-team12= A Rus |RD1-score12-1=4 |RD1-score12-2=6 |RD1-score12-3=3 |RD1-seed13= |RD1-team13= K Mladenovic |RD1-score13-1=7 |RD1-score13-2=6 |RD1-score13-3= |RD1-seed14= |RD1-team14= A Wozniak |RD1-score14-1=5 |RD1-score14-2=2 |RD1-score14-3= |RD2-seed01=1 |RD2-team01= S Williams |RD2-score01-1=6|RD2-score01-2=6|RD2-score01-3= |RD2-seed02= |RD2-team02= F Pennetta |RD2-score02-1=1 |RD2-score02-2=1 |RD2-score02-3= |RD2-seed03= |RD2-team03= A Morita|RD2-score03-1=77|RD2-score03-2=2 |RD2-score03-3=6|RD2-seed04=31 |RD2-team04= Y Wickmayer |RD2-score04-1=62 |RD2-score04-2=6|RD2-score04-3=3 |RD2-seed05=17 |RD2-team05= L Šafářová |RD2-score05-1=64 |RD2-score05-2=6|RD2-score05-3=65 |RD2-seed06= |RD2-team06= R Oprandi|RD2-score06-1=77|RD2-score06-2=4 |RD2-score06-3=77|RD2-seed07= |RD2-team07= K Mladenovic |RD2-score07-1=2 |RD2-score07-2=3 |RD2-score07-3= |RD2-seed08=13 |RD2-team08= D Cibulková|RD2-score08-1=6|RD2-score08-2=6|RD2-score08-3= |RD3-seed01=1 |RD3-team01= S Williams|RD3-score01-1=6|RD3-score01-2=6|RD3-score01-3= |RD3-seed02= |RD3-team02= A Morita |RD3-score02-1=3 |RD3-score02-2=3 |RD3-score02-3= |RD3-seed03= |RD3-team03= R Oprandi |RD3-score03-1=3 |RD3-score03-2=4 |RD3-score03-3= |RD3-seed04=13 |RD3-team04= D Cibulková|RD3-score04-1=6|RD3-score04-2=6|RD3-score04-3= |RD4-seed01=1 |RD4-team01= S Williams|RD4-score01-1=2 |RD4-score01-2=6|RD4-score01-3=6|RD4-seed02=13 |RD4-team02= D Cibulková |RD4-score02-1=6|RD4-score02-2=4 |RD4-score02-3=2 }} Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Lauren Davis''' Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier Tenth qualifier Eleventh qualifier Twelfth qualifier References Main Draw Qualifying Draw Women's singles Sony Open Tennis - Women's Singles Category:Women in Florida |
6,048 | Lauralee | Lauralee may refer to: Lauralee Bell, American soap opera actress Lauralee Martin, American businesswoman Lauralee Martinovich, New Zealand at Miss World contestant See also Laura (disambiguation) |
6,049 | 1980 South American Championships – Singles | Guillermo Vilas was the defending champion but did not compete that year. José Luis Clerc won in the final 6–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–0, 6–3 against Rolf Gehring. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. n/a José Luis Clerc (Champion) Víctor Pecci (Semifinals) Hans Gildemeister (Quarterfinals) Mario Martinez (Second Round) Rolf Gehring (Final) Andrés Gómez (Quarterfinals) Marcos Hocevar (Second Round) Draw Final Section 1 Section 2 External links 1980 South American Championships Draw Singles |
6,050 | Forgive Me This | "Forgive Me This" is a rare single released only in Australia by Greek pop singer Anna Vissi on 8 August 1997. The single featured "Forgive Me This" which later appeared on her international album Everything I Am, as well as the rare track "Crush" released only on this single. The single also featured two Greek hits, "Mavra Gialia" and "Eleni", from her Greek studio albums Travma and Re! respectively. Track listing "Forgive Me This" "Crush" "Mavra Gialia" (Black sunglasses) "Eleni" (Helen) Music video The music video of "Forgive Me This" features Vissi and a man playing in a field of flowers. In some scenes, Vissi is alone or lying down on a flower bed. External links References Category:Anna Vissi songs Category:Songs written by Nikos Karvelas Category:English-language Greek songs |
6,051 | Tirur Taluk | Tirur is a taluka (tehsil) in Malappuram district, Kerala. Its headquarters is the city of Tirur. Tirur taluka contains the following 31 villages. Ananthavoor Athavanad Cheriyamundam Edayur Irimbiliyam Kalpakancherry Kattiparuthy Kottakkal Kurumbathur Kuttippuram Mangalam Marakkara Melmuri Naduvattom Niramaruthur Ozhur Pariyapuram Perumanna Ponmala Ponmundam Purathur Tanalur Tanur Thalakkad Tirunnavaya Tirur Trikkandiyur Triparangode Valavanur Vettom Valancheri References Category:Taluks of Kerala |
6,052 | Mónica Ríos | Mónica Ríos Marrero (born 10 December 1996) is an American-raised Puerto Rican footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Puerto Rico women's national team. Early life Ríos was raised in Lexington, Kentucky. References Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Women's association football midfielders Category:Puerto Rican women's footballers Category:Puerto Rico women's international footballers Category:American women's soccer players Category:Soccer players from Kentucky Category:Sportspeople from Lexington, Kentucky Category:American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent Category:College women's soccer players in the United States Category:Eastern Kentucky Colonels athletes |
6,053 | Ada Adini | Ada Adini (1855 – February 1924) was an American operatic soprano who had an active international career from 1876 up into the first decade of the 20th century. She possessed a large, expressive voice which enabled her to sing a broad range of roles that extended from the coloratura soprano repertoire to dramatic soprano parts. She made five recordings with Fonotipia Records in Paris in 1905. Life and career Born Adele Chapman in Boston, Adini studied singing with Giovanni Sbriglia and Pauline Viardot in Paris. She married the Spanish tenor Antonio Aramburo while studying in Paris. She made her professional opera debut in 1876 at the opera house in Varese, Italy in the title role of Giacomo Meyerbeer's Dinorah. She was then active with the Mapleson Company in New York City, making her debut with the company in 1879 as Gilda in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto at the Academy of Music with Aramburo as the Duke of Mantua. She was later heard with the company as Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore to her husband's Manrico. In 1882 she joined Bartolomeo Merelli's traveling opera troup with whom she performed in Berlin (1882) and Prague (1883). From 1887–1890 she was committed to the Palais Garnier where she notably created the role of the Duchesse d'Étampes in the world premiere of Camille Saint-Saëns' Ascanio (1890). In 1893 Adini sang Brünnhilde in the Italian premiere of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre at La Scala. She later repeated the role at the Teatro Regio di Torino (1898) and the Teatro Costanzi (1899). In 1894 and 1897 she was heard successfully at the Royal Opera House in London as Donna Anna in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni. She sang the role of Frédegonde in the world premiere of César Franck's Ghiselle at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in 1896. Her second husband was the opera librettist and writer Paul Milliet. He wrote the libretto for Jules Massenet's Hérodiade in which she sang the role of Salomé in Monte-Carlo in 1903 with Emma Calvé in the title role. Some of the other roles Adini performed on stage were Anita in La Navarraise, Brunehild in Sigurd, Catherine d'Aragon in Henry VIII, Charlotte in Werther, Chimène in Le Cid, Countess Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Desdemona in Otello, Isolde in Tristan und Isolde, Rachel in La Juive, Sélika in L'Africaine, Simonetta in I Medici, Valentine in Les Huguenots, and Venus in Tannhäuser. After retiring from the stage Adini was active as a singing teacher. One of her notable pupils was the Spanish mezzo-soprano Maria Gay. She died in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime in 1924. Opera commettor Michael Scott summarises her career and evaluates her recordings in The Record of Singing (Duckworth, London, 1977). References Category:1855 births Category:1924 deaths Category:Voice teachers Category:American operatic sopranos Category:Musicians from Boston Category:19th-century American opera singers Category:19th-century American women singers Category:Classical musicians from Massachusetts Category:Women music educators |
6,054 | Kasim-Babu Brothers | The Kasim-Babu Brothers are the grandsons and disciples of the Nadhaswaram Maestro Dr. Sheik Chinna Moulana. Today, Kasim-Babu are the front ranking Nadhaswaram artists and torch bearers of Chinna Moulana's tradition. Kasim and Babu are noted for both the raga alapana and kriti rendering (in "gayaki style"), especially Dhikhshithar kritis. Early life The brothers are from Karavadi Village, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh. They are part of a large family of musicians who have preserved and fostered the art of Nadhaswaram playing for 300 years. Being brothers, they were trained together at a very young age, their preceptor being their own maternal grandfather, Dr. Sheik Chinna Moulana. The brothers have accompanied Dr. Sheik Chinna Moulana for many years during his concerts throughout India and elsewhere. Kasim, in addition to his skills in Nadhaswaram, also qualified himself academically; He is a graduate of the prestigious St. Joseph's College in Tiruchirappalli, obtaining his B.Sc. in Physics in 1982. Career Kasim-Babu have been presenting duet Nadhaswaram concerts for the past 20 years. Kasim is a "Top Grade Artist" while Babu is "A Grade" artist of All India Radio and Doordharshan. Kasim-Babu have visited Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Russia, Germany, France, U.A.E, Finland, Malaysia, United States, and Canada and earned accolade in their concerts. The brothers undertook a three-month concert tour of US and Canada from April until June 2006. The initial tour resulted in requests for their performances in the subsequent years, and they have become regular performers there. The brothers have accompanied their grandfather Dr. Sheik Chinna Moulana on several Audio- cassettes and CDs. They have also released their own duet audio Cassettes and CDs. Important concerts South Zone Hook up Concert, National Programs and Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan concerts organized by All India Radio. Sangeethostav at Bhopal organized jointly by central Sangeet Natak academy, New Delhi and Ustad Allauddin Khan Sangeet Akademy, Bhopal. Kasim-Babu have participated in the "All India Musical Conference on Wind Instruments in Carnatic Music" held at Chembur Fine Arts Society, Mumbai, and presented a Lecture-Demonstration titled "Presentation of Different Technique in Nadhaswaram Playing". Participated in the Festival of India in Hong Kong, the Festival of India in Russia and the Festival of India in Germany along with their guru Dr.Sheik Chinna Moulana, organized by the Government of India. Participated in the Festival of world music in Finland along with Dr.Sheik Chinna Moulana. Participated in many concerts organized by Spic Macay. They performed the inaugural concert of the Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival at Cleveland in 2006 and 2011. They presented Lecture-Demonstrations at the Department of Music, at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi United States and elsewhere. The Brothers have been regular performers in the Thyagaraja Festival in Chicago, organized by Chicago Thyagaraja Utsavam (CTU) since 2006. Honors received by the Brothers The brothers are presently Special Nadhaswaram Artistes of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. Kasim-Babu have also been honored and appointed as the "Asthana Vidhwans" of Sri Sharada Peetham of Sringeri Math by Sri Sri Bharati Teertha Mahaswamiji at Sringeri. The brothers were conferred with the title of "Nadhaswara Nadhamani" and appointed as the |
6,055 | Parker Mack | Parker Mack Klebenow, known professionally as Parker Mack, is an American actor, writer, musician, and director, who is best known for his role as Finn Madill in the Freeform drama Chasing Life, and as Felix Turner in the MTV romantic comedy series, Faking It. Life and career Mack was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Kristen and Lindsay Klebenow. As a child, Mack worked as a model for companies such as Kohls and Shopko. He began acting when he was six years old, when he booked his first job as a boy in a Bounce Around commercial. In 2013, Mack attended the John Rosenfeld Acting Studio in Los Angeles, studying under David Sullivan. He graduated Hinsdale Central High School in the class of 2015. Mack is of mostly German descent (including ethnic Germans from Russia), along with Finnish and Scottish. He has two older sisters, Kathryn and Kelley Mack, who is also an actor. Parker has lived in five different states throughout his life. Mack has a passion for music and plays piano by ear. He also plays the drums and sings with a baritone voice. He loves writing his own music, and has a knack for learning new songs very quickly. His favorite genres are rock and jazz. He has had over nine years of lessons in piano and the drums. He was also a part of a band, called "Bruner 17", where he played the drums. He has played tennis competitively in USTA tournaments since he was 12 years old. He also boxes and lifts weights. Filmography References External links Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:Male actors from St. Louis |
6,056 | Henri Padou Jr. | Henri Padou Jr. (21 August 1928 – 16 November 1999) was a French freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m relay and failed to reach the final of the 100 m race. His father Henri Padou was an Olympic swimmer and water polo player. References Category:1928 births Category:1999 deaths Category:People from Tourcoing Category:French male swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers of France Category:Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for France Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Category:Male freestyle swimmers Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Nord (French department) |
6,057 | James Hope Grant | General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB (22 July 1808 – 7 March 1875), was a British Army officer. He served in the First Opium War, First Anglo-Sikh War, Indian Mutiny of 1857, and Second Opium War. Early life Grant was the fifth and youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, and brother of Sir Francis Grant, President of the Royal Academy. He was uncle to sculptor Mary Grant. Military career He entered the British Army in 1826 as cornet in the 9th Lancers, and became lieutenant in 1828 and captain in 1835. In 1842 he was brigade-major to Lord Saltoun in the First Opium War, and distinguished himself at the capture of Chinkiang, after which he received the rank of major and the CB. There is a popular, possibly apocryphal, story that he was selected by Saltoun (a keen violinist) because he wanted a 'cellist to accompany him and Hope Grant was the only officer he could find who played the 'cello. In the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845–1846 he took part in the battle of Sobraon; and in the Punjab campaign of 1848–1849 he commanded the 9th Lancers, and won high reputation in the battles of Chillianwalla and Guzerat (Gujarat). He was promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel and shortly afterwards to the same substantive rank. In 1854 he became brevet-colonel, and in 1856 brigadier of cavalry. He took a leading part in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, holding for some time the command of the cavalry division, and afterwards of a movable column of horse and foot. After rendering valuable service in the operations before Delhi and in the final assault on the city, he directed the victorious march of the cavalry and horse artillery dispatched in the direction of Cawnpore to open up communication with the commander-in-chief Sir Colin Campbell, whom he met near the Alambagh, and who raised him to the rank of brigadier-general, and placed the whole force under his command during what remained of the perilous march to Lucknow for the relief of the residency. After the retirement towards Cawnpore he greatly aided in effecting there the total rout of the rebel troops, by making a detour which threatened their rear; and following in pursuit with a flying column, he defeated them with the loss of nearly all their guns at Serai Ghat. He also took part in the operations connected with the recapture of Lucknow, shortly after which he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and appointed to the command of the force employed for the final pacification of India. Before the work of pacification was quite completed he was created KCB. In 1859 he was appointed, with the local rank of lieutenant-general, to be Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong and to lead the British land forces in the Anglo-French expedition against China. The object of the campaign was accomplished within three months of the landing of the forces at Pei-tang (1 August 1860). The Taku Forts had been carried by assault, the Chinese defeated three times in the |
6,058 | Henry Ives Cobb | Henry Ives Cobb (August 19, 1859 – March 27, 1931) was an architect from the United States. Based in Chicago in the last decades of the 19th century, he was known for his designs in the Richardsonian Romanesque and Victorian Gothic styles. Biography Cobb was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Albert Adams and Mary Russell Candler Cobb. In Chicago, Cobb and partner Charles S. Frost designed Potter Palmer's mansion (demolished) on Lake Shore Drive; the Chicago Varnish Company Building—listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a Chicago Landmark; the Episcopal Church of the Atonement at 5749 North Kenmore Avenue—also on the National Register of Historic Places; the Chicago Federal Building (demolished); the Newberry Library; the Fisheries Building (demolished) at the World's Columbian Exposition; and many pre-1900 buildings at Lake Forest College and the University of Chicago. Elsewhere, he designed the Liberty Tower, a Perpendicular-style Skyscraper in downtown Manhattan, that was converted to residences in 1980; the Olive Building in St. Louis and co-designed the King Edward Hotel in Toronto. Cobb moved to Washington, D.C., in 1897 to escape the Chicago grime, which damaged his cherished art collection. Cobb is responsible for The University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, WI, constructed from 1895 to 1897, with its Greco-Roman terra-cotta architectural detail. Family Henry Ives Cobb's grandmother, Augusta Adams Cobb, controversially abandoned her husband, Henry Cobb, and five of her seven children in 1843, and married Brigham Young as a plural wife. Cobb and wife Emma Martin Smith had 10 children, seven of whom survived into adulthood. The children were: architect and author Henry Ives Cobb, Jr. (1883–1974), Cleveland Cobb (1884–?), Leonore Cobb (1885–?), Candler Cobb (c. 1887–?), Elliot Cobb (1888–?), Priscilla Cobb (1890–91), Alice Cobb (1892–93), Boughton Cobb (1894–1974), Russell Cobb (1897–?), and Emerson Cobb, (1902–10). Works See also Architecture of Chicago Cobb and Frost References External links Henry Ives Cobb papers, ca. 1907-1922. Held by the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. Category:American architects Category:1859 births Category:1931 deaths Category:People from Brookline, Massachusetts |
6,059 | Louis-Henri de Baugy, Chevalier de Baugy | Louis-Henri de Baugy, Chevalier de Baugy (died 1720) was from a noble family of France and came to New France as a member of the party of Joseph-Antoine de La Barre, who was replacing Buade de Frontenac as Governor General. Chevalier de Baugy arrived at Quebec in 1682 and immediately became involved in the fur trade of the Great Lakes; namely, putting an end to the dominant position of Cavelier de La Salle in that area. Under La Barre's authority, de Baugy took control of Fort Saint Louis (Illinois) on the Illinois River from Henri Tonty in 1683. In February, 1684, the fort was besieged by a force of 500 Iroquois for eight days. Despite limited ammunition and provisions, the defenders withstood three assaults, and the Iroquois were forced to abandon their attacks and withdraw the way they had come. In 1685, La Salle was given back control of Fort Saint Louis by the French king. De Baugy took part in at least one more campaign in Canada, in 1687 with Denonville against the Senecas. De Baugy, as Denonville's aide-de-camp, left a valuable journal of his experiences during the expedition. In 1689, he left for France and did not return. References External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Category:People of New France Category:1720 deaths Category:Year of birth unknown See also Henri de Tonti |
6,060 | SS Michael de Kovats | SS Michael de Kovats was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Michael de Kovats, a Hungarian nobleman and cavalry officer who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, in which he was killed in action. General Casimir Pulaski and Kovats are together known as the "Founding Fathers of the US Cavalry." Construction Michael de Kovats was laid down on 8 August 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2495, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Daniels Brierley, the wife of the director of the division of maintenance and repairs MARCOM, Washington, DC, and was launched on 16 September 1944. History She was allocated to the Polarus Steamship Co., on 27 September 1944. On 2 June 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping, 22 February 1972, to Pinto Island Metals Co., for $37,500. She was removed from the fleet, 6 March 1972. References Bibliography Category:Liberty ships Category:Ships built in Jacksonville, Florida Category:1944 ships Category:Mobile Reserve Fleet |
6,061 | OGLE-TR-122 | OGLE-TR-122 is a binary stellar system containing one of the smallest main-sequence stars whose radius has been measured. It was discovered when the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey observed the smaller star eclipsing the larger primary. The orbital period is approximately 7.3 days. The system's primary is thought to resemble the Sun. The smaller star, OGLE-TR-122B, is estimated to have a radius around 0.12 solar radii, or around 20% larger than Jupiter's, and a mass of around 0.1 solar masses, or approximately 100 times Jupiter's. This makes its average density approximately 50 times the Sun's or over 80 times the density of water. OGLE-TR-122b's mass is close to the lowest possible mass for a hydrogen-fusing star, estimated to be around 0.07 or 0.08 solar masses. The observed transit provides the first direct evidence for a star with a radius comparable to Jupiter's. See also OGLE-TR-123 EBLM J0555-57 References Category:Carina (constellation) Category:Eclipsing binaries Carinae, V817 |
6,062 | East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company | The East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company (EBT) is a narrow gauge historic railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, north of Interstate 76 (the Pennsylvania Turnpike) and south of U.S. Route 22, the William Penn Highway. Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the nation's oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroads, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The railroad, now preserved for use as a tourist attraction, has not operated public excursions since December 2011 and has operated no excursions since October 2013. In February 2020, it was announced that the railroad had been bought by a non-profit foundation. Industrial years The East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company was chartered in 1856. Due to financial constraints and the American Civil War, the railroad was not built by its original charterers, but a new group of investors began to acquire right-of-way in 1867 and was able to construct the railroad as a narrow gauge line in 1872–1874. Service began from Mount Union, Pennsylvania to Orbisonia, Pennsylvania in August, 1873, and to Robertsdale in November, 1874. The line later was extended to Woodvale and Alvan, with several short branches. At its height, it had over 60 miles of track and approximately 33 miles of main line. The primary purpose of the railroad was to haul semi-bituminous coal from the mines on the east side of the remote Broad Top Mountain plateau to the Pennsylvania Railroad in Mount Union. The railroad also carried substantial amounts of ganister rock, lumber and passengers with some agricultural goods, concrete, road tar and general freight. In its first three decades the railroad supplied much of its coal to the Rockhill Iron Furnace, operated by the railroad's sister company, the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company, and in turn hauled the pig iron from the furnace. As the iron industry in the region faded in the early 1900s, the railroad came to subsist on coal traffic for about 90% of its revenue. Large plants for the manufacture of silica brick were developed at Mount Union around the turn of the 20th century, and these became major customers for coal and also for ganister rock, which was quarried at multiple points along the railroad. The EBT maintained an office in Philadelphia, PA. An 1893 timetable lists their executive offices at 320 Walnut St., then the main commercial area of the city. The city's business center migrated west and by 1939 the EBT's office was at 1421 Chestnut St. EBT was generally profitable from the 1880s through the 1940s and was able to modernize its infrastructure far more than other narrow gauge railroads. The railroad's roundhouse, one of the oldest railroad roundhouses in the US still in operation, was built in 1882. A coal cleaning plant and a full maintenance shops complex were also built, bridges were upgraded from iron and wood to steel and concrete, wood rolling stock was replaced by steel, and modern high-powered steam locomotives were bought from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia. In the 1950s, coal demand plummeted as homes and industries |
6,063 | Velocisaurus | Velocisaurus ("swift lizard") is a genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of Argentina. Description Velocisaurus was probably around long, based on a tibia length of . This makes it the smallest noasaurid. The foot is unique in that the middle (third) metatarsal has become the main weight-bearing element. Its upper end has thickened whereas the shafts of the adjoining second and fourth metatarsals have thinned considerably. Such a configuration is unknown for other theropods, including birds. Bonaparte explained it as an adaptation for a cursorial (running) lifestyle. The high speed would have been necessary to escape larger theropods; Bonaparte suggested that Velocisaurus was itself an omnivore, as indicated by the fact that the sole claw found, of the fourth toe, was not trenchant but relatively straight. Velocisaurus can be characterized by several traits unknown in other Abelisauroids. These include: A subtriangular cross section of the femur, with the medial and lateral sides converging to form a thick crest pointing anteriorly (a subtriangular cross section of the femur is also known in Masiakasaurus). A long and slender tibia with a large anteriorly flat distal end to accommodate a large ascending process of the astragalus (reminiscent of derived coelurosaurs and ornithomimids). Very thin and rod-like metatarsals II and IV (metatarsal II is reduced to a lesser extent in other noasaurids and some abelisaurids as well). An anteroposteriorly short and dorsoventrally tall subtriangular pedal phalanx IV-1, with a narrow dorsal surface. History of discovery In 1985 Oscar de Ferrariis and Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini uncovered fossils at Boca del Sapo in Neuquén province of Patagonia from layers of the Bajo de la Carpa Formation, dating from the Santonian. Among them was the right lower hind limb of a small theropod. In 1991 this dinosaur was described and named by José Bonaparte as Velocisaurus unicus. The generic name is derived from Latin velox, "swift", a reference to the fact that the hind leg and foot show adaptations for running. The specific name means "unique" in Latin, referring to the exceptional build of the foot. The genus and species are based on the holotype MUCPv 41, a nearly complete right leg which is part of the collection of the Museo de la Universidad Nacional del Comahue. A somewhat complete left leg, specimen MPCN-PV-370, was described in 2016. Classification Bonaparte originally assigned Velocisaurus to a family of its own, the Velocisauridae. A study of theropod relationships by Fernando Novas and Sebastian Apesteguia in 2003 showed that Velocisaurus was a close relative of the strange ceratosaur Masiakasaurus. These two may form a subfamily, the Velocisaurinae. In 2004 this subfamily was assigned to the Noasauridae within the more inclusive Abelisauroidea. Palaeobiology In a 2001 study conducted by Bruce Rothschild and other paleontologists, 12 foot bones referred to Velocisaurus were examined for signs of stress fracture, but none were found. See also Timeline of ceratosaur research References Category:Abelisaurs Category:Santonian life Category:Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of South America Category:Cretaceous Argentina Category:Fossils of Argentina Category:Bajo de la Carpa Formation Category:Fossil taxa described in 1991 Category:Taxa named by José Bonaparte |
6,064 | Auguste Thijs | Auguste Thijs was a Belgian wrestler. He competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. References External links Category:Year of birth missing Category:Year of death missing Category:Olympic wrestlers of Belgium Category:Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Category:Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Category:Belgian male sport wrestlers Category:Place of birth missing |
6,065 | Stadium (geometry) | A stadium is a two-dimensional geometric shape constructed of a rectangle with semicircles at a pair of opposite sides. The same shape is known also as a discorectangle, obround, or sausage body. The shape is based on a stadium, a place used for athletics and horse racing tracks. A stadium may be constructed as the Minkowski sum of a disk and a line segment. Alternatively, it is the neighborhood of points within a given distance from a line segment. A stadium is a type of oval. However, unlike some other ovals such as the ellipses, it is not an algebraic curve because different parts of its boundary are defined by different equations. Formulas The perimeter of a stadium is calculated by the formula where a is the length of the straight sides and r is the radius of the semicircles. With the same parameters, the area of the stadium is . Bunimovich stadium When this shape is used in the study of dynamical billiards, it is called the Bunimovich stadium. Leonid Bunimovich used this shape to show that it is possible for billiard tracks to exhibit chaotic behavior (positive Lyapunov exponent and exponential divergence of paths) even within a convex billiard table. Related shapes A capsule is produced by revolving a stadium around the line of symmetry that bisects the semicircles. References Category:Elementary shapes |
6,066 | PEN/Malamud Award | The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading honors "excellence in the art of the short story", and is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. The selection committee is composed of PEN/Faulkner directors and representatives of Bernard Malamud's literary executors. The award was first given in 1988. The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world. Award winners 2019 - John Edgar Wideman 2018 - Joan Silber and Amina Gautier 2017 - Jhumpa Lahiri 2016 - Joy Williams 2015 - Deborah Eisenberg 2013 - George Saunders 2012 - James Salter 2011 - Edith Pearlman 2010 - Edward P. Jones and Nam Le 2009 - Alistair MacLeod and Amy Hempel 2008 - Cynthia Ozick and Peter Ho Davies 2007 - Elizabeth Spencer 2006 - Adam Haslett and Tobias Wolff 2005 - Lorrie Moore 2004 - Richard Bausch and Nell Freudenberger 2003 - Barry Hannah and Maile Meloy 2002 - Junot Diaz and Ursula K. Le Guin 2001 - Sherman Alexie and Richard Ford 2000 - Ann Beattie and Nathan Englander 1999 - T. Coraghessan Boyle 1998 - John Barth 1997 - Alice Munro 1996 - Joyce Carol Oates 1995 - Stuart Dybek and William Maxwell 1994 - Grace Paley 1993 - Peter Taylor 1992 - Eudora Welty 1991 - Frederick Busch and Andre Dubus 1990 - George Garrett 1989 - Saul Bellow 1988 - John Updike References External links PEN/Faulkner Foundation Category:PEN/Faulkner Foundation awards Category:Awards established in 1988 Category:1988 establishments in the United States Category:Short story awards |
6,067 | Ryjet | Ryjet, also known as RYJET - Aerotaxis del Mediterraneo, was a small Spanish airline based in Málaga. Despite the name of the airline its fleet included no jets, only turboprop aircraft. History The airline was founded in 1999 and projected to operate air taxi, cargo and charter services covering Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Most of its operations, however, were between Málaga and Melilla. By 2011 the airline established a kind of airbridge between the southern Spanish city and the Spanish possession on the Moroccan coast rising the amount of its flights to 108 per month. Ryjet made headlines in 2007 when it was revealed that it had asked high amounts as down-payments to pilots who wished to work for the company. In the following years other irregularities were detected in the operation of the airline. By March 2012 Ryjet had run into severe financial trouble and it had difficulties paying its bills; three months later —owing to default in payments to its lessors and to its employees— Ryjet announced that it ceased operations. Fleet 1 Saab 340 1 BAE Jetstream See also List of defunct airlines of Spain References External links Airline History; Spain Helitt Air Nostrum y Ryjet en la Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla RYJET take off Ryjet fb page Category:Defunct airlines of Spain Category:Airlines established in 1999 Category:Airlines disestablished in 2012 Category:Transport in Andalusia Category:Transport in Melilla |
6,068 | Montigny-Lengrain | Montigny-Lengrain is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population History On Easter day 1945, the castle of Montigny-Lengrain, guarded by the faithful of King Louis IV of France, was taken by Herbert III of Vermandois, assisted by the Count of Tours and Blois Thibaud. The latter, vassal of Hugues the Great, participates in it as indirect support of Hugues to the fight against the king. (Y Sassier, Hugues Capet, Paris, Fayard, 2008, p115.) Places and Monuments Church of Saint-Martin de Montigny-Lengrain, historical monument since 1921. The Renaissance cross within the walls of the church, become with the church historical monument The monument to the dead. Road crosses. See also Communes of the Aisne department References INSEE Montignylengrain Category:Suessiones Category:Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia |
6,069 | Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards | Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards is a commune in the Creuse department in central France. Population See also Communes of the Creuse department References Category:Communes of Creuse |
6,070 | Poyntonophrynus parkeri | Poyntonophrynus parkeri (common names: Parker's toad, Mangasini toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in central Tanzania and in southwestern Kenya, from the Usangu Plain in the south northward to the southern Great Rift Valley, Kenya. It is a poorly known species, however, and its distribution might be broader. Etymology The specific name parkeri honours Hampton Wildman Parker, an English zoologist and herpetologist from the Natural History Museum, London. Parker helped Loveridge by providing him a comparison with the type specimen of Bufo vittatus (now Sclerophrys vittata), convincing Loveridge that the specimens represented a new species. Description Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The tympanum is vertically elongate. The dorsum is muddy black (similar to the soil on which they were found). There are ochre-coloured or very dull brownish red warts. In males, the throat is dull chrome, whereas in females, it is white, as are the rest of the underparts. In preserved specimens, a V-shaped interorbital marking becomes visible. Habitat and conservation Poyntonophrynus parkeri inhabits sparsely wooded grassland, savanna, and flood plains. Breeding takes place in temporary pools. Threats to it are unknown, but it could be locally affected by overgrazing and human settlement. It is present in the Usangu Game Reserve. References parkeri Category:Frogs of Africa Category:Amphibians of Kenya Category:Amphibians of Tanzania Category:Amphibians described in 1932 Category:Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
6,071 | Curtain Call (2000 film) | Curtain Call is a 2000 American short documentary film directed by Charles Braverman. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Plot Curtain Call tells the story of eight remarkable residents of the Actors' Fund Retirement Home. These residents are still full of vitality as they recall tales of Broadway's golden age, and what they have done with their lives. Awards and nominations See also List of documentary films List of American films of 2000 References External links Category:2000 films Category:2000 documentary films Category:2000 short films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:American documentary films Category:Short documentary films Category:American independent films Category:Films directed by Charles Braverman Category:Documentary films about actors Category:Documentary films about old age |
6,072 | Homestead Multiple Property Submission | The following buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Homestead Multiple Property Submission (or MPS). Gallery See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County, Florida References *Homestead Category:National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submissions in Florida Category:Miami-Dade County, Florida Category:1988 establishments in Florida |
6,073 | Caspar Samler farm | The Caspar Samler farm was a tract of land comprising the greater part of Fifth Avenue from Madison Square to 31st Street in what is now the Koreatown section of Manhattan, New York City, New York. History The tract of Common Lands from 28th to 32nd Streets, through which Park Avenue was later projected, was part of the farm which Caspar Samler bought in various pieces, from the City, between 1780 and 1799 for $12,100. The area now known as Madison Square Garden was owned in 1780 by Samuel, Henry, and Matthias Nicoll, and it was sold to Caspar Samler for US$2,250, becoming part of the 37 acre Caspar Samler farm. Three distinct Samler houses were located on the Commissioners' map of 1807. Samler had several children and one step daughter, Margaret Grenzeback. He died in 1810, and his daughter Barbara died in 1816 without having ever had children. The 5 acres, 3 roods, and 32 perches of land which were devised for her children, became therefore the property of the survivors of Samler's children or grand children according to the provision of his will. Subsequently, litigation arose as to whether the children of his step daughter Margaret Grenzeback were entitled to a portion under the designation of grandchildren. Some well-known buildings of the time later stood on the site. Among them were the Brunswick Hotel, at the northeast corner of 26th Street, once famous as the headquarters of the New York Coaching Club; and the Hotel Victoria, at the southwest corner of 27th Street, patronized at one time by Grover Cleveland, and later demolished to make way for a 20-story business structure. The Marble Collegiate Church at 29th Street and the Holland House at 30th Street also stood on sites once part of the Samler farm. North of the Caspar Samler farm, extending on Fifth Avenue from near 32nd almost to 36th Streets, were the 30 acres of land bought in 1799 by John Thompson. In 1827, William Backhouse Astor, Sr. bought a half interest, including Fifth Avenue from 32nd to 35th Streets, for US$20,500. He built an unpretentious square red brick house on the southwest corner of 34th Street and Fifth Avenue, while John Jacob Astor erected a home at the northwest corner of 33rd Street. The Waldorf Hotel, opened in 1893, occupied the former site of John Jacob Astor's house. The Astoria Hotel, opened in 1897, stood on the site of William Backhouse Astor's house. The two hotels, under one management, became known as the Waldorf-Astoria, which was razed in 1929 to make way for construction of the Empire State Building. References Notes b. The name is variously Samler, Semler, Semlear, etc. Semler Name Meaning German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a baker of white rolls, from an agent derivative of Middle High German semel, German Semmel, Yiddish zeml ‘white bread roll’ (from Middle High German semel(e), simel ‘fine wheat flour’). Such rolls were in contrast to the coarse rye bread that was and is the norm in many households. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford |
6,074 | Trans Am (album) | Trans Am is the debut self-titled album by Trans Am, released in 1996. Track listing Ballbados – 3:28 Enforcer – 1:31 Technology Corridor – 0:50 Trans Am – 2:21 (interlude) – 0:33 Firepoker – 3:09 A Single Ray of Light on an Otherwise Cloudy Day – 1:30 Prowler – 1:43 Orlando – 4:41 Love Affair – 1:21 American Kooter – 8:49 Japanese release extra tracks American Kooter Simulacrum Man-Machine Illegal Ass Koln Randy Groove Now You Die, Thriddle Fool Star Jammer Strong Sensations References Category:1996 debut albums Category:Trans Am (band) albums Category:Thrill Jockey albums |
6,075 | The Year of the Voyager | The Year Of The Voyager is a double DVD/CD released by Nevermore. It was released in Europe on October 20, 2008 and in North America on November 25, 2008 via Century Media. The set covers the "This Godless Endeavor" touring cycle, starting with live footage from the U.S. Gigantour 2005, the Metal Mania festival 2006 in Poland, the Wacken Open Air festival in 2006 in Germany and the main DVD show recorded at the Zeche in Bochum, Germany. Bonus material includes two songs from Century Media USA 10th Anniversary Party 2001, all promo videos and an interview with singer Warrel Dane which was recorded at the Roax Film Studios in Berlin in the spring of 2008. "The Year Of The Voyager" was released as a limited-edition 2DVD+2CD, standard 2DVD, standard 2CD and limited 3LP (the latter two containing the audio from the main show in Bochum only). Disc one Zeche Bochum, Germany (October 11th 2006) "Intro" "Final Product" "My Acid Words" "What Tomorrow Knows/Garden Of Grey" "Next In Line" "Enemies Of Reality" "I, Voyager" "The Politics Of Ecstasy" "The River Dragon Has Come" "I Am The Dog" "Dreaming Neon Black" "Matricide" "Dead Heart In A Dead World" "Noumenon (from tape)" "Inside Four Walls" "The Learning" "Sentient 6" "Narcosynthesis" "The Heart Collector" "Born" "This Godless Endeavor" Disc two Gigantour - at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada (September 2nd 2005) "Born" "Enemies Of Reality" Metal Mania Festival - at the Spodek, Katowice, Poland (March 4th 2006) "Final Product" "The Heart Collector" "Enemies Of Reality" "The Seven Tongues Of God" Wacken - at the Wacken Open Air, Germany (August 4th 2006) "Final Product" "Narcosynthesis" "Engines Of Hate" "Born" Bonus Material Century Media USA 10th Anniversary Party - at The Roxy, LA (September 28th 2001) "Engines Of Hate" "Beyond Within" Promotional Videos "What Tomorrow Knows" "Next In line " "Believe In Nothing" "I, Voyager" "Enemies Of Reality" "Final Product" "Born" "Narcosynthesis" Interview with Warrel Dane Trailers Nevermore - "The Year Of The Voyager" Paradise lost - "Over The Madness" Strapping Young Lad - "1994 - 2006 Chaos Years" CD Disc One "Final Product" "My Acid Words" "What Tomorrow Knows/Garden Of Grey" "Next In Line" "Enemies Of Reality" "I, Voyager" "The Politics Of Ecstasy" "The River Dragon Has Come" "I Am The Dog" "Dreaming Neon Black" Disc Two "Matricide" "Dead Heart In A Dead World" "Inside Four Walls" "The Learning" "Sentient 6" "Narcosynthesis" "The Heart Collector" "Born" "This Godless Endeavor" Band Line Up Bochum & Wacken Warrel Dane - Vocals Jeff Loomis - Guitar Chris Broderick - Guitar Jim Sheppard - Bass Van Williams - Drums Gigantour & Metal Mania Warrel Dane - Vocals Jeff Loomis - Guitar Steve Smyth - Guitar Jim Sheppard - Bass Van Williams - Drums Live at The Roxy Warrel Dane - Vocals Jeff Loomis - Guitar Curran Murphy - Guitar Jim Sheppard - Bass Van Williams - Drums Specifications Studio: Century Media Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen Format: Color, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC Audio Language: English Audio Format: Dolby 2.0 / Dolby 5.1 External links Nevermore's official website Ecard Category:Nevermore albums Category:2008 live |
6,076 | List of business schools in South Carolina | This is a list of business schools in South Carolina, arranged in alphabetical order. References South Carolina |
6,077 | Rouse the Believers Operations Room | The Rouse the Believers Operations Room (), also translated as and Incite the Believers is a coalition of Salafist jihadist insurgent groups in northwestern Syria involved in the Syrian Civil War. Composition The coalition includes the Guardians of Religion Organization, Ansar al-Din Front, Ansar al-Tawhid, and Ansar al-Islam. All of the individual organizations in the group have rejected the Sochi agreement. History On 24 October 2018, the operation room shelled multiple Syrian military positions in the town of Jurin in the Hama Governorate with SPG-9 recoilless guns. In response, the Syrian Army shelled a town controlled by the operation room 10 km north of Jurin. On 28 October 2018, the group published a video near al-Zahraa in the Aleppo Governorate of a sniping operation being carried out against pro-government militiamen. On 27 November 2018, a video was released by the coalition showing fighters attacking government positions and gunning down pro-government militiamen in their quarters and taking their weapons. On 7 January 2019, the operation room published a statement rejecting infighting between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the National Front for Liberation calling on both parties to cease fighting and resolve their issues in an independent Sharia court while also stressing the importance of fighting the Syrian government. On 27 August 2019, Rouse the Believers conducted a counter-offensive in southern Idlib targeting the Syrian government's positions near the town of Atshan. The Syrian Army reported repelling the attack shortly thereafter. Rebel forces reported taking over the villages of al-Salloumiyah, Sham al-Hawa, Tell Maraq and Al-Jaduiyah later in the day. SOHR confirmed that al-Sullaumiyah and Abu Omar had been recaptured by opposition forces and that some advances were made on Sham al-Hawa, while clashes over the rest of the villages continued. Later on the same day, SOHR reported that the rebel groups had withdrawn from the positions where they had taken earlier in the southeastern countryside of Idlib. On 31 August 2019, the U.S. carried out a series of airstrikes on a Rouse the Believers meeting between Kafriya and Maarrat Misrin, killing over 40 Guardians of Religion Organization militants, including several leaders. See also Army of Conquest List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War References External links Rouse the Believers's Telegram Channel Category:Anti-government factions of the Syrian Civil War Category:2018 establishments in Syria Category:Jihadist groups in Syria Category:Operations rooms of the Syrian Civil War Category:Salafi groups |
6,078 | Köthen (Anhalt) | Köthen (Anhalt) () is a city in Germany. It is the capital of the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, about north of Halle. Köthen is the location of the main campus and the administrative centre of the regional university, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences/Hochschule Anhalt which is especially strong in information technology. The city is conveniently located at the hub of the Magdeburg–Leipzig, Dessau–Köthen and Köthen–Aschersleben railways. Köthen is situated in a fertile area with rich black soil suitable to the cultivation of sugar-beets. Industry includes high-tech engineering, manufacture of cranes, as well as chemicals, printing, and foodstuffs. In English, German place-name is often spelt anachronistically as Cöthen, a practice that has become standard in the literature relating to the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach, who resided and worked there from 1717 to 1723. History Owing to the fertile soil of the region, the area of Köthen is unusually rich in archaeological discoveries. The earliest signs of human habitation date from the early Stone Age about 250,000 years ago and evidence of every succeeding historical period may be found in the collections of the local Prehistorical Museum. The first documentary mention of "Cothene" dates to 1115; by 1194 it was already known as a market town, becoming a seat of the princes of Anhalt. Köthen was chartered in 1200. For over two centuries (1603–1847) it was the capital of the independent principality (from 1806, duchy) of Anhalt-Köthen. The town has long been known to classical music enthusiasts as the place of origin of Johann Sebastian Bach's best-known secular works, including the Brandenburg concertos and the Well-Tempered Clavier. Bach worked in Köthen from 1717 to 1723 as Kapellmeister for Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen. It is also the birthplace of the composer Carl Friedrich Abel who, together with Johann Christian Bach, founded the popular "Bach-Abel Concerts" in London, the first subscription concerts in England. Schloss Köthen has been fully restored except for a small side wing bombed in 1944. Its Hall of Mirrors where Bach's music is now often performed is a popular attraction. It can be seen on DVD in the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra's recording of the Brandenburg concertos. Since 1967 a bi-annual Bach Festival has been held at Köthen, in the various halls of the palace as well as the local churches. Another concert hall was opened in 2008 in the palace complex. Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homoeopathy, practised in Köthen from 1821 to 1834, and during this period he published many of his best-known works. In 1855 his disciple Arthur Lutze opened a palatial homoeopathic clinic. Hahnemann's home is now open to tourists, and includes an actual working homoeopathic practice. The city has become the national center of homeopathy, location of congresses, and the seat of the new European Homeopathic Library. In 2013, the international homoeopathic medical society, Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis, relocated its main operations to Köthen, so the city now is kind of a "world's capital of homoeopathy". The pioneering ornithologist Johann Friedrich Naumann was born near Köthen and was employed at the ducal court for |
6,079 | Christiane Weber | Christiane Weber may refer to: Christiane Weber (fencer) (born 1962), German fencer Christiane Weber (rower), German rower Christiane Weber (producer), American producer for the Discovery Channel |
6,080 | Tréban | Tréban (, meaning ghost) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. See also Communes of the Tarn department References INSEE Category:Communes of Tarn (department) |
6,081 | My Left Foot (book) | My Left Foot is the 1954 autobiography of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy on 5 June 1932 in Dublin, Ireland. As one of 13 surviving children, Brown went on to be an author, painter and poet. Plot Brown begins his book by telling the reader about his early childhood. When he was four months old, Brown's mother was the first to notice that there was something wrong with his health. He could not hold his head upright or control his body movements. After seeking medical advice, the family's worst fears were confirmed: Christy was physically handicapped and suffered from an incurable disability called cerebral palsy. His family, besides his mother, thought he was an idiot. They told his mother to give up. Although the doctors did not believe in Brown's mental intelligence, his mother did not lose faith in her son and supported him as a full member of the family. A transforming moment occurs in the young boy's life that proves him to be intelligent. He discovers that he can control his left foot and toes. At the age of five, he snatches a piece of yellow chalk from his sister with his left foot. He marks the letter "A" on the floor with his foot and the help of his mother. He had wanted to make, what he described as, "a wild sort of scribble with it on the slate". It is from this incident that the book received its title. In this moment, Brown had found a way to express himself since he could not speak like a healthy child. Throughout his childhood, Brown played with local children and with his siblings, assisted by a small cart that he called "Henry". As time went on, he became more introverted, as he began to realize that his handicap made him different from his family and friends and impeded his enjoyment of life. Through this struggle, he discovered his creative and artistic talents, becoming devoted to literature, writing and painting. He used his left foot to carry out these tasks. At the age of 18, Brown went to Lourdes in France. Here, he met individuals whose handicaps were even worse than his. For the first time in his life, he began to experience energy and hope. He also began to accept himself as the person he was, and do the best with what he had. He started a new treatment for cerebral palsy, which led to the improvement of his speech and physical condition. In his teenage years, he met the Irish doctor Robert Collis. Collis had established a clinic for cerebral palsy patients and Brown was his first patient at this clinic. Collis was also a noted author, and guided Brown on how to write. This too involved a kind of therapy of intensive practice and exercises. Collis was involved in the two first drafts of this book and its final version. The autobiography makes reference to its own creation. The final pages tell of Collis reading the first chapter of the book to the audience at |
6,082 | SuperStar Libra | SuperStar Libra is a cruise ship owned and last operated by Star Cruises. She was built in 1988 at Wärtsilä Marine Perno Shipyard in Turku, Finland as Seaward for Norwegian Cruise Line. In 1997 she was renamed Norwegian Sea, remaining in NCL fleet. In 2005 she was transferred to the fleet of Star Cruises. History The vessel entered operation with Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) in 1988 as Seaward. The vessel was renamed Norwegian Sea in 1997. In 2005, the vessel was transferred to the Star Cruises fleet and renamed SuperStar Libra. With Star Cruises, SuperStar Libra sailed a variety of cruises in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Aegean and Guatemalan seas in the summer of 2006. The vessel deployed back to Mumbai in late September 2006. SuperStar Libra has subsequently been based at various ports in Asia including Singapore, Penang, Hong Kong, Xiamen and Haiku. Conversion to a Hotel Ship In March 2018, Star Cruises announced that SuperStar Libra would end her public cruise operations for the company in June 2018. As of July 2018 onwards, SuperStar Libra is now used as a hotel ship for workers at the shipyard MV Werften of the Genting-Hong-Kong-group in Wismar, Germany to help aid in Genting's new ships being built from this shipyard, for Dream Cruises and Crystal Cruises. References External links SuperStar Libra Category:Cruise ships Category:Ships of Star Cruises Category:Ships built in Turku Category:1987 ships |
6,083 | List of political parties in Bulgaria | This article lists political parties in Bulgaria. Bulgaria has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no single party usually manages to gain power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Parties Parties with parliamentary representation GERB (GERB) Bulgarian Socialist Party (Bǎlgarska sotsialisticheska partiya) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi) United Patriots (Obedineni patrioti) IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (VMRO - Bǎlgarsko natsionalno dvizhenie) National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (Natsionalen front za spasenie na Bǎlgariya) Attack (Ataka) Will (Volya) Parties outside the parliament Agrarian People's Union (Zemedelski naroden sǎyuz) Bulgarian Communist Party (Bǎlgarska komunisticheska partiya) Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States (Bulgarska demokraticheska partiya za evropeiski i svetovni shtati) Bulgarian Left (Bǎlgarskata levitsa) Bulgarian New Democracy (Bǎlgarska nova demokratsiya) Bulgarian Neoconservative Party (Bǎlgarska neokonservativna partiya) Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy (Bǎlgarski nastionalen sǎyuz - Nova demokratsiya) Bulgarian Union for Direct Democracy (Bǎlgarski sǎyuz za direktna demokratsiya) Bulgarian Workers and Peasants Party (Bǎlgarska rabotnichesko-selska partiya) Bulgarian Workers' Party/Communists/ (Bǎlgarska rabotnicheska partiya/Komunisti/) Bulgarian Workers Socialist Party (Bǎlgarska rabotnicheska sotsialisticheska partiya) Civil Union "Roma" (Grazhdansko Obedinenie „Roma“) Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska Partiya na Bălgariya) Democratic Party (Demokraticheska partiya) Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (Demokrati za silna Bălgarija) George's Day Movement (Dvizhenie „Gergyovden“) Green Party of Bulgaria (Zelena partiya na Bǎlgariya) Nationalist Party of Bulgaria (Natsionalisticheska partiya na Bǎlgariya) Lider (Lider) Movement for an Equal Public Model (Dvizhenie za ravnopraven model „DROM“) National Movement for Stability and Progress (Natsionalno dvizhenie za stabilnost i vǎzhod) New Time (Novoto vreme) New Zora (Nova zora) Party of the Bulgarian Communists (Partiya na Bǎlgarskite Komunisti) Political Movement Social Democrats (Politichesko dvizhenie „Sotsialdemokrati“) Resistance Movement "23rd September" Bulgaria (Dvizhenie za sŭprotiva „23-ti septemvri“) Revival The Greens (Zelenite) Union of Communists in Bulgaria (Sayuz na Komunistite v Bălgariya) Union of Free Democrats (Sǎyuz na svobodnite demokrati) Union of Democratic Forces (Sayuz na demokratichnite sili) Yes, Bulgaria! (Da, Bălgaria!) Defunct parties Bulgarian Communist Party (Bǎlgarska komunisticheska partiya) Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Nikola Petkov" (Bǎlgarski zemedelski Naroden sǎyuz „Nikola Petkov“) Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union - United (Bǎlgarski zemedelski naroden sǎyuz - edinen) Bulgarian Business Bloc (Bǎlgarski biznes blok) Bulgarian Democratic-Constitutional Party Bulgarian Euro-Left (Bǎlgarska evrolevitsa) Bulgarian Euroright Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) (Bǎlgarska rabotnicheska sotsialdemokraticheska partiya „Shiroki sotsialisti“) Fatherland Front (Otechestven front) United Democratic Forces (Obedineni demokratichni sili) See also List of political parties Liberalism and radicalism in Bulgaria References Political parties Bulgaria Bulgaria |
6,084 | Cobbett | Cobbett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hilary Dulcie Cobbett (1885–1976), British artist William Cobbett (1763–1835), British radical agriculturist and prolific journalist. Walter Willson Cobbett (1847–1937), British author of Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. |
6,085 | Niebla testudinaria | {{Taxobox | image = | image_caption = | regnum = Fungi | divisio = Ascomycota | classis = Lecanoromycetes | ordo = Lecanorales | familia = Ramalinaceae | genus = Niebla | species = N. testudinaria| binomial = Niebla testudinaria | binomial_authority = (Nylander 1870) Spjut 1996 }}Niebla testudinaria' is a fruticose lichen that grows on rocks along the foggy Pacific Coast of North America, from Marin County, California to just south of Tijuana in Baja California, in the Channel Islands (Santa Cruz Island) in California, and Isla San Martín and Guadalupe Island in Baja California The epithet, testudinaria given by William Nylander in 1870, is probably in reference to the dilated branch with a reticulated surface, similar to a tortoise shell. Distinguishing FeaturesNiebla testudinaria is distinguished by a broad hemispherical thallus divided into many branches that spread widely above a narrow base where attached to a reddish orange pigmented holdfast, collectively appearing as a tangled mass to 7 cm high and 5 cm broad; the branches dividing frequently above base, more or less equal in length but often unequal in how they spread apart and in direction, often abruptly bent in changing direction of growth, especially the uppermost branches, often oblong to linear-prismatic between branch intervals, frequently with dilated segments, asymmetrically elliptical in shape (bulging more on one side), occasional thalli with branches strongly flattened. The species (N. testudinaria) also recognized by the protruding reticulate vein-like ridges in the cortex as seen between branch margins, the cortex also appearing dull to slightly glossy along marginal ridges, relatively thick, 75–150 µm thick. Pycnidia proment but often widely scattered. Apothecia developing near ends of branches, solitrary or in small aggregates. Divaricatic acid is the key lichen substances, with triterpenes. Similar species include Niebla homalea, Niebla eburnea, Niebla caespitosa, Niebla disrupta, and Niebla dissecta. The latter two (N. disrupta, N. dissecta) differ in having sekikaic acid.Niebla homalea is often difficult to distinguish from N. testudinaria. The key taxonomic character to recognizing N. homalea has been the obscure reticulate cortical ridges between the branch margins, in which the obscurity appears related to an extra glossy layer above the normal two-layered cortex, referred to as an “epicortex”; however, the more frequent development of transverse cracks also distinguishes N. homalea. This may be related to a different developmental pattern in cortical hyphae. which is scarcely visible, except on Guadalupe Island where thalli have a glossy cortex with prominent transverse ridges less frequently cracked. Additional character features for distinguishing N. homalea are branches that are mostly erect and closely parallel (“fastigiate”), and are often more curved than abruptly bent near apex. These features may also relate to the frequent transverse ridges, in contrast to the shorter reticulate hyphal ridges seen in thalli of N. testudinaria. Niebla caespitosa has a similar reticulate cortex to N. testudinaria but differs in its thickness, (25-)45–75 µm thick. The thinner cortex in this species (N. caespitosa) is undoubtedly related to its crinkled margins, to the more sharply delineated cortical ridges, and to the more recessed cortical surface between the ridges.Niebla eburnea differs in |
6,086 | Terri Rachals | Terri Eden Maples Rachals is a former nurse from Georgia who was accused of killing people at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia with potassium chloride, a heart-stopping drug. While suspected of killing at least nine of her patients, she was charged with only six murders, three of which she acknowledged possibly committing while in a "Fugue state" in a recanted confession that she made to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Her trial, held in 1986, found her guilty on one of twenty aggravated assault charges. The other nineteen charges, as well as the ones for murder, were dismissed after a psychiatrist testified that she suffered from depression and other disorders that made her unaware of what she was doing. Rachals served 17 years in prison and was released in 2003. See also List of serial killers in the United States References Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:American female serial killers Category:American people convicted of assault Category:American prisoners and detainees Category:Poisoners Category:Prisoners and detainees of Georgia (U.S. state) |
6,087 | Differential entropy | Differential entropy (also referred to as continuous entropy) is a concept in information theory that began as an attempt by Shannon to extend the idea of (Shannon) entropy, a measure of average surprisal of a random variable, to continuous probability distributions. Unfortunately, Shannon did not derive this formula, and rather just assumed it was the correct continuous analogue of discrete entropy, but it is not. The actual continuous version of discrete entropy is the limiting density of discrete points (LDDP). Differential entropy (described here) is commonly encountered in the literature, but it is a limiting case of the LDDP, and one that loses its fundamental association with discrete entropy. Definition Let be a random variable with a probability density function whose support is a set . The differential entropy or is defined as For probability distributions which don't have an explicit density function expression, but have an explicit quantile function expression, , then can be defined in terms of the derivative of i.e. the quantile density function as . As with its discrete analog, the units of differential entropy depend on the base of the logarithm, which is usually 2 (i.e., the units are bits). See logarithmic units for logarithms taken in different bases. Related concepts such as joint, conditional differential entropy, and relative entropy are defined in a similar fashion. Unlike the discrete analog, the differential entropy has an offset that depends on the units used to measure . For example, the differential entropy of a quantity measured in millimeters will be more than the same quantity measured in meters; a dimensionless quantity will have differential entropy of more than the same quantity divided by 1000. One must take care in trying to apply properties of discrete entropy to differential entropy, since probability density functions can be greater than 1. For example, the uniform distribution has negative differential entropy . Thus, differential entropy does not share all properties of discrete entropy. Note that the continuous mutual information has the distinction of retaining its fundamental significance as a measure of discrete information since it is actually the limit of the discrete mutual information of partitions of and as these partitions become finer and finer. Thus it is invariant under non-linear homeomorphisms (continuous and uniquely invertible maps), including linear transformations of and , and still represents the amount of discrete information that can be transmitted over a channel that admits a continuous space of values. For the direct analogue of discrete entropy extended to the continuous space, see limiting density of discrete points. Properties of differential entropy For probability densities and , the Kullback–Leibler divergence is greater than or equal to 0 with equality only if almost everywhere. Similarly, for two random variables and , and with equality if and only if and are independent. The chain rule for differential entropy holds as in the discrete case . Differential entropy is translation invariant, i.e. for a constant . Differential entropy is in general not invariant under arbitrary invertible maps. In particular, for a constant For a vector valued random variable and an invertible |
6,088 | 1975–76 Cypriot Cup | The 1975–76 Cypriot Cup was the 34th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 35 clubs entered the competition. It began on 8 May 1976 with the preliminary round and concluded on 27 June 1976 with the final which was held at Tsirio Stadium. APOEL won their 9th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Alki Larnaca 6–0 in the final. Format In the 1975–76 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division and the Cypriot Third Division. The competition consisted of six knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out. The cup winner secured a place in the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup. Preliminary round In the preliminary round 2 teams of each category participated. The teams were decided by drawing. Achilleas Kaimakli, a team of 1975–76 Cypriot Third Division did't want to participate in the 1975–76 Cyprus Cup, so only 7 of the 8 teams of the 1975–76 Cypriot Third Division participated. First round 8 clubs from the 1976–77 Cypriot First Division, 7 clubs from the 1976–77 Cypriot Second Division and 7 clubs from the 1976–77 Cypriot Third Division were added. Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Sources Bibliography See also Cypriot Cup 1975–76 Cypriot First Division Category:Cypriot Cup seasons Category:1975–76 domestic association football cups Category:1975–76 in Cypriot football |
6,089 | 1950–51 Rugby Union County Championship | The 1950–51 Rugby Union County Championship was the 51st edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. East Midlands won the competition for the second time after defeating Middlesex in the final. Final See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons |
6,090 | White Gold (TV series) | White Gold is an English sitcom featuring a group of UPVC window salesmen in mid-1980s Corringham, Essex. It stars Ed Westwick as Vincent, the head of a double-glazed windows sales team, with former Inbetweeners cast members Joe Thomas and James Buckley. BBC Two announced that series two of the show would air on 6 March 2019. Series 1 was released internationally by Netflix on 11 August 2017. Series 2 was released internationally by Netflix on 17 May 2019. Production The show is produced by BBC Comedy along with Fudge Park Productions, which was established in 2015 by the creators of The Inbetweeners – Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. Beesley created White Gold and acts as show runner and executive producer, in addition to having written eight of the 12 episodes. Joe Thomas and Chris Niel wrote two episodes each. Production of series 2 was suspended in November 2017 following allegations of sexual assault against Ed Westwick. Filming recommenced in November 2018. Cast & characters Ed Westwick as Vincent Swan, the head salesman at Cachet Windows James Buckley as Brian Fitzpatrick, a junior salesman Joe Thomas as Martin Lavender, a junior salesman Nigel Lindsay as Tony Walsh, the owner of Cachet Windows Linzey Cocker as Sam Swan, Vincent's wife Lauren O'Rourke as Carol, the secretary at Cachet Windows Lee Ross as Ronnie Farrell, a gangster who pretends to be an antiquities dealer Rachel Shenton as Jo Scott, a motivational spokeswoman turned head saleswoman for W-Windows (Series 2) Episodes Series 1 (2017) Series 2 (2019) References External links Category:2017 British television series debuts Category:2019 British television series endings Category:2010s British sitcoms Category:2010s British workplace comedy television series Category:Adultery in television Category:BBC television sitcoms Category:English-language television programs Category:Narcissism in television Category:Television series set in 1983 Category:Television shows set in Essex Category:Thurrock |
6,091 | Dyskeratosis congenita | Dyskeratosis congenita (DKC),also known as zinsser-engman-cole syndrome is a rare progressive congenital disorder with a highly variable phenotype. The entity was classically defined by the triad of abnormal skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy, and leukoplakia of the oral mucosa, but these components do not always occur. DKC is characterized by short telomeres. Some of the manifestations resemble premature aging (similar to progeria). The disease initially mainly affects the skin, but a major consequence is progressive bone marrow failure which occurs in over 80%, causing early mortality. Presentation DKC can be characterized by cutaneous pigmentation, premature graying, dystrophy of the nails, leukoplakia of the oral mucosa, continuous lacrimation due to atresia of the lacrimal ducts, often thrombocytopenia, anemia, testicular atrophy in the male carriers, and predisposition to cancer. Many of these symptoms are characteristic of geriatrics, and those carrying the more serious forms of the disease often have significantly shortened lifespans. Predisposition to cancer Susceptibility to cancer seems counterintuitive because in many known cancers reactivation of telomerase is actually a required step for malignancy to evolve (see telomere). In a disease where telomerase is affected, it does not seem to follow that cancer would be a complication to result. The authors note the paradoxical nature of cancer predisposition in individuals who seem to lack one of the required components for cancer to form. It is thought that without functional telomerase, chromosomes will likely be attached together at their ends through the non-homologous end joining pathway. If this proves to be a common enough occurrence, malignancy even without telomerase present is possible. Genetics Of the components of the telomerase RNA component (TERC), one of key importance is the box H/ACA domain. This H/ACA domain is responsible for maturation and stability of TERC and therefore of telomerase as a whole. The mammalian H/ACA ribonucleoprotein contains four protein subunits: dyskerin, Gar1, Nop10, and Nhp2. Mutations in Nop10, Nhp2 and dyskerin1 have all been shown to lead to DKC-like symptoms. X-linked The best characterized form of dyskeratosis congenita is a result of one or more mutations in the long arm of the X chromosome in the gene DKC1. This results in the X-linked recessive form of the disease wherein the major protein affected is dyskerin. Of the five mutations described by Heiss and colleagues in Nature Genetics, four were single nucleotide polymorphisms all resulting in the change of highly conserved amino acids. One case was an in-frame deletion resulting in the loss of a leucine residue, also conserved in mammals. In three of the cases, the specific amino acids affected (phenylalanine, proline, glycine) are found in the same locus in humans as they are in yeast (S. Cerevisiae) and the brown rat (R. Norvegicus). This establishes the sequence conservation and importance of dyskerin within the eukaryotes. The relevant nature of dyskerin throughout most species is to catalyze the post-transcriptional pseudouridylation of specific uridines found in non-coding RNAs, such as ribosomal RNA (rRNA). Cbf5, the yeast analog of human dyskerin, is indeed known to be associated with the processing and maturation of rRNA. In humans this role can be |
6,092 | WEUP | WEUP could refer to: WEUP (AM), a radio station (1700 AM) licensed to Huntsville, Alabama, United States WEUP-FM, a radio station (103.1 FM) licensed to Moulton, Alabama, United States |
6,093 | Quỳ Hợp District | Quỳ Hợp is a rural district of Nghệ An Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 119,960. The district covers an area of 942 km². The district capital lies at Quỳ Hợp. References Category:Districts of Nghệ An Province |
6,094 | Bobby Wuensch | Bobby Wuensch (born c. 1949) is a former American football offensive lineman. He played for the Texas Longhorns, anchoring their best offensive line in 1968–1970 as a consensus All-American. Wuensch was a captain of the National Champion 1969 Texas Longhorns football team. Wuensch was selected by the Baltimore Colts in the 12th round, 294th overall, in the 1971 NFL Draft, but never played in the NFL. References External links Texas Longhorns bio Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:People from Houston Category:American football offensive linemen Category:Texas Longhorns football players |
6,095 | Tachystola stenoptera | Tachystola stenoptera is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The larvae live in a flattened silk case between tied dead leaves. They feed on dead leaves of Eucalyptus bicostata, Eucalyptus populnea, Eucalyptus melliodora and other Eucalyptus species. External links Australian Faunal Directory Category:Oecophoridae |
6,096 | All Set (Babbitt) | All Set, for jazz ensemble, is a 1957 composition for small jazz band by the American composer Milton Babbitt. History All Set was commissioned by the 1957 Brandeis University Creative Arts Festival, which in that year was a jazz festival. It was premiered there by the Bill Evans Orchestra in a performance that was recorded and released on a Columbia Records LP in 1963. The title is a play on words referring to the all-combinatorial twelve-tone series Babbitt used in composing the work . The published score is dedicated to Gunther Schuller . Analysis The composition is scored for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone, contrabass, piano, vibraphone, and percussion (trap set: small and large tom-toms, snare drum, bass drum, hi-hat, three suspended cymbals). The lyrical, imagist tendencies of Babbitt's earlier vocal works are also evident in All Set, which combines a twelve-tone pitch structure using an all-combinatorial set (hence the work's title) to what Babbitt calls "jazz-like properties ... the use of percussion, the Chicago jazz-like juxtapositions of solos and ensembles recalling certain characteristics of group improvisation" . Through this fusion of the sounds and rhythms of the jazz ensemble with strict serialism, Babbitt demonstrates the flexibility of his procedures . The composition falls into three main sections, starting in bars 1, 169, and 270, and concludes with a coda of eighteen bars. Each of the three sections is announced by a prominent statement of the combinatorial pitch array used as the basis of the work, and each section is subdivided into two parts . As with most of Babbitt's music, pitches are organized according to an array, rather than to a single, referential twelve-tone row. In the opening eight measures, for example, four row forms occur simultaneously (; ): {| class="wikitable" border="1" align="center" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center; width:200px" |+All Set (Initial pitch array)! P0 | C || E || F || B || F || B || G || E || D || D || A || A |- !I7 | G || E || D || A || D || A || C || E || F || F || B || B |- ! R0 | A || A || D || D || E || G || B || F || B || F || E || C |- ! RI7 | B || B || F || F || E || C || A || D || A || D || E || G |} It is entirely arbitrary which of the four lynes of the array is to be regarded as the untransposed prime form (P0). In this case, that designation is assigned to the lyne presented in the score by the trumpet and trombone, but another source chooses the third lyne, which is presented in the high register of the vibraphone and the left hand of the piano . Regardless of which row is used as a reference, all of the hexachords are drawn from the (unordered) second-order all-combinatorial hexachord, type [0,1,2,6,7,8], which is Babbitt's "source set" number 4 (; ; ). |
6,097 | Free drift | Free drift mode refers to the state of motion of an object in orbit whereby constant attitude is not maintained. When attitude is lost, the object is said to be in free drift, thereby relying on its own inertia to avoid attitude drift. This mode is often engaged purposefully as it can be useful when modifying, upgrading, or repairing an object in space, such as the International Space Station. Additionally, it allows work on areas near the thrusters on the ISS that are generally used to maintain attitude. While in free drift it is not possible to fully use the solar arrays on the ISS. This can cause a drop in power generation, requiring the conservation of energy. This may affect many systems that otherwise require a lot of energy. The amount of time that an object such as the ISS can remain safely in free-drift varies depending on moment of inertia, perturbation torques, tidal gradients, etc. The ISS itself generally can last about 45 minutes in this mode. Notes References Bertels, Gaston. November 10, 2006. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria talks to Belgian schoolchildren. ARISS. Retrieved on April 26, 2006. Malik, Tariq. January 21, 2005. ISS Crew Prepares for First Spacewalk. Space.com. Retrieved on April 26, 2008. Malik, Tariq. October 26, 2006. After ISS Docking, Antenna Glitch Delays Russian Cargo Ship Operations. Space.com. Retrieved on April 26, 2008. Category:Celestial mechanics Category:Orbits |
6,098 | The Victorian Kitchen Garden | The Victorian Kitchen Garden is a 13-part British television series produced in 1987 by Keith Sheather for BBC2, based on an idea by Jennifer Davies who later became Associate Producer. It recreated a kitchen garden of the Victorian era at Leverton, Berkshire (near Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire). The presenter was the horticultural lecturer, Peter Thoday, the master gardener was Harry Dodson and the director was Keith Sheather. The theme music and soundtrack was composed by Paul Reade and performed principally by Emma Johnson playing the clarinet. It won the 1991 Ivor Novello award for best TV theme music. Content The series began in the largely derelict walled garden at Chilton Lodge, on a freezing January morning, and followed Harry and his assistant Alison as they recreated the working kitchen garden. The work involved many repairs, from replanting the box (Buxus) edging and replacing the gravel walks, to reglazing the cold frames and repairing the magnificent Victorian wood-framed, brick-based glass-houses. The team were determined to use plants that the Victorian head gardener would have had available, so there were many hours of scouring old and modern catalogues and many disappointments. However, the required plants were found eventually. The programme displayed the various tools and techniques of Victorian gardening, and this was where Harry came into his own. He had used many of both and therefore could produce many of the tools from various cobwebbed corners of the service buildings and demonstrate how they were used. Sequels and later availability The series was successful and spawned three sequels: The Victorian Kitchen (with Ruth Mott), 1989 The Victorian Flower Garden, 1991 The Wartime Kitchen and Garden, 1993 Each of the series (except for The Wartime Kitchen and Garden) is commercially available on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK. Accompanying books of all four series were written by the associate producer, Jennifer Davies, and published by BBC Books. Reception Writing for The Guardian in 2009 during a repeat of the series, Lucy Mangan found that it was the "details that make the programme sing" and concluded by saying: "May it flourish somewhere in the schedules for ever." References External links Presenter Peter Thoday, now age 81, recalls memories of Harry Dodson, Ruth Mott and making the series (video) Revisiting The Victorian Kitchen Garden location (video) Category:BBC television documentaries Category:Gardening in the United Kingdom Category:Historical reality television series Category:1987 British television series debuts Category:1987 British television series endings Category:1980s British television series Category:English-language television programs Category:Horticulture and gardening television |
6,099 | Thalestris | According to the mythological Greek Alexander Romance, Queen Thalestris (; ) of the Amazons brought 300 women to Alexander the Great, hoping to breed a race of children as strong and intelligent as he. According to the legend, she stayed with the Macedonian king for 13 days and nights in the hope that the great warrior would father a daughter by her. However, several of Alexander's biographers dispute the claim, including Plutarch, a highly regarded secondary source. He mentions fourteen authors, some of whom believed the story (Onesicritus, Cleitarchus), while others took it to be only fiction (Aristobulus of Cassandreia, Chares of Mytilene, Ptolemy I of Egypt, Duris of Samos). Plutarch also mentions when Alexander's secondary naval commander, Onesicritus, was reading the Amazon passage of his Alexander history to King Lysimachus of Thrace who was on the original expedition, the king smiled at him and said "And where was I, then?" The story is rejected by modern scholars as legendary. Perhaps behind the legend lies the offering by a Scythian king of his daughter as a wife for Alexander, as the latter himself wrote in a letter to Antipater. Modern references Thalestris is also the name of a character in Mary Renault's historical novel The King Must Die, set in the time of the mythological Theseus, who lived - if he existed at all - a thousand years or more before Alexander. The Thalestris character is depicted by Renault as a skilled Amazonian bull-dancer and valiant warrior - which is presumably why the writer gave her the name of an Amazon queen. There is also a brief reference to the courtship between Alexander and Thalestris in Beaumarchais' Le Mariage De Figaro'. References Category:Amazons (Greek mythology) Category:Queens in Greek mythology Category:Alexander the Great in legend Category:Mistresses of Alexander the Great |
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