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8,100 | 21-Hydroxypregnenolone | 21-Hydroxypregnenolone, also known as prebediolone, as well as 3β,21-dihydroxypregn-5-en-20-one, is a naturally occurring and endogenous pregnane steroid, and an intermediate in the biosynthesis of 11-deoxycorticosterone (21-hydroxyprogesterone), corticosterone (11β,21-dihydroxyprogesterone), and other corticosteroids. It is formed from pregnenolone in the adrenal glands. The 21-acetate ester of 21-hydroxypregnenolone, prebediolone acetate, is described as a glucocorticoid and has been used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. See also 17α-Hydroxypregnenolone Progesterone 17α-Hydroxyprogesterone References External links Metabocard for 21-Hydroxypregnenolone (HMDB04026) - Human Metabolome Database Category:Diols Category:Human metabolites Category:Ketones Category:Pregnanes |
8,101 | Eliahu I. Jury | Eliahu Ibraham Jury (born May 23, 1923) is an American engineer, born in Baghdad, Iraq. He received his Doctor of Engineering Science degree from Columbia University of New York City in 1953. He was professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Miami. He developed the advanced Z-transform, used in digital control systems and signal processing. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and has received the Rufus Oldenburger Medal from the ASME, the First Education Award of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and the IEEE Millennium Medal. In 1993 he received the AACC's Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award. Bibliography Theory and Application of the z-Transform Method, John Wiley and Sons, 1964. Inners and stability of dynamic systems, John Wiley & Sons, 1974 References Category:People from Baghdad Category:21st-century American engineers Category:Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Category:Iraqi academics Category:Control theorists Category:Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award recipients Category:American people of Iraqi descent Category:Living people Category:1923 births Category:University of California, Berkeley faculty Category:University of Miami faculty Category:Iraqi engineers |
8,102 | Sobień Castle | Sobień (Soban 1372, castro Sobyen 1460) – Medieval castle in the San river valley, at the feet of Eastern Carpathian mountains, in the Manasterzec village in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. History First mentioned as Soban, it was a Royal castle guarding the merchant route along the San River. The castle was built by order of King Casimir the Great in 1340. In 1389 Władysław II Jagiełło conferred the castle to a noble family of Kmita. The castle was destroyed in 1474 and again in 1512 by Hungarian forces. In 16th century the Kmita family sold the estates and the castle to Stadnicki family, who held it until 1713. List of owners Stefan - son of Wojosta from Sobniów first received the castle in 1359. 1389–1580 Kmita Family. Jan Kmita (1330–1376) - starost of Ruthenia and of Kraków Piotr Kmita (1348–1409) - voivode of Kraków Klemens Kmita - (1421) - starost of Sanok. Jan Kmita - brother of Małgorzata Kmita. Małgorzata Kmita wife of Przedpełka Mościca from Wielki Koźmin Mikołaj Kmita from Wiśnicz - castellan of Przemyśl Jan Kmita (died 1450) Jan Kmita (died 1458/1460) - castellan of Lwow, Andrzej Kmita Dobiesław Kmita (died 1478) - voivode of Lublin Jan and Stanisław Kmita Maciej Kmita - podkomorzy (chamberlain) of Sanok Stanisław Kmita (ok. 1450–1511) - castellan of Sanok, Voivode of Ruthenia Piotr Kmita Sobieński (1477–1553) - Grand Marshal of the Crown, Voivode of Krakow Barbara Kmita z Felsztyna 1580–1713 Stadnicki Family 1713–1803 Ossoliński, Mniszech families - as dowry of Teresa Stadnicka to her husband Józef Kanty Ossoliński 1803–1939 Krasicki Family from Sienna - as dowry of Julia Teresa Wandalin-Mniszech See also Castles in Poland References Category:Castles in Podkarpackie Voivodeship Category:14th century in Poland Category:Casimir III the Great |
8,103 | Bruno Bruyere | Bruno Bruyere (born 31 December 1965) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1988 Tour de France. References External links Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian male cyclists Category:Sportspeople from Brussels Category:Tour de France cyclists |
8,104 | Eric M. Jackson | Eric M. Jackson is the co-founder of CapLinked, focused on linking companies and investors. He was founder and former CEO of WND Books (formerly World Ahead Publishing) and a former vice president of marketing at PayPal. He is one of the PayPal Mafia, a growing number of PayPal alumni who have started new ventures after eBay bought the online payments firm. Career In 1998, Jackson received a B.A. in Economics with honors from Stanford University. He served on the board of directors of The Stanford Review. Jackson maintains the book publishing industry blog called Conservative Publisher. As a publisher, Jackson was known for embracing controversial books and tactics. A bestselling children's book published by World Ahead, Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under my Bed penned by Katharine Debrecht, portrayed Hillary Clinton as a cartoon villain, prompting a verbal clash with Clinton's spokesman. Jackson once accused Google of political bias for censoring online ads for a book critical of Bill Clinton, a charge Google denied, and he later paid for an event headlined by Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick at the Bill Clinton Presidential Library along with the book's author. Jackson's own book The PayPal Wars () chronicles PayPal's origins and discusses the legal, regulatory, and competitive threats entrepreneurs must overcome in today's business environment. It won the 2005 Writers Notes Book Award for best business book. It has been profiled by Reason Magazine, the Washington Times, the Mises Institute, Tech Central Station, and Tom Peters. Jackson frequently appears as a conservative commentator on radio and television programs. In his public comments he is frequently critical of eBay, the company that purchased PayPal. He has been quoted in Forbes, BusinessWeek, TheStreet.com, US News & World Report, and Publishers Weekly, among other publications. References Category:1970s births Category:Living people Category:American non-fiction writers Category:Stanford University alumni Category:21st-century American businesspeople |
8,105 | King Cuo of Zhongshan | King Cuo of Zhongshan (reigned 327–309 BC) was the fifth ruler of the state of Zhongshan during the Warring States period in ancient China. He reigned for 15 years. In 323 BC, he styled himself "king" along with the rulers of Han, Wei, Yan and Zhao, becoming the first ruler of Zhongshan to do so. As the son of Duke Cheng of Zhongshan, he inherited the state from his father and expanded it to its peak size. He attacked Yan to the north and Zhao to the south and expanded his territory to nearly double what he inherited. His new gains from Zhao broke the state of Zhao into two pieces, North and South, providing the justification for the state of Zhao to seek to destroy Zhongshan. Tomb of King Cuo of Zhongshan The Tomb of King Cuo of Zhongshan is an archaeological site located in Sanji, Pingshan, Hebei, China. The tomb was built near the ancient city of Lingshou (靈壽) on the Hutuo River. The tomb contained the remains of King Cuo. Initially, farmers discovered a large river rock inscribed in archaic (large seal) characters during the 1940s or 1950s and stored it for several decades. In the early 1970s, local artefact administrators received news of this rock and examined it. A copy was sent to Li Xueqin, a renowned expert on ancient Chinese writing. He immediately recognised its importance. The inscription was about two men, Gongsheng De and Jiujiang Man, who were servants and fishermen during the king's life and later guarded his tomb after his death. Later it was determined that the king was King Cuo from the inscriptions found on the bronze ware. The plans for the tomb complex were engraved on a bronze diagram found inside the tomb (this is the earliest architectural drawing known from ancient China). The original plan was designed to house five tomb complexes (xiangtang 饗堂) in a row, with the tomb of the king in the centre, flanked by tombs of two queens, then flanked by outer tombs of two consorts. The tomb complex was never completed as designed. The site was excavated in the 1970s. Although the central burial chamber had already been looted in antiquity, archaeologists were still able to uncover hundreds of bronze, jade, lacquer and pottery artefacts. Six others were buried alongside the king. Two horse and chariot pits were included in King Cuo's burial complex. Three boats were uncovered, and an underground canal linked the tomb to the Hutuo River. The style and usage of bronze artefacts underwent a drastic change by the time King Cuo died in the fourteenth year of his reign. Among the changes was a de-emphasis on ritual bronze vessels and a new focus on luxury bronze objects. A bronze vessel from the tomb recorded a previously unrecorded invasion of Yan during that year that may have contributed to the change in style; some archaeologists believe that the new techniques may have been introduced by Yan artisans or copied from looted Yan bronzes. The new technique included the use of inlaid silver and |
8,106 | Margaret Cunningham | Lady Margaret Cunningham (1580s – September 1623, Malsly) was a Scottish memoirist and correspondent, the daughter of James Cunningham, 7th Earl of Glencairn (1552–1630) and his first wife Margaret, daughter of Colin Campbell of Glenorchy. She was a keen Protestant and opponent of "that most detestable idollatrie of the papists". Her sister was Lady Ann Cunningham. Account of cruelty Lady Margaret suffered great cruelty at the hands of her first husband, Sir James Hamilton of Crawfordjohn, whom she married on 24 January 1598. Initially, she continued to live with her parents and early attempts to join him at his Evandale estate were rebuffed. Her memoir describes him as "unkind, cruell and malicious": he failed to give her money for food, believed "misreports" against her, and turned her out of the house naked in the middle of the night, so that she and her maidservant were forced to take shelter in the minister's house. She states that she was sick and pregnant at the time. As a modern commentator has pointed out, her detailed account is of importance also as "evidence of the acute vulnerability of wives and the inability of law, custom, and even powerful kinsmen to guarantee protection from brutal husbands." Later, while reconciled with Hamilton, Lady Margaret expressed her strong Protestantism and rejoiced in the possibility of her husband's salvation from "that most detestable idollatrie of the papists." The close of this letter declares an intention to add a "poor basket of stones to the strengthening of the walls of Jerusalem". This follows almost verbatim a passage in Anne Locke's 1590 dedication to the Countess of Warwick. However, after bearing Hamilton five children, Lady Margaret refused to sleep with him any more because of his adultery and his "excommunication for slaughter". She had left him by the time she wrote out her memoirs in 1608, which were published in Edinburgh in 1827. The estrangement left her living in penury with her children in Libertoun. Happier marriage After Hamilton's death in or after 1608, Lady Margaret was remarried as the third wife of Sir James Maxwell of Calderwood. Her letters show this to have been a happy marriage. The couple had two sons and four daughters. Her daughter Jean by her first marriage married James, a son of Maxwell by an earlier marriage of his. After she had been widowed again, Lady Margaret wrote in 1622 from Malsly to her sister, Lady Ann Cunningham, the marchioness of Hamilton, appealing to her to help the children who survived her and enclosing a will dated 2 October 1622. External sources A longer account of Lady Margaret's memoir: Retrieved 15 November 2015 References Category:1580s births Category:1623 deaths Category:17th-century Scottish women writers Margaret Cunningham Category:Protestant writers Category:Scottish letter writers Category:Women letter writers Category:Scottish memoirists Category:Victims of domestic abuse Category:Women of the Stuart period Category:Women memoirists |
8,107 | Yasuhiro Miyamoto | Yasuhiro Miyamoto (born 30 November 1948) is a Japanese professional golfer. Miyamoto played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning eight times. Professional wins Japan Golf Tour wins 1973 ANA Phoenix 1975 Sports Shinko International, Tokai Classic 1977 Fujisankei Classic, Sapporo Tokyu Open, Hiroshima Open 1979 Sapporo Tokyu Open, Kansai Open Senior wins 2001 Japan PGA Senior Championship External links Category:Japanese male golfers Category:Japan Golf Tour golfers Category:Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture Category:1948 births Category:Living people |
8,108 | Marcos Freitas | Marcos André Sousa da Silva Freitas (born 8 April 1988) is a European Champion table tennis player from Portugal. He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he got knocked out in the Round of 64. In the same year he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles at the European Championship with Tiago Apolónia. Three years later at the 2011 Table Tennis European Championships he went on to win the gold medal with his doubles partner Andrej Gaćina. In 2012 he took part on his second Olympics, reaching the Round of 32 in the singles and the quarterfinals in the team event with Tiago Apolónia and João Monteiro. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for Portugal in table tennis, more specifically, Men's team with João Geraldo and Tiago Apolonia. He earned a gold medal. At the European Championships 2015 he won Silver in the Singles Event. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics in the individual event. Although he won his match, Portugal lost in the first round of the team event. As of August 2016, he is ranked the number eleven player in the world. Since 2012 Marcos Freitas lives in Schwechat and practices at the Werner Schlager Academy. Honors European Championship – Men's Doubles: Winner: 2011 Bronze medalist: 2008 Pro A: Runner-up: 2013 European Champions League: Winner: 2014 Semifinalist: 2013 See also List of table tennis players References External links Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Olympic table tennis players of Portugal Category:Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:European Games competitors for Portugal Category:Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games Category:European Games gold medalists for Portugal Category:European Games medalists in table tennis Category:Sportspeople from Funchal Category:Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games Category:European Games bronze medalists for Portugal Category:Kinoshita Meister Tokyo players Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Japan Category:Expatriate table tennis people in Japan |
8,109 | Sockburn Worm | In the folklore of Northumbria, the Sockburn Worm was a ferocious wyvern that laid waste to the village of Sockburn in Durham. It was said that the beast was finally slain by John Conyers. The tale is said by many to be the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's poem Jabberwocky which he wrote while in Croft-on-Tees and Whitburn. Each newly consecrated Bishop-Prince of Durham, while entering the Bishopric for the first time at the local Ford or over the bridge over the River Tees at Croft-on-Tees, was presented with the falchion that John Conyers used on the worm. The Lord of Sockburn traditionally reads a speech while presenting the blade: "My Lord Bishop. I hereby present you with the falchion wherewith the champion Conyers slew the worm, dragon or fiery flying serpent which destroyed man, woman and child; in memory of which the king then reigning gave him the manor of Sockburn, to hold by this tenure, that upon the first entrance of every bishop into the county the falchion should be presented." The bishop would then take the falchion, and immediately return it, wishing the holder health and long enjoyment of the manor. The tale of the worm may be inspired by the longships of marauding Vikings, who carved the heads of Worms (Ormr) on the bow, however this does not take into account the commonness of dragons in Germanic folklore including that of Northumbria (see the Laidly and Lambton Worms as well as the Worm of Linton). The Sockburn Worm, with the falchion embedded in it, appears on the district badge of the local Darlington & District Scout Association. References External links District badge of the Darlington & District Scout Association Category:Northumbrian folklore Category:County Durham folklore Category:Northumbrian folkloric beings Category:European dragons |
8,110 | Sungai Buloh | Sungai Buloh is a city and mukim in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. The name itself means "bamboo river" in the Malay language. It is located along the Kuala Selangor highway. History In 1930, in an isolated valley of Bukit Lagong, Sungai Buloh, a group of Malays, Chinese, Indians, Eurasians and Turks set up a contained community in the wake of the 1926 Leper Enactment Act, which required the segregation and treatment of those with the disease. Sungai Buloh was the second biggest leprosy settlements in the world. It was equipped with advanced facilities and became a research centre for leprosy. Sungei Buloh was a pioneer project based on the "enlightened policy" of segregating leprosy patients in a self-supporting community following the principles of a garden city. In 1935 and 1936, scrip was issued specifically for the settlement. On May 7, 1991, Sungai Buloh suffered the explosion of the Bright Sparklers Firework factory in the city and the subsequent fire. Upscale neighbourhoods It is also home to many prestigious housing areas, such as D'Sara Sentral, Bukit Rahman Putra, Sunway Rahman Putra, Taman Villa Putra, Sierramas and Valencia. Most of these neighborhoods are guarded and gated to provide the safest hospitality for the residents. Education There are currently three major high schools in Sungai Buloh – SMK Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh, SMK Bukit Rahman Putra and SMK Sierramas. Sungai Buloh also houses two international schools, IGB International School and elc International School in Sierramas. Accessibility Public transport Sungai Buloh railway station is the main railway station serving the town. It is the interchange station of the KTM Komuter Port Klang Line and the Sungai Buloh–Kajang MRT Line. Limited KTM ETS high speed rail services are also available. Car The Kepong-Kuala Selangor highway runs through Sungai Buloh city. PLUS exit 113 serves the city. Governance Sungai Buloh is under the jurisdiction of three local authorities; Kampung Baru Sungai Buloh, Paya Jaras, Bukit Rahman Putra and Kepong Cubitt Forest Village is under the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) in Petaling District Hospital Sungai Buloh, Valencia, Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh, Sierramas, Taman Matang Jaya and Taman Impian Indah is under the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) in Gombak District and the remaining areas near Puncak Alam such as Bandar Saujana Utama and Sungai Buloh Prison are under the Kuala Selangor District Council (MDKS) in Kuala Selangor District Politics The bulk of Sungai Buloh city is within the Paya Jaras state constituency, which is also one of three state seats in the Subang parliamentary constituency; though part of the town also spills into neighbouring Selayang constituency. References Sungai Buloh Selangor Facebook Group. Category:Populated places in Selangor Category:Mukims of Selangor |
8,111 | Cartoon Network Amazone | Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark (Thai: สวนน้ำการ์ตูนเน็ทเวิร์ค อเมโซน) is the world's first Cartoon Network themed waterpark located at 888 Moo 8, Na Jomtien, Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand, 15 kilometers away from South Pattaya. The park has recreated an atmosphere of Amazon rainforest with several attractions and activities such as water slides, artificial sea, rafting, flowriding and live shows, all featuring Cartoon Network's famous characters including Ben 10 and his aliens, Adventure Time's Finn and Jake, The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo etc. History Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark is operated by Amazon Falls Company Limited. The waterpark construction began in 2012 by the main road in Na Jomtien close to Bang Saray beach. The waterpark's opening date was originally scheduled in the Fourth quarter of 2013. But it was postponed due to the delayed construction. In August 2014, the park was opened in a limited access only for annual pass member and invited guests. On Friday, October 3, 2014, Cartoon Network Amazone had its first soft opening to the public. Zones and Attractions Cartoon Network Amazone waterpark is divided into 6 zones. There are 3 zones with water slides including Omniverse Zone, Adventure Zone and Cartoonival Zone, added up to 18 different slides. The other 3 zones without water slides are Mega Wave, Riptide Rapids and Surf Arena. All slides are supplied by Polin Waterparks. Omniverse Zone The largest zone of the park, including 6 thrilling water slides inspired by characters from Ben 10. Humungaslide A dual-lane raft slide inspired by Ultimate Humungousaur. It sends 2 riders through twists and turns then drops them from 8 meters high at a speed of 51 km/h. Intergalactic Racers A multi-lane slide inspired by Bloxx. 4 riders lie headfirst on mats racing each other from series of bumps, twists and serpentine tubes to the final open flume. Goop Loop The ride starts in Goop's enclosed capsule where a trap door releases below the feet, dropping the player into a 12-meter free-fall then propelling him/her into a 360-degree loop. It was listed as the park's most exciting water slide of 2015 XLR8-TOR Player plunge from a height of 18 meters resembling XLR8's lightning-quick. XLR8-TOR is named as one of the tallest and steepest rides in Asia. Alien Attack 2 player rides raft through a 110-meter adventure. It is divided into 3 parts from 3 characters, from Cannonbolt's to NRG's to Swampfire's. Each of them consists of twists and turns connected by huge space shuttles The Omnitrix One of the most iconic attractions of the waterpark. The ride starts as 4 player riding a raft through a long twisted tube into a 23-meter tall sphere, featuring digital projection and surround sound. It is inspired by Ben 10's famous alien device. Adventure Zone A zone houses 3 water slides, featuring characters from Adventure Time and Johnny Bravo. Jake Jump Jake's huge yellow slide. 2 players ride a dual raft down from a tall and steep flume, the speed will help them reaching Jake's face before bouncing back into a pool below. Banana Spin Jake Spidermonkey and Johnny Bravo's green gigantic bowl will |
8,112 | Silicon Savannah | Silicon Savannah is a term used to refer to the technology ecosystem in Kenya. The term is a play on Silicon Valley and the grassland savanna ecosystem that is a dominant feature of Kenya's ecology. It is known for producing fast growing social enterprises like M-kopa and others. Konza Technology City This term became associated with Konza Technology City, a planned urban development in Machakos and Makueni counties that would focus on offering services related to information technology to support tech entrepreneurs in Kenya. References Category:High-technology business districts in Africa |
8,113 | 1890 English cricket season | 1890 was the 104th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the first in which the County Championship was held as an official competition, following agreement between MCC and the leading county clubs at a meeting in December 1889. Surrey became the first official county champions after winning nine out of fourteen games. In Test cricket, England, captained by W. G. Grace, defeated Australia in a three-match series by 2–0 to win The Ashes. It was the 13th Test series between the sides. William Gunn of Nottinghamshire was the season's highest run-scorer (1,621); George Lohmann of Surrey took the most wickets (220). Honours County Championship – Surrey Wisden (Five Great Wicket-Keepers) – Jack Blackham, Gregor MacGregor, Dick Pilling, Mordecai Sherwin, Henry Wood Ashes tour England won the three-match Test series 2–0. Only two matches were completed as one was abandoned due to persistent heavy rain: 1st Test at Lord's Cricket Ground – England won by 7 wickets 2nd Test at The Oval – England won by 2 wickets 3rd Test at Old Trafford Cricket Ground – abandoned without a ball being bowled (rain) County Championship Overall first-class statistics Leading batsmen Leading bowlers References Bibliography External links Cricket in England in 1890 1890 County Championship at CricketArchive Category:1890 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons Category:English cricket seasons from 1890 to 1918 |
8,114 | Eunidia savioi | Eunidia savioi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pic in 1925. References Category:Eunidiini Category:Beetles described in 1925 |
8,115 | Physetocaris | Physetocaris is a monotypic genus of caridean shrimp, containing a single species, Physetocaris microphthalma. Systematics Physetocaris microphthalma is placed in its own family (Physetocarididae) and superfamily (Physetocaridoidea). The genus and species were described in 1940 by Fenner A. Chace, Jr. Description Adults have no eyes, and are missing the last segment of the first pereiopod, which is therefore unable to form a claw. They also have reduced gills and mouthparts, and no exopods on the pereiopods. The carapace is enlarged, and forms a tall rostrum. Distribution P. microphthalma is rare, with only 35 specimens counted in a 1985 review. Although very poorly known, the distribution of Physetocaris appears to be very wide. In addition to specimens from both western and eastern parts of the Atlantic Ocean, it has been found in the southern Pacific Ocean. References Category:Caridea Category:Monotypic arthropod genera |
8,116 | HMS Storm | HMS Storm was an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the third group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 18 May 1943. So far, she is the only RN ship to bear the name Storm. She served in the Far East, from Trincomalee in modern Sri Lanka and from Perth, Australia. She was notable for being the first operational submarine to be commanded by a British officer from the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Commander Edward Young, DSO, DSC and bar (he had previously commanded the which was used in the training of crews and anti submarine ships). Career After sea trials and working up in Holy Loch and Scapa Flow, Storm'''s first (and uneventful) patrol was to the Norwegian coast, north of the Arctic Circle. The day after Boxing Day 1943 she departed Holy Loch for the long passage to Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) via Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, arriving in Trincomalee on 20 February 1944. Her first patrol in the Far East was to the Malacca Straits between Malaya and Sumatra, both then occupied by the Japanese. Her first contact was a sighting of Japanese submarine I-165, but she was too far away for an attack. On 11 March 1944 she sank her first victim, a 500-ton coaster, with gunfire. In April she patrolled to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal south of Rangoon and on 14 April claimed her first sinking by torpedo, a 3,500-ton merchant vessel - although she did not see her sink. The following day Storm attacked a merchant ship that was escorted by what was originally identified as a destroyer, but was actually a minesweeper, plus a submarine chaser and one other anti-submarine ship. She sank the minesweeper, W-7, with torpedoes.Storms third patrol was a so-called "cloak-and-dagger" operation, to land a local agent on an island off the northern tip of Sumatra. This ended in failure when men in an inflatable dinghy sent out to retrieve the agent from the island heard him calling from the shore at night. His voice was coming from the wrong location, and sounded strained: the dinghy retreated and Japanese machine guns and a 4" gun opened up. The dinghy occupants made it safely back to the submarine, but the fate of the agent was unknown. The fourth patrol was back to the Malacca Straits and a third victim was sunk by torpedo; this time the 3,000-ton Japanese auxiliary gunboat Eiko Maru. Following this she sighted and attacked U-1062 but without success. She began her sixth patrol by sinking a 500-ton coaster, before conducting a daylight gun raid on a small port at Mali Kyon, sinking two small escort vessels. This patrol led to the taking of a Japanese prisoner who was brought back to Trincomalee, the first such capture of the war. After this she sank three more coasters of 250-300-tons before ending her patrol. In September 1944 Storm was deployed to Fremantle in Western Australia. On her journey to Fremantle she discovered and attacked a small |
8,117 | Notcutts | Notcutts Garden Centres Ltd. is a private limited company. The family-owned group operates 18 individual garden centres across England. Notcutts also owns one of the UK's largest rose specialists (Mattocks). Notcutts was founded in Woodbridge, Suffolk, in 1897, and remains a family-owned business. Their first retail garden centre was set up in Woodbridge. Products from Notcutts range from plants to furniture and most Notcutts stores across England include departments such as planteria, indoor and outdoor furniture, indoor plants, pets and a restaurant area. The Notcutts garden centres also have indoor shops which sell household products and other gifts. History The Notcutts Garden Centres head office stands on land which was originally owned by Woodbridge Priory, dissolved by Henry VIII. The grounds were purchased from the Crown by Thomas Seckford, the Woodbridge benefactor and then passed into the hands of the Carthew family. A nurseryman called Thomas Wood purchased the land in 1749 and started Woods Nursery. Thomas Wood passed the nursery to his sons, and eventually it came to John Wood, thus remaining within the Wood family for almost 150 years. Wood died without succession in 1897. The nursery with its fine, old Georgian house, was put up for auction on 11 February 1897. William Notcutt moved from Wrington in Somerset to Ipswich in 1724, as a pastor, bringing the Notcutt name to Suffolk. The first Notcutt family member to enter into the horticultural field was Roger Crompton Notcutt (later known as RCN) who was born in 1869. Unlike his predecessors, he was not burdened by obligations to enter the legal practice. It was recommended that, due to ill health, he should pursue an out-door life. Fortunately, he also had a keen interest in nature, particularly in the growing of plants. This was an interest he was able to pursue when in his teens, he acquired the Broughton Road Nursery in Ipswich. In August 2007, 110 years after purchasing the nursery business from the estate of John Woods, the Notcutt family decided to sell the nursery side of the business to the management team of the nursery and so started a new phase in the history of the nursery. Notcutts exhibited at horticultural shows including RHS Chelsea, Hampton Court, Gardeners' World and the Suffolk County Show, until 2008. At RHS Chelsea the company won fifty gold medals. Now the business focuses solely on its eighteen garden centres across the UK as well as its online presence. References External links Official website Category:Horticultural companies of the United Kingdom Category:Companies based in Suffolk Category:Garden centres Category:Woodbridge, Suffolk |
8,118 | General conference (Latter Day Saints) | In the Latter Day Saint movement, a general conference is a meeting for all members of the church for conducting general church business and instruction. When Joseph Smith established the Church of Christ in 1830, he was instructed by revelation that the church "are to meet in conference once in three months, or from time to time as said conferences shall direct or appoint; And said conferences are to do whatever church business is necessary to be done at the time." The church met in conferences regularly until Smith's death in 1844. Since Smith's death, the churches of the Latter Day Saint movement have continued the tradition of meeting in regular general conferences. Frequency and locations The first general conference of the newly formed Church of Christ was held on June 9, 1830, in Fayette, New York, presided over by Joseph Smith. It included a gathering of 27 members of the two-month-old church. Originally, conferences of the church were held approximately every three months, as suggested by a revelation which outlined the initial organization of the church. Beginning in 1832, the conferences were held less frequently, usually to conduct special church business or to respond to special church needs. At these early conferences, Smith would occasionally receive revelations, which were later canonized as part of the Doctrine and Covenants. During this time, rather than convening a general conference, often the church would hold local conferences that were held in various locations. Once the majority of the church gathered in Nauvoo, Illinois, it settled into a more regular pattern of holding general conferences twice per year, in April and October. The following are the dates and locations of the general conferences from the establishment of the church until Smith's death in 1844: After Smith's death Following Smith's death and the resulting succession crisis, general conferences have been practiced in different forms by the various denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement. General Conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), general conferences are a semiannual meeting where general authorities and other church leaders preach sermons and give guidance to church members. Changes to church leadership are also proposed and sustained through the principle of common consent. General conferences are held on the weekends containing the first Sunday in April and the first Sunday in October. The conferences have been held in Salt Lake City, Utah, since 1848; they were held in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square from 1867 to 2000 and in the Conference Center after that. Various speakers will generally include all members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, along with other selected church leaders. Almost every general authority of the church is present, though outside the First Presidency and Twelve only a few speak. Non-general authority speakers may include male and female officers of auxiliary organizations. During one session the conducting officer presents all the church's general authorities and general officers for a formal sustaining vote of the membership, and it is |
8,119 | Cido Arena | Cido Arena is the largest multifunctional arena in Panevėžys, Lithuania. It generally hosts cycling track events, as well as basketball games, concerts. The basketball club BC Lietkabelis, which currently competes in the domestic LKL league, uses the facility for all of its LKL home fixtures. It was opened on October 24, 2008. It replaced Sports Palace Aukštaitija as the home of BC Lietkabelis. The arena boasts an indoor 250 m long olympic cycling track, the only one in the Baltic States. The arena hosted the FIBA EuroBasket 2011 Group A matches and the European Track Championships. References External links Category:Indoor arenas in Lithuania Category:Basketball venues in Lithuania Category:Velodromes in Lithuania Category:Cycle racing in Lithuania Category:FIBA EuroBasket 2011 venues Category:Buildings and structures in Panevėžys Category:Sport in Panevėžys Category:Culture in Panevėžys |
8,120 | Leila Lejeune | Leila Lejeune (born 16 March 1976 in Le Port, Réunion) is a French handballer who plays for the French national team. She represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Lejeune scored six goals in the match against Hungary. International honours National team World Championship: Gold Medalist: 2003 Silver Medalist: 1999 Club EHF Champions League: Winner: 2004 References External links Profile on EHF website Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:French female handball players Category:Olympic handball players of France Category:Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics |
8,121 | Charles Whiteley | Charles Whiteley (born 1885) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. References Category:1885 births Category:Year of death unknown Category:Sportspeople from Burnley Category:English footballers Category:Association football wingers Category:Burnley F.C. players Category:English Football League players |
8,122 | Working Cabinet | Working Cabinet may refer to a number of Presidential Cabinets of Indonesia: Djuanda Cabinet ("Working Cabinet" in Indonesian), which served from 9 April 1957 until 5 July 1959 First Working Cabinet, which served from 9 July 1959 until 18 February 1960 Second Working Cabinet, which served from 18 February 1960 until 6 March 1962 Third Working Cabinet, which served from 6 March 1962 until 13 November 1963 Fourth Working Cabinet, which served from 13 November 1963 until 27 August 1964 Working Cabinet, which served from 27 October 2014 until 20 October 2019 |
8,123 | Hélène Pedneault | Hélène Pedneault (born 14 April 1952 in Jonquière, Saguenay, died 1 December 2008 in Montreal) was a Québécoise writer of many mediums who contributed much to the advancement of the feminist cause and also to Quebec sovereignty and the environment. Biography Hélène Pedneault studied literature at the Cégep de Jonquière and had a career in many forms of writing. She wrote a dramatic play, La déposition, published in 1988, which has been translated into five languages and staged in New York, Paris, Amsterdam, London and Rome. She documented the history of the women's movement in Quebec in the series "Chronique Délinquante" in the feminist activist magazine La Vie en rose. This chronicled the news from a women's perspective and denounced abuses of power, both private and public. These writings were published in a collected volume after the magazine ceased operations. Pedenault wrote many pieces for Elle (Quebec), Focus, Dérives, Les cahiers de la femme, Possibles, JEU, Guide ressources, Ciel Variable, Le Sabord and Arcade, and also wrote teleplays, essays and songs. She won the 1992 for her book La Douleur du volcan, the 2000 and the 2004 Prix Abitibi-Consolidated for her works. Pedneault wrote the lyrics of the song "Du pain et des roses" (Bread and roses) during the first Marche mondiale des Femmes organized in Quebec in 1995. Pedneault created the radio plays Signé Loranger (1995), Éloge de l'indignation (1996) and Robert Gravel, l'homme qui avait toujours soif (1997), and the television series Sous le signe du Lion (1997) for Radio-Canada. Pedneault became involved in Quebec separatism and authored a text for the mobilization of the Quebec nation, entitled "La force du désir" (The Force of Desire). She was a signatory of the (2005). She has lectured extensively in Quebec and New Brunswick on a variety of women's topics. On 23 May 2003 Pedneault presented a show for the 30th anniversary of the Council for the Status of Women, drawing from three decades of feminism in Quebec. She was the "honourary" godmother of the Teachers' Union of the Cégep de Jonquière (SPECJ) since 2004. She died of cancer at the age of 56. Legacy Pauline Marois, leader of the Parti Québécois, said of Pedenault [translated]: "Already, we feel a great void in the Quebec landscape [...] She was one of those women of deep conviction and fighting who helped make Quebec a better place to live." Pedneault was posthumously declared Patriote de l'année 2009 by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society (SSJB) of Montreal. Five years after her death, the biography Qui est Hélène Pedneault? was published, the work of journalist Sylvie Dupont. Beginning in 2015, the SSJB began awarding the Prix Hélène-Pedneault for the advancement of women's interests. Recipients include Régine Laurent, Josée Boileau and Claire Bolduc. Works La Déposition (theatrical script) first edition second edition third edition 2nd edition Biographies of Clémence DesRochers: Hélène Pedneault's archival fonds are preserved in the Montreal archives center of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). Awards 1992 – for La douleur des volcans 2000 – for Les carnets du lac 1993–1999 2004 – Prix |
8,124 | Mikołaj "Lubelczyk" Kurozwęcki | Mikołaj "Lubelczyk" Kurozwęcki (? - 1507) was a Polish noble and official. He was the Lublin Voivode (1502–1507), and a member of the Poraj heraldic clan. Category:Lublin Voivodes Category:1507 deaths Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Clan of Poraj |
8,125 | Elly Nedivi | Elly Nedivi is an American neuroscientist. She is a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the William R. (1964) And Linda R. Young Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Early life and education Nedivi earned her Bachelor of Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her PhD in neuroscience from Stanford University. Career Upon joining the brain and cognitive sciences faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nedivi was awarded a 1999 Sloan Research Fellowship. The next year, Nedivi and her research team discovered molecules in adult brains that allowed the organ to grow and change. Based on her discovery, Nedivi, Jeffrey Cottrell, and colleagues from Yale University identified a gene that suggests that the brain's plasticity gene 2 and the protein it encodes are important in balancing receptor turnover. As a result, her research suggests that scientists could manipulate the genes to allow for faster learning. Upon conducting further research, she found that the gene cpg15 was vital to the survival of neural stem cells in early development. She was subsequently granted Academic tenure the following year and named an American Federation for Aging Research 2007 Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research grantee. As the Fred and Carole Middleton Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, she conducted a study to find the possibility of growing new cells to replace ones damaged by disease or spinal cord injury. By 2008, her research team discovered that a type of neuron related to Autism spectrum disorders developed in a thin strip of brain tissue at the upper border of cortical layer 2. This discovery could allow for the possibility to force growth in cells that would normally be unable to repair themselves. In 2016, she was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her contributions to the field of neuroscience. That same year, she found that a protein known as CPG2 was important in regulating the receptor reabsorption and its connections between neurons. Three years later, she discovered that people with less abundant CPG2 were more likely to suffer from bipolar disorder. By November, Nedivi was appointed the inaugural William R. (1964) And Linda R. Young Professor. References Category:Living people Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Category:Stanford University alumni Category:American neuroscientists Category:American women neuroscientists Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
8,126 | Bunker Hill, Howard County, Missouri | Bunker Hill is an unincorporated community in Howard County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History The community was named in commemoration of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The post office at Bunker Hill was called Myers, after Henry Myers, a pioneer citizen. The Myers post office was established in 1859, and remained in operation until 1905. References Category:Unincorporated communities in Howard County, Missouri Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri |
8,127 | A roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain numbering scheme | List of A roads in zone 6 in Great Britain starting east of the A6 and A7 roads, and west of the A1 (road beginning with 6). Single- and double-digit roads Triple-digit roads Four-digit roads (60xx) Four-digit roads (61xx and higher) References 6 6 |
8,128 | Incertae sedis (Arctiini) | Several genera of the tribe Arctiini of tiger moths are placed as incertae sedis due to the uncertainty of their phylogenetic relationships within the tribe. Genera The following genera are not classified in a subtribe. Amphicallia Balaca Baroa Caribarctia Curoba Diospage Euceriodes Heliozona Ilemodes Ischnarctia Leucopardus Mannina Melora Omochroa Stenarctia References Category:Arctiini Category:Lepidoptera incertae sedis |
8,129 | Medin (name) | Medin may refer to the following people: Given name Medin Zhega, Albanian football striker Surname Tomo Medin (1725-1788), Serbian author and adventurer Douglas Medin (born 1944), American psychologist Gastone Medin (1905–1973), Italian art director Karl Oskar Medin (1847–1927), Swedish pediatrician Mykola Medin (born 1972), Ukrainian football coach and a former player See also Medina (surname) Jānis Mediņš (1890–1966), Latvian composer |
8,130 | Santa Elena District, La Cruz | Santa Elena District is a district in the canton of La Cruz, Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica. The district has a population of around 2,500 people. Villages Administrative center of the district is the village of Cuajiniquil. Other villages in the district are Cedros, Guaria, Puerto Castilla and Rabo de Mico (Aguacaliente). References Category:Districts of Costa Rica |
8,131 | The Westbound Train | The Westbound Train is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Courier in September 1899. Plot summary Mrs Johnston stops at Cheyenne, Wyoming train station to collect a ticket for her next train to San Francisco. She has come all the way from New York City to join her husband, a railroad official. However, the Station Agent claims he has already given her ticket to a Mrs Johnston, with confirmation by telegram from Mr Johnston, and that she might write her a note. The other woman's reply says that her name is actually Johnson (without a 't') and that Mr Johnston is coming to pick her up at Cheyenne so they can travel to San Francisco together. Infuriated, Sybil decides to take a train back to New York City; she thinks her husband has been cheating on her, and that this is the ultimate insult. However, she is met by her husband and he explains Sally is a friend whom she had met at a wedding sometime later. The couple make up and meet the other woman. Characters Reginald Johnston, 'a railroad official'. Sybil Johnston, Reginald's wife. Her maiden name is Ingrahame. Station Agent Messenger Boy Mrs Sally Johnson. Her maiden name is Toppinger. Her husband died on a boat excursion. She is blond and blue-eyed; Syvil deems her 'common'. Margaret Villers Alberta Frick Cicely Fanshawe Marchesi References to other works Sybil fancies Sally and her husband to gossip about her as characters in novels by Honoré de Balzac do. References to actual history Sybil dismisses Sally's letter as Volapük, a trendy language at the time. References External links Full Text at the Willa Cather Archive Category:1899 short stories Category:Short stories by Willa Cather Category:Works originally published in the Lincoln Courier |
8,132 | Vir Singh (writer) | Vir Singh (5 December 1882 in Amritsar – 10 June 1957 in Amritsar) was an Indian poet, scholar, and theologian of the Sikh revival movement, playing an important part in the renewal of Punjabi literary tradition. Singh's contributions were so important and influential that he became canonized as Bhai, an honorific often given to those whom could be considered a saint of the Sikh faith. Family and personal life Born in 1872, in Amritsar, Bhai Vir Singh was the eldest of Dr. Charan Singh's three sons. Vir Singh's family could trace its ancestry as far back as to Diwan Kaura Mal, a vice-governor (Maharaja Bahadur) of the city Multan. His grandfather, Kahn Singh (1788–1878), spent a great deal of his youth training and learning traditional Sikh lessons in monasteries. Fluent in Sanskrit and Braj, as well as in the oriental systems of medicine (such as Ayurveda, Siddha and Yunani), Kahn Singh influenced his only son, Dr. Charan Singh, who later fathered Vir Singh, to become an active member of the Sikh community, often producing poetry, music, and writings in hopes of restoring the Sikh community. At seventeen, Bhai Vir Singh himself married Chatar Kaur and had two daughters with her. He died in Amritsar on 10 June 1957. Education Bhai Vir Singh Ji had the benefit of both the traditional indigenous learning as well as of modern English education. He learnt Sikh scripture as well as Persian, Urdu and Sanskrit. He then joined the Church Mission School, Amritsar and took his matriculation examination in 1891 and stood first all over in the district. Singh received his secondary education at Church Mission High School, and it was while attending school that the conversion of some of his classmates from Sikhism to Christianity that Singh's own religious convictions toward Sikhism were fortified. Influenced by the Christian missionaries' use of and reference to literary sources, Singh got the idea to teach others the main dogmas of Sikhism through his own written resources. Using the skills and techniques in modern literary forms that he learned through his English courses, Singh produced stories, poems, and epics and recorded the history and philosophical ideas of Sikhism. Literary career Beginnings Singh chose to become a writer. After passing his matriculation examination, he worked with a friend of his father's, Wazir Singh, and set up a lithography press. His first commission to write and print were geography textbooks for some schools. Language politics Singh argued that Sikhism was a unique religion which could be nourished and sustained by creating an awakening amongst the Sikhs of the awareness of their distinct theological and cultural identity. He aimed at reorienting the Sikhs' understanding of their faith in such a manner as to help them assimilate the different modernising influences to their historical memory and cultural heritage. At the time, Sikhs were often persecuted by the British, often being pressured or threatened into assimilating into mainstream culture. Acts such as publicly shaving off the heads and beards of religious Sikh officials were performed to humiliate and demean the Sikh religion. Amidst all this |
8,133 | Schwabach | Schwabach () is a German town of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the centre of the region of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. The city is an autonomous administrative district (kreisfreie Stadt). Schwabach is also the name of the river which runs through the city prior joining the Rednitz. Schwabach is famous for its crafts made of gold, particularly gold foil. In 2004, Schwabach celebrated this tradition with an anniversary festival, marking "500 years gold foil in Schwabach". Around 1500, a local typesetter developed the "Schwabacher" font. This font was used for printing the first Bible in German, which had been worked out by Martin Luther. Schwabach is also the birthplace of composer Adolf von Henselt, the botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn, the biologist Ralf Baumeister and one of the developers of MP3, Bernhard Grill. It was often visited by Albrecht Dürer. Etymology The name derives from the old Franconian name Suapaha (later Suabaha, then Villa Suabach) which translates as "Schwaben-Bach" in modern German, which means "Swabian stream", the first part of the name was given by the Franconians who came to the area about a millennium after the Hallstatt culture to the people living on the banks of that stream, which were perceived as "Swabians" by them, while the second part of the name is a reference to the stream which flows through town. Timeline 750 BC–AD 500: Archaeological evidence of settlement. 600–700: Name Schwabach first used to refer to the settlement and the river. 1346: City wall built. 1371: Municipal law established. 1469: Town church built (still in use). 1500: (ca.) Schwabacher font invented. 1528: City hall built (still in use). 1633: First needle factory established in Schwabach. 1723: Schwabach river flooded to highest point ever. Markings of the flood are still visible. 1768: The landmark Old Linden Tree planted (still there). 1792: Schwabach became part of Prussia. 1797: Goethe stayed overnight in Schwabach. 1806: Schwabach became part of Bavaria. 1849: Railway station built. 1941: Schwabach bombed in World War II 1945: American military base established in Schwabach. 1953: City coat-of-arms introduced. 1972: Schwabach became an autonomous administrative district. 1975: Partner-city relationship with Les Sables d'Olonne established. 1980: Schwabach receives the European Union prize for cultural heritage. 1992: US Army to be withdrawn from Schwabach and surrounding areas. 2004: 500-year anniversary celebration of the gold foil industry. Notable people Politicians Hans Schuberth (born April 5, 1897, died September 2, 1976 in Munich), politician (CSU), Federal Minister for affairs of telecommunication Karl Freller (born March 2, 1956), Member of the Bavarian Parliament (CSU) Athletes Matthias Volz (born 4 May 1910 in Schwabach; died 26 August 2004 in Spalt), Turner, artistic gymnast Olympic champion (team) and bronze medalist in Berlin in 1936, TV 1848 Schwabach Manfred Ritschel (born June 7, 1946), football player Scientists Bernhard Grill (born January 5, 1961), involved in the development of mp3 - format Artists Walter Zimmermann (born April 15, 1949), composer Twin towns - sister cities Schwabach is twinned with: Kalabaka, Greece Kemer, Turkey Les Sables-d'Olonne, France Companies Apollo-Optik, optics company References External links Category:Historic Jewish |
8,134 | Global Ocean Data Analysis Project | The Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) is a synthesis project bringing together oceanographic data, featuring two major releases as of 2018. The central goal of GLODAP is to generate a global climatology of the World Ocean's carbon cycle for use in studies of both its natural and anthropogenically-forced states. GLODAP is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation. The first GLODAP release (v1.1) was produced from data collected during the 1990s by research cruises on the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, Joint Global Ocean Flux Study and Ocean-Atmosphere Exchange Study programmes. The second GLODAP release (v2) extended the first using data from cruises from 2000–2013. The data are available both as individual "bottle data" from sample sites, and as interpolated fields on a standard longitude, latitude, depth grid. Dataset The GLODAPv1.1 climatology contains analysed fields of "present day" (1990s) dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), alkalinity, carbon-14 (14C), CFC-11 and CFC-12. The fields consist of three-dimensional, objectively-analysed global grids at 1° horizontal resolution, interpolated onto 33 standardised vertical intervals from the surface (0 m) to the abyssal seafloor (5500 m). In terms of temporal resolution, the relative scarcity of the source data mean that, unlike the World Ocean Atlas, averaged fields are only produced for the annual time-scale. The GLODAP climatology is missing data in certain oceanic provinces including the Arctic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and Maritime Southeast Asia. Additionally, analysis has attempted to separate natural from anthropogenic DIC, to produce fields of pre-industrial (18th century) DIC and "present day" anthropogenic CO2. This separation allows estimation of the magnitude of the ocean sink for anthropogenic CO2, and is important for studies of phenomena such as ocean acidification. However, as anthropogenic DIC is chemically and physically identical to natural DIC, this separation is difficult. GLODAP used a mathematical technique known as C* (C-star) to deconvolute anthropogenic from natural DIC (there are a number of alternative methods). This uses information about ocean biogeochemistry and CO2 surface disequilibrium together with other ocean tracers including carbon-14, CFC-11 and CFC-12 (which indicate water mass age) to try to separate out natural CO2 from that added during the ongoing anthropogenic transient. The technique is not straightforward and has associated errors, although it is gradually being refined to improve it. Its findings are generally supported by independent predictions made by dynamic models. The GLODAPv2 climatology largely repeats the earlier format, but makes use of the large number of observations of the ocean's carbon cycle made over the intervening period (2000–2013). The analysed "present-day" fields in the resulting dataset are normalised to year 2002. Anthropogenic carbon was estimated in GLODAPv2 using a "transit-time distribution" (TTD) method (an approach using a Green's function). In addition to updated fields of DIC (total and anthropogenic) and alkalinity, GLODAPv2 includes fields of seawater pH and calcium carbonate saturation state (Ω; omega). The latter is a non-dimensional number calculated by dividing the local carbonate ion concentration by the ambient saturation concentration for calcium carbonate (for the biomineral polymorphs calcite and aragonite), and relates |
8,135 | Saint-Pardoux-et-Vielvic | Saint-Pardoux-et-Vielvic is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also Communes of the Dordogne department References INSEE Category:Communes of Dordogne |
8,136 | Stephen Moore (MP) | Stephen Moore (1836–1897), was an Irish Conservative politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Moore was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tipperary at a by-election in 1875. He was defeated at the poll in March, but was awarded the seat in May after the victor John Mitchel was declared to be ineligible to enter Parliament, as a convicted felon. Moore then held the seat until the 1880 general election, when he did not stand again. References Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages: T External links Category:1836 births Category:1897 deaths Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary constituencies (1801–1922) Category:UK MPs 1874–1880 Category:Irish Conservative Party MPs Category:19th-century Irish people |
8,137 | Woman of the World (The Best of 2007–2018) | Woman of the World (The Best of 2007–2018) is a compilation album by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald. The album was released on 23 November 2018 by Mercury Records. Macdonald announced a European tour in support of the album, which took place between March and April 2019. Background The album includes all of her greatest hits including "Mr Rock & Roll" and "This Is the Life", plus a two new songs, "Woman of the World" and "Come Home", both songs are included on the film Patrick. Talking about the album, Macdonald said, "I remember the week of the 30th July 2007 – I released my first ever album This Is The Life, and I wasn’t quite sure how I found myself in that position. My album was number 1 in countries I’d never even been to before and I was so busy that I did not have time to take it in at all. Fast forward to 2017 and I released my fourth album – it was crazy for me. 10 years later people were still interested. I just felt that after such an incredible journey it was time to look back and feel proud of everything that has happened. I hope you enjoy this collection of music." Track listings Charts Release history References Category:Amy Macdonald albums Category:Mercury Records albums Category:Albums produced by Richard Stannard Category:Albums produced by Ash Howes |
8,138 | Daniel Zion | Daniel S. Zion (3 August 1883, Salonica – 13 November 1979, Jaffa) was an Orthodox rabbi, Kabbalist and political activist. Zion moved to Sofia, Bulgaria, as a slaughterer and cantor. Bulgaria's Jewish community at the time was almost completely assimilated, and there were no ultra-Orthodox communities in the country during World War II. In 1943, Zion was removed from his position on the local rabbinic court for his newfound belief that Jesus of Nazareth was the Jewish Messiah. The Holocaust in Bulgaria and subsequent life in Israel In May 1943, alongside Chief Rabbi Dr. Asher Hananel (1895–1964), Zion helped prevent the deportation of 800 Jews from Sofia. They did so by appealing to the Metropolitan Bishop of Sofia, Metropolitan Stefan, then head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Sofia. Bishop Stefan then appealed to Tsar Boris III. On 24 May 1943, Rabbi Zion addressed a gathering at a synagogue, then participated in a mass street demonstration against the anti-Jewish Law for protection of the nation. This law was in effect between 23 January 1941 to 27 November 1944. Two days after the demonstration, Zion was arrested among many others. Having previously enjoyed refuge under the protection of Bishop Stefan, he was transported to a concentration camp for Jews at Somovit, on the bank of the Danube. After the war, Communist interests appointed Zion Chief Rabbi of Sofia. As a result, he was given the moniker "the Red Rabbi.". In 1949, Zion immigrated to Jaffa in the newly formed state of Israel. In June 1950, for reasons to be discussed in the following section, a panel of Israeli rabbis ruled that Zion was mentally ill and removed him from the position of rabbi in Jaffa. Relationship with Christianity Not long after his arrival in Israel, Rabbi Zion was accused of having an interest in Dunovism, a Bulgarian mystical Christian sect led Peter Deunov. Dunovism combined elements of Orthodox Christianity with local Bulgarian religious practices. On 13 June 1950, an Israeli periodical reported that the then Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Rabbi Isser Yehudah Unterman (1946-1964), had interviewed Sephardi Jews who knew Zion personally. The Sephardim reported that Zion had become increasingly anxious in recent times. They claimed that he had fasted for three days and he was hallucinating and experiencing visions. Ultimately, a conference of rabbis declared him "insane." Zion was not allowed to enter any synagogue in the city of Jaffa. He was relieved from his duties as a judge on the Beit din, ostensibly because Zion had come to hold a faith in Jesus. Zion was interviewed on 14 September 1952 by Kol Yisrael Radio, the national radio station, which was broadcast in Jerusalem. He expressed his view that Jesus fulfilled the various messianic prophecies. Zion further claimed that he served as the president of the Union of Messianic Jews in Israel (Ichud Yehudim Meshihiim Be-Israel), an organization founded by Abram Poljak. Works Iz Nov Put,(Sofia, 1941) Pet godini pod fashistki gnet, (Memoir: Five Years Under Fascist Oppression), (Sofia, 1945) Troiniya put na Noviya Chovek, (Sofia, 1946) Seder ha-Tephilot: Tephilat |
8,139 | Toni Prijon | Anton "Toni" Prijon is a former West German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1980s. He won two medals in the K-1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 1987 and a silver in 1983. He also won a gold (1985) and a silver (1983) in the K-1 team event at the World Championships. References Category:German male canoeists Category:Possibly living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships |
8,140 | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost Writer is a 1979 novel by the American author Philip Roth. It is the first of Roth's novels narrated by Nathan Zuckerman, one of the author's putative fictional alter egos, and constitutes the first book in his Zuckerman Bound trilogy. The novel touches on themes common to many Roth works, including identity, the responsibilities of authors to their subjects, and the condition of Jews in America. Parts of the novel are a reprise of The Diary of Anne Frank. Plot introduction Nathan Zuckerman is a promising young writer who spends a night in the home of E.I. Lonoff (a portrait, it has been argued, of Bernard Malamud or Henry Roth, or a composite of both), an established author whom Zuckerman idolizes. Also staying in the Lonoff home is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past whom the narrator apparently comes to suspect as being Anne Frank, living in the United States anonymously, having survived the Holocaust. Television movie In 1984 a television adaptation was made of the book in the UK. It was directed by Tristram Powell and starred Rose Arrick, Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker, Cecile Mann, MacIntyre Dixon, Mark Linn-Baker, Ralph Morse, Joseph Wiseman, and Patricia Fellows. Critical reception The book was widely praised at publication. In The New Yorker, John Updike described Roth as "Always one of the most intelligent and energetic of American writers, he has now become one of the most scrupulous." In The New York Times Book Review, critic Harold Bloom said of the three collected Zuckerman novels, "Zuckerman Bound merits something reasonably close to the highest level of esthetic praise for tragicomedy." In 2018, The Ghost Writer was listed as one of Roth's seven essential books. Awards The Pulitzer committee for fiction selected The Ghost Writer for the prize in 1980. The Pulitzer board, which has final say over awarding the prize, overrode their decision and chose Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song instead. The book was also a finalist for the 1980 National Book Award. Exit Ghost In 2007, Roth published the novel Exit Ghost, which Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times called "elegiac" and "a kind of valedictory bookend to The Ghost Writer." External links Harold Bloom on Zuckerman Bound References Category:1979 American novels Category:Novels by Philip Roth Category:Books about Anne Frank Category:Novels about writers Category:American novels adapted into films Category:Farrar, Straus and Giroux books Category:Ghostwriting in fiction |
8,141 | Arthur Collier | Arthur Collier (12 October 1680September 1732) was an English Anglican priest and philosopher. Early life Collier was born at the rectory of Steeple Langford, Wiltshire. He entered Pembroke College, Oxford, in July 1697, but in October 1698 he and his brother William became members of Balliol. His father having died in 1697, it was arranged that the family living of Langford Magna should be given to Arthur as soon as he was old enough. Career Having graduated from Oxford and been made a priest, Collier was presented to the benefice of Steeple Langford in 1704, holding it till his death in 1732. His sermons show no traces of his bold theological speculations, and he seems to have been faithful in the discharge of his duty. Largely due to the extravagance of his wife, he was often in financial difficulties, from which at last he was obliged to free himself by selling the reversion of the Langford advowson to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His philosophical opinions grew out of a diligent study of Descartes and Malebranche. John Norris also strongly influenced him by his An Essay towards the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World (1701–1704). It is remarkable that Collier makes no reference to Locke, and shows no sign of having any knowledge of his works. As early as 1703 he seems to have become convinced of the non-existence of an absolute external world, which would have no relation to a perceiving observer. In 1712 he wrote two essays, which are still in manuscript, one on substance and accident, and the other called Clavis Philosophica. His chief work appeared in 1713, under the title Clavis Universalis, or A New Inquiry after Truth, being a Demonstration of the NonExistence or Impossibility of an External World (printed privately, Edinburgh, 1836, and reprinted in Metaphysical Tracts, 1837, edited by Sam. Parr). It was favourably mentioned by Reid, Stewart and others, was frequently referred to by the Leibnitzians, and was translated into German by Johann Christian Eschenbach the Elder in 1756, Berkeley's Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge and Theory of Vision preceded it by three and four years respectively, but there is no evidence that they were known to Collier before the publication of his book. Philosophical work His views are grounded on two presuppositions: The utter aversion of common sense to any theory of representative perception The difference between imagination and sense perception is only one of degree. The former is the basis of the negative part of his argument; the latter supplies him with all the positive account he has to give, and that is meagre enough. The Clavis consists of two parts. After explaining that he will use the term external world in the sense of absolute, self-existent, independent matter, he attempts in the first part to prove that the visible world is not external, by showing first, that the seeming externality of a visible object is no proof of real externality, and second, that a visible object, as such, is not external. The image of a centaur seems as much |
8,142 | Dahiya | Dahiya may refer to: Dahiya (surname), an Indian surname A spelling variant of Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon A spelling variant of Dihya, a Berber warrior queen See also Dahiya doctrine Dahiya Khap, an Indian body representing Jats |
8,143 | Alpena Community College | Alpena Community College (ACC) is a public two-year college located in Alpena, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1952. The college has a main campus in Alpena and another campus, Huron Shores, located in Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan. The college offers two-year associate's degrees to students in the arts, general studies, science, and applied science. There are also one-year certificate programs in 13 concentrations, cooperative programs with six universities and three community colleges, and customized training for area businesses. Description Alpena Community College is run on a semester schedule. Students are offered classes on campus and a multitude of online classes. The fall semester generally starts in the middle of August and the spring semester starts at the beginning of January. Summer classes are only six weeks long and can be started in the middle of May or at the end of June. Alpena also offers a dual enrollment program for qualified high school students, who can attend classes on campus or online. Alpena Community College is a small, quiet college that offers several transferable programs. Before attending Alpena Community College a student should speak with a counselor to figure out which college would accept the credits from ACC. ACC offers a 2+2 bachelor's degree program in Nursing. A student usually attends Alpena Community College for two years and then attends Ferris State University for the other two years. The future student must obtain a 2.0 grade point average in order for any credits to transfer. However, there are several other colleges that offer transferable degrees. Just like any other college, Alpena Community College offers all the courses that prepare a student for the nursing program and helps accelerate the student for an internship. Programs Art directors program Right now nearly 60 percent of people who are in the art field are self-employed. Art directors make up the largest category of all artists, coming up with new designs and ways to present these designs. Art directors work on websites, articles, newspapers, and digital media. They look over this material to develop a design for publications. Usually art directors are in charge of the visual. The art directors work a normal work week, usually in offices at a firm or company. Some art directors are self-employed, and therefore they make their own work schedule and deadlines. Psychology (Associate in Science) This degree is intended for students who want to work in the psychology field, are pursuing an Associate in Science (AS) degree, or want to transfer to obtain a bachelor's or advanced degree in psychology. It stresses mathematics and biological factors in psychological phenomena. It can provide a foundation for clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, experimental psychology, forensic psychology, health psychology, physiological psychology, and neuropsychology. A minimum of 60 credits is needed for the Associate in Science degree. Pre-Medicine (Associate in Science) This degree is suitable for students going into pre-dental or pre-medical studies. This program can be altered depending on the need of any particular student, so a consultation with an academic advisor is required. A minimum of 60 |
8,144 | Basque pelota at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's doubles frontenis | The women's doubles frontenis basque pelota event at the 2019 Pan American Games was held from 4–10 August at the Basque pelota courts in the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center in Lima, Peru. The Mexican team won the gold medal, after defeating Cuba in the final. Results Preliminary round The preliminary stage consisted of 2 pools, where every team played the other 2 teams in the same group once. At the end of this stage, the first four teams played in the semifinals and then the winning two played a final match for the gold medal, while the losing two teams played for bronze. Pool A All times are local (UTC−5) Pool B All times are local (UTC−5) Semifinals Bronze medal match Gold medal match References Category:Events at the 2019 Pan American Games 2019 2019 Pan American Games |
8,145 | Myamaropsis | Myamaropsis is an extinct genus of wasp currently comprising a single species Myamaropsis turolensis. References Category:Proctotrupoidea Category:Taxa named by Michael S. Engel |
8,146 | Zhongyong of Wu | Zhongyong () was the second ruler of the ancient Chinese State of Wu according to traditional Chinese history. His ancestral name was Ji(姬), given name was Yong, and Zhong refers to his rank as the second son of King Tai of Zhou and Jiang Yuan. According to traditional Chinese history, the youngest son of King Tai Jili was so renowned for his wisdom that Zhongyong and his elder brother Taibo voluntarily renounced their claims to the throne of Zhou and left instead to found the state of Wu near the mouth of the Yangtze. They settled at Meili and improved the agriculture and irrigation systems of the local tribes. Taibo became the first king of Wu, but he left no children and was succeeded by his brother Zhongyong. The future kings of Wu were his descendants. References Category:Wu (state) Category:12th-century BC Chinese monarchs Category:Shang dynasty people Category:Burials in Suzhou |
8,147 | Polar seas | Polar seas is a collective term for the Arctic Ocean (about 4-5 percent of Earth's oceans) and the southern part of the Southern Ocean (south of Antarctic Convergence, about 10 percent of Earth's oceans). In the coldest years, sea ice can cover around 13 percent of the Earth's total surface at its maximum, but out of phase in the two hemispheres. The polar seas contain a huge biome with many organisms. Among the species that inhabit various polar seas and surrounding land areas are polar bear, reindeer (caribou), muskox, wolverine, ermine, lemming, Arctic hare, Arctic ground squirrel, whale, harp seal, and walrus. These species have unique adaptations to the extreme conditions. Many might be endangered if they cannot adapt to changing conditions. Contrary to popular opinion, the World Wildlife Fund studies for polar bears show that this species has prospered since 1950, attaining five times the numbers found in 1950. In general, Arctic ecosystems are relatively fragile and slow to recover from serious damage. Arctic A large amount of the land in the north polar region is part of Earth's tundra biome. South of the Arctic tundra, where temperatures are a little less cold, are the vast forests of conifer trees of the taiga biome. North of the Arctic tundra are polar bears and the unique marine life of the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic ocean has relatively abundant plant life. Nutrients from rivers along with mixing and upwelling from storms contribute mixed layer nutrients which are essential for Arctic phytoplankton development. During summer, nearly continuous solar insolation encourages phytoplankta blooms. The Arctic Ocean is surrounded by continents and has a few narrow, relatively shallow connections to the large ocean basins to the south. Large amounts of riverine fresh water as well as abundant nutrients (gelbstoff) flow into the Arctic basin from Siberian rivers. The widest continental shelf on the planet is found in the Arctic Ocean, extending more than 1000 kilometers outward from Siberia and Alaska. Consequently, much of the basin is very shallow. On the other hand, the Arctic Ocean contains the deepest, slowest spreading mid-ocean ridge on the planet which, until 2003, was thought to be inactive volcanically. Since then, however, a dozen active volcanoes have been discovered, illustrating the limited information available for the difficult-to-study Arctic Ocean. The numerous Siberian rivers flowing onto the shallow continental shelf freshen the seawater. These rivers have shown increased flow recently, possibly due to increased global rainfall as a result of climate change. A flow increase may raise the level of riverine nutrients. Severe Siberian drought, as experienced in 2010, could, however, decrease flows. There is an interest in a potential release of methane gas, a potent greenhouse gas, from methane clathrates present in the Arctic continental shelf sediments, if sufficient ocean warming were to occur. As much as 80% of the ocean surface is covered by ice in winter, declining to about 60% in summer; ice cover has been declining at a steady and rapid pace. A large fraction of the ice is multi-year ice, and in the far North the thickness |
8,148 | Mr. Wilkinson's Widows | Mr. Wilkinson's Widows is a farce-comedy in Three Acts by William Gillette from the Alexandre Bisson play Feu Toupinel. The play opened under the management of Charles Frohman on Monday, March 30, 1891 at Proctor's Theatre and continued until the end of the season with the final curtain falling on June 13. Mr. Wilkinson's Widows returned some ten weeks later with the coming of the new season and remained open until October 3, 1891. Synopsis The plot of Mr. Wilkinson's Widows, revolves around Mrs. Percival Perrin and Mrs. Henry F. Dickerson, both widowed seven years earlier, now remarried and living under the same roof. Each is unaware that their late husbands were in fact the same man, Mr. Wilkinson. The introduction into the story of a former admirer of Mrs. Dickerson, Major Mallory, sets off a chain of events that disrupts the domestic bliss of both women and eventually unravels the late Mr. Wilkinson’s secret. Revue Los Angeles Herald, February 5, 1892 "Why is it that American play-writers still have to go to Germany or France for themes of their work? Mr. Gillette has made a delightful comedy out of Mr. Wilkinson's Widows, but all he did to the original play was to cut out the risqué lines. There was an entire absence of any American tone or color, or of originality about the comedy, delightful as it was. It is to be hoped that Mr. Gillette will not become a mere adapter." New York Cast Benjamin Duckworth: J. W. Thompson Susanna McAuliff: Maud White Henry F. Dickerson: Fred Bond Mrs. Henry F. Dickerson: Henrietta Crosman/ Esther Lyons (June 1–13) Percival Perrin: Joseph Holland Mrs. Percival Perrin: Louise Thorndyke Bouciacault E. E. Pembroke: Thomas Wise Maj. P. Ferguson Mallory: Thomas Burns Mary: Annie Wood Julia: Lillian Leach August Replacements Mrs. Percival Perrin: Georgiana Drew Mrs. Henry F. Dickerson: Emily Bancker E. E. Pembroke: Harry Allen Susanna McAulff: Mattie Ferguson Sources Category:1891 plays Category:American plays |
8,149 | 1963 American Football League Championship Game | The 1963 American Football League Championship Game was the fourth American Football League (AFL) title game. The Western Division champion San Diego Chargers won 51–10 over the Eastern Division champion Boston Patriots. The Chargers' Keith Lincoln was named the game's most valuable player (MVP). At the end of the regular season, the Chargers (11–3) won the Western Division for the third time in the four-year existence of the AFL. In the Eastern Division, the Patriots and the Buffalo Bills had identical 7–6–1 records, which required a tiebreaker playoff game on December 28 in Buffalo. Eastern Division playoff In their final regular season games on Saturday, December 14, Boston lost and Buffalo won to draw even in the standings. Three-time division winner Houston (6–6) controlled their own destiny, but lost the next day and were eliminated. Buffalo and Boston had two weeks to prepare for the playoff, as their bye weeks were postponed from November 24 to December 22, due to the assassination of President Kennedy. The game was played on Saturday, December 28, as the following day was the NFL championship game. On a slippery field at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo with an inch of snow, visiting Boston led 16–0 at halftime and won 26–8. Quarterback Babe Parilli threw a touchdown pass in each half to fullback Larry Garron and Gino Cappelletti made four field goals for the Patriots. The Bills' sole score was a 93-yard touchdown pass play in the third quarter with a two-point conversion, which cut the lead to eight points. Surface: Natural grass Championship Game Idle during the week of Eastern Division playoff, well-rested San Diego was a touchdown favorite at home to win the AFL Fullback Keith Lincoln performed tremendously and led the Chargers to a 51–10 rout of Boston. Named the game's MVP, he rushed for 206 yards on 13 carries, led the team with 123 yards in receiving, and completed a pass for 20 yards. The game was not a sellout; the attendance of 30,127 was several thousand under Balboa Stadium's capacity. The Chargers' championship win is noted for being the only major sports title for the city of San Diego, the longest drought for a major American city. The Chargers played in San Diego through 2016, then returned to Los Angeles in 2017. The Patriots' first league championship came in the 2001 season in Super Bowl XXXVI. Starting lineups Players' shares The attendance in San Diego was nearly 8,000 lower than the previous year's game in Houston, but the players' shares were up slightly with increased television revenue. The winning Chargers players each made around $2,500, while the Patriots received about $1,700 each. These shares were less than half of those for the NFL title game in 1963, at approximately $6,000 and $4,200 each. See also 1963 AFL season AFL Championship Games 1963 NFL Championship Game References 1963 Category:Boston Patriots postseason Category:San Diego Chargers postseason Playoffs Category:American football in San Diego Category:1964 in sports in California Category:January 1964 sports events |
8,150 | Achlya tateyamai | Achlya tateyamai is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Inoue in 1982. It is found in Japan (Hokkaido). References Category:Moths described in 1982 Category:Thyatirinae Category:Moths of Japan |
8,151 | Supreme Court of the Northern Territory | The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory is the superior court for the Australian Territory of the Northern Territory. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the territory in civil matters, and hears the most serious criminal matters. It is around the middle of the Australian court hierarchy. Early history Shortly after the first settlement at Palmerston, Port Darwin in 1869–70, pressure was placed upon the South Australian government to establish a superior court in the then Northern Territory of South Australia. Although such a court was mooted, it was decided to send judges to Palmerston on circuit. The first circuit court was held in February 1875. Thereafter, from 1875 to 1884, the government appointed persons as commissioners (usually the Government Resident) to exercise the power of a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia in all but trials of capital offences. From 1884 to 1911, a resident judge, with the title "Judge of the Northern Territory" exercised the full powers of the Supreme Court of South Australia under the Northern Territory Justice Act. History The court was established on 30 May 1911, shortly after South Australia surrendered the territory to the Commonwealth. The first judge of the court was Samuel James Mitchell. The only person to hold the office of Chief Judge, which was created in 1975, was Sir William Forster who held the position from 1977-1979. The position title was changed to Chief Justice in 1979, and Forster was the first Chief Justice from 1979-1985. There have been 6 Chief Justices since 1979 . There are currently six resident judges (including the Chief Justice) and two additional judges and two acting judges, making a total of ten Supreme Court justices. In 1927, when the Northern Australia 1926 Act (Cth) came into force, the Northern Territory was divided into two territories; North Australia and Central Australia. The Supreme Court was not abolished, but continued to exist as the Supreme Court of North Australia and the Supreme Court of Central Australia. After the Northern Territory Act was repealed in 1931, the Northern Territory was reconstituted as a single Territory of the Commonwealth. The Supreme Court of Central Australia was abolished and the Supreme Court of North Australia continued as the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. In 1935 the Court began its first sittings on circuit in Alice Springs , a practice which still continues today. Circuit sittings in Katherine were also introduced in 1996. When a new Supreme Court complex was built, Indigenous artist Norah Nelson Napaljarri was chosen to design a mosaic for its forecourt. The design concept of the Supreme Court, as requested by the client the Northern Territory Government, was to reflect the elements of the "Greek Revival" Hong Kong Shanghai Bank constructed in Hong Kong in the 1800s viz: the colonnade around the building, the mansard roof and the portico entrance as well as giving reference to its tropical location and its colonial past. The collaborating architects were Peter Doig, Ron Findlay and Roger Linklater: the interior was designed by Susie Cole. The architectural style is best described |
8,152 | Jean Metzinger | Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (; 24 June 1883 – 3 November 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the first theoretical work on Cubism. His earliest works, from 1900 to 1904, were influenced by the neo-Impressionism of Georges Seurat and Henri-Edmond Cross. Between 1904 and 1907 Metzinger worked in the Divisionist and Fauvist styles with a strong Cézannian component, leading to some of the first proto-Cubist works. From 1908 Metzinger experimented with the faceting of form, a style that would soon become known as Cubism. His early involvement in Cubism saw him both as an influential artist and an important theorist of the movement. The idea of moving around an object in order to see it from different view-points is treated, for the first time, in Metzinger's Note sur la Peinture, published in 1910. Before the emergence of Cubism, painters worked from the limiting factor of a single view-point. Metzinger, for the first time, in Note sur la peinture, enunciated the interest in representing objects as remembered from successive and subjective experiences within the context of both space and time. Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes wrote the first major treatise on Cubism in 1912, entitled Du "Cubisme". Metzinger was a founding member of the Section d'Or group of artists. Metzinger was at the center of Cubism both because of his participation and identification of the movement when it first emerged, because of his role as intermediary among the Bateau-Lavoir group and the Section d'Or Cubists, and above all because of his artistic personality. During the First World War Metzinger furthered his role as a leading Cubist with his co-founding of the second phase of the movement, referred to as Crystal Cubism. He recognized the importance of mathematics in art, through a radical geometrization of form as an underlying architectural basis for his wartime compositions. The establishing of the basis of this new perspective, and the principles upon which an essentially non-representational art could be built, led to La Peinture et ses lois (Painting and its Laws), written by Albert Gleizes in 1922–23. As post-war reconstruction began, a series of exhibitions at Léonce Rosenberg's Galerie de L'Effort Moderne were to highlight order and allegiance to the aesthetically pure. The collective phenomenon of Cubism—now in its advanced revisionist form—became part of a widely discussed development in French culture, with Metzinger at its helm. Crystal Cubism was the culmination of a continuous narrowing of scope in the name of a return to order; based upon the observation of the artist's relation to nature, rather than on the nature of reality itself. In terms of the separation of culture and life, this period emerges as the most important in the history of Modernism. For Metzinger, the classical vision had been an incomplete representation of real things, based on an incomplete set of laws, postulates and theorems. He believed the world was dynamic and changing in time, that it appeared different depending on the point of view of the observer. Each of these viewpoints were equally |
8,153 | Chenderiang | Chenderiang () is a mukim and a Chinese village in Batang Padang District, Perak, Malaysia. The “Chenderiang” name was origin from Cantik and 靓 (liang) which both mean beautiful in Malay and Chinese. Geography Chenderiang spans over an area of 244 km2 with a population of 20,100 people (2005). References Category:Mukims of Perak |
8,154 | Saksenvik | Saksenvik is a basic statistical unit in the Nedre Saltdal subarea of the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. European route E6 passes through Saksenvik, part of the way via the Saksenvik Tunnel. Since 2012, the Saksenvik Hydroelectric Power Station has produced electricity in the region. Saksenvik known for several quernstone quarries from earlier times, including above the settlement at Vassliheia at an elevation of . Quernstone production in Saltdal has been documented since the Middle Ages; in 1432 Aslak Bolt's cadastre recorded a quarry at Setså. Such old written sources do not exist for Saksenvik, and it has been suggested that in earlier times quernstones from Saksenvik were delivered to Setså as a central purchasing and shipping station. A heritage project is being funded in cooperation between landowners and the municipality of Saltdal, and it has documented quarries for tourists with information boards, signage, and picnic areas. References Category:Saltdal |
8,155 | Scopula limboundata | Scopula limboundata, the large lace-border, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. There is a single and unconfirmed record from Great Britain. The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from late May to late August or early September. The larvae feed on apple, blueberry, clover, dandelion, meadow-beauty, and black cherry. References External links "Lace-border Moth". Moths of Fermilab. Archived from the original July 21, 2011. "Large Lace Border Moth Scopula limboundata #7159". PBase. limboundata Category:Moths of North America Category:Moths described in 1809 Category:Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth |
8,156 | Bivibranchia | Bivibranchia is a genus of halftooths from tropical South America, with five recognized species: Bivibranchia bimaculata Vari, 1985 Bivibranchia fowleri (Steindachner, 1908) Bivibranchia notata Vari & Goulding, 1985 Bivibranchia simulata Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991 Bivibranchia velox (C. H. Eigenmann & G. S. Myers, 1927) References Category:Hemiodontidae Category:Characiformes genera Category:Fish of South America |
8,157 | Gaynelle Griffin Jones | Gaynelle Griffin Jones (November 20, 1948 – March 1, 2013) was an American jurist. Born in Dallas, Texas, Jones received her bachelor's degree from Emerson College and her J.D. degree from Boston College Law School. In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Jones as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. She was the first African-American woman to serve in that position. Before her appointment as U.S. Attorney, Jones was also the first African-American woman to serve on the First Court of the Texas Courts of Appeals. In later years, she worked as litigation counsel for Hewlett-Packard Company and was an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law School. Death She died on March 1, 2013, aged 64, in Houston, Texas, from cancer. References Category:1948 births Category:2013 deaths Category:American women judges Category:African-American judges Category:People from Dallas Category:Emerson College alumni Category:Boston College Law School alumni Category:Massachusetts lawyers Category:Texas state court judges Category:United States Attorneys for the Southern District of Texas Category:University of Houston faculty Category:Deaths from cancer in Texas |
8,158 | KUKI (AM) | KUKI (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format. Licensed to serve Ukiah, California, United States, the station serves the Fort Bragg-Ukiah area. The station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media Licenses, LLC. Previous logos References External links UKI (AM) Category:Classic hits radio stations in the United States |
8,159 | Unmasked (1950 film) | Unmasked is a 1950 American crime film directed by George Blair and starring Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller and Raymond Burr. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Hotaling. Main cast Robert Rockwell as Detective Lt. James 'Jim' Webster Barbra Fuller as Linda Jackson Raymond Burr as Roger Lewis Hillary Brooke as Doris King Jackson Paul Harvey as Harry Jackson Norman Budd as 'Biggie' Wolfe John Eldredge as Johnny Rocco Emory Parnell as 'Pop' Swenson Russell Hicks as George Richards, District Attorney Grace Albertson as Mona Durant, Lewis' Sweetheart Lester Sharpe as Mr. Schmidt, Pawnbroker Charles Quigley as Newcombe—Police Detective Barbara Pepper as Mrs. Schmidt Charles Trowbridge as Dr. Lowell Harry Harvey as Saunders References Bibliography Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010. External links Category:1950 films Category:1950s crime films Category:English-language films Category:American films Category:American crime films Category:Films directed by George Blair Category:Republic Pictures films |
8,160 | Annabel Takes a Tour | Annabel Takes a Tour is a 1938 comedy directed by Lew Landers, starring Lucille Ball and Jack Oakie. Annabel (Lucille Ball) is on a promotional tour and, as a publicity stunt, leaks a story that she is having a romantic fling with a famous romance novelist. The film is a sequel to The Affairs of Annabel. Plot Frustrated at being upstaged in the press by a colleague who's making headlines with her aristocratic fiancé, movie star Annabel Allison insists that studio chief Howard Webb rehire dangerously resourceful publicist Lanny Morgan. Allison, Morgan, Josephine, and Poochy depart by train for Chicago on a public-appearance tour in conjunction with the premiere of Allison's latest film. Morgan accidentally sends Allison through a trap door as she addresses the Chicago audience, and he attempts unsuccessfully to capitalize on the mishap for PR purposes by exaggerating Allison's injuries. While recuperating in her hotel, Allison learns that author Ronald River-Clyde is staying down the hall, and she realizes his aristocratic title could solve her publicity problems. She and Morgan work independently to manipulate River-Clyde into a high-profile date with Annabel; but when Annabel gets so carried away with her fantasies of accommodating the viscount's presumed loftiness that she decides to shun publicity, she finds herself at cross purposes with her press agent. While Annabel pursues a quiet relationship with River-Clyde, Lanny keeps trying to push them into the spotlight. Meanwhile, an initially baffled River-Clyde has been persuaded by his publisher to use Annabel for his own publicity, so he does not resist Annabel's romantic pursuit of him. When Annabel goes so far as to give up her career, Morgan tries to break up the romance, for which purpose he engages a hotel manicurist with Hollywood ambitions to confront River-Clyde onstage at Annabel's rescheduled premiere, claiming to be an abandoned wife. The manicurist is a dolt and the stunt does not come off; but, immediately thereafter, River-Clyde is confronted by his real wife and children, who have traveled from England to intervene, with legal assistance. Annabel and her entourage escape the process server by boarding a train. When Morgan discovers that River-Clyde and his family are also on the train, he disconnects the caboose so that Annabel and her party drift free. Cast Jack Oakie as Lanny Morgan Lucille Ball as Annabel Allison Ruth Donnelly as Josephine 'Jo' Bradley Page as Howard Webb, Chief of Wonder Pictures Ralph Forbes as Viscount Ronald River-Clyde Frances Mercer as Natalie Preston Donald MacBride as Thompson, RR Conductor Alice White as Marcella, Hotel Manicurist Chester Clute as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager Jean Rouverol as Laura Hampton Clare Verdera as Viscountess River-Clyde Edward Gargan as Longshoreman at dance Pepito Pérez as Poochy the Accordion Player References External links Annabel Takes a Tour at Lucille Ball Category:1938 films Category:American comedy films Category:American films Category:Films directed by Lew Landers Category:1930s comedy films Category:American black-and-white films Category:RKO Pictures films Category:Publicity stunts in fiction Category:Films about filmmaking |
8,161 | Norwegian Environment Agency | The Norwegian Environment Agency was created on 1 July 2013 through a merger of the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management and the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency. The agency has about 700 employees. It has offices in Trondheim for nature management and in Oslo for climate and pollution management. It is headed by Ellen Hambro. References Category:Government agencies of Norway Category:Government agencies established in 2013 Category:Organisations based in Oslo Category:Environmental agencies Category:Ministry of Climate and the Environment (Norway) |
8,162 | Garrick Sherman | Garrick Sherman (born August 18, 1990) is an American basketball player. Sherman plays as center or power forward. College career Sherman started his collegiate career with Michigan State Spartans men's basketball in 2009. He didn't play in the 2011–12 season, and transferred to Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball after the season he sat out. Professional career On July 30, 2014, Sherman signed with AZS Koszalin in Poland. On January 29, 2015, he was released by the team. On February 5, 2015, he signed with BC Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia and finished the 2014–15 season here. He averaged 16.3 points and 8.1 rebounds in 16 games for Dinamo. In May 2015, he signed a 1-year deal with Donar Groningen in the Netherlands. Sherman and Donar parted ways on November 23, 2015. He immediately signed with Jászberényi KSE in Hungary. Statistics References External links Notre Dame bio Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:American expatriate basketball people in Hungary Category:American expatriate basketball people in Poland Category:American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands Category:Basketball players from Ohio Category:Centers (basketball) Category:Donar (basketball club) players Category:Dutch Basketball League players Category:Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players Category:American men's basketball players |
8,163 | Masters M40 10000 metres world record progression | This is the progression of world record improvements of the 10000 metres M40 division of Masters athletics. Key References Masters Athletics 10000 m list Category:Masters athletics world record progressions |
8,164 | Brian Keyser | Brian Lee Keyser (born October 31, 1966) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the Chicago White Sox. He was drafted by the White Sox in the 19th round of the amateur draft. Keyser played his first professional season with their Class A (Short Season) Utica Blue Sox in , and his last season with the Cincinnati Reds' Triple-A club, the Indianapolis Indians, in . References Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or The Baseball Cube External links Retrosheet Pura Pelota Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics Category:1966 births Category:Baseball players from California Category:Birmingham Barons players Category:Caribes de Oriente players Category:Chicago White Sox players Category:Indianapolis Indians players Category:Living people Category:Nashville Sounds players Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Sarasota White Sox players Category:Sportspeople from Castro Valley, California Category:Utica Blue Sox players Category:People from Castro Valley, California |
8,165 | Tyne and Wear Development Corporation | The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (TWDC) was established in 1987 to develop land on the banks of the River Tyne and the River Wear in England. Its flagship developments included the regeneration of the East Quayside in Newcastle, Royal Quays in North Tyneside and St Peter's in Sunderland. During its lifetime of non-housing development and 4,550 housing units were built. Around 33,707 new jobs were created and some £1,115m of private finance was leveraged in. Circa of derelict land was reclaimed and of new road and footpaths put in place. The Chairman was Sir Paul Nicholson and the Chief Executive was Alastair Balls. It was dissolved in 1998. The legacy of TWDC remains controversial within the region in particular in Sunderland where it is believed the investment in services and leisure opportunities in Newcastle where the corporation was based was not matched in the rest of the region. The Corporation also invested heavily in developing the Tyne and Wear Metro system although this did not get extended to Sunderland until after the Corporation was shut down. References External links Tyne and Wear Development Corporation Archives (NERA) Category:Newcastle upon Tyne Category:Organisations based in Tyne and Wear Category:Development Corporations of the United Kingdom Category:Defunct public bodies of the United Kingdom Category:Defunct companies based in Tyne and Wear Category:Organizations established in 1987 Category:Organizations disestablished in 1998 Category:1987 establishments in England Category:1998 disestablishments in England |
8,166 | July 3 | Events 324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792. 1035 – William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigns until 1087. 1608 – Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain. 1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces. 1767 – Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret. 1767 – Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre. 1819 – The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens. 1839 – The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students. 1844 – The last pair of great auks is killed. 1848 – Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies. 1849 – France invades the Roman Republic and restores the Papal States. 1852 – Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco. 1863 – American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge. 1866 – Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria. 1884 – Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average. 1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. 1886 – The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. 1890 – Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state. 1898 – A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. 1913 – Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors. 1938 – World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of . 1938 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield. 1940 – World War II: To stop ships from falling into German hands the French fleet of the Atlantic based at Mers El Kébir, is bombarded by the British fleet, coming from Gibraltar, causing the loss of three battleships: , and . One thousand two hundred sailors perish. 1944 – World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration. 1952 – The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United |
8,167 | Anna Geislerová | Anna Geislerová, also known as Aňa Geislerová (born 17 April 1976), is a Czech actress. She became well known for her double role of Eliška/Hana in movie Želary (2003) and as Anna in Návrat idiota (1999). A former model, Geislerová made her feature film debut at age 12. Career Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Geislerová's rise to national fame began at the early age of 14 when she debuted in Filip Renč's Requiem pro panenku in 1991. Since then, the country has followed her career closely, watching her metamorphose into the Czech Republic's most recognised celebrity on the small and silver screens. Her numerous acting credits include Academy Award winner Jan Svěrák's Jízda in 1994 as well as the film adaptation of Michal Viewegh's internationally acclaimed novel Výchova dívek v Čechách (1997). Geislerová has been nominated four times for a Czech Lion (Czech Academy Award) winning twice; first for Best Actress in 1999 for her performance in Saša Gedeon's The Idiot Returns, and again in 2003 for Ondřej Trojan's Želary, which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2004, she was named one as European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion. Geislerová is part of the Shooting Stars jury 2010, which selected 10 European up-and-coming actors from the group of nominees for receiving the Shooting Star Award 2010 in February at the Berlin International Film Festival. Personal life Geislerová and her husband Zdeněk Janáček have a daughter Stella, and a son Bruno. She has two sisters, and Ester; and her aunt Zuzana is also an actress. Filmography Awards Notes A The award shared with co-star Tatiana Vilhelmová for her role of Olga in the same movie by Saša Gedeon. B The award shared with Annette Bening for her role of Julia Lambert in Being Julia (2004) directed by István Szabó. References External links Anna Geislerová at Shooting Stars CSFD.cz - Anna Geislerová (Czech) FDb.cz - Anna Geislerová (Czech) Category:1976 births Category:Czech child actresses Category:Czech film actresses Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Prague Category:21st-century Czech actresses Category:Sun in a Net Awards winners |
8,168 | Alenka Dovžan | Alenka Dovžan (born February 11, 1976) is a retired Slovenian alpine skier. World Cup results Season standings Race podiums Olympic Games results World Championships results References Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Slovenian female alpine skiers Category:Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Category:Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Category:Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic alpine skiers of Slovenia Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Slovenia Category:Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Category:Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Category:People from the Municipality of Kranjska Gora |
8,169 | Statherotis | Statherotis is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae. Species Statherotis abathodes Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis afonini Razowski, 2009 Statherotis agitata (Meyrick, 1909) Statherotis amaeboea (Lower, 1896) Statherotis ancosema (Meyrick, 1932) Statherotis antisema Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis aspidias (Meyrick, 1909) Statherotis ateuches Razowski, 2013 Statherotis atrifracta Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis batrachodes (Meyrick, 1911) Statherotis catharosema Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis catherota Meyrick, 1928 Statherotis decorata Meyrick, 1909 Statherotis diakonoffi Kuznetzov, 1988 Statherotis discana (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Statherotis euryphaea (Turner, 1916) Statherotis holotricha Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis iricolor (Meyrick, 1930) Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, in Gardiner, 1902) Statherotis licnuphora Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis micrandra Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis olenarcha (Meyrick, 1931) Statherotis pendulata (Meyrick, 1911) Statherotis perculta Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis polychlora Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis porphyrochlora Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis semaeophora Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis solomonensis (Bradley, 1957) Statherotis tapinopa Diakonoff, 1973 Statherotis tetrarcha (Meyrick, 1920) Statherotis towadaensis Kawabe, 1978 Statherotis toxosema (Turner, 1946) Statherotis transsecta Diakonoff, 1973 See also List of Tortricidae genera References External links tortricidae.com Category:Olethreutini Category:Tortricidae genera Category:Taxa named by Edward Meyrick |
8,170 | 1937 Ryder Cup | The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held 29–30 June 1937 at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition and the second of seven consecutive wins for the U.S. side. The course had hosted the event four years earlier in 1933, Britain's last win until 1957. Due to World War II, this was the final Ryder Cup for a full decade; the series resumed in 1947 in the U.S. at Portland, Oregon. Format The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. From 1927 through 1959, the format consisted of 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches on the first day and 8 singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points. Therefore, points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes. Teams Source: From the start of 1937, Henry Cotton became professional to the Ashridge Golf Club and hence became eligible for selection for the British team. He had missed the 1931 edition because of a dispute and was not eligible in 1933 and 1935 because he was employed in Belgium. In April 1937, it was announced that, as in 1935, a selection committee of six would choose the Great Britain team for the 1937 Ryder Cup. In July, the team of ten was selected (as below). Charles Whitcombe was again chosen as the captain. Tuesday's foursome matches 18 hole scores: Padgham/Cotton v Dudley/Nelson: all square, Lacey/Cox: 1 up, Whitcombe/Rees v Sarazen/Shute: all square, Alliss/Burton: 3 up. Wednesday's singles matches 18 hole scores: Guldahl: 6 up, King v Shute: all square, Rees: 1 up, Cotton: 2 up, Alliss: 1 up, Snead: 2 up, Dudley: 1 up, Picard: 1 up. Individual player records Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player. Source: Great Britain United States Horton Smith did not play in any matches. References External links PGA of America: 1937 Ryder Cup About.com: 1937 Ryder Cup Category:Ryder Cup Category:Golf tournaments in England Category:Sport in Merseyside Category:Southport Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Category:20th century in Lancashire |
8,171 | Stadium MRT station | Stadium MRT station (CC6) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle Line in the area of Kallang, Central Region, Singapore. Located within the Singapore Sports Hub on the eastern bank of the Kallang Basin, this station derived its name from the National Stadium. Other than the National Stadium, other facilities part of the Singapore Sports Hub, such as the Kallang Theatre and Leisure Park Kallang, are also located close to the station. Since the opening of the Circle Line Extension on 14 January 2012, trains from Marina Bay MRT station terminate at Platform A of this station during off-peak hours. This station is also within walking distances to both Mountbatten MRT station on the Circle Line and Kallang MRT station on the East West Line. The future Tanjong Rhu MRT station on the Thomson–East Coast MRT Line will also be in close proximity to this station, located just across the Geylang River. History On 6 February 2002, traffic around the former National Stadium had to be realigned for the construction of the station. To facilitate the construction of the station, Stadium Boulevard was closed from Stadium Drive to Stadium Walk. Prior to the opening of the station, it was tentatively named "Boulevard", after the nearby road Stadium Boulevard. The current name, "Stadium", was later selected to reflect the upcoming flagship development in the area, the new National Stadium. Architecture This station was designed by WOHA Architects and was awarded "Design Of The Year" of the President's Design Award in 2010. In popular culture This station was featured in the HBO science fiction television series Westworld. References External links Category:Kallang Category:Railway stations opened in 2010 Category:Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations Category:WOHA |
8,172 | It's Late (Ricky Nelson song) | "It's Late" is a 1959 single by Ricky Nelson, written by Dorsey Burnette. The song reached number 3 in the UK, number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 30 on the R&B chart in 1959. The song is featured on his 1959 album Ricky Sings Again. The song is ranked number 74 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 songs of 1959.In 1983 Shakin' Stevens recorded the song and released it as a single on the Epic Records label. Some of the singles were issued as a novelty-shaped picture disk. References Category:1959 songs Category:1959 singles Category:Songs written by Dorsey Burnette Category:Ricky Nelson songs Category:Imperial Records singles |
8,173 | Basket-Hall Krasnodar | Basket-Hall Krasnodar, or Baskethall-Krasnodar, () is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Krasnodar, Russia. The arena is mainly used to host basketball games. The arena contains two basketball halls. The large main hall seats 7,500, and the smaller hall, which is used for training, seats 500. The large main hall also includes an amphitheater section. History Basket-Hall Krasnodar opened in 2011. It has been used as the regular home arena of the Russian VTB United League club Lokomotiv Kuban. The arena was renovated in 2017. References External links Basket-Hall Arena Krasnodar 360° Virtual Tour Lokomotiv Kuban Basket-Hall Arena Krasnodar Basket-Hall Arena Krasnodar Picture Category:Basketball venues in Russia Category:Boxing venues in Russia Category:Indoor arenas in Russia Category:PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban Category:Buildings and structures in Krasnodar Category:Sport in Krasnodar Category:2011 establishments in Russia Category:Sports venues completed in 2011 |
8,174 | Island Officials | Island Officials, located in Woodbury, New Jersey, is a computer game developer founded in 2007 by Ryan Morrison and Ryan Harbinson. The company is responsible for the Hands On! game franchise. Island Officials won the Atari Community Choice Award for their entry, Pong EVO, in Atari's Pong Indie Developer Challenge. External links Island Officials website Category:Video game companies of the United States Category:Video game development companies Category:American companies established in 2007 |
8,175 | William Otto Emerson | William Otto Emerson (March 2, 1856 – December 24, 1940) was an American landscape painter and an ornithologist who was a founding member of the Cooper Ornithological Club. Emerson was born near Chicago but moved to Placeville, California in 1870 and then went to study art at the School of Design in San Francisco under Virgil Williams. He then went to Paris and studied at Académie Julian studying under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. After returning to California he lived in the Bay area and painted numerous landscapes and still lifes. A founding member of the Cooper Ornithological Society for which he served as president twice, he designed the cover of the first issue of Condor. He lived not far from his friend James Graham Cooper after whom the organization was named. He also made visits to the Farallon Islands, took an interest in bird photography, and collected bird specimens, nearly 6000 skins were donated to the California Academy of Sciences. He also grew flowers for the market. He died in Hayward. A subspecies Coturnicops noveboracensis emersoni was proposed by H. H. Bailey in 1935 but this is considered a synonym of the nominate form. References Category:1856 births Category:1940 deaths Category:19th-century American painters Category:20th-century American painters Category:American ornithologists |
8,176 | KMOR | KMOR may refer to: KMOR (FM), a radio station (93.3 FM) licensed to serve Gering, Nebraska, United States KMOR-LP, a defunct low-power television station (channel 51) formerly licensed to serve Eugene, Oregon, United States |
8,177 | Boulder City Historic District | Boulder City Historic District, is Nevada's largest listing on the National Register of Historic Places with 408 buildings. Design The town was designed and built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Six Companies to support the construction of Hoover Dam between 1931 and 1935. The chief planner was Saco Rienk DeBoer. The town center is unified by the consistent use of the Spanish Colonial Revival style of architecture. References Category:Buildings and structures in Boulder City, Nevada Category:National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Nevada Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada Category:Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States |
8,178 | Cymbula depsta | Cymbula depsta is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets. Description Distribution References Category:Patellidae Category:Gastropods described in 1855 |
8,179 | Pace, Mississippi | Pace is a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 274 at the 2010 census. The community has the name of James Henry Pace, a pioneer citizen. Geography Pace is located at (33.791797, -90.858289). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 3.73%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 364 people, 129 households, and 95 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,365.3 people per square mile (936.9/km²). There were 131 housing units at an average density of 851.2 per square mile (337.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 13.74% White, 82.69% African American, 1.10% Native American, 1.65% Asian, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.37% of the population. There were 129 households out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 30.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.33. In the town, the population was spread out with 30.2% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $24,219, and the median income for a family was $27,857. Males had a median income of $21,042 versus $17,083 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,434. About 24.5% of families and 26.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.6% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over. Education Pace is served by the West Bolivar Consolidated School District (formerly the West Bolivar School District), which operates West Bolivar High School. References Category:Towns in Bolivar County, Mississippi Category:Towns in Mississippi |
8,180 | Heliopetes | Heliopetes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. Species Heliopetes alana (Reakirt, 1868) Heliopetes arsalte (Linnaeus, 1758) Heliopetes chimbo Evans, 1953 Heliopetes ericetorum (Boisduval, 1852) Heliopetes laviana (Hewitson, 1868) Heliopetes leucola (Hewitson, 1868) Heliopetes libra Evans, 1944 Heliopetes macaira (Reakirt, [1867]) Heliopetes marginata Hayward, 1940 Heliopetes nivella (Mabille, 1883) Heliopetes ochroleuca J. Zikán, 1938 Heliopetes omrina (Butler, 1870) Heliopetes petrus (Hübner, [1819]) Heliopetes purgia Schaus, 1902 References , 1937: New genera and species of Neotropical Hesperiidae with notes on some others (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 914: 1-17. Full article: . 1944: An analysis of the genus Heliopetes Billberg (Lepidoptera-Hesperiidae) with genitalia drawings. Entomol., London, 77: 179-185. , 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. External links Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Heliopetes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Category:Pyrgini Category:Hesperiidae of South America Category:Hesperiidae genera Category:Taxa named by Gustaf Johan Billberg |
8,181 | Gudrun Ensslin | Gudrun Ensslin (; 15 August 1940 – 18 October 1977) was a founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion, or RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang). After becoming involved with co-founder Andreas Baader, Ensslin was influential in the politicization of his anarchist beliefs. Ensslin was perhaps the intellectual head of the RAF. She was involved in five bomb attacks, with four deaths, was arrested in 1972 and died on 18 October 1977 in what has been called Stammheim Prison's Death Night. Early life Ensslin, the fourth of seven children, was born in the village of Bartholomä in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Her father, Helmut, was a pastor of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg. Ensslin was a well-behaved child who did well at school and enjoyed working with the Protestant Girl Scouts, and doing parish work such as organizing Bible studies. In her family, the social injustices of the world were often discussed, and Gudrun is said to have been sensitized to social problems in West Germany and the world as a whole. At age eighteen, Ensslin spent a year in the United States, where she attended high school in Warren, Pennsylvania. She graduated in the Honor Group at Warren High School in 1959. After returning home, she finished the remaining requirements for her German secondary education. Like her partner Bernward Vesper and other members of the Red Army Faction (such as Ulrike Meinhof and Horst Mahler) Ensslin had excellent exam scores and received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. Studying at the University of Tübingen, she read education, English Studies, and German studies. Gudrun Ensslin also met Bernward Vesper in February, 1962. In Tübingen, together with two other students, Ensslin and Vesper organized a student workshop for new literature which led to a shoestring publishing business called Studio neue Literatur. The first book produced was an anthology of poems against atomic weapons, with many well-known poets from all German-speaking countries as well as a bilingual edition of poems by Gerardo Diego. In 1963–1964, Gudrun Ensslin earned her elementary school teacher's diploma. In the summer of 1964, the couple moved to West Berlin where Gudrun began her thesis on Hans Henny Jahnn at the Free University. In 1965, Gudrun's younger sister Johanna married Günter Maschke, then a revolutionary Marxist poet and member of the Situationist International group Subversive Aktion, which included Rudi Dutschke as a member. Maschke is now a leading conservative antidemocratic intellectual and editor of Carl Schmitt. Later that year, Gudrun and Bernward were engaged to be married. Both were active on the democratic left-wing, they had well-paid jobs working for the Social Democratic Party of Germany. The couple demonstrated together against new security laws, the Vietnam War, an Allied Powers arms show, and for the right to demonstrate. Vesper neglected his studies, read voraciously, and in 1966 published, with a group of friends, a serious and important series of pamphlets and paperbacks, the Voltaire Flugschriften. In May 1967, Ensslin gave birth to their son Felix Robert Ensslin. In July or August 1967 |
8,182 | 1088 Tmogvi earthquake | The 1088 Tmogvi earthquake () occurred on April 16 or April 22, 1088, on Easter Sunday, in the southern provinces of the Kingdom of Georgia. It takes its name from the castle of Tmogvi, in Javakheti, whose destruction is specifically noted in the medieval annals of Georgia. Its magnitude is estimated as 6.5 on the surface wave magnitude scale. History The Tmogvi earthquake was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in the history of Georgia, and was associated with the active faults of the Javakheti Plateau in the Lesser Caucasus. According to the anonymous 12th-century Life of King of Kings David, the earthquake shook Georgia on the "last day of Holy Week, on the very resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ". The chronicle reports widespread destruction and many casualties and adds that "fearsome trembling of the earth lasted for a year". The author specifically notes the collapse of the castle of Tmogvi, trapping its lord Kakhaber, son of Niania, and his wife underneath. See also List of earthquakes in Georgia (country) List of historical earthquakes Notes References Tmogvi Category:1088 in Asia Category:1088 in Europe Category:11th century in the Kingdom of Georgia Category:Earthquakes in Georgia (country) |
8,183 | Mineo | Mineo (, Greek: Menaion and Μεναί, Latin: Menaeum and Menaenum) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania, part of Sicily. It lies southwest of Catania, from Ragusa, from Gela, and from Caltagirone. It has approximately 5,600 inhabitants. It serves as the center of the cult of Saint Agrippina of Mineo and the church Church of Sant’ Agrippina. It is also a site of interest since Luigi Capuana, one of Italy's most famous writers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, hailed from Mineo and was at one time the town's mayor. Mineo now houses a small library and museum dedicated to Capuana. References Category:Municipalities of the Province of Catania |
8,184 | Fanshawe baronets | The Fanshawe Baronetcy, of Donamore in Ireland, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 2 September 1650 for the diplomat, translator and poet Richard Fanshawe. He was the son of Sir Henry Fanshawe, the grandson of Thomas Fanshawe, the brother of Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe and the nephew of Sir Thomas Fanshawe and William Fanshawe. The title became extinct on the early death of the second Baronet in 1694. Ann, Lady Fanshawe, wife of the first Baronet, was a memoirist. Fanshawe baronets, of Donamore (1650) Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet (1608–1666) Sir Richard Fanshawe, 2nd Baronet (1665–1694) See also Viscount Fanshawe References Category:Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland |
8,185 | Anuvanahalli | Anuvanahalli is a panchayat village in the hobli of Shivani, Tarikere, Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India. It is famous for its traditional festivals such as the Shree Uma Maheshwara Jathra, And gosi biralingeshwra Prasan jathra, held annually around December/January. Anuvanahalli also has a reputation for having produced an exceptionally large number of tradespeople and entrepreneurs in the fields of Jaanapada, Ranga Bhoomi and Veera Gaase. Demographics Anuvanahalli has a total population of 1,017 people, composed of 492 males and 525 females. Anuvanahalli is situated in what is known as the "Bayalu Seeme" part of the Chikkamagaluru district. Lingayatism is the primary religion of this area, with local adherents taking sadāchāra (attention to vocation and duty) as the primary aachara of the five Panchacharas. For this reason they are often labeled saadaru, sadaru or Sadu Lingayath. Anuvanahhalli having large number of saadhu Lingayath as well as kuruba community. A large proportion of the World War II generation are teachers, which may account for its relatively high socio-economic position. As compared to nearby villages of equal size, Anuvanahalli has an above-average literacy rate. Agriculture Agriculture is the major occupation of the region. Raagi,Jower,Ground nuts,Onion,Coconuts etc. are the typical crops grown in this region. Further reading Coins from Anuvanahalli in Karnataka by N. S. Rangaraju, Studies in South Indian Coins, Vol. VII, 1997, pp. 61–65. References See also Veerashaivism Basava Vachanas Veeragase Shakthi-Vishista Advaitha Category:Villages in Chikkamagaluru district |
8,186 | Murray Roman | Murray Roman (March 8, 1929 – November 6, 1973) was an American stand-up comedian whose career was cut short by a car crash. Many consider his style, and material, to be similar to Lenny Bruce. Roman was also a writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and, as part of the Comedy Hour writing team, won an Emmy for his work in 1969. His most noted sketch was "The Honey House," which mocked the syrupy 1968 hit song "Honey," by Bobby Goldsboro. The skit featured a tour of house where the eponymous Honey had lived and died, conducted with suitable melodrama by her husband, played first by Tom Smothers and then by Dick. Biography According to Bob Einstein, Keith Moon was a "huge fan" of Roman. Moon helped Roman obtain a contract with Track Records , which had also signed Jimi Hendrix and The Who. Roman married three times and had 3 daughters. Discography Out of Control You Can't Beat People Up And Have Them Say I Love You A Blind Man's Movie Busted Backtrack 13 (You Can't Beat People Up And Have Them Say I Love You) TV appearances The Rat Patrol, The Tug-of-War Raid: (Mar/04/1968) As Lt. Pohl The Monkees, Fairytale (Jan/08/1968) As Harold That Girl, This Little Piggy Had a Ball (Mar/23/1967) As Manager of Bowling Alley ABC Stage 67, On The Flip Side (Dec/07/1966) As Hairy Eddie Popkin Batman, Hizzonner the Penguin (1) (Nov/02/1966) and Dizzonner the Penguin (2) (Nov/03/1966) as E.G. Trends The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, wrote and very occasionally appeared. Influence Roman's record Busted was sampled by DJ Shadow in "Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2" of his Endtroducing album. DJ Shadow also sampled from Busted on his single "Lost and Found (S.F.L.)". References External links The Forgotten Murray Roman @ WFMU Category:20th-century American comedians Category:Emmy Award winners Category:Road incident deaths in California Category:1973 deaths Category:1929 births |
8,187 | Now You're Gone – The Album | Now You're Gone – The Album is the fourth studio album by Swedish Eurodance musician Basshunter. Released on 14 July 2008, it features English remakes of older Basshunter hits, and entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, selling in excess of 329,717 copies in the UK making it Platinum. It is 350,000 copies saled in Europe. In New Zealand, the album peaked at number one in its fifth week, and was certified Platinum and selling over 20,000 copies. The album spent a total of two weeks at number one. Track listing Special content Exclusive live performance Exclusive interview Basshunter download photo gallery Aylar download photo gallery Music videos Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history See also List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s List of UK Dance Albums Chart number ones of 2008 List of number-one albums from the 2000s (New Zealand) New Zealand top 50 albums of 2009 References External links Category:2008 albums Category:Basshunter albums Category:Ultra Records albums Category:Warner Music Sweden albums |
8,188 | Kyzyl-Tuu, Aksy | Kyzyl-Tuu is a village in Jalal-Abad Region in the west of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 1,913 in 2009. References Category:Populated places in Jalal-Abad Region |
8,189 | Pilocrocis latifuscalis | Pilocrocis latifuscalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1899. It is found on Ambon Island in Indonesia. References Category:Pilocrocis Category:Moths described in 1899 Category:Moths of Indonesia |
8,190 | Courtney Shropshire | Courtney Shropshire (July 10, 1877 – 1965), a prominent doctor in Birmingham, Alabama, was the founder and first president of Civitan International. Early life Shropshire was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1877. While living in Jackson, Mississippi, he briefly attended Mississippi A&M, Millsaps College, and Ward's Business College. After moving to Franklin, Tennessee, to avoid an outbreak of yellow fever, he took a job as an assistant for a local doctor. This experience led him to enroll in the medical school of the University of Tennessee in Nashville. After graduating in 1900, Shropshire began to practice in several small towns. He moved to Birmingham, Alabama in 1903. He completed post-graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic. Shropshire also served as the United States Public Health Service representative for Birmingham and the president of the Jefferson County Medical Society. Founding of Civitan International Shropshire was attending a newly organized Rotary club in 1917. He and several of the other Rotarians decided that the club was too focused on increasing the business of its members. They surrendered their Rotary charter and formed an independent service club focused on serving the community and meeting the needs of individuals that could be served person to person, rather than business for business. By serving and creating a healthy-whole community, the businesses would naturally thrive. They held their first meeting on March 17, 1917, with 37 charter members. They named the group the "Civitan Club." Shropshire was elected president for two successive terms as the club grew to 200 members. He envisioned an international organization of clubs, but the nation's focus on World War I prevented the club from becoming anything more than a local club. With businessmen in other cities asking to form clubs, the International Association of Civitan Clubs was established in 1920; it would later become Civitan International. Shropshire was elected as the first international president for two years in a row; he remains the only individual to serve two terms as international president. After his terms ended, Shropshire continued to actively promote Civitan. He was a frequent speaker at Civitan's international conventions, and he visited clubs across the country until his death in 1965. Awards and honors Key to the city of Birmingham, Alabama (1957) Honorary citizen of New Orleans, Louisiana, and key to the city (1958) Key to the city of San Diego, California (1958) Key to the city of Memphis, Tennessee (1960) Honorary citizen of Dallas, Texas (1960) Sources Category:1877 births Category:1965 deaths Category:Physicians from Birmingham, Alabama Category:American humanitarians Category:American philanthropists Category:Activists from Birmingham, Alabama |
8,191 | La Casa Ida | La Casa Ida was a medialab and cultural center active between 2006 and 2014 in Lima, Peru, focused on research, production and education in technological artistic practices. It was founded by a group of contemporary artists led by architect, electronic arts researcher and professor Alvaro Pastor. Work Its lines of work included research on the relations between artists and computers, education and training on electronic art, support for artistic production and exhibition of experimental audiovisual arts, and promotion of access to open-source technologies for cultural production and innovation. Located at iconic La Colmena Avenue in the old city center, La Casa Ida offered a multimedia computer lab, audiovisual production and postproduction facilities, a residency area for artists and researchers, and gallery and music exhibition spaces. Since 2008 its institutional website became a publishing platform for experimental and electronic music . In 2011 La Casa Ida founded Instituto Arte Electronica (Electronic Arts Institute) concerned about developing an educational program in electronic arts and technologies with a pedagogical approach that sought to balance academic knowledge, non-standardized and traditional knowledge of Latin America. This context initiated Alexandra a free digital library project that provides selected resources for research in digital technologies and humanities. Besides exhibition and educative activities La Casa Ida advocated with Peruvian government institutions for cultural and educational policies encompassing open-source and creative uses of open source technologies. Among the most important projects generated we find Culturalima a collaborative information system on cultural ecosystems created in 2012 and adopted by the Ministry of Culture (Peru) since 2013 under the name Infoartes. The Electronic Arts National Forum ARTEC a yearly event which from 2009 to 2012 brought together national and international artists and digital humanities and technology experts, for debate, interchange and exhibition. From 2011 through 2013 La Casa Ida carried out Pantalla Urbana (Urban screen) pop-up Video mapping periodic exhibitions on emblematic buildings. During its active years La Casa Ida established links and collaborations with worldwide organizations, researchers, activists and artists such as: Alta Tecnología Andina ATA, Aloardi Record Label, MALI Art Museum of Lima, Canada Council for the Arts, Contemporary Art Museum of Lima MAC, Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Discos Invisibles Record Label, Escuelab, Etopia Centro de Arte y Tecnología, Iberescena, Ibermusicas, Iberotec, International Festival of Video and Electronic Art in Lima, ISONAR Sound Research Group from Universidad San Martín de Porres, Art critic Jorge Villacorta, Ministry of Culture in Peru, Municipal Theater of Lima, National School of Fine Arts ENSABAP, Organization of Ibero-American States, OTELO - Offenes Technologielabor, Pro Helvetia, Scant Intone Record Label, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation AECID, V2 Institute for Unstable Media among others. References Category:Organisations based in Lima Category:Culture in Lima Category:Peruvian art Category:2006 establishments in Peru Category:2014 disestablishments in Peru Category:Artist groups and collectives Category:Cultural centers Category:Art galleries established in 2006 |
8,192 | John Alford (lutenist) | John Alford (fl. 16th century) was a lutenist in London. He published there in 1568 a translation of Adrian Le Roy's work on the lute under the title of A Briefe and Easye Instruction to learne the tableture, to conduct and dispose the hande unto the Lute. Englished by J. A., with a cut of the lute. A 1574 edition added additional music. The work was the dominant English lute tutor until Thomas Robinson's The Schoole of Musicke (1603). Work A Briefe and Easye Instruction to learne the tableture, to conduct and dispose the hande unto the Lute. Englished by J. A. (1568) Notes References Category:English lutenists Category:English writers about music Category:Musicians from London Category:English translators Category:Year of birth missing Category:Year of death missing |
8,193 | Eudimorphodontidae | Eudimorphodontidae is an extinct family of early pterosaurs from the Late Triassic (early Norian to Rhaetian age) of Europe. It was named by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978 to include Eudimorphodon ranzii. Some phylogenetic analyses suggested that Eudimorphodontidae is a junior synonym of Campylognathoididae, however more comprehensive analyses found Eudimorphodontidae to be basal to Macronychoptera that includes Campylognathoididae and more derived pterosaurs (Breviquartossa). Wang et al. (2009) found Eudimorphodontidae to include six species (the monospecific Peteinosaurus, Raeticodactylus and Caviramus, and three species of Eudimorphodon), but they didn't defined the clade. Brian Andres (2010, in press) define Eudimorphodontidae and found Peteinosaurus to be most closely related to it. Furthermore, he found monophyletic Eudimorphodon clade (unlike Wang et al., 2009 and Dalla Vecchia, 2009), and defined two subfamilies within Eudimorphodontidae. The Eudimorphodontinae includes all taxa more closely related to Eudimorphodon ranzii than to Raeticodactylus filisurensis while the Raeticodactylinae includes all taxa more closely related to Raeticodactylus filisurensis than to Eudimorphodon ranzii. More recently, Raeticodactylus and Caviramus were moved into their own family, Raeticodactylidae. The below cladogram follows that analysis. References Category:Pterosaurs Category:Norian first appearances Category:Rhaetian extinctions |
8,194 | Habib Boromand Dashghapu | Habib Boromand Dashghapu (; born 1961) is an Iranian shiite cleric and politician. Boromand was born in Germi, Ardabil Province. He is a member of the 3rd and 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Parsabad and Bilesavar. Boromand won with 43,416 (36.22%) votes. he won 4th parliament election but he'd banned from parliament because of having picture in Berlins public places.(in Islam its guilt). References Category:People from Germi Category:Iranian Azerbaijani politicians Category:Deputies of Parsabad and Bilesavar Category:Living people Category:1961 births Category:Iranian Azerbaijani grand ayatollahs and clerics Category:Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch alumni Category:Members of the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly Category:Members of the 3rd Islamic Consultative Assembly |
8,195 | Sindhi Adabi Board | Sindhi Adabi Board is a government sponsored institution in Pakistan for the promotion of Sindhi literature. It was established in 1955 in Jamshoro, Sindh. It is under the Education Department of the Government of Sindh. Activities The organization has published Sindhi folklore, poetry, lexicography, archaeology and original literary works. These works have included anthologies of poetry works of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Sachal Sarmast, Chen Rai Sami, Khalifo Nabi Bux Laghari, Miyoon Shah Inayat, Hamal Khan Laghari, Talib-ul-Mola and other mystic poets of Sindh. The Board has published translations of selected works, manuscripts and other writings from world literature into the Sindhi language. Background Sindhi literature has been in existence for around five thousand years, through the civilizations of Moen-jo-Daro, Amri and Bhambhore. The Vedic texts were written by the banks of Sindhu (the River Indus) in Pakistan. Literary relics in British museums today show Buddhist influences over early literary works. With the advent of Arabs, Sindh received the cultural impact of Islam, and the first complete translation of the Qur'an was completed in 884 CE in Sindh. The Soomra Dynasty (1026 to 1351 CE) was a period of renaissance of the Sindh language in literature. Religious verse also took life in this period; Pir Sadaruddin was a pioneer of verse who invented Ginan as a new genre in Sindhi literature. The Sama period is known as the golden age of Sindhi verse. Qazi Kadan, Shaikh Hamad, Ishaq Aahangar and Mamooi Fakirs were the leading poets of this period. The times of the Arghons, the Trakhans and the Mughal Empire (1526 to 1858) gave rise to nationalistic feelings in Sindhi literature. The verse of Makhdoom Nooh Sarwar, Lutfullah Kadri, and Shah Inayat Rizvi convey the suffering experienced by the local people throughout 250 years of occupation. The time of the Kalhora Dynasty (1701 to 1783) is known as the summit of success of Sindhi literature. The Kalhoras were indigenous people of Sindh. Mystic poets like Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai were the product of this period. The verse of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai not only cast long shadows in social and political directions but also revolutionized the literacy taste and standard. Sachal Sarmast, Chain Rai Sami, Bachoo Mal Lund, Hamal Faqeer Laghari were poets of this period. Though the British were non-native, soon after settling in Sindh they took up the task of formalizing Sindhi manuscript and soon succeeded. Sindhi language was standardized and official documents were published in it. This development gave an impetus to Sindhi literature by laying down the foundation for formal publication of Sindhi writing. Creation of the Board It was at this point that think-tanks in Sindh realized the dire need of an organisation which could initiate, supervise and promote the publication of material in Sindhi language. The Federal Advisory Board was created to fill the need in August 1940. In September 1950 a more powerful executive committee was constituted, and in March 1955 the Sindhi Adabi Board was brought into being. Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo served as the first secretary of the Board. The Board was registered with |
8,196 | Authentic assessment | Authentic assessment is the measurement of "intellectual accomplishments that are worthwhile, significant, and meaningful," as contrasted to multiple choice standardized tests. Authentic assessment can be devised by the teacher, or in collaboration with the student by engaging student voice. When applying authentic assessment to student learning and achievement, a teacher applies criteria related to “construction of knowledge, disciplined inquiry, and the value of achievement beyond the school.” Authentic assessment tends to focus on contextualised tasks, enabling students to demonstrate their competency in a more 'authentic' setting. Examples of authentic assessment categories include: performance of the skills, or demonstrating use of a particular knowledge simulations and role plays studio portfolios, strategically selecting items According to Meg Ormiston, "Authentic learning mirrors the tasks and problem solving that are required in the reality outside of school." This framework for assessment begins the same way curriculum design begins, with the question: What should students be able to do? Once the instructor answers that question, they can then devise a rubric to evaluate how well a student demonstrates the ability to complete the task. Because most authentic assessments require a judgement of the degree of quality, they tend toward the subjective end of the assessment scale. Rubrics are an "attempt to make subjective measurements as objective, clear, consistent, and as defensible as possible by explicitly defining the criteria on which performance or achievement should be judged." Authentic vs. traditional Traditionally, assessment follows curriculum. Authentic assessment is an example of "backwards design" because the curriculum follows from the assessment. Case studies One case study was presented by Edutopia's Schools That Work series on New York based institution, School of the Future. This school stresses the process of authentically assessing students rather than focusing solely on test results or term papers. The school measures the full range of student ability through formative assessments, presentations, exhibitions, and tests that focus on authentic tasks to assess students' skills and knowledge as they relate to real-world endeavors and skills such as effective group communication and presentation. 98% of students at this school go on to college after graduating. Classroom implementation Teachers from The School of The Future in New York utilize authentic assessment in their school and recommend that other teachers can do the same by following the guidelines outlined below: Write the assessment before the lesson plan Outline learning standards on rubrics to help to ensure rigor Use quick in-class assessments without warning or scaffolding to assess student understanding and inform teaching Ask students to reflect and assess themselves Use online or traditional tools to track a student’s work quality over time Goals A goal of authentic assessment is to determine if student knowledge can be applied outside of the classroom. This means that a physics assessment should involve doing physics by performing experiments and solving problems the same way that a real-life physicist would. An authentic history assessment requires students to ask questions, do independent research, and formulate answers to their questions, just like a real-life historian does. Authentic assessment: engages students and is based in content or media in |
8,197 | Andamayo River | Andamayo River (possibly from Quechua anta copper, mayu river, "copper river") or Capiza is a river in Peru located in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, in the districts Aplao and Tipan. Its direction is mainly to the south where it meets Colca River as a right affluent. The confluence is north of the village Andamayo. References Category:Rivers of Peru Category:Rivers of Arequipa Region |
8,198 | Venusia tchraria | Venusia tchraria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1893. It is found in China. References Category:Moths described in 1893 Category:Venusia (moth) |
8,199 | Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act | The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019 is a bill in the United States Congress that would require various United States government bodies to report on the treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, including internment in the Xinjiang re-education camps. On September 11, 2019, a version of the bill was passed in the United States Senate by unanimous consent. On December 3, 2019, a stronger version of the bill was passed by the United States House of Representatives by a vote of 407 to 1. , the revised bill is awaiting approval by the United States Senate. Legislative history On September 11, 2019, a version of the bill—S. 178, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019—passed in the United States Senate by unanimous consent. On December 3, 2019, a stronger, amended version of the bill—the Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act (UIGHUR Act)—was passed by the United States House of Representatives by a vote of 407 to 1. The sole "no" vote was cast by Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky. Legislation The bill would direct the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress on security issues caused by the Chinese government's reported crackdown on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report on efforts to protect Uyghurs and Chinese nationals in the United States, the U.S. Agency for Global Media to report on Chinese media related issues in Xinjiang, and for the United States Department of State to report on the scope of the reported Chinese government crackdown on Uyghurs in Xinjiang. The bill would also call on United States President Donald Trump to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act on Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, which would be the first time such sanctions would be imposed on a member of China's politburo. Reactions Domestic Editorials in the New York Times and the Washington Post supported the passage of the Act. Opinion pieces written in various publications also supported the passage of the Act. International A World Uyghur Congress spokesman said on December 3, 2019 that the House bill is important in opposing "China's continued push of extreme persecution" and that the organization looks forward to President Trump signing the bill. Uyghur activists, think tank analysts and political representatives called on various governments to sanction Mainland Chinese officials for their perceived involvement in the Xinjiang conflict. The Chinese government have called the bill a malicious attack on China and demanded that the United States prevent it from becoming law, warning that it would act to defend its interests as necessary. On December 4, 2019, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that the bill "wantonly smeared China's counter-terrorism and de-radicalization efforts". On December 8, 2019, Minfeng/Niya County (in eastern Hotan Prefecture, southern Xinjiang) County Communist Party Committee Vice Secretary () and County Magistrate () Aizezi Aili () and Kashgar Prefecture Communist Party Committee Vice Secretary and Commissioner () Pa'erhati Rouzi () penned criticisms of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act. The claim of deradicalization drew criticism in an article by the Deccan Chronicle |
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