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Cryptolepas rhachianecti

Cryptolepas rhachianecti is a species of whale barnacle that lives as a passenger on the skin of gray whales and certain other species of whale in the northern Pacific Ocean. Description Cryptolepas rhachianecti can grow to a diameter of . Distribution The species is now only known from the northern Pacific Ocean where gray whales are found. The gray whale was present in the northern Atlantic Ocean between the Late Pleistocene and recent times, and C. rhachianecti fossils have been found on a beach in the Netherlands, showing that the barnacle must also have been present. This barnacle has been found between January and March for several years in captive beluga whales in San Diego Bay, near a route used by migratory gray whales. The barnacles have evoked a skin reaction in the beluga whales resulting in the eviction of the barnacles, which suggests an immune response. Ecology This barnacle is exclusively found attached to the skin of whales, almost always to the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), but occasionally it has been found on the killer whale (Orcinus orca) and the beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas). On the gray whale, the barnacles embed themselves deeply in the skin and are mostly clustered on the animal's head and back. Crawling among the barnacles and taking advantage of the protection they provide are several species of ectoparasitic crustaceans known as whale lice, including the gray whale louse Cyamus scammoni and the generalist whale lice Cyamus ceti and Cyamus kessleri. So common are these that an adult gray whale may be carrying several hundred pounds weight of barnacles and lice. Gray whales have been observed rubbing their bodies against pebbly seabeds in an apparent effort to rid themselves of attached organisms. References Category:Barnacles Category:Fauna of the Pacific Ocean Category:Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean Category:Crustaceans described in 1872 Category:Taxa named by William Healey Dall

Matagorda Bay

Matagorda Bay () is a large Gulf of Mexico bay on the Texas coast, lying in Calhoun and Matagorda counties and located approximately northeast of Corpus Christi, east-southeast of San Antonio, south-southwest of Houston, and south-southeast of Austin. It is one of seven major estuaries along the Gulf Coast of Texas and serves as the mouth of numerous streams, most notably the Lavaca and Colorado Rivers. The Texas seaport of Port Lavaca is located on the system's northwestern extension of Lavaca Bay. The city of Palacios is found on northeastern extension of Tres Palacios Bay, and Port O'Connor is located on the southwestern tip of the main bay's shore. The ghost town of Indianola, which was a major port before it was destroyed by two hurricanes in the late 19th century, is also found on the bay. The bay is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Matagorda Peninsula. Its shore, especially near the Colorado River delta, provides a habitat for a wide variety of wildlife. The wildlife serves as a basis for the birding and fishing tourism, and is an essential component of the production of seafood, specifically shrimp and blue crab, which are the specialties of the area. The fertile land near the bay is ideal for farming, especially for the propagation of rice. History Early European records suggest that the bay and the surrounding area went by the names Espíritu Santo and Costa y Bahía de San Bernardo. Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda's map from the late 1510s appears to be the first documentation of the bay. In 1685, French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle established the colony of Fort St. Louis along the bay's shore after missing the entrance to the Mississippi River. Half of the colonists were killed by disease, and the other half, save for five children, were killed by Karankawa Indians. It was afterward referred to as a "lost colony." The Indians kept the children until they were rescued by the Spanish during the Alonso De León and Domingo Terán de los Ríos expeditions near the bay. In 1722 Spanish built a fort, Presidio La Bahia, and Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga on the site of Fort Saint Louis. The port of Linnville was established on Matagorda Bay in 1831, and served as a main port for the Republic of Texas. The Great Comanche Raid of 1840 destroyed the town and forced the inhabitants to flee to the nearby Labbacca, which would later become known as Port Lavaca. Lavaca or la vaca, Spanish for cow, was founded in the wake of the Comanche Raid in 1841. It replaced Linnville as the main port on Matagorda Bay. However, the sandbar-heavy Lavaca Bay caused some navigational problems for ships. As a result, Lavaca was surpassed by Indianola as the main port on Matagorda Bay in the 1850s, even though the sandbars were dredged later in the decade. Indianola had been founded in 1846 as a landing place for German immigrants. It rapidly developed into a major seaport, and became the second

KPIN

KPIN (101.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Pinedale, Wyoming, United States, the station serves the Pinedale area. the station is owned by Robert R. Rule. Signal KPIN's signal covers almost all of Sublette County, and parts of northern Sweetwater County. Since Pinedale is located at the base of the southern flank of the Wind River Range, and due to the line-of-sight propagation of FM, the signal begins to get choppy to the north, the farther one travels into the mountain range. Those skiing at nearby White Pine Ski Resort, about seven miles north of Pinedale, will notice the signal fading as they travel closer to the ski resort. The transmitter is located on a small hill directly southwest of town, along with several FM translator stations and the tower for KUWX 90.9 FM. References External links Category:Radio stations established in 1996 PIN Category:Country radio stations in the United States

Rafael Felipe Barreto

Not to be confused with Rafael de Souza Pereira, also known as Rafael Carioca. Rafael Felipe Barreto, usually called Rafael Carioca (born 17 July 1986 in Rio de Janeiro) is a professional Brazilian football midfielder playing with Juventus (SC). Career Rafael Carioca started playing with Joinville in 2005 and stayed until 2008, but, he had stints on loan with Caxias Futebol Clube, Figueirense (2007), Desportiva Ferroviária (2008) and CR Vasco da Gama (2008). He made one appearance for Joinville in the 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, and one appearance in each, Campeonato Catarinense 2006 and 2007. Earlier, he made 2 appearance for Caxias in the 2004 Campeonato Catarinense. In January 2009 he was contracted by the Serbian SuperLiga club FK Banat Zrenjanin, where he played until summer 2010. When he came the club was struggling in the 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga and after the end of the second half of the season the club ended up relegated with Rafael playing 7 matches and scoring once. In the next season, 2009-10 Banat was competing at second national tier, the Serbian First League with Rafael playing further 11 matches. In January 2011 he was back in Brazil and he signed with América Futebol Clube (RN). In summer 2011 he moved to Mesquita Futebol Clube. Honour Figueirense 1 time Copa do Brasil runner-up: 2007 References External sources Rafael Carioca video and presentation at Vermelho de paixão Category:Living people Category:1986 births Category:Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:Brazilian footballers Category:Brazilian expatriate footballers Category:Joinville Esporte Clube players Category:Figueirense FC players Category:Desportiva Ferroviária players Category:FK Banat Zrenjanin players Category:Expatriate footballers in Serbia Category:Serbian SuperLiga players Category:América Futebol Clube (RN) players Category:Association football midfielders Category:Grêmio Esportivo Juventus players Category:Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) players Category:Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay lack "the power to proceed because its structures and procedures violate both the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the four Geneva Conventions signed in 1949." Specifically, the ruling says that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions was violated. The case considers whether the United States Congress may pass legislation preventing the Supreme Court from hearing the case of an accused combatant before his military commission takes place, whether the special military commissions which had been set up violated federal law (including the Uniform Code of Military Justice and treaty obligations), and whether courts can enforce the articles of the Geneva Conventions. An unusual aspect of the case was an amicus brief filed by Senators Jon Kyl and Lindsey Graham, which presented an "extensive colloquy" added to the Congressional record as evidence that "Congress was aware" that the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 would strip the Supreme Court of jurisdiction to hear cases brought by the Guantanamo detainees. Because these statements were not included in the December 21 debate at the time, Emily Bazelon of Slate magazine has argued that their brief was an attempt to mislead the court. On June 29, 2006, the Court issued a 5–3 decision holding that it had jurisdiction, and that the administration did not have authority to set up these particular military commissions without congressional authorization, because they did not comply with the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva Conventions (which the court found to be incorporated into the Uniform Code of Military Justice). Background The plaintiff was Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a citizen of Yemen who worked as a bodyguard and chauffeur for Osama bin Laden. Hamdan had formerly worked in Afghanistan on an agricultural project that Bin Laden had developed. Hamdan was captured by militia forces during the invasion of Afghanistan in the fall of 2001 and turned over to the United States. In 2002, he was sent by the US to its new Guantanamo Bay detention camp at its naval base in Cuba. In July 2004, Hamdan was charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism, and the Bush administration made arrangements to try him before a military commission, established by the Department of Defense under Military Commission Order No. 1 of March 21, 2002. He was assigned a defense counsel, LCDR Charles D. Swift from the Navy JAG, who with a legal team filed a petition for Hamdan in US District Court for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging the constitutionality of the military commission, and saying that it lacked the protections required under the Geneva Conventions and United States Uniform Code of Military Justice. Following the United States Supreme Court ruling in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004), which established that detainees had the right of habeas corpus to challenge their detention, Hamdan was granted a review before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal. It determined that he was

2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

The 2017 IHF Men's Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament, held in Algiers, Algeria from 18 to 30 July 2017. It was the first time that Algeria staged the competition, and the third time that it was held in Africa. Spain won their first title by defeating Denmark 39–38 in the final. France captured the bronze medal after they beat Germany 23–22. Venues The games of the tournament were played in Algiers. Qualified teams Draw The draw was held on 10 May 2017. Seedings The seedings were announced on 8 May 2017. Referees 15 referee pairs are selected: Preliminary round The schedule was announced on 7 June 2017. All times are local (UTC+1). Group A Group B Group C Group D President's Cup 17th place bracket 21st place bracket 21st–24th place semifinals 17th–20th place semifinals 23rd place game 21st place game 19th place game 17th place game 9–16th placement games The eight losers of the round of 16 were seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1–4 and play an elimination game to determine their final position. 15th place game 13th place game Eleventh place game Ninth place game Knockout stage Bracket 5th place bracket Round of 16 Quarterfinals 5th–8th place semifinals Semifinals Seventh place game Fifth place game Third place game Final Final ranking Statistics Top goalscorers Source: IHF Top goalkeepers Source: IHF Awards MVP Left-back: Lasse Møller All-star team Goalkeeper: Xoan Ledo Right wing: Aleix Gómez Right back: Dika Mem Centre back: Mátyás Győri Left back: Lasse Møller Left wing: Lukas Mertens Pivot: Magnus Saugstrup References External links Official website 2017 Junior Men's Junior World Handball Championship Category:International handball competitions hosted by Algeria Category:2017 in Algerian sport Category:Sport in Algiers Category:July 2017 sports events in Europe

Zbigniew Girzyński

Zbigniew Girzyński (born March 17, 1973 in Sierpc) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8734 votes in 5 Toruń district, candidating from the Law and Justice list. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2007 External links Zbigniew Girzyński - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:People from Sierpc Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Category:Law and Justice politicians Category:Movement for Reconstruction of Poland politicians Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023

Conrad Pochhammer

Conrad Pochhammer (22 September 1873 – 25 March 1923) was a German physician and surgeon. Category:1873 births Category:1932 deaths Category:People from Gryfice Category:People from the Province of Pomerania Category:German physicians Category:German surgeons

State Acceptance of Production

State Acceptance of Production (), commonly abbreviated as State Acceptance (), was a procedure of quality assurance of production of enterprises in late Soviet Union introduced under Mikhail Gorbachev within the framework of perestroika (restructuring of Soviet economy and society). The corresponding organs at the enterprises were also called Gospriyomka. The main state organ in charge was called Chief Administration of State Acceptance (Главное управление Государственной приёмки) and was subordinated to Gosstandart, This initiative failed to achieve its goals in full. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the organ was abolished. History Since January 1, 1985, 19 machine-building enterprises were subject to an experiment: after the production was approved by the Technical Control Departments, a special commission created by Gosstandart performed additional selective checks. As a result, significant amounts of low-quality production were uncovered and rejected. This experience resulted in the introduction of a new procedure of quality assurance, Gospriyomka. The statute about Gospriyomka was introduced by the Decree no. 542 of the USSR Council of Ministers on May 12, 1986. Unlike Technical Control Departments, organs of Gospriyomka were independent of the enterprise and the managerial structures (vedomstvo) in control of the enterprise or the corresponding industry. Gospriyomka was put in force since January 1, 1987 at about 1500 enterprises. Later its scope widened. With the introduction of economic means of production control and the decrease of the dependence on state, such as self-financing (samofinansirovanie) and khozraschyot, Gospriyomka was destined to decrease in importance, but the collapse of the Soviet Union effectively stopped these developments. See also State Quality Mark of the USSR References Category:Economy of the Soviet Union Category:Quality assurance Category:1986 establishments in the Soviet Union

Ayaz Memon

Ayaz Memon (born 3 August 1951) is an Indian sports writer, journalist, columnist, author and lawyer. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Early life Ayaz is a graduate in economics and law from Bombay University. He started his career as sports writer and went on to edit newspapers like Mid-Day, Bombay Times and DNA apart from being editor of Sportsweek magazine and sports editor of the Times of India and the Independent at various stages. His passion for cricket influenced his decision not to follow in his father’s footsteps as a lawyer. Career After graduating in economics and law from Bombay University, Ayaz pursued journalism as a career after a chance job with Sportsweek magazine in 1978 while still at law school. He went on to edit newspapers like Mid-Day, Bombay Times and DNA apart from being editor of Sportsweek magazine and sports editor of the Times of India and the Independent at various stages. He is now consulting editor with NewsX and a columnist with Hindustan Times, Mint, Mail Today, Deccan Chronicle and occasionally Times of India. In the course of his career Ayaz has covered over 300 Test matches and more than 400 One-Day Internationals all over the world. He has also covered 9 Cricket World Cups, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 1988 Olympics, Wimbledon in 1991 and 1993, the 1998 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 1990 Asian Games. He also covered the 2015 Cricket World Cup Final on Huffingston Post. Ayaz Memon's presence in electronic media can be seen through his Twitter account @cricketwallah. He currently does shows such as Firstpost Gameplan where he reviews the IPL matches. Recently, Ayaz has teamed up with a media agency named DigiOsmosis and is starting a sports website named 'Sportswallah.com'. Ayaz also does a daily news FB live bulletin with Sportswallah which can be seen on the 'Sportswallah' FB page. He is also working on an illustrated history of Indian cricket and a script for a film project based on sports and politics in India. He is one of the few people to have watched Kapil Dev's 175*(138) in India vs Zimbabwe in the 1983 Cricket World Cup live. The crowd size was around 15-20 people and the BBC didn't film or record the match as they were on a single day strike, making him one of the few eye-witnesses of the legendary match. Books Ayaz has also authored or co-authored several books such as the Wills Book of Excellence on One-Day Cricket to coincide with the World Cup, Wills Book of Excellence on One-Day Cricket again for the World Cup, Thunder Down Under, about the 1991-92 World Cup, The Best in the World: India’s Ten Greatest World Cup Matches, co-authored with actor and cricket enthusiast, Tom Alter, 2003. He is currently working on an illustrated history of Indian cricket. Ayaz has recently written books such as Sachin Tendulkar: Master Blaster, Virat Kohli: Reliable Rebel, MS Dhoni: Captain Cool and Yuvraj Singh: Powerful Elegance. Personal life Ayaz Memon is married to Ambreen Memon. References Category:American sports journalists Category:Indian cricket commentators

Alan Cooley

Sir Alan Sydenham Cooley, (17 September 1920 – 13 April 1997) was a senior Australian Public Service official and policymaker. Life and career Alan Cooley was born in 1920. He began his Commonwealth Public Service career in the Department of Supply, rising up the ranks to become Secretary of that department in 1966. He transferred the department headquarters to Canberra in January 1968. Between 1971 and 1977, Cooley was Chairman of the Public Service Board. In 1977, he was appointed to be Secretary of the new Department of Productivity. Awards Cooley was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in January 1972. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in June 1976. In 2011, a street in the Canberra suburb of Casey was named Cooley Crescent in Alan Cooley's honour. References Category:1920 births Category:1997 deaths Category:Australian public servants Category:Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Australian Knights Bachelor

Xyster

Xyster may refer to: Xyster, a surgical instrument Xyster Framework, an open-source application framework for the computer scripting language PHP Zapteryx xyster, the southern banded guitarfish

1927 in Japan

Events in the year 1927 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 2 (昭和2年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents Emperor: Hirohito Prime Minister: Wakatsuki Reijirō (until April 20) Tanaka Giichi (From April 20) Events January – Shōwa financial crisis: In the ensuing bank run, 37 banks throughout Japan (including the Bank of Taiwan), and the second-tier zaibatsu Suzuki Shoten, went under. Prime Minister Wakatsuki attempted to have an emergency decree issued to allow the Bank of Japan to extend emergency loans to save these banks, but his request was denied by the Privy Council January 23 – Okuro Oikawa discovers a new asteroid 1266 Tone at the Tokyo Observatory. February 8 – Emperor Taishō is buried in the Musashi Imperial Graveyard in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The funeral was held at night and consisted of a 4-mile-long procession in which 20,000 mourners followed a herd of sacred bulls and an ox-drawn cart containing the imperial coffin. The funeral route was lit with wood fires in iron lanterns. The emperor's coffin was then transported to his mausoleum in the western suburbs of Tokyo. March 7 – Kita Tango earthquake: with a moment magnitude of 7.0. Up to 2,956 people were killed 7,806 were injured. Almost all the houses in Mineyama (now part of Kyōtango) were destroyed as a result. The earthquake was felt as far away as Tokyo and Kagoshima. April 20 – Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō is forced to resign during the Shōwa financial crisis and is succeeded by Tanaka Giichi who manages to control the situation with a three-week bank holiday and the issuance of emergency loans. July 24 – Writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa commits suicide in the early morning hours at the age of 35 through an overdose of barbital. August 24 – Mihonoseki Incident: The light cruiser Jintsuu and the Momi-class destroyer Warabi, both ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, collided at the mouth of Miho Bay. There were 92 naval personnel who were killed when the Warabi sunk, and 28 were killed aboard the Jintsuu. Captain Keiji Mizushiro (1883–1927) was questioned, but committed suicide before the beginning of the trial. December 30 – Japan's first subway line started running between Asakusa station and Ueno station, Tokyo. The line was called Ginza Line in 1953 (Showa 28, 昭和28年). Births January 28 – Hiroshi Teshigahara, film maker (d. 2001) February 14 – Seizō Katō, voice actor (d. 2014) June 16 – Yoshiro Hayashi, politician (d. 2017) July 7 – Kōji Nanbara, actor (d. 2001) August 1 – Hiroshi Mitsuzuka, politician (d. 2004) August 15 – Akio Sato, politician (d. 2007) August 24 – Tatsumi Kumashiro, film director (d. 1995) September 10 – Sachiko, Princess Hisa, second child of Emperor Shōwa (d. 1928) September 16 – Sadako Ogata, academic, diplomat and author (d. 2019) November 7 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, businessman (d. 2013) December 16 – Akihiko Hirata, film actor (d. 1984) Deaths February 6 – Kamio Mitsuomi, admiral (b. 1856) February 23 – Noda Utarō, entrepreneur, politician (b. 1853) March 20 – Kusunose Yukihiko, general (b. 1858) May 1 – Tetsugorō Yorozu, painter (b. 1885)

Aubigny, North Quay

Aubigny (later called Loretto) was a house located at 273 North Quay, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is associated with many significant aspects of Brisbane's history. Brisbane's first synagogue The house was originally built in 1870 by Samuel Davis, a Jewish businessman, and included a separate building used as Brisbane's first synagogue. Society mansion In 1883 Patrick Perkins, brewer and politician, used his wealth to buy the palatial home, which he called "Aubigny" after the electoral district of Aubigny that first elected him to the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Patrick Perkins used the former synagogue as a billiards room. Police facility In 1899, the Perkins family rented the property to the Criminal Investigation Department which used the house as offices and the synagogue as a photography room. The first Mater hospital In 1906, the house was sold to the Rev. Mother Patrick of the Sisters of Mercy to create the 20-bed Mater Misericordiae Hospital (now a tertiary hospital located at South Brisbane); the former synagogue being the hospital chapel. Eventually, the hospital outgrew the house and relocated to the South Brisbane area where it still operates. Loretto, girls hostel In 1913, the Sisters of Mercy then renamed the house "Loretto" and used it as a hostel for respectable Catholic girls coming from the country to work in Brisbane; the former synagogue being the maids' quarters. Resumption When the Brisbane City Council decided to build the Grey Street Bridge, it was necessary to resume the property to facilitate road widening. However, until the council needed to use the land, the church were permitted to continue to lease it. In about 1939 a portion of the land not needed for road widening was sold to the Church of Christ, Scientist to build the (now heritage-listed) First Church of Christ, Scientist in Brisbane and the house was sold for £148. References Category:Houses completed in 1870 Category:Houses in Brisbane Category:Jews and Judaism in Queensland Category:Religious buildings and structures in Brisbane Category:Hospitals in Brisbane Category:North Quay, Brisbane Category:Heritage-listed hospital buildings in Australia

Walking on Dead Fish

Walking on Dead Fish (earlier full name Hurricane Season: Walking on Dead Fish) is a 2008 independent film by first time American director, producer, and writer Franklin Martin. It is a heartfelt documentary about a small town high school football team and its "displaced players" who are thrown together by the powerful winds and floods of Hurricane Katrina. It is executive produced by Franklin Martin, Stan Cassio, and Terry Bradshaw; who also narrates the documentary. Synopsis Walking on Dead Fish tells the story of the East St. John Wildcats, a small-town high school football team that looks within to brave the adversity delivered by Hurricane Katrina. Located just west of New Orleans, the tiny town of LaPlace, Louisiana escaped the cruel flooding of its neighbor only to suffer a different kind of flood, the overnight influx of 20,000 displaced hurricane victims. Its under-funded high school, East St. John High School, took in 450 displaced students and 20 of them joined the football team. With their first two games already cancelled, the Wildcats and their 20 new teammates, some from rival schools, take the field against rival Hahnville despite being short on equipment and practice time and wearing both home and away jerseys. This group of teenage boys, blown together by the winds of Katrina, decide to make the best of their situation overcome the tragedy of losing their homes and schools. Despite vastly different social, economic, and racial backgrounds, they unite to overcome the tragedy that they all have in common, and quickly begin winning games. The films explores the recovery from the worst natural disaster in our country's history through the eyes of a group of 16-year-old boys forced to quickly become men. In doing so, they unite a devastated school and lift the spirit of a broken community. More than football and more than Katrina, Walking on Dead Fish is a testament to the will of young men who put “we” before “me”. Release The film was released theatrically on September 19, 2008, by Variance Films and Dutchmen Films. The film debuted in New Orleans, taking in over $11,000 in one theater in its first weekend, the #3 per screen average in the country. The film is currently in a rolling release throughout the Southern United States. A national release has not been announced. External links Sports Illustrated Article Category:2008 films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:2010s independent films Category:Documentary films about Hurricane Katrina Category:Documentary films about American football Category:American documentary films Category:High school football films Category:Variance Films films Category:2010s high school films Category:2008 directorial debut films

End of the Han dynasty

The end of the Han dynasty refers to the period of Chinese history from 189 to 220 AD, which roughly coincides with the tumultuous reign of the Han dynasty's last ruler, Emperor Xian. During this period, the country was thrown into turmoil by the Yellow Turban Rebellion (184–205). Meanwhile, the Han Empire's institutions were destroyed by the warlord Dong Zhuo, and fractured into regional regimes ruled by various warlords, some of whom were nobles and officials of the Han imperial court. Eventually, one of those warlords, Cao Cao, was able to gradually reunify the empire, ostensibly under Emperor Xian's rule, but the empire was actually controlled by Cao Cao himself. Cao Cao's efforts to completely reunite the Han dynasty were rebuffed at the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 / 209, when his armies were defeated by the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei. The Han dynasty formally ended in 220 when Cao Cao's son and heir, Cao Pi, pressured Emperor Xian into abdicating in his favour. Cao Pi became the emperor of a new state, Cao Wei. A year later, in response to Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han throne, Liu Bei declared himself emperor of Shu Han; and in 229, Sun Quan followed suit, declaring himself emperor of Eastern Wu. The period from the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 to the partial reunification of China under the Jin dynasty in 265 was known as the Three Kingdoms era in Chinese history. Collapse of imperial authority (184–191) Yellow Turban Rebellion and decentralisation (184–189) Towards the end of the reign of Emperor Ling of Han (r. 168–189), many officials in the imperial court foresaw chaos in the political scene as soon as Emperor Ling died. One of those officials, Liu Yan, suggested to Emperor Ling in 188 that the root of the agrarian revolts during that time, including the most serious Yellow Turban Rebellion of 184, was that Inspectors (刺史) lacked substantial administrative powers. Emperor Ling, convinced by Liu Yan, changed the Inspectors' titles to "Governor" (牧) and granted them the authority to levy taxes and command armed forces within the borders. Liu Yan was commissioned as the Governor of Yi Province (covering the Sichuan Basin), while several other important officials also became Governors, including Liu Yu, who was appointed Governor of You Province (covering present-day northern Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin and Liaoning). The increased influence of these provincial governors formed the basis on which later warlords would control large regions of the Han empire. Imperial power struggle (189) Emperor Ling died in 189 and was succeeded by his 13-year-old son, Liu Bian (born to Empress He), who became known as Emperor Shao. Empress He, now empress dowager, became regent to the young emperor, while her older brother, General-in-Chief He Jin, became the most powerful official in the imperial court. He Jin and Yuan Shao plotted to exterminate all the Ten Attendants, a group of ten influential eunuch officials in the court, but Empress Dowager He disapproved of their plan. In a fateful move, He Jin summoned Dong Zhuo,

Aleksandr Grigoryev (athlete)

Aleksandr Grigoryev (; born 7 October 1955) is a former Belarusian high jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He represented his country at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and was a seven-time Soviet champion. He was a medallist at the European Athletics Championships, IAAF World Cup and multiple times at the European Cup. He held a personal best of . Born in Saint Petersburg, he was a member of the SK VS Minsk sports club in Belarus during his career. He had his breakthrough year in 1975, winning his first national title at the Soviet Spartakiad and breaking the championship record to win the 1975 European Cup with a leap of . He was also fourth at the 1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Grigoryev missed the 1976 season but reappeared in 1977 to win the Soviet title indoor and outdoors, as well as taking bronze medals at that year's Universiade and European Cup. His lifetime best jump of in Riga that June ranked him third in the world. He won the Soviet indoor title with an indoor best of , which was a championship record. He retained that outdoor title a year later and also broke the Soviet Athletics Championships record with outdoors. In international competition he placed fourth at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but won the highest honour of his career at the 1978 European Athletics Championships – a silver medal behind Soviet teammate and world record holder Vladimir Yashchenko. A third straight national title outdoors came at the 1979 Soviet Spartakiad, seeing off a challenge from American Benn Fields. He was a bronze medallist in the high jump at both the 1979 European Cup and the 1979 IAAF World Cup. He gained selection for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics and reached eighth in the final on home turf. He took his final national title at the 1981 Soviet Championships. International competitions National titles Soviet Athletics Championships High jump: 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships High jump: 1977, 1978 See also List of European Athletics Championships medalists (men) List of high jump national champions (men) References External links All-Athletics profile Category:Living people Category:1955 births Category:Soviet male high jumpers Category:Belarusian male high jumpers Category:Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:European Athletics Championships medalists Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union

Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit

Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit is a 17.3 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in Grays in Essex. It is part of Chafford Gorges Nature Park, which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. Extraction of chalk finished in the 1920s, and since then colonisation of the site has created a range of woodland, grassland and scrub habitats which are important for invertebrates. There is also an area of open water. Beetles include two Red Book species, Mordellistena humeralis and Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana. There is access to the site from Devonshire Road and Hogg Lane. References Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Essex Category:Chalk pits Category:Grays, Essex

B. G. James

B.G. James may refer to: Brian Girard James (born 1969), aka B. G. James, wrestler B. G. James (politician), former mayor of Newport News, Virginia

Matt Pritchett

Matthew Pritchett MBE (born 14 July 1964) is a British pocket cartoonist who has worked on The Daily Telegraph newspaper under the pen name Matt since 1988. Early life and education Pritchett's father Oliver Pritchett, who has been columnist for The Telegraph for several decades, is the son of the writer V. S. Pritchett. Pritchett attended a grammar school in south-east London before studying graphics at Saint Martin's School of Art. He began working as a waiter in a pizza restaurant, and began drawing cartoons in his spare time. His first cartoon was published in the New Statesman, and he soon began drawing cartoons for The Telegraph diary. He had considered becoming a film-cameraman, but gave up after realising he had misunderstood the role. Career Following the death of Mark Boxer in 1988, Pritchett was hired by Max Hastings to be the paper's new cartoonist. His first cartoon in this role came the day after the newspaper was printed with the wrong date, leading them to make a front-page apology accompanied by a cartoon stating "I hope I have a better Thursday than I did yesterday". He was appointed an MBE in the 2002 New Year Honours "for services to Journalism", and in 2005, Press Gazette inducted him into their Hall of Fame as one of the 40 most influential journalists of the previous four decades. He has won the British Press Awards' "Cartoonist of the Year" several times, and has been a nominee many other times. His work has also been published in Punch. Personal life Pritchett is married to Pascale Smets, a Belgian former fashion designer. They met whilst studying at Saint Martin's, and have three daughters and a son together. His wife's sister, Benedicte, is married to Martin Newland, a former editor of The Telegraph. Published works Awards British Press Awards (The Press Awards after 2010): "Cartoonist of the Year" (2000, 2008, 2009, 2019) The Press Awards: "The Journalists' Charity Award" (2014) References External links Telegraph cartoons Biography at the British Cartoon Archive Category:1964 births Category:British comedians Category:Living people Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:Punch (magazine) cartoonists Category:Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art

Residential school

Residential school may refer to: American Indian boarding schools Canadian Indian residential school system Boarding school Residential treatment center for people with addictions or severe mental illnesses

Lotto Super 7

For the Pennsylvania lottery game, see Pennsylvania Lottery. Lotto Super 7 was a national lottery game in Canada, operated by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC). It was launched on June 10, 1994, and its last draw was on September 18, 2009. Drawn every Friday night, the lottery had a guaranteed jackpot of $2.5 million, which was carried forward to the next draw if no purchased ticket matched all seven numbers in that draw. The largest jackpot awarded was in May 2002, in which four winning tickets shared a $37.8 million jackpot. Its final draw date was announced by ILC in March 2009, and in July 2009, ILC announced that it would be replaced by a new game, Lotto Max. Organization ILC works with various lottery corporations owned by provincial governments. Profits are shared amongst the various retailers who sell tickets. Retailers receive from the lottery a percentage of the winnings for tickets sold from their shop (the money is not taken from the prize award). Prize structure Lotto Super 7 involved picking seven numbers from 1 through 47. The prizes ranged from a free play to the jackpot. Prizes were awarded as follows: Note: The fixed prizes for 3 of 7, 3 of 7+ Bonus and 4 of 7 were payable from the Prize Fund (45% of sales). The remainder was the Pools Fund, from which all other pari-mutuel shares of prizes were paid. The "+" symbol denotes matching the bonus number. Largest jackpots The largest Super 7 jackpot, and the largest jackpot in Canadian lottery history at the time, was $37.8 million, on May 17, 2002. The prior record for largest Canadian lottery jackpot had been a Lotto 6/49 draw for $26.4 million in 1995, and the Super 7 record was not surpassed until a Lotto 6/49 draw for $54.3 million in 2005. Purchasing tickets Tickets for Super 7 were sold in each of the five lottery jurisdictions: British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Western Canada Lottery Corporation, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Loto-Québec and the Atlantic Lottery Corporation. Tickets were purchased until the cutoff time of 9:00 p.m. ET on Friday nights. For every $2 spent, three selections of seven numbers were given. In addition, each jurisdiction had an add-on regional game. In the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, the add on game was called the Extra, and offered players a maximum prize of $250,000. The Extra was a seven-digit number. Players won money by matching numbers from the end (i.e., in the number 1234567, matching the 7 won $2, matching 67 won $10, etc.) In Ontario, the add on game was called Encore. The largest possible prize for Encore (all 7 digits match) was $1 million. In Quebec, the add on game was called Extra. The largest possible prize for Extra (all 7 digits match) was $500,000. In Atlantic Canada, the add on game was called Tag. The largest possible prize for Tag (all 6 digits match) was $100,000. Advertising The Super 7 radio and TV ads were part of a marketing campaign featuring seven "super heroes". They usually began with the

Dora Beedham

Dora Beedham (3 June 1879 – 1969) was a British nurse from the social activist Spong Family and suffragette who joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1908 and was imprisoned and force-fed. Biography Born as Dora Spong in Balham, London in 1879, she was the fourth daughter of Frances Elizabeth Scott (1843-1929) and father James Osborne Spong (1839-1925) who ran a labour-saving device engineering company, Spong & Co, who made and sold devices which may 'help women move out of the kitchen' like coffee grinders, corkscrews, knife cleaners, burglar and fire alarms, animal traps and a meat mincer which had sold 200,000 by 1882. Spong & Co. mincers were used in the largest public and private institutions in the land. Her mother was a vegetarian - Dora and the other daughters followed suit. In June 1910 Dora Spong began training as a midwife, a career she was still following in 1915. She married Ralph John Beedham (1879-1975) on 14 October 1910 with whom she had two children:, Ruth (born 1914) and David (born 1918. Ralph was a woodcut engraver for artists (a formschneider) , a Quaker and pacifist, and conscientious objector during World War I. Both vegetarians, they had farmed in Herefordshire, but later had to give it up, living with the Spong family. They were known to wear loose clothing and sandals. Imprisonment and protest Dora Spong's parents supported her activism and that of her sisters. Their mother Frances Spong attended WSPU demonstrations. Initially working in the poorest areas of London, Tottenham and Battersea, Dora Spong was a nurse and midwife and sanitary inspector to slum residents. She was a member of the Independent Labour Party, Finsbury branch. She joined the Women's Social and Political Union, the suffragette activists, in 1908. Spong was involved in WSPU poster protests, where small groups of women carrying and selling Votes for Women or other publications for handing out could progress through London streets, raising awareness and publicity, with less risk of violent reactions from objectors, compared to mass demonstrations. A picture in the Museum of London (see above) shows Dora Spong with Dorothy Hartopp Radcliffe, Hilda Dallas and Charlotte Marsh with a placard promoting the Women's Parliament on 30 June 1908. Following that event, the suffragettes tried to march from Caxton Hall to the House of Commons into a crowd of around 10,000 who tried to harass them, with only 1700 police to keep order, and was amongst the seventy-five suffragettes were arrested in the ensuing aggression. Spong was charged for the first time the next day on 1st July 1908 for obstruction and sentenced to a month in Holloway prison, where her fellow members of Finsbury ILP wrote to her in support and 'admiration of the courage and determination in submitting to the onus of the prison cell in the women's cause'. She became ill and was released early. Another arrest with a hundred suffragettes marching on the House of Commons on 12th July 1909 has no complete record of her sentence. In 1911, Beedham (née Spong) was one of

János Mogyorósi-Klencs

János Mogyorósi-Klencs (31 March 1922 – 22 July 1997) was a Hungarian gymnast, born in Debrecen. He competed in gymnastics events at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal with the Hungarian team at the 1948 Summer Olympics, as well as an individual silver medal in floor exercise, and a bronze medal in horse vault. References External links Category:1922 births Category:1997 deaths Category:People from Debrecen Category:Hungarian male artistic gymnasts Category:Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Category:Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gymnasts of Hungary Category:Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Category:Olympic medalists in gymnastics Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Knud Børge Martinsen

Knud Børge Martinsen (30 November 1905 – 25 June 1949) was a Danish officer and the third commander of Frikorps Danmark. Biography Knud Børge Martinsen was born in Sandved in 1905, son of tailor Hans Kristian Martinsen and wife Ottilia Marie Poulsen. He became a soldier in 1928. After only ten years of service he was an officer with a rank of Captain Lieutenant. In 1940 he was attending the general staff course on Frederiksberg Palace and was looking forward to a promising career. The Occupation of Denmark on 9 April 1940 was a big shock to him, but on 26 April 1940 he joined the Danish National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark (DNSAP) and took part of several demonstrations in his uniform which ended up in his military papers and prevented further career advances. Martinsen therefore resigned and joined the Waffen-SS and commanded Frikorps Danmark's 2nd company under Christian Peder Kryssing and the 4th company under Christian Frederik von Schalburg. Actually Martinsen was temporarily commander of Frikorps Danmark between Kryssing's resignation and von Schalburg's appointment. Martinsen was again temporarily commander between von Schalburg's death and Hans Albert von Lettow-Vorbeck's appointment. When von Lettow-Vorbeck was killed only two days after his appointment, Martinsen took over as commander and remained as commander until the disbandment of Frikorps Danmark on 20 May 1943. Together with most of Frikorps Danmark he was transferred to SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 24 Danmark under 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland. On 28 July 1943 Martinsen left his command and returned to Denmark to establish and command the Schalburg Corps as a recruitment unit for the Waffen-SS. In October 1944 Martinsen was relieved from his position and then arrested and imprisoned in Gestapo's prison in Berlin. Later he was transferred to the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) where he escaped and returned to Denmark. On 5 May 1945 Martinsen was arrested in his home for his involvement in the Schalburg Corps and for two murders. One of the murders was the shooting in March 1944 in the headquarters of the Schalburg Corps of a fellow member, Fritz Henning Tonnies von Eggers, which Martinsen believed had committed adultery with his wife. He was sentenced to death and on 25 June 1949 at 01:00 executed by firing squad in Copenhagen. Dates of rank Dates of ranks: Bibliography References Further reading Category:1905 births Category:1949 deaths Category:People from Næstved Municipality Category:National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark politicians Category:SS-Obersturmbannführer Category:Danish military personnel Category:Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts Category:Executed collaborators with Nazi Germany Category:Executed Danish collaborators with Nazi Germany Category:People executed for murder Category:Executed military personnel Category:People executed by firing squad

Tagelied

The Tagelied (dawn song) is a particular form of mediaeval German-language lyric, taken and adapted from the Provençal troubadour tradition (in which it was known as the alba) by the German Minnesinger. Often in three verses, it depicts the separation of two lovers at the break of day. An especially popular version of the Tagelied was the Wächterlied, or watchman's song, in which a trusted watchman warns the knight to depart. This form was introduced into German use by Wolfram von Eschenbach. The form was popular in German-speaking regions from the 13th to the 16th centuries. The form of the Wechsel (alternating verses by the knight and the lady, but not addressed directly to each other, so not quite a dialogue as now understood) was introduced by Dietmar von Aist and Heinrich von Morungen. The tagelied's form and prosody varies over time and with individual poet. The tagelied does not even consistently use refrains. However, the subject matter of the song made it a very popular one, and the form's conventions showed up in other lyric poetry and dramatic poetry. Important motifs of the Tagelied are the depiction of daybreak, the warning to depart, the lament at parting and the lady's final permission to the knight to go (the urloup). Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, act 2, scene 2, shows the influence of the dawn song as well, as the two lovers argue over the dawn and the need for departure. Particular exponents of the genre were among others Heinrich von Morungen, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Walther von der Vogelweide and later Oswald von Wolkenstein. Modern poets who have drawn on the tradition of the Tagelied include Rainer Maria Rilke, Ezra Pound and Peter Rühmkorf. One of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s more famous Tagelieder stays true to the motifs of depictions of daybreak, warning to depart and lament at parting and the woman’s final permission. The poem begins with a depiction of daybreak and the watchman’s whistle that warns the lovers that the man must depart. What separates this poem from the rest of Wolframs poems is his poetic depiction of daybreak as a monster whose “talons have struck through the clouds” and are tearing the lovers apart. This violent imagery adds a sense of desperation not seen in other Tagelieder. The man mourns the fact that he must leave and is angry at the watchman’s song that “swells the man with discontent.” The woman also laments the sound of the whistle, telling the watchman ““sing what you like, how often you have stolen him from my arms though never from my heart.” She then asks her lover to stay until she finally, after one last embrace, accepts his departure. See also Aubade Medieval German literature Most of this article is based on that in the German Wikipedia References Sayce, Olive L. "Tagelied" in Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan, eds., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. 1264. Category:Western medieval lyric forms Category:German poetry http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/3950.pdf

Troy Davis (linebacker)

Troy Michael Davis (born January 6, 1991) is was Canadian football defensive end for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Davis was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2013. Davis played college football at UCF. Early years Davis attended Berkmar High School in Lilburn, Georgia. Davis was named Academic Athlete of the Year in 2007. He was an honorable mention pick in his junior season and was a first-team all-county linebacker in his senior year. College career Freshman season In his freshman season (2009), he appeared in 10 games but didn't record any statistics. Sophomore season In his Sophomore season (2010), he appeared in 14 games in which he recorded 26 Tackles, 5.5 Sacks, a forced fumble, 6 pass deflections and one Interception. Junior season In his Junior season (2011), he recorded 29 Tackles, 5 Sacks, 2 Pass deflections and a forced fumble in 12 regular season games. He was selected to Phil Steele's All-C-USA Third Team following his Junior season. Senior season In his Senior season (2012), he appeared in 14 games in which he recorded 72 Tackles, a career high 8 Sacks, 3 Forced fumbles and 4 Pass deflections. He was selected to both the All-C-USA First Team and Phil Steele's All-C-USA First Team. On December 19, 2012, he was selected as UCF's Outstanding Defensive Lineman at the UCF Football Awards Banquet following his senior season. Professional career New York Jets On April 27, 2013, Davis signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent. He was released on August 31, 2013 but was signed to the team's practice squad a day later. On September 25, 2013, he was released from the practice squad before being re-signed to the squad on October 2, 2013. Ten days later on October 12, he was promoted to the active roster. Davis made his NFL debut in week 8 of the 2013 season on October 27 against the Cincinnati Bengals. Playing on special teams he recorded two tackles and made a 7-yard kickoff return after collecting a squibber. He was released on August 30, 2014. Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys signed Davis to their practice squad on October 21, 2014. The Cowboys waived Davis on May 8, 2015. Hamilton Tiger-Cats On September 27, 2015, Davis signed a practice roster agreement with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Davis was activated to play in the East Division Final on November 21, 2015, but recorded no stats playing in that game. After signing a contract extension with the Tiger-Cats on December 16, 2015, Davis was released during their training camp on June 15, 2016. Toronto Argonauts On October 7, 2016, Davis signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. On November 26, 2017 his Toronto Argonauts won the championship trophy, the Grey Cup, in Ottawa. Davis was released on June 1, 2019. He quietly retired afterwards Personal life He is the son of Oneal Murphy and Keisha Davis. He majored in sports and exercise science while in college. References External links

Sólo pienso en ti (song)

"Sólo pienso en ti" is a 1979 hit song sung and composed by Víctor Manuel. The song was written in 1978, but was first released on the album Soy un corazón tendido al sol in 1979, which was recorded in Milan with producer Danilo Vaona. The song reached the top of the charts and is considered by many to be his best song. In 2004 it was chosen as the 6th most popular song in Spanish on the TVE program Nuestra mejor canción. In 2010 Rolling Stone placed the song 196 on its all-time 200 best songs of Spanish pop-rock. Also in 2010 the Fundación Crisálida honoured Víctor Manuel, and Judith Colell filmed a documentary based on the song, also titled Sólo pienso en ti. Cover versions Raúl Di Blasio (on Alrededor del mundo, 1983). Versión instrumental. Manzanita. (Sólo pienso en ti, 1995). Chayanne. (on Volver a nacer, 1996). Lynda Thomas. (promotional single, 1998). orchestral arrangement . (on Infancia olvidada, 2003). Ana Torroja. (on Nuestra mejor canción, 2004). Guillermo Dávila. (on Las mejores canciones del mundo, 2007). Melendi. (on Aún más curiosa la cara de tu padre, 2009). References Category:1979 songs

Bryntirion Estate

Bryntirion Estate incorporates the Mahlamba Ndlopfu residence of the president of South Africa, the vice president's residence (called the OR Tambo House), the presidential guest house, many homes of cabinet ministers, 15 tennis courts, and a 9 hole presidential golf course with a helipad. It is located in Pretoria, South Africa. The estate is 1.07 square kilometres (107 hectares or 264 acres). The perimeter security system includes 202 CCTV cameras, 4 gatehouses and 8.1 km of anti-climb motion detection fences. The perimeter fences cost R90 million (USD12.8 million) to build in 2007. R90 million for 8.1 km is approximately R11 million per kilometre or R11 000 per metre. The Bryntirion Estate contains 28 erfs (properties). All the Bryntirion erven are owned by the Republic of South Africa except for erf 16. Erf 16 Erf 16 is the only privately owned property that falls within the area which is referred to as the Bryntirion Estate. During 1993, Erf 16 was bought by a purchaser from the then government shortly before the first democratic elections. During 1997 another buyer purchased the property, which had been advertised for sale in the open market. At the time it was zoned for government use. The owner renovated and extended the house on the property. During 1999 the property was rezoned for use as a guest house. However, it has since then only been used as a family home. Government tried to expropriate erf 16 for security reasons. Mr Aboobaker challenged the expropriation and claimed he lost R12.5 million because of the unilateral decision to include his land in the estate. References External links Google Maps for Bryntirion, Pretoria, South Africa Google Maps for coordinates -25.739891, 28.226838 Category:Politics of South Africa Category:Buildings and structures in Pretoria

132nd IOC Session

The 132nd IOC Session is an IOC Session that was held at the Kensington Flora Hotel in PyeongChang, South Korea in February 2018. Opening ceremony The opening ceremony of the IOC Session was held at the Gangneung Cultural Centre. The opening ceremony began with multicultural children’s choir Areumdeuri singing the Olympic Hymn and EXO’s Baekhyun singing the national anthem. Following the national anthem, opening speeches and congratulatory messages was given by figures including Lee Hee Beom, the president of the Olympic Organizing Committee, and Moon Jae In, the president of South Korea. The celebratory cultural performance also included VIXX’s stage of “Shangri-La,” taekwondo team K-Tigers, and various traditional musicians and dancers. Russian doping situation One of the principal concerns was the situation with regard to the ban on Russian athletes, the results of the Court of Arbitration for Sport decision shortly before the Session, and the uncertainty as to which athletes would be allowed to compete as "Olympic Athletes from Russia" at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games which were due to start a few days after the start of the Session. Olympic host city selections 2022 Youth Olympic Games The IOC Executive Board presented to the IOC session a proposal that the African continent will be a strong priority to host the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics. The session confirmed the change of date back to 2022, after Agenda 2020 had previously suggested changing it to 2023. Election of new IOC Ethics Committee members Three new members of the IOC Ethics Committee were elected during the session: Danka Bartekova of Slovakia, Pierre Olivier Beckers of Belgium, and Auvita Rapilla of Papua New Guinea. References Category:International Olympic Committee sessions Category:2018 in South Korean sport Category:2018 conferences Category:Sport in Pyeongchang County Category:February 2018 sports events in Asia

Prachanda Kulla

Prachanda Kulla (Kannada: ಪ್ರಚಂಡ ಕುಳ್ಳ) is a 1984 Indian Kannada film, directed by P. S. Prakash and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Dwarakish, Radhika and Sudarshan in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. Cast Vishnuvardhan Dwarakish Radhika Sudarshan Musuri Krishnamurthy Thoogudeepa Srinivas Rajanand Lokanath M. S. Umesh Chethan Ramarao Prasanna Rathnakar Kanchana Geetha Silk Smitha Jayamalini Anuradha Devikarani Sushma Sadashiva Brahmavar Lakshman Shankar Rao Hanumanthachar M. Shivaji Rao Mahadevappa Ashwath Narayan Dingri Nagaraj Gode Lakshminarayan Rajanagesh Saikumar Soundtrack The music was composed by G. K. Venkatesh. References External links Category:1984 films Category:Indian films Category:1980s Kannada-language films Category:Kannada film scores by G. K. Venkatesh

Clepsis enochlodes

Clepsis enochlodes is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. References Category:Moths described in 1938 Category:Clepsis

Arya Vaidya Sala

Arya Vaidya Sala, popularly known as Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, is a healthcare centre located in Kottakkal, in the Indian state of Kerala, known for its heritage and expertise in the Indian traditional medicine system of Ayurveda. History Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier, a renowned scholar and academician in whose honour the Government of India have issued a postage stamp, founded Arya Vaidya Sala in 1902, at Kottakkal, a small town in Malappuram district, in the Indian state of Kerala, where he hailed from. It began as a small clinic for outpatient treatment and sale of ayurvedic medicines. Fifteen years later, Warrier established the Arya Vaidya Patasala (school of ayurvedic medicine), in the town of Kozhikode teaching under the Gurukula method. The school was shifted later to Kottakkal and has transformed itself into a Medical College, Vaidyaratnam P. S. Varier Ayurveda College, affiliated to the University of Calicut. Since 1944, when Warrier died, the clinic has been managed by the, Kottakkal Charitable Trust as per the provisions of his Will and testament. Warrier was conferred the title of Vaidyaratnam (jewel among physicians) by the Government of British India in 1933. After the death of P. S. Warrier, his nephew, P. Madhava Warrier (P. M. Warrier) took over the position as the Chief Physician and became the first Managing Trustee of the charitable trust in 1944. He is reported to have modernized the institution and initiated many efforts for the growth of the institution. Madhava Warrier died in an air crash in 1953 and the next head of the institution was his youngest brother, P. K. Warrier, a renowned physician and the winner of the civilian award, Padma Shri, who is the incumbent Managing Trustee and the Chief Physician. His duties are shared by P. M. Warrier who is the Chief Superintendent of the institution. Profile The Arya Vaidya Sala (AVS) group of institutions has its headquarters in Kottakkal in Malappuram district, located 16 kilometers from Malappuram and 48 kilometers from Kozhikode. Two of the hospitals run by the group are based at Kottakkal. The group consists of five hospitals of which one is a charitable centre, 15 branches, a research centre, two medicine factories, a Marketing Division overseeing over 1500 retail outlets, and four herbal gardens. The group is reported to be treating over 800,000 patients, through consultation and in patient services. Arya Vaidya Sala is credited with pioneering the concept of readymade ayurvedic medicines and dispensing ayurvedic medicines in the form of pills which are reported to have revolutionized the ayurvedic medicine system. Hospitals AVS group manages five hospitals with inpatient facilities with a total capacity of over 400 beds, three under the brand name of Ayurvedic Hospital and Research Centre (AH&RC) one under the name, Charitable Hospital and the fifth - a new Ayurvedic hospital at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh. AH&RC Kottakkal, the flagship hospital, is based in Kottakkal, and has a capacity of 300 beds. Established in 1954, the hospital provides traditional Kerala preparatory therapies along with classical panchakarma treatment. It is known to be a referral hospital and the patient

The Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour 2007

The Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour 2007 was a concert tour to support Lacuna Coil's album Karmacode in North America. Within Temptation and The Gathering were the supporting acts. The opening bands were In this Moment, Stolen Babies and Kylesa. Supporting acts setlist Within Temptation 1. Our Solemn Hour 2. What Have You Done 3. Stand My Ground 4. Frozen 5. The Howling 6. The Heart of Everything 7. Mother Earth/Ice Queen The Gathering 1. Alone 2. Shortest Day 3. Saturnine 4. Monsters 5. Eleanor 6. Strange Machines 7. Liberty Bell/Probably Built in The Fifties Setlist Acoustic Leg Setlist 1. Closer 2. Within Me 3. Unspoken 4. Heaven's a Lie Setlist The band created a poll to help them determine the setlist on their US headlining tour. 1. To The Edge 2. Fragments of Faith 3. Swamped 4. Closer 5. Senzafine 6. In Visible Light 7. Fragile 8. Within Me 9. To Live Is To Hide 10. Daylight Dancer 11. Enjoy the Silence 12. My Wings Encore: 13. You Create 14. What I See 15. Heaven's a Lie 16. Our Truth The setlist of some performances was altered a little bit. Tour dates External links Lacuna Coil official tour site Official Lacuna Coil's myspace References Category:2007 concert tours Category:Lacuna Coil Category:Within Temptation concert tours

N (Poland)

n was a Polish DTH platform. It was launched on October 12, 2006 and owned by ITI Neovision. On December 31, 2011 the company had reached 929,000 subscribers. In March 21, 2013, n was merged with Cyfra+ to form nc+. Channels There are currently 99 encrypted channels (6 in foreign language), 23 free-to-air channels in Polish language, 34 HDTV channels, and 3 3D channels. 4K Ultrabox+ 500 GB 200 GB VOD VOD collections PictureBox – Universal Studios movies nSeriale – CBS Television Studios, NBCUniversal, Buena Vista International, 20th Century Fox Television and TVN's TV series nPremium VOD – movies presented on nFilm HD channels funVOD – set of erotic movies VOD Disney – Disney's series Premiery VOD – Warner Bros., Miramax Films, Lions Gate Entertainment, SPI International, Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Universal Studios and New Line Cinema movies; unlike VOD collections, every movie in "Premiery VOD" is paid separately nVOD net TVN Player HBO on Demand National Geographic Channel BabyTV Set-top boxes As for 2012 n offers four set-top boxes to their subscribers. Most notably, it is the only DTH platform in Poland that doesn't provide CI modules to use with generic DVB-S2 receivers. References External links Official Internet forum Channel and transponder list Category:Direct broadcast satellite services Category:Polish television networks Category:TVN (Poland)

Anthracia

Anthracia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Species Anthracia ephialtes (Hübner, [1822]) Anthracia eriopoda (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Anthracia sublimbatus (Püngeler, 1900) Anthracia submarginata (Bang-Haas, 1927) Anthracia subsignatus (Draudt, 1950) Anthracia turcomanica (Christoph, 1893) References Anthracia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Category:Acronictinae

Malaysian Mandarin

Malaysian Mandarin () is a variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Malaysia by ethnic Chinese in Malaysia. Malaysian Chinese tend to perceive the Mandarin Chinese is a variation of Standard Mandarin (Putonghua); however, it is a Mandarin dialect in its own right. Its closest linguistic cousin is not Standard Mandarin, rather it is Singaporean Mandarin, the variety widely used in films like Tiger Woohoo 大日子(2010), Namewee's Nasi Lemak 2.0 and movies created by Singaporean movie director Jack Neo. Malaysian Mandarin speakers seldom translate local terms or names to Mandarin when they speak. They would prefer to verbally use Malay place names in their original Malay pronunciation: for instance, even though the street name "Jalan Bukit Kepong" is written as "" () in local Chinese printed media, the local Chinese almost never use in daily conversations. There are exceptions, for example Taiping, since this name is derived from the Chinese language, when people mention this place when speaking local Mandarin, they always use its Mandarin pronunciation, "", instead of using its Malay pronunciation, which is closer to "Taipeng". Another examples is when a place's Chinese translation varied vastly with its native Malay name, for example: for Teluk Intan, Seremban and Kota Kinabalu, they are preferably referred respectively as Ānsùn () (which refers to "Teluk Anson", Teluk Intan's former colonial name), Fúróng () and Yàbì (). Phonology Malaysian Mandarin's phonology is closer to that of Taiwanese Mandarin than towards the Beijing pronunciation, due to the influence of other dialects such as Cantonese and Hokkien. In comparison with Standard Chinese, Taiwanese or even Singaporean Mandarin, Malaysian Mandarin is clearly distinguished by its relatively tonally 'flat' sound as well as its extensive use of glottal stops and the "checked tone". This results in a distinct "clipped" sound compared to other forms of Mandarin. The phonemes "j", "x", and "h" (as in 级 ji, 西 xi, and 汉 han) tend to be pronounced as /t͡s/, /s/, and /h/ (rather than /t͡ɕ/, /ɕ/, and /x/); and the "er" phoneme (as in 儿 or 二) is usually pronounced as /ə/ (instead of /ɚ/). Demographics As of 2014, 93% of ethnic Chinese families in Malaysia speak varieties of Chinese, which includes Mandarin. Early Ming and Qing immigrants The majority of ethnic Chinese people living in Malaysia came from China during the Ming and Qing dynasties, between the 15th and early 20th centuries. Earlier immigrants married Malays and assimilated to a larger extent than later waves of migrants — they form a distinct sub-ethnic group known as the Peranakans, and their descendants speak Malay. The majority of immigrants were speakers of Hokkien (Min Nan), Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, and Hainanese. In the 19th century, Qing immigrants to Malaya had no single common language and were mostly uneducated peasants, and they tended to cluster themselves according to the ethno-linguistic group, usually corresponding to their place of origin, and worked with relatives and other speakers of the same language. In 1879, according to Isabella Bird, a visitor to the tin mining boomtown of Taiping, Perak, "five topolects of Chinese are spoken, and Chinamen constantly

Fighting Creek Plantation

The Fighting Creek Plantation is a historic plantation house at 1811 Mill Quarter Road in Powhatan, Virginia. It is one of a few surviving mid-19th century plantation houses in the state. The two story stucco manor house was built c. 1841, supposedly to a design by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis. It was built for John Brockenbrough Harvie and his wife as the main house of their nearly plantation. The property now associated with the house has been reduced to just . Its main facade features a two-story portico with square Doric columns, topped by a pedimented gable. On each level under the portico there is a door, with round-arch windows flanking it on either side. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Powhatan County, Virginia References Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Category:Neoclassical architecture in Virginia Category:Houses completed in 1841 Category:Houses in Powhatan County, Virginia Category:National Register of Historic Places in Powhatan County, Virginia

Least groove-toothed swamp rat

The least groove-toothed swamp rat (Pelomys minor) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is moist savanna. References Category:Pelomys Category:Mammals described in 1926 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Michael J. Stack

Michael Joseph Stack (September 29, 1888 – December 14, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1935 to 1939. His grandson was Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Michael J. Stack III. Biography Stack was born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1903 and settled in Philadelphia. He attended St. Josephs College in Philadelphia and graduated from St. Mary's University in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1910. He was employed by a railroad company at Detroit, Michigan, from 1910 to 1917. During the First World War enlisted on July 17, 1917, as a private in the Medical Detachment, Three Hundred and Sixtieth Infantry. After the war became engaged in the real estate business in Philadelphia. Stack was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for renomination in 1938 and was an unsuccessful Royal Oak candidate for reelection in 1938. He resumed the real estate business, and died in Philadelphia. Interment in St. Denis Cemetery in Havertown, Pennsylvania. References Retrieved on 2009-02-22 The Political Graveyard External links Category:1888 births Category:1960 deaths Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Category:Politicians from Philadelphia Category:People from Listowel Category:Politicians from County Kerry Category:American military personnel of World War I Category:Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) Category:United States Army soldiers Category:Pennsylvania Democrats Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives Category:20th-century American politicians

Prilipje

Prilipje is a settlement in the Jastrebarsko administrative area of Zagreb County, Croatia. As of 2011 it had a population of 225 people. References Category:Populated places in Zagreb County

Harts Hill railway station

Harts Hill railway station was a station on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line. It was opened in 1895 by a GWR keen to invest in what was perceived to be the lucrative passenger area of the Black Country, and it was intended to serve the communities between Brierley Hill and Dudley. It closed, like many passenger stations, in 1916 due to the First World War, but was consequently never reopened when the passengers failed to materialise. Two railways/routes served the station - originally the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became the Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (through amalgamation of the London and North Western Railway) respectively. There are no remaining signs of the station, and the road from which it was accessed has long since been widened to create a dual carriageway. It is proposed to be reopened with a Midland Metro extension which will divert from the line at this point and run through Merry Hill Shopping Centre before and join on to Dudley and then Wednesbury while heavy rail would continue onto Round Oak. References Category:Disused railway stations in Dudley Category:Former Great Western Railway stations Category:Railway stations opened in 1895 Category:Railway stations closed in 1916

Mumbai–Pune Shatabdi Express

Mumbai-Pune Shatabdi was a train in Shatabdi series of Indian Railways. This was the first dedicated high priority train of Indian Railways between Mumbai and Pune. This was fully air conditioned train. This train used to run in morning 6:45 AM from Mumbai and reach Pune at 09.45 AM and leave Pune at 5:45 PM and reach Mumbai at 8:45 PM in evening. This train was replaced by Intercity Express due to low response. The Intercity also has non ac compartments. Intercity leaves Mumbai at 6:40 AM and arrives Pune at 9:57 AM and leaves Pune at 5:55 PM and arrives Mumbai at 9:05 PM. This train was extremely popular as it was initially the fastest and most comfortable way to travel between Mumbai and Pune. With the opening of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in 2003, demand dropped considerably for luxury train services. In 2004, the service was cancelled. See also Mumbai-Pune Passenger Sister trains Mumbai-Pune: References External links Mumbai-Pune train timetable punedairy.com Category:Transport in Mumbai Category:Transport in Pune Category:Rail transport in Maharashtra Category:Mumbai–Pune trains Category:Shatabdi Express trains Category:Defunct trains in India Category:Railway services introduced in 1995

1st New York Mounted Rifles Regiment

The 1st Regiment New York Mounted Rifles, sometimes designated 7th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service Companies organized and mustered in between July 1861 and September 1862, and served in the Department of Virginia (VII Corps and IV Corps) and Department of Virginia and North Carolina, principally at Fort Monroe, Norfolk and Suffolk, Portsmouth, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Virginia; in Wistar's Division, XVIII Corps, from January 1864; in the Cavalry, Army of the James, with the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, X Corps, from March 1864; a detachment as escort, headquarters Army of the James, from July 1864; unattached from August 1864; in the 3d Brigade of the Cavalry Division, Army of the James, until March 1865; again unattached to the close of the war; and at Fredericksburg, Virginia, from April 1865. Companies H and D served with the 10th Corps from June 1864; with XVIII Corps from August 1864. July 17, 1864, 270 men of the 16th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, who had volunteered to serve with the regiment, were transferred to it. September 6, 1865, the regiment received the designation, 4th Regiment New York Provisional Cavalry, and its final record will be found under that head. Total strength and casualties The regiment lost by death, killed in action, 1 officer, 18 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 1 officer, 12 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 4 officers, 125 enlisted men; total, 6 officers, 155 enlisted men; aggregate, 161; of whom 8 enlisted men died at the hands of the enemy. Commanders Colonel Charles C. Dodge Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner Jr. Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Onderdonk See also List of New York Civil War regiments Notes References The Civil War Archive External links Civil War Museum Unit History Project New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 1st Mounted Rifles Regiment History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, and historical sketch for the 1st Regiment Mounted New York Rifles. National Park Service The Civil War Regiment Details Union New York Volunteers Mounted Rifles 001 Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:1861 establishments in New York (state)

Tan D. Nguyen

Tan Duc Nguyen (born 1973) is an American former politician. He twice stood as a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in California. In 2006, he ran as a Republican against incumbent Democrat Loretta Sanchez in California's 47th congressional district. On February 14, 2011, Nguyen was sentenced by United States District Judge David O. Carter to 366 days in federal prison followed by six months in a halfway house for lying to investigators about his knowledge of a letter to intimidate Latino voters from voting in his 2006 race. 2004 Congressional campaign as a Democrat In 2004, Nguyen lost the 46th district Democratic primary to Jim Brandt, who lost to incumbent Republican Dana Rohrabacher by a 30% margin. 2006 Congressional campaign as a Republican Nguyen won the Republican Party's endorsement to run for the 47th Congressional District of California in the June 6, 2006 primary election with 55.4% of the votes in a three-way race. Nguyen lost to incumbent Loretta Sanchez in the November election, receiving 37.6% of the votes. Campaign mailing controversy Nguyen's campaign was linked to a Spanish-language mailing of 14,000 letters allegedly warning immigrants not to vote, threatening them with prison or deportation. The letter was received by registered Hispanic voters the weekend of October 15, 2006 and sent to then-California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who launched an investigation into the source of the letter on Monday, October 17, 2006. As translated in the press at the time, it read in part: You are being sent this letter because you were recently registered to vote. If you are a citizen of the United States, we ask that you participate in the democratic process of voting. You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in imprisonment, and you will be deported for voting without having the right to do so. The letter was issued on the letterhead of the California Coalition for Immigration Reform; however, its chairwoman denied any involvement. Nguyen denied any personal involvement in the incident, and stated that an employee in his office who might have been responsible had since been fired. In the meantime, a national coalition of ethnic bar associations formed, led by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund and spearheaded by its former President and General Counsel, John Trasvina. The coalition drafted and signed a joint letter calling for an investigation into the letter. On Friday, October 20, California Department of Justice agents raided Nguyen's campaign headquarters in Garden Grove and his home in Santa Ana. On May 16, 2007, the California Department of Justice investigation determined there was no evidence that Nguyen's campaign had an intent to intimidate those legally entitled to vote. The investigation had found that the original draft of the letter (in English) had warned illegals and those with green cards against voting, but elsewhere had encouraged those with U.S. citizenship to vote. The phrase "those with green cards" had then been translated into "emigrado" for the Spanish-language letter

Zdenek Sekanina

Zdeněk Sekanina (born 12 June 1936, Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) is a Czech-American astronomer and scientist. In 1959, Sekanina started to study astronomy at Charles University in Prague, where he was graduated in 1963. After the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, he emigrated to the United States. Since 1980, he has been working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His main areas of professional study are meteors and interplanetary dust as well as the study of comets. In the course of his investigations, he dealt with Halley's comet, the Tunguska event, as well as the break-up and impact of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 on Jupiter. He was involved in the data evaluation of the Giotto, Stardust, and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory missions. The asteroid 1913 Sekanina was named after him. References Category:1936 births Category:Living people Category:Czech astronomers Category:American astronomers Category:Charles University in Prague alumni Category:Czech emigrants to the United States Category:People from Mladá Boleslav Category:20th-century astronomers

Asım Orhan Barut

Asım Orhan Barut (June 6, 1926 – December 5, 1994) was a Turkish-American theoretical physicist. Education He received his undergraduate diploma and his Ph.D. degree both from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in 1949 and 1952, respectively. He pursued his postdoctoral studies at the University of Chicago during 1953-54. Academic life Barut was an assistant professor at Reed College during 1954-55 and then joined the faculty at Syracuse University in 1956. He became a professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1962 and served for 32 years. Research areas His research interests centered on group theoretic methods in physics. His books include Theory of the Scattering Matrix, Electrodynamics and Classical Theory of Fields and Particles and Representations of Noncompact Groups and Applications. Asım Orhan Barut was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1966. Publications In Physical Review 1950 the Cathode Field in Diodes under Partial Space-Charge Conditions with Initial Velocities 1951 Erratum the Cathode Field in Diodes under Partial Space-Charge Conditions with Initial Velocities 1954 the Mechanism of Secondary Electron Emission 1957 Distribution Functions for Noncommuting Operators 1958 Covariant Quantum Statistics of Fields 1960 Spin-Orbit Correlations in µ-E and E--E- Scattering 1961 Boson Currents in the Theory of Weak Interactions 1961 Kinematical and Dynamical Resonances 1962 Analyticity in Angular Momentum of the Relativistic Many-Channel S Matrix from Dispersion Relations and Unitarity 1962 Complex Angular Momentum in Relativistic S-Matrix Theory 1962 Formulation of the Scattering Functions in Terms of the Unitary Representations of the Inhomogeneous Lorentz Group 1962 Singularities in Angular Momentum of the Scattering Amplitude for a Class of Soluble Potentials 1962 Virtual Particles 1963 Construction of Invariant Scattering Amplitudes for Arbitrary Spins and Analytic Continuation in Total Angular Momentum 1963 Crossing Symmetry in S-Matrix Theory 1964 Connection between the Relativistic and Nonrelativistic Form of the Nucleon-Nucleon Amplitude 1964 Dynamical Symmetry Group Based on Dirac Equation and Its Generalization to Elementary Particles 1964 I=0 Pion-Pion Amplitude and S Di-Pion 1964 Nucleon and the Pion-Nucleon Trajectory. Determination of the Pion-Nucleon Coupling Constant 1964 Secondary Diffraction Peaks in Pn and Kn Scatterings 1965 Dynamical Groups and Mass Formula 1965 Dynamics of a Broken Sun Symmetry for the Oscillator 1965 Mass Difference of =- and =0 1965 Production Amplitudes. I. Construction of Invariant Amplitudes 1965 Production Amplitudes. Ii. Partial-Wave Decomposition and Analytic Continuation in Total Angular Momentum 1966 Consequences of Three Discrete Internal Symmetry Transformations for Leptons 1966 Near Forward Peaks in the K-P and P-P Charge-Exchange Scattering 1967 Calculation of Relativistic Transition Probabilities and Form Factors from Noncompact Groups 1967 Calculation of Transition Probabilities from Noncompact Dynamical Groups 1967 Current Operators and Majorana Equation for the Hydrogen Atom from Dynamical Groups 1967 Dynamical Group O(4, 2) for Baryons and the Behavior of Form Factors 1967 Meson Decay Rates in O(4, 2) and the Introduction of Su(3) 1967 Resonance Decays from O(3, 1) Dynamics. a Regularity in the Partial Decay Widths 1967 Strong Decays of Higher Spin Baryon Resonances in O(4,2) Theory 1967 Transition Form Factors in the H Atom 1967 Transition Probabilities of the

Minimum daily balance

In banking, a minimum daily balance is the minimum balance that a banking institution requires account holders to have in their accounts each day in order to waive maintenance fees. This is not to be confused with the average daily balance, which is computed as the sum of daily balances in a billing period divided by the number of days. This is how most checking account balances are measured. Your balance may drop below the required amount throughout a given day as long as you meet the balance requirement at the end of the business day (usually 5 pm). For example: Joan has a checking account with a “$1,600 minimum daily balance.” One day she makes purchases that drop her balance down to $1,300 but then deposits a $400 paycheck before the end of the day. The bank won’t charge her the service fee because her final balance that day is $1,700. Category:Banking

Thomas Webb & Sons

Thomas Webb & Sons was an English glass company, founded in 1837 by Thomas Webb (1804-1869) near Stourbridge, England. The name T. Webb & Co. was adopted in 1842, and later became Thomas Webb & Sons. Webb operated the Platts glasshouse from 1837 to 1856 and then the Dennis glassworks from 1855 to 1990. The company, known originally as the "Crystal King of England," was noted for the high quality of its Cameo glass. Cameo glass is created by a process of etching and carving through a layer of opaque white glass, leaving a white relief design on a darker colored glass body. Some pieces used two layers of etched glass to create a three-color Cameo glass product. In the 1870s John Northwood produced the first pieces, inspired by the Portland Vase. George Woodall would produce the most distinguished Webb Cameo work towards the end of the 19th century. The finest and most valuable pieces were signed with "GEM CAMEO" included in the mark - Roman cameo glass was itself an imitation of the luxury art form of the cameo engraved gem. In 1889 Thomas Webb & Sons secured an American patent for their process, and in that same year they received a Grand Prix for their exquisite colored glass at the 1889 Paris Exposition. They were part of the Tiffany & Co. exhibit at the exposition. References External links The Glass Association The Cameo Glass of Thomas and George Woodall Poster Stamp Category:Glassmaking companies of England Category:Companies based in Dudley

Mary Guinan

Mary Guinan, Ph.D., M.D. is the dean of the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Guinan is known for her work in the initial investigation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the book and film And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts. In the movie she was played by Glenne Headly. Work history 2004–present: Founding Dean UNLV School of Community Health Sciences and Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health 6/2009–present: Dean, UNLV School of Community Health Sciences, Adviser Nevada State Health Division 4/2008-6/2009 State Health Officer and Dean School of Community Health Sciences (formerly School of Public Health) and Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2004-2008 Founding Dean and Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Public Health 2002-2004: Executive Director, Nevada Public Health Foundation. 1998-2002: Nevada State Health Officer 1978-1998: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Public Health Service as follows: 1995-1998: Chief Urban Research Centers, New York City, Seattle and Detroit. Community based prevention and health promotion through private/public partnerships. 1990-1995: Assistant Director for Evaluation, Office of HIV/AIDS. 1986-1990: Associate Director for Science, CDC: Chief scientific advisor to Director of CDC and first women to hold this position. 1981-83: Member of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Task Force 1978-86: Venereal Disease Control Division renamed Sexually Transmitted Diseases Div. Education and training After completing her residency B.A., Hunter College City University of New York Ph.D., Biochemistry/Physiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas M.D., Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland Residency: Internal Medicine, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University Smallpox eradication program member After completing her medical residency, Guinan joined a two-year training program with the Epidemic Intelligence Service of the CDC, and asked to work with the World Health Organization (WHO) on smallpox eradication. Guinan spent five months with a team in Uttar Pradesh, India, where she worked to identify smallpox, and ring vaccinating those susceptible to the disease in the immediate area. Soon after Guinan returned to the U.S. to complete her program, Uttar Pradesh reached a zero infection rate. She states, "That experience changed my life, and I decided to go into public health." Sexually transmitted infectious disease fellowship After her EIS training, Guinan was accepted to an infectious disease fellowship at the University of Utah. There, she studied the herpes virus, focusing on oral herpes. Soon she found herself "an expert" on genital herpes after answering questions and lecturing about oral herpes. After many days of news interviews and calls from all over the world asking for help with genital herpes, Guinan decided to become the genital herpes expert everyone thought she was; she focused on women, who were not studied as thoroughly as men, at that time. She became known as "The Herpes Expert". HIV/AIDS In 1978, Guinan was asked to work with the Venereal Disease Control Division (renamed STD Division) of the CDC. By 1981, when the CDC began investigating HIV/AIDS she was the only virologist in the STD unit. She was made

Corbin Kaufusi

Corbin Kaufusi (born April 12, 1993) is an American football defensive end for the New York Jets. He played college football at BYU. Early years Kaufusi attended Timpview High School in Provo, Utah. Helped team win state championships in 2008 and 2009. College career After spending two years on his Mormon mission in South Korea, Kaufusi played for the first time at BYU in 2016 and finished his career in 2018. Kaufusi was also a member of the basketball team from 2014 to 2017. Professional career New Orleans Saints On April 28, 2019, Kaufusi after going undrafted was signed by the New Orleans Saints. He was waived during final roster cuts on August 30, 2019. Kaufusi was drafted in the 10th round during phase three in the 2020 XFL Draft by the St. Louis BattleHawks, but did not sign with the league. New York Jets On October 15, 2019, Kaufusi was signed to the New York Jets practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Jets on December 30, 2019. Personal life His father, Steve Kaufusi, was the defensive line coach for BYU and his brother, Bronson Kaufusi, also plays for the New York Jets. His mother, Michelle Kaufusi, is the current Mayor of Provo. References External links BYU Cougars football bio BYU Cougars basketball bio Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:American football defensive ends Category:American people of Tongan descent Category:American men's basketball players Category:American Mormon missionaries in South Korea Category:New Orleans Saints players Category:New York Jets players Category:Basketball players from Utah Category:BYU Cougars football players Category:BYU Cougars men's basketball players Category:Latter Day Saints from Utah Category:Players of American football from Utah Category:Sportspeople from Provo, Utah Category:Tongan players of American football

Wabasha Commercial Historic District

The Wabasha Commercial Historic District is a designation applied to the historic downtown of Wabasha, Minnesota, United States. It comprises 52 contributing properties built from 1856 to 1928. It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for having local significance in the theme of commerce. It was nominated for the integrity of its cohesive design and its continuity of use as a commercial district since the mid-19th century. Description The Wabasha Commercial Historic District is situated on a fluvial terrace parallel to the Mississippi River. Encompassing about , it stretches three and a half blocks along Wabasha's Main Street to the width of one block on either side, with a slight extension to the southwest along Pembroke Avenue. Of the 59 buildings included in the district upon its designation in 1982, all but 15 dated to the latter half of the 19th century. The district primarily comprises commercial buildings, though the western end includes several residential houses. The commercial buildings are largely consistent in design. Nearly all stand two stories tall, with brick walls or façades, and featuring a commercial adaptation of Italianate architecture. Their ornamentation is largely restrained to simple brick cornices, stone window sills and keystones, and a modest variety of window styles. One contributing property, the Hurd House–Anderson Hotel, had been individually listed on the National Register in 1978. Eight buildings were considered non-contributing properties because they were constructed or significantly altered outside the period or style of the rest of the district. Gallery See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Wabasha County, Minnesota References External links Category:Buildings and structures in Wabasha County, Minnesota Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Category:Italianate architecture in Minnesota Category:Wabasha, Minnesota Category:National Register of Historic Places in Wabasha County, Minnesota

Abercrombie House

Abercrombie House was built in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia in the 1870s by the Stewart family who were Bathurst pioneers. William Stewart came to Australia from England in 1825 as part of the colonisation of the penal colony (Australia). William was the Lieutenant Governor General of New South Wales; which meant he was hypothetically 2nd in command to running Australia. William was given land in Bathurst as a reward for doing his job well. William Stewart's eldest son James built Abercrombie House. The house is considered to be of extreme historical significance. It is listed on the National Trust Register. It is also on the New South Wales Heritage Register and the Australian Heritage Database which describes it as "an outstanding example of Victorian Tudor style architecture. It is built of granite with sandstone dressing to the quoins and window surrounds, and there are two storeys together with an attic floor. The building's most striking feature is its array of curvilinear parapeted gables topped by iron finials." The land and house is currently owned by the Rex Henry Morgan Family. Since 1969 the Morgan family has made major restorations to the house. The House is currently occupied by Christopher Morgan and his family. The Stewart Family James Horne Stewart, the son of William Stewart built Abercrombie House in about 1870. It was then called “The Mount” and took eight years to construct. A photo taken 15 years after its construction was included in an 1893 Brochure on Bathurst and is shown on the right. James lived there until his death in 1920 when he was 95 years of age. James was born in 1825 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He came with his family to Australia at the age of ten in 1835. In 1855 he married at Toxteth Park in Sydney Harriet Eliza Boyce who was the daughter of the Rev. William Boyce, a very prominent clergyman. The couple had five children, three sons and two daughters. Over the years James had many tenant farmers and several newspaper articles mentioned his kindness as a landlord. In times of drought he cut the rents by half so that the families did not endure undue hardship. When James died in 1920 his son Athol took over the management of the property. Athol was born at Abercrombie House in 1867. He married Frances Helen McDougall (called Helen) in 1905. A photo of her is shown below in the gallery. On the death of his wife in 1927, Athol shut the house down and moved to Sydney. The house remained empty and gradually fell into decline until it was bought by the Morgan family. The Morgan Family The house was bought from James Stewart's great grandson in late 1968 by Rex Morgan AM, MBE, and Mary Morgan. Rex is a widely noted and three times nationally honoured educationalist. A condition of the sale was that the name of the house be changed resulting in Morgans selection of ‘Abercrombie House’. This was a reference both to the shire of that name in which the property was situated

Nikola Tesla (Niška Banja)

Nikola Tesla is a city suburb situated in Niška Banja municipality in Serbia. References Category:Populated places in Nišava District

Multnomah Hotel

The Multnomah Hotel, located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, is a historic hotel building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It currently operates as the Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown. History The 700-room hotel was built by local entrepreneur Philip Gevurtz and opened on February 8, 1912. The nine-story building filled an entire city block. It was operated by Western Hotels, now known as Westin Hotels & Resorts, from 1931 until it closed in 1963. At the time of its closure, The Oregonian wrote that the Multnomah had been "one of the most famous hotels on the Pacific Coast". From 1965 to 1992 the building housed government offices. It was sold in 1995 and restored, its 700 rooms reduced to 276 suites, reopening in 1997 as the Embassy Suites Portland - Downtown. Famous guests The hotel has hosted Queen Marie of Romania, Charles Lindbergh, Rudolph Valentino, Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Stewart, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Elvis Presley, and every president from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Nixon. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon References External links Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown (official website) Multnomah Hotel history from pdxhistory.com Images of the Multnomah Hotel from the University of Oregon digital archives Category:1912 establishments in Oregon Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1912 Category:Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon Category:Portland Historic Landmarks Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Oregon Category:Skyscraper hotels in Portland, Oregon Category:Southwest Portland, Oregon

Santa Rosa District

Santa Rosa District may refer to: In Peru: Santa Rosa District, Chiclayo, in Chiclayo province, Lambayeque region Santa Rosa District, El Collao, in El Collao province, Puno region Santa Rosa District, El Dorado, in El Dorado province, San Martín region Santa Rosa District, Grau, in Grau province, Apurímac region Santa Rosa District, Jaén, in Jaén province, Cajamarca region Santa Rosa District, La Mar, in La Mar province, Ayacucho region Santa Rosa District, Lima, in Lima province Santa Rosa District, Melgar, in Melgar province, Puno region Santa Rosa District, Pallasca, in Pallasca province, Ancash region Santa Rosa District, Rodríguez de Mendoza, in Rodríguez de Mendoza province, Amazonas region Santa Rosa de Ocopa District, in Concepción province, Junín region Santa Rosa de Quives District, in Canta province, Lima region Santa Rosa de Sacco District, in Yauli province, Junín region In Costa Rica: Santa Rosa District, Oreamuno, in Oreamuno Canton, Cartago province Santa Rosa District, Santo Domingo, in Santo Domingo Canton, Heredia province Santa Rosa District, Tilarán, in Tilarán Canton, Guanacaste province Santa Rosa District, Turrialba, in Turrialba Canton, Cartago province

Dakota Jackson

Dakota Jackson, (born August 24, 1949) is an American furniture designer known for his eponymous furniture brand, Dakota Jackson, Inc., his early avant-garde works involving moving parts or hidden compartments, and his collaborations with the Steinway & Sons piano company. Jackson helped establish the art furniture movement in 1970s SoHo, later becoming a celebrity designer in the 1980s. His background in the world of stage magic helped him get his first commissions and is often cited as the source of his point-of-view. Early life Dakota Jackson was born on August 24, 1949, and grew up in the Rego Park neighborhood of Queens, New York. Stage Magic Jackson's father, Jack Malon, was a professional magician. Mr. Malon learned the trade from his own father, who studied stage magic in early 20th century Poland. Jackson began studying magic at a young age and sometimes performed with his father. Jackson's name, in fact, grew out of a road trip to Fargo, North Dakota. Throughout his adolescence and into his early 20s, Jackson immersed himself in the world of magic. In 1963, Jackson began to perform in talent shows at his junior high school, William Cowper JHS 73 (which is known today as The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School), and at children's birthday parties. Jackson also began to build his own props, including large boxes for sawing a woman in half and small boxes from which doves would emerge in full flight. Jackson acknowledges the importance of these early experiences with magic to his later career as a furniture designer: "The demands of performance taught me how to discipline myself to achieve aesthetic ends." After Jackson graduated from Forest Hills High School in 1967, he continued performing as a magician, working in art galleries, night clubs, touring in the Catskills, and giving private performances at society events. When he was 17, Jackson had studied with magician Jack London to learn the dangerous bullet catch trick. "What appealed to me was the notion of doing things that appeared miraculous" Jackson once recalled. "I was interested in spiritualism. I was interested in things like bullet catching, things that really challenged individual sensibilities, that were frightening, on the edge." He didn't find the opportunity to perform the trick publicly until a decade later at Jackson's final professional performance as a magician. It was documented in Andy Warhol's Interview (magazine), in a story titled "Dakota Jackson bites the bullet." Jackson admits that he sometimes tires of references to his magician background, although he acknowledges it as an important part of his history. The Downtown Arts Scene In the late 1960s, Jackson moved into a loft on 28th Street in Chelsea. Jackson became part of the Downtown scene, a community of "artists, dancers, performers, and musicians" who moved to the neighborhood for the cheap rent and social life. In October 1970, Jackson performed with the Japanese group Tokyo Kid Brothers at New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (also known as Café La MaMa) in a rock musical production called "Coney Island Play" ("Konī airando purē). The show explored themes of cross-cultural

Panther II tank

The Panther II tank was a German tank design proposal, based on the Panther tank during the Second World War. It had slightly thicker armour when compared with the Panther and some standardised components were implemented from the Tiger II tank. The Panther II did not progress beyond prototypes and did not enter production. Development and production The early motivation for improving the Panther tank came from the concern of Adolf Hitler and others who believed that it lacked sufficient armour. Hitler had already insisted on an increase in its armour once, early in the design of the original Panther in 1942. Discussions involving Hitler in January 1943 called for further increased armour; initially referred to as Panther 2, it was known as the Panther II after April 1943. There would have been the usual tank crew consisting of five: the driver, commander, gunner, loader and radio operator. Following the decision not to commence production, the concepts and ideas were used for the design of the E-50 Standardpanzer project. Armour This upgrade to the Panther tank increased the thickness of the glacis plate from to , the side hull armour from to , and decreased the armour on the top hull from to . Production of the Panther II was slated to begin in September 1943. Much of the Panther II's design was taken from the Tiger tank. On 10 February 1943, Dr. Wiebecke (chief design engineer for M.A.N.) suggested thoroughly redesigning the Panther II and incorporating Tiger components such as the steering gear, final drives, the suspension system and turret based on Eastern Front experiences. The total weight would have increased to more than 50 tonnes. Another meeting on 17 February 1943 focused on sharing and standardising parts between the Tiger II and the Panther II, such as the transmission, all-steel 80 centimetre diameter road-wheels that only overlapped (as on the Tiger II) and not interleaved (as the original 'Schachtellaufwerk' road-wheel system used) and running gear. Drawings from 1943 also showed the addition of a machine gun port for the turret, with a narrow gun mantlet. Additional meetings in February 1943 began to outline the various components, including a suggestion to use the 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 gun from the Tiger II. However, it was ultimately decided to continue use of the production Panther's 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 gun. In March 1943, MAN indicated that the first prototype would be completed by August 1943. Turret The Panther II was to be fitted with a new turret, the Turm Panther 2 (schmale Blendenausführung). For a long time, it was assumed that the Schmalturm was designed for the Panther II, but we now know this isn't true. The Schmalturm was designed after the Panther II was cancelled. Engine A number of engines were under consideration, among them the new Maybach HL234 fuel-injection engine (900 hp operated by an 8-speed hydraulic transmission) and the BMW 003 aviation turbojet-derived, GT 101 turboshaft powerplant, planned to be of 1,150 shaft horsepower output and weighing only 450 kg (992 lb) without its transmission, only 38%

2005 U.S. Open (golf)

The 2005 United States Open Championship was the 105th U.S. Open, held June 16–19 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Michael Campbell won his only major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods; third-round leader and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen collapsed on the It was the second of three U.S. Opens at the course, which first hosted in 1999, when Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open four months before his death in an aviation accident. Six years was the shortest gap between U.S. Opens at the same site since 1946. The total purse was with a winner's share of $1.17 million. History of U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 It was only the second U.S. Open at Pinehurst, because of past concerns of high temperatures and its distance from a major populated area. At the first in 1999, Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open (and third major) in one of the most remarkable U.S. Open victories ever. He trailed playing partner Phil Mickelson by one stroke as they played the 16th hole, where he made an amazing putt for par while Mickelson missed his from . Stewart birdied 17 to take the lead and holed a par putt on 18 in one of the most dramatic finishes ever. After helping the U.S. regain the Ryder Cup in late September, he died in a plane crash a month later at age 42. Stewart was honored at the 2005 edition with a silhouette of his 1999 victory pose on the flag of the 18th green, also captured in a bronze statue overlooking the 18th green. Following a restoration by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, the U.S. Open returned for a third time in 2014. Course layout Course No. 2 Field 1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions Ernie Els (4,9,10,16), Jim Furyk (16), Retief Goosen (9,10,13,16), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Corey Pavin, Tiger Woods (3,4,5,9,16) 2. Top two finishers in the 2004 U.S. Amateur Luke List (a), Ryan Moore (a) 3. Last five Masters Champions Phil Mickelson (9,16), Mike Weir (9,16) 4. Last five British Open Champions Ben Curtis, David Duval, Todd Hamilton (9,16) 5. Last five PGA Champions Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Vijay Singh (9,16), David Toms (9,16) 6. The Players Champion Fred Funk (9,16) 7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion Peter Jacobsen 8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2004 U.S. Open Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames (9,16), Tim Clark (16), Chris DiMarco (9,16), Steve Flesch (9), Jay Haas (9,16), Tim Herron (16), Spencer Levin, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama (9,16) 9. Top 30 leaders on the 2004 PGA Tour official money list Stuart Appleby (16), Chad Campbell (16), K. J. Choi (16), Stewart Cink (16), Darren Clarke (10,16), John Daly (16), Carlos Franco, Sergio García (10,16), Mark Hensby (16), Zach Johnson (16), Jerry Kelly (16), Davis Love III (16), Kenny Perry (16), Rory Sabbatini (16), Adam Scott (16), Scott Verplank (16) 10. Top 15 on the 2004 European Tour Order of Merit Ángel Cabrera (13,16), Paul Casey, Stephen Gallacher, Pádraig Harrington (16), David Howell

Romain Haghedooren

Romain Haghedooren (born 28 September 1986) is a retired Belgian professional footballer who last played for Deerlijk as a defender. In 2005, Haghedooren was given the chance to play in the first team of Mouscron, at the highest level of Belgian football, but his real breakthrough came in the following season, playing a decent 16 matches. Still, Mouscron decided to loan out Haghedooren for one season to second division team OH Leuven. Haghedooren returned to Mouscron for the 2008-09 season, after which his contract ended and he was allowed to leave as a free player. Thereafter, he moved to the second division again, playing for Tournai, Brussels and Roeselare. References Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian footballers Category:Belgian First Division A players Category:Belgian Second Division/Belgian First Division B players Category:Royal Excel Mouscron players Category:Oud-Heverlee Leuven players Category:R.F.C. Tournai players Category:RWDM Brussels FC players Category:K.S.V. Roeselare players Category:Association football defenders

Location of Earth

Knowledge of the location of Earth has been shaped by 400 years of telescopic observations, and has expanded radically since the start of the 20th century. Initially, Earth was believed to be the center of the Universe, which consisted only of those planets visible with the naked eye and an outlying sphere of fixed stars. After the acceptance of the heliocentric model in the 17th century, observations by William Herschel and others showed that the Sun lay within a vast, disc-shaped galaxy of stars. By the 20th century, observations of spiral nebulae revealed that the Milky Way galaxy was one of billions in an expanding universe, grouped into clusters and superclusters. By the end of the 20th century, the overall structure of the visible universe was becoming clearer, with superclusters forming into a vast web of filaments and voids. Superclusters, filaments and voids are the largest coherent structures in the Universe that we can observe. At still larger scales (over 1000 megaparsecs) the Universe becomes homogeneous, meaning that all its parts have on average the same density, composition and structure. Since there is believed to be no "center" or "edge" of the Universe, there is no particular reference point with which to plot the overall location of the Earth in the universe. Because the observable universe is defined as that region of the Universe visible to terrestrial observers, Earth is, because of the constancy of the speed of light, the center of Earth's observable universe. Reference can be made to the Earth's position with respect to specific structures, which exist at various scales. It is still undetermined whether the Universe is infinite. There have been numerous hypotheses that the known universe may be only one such example within a higher multiverse; however, no direct evidence of any sort of multiverse has been observed, and some have argued that the hypothesis is not falsifiable. Details The Earth is the third planet from the Sun with an approximate distance of , and is traveling nearly through outer space. See also Cosmic View Cosmic Zoom Galaxy Song History of the center of the Universe Orders of magnitude (length) Pale Blue Dot Powers of Ten (film) Notes References Location in the Universe Category:Physical universe

Amuse-bouche

An amuse-bouche (; ) or amuse-gueule (, ; ) is a single, bite-sized hors d'œuvre. Amuse-bouches are different from appetizers in that they are not ordered from a menu by patrons but are served free and according to the chef's selection alone. These are served both to prepare the guest for the meal and to offer a glimpse of the chef's style. The term is French and literally means "mouth amuser". The plural form may be amuse-bouche or amuse-bouches. In France, is traditionally used in conversation and literary writing while amuse-bouche is not even listed in most dictionaries, being a euphemistic hypercorrection that appeared in the 1980s on restaurant menus and used almost only there. (In French, bouche refers to the human mouth, while gueule may mean the mouth or snout of an animal, though commonly used for mouth and derogatory only in certain expressions.) In restaurants The amuse-bouche emerged as an identifiable course during the nouvelle cuisine movement, which emphasized smaller, more intensely flavoured courses. It differs from other hors d'œuvres in that it is small, usually just one or two bites, and preselected by the chef and offered free of charge to all present at the table. The function of the amuse-bouche could be played by rather simple offerings, such as a plate of olives or a crock of tapenade. It often becomes a showcase, however, of the artistry and showmanship of the chef, intensified by the competition among restaurants. According to Jean-Georges Vongerichten, a popular New York celebrity chef with restaurants around the world, "The amuse-bouche is the best way for a great chef to express his or her big ideas in small bites". At some point, the amuse-bouche transformed from an unexpected bonus to a de rigueur offering at Michelin Guide-starred restaurants and those aspiring to that category (as recently as 1999, The New York Times provided a parenthetical explanation of the course). This in turn created a set of logistical challenges for restaurants: amuse-bouche must be prepared in sufficient quantities to serve all guests, usually just after the order is taken or between main courses. This often requires a separate cooking station devoted solely to producing the course quickly as well as a large and varied collection of specialized china for serving the amuse. Interesting plates, demitasse cups, and large Asian-style soup spoons are popular choices. In addition, the kitchen must try to accommodate guests that have an aversion or allergy to ingredients in the amuse. Gallery See also "Amuse-Bouche" (Hannibal) Apéritif and digestif References External links Category:Appetizers Category:Courses (meal) Category:French cuisine Category:Culinary terminology

Sutter Cemetery

Sutter Cemetery, also known South Butte Cemetery, is located in Sutter, California. One person of note buried here is Dolly Gray, who played major league baseball from 1909 to 1911. References External links Category:Cemeteries in California Category:Protected areas of Sutter County, California

Gilda dalla Rizza

Gilda Dalla Rizza (12 October 18925 July 1975) was an important Italian soprano. Born in Verona, she made her operatic debut in Bologna (the Teatro Verdi) in 1912, as Charlotte in Werther. Especially acclaimed in the verismo repertory, she was regarded as being Giacomo Puccini's favorite soprano, creating Magda in his La rondine (1917). Although he composed the part of Minnie in La fanciulla del West for another soprano, when Puccini saw Dalla Rizza in the part, he said, "Behold, at last I have seen my Fanciulla". She also gave the first European performances of his Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, at Rome in 1919, in the presence of Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy. He also had her in mind for Liù in Turandot, though her voice proved too heavy for the part of the young slave-girl by the time of the premiere. Dalla Rizza appeared at the major theatres in Rome, Florence, Turin, São Paulo, Buenos Aires (Teatro Colón), Rio de Janeiro, Verona, Naples, Monte-Carlo, Bologna, Lima, Parma, Santiago, Barcelona, Amsterdam, etc. She never appeared in the United States. Repertoire Included in her repertoire were the soprano roles in La fanciulla del West, La forza del destino, Isabeau, Manon Lescaut, La bohème (as Mimì, opposite Enrico Caruso), La damnation de Faust, Lohengrin, Parisina, Mefistofele (with Feodor Chaliapin), Pagliacci, Iris (with Beniamino Gigli), Der Rosenkavalier (as Octavian, opposite Rosa Raïsa and Amelita Galli-Curci), Cavalleria rusticana, Le prince Igor, Andrea Chénier, Die Meistersinger, Tosca, Siberia, La rondine (with Tito Schipa), Lodoletta, Manon, Falstaff, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, L'amore dei tre re, Madama Butterfly, Otello, Francesca da Rimini, Il piccolo Marat (world premiere at Rome, 1921, with Hipólito Lázaro), Giulietta e Romeo (world premiere at Rome, 1922), Louise, La traviata, Thaïs, Fedora, Turandot (the title role), Luisa Miller, La vida breve, Adriana Lecouvreur, Arabella (the Italian premiere, 1936, conducted by Richard Strauss), etc. She also sang the soprano solo of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. La Scala and Covent Garden At the Teatro alla Scala, from 1915 to 1934, the soprano appeared in Le prince Igor, Andrea Chénier, Isabeau, Siberia, Tosca (directed by Giovacchino Forzano), La traviata (conducted by Arturo Toscanini), Manon Lescaut, Falstaff (with Mariano Stabile), Louise, Francesca da Rimini (with Aureliano Pertile as Paolo), La fanciulla del West, L'amore dei tre re (conducted by Victor de Sabata), Madama Butterfly, La vida breve (Italian premiere, 1934), etc. Dalla Rizza appeared, in 1920, at Covent Garden, in Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, La bohème, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and Tosca. Farewell The singing-actress bade farewell to the stage in 1939, though she returned for a final Suor Angelica, at Vicenza in 1942. In 1926, she married the tenor Agostino Capuzzo (who died in 1963), and, from 1939 to 1955, she taught at Venice's Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello. The prima donna died at Milan's Casa Verdi in 1975. From 1913 to 1928, Dalla Rizza made several recordings, for Columbia and Fonotipia, of excerpts from Faust, I lombardi, La forza del destino, La traviata, Mefistofele, Otello, Andrea Chénier, Isabeau, Cavalleria rusticana, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Gianni Schicchi, Tosca, and

Uncial 0296

Uncial 0296 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 6th century. Description The codex contains a parts of the text of the 1 John 5:3-13 and 2 Corinthians 7:3-4.9-10, on 2 parchment leaves (). The text is written in two columns per page, 21 lines per page, in uncial letters. Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century. Location It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work. Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 48, 53, 55) in Sinai. See also List of New Testament uncials Biblical manuscript Textual criticism References Further reading L. Politis, "Nouveaux manuscrits grecs decouverts au Mont Sinai. Rapport préliminaire", Scriptorium 34, (1980), pp. 5-17. Category:Greek New Testament uncials Category:6th-century biblical manuscripts

National Register of Historic Places listings in Colfax County, New Mexico

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Colfax County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. There are 30 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. All of the places within the county on the National Register are also listed on the State Register of Cultural Properties with the exception of the Folsom Site and Raton Pass National Historic Landmarks. Current listings |} See also List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico National Register of Historic Places listings in New Mexico References Colfax *

Loot (2011 film)

Loot is a 2011 Bollywood comedy film directed by Rajnish Raj Thakur and Cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy, starring Govinda, Sunil Shetty, Mahakshay Chakraborty, Javed Jaffrey, Shweta Bhardwaj and Ravi Kissen in lead roles. It released on 4 November 2011, to mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial failure. The film is a loose remake of the 2003 film, Crime Spree. Plot Loot revolves around the misadventures of four criminals comprising Builder (Sunil Shetty), Pandit (Govinda), Akbar (Jaaved Jaaferi) and Wilson (Mahakshay Chakraborty) who work for one Batliwala (Dalip Tahil). The four rogues are sent on a mission to Pattaya to rob a house filled with priceless valuables. However, the quartet soon discover that the house they have been sent to rob belongs to a dreaded don named Lalla Bhatti (Mahesh Manjrekar), an unpleasant sod who doesn't think twice about breaking his own brother's arm (Shehzad Khan) for an unpaid debt. If robbing a don's residence was not enough, the quarter also manage to get in the way of a 'poetic' spouting Intelligence agent VP Singh (Ravi Kissen) keeping tabs on the don, an underworld patriarch Khan (Prem Chopra) and an East Asian thug named Asif trying to trace his stolen car. Pretty soon, all the characters of the film are pulled in a cat and mouse game with each other, with some audio tapes containing some damning conversations being the prize of the game. In the climax, the quartet, with some help by a local hustler Varinder (Mika Singh) and his moll Sharmili (Kim Sharma) manage to set off the bad guys against each other. But soon enough, it is revealed that Batliwala was behind the whole thing, and wanted to set the quartet up to get revenge on his brother who is now in jail because of them. The quartet manage to save themselves and hire Khan to murder Batliwala. Cast Sunil Shetty as Builder Govinda as Pandit Jaaved Jaaferi as Akbar Qureshi Mahakshay Chakraborty as Wilson Ravi Kissen as V.P. Singh Shweta Bhardwaj as Tanya Sharma Mahesh Manjrekar as Lala Taufeeq Omar Bhatti Mika Singh as Varinder Yuvraaj Singh (VYS) Kim Sharma as Sharmili Siqueira (SMS) Colin Farrell as Sharma Kapoor Dalip Tahil as Batliwala Prem Chopra as Khan Shehzad Khan as Lala's brother Razzak Khan as Razak Rakhi Sawant in an item number "Jawani Bank Loot Le" Production The filming began in Summer 2008. It completed shooting in early 2010, and was expected to release in June 2010. The release date was then delayed, and postponed to Dussehra 2010. Though, due to financial problems, director Rajnish Thakur pushed back the release date. In September 2010, he announced that the film would be releasing in Diwali 2010. He revealed the official first look poster on 28 September 2011. The theatrical trailer was revealed on 10 October 2011, alongside Rascals in cinemas. Soundtrack Reception Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama give it 2 stars out of five and commented "As mentioned earlier, the music of Loot came with hardly any expectations due to which whatever little is offered does turn

Andrey Harawtsow

Andrey Harawtsow (; ; born 2 April 1981) is a Belarusian professional football manager and former player. As of 2020, he manages for Lokomotiv Gomel. Honours Gomel Belarusian Premier League champion: 2003 Belarusian Cup winner: 2001–02 External links Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Belarusian footballers Category:Association football defenders Category:FC Gomel players Category:FC SKVICH Minsk players Category:FC Vitebsk players Category:FC Granit Mikashevichi players Category:FC Khimik Svetlogorsk players Category:FC ZLiN Gomel players Category:FC Lokomotiv Gomel players Category:Belarusian football managers

Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's épée B

The men's épée B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 15 September at the Olympic Green Convention Center. The competition began with a preliminary stage where fencers were divided into three pools and played a round robin tournament. In this stage, the winner of a bout was the first person to score five hits or the person with the highest score at the end of four minutes. Next was a knock-out stage, where fencers competed in three three-minute bouts with a one-minute break between each. The winner was the first to reach fifteen hits, or the one with the highest score at the end of the last bout. In the event of a tie, another one-minute bout was held, with the winner being the first to score a hit. The event was won by Hu Daoliang, representing . Results Preliminaries Pool A Pool B Pool C Competition bracket References M

Mutawakilu Fuseini

Mutawakilu Fuseini (born 1 June 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a Centre back. Career Fuseini began his career with lower division club Saraphina FC, has played in Ghana for King Faisal Babes, Young Wise FC, and Liberty Professionals. Liberty Fuseini joined Liberty Professionals on one-year deal in January 2016. References Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Ghanaian footballers Category:Ghana Premier League players Category:Liberty Professionals F.C. players Category:Association football central defenders

Cineplex

A cineplex is a multiplex, a movie theatre with several screens, coming from the words cinema and complex. Cineplex most commonly refers to: Cineplex Entertainment, a Canadian entertainment company based in Toronto, Ontario. Cineplex may also refer to: Cineplex Odeon Corporation, a former Canadian movie theatre operators, present in Canada and the United States. Loews Cineplex Entertainment, a former and oldest movie theatre chain operating in North America. Cineplex Australia, a boutique cinema chain across seven locations in Australia. See also Movie theater List of movie theater chains

Michael Shulman (mathematician)

Michael "Mike" Shulman (; born 1980) is an American mathematician at the University of San Diego who works in category theory and higher category theory, homotopy theory, logic as applied to set theory, and computer science. Work Shulman did his undergraduate work at the California Institute of Technology and his postgraduate work at the University of Cambridge and the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. in 2009. His doctoral thesis and subsequent work dealt with applications of category theory to homotopy theory. In 2009, he received a National Science Foundation Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. In 2012–13, he was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he was one of the official participants in the Special Year on Univalent Foundations of Mathematics. Shulman was one of the principal authors of the book Homotopy type theory: Univalent foundations of mathematics, an informal exposition on the basics of univalent foundations and homotopy type theory. In 2014, Shulman was part of a team headed by Steve Awodey that was awarded a $7.5M grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory for homotopy type theory. Blogs Shulman is a supporter of using web-based software systems, such as GitHub, to promote collaborative work by mathematicians—the six-hundred-page Homotopy type theory book being a notable example. He is a prolific contributor to the nLab (and a member of its steering committee), and a co-host of the homotopy type theory blog and of the n-Category Cafe, a blog focusing on higher category theory. Selected publications Michael Shulman; Synthetic Differential Geometry May 31, 2006 Daniel Licata and Michael Shulman; Calculating the fundamental group of the circle in homotopy type theory January 15. 2013 Benedikt Ahrens, Chris Kapulkin, and Michael Shulman; Univalent categories and the Rezk completion March 4. 2013 Michael Shulman – In Cambridge Journals Special Issue: From type theory and homotopy theory to Univalent Foundations of Mathematics; Univalence for inverse diagrams and homotopy canonicity November 23, 2013 John C. Baez and Michael Shulman; Lectures on n-categories and cohomology In References External links Shulman's home page at University of San Diego Michael Shulman: Papers Shulman postings to Homotopy Type Theory blog Category:21st-century American mathematicians Category:Category theorists Category:University of San Diego faculty Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars Category:California Institute of Technology alumni Category:Living people Category:1980 births

Oretha Castle Haley

Oretha Castle Haley (July 22, 1939 – October 10, 1987) was an American civil rights activist in New Orleans. She came from a working-class background, yet was able to enroll in the Southern University of New Orleans, SUNO, then a center of student activism. She joined the protest marches and went on to become a prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement and other causes. Background The 1954 US Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education, undermined the legal foundation of separate-but-equal racial segregation. The landmark court decision emboldened the cause for civil rights. The 1955 murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi, and the subsequent miscarriage of justice drew national attention to the brutal and unfair treatment of African Americans in the South. In late 1955, the arrest of Rosa Parks led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott lasted almost a year and its success launched the career of Martin Luther King and demonstrated the power of non-violent political action. The first protest marches Oretha Castle participated in were sponsored by the Consumers League of Greater New Orleans (CLGNO). When Castle and several fellow protesters sought support to stage sit-ins at segregated lunch counters, both the Consumers League and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) took no interest. The CLGNO and NAACP were involved in sensitive litigations and negotiations and shunned the publicity. In the summer of 1960, Oretha Castle, Rudy Lombard and Jerome Smith pioneered their own organization and sought sponsorship from a national organization. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, SCLC, was not active in New Orleans. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was the first activist group dedicated to non-violence founded in 1942 and based in Chicago. The newly formed Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) rapidly grew in prominence. SNCC's powerbase became the Nashville chapter founded by Diane Nash and John Lewis. Castle and her cohorts chose to ally their local group with CORE, and developed their power base in New Orleans. SNCC and CORE both concentrated on street-level, direct-action activism, and are often compared. The NAACP, SLC, CORE and SNCC cooperated in many endeavors, and each are credited with playing a major role in the success of the Civil Rights Movement. Lombard vs. Louisiana On September 17, 1960, Castle and three of her fellow student-protesters were arrested for sitting in at the counter of McCrory's, a Canal Street five-and-dime store in New Orleans. These protests were based on how stores in Central City "wouldn't hire black sales clerks or cashiers, in spite of the fact that the majority of customers in the shopping district were black". Oretha Castle, Cecil Carter, Sydney Goldfinch and Rudy Lombard were charged with criminal mischief, "which makes it a crime to refuse to leave a place of business after being ordered to do so by the person in charge of the premises". There were no laws particularly allowing racial segregation in businesses in the town, however public announcements explaining a zero tolerance on sit-in demonstrations by the Mayor and Superintendent of the police had been made. Those charged

Entezam

Entezam (Persian/Arabic: انتظام) is a Persian surname of Arabic origin (its literal meaning being "discipline", "order") that may refer to Abbas Amir-Entezam (born 1933), Iranian politician Abdullah Entezam, Iranian diplomat Nasrollah Entezam (1900–1980), Iranian diplomat, brother of Abdullah Category:Arabic-language surnames

Germanosaurus

Germanosaurus, meaning "German Kingdom of Prussia lizard", is an extinct aquatic genus of nothosaurid sauropterygian known from the early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) Lower Muschelkalk of what was known as Upper Silesia, now a part of Poland. The type species of Germanosaurus is G. latissimus, originally named as a species of Nothosaurus. After a new generic name was erected for it, the holotype fragmentary skull was lost, possibly during World War II. Rieppel (1997) thus considered the species to be a nomen dubium in the species. However, from surviving illustrations and descriptions of the material, he concluded that another taxon known as Cymatosaurus schafferi, is referable to Germanosaurus and possibly even represents the same species as G. latissimus. Rieppel removed the species from Cymatosaurus and created the new combination G. schafferi, making it the only valid species of Germanosaurus diagnosable to the species level. All known material of G. schafferi, including the holotype skull, were collected from the same general locality as the holotype skull of G. latissimus, at Sacrau now Zakrzów Turawski, near Gogolin, Gorny Slask of Poland. These deposits belong to the lower part of the Gogolin Formation, which is a basal part of the Lower Muschelkalk, dating to the early Anisian stage of the early Middle Triassic, about 247 million years ago. References Category:Nothosaurs Category:Triassic sauropterygians Category:Middle Triassic reptiles of Europe Category:Anisian life Category:Anisian genus first appearances

Chris Green (cricketer)

Christopher James Green (born 1 October 1993), known as Chris Green, is a South African-born Australian cricketer. Green bowls right-arm off-break and bats right-handed, playing as an allrounder. He plays for the New South Wales, the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League, Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League and Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League. He also plays Sydney Grade Cricket for Manly Warringah District Cricket Club. Green made his Thunder debut in the final round of the BBL04. Ahead of the 2018 Caribbean Premier League, he was named as one of five players to watch in the tournament. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League. Green received a 90 day suspension for bowling with an illegal action commencing 8 January 2020. Personal life Green is South African on his father's side and British on his mother's side. His parents Warren and Lisa Green (Gould), were both professional tennis players. References External links Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Australian cricketers Category:New South Wales cricketers Category:Sydney Thunder cricketers Category:Lahore Qalandars cricketers Category:Multan Sultans cricketers Category:Sportspeople from Durban Category:Guyana Amazon Warriors cricketers Category:Warwickshire cricketers

Jerome Robinson

Jerome Robinson (born February 22, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball with the Boston College Eagles. He was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the 2018 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick. College career Robinson was not ranked as a high school recruit and had trouble receiving offers from Power-5 programs coming out of Needham B. Broughton High School in Raleigh North Carolina. Boston College assistant coach Scott Spinelli, who is known for finding diamonds in the rough, was the only representative of a Power-5 school to offer Robinson. As a freshman, Robinson averaged 11.7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game for the 2015-16 season. As a sophomore, he averaged 18.7 points, 4 rebounds, 3.4 assists per game. During his junior year, he averaged 20.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game and was named All ACC First Team with 14 ACC Player of the Year votes. Additionally, he was an Associated Press honorable mention All-American. He scored a career-high 46 points in a loss at Notre Dame on February 6. After the season, he declared for the 2018 NBA draft but did not hire an agent to preserve his collegiate eligibility. On April 28, 2018 he hired an agent with CAA sports thus ending his eligibility. Robinson became the first ever lottery draft pick out of Boston College. Professional career Los Angeles Clippers (2018–2020) On June 21, 2018, Robinson was selected with the thirteenth overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2018 NBA draft. Robinson scored a career high 21 points in a win versus the Atlanta Hawks on November 17, 2019. Washington Wizards (2020-present) On February 6, 2020, he was traded to the Washington Wizards in a 3-team trade, involving the New York Knicks. Career statistics NBA Regular season |- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 33 || 0 || 9.7 || .400 || .316 || .667 || 1.2 || .6 || .3 || .1 || 3.4 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 42 || 1 || 11.3 || .338 || .284 || .579 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .3 || .2 || 2.9 |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"| Career | 75 || 1 || 10.7 || .364 || .297 || .607 || 1.4 || .9 || .3 || .1 || 3.1 Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019 | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers | 5 || 0 || 9.2 || .357 || .500 || 1.000|| 1.2 || 1.4 || .4 || .0 || 3.6 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 5 || 0 || 9.2 || .357 || .500 || 1.000|| 1.2 || 1.4 || .4 || .0 || 3.6 College |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston College | 23 || 23 || 33.4 || .429 || .381 || .643 || 4.0 || 3.0 || 1.4 || .3 || 11.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston College | 32 || 32 || 34.0 || .423 || .333

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation

The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly the US Army School of the Americas (SOA), is a United States Department of Defense Institute located at Fort Benning near Columbus, Georgia, created in the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act. History Latin American Training Center-Ground Division In 1946, the United States Army founded the Latin American Training Center-Ground Division (Centro de Entrenamiento Latino Americano, Division Terrestre) at Fort Amador in the Panama Canal Zone to centralize the "administrative tasks involved in training the increasing number of Latin Americans attending U.S. service schools in the canal zone." The school trained Latin American military personnel to use artillery and advanced weapons purchased from the United States and provided instruction in nation-building. The army soon renamed the division the Latin American Ground School (Escuela Latino Americano Terrestre) and divided it into three departments: engineering, communications, and weapons and tactics. The school was affiliated with army training schools in Panama that included the Food Service School (Fort Clayton), the Motor Mechanics School (Fort Randolph), and the Medical School (Fort Clayton). Chronic under-enrollment occurred during the school's first few years, as Latin American officials preferred to have personnel trained within the continental United States. Cadets of varying degrees of education and military experience were placed in the same courses. In 1947, discussions of national castes and class divisions in Latin American countries among U.S. officials led to changes in course structure that created separate classes for officers and lower-ranks. During the 1940s and 1950s, the school sought to prove that the quality of training provided matched or exceeded training provided by institutions within the U.S. When a group of Argentine officers attended a three-month course in 1948, the school painstakingly structured the program to convince them that that U.S. was "enterprising, efficient, and powerful." Administrators leveraged preconceived notions around Argentine racial superiority in Latin America to cultivate feelings of equality between the Argentine officers and their U.S. counterparts. Scholar Lesley Gill has argued that the Ground School not only trained students, but incorporated them "into the ideology of the 'American way of life' by steeping them in a vision of empire that identified their aspirations with those of the United States." U.S. Army Caribbean School In February 1949, the army consolidated the training schools in the Panama Canal Zone and transferred operations to Fort Gulick. The army changed the name of the Latin American Ground School to the U.S. Army Caribbean School. Some courses were taught in Spanish to accommodate requests from Latin American countries that the school served. The school graduated 743 U.S. military personnel and 251 Latin Americans representing ten countries in 1949. Mutual defense assistance agreements bound the U.S. Army to the militaries of Latin America by the middle of the 1950s, with only Mexico and Argentina as exceptions. By 1954, the school's pupils were overwhelmingly from Latin American countries due to a decrease in U.S. military personnel in the region, an increased utilization of the school by governments in Latin America, and an agreement that the United States would pay "transportation, per diem

Dane Zajc

Dane Zajc () (26 October 1929 – 20 October 2005) was a Slovenian poet and playwright. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association (1991–1995), and was awarded the prestigious Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement (1981). Together with Edvard Kocbek and Gregor Strniša, he is considered as the most important Slovenian poet of the second half of the 20th century. Life He was born as Danijel Zajc in the Upper Carniolan village of Zgornja Javoršica near Moravče, in a relatively wealthy peasant family. He was traumatized by the experience of World War II. At the age of 13, he witnessed the brutal death of his father, when the Nazis burned his native house, throwing his father in the flames. Two of his brothers fell in the partisan resistance. During the war years, he dropped out of school. He continued his education after 1945, first in a special course for young war victims in Domžale, and then in Kamnik and Gornja Radgona. In 1947, he enrolled in the Poljane Grammar School in Ljubljana. During this time, he befriended several young writers and poets. Together with Lojze Kovačič, Viktor Blažič in Janez Menart, he founded the youth literary magazine called Mi, mladi (We, the Young); where he published his first poems. In 1951, he was arrested by the Communist authorities, and sentenced to three months in prison. As a result, he was expelled from the Poljane grammar school. After his release from prison, he was drafted to the Yugoslav People's Army. Bad experiences with the Yugoslav Communist regime affirmed his skepticism against the Communist ideology, turning him into a lifelong anti-Communist. Between 1953 and 1955, he worked as a clerk at the post office. In 1955, he got a job at the City Library of Ljubljana, where he worked until retirement in 1989. In 1958, he completed his high school with external exams, but was not allowed to enroll to the university. In the mid 1950s, Zajc became part of a circle of critical Slovene intellectuals, known as the Critical generation. The group was formed by poets (besides Zajc, also Gregor Strniša and Veno Taufer), writers (Lojze Kovačič, Marjan Rožanc, Rudi Šeligo), playwrights (Dominik Smole, Primož Kozak), and theoreticians (Taras Kermauner, Veljko Rus, Janko Kos, Jože Pučnik). They introduced contemporary existentialist currents in Slovenia, opening a series of discussions regarding philosophical, cultural and political issues of the time. Zajc was member of the editorial board of the alternative journal Revija 57, the first independent journal in Slovenia after 1945, and of the journal Perspektive. After both journals were banned by the Communist regime, Zajc withdrew from public life, but continued writing and publishing his poetry and plays. He again returned to the public scene in the late 1980s, during the Slovenian Spring, becoming a vocal supporter of the Slovenian Democratic Opposition. During the 1990s, he served as president of the Slovenian Writers' Association. He died in Ljubljana. The American singer and songwriter Chris Eckman released a CD in 2008 called "The Last Side of the Mountain". It contains more than 10 adaptations of

4th Annual BFJA Awards

The 4th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards were held on 1941, honoring the best in India cinema in 1940. Best India Film Woman Best Bengali Film Doctor Best Hindi Film Woman Best Foreign Film - Gone With The Wind References Category:Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Category:1941 film awards Category:1941 in Indian cinema

Kuo Yen-wen

Kuo Yen-wen (; born 25 October 1988) is a Taiwanese baseball player who plays with the Rakuten Monkeys in the Chinese Professional Baseball League. He played in the Cincinnati Reds farm system in 2008–2009 and represented Taiwan at the 2006 World Junior Baseball Championship, 2008 Olympics, 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2013 World Baseball Classic, and 2014 Asian Games. External links Baseball Reference – minors Wiki Baseball (in Chinese) Taiwan Baseball Blog 2008 Olympics World Baseball Classic Category:1988 births Category:2009 World Baseball Classic players Category:2013 World Baseball Classic players Category:2015 WBSC Premier12 players Category:Asian Games medalists in baseball Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Category:Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Baseball players at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Billings Mustangs players Category:Dayton Dragons players Category:Gulf Coast Reds players Category:Lamigo Monkeys players Category:Rakuten Monkeys players Category:Living people Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Olympic baseball players of Taiwan Category:Baseball players from Tainan Category:Sarasota Reds players

Frederik Vesti

Frederik Vesti (born 13 January 2002) is a Danish racing driver currently competing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Prema alongside Oscar Piastri and Logan Sargeant. Racing record Career summary References External links Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:Danish racing drivers Category:Formula 4 drivers Category:ADAC Formula 4 drivers Category:FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers

Nitrobenzene

Nitrobenzene is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5NO2. It is a water-insoluble pale yellow oil with an almond-like odor. It freezes to give greenish-yellow crystals. It is produced on a large scale from benzene as a precursor to aniline. In the laboratory, it is occasionally used as a solvent, especially for electrophilic reagents. Production Nitrobenzene is prepared by nitration of benzene with a mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid, water, and nitric acid. This mixture is sometimes called "mixed acid." The production of nitrobenzene is one of the most dangerous processes conducted in the chemical industry because of the exothermicity of the reaction (ΔH = −117 kJ/mol). + World capacity for nitrobenzene in 1985 was about 1.7×106 tonnes. The nitration process involves formation of the nitronium ion (NO2+), followed by an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction of it with benzene. The nitronium ion is generated by the reaction of nitric acid and an acidic dehydration agent, typically sulfuric acid: HNO3 + H+ NO2+ + H2O Uses Approximately 95% of nitrobenzene is consumed in the production of aniline: C6H5NO2 + 3 H2 → C6H5NH2 + 2 H2O Aniline is a precursor to urethane polymers, rubber chemicals, pesticides, dyes (particularly azo dyes), explosives, and pharmaceuticals. Specialized applications Nitrobenzene is also used to mask unpleasant odors in shoe and floor polishes, leather dressings, paint solvents, and other materials. Redistilled, as oil of mirbane, nitrobenzene had been used as an inexpensive perfume for soaps. It has been replaced by less toxic chemicals for this purpose. A significant merchant market for nitrobenzene is its use in the production of the analgesic paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen) (Mannsville 1991). Nitrobenzene is also used in Kerr cells, as it has an unusually large Kerr constant. Evidence suggests its use in agriculture as a plant growth/flowering stimulant. Organic reactions Aside from its conversion to aniline, nitrobenzene can be selectively reduced to azoxybenzene, azobenzene, nitrosobenzene, hydrazobenzene, and phenylhydroxylamine. Safety Nitrobenzene is highly toxic (Threshold Limit Value 5 mg/m3) and readily absorbed through the skin. Prolonged exposure may cause serious damage to the central nervous system, impair vision, cause liver or kidney damage, anemia and lung irritation. Inhalation of vapors may induce headache, nausea, fatigue, dizziness, cyanosis, weakness in the arms and legs, and in rare cases may be fatal. The oil is readily absorbed through the skin and may increase heart rate, cause convulsions or rarely death. Ingestion may similarly cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and gastrointestinal irritation, loss of sensation/use in limbs and also causes internal bleeding. Nitrobenzene is considered a likely human carcinogen by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and is classified by the IARC as a Group 2B carcinogen which is "possibly carcinogenic to humans". It has been shown to cause liver, kidney, and thyroid adenomas and carcinomas in rats. It is classified as an extremely hazardous substance in the United States as defined in Section 302 of the U.S. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. 11002), and is subject to strict reporting requirements by facilities which produce, store, or use it in significant quantities.

Zar'it

Zar'it () is an moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was established in 1967 by moshav residents from the Galilee as part of Operation Sof Sof, designed to strengthen Jewish presence in the Galilee. It was initially named Kfar Rosenwald (Rosenwald Village) after American philanthropist William Rosenwald. However, the foreign-sounding name of the village didn't sit well with its residents, so as a compromise, Yehuda Ziv, the head of community naming suggested an acronym incorporating Rosenwald's name within a Hebrew word, Zar'it (Zekher Rosenwald Imanu Yisha'er Tamid, lit. Rosenwald's memory will be with us always). The moshav is located on the land of the Palestinian village of Suruh, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The village was the site of Hezbollah's initial attack in the 2006 Lebanon War, and was subject to several rocket attacks. References Category:Moshavim Category:Populated places established in 1967 Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Category:1967 establishments in Israel

2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018 took place on 16 December 2018 at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham. It was the 65th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. The event, broadcast live on BBC One, was hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan. Des Clarke and Jazmin Sawyers provided the pre-show entertainment. George Ezra, Paloma Faith and Freya Ridings performed during the show. The Lightning Seeds along with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner performed "Three Lions" whilst a montage of England's run to the football World Cup semi final was played. Sport Personality of the year The nominees for the award were revealed during the ceremony. Other awards In addition to the main award as "Sports Personality of the Year", several other awards will also be presented: BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award: Gareth Southgate BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award: Kirsty Ewen BBC Sports Personality Greatest Sporting Moment of the Year On 3 December 2018 the nominees for the inaugural Greatest sporting moment of the year were announced. The winner was decided by public vote (online only) between the 3 December 2018 at 18.30 GMT and 14 December 2018 at 20.00 GMT. It was announced that England netball's last second win over Australia for the Commonwealth games title had been voted sporting moment of the year. England's historic netball gold England win penalty shootout Alastair Cook's farewell century Tiger Woods' first win in five years Tyson Fury fights back from knockdowns BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year Formerly known as the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, the nominees for the award were announced on 3 December. People from outside of the UK could participate in the voting for the first time. Voting took place online between the 3 December 2018 at 15:00 GMT and 15 December 2018 at 14:00 GMT. The winner was Italian golfer, Francesco Molinari. BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year The Nominations for Team of the year were announced on the night of the ceremony. The nominees were: England Football Ireland Rugby Union Celtic F.C. England Netball European Ryder Cup Manchester City F.C. Mercedes F1 Team Sky England Netball team was announced as the winners of the team of the year award. BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement Award Billie Jean King became the third woman and third tennis player to be given the Lifetime achievement award. King had won 39 Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles competitions through out her career, with 20 coming at Wimbledon. In 1961 King and Karen Hantze Susman became the youngest pair to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon. Through out her career King was world singles number one in six years and won 129 singles titles in total, with the very last one coming in Birmingham where the award was presented. King also won 7 Fed Cup titles as a player and a further 4 as a captain. Away from the court King founded the Women's Tennis Association and was a advocate of

The Glitter Dome

The Glitter Dome is a 1984 American made-for-HBO crime drama film starring James Garner, Margot Kidder and John Lithgow. The film, based on the 1981 Joseph Wambaugh Hollywood-set homicide novel, was directed by Stuart Margolin, who also scored the film and played a supporting part. The movie was filmed in Victoria, British Columbia and co-starred Colleen Dewhurst. It was subsequently released on video in 1985. The film was also the last film for John Marley. Synopsis The Glitter Dome is a bar frequented by the Hollywood police detective division (the name is a slang reference to Hollywood). When the investigation of a high-profile studio president is going nowhere, the case is handed over to two experienced detectives, Al Mackey (Garner) and Marty Welborn (Lithgow). For this case, however, they need help, which they receive from a pair of vice cops called the Ferret and the Weasel and a pair of street cops commonly referred to as the Street Monsters, due to their fondness for violence. Cast James Garner ... Sgt. Aloysius Mackey Margot Kidder ... Willie John Lithgow ... Sgt. Marty Wellborn John Marley ... Capt. Woofer Stuart Margolin ... Herman Sinclair Paul Koslo ... Griswold Veals Colleen Dewhurst ... Lorna Dillman Alek Diakun ... Weasel Billy Kerr ... Ferret William S. Taylor ... Hand Dusty Morean ... Phipps Christianne Hirt ... Jill Tom McBeath ... Farrell Dixie Seatle ... Amazing Grace Dawn Luker ... Gladys Harvey Miller ... Harvey Himmelfarb Enid Saunders ... Eleanor St. Denis Alistair MacDuff ... Malcolm Sinclair Max Martini ... Steven Benson Fong ... Wing Dale Wilson ... Lloyd / Bozeman Controversy When first telecast on November 18, 1984, The Glitter Dome was criticized for a brief bondage sequence involving Margot Kidder: in retrospect, however, "the scene serves to affirm the integrity and decency of the character played by James Garner". References External links Category:English-language films Category:1980s crime drama films Category:Films based on American novels Category:American crime drama films Category:Films set in Los Angeles Category:Films shot in Vancouver Category:HBO Films films Category:American films Category:1984 films Category:1984 television films

Tae-yong

Tae-yong is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "tae" and 24 hanja with the reading "yong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Additionally, there is one character with the reading "ryong" which may also be written and pronounced "yong" in South Korea. Notable people with this name include: Cho Tae-yong (born 1956), South Korean diplomat Kim Tae-yong (born 1969), South Korean film director Shin Tae-yong (born 1970), South Korean footballer Kim Taeyong (writer) (born 1974), South Korean writer Kim Tae-yong (director, born 1987), South Korean film director Lee Tae-yong (born 1995), South Korean singer, member of NCT and SuperM See also List of Korean given names References Category:Korean masculine given names

Taylorville, West Virginia

Taylorville is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office is closed. References Category:Unincorporated communities in Mingo County, West Virginia Category:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia

List of ITTF World Tour Grand Finals medalists

Events Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed Doubles See also ITTF World Tour ITTF World Tour Grand Finals External links ITTF World Tour ITTF Statistics *medalists Category:ITTF World Tour Grand Finals ITTF World Tour Grand Finals ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

Ned and Stacey

Ned and Stacey is an American sitcom created by Michael J. Weithorn, and starring Thomas Haden Church and Debra Messing as the titular couple. The series aired on Fox from September 11, 1995, to January 27, 1997, and lasted for two seasons before being cancelled. Premise Stacey Colbert (Messing) is desperate to move out of her parents house and find a place to live in New York City. However, as a freelance journalist, she can hardly make enough money to save for an apartment. One night, Stacey's sister Amanda (Nadia Dajani) and brother-in-law Eric (Greg Germann) set Stacey up with Eric's friend and co-worker Ned Dorsey (Church). Though Stacey is initially repulsed by the idea of dating Ned, she decides to agree to a scheme he's cooked up. In order for him to get a promotion at the ad agency he's employed at, he needs a wife. Stacey reluctantly agrees as she is desperate to move out of her parents' house, and Ned has a very good apartment. The first season revolved around Ned and Stacey's adjustment to their new situation, while they attempt to make their marriage appear real and date other people. In the second season, Stacey moves out, and the two begin dating other people. Their constant bickering seems to evolve into something resembling a romance, but the series was cancelled before this could be fully developed. Intro dialogue (Spoken during the opening theme) Ned: Why Stacey? Stacey: Why Ned? Ned: It was business. Stacey: Strictly business. Ned: Here's the deal – to get a promotion, I needed a wife. Stacey: To get a life, I needed his apartment. Ned: So what the hell, we up and got married. Stacey: The only thing we have in common? We irritate each other. Ned: Right! Enjoy the show. This intro did not appear for the first episodes. Episodes Cast Main Thomas Haden Church as Ned Dorsey An uptight advertising executive. He marries Stacey in order to get a promotion. Ned is initially portrayed as a self-absorbed egomaniac who uses anyone to get ahead. However, Ned starts developing compassion and empathy for his friends, especially Stacey. Eventually, Ned falls in love with Stacey, but the series was cancelled before this was further developed. Debra Messing as Stacey Colbert Dorsey A beautiful, red-haired journalist with a degree from Brandeis University. She marries Ned to get out of her parents' house and live in his apartment, which has a nice view of Central Park. She begins the show as a freelance journalist, but eventually lands a job writing for an airline magazine, Skyward. Messy and neurotic, she often plays as a counter-balance for Ned's more uptight nature. Eventually, Stacey falls in love with Ned, but the series was cancelled before this was further developed. Greg Germann as Eric "Rico" Moyer Stacey's brother-in-law, Amanda's husband, and Ned's best friend. He is an accountant at Ned's advertising firm. Called Rico by Ned, he is slightly nerdy in a good natured way, and his straight down-the-middle persona is often used to counter Ned's antics. Eric is a

Friend of the Devil

"Friend of the Devil" is a song recorded by the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia and John Dawson and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. It is the second track of the Dead's 1970 album American Beauty. According to band confederate Amy Moore, the song was partially inspired by rakish Grateful Dead road manager/advance man Rock Scully and his entanglements with various women, including longtime common-law wife Nicki Scully; the "child" invoked in the penultimate verse was a homage to Acacia Scully, a child from Nicki Scully's previous relationship who was adopted by the manager. The song is largely acoustic, like most of American Beauty. It is known for the guitar riff Garcia plays in the bass register, which is a descending G major scale (G F# E D C B A G). The song is among the most covered songs written by the Grateful Dead; Hunter later stated, "that was the closest we've come to what may be a classic song." The song was introduced in concert on March 20th, 1970 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. Following the group's October 1974-June 1976 touring hiatus, the song was performed in a significantly slower arrangement with extended guitar and keyboard solos. Loggins and Messina, whose version of the song was slowed down, might have inspired the Dead to do the same. In more recent history, Phil Lesh and Friends have performed a more uptempo version similar to the original. Hunter plays a slightly different version on his album (released only in LP format) Jack O'Roses. He adds a final verse: "You can borrow from the Devil/ You can borrow from a friend/ But the Devil'll give you twenty/ When your friend got only ten" Cover versions New Riders of the Purple Sage, which featured John Dawson, who along with Jerry Garcia wrote the music, recorded this on their twelfth studio album Keep On Keepin' On in 1989. Chris Smither originally released it on his 1972 album Don't Drag it On and covered the song on his live studio album Another Way to Find You, recorded in 1989 and released in 1991. During their 1994 Bridge School Benefit set Ministry played the song. A live recording from the show can be found on the 1997 compilation The Bridge School Concerts, Vol. 1. Tony Rice, Larry Rice, Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen covered the song on their 1999 album, Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen. Loggins and Messina, whose version of the song was slowed down. Bob Dylan and Tom Petty also both have covered the song in concert, including Petty's 1997 rendition of the track available on his album The Live Anthology and his live performance at 2013's Hangout Festival. In 2002, Norway's top country-rock band, Hellbillies covered the song on their live album Cool Tur (Cool Tour). The song was performed with Norwegian lyrics by Arne Moslåtten and is known as "Hinnmann og eg" ("The devil and I" in english). In 2003, Counting Crows included a slower-tempo cover of the song on their compilation album Films About

2016 World Rally Championship-2

The 2016 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the fourth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, ran in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The Championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, and Super 2000 regulations. The Championship was composed of thirteen rallies, and drivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of seven events. The best six results counted towards the championship. After winning in 2015 and 2014, Nasser Al-Attiyah didn't participate in the 2016 season. The Qatari driver decided to focus on the 2016 Dakar Rally and on training for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in attempt to win a medal in the Men's Skeet event. Calendar Regulation changes The Production Cup for Drivers and Co-driver will be discontinued after 2015. Teams and drivers Results and standings Season summary FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Notes – Points earned as Peugeot Sport Slovakia entry. – Points earned as The Ptock entry. FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Co-Drivers FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams References External links Official website of the World Rally Championship Official website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile World Rally Championship 2

The Knowledge Academy

The Knowledge Academy is a UK-based global training company. They provide IT, business management and project management training for individuals and organisations. History The Knowledge Academy was formed in 2009 by husband and wife Dilshad and Barinder Hothi. The Knowledge Academy offers both classroom and online professional training courses. Founders Dilshad Hothi originally grew up in India and came to the UK at aged 21 to complete his master's degree in marketing. He then joined a large training provider and was a director of Sales there for a number of years before starting The Knowledge Academy with his wife Barinder in 2009. Barinder also worked in Technology Sales, working for Microsoft and IBM. Daily Mirror Investigation In 2016 the Daily Mirror carried out an investigation into the company's practices. It revealed how The Knowledge Academy can, at its discretion, “change prices at any time”, “cancel or reschedule any course” and swap their courses for a “Virtual Training” alternative. They were also found to be re-selling a course run by a rival company, without their knowledge. References External links www.theknowledgeacademy.com Category:Education companies established in 2009 Category:Training companies of the United Kingdom

Holy Family College, Abak

Holy Family College, (HOFACO) is a boy's secondary school in Abak, Nigeria. The school was founded in 1942 by the Catholic Mission in Nigeria. History Holy Family College Oku Abak was established as a result of Catholic action by the Ibibio Catholic League in the 1940s Educational Policies resulted in the takeover of all mission schools by the Government. Holy Family College was finally returned to the Catholic Mission in 2006 Houses Moynagh House named after Bishop James Moynagh St. Thomas Ekanem House St. Monica Our Lady Conolly House League House Independence House List of Principals The Pioneer Principal(1942-) was Reverend Father Connolly Rev. Fr.(Dr)Columbus Archibong· (Current Principal) C.S. Umoh (1999-2001) Notable alumni Dominic Ekandem Emmanuel Ukaegbu Walter Ofonagoro E. U. Essien-Udom Donald Etiebet Edidem Raymond Timothy Inyang Emmanuel UdoUdo Ofong-Ekpe External links References Category:Catholic schools in Nigeria Category:Schools in Akwa Ibom State Category:Boys' schools in Nigeria Category:Educational institutions established in 1942

Esophageal motility study

An esophageal motility study (EMS) or esophageal manometry is a test to assess motor function of the upper esophageal sphincter (UES), esophageal body and lower esophageal sphincter (LES). Indications An EMS is typically done to evaluate suspected disorders of motility or peristalsis of the esophagus. These include achalasia, diffuse esophageal spasm, nutcracker esophagus and hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter. These disorders typically present with dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, usually to both solids and liquids even initially. Other patients with spasm disorders may have the test done to diagnose chest pain thought not to be of cardiac cause. The test is not useful for anatomical disorders of the esophagus (that is, disorders that distort the anatomy of the esophagus), such as peptic strictures and esophageal cancer. Procedure A technician places a catheter into the nose and then guides it into the stomach. Once placed in the stomach lining, the catheter is slowly withdrawn, allowing it to detect pressure changes and to record information for later review. The patient will be asked at times to take a deep breath or to take some swallows of water. The degree of discomfort varies among patients. Patients are not sedated because sedatives would alter the functioning of the esophageal muscles. Overall the procedure takes about 45 minutes. After the procedure is complete, patients can usually resume their normal daily activities. Other diagnostic tests for swallowing Upper gastrointestinal series and their fluoroscopic counterparts use x-rays to image the swallowing motions. Recent advances Recently, high resolution manometry (HRM) has been developed that significantly reduces the procedure time (10 minutes versus 45 minutes with conventional manometry) and provides enhanced patient comfort. Newer catheters incorporate concurrent impedance with HRM. See also Esophageal motility disorder Nutcracker esophagus Category:Medical tests Category:Diagnostic gastroenterology

APLP1

Amyloid-like protein 1, also known as APLP1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the APLP1 gene. APLP1 along with APLP2 are important modulators of glucose and insulin homeostasis. Function This gene encodes a member of the highly conserved amyloid precursor protein gene family. The encoded protein is a membrane-associated glycoprotein that is cleaved by secretases in a manner similar to amyloid beta A4 precursor protein cleavage. This cleavage liberates an intracellular cytoplasmic fragment that may act as a transcriptional activator. The encoded protein may also play a role in synaptic maturation during cortical development. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. APLP1 and APLP2 double knockout mice display hypoglycemia and hyperinsulinemia indicating that these two proteins are important modulators of glucose and insulin homeostasis. References External links Further reading

Nicholas Awrey

Nicholas Awrey (June 8, 1851 – June 11, 1897) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Wentworth South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1898 as a Liberal member. He was born in Binbrook Township, Wentworth County, Canada West in 1851, the son of Israel Awrey who was the son of a United Empire Loyalist of Irish descent and Elizabeth Rymal, whose uncle Jacob Rymal took part in the Upper Canada Rebellion. In 1872, he married Ann Hasteltine Barlow. Awrey was president of the Provincial Farmer's Institute, served on the board for the Central Fair Association and was a district representative in the Agriculture and Arts Association of Ontario. He also served on the municipal council. Awrey represented Ontario at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. He was a member of the Freemasons. He died of Bright's disease in 1897. Awrey, a geographical township in Sudbury District, was named after him. References External links Prominent men of Canada : a collection of persons distinguished in professional and political life ... GM Adam (1892) The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891 JA Gemmill A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time ... GM Rose (1886) Category:1851 births Category:1897 deaths Category:Deaths from nephritis Category:Canadian Methodists Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs

1890–91 Ottawa Hockey Club season

The 1890–91 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's sixth season of play. The club would have an outstanding record, winning 13 and losing 1. The club would play in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) in the OHA's first season and would win its championship, the Cosby Cup, against Amateur Hockey Association of Canada(AHAC) teams and against other Ottawa teams. Team business The club met on November 19, 1890, and elected their officers: F. M. S. Jenkins, president P. D. Ross, captain D. C. Scott, secretary-treasurer The club also approved the idea of the forming of a city league in Ottawa composed of the Ottawa HC, Rideau Club, Ottawa College, Dey's Rink and Rebels clubs. This was the start of the Ottawa City Hockey League. The club nominated J. A. Baum to be their representative at the founding meeting of the Ontario Hockey Association. Frank Jenkins, it was announced, would not play this year due to "an accident to his leg." In the team's financial statement for the season, the team recorded a $70.11 deficit on expenses of $121.11 and minus an OAAC grant of $30 and $21 from team member subscriptions. Schedule and results 1 City championship 2 AHAC challenge 3 OHA championship Sources: Roster Albert Morel – goal Reginald Bradley F. M. S. Jenkins – point, Jack Kerr – point, Weldy Young – cover-point, P. D. Ross – forward, Halder Kirby – forward, Chauncey Kirby – forward, Herbert Russell – forward, J. Smith – forward References Category:Ottawa Senators (original) seasons Ottawa

TrueEX Group

trueEX Group LLC, known as trueEX, is a New York based financial technology company established on October 21, 2010, by Founder Sunil G. Hirani, a Co-Founder of Creditex Group Inc. and his Co-founder, Jim Miller. Its headquarters are in the Flatiron District of New York City. trueEX is organized as a Delaware limited liability company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of trueEX Group. It is established as an electronic exchange platform for global interest rate swaps (IRS), a market estimated at over $300 trillion. On September 28, 2012, trueEX became the first electronic swaps exchange to receive approval by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a Dodd-Frank compliant Designated Contract Market (DCM). trueEX was created in response to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which imposed new regulations and standards on the financial markets following the 2008 financial crisis. The company will initially trade interest rate swaps, will add other liquid derivatives to its portfolio and is the first to provide back loading, termination, re-balancing and compaction services for the interest rate swaps market. In the first year of operation, trueEX has on boarded 11 clearing houses, 14 dealers, and 63 buy-side firms. trueEX has executed over $2.7 trillion in PTC, RFQ, Compressions, and Post Trade Services for the buy-side and dealer community. Awards 2017 Global Capital Global Derivatives Award: RFQ SEF of the Year 2017 Global Capital Americas Derivatives Award: RFQ SEF of the Year 2017 FStech Award: Best Trading System 2017 Risk Awards: OTC Trading Platform of the Year 2016 Global Capital Global Derivatives Award: RFQ SEF of the Year 2016 Risk Awards: SEF of the Year Media Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Exchange Professional of the Year—Karen O’Connor, TrueEX [London, March 30, 2018] Swaps Pioneer's Crypto Venture Takes Two Big Steps Forward [New York, March 12, 2018] trueEX Unit to Launch Regulated Marketplace for Digital Assets [New York, March 12, 2018] References Category:Financial services companies based in New York City

Dutton House (Shelburne, Vermont)

The Dutton House is an exhibit building at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont; it is also known as the Salmon Dutton House. Dutton House was the first dwelling brought to the museum property. In order to relocate the structure to the museum grounds, builders dismantled the house. Museum workers photographed the house prior to and while the house was being dismantled. Samples of each stenciled border were excised from the plaster walls. These samples were used as models for recreating the stenciled decoration of Dutton House's interior. The sunburst stencil painted motif over a second-floor fireplace mantle was also retained and installed in the re-erected house. Museum workers added dentil molding, copied from a house in Alburg, Vermont, to the structure's cornice. History Salmon Dutton built Dutton House in Cavendish, Vermont, in 1781. Having emigrated from Massachusetts, Dutton worked as a road surveyor, a justice of the peace, and the treasurer of the town of Cavendish. Like many of his contemporaries, Dutton used his house as both a residence and place of business. Continuing his tradition, Dutton's descendants, who occupied the house until 1900, operated Dutton House as a store, an inn, and a boarding house for local mill workers. Although Dutton originally constructed Dutton House in the indigenous saltbox style, he and his descendants expanded the structure as the building's function changed over time. The many additions that extend from the saltbox core reflect the tradition of "continuous" architecture common in New England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In the late 1940s Redfield Proctor Jr., Dutton's great-great-grandson, offered the house to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now Historic New England. As part of considering the house, architect Frank Chouteau Brown measured and delineated the house and its stencil-painted walls for the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1946. Ultimately, Proctor donated the house to the Vermont Historical Society; however, in 1950 when the Vermont Highway Department's planned road improvements threatened the structure, the society offered it to Shelburne Museum. Wall treatments collection Nineteenth-century American homeowners employed many methods in ornamenting their interiors. Rich paint colors and wallpaper were widely available in America as early as 1725, and by 1830 thousands of trade painters offered wallpapering, mural painting, and stenciling among their marketable talents. Shelburne Museum's collection includes examples of all three types of wall treatments. Members of the upper class often imported French and English wallpaper to adorn formal rooms such as parlors, ballrooms, and dining rooms. These papers frequently represented scenic landscapes and possessed bright colors and bold patterning that could stand out even in weak candlelight. Mural painting offered an equally decorative but less expensive mode of adornment for those who could not afford to import expensive papers. Jonathan Poor, and his partner, Paine, worked as limners. Traveling around Maine, they offered their services as decorative painters charging $10 for a completed room. Represented in the museum's collection is an ornamental over-mantel and chimney-surround that Poor and Paine created in about 1830. Designed as part of a painted chamber of landscape murals, these paintings, with