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Ham Richardson
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Hamilton Farrar Richardson (August 24, 1933 – November 5, 2006) was an American tennis player, who was active in the 1950s and 1960s. Life Richardson was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics at Tulane University, where he won two NCAA Singles Championships (in 1953 and 1954). He was named a charter member of the Tulane University Athletic Hall of Fame. He was named a Rhodes scholar and earned a master's degree at Oxford University during which he achieved the U.S. No. 1 ranking, both in 1956 and 1958 (Richardson was also ranked in the U.S. Top 10 in nine other years). Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph ranked Richardson the World No. 3 in 1956, No. 6 in 1958, No. 7 in 1955 and No. 10 in 1954. Richardson reached four Grand Slam singles semi finals. At the French championships in 1955, Richardson beat Herbert Flam before losing in the semi finals to Tony Trabert. In 1956 Richardson reached the Wimbledon semi finals (beating Neale Fraser before losing to Lew Hoad). At the U. S. championships, Richardson reached the semi finals in 1952 (losing to Gardnar Mulloy) and 1954 (beating Hoad before losing to Vic Seixas). In 1958, he won a U.S. National doubles title in 1958 with Alex Olmedo, and reached the mixed doubles final at the Australian National Championship with Maureen Connolly. At the Cincinnati Masters, Richardson reached two singles finals, losing in 1950 to Glenn Bassett and in 1953 to Tony Trabert, and won two doubles titles, in 1950 with George Richards, and in 1953 with Trabert. He played on seven U.S. Davis Cup teams, including the winning Cup teams of 1954 and 1958. He was 20–2 in Davis Cup play. After retiring from tennis, he founded Richardson and Associates, a New York investment and venture capital firm. Personal life Richardson had three children from his first marriage, which ended in divorce. He was later married to author and editor Midge Turk Richardson from 1974 until his death from complications from diabetes in 2006. Grand Slam finals Men's doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Rankings Richardson's Top Ten U.S. Rankings 1951 – 9 1952 – 7 1953 – 6 1954 – 3 1955 – 7 1956 – 1 1957 – N/A 1958 – 1 1959 – N/A 1960 – N/A 1961 – N/A 1962 – 3 1963 – 7 1964 – 7 1965 – 6 References External links Category:1933 births Category:2006 deaths Category:American male tennis players Category:Deaths from diabetes Category:French Championships junior (tennis) champions Category:Sportspeople from Baton Rouge, Louisiana Category:Tennis people from Louisiana Category:Tulane Green Wave men's tennis players Category:United States National champions (tennis) Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
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Hamza Stone
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The Hamza Stone () is a large black-colored boulder on the eastern coast of Giresun Island in the Black Sea, located 1.2 km off the coast of the Turkish city of Giresun. The stone, known to locals since around 2000 BCE, symbolizes Kybele, an ancient Anatolian mother goddess. The stone sits on a device, also made of stone, with three legs similar to a very short tripod (saçayak, "saç foot", in Turkish, derived from its use to elevate a saç (pan) above the ground). It is estimated that the Hamza Stone has been a wish stone since 4,000 years before the present. Today, in the third ritual of ceremony programme of the local Aksu Festival, the stone is visited as a tradition. The tour around Giresun Island begins in front of the stone and returns to it in the end. Traditionally, visitors to the stone would put their hands on it and make wishes. It is believed that childless women that put their hands on the stone would soon bear a child. Because the traditional Anatolian and Turkish fireplace (or hearth), composed of a saçayak and a fire, is considered a symbol of having a home and a family, the stone represents fertility. Category:Giresun Category:Sacred rocks
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Mission Mountain Wood Band
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The Mission Mountain Wood Band, abbreviated M2WB, is an American bluegrass and country rock band formed in Missoula, Montana, US in 1971. They were noted for their vocal harmonies, multi-instrumental talent, and charismatic stage presence, particularly at Woodstock style regional concerts of the era such as the University of Montana's Aber Day Kegger. They spent time in New York City to further build their career, appeared on national television and toured 47 of the lower 48 states in a unique 1955 Greyhound Scenicruiser, performing up to 320 times a year both solo and as an opening act for other bands. The original five members were Rob Quist, Steve Riddle, Christian Johnson, Greg Reichenberg, and the late Terry Robinson, all of whom were UM students and born in Montana. Johnson was replaced with Kurt Bergeron by the time the band released their first album, In Without Knocking, in 1977. The band recorded two studio albums in their heyday, a third album after the band revamped as ‘’Montana’’, released a compilation of their older work in 2005, and put out two albums with new content in 2011 and 2014. Personnel changes resulting from the departure of several original band members resulted in Quist, Robinson and Bergeron reforming the group as The Montana Band in 1981. They had some national success and, described as "well-adapted to today's modern country sound," were being favorably compared to major groups of the time such as Alabama and the Oak Ridge Boys. After the departure of Quist, Terry Robinson was the only remaining original band member when a plane crash killed all then-members of the Montana band in 1987. The surviving M2WB members reunited in 1992 and began to play periodic reunion concerts from that time forward, released a compilation of their work in 2005, and after adding new members to the band, produced two additional albums in 2011 and 2014. Their fan base and concert experience was compared favorably to that of the Grateful Dead. The band was the subject of a 2009 PBS documentary, Never Long Gone: The Mission Mountain Wood Band Story. Origins The band was formed in 1971 when guitarist and banjo player Rob Quist, from Cut Bank, Montana and bassist Steve Riddle from Libby met as members of the University of Montana's "Jubileers", an audition-only singing group. They soon recruited other University of Montana (UM) students, starting with guitarist and Kalispell native Terry Robinson as lead vocalist. They performed as an acoustic three-piece group before adding two more UM students originally from Billings: Christian Johnson on guitar and fiddle, and drummer Greg Reichenberg. They were mentored by Joseph Musselman, a music professor at the university, and all band members were proficient on at least two instruments. They took their band name from the nearby Mission Range of mountains. Their public debut was in Bozeman, Montana in 1971 as the opening act for Rare Earth. Their band logo was designed by Missoula artist Monte Dolack. The band was influenced by folk and traditional country music traditions as well as contemporary bands of the time such
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August 20, 1955 Stadium (Algiers)
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August 20, 1955 Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Mohamed Belouizdad, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CR Belouizdad. The stadium holds 10,000 people. References External links File stadium – goalzz.com 20 Aout Category:Sports venues in Algiers Category:Sport in Algiers Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in Algeria Category:1930 establishments in Algeria Category:Sports venues completed in 1930
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Charles E. Merrill
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Charles Edward Merrill (October 19, 1885 – October 6, 1956) was an American philanthropist, stockbroker, and co-founder, with Edmund C. Lynch, of Merrill Lynch (previously called Charles E. Merrill & Co.). Early years Charles E. Merrill, the son of physician Dr. Charles Merrill and Octavia (Wilson) Merrill, was born in Green Cove Springs, Florida, where he spent his early childhood. In 1898 the family briefly moved to Knoxville, Tennessee but within the year returned to Florida to settle in Jacksonville. After the school had been damaged in the Great Fire of 1901, his parents decided to send him to the college preparatory academy operated by John B. Stetson University (now known as Stetson University). Merrill studied there from 1901 until 1903 and then in 1903 for the final year of high school was transferred to Worcester Academy. After two years at Amherst College, Merrill spent time at the University of Michigan Law School from 1906 to 1907; worked at Patchogue-Plymouth Mills from 1907 to 1909; at George H. Burr & Co., New York City, from 1909 to 1913; then established Charles E. Merrill & Co. Merrill Lynch Merrill and his friend, Edmund C. Lynch, created Merrill Lynch in 1915. Merrill made his money by investing. He orchestrated the 1926 merger which created the Safeway food chain, and Merrill Lynch provided investment banking services to Safeway to finance the acquisition of other chains, growing Safeway to more than 3,500 stores across the United States by 1931. Merrill anticipated the stock market crash of 1929, and divested many of his holdings before the Great Depression. Merrill merged his retail brokerage and wire operations with E. A. Pierce and Co., thereby restructuring Merrill Lynch and Co. to focus upon investment banking. Additionally, Merrill was known to have pleaded with President Calvin Coolidge (like Merrill, an Amherst alumnus) to speak out against speculation, but Coolidge did not listen to him. Following the 1930 restructuring, Merrill was able to spend more time focusing upon the further growth of Safeway, where he remained the largest shareholder and de facto CFO; in time, his son-in-law and grandson would also run the firm. Merrill was also a major investor in the S. S. Kresge Corporation, the forerunner of Kmart. In 1939, immediately preceding the boom caused by World War II, Merrill was approached by Edward A. Pierce to merge the struggling brokerage E. A. Pierce & Co. back together with Merrill Lynch. Merrill agreed to do so, but insisted that the combined firm retain the Lynch name. Following a simultaneous acquisition of Philadelphia-based Cassatt & Co., the firm was reopened as Merrill Lynch, E. A. Pierce and Cassatt. Merrill was convinced that the average American who wanted to invest should be able to buy shares in the stock market, which was previously a playground for the wealthy. He instructed his employees to hold seminars at which husbands and wives could leave their children with child care providers while the parents learned how they, too, could invest. Requiring husbands and wives to attend investment seminars together is a common marketing strategy
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Radioactive (disambiguation)
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Radioactive describes something undergoing radioactive decay, the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus emits radiation. Radioactive may also refer to: Materials Naturally occurring radioactive material Nuclear pharmacy involves the preparation of radioactive materials that will be used to diagnose and treat specific diseases. Radioactive contamination Radioactive waste Entertainment Radioactive (Yelawolf album), a 2011 album by rapper Yelawolf "Radioactive" (Gene Simmons song), a song from the 1978 album Gene Simmons by Gene Simmons Radio:Active the fourth album from British pop rock group McFly "Radioactive" (The Firm song), a song from the 1985 album The Firm by the English supergroup The Firm "Radioactive" (Imagine Dragons song), a 2012 song by Imagine Dragons "Radioactive" (Kings of Leon song), a song by Kings of Leon "Radioactive" (Marina and the Diamonds song), a 2011 song by Marina and the Diamonds "Radioactive" (Rita Ora song) Radioactive Records, a record label Radioactive FM 96, a radio station, which broadcasts from Karachi, Pakistan Radioactive (film), a biographical film about Marie Curie See also Radioactive Man (disambiguation) Radio Active (disambiguation) Radioactivity (disambiguation) zh:辐射
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Guigo II
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Guigo II, sometimes referred to as Guy, or by the moniker "the Angelic", was a Carthusian monk and the 9th prior of Grande Chartreuse monastery, from 1174-80. He died possibly in 1188 or 1193, and is distinct from both Guigo I, the 5th prior of the same monastery, and the late thirteenth-century Carthusian Guigo de Ponte. Works His most famous book is most commonly known today as Scala Claustralium (The Ladder of Monks), though it has also been known as the Scala paradisi (The Ladder of Paradise) and the Epistola de vita contemplativa (Letter on the Contemplative Life, which is its subtitle). Drawing from Jacob's vision in Genesis 28.12 of angels ascending and descending a ladder to God, bringing human prayers to heaven and God's answers to earth, Guigo wrote an account to explain how the ladder was meant for those in the cloister, seeking the contemplative life. Guigo named the four steps of this "ladder" of Lectio Divina prayer, a practice which continues daily in contemporary Benedictine ritual meditation, with the Latin terms lectio, meditatio, oratio, and contemplatio. In Guigo's four stages one first reads, which leads to think about (i.e. meditate on) the significance of the text; that process in turn leads the person to respond in prayer as the third stage. The fourth stage is when the prayer, in turn, points to the gift of quiet stillness in the presence of God, called contemplation. Scala Claustralium is considered the first description of methodical prayer in the western mystical tradition, and Guigo II is considered the first writer in the western tradition to consider stages of prayer as a ladder which leads to a closer mystic communion with God. The work was among the most popular of medieval spiritual works (in part because it commonly circulated under the name of the renowned Bernard of Clairvaux or even Augustine), with over one hundred manuscripts surviving. It was also translated into some vernacular languages, including into Middle English. It is still a basic guide for those who wish to practice lectio divina. Guigo II also wrote twelve Meditations, which were clearly less widely known as they survive in only a few manuscripts. From internal evidence, it appears they may have been written before the Scala Claustralium. See also Christian meditation References Further reading Guigo the Carthusian, The Ladder of Monks and Twelve Meditations: A Letter on the Contemplative Life, trans Edmund Colledge and James Walsh, (London: Mowbray, 1978; reprinted Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications, 1981) [This was originally printed in the Sources Chretiennes series as Lettre sur la vie contemplative. Douze meditations, ed Edmund Colledge and James Walsh, SC 163] Category:Carthusians Category:1190s deaths Category:Year of birth unknown
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Aquae Regiae
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Aquae Regiae was a Roman town in the Roman province of Byzacena, during the Roman Empire and into late antiquity. The Latin adjective referring to it is Aquaregiensis. History The bishop of this town, Massimiano, participated in the 411 Carthage conference, between the Catholic bishops and Donatist bishops of Africa and was at the other Carthaginian council of 419. Another bishop was among the Catholic prelates summoned in 484 to Carthage by the Arian king of the Vandals, Huneric. The bishop of the town was exiled after this conference. Today Aqua Regie survives as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church and the current bishop is Robert Charles Evans, auxiliary bishop of Providence. Known bishops Massimiano (411–419) Liberato (fl484) William Joseph McDonald † (17 March 1964 Appointed – 7 January 1989 died) György-Miklós Jakubínyi (14 March 1990 appointed – 8 April 1994 Appointed, Archbishop of Alba Iulia) Guillermo José Garlatti (27 August 1994 appointed – 20 February 1997 Appointed, Bishop of San Rafael) Martin Drennan (28 May 1997 appointed – 23 May 2005 Appointed, Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh) Alfonso Cortés Contreras (24 June 2005 appointed – 10 July 2009 Appointed, Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos) Robert Charles Evans (15 October 2009 appointed - current) References Category:Catholic titular sees in Africa Category:Archaeological sites in Tunisia Category:Roman towns and cities in Africa (Roman province)
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Spectacular mark
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A spectacular mark (also known as a specky, speckie, speccy, screamer or hanger) is a mark (or catch) in Australian rules football that typically involves a player jumping up on the back of another player. The spectacular mark has become a much celebrated aspect of the sport. Many of the winners of the Australian Football League's annual Mark of the Year competition could be considered 'speckies', and commentators will often call an individual specky "a contender" in reference to this competition and the mark's likeliness to win it. History Up until the early 1870s, Australian football was typically played low to the ground in congested rugby-style packs, and as such marks were generally taken on the chest. Occasional high marks were recorded; as early as 1862 a Melbourne Football Club player was praised for leaping "wonderfully high into the air" to mark the ball.<ref>Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle, 6 September 1862.</ref> Spectacular marks became more common in the 1880s, a time in which the game's style of play opened up and teams adopted positional structures resembling those in use today. Essendon's Charlie "Commotion" Pearson was a prominent high flyer of this period. An 1886 match report captured the excitement his aerial skills were generating: "Mr Pearson ... gave spectators many thrilling moments with his phenomenal leaps skyward. What a thrill the game would become as a spectacle if all players tried out this new idea." Albert Thurgood was a later exponent at the turn of the century. Dick Lee pulled down consistent high marks in the early 1900s. In South Australia Harold Oliver was considered the best exponent of the high flying mark prior to World War I. It wasn't until the push in the back rule was introduced in 1897 that high flyers were protected from being pushed in mid air. This prevented potential serious injury. In 1904, "unintentional interference" paved the way for forwards to climb up opposition players' backs to take spectacular marks. In the 1980s it became common for exponents of the spectacular mark to achieve extra elevation by levering or propping the hands or arms off the shoulders of opponents. According to the strict interpretation of the rules, this is in fact illegal interference. Sometimes, however, umpires would interpret in favour of the marking player if the interference was minor and deemed to be part of the jumping action. The AFL Rules Committee in 2007 effectively disallowed this type of spectacular mark altogether with a polarizing adjustment of the "hands on the back" rule. In popular culture The specky has been widely celebrated in Australian popular culture. The phrase "the big men fly" is invariably used to describe speckies and ruckmen contesting a ball-up, and has even spawned a play of the same name, written by Alan Hopgood and first staged in 1963. Alex Jesaulenko's famous specky in the 1970 VFL Grand Final gave rise to the catchphrase "Jesaulenko, You Beauty!". Songs such as Mike Brady's "Up There Cazaly" (1979) also celebrate the popular spectator phenomenon. In his poem "The High Mark", Bruce Dawe sees
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Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly S13
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The Men's 100 metre butterfly S13 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 19 September. It was won by Charalampos Taiganidis, representing . 1st round Heat 1 19 Sept. 2004, morning session Heat 2 19 Sept. 2004, morning session Final round 19 Sept. 2004, evening session References M
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1917 Alberta general election
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The 1917 Alberta general election was the fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, held on 7 June 1917 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Because of World War I, politics was largely on the back burner in the minds of Albertans this election. Eleven Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were acclaimed under Section 38 of the Election Act, which stipulated that any member of the 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly, would be guaranteed re-election, with no contest held, if members joined for war time service. Eleven MLAs were automatically re-elected through this clause. In addition, soldiers from Alberta fighting overseas elected two members-at-large. In 1917, the main issue facing the nation was conscription. In Alberta, where support for conscription was high, the incumbent Liberal government of Arthur Sifton decided to break with federal Liberal leader Wilfrid Laurier and support Conservative Prime Minister Robert Borden's efforts to form a coalition government. The two major parties both supported conscription, but growing labour and farmer activism, and the entry of women into politics, both as voters and candidates, made the election exciting enough that 30,000 more votes were cast than in the previous election (although they were nothing like the high numbers that would be cast in the 1921 election). The Liberals won a fourth term in office, defeating the Conservative Party of Edward Michener. Premier Sifton would then resign in October 1917 in order to serve in the federal Unionist government of Prime Minister Borden. This is the most recent time that the Liberals won an Alberta provincial election. The 1917 election was the tightest majority ever formed in Alberta history, with the combined opposition equaling to 70.59% of the MLA's on the government benches. This was the first election in Alberta that women (those who were British subjects or Canadian citizens more than 20 years of age who were not Treaty Indian) had the right to vote and run. Two women were elected to the opposition benches in the legislature that year. One of these, Louise McKinney, was elected as candidate for the Non-Partisan League. Her election and the election of fellow NPL member James Weir were harbingers of the rise of farmer politics that would see the election of the UFA government in 1921. The Alberta Labor Representation League, which opposed conscription, elected one member in Calgary, Alex Ross. The vote in the Athabasca district was conducted on 27 June 1917 due to the remoteness of the riding. As well, two extra seats were added for this election. Two MLAs were elected to represent the soldiers and nurses serving overseas. They were non-partisan officially, although both Robert Pearson and Roberta MacAdams allied themselves to Labour and NPL MLAs by showing social consciousness in regards the conditions available for returned soldiers and working families. Results percentage based on vote cast in Alberta districts, excluding the overseas army vote Note: 1 Charles Cross represented two ridings during the previous legislative assembly. Members of the Legislative Assembly Members elected For complete electoral history, see individual districts Members acclaimed under
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Pedro Suárez-Vértiz
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Pedro Suárez-Vértiz Alva (born February 13, 1969 in Callao, Peru) is a Peruvian singer-songwriter-guitarist. He founded the popular rock band Arena Hash with his brother Patricio, Arturo Pomar and Christian Meier in 1987; a few years later, the band broke up and Vértiz began his solo career. He is the winner of Orgullosamente Latino 2004 (Proudly Latin 2004) and winner of the Best Latin Soloist of the Year in Mexico. He is well known for his multitudinous concerts, his vocal rhythm, his extensive guitar collection, his abstinence from alcohol and tobacco, his philanthropy and his personality. Biography He was born in the "Hospital Naval del Callao", because his mother and his maternal grandfather belonged to the Marina de Guerra del Perú for many years. His younger brother, Patricio Suárez-Vétiz, is also a musician. They spent their whole childhood and adolescence in San Isidro, in front of the Olivar park, which is his favorite park in the world. Pedro was passionate for the music since he was a little child. By the age of one, Pedro settled the ornaments of his house down like a xylophone and smacked then with a wand to get melodies out of them. His father immediately bought him an old celesta Dulcitone, Pedro's first musical instrument. Just a few years later, his parents could buy him a piano. He knew he wanted to be a singer when saw for the first time the movie A Hard Day's Night, in which the famous English band The Beatles appears. He learned to play the piano and the guitar before he began school. At the age of 18, he attended the University of Lima, graduating with a degree in communications. In 1985 he formed his first band, "Paranoia", together with his brother Patricio Suárez Vértiz and school friends Edward Málaga-Trillo, Arturo Pomar, Eduardo Quevedo and Alex Kornhuber. In 1987, he formed the band Arena Hash with his brother Patricio, Arturo Pomar and Christian Meier. A few years later the band broke up and Vértiz began a solo career. Since 2011, Pedro has shown an obvious bad diction. He explained that it was consequence of a muscle nerve disorder that developed with the age, also he admitted suffering from chronic Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which makes him look extremely distracted and tangled speech. This significantly affects his singing. Discography With Arena Hash Arena Hash (1987) Ah Ah Ah (1991) El Archivo De Arena Hash (1995) Solo career (No Existen) Técnicas Para Olvidar (1993) Póntelo en la Lengua (1997) Degeneración Actual (1999) Anecdotas (2003) Play (2004) Talkshow (2006) Pedro Suárez Vértiz (2007) Amazonas (2009) Amazonas Uncut (2010) Ponerme a Volar (2011) References External links Official website http://scolas.skyrock.com/article_942487856.html http://bonnetmedia.com/_wsn/page9.html Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Peruvian male singers Category:Peruvian guitarists Category:Male guitarists Category:People from Callao Category:Peruvian singer-songwriters
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Patmanjiri
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Patmanjiri is a Janya raga Carnatic music, a musical scale of South Indian classical music. Category:Janya Ragas
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1894 in organized crime
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See also: 1893 in organized crime, other events of 1894, 1895 in organized crime and the list of 'years in Organized Crime'. Events New York police lieutenant "Big Bill" William S. Devery is dismissed from the New York police force as head of the 11th Ward vice districts after the Lexow Investigation Committee find evidence of corruption and graft. Much of the evidence obtained by committee is from Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, leader of the New York Society for the Prevention of Crime, revealing the extent of Tammany Hall's influence within the NYPD. Other officials charged with corruption and graft would include Alexander "Clubber" Williams. The On Leong Merchant Association, a Tong organization, is formed in Boston, Massachusetts. Arts and literature Births David Beck, Teamster's Union President Willie Moretti, Abner Zwillman enforcer and New Jersey Prohibition gangster Jacob Orgen, New York gangster and labor union racketeer Deaths Category:Years in organized crime Organized crime
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Baisha, Penghu
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Baisha Township (; "White sand") is a rural township in Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan. It is located to the north of Penghu Main Island and linked to Siyu Island by the Penghu Trans-Oceanic Bridge, which at long is the longest of its kind in east Asia. The township has a population of 9,809. Geography The township is spread over 20 islands, including: Baisha Main Island (白沙島) Jibei Island Chungtun (Zhongtun) Island (中屯嶼) Yuanbei Island Tiejhen (Tiezhen) Island (鐵砧嶼) Gupo Island Xianjiao Island Bird Island (鳥嶼), the most densely populated island of Penghu, with 1,226 residents sharing an area of Mudou Island Administrative divisions The township comprises 15 villages: Chengcian/Chengqian (), Chihkan/Chikan (), Dacang (), Gangzih/Gangzi (), Houliao (), Jiangmei (), Jibei (), Niaoyu (), Citou/Qitou (), Tongliang (), Watong (), Siaochih/Xiaochi (), Yuanbei (), Jhenhai/Zhenhai () and Jhongtun/Zhongtun (). Tourist attractions Gupo Island Jibei Island Mudou Island Mudouyu Lighthouse Penghu Aquarium Penghu Great Bridge Tongliang Old Long Northern Sea Golden Sand Beach Tiejhen (Tiezhen) Island Transportation Chikan Wharf Houliao Wharf Jibei Wharf Notable natives Chuang Chu Yu-nu, philanthropist See also Penghu References External links 繽紛澎湖-白沙 ('Thriving Penghu- Baisha') Category:Townships in Penghu County
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Mount Pleasant railway line
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The Mount Pleasant railway line is an abandoned South Australian line. It was opened between Balhannah and Mount Pleasant in September 1918 and ran until March 1963 as a freight and passenger service. Part of its trackbed is now the Amy Gillett Bikeway rail trail near to Adelaide. History The line opened on 16 September 1918 between Balhannah, 10 kilometres east of Mount Lofty, and Mount Pleasant. The line had six stations and a number of halts, typically the halts were located near level crossings. The six stations were Oakbank, Woodside, Charleston, Mount Torrens, Birdwood, and Mount Pleasant. The seven halts were Mappinga, Riverview, Kayannie, Muralappie, Milkappa Road, Crane Road, and Narcoonah. The line was closed on 4 March 1963, and the way between Balhannah and Oakbank has mostly returned to private landowners. Rail trail This former railway is in the jurisdiction of the Adelaide Hills Council, which in 2003 commissioned a feasibility study into the best use of the land. The report recommended it be converted to a rail trail, which the council agreed with but considered it beyond their means to do so. However, since that time, the development of a rail trail lead to the opening of the Amy Gillett Rail Trail in 2010, named in honour of the late Amy Gillett, a South Australian born Olympic Cyclist who had died in 2005. As of 2015, the conversion had reached from Balhannah to Mount Torrens. Line guide References Category:Closed railway lines in South Australia Category:Railway lines opened in 1918 Category:Railway lines closed in 1953
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Alma, Nebraska
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Alma is a city in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,133 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Harlan County. History Alma was founded in the spring of 1871 by a group of Union Pacific railroad laborers originally from Cheyenne, Wyoming. Harlan County was created by the Nebraska Legislature on June 3, 1871, and Alma was made the county seat on July 3, 1871. A dispute among the original settlers led to a dissolution of the town, but it was re-organized in 1874. Alma's status as county seat was challenged by residents of Orleans, but an 1884 Nebraska Supreme Court decision affirmed Alma's status as seat of Harlan County. Alma officially incorporated in July 1881. The town was named after a daughter of one of the early settlers. On January 13, 1880, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad reached Alma, providing a significant boost for local commerce and industry. In 1887, the Kansas City and Omaha Railroad also reached Alma. Telephone service reached Alma in June 1899. Electricity arrived with a steam power plant in 1906 and water service followed in 1907. In 1935, major flooding of the nearby Republican River provided an impetus to build a dam on the river. The Army Corps of Engineers started construction of the Harlan County Dam on August 1, 1946, and completed work in November 1952. The lake thus created, Harlan County Reservoir, became one of Alma's top recreation destinations. During World War II, Alma hosted a small number of captured German prisoners of war who were interned at Camp Atlanta in neighboring Phelps County and who were employed for farm work and other tasks in Harlan County. Geography Alma is located at (40.100733, -99.362618). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Alma is located at the junction of US Route 136 and US Route 183. The community is at the northwest end of Harlan County Lake. The town is near the Harlan County Reservoir. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,133 people, 502 households, and 303 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 597 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 99.1% White, 0.1% Native American, 0.4% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.6% of the population. There were 502 households of which 25.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.6% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.83. The median age in the city was 49.6 years. 22.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.1%
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Ulmus pumila 'Aurescens'
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The Ulmus pumila cultivar 'Aurescens' was introduced by Georg Dieck at the National Arboretum, Zöschen, Germany, circa 1885. Dieck grew the tree from seed collected in the Ili valley, Turkestan (then a region of Russia, now part of Kazakhstan) by the lawyer and amateur naturalist Vladislav E. Niedzwiecki while in exile there. Dieck originally named the tree U. pinnato-ramosa f. aurescens. Description 'Aurescens' is distinguished by its golden leaves on emergent shoots in spring; the foliage reverts to dark green by summer. Pests and diseases This cultivar has not been scientifically tested for Dutch elm disease resistance, however several old specimens have survived unscathed by the disease in the UK. (see Notable trees). Cultivation The tree is rare in Europe and unknown in North America and Australasia. In trials in England, it quickly perished where grown on winter-waterlogged ground. Notable trees Two mature specimens are known in the UK: one at Bute Park Arboretum, Cardiff, planted c. 1980, height 15 m × 65 cm d.b.h. in 2004; another grows in a private garden at Seaford, East Sussex (see Accessions). Accessions Europe Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG Elm Collection. One tree in a private garden Seaford, East Sussex, recorded in 1995. Bute Park Arboretum, Cardiff, UK. One tree, tag number 1907, planted c. 1980, no other accession details available. Grange Farm Arboretum, Sutton St James, Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK. As U. pumila var. arborea 'Aurescens'. Acc. no. 1092. Great Fontley Farm, Fareham, UK. Butterfly Conservation Elm Trials plantation, one small (<2 m in 2015) tree cloned from Bute Park tree. Wijdemeren City Council, Netherlands. Elm collection. Planted Overmeerseweg, Nederhorst den Berg 2015. Nurseries Europe Noordplant , Glimmen, Netherlands. References Category:Siberian elm cultivar Category:Ulmus articles with images Category:Ulmus
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Foxy Production
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Foxy Production is a New York contemporary art gallery founded by Michael Gillespie and John Thomson. Foxy Production, established in 2003, is currently located in Chinatown, New York City. Windowed on three sides and housed within a landmark Victorian building, the gallery space is designed by London architects Matheson Whiteley. Foxy Production inaugurated its gallery program in January 2003 after a series of intermittent projects between 2001 and 2002. The gallery opened in Brooklyn and then moved to Manhattan in September 2003. In January 2006 it opened a new ground floor space in west Chelsea before moving to Chinatown. Gallery artists include Gina Beavers, Srijon Chowdhury, Hany Armanious, Michael Bell-Smith, Sascha Braunig, Olga Chernysheva, Petra Cortright, Sara Cwynar, Simone Gilges, Gabriel Hartley, Violet Hopkins, Stephen Lichty, Ester Partegàs, Sterling Ruby, Travess Smalley, and Michael Wang. Besides its core program, the gallery has presented a number of curated exhibitions, including Minty (2012), Highways Connect and Divide (2011); The Phantasm (2011) Cloud (2011) Abstract Abstract (2009); Networked Nature (2007) Autonomy (2005), the Dare performance series (2005), and The Infinite Fill Show (2004). More recent group shows include Design for Living (2018) and Mature Themes (2018). References External links Category:Contemporary art galleries in the United States Category:American art dealers Category:Art galleries in Manhattan Category:Art galleries established in 2003 Category:2003 establishments in New York City
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Noël Duret
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Noël Duret or Natalis Durret (1590 in Montbrison, Loire – 1650 in Paris), was a French mathematician and astronomer, cosmographer for King Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu. He was one of the publishers of François Viète. References Category:French astronomers Category:17th-century French mathematicians Category:1590 births Category:1650 deaths Category:People from Montbrison, Loire
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Mexichromis trilineata
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Mexichromis trilineata is a colourful species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch. This marine gastropod mollusc is in the family Chromodorididae. In 2012 the genus Pectenodoris was included into Mexichromis. Distribution Mexichromis trilineata has been found in Sumbawa, Sulawesi and Bali, Indonesia; the Philippines, the South China Sea, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef and Queensland, Australia. Description Mexichromis trilineata usually ranges from 7 mm to 15 mm in length, with an elongate to broadly oval body shape. The tail extends slightly beyond the posterior margin. Mexichromis trilineata have three yellow longitudinal bands outlined in white, with the entire mantle edged with a fine white line. They have a few patches of yellow edged with white around the mantle edge, and the defensive mantle glands, arranged around the edge in roughly two series, are visible as pale pink patches. The gills and rhinophores are typically violet at their bases and then translucent white with red markings. Although individuals of Mexichromis trilineata usually have three longitudinal lines as its name suggests, sometimes these lines are broken into a series of shorter lines, while occasionally the outer two lines are absent. Some specimens have yellow or orange markings on the white lines. References External links Category:Chromodorididae Category:Gastropods described in 1850
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Aviogenex
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Aviogenex () was a Serbian and Yugoslavian charter airline based at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. It operated regular and ad hoc charter flights as well as wet-lease services. History Aviogenex had more than 40 years of experience in flying under charter, sub charter and wet lease agreements. Aviogenex was founded on 21 May 1968 as an air transport division of Generalexport, an enterprise for foreign and domestic trade, tourism and air transport. On 30 April 1969 Aviogenex operated its first flight from Belgrade to Düsseldorf Airport using a Tupolev Tu-134. Prior to the break-up of Yugoslavia, Aviogenex was the busiest charter airline in the country, handling over half a million passengers per year in the late 1980s. Aviogenex brought their first two Boeing 727-200 from Yugoslav Air Force in 1983. The last Tu-134's in the fleet were retired in the early 90s. In 1990 the airline flew 633,932 passengers, with 10 aircraft (5 Boeing 727 and 5 Boeing 737) reaching 17,000 flight hours per year. Since 1991 Aviogenex has oriented to leasing of aircraft and crews, and achieved more than 40,000 flight hours. In this period Aviogenex operated in Europe, Africa, the Middle and Far East, and South America. In 2010 they restarted flights under their own name using a Boeing 737-200 Advanced. In February 2015, it was announced that Aviogenex will cease operations to be liquidated as the government failed to attract investors for the airline. Services Aviogenex services included: International and domestic charter operations Aircraft lease with or without crew and technical personnel ("wet" or "dry" lease) Transfer of technology/know-how and logistic support AGX Engineering Dept maintains Boeing 727-200 and Boeing 737-200 Adv aircraft, to "B"-check level, and operates maintenance facilities (workshops) for its own needs and for the needs of others Aviogenex has a Training Center approved by the Ministry for Transportation of the Republic of Serbia for the education and training of its flight and ground staff, cockpit and cabin crew. Carriage of cargo and special cargoes Ad-hoc transport arrangements for special purposes (artistic tours, football matches, VIP flights etc.) Destinations Aviogenex operated charter services to the following leisure destinations: Africa Hurghada – Hurghada International Airport Sharm el-Sheikh – Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport Djerba – Zarzis International Airport Monastir – Monastir – Habib Bourguiba International Airport Asia Aqaba – King Hussein International Airport Europe Larnaca – Larnaca International Airport Preveza/Lefkada Corfu – Corfu International Airport Heraklion – Heraklion International Airport Kos – Kos Island International Airport Rhodes – Rhodes International Airport Santorini Skiathos – Skiathos Island National Airport Zakynthos – Zakynthos International Airport Belgrade – Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport Base Barcelona – Barcelona–El Prat Airport Palma de Mallorca – Palma de Mallorca Airport Antalya – Antalya Airport Dalaman – Dalaman Airport Fleet As of June 2015, the Aviogenex consisted of one single Boeing 737-200. The historic fleet of Aviogenex included 12 Tupolev Tu-134, 7 Boeing 737-200 and 5 Boeing 727. Incidents and accidents On 23 May 1971, an Aviogenex Tupolev Tu-134A (tail number YU-AHZ) crashed on approach to Rijeka Airport located on the island of Krk, because of
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Dead in My Arms
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Dead in My Arms is the debut studio album by American deathcore band Carnifex. It was released on July 12, 2007 through This City Is Burning Records. It is the band's only album with bassist Steve McMahon, as he left shortly after the album's release, and was replaced by Fred Calderon, who has played on all of Carnifex's albums since then. It is also the band's only album recorded as quartet. The album is released as both a jewel case and a digipak. The jewel case version of the album is rarer than the digipak. Background Carnifex were briefly signed to This City Is Burning in 2007, during so the group wrote and recorded Dead in My Arms during the proceeding months. Upon the album's release in June 2007, it managed to sell over 5,000 copies in its first week despite very limited publicity. After its release, the sales of the album more than doubled amongst the summer of that year. "Collaborating Like Killers", "Love Lies in Ashes" "Slit Wrist Savior" and "Hope Dies with the Decadent" were re-recorded tracks that had previously been included on the band's first EP, Love Lies in Ashes. The original distributed versions of the album sold on iTunes and copies at the band's concerts had the song "These Thoughts Become Cages" missing due to a marketing idea from This City Is Burning Records who placed the song only on the store bought versions of the album. The same version that includes the "These Thoughts Become Cages" track, also features enhanced content on the disc and includes the controversial music video for "Lie to My Face" along with other extras. Track listing Personnel Carnifex Scott Lewis - vocals Cory Arford - guitars Steve McMahon - bass Shawn Cameron - drums, keyboards Production Produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris Mixed and mastered by Dave Swanson References Category:2007 debut albums Category:Carnifex (band) albums Category:Albums produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris
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David Halberstam
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David Halberstam (April 10, 1934 April 23, 2007) was an American writer, journalist, and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and later, sports journalism. He won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1964. Halberstam was killed in a car crash in 2007, while doing research for a book. Early life and education Halberstam was born in New York City, the son of Blanche (Levy) and Charles A. Halberstam, schoolteacher and Army surgeon. His family was Jewish. He was raised in Winsted, Connecticut, where he was a classmate of Ralph Nader. He moved to Yonkers, New York and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1951. In 1955 he graduated from Harvard College in the bottom third of his class with a A.B. degree after serving as managing editor of The Harvard Crimson. Halberstam had a rebellious streak and as editor of the Harvard Crimson engaged in a competition to see which columnist could most offend readers. Career Halberstam's journalism career began at the Daily Times Leader in West Point, Mississippi, the smallest daily newspaper in Mississippi. He covered the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement for The Tennessean in Nashville. John Lewis later stated that Halberstam was the only journalist in Nashville who would cover the Nashville sit-ins. Halberstam’s fiery, rebellious streak first came out when covering the civil rights movement as he protested against the lies of the authorities who portrayed the civil rights protesters as violent and dangerous. Republic of the Congo In August 1961 The New York Times dispatched Halberstam to the Republic of the Congo to report on the Congo Crisis. Although initially eager to cover the events in the country, over time he grew jaded over the demanding working conditions and the difficulty in handling Congolese officials' lack of truthfulness. In July 1962 he quickly accepted an opportunity to move to Vietnam to report on the Vietnam War for The New York Times. Vietnam Halberstam arrived in Vietnam in the middle of 1962. A tall and well built man, he conveyed much self-confidence and initially the American embassy approved of him. However, Halberstam was prone to fits of rage when faced with lies and soon came into conflict with American officials. When the chief American officer in South Vietnam, General Paul D. Harkins, launched an operation with 45 helicopters flown by American pilots landing a battalion of South Vietnamese infantry to attack a Viet Cong base while excluding the media, Halberstam flew into a rage when he was told to report the operation as a victory. In a letter addressed to Frederick Nolting, the American ambassador to South Vietnam, Halberstam wrote about the reasons for the media blackout: "The reason given is security. This is, of course, stupid, naive and indeed insulting to the patriotism and intelligence of every American newspaperman, and every American newspaper represented here." Halberstam argued that the operation could not have been the victory that Harkins had claimed as the Viet Cong must have heard the helicopters coming and accordingly
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Joaquim Ferreira
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Joaquim Ferreira may refer to: Joaquim Ferreira (rugby union) (born 1973), Portuguese rugby union footballer Joaquim Ferreira (footballer), Portuguese association footballer active 1920–1933 Joaquim Ferreira (athlete) (born 1937), Portuguese middle-distance runner
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Yama (Buddhism)
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In East Asian and Buddhist mythology, Yama (sometimes known as the King of Hell, King Yan or Yanluo) is a dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead and preside over the Narakas ("Hells", "Hell Realm" or "Purgatories") and the cycle of afterlife saṃsāra. Although based on the god Yama of the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Yama has spread and developed different myths and different functions from the Hindu deity. He has also spread far more widely and is known in most countries where Buddhism is practiced, including China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bhutan, Mongolia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. Yama in Theravāda Buddhism In the Pali canon, the Buddha states that a person who has ill-treated their parents, ascetics, holy persons, or elders is taken upon his death to Yama. Yama then asks the ignoble person if he ever considered his own ill conduct in light of birth, deterioration, sickness, worldly retribution and death (Māra). In response to Yama's questions, such an ignoble person repeatedly answers that he failed to consider the karmic consequences of his reprehensible actions and as a result is sent to a brutal hell "so long as that evil action has not exhausted its result." In the Pali commentarial tradition, the scholar Buddhaghosa's commentary to the Majjhima Nikaya describes Yama as a vimānapeta (), a "being in a mixed state", sometimes enjoying celestial comforts and at other times punished for the fruits of his karma. However, Buddhaghosa considered his rule as a king to be just. Modern Theravādin countries portray Yama sending old age, disease, punishments, and other calamities among humans as warnings to behave well. At death, they are summoned before Yama, who examines their character and dispatches them to their appropriate rebirth, whether to earth or to one of the heavens or hells. Sometimes there are thought to be two or four Yamas, each presiding over a distinct Hell. Yama in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese mythology In Chinese mythology, King Yan () is the god of death and the ruler of Diyu, overseeing the "Ten Kings of Hell". He is also known as Yanluo (), a transcription of the Sanskrit for King Yama (, Yama Rājā). In both ancient and modern times, Yan is portrayed as a large man with a scowling red face, bulging eyes, and a long beard. He wears traditional robes and a judge's cap or a crown which bears the character for "king" (). He typically appears on Chinese hell money in the position reserved for political figures on regular currency. Yan is not only the ruler but also the judge of the underworld and passes judgment on all the dead. He always appears in a male form, and his minions include a judge who holds in his hands a brush and a book listing every soul and the allotted death date for every life. Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the fearsome guardians of hell, bring the newly dead, one by one, before Yan for judgement. Men or women with merit will be rewarded good future lives or even revival
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Sean Murray (field hockey)
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Sean Murray (born 5 May 1997) is an Ireland men's field hockey international. He represented Ireland at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. At club level, he was a member of the Lisnagarvey team that won the 2015–16 Men's Irish Hockey League title. Early years, family and education Murray was educated at Friends' School, Lisburn and Wallace High School and at Queen's University Belfast, where he gained a maths degree. His father, Mark Murray, is involved with Lisnagarvey Hockey Club in various roles including as a coach, and his older siblings, Laura and Stephen, are also field hockey players. Domestic teams Wallace High School In 2013–14 Murray was a member of the Wallace High School team that won a McCullough Cup/Burney Cup double. Murray scored in both finals. He also played for Wallace High School in the 2014 All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship final, when they lost 3–1 to St. Andrew's College. He also played in the 2014–15 McCullough Cup final. He captained Wallace High School when they retained the Burney Cup in 2014–15. While playing for Wallace High School, Murray also represented Ulster U18 at inter-provincial level. Lisnagarvey During the 2014–15 season, Murray became an established member of the Lisnagarvey first team. In 2015–16, along with Jonathan Bell, Michael Watt and Paul Gleghorne, Murray was a member of the Lisnagarvey team that won the Men's Irish Hockey League and the EY Champions Trophy. Murray and Lisnagarvey also reached the final of the Irish Senior Cup but lost to Monkstown after a penalty shoot-out. Murray also played and scored for Lisnagarvey in the 2016–17 Euro Hockey League. HC Rotterdam In 2018 Murray began playing for HC Rotterdam in the Hoofdklasse. Ireland international Murray made his senior debut for Ireland in October 2015 in a 2–2 draw with Argentina. He has previously represented Ireland at under-18 and under-21 levels. In March 2017 Murray helped Ireland win a 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament. In June 2017 Murray was also a member of the Ireland team that won the Hamburg Masters, defeating Germany 4–2 in the final. Honours Ireland Hamburg Masters Winners: 2017 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 Winners: 2017 Belfast Men's FIH Series Finals Runners up: 2019 Le Touquet Lisnagarvey Men's Irish Hockey League Winners: 2015–16 EY Champions Trophy Winners: 2016 Irish Senior Cup Runners up: 2015–16 Wallace High School All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship Runners up: 2014 Burney Cup Winners: 2014, 2015 McCullough Cup Winners: 2013 Runners up: 2014 References Category:Living people Category:1997 births Category:Ireland international men's field hockey players Category:Irish male field hockey players Category:Male field hockey players from Northern Ireland Category:2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Category:Lisnagarvey Hockey Club players Category:HC Rotterdam players Category:Men's Irish Hockey League players Category:Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Category:Male field hockey midfielders Category:Expatriate field hockey players Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in the Netherlands Category:Sportspeople from County Antrim Category:People educated at Friends' School, Lisburn Category:People educated at Wallace High School, Lisburn Category:Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
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Canton of Cergy-2
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The canton of Cergy-2 is an administrative division of the Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France region, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Cergy. It consists of the following communes: Boisemont Cergy (partly) Éragny Jouy-le-Moutier Neuville-sur-Oise References Category:Cantons of Val-d'Oise
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Babieniec
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Babieniec () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Korsze, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Korsze, west of Kętrzyn, and north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The village has a population of 125. References Babieniec
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Soyuz TMA-6
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Soyuz TMA-6 was a human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). It carried three crew members of Expedition 11 to the International Space Station. It was the 26th crewed flight to the ISS. It was launched by a Soyuz FG and returned to earth after performing operations at the ISS. Crew Docking with ISS Docked to ISS: April 17, 2005, 02:20 UTC (to Pirs module) Undocked from ISS: July 19, 2005, 10:38 UTC (from Pirs module) Docked to ISS: July 19, 2005, 11:08 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya) Undocked from ISS: October 10, 2005, 21:49 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya) Mission highlights Soyuz TMA-6 is a Soyuz TMA spacecraft which was launched on April 15, 2005 by a Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome. During the return flight from the ISS, instruments in the descent module of the Soyuz spacecraft indicated a cabin-pressure-leak that is still under investigation. The Expedition 11 crew, Sergei Krikalev-Cdr Russia, John Phillips-U.S.A. replaced the Expedition 10 crew, Leroy Chiao-Cdr U.S.A. and Salizhan Sharipov-Russia. The astronaut Roberto Vittori brought a painting by the German-Russian artist George Pusenkoff titled Single Mona Lisa (1:1) to the space station, which shows an modified image of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, and took video and photo shots of the work in the International Space Station. This art action, initiated by Pusenkoff, was mainly made possible by the efforts of the then Italian ambassador to Russia, Gianfranco Facco Bonetti. The combination of science and art, as da Vinci himself lived it, was used here to let his spirit work not only on earth, but also in space. The photos are documented in the book Mona Lisa Travels. References Category:Crewed Soyuz missions Category:Spacecraft launched in 2005 Category:Orbital space tourism missions Category:Spacecraft which reentered in 2005 Category:Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-FG rockets
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Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil
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Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (born 17 January 1977 in Skælskør) has been the Education Minister of Denmark since 2019. She is a member of Folketinget (Danish parliament) for the Social Democrats since 2011. Rosenkrantz-Theil is currently serving as the party's spokesperson on climate and energy. In 1999 (temporarily), and from 2001 to 2007, she was a member of the Folketing for the Red-Green Alliance party. Politics and political career From April 20 to July 31, 1999, Rosenkrantz-Theil was a temporary member of the parliament. She was elected to the parliament in 2001. From 1996 to 2007, she was a member of the central board and working committee of Red-Green Alliance. She was spokeswoman for equality, health, financial, educational, and ecclesiastical affairs. After a break from politics she joined the Social Democrats and was elected to the parliament in 2011. On 27 June 2019, she became the Minister of Education in the Frederiksen Cabinet. Background She was a member of the executive committee of Danske Gymnnasieelevers Sammenslutning (The Union of Upper Secondary School Students.), which works to improve high school students' conditions in Denmark, from 1992 to 1995. In 1998, she was the campaign leader of Operation Dagsværk (Operation Day's Work), a day when Danish high school students work instead of going to school and give their earnings from the day to charity. Rosenkrantz-Theil completed her bachelor's degree in political science in 2004 at the University of Copenhagen. Publications and awards En Dollar om Dagen (English literally: "A Dollar a Day"), 2001 References External links Operation Dagsværk The Danish Red-Green Alliance Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Folketing Category:Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Category:People from Slagelse Municipality Category:Women government ministers of Denmark Category:Women members of the Folketing Category:Danish Education Ministers
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Newsboys' Home
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Newsboys' Home is a 1938 crime film that starred Jackie Cooper and The Little Tough Guys. Plot When his father, a small town sheriff, is slain by a big city gangster, "Rifle" Edwards (Jackie Cooper) becomes a homeless vagabond, drifting from town to town. Arriving broke and hungry in a large metropolis, he seeks food and shelter at the Newsboys' Home, where the kids force him to fight an amateur bout with the champ, Danny Shay (Elisha Cook, Jr.), before he can eat. When Rifle knocks Danny out, the country boy is accepted into the gang of newsies. He goes to work selling the Globe, which is published by Howard Price Dutton (Samuel S. Hinds), the founder and benefactor of the home. When Dutton dies, his daughter Gwen (Wendy Barrie) becomes the new publisher. Globe reporter Perry Warner (Edmund Lowe) is in love with Gwen, but they quarrel over her ideas about turning the Globe into a highbrow paper. Perry warns Gwen that she will ruin the paper, but she is stubborn and refuses to listen. Meanwhile, Tom Davenport (Irving Pichel), a crooked politician, buys the opposition paper, the Star, in order to swing the election for his candidates, and tries to bribe Perry to work for him. After Perry refuses, Davenport starts a ruthless circulation war, and Globe sales begin to fall off dramatically. Gwen still refuses to heed Perry's advice and abandon her disastrous editorial policies, and in frustration, Perry quits and leaves on a trip. When the Globe can no longer support the Newsboys' Home, Danny and some of the boys go to work for Bartsch (Horace McMahon) on the Star, leaving only Rifle and Sailor (Harris Berger) behind at the Globe. Perry returns to find the Globe in dire straits and Gwen tearfully refutes her policies. Assuming editorship of the paper, Perry sets out to whip the Star at its own game. Growing bolder, Davenport hires mobster Francis Barber (Edward Norris) to escalate the circulation war, and Globe trucks are wrecked, newsstands smashed and burned. The war comes to a climax when a street fight erupts during which boys from the two rival papers meet in open combat, and police squads are required to quell the riot. Angered because one of his pals has been shot by one of Barber's men, Danny goes to Barber to quit his job while Rifle follows the gangsters to Barber, whom he recognizes as his father's killer. Barber and his men are preparing to take Rifle "for a ride" when Danny and the newsboys stage a sensational rescue in which they take Barber prisoner and turn him over to the police. With the newspaper war brought to a close, the Globe regains its popularity and Gwen and Perry are married. Cast The Little Tough Guys Harris Berger as Sailor Hally Chester as Murphy Charles Duncan as Monk David Gorcey as Yap William Benedict as Trouble Additional cast Jackie Cooper as "Rifle" Edwards Edmund Lowe as Perry Warner Wendy Barrie as Gwen Dutton Edward Norris as Francis 'Frankie' Barber Samuel S. Hinds as
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Myriophyllum
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Myriophyllum (watermilfoil) is a genus of about 69 species of freshwater aquatic plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The center of diversity for Myriophyllum is Australia with 43 recognized species (37 endemic). These submersed aquatic plants are perhaps most commonly recognized for having elongate stems with air canals and whorled leaves that are finely, pinnately divided, but there are many exceptions. For example, the North American species M. tenellum has alternately arranged scale like leaves, while many Australian species have small alternate or opposite leaves that lack dissection. The plants are usually heterophyllous, leaves above the water are often stiffer and smaller than the submerged leaves on the same plant and can lack dissection. Plants are monoecious or dioecious, the flowers are small, 4(2)-parted and usually borne in emergent leaf axils. The 'female' flowers usually lack petals. The fruit is a schizocarp that splits into four (two) nutlets at maturity. The fruits and leaves can be an important food source for waterfowl, which are thought to be an important source of seed and clonal dispersal. Invasion and control Three species (M. aquaticum, M. heterophyllum and M. spicatum) have aggressively invaded lakes, natural waterways and irrigation canals in North America. The U.S. states most affected have implemented control plans. The Tennessee Valley Authority detected milfoil in its waters in the 1960s. It discounted milfoil's value as a food or feedstock and fought it with chemicals and lowering of water levels. It suggested that water lilies (Nelumbo lutea) might deny it sunlight. The widespread invasive Eurasian watermilfoil (M. spicatum) is often controlled with herbicide containing diquat dibromide. Control can also be done through careful mechanical management, such as with "lake mowers," but this is a fragmenting plant, and the fragments may grow back. Mechanical management can include the use of a long-reach lake rake or aquatic weed razor blade tool. Using these tools is similar to lawn work. These tools are most effective before seeds set. Infestations can be prevented through the use of a Weed Roller or a LakeMaid. These are automated and unattended machines. Permits may be required by various states. In 2007, Professor Sallie Sheldon of Middlebury College reported that an aquatic weevil (Euhrychiopsis lecontei), which eats nothing but milfoil, was an effective weapon against it. Since roughly 2000, invasive milfoils have been managed by hand-harvesting. Several organizations in the New England states have undertaken successful lake-wide hand-harvesting management programs. Periodic maintenance is necessary; the species cannot be completely eradicated once established, but it can be reduced to manageable levels. Well-trained divers with proper techniques have effectively controlled milfoil and maintained lakes, such as in the Adirondack Park in Northern New York where chemicals, mechanical harvesters, and other management techniques are banned as disruptive. The Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) of Paul Smiths College touts the effectiveness of hand-harvesting. Taxonomy A detailed molecular phylogenetic study enabled the construction of an infrageneric taxonomy but also revealed that another Haloragaceae genus, the monotypic Meziella Schindl., once thought to be extinct, was embedded within it, leading to its submersion within the former as Myriophyllum subgenus Meziella.
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Hainan Island incident
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The Hainan Island incident occurred on April 1, 2001, when a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet collided in mid-air, resulting in an international dispute between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China (PRC). The EP-3 was operating about away from the PRC island province of Hainan, and about away from the Chinese military installation in the Paracel Islands, when it was intercepted by two J-8 fighters. A collision between the EP-3 and one of the J-8s caused the death of a PRC pilot (declared dead after being missing), and the EP-3 was forced to make an emergency landing on Hainan. The 24 crew members were detained and interrogated by the Chinese authorities until a statement was delivered by the United States government regarding the incident. The exact phrasing of this document was intentionally ambiguous and allowed both countries to save face while defusing a potentially volatile situation between militarily strong regional states. Background This sea area includes the South China Sea Islands, which are claimed by the PRC and several other countries. It is one of the most strategically sensitive areas in the world. The United States and the People's Republic of China disagree on the legality of the overflights by U.S. naval aircraft of the area where the incident occurred. This part of the South China Sea comprises part of the PRC's exclusive economic zone based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the Chinese claim that the Paracel Islands belong to China. This and similar claims have been persistently contested by Vietnam and the Philippines. The United States remains neutral in these disputes, but patrols the sea regularly with military ships and planes, under what it calls "freedom of navigation" operations. The PRC interprets the Convention as allowing it to preclude other nations' military operations within this area, but the United States does not recognize China's claim over the Paracel Islands and maintains that the Convention grants free navigation for all countries' aircraft and ships, including military aircraft and ships, within a country's exclusive economic zone. Notably, the United States is not party of UNCLOS. A PRC Sukhoi Su-27 force is based at Hainan. The island also houses a large signals intelligence facility for national security purposes that tracks civil and military activity in the area and monitors traffic from commercial communications satellites. As early as May 22, 1951, Hainan was targeted at the behest of U.S. Naval Intelligence for RAF photo-reconnaissance overflights, using Spitfire PR Mk 19s based at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. In the air The EP-3 (BuNo 156511), assigned to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1, "World Watchers"), had taken off as Mission PR32 from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. At about 09:15 local time, toward the end of the EP-3's six-hour ELINT mission, two Chinese J-8s from Lingshui airfield, on the Chinese island of Hainan, approached the EP-3 as it flew at and , on a heading of
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PAPPA2
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Pappalysin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PAPPA2 gene. References Further reading
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Chrysomyxa nagodhii
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Chrysomyxa nagodhii is a species of rust fungus in the family Coleosporiaceae. It was described as new to science by Canadian mycologist Patricia E. Crane in 2001. It probably occurs throughout the range of Ledum decumbens (dwarf Labrador tea) and Rhododendron groenlandicum (bog Labrador tea). On Picea, spermogonia and aecia occur on distinct rusty yellow bands on current-year needles. References External links Category:Fungi described in 2001 Category:Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Category:Pucciniales Category:Chrysomyxa
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Prauserella
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Prauserella is a Gram-positive, aerobic and non-motile genus from the family of Pseudonocardiaceae. References Further reading Category:Pseudonocardineae Category:Bacteria genera
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Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu
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Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu is the South African deputy minister in Department of Social Development (South Africa). She is serving a fourth term as a Member of Parliament in the Jacob Zuma cabinet. She was Deputy Minister of Public Works and Women, Children and Persons with Disability. Along with Michael Masutha she is one of only two leaders with disability in the current regime. She is a motivational speaker, HIV & AIDS activist, business woman and co-founded Disabled Youth South Africa. She was instrumental in drafting the country’s UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ Country Report. Awards For her leadership in the disability sector, she won the prestigious Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards in 2017. In 2009 she won the Top Women Awards – Excellence in Business and Public Service for her leadership in the South African Department of Public Works. See also African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Constitution of South Africa History of the African National Congress Politics in South Africa Provincial governments of South Africa Department of Social Development (South Africa) References Category:South African politicians Category:South African activists Category:South African women activists Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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Arthur Benda
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Arthur Benda (born March 23, 1885, in Berlin, † September 7, 1969, in Vienna) was a German photographer. From 1907 to 1938 he worked in the photo studio d'Ora in Vienna, from 1921 as a partner of Dora Kallmus and from 1927 under the name d'Ora-Benda as the sole owner. Biography Arthur Benda was an apprentice to photographer Nicola Perscheid from 1899 to 1902 and learned the techniques of colour photography and fine print. In an improvised photo lab in his parents' house, he deepened his practical knowledge, made his first colored rubber prints and experimented with the development of different shades. After completing his apprenticeship, he remained with Perscheid as laboratory manager and assistant. In 1906, Arthur Benda met photographer Dora Kallmus, who also trained with Perscheid. When she opened the Atelier d'Ora on Wipplingerstrasse in Vienna in 1907, Benda became her assistant. The Atelier d'Ora specialized in portrait and fashion photography. Kallmus and Benda quickly made a name for themselves and soon supplied the most important magazines. The peak of renown was reached when Madame d'Ora photographed the present nobility in 1916 on the occasion of the coronation of Emperor Charles I as King of Hungary. In 1921, Arthur Benda became a partner in Atelier d'Ora, which also ran a branch in Karlovy Vary during the season . In 1927 Arthur Benda took over the studio of Dora Kallmus, who had run a second studio in Paris since 1925, and continued it under the name d'Ora-Benda together with his wife Hanny Mittler. In addition to portraits, he mainly photographed nudes that made the new company name known in men's magazines worldwide. A major order from the King of Albania Zogu I, who had himself and his family photographed in 1937 for three weeks by Arthur Benda in Tirana secured Arthur Benda financially. In 1938 he opened a new studio at the Kärntnerring in Vienna, which he continued to operate under his own name after the Second World War. Arthur Benda died of a stroke in 1969 in a Viennese hospital. References Category:1885 births Category:1969 deaths Category:Photographers from Berlin Category:20th-century German photographers
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John Edward Ames
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John Edward Ames (born December 30, 1949) is an American writer of novels and short stories from Toledo, Ohio. A critically acclaimed writer of western fiction, Ames began his career writing for pulp magazines before penning horror novels and stories. In 1995, Ames' historical novel The Unwritten Order was a finalist for a Western Writers of America Spur Award. Biography Raised in Monroe County, Michigan, and educated at Eastern Michigan University, Ames lived in Colorado and New Mexico before settling in 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before becoming a full-time writer, Ames taught English at Eastern Michigan University, the University of Northern Colorado and the University of New Mexico. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1968 and served as a journalist, including seven months as a stringer in Japan for Stars and Stripes. In 2004 Ames wrote The Real Deadwood, a mix of history and buff lore about Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Writing under the pseudonym Judd Cole, Ames wrote the entire twenty-three book Cheyenne series. Under the same pen name he penned the eight-book Wild Bill series. Ames fled with most fellow residents of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina came ashore in 2005, but looming book deadlines forced him to return as soon as possible to his apartment on St. Charles Avenue, where he spent the next six months writing three novels. He contributed to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine New Orleans Relief Issue. He presently writes under a “house name” for one of the longest-published western series in America and has also written a novel, titled Deadwood Gulch, released in 2006, as Ralph Compton, the deceased "USA Today bestseller of frontier fiction" writer. Works Novels The Force Death Crystal Spellcaster The Asylum The Unwritten Order The Golden Circle Soldier's Heart The Cheyenne series (as Judd Cole) Arrow Keeper Death Chant Renegade Justice Vision Quest Blood on the Plains Comanche Raid Comancheros War Party Pathfinder Buffalo Hiders Spirit Path Mankiller Wendigo Mountain Death Camp Renegade Nation Orphan Train Vengeance Quest Warrior Fury Bloody Bones Canyon Renegade Siege River of Death The Wild Bill series (as Judd Cole) 1 Dead Man's Hand 2 The Kincaid County War 3 Bleeding Kansas 4 Yuma Bustout 5 Santa Fe Deathtrap 6 Black Hills Hellhole 7 Point Rider 8 Gun Law Dan’l Boone: The Lost Wilderness Tales (last seven books as Dodge Tyler) The Long Hunters Warrior's Trace The Kaintucks Non-fiction The Real Deadwood Magazines In addition to fifty-six book sales and six ghostwritten novels, Ames’ has written short stories and articles for magazines: Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine The Writer The Borderland Series Mystery Scene Colorado-North Review References External links Author's website Category:Writers from Michigan Category:Eastern Michigan University alumni Category:Western (genre) writers Category:Living people Category:1949 births
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Procometis melanthes
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Procometis melanthes is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Turner in 1898. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are blackish-fuscous irrorated with whitish scales. The absence of these leaves the following markings: a short longitudinal line from the base, an indistinctly double spot in the disc before the middle, placed obliquely, a closely similar spot in the disc beyond the middle, a blackish area at the apex sharply bounded internally, sharply bent inwards in the disc to form a sharp process, then outwardly curved to the anal angle. The hindwings are fuscous, paler towards the base. References Category:Moths described in 1898 Category:Procometis
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Nicole Galloway
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Nicole Galloway (born June 13, 1982) is an American politician, who has served as State Auditor of Missouri since 2015, and is a candidate for governor of Missouri in the 2020 election. Galloway, a member of the Democratic Party, was elected to a full term as State Auditor of Missouri in the 2018 election on November 6, 2018, winning by 135,571 votes, or nearly 6 percent, with 50.4% of the vote to her opponent's 44.6%. Galloway was appointed as State Auditor of Missouri by Governor Jay Nixon on April 14, 2015, following the resignation of John Watson. John Watson was appointed as State Auditor following the death of Tom Schweich in February 2015, before Galloway's appointment as State Auditor nearly two months later. Following the defeat of U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill in the 2018 U.S. Senate election, Galloway is the only female state officeholder and the only Democratic statewide elected official in Missouri. On August 12, 2019, Galloway announced that she is entering the Democratic primary for the 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election. If elected, Galloway will be the first female Governor of Missouri. Boone County Treasurer Galloway served as Treasurer of Boone County, Missouri from April 2011 until her appointment to statewide office. As Treasurer, she managed a $100 million investment portfolio and issued all general obligation and revenue bonds for the county. Galloway developed a debt issuance policy in 2012 that provided increased transparency. In 2011, Boone County became the first Missouri county to maintain an online search and claim system for unclaimed property. Galloway's office distributed about $20,000 in unclaimed property in 2014. When serving as County Treasurer, Galloway served on the Missouri Technology Corporation and Missouri County Employees’ Retirement Fund. As a board member for retirement fund board she was the leader for expanding benefits to members’ same-sex spouses. Following Galloway's resignation as Boone County Treasurer on April 27, 2015, Kay Murray was appointed as interim County Treasurer. Missouri State Auditor Galloway has said her goals as State Auditor of Missouri are to hold her office and others to the highest professional standards and being accountable to Missourians. Upon taking the oath of office in 2015, Galloway said one of her first priorities as State Auditor of Missouri would be cybersecurity by making protection of Missourians' private data part of audit procedures for the State Auditor's Office. As State Auditor of Missouri, Galloway manages about 115 employees. The State Auditor's staff is made up of CPAs, with about 65 percent of all audit staff having at least one professional license, certification or advanced degree. Employment as an auditor with the State Auditor's Office qualifies as mandatory experience required for licensure by the Missouri State Board of Accountancy as a certified public accountant. Additional responsibilities of the State Auditor's Office include serving as the independent, professional watchdog for government. The State Auditor's Office works to ensure the proper use of public funds and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Missouri government by performing audits of state agencies, boards and commissions, the circuit court system, the counties in Missouri that
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Heinz Hackler
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__NOTOC__ Heinrich "Heinz" Hackler (14 December 1918 – 1 January 1945) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Heinz Hackler was listed as missing in action near Antwerp, Belgium after being hit by Allied flak during Operation Bodenplatte. Heinz Hackler was credited with 56 aerial victories. Awards Aviator Badge Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (26 July 1943) Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class 1st Class Eastern Front Medal Crimea Shield German Cross in Gold on 17 May 1943 as Oberfeldwebel in the III./Jagdgeschwader 77 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 August 1944 as Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the III./Jagdgeschwader 77 Notes References Citations Bibliography Category:1918 births Category:1945 deaths Category:Luftwaffe pilots Category:German World War II flying aces Category:German military personnel killed in World War II Category:Missing in action of World War II Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Category:People from Siegen Category:Burials at Ysselsteyn German war cemetery
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Bipi Island
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Bipi Island is a flat coral island located off the west coast of the main island of Manus in the Admiralty Group, Papua New Guinea. Adjacent and to the North West of Bipi Island is Sisi Island. Bipi Island consists of three villages, namely Masoh, Matahai, and Kum (the latter is also known as "Salapai") with approximately one thousand inhabitants. Bipi men were known as master woodcarvers in the 1970s and 1980s and sold carvings to supplement their meagre incomes made from copra production. Today, the main economic activity is fishing and the sale of bêche-de-mer to licensed buyers supplying the Asian markets. This activity is conducted on the surrounding coral islands and reefs which are owned by traditional islands, reefs and sea-owning groups of Bipi Island. Bipi Island has one primary school that also caters to the students of nearby islands. See also Bipi language References Bipi Island on Google Maps Category:Admiralty Islands Category:Islands of Papua New Guinea
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Clive Head
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Clive Head (born 1965) is a painter from Britain. Biography Head was born in Maidstone, Kent, the son of a machine operator at Reed's Paper Mill in Aylesford. He was born to Swazi parents but developed vitiligo at a young age. Head had a precocious talent in art and at the age of 11 attended Reeds Art Club, a social club organised at his father's factory. He was a pupil of Maidstone Grammar School. In 1983 he began studying for a degree in Fine Art at the Aberystwyth University under the tutorship of the abstract painter David Tinker. Here he also became friends with another painter, Steve Whitehead, with whom he would later exhibit and collaborate as a teacher of art. After completing his degree, and a short period of postgraduate study at Lancaster University, Head began showing at the Colin Jellicoe Gallery in Manchester and with the flamboyant art dealer Nicholas Treadwell. In 1994 Head founded and became the Chair of the Fine Art Department at the University of York's Scarborough Campus, where he again teamed up with Steve Whitehead, and became friends with the art theorist and Head of Art History Michael Paraskos. Here he also befriended the artist Jason Brooks. During this period most of Head's work was in a neo-classical figurative style, and these works were shown with those of Brooks at the Paton Gallery, London in 1995. Head then moved on to producing urban realist paintings, closer in theme and style to the work he had made as an art student in Aberystwyth. In 1999 Head gave up teaching and signed to Blains Fine Art (later called the Haunch of Venison Gallery) in London and with the gallery run by the founder of the Photorealist art movement, Louis K. Meisel Fine Art in New York, even though Head was not, even in Meisel's eyes, a Photorealist painter. Nonetheless, the connection with Meisel led to Head being included in several editions of Meisel's survey books on Photorealist painting, particularly in the sections dealing with contemporary painters whom Meisel suggested had moved beyond old-fashioned Photorealism. Also stemming from the connection with Meisel, in 2003 Head joined Michael Paraskos in taking part in The Prague Project the first of a series of group visits by figurative painters to different cities around the world, out of which paintings were produced for a group exhibition. The work produced during the Prague Project was exhibited at the Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton, New York in 2004. In 2005 Head was commissioned by the Museum of London to produce a painting of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. However, also 2005 Head was debilitated by a neurological disease that had a devastating effect on his muscles. Despite still suffering from this condition, Head continued painting and the scale of his work became larger, but with an increasing focus on London as long distance travel became difficult for him. With this renewed focus on the United Kingdom, in 2005 Head joined Marlborough Fine Art in London and in his work
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Scoparia pulverulentellus
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Scoparia pulverulentellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Zeller in 1872. It is found in Colombia. References Category:Moths described in 1872 Category:Scopariinae
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Fergus Sings the Blues
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"Fergus Sings the Blues" is the third single from the album When the World Knows Your Name by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. Writer Ricky Ross has stated in an interview with Johnnie Walker that the song was inspired by "Gael's Blue" by Scottish singer-songwriter Michael Marra. Homesick James was mentioned by name in "Fergus Sings the Blues", by the lyric "Homesick James, my biggest influence". James & Bobby Purify were also name-checked in the following line, "Tell me why, James & Bobby Purify". The main B-side is "Long Window to Love". Some versions of the single contain one or more of the following additional B-sides: "London A to Z", and "Back Here in Beanoland". The 10" vinyl and the standard CD single release of the single are entitled "Four Songs from Scotland". The single was also released in the format of a 7" box single entitled "Souvenir from Scotland". Track listings All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted: Chart performance References External links Category:Deacon Blue songs Category:1989 singles Category:Songs written by Ricky Ross (musician) Category:1988 songs Category:Columbia Records singles
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Cristina Sanudo
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Cristina Sanudo (circa 1400 – d. after 1471), was the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Cristoforo Moro (r. 1462–1471). She was the daughter of Leonardo Sanudo and Barbara Memo, and married Cristoforo Moro in 1412. She would have been a teenager at the time of her marriage, possibly as young as twelve, as this was common in her class, and should thus have been born about the year of 1400 or a little earlier. She brought a large dowry and valuable contacts to several leading families within the Venetian textile industry. She had only one child, the son Nicolò, who died young, unmarried and childless. In 1462, her spouse was elected doge. Cristina Sanudo engaged herself in the textile industry. She banned some imports and certain fashions deemed immodest, opposed the import of foreign goods and protected Venetian manufacture. In correspondence to her disdain of immodesty, the church in the shape of the abbot Frate Mauro Lapi asked her to ban her male courtiers from wearing long hair as this was seen as frivolous for men. She was known and popular for her charity. She survived the death of her spouse in 1471, as she is noted to have made her own will later that same year. References Category:15th-century Venetian people Category:Dogaressas of Venice Category:Year of death missing Category:15th-century Venetian women Category:Year of birth uncertain
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Bismarck Strait
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The Bismarck Strait is a channel in Antarctica. It is located between the southern end of Anvers and Wiencke Islands and the Wilhelm Archipelago. It was surveyed in 1874 by First Antarctic German expedition under Captain Eduard Dallmann. This channel was named by Dallmann after Otto von Bismarck. References USGS-GNIS Category:Straits of the Wilhelm Archipelago Category:Straits of the Palmer Archipelago Category:Geography of Anvers Island
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Cao Yuanhang
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Cao Yuanhang (born 20 November 1991) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in T37 classification sprint and long jump events. Cao represented her country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won two medals; an individual bronze in the T37 long jump and a silver in the women's 4 × 100 m relay (T35-38). As well as her Paralympic success Cao has won medals at both World Championships and the Asian Para Games, winning three medals over three tournament. Personal history Cao was born in Foshan, China in 1991. Due to complications at birth she has cerebral palsy. She lives in Zhanjiang Province and is a professional athlete. References Category:Paralympic athletes of China Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for China Category:Paralympic silver medalists for China Category:Living people Category:1991 births Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Category:Chinese female sprinters Category:Chinese female long jumpers Category:People from Foshan Category:Runners from Guangdong
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Mermaids in popular culture
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Mermaids, like many other creatures of mythology and folklore, are regularly depicted in literature, film, music, and popular culture. In the folklore of some modern cultures, the concept of the siren has been assimilated to that of the mermaid. For example, the French word for mermaid is sirène, Italian sirena, and similarly in certain other European languages. This usage existed by the Middle Age. Literature . Comic books 07-Ghost - The mermaid Lazette sings and plays an organ in a church. She can shapeshift her face into that of other people. If people eat her scales it allows them to breathe underwater. Aion - This manga has several mermaids. One of them is named Sheila, The youngest of the mermaids. She falls in love with the main character, Tatsuya. Akazukin Chacha - In this manga, a mermaid named Marin falls in love with Riiya. She can change into a human when her tail dries out. Arabelle the Last Mermaid by Jean Ache appeared as a comic strip in the daily French newspaper France-Soir between 1950 and 1962. The character returned in various magazines until 1972. Arabelle is discovered by an American plastic surgeon on a Mediterranean island. The surgeon gives her human legs, but she retains her ability to breathe underwater. With her companion, a reformed burglar, Arabelle becomes involved in a series of light, romantic adventures. In the manga Black Cat, one of the main characters, Eve, uses nanomachines to give herself transformation abilities, and once she transforms into a mermaid. Dragon Ball - In chapter 25, "A Rival Arrives!!", Master Roshi asks Goku to bring him a pretty girl, and if he did, he would train him. Goku finds a mermaid and Master Roshi tries to hit on her. She just slaps him and jumps back into the ocean. In the manga/anime Fairy Tail, the main female protagonist, Lucy Heartfilia, uses celestial spirits, one of which is a mermaid called Aquarius. Also, another character, Lisanna Strauss, uses animal-based transformations, one of her tricks being to turn into a mermaid (in an anime-only episode). Furthermore, in the final arc, Lucy and another character, Brandish Mu, are temporarily turned into mermaids when Aquarius takes them to the Memory of the Stars to show them the truth about their mothers. Legendz - In the manga, Ken Kazaki's friend Ririko Yasuhara has a mermaid named Tetty. Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch - A manga about a group of mermaid princesses who become pop singers and use their voices as weapons against their enemies. Mermaid Saga - A manga series by Rumiko Takahashi, which tells that when a person eats the flesh of a mermaid, he can gain immortality, but chances are that the mermaid's flesh will either kill him or transform him into a horrible creatures called "Deformed Ones". Two types of mermaids are shown in the manga. The first may gain human appearance when they eat the flesh of an immortal girl and take on her youthful looks; the second has two legs and feed on the flesh of mermaids who live in
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1976 in video games
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1976 has several new titles such as Road Race, Night Driver (video game) and Heavyweight Champ. Events October – Warner Communications acquires Atari from Nolan Bushnell for $28 million USD. Bushnell stays on as chairman. 3.5 million video games are sold, earning the retail video game industry $242 million in revenue. Business New companies: Apple Computer, Data East Notable releases Games January – Sega releases Heavyweight Champ, the first video game to feature hand-to-hand fighting. It uses controls that simulate throwing actual punches. February – Sega releases Road Race, a racing video game that introduces pseudo-3D, forward-scrolling, third-person graphics. April 1 – Exidy releases Death Race, a racing game based on the film Death Race 2000, to video arcades. News of the game's existence breaks nationally in newspapers in the first week of July after a quiet nationwide rollout. The game sparks a public outcry over violence in video games, and is banned in many areas. April – Taito releases Speed Race Twin, a sequel to Speed Race that allows simultaneous two-player competitive dual-screen gameplay and uses colour graphics. May 13 – Atari releases Breakout, whose prototype was designed by Apple Computer cofounders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, to video arcades. August – Sega releases Man T.T., also known as Moto-Cross, an early motorbike racing game, using a pseudo-3D, forward-scrolling, third-person perspective, similar to Road Race. It also introduces haptic feedback, causing the handlebars to vibrate during collisions. Sega-Gremlin re-brands it as Fonz. October – Atari releases Night Driver, a first-person perspective racing video game. October – Gremlin releases Blockade, the first of what become known as snake games. While working at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab, Don Woods discovers and expands Will Crowther's Adventure. Later in the year, James Gillogly ports Woods's version of the interactive fiction title from Fortran to the C programming language for Unix-based computers. Hardware August – Fairchild Semiconductor releases the Video Entertainment System (later known as the VES or Channel F), the first video game console to use a microprocessor and cartridges. Coleco releases the Telstar, a console clone of Pong based on General Instrument's AY-3-8500 microchip. Radofin releases the 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System video game console in Europe. References Video games Category:Video games by year
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Smartish Pace
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Smartish Pace is a non-profit, independent literary journal based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Smartish Pace was founded in 1999 by Stephen Reichert who was a University of Maryland School of Law student at the time. The name, Smartish Pace, originates from a tort case in which a horse carriage, which was travelling at a smartish pace, ran over and killed a donkey. Smartish Pace has published poems by the following Pulitzer Prize winners: Natasha Trethewey, Claudia Emerson, Ted Kooser, Paul Muldoon, Yusef Komunyakaa, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dunn, Henry Taylor, Mary Oliver, Maxine Kumin, and Anthony Hecht. When referencing places Pulitzer Prize winner Claudia Emerson had published, Newsweek called the journal "obscure". Smartish Pace’s website is the home of Poets Q & A, the first interactive poetry forum on the internet, where readers ask questions of well-known poets. Past poets who have participated in Poets Q & A include Sherman Alexie, Eavan Boland, Robert Creeley, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dunn, Jorie Graham, Robert Hass, Bob Hicok, Campbell McGrath, Robert Pinsky, Elizabeth Spires, and David Wojahn. Smartish Pace was named "Best Poetry Journal" in 2007 by the Baltimore City Paper. Masthead Editor: Stephen Reichert Senior Editor: Daniel Todd Associate Editors: Clare Banks, Dan Cryer, Traci O'Dea, Jake Ricafrente, Freeman Rogers Assistant Editors: Jared Fischer, Jocelyn Heath, Kristin Lindholm, Clifford Williams See also List of literary magazines Notes and references External links Smartishpace.com Newpages.com (Sept. 2004), Review of Issue 10 of Smartish Pace Category:American poetry magazines Category:American annual magazines Category:Magazines established in 1999 Category:Magazines published in Maryland Category:Poetry organizations
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Tchimpounga Sanctuary
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The Tchimpounga Sanctuary, also known as the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, for primates is located on a coastal plain of savanna and forest in Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo, and was built in 1992. The site covers an area of . The sanctuary, part of the Jane Goodall Institute, is located 50 km (31 miles) north of Pointe-Noire in the Kouilou Department and is the largest chimpanzee sanctuary on the African continent. It has conducted research comparing food-sharing and social inhibition among chimpanzees and bonobos. The sanctuary is a refuge in the Congo Basin for chimpanzees orphaned by bushmeat hunters; authorities deliver the young animals after confiscating them from sellers in the pet or entertainment trades. The sanctuary is a member of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance. References External links Tchimpounga Sanctuary facts Expansion plans Photo gallery Category:Protected areas established in 1999 Category:Protected areas of the Republic of the Congo
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Crambus racabellus
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Crambus racabellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1896. It is found in Mexico. References Category:Crambini Category:Moths described in 1896 Category:Moths of Mexico
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Source Book
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Source Book was the most common name for a family of encyclopedias published in the 1910s through 1936. Work began on the original project around 1910, when publisher H. N. Dixon commission editor William Francis Rocheleau to begin work on a new encyclopedia. Both of them had worked on the earlier Hill's Practical Reference Library, published in 1902 by Dixon and Hansen, Dixon as publisher and Rocheleau as "Revision editor". Their new encyclopedia, Home and School Reference Work, was published in 1913 in 6 volumes under the imprint of the Dixon and Rucker Company. The work was considered poor by the standards of the time. The first five volumes contained encyclopedic material and the last was "Course of Study, Methods and Index". An expanded version was published in 1915 in 7 volumes, the last, again, being a study guide. In 1922 the rights to the encyclopedia were sold to the Perpetual Encyclopedia Corporation who thoroughly revised the set and republished it in 1924 as the Source Book; an international encyclopedic authority written from the new world viewpoint. In this edition the first seven volumes were encyclopedic and the final three were study guides. The title was apparently chosen to capitalize on the success of the World Book Encyclopedia. Nevertheless, it was reportedly a "very poor work". While publishing Source Book, the Corporation also made contracts with numerous distributors and jobbers around the country and these entities sold the Source Book under a variety of names including Home and School Reference Work, American Reference Library, the North American Reference Work and others. This led to a cease and desist order from the Federal Trade Commission in 1929 (Docket#1371). Further cease and desist order would come in 1931 (Docket #1551) and 1932 (Docket #1371). In the first instance, the Co-operative Book Company was found to be selling the set as the American Reference Library until 1927, and then selling it as the Source Book. In the latter case the Perpetual Encyclopedia Corporation and others were taken to task for selling American Reference Library as a recent work, when in fact it was published as far back as 1913. Other labels apparently included the National Encyclopedia and Perpetual Loose-Leaf Encyclopedia Further editions under the Source Book title were copyrighted in 1930, 1932, 1935 and 1936. References External links The home and school reference work Chicago : Home & school education Society, 1915 American reference library, encyclopedic Chicago : North American Pub. Co., 1924 (Includes Vols. 1, 3 and 5 and the Vol. 1925 supplement) The Source book ; an international encyclopedic authority written from the new world viewpoint Chicago [etc.] : Perpetual encyclopedia corporation, [©1926] (Includes Vols. 1 and 2) Category:American encyclopedias Category:English-language encyclopedias Category:20th-century encyclopedias
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Paradiso (surname)
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Paradiso is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amerigo Paradiso (born 1962), Italian footballer Angelo Paradiso (born 1977), Italian footballer Joseph A. Paradiso, American academic Michael Paradiso, American neuroscientist Vincent Paradiso, American ballet dancer Category:Italian-language surnames
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Melbourne Johns
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Melbourne Johns (9 March 1901 – 7 August 1955) was a Welsh-born munitions factory worker who became known for having taken part in a World War II mission in France aimed at retrieving several pieces of machinery of military strategic value ahead of the German invasion. Appearance in film His exploits were captured in the wartime film, The Foreman Went to France, starring Tommy Trinder, Robert Morley, Gordon Jackson and Constance Cummings, with Welsh actor Clifford Evans playing Melbourne himself. Biography Johns was born just outside the village of Hundleton, near Pembroke, in 1901, later attending Fishguard County School (now Ysgol Bro Gwaun). As an adult he moved to work in munition factories in England, often in Grantham. He married Catherine Williams in 1930. Sometime soon after the start of the war, he was working at the BMARC munitions factory in Grantham. Johns volunteered to go with a team to recover very important Deep Hole Boring Machines at the Hispano-Suiza works in France, against his bosses' wishes, before the invading Germans could get hold of them. Johns and the soldiers found the factory deserted, loaded the equipment onto a lorry and drove it away. They took it back to England. The Deep Hole Boring Machines were used for drilling the barrels of the Hispano-Suiza HS.404 20mm cannon that armed Spitfires and Hurricane fighters. References Category:1901 births Category:1955 deaths Category:People from Fishguard
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Hebrew accents
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This disambiguation page is on grammatical Hebrew accents. For dialects, see Hebrew dialects (disambiguation). There are two types of Hebrew accents that go on Hebrew letters: Niqqud, a system of diacritical signs used to represent vowels or distinguish between alternative pronunciations of letters Hebrew cantillation, used for the ritual chanting of readings from the Bible in synagogue services
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Hangry & Angry
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Hangry & Angry-f (stylized as HANGRY & ANGRY-f, previously known as hANGRY & ANGRY) is a Japanese female pop and rock duo created in 2008, consisting of former Morning Musume members Hitomi Yoshizawa ("Hangry") and Rika Ishikawa ("Angry"). The duo is a collaboration with a Harajuku fashion store, which sells fashion designer h.Naoto's mascot kittens of the same name. The band serves to promote stuffed toys and various other products from the store. History The duo was officially announced via the opening of their MySpace account in October 2008. The page drew 100,000 views within four days, and quickly reached one million views. Their first mini-album, Kill Me Kiss Me, was released simultaneously in Japan and South Korea on 19 November 2008. It was not initially revealed who the two girls really were, though fans quickly recognized them and they later revealed themselves to be Yoshizawa and Ishikawa. As of 2009, the duo became known as Hangry & Angry-f, the "f" referring their new future style of white costumes. In April 2009, they made their overseas debut at Sakura-Con, in Seattle, Washington, performing as the headline act. Discography Albums Singles See also List of Gan-Shin artists List of Japanese musicians List of musical artists from Japan List of rock musicians List of Zetima artists Music of Japan References External links , the duo's official website (some English; bulk in Japanese), another official website Staff (undated). "Hangry & Angry". JapanFiles. Retrieved 22 February 2013. TiBer0use (27 June 2010). "Interview: Hangry&Angry" (in French). mata-web.com. Retrieved 22 February 2013. Category:2008 establishments in Japan Category:21st-century Japanese musicians Category:Gan-Shin artists Category:Japanese girl groups Category:Japanese idol groups Category:Japanese musical duos Category:Japanese pop rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 2008 Category:Rock music duos Category:Musical groups from Tokyo Category:Up-Front Group Category:21st-century women musicians
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Georges Darboy
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Georges Darboy (16 January 181324 May 1871) was a French Catholic priest, later bishop of Nancy then archbishop of Paris. He was among a group of prominent hostages executed as the Paris Commune of 1871 was about to be overthrown. Biography Darboy was born in Fayl-Billot, Haute-Marne in north-east France. He studied with distinction at the seminary at Langres, and was ordained priest in 1836. Transferred to Paris as almoner of the college of Henry IV, and honorary canon of Notre Dame, he became the close friend of Archbishop Affre and of his successor Archbishop Sibour. He was appointed bishop of Nancy in 1859, and in January 1863 was raised to the archbishopric of Paris. Darboy was a strenuous upholder of episcopal independence in the Gallican sense, and involved himself in a controversy with Rome by his endeavours to suppress the jurisdiction of the Jesuits and other religious orders within his diocese. Pope Pius IX refused him the cardinal's hat, and rebuked him for his liberalism in a letter which was probably not intended for publication. He is also known for his opposition in 1868 to Jacques-Paul Migne, forbidding him to continue his low-cost books business after the burning of his printing establishment, and suspending him from his priestly functions. At the First Vatican Council he vigorously maintained the rights of the bishops, and strongly opposed the dogma of papal infallibility, against which he voted as inopportune. When the dogma had been finally adopted, however, he was one of the first to set the example of submission. Immediately after his return to Paris the war with Prussia broke out, and his conduct during the disastrous year that followed was marked by a devoted heroism which has secured for him an enduring fame. He was active in organizing relief for the wounded at the commencement of the war, remained bravely at his post during the siege, and refused to seek safety by flight during the brief triumph of the Paris Commune. On 4 April 1871, he was arrested by the Communards as a hostage and confined in Mazas Prison. The Communards offered to exchange him and several priests for Louis Auguste Blanqui, who was being held by the Versailles government. He was transferred to La Roquette Prisons on the advance of the Versailles army, and on 24 May he was shot within the prison along with several other prominent hostages. The execution was ordered by Théophile Ferré, who was himself executed by firing squad by the French government after the fall of the Commune. Darboy died in the attitude of blessing and uttering words of forgiveness. His body was recovered with difficulty, and, having been embalmed, was buried with imposing ceremony at public expense on 7 June. He was the third archbishop of Paris to die violently between 1848 and 1871. Works Œuvres de Saint Denys l'Aréopagite (1845). Les Femmes de la Bible (1846–1849). Les Saintes Femmes (1850). Lettres à Combalot (1851). Jérusalem et la Terre Sainte (1852). L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ (1852). Statistique Religieuse du Diocèse de Paris (1856). Saint Thomas Becket (1858).
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Falaniakos
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Falaniakos A.C. () is a local football (soccer) club based in Falani in Larissa, Greece that was created in 1960. In 1991, Falaniakos participated in the national Fourth Division for a couple of seasons and now it currently participates in the first division of the prefectural Larissa Football Clubs Association. Their team colours are yellow and black. History In the 1920s and the 1930s, youngsters from Falani participated in the soccer club under the name "Falaniakos" and played friendly matches with teams from other areas and it did not had an official character. Falaniakos was formed in 1960 under the name "AC Falaniakos Falanis" and started to play in local championships and later played in higher divisions and entered the first local division in 1970. Titles, Second Place and Elevations 1961-62: Winner of the Larissa FCA Third Division. 1963-64: Winner of the Larissa FCA Second Division 1964-69: Winner of the Larissa FCA Second Division 1971-72: Finalist of the Larissa FCA Cup. 1976-77: Second Place of the Larissa FCA Premier Division, elevated to the National Third Division 1978-79: Larissa FCA Cup - Finalist 1979-80: Winner of the Larissa FCA Premier Division 1990-91: Second Place of the Larissa FCA, elevated to the National Fourth Division 1992-93: Champions of the Larissa FCA, elevated again to the National Fourth Division 2001-02: Championship of the Larissa FCA, returned to the National Fourth Division 2002-03: Cup winner of the Larissa FCA In national divisions In the 1977-78 season, as second place of the prefectural championship, elevated into the today's third division (then National Amateur Division. It was the highest category that Falaniakos participated. Falaniakos finished 15th with 28 points (40-68 goals) and relegated to the locals. In the 1991-92 season, as second place of the prefectural championship, elevated into the fourth division and was later relegated In the 1993-94 season, as champion of Larissa FCA, returned to the fourth division In the 2002-03 season, as champion of Larissa FCA, returned again to the fourth division and it last participation to date. References External links Φαλανιακός: Μισός αιώνας ζωής. (Falaniakos, A Half-Century of Existence) Newspaper Eleftheria Φαλανιακός: Ένα βήμα παραπάνω (Falaniakos: One step forward) Newspaper Eleftheria Category:Larissa Category:Football clubs in Thessaly Category:Association football clubs established in 1960 Category:1960 establishments in Greece
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1984–85 Allsvenskan (men's handball)
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The 1984–85 Allsvenskan was the 51st season of the top division of Swedish handball. 12 teams competed in the league. Redbergslids IK won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their ninth Swedish title. Borlänge HK were relegated. League table Playoffs Semifinals Redbergslids IK–GUIF 23–24, 31–25, 34–27 (Redbergslids IK advance to the finals) HK Drott–LUGI 26–19, 10–16, 17–16 (HK Drott advance to the finals) Finals Redbergslids IK–HK Drott 19–18, 24–28, 19–21, 19–15, 21–20 (Redbergslids IK champions) References Category:Swedish handball competitions
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Crystal Castles (video game)
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Crystal Castles is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1983. The player controls the character Bentley Bear who has to collect gems located throughout trimetric-projected rendered castles while avoiding enemies out to get him as well as the gems. Crystal Castles is one of the first arcade action games with an actual ending, instead of continuing indefinitely, looping, or ending in a kill screen, and to contain advance warp zones. Gameplay Crystal Castles has nine levels with four castles each, and a tenth level which features a single castle — the clearing of which ends the game. Each of the 37 trimetric-projected castles consists of a maze of hallways filled with gems and bonus objects and also includes stairs, elevators and tunnels that the player can use as shortcuts. The three-letter initials of the player with the highest score are used to form the first level's castle structure. When all gems in a castle have been collected, a tune of the Nutcracker Suite is played, and the player moves on to the next castle. The player can also skip some castles and acquire additional lives and points by using secret warps activated by making Bentley Bear jump at special locations. A trackball and jump button are used for controlling Bentley Bear's motions. Gems are collected by walking over them, and a bonus is given upon collection of the last gem. While collecting gems, there are a number of enemies that try to stop Bentley and/or collect the gems for themselves. Any gems collected by the enemies also result in a lower obtainable score for that screen. Likewise, if the last available gem is collected by the enemy, the player also loses the last gem bonus. Enemies can be avoided by use of the maze and its constructs, or by making Bentley jump over opponents with the jump button, in some cases also allowing him to stun them. Some types of enemies will track Bentley's movements in certain ways, while others move at random. If Bentley is touched and loses a life, he "cries out" in a distinctive manner with the use of a cartoonish speech balloon. If at least 3 lives remain, he says "BYE!"; if 2 lives still remain, the quotation is "OH NO!"; if 1 life is left, it is "OUCH!"; and finally, for the last lost life (which ends the game), he says "#?!", so as to imitate an obscenity. At the beginning of every maze, gems are worth 1 point each; this value increases by 1 for every gem Bentley picks up, to a maximum of 99. Each maze also randomly includes a hat or honey pot, which serve the dual purpose of awarding points and providing Bentley with the ability to defeat specific enemies. The hat is worth 500 points and will make Bentley invulnerable for a few seconds and allow him to eliminate Berthilda the witch (3,000), who appears in the last maze of each level. The honey pot is worth 1,000 points, and picking it up can delay the landing of a swarm
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Portage (disambiguation)
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Portage may refer to one of the following. Portage, the practice of carrying a canoe or other boat over land to avoid an obstacle on the water route Portage (software), the package management system for Gentoo Linux Places United States Portage, Alaska Portage, Indiana Portage, Michigan Portage (town), New York Portage, Ohio Portage, Pennsylvania Portage, Utah Portage, Wisconsin Portage County (disambiguation) (multiple) Portage Des Sioux, Missouri (near Saint Louis) Portage Lake (Alaska) Portage Lake (Keweenaw) in northern Michigan Portage Lake, Maine Portage Lake (Michigan) Portage Lakes (Ohio), a group of lakes Portage Lakes, Ohio, a place there Portage Glacier, Alaska Portage River (Ohio) in northwest Ohio Portage Township (disambiguation) (multiple locations) Grand Portage Indian Reservation, Minnesota, including: Grand Portage, Minnesota – Unorganized Territory of Cook County Grand Portage (community), Minnesota – Unincorporated Community and Settlement Grand Portage National Monument Grand Portage State Park Savanna Portage State Park, Minnesota Canada Portage, Nova Scotia Portage, Prince Edward Island Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada (often referred to as "Portage") Portage Credit Union Centre Portage Terriers, a junior ice hockey team Portage—Lisgar, a federal electoral district covering the city of Portage la Prairie Portage la Prairie (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district covering the city of Portage la Prairie Portage la Prairie (electoral district), an abolished federal electoral district that covered the city of Portage la Prairie Portage Avenue, a major city street located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 201 Portage Portage and Main Portage Place
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2011 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
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The 2011 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game was the All-Star game for the 2010–11 season of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). It took place on 5 February 2011 at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Although the captains of the all-star teams remained the same as the previous years, with Team Jágr playing against Team Yashin, under the new format Team Jagr is a team made up of Eastern Conference players (regardless of whether they are Russian or not) while Team Yashin is a team made up of Western Conference players. Rosters See also 2010–11 KHL season Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game References External links Official homepage 2011 All Star Game Category:Sports competitions in Saint Petersburg Category:February 2011 sports events in the United States Category:2010s in Saint Petersburg
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Racale
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Racale is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. References Category:Cities and towns in Apulia Category:Localities of Salento
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Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted
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Tenohira wo Taiyou ni / Delighted (手のひらを太陽に / Palm to the Sun) is the seventh domestic single by Japanese hip hop group Lead. The single charted in the top ten on the Oricon charts, coming in at #8, and remained on the charts for four weeks. Unlike their previous singles, which featured a limited edition CD+DVD combo, Tenohira wo Taiyou ni / Delighted was only released a standard CD. Information Tenohira wo Taiyou ni / Delighted is the seventh single released by Japanese hip-hop group Lead. The single peaked in the top ten on the Oricon Singles Charts at #8 and remained on the charts for four consecutive weeks. The limited editions of the single contained one of five possible trading cards, a URL that would take purchasers to site for a chance to win their live DVD Lead 1st live tour ~BRAИD ИEW ERA~ and for buyers to download a specialized wallpaper. "Tenohira wo Taiyou ni" was a cover of the Japanese nursery rhyme of the same name written by Takashi Yanase in the 1960s. "Delighted" was used as the for the television show Deep Love ~Ayu no Monogatari~, which was an adaption of the cell phone novel Deep Love by Yoshi. Despite being a double a-side, only "Tenohira wo Taiyou ni" received a music video. While the music video was released for syndication upon the single's release, it was not available for purchase until March 16, 2005 on their second compilation VHS/DVD Lead Movies 2 (stylized as Lead MOVIES2). Promotional activities The coupling track "Delighted" was used as the theme song for the television show Deep Love ~Ayu no Monogatari~ (アユの物語 / Story of Ayu). The show was a television adaption of the cell phone novel Deep Love by Yoshi and ran for twelve episodes from January 7, 2005 to March 25, 2005. Keita had played Yoshiyuki in both the film Deep Love and the television show Deep Love ~Ayu no Monogatari~. Track listing Charts References External links Lead Official Site Category:2004 singles Category:2004 songs Category:Pony Canyon singles Category:Lead (band) songs
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Takeshi Kawakami
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is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. Early life Kawakami was born on July 12, 1972, in Adachi, Tokyo. As a junior high school first-grade student in 1985, he finished runner-up to fellow future shogi professional Nobuyuki Yashiki in the ; the following year, however, he won the same tournament. In 1987, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of . Promoted to appentice professional 1-dan in 1990, he full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in 1993 after winning the 12th 3-dan League (October 1992March 1993) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses. Shogi professional Kawakami finished runner-up to Torahiko Tanaka in the 3rd in 1994, but the tournament was not yet considered to be an official tournament at the time. In 2013, he finished the finished the 71st Meijin Class C2 league (April 2012March 2013) with a record of 2 wins and 8 losses, earning a third demotion point which meant automatic demotion to "Free Class" play. Promotion history The promotion history for Kawakami is as follows: 1987: 6-kyū 1990: 1-dan 1993, April 1: 4-dan 1999, June 3: 5-dan 2005, September 20: 6-dan 2017, October 17: 7-dan References External links ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Kawakami, Takeshi Category:Japanese shogi players Category:Living people Category:Professional shogi players Category:Professional shogi players from Tokyo Category:1972 births Category:Free class shogi players Category:People from Adachi, Tokyo
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Edgar Sanderson
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Edgar Sanderson (1838–1907) was an English cleric, schoolteacher and historical writer. Life Born at Nottingham on 25 January 1838, he was son of Edgar Sanderson by his wife Eliza Rumsey; his father owned a lace-factory in Nottingham, and later kept schools at Stockwell and Streatham Common. The younger Sanderson was educated at the City of London School and at Clare College, Cambridge from 1856, where he won a scholarship. He graduated B.A. in 1860, proceeding M.A. in 1866. After holding a mastership at King's Lynn grammar school, Sanderson was ordained deacon in 1862 and priest in 1863. At first curate of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, while master of Stepney grammar school, he held successively curacies at Burcombe-cum-Broadway in Dorset (with a mastership at Weymouth school), and at Chieveley, Berkshire. From 1870 to 1873 Sanderson was headmaster of Stockwell grammar school; from 1873 to 1877 of Macclesfield grammar school; and from 1877 to 1881 of Huntingdon grammar school. Subsequently Sanderson lived at Streatham Common, writing educational manuals and popular historical works. He died at 23 Barrow Road, Streatham Common, on 31 December 1907, and was buried at Norwood cemetery. Works Sanderson's major works, which sold well, were: History of the British Empire, 1882; 20th edit. 1906. A handbook. Outlines of the World's History, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern, 1885, issued both in four parts and in one volume; revised edit. 1910. History of the World from the Earliest Historical Time to 1898, 1898. The British Empire in the 19th Century: its Progress and Expansion at Home and Abroad, 6 vols. 1898-9 (with engravings and maps); reissued in 1901 as The British Empire at Home and Abroad. Family Sanderson married in 1864 Laetitia Jane, elder daughter of Matthew Denycloe, surgeon, of Bridport. She died in October 1894, leaving two sons and four daughters. Notes Attribution Category:1838 births Category:1907 deaths Category:19th-century English Anglican priests Category:Schoolteachers from Nottinghamshire Category:English historians
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Snork
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Snork may refer to: Snorks, a comic book, and later a cartoon series that began in the mid 80's and ended by the late 80's. Snork Maiden, a member of the species known as Snorks and a character in the writings and illustrations of Tove Jansson Snork, a member of the species known as Snorks and a character in the writings and illustrations of Tove Jansson. Brother of Snork Maiden. Snork, an English/Belgian punk/prog rock band fronted by Elle Revel who played the 2013 GU1 festival in protest at the alleged "corporate takeover" of Guilfest See also Snark (disambiguation)
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1822 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election
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A special election was held in on October 1, 1822 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Caesar A. Rodney (DR) on January 24, 1822, having been elected to the Senate. This election was held on the same day as the general elections for Congress in Delaware. Election results Rodney took his seat December 2, 1822, at the start of the 2nd session of the 17th Congress. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives 1822 and 1823 United States House of Representatives elections List of United States Representatives from Delaware References 1822 at-large Delaware 1822 at-large Delaware at-large Delaware at-large United States House of Representatives at-large
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Esquisse d'un Programme
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"Esquisse d'un Programme" (Sketch of a Programme) is a famous proposal for long-term mathematical research made by the German-born, French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck in 1984. He pursued the sequence of logically linked ideas in his important project proposal from 1984 until 1988, but his proposed research continues to date to be of major interest in several branches of advanced mathematics. Grothendieck's vision provides inspiration today for several developments in mathematics such as the extension and generalization of Galois theory, which is currently being extended based on his original proposal. Brief history Submitted in 1984, the Esquisse d'un Programme was a proposal submitted by Alexander Grothendieck for a position at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. The proposal was not successful, but Grothendieck obtained a special position where, while keeping his affiliation at the university of Montpellier, he was paid by the CNRS and released of his teaching obligations. Grothendieck held this position from 1984 till 1988. This proposal was not formally published until 1997, because the author "could not be found, much less his permission requested". The outlines of dessins d'enfants, or "children's drawings", and "Anabelian geometry", that are contained in this manuscript continue to inspire research; thus, "Anabelian geometry is a proposed theory in mathematics, describing the way the algebraic fundamental group G of an algebraic variety V, or some related geometric object, determines how V can be mapped into another geometric object W, under the assumption that G is not an abelian group, in the sense of being strongly noncommutative. The word anabelian (an alpha privative an- before abelian) was introduced in Esquisse d'un Programme. While the work of Grothendieck was for many years unpublished, and unavailable through the traditional formal scholarly channels, the formulation and predictions of the proposed theory received much attention, and some alterations, at the hands of a number of mathematicians. Those who have researched in this area have obtained some expected and related results, and in the 21st century the beginnings of such a theory started to be available."Abstract of Grothendieck's programme ("Sommaire") 1. The Proposal and enterprise ("Envoi"). 2. "Teichmüller's Lego-game and the Galois group of Q over Q" ("Un jeu de “Lego-Teichmüller” et le groupe de Galois de Q sur Q"). 3. Number fields associated with dessins d'enfant". ("Corps de nombres associés à un dessin d’enfant"). 4. Regular polyhedra over finite fields ("Polyèdres réguliers sur les corps finis"). 5. General topology or a 'Moderated Topology' ("Haro sur la topologie dite 'générale', et réflexions heuristiques vers une topologie dite 'modérée"). 6. Differentiable theories and moderated theories ("Théories différentiables" (à la Nash) et “théories modérées"). 7. Pursuing Stacks ("À la Poursuite des Champs"). 8. Two-dimensional geometry ("Digressions de géométrie bidimensionnelle"). 9. Summary of proposed studies ("Bilan d’une activité enseignante"). 10. Epilogue. Notes Suggested further reading for the interested mathematical reader is provided in the References section. Extensions of Galois's theory for groups: Galois groupoids, categories and functors Galois developed a powerful, fundamental algebraic theory in mathematics that provides very efficient computations for certain algebraic problems by utilizing the algebraic concept of groups, which is
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James Dorsey
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James Dorsey may refer to: Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957), jazz musician and big band leader Jimmie Dorsey (sport shooter) (born 1940), American sport shooter James Owen Dorsey (1848–1895), American anthropologist Jim Dorsey (born 1955), Major League Baseball pitcher
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Pierluigi Orlandini
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Pierluigi Orlandini (born 9 October 1972 in San Giovanni Branco, Italy) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Orlandini started his career with Atalanta in 1989, but was a fringe player and in 1992 was sold to Lecce, where he spent a season, before moving back to Atalanta. After another season long stay, he joined one of Italy's biggest clubs in 1994, Internazionale, where he spent 2 seasons, and subsequently moved to Verona in 1996. After this, he had unsuccessful spells with Parma and Venezia. In 2000, he played 2 games for A.C. Milan and scored 1 goal. He went on to spend the remainder of his career with Brescia, his former club Atalanta and Brindisi before retiring. International career At international level, Orlandini also won 10 caps for the Italian under-21 team between 1992 and 1994, scoring once. References / external links Career stats at footballplus.com Category:Living people Category:1972 births Category:Italian footballers Category:Italy youth international footballers Category:Italy under-21 international footballers Category:Association football midfielders Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:Serie C players Category:Atalanta B.C. players Category:U.S. Lecce players Category:Inter Milan players Category:Hellas Verona F.C. players Category:Parma Calcio 1913 players Category:Venezia F.C. players Category:A.C. Milan players Category:Brescia Calcio players
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Vindegga Ridge
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Vindegga Ridge () is a ridge of low peaks extending north from Huldreslottet Mountain, in the south part of Borg Massif in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–52) and named Vindegga (the wind ridge). Category:Ridges of Queen Maud Land Category:Princess Martha Coast
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Wdziękoń Drugi
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Wdziękoń Drugi is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zambrów, within Zambrów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. References Category:Villages in Zambrów County
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Carrier Routing System
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Carrier Routing System (CRS) is a modular and distributed core router developed by Cisco Systems Inc that enables service providers to deliver data, voice, and video services over a scalable IP Next-Generation Network (NGN) infrastructure. In a network topology, these routers are generally positioned in the core or edge of a service provider network. They are also used by Over-the-top content providers and large enterprises. It supports a wide range of interface speeds and types such as channelized OC3, OC12 to OC768 on Packet over SONET and from 1GE, 10GE all the way to 100GE on the Ethernet technologies. A standalone CRS-3 system can handle 2.2Tbit/s and a multi-chassis system could be designed to handle 322Tbit/s. Architecture A standalone Carrier Routing System is deployed with a Line card chassis (LCC). The three main functional units of this LCC are the Line cards, Switching fabric and Route processor. The Line card consists of the physical interface card and a modular services card. The physical connectivity could be using Fiber optic cables or using Twisted pair cables. The routing decisions are made by the route processor and the switching fabric takes care of the routing based on the Route processor input. The CRS runs IOS XR which is said to be designed for high-end carrier grade routers and was launched with CRS-1. In a multi-chassis deployment, the Line card chassis is used along with another variety of chassis called as the Fabric Card Chassis (FCC). The architecture enables scalability by increasing the number of Line Card Chassis and/or Fabric Card Chassis. In both single- and multi-chassis configurations, the CRS switch fabrics are based on a three-stage Beneš architecture. In a single-chassis system, the three switching stages—S1, S2, and S3—are all contained on one fabric card. In a multi-chassis system, the S2 stage is contained within the Fabric Card Chassis, with the S1 and S3 stages resident in the Line Card Chassis. The CRS Line card chassis comes in three different flavors: 4-slot, 8-slot and 16-slot. The number of slots indicates the number of line cards that the chassis can accommodate. There is only one variety of Fabric card chassis. Deployment Internet service providers Mobile network operators Over-the-top content Wireline services Service providers: P, PE, Peering Large enterprises Product Portfolio CRS-X Cisco Systems has announced the addition of a new product to its existing CRS family, the Carrier Routing System X, or CRS-X (C-R-S-Ten), which is expected to be 10 times faster than the first CRS model (CRS-1) the company offered, back in 2004. CRS-X is said to be a 400Gbit/s per slot system and is backward compatible with the previous generation HW. At the time of launch, CRS-X family has three different flavors of physical interface card (40x10GE, 4x100GE and 2x100GE-Flex-40) apart from the improved fabric and modular service cards. Cisco states that the CRS-X can be used in back-to-back & multi-chassis deployments and that CRS-1, CRS-3 & CRS-X can co-exist in a multi-chassis setup. The press release (reference) also claims that, the CRS-X 400 GE Line Card with Cisco AnyPort Technology uses Cisco’s
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Carol Propper
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Carol Propper is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School and Professor of Economics of Public Policy at Bristol University. She is also a senior research associate with the Nuffield Trust, and has served on the Economic and Social Research Council Research Grants Board. Her work focuses on economic factors in health care reform, and she has served as an economic advisor to the National Health Service (England). Honours Propper was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2010 for her services to social science. In 2014 she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. References Category:Fellows of the British Academy Category:Academics of Imperial College London Category:Academics of the University of Bristol Category:Academics of the London School of Economics Category:British women economists Category:English economists Category:Health economists Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Members of the National Academy of Medicine Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people
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Brazil (surname)
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Brazil is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Brazil (born 1959), Scottish broadcaster and former football player Angela Brazil (1868–1947), English author Brodie Brazil (born 1981), American sportscaster David Brazil (disambiguation), various people Darren Brazil (born 1984), American TV editor, producer and videographer. Derek Brazil (born 1968), Irish footballer Ellie Brazil (born 1999), English footballer Gary Brazil (born 1962), English footballer Mark Brazil (born 1955), English ornithologist, conservationist, author and journalist See also Brasil (surname) Brazill Brazile
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Barry Black
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Barry C. Black (born November 1, 1948) is the 62nd chaplain of the United States Senate. He began serving as Senate chaplain on June 27, 2003, becoming the first African American and the first Seventh-day Adventist to hold the office. The Senate selected its first chaplain in 1789. He served for over 27 years in the United States Navy Chaplain Corps, rising to the rank of rear admiral (upper half) and ending his career as the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy. He retired from the Navy on August 15, 2003. Naval career Commissioned as a Navy chaplain in 1976, Black's first duty station was the Fleet Religious Support Activity in Norfolk, Virginia. Subsequent assignments included Naval Support Activity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; First Marine Aircraft Wing, Okinawa, Japan; Naval Training Center, San Diego, California; , Long Beach, California; Naval Chaplains School Advanced Course, Newport, Rhode Island; Marine Aircraft Group Thirty-One, Beaufort, South Carolina; assistant staff chaplain, chief of naval education and training, Pensacola, Florida; and fleet chaplain, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, Virginia. As a rear admiral, his personal decorations included the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit Medal, twice awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, twice awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, and twice received the Navy Commendation Medal, and the Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and numerous unit awards, campaign, and service medals. United States Senate chaplain On June 27, 2003, Black was chosen as the 62nd chaplain of the United States Senate. He began working in the Senate on July 7, 2003. During the 16-day United States federal government shutdown of 2013, his invocations began to garner widespread national attention. On Oct 1, the first day of the shutdown, he prayed for divine guidance to "strengthen our weakness, replacing cynicism with faith and cowardice with courage". On Oct 3, he prayed, "Save us from the madness. We acknowledge our transgressions, our shortcomings, our smugness, our selfishness and our pride... Deliver us from the hypocrisy of attempting to sound reasonable while being unreasonable." During his prayer on October 4, 2013, the day after officers from the U.S. Capitol Police shot and killed a woman who had used her car in an attempt to breach federal grounds, Black noted that the officers were not being paid because of the government shutdown. Like other government workers, he too was unpaid during the shutdown, stating, "I'm being remunerated from above. And that's pretty special." On the fourth day of the shutdown, he also prayed, regarding the senators, "Remove from them that stubborn pride which imagines itself to be above and beyond criticism," he said. "Forgive them the blunders they have committed." On day nine, prompted by news of the delay of death benefits for military families, Black prayed, "It's time for our lawmakers to say 'Enough is enough'", and asked that God, "cover our shame with the robe of Your righteousness." On day eleven, Black prayed to "give our lawmakers the wisdom to distinguish between truth and error... Give them a hatred of all hypocrisy, deceit and shame
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Dongfeng Fengshen A9
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The Dongfeng Fengshen A9 is an executive sedan produced by Dongfeng Motor Corporation under the Dongfeng Fengshen sub-brand. The Dongfeng Fengshen A9 sedan was previewed by the Dongfeng Number 1 sedan concept during the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. History The production version of the Fengshen A9 debuted during the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show, and was originally planned to be available to the market from April 2016. The A9 was postponed to be launched in July 2016 with prices ranging from 177,900 yuan to 219,700 yuan. Production of the A9 ended in late 2019 due to poor sales. Design The Dongfeng Fengshen A9 executive sedan shares the same platform as the later introduced Citroën C6 executive sedan with both cars based on the PSA PF3 platform. References External links Fengshen A9 Official Site Fengshen A9 Category:Executive cars Category:Sedans Category:Flagship vehicles Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles Category:2010s cars Category:Cars introduced in 2016
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My Passport
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My Passport is a series of portable external hard drives produced by Western Digital. There are currently six series of My Passport drives; Essential Edition, Essential SE Edition, Elite Edition, Essential for Mac, Studio Edition and the Essential SE for Mac. My Passport drives are designed to look like and be the size of a passport, none of the drives in the passport series require a power socket although the "elite editions" feature a docking system. Standard Editions Essential Edition Essential Editions include USB 2.0 though new models also include USB 3.0 ports, the white LED Indicator. Essential SE Edition Essential SE Editions have both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports and come in 750 GB and 1 TB variations; the Essential SE Edition has the same physical appearance as the Essential Edition. Elite Edition Elite Editions have a USB 2.0 port and come in 320 GB (320 GiB), 500 GB(500 GiB)and 640 GB (640 GiB) variations. Elite Editions include a desktop dock and have a LED capacity gauge on the front and a lock indicator. This edition comes in red, blue and black. Mac Editions Essential Edition The Essential Edition for Mac has a USB 2.0 port and a capacity of 320 GB (320 GiB) and is available in gloss black. It has the same design as the Essential Edition. Essential SE Edition The Essential SE Edition for Mac has a USB 2.0 port and a capacity of 1 TB and comes in silver. It has the same design as the Essential Edition. Studio Edition The Studio Edition has FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports and a capacity of 320 GB (320 GiB) and 640 GB (640 GiB). The Studio Edition has a capacity gauge on the top side and has a silver appearance. References Category:Hard disk drives Category:Western Digital products
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Love (Morrison novel)
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Love (2003) is the eighth novel by Toni Morrison. Written in Morrison's non-linear style, the novel tells of the lives of several women and their relationships to the late Bill Cosey. Love is the story of Bill Cosey, a charismatic but dead hotel owner. Or rather, it is about the people around him, all affected by his life — even long after his death. The main characters are Christine, his granddaughter and Heed, his widow. The two are the same age and used to be friends but some forty years after Cosey's death they are sworn enemies, and yet share his mansion. Again Morrison used split narrative and jumps back and forth throughout the story, not fully unfolding until the very end. The characters in the novel all have some relation to the infamous Bill Cosey. Similar to the concept of communication between the living and the dead in her 1987 novel Beloved, Morrison introduced a character named Junior; she was the medium to connect the dead Bill Cosey to the world of the living. The storytelling techniques in Love, namely the split narrative, suggest a recent trend in Morrison's literature that divides the plot among different time periods. THEMES: - Love (in different forms) Category:Novels by Toni Morrison Category:2003 American novels Category:African-American novels Category:Nonlinear narrative novels
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Kissing the Pink
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Kissing the Pink are an English new wave and synth-pop band that formed in London in 1980. Their current members are lead singer and guitarist Nick Whitecross, keyboardist Jon Kingsley Hall, second keyboardist George Stewart, and guitarist Simon Aldridge. Former members included saxophonist Josephine Wells, violinist Peter Barnett, drummer Stevie Cusack, and vocalist Sylvia Griffin. Career The band formed in 1980 at the Royal College of Music, located in South Kensington, London. Their debut single was "Don't Hide in the Shadows", made with producer Martin Hannett, and recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport. Hannett had previously worked with Joy Division, the Durutti Column, and John Cooper Clarke, but it was not until they dropped their first manager (celebrated in their song "Michael"), and signed a recording contract with Magnet Records that they began to get any airplay. They recorded their debut studio album, Naked, at AIR Studios with Colin Thurston as the main producer. Kissing the Pink had wanted Brian Eno to produce the album but Magnet thought Thurston would make a more commercial impact. As well as investing in a renowned producer, Magnet paid for promotional videos to be made for the singles "Mr. Blunt" (shot at the Long Man of Wilmington) and "Watching Their Eyes". After these of near-misses, their single "The Last Film" reached the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. It would later prove to be their only hit in the UK. Their album, Naked, reached No. 54 on the UK Albums Chart. Their first Billboard Hot 100 entry was "Maybe This Day", which hit No. 87 in the charts in 1983. In 1984, they released their second album What Noise. This album did not attract as much attention and distribution was not as widespread as Kissing the Pink's other albums. It never held a worldwide release. In 1985, following a departure by some of the members, the band shortened their name to KTP and began releasing hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The most successful was "Certain Things Are Likely", which spent three weeks at No. 1 in 1987. That song also became their second Hot 100 entry when it peaked at No. 97 on the charts later that year. From the same album, "One Step" was the biggest selling single in Italy that year. In 1988, the band released the standalone single, "Stand Up (Get Down)", on a new label WEA, it would prove to be their only release on that label after it failed to chart, and they wouldn't release any more new material for five years. Kissing the Pink's last physically-released album, Sugarland, which was their first in seven years, was a blend of psychedelic music and dance-pop. Since then, the band have made an album with Ecologist called Hot Filth which took the mixing of psychedelic music with jazz and other musical forms further still. In 2015, KTP released two albums digitally on Bandcamp: Digital People, and FatHome. Collaborations Whitecross, Hall and Stewart collaborated on many dance records in the early 1990s, and made it to the top of the
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1961–62 MJHL season
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On March 21, 1962, in Brandon, the Wheat Kings captured the Turnbull Memorial Trophy as MJHL champions. Regular season All-Star game The inaugural Manitoba - Saskatchewan all-star game was held in Winnipeg on January 21 before 7,044 fans. The MJHL scored a 6-2 triumph to win the Charlie Gardiner Memorial Trophy. Brandon stars Gerry Kell and Marc Dufour lead the attack with two goals each, Jim Johnson and Paul Allan added singles. Replying for the SJHL were Ron Willy and George Swarbrick. MJHL Lineup: Goal: Henry Goy (St. Boniface); Rick Best (Braves) Defence: John Trojack (St. Boniface); Bob Peers (St. Boniface); Bob Woytowich (Rangers); Dennis Toyne (Rangers); Wayne Schultz (Braves) Centre: Gerry Kell (Brandon); Bob Stoyko (Rangers); Peter Stemkowski (Monarchs) Leftwing: Ted Taylor (Brandon); Paul Allan (St. Boniface); Terry Moore (Monarchs) Rightwing: Marc Dufour (Brandon); Jim Johnson (Rangers); Rick Brown (Brandon) Coach: Gord Pennell (Rangers); Manager: Jake Milford (Brandon) Trojack did not play; replaced by Bob Ash (Brandon) Playoffs Semi-Finals Brandon defeated St. Boniface 3-games-to-1 Monarchs defeated Rangers 3-games-to-none Turnbull Cup Championship Brandon defeated Monarchs 4-games-to-1 Western Memorial Cup Semi-Final Brandon defeated Port Arthur North Stars (TBJHL) 4-games-to-none Western Memorial Cup Final (Abbott Cup) Brandon lost to Edmonton Oil Kings (CAHL) 4-games-to-3 Awards All-Star Teams References Manitoba Junior Hockey League Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame Hockey Hall of Fame Winnipeg Free Press Archives Brandon Sun Archives MJHL Category:Manitoba Junior Hockey League seasons
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International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
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The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) was a research programme that ran from 1987 to 2015 dedicated to studying the phenomenon of global change. Its primary focus was coordinating "international research on global-scale and regional-scale interactions between Earth's biological, chemical and physical processes and their interactions with human systems." The International Council of Scientific Unions, a coordinating body of national science organizations, launched IGBP. It looked at the total Earth system, the changes that are occurring, and the manner in which changes are influenced by human actions. IGBP aimed to describe and understand how the physical, chemical and biological processes regulate the Earth system. It also sought to increase knowledge of how humans are influencing global processes, such as the carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, sulfur cycle, water cycle and phosphorus cycle. "It delivers scientific knowledge to help human societies develop in harmony with Earth's environment." IGBP research was organised around six projects representing the Earth system - land, atmosphere, ocean and where they meet (land-atmosphere, land-ocean, atmosphere-ocean) and two further projects looking at the Earth system as a whole: Past Global Changes (PAGES) which looks at palaeoclimate, and the Analysis, Integration and Modelling of the Earth System (AIMES), which helps set the agenda for Earth system models. Plus four joint projects - carbon, water, human health and food security - with the other three international global-change programmes. In 2004, IGBP published a landmark synthesis, Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under Pressure (Steffen et al). The synthesis stated that humanity was now the main driver of change at the planetary scale and that Earth is now operating in a "no analogue" state. Measurements of Earth system processes, past and present, have led to the conclusion that the planet has moved well outside the range of natural variability in the last half million years at least. From 2008 to 2015, Sybil Seitzinger was Executive Director of the IGBP. IGBP projects Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES) Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) Global Land Project (GLP) International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Integrated Land Ecosystem–Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS) Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) Land-Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Past Global Changes (PAGES) Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) IGBP joint projects Global Carbon Project Global Land Project Global Environmental Change and Human Health (GECHH) Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECAFS) Global Water System Project (GWSP) International Nitrogen Initiative International partners Earth System Science Partnership World Climate Research Programme Diversitas International Human Dimensions Programme See also Systems Geology References External links Category:Organizations established in 1986 Category:Climate institutions and programs Category:International organizations based in Sweden Category:Systems sciences organizations Category:Systems geology Category:International scientific organizations
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Dekalb Academy of Technology and Environment
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DeKalb Academy of Technology and Environment (DATE) is a charter school located at 1492 Kelton Drive in Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States. The school has about 800 students in kindergarten through eighth grades (as of the 2017-2018 school year). In October 2008, Kathy Cox recognized the school as a top 10 school in Georgia for math and science. The school has the vision to be recognized as one of the top 10 charter schools in the nation. DATE was named by the Know Magazine Education Guide as being Metro Atlanta's Best Public School for 8th Grade in DeKalb County. DATE's 8th grade class ranked #1 in Reading and #9 in math on the GCRCT. DeKalb Academy of Technology and Environment Elementary and Middle Charter Schools was featured in the book The Places and Faces of DeKalb County Georgia, highlighting its academic success, environmental and technology focus, and parental participation. DATE was selected to have a playground built by KABOOM and sponsored by Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. DATE students outperformed elementary and middle school students collectively in the DeKalb County School District and State Technology Fair. The school is accredited by AdvancED. Vision The school's vision is to become one of the top 10 charter schools in the nation. Mission The mission of the DeKalb Academy of Technology and Environment, Inc. is to educate a student population about the essential need to consider environmental ramifications of technology and other business decisions, via a hands-on, community-oriented instructional curriculum. Academics The mission of the school is to give its students a background in technology and study of the environment by engaging in environmental projects. Technology supports all core learning areas. The specials area classes that all students participate in are technology, band (if chosen), art, French, health, music, environmental science, and physical education. The school has a special Discovery Gifted Program for those who have been identified as gifted by DeKalb County School District and Georgia Department of Education standards. The school band consists of three levels, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. The band is for the 5th-8th grades. The band takes part in many activities like parades, performances, and competitions. They took second place in a regional band competition on April 25, 2009. Specialized academic programs include the full implementation of all Common Core Standards with the addition of FOSS science and Everyday Mathematics curriculums. Clubs, organizations, and extracurricular activities The school's clubs include the National Beta Club (Junior Beta), Technology Club, and Girl Scouts of the USA (Brownies, Daisies and Juniors), Robotics, Recycling Club, STEAM Team, Broadcasting, Yearbook, Little Miss Sunshine, Young Generals, Performing Arts, Legos, and Boy Scouts of America 1833 (Boy Scouts and cub scouts - tiger cub and junior cub). Since 2007, the school has participated in an Atlanta area sports program which includes basketball, flag football, Track and field, Kilometer Kids, and cheerleading, which are all co-ed. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 3.0 to participate. Setting The school grounds suggest the school's connection with environmental education is evident. Features include large vegetable gardens, shade garden, flower
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Azerbaijanis in Russia
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Azerbaijanis in Russia or Russian Azerbaijanis ( (Latin), Русија азәрбајҹанлылары (Cyrillic); , Azerbajdzhanchy v Rossii) are Azerbaijani people in the Russian Federation, and are Russian citizens or permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. Aside from the large Azeri community native to Russia's Dagestan Republic, the majority of Azeris in Russia are fairly recent immigrants. Azeris started settling in Russia (with the exception of Dagestan) around the late nineteenth century, but their migration intensified after World War II, and especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. According to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census, there are 603,070 Azeris residing in Russia, however the actual numbers may be much higher due to the arrival of guest workers in the post-Soviet era. The estimated total Azeri population of Russia as of 2002 might have reached as many as 3,000,000 people, with more than one and half million of them living in Moscow, though in the following decade there was a tendency for many Azeris to move back to Azerbaijan. The majority of post-1991 ethnic Azeri migrants have come to Russia from rural Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. Today most provinces of Russia have more or less significant Azeri communities, the biggest ones, according to official numbers, residing in Dagestan, Moscow, Khanty–Mansi, Krasnoyarsk, Rostov-on-the-Don, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Samara, Stavropol, etc. Dagestan As of 2010, 130,919 Azeris lived in the Dagestan Republic, which makes them the region's sixth-largest ethnic group and 4.5% of its total population. Most of them are natives of the city of Derbent living in the historical quarter Mahal and making up about one-third of the city's population. Azeris constitute 58% of the population of the Derbentsky District (more than 20 towns and villages), 18% of that of the Tabasaransky District 2.35% in the Kizlyarsky District (villages of Bolshebredikhinskoye and Persidskoye), 1.64% in the Magaramkent Rayon, and 1.56% in the Rutul Rayon. The rest live in the cities of Makhachkala, Khasavyurt, Buynaksk and Kizlyar. Among cultural benefits, available to Dagestani Azeris, there are newspapers and magazines printed in the Azeri language, 72 public schools where Azeri is taught as a second language, and the Azeri Folk Theater in Derbent, founded in 1904. Historically Azeris of Dagestan were engaged in carpet weaving, currying, jewellery- and copper utensils making. Rural Azeris were occupied in farming. Most Azeris of Dagestan are Shia Muslim, although Hanafi and Shafi'i Sunnis are found among the rural population. There is a small number of Naqshbandi Sufism adherents. In 2000, in a presidential decree, Azeris along with 13 other ethnic groups of Dagestan received the status of a native community of Dagestan. As of 2011, there are four Azeri members of the Dagestan State Council. Beginning in 2014, the Azeri population of Derbent voiced its concern due to the government's indifference towards the poor state of infrastructure and frequent acts of vandalism and unauthorised removal of Azeri cultural landmarks in the city. These concerns led to protests and demands for a better representation at the municipal level. American political analyst Paul A. Goble characterised these events as "the boiling point" in the
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Dan Spielman
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Dan Spielman (born 1979) is an Australian actor. His career spans film, television and theatre. Spielman grew up with his younger sister in Beaumaris, Melbourne. Without formal acting training, Spielman has worked in theatre, television and film since graduating from high school in 1996 at St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda, Victoria. Career His television roles include Offspring and The Secret Life of Us. More recently he portrayed Ned Banks, the parental journalist brother of The Code 's hacker Jesse Banks played by Ashley Zukerman. He has won and been nominated for many awards, including the Australian Film Institute Awards (AFI, now AACTA Awards). He was in the 2016 Australian mini-series, Deep Water set in Bondi, Sydney. His most recent television role is as Tim, in the 2017 Australian television series, Sisters. Personal life In 2005, Spielman became one of the youngest members of the Sydney Theatre Company's ensemble, The Actors' Company. He married Australian actress Yael Stone in 2012 in New York City. In July 2017, Stone announced that her marriage had ended over a year before. Filmography Film Television Awards 2004: won FCCA Award Best Supporting Actor – Male for: Tom White 1999: won Tropfest award Best Actor – Male for The Date References Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Male actors from Melbourne Category:Australian male film actors Category:Australian male stage actors Category:Australian male television actors Category:People educated at St Michael's Grammar School Category:20th-century Australian male actors Category:21st-century Australian male actors
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Rafael Banquells
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Rafael Banquells (25 June 1917 – 27 October 1990) born Rafael Banquells Garafulla was a Cuban-born Mexican actor, director and TV producer known in Mexico as Rafael Banquells (I). Biography Rafael Banquells Garafulla was born on June 25, 1917 in La Habana, Cuba. His parents were actors in Spain. He began his career as a movies actor in 1940. He was married three times. His wives were actresses. First he married Blanca de Castejón (deceased). He was then married to the actress and TV producer Silvia Pinal and they had a daughter, Sylvia Pasquel; and he was last married to the actress Dina de Marco. Their children are José Manuel, Rocío Banquells, Janette, Mary Paz, Ariadne and Rafael Jr.. Rafael died on October 27, 1990 in Mexico City, at the age of 73. Filmography As an actor References External links Category:1917 births Category:1990 deaths Category:People from Havana Category:Cuban male telenovela actors Category:Cuban male film actors Category:Cuban film directors Category:Cuban people of Catalan descent Category:20th-century Cuban male actors Category:Cuban emigrants to Mexico
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Lakka, Greece
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Lakka (, ) is a village situated on Paxi, a Greek Island in the Ionian Sea approximately nine miles south of Corfu. Geography Lakka is the second largest village in size on the northern end of Paxos and is flanked by silver green olive groves and cypress trees. The picturesque fishing village is located on a natural, almost circular harbor created by two headlands sheltering the bay from the open sea. Tourism Lakka is a popular tourist destination for yachting, windsurfing, snorkeling and swimming. The two main beaches within the Lakka bay, white pebbled Kanoni and sandy Harami lead to a very clear turquoise sea. Other nearby beaches (such as Monadendri, Orkos, Arkoudaki and Glyfada) can be found on the east coast of the island, just outside the Lakka bay, but in most cases can only be reached on foot or by boat (the exception being the crowded Monadendri beach which can also be accessed by car). References Greece Lonely Planet, 2006. pg. 678 Category:Populated places in Corfu (regional unit)
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Edgar Battle
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Edgar "Puddinghead" Battle (October 3, 1907, Atlanta, Georgia – February 6, 1977, New York City) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. He performed on trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and keyboard. Battle was born into a musical family; his mother played guitar, and his father, bass and piano. He started out on trumpet, playing with J. Neal Montgomery and Harvey Quiggs as a teenager. He formed his own band, the Dixie Serenaders, in 1921, while he was a student at Morris Brown University, and changed the name to Dixie Ramblers a few years later. Around this time he also played with Eddie Heywood, Sr., and toured with the 101 Ranch traveling show. In the 1920s he worked with Gene Coy, Andy Kirk, Blanche Calloway, Ira Coffey, and Willie Bryant. He moved to New York City in the early 1930s and did short stints with Benny Carter and Sam Wooding before joining George White's ensemble on Broadway. Over time he began doing more work as a studio musician and arranger, writing charts for Cab Calloway, Paul Whiteman, Fats Waller, Earl Hines, Rudy Vallee, and Count Basie. During World War II Battle held a position as an electrician in a shipyard, concomitantly running a big band with Shirley Clay. In the 1950s he founded Cosmopolitan Records, and continued to play in big bands part-time through the 1960s. Among his numerous jazz compositions are the pieces "Topsy" (co-composed with Eddie Durham) and "Doggin' Around" (with Herschel Evans). See also List of Jazz Arrangers References Eugene Chadbourne, [ Edgar Battle] at Allmusic Category:1907 births Category:1977 deaths Category:American jazz trumpeters Category:American male trumpeters Category:American jazz trombonists Category:Male trombonists Category:American jazz saxophonists Category:American male saxophonists Category:Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) Category:20th-century American musicians Category:20th-century saxophonists Category:20th-century trumpeters Category:20th-century trombonists Category:20th-century American male musicians Category:Male jazz musicians
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List of diplomatic missions of Madagascar
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This is a list of diplomatic missions of Madagascar, excluding honorary consulates. Madagascar is beginning to expand its diplomatic presence abroad. Africa Algiers (Embassy) Addis Ababa (Embassy) Port Louis (Embassy) Dakar (Embassy) Pretoria (Embassy) Cape Town (Consulate-General) Americas Ottawa (Embassy) Washington, D.C. (Embassy) Asia Beijing (Embassy) New Delhi (Embassy) Tokyo (Embassy) Riyadh (Embassy) Europe Brussels (Embassy) Paris (Embassy) Marseille (Consulate-General) Saint-Denis, Réunion (Consulate-General) Berlin (Embassy) Rome (Embassy) Moscow (Embassy) Geneva (Embassy) London (Embassy) Multilateral organizations African Union Addis Ababa (Permanent Mission to the African Union) Brussels (Mission to the European Union) Geneva (Permanent Mission to the United Nations and international organizations) New York (Permanent Mission to the United Nations) Paris (Permanent Mission to UNESCO) See also Foreign relations of Madagascar References Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar (French) Diplomatic missions Madagascar
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Mark Mullins (economist)
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Mark Mullins is a Canadian economist and a former executive director of the Fraser Institute. Background and education Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1961, he holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master of Arts from the University of Western Ontario, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the London School of Economics. Bay Street years Mullins was senior vice president and chief economist at Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. He then served as President of MSG Hedge Corporation, a privately owned consulting firm. Political involvement Mullins has been a policy advisor to the Canadian Alliance, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. When the Ontario PC Party under Mike Harris published their "Common Sense Revolution" while campaigning in the 1995 Ontario provincial election, Mullins was quoted at the start of the document as saying: "This plan will work. The Mike Harris plan to cut provincial income tax rates by 30% and non-priority services spending by 20% will give Ontario a balanced budget within four years, and create more than 725,000 new jobs." Fraser Institute He was the executive director of the Fraser Institute from 2005 to 2009, taking over from founder Michael Walker. Prior to assuming this position Mullins served as the director of Ontario Policy Studies at the organization. The Fraser Institute grew under Mullins' direction, with annual fundraising of over $12 million a year. After four years as executive director of the Fraser Institute, Mullins resigned stating that he had gone on to meet "other challenges." Post Fraser Institute Mark Mullins is currently CEO of Veras Inc., a consulting and advisory firm specializing in finance and economics. He is a regular media commentator and is a member of the CBC television panel of economists on The National. He is a member of Ontario’s Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress and a council member with NSERC, the federal government’s natural sciences and engineering research granting agency. References Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian businesspeople Category:Canadian economists Category:People from Saskatoon Category:University of Western Ontario alumni Category:University of Saskatchewan alumni Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
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Emil Kazaz
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Emanuel Ghazazian (), known as Emil Kazaz (; born January 14, 1953 in Gyumri, Armenia) is an American-Armenian figurative sculptor and painter. He was awarded one of the 5 sculpture gold medals at the Florence Biennale in 2003. The Los Angeles Times commented on Kazaz work at an art exhibition, "One of the most striking pieces in this sprawling show is Emil Kazaz's, Hang Horse,". Kazaz currently resides in Los Angeles, USA. References Further reading Igitian, Henrik, and Joe Lewis. Emil Kazaz. Yerevan: Tigran Mets, 2004. Print. Emil Kazaz. 2011. 15 Apr. 2012. Sarkissian, Artem. "Emil Kazaz Interview." YouTube. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. Category:American sculptors Category:People from Gyumri Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:Armenian painters
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Desafinado (album)
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Desafinado is an album by American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins featuring performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label. Reception Harvey Pekar's January 17, 1963 review for Down Beat magazine stated "There have been some gimmicky bossa nova albums issued recently, but this one features music of high and enduring quality." The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars stating "The simplified style of this album overall perfectly suited the amiable, good-natured, and laid-back Hawkins." Track listing "Desafinado" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) — 5:48 "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (Jazz Samba)" (Mort Dixon, Harry M. Woods) — 2:52 "Samba Para Bean" (Manny Albam) — 5:28 "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) — 3:58 "One Note Samba" (Jobim, Mendonça) — 5:59 "O Pato (The Duck)" (Jayme Silva, Neuza Teixeira) — 4:10 "Un Abraco No Bonfa (An Embrace to Bonfa)" (João Gilberto) — 4:51 "Stumpy Bossa Nova" (Coleman Hawkins) — 2:30 Recorded on September 12, 1962 (#2-5) and 17, 1962 (#1, 6-8). Personnel Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone Howard Collins, Barry Galbraith — guitar Major Holley — bass Eddie Locke — drums, percussion Tommy Flanagan — claves Willie Rodriguez — percussion Manny Albam — arranger References Category:Impulse! Records albums Category:Coleman Hawkins albums Category:1962 albums Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Category:Albums arranged by Manny Albam
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Hurricane Ike
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Hurricane Ike () was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas. The ninth tropical storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Ike developed from a tropical wave west of Cape Verde on September 1 and strengthened to a peak intensity as a Category 4 hurricane over the open waters of the central Atlantic on September 4 as it tracked westward. Several fluctuations in strength occurred before Ike made landfall on eastern Cuba on September 8. The hurricane weakened prior to continuing into the Gulf of Mexico, but increased its intensity by the time of its final landfall on Galveston, Texas on September 13, before becoming an extratropical storm on September 14. The remnants of Ike continued to track across the United States and into Canada, causing considerable damage inland, before dissipating on the next day. Ike was blamed for at least 195 deaths. Of these deaths, 74 were in Haiti, which was already trying to recover from the impact of three storms (Fay, Gustav, and Hanna) which had made landfall that same year. Seven people were killed in Cuba by Ike. In the United States, 113 people were reported killed, directly or indirectly, and 16 were still missing as of August 2011. Due to its immense size, Ike caused devastation from the Louisiana coastline all the way to the Kenedy County region near Corpus Christi, Texas. In addition, Ike caused flooding and significant damage along the Mississippi coastline and the Florida Panhandle Damages from Ike in U.S. coastal and inland areas are estimated at $30 billion (2008 USD), with additional damage of $7.3 billion in Cuba, $200 million in the Bahamas, and $500 million in the Turks and Caicos, amounting to a total of at least $38 billion in damage. At the time, the hurricane was the second-costliest in United States history; it was later surpassed by Hurricanes Sandy (2012), Harvey (2017), Irma (2017), and Maria (2017). The search-and-rescue operation after Ike was the largest search-and-rescue operation in Texas history. Meteorological history The origins of Hurricane Ike can be traced back to a well-defined tropical wave first identified by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) just within the western coast of Africa on August 28. Despite the development of a low-pressure area associated with the wave and signs of organization within favorable conditions near the Cape Verde Islands, the system was only able to generate intermittent thunderstorm activity. The broad low-pressure continued to track westward and was considered to have become sufficiently organized to be classified as a tropical depression at 06:00 UTC on September 1. By this time the cyclone had tracked west of Cape Verde. Although post-analysis indicated that the depression reached tropical storm strength at 12:00 UTC that day, operationally the NHC began issuing advisories on Ike three hours later, by which time the system had already gained numerous curved rainbands and well-established outflow. Over the next few hours, Ike developed additional
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Willard Otis Wylie
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Willard Otis Wylie (December 25, 1862 – November 30, 1944), of Boston, Massachusetts, was a noted philatelic editor and writer. Philatelic literature In 1898 Wylie joined the Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News company and, in 1903, was named editor of the Weekly Philatelic Era, which was, by that time, owned and merged by Mekeel’s. In 1913 the newly formed Severn-Wylie-Jewett Company, a partnership formed by Charles Esterly Severn, W. W. Jewett, and Wylie, purchased Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News and named Charles Severn its president and editor. Willard Wylie was assigned as vice president and managing editor. As part of his duties, Wylie was managing editor of Mekeel's Handbooks, each of which contained articles and monographs on important philatelic subjects. During his administration he was able to solicit and select material from important philatelic writers and published approximately fifty handbooks, the handbook series ending in 1930. When Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News was moved from Boston, Massachusetts, to Portland, Maine, in 1940, Eveleen Mary Weldon Severn took over as editor and Wylie was named Editor Emeritus. Honors and awards Willard Wylie was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1945. See also Philately Philatelic literature References Willard Otis Wylie Category:1862 births Category:1944 deaths Category:Philatelic literature Category:American philatelists Category:Writers from Boston Category:American Philatelic Society
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Footlight Varieties
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Footlight Varieties is the third and final effort in the RKO series of variety films, combining film shorts with musical numbers and routines by Jack Paar. Directed by Hal Yates, the screenplay was written by Yates and Felix Adler. In addition to Paar, the film stars Leon Errol, and includes performances by The Sportsmen, Liberace, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats, and Red Buttons. References Category:RKO Pictures films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American films Category:American musical films Category:1950s musical films
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