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Bahrain–India relations
Bahrain–India relations are the political, socio-economic, military and cultural ties between India and Bahrain. India is a close ally of Bahrain. As per Indian officials, the Kingdom along with its GCC partners are amongst the world's most prominent supporters of India's candidacy for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and Bahraini officials have urged India to play a greater role in international affairs. For instance, over concerns about Iran's nuclear programme, Bahrain's Crown Prince requested India to play an active role in resolving the crisis.
Relations between India and Bahrain go back generations, with many of Bahrain's most prominent figures having close ties: poet and constitutionalist Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh grew up in Bombay, while 17th century Bahraini theologians Sheikh Salih Al-Karzakani and Sheikh Ja`far bin Kamal al-Din were influential figures in the Kingdom of Golkonda and the development of Shia thought in the sub-continent. Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin was Bahrain's first consul general to India in 1974, serving from the consulate in Mumbai.
Bahraini politicians have sought to enhance these long standing ties, with Parliamentary Speaker Khalifa Al-Dhahrani in 2007 leading a delegation of parliamentarians and business leaders to meet Indian President Pratibha Patil, opposition leader L K Advani, and take part in training and media interviews. Politically, it is easier for Bahrain's politicians to seek training and advice from India than it is from the United States or other western alternative.
In December 2007, the Bahrain India Society was launched in Manama to promote ties between the two countries. Headed by the former Minister of Labour Abdulnabi Al-Shoala, the Society seeks to take advantage of the development in civil society to actively work to strengthen ties between the two countries, not only business links, but according to the body's opening statement in politics, social affairs, science and culture. India's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs E Ahmed and his Bahraini counterpart Dr Nazar Al-Baharna attended the launch.
According to a United States diplomatic cable dated 4 November 2009, revealed by WikiLeaks during the United States diplomatic cables leak, King Hamad holds a positive view of India and urged the US to use India's help in Afghanistan.
Bahrain's ruler Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa visited India in February 2014 during which the two countries signed a number of MOUs during which US$450 million of bilateral trade and investment were signed. The Prime minister, the President and various ministers from India met and discussed trade and the 350,000+ Indians staying and living on the island. India expressed its support for Bahrain's bid for a non-permanent seat in the Security council in 2026-27.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bahrain on 24-25 August 2019, the first ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the country. India and Bahrain signed 3 MoUs on space, culture, the International Solar Alliance and the RuPay card. King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa awarded Modi with the Member 1st Class of the King Hamad Order of the Renaissance, the country's third highest civilian award, in recognition of his efforts to strengthen bilateral relations. Modi offered prayers at the Shreenathji temple in Manama on 25 August 2019, the oldest temple in the country, and also inaugurated a US$ 4.2 million project to redevelop the temple complex. On the same day, Bahrain announced that it had issued official pardons to 250 Indian citizens imprisoned in the country.
See also
Indians in Bahrain
References
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Preble Shawnee High School
Preble Shawnee Secondary School is a public secondary school in Camden, Ohio. Their nickname is the Fighting Arrows. Camden Elementary (K-3) West Elkton Elementary (4-6) and Preble Shawnee High School (7-12).
External links
District Website
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National Art Gallery, Chennai
The National Art Gallery situated in Egmore, Chennai, is one of the oldest art galleries in India. It is located in the Government Museum Complex on Pantheon Road, Egmore, which also houses the Government Museum and the Connemara Public Library. Constructed with red stones sourced from Satyavedu in Andhra Pradesh, the Gallery was built in 1906 in Indo-Sarsenic architecture and houses paintings from Thanjavur, Rajasthan, Kangra and Deccan areas, as well as sandalwood sculptures. The Gallery has remained closed since 2002, as part of the structure suffered damage.
History
The National Art Gallery was built during the celebration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in Indo-Saracenic style, designed by architect Henry Irwin. The Gallery has been identified as a Heritage site by the CMDA.
As of 2002 the gallery has been closed for tourists, due to several building flaws and structural instability, which triggered severe criticism from art critics.
Features
The gallery contains several Mugul paintings and rare works of Raja Ravi Varma. It also has various Tanjore Paintings. Portraits of various British officers such as Lord Connemara and Lord William Bentinck are also present. The art gallery also included numerous miniature paintings depicting court and battle scenes.
Restoration
In 2013, the Gallery was set for a major face lift with Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa allocating 110 million for repairs and forming an expert committee for its restoration.
In 2019, renovation of the Gallery began at a cost of 110 million. After renovation, it will have 200 unique exhibits on display, including paintings of Ravi Varma, sandalwood artefacts, ivory objects, miniature artefacts, Tanjore paintings, Rajput paintings and traditional paintings from across India.
See also
Government Museum, Chennai
Heritage structures in Chennai
References
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Agamana
Agamana is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species
Agamana callixeris Lower, 1903
Agamana cavatalis Walker, [1866]
Agamana conjungens Walker, 1858
Agamana pergrata Turner, 1933
Agamana sarmentosa Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
References
Agamana at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana
Faculty of Architecture (also known as Ljubljana School of Architecture), established in 1919 in Ljubljana, is a faculty with a long tradition and with notable architects including Jože Plečnik, Max Fabiani, and Edvard Ravnikar. It is still considered one of the best Central European schools of architecture, offering academic education in the fields of architecture, interior design, urban design, graphic design, product design, as well as professional research in the areas.
Enrolment entails an entrance exam. Each year 135 regular and 45 part-time students are accepted. There are almost 700 students enrolled in the graduate course.
The teaching and associate staff includes some 65 employees.
Since the year 2000, within students exchange Erasmus programmes there are annually 50 incoming (each year increasing) and around 40 outgoing students (both exchanges and placements).
Building
In the 1950s, Jože Plečnik added the front gate to the building after the school moved to the present location.
References
External links
Modern and contemporary Slovene architecture at www.culturalprofiles.org.uk
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Graphium doson
Graphium doson, the common jay, is a black, tropical papilionid (swallowtail) butterfly with pale blue semi-transparent central wing bands that are formed by large spots. There is a marginal series of smaller spots. The underside of wings is brown with markings similar to upperside but whitish in colour. The sexes look alike. The species was first described by father and son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder.
Range
It is widespread and common throughout Southeast Asia, including lower elevations in Sri Lanka and southern India, Eastern Ghats, Satpuras, Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh, and the Himalayan foothills. The species is however scarce in southern Honshū, Japan.
Subspecies
G. d. doson Ceylon
G. d. mikado (Leech, 1887) Japan
G. d. axion (C. & R. Felder, 1864) North India - China, Hainan, Indo-China, Burma, Thailand
G. d. evemonides (Honrath, 1884) Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Java - Borneo, Philippines
G. d. rubroplaga (Rothschild, 1895) Nias
G. d. eurypylides (Staudinger, 1895) Lombok, Sumbawa
G. d. postianus (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Taiwan, Philippines (Batanes)
G. d. sankapura (Fruhstorfer, 1904) Bawean
G. d. gyndes (Fruhstorfer, 1907) Philippines (Palawan, Busuanga, Dumaran)
G. d. perillus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
G. d. kajanga (Corbet, 1937) Pulau Tioman
G. d. nauta Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980 Philippines
G. d. robinson Monastyrskii, 2012 South Vietnam, Con Son Island
G. d. gelap Page and Treadaway, 2011
Habitat
It is common in thick, riparian, moist, deciduous, semi-evergreen and evergreen forests.
Behaviour
The common jay is active throughout the day and constantly on the move; it rarely settles down. Its flight is swift and straight. When feeding from flowers, it never settles down and keeps its wings vibrating. The males are seen mud-puddling, often in tight groups.
Life cycle
Eggs
The spherical and pale yellow eggs are laid singly on the underside of leaves.
Larva
The caterpillar is somewhat spindle shaped. The grown caterpillars have two forms, dark brown or grassy green. There are spines on the fourth segment which are short, conical and blue centred surrounded by lemon yellow and then black rings. The osmeterium is pale bluish green. It is extruded only reluctantly.
Pupa
The pupa is pale green with a dark purplish median line from the head to the thoracic horn and a yellow line from the tip of the horn to the cremaster.
Images of life cycle
Food plants
The caterpillars feed on plants of the families Annonaceae, Lauraceae and Magnoliaceae such as Annona lawii, Cinnamomum macrocarpum, Magnolia grandiflora, Michelia champaca, Milliusa tomentosum and Polyalthia longifolia.
Gallery
See also
List of butterflies of India
Papilionidae
References
doson
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Circesium
Circesium ( ), known in Arabic as al-Qarqisiya, was a Roman fortress city near the junction of the Euphrates and Khabur rivers, located at the empire's eastern frontier with the Sasanian Empire. It was later conquered by the Muslim Arabs in the 7th century and was often a point of contention between various Muslim states due to its strategic location between Syria and Iraq. The modern town of al-Busayra corresponds with the site of Circesium.
Etymology and location
The name Circesium or castrum Circense is of Graeco-Roman origin and translates as "the castle with the circus". Qerqusion (also spelled Qarqūsyōn) and al-Qarqīsiyā (also spelled 'Qarqīsīā) are the Syriac and Arabic versions of the Latin name, respectively. The Parthian transliteration, attested in Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht, is Krksyʾ. The etymology of the name was known to the medieval Muslim geographer, Hamza al-Isfahani, who wrote al-Qarqīsiyā stemmed from qirqīs, the Arabicized form of "circus". The ancient site was situated at the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, adjacent to the confluence of the Khabur River.
History
Antiquity
A Roman military station likely existed in this location as early as 256 AD as the place is listed in King Shapur I's (240–270) inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht, among towns taken from the Romans in 256 during the second Roman campaign. Later, having reverted to Roman hands, Emperor Diocletian (284–286) further enforced Circesium into a strongly fortified outpost on the far eastern frontier of the empire, in order to improve the defensive capabilities against the Sasanians. Circesium was ceded to the Sasanids by Emperor Jovian (363–364) in a treaty signed in 363.
In early 363, during his ill-fated Sasanian campaign, Emperor Julian (361–363) moved through Circesium and crossed the Khabur River by using a pontoon bridge. According to contemporary sources, the cenotaph of Emperor Gordian III (who had been killed during his own Sasanian campaign of 244), was still visible at Zaitha (which was located nearby Circesium) when Julian and his army moved through the area.
It was again restored to the Romans and according to the Notitia Dignitatum, Circesium was the headquarter of Legio IV Parthica until the 5th century. The fortress of Circenium was restored and extended by Emperor Justinian I (527–565) during his efforts "to reorganize the system of border protection at the beginning of his reign". Joseph Wiesehöfer / Encyclopædia Iranica notes that this might have been one of the reasons why Sasanian King Khosrow I (531–579), during his offensive in 540, decided to invade the Roman Empire further to the north, "along the western bank of the Euphrates". Circesium, due to these reorganization efforts by Justinian I, eventually became the garrison site of a dux.
In 573, during Khosrow I's offensive during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591, the Sasanian King ordered General Adarmahan to cross the Euphrates near Circesium in order to attack the eastern Byzantine provinces from there. In 580, Circesium was turned into the garrison base for Emperor Maurice's offensive during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591. During the flight of Khosrow II (590–628) in 590, the latter was briefly sheltered by the Byzantine garrison commander of Circesium, Probus, before moving to Hierapolis.
Medieval era
During the Muslim conquests, Circesium was captured from the Byzantines without resistance by a Muslim army commanded by Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri, himself dispatched by the Muslim governor of Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia), Iyad ibn Ghanm. Though many Muslim sources state this occurred in 637, it more likely occurred in 640. According to Joseph Wiesehöfer / Encyclopædia Iranica, in all likelihood, Circesium was recaptured shortly after by the Byzantines. However, in 690-691, during the reign of Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (685–705), Circesium became a definitive part of the Umayyad Caliphate. The city afterward became the capital of the Khabur district of the Jazira province. During the Second Muslim Civil War, Circesium became the headquarters of the Qaysi tribal leader Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi who recognized the caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr in rebellion against the Umayyads. Abd al-Malik was forced to contend with Zufar before he could embark on his conquest of Iraq from the Zubayrids. To that end, he besieged Circesium around 690 and after several months, Zufar ultimately surrendered and defected to the Umayyads.
In the late 9th century, the autonomous governor of Egypt, Ahmad ibn Tulun, extended his domains as far as Circesium, but the Abbasids under al-Muwaffaq recaptured it in 881. The city, alongside nearby al-Rahba, played an important role in the struggles involving the Hamdanids who ruled the Jazira autonomously during the 10th century. According to Istakhri and Ibn Hawqal, al-Qarqīsiyā/al-Qarqīsīā (Circesium) was a flourishing city as late as the 10th century. In 1265, the Mamluk sultan Baybars captured Circesium from the Mongols, massacring its Mongol and Georgian garrison. However, the fortified city was back in Mongol hands by 1281. Due to its strategic location, Muslim geographers throughout the Islamic era mentioned Circesium but gave no detailed account of the city in their descriptions of the region. This may indicate that Circesium did not become a large town under the various Muslim dynasties that ruled it.
Modern era
The site of Circesium is today occupied by the town of al-Busayra. Writing in the early 20th century, historian M. Streck wrote that al-Busayra was a village of thirty to forty clay houses adjacent to a large site of ruins.
Bishopric
The bishopric of Circesium was a suffragan of Edessa, the capital of the Roman province of Osrhoene.
A Nestorian writer says that a Bishop Jonas of this see was one of the participants at the First Council of Nicaea (325) who had suffered mutilation during the preceding persecution. However, his name does not appear in the authentic list. Abrahamius, took part in the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and was a signatory of the joint letter that the bishops of the province of Osrhoene sent to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian in 458 regarding the murder of Patriarch Proterius of Alexandria. Nonnus was a supporter of Severus of Antioch and was expelled by Emperor Justin I in 518. He also acted as a representative of the Monophysites at a conference held in Constantinople in 532. Davithas (David) was a member of the council called by Patriarch Menas of Constantinople in 536, and Thomas was at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553. Michael the Syrian lists fourteen Jacobite bishops of the see, apart from Nonnus, the last being of the 11th century.
No longer a residential bishopric, Circesium is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
References
Bibliography
Further reading
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Stallings Island
Stallings Island is an archeological site with shell mounds, located in the Savannah River near Augusta, Georgia. The site is the namesake for the Stallings culture of the Late Archaic period and for Stallings fiber-tempered pottery, the oldest known pottery in North America. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
Description and history
Stallings Island is located upriver of Augusta, in an area known as the Ninety-Nine Islands, just downriver of the mouth of Stevens Creek. The island was occupied from about 2600 B.C.E. to about 2000 B.C.E., and again from about 1800 B.C.E. to 1400 B.C.E. The site was occupied during the first period by people of the Paris Island (ca. 2500-2200 B.C.E.) and Mill Branch (ca. 2200-1800 B.C.E.) phases, pre-ceramic traditions that harvested large numbers of freshwater mussels. During the second period the site was occupied by people of the Classic Stallings culture, who used decorated pottery. The earliest, undecorated, Stallings ceramics first appeared at other sites while Stallings Island itself was unoccupied. The site represents a transitional period, in which hunter-gatherer culture was gradually replaced by more sedentary village and agriculture-based lifestyles.
The island was identified as an archaeological site in 1861, and has been the subject of several scientific excavations. It has also been subject to extensive looting, and was listed for many years as a threatened landmark. The island was acquired by the Archaeological Conservancy in 1998.
Stallings Island Middle School in Martinez, GA was named after this site.
See also
List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state)
National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia County, Georgia
References
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Category:Geography of Columbia County, Georgia
Category:Archaeological sites in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
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Harry Rozmiarek
Harry Rozmiarek (March 27, 1939 – June 15, 2013) was a noted veterinarian, academic, and laboratory animal care specialist.
Rozmiarek was born in Pulaski, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1962 with a veterinary degree. He joined the United States Army and was assigned as an attending army veterinarian at Fort Myer, Virginia. Among his duties, Rozmiarek attended to Black Jack, the famous riderless horse in the funeral of President John F. Kennedy. He also consulted on the health of the Kennedy family dog and cared for some Irish deer that had been a gift to Kennedy from the people of Ireland. The remainder of his 20-year military career took him to Thailand where he conducted infectious disease research with the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). And he spent several years as director of The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Frederick, Maryland. He retired from the Army in 1983 with the rank of Colonel.
After the Army, Rozmiarek spent the next two decades in academia as a professor of laboratory animal medicine. In 1983 he went to The Ohio State University where he served as Professor of Laboratory Animal Medicine and Director of University Laboratory Animal Resources through 1986. In 1987 he joined the University of Pennsylvania as University Veterinarian and Professor and Director of University Laboratory Animal Resources. He retired from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. He was the Director of Laboratory Animal Medicine and Facilities at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 2004 until his death in 2013.
During his career, Rozmiarek was active in the development of guidelines for the proper care and use of laboratory animals in research. He served in leadership positions of national and international organizations that promote the humane treatment of animals in science including AAALAC, AALAS, ACLAM, and ICLAS. He was a contributing author to the IACUC Handbook.
Rozmiarek represented the United States as the National Member to the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) from 2003-2013; was elected to the ICLAS Governing Board in 2007; and served as Secretary-General, 2011-2013, at the time of his death. ICLAS is an international scientific organization advancing human and animal health by promoting the ethical care and use of laboratory animals in research worldwide.
Rozmiarek was the recipient of numerous awards for his lifetime of accomplishments in the area of laboratory animal care: the AALAS Research Award (1983); the AALAS Griffin Award (1995), the AVMA Charles River Prize (1996); the AAALAC Bennett J. Cohen Award (2012); the AALAS Nathan R. Brewer Lifetime Achievement Award (2013).
Harry Rozmiarek died in Boston, Massachusetts on June 15, 2013.
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Bandau
Bandau is a village and a former municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the municipality Beetzendorf.
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Alan Bartholomai
Alan Bartholomai AM (1938-2015) was a geologist and palaeontologist, and Director of the Queensland Museum from 1969-1999.
Alan Bartholomai was born December 31, 1938 in Boonah, Queensland. He attended Boonah State School and after his parents moved the family to the Gold Coast, he attended the Southport State School. He boarded at Gatton College in 1953-1954 where he took his Junior Certificate, and completed his senior studies at Southport State High School. He was able to obtain a Commonwealth Scholarship to attend the University of Queensland and pursue a BSc in geology and zoology, graduating in 1960.
Career
After graduation, Bartholomai was appointed the Curator of Geology at the Queensland Museum. He studied his MSc on fossil kangaroos, under the supervision of Dorothy Hill, and graduated in 1969. He continued his study toward a PhD, taking this in 1973 with a thesis on the Stratigraphy, skeletal morphology and evolution of the Upper Cainozoic and recent Macropodidae of Queensland. He became Director of the Queensland Museum in 1969 and continued in this role until 1999. Despite the difficulties of balancing this job with research, he maintained a steady interest in Cretaceous fish faunas of the Great Artesian Basin and published eleven papers on this topic.
The Queensland Museum expanded under his direction; staff employed there increased from 44 to 200. He sought to employ professional staff with science and curatorial backgrounds and help the Museum build visitor numbers by revitalising displays. The Museum purchased life sized models of Triceratops horridus in 1976 and Tyrannosaurs rex in 1978, at his recommendation. The Museum was also moved to the South Bank Cultural Centre Precinct in 1985, as it had outgrown its previous location in Fortitude Valley near the Brisbane Exhibition show grounds.
Further extensions to the Queensland Museum network occurred during Bartholomai’s time as Director, including the establishment of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying at Woollongabba, Woodworks in Gympie, the Cobb & Co Museum in Toowoomba, the Museum of Tropical Queensland in Townsville, the Museum of North West Queensland in Mt Isa and the Science Centre in Brisbane.
He was an Honorary Research Fellow with James Cook University. He served on a number of committees at both state and national level. He was a member of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, the Lizard Island Research Committee (Australian Museum) and a past President of the Royal Society of Queensland.
Bartholomai participated in the American Museum of Natural History expedition in 1971. He also undertook palaeontological work at Rewan in central Queensland. He joined the Natural History Museum (British) expedition to collect Queensland Mesozoic vertebrates in 1978. He had studied the Riversleigh site in Queensland in 1965, before it would become a major fossil site in 1975. He facilitated the acquisition of the Muttaburrasaurus and Minmi dinosaur specimens.
Other collections which Bartholomai pursued for the Museum included a collection of personal memorabilia of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
Bartholomai established exchange relationships for the Museum with Saitama Prefectural Museum of Japan in 1989. He was a part of the Australian delegation to the 1998 United Nations Environment Program Convention on Biological Diversity, which aimed to stress the vital role of exchange in assisting the taxonomy of biological collections. He was also an advocate for the return of 3,297 items of the Sir William Macgregor Collection of Papua New Guinea Artefacts to PNG from 1979-1999.
Honours
· 2012 - Member of the Order of Australia for his service to the advancement of science, particularly through administrative roles with the Queensland Museum.
Fossils named for him
Didymalgia bartholomai Cook, 1997 (Fossil Gastropod)
Megateg bartholomai Raven & Stumkat, 2005 (Spider)
Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii Flannery & Archer, 1987 (Fossil Marsupial)
Fossil taxa identified by him
Thylacoleo crassidentatus Bartholamai, 1962
Sthenurus antiquus Bartholomai, 1963
Sthenurus notabilis Bartholomai, 1963
Troposodon Bartholomai, 1967
Protemnodon chinchillaensis Bartholomai, 1973
Protemnodon devisi Bartholomai, 1973
Fissuridon pearsoni Bartholomai, 1973
Macropus rama Bartholomai, 1975
Macropus woodsi Bartholomai, 1975
Macropus piltonensis Bartholomai, 1975
Troposodon Bartholomai, 1978
Troposodon bluffensis Bartholomai, 1978
Protemnodon snewini Bartholomai, 1978
Macropus (Osphranter) pavana Bartholomai, 1978
Phascolarctos stirtoni Bartholomai, 1968
Dasyurus dunmalli Bartholomai, 1971
Kadimakara Bartholamai, 1979
Kadimakara australiensis Bartholamai, 1979
Kudnu Bartholomai, 1979
Kudnu mackinlayi Bartholomai, 1979
Muttaburrasaurus Bartholomai & Molnar, 1981
Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai & Molnar, 1981
Cooyoo australis Lees & Bartholomai, 1987
Richmondichthys Bartholomai, 2004
Ptykoptychion wadeae Bartholomai, 2008
Euroka Bartholomai, 2010
Euroka dunravenensis Bartholomai, 2010
Eurokidae Bartholomai, 2010
Pachyrhizodus grawi Bartholomai, 2012
Marathonichthys Bartholomai, 2013
Marathonichthys coyleorum Bartholomai, 2013
Stewartichthys Bartholomai, 2013
Stewartichthys leichhardti Bartholomai, 2013
Canaryichthys Bartholomai, 2015
Canaryichthys rozefeldsi Bartholomai, 2015
Personal life
Bartholomai married Patricia Sheehy and they had three children- Dean, Kim and Leigh. He died December 17, 2015.
References
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Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain may refer to:
Places
Thunder Mountain (Amador County, California), US
Thunder Mountain (Tulare County, California), US
Thunder Mountain (Idaho), US
Thunder Mountain (Dall Island), Canada
Donnersberg, mountain peak in Germany
Thunder Mountain (native name: Mont-Tonnerre), an Administrative region (département) within the First French Republic
Thunder Mountain Ski Area, Massachusetts (later called Berkshire East Ski Resort)
Film and literature
Thunder Mountain (novel), 1935 book by American author Zane Grey
Thunder Mountain (1925 film)
Thunder Mountain (1935 film)
Thunder Mountain (1947 film)
Other uses
Thunder Mountain Monument, in Imlay, Nevada, US
Thunder Mountain Motor Speedway, a racing facility in Texas, US
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, a rollercoaster in several Disney theme parks
See also
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Manipur National Conference
The Manipur National Conference was a political party in the Indian state of Manipur. MNC was formed in 2002, when a split occurred in the Manipur State Congress Party. Two competing factions struggled to be recognized as the authentic MSCP. In the end the Election Commission recognized the Th. Chaoba-led group as the real MSCP. W Nipamacha Singh (former Chief Minister of Manipur) then re-christened his group as 'Manipur National Conference'.
Elections
In the 2002 state assembly elections MNC supported the Secular Progressive Front. MNC won one seat in the elections.
Merger with RJD
In 2005, MNC merged with RJD.
References
Further reading
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Göteborgs Högre Samskola
Göteborgs Högre Samskola is an independent school in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Information
In 2006 the school had about 1350 students. The school has students aged 5 through 18 and has a Förskola, a Grundskola and a Gymnasium. The school consists of a series of buildings for the younger grades 1 through 6 and a separate building for the Middle and High school children. The school for the children in grade 1-6 is situated in central Gothenburg on Föreningsgatan 12-17 and is known as Lilla Sam. The other part consists of two large buildings situated on Stampgatan. These buildings are known as Stora Sam. The longtime rector, Alar Randsalu, retired in the spring of 2007 and was succeeded by Peter Järvsén, formerly rector of Frölundagymnasiet.
History
The school was established in 1901, and was one of the first coeducation schools in Gothenburg, and the first one with mixed classes in High school.
Samskolan is a prestigious school and is also believed to have an upper class profile. This is most likely because the school used to have a school fee, and this fee is mistakenly believed to be in existence to this day. Such fees are otherwise extremely rare in Sweden since in 1992 the Swedish government introduced a school voucher system where the government pays for each student, regardless of whether he attends a public school or a private school.
Notable people who have attended the school include:
Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
Pelle Pettersson
Ebba von Sydow
Håkan Hellström
Timo Räisänen
Felix Kjellberg (PewDiePie)
Kelly Gale
Rick Falkvinge
Mikaela Parmlid
Micael Bindefeld
Henrik Berggren of Broder Daniel
Current
The school was mentioned in an article in the Swedish Metro newspaper on the cover page, saying that Göteborgs Högre Samskola was the best Grundskola school in Gothenburg. The average graduation score achieved by the school's students was 263.4 out of 320 possible. Comparing this with the closest communal school which had around 240, the students that are attending Samskolan achieve higher grades than the average.
Lilla Sam follows the teachings of Maria Montessori. Stora Sam gives its students the choice to decide for themselves what to do during SA for the Grundskola students or EA for the Gymnasie students. You get a logbook where you attain signatures for each SA or EA pass you attend, to make sure that you do not skip lessons. Typically during an EA pass you do your home work, whereas during SA hours you might prepare small projects (such as reading a novel and then do a write-up on it to be presented to a teacher of your choice). Lilla Sam utilizes a similar system but where the same teacher is always present.
Samskolan has an English speaking section, where students that are exceptionally good at English can study. The classes, often given an ending of an e or an E (e.g. 4e, 5e, 6e) currently only have a 5th grade. The section was originally meant as an experiment and it is not known if the section will continue to exist.
Stora Sam is currently undergoing extensive refurbishment; the school building itself is owned by Gothenburg City and the city will not sell the whole school yard. If Samskolan was to buy part that was for sale the city would build a preschool on Samskolan's school yard. Due to this the school decided not to buy the main building but to extend in the building where the Gymnasium resides.
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The school's official Facebook Page
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Fate of Chris Lively and Wife
Fate of Chris Lively and Wife is an American folk song recorded by Blind Alfred Reed.
Written in ballad form and performed at a slow and somber tempo, the song tells of the death of Christopher Columbus Lively and his wife Mary Elizabeth Fisher Lively, who were killed on September 2, 1927 when a train collided with their horse and wagon at a railroad crossing near Pax, West Virginia. Lively was born on February 7, 1849, in Town Creek, Fayette County, West Virginia and was 78 years old at the time of the accident. The song concludes with an important message:
Now good people, I hope you take warning,
As you journey along through this life,
Every time when you see “Railroad Crossing,”
Just remember Chris Lively and wife.
The song was recorded on December 19, 1927 in Camden, New Jersey. Blind Alfred Reed sang and played violin, and Orville Reed played guitar. It was released as a 10-inch record Victor 21533. It can also be heard on the album "Complete Recorded Works, 1927-29" by Blind Alfred Reed.
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Thin Film Electronics ASA
Thin Film Electronics ASA (Oslo Stock Exchange : THIN) is a Norwegian printed electronics company, headquartered in Oslo with its main R&D offices in Linköping, Sweden and San Jose, California, United States.
Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") maintains an NFC Innovation Center at its San Jose, California location, and also has sales offices in San Francisco, Scandinavia, United Kingdom, Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Thinfilm produces rewriteable non-volatile memories based on ferroelectric polymers using roll-to-roll printing and labels based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.
Thinfilm offers several products that leverage printed electronics technology, including NFC SpeedTap(tm), NFC OpenSense(tm), EAS (electronic article surveillance) tags, and temperature-sensing smart labels. In February 2017, Thinfilm launched its CNECT Software Portal, a multi-tenant cloud-based platform that integrates with its NFC SpeedTap and OpenSense tags.
Thinfilm has been developing memories based on polymer materials since 1994; first as part of Opticom ASA and then as an independent company. For the first ten years, the focus was on hybrid memory devices with polymer-based memory and silicon-based control circuitry, as developed jointly with Intel. From 2006, Thinfilm has concentrated its efforts on printed electronics.
Thinfilm successfully demonstrated roll-to-roll printed organic memory in 2009, and was awarded IDTechEx Technical Development Manufacturing Award the same year.
In September 2012, Thinfilm was selected by web 2.0 blog GigaOM as one of its Top 15 Mobile companies that are changing or could potentially change the mobile landscape in a significant way.
In January 2014 Thinfilm acquired the assets of Kovio and opened the Thinfilm NFC Innovation Center in San Jose.
Technology
Thinfilm's printed NFC products feature "PDPS" (printed dopant polysilicon) technology based on a hybrid manufacturing process that leverages print methods in key process steps. By combining conventional fabrication techniques with functional printing, the process is optimized for high throughput, low-cost production without sacrificing device performance. The high-mobility silicon inks used in the manufacturing process ensure critical circuit performance at the RF frequencies used in Thinfilm's NFC products.
For Thinfilm Memory(tm), the ferroelectric polymer is sandwiched between two sets of electrodes in a passive matrix. Each crossing of metal lines is a ferroelectric capacitor and defines a memory cell. This gives a non-volatile memory comparable to ferroelectric RAM technologies and offer the same functionality as flash memory.
Thinfilm's patented passive matrix dispenses with the need of active circuitry within the memory cell. It allows the memory to be separate from the read/write electronics enabling stand alone application without integration with printed logic. The passive array memory architecture also enables high density memories as well as the possibility to stack memory layers on top of each other.
The printed memory technology was licensed to Xerox in December 2014 and marketed as of June 2016 as Xerox Printed Memory.
In October 2013, Thinfilm produced the first ever electronically printed stand-alone sensor system. The sensor was built in the form of a temperature tracking label and is expected to go into production in Q4 of 2015.
In February 2015, Thinfilm demonstrated a connected "smart bottle" at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This announcement coincided with the launch of NFC OpenSense(tm), Thinfilm's patent-pending printed sensor tags that provide smartphone-centric readability before and after a product is opened.
Partnerships
Thinfilm is working with PARC, a subsidiary of Xerox, to combine its memory technology with PARC's printed transistor technology to enable fully printed memory systems.
In October 2011, Thinfilm together with PARC announced a working prototype of the world's first printed non-volatile memory device addressed with complementary organic circuits, the organic equivalent of CMOS circuitry.
Thinfilm and PARC announced in June 2012 that they will jointly manufacture a printed temperature sensor tag using Thinfilm's Addressable Memory technology. Both parties are also working together to develop electronic displays that would combine printed sensors, memory modules and batteries.
Other printed systems currently in development with Thinfilm and its partners will be used in food manufacturing to monitor temperature of temperature-sensitive fresh produce. The first temperature sensor packaging project to be announced by Thinfilm is a partnership with U.S. packaging giant Bemis Company, the agreement will lead to the development of a flexible sensing platform for the packaging market.
In December 2012, Thinfilm announced that it has entered into a commercial agreement with the American toy and board game company Hasbro, to supply printed electronic components for their range of products.
In March/April 2014, Thinfilm announced key partnerships with go-to-market partners Temptime and Paksense to bring its temperature sensor smart label to the pharmaceutical and perishable foods industries, respectively.
In January 2015, the company announced a partnership with Xerox, which licensed Thinfilm's technology to manufacture Thinfilm Memory(tm) labels. Xerox is modifying a plant in Webster, NY to manage production.
Awards
Thinfilm Electronics has won a number of awards for innovation and technical development since first demonstrating roll-to-roll printing of electronics in 2009. In 2010 Frost & Sullivan awarded the New Product Innovation Prize in Printed Electronic Memories to Thinfilm for its unique non-volatile, printable, polymer-based memory products.
In 2012 Thinfilm Electronics was awarded both the IDTechEx Product Development Award and the FlexTech Alliance Innovation Award for its Addressable Memory technology built in association with PARC. Also in late 2012, Thinfilm was named as a runner-up in the Wall Street Journal Technology's Innovation Award.
In October 2012 it was announced that the company had won the 2012 World Technology Award for Visionary Contribution to Materials Science and Technology in the development of printed smart tags for the Internet of Things.
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Eddie Lang (singer)
Eddie Lee Langlois (January 15, 1936 – March 10, 1985), known professionally as Eddie Lang, was an American R&B and soul singer and guitarist.
He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. By the early 1950s, he was second guitarist in Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones' band. He made his own recordings, credited as 'Little Eddie, in the mid-1950s, for Bullet Records, and then recorded for the RPM label. In 1959, as Eddie Lang, he recorded "On My Own" and "Troubles Troubles", released by Ron Records. Under the pseudonym Sly Dell, he also recorded for the Seven B label.
In 1965, he made further recordings, releasing "The Love I Have For You" and "The Sad One" on the Seven B label owned by Joe Banashak. His Seven B recordings have been described as his finest recordings, "outstanding", "very forceful" and "superbly judged". He later recorded for the Superdome label, with "Food Stamp Blues" becoming one of his most successful recordings.
Following a stroke in the late 1970s, he died in 1985 at his home in Slidell, Louisiana.
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Return of the Trill
Return of the Trill is the fifth studio album by American rapper Bun B. The album was released on August 31, 2018 by 2 Trill Enterprises, Double Dose Entertainment and EMPIRE. The album features guest appearances from Big K.R.I.T., Lil Wayne, T.I., Pimp C, Yo Gotti, 2 Chainz, Lil' Keke, Slim Thug, Run the Jewels, Gary Clark Jr., Giggs, 8Ball and MJG and Leon Bridges.
Track listing
Personnel
Angela "Queenie" Freeman – executive production
Big K.R.I.T. – executive production, production
Bun B – co-executive production
Anzel Jennings – co-executive production
Micah Wyatt – engineering, mixing
Oktober1st – engineering
Chemist – engineering
Musicians
Gary Clark Jr. – lead guitar
Classik Mussik – additional vocals
Dee-Rick – additional vocals
Yung Huey – additional vocals
Production and arrangement
Big E – production
El-P – production
Oktober1st – production
Beat King – production
B. Barber – production
Corey Mo – production
Charts
References
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General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City
The General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City is a Vietnamese public library. It is run by the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City. The library's main functions are to collect, preserve and organise library resources. The library has a large reading hall and several floors with stacks dedicated to its collection of over two million volumes. The library has a children's area, printing and copying resources, and a portal for searching online database.
History
The building was first used as a library in 1868. Known as the Documentation Library of the Government of Cochinchina, it was established by Admiral-Governor Marie Gustave Hector Ohier. It became a public library in 1882, Vietnam's first; In 1975 the library offered a motorbike service to meet the needs of more remote areas of the Southwestern areas such as Duong Minh Chau. The library received its name on April 14, 1978, when the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh issued the decision.
In 1993, the library began publishing a biannual journal called The Southern Information Library. 1995 saw the establishment of the first multimedia room and in 1999, a reading room for the blind was created. In 2007 the first mobile internet library launched, and in 2013, a project to begin digitization of library documents was initiated.
Services
The library offers the traditional services of lending and offering reference help. They have reference computers with access to many online databases such as ProQuest, Britannica and others. The library has tablets that patrons may use. Five study group areas are equipped with LCD monitors. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the building.
Librarian support
Professional support for provincial libraries in the south
Practical guidance for students in the Faculty of Library Information
Helping agencies and enterprises in the city library organization.
Teaching the Faculty of Information Libraries of Colleges and Universities
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Viled River
The Viled () is a river in Lensky, Vilegodsky, and Kotlassky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Vychegda River. It is long, and the area of its basin . Its main tributary is the Velikaya Okhta (left).
The river basin of the Viled is spread over the Komi Republic, Arkhangelsk and Kirov Oblasts of Russia. The Viled is the principal river of Vilegodsky District, with the majority of villages, including the district's administrative center Ilyinsko-Podomskoye, located in the river valley.
The source of the Viled is in the eastern part of Vilegodsky District. The Viled initially flows east, towards the Komi Republic. Before reaching the border, it turns north and enters Lensky District. Downstream from the confluence with the Luch River it turns west, and eventually south-west and re-enters Vilegodsky District. Below the confluence of the Velikaya Okhta the river valley is heavily populated, with three main areas located around the villages of Fominsky, Vilegodsk, and Ilyinsko-Podomskoye. Between Vilegodsk and Ilyinsko-Podomskoye, the Viled accepts two left tributaries, the Pyela River and the Nylozhka River, and turns in the north-western direction. The mouth of the Viled is located east of the town of Koryazhma.
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Albert Mayer (canoeist)
Albert Mayer (born 6 April 1943) is a French sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. His son Sébastien Mayer and granddaughter Joanne Mayer are also canoeists.
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Sports-reference.com profile
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Florencia Pinar
Florencia Pinar is one of the few Castilian female writers of the 15th century. She is known mostly for her mastery of figurative language. Little is known about the exact date and location of her birth, but it is assumed that Pinar was an educated member of the upper class. This much can be deduced from the fact that she was one of the few female poets whose works were included in the 15th century Spanish poetic songbook known as Cancionero general. Her work must have been deemed exemplary at the time as the songbook was compiled with the intent to make the works of renowned poets more accessible to the public. She also composed her poems in the Castilian dialect which was characteristic of the educated upper class of her time. Only four of her works are known to have been published, two of which were later attributed to the "dama" (lady) or "Señora" Florencia Pinar. Both of these titles connote a certain elevated level of social status. There have also been a number of additional poems dating back to the 15th century that also denote a poet by the name of "Pinar." For the most part, many of these have been attributed to Florencia's brother Geronimo de Pinar - who was also a writer of many canciones. However, there is still some speculation about how many of them may have actually been written by Florencia Pinar herself. Pinar's poems are canciones - a popular 15th century - that usually discussed lighter themes.
Works
Of the four works attributed to Pinar, "Canción de una dama que dice Florencia Pinar" (Song by a Dame Called Florencia Pinar), "Glosa de Florencia" (Florencia's Gloss), "Cancion de Florencia Pinar" (Song of Florencia Pinar), "and Otra canción de la misma señora a unas perdices que le enviaron vivas" (Another Song of the Same Lady About Some Partridges Sent to Her Alive), the latter is the most well known for its symbolism and hidden themes:
Florencia del Pinar original Julie Allen translation
Destas aves su nación These birds were born
Es contar con alegría, Singing for joy,
Y de vellas en prisión Such softness imprisoned
Siento yo grave pasión, Gives me such sorrow---
Sin sentir nadie a mía. Yet no one weeps for me.
Ellas lloran que se vieron They cry that they flew
Sin temor de ser cativas, Fearless of capture
Y a quien eran más esquivas And those whom shunned
Esos mismos las prendier Were those who seized them:
Sus nombres mi vida son Their names write my life
Que va perdiendo alegría, Which goes on, losing joy;
Y de vellas en prisión Such softness imprisoned
Siento yo grave pasión, Gives me such sorrow---
Sin sentir nadie a mía. Yet no one weeps for me.
Samantha Pious translation
These birds were born to sing
with joy in flying free.
For them, encaged,
I ache with rage
but no one mourns for me.
They cry to find themselves enslaved
to masters whom they used to scorn.
The very men they hated most
can purchase them and take them home.
In their names I write my life,
which goes on losing liberty.
For them, encaged,
I ache with rage
but no one mourns for me.
It is in this work that Pinar shows her ability to play with language and create conceits (conceptismo), by showing love's dual role of providing both pleasure and pain. Also evident is her characteristic use of indirect sexual allusions. During this time period partridges served as an archetype of female promiscuity because female partridges are known to be easily impregnated birds. This playful use of symbolism is one of the distinguishing features of Pinar's poetry. The prevailing theme of her poetry is love, but there is also much ambiguity in her tone. Throughout the centuries, scholars have often speculated about whether this love about which she so frequently writes is platonic or sexual in nature.
However, there is a very prominent discussion about Pinar's own feelings of entrapment within her poems. The encaged bird is clearly a reflection of Pinar herself as she chooses to twice repeat the lines "Yet no one weeps for me" even as she is reflecting on the partridge. This consistent repetition highlights not only her sadness and isolation, but also ensures that the reader returns to the idea that the bird is a metaphor for her own capture.
In her Cancione de Florencia Pinar, Pinar also delves into a discussion on love. She compares love to a worm that has burrowed its way into the body and likens love to a "cancer of nature who devours all the healthy flesh" (lines 7 - 8) right before harshly stating that "if he enters one's entrails he can leave only by tearing them out" (lines 11 – 12). These images are all very graphic, but allow the reader to clearly visualize her view on love. Her writing is clearly very evocative and fleshes out the painful paradox of love.
References
Kaplan, Gregory B. "Florencia del Pinar." Castilian Writers, 1400-1500. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 286. Edited by Frank A. Domínguez and George Greenia. Detroit: Gale, 2004.
Kaplan, Gregory. "Florencia Pinar." The feminist encyclopedia of Spanish literature. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002. 479 - 81. Print.
Allen, Julie (translator). "Another Song of the Same Woman, to Some Partridges, Sent to Her Alive." in Barnstone, Willis, and Aliki Barnstone. A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now. New York: Schocken Books, Inc, 1992. 256. Print.
Pious, Samantha (translator). "Two Poems by Florencia Pinar in Translation." The Berkeley Poetry Review 46. 2016. Print. Online.
Vollendorf, Lisa. Recovering Spain's feminist tradition. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2001.
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes (Canela)
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes (), also known as Cathedral of Stone (, is a Catholic church located in the Brazilian city of Canela, Rio Grande do Sul. It is considered one of the major tourist attractions of the Serra Gaúcha.
Its characteristic style is English Gothic. The church has a tower with 65 meters high, and a carillon of 12 bells made of bronze by foundry Giacomo Crespi, Italy. In its interior are three panels consisting of painted canvases by the gaucho artist Marciano Schmitz, depicting the "Apparition of Our Lady", the "Allegory of the Angels", and "Annunciation". The paintings of Via Sacra were made by Pablo Herrera, a Uruguayan sculptor and restorer of Sacred Art. Wood and clay were used, with the background painting having superimposed images in clay.
Its stained glasses represent the litany of Our Lady. The altar, whose theme is the Last Supper, is a work of art carved in by wood Julius Tixe, a Uruguayan sculptor.
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Monochamus isochrous
Monochamus isochrous is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1903.
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Mehdi Siraj Ansari
Mehdi Siraj Ansari (Persian:مهدی سراج انصاری), (ad: 1895–1961) was involved with cultural-political elements in the period of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was the founder of Muslim Union.
Biography
Born in 1895, he was the son of Ayatollah Abdul Rahim Ansari Jaberi, and a student of Akhund Khorasani. He traveled to Tabriz in 1922, where he began his studies. After completing his training, he worked in advertising. He also traveled to Iraq and worked in Kadhimiya with people like Seyyed Hiba al-Shahristani. In 1943 he traveled to Tehran and remained there until his death in 1961.
Press Activities
Mehdi Ansari was a guiding force in the field of Islamic publication. He became part of the movement "Combat Against Irreligion" in 1944. He founded the Muslim League in 1945.
Death
He died in August, 1961 of a heart attack.
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Nothing at all
The title Nothing at all or Nothin' at all may refer to:
Music
Songs
"Nothing At All", 1953 song by T. Texas Tyler
"Nothing At All", 1957 song by The Wilburn Brothers
"Nothin' At All", 1964 song by The Mojos (also known as 'Stu James and the Mojos')
"Nothing At All", 1965 song by the band Bats (also known as 'The Bats')
"Nothing At All", 1966 song by Spike Milligan
"Nothing At All", 1970 song by the group Gentle Giant
"Nothing At All", 1975 song by Hall & Oates
"Nothing At All", 1979 song by Dennis Waterman
"Nothing At All", 1980 song by the group Matumbi
"Nothing At All", 1985 song by the band Edge City
"Nothin' at All" (Heart song), 1986 song by the band Heart
"Nothing At All", 1986 song by The Glitter Band
"Nothing At All", 1991 song by the group Exile
"Nothing at All" (Santana song), 2003 song by the group Santana
"Nothing at All" (Kasey Chambers song), 2006 single by Kasey Chambers
"Nothing At All", 2007 song by the band The Shins
"Nothing At All", song by the duo of Don Travis & Peter Gardner
Theme tracks
"Nothing At All", a track performed by singer and voice artist Sandy Howell for the anime program Sailor Moon
See also
All or Nothing at All", song originally written in 1939
All or Nothing at All, 1958 Billie Holiday album
"Nuthin' At All", a 2005 song by rapper Bizarre
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Esperando el milagro
Esperando el milagro is the ninth album by Argentine rock band Las Pelotas. An EP ("Maxi") was released in 2002, to promote "Esperando el milagro" - it features songs "Desaparecido", "Si sentís" and "La creciente".
Track listing
Será [It Will Be]
Mareada [Dizzy]
Tomas x
Desaparecido [Missing]
Día feliz [Happy Day]
Abejas [Bees]
Si sentís [If You Feel]
Tormenta en Júpiter [Storm On Jupiter]
Rey de los divinos [King Of The Divines]
Esperando el milagro [Waiting For The Miracle]
Tiempo de matar [Time To Kill]
La creciente [The Rising Tide]
Puede ser [It Can Be]
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Christine Kaddous
Christine Kaddous is Professor of European Union law at the University of Geneva, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam and Director of the Centre d'études juridiques européennes – Centre d'excellence Jean Monnet of Geneva University. She is also Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (since 2015).
Kaddous is President of the Swiss Society for International Law (Société Suisse de droit international), Vice-President of the Swiss Association for European Law (Association suisse pour le droit européen and member of the Executive Committee of ECSA-Suisse and of the Centre européen de la culture (Geneva). She is also member of many national and international societies related to her areas of expertise, such as la Société française de droit international, the International Law Association, the European Society of International Law, the Commission pour l'Etude des Communautés européennes and the Swiss Association Arbitration.
Kaddous studied law in Switzerland (BA and PhD at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland), the United Kingdom (MA in Law, LL.M. (Cantab) at the University of Cambridge) and Belgium (MA in European Studies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles). She was admitted to the Bar and practised as a lawyer for many years in the field of Commercial Law in Switzerland. Her teaching and research activities cover European Union law and International law, Dispute Settlement, Internal Market, EU External Relations in general with a particular interest for trade and economic law, EU-WTO relations and EU-Switzerland Bilateral Agreements. Kaddous is also editor of the "Dossiers de droit européen" collection (DDE) published by Schulthess/LGDJ (Geneva/Paris) and editorial member board of a number of international and European journals. She has published widely on international and EU law.
Selected bibliography
Services financiers: Suisse-Union européenne(avec Sylvain Matthey), Dossier de droit européen n° 31, à paraître chez Schulthess, 2016, 500 p.
Traité sur l'Union européenne, Traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne, Charte des droits fondamentaux. Traités MES et SCG (avec Fabrice Picod), Stämpfli/LexisNexis, (Berne/Paris), 7ème édition, 2016, 374 p.
The European Union in International Organisations and Global Governance. Recent Developments. Christine Kaddous (ed.), Hart Publishing (Oxford), 2015, 279 p.
Traité sur l'Union européenne, Traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne, (avec Fabrice Picod), Stämpfli/LexisNexis, (Berne/Paris), 5ème édition, 2014, 375 p.
Traité sur l'Union européenne, Traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne, (avec Fabrice Picod), Stämpfli/LexisNexis, (Berne/Paris), 4ème édition, 2013, 349 p.
La libre circulation des personnes et des services (avec Diane Grisel), Dossier de droit européen n° 26, Helbing & Lichtenhahn (Bâle), 2012, 1036 p.
Traité sur l'Union européenne, Traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne, tels qu'ils résultent du traité de Lisbonne(avec Fabrice Picod), Stämpfli/LexisNexis, (Berne/Paris), 3ème édition, 2012, 347 p.
Union européenne. Recueil de textes (avec Fabrice Picod), Stämpfli/LexisNexis, (Berne/Paris), 10ème édition, 2012, 1431 p.
European Energy Law/Droit européen de l'énergie(coéditrice avec Dirk Buschle et Simon Hirsbrunner), Dossier de droit européen n° 22, Helbing & Lichtenhahn (Bâle), 2011, 365p.
D'Amsterdam à Lisbonne: dix ans d'espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice, (coéditrice avec Marianne Dony), Dossier de droit européen n° 20, Helbing & Lichtenhahn/Bruylant/LGDJ (Genève/ Bâle/ Munich/ Bruxelles/ Paris), 2010, 240 p.
Union européenne. Recueil de textes (avec Fabrice Picod), Stämpfli/LGDJ/ Bruylant, (Berne/Paris/Bruxelles), 9ème édition, 2011, 1400 p.
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Accords bilatéraux II Suisse-UE et autres Accords récents (avec Monique Jametti-Greiner (éd.), Dossier de droit européen n° 16, Helbing & Lichtenhahn/Bruylant/LGDJ (Genève/Bâle/Munich/Bruxelles/Paris), 2006, 1006 p.
Accords bilatéraux Suisse – Union européenne (Commentaires) (avec Daniel Felder (éd.), Dossier de droit européen n° 8, Helbing & Lichtenhahn/Bruylant (Bâle/Bruxelles), 2001, 783 p.
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Makai Senki Disgaea
is an anime series based on the video game Disgaea: Hour of Darkness. Makai Senki Disgaea follows the same general plot as the game, but with several alterations to character roles and the chronology of events. The anime was licensed by Geneon Entertainment before closing their doors in 2007. On September 1, 2010, North American anime distributor Funimation announced that they have rescued the series and released the complete series in 2011.
A bonus feature on the DVD of Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories was a trailer of what the Disgaea anime would look like. The trailer showed mainly scenes from episode 1 of the game where Laharl is awakened by Etna and he challenges Mid Boss in his castle. Also shown were Flonne's descent into the Netherworld, Gordon piloting his ship through space, and a peculiar battle between Laharl and Baal (who is visibly absent in the current anime). However, the anime turned out to be completely different from what was shown in the trailer. No explanation was given for the drastic departure of the final anime from the trailer. A preview of the Disgaea anime was also available on another Geneon anime DVD, Hellsing Ultimate OVA I.
Makai Senki Disgaea is also the title of several distinct manga and light novel series based on the Disgaea game series.
Plot
Two years ago, the angel apprentice Flonne was sent to the Netherworld to assassinate King Krichevskoy. However, when she arrived at the overlord's castle, it was covered in flames. For the next two years, Flonne searched for her target, narrowing her search to a local dump. She found a coffin with Krichevskoy's emblem on it and tried to carry out the assassination. However, it turned out that it was not Krichevskoy, but his son Laharl. Learning that his father has died, Laharl set out to claim the title of overlord for himself. Flonne and another demon by the name of Etna followed after him.
Main characters
Two years after the death of his father, King Krichevskoy, Laharl was awakened with the ambition to become the next Overlord of the Netherworld. Laharl is an extremely self-centered individual, and insists that he is evil with great fervor, but he occasionally fails to hide his compassion, invariably leading to much teasing on the part of his vassals, Etna in particular. Laharl is very insecure with his emotions, and believes that they are signs of a weakness that Demons should not have. As such, he always responds to his vassal's taunts with adamant refusal of any kindness in his heart, usually accompanied by a rather unneeded show of force. Despite his rather slim and childlike frame, Laharl possesses immense physical strength, as well as powerful magic, and often displays his power in excess to enforce his authority over his vassals, to intimidate his opponents or when he's outraged. He is ruthless in battle, and thinks nothing of the life of his opponent until they are at his mercy. He also has an irrational fear of sexy women. In the end Laharl starts to understand what Flonne meant by love. When she is turned into a flower as punishment by Seraph Lamington, Laharl gives up his life. He is then reincarnated as a Prinny.
Flonne is an angel apprentice and strong believer of love who is sent to the Netherworld to assassinate King Krichevskoy, only to find out that he is already deceased. When she learns of Laharl's refusal to believe in love, she becomes Laharl's follower in order to find good in him. She is very naive and can go on the same topic for a while. She worries about everyone, but doesn't seem too hesitant to take down a necessary opponent.
, Kate Higgins (English trailer)
Etna is Laharl's subordinate. Though she seems to serve him faithfully, she has her own secret agenda. She previously served the late King Krichevskoy. She made a promise to the king to protect Laharl, though she doesn't respect him as a superior. She herself desires to be the Overlord. She seems to be extremely reluctant to assume the role of Overlord when Laharl named her as his successor before destroying his existence to save Flonne.
Vyers is a self-proclaimed "rival" of Laharl. He calls himself "The Count of Beauty" or "Dark Adonis", but Laharl and others refer to him simply as "Mid Boss", much to his chagrin. He seems to know when and where to appear whenever Laharl is in a jam or when he simply wants to challenge Laharl. It is hinted that he is Laharl's father.
Prinnies are human souls sewn into penguin-like beings with demon wings and pouches. They do hard labor for very little pay as punishment for the evil deeds they have done on Earth. Etna hires an army of Prinnies who tend not to listen to her until she threatens to hurt them, although she often does so anyway.
Seraph Lamington is the leader of Celestia. He is the angel responsible for sending Flonne down to the Netherworld to assassinate King Krichevskoy.
, Jamieson Price (English trailer)
Captain Gordon is the 37th Defender of Earth. He has an assistant named Jennifer and a robot named Thursday, and with them he explores space and assaults evil doers. He is very loyal to angels even going as far as bowing and kneeling for them, but demons are automatically considered targets by him.
Jennifer is Captain Gordon's assistant. Despite her sexy appearance, she is a scientist with a Ph.D. She is Thursday's creator.
Thursday is the robotic member of Captain Gordon's team. It is the information station of the group, responsible for analysing and fixing things. He can also transform into various weapons.
Kurtis is another human from Earth who works under General Carter and the Earth Defense Force like Gordon. He also suffered a traumatic experience, in which a group of terrorists destroyed the building where he and his family were in.
Theme songs
Opening theme : "Aishitageru" (愛したげる)
Performed by: LOVERIN TAMBURIN
Lyrics and composition by: aya.
Arrangement by: Akihiro
Ending theme : "Kusari" (鎖り)
Vocals and composition by: Akiko Kawakami
Lyrics by: Hiiro Misaki
Arrangement by: Katsu Takahashi
Episode list
Other Disgaea media
Disgaea novels- A set of novels written by Sow Kanimiso and illustrated by Chou Niku (although they were aided by Takehito Harada in the beginning) These novels begin with a novelization of the first game and then continues the story ten years later. The novels introduce many new characters including Laharl's relatives, Flonne's family, and Gordon and Jennifer's daughter. While it is unknown if the novels are considered canon, it can fit alongside Disgaea and Disgaea 2 in the canon due to the placement of the novel's plot (Disgaea 2 takes place only three years after the game, whereas the Disgaea novels are placed ten years after the first game.) Currently, there are six novels: Enter the Maoh, Revelation, Returned, On Love part 1 and part 2, and Battle of the Maoh (which also feature appearances by Zetta, Pram, Salome, and King Drake from Makai Kingdom) Laharl, Etna, and Flonne also appear in all other Nippon Ichi novels. This includes the Phantom Brave and Makai Kingdom novels. Recently, a novel for Disgaea 2 has been released.
Disgaea manga- While not necessarily canon, the Disgaea manga illustrated by Arashi Shindo follows the basic storyline. Many events in the manga, while similar, have been altered completely and the humor is a lot more random. (i.e. Laharl, Etna, and Flonne begin to believe that Mid Boss is a pedophile due to his recurring presence among the three) Many characters also appear to have different personalities (i.e. on occasion, Lamington will be seen baking a cake). The art style is also very different as many of the characters appear somewhat more mature and the art is very shōjo-like. Broccoli Books released the manga in September 2006. Disgaea 2 Volume 1 was released February 2007, and the subsequent Volume 2 in July 2007.
Reception
On Anime News Network, Theron Martin gave the anime an overall grade of C−, saying that "on the balance [...] this is a wholly forgettable effort."
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Listed buildings in Arlecdon and Frizington
Arlecdon and Frizington is a civil parish in the Borough of Copeland, Cumbria, England. It contains seven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Arlecdon, Rowrah and Frizington, and the surrounding countryside. The oldest listed building is a medieval cross, which is also a scheduled monument. The other listed buildings are a church and associated structures, a country house and its gate piers, and a former stable block.
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes top three finishers
This is a listing of first, second, and third-place finishers, winning time and the number of starters in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, a Group 1 British thoroughbred race run at 1-1/2 miles on turf for horses three years old and older. It is the most prestigious all-aged race run in the United Kingdom.
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Gitte Lillelund Bech
Gitte Lillelund Bech (born 21 January 1969) is a Danish politician who has been Defence Minister representing the Liberal party, Venstre. She entered office in January 2010, when she replaced Søren Gade after a cabinet reshuffle.
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Phorticosomus
Phorticosomus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Phorticosomus castelnaui Sloane, 1915
Phorticosomus crassus Sloane, 1915
Phorticosomus edelii Castelnau, 1867
Phorticosomus felix Schaum, 1863
Phorticosomus franzi Baehr, 1998
Phorticosomus grandis Castelnau, 1867
Phorticosomus gularis Sloane, 1915
Phorticosomus horni Sloane, 1896
Phorticosomus macleayi Sloane, 1915
Phorticosomus mucronatus Blackburn, 1888
Phorticosomus nuytsii Castelnau, 1867
Phorticosomus piceus Sloane, 1915
Phorticosomus randalli Blackburn, 1890
Phorticosomus robustus Blackburn, 1889
Phorticosomus rotundatus Moore, 1967
Phorticosomus rugiceps Macleay, 1871
Phorticosomus similis Blackburn, 1888
Phorticosomus zabroides Sloane, 1910
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Plate reconstruction
This article describes techniques; for a history of the movement of tectonic plates, see Geological history of Earth.
Plate reconstruction is the process of reconstructing the positions of tectonic plates relative to each other (relative motion) or to other reference frames, such as the earth's magnetic field or groups of hotspots, in the geological past. This helps determine the shape and make-up of ancient supercontinents and provides a basis for paleogeographic reconstructions.
Defining plate boundaries
An important part of reconstructing past plate configurations is to define the edges of areas of the lithosphere that have acted independently at some time in the past.
Present plate boundaries
Most present plate boundaries are easily identifiable from the pattern of recent seismicity. This is now backed up by the use of GPS data, to confirm the presence of significant relative movement between plates.
Past plate boundaries
Identifying past (but now inactive) plate boundaries within current plates is generally based on evidence for an ocean that has now closed up. The line where the ocean used to be is normally marked by pieces of the crust from that ocean, included in the collision zone, known as ophiolites. The line across which two plates became joined to form a single larger plate, is known as a suture.
In many orogenic belts, the collision is not just between two plates, but involves the sequential accretion of smaller terranes. Terranes are smaller pieces of continental crust that have been caught up in an orogeny, such as continental fragments or island arcs.
Reference frames
Plate motions, both those observable now and in the past, are referred ideally to a reference frame that allows other plate motions to be calculated. For example, a central plate, such as the African plate, may have the motions of adjacent plates referred to it. By composition of reconstructions, additional plates can be reconstructed to the central plate. In turn, the reference plate may be reconstructed, together with the other plates, to another reference frame, such as the earth's magnetic field, as determined from paleomagnetic measurements of rocks of known age. A global hotspot reference frame has been postulated (see, e.g., W. Jason Morgan) but there is now evidence that not all hotspots are necessarily fixed in their locations relative to one another or the earth's spin axis. However, there are groups of such hotspots that appear to be fixed within the constraints of available data, within particular mesoplates.
Euler poles
The movement of a rigid body, such as a plate, on the surface of a sphere can be described as rotation about a fixed axis (relative to the chosen reference frame). This pole of rotation is known as an Euler pole. The movement of a plate is completely specified in terms of its Euler pole and the angular rate of rotation about the pole. Euler poles defined for current plate motions can be used to reconstruct plates in the recent past (few million years). At earlier stages of earth's history, new Euler poles need to be defined.
Estimating past plate motions
In order to move plates backward in time it is necessary to provide information on either relative or absolute positions of the plates being reconstructed such that an Euler pole can be calculated. These are quantitative methods of reconstruction.
Geometric matching of continental borders
Certain fits between continents, particularly that between South America and Africa, were known long before the development of a theory that could adequately explain them. The reconstruction before Atlantic rifting by Bullard based on a least-squares fitting at the 500 fathom contour still provides the best match to paleomagnetic pole data for the two sides from the middle of Paleozoic to Late Triassic.
Plate motion from magnetic stripes
Plate reconstructions in the recent geological past mainly use the pattern of magnetic stripes in oceanic crust to remove the effects of seafloor spreading. The individual stripes are dated from magnetostratigraphy so that their time of formation is known. Each stripe (and its mirror image) represents a plate boundary at a particular time in the past, allowing the two plates to be repositioned relative to one another. The oldest oceanic crust is Jurassic, providing a lower age limit of about 175 Ma for the use of such data. Reconstructions derived in this way are only relative.
Plate reconstructions from paleomagnetism
Paleomagnetic data: Sampling
Paleomagnetic data are obtained by taking oriented samples of rocks and measuring their remanent magnetizations in the laboratory. Good quality data can be recovered from different rock types. In igneous rocks, magnetic minerals crystallize from the melt, and when the rock is cooled below their Curie temperature, it acquires a thermoremanent magnetization (TRM) in the direction of the Earth's magnetic field. In sedimentary rocks, magnetic grains will align their magnetic moments with the direction of the magnetic field during or soon after the deposition, resulting in a detrital or post-detrital remanent magnetization (DRM). A common difficulty with the use of clastic sediments for defining directions of the magnetic field in the past is that the direction of DRM may rotate toward the bedding plane due to the compaction of sediment, resulting in an inclination, which is shallower than the inclination of the field during the deposition. The inclination flattening error can nevertheless be estimated and corrected for through re-deposition experiments, measurements of magnetic anisotropy, and the use of theoretical models for the dispersion of paleomagnetic directions. Metamorphic rocks are not normally used for paleomagnetic measurements due to the complexities related to the acquisition of remanence, uncertainties in magnetization age, and high magnetic anisotropy.
A typical paleomagnetic study would sample a large number of independent rock units of similar age at nearby locations and collect multiple samples from each unit in order to estimate measurement errors and assess how well the obtained paleomagnetic dataset samples geomagnetic secular variation. Progressive demagnetization techniques are used to identify secondary magnetization components (e.g., magnetic overprints that could have been imparted on the rock due to chemical alteration or reheating) and to isolate the primary magnetization, which records the direction of the magnetic field at the time when the rock was formed. Various rock-magnetic and paleomagnetic tests are normally performed to establish the primary nature of the isolated remanent magnetization. The recovered paleomagnetic directions are used to derive paleomagnetic poles, which provide constrains on the latitudinal position of the crustal block from which the rock samples were taken, and its original orientation with respect to the lines of longitude.
Good quality paleomagnetic data are available from the Global Paleomagnetic Database, which is accessible from the World Data Center A in the US at Boulder, Colorado.
Paleomagnetic poles
A paleomagnetic pole is defined by taking the average direction of the primary remanent magnetization for the sampled rocks (expressed as the mean declination and inclination) and calculating the position of a geomagnetic pole for the field of a geocentric magnetic dipole that would produce the observed mean direction at the sampled locality in its present geographic coordinates. An alternative way of defining paleomagnetic poles is to calculate a virtual geomagnetic pole (VGP) for each individual rock unit and then estimate the mean location for all VGPs. Fisher statistics on the sphere is normally used to obtain the mean direction of magnetization, or the mean VGP location, and to estimate their uncertainties. Both approaches are used in paleomagnetic studies, but it has been recognized that averaging directions instead of full remanence vectors can lead to biased estimates of the mean direction of the paleomagnetic field, so that the calculation of paleomagnetic poles by averaging VGPs is currently the preferred technique.
Applications to paleogeographic reconstructions
Paleomagnetic studies of geologically recent lavas (Pliocene to Quaternary, 0-5 Ma) indicate that when the geomagnetic field is averaged on time scales of tens of thousands to millions of years – over a time period long enough to fully sample geomagnetic secular variation, the time-averaged field can be accurately approximated by the field of a geocentric axial dipole (GAD) – that is, a magnetic dipole placed in the center of the Earth and aligned with the Earth's rotation axis. Hence, if a paleomagnetic dataset has sampled enough time to average secular variation, the paleomagnetic pole derived from it can be interpreted as an estimate for the location of the geographic pole with respect to the sampling locality fixed in the present geographic position.
The difference between the paleomagnetic pole and the present geographic pole reflects the paleogeographic position of the crustal block containing the sampled area at the time when the studied rocks were formed, including its original latitude (paleolatitude) and orientation. Under the assumption that the mean paleomagnetic direction corresponds to that of the GAD field, the paleolatitude of the sampling location (λ) can be derived from the inclination (I) of the mean direction using a simple equation:
The mean declination (D) gives the sense and amount of rotation about a vertical axis passing through the sampling area, which needs to be applied to restore its original orientation with respect to the lines of longitude. The paleolatitude for any specific location belonging to the same crustal block can be computed as 90° minus the angular distance between this location and the paleomagnetic pole, and the local vertical axis rotation can be estimated by computing the declination expected from the position of the pole. Thus, a paleomagnetic pole defines the paleo-latitudinal position and orientation of the entire tectonic block at a specific time in the past. However, because the GAD field is azimuthally symmetric about the Earth's rotation axis, the pole doesn't set any constraint on the absolute longitude. From the perspective of paleomagnetic directions, the GAD field has the same values of inclination and declination along a line of constant latitude at all longitudes, so that any conceivable longitude would be an equally viable option for the reconstruction of a tectonic element if its paleogeographic position is constrained by paleomagnetic data alone.
Considering that a paleomagnetic pole approximates the position of the geographic pole with respect to the continent or geologic terrane from which it was determined, the paleolatitude and orientation can be restored by finding a rotation (Euler pole and rotation angle) that reconstructs the paleomagnetic pole to the geographic pole, and applying this rotation to the continent or terrane. By doing so, the crustal block and its paleomagnetic pole are reconstructed using the same Euler rotation, so that they do not move relative to each other, the paleomagnetic pole is placed at the geographic pole, and the crustal block is correctly restored in latitude and orientation (i.e., with respect to the geographic pole). Noting that a further rotation around the geographic pole will only change the longitude of the block, but its latitude and orientation with respect to the lines of longitude will not be affected, the absolute paleolongitude cannot be determined in reconstructions based on paleomagnetism. However, relative longitudes of different crustal blocks can be defined using other types of geological and geophysical data constraining relative motions of tectonic plates, including the histories of seafloor spreading recorded my marine magnetic anomalies, matching of continental borders and geologic terranes, and paleontological data.
Apparent polar wander paths
Poles from different ages in a single continent, lithospheric plate, or any other tectonic block can be used to construct an apparent polar wander path (APWP). If paths from adjacent crustal fragments are identical, this is taken to indicate that there has been no relative movement between them during the period covered by the path. Divergence of APW paths indicates that the areas in question have acted independently in the past with the point of divergence marking the time at which they became joined. Combined or synthetic APWPs can be constructed by rotating paleomagnetic poles from different plates into the reference frame fixed to a single plate, using estimates of relative plate motions. For the times postdating the assembly of Pangea (320 Ma), synthetic APWPs are often constructed in the reference frame fixed to the African plate because Africa has occupied a central position in the Pangea configuration and has been dominantly surrounded by spreading ridges after the Pangea breakup, which commenced in the early Jurassic (ca. 180 Ma).
Longitude constraints
For a single lithospheric plate, the APWP reflects the motion of the plate with respect to the geographic pole (changes in latitude) and changes of its orientation with respect to paleomeridians. The longitudes of paleogeographic reconstructions based on APWPs are uncertain, but it has been argued that the uncertainty can be minimized by selecting a reference plate that is expected to move the least in longitude from the consideration of the plate tectonics theory and by linking the reconstructions of the remaining plates to this reference plate using the estimates of relative plate motion. For example, and it was shown that assuming no significant longitudinal motion of Africa since the time of the Pangea assembly results in a reasonable plate tectonic scenario, in which no large, coherent east-west motions of the continental lithosphere are observed in paleogeographic reconstructions.
APWPs can be interpreted as records of a combined signal from two sources of plate motion: (1) motion of lithospheric plates with respect to the Earth's mantle and (2) motion of the entire solid Earth (mantle and lithosphere) with respect to the Earth's rotation axis. The second component is commonly referred to as true polar wander (TPW) and on geologic time scales results from gradual redistribution of mass heterogeneities due to convective motions in the Earth's mantle. By comparing plate reconstructions based on paleomagnetism with reconstructions in the mantle reference frame defined by hotspots for the last 120 Ma, the TPW motions can be estimated, which allows tying paleogeographic reconstructions to the mantle and hence constraining them in paleolongitude. For the earlier times in the Mesozoic and Paleozoic, TPW estimates can be obtained through the analysis of coherent rotations of the continental lithosphere, which allows linking the reconstructed paleogeography to the large-scale structures in the lower mantle, commonly referred to as Large Low Shear-wave Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs). It has been argued that the LLSVPs have been stable over at least the past 300 Ma, and possibly longer, and that the LLSVP margins have served as generation zones for the mantle plumes responsible for eruptions of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and kimberlites. Correlating the reconstructed locations of LIPs and kimberlites with the margins of LLSVPs using the estimated TPW rotations makes it possible to develop a self-consistent model for plate motions relative to the mantle, true polar wander, and the corresponding changes of paleogeography constrained in longitude for the entire Phanerozoic, although the origin and long-term stability of LLSVPs are the subject of the ongoing scientific debate.
Apparent polar wander paths geometric parameterizations
Paleomagnetic Euler poles derived by geometrizing apparent polar wander paths (APWPs) potentially allows constraining paleolongitudes from paleomagnetic data. This method could extend absolute plate motion reconstructions deeply into the geologic history as long as there are reliable APWPs.
Hotspot tracks
The presence of chains of volcanic islands and seamounts interpreted to have formed from fixed hotspots allows the plate on which they sit to be progressively restored so that a seamount is moved back over the hotspot at its time of formation. This method can be used back to the Early Cretaceous, the age of the oldest evidence for hotspot activity. This method gives an absolute reconstruction of both latitude and longitude, although before about 90 Ma there is evidence of relative motion between hotspot groups.
Slab constraints
Once oceanic plates subduct in the lower mantle (slabs), they are assumed to sink in a near-vertical manner. With the help of seismic wave tomography, this can be used to constrain plate reconstructions at first order back to the Permian.
Other evidence for past plate configurations
Some plate reconstructions are supported by other geological evidence, such as the distribution of sedimentary rock types, the position of orogenic belts and faunal provinces shown by particular fossils. These are semi-quantitative methods of reconstruction.
Sedimentary rock types
Some types of sedimentary rock are restricted to certain latitudinal belts. Glacial deposits for instance are generally confined to high latitudes, whereas evaporites are generally formed in the tropics.
Faunal provinces
Oceans between continents provide barriers to plant and animal migration. Areas that have become separated tend to develop their own fauna and flora. This is particularly the case for plants and land animals but is also true for shallow water marine species, such as trilobites and brachiopods, although their planktonic larvae mean that they were able to migrate over smaller deep water areas. As oceans narrow before a collision occurs, the faunas start to become mixed again, providing supporting evidence for the closure and its timing.
Orogenic belts
When supercontinents break up, older linear geological structures such as orogenic belts may be split between the resulting fragments. When a reconstruction effectively joins up orogenic belts of the same age of formation, this provides further support for the reconstruction's validity.
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Rogues' gallery (disambiguation)
A rogues' gallery is a collection of images used by police to identify suspects.
Rogues' gallery or rogues gallery may also refer to:
Films
Rogues' Gallery (1944 film), a film directed by Albert Herman
Operation: Endgame, a 2010 film originally titled The Rogues Gallery
Music
Rogues Gallery, a 1985 album by the British rock group Slade
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys, a 2006 compilation album
Radio and television
Rogue’s Gallery (radio series), 1940s NBC series
Rogues' Gallery (TV series), a British series from the 1960s
Rogues' Gallery (Gotham), an episode of the crime drama series Gotham
Other uses
The Rogues Gallery, an accessory booklet for the first-edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game
List of Batman Family adversaries, fictional villains in Batman comics often termed the "rogues gallery"
Vigenère cipher, a cryptographic method also known as the "rogues' gallery cipher"
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Saint Emma Monastery
Saint Emma Monastery (founded 1931) is a Roman Catholic retreat house and monastery for the Sisters of Saint Benedict of Westmoreland County, located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
The current Prioress is Mother Mary Anne Noll OSB.
History
After World War I, the Abbey of Benedictine Nuns of Sankt Walburg in Eichstätt, Bavaria experienced a rapid increase of vocations. At the same time, Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, was in debt, in part due to the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
It was decided that a group would be sent from Bavaria to Pennsylvania. Mother Leonarda Fitz OSB and 10 sisters from Bavaria arrived in Western Pennsylvania on the feast of St. Walburga (February 25), 1931. They proceeded to establish their community at St. Emma and assist the Archabbey through their efforts.
After the onset of World War II, Mother Leonarda received instruction "to look out for yourselves". Mother Leonarda took this to mean "buy your own property". Under the direction of Mother Leonarda, the property for St. Emma Monastery and Retreat House was purchased from John Robertshaw Sr. in 1943. In 1944 they bought an adjacent farm also owned by the Robertshaw family.
When the Diocese of Greensburg was created in 1951, the first bishop, Rev. Hugh Lamb, lived at St. Emma's while making the initial arrangements. St. Emma also served as the Chancery for the first year.
The retreat house was built in 1954. The first monastery wing was built in 1960, and the second wing in 1963.
In 1961, the Sisters began to pray the Divine Office in English.
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Nadagarodes
Nadagarodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
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Harry Turner (American football)
Harry Turner (March 5, 1887 — November 15, 1914) was a professional football player. He was one of the most popular players on the Canton Professionals, the pre-National Football League version of the Canton Bulldogs who played in the Ohio League. The team's center, Turner played with the Pros from around 1911 until his death in 1914.
Canton Professionals
By 1911 Turner became the captain of the Professionals. At this time a rivalry existed between the team and Peggy Parratt, the captain of Shelby Blues. Parratt, prior to joining Shelby Blues, was the captain of the hated Massillon Tigers, the top rival for Canton. During a game in 1911, Turner pulled his entire team from the field to protest a referee's call in favor of the Akron Indians. In a post-game statement, Turner told the Canton Repository, "Right or wrong, no more football for me after this; these old football duds, mud and dirt, go up to the attic to rot ... I'm done!" He made his vow to quit pro football on November 26, 1911.
Death
Nonetheless, Turner returned to the gridiron for the next three seasons. He continued to play for the Pros and kept up the rivalry with Parratt. However, tragedy struck near the end the 1914 season when Turner was severely injured during a game against Parratt and the Akron Indians. While making a tackle on Akron's Joe Collins, Turner's back was fractured and his spinal cord was completely severed. According to Canton manager Jack Cusack, who was at Turner's bedside when he died, his last words were "I know I must go," he said, "but I'm satisfied, for we beat Peggy Parratt." Canton won the game 6-0.
The death of Turner was taken hard by the team. It was the first fatal accident involving a major professional football team in Ohio. The Professionals easily lost a rematch to the Indians a few days later.
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Kata Khat
Kata Khat is a village and union council in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Jenkins Music Company Building
The Jenkins Music Company Building in Kansas City, Missouri was built in 1911 at 1217-1223 Walnut Street, located in the Kansas City Power and Light District. It is a significant example of unaltered, Modernistic style commercial architecture, combining Late Gothic Revival and Art Deco decorative elements. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The building was constructed in two phases. A six-story building, built in 1911-12, was enlarged in 1931-1932 with an eight-story, south unit. As part of the enlargement, two additional stories were added atop the 1911-1912 unit. The building, constructed on level grade, faces west onto Walnut Street. Modernistic in style, the building is an amalgam of Late Gothic Revival and Art Deco design elements. The most ornate area of the building's exterior; is the west facade, with embellishments and eighth story step-backs creating a strong vertical and rectilinear effect.
The building is currently controlled by Kansas City-based real estate firm Copaken Brooks and is planned to be used as a mixed commercial and residential property sometime in the future.
History
The Jenkins Music Company has been a musical institution in Kansas City since its founding in 1878 by John Wesley Jenkins, Sr. During the 1880s Jenkins brought in his son, John Wesley, Jr. to form the J.W. Jenkins and Son Music Company.
Apparently following the death of Jenkins, Sr, in approximately 1890, J.W. Jenkins, Jr., with his brothers, Frederick B. and Clifford W., formed the J.W. Jenkins' Sons Music Company, During the decade of the 1890s, the Jenkins Company became one of the largest manufacturers of guitars and mandolins in the world and one of the most distinguished publishers of sheet music in the nation. By 1931, the firm reorganized and became the Jenkins Music Company. Following three successive moves, the firm completed in 1912, a six-story fireproof building at 1217 Walnut Street, designed by Smith, Rea & Lovitt and built by Harvey Stiver.
In 1932, the enlargement of the 1912 unit was completed from plans by Charles A. Smith and the construction was executed by A. J. Rector Construction Company. The newly expanded building boasted of an intricate ventilation and air condition system, plus several interior features that enhanced the business aspects of the music company. Each floor was utilized for the merchandising of musical instruments and supplies. One unusual feature of the building was a small space on the fifth floor devoted to a remote control broadcasting studio. The eighth floor contained Steinway Hall, an auditorium and recital hall, which had a seating capacity for approximately 240 people.
In 1947, the Jenkins Music Company sponsored the first summer conference of new music, which brought several hundred of the nation's leading music teachers, composers, and performers to the event. The participants of the Jenkins Conferences, held in the building, discussed musical composition, materials, instruction and new trends in music. The conference was held for eight successive years.
At its height, during the 1950s, the Jenkins Music Company employed nearly 700 persons and operated throughout Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas under the management of the Jenkins family. By August 1971, due to financial difficulties caused by strong competition, the Jenkins Company filed for bankruptcy. In July, 1973, David Richard son, founder of Rich Music Inc., acquired the Jenkins Company, later closing a majority of the former Jenkins Music Stores in the city and the surrounding area.
Facade (1972-1978)
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Semri Bazyaft
Semri Bazyaft is a village in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is in the Huzur tehsil and the Phanda block.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Semri Bazyaft has 191 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate excluding children aged 6 and below) is 65.33%.
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Frank E. Holmes
Frank E. Holmes is chief executive and chief investment officer at U.S. Global Investors, which specializes in natural resources and emerging markets investing. U.S. Global, based in San Antonio, Texas, is the adviser to nine U.S. mutual funds and two exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS) and U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF (GOAU).
Holmes is co-author of the book The Goldwatcher: Demystifying Gold Investing (2008: John Wiley & Sons). He has written investment articles for investment-focused publications, and is a regular contributor to a number of investor-education websites and he maintains an investment blog, "Frank Talk".
He is a regular commentator on the business television channels CNBC, Bloomberg Television, Fox Business Channel and CNN's Your Money, and he has been profiled by Barron's, Fortune, the Financial Times and other publications.
Holmes was named 2006 Mining Fund Manager of the Year by The Mining Journal, a London-based publication for the global natural resources industry, and 2009 International Citizen of the Year by the World Affairs Councils of America chapter in San Antonio. He is also a frequent keynote speaker at U.S. and international investment conferences.
As chief investment officer at U.S. Global, Holmes oversees an investment team whose mutual funds have won more than two dozen Lipper Fund Awards and certificates since 2000.
Holmes is engaged in several philanthropies. He is a member of the President's Circle of the International Crisis Group, which works to avoid and resolve conflict around the world, and he is an advisor to the William J. Clinton Foundation on sustainable development in countries with natural resource-based economies. He serves on the board of trustees of Rise Recovery, a San Antonio-based organization that helps teens and families overcome addiction to drugs and alcohol.
Holmes is a native of Toronto and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a bachelor's degree in economics. He is a former president and chairman of the Toronto Society of the Investment Dealers Association.
In September 2017, he was named non-executive chairman of the board of HIVE Blockchain Technologies, a cryptocurrency mining company.
Quotes
"Don't try to get rich with gold because the corresponding risk is too high. Gold is a volatile asset whose daily price action can be far more dramatic than blue-chip stocks and many other asset classes"
"In bull markets, the old saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats. In a falling market, those same boats often end up as shipwrecks."
References
External links
Company website
"Frank Talk" investment blog
Frank Holmes commentaries at Kitco
Frank Holmes Seeking Alpha profile
Frank Holmes Forbes profile
Frank Holmes Advisor Perspectives profile
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Coccinellinae
Coccinellinae is a subfamily of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 20 genera and 90 described species in Coccinellinae.
Genera
These 28 genera belong to the subfamily Coccinellinae:
Adalia Mulsant, 1846 i c g b
Anatis Mulsant, 1846 i c g b (giant lady beetles)
Anisosticta Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837 i c g b
Aphidecta Weise, 1893 i c g b
Calvia Mulsant, 1850 i c g b
Ceratomegilla Crotch, 1873 i c g b
Cheilomenes Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837 i c g
Coccinella Linnaeus, 1758 i c g b
Coelophora Mulsant, 1850 i c g b
Coleomegilla Timberlake, 1920 i c g b
Cycloneda Crotch, 1871 i c g b (spotless lady beetles)
Harmonia Mulsant, 1850 i c g b
Hippodamia Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837 i c g b
Macronaemia Casey, 1899 i c g b
Megalocaria Crotch, 1871 i c g
Micraspis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837 i c g
Mulsantina Weise, 1906 i c g b
Myzia Mulsant, 1846 i c g b
Naemia Mulsant, 1850 i c g b
Neda Mulsant, 1850 g b
Neoharmonia Crotch, 1871 i c g b
Olla Casey, 1899 i c g b
Paranaemia Casey, 1899 i c g b
Propylea Mulsant, 1846 g b
Psyllobora Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837 i c g b (fungus-eating lady beetles)
Synonycha Chevrolat in Dejean, 1837 i c g
Verania Mulsant, 1850 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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Ramon Naval Guico
Ramon Naval Guico, Jr. (born December 10, 1953 in Binalonan, Pangasinan) is the President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) and former Mayor of Binalonan. He recently launched the Ginhawa Mo, Gets (Gamot, Edukasyon, Trabaho, Serbisyo) Ko Agad Campaign which aims to strengthen the local government and provide faster and improved services to the people. He ran for Senator in the 2010 elections but lost.
He is the third child of Ramon and Vicenta, of Pangasinan and Isabela. A born entrepreneur, Ramon at age 5 and all throughout his elementary and high school was already helping her mother, “Aling Quita” in their store. He was a known student leader and was the President of his high school student council.
Ramon went to Baguio City for college and took up engineering at the University of Baguio. He met his future wife, Arlyn, a pharmacist, in the nearby town of Santo Tomas.
Business career
In the early 1970s and while newly married, Guico began poultry and hog-raising business. He then dived his business into gravel and sand by buying junk Pantranco buses to be used for transport of sand and moon. This earned him the moniker, "Magbubulok" or Junk Man by his relatives and friends. Guico then ventured into the construction business where he built dams and farm-to-market roads. In 1985, he then entered the business of health care and education, which by then was the largest business venture he had undertaken.
Political career
In 1987, Guico was appointed by President Cory Aquino as mayor of Binalonan, Pangasinan. Binalonan was a 5th class municipality when Guico took office.
Guico also served as President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines.
To correct the image of LMP as nothing but a forum for mayors to socialize, Ramon used the LMP as a platform for mayors to share their practices. During his first term as LMP National President, he launched the Ang Galing mo Mayor (You are the Best Mayor) Project as LMP’s serious efforts to promote innovation and excellence in local governance.
During Ramon’s second term, the LMP founded the Mayor’s Development Center (MDC), a first in Philippine local government organization, and even the first in Asia.
References
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Austrian National Road Race Championships
The Austrian National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the Austrian cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come.
The winners of each event are awarded a symbolic cycling jersey which is red and white, just like the national flag. These colours can be worn by the rider at other road racing events in the country to show their status as national champion. The champion's stripes can be combined into a sponsored rider's team kit designed for this purpose.
Multiple winners
Men
Elite
U23
Women
Elite
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Stamp Day for Superman
Stamp Day for Superman is a 1954 black-and-white short film starring George Reeves as Superman and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. It was produced by Superman Inc. for the United States Department of the Treasury to promote the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds. Never shown theatrically, it was distributed to schools as a means of educating children about the program.
Due to its nature as a government film, Stamp Day for Superman is in the public domain and can often be found on inexpensive DVD sets. Warner Bros. also released the film as part of the Adventures of Superman Season 2 DVD set. It was a featured short and riffed on by the former cast members of Mystery Science Theater 3000 during the RiffTrax Live MST3K Reunion Show on June 28, 2016.
Premise
When Lois and Clark come upon a robbery while shopping, Superman apprehends the burglar, who claims to have to steal because he never bothered to save his money.
Cast
George Reeves as Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
Noel Neill as Lois Lane
Jack Larson as Jimmy Olsen
John Hamilton as Perry White
Tris Coffin as Principal Garwood
Billy Nelson as Blinky
Video
See also
List of films in the public domain in the United States
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Sakata District, Shiga
was a district located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 41,126 and a density of 184.34 persons per km². The total area is 223.10 km².
By the time of founding, the district compromise the areas of the cities of Maibara, Hikone Toriimoto area, and the city Nagahama (former city). On April 1, 1943, the city of Nagahama (former city) was formed, and in 1952, the village of Toriimoto was merged into the city of Hikone. On February 14, 2005, the towns of Ibuki, Santō, and Maihara merged to form a new city called Maibara. Sakata District has been dissolved after Ōmi merged into Maibara on October 1, 2005.
District timeline
February 1, 1971 - The village of Ibuki was elevated to town status.
February 14, 2005 - The towns of Maihara, Ibuki and Santō were merged to create the city of Maibara.
October 1, 2005 - The town of Ōmi was merged into the expanded city of Maibara. Sakata District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
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Ecpetelia
Ecpetelia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
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Vermont World
The World, VT is a weekly newspaper in Berlin in the U.S State of Vermont. It was founded in 1972 and focuses on stories about local people and places. The World, VT is published weekly on Wednesdays to over 350 newsstands and covers the areas of Washington and north-central Orange Counties. According to the Vermont Retail & Grocers Association this newspaper not only publishes the weekly newspaper but also produces a monthly coupon book, as well as summer and fall guides. Additionally, the World has health., home improvement, gardening, hunting and other niche publications. It also offers a Senate Report on the Vermont legislature and Max's View with film and television recommendations. According to the American Newspapers Representative database, the World has a weekly free circulation of 28,000.
The Vermont World is owned by World Publications, Inc. and led by co-publishers Deborah Phillips and Gary Hass for 43 years as of February 2018. Deborah Phillips also serves as the 2017-2018 Treasurer for the Vermont Press Association.
National Coverage
In February 2018, the World was recognized by the Vermont Retail & Grocers Association (VRGA) as 'Member of the Month'. the VRGA reported that "The World is proud of the work they do with the community—supporting many local nonprofits like Lost Nation Theater, and providing advertising solely for nonprofits on the front cover of the paper."
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Sancé, Bazèga
Sancé is a town in the Kayao Department of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 2,645.
References
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Satellite map at Maplandia.com
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Milford Air Force Auxiliary Airfield
Milford Air Force Auxiliary Airfield was an auxiliary airfield of the United States Army Air Forces that was located in Milford, Penobscot County, Maine.
History
It operated from 1942 to 1948, when the Deblois Bombing Range opened nearby. It was originally constructed for the Bangor Precision Bombing Range, and was also used by Dow Army Airfield.
After its closure, the site was used by Dow Air Force Base personnel for a survival school.
See also
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Brazil–Nigeria relations
Brazil–Nigeria relations refers to the current and historical relationship between Brazil and Nigeria. Relations focus primarily upon trade and culture. The two nations, one the largest country in Latin America by size, the other the largest country in Africa by population and economy, are remotely bordered across from one another by the Atlantic Ocean. For centuries, Brazil and Nigeria have enjoyed a warmly friendly and strong relationship on the bases of culture (since many Afro-Brazilians trace their ancestry and religious practices to Nigeria) and commercial trade. Nigeria is a major provider of petroleum to Brazil.
In September 2008, the Nigerian government opened the "Casa da Nigeria" or "Nigerian Culture House" in the historic Pelourinho neighborhood of Salvador, Bahia, with the support of the governments of Bahia and Brazil. The house, located inside a former slave quarters at No. 26 Alfredo Brito Street, is centered in an area of Salvador which long served as a cultural and economic center (particularly the trafficking of slaves) for the city in colonial times.
See also
Nigerian Brazilian
Foreign relations of Brazil
Foreign relations of Nigeria
External links
Ministry of Foreign Relations of Brazil
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria (Placeholder page for Embassy in Brazil)
News
Nigeria, Brazil Sign Bilateral Agreements
Nigeria: Naval Warships Arrive Brazil
Nigeria's NNPC, Brazilian firms sign pact on ethanol fuel
Nigeria
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Edu Moya
Eduardo 'Edu' Moya Cantillo (born 3 January 1981 in Monesterio, Extremadura) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back.
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Todd Hundley
Todd Randolph Hundley (born May 27, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and outfielder. He is the son of former Chicago Cubs catcher Randy Hundley. Hundley is a graduate of William Fremd High School and attended William Rainey Harper College.
Professional career
Hundley made his major league debut with the New York Mets on May 18, 1990 when he was 20. He came up with great fanfare but didn't hit very well his first few years in the major leagues. After a few years and a few injuries, his hitting increasingly improved to match his defense. Hundley broke the single-season home run record for catchers (then held by Roy Campanella) in 1996 with 41 home runs, which was also the single-season record for the Mets. Since then, the record for home runs by a catcher in a single season has been broken by Javy López in 2003, and the Mets' single season record has been tied by Carlos Beltrán in 2006 and set at 53 by Pete Alonso in 2019. Hundley was an all-star in 1996 and 1997 while playing for the New York Mets.
The Mets' acquisition of Mike Piazza in May 1998 combined with a career-threatening elbow injury brought his tenure with the Mets to a close. With Piazza on the roster, Hundley attempted to make a comeback as a left fielder, but was unsuccessful and was later traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the end of the season on December 1, 1998 in a three-team trade that brought Armando Benítez and Roger Cedeño to the Mets while also sending fellow catcher Charles Johnson to the Orioles. In addition to the Dodgers, Hundley also played for the Chicago Cubs (2001–2002), and then returned to the Dodgers for the 2003 season.
Noteworthy career events
Hundley broke the single-season home run record for catchers (then held by Roy Campanella) in 1996 with 41 home runs, which is also tied for second on the Mets single-season home run record (shared with Carlos Beltrán). He hit a home run on Opening Day four seasons in a row, 1994 through 1997. As a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was the first visitor to hit a home run into McCovey Cove at AT&T Park, on June 30, 2000.
See also
List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
List of Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report
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Sonallis Mayan
Sonallis Mayan (born 12 February 1973) is a Cuban taekwondo practitioner. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
She won a gold medal in heavyweight at the 1999 Pan American Games.
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Euchrysops kabrosae
Euchrysops kabrosae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of rocky hillsides in dry, mountainous country.
Subspecies
Euchrysops kabrosae kabrosae (western Kenya, eastern Uganda)
Euchrysops kabrosae rosieae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (northern Tanzania)
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1981 Japan Soccer League
Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1981 season.
First Division
Fujita Industries won their third League title.
Nippon Steel, one of eight inaugural member of the First Division in 1965 as Yawata Steel, was defeated by Second Division runner-up Nissan in the playout and relegated, never to play top flight football again. Yamaha Motors was relegated in bottom place, having won only two matches.
Promotion/Relegation Series
Second Division
NKK and Nissan returned after two years in the second tier, NKK also grabbing the Emperor's Cup.
Kofu Club saved itself from relegation yet again by defeating NTT West Japan Kyoto, who were looking to regain their League place. Nagoya Soccer Club, an amateur outfit who never looked like League material, went back to the Tokai regional league after a single attempt.
Promotion/Relegation Series
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Gradišča
Gradišča () is a settlement in the hills above the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Cirkulane in the Haloze area of eastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.
There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement. It was built in the early 20th century.
References
External links
Gradišča on Geopedia
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Tamir Pardo
Tamir Pardo (; born 1953) is the former Director of the Mossad, taking over the role from Meir Dagan on January 1, 2011. The appointment was announced by Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 29, 2010.
Biography
Pardo was born in Tel Aviv to a Sephardi-Jewish family. His father was an immigrant from Turkey, and his mother was of Serbian-Jewish origin. At age 18, when he began his compulsory service in the Israel Defense Forces, he volunteered for the paratroopers. He graduated from an officers' course, and later served as a communication officer in the elite special forces unit Sayeret Matkal. He also served in the Shaldag Unit. He was a member of the unit under the command of Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu and participated in Operation Entebbe. Netanyahu, elder brother to current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was killed during the operation.
After completing his military service, Pardo joined the Mossad in 1980, and served in entry-level technical positions. He took part in several classified operations, and was awarded the Israel Security Prize three times. He rose through the ranks and eventually became head of the "Keshet" department, responsible for operations, including obtaining electronic intelligence through wiretaps and photographic methods. In 2005, he was in line for promotion to the organization's number 2 position, when another individual was given the job. Mossad Director-General Meir Dagan thereupon lent Pardo to the IDF, where he served as a senior advisor for operations to the Israeli General Staff. He served in this position during the 2006 Lebanon War. After Dagan fired his number 2, he invited Pardo to return to the Mossad and assume the role. Pardo did so in the belief that when Dagan retired, he would be offered the job. However, Dagan's term was extended and he didn't retire when expected. This led Pardo to leave the Mossad, whereupon he went into private business with Israeli Internet gambling entrepreneur Noam Lanir.
Mossad leadership
Israeli media reported that Netanyahu's first candidate for the role of Mossad chief, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries's CEO, retired Major General Shlomo Yanai, was offered the job but turned it down. Of several other candidates, Pardo was the only one to have served in the Mossad. His choice may reflect a wish on the part of Prime Minister Netanyahu to signal continuity by choosing a candidate from within the ranks.
It was anticipated that Pardo would continue the work of his predecessor, Meir Dagan, in attempting to thwart any attempts by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to build a nuclear weapon.
On August 2, 2011, German news website Spiegel Online published an article named "Mossad Behind Tehran Assassinations, Says Source", claiming receiving information from "an Israeli intelligence source", linking Mossad under Tamir Pardo as its chief to the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Darioush Rezaeinejad in Tehran on July 23, 2011. The report was reprinted by several news agencies, yet without providing additional sources to confirm the information.
Post–Mossad
In June 2016, the American NGO United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) announced that Pardo had joined the group's Advisory Board. Upon joining, Pardo said, "The leading global powers cannot turn a blind eye to the clear and present dangers the Iranian regime poses to the safety and freedoms of millions of people within their borders and throughout the world."
During an interview with Haaretz in May 2018, Pardo said that in 2011 Netanyahu ordered the Mossad and IDF to prepare for an attack on Iran within 15 days, but he and Chief of Staff Benny Gantz questioned the Prime Minister's legal authority to give such an order without Cabinet approval, so Netanyahu backed off.
In June 2018 Pardo stated that Mossad was 'a crime organization with a license,' something which, he added, made working for it the 'fun part'.
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William Agnew
William or Billy Agnew may refer to:
Sir William Agnew, 1st Baronet (1825–1910), English politician
William Agnew (footballer) (1880–1936), Scottish footballer (national team)
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Desperate Justice
Desperate Justice (aka A Mother's Revenge) is a 1993 American film starring Lesley Ann Warren, Bruce Davison, and Shirley Knight. The teleplay adaptation was written by John Bensink .
It was based on the novel (published:1989) of the same name by Richard Speight from Nashville, Tennessee (father of American actor Richard Speight, Jr.). The original novel may have been based on true story, as Speight was a Tennessean criminal attorney. According to Barnes & Noble author information, "He (Speight) taught trial law at Vanderbilt University for 14 years, and was a Writer in Residence at Belmont University for five years."
Plot
The film opens with Arizona housewife and mother Carol Sanders enjoying a morning run through the neighborhood with her 12-year-old daughter, Wendy. As they return, Carol's husband Bill reveals that he's managed to land an important business deal, though the happy mood is cut short after realizing that the couple's rebellious teenage daughter, Jill, has overslept again. Wendy offers to wake her, but a minor argument ensues between the two sisters after she does so, though Carol quickly defuses it.
Later that day, Carol must cover for a co-member of her women's club and host a club luncheon; however, the luncheon runs late, leaving her unable to pick up Wendy (who's staying after school to work on a science project). Since Bill is in Los Angeles for a meeting concerning his aforementioned business deal, Carol calls Jill at the record store where she works and asks her to pick Wendy up, but Jill inadvertently forgets about it until 10 minutes after she was supposed to be at Wendy's school.
However, once on the road, Jill runs into a traffic jam and doesn't get there until much later. Not finding Wendy anywhere on the school grounds, she hurries home and tells her parents the news; Bill returns to the school with her, but they are still unable to find Wendy, and the police are called, who soon discover the presence of blood and suspect it might be hers.
Unable to sleep that night, Bill and Carol receive a visit from one of the detectives on the case, who found Wendy on the side of the road after being raped and badly beaten, which left her in a coma. She is brought to the local hospital's ICU while the police try to determine if the crime was committed by a school faculty member or a stranger. A tearful Jill says she feels like what happened was her fault, but Bill assures her that is not the case.
Two days later, a suspect is arrested: Frank Warden, the janitor at Wendy's school. As it turns out, Frank had two molestation charges in California, but they did not show up on his background check. While detectives assure Bill that they have a slam-dunk case, a number of discrepancies soon come to the surface in court, culminating in a solid alibi from Frank's mother, Bess, who testifies that her son was dining with her in a restaurant when the crime occurred, and the case is dismissed as a result. Seeing Frank smiling and laughing about the decision, a grief-stricken Carol suddenly snaps, pulls out a gun, and shoots Frank in open court, critically wounding him.
After Carol is released on bail following her arrest, Wendy emerges from her coma, though a doctor reveals that it will take time for her to recall the traumatic events she went through, and that she'll need support from her family and psychiatric help. In the meantime, Carol attempts to secure a defense attorney and approaches Ellen Wells, who had represented Frank Warden, but she is unable to do so, as Frank is still alive.
Desperate for assistance, Carol then tries to approach Frank's mother, but Bess angrily turns her away, revealing that Frank died in the hospital an hour earlier. Later that day, a tearful Wendy has suddenly learned about everything her mother has been through, along with her own ordeal (as Jill had filled her in), and in an emotional scene, Carol does her best to help her understand. However, this decision later sets off an argument between Jill and Carol, during which Jill accuses Carol of blaming her for what happened to Wendy and wishing it had happened to her instead.
Now having managed to secure Wells' service, the two prepare for Carol's case, but the unexpected twists and turns soon complicate things. To top it off, Carol returns home to find Jill and her boyfriend Brian making out in his car, and after Carol makes a scene about it, another argument ensues. Angrily, Jill repeats her earlier claim that Carol blames her for Wendy's ordeal, as well as not having any time for her, culminating in Jill storming out of the house.
By the next morning, Jill has still not returned home, causing Carol to miss her first court appearance, much to the presiding judge's annoyance. Finally, she finds Jill sitting by Wendy's hospital bed, and the two have a heart-to-heart talk where Carol admits that Jill was right: despite Carol's repeated denials, in trying to blame someone because of her overwhelming pain, she unfairly scapegoated Jill because she didn't want to blame herself.
However, Jill now sees the validity in what Bill told her earlier, and assures her mother that none of them are at fault. A short time later, Wendy has finally come home and the family has a "welcome home" party in her honor, but she admits to Jill that she's feeling "scared" and "different" from her family and friends, and wonders if they'll still like her. Jill assures Wendy that not only will they still like her, they'll like her more for the strength and courage she showed the whole time. Satisfied, she emerges from the house with Jill, and is warmly received by their family and the invited guests.
Not long after Wendy comes home, the trial finally begins, with Carol attempting to prove that she had lost control of herself in the moment she shot Frank Warden. However, the jury ultimately returns a guilty verdict on the charge of manslaughter, and a sentencing date is set for two weeks later, but realizing that any further strain would not be good for Carol or the family, Wells makes a motion for a more immediate sentence, which is granted, and the date is moved up to the following day.
Just before the sentence can be handed down the next day, a voice from the gallery requests to address the court: Bess Warden, who admits to having provided a false alibi for her son at his original trial, thinking the courts could prove Frank's crime without her help. Realizing everything Wendy has been through, and knowing jail time will neither bring back her son nor make what he did to Wendy go away, she asks for leniency in Carol's sentencing. Moved by her statement, the judge reduces his originally planned 6-year sentence to just three years (which can be reduced to two for good behavior), and also grants weekend visitation rights to Carol's family.
Cast
Lesley Ann Warren as Carol Sanders
Bruce Davison as Bill Sanders
Shirley Knight as Bess Warden
Missy Crider as Jill Sanders
Allison Mack as Wendy Sanders
David Byron as Frank Warden
Annette O'Toole as Ellen Wells
DVD release
Desperate Justice was released on DVD in the UK on 8 October 2001.
Although the film never received a DVD release in the United States, it has been frequently seen on both Lifetime and sister channel Lifetime Movie Network since its original airing.
In 2014, a theatrical adaptation of the film/novel was produced in Japan by Gekidan Touhai production.
References
External links
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Corpus Christi FC
Corpus Christi FC is an American soccer club based in Corpus Christi, Texas, that competes in the Mid South Division of the USL League Two. The club was founded in 2017. The team plays its home games at the Jack A. Dugan Family Soccer and Track Stadium. Team colors are blue and white.
History
Corpus Christi was awarded an expansion franchise by the Premier Development League in October 2017. The team began playing in the 2018 PDL season.
Players and staff
As of October 23, 2018.
Players
Staff
As of October 23, 2018.
Sammy Giraldo – Adviser
Sebastian Giraldo – Head Coach
Chris Jones – Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach
William Curtis – Assistant Coach
Emmanuel Orupabo – Assistant Coach
Record
As of October 23, 2018.
References
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Prionochaeta
Prionochaeta is a genus of small carrion beetles in the family Leiodidae. There is one described species in Prionochaeta, P. opaca.
References
Further reading
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Abuta
Abuta is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America.
Description
It consists in dioecious climbers or rarely erect trees or shrubs (Abuta concolor) with simple leaves. Flowers in composed panicles. Male flowers: sepals 6, in 2 whorls, petals absent, stamens 6, connate or free, introrse, anthers with a longitudinal or transverse dehiscence. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male, staminodes 6, carpels 3, drupes ovoid, endocarp woody, condyle septiform, endosperm ruminate, embryo curved, cotyledons appressed.
It is in the tropical rain forest.
Taxonomy
Abuta is usually classified in the tribe Anomospermeae Miers, together with Anomospermum Miers.
Synonymy
The genera Anelasma Miers and Batschia Thunb. have been brought into synonymy with Abuta.
Uses
Abuta is one of the components of the arrow poison curare of some indigenous tribes of South America (especially Abuta imene from Colombia). Roots of Abuta rufescens are used as medicinal in diseases of the urogenital tract, but it is dangerous.
The dichloromethane extracts of Abuta grandifolia and Minthostachys setosa (Labiatae) demonstrated high larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti, the most active being the dichloromethane extract of A. grandifolia.
Selected species
Abuta acutifolia Miers
Abuta amara Aubl.
Abuta antioquiana Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta aristeguietae Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta barbata Miers
Abuta boliviana Rusby
Abuta brevifolia Krukoff & Moldenke
Abuta brunnescens Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta bullata Moldenke
Abuta candicans Rich. ex DC.
Abuta candollei Triana & Planch.
Abuta chiapasensis Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta chocoensis Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta colombiana Moldenke
Abuta concolor Poepp. & Endl.
Abuta convexa Diels
Abuta duckei Diels
Abuta dwyerana Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta ecuadoriensis Moldenke
Abuta fluminum Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta froesii Krukoff & Moldenke
Abuta grandifolia (Mart.) Sandwith
Abuta grisebachii Triana & Planch.
Abuta guianensis Eichler
Abuta heterophylla Miers
Abuta imene Eichler
Abuta klugii Moldenke ex Macbride
Abuta limaciifolia Diels
Abuta longa Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta macrocarpa Moldenke
Abuta macrophylla Miers
Abuta manausensis Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta mycetandra Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta negroensis Krukoff & Moldenke
Abuta oblonga Miers
Abuta oblongifolia Miers
Abuta obovata Diels
Abuta pahni Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta panamensis (Standl.) Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta panurensis Eichler
Abuta parvifolia Rusby ex Moldenke
Abuta platyphylla Mart. ex Eichler
Abuta pullei Diels
Abuta racemosa Triana & Planch.
Abuta rufescens Aubl. *
Abuta sadwithiana Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta scandens DC.
Abuta seemanni Triana & Planch.
Abuta selloana Eichler
Abuta solimoesensis Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta soukupi Moldenke
Abuta spicata Triana & Planch.
Abuta splendida Krukoff & Moldenke
Abuta steyermarkii (Standl.) Standl.
Abuta tomentosa Sagot ex Benth.
Abuta toxifera Baill. ex Krukoff & Moldenke
Abuta trinervis (Rusby) Moldenke
Abuta umbellata Sagot ex Benth.
Abuta vaupesensis Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta velutina Gleason
Abuta verruculosa Krukoff & Barneby
Abuta wilson-brownei R.S.Cowan
See also
List of Abuta species
References
Further reading
[monographic revision of the genus]
[taxonomic partial revision]
External links
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West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)
West Fife was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885-1974. It is notable for providing the Communist Party Of Great Britain with their longest-serving Member of Parliament. Along with East Fife, it was formed by dividing the old Fife constituency.
Boundaries
1885–1918:
1918–1950:
1950–1974: The Burghs of Culross, Leslie, and Markinch; the Districts of Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, and Lochgelly; and part of the District of Wemyss.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Bruce's resignation caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Labour: William Adamson
Unionist: Joseph Hume Menzies
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References
Sources
Election results, 1950 - 1974
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 - 1918
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Go Bullfrogs!
"Go Bullfrogs!" is the sixth episode of the third season of the American sitcom Modern Family, and the series' 54th episode overall. "Go Bullfrogs!" first aired on October 19, 2011, on ABC. The episode was written by Abraham Higginbotham and was directed by Scott Ellis. It featured guest star Gilles Marini as Julian.
Plot
Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell) takes Haley (Sarah Hyland) to his alma mater to show her what college is like, a visit he clearly enjoys for the nostalgia. Haley is glad to spend the time with her father, but a little embarrassed by his eagerness to relive his own college days. Meanwhile, his wife Claire (Julie Bowen) savors the prospect of a night out on her own, since their other two children are at sleepovers with their friends. After dropping Luke (Nolan Gould) off at his friend's house, she turns down an invitation from the host's mother to watch Gone with the Wind with the other mothers, falsely claiming to be sick and having seen it multiple times (when she hasn't in fact seen it at all).
Phil lets Haley accept an invitation to a party and while he plays darts with the young men in the bar he was eating at with Haley, he finds out from her cellphone tracker that Haley is apparently at a frat party. Worrying about what might happen, he leaves in a hurry. Phil runs into the party and tears Haley away from a young man she's talking to, only to learn he's someone he once coached in whiffle ball, and his parents are nearby.
Jay (Ed O'Neill) settles down reluctantly to watch a telenovela with Gloria (Sofía Vergara), when Manny (Rico Rodriguez) takes delivery of a package and quickly runs upstairs to his room without explaining what it is. Jay begins to get absorbed in the telenovela, while Gloria begins to worry about what Manny's package might be. She is offended by Jay's suggestion that it might be pornography, and eventually she is so upset that she decides to go for a walk.
Gloria returns and finds Jay on the phone with their housekeeper getting backstory on the telenovela. At that moment, Manny cries out for help from upstairs, saying he is stuck. Gloria, now prepared to concede Jay might have been right, joins her husband as they go to his room and find him hanging upside down in his closet door wearing a weighted helmet ... apparently his package was a device to make him taller. Manny tells Gloria and Jay that he bought the device because a girl he was interested in liked taller boys. Gloria reassures him he will have a lot to offer any young woman no matter how tall he is.
Claire joins Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) for their night out. She is quickly bored with the restaurant they attend, and persuades them to take her to a boutique opening instead. At the boutique opening she meets Cameron and Mitchell's friends and she eventually decides to leave with Julian (Gilles Marini) who came to the party with Cameron and Mitchell's friend Longinus (Kevin Daniels) because Cameron and Mitchell want to get back early to attend Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons).
On their way home, Cameron and Mitchell ponder whether Claire was right when she said they had become boring, a consideration that deepens when they discover that the valet gave them keys to the wrong car and that the owners of that car apparently leads an interesting life despite apparently having a young child as well. They decide to use the GPS in the car to return it to its proper owners. Upon their return, the owner's wife starts attacking the car, and they are trapped inside as they cannot get it out of the driveway.
At the end of the episode, Claire, in response to a call from Luke for his retainer, she goes back to the sleepover, only to be caught in her lies by the other mothers, and discover that Julian is straight and not gay as she thought; Phil explains to Haley that he still wants to protect her, and will not have much more time to enjoy that aspect of being her father; Mitchell and Cameron return home in the badly dented car, met by the owner, who says he can see they have met his wife.
Production
"Go Bullfrogs!" was written by Abraham Higginbotham and was directed by Scott Ellis. The episode was filmed between September 27 and October 7, 2011. The Haley-Phil plot was originally reported by TV Guide writer William Keck. Ariel Winter and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons are absent from the episode due to the fact that the kids are only required to appear in 22 episodes a season.
Reception
Ratings
In its original American broadcast, "Go Bullfrogs!" was viewed by an estimated 13.04 million viewers and received a 5.7 rating/14% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49. This means that it was seen by 5.7% of all 18- to 49-year-olds, and 14% of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching television at the time of the broadcast. This marked a three-tenths drop in the ratings from the previous episode, "Hit and Run. Despite this, the episode ranked as the highest-rated show on Wednesday. "Hit and Run" was the most-watched show for the week of broadcast among adults aged 18–49, beating Sunday Night Football. The episode also ranked as the twelfth most watched show among all viewers.
Reviews
"Go Bullfrogs!" received mixed reviews. Leigh Raines from TV Fanatic rated the episode with 4.5/5 saying that overall was a great episode.
Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave a B- to the episode stating that she believes "the best episodes of the show are the ones that allow the ensemble as a whole to generate the laughs [...] “Go Bullfrogs!” is really the exact opposite, and predictably, despite some marvelous writing and performing, it doesn't really feel like a Modern Family episode, at least not the kind I like best." She closed her review saying: "Last week, I thought the situations were promising, but the writing let them down. This week we have some sharp writing in situations that were generally limp and uninspired. At some point, I assume the two sides of this show are going to get together and make some comedy again."
Christine N. Ziemba from Paste Magazine gave the episode 7/10 saying that Phil Dunphy once again saved the day in this week's "middle-of-the-road Modern Family episode."
Awards
Julie Bowen submitted this episode and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012.
References
External links
"Go Bullfrogs!" at ABC.com
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Gordon Setter
The Gordon Setter is a large breed of dog, a member of the setter family that also includes both the better-known Irish Setter and the English Setter. Setter breeds are classified as members of either the Sporting or Gundog Group depending on the national kennel club or council. The original purpose of the breed was to hunt gamebirds. Their quarry in the United Kingdom, may be partridge or grouse, pheasant, ptarmigan, blackgame, snipe or woodcock: whilst overseas bird dogs are worked on quail, willow grouse, sand grouse, guinea fowl, sagehen, francolin and any other bird that will sit to a dog—that is to say, will attempt to avoid a potential predator by concealment rather than by taking to the wing at the first sign of danger. It is this combination of a bird that will sit fast in front of a dog that will remain on point that makes bird dog work possible.
Description
Appearance
Gordon Setters, also known as "black and tans", have a coal-black coat with distinctive markings of a rich chestnut or mahogany colour on their paws and lower legs, vents, throat, and muzzles; one spot above each eye; and two spots on their chest. A small amount of white is allowed on the chest. Although uncommon, red Gordons are occasionally born to normal-coloured parents, the result of expression of a recessive red gene. Predominantly tan, red, or buff dogs are ineligible for showing. A Gordon's coat is straight or slightly waved (but not curly), long and silky, with chest, stomach, ear, leg, and tail feathering. According to the AKC breed standard, "the bearing is intelligent, noble, and dignified". They are the heaviest of the setter breeds, with males reaching at the withers and up to in weight.
Temperament
The AKC describes the Gordon Setter temperament as "alert, interested, and confident. He is fearless and willing, intelligent, and capable. He is loyal and affectionate, and strong-minded enough to stand the rigors of training". Gordons are intensely loyal to their owners; thrive in an attentive, loving environment; and are good family dogs. Puppies and adult dogs can be quite boisterous, and although they are patient by nature, may not be suitable for households with very young children. Gordons are sensitive and empathic, eager to learn, and need firm but gentle handling. Early socialisation and obedience training is important. The breed is one of the slowest to mature, not hitting prime until three years of age or more, and will show puppy-like characteristics well into their older years.
Gordons were bred to run, and require 60 to 80 minutes of vigorous exercise daily. Young dogs should not be over-exercised or begin agility training until they are at least 18 months old, to avoid joint problems later in life. Because of their hunting instincts, Gordons should not be allowed to roam freely if unsupervised, as they are apt to wander into a potentially dangerous traffic situation while following a scent.
Health
Although not as prone to hip dysplasia as many of the larger breeds, Gordons can suffer from the condition. Other health issues can include hypothyroidism, gastric torsion (bloat) and eye diseases such as progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), and cataracts. Life expectancy for the breed is generally about 10 to 12 years.
At the beginning of 2009, a report was issued to all of the Breed Clubs in the UK concerning cases of late onset PRA in Gordon Setters.
On March 14, 2011, Animal Health Trust (AHT) made a DNA test available. The mutation is termed rcd4 (for rod-cone degeneration 4) to distinguish it from other, previously described forms of rod-cone degeneration. It is recessive, and 19 out of the 21 Gordons in their study who had clinical signs of PRA were homozygous for this mutation, indicating it is the major cause of PRA in the breed.
As many as 50% of Gordon Setters may be carriers.
Origin
Many of the gun dogs described by Stonehenge are no longer to be found in the United Kingdom or have been absorbed into one of the other breeds. The Russian Setter, the Welsh Setter, Northern Irish Water Spaniel, Southern Irish Water Spaniel and English Water Spaniel, the Spanish Pointer and the Portuguese Pointer have all disappeared in the past hundred and fifty years, and the pictures of some of the breeds that are still with us show considerable differences to the breed as we see them today.
Edward Laverick wrote in The Setter, published in 1872: "the setter is but an improved spaniel"; while the Rev Pearce in The Dog, published in the same year, said, 'he is a direct descendant of the Spaniel: "a Setting Spaniel" was the first Setter'. Since then this is the generally agreed with conclusion that the Setter was primarily derived from the old Land Spaniel, so called so as to distinguish it from the Water Spaniel. It is however likely that outside crosses with Hounds or Pointers did influence its development. William Taplin in The Sportsman's Cabinet (1803–04) maintained that it was "originally produced by a commixture between the Spanish pointer and the larger breed of the English spaniel".
We now really need not to go back to the Spaniel and its specialised development into the setting-dog, as it was called, and can be found in the work by the famous French sportsman, Gaston de Foix, Vicomte de Béarn (1331–91), who it is said owned about 1500 dogs 'brought from all countries of Europe' and was known as 'Gaston Phèbus' owing to his love for the chase. This work is called Livre de Chasse or Miroir de Phèbus, and was started in 1387. This work was the bases of The Master of Game written between 1406 and 1413 by Edward III's grandson, Edward, second Duke of York, who acknowledged his debt to de Foix. Below is the main passage referring to the Spaniel and the Setting-dog, as republished in 1904:
Another kind of dog is that is called falcon-dog or spaniel [espaignols in the French original] because it comes from Spain, notwithstanding that there are many in other countries....
A good spaniel should not be too rough, though his tail should be rough. The good qualities that such a dogs are these: They love well their masters and follow them without losing, although they be in a great crowd of men, and commonly they go before their master, running and wagging their tail, and raise or start fowl and wild beasts. But their right craft is of the partridge and of the quail. It is good for a man that has a noble goshawk, or a tierecel, or a sparrowhawk for the partridges to have such dogs; and also, when they are taught to be couchers (chiens couchants in the original French—ed.), they are good for taking partridge and quail with the net...
—Baillie-Grohman, p. 66
The modern Gordon Setter is a predominantly black dog with rich tan marking on the muzzle, legs and chest. A little bigger and heavier than either the Irish or English, he is nevertheless descended from the same genetic mixing pot, which undoubtedly has its origins among those setting spaniels we met earlier. The Kennel Club applied the name 'Gordon Setter' to the breed in 1924. Before that they were known as black and tan setters, and were found in many kennels beside those of the Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743–1827). Indeed, as we shall see, there is plenty of evidence that the majority of the setters at Gordon Castle during the Duke's time were tri-coloured rather than pure black and tan.
The breed was brought to the United States by George Blunt and Daniel Webster in 1842, with the purchase of two dogs named Rake and Rachel from the Duke's kennels. The American Kennel Club officially recognised the breed in 1892.
Breed development
The Gordon Setter as a gundog in the United Kingdom
Among the many changes which took place in sport and country affairs during the last century where those concerned with the method of shooting and consequent role of the gundog. These changes were accelerated after the Second World War, prior to which there were many "dogging moors" in the north of the UK, especially in Scotland. Walking up game became largely superseded by driving and field-craft by marksmanship. The function of the gundog was as a result limited to the recovery of dead or wounded birds and – in the age of specialisation – this meant that the Labrador Retriever came to the forefront while the number of working pointers and setters declined year after year.
Besides the modernisation of the style of shooting and the work required of gundogs, the situation was altered by the new developments that also took place in farming, which helped to bring about a marked reduction in the partridge population. This came about with the introduction of modernisation such as early cutting of silage, the use of fast-moving mechanical equipment, the burning or ploughing of stubble-fields soon after harvest, the destruction of hedgerows and the use of chemical sprays for weed-killing. The hedgerows had provided shelter and nesting sites; the weeds and other herbage supplied food and cover; whilst the stubble-fields had been a primary source of winter food; so the partridges were deprived of some important assets, whilst the wide use of chemicals on the land exercised a direct harmful effect.
It will be obvious to the reader that these changes significantly affected the status of setters and pointers, not least that of the Gordon. Though often used as a general purpose gundog, the Gordon Setter is essentially a wide-ranging dog employed in the U.K. to locate red grouse and ptarmigan on the Scottish or North of England moors and partridges on the stubble-fields of the south of England. Up to the late 1930s most Gordons were kept for this type of work, so that the majority were to be found in Scotland and the north of England; but now they are more evenly distributed and there are no large working kennels.
The function of the setter is well summarised by Captain Blaine as follows: ‘The work required of the setter and pointer differs from that of all other breeds of dog. It is their business to range and hunt independently for game, at a distance from the sportsman, using their own initiative and intelligence to find it, and having done so, to remain staunchly “on point” awaiting his approach. They must search for the body, and not for the foot scent, and be able to maintain a fast steady gallop for long periods without fatigue. For the purpose a dog should have independence of character, speed, endurance, and a sensitive nose, combined with natural ability for hunting the terrain, in the best method of finding game’ (Croxton Smith, 1932, p70).
Two Gordon Setters have achieved the title of Dual Champion. The first was a bitch whose registered name was Amscot Irresista Belle; her pet name was Trisca. The second was Trisca's relative, Boyers Scarlatti. "These girls are the only setters of any breed to achieve this in the UK, with the incredibly high standards set in the UK field and show ring." The Kennel Club regulations state this title can only be claimed by dogs who have achieved the title of Show Champion and Field Trial Champion.
The Gordon Castle and other historically important kennels
Alexander, the 4th Duke of Gordon (1743–1827), established his kennel of Black and Tan Setters at Gordon Castle, which was situated near Fochabers, not far from the River Spey and a few miles from the coast of Moray. The exact date when this occurred is not known. A Colonel Thornton visited the place during his tour of the Highlands in 1786. He makes no mention of any kennel of Setters at that time, although he does note that ‘The Duke of Gordon still keeps up a diversion of falconry….I saw, also, here a true Highland greyhound, which is now become very scarce….’. The Duke was indeed devoted to country pursuits and was among the last of his day in Scotland to keep hawks and practise falconry; he was celebrated for his Scottish Deerhounds as well as his Setters. However all that can be inferred from the Colonel's remarks is that there are unlikely to have been any Setters of note at the Castle in 1786.
There is much on record that seems reliable about the origin or derivation of the Duke of Gordon's Setters, though verification at this late date is of course impossible. Most of this evidence comes from Samuel Brown, the Veterinary Surgeon of Melton Mowbray, who was a great authority on the breed. In a letter to ‘’The Field’’ of 12 November 1864 Samuel Brown stated: ‘An old gentleman sportsman, and one too who has shot over the same breed for fifty years and knew them during his boyhood, assures me that the late Duke of Gordon, Marquis of Anglesey, and several other noblemen, had their original stock of setters from the late Mr Coke of Longford, and that the colour was usually black-white- and -tan. Mine are descended from the original breed of Mr Coke, the Gordon ‘’Regent’’ and ‘’Fan’’, and within the last five years from a black-white-and –tan bitch which I got direct from the Beaudesart kennel’ (i.e. the Marquees of Anglesey's – Ed.). Five years late, in another letter to the same journal, the Rev F. W. Adye wrote: ‘Mr Brown was told by Mr Coke himself that he often sent dogs to the Duke of Gordon and received others in exchange, in order now and then to obtain fresh blood’ (‘’The Field,’’ 8 January 1870). These facts were well known to J. H. Walsh (‘Stonehenge’), Editor of ‘’The Field’’ and a leading authority on sporting dogs, for it is he who mentions in the first chapter of his book ‘’The Dogs of the British Islands’’ (1867) a Setter ‘from Mr Coke of Norfolk and doubtless related to the late Duke of Gordon’s kennel, as Mr Coke and the duke bred together and interchanged setters frequently’. Therefore, it does appear to be reasonably established that Mr Coke provided most of the original Setters for the Duke's kennel. The Rev Hutchinson, who wrote under the pseudonym ‘Sixty-one’, insisted that ‘the original setter taken or sent to Gordon Castle by the first Marquis of Anglesea’ (‘’The Field’’, 29 January 1870), however what has been seen is that, according to Samuel Brown’s ‘old gentleman sportsman’, the Marquees of Anglesey likewise had his original stock of Setters at Beaudesart from Mr Coke – probably, although this cannot be confirmed, some years before the Gordon Castle kennel was founded; for in 1869 the Beaudesart Setters were said to have been maintained ‘for sixty years pure and unmixed with any blood’ (‘’The Field’’, 11 December 1869). It is most unlikely that the Duke obtained his setters from only one source, we know that he interbreed with other kennels besides Mr Coke’s, notably with Lord Lovat’s.
References
BaillieGrohman, William A. and F (Ed.), The Masters of Game: Edward, Second Duke of York: The Oldest English Book on Hunting, limited edition with 4 plates, London 1904. Popular edition, London, 1909: pp302, illus.
Cunliffe, Juliette (2004). The Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds. Parragon Publishing. .
Fogle, Bruce, DVM (2000). The New Encyclopedia of the Dog. Doring Kindersley (DK). .
Smith, A. Croxton (Editor), Hounds and Dogs; Their Care, Training and Working (vol xii of the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes), London, n.d. (1932): pp320, illus (pp 77–80: The Gordon Setter by Capt. L.C.R. Cameron).
Stonehenge, The Dog in Health and Disease. John Henry Walsh, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1887.
Thornton, Thomas, Col. A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England and Grest Part of the Highlands of Scotland...., London, 1804.
Animal Health Trust, February 2011
G St G M Gompertz "The Gordon Setter - History & Character" First Edition printed in Great Britain by Bradleys, Reading and London 1976, reprinted with corrections, 2004, by G Atkinson
Further reading
Argue, Derry. Pointer and Setters. Swan Hill Press, 1993. .
Hudson, David. Working Pointers and Setters. Swan Hill Press, 2004. .
Jean Sanger Look & Anita Lustenberger. The Complete Gordon Setter. Howell Book House, 1984. .
Schweppe, Frederick. Gordon Setters. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., 1990. .
Sorby, Suzanne & Sorby, Norman,. The Field Gordon Setter: The Black and Tan Bombshell. Xlibris Publishing, 2005. .
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Orlando M. Barnes
Orlando Mack Barnes (November 21, 1824 – November 11, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Cato, Cayuga County, New York, Barnes moved with his parents to Aurelius, Ingham County, Michigan, in 1837. Barnes went to the local schools and then graduated from University of Michigan. He studied law and was admitted to the Michigan bar. Barnes practiced law and then was involved with the railroad business. He served as prosecuting attorney for Ingham County. In 1862 and 1863, Barnes served in the Michigan House of Representatives and was a Democrat. In 1877, Barnes served as Mayor of Lansing, Michigan. His son Orlando F. Barnes also served as mayor of Lansing, Michigan. Barnes died in Lansing, Michigan.
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Dialogue of Athanasius and Zacchaeus
The Dialogue of Athanasius and Zacchaeus is a 4th-century Greek Christian text giving a dialogue, akin to that of Dialogue with Trypho, between Athanasius, a Christian, and Zacchaeus, a Jew. Patrick Andrist and other scholars consider the work, however much it may have a base in real encounters, is primarily a missionary catechism.
F. C. Conybeare proposed the hypothesis (1898) that two later traditions, the Dialogue of Athanasius and Zacchaeus (Greek, 4th century) and the Dialogue of Timothy and Aquila (Greek, 6th century), were based on an earlier text, and identified that text as related to the lost Dialogue of Jason and Papiscus. His thesis was not widely accepted.
References
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Roeslerstammia erxlebella
Roeslerstammia erxlebella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in all of Europe (except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula), east to Japan.
The wingspan is about 13 mm. There are two generations with adults on the wing in May and June and again in August and September.
The larvae feed on Tilia cordata, Tilia x vulgaris, Acer pseudoplatanus and sometimes Betula species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a short, irregular, full depth corridor, which is always located at the leaf margin and generally in the tip of the leaf. The frass broadly scattered. The older larva lives free on the leaf.
Subspecies
Roeslerstammia erxlebella bella Moriuti, 1982 (Japan)
Roeslerstammia erxlebella erxlebella (Fabricius, 1787)
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Lee Hae-man
Lee Hae-man (born 20 February 1972) is a South Korean sledge hockey player. He was a member of South Korea's bronze medal winning team in para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Lee also competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics.
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Nikolaos Frousos
Nikolaos Frousos (Greek: Νικόλαος Φρούσος; born 29 April 1974 in Filiatra in Greece) is a former Greek footballer who played for Cyprus giants Anorthosis Famagusta.
Career
Frousos' career began when he signed a professional contract with Ionikos, making his first first-team appearance in 1992 at the age of 18. He stayed there for eight years where he scored 59 goals. In the summer of 2000 he moved to PAOK FC for three years, scoring 16 goals. The following year he moved back to Ionikos for a single season. In June 2004, he signed with the Cypriot giants Anorthosis Famagusta. During the four years he played for Anorthosis, he won two championships (2004-2005 & 2007-2008), and one cup (2006–2007). He is married and has 2 children, one girl, Katerina, and one boy, Apostolos.
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Johnny Guirke
Johnny Guirke is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency since the 2020 general election.
He was previously a member of Meath County Council for the Kells local electoral area.
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He has a wife Mary and four children.
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Behnam Barzay
Behnam Barzay (, born 11 February 1993) is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Gol Gohar Sirjan in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Career
He played his entire career in Sanat Naft for three seasons. In June 2013, he was moved to Rah Ahan after Sanat Naft's relegation.
Esteghlal
On 1 February 2015, he joined to Esteghlal on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
His good performances in the 2014–15 season drew the attention of La Liga club Getafe CF who were interested to sign him.
In June 2017, he left the club after his contract ran out. However, with the appointment of Winfried Schäfer as the new Esteghlal manager, he signed a new two and half year contract with the club on 5 November 2017, allowing him to play from January 2018.
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International career
U20
He was part of Iran U–20 during 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, 2012 CIS Cup, 2012 AFF U-19 Youth Championship and 2012 AFC U-19 Championship.
U23
He invited to Iran U-23 training camp by Nelo Vingada to preparation for Incheon 2014 and 2016 AFC U-22 Championship (Summer Olympic qualification).
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Esteghlal
Hazfi Cup: 2017–18
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Kentaro
Kentaro (written: 健太郎, 健太朗, 憲太郎, 賢太郎, 建太郎, 拳太郎, 謙太郎 or 謙太朗 ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
DJ Kentaro (born 1982), Japanese DJ, remixer
, Japanese volleyball player
, Japanese football player
, Japanese composer, pianist
, Japanese baseball player
, Japanese football player
, Japanese shogi player
, Japanese football player
, Japanese voice actor
, Japanese football player
, Japanese football player
, Japanese football player
, Japanese swimmer and Olympic medalist
, Japanese comedian, theatre director, manga artist
, Japanese alpine skier
, Japanese manga artist
, Japanese football player
, Japanese runner
, Japanese football player
, Japanese baseball player
, Japanese football player
, Japanese film director
, Japanese model and actor
, Japanese football player
, Japanese composer and conductor, also known as Ken-P
, Japanese football player
, Japanese football player
, Japanese football player
, Japanese baseball player
, Japanese wrestler
, Japanese football player
, Japanese actor, singer, and convict
, Japanese football player
, Japanese manga artist
Kentaro Toyama, Japanese computer scientist
, Japanese football player
, Japanese football player
, Japanese manga artist
, Japanese footballer
Fictional characters
Mr. Kentaro Moto, character name of Mr. Moto in a series of films, portrayed him as an detective by Peter Lorre
, character in the Maison Ikkoku series
, character in the Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs series
Kentaro Saeki, character portrayed by Haruma Miura in the film The Eternal Zero
, character in the anime of the Love Hina series
, character in the Hanebado! series
, character in the Tiger Mask series
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Genayit
Genayit (, also Romanized as Genāyīt) is a village in Amjaz Rural District, in the Central District of Anbarabad County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 24, in 4 families.
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1995 K League
The 1995 K League was the 13th season of K League since its establishment in 1983.
First stage
First stage final table
Second stage
Second stage final table
Championship playoffs
First leg
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1995 K-League Cup
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KHBS
KHBS, virtual channel 40 (UHF digital channel 21), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of Hearst Communications. KHBS' studios are located on Ajax Avenue in Rogers, with a secondary studio and news bureau on North Albert Pike Avenue/North 42nd Street (south of Kelley Highway) in Fort Smith; its transmitter is located on Cavanal Hill in northwestern Le Flore County, Oklahoma (northwest of Poteau).
The station's brand name, "40/29", comes from KHBS and satellite station KHOG-TV (virtual channel 29, UHF digital channel 15) in Fayetteville, which relays KHBS' programming to areas of far northwestern Arkansas and southwestern Missouri that are not covered by the primary station's signal. (The broad coverage area of the Fort Smith–Fayetteville DMA precludes stations with transmitters closer to Fort Smith from reaching northern portions of the market). KHOG-TV's transmitter is located near Ed Edwards Road (southeast of the Fayetteville city limits) in rural northeastern Washington County.
On cable, KHBS/KHOG is available on Cox Communications channel 7 in Fort Smith and Fayetteville.
History
Channel 40 began as KFPW-TV on July 28, 1971. It was owned by local businessman Bob Hernreich along with KFPW radio (1230 AM). The station was a primary CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. Before channel 40's arrival, all three networks had been shoehorned on primary NBC affiliate KFSA-TV (channel 5, now CBS affiliate KFSM-TV).
KFPW-TV found the going difficult against channel 5 largely because of the difficulties experienced by UHF stations operating in rugged terrain. Most seriously, it was all but unviewable in Fayetteville and the surrounding area—a problem exacerbated by its transmitter being located in Oklahoma. Many viewers in the northern part of the market watched CBS on KTVJ in Joplin, Missouri (now NBC affiliate KSNF).
To solve this problem, on December 8, 1977, KTVP channel 29 in Fayetteville signed on as a satellite station of KFPW. It was Fayetteville's second attempt at a commercial television station—in fact, on the same license—after KGTO-TV. That station aired NBC (primary) and CBS programming in the area on channel 36 from February 8, 1969 to December 23, 1973. The two stations became full-time ABC affiliates in 1978 after KLMN-TV (channel 24, now KFTA-TV) signed on and took the CBS affiliation.
In 1983, the Hernreich family sold off its radio stations, KFPW and KXXI-FM. The Hernreichs changed channel 40's call letters to KHBS on March 21. Two years later, in 1985, Bob Hernreich bought a stake in Sigma Broadcasting (becoming its chairman and CEO in 1989), merging KHBS and KTVP into Sigma. On September 1, 1987, KTVP became KHOG-TV. Argyle Television bought the stations in 1996. A year later, Argyle merged with Hearst. In October 2007, KHBS and KHOG-TV moved their operations to new, state of the art studios in Rogers.
Digital television
Digital channels
The stations' digital signals are multiplexed:
Subchannels
KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2
KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2 (branded as "Arkansas CW") is the CW-affiliated second digital subchannel of KHBS and KHOG, broadcasting in high definition on UHF digital channel 21.2 (or virtual channel 40.2 via PSIP) in Fort Smith and UHF digital channel 15.2 (or virtual channel 29.2) in Fayetteville. All programming on KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2 is received through The CW's programming feed for smaller media markets, The CW Plus, which provides a set schedule of syndicated programming acquired by The CW during time periods without network programs; however, Hearst Television handles local advertising and promotional services for the subchannel. On cable and satellite, KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2 is available on Cox Communications channel 4 in Fayetteville and Fort Smith, and on DirecTV channel 12 and Dish Network channel 8 throughout the market.
KHBS-DT2's history traces back to the September 18, 2006, launch of a cable-only affiliate of The CW—a network created as a joint venture between CBS Corporation and the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner, as a de facto consolidation of UPN and The WB that initially featured programs from its two predecessor networks as well as new series specifically produced for The CW.—that was managed, promoted and had its advertising sales handled by Cox Communications, alongside the launch of The CW Plus, a national service that was created to provide broad coverage of The CW to smaller areas with a Nielsen Media Research market ranking above #100 and was affiliated via local origination channels managed by cable providers or local television stations and primary or subchannel-only affiliations with broadcast stations. The channel—which was branded on-air as "KCWA" (for "The CW Arkansas"), an unofficial callsign assigned by Cox as it was a cable-exclusive outlet not licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—was one of the few cable-only CW Plus affiliates to have signed on at the network's launch. (The predecessor service operated by The WB, The WB 100+ Station Group, was affiliated with Harrison-licensed KWBM [channel 31, now a Daystar owned-and-operated station], since 2001; in most markets where The CW Plus was initially available via cable, the successor cable-only CW Plus outlet usually was a former affiliate of The WB 100+.)
On April 9, 2008, in a joint announcement by the network and KHBS/KHOG's parent company, Hearst-Argyle Television announced that it would launch a CW-affiliated digital subchannel on the DT2 feeds of KHBS and KHOG to relay the network's programming throughout the Fort Smith–Fayetteville market. Hearst-Argyle assumed promotional and advertising control of "KCWA"—which had its former "CW Arkansas" branding retained in the over-the-air transition—from Cox Communications with the subsequent sign-on of KHBS/KHOG's CW subchannels, and converted the cable-only affiliate into an over-the-air digital feed on KHBS-DT 40.2 and KHOG-DT 29.2 to provide The CW's programming to viewers throughout Northwest Arkansas who do not subscribe to cable television. KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2 signed on as an affiliate of The CW (via The CW Plus) on April 28, 2008, assuming "KCWA"s former channel slot on Cox basic cable channel 4 (a high definition feed of the channel was also provided to Cox subscribers on digital channel 2004). On June 15, 2012, KHBS/KHOG upgraded the "CW Arkansas" subchannel to 720p high definition, providing over-the-air access to HD content from The CW in the Fort Smith–Fayetteville market for the first time.
KHBS-DT3/KHOG-DT3
KHBS-DT3/KHOG-DT3 (branded as "MeTV Arkansas") is the MeTV-affiliated third digital subchannel of KHBS and KHOG, broadcasting in widescreen standard definition on UHF digital channel 21.3 (or virtual channel 40.3 via PSIP) in Fort Smith and UHF digital channel 15.3 (or virtual channel 29.3) in Fayetteville. On cable, KHBS-DT3/KHOG-DT3 is available on Cox Communications digital channel 707 in Fayetteville and Fort Smith. In addition to carrying MeTV programming, KHBS-DT3/KHOG-DT3 is also designated as an alternate ABC affiliate, and carries network (and occasionally, syndicated) programs that KHBS/KHOG must preempt to carry extended breaking news or severe weather coverage or special event programming on its main channel.
KHBS/KHOG launched a digital subchannel on virtual channels 40.3 and 29.3 on January 2, 2017 to serve as an affiliate of the classic television network MeTV, under an extension of an affiliation agreement between Hearst and MeTV parent Weigel Broadcasting. On August 28, 2017, KHBS-DT3/KHOG-DT3 switched to a 16:9 widescreen standard definition format; prior to the upgrade, ABC and syndicated programs presented in widescreen were transmitted on the subchannel in a horizontally compressed format to fit the subchannel's 4:3 aspect frame.
Analog-to-digital conversion
Both stations discontinued regular programming on their analog signals, respectively on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital channel allocations post-transition are as follows:
KHBS discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 40; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 21, using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 40.
KHOG-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 29; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15, using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 29.
Programming
KHBS/KHOG currently broadcasts the complete ABC network schedule, although it does not clear the ABC News Brief that airs during ABC Daytime programming in order to run additional local advertising. The station airs the Litton's Weekend Adventure block on a one-hour delay from its "live feed" due to the third hour of its Saturday morning newscast, although midday college football games carried by ABC during the fall may subject Weekend Adventure programs normally aired on Saturdays in the 11:00 a.m. hour to be deferred to Sunday mornings to fulfill educational programming obligations. Syndicated programs broadcast by KHBS/KHOG include Live with Kelly and Ryan, The Dr. Oz Show, Tamron Hall, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Modern Family.
The station may preempt some ABC programs in order to air long-form breaking news or severe weather coverage, or occasional specials produced by KHBS/KHOG's news department. However, Power Rangers, which was part of the now-defunct ABC Kids block until August 28, 2010, was preempted by the station, and most of the other Hearst-owned ABC affiliates of the time, for lacking E/I content. As well, in 2004, KHBS and the other Hearst-owned ABC affiliates ran Far and Away instead of an unedited broadcast of Saving Private Ryan.
ABC shows preempted or otherwise interrupted by such content may either be rebroadcast on tape delay over KHBS/KHOG's main channel in place of regular overnight programs or diverted to its DT3 subchannel in place of MeTV programming. Station personnel also gives viewers who subscribe to AT&T U-verse, DirecTV, Dish Network and other pay television providers within the KHBS/KHOG viewing area that do not carry its DT3 feed the option of watching the affected shows on ABC's desktop and mobile streaming platforms or its cable/satellite video-on-demand service the day after their initial airing.
News operation
, KHBS/KHOG presently broadcasts 32½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with four hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays, and 3½ hours on Sundays). In addition, the station produces 9½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week for its CW-affiliated DT2 subchannel (with 1½ hours on weekdays, and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). The station may also simulcast long-form severe weather coverage on KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2 in the event that a tornado warning is issued for any county in its viewing area within northwest Arkansas and east-central Oklahoma.
Craig Cannon has been the station's main anchorman since 1983—a post he has held despite a long battle with Bell's palsy. On April 18, 2011, KHBS/KHOG expanded its weekday morning newscast 40/29 News Sunrise, to 2½ hours from 4:30 to 7:00 a.m., becoming one of the smallest stations in terms of market size to extend its morning newscast to a 4:30 a.m. start time. On September 13, 2011, the stations became the first in the Fort Smith–Fayetteville television market to begin broadcasting its newscasts in 16:9 widescreen standard definition. The station is currently broadcast in full 1080i high definition.
On August 20, 2012, KHBS/KHOG debuted a half-hour prime time newscast at 9:00 p.m. for its DT2 subchannel, titled 40/29 News at 9:00 on The CW Arkansas. The nightly program – which airs in place of syndicated programs shown on The CW Plus's national feed during that slot – competes against two existing nightly prime time newscasts on other area stations; its strongest competition is an hour-long 9:00 p.m. newscast produced by KNWA for its sister station KFTA-TV (channel 24), which has been the leader in the time period since it launched upon Channel 24's conversion from a full-time KNWA satellite into a separately programmed Fox affiliate on August 31, 2006; it also competes against a half-hour newscast on KXNW (channel 34) that CBS affiliate KFSM-TV began producing for its MyNetworkTV-affiliated sister since March 12, 2012.
Additional news expansion on "The CW Arkansas" took place on September 6, 2016, when KHBS/KHOG began producing a half-hour 7:00 a.m. extension of its weekday morning newscast for the subchannel, under the title 40/29 News Sunrise on The CW Arkansas. In addition to airing opposite Good Morning America on KHBS/KHOG, the program competes against the first half-hour of KFTA's two-hour newscast, which has been the ratings leader in the time slot since the program launched upon that station's switch to Fox, and an hour-long extension of KFSM's morning newscast for sister station KXNW. The program features the same team that anchors 40/29 News Sunrise (initially consisting of anchors Daniel Armbruster and Yuna Lee, meteorologist Laura Huckabee and traffic reporter Allison Wise). The newscast expanded to a full hour on September 11, 2017. The following year, on September 23, 2017, the station began producing a half-hour Saturday and Sunday edition of its 5:00 p.m. newscast for KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2.
References
External links
- KHBS-KHOG official website
www.thearkansascwcrew.com - KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2 ("The Arkansas CW") official website
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Doug Brinham
Doug Brinham (born 1934) is a Canadian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Splatterthrash
Splatterthrash is an album released in June 2006 by Ghoul. The album features many surf guitar riffs, as well as thrash metal riffs.
Story and Concept
The album's lyric sheet is presented in a comic book-like fashion, with talk boxes narrating the story. The album's concept begins with "Bury the Hatchet." This tells of a cult, which Ghoul defeats, attacking Ghoul in an effort to take the crystal skull in their possession. Later, the cult comes back with Killbot, defeats Ghoul, and takes over Creepsylvania. Creepsylvania becomes a fundamentalist Christian state while Ghoul waits to get revenge.
Track listing
title13 = untitled
length13 = 00:18
Personnel
Ghoul
Digestor - vocals, guitars
Dissector - vocals, guitars
Cremator - vocals, bass
Fermentor - drums, vocals
Additional personnel
Baron Samedi - Didjeridoo
Mr. Fang - Theremin and Electric Organ
Dan Randall - Mastering
Jason Kocol - Engineering
Sal Raya - Engineering
Heather Necker - Photography
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Mori Chack
Mori Chack (森チャック Mori Chakku, born on March 23, 1973) is the artist name of a Japanese graphic designer, who was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. He is famous for his Chax product line, and especially the character Gloomy Bear, a 2 m tall, violent, pink bear that eats humans. The design is an antithesis to the excessively cute products produced by Disney, Sanrio, and other companies. Mori Chack believes that humans and animals are incompatible, and an animal is wild by nature. This is expressed most pronouncedly by the Gloomy Bear, which is often shown blood stained and attacking humans. Gloomy Bear is also available in different colors with slightly different designs. There is also a Space Invaders 30th anniversary gloomy bear.
From the Cube Works press release:
Gloomy, an abandoned little bear, is rescued by Pitty (the little boy). At first, he is cute and cuddly, but becomes more wild as he grows up. Since bears do not become attached to people like dogs by nature, Gloomy attacks Pitty even though he is the owner. So Gloomy has blood on him from biting and/or scratching Pitty. The Gloomy with blood is called Chax Colony Edition.
A segment on Gloomy Bear and a short interview with Mori Chack are featured in Episode 6 of Series 2 of the BBC Three series Japanorama. The topic of the episode was "Kawaii", which is Japanese for "cute".
Mori Chack also created other characters in a similar style, as for example Podolly, a sheep in a wolf skin, reversing the common phrase of a wolf in a sheep skin, and Kumakikai, a robo-gloomy with rockets for feet and a soft silver vinyl body. Often, his graphics also carry a political message, as for example the drawing of the Statue of Liberty, except the figure is holding a molotov cocktail and a sign with the question "Free?".
His products are famous in Japan. He also has an elder brother, and a younger sister, who also work in graphic design.
References
External links
Chax.cc official site, in Japanese and English
Mori Chack on Vinyl-Creep
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Ahmed Jibril
Ahmed Jibril (; born c. 1938) is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC).
During the Syrian Civil War, Jibril was a notable supporter of the Assad government and PFLP-GC members helped government forces to fight the Syrian opposition. However, after clashes with rebels in Yarmouk Camp in Damascus, the PFLP-GC suffered defections and was forced to withdraw from the camp, and Jibril fled the city.
Early life
Jibril was born in Yazur a town near Jaffa in Mandatory Palestine, in 1938. His family moved to Syria, where he was raised, and where he served in the army from 1956 until 1958, rising to the rank of captain before being expelled as a suspected Communist. He founded the Palestinian Liberation Front in 1959, then joined George Habash to found the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in 1967, an armed movement that combined Arab nationalism with leftist ideology.
Break from the PFLP
In 1968 Jibril broke away from the PFLP because of disputes over the more revolutionary Marxism advocated by Habash and Nayef Hawatmeh. He formed a new organization, the pro-Syrian PFLP-General Command.
Jibril never wavered from his belief that Palestine could only be liberated through military attrition. He joined Habash and other splinter groups which opposed negotiations with the Israeli government. He launched a variety of inventive attacks, including the "Night of the Gliders" on 25 November 1987.
Leader of PFLP-GC
Samuel Katz's Israel vs. Jibril distinguishes the PFLP-GC and Jibril's strategy from the rest of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) by its emphasis on military training and equipment, and not on declarations and publicity stunts. This caused the group to fail to make a significant mark on the public debate. Since 1994's Oslo Accords, support for the PFLP-GC dwindled among Palestinians.
On 7 May 2001, the Israeli Navy seized a Palestinian boat filled with heavy weapons in the port of Haifa. Jibril is believed to have been behind the shipment of weapons, which were bound for the Gaza Strip.
During the Syrian Civil War, the PFLP-GC helped the Syrian Army to fight the Syrian rebels in and around Yarmouk Camp – a district of Damascus that is home to the biggest community of Palestinian refugees in Syria. Several members of the PFLP-GC's central committee opposed this alliance with the government and resigned in protest. By 17 December the rebels, which included Palestinians, had won control of Yarmouk. Jibril fled Damascus, reportedly for the Mediterranean city of Tartous. Palestinian left-wing groups—including the PFLP—berated Jibril and the PFLP-GC. One PFLP official said that Jibril "does not even belong to the Palestinian Left. He is closer to the extremist right-wing groups than to revolutionary leftist ones". On 18 December, the Palestinian National Council (PNC) denounced Jibril, saying it would expel him over his role in the conflict.
In a February 17, 2017 Mayadeen TV interview, the subject expressed his hope that the Iranian military with others would fully back the future Palestinian war against Israel.
Personal life
Jibril's son, Jihad Ahmed Jibril, who headed the PFLP-GC's military wing and was in line to replace Jibril as leader of the group, was killed by a car bomb in Beirut on 20 May 2002.
See also
Jibril Agreement
Kiryat Shmona massacre
References
External links
Ahmed Jibril and the PFLP-GC
How Jibril betrayed the hiding place of Gadaffi
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Ab Bandan
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Ab Bandan Nonush
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Autosticha conjugipunctata
Autosticha conjugipunctata is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by S.X. Wang in 2004. It is found in China (Henan).
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James Muir Auld
James Muir Auld (19 June 1879 – 8 June 1942) was an Australian artist. His works are signed J. Muir Auld.
James Muir Auld was born in Ashfield, New South Wales, third son of Presbyterian minister, Reverend John Auld and his wife, Georgina née Muir. James Auld attended Ashfield Public School and later, Sydney Grammar School. He worked as a clerk for the Ashfield Borough Council and enrolled in night classes in drawing at Ashfield Technical School. He spent spare time drawing and sketching the foreshores of Sydney Harbour.
Artistic career
Auld studied under J. S. Watkins and Julian Ashton, and began to exhibit at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales around 1906. He contributed black and white drawings to The Bulletin and The Sydney Mail. In 1909 he travelled to London to study the work of English painters. There he had work accepted for London Opinion and other journals. Returning to Australia about 1911, he worked in Sydney on landscapes and figure subjects, and also did some portraits. On 1 July 1914 Auld married a divorcee Maggie Kate Kane, née Bell. In 1917 The Broken Vase was bought by the National Art Gallery of New South Wales. At about this time, they also purchased a portrait of the poet Roderic Quinn. He joined the Society of Artists, Sydney about 1920 and frequently exhibited with it. In the 1920s, he joined the well-known commercial art firm, Smith and Julius, and illustrated several books.
Towards the end of his life Auld spent 11 years at Thirlmere, New South Wales, living alone. The surrounding landscape did not appear to be of an inspiring kind, but Auld's work at this period ranked with his best. Winter Morning was awarded the Wynne Prize in 1935. Auld had three one-man exhibitions at the Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, in 1928, 1936 and 1938, and had also exhibited in London and Paris. He was a foundation member of the Australian Academy of Art in 1938.
Death and legacy
Auld died of tuberculosis on 8 June 1942, survived by a daughter. He was a sound painter in the old traditions, who would not allow himself to be disturbed by the various movements which arose between the two wars. He had good colour, and was especially interested in effects of atmosphere and sunlight, which he expressed with much vitality. He is represented in the Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Manly galleries.
Selected paintings
References
Silas Clifford-Smith, 'James Muir Auld' (peer reviewed biography), Dictionary of Australian Artists Online , accessed 2 January 2010.
Bernice Murphy, 'Auld, James Muir (1879–1942)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, MUP, 1979, p. 122.
W. Moore, The Story of Australian Art;
Society of Artists Book, 1942;
Death notice, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 June 1942.
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St. Mary's Academy (Davenport, Iowa)
St. Mary's Academy is a historic building located in a residential area of the West End of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The building was built as a school building for St. Mary's Catholic Church, which is listed separately on the National Register.
History
The structure was built in the 19th century during the pastorate of the Rev. Michael Flavin who served the parish from 1871 to 1884. After the parish built a new school and convent across the street from the church during the pastorate of Msgr. J.P. Ryan the building became a home for aged women and young, single woman who worked in the city. The facility was operated by the Sisters of Mercy. It was at this time that the rear chapel addition was built. The name of the building was referred to then as St. Mary's Home. The structure was later converted into apartments.
Architecture
The building is constructed of red brick in the Romanesque Revival style. Bands of rough cut stone are placed above the windows and the same stonework frames the main entrance. The 3½ story building features a rectangular plan, a hipped roof, advanced corner and end pavilions with parapet gables, and a symmetrical front. Decorative brickwork may be found across the top of the building, just below the roofline. he main entrance is constructed of cast iron and features art glass and Greek fret decorative elements. A statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary remains in the niche at the top of the entrance tower.
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Tanna sozanensis
Tanna sozanensis is an insect, a species of cicada of the genus Tanna.
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Stupid sort
Stupid sort may refer to:
Bogosort, based on the generate and test paradigm
Gnome sort, similar to insertion sort
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Make It Better, 2000 album by Dubstar
"Make It Better (Forget About Me)", 1983 song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Vitaly Rushnitsky
Vitaly Rushnitsky (; ; born 17 January 1990) is a Belarusian footballer. As of 2019, he plays for DYuSSh-3-Stanles Pinsk.
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Paysonia
Paysonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. They are generally referred to by the common name bladderpod or mustard. The genus is endemic to southern North America. Until 2002 it was considered to be part of the genus Lesquerella but was separated based on genetic and morphological features.
Species include:
Paysonia auriculata
Paysonia densipila
Paysonia grandifloa
Paysonia lasiocarpa
Paysonia lescurii
Paysonia lyrata
Paysonia perforata
Paysonia stonensis
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Fort Raymond (Alaska)
Fort Raymond was a U.S. Army Post established in Seward, Alaska in 1942. The fort was named for Charles W. Raymond, who had served as a captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. At one point the garrison included more than 3,000 officers and men. The post was established to protect the dock and railroad facilities in Seward and included a garrison and coastal and anti aircraft artillery. These transportation facilities were critical to the buildup of military facilities throughout Alaska. Supplies and materials arriving by ship to Seward were transported to Anchorage and Interior Alaska via the Alaska Railroad.
The defense of Seward became less important after 1943 when the Japanese forces in the Aleutians were defeated and the threat of attack or invasion was greatly reduced. The construction of the deep water port in Whittier, Alaska, much closer to Anchorage, also reduced Seward's importance.
The Army troops stationed at Fort Raymond were used as stevedores when needed.
Fort Raymond was closed in 1945. The fort's hospital was quickly transferred to the Territory of Alaska by the War Assets Administration, and it was opereated as a tuberculosis sanitorium until 1957. The airfield associated with the fort remained and became Walseth Air Force Base after the U.S. Air Force was established as an independent branch of the U.S. armed forces in 1947. Walseth AFB was closed in 1948.
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John F. McGough
John Francis McGough (January 4, 1883 – April 14, 1962) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Gonzaga University in 1916 and at the University of New Mexico in 1919, compiling a career college football record of 6–2–2. McGough was also the head basketball coach at Gonzaga during the 1916–17 season and at New Mexico in 1919, amassing a career college basketball record of 6–9. He was also the head baseball coach at New Mexico from 1919 to 1920, tallying a mark of 6–5. He was later an attorney in Montana.
Coaching career
As basketball coach at Gonzaga, McGough compiled a record of 4–5. At New Mexico, his record was 2–4.
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John Olsen (Danish artist)
John Olsen (born 25 May 1938) is a Danish sculptor, illustrator and painter.
Biography
Born in Roskilde, Olsen was first trained at the Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory before studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Mogens Bøggild and Holger Jensen (1960–65). Inspired by nature, Olsen's works often emphasize details which would normally be overlooked but which he transforms into objects of beauty. His graphic works include studies of rocks or flocks of birds in Iceland or the Faroe Islands. His paintings often address birds or snowy landscapes. Olsen also draws on nature for his raw materials, making use of branches, animal skulls or stuffed birds. His creations depict nature's decay, evoking the fragility of life and the imminence of death while giving death itself beauty in its own right.
At the 1995 Venice Biennale, Olsen exhibited Resonans, a large sculpture inspired by an armadillo shell, as well as many other items based on his favourite subjects and materials. Other works from the mid-1990s include drawings he created in the sauna where charcoal and chalk interact with sweat and steam, resulting in the reddish-brown works known as Svedetegninger (Sweat Drawings).
In connection with John Olsen's 70th birthday on 25 May 2008, a retrospective exhibition of his work opened in the Johannes Larsen Museum in Kerteminde. The exhibition was later presented at other museums, including Hosltebro Museum from 13 September 2008.
Awards
In 1985, Olsen was awarded the Eckersberg Medal and, in 1997, the Thorvaldsen Medal.
References
Literature
External links
Examples of John Olsen's work from Clausens Kunsthandel
Illustrated list of John Olsen's works in Danish museums from Kunstindeks Danmark
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Rosenberg's tree frog
Hypsiboas rosenbergi (common names: Rosenberg's treefrog, Rosenberg's gladiator frog, or Rosenberg's gladiator treefrog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and northwestern Ecuador. Its name is a testimony to Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg who collected the type series, and in English, to the aggressiveness of males of the species.
Description
Males of H. rosenbergi measure on average in snout–vent length and females . It has partly webbed fingers and entirely webbed toes, and large disks in both fingers and toes. Its skin is granulated with small warts, and yellowish, greyish, or reddish in colour, with brown or blackish marbling or spots.
Reproduction
Gladiator frogs are so named because of the aggressive nature of males. Female gladiator frogs only mate with males that provide a nest. Males can acquire a nest either by building one, using a suitable water-filled depression, or conquering another male's nest; the aggressive behaviour of males relates to the third strategy. The way of acquiring a nest depends on local conditions (availability of suitable sites for nest construction or suitable natural depressions) and may differ between populations. Thus, in some populations, males do not fight, possibly reflecting high abundance of suitable nests, and reduced risk of hostile take-overs.
Habitat and conservation
H. rosenbergi inhabits primary and secondary forest, as well as in heavily altered areas such as small strips of trees in pastureland. It is considered an adaptable species that is not facing any significant threats.
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Harger
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1939 Isle of Man TT
The 1939 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the last races until 1947 due to the interruption by World War II. It was also the last of ten Isle of Man TT victories for the 34-year-old Stanley Woods in which he won the Junior TT on a Velocette at 83.19 mph and also finished in 4th place in the Senior TT race. The 250cc Lightweight TT race was a first time winner for Ted Mellors and the Benelli marque. The Senior TT race was won by the German competitor Georg Meier on a supercharged 500CC BMW Type 255 motor-cycle.
The Austrian competitor Karl Gall riding for the works BMW team crashes at Ballaugh Bridge during an evening practice session and later dies of his injuries and the effects of pneumonia in hospital.
Junior TT (350 cc) Race final standings
Monday 12 June 1939 – 7 laps (264.133 miles) Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
Fastest Lap: Harold Daniels – 85.05 mph (26’ 38.0) on lap 7.
Lightweight TT (250 cc) Race final standings
Wednesday 14 June 1939 – 7 laps (264.133 miles) Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
Fastest Lap: Stanley Woods – 78.16 mph (28’ 58.0)
Senior TT (500cc) Race final standings
Friday 16 June 1939 – 7 laps (264.133 miles) Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
Fastest Lap: Georg Meier – 90.75 mph (24’ 57.0) on lap 2.
Notes
Improvements to the course include road-widening and landscaping at the Water Works Corner.
At Sulby during practice, Georg Meier riding for BMW is timed at 111 mph.
A collision occurs on Bray Hill during lap 2 of the 1939 Junior TT Races when Sven A. Sorenson riding an Excelsior collides with H. B. Waddington and David Whitworth both riding Norton motor-cycles.
On lap 1 of the 1939 Junior TT Race, Bob Foster riding an AJS stops at the Quarterbridge to fix broken goggles. Also, Bill Beevers and H.B.Myers both riding Velocette motor-cycles crash at the Quarterbridge on the same lap.
During lap 3 of the Junior Race, Tyrell Smith slips of his Excelsior motor-cycle at Parliament Square in Ramsey and then continues after straightening the foot-rest. At the East Mountain Gate during lap 5, Marcel Simo collides with a post and crashes his Terrot motor-cycle. He suffers head and chest injuries and is taken to hospital. Also during lap 5, Freddie Frith retires at Ballaugh after holding 2nd place in the 1939 Junior TT Race.
The 1939 Lightweight Race is held in mixed weather conditions. On lap 2 of the Lightweight Race, Jock McCredie riding an Excelsior retires at Ballaugh with engine problems. Lap 3 and Omobono Tenni riding a Moto Guzzi stops at Ballaugh to change a spark-plug and retires and his team-mate Stanley Woods retires on lap 5 with engine problems at Crosby.
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Episcopal Diocese of Michigan
The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan is the Episcopal diocese comprising more than 70 congregations in the southeast part of Michigan.
The diocese traces its roots to the founding of St. Paul's, Detroit in 1824. It became a diocese of the Episcopal Church in 1836, one year before the State of Michigan entered the Union. Initially encompassing the entire Michigan Territory, it split several times to reflect a growing population, and now comprises only the densely populated southeastern portion of the state.
St. Paul's, Detroit was formally designated the cathedral of the diocese in 1912.
Location
At its foundation, one year before Michigan achieved statehood, the Diocese encompassed all of Michigan. As the church grew the bishops found it difficult to administer such a large area, and the parishes farther from Detroit desired a bishop closer to their own areas and more attuned to their local needs. To address these concerns, the diocese has divided three times. In 1875, the western half of the Lower Peninsula became the Diocese of Western Michigan. In 1895, the Upper Peninsula became the Diocese of Marquette (later renamed Diocese of Northern Michigan). Finally in 1995, the northeastern Lower Peninsula, Saginaw Valley, and Thumb areas (the northern two-thirds of its then remaining territory) became the Diocese of Eastern Michigan. As a result of these divisions, the current Diocese of Michigan includes only the Detroit Metropolitan Area and adjacent regions as far west as Lansing, Jackson, and Hillsdale.
Officially, the diocesan boundaries are as follows:
The Counties of Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe, Jackson, Washtenaw, Wayne, Ingham, Livingston, Oakland (except for Holly Township), Macomb and that portion of Clinton County south of Price Road
History
The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan was organized In the fall of 1832 by parishes in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Troy, Monroe, Ypsilanti and Tecumseh. It became the 21st diocese of the Episcopal Church of the United States. From its beginning, St. Paul’s Church in Detroit (the current Cathedral) served, initially informally until the formal designation in 1912, as the see of the diocese, and the early bishops served as rector of St. Paul’s.
In the 1800s, the diocese focused on rapidly spreading the gospel to the region. As early as the 1840s, the church began to develop urban missions in Detroit to African Americans (St. Matthew’s) and laborers (Mariners’ Church). The 1850s saw the development of missions in the Saginaw Valley and Upper Peninsula. Supporting churches in poor farming areas was a focus during this period.
The major emphasis of the diocese changed in the 1900s as the automobile industry began to prosper in Michigan. Throughout the century the financial stability of the diocese were closely tied to the development and decline of the industry in the Detroit area. The rapid rise in Detroit’s wealth and power in the 1910s and 1920s were reflected in a diocese that became one of the largest and most influential in The Episcopal Church. The suburbanization of the 1940s and 1950s led to a focus on the physical expansion in the diocese with the addition of new church buildings. The decline of Detroit in the 1970s and 1980s saw the diocese cutting back and closing parishes.
Early in the 20th century, Bishop Charles D. Williams led the diocese to discuss the church’s responsibility to the labor movement. Later Bishops Richard S. M. Emrich and Harry Coleman McGehee, Jr. began community activism around the issues of civil rights, peace, and justice. Beginning in the 1950s, the diocese debated the role of women, and later gays and lesbians, in the church.
Governance
Since 1920 the executive council (since 1995 called diocesan council) has met between conventions to continue its policy-making role. The standing committee provides advice and counsel for the bishop. Since 1875 the trustees of the diocese have managed the diocesan assets. The chancellor has since 1904 provided the bishop with legal counsel. The parishes in the diocese have been divided into regional groupings called at various times convocations, archdeaconries, area councils, and currently deaneries, that have varied over the years in number, names, and responsibilities.
Bishops
The current bishop is the Right Reverend Wendell Gibbs, one of only a few African-American bishops in the Episcopal Church. Succeeding his retirement in 2020 will be the Right Reverend Bonnie Perry . Its first bishop was Samuel Allen McCoskry, who served 1836-1878.
Samuel Allen McCoskry (1836 - 1878)
Samuel Smith Harris (1879 - 1889)
Thomas Frederick Davies, Sr. (1889 - 1905)
Charles D. Williams (1906 - 1923)
Herman Page (1924 - 1939)
Frank W. Creighton (1940 - 1948)
Richard S. M. Emrich (1948 - 1973)
Harry Coleman McGehee, Jr. (1973 - 1990)
R. Stewart Wood (1990 - 2000)
Wendell Gibbs (2000 - 2020)
Bonnie Perry (2020-)
References
External links
Official web site of the Diocese of Michigan
Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Michigan
Michigan, Episcopal Diocese of
Diocese of Michigan
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Milwińska Huta
Milwińska Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Luzino, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Luzino, south-west of Wejherowo, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
References
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Astra 5B
Astra 5B is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES. It was launched as SES' 56th satellite in March 2014, to the newest of the Astra orbital positions for direct to home (DTH) satellite TV, at 31.5°E for DTH, DTT and cable use in Eastern Europe,.
The satellite will replace the Astra 1G satellite currently at 31.5°E, which is itself filling in at that position after the loss of the Astra 5A satellite (originally called Sirius 2) in 2009 Astra 2C was first used at 31.5°E to replace Astra 5A, with Astra 1G positioned there in 2010.
Astra 5B is the third satellite to be launched of four ordered together by SES from Astrium (now Airbus Defence and Space) in 2009. The similar Astra 2E and Astra 2F were launched to Astra 28.2°E before Astra 5B in 2013 and 2012, respectively, and the fourth, Astra 2G was launched later, in 2014.
Market
The Astra 5B satellite provided two Ku-band broadcast beams, each of horizontal and vertical polarisation, across two footprints, called the High Power beam and the Wide beam.
The High Power beam provides reception on a 50 cm dish in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and the Caucasus to the Black Sea.
The Wide beam enables reception on a 60 cm dish over the same area and in addition, the Baltic and much of Eastern Russia.
Within these reception areas, Astra 5B will provide capacity for DTH broadcasting, direct-to-cable, and contribution feeds to digital terrestrial television networks.
The satellite will also carry a hosted L-band payload for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
History
Astra 5B was ordered by SES in 2009 and built by Airbus Defence and Space (formerly Astrium) on the Eurostar E3000 platform. The launch was originally scheduled for launch in the second quarter of 2013 but that launch was cancelled because the other satellite (Optus 10) which was due to accompany Astra 5B on the Ariane 5 launch was pulled from the manifest pending a possible sale of Optus.
The launch was then planned for December 6, 2013 with Hispasat's Amazonas 4A satellite as the co-passenger but it was announced in November that the launch had been postponed until January 2014 by delays to the availability of the Amazonas craft. Finally, Ariane 5 VA216 was launched on March 22, 2014.
Astra 5B began commercial operation on June 2, 2014 and by the end of June 2014 had 18 active transponders carrying channels for eastern Europe.
See also
Astra 31.5°E orbital position
Astra 5A previous satellite replaced
Astra 1G co-located satellite
SES satellite operator
Astra satellite family
References
External links
OnAstra - Official Astra consumers/viewers' site
SES - Official SES trade/industry site
SES guide to receiving Astra satellites
SES guide to channels broadcasting on Astra satellites
Astra 31.5°E orbital position Website
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