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Späth-Arboretum
The Späth-Arboretum (3.5 hectares) is an arboretum now maintained by the Humboldt University of Berlin. It is located at Späthstraße 80/81, Berlin, Germany, and open several days per week in the warmer months.
The arboretum was begun in 1879 by Franz Ludwig Späth, owner of the world's largest and oldest tree nursery (Späth nursery, founded 1720), when he expanded the garden around his 1874 villa. Berlin city gardener Gustav Meyer designed the arboretum in the style of an English garden. On Franz's death in 1913, ownership passed to his son Hellmut, who added a rock garden to the centre in 1928. The first arboretum catalogue published in 1930 listed almost 4,500 taxa.
Hellmut was executed in Sachsenhausen in 1945; ownership passed to a trust in 1947, and then to the people in 1949. When the university's Institute for Special Botany was created, it was given the villa and arboretum as its home in 1961. In 1966 the grounds were opened to the public four Sundays a year for concerts, a tradition which continues to this day. In 1969 the institute became affiliated with the university's Museum of Natural History, and in 1981 a series of six postal stamps entitled "Rare trees from the Arboretum" was issued.
Today the arboretum contains more than 1,200 exotic trees and bushes from Asia, Africa, and America for research and display. Its total holdings include about 4,000 plant species with a systematic collection of herbaceous plants, medicinal and aromatic garden, and rock garden.
See also
Botanical Garden in Berlin
List of botanical gardens in Germany
External links
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Späth-Arboretum
Garden map
Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum entry
Berlin.de entry
Berlin Tourismus Online entry
Berlin Treptow-Köpenick: Arboretum at the Humboldt-University
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Kuranakh mine
The Kuranakh mine is one of the largest gold mines in Russia and in the world. The mine is located in Siberia. The mine has estimated reserves of 5.04 million oz of gold.
References
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Dancehall Queen (Robyn song)
"Dancehall Queen" is a song by Swedish recording artist Robyn, taken from her fifth studio album, Body Talk Pt. 1 (2010). The song was written by Klas Åhlund, who produced it with disc jockey Diplo. The initial writing and production of the song arose from a discussion by Robyn, Diplo and Åhlund about Ace of Base. The song features a dancehall and reggae-infused sound with 1980s synths and subwoofers. It was released as a promotional single before the album was launched in April 2010.
The song received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Some praised its hook and chorus, while others dismissed its overall sound. "Dancehall Queen" charted at number fifty-six on the Sverigetopplistan chart and was listed there for only a week. The accompanying music video, released in November 2010, was directed by Diplo, Red Foxx and Pomp&Clout. It resembles a karaoke tape with sing-along lyrics on the bottom of the screen. Robyn herself does not appear in the clip.
Background
In November 2009, a video of Robyn and Diplo working on "Dancehall Queen" in the studio was posted onto YouTube. The song originally leaked onto the Internet in February 2010, under the title "No Hassle". In an interview with music website Stereogum, Robyn spoke of the song's origin, saying; "We [Robyn, Diplo and Klas Åhlund] were talking about Ace of Base and we were just having fun with that kind of genre music. And the idea of making this song came out of that discussion. It was fun. We really connected on something where music that you might put in one box becomes something else, depending on how you look at it." In an interview with music magazine Pitchfork, she spoke of the song's musical style, stating;
"Dancehall Queen" was released digitally in the US on 13 April 2010, and on 28 April 2010 in Sweden. It was one of three promotional singles released before the album's release.
Composition
"Dancehall Queen" was written by Klas Åhlund, who produced the song with Diplo. The piece is a dancehall song, with influences of reggae. The song incorporates 1980s dancehall synths and subwoofer wobbles. Nate Chinen of The New York Times called the song "an ode to 1990s Euro-dub". Noel Gardner of Drowned in Sound called it a "modern equivalent" of 10cc's "Dreadlock Holiday". The song utilizes electrified Caribbean sounds, influenced by Ace of Base. According to Ben Norman of About.com, Robyn "raggas her way through a laid back and bouncy electronic atmosphere". The chorus features Robyn singing "I still run this thing like a dancehall queen/I really don't want no hassle." The song also includes a shoutout to Sleng Teng; "I came to dance, not to socialize." According to Marc Hogan of Pitchfork, the song's title is a "sideways allusion" to ABBA.
Reception
Marc Hogan of Pitchfork called the song a "so-wrong-it's-right collaboration with tastemaking Philadelphia DJ/producer Diplo." Hogan wrote that "It's here, dancing, with a chorus that Santigold and Gwen Stefani might kill for, that Robyn is free from all the worries that are "killing" her at the album's start." Christopher Muther of The Boston Globe wrote that "[Robyn's] take on Jamaican music has the potential to reek of day-old Ace of Bass", but called it "surprisingly solid". Noel Gardner of Drowned in Sound called it "frankly peculiar", and wrote, "It’s evidently laced with irony, and is possibly the most fun tune on here". Luke Lewis of NME wrote a mixed review of the song, stating, "It feels less authentic, especially on ‘Dancefloor Queen’, a misfiring collaboration with Diplo that features the least convincing patois this side of a George Lamb radio show."
Ben Norman of About.com wrote, "Nothing against 'Dancehall Queen,' but it just isn't the Robyn people have come to love." Robbie Daw of Idolator called it "subtle", and wrote that "it’s hard to imagine this song being worked as a single", but concluded saying that it "definitely has an infectious hook". Anthony Balderrama of Consequence of Sound wrote that the song "is what you’d expect to hear: a smooth beat and an international sound, but nothing you’ll keep on repeat. It seems like a match made in heaven, but ultimately it’s fairly safe." Matthew Horton of BBC Music called the song "superfluous".
The song entered the Sverigetopplistan chart at its peak position of number fifty-six, before dropping out the next week. The song also peaked at number fifty-one on the Swedish Digital Chart.
Music video
The music video for "Dancehall Queen" was directed by Diplo, Red Foxx and Pomp&Clout. It premiered on 29 November 2010 via Robyn's official YouTube account. Ryan Staake of Pomp&Clout referred the video to as a "really weird VHS/karaoke video". The video resembles a faded karaoke tape with occasional sing-along lyrics on the bottom of the screen. Robyn does not appear in the video. Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork said that the video is "complete with awkward/sexy dancing and footage of bustling city life". Erika Brooks Adickman of Idolator wrote a mixed review of the clip, stating, "We’re guessing Robyn didn’t want the “hassle” of appearing, so instead we’re treated to—seemingly—random grainy footage of the streets of Japan and gyrating women as the words of the chorus appear karaoke-style on the screen. We can say one good thing about the flick, if you were confused about the song’s lyrics, they’re fairly easy to read."
The video features dancing Japanese former Jamaican Dancehall Queen Junko Kudō.
Track listing
Digital download
"Dancehall Queen" – 3:39
Credits and personnel
Klas Åhlund – music, lyrics and production
Diplo – production, instruments and programming
Niklas Flykt – mixing
Charts
References
External links
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Tide pool
Tide pools or rock pools are shallow pools of seawater that form on the rocky intertidal shore. Many of these pools exist as separate bodies of water only at low tide.
Many tide pools are habitats of especially adaptable animals that have engaged the attention of naturalists and marine biologists, as well as philosophical essayists: John Steinbeck wrote in The Log from the Sea of Cortez, "It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool."
Zones from shallow to deep
Tide pools exist in the "intertidal zone" (the area within the tidal range), which is submerged by the sea at high tides and during storms, and may receive spray from wave action. At other times the rocks may undergo other extreme conditions, baking in the sun or exposed to cold winds. Few organisms can survive such harsh conditions. Lichens and barnacles live in this zone. Different barnacle species live at very tightly constrained elevations, with tidal conditions precisely determining the exact height of an assemblage relative to sea level.
The intertidal zone is periodically exposed to sun and wind, conditions that can cause barnacles to become desiccated. These animals therefore need to be well adapted to water loss. Their calcite shells are impermeable, and they possess two plates which they slide across their mouth opening when not feeding. These plates also protect against predation.
High tide zone
The high tide zone is flooded during each high tide. Organisms must survive wave action, currents, and exposure to the sun. This zone is predominantly inhabited by seaweed and invertebrates, such as sea anemones, starfish, chitons, crabs, green algae, and mussels. Marine algae provide shelter for nudibranches and hermit crabs. The same waves and currents that make life in the high tide zone difficult bring food to filter feeders and other intertidal organisms.
Low tide zone
Also called the "lower littoral zone", this area is mostly submerged and is exposed only during unusually low tide. It often teems with life and has far more marine vegetation, especially seaweeds. There is also greater biodiversity. Organisms in this zone do not have to be as well adapted to drying out and temperature extremes. Low tide zone organisms include abalone, anemones, brown seaweed, chitons, crabs, green algae, hydroids, isopods, limpets, mussels, and sometimes even small vertebrates such as fish. These creatures can grow to larger sizes because there is more available energy and better water coverage: the water is shallow enough to allow additional sunlight for photosynthetic activity, with almost normal levels of salinity. This area is also relatively protected from large predators because of the wave action and shallow water.
Marine life
Tide pools provide a home for hardy organisms such as starfish, mussels and clams. Inhabitants must be able to deal with a frequently changing environment: fluctuations in water temperature, salinity, and oxygen content. Hazards include waves, strong currents, exposure to midday sun and predators.
Waves can dislodge mussels and draw them out to sea. Gulls pick up and drop sea urchins to break them open. Starfish prey on mussels and are eaten by gulls themselves. Black bears are known to sometimes feast on intertidal creatures at low tide. Although tide pool organisms must avoid getting washed away into the ocean, drying up in the sun, or being eaten, they depend on the tide pool's constant changes for food.
Fauna
The sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima reproduces clones of itself through a process of longitudinal fission, in which the animal splits into two parts along its length.
The sea anemone Anthopleura sola often engages in territorial fights. The white tentacles (acrorhagi), which contain stinging cells, are for fighting. The sea anemones sting each other repeatedly until one of them moves.
Some species of starfish can regenerate lost arms. Most species must retain an intact central part of the body to be able to regenerate, but a few can regrow from a single ray. The regeneration of these stars is possible because the vital organs are in the arms.
Flora
Sea palms (Postelsia) look similar to palm trees. They live in the middle to upper intertidal zones in areas with greater wave action. High wave action may increase nutrient availability and moves the blades of the thallus, allowing more sunlight to reach the organism so that it can photosynthesize. In addition, the constant wave action removes competitors, such as the mussel species Mytilus californianus.
Recent studies have shown that Postelsia grows in greater numbers when such competition exists; a control group with no competition produced fewer offspring than an experimental group with mussels; from this it is thought that the mussels provide protection for the developing gametophytes. Alternatively, the mussels may prevent the growth of competing algae such as Corallina or Halosaccion, allowing Postelsia to grow freely after wave action has eliminated the mussels.
See also
Intertidal fish
List of British Isles rockpool life
Rocky shore
Sydney inter-tidal rock pools
References
External links
Tidal swimming pools in Britain
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Valbandon
Valbandon () is a village in the municipality of Fažana, in Istria County, Croatia. In 2011 it had a population of 1626.
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Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee is a 1999 novel by Meera Syal that was later adapted into a three-part BBC television miniseries in 2005.
Story outline
Childhood friends Tania (Laila Rouass), Sunita (Meera Syal) and Chila (Ayesha Dharker) are now in their 30s and at a crossroads in life. But their friendship still holds them together.
Sunita, the eldest, used to be 'super swot' until she flunked out of university to marry her psychotherapist sweetheart, Akaash (Sanjeev Bhaskar). Then she turned into 'SuperMummyji'. Now she feels trapped by two kids and an unfulfilling job.'Gob Almighty' Tania is the ambitious career girl who's left her family and 'community' behind. Speaking her mind got her into trouble but out of Ilford.
The baby of the gang, sweet, naive Chila, is getting married. She's bagged the Prince Charming of Chigwell himself, Deepak Sharma (Ace Bhatti) - the man of her dreams. But he has a catalogue of former girlfriends - including Tania.
As well as starring in the programme, Meera Syal wrote the novel from which Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee is adapted.
Both heart-warming and heartbreaking, it's inspired by the juxtaposition of two news stories running in the same newspaper, on the same day: One headlined 'Asian Women Top the Graduate League' and on the opposite page 'Asian Women Top the Suicide and Self Harm League'. Meera admits: "It disturbed me profoundly to see evidence of how much we can achieve, laced with our ability to destroy ourselves. It made me want to look at my life and the lives of my friends, all of whom were going through seismic changes in our belief systems and relationships."
Cast
Music
The music was especially commissioned and composed by Nick Green and Tristin Norwell. The Strings were recorded by Chandru.
Release details
1999, UK, Doubleday (), Pub date 1 October 1999, hardback (First edition)
External links
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New Orleans Privateers
The New Orleans Privateers are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of New Orleans (also known locally as UNO), located in the Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The Privateers compete in NCAA intercollegiate athletics as a member of the Southland Conference at the Division I level.
History
UNO's athletic teams participated in NCAA Division II from 1969 to 1975 before moving to Division I and becoming a charter member of the Sun Belt Conference. In December 2009, the LSU Board approved a proposal from UNO to move its athletic program from Division I to Division III following a drop in enrollment and associated budget cuts following Hurricane Katrina. The school submitted an application in May 2010 and in June 2010, received initial approval from the NCAA Division III Membership Committee to move forward with its transition. The school originally announced that it intended to add football, along with women's golf and women's soccer as part of the transition to NCAA Division III.
UNO left the Sun Belt on June 30, 2010 and competed as an NCAA Division I Independent in all sports during the 2010–11 academic year as part of the transition from Division I. Following the findings of the financial analysis and institutional research, the LSU Board of Supervisors meetings approved the move down from Division I to Division II instead of Division III. UNO was placed on the NCAA Division II Membership Committee spring agenda, to compete in Division II sports. The Privateers added women's golf, men's cross country and women's cross country to reach Division II’s minimum requirement of 10 sports. UNO was to begin playing at the Division II level and competing as an independent team during the provisional 2011–12 academic year before becoming a full member of Division II and member of the Gulf South Conference in 2012–13.
On March 7, 2012, however, UNO President Dr. Peter Fos announced that UNO would remain in Division I. On August 21, 2012, UNO announced that it would be joining the Southland Conference, effective the 2013–2014 academic year.
Sports sponsored
Baseball
Head coach – Blake Dean
The UNO baseball team plays its home games at Maestri Field at Privateer Park. New Orleans's most notable baseball rivals are LSU and Tulane. Despite being a relative newcomer to college baseball, the UNO baseball team has a history of fielding competitive teams. Most of the early success belongs to Ron Maestri who led the team to the Division II World Series in 1974. After making the jump to Division I, Maestri once again brought success to the Privateers. In 1984, the Privateers became the first university in Louisiana to make the Division I College World Series. During the tenure of Tom Walter, the Privateers made post-season appearances in 2007 (as an automatic qualifier) & 2008 (as an at-large).
Augie Schmidt won the Golden Spikes Award with the Privateers in 1982.
Privateers in the majors
Privateers baseball has seen a number of alumni go on to Major League careers, including:
Jim Bullinger
Randy Bush
Thomas Diamond
Roger Erickson
Johnny Giavotella
Mark Higgins
Eric Rasmussen
Joe Slusarski
Brian Traxler
Jason Waddell
Wally Whitehurst
Ted Wood
Men's basketball
Head coach – Mark Slessinger
The Privateers play at 8,933-seat Lakefront Arena.
UNO qualified for four NCAA tournaments in 10 seasons between 1987 and 1996, and for a fifth in 2017. UNO won the Sun Belt Conference in 1978 and '96. Tim Floyd coached UNO to tournaments in 1991 and '93, and is currently the head coach for the University of Texas at El Paso. The Privateers have been ranked nationally four times: 1987, '91, '93 and '96. The highest rank was 16th by the Associated Press in 1987. The schools best winning percentage (23-7/.767) came when it was an NCAA Division I Independent in 1983. In the 2017 NCAA tournament, UNO earned an automatic bid by winning the Southland Conference tournament. They played in the East Region of the First Four, losing to Mount St. Mary's 66–67.
NCAA Tournament history:
Tournament appearances: 5
Final Fours: 0
NCAA Tournament record: 1–5
Privateers in the NBA
Wilbur Holland
Wayne Cooper
Ledell Eackles
Ronnie Grandison
Tony Harris
Ervin Johnson
Michael McDonald
Dedric Willoughby
Women's basketball
Head coach – Keeshawn Carter Davenport
Head coach Keeshawn Davenport, previously served as a student-athlete, graduate assistant and assistant coach on team's coached by Joey Favaloro and Amy Champion. The Privateers play at 8,933-seat Lakefront Arena.
On March 19, 1983, the Buck-ettes as they were known, won their third game in three days in Amarillo, Texas defeating Memphis 68–58 to win the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The team previously defeated Weber State (100–70) in the semifinals and Texas Tech (66–65) in the quarterfinals.
Women's beach volleyball
Head coach – Millicent Van Norden
The New Orleans Privateers women's beach volleyball team competes in the Southland Conference. The program was founded in 2015.
1Women's golf was dropped and substituted with Women's sand volleyball beginning with the 2014–15 season.
2Beach volleyball is a fully sanctioned NCAA sport which had its first national championship in the spring of 2016.
Men's golf
Head coach – Chris McCarter
Men's and women's tennis
Head coach – Burzis Kanga
The UNO men's tennis team is currently a member of the Southland Conference as an affiliate member. The teams home venue is the University Tennis Center.
All-Americans for the UNO tennis team include Kanga in the early 1980s and more recently, the doubles' team of Hossam Meligy and Ricardo Campos. Meligy and Campos received Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American honors in 2012 at the NCAA Division II level as part of the school's intended transition.
Men's and women's track and field/cross country
Head coach – Benjamin Dalton
The men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams was reinstated in 2012–13, a year after the cross country program was reinstated in 2011–12. All six programs were cut in 2006 following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Both the men's and women's outdoor track and field teams hold their home meets at Tad Gormley Stadium. Lake Oaks Park is the home course for the men's and women's cross country teams.
In 2000, the UNO women's cross country team won the Sunbelt Conference championship, making it the only female team in school history to win a conference championship.
Volleyball
Head coach – Kim Young-Buford
Women's Volleyball is coached by Kim Young-Buford, who came to UNO from Grambling in 2010. Her tenure at UNO began with a 23-match home regular season win streak. Nicky Valenti, one of the school's all-time dig leaders and a native of River Ridge, La. serves as Young-Buford's assistant. The Privateers play their home matches in the 1,760-seat Human Performance Center.
The volleyball program won the Sun Belt Conference West Division championship in 2009 under former head coach Jozsef Forman. The division championship was the first of its kind for the Privateer program. Former Privateer volleyball players include former NCAA Division I career kills leader Javonne Brooks. Brooks broke the collegiate women's volleyball record for career kills in a 3–0 win over UT-Pan American on October 29, 1992. The 5'10" senior from Wharton, Texas broke the old record 2,767 held by Long Beach State's Tara Cross. Brooks finished with 2,932 kills and in 2005 was named the Sun Belt's All-Time Greatest Volleyball Player.
Former varsity sports
Women's golf
Women's gymnastics
Men's and women's soccer
Softball
Men's and women's swimming and divingFormer coaches of the UNO program include U.S. Olympian Ashley Tappin, current Florida International head coach Randy Horner, and James Winchester. The women's program originally competed from 1983–1992 with the men competing from 1988–1992. The women were reinstated in 2004 with the men following in 2008. The team has called the UNO Aquatic Center at Lakefront Arena as its home. The facility was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in Aug. 2005 with the team resuming competing in the pool ahead of the 2009 men's home opener against Stanford. In 2011 the university cut the swimming programs as part of the transition to Division II. Without a conference home the teams competed independent during the 2010–11 academic year with minimal members.
Men's and women's tennis
Non-varsity sports
Football
1965–1970
The university fielded a club football team from 1965–1970 and it was the first team sport played at UNO. The team had a modest beginning, losing 21–0 to Loyola University-New Orleans in their only game in 1965. The Privateers played two games in 1966, finishing 1–1, beating Spring Hill College for their first victory ever but losing 20–6 to Loyola once again. The Privateers recorded their first winning season in 1967, finishing 2–1, but lost to Loyola for the third year in a row.
In 1968 head coach Tom Gruber directed the Privateers to a 3–1 record, defeating cross-town rival Loyola to win the South District championship of the National Club Football Association. That same year the Privateers finished the season ranked 8th in the NCFA national poll. George Baud, a Privateer defensive lineman was named a club football All-American as well.
In 1969 the Privateers, under new coach Dale Hoffpauir, again beat Loyola and finished 3–2–1, repeating as the South District champs and attaining a No. 4 preseason national ranking in the NCFA poll. The 1969 season was the first in which the Privateers played under the UNO banner rather than LSUNO, even though it would be five more years before the university officially became the University of New Orleans. Also in 1969, the Privateers moved their home field to East Jefferson Stadium from Tad Gormley Stadium where they had played their first four seasons.
The 1970 Privateers played a seven-game schedule, finishing 3–4 but winning the South District for the third consecutive season because of their 2–0 district record which included a victory over Loyola. 1970 again saw a change in venue for the Privateers as they alternated home games between East Jefferson Stadium and West Jefferson Stadium.
In its first six seasons of football, UNO's overall record was 12–10–1 with three district championships. The series record with arch-rival Loyola stands at 3–3. UNO owns a 2–0 advantage over Nicholls State after beating the Colonels in 1969 and 1970. The Privateers did play the Tulane JV squad in 1970 at Tulane, with the Green Wave beating UNO 56–13. UNO's Founding Chancellor Homer Hitt recalled the six years of Privateer football as a "kind of glory period for LSUNO. We competed with schools from all over, including Loyola and Nicholls."
1971–2007
In 1971, when club football programs faded and the NCFA folded, UNO dropped the program while Nicholls State, a club football rival of the Privateers, elevated their team to full intercollegiate status. UNO had considered expanding its football program to a fully funded level, but it was thought to be too costly at the time. The club football team had spent $22,000 in 1970. Doc Costanza stated in his 1989 Driftwood article on UNO football: "When one considers the costs and benefits of a modern college football team, it seems that it may have been a mistake for UNO to phase out its team rather than expand it."
Between 1971 and 2007 there were several unsuccessful attempts to establish NCAA football at UNO. In 1984, UNO Football, Inc. was organized by Professor Stephen Ambrose to secure the funding for a full-fledged Division I football program at UNO. Dr. Ambrose was ambitious. He was quoted by the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate in April, 1984 as offering this scenario: "September 1990: LSU 58, UNO 0. September 1991: LSU 28, UNO 7. And then in the third year...watch out!" UNO athletic director Ron Maestri was also supportive of the plan to bring football to UNO at the time. He was quoted in the same Morning Advocate article as saying, "Our students are hooked on football. They attend LSU and Tulane games. Students, faculty and staff can rally around a football program. It's a dimension most other major universities have." But because the 1980s were times of financial crisis in Louisiana and because academic and athletic budgets were being slashed around the state, the fundraising drive for UNO football stalled and the idea was dropped.
In April, 2000 a proposal for non-scholarship football at UNO was released to the public. This proposal was authored by Roy Raspanti, former executive director of the UNO Athletic Association. In May, 2000 the UNO Athletic Association was reorganized as the Privateer Athletic Foundation. During then-AD Bob Brown's tenure, a PAF committee was formed to study the feasibility of football at UNO. The committee researched the issues extensively, but no action was ever taken to move forward with implementing the football program. UNO went 38 years without football until the club program was revived for the 2008 season.
2008–2011
Football was reinstated in 2008 with the university's admissions director, Andy Benoit, as head coach. Operating on a limited budget and with only eight players, the Privateers set out to raise the funds and build a team in order to play. In their first season on the gridiron, the Privateers played two games and drew 3,700 fans to its first game at Tad Gormley Stadium; which was the teams home stadium from 2008–2011. During the 2008 season, UNO club football outdrew NCAA Division I, II and III programs for some of their home games. The 2009 season saw UNO finish with a 5–3 record.
In 2010, the team finished with a record of 7–2 and won the 2010 NCFA National Championship.
In 2011, the team played under the direction of Sean Santos and later Austin Thomas.
2012
The 2012 season played at Pan American Stadium was suspended due to fielding players who were not enrolled at UNO; claims that the season was cancelled due to budget cuts were incorrect as club football was privately funded.
Future endeavors
UNO has not fielded a team since the 2012 season and the UNO athletic department is studying the feasibility of fielding a football team on the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level.
New Orleans Privateers traditions
Fight song
The official fight song of The University of New Orleans is "Let's hear it for UNO." The song was adopted after a competition in 1981. The winner was Lois Ostrolenk. Before this, the melody from William Tell Overture was used. A variation of the overture is still played to honor this tradition.
Mascot
At one time the mascot was Lafitte the Instigator, an anthropomorphized alligator dressed as a pirate, as seen in a 2013 video posted on the Southland Conference's YouTube channel.
A new mascot, Capt. Bruno, debuted as part of a "Let the Good Times Roll" parade through campus on February 23, 2017.
See also
List of NCAA Division I institutions
References
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Samy Houri
Samy Houri (born August 9, 1985 in Asnières-sur-Seine) is a French footballer currently playing for Belfort in the Championnat National.
Career
-1999 : Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien
2001–2002 : AS Saint-Étienne (L2)
2002–2003 : AS Saint-Étienne (CFA)
2003–2004 : AS Saint-Étienne (L2)
2004–2005 : AS Saint-Étienne (L1)
2005–2006 : AS Saint-Étienne (L1)
2006–2007 : AS Saint-Étienne (Championnat National) (loan)
2007–2008 : Paris FC (Championnat National) (loan)
2008–2009 : AS Saint-Étienne (L1)
Titles
Champion in Ligue 2 in 2004 AS Saint-Étienne
Premier match in Ligue 1 : 11 January 2006, FC Metz – AS Saint-Étienne (0–1)
June 2001 : 3e du Tournoi de Salerne
February 2002 : 2e du Tournoi de l'Atlantique
May 2002 : Vice-Champion d'Europe des Months de 17 ans
Statistics
3 matches in L1
6 matches in L2
65 matches (12 buts) in National
79 matches (10 buts) in CFA
External links
References
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Goal kick
A goal kick, called a goalie kick in some regions, is a method of restarting play in a game of association football. Its procedure is dictated by Law 16 of the Laws of the Game.
Award
A goal kick is awarded to the defending team when the ball goes out of the field of play by crossing, either on the ground or in the air, the goal line, without a goal being scored, when the last person to touch the ball was from the attacking team. If the last person to touch the ball was a member of the defending side, a corner kick is instead awarded to the attackers.
A goal kick is awarded to the defending team when the ball goes directly into the goal, having last been touched by the attacking team, from a situation in which the laws do not permit an attacking goal to be scored directly. These are:
an indirect free kick
a throw-in
a dropped ball
Procedure
The referee signals a goal kick by pointing downwards towards the goal area from which the kick is to be taken.
The ball must be stationary and on the ground within the kicking team's goal area (also known as the six-yard box). All opposing players must be outside the penalty area until the ball is in play. The ball must be kicked (a goalkeeper may not pick up the ball).
The ball becomes in play as soon as it is kicked and clearly moves. The player taking the goal kick cannot touch the ball a second time until another player touches the ball.
A goal can be scored directly from a goal kick against the opposing team. An own goal cannot be scored from a goal kick; in the highly unlikely circumstance that the ball enters the kicker's own goal before being touched by another player, a corner kick is awarded.
A player may not be penalized for offside directly from a goal kick.
Goal kicks are most often taken by goalkeepers, but this is not compulsory under the laws of the game.
Infringements
If the kick is taken with a moving ball, or from the wrong place, the goal kick is retaken.
Opponents must attempt to leave the penalty area before the goal kick is taken. However, if a "quick" goal kick is taken while an opponent is attempting to leave the penalty area, that opponent may touch or challenge for the ball once it is in play.
If an opposing player deliberately remains inside the penalty area, or enters the penalty area before the goal kick is taken, the goal kick is retaken. If this happens a number of times, the opposing player is booked for persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game.
A player who excessively delays the restart of play is cautioned.
If the kicker touches the ball a second time before it has been touched by another player, an indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team from the place where the offence occurred, unless the second touch was also a more serious handling offence, which is punished by a direct free kick (or a penalty kick if within the penalty area and the kicker was not the goalkeeper) for the opposing team.
History
Before 1863
Analogues of the goal kick are found in early codes of football. The first published set of rules for any code of football, that of Rugby School (1845), featured a "kick out" from ten yards or twenty-five yards after a team touched the ball down in its own goal area. This was the ancestor of the 22-metre drop out in modern rugby union. A similar 25-yard "kick out" is found in the first version of the Sheffield rules (1858).
The Cambridge rules of 1856 provided for a kick-out from "not more than ten paces", while the Melbourne Football Club rules of 1859 stipulated a 20-yard "kick off". Published laws of the Eton field game (1857) and Harrow football (1858), meanwhile, provided for a defensive kick-off from the goal-line itself whenever the ball went behind the goal without the attacking team scoring.
The 1863 FA rules
The original FA rules of 1863 defined the "free kick from the goal line", the ancestor of the goal-kick, thus:
There are several differences between this "free kick from the goal line" and the modern goal-kick:
It was awarded when the defensive team was the first to touch the ball down after it had crossed the goal-line. This contrasts with modern association football, which awards the goal-kick against the last team to touch the ball before it went out of play.
It was taken from the goal line itself.
It was taken in line with the spot where the ball was touched down.
It could be taken "in such manner as the kicker may think fit"—i.e. as a punt, drop-kick, or place-kick.
It was not possible for a player to be offside from such a kick, a feature of the laws that has remained constant to the present day.
Early developments (1863-1873)
In 1866, the law was changed to award a goal-kick to the defending team regardless of which team touched the ball. (If the attacking team touched the ball down, it was awarded a "touch down", which served as a tie-breaker if the match ended level on goals; however the defending team was still awarded a goal-kick.)
In 1867, following an amendment proposed by Wanderers FC, the law was simplified; both the requirement for a touch-down, and the short-lived "touch-down" tiebreaker, were completely removed from the laws. The goal-kick could now be taken from any point "within six yards from the limit of [the] goal", and the opponents were forbidden from approaching within six yards of the ball.
The 1867 law was criticized for allowing defenders and goalkeepers to kick the ball out of play over the goal line, in the knowledge that they would be rewarded with possession from the ensuing restart.
This state of affairs lasted until 1872, when the corner-kick law was introduced from Sheffield rules football. Under the 1872 law, a goal-kick could be awarded only when the ball was kicked directly over the goal (by either side). When the ball crossed the goal-line to the side of the goal, a corner-kick was awarded to either the attacking or defensive side, depending on which team last touched the ball before it went out of play.
This law was rewritten the next year (1873) on the basis of a proposal by Great Marlow FC: a goal kick was awarded when the ball was kicked out of play over the goal-line by the attacking side. The kick had to be taken from within six yards of the nearest goal post. The 1873 law ran:
Subsequent changes
Name
The phrase "goal kick" is recorded in general usage as early as 1867, but does not appear in the laws of the game until 1890. Before this, phrases such as "kick it off from the goal line" were used.
Position of the kick
The goal kick of 1873 was taken from "within 6 yards of the goal post nearest the point where the ball went out of play". In 1891, pitch markings were added to define the six-yard radius from each goal-post. In 1902, the term "goal area" was introduced for the place from which the goal kick was taken; it assumed its modern dimensions as a rectangle extending six yards from each goal post. The goal-kick had to be taken from the half of the goal area nearest to the spot where the ball went out of play. This requirement was removed in 1992, when it was permitted to take the goal-kick from any point within the goal-area. This change was made in order to "eliminate[] one of the common timewasting tactics".
Position of opponents
In 1913 and 1914, the distance opponents were required to retreat was increased from six yards to ten yards. In 1948, opponents were required to be completely outside the penalty area when the goal-kick was taken.
Putting the ball into play
In 1905, it was specified that the ball "must make a complete circuit or travel the distance of its circumference" before being in play. In 1936, after a proposal by the Scottish Football Association, a new restriction was added: it was specified that the goal-kick must leave the penalty area before becoming in play; if the ball does not leave the penalty area, the kick has to be retaken. The goalkeeper was also explicitly forbidden from "receiv[ing] the ball into his hands from a goal-kick in order that he may thereafter kick it into play". In 2019, the requirement that the ball had to leave the penalty area was removed: the ball became in-play as soon as it was kicked and clearly moved.
Scoring a goal from a goal kick
In 1890, it was forbidden to score a goal directly from a goal-kick. In 1997, the laws were amended to allow a goal to be scored directly from a goal-kick, but only against the opposing team.
Touching the ball twice from a goal kick
In 1890, the player taking the goal kick was forbidden from touching the ball a second time before it had touched another player.
Punishment for infringement
In 1890, an indirect free-kick was awarded to the opposition when the player taking the goal kick touched the ball twice. In 1939, it was clarified that this penalty did not apply if the ball was touched twice before it had entered play by leaving the penalty area—in that case the kick was to be retaken instead.
In 1905, encroachment by the opposition at a goal-kick was also punished with an indirect free-kick. This penalty was removed in 1937. In 1997, the laws explicitly stated that, in the case of encroachment by the opposition, the kick should be retaken.
Summary
This table describes all kicks awarded to the defending team after the ball goes out of play over the goal line, including the defensive corner kick from the 1872 laws.
Footnotes
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Salvia misella
Salvia misella, tropical sage, is an annual herb growing throughout tropical America, often found in semi-arid regions on disturbed bushy ground, from sea level to . It is similar, and perhaps closely related to, Salvia occidentalis, with a longer calyx () and a blue flower.
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Alberto Randegger
Alberto Randegger (13 April 1832 – 18 December 1911) was an Italian-born composer, conductor and singing teacher, best known for promoting opera and new works of British music in England during the Victorian era and for his widely used textbook on singing technique.
Life and career
Randegger was born in Trieste, Italy, the son of musician mother and schoolteacher father. He met Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, in 1850, and later became known as a great interpreter of Verdi's operas. He was a pupil of Jean Lafont in piano and of Luigi Ricci in composition.
Early career
His earliest compositions were masses and other pieces of church music and, with two other young pupils of Ricci, produced two ballets and an opera, Il Lazzarone, in 1852. In 1854 he composed another opera, Bianca Capello, at Brescia. During this period, he also served as music director of theatres in Fiume, Senigallia, Brescia and Venice.
Randegger began work in London as an organist at St. Paul's in Regent's Park from his arrival there, in 1854, until 1879. Beginning in 1857, he conducted Italian opera at the St. James's Theatre. He also became well known as a teacher of singing in London, both privately and at the Royal College of Music. Beginning in 1868, he was conductor at the Wolverhampton Festival. The same year, he was appointed professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was appointed a director and a member of the committee of management. He continued teaching at both the College and the Academy until his death. His notable pupils included sopranos Liza Lehmann, Evangeline Florence, Greta Williams and Ellen Beach Yaw; mezzo-soprano Mary Davies; tenors William Hayman Cummings and Ben Davies; baritones Charles W. Clark and Andrew Black; and basses Darrell Fancourt, Putnam Griswold, William Howland Frederick Ranalow and Robert Radford. In 1882, Randegger was elected an honorary member of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
As a composer, in addition to his early works, Randegger wrote a comic opera, The Rival Beauties (1864); the vocal scenas Medea (1869); a musical play with dramatist W. S. Gilbert, Creatures of Impulse (1871); a dramatic cantata, the 150th Psalm for soprano solo, choir, orchestra, and organ (1872); Fridolin (1873); two scenes for soprano and orchestra, Medea (1869) and Sappho (1875); Funeral Anthem, in memory of the Prince Consort; The Prayer of Nature (1887); and numerous other vocal pieces. He also edited several collections of vocal music and collaborated with T. J. H. Marzials on the libretto for Arthur Goring Thomas's opera Esmeralda (1883).
Carl Rosa and later years
Randegger served as musical director of the Carl Rosa Opera Company from 1879 to 1885, helping to revive interest in opera in England. In 1880, George Grove wrote: "The careful way in which the pieces are put on the stage, the number of rehearsals, the eminence of the performers and the excellence of the performers have begun to bear their legitimate fruit, and the Carl Rosa Opera Company bids fair to become a permanent English institution." Upon the resignation of Julius Benedict in 1881, he also became conductor of the Norwich Musical Festival, which he directed until 1905. There he conducted new works by Cowen, J. F. Barnett, Stanford, Alexander Mackenzie, Prout, Parry, Edward German and others, and at the 1905 Festival invited 14 British composers to conduct performances of their own works. From 1885 to 1887, he also conducted Henry Leslie's Choir. He conducted the Queen's Hall Choral Society and the first two seasons of symphony concerts at Queen's Hall from 1895 to 1897. Finally, from 1887 to 1898, he conducted at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and at the Royal Opera House, where he became known for his performances of Wagner, Verdi and Mozart operas.
Randegger's most important legacy, outside of his conducting, was a textbook entitled Singing, published in 1879 by Novello & Co, which is still used. In 1882, Randegger was elected an honorary member of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Randegger was married first to the actress Adeline de Leuw whom he divorced in 1892 (and who later married Hayden Coffin), and on 11 March 1897 he married the American singer Louise Baldwin (her second marriage).
Randegger died at his home in London at the age of 79.
References
Further reading
Obituary: Alberto Randegger, Born April 13, 1832; Died December 18, 1911, The Musical Times, Vol. 53, No. 827, 1 January 1912, pp. 17–18
Biography of Randegger in The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 40, No. 680, 1 October 1899, pp. 653–58
Obituary, The Times, 19 December 1911
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World Light Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)
The National Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship originally sanctioned by the National Boxing Association (NBA) and subsequently sanctioned by the National Wrestling Association (NWA), an offshoot of the NBA. The championship had an upper limit of , anyone above that limit was considered a heavyweight. The championship was created in 1930 and abandoned in the early 1960s.
In 1930 the NBA decided to try and regulate professional wrestling in the way they had tried to regulate boxing in the United States. One of their first steps was to try and clear up the World Championship picture in the hopes of establishing one generally recognized championship. To that end they sanctioned a number of world championship tournaments, including one for the World Light Heavyweight Championship. The NBA requested that contenders post as $2,500 forfeit to enter the tournament. Only three light heavyweights paid the forfeit, which meant that Pinki Gardner faced Joe Banaskie, and the winner of that match would face Hugh Nichols for the championship. Nichols won the bout and became the first NBA sanctioned World Light Heavyweight Champion. In September 1930 the NBA formed the National Wrestling Association to allow the organization to focus on pro wrestling. In 1948 a number of promoters joined together to form the National Wrestling Alliance, forming a network of promoters across the United States and within a year or two the Alliance would usurp the Association as the controlling organization. In 1958 then champion Frank Stojack was stripped of the Association championship due to not having defended it for a long period of time. Subsequently, the Association decided to sanction the Alliance's NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship when Dory Dixon defeated Al Kashey in a match overseen by presidents of both the National Wrestling Association and the National Wrestling Alliance. In the early 1960s the Association existed in name only, withdrawing their recognition of the Alliance championships but not sanctioning a separate championship.
Hugh Nichols was the first World Light Heavyweight Champion, winning the championship on April 4, 1940. The last officially sanctioned champion was Gory Guerrero, who won the championship on July 30, 1960. Danny McShain held the championship a total of ten times during his career, a record for most reigns. Frank Stojack's reign, lasting from August 10, 1953 until he was stripped of the championship on November 30, 1957, is the longest reign totaling 1,573 days. Danny McShain's third and seventh reign as champion only lasted seven days, although due to gaps in the championship history the possibility exists that someone else had a shorter reign.
Title history
Footnotes
See also
World Light Heavyweight Championship
World Light Heavyweight Championship (Australian version)
References
Light Heavyweight
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Harold W. Percival
Harold Waldwin Percival (15 April 1868 - 6 March 1953) was a philosopher and writer, best known for Thinking and Destiny, in print since 1946. Between 1904 and 1917 he published The Word. In 1950 he founded The Word Foundation, Inc. to keep Thinking and Destiny and all of his other works in print.
Biography
Harold Waldwin Percival was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, British West Indies in 1868 to parents of English descent. When his father died his mother moved to the United States, eventually settling in New York City.
Even as a young boy, Harold Percival was a seeker of truth. He was convinced that there were "wise ones" who could answer his many questions and impart knowledge. As a young man, one of his first experiences on his quest for knowledge came in 1892 when he joined the Theosophical Society. He would later help to organize the Theosophical Society Independent of New York and for many years serve as its president while also writing and lecturing.
In 1893, and twice during the next 14 years, Percival had the unique experience of being "conscious of Consciousness," a potent spiritual and noetic enlightenment. He stated that the value of that experience was that it enabled him to know about any subject by a process he called "real thinking." Because these experiences revealed to him more than was contained in Theosophy, he wanted to share this knowledge with humanity.
In 1902 Percival started to develop his own system. For over 30 years he worked on the manuscript that would lead to the writing of his magnum opus, Thinking and Destiny, now more than 65 years in print. He subsequently published three books expanding upon topics in the light of his system: Man and Woman and Child (1951), Masonry and Its Symbols (1952 ) and Democracy Is Self-Government (1952).
Between 1904 and 1917 Mr. Percival published The Word, a magazine with a worldwide circulation dedicated to the brotherhood of humanity. Percival's own articles earned him a place in Who's Who in America (1928–29).
In 1950, The Word Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, was established for the purpose of making known to the people of the world the writings of Harold W. Percival.
Influence
Percival’s works were noted as a major influence upon Richard Matheson, the famous science-fiction author. He said that his book The Path (1998) was based largely on Thinking and Destiny.
In the book, The Bhagavad Gita: The Song of the Exalted Self, 1999, by Owen Slight, the author states that Harold W. Percival’s Thinking and Destiny, like the Bhagavad Gita, reveals relevant, instructive and long lasting lessons regarding the higher self and the human plight—long lost lessons of everlasting truth contained both in the Sanskrit Bhagavad Gita and Thinking and Destiny. Both books contain complete systems of knowledge. The plight of Arjuna is shown by Percival to be our own.
Works
Books
Thinking and Destiny
Man and Woman and Child
Democracy is Self-Government
Masonry and its Symbols
Editorials
Percival wrote the following editorials for The Word between 1904 and 1917:
"Adepts, Masters and Mahatmas"
"Atmospheres"
"Birth-Death—Death-Birth"
"Breath"
"Brotherhood"
"Christ"
"Christmas Light"
"Consciousness"
"Consciousness Through Knowledge"
"Cycles"
"Desire"
"Doubt"
"Flying"
"Food"
"Form"
"Friendship"
"Glamour"
"Ghosts"
"Heaven"
"Hell"
"Hope & Fear"
"Imagination"
"Individuality"
"I In the Senses"
"Intoxications"
"Karma"
"Life"
"Living / Living Forever"
"Mirrors"
"Motion"
"Our Message"
"Personality"
"Psychic Tendencies and Development"
"Sex"
"Shadows"
"Sleep"
"Soul"
"Substance"
"Thought"
"Veil of Isis, The"
"Will"
"Wishing"
"Zodiac, The"
References
Sources
External links
The Word Foundation
Introduction to Thinking and Destiny at YouTube
On being conscious of Consciousness at YouTube
Early magazines at Harvard Library
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Buolick (disambiguation)
Buolick can refer to either:
Buolick, a civil parish in County Tipperary
Buolick (electoral division)
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Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute
The Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute at Baruch College was founded with the support of Bernard L. Schwartz in 1997 and dedicated to helping faculty integrate communication-intensive activities into course curricula. Sponsors an annual Symposium on Communication and Communication-Intensive Instruction. Operates under the office of the Provost.
The Institute is a nationally recognized academic service unit and faculty development program dedicated to infusing the curriculum with oral, written, and computer mediated communication-intensive activities to aid in undergraduates’ development as confident, purposeful and effective communicators. The Institute oversees many programs and initiatives at Baruch. These include curricular development and support of Communication-Intensive courses across the curriculum, professional development for Fellows, faculty members and staff, program assessment, educational technology, software development. The Institute has published the education weblog cac.ophony.org since 2005 and has developed the VOCAT oral communication assessment instrument since 2007. Baruch received the 2008 TIAA-CREF Institute's Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for innovative professional development programs.
Directors since 1997
Robert J. Myers (founding director) 1997-1998
George Otte 1998-2000
Paul Arpia 2000-2003
Mikhail Gershovich 2003–2013, also a professor for CIS3810 : Principles for New Media
Suzanne Epstein (Interim) 2013-2014
Heather Sample 2014-
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Chickenhawk (bird)
In the United States, chickenhawk or chicken hawk is an unofficial designation for three species of North American hawks in the family Accipitridae: Cooper's hawk, also called a quail hawk, the sharp-shinned hawk, and the red-tailed hawk. The term "chicken hawk", however, is inaccurate. Although Cooper's and sharp-shinned hawks do primarily hunt other birds, chickens do not make up a significant part of their diets; red-tailed hawks may opportunistically hunt free-range poultry, but are chiefly predators of mammals such as rodents and rabbits.
Historically, misinterpretation of the name "chicken hawk" has labelled these birds as pests, hence justifying their slaughter. Officially, per the American Ornithologists' Union's list of bird names, the term has become obsolete as applied to birds, but still enjoys widespread colloquial use in rural areas where any of the three species has been seen as a threat to small outdoor animals kept as pets or livestock, especially chickens.
While the term is still widely used by those who keep such animals, it is too ambiguous to be of any scholarly usefulness, especially since the meaning of hawk differs between America and Europe; thus, the term's propriety (or lack thereof) depends entirely upon context.
The unofficial names of other raptors that are derived from their supposed prey include: duck hawk (peregrine falcon), sparrowhawk (American kestrel), goshawk (northern goshawk), pigeon hawk (merlin), fish hawk (osprey), and quail hawk (Cooper's hawk).
In popular culture
Henery Hawk was a cartoon character created by Chuck Jones and Robert McKimson in the Looney Tunes series. The premise of this character was that he was too young to know what a chicken was and hence, although having a great deal of energy, was easily tricked into thinking that other animals (usually the Barnyard Dawg or Sylvester) were chickens. The character Foghorn Leghorn was introduced to complement the Henery Hawk character, but quickly eclipsed him in popularity. He, along with the rest of the Looney Tunes cast, returned in the latest Looney Tunes installment, a sitcom called The Looney Tunes Show. In addition to the aforementioned Henery Hawk, Looney Tunes features chicken hawks Elvis and Pappy.
Jim Henson's Animal Show featured Armstrong the Chickenhawk (performed by Bill Barretta) who is the show's expert on birds.
References
The stars of Looney Tunes.
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Aviaco Flight 118
Aviaco Flight 118 was a Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle operated by Aviaco that crashed in the village of Montrove, Spain on 13 August 1973, while attempting to land at Alvedro Airport in heavy fog. The aircraft crashed into an abandoned farmhouse approximately from the airport. All 85 persons on board perished in the crash and subsequent fire. One person in the village also died.
Flight 118 was a seasonal daily flight from Madrid to A Coruña favoured by tourists. Local news reports indicated that AV-118 was a special "vacation flight" run by Aviaco during the summer season, so as to provide easy access to Galicia's numerous ocean-side resorts.
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Eager Bodies
Eager Bodies () is a 2003 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli.
Cast
Laura Smet - Charlotte
Nicolas Duvauchelle - Paul
Marie Denarnaud - Ninon
- La Mère
References
External links
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Matic Marcius
Matic Marcius (born 1 February 1997) is a Slovenian football forward who plays for NK Drava Ptuj.
References
External links
NZS profile
UEFA profile
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List of Even Stevens episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the Disney Channel Original Series, Even Stevens. The series ran from June 17, 2000, to June 2, 2003 with 65 episodes produced spanning 3 seasons.
Series overview
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Episodes
Season 1 (2000–01)
Season 2 (2001–02)
Season 3 (2002–03)
Series finale movie
External links
List of Even Stevens episodes at the Internet Movie Database
List of Even Stevens episodes at TV.com.
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9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
Organization
The 9th West Virginia was organized at Guyandotte, in western Virginia between November 28, 1861, and April 30, 1862. Its major was congressman Kellian Whaley.
In April 1862, two periods of recruitments were made with the earlier at Cottageville. About two weeks later, Company K was recruited from those who worked the riverboats and repair out of Kanawha Harbor and the other landings. These were often detailed on board to protect the packetboats and river crossings. They were recruited by Col. Kellian Whaley and Lt. Col. William C. Starr. Starr was the General Manager of the Hartford Salt Works and familiar with the river logistics workers. Kellian Whaley, of the timber business, was also familiar with the riverboat repairmen in supplying material and wood fuel to the steamboat business. Elements of the 9th WVIR and 8th WVIR were stationed at Point Pleasant, W. Va., District of the Kanawha, W. Va., Dept. of the Ohio, October, 1862 to March, 1863. Theodore Lang writes, "The regiment was composed largely of refugees, who, having been driven from home, were fighting with a desperation that was not excelled by any troops in any army." Joe Geiger (Vol 54 1995:28-41) writes of 1861, "July 13, however, the Second Kentucky moved into the Kanawha Valley and civil chaos in the county resumed unchecked."
This organizing Union infantry was recruited from the counties along the Ohio, Kanawha and Little Kanawha rivers and their tributaries. During this recruiting phase, it was first attached to the District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, to May, 1862. It was transferred to the 4th Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia, to September, 1862. Next, it was reassigned to the District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1863. The 9th was assigned to Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to February, 1863. Its following command was under the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. After this, the 9th was assigned to its home region to the 1st Brigade, Scammon's Division, West Virginia, to August, 1863. Change in command structure led the 9th Infantry to its home area command of the 2nd Brigade, Scammon's Division, West Virginia, to December, 1863. As West Virginia was now recognized as a state, the 9th was assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. The 9th Infantry's last command assignment was the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to November, 1864.
Initial service: 1861-62
From November to July, 1861, the recruits were assigned to garrison duty in the Kanawha Valley with detachments at Fayette, Gauley Bridge, Summersville, Point Pleasant, Coalsmouth and Calhoun until July, 1862. Some companies scouted in Roane and Clay Counties from May 8 to the 21st. Companies "A" and "F" saw action at Summersville on July 25. They moved over to Flat Top Mountain on July 28 and then to the battles at Summersville and Gauley August 14. The Union had ordered 5,000 troops away from the Kanawha region to Virginia which led to the Second Battle of Bull Run. Albert G. Jenkins and his 550 Confederate Cavalry took advantage of this weakening in the region. They took control of the towns from Monroe County to Jackson County and raided from there into Ohio during the month of August, 1862. Some claim it was a diversion tactic.
Meanwhile, General William W. Loring pushed back Joseph A. J. Lightburn at Fayetteville to Charleston on September 11. Lightburn and the staff made the plan and the dispatch was sent. Elements fought at Cotton Hill and Gauley Ferry on September 11 and again at Charleston on September 13, slowing Loring's advance. This allowed time for an armada of packets and barges to assist evacuations during the Battle of Charleston. The flotilla of barges and civilian packets evacuated the salt miners, residents and civilian government during the "Confederate Overrun of Charleston, West Virginia". The local privateer packets had small cannons. They were alongside of the 9th at the mouth of Elk River and the 5th Infantry on the Kanawha, firing into the main Confederate columns coming down the Kanawha River until all the civil boats and barges were well underway to Point Pleasant. Then Lightburn's cavalry fought their way back to the road to Ravenswood drawing away some of Loring's cavalry while privateers blasted into the Confederate Infantry, but, was followed by Confederate field artiliary.
Having held their line, the 9th and 5th infantry began their boarding side boats and moving the skirmish line down river towards Point Pleasant. Loring's infantry fight progressed down the Kanawha shores well above the refugee fleet seemingly going to take the fight all the way to the mouth of the river. Lightburn had figured on rejoining the frontline troops at the mouth of the Kanawha where an Ohio artillery detachment set a trap for Loring's troops. Some historians have regarded this as one of the most intelligent execution of a military recall and retreat manoeuvre exercised. But, Loring knew when to stop his push. The Confederate occupation of six weeks was for the salt from which they caravan to the south to keep their meats supply from spooling.
A counter-assault took the Union some time to reorganize and was executed from October 21 to November 10, 1862. The 9th and 5th were a part of the Union expedition up the Kanawha Valley by boat and horse. General Loring withdrew and left the salt works destroyed. Stationed at Point Pleasant to guard the packets and refugees, the K-Company had a significant number civilian steamboat workers recruited.
1863-64
From January to June, 1863, the 9th Infantry was ordered to Winchester and then Beverly. They scouted to Wardensville, Strasburg, and the area from April 25 to the 30th. They were at Winchester on May the 4th. The 9th marched to West Creek arriving on May 23 and back again to Winchester June 18. After these skirmishes and battles they were recalled to their routine sentry duty guarding river fords and towns in the Kanawha Valley until May, 1864. They were the sentry line on the West Virginia shores during the Battle of Buffington Island.
In the spring of 1864, the 9th was ordered to join George Crook's expedition against the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad which took place from May 2 to the 19th. They took action at Cloyd's Mountain on May 9 and at New River Bridge on May 10. Some elements were at Cove Mountain or Grassy Lick near Wytheville on May 10, also. The 9th fought at Salt Pond Mountain and Gap Mountain on May 12 and the 13th. Soon afterwards, they were assigned to Major General David Hunter's expedition against Lynchburg from May 26 to July 1. They fought at Lexington on June 11, moved on to battle at Diamond Hill June 17 and marched to the battle at Lynchburg on June 17 and July 18. A recall was ordered and July 9 retreated to Charleston from June 19 to July 1. Moving from there, they were at Buford's Gap June 20 and around the Salem area on June 21.
The 9th skirmished the Shenandoah Valley from July 12 to 15. The marched to Stephenson's Depot July 20. They were at the Battle of Kernstown, Winchester, July 23 to 24th and Martinsburg on July 25. Several of the best men were selected for detached service in Blazer's Scouts, a mounted unit that was to guard supply lines and combat John S. Mosby's rangers.
The 9th West Virginia Infantry was a part of Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August from 6th to November 1. They were at Halltown August 24 and 26 and Berryville September 3. They participated in the Battle of Opequon, Winchester, September 19. They moved on to Fisher's Hill September 22. From there, the 9th took part in the Battle of Cedar Creek on October 19. From there, they marched to Camp Russell and remained until November, 1864.
The 9th West Virginia was amalgamated with 5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment on November 9, 1864, to create the 1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
After the war, General Isaac H. Duval recounted, "We were in some defeats as well as many victories, and in our defeats and retreats the Ninth Regiment was never panic-stricken, but always came off as it went into battle, shoulder to shoulder. We never allowed the enemy to go through us in advancing or retreating."
Casualties
The 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment suffered 3 Officers and 96 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds, and 1 officer and 107 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 207 fatalities.
Colonels
Colonel Leonard Skinner, December, 1861.
Lieutenant-colonel William C. Starr, December, 1861.
Major Benjamin M. Skinner December, 1861.
Colonel Isaac H. Duval, September 9, 1862.
Colonel Carr B. White, Brigade Commander May 9, 1864.
References
The Civil War Archive
See also
West Virginia Units in the Civil War
West Virginia in the Civil War
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BuzMuzik
BuzMuzik was a short-lived viewer-controlled British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group. Unlike MinX, another short lived music channel by CSC, its run lasted for two years compared to the other channel's 1 month life. It launched on 30 May 2012, the launch date having slipped back several times from an initially mooted February opening.
History
The channel launched in the slot previously occupied by Chart Show TV +1. On Sky, this space was previously used by NME TV from November 2007 to January 2012, and MinX for six weeks prior to that. NME TV had also been broadcasting on Freesat since February 2011.
BuzMuzik played a range of current and contemporary hits, and included viewer-voted selection shows in a similar manner to the Most Requested shows on The Vault. The channel also promotes its use of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter as a means of interacting with its audience.
Closure
The BuzMuzik channel ceased broadcasts in early April 2014; the closure followed CSC's purchase in late 2013 of the similar Starz TV service on Sky 371, which had been operating as a standalone channel under the ownership of Cloud One Television Ltd. The final broadcast of the text-chat matrix on BuzMuzik was on Tuesday 1 April.
Programming
The channel's programming were divided into different hours-long blocks like Weekend Warm-Up and Buz Hot One; unlike Starz TV which divided blocks into days-long ones.
BuzMuzik was available from - on Sky channel 372 and Freesat channel 505, and was part of a bouquet of music channels owned by CSC Media.
On-air identity
The screen graphics featured, in the right hand side, a "runup" list of the latest tweets that either include @BuzMusik on social medias or messages from the text. Most of these were replied by BuzMusik itself. In the middle side, there was a small box featuring the latest video requests that used three-digit codes. In the left side, different photos on social medias sent by users were shown.
References
External links
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Republic of the Congo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The Republic of the Congo competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Results by event
Athletics
Men's 100m metres
David N'Koua
Heat — 10.96 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800m metres
Symphorien Samba
Heat — 1:51.75 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Addo Ndala
Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
Gilles Coudray
Heat – 28.11 (→ did not advance, 69th place)
References
Official Olympic Reports
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Telemiami
Telemiami is a cable television station broadcasting from Miami, Florida. Since its official launch over 30 years ago, it has created a Spanish-language television alternative for South Florida's Hispanic audiences. The station transmits 24 hours a day on local cable systems and was recently launched on AT&T’s U-verse throughout the state of Florida on channel 20.
Programming
The station’s programming currently focuses on the needs and interests of the local Hispanic community present in South Florida. Telemiami broadcasts original, locally produced news and entertainment shows along with several top-rated programs from Spain’s award-winning Antena 3 International network. The former mentioned, leader in international programming, provides Telemiami with access to all of its programming.
Telemiami also gives its viewers the option to speak with the hosts, presenters, newscasters and guests in its broadcast. In some of the station’s live segments, the audience is invited to call the studio where they will be able to question the invited experts, candidates for public office, etc., and to express their opinions freely on the issues under discussion.
Some of the station’s most watched shows include “¿Dónde Estás Corazón?” (Where Are You Darling?), “El Diario” (a daily talk show), and “El Informativo” (TV News).
Channels
AT&T U-verse // South Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, Palm Beach) 20
AT&T U-verse // Central Florida (Orlando) 20
AT&T U-verse // North Florida (Jacksonville) 20
Comcast Miami // City of Miami / Opalocka 80
Comcast North // North Miami Beach, Aventura, Northeast and Northwest Dade 80
Comcast South Dade // Pinecrest, South Miami 80
Comcast West // Sweetwater, Coral Gables, Hialeah, Miami Springs 80
Comcast Broward // All Broward County 80
Comcast // South Dade, Doral, Homestead, Key Biscayne, Florida City 80
Atlantic Broadband // Miami Beach, Bal Harbour Islands, South Miami 82
Comcast Monroe // Monroe County 80
Florida's Hispanic Market
The Hispanic market in Florida is significant in size and is also rapidly growing.
There are now around 19 million Hispanics living in Florida, making up the largest minority group (which can be referred to as a minority-majority). The percentage of total Hispanic presence in South Florida is even more impressive: of the 2,373,297 people living in Miami-Dade County, 63% are Hispanic or Latino. This has created a powerful, growing market for television stations like Telemiami, which are concentrating on the Hispanic audience's interests.
Audience and Growth
Telemiami's audience has grown with the station, which is now broadcasting to over 1,500,000 households and over 3,750,000 viewers throughout Florida. The station's audience is primarily Hispanic, between the ages of 25-75.
References
Florida Quickfacts from the U.S. Census.
External links
Telemiami's Homepage
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Pershore Town F.C.
Pershore Town Football Club (generally known simply as Pershore Town) are an English football (soccer) club based in Pershore, Worcestershire, England, and are members of the .
History
The club was established in 1988 by the merger of three clubs, Pershore United, Pershore Rec. Rovers and junior club Pershore Bullets. The new club joined the Midland Football Combination in 1989, initially in Division Two, where they were champions at the first attempt. The following season they were promoted again, this time to the Premier Division.
In the 1993–94 season they were crowned Midland Combination Premier Division champions and also reached the final qualifying round for the FA Cup which saw them featured on the BBC before their 3–1 loss at home to Yeading.
After their title win they were among the founder members of the newly formed Midland Football Alliance, where they spent six seasons before succumbing to relegation back to the Midland Combination Premier Division. In 1998 Pershore Town absorbed Worcester Athletico. For the 2019–20 season, the club applied to join the Hellenic Football League but were instead placed in the West Midlands (Regional) League.
Club records
Best league performance: 14th in Midland Football Alliance, 1995–96
Best FA Cup performance: 4th qualifying round, 1993–94
Best FA Vase performance: 3rd round proper, 1995–96
References
External links
Official website
Pyramid Passion feature on their ground
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Shen Fu (director)
Shen Fu (; 23 March 1905 – 27 April 1994) was a Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor, born in Tianjin. During 1930s he was associated with Lianhua Film Company in Shanghai. His Myriad of Lights (1948) was selected as one of the 100 best 20th-century Chinese films by Asia Weekly. It also ranks #91 in Hong Kong Film Academy's poll of the 100 best Chinese-language films.
Selected filmography
Lianhua Symphony (1937) (director of a segment, screenplay, actor)
Myriad of Lights (The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes) (1949) (director, screenplay)
Crows and Sparrows (1949) (screenplay)
Li Shizhen (1956) (director)
References
External links
Shen Fu at the Chinese Movie Database
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Claudia Gerhardt
Claudia Gerhardt (born 18 January 1966) is a retired German athlete who specialised in the long jump. She represented her country at two indoor and one outdoor World Championships. In addition, she won the bronze medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships.
Her personal bests in the event are 6.82 metres outdoors (0.0 m/s, Gladbeck 1996) and 6.83 metres indoors (Dortmund 1996).
Competition record
References
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Mathematicians in Love
Mathematicians in Love is a science fiction novel written by Rudy Rucker.
Plot summary
Bela and Paul are working towards their Ph.Ds under the direction of a mad math genius named Roland Haut, they invent a para-computer called "GoBubble" that predicts the future. They are both involved in a love triangle with Alma.
Reception
Publishers Weekly in their review said that "Rucker cleverly pulls off a romantic comedy about mathematicians in love" and that "While most of the mathematical flights may stun hapless mathophobes, Rucker's wild characters, off-the-wall situations and wicked political riffs prove that writing SF spoofs, like Bela's rock music avocation, "beats the hell out of publishing a math paper." Carl Hays in his review for Booklist said that "in a riotously twisting plot, complete with hypertunnels, alien shellfish from a parallel universe, and an improbable resolution to the threesome’s romantic dilemma, Rucker pulls out all the stops for one of his most entertaining yarns to date."
Notes
External links
Rudy Rucker's notes
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List of flags of Moldova
The following is a list of flags of Moldova.
National flag and State flag
Autonomous regions flags
Governmental flags
Military flag
Historical flags
For flags of Moldova as part of Romania (southern 1856 - 1878; all 1918 - 1940 and 1941 - 1944) see List of flags of Romania.
Municipal flags
External links
Moldova at Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry
Category:Lists and galleries of flags
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Dean Benjamin McLaughlin
Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (born October 25, 1901, Brooklyn, New York CIty; died December 8, 1965, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US) was an American astronomer. He was a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan. He was the father of the science fiction author Dean B. McLaughlin, Jr. He received his B.S. (1923), his M.S. (1924) and his Ph.D. (1927) all from Michigan.
In 1954 he proposed the theory that there are volcanoes on Mars and that their eruptions change the albedo features called "mare" (The martian equivalent of Lunar mare). His proposal was partially confirmed in 1971 with the arrival of Mariner 9, which showed that strong winds could move dust around the planet, creating the changes of appearance formerly attributed to some kind of vegetation .
A crater on Mars was named in his honor, as is the crater McLaughlin on the far side of the Moon and the asteroid 2024 McLaughlin. In 2014 NASA scientists announced they had discovered evidence of water in Mars' McLaughlin Crater.
See also
Richard Alfred Rossiter
Rossiter–McLaughlin effect
References
External links
Dean B. McLaughlin, Faculty History Project, U. Michigan
The Ghosts of Astronomers Past by Rudi Paul Lindner
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Paul Stewart (racing driver)
Paul Stewart (born 29 October 1965 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a former racing driver and the son of three-times Formula One World Champion Jackie Stewart. Stewart competed in Formula Ford 2000 in 1988, the British Formula 3 Championship from 1989 to 1990 and in Formula 3000 from 1991 to 1993, both for his Paul Stewart Racing team. During the period, he was a teammate of Marco Apicella in 1991, David Coulthard in 1992 and Gil de Ferran in 1993. De Ferran won the first victory for the team in 1993. Thereafter, Stewart gave up his career as a driver and decided to concentrate on his role as team manager from 1994. The team won eight team championships in F3, 1992 to 1994, and 1996 to 2000.
In 1996, he and Jackie formed Stewart Grand Prix, which competed in Formula One from to . At the end of 1999, Ford purchased the team, which became Jaguar Racing from and subsequently Red Bull Racing in .
Personal life
Stewart married his wife Victoria in 1993 and has four sons.
Health
In September 1999, Stewart was diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis. A second colonoscopy in January 2000, did not detect cancerous cells. Further problems arose after Stewart was diagnosed with bowel cancer in April 2000. Upon hearing the news, he stepped down as Chief Operating Officer for Jaguar Racing and subsequently travelled to the Mayo Clinic for treatment. A CAT scan showed no signs of cancer returning.
Career summary
See also
List of people diagnosed with ulcerative colitis
References
External links
Profile, Grandprix.com
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University of Technology and Management
The MIT University, Meghalaya (formerly known as University of Technology and Management, Shillong) is a state private university established in 2011, in accordance with Section 3 of the UGC Act. The university is located in Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya, within the union of India. It is the first Indian university to introduce cloud computing engineering as a field of study, in collaboration with IBM.
MIT University, Meghalaya is sponsored by the MIT Group of Institutions Pune.
Academics
It offers specialized programs in travel, tourism, finance, retail, engineering and technology sectors. The academic courses at MIT University, Shillong include BBA in Digital Marketing, Hospitality Travel and Tourism, Finance, Marketing and Retail and BTech in cloud computing and Oil and Gas Informatics.
Former Pro Vice Chancellors
Dr. S.N Suri (2010-2013)
Professor Avinash Singh (2013-2014)
Dr. Mukesh Saxena (2014–2017)
Dr. Debmalya Bhattacharya(2017-present)
References
External links
IBM & UTM Collaboration.
Reasons to Join UTM, Shillong.
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Lari Ketner
Lari Arthur Ketner (February 1, 1977 – October 10, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. A , forward/center, Ketner played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 49th overall pick (second round) of the 1999 NBA draft.
Career
Ketner played in two National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons for three teams: Chicago Bulls (1999-2000), Cleveland Cavaliers (1999–2000) and Indiana Pacers (2000-01). After his brief NBA career, Lari tried a few minor league basketball teams. He played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Fort Wayne Fury and Idaho Stampede. On January 1, 2005 while standing outside of a nightclub talking to associates, Lari was shot eight times by an unknown person, ultimately ending his basketball career. Lari later followed his passion of working with disadvantaged children by working at several group homes in his hometown of Philadelphia.
Personal life
On August 28, 2013, at 36 years old, Lari Ketner was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. After being diagnosed with cancer, Ketner completed the three courses needed to receive his bachelor's degree from University of Massachusetts Amherst, he completed his final course in August 2014 and received his degree. Lari was married to Aquarius Ketner and was the father of three children and stepfather of two. He resided in Indianapolis, Indiana. He died on October 10, 2014 in Avon, Indiana, from colon cancer at age 37.
References
External links
Profile, basketball-reference.com
Profile, UMassHoops.com
Profile, NBA.com
Profile, sportsillustrated.cnn.com
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Renaissance (1964 film)
Renaissance (also known as Renesans) is a 1964 French animation and short film directed by Walerian Borowczyk.
Plot
Cast
References
External links
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Club Sesso
Club Sesso, officially Ron Jeremy's Club Sesso, was a sex club for swingers that operated in Portland, Oregon from 2009 to 2015.
Description and history
Club Sesso opened at 824 Southwest 1st Avenue in downtown Portland on June 19, 2009. The club was endorsed by American pornographic film actor Ron Jeremy and billed as an "upscale, high-energy swingers club" where members could engage in sexual activities.
In June 2014, Portland Fire and Rescue denied a permit to the club due to its incomplete renovation. On June 28, while Club Sesso was hosting an anniversary party, a fire inspector determined that the business was in violation of city code. However, fire marshal Doug Jones, who was not on duty that evening, intervened and overruled the inspector's ruling, saying "that there would be no repercussions from the Fire Bureau as a result of the lack of permits".
In June 2015, owner Paul Smith announced that Club Sesso was closing due to legal fees, which reached nearly $100,000. He said of the club's closure, "Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, and the continual and substantial nonlitigation legal fees during the past year, and our inability to reach reasonable agreements with the various government agencies involved, Club Sesso is no longer able to stay in business. Saturday June 20th will be our last event... Six years and one day after we opened." The club's last day of operations was June 20, 2015. According to Smith, lawyers are "evaluating all options in reopening" the club in the future.
In September 2016, the club reopened under new ownership with the name Club Privata.
See also
Plato's Retreat (1977–1985), a swingers' club in New York City
Vegas Red Rooster, a swingers' club in Whitney, Nevada
References
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Ted Shultz
Edwin Beswick "Ted" Shultz (November 24, 1893 – ?) was a college football player and coach.
Early years
Edwin Beswick "Ted" Shultz was born on November 24, 1893 in Logansport, Indiana to Dr. John Beswick Shultz and Anna L. Cooper. He attended Logansport High School.
Washington and Lee
Football
Shultz was a prominent All-American tackle for the Washington & Lee Generals of Washington & Lee University from 1912 to 1915. He was renowned for his size at the time, somewhere between 6 feet 2 inches and 6 feet 4 inches.
1912
Shultz was the only freshman to make the varsity this season. Shultz and captain Buck Miles were the tackles, a duo which "scintillated."
1914
Shultz was a member of the undefeated SAIAA champion 1914 team, which secured a share of the title when it finished the season with a victory over North Carolina A & M. The team included College Football Hall of Fame inductee Harry "Cy" Young.
An account of the 10 to 0 victory over Swarthmore that year reads "Left tackle Ted Shultz starred for the victors making long gains on forward passes and effecting tackles that checked Swarthmore."
1915
He was captain of W&L's 1915 team. During World War I, he played for Camp Jackson.
Basketball
Shultz also played on the basketball team.
Denver
Shultz was once a secretary for the YMCA in Denver, Colorado, and coached the freshman team of the University of Denver.
References
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Chu Fusung
Chu Fu-Sung (; 5 January 1915 – 14 June 2008) was a Republic of China politician, who served as foreign minister from December 19, 1979 until April 22, 1987. Chu died on June 14, 2008 at the age of 93.
External links
Rulers.org: June 2008 in review
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Dolichoderus brevipennis
Dolichoderus brevipennis is an extinct species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Dlussky in 2008, the fossils were found in the Bitterfeld amber.
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Horseshoe Nunatak
Horseshoe Nunatak () is a horseshoe-shaped nunatak in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica, located west of Mount Hoskins on the north side of the upper portion of Starshot Glacier. The nunatak was charted and descriptively named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition of 1964–65.
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2009 Nigeria Entertainment Awards
The 2009 Nigeria Entertainment Awards was held at Howard University Cramton Auditorium on June 9, 2009. It was hosted by Omoni Oboli and Ebbe Bassey
Awards
Best Album of the Year
Entertainer (D'Banj)
My P (Naeto C)
Unstoppable (Tuface)
Undareyted (Dare)
Talk About It (MI)
Hottest Single of the Year
"Big Boy" (Eldee)
"Good or Bad" (J Martins)
"Shayo" (Durella)
"Bumper to Bumper" (Wande Coal)
"Efi Mile" (YQ Ft Dagrin)
Best New Act of the Year
MI
Durella
YQ
J Martins
Bigiano
Gospel Artist of the Year
Midnight Crew
Nikki Laoye
Roof Top Mcs
Lara George
Yinka Aiyefele
Music Producer of the Year
Eldee
ID Cabasa
Jay Slick
Cohbams Asuquo
Don Jazzy
Best Rapper
Mode 9
MI
Naeto C
Ikechukwu
Sauce Kid
Best Music Video of the Year
"Kini Big Deal" (Neato C)
"Suddenly" (D’Banj)
"Not the Girl" (Dare)
"Good or Bad" (J Martins)
"Bosi Gbangba" (Eldee)
Best International Artist
Banky W
Naira
Iceberg Slim
Asa
Kelly Handsome
Best International Promoter of the Year
Dapo Kush
Tunes
Kid Konnect
Keno
Dognomite
Event of the Year
Sisi Ologe (Lagos)
Nigerian Reunion (US)
Rhythm Unplugged
This Day/Arise NY Fash Week (US)
Miss Nigeria USA
Best World DJ
DJ X Chris
DJ Snoop Da Damaga
DJ Sose
DJ Mighty Mike
DJ Neptune
Best Comedian
I Go Dye
Klint De Drunk
Tee A
Ayo Makun
Jedi
Best Actor
Desmond Elliot
Jim Iyke
Saheed Balogun
Ramsey Noah
Mike Ezuronye
Best Actress
Mercy Johnson
Omotola Jalade
Rita Dominic
Genevieve Nnaji
Funke Akindele
Indigenous Artist of the Year
Yinka Ayifele
Pasuma
Toba Gold
Dagrin
9ice
References
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Dublin Ladies' Senior Football Championship
The Dublin Ladies' Senior Football Championship is the senior Ladies' Gaelic football competition featuring clubs affiliated to the Dublin GAA. Ballyboden St. Enda's are the competitions most successful club, having won 10 titles. Between 2000 and 2008 they completed a nine-in-a-row. They won their tenth title in 2010. In more recent seasons, the most successful club has been Foxrock–Cabinteely. Between 2015 and 2019 they completed a five-in-a-row. The winners of the Dublin Senior Ladies' Football Championship are awarded the Michael Murphy Perpetual Cup. They also qualify to play in the Leinster Ladies Senior Club Football Championship and if they win that, they qualify for the All-Ireland Ladies Club Football Championship.
Finals
The winners of the Dublin Senior Ladies' Football Championship qualify to play in the Leinster Ladies Senior Club Football Championship and if they win that, they qualify for the All-Ireland Ladies Club Football Championship. Ballyboden St. Enda's, Portobello, Na Fianna and Foxrock–Cabinteely have all gone on to win Leinster titles. Ballyboden St. Enda's have also won two All-Irelands. Between 2015 and 2019 Foxrock–Cabinteely completed a five-in-a-row of Dublin and Leinster doubles.
Notes
Winners by club
Ballyboden St. Enda's are the competitions most successful club, having won 10 titles. Between 2000 and 2008 they completed a nine-in-a-row. Naomh Mearnóg ended their monopoly of championships when they defeated them in the 2008 semi-final. They won their tenth title in 2010. Portobello were the dominant club during the 1990s. After winning their first title in 1992, they completed a five-in-a-row between 1995 and 1999. In more recent seasons, the most successful club has been Foxrock–Cabinteely between 2015 and 2019 they completed a five-in-a-row.
Trophy
The winners of the Dublin Senior Ladies' Football Championship are awarded the Michael Murphy Perpetual Cup. The trophy was donated by the Murphy family to honour and remember their son and brother, a pilot who was Dublin GAA enthusiast.
References
External links
dublinladiesgaelic.ie
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Dewey Township
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Dewey Township, LaPorte County, Indiana
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Anna Karenina (musical)
Anna Karenina is a musical with a book and lyrics by Peter Kellogg and music by Daniel Levine. Based on the classic Leo Tolstoy novel of the same name, it focuses on the tragic title character, a fashionable but unhappily married woman, and her ill-fated liaison with Count Vronsky, which ultimately leads to her downfall. Directed by Theodore Mann, the Broadway production opened on August 26, 1992 at the Circle in the Square Theatre and ran for 46 performances. The cast included Ann Crumb in the title role and John Cunningham as Nicolai Karenin.
Synopsis
In 1870s Russia, Anna Karenina is a virtuous woman married to a government official 15 years older than she. Anna falls in love with the handsome and charming Count Alexei Vronsky, but she is torn by her loyalty to her husband and small son.
Meanwhile, Vronsky had first courted Ekaterina "Kitty" Alexandrovna Shcherbatsky, who chose him over gentleman farmer Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin. When Vronsky falls in love with Anna instead, Kitty becomes ill, and Levin, heartsick, withdraws to his country estate. Kitty and Levin finally declare their love for each other.
Anna's choice of love over duty leads to tragedy: Her affair with Vronsky is revealed, and she is shunned; eventually, she throws herself in front of an oncoming train.
Broadway production
After 18 previews, the Broadway production, directed by Theodore Mann and choreographed by Patricia Birch, and associate choreographer, Jonathan Stuart Cerullo, opened on August 26, 1992 at the Circle in the Square Theatre. In keeping with the theatre's small size (by Broadway standards), the staging included a sparse set, an almost bare stage, and only seven members in the orchestra, with orchestrations by Peter Matz. In addition to Crumb and Cunningham, the cast included Scott Wentworth as Vronsky, Gregg Edelman as Constantin Levin, Melissa Errico as Princess Kitty Scherbatssky, and Jerry Lanning as Prince Oblonsky.
Anna Karenina was received poorly by the critics. Time deemed it "earnest, intermittently moving but never quite thrilling," and The New York Times was harsher, calling the show a "series of misperceptions and errors in judgment." Other critics believed the musical's approach to be trivial, including Variety, which called the musical "comic-strip Tolstoy".
The musical ran for 46 performances. It received Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical (Ann Crumb), Best Book of a Musical, Best Score of a Musical, and Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Gregg Edelman), as well as a Drama Desk Award nomination for Lanning.
A recording of the musical released on August 7, 2007 stars Melissa Errico as Anna, Gregg Edelman as Levin, Brian d'Arcy James as Vronsky, Jeff McCarthy as Karenin, Marc Kudisch as Oblonsky and Kerry Butler as Kitty.
In 2006, a Japanese version of the Dan Levine, Peter Kellogg musical was produced and performed in Japan. The original Japan cast included Maki Ichiro, Yoshio Inoue, Hitomi Harukaze. A two-DVD-Set with a length of more than three hours of the Japanese language production is available. There is also a CD of the songs sung in Japanese.
Musical numbers
Act I
Prologue: St. Petersburg Train Station
On a Train - Anna, Vronsky, Levin, Chorus
Scene 1: Moscow train station, next morning
There's More to Life Than Love - Stiva and Anna
Scene 2: - Kitty Scherbatsky's house, later the same day
How Awful - Kitty
Would You? - Levin
In a Room - Levin, Kitty, Anna, Vronsky
Scene 3: A ball, a few days later
Waltza and Mazurka - Anna, Kitty, Vronsky, Stiva, Chorus
Scene 4: A small station between Moscow and St. Petersburg, the next night
Scene 5: Anna's house in St. Petersburg
Nothing Has Changed - Anna
Scene 6: Prince Tversky's home, that night
Lowlands - Basso
Scene 7: Croquet Lawn, several weeks later
Rumors - Chorus
Scene 8: Kitty's house
How Many Men? = Kitty
Scene 9: A small dance in St. Petersburg
We Were Dancing - Vronsky
Scene 10: On the way home
I'm Lost - Anna
Scene 11: Anna's house
Karenin's List - Karenin
Scene 12: Vronsky's apartment
Waiting for You - Anna and Vronsky
Act II
Scene 1: Anna's house, three months later
This Can't Go On - Anna, Vronsky, Karenin
Scene 2: Levin's estate and Italy
Peasant's Idyll - Chorus
That Will Serve Her Right - Levin
Scene 3: A villa in Rome
Everything's Fine - Anna and Vronsky
Scene 4: Kitty's house
Would You (Reprise) - Levin and Kitty
Scene 5: A hotel in Moscow
Everything's Fine (Reprise) - Anna
Scene 6: Karenin's house
Only at Night - Karenin
Scene 7: St. Petersburg Train Station
Finale - Anna and Chorus
References
External links
Internet Broadway Database listing
New York Times review
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Angle of incidence
Angle of incidence is a measure of deviation of something from "straight on" and may refer to:
Angle of incidence (aerodynamics), angle between a wing chord and the longitudinal axis, as distinct from angle of attack, which is relative to the airflow.
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Maltotriose
Maltotriose is a trisaccharide (three-part sugar) consisting of three glucose molecules linked with α-1,4 glycosidic bonds.
It is most commonly produced by the digestive enzyme alpha-amylase (a common enzyme in human saliva) on amylose in starch. The creation of both maltotriose and maltose during this process is due to the random manner in which alpha amylase hydrolyses α-1,4 glycosidic bonds.
It is the shortest chain oligosaccharide that can be classified as maltodextrin
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Shin Shifra
Shin Shifra (); is the pen name of Shifra Shifman Shmuelevitch (1931 – 9 February 2012), a poet, translator, writer, editor and literary academic. Shifra won multiple literature awards.
Biography
Shin Shifra, the fifth of eight children, was born in Tel Aviv and raised in Bnei Brak, in a veteran Jerusalemite family. Her father was among the first new age Jewish teachers in The Land of Israel. She studied at the Talpiot high school gymnasium for girls in Tel Aviv, and graduated from the Levinsky Seminar for Teachers in Jaffa. In addition, she studied Kabbalah, Jewish philosophy, Hebrew literature, Sumerian and Akkadian. Her first poems were published in 1953.
Shifra was on the management board of the defunct voluntary association "Amanut La’am"; she established "The Center for Arab Children's Literature" in collaboration with The Arab Academic College for Education in Israel – Haifa, under the leadership of Naim Araidi. She taught creative writing for high school students, and Ancient Near East literature at the Tel Aviv University and the Levinsky College of Education
In 1964 she married the ex-Lehi member Matityahu Shmuelevitch.
Shifra Shifman Shmuelevitch died in 2012, at the age of 80, and was buried at the Yarkon Cemetery alongside her husband.
Her personal archive is kept at the Gnazim Archive of the Hebrew Writers Association at the Tel Aviv central public library Beit Ariela.
Literary works
Shifra's greatest work, done in collaboration with Prof. Jacob Klein of the Bar-Ilan University, is the anthology of Ancient Near East poetry, on which they spent 15 years in its translation to Hebrew from Sumerian and Akkadian. It includes epic poetry, myths and song cycles such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, Enûma Eliš and a Tammuz-Ishtar song cycle.
This translation is quite unique in its coverage of works from the Ancient Near East, vs. the vast majority of ancient literature translations to Hebrew, that covers works of Western culture. The translation reveals the common base of the ancient near east mythology and the Genesis creation narrative and flood narrative, and brings to light a unique feminine narrative.
In her last years, Shifra published adaptations for children and young adults of the Sumerian and Akkadian cultural heritage. In "The Epic of Gilgamesh", she chose to present the stories of the myths via a fictitious Assyrian narrator, Kerdi-Nergal, who recites tales to King Ashurbanipal.
The common thread connecting Shifra's translations and many of her other works is the geographical location affinity linking the Land of Israel to the Middle East. She recalled that her initial interest in the literature of the Ancient Near East was sparked by her delving into the works of Nisim Aloni. This connection was central to the ideology of the Canaanism movement, to whom's members she was closely associated, especially to Yonatan Ratosh and Aharon Amir. Shifra attested that Ratosh had edited her early poems. Shifra was also on the editorial team of Ratosh's periodical "The New Keshet".
Shifra's poetry was translated into several languages, and her original works and translations were published in periodicals and literary supplements.
Works
Translations
In Those Far Days – an anthology of Sumerian and Akkadian poetry, translated into Hebrew by Shifra and Prof. Jacob Klein, published in 1996 by Am Oved and The Israeli Center for Libraries' project for translating Exemplary Literature to Hebrew.
Poetry
Poetry books published in Hebrew:
A Womanʹs Song, Machbarot Lesifrut, 1962 [Shir Isha]
The Next Step, Machbarot Lesifrut, 1968 [Ha-Tzaʹad Ha-Ba]
Desert Poems, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1972 [Shirei Midbar]
Drimias Memorial Candles (Poems 1973–1985), Am Oved, 1987 [Hatzavim Nerot Neshama]
A Woman Who Practices How to Live, Zmora-Bitan, 2001 [Isha She-Mitʹamenet Be-Lichyot: Shirim 1986–1999]
Whispering Silk, Zmora-Bitan, 2007 [Meshi Lachashta Li]
Prose
Prose Books published in Hebrew:
Adult's Books
The Sand Street (stories), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Yedioth Ahronoth, 1994 [Rehov Ha-Hol]
Woman Is Just an Arena (stories), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2012 [Isha Hi Rak Zira]
Children and Young Adults
The Epic of Gilgamesh (young adults), Am Oved, 2000 [Alilot Gilgamesh]
The Tales of Anzu the Great Eagle (children), Am Oved, 2009 [Alilot Anzu Ha-Nesher Ha-Gadol]
The Descend of Ishtar to the Underworld (young adults), Am Oved, 2012 [Alilot Inanna-Ishtar Ba-Shʹol]
Non-fiction
Non-fiction books published in Hebrew:
From the Oven to the Pool (non-fiction), Sifriat Proza Meida, 1982 [Bein Tanur Li-Vreicha]
From Ancient Stories to Kings and Prophets (non-fiction), Am Oved, 2003 [Me-Alilot Reshit Ad Melachim U-Neviʹim] This is a text book for high school students.
Words as Magic and the Magic in Words (non-fiction), Ministry of Defense, 2008 [Ha-Milim Ke-Chishuf, Ve-Ha-Kishuf She-Ba-Milim] These are transcriptions of Shifra's discourses on literature of the Ancient Near East, first broadcast as a "University on the Air" course on the Israeli Army Radio.
Editing
Jewish Literature in the Hebrew Language – by Yonatan Ratosh; introduction, notes and references by Shin Shifra, Hadar 1982
The Beginning Days – by Yonatan Ratosh; edited by Shin Shifra, Hadar 1982
Works set to music
Gil Shohat, Michal – a song cycle for Soprano and chamber orchestra.
Gil Shohat, Bathsheba – an oratorio (premiered on 23 April 2005 in Milwaukee, United States).
Gil Shohat, A Mother and Son – a fantasia in two parts for Children's choir and percussion.
Sara shoham, Mother of Mercy – for choir, written for the Li-Ron Choir.
Hagar Kadima, A Waltz to She Who Binds Her Soul to Love – for soprano, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.
Haim Rachmani, Simple – sung by Talia Eliav, from her album "Kod HaZikaron" (the memorial code).
Haim Tukachinsky, a song cycle for voice and piano, composed in 2008.
Awards
1987, 1989, 1997 – Prime Minister's Award
1992 – the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel prize, for the anthology "The Road of Sand" (רחוב החול).
1997 – the Leah Goldberg prize, also for "The Road of Sand".
1998 – the Tchernichovsky Prize for translation, for "In Those Far Days".
2001 – the Yehuda Amichai poetry prize, for "A Woman Who Practices How to Live".
2001 – the Zeev Prize for Children and Young Adult Literature, for "The Epic of Gilgamesh (young adults)".
2002 – an honorary citation from the International Board on Books for Young People, also for "The Epic of Gilgamesh (young adults)".
2004 – President's Prize for Literature (Israel), for her life works.
2007 – the Brenner Prize, for her life works.
2010 – The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture
Pseudonyms
Shifra published an article titled "No Intercourse, and With No Delight – on the Problem of the Alien Lover in Israeli Literature" in the May 1972 edition of the periodical "Aleph", under the pseudonym "Yosef Dotan".
Further reading
Shin Shifra, "In the Meadow in the Soft Grass", in "Whence did I Inherit my Poetry – writers and poets on their sources of inspiration", edited by Ruth Kartun-Blum, Yedioth Ahronoth Books, 2002, pp. 129–147
References
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Belton Hills
Belton Hills is a 22 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. It is owned and managed by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council.
This steeply sloping site has large areas of scrub, and there are some rare plant and invertebrates species. Plants include Deptford pink (flowering June-August) and bithynian vetch (flowering May–June), and a survey in 2001 recorded 667 invertebrate taxa. ts.
There is access to the site from Marine Parade.
References
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Robbins Airport
Robbins Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Danvers, Massachusetts.
References
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Category:Airports in Essex County, Massachusetts
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Las Huacas
Las Huacas may refer to:
Las Huacas, Coclé, Panama
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List of historic places in Pembina Valley
This is a list of historic places in Pembina Valley Region, Manitoba entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal.
List of historic places
See also
List of historic places in Manitoba
List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Manitoba
Pembina Valley Region
Pembina Valley Region
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2002 Asian Games medal table
The 2002 Asian Games (officially known as the 14th Asian Games) was a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan was the second South Korean city to host the Games, after Seoul in 1986. A total of 6,572 athletes—4,605 men and 1,967 women—from 44 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 38 sports divided into 419 events. The number of competing athletes was higher than the 1998 Asian Games, in which 6,544 athletes from 41 NOCs participated. It was the first time in the history of the Asian Games that all 44 member nations of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) participated in the Games. Afghanistan returned after the fall of the Taliban government in the midst of ongoing war; East Timor, newest member of the OCA made its debut; and North Korea competed for the first time in an international sporting event hosted by South Korea. Both nations marched together at the opening ceremony with a Korean Unification Flag depicting the Korean Peninsula as United Korea.
Athletes from 39 nations won at least one medal, and athletes from 27 of these nations secured at least one gold. Eight NOCs—Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, India, Singapore, Vietnam, Qatar, Philippines and Kyrgyzstan—improved their position in the general medal table compared to the 1998 Asian Games. China topped the medal table for the sixth consecutive time in the Asian Games, with 150 gold medals. Athletes from China won the most silver medals (84) and the most medals overall (308). Competitors from the South Korea led the bronze medal count with 84. South Korea also won 96 gold medals, 80 silver medals and a total of 260 medals, finishing second on the medal table. Japanese athletes claimed 189 medals in total (including 44 gold), earning third spot on the table.
Medal table
The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, followed by the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.
A total of 1,350 medals (427 gold, 421 silver and 502 bronze) were awarded. The total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals, because two bronze medals were awarded per event in 10 sports: badminton, boxing, judo, karate, sepak takraw, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, and wushu (sanshou event only).
This discrepancy is also caused by ties. In men's artistic gymnastics, a three-way tie for the gold medal in the horizontal bar meant that no silver and bronze medals were awarded; in the pommel horse, rings and parallel bars ties for first positions resulted in two golds per event, and thus no silvers were awarded; and a tie for silver in the individual all-around resulted in no bronze being awarded. In women's artistic gymnastics, ties for the gold medal in the uneven bars and floor meant that no silvers were awarded for those events. In athletics, a three-way tie in the men's high jump, and ties in the men's 3,000 m steeplechase and the women's high jump for second place meant that no bronzes were awarded for those events. In men's bowling, a tie for second place in the singles and trios resulted in two silver medals per event, and thus no bronzes were awarded; a tie for the bronze-medal position in the doubles and the team of five meant that two bronzes were awarded for each event. In softball, due to rainy weather at the final competition the ranking was decided by the results of the preliminary round and semifinals. Japan was awarded the gold medal based on its unbeaten record in the preliminary games; China and Chinese Taipei shared the silver. Those two were to have played to decide who would meet Japan in the gold-medal game. In swimming, a tie for first position in the men's 50 m freestyle resulted in two gold medals and no silver was awarded; a tie for second position in the women's 100 m freestyle meant that no bronze medal was awarded.
Changes in medal standings
On October 7, 2002, the Olympic Council of Asia announced that the bodybuilding bronze medalist in the +90 kg weight category Youssef El-Zein of Lebanon was relieved of his medal for not submitting to a drugs test. After El-Zein was disqualified, the bronze medal in the +90 kg category went to Choi Jae-Duck of South Korea (who had finished fourth).
Six days later, Japanese news agency Kyodo News reported that Indian middle distance runner Sunita Rani had tested positive for a banned substance, which was later confirmed by Lee Choon-Sup, Deputy Secretary General of the Busan Asian Games Organizing Committee; an unofficial report stated that the substance was the anabolic steroid nandrolone. Sunita had won two medals in athletics: a gold in the 1,500 m (setting an Asian Games record) and a bronze in the 5,000 m, (in which Sunita jointly bettered the Games record set by Indonesian Suprianti Sutono in Bangkok during the 1998 Asian Games with six other athletes). The Indian Chef de Mission at the Games backed Sunita—who denied using any banned drug—and asked for a "B" sample test from Bangkok, but tests were run only at the Asian Games’ Doping Control Center (AGDCC) in Seoul (the laboratory accredited by the IOC). On October 16, the AGDCC confirmed the steroid nandrolone in Sunita's urine sample; as a consequence, the OCA stripped her of both medals and dismissed her Asian Games record for the 1,500 m.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) requested the intervention of the International Association of Athletics Federations and the IOC; the samples were jointly reexamined by the World Anti-Doping Agency and the IOC Sub-Commission on Doping and Biochemistry of Sport. In January 2003, the OCA announced that the IOC Medical Director had cleared Sunita of the doping charge and that appropriate action would be taken against the AGDCC. Both of Sunita's medals were reinstated on February 4, 2003, in a ceremony attended by the Secretary General of OCA Randhir Singh and the president of the IOA Suresh Kalmadi.
See also
All-time Asian Games medal table
References
General
Specific
External links
Official Website of the Olympic Council of Asia
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Broad Eye Windmill
The Broad Eye Windmill is an historic windmill in the county town of Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The windmill is currently home to Windmill Broadcasting, and is looked after by the Friends of Broad Eye Windmill.
It operated as a mill for exactly 100 years, with the sails being removed in 1897. Over the next 100 or so years, numerous businesses operated from the Broad Eye Windmill, including a butchers, but none lasted, probably due to the restrictive curved interior of the building.
The patron of the Broad Eye Windmill is actor, TV presenter and historian Tony Robinson.
History
1700s
Despite the town having three water mills, not enough flour could be produced to feed the poor of Stafford, as large amounts were being shipped to Birmingham via the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, built in 1772 at Radford Bank. Furthermore, high prices were being charged by the water mills, as a result of the corn laws which allowed farmers and millers to charge high prices for grain and flour. This meant local people went hungry, and, to get around this problem, work started on the Broad Eye Windmill in 1796, which was completed in the early 1800s. Allotment land was made available at Broad Eye for the project, which is one of the lowest lying areas of Stafford Borough, sited next to the River Sow.
Using stone from the early Shire Hall, in its day, at a height of sixty three feet, the windmill was the highest in the Midlands and originally had a conical cap and seven floors, of which only the upper four floors were used for flour production.
1800s
In 1835, to keep up with demand, a steam engine was placed in the lower floors to keep up production when the wind wasn't blowing. However, this only partly rectified the situation, as when the mainline railway arrived in 1837, flour production could not keep up with local demand - Stafford was growing so quickly, and with new rail links, it was possible to bring in cheap flour, which meant the mill could not compete. Furthermore, due to the demand for finer, white flour which could not be produced at the Broad Eye Windmill, by 1896, the mill reached the end of its life in its intended form, and in the following year, in 1897, the sails and winding gear were removed.
1900s
In 1919, the lower part of the windmill was converted into a shop, and, from the early 1920s until 1931, it was trading as a butcher’s shop. Photographs of the windmill's time as a shop still remain. American troops used the mill as a wartime store place but it later fell derelict, before being declared a Grade II listed building in 1951.
Present day
In 1966, the Friends of Broad Eye Windmill was created to look after the mill with the idea of returning it to its former glory, whilst establishing a heritage and education centre within. They aim to renew damaged oak support beams, joists and floorboards so the next storey can be used as a museum and heritage centre. Inside the windmill lie artifacts and photographs relating to the Windmill and Stafford's industrial past. Currently, only the ground floor and basement are accessible.
The Friends of Broad Eye Windmill frequently hold open days throughout the summer, to give people an idea of what the Mill's interior is like, and to raise awareness of the renovation of the windmill. Donations towards the Windmill are always being collected, which goes towards the renovation and preservation of the Broad Eye Windmill.
Windmill Broadcasting
In 2016, Windmill Broadcasting, a local community radio station, started broadcasting from the Broad Eye Windmill. As well as being based in the Mill, the station works with the windmill members to assist with fundraising and renovation, and to help promote the windmill.
See also
List of windmills in Staffordshire
Listed buildings in Stafford (Outer Area)
References
External links
Broad Eye Windmill
Broad Eye Windmill on Facebook
Broad Eye Windmill Twitter page
Windmill Broadcasting website
Windmill Broadcasting on Facebook
Visit Stafford page on the Broad Eye Windmill
Broad Eye Windmill on Windmill World
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Omanhene
In several Akan nations of Ghana, the Omanhene (Pl. Amanhene) is the title of the supreme traditional ruler ('king') in a region or a larger town. The omanhene is the central figure and institution of the nation. He has no function in the Ghanaian state, but has an enormous effect on the people that constitute it. Today 'Hene' can be found in titles of other rulers in Ghanaian nations. For example, the chief of the Dagomba in the north of Ghana is known as the 'Dagombahene'.
The Akan omanhene and collectively the Ahemfo are major land owners, and are the heads of an essentially feudal system. They commit the land they theoretically hold in trust to caretakers.
Omanhene are appointed by Ohemma (queen mothers) that are often but not necessarily their birth mothers. Dynastic succession tends to follow a matrilineal pattern. The exception to this is found, though, in the case of the Omanhene of Elmina.
Not all Akan nations have the Omanhene as the supreme ruler. The Ashanti, for example, have as supreme ruler the person of the Asantehene ( or 'Emperor'), who is superior to the Omanhenes of Asanteman.
Distribution of Omanhenes
Ashanti Region
Juabenghene - Nana Otuo Siriboe II
Brong Ahafo Region
Central Region
Sanaahene - Nana Kofi Obiri Egyir II
Eastern Region
Greater Accra Region
Northern Region
Wulungu Naba - John S. Nabila
Volta Region
Asogli State - Togbe Afede XIV
Upper East Region
Upper West Region
Western Region
Sefwi-Anwiaso - Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi II
References
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Rysbek Jumabayev
Rysbek Jumabayev is a revered manaschi (reciter of the Kyrgyz epic Manas). He has performed around the world, including in New York and London, and parts of his recitation of Manas have been recorded by the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia.
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Vaggampalli
Vaggampalli is a village in Pamur mandal, located in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children & Youth in the United States
The National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children & Youth in the United States is a U.S. federal government committee created by the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act.
The committee advises on policies concerning improvements to the United States' response to the sex trafficking of children and youth.
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Dosh (album)
Dosh is the first solo studio album by American multi-instrumentalist Dosh. Originally released on Dinkytown Records in 2002, it was re-released on Anticon in 2003. It peaked at number 142 on the CMJ Radio 200 chart.
Critical reception
Chris Dahlen of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, saying: "Each track sounds careful but chaotic, simple but extreme, as Dosh shines the spotlight on himself and then dissolves into a dozen layers of movement." He added: "More than a drum recital or a set of nice tunes, Dosh's debut is a showcase where he can craft meticulous tracks and then blitz them with spontaneous joy." Dave Segal of East Bay Express said: "His self-titled debut album serves as a calling card to procure work with hot vocalists or MCs seeking a crafty producer with unconventional skills to burn." He called it "a deft display of technical prowess that's begging for an adventurous singer or rapper."
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Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson (; born Carl Pearson; 27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was an English mathematician and biostatistician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. He founded the world's first university statistics department at University College, London in 1911, and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics and meteorology. Pearson was also a proponent of social Darwinism and eugenics. Pearson was a protégé and biographer of Sir Francis Galton. He edited and completed both William Kingdon Clifford's Common Sense of the Exact Sciences (1885) and Isaac Todhunter's History of the Theory of Elasticity, Vol. 1 (1886–1893) and Vol. 2 (1893), following their deaths.
Biography
Pearson was born in Islington, London into a Quaker family. His father was William Pearson QC of the Inner Temple, and his mother Fanny (née Smith), and he had two siblings, Arthur and Amy. Pearson attended University College School, followed by King's College, Cambridge in 1876 to study mathematics, graduating in 1879 as Third Wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos. He then travelled to Germany to study physics at the University of Heidelberg under G H Quincke and metaphysics under Kuno Fischer. He next visited the University of Berlin, where he attended the lectures of the physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond on Darwinism (Emil was a brother of Paul du Bois-Reymond, the mathematician). Pearson also studied Roman Law, taught by Bruns and Mommsen, medieval and 16th century German Literature, and Socialism. He became an accomplished historian and Germanist and spent much of the 1880s in Berlin, Heidelberg, Vienna, Saig bei Lenzkirch, and Brixlegg. He wrote on Passion plays, religion, Goethe, Werther, as well as sex-related themes, and was a founder of the Men and Women's Club.
Pearson was offered a Germanics post at King's College, Cambridge. Comparing Cambridge students to those he knew from Germany, Karl found German students inathletic and weak. He wrote his mother, "I used to think athletics and sport was overestimated at Cambridge, but now I think it cannot be too highly valued."
On returning to England in 1880, Pearson first went to Cambridge:
In his first book, The New Werther, Pearson gives a clear indication of why he studied so many diverse subjects:
Pearson then returned to London to study law, emulating his father. Quoting Pearson's own account:
His next career move was to the Inner Temple, where he read law until 1881 (although he never practised). After this, he returned to mathematics, deputising for the mathematics professor at King's College, London in 1881 and for the professor at University College, London in 1883. In 1884, he was appointed to the Goldsmid Chair of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at University College, London. Pearson became the editor of Common Sense of the Exact Sciences (1885) when William Kingdon Clifford died. 1891 saw him also appointed to the professorship of Geometry at Gresham College; here he met Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, a zoologist who had some interesting problems requiring quantitative solutions. The collaboration, in biometry and evolutionary theory, was a fruitful one and lasted until Weldon died in 1906. Weldon introduced Pearson to Charles Darwin's cousin Francis Galton, who was interested in aspects of evolution such as heredity and eugenics. Pearson became Galton's protégé, at times to the verge of hero worship.
After Galton's death in 1911, Pearson embarked on producing his definitive biography — a three-volume tome of narrative, letters, genealogies, commentaries, and photographs — published in 1914, 1924, and 1930, with much of Pearson's own money paying for their print runs. The biography, done "to satisfy myself and without regard to traditional standards, to the needs of publishers or to the tastes of the reading public", triumphed Galton's life, work and personal heredity. He predicted that Galton, rather than Charles Darwin, would be remembered as the most prodigious grandson of Erasmus Darwin.
When Galton died, he left the residue of his estate to the University of London for a Chair in Eugenics. Pearson was the first holder of this chair — the Galton Chair of Eugenics, later the Galton Chair of Genetics—in accordance with Galton's wishes. He formed the Department of Applied Statistics (with financial support from the Drapers' Company), into which he incorporated the Biometric and Galton laboratories. He remained with the department until his retirement in 1933, and continued to work until his death at Coldharbour, Surrey on 27 April 1936.
Pearson was a "zealous" atheist and a freethinker.
Family
In 1890 Pearson married Maria Sharpe. The couple had three children: Sigrid Loetitia Pearson, Helga Sharpe Pearson, and Egon Pearson, who became a statistician himself and succeeded his father as head of the Applied Statistics Department at University College. Maria died in 1928 and in 1929 Karl married Margaret Victoria Child, a co-worker at the Biometric Laboratory. He and his family lived at 7 Well Road in Hampstead, now marked with a blue plaque.
Einstein and Pearson's work
When the 23-year-old Albert Einstein started the Olympia Academy study group in 1902, with his two younger friends, Maurice Solovine and Conrad Habicht, his first reading suggestion was Pearson's The Grammar of Science. This book covered several themes that were later to become part of the theories of Einstein and other scientists. Pearson asserted that the laws of nature are relative to the perceptive ability of the observer. Irreversibility of natural processes, he claimed, is a purely relative conception. An observer who travels at the exact velocity of light would see an eternal now, or an absence of motion. He speculated that an observer who travelled faster than light would see time reversal, similar to a cinema film being run backwards. Pearson also discussed antimatter, the fourth dimension, and wrinkles in time.
Pearson's relativity was based on idealism, in the sense of ideas or pictures in a mind. "There are many signs," he wrote, "that a sound idealism is surely replacing, as a basis for natural philosophy, the crude materialism of the older physicists." (Preface to 2nd Ed., The Grammar of Science) Further, he stated, "...science is in reality a classification and analysis of the contents of the mind..." "In truth, the field of science is much more consciousness than an external world." (Ibid., Ch. II, § 6) "Law in the scientific sense is thus essentially a product of the human mind and has no meaning apart from man." (Ibid., Ch. III, § 4)
Politics and eugenics
A eugenicist who applied his social Darwinism to entire nations, Pearson saw war against "inferior races" as a logical implication of the theory of evolution. "My view – and I think it may be called the scientific view of a nation," he wrote, "is that of an organized whole, kept up to a high pitch of internal efficiency by insuring that its numbers are substantially recruited from the better stocks, and kept up to a high pitch of external efficiency by contest, chiefly by way of war with inferior races." He reasoned that, if August Weismann's theory of germ plasm is correct, the nation is wasting money when it tries to improve people who come from poor stock.
Weismann claimed that acquired characteristics could not be inherited. Therefore, training benefits only the trained generation. Their children will not exhibit the learned improvements and, in turn, will need to be improved. "No degenerate and feeble stock will ever be converted into healthy and sound stock by the accumulated effects of education, good laws, and sanitary surroundings. Such means may render the individual members of a stock passable if not strong members of society, but the same process will have to be gone through again and again with their offspring, and this in ever-widening circles, if the stock, owing to the conditions in which society has placed it, is able to increase its numbers."
"History shows me one way, and one way only, in which a high state of civilization has been produced, namely, the struggle of race with race, and the survival of the physically and mentally fitter race. If you want to know whether the lower races of man can evolve a higher type, I fear the only course is to leave them to fight it out among themselves, and even then the struggle for existence between individual and individual, between tribe and tribe, may not be supported by that physical selection due to a particular climate on which probably so much of the Aryan's success depended."
Pearson was known in his lifetime as a prominent "freethinker" and socialist. He gave lectures on such issues as "the woman's question" (this was the era of the suffragist movement in the UK) and upon Karl Marx. His commitment to socialism and its ideals led him to refuse the offer of being created an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1920 and also to refuse a knighthood in 1935.
In The Myth of the Jewish Race Raphael and Jennifer Patai cite Karl Pearson's 1925 opposition (in the first issue of the journal Annals of Eugenics which he founded) to Jewish immigration into Britain. Pearson alleged that these immigrants "will develop into a parasitic race. [...] Taken on the average, and regarding both sexes, this alien Jewish population is somewhat inferior physically and mentally to the native population".
Contributions to biometrics
Karl Pearson was important in the founding of the school of biometrics, which was a competing theory to describe evolution and population inheritance at the turn of the 20th century. His series of eighteen papers, "Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution" established him as the founder of the biometrical school for inheritance. In fact, Pearson devoted much time during 1893 to 1904 to developing statistical techniques for biometry. These techniques, which are widely used today for statistical analysis, include the chi-squared test, standard deviation, and correlation and regression coefficients. Pearson's Law of Ancestral Heredity stated that germ plasm consisted of heritable elements inherited from the parents as well as from more distant ancestors, the proportion of which varied for different traits. Karl Pearson was a follower of Galton, and although the two differed in some respects, Pearson used a substantial amount of Francis Galton's statistical concepts in his formulation of the biometrical school for inheritance, such as the law of regression. The biometric school, unlike the Mendelians, focused not on providing a mechanism for inheritance, but rather on providing a mathematical description for inheritance that was not causal in nature. While Galton proposed a discontinuous theory of evolution, in which species would have to change via large jumps rather than small changes that built up over time, Pearson pointed out flaws in Galton's argument and actually used Galton's ideas to further a continuous theory of evolution, whereas the Mendelians favored a discontinuous theory of evolution. While Galton focused primarily on the application of statistical methods to the study of heredity, Pearson and his colleague Weldon expanded statistical reasoning to the fields of inheritance, variation, correlation, and natural and sexual selection.
For Pearson, the theory of evolution was not intended to identify a biological mechanism that explained patterns of inheritance, whereas Mendelian's theory postulated the gene as the mechanism for inheritance. Pearson criticized Bateson and other biologists for their failure to adopt biometrical techniques in their study of evolution. Pearson criticized biologists who did not focus on the statistical validity of their theories, stating that "before we can accept [any cause of a progressive change] as a factor we must have not only shown its plausibility but if possible have demonstrated its quantitative ability" Biologists had succumb to "almost metaphysical speculation as to the causes of heredity," which had replaced the process of experimental data collection that actually might allow scientists to narrow down potential theories.
For Pearson, laws of nature were useful for making accurate predictions and for concisely describing trends in observed data. Causation was the experience "that a certain sequence has occurred and recurred in the past". Thus, identifying a particular mechanism of genetics was not a worthy pursuit of biologists, who should instead focus on mathematical descriptions of empirical data. This, in part led to the fierce debate between the biometricians and the Mendelians, including Bateson. After Bateson rejected one of Pearson's manuscripts that described a new theory for the variability of an offspring, or homotyposis, Pearson and Weldon established Biometrika in 1902. Although the biometric approach to inheritance eventually lost to the Mendelian approach, the techniques Pearson and the biometricians at the time developed are vital to studies of biology and evolution today.
Awards from professional bodies
Pearson achieved widespread recognition across a range of disciplines and his membership of, and awards from, various professional bodies reflects this:
1896: elected FRS: Fellow of the Royal Society
1898: awarded the Darwin Medal
1911: awarded the honorary degree of LLD from the University of St Andrews
1911: awarded a DSc from University of London
1920: offered (and refused) the OBE
1932: awarded the Rudolf Virchow medal by the Berliner Anthropologische Gesellschaft
1935: offered (and refused) a knighthood
He was also elected an Honorary Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, University College, London and the Royal Society of Medicine, and a Member of the Actuaries' Club. A sesquicentenary conference was held in London on 23 March 2007, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Contributions to statistics
Pearson's work was all-embracing in the wide application and development of mathematical statistics, and encompassed the fields of biology, epidemiology, anthropometry, medicine, psychology and social history. In 1901, with Weldon and Galton, he founded the journal Biometrika whose object was the development of statistical theory. He edited this journal until his death. Among those who assisted Pearson in his research were a number of female mathematicians who included Beatrice Mabel Cave-Browne-Cave and Frances Cave-Browne-Cave. He also founded the journal Annals of Eugenics (now Annals of Human Genetics) in 1925. He published the Drapers' Company Research Memoirs largely to provide a record of the output of the Department of Applied Statistics not published elsewhere.
Pearson's thinking underpins many of the 'classical' statistical methods which are in common use today. Examples of his contributions are:
Correlation coefficient. The correlation coefficient (first developed by Auguste Bravais. and Francis Galton) was defined as a product-moment, and its relationship with linear regression was studied.
Method of moments. Pearson introduced moments, a concept borrowed from physics, as descriptive statistics and for the fitting of distributions to samples.
Pearson's system of continuous curves. A system of continuous univariate probability distributions that came to form the basis of the now conventional continuous probability distributions. Since the system is complete up to the fourth moment, it is a powerful complement to the Pearsonian method of moments.
Chi distance. A precursor and special case of the Mahalanobis distance.
p-value. Defined as the probability measure of the complement of the ball with the hypothesized value as center point and chi distance as radius.
Foundations of the statistical hypothesis testing theory and the statistical decision theory. In the seminal "On the criterion..." paper, Pearson proposed testing the validity of hypothesized values by evaluating the chi distance between the hypothesized and the empirically observed values via the p-value, which was proposed in the same paper. The use of preset evidence criteria, so called alpha type-I error probabilities, was later proposed by Jerzy Neyman and Egon Pearson.
Pearson's chi-squared test. A hypothesis test using normal approximation for discrete data.
Principal component analysis. The method of fitting a linear subspace to multivariate data by minimising the chi distances.
The first introduction of the histogram is usually credited to Pearson.
Publications
Pearson, Karl (1880). The New Werther. C, Kegan Paul & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1882). The Trinity: A Nineteenth Century Passion-play. Cambridge: E. Johnson.
Pearson, Karl (1887). Die Fronica. Strassburg: K.J. Trübner
Pearson, Karl (1887). The Moral Basis of Socialism. William Reeves, London.
Pearson, Karl (1888). The Ethic of Freethought. London: T. Fisher Unwin. Rep. University Press of the Pacific, 2002.
Pearson, Karl (1892). The Grammar of Science. London: Walter Scott. Dover Publications, 2004
Pearson, Karl (1892). The New University for London: A Guide to its History and a Criticism of its Defects. London: T. Fisher Unwin.
Pearson, Karl (1897). The Chances of Death and Other Studies in Evolution, 2 Vol. London: Edward Arnold.
Pearson, Karl (1904). On the Theory of Contingency and its Relation to Association and Normal Correlation. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1905). On the General Theory of Skew Correlation and Non-linear Regression. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1906). A Mathematical Theory of Random Migration. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1907). Studies in National Deterioration. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Pollard, A.F. Campbell (1907). An Experimental Study of the Stresses in Masonry Dams. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1907). A First Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Barrington, Amy (1909). A First Study of the Inheritance of Vision and of the Relative Influence of Heredity and Environment on Sight. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl; Reynolds, W. D., & Stanton, W. F. (1909). On a Practical Theory of Elliptical and Pseudo-elliptical Arches, with Special Reference to the Ideal Masonry Arch.
Pearson, Karl (1909). The Groundwork of Eugenics. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1909). The Scope and Importance to the State of the Science of National Eugenics. London: Dalau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Barrington, Amy (1910). A Preliminary Study of Extreme Alcoholism in Adults. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Elderton, Ethel M. (1910). A First Study of the Influence of Parental Alcoholism on the Physique and Ability of the Offspring. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1910). The Influence of Parental Alcoholism on the Physique and Ability of the Offspring: A Reply to the Cambridge Economists. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Elderton, Ethel M. (1910). A Second Study of the Influence of Parental Alcoholism on the Physique and Ability of the Offspring. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1911). An Attempt to Correct some of the Misstatements Made by Sir Victor Horsley and Mary D. Sturge, M.D. in the Criticisms of the Galton Laboratory Memoir: A First Study of the Influence of Parental Alcoholism, &c. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl; Nettleship, Edward, & Usher, Charles (1911–1913). A Monograph on Albinism in Man, 2 Vol. London: Dulau & Co., Ltd.
Pearson, Karl (1912). The Problem of Practical Eugenics. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1912). Tuberculosis, Heredity and Environment. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1913). On the Correlation of Fertility with Social Value: A Cooperative Study. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Jaederholm, Gustav A. (1914). Mendelism and the Problem of Mental Defect, II: On the Continuity of Mental Defect. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl; Williams, M.H., & Bell, Julia (1914). A Statistical Study of Oral Temperatures in School Children. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1914-24-30). The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton, 3 Vol. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Pearson, Karl (1915). Some Recent Misinterpretations of the Problem of Nurture and Nature. Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl; Young, A.W., & Elderton, Ethel (1918). On the Torsion Resulting from Flexure in Prisms with Cross-sections of Uni-axial Symmetry Only. Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl, & Bell, Julia (1919). A Study of the Long Bones of the English Skeleton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1920). The Science of Man: its Needs and its Prospects. Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl, & Karn, Mary Noel (1922). Study of the Data Provided by a Baby-clinic in a Large Manufacturing Town. Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1922). Francis Galton, 1822–1922: A Centenary Appreciation. Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1923). On the Relationship of Health to the Psychical and Physical Characters in School Children. Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1926). On the Skull and Portraits of George Buchanan. Edinburgh, London: Oliver & Boyd.
Articles
Pearson, Karl (1897). "On Telegony in Man," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. LX, pp. 273–283.
Pearson, Karl (1897). "On a Form of Spurious Correlation which May Arise when Indices are Used in the Measurement of Organs," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. LX, pp. 489–502.
Pearson, Karl, & Whiteley, M.A. (1899). "Data for the Problem of Evolution in Man, I: A First Study of the Variability and Correlation of the Hand," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. LXV, pp. 126–151.
Pearson, Karl, & Beeton, Mary (1899). "Data for the Problem of Evolution in Man, II: A First Study on the Inheritance of Longevity and the Selective Death-rate in Man," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. LXV, pp. 290–305.
Pearson, Karl (1900). "On the Law of Reversion," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. LXVI, pp. 140–164.
Pearson, Karl; Beeton, M., & Yule, G.U. (1900). "On the Correlation Between Duration of Life and the Number of Offspring," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. LXVII, pp. 159–179.
Pearson, Karl (1900). "On the Criterion that a Given System of Deviations from the Probable in the Case of a Correlated System of Variables is Such that it can be Reasonably Supposed to Have Arisen from Random Sampling," Philosophical Magazine, 5th Series, Vol. L, pp. 157–175.
Pearson, Karl (1901). "On Lines and Planes of Closest Fit to Systems of Points in Space," Philosophical Magazine, 6th Series, Vol. II, pp. 559–572.
Pearson, Karl (1902–1903). "The Law of Ancestral Heredity," Biometrika, Vol. II, pp. 221–229.
Pearson, Karl (1903). "On a General Theory of the Method of False Position", Philosophical Magazine, 6th Series, Vol. 5, pp. 658–668.
Pearson, Karl (1907). "On the Influence of Past Experience on Future Expectation," Philosophical Magazine, 6th Series, Vol. XIII, pp. 365–378.
Pearson, Karl, & Gibson, Winifred (1907). "Further Considerations on the Correlations of Stellar Characters," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. LXVIII, pp. 415–448.
Pearson, Karl (1930). "On a New Theory of Progressive Evolution," Annals of Eugenics, Vol. IV, Nos. 1–2, pp. 1–40.
Pearson, Karl (1931). "On the Inheritance of Mental Disease," Annals of Eugenics, Vol. IV, Nos. 3–4, pp. 362–380.
Miscellany
Pearson, Karl (1885). The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co. (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1886–1893). A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials from Galilei to the Present Time, Vol. 2, Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1889). The Elastical Researches of Barré de Saint-Venant. Cambridge University Press (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1888). The Positive Creed of Freethought: with Some Remarks on the Relation of Freethought to Socialism. Being a Lecture Delivered at South Place Institute. London: William Reeves.
Pearson, Karl (1901). National Life from the Stand-point of Science: An Address Delivered at Newcastle. London: Adam & Charles Black.
Pearson, Karl (1908). A Second Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Marital Infection. London: Dulau & Co. (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1910). Nature and Nurture, the Problem of the Future: A Presidential Address. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1911). The Academic Aspect of the Science of Eugenics: A Lecture Delivered to Undergraduates. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1912). Treasury of Human Inheritance, 2 Vol. Dulau & Co., London (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1912). Eugenics and Public Health: An Address to Public Health Officers. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1912). Darwinism, Medical Progress and Eugenics. The Cavendish Lecture: An Address to the Medical Profession. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1912). Social Problems, their Treatment, Past, Present, and Future: A Lecture. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1914). On the Handicapping of the First-born: Being a Lecture Delivered at the Galton Laboratory. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1914). Tables for Statisticians and Biometricians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1919–22). Tracts for Computers. Cambridge University Press (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1921). Side Lights on the Evolution of Man: Being a Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution. Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1922). Tables of the Incomplete Γ-Function. London: Pub. for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research by H.M. Stationery Office.
Pearson, Karl (1923). Charles Darwin, 1809–1882: An Appreciation. Being a Lecture Delivered to the Teachers of the London County Council. Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1927). The Right of the Unborn Child: Being a Lecture Delivered... to Teachers from the London County Council Schools. Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1934). Tables of the Incomplete Beta-function. Cambridge University Press. 2nd ed., 1968 (editor).
See also
Biophysics
Kikuchi Dairoku, a close friend and contemporary of Karl Pearson at University College School and Cambridge University
Scientific racism
References
Most of the biographical information above is taken from the Karl Pearson page at the Department of Statistical Sciences at University College London, which has been placed in the public domain. The main source for that page was A list of the papers and correspondence of Karl Pearson (1857–1936) held in the Manuscripts Room, University College London Library, compiled by M. Merrington, B. Blundell, S. Burrough, J. Golden and J. Hogarth and published by the Publications Office, University College London, 1983.
Additional information from entry for Karl Pearson in the Sackler Digital Archive of the Royal Society
Further reading
Eisenhart, Churchill (1974). Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 10, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 447–473.
Pearson, E. S. (1938). Karl Pearson: An Appreciation of Some Aspects of his Life and Work. Cambridge University Press.
Porter, T. M. (2004). Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age, Princeton University Press. .
External links
John Aldrich's Karl Pearson: a Reader's Guide at the University of Southampton (contains many useful links to further sources of information).
Encyclopædia Britannica Karl Pearson
Gavan Tredoux's Francis Galton website, galton.org, contains Pearson's biography of Francis Galton, and several other papers – in addition to nearly all of Galton's own published works.
Karl Pearson and the Origins of Modern Statistics at The Rutherford Journal.
"Studies in the history of probability and statistics, L: Karl Pearson and the Rule of Three", Stigler 2012
From Masaryk to Karl Pearson, Philosophy as Scientia Scientiarum
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Martinus Richter
Martinus Richter is a German orthopaedic, and Associate Professor at the Hannover Medical School and Head of the Department for Foot and Ankle Surgery Nuremberg and Rummelsberg at the Hospital Rummelsberg and Sana-Hospital Nuremberg.
Clinical and scientific contribution
In the scientific field, Richter and his team developed a score for diagnosing and tracking foot and ankle conditions.
Richter developed a form of pedography for force and pressure measurement that can be used during operations to assess mechanical function.
He developed a form of computer assisted surgery for foot and ankle corrections.
He has run clinical trials on a variation of articular cartilage stem cell paste grafting to treat cartilage defects in feet and ankles.
He also developed several implants for foot and ankle surgery.
Awards
2009 Leonard J. Goldner Award der American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) at the 25th Annual Summer Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 2009
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Katie Crowley
Katie Crowley (born 12 September 1982) is a female basketball player who plays for England women's national basketball team.
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Samiam
Samiam (pronounced "sam-I-am") is a punk rock band from Berkeley, California, active since 1988.
History
Samiam was formed in late 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. Their first show was in January 1989 with Christ on Parade. They released records through New Red Archives and Hopeless Records in the US and Burning Heart Records in Europe. In the mid-'90s, the band had two releases on major labels, Atlantic Records in 1994 and Ignition/Tommy Boy in 1997. This path achieved modest mainstream success; a video for "Capsized" gained considerable airplay on MTV, they performed on The Jon Stewart Show in 1994 and the single "She Found You" garnered considerable radio play in 1998.
Over the years, Samiam has toured extensively throughout Europe, North America and Japan, and performed with bands like Bad Religion, Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX, No Doubt, The Toadies, Sense Field, blink-182, 311, Deftones, Millencolin and Fishbone.
In early 2001, the band went on hiatus after supporting the Astray album. Despite what was initially to be a breakup, they continued to tour abroad yearly (Europe and South America) with occasional shows in NYC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. This led to the recording of the band's seventh album Whatever's Got You Down, which was released in 2006. Samiam toured Europe 3 more times in 2006 and 2007 and played various US dates in 2008.
Samiam toured Australia in September 2009, together with the band A Death in the Family. This was followed by an appearance at The Fest in Gainesville, Florida in November 2009 and shows in Santiago, Chile; San Miguel and Buenos Aires, Argentina; and São Paulo, Brazil in December 2009. October 2010 brought them together again with A Death in the Family for a European and East Coast tour.
Samiam released Trips, their first album in 5 years, on September 6, 2011. Semi annual tours have followed ever since in Europe, Australia and South America. In 2015, while in Chicago for an appearance at Riot Fest, a 4-song demo was recorded but never finished.
In December 2019, Samiam announced on their Facebook page that they are working on their first studio album in years.
Discography
Albums
EPs and compilations
Related bands
Past (and present) members of Samiam have been (or are) associated with the following bands:
Racquet Club - Sergie Loobkoff
Green Day - Tré Cool
Beck - Scott McPherson
Elliott Smith (Touring) - Scott McPherson
Solea - Scott McPherson
Bright Eyes - Scott McPherson
She and Him - Scott McPherson
Beck - Victor Indrizzo
Macy Gray - Victor Indrizzo
The Fakers - Sean Kennerly
Wild Yaks - Sean Kennerly
Ice Balloons - Sean Kennerly
Isocracy - Jason Beebout, Martin Brohm
Knapsack - Sergie Loobkoff
Limp - Johnny Cruz
The Mr. T Experience - Aaron Rubin
Actionslacks - Aaron Rubin
The Bye Bye Blackbirds - Aaron Rubin
Screw 32 - Mark Mortinsen
Social Unrest - James Brogan
Solea - Sergie Loobkoff, Johnny Cruz
Surrogate Brains - Johnny Cruz
Sweet Baby - Sergie Loobkoff
Sweet Baby Jesus - Sergie Loobkoff
Split Lip - Charlie Walker
Chamberlain - Charlie Walker
Institute - Charlie Walker
Oslo - Charlie Walker
New End Original - Charlie Walker
Dear Lions - Charlie Walker
References
External links
Official Facebook page
Official MySpace page
videos
Interview with Sergie Loobkoff on Scanner zine, 2010
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The Hymn of a Broken Man
The Hymn of a Broken Man is the debut album by American heavy metal band Times of Grace, released on January 18, 2011 through Roadrunner Records.
Background
When touring the UK with Killswitch Engage, guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz required emergency surgery on his back. While in the hospital recovering, he began writing new material which he later recorded and demoed at home. Dutkiewicz later contacted former Killswitch Engage bandmate and singer Jesse Leach about writing lyrics and recording vocals feeling that he "[doesn't] think [he is] the greatest vocalist and lyricist" and "wanted a little help in that department." Under the moniker Times of Grace, they began recording material in 2008 with Dutkiewicz stating on the group's Myspace that the songs were "an epic mix of Metal/Rock/Pop/Shoe gaze & Punk. All of your metal expectations will be incorrect, we are pushing genre boundaries". They hoped to release an album of finished material by the summer of 2009.
After completing the recording of material in 2009, Times of Grace returned in 2010 to release their debut album. Dutkiewicz recorded vocals, guitars, bass and drums for the album with Leach providing lead vocals and lyrics. In September, they filmed a video for the single "Strength in Numbers", with debut album The Hymn of a Broken Man scheduled for release on November 9. However, the album's release was delayed with a new release date of January 18, 2011.
The majority of songs on the album are played in Drop D tuning, although for the songs "Fight for Life", "Until the End of Days", "The End of Eternity" and "Fall From Grace" Adam uses a 7 string tuned to Drop A.
A limited CD/DVD edition was also released, featuring 13 companion videos made by Agata Alexander which present a visual interpretation of the album.
Reception
Critical
The Hymn of a Broken Man received generally positive reviews, scoring a 69 out of 100 on Metacritic based on seven reviews. Allmusic reviewer Phil Freeman commented that "Anyone who thought Times of Grace was going to represent some radical departure is bound to be disappointed. Anybody who comes to it expecting melodic metal with hardcore crunch, occasional bits of post-rock guitar, and angsty yet ultimately life-affirming lyrics, on the other hand, will be pleased." Rick Florino of Artistdirect gave the album a perfect score of five out of five, commenting that "The Hymn of a Broken Man functions as a heavy, heartfelt journey through pain," and that "Times Of Grace are the future. Let another new age begin."
Commercial
Upon release, The Hymn of a Broken Man charted at number 44 on the Billboard 200, selling nearly 10,000 copies. It also debuted at number 2 on the Hard Rock charts and number 13 on the Rock album chart overall as well.
Track listing
Charts
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Times of Grace
Adam Dutkiewicz – vocals, all other instruments
Jesse Leach – vocals
Additional musicians
Rebekah Dutkiewicz – backing vocals
Production and design
Adam Dutkiewicz – production, engineering, mixing
Jim Fogarty – engineering
Ted Jensen – mastering
Monte Conner – A&R
Jesse Leach – art direction
Dan Mandell – art direction, design, photography
Gail Marowitz – art direction
References
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1994 Tel Aviv Open – Doubles
Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.
Lan Bale and John-Laffnie de Jager won the title, defeating Jan Apell and Jonas Björkman 6–7, 6–2, 7–6 in the final.
Seeds
Jan Apell / Jonas Björkman (Final)
Lan Bale / John-Laffnie de Jager (Champions)
Neil Broad / Greg Van Emburgh (Quarterfinals)
Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (Semifinals)
Draw
Draw
External links
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Nuri
Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the west side of the Nile, near the Fourth Cataract. Nuri is situated about 15 km north of Sanam, and 10 km from Jebel Barkal.
More than 20 ancient pyramids belonging to Nubian kings and queens are still standing at Nuri, which served as a royal necropolis for the ancient city of Napata, the first capital of the Nubian Kingdom of Kush. It is probable that, at its apex, 80 or more pyramids stood at Nuri, marking the tombs of royals.
The earliest known pyramid (Nu. 1) at Nuri belongs to king Taharqa which measures 51.75 meters square by 40 or by 50 metres high. The pyramid of Taharqa was situated so that when observed from Gebel Barkal at sunrise on Egyptian New Year's Day, the beginning of the annual flooding of the Nile, the sun would rise from the horizon directly over its point.
Tantamani, successor of Taharqa, was buried at el-Kurru, but all following Napatan kings and many of their queens and children until Nastasen (Nu. 15) (about 315 BC) were buried here, some 80 royals. The pyramids at Nuri are, in general, smaller than the Egyptian ones and are today often heavily degraded (caused by both humans and nature), but often still contained substantial parts of the funerary equipment of the Kushite rulers who were buried here. During the Christian era, a church was erected here. The church was built at least in part from reused pyramid stones, including several stelae originally coming from the pyramid chapels.
The pyramids were partially excavated by George Reisner in the early 20th century. In 2018, a new archaeological expedition began work at the site, directed by Pearce Paul Creasman.
The pyramids of Nuri, together with other buildings in the region around Gebel Barkal, have been placed on the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage sites since 2003.
Tombs at Nuri
See List of monarchs of Kush for more information.
The royal family of Kush was buried in the cemeteries of Nuri and el-Kurru.
The pyramids of Nuri are built on two separate plateaus. The highest point in the cemetery is taken up by Taharqa's pyramid on the western plateau. The pyramids of the other kings are located on the eastern plateau. The pyramids of the royal women are placed closer to Taharqa's pyramid on the western plateau. These pyramids fall into three groups: (1) A group of pyramids is located to the south and west of Taharqa's pyramid; (2) Two parallel rows are located to the north of Taharqa's pyramid; (3) A group of very small tombs is located to the far north.
The King's Mothers were buried in the southern group, but this is not an area exclusively used for the burial of King's Mothers. Most of the King's Wives were buried in the parallel rows just north of Taharqa's tomb. The tombs to the far north were much smaller and may have been built for wives of lesser rank.
Nuri 1 - King Taharqa
Nuri 2 - King Amaniastabarqa
Nuri 3 - King Senkamanisken
Nuri 4 - King Siaspiqa
Nuri 5 - King Malonaqen
Nuri 6 - King Anlamani, son of King Senkamanisken
Nuri 7 - King Karkamani
Nuri 8 - King Aspelta, son of King Senkamanisken and Queen Naparaye
Nuri 9 - King Aramatle-qo, son of Aspelta
Nuri 10 - King Amaninatakilebte
Nuri 11 - King Malewiebamani
Nuri 12 - King Amanineteyerike, son of King Malewiebamani
Nuri 13 - King Harsiotef
Nuri 14 - King Akhraten
Nuri 15 - King Nastasen
Nuri 16 - King Talakhamani
Nuri 17 - King Baskakeren, son of King Malewiebamani
Nuri 18 - King Analmaye
Nuri 19 - King Nasakhma
Nuri 20 - King Atlanersa Son of Taharqa
Nuri 21 - Possibly Takahatenamun, Queen. Wife of Taharqa
Nuri 22 - Possibly Amanimalel, Queen. Wife of King Senkamanisken
Nuri 23 - Masalaye, Queen? Probably wife of King Senkamanisken
Nuri 24 - Nasalsa Queen. Daughter of Atlanersa, wife of King Senkamanisken
Nuri 25 - Maletaral II, Queen?. Time of King Amaninatakilebte
Nuri 26 - Amanitakaye, Queen. Daughter of Aspelta, sister-wife of Aramatle-qo, mother of Malonaqen
Nuri 27 - Madiqen, Queen. Wife of Anlamani
Nuri 28 - Henuttakhebi[t], Queen. Wife of Aspelta
Nuri 29 - Pi'ankhqew-qa Queen? Possibly wife of King Siaspiqa
Nuri 31 - Saka'aye, Queen. Probably mother of King Malewiebamani
Nuri 32 - Akhrasan, Queen. Temp. King Malewiebamani
Nuri 34 - Henutirdis, Queen. From the time of King Harsiotef
Nuri 35 - Possibly Queen Abar, wife of Piye, Mother of Taharqa
Nuri 36 - Atakhebasken Queen. Wife of Taharqa
Nuri 38 - Akhe (qa?), Queen. Daughter of Aspelta and wife of Aramatle-qo
Nuri 39 - Maletasen, Queen. Wife of Aramatle-qo
Nuri 40 - Meqemale, Queen. Possibly wife of Aspelta
Nuri 41 - Maletaral(?) I, Queen. Wife of Atlanersa
Nuri 42 - Asata, Queen. Wife of Aspelta
Nuri 44 - Batahaliye, Queen. Wife of Harsiotef
Nuri 45 - Tagtal (?), Queen. Wife of King Malonaqen
Nuri 53 - Yeturow, Queen. Sister-Wife of Atlanersa
Nuri 55 - Atmataka, Queen. Wife of Aramatle-qo
Nuri 56 - Possibly Sekhmakh, Queen. Wife of Nastasen
Nuri 57 - Pi'ankh-her( ?), Queen. Wife of Aramatle-qo
Nuri 58 - Artaha, Queen. Wife of Aspelta
Nuri 59 - Malaqaye, Queen. Possibly a wife of King Tantamani
Nuri 61 - Atasamale, Queen. Possibly a wife of Amanineteyerike
References
Literature
Dows Dunham. The Royal Cemeteries of Kush II, Nuri, Boston (Mass.): Museum of Fine Arts, 1955.
External links
Pyramids of Nuri (flickr)
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Robert Deane
Robert Deane may refer to:
Sir Robert Deane, 5th Baronet (c. 1707–1770), Irish MP for Carysfort and Tallow
Robert Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry (1745–1818), his son, Irish MP for Carysfort and Cork County
Robert Deane, 9th Baron Muskerry (born 1948), Irish peer
See also
Robert Dean (disambiguation)
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Brush Island
The Brush Island is a continental island, contained within the Brush Island Nature Reserve, a protected nature reserve, known as Mit Island in the Dhurga language of the Murramamrang people of the Yuin nation see (http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p326831/html/ch01.xhtml) It is located off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. The island and reserve is situated within the Tasman Sea, approximately south-east of the coastal village of Bawley Point.
The island was gazetted as a nature reserve in July 1963 and is important for breeding seabirds. The reserve is listed on Australia’s Register of the National Estate, and has an unmanned lighthouse.
Description
The island lies from the tip of Murramarang Point. It is long, with a maximum width of , and rises to about above sea level. Its shorelines are steep, rocky cliff faces with erosion gullies on the northern side. The gullies are both caused and used by the little penguins whose tracks and burrows cover most of the island.
History
The island was sighted by Captain James Cook on 22 April 1770 during his first voyage to the South Pacific Ocean. Cook had planned to shelter HMS Endeavour between the unnamed island and mainland but was prevented by high seas. Instead Endeavour continued its northward path along the coast, making her first Australian landfall a week later at Botany Bay.
Flora and fauna
The island supports a coastal vegetation cover of herbs, low shrubs and stunted trees, including Carpobrotus glaucescens, Lomandra longifolia, Einadia hastata, Myoporum insulare, Enchylaena tomentosa, Acacia longifolia, Westringia fruticosa, Banksia integrifolia and Casuarina glauca.
Seabird species nesting on the island include the wedge-tailed shearwater, short-tailed shearwater, little penguin and sooty oystercatcher. White-faced storm petrels and sooty shearwaters were found there for the first time in 2008.
Rat eradication
The island became infested with black rats in 1932 after a steamer, the Northern Firth, ran aground there. In 2005 the rats were eradicated after a poisoning campaign by the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service.
See also
List of islands of New South Wales
Protected areas of New South Wales
References
External links
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Cao (state)
The State of Cao () was a vassal state in China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–221 BC). The state was founded sometime in the 11th century BC by Cao Shu Zhenduo (曹叔振鐸; d. 1053 BC), a son of King Wen of Zhou and younger brother of King Wu of Zhou. With its capital at Taoqiu (陶丘), the State of Cao covered roughly the area of modern-day Dingtao County, Shandong Province. It was located on the flat country of the North China Plain about 50 miles east of the point where the current course of the Yellow River changes from east to north-east. To the northwest was Wey, to the northeast Lu and to the southeast Song.
History
As a result of the Cao's relative weakness, later generations wrote few records on events concerning the state's history. The only major event recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian during the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 – 770 BC) was in 826 BC when Count You of Cao was killed by his younger brother Count Dai of Cao.
At the beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 BC)，the State of Cao suffered internal upheaval. In 760 BC, Duke Mu of Cao killed his elder brother Count Fei of Cao and appointed himself the eleventh ruler. He was the first ruler of the State of Cao to receive the title of "Duke" (公).
During the Spring and Autumn period the State of Cao became caught up in the struggle for hegemony between the states of Jin and Chu. In 637 BC Chong’er, son of Duke Xian of Jin got into difficulties when passing through the State of Cáo and was treated rudely by Duke Gong of Cao.
About 630 it was a vassal or ally of Chu. When Chu attacked Song, Jin made a diversionary attack on Cao. After Jin defeated Chu at the Battle of Chengpu in 632 BC, Jin crushed the State of Cao, rescued the State of Song and took Duke Gong of Cao prisoner. After the defeat of the State of Chu, Cao followed the orders of its near neighbour the State of Jin.
Later on, the States of Cao and Song became hostile towards each other. Duke Jing of Song captured Duke Dao of Cao in 515 BC and held him prisoner until his death. Thereafter, disorder broke out in Cao and Duke Dao's successors Duke Sheng of Cao and Duke Yin of Cao were killed one after another. Duke Fei of Cao became ruler and betrayed the State of Jin by invading the State of Song. As a result, Duke Jing of Song attacked Cao. No troops from the State of Jin came to the rescue such that the State of Cao was exterminated in 487 BC after the capture of Duke Fei of Cao.
Legacy
Descendants of the people of Cao adopted the name of their former state. This is one origin of the Chinese Surname Cao.
Rulers of Cao
References
External links
Chinese Text Project “Rulers of the States”
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Grauel
Grauel is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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Xerox Daybreak
Xerox Daybreak (also Xerox 6085 PCS, Xerox 1186) is a workstation computer marketed by Xerox from 1985 to 1989.
Overview
The Daybreak runs the ViewPoint (later GlobalView) GUI and was used extensively throughout Xerox until being replaced by Suns and PCs. Although being years ahead of its time, it was never a major commercial success. The proprietary closed architecture and Xerox's reluctance to release the Mesa development environment for general use stifled any third-party development.
A fully configured 6085 comes with an 80MB hard disk, 3.7MB of RAM, a 5¼-inch floppy disk drive, an Ethernet controller, and a PC emulator card containing an 80186 CPU. The basic system comes with 1.1MB of RAM and a 10MB hard disk.
Daybreak is the last machine that was released in the D* (pronounced D-Star) series of machines, at least some of which shared an instruction set architecture known as Wildflower, designed by Butler Lampson. Machines in this series include, in order, Dolphin, Dorado, Dicentra, Dandelion, Dandetiger, Daybreak, the never-manufactured Daisy, and "a multiprocessor system used in a high-end printing system".
The Daybreak was sold as a Xerox 1186 workstation when configured as a Lisp machine. It was sold as the Xerox 6085 PCS (Professional Computer System) or Viewpoint 6085 PCS (Professional Computer System) when sold as an office workstation running the Viewpoint system (based on the Star software originally developed for the Xerox Star.)
References
External links
OLD-COMPUTERS.COM: Museum: Xerox 6085
Daybreak
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Velvet complex
Velvet complex is a group of proteins found in fungi and especially molds that are important in reproduction and production of secondary metabolites including penicillin. The core members of the complex include VeA, LaeA (loss of aflR-expression A), and VelB. Other proteins including VelC and VosA sometimes function in the complex. The proteins were first characterized in Aspergillus nidulans.
Some proteins in the complex are light-sensitive, including the founding member, VeA (Velvet A), which was first described in 1965.
Four of these proteins, VeA, VelB, VelC, and VosA, have an approximately 200 amino acid domain called the velvet domain.
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Lapaquistat
Lapaquistat (TAK-475) is a cholesterol-lowering drug candidate that was abandoned before being marketed.
Unlike statins, which inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, lapaquistat metabolites inhibit squalene synthase, which is further downstream in the synthesis of cholesterol. It is hoped that side effects can be reduced by not disturbing the mevalonate pathway, which is important for other biochemical molecules besides cholesterol.
However, there is increasing evidence that statins (which inhibit the mevalonate pathway) may be clinically useful because they affect these other molecules (including protein prenylation).
On March 28, 2008, Takeda halted further development of lapaquistat. While effective at lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in a dose-dependent manner, development of the drug was ceased due to observations in clinical trials that it might cause liver damage. Data suggests that accumulation of high levels of the metabolic substrate of squalene synthase and derivatives thereof account for the liver toxicity of squalene synthase inhibitors, and efforts to mitigate this substrate accumulation would likely be necessary for clinical success of a squalene synthase inhibitor
References
Further reading
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Rock It! (TV series)
Rock It! is an Australian children's television program.
Plot
Three friends Jack, Comet and Asteroid are accidentally launched into space when they come across an old rocket ship. They befriend two friendly aliens, Zaboo and Cosmos and the galaxy's greatest computer, Gamma. Together they form a cool pop group called "Rock It!".
Crew
External links
Official Rock It! website (NOTE:Website is now closed.)
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Underpants
Underpants (often abbreviated to pants in the southern UK) are an undergarment covering the body from the waist or hips to the top of the thighs or knees. In British English the term refers to men's underwear, while in the US the term is gender neutral. The equivalent woman's garment are panties.
Types of underpants
Boxer shorts
Boxer shorts, boxers, or trunks have an elasticated waistband that is at or near the wearer's waist, while the groin sections are fairly loose and extend to the mid-thigh. There is usually a fly, either with or without buttons. The waistbands of boxer shorts are usually wider than those of briefs, and often bear the brand name of the manufacturer.
Boxer briefs
Boxer briefs are similar in style to boxer shorts, but are form-fitting like briefs.
Sometimes boxer briefs are called trunks, but see next section.
Midway briefs
Midway briefs are similar in style to boxer briefs, but are longer in the leg, at the longest being up to the knees.
Trunk briefs
Trunk briefs are shorter than boxer briefs but still have leg sections, unlike briefs.
Briefs
Briefs (a dated American synonym for which is “jockey shorts”/“jockeys”) have an elasticated waistband at or near the wearer's waist, and leg bands that end at or near the groin. They also come in ultra-absorbent varieties.
Bikini briefs
Bikini briefs are a variation on briefs that have less coverage.
Thong
Thongs are like bikini briefs, except the backside is very narrow and goes between the buttocks.
Panties
Panties are a type of underpants for women.
History
See also
Leggings
References
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Chelsea Opera Group
For the organisation in USA with a similar name see Chelsea Opera
Chelsea Opera Group is an organisation based in London which arranges concert productions of operas and other works. It was founded in 1950 when David Cairns and Stephen Gray invited Colin Davis, who was at the time a 22-year-old clarinetist, to conduct a concert performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni in the Holywell Music Room, Oxford.
The Group has continued this practice since, mainly with the purpose of reviving neglected operas and lesser known versions of more familiar operas. Colin Davis was the president until his death in April 2013. The Group continues to perform operas and other works in London and in Salisbury.
Company history and performances
Since Falstaff in 1956, a considerable number of operas by Giuseppe Verdi have appeared on the roster, including many of the lesser-known earlier works such as the 1847 version of Macbeth (in 2008); the original French version of I Vespri Sicilianni, the 1855 Les vêpres siciliennes (1977 and 1999); and several others such as Aroldo (1993); and Jérusalem (1997).
Musicians who have gained experience early in their careers by performing with the Group include Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Mark Elder, and Sir Roger Norrington, Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Sir Willard White, Sir John Tomlinson, Sarah Walker and Jill Gomez.
In addition to some of the standard operatic repertory over the years, a recent concert performance which has drawn attention to the Group has been Donizetti's rarely performed Belisario (written in 1836), which starred Nelly Miricioiu under conductor Richard Bonynge and was given at Queen Elizabeth Hall on 13 February 2011.
Members
Dame Fiona Woolf, - As well as being President of the Group, she is also a member of its choir.
References
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Gregor Blanco
Gregor Miguel Blanco Pedraza (born December 24, 1983) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, the Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, and the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Professional career
Blanco was the center fielder and leadoff hitter for Tiburones de La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League, hitting .315 (178 AB) in the 2006–07 season, .345 (229 AB) in the 2007–08 season (finishing second in MVP voting) and .349 (172 AB) in the 2008–09 season.
Atlanta Braves
Blanco signed with the Atlanta Braves on July 4, 2008, as an undrafted free agent. He beat out Josh Anderson in spring training to become the Braves backup outfielder in 2008. He began to see regular playing time after Mark Kotsay injured his back on May 26.
In 2008, he had the lowest home run per plate appearance percentage in the majors (among regular home run hitters) (0.2%).
Kansas City Royals
On July 31, 2010, Blanco was traded to the Kansas City Royals along with Jesse Chavez and Tim Collins for Kyle Farnsworth and Rick Ankiel.
Washington Nationals
On May 8, 2011, Blanco was traded to the Washington Nationals in exchange for a player to be named later. During the offseason of 2011, Gregor played in the Venezuelan Winter league and was named the MVP for the 2011 season.
San Francisco Giants
Blanco signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants on November 16, 2011, and was selected to be part of the Giants' 2012 Opening Day roster as an outfielder.
On June 13, 2012, Blanco made a fully extended diving catch in deep right-center field, catching the ball in the end of his mitt, to rob Jordan Schafer of a hit in the top of the 7th inning of Matt Cain's perfect game. The Mercury News wrote "In a town very familiar with the words "The Catch", Blanco made one for the ages: he took off on a dead sprint at the crack of the bat and made a diving catch on the warning track in center field, 400 feet from home plate."
On July 13, 2013, in a 9-0 win over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, Blanco caught the final out of Tim Lincecum's first career no-hitter in the ninth inning. It was the first no-hitter in the history of the ballpark.
On September 5, 2014, Blanco made an error that ended his 306-game errorless streak. He dropped the ball on a Bryan Holaday line drive.
On July 8, 2016, Blanco hit his first career pinch-hit home run, and his first of the season. In 2016 with the Giants he batted .224/.309/.311.
Arizona Diamondbacks
On January 17, 2017, Blanco signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks that included an invitation to spring training. He was released on March 27, and re-signed to a new minor league contract the next day.
San Francisco Giants (second stint)
On January 29, 2018, Blanco signed a minor league contract to return to the Giants. His contract was purchased by the Giants on March 28, 2018, and he was assigned to the Opening Day roster. He was designated for assignment on June 2, 2018. In his second stint, he hit .217/.262/.317 with 2 home runs.
New York Mets
On December 21, 2018, Blanco signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets that included an invitation to spring training. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.
Retirement
On February 6, 2020, Blanco retired to take on a new post in the baseball operations department for MLB.
Personal life
Blanco has three children and a wife named Mirna Blanco. He has a twin brother named Gregory and a younger brother named Gregsman.
See also
List of Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
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Caecobarbus
Caecobarbus geertsi, the African blind barb or Congo blind barb (known as Nzonzi a mpofo in the local Kikongo language, meaning "blind barb"), is a species of cyprinid fish. This threatened cavefish is only known from Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it is the only member of the monotypic genus Caecobarbus. George Albert Boulenger described this fish in 1921 and it apparently lacks any close relatives in the Congo region.
Despite its common name, "African blind barb," there are other blind cave cyprinids indigenous to Africa, notably the Somalian Barbopsis devecchi and Phreatichthys andruzzii.
Range
The Congo blind barb is found only in the Thysville Cave system, a part of the lower Congo River basin (notably Kwilu and Inkisi tributaries) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The area where found covers about , and is located at an altitude of about above sea level. It was initially known from seven caves in the Thysville system and an additional seven were discovered in the 2000s (decade). The caves where found have high levels of calcium bicarbonate in the water and high variations in flood levels, meaning that animals such as terrestrial cave insects are absent.
Conservation
In the seven caves where first discovered, the total population has been estimated at perhaps 7,000 individuals in the 1950s; there are no estimates for the seven more recently discovered populations. Among the first seven, one has disappeared entirely following quarrying of limestone that began in the 1930s. The caves where it lives are considered sacred by the locals and this restricts access to most of them. A local law passed in 1937 limits fishing and the species has been listed on CITES since 1981, which limits international trade. Before its listing on CITES Appendix II, the species was often caught and exported for the freshwater aquarium trade, but few exports have happened after. Currently the main threat is habitat loss: The human population in its range is increasing and farming near the caves can result in sedimentation and pollution. The region was formerly covered in rainforest and grassland, which limited erosion. Other potentially serious threats are changes to the hydrology (for example, large-scale water extraction) of the small rivers that feed the caves and predation by Clarias catfish that are found in at least some places inhabited by the Congo blind barb.
Appearance
Like other cavefish, the Congo blind barb has reduced pigmentation and no externally visible eyes. Because of the lack of pigment, it appears pale whitish-pink overall. The operculum and lateral line region are purplish-red due to the gills and lateral line veins, respectively. The eye completely lacks a lens, and the retina and optical nerve are rudimentary and located deep inside the head. Despite this the fish is photophobic, actively avoiding light. Its maximum total length is . Minor differences have been described between the different cave populations; some have a spot on the opercular and one has a serrated dorsal fin spine.
Behavior
The Congo blind barb mainly relies on food items that flow into the cave during the rainy (flood) season, but it may also feed on small crustaceans. The longevity is estimated to be 9–14 years, but it may be able to live longer. It is slow-growing and likely has a slow reproduction rate. The adhesive eggs are spawned freely, ending up in crevices and pores in the bottom, which protects them from predation.
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Ceroxys scutellata
Ceroxys scutellata is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Ceroxys of the family Ulidiidae.
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1950 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The 1950 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State College during the 1950 college football season.
San Diego State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by fourth-year head coach Bill Schutte, and played home games at Aztec Bowl. They finished the season with five wins, three losses and one tie (5–3–1, 3–0–1 CCAA). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 212–186 for the season.
Schedule
Team players in the NFL
No San Diego State players were selected in the 1951 NFL Draft.
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Vijay Kumar (Tamil filmmaker)
Vijay Kumar is an Indian film actor, writer, director, lyricist and producer. His directorial debut, Uriyadi, a political thriller set in the 1990s, was released in 2016 to high critical acclaim and was lauded as one of the best political thrillers in Tamil cinema. Vijay, who is also the lead actor and background music scorer of the movie, has since been widely appreciated. His second project Uriyadi 2 released in April 2019 to positive critical reviews.
Early life
Vijay was born on 2 April 1987 in Chennai where he spent his schooling years. He then studied Metallurgical Engineering at the Government College of Engineering, Salem. A software engineer by profession, he quit his decade-long career in reputed companies like IBM, Infosys, Aditi Technologies, etc., to pursue his passion in cinema.
Film career
2009–2013: Career beginnings
Working as a Software Engineer in Chennai, Vijay Kumar found himself spending all his spare time watching and analyzing movies. Filmmaking piqued his interest and he decided to try his hand at it. He made a short film and applied to the Nalaya Iyakunar show in 2009, when it was in its first season. He was selected and subsequently screened two short films on the show. Unfortunately, he had to leave it due to personal reasons. Vijay was a Project Lead in IBM when he quit his job to pursue his passion in filmmaking.
He moved to the United States in 2010 and began writing the script for Uriyadi in early 2011. It was initially titled Vidiyum Varai VinmeengalaaVom (V4). He spent well over a year on the script, sketching more than 2500 shots for its storyboard.
2013–present
Back in India, Vijay Kumar started his production house Souvenir Productions in April 2013. He conducted a three-month acting workshop for the actors as almost all of them were debutants. Once the pre-production was over, the film went on floors in July 2013 and the shooting was completed in October 2013. The post production was done by August 2014, and the film was sent for Censor screening. After making the suggested cuts, the film was certified 'A'. Vijay then started approaching distributors to release the movie. In 2015, director Nalan Kumarasamy came in as a co-producer to release the movie since he had an idea of launching his own production house.
Uriyadi was released in theaters on 27 May 2016. Upon its release, The Hindu had a chat with Vijay and cited that Uriyadi is "A throwback to the 90s". Subsequently, he shared his experience of working with the Uriyadi team with Ananda Vikatan magazine. and also with Manam magazine on why he chose caste politics subject for his first film.
In an exclusive interview with Behindwoods, Vijay mentioned how he learnt how NOT to make a film through the two short films that he made. In another exclusive interview with Indiaglitz, he revealed that the entire footage of Uriyadi was lost during the super storm that flooded his first floor office in Jafferkhanpet on 1 December 2015. G. Dhananjayan of BOFTA arranged for an interaction session between Vijay and the Direction students of the institute, where the former shared his experience in making an independent film and achieving his goal.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
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Two Living, One Dead
Two Living, One Dead is a 1961 British-Swedish existentialist thriller film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Patrick McGoohan, Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers.
The film is a remake of the 1937 Norwegian film To levende og en død, which in turn was adapted from the novel of the same name by author Sigurd Christiansen. The Scandinavian small-town setting of the earlier film was kept but the action was moved to Sweden.
Plot
Erik Berger (McGoohan) is a reticent, socially withdrawn man who has been working for 20 years in the same Post Office in a Swedish town, not socializing with colleagues and interested only in his wife Helen (McKenna) and son. In contrast his workmate Andersson (Travers) is loud and gregarious, seeing himself as the office joker although his treatment of more junior staff sometimes verges on the malicious.
A violent hold-up – heard, but not shown on screen – takes place, during which the office supervisor is shot dead and Andersson suffers a head injury which knocks him out and leaves him concussed. Berger meanwhile, entering the office after hearing the commotion and thinking of his family, resists the urge to risk his life by trying to fight back against the raiders, and emerges uninjured from the incident. In the aftermath, he is treated with barely disguised contempt by the police, his employers and the local community in general, who make it clear that they consider his failure to fight back a mark of spineless cowardice. He does not receive the promotion to office supervisor which he was previously in line for on the retirement of his boss; instead the job is given to Andersson, who is now being cast in a heroic light. As he becomes increasingly depressed by his ostracism, his relationship with Helen suffers and he feels unable to confide in her. He comes to see himself as the coward everybody is accusing him of being, and even Helen begins to wonder whether he could have acted differently.
Berger takes to solitary nocturnal wandering around the town, and meets a stranger, Rogers (Alf Kjellin), to whom he begins to open up about his recent experiences, albeit while pretending that he is a "friend" of the man involved. Berger and Rogers begin to meet up frequently on their night-time wanderings, and one night, as they part company outside Berger's home, Helen unexpectedly opens the door and invites Rogers in for supper. As they talk, she realizes that her husband has chosen to confide in a stranger rather than her and feels hurt and betrayed. In her distress, she reveals to Berger that their son too is being shunned by his schoolmates and taunted by the allegation that his father is a coward, but has been trying to keep this from Berger, not wanting to add to his unhappiness.
The Bergers' relationship deteriorates to the point where they are completely alienated from one another. Seeing this, Rogers eventually admits to Berger that he and his brother were the Post Office robbers, and his brother has since been killed in an accident. Moreover, he lives in the same lodging-house as Andersson, and the robbery was only planned as a consequence of Andersson's constant chatter about the large amount of cash held in the office and when it was most readily accessible. He states that he certainly would have shot Berger had he fought back, but now genuinely regrets the turmoil he has caused to his life, and goes on to reveal that Andersson's injury was not a result of fearless bravery, but happened rather when he ran into a doorframe in his panic to escape.
Appalled to discover Andersson's hypocrisy and the craven manner in which he has glorified in his unwarranted heroic status, Berger borrows Rogers' gun and stages another incident in which he exposes Andersson for the man of straw he really is. Having exorcised his demons he returns home to Helen feeling vindicated, and she realizes that their relationship can get back on an even keel.
Cast
Patrick McGoohan as Erik Berger
Virginia McKenna as Helen Berger
Bill Travers as Andersson
Alf Kjellin as Rogers
Noel Willman as Johnson
Dorothy Alison as Esther Kester
Peter Vaughan as John Kester
Isa Quensel as Miss Larousse
Derek Francis as Broms
Michael Crawford as Nils Lindwall
John Moulder Brown as Rolf Berger
Georg Skarstedt as Torp
Mona Geijer-Falkner as Mrs. Holm
Torsten Lilliecrona as The Doctor
Alan Rothwell as Karlson
Pauline Jameson as Miss Larsen
Marianne Nielsen as Miss Lind
Peter Bathurst as Engelhardt
Production
Two Living, One Dead was shot on location in Stockholm County, with local studio facilities in the Swedish capital also being used. Asquith used several Swedish crew members and actors in the film.
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Bruno Catarzi
Bruno Catarzi (January 5, 1903 in Signa – January 21, 1996 in Florence) was an Italian sculptor and engraver.
Biography
He began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence under Domenico Trentacoste. He was a prolific designer of medals.
In the 1930s, he taught at the Scuola d’Arte of Pistoia (among his pupils were Agenore Fabbri and Jorio Vivarelli), from 1963–73, he taught at the Istituto d’Arte of Arezzo.
References
Francesco Sapori, Medaglie e Medaglisti, Home Faber, Anno XIII, N. 123–124, Rome, 1962
Francesco Giannone, La medaglia italiana alla Zecca di Parigi, Home Faber, Anno XVI, N. 161, Rome, 1966
Giuliana Signorini, Firenze e il paiolo nella storia dell’arte, Giorgi & Cambi, Firenze, 1992
Gigi Salvagnini, Cimitero delle Porte Sante, Opus Libri, Firenze, 2001
Ilaria Taddei, A decorare architetture, Giunti Editore, Firenze, 2003
Marco Moretti, Bruno Catarzi Scultore 1903–1996, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, 2005,
Giampiero Fossi, Oltre il novecento – Arte contemporanea nelle Signe, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, 2003,
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1906 Alabama Crimson White football team
The 1906 Alabama Crimson White football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was Alabama's 14th overall and 11th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach J. W. H. Pollard, in his first year, and played their home games at both the University of Alabama Quad in Tuscaloosa and the Birmingham Fairgrounds in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of five wins and one loss (5–1 overall, 3–1 in the SIAA).
Of note during the season was Alabama's 78–0 loss to Vanderbilt that still stands as the record for most points allowed by Alabama in a game and most lopsided Alabama loss. In the game, the Commodores led 57–0 at the half, and Alabama attempted to cancel this game after seven of their regular players were sidelined by injury but Vanderbilt refused.
Against Auburn, Pollard unveiled a "military shift" never before seen in the south. Star running back Auxford Burks scored all of the game's points in a 10–0 victory. Auburn contended Alabama player T. S. Sims was an illegal player.
Schedule
For the 1906 season, point values were different from those used in contemporary games. In 1906 a touchdown was worth five points, a field goal was worth four points and a conversion (PAT) was worth one point.
Source: Rolltide.com: 1906 Alabama football schedule
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Mokhsogollokh
Mokhsogollokh (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khangalassky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Lena River, from Pokrovsk, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,698.
History
Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1964.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Mokhsogollokh is incorporated within Khangalassky District as the Settlement of Mokhsogollokh. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Mokhsogollokh is incorporated within Khangalassky Municipal District as Mokhsogollokh Urban Settlement.
References
Notes
Sources
Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Khangalassky District.
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Wilki, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Wilki () is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Skarszewy, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Skarszewy, north-west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The settlement has a population of 18.
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Nikos Kapetanidis
Nikos Kapetanidis (, 1889–1921) was a Greek journalist and newspaper publisher. He was one of the notable figures of Pontus region hanged by the Turkish nationalists of Mustafa Kemal.
Kapetanidis was born in Rize, in the Pontus region of the Ottoman Empire (in modern Turkey). He attended the Phrontisterion of Trapezous, a Greek middle level school in Trebizond. After graduation, he became one of the most prominent journalists and active members of the local Greek press. Kapetanidis also published his own newspaper Epochi (Season). He got also involved in educational issues, supporting the use of vernacular Greek in the local schools. Moreover, he insisted that education shouldn't be controlled by the religious authorities, in particular the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Kapetanidis was hanged in Amasya, in September 1921, by the Turkish nationalists under Mustafa Kemal (later Ataturk) during the Pontic Greek Genocide. He was among several other notable figures of the local Greek community hanged there.
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Anita Lo
Anita Lo is an American chef and restaurateur. In 2001, she was named by Food & Wine magazine one of ten “Best New Chefs in America”.
Biography
Early life
Anita Lo, a second-generation Malaysian American, grew up in Birmingham, Michigan.
She graduated from Concord Academy and then from Columbia University, where she earned a degree in French literature. While a student at Columbia, Lo spent time at its French language institute in Paris. It was there that she developed a love for French cuisine. A year after graduating from college she moved back to Paris to enroll at the culinary school L’Ecole Ritz-Escoffier. While a student there, she interned with top French chefs Guy Savoy and Michel Rostang.
Career
After completing culinary school in Paris, Lo returned to New York where she worked at several restaurants including Chanterelle, Can, a French-Vietnamese restaurant, and Maxim's. She then moved to Mirezi restaurant, where she earned headlines and rave reviews from restaurant critics, including Ruth Reichl from The New York Times.
In 2000, Anita Lo and her business partner Jennifer Scism opened Annisa in New York's Greenwich Village. Annisa received a two-star review from The New York Times, Lo was named to Food & Wine magazine's list of the ten “Best New Chefs in America”, and The Village Voice named her the “Best New Restaurant Chef.” In 2006, Annisa was awarded a Michelin star in the first Michelin Guide for New York City.
In 2005, Anita Lo co-founded Rickshaw, a dumpling bar with several locations in New York City. She left Rickshaw in 2010, saying that she wanted to devote more time to the recently re-opened Annisa and to her other professional interests. In 2008, she opened Bar Q, a barbecue-Asian fusion restaurant in Greenwich Village. Bar Q received favorable food reviews but somewhat critical reviews for service and was not universally well received by residents in the neighborhood. It closed after ten months.
On July 4, 2009, Annisa was destroyed by fire. The restaurant reopened in April 2010 at the same location. The reopened restaurant was reviewed again by The New York Times and again received two stars. Scism also left Annisa in June 2010, leaving Lo as the sole owner. In 2011, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation recognized the restaurant's excellence with a Village Award. Annisa received three stars from The New York Times in 2014.
In 2015, Anita Lo was the first female guest chef to cook for a State dinner at the White House. She prepared a 4 course meal for the visiting Chinese president, Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan. In May 2017, after 17 years of business, she closed the Annisa on financial grounds, because of the continuous increase of real estate taxes and of minimum wages.
Television appearances
2005: Appearance on the first season of Iron Chef America. She competed against Iron Chef Mario Batali in Battle Mushrooms, defeating Batali by a score of 54-45. She was the first challenger to win a battle on Iron Chef America and remained the only female challenger to win until Traci Des Jardins defeated Batali in Episode 5 of Season 2.
2009: Contestant on the first season of Top Chef Masters. She finished in fourth place among the 24 competing chefs, earning $20,000 for her chosen charity, SHARE.
2011: Contestant on Chopped: All-Stars Tournament. She lost to Nate Appleman.
Works
Solo: A Modern Cookbook for a Party of One, Knopf, 2018
See also
History of the Chinese Americans in Metro Detroit
LGBT culture in Metro Detroit
References
External links
Annisa Restaurant Official Website
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Les Ollila
Leslie John Ollila (born March 22, 1943) is an evangelist who served as the second president (1984-2002) and then chancellor (2002-2013) of Northland Baptist Bible College (1976-2015), later Northland International University.
Biography
Ollila was born to Finnish parents in Gratiot Location, Houghton County, Michigan, a copper-mining company town in the Upper Peninsula. At the time, Gratiot was a rough-and-tumble place where drinking was the "main problem."
Ollila became an outstanding athlete on the Calumet High School football and track teams and was devoted to hunting, trapping, and heavy machinery. During his high school years, Ollila experienced a religious conversion under the mentoring of Pastor Charles Hart of the First Baptist Church of Calumet. After graduating from high school in 1961, Ollila worked in the logging industry and as a tree topper; but moving to Detroit, he "surrendered his life…to be a preacher."
Following his future wife to Bob Jones University, he overcame a speech impediment and gained the respect of his work supervisors as a hard worker and natural leader. Ollila served as an interim minister at a Baptist mission church in an area of Greenville known as Bootleg Corner. After graduation, he became youth pastor at Calvary Baptist Church, Roseville, Michigan (1968–75), where he proved to be charismatic youth counselor and evangelist. He later served as an evangelist with Life Action Ministries.
In 1984, having impressed inventor and businessman, Paul Patz (1911–2000), the founder of Northland Baptist Bible College, Dunbar, Wisconsin, Ollila was offered the presidency of the small school. During his term of office (1984–2002), the school grew from 125 to over 600 students.
In 2013, Ollila began "Building Great Leaders," a "ministry emphasizing servant leadership to pastors, churches, colleges and other Christian ministries both in the U.S. and overseas."
Books
Reclaiming Authentic Fundamentalism by Douglas R. McLachlan and Les Ollila (1993)
Manna: A Daily Devotional by Les Ollila, Kraig Keck and Shannon Brown (Jan 1, 2002)
God's Glory in Clay Pots by Les Ollila, Sam Horn and Kitty Foth-Regner (Sep 1, 2009)
Manna: a Daily Devotional Guide by Les Ollila (1977)
Proteens: Top Priority Manna: A Daily Devotional. Book 2 (Top Priority Manna) by Les Ollila (2003)
Foundation: For youth programs by Les Ollila (1981)
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Acacia sericophylla
Acacia sericophylla is a shrub or tree commonly known as the desert dogwood, desert oak or cork-bark wattle. To the Indigenous Australian people of the area, the Nyangumarta peoples, it is known as Pirrkala. The species is of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves. It is native to an area in the Northern Territory and the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia. It is also found in New South Wales and South Australia.
The gnarled shrub or tree typically grows to a height of . It has thick spongy grey bark that fissures longitudinally.
Taxonomy
In 1859 Ferdinand von Mueller described this species, and named it Acacia sericophylla. In 1993, Richard Cowan and Bruce Maslin assigned it to the subspecies, Acacia coriacea subsp. sericophylla. However, the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria via the Australian Plant Census currently (2006) recognises the plant as Acacia sericophylla.
Etymology
The species epithet, sericophylla, derives from the Greek words, sericos (silken) and phyllon (leaf), and refers to the dense silky hairs found particularly on the young phyllodes.
Gallery
See also
List of Acacia species
References
External links
See Acacia sericophylla Pilbara wattles, for further images, and description.
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PL/Perl
PL/Perl (Procedural Language/Perl) is a procedural language supported by the PostgreSQL RDBMS.
PL/Perl, as an imperative programming language, allows more control than the relational algebra of SQL.
Programs created in the PL/Perl language are called functions and can use most of the features that the Perl programming language provides, including common flow control structures and syntax that has incorporated regular expressions directly.
These functions can be evaluated as part of a SQL statement, or in response to a trigger or rule.
The design goals of PL/Perl were to create a loadable procedural language that:
can be used to create functions and trigger procedures,
adds control structures to the SQL language,
can perform complex computations,
can be defined to be either trusted or untrusted by the server,
is easy to use.
PL/Perl is one of many "PL" languages available for PostgreSQL
PL/pgSQL
PL/Java,
plPHP,
PL/Python,
PL/R,
PL/Ruby,
PL/sh,
and PL/Tcl.
References
PostgreSQL PL/Perl documentation
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Philippine School of Business Administration
The Philippine School of Business Administration is a college located in Quezon City in Metro Manila, Philippines. The college was established in 1963.
Academic programs
Undergraduate studies
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration includes:
Banking and Finance
Financial Management
Human Resource Development Management
Management Information System
Marketing
Graduate studies
Master in Business Administration
Doctor in Business Administration
Campuses
Its Manila campus is located at 826 R. Papa Street, Sampaloc.
Its Quezon City campus is located at 1029 Aurora Boulevard, Quezon City.
References
External links
Philippine School of Business Administration, Manila Campus
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Paderno Dugnano
Paderno Dugnano (Milanese: ) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is bounded by other comuni of Senago, Varedo, Cusano Milanino, Cormano, Nova Milanese, Bollate, Novate Milanese, Cinisello Balsamo. Paderno Dugnano it's about 15 kilometers far from the center of Milan.
Following the unification of Italy, in 1861, a reorganization of the internal subdivisions of the country ensued. By decree of 17 March 1869, the comuni of Paderno, Dugnano, Incirano, Cassina Amata and Palazzolo Milanese were fused into a new comune called Paderno Milanese.
Other names for the comune were proposed (including Padergnano and Borgosole) through the 1880s.
By decree of 1 February 1886, the comune's name was formally changed to the current name of Paderno Dugnano.
Paderno received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 25 September 1989.
Twin towns
Paderno Dugnano is twinned with:
Inđija, Serbia
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Jackson League
The FNB Jackson League is a Guernsey, (Channel Islands) amateur league for association football clubs. It is the reserve league for Priaulx League clubs in Guernsey along with Bavaria Nomads from Alderney and Centrals, with no automatic relegation or promotion, but if a club wins the league they can apply for election to the Priaulx League. New clubs can also apply for membership through Guernsey Football League Management LBG, (prior to 2016 the Guernsey Football Association), who run the league along with all other football on the island.
The current holders are Belgrave Wanderers Reserves.
Sponsors
The league has had a number of sponsors over the years, the first being Rothmans International and the current sponsors being FNB International Wealth Management Limited, a financial institution based in Guernsey.
Member teams 2013–14
The current member clubs are:
Bavaria Nomads
Belgrave Wanderers Reserves
Centrals
North Reserves
Rangers Reserves
Rovers Reserves
St. Martins Reserves
Sylvans Reserves
Vale Recreation Reserves
Past league winners
Past winners of the league are:
1896 to 1900
1896-97 Guernsey Rangers
1897-98 Northerners
1898-99 Northerners
1899-1900 Guernsey Rangers
1900 to 1910
1900-01 Guernsey Rangers
1901-02 Northerners
1902-03 Northerners
1903-04 Belgrave Wanderers
1904-05 Guernsey Rangers
1905-06 Northerners
1906-07 Northerners
1907-08 Northerners
1908-09 Northerners
1909-10 Northerners
1910 to 1920
1910-11 Belgrave Wanderers & Progressives (joint holders)
1911-12 Guernsey Rangers
1912-13 St Martin’s
1913-14 Northerners
1914-19 No Competition due to outbreak of World War I
1919-20 Northerners
1920 to 1930
1920-21 Northerners
1921-22 Northerners
1922-23 Northerners
1923-24 Northerners
1924-25 Northerners
1925-26 Northerners
1926-27 Northerners
1927-28 Guernsey Rangers
1928-29 Northerners
1929-30 Athletics
1930 to 1940
1930-31 Gasco AC
1931-32 Guernsey Rangers
1932-33 Belgrave Wanderers
1933-34 Guernsey Rangers
1934-35 Northerners
1935-36 Northerners
1936-37 Northerners
1937-38 2nd Batt. The Sherwood Foresters
1938-39 Northerners
1939-40 No Competition due to outbreak of World War II
1940 to 1950
1940-46 No Competition due to outbreak of World War II
1946-47 Vauxbelets Old Boys
1947-48 Sylvans
1948-49 Centrals
1949-50 Centrals & Vale Recreation (Joint holders)
1950 to 1960
1950-51 Vale Recreation
1951-52 Centrals
1952-53 Northerners
1953-54 Vale Recreation
1954-55 Pessimists
1955-56 Northerners
1956-57 Guernsey Rangers
1957-58 Guernsey Rangers
1958-59 Northerners
1959-60 Northerners
1960 to 1970
1960-61 Belgrave Wanderers
1961-62 Sylvans
1962-63 Sylvans
1963-64 Northerners
1964-65 Belgrave Wanderers
1965-66 Vale Recreation
1966-67 Centrals
1967-68 St Martin’s
1968-69 Vale Recreation
1969-70 Belgrave Wanderers
1970 to 1980
1970-71 Belgrave Wanderers
1971-72 Vale Recreation
1972-73 Vale Recreation
1973-74 Vale Recreation
1974-75 St Martin’s
1975-76 St Martin’s
1976-77 St Martin’s
1977-78 St Martin’s
1978-79 Vale Recreation
1979-80 St Martin’s
1980 to 1990
1980-81 Vale Recreation
1981-82 Vale Recreation
1982-83 Rovers
1983-84 Northerners
1984-85 Vale Recreation
1985-86 Northerners
1986-87 Sylvans
1987-88 St Martin’s
1988-89 Belgrave Wanderers
1989-90 Northerners
1990 to 2000
1990-91 St Martin’s
1991-92 Sylvans
1992-93 Sylvans
1993-94 St Martin’s
1994-95 Sylvans
1995-96 St Martin’s
1996-97 Northerners
1997-98 Belgrave Wanderers
1998-99 Vale Recreation
1999-2000 Vale Recreation
2000 to 2010
2000-01 Northerners
2001-02 St Martin’s
2002-03 Northerners
2003-04 Northerners
2004-05 Vale Recreation
2005-06 Belgrave Wanderers
2006-07 Northerners
2007-08 Belgrave Wanderers
2008-09 No competition due to restructuring of Guernsey Football
2009-10 St. Martins
2010 to 2012
2010-11 Guernsey Rangers
2011-12 Northerners
Titles by club
Other Guernsey football leagues
Priaulx League
Under 18 Development League
Under 16 Development League
Under 14 Development League
Veterans League
Deloitte Corbet Cup
Women's League
References
External links
Jackson League/Guernsey FA Official Website
Football Association Official Website
Football for the Peoples. Guernsey
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Amoeba Wars
Amoeba Wars is a 1981 board game published by Avalon Hill.
Gameplay
Amoeba Wars is a science fiction game in which the goal for the players is to capture Saestor, the old capital of the empire.
Reception
David Ladyman reviewed Amoeba Wars in The Space Gamer No. 42. Ladyman commented that "In general, I found the game uninteresting, but I can't necessarily say the same for you. I detect undercurrents of Risk and Cosmic Encounter in Amoeba Wars. Some of you will like the game, some won't."
Reviews
Ares Magazine #9
References
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Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The AHA Tournament was the conference tournament for the Atlantic Hockey Association. The winner of the tournament received an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
The tournament was first held in 2004 after the cessation of the MAAC men's ice hockey tournament, the first year of conference play. The final four games were held at Tate Rink in West Point, New York in 2004. The tournament championship moved to the Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, Connecticut for 2005 then to the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts for 2006. Starting with the 2007 tournament, the final four was moved to a neutral site, the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, the home of the AHL's Rochester Americans.
AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions
Championships by season
Formats
2004-2005
The AHA Tournament format begins as a single-game elimination three-round format, with an additional play-in game for the teams the finished eighth and ninth.
2006
After Quinnipiac leaves to join the ECAC, the 8-team conference drops the play-in game from the tournament.
2007
With Air Force and RIT joining the conference, but with RIT's ineligibility for the conference tournament, a play-in game was added for one year.
2008
The opening round becomes a best-of-three with 5 separate series played between all ten of the conference teams with the two remaining lowest-seeded teams playing in a final-five game to determine the last semifinalist. All series after the opening round are single-elimination.
2009-2010
The four lowest-seeded teams play two play-in games to determine the final two qualifiers for the quarterfinals.
2011
With Niagara and Robert Morris joining the conference, the tournament was expanded to have four rounds. The tournament competitors were split into two groups: 'East' and 'West', and each group was arranged to play so that the top two finishers for each group received a bye into the quarterfinals while the remaining four teams in each group played single-elimination games to advance to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals remained a best-of-three format while the final four stayed as single-elimination games.
2012-2013
The 'East' and 'West' groupings are dropped and the opening round becomes a best-of-three series with the top four finishers receiving byes into the quarterfinals.
Championship appearances
By school
By coach
MAAC
The MAAC founded its hockey sponsorship starting in 1997 due to NCAA regulations that required all Division I conferences to participate in all Division sports. At the founding of the MAAC hockey conference, only three of the eight founding teams were full members of the conference (Canisius, Fairfield, Iona). The MAAC began play starting with the 1998-99 season and quickly added two additional teams (Mercyhurst and Bentley) the following year. Army joined the conference for the 2000-01 season, bringing the conference up to eleven member teams. At the conclusion of the 2002-03 season Fairfield and Iona both discontinued their men's ice hockey programs, and while the conference's remaining nine teams could continue without them, having only one full member necessitated the folding of the MAAC hockey conference as the eight associate members had no vote for the legislation the conference passed. The following year all of the teams continued their programs in the newly formed Atlantic Hockey conference.
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Andrea Navedo
Andrea Navedo (born October 10, 1977) is an American actress and singer. She began her career on the daytime soap operas One Life to Live (1995–97) and Guiding Light (1999-2000), and in later years had several supporting roles on primetime television. In 2014, Navedo began starring as Xiomara "Xo" Villanueva in The CW comedy-drama series, Jane the Virgin.
Early life
Navedo was born in the Bronx. A second-generation New York Puerto Rican, she grew up in New York City. She said she relates to her Jane the Virgin character because her mother was also a young single mother. Navedo graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1995 and graduated from the State University of New York at Old Westbury in 1998 with a BA in Communicative and Creative Arts and a concentration of Theater. Navedo was also featured in a DeWitt Clinton Notable Alumni article alongside other famous alumni such as Stan Lee.
Career
Navedo began her professional acting career on the daytime soap operas. From 1995 to 1997, she played the role of Linda Soto in the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. In 1999, she joined the cast of CBS soap opera Guiding Light as Theresa Sandoval. She made her film debut with small part in Girl 6 (1996), and later guest starred in episodes of New York Undercover and The District. In 2001, Navedo co-starred in the action comedy film, Double Take. Navedo also starred in the Netflix original “Bright” (2017).
From 2001 to 2004, Navedo had a recurring role on the NBC legal crime series, Law & Order, as Detective Ana Cordova. later guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Damages and Blue Bloods. Navedo also has appeared in the number of films such as Washington Heights, El Cantante and Remember Me. From 2011 to 2013, Navedo also had the recurring roles on How to Make It in America, Golden Boy and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She starred in the comedy film Superfast!, the parody of The Fast and the Furious film series.
In 2014, Navedo was cast in the series regular role of Xiomara "Xo" Villanueva, title character's mother (played by Gina Rodriguez) in The CW critically acclaimed comedy-drama series, Jane the Virgin. She received the 2015 Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television for her performance.
Personal life
Navedo has been married since 2000 and has a daughter (Ava) and a son (Nico).
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
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Konowbreen
Konowbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located between Carlsfjella and Konowryggen, and debouches into St. Jonsfjorden. The length of the glacier is 12 kilometers. The glacier is named after Wollert Konow.
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Elizabeth Murray (doctor)
Elizabeth Murray FRCGP FHEA FRCP is a British general practitioner and professor of e-health and primary care at University College London. In 2003 she established the eHealth Unit at UCL where she is co-director, and she is also deputy director for the UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering.
Education
Murray graduated with a B.A. in Physiological Sciences from St Hilda's College, Oxford in 1981, followed by an MSc in Clinical Medicine from Wolfson College, Oxford in 1982. In 2001 Murray was awarded a PhD in Medical Education from the University of Maastricht.
Career and research
Murray's research focuses on the use of digital health to improve health and health care. She has a specific focus on the development, evaluation and implementation of digital health interventions. Murray's research is highly interdisciplinary, and involves collaboration with human computer interaction and computer scientists, biomedical and health service research methods.
In 2001, Murray was awarded a Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy at the University of California, San Francisco. On her return to the UK, Murray was awarded a Department of Health Career Scientist Award (2002-07). In 2003, Murray set up the UCL eHealth Unit focused on multidisciplinary research in eHealth. With colleagues at the eHealth Unit, Murray set up a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, HeLP Digital, to disseminate evidence-based digital health interventions developed at UCL across the NHS and internationally.
Through HeLP Digital, Murray developed a programme to help people with Type 2 diabetes by providing evidence-based information and support online (HeLP-Diabetes), with funding by the NIHR. NHS England announced it will be rolling the HeLP-Diabetes programme nationally in 2020, following trials across 11 areas of the UK.
Murray is a member of the Steering Group for Public Health England workstream on evaluation of digital health interventions, a member of the NHSE Diabetes Programme Board, and a member of the Public Health England Behavioural Science Advisory Board.
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Organizational behavior and human resources
Organizational behavior and human resources (OBHR) is a field of study housed in most business schools that has evolved from the overlap in offerings and objectives from courses taught in organizational behavior and human resource management.
Organizational Behavior studies human behavior in social settings with an emphasis on explaining, predicting, and understanding behavior in organizations. Empirical generalizations and theories emanating from the cognitive and reinforcement paradigms and models of social influence are examined as the basis for analysis and understanding of topics such as motivation, leadership behavior, task performance, problem solving and decision making, group functioning, and other classes of behavior relevant to organizational effectiveness.
Human Resource Management emphasizes human resource systems, design and implementation of various personnel tests, collection and validation of employee demographic data, job classification techniques, examination of psychometric requirements in compensation programming, training impact analysis, and issues in performance appraisal systems.
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The Society for Human Resource Management reports that there are at least 190 OBHR graduate programs worldwide, including both masters and doctoral programs.
See also
List of human resource management graduate degree programs
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Flexor retinaculum
Flexor retinaculum may be:
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Stockyard Creek, South Australia
Stockyard Creek is a locality between Hamley Bridge and Owen, South Australia in the Mid North region of South Australia. It was established on the Hamley Bridge to Balaklava railway at the site of stockyards used by CB Fisher, north of Adelaide railway station. A private subdivision was surveyed, and there was a post office near the station, but very little remains now.
The private subdivision was laid out by Thomas Bartlett in 1881; it was originally known as Bartleville.
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