History.

The museum's first collections were assembled by the Manchester Society of Natural History formed in 1821 with the purchase of the collection of John Leigh Philips. The society established a museum in Peter Street, Manchester, on a site later occupied by the Young Men's Christian Association, in 1835. In 1850 the collections of the Manchester Geological Society (founded 1838) were added. By the 1860s both societies encountered financial difficulties and, on the advice of the evolutionary biologist Thomas Huxley, Owens College (now the University of Manchester) accepted responsibility for the collections in 1867. The museum in Peter Street was sold in 1875 after Owens College moved to new buildings in Oxford Street.  The college commissioned Alfred Waterhouse, architect of London's Natural History Museum, to design a museum to house the collections for the benefit of students and the public on a site in Oxford Road (then Oxford Street). The Manchester Museum was opened to the public in 1888. At the time, the scientific departments of the college were immediately adjacent, and students entered the galleries from their teaching rooms in the Beyer Building.  Two subsequent extensions mirror the development of its collections. The 1912 pavilion was largely funded by Jesse Haworth, a textile merchant, to house the archaeological and Egyptological collections acquired through excavations he had supported. The 1927 extension was built to house the ethnographic collections. The Gothic Revival street frontage which continues to the Whitworth Hall has been ingeniously integrated by three generations of the Waterhouse family. When the adjacent University Dental Hospital of Manchester moved to a new site, its old building was used for teaching and subsequently occupied by the museum.  The museum is one of the University of Manchester's 'cultural assets', along with the Whitworth Art Gallery, John Rylands Library, Jodrell Bank visitor centre and others

Galleries and redevelopment.

In 1997 the museum was awarded £12.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and with funding from the European Regional Development Fund, the University of Manchester, the Wellcome Trust, the Wolfson Foundation and other sponsors, the museum was refurbished and reopened in 2003. At this time the Fossils Gallery and Living Cultures Galleries were developed and The Vivarium was established on the second floor of the 1885 building.  The Manchester Gallery explores the changing relationship between the museum, Manchester and the rest of the world. It explores where collections came from and how they relate to colonialism and empire.  Living Worlds opened in April 2011 as a new type of natural history gallery to encourage visitors to reflect on their attitudes to nature. The gallery was designed by Brussels-based design firm villa eugenie. Exhibits include a mounted demoiselle crane with a piece of rubble from the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast and hundreds of origami cranes. Themed exhibits explore attitudes to nature and environmental issues. The gallery has a smartphone app, 'Living Worlds'. This gallery has an allotment in the courtyard in front of the museum, where volunteers grow fruit and vegetables and show visitors how to grow and look after plants.  Ancient Worlds opened in October 2012 and transformed the main galleries of the 1912 building. Discovering Archaeology explores how people make sense of the past using objects and includes exhibits on facial reconstruction and some of the characters who were involved in the development of archaeology and the museum, including William Flinders Petrie and William Boyd Dawkins. Egyptian Worlds, takes visitors on a journey through the landscape, customs and practices of the Ancient Egyptians. Exploring Objects, reveals the archaeology collections through 'visible storage' with a difference. The gallery incorporates a haptic interactive. In June 2013 time-lapse footage showing a 10-inch Egyptian statue in the museum's collection, apparently spinning around unaided, attracted worldwide media attention. Various theories were put forward, with the university's Professor Brian Cox suggesting "differential friction" between the glass shelf and the object, possibly caused by vibrations made by visitors, caused the object to move. The museum's Egyptologist Campbell Price, said "it has been on those surfaces since we have had it and it has never moved before. And why would it go around in a perfect circle?". The "Manchester Evening News" reported that the incident "sent visitor numbers soaring at the Manchester Museum", and Tim Manley, head of marketing and communications, commented that "There's been a definite spike in visitors".  Nature's Library opened in April 2013 displaying the museum's range of natural history, using a design inspired by a Gothic library to capitalise on the gallery's Gothic Revival architecture. Displays explore the variety of the natural world, where the collection came from, why people collect specimens, how they are used, and what they can tell scientists.  In 2004 the museum acquired a reproduction cast of a fossil "Tyrannosaurus rex" which is mounted in a running posture. "Stan", as it is called, is based on the second most complete T. rex excavated in 1992 in South Dakota, by Stan Sacrison.  Alchemy was a project initiating and facilitating artists' access to the museum and university. Funded by Arts Council England it offered four Alchemy Artist Fellowships, curated artist interventions in the permanent galleries and facilitated research and the loan of the museum's collections for contemporary art projects. Alchemy was the museum's first such sustained research programme. It aimed to reinvigorate displays, encourage diverse approaches and present alternative voices.  In August 2007, a temporary exhibition "Myths About Race" was opened. Many Victorian institutions are now viewed as having contributed to the racist thinking that justified slavery. As part of the "Revealing Histories: Remembering Slavery" project, it explored difficult and sensitive issues.  Lindow Man was on display for a year from April 2008 after being exhibited at the British Museum.

Collections.

Anthropology.

The collection totals about 16,000 artefacts, nearly half of which are from Africa. Material from Oceania makes up a quarter and much of the remainder comes from Asia and the Americas. The first large donation came from Robert Dukinfield Darbishire (1826–1908), beginning in 1904/05. Darbishire gave about 700 items, including ceramics from Peru and Eskimo carvings. In 1922, Charles Heape donated his Oceanian and American collection, amounting to about 1500 items. It included a collection of weapons and paddles from the Pacific islands, collected by missionaries and others. Some items from Aboriginal Australians of Victoria, Australia were acquired while Heape was resident. The Lloyd collection of Japanese metalwork, carvings and ceramics were the bequest of R. W. Lloyd. There are two collections obtained in the field by professional anthropologists. Frank Willett collected pottery, masks and ritual regalia in Nigeria in 1956 and Peter Worsley collected basketry and other items from the Wanindiljaugwa people of Groote Eylandt, Australia in 1952.

Archaeology.

The major collecting areas in archaeology have been Western Europe, the Mediterranean, Egypt and Western Asia. Large accessions of material from Egypt and Western Asia came from the excavations of Sir Flinders Petrie and subsequently archaeologists from the university have been involved in expeditions to Western Asia and brought more finds. The Egyptological collections include finds from Kahun and, presented in 1890 by Jesse Haworth and Martyn Kennard. By 1912 the growth of this area had been so great that a new wing was added for the Egyptian material to which Jesse Haworth made a major donation of funds. Its first keeper was Winifred M. Crompton.  The Egyptian Mummy Research Project, begun in 1973 under Rosalie David's direction, has yielded much information on health and social conditions in ancient Egypt and radiology and endoscopy have been used extensively. One of the mummies studied was the first mummy to be completely unwrapped in Britain since 1908. This was mummy no. 1770 in 1975. From 1979 the researchers developed non-destructive techniques by a combination of radiology and endoscopy. The results are held on the International Mummy Data Base, stored on the university computer. A redesign of the galleries in 1984/85 resulted in improved displays. The archaeology collections were redisplayed in 2011 in the Ancient Worlds galleries. A bog body, Worsley Man, is also in the care of the museum. Lindow Man, another bog body had previously been displayed.

Archery.

The nucleus of the archery collection of about 2,000 exhibits was formed by Ingo Simon and donated in 1946. Simon was an accomplished archer who spent many years researching its history and the development of bows. From 1914 to 1933 he held the world record for a flight-shot at 462 yards; he died in 1964 and his widow Erna (lady world champion, 1937, died 1973) endowed a trust to conserve and develop the collection which includes artefacts from Great Britain, Brazil, Europe, India, Pakistan, Japan, Central Asia, Africa, and the Pacific islands.

Botany.

The Manchester Herbarium contains upwards of 950,000 specimens collected during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and most countries are represented. Accessions are still made and many specialist enquiries are received. Only a small part of the collection is exhibited. Important contributions came from Charles Bailey and James Cosmo Melvill and some specimens from Carolus Linnæus, the expeditions of Charles Darwin and Admiral Sir John Franklin are included. The small collection made by Leopold H. Grindon which includes many cultivated plants is also important.

Earth sciences.

The geological collections are of more than local importance and consist of more than 9,000 mineralogical specimens and several hundred thousand fossils. Approximately one twentieth of the collection is displayed and the remainder in storage but available for study by interested persons. Much of the collecting was done in the second half of the 19th century and among the collections are the David Homfray collection from the Cambrian and Ordovician strata of Wales and the collections of George H. Hickling and D. M. S. Watson from the Silurian of the Dudley district, West Midlands and from the Old Red Sandstone. Other specimens include the fossilised plants of the Coal Measures, the S. S. Buckman collection of ammonites, an ichthyosaur from Whitby and 40,000 mammalian bones from an excavation at Creswell Crags, Derbyshire and the David Forbes World Collection of minerals. Since the 1920s there has been a policy of complementary collecting by the museum and the university Department of Geology by which the museum specialises in hard rock petrology. The museum's collection of zeolite group minerals originated from a donation by Caroline Birley in 1894.

Entomology.

The museum's collection amounts to nearly three million specimens. It has 10,500 type specimens (of 2,300 species) and additions are frequently made to it. Coleoptera represent about half the total number of specimens. The British collections constitute about 1,250,000 specimens and only a small proportion of the known species are unrepresented. Harry Britten, assistant keeper 1918–1938, had a leading role in the development of the collection. Coleoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera specimens amount to some 1,100,000 in total. Of the Manchester moth ("Euclemensia woodiella") captured on Kersal Moor in 1829, one of only three specimens known to be in existence is here. The remainder of the collection is of foreign origin and W. D. Hincks and John R. Dibb contributed great quantities of specimens, particularly of Coleoptera. Coleoptera number some 900,000 out of an approximate total 1,750,000. The Chrysomedinae-Cassidinae collection of Franz Spaeth is the finest collection in the world of tortoise-beetles.

Numismatic collection.

The first coins were donated by the businessman Reuben Spencer in 1895 and the rest of his collection of European coins and commemorative medals in various metals was donated in instalments. Alfred Güterbock deposited, then bequeathed a collection of 380 Greek gold, silver and copper coins together with some Roman coins. In the next forty years four benefactions were made: in 1912 from William Smith Churchill (European coins of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries); in 1925 William Smith Ogden's collection of antiquities, including Greek and Roman coins; in 1939 Egbert Steinthal, honorary keeper of the coin room, presented his collection of English copper coins; and in 1958 Harold Raby's bequest of Greek and Roman coins. Harold Raby succeeded Steinthal as honorary keeper and they were responsible for work on the arrangement and identification of the coins.

Amphibians.

The museum's collection of live amphibians, housed in the Vivarium, includes some of the most critically endangered neotropical species in the world. The Vivarium's displays offer an opportunity to observe the behaviour of a wide variety of species from Madagascar, South and Central America, and Australasia, in naturalistic exhibits. The maintenance of the museum's live animals operates under the highest Zoo Licence standards to ensure their health and care is optimised. A conservation research collection of rare neotropical frogs is maintained off display. These form part of non-invasive research projects and captive breeding programmes to support the "in-situ" and "ex-situ" conservation of the species concerned. These include the Lemur Leaf Frog, the Yellow-eyed Leaf Frog, and the Splendid Leaf Frog. The live collection at the museum is used as an important educational resource, and related engagement work extends to environmental education programmes developed in Costa Rica and Panama.

Mammals.

The collection includes several thousand mammal specimens. Many mounted specimens are from the original Manchester Natural History Society collection. Mounted mammals include a lowland gorilla, an aye aye, and a red panda collected by Brian Houghton Hodgson. Most mammal groups are represented. Mr Potter's cow is a member of the British White breed from the extinct Gisburne herd from the 1830s. The museum holds a number of examples of taxidermy by Rowland Ward for Maurice Egerton (Lord Egerton of Tatton Park). The collection includes bones and skulls of a wide range of mammals, covering most major groups. Many of the collections were transferred from the Anatomy Department in the 1980s. The museum holds the bone collection put together by Derek Yalden.

Birds.

The collection includes approximately 15,000 bird study skins from more than 2,000 species mostly from 1850 to 1950. A collections of birds was transferred from the Natural History Museum in 1895, including a warbler finch collected by Charles Darwin on the Galapagos in 1835. The bird skin collection of Henry Eeles Dresser acquired in 1895 includes Palaearctic bird species, bee-eaters and rollers that formed the basis of Dresser's books. The bird skin collection of approximately 7,500 specimens includes specimens that John Gerrard Keulemans and Joseph Wolf used to prepare illustrations for 'A History of the Birds of Europe'. Dresser was a member of the British Ornithologists' Union and the Zoological Society of London. His collection includes specimens from Nikolai Prjevalsky, Robert Swinhoe, Henry Tristram, Alfred Wallace and Henry Seebohm. A collection of birds from the Hawaiian Islands was received from the Royal Society in the 1890s including species that are now extinct. The museum holds the collections of Thomas Coward, Richard Spiers Standen and Robert Coombes who specialised in Eurasian goose species; this collection was acquired in the 1990s. The collection of bones includes many bird skulls. The collection formed by Derek Yalden includes skeletons of thousands of birds that were sexed. The egg collection includes approximately 10,000 sets of eggs.  Notable specimens include a male and female huia, bones of the dodo, an elephant bird egg, the only known egg of the slender-billed curlew, two study skins, a mount and several eggs of the passenger pigeon, bones of the great auk, a male and female ivory-billed woodpecker, three specimens of the paradise parrot and a warbler finch collected by Charles Darwin.

Corals.

The museum has many specimens of coral that came from Sydney Hickson, a specialist on corals and one-time Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester. These include a number of type specimens of names published by Hickson and others, including Stanley Gardiner.

Bryozoa.

The museum holds the bryozoa collection of Arthur Waters, a naturalist who lived near Manchester. Waters described the bryozoa of the Challenger expedition. The collection includes approximately 10,000 specimens including hundreds of type specimens. The museum also holds the bryozoa collection of Eliza Jelly, another eminent 19th-century bryozoologist.

Molluscs.

The museum has the fourth largest mollusc collection in Britain with 166,000 lots. The collection grew around that of the Manchester Society for the Promotion of Natural History, which acquired one of William Swainson's shell collections in 1825 and which also included the collection of Captain Thomas Brown. Catalogue of type specimens was published in 2008.  Type material is found in the collections of Alexander Abercrombie (India), Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Professor Alfred Cort Haddon (Torres Straits), Reverend James Hadfield (Lifu, Loyalty Islands), Lewis John Shackleford (especially "Marginella"), George Cooper Spence (especially African land snails and "Urocoptis" and many specimens from Matthew William Kemble Connolly and Hugh Berthon Preston), Frederick W. Townsend (Persian Gulf), syntype material from the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902–1904) and that received from the Smithsonian Institution in 1973 in an exchange. Material from the collections of Alexander Abercrombie, Alfred Cort Haddon, Rev. James Hadfield, Lewis John Shackleford, Frederick W. Townsend and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition was described by James Cosmo Melvill II who had close connections with the museum; many species were described with Robert Standen of the museum.

Spirit collection.

The collection includes around 5,000 spirit specimens from the 19th and early 20th century, although more recent acquisitions include the alligator collection formed by Professor Mark Ferguson of the Faculty of Life Sciences and Renovo plc.

Microscope slides.

The collection includes the foraminifera collection of Frederick Pearcey, who served on the Challenger Expedition and worked at one time in the museum. Other collections of forams come from Joseph Sidebotham and E. Halkyard.

Repatriation of artefacts.

In late October 2019 the first collection of many sacred artefacts belonging to Indigenous Australian peoples held in US museums were returned by Illinois State Museum to Australia. This was the first phase of the project coinciding with the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's first voyage to Australia in 2020, working to repatriate a large number of artefacts from foreign museums. The next phase of the project is to bring back 40 culturally significant objects from the Manchester Museum, including "body ornaments made from feathers, teeth and wood, hair bundles and belts". These would be returned to the Aranda, Ganggalidda, Garawa, Nyamal and Yawuru peoples.

References.

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Manchester Museum is a museum displaying works of archaeology, anthropology and natural history and is owned by the University of Manchester, in England. Sited on Oxford Road (A34) at the heart of the university's group of neo-Gothic buildings, it provides access to about 4.5 million items from every continent. It is the UK's largest university museum and serves both as a major visitor attraction and as a resource for academic research and teaching. It has around 430,000 visitors each year.

Le Manchester Museum dépend de l'université de Manchester. Situé sur l'Oxford Road (A34) en plein cœur des bâtiments néo-gothiques du campus, il présente environ 6 millions d'objets venus du monde entier et est une des principales ressources pour l'enseignement et la recherche, en plus d'être un musée public.


Alpha decay.

Astatine has 23 nuclear isomers (nuclei with one or more nucleons – protons or neutrons – in an excited state). A nuclear isomer may also be called a "meta-state"; this means the system has more internal energy than the "ground state" (the state with the lowest possible internal energy), making the former likely to decay into the latter. There may be more than one isomer for each isotope. The most stable of them is astatine-202m1, which has a half-life of about 3 minutes; this is longer than those of all ground states except those of isotopes 203–211 and 220. The least stable one is astatine-214m1; its half-life of 265 ns is shorter than those of all ground states except that of astatine-213.  Alpha decay energy follows the same trend as for other heavy elements. Lighter astatine isotopes have quite high energies of alpha decay, which become lower as the nuclei become heavier. However, astatine-211 has a significantly higher energy than the previous isotope; it has a nucleus with 126 neutrons, and 126 is a magic number (corresponding to a filled neutron shell). Despite having a similar half-life time as the previous isotope (8.1 hours for astatine-210 and 7.2 hours for astatine-211), the alpha decay probability is much higher for the latter: 41.8 percent versus just 0.18 percent. The two following isotopes release even more energy, with astatine-213 releasing the highest amount of energy of all astatine isotopes. For this reason, it is the shortest-lived astatine isotope. Even though heavier astatine isotopes release less energy, no long-lived astatine isotope exists; this happens due to the increasing role of beta decay. This decay mode is especially important for astatine: as early as 1950, it was postulated that the element has no beta-stable isotopes (i.e. ones that do not undergo beta decay at all), though nuclear mass measurements reveal that At is in fact beta-stable, as it has the lowest mass of all isobars with "A" = 215. A beta decay mode has been found for all other astatine isotopes except for astatine-213, astatine-214, and astatine-216m. Among other isotopes: astatine-210 and the lighter isotopes decay by positron emission; astatine-216 and the heavier isotopes undergo beta decay; astatine-212 can decay either way; and astatine-211 decays by electron capture instead.  The most stable isotope of astatine is astatine-210, which has a half-life of about 8.1 hours. This isotope's primary decay mode is positron emission to the relatively long-lived alpha emitter, polonium-210. In total, only five isotopes of astatine have half-lives exceeding one hour: those between 207 and 211. The least stable ground state isotope is astatine-213, with a half-life of about 125 nanoseconds. It undergoes alpha decay to the extremely long-lived isotope (in practice, a stable one) bismuth-209.

Astatine (At) has 39 known isotopes, all of which are radioactive; the range of their mass numbers is from 191 to 229. There also exist 23 metastable excited states. The longest-lived isotope is At, which has a half-life of 8.1 hours; the longest-lived isotope existing in naturally occurring decay chains is At with a half-life of 56 seconds.

L'astate (At, numéro atomique 85) ne possède aucun isotope stable. Il possède 32 radioisotopes connus avec un numéro de masse allant de 191 à 223. Il possède également 23 isomères nucléaires. L'isotope de plus longue durée de vie est At, avec une demi-vie de 8,1 heures.


Communes.

Deux-Sevi is composed of the communes of Cargèse, Cristinacce, Evisa, Marignana, Osani, Ota, Partinello, Piana, and Serriera.

Access.

Deux-Sevi is crossed by the road D81, which connects Bastia to Ajaccio by the western littoral. Beyond the Palmarella pass, to the north, is Filosorma. The D84 road that connects Porto on the D81 to the RN193 to Francardo in the Golo Valley connects via the Vergio Pass and the Niolo. The last road access to this area of Corsica is via the old RN195 (currently D70) via the Sevi Pass, which gave its name to this region and connects it to Sorro, a region in Vico.  The jagged coast offers little shelter to navigation. Only a small fishing port called Porto exists. The Girolata Cove, the destination of many excursions and boat-walks which come from Calvi and Ajaccio in summer, offers only a relative shelter from the prevailing southwesterly gusts. The coast, from Scandola to Cargèse, contains a multitude of flora and fauna, such as ospreys, bearded vultures, bighorn sheep, and groupers.

History.

Antiquity.

In Ptolemy's description of Corsica in the 2nd century, Ptolemy mentions the Kerouinoi as one of the 12 people inhabiting the island. There was also Roman influence: a female bust was found in Piana, and burial graves and funeral urns were found at Osani, Ota, and Partinello.

Middle Ages.

Sia was the pieve of Porto valley. Since corsairs, specifically the Barbarians made frequent invasions and enslaved people, it was nearly deserted. By around 1520, the only inhabited places were Sia, Ota, Sevenentro, Cristinachie, Marignano, Evisa, Taxo, and Laragio. In the year 1455, the Turkish also began raiding the coast. Because of this, coastal villages were abandoned. To defend the population, coastal towers were built. Despite this, the Church of St. John the Baptist and the parish church of Paomia. In 1540, the Genoese, led by Zannetino Doria, captured Girolata, as well as Dragut, a respected and feared Turkish admiral.

Depopulation.

At the beginning of the second half of the sixteenth century, the Office of St. George ordered the depopulation of Sia because of the insubordination of its inhabitants to the Lordship of Leca. In addition, hunger and famine in the years 1582-1583 depopulated 29 communities in the region, including Paomia, Rivinda and Salognu.

Jewish community.

Between the sixteenth century and the seventeenth century, the city of Padua in Italy was largely populated by Jews. A malicious rumor that their Buda had committed acts of cruelty against the Christians triggered a surge of brutality against the Jewish community. It is thanks to the intervention of a Franciscan father named Father Marco that the Jewish community escaped the announced massacre. A large part of the Jewish community of Padua decided, following these events, to emigrate. Some arrived in Corsica, and the inhabitants named them Padovani, meaning "those who come from Padua". The name Padovani is a common name in Corsica today.

Deux-Sevi is a region of Corsica, located on its west side in the province of Vico. It is also the name of the canton constituted by these communes. It is between Filiosorma and Deux-Sorru. In the Corsican language, the inhabitants are called "Sivinchi". The territory also has multiple UNESCO world heritage sites.

Les Deux-Sevi sont une région de Corse située sur la façade occidentale de l'île, dans l'ancienne province de Vico. Il s'agit également du nom du canton constitué par ces communes. Ils sont aussi les "Dui Sevi", « territoire de vie » du Parc naturel régional de Corse.


Music and lyrics.

The song, which is dominated by its downcast reflective verses in A-minor and neatly complemented by its interjecting upbeat chorus in A-major, was the second major song Gouldman wrote for Herman's Hermits (the previous being "Listen People", a US #3).  The lyrics refer to the practice, common at the time, of milkmen delivering fresh milk in bottles to residential houses each morning. The love interest of the song's protagonist has just moved out, so the household needs less milk. The notice in front of the house, asking the milkman not to leave the usual bottle, while seeming mundane to passers-by ("how could they know just what this message means?"), symbolises to the singer himself the break-up of his relationship ("the end of all my dreams"). Gouldman wrote the song for The Hollies after he saw a "no milk today" notice outside a friend's house one day, and his father observed that could be for various reasons.  The single was the first track for which the band employed a string section.  John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin fame was credited for introducing the chimes during the song, publicly praised by Peter Noone.

Recordings.

Later the song was recorded by Gouldman himself as the sole single (released with "The Impossible Years") from his 1968 debut album "The Graham Gouldman Thing" and, in 2006, it was included on the compilation album "Greatest Hits... And More", released by Gouldman's own band 10cc.  The song was extensively used in a 2009 commercial campaign for the Norwegian milk company Tine. It was also used for a commercial of the Dutch milk company Coberco in the 1990s.  The Spanish rendering "Todo Cambió" was recorded in 1967 by Lita Torelló ().  "No Milk Today" has also been included in the official "Sons of Anarchy" soundtrack, covered by frequent soundtrack contributor The Forest Rangers, featuring folk singer Joshua James. The cover appeared in the first episode of season 3.  The ex YU and Serbian band Riblja Čorba produced a hard rock cover in Serbian, "Danas nema mleka", a protest song criticizing the Slobodan Milošević regime, for their 1993 album "Zbogom, Srbijo". Inspired by the title of the original, the Serbian cover turns the meaning around and opens up with the lyrics "Danas nema mleka, danas nema hleba" ("today there is no milk, today there is no bread"), criticizing the heavily declined standard of living in Serbia at the time.

"No Milk Today" is a song that was written by Graham Gouldman and originally recorded by British pop band Herman's Hermits. It was first released as a single by the Mancunian group in the UK in October 1966 and, with the B-side "My Reservation's Been Confirmed", enjoyed chart success, peaking at No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. Although not released as a single in the US ("Dandy" was released in its place with the same B-side), it was popular enough to become a moderate hit when it was released there as the B-side to "There's a Kind of Hush", reaching No. 35 in 1967 (the A-side reaching No. 4). It was also a major hit in many European countries.

Elle sort en simple en octobre 1966 au Royaume-Uni, avec la chanson "My Reservation's Been Confirmed" en face B, et se classe des "charts". Elle connaît le succès dans d'autres pays d'Europe, notamment en France. Elle figure sur l'album "There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World" qui sort l'année suivante.


Life.

Tinsley was born 1941 in Chester, England, as the middle of three daughters of Jean and Edward Hill. The family emigrated to New Zealand following World War II, first living in Christchurch, and then for a longer time in New Plymouth, where her father, Edward Hill, was a clergyman, Moral Re-Armer, and later became the mayor (1953–56).  While studying in Christchurch, she married physicist and university classmate Brian Tinsley, not knowing that this would prevent her from working at the University while he was employed there. They moved in 1963 to the United States, to Dallas, Texas, where Brian was hired by the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (now, the University of Texas at Dallas). However, she was said to have found the situation "stultifying", and had once caused a controversy by refusing to follow the custom of hosting a faculty tea. In 1964, she enrolled at UT-Austin, where she was the only woman in the astronomy program and where she would later publish her groundbreaking research.  Despite receiving recognition for her work, Tinsley was unable to find a permanent academic position. In 1974, after years of attempting to balance home, family and two commuting careers, she left her husband and two adopted children to take a position as assistant professor at Yale. She worked there until her death from cancer in the Yale Infirmary in 1981. Her ashes are buried in the campus cemetery.

Education.

Tinsley attended New Plymouth Girls' High School, then studied at the University of Canterbury where she completed a BSc and then a Master of Science degree in 1961, with First Class Honours in Physics. Her Doctor of Philosophy PhD was awarded by the University of Texas in Austin in 1966, with the thesis "Evolution of Galaxies and its Significance for Cosmology".

Professional activity.

Tinsley completed pioneering theoretical studies of how populations of stars age and affect the observable qualities of galaxies. She also collaborated on basic research into models investigating whether the universe is closed or open. Her galaxy models led to the first approximation of what protogalaxies should look like.  In 1974 she received the American Astronomical Society's Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy, awarded for "outstanding research and promise for future research by a postdoctoral woman researcher", in recognition of her work on galaxy evolution.  In 1977, Tinsley, with Richard Larson of Yale, organised a conference on 'The Evolution of Galaxies and Stellar Populations'.  Shortly after, in 1978, she became the first female professor of astronomy at Yale University. Her last scientific paper, submitted to the Astrophysical Journal ten days before her death, was published posthumously that November, without revision.

Tributes.

In 1986 the American Astronomical Society established the Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize, which recognises "an outstanding research contribution to astronomy or astrophysics, of an exceptionally creative or innovative character." It is the only major award created by an American scientific society which honours a woman scientist. The award is not made with restriction on a candidate's citizenship or country of residence.  The main-belt asteroid 3087 Beatrice Tinsley, discovered in 1981 at Mt John University Observatory near Tekapo, is also named after her.  The University of Texas at Austin established from endowment in 1989 the Beatrice M. Tinsley Centennial Visiting Professorship, where a distinguished mid-career or senior professor is invited to visit for up to a semester. In 2007 they added the Tinsley Scholars, awards for younger researchers to briefly visit Austin.  In 2005, the Circa Theatre in Wellington produced a play called "Bright Star", about the life of Beatrice Tinsley. The Wellington Astronomical Society held telescope viewing sessions outside the theatre, on the wharf next to the Te Papa Museum.  In December 2010 the New Zealand Geographic Board officially named a mountain in Fiordland's Kepler Mountains (which are named for the astronomer Johannes Kepler) as Mt Tinsley.  The Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand established the Beatrice Hill Tinsley Lectures in 2012.  Beatrice Tinsley Crescent in Rosedale, on Auckland's North Shore, is named for her.  On 27 January 2016, the 75th anniversary of her birth, Google published a Doodle to honour her work.  Her obituary was published by "The New York Times" several decades later on 18 July 2018, in their "Overlooked" project, which aims to note "the stories of remarkable people whose deaths went unreported in The Times".  In 2018, the Yale Society of Physics Students began an inaugural prize lecture in honor of Tinsley.  The University of Canterbury constructed a Beatrice Tinsley building, which was opened in October 2019 and uses Pres-Lam technology developed at the university.

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Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (27 January 1941 – 23 March 1981) was a British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist and professor of astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow and die.

Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley, née le à Chester et décédée le, est une astronome et cosmologiste néo-zélandaise dont les recherches ont constitué des contributions fondamentales à la compréhension d'un point de vue astronomique de l'évolution des galaxies dans le temps.


Background and recording.

The making of "Staind" was a stressful experience for the group. As lead singer Aaron Lewis stated, "By the end of the first month we weren't even recording in the same places anymore."  A number of factors created some dissension within the group during recording. Despite the deadline on the album's completion approaching, with the album less than half finished, Lewis continued to do solo gigs to promote his solo album "Town Line" much to the other band members' discontent. In addition Lewis' working relationship with drummer Jon Wysocki broke down completely. Wysocki's departure from the group was announced on their website in May 2011.  Many songs were released before the album's official release date. The lead single, "Not Again", was made available as a streaming video on the band's official website on July 12, 2011. It was released to radio stations on July 19, 2011. "The Bottom" was released on the "". Additionally, "Eyes Wide Open" was released on June 30, and the song "Paper Wings" was released on August 8.  The official music video for "Not Again" premiered August 30, 2011. The single topped the Mainstream Rock Songs chart for seven non-consecutive weeks, and peaked at No. 4 on the Rock Songs chart and No. 14 on the Alternative Songs chart. The second single was confirmed as "Eyes Wide Open". "Something to Remind You", despite not being a single, peaked at No. 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, due to digital downloads. It would be released as the fourth single later on.  On September 15 Staind played a benefit concert for the September 11 victims and presented the new album. Eight of the ten total songs were performed, excluding "Take a Breath" and "Now".

Music.

The band views the album as a return to the more aggressive sound heard on earlier albums such as "Dysfunction" and "Tormented". Mike Mushok said "It's like "Dysfunction" 2011. The music goes back to where we started, but there's still melody. We were ready to make an album that was heavy from beginning to end. It was time." Bassist Johnny April said "There's a deeper anger to the vocals and music. Some of the riffs Mike came up with were challenging and incredibly different. We've grown so much, and at the same time managed to find our way back to our roots."

Reception.

The album debuted at number 5 on the "Billboard" 200, with first sales week of 47,000 copies, making the fifth consecutive top-five album for the band. However, the album has spent the least weeks of any Staind studio record on the chart, falling off after eight weeks. As of November 19, it has sold over 100,000 copies.  The album received a score of 55 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "mixed or average reviews", (according to seven critic scores) with some critics, including IGN (which gave it a score of 7.5 out of 10), calling it Staind's most mature and balanced release to date and praising the band for returning to their heavier, metal roots.

Track listing.

Notes

Personnel.

Staind Production

Staind is the eponymous seventh and the most recent studio album by American rock band Staind, released on September 13, 2011. It was released as a download, a standard CD and a limited deluxe digipak edition, which contains a DVD documenting the recording process of the album, plus two live bonus tracks (Live in Houston) for the European digipak release.

Staind est le septième album, éponyme, par le groupe de métal alternatif Staind, paru le. L'album marque le retour de Staind au son lourd qui prédominait dans les albums précédents. C'est aussi le dernier album de Staind auquel a participé le batteur cofondateur, Jon Wysocki, à cause de son départ du groupe après l'enregistrement en mai 2011.


Biography.

Vidal was born in Cartagena de Indias in 1739 to Pedro Luis Vidal and Josefina Marcelina Madrigal y Valdés. He was educated at the Colegio de San Bartolomé, Santa Fé in Bogotá, Colombia and earned degrees in civil and canon law in 1763. He worked for 20 years as an attorney in Colombia for both the Spanish government and private clients, including serving as an interim governor in Popayán and Quito. He also worked as a law professor at the Colegio Seminario de San Bartolomé.  In 1790, he was posted to Louisiana as a governmental legal adviser ("auditor de guerra"), arriving in New Orleans on March 17, 1791. Vidal's relationship with The Cabildo was contentious with disputes over larger issues like smallpox vaccination, fire hazards, and slavery, as well as minutia around protocol.  Following the death of Louisiana Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos of yellow fever on July 18, 1799, Vidal was named civil governor of Spanish Louisiana alongside Col. Francisco Bouligny, who was named military governor of the territory, under the authority of the new Acting Governor General Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta, 1st Marquess of Casa Calvo. After Bouligny's death, Vidal continued to serve as lieutenant-governor under Casa Calvo until the last Spanish governor, Juan Manuel de Salcedo, arrived to oversee implementation of the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso and the return of Louisiana to France. After the transfer of Louisiana to the United States was complete, Vidal removed to Pensacola, capital of Spanish West Florida, where he served as "auditor de guerra" until his death in 1806.

Personal life.

Vidal was described as a "shameless roué with a face like a monkey," and in his official acts he was very sensitive to the importance of his position. He complained to Spanish officials on several occasions about public slights and offences.  Starting in 1800, Vidal acquired through purchase and a royal grant several properties along Bayou St. John in New Orleans to establish a plantation. He sold the property in 1804, following the sale of Louisiana.  Vidal acknowledged at least three children — Maria Josefa, Mercedes, and Carolina — born through plaçage relationships with free women of color. Maria Josefa was left with her mother, Rosa Noriega, in Colombia when Vidal moved to Louisiana. In Louisiana, he entered into a relationship with Eufrosina Hisnard, who at the time was about 15 years old. Hisnard and Vidal had Mercedes and Carolina, along with a son who died in infancy. Hisnard and Vidal's daughters were accepted as part of Vidal's social circle without scandal.  Following Vidal's death, Mercedes and her mother sought help from U.S. authorities in the newly acquired Florida Territory in settling Vidal's estate, which led to a conflict between Andrew Jackson, the newly appointed military commissioner and governor, and the last Spanish governor of Florida, José María Callava.

Don Nicolás María Vidal y Madrigal (10 December 1739 – 25 May 1806), civil governor of Spanish Louisiana and Spanish Florida from 1799–1801.

Nicolas Marie Vidal, gouverneur civil de la Louisiane espagnole et de la Floride espagnole. Il fut lieutenant-gouverneur de la Louisiane française et représentant du gouvernement français.


History.

The Appalachian Trail was originally conceived by forester Benton MacKaye who envisioned a grand trail that would connect a series of farms and wilderness work/study camps for city-dwellers. In 1922, at the suggestion of Major William A. Welch, director of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, MacKaye's plan was publicized by Raymond H. Torrey with a story in the "New York Evening Post" under a full page banner headline reading "A Great Trail from Maine to Georgia!"; the idea was quickly adopted by the new Palisades Interstate Park Trail Conference as their main project, and on January 4, 1924, the first twenty-mile (32 km) stretch from the Hudson to the Ramapo Rivers was complete. The entire trail was completed in 1937.  The ATC was formed in Washington, DC on March 2 and 3, 1925, with Major Welch as chairman and Torrey as treasurer. In 1927, Welch was replaced by Judge Arthur Perkins and in 1928, J. Ashton Allis became Treasurer.  In 1929, Perkins recruited Ned Anderson to blaze the Connecticut leg of the trail. This section is a 50-mile stretch through the northwest corner of the state from Dog Tail Corners in Webatuck, NY to Bear Mountain at the Massachusetts border. Anderson worked dually as a section manager for both Connecticut Forest & Park Association and the ATC. With his volunteers, he continued to maintain the trail until his retirement in 1948. Today, the trail is maintained by the Appalachian Mountain Club.

Activities.

The ATC is committed not only to trail maintenance and protection, but to education, science and awareness as well. The trail's size, uniqueness and the environmental effects of it and on it can provide valuable insights and advances for science and ecology. The ATC currently has a MEGA-Transect scientific study underway, which will use data collected (species of flora, fauna, wildlife, weather/climate effects and more) to provide critical information toward preservation on a global scale. The Conservancy strives to heighten awareness via the “ATC's Community Recognition Program” or “Trail Towns” program that recognizes and highlights the communities through which the trail's 2,000 miles run. As well, the ATC's “A Trail To Every Classroom” is a school program that utilized the trail to teach students about conservation, preservation, earth science and ecology.

Halfway point pictures.

Because The ATC Headquarters in Harpers Ferry is located roughly at the halfway point for the Appalachian Trail, a photograph at ATC headquarters is a standard ritual for those hikers intending to walk the entire path. One of the functions of the ATC, as the lead organization in managing and protecting the A.T., is to maintain the official 2,000-miler registry of all those who have completed the A.T. Another, less official function, is the documentation of hikers who reach the halfway point. These hikers, whether hiking Northbound, Southbound, or Section hiking (completing portions in multiple trips) almost universally stop by the ATC headquarters for a few minutes. Having a simple Polaroid under the ATC sign after hiking 1,000 miles is a milestone anticipated by many hikers. The pictures are signed and numbered in the order the hikers arrive. Although hikers are not entered into the official 2,000-miler registry until completing the full Appalachian Trail, the ritual is nonetheless a memorable recognition of their progress.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) (formerly Appalachian Trail Conference) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Appalachian Trail, a route in the eastern United States that runs from Maine to Georgia. Founded in 1925, the ATC works to protect the trail's, 250,000 acre (1,000 km2) greenway, and coordinates the work of some thirty hiking clubs performing trail maintenance.

Le Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), anciennement Appalachian Trail Conference, est une association à but non lucratif dédiée à l'entretien du Sentier des Appalaches. Elle vise donc à protéger la piste d'environ et carrés de terrains alentour. Elle coordonne le travail de plusieurs clubs de randonnée qui effectuent l'entretien des sentiers.


History.

There are traces which show there was settlement here during the Palaeolithic era. Remains have been found of Romans and Visigoths, as well as Arabs. The Village of Cogollos Vega was assigned to the district of Vega with Alhendín, Alfacar, Víznar and other population centres. It is mentioned by Ibn al-Khatib. The records of their existence do not date before the fourteenth century. It was occupied by Moors until they were expelled in 1572, and lay deserted until eight years later. Then arrived eighty settlers, mostly from the town of Jaen Huelma.  According to the Cadastre of Ensenada, in 1752, it had 259 residents.  The rest of its history is closely linked to that of Granada, given its proximity and its location halfway between Grenada and the foothills of the Natural Park of Sierra de Huétor, Part of the Baetic System. There are masses of oak, and magnificent scenery.

Politics.

Cogollos Vega results in the municipal elections held in May 2011 were:

Events & Attractions.

Attractions.

Arab Baths - 12th Century.

The Arab Baths are in the old part of town. For centuries it served as housing and consisted of three buildings, linked by arches and vaults with octagonal skylights. The type of parallel chambers may belong to the times of Taifas. The Arab baths of Cogollos Vega have been catalogued as a historic artistic monument of cultural interest, assuming the first step for restoration by the Ministry of Culture.  The baths date from about the twelfth century and are of the rural bath model from the Muslim period and, like many others in the province, have stood the test of time thanks to its solid structure. They have been occupied as a dwelling from its disuse in the sixteenth century. The tradition of public toilets, which since Roman times were a meeting point and an example of collective hygiene, did not fit the customs of the Christian conquerors. They appear as an old house, like many houses of the old town, that would go unnoticed if not for the large stone blocks that reinforce his corner and the sign of Arab Baths (12th - 14th century).  The doorway leads to a first rectangular room with massive brick vault barrel without skylights. It is the cold room or apodyterium. It served as wardrobe and a room for greeting and farewell to clients. An arched opening in the centre of the wall accesses the second room, tepidarium or warm room. Wider and taller than the "apodyterium", in half-barrel vault cloister with twelve skylights with hexagonal lights that could have provided coloured lighting providing an ambience in this quiet zone and steam bath.  The third area is the hot room or caldarium, a little wider than the previous one which has fourteen hexagonal skylights of the same type, very rare, which enhance the uniqueness of this bath.  The existence of these Arab baths went unnoticed, except for its inhabitants, until the late nineteenth century. Then the art historian and specialist in Spanish-Muslim Manuel Gomez Moreno made a plan on behalf of these baths until 1975 was exhibited at the Archaeological Museum. In November of that year he presented the plan to the local council. In 1987 the house (baths) was purchased by the City of Cogollos Vega consisting of the bath, 100 square meters, and a courtyard 79 meters, for a price of 4,500,000 pesetas in 2003.  Later, in January 1991, the baths were declared a historic-artistic monument, and in 1996 the County Council (with a budget of 1,900,000 pesetas), undertook works of demolition of the walls and ceilings, original non-blinded holes, signs and paving partially crushed, plaster walls, and cleaning decks. The cost estimated by the Department of Culture for the restoration amounted to 211,000 Euros initially, and between other work includes undoing some of the work undertaken by the council without any archaeological rigour.  An archaeological and ethnographic museum is planned in the future.

Church of the Annunciation - 16th Century.

The Church of the Annunciation is built on the site of an ancient mosque. The tower has Mudejar coffered ceilings. Inside, there is an 18th-century Baroque altarpiece and pictures of great artistic value, such as a work attributed to Alonso Cano, as well as other valuable ornaments and silverware. Impressed by the nobility and the brightness of the altarpiece in the chapel of the eighteenth century, a gift was received from an Aragon family, for which a portrait is preserved in the church. The sculptures that make up the church are all of the Granada school of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Arab Watchtower.

The watchtower is constructed of masonry with large boulders interspersed. Also known as "the Tower", it is circular and cylindrical. There is a brick arch. Except the central slice, all else is of stone. A window would light over the single entry to the building and would be a channel of communication with the valley. In the north there is a window with the damaged edges and a hole in the bottom.  It served as a watchtower in Moorish times and was used during the Civil War. The tower is at 1,160 meters above sea level and has magnificent views over the Vega of Granada, Sierra Arana, the Cubillas and Sierra Elvira.  It has been recently restored and has built a lookout.

Penon de la Mata.

The "Peñón de la Mata" is 1,669 m in height. In its slopes lie the archaeological remains of Neolithic settlements.  During the Spanish Civil War, the term "término de Cogollos Vega" served the area between the Francoist faction and the Spanish Republican Army. The area of La Mata was the scene of one of the most significant battles in the province of Granada, establishing itself as one of the pockets of Republican resistance, favoured as it was by the geographic situation in the area. Testimony to these facts are the large number of trenches that remain today.

Water Cave.

"La Cueva del Agua" is situated on the slopes of the peak in the "Ass Cabezo Sierra Arana". Currently, access is via two forest roads, from Vega, and from "Sotillo" Iznalloz.  The peculiar characteristics of the cavity, a chasm of more than 180 m deep, is almost in its natural state and has the development of pockets that stretch over three miles (5 km).  Since 1969 the cave has been managed by a Board of the County that bears his name, whose governing board consists of civil and cultural authorities in the province. In addition, since 1991 there is an Advisory Committee for management involving the municipalities of Iznalloz, Deifontes and Cogollos Vega, along with the University of Granada.

Cogollos Vega is a municipality in the province of Granada, Spain, located at the feet of the Sierra de Cogollos. As of 2010, it has a population of 2068 inhabitants. It is Located in the northern part of the province, about 14 km from the provincial capital, Granada. It borders the municipalities of Deifontes, Iznalloz, Huétor Santillán, Nívar, Güevéjar, Calicasas and Albolote.

Cogollos Vega, également appelé Cogollos de la Vega, est une commune de la communauté autonome d'Andalousie, dans la province de Grenade, en Espagne.


Education.

Robichaud was educated at the University of Moncton where he received Bachelor of Physical Education, Bachelor of Education and Master of Education degrees. He was a school principal and later a hospital administrator through the 1980s and early 1990s.

Politics.

While at the University of Moncton he was involved in student government and was elected to Tracadie municipal council in 1983 serving one three-year term. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a by-election in 1994. A Progressive Conservative, he was the first of his party to win a seat in the area since 1912. His party was struggling at the time and was a third party in the legislature.  He was re-elected in 1995 when his party regained the status of official opposition under the leadership former federal cabinet minister Bernard Valcourt. When Valcourt resigned as leader in 1997, Robichaud served as interim leader until the election of Bernard Lord and as leader of the opposition from Valcourt's resignation until Lord won a seat in a by-election in 1998.  Robichaud was again elected in 1999 and his party was victorious across the province. He was sworn into the cabinet as Minister of Education and served as education minister until 2001 when he was shuffled into the health portfolio.  Robichaud was again re-elected in 2003 and continued in the cabinet. On January 31, 2006 he announced he would not run again and would step down from the cabinet the next time it was shuffled. He left the cabinet following the shuffle on February 14, 2006.  For the 2006 New Brunswick election he served as Conservative campaign chairman.

Elvy Robichaud (born April 3, 1951 in Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick) is a former Canadian politician. He last served in 2006 as the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Tracadie-Sheila.

Elvy Robichaud (né le, 1951 à Tracadie-Sheila) au Nouveau-Brunswick était un politicien acadien. Il servit pour une dernière fois en 2006 comme membre de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick pour la circonscription de Tracadie-Sheila.


History.

Athletics Federation of India, then Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI), was formed in 1946 at the initiative of Prof. G.D. Sondhi and Maharaja Yadvindra Singh. Prof. G.D. Sondhi was its first President for a short while, resigning on 13 April 1950. In 2017 AFI made a lot of decision against the interest of the country and avoided qualified PU Chitra from attending 2017 World Championships in Athletics. This organisation is corrupted and need a complete system cleaning to ensure the qualified athlete are selected instead of kith and kin of AFI members.

Competitions.

The Competitions, conducted by the AFI, are divided in three categories “I”, “II” & “III”. Category I is solely conducted by AFI where as Category II includes all those Competitions, for which AFI grant permission to any other party, affiliated Units/Clubs/Organisations. Category III consists of competitions conducted by AFI but not on regular basis.

Controversies.

AFI has been under pressure for the last several years due to doping scandals. The entire 4x400m women`s relay that won gold in the 2010 Commonwealth Games were tested positive for anabolic steroid.  The governing body's selection process for international teams have received public criticism. PU Chitra, Ajay Kumar Saroj and Sudha Singh were excluded from the 2017 World Championships in Athletics despite being eligible for entry by the International Association of Athletics Federations (the global governing body). Chitra lodged an appeal to the Kerala High Court in July 2017, though she was ultimately excluded as the court's request for inclusion was beyond the selection cut-off date. Commentator KP Mohan believed the right decision had been made to not include Chitra and several other Asian champions, given their low international ranking at that time, though he stated the controversy could have been avoided if the AFI had made its selection criteria clear before the start of the athletics season.

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is the apex body in Athletics in India and is responsible for conducting Competitions in the country. It was earlier called as Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI). It is associated with both Asian Athletics Association (AAA) and International Association of Athletics Federations.

La Fédération d'athlétisme de l'Inde (en anglais "Athletics Federation of India") est la fédération nationale d'athlétisme de l'Union indienne. Son siège est à New Delhi rue Panchkuian, Palika Place. Son président actuel est M. L. Adam.


Career.

Early career.

Dudu began his career in the youth side for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and earned on 14 June 2009 his first cap in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A against Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. On 27 April 2010, Coritiba Foot Ball Club signed the 18-year-old Attacking midfielder on loan from Cruzeiro until December 2010.  Dudu returned to Cruzeiro for the 2011 season. On 25 June in the match against Coritiba Dudu, playing as a substitute, surprised the coach Joel Santana, who said: "Dudu entered really well in the match. He is such a bold boy, intelligent, he doesn't forget the instructions. He is audacious, even being a little guy. It proves that tallness isn't really important for football. Quality, ability and competence are. He showed he is such a competent player, in spite of his young age."

Dynamo Kyiv.

On 27 August 2011, it was announced on his team Cruzeiro's official homepage that Dudu would join Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv on a €5 million offer.

Grêmio.

On 11 February 2014, Dudu was loaned to Grêmio until the end of the Brazilian season, on 31 December 2014.

Palmeiras.

After almost being signed by Corinthians, on 11 January 2015 Dudu joined rival Palmeiras on a four-year contract. While being among the most important players in the squad, Dudu was also criticised by the fans due to his temperamental behavior on the pitch, which included being sent-off during the 2015 Campeonato Paulista finals after hitting the referee. He helped Palmeiras win the 2015 Copa do Brasil, by scoring twice in the final match against Santos. By the start of the 2016 season, the attitude problems were no longer an issue as Dudu took over as club captain following an elbow injury from former captain Fernando Prass. He then led the team to another title, the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro, the ninth in the club's history. Known for his passionate demeanor towards Palmeiras, Dudu became a fan favorite and has been always among the top goalscorers and playmakers of the team since his arrival.  In March 2018, he extended his contract until 2022. After the arrival of Roger Machado as the new head coach, Dudu was no longer wearing the armband for the team, while still being a regular starter on the left side of the attack. In 5 years, Dudu became a big idol of the club and the fans, due to great performances and being the best player in the recent titles.

International career.

On 28 October 2011, while playing for Dynamo, Dudu was called up to the senior team by manager Mano Menezes for friendlies against Gabon and Egypt. He made his national debut against Gabon on 10 November.

Honours.

Club.

Palmeiras

International.

Brazil

Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues Sotero (born 7 January 1992), commonly known as Dudu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for Palmeiras.

Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues, connu sous le nom de Dudu, (Goiania, le 7 janvier, 1992) est un footballeur brésilien qui joue comme un attaquant. Il évolue actuellement au SE Palmeiras.


Plot.

The story opens with Barbie and kindergarten students walking in a big meadow, ready to plant trees. Emma, one of the children, finds a small tree and decides to plant it, but her friends laugh at her because of it, making her sad. However, Barbie cheers her up by telling her that a small tree can grow into a very big tree. Then Barbie tells the children about Thumbelina.  Thumbelina is one of the Twillerbees. Twillerbees have the ability to make plants grow faster (and as revealed later on, they can grow plants out of nowhere as well). Thumbelina is excited when there will be Twillerbabies. She creates fake wings for herself and for her two friends, Janessa and Chrysella. They will use the wings to see the Twillerbuds bloom to be Twillerbabies. When they try the wings, suddenly many tractors come to their field. Hiding in the flowers, the trio are trapped. They are brought into an apartment they never knew before.  The apartment belongs to the parents of a spoiled, wealthy girl, named Makena. The flower bed is placed in Makena's bedroom. As Thumbelina, Chrysella, and Janessa search for a way to go back to their field, Makena's dog Poofles run after them. Makena comes into the bedroom while the trio hides. Makena talks to her friend Violet from a cell phone about her parents who will build a factory on the Twillerbees field.  An upset Thumbelina scolds Makena, who is surprised, yet happy to find an interesting thing to be demonstrated to Violet. She always competes against Violet. The three Twillerbees try to escape from Makena and Poofles.  Finally, Thumbelina sends Chrysella and Janessa home. They will disturb the work in the field while Thumbelina will talk to Makena. Thumbelina makes Makena promise not to tell anyone about her and Makena must persuade her parents to stop building the factory. Thumbelina will make special things for Makena in return.  At first, Makena does not talk seriously to her parents about it. She even wants to break her promise to Thumbelina when she invites Violet and Ashlynn. She wants them to see the thing everyone in the universe cannot have which is Thumbelina. Thumbelina becomes angry at Makena and leaves the apartment, just before Makena realizes that Violet and Ashlyn are not her true friends, Thumbelina is her true friend.  Makena goes to the field and asks for Thumbelina's forgiveness. She also wants to save the field desperately and earnestly. Thumbelina, forgiving her, shows Makena the other Twillerbees and the Twillerbuds.  That night, Makena, Thumbelina, Janessa, Chrysella, Poofles, and Lola the bird works hard in the greenhouse to grow the plants. The next day, Makena asks her parents to stop the building, and Thumbelina shows herself. Thumbelina explains to them about the Twillerbuds that will bloom soon. Evan and Vanessa, Makena's parents, are convinced and try to stop Myron, the contractor, from destroying the field.  With the help of birds and other Twillerbees, Myron's workers run away, thinking that the field is haunted, But Myron is angry and determined to finish his work as he hates flowers. Ultimately, Makena and Thumbelina arrive and they stop Myron. Immediately, Evan and Vanessa arrive at the field to have the factory project shut down. A team of birds chase Myron away, and Makena and her family see the Twillerbuds bloom.  To prevent others from building factories in the field, they turn the field into a Reserved Park.  In the end of the story, it shows that Barbie and the children are in Makena's Reserved Park. Barbie says that even the smallest person can make a big difference. Makena is small, compared to the adults. And so are the children.

Barbie Thumbelina, or "Barbie Presents: Thumbelina", is a 2009 Barbie film directed by Conrad Helten. It is the 15th in the series of Barbie animated films, and features the voice of Kelly Sheridan as Barbie. The film is a modern, environmental adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "Thumbelina." This is also the last Barbie film to be distributed in the UK by Right Entertainment before its absorption to Boomerang Media LLC and then to Classic Media, which itself was absorbed to DreamWorks Classics.

Barbie présente Lilipucia (titre original : "Barbie Thumbelina") est le métrage animé présentant la Poupée Barbie. Réalisé par Conrad Helten, le film est sorti en vidéo en 2009.


Quatuor pour piano et cordes no 1 de Brahms

Structure.

The quartet is in four movements:

Analysis.

First movement.

This first movement, a sonata form movement in G minor and common time, begins immediately with the first theme, a declamatory statement in straight quarter-notes, stated in octaves for the piano alone. This theme is the opening cell that governs the content of the rest of the musical material in the movement. The other instruments soon join in to develop this initial theme and cadence in G minor. There are four other themes in the exposition. The second is in B major (for all instruments), the third is in D minor (beginning with solo cello), and the fourth and fifth are in D major (the fourth being the D minor theme in the major mode and developed differently as well, and the fifth being a more exuberant idea for all instruments, marked 'animato'). The exposition ends with a closing section that develops only the opening theme and oscillates between D major and D minor, and eventually ends, almost reluctantly, in D major. Although the exposition is not repeated, Brahms creates the illusion of its repetition by starting the development section with the identical ten measures that begins the exposition, up to and including the strong G minor cadence. The development section then goes through many of the themes previously heard and extends them in new ways, and moves from A minor to E minor and eventually to D major. Very atypically, the recapitulation begins not with the first theme, but with the second theme in G major. The resolution is short-lived, as it moves back to the minor mode, where it cadences after an imitative development of the first theme in G minor. The recapitulation ends with a coda that is relatively brief but intense, concluding with an ascending passage built through imitation of the opening cell, whose buildup comes suddenly crashing down in a descending 'fortissimo' phrase. The piece ends on a desolate and incomplete-sounding G minor chord, the highest notes being the third and fifth scale degrees of the tonic triad rather than the tonic.

Second movement.

The second movement, marked Intermezzo and Trio, is in C minor and compound triple meter. It is in ternary form and functions like a scherzo, the more traditional second or third movement of a piano quartet. The consistently repeated eighth notes creates an effect of perpetual motion, even agitation, although the melodic themes are quite lyrical. The intermezzo flirts between major and minor and ends in C major. The trio, in A major, is quicker and less agitated than the intermezzo; the trio has two primary themes, the first being in A and the second beginning in E major. The intermezzo is repeated, followed by a brief coda in C major that restates the theme of the trio.

Third movement.

The Andante slow movement, is a ternary form movement in E major in triple time. The first subject is very lyrical. A second idea, which brings back the repeated eighth notes from the intermezzo, begins the transition to the second main section. The second section is in C major and starts with fortissimo chords in dotted rhythm for the piano solo. The second theme itself is rhythmically energetic and exuberant in character. It is initially stated by the piano and accompanied by light sixteenth note gestures by the strings, although this is later reversed. After a surprising twist, in which the instruments land on a diminished-seventh chord, the first theme returns, first in C major and then in the home key of E major. A long coda helps to stabilize the often dissonant and unstable harmonies of the movement. Like the previous movements, this movement develops a plethora of themes. The final cadence of this movement, from the minor subdominant to the tonic, is used to conclude many of Brahms's slow movements, such as that from the Piano Quintet. The voicing of the last chord is ominous: the highest note of the strings is the violin's open G string, while the piano plays a tonic chord (again with the third on top) two octaves higher.

Fourth movement.

This fast rondo (marked 'presto') is in G minor in duple time. The subtitle "Rondo alla zingarese" has given it the nickname "Gypsy Rondo." Like many of Brahms's finales, this uses as its principal theme a very fast, rhythmic, tonal, simple idea (see the finales to his Piano Quintet and Double Concerto), this one covering an irregular number of measures. The formal design resembles: ABACDBCADCBA, although the movement is more nuanced than this because each section is in ABA form and cadenzas occasionally interject between sections. This movement is notable for its difficulty, rhythmic and metrical complexity, and harmonic exploration (for instance, after the final D section, the piano plays a cadenza based on the B section that modulates from G minor to F minor), and has remained one of the most difficult movements to perform in all of Brahms's chamber music.

Arrangements.

The quartet was orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg in 1937, at the instigation of conductor Otto Klemperer and premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Klemperer; this orchestrated version was made into the ballet "Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet" by George Balanchine.  The Hungarian-born composer Ernst von Dohnányi transcribed the fourth movement as a bravura showpiece for solo piano. There is a recording of Dohnányi playing the transcription on the Ampico B recording piano. This recording was released on a Newport Classic CD called "The Performing Piano II" (NC 60030), but the piece is incorrectly attributed as being one of the Hungarian Dances.

The Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, was composed by Johannes Brahms between 1856 and 1861. It was premiered in 1861 in Hamburg, with Clara Schumann at the piano. It was also played in Vienna on 16 November 1862, with Brahms himself at the piano supported by members of the Hellmesberger Quartet. Like most piano quartets, it is scored for piano, violin, viola and cello.

Le Quatuor pour piano et cordes en sol mineur opus 25 est un quatuor pour violon, alto, violoncelle et piano de Johannes Brahms. Composé en 1861 à Hamm, il fut créé le à Hambourg avec Clara Schumann au piano, et publié en 1863. Son célèbre finale "rondo alla zingarese" assura sa postérité. Le compositeur en fit une transcription pour piano à quatre mains en 1872 et Arnold Schoenberg orchestra l'œuvre en 1938.


History.

In 1993, the Government of Alberta adopted a bill amending the School Act to comply with Mahe v. Alberta (1990), a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the minority language education rights under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The district was created in 1994 under section 223.3 of the School Act under the name Regional Authority of the North Central Francophone Education Region No. 4 (since changed to Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2). It is one of four French school boards in Alberta.

Governance.

According to the School Act (2001), the seven members of the Board of Trustees are elected to represent francophone communities in central and northern Alberta. The composite regional Authority's mandate is to protect the linguistic and confessional rights of section 23 holders.  The CSCN updates its list of electors by carrying out a census, as required. Results of the census determine the proportion of Public school Trustees and Catholic school Trustees to be elected to the Board. The Catholic trustees constitute a separate entity – Conseil scolaire catholique Centre-Nord – according to section 255.4 of the School Act (2001). Based on the 2010 census, there are two Public school trustees and five Catholic school trustees.

Size.

In 2016-2017 school year, there were approximately 3,200 students attending 19 schools in total: 9 elementary schools, 1 elementary/junior high school, 1 junior high school, 2 junior/senior high school, 5 elementary/junior/senior high schools, and 1 senior high school.  The CSCN employs approximately 350 teachers and professionals.

The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2, known in French as the Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord (CSCN), is one of Alberta's four French language school boards. French language education is intended for children who are eligible under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The CSCN is a composite board, operating both public and catholic francophone schools in Beaumont, Camrose, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Jasper, Legal, Lloydminster, Red Deer, Sherwood Park, St. Albert and Wainwright. The CSCN receives funding for all students from the provincial Government of Alberta.

Le Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord (CSCN) est une autorité scolaire francophone créée en 1994. Le CSCN pourvoit à l’éducation d’environ 3 700 élèves dans 19 écoles francophones (écoles de langue française), dont sept publiques et 12 catholiques.


Discovery.

The diamond-bearing deposits were discovered on June 13, 1955, by Soviet geologists Yuri Khabardin, Ekaterina Elagina and Viktor Avdeenko during the large Amakinsky Expedition in Yakut ASSR. They found traces of the volcanic rock kimberlite, which is usually associated with diamonds. This finding was the second success in the search for kimberlite in Russia, after numerous failed expeditions of the 1940s and 1950s. (The first was Zarnitsa mine, 1954.) For this discovery, in 1957 Khabardin was given the Lenin Prize, one of the highest awards in the Soviet Union.

Development.

The development of the mine started in 1957, in extremely harsh climate conditions. Seven months of winter per year froze the ground, making it hard to mine. During the brief summer months, the ground turned to slush. Buildings had to be raised on piles, so that they would not sink from their warmth melting the permafrost. The main processing plant had to be built on better ground, found away from the mine. The winter temperatures were so low that car tires and steel would shatter and oil would freeze. During the winter, workers used jet engines to thaw and dig out the permafrost or blasted it with dynamite to get access to the underlying kimberlite. The entire mine had to be covered at night to prevent the machinery from freezing.  In the 1960s the mine was producing of diamond per year, of which a relatively high fraction (20%) were of gem quality. The upper layers of the mine (down to ) had very high diamond contents of per tonne of ore, with a relatively high ratio of gems to industrial stones. The yield decreased to about per tonne and the production rate slowed to per year near the pit bottom. The largest diamond of the mine was found on 23 December 1980; it weighed and was named "26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union" (). The mine operation was interrupted in the 1990s at a depth of after the pit bottom became flooded, but resumed later.

De Beers involvement.

The rapid development of the Mir mine had worried the De Beers company, which at that time led a cartel that controlled distribution of most of the world's diamonds. De Beers had to buy Soviet diamonds in order to control the market price, and therefore needed to know as much as possible about the Russian mining developments. In the 1970s, in the midst of a proxy cold war in Southern Africa, De Beers requested permission to visit the Mir mine. Permission was granted under the condition that Soviet experts would visit De Beers diamond mines in South Africa. De Beers executive Sir Philip Oppenheimer and chief geologist Barry Hawthorne arrived in Moscow in the summer of 1976. They were intentionally delayed in Moscow by the arrangement of a series of meetings and lavish banquets with Soviet geologists, mineralogists, engineers, and mine managers. When Oppenheimer and Hawthorne finally reached the Mir mine, their visas were about to expire, so that they could only stay for 20 minutes. Even that short time was sufficient to get some important details. For example, the Soviets did not use water during the ore processing at all, which was astonishing to De Beers. The reason was that water would freeze most of the year, and dry crushing was used instead. De Beers also overestimated the size of the mine's pit.

Operations.

The Mir mine was the first developed and the largest diamond mine in the Soviet Union. Its surface operation lasted 44 years, finally closing in June 2001. After the collapse of the USSR, in the 1990s, the mine was operated by the Sakha diamond company, which reported annual profits in excess of $600 million from diamond sales.  Later, the mine was operated by Alrosa, the largest diamond producing company in Russia, and employed 3,600 workers. It had long been anticipated that the recovery of diamonds by conventional surface mining would end. Therefore, in the 1970s construction of a network of tunnels for underground diamond recovery began. By 1999, the project operated exclusively as an underground mine. In order to stabilize the abandoned surface main pit, its bottom was covered by a rubble layer thick. After underground operations began, the project had a mine life estimate of 27 years, based on a drilling exploration program to a depth of. Production ceased in 2001, and the Mir mine closed in 2004.  The mine was recommissioned in 2009, and is expected to remain operational for 50 more years.

The Mir mine ( "kimberlitovaya almaznaya trubka "Mir""; English: kimberlite diamond pipe "Peace"), also called the Mirny mine, is an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Sakha Republic, in the Siberian region of eastern Russia. The mine is more than 525 meters (1,722 ft) deep (4th in the world), has a diameter of 1,200 m (3,900 ft), and is one of the largest excavated holes in the world.

La mine Mir (en, "Kimberlitovaya Almaznaya Trubka « Mir »" soit mine de kimberlite et de diamant « Paix »), aussi appelée mine Mirny, est une mine de diamant à ciel ouvert russe située à Mirny en république de Sakha, en Sibérie orientale. La partie à ciel ouvert de la mine, actuellement désaffectée, forme un immense trou de 525 mètres de profondeur et de de diamètre. C'est la quatrième plus profonde excavation au monde après celles d'Oudatchnaïa (également en Russie), de Chuquicamata au Chili et de Bingham Canyon aux États-Unis.


Early life.

Matt Moore was born on June 18, 1989, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. At the age of 7, he and his family moved to Okinawa, Japan to live on Kadena Air Base, where his father, Marty, was stationed. Moore and his family then moved to Edgewood, New Mexico, after living on Kadena Air Base for four years. There, he attended Moriarty High School and in 2007, he was named Gatorade's New Mexico Player of the Year. Moore was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft. He had previously committed to play college baseball for the University of New Mexico where his older brother, Bobby, also pitched.

Professional career.

Minor Leagues.

Moore was with the Rookie League Princeton Rays for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. In 2007, he posted a 2.66 ERA in 20.1 innings. In 2008, he had a 2-2 record and a 1.66 ERA in 54.1 innings. He struck-out 106 batters over both seasons. He was named the Baseball America Rookie All-Star at the conclusion of the 2008 season.  In 2009, Moore was with the Class A Bowling Green Hot Rods. There, he had an 8-5 record, 3.15 ERA, and struck-out 176 batters in 123 innings pitched. He was also named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week, for the week of June 8.  In 2010, Moore pitched for the Class A Advanced Charlotte Stone Crabs. He had a 6-11 record and a 3.36 ERA in 144.2 innings. He also struck-out a league-leading 208 batters. He was named Florida State League Pitcher of the Week four times in 2010 and was also named FSL Post-Season All-Star. At the conclusion of the season, he was named the Baseball America Minor League All-Star. In the off-season, Moore was named the Topps Class A All-Star and the MILB.com Organization All-Star.  For the first part of the 2011 season, Moore pitched with the Double A Montgomery Biscuits. There, he posted a 2.20 ERA, with an 8-3 record, and 131 strikeouts. During his time with Montgomery, he was named the Southern League Pitcher of the Week, for the week of May 31, he was named a SOU Mid-Season All-Star, and at the conclusion of the season, he was named SOU Post-Season All-Star and the SOU Most Outstanding Pitcher. On June 16, 2011, Moore threw the first no-hitter in Montgomery Biscuits history, defeating the Mobile BayBears. Moore struck-out 11 batters and walked two, in the Biscuits' 8–0 victory. Finally, Moore was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game. He pitched for one inning and struck-out the three batters he faced and even reached 100 mph during his performance. In September 2011, he was named the Baseball America Double A All-Star.  In July 2011, Moore was promoted to the Triple A Durham Bulls. He pitched 52.2 innings, recording a 1.37 ERA, 4-0 record, and 79 strikeouts. He was named International League Pitcher of the Week, for the week of August 8. At the conclusion of the season, Moore was named the Baseball America Minor League All-Star, MLB.com Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Year, and the MILB.com Organization All-Star.

Tampa Bay Rays.

Moore was called up on September 12, 2011. On September 14, 2011, Moore made his Major League debut against the Baltimore Orioles when he pitched 1 1/3 innings in relief. He gave up a two-run home-run to Matt Wieters and struck out two. On September 22, 2011, Moore made his first start against the New York Yankees. He struck out 11 batters, gave up four hits, and walked one in five scoreless innings. Moore made his second start in Game 1 of the 2011 American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers. Moore gave up just two hits in seven innings, striking out seven. He finished the 2011 season with a 1-0 record, 2.89 ERA, and 15 strikeouts in 9.1 innings for the Rays. On December 9, 2011, Moore and the Rays agreed to a five-year, $14 million contract with club options that could extend the contract to eight years and $39.75 million, and could also buy out Moore's free agency for two years.  In 2012, Moore pitched 177.1 innings, recording an 11-11 record, 3.81 ERA, 158 hits, 75 earned runs, giving up 18 home-runs, walking 81, and striking out 175 batters. On June 15, 2012, Moore and two other relievers combined for one-hit shutout against the Miami Marlins, in which the Rays went on to win 11-0.  In 2013, Moore recorded a 3.29 ERA, with a record of 17-4. He was the first Major League pitcher to get eight wins and became the first left-handed pitcher under the age of 23 to begin the season with eight wins, the previous lefty was Babe Ruth who started his 1917 season with eight wins at the age of 22. Moore was also named to the 2013 MLB All-Star Game to replace the injured Yu Darvish on the American League roster. Moore finished the 2013 season having given up 119 hits, 55 earned runs, walking 76, and striking out 143 in 150.1 innings of work.  In April 2014, Moore tore a ligament in his left elbow, which required Tommy John surgery, and forced him out for the 2014 season.  Moore began the 2015 season on the 60-day disabled list to continue recovery from Tommy John surgery and was projected to return possibly by June. He made his first start in over 450 days on July 2 against the Houston Astros, giving up 4 runs in four and two thirds innings. He fell into a losing streak before being sent to the Triple A Durham Bulls on August 11. On September 12, 2015, Moore allowed David Ortiz's 500th career home run. Moore finished the 2015 season 3-4 with a 5.68 ERA. After a slow start to the season, Moore turned it around in the months of June and July, lowering his ERA to 4.08 in 21 starts.

San Francisco Giants.

On August 1, 2016, the Rays traded Moore to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Matt Duffy, Michael Santos, and Lucius Fox. He made his Giants debut on August 4, 2016 against the Philadelphia Phillies. He went six innings giving up three hits and two earned runs and was credited with a no-decision. The Giants won the game in extra innings off a go-ahead home run by Denard Span in the 10th inning.  On August 25, Moore took a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers, which was broken up by a single into right field by Corey Seager with two outs. After throwing a career-high 133 pitches, Moore was promptly taken out and replaced by Santiago Casilla. The Giants went on to win the game 4–0 after Casilla got Justin Turner to pop out.  Moore pitched game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Cubs. In a brilliant pitching performance, he pitched 8 solid innings giving up only 2 runs (1 earned) and 2 hits while striking out 10 batters. Unfortunately the Giants bullpen couldn't hold the lead in the 9th and the Giants lost the game to the Cubs.  In 2017, Moore struggled to a 6-15 record with the Giants. He had a major league high 5.52 ERA while tying for the National League in losses (15).

Texas Rangers.

On December 15, 2017, the Giants traded Moore to the Texas Rangers for Sam Wolff and Israel Cruz. Moore began the 2018 season in the starting rotation for the Rangers but was assigned to the bullpen in June after continuing his pitching struggles into 2018.

Detroit Tigers.

On December 4, 2018, Moore signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract with the Detroit Tigers. In his second start of the season on April 6, he suffered a knee injury while fielding a bunt, and was placed on the 10-day injured list the next day. While the Tigers initially expected Moore to miss four to six weeks, it was announced on April 17 that he would miss the remainder of the 2019 season after undergoing full meniscal repair surgery on his right knee. Moore became a free agent following the 2019 season.

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

On December 26, 2019, Moore signed with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB).

Pitching style.

Moore throws four pitches: a four-seam fastball at 92–95 mph, a changeup at 83–86, a knuckle curveball at 79–83 mph, and an occasional two-seam fastball. The changeup is used mostly against right-handed hitters, and his curveball is used most often in 2-strike counts.

Personal life.

Moore's father, Marty, spent 23 years in the US Air Force. He worked for the Air Force Special Operations Command as a crew chief and maintainer of the MH-53 Pave Lows. Moore has an older brother, Bobby, who was also a left-handed pitcher.  Moore is Catholic and has a tattoo of Saint Michael, the patron saint of battle, on his left shoulder. St. Michael was Moore's sponsor saint when he received the sacrament of Confirmation and Moore believes it is a symbol of both baseball and life being a battle.

Matthew Cody Moore (born June 18, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, and Detroit Tigers. He was an All-Star in 2013.

Matthew Cody Moore (né le à Fort Walton Beach, Floride, États-Unis) est un lanceur gaucher des Rangers du Texas de la Ligue majeure de baseball.


First generation (EC7/EC7-RV).

The EC7 was the launch vehicle for Emgrand (), the medium to high-end luxury brand of Geely that was launched in July 2009.

Facelift.

The facelifted EC7 used blackened headlights. All other details are the same.

Second generation.

The second generation Geely Emgrand was shown to public in 2014 Beijing Auto Show. The new car carried new Geely "Earth" sign. This event has marked the end of Emgrand as a medium to high-end car brand of Geely.

Facelift.

The faclifted Emgrand sedan carried the "ripple grille". The taillights were also redesigned.

Third generation.

The newest Emgrand went on sale in May 2018.

Development.

The car was developed from the outset as an export model. Geely engaged a range of mainly global suppliers, including: Siemens for electronic control system; Lear Corporation for seats; Saint-Gobain for all glass. The production line was equipped with products from Fuji, PDE and Dürr AG.

Overseas sales.

In preparation for its introduction into the European market, the EC7 scored 4 stars in the Euro NCAP tests, the first Chinese-designed and produced car to do so. As of October 2015, it is the best selling Chinese brand sedan in China.  Prices are estimated at roughly £10,000 for the 1.5 model on launch.

Iraq.

In Iraq, the Emgrand EC7 alongside the bigger Emgrand EC8 is assembled by the local company owned by the government, called SCAI. It comes in full specification with the 1.8 liter engine and CVT automatic transmission, and with white, black, red or orange colors. It costs 15,900,000 Iraqi dinars, which equals just around US$13,500.

Iran.

In Iran, Emgrand EC7 and Emgrand EC7-RV is being sold by Geelran Company, the official selling agent of Geely.

Namibia.

The EC7 was launched in Namibia in 2013 at the same time with South Africa.

Russia.

The Emgrand EC7 was made by Derways under CKD from May 23, 2012. A newly redesigned EC7 was introduced to the Russian market in February 2016.  Derways announced a recall of EC7 made from May 23, 2014 to November 21, 2014 due to problems with brake hoses.

South Africa.

The EC7 was officially launched in South Africa in 2013. It's sold at R149,000.

Sri Lanka.

In Sri Lanka, Emgrand EC7 is sold under the Micro Emgrand brand which is owned by Geely.

UK.

The car was scheduled to be launched into the United Kingdom market in late 2012. Geely set-up Geely Auto UK, which is a jointly-held subsidiary of Manganese Bronze Holdings which also owns taxi specialist LTI. Geely Auto UK Ltd will be based in Coventry.  In partnership with Manganese Bronze, Geely started setting up a 40-strong dealer organisation, choosing small family-style garages to sell the cars, described as: "The sort of garages that used to sell Škodas before the company was owned by Volkswagen, and the type of establishment that once might have sold Rovers."

The Emgrand EC7 is a compact car produced by the Emgrand division of the Chinese automaker Geely. After the discontinuation of the "Emgrand" brand, Emgrand EC7 was renamed to Geely Emgrand in 2014. The second generation Geely Emgrand was shown to public in 2014 Beijing Auto Show.

L’Emgrand EC7 est une automobile du constructeur chinois Geely, vendu dans sa sous-division "Emgrand", qui se divise en 2 modèles : une berline 2 (EC7-RV) et 3 volumes.


Name.

The Old Norse name "Beli" has been translated as 'roarer'. It is related to the Old Norse weak verb "belja" ('to roar'; compare with Icelandic "belja", Old Swedish "bälia" 'to roar').

Attestations.

Eddas.

In "Gylfaginning" (The Beguiling of Gylfi), the god Freyr is forced to fight weaponless against the giant Beli, since he has given his sword to his servant Skírnir before sending him to court Gerðr for his mater. Freyr eventually manages to kill the giant with the antler of a hart (stag).  In "Völuspá" (Prophecy of the Völva), Freyr is portrayed as "Beli's slayer" ("bani Belja", ).

Viking Age.

In "Háleygjatal", written by 10th-century skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir, Freyr is called "Beli's enemy" ("Belja dólgr"), and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir uses the kenning "evil troop of Beli" ("bölverðung Belja") in his "Haustlöng".

Theories.

According to scholar John Lindow, the killing of Beli is part of an older myth that has been lost and "can be glimpsed only in passing".  Elsewhere in "Skírnismál" (The Lay of Skírnir), Gerðr complains of the slaying of her brother by Frey, which some scholars have interpreted as evidence that she was the sister of Beli. According to Orchard, "it is clear that Gerd’s reluctance to accept Frey’s favours is based in no small part on her grief for her unnamed brother, whom Frey has killed. It is therefore possible that Beli is the brother of Gerd, although Frey’s traditional weaponlessness, most tellingly at Ragnarok against Surt, render the identification uncertain."

Beli is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is said in eddic poetry to have been killed by the god Freyr.

Beli est le nom d'un géant de la mythologie nordique. Il tomba au combat contre le dieu Freyr qui le tua avec un bois de cerf car Beli n'avait pas son épée. Dans les Kennings, Freyr est souvent appelé "« bani Belja »" (le tueur de Belis).


Professional career.

Chicago Cubs.

He began his professional career in 2006 pitching for the AZL Cubs, going 0–2 with an 8.28 ERA in 13 games (three starts). In 25 innings of work, he struck out 33 batters. He pitched for the Peoria Chiefs in 2007, going 3–1 with a 1.80 ERA in six starts. After not pitching in 2008, Dolis pitched for the Daytona Cubs in 2009, going 3–9 with a 3.79 ERA in 27 games (25 starts).  He began 2010 with the Daytona Cubs. He made the Chicago Cubs opening day roster in 2012, but was demoted to the Cubs' Triple-A Iowa Cubs in May 2012 after compiling an MLB record of 2–4 with an ERA of 4.73.  Dolis was outrighted off the Cubs roster on October 9, 2013.

San Francisco Giants.

Dolis signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants in December 2013. On May 26, 2014, Dolis was released by the Giants.

Detroit Tigers.

On December 5, 2014, Dolis signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers. He elected free agency on November 6, 2015. During the 2015 season, Dolis pitched in 43 games out of the bullpen and posted a 7–5 record with one save, a 4.61 ERA and 54 strikeouts for the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens.  On December 8, 2015, Dolis re-signed with the Tigers on a minor league contract with an invite to spring training. However, he was released on January 15 to pursue a contract with the Hanshin Tigers.

Hanshin Tigers.

Dolis signed with the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2016 season. He pitched 34 innings of 2.12 ERA ball for the Tigers in 2016. In 2017, Dolis pitched 63 innings for the Tigers with a 2.71 ERA. In 2018, Dolis pitched to a 2.85 ERA in 53 innings. In 2019, his last year with the Tigers, he had a 2.11 ERA in 55 innings of work. In his four years with the Tigers, Dolis had a 13–18 record, 2.49 ERA, 96 saves, and 227 strikeouts in 206 innings. On December 2, 2019, he became a free agent.

Toronto Blue Jays.

On February 8, 2020, Dolis signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. His contract includes a club option for the 2021 season.

Rafael Jose Dolis Hernandez (born January 10, 1988) is a Dominican Republic professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.

Rafael José Dolis (né le à La Romana, en République dominicaine) est un lanceur droitier des Ligues majeures de baseball.