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Ogasawara Ogasawara (written: 小笠原) is a Japanese surname. It may also refer to: Locations Ogasawara Islands, also known as the Bonin Islands, an archipelago of over 30 islands about 1000 km directly south of the rest of Tokyo, Japan Ogasawara National Park, an island national park located approximately 1000 kilometers south by east of most of Tokyo, Japan Ogasawara Subprefecture, a subprefecture of Tokyo, Japan Ogasawara, Tokyo, a village in Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo, Japan, that governs the Bonin Islands People with the surname , a Japanese voice actress , a Japanese anime director from Chiba, Japan , a Japanese Olympic Curler , a Japanese baseball player , Japanese speed skater , a Japanese football (soccer) player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese rower Fictional , a fictional main character in the Maria-sama ga Miteru media series , a character from Hibike! Euphonium Historical , a Japanese samurai clan , a Japanese retainer of the Minamoto clan during the Heian period , the 6th and final daimyō of Karatsu Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan , a Japanese samurai and official in the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa Shogunate , an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan , a Japanese daimyo of the mid-Edo period , a Japanese daimyo of Shinano Province during the Sengoku Period , the eldest son of Ogasawara Nagakiyo , a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period who ruled the Kokura Domain , Japanese daimyo of the early Edo Period See also Izu-Ogasawara Trench Ogasawara Whale Watching Association Category:Japanese-language surnames

Probyn-Jones baronets The Jones, later Probyn-Jones Baronetcy, of Rhyll in the County of Flint, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 January 1926 for the orthopaedic surgeon Sir Robert Jones. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Probyn. The title became extinct on his death in 1951. Jones, later Probyn-Jones baronets, of Rhyll (1926) Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet (1858–1933) Sir Arthur Probyn Probyn-Jones, 2nd Baronet (1892–1951) External links Biography of Sir Robert Jones, Bt, at Welsh Biography Online References Category:Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Cheney Odd Fellows Hall The Cheney Odd Fellows Hall in Cheney, Washington is a historic building that was built in 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It was deemed "historically significant for its association with the community's leading fraternal organization in the early 20th century, and is the best preserved example of vernacular commercial architecture from the period." Its NRHP nomination describes it as having been "the venue of the community's most important social events and civic meetings. Today the building is a rare reminder of Cheney's public life during its formative years." References Category:Buildings and structures in Spokane County, Washington Category:Victorian architecture in Washington (state) Category:Odd Fellows buildings in Washington (state) Category:Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) Category:National Register of Historic Places in Spokane County, Washington

Going to California "Going to California" is a ballad written and performed by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released from the band's untitled fourth album in 1971. In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked "Going to California" number 11 on their list of the 40 greatest Led Zeppelin songs of all time. Overview The song's folk-style sound, with Robert Plant on lead vocals, acoustic guitar by Jimmy Page and mandolin by John Paul Jones, contrasts with the heavy electric-amplified rock on five of the album's other tracks. Page's guitar is in the D–A–D–G–B–D tuning. The song started out as a song about Californian earthquakes and when Jimmy Page, audio engineer Andy Johns and band manager Peter Grant travelled to Los Angeles to mix Led Zeppelin IV, they coincidentally experienced a minor earthquake. At this point it was known as "Guide to California". In an interview he gave to Spin magazine in 2002, Plant stated that the song "might be a bit embarrassing at times lyrically, but it did sum up a period of my life when I was 22." At Led Zeppelin concerts the band performed this song during their acoustic sets, first playing it on their Spring 1971 tour of the United Kingdom. One live version, from Led Zeppelin's performance at Earls Court in 1975, is featured on disc 2 of the Led Zeppelin DVD and again on the Mothership DVD. The song was also performed at all shows on Led Zeppelin's mammoth 1977 US tour. It was performed on Plant's solo tours during 1988/1989 and at the Knebworth Silver Clef show in 1990. He played it again on his Mighty ReArranger tour, with additions of a double bass and a synthesizer. Other versions A different version of this song is featured on the second disc of the remastered 2CD deluxe edition of Led Zeppelin IV. This version, known as "Going to California (Mandolin/Guitar Mix)," is an instrumental recorded on January 29, 1971, with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at Headley Grange with engineer Andy Johns. This mix runs 3:34, while the original version runs 3:32. Cover versions References External links "Going to California" at ledzeppelin.com Category:1971 songs Category:Led Zeppelin songs Category:Songs about California Category:Songs written by Jimmy Page Category:Songs written by Robert Plant Category:Song recordings produced by Jimmy Page Category:British folk songs

Dyspessa argaeensis Dyspessa argaeensis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Turkey. References Category:Moths described in 1905 Category:Dyspessa Category:Moths of Turkey

Saillant Saillant is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department References INSEE commune file Category:Communes of Puy-de-Dôme

Nikola Nikić Nikola Nikić (, ; born 7 January 1956) is a Bosnian Serb former footballer and current head coach of NK Bratstvo Gračanica in the First League of FBiH. Playing career Nikić, born to father Ilija and mother Radojka (née Tadić), started his career in the lower leagues with FK Modriča and NK Zvijezda Gradačac before joining FK Željezničar Sarajevo. Although he was an excellent winger, he became famous for his funny character and truthful nature. Maybe he is not one of the all-time best FK Željezničar players, but surely one of the most popular ones. He is often a guest on various TV and radio shows because of his stories about himself being silly in all kind of strange situations. His biggest playing success was being the member of the famous FK Željezničar squad which under the guidance of Ivica Osim reached UEFA Cup semifinals in the 1984–85 season. But Nikić didn't play the semifinal match against Videoton because in December 1984 he moved to Greece where he stayed for four seasons. In the 1984–85 season, he played for Egaleo F.C. making 19 appearances scoring 3 goals. During 1985–86 and 1986–87 seasons he played for Aris Thessaloniki F.C. and scored 12 goals in 53 league matches. At the end of the 1986–87 season he moved to Aris' fierce rival PAOK and played only 9 league matches in season 1987–88 without scoring any goals. After that season, he came back to FK Željezničar in 1988 where he stayed until the middle of the 1990–91 season when he moved to NK Čelik Zenica. He stayed at Čelik until 1992 when he moved to FK Borac Banja Luka. In 1993 he ended his playing career after leaving Borac. Managerial career After he ended his career as a professional footballer, he became a coach. He was the head coach at FK Modriča, FK Kolubara Lazarevac, NK Žepče, Thermaikos FC, NK TOŠK Tešanj and FK Borac Šamac. Since June 2018, Nikolić has been the head coach of First League FBiH club NK Bratstvo Gračanica. His biggest success was when he led FK Modriča to a place in the 2003–04 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina after he won with Modriča the 2002–03 First League of the Republika Srpska. He was also the manager of the Bosnia-Herzegovina U19 team and the Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 team. He was for a moment the head coach of the Republika Srpska official team (league selection) in September 2013. Personal life His son Branislav is also a professional player in Greece. Honours Manager Modriča First League of the Republika Srpska: 2002–03 References External links Nikola Nikić at Sofascore Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Yugoslav footballers Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers Category:Yugoslav First League players Category:Superleague Greece players Category:FK Modriča players Category:NK Zvijezda Gradačac players Category:FK Željezničar players Category:Egaleo F.C. players Category:Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Category:PAOK FC players Category:NK Čelik Zenica players Category:FK Borac Banja Luka players Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Greece Category:Association football midfielders

Sol et Gobelet Sol et Gobelet was a French language children's television show made in Quebec, which was broadcast from 1968 to 1971 on Radio-Canada. Its stories revolved around the adventures of clowns Sol (played by Marc Favreau) and Gobelet (played by Luc Durand). External links emissions.ca: Sol et Gobelet Category:Television series produced in Quebec Category:1960s Canadian children's television series Category:Ici Radio-Canada Télé network shows Category:1968 Canadian television series debuts Category:1971 Canadian television series endings Category:1970s Canadian children's television series Category:Television programs about clowns

Beat Wyss Beat Wyss (1947 in Basle) is a Swiss art historian, professor ordinarius for art history and media theory at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany, and member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Life Beat Wyss studied art history, philosophy and German literature at the University of Zurich, where he served as assistant lecturer. In 1980, he was awarded a three-year grant by the Swiss National Fund for research stays at the Free University of Berlin (FU) and at the Istituto Svizzero di Roma. From 1986 to 1989 he worked as an editor for the publishing house Artemis (Zurich/Munich) and taught history of architecture and cultural history at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH). After a visiting professorship at Bonn University and a scholarship at the Getty Center in Santa Monica, Wyss was appointed professor for art history by Ruhr University Bochum in 1990. Following a visiting professorship at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1996, he was appointed ordinarius for art history by Stuttgart University in 1997. In 1999, he was visiting professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. In 2001, Wyss was awarded the Art Price of the city of Lucerne. Since 2004 he has been holding the chair in art history and media theory at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, where he also served as speaker of the Graduate School „Bild – Körper – Medium“ (Image – Body -Medium) from 2003 to 2009. From 2008 to 2011 he was professorial fellow at the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA) in Zurich.Kleinhünigen. Salient Publications Renaissance als Kulturtechnik. Philo Fine Arts, Hamburg 2013. Die Pariser Weltausstellung 1889. Bilder von der Globalisierung. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 2010. Nach den großen Erzählungen. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2009. Die Wiederkehr des Neuen. Philo & PhiloFineArts / Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg 2007. Vom Bild zum Kunstsystem. 2 volumes, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2006. Die Welt als T-Shirt. Zu Ästhetik und Geschichte der Medien. DuMont, Cologne 1997. Der Wille zur Kunst. Zur ästhetischen Mentalität der Moderne, DuMont, Cologne 1996. Spanish translation: La voluntad de arte. Madrid 2010. Trauer der Vollendung. Zur Geburt der Kulturkritik. Matthes & Seitz, Munich 1985. reprint: DuMont, Cologne 1997. English translation (by Karoline Dobson Saltzwedel): Hegel's Art History and the Critique of Modernity.'' Cambridge University Press, New York 1999. References External links short biography and selected publications of Beat Wyss on the website of Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design Category:1947 births Category:Living people

Zahra Wadood Fatemi Zahra Wadood Fatemi () is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. Political career She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2013 Pakistani general election. She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2018 Pakistani general election. Personal life She is a social worker and is married to Tariq Fatemi. References Category:Living people Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Category:Punjabi people Category:Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Category:Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023

Castrovirreyna Province The Castrovirreyna Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Castrovirreyna. Geography The Chunta mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below: Political division The province is divided into thirteen districts, which are: Arma (Arma) Aurahua (Aurahua) Capillas (Capillas) Castrovirreyna (Castrovirreyna) Chupamarca (Chupamarca) Cocas (Cocas) Huachos (Huachos) Huamatambo (Huamatambo) Mollepampa (Mollepampa) San Juan (San Juan) Santa Ana (Santa Ana) Tantara (Tantara) Ticrapo (Ticrapo) Ethnic groups The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (77.20%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.30% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census). See also Aknuqucha Chuqlluqucha Urququcha References Category:Provinces of the Huancavelica Region

Alex Rigopulos Alexander Peter "Alex" Rigopulos is an American video game designer and musician, best known as the former CEO and current creative director of Harmonix Music Systems, a company he founded with Eran Egozy in 1995. He is also a member of the band Newfane with his brother Chris Rigopulos. Career Rigopulos, born in Boxford, Massachusetts, is a graduate of Deerfield Academy along with two other brothers. He graduated with a B.S. in Music and Theater Arts in 1992 and an M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences in 1994 from the Media Lab at MIT. While there, he met Egozy, an electrical engineer, and they discovered ways to create interactive music devices. After they received their degrees, the two formed Harmonix to create music video games such as Frequency and Amplitude, but the company became highly successful with its contributions to both the Guitar Hero and Rock Band series of games, both which used specially designed controllers based on instruments like guitars and drum kits to mimic the playing of numerous rock songs. Rigopulos and Egozy were listed in Time Magazine's 2008 list of the 100 most influential people for their work on Rock Band. In May 2014, amid layoffs at Harmonix, Rigopulos announced that he would step down as CEO, being replaced by Steve Janiak, while he would become the chief creative officer for the company. Rigopulos personally cites Japanese game designers Masaya Matsuura, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and Keita Takahashi as some artists that have inspired his work at Harmonix. In August 2010, Rigopulos joined the Advisory Board of The AbleGamers Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing the rich world of digital entertainment to people with disabilities. In September 2015, he joined the advisory board for the crowdfunding platform Fig. Rigopulos also donated $2,000 to the ScoreHero website, a website used to track Guitar Hero and Rock Band scores. He donated $9600 to the Colbert Super PAC in 2011. He was also one of the highest backers of the Kickstarter campaign for Double Fine Productions' Broken Age, which led to a character named Alex, loosely based on Rigopulos' own image and voiced by Rigopulos, being included in the game. In April 2015, rock band The Warning met their GoFundMe goal thanks in large part to Rigopulos. References External links Category:1970s births Category:Living people Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Category:People from Boxford, Massachusetts Category:American technology chief executives Category:American people of Greek descent Category:Deerfield Academy alumni Category:Video game producers Category:Game Developers Conference Pioneer Award recipients

Thomas McCabe (United Irishmen) Thomas McCabe (1739 - 1820) was a founding member of the Society of the United Irishmen, a revolutionary organisation in late 18th century Ireland. Early Life & Family A native of Belfast and member of the First Presbyterian Church, McCabe owned a cotton mill and a clock making shop in the city. Along with other future United men, such as Henry Haslett and William Tennant, he was a Freemason and a member of Lodge 684. He married Jean Woolsey, daughter of John Woolsey, a merchant of Portadown and together they had four children. Their third child was William Putnam McCabe,a fellow Freemason, who would also join the United Irishmen, and was important in organising Ulster prior to the 1798 Rebellion. Jean died in 1790. Industrialist & Abolitionaist Thomas was one of the founding members of the Belfast Charitable Society, Clifton House, Belfast in 1774. In the 1770s, McCabe and John McCracken (father of United Irishman Henry Joy McCracken) installed machinery in the Clifton House, known then as Belfast Poor House, enabling it to become the first cotton spinning mill in the town. An important member of Belfast's mercantile and industrial middle class, he donated £100 to the building of a new White Linen Hall in 1782, to act as a centre for the bustling linen industry in the city. Another important benefactor to the building of the hall, was fellow future United Irishman, Gilbert McIlveen. Prior to the founding of the United Irishmen, McCabe was heavily involved in Belfast's liberal and radical community, being a leading figure in the city's anti-slavery circle. He clashed routinely with the plans of Waddell Cunningham and others to form a Belfast-based slave trading company of which he wrote, ‘May God eternally damn the soul of the man who subscribes the first guinea’. In 1786, he prevented a slave-owning shipping company from setting up business in Belfast. These exploits led Theobald Wolfe Tone to style him as the 'Irish Slave'. The United Irishmen The United Irishmen were initially founded as a group of liberal Protestant and Presbyterian men interested in promoting Parliamentary reform, and later became a revolutionary movement influenced by the ideas of Thomas Paine and his book ‘The Rights of Man’. In 1791 Wolfe Tone published the pamphlet ‘Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland’ where he set out that religious division was being used to balance “the one party by the other, plunder and laugh at the defeat of both.” He put forward the case for unity between Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter. This pamphlet was read by McCabe and a group of eight other prominent Belfast Presbyterians interested in reforming Irish Parliament. They invited Tone and his friend Thomas Russell to Belfast where the group met on October 14, 1791. It was there that the Belfast Society of the United Irishmen was formed, with McCabe as a founding member. 1798 Rebellion and later life In March 1798, most of the leadership of the Leinster branch of the Society were meeting at the house of Oliver Bond in Dublin, when they were arrested. This crippled the organisation. Many of its leaders, such as Russell and Thomas Addis Emmet were already in prison, while others like Tone and Arthur O'Connor were in Europe. Meanwhile, Lord Edward Fitzgerald was in hiding, with a government net closing around him. Nonetheless, in May, the rising finally began. First in Kildare, it spread to other counties in Leinster before finally consuming Ulster. The meetings to plan the attack on Antrim were held in McCabe's house. During and after the insurrection, his shop in North St was repeatedly attacked by government troops. His son, William, acted as bodyguard to Lord Edward before his capture, and escaped to France after the revolution. At the age of 59, Thomas would have been too old to fight. Although still highly involved in the organisation during the insurrection, he appears to have been unmolested by the authorities in the aftermath. William later was involved in the uprising of Robert Emmet in 1803. Thomas is buried in Clifton Street Cemetery along with other prominent United men such as Henry Joy McCracken, William Drennan, William Steel Dickson, the Sinclair brothers. Notes References Marianne Elliott 2012, Wolfe Tone Second edition, Liverpool University Press John McCabe 1999, A United Irish Family: The McCabes of Belfast (Part III), 'North Irish Roots' Vol. 10, No. 1 (1999), pp. 33–35 Northern Ireland.org, Hidden Connections: The Abolitionist Movement in Ireland, (http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/103/hidden-connections-the-abolitionist-movement-in-ireland) Kenneth L. Dawson 2003, Moment of unity - Irish rebels and Freemasons, 'Irish News', May 10, 2003 Raymond O'Regan & Arthur Magee 2014, 'The Little Book of Belfast', The History Press Raymond O'Regan 2004, The history of Belfast's Exchange & Assembly Rooms, 'Your Place & Mine', June 2004. Kenneth Leslie Dawson 2004, McCabe, William Putnam (c. 1776-1821), Irish nationalist and cotton manufacturer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Category:1739 births Category:1820 deaths Category:United Irishmen Category:Irish Presbyterians Category:Irish Freemasons

Fathammer Fathammer was a video game publisher and developer based in Finland. They have developed game cell phones, the Tapwave Zodiac, and also the Gizmondo. Fathammer was acquired by Telcogames in June 2006, and X-Forge game development environment developed by Fathammer was sold to Acrodea. Notable games Chronicles of Narnia Hockey Rage 2005 Tomb Raider: Legend Toy Golf References Category:Video game development companies Category:Video game publishers Category:Video game companies of Finland

Speak No Evil (film) Speak No Evil is a 2013 American independent horror film written and directed by Roze and produced by Gas Mask Films and financed by MINDPLATE.tv. It stars Gabrielle Stone, Carl Jensen, Mario Guzman, Olivia Cavender, Annalise Cavender, Elisabeth Cavender, and Sean Wesley. The film was scored by Jason Camiolo. Plot Speak No Evil is the story of Anna (Gabrielle Stone), a young single mother and her daughter who are trying to survive after the rest of the town's children have been possessed by demons. The movie begins with the disappearance of Joey Girl (Olivia Cavender) from a small desert town. Her mother, Anna, calls the police, but isn't taken seriously until all of the children in the town disappear overnight. When the children, including Joey Girl, return, they appear changed; parents in the town turn against their children. Anna strives to save her daughter while helping the other youngsters. Cast Gabrielle Stone as Anna Olivia Cavender as Joey Girl Carl Jensen as Craighton Mario Guzma as Dale Greg Bronson as Noel Annalise Cavender as Becca Elisabeth Cavender as Jessabelle Sylvie Cohen as Miss Crowley Sean Wesley as Adramelech Production Gas Mask Films, a Tempe-based production company owned by Roze and his wife, Candace Rose, began production on Speak No Evil in October 2012. Production lasted sixteen days and was completed on October 29, 2012,. Script and Development Speak No Evil was written by Roze and Candace Rose as an art-house horror film about the sun god Adramelech. Casting Speak No Evil was produced in Arizona and has a cast largely made up of Arizona talent, including the Cavender sisters. Gabrielle Stone, an up-and-coming actress and daughter of noted actress Dee Wallace is one exception. Filming Speak No Evil was shot on the Red Epic camera in 16 days in Apache Junction in Arizona. It was largely crewed by students and alumni of the Film School at Scottsdale Community College. Release Speak No Evil began its limited theatrical release when it premiered at the Tempe Valley Art, which is part of the Harkins Theatre chain in Tempe, Arizona on May 24, 2013. Awards Speak No Evil won Best Horror Feature at the Jerome Film Festival in Jerome, Arizona. Reception The filmed garnered mixed reviews from a number of film review websites. References Category:2013 films Category:American horror films Category:American independent films Category:American films

William Reid Dick Sir William Reid Dick (1879–1961) was a Scottish sculptor known for his innovative stylisation of form in his monument sculptures and simplicity in his portraits. He became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1921, and a Royal Academician in 1928. Dick served as president of the Royal Society of British Sculptors from 1933 to 1938. He was knighted by King George V in 1935. He was Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland to King George VI from 1938 until his death. Early life Born in Glasgow, Dick was apprenticed to a stonemason at the age of twelve and during the next five years he learned to carve stone at work, and at night took drawing and modelling classes. He completed his apprenticeship in 1896. In 1907, he graduated from the Glasgow School of Art and accepted a teaching position at Bellshill Academy in Lanarkshire. By 1908 he was living in London and exhibiting in galleries and took evening classes at South London Technical School of Art whilst working for the sculptor Edwin Whitney-Smith. War service In September 1914 with his reputation as a sculptor growing, Reid Dick joined the Territorial Army and from 1915 to 1919 served with the Royal Engineers in both France and Palestine. Reid Dick's Service Record has fortunately been preserved as part of the "Burnt Records" series at the National Archives in Kew and can be found under reference WO 363/MIS-SORTS 34/52. From this file we learn that when Reid Dick signed up on 1 September 1914 he joined the 5th London Field Ambulance section of the Royal Army Medical Corps with regimental number 1752. He was 34 years and 4 months of age and gave his address as 1 St John's Wood Studios, Queens Terrace, St John's Wood. His wife Catherine was shown as "next of kin". Reid Dick subsequently transferred to the 3rd Army Field Survey Co, part of the Royal Engineers and then the 7th Field Survey Co. He was in this period allocated regimental numbers 536331 and 244831. He was described as a photographer with the 7th Field Survey Co. His Army Service record shows his profession as "sculptor". We can also view his Medal Index Card under reference WO 372/6-52934/2976 [1]. We see that he was awarded the 1915 Star and the British and Victory Medals. Interesting to note that his medals were engraved with the Royal Army Medical Corps shown as his corps rather than the Royal Engineers. Whilst in the trenches Reid Dick did many small carvings from chalk. A story is told that a padre, touring the trenches, saw Reid Dick at work, and by way of a compliment told Reid Dick that he might well consider taking up carving as a hobby. As we now know William Dick Reid was to become a foremost sculptors. Life after military service Dick did indeed fulfil the padre's prophecy and produced several superb works. Reid Dick designed several war memorials and received a major commission for the Kitchener Memorial Chapel (1922–25) in St Paul's Cathedral, London. The focal point of his design for the chapel was a Pièta, which won a gold medal at the Paris International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in 1925. This work secured his reputation and election to the Royal Academy. Throughout his career, Reid Dick worked tirelessly both in the studio and serving on numerous committees, among these the Royal Fine Art Commission (1928–42), the Royal Mint Advisory Committee (1936–53), and the Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery (1934–41). In addition he was President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors between 1933–37. His archives are held by the Tate Gallery and he was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Main works Images Rickmansworth Lion and Eagle sculptures Images Bushey War Memorial {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" style="width:100px;"| Name ! scope="col" style="width:100px;"| Location ! scope="col" style="width:600px;"| Comments ! scope="col" style="width:150px;"| Image |- |Chapel of All Souls (Kitchener Memorial Chapel) |St Paul's Cathedral City of London |Reid Dick worked on the Kitchener Memorial in what is now known as The Chapel of All Souls in St Paul's Cathedral. After Kitchener's death when the "Hampshire" was sunk in June 1916, a "Kitchener Memorial Committee" was formed to choose and organise a fitting tribute to his life and achievements and the Kitchener Memorial Chapel was selected. The memorial includes a Pieta and the figures of the Warrior Saints St Michael and St George and a recumbent Lord Kitchener in white marble, all the work of Reid Dick. At Kitchener's head is a tablet on the wall which reads and next to the effigy itself is another inscription Image shown right courtesy Tony Worrall and that in gallery below courtesy Alexander Gordon. Reid Dick also worked on the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Memorial Tablet in the Kitchener Memorial Chapel | |- |Horlicks Limited War Memorial |Slough Berkshire |This memorial is located in the grounds of the Horlick's factory in Stoke Poges Lane, Slough. Reid Dick's sculpture for this memorial is a bronze figure of a woman in an attitude of grief. The memorial is dedicated to the 7 employees of Horlicks who gave their lives in the First World War. | |- |The Royal Air Force Memorial |Westminster Greater London |This memorial is located on the Victoria Embankment and comprises a stone column surmounted by a large globe on which Reid Dick has sculpted a gilt eagle with wings upstretched and facing towards the Thames. The memorial's inscription reads This memorial was unveiled in 1923 by the Prince of Wales. His speech included the prophetic description of the RAF as "our cloud armies of the future". The Royal Air Force Memorial was designed by the architect Sir Reginald Bloomfield. | |- |The Angus Watson and Co.Ltd War Memorial |Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear |Reid Dick carried out the sculptural work on the memorial to the employees of Angus Watson and Co Ltd who gave their lives in the First World War. | |- |Sculpture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt |Grosvenor Square Greater London |Reid Dick was commissioned to sculpt this statue of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. | |- |Statue of George V |Westminster London |This statue stands opposite the Houses of Parliament and it was unveiled by George VI on 22 October 1947. File WORK 20/279 at The National Archives in Kew covers the appointment of Reid Dick and the architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to be responsible for this memorial and other files WORK 20/201, WORK 20/202, WORK 20/203 and WORK 20/278 all give background information on the work. The completion of the scheme was delayed by the outbreak of war in 1939. The statue was stored during the war in the quarry at Portland and returned to London in 1946. The statue was unveiled in 1947. | |- |Sculpture Lady Godiva |Coventry |Reid Dick was the sculptor of this work in Coventry. On the plinth below the statue are written some words from Tennyson's poem "Lady Godiva" {{Quotation|"Then she rode back, clothed on with chastity. She took the tax away and built herself an everlasting name" inscription|}} | |- |Sculpture Controlled Energy| |Reid Dick created two sculptures for Unilever House. They are positioned at each end of the building's facade and each depict a large shire horse being reined back. It is as though the strength of the two horses would pull the building apart but for the effort of those pulling them back. | |- |The Arras Memorial |Arras |The National Archives at Kew have several files on this memorial. File AIR 1/677/21/13/1891 contains a draft of the Introduction to the Register of the Imperial War Graves Commission (now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) written by their Director of Records, Major H.F. Chettle. Chettle's covering letter is dated 18 March 1930. Reid Dick sculpted the globe on top of the Arras Flying Services Memorial which is to be found at the Arras Cemetery in Northern France along with the Arras Memorial. A photograph of this memorial is shown below. Reid Dick carved both the badges on the memorial and the great globe, which is 4-foot 6 inches in diameter and weighs almost three tons. The memorial consists of an obelisk with a globe forming a finial on the top. The badges are those of the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Naval Air Service, and the combined badges of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The two memorials and cemetery, the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens, are situated in the western part of Arras. The Arras Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and August 1918, the eve of the so-called "Advance to Victory" and who have no known grave. The Arras Flying Services Memorial commemorates nearly 1,000 airmen of the Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force either by attachment from other arms of the forces of the Commonwealth or by original enlistment, who were killed on the Western Front and who also have no known grave. | |- |The Menin Gate Memorial |Ypres Belgium |Reid Dick sculpted the decorative features which adorn the Menin Gate at Ypres, including the lion at the very top. The Menin Gate marks the start of one of the main roads leading from Ypres (Ieper) to the Front Line; the infamous "Menin Road". The gate combines a classical victory arch and mausoleum. Inside and outside are carved the names of 54,896 officers and men of the Commonwealth forces who died in the Ypres salient and have no known grave. The Menin Gate was not in fact big enough to record all the names so was limited to those who died from the outbreak of war to 15 August 1917. The names of the further 34,888 men who died from 16 August 1917 to the end of the war and again have no known grave are recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial. | |- |Memorial to David Livingstone |Victoria Falls Zimbabwe |Reid Dick was the sculptor of the memorial to David Livingstone. | |- |Memorial to Lord Levershulme |Port Sunlight Merseyside |This Reid Dick sculpture stands outside the Lady Lever Art Gallery at Port Sunlight. Reid Dick's figures at the base of the obelisk represent "Industry", "Charity", "Education" and "Art". The figure on the top of the obelisk, looking to the sky with outstretched arms represents "Inspiration". This memorial was completed in 1930 and honours William Hesketh, the first Viscount Leverhulme who founded Lever Brothers Limited. | |- |} Other work Reid Dick was also the sculptor of- Bas-reliefs for Selfridges store in Oxford Street, London. Figures for St Andrew's House in Edinburgh. The bronze Herald for the Reuters Building in Fleet Street, London. A figure above the entrance to Adelaide House, London Bridge. The figure is in drapes and holds an orb with a bronze astrological band. The Tate Gallery has a bronze mask of a man entitled Androdus by Reid Dick, and the National Portrait Gallery has a Reid Dick bust of Lord Duveen. Statue of Sir John Soane. North wall of the Bank of England. Threadneedle Street, London EC2 Harry Dwight Ripley Monument. St. Marylebone Cemetery and Crematorium. Photographs of statues References Further reading Wardleworth, Dennis (2013). William Reid Dick, Sculptor''. Farnham: Ashgate. . External links Photograph of Sir William, 1933 / Link to info on Workington War memorial, designed by Dick and executed by sculptor Alexander Carrick / Link to info on Saint Andrew's House, Edinburgh, sculpture designed by Dick, executed by Alexander Carrick CAMERA INTERVIEWS – MR WILLIAM REID DICK A.R.A. R.B.S. THE SCULPTOR/ Newsreel film from 30 August 1930. Includes closeup of Dick and video of him sculpting. COVENTRY'S LADY RIDES AGAIN/ Video newsreel from 27 October 1949. Includes footage of Dick's statue of Lady Godiva in Coventry. The collection booth for the fund to erect a memorial of late American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Grosvenor Square, London/ 21 November 1946. Various shots of sculptor Sir William Reid Dick with the statue of Roosevelt which he is modelling. Dick at work on his model of Franklin D. Roosevelt, late President of the United States of America./ Unused / unissued material – dates and locations unclear or unknown. Category:1879 births Category:1961 deaths Category:People from Glasgow Category:Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art Category:Burials at St Paul's Cathedral Category:Royal Academicians Category:Scottish knights Category:Scottish schoolteachers Category:Scottish sculptors Category:Scottish male sculptors Category:20th-century British sculptors Category:British male sculptors Category:Members of the Athenaeum Club, London

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United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to the Republic of the Congo. From 1885 until 1960, the republic had been under the control of France as a protectorate. In 1908, France organized French Equatorial Africa (AEF), comprising its colonies of Middle Congo (modern Congo), Gabon, Chad, and Oubangui-Chari (now Central African Republic). Brazzaville was selected as the federal capital. In 1958 Middle Congo became an autonomous colony and was renamed Republic of the Congo. The republic was granted full independence on August 15, 1960. As the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) also chose the name Republic of Congo upon receiving its independence, the two countries were more commonly known as Congo-Leopoldville and Congo-Brazzaville, after their capital cities. The United States immediately recognized the new Republic of the Congo and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The embassy in Brazzaville was established August 15, 1960, with Alan W. Lukens as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. The first ambassador, W. Wendell Blancke was appointed on November 9, 1960. Ambassadors W. Wendell Blancke – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: November 9, 1960 Presented credentials: December 23, 1960 Terminated mission: Left post, December 14, 1963 Henry L. T. Koren – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: April 8, 1964 Presented credentials: May 13, 1964 Terminated mission: Left post, August 4, 1965 Note: Due to civil strife and insecure conditions, the U.S. Embassy in Brazzaville was closed and all diplomatic personnel were withdrawn from the country on August 15, 1965. The embassy was reestablished on October 30, 1977, with Jay Katzen as chargé d'affaires ad interim. A new ambassador was appointed on April 26, 1979. William L. Swing – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: April 26, 1979 Presented credentials: May 11, 1979 Terminated mission: Left post, May 30, 1981 Kenneth Lee Brown – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: December 11, 1981 Presented credentials: February 13, 1982 Terminated mission: Left post, June 10, 1984 Alan Wood Lukens – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: August 13, 1984 Presented credentials: September 22, 1984 Terminated mission: Left post, May 6, 1987 Leonard Grant Shurtleff – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: August 10, 1987 Presented credentials: September 26, 1987 Terminated mission: Left post, July 5, 1990 James Daniel Phillips – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: June 27, 1990 Presented credentials: August 23, 1990 Terminated mission: Left post, September 10, 1993 William Christie Ramsay – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: July 16, 1993 Presented credentials: September 23, 1993 Terminated mission: Left post, April 13, 1996 Aubrey Hooks – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: June 6, 1996 Presented credentials: July 11, 1996 Terminated mission: Left post January 9, 1999 David H. Kaeuper – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: November 16, 1999 Presented credentials: December 27, 1999 Terminated mission: Left post September 5, 2002 Robin Renee Sanders – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: November 15, 2002 Presented credentials: February 13, 2003 Terminated mission: July 16, 2005 Robert Weisberg – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: March 21, 2006 Presented credentials: Unknown Terminated mission: March 2, 2008 Alan W. Eastham – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: August 22, 2008 Presented credentials: Unknown Terminated mission: Prior to September 2010 Christopher W. Murray – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: August 23, 2010 Presented credentials: September 16, 2010 Terminated mission: August 14, 2013 Stephanie S. Sullivan – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: August 12, 2013 Presented credentials: November 26, 2013 Terminated mission: January 20, 2017 Todd Philip Haskell – Career FSO Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Appointed: May 18, 2017 Presented credentials: June 26, 2017 Terminated mission: Incumbent Notes See also Republic of the Congo – United States relations Foreign relations of the Republic of the Congo Ambassadors of the United States References United States Department of State: Background notes on the Republic of Congo External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for the Republic of Congo United States Department of State: Republic of the Congo United States Embassy in Brazzaville Congo, Republic of the *Main Category:Republic of the Congo-related lists Category:Republic of the Congo–United States relations

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Metal Slug 3 is a run and gun video game developed by SNK. It was originally released in 2000 for the Neo-Geo MVS arcade platform as the sequel to Metal Slug 2/Metal Slug X. The music of the game was developed by Noise Factory. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2, Xbox (not compatible with Xbox 360), Xbox Live Arcade, Virtual Console, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android, Wii, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo Switch. The game added several new features to the gameplay of the original Metal Slug and Metal Slug 2, such as new weapons and vehicles, as well as introducing branching paths into the series. It received generally positive reviews. Gameplay The gameplay mechanics are the same as in previous Metal Slug games; the player(s) must shoot constantly at a continual stream of enemies in order to reach the end of each level. At this point, the player confronts a boss, who is usually considerably larger and tougher than regular enemies. On the way through each level, the player can find numerous weapon upgrades and "Metal Slug" tanks. The tank is known as the SV-001 ("SV" stands for Super Vehicle), which not only increases the player's offense, but considerably adds to their defense. In addition to shooting, the player can also perform melee attacks by using a knife and/or kicking. The player does not die simply by coming into contact with enemies, and correspondingly, many of the enemy troops also have melee attacks. Much of the game's scenery is also destructible, and occasionally, this reveals extra items or power-ups, although most of the time it simply results in collateral damage. During the course of a level, the player also encounters POWs, who, if freed, offer the player bonuses in the form of random items or weapons. At the end of each level, the player receives a scoring bonus based on the number of freed POWs. If the player dies before the end of the level, the tally of freed POWs reverts to zero. Branching paths A new feature in Metal Slug 3 is the branching path system; in most missions, there are forking paths from which the player must choose one, each with their own obstacles, and each of varying length and difficulty. All paths eventually lead to the same boss battle, but the player may have different equipment, and may have rescued more or fewer POW's depending on their choice of path. Vehicles Several new vehicles were introduced into the game: The "Slug Driller" can be found in the underground part of Mission 4. The drill is capable of mowing down every enemy in front of it and can also be extended. Additionally, the Driller can increase its height, making the player unreachable to ground enemies. The "Slug Mariner" gives added firepower when underwater. It fires high-mass rounds which sink to the bottom, as well as torpedoes. The "Elephant Slug" is an elephant strapped with a Vulcan cannon. By picking up a battery or a chili pepper, the elephant can fire a bolt of lightning or a fireball from its trunk, respectively. The "Ostrich Slug" is similar to the "Camel Slug" in Metal Slug 2/Metal Slug X, although it is faster, can jump farther, and can turn around. The "LV Rebel Armor" is a rebel-produced vehicle that can be captured and used by the player. It comes equipped with a heavy machine gun (though in Mission 5 it comes equipped with a flame shot instead), which is interchangeable with other handheld weapons. It also has a grenade launcher, a melee claw attack, and jump jets. The second player can stand on top of the Rebel Armor, and can receive a boost. The "Slug Copter" appears alongside the "Slug Flyer" in the airborne portion of the Final Mission. Its Vulcan cannon can fire in all directions, unlike the Flyer. It is also armed with gravity bombs. The "Astro Slug" is used jointly by the players and the Rebel forces. Booster rockets carry it into space, where the player can make use of its weaponry. Like the Rebel Armor, the Astro Slug can use infantry weapons through ports on its sides. It fires rockets as a secondary weapon. Character transformation As with Metal Slug 2/Metal Slug X, the player can transform into various different states. In addition to the mummy and fat forms from the previous game, other forms include: When doused with infectious material, the player becomes a zombie. While medication is available to reverse the effect, the zombified player can make use of a devastating (but slow) vomit attack that covers most of the forward area. The player cannot crouch or jump high, but is immune to attacks from enemies (except zombified enemies). If a zombified player comes into contact with infectious material, they will die. Underwater, the player equips a Scuba set with a bubble helmet. Rather than grenades, the player uses a bomb-launching system with the ordnance affected by gravity. When flying, should the player lose their vehicle, they rely on a backup jet pack that can fire heat seeking missiles. When in space, if the player loses the Astro Slug, they must depend on a jet pack and a breathing apparatus. Explosives are contained in the pack, and when fired they cause a massive fireball. Plot Several years ago, the evil General Morden was foiled in his attempted coup d'état against the worlds' governments by the Peregrine Falcon Strike Force. After forming an alliance with an alien race in an attempt to stage another coup, Morden was betrayed and taken prisoner by his new found allies. His rebels troops then formed an ad hoc alliance with the Strike Force, and ultimately, the aliens were defeated, although Morden himself was apparently killed. Instrumental in defeating Morden during the first coup were Cpt. Marco Rossi and Lt. Tarma Roving. Rossi (now a Major) and Roving (now a Captain) also led the fight against the Morden during the second coup, this time joined by two members of the Intelligence Agency's Special Ops Squad S.P.A.R.R.O.W.S.; Sgt. Eri Kasamoto and Sgt. 1st Class Fiolina Germi. Several years have passed since that time, and Morden is officially listed as missing by his surviving followers. Determined to wipe out every remnant of Morden's powerbase, the army send Rossi and Roving to destroy all remaining rebel strongholds, one by one. During the fighting, however, Rossi and Roving come to the conclusion that the enemy is too well organised, and perhaps Morden is not as dead as was initially thought. Meanwhile, the S.P.A.R.R.O.W.S. come across a series of strange events which lead the army to conclude that the aliens with whom Morden once allied himself have returned. The Peregrine Falcon Strike Force and S.P.A.R.R.O.W.S. are once again united, and sent to defeat this new threat. After various battles against Morden's forces, the heroes are shocked to face off against Morden himself. However, after defeating him, it is revealed that it was really an alien in disguise, and the real Morden has (once again) been taken prisoner by the aliens. The aliens then abduct the player character and leave Earth. At this point, another character takes the player character's place. Once again, an ad hoc alliance is formed between the Strike Force and Morden's troops so as to save their captured comrades. The rebels launch an armada of rocket ships to attack the alien mother ship, Rugname. After a long battle through the ship's interior, the Rugname starts to collapse due to the amount of damage it has sustained. After destroying the ship's core, the Strike Force must fight their way through armies of clones of their captured teammate, some of whom have turned into zombies. Eventually, both the captured member of the Strike Force and Morden are freed. As they escape, however, they are confronted by the aliens' leader, Rootmars. A battle ensues in Earth's atmosphere, which is won by the Strike Force, who leave Rootmars' body in the ocean. Upon seeing Morden and his men celebrating, the player character throws his/her weapon into the water in disgust. Versions Console versions In the PS2 and Xbox versions of the game, once the arcade mode has been beaten, there are two additional mini-games: "Storming the UFO Mothership" and "Fat Island". "Storming the UFO Mothership" This mode allows the player to control one of General Morden's soldiers as they attempt to rescue fellow soldiers and attack the Martian forces. The player can choose between the "Shield Soldier", "Bazooka Soldier", and "Normal Soldier". The player is given a single life, which is balanced by the number of reinforcements from fellow soldiers. "Fat Island" Two players compete to gain the most weight in a limited amount of time by eating various foods. They start out at 100 kg and must finish at 200. If players lose enough weight, they will return to normal size and subsequently to a mummy state. Later releases In 2006, Metal Slug Anthology (titled Metal Slug Complete in Japan) was released for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PSP. This compilation includes the original Metal Slug, and all of its arcade sequels (including Metal Slug 2 and Metal Slug X) up to Metal Slug 6. The games are emulated versions of the originals, with none of the additional game modes or content introduced in the other home versions. At the 2007 Tokyo Game Show, it was confirmed that Metal Slug 3 would be released on Xbox Live Arcade on January 2, 2008. The game features upscaled graphics and co-op online gameplay, but it does not include the extra modes from console releases. This version was made backwards compatible on Xbox One in 2015. In March 2012, the AES version of Metal Slug 3 was released for the Virtual Console on the Wii. In July 2012, a wireless version of the game was released for iOS and Android. In February 2014, a PC version of the game was released on Steam. SNK announced on August 28, 2014 that a version of the game would be coming to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. In March 9, 2017 a Nintendo Switch version was released. Reception Upon its initial appearance, Metal Slug 3 received generally positive reviews. Most of its subsequent ports and re-releases have also seen good reviews. On GameRankings, the PS2 version has a score of 76.78% based on nine reviews, the Xbox version 75.71% based on sixty-four reviews, the Xbox 360 version 78.46% based on thirteen reviews, and the iOS version 74% based on five reviews. On Metacritic, the Xbox version has a score of 76 out of 100, based on fifty-six reviews, the Xbox 360 version 78 based on twelve reviews, and the iOS version 76 based on five reviews. In his review of the game for the Xbox, IGN's Hilary Goldstein scored it 6.8 out of 10, feeling that as an arcade shooter, the game stood up well, but as an Xbox title, it was weak when compared to other games on the system; "If this game were $20 or even $30 it would merit a better score and better recommendation. This is not a $40 value unless you absolutely must have this game on your Xbox. When this game drops in price (and it will), that's when you'll want to snatch it up for sure." He scored the Xbox 360 version 7.4 out of 10, again feeling that the game was good for what it was, but somewhat dated when compared to other titles; "Before you purchase Metal Slug 3, you need to ask yourself how much you value ten dollars. This is a short experience that, even with a few playthroughs, won't last you long. Metal Slug 3 is a lot of fun, but this should be a $5 download. Especially when original, awesome-looking shooters such as Omega Five are storming Xbox Marketplace." GameSpot's Ryan Davis scored both the Xbox and the Xbox 360 versions 7.5 out of 10. Of the Xbox version, he praised most aspects of the game, but criticized the excessive difficulty; "The fundamentals of Metal Slug 3 are all really excellent. You'll be hard-pressed to find another 2D side-scroller with such detailed environments and smooth animation, and the gameplay is the dictionary definition of frenetic. So, with all this going for it, it's a real shame that the brutal continue system introduced in the game's conversion to the Xbox makes the game overly uncompromising. If you are prone to throwing controllers out of frustration, you may want to approach Metal Slug 3 with caution". Of the Xbox 360 version, he argued that the game itself was excellent, but it was a somewhat dated experience; "Ultimately, the things that might prevent you from enjoying Metal Slug 3, such as the number of times it's been released on other systems, its relative price point, and the lack of extras, are peripheral to the experience itself. If these things don't concern you, then you'll have a blast." Eurogamer's Spanner Spencer scored the Xbox version 7 out of 10. He praised the original game, but as an Xbox game, he found it somewhat wanting; "So short, so sweet. Two-player spins it out for a while, and there are Hard and Very Hard modes, but at £15 if you shop around Metal Slug 3 arguably transcends the usual rental recommendation. No lie, you'll finish the lot in a day. You can try and collect all the extras (Japanese radish and Chinese cabbage are all there for the taking), but there's no getting away from the fact that there's not enough in here to warrant shelling out full whack, no matter how perfect a slice of arcade action it may be." Patrick Garratt were more impressed with the Xbox 360 version, which he scored 9 out of 10, writing "what's really fascinating here is the fact that a vaguely ageing title appears to have found its niche market on a modern console - this is Metal Slug 3s ideal home, and you'd be a fool not to make it welcome in yours." GameSpy's Darryl Vassar scored the Xbox version 4 out of 5, arguing "While each of the individual parts of Metal Slug 3 are unremarkable, they come together in a way that is greater than their sum. Metal Slug 3 is a fantastic game -- it's easy to pick up and play, has great character and depth, and is even better with a friend. There's a reason SNK has so many diehard fans, and this game should bring a few more into the fold." 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Somatosensory disorder A somatosensory disorder is an impairment of the somatosensory system. Signs and symptoms People may experience numbness, prickling or tingling sensations (paresthesias), or the feeling a limb has "fallen asleep" (an indicator of nerve compression), burning, cutting or other sensations. Seizures Certain types of seizures are associated with the somatosensory system. Cortical injury may lead to loss of thermal sensation or the ability to discriminate pain. An aura involving thermal and painful sensations is a phenomenon known to precede the onset of an epileptic seizure or focal seizure. Another type of seizure, called a sensory Jacksonian seizure involves an abnormal, localizable, cutaneous sensation but does not have apparent stimulus. This sensation may progress along a limb or to adjacent cutaneous body areas, reflecting abnormal neuronal firing in the postcentral gyrus where an epileptic discharge is propagated. These episodes in which patients are consciously aware during a seizure have been useful for identifying problems associated with the somatosensory cortex. Patients can describe the nature of the seizure and how they feel during it. Mechanism The absence of proprioception or two-point tactile discrimination on one side of the body suggests injury to the contralateral side of the primary somatosensory cortex. However, depending on the extent of the injury, damage can range in loss of proprioception of an individual limb or the entire body. A deficit known as cortical astereognosis of the receptive type describes an inability to make use of tactile sensory information for identifying objects placed in the hand. For example, if this type of injury effects the hand region in the primary somatosensory cortex for one cerebral hemisphere, a patient with closed eyes cannot perceive the position of the fingers on the contralateral hand and will not be able to identify objects such as keys or a cell phone if they are placed into that hand. Diagnosis Evaluation of any suspected disease of the somatosensory system is included in a neurological examination of the peripheral nervous system. Modern techniques for testing somatosensory function are still quite crude compared to testing motor function. Evaluation of somatosensory stimuli are limited by the patient's interpretation of sensation in response to testing. Tactile sensation is tested with a cotton wisp or light touch with a finger. Pain is assessed by pinprick or pinwheel (Wartenberg wheel). A 128 Hz tuning fork is used for testing vibrations. References External links Category:Somatosensory system

All the Best Songs All the Best Songs is a compilation album by the punk rock band No Use for a Name. Contents It compiles 24 tracks from the band's six studio releases between 1993 and 2005 as well as two previously unreleased songs, "History Defeats" and "Stunt Double", recorded during sessions for their 2005 album Keep Them Confused. Release It was released on July 10, 2007 by Fat Wreck Chords. In July, the band went on a headlining West Coast tour, with support from Whole Wheat Bread and the Flatliners. Reception Track listing Personnel Band Tony Sly – guitar, lead vocals Rory Koff – drums Robin Pfefer – lead guitar on tracks from The Daily Grind Ed Gregor – lead guitar on tracks from ¡Leche con Carne! Chris Shiflett – lead guitar and backing vocals on tracks from Making Friends and More Betterness! Dave Nassie – lead guitar on tracks from Hard Rock Bottom and Keep Them Confused Steve Papoutsis – bass guitar on tracks from The Daily Grind and ¡Leche con Carne! Matt Riddle – bass guitar and backing vocals on tracks from Making Friends, More Betterness!, Hard Rock Bottom, and Keep Them Confused Additional musicians and vocalists Karina Denike – additional vocals on "On the Outside" Dicky Barrett – additional vocals on "Growing Down" Spike Slawson – backing vocals on "Chasing Rainbows" Rebekah Scott – cello on "Not Your Savior" and "Let It Slide" Jennifer Walker – cello on "Let Me Down" Dana Lynn – violin on "Let It Slide" Production Producers: "Permanent Rust" and "The Daily Grind" – Pat Coughlin, Fat Mike, Donnell Cameron "Feeding the Fire" – Steve Papoutsis, Karl H. ¡Leche con Carne! tracks – Fat Mike, Ryan Greene, Tony Sly, Rory Koff, Ed Gregor, Steve Papoutsis Making Friends, Life in the Fat Lane, and More Betterness! tracks – Greene, Sly, Koff, Matt Riddle, Chris Shiflett Hard Rock Bottom and Keep Them Confused tracks – Greene, Sly, Koff, Riddle, Dave Nassie Jason Livermore – digital remastering Artwork and design Brian Archer – layout, front cover and interior photographs Matt Riddle – back cover photograph Additional interior photographs by Scott Cole, Kate Powers, Marina Miller, Brian Wynacht, Winni Wintermeyer, Lisa Johnson, BJ Papas, Murray Bowles, and Chris McCaw References External links Fat Wreck Site Category:No Use for a Name albums Category:2007 greatest hits albums Category:Fat Wreck Chords compilation albums

Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server is a discontinued project portfolio management application from Microsoft. It was part of its Enterprise Project Management suite which includes Microsoft Office Project Server. Versions for Windows 2007 – Project Portfolio Server 2007 2006 – Project Portfolio Server 2006 Previous Years – UMT Portfolio Manager Description Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 allows creation of a project portfolio, including workflows, hosted centrally, so that the information is available throughout the enterprise, even from a browser. It also aids in centralized data aggregation regarding the project planning and execution, and in visualizing and analyzing the data to optimize the project plan. It can also support multiple portfolios per project, to track different aspects of it. It also includes reporting tools to create consolidated reports out of the project data. Office Project PortfolioServer is being rolled up into Project Server 2010 with 64 bit requirements all the way around for the 2010 family See also Microsoft Office Project Server Microsoft Project Microsoft Office Microsoft Servers Category:Microsoft Office servers Category:Project management software

Alberto González Gonzalito Alberto González, nicknamed Gonzalito (born 1922) was a Paraguayan football defender who played for Paraguay in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Olimpia. References External links FIFA profile Category:1922 births Category:Paraguayan footballers Category:Paraguay international footballers Category:Association football defenders Category:Club Olimpia footballers Category:1950 FIFA World Cup players Category:Possibly living people

F. S. L. Lyons Francis Stewart Leland Lyons (11 November 1923 – 21 September 1983) was an Irish historian and academic who was Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1974–81. Biography Known as Le among his friends and family, Lyons was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1923, where his father was a bank official. He was born into an Irish Protestant family of Presbyterian and Church of Ireland background. After his birth, his family soon moved to Boyle, County Roscommon, Irish Free State. He was educated at Dover College in Kent and later attended The High School. At Trinity College Dublin, he was elected a Scholar in Modern History and Political Science in 1943. He was a lecturer in history at the University of Hull and then at Trinity College Dublin. He became the founding Professor of Modern History at the University of Kent in 1964, serving also as Master of Eliot College from 1969 to 1972. Lyons became Provost of Trinity College Dublin in 1974, but relinquished the post in 1981 to concentrate on writing. His work Charles Stewart Parnell won the Heinemann Prize in 1978. He won the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize and the Wolfson Literary Prize for History for his book Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939, published in 1979. He was awarded honorary doctorates by five universities and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the British Academy and was Visiting Professor at Princeton University. His principal works include Ireland Since the Famine, the standard university textbook for Irish history from the mid-19th to late-20th century, which The Times called "the definitive work of modern Irish history" and a biography of Charles Stewart Parnell. Lyons was critical of Cecil Woodham-Smith's much-acclaimed history of the Great Irish Famine and has generally been considered among the "revisionist" historians whose political sympathies underplayed the negative role of the British state in events like the Famine. Following a short illness, Lyons died in Dublin in 1983, just shy of his 60th birthday. He was survived by his wife Jennifer McAlister Lyons, whom he married in 1964, and their two sons. Bibliography John Dillon: A Biography (1968) Ireland Since the Famine (1971) Charles Stewart Parnell (1977) Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939 (1979) - won the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize References External links Category:1923 births Category:1983 deaths Category:Academics of the University of Kent Category:Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize recipients Category:Fellows of the British Academy Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Category:Historians from Northern Ireland Category:Irish historians Category:Irish writers Category:Male non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland Category:People educated at The High School, Dublin Category:People from County Londonderry Category:People from County Roscommon Category:Provosts of Trinity College Dublin Category:Revisionist historians (Ireland) Category:Scholars of Trinity College Dublin Category:20th-century historians Category:Historians of the Land War

Yenikənd, Siazan Yenikənd (also, Yenikend) is a village and the most populous municipality, except for the capital Siyəzən, in the Siazan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,899. The municipality consists of the villages of Yenikənd and Kolanı. The Long Wall of Apzut Kawat, a 20-kilometer long Sassanid defensive wall, passes through the village. References Category:Populated places in Siazan District

City of San Marino The City of San Marino (Italian: Città di San Marino) (also known simply as San Marino or locally as Città) is the capital city of the Republic of San Marino, Southern Europe. The city has a population of 4,044. It is on the western slopes of San Marino's highest point, Monte Titano. Geography Although not the capital, most of the businesses are in Borgo Maggiore. It is the third largest city in the country, after Dogana and Borgo Maggiore. It borders the San Marino municipalities Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Fiorentino, and Chiesanuova and the Italian municipality San Leo. Akademio Internacia de la Sciencoj San Marino is centered here. History Due to its being the capital and previously the only city in San Marino, the history of this city is almost the same as the History of San Marino. For more information on that topic, see that article. The city was founded by Saint Marinus and several Christian refugees in the year 301. From then on the city became a center of Christian refugees who fled from Roman persecution. The urban heart of the city was protected by three towers: the first, Guaita, constructed in the 11th century, was famous for being impenetrable, which to a great extent discouraged attacks on the city. Due to the Crusades, it was felt necessary to construct a second tower, Cesta (13th century). But the Sanmarinense defensive system was not completed until the construction of a third tower, the Montale (14th century) - the smallest of all and constructed on the last of the summits of Monte Titano. With the population of the city increasing, the territory of the country was extended by a few square kilometers. Since the Sanmarinese policy was not to invade or to use war to obtain new territories, it was by means of purchases and treaties that San Marino obtained the other eight castelli which make up San Marino. Parishes The City of San Marino has the following 7 parishes or wards (curazie): Cà Berlone, Canepa, Casole, Castellaro, Montalbo, Murata, Santa Mustiola Economy The economy of the city of San Marino has always been closely bound to that of the country. Until recently, the main economic activities of the locality were stone extraction and carving. Today, there is a more varied economy, including tourism, commerce, sale of postage stamps, and a small agricultural industry, although the latter is in decline. Landmarks The city is visited by more than three million people per year, and has developed progressively as a tourist centre. Of the tourists, 85% are Italian. There are also more than a thousand retail outlets, where one can find a great variety of products. Main sights Basilica di San Marino Palazzo dei Capitani Palazzo Pubblico Teatro Titano The Three Towers of San Marino Piazza del Titano Piazza Garibaldi Monastery of Santa Clara Grand Hotel San Marino Transport The town is known for its long, winding cobblestoned streets, as its altitude and steep approach put it beyond the reach of the San Marino Superhighway. San Marino is also notable in that cars are prohibited in much of the town center. Before the Second World War, a railway was built from San Marino to Rimini under the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini. Its tunnels, and the railway station 'Piazzale Lo Stradone', still exist. Proposals for the reopening of this railway have been presented to the government on several occasions, but thus far without action. There is a regular bus service to Rimini, and a cable car line connects the capital with Borgo Maggiore. A series of lifts also connects the upper part of town with the lower. Sports The city of San Marino has two football teams: the S.S. Murata and the S.P. Tre Penne. The city had the Olympic Flame pass through San Marino during the run-up to the 2006 Winter Olympics. Photogallery International relations Twin towns—Sister cities The City of San Marino is twinned with: San Leo, Italy Rab, Croatia Rønne, Denmark Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States References External links San Marino's page on giuntedicastello.sm Category:Municipalities of San Marino Category:Capitals in Europe Category:World Heritage Sites in San Marino Category:301 establishments Category:Populated places established in the 4th century

Push Pull (album) Push Pull is the sixth studio album by American rock band Hoobastank, released on May 25, 2018 via Napalm. The album features a more pop rock sound with funk rock influences, different from the characteristic post-grunge and alternative style of the band. The album peaked at number 35 on Billboards Independent Albums chart. Track listing Personnel Hoobastank Doug Robb – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Daniel Estrin – lead guitar Chris Hesse – drums, percussion Jesse Charland – bass, backing vocals Production Matt Wallace – production Paul David Hager – mixing Chris Hesse – mixing Emily Lazar – mastering References Category:2018 albums Category:Hoobastank albums Category:Napalm Records albums

Nikolai Zubarev Nikolai (Nikolay) Zubarev (10 January 1894 – January 1951) was a Russian chess master. During World War I, he won ahead of Peter Yurdansky at Moscow 1915, and tied for 4-5th at Moscow 1916. After the war, he won twice Moscow City Chess Championship in 1927 and 1930. He also took 5th in 1919/20 (Alexander Alekhine won), took 3rd in 1920 (Josef Cukierman won), shared 6th in 1922/23 (Nikolai Grigoriev won), tied for 12-13th in 1925 (Aleksandr Sergeyev won), took 2nd behind Abram Rabinovich in 1926, tied for 5-6th in 1928 (Boris Verlinsky won), shared 6th in 1929 (Vasily Panov won), all in Moscow-ch, and took 21st in the Moscow 1925 chess tournament (Efim Bogoljubow won). He participated several times in USSR Chess Championship; tied for 11-12th at Moscow 1920 (Alekhine won), took 10th at Petrograd 1923 (Peter Romanovsky won), tied for 11-13th at Leningrad 1925 (Bogoljubov won), took 4th at Odessa 1929 (quarter final), and took 18th at Leningrad 1933 (Mikhail Botvinnik won). Awarded the International Arbiter title in 1951. References Category:1894 births Category:1951 deaths Category:Russian chess players Category:20th-century chess players

Clansayes Clansayes is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also Communes of the Drôme department References INSEE Category:Communes of Drôme

Sheridan Russell Sheridan Russell (1900-1991) was a cellist, medical doctor, and patron of the arts. He was Head Almoner at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and founded the Paintings in Hospitals charity. He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 4 April 1970. Russell was known as Britain's first male almoner. Russell did not speak until he was three years old. At five years of age, he began to learn the cello. As a child in Paris, he was frequently taken to lunch with Claude Debussy. It was Debussy who diagnosed Russell as being partially deaf. During World War II, Russell worked for British Intelligence in Italy. References Category:1900 births Category:Place of birth missing Category:1991 deaths Category:Place of death missing Category:Almoners Category:British cellists Category:20th-century British medical doctors Category:20th-century British musicians

Daniel Davari Daniel Davari (; born 6 January 1988) is a football goalkeeper for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. Born in Germany of Iranian and Polish descent, he represented the Iranian national team at international level. Club career Eintracht Braunschweig Daniel Davari began his career with the reserve side of 1. FSV Mainz 05, before moving to Eintracht Braunschweig in 2009. Originally the club's back-up keeper, he became a starter for Eintracht Braunschweig when Marjan Petković had an injury early during the 2011–12 season. Although Petković returned from his injury a few weeks later, Davari kept the starting spot for the rest of the season, eventually leading Braunschweig to reach promotion to the Bundesliga. On 13 August 2013, Davari played his first Bundesliga match against Borussia Dortmund in the 2013–14 Bundesliga season and earned a 1 rating from Kicker (based on a scale of 1 to 6, with 1 being the highest). Davari was voted the best Braunschweig player at the midpoint of the Bundesliga season. He was named the man of the match against Freiburg on 12 April 2014. On 10 May, Davari provided an assist to Jan Hochscheidt against Hoffenheim. Grasshopper Club Zürich On 29 May 2014, Daniel Davari signed a contract with Swiss Super League side Grasshopper Club Zürich, joining the club on 1 July after the 2014 FIFA World Cup. On 30 July, he made his Champions League debut against Lille. Arminia Bielefeld On 11 June 2015, Davari joined Arminia Bielefeld in the German 2.Bundesliga on a two-year deal. He made his debut on 8 May 2016 and kept a clean sheet in a match against Union Berlin. Davari kept a clean sheet on 17 March 2017 in a 2–0 win against Kaiserslautern to lift Arminia out of a direct relegation spot. MSV Duisburg He signed for MSV Duisburg for the 2017–18 season. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen On 26 January 2019, he moved to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. International career On 21 January 2013, it was confirmed that Daniel Davari was invited to the Iranian national football team by manager Carlos Queiroz. Davari, who was born in Gießen, Germany to a Polish-German mother and an Iranian father, is eligible to play for Germany, Poland and Iran. However, Davari declined Iran's invitation for the Asian Cup qualifier against Lebanon as the date coincided with a crucial club match, stating that he would accept an invitation for Iran's next match. Davari made his debut for Team Melli against Thailand on 15 November, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 Asian Cup qualifier win. On 1 June 2014, Davari was called into Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by Carlos Queiroz. He was an unused substitute with Alireza Haghighi starting all three matches for Iran. Personal life Davari was brought up as a Catholic from an Iranian father and a Polish mother. On 28 September 2014, Davari's wife Kristina gave birth to a son named Eliah. Career statistics See also German-Iranians References External links Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:People from Giessen Category:Footballers from Hesse Category:German footballers Category:Iranian footballers Category:Iran international footballers Category:German people of Iranian descent Category:1. FSV Mainz 05 II players Category:Eintracht Braunschweig players Category:Eintracht Braunschweig II players Category:Arminia Bielefeld players Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:Bundesliga players Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:3. Liga players Category:Regionalliga players Category:2014 FIFA World Cup players Category:Iranian Roman Catholics Category:German people of Polish descent Category:Polish people of Iranian descent Category:Iranian people of Polish descent Category:Polish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:Swiss Super League players Category:Grasshopper Club Zürich players Category:MSV Duisburg players Category:Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players Category:Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Category:Mazandarani people Category:German Roman Catholics Category:Sportspeople of Iranian descent

Knowledge-based engineering Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) is the application of knowledge-based systems technology to the domain of manufacturing design and production. The design process is inherently a knowledge-intensive activity, so a great deal of the emphasis for KBE is on the use of knowledge-based technology to support computer-aided design (CAD) however knowledge-based techniques (e.g. knowledge management) can be applied to the entire product lifecycle. The CAD domain has always been an early adopter of software-engineering techniques used in knowledge-based systems, such as object-orientation and rules. Knowledge-based engineering integrates these technologies with CAD and other traditional engineering software tools. Benefits of KBE include improved collaboration of the design team due to knowledge management, improved re-use of design artifacts, and automation of major parts of the product lifecycle. Overview KBE is essentially engineering on the basis of knowledge models. A knowledge model uses knowledge representation to represent the artifacts of the design process (as well as the process itself) rather than or in addition to conventional programming and database techniques. The advantages to using knowledge representation to model industrial engineering tasks and artifacts are: Improved integration. In traditional CAD and industrial systems each application often has its own slightly different model. Having a standardized knowledge model makes integration easier across different systems and applications. More re-use. A knowledge model facilitates storing and tagging design artifacts so that they can easily be found again and re-used. Also, knowledge models are themselves more re-usable by virtue of using formalism such as IS-A relations (classes and subclasses in the object-oriented paradigm). With subclassing it can be very easy to create new types of artifacts and processes by starting with an existing class and adding a new subclass that inherits all the default properties and behaviors of its parents and then can be adapted as needed. Better maintenance. Class hierarchies not only facilitate re-use they also facilitate maintenance of systems. By having one definition of a class that is shared by multiple systems, issues of change control and consistency are greatly simplified. More automation. Expert system rules can capture and automate decision making that is left to human experts with most conventional systems. KBE can have a wide scope that covers the full range of activities related to Product Lifecycle Management and Multidisciplinary design optimization. KBE's scope includes design, analysis (computer-aided engineering – CAE), manufacturing, and support. In this inclusive role, KBE has to cover a large multi-disciplinary role related to many computer-aided technologies (CAx). There are two primary ways that KBE can be implemented: Build knowledge models from the ground up using knowledge-based technology Layer knowledge-based technology on top of existing CAD, simulation, and other engineering applications An early example of the first approach was the Simkit tool developed by Intellicorp in the 1980s. Simkit was developed on top of Intellicorp's Knowledge Engineering Environment (KEE). KEE was a very powerful knowledge-based systems development environment. KEE started on Lisp and added frames, objects, and rules, as well as powerful additional tools, such as hypothetical reasoning and truth maintenance. Simkit added stochastic simulation capabilities to the KEE environment. These capabilities included an event model, random distribution generators, simulation visualization, and more. The Simkit tool was an early example of KBE. It could define a simulation in terms of class models and rules and then run the simulation as a conventional simulation would. Along the way, the simulation could continue to invoke rules, demons, and object methods, providing the potential for much richer simulation as well as analysis than conventional simulation tools. One of the issues that Simkit faced was a common issue for most early KBE systems developed with this method: The Lisp knowledge-based environments provide very powerful knowledge representation and reasoning capabilities; however, they did so at the cost of massive requirements for memory and processing that stretched the limits of the computers of the time. Simkit could run simulations with thousands of objects and do very sophisticated analysis on those objects. However, industrial simulations often required tens or hundreds of thousands of objects, and Simkit had difficulty scaling up to such levels. The second alternative to developing KBE is illustrated by the CATIA product suite. CATIA started with products for CAD and other traditional industrial engineering applications and added knowledge-based capabilities on to them; for example, their KnowledgeWare module. History KBE developed in the 1980s. It was part of the initial wave of investment in Artificial Intelligence for business that fueled expert systems. Like expert systems, it relied on what at the time were leading edge advances in corporate information technology such as PCs, workstations, and client-server architectures. These same technologies were also facilitating the growth of CAx and CAD software. CAD tended to drive leading edge technologies and even push them past their current limits. The best example of this was object-oriented programming and database technology, which were adapted by CAD when most corporate information technology shops were dominated by relational databases and procedural programming. As with expert systems, KBE suffered a downturn during the AI Winter. Also, as with expert systems and artificial intelligence technology in general, there was renewed interest with the Internet. In the case of KBE, the interest was perhaps strongest in the business-to-business type of electronic commerce and technologies that facilitate the definition of industry standard vocabularies and ontologies for manufactured products. The semantic web is the vision of Tim Berners Lee for the next generation of the Internet. This will be a knowledge-based Internet built on ontologies, objects, and frame technologies that were also enabling technologies for KBE. Important technologies for the semantic web are XML, RDF, and OWL. The semantic web has excellent potential for KBE, and KBE ontologies and projects are a strong area for current research. KBE and product lifecycle management Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the management of the manufacturing process of any industry that produces goods. It can span the full product lifecycle from idea generation to implementation, delivery, and disposal. KBE at this level will deal with product issues of a more generic nature than it will with CAx. A natural area of emphasis is on the production process; however, lifecycle management can cover many more issues such as business planning, marketing, etc. An advantage of using KBE is getting the automated reasoning and knowledge management services of a knowledge-based environment integrated with the many diverse but related needs of lifecycle management. KBE supports the decision processes involved with configuration, trades, control, management, and a number of other areas, such as optimization. KBE and CAx CAx refers to the domain of computer-aided tools for analysis and design. CAx spans multiple domains. Examples are computer-aided design of manufactured parts, software, the architecture of buildings, etc. Although each specific domain of CAx will have very different kinds of problems and artifacts, they all share common issues as well such as having to manage collaboration of sophisticated knowledge workers, design and re-use of complex artifacts, etc. Essentially KBE extends, builds on, and integrates with the CAx domain typically referred to as Computer Aided Design (CAD). In this sense KBE is analogous to Knowledge-Based Software Engineering, which extended the domain of Computer Aided Software Engineering with knowledge-based tools and technology. What KBSE was to software and CASE, KBE is to manufactured products and CAD. An example can be taken from Boeing's experience. The 777 Program took on the challenge of having a digitally-defined plane. That required an investment in large-scale systems, databases, and workstations for design and analytical engineering work. Given the magnitude of the computing work that was required, KBE got its toe in the door, so to speak, through a "pay as you go plan." Essentially, this technique was to show benefits and then to obtain more work (think agile engineering) thereby. In the case of the 777, the project got to where influences to changes in the early part of the design/build stream (loads) could be recomputed over a weekend to allow evaluation by downstream processes. As required, engineers were in the loop to finish and sign off on work. At the same time, CAx allowed tighter tolerances to be met. With the 777, KBE was so successful that subsequent programs applied it in more areas. Over time, KBE facilities were integrated into the CAx platform and are a normal part of the operation. KBE and knowledge management One of the most important knowledge-based technologies for KBE is knowledge management. Knowledge management tools support a wide spectrum repository, i.e., a repository that can support all different types of work artifacts: informal drawings and notes, large database tables, multimedia and hypertext objects, etc. Knowledge management provides the various group support tools to help diverse stake holders collaborate on the design and implementation of products. It also provides tools to automate the design process (e.g., rules) and to facilitate re-use. KBE methodology The development of KBE applications concerns the requirements to identify, capture, structure, formalize, and finally implement knowledge. Many different so-called KBE platforms support only the implementation step, which is not always the main bottleneck in the KBE development process. In order to limit the risk associated with the development and maintenance of KBE application, there is a need to rely on an appropriate methodology for managing the knowledge and maintaining it up to date. As example of such KBE methodology, the EU project MOKA, "Methodology and tools Oriented to Knowledge based Applications," proposes solutions which focus on the structuring and formalization steps as well as links to the implementation. An alternative to MOKA is to use general knowledge engineering methods that have been developed for expert systems across all industries or to use general software development methodologies such as the Rational Unified Process or Agile methods. Languages for KBE Two critical issues for the languages and formalisms used for KBE are: Knowledge-based vs. procedural programming Standardization vs. proprietary Knowledge-based vs. procedural programming A fundamental trade-off identified with knowledge representation in artificial intelligence is between expressive power and computability. As Levesque demonstrated in his classic paper on the topic, the more powerful a knowledge-representation formalism one designs, the closer the formalism will come to the expressive power of first order logic. As Levesque also demonstrated, the closer a language is to First Order Logic, the more probable that it will allow expressions that are undecidable or require exponential processing power to complete. In the implementation of KBE systems, this trade off is reflected in the choice to use powerful knowledge-based environments or more conventional procedural and object-oriented programming environments. Standardization vs. proprietary There is a trade off between using standards such as STEM and vendor- or business-specific proprietary languages. Standardization facilitates knowledge sharing, integration, and re-use. Proprietary formats (such as CATIA) can provide competitive advantage and powerful features beyond current standardization. Genworks GDL, a commercial product whose core is based on the AGPL-licensed Gendl Project, addresses the issue of application longevity by providing a high-level declarative language kernel which is a superset of a standard dialect of the Lisp programming language (ANSI Common Lisp, or CL). Gendl/GDL itself is proposed as a de facto standard for ANSI CL-based KBE languages. In 2006, the Object Management Group released a KBE services RFP document and requested feedback. To date, no OMG specification for KBE exists; however, there is an OMG standard for CAD services. An example of a system-independent language for the development of machine-readable ontologies that is in the KBE domain is Gellish English. KBE in Academia Knowledge-based engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Aircraft Design & Design Methodologies department at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of the Delft University of Technology See Webliography for AI in Design hosted by Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the NSF Report "Research Opportunities in Engineering Design." Knowledge-based engineering lab at Birmingham City University Implementations The following KBE development packages are commercially available: For CAD CADECWorks Solidworks Certified Gold Partner by Mark Design Solutions Pvt Ltd India Mark Design Solutions CADECEdge KBE tool for SolidEdge by Mark Design Solutions Pvt Ltd India Mark Design Solutions Adaptive Modeling Language from TechnoSoft Inc. DriveWorks A SolidWorks Certified Gold Partner The Gendl Project Genworks GDL from Genworks International Kadviser from NIMTOTH previously edited by Kade-Tech KBEWorks by VisionKBE Knowledge Fusion from Siemens PLM Software Rulestream from Siemens PLM Software Knowledgeware from Dassault Systemes ICAD from Dassault Systemes (no longer available) PTC Creo previously PRO/Engineer from Parametric Technology Corporation SmartAssembly for Pro/ENGINEER from Sigmaxim Inc Tacton Interactive Design Automation for SOLIDWORKS, Autodesk Inventor, and PTC Creo. A SOLIDWORKS Certified Gold Product , Autodesk Certified Application , and PTC Technology Partner. YVE - Your Variant Engineer from tecneos software-engineering KBMax Product Configurator Software Genus Designer by Genus Software, Inc. Design++ from Design Power For general-purpose development of web-deployed applications The Gendl Project Genworks GDL from Genworks International For analysis, design and engineering processes Adaptive Modeling Language from TechnoSoft Inc. Enventive by Enventive Engineering, Inc. the Gendl Project Genworks GDL from Genworks International Pacelab Suite by PACE Aerospace Engineering and Information Technology GmbH PCPACK by Tacit Connexions ParaPy by ParaPy Quaestor by Maritime Research Institute Netherlands See also Knowledge-based systems Knowledge engineering Knowledge management Multidisciplinary design optimization References External links Practical issues of AI (1994) - Switlik, J.M. (based upon ICAD project) McGoey, Paul (2011) A Hitch-hikers Guide to: Knowledge Based Engineering in Aerospace (& other industries) Alcyon Engineering: Introduction to Knowledge Based Engineering A KBE System for the Design of Wind Tunnel Models Using Reusable Knowledge Components ASME Newsletter ASME celebrates 125th Anniversary COE Newsnet 02/07 How Paradigms of Computing Might Relate to KBE COE Newsnet KBE Best Practices - Discussion Forum KE-works knowledge engineering - a company introducing KBE applications to industry - KBE explanatory video Keys to Success with Knowledge-Based Techniques - SAE Paper Number 2008-01-2262 Knowledge Based Engineering across Product Realization - A whitepaper presented on KBE in PLM domain. Knowledge Technologies - a free e-book by Nick Milton that has a chapter describing KBE (Chapter 3, co-authored with G. La Rocca from TU Delft) Category:Computer-aided design Category:Knowledge engineering Category:Product lifecycle management Category:Knowledge management

Gold and Company Gold and Company (Gold's) was a department store located in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. The store was founded in 1915 and quickly grew into one of Lincoln's dominant retailers throughout the 20th century. Gold's merged with the Brandeis department store in 1964 and closed in 1980. History Gold and Company was founded by William Gold. The original name was The Peoples' Store until Gold incorporated with his son in 1915, officially naming it Gold and Company. The department store had one location in Lincoln, Nebraska, which was built in 1924. The building grew as the business grew with additions in 1929, 1947, and 1951. Acquisition by Brandeis An Omaha-based department store Brandeis merged with Gold's in 1964 to become Brandeis, Gold's Division. Brandeis operated the store for several years until 1980 when the company was shattered also forcing them to sell the downtown Omaha Brandeis flagship shortly after. The former Gold's building is now Gold's Galleria, a mix of retail stores and offices. See also List of defunct department stores of the United States References Category:Defunct department stores of the United States Category:Defunct companies based in Omaha, Nebraska Category:Retail companies established in 1915 Category:History of Lincoln, Nebraska Category:Retail companies disestablished in 1987

Amy Landecker Amy Lauren Landecker (born September 30, 1969) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sarah Pfefferman on the Amazon comedy-drama series Transparent (2014–2019), as well as her supporting roles in films Dan in Real Life (2007), A Serious Man (2009), All Is Bright (2013), Project Almanac (2015) and Beatriz at Dinner (2017). Early life Landecker was born September 30, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of John Records Landecker, a Chicago radio personality. One of her maternal great-grandfathers was lawyer Joseph N. Welch. She attended University of Wisconsin at Madison for college, studying theater. Career Landecker earned her Screen Actors Guild card doing a voiceover for a Tampax commercial. In the commercial Landecker echoes the voice of the on-camera actress, saying only the word "ballet", but made $10,000 in residuals from the commercial. Landecker recalls, "I never saw money like that in my life, and it didn't even matter what I looked like! I was hooked on [voiceover] from then on!" Early in her career, Landecker primarily focused on stage work, and did not move to Los Angeles until she was 38. Since then, she has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including a supporting role as Mrs. Samsky in the Academy Award for Best Picture-nominated film A Serious Man, directed by the Coen brothers. That performance received praise from many film critics, including Roger Ebert, who wrote, "Amy Landecker, too, is perfect as Mrs. Samsky. She makes the character sexy in a strictly logical sense, but any prudent man would know on first sight to stay clear". In 2011, Landecker was a regular cast member of The Paul Reiser Show on NBC, playing Paul Reiser's wife, Claire. On television, she has guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NCIS, Curb Your Enthusiasm (where she met and started to date Larry David), Revenge, and many more series. She has also appeared in a number of Off-Broadway theatrical productions, including Bug. In 2013, Landecker co-starred in films All Is Bright, Clear History and Enough Said. In 2014, she was cast alongside Jeffrey Tambor and Judith Light in the Amazon Studios comedy-drama series, Transparent. She co-starred in the Michael Bay-produced time travel thriller Project Almanac, which was released in January 2015. Personal life Landecker divorced Jackson Lynch, with whom she has a daughter, in 2011. She began dating actor Bradley Whitford, whom she met on the set of Transparent, in 2015. They announced their engagement in March 2018 and married on July 17, 2019. Filmography Film Television References External links Category:1969 births Category:20th-century American actresses Category:21st-century American actresses Category:Actresses from Chicago Category:American film actresses Category:American people of English descent Category:American people of German-Jewish descent Category:American stage actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Living people Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni

Marian Unger Marian Unger (born 17 November 1983) is a German footballer who currently plays for VFC Plauen. References External links Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:German footballers Category:FC Carl Zeiss Jena players Category:VfL Osnabrück players Category:1. FC Magdeburg players Category:SV Babelsberg 03 players Category:FSV Zwickau players Category:VFC Plauen players Category:Regionalliga players Category:3. Liga players Category:Association football goalkeepers

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church (Troy, New York) St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, later called Christ & St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, and now known as New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, is an historic Episcopal church and rectory at 2900 Fifth Avenue in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. The church was built in 1895 and is a red brick church in the Late Gothic Revival style. It has a gable roof and three hipped dormers. It has an open bell tower and slender conical turrets. It features a rose window depicting the Madonna and Child. The former rectory is a -story, L-shaped brick residence. Also on the property is a contributing carved stone crucifixion dated to about 1900. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. References Category:Episcopal church buildings in New York (state) Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in New York (state) Category:Churches completed in 1895 Category:19th-century Episcopal church buildings Category:Churches in Rensselaer County, New York Category:National Register of Historic Places in Troy, New York Category:Churches in Troy, New York Category:1895 establishments in New York (state)

VTG VTG or Vtg may refer to: VTG AG, European rolling stock leasing company on the SDAX Vitellogenin (VTG) a type of protein Variable turbine geometry, in variable-geometry turbochargers Airline code for Aviação Transportes Aéreos e Cargas, Angola Virtual tributary group, in synchronous optical networking An airport code for Vung Tau Airport, Vietnam See also VTG-32, a type of video timer produced by FOR-A VT Group, a privately held United States defence and services company

Diego Rossi Diego Martín Rossi Marachlian (born 5 March 1998) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for MLS club Los Angeles FC. Career Youth Rossi began playing football as a child at the El Queso school in Solymar. At the age of six, Rossi moved to the Solymar Uruguay Sports Center, with which he competed in the Interbalnearian League of Youth Football. He demonstrated his ability in the club and caught the attention of Peñarol, where he joined their academy at the age of 12. Néstor Gonçalves discovered him and was invited to play a friendly tournament in Alegrete with the a team, where he eventually was offered a contract. At the age of 14, Rossi was the top scorer for the team's under-14 team in the Uruguayan seven tier, where he was a top scorer in 2012 with 42 goals in 27 matches. The following year, Rossi joined the Peñarol youth team in the Uruguayan sixth division, where he scored 25 times in 17 appearances. With Penarol's U-15 team, Rossi helped the team win the Apertura Tournament and the Uruguayan U-15 Championship as well as the Fabian Lomineto Cup. In 2014, he was the top scorer of the Uruguayan Premier Division Under-16 Tournament, scoring 17 goals in the first half of the year, where Peñarol came out champions of the U-16 Clausura Tournament. On 7 April 2015, he was invited to train with the first-team squad of Peñarol for the first time, along with his teammates from the under-17 team Santiago Bueno and Federico Valverde. He was promoted by Pablo Bengoechea to the first team for the 2015–16 season in August. Diego alternated the practices with their U-18 team and Peñarol's senior team, but he played with the U-17 club and in the Third or Fourth Division for the entirety of the season. He finished 2015 helping the Peñarol's U-17 team win the Apertura U-17 Tournament, and after beating Danubio in a final in which he scored a goal. For the fourth consecutive year he was the top scorer of the championship, with 22 goals plus 1 in the final, although he played 10 games in the Fourth and Third Division. Peñarol On 5 January 2016, Rossi began the preseason with the Peñarol first team. He debuted with the club on 16 January 2016, in the Bandes Cup final, where he came on in the 7th minute for Gabriel Leyes in a 1–0 victory against Cerro Porteño. Rossi made his debut with the club at the age of 17 years and 317 days old. At the end of the 2015–16, Rossi was demoted to the second team following a change in managerial leadership, where Bengoechea was sacked and Jorge Orosmán da Silva took over. Following a series of poor results, da Silva called Rossi into the first team, where on 19 April 2016, he made his full debut with the club, playing against Sporting Cristal in the 2016 Copa Libertadores group stage match. In the 2015–16 Uruguayan Championship, Rossi scored the team's first goal in a 3–1 win against Plaza Colonia. Los Angeles On 14 December 2017, Rossi was signed as a young designated player for Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer, an expansion franchise that began play in 2018. On 4 March 2018, Rossi made his MLS debut in Seattle against Seattle Sounders FC. In the 11th minute he scored in his first MLS game, and the first goal in Los Angeles FC history. The goal was also the fastest goal by an expansion team in MLS history. On 8 August 2018, Rossi scored his first hat-trick in MLS during a USOC semifinal match against the Houston Dynamo, a game in which LAFC lost in penalty kicks. Personal life Rossi earned his U.S. green card in February 2019. This status also qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. He is of Italian descent from his father's side and of Armenian descent from his mother's side. Since 2018, he has received invitation to play for Armenia national football team and it's still ongoing. Career statistics Club As of 1 March 2020 Honours Peñarol Primera División: 2015–16, 2017 Los Angeles FC Supporters' Shield: 2019 International South American Youth Football Championship: 2017 Individual MLS All-Star: 2019 References External links Category:Living people Category:1998 births Category:Uruguayan footballers Category:Association football forwards Category:Uruguay youth international footballers Category:Uruguay under-20 international footballers Category:Peñarol players Category:Los Angeles FC players Category:Uruguayan Primera División players Category:Designated Players (MLS) Category:Uruguayan people of Italian descent Category:Uruguayan people of Armenian descent Category:Major League Soccer players

XEphem XEphem is a Motif based ephemeris and planetarium program for Unix-like operating systems developed by Elwood C. Downey. History XEphem started as a Unix and Motif conversion of the IBM PC-based . It was initially released in December 1993 with version 2.5. The most recent stable version is 3.7.6 (2013). XEphem's source code is available, but its free usage is restricted for personal and educational purposes only. The full set of catalogs is only distributed with a purchase of the commercial version. Algorithms and models XEphem uses The VSOP87D planetary theory (full and reduced precision) for Solar System ephemeris, Approximation to DE200 for the outer planets and Pluto, and Formulae from J. Meeus (1982) for Jovian and Saturnian natural satellites Model by the Bureau des Longitudes for Martian and Uranian natural satellites and includes About 452 million stars from both the Tycho-2 Catalogue and a magnitude limited subset of the Guide Star Catalog II, About 1 million deep sky objects mainly from a subset of HYPERLEDA, About 288,000 minor planets and comets orbital elements from the IAU Minor Planet Center and Lowell Observatory (that can be updated), and other specialized catalogs. It also include the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon. XEphem is a client for Internet data sources such as the Digitized Sky Survey, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, AAVSO light curves, and global temperature and cloud coverage. Through the Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface, XEphem can control some models of amateur telescopes, such as by Meade, Celestron, and Vixen, and auxiliary telescope components. Catalogs While the free version of XEphem only includes a subset of the SKYMAP Master Catalog and the Messier Catalog, the internal format of the remaining catalogs can be inferred from the source code, and e.g. the internal binary Tycho-2 catalog can be generated from the original data. This is also possible for the non-stellar catalogs in the ASCII .edb format, such as for HYPERLEDA. XEphem can also read several astrometric catalogs in their original formats: GSC 1.2 and GSC-ACT USNO A/SA 1.0/2.0 UCAC2 Numerical routines are used in PyEphem with permission of Elwood Downey. See also Cartes du Ciel Celestia Digital Universe Atlas Google Mars Google Moon Google Sky Hallo Northern Sky (HN Sky) KStars NASA World Wind RedShift Starry Night Stellarium TheSky Universe Sandbox WinStars WorldWide Telescope References External links Programs to generate XEphem 3.4 xe2 catalogs Category:Planetarium software for Linux Category:Science software for MacOS Category:Astronomy software

Diamond Challenge Sculls The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. First run in 1844, it is open to male scullers from all eligible rowing clubs. The Diamond Challenge Sculls, the Wingfield Sculls and the London Cup in the Metropolitan Regatta make up the "Triple Crown" of the three premier single sculling events in the United Kingdom. Winners See also Rowing on the River Thames References Category:Events at Henley Royal Regatta Category:Recurring events established in 1844

Panama City Beach Pirates The Panama City Beach Pirates were an American soccer team that plays in the Southeast Division of the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club was founded in 2007 as the Panama City Pirates and played in the PDL in 2008 and 2009, before folding due to financial constraints. However, the club was revived in 2011 under new ownership to begin play again in the PDL in 2012. After the 2014 season the Pirates again ended their program. The team plays its home games in Panama City Beach, Florida at Mike Gavlak Stadium on the campus of Arnold High School, where it had played since 2008. The team's colors are black, white and red. History Early days The Panama City Pirates were founded in 2007 to begin play in the USL Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid. The team received a great deal of local fanfare and publicity, but found the early going tough in competitive terms, losing their opening two games, both to Central Florida Kraze on consecutive dates. Despite a couple of battling ties, the Pirates didn't pick up their first victory until the first weekend of June, with a 3–2 win at home over Nashville Metros. The Palm Beach Pumas were defeated 6–0, 7–0 and 5–0 in their three games in June. C.D. Harris and Bruno Conceição scored 12 of the Pirates' 18 goals against the Pumas between them, and helped the team enjoy a seven-game unbeaten streak which included a 1–0 win over Bradenton Academics, and an unexpected 3–0 victory over the Central Florida Kraze. In the latter game they playing with 10 men for over half an hour. Their late-season charge wasn't enough for them to make the playoffs, and their last-day defeat to Bradenton left them in 5th place in the Southeast in their first year. C.D. Harris and Bruno Conceição were the season's top scorers, with 10 and 7 goals respectively. The team folded in April 2010, just weeks before the start of the 2010 PDL season, when owners Laird and Nanette Hitchcock informed the league there were no financial resources with which to continue running the club. 2012 season In November 2011, the club was resurrected as the Panama City Beach Pirates under the new ownership of Eehab Kenawy, Jill Holt, and Amy Dalton to once again play in the USL PDL in 2012. The Pirates played in the Southeast Division of the Southern Conference of the PDL, along with the Ocala Stampede, Orlando City U-23, IMG Bradenton Academics, VSI Tampa Bay, Mississippi Brilla, Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy, and FC Jax Destroyers. The Pirates finished the season in 6th place, with 16 points in the regular season and a 4–3–1 home record, and 6–7–3 overall. 2013 season The Pirates held open tryouts for the 2013 PDL season on January 12–13 and February 9–10 at Pete Edwards Field in Panama City Beach, with the season set to begin on May 2, 2013. The Pirates clinched a playoff spot after defeating Ft. Lauderdale Schulz Academy 2–0 at home on July 13, 2013; this was the first time the Pirates made it to the post-season. The season came to an end in Austin, Texas, in a loss to the home-town Aztex 0–4 in the Southern Conference semi-finals to end the season with a 10–4–1 record. Colors and badge The Pirates use black Adidas Tiro 11 jerseys at home and red as visitors, with official USL numbers. The Front sponsor for the 2012 & 2013 jersey is the Panama City Beach Visitor Bureau. Stadium Mike Gavlak Stadium; Panama City Beach, Florida (2008–2009, 2012–2015) Pete Edwards Field; Panama City Beach, Florida (2012–2015, Practice Facility) Average attendance Attendance statistics are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html. 2008: 270 2009: 357 2012: 450 2013: 457 Club culture Mascot Captain Jack the pirate has been the official mascot of the Panama City Beach Pirates since the team was reestablished during the 2012 season. He can be found at home games roaming the sideline and cheering on his beloved team. Head coaches Bill Elliott (2008–2009) Greg DeVito (2012–2015) Year-by-year References External links Official site Press Release Category:Association football clubs established in 2007 Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2015 Category:Soccer clubs in Florida Category:2007 establishments in Florida Category:2015 disestablishments in Florida

Jhonnes Jhonnes Marques de Souza (born 22 April 1984) is a Brazilian football defender who last played for FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce in the Fortuna Liga. Biography Born in Londrina, Paraná, Jhonnes was signed by Londrina Junior Team in 2004, the youth team of Londrina (later became two separate entity). He also trailed at Serie A team Udinese but failed to sign a contract, as Italian clubs were restricted to sign any non-EU player. Slovenia In September 2004 he left for Slovenian side Domžale along with Juninho. In February 2005, his contract with Londrina Junior Team was extended to 31 December 2008 and Lucas also joined him at Domžale. He played 20 league matches in 2005–06 season. In 2006-07 season he left for Celje. In January 2007, his contract with Londrina Junior Team was extended again, to 31 December 2011. Returned to Brazil In January 2008. he joined Náutico. and in February left for Treze. He also trailed at German side TuS Koblenz in January 2009, played a friendly. In February 2009, he was signed by Londrina. In April, he was signed by Arapongas. Return to Europe He was loaned to Croatian side Hrvatski dragovoljac in August 2009. In August 2010, he finally terminated his contract with Junior Team Futebol (ex-Londrina Junior Team) and left for Latvia side Liepājas Metalurgs, played 8 times and scored 2 goals in Latvian Higher League. In February 2011, he signed a contract with Újpest FC. and in September 2011 he signed for NK Varaždin. References External links Profile at imscouting.com Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian footballers Category:Londrina Esporte Clube players Category:Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Category:NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players Category:Újpest FC players Category:NK Varaždin players Category:FC Tobol players Category:FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players Category:Kazakhstan Premier League players Category:Brazilian expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Slovenia Category:Expatriate footballers in Croatia Category:Expatriate footballers in Latvia Category:Expatriate footballers in Hungary Category:Expatriate footballers in Slovakia Category:Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Category:Association football central defenders Category:Sportspeople from Londrina

Penicillium infrapurpureum Penicillium infrapurpureum is a species of the genus of Penicillium. References infrapurpureum Category:Fungi described in 2014

Aqua vitae Aqua vitae (Latin for "water of life") or aqua vita is an archaic name for a concentrated aqueous solution of ethanol. The term was in wide use during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, although its origin is likely much earlier. This Latin term appears in a wide array of dialectical forms throughout all lands and people conquered by ancient Rome. Generally, the term is a generic name for all types of distillates, and eventually came to refer specifically to distillates of alcoholic beverages (liquors). Aqua vitae was typically prepared by distilling wine; it was sometimes called "spirits of wine" in English texts, a name for brandy that had been repeatedly distilled. Aqua vitae was often an etymological source of terms applied to important locally produced distilled spirits. Examples include whisky (from the Gaelic uisce beatha), eau de vie in France, acquavite in Italy, and akvavit in Scandinavia, okowita in Poland, оковита (okovyta) in Ukraine, акавіта (akavita) in Belarus, and яковита (yakovita) in southern Russian dialects. See also Alchemy Akvavit Holy water Aqua fortis Aqua regia Whiskey Vodka References External links "Aqua vitae" definition from TheFreeDictionary.com Category:Distilled drinks Category:Alchemical substances it:Acquavite

1923 Walker Cup The 1923 Walker Cup, the second Walker Cup Match, was a team golf match played on 18 and 19 May 1923 on the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The United States won 6 to 5, with one match halved. Format There were ten players in each team. Four 36-hole matches of foursomes were played on Friday and eight singles matches on Saturday. Each of the 12 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. Matches level after 36 holes were halved. Teams Team Great Britain Playing captain: Robert Harris John Caven Ernest Holderness Chubby Hooman William Hope Willis Mackenzie William Murray Cyril Tolley Roger Wethered John Wilson Orme Bristowe was the reserve. John Caven was not selected for any matches. Team United States Playing captain: Robert Gardner Davidson Herron Jimmy Johnston Max Marston Jack Neville Francis Ouimet George Rotan Jess Sweetser Oscar Willing Fred Wright Friday's foursomes Saturday's singles References Category:Walker Cup Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Walker Cup Walker Cup

John Fairbrother John Fairbrother (born 12 February 1941) is an English former footballer who played as a centre forward. He scored 153 goals from 352 appearances in the Football League playing for Watford, Peterborough Unitedfor whom he top-scored in the 1966–67 and 1967–68 seasons Northampton Town, Mansfield Town and Torquay United. He also played in the Southern League for Worcester City87 goals in two seasons in all competitions, of which 51 were scored in the leagueBath City, for whom he scored 60 goals in 108 appearances in all competitions, and Barnet, and continued his non-league football career with Hemel Hempstead Town, Berkhamsted Town and Leverstock Green. References Category:1941 births Category:Living people Category:People from Cricklewood Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Brent Category:English footballers Category:Association football forwards Category:Luton Town F.C. players Category:Watford F.C. players Category:Worcester City F.C. players Category:Peterborough United F.C. players Category:Northampton Town F.C. players Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players Category:Torquay United F.C. players Category:Bath City F.C. players Category:Barnet F.C. players Category:Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players Category:Berkhamsted Town F.C. players Category:Leverstock Green F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Southern Football League players

Dornbusch Lighthouse Dornbusch Lighthouse () refers to the lighthouse officially designated as Leuchtfeuer Dornbusch/Hiddensee ("Dornbusch/Hiddensee Beacon") in the north of the German island of Hiddensee in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the Baltic Sea coast. Its international serial number is C 2588. The lighthouse stands on the 72-metre-high Schluckswiek in the so-called Hochland ("highland") area of the island. Access Since 1994 the lighthouse, with its 102 steps, has been open to the public. So that it does not become too crowded at the top, only 15 visitors may be admitted at any one time. Visitors must be at least six years old. When wind speeds reach Force 6 or higher, the tower is closed for safety reasons. Technical details The lighthouse was built in 1887/1888 of brick construction. It was taken into service on 19 November 1888. It was modified from 1927 to 1929 and fitted with a reinforced-concrete shell. It is 28 metres high and has a focal height of 95 metres above mean sea level in the Baltic Sea. The observation gallery is located at a height of 20 metres. Its light has the following ranges: white 24.9 nautical miles (45 kilometres) and red 21.3 nautical miles (38 kilometres). Its characteristic is Flashing White Red, 2.4 seconds on, 7.6 seconds off. Its light source is a metal-halide lamp. The Stralsund Waterway and Shipping Office has responsible for the servicing and maintenance of the tower since 1990. Postage stamps The first postage stamp that depicted Dornbusch Lighthouse appeared on 13 May 1975 and was issued by the Deutsche Post (GDR). The stamp belong to the series "Lighthouses, beacons, sector and breakwater lights" (Leuchttürme, Leit- Leucht- und Molenfeuer). It was designed by Jochen Bertholdt. On 2 July 2009, the Deutsche Post issued a special postage stamp with a picture of Dornbusch Lighthouse to the value of 55 eurocents in the series "Lighthouses" (Leuchttürme). The design was of the indicia was by Professor Johannes Graf from Dortmund. See also List of lighthouses in Germany Gallery References External links Dornbusch Lighthouse Category:Lighthouses in Germany Category:Buildings and structures in Vorpommern-Rügen Category:Hiddensee Category:Lighthouses completed in 1888

Gordonia sinesedis Gordonia sinesedis is a bacterium from the genus of Gordonia that has been isolated from soil. References Further reading Category:Micrococcineae Category:Bacteria described in 2003

Harry Nielsen Harry Nielsen (born 3 May 1995) is an Australian cricketer, the son of former South Australian cricketer Tim Nielsen. Nielsen filled in as a wicket-keeper in a tour match for South Africa against Cricket Australia XI in 2016, replacing South African wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock when he was ruled out with a viral infection. During the 2017–18 season he made his debuts in all three major forms of the game, first-class, one-day and Twenty20 cricket playing for Cricket Australia XI in the JLT One-Day Cup and tour matches, the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League and South Australia in the Sheffield Shield. Domestic career Early career Nielsen started his career playing grade cricket for Woodville Cricket Club in Adelaide. He played his first against a higher quality opposition when he played for a Cricket Australia XI against the touring India national cricket team. Despite his team's poor performance he scored 43 runs off 40 balls and was part of a 52-run partnership for the final wicket. His next major appearance was in another tour match, this time when South Africa were touring Australia, but instead of playing against the South Africans he played with them. When South Africa's wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock was unable to field and their reserve keeper had not yet arrived in the country, Nielsen had to leave partway through a grade cricket match for Woodville to stand in as their wicket-keeper. This gave him the opportunity to keep to a world-class bowling attack. Nielsen started to play for South Australia in the Futures League. When he was the state's leading run-scorer in the competition for the 2016–17 season, he was upgraded to a senior contract with South Australia for the 2017–18 season. 2017–18 season Nielsen was in the Cricket Australia XI squad for the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup and played for them in all six matches, one of their standout players in the tournament. He made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI in the first match of the tournament against South Australia. He took three catches as Cricket Australia XI's wicket-keeper in what was just the team's second win in their history. He made his first mark with the bat against Victoria, when he came to the crease with Cricket Australia XI at 4/36. They lost two more wickets quickly to fall to 6/45, but Nielsen fought hard and scored 94 runs, falling just short of a century, taking them to 9/216. They lost the match by 7 wickets. He finished the tournament with the highest batting average among the team, scoring 147 runs at an average of 49.00. As their keeper he also had nine dismissals. In November 2017 he also made his first-class debut for Cricket Australia XI in a tour match against England. During the 2017–18 Big Bash League season, Nielsen was added to the Adelaide Strikers squad for their semi-final match in order to replace their regular wicket-keeper Alex Carey, who was busy playing for Australia's national team at the time. He was taken out of the team for the BBL final when Carey was surprisingly released from his national duty. Nielsen made his Sheffield Shield debut for South Australia a week later when Carey was again called up for national duties. His father Tim Nielsen, who had also kept wickets for South Australia, presented him with his cap. He scored a century in the first innings of the match, becoming the ninth South Australian to do so on Sheffield Shield debut, with his 105 bringing South Australia back into the game after they'd slid to 5/126. References External links Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Australian cricketers Category:Adelaide Strikers cricketers Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Cricket Australia XI cricketers

Tiko United Tiko United FC is a Cameroonian football club based in Tiko, South West Province. They play in Elite 2 of the Cameroon Association Football. History It was founded in the early 1960s as C.D.C Tiko. During the late 70s and early 80s, its parent company, the Cameroon Development Corporation gradually relinquished sponsorship. Tea cultivation, being the main company product was eventually taken over by a citizen cooperative in Tiko. It was then renamed Tiko United. In 2009, the club won the Cameroon Première Division for the first time in its history and a place in CAF Champions League in 2010. Stadium The club played his home matches since 2007 in the Stade de Molyko in Buea, which has a capacity of 100. Tiko played previously until 2006 in the Tiko Town Green Stadium, with 10.000 places. Achievements Cameroon Première Division: 1 2009. Cameroon Cup: 0 Super Coupe Roger Milla: 0 Performance in CAF competitions CAF Champions League: 1 appearance 2010 – First Round CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance 2011 – First Round Staff Leading board Board chairman Paul Meoto Njie President general Charles Eteki Dikonge Vice pres general Enowmpey Besong executive president Victor Elame Ikome N'gea Management Manager Tommy Bessong Director of Sports Obale Charles Sports Head coach Ernest Agbor Assistant coach Dominic Ayissi Notes Category:Football clubs in Cameroon Category:Sports clubs in Cameroon

Cot Girek Cot Girek is a district in North Aceh Regency, Nanggröe Aceh Darussalam, province of Indonesia. Cot Girek has several villages, namely: Alue Drien Alue Leuhob Alue Seumambu Ara LSK Selatan Beurandang Asan Beurandang Dayah Beurandang Krueng Ceumpeudak Cot Girek Drien Dua Gampong Batu XII Gampong Trieng Jeulikat Kampung Bantan Kampung Tempel Lhok Merbo Lhok Reuhat Lueng Baro Matang Teungoh LS Meunasah U Baro Pucok Alue Seuneubok Baro Seupieng Trieng LSK Selatan Ulee Gampong Category:Districts of Aceh

ISA100.11a ISA100.11a is a wireless networking technology standard developed by the International Society of Automation (ISA). The official description is "Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation: Process Control and Related Applications". The ISA100 committee is part of ISA and was formed in 2005 to establish standards and related information that will define procedures for implementing wireless systems in the automation and control environment with a focus on the field level. The committee is made up of over 400 automation professionals from nearly 250 companies worldwide. The committee also represents end users, wireless suppliers, system integrators, research firms, consultants, government agencies, and industry consortia. Committee members lend their expertise to the advancement of the ISA100 series of standards. In 2009, the ISA Automation Standards Compliance Institute established the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute. The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute owns the 'ISA100 Compliant' certification scheme which provides independent testing of ISA100 based products to ensure that they conform to the ISA100 standard. Timeline May 2009: the ISA100 standards committee voted to approve ISA100.11a, "Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation: Process Control and Related Applications". July 2009: Nivis announced ISA100.11a software. September 9, 2009: ISA officially released ISA100.11a. October 2009: Arkema in Crosby, Texas, in conjunction with the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute, conducted a multi vendor interoperability test. Honeywell Process Solutions announced ISA100.11a compliant starter kits and complete systems. Yokogawa announced products based on ISA100.11a standards, including wireless gateway with pressure and temperature transmitter. 2010: the ISA100 committee approved a major corrigendum to the 2009 edition of the standard reflecting comments received from organizations implementing the standard, and other commentors seeking clarification. The 2010 edition of the standard was submitted to the IEC SC65C in the form of a PAS (Publicly Available Specification) and as a New Work Item for international standardization. In this form, it has been numbered as IEC 62734. References External links ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute ISA 100.11a Standard Closes in on Approval Cambridge Whitepaper ISA100.11a, ISA Expo 2006 SP100 Overview ppt Standard Download ISA100 Roadshow: Standards and Status Category:Wireless networking Category:Wireless sensor network

Lipnica, Lublin Voivodeship Lipnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rokitno, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-east of Rokitno, north-east of Biała Podlaska, and north-east of the regional capital Lublin. References Category:Villages in Biała Podlaska County

Murder of Haley Anderson Haley Anderson was an American nursing student at Binghamton University. She was murdered by asphyxiation on March 8, 2018 by Nicaraguan-American Orlando Tercero in his Binghamton, New York apartment on Oak Street. Tercero was convicted in Nicaragua of femicide and faces 25 to 30 years in a Nicaraguan prison. He was also a nursing student who had an off and on relationship for a year and a half with Anderson. She reportedly wanted to end romantic involvement with Tercero. He fled to Nicaragua where the trial was held due to extradition laws. He still faces a second-degree murder charge in Broome County, New York but there are complications with the legalities of extradition. Tercero attempted suicide after killing Anderson and was placed in a psychiatric hospital upon arrival in Nicaragua. References Category:2018 murders in the United States Category:Female murder victims Category:2018 in New York (state) Category:Deaths by strangulation in the United States Category:Violence against women in the United States Category:Nicaragua–United States relations

Raef al-Maarri Raef al-Maarri () was an officer in the Syrian Army and a deputy of Colonel Jassem Alwan. Politically aligned with the Nasserists, supporters of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, Maarri and Alwan orchestrated a failed coup attempt against the Ba'athist-dominated government that took power in the coup d'état of 8 March 1963, which toppled the secessionist government of Nazim al-Qudsi and Khalid al-Azm. The latter two themselves gained power after a coup that ended the union with Egypt in the United Arab Republic. The Nasserists were major participants in the 8 March coup, but were increasingly sidelined by the Ba'athists who executed a mass purging of Nasserists and political independents beginning in late April. Maarri and Alwan planned a counter coup against the Ba'athists with the aid of the Arab Nationalist Movement in Syria and Egyptian intelligence. The insurrection was launched on 18 July, but was violently quelled by the security forces led Amin al-Hafiz, the Ba'athist Interior Minister. Several Nasserist officers were arrested and executed in the immediate aftermath, but Maarri managed to flee the authorities and went into hiding in the Ghouta countryside of Damascus with Alwan. After being discovered and apprehended, both were tried by a military court where Maarri pleaded guilty to his role in the abortive coup, stating it was an attempt to ensure the unification process with Egypt and Iraq would continue in light of the Ba'athists' perceived anti-unionist actions. Maarri was sentenced to death, but the sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment on 10 December. He was released a year later in December 1964 with Alwan and several other alleged participants in the July coup in an amnesty agreement. Afterward, the men were escorted to the border with Lebanon from which they departed for the Egyptian embassy in Beirut to seek asylum in Egypt, which Egypt granted. References Category:Nasserists Category:Syrian colonels Category:Syrian exiles Category:Syrian Arab nationalists

Spirit Rock Spirit Rock may refer to: Places Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, Marin County, California People Prahlad Friedman, American professional poker player from Los Angeles, California

Stefan Dennis Stefan Dennis (born 29 October 1958) is an Australian actor and singer best known for playing the role of cold-hearted and ruthless businessman Paul Robinson in the soap opera Neighbours from its first episode in March 1985 to the present day. He departed Neighbours in 1993, but returned in 2004 and has played Paul ever since. During his time away from Neighbours he was a cast member of Scottish soap opera River City. He is also known for his 1989 hit single "Don't It Make You Feel Good", which reached Number 16 in the Irish and UK Singles Chart. Biography Dennis was born in Tawonga, Victoria but his family moved to Queensland for 12 years, where he did most of his schooling. He started showing his genuine interest in music and acting at the age of seven and was eleven years old when he started in amateur theatre in Queensland. His debut with this first theatre company was in Oliver!. Also, at this time he and his brother formed a vocal duo and performed on many occasions. They played at weddings, charity events, and some large concerts. By the age of 14, Dennis was convinced he wanted to go into the entertainment business. He understood the pitfalls associated with choosing the career of an entertainer, so he decided to get a trade behind him to support him through the times when he might be out of work. He left school at 15 and took an apprenticeship as a chef. On completion of his chef's certificate, he moved from the Gold Coast to Melbourne. In the following five years, he worked hard gaining knowledge and experience. Dennis started out in guest roles on programmes such as Cop Shop, Skyways, Carson's Law, Young Ramsay, Prisoner, Home, The Henderson Kids, The Sullivans, The Young Doctors and many others. Dennis has a number of credits to his name. He had a major role in The Henderson Kids, a co-lead in an ABC children's show called Infinity Limited, and he co-starred in The Flying Doctors mini-series. In 1984, he auditioned for the roles of Shane Ramsay and Des Clarke in a new soap opera, Neighbours where he was later cast as Paul Robinson instead. Through the role in Neighbours came opportunities like appearing at the Royal Variety Performance along with other cast members. After finishing Neighbours in 1992, Dennis moved to the UK and worked on a variety of TV shows and theatre productions. He appeared in many pantomimes, plays, and musicals. In 1994, he played Mickey in Blood Brothers, touring in New Zealand and Australia before returning to the UK to appear in the show in both the West End, and in a national tour of the UK. He appeared in many television shows, including Dream Team, River City, The Bill and Casualty. He also returned to Australia from time to time for guest roles in shows such as Blue Heelers, Good Guys Bad Guys and Stingers. Dennis has worked as a voiceover artist for many years both in Australia and the UK. He was part of the team that set a new world record in 1995 for 24-hour endurance outdoor karting. The team – Stefan Dennis, David Brabham, Russ Malkin, Steve Malkin – set the record of 1664.7 km on a 1.3 km track at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, UK on 24 and 25 February 1995. While in the UK, Dennis became a partner in Lex Film Entertainment, and was associate producer on the film The Truth About Love. He also met and married his wife, Gail. The couple have two sons, Cameron and Declan, and a daughter Darci. The family are now back living in Australia. He returned to Neighbours at the end of 2004, and was a regular character once again as of 2005, signing a three-year contract which ran to the end of 2008, which he has now extended. He is the only current cast member who appeared in the first episode, although he is not the longest serving due to his long break. Of his role in Neighbours, Dennis has said that people struggle to tell the difference between himself and the character and "shy away" from him because "they think I'm going to bark at them". He has conceded that it could be a testament to his acting and says "It's a real compliment though, as people know the character that well, they actually think I am like him in real life".. As a matter of fact, although he portrays Paul Robinson as having a prosthetic leg, he has two good legs of his own. In 2009, Dennis was stalked by two fans while presenting the Best Villain award at the British Soap Awards. He hosted a documentary special celebrating Neighbours 30th anniversary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the UK in March 2015. In 2018, Dennis appeared in the recurring role of Michael Armstrong QC in the sixth series of Wentworth. Dennis' older brother, John, was killed by a drunk driver at the age of 12. Of the sentencing, Dennis has said: "That driver was fined just $50 for what he did. And that same weekend someone who killed a koala at Currumbin Sanctuary got fined $200. So … well, that's hard." Dennis has used the incident to raise awareness about drink driving via his Twitter account. Music In 1989, Dennis started a side-line music career, and released the single "Don't It Make You Feel Good", which reached No. 16 in the UK Singles Chart, in May of that year. He released a second single, "This Love Affair", which reached No. 67 in the UK in October 1989. Filmography Television Cop Shop Neighbours – Paul Robinson The Sullivans The Young Doctors (1982) Infinity Limited (1983) – as "Rick" Prisoner – as "Shayne Berkley" Young Ramsay (1 March 1980) – as "Sid Atkinson" in episode: "Gift Horse" Prisoner (1981) – as "Peter Richards" Five Mile Creek (3 April 1985) – as "Boy No. 2" in episode: "The Best of Mates" The Flying Doctors (1985) (mini series) – as "Doug Hennassy" The Henderson Kids (1985) as "Terry" The Office (1996) – as "Nigel" World Fun (1997) – as "Stefan C Dyson" Blue Heelers (1 July 1997) – as "Colin Docker" in episode: "Poetic Justice" Good Guys Bad Guys (14 April 1998) – as "Andy Caesar" in episode: "Don't Cry for Me Arch 'n' Tina" Stingers (22 February 1999) – as "Snr. Com. Karl Hiller" in episode: "Nothing Personal" The Big Breakfast (14 December 2001) – as himself Dream Team (2001–2002) – as "Samuel Irving" River City (2002–2003) – as "Dr. Marcus McKenzie" Casualty (9 November 2002) – as "Mark Christie" The Bill (7 May 2003) – as "Gene Bishop" Rove Live (19 July 2005) – as Himself Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite (2015) – as Himself Wentworth (2018) – Michael Armstrong Films Channel Chaos (1984) – Actor as "Cameraman" The Truth About Love (2004) – Production as associate producer – Actor as "Dougie" Theatre 1990/91 – Robin Hood – Liverpool, UK 1991/92 – Aladdin – Southampton, UK 1992/93 – Cinderella – Bournemouth, UK 1993 – Whose Life is It Anyway? – UK Tour 1993/94 – Jack and the Beanstalk – Wimbledon, London, UK 1994 – Blood Brothers – Australia 1994 – Blood Brothers – New Zealand 1994/95 – Peter Pan – Blackpool, UK 1995 – Blood Brothers – UK 1995 – Point of Death – UK Tour 1997 – Murder by Misadventure – UK Tour 1998/99 – Aladdin – Weston-super-Mare, UK 2000 – Fool for Love – Edinburgh, UK 2007 – Aladdin – Aberdeen, UK 2009/10 – Cinderella – Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, UK References External links Official Stefan Dennis Website Photographs of Dennis as Paul Robinson Category:Australian male film actors Category:Australian male musical theatre actors Category:Australian male soap opera actors Category:Australian male television actors Category:Australian male singers Category:Male actors from Victoria (Australia) Category:Living people Category:1958 births Category:20th-century Australian male actors Category:20th-century Australian singers Category:21st-century Australian male actors Category:21st-century Australian singers Category:20th-century male singers Category:21st-century male singers

Pontyclun Pontyclun (or Pont-y-clun) is a village and community located in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Like the surrounding towns, it has seen a sharp increase in its population in the last ten years as people migrate south from the South Wales Valleys, and west from the capital city of Cardiff. Pontyclun translates from the Welsh language as 'bridge [over] the River Clun', the Clun being a tributary of the River Ely that runs through Pontyclun. A bridge crosses the Afon Clun just above its confluence with the Ely. The village is served by Pontyclun railway station on the South Wales Main Line. It has its own local rugby club. The village falls under the remit of Pontyclun Community Council, which represents the communities of Brynsadler, Castell y Mwnws, Groes-faen, Miskin, Mwyndy, Pontyclun, Talygarn, and Ynysddu History It was the influx of workers for the iron ore and coal mining industries, together with the coming of the South Wales Railway (in 1851) that changed Pontyclun from a farm with just four to five households into a burgeoning Victorian industrial town. The Coedcae Colliery (first listed in 1856) and the Bute iron ore mine (which opened in October 1852) caused the population growth. By 1871, the census returns record an influx of Cornish miners who had suffered from the collapse of the copper mining industry in Cornwall. By 1870 the industries of the area had been expanded by the coming of the Ely Tin Plate Works, The Pipe Works and The Steam Joinery Company. Administration The Community Council was formed in 1985 and consists of eleven elected Community Councillors who are all residents of the area. They act on behalf of local people to try and preserve the best aspects of the villages, while also encouraging and supporting developments that will benefit the whole community and ensure that it will continue to thrive. The Community Council monitors all local planning applications and, where appropriate, suggests amendments or submits written objections. Electoral ward Pont-y-clun was an electoral ward to Mid Glamorgan County Council electing one county councillor from 1989 and 1993 elections, subsequently (from 1995) becoming a ward to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, electing two councillors. Religion Bethel Baptist Chapel was built circa 1876. Bethel relocated to Bethel Baptist Church Centre on Heol Miskin in 1993. Cwrt Bethel is on the site of the old chapel. St Paul's church, Pontyclun was erected in 1895 as a district church within the Anglican parish of Llantrisant. In 1924, the new parish of Pontyclun and Talygarn was constituted from the parish of Llantrisant. Bethel Baptist Church, Hope Presbyterian Church and St Paul's Church are still active places of worship. Schools & education The village is served by Y Pant School, a secondary school with about 1,150 pupils, situated in the village of Talbot Green. In 2000 it was ranked 49th in Wales in terms of its GCSE results (based on 5 GCSEs, grades A-C). Since then, exam results have improved dramatically and according to the latest inspection report from Estyn, the school now has a pass rate of 72% which means it is in equal 19th place in Wales, or in the top 10%. It is also the best performing secondary school in Rhondda Cynon Taf, just ahead of St. John the Baptist School (Aberdare). The village also houses Pontyclun Primary school which achieved above average results in all foundation subjects in the most recent Estyn reports. Sport Pontyclun has both a football and rugby union team. Pontyclun Football Club were formed in 1896 and joined the Football Association of Wales in 1922. Pontyclun Rugby Football Club (otherwise known as the Pontyclun Badgers), were formed in 1886 and joined the Welsh Rugby Union in 1887. Pontyclun has produced at least one Welsh international, Tommy Rees who later played rugby league for Great Britain, and Oldham. Pontyclun also has produced an International Footballer - Keith Pontin (Cardiff City and Wales) Pontyclun also has a number of other sports clubs including Pontyclun Flyers (Cycling) and Pontyclun Road Runners (Running) Crown Brewery The South Wales & Monmouth United Clubs Brewery Co. Ltd. purchased the small family brewery owned by D & T Davies in 1919. This Company had been formed to supply the expanding number of Workingmen's Clubs, which were having difficulties with supply of beer from the many local breweries throughout the area. The Sunday Closing (Wales) Act of 1881 had fuelled the expanding number of clubs that did not have to close on Sunday, as was the case with public houses. By 1936 the brewery was producing 500 barrels per week, which continued to increase to 900 in 1938. This growth was halted by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 but when the war ended in 1945 the growth took off again. By 1954 the old brewery had been replaced by a completely new building that was big enough to produce the 1,200 barrels per week that the clubs demanded at that time. In 1984 Bob Smith was head brewer for the company and was only the fifth in the 65 years the company had been trading. In 1988 Crown merged with Wales' oldest brewery, Buckley's of Llanelly to form the Crown Buckley Brewery. In the spring of 1999, after 80 years of trading, the brewery closed following the takeover of the company by Cardiff based Brains Brewery. External links Pontyclun RFC Bethel Baptist Church Pontyclun History Pontyclun Community Council Old photos of Pontyclun www.geograph.co.uk: photos of Pontyclun and surrounding area References Category:Villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf Category:Pontyclun Category:Communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf

Cremastocheilus castaneae Cremastocheilus castaneae is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. Subspecies These four subspecies belong to the species Cremastocheilus castaneae: Cremastocheilus castaneae brevisetosus Casey, 1915 Cremastocheilus castaneae castaneae Knoch, 1801 Cremastocheilus castaneae lecontei Westwood, 1874 Cremastocheilus castaneae pocularis Casey, 1915 References Further reading Category:Cetoniinae Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Beetles described in 1801

Karlstad, Minnesota Karlstad is a city in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 760 at the 2010 census. U.S. Route 59 and Minnesota State Highway 11 are two of the main arterial routes in the city. The current mayor is Dale Nelson. The city's slogan is "The Moose Capital of the North". History A post office called Karlstad has been in operation since 1905. The city was named after Karlstad, in Sweden. Enterprise Karlstad's largest employers are Wikstrom Telephone Company (Wiktel) and Mattracks. Wiktel provides internet and phone services for much of Northwestern Minnesota, including the regional telephone directory. The company has a long history in Karlstad, going back to the early 1900s. It was founded by the Wikstrom family, and many of the current employees are Wikstroms. Mattracks, however, is a newly founded company within the last 15 years, and manufactures and markets track conversion systems. Started by Glen Brazier, the rapidly growing company recently opened a new plant in China. Other than these two companies, most town businesses are locally owned and employ only a few individuals. Businesses include Hardware Hank, Germundson's Home Furnishings, Tony's Supermarket, Kim's Shear Design & Tanning, Nordisk Hemslojd, a Scandinavian gifts shop, a few restaurants and bars, and insurance and accounting services (etc.). In addition, the local community is primarily a farming one. From 1951 through 1995, the town had its own hospital. Events Every year Karlstad has the annual Kick'n Up Kountry Music Festival and Moosefest Education Karlstad has two schools: Tri-County Public Schools and Heritage Christian School. Both schools serve grades K-12. Tri-County School combines with Marshall County Central Schools of Newfolden, Minnesota, located 17 miles to the south, for all of its athletic programs. The name given for the consolidated team is the Northern Freeze. Girls and boys track are also combined with Badger School and Greenbush Middle River School. Baseball and Softball have included Stephen-Argyle School District in their sports coops. The Northern Freeze coop has proved to be a success for all schools involved. The Freeze, since the coop, have advanced to the State Tournament three times: Volleyball (2006, 6th place), Baseball (2009) and Girls Basketball (2010, 4th place). Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 760 people, 331 households, and 189 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 399 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 99.1% White, 0.3% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, and 0.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.4% of the population. There were 331 households of which 24.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.9% were non-families. 39.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age in the city was 47.5 years. 22.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 27.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 45.4% male and 54.6% female. 2000 census As of the 2000 census, there were 794 people, 340 households, and 199 families residing in the city. The population density was 522.3 people per square mile (201.7/km²). There were 394 housing units at an average density of 259.2 per square mile (100.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.86% White, 0.63% Native American, 0.13% from other races, and 1.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.38% of the population. 47.5% were of Norwegian, 19.9% Swedish and 9.9% German ancestry. There were 340 households out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.2% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.81. In the city, the population was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 27.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $25,208, and the median income for a family was $35,469. Males had a median income of $29,444 versus $20,893 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,274. About 9.2% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 15.3% of those age 65 or over. Notable people Ned Beatty - American Actor References External links City of Karlstad Heritage Christian School Tri-County Schools Category:Cities in Minnesota Category:Cities in Kittson County, Minnesota

Acraea neobule Acraea neobule, the wandering donkey acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia. The wingspan is 48–55 mm for males and 50–56 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year round, but are more common from September to April. The larvae feed on Passiflora edulis, Passiflora incarnata, Adenia gummifera and Hybanthus species. Subspecies Acraea neobule subsp. neobule Range: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina-Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, DRC, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman Acraea neobule subsp. legrandi Carcasson, 1964 Range: Seychelles References External links Images representing Acraea neobule at Bold Images representing Acraea neobule neobule at Bold Acraea neobule at Pteron necoda Category:Butterflies described in 1847

Paulding County, Georgia Paulding County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The estimated 2018 population is 164,044. It is a suburban Atlanta county and a part of "Metro" Atlanta. The county seat is Dallas. Paulding County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is in Georgia's 14th congressional district. The Paulding County Courthouse, in Dallas, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History Paulding County was created from Cherokee County by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 3, 1832. In 1851, a portion of Paulding County was used to help create Polk County. Other portions of Paulding County were annexed to neighboring counties (Campbell, Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, and Polk) between 1832 and 1874. Between 1850 and 1874, Paulding County was expanded through annexation of parts of Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, and Polk counties. The County is named after John Paulding (October 16, 1758 – February 18, 1818), who was famous for the capture of the British spy Major John André in 1780 during the American Revolution. André was on a mission carrying secret papers from Benedict Arnold when he was captured. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.7%) is water. The Tallapoosa River originates in Paulding County. The southeastern portion of Paulding County, from just north of Hiram to north of Villa Rica, is located in the Middle Chattahoochee River-Lake Harding sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The very western portion of the county, centered on State Route 101, is located in the Upper Tallapoosa River sub-basin of the ACT River Basin (Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin), with the majority of the central and northern portions of Paulding County located in the Etowah River sub-basin of the same ACT River Basin. Adjacent counties Bartow County – north Cobb County – east Douglas County – southeast Carroll County – south Haralson County – southwest Polk County – west Transportation Major highways U.S. Route 278 State Route 6 State Route 6 Business State Route 61 State Route 92 State Route 101 State Route 113 State Route 120 State Route 120 Connector State Route 360 State Route 381 Secondary highways Dallas-Acworth Highway (Old S.R. 381) Ridge Road (Old S.R. 61 Connector). Connector in South Paulding that runs between SR 92 and SR 61 East Paulding Drive (Old S.R. 120 Connector, S.R. 92 Connector and S.R. 176). Road formerly known as Dragstrip Road Goldmine Road (Old U.S. 278/S.R. 6). Former route to Yorkville. Bill Carruth Parkway, formerly known as West Hiram Parkway, originally known as Egg Farm Road Bobo Road (Old S.R. 92) Macland Road (Old S.R. 360). All of Macland Road west of S.R. 120. Mulberry Rock Road Braswell Mountain Road Cedarcrest Road Seven Hills Boulevard Harmony Grove Church Road Dabbs Bridge Road Vinson Mountain Road Brushy Mountain Road Nebo Road Pedestrians and cycling Dallas Trail Connect Graves Path Lindsey Path Silver Comet Trail Demographics 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 81,678 people, 28,089 households, and 22,892 families living in the county. The population density was 261 people per square mile (101/km²). There were 29,274 housing units at an average density of 93 per square mile (36/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 90.59% White, 6.96% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.57% from other races, and 1.16% from two or more races. 1.71% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 28,089 households out of which 46.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.30% were married couples living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.50% were non-families. 14.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.20. In the county, the population was spread out with 30.70% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 38.40% from 25 to 44, 17.40% from 45 to 64, and 5.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males. The median income for a household in the county was $52,161, and the median income for a family was $56,039. Males had a median income of $38,637 versus $27,341 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,974. About 4.00% of families and 5.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.60% of those under age 18 and 9.50% of those age 65 or over. Paulding County Georgia is ranked 7th (2007 Census) in population growth among the United States. Being the 2nd Fastest growing county in Georgia. Also the 2nd fastest growing county in Metro Atlanta. 2010 census As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 142,324 people, 48,105 households, and 38,103 families living in the county. The population density was . There were 52,130 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 77.7% white, 17.1% black or African American, 0.9% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 1.7% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 5.1% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 14.7% were Irish, 11.6% were American, 11.2% were German, and 10.4% were English. Of the 48,105 households, 47.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 20.8% were non-families, and 16.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.30. The median age was 33.8 years. The median income for a household in the county was $62,348 and the median income for a family was $67,117. Males had a median income of $50,114 versus $37,680 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,450. About 7.0% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.4% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over. Education Media The county legal organ is The Dallas New Era. Recreation Silver Comet Trail White Oak Park Ben Hill Strickland Park Taylor Farm Parks & Recreation Burnt Hickory Park Union Park Samuel U. Braly Sports Complex Mt. Tabor Park Sara Babb Park (City of Dallas) Veteran's Memorial Park Cities and communities Incorporated cities Dallas Hiram Braswell Unincorporated communities New Hope Yorkville (95.8 SQ-Miles (1/3 of Paulding)) (Population: 17,526 (2011)) New Georgia (formerly known as Oval) Nebo Vinings Sudie Notable people Jayne County, formerly known as Wayne County: legendary punk rock star who became an influential transgender musician after leaving Paulding County for New York City in 1968 Caleb Lee Hutchinson, American Idol finalist Patty Loveless, country music star; and her husband, record producer Emory Gordy, Jr. Marty Pevey, Iowa Cubs manager Riley Puckett, country music pioneer Spencer Scott, Playboy Playmate of the Month for October, 2007 Ray Traylor, former WWF superstar Travis Tritt, country music recording artist Zack Wheeler, New York Mets starting pitcher Politics Pauling County is governed by a five-member board of commissioners, including a chairman and four Post members. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Paulding County, Georgia References External links Paulding County Government AccessPaulding.com GeorgiaInfo Paulding County Courthouse History Category:Georgia (U.S. state) counties Category:1832 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Populated places established in 1832 Category:Counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area Category:Counties of Appalachia

Denise White Denise White is a former Miss Oregon USA who founded EAG Sports Management, a sports firm for high-end athletes. Miss Oregon USA Born in Escondido, California, White represented Oregon in the 1994 Miss USA pageant, broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas on February 11, 1994, where she obtained the Congeniality Award, an honor she had previously received while competing for the Miss Oregon USA title. Sports management career White is the CEO and founder of her own sports firm, EAG Sports Management, which represents several high-end sports clients, which included her first client of fourteen years, eleven-time Pro Bowl selection and NFL Hall of Famer, Tony Gonzalez. Kellen Winslow II who appealed a suspension from Cleveland Browns' GM Phil Savage after Winslow criticized the team's handling of his hospitalization with staph infection; and defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings Jared Allen who has had some legal troubles and personally contributed $2500, along with White who donated another $2500, to an animal shelter for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for abandoning a starving horse in LA. In March 2016 it was announced by FOX2000 that a motion picture starring Jennifer Aniston portraying Denise White was in production for shooting in 2017. It is called "The Fixer". In 2018, White signed a deal with Apple and Jennifer Aniston's production company to develop a TV drama based on White's life and work. References External links Official website http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/11/04/People-and-Pop-Culture/Plugged-In.aspx http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/jennifer-aniston-play-beauty-queen-denise-white-fixer-36593913 https://variety.com/2016/film/news/jennifer-aniston-sports-drama-fixer-1201691334/ http://deadline.com/2016/01/jennifer-aniston-the-fixer-sports-dealmaker-denise-white-fox-2000s-1201692245/ http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/the-woman-who-bails-out-the-nfls-bad-boys-20141114 http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2016/02/08/Labor-and-Agents/Labor-and-Agents.aspx Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Businesspeople from California Category:Miss USA 1994 delegates Category:People from Escondido, California

Aeningia Aeningia is an island mentioned in the Natural History by Pliny the Elder, written in the 1st century CE. According to Pliny, Aeningia was inhabited by Sarmatians (Sarmati), Veneti (Venedi), Scirii (Sciri) and Hirri, bordering Vistula. Aeningia was probably a corrupted form of Aestingia (Estland) and referred to the area of the present-day Baltic states and northern Poland. Some early European historians interpreted the name as a corrupt form of Finland, constructing a hypothetical Latin name Finningia as the original name. This probably originated from Olaus Magnus who was the first to place Finningia olim regnum on the map in 1539 or from Jacob Ziegler, who placed Finlandia and Einingia next to each other in present-day southwestern Finland in 1532. References Category:History of the Baltic states Category:Classical geography

Fritz Glatz Friedrich "Fritz" Glatz (July 21, 1943 – July 14, 2002) was an Austrian racing driver from Vienna. He raced under the pseudonyms Pierre Chauvet and Frederico Careca as well as a number of others. Glatz began his career in 1980 racing in the German Formula Three Championship. The following year he drove in that series as well as the European Formula Three Championship and made his European Formula Two Championship debut. He competed in 10 Formula Two races in 1982 for Bertram Schäfer Racing but failed to score points, with a best finish of 8th. In 1983 again made 10 Formula Two starts, this time for Emco Sports but only succeeded in finishing twice and scored no points. In 1984 he returned to Emco Sports and finally broke into the points with a 6th place at Donington Park, with his single point good enough for 15th in the championship. Formula Two gave way to International Formula 3000 in 1985 and "Chauvet" only attempted two races with Oreca, failing to finish both races. In 1986 he drove in Formula 3000 nearly full-time for Jordan Racing but had a best finish of just 14th and he failed to qualify once. He also drove in two World Sports-Prototype Championship races for two teams (Roy Baker Racing in Jerez and Martin Schanche Racing in the Nürburgring, failing to score points on both occasions). Glatz was away from racing in 1987 but in 1988 returned to Formula 3000 at 45 years of age racing full-time for Racetech 3000. However, after 3 failures to qualify in 6 races, he left the team and went to Madgwick International. His best finish on the season was 12th, out of the points. He also made 3 World Sports-Prototype Championship starts. In 1989 he made one start in the inaugural season of British Formula 3000, which was good enough for 13th in points. He made a handful of sports car starts throughout the 1990s, mainly in Interserie. In 2002 he was driving a 1996-vintage Arrows Footwork FA17 Formula One car in a EuroBOSS race at Autodrom Most when his car bounced over a curb and became airborne. Glatz died from his injuries. Racing record Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) References Category:1943 births Category:2002 deaths Category:Austrian racing drivers Category:Racing drivers killed while racing Category:German Formula Three Championship drivers Category:FIA European Formula 3 Championship drivers Category:European Formula Two Championship drivers Category:International Formula 3000 drivers Category:British Formula 3000 Championship drivers Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers Category:Sport deaths in the Czech Republic

Jean Delumeau Jean Léon Marie Delumeau (18 June 1923 – 13 January 2020) was a French historian specializing in the history of the Catholic Church, and author of several books regarding the subject. He held the Chair of the History of Religious Mentalities (1975–1994) at the Collège de France (former emeritus professor) and was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Career Jean Léon Marie Delumeau was born in Nantes on 18 June 1923 and obtained his early education in several Catholic boarding schools. In 1943 he entered the École Normale Supérieure, and he later studied at the École Française de Rome, where Fernand Braudel was one of his mentors, and he taught history at École Polytechnique, University of Rennes 2, and University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. He was director of the Armorican Center for Historical Research (1964–1970), director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études (1963–1975) and at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (1975–1978), and professor emeritus at the Collège de France, where he occupied the chair of "History of Religious Mentalities in the Modern Western World" (1975–1994). He was a member of the editorial board of several academic journals and a visiting professor at several universities in North America, Europe and Asia, and was also an honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France and the Academia Europaea. On 26 February 1988, Delumeau was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in the chair of Georges Dumézil. He was given his épée d'académicien on 27 September 1989 by . During the ceremony, speeches were made by Nicole Lemaître, Alain Cabantous, Michel Mollat du Jourdin, Wolff and himself. He was a candidate for the Académie française in 2002. Later life, death, and legacy On 26 April 2017, he was one of the signatories of a forum of researchers and academics announcing that their support for Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the 2017 French presidential election and calling to vote for him the second, in particular because of his commitment to higher education and research. Delumeau died on 13 January 2020 in Brest. Delumeau has been described as "one of the most prominent representatives of the so-called history of mentalities" by , a French historical journal Awards and honors Delumeau was an honorary member of the Observatoire du patrimoine religieux, a multi-faith association that works to preserve and promote French cultural heritage. He was also a member of the sponsorship committee of the Coordination pour l'éducation à la non-violence et à la paix. He was made knight of the Legion of Honour on 28 Octobre 1978, promoted to officier on 31 December 1989, and to commander on 31 December 1999. He was made officer of the Ordre national du Mérite on 19 November 1995 and promoted to commander on 7 May 2007. He was also a commander of both the Ordre des Palmes académiques and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the latter of which he was made on 24 November 1994. Delumeau received honorary degrees from the University of Porto in 1984, the University of Sherbrooke in 1986, the University of Liège in 1992, the University of Deusto (1996), and the University of Bucharest in 2011. He received the Grand prix Gobert for his book La civilisation de la Renaissance (1968), the 1975 Prix Thiers for his book Rome, the 1977 Prix Monseigneur Marcel for his book La civilisation de la Renaissance, and the 1980 Prix Montyon for his book Histoire vécue du peuple chrétien. He received the 1977 Grand prix catholique de littérature for his book Le Christianisme va-t-il mourir?. Bibliography Collective, Homo Religiosus. Autour de Jean Delumeau, Paris, Fayard, 1997. . References External links Category:École Normale Supérieure alumni Category:Collège de France faculty Category:Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Category:1923 births Category:2020 deaths Category:People from Nantes Category:French male non-fiction writers Category:Place of death missing Category:French historians of religion Category:20th-century French historians Category:21st-century French historians Category:21st-century French male writers Category:20th-century French male writers

Melanie Hebert Melanie Ann Hebert (born in Marrero, Louisiana, United States) is an American journalist. She formerly anchored the weekday morning news at the city's NBC affiliate WDSU and anchoring weekday mornings at the CBS affiliate WWL-TV in New Orleans. Hebert has also appeared in several films and TV shows as a news reporter. Career Hebert's TV career began behind the scenes in Los Angeles with the entertainment news magazine Extra before she returned to Louisiana to join WVLA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Baton Rouge, as a news anchor and reporter. During this time, she covered Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath and co-anchored a two-week special for the Olympics, "Baton Rouge to Athens", on which she also served as Executive Producer. Hebert's success in Baton Rouge and the national attention generated by Hurricane Katrina led her to return to California in 2005 where she became the morning and noon anchor for KESQ-TV in Palm Springs. The morning news team received an Emmy Award for the devastating wildfires in California. Hebert returned to New Orleans to produce a one-week special covering the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina while working at KESQ. In June 2008, Hebert once more returned to Louisiana to join the WDSU NewsChannel 6 team in New Orleans as the morning anchor. She has also served as the Director of Publicity for the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre and has been involved in charity work with Big Brothers Big Sisters, United Way, and Louisiana Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association. Education Melanie Hebert attended St. Mary's Dominican High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts before attending Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. At LSU she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and was a member and captain of the Golden Girls dance team. Hebert was crowned the 2001 LSU Homecoming Queen. Filmography Film Green Lantern (2011) - News reporter Get Hard (2015) - News reporter The Free World (2016) - News reporter The Dirt (2019) - MTV VJ Television Reckless (2014) - News anchor (ep. 1, "Pilot") Zoo (2015) - News reporter References External links Category:Living people Category:Television anchors from New Orleans Category:Louisiana State University alumni Category:People from Marrero, Louisiana Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Arctic Winter Games Arena The Arctic Winter Games Arena is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. It opened to the public in October 2001. This arena was initially constructed to house the hockey and speed skating events of the 2002 Arctic Winter Games, but it is now used as a youth centre and to host large community events. The venue hosted CBC Television's Hockey Day in Canada in 2003, and a White Stripes concert in 2007. The arena was also site to four professional wrestling events, featuring WWE superstars Christian and Gail Kim, as well as Tracy Brooks, Robert Roode and Rhino in 2008. The surface of the arena had become unusable (for ice) after a portion the floor sank in 2006, however, on August 18, 2009, $2.2 million was allocated by the Government of Canada to repair the surface. References Category:Indoor arenas in Nunavut Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in Canada Category:Sports venues in Nunavut Category:Buildings and structures in Iqaluit Category:Sport in the Arctic Category:Sports venues completed in 2001 Category:2001 establishments in Nunavut

Bicuculline Bicuculline is a phthalide-isoquinoline compound that is a light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABAA receptors. It was originally identified in 1932 in plant alkaloid extracts and has been isolated from Dicentra cucullaria, Adlumia fungosa, and several Corydalis species (all in subfamily Fumarioideae, previously known as family Fumariaceae). Since it blocks the inhibitory action of GABA receptors, the action of bicuculline mimics epilepsy; it also causes convulsions. This property is utilized in laboratories across the world in the in vitro study of epilepsy, generally in hippocampal or cortical neurons in prepared brain slices from rodents. This compound is also routinely used to isolate glutamatergic (excitatory amino acid) receptor function. The action of bicuculline is primarily on the ionotropic GABAA receptors, which are ligand-gated ion channels concerned chiefly with the passing of chloride ions across the cell membrane, thus promoting an inhibitory influence on the target neuron. These receptors are the major targets for benzodiazepines and related anxiolytic drugs. The half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of bicuculline on GABAA receptors is 3 μM. In addition to being a potent GABAA receptor antagonist, bicuculline can be used to block Ca2+-activated potassium channels. Sensitivity to bicuculline is defined by IUPHAR as a major criterion in the definition of GABAA receptors See also Picrotoxin Hydrastine (very similar in structure) References Category:GABAA receptor antagonists Category:Glycine receptor antagonists Category:Convulsants Category:3-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-(1,3)dioxolo(4,5-g)isoquinolin-5-yl)-3H-2-benzofuran-1-ones

Belmont Park (disambiguation) Belmont Park may refer to: United States Belmont Park, a thoroughbred horse race track in Elmont, New York Belmont Park (LIRR station), a Long Island Railroad stop at the race track Belmont Park (San Diego), an amusement park in San Diego, California Australia Belmont Park Racecourse, a thoroughbred horse racing track in Burswood, Western Australia Belmont Park railway station, Perth, a closed train station near the Belmont Park Racecourse in Perth, Western Australia Belmont State Park, on Lake Macquarie in New South Wales Canada Belmont Park, Colwood, a neighbourhood of Colwood, British Columbia Belmont Park, Montreal, a defunct amusement park in Montreal, Quebec Belmont Provincial Park on Prince Edward Island United Kingdom Belmont Park, Exeter, a public park provided by Exeter City Council Belmont Park, Sutton, southernmost part of the Shanklin Estate New Zealand Belmont Regional Park in Hutt City See also Belmont (disambiguation)

Desert Haven, Texas Desert Haven is an unincorporated community in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States. It lies along US Highway 62-180 in the northwestern part of the county just east of the El Paso County line, about 28 miles east of El Paso, and is synonymous with Loma Linda Estates Colonia. Category:Geography of Hudspeth County, Texas

Yazıbaşı, Çaycuma Yazıbaşı is a village in Çaycuma District, Zonguldak Province, Turkey. References Category:Populated places in Zonguldak Province

Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg (1 June 1659 – 13 March 1679), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Born in Merseburg, she was a child of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and his wife Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Life In Merseburg on 13 February 1677 Christiane married Duke Christian of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Both belonged to the House of Wettin: she was a member of the Albertine line while her husband belonged to the Ernestine branch. The couple settled in Eisenberg at the Christianburg Castle. Two years later, on 4 March 1679, she gave birth to a daughter, named Christiane after her and later wife of Philip Ernst, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg; however, nine days later (13 March) she died of childbirth complications aged 19, probably from puerperal fever. She was buried in Merseburg Cathedral. In her honour, her husband build the Castle church of St. Trinity (German: Schlosskirche St. Trinitatis) in the Christianburg Castle. Notes References Publications about Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg in: VD 17 [retrieved 28 September 2014]. |- Category:1659 births Category:1679 deaths Christiane

Hof van Sonoy __NOTOC__ Hof van Sonoy is a defunct restaurant in Blokzijl, Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in 2005 and retained that rating until 2008. Owner and head chef of Hof van Sonoy was Paul van Staveren. Restaurant Hof van Sonoy was located in a refurbished 19th century school. The restaurant lost its star in 2008, when the restaurant was closed. The owner moved the restaurant to Emmeloord and opened the restaurant there as Sonoy. Hof van Sonoy was a member of Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise since 2006. See also List of Michelin starred restaurants in the Netherlands Sonoy References Category:Restaurants in the Netherlands Category:Michelin Guide starred restaurants in the Netherlands Category:Defunct restaurants in the Netherlands

Batak languages __FORCETOC__ The Batak languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken by the Batak people in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra and surrounding areas. Internal classification The Batak languages can be divided into two main branches, Northern Batak and Southern Batak. Simalungun was long considered an intermediary, but in current classifications it is recognized as part of the Southern branch. Within Northern Batak, a study noted 76% cognate words between Karo and Alas, 81% with Pakpak, 80% with Simalungun, and 30% with Malay (Indonesian). Karo and Toba Batak are mutually unintelligible. Mandailing and Angkola are closer related to each other than to Toba. The geographical influences on the Batak languages can be seen in the map to the right; Lake Toba separates the Karo from direct contact with the Toba. Proto-Batak The Batak languages can be shown to descend from a hypothetical common ancestor, Proto-Batak (which in turn originates from Proto-Austronesian). The sound system of Proto-Batak was reconstructed by Adelaar (1981). Final diphthongs: *-uy, *ey, *ow. The Proto-Batak sounds underwent the following changes in the individual daughter languages: Proto-Batak *k became h in initial and medial position in the Southern Batak languages: Proto-Batak *kalak > Toba, Simalungun halak; Karo kalak 'person' Proto-Batak *dukut > Toba, Simalungun duhut; Karo dukut 'grass' Proto-Batak *h was lost in Toba, Angkola and Mandailing: Proto-Batak *pərəh > Toba poro, Simalungun poroh, Karo pereh /pərəh/ 'wring out' Proto-Batak final voiced stops *b, *d, and *g are retained only in Simalungun. In Toba, Angkola and Mandailing, they are unvoiced, while in the Northern Batak languages, they changed to homorganic nasals (/m/, /n/, /ŋ/): Proto-Batak *dələg > Simalungun dolog, Toba dolok, Karo deleng /dələŋ/ 'mountain'. The central vowel *ə is retained in the Northern languages, and shifted to /o/ in the Southern languages: Proto-Batak *ənəm > Karo enem (/ənəm/), Toba onom 'six' Proto-Batak diphthongs are only retained in Simalungun, but shifted to monophthongs in all other Batak languages: Proto-Batak *apuy > Simalungun apuy; all other languages api 'fire' Proto-Batak *matey > Simalungun matei; all other languages mate 'dead' Proto-Batak *pulow > Simalungun pulou; all other languages pulo 'island' Writing system Historically, the Batak languages were written using the Batak script, but the Latin script is now used for most writing. References External links http://unicode-table.com/en/sections/batak/ Batak languages at Ethnologue (22th ed., 2019). Category:Languages of Indonesia

Kawaji-Onsen Station is a railway station in Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the Yagan Railway. Lines Kawaji-Onsen Station is served by the Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line and is located 4.8 rail kilometers from end of the line at Shin-Fujiwara Station. Station layout The station has a single elevated island platform, with the station building located underneath. Adjacent stations History Kawaji-Onsen Station opened on October 9, 1986. Surrounding area Japan National Route 121 Kinugawa River External links Yagen Railway Station information Category:Railway stations in Tochigi Prefecture Category:Railway stations opened in 1986

Sukkhipur Sukkhipur is a village in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. References Category:Villages in Jaunpur district

Too-Rye-Ay Too-Rye-Ay is the second album by Dexys Midnight Runners, released in July 1982. The album is best known for the hit single "Come On Eileen", which included the lyrics "too-rye-ay" that inspired the album's title. Background Shortly before recording this album, Dexys' bandleader Kevin Rowland had decided to add a violin section to the band's existing horn section, which had contributed strings (viola and cello) to the band's previous single, "Liars A to E". However, after violinists Helen O'Hara and Steve Brennan joined the band, the three members of the horn section, including Dexys' co-leader and album co-composer "Big" Jim Paterson, decided to leave Dexys and become an independent horn band (ultimately known as The TKO Horns). Rowland convinced them to stay with the band long enough to record the album and to perform in a kick-off concert debuting the album on BBC Radio One in June 1982. All the songs on the album were rearranged to add strings, which caused Dexys to re-record the 1981 singles "Plan B", "Liars A to E", and "Soon". During the rearrangement process, "Soon" was revised into the opening section of "Plan B"; since both songs were written by Rowland and Paterson, the merged songs are credited on the album simply as "Plan B". Release The album's "Come On Eileen" became a number one hit in both the UK and the US. Dexys Midnight Runners is best known as a one hit wonder in the US ("Come On Eileen" was also the first US single release by Dexys), but in the UK, "Geno" had previously reached number one, and "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" and "The Celtic Soul Brothers" were also UK hits. Before "Come On Eileen", Dexys' only North American single was the Northern Soul classic "Seven Days Too Long", which Dexys' previous label EMI America had released only in Canada (with "Geno" as the B-side). However, on the strength of "Come On Eileen", Too-Rye-Ay reached number 14 in the US. Dexys' success in US was not maintained; the best performer of the band's follow-up singles in the US was "The Celtic Soul Runners", which peaked at number 86. Different releases of Too-Rye-Ay featured different versions of "Come On Eileen". Certain editions of the album featured a version beginning with a solo fiddle playing the first line of the folk song "Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms" and ending with a simple fadeout (length: 4:07). This version of the song is the one featured on the single release. Other editions of the album (including many of the "re-releases") featured a version without the violin intro and including a tag of Kevin Rowland singing "Young Charms" at the end, while the digital version offered by Spotify includes both front and end "Young Charms" tags (length: approximately 4:32). In addition, the most common release of the album features "Come On Eileen" as the final track, while the original US release features the tune as the opening track on Side 2. The album was re-released in 1996 on CD with 8 bonus tracks. In 2000 an enhanced edition was released with the music videos for "Come On Eileen" and "Jackie Wilson Said" as bonus material. In 2002 a US edition with bonus tracks was released. Marking its 25th Anniversary, a 2007 2-CD Deluxe Edition was released, which included the entire 14-song album kickoff performance on BBC Radio 1 that had previously been released (without "I'll Show You") as BBC Radio One Live in Concert. Track listing There are several unlisted tracks on the album— "Old" includes a reprise of "Let's Make This Precious" at the end. The beginning of "Plan B" is actually the song "Soon", a version of which is the B-side to the "Show Me" single. "Come On Eileen" ends with an acapella rendition of an excerpt from Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms, which is excused on the original US vinyl release. Original US pressings have "Come On Eileen" at the beginning of side two. Also, "Plan B" and "I'll Show You" are presented as a single track. The 2002 US CD reissue features the single version of "Come On Eileen" instead of the album version (which removes the fiddle intro). Personnel The players Seb Shelton – drums Giorgio Kilkenny – bass Kevin "Billy" Adams – banjo, guitar Mickey Billingham – organ, piano, accordion, keyboards "Big" Jim Paterson – trombone Paul Speare – flute, saxophone, tin whistle Brian Maurice – saxophone Kevin Rowland – bass, guitar, piano, director, vocals; digital remastering (reissue) Steve Wynne – bass (not credited on some releases) "The Emerald Express" Helen O'Hara – violin Steve Brennan – violin Guest musicians "The Sisters of Scarlet" Carol Kenyon – vocals Katie Kissoon – vocals Sam Brown – vocals Directed by Clive Langer – director Alan Winstanley – director Martin Rushent – engineering and direction (uncredited) Peter Barrett – cover design Kim Knott – photography Andrew Ratcliffe – artwork, paintings Tim Chacksfield – project coordinator (reissue) ID – Enhanced CD design (reissue) Philip Lloyd-Smee – CD package design (reissue) Richard Smith – liner notes (1996 reissue) References Category:Dexys Midnight Runners albums Category:1982 albums Category:Albums produced by Alan Winstanley Category:Albums produced by Clive Langer Category:Mercury Records albums

Nixon (surname) Nixon is a surname of English, Scots, or Irish origin meaning "son of Nicholas". The following is a partial list of well-known persons with this name. A–F Agnes Nixon (1927–2016), American soap opera creator Al Nixon (1886–1960), baseball player Alfred Westland Nixon (1863–1921), Canadian physician and politician Amy Nixon (born 1977), Canadian curler Arthur Nixon (1918–1925), brother of President Richard Nixon Brad Nixon (born 1949), Canadian politician Bella Nixon, character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Courtney Miller Carl Nixon (born 1967), New Zealand author and playwright Christine Nixon (born 1953), former Victorian (Australia) police commissioner Colin Nixon (born 1978), Irish footballer Cynthia Nixon (born 1966), American actress Dale Nixon, a pseudonym used by several musicians David Nixon (disambiguation), several people, including: David Nixon (American football) (born 1985), American football linebacker David Nixon (choreographer) (born ), Canadian-born choreographer David Nixon (director) (born ), American director and producer David Nixon (footballer) (born 1988), Scottish footballer David Nixon (magician) (1919–1978), British magician Derek Lee Nixon (born 1983), American actor Donald A. Nixon (born ), nephew of President Richard Nixon Donald Nixon (1914–1987), brother of President Richard Nixon Donell Nixon (born 1961), baseball player Drew Nixon (born 1959), American politician Edgar Nixon (1899–1987), American civil rights activist Edward Nixon (1930–2019), brother of President Richard Nixon Edwin Nixon (1925–2008), British businessman, chief executive of IBM UK Eric Nixon (born 1962), English football goalkeeper Francis Nixon (disambiguation), several people, including: Francis A. Nixon (1878–1956), father of President Richard Nixon Francis Russell Nixon (1803–1879), Australian bishop G–L Gary Nixon (1941–2011), American motorcycle racer George Nixon (disambiguation), several people, including: George E. Nixon (1898–1981), Canadian politician George S. Nixon (1860–1912), American politician Gordon Nixon (born 1957), Canadian banker Hammie Nixon (1908–1984), American blues musician Hannah Milhous Nixon (1885–1967), mother of President Richard Nixon Harold Nixon (1909–1933), brother of President Richard Nixon Harry Nixon (1891–1961), Canadian politician Henry Nixon (born ), Australian actor Howard Nixon (1909–1983), British librarian James Nixon (disambiguation), several people Jay Nixon (born 1956), American politician, Current Governor of Missouri(2014) Jeff Nixon (born 1956), American football player Jerren Nixon (born 1973), Trinidad and Tobago footballer Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003), American writer John Nixon (disambiguation), several people, including: John B. Nixon (1928–2005), convicted murderer John E. Nixon (born ), American politician John Nixon (financier) (1733–1808), financier and official from Philadelphia John Nixon (Indian Army officer) (1857–1921), British Indian Army Lieutenant-General John Nixon (military) (1724–1815), American brigadier general John Nixon (mining engineer) (1815–1899), English mining engineer John T. Nixon (1820–1889), American politician John Travis Nixon (1867–1909), American newspaper publisher John Trice Nixon (born 1933), United States federal judge John William Nixon (1880–1949), Irish politician Julie Nixon Eisenhower (born 1948), younger daughter to President Richard and Pat Nixon Kay Nixon Kathleen Irene Blundell née Nixon (1894-1988), English artist and illustrator Keisean Nixon (born 1997), American football player Kiden Nixon, fictional character from Marvel Comics Kimberley Nixon (born 1985), British actress Larry Nixon (born 1950), American professional fisherman Lewis Nixon (disambiguation), several people, including: Lewis Nixon (naval architect) (1861–1940), American ship designer, naval architect, and political activist Lewis Nixon III (1918–1995), U.S. Army officer Livinia Nixon (born 1975), Australian actress Lucille Nixon (1908–1963), American poet who wrote in Japanese M–Z Marian Nixon (1904–1983), American movie actress Marmaduke Nixon (1814–1864), New Zealand politician and soldier Marni Nixon (1930–2016), American singer Matthew Nixon (born 1989), English golfer Mike Nixon (1911–2000), American football player Mojo Nixon (born 1957), American psychobilly musician Nicholas Nixon (born 1947), American photographer Nick Nixon (1939-2013), American country singer/songwriter Nick Nixon (Neighbours), fictional character from Neighbours Norm Nixon (born 1955), American basketball player Otis Nixon (born 1959), American baseball player Pat Nixon (1912–1993), First Lady to President Richard Nixon Paul Nixon (footballer) (born 1963), English-born New Zealand footballer Paul Nixon (born 1970), English cricketer Peter Nixon (born 1928), Australian politician Phill Nixon (born 1956), English darts player Richard Nixon (footballer) (1965–1992), Australian rules footballer Richard Nixon (1913–1994), 37th president of the United States Ricky Nixon (born 1963), Australian rules footballer Robert Nixon (disambiguation), several people, including: Robert Nixon (comics) (1939–2002), Irish comics artist Robert Nixon (politician) (born 1928), Canadian politician Robert Nixon (prophet), legendary English prophet Robert Nixon (serial killer) (–1939), African-American serial killer Robert Samuel Nixon (1909–1998), Irish politician Roger Nixon (1921–2009), American composer and musician Ron Nixon, American journalist Ronald Nixon (1898–1965), British-born Hindu spiritual teacher (monastic name: Krishna Prem) Russ Nixon (born 1935), American baseball player and manager S. Frederick Nixon (1860–1905), American businessman and politician Sam Nixon (born 1986), contestant on Pop Idol Samantha Nixon, fictional character from The Bill Samuel A. Nixon (born 1958), American politician Thomas Nixon (born 1961), American writer Toby Nixon (born ), American politician Tricia Nixon Cox (born 1946), elder daughter to Richard and Pat Nixon Trot Nixon (born 1974), American baseball player Vivian Nixon (born 1984), American dancer Walter Nixon (born 1928), American judge Willard Nixon (1928–2000), American baseball player William Penn Nixon (1832–1912), American publisher See also Nixon (disambiguation) Nickson References Category:English-language surnames Category:Patronymic surnames

Docado Syndicate The Docado Syndicate is a six person horse racing ownership group from Ireland. The syndicate includes Eamon Doyle and Kitty Carr, owners of the Park House Hotel in Galway City for the past 34 years. Doyle and Carr are also the owners of the Galway Restaurant, also located in Galway City. Along with Doyle and Carr, the Docado Syndicate ownership group also includes Carr’s sister Maura, her husband Sylvie Dowd and their children Tom and Ann Marie. The Syndicate’s name, Docado, is formed by using the first two letters of the principal owners’ last names: DOwd, CArr, DOwd. The Docado Syndicate is the owner of Go Native, who is trained by Noel Meade. Go Native was purchased by Doyle and Carr three years ago for £25,000 from one of their regular customers, well known horse dealer, Martin Cullinane of Athenry, Ireland. He is the only horse owned by group. In reference to Go Native, Carr was quoted as saying: "We had been talking about buying a horse for a year before we approached Martin Cullinane about it. He kept an eye out for a good one for us and, about three years ago, we bought Go Native." Since their purchase, Go Native has won seven races and placed second in three, accumulating £310,254 in winnings. Three of Go Native's seven wins have come in Grade 1 National Hunt races. After winning the Fighting Fifth Hurdle and Christmas Hurdle, Docado’s Go Native became the only horse to win the first two legs of the Triple Crown of Hurdling since it was established in 2006. Needing only the Champion Hurdle to complete the treble and collect the £1m bonus put up by WBX, Go Native went on to finish a disappointing 10th out of 12 entries. The group considers their purchase and racing of horses as a hobby. Major Race Wins Go Native : (Supreme Novices' Hurdle - 2009) Go Native : (Fighting Fifth Hurdle - 2009) Go Native : (Christmas Hurdle - 2009) References Category:Irish racehorse owners and breeders

Très honorable avec félicitations Très honorable avec félicitations du jury, meaning "Very Honorable, with Committee Praise", is the highest academic distinction awarded in the French academic university system. The doctoral academic distinctions are, in ascending order, honorable, très honorable, très honorable avec félicitations du jury.<ref>Arrêté du 7 août 2006</ref> They are entirely distinct from bachelor's and master's distinctions, which are Assez bien, Bien and Très bien, as they are awarded by the Thesis Committee right after the thesis' Defense. The félicitations du jury'' are an exceptional distinction, requiring a positive secret vote by the Committee and a special memo to be written by the Committee Chairperson to justify this honor. References Category:Doctoral degrees Category:Academic honours Category:Education in France Category:Academia in France

McElhone McElhone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Eric McElhone (1887–1981), Australian cricketer Frank McElhone (1929–1982), Scottish politician Helen McElhone (1933–2013), Scottish politician Jack McElhone (born 1993), Scottish actor John McElhone (1833–1898), Australian politician Johnny McElhone (born 1963), Scottish guitarist and songwriter Natascha McElhone (born 1971), English actress

George Baldwin (diplomat) George Baldwin was a British merchant, writer and diplomat of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries whose career was principally based in Egypt, where he established valuable trade links for the East India Company and negotiated directly with the Ottoman governors. Despite repeated warnings of the importance of Egypt to links with British India, his advice was ignored and thus when Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt in 1798 the British were ill-placed to respond directly. In 1801 he assisted the British counter-invasion of Egypt and later returned to Britain with his wife Jane Maltass, a famous society beauty. Although a highly successful merchant and diplomat, Baldwin found himself a subject of ridicule on his return to Britain for his belief in the healing power of magnets, then widely considered a pseudoscience. He retired to Earl's Court in London and died there in 1826. Early life George Baldwin was born in May 1744 (although some sources give 1743), the son of hop merchant William Baldwin of Borough, London. Aged 16 he was sent to join his brother in Cyprus, where he was consul-general and three years later was sent to Acre. Career During his trading operations in the Eastern Mediterranean, Baldwin became increasingly aware of the political and commercial structures of the Middle East, and in 1768, he traveled to Britain to seek permission to investigate the possibilities of trade running from British India across Egypt via the Red Sea. Although this route was nominally blocked off to non-Muslims, developing trade would be possible if it brought profit to the rulers of Egypt. On his brother's death, Baldwin returned to the Mediterranean and took up his post on Cyprus. In 1773, Mehmed Bey summoned him to Cairo and encouraged British shipping to use Suez, declaring that he would cut a canal from Suez to the Nile for ships to pass directly from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. He was also well received in Constantinople. East India Company In 1774, Baldwin returned to Cairo and then back to England, where he learned that the East India Company had successfully begun a trade route between India and Suez. Offering his services to the Company, Baldwin was accepted and returned again to Egypt, where he was the only British merchant. With his knowledge of Arabic he was able to monopolise British trade caravans passing from Suez to the Nile, and ensured a fast, safe and efficient service. At some point between 1776 and 1778 he was reported to have climbed the Great Pyramid at Giza and drunk a mixture of waters from the Nile, Ganges and Thames, symbolically linking the trade routes he managed. By 1779, his trade was so successful that it began to impinge on that of the Ottoman Sultan and of the Cape of Good Hope, prompting protests and restrictions on his activities. In May, one of his caravans was attacked and looted, with some merchants taken hostage. Baldwin exchanged himself for the merchants and later escaped, reaching Izmir. An attempt to set up in India ended in failure when Baldwin was assaulted and robbed en route, and he and his wife returned to Britain, pausing in Vienna. Return to England While living in England, Baldwin wrote memoranda for the India Board of merchants, emphasising the importance of influence in Egypt to trade with India and the Middle East and the risk to British interests if France was allowed to dominate Egyptian trade. His advice was not taken up and no resources were deployed to the region until 1786, when a license was issued that allowed French merchants to make use of the Red Sea. In response, Baldwin was sent to negotiate similar licenses for British merchants and observe French activities. While there he deepened his interest in magnetic therapy, holding sessions with an Italian poet to investigate the effects of magnetism on the unconscious. When the French Revolutionary Wars broke out between Britain and France in 1793, Baldwin was able to forward the message to the British government in India, which could then take action against French territories there. In 1796, he investigated unsuccessful French efforts to persuade the Egyptian rulers to allow French armies safe passage through their territory on their way to India. Despite his efforts, the British government terminated his post in 1793, although the message did not reach him until 1796. Frustrated, Baldwin left Cairo and thus was not present during the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, when a British force under Sir Horatio Nelson was unable to gain audience with the Egyptian government to warn of the impending attack, as they had no ambassador. When the French invaded Egypt, Baldwin left the country and traveled to Europe before taking up residence in Florence. After the Battle of Marengo, he moved to Naples and from there assisted with the planning of the British counter-invasion of Egypt and travelled with the army as a logistical officer, witnessing the successful campaign and securing local sources of supplies from his contacts in the country. In May 1801, Baldwin returned to London and settled there, continuing his studies in magnetic theory, which by this time had been dismissed as pseudoscience. As a result, Baldwin was ridiculed and although he published a number of works on the subject in 1801 and 1802, he did not write again until 1811, when his research was privately printed. Personal life Shortly after one of his caravans in the Ottoman was attached in 1779 and he escaped to Izmir, he married Jane Maltass (1763–1839), the daughter of his agent and a famous society beauty. Although they had a daughter, the marriage was an unhappy one, punctuated by frequent arguments. While pausing in Vienna on their way to Britain, Jane was celebrated in society: a bust of her was made for Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor by Cerroschi and Count Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg commissioned a full-length portrait. In London, she was painted by Joshua Reynolds, William Pyne and Richard Cosway. Baldwin became popular in society and became an acquaintance of William Blake, who mentions him in one of his poems. It was his friendship with Cosway that led to his introduction into the field of magnetic therapy, the theory that magnetic force had healing powers. He died in 1826 in Earl's Court and his art collection was sold at Christie's in 1828. Notes References Category:1744 births Category:1826 deaths Category:British merchants Category:British consuls-general in Egypt

Curtis Lundy Curtis Lundy (born October 1, 1955) is an American double bass player, composer, producer, choir director and arranger. Lundy is best known for his work as part of jazz vocalist Betty Carter's band. Discography As leader As sideman With Johnny Griffin Call It Whachawana (Galaxy, 1983) With John Hicks I'll Give You Something to Remember Me By (Limetree, 1987) Naima's Love Song (DIW, 1988) East Side Blues (DIW, 1988) In the Mix (Landmark, 1994) Piece for My Peace (Landmark, 1995) Sweet Love of Mine (HighNote, 2006) With Frank Morgan Bop! (Telarc, 1997) City Nights: Live at the Jazz Standard (HighNote, 2003 [2004]) Raising the Standard (HighNote, 2002 [2005]) A Night in the Life (HighNote, 2003 [2007]) With Pharoah Sanders Africa (Timeless, 1987) With Bobby Watson Love Remains (Red, 1986 [1988]) References External links Curtis Lundy official website Category:American jazz double-bassists Category:Male double-bassists Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century double-bassists Category:21st-century American male musicians Category:Male jazz musicians Category:Justin Time Records artists

Esau Esau (; , ISO 259-3 ʕeśaw; Ēsaû; ; ‘Īsaw; meaning "hairy" or "rough"), in the Hebrew Bible, is the older son of Isaac. He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis, and by the prophets Obadiah and Malachi. The New Testament alludes to him in the Epistle to the Romans and in the Epistle to the Hebrews. According to the Hebrew Bible, Esau is the progenitor of the Edomites and the elder brother of Jacob, the patriarch of the Israelites. Esau and Jacob were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. Of the twins, Esau was the first to be born with Jacob following, holding his heel. Isaac was sixty years old when the boys were born. Esau, a "man of the field", became a hunter who had "rough" qualities that distinguished him from his twin brother. Among these qualities were his red hair and noticeable hairiness. Jacob was a shy or simple man, depending on the translation of the Hebrew word tam (which also means "relatively perfect man"). Throughout Genesis, Esau is frequently shown as being supplanted by his younger twin, Jacob (Israel). In Genesis Birth Genesis 25:25 narrates Esau's birth, "Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau." The meaning of the word esau is disputed. It could be related to the Arabic root ġšw, meaning "to cover". Others have noted the similarity to Arabic ’athaa (عثا) meaning "hirsute". In Hebrew, the word "hairy" (Heb: se’ir) is a wordplay on Seir, the region in which he settled after being 40 years of age. The name Edom is also attributed to Esau, meaning "red" (Heb: `admoni); the same color used to describe Esau's skin tone. Genesis parallels his redness to the "red lentil pottage" that he sold his birthright for. Esau became the progenitor of the Edomites in Seir. Birthright In Genesis, Esau returned to his twin brother Jacob, famished from the fields. He begs Jacob to give him some "red pottage" (a play on his nickname, `Edom, meaning "red".) This refers to his red hair. Jacob offers Esau a bowl of lentil stew in exchange for Esau's birthright ( bəḵōrāh, the right to be recognized as firstborn son with authority over the family), and Esau agrees. Thus Jacob acquires Esau's birthright. This is the origin of the English phrase "for a mess of pottage". In , Jacob uses deception, motivated by his mother Rebecca, to lay claim to his blind father Isaac's blessing that was inherently due to the firstborn, Esau. In , Rebecca is listening while Isaac speaks to his son Esau. When Esau goes to the field to hunt for venison to bring home, Rebekah says to her son Jacob, "Behold, I heard thy father speak to thy brother Esau, saying: 'Bring me venison and prepare a savoury food, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.'" Rebecca then instructs Jacob in an elaborate deception through which Jacob pretends to be Esau, in order to steal from Esau his blessing from Isaac and his inheritance—which in theory Esau had already agreed to give to Jacob. Jacob follows through with the plan to steal his brother's birthright by bringing the meal his father Isaac requested and pretending to be Esau. Jacob pulled off his disguise by covering himself in hairy lamb skin so that when his blind father went to touch him, his smooth skin did not give him away as an imposter of his hairy brother. Jacob successfully received his father Isaac's blessing. As a result, Jacob becomes the spiritual leader of the family after Isaac's death and the heir of the promises of Abraham (). When Esau learns of his brother's thievery, he is livid and begs his father to undo the blessing. Isaac responds to his eldest son's plea by saying that he only had one blessing to give and that he could not reverse the sacred blessing. Esau is furious and vows to kill Jacob (). Once again Rebecca intervenes to save her younger son from being murdered by his elder twin brother, Esau. Therefore, at Rebecca's urging, Jacob flees to a distant land to work for his uncle Laban (). Jacob does not immediately receive his father's inheritance after the impersonation aimed at taking it from Esau. Having fled for his life, Jacob has left the wealth of Isaac's flocks, land and tents in Esau's hands. Jacob is forced to sleep out on the open ground and then work for wages as a servant in Laban's household. Jacob, who had deceived and cheated his brother, is in turn deceived and cheated by his uncle. Jacob asks to marry Laban's daughter Rachel, whom he has met at the well, and Laban agrees, if Jacob will give him seven years of service. Jacob does so, but after the wedding finds that beneath the veil is not Rachel but Leah, Laban's elder daughter. He agrees to work another seven years and Jacob and Rachel are finally wed. However, despite Laban, Jacob eventually becomes so rich as to incite the envy of Laban and Laban's sons. tells of Jacob's and Esau's eventual reconciliation. Jacob sends multiple waves of gifts to Esau as they approach each other, hoping that Esau will spare his life. Esau refuses the gifts, as he is now very wealthy and does not need them. Jacob never apologizes to Esau for his actions; Jacob nevertheless bows down before Esau and insists on his receiving the gifts. Esau shows forgiveness in spite of this bitter conflict. (After this, God confirms his renaming of Jacob as "Israel".) Jacob's deception Genesis Chapter 27 verse 16 of the King James Version Bible: "And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands and upon the smooth of his neck:" Verse 19: "And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me." Verse 22-23: "And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him." Family describes Esau's marriage at the age of forty to two Canaanite women: Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. This arrangement grieved his parents. Upon seeing that his brother was blessed and that their father rejected Esau's union to Canaanites, Esau went to the house of his uncle Ishmael and married his cousin, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, and sister of Nebajoth. Esau's family is again revisited in , this passage names two Canaanite wives; Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, and a third: Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. Some scholars equate the three wives mentioned in Genesis 26 and 28 with those in Genesis 36. Casting his lot with the Ishmaelites, he was able to drive the Horites out of Mount Seir to settle in that region. According to some views Esau is considered to be the progenitor not only of the Edomites but of the Kenizzites and the Amalekites as well. Esau had five sons: By Adah: Eliphaz By Aholibamah: Jeush, Jaalam, Korah By Bashemath: Reuel Family tree Other references Minor prophet references Esau was also known as Edom, the progenitor of the Edomites who were established to the south of the Israelites. They were an enemy nation of Israel. The minor prophets, such as Obadiah, claim that the Edomites participated in the destruction of the First Temple by Nebuchadnezzar in 587 BC. Exactly how the Edomites participated is not clear. Psalm 137 ("By the waters of Babylon") suggests merely that Edom had encouraged the Babylonians: The Lord is asked to "remember against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said 'raze it, raze it to its foundations'". But the prophecy of Obadiah insists on the literal "violence done" by Esau "unto your brother Jacob" when the Edomites "entered the gate of my people..., looted his goods..., stood at the parting of the ways to cut off the fugitive,... delivered up his survivors on his day of distress". By the intertestamental period, Edom had replaced Babylon as the nation that actually burned the Temple ("Thou hast also vowed to build thy temple, which the Edomites burned when Judah was laid waste by the Chaldees" ). New Testament references depicts Esau as unspiritual for thoughtlessly throwing away his birthright. states "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated," based upon although this passage goes on to depict the nations of Israel (Jacob) and Edom (Esau). Rabbinic Jewish sources The Targum Pseudo-Jonathan connects the name Esau to the Hebrew asah, stating, "because he was born fully completed, with hair of the head, beard, teeth, and molars." Other traditional sources connect the word with the Hebrew šāv` () meaning "worthless." Jewish commentaries have shed a negative view on Esau because of his rivalry with Jacob. The Midrash says that during Rebekah's pregnancy whenever she would pass a house of Torah study, Jacob would struggle to come out; whenever she would pass a house of idolatry, Esau would agitate to come out. He is considered to be a rebellious son who kept a double life until he was 15, when he sold his birthright to Jacob. According to the Talmud, the sale of the birthright took place immediately after Abraham died. The Talmudic dating would give both Esau and Jacob an age of 15 at the time. The lentils Jacob was cooking were meant for his father Isaac, because lentils are the traditional mourner's meal for Jews. On that day before returning, in a rage over the death of Abraham, Esau committed five sins; he raped a betrothed young woman, he committed murder (Nimrod), he denied God, he denied the resurrection of the dead, and he spurned his birthright. Haman's lineage is given in the Targum Sheni as follows: "Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, son of Srach, son of Buza, son of Iphlotas, son of Dyosef, son of Dyosim, son of Prome, son of Ma'dei, son of Bla'akan, son of Intimros, son of Haridom, son of Sh'gar, son of Nigar, son of Farmashta, son of Vayezatha, (son of Agag, son of Sumkei,) son of Amalek, son of the concubine of Eliphaz, firstborn son of Esau". According to Rashi, Isaac, when blessing Jacob in Esau's place, smelled the heavenly scent of Gan Eden (Paradise) when Jacob entered his room and, in contrast, perceived Gehenna opening beneath Esau when the latter entered the room, showing him that he had been deceived all along by Esau's show of piety. Death According to the Babylonian Talmud, Esau was killed by Hushim, son of Dan, son of Jacob, because Esau obstructed the burial of Jacob into the cave of Machpelah. When Jacob was brought to be buried in the cave, Esau prevented the burial, claiming he had the right to be buried in the cave; after some negotiation Naphtali was sent to Egypt to retrieve the document stating Esau sold his part in the cave to Jacob. Hushim (who was hard of hearing) did not understand what was going on, and why his grandfather was not being buried, so he asked for an explanation; after being given one he became angry and said: "Is my grandfather to lie there in contempt until Naphtali returns from the land of Egypt?" He then took a club and killed Esau, and Esau's head rolled into the cave. This means that the head of Esau is also buried in the cave. Jewish sources state that Esau sold his right to be buried in the cave. According to Shemot Rabbah, Jacob gave all his possessions to acquire a tomb in the Cave of the Patriarchs. He put a large pile of gold and silver before Esau and asked, “My brother, do you prefer your portion of this cave, or all this gold and silver?” Esau's selling to Jacob his right to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs is also recorded in Sefer HaYashar. Jubilees In the Book of Jubilees, Esau's father, Isaac, compels Esau to swear not to attack or kill Jacob after Isaac has died. However, after the death of Isaac, the sons of Esau convince their father to lead them, and hired mercenaries, against Jacob in order to kill Jacob and his family and seize their wealth (especially the portion of Isaac's wealth that Isaac had left to Jacob upon his death). "Then Ya'aqov bent his bow and sent forth the arrow and struck Esau, his brother on his right breast and slew him (Jubilees 38:2) . . . Ya'aqov buried his brother on the hill which is in Aduram, and he returned to his house (Jubilees 38:9b)." Reputed grave on the West Bank South of the Palestinian town of Sa'ir on the West Bank there is a tomb reputed to be that of Esau – El 'Ais in his Arab name. The Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP), wrote that: "The tomb is in a chamber 37 feet east and west by 20 feet north and south, with a Mihrab on the south wall. The tomb is 12 feet long, 3 1/2 feet broad, 5 feet high, covered with a dark green cloth and a canopy above. An ostrich egg is hung near. North of the chamber is a vaulted room of equal size, and to the east is an open court with a fig-tree, and a second cenotaph rudely plastered, said to be that of Esau's slave. Rock-cut tombs exist south-west of this place." The SWP stated this identification was false and that Esau's tomb was in the Biblical Mount Seir. Gallery Notes References Bibliography External links Esau at the Jewish Encyclopedia Category:Edom Category:Jacob Category:Biblical twins Category:Book of Genesis people Category:Nimrod

Thomas Shanks (Virginia politician) Thomas Shanks (July 15, 1796– May 7, 1849) was an American slave owner and politician who won three elections to represent Botetourt County in the Virginia House of Delegates. Early and family life Born near what would become Amsterdam, Virginia, Thomas Shanks was the son of the former Hannah Morrison and her husband David Shanks. Thomas Shanks survived two wives. He married Grace Metcalfe Thomas (1795-1833) in 1825, and she bore two daughters and a son who survived their parents. Five years after her death, Thomas Shanks married widow Mary T. Harvey Kyle (1797-1845) in June 16, 1838, but had no further children in the seven years before her death. Career Botetourt County voters first elected Shanks to represent them (part-time) as one of Botetourt County's two representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1829. He temporarily unseated veteran politician and lawyer Fleming B. Miller and served alongside lawyer and manufacturer John T. Anderson, who would become a veteran legislator. Nearly a decade later, in 1837, Botetourt County voters elected Shanks once again as one of their delegates, this time alongside Whig and fellow slaveowner William M. Peyton, and re-elected both men that fall, although the following year a census realignment cut the county's representation to just one man, Joseph Hannah. Thomas Shanks may have been a merchant (or even a slave trader), for the New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia published by Joseph Martin in 1835 described six mercantile establishments in Fincastle, as well as 3 churches and 260 homes. One of the general stores was run by Kyles, another by Utz and Hannah, and another by Shanks and Anderson. However, Thomas Shanks' name does not appear in the 1830 U.S. federal census (the enumerator found only David, Christian and Lewis Shanks in Botetourt County). In the 1840 U.S. Federal census, the last before his death as well as the last before listing occupations, Thomas Shanks appears on both the Fincastle page (as head of a household consisting of 4 free white persons and 11 slaves, mostly female), as well as on the general Botetourt County census enumeration (as owning 36 enslaved males). Death Thomas Shanks died on May 7, 1849 (aged 52) and is buried at the Fincastle Presbyterian Church cemetery. His son, Rev. David William Shanks (1830-1894), would receive a degree from Washington College, become a minister in Rockbridge County and later in Danville, survive the American Civil War and likewise marry twice. Thomas Shanks' two daughters who survived him were: Grace Ellen Shanks Glasgow (1826-1897) (second wife of William A. Glasgow and both of whose sons would graduate from Washington and Lee University and become lawyers) and Eliza Cassandra Shanks McPheeters (1827-1872). Rev. D.W. Shanks neither owned slaves nor enlisted in the military, and in addition to his sons Lewis and David Shanks, had three long-lived but unmarried daughters: Margaret Cabell Shanks (1867–1935), Eliza McPheeters Shanks (1868–1938) and Juliet Irvine Shanks (1869–1958). References Category:1796 births Category:1849 deaths Category:People from Fincastle, Virginia Category:Members of the Virginia House of Delegates Category:19th-century American politicians

Nowmaleh-ye Sofla Nowmaleh-ye Sofla (, also Romanized as Nowmāleh-ye Soflá; also known as Nīm Allāh, Noh Māleh, and Now Māleh) is a village in Qaedrahmat Rural District, Zagheh District, Khorramabad County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 39, in 7 families. References Category:Towns and villages in Khorramabad County

Debye length In plasmas and electrolytes, the Debye length (also called Debye radius), named after Peter Debye, is a measure of a charge carrier's net electrostatic effect in a solution and how far its electrostatic effect persists. A Debye sphere is a volume whose radius is the Debye length. With each Debye length, charges are increasingly electrically screened. Every Debye‐length , the electric potential will decrease in magnitude by 1/e. Debye length is an important parameter in plasma physics, electrolytes, and colloids (DLVO theory). The corresponding Debye screening wave vector for particles of density , charge at a temperature is given by in Gaussian units. Expressions in MKS units will be given below. The analogous quantities at very low temperatures () are known as the Thomas–Fermi length and the Thomas–Fermi wave vector. They are of interest in describing the behaviour of electrons in metals at room temperature. Physical origin The Debye length arises naturally in the thermodynamic description of large systems of mobile charges. In a system of different species of charges, the -th species carries charge and has concentration at position . According to the so-called "primitive model", these charges are distributed in a continuous medium that is characterized only by its relative static permittivity, . This distribution of charges within this medium gives rise to an electric potential that satisfies Poisson's equation: , where , is the electric constant, and is a charge density external (logically, not spatially) to the medium. The mobile charges not only contribute in establishing but also move in response to the associated Coulomb force, . If we further assume the system to be in thermodynamic equilibrium with a heat bath at absolute temperature , then the concentrations of discrete charges, , may be considered to be thermodynamic (ensemble) averages and the associated electric potential to be a thermodynamic mean field. With these assumptions, the concentration of the -th charge species is described by the Boltzmann distribution, , where is Boltzmann's constant and where is the mean concentration of charges of species . Identifying the instantaneous concentrations and potential in the Poisson equation with their mean-field counterparts in Boltzmann's distribution yields the Poisson–Boltzmann equation: . Solutions to this nonlinear equation are known for some simple systems. Solutions for more general systems may be obtained in the high-temperature (weak coupling) limit, , by Taylor expanding the exponential: . This approximation yields the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation which also is known as the Debye–Hückel equation: The second term on the right-hand side vanishes for systems that are electrically neutral. The term in parentheses divided by , has the units of an inverse length squared and by dimensional analysis leads to the definition of the characteristic length scale that commonly is referred to as the Debye–Hückel length. As the only characteristic length scale in the Debye–Hückel equation, sets the scale for variations in the potential and in the concentrations of charged species. All charged species contribute to the Debye–Hückel length in the same way, regardless of the sign of their charges. For an electrically neutral system, the Poisson equation becomes To illustrate Debye screening, the potential produced by an external point charge is The bare Coulomb potential is exponentially screened by the medium, over a distance of the Debye length. The Debye–Hückel length may be expressed in terms of the Bjerrum length as , where is the integer charge number that relates the charge on the -th ionic species to the elementary charge . Typical values In space plasmas where the electron density is relatively low, the Debye length may reach macroscopic values, such as in the magnetosphere, solar wind, interstellar medium and intergalactic medium. See table: In a plasma In a non-isothermic plasma, the temperatures for electrons and heavy species may differ while the background medium may be treated as the vacuum (), and the Debye length is where λD is the Debye length, ε0 is the permittivity of free space, kB is the Boltzmann constant, qe is the charge of an electron, Te and Ti are the temperatures of the electrons and ions, respectively, ne is the density of electrons, nj is the density of atomic species j, with positive ionic charge zjqe Even in quasineutral cold plasma, where ion contribution virtually seems to be larger due to lower ion temperature, the ion term is actually often dropped, giving although this is only valid when the mobility of ions is negligible compared to the process's timescale. In an electrolyte solution In an electrolyte or a colloidal suspension, the Debye length for a monovalent electrolyte is usually denoted with symbol κ−1 where I is the ionic strength of the electrolyte in molar units (M or mol/L), ε0 is the permittivity of free space, εr is the dielectric constant, kB is the Boltzmann constant, T is the absolute temperature in kelvins, NA is the Avogadro number. is the elementary charge, or, for a symmetric monovalent electrolyte, where R is the gas constant, F is the Faraday constant, C0 is the electrolyte concentration in molar units (M or mol/L). Alternatively, where is the Bjerrum length of the medium. For water at room temperature, λB ≈ 0.7 nm. At room temperature (25 °C), one can consider in water the relation: where κ−1 is expressed in nanometers (nm) I is the ionic strength expressed in molar (M or mol/L) There is a method of estimating an approximate value of the Debye length in liquids using conductivity, which is described in ISO Standard, and the book. In semiconductors The Debye length has become increasingly significant in the modeling of solid state devices as improvements in lithographic technologies have enabled smaller geometries. The Debye length of semiconductors is given: where ε is the dielectric constant, kB is the Boltzmann's constant, T is the absolute temperature in kelvins, q is the elementary charge, and Ndop is the net density of dopants (either donors or acceptors). When doping profiles exceed the Debye length, majority carriers no longer behave according to the distribution of the dopants. Instead, a measure of the profile of the doping gradients provides an "effective" profile that better matches the profile of the majority carrier density. In the context of solids, the Debye length is also called the Thomas–Fermi screening length. See also Debye–Falkenhagen effect Plasma oscillation References Further reading Category:Electricity Category:Colloidal chemistry Category:Plasma physics Category:Electrochemistry Category:Length Category:Peter Debye

Akdamar Island Akdamar Island (), also known as Aghtamar () or Akhtamar (), is the second largest of the four islands in Lake Van, in eastern Turkey. About 0.7 km² in size, it is situated about 3 km from the shoreline. At the western end of the island a hard, grey, limestone cliff rises 80 m above the lake's level (1,912 m above sea level). The island declines to the east to a level site where a spring provides ample water. It is home to the 10th century Armenian Holy Cross Cathedral, which was the seat of the Armenian Apostolic Catholicosate of Aghtamar from 1116 to 1895. Etymology The origin and meaning of the island's name is unknown, but a folk etymology explanation exists, based on an old Armenian legend. According to the tale, an Armenian princess named Tamara lived on the island and was in love with a commoner. This boy would swim from the shore to the island each night, guided by a light she lit for him. Her father learned of the boy's visits. One night, as she waited for her lover to arrive, he smashed her light, leaving the boy in the middle of the lake without a guide to indicate which direction to swim. He drowned and his body washed ashore and, as the legend concludes, it appeared as if the words "Akh, Tamara" (Oh, Tamara) were frozen on his lips. The legend was the inspiration for a well-known 1891 poem by Hovhannes Tumanyan. Akdamar (meaning "white vein" in Turkish) is the official name of the island. History During his reign, King Gagik I Artsruni (r. 908-943/944) of the Armenian Kingdom of Vaspurakan chose the island as one of his residences. He founded a settlement and erected a large square palace richly decorated with frescoes, built a dock noted for its complex hydrotechnical engineering, laid out streets, gardens, and orchards, and planted trees and designed areas of recreation for himself and his court. The only surviving structure from that period is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross ( Surb Khach yekeġetsi). It was built of pink volcanic tuff by the architect-monk Manuel during the years 915-921, with an interior measuring 14.80m × 11.5m and the dome reaching 20.40m above ground. In later centuries, and until 1915, it formed part of a monastic complex, the ruins of which can still be seen to the south of the church. Between 1116 and 1895 the island was the location of the Catholicosate of Aghtamar of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Khachatur III, who died in 1895, was the last Catholicos of Aght'amar. In April 1915, during the Armenian Genocide, the monks on Aght'amar were massacred, the cathedral looted, and the monastic buildings destroyed. On August 28, 2010, a small solar energy power plant was opened on the island, to provide local installations with electricity. Holy Cross Cathedral The architecture of the church is based on a form that had been developed in Armenia several centuries earlier; the best-known example being that of the seventh century St. Hripsime church in Echmiadzin, incorporating a dome with a conical roof. The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation. Not all of this speculation has been produced in good faith - for example, Turkish sources illustrate Islamic and Turkic influences behind the content of some of the reliefs, such as the prominent depiction of a prince sitting cross-legged on a Turkic-style, low throne. Some scholars assert that the friezes parallel contemporary motifs found in Umayyad art - such as a turbaned prince, Arab styles of dress, wine imagery; allusions to royal Sassanian imagery are also present (griffins, for example). Vandalism After 1915, the church has been exposed to extensive vandalism. Before the restoration of the church, the reliefs on the church wall used as a shooting range. Zakarya Mildanoğlu, an architect who was involved in the restoration process of the church, explains the situation during an interview with Hrant Dink as "The facade of the church is full of bullet holes. Some of them are so big that they can not be covered during the renovation process." During many conferences related to the restoration of the Akhtamar church, the process of covering the bullet holes are identified as the hardest part of the restoration by academicians and architects. Some claim that the Armenian churches and gravestones have been exposed to vandalism as a part of the Turkish government policy which aims to destroy the Armenian heritage in Anatolia. In 1951 an order was issued to demolish the church, but the writer Yasar Kemal managed to stop its destruction. He explained the situation to Alain Bosquet as "I was in a ship from Tatvan to Van. I met with a military officer Dr. Cavit Bey on board. I told him, in this city there is a church descended from Armenians. It is a masterpiece. These days, they are demolishing this church. I will take you there tomorrow. This church is a monument of Anatolia. Can you help me to stop the destruction? The next day we went there with the military officer. They have already demolished the small chapel next to the church. The military officer became angry and told the workers, "I am ordering you to stop working. I will meet with governor. There will be no movement until I return to the island again". The workers immediately stopped the demolition. We arrived at Van city center. I contacted the newspaper Cumhuriyet. They informed the Ministry of Education about the demolition. Two days later, Minister Avni Başman telegraphed the Van governor and ordered to stop the demolition permanently. June 25, 1951, the day when the order came, is the liberation day of the church." Restoration Between May 2005 and October 2006, the church underwent a controversial restoration program. The restoration had a stated budget of 2 million Turkish Lira (approximately 1.4 million USD) and was financed by the Turkish Ministry of Culture. It officially re-opened as a museum on 29 March 2007 in a ceremony attended by the Turkish Minister of Culture, government officials, ambassadors of several countries, Patriarch Mesrob II (spiritual leader of the Armenian Orthodox community of Turkey), a delegation from Armenia headed by the Deputy to the Armenian Minister of Culture, and a large group of invited journalists from many news organizations around the world. Özdemir Çakacak, the Governor of Van, described the refurbishing of the church as "a show of Turkey's respect for history and culture". A Turkish state department museum official added, "We could not have ignored the artifacts of our Armenian citizens, and we did not." Signs heralding the church reopening declared "Tarihe saygı, kültüre saygı" ("Respect the history, respect the culture"). According to Maximilian Hartmuth, an academician at Sabancı University, "the church was turned into a museum rather than re-opened as a place of worship following the restoration was, for example, claimed to be a wedge separating the monument from Turkey’s Armenian community. The critics, writing for media such as Radikal, Milliyet, or Turkish Daily News, furthermore lamented that permission to re-mount the cross on top of the church was not given. Moreover, they argued, the official name of the museum, the Turkish Akdamar (translating as “white vein”) rather than the original Armenian Ahtamar – the name of the island in Lake Van on which the church stands and Surp Haç (Holy Cross) for the church itself would suggest this to be a Turkish monument. At the same time only sparing use was made of the word “Armenian” in official statements. With Turkey's Armenian community not granted the privilege to hold a service at least once a year - as had been requested - and a large Turkish flag flying over the island, it was suggested by some critics that this project really announced the “Turkification” of this monument, the initiative being no more than a media stunt." Controversies Armenian religious leaders invited to attend the opening ceremony opted to boycott the event, because the church was being reopened as a secular museum. Controversy surrounded the issue of whether the cross atop the dome until 1915 should be replaced. Some Armenians said that the renovation was unfinished until the cross was replaced, and that prayer should be allowed inside at least once a year. A cross had been prepared nearly a year before the opening, and Mesrob II petitioned the Prime Minister and Minister of Culture to place the cross on the dome of the cathedral. Turkish officials cited technical difficulties related to the structure of the restored building which may not be able to safely hold a heavy cross on top without further reinforcement. The controversial cross was erected on the top of the church on October 2, 2010. The cross was sent by the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul to Van by plane. It is 2 meters high and weigh 110 kilograms. It was put on top of the church after being sanctified by Armenian clergymen. Since 2010, every year a mass is held in the church too. The opening was controversial among some Turkish nationalist groups, who protested at the island and in a separate demonstration in Ankara. Police detained five Turkish nationals who carried a banner declaring "The Turkish people are noble. They would never commit genocide." Demonstrators outside the Ministry of the Interior in Ankara chanted slogans against the possibility of a cross being erected atop the church, declaring "You are all Armenians, we are all Turks and Muslims". Hürriyet columnist Cengiz Çandar characterized the way the Turkish government handled the opening as an extension of an ongoing "cultural genocide" of the Armenians. He characterizes the renaming of the church from Armenian to Turkish as part of a broader program to rename Armenian historical sites in Turkey, and attributes the refusal to place a cross atop the church as symptomatic of religious intolerance in Turkish society. (This was written before the cross was placed at its place on top of the church in 2010) In fact, Turkish deputy minister for culture, İsmet Yılmaz cited technical reasons for not being able to place a cross atop the dome of the church: Although this explanation from the government met with doubts, after the cross was erected on the dome of the church in 2010 (which weighed 110 kg - about half of what the Turkish deputy minister spoke about), after 2011 Van earthquake cracks appeared around the dome of the church. Çandar notes that the Agos issue published on the day of the murder of Hrant Dink featured a Dink commentary on the Turkish government's handling of the Akdamar issue, which the late journalist characterized as "A real comedy... A real tragedy..." According to Dink, Historian Ara Sarafian has answered some criticism of the Akdamar project, stating that, on the contrary, the project represents an answer to allegations of cultural genocide. He has stated that the revitalization of the site is "an important peace offering" from the Turkish government. The Armenian delegation attending the opening, led by the Deputy Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs; Gagik Giurjyan, faced obstacles on their way to the opening. They had to travel 16 hours by bus through Georgia to Turkey, due to the closure of the Turkish-Armenian border by Turkey. Ian Herbert, writing in The Independent, records his own experiences traveling in Turkey on an invitation from the Turkish government in the period of the opening of Akdamar: Cengiz Aktar, an academic of Galatasaray University, also took a critical stance towards the loss of the island's original name in his article titled "White Vein church and others" (Akdamar means "white vein" in Turkish). Not all the comments were negative of the restoration of the church by the Turkish government. British historian of Armenian descent, Ara Sarafian considered the opening of the church for service as "a positive step". Gallery See also Adır Island Çarpanak Island Kuş Island Notes Further reading Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Aght'amar, Church of the Holy Cross (Cambridge, Mass., 1964). Sirarpie Der Nersessian and H. Vahramian, Documents of Armenian Architecture, Vol. 8: Aght'amar (Milan, 1974). J. G. DavieMedieval Armenian Art and Architecture: The Church of the Holy Cross, Aght'amarmar (London, 1991). Lynn Jones, Between Islam and Byzantium: Aght'amar and the Visual Construction of Medieval Armenian Rulership (Aldershot, Ashgate, 2007). External links Armenian Religious Service in Turkey: Breaking a Taboo in Akdamar Information about Akdamar Island from Sacred Sites, Places of Peace and Power The Surp Hach (Saint Cross) church on Akhtamar Island A detailed study of the reliefs on the east facade of the Holy Cross church on Aghtamar island The 1973 pre-restoration photographic survey of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross at Akdamar Island Observations and comments on the 2005-2006 restoration of the church Category:Islands of Lake Van Category:Islands of Van Province Category:Islands of Turkey Category:Eastern Anatolia Region Category:Oriental Orthodox congregations established in the 10th century Category:Gevaş District Category:World Heritage Site Tentative list nl:Kerk van het Heilige Kruis

Bullina Bullina is a genus of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Aplustridae. Species Species within the genus Bullina include: Bullina callizona Sakurai & Habe, 1961 Distribution : Philippines Description : white ovate shell with four narrow pink spiraling bands. Bullina exquisita McGinty, 1955, the exquisite bubble Distribution : Indian Ocean Length : 7.8 mm Description : found at depths of 90 to 110 m Bullina lineata Gray 1825, the red-lined bubble Distribution : Indo-Pacific, Japan to Australia. Bullina nobilis Habe, 1950 Distribution : Japan, Philippines Length : 10–21 mm Description : ovate shell with wide aperture, narrowing at the top, and white outer lip; shell with horizontally spiraling red-brown bands, crossing wavy vertical bands in the same color, over a white background. Twisted columella. Bullina oblonga Sowerby, 1893 Distribution : South Africa, Réunion. Length : 8-11.5 mm Description : rather rare; almost white shell, crossed by numerous red-brown fine spiraling bands that end at the columella. Bullina torrei (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936) Distribution : Cuba, Virgin Islands, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Bengal. Length : 8.5 mm Description : found at depths of 15 to 27 m Bullina virgo Habe, 1950 Distribution : Philippines Length : 8 mm Description : white shell crossed by two pale pink spiraling bands. Bullina vitrea Pease, 1860 Distribution : Australia, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Japan Description : found at depths of 12–15 m; shell with two gray or black spiraling bands and a yellowish color at the anterior and posterior; the snail is translucent clear with white pigmentation. References Category:Aplustridae Category:Taxa named by André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac

Chuhuiv Raion Chuhuiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Chuhuiv which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not administratively belong to the raion. References Category:Raions of Kharkiv Oblast

Land Transportation Office (Philippines) The Land Transportation Office ( or LTO) is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Transportation and is responsible for all land transportation in the Philippines. Functions of the Land Transportation Office include the inspection and registration of motor vehicles, issuance of license and permits, enforcement of land transportation rules and regulations, adjudication of traffic cases, and the collection of revenues for the government of the Philippines. Its primary mission is to rationalize the land transportation services and facilities and to effectively implement the various transportation laws, rules, and regulations. It believes that it is the responsibility of those involved in the public service to be more vigilant in their part in the over-all development scheme of national leadership. Hence, the promotion of safety and comfort in land travel is one of LTO's continuing commitments. It aims to be a frontline government agency that showcases fast and efficient public service for a progressive land transport sector. History There were several predecessors before the formation of the present Land Transportation Office. Automobile Section In order to regulate and license of operators for motor vehicles in the Philippines, Act No. 2159 was enacted in 1912 under the American colonial Insular Government. This was the first formal law on land transportation in the country. It created the Automobile Section under the Administrative Division of the Bureau of Public Works. In 1926, Act No. 3045 compiled and incorporated all laws governing motor vehicles. The Automobile Section was upgraded to the Automobile Division but still under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Works. Act No. 3992 (Revised Motor Vehicle Law) was enacted in 1933, amending Act No. 3045. The Automobile Division was renamed Division of Motor Vehicles. Motor Vehicles Office In 1945, the Department of Public Works and Highways issued Department Order No. 4 for the reorganization of the Division. It took effect after the Philippines were liberated from the Japanese during World War II. Executive Order No. 94 was promulgated in 1947 reorganizing the different executive departments, bureaus, and offices. Under Section 82 of E.O. 94, the Division of Motor Vehicles was upgraded into the Motor Vehicles Office (MVO) with the category of the Bureau. However, the Motor Vehicle Office was abolished in 1964 by Republic Act No. 4136 or the Land Transportation and Traffic Code. The Land Transportation and Traffic Code was an act that compiled all the laws relative to transportation and traffic rules, to create a land transportation commission and for other purposes. This act was eventually replaced by the Land Transportation Commission. The Land Transportation Commission was tasked with the registration and operation of motor vehicles and the licensing of conductors and drivers. In order for the commission to effectively carry out its duty, regional offices were established in various parts of the country. Additionally, the powers, functions, and duties previously conferred on the Chief of the Motor Vehicles are now performed by the Land Transportation Commissioner. Land Transportation Commission During the Marcos dictatorship, Executive Order No. 546 was promulgated in 1979, creating the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC). The Land Transportation Commission was renamed into Bureau of Land Transportation and was absorbed into that ministry. The creation of the Board of Transportation and the Bureau of Land Transportation was nullified in 1985 by Executive Order 1011. The E.O. established the Land Transportation Commission, which was tasked to perform functions such as registering motor vehicles, licensing of drivers and conductors, franchising of public utility vehicles and enforcing land transportation rules and regulations. Establishment of the Land Transportation Office The Land Transportation Commission was abolished in 1987, and two offices were created, namely the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). The LTO took over the functions of the former BLT while the LTFRB took over the functions of the BOT. The MOTC was likewise renamed as the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC). Functions and Mandate License and Permit Issuance The LTO is in charge of the issuance, renewal, and regulation of driver's licenses. It can issue licenses to both citizens and foreigners provided that they meet the requirements for those licenses. The LTO provides the non-professional driver's license, which allows holders to operate vehicles under the restriction codes 1,2, and 4. It also provides the professional driver's license, which allows the bearer to operate vehicles under all 8 restriction codes. The LTO also issues student permits (SP), which are a primary requirement for both the non-professional and professional driver's licenses. All applicants are also required to pass both a written and practical examination to be granted their license. The application process for any license or permit may be done at any LTO Licensing Center and District/Extension Office. Motor Vehicle Registration The LTO is responsible for the registration of motor vehicles and renewals. It can register brand new vehicles, including locally manufactured vehicles, imported vehicles, light electric vehicles, low speed vehicles, three wheeled vehicles, and tax exempt vehicles. Each category has an obligatory set of requirements and procedures to follow to be fully registered. Renewals are also obligated to submit the necessary requirements and to follow procedures to be fully renewed. The LTO also oversees miscellaneous transactions, specifically transactions requiring change of certificate of registration, and transactions that do not require the change of certificate of registration. Law Enforcement and Adjudication of Cases One of the main functions of the LTO is to strictly implement and enforce the laws regarding land transportation. Necessary requirements and procedures are to be followed in settlements of admitted cases and contested cases of motor vehicles, plates, and driver's licenses. The LTO also follows a strict procedure in settlements of impounded violations. It also allows private and for hire motor vehicles to apply for duplicate plates. Furthermore, the LTO is in charge of ensuring that public land transportation services abide by the fares set by the LTFRB. It has sanctions for the overcharging and undercharging of fares, and for non-issuance of fare tickets. Manufacturers, Assemblers, Importers, and Dealers Reporting (MAIDR) The LTO grants accreditation to certain manufacturers, assemblers, importers, and dealers who wish to transact business with the LTO. A firm, person, or corporation must file an application for accreditation with Assistant Secretary of the Land Transportation Office containing certain requirements and qualifications in order to transact business with the LTO relative to Motor Vehicles or its components. It also issues the Certificate of Stock Reported (CSR) which certifies that a motor vehicle or its component has already been reported by its manufacturer, assembler, or importer to MAIDRS. The LTO also requires sales reports that inform the LTO that the reported stock is already sold to the end-user. Sales reports include regular sales transactions and stock transfers. It also reports the issuance of a single CSR, of Motor Vehicles (MVs) formed out of combining components (new, used, or previously registered) MV/MC that are undocumented in a procedure called special reporting. The LTO also maintains the processes that facilitate requests for the approval of the MAID office with LTO related transactions. Such transactions include the issuance of a conduction sticker, a public bidding of a motor vehicle, and the stamping of chassis identification number. Organizational structure In 1987, under section 11 of Executive Order No. 125, the Regional Offices of the Land Transportation Commission were abolished and their functions were transferred to the Regional Offices for Land Transportation. The newly renamed Department of Transportation and Communication was placed under the authority of the Secretary of Transportation and Communication. As with the Land Transportation Commission before it, the Land Transportation Office is an office under the Department of Transportation and is headed by the Assistant Secretary for Land Transportation, who is appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the Secretary. The current LTO Board is listed below: Branches To service the entirety of the country, the LTO has established many branches in the different regions of the Philippines: Region I - Aguila Road, Brgy. Sevilla, San Fernando City, La Union Region II - San Gabriel, Tuguegarao, Cagayan Region III - Government Center, Brgy. Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga Region IVA - J. C. Abadilla Memorial Bldg., Old City Hall Compound, B. Morada Ave., Lipa City Batangas Region IVB - MIMAROPA – LTO Compd., East Avenue, QC. Region V - Regional Govt. Center Site, Rawis, Legaspi City Region VI - Tabuc-Suba, Jaro, Iloilo City Region VII - Natalio Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City Region VIII – Old Army Road, Tacloban City Region IX - Veterans Ave., Zamboanga City/Balangasan St., Pagadian Region X - MVIS Compound, Zone 7, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City Region XI - Quimpo Blvd., Davao City Region XII - ARMM Compound, Cotabato City/No. 79 G. Del Pilar St., Koronadal City, South Cotabato National Capital Region (NCR) – #20 G. Araneta Avenue, Brgy. Sto Domingo, Q.C. Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) - Engineer’s Hill, Baguio City/2nd Flr., Post Office Loop, Session Road, Baguio City CARAGA - J. Rosales Avenue, Butuan City For more detailed information, please visit the LTO Directory. Projects The Land Transportation Office is in charge of various projects which aims to improve its functions and mandates. Land Transportation Office Infrastructure and Information System (LTO-IIS) Project In 2012, the Department of Transportation and Communication and the Land Transportation Office introduced a project entitled the Land Transportation Office Infrastructure and Information System (LTO-IIS) which aims to utilize information and communication technology to enhance the functional efficiency of the LTO in the delivery of its front line services to the public and the performance of its mandate. LTO-IIS involves building an IT network for the LTO which can host and support its Front and Back Office Applications in order to computerize and automate its processes and services, develop its database information system, and provide interconnection between and among LTO offices nationwide. In short, the LTO-IIS serves as an efficient means to process motor vehicle registrations, renewal and application of drivers’ licenses and permits, back-end transactions, apprehensions, and such ancillary transactions or processes. This new LTO-IT system aimed to make accessing relevant vehicle information easier for authorities especially for tracing stolen vehicles while addressing issues including the involvement of third-party providers with key data such as vehicle registration. The IT system overhaul was estimated to cost P8.2-billion. 5-year Validity of Drivers’ Licenses August 29, 2017 marked the beginning of the five-year validity of drivers' licenses cards issued by the LTO. Applications were accepted beginning October 2016 for driver's licenses as well as renewals with five-year validity, however, issues with the printers' contracts stalled the card printing for almost one year resulting in a backlog of 3.6 million driver's licenses which only began to be processed September 2017. Republic Act (RA) No. 10930 effectively amended Section 23 of Republic Act No. 4136, otherwise known as the "Land Transportation (LTO) and Traffic Code" which was signed on August 2, 2017 by President Rodrigo Duterte to extend the validity of the driver's license from three years to five years. According to the law, "Except for student permits, all drivers' licenses shall be valid for five years reckoned from the birthdate of the licensee, unless sooner revoked or suspended." This amendment also added that holders of nonprofessional and professional driver's licenses who do not commit violations in RA 4136 or any other traffic laws during the five-year period "shall be entitled to a renewal of such license of 10 years, subject to the restrictions as may be imposed by the LTO." Besides the amendments to the law, new improvements to the quality and security of the license cards were introduced. The old cards with three-year validity were made from PVC, thermally printed, and had limited security features. The new plastic license cards are laser engraved and made of polycarbonate material which are more durable. The new cards also includes several new security features. The Transportation Secretary, Arthur Tugade, and LTO chief Assistant Secretary, Edgar Galvante, led the official rollout. Controversies Fixers The Land Transportation Office and their various constituent branches and offices are notorious for their corrupt employees who engage in the malpractice of hiring and colluding with ‘fixers’ to illicitly garner more income. Fixers litter the various branches of the LTO, offering faster and/or easier transaction and procurement of official LTO paraphernalia at a more expensive price than the standard fee. These fixers and their employers pocket the extra payment in exchange for placing a client higher up in the queuing system, falsifying official government documents, fabricating driving test and written test results, and many other illegal practices. Section 11 of the Republic Act No. 9485 or the “Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007” lists fixing and/or collusion with fixers as a grave offense, with the penalty being dismissal and perpetual disqualification from public service. The fixers themselves can receive a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding six years or a fine not less than Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) but not more than Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,000.00) or both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. References External links Land Transportation Office Philippines website Category:Department of Transportation (Philippines)

Chelsea Walton Chelsea Walton (born July 11, 1983) is a mathematician whose research interests include noncommutative algebra, noncommutative algebraic geometry, symmetry in quantum mechanics, Hopf algebras, and quantum groups. She is an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and a Sloan Research Fellow. Education and career Walton is African-American, originally from Detroit, and was educated in the Detroit public schools. As a child she made a letter frequency table from her children's dictionary, and as a high school student, seeking a way to "do logic puzzles all day and get paid for this", she was already planning a career as a mathematics professor. She graduated from Michigan State University in 2005, and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 2011. Her dissertation, On Degenerations and Deformations of Sklyanin Algebras, was jointly supervised by and Karen E. Smith, and based in part on her work as a visiting student at the University of Manchester, where Stafford had moved. Walton did postdoctoral research at the University of Washington and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, and became a C. L. E. Moore instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2012 to 2015. She came to Temple University as Selma Lee Bloch Brown Assistant Professor of Mathematics in 2015. She moved to the University of Illinois in 2018. Recognition Walton was named a Sloan Fellow in 2017, becoming the fourth African-American to win a Sloan Fellowship in mathematics. In 2018 she won the Andre Lichnerowicz Prize in Poisson geometry, the first woman to be awarded this prize. The award citation noted her research on Sklyanin algebras in Poisson geometry, on the actions of Hopf algebras, and on the universal enveloping algebra of the Witt algebra. References Further reading External links Home page Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American mathematicians Category:American women mathematicians Category:African-American mathematicians Category:Michigan State University alumni Category:University of Michigan alumni Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty Category:Temple University faculty Category:University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign faculty Category:Sloan Research Fellows Category:21st-century women mathematicians

Rolf Aurness Rolf Aurness was born on February 18, 1952 in Santa Monica, California. He won the 1970 World Surfing Championships held at Johanna in Victoria, Australia, beating Midget Farrelly in the finals. Surfing career When he was nine Aurness suffered a skull fracture after falling from a tree. His father, reported to be an enthusiastic surfer, used surfing to help his son recover. He implemented a strict training regime of dawn sessions at beaches, long distance swimming and weekend beach trips, including the Hollister Ranch. Several times a year they visited Hawaii, renting accommodation on Mākaha beach. Personal life Aurness is the son of Gunsmoke actor James Arness and nephew of Mission Impossible actor Peter Graves. In the decade following his World Surfing Championship win Aurness fell out of surfing as his wife, mother and sister all died. His wife died in 1978 from cancer, his mother Virginia (née Chapman) died in 1976,and his sister Jenny Lee Aurness committed suicide on May 12, 1975. His half-brother Craig founded the stock photography agency Westlight and also was a photographer for National Geographic. His father, well known Western and Gunsmoke television show actor James Arness, died on June 3, 2011. See also References External links The Ranch www.surfline.com. Greg Heller, November 2000 Carroll: Swimming with Marshal Dillon Orange County Register. December 28, 2010 Category:Living people Category:1952 births Category:American surfers

Leo Cantor Leo Cantor (February 28, 1919 – June 4, 1995) was an American football defensive back. He played for the New York Giants in 1942 and for the Chicago Bears in 1945. References Category:1919 births Category:1995 deaths Category:American football defensive backs Category:UCLA Bruins football players Category:New York Giants players Category:Chicago Bears players

Downtown Three Rivers Commercial Historic District The Downtown Three Rivers Commercial Historic District is a commercial historic district located along North Main Street, between Michigan and Portage Avenues, in Three Rivers, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. History The original section of Three Rivers, including what is now the downtown and some surrounding residential areas, was platted in 1836 by John H. Bowman. This location immediately began to serve as the commercial center of the settlement, with modest wooden buildings constructed along what is now Main Street as early as the 1830s. A number of mills were constructed in the area in the 1830s and 1840s, and in 1851 the Lockport Hydraulic Company was formed to dam the river and construct a power canal. This was followed in 1853 by the construction of a railroad line through the village. As a result, Three Rivers boomed in the latter half of the 19th century, with a wave of new construction starting in the 1850s. The oldest extant buildings in the district are the Kelsey block at 39-43 N. Main (built in 1854), the Whitesell and McMurtrie block at 109 Portage (built in 1859), and the 1861 block at 18 N. Main. Further construction filled the downtown in the 1860s, 70s, and 80s. These buildings were constructed almost exclusively by local investors, primarily merchants. Seven of the commercial blocks, however, were built by farmer Isaac Null over the period of 1863-1886. In 1884, Null also built his house, located within the district at 105 W. Michigan. The downtown area remains one of the most intact nineteenth and early twentieth-century downtowns in southwest Michigan Description The Downtown Three Rivers Commercial Historic District contains all the structures remaining from Three Rivers' late 19th century commercial center. The district contains 48 structures, including one residence, the former public library, and 46 one- to three-story commercial buildings. The commercial buildings are predominantly Commercial Italianate structures, and are set side by side and directly on the sidewalk. The visually unified and harmonious Late Victorian streetscape gives the district its character. Significant buildings include: Prutzman Block (22-24 North Main), a lavishly detailed two story, seven bay Italianate structure. Three blocks (34, 36 and 38 North Main) with mansard roofs constructed in the 1870s. 52-56 North Main, a broad commercial block constructed in 1890. Riviera Theatre (50 N. Main), a classical theatre with a projecting Art Moderne marquee, constructed in the 1920s in the shell of an 1860s block. Three Rivers Savings and Loan "south building" (101 S. Main), a single story buff brick Neo-Classical building trimmed with terra cotta, constructed in 1916. Public Library (107 N. Main), a 2-1/2 story cross-gable building constructed of rubble stone with shingled gables. It was built in 1904, and designed by A.W. Rush & Co. of Grand Rapids. Gallery References Category:National Register of Historic Places in St. Joseph County, Michigan Category:Italianate architecture in Michigan Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan

Blueberry muffin baby Blueberry muffin baby is the characteristic distributed purpura occurring as a result of extramedullary hematopoiesis found in infants. The purpura are often generalized, but occur more often on the trunk, head, and neck. The name is from the superficial similarity to a blueberry muffin. Causes The condition was originally considered characteristic of rubella, but is now considered to be potentially associated with many other conditions, such as cytomegalovirus, metastatic neuroblastoma, and Congenital Leukemia. Diagnosis See also TORCH complex List of cutaneous conditions References External links Category:Vascular-related cutaneous conditions

Highlands and Islands Airports This is for the company operating airports in Scotland, for the operator for Hyderabad Airport, see Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) is the company that owns and operates 11 airports in the Scottish Highlands, the Northern Isles and the Western Isles. The company is wholly owned by the Scottish Government, and is categorised as Executive Non Departmental Public Body (ENDPB) of the Scottish Government. The company is based at Inverness Airport. History Highlands and Islands Airports Limited was incorporated on 4 March 1986 by the Civil Aviation Authority. In 1995, ownership transferred from the CAA to the Secretary of State for Scotland, and to the Scottish Ministers upon devolution. The company was criticised for a PFI deal signed to build a new terminal at Inverness Airport, which meant that HIAL had to pay £3.50 to the PFI operator for every passenger flying from the airport. In 2006, the PFI deal was cancelled, costing the Scottish Executive £27.5m. Funding It receives subsidies from public funds under terms of the Civil Aviation Act 1982. For the year ending 31 March 2018, HIAL received £29.2 million of public money, of £20.6m was classed as revenue subsidy, and £8.6m was capital investment. Airports HIAL operates the following airports: Barra Airport Benbecula Airport Campbeltown Airport Dundee Airport Inverness Airport Islay Airport Kirkwall Airport Stornoway Airport Sumburgh Airport Tiree Airport Wick Airport References External links Official website Category:Companies established in 1986 Category:Aviation in Scotland Category:1986 establishments in Scotland Category:Companies based in Highland (council area)

Carol Toscano Carol Toscano is an American operatic soprano who appeared frequently with a number of prominent American opera companies from 1962-1972. Afterwards she continued to perform in concerts and operas with less frequency. More recently she has appeared as a concert singer of works from the Great American Songbook. In her early career she won several prominent singing competitions. Life and career Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Toscano studied singing with Marinka Gurewich, Claire Gelda, and Floria Mari. In 1960 she won third prize in the Marian Anderson Singing Competition and first prize at the American Opera Auditions in Cincinnati which led to her opera debut in 1961 as Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan, Italy. In 1962 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. That same year she made her debut at Carnegie Hall as Alice in Rossini's Le comte Ory under conductor Thomas Schippers with the American Opera Society (AOS); also singing under Schippers that year as Elvira in L'italiana in Algeri at Avery Fisher Hall and at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia for the AOS. In 1963 Toscano made her debut at the San Francisco Opera as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann. She returned their twice more during her career, again as Olympia in 1967 and as Gilda in Rigoletto in 1970. In 1964 she made her debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Frasquita in Carmen. She appeared in several more productions with the company through 1966, playing such roles as the Celestial Voice in Aida, the first Genii in The Magic Flute, and the Naiad in Ariadne auf Naxos. In 1965 she portrayed Scollatella I in the United States premiere of Hans Werner Henze's König Hirsch at the Santa Fe Opera. She was also heard in Santa Fe that year as Fiakermilli in Arabella and Praskovya Osipovna in the United States premiere Shostakovich's The Nose. In 1966 Toscano made her debut at the Houston Grand Opera as the First Lady to Beverly Sills' Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute. In 1967 she portrayed Ida in the United States premiere of Henze's Der junge Lord at the San Diego Opera. In 1972 she returned to Carnegie Hall to portray Jemmy in the Opera Orchestra of New York's concert performance of Gioachino Rossini's William Tell with Nicolai Gedda in the title role. In 1980 she portrayed Adina in The Elixir of Love at the Orrie de Nooyer Auditorium in Hackensack, New Jersey. In 1981 she portrayed Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio with the Maine Opera Association. In 1992 Toscano was a featured soloist with The Golden Land Klezmcr Orchestra under conductor Zalmen Mlotek at Lincoln Center for the Yiddish Music Festival. In recent years she has performed in concerts of works from the Great American Songbook, including performances of the works of Rodgers and Hart with husband Robert Abelson at the Governor Henry Lippitt House in 2013. References Category:Living people Category:American operatic sopranos Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Musicians from Philadelphia Category:20th-century opera singers Category:20th-century American women singers Category:Classical musicians from Pennsylvania