Rafaela Porras Ayllón

Rafaela Porras Ayllón (1 March 1850 - 6 January 1925) was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in conjunction with her sister; upon becoming a nun she assumed the religious name of "María of the Sacred Heart of Jesus". She was a nun for most of her life and devoted herself to the management of the congregation and resided in Rome until her death after her resignation as the order's superior in 1893.

The approval of two miracles attributed to her intercession allowed for Pope Pius XII to preside over her beatification in 1952 and the approval of a third miracle allowed for Pope Paul VI to canonize her as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 1977; she is the patron of her order.

Life
Rafaela Porras Ayllón was born in Pedro Abad on 1 March 1850 as the daughter of Ildefonso Porras (the mayor of Córdoba) and Rafaela Castilo as the tenth of thirteen children; she had one sole sister and eleven brothers. Her father died in 1854 while tending to victims of a cholera epidemic and her mother later followed in 1869. Her devotion to Jesus Christ during her childhood was ever so profound and she visited her parish on a frequent basis. The death of her mother served to motivate her more to devote herself to God.

She took a vow of perpetual chastity to God on 25 March 1865 on the Feast of the Annunciation. In February 1874 she and her sister María Dolores travelled to the convent of Poor Clare nuns in their hometown in order to discern what their vocation was. The two sisters were clothed with the habit for the first time on 4 June 1874 and so commenced their novitiate and joined a group of 21 other novices.

In 1875, the two entered a religious congregation - the Sisters of Mary Reparatrix - and it was there that she assumed her new religious name of "María of the Sacred Heart of Jesus". The pair remained there when the congregation moved to Seville; with the aid of Bishop Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón founded the Institute of Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament and Daughters of Mary Immaculate - this would be the origin of the order that she and her sister would establish not long after. The group went to Madrid to make their vows in 1877.

With her sister and sixteen religious the group moved to Andujar and then to Madrid; the order received the diocesan approval of the Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisonave on 14 April 1877. She made brief vows on 8 June 1877 and then made her perpetual profession on 8 November 1888. The congregation received the papal decree of praise of Pope Leo XIII in 1886 at which point the congregation was officiated in the name of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and issued his papal approval in 1887. The order would grow with new institutes being formed in Zaragoza (1885) and Bilbao (1886) in Spain and with a house in Rome (1892) being established as well. She was appointed as the Superior of her order and remained in that post until 3 March 1893 when she resigned and anointed her sister as her successor; she then withdrew to the house in Rome and spent the remainder of her life there. She had resigned because of misunderstandings with her colleagues thus deemed it prudent to step aside from her position.

She died in her room in Rome in 1925. Her death came at the point where the benediction of the Eucharist took place in the convent chapel close to her room. She is buried in Rome at the institute based there.

Sainthood

The beatification process commenced in Rome with a diocesan process that spanned from 1 February 1936 until 1938 and the process saw the collection of documentation pertaining to her life as well as collating a range of testimonies from those who knew her. The decree on her writings was granted on 21 September 1938 after all of her writings were placed in the care of theologians for investigation in order to ensure that her written works did not contradict Church doctrine.

These processes took place despite the fact that the Congregation of Rites did not grant their formal approval to the initiation of the cause until 22 November 1939 which granted her the title Servant of God and allowed for another process to open to continue the work of the first; this spanned from 1940 until 1941 and both processes were ratified in 1943.

She was proclaimed to be Venerable on 13 May 1949 after Pope Pius XII recognized the fact that she had indeed lived a model and pious life of the heroic virtue that was required for the cause. The same pontiff presided over her beatification on 18 May 1952 after he approved two healings deemed to be miracles wrought from her direct intercession.

The third miracle - and the one required for her to be proclaimed a saint - was investigated in Huelva in 1974 and once completed was ratified on 15 November 1974. The miracle received papal approval on 13 November 1976 and allowed for Pope Paul VI to canonize her as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 23 January 1977. The miracle in question was the healing of the nun Maria of the Incarnation García Gallardo.


Sungai Buloh Hospital

Sungai Buloh Hospital (HSB; ) is a secondary and tertiary hospital located in Sungai Buloh, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. The hospital covers an area of 130 acres. The hospital serves the districts of Gombak, Petaling and Kuala Selangor with a combined population of more than 2.80 million.

Background
HSB is developed in 1999 and has been initiated to meet the needs of the growing population and also to reduce the influx of patients at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

The hospital was built by contractor, Tunas Selatan Sdn Bhd and costs RM 1.3 billion.

Transit
HSB is connected to Sungai Buloh railway station, an interchange station, with one section catering to the KTM Komuter and KTM ETS services, and another section for the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line via feeder bus.

Awards and Achievements

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| 2002
| Ward 54 for outstanding work in the area of care and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS in Malaysia
| UN Malaysia Person / Organisation of the Year Award
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Access
Road
The hospital is easily accessible via North–South Expressway northern route .

Rail and Bus
The hospital is connected to the MRT Sungai Buloh–Kajang line  and KTM Komuter  via feeder bus T100 MRT Sungai Buloh - Hospital Sungai Buloh/UiTM Sungai Buloh route.


Alain Supiot

Alain Supiot FBA (born 5 June 1949 in Nantes) is a French legal scholar.

Biography
Supiot achieved his licentiate in law in 1970 and in sociology in 1972, and finished his Ph.D. in law from the University of Bordeaux 1 France, in 1979. Professor tenure (1980), member of the « Institut Universitaire de France » (2001, chair of « Dogmatic Grounds of Law and Social Ties »), Ph.D. honoris causa (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Alain Supiot has successively been Professor at the University of Poitiers and Nantes, France (UMR-CNRS 6028). He created in Nantes the « Maison des sciences de l’Homme Ange Guépin » (Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences), and more recently the Nantes Institute for Advanced Study Foundation, which is promoting cooperations between the North and the South in the field of Social Sciences. He was elected  to Collège de France on chair «État social et mondialisation : analyse juridique des solidarités»
His career has been landmarked by several years spent in foreign Universities and Research Institutes (Institute of Industrial Relations, Berkeley, USA, 1981 ; Florence University Institute, Italy, 1989–1990 ; Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany, 1997–1998). Member of the  « Droit social » law review, he also authored numerous books focussing on labor law and social security law (among others : Critique du droit du travail, PUF, 1994) and participated to various collective works (among others : Le travail en perspective, LGDJ, 1998 ; Servir l’intérêt général, PUF, 2000 ; Beyond Employment. Changes in Work and the Future of Labour Law in Europe  Oxford University Press, 2001, 245 p.). He has presided at the National Council for the Development of Human and Social Sciences (whose works have been published at PUF, Quadrige collection, 2001, under the title : « Pour une politique des sciences de l’Homme et de la société »). He seats at the scientific committee of the International Labour Review and at the administrative board of the Foundation « Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Paris ». His actual research interests focus of the analysis of the dogmatic foundations of social ties.
His last published book in English is "The Spirit of Philadelphia. Social Justice vs. the Total Market"
He was elected as corresponding fellow to the British Academy in 2015. He is a member of the Global Commission on the Future of Work formed by International Labour Organization

Main works published in English

Main articles (in English)

 (abridged version of the inaugural lecture at the College de France, english full text)

 (reprinted in 40th anniversary issue )


Brigitte Clavette

Brigitte Clavette is a Canadian artist, metalsmith and educator based in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Born in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick, Clavette studied jewelry design and silversmithing at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Since 1985 she has taught jewelry and metal arts  at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. She has also taught at Nunavut Arctic College and the Haliburton School of Fine Arts.

Clavette entered the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1977. Inspired by the work of the Canadian silversmith Lois Betteridge, she studied jewelry design and metal smithing. She has described her metalwork as being primarily influenced by "religion and rituals".

Clavette was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2000. In 2006 she won the Strathbutler Award, an annual prize for visual arts in New Brunswick. In 2015 her design for a sterling silver and copper knife won a competition for an "iconic presentation piece" to be presented to all Strathbutler winners. In 2017 Clavette was awarded the City of Fredericton's Arts Achievement Award.


Bodhiruci

Bodhiruci () was a Buddhist monk from North India (6th century CE) active in the area of Luoyang, China. His 39 translated works include the Ten Stages Sutra () and commentary, and the Amitabha Sutra with commentary. Bodhiruci is regarded as the patriarch of the Dashabhumika () school, which used his Ten Stages Sutra as its chief object of study.


West Virginia Mountaineers baseball

The West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of West Virginia University, located in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. The program has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big 12 Conference since the start of the 2013 season.  The program currently plays at Monongalia County Ballpark in the adjacent city of Granville. Randy Mazey has been the team's head coach since prior to the 2013 season.  As of the end of the 2019 season, the program has appeared in 13 NCAA Tournaments.  It has won five conference tournament championships and 15 regular season conference and division titles.

History
The program began varsity play in 1892 and had an above-.500 winning percentage in each season until 1920, when the team had a 10–11 record.  It adopted the nickname "Mountaineers" in 1905, when West Virginia instituted the state motto "Mountaineers are always free."

After discontinuing the program for three seasons (1943–1945) because of World War II, the program began again prior to the 1946 season and qualified for its first NCAA Tournament in 1955 under head coach Steve Harrick.

On-campus venue Hawley Field opened in 1971 and was used for all home games until after the 2012 season, as the field did not meet the standards of the Big 12 Conference, to which West Virginia moved in summer 2012. It remained in use for non-conference home games through the 2014 season, after which the team's current venue, Monongalia County Ballpark, opened.

As a member of the Southern Conference from 1951–1968, the team appeared in six NCAA Tournaments.  As a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference from 1978–1995, the team appeared in four NCAA Tournaments.  However, as a member of the Big East Conference from 1995–2012, the team appeared in only one NCAA Tournament.

Conference affiliations
Independent – 1892–1942, 1946–1950, 1969–1977
Southern – 1951–1968
Atlantic 10 – 1978–1995
Known as the Eastern Athletic Association, popularly the Eastern 8,  from 1978–1982
Big East – 1996–2012
Big 12 – 2013–present

Stadium

Monongalia County Ballpark

In 2013, plans were announced to build the program a new Morgantown venue.  Ground was broken for the new ballpark at University Town Centre, an off-campus shopping and entertainment complex in nearby Granville, on October 17, 2013.  The ballpark will be a fan friendly design with 2,500 fixed seats with additional hillside and club seating, a fan amenity deck, and a park that will be open year-round.  The field will be a synthetic surface, other than the clay pitcher's mound.  Also using the new ballpark will be the class-A short-season affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the West Virginia Black Bears. The stadium, tentatively known as Monongalia County Ballpark, is set to open for the 2015 season.

Head coaches
The program's most successful coach is former head coach Dale Ramsburg, who had 540 career victories from 1968–1994.  Ramsburg is also the program's longest tenured head coach, having led the program for 27 seasons.

Current coaching staff
Head coach – Randy Mazey
Pitching coach - None
Assistant coach – Steven Sabins
Assistant coach - Mark Ginther

Yearly record
Below is a table of the program's yearly records.

West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament

The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament started in 1947.

Notable former players

Mountaineers in Major League Baseball
During the 2019 season, there have been five active players on MLB rosters
 John Means - Baltimore Orioles
 Harrison Musgrave - Colorado Rockies
 Ryan McBroom - Kansas City Royals
 Jedd Gyorko - Los Angeles Dodgers
 David Carpenter  - Texas Rangers

Below is a list of other notable former players of the program and the seasons in which they played for the Mountaineers.

Babe Barna (1935–1937)
Frank Barron (1913–1914)
David Carpenter (2004–2006)
Bucky Guth (1967–1969)
Jedd Gyorko (2008–2010)
Jim Heise (1953–1956)
Joe Hudson (1990–1992)
Steve Kline (1993)
Dustin Nippert (2003)
Paul Popovich (1960)
Scott Seabol (1996)
Darrell Whitmore (1988–1990)
John Woods (1920–1923)
John Means (2013-2014)
Harrison Musgrave (2011-2014)
Ryan McBroom (2011-2014)
Alek Manoah (2017-2019)
Sam Kessler (2017-2019)
Kade Strowd (2017-2019)


Raising (linguistics)

In linguistics, raising constructions involve the movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause; in other words, a raising predicate/verb appears with a syntactic argument that is not its semantic argument, but is rather the semantic argument of an embedded predicate. Although English has raising constructions, not all languages do.

The term raising has its origins in the transformational analysis of such constructions; the constituent in question is seen as being "raised" from its initial, deep structure position as the subject of the embedded predicate to its surface structure position in the matrix predicate/verb. Raising predicates/verbs are related to control predicates, although there are important differences between the two predicate/verb types.

Examples

There are at least two types of raising predicates/verbs: raising-to-subject verbs and raising-to-object predicates. Raising-to-object predicates overlap to a large extent with so-called ECM-verbs (= exceptional case-marking). These types of raising predicates/verbs are illustrated with the following sentences:

a. They seem to be trying. - seem is a raising-to-subject verb.
b. Prices appear to be increasing. - appear is a raising-to-subject verb.
c. You seem to be impatient. - seem is a raising-to-subject verb.

a. Fred wants us to help. - want can be a raising-to-object predicate.
b. That proves him to be hiding something. - prove can be a raising-to-object predicate.
c. She predicts there to be a problem. - predict can be a raising-to-object predicate.

The primary trait of raising predicates/verbs like these is that they are not semantically selecting one of their dependents. The raising-to-subject verbs are not selecting their subject dependent, and the raising-to-object predicates are not selecting their object dependent. These dependents appear to have been raised from the lower predicate.

Alternation with it-extraposition
Raising predicates/verbs can be identified in part by the fact that they alternatively take a full clause dependent and can take part in it-extraposition, e.g.

a. Tom seems to have won the race.
b. It seems that Tom won the race. - Raising-to-subject verb seem occurs with it-extraposition

a. Larry appears to be doing the work.
b. It appears that Larry is doing the work. - Raising-to-subject predicate verb appear occurs with it-extraposition.

a. Sam believed someone to know the answer.
b. Sam believed it that someone knew the answer. - Raising-to-object predicate believe occurs with it-extraposition.
c. Sam believed that someone knew the answer. - Raising-to-object predicate believe occurs with clausal object argument.

a. That proves Susan to be a jackass.
b. That proves it that Susan is a jackass. - Raising-to-object predicate prove occurs with it-extraposition.
c. That proves that Susan is a jackass. - Raising-to-object predicate prove occurs with clausal object argument.

Raising predicates/verbs can appear with it-extraposition and/or a full clausal dependent. They appear to be subcategorizing for a propositional argument.

Raising-to-subject verbs vs. auxiliary verbs
The raising-to-subject verbs seem and appear are similar to auxiliary verbs insofar as both verb types have little to no semantic content. The content that they do have is functional in nature. In this area, auxiliary verbs cannot be viewed as separate predicates; they are, rather, part of a predicate. The raising-to-subject verbs seem and appear are similar insofar it is difficult to view them as predicates. They serve, rather, to modify a predicate. That this is so can be seen in the fact that the following pairs of sentences are essentially synonymous:

a. Fred does not seem to have done it.
b. Fred seems not to have done it. - Position of the negation is flexible.

a. Mary does not appear to like pudding.
b. Mary appears not to like pudding. - Position of the negation is flexible.

The fact that position of the negation can change without influencing the meaning is telling. It means that the raising-to-subject verbs can hardly be viewed as predicates.

While raising-to-subject verbs are like auxiliary verbs insofar as they lack the content of predicates, they are unlike auxiliaries in syntactic respects. Auxiliary verbs undergo subject-aux inversion, raising-to-subject verbs do not. Auxiliary verbs license negation, raising-to-subject verbs do so only reluctantly:

a. Fred is happy.
b. Is Fred happy? - Auxiliary verb be takes part in subject-auxiliary inversion.
c. Fred is not happy. - Auxiliary verb be licenses negation.
a. Fred seems happy.
b. *Seems Fred happy? - Raising-to-subject verb seem cannot take part in subject-auxiliary inversion.
c. ??Fred seems not happy. - Raising-to-subject verb seem can hardly license negation.

a. Susan should stay.
b. Should Susan stay? - Modal auxiliary should takes part in subject-auxiliary inversion.
c. Susan should not stay. - Modal auxiliary should can license negation.

a. Susan appears to be staying.
b. *Appears Susan to be staying? - Raising-to-subject verb appear cannot take part in subject-auxiliary inversion.
c. ?Susan appears not to be staying. - Raising-to-subject verb appear reluctantly licenses negation.

Raising-to-object verbs are also clearly NOT auxiliary verbs. Unlike raising-to-subject verbs, however, raising-to-object verbs have clear semantic content, so they are hence indisputably predicates.

Representing raising
The fact that the raised constituent behaves as though it is a dependent of the higher predicate is generally reflected in the syntax trees that are employed to represent raising structures. The following trees are illustrative of the type of structures assumed for raising-to-object predicates. Both constituency-based trees of phrase structure grammar and dependency-based trees of dependency grammar are employed here:

The constituency-based trees are the a-trees on the left, and the dependency-based trees are the b-trees on the right. While the structures assumed here can be disputed - especially the constituency structures - the trees all show the main stance toward raising structures. This stance is that the "subject" of the lower predicate appears as a dependent of the higher predicate - the relevant constituents are in bold. Relatively flat structures are assumed to accommodate this behavior. Both it and the claim are shown as dependents of expects and proves, respectively, although they are semantic arguments of the lower predicates to happen and to be false, respectively.

A number of empirical considerations support the relatively flat structures shown here. That is, empirical considerations support the position of the "raised" constituent as a dependent of the matrix predicate/verb. These dependents can appear in object form, they can appear as the subject of passive sentences, and they can appear as reflexives coindexed with the matrix subjects:

a. We expect him to help. - Pronoun him appears in object form.
b. He is expected to help. - Object pronoun becomes subject in passive.
c. He1 expects himself1 to help. - Reflexive is coindexed with subject.

a. You proved her to be competent. - Pronoun her appears in object form.
b. She was proved to be competent. - Object pronoun becomes subject in passive.
c. She1 proved herself1 to be competent. - Reflexive is coindexed with subject.

This behavior speaks strongly for the general analysis reflected in the trees, namely that the "raised" constituent is a dependent of the higher predicate.

Raising vs. control
An understanding of raising is significantly expanded by comparing and contrasting raising with control. Examine the following (dependency) trees:

The a-trees contain the raising predicates wants and judges, whereas the b-trees contain the control predicates told and asked. Despite the fact that structures assumed for these different predicate types are essentially the same, there is a major distinction to be drawn. This distinction is that the control predicates semantically select their objects, whereas the raising predicates do not. In other words, the object is a semantic argument of the control predicate in each case, whereas it is not an argument of the raising predicate. This situation obtains despite the fact that both predicate types take the object to be the "subject" of the lower predicate.

The distinction between raising-to-object and control predicates is identified using the there-insertion diagnostic. Expletive there can appear as the object (or subject) of raising predicates, but it cannot appear as the object of control predicates, e.g.:

a. Sam judges there to be a problem. - Expletive there can appear as the object of a raising-to-object predicate.
b. *Sam asked there to be a problem. - Expletive there cannot appear as the object of an object control predicate.

a. We want there to be a revision. - Expletive there can appear as the object of a raising-to-object predicate.
b. ??We helped there (to) be a revision. - Expletive there cannot appear as the object of an object control predicate.

Since the raising predicates place no semantic restrictions on their object dependents, expletive there is free to appear. In contrast, object control predicates do place semantic restrictions on their object arguments, which means expletive there usually cannot appear.

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Annie Jane Schnackenberg

Annie Jane Schnackenberg (1835 – 2 May 1905) was a New Zealand Wesleyan missionary, temperance and welfare worker, and suffragist.

Early life
Annie Jane Allen was born in Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, England in 1835, the eldest daughter of Elizabeth Dodd and Edward Allen. The family moved to New Zealand in 1861, travelling on the Black Eagle, and became pioneer farmers in the Mount Albert area of Auckland. Within days of her arrival, Annie was asked to teach in Wesleyan Mission schools on the west coast of the Waikato Region. Eliza White, who had previously served at the Kawhia Mission, probably was part of her recruitment.

Allen set out for Kawhia in November 1861, a difficult journey by bullock dray, canoe and foot which took two weeks. At Kawhia, she assisted Cort Schnackenberg (born 1812) and his wife Amy to save and educate the Māori people. The Inspector of Native Schools praised her work. Amy died of breast cancer in late 1863, and Cort proposed to Annie within months. They were married in Auckland in May 1864. From 1865 to 1872 they had three daughters and two sons. The Waikato War of 1863–1864 disrupted the mission's work, and a subsequent ban imposed by the Māori King Movement on European travel in the area decided the church authorities to move the mission further north to Raglan.

They remained at Raglan until Cort's health failed in 1880. He died on board ship travelling to Auckland. Annie returned to live at her family's farmhouse with her children.

Activism

Schnackenberg became active in local church affairs, and became a leader of the Pitt Street Methodist Church by 1882. During this time, she would have met Elizabeth Caradus and other women later active in social reform for women. She was a foundation member of the Auckland branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in 1885. From 1889 to 1897, she was the branch president, and from 1891 to 1901 she was also national president. Due to her extensive experience with Māori people and fluency in the language, she became the WCTU national superintendent of Maori work in 1898. She was also on the board of their publication, The White Ribbon.

The National Council of Women was formed in 1896. Schnackenberg represented the WCTU at the inaugural meeting in Christchurch, and was appointed a vice-president.

When women's suffrage was passed, Schnackenberg chaired a large celebratory public meeting in Auckland on 28 September 1893. A year later, she chaired a second meeting to report on progress made since the first.

Schnackenberg took strong moral positions in the defence of women. She advocated that temperance become a part of the school curriculum. She was unsuccessful in this, but the Department of Education did order temperance textbooks, making the teaching of temperance in schools possible. She campaigned for the age of consent to be raised to 21 "because it ought never to be possible for a girl or woman to consent to her own ruin". She opposed the Contagious Diseases Act of 1869, which allowed prostitutes but not their clients to be detained for inspection and treatment of sexually-transmitted diseases, because it made it safer for men to sin. She also opposed smoking tobacco and tattoos.

She gave up presidency of the WCTU in 1901 as her health declined. She became more ill in 1903, and died on 2 May 1905. She was buried beside her husband in Symonds Street Cemetery.


Writ of Kalikasan

A Writ of Kalikasan is a legal remedy under Philippine law that provides protection of one's constitutional right to a healthy environment, as outlined in Section 16, Article II of the Philippine Constitution, which states that the "state shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature." Kalikasan is a Filipino word for "nature".

The writ is comparable to the writ of amparo and the writ of habeas corpus.  In contrast, this writ protects one's right for a healthy environment rather than constitutional rights. The Writ of Kalikasan originated in the Philippines, whereas the two aforementioned writs have roots in European and Latin American law.

History
Provision for the Writ of Kalikasan was written in 2010 by the Supreme Court of the Philippines under Rule 7 of the Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases as a Special Civil Action. The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Reynato Puno took the initiative and issued Rules of Procedure for Environmental Case because Section 16, Article II of the Philippines' 1986 Constitution was not a self-executing provision.

Cases
The Writ of Kalikasan may be sought to deal with environmental damage of such magnitude that it threatens life, health, or property of inhabitants in two or more cities or provinces.

In September 2014, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled unanimously against issuing a Writ of Kalikasan against the United States Government over the grounding of the USS Guardian on the Tubbataha Reef in 2013.


Inmarko

Inmarko OOO was a Russian producer of ice cream and frozen foods, based in Novosibirsk. It had factories in Novosibirsk, Omsk and Tula and employed over 4,500 people. It was sold to Unilever in 2008 and ceased to exist as a separate company in 2012.

History

The Foundation of the company
In 1992, two entrepreneurs (Lyubimtsevu Vadim Shutov and Paul) had the idea to organize in Novosibirsk the sale of ice cream from the stalls on the streets. The idea was a success because at that time there was shortages of this product and there was not a specialized trade ice cream. Subsequently, selling ice cream tray rose to the level of big business.

In 1993, the company "Inmarko" was registered. The history of this name is unknown. In the early 1990s in Russia, it was fashionable to give companies foreign names. There are several versions of the origin of the name, according to one of the founders, the name was born in one of the feasts. Now the name commonly called as "Investment marketing company".

Inmarko company-distributor
The first time the owners of the company thought about its own production. At first, they sold ice cream cold storage facility in Novosibirsk, and later to cooperate with other regional producers. Selling went with 80 stalls, which were in the city. Distribution was set through personal contacts.

In 1993, the company drew attention to foreign goods, and not on the usual cups or briquettes, and sophisticated ice cream type of ice, or with chocolate-hazelnut filling. In Russia it was new, domestic cold storage facilities occupied the niche of folk cheap product. "Inmarko" imported ice cream cones & Popsicle from Poland, Denmark, England, Sweden, Spain, has worked with companies Ariel, Augusto, ISCO, Menorquina, "Frederiks". But the core range has remained Danish and Polish. Danish premium segment of the Polish economy class.

In 1994, the company purchased in Denmark the first of the freezer and moved the sale from the stalls at the stalls. To stand out, the kiosks did hex, but the stalls are of such a shape was awkward to use and was quickly abandoned.

Opening of own production
In the mid 1990s in Russia has changed the customs fees. The situation developed in such a way that it was cheaper to open their production, than to continue to import ice from abroad.

In 1996, the village Elite of Novosibirsk region has appeared the first factory "Inmarko" with the capacity of 5 thousand tons. the factory was built by the Danes from Frisco. The products and packaging were developed by the designated unit. Advertising at that time, the company was not engaged, believing that advertising is the packaging, which stand out for their unusual bright design.

In addition to the wholesale trade and sales through kiosks, the company began to supply products to the stores. After about a year, the existing capacity of the factory was not enough. The question arose about the extension, but on the basis of the Novosibirsk enterprises it was impossible due to the limited area. In 1997 at auction Inmarko purchased state block of shares of factory in Omsk. The factory needed upgrading, the company has taken on all its profits. The upgrade worked the same experts from Denmark and Germany.

Today in Omsk the company completed the three stages of reconstruction, of potential production capacity in Omsk is 50 thousand tons.

The expansion of the company
In 1998-1999, after the financial crisis, abandoning the Russian market of foreign manufacturers of ice cream, and their place is taken by the company Inmarko. The range of products significantly expands the company promotes its products in the Central regions. Due to the lack of production capacities and the complexity of delivery in the European part of Russia, Inmarko, the company orders at other Russian facilities, including those of competitors.

In 2002 Inmarko creates a network of official distributors in Siberia, the Urals and in the Central part of Russia. The number of kiosks in Novosibirsk and Omsk reaches 330. In the same year the company became a leader in the ice cream market in Russia sold for the year 27145 T.

In 2003, established a management company "Business development" with the aim of attracting investment. A blocking stake in the company acquired through the EBRD Norum Fund for $8 million Det Norske Veritas conducted a certification audit of the company Inmarko and received a certificate of compliance with international standards ISO 9001:2000

In 2004 the company began the conquest of the Central regions of Russia. In the first year of operation in the capital was placed about 1500 freezer chest freezers. Later in 2005 for the development of sales in the Central regions acquired Inmarko OOO "Fink", a former distributor of ice cream "Algida". As a result of this purchase the sales network of Inmarko has increased by 600 outlets. In the Moscow region, the company was faced with difficulties associated with backwardness of the market of Moscow. In the opinion of the managers of the company, now the capital market is developing at that stage, which was passed in Siberia 10 years ago.

Held placing bonded debt of 1 billion rubles. The resulting funds are directed primarily to repay commercial Bank loans and financing of investment programs. In the same year, for the first time in 12 years of existence, "Inmarko" started to advertise on national television.
In 2006 the company attempted to diversify its products and entered the frozen food market with its own brand "Have an idea". Vegetables and berries are sold under this brand was made under contract at the Polish plant Oerlemans Foods Siemiatycze. However, Inmarko has no plans to expand the sale of frozen products, considering the business is unstable and unpromising.

In 2007, the company significantly strengthened its position in the market of the European part of Russia, after acquisition of JSC "Tula " company", the Company is planning a major reconstruction of the Tula factory, putting in her $53 million, with the commissioning of the factory into operation in 2010. The planned capacity of the factory after reconstruction 45 thousand tons.

2008, Unilever officially announced the acquisition of the company "Inmarko". As a result of this agreement, the company Unilever became the sole owner "Inmarko".

The company ceased to exist as a separate legal entity after reorganization and joining 4 APR 2012.

Activities
Inmarko produces ice cream, frozen foods

The product range of Inmarko has about 120 names (2005).

In 2007, revenue was $170 million.

Branches and representative offices
For 2009 the company has manufacture in Tula and Omsk. Branches in the cities of Novosibirsk, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Barnaul, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Moscow, Tula.

According to the company "Business Analytics", "Inmarko" controls 11.8% of sales in natural terms in Russia (in the 16 largest cities).


Trevor Cooney

Trevor Donald Cooney (born August 1, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Leyma Coruña of the LEB Oro.

High school career
Cooney, a 6'4 guard, grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and attended the Sanford School. He led the Warriors to two state championships. By the time Cooney graduated, he was the school's all-time scoring leader.

College career
Cooney red shirted his freshman season at Syracuse with the Orange, since he realized that minutes were limited in a back court that also contained Scoop Jardine, Brandon Triche, Dion Waiters, and Michael Carter-Williams. On Syracuse's 2012–13 Final Four team, he played infrequent minutes. In his final three seasons, he started 102 consecutive games. In his red shirt senior year, he became the first Syracuse player in school history to play for two Final Four teams, averaging 12.7 points per game for the season. Cooney scored 22 points, on 9-of-18 shooting from the field, in his final game in an Orange uniform, an 83–66 loss to North Carolina. Cooney scored 1,437 points in his college career, and he shot .337% from the 3-point range. His 281 made three-pointers trails only Gerry McNamara and Andy Rautins, in the school's record books.

Professional career
On August 15, 2016, Cooney signed for the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League. In August 2016, he joined Baskonia for the preseason. One month later, he extended his contract for two more months. On November 11, 2016, he signed with Rasta Vechta of the German Basketball Bundesliga. On December 30, 2016, he parted ways with Vechta after averaging 3.4 points per game.
On January 18, 2017, he was acquired by the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League.

On August 5, 2017, Cooney signed with Leyma Coruña of the LEB Oro.

In June 2018, one of Cooney's best friends Sean Locke committed suicide. Since then, Cooney has become an advocate for mental health awareness. He is a board member of the Unlocke the Light Foundation which sponsors a basketball tournament in his honor.

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)
In the summer of 2017, Cooney competed in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Boeheim's Army; a team composed of Syracuse University basketball alum.  In five games, he averaged 6.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game to help lead Boeheim's Army to the Semifinal Round where they fell 81–77 to the eventual champions Overseas Elite.


Lee Township, Monroe County, Ohio

Lee Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,023.

Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
Ohio Township - northeast
Jackson Township - southwest
Green Township - northwest
Wetzel County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the southeast.

No municipalities are located in Lee Township, although the unincorporated community of Sardis lies in the township's southeast along the Ohio River.

Name and history
Statewide, other Lee Townships are located in Athens and Carroll counties.

Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

History
Lee Township was formed in 1869 from parts of Ohio, Green and Jackson Townships. It was authorized by an act of the General Assembly on February 10, 1869, making it the only township in Monroe County to have been organized by action taken by the Ohio Legislature.

Some of the early settlers in the area began arriving about 1800. Among those were Philander B. Stewart, Dr. Miles, Stephen Scott, Charles Wells, James Patton, John Patton, and David Patton. Other families were the Nesbitts, Steels, and Johnsons. Major Earl Sproat settled on 690 acres of land, which adjoined the land of a Mr. McBride. Sproat was one of the 48 men known as the Ohio Company who made the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory at present-day Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, in 1788. Following Sproat's death about 1823, his land was sold to James Patton in 1825.

In 1843, Patton laid out the village of Sardis. The original plat included sixty-four lots. Wilson Martin built the first house in the village. The first post office was established in 1844 and its first postmaster was Thomas Algeo. With its access to the river, Sardis became an active port for farmers to sell their crops and products. The village also was home to several factories: cigar, button, furniture to name a few. It also had a flouring mill, planing mill, and cider mill. Hotels, blacksmith shop, and other businesses flourished in the town. With the improvement of roads and transportation, the businesses that were fed by the river transportation disappeared, as did other businesses with the advent of modern conveniences.

 Monroe County, Ohio: A History by Theresa A. Maienknecht and Stanley B. Maienknecht 1989


Kyoko (novel)

Kyoko is a 1995 novel by Ryu Murakami. The book tells the story of a young woman who comes to New York City to find the Cuban-American GI who taught her to dance salsa. She ends up traveling throughout the United States to help her friend, who is dying of AIDS, see his family one last time, although he doesn't even remember her.

In the year 2000, a film was made from the story of this book, under the title Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, written and directed by the author, Ryu Murakami.

Publishing history
 Publisher: Philippe Picquier (August 31, 2000). .


O.K. Range

The O.K. Range, also spelled OK Range, is a mountain range in northern British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Terrace. It has an area of 347 km2 and is a subrange of the Bulkley Ranges which in turn form part of the Hazelton Mountains.


Dusky tit

The dusky tit (Melaniparus funereus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae.
It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The dusky tit was formerly one of the many species placed in the genus Parus. It was moved to the resurrected genus Melaniparus based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013.


The National Parcs

The National Parcs are a Canadian electronic band from Montreal.

History
This band’s members are Vincent Letellier, Chimwemwe Miller, and Ian Cameron. Letellier was originally known as Freeworm, with whom Miller has been collaborating with as a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist since 2001. Ian Cameron joins the latter two as visual director to jointly form The National Parcs. Their first CD, Timbervision, was premiered at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in November 2007.

Style
They boast influences of hip-hop, baile funk, and gospel. And although their primary objective is to get people to dance to their music, lines can also be drawn towards serious music such as musique concrete (which uses taped samples of ambient noise to create a work) and also the work of Murray R. Schafer. Like Schafer they may be considered indigenists and internationalists in that they have drawn from what they found locally to produce a work that is uniquely Canadian, yet would have mass appeal to people all over the world. Unlike Schafer however, The National Parcs had no clear goal in mind when they interned themselves in the northern Quebec wilderness with their audio-video recording equipment, nor did they have any idea as to how much noise pollution from civilization they would encounter,

Their method then, consisted of audio-video sampling the three men’s interactions with nature; throwing sticks or stones together, the splash of a canoe paddle, the motor of an ATV. Cameron then separated the sounds from the video, so that Lettelier and Miller could manipulate them. They chose to leave them as raw as possible so that they would take on a percussive quality, then, a beat was added, and then the lyrics.

The visual element was always present to remind them of where the sounds came from, and the videos of the songs, inspired by early National Film Board nature documentaries, more than music videos are “art videos.” While the visual element is at the genesis of their sound, and the band features special visual spectacles in their live performances, their songs make sense and are perfectly listenable when played on their own without the visuals.

Critical acclaim
Since their debut at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal in November 2007, they were received with much acclaim from the artistic community. Their debut was so successful that the Musée d’art contemporain chose to feature their material during a Triennale video-music series over the summer. On March 1, 2008, The National Parcs were awarded a MIMI-GAMIQ prize for the artist that would benefit most of support in Quebec and Canada. Since then they have been touring across Canada at various folk and blues festivals. In September 2008, they plan to have a residency in Normandy, France at a film festival.

Due to the nature-friendly content of their work, various unnamed environmental groups have heralded the Parcs. Although the appreciation for the environment is certainly there, the band members have insisted that they do not want to have the role of activists. They warn that in the future their material may feature less wilderness content, while still drawing upon the Canadian experience to create dance music with an international appeal.


Geek Toys

is a Japanese animation studio based in Kōenji, Tokyo.

Works

Television series


Chandigarh–Amritsar Intercity Express

The 12411 / 12 Chandigarh Amritsar Intercity Express is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways - Northern Railway zone that runs between Chandigarh and Amritsar in India.

It operates as train number 12411 from Chandigarh to Amritsar Junction and as train number 12412 in the reverse direction serving the Union Territory of Chandigarh & the state of Punjab.

Coaches

The 12411 / 12 Chandigarh Amritsar Intercity Express has 1 AC Chair Car, 8 Second Class seating, 2 General Unreserved & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not carry a Pantry car coach.

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 12411 Chandigarh Amritsar Intercity Express covers the distance of 248 kilometres in 4 hours 30 mins (55.11 km/hr) & in 4 hours 25 mins as 12412 Amritsar Chandigarh Intercity Express (56.15 km/hr).

As the average speed of the train is above , as per Indian Railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Routeing

The 12411 / 12 Chandigarh Amritsar Intercity Express runs from Chandigarh via Ludhiana Junction, Jalandhar City, Beas to Amritsar Junction.

Traction

As the entire route is fully electrified, a Ghaziabad based WAP 5 or WAP 7 powers the train for its entire journey.

Timings

12411 Chandigarh Amritsar Intercity Express leaves Chandigarh on a daily basis at 06:55 hrs IST and reaches Amritsar Junction at 11:25 hrs IST the same day.

12412 Amritsar Chandigarh Intercity Express leaves Amritsar Junction on a daily basis at 17:30 hrs IST and reaches Chandigarh at 21:55 hrs IST the same day.


1973–74 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 8th World Cup season began in December 1973 and concluded in March 1974. Piero Gros of Italy won the overall title, denying the runner-up, countryman Gustav Thöni, a fourth straight overall title. Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her fourth of five consecutive.

The break in the schedule was for the 1974 World Championships, held February 3–10 at St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Due to the growth of the professional skiing tour (especially in the United States), which now featured World Cup winning stars such as Jean-Claude Killy, Karl Schranz, Patrick Russel, and Jean-Noël Augert,  no World Cup races were held in North America for the only time in its history.  Instead, the entire season took place in Europe.

Calendar

Men

Ladies

Men

Overall

The Men's Overall World Cup 1973/74 was divided into three periods. From the first 6 races the best 4 results count, from the next 10 races (Race No 7 to No 16) the best 6 results count and from the last 5 races the best 3 results count. Four racers had a point deduction.

Downhill

In Men's Downhill World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. Three racer had a point deduction, which are given in (). Roland Collombin won four races in a row.

Giant Slalom

In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. Four racers a had point deduction, which are given in ().

Slalom

In Men's Slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. No racer had a point deduction. Gustav Thöni won the cup with only four results.

Ladies

Overall

The Women's Overall World Cup 1973/74 was most likely also divided into periods.

Downhill

In Women's Downhill World Cup 1973/74 all 5 results count. No racer had a point deduction. After her 8 victories of the previous season Annemarie Pröll reached a total of 11 downhill victories in a row, still records for female single discipline serial winner and downhill serial winner (Ingemar Stenmark later won 14 giant slaloms in a row).

Giant Slalom

In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in (). Hanni Wenzel won the cup with only four results. In 6 races there were 5 different winners.

Slalom

In Women's Slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. One racer a had point deduction, which is given in (). Christa Zechmeister won four races in a row. All 6 races were won by athletes from West Germany!

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

Ladies


Ollie Powers

Ollie Powers (1890 – April 14, 1928) was an American jazz drummer and vocalist. Maithili

Biography
Ollie Powell was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

One of his ensembles, named Ollie Powers' Harmony Syncopators, recorded for Paramount Records in 1923.  The label released  two tracks; "Jazzbo Jenkins" and "Play That Thing".  The latter track was recorded four times by the band. From 1926 onwards, he performed with the clarinet player and sometimes bandleader, Jimmie Noone, until shortly before Powers death.

Powers died of diabetes in April 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Both of the Paramount tracks were released in November 2013 on the compilation album, The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Vol. 1 (1917-1927).

Discography


Zongo Junction

Zongo Junction is a nine-piece instrumental Afrobeat band based in Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed by Charles Ferguson after he spent six months in Ghana, West Africa. The members of Zongo Junction stretch the Afrobeat style to fit their musical interests, combining elements of Sun Ra, The Talking Heads, and Fela Kuti to create their own version of afrobeat. Zongo Junction released their five-song debut EP Thieves! in 2010.

The band
Charlie Ferguson - Drums
Morgan Greenstreet - Percussion
Jordan Hyde - Guitar
David Lizmi - Bass
Ross Edwards - Keyboards
Adam Schatz - Tenor saxophone
Matt Nelson - Tenor saxophone
Jonah Parzen-Johnson - Baritone saxophone
Kevin Moehringer - Trombone
Aaron Rockers - Trumpet

Discography
 Big Sir - Single (2015)
No Discount (Electric Cowbell Records, 2014)
The Van That Got Away - Single (Primary Records, 2012)
Thieves! (2010)


Bohumilice (Prachatice District)

Bohumilice is a village and municipality (obec) in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 324 (as at 2005).

Bohumilice lies approximately  north-west of Prachatice,  west of České Budějovice, and  south of Prague.


Ault Foods

Ault Foods Limited was a Toronto-based dairy processor and Canada's largest dairy company acquiring other dairy companies across Canada. The company was established around 1926. Ault sold off parts of their business in the mid-1990s; milk division (Sealtest Dairy and Silverwood Dairy) was sold to Agropur. Ault itself was acquired by Parmalat in 1997 and the name ceased to exist.

Operations

Ault had 15 processing plants and 30 outlying distribution depots:

Some processing facilities included:
 Winchester, Ontario
 Don Mills, Ontario
 Ottawa, Ontario
 Orleans, Ontario
Main distribution centres consists of:

 Markham, Ontario
 Longueuil, Quebec
 Chilliwack, British Columbia

Brands

A list of products sold by Ault:

 Haagen-Dazs
 Sealtest milk in Canada
 Drumstick
 Orco


1988 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles

The 1988 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on Indoor Carpet in Toulouse, France that was part of the Regular Series of the 1988 Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 10 October – 16 October.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Draw

Finals


Vidzeme Suburb, Riga

Vidzeme District () is one of six administrative districts of Riga, the capital of Latvia.


Kunjiramayanam

Kunjiramayanam (English: The story of Kunjiraman) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by debutant Basil Joseph and scripted by Deepu Pradeep. The film features Vineeth Sreenivasan, Dhyan Sreenivasan and Aju Varghese  in the lead roles. Kunjiramayanam was released on 28 August 2015.

Plot
Kunjiraman (Vineeth Sreenivasan), the nephew of Well-done Vasu (Mamukkoya), plans to marry Vasu's daughter Thankamani (Rimi Tomy). All plans are thwarted by Kunjiraman's dim-witted cousin brother Laalu (Dhyan Sreenivasan). To avenge this, he goes to Gulf to make money and returns to his hometown Desam. He plans to marry well and before the Thankamani's wedding. Laalu secretly plots against Kunjiraman with Kuttan (Aju Varghese), his role model. Kunjiraman gets engaged to other women, but all end up in cancellations. Villagers superstitiously believe that it was Kunjiraman's actions that bring the subsequent problems and curses to Desam. Later, these issues are solved by a chain of events. Kunjiraman marries Thankamani, and both Laalu and Kuttan are left to the short end of stick with their plotting's.

Cast

 Vineeth Sreenivasan as Kunjiraman
 Dhyan Sreenivasan as Laalu
 Biju Menon as Manoharan (special appearance)
 Aju Varghese as "Cutpiece" Kuttan
 Neeraj Madhav as Kanjoottan
 Deepak Parambol as Sasi
 Mamukkoya as "Well-done" Vasu
 Rimi Tomy as Thankamani (special appearance)
 Srinda Ashab as Sajitha
 Sneha Unnikrishnan as Reshma
 Arya Rohit as Mallika
 Seema G. Nair as Sumathi
 Hareesh Perumanna as Ratheesh
 Bijukuttan as Bheekaran
 Indrans as Paramu
 Sudheer Karamana as SI Sugunan
 Dinesh Prabhakar as Ramachandran
 K. T. S. Padannayil
 Basil Joseph as the young politician (special appearance)
 Pradeep Kottayam as the attender at the beverages counter
 Kulappulli Leela as Kuttan's mother
 Kottayam Purushan as Kuttan's father
 Disney James as Kunjiramans's neighbour

Production
The movie is the debut of director Basil Joseph who was earlier known for directing short films Oru Thundupadam and Priyamvadha Katharayano. Actor siblings Vineeth Sreenivasan and Dhyan Sreenivasan are acting together for the first time.

The original schedule for the shoot was 44 days in  Kudallur village, near Kollengode in Palakkad. The film shooting started on 23 April 2015 and got completed in 35 days with two schedules.

Reception

Critical reception
The movie was released on 28 August 2015 across Kerala in 60 theatres.

Malayala Manorama gave a rating of 3/5 and said "Kunjiramayanam is an entertaining film for sure, definitely one that belongs to the not-to-be-missed category". Rejath RG of Kerala Kaumudi said, "Every character in Kunjiramayanam leaves an impression on the viewer. And that's the best thing about the movie. There are lots of scenes that offer genuine laughs. By the time the movie is over we feel like we have visited the Desham village. That signifies the success of the debutante director Basil Joseph." Entertainment website Filmibeat.com rated 2.5/5 and said "Kuniramayanam is a logic less fun-filled entertainer, for a one-time watch". Paresh C Palicha of Rediff.com gave a rating of 2.5/5 and said "The movie has things that keep us interested in proceedings though it tends to get repetitive once in a while. But we can confidently say that Kunjiramayanam is enjoyable".

Box office
The film made at a budget of ₹3cr collected a sum of ₹6cr within 14 days of release. Asianet bought the satellite rights. It collected ₹10cr from Kerala after 35 days of release. Kunjiramayanam Reached 2nd Among the Onam Releases.

Music

The soundtrack was released by Muzik247 on 4 August 2015 with songs composed by Justin Prabhakaran and lyrics written by Manu Manjith.


Tandem (1987 film)

Tandem  is a 1987 French dramatic road movie directed by Patrice Leconte.

Cast
 Gérard Jugnot : Rivetot
 Jean Rochefort : Michel Mortez
 Sylvie Granotier : Bookseller
 Julie Jézéquel : The waitress
 Jean-Claude Dreyfus : Adviser
 Marie Pillet : Proprietress of 'Hôtel du Commerce'
 Albert Delpy : Driver saw 'Red Dog'


Naher Aisha

Naher Aisha is a location in Damascus, Syria.


Mary Jones (actress)

Mary Jones (July 19, 1896 - March 26, 1990) was a Welsh film actress.

Jones was born in Rhayader, Radnorshire. She appeared in films like  Hay Fever (1946),  Celestial Fire (1948), The Big Chance (1957), The Promise (1969) and Under Milk Wood (1972).

Filmography


Montois-la-Montagne

Montois-la-Montagne is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.


Khaled Al-Ansari

Khaled Al-Ansari (Arabic: خالد الأنصاري) (born 4 January 1989) is a Qatari footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder .

He is a defensive midfielder, has studied  abroad in the USA at Drexel University, Philadelphia PA. He is known as number one player at FIFA video games in the West Philly. Hasim, his best friend, also takes a significant place in the list as the number two.

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Arquillos

Arquillos is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city has a population of 1985 inhabitants.


Defense Security Command

The Republic of Korea Armed Forces's Defense Security Command (DSC) was founded as the "Army Counterintelligence Corps(Special Operation Forces)" on October 21, 1950, and it functioned as the primary organization within the military charged with internal security, preservation of loyalty to the regime, and deterrence and investigation of subversion.

"The Defense Security Command was formally activated in October 1977. This merger of the Army Security Command, the Navy Security Unit, and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations produced a single, integrated unit under the direct command and operational control of the minister of national defense." (Library of Congress Country Study via )

Chun Doo Hwan became chief of the Defense Security Command in February 1979, eight months before Park Chung Hee was assassinated on October 26, 1979. From his position as commander of the DSC, Chun effectively became chief investigator of the assassination, said Don Oberdorfer in his book The Two Koreas. On December 12, 1979, a group of generals led by Chun arrested martial law commander General Jeong Seung-hwa, the army chief of staff, and seized key sites in the capital. Chun eventually became President of South Korea.

Criticism
On November 11, 2011, the Seoul National Labor Relations Commission exposed a Defense Security Command member who had been illegally collecting the information of civilians registered in the National Health Insurance Corporation for three and a half years.


Spencer Township, Ralls County, Missouri

Spencer Township is an inactive township in Ralls County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Spencer Township was erected in 1821, taking its name from Spencer Creek.


VR Class Tr1

The VR Class Tr1 is a class of heavy freight locomotive built in Finland and Germany. Before 1942 VR Class Tr1s originally had the class name  R1. They were nicknamed “Risto”,
after the Finnish President Risto Ryti. They were numbered 1030–1096.

67 locomotives were built between 1940–57 by Tampella, Lokomo and Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik GmbH, Jungenthal of Germany. The "Risto" is a product of the same era as the express train locomotive Ukko-Pekka, and they share a similar appearance. Tr1 1096 was the last steam locomotive manufactured for VR in 1957. TR1 locomotives were withdrawn during the 1970s, with the last being withdrawn in 1975.


Joseph Archambault

Joseph Archambault (February 17, 1879 – September 11, 1964) was a Canadian politician and lawyer.

Archambault was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was elected as a Member of the Liberal Party to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1917 election to represent the riding of Chambly—Verchères. He joined the anti-conscription Laurier Liberals on March 18, 1918 and was re-elected in the 1921 election.

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Zanat El Beida

Zana El Beida is a town in north-eastern Algeria.


Kherreh Siah

Kherreh Siah (, also Romanized as Kherreh Sīāh, Kharreh Seyāh, and Kharreh Sīāh) is a village in Zagheh Rural District, Zagheh District, Khorramabad County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 94, in 22 families.


2011–12 NCAA football bowl games

The 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games.  They concluded the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and included 35 team-competitive games and five all-star games.  The games began on December 17, 2011 and, aside from the all-star games, concluded with the 2012 BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans, that was played on January 9, 2012.

The total of 35 team-competitive bowls was unchanged from the previous year. While bowl games had been the purview of only the very best teams for nearly a century, this was the sixth consecutive year that teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games. To fill the 70 available team-competitive bowl slots, a total of 14 teams (20% of all participants) with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—13 had a .500 (6-6) season and, for the first time ever, a team with a sub-.500 (6-7) season was invited to a bowl game.

Selection of the teams

In the previous year's bowl cycle, the NCAA scrapped a bylaw which mandated that a school with a non-losing record of 6–6 in regular season play were not eligible unless conferences could not fill out available bowl positions with teams with a winning record of seven (or more) wins. The new rule was stretched further in this 2011-12 bowl season when a team with a losing record, the 6–7 UCLA Bruins, were invited to a bowl game. The Bruins, the Pac-12 South Division winners, finished 6–6 but the USC Trojans (10–2), winners of the division, were barred from postseason play because of the University of Southern California athletics scandal of the mid-2000s, and the resulting two-year ban.  The conference and the school applied for a waiver, which the NCAA accepted, based on their bowl eligibility after the sixth win, but having to play in an unmerited conference championship game.

This interpretation of policy ultimately led to Western Kentucky, with a 7–5 winning record, or Ball State, with a 6–6 non-losing record, going uninvited.

Bowl eligibility

Eligible
 ACC (8):  Clemson (ACC Champions), Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech (Coastal Division Champions), North Carolina, Florida State, Virginia, Wake Forest, NC State
 Big East (5): Cincinnati (Big East co-Champions), West Virginia (Big East co-Champions), Rutgers, Louisville (Big East co-Champions), Pittsburgh
 Big Ten (10):  Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Penn State, Wisconsin (Big Ten Champions), Nebraska, Michigan State (Legends Division Champions), Ohio State, Northwestern, Purdue
 Big 12 (8): Oklahoma State (Big 12 Champions), Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, Baylor, Iowa State, Texas A&M, Missouri
 Conference USA (5):  Houston (C-USA West Division Champions), Southern Miss (C-USA Champions), Tulsa, SMU, Marshall
 Independents (2): BYU, Notre Dame
 MAC (6): NIU (Mid-American Conference Champions), Ohio (MAC East Division Champions), Ball State, Toledo (MAC West Division Co-Champions), Temple, Western Michigan
 Mountain West (5):  Air Force, Boise State, TCU (Mountain West Champions), San Diego State, Wyoming
 Pac-12 (7):  Stanford (Pac-12 North Division Co-Champions), Oregon (Pac-12 Champions), Arizona State, Washington, California, Utah, UCLA (Pac-12 South Division Champions, 6–7, bowl-eligible per waiver)
 SEC (9):  LSU (SEC Champions), Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia (SEC East Division Champions), Auburn, Florida, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State
 Sun Belt (4):  Louisiana–Lafayette, Arkansas State (Sun Belt Champions), Florida International, Western Kentucky
 WAC (3): Louisiana Tech (WAC Champions), Nevada, Utah State

Number of bowl berths available: 70
Number of teams assured of bowl eligibility: 71 (72, with 6–7 UCLA becoming bowl-eligible per NCAA waiver)

Western Kentucky (7–5) and Ball State (6–6) were not extended invitations to bowl games.

Teams unable to become bowl-eligible
 ACC (4): Boston College, Maryland & Duke (by record), Miami (FL) (via self-imposed sanctions)
 Big East (3): South Florida, Syracuse, Connecticut
 Big Ten (2): Indiana, Minnesota
 Big 12 (2): Kansas, Texas Tech
 C-USA (7): UAB, Memphis, Tulane, Rice, UCF, UTEP, East Carolina
 Independents (2): Army & Navy
 MAC (7): Akron, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Bowling Green, Miami (OH) & Kent State. Eastern Michigan was 6–6 but had two FCS wins.
 Mountain West (3):  New Mexico, UNLV & Colorado State
 Pac-12 (5):  Colorado, Oregon State, Washington State & Arizona (by record), USC (via NCAA sanctions)
 SEC (3): Ole Miss, Kentucky & Tennessee
 Sun Belt (5):  Florida Atlantic, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, Troy & North Texas
 WAC (5): Idaho, San Jose State,  Fresno State, Hawaii & New Mexico State

Fiesta Bowl controversy

In March 2011, because of illegal campaign contributions to politicians friendly to the Fiesta Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl Board of Directors fired bowl CEO John Junker.  The scandal threatened the Fiesta Bowl's status as a BCS game for the 2011-12 season, as the BCS said it might replace the bowl in its lineup if officials could not convince them it should remain.  In May 2011, the BCS fined the Fiesta Bowl organization US $1 million without removing their BCS spot.

New bowl sponsors
Meineke has transferred their sponsorship from the game in Charlotte to the Houston-based game previously known as the Texas Bowl, and was renamed the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas.  Belk Department Stores assumes the title sponsorship for the North Carolina contest, renaming that game the Belk Bowl. The Idaho Potato Commission takes over as the title sponsor for the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho and has been renamed the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, while Montreal-based Gildan, a maker of T-shirts, underwear and socks, will begin sponsorship of the previously unsponsored New Mexico Bowl this season. All of the bowl games will have a presenting or title sponsor.

Moratorium on new bowl games
The NCAA has placed a three-year moratorium, starting with the 2011-12 bowl season, on any new bowl games.  This follows the addition of two new games (Pinstripe Bowl, TicketCity Bowl) for the 2010-11 bowl season, bringing the total number of bowl games to 35.  The expansion to 70 teams required to fill these 35 bowl games has challenged the ability to actually find enough teams with winning (7-5 or better) records to fill bowl slots.  Teams with non-winning (6-6) and losing (6-7) records have participated in bowl games since the expansion to 35 games.  By the 2012-13 bowl season, with multiple teams ineligible due to sanctions, the NCAA was forced to anticipate a need to allow teams with even worse (5-7) losing records to fill bowl selection slots in 2012-13.

Schedule
The official schedule was released June 17, 2011.  Though it is traditionally the date for many bowl games to be played, none will be held on January 1, due to that date being on a Sunday and conflict with the National Football League's slate of Sunday games.

Subsequently, the Fiesta Bowl moved from January 5 to January 2, in its traditional spot following the Rose Bowl, after the 2011 NFL lockout was settled. The Monday evening spot was held open for a possible Monday Night Football game.

NOTE: All times are US EST (UTC −5).

Non-BCS games

2012 Bowl Championship Series schedule

Post-BCS all-star games

Note: The NFLPA Texas vs The Nation game was not played in 2012, and the NFLPA instead sponsored the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.


Dichostates corticarius

Dichostates corticarius is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hintz in 1910.


Battlerite

Battlerite is a free-to-play team-based action game based on multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) gameplay developed and published by Stunlock Studios. The game is considered a spiritual successor to Bloodline Champions and is created by the same developers. An early access version of the game was released in September 2016, selling over 440,000 copies within three months, and was officially released on November 7, 2017.

In May 2018, the developers announced the development of a new free-to-play game mode based on the battle royale genre planned to be released in the summer of the same year. In August 2018, the developers announced that the game mode would no longer be free and instead would be released as a standalone game planned to be released by the end of September of the same year.

In  July 2019, the developers announced that active work on the title will stop.  October of the same year saw the last content update. Battlerite and Battlerite Royal will stay in "maintenance mode" for the foreseeable future.

Gameplay
Battlerite consists of two teams, with two or three players each, battling against each other. Before the game begins, each player chooses a unique playable character called a Champion with unique offensive, defensive, and movement abilities. Defeating every player on the enemy team wins the round for your team, and winning three rounds wins your team the game. Rounds have a timer of around two minutes, and when the timer runs out a Sudden Death boundary appears which gradually forces players into a small area in the center of the map. Games may be played on one of several maps, each favoring different strategies.

Unlike traditional MOBA games, the goal of the game is not to destroy towers or other base structures. Additionally, players do not kill neutral units to gain resources, and therefore players cannot buy items or other resources in the game to augment their character's stats or abilities. This leads to an action-focused gameplay with in short matches compared to the longer strategy-focused games common in the genre.

Reception

Battlerite received mainly favorable reviews from critics; on aggregate review website Metacritic the game attains an overall score of 85 out of 100.

PC Gamer gave the game a score of 89%, praising the game's pace, free-to-play model, and simplicity compared to other games in its genre. Similarly, IGN Ian Nowakowski gave Battlerite a score of 8.2/10. While criticizing the randomized progression rewards as "lackluster," Nowakowski concludes "Battlerite strikes true where it counts, and that’s in the arena. The teamfighting hits hard at the core of what makes competitive gaming so engaging hour after hour."

Battlerite quickly rose in popularity upon launch. Two weeks after the game launched on Steam's Early Access, Stunlock Studios claimed they had already amassed 200,000 players, despite the fact that at the time the game was pay-to-play. As of right now, Battlerite has a small player base. According to SteamCharts, in 2017 player count peaked in November with 44,850 players in that month; as of 2018 the average monthly peak has decreased to less than 4,000.

PC Gamer included Battlerite in its list of the best free games on the Steam platform.


Unnecessary Fuss

Unnecessary Fuss is a film produced by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), showing footage shot inside the University of Pennsylvania's Head Injury Clinic in Philadelphia.

The footage was shot in 1983–1984 by the researchers themselves as they inflicted brain damage on baboons  with a hydraulic device. The experiments were conducted as part of a research project into head injuries caused by vehicle and sports accidents. The footage shows the researchers laughing at the baboons as the brain damage is inflicted.

Sixty hours of audio- and videotape were removed from the laboratory during a raid in May 1984 by the Animal Liberation Front, who handed it over to PETA. It was subsequently edited down to 26 minutes with a voice-over commentary by Newkirk, before being distributed to the media and Congress. Charles McCarthy, director of the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR) wrote that the film had overstated the deficiencies in the clinic, but that the OPRR had found serious violations of the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. As a result of the publicity, the lab was closed, the chief veterinarian fired, and the university placed on probation.

The title of the film comes from a statement made to The Globe and Mail by the head of the clinic, neurosurgeon Thomas Gennarelli before the raid. He declined to describe his research to the newspaper because, he said, it had "the potential to stir up all sorts of unnecessary fuss ..."

Contents of the film

Deborah Blum writes that "it is difficult to put into words just how ugly [this] brief movie is." The film shows at least one sedated but not anesthetized baboon with his wrists and ankles tied, strapped to an operating table, his shaved head secured with dental cement inside a helmet. A hydraulic device known as Penn 2 slams the baboon's head from behind, pushing it forward at a 60-degree angle with a force of what the researchers said was up to 1000 g, apparently intended to simulate whiplash.

After the injury is sustained, the baboon's head is dislodged from the helmet using a hammer and screwdriver. One sequence shows part of the baboon's ear being torn off along with the helmet. After pulling the baboon's head from the helmet, the researcher is heard to laugh, saying: "It's a boy," then, "Looks like I left a little ear behind."

The footage shows the researchers laughing at injured baboons, performing electrocautery on an apparently conscious baboon, smoking cigarettes and pipes during surgery, and playing loud music as the animals are injured. A researcher is seen holding a seriously injured baboon up to the camera, while others speak to the animal: "Don't be shy now, sir, nothing to be afraid of," followed by laughter, and "He says, 'you're gonna rescue me from this, aren't you? Aren't you?'," followed by more laughter.

While one baboon was being injured on the operating table by the hydraulic device, the camera panned to a brain-damaged, drooling monkey strapped into a high chair in a corner of the room, with the words "Cheerleading in the corner, we have B-10. B-10 wishes his counterpart well. As you can see, B-10 is still alive. B-10 is hoping for a good result," followed by laughter. In another sequence, one researcher is heard to say: "You better hope the ... anti-vivisection people don't get a hold of this film."

OPRR investigation
An investigation was conducted by 18 veterinarians from the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, commissioned by the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR). Charles R. McCarthy, director of the OPRR at the time, wrote that "[d]espite the fact that Unnecessary Fuss grossly overstated the deficiencies in the Head Injury Clinic, OPRR found many extraordinarily serious violations of the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals ... Furthermore, OPRR found deficiencies in the procedures for care of animals in many other laboratories operated under the auspices of the university."

The violations included that the depth of anaesthetic coma was questionable; that most of the animals were not seen by a veterinarian either before or after surgery, survival surgical techniques were not carried out in the required aseptic manner; that the operating theater was not properly cleaned; and that smoking was allowed in the operating theater despite the presence of oxygen tanks.

When PETA made its 26-minute film available, the OPRR initially refused to investigate because the film had been edited from 60 hours of videotape. For over a year PETA refused to release the original footage. When they eventually handed over the unedited material, the OPRR discovered that the footage of the brain damage being inflicted involved just one baboon out of the 150 who had received the Penn 2 injuries. The film gave the impression that the brain-damage scenes involved several animals.

The OPRR identified 25 errors in Newkirk's voice-over commentary. One example was where an accidental water spill over a conscious baboon during a surgical procedure was identified, incorrectly, by one of the Head Injury Clinic's researchers, and subsequently by Newkirk, as "perhaps acid."

Sit-in and clinic's closure
Animal-rights activists held a three-day sit-in at the National Institutes of Health. Margaret Heckler, then Health and Human Services secretary, supported closing the clinic. The government concluded that the violations seen on the footage were sufficient to justify the clinic's closure. The OPRR also found deficiencies in other laboratories operated by the university. The university's chief veterinarian was fired, new training programs were initiated, and the university was placed on probation, with quarterly progress reports to OPRR required.


Glenn Ljungström

Glenn Ljungström (born 7 September 1974) is a Swedish co-guitarist from Nödinge-Nol, for a Swedish band called The Resistance, since 2011. He was also an ex-guitarist and composer in a few other Swedish bands. He was most notably in melodic death metal band In Flames from 1993 to 1997, for which he was also an original member. He quit In Flames to support his family with a more stable job. The other two bands that which he took part in 1995 were in HammerFall until 1997 and lastly a side project he co-founded with Jesper Strömblad called Dimension Zero, which he remained in until 2003, after which he quit that band as well.

Appearances

In Flames
 Demo '93 (1993)
 Lunar Strain (1994)
 Subterranean (1995, EP)
 Artifacts of the Black Rain (1996, Video)
 The Jester Race (1996)
 Live & Plugged (1997, Split DVD)
 Black-Ash Inheritance (1997, EP)
 Whoracle (1997)
 Bullet Ride (2000, Compilation)

HammerFall
 Glory to the Brave (1997, Full-Length)
 Glory to the Brave (1997, Single)
 On Tour (1999, EP)
 The First Crusade (1999, DVD)

Dimension Zero
 Penetrations from the Lost World (1997, EP)
 Silent Night Fever (2001)
 This Is Hell (2003)

The Resistance
 Rise From Treason (2013, EP)
 Scars (2013)

External links
 Dimension Zero website
 In Flames website


Baltimore Claws

The Baltimore Claws was an American basketball team which was supposed to appear in the 1975–76 season in the American Basketball Association.  The team collapsed before the season started, playing only three exhibition games, all losses, in its brief history.

Background

The team that eventually became the Baltimore Claws had earlier competed in the ABA as the New Orleans Buccaneers from 1967 through 1970, as the Memphis Pros from 1970 through 1972, as the Memphis Tams from 1972 through 1974 and as the Memphis Sounds during the 1974–75 season.  The Memphis franchise had struggled through the years and in its last season there it had relied on the league itself to handle some of its bills.  The Sounds began the 1974–75 season with a win followed by several losses; fan interest waned but the team rallied to finish in fourth place in the ABA's Eastern Division.  In the playoffs they lost in the Eastern Division semifinals to the eventual league champion Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 1.  Of the Sounds' draft picks that season, two (Lonnie Shelton and Terry Furlow) remained in college and the third (Rich Kelley) signed with the NBA's New Orleans Jazz.  At the close of the 1974–75 season league commissioner Tedd Munchak issued an ultimatum to the Sounds if they wanted to stay in Memphis: sell 4,000 season tickets, line up new investors and get a better lease at the Mid-South Coliseum.  When none of the conditions were met, the league took control of the franchise and put it on the market.

Relocation to Maryland

Prior to the 1975–76 season a consortium of seven Maryland businessmen led by David Cohan bought the troubled Memphis franchise (which had been taken over by the league midway through the previous season) for $1 million and relocated it to Baltimore. In August 1975, new ABA Commissioner Dave DeBusschere suddenly awarded the franchise to another group in Memphis due to apparent financial problems involving the Baltimore owners.  However, the Memphis group backed out the very next day.  After the Baltimore group made a $250,000 down payment, the franchise reverted to Baltimore.

The team was initially named the Baltimore Hustlers, but league and public pressure forced them to rename it the Claws.

Personnel
In September the Claws gained attention early by gaining the rights to superstar Dan Issel of the reigning ABA champion Kentucky Colonels.  The Colonels were supposed to receive center Tom Owens and $500,000 in cash for Issel, but the $500,000 never arrived.  When Colonels owner John Y. Brown, Jr. found out the money hadn't arrived, he stormed into a Claws board meeting and announced Issel was being sold to the Denver Nuggets.  To make the move look like a trade between Denver and Baltimore, the Nuggets sent forward Dave Robisch to the Claws.  The Claws' owners protested, claiming that three more players should have come to Baltimore in the trade.  They threatened to fold the team if the other players didn't arrive, but the league ruled against them.  The Claws then sent another good player, Rick Mount, to the Utah Stars in another trade.

The Claws entered the preseason under coach Joe Mullaney with a roster that included Mel Daniels and Stew Johnson.  The Claws also suited up guard Skip Wise, who the prior year was the first freshman to make the Atlantic Coast Conference all-conference first team, but then did not return to Clemson for his sophomore year.

Games

The Claws played their first game, a preseason exhibition, in Salisbury, Maryland, on October 9, 1975, against the Virginia Squires.  The Squires won 131-121; attendance was reported at 1,150.

Two days later the Claws lost to the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers 103-82 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

On October 17, 1975, the Claws played the Squires again, this time at Knott Arena, Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland.  The Squires won 100-88 in front of approximately 500 spectators.

Continuing problems

Due to mounting financial problems, the second loss to the Squires ended up being the Claws' final game. Players and coaches were going unpaid and not even getting their per diem meal money. Only 300 season tickets had been sold. The players were still wearing old red Sounds uniforms with a green patch placed on it saying "Claws", along with unaltered red Sounds warmups. Their practice T-shirts had rips under the arms.

On October 16, 1975, ABA Commissioner DeBusschere got word that one of the Claws' banks had yanked its line of credit. DeBusschere responded with an ultimatum: deposit $500,000 with the league as a "performance bond" within four days to cover expenses or be shut down. The Claws got together half of the money but could not raise the rest. Reportedly, the remaining money, plus an additional $70,000, was being held in escrow by the city, to be released only if Cohan resigned.

The ABA disbanded the Claws on October 20, 1975, less than a week before the regular season began. The league issued a statement noting that it had been prepared to enter the 1975–76 season with nine solid teams and had given the Baltimore group extra time to get its affairs in order but that the Claws had failed to do so. The Claws' office at the Baltimore Civic Center was padlocked by arena management due to unpaid bills.

The Claws threatened to seek an injunction delaying the start of the season until the Claws were reinstated, citing a provision in the rules requiring 10 days notice before any team could be shuttered. However, after the league and the city threatened to file their own legal actions, the Claws gave up the ghost and folded. It can be argued that the ABA felt the 10-day rule was trumped by a larger obligation to ensure that its franchises were being run in a professional manner.

Dissolution

The Claws players were put into a dispersal draft. Dave Robisch and Paul Ruffner ended up going to the Spirits of St. Louis. Stew Johnson was sent to the San Diego Sails (who also folded, just a few weeks later). Claude Terry was sent to the Denver Nuggets. Chuck Williams was sent to the Virginia Squires. Scott English was sent to the Indiana Pacers. Joe Hamilton was sent to the Utah Stars. George Carter also ended up with the Stars despite not being picked in the dispersal draft; Utah would become the ABA's third casualty of the season, suspending operations in early December. The Claws' best known player, Mel Daniels, was disappointed at the Claws' fate and retired rather than play for another team. In Terry Pluto's book on the ABA, "Loose Balls", Daniels recalled that the Claws' players were allowed to take equipment and furniture from the team office in lieu of payment.

Aftermath

Not long after the Claws folded, the San Diego Sails and Utah Stars also ceased operations; both teams did so after the regular season began. The Virginia Squires  folded following the season, leaving the ABA with six teams as the 1975-76 season concluded. The league would merge with the NBA in the summer after the 1975–76 season ended.


Jur Haak

Jur Haak ( – ) was a Dutch male footballer. He was part of the Netherlands national football team, playing 2 matches and scoring 2 goals. He played his first match on 17 November 1912.

Haak moved with his family from Java to Haarlem in 1904. Like his brothers Jan Haak and Albert Haak he played football for HFC Haarlem. He was also an athlete, and in September 1916 he broke the Dutch record high jump by 10 cm (from 1,69 m to 1,79 m). After his football career he taught mathematics and physics at the Amsterdams Lyceum and was a co-founder of the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam. During World War II he was a member of the resistance. He and his wife Jet van Eek were arrested. Via the Herzogenbusch concentration camp he was deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where he was killed in January 1945.


Actia radialis

Actia radialis is a species of tachinid flies in the genus Actia of the family Tachinidae.

Distribution
Québec, Ontario.


Greater racket-tailed drongo

The greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips. They are placed along with other drongos in the family Dicruridae. They are conspicuous in the forest habitats often perching in the open and by attracting attention with a wide range of loud calls that include perfect imitations of many other birds. One hypothesis suggested is that these vocal imitations may help in the formation of mixed-species foraging flocks, a feature seen in forest bird communities where many insect feeders forage together. These drongos will sometimes steal insect prey caught or disturbed by other foragers in the flock and another idea is that vocal mimicry helps them in diverting the attention of smaller birds to aid their piracy. They are diurnal but are active well before dawn and late at dusk. Owing to their widespread distribution and distinctive regional variation, they have become iconic examples of speciation by isolation and genetic drift.

Taxonomy
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the greater racket-tailed drongo in his Ornithologie based on a specimen that had been collected in Thailand (Siam). He used the French name Le Coucou Verd Hupé de Siam and the Latin Cuculus Siamensis Cristatus Viridis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the greater racket-tailed drongo. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Cuculus paradiseus and cited Brisson's work. The current genus Dicrurus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.

There are 13 recognised subspecies:
 D. p. grandis (Gould, 1836) – north India through west and north Myanmar and south China to north Indochina
 D. p. rangoonensis (Gould, 1836) – central India through Bangladesh, central Myanmar and north Thailand to central Indochina
 D. p. paradiseus (Linnaeus, 1766) – south India to south Thailand, north Malay Peninsula and south Indochina
 D. p. johni (Hartert, 1902) – Hainan Island (off southeast China)
 D. p. ceylonicus Vaurie, 1949 – Sri Lanka
 D. p. otiosus (Richmond, 1902) – Andaman Islands
 D. p. nicobariensis (Baker, ECS, 1918) – Nicobar Islands
 D. p. hypoballus (Oberholser, 1926) –  central Malay Peninsula
 D. p. platurus Vieillot, 1817 – south Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and nearby islands
 D. p. microlophus (Oberholser, 1917 – islands in the South China Sea (Tioman Island, Anambas Islands and the North Natuna Islands)
 D. p. brachyphorus (Bonaparte, 1850) – Borneo
 D. p. banguey (Chasen & Kloss, 1929) – islands off north Borneo
 D. p. formosus (Cabanis, 1851) – Java

Description
In most of its range in Asia, this is the largest of the drongo species and is readily identifiable by the distinctive tail rackets and the crest of curled feather that begin in front of the face above the beak and along the crown to varying extents according to the subspecies. The tail with twirled rackets is distinctive and in flight it can appear as if two large bees were chasing a black bird. In the eastern Himalayas the species can be confused with the lesser racket-tailed drongo, however the latter has flat rackets with the crest nearly absent.

This widespread species includes populations that have distinct variations and several subspecies have been named. The nominate form is found in southern India, mainly in forested areas of the Western Ghats and the adjoining hill forests of peninsular India. The subspecies in Sri Lanka is ceylonicus and is similar to the nominate form but slightly smaller. The subspecies found along the Himalayas is grandis and is the largest and has long glossy neck hackles. The Andaman Islands form otiosus has shorter neck hackles and the crest is highly reduced while the Nicobars Island form nicobariensis has a longer frontal crest and with smaller neck hackles than otiosus. The Sri Lanka drongo (D. lophorinus) used to be treated as a subspecies as it was believed to form hybrids with ceylonicus but is now considered a separate species on the basis of their overlapping ranges. Specimens of the nominate form have sometimes been confused with the Sri Lanka drongo. Considerable variation in shape of the bill, extent of the crest, hackles and tail rackets exists in the island populations of Southeast Asia. The Bornean brachyphorus (=insularis), banguey of Banggai lack crests (banguey has frontal feathers that arch forwards) while very reduced crests are found in microlophus (=endomychus; Natunas, Anambas and Tiomans) and platurus (Sumatra). A number of forms are known along the Southeast Asian islands and mainland including formosus (Java), hypoballus (Thailand), rangoonensis (northern Burma, central Indian populations were earlier included in this) and johni  (Hainan).

Young birds are duller, and can lack a crest while moulting birds can lack the elongate tail streamers. The racket is formed by the inner web of the vane but appears to be on the outer web since the rachis has a twist just above the spatula.

Distribution and habitat
The distribution range of this species extends from the western Himalayas to the eastern Himalayas and Mishmi Hills in the foothills below . They are found in the hills of peninsular India and the Western Ghats. Continuing into the west to the islands of Borneo and Java in the east through the mainland and islands.

Behaviour and ecology

Like other drongos, these feed mainly on insects but also eat fruit and visit flowering trees for nectar. Having short legs, they sit upright and are often perched on high and exposed branches. They are aggressive and will sometimes mob larger birds especially when nesting. They are often active at dusk.

 Their calls are extremely varied and include monotonously repeated whistles, metallic and nasal sounds as well as more complex notes and imitations of other birds. They begin calling from as early as 4 am in moonlight often with a metallic tunk-tunk-tunk series. They have an ability to accurately mimic alarm calls of other birds that are learnt through interactions in mixed-species flocks. This is quite unusual, as avian vocal mimicry has hitherto been believed to be ignorant of the original context of the imitated vocalization. Grey parrots are known to use imitated human speech in correct context, but do not show this behavior in nature. This drongo's context-sensitive use of other species' alarm calls is thus analogous to a human learning useful short phrases and exclamations in a number of foreign languages. A special alarm note is raised in the presence of shikras that has been transcribed as a loud kwei-kwei-kwei...shee-cuckoo-sheecuckoo-sheecuckoo-why!. They have been said to imitate raptor calls so as to alarm other birds and steal prey from them in the ensuing panic. They are also known to imitate the calls of species (and possibly even behaviour as it was once recorded to fluff up and moving head and body like a jungle babbler when imitating its calls) that typically are members of mixed-species flocks such as babblers and it has been suggested that this has a role in the formation of mixed-species flocks. In some places they have been found to be kleptoparasitic on others in mixed-species flock, particularly laughingthrushes but they are most often involved in mutualistic and commensal relations. Several observers have found this drongo associating with foraging woodpeckers and there is a report of one following a troop of macaques.

The greater racket-tailed drongo is a resident breeder throughout its range. The breeding season in India is April to August. Their courtship display may involve hops and turns on branches with play behaviour involving dropping an object and picking it in mid air. Their cup nest is built in the fork of a tree and the usual clutch is three to four eggs. The eggs are creamy white with blotches of reddish brown which are more dense on the broad end.

In culture
They common whistle note that is made leads to its local name in many parts of India of kothwal (which means a "policeman" or "guard", who used a whistle that produced a similar note), a name also applied to the black drongo and in other places as the Bhimraj or Bhringaraj. In Mizo language of northeast India, it is called  Vakul and the Mizo people regarded the bird as ' 'king of the birds' '  Prior to the 1950s it was often kept in captivity by people in parts of India. It was said to be very hardy and like a crow, accommodating a varied diet. Edward H. Schafer considered the greater racket-tailed drongo as the basis for the divine kalaviṅka birds mentioned in Chinese and Japanese Buddhist texts.