Kodukulanji

Kodukulanji is a village located around 5 km north of the Achankovil River and 7 km south of the Pamba River, in Alappuzha district.

Location
Kodukulanji is located around 5 km north of the Achankovil River and 7 km south of the Pamba River. The village is predominantly Syrian Christian. Kodukulanji is one of the highest places in Alapuzha district. The village comes under two panchayats, Ala and Venmoney. The legislative constituency is Chengannur and parliamentary constituency is Mavelikara.

Kodukulanji is also famous for a 13th Century Ayyappa temple situated at a peak, highest in Alleppey. Varattar, a tributary of the Pamba River, flows through Kodukulanji.

Kodukulanji (part of ALA Panchayath) is on the banks of Uttarappalli River (ഉത്തരപ്പളി ആറ് ) also known as varattar (വരട്ടാർ ) locally. this river is a natural interlinking of Achankovil and Pampa rivers.

Etymology
The name Kodukulanji originated from two words "Kodu" which means "curves" and "kulanji" a tree which was once common in this place.

Location
Kodukulanji is a village which is situated about 8 km south of Chengannur town and 10 km from Mavelikara town.

The proposed National Highway NH 183  which connects Kollam to Theni  passes through Kodukulanji.

The two major cities of Kerala, Cochin city in Ernakulam district  and Thiruvananthapuram city are approximately 110 kilometers apart from Kodukulanji.

Transport
Kodukulanji is a junction of two roads. One road goes to Mavelikara via Kollakadavu. The other road leads to Pandalam via Venmoney.

Proposed Kollam-Theni Highway (NH 220) passes through Kodukulanji

Private buses dominate the public transportation in this route. KSRTC also operates bus services through this area on a smaller scale. Private buses are running in this route with an average time interval of 10 to 15 minutes from Chengannur and Mavelikara private bus stands. Nearest main railway station is Chengannur (7 km). Nearest airport is Trivandrum International Airport which is at a distance of 123 km from Kodukulanji.

Religion
The population in Kodukulanji practices Hinduism and Christianity.

Churches
 C.S.I Christ Church

C.S.I Christ church was established in the year 1842 by CMS missionaries. To begin with there were only 8 Christian families‚ but in due course more Christian families joined the church from surrounding areas like Pennukkara, Cheriyanad, Cheruvalloor, Kozhuvalloor, and Kollakadavu. The main building of the present church was constructed in the year 1846.

 Prakashagiri St Mary's Orthodox Church
 St John's Malankara Catholic Church
 Indian Pentecostal Church of God (I.P.C., Bethel Church, Kodukulanji)
 St. Paul's C.S.I Church
 The Pentecostal Mission Church (TPM)
 Church of God (Full Gospel), Kodukulanji

Hindu Temples

 Dharma Sastavu Temple: Dharma Sastavu temple is situated at Kuthiravatoom which is about 1 km from Kodukulanji.

Another temple was constructed at Poovannalkavu near Parachantha and opened to public on the year of 2012. The new temple was built by the two NSS Karayogams (Kodukulanji and Kodukulanji Karode) .

Politics
Kodukulanji is a part of Ala grama panchayat. The assembly constituency is Chengannur and Parliamentary constituency is Mavelikara.  2010 local body elections the United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance got absolute majority in the Ala Grama panchayat with 9 seats out of 13. Left Democratic Front (LDF) and Bharathiya Janatha party (BJP) got 2 seats each. The current Panchayat President is Mr. Bahulayen C.K of Indian National Congress (INC).

Schools

The schools functioning at Kodukulanji are C.M.S UP school, Christ Church Vidyapith, John Memorial High School, Raja Rajesweri Senior Secondary  School.

 C.M.S UP school
C.M.S UP School was started in 1842 by C.M.S Missionaries. The school has Classes up to 7th standard and follows Kerala state syllabus
 Christ Church Vidyapith
Christ Church Vidyapith was started in 2000 and is managed by C.S.I Management .The school follows C.B.S.E syllabus and has classes from LKG up to 7th Standard.
 John Memorial High School
John Memorial High school has Classes from 8th Standard to 10th Standard .The schools follows Kerala state syllabus
 Raja Rajeshwari Senior Secondary School
Raja Rajeshwari school was started in 1998 and has classes from LKG up to 12th standard. The school follows C.B.S.E syllabus

Colleges
St. Thomas College of Engineering & Technology

St. Thomas College of Engineering & Technology is situated at Kozhuvalloor, which is at a distance of 1.5 km from Kodukulanji. The College was established on 2010.

Mount Zion College of Engineering for Women
Mount Zion College of Engineering for Women, is situated at Kozhuvalloor. The college was established in 2009.

Places to see
Kuthiravattom Chira, which is situated at a distance of one km from Kodukulanji is surrounded by fresh water body covering acres. To augment its beauty "Kuthiravattom Chira Tourism" project, a joint venture of the Venmoney grama panchayat of the Chengannur block and the District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) was commenced in 2008.As part of the first phase, a camp site-cum-convention centre, huts, dwelling units and an open theatre will be constructed. The project is included in the DTPC's `My Village' scheme

other attractions including

PALLONNI CHAL

POOMALA CHAL

AND MABRAPADAM WALK


Kang Ki-jin

Kang Ki-Jin (born November 16, 1972) is a South Korean sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-1 500 m event and the heats of the K-4 1000 m event.


UK Community Foundations

UK Community Foundations (UKCF) is a registered charity that leads a movement of community foundations committed to positive social change in the UK through the development of “community philanthropy”. Community philanthropy involves people from all parts of a community working together locally to use the financial and other resources available to them to improve others’ lives.

Previously Community Foundation Network, in February 2013 CFN relaunched as UK Community Foundations, with a renewed commitment to build thriving communities in the UK. UKCF also has a role as national membership association for community foundations which encompasses negotiating and managing national grant-making and funding opportunities on behalf of its members and providing direct technical assistance to member community foundations through its network.  As a membership organisation its work is governed and directed by a board drawn from its members.

With £500m in endowed funds and providing £65m in grants in 2013-14, community foundations manage funds donated by both individuals and organisations, while creating endowments and connecting donors to local needs.

Community foundations

Community foundations are independent registered philanthropic institutions serving geographically defined territory. They act as grant-making foundations, giving grants to support development projects. Their stated mission is to improve the quality of life in a community. They are supported by a broad range of private as well as public donors and seek contributions primarily from inside the community. They are governed by local boards and build capital endowment with the aim to ensure funding capability in perpetuity.

History

The first community foundation to be founded in the UK was Swindon in 1975. This later merged with the Wiltshire Community Trust to form the present Community Foundation for Wiltshire and Swindon. By 2010 there were 58 community foundations in the United Kingdom that cover 95% of the country.

UKCF was established in 1991 to stimulate the growth of new community foundations, develop and co-ordinate a code of good practice and encourage foundations to share knowledge across the UK. In 2001 the UKCF received major recognition when community foundations were chosen by the Government’s Children and Young People’s Unit as the best partners for the Local Network Fund. In 2003 the UKCF was chosen as the trustee of the Fair Share Trust programme, which is funded by the Big Lottery Fund. In 2006 a Quality Accreditation (QA) programme was established by UKCF. The Charity Commission for England and Wales endorses the QA standards and processes in a three-year cycle, which notes the focus on quality in all aspects of community foundation work.

In 2013-14 community foundations across the UK have generated more than £9m in private donations for communities, as well as more than £6m from businesses and a further £7m from government. They support more than 1,000 large donor clients, have £500m of endowed funds under their management, and every year around 21,000 grants are made across the UK.  There are more than 1,000 volunteers that provide national and local grassroots information; they are supported by 420 staff.  There have been ten foundations that have received one-off donations exceeding £1 million during this period.

Programmes and funding

UK Community Foundations was responsible for ensuring the implementation of the £50 million UK-wide Fair Share Trust programme, funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Also, on behalf of Comic Relief they distribute some of the funds raised through Red Nose Day and Sport Relief through the network of local community foundations. 48 community foundations were Local Funders for Grassroots Grants, a government programme comprising an £80 million grant programme and a £50 million endowment match challenge. UKCF also managed the grants component of the Mars in the Community investment programme to 2010 with employee involvement.

Most recently UK Community Foundations have partnered with the Evening Standard’s Dispossessed Campaign which has raised £5million to be distributed to local charities and projects within London and is managed by The London Community Foundation.

Partnerships

UK Community Foundations acts as an umbrella to promote and support philanthropy in the UK and has a number of partnerships:

The Beacon Fellowship

The Beacon Fellowship Charitable Trust was established to encourage individual contributions to charitable and social causes and to celebrate and showcase best practice in giving. It awards prizes for philanthropy, now managed by UK Community Foundations, which recognises individuals who have transformed other people’s lives through their gifts of time, skills and money.  Previous winners have included Jamie Oliver, Bob Geldof and Zac Goldsmith.

Fair Share Trust

UK Community Foundations was responsible for using its local giving expertise to ensure the effective implementation of the £50 million UK-wide Fair Share Trust (FST) programme, funded by the Big Lottery Fund. The Fair Share Trust’s aim was to build community skills, confidence, experience, and networks to improve local neighbourhoods. They help local communities to make a difference, by putting regeneration into their hands. The network of 27 local delivery partners works with communities in 80 neighbourhoods across the UK.

Localgiving.com

Localgiving.com is a social enterprise and Limited Company that operates as a not-for-profit. Localgiving.com was founded in 2008 by Marcelle Speller and is jointly owned by UK Community Foundations and the Ardbrack Foundation; both are registered charities and 50% shareholders.

Localgiving.com is a website for local charities and community groups to raise money, awareness and support. It allows registered and unregistered charities to claim Gift Aid as all donations are processed through their local community foundation which vets each group. The website allows supporters and donors to search for and find small charities and voluntary organisations in their community.


1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1957 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Roster

Rankings

Game summaries

Utah State

Washington State

Indiana

Wisconsin

Northwestern

Michigan

Minnesota

Ohio State

Game Statistics

Notre Dame

Postseason awards
Alex Karras - Outland Trophy, Consensus First-team All-American, 2nd in Heisman Trophy voting

1958 NFL Draft


The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie

The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie is the debut studio album by Stevie Wonder (then billed as Little Stevie Wonder) released in September 1962 on the Tamla Motown label.

The album showcases the 12-year-old Wonder's talents as a composer and instrumentalist and is one of two Wonder studio albums on which he does not sing (the other being Eivets Rednow); he is featured on percussion, the keyboard, and the harmonica.  Wonder's mentors Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby wrote and produced the material on The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Wonder, with the young Wonder himself also co-writing two of the compositions. The original studio version of "Fingertips" is included on the album; a live version would become Wonder's first hit single.

Track listing

Side one
"Fingertips" (Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul) – 3:00 - Little Stevie on bongos
"The Square" (Cosby, Paul) – 3:03 - Little Stevie on harmonica
"Soul Bongo" (Marvin Gaye, Paul) – 2:20 - Little Stevie on bongos
"Manhattan at Six" (Cosby, Paul) – 3:47 - Little Stevie on drums
"Paulsby" (Cosby, Paul) – 2:47 - Little Stevie on organ and harmonica

Side two
"Some Other Time" (Cosby, Paul) – 5:11 - Little Stevie on harmonica
"Wondering" (Paul, Stevie Wonder) – 2:51 - Little Stevie on organ
"Session Number 112" (Paul, Wonder) – 3:18 - Little Stevie on piano and harmonica
"Bam" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 3:34 - Little Stevie on harmonica


Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest

Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (March 6, 1784 – June 4, 1838) was a French zoologist and author. He was the son of Nicolas Desmarest and father of Eugène Anselme Sébastien Léon Desmarest. Desmarest was a disciple of Georges Cuvier and Alexandre Brongniart, and in 1815, he succeeded Pierre André Latreille to the professorship of zoology at the .  In 1820 he was elected to the Académie Nationale de Médecine.

Desmarest published  (1805),  (1825),  (1820) and  (1816–30, with André Marie Constant Duméril).

The brown algae Desmarestia is named in honour of Desmarest, as well as the family (Desmarestiaceae) — and in turn, the order (Desmarestiales) — of which the genus is the type species.

Note
Certain works by Desmarest are cited in 19th- and 20th-century references and attributed to A. G. Demarest which would apparently be a perpetuating error.


Negative sign (astrology)

In astrology, a negative, receptive, dispassive, yin, nocturnal or feminine sign refers to any of the six even-numbered signs of the zodiac: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, or Pisces. There is no value judgment attached to the terms negative or positive. They may be linked to polarities in electrical charge: some charges are positive and some are negative. Neither side is "good" nor "bad"—they are merely different.

These signs constitute the earth and water triplicities.

Introduction to signs
In astrology, there are two groups: positive and negative. These two groups also
include six individual signs that are called zodiac signs. The negative signs associated
with the zodiac are Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn, Scorpio, Pisces and Cancer. The positive
signs associated with the zodiac are Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and
Aquarius.  The twelve signs are divided into two
groups based upon one's exact time and place of birth. The negative and positive signs
alternate, starting with Aries as positive and Taurus as negative and continuing this pattern through the list of zodiac signs.

Different types of sign terminology
The signs negative and positive are referred to as a negative-sunsign or a
positive-sunsign. There are many terms used in astrology to differentiate the
two groups. In Chinese astrology, the two groups are categorized as yin and yang, corresponding respectively to negative and positive.  Standen explains that different astrologers may refer to signs by different names. For example, an astrologer may refer to positive signs as masculine and negative signs as feminine. Each sign is divided into two main
types: active and passive. As a general rule, the active type will be called masculine and the passive type will be called feminine.

The “Sunsign Effect”
The sunsign effect is a pattern of alternating high and low extraversion-scores for
the 12 signs. Jan J.F. van Rooij did an experiment on Introversion-Extraversion: astrology
versus psychology, to see if those in the negative sunsign were introverted and those in
the positive sunsign were extroverted. Van Rooijs did this experiment on those with
astrological knowledge and on those with no astrological knowledge. The trend was only confirmed in those with astrological knowledge.

Element Associated with negative signs
Earth and Water are the elements attached to those who are in the negative sign.
Earth is the element of Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn. Water is the element of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. Elements are the basic traits of the signs. They reveal the fundamental aspects of the personality.

Hall explains that water signs are more in tune with their emotions and are comfortable showing them. Water signs bring a certain presence to a situation; they seek out the problem and fix it.

Earth signs are described by Hall as earthy people. These signs focus on the things
that connect us to the earth: things that bring peace, as opposed to focusing on the material world.


Marcus Daly

Marcus Daly (December 5, 1841 – November 12, 1900) was an Irish-born American businessman known as one of the three "Copper Kings" of Butte, Montana, United States.

Early life
Daly emigrated from County Cavan, Ireland, to the United States as a young boy, arriving in New York City. He sold newspapers and worked his way to California in time to join the gold rush on what was to become Virginia City, Nevada, and the fabulously rich silver diggings now known as the Comstock Lode, in 1860.

Career
Daly gained experience in the mines of the Comstock under the direction of John William Mackay and James G. Fair. While working in the mines of Virginia City, Daly met and befriended George Hearst and partners James Ben Ali Haggin and Lloyd Tevis, co-owners of the Ophir Mining Company. (Hearst's son was William Randolph Hearst). In 1872, Daly would recommend purchase by the Hearst group the Ontario mine, near Park City, Utah. In ten years, the Ontario produced $17 million and paid $6,250,000 in dividends, and made many millions for Hearst, Tevis and Haggin.

Their business friendship was to extend for many years and help establish the Anaconda Copper Mine in Butte, Montana. Daly originally came to Butte in August 1876 to look at a mine, the Alice, as an agent for the Walker Bros. of Salt Lake City. The Walkers purchased the mine, installed Daly as superintendent and awarded him a fractional share of the mine.

Always an energetic engineer and geologist with a keen eye for paying ore, Daly noticed while working underground in the Alice, that there were significant deposits of copper ore. He gained access into several other mines in the area and concluded that the hill was full of copper ore. He envisioned an ore body several thousand feet deep, some veins of almost pure copper and hundreds of millions of dollars. He urged his employers, the Walker Bros. to purchase the Anaconda and when they refrained, Daly bought it. Daly founded his fortune on the Anaconda Copper Mine in Butte, after selling his small share of the Alice Mine, for $30,000.

The Anaconda
The Anaconda began as a silver mine, but Daly's purchase was for the copper, found to be one of the largest deposits known at the time. However, he lacked the money to develop it, so he turned to Hearst, Haggin and Tevis. Backed with many millions of dollars, he set out upon developing The Richest Hill on Earth. The first couple hundred feet within the mine were rich in silver, and took a few years to exhaust. By that time, Butte's other silver mines were also playing out, so Daly closed the Anaconda, St Lawrence and Neversweat mines. He reported to his associates what he had in mind and they approved. Prices on surrounding properties dropped and Daly quietly purchased them. Then he re-opened the Anaconda as a copper mine and announced to the world that Butte was "The Richest Hill on Earth". Because Thomas Edison had developed the light bulb and built a city block in New York to show off what electricity could do, the world would need copper, a very excellent conductor of electricity. Butte had copper. Hundreds of thousands of tons of it, waiting to be taken from the ground.

He built a smelter to handle the ore, and by the late 1880s, had become a millionaire several times over, and owner of the Anaconda Mining and Reduction Company. Daly owned a railroad, the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railroad to haul ore from his mines to his smelter in Anaconda, a city he founded for his employees to work the smelters. He owned lumber interests in the Bitterroot Valley, a mansion and prized stables in the same valley, south of Missoula.

In 1894, Daly spearheaded an energetic but unsuccessful campaign to have Anaconda designated as Montana's state capital, but lost out to Helena, which was supported by William Andrews Clark. Daly was active in Montana politics throughout the 1890s, because of his opposition and intense rivalry with fellow copper king, and future U.S. Senator, William Clark. Daly tried to keep Clark out of office by lavishly supporting Clark's opponents.

In 1898, Daly went looking for a buyer of his company. He entered into negotiations with William Rockefeller and Henry H. Rogers of John D Rockefeller's Standard Oil of Ohio. The Anaconda Mining Company (and associated interests) were purchased in 1899 for $39 million and became Amalgamated Copper Mining Company. Daly was made president of the company in 1899 and died the following year in 1900.

Thoroughbred horse racing
Daly invested some of his money in horse breeding at his Bitterroot Stock Farm located near Hamilton, and was the owner/breeder of Scottish Chieftain, the only horse bred in Montana to ever win the Belmont Stakes (1897).

In 1891, Daly became the owner of Tammany, said to be one of the world's fastest racehorses in 1893. He owned and stood Inverness, sire of Scottish Chieftain, as well as Hamburg, Ogden, and The Pepper. He also arranged the breeding of the great Sysonby, ranked number 30 in the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by Blood-Horse magazine. Daly died before the horse was born.

Following his death, New York's Madison Square Garden hosted a dispersal sale for the Bitterroot thoroughbred studs on January 31, 1901; 185 horses were sold for $405,525.

Legacy

Daly's legacy was a mixed one for Anaconda. From 1885 to 1980, the smelter was one of the town's largest employers and provided well-paid jobs for generations. When the smelter closed in 1980, during a labor strike, 25% of the town's workforce was put out of work and the town has not recovered. The smelter itself was torn down as part of environmental cleanup efforts in the 1990s, although the smokestack is still in place, visible for many miles across the valley, above the town.

Daly's legacy was equally mixed for Butte. The Anaconda Company was bought out by the Amalgamated Copper Mining Company in 1899, and by the 1920s it controlled mining in the city. It continued to be one of the state's largest employers and a mainstay of the state and local economies until the 1970s. In the 1950s, the ACM began open-pit mining in Butte, creating a steadily growing pit, known as the Berkeley Pit, east of the main business district. In the mid-1970s, copper prices collapsed and the ACM was bought out by the Atlantic Richfield Company, (ARCO). ARCO ceased mining in Butte in 1980 and shut off the deep pumps in 1982, ending what Daly had begun almost exactly 100 years before. Montana Resources, owned by the Washington Group, as of 2007, operates an open pit copper and molybdenum mine in Butte, and also recovers copper from the water in the Berkeley Pit. In 1980 the Berkeley Pit, the Clark Fork River and the smelter outside the town of Anaconda, MT were declared federal Superfund sites by the US EPA.

A statue of Daly by Augustus Saint-Gaudens stands at the main entrance to Montana Tech of the University of Montana (formerly the Montana School of Mines), at the west end of Park Street in Butte.

A drawing of Daly by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury (1862–1947) was acquired in 2009 by the American National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.

Riverside, the summer home of the Daly Family, is located in Hamilton, Montana and open to visitors. Margaret Daly, Marcus' wife, had the home remodeled after his death into a Georgian-Revival Style Colonial.

The Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, located in Hamilton, Montana, was incorporated on December 18, 1929.

During WWII, the US Navy honored Marcus Daly with a liberty ship in honor of his accomplishments, the SS Marcus Daly. The ship served honorably during the war, from 1943 to the end of hostilities, earning several service medals in the process.


Cyanotic (band)

Cyanotic is a Chicago-based industrial rock collective fronted by Sean Payne that formed in 2002 and released its first full-length album in 2005.  Cyanotic is known for its genre-blending work, which fuses traditional industrial beats and vocals with drum n bass, sampling and heavy metal to create a hard, aggressive sound.  The band's lyrics contain many tongue-in-cheek references to transhumanism.

Biography
Cyanotic is an electronic - industrial band from Chicago, Illinois. Fronted by Sean Payne, this project has appeared throughout North America and The United Kingdom live with the likes of Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Meat Beat Manifesto, Chemlab, 16 Volt, Andrew W.K.,  Acumen Nation, DJ? Acucrack, Rabbit Junk and many more.

Sean Payne formed Cyanotic in 2002 and released the Mutual Bonding Through Violation demo EP in 2003 via their own Glitch Mode Recordings label. Transhuman was released in mid-2005, and was Cyanotic's first full-length album, featuring 12 tracks and co-production by Jason Novak of Acumen Nation / DJ? Acucrack. A 2-disc deluxe edition, Transhuman 2.0, and the "Hail the Glitch 2k6" summer tour followed soon after. The double album features the original Transhuman, digitally remastered by Chris Cozort of iammynewt, as well a second disc featuring new songs, alternate mixes, bonus tracks and guest appearances from members of Front Line Assembly, 16 Volt, Acumen Nation, DJ? Acucrack, mindfluxFuneral and fellow Glitch Mode Recordings cohorts Rabbit Junk. Transhuman 2.0 saw its release via WTII Records and BitRiot Records in association with

The band's second full-length album, The Medication Generation saw release in summer 2010. Musically, the band continued to mature, and the partnership for co-producing with Acumen Nation's Jamie Duffy saw the band's song-writing and production improve. Since the release of The Medication Generation, Cyanotic has toured the United States multiple times in support of the release.

Cyanotic had done remixes and production work for several artists, including Chemlab, Front Line Assembly, 16 Volt, Acumen Nation, Pigface, 3Teeth, Author & Punisher. Sean Payne stayed active in producing Cyanotic, doing production work for others and maintaining multiple collaborations. Robohop saw Cyanotic and members of The Glitch Mode Squad collaborating with Chicago drill / hip hop artists to create a rough, glitchy and gritty industrial - hip hop release. "Prime Directives, 1-4" was met with positive reception, both within the Chicago hip-hop community and industrial scene.

"Worst Case Scenario”, released September 9, 2014 was the band’s final release with guitarist, Chris H, as well as co-producer Jamie Duffy following his death in July 2012. The band continued to rotate a live and studio secondary role during this time. Cyanotic performed live at The Cold Waves music festival in 2012, in honor of Jamie Duffy and has since reappeared twice (2014, 2017). Worst Case Scenario, vol. 1 was met with positive reviews for its continued path through various industrial influences.

In 2016, Cyanotic and guitarist Chris H separated, but a live act of Jordan Davis (Relic) on synthesizers, Dan Dickerscheid (Relic) on drums and Kevin Barron transitioning from live and studio synthesizer player to bass continued to perform live without guitars. The band completed a North American tour with iVardensphere, and performances with Tim Skold (KMFDM, Marilyn Manson) as a four piece.  This heavily influenced the fourth studio album, Tech Noir. Audiences found immediate differences in Tech Noir for its almost complete lack of guitars, but the album received critical praise for its ability to communicate aggression without requiring guitars to do so. Tech Noir was re-released in 2018 with seven new tracks as T2.

In 2019, Sean Payne was joined in-studio and on stage by Glitch Mode Recordings label mates CONFORMCO drummer Jesse Hunt and Nuclear*Sun's Tal Kliger on guitar and synths.

Line-up

Studio
 Sean Payne – vocals, electronics (2002 – present)
 Tal "Talon" Kliger - guitars, bass, synths, programming (2019 - present)
 Jesse Hunt - drums (2019 - present)

Live
 Tal "Talon" Kliger - guitars, synth, backing vocals (2019 - present)
 Jesse Hunt - drums (2019 - present)

Former & Sessional
Drew Rosander – guitars, synths (2002 – 2010)
Chris Hryniewiecki – guitars (2005 – 2015)
Jordan Davis – live electronics, vocals (2012 – present)
Paul Wood – live drums (2012 – present)
Dan Dickerscheid - live drums (2016 - present)
Brian Blake – bass (2002–2007)
Jairus Khan – add't programming (2005–2007)
Tom Hutchinson – live synths (2005–2007)
G. Benjamin Ensor – bass (2010)
Michael Wert – live drums (2011)
Benn 'tranQ' Guy – synths & percussion (2011)
Phil DiSiena – add't synths & programming (2008–2011)
Ondrea Clarkson – live synths (2008)
Armando Terrazas - add't programming (2013)
Brandon Philipson - guitars (2013)
ToneZone Beatz - add't programming (2013)
Jason Prost – live drums / production
Anthony Smith – live synth
Eris – live drums
Kevin Barron - live bass, production/programming

Discography

Albums
2005 Transhuman (Glitch Mode)
2007 Transhuman 2.0 (Bit Riot Records / WTII Records / Glitch Mode)
2010 The Medication Generation (Bit Riot Records / WTII Records / Glitch Mode)
2014 Worst Case Scenario: Vol. 1 (Glitch Mode)
2015 Worst Case Scenario: Vol. 2 (Glitch Mode)
2017 Tech Noir (Glitch Mode)
2018 T2 (Armalyte Industries / Glitch Mode)
2019 Trigger Effect (Glitch Mode)

EPs
2003 Mutual Bonding Through Violation (Glitch Mode)
2006 Cyanotic vs Ad·ver·sary - Music for Jerks (Glitch Mode)
2008 Prehab 25mg-EP (Bit Riot Records / WTII / Glitch Mode)
2009 Cyanotic vs Rabbit Junk - Drek Kick (Bit Riot Records / WTII / Glitch Mode)
2012 MedPack Vol. 1 (Glitch Mode)
202? MedPack Vol. 2 (Glitch Mode)

Remixes/Collaborations
2004 Acumen Nation - Artifacts: 1990-1993 (Glitch Mode Squad Mix)
2004 Various Artists - Remixwars- Art Of War: Conquer Vol 1.1 Pti - Sleepless (Cyanotic Driveby Remix)
2005 The Aggression - Revisionist History - One Million Nights (Glitch Mode Remix)
2005 Various Artists - Darksonus Vol. 1
2005 Various Artists - Modern Destruction
2006 Chemlab - Rock Whore vs. Dance Floor - Atomic Automatic (Our Glitch Mode Squad is Dangerous Mix)
2006 16 Volt - Various Artists - Hordes of The Elite (Glitch Bitch v1.0 Mix)
2006 Various Artists - Escape From Earth (Das Bomb Props Mix)
2007 Project 44 - Coup De'Tat - The System Reworked (Glitch Mode Soulja Mix)
2007 Rabbit Junk - S/T reissue (Glitch Mode Googles the Green Party Mix)
2007 Various Artists - The Virus Has Been Spread : A Tribute to Atari Teenage Riot
2007 Various Artists - Songs from the Hydrogen Bar : A Tribute to Chemlab
2007 Caustic vs Justin Matthew Mooney (Glitch Mode's Tape-age Rape-age Mix)
2007 See Colin Slash - Fish in a Bag Retrospective (Goth Topic Mix)
2007 Acumen Nation - Psycho the Rapist (additional programming on "Holy Terror")
2008 UCNX - Absolute Zero (O.O remix)
2008 Circus Of Dead Squirrels - TPCM2 Judgement Day Remixing The Masscare - Utopia Burning (Cyanotic Celebu-Twat Mix)
2008 Cyanotic Presents - Gears Gone Wild [remixes for 16 Volt, Rabbit Junk and numerous others]2009 Caustic - This Is Jizzcore - Agent Of Chaos (Cyanotic Mix)2009 lammynewt - LOUsid (Cyanotic Remix)2009 Ad-ver-sary - Ancients (Cyanotic Remix)
2009 The Gothsicles - Sega Lugosi's Dead (I Thought The CD Player Was Skipping... But It Was Just a Cyanotic Song)
2009 16 Volt - American Porn Songs (additional programming on numerous tracks)2009 Left Spine Down - U Can't Stop The Bomb (Cyanotic Remix) on Smartbomb 2.3: The Underground Mixes2009 The Named - formerly The Shizit (additional programming on numerous tracks)2009 Slave Unit - Certificate Of Participation -  Mold (Head-Fed Mix By Cyanotic)
2010 16 Volt - American Porn Songs Remixed (Hate Hegel Mix)
2010 am.psych - Reload (Ammo Depletion Mix By Cyanotic)
2011 Common Man Down - Self Addiction (Cyanotic Mix)2013 Cold Waves II Sampler: Acumen vs. Cyanotic - Stages Of Grief
2013 Glitch Mode Presents: Merry Glitchmas
2014 Front Line Assembly - Heartquake (Cyanotic Remix)
2014 Ion Plasma Incineration - Outer Reality Engine - Skies Of Retribution (Cyanotic Remix)
2014 CRL Studios Presents: The Fourth Wavelength - Disconnect Me [Glitch.Mode.Edit]
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2019 ''Nuclear*Sun - The Cleansing (redux) - Second Skin (Cyanotic mix) & The Cleansing (Glitch Mode Breaks mix)


Al Spohrer

Alfred Ray Spohrer (December 3, 1902 – July 17, 1972), was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the New York Giants and Boston Braves.

Baseball career
He began his professional baseball career in  at the age of 18 with the Winston-Salem Twins of the Piedmont League. In  he joined the Wilkes-Barre Barons where he posted a .333 batting average in 98 games, winning the Most Valuable Player Award for the New York–Pennsylvania League. The Barons sold Spohrer's contract to John McGraw's New York Giants for $10,000, a record for a Class B player at the time.

Spohrer made his major league debut with the New York Giants on April 13, 1928 at the age of 25 but, after only two games, he was traded along with Virgil Barnes, Ben Cantwell and Bill Clarkson to the Boston Braves for Joe Genewich. He served as a backup catcher for the Braves working behind Zack Taylor in 1928. In 1929, Taylor was traded to the Chicago Cubs and Spohrer became the Braves starting catcher, posting a .272 batting average with 21 doubles and 48 runs batted in. Although he led National League catchers in errors, he finished second in games caught and third in putouts.

Spohrer had his best season offensively in 1930 when he posted a .361 on-base percentage, a .441 slugging percentage and led the Braves with a .317 batting average in 112 games. That season, a lively ball wound with special Australian wool was used by major league baseball, resulting in a league batting average that was above .300 for the only time in baseball history. In , the National League introduced a new, heavier ball to counteract the prodigious offensive statistics of the previous year. The raised stitching on the ball allowed pitchers to grip the ball better and throw sharper curveballs.

From 1933 to 1935 Spohrer shared catching duties with Shanty Hogan who had been obtained from the New York Giants. In February 1936, Spohrer was released to the Columbus Red Birds of the American Association. He decided to retire as a baseball player at the age of 32 rather than play in the minor leagues.

Spohrer is remembered for a game in  against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field when, he tried to distract one of baseball's greatest hitters during an at bat. Rogers Hornsby, who had been Spohrer's teammate on the Braves in  before being traded to the Cubs, was known for his love of a good steak dinner. As Hornsby stepped up to home plate to take his turn at bat, Spohrer made an attempt to distract him from his hitting by talking about the great steaks available from a butcher back home in Boston. Hornsby replied, "Is that so?" as the first pitch was a called strike. Spohrer proceeded to tell Hornsby that his wife was also an extremely capable cook as strike two was called. Spohrer continued with his ruse by telling Hornsby that during his next visit to Boston, he was welcome to the Spohrer household to try one of these steaks whereupon, Hornsby proceeded to hit the next pitch out of the park for a home run. After rounding the bases and touching home plate, Hornsby was said to have asked Spohrer, "What night shall we make it, Al?"

In January , Spohrer tried his hand at boxing, losing in four rounds by technical knockout to Chicago White Sox player Art Shires at the Boston Garden. Coincidentally, the two players became roommates when Shires joined the Braves in 1932.

Career statistics
In an 8-year major league career, Spohrer played in 756 games, accumulating 575 hits in 2,218 at bats for a .259 career batting average along with 6 home runs, 199 runs batted in and an on-base percentage of .301. He retired with a .972 fielding percentage.


Gustaf Hammarsten

Carl Gustaf Hammarsten (born 2 September 1967) is a Swedish film, television and theatre actor. He is internationally known for his role in Brüno (2009) as the title character's sidekick and gay lover.

Career

Film
He has appeared in more than ten films starting with his first appearance in a small role in The Best Intentions (1992) directed by Bille August.  He is best known for his appearance in Together (2000) directed by Lukas Moodysson.

Hammarsten made his international film début in Brüno (2009) as Lutz, the title character's sidekick.

Television
In Swedish television he became known through the comedy show Cleo. He has also made numerous appearances in television programs. He appeared in the first episode of Crimes of Passion. Since 2013 he acts in the series Fröken Frimans krig.
He will participate in Let's Dance 2018 broadcast on TV4.

Theatre
Hammarsten is connected with the Stockholm City Theatre.


Gafur Mammadov

Gafur Nasir oglu Mammadov (; 5 March 1922  18 October 1942) was an Azerbaijani Soviet Navy Matros (ordinary seaman) and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Mammadov was posthumously awarded the title on 31 March 1943 for reportedly shielding his commander from fire with his body.

Early life
Mammadov was born on 5 March 1922 in Baku in a working-class family. He graduated from primary school. Mammadov became a typesetter in the Printing House named after the 26 Baku Commissars.

World War II
Mammadov was drafted into the Red Army in August 1941 following the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Mammadov became a naval infantryman in the Black Sea Fleet's 323rd Separate Naval Infantry Battalion. Mammadov fought in combat from September 1941. He fought in the Battle of the Caucasus. Mammadov fought in the defense of Tuapse. On 19 October 1942, during a battle northwest of Tuapse, the battalion's defenses were penetrated by German troops. The command post of Mammadov's company was surrounded by German troops. Mammadov and other soldiers reportedly repulsed German attacks. He reportedly killed thirteen German soldiers, before being killed shielding his commander from German fire. Mammadov was buried in Tuapse. On 31 March 1943, Mammadov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his actions.

Legacy
Mammadov was permanently listed on the rolls of his unit. The Baku Marine College was named after him. A ship of the Ministry of the River Fleet of the USSR was named for him. A street in Baku was named after him, and a bust was placed there. A park in Baku also bears his name and contains a statue of him.


Facial feminization surgery

Facial feminization surgery (FFS) is a set of cosmetic surgical procedures that alter typically male facial features to bring them closer in shape and size to typical female facial features. FFS can include various bony and soft tissue procedures such as brow lift, rhinoplasty, cheek implantation, and lip augmentation.

Faces contain secondary sex characteristics that make male and female faces readily distinguishable, including the shape of the forehead, nose, lips, cheeks, chin, and jawline; the features in the upper third of the face seem to be the most important, but subtle changes in the lips can have a strong effect.

Candidates
For many transgender women, FFS is medically necessary to treat gender dysphoria. It can be just as important or even more important than genital forms of sex reassignment surgery (SRS) in reducing gender dysphoria and helping trans women integrate socially as women; data on these sorts of outcomes are limited by small study size and confounding variables like other feminization procedures.

While most FFS patients are transgender women, some cisgender women who feel that their faces are too masculine will also undergo FFS. FFS is occasionally sought by cross-dressers and drag queens.

FFS candidates should wait until the bones of their skull have stopped growing before undergoing FFS. The way to determine if the bones of the skull have stopped growing is to take successive radiographs of the mandible and wrist bones to make sure that bone growth has stopped.

Surgical procedures

The surgical procedures most frequently performed during FFS include the following.

Upper third of face
Some studies have shown that the shape of the forehead is one of the key differences between males and females. Hairline correction, forehead recontouring, eye socket recontouring, and brow lift are procedures often performed at the same time, with rhinoplasty in mind.

Hairline correction
In males the hairline is often higher than in females and usually has receded corners above the temples that give it an "M" shape. The hairline can be moved forward and given a more rounded shape, either with a procedure called a "scalp advance" wherein the scalp is lifted and repositioned, or with hair transplantation.

Forehead recontouring
Males tend to have a horizontal ridge of bone running across the forehead just above eyebrow level called the brow ridge (or "brow bossing"), which includes the "supraorbital rims" (the lower edge, on which the eyebrows sit). Males also tend to have indented temples and a flatter forehead than females.

The brow ridge is usually solid bone and can simply be ground down. The section of bossing between the eyebrows (the glabella) sits over a hollow area called the frontal sinus. The frontal sinus is hollow, and thus it can be more difficult to remove bossing there. If the bone over the frontal sinus is thick enough the bossing can be removed by simply grinding down the bone. However, in some people the wall of bone is so thin that it is not possible to grind the bossing away completely without breaking through the wall into the frontal sinus.

FFS surgeons have taken two main approaches to resolving this problem. The most conservative approach is to grind down the wall of bone as far as possible without breaking through, and then build up the area around any remaining bossing with hydroxyapatite bone cement which can smooth out any visible step between remaining bossing and the rest of the forehead. In these cases some additional reduction in the bossing can sometimes be achieved by thinning the soft tissues that sit over it. Alternatively, FFS surgeons can perform a procedure called a forehead reconstruction or cranioplasty where the glabella bone is taken apart, thinned and re-shaped, and reassembled in the new feminine position with small titanium wires or titanium orthopedic plate and screws. The data on which approach is better is limited and does not provide guidance. The risks of cranioplasty include the skull not healing properly, movement of the bone fragments, and the formation of cysts; these can usually be corrected by another procedure.

Brow lift
Men tend to have lower eyebrows relative to the position of their brow ridges when compared to women. Men's eyebrows tend to be below their brow ridges while women's eyebrows tend to be above their brow ridges. Accordingly, FFS to raise the eyebrows results in a face with a more womanly appearance.

Orbit recontouring
In some studies the eye shape has been shown to be the key differentiating feature between males and females. Female eye sockets tend to be smaller, located higher on the face, to have more sharply angled outer edges, and to be closer together at their inner edges (the intercanthal distance).  Some FFS alter the orbit shape; data on outcomes is limited.

Rhinoplasty
Males tend to have larger, longer, and wider noses than females; also, the tip of the female nose will more often visibly point slightly upwards than that of a male. Hence, the procedure involves removing bone and cartilage and remodelling what remains. In most cases this is performed in an open procedure, but endonasal procedures have been used; in all cases when reducing the nose there is a risk of interfering with nasal valve function. Standard rhinoplasty procedures are generally used. There is limited data on outcomes.

Cheek implants
Females often have more forward projection in their cheekbones as well as fuller cheeks overall, with a triangle formed by the cheekbones and the point of the chin. Planning of cheek contouring is done while planning reshaping of the chin. The cheeks are reshaped by cutting away bone and repositioning the facial bones. Augmenting the cheeks with implants or with fat harvested from other parts of the body is common. Risks of implants include infection, and the implant moving and becoming asymmetrical; fat can eventually be absorbed.

Lips
Subtle changes to the shape and structure of lips can have a strong influence on feminization. The distance between the base of the nose and the top of the upper lip tends to be longer in males than in females and the upper lip is longer; when a female mouth is open and relaxed, the upper incisors are often exposed by a few millimeters.

An incision is usually made just under the base of the nose and a section of skin is removed. When the gap is closed it has the effect of lifting the top lip, placing it in a more feminine position and often exposing a little of the upper incisors. The surgeon can also use a lip lift to roll the top lip out a little, making it appear fuller.

Females often have fuller lips than males, so lip filling is often used in feminization. Injectable fillers are low-risk but tend to be absorbed after six months or so, and many implants have higher complication rates like infection or rejection. Use of fat harvested from the person can result in lumps and doesn't last long. The longest lasting and least risky results appear to arise from use of acellular dermis products.

Chin and jaw contouring
The chins of males tend to be longer and wider than those of females, with a more square base, and to project outward more than female chins. Male jawlines tend to extend outward from the chin at a wider angle than those of females, and to have a sharp corner at the back.

The chin can be reduced in length either by bone shaving or with a procedure called a "sliding genioplasty", where a section of bone is removed. The jaw can be reshaped through jaw reduction surgery; sometimes this is done through the mouth. The chewing muscles can also be reduced to make the jaw appear narrower.

The biggest risk in these procedures is damage to the mental nerve that runs through the chin and jaw; other risks include damage to tooth roots, infection, nonunion, and damage to the mentalis muscle that controls the lower lip and is at the edges of the chin.

Adam's apple reduction
Males tend to have a much more prominent Adam's apple than females following puberty. The Adam's apple can be reduced with a procedure called a chondrolaryngoplasty; the goal of the procedure is to reduce the size without leaving a scar. There are risks of damage to the vocal cords and destabilization of the epiglottis.

Associated procedures
Beautification and rejuvenation procedures are often performed at the same time as facial feminisation. For example, it is common for eye bags and sagging eyelids to be corrected with a procedure called "blepharoplasty" and many feminization patients undergo a face and neck lift.

History
FFS techniques are derived from maxillofacial and reconstructive surgery as well as general plastic and cosmetic surgery.

FFS began in 1982 when Darrell Pratt, a plastic surgeon who performed sex reassignment surgeries, approached Douglas Ousterhout with a request from a male-to-female transsexual patient of Pratt's; the patient wanted plastic surgery to make her face appear more feminine, since people still reacted to her as though she were a man. Ousterhout's prior practice had involved reconstructing faces and skulls of people who had suffered birth defects, accidents, or other trauma." Ousterhout was interested in helping but knew that he didn't know what a "female face" was, so he investigated by first reading the physical anthropology from the early 20th century to identify what features were "female", then by deriving measurements defining those features from a series of cephalograms taken in the 1970s, and then by working with a set of several hundred skulls to see if he could reliably differentiate which were females and which were males using those measurements. Ousterhout then began working out what surgical techniques and materials he already used that he could apply in order to transform a male face into a female face; he pioneered most of the procedures involved in FFS and was involved in their subsequent improvements as well.

As of 2006, there were about twelve surgeons globally who specialized in FFS.

Cost
In the US as of 2006, the procedure cost between $20,000 and $40,000, about twice the cost of sexual reassignment surgery. In Europe prices are considerably lower. As of 2017 between €10.000 and €25.000 for a complete FFS.


Keith Evans

Keith Evans (born March 22, 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Evans had a highest ATP singles ranking of 195 in the world. He had victories over world Patrick Rafter, Alberto Mancini, Greg Rusedski, and a win over Bob/Mike Bryan in doubles.

Evans now runs a tennis academy, the KE Tennis Academy, in the USA.


Aksys Games

Aksys Games Localization, Inc. is a video game publisher that specializes in translating and localizing Japanese video games for English-speaking markets. It was founded by Akibo Shieh in 2006. Some of its clients include Namco Bandai Games, Xseed Games, and Atlus USA. Aksys Games is best known for its involvement in the Guilty Gear series. It has become a full-fledged game publisher with the announcement of Eagle Eye Golf for PlayStation 2, and has expressed a desire to publish for all current platforms from Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony.

The company's name is coincidentally similar to Arc System Works, with whom it has a partnership. Despite their similar names, and the partnership between them, neither company owns the other. Aksys Games publishes many games for Arc System Works in North America, and has even assisted the latter in releasing the Bit.Trip series in Japan.

Aksys is also the North American distributor for the European publisher Rising Star Games.

Video games

Console games

PlayStation 2

PlayStation 3

PlayStation 4

Wii

Wii U

Xbox 360

Xbox One

Portable games

Nintendo DS

PlayStation Portable

Nintendo 3DS

PlayStation Vita

iOS

Computer games

Microsoft Windows


Jordanoleiopus africanus

Jordanoleiopus africanus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1894.


China at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

China competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, Korea, held between 9–18 March 2018. With Beijing being the host of the 2022 Winter Paralympics, a Chinese segment was performed at the closing ceremony. China won 1 medal in total.

On 17 March, Wang Haitao, Chen Jianxin, Liu Wei, Wang Meng and Zhang Qiang won the first ever Winter Paralympics gold medal as well the first ever Winter Paralympics medal for China.

Medalists

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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Alpine skiing
China qualified one female alpine skier.
Women

Biathlon
China qualified two female and three male biathletes.
Men

Women

Cross-country skiing
China qualified twelve male and four female cross-country skiers.
Men

Women

Snowboarding

Slalom

Snowboard cross

Wheelchair curling

Summary

Round-robin
China has a bye in draws 1, 3, 8, 11, 13 and 15.

Draw 2
Saturday, 10 March, 19:35

Draw 4
Sunday, 11 March, 14:35

Draw 5
Sunday, 11 March, 19:35

Draw 6
Monday, 12 March, 09:35

Draw 7
Monday, 12 March, 14:35

Draw 9
Tuesday, 13 March, 09:35

Draw 10
Tuesday, 13 March, 14:35

Draw 12
Wednesday, 14 March, 9:35

Draw 14
Wednesday, 14 March, 19:35

Draw 16
Thursday, 15 March, 14:35

Draw 17
Thursday, 15 March, 19:35

Semifinal
Friday, 16 March, 15:35

Final
Saturday, 17 March, 14:35


Roger Q. Mills

Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative and later as a senator.

Early life
Born in Todd County, Kentucky, he attended the common schools and moved to Texas in 1849. There, he studied law, passed the bar, and began practicing in Corsicana at the age of 20 after the Texas legislature made an exception to the usual age requirement. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1859 until 1860, when he enlisted in the Confederate States Army. He served throughout the Civil War and took part as a private in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, and as a colonel commanded the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment at Arkansas Post, Chickamauga (where he commanded the brigade of Gen. James Deshler during part of the battle), Missionary Ridge and the Atlanta Campaign.

US Representative
He was then elected as a Democrat to the US House of Representatives and served from 1873 to 1892. In 1891, Mills was a candidate in the Democratic caucus for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, but he was defeated by Charles F. Crisp (1845–1896) of Georgia.

In the 1880s, when Prohibition sentiment was rising in Texas, Mills refused to make any political concessions. Reportedly, he declared in one speech, "If lightning were to strike all the drunkards, there would not be a live Prohibition party in Texas." (Mills claimed to have been misquoted and that he had said "there would not be many [members of the party] left.") Elsewhere, he was said to have vowed, "A good sluice of pine top whiskey would improve the morals of the Dallas [Prohibition] convention and the average Prohibitionist." (Mills again offered a correction and  insisted that he had not used the words "average Prohibitionist.").

Mills quickly became noted as one of the ablest, if hottest-tempered, debaters on the Democratic side of the House and was commonly agreed.to be a man "possessed of the demon of work." The reporter Frank G. Carpenter described him as true as steel and unpretentious in dress: "He is tall, straight and big chested," he wrote in 1888. "The distance between the top button of his high vest and the small of his back is longer than the width of the shoulders of the ordinary man, and he has a biceps which, if put into training, would knock down an ox. He is a fighter, too, and goes into this Congressional struggle with a brain trained to warfare.... He is a successful man, and one who inspires confidence."

Chairmanship of the Committee on Ways and Means
Mills had made the tariff his special study and long been recognized as one of the leading authorities on the Democratic side. After the defeat of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman William Morrison in the 1886 election, Mills became the next chair of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means when the 50th Congress met. His selection, according to Idea Tarbell, a historian on the tariff, "was a red rag to the high protectionists, for Mr. Mills was an out-and-out free trader." Debate over the tariff issue had been thrust upon the United States by President Grover Cleveland in his annual December message to Congress on December 6, 1887. He requested for Congress to pass a drastic reduction of the tariff on many manufactured goods to promote trade and reduce the cost of living for ordinary citizens. Indeed, Chairman Mills, using the Walker Tariff of 1846 as a guideline, had been drafting a bill since September 1887 that would address several of the proposals included by Cleveland in his December message. As it turned out, most of Mills's work went for naught, as he later explained: "When I got to work with my brethren on the bill I found that it would not go, and I had to abandon my ad valorem tariff bill. The schoolmaster had not been sufficiently around, to bring our people back to the Democratic principle of taxation as to value."  The bill became known as the "Mills Tariff Bill of 1888."  The Mills Bill was reported out of the Ways and Means Committee in April 1888.

The bill provided for a reduction of the duties on sugar, earthenware, glassware, plate glass, woolen goods and other articles; the substitution of ad valorem for specific duties in many cases; and the placing of lumber (of certain kinds), hemp, wool, flax, borax, tin plates, salt and other articles on the free list. The bill looked likely to split the Democratic Party. Just two years previously, the high tariff wing of the Democratic Party had been able to muster 35 votes in the House.  However, the Mills Bill had now become so highly partisan that when the bill was passed by the Democratic House on July 21, 1888, only four Democratic representatives voted against it. The high-tariff wing of the Democratic Party had largely been wiped out by the passage of the Mills Bill of 1888.

Although the Mills Bill passed the House, the Republican Senate amended it heavily, and it never passed into law. Instead, it became the chief issue in the 1888 presidential election. Critics warned that American manufacturers could not compete against the flood of manufactured goods from Britain, and campaign crowds marched the streets chanting, "No! no! no Free Trade!" (However, the bill was not anything close to being a free-trade measure but offered an average reduction of only seven percent, and many items were left untouched.) "If Mills of Texas does not shut down, many other mills will have to," a California newspaper warned. In the 1888 election, Republican Benjamin Harrison, a strong high-tariff supporter lost the popular vote nationwide to Cleveland, but Harrison managed to narrowly win both swing states of New York and Indiana and so won the presidency in the Electoral College based, largely by the tariff issue.

Mills was known to have aspirations to be speaker after the retirement of John G. Carlisle. In late 1891, with the House returning to Democratic control, the Texas representative put himself in the running against Representative Charles Crisp from Georgia. Before the caucus met, Mills had 120 votes pledged to him, and if all of them had kept their word, he would have won, but only 105 did so on the final, thirtieth, ballot, against Crisp's 119. The reason, apparently, was that Mills refused to make deals.

Some two dozen members wanted a guarantee of specific committee assignments in return for their support, but  Mills would have none of it.  Reportedly, Representative William Springer of Illinois, who was also contending to be speaker, offered to drop out if Mills would appoint him chair of Ways and Means and was told gruffly to put his offer in writing. As a result, the night before the caucus voted, Springer withdrew on Crisp's behalf, and Crisp made him chairman of Ways and Means, subsequently. To Representative Tom Johnson of Cleveland, one of Mills's most earnest backers, the Texas representative's conduct looked like political insanity. "I wish you wouldn't be a fool," he burst out; "give me two chairmanships and ask me no questions and I will elect you on the next ballot." He got only a shake of the head in reply.

Mills's problems, however, were deeper than his failure as a horse-trader. For one thing, his irascibility and the regularity with which he lost his temper made many of his party friends worry that he lacked the self-control necessary to be speaker. The party's job would be hard enough without what one newspaper called Mills's "tempestuous style." His selection would have signaled that the Democratic Party's main agenda would be lowering the tariff drastically. Crisp was much less associated with tariff reform than with the coinage of free silver, which, to most Douthern Democrats, was the top issue by late 1891. Among the Silver Democrats, it did not help Mills to have former Cleveland's backing or, among those favoring the presidential nomination of Cleveland's rival, Senator David Bennett Hill of New York, that Hill threw his weight behind Crisp's candidacy, too.

Mills took badly to his rejection, issuing a letter that was quickly made public that the Democratic Party had been hurt more than he by his rejection as well as threatening that "a large element that has been voting with us [would] abandon us" in the coming election unless those who had defeated him were met with rebuke by their party.

US Senator
Mills was elected to the US Senate from Texas in 1892 to fill the vacant seat of John H. Reagan and continued to serve in that post until 1899.

In 1893, when President Grover Cleveland sought repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, Mills gave loyal support. Silver coinage was popular with both parties in Texas, and Democrats in particular felt that Mills had betrayed them. His action probably cost him re-election in 1898.

Other friends also noticed a change in him. His old colleague and co-worker in tariff reform, former Representative William L. Wilson of West Virginia, wrote in his diary in 1896, "Poor Mills, how he seems to have gone to pieces since the time when he was leading the tariff reform forces in the House, and a welcome and strong speaker on that great issue all over the country.  Today he made one of the most extreme and wild jingo speeches in the Senate on the Cuban question that has marked the whole debate. Not less erratic has been his course for two years past on the financial question."

Death and legacy
He died in Corsicana, Texas, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana.

Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, was named after him.


Willem Eduard Bok

Willem Eduard Bok, also known as W. Eduard Bok (Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands, 28 June 1846 – Johannesburg, Transvaal Colony, 1 November 1904) was a Dutch-born South African Boer politician, civil servant and statesman, who served as first State Secretary of the South African Republic (Transvaal) from 1880 to 1889.

Biography

Career
Bok started his career as sales-agent in Zaandam, Netherlands. In 1876 he moved to Pretoria, where he gained the confidence of Paul Kruger and Piet Joubert, and acted as their secretary during negotiations about the position of the Transvaal in 1877-1878. At the declaration of independence he became the first State Secretary of the South African Republic, a position he would hold for almost a decade. Afterwards he was appointed Government Commissioner in Johannesburg.

In his capacity as State Secretary Bok registered the gold claims in the East Rand area of the Transvaal. The town of Boksburg outside Johannesburg was named after him. Bok Street in the Johannesburg CBD is named after him.

Bok was decorated by the French Republic with a knighthood in the Legion of Honour and by the Portuguese government with a knighthood in the Order of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa.

Family
Bok married Pretoria 23 December 1878 with Martina Gerardina Johanna Eekhout (1856-1910), with whom he had five children. His eldest son and namesake Willem Eduard Bok, Jr. studied law and became a justice in the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa.


Pentax DA 12-24mm lens

The smc PENTAX DA 12-24mm F4.0 ED AL (IF) is a wide angle zoom lens by Pentax for K mount.

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1990 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 1990 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 1990 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre. As the last ceremony was held in 1988, these awards honored productions from both 1989 and 1990.

Winners and nominees
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 Racing Demon by David Hare – National Theatre Cottesloe
 Ghetto by Joshua Sobol – National Theatre Olivier
 Man of the Moment by Alan Ayckbourn – Globe
 Shadowlands by William Nicholson – Queen's
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 Return to the Forbidden Planet – Cambridge Buddy – Victoria Palace
 Miss Saigon – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
 The Baker's Wife – Phoenix
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! colspan=2| Comedy of the Year
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 Single Spies by Alan Bennett – National Theatre Lyttelton / Queen's Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell by Keith Waterhouse – Apollo
 Some Americans Abroad by Richard Nelson – RSC at the Pit
 Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling – Lyric
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 Oliver Ford Davies as The Rev. Lionel Espy in Racing Demon – National Theatre Cottesloe Nigel Hawthorne as C. S. Lewis in Shadowlands – Queens
 Ian McKellen as Max in Bent – National Theatre Lyttelton and as Iago Othello – RSC at the Young Vic
 Michael Pennington as Various in The Wars of the Roses – Old Vic
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 Fiona Shaw as Celia in As You Like It – Old Vic, as Electra in Electra – RSC at the Barbican Pit and as Shen Te/Shui Ta in The Good Person of Sichuan – National Theatre Olivier Sheila Hancock as Prin in Prin – Lyric
 Jane Lapotaire as Joy Davidman in Shadowlands – Queens
 Prunella Scales as Elizabeth II in Single Spies – National Theatre Lyttelton
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! style="width="50%" | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical
! style="width="50%" | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical
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 Jonathan Pryce as The Engineer in Miss Saigon – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Alun Armstrong as Aimable Castagnet in The Baker's Wife – Phoenix
 Matthew Devitt as Cookie in Return to the Forbidden Planet – Cambridge
 Paul Hipp as Buddy Holly in Buddy – Victoria Palace
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 Lea Salonga as Kim in Miss Saigon – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Patricia Hodge as Gertrude Lawrence in Noël and Gertie – Comedy
 Judy Kuhn as Futura/Maria in Metropolis – Piccadilly
 Elaine Paige as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes – Prince Edward
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! colspan=2| Comedy Performance of the Year
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 Michael Gambon as Douglas Beechey in Man of the Moment – Globe Alex Jennings as Dorante in The Liar – Old Vic
 Alfred Molina as Charlie Fox in Speed-the-Plow – National Theatre Lyttelton
 Peter O'Toole as Jeffrey Bernard in Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell – Apollo
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! colspan=2| Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role
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 Michael Bryant as Polonius in Hamlet – National Theatre Olivier, as The Rev. Harry Henderson in Racing Demon and as Peacey in The Voysey Inheritance – National Theatre Cottesloe
 Linda Kerr Scott as Djigan in Ghetto – National Theatre Olivier
 Simon Russell Beale in as Danny in Playing with Trains, as Lord Are in Restoration, as Henry McNeil in Some Americans Abroad and as Sir Fopling Flutter The Man of Mode – RSC at the Barbican Pit
 Zoë Wanamaker as Emilia in Othello – RSC at the Young Vic
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! colspan=2| Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre
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 Jeremy Northam as Edward Voysey in The Voysey Inheritance – National Theatre Cottesloe
 Glen Goei as Song Liling in M. Butterfly – Shaftesbury
 Charlotte Keatley for writing My Mother Said I Never Should – Royal Court
 Georgia Slowe as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet – RSC at the Barbican Pit
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! colspan=2| Director of the Year
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 Michael Bogdanov for The Wars of the Roses – Old Vic Richard Eyre for Racing Demon and The Voysey Inheritance – National Theatre Cottesloe
 Nicholas Hytner for Ghetto – National Theatre Olivier and Miss Saigon – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
 Trevor Nunn for Othello – RSC at the Young Vic
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! colspan=2| Designer of the Year
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 Bob Crowley for Ghetto, Hedda Gabler – National Theatre Olivier, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – National Theatre Cottesloe and The Plantagenets – RSC at the Barbican The design team for Suicide for Love – National Theatre Lyttelton
 Chris Dyer for The Merchant of Venice – Phoenix and The Wars of the Roses – Old Vic
 John Napier for Miss Saigon – Theatre Royal Drury Lane and The Baker's Wife – Phoenix
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! colspan=2| Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance
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 Kim Brandstrup for choreographing Orfeo, London Contemporary Dance Theatre – Sadler's Wells Nina Ananiashvili and Irek Mukhamedov for performing, Bolshoi Ballet – London Coliseum
 David Bintley for choreographing Hobson's Choice, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House
 Siobhan Davies for choreographing Embarque, Rambert Dance Company – Sadler's Wells
 Kenneth MacMillan for choreographing The Prince of the Pagodas, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House
 Paul Taylor Dance Company for its season – Sadler's Wells
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! colspan=2| Outstanding Achievement in Opera
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 Orpheus and Eurydice by Komische Oper – Royal Opera House Lear, English National Opera – London Coliseum
 Survival Song, The Garden Venture – Donmar Warehouse
 The Love for Three Oranges, English National Opera – London Coliseum
 Un re in ascolto, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
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! colspan=2| Award for Outstanding Achievement
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 Declan Donnellan for directing Fuenteovejuna – National Theatre Cottesloe' Ute Lemper for conceiving and performing Kurt Weill Evening – Almeida
 Philip Prowse for directing The Vortex – Garrick
 John Wood in The Master Builder and The Tempest – RSC at the Barbican
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Productions with multiple nominations and awards
The following 15 productions received multiple nominations:

 5: Miss Saigon 4: Ghetto and Racing Demon 3: Othello, Shadowlands, The Baker's Wife, The Voysey Inheritance and The Wars of the Roses 2: Buddy, Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell, Man of the Moment, Miss Saigon Return to the Forbidden Planet, Single Spies and Some Americans AbroadThe following three productions received multiple awards:

 3: Racing Demon 2: Miss Saigon and The Voysey Inheritance''


Jason Trinder

Jason Lee Trinder (born 3 March 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town.


Mattes, California

Mattes is a former settlement in Modoc County, California. It was located on the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway  north of Alturas.


Tom Bossert

Thomas P. Bossert (born March 25, 1975) is an American lawyer and former Homeland Security Advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. He is an ABC News Homeland Security analyst.

Immediately before, he was a fellow at the Atlantic Council and prior to that he served as Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush. In that capacity, he co-authored the 2007 National Strategy for Homeland Security. Prior to that, Bossert held positions in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Office of the Independent Counsel, and the House of Representatives. He also was appointed as the Director of Infrastructure Protection under Bush, overseeing the security of critical U.S. infrastructure, a post he held for two years.

Bossert was appointed the Senior Director for Preparedness Policy within the Executive Office of the President.

Early life
Bossert was born and raised in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Quakertown Community High School in 1993. He attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics in 1997, and attended George Washington University Law School, earning his Juris Doctor in 2003.

Political career

Following the end of the Bush administration, Bossert was made a Nonresident Zurich Cyber Risk Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Cyber Security Initiative, a position he held until 2016. He also became president of the risk management consulting firm Civil Defense Solutions.

On December 27, 2016, the Trump transition team announced that then President-elect Donald Trump intended to appoint Bossert to the post of Homeland Security Advisor (officially titled the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism), a position that would not require Senate confirmation. Bossert was officially appointed on January 20, 2017, the date of President Trump's entrance into office.

On July 20, 2017, Bossert called for a comprehensive bio-defense strategy against devastating pandemics and intentional attacks, and commented that retired Admiral Tim Ziemer was contributing to the development of the strategy.

On July 27, 2017, a British "email prankster" spear-phished Bossert into thinking he was Jared Kushner by sending an email to Bossert; he received Bossert's private email address without asking for it.

On April 10, 2018, Bossert resigned, a day after John R. Bolton, the newly appointed National Security Advisor, started his tenure. Bossert's departure corresponded with the dissolution of the global health security team that he oversaw.


A8 motorway (Portugal)

The A8, called in  (Motorway of the West), is a motorway (freeway) in Portugal, connecting Lisbon and Leiria via Caldas da Rainha. The A17 connects to it in Marinha Grande and runs into Aveiro. A8 is operated by Auto-Estradas do Atlântico. It has a total length of 132 km.

Lisboa - Leiria

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Silahdar Süleyman Pasha

Silahdar Süleyman Pasha (Arabic transliteration: Sulaymān Pasha al-Siliḥdār, died 1837) was the Ottoman governor of Damascus Eyalet from February 1812 to May 1816.

Biography
Silahdar was from Hama in central Syria, but his government career was made in the Ottoman capital, Istanbul. He replaced Sulayman Pasha al-Adil as governor of Damascus and his appointment marked the permanent end of a trend whereby local rulers or non-local rulers who made their careers in Syria, such as the al-Azm family or Jazzar Pasha and his mamluk heirs in Acre, were appointed to the governorship.

During his first days as governor, Silahdar faced a rebellion by the jannisary commander of the Citadel of Damascus, Ali Agha al-Baghdadi, who refused to accept Silahdar's authority. After a siege of several days, Ali Agha surrendered, was executed and the remaining rebellious jannisaries were allowed to leave the city unharmed. In 1813, Silahdar commissioned the Kurdish Dalat cavalry commander of Hama, Mullah Isma'il, to oversee that year's tax collection tour in the province. Silahdar was commended by the Damascene chronicler and Silahdar's contemporary, Hasan Agha al-'Abd, for successfully protecting and provisioning the Hajj caravans of 1813 and 1814 as part of his duty as amir al-hajj (commander of the Hajj caravan); Al-'Abd accompanied Silahdar during the Hajj of 1813.

Silahdar was replaced by Hafiz Amasyali Ali Pasha in May 1816. Silahdar died in 1837.


Pseudoeurycea ruficauda

Pseudoeurycea ruficauda is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.
It is endemic to Mexico.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss.


1926 Copa del Rey

The King Alfonso XIII's Cup 1926 was the 26th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started on February 28, 1926, and concluded on May 16, 1926, with the final, held at the Mestalla in Valencia, in which FC Barcelona lifted the trophy for the seventh time with a 3–2 victory over Athletic Madrid.

Teams
For the first time ever, runners-up of each regional championship were able to participate in the tournament. So the tournament was expanded to 24 teams.

Aragon: Iberia SC, Zaragoza CD
Asturias: Sporting de Gijón, Fortuna de Gijón
Cantabria: Racing de Santander, Gimnástica de Torrelavega
Castile and León: Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Unión Deportiva
Catalonia: FC Barcelona, RCD Español
Galicia: Celta de Vigo, Deportivo de La Coruña
Gipuzkoa: Real Unión, Real Sociedad
Murcia: Real Murcia, Cartagena FC
 Center Region: Real Madrid, Athletic Madrid
 South Region: Sevilla FC, Real Betis
Valencia: Valencia CF, Levante FC
Biscay: Athletic Bilbao, Arenas Club

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Tie-break match

Group 5

Tie-break match

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Quarterfinals
First leg:

Semifinals
May 9, 1926

Final

Notes


The Gilded Cage

The Gilded Cage, derived from the phrase "a bird in a gilded cage" meaning living in a luxurious prison, may refer to:

 The Gilded Cage (1916 film), a silent film drama
 The Gilded Cage (1955 film), a British crime film
 The Gilded Cage (2013 film), a French-Portuguese comedy film
 "The Gilded Cage" (The Avengers), a television episode
 The Gilded Cage (Evelyn De Morgan painting)
 The Gilded Cage (Saint George Hare painting), 1908
 A Bird in a Gilded Cage (1900 song)


Emmet (Cornish)

Emmet (alt. spellings emmit or emit)  is a pejorative nickname that some Cornish people use to refer to the non-Cornish. It originally referred to tourists who visit Cornwall but has also been used by native Cornish Folk to refer to "incomers" or residents who have moved to the county but were not born there.

Etymology
It is commonly thought to be derived from the Cornish-language word for ant, being an analogy to the way in which both tourists and ants are often red in colour and appear to mill around. However the use of 'emmet' to mean ants is actually from the Cornish dialect of English and is derived from the Old English word æmete from which the modern English word ant, is also derived (compare Modern German Ameise [ant]). The Cornish word for ant is actually moryonenn (pl. moryon)

Porthemmet Beach hoax
In August 2007, Truro-born Jonty Haywood began promoting the fictional Porthemmet (Port of Emmet) beach in North Cornwall with fake road signs and a hoax website, confusing tourists and amusing locals. In July 2008 Haywood placed a further set of signs.


Louis Euzet

Louis Euzet (27 July 1923 in Lézignan-Corbières, France – 24 September 2013 in Sète, France) was a French parasitologist.

Education
Louis Euzet was a high-school student in Narbonne, France, and a student of the University of Montpellier (in the then “Faculté des Sciences”). He obtained his bachelor's degree (Licence) in 1947. He prepared his doctoral thesis in the Station de Biologie Marine at Sète, under the direction of Paul Mathias and Jean-George Baer; the thesis, on tetraphyllidean cestodes,  was accepted on 16 June 1956.

Career

Louis Euzet was a junior lecturer at the Station de Biologie Marine in Sète in 1947. He was appointed Professor in the recently created “Collège Scientifique Universitaire” at Perpignan in 1959. He moved in 1969 to the University of Montpellier, where he established his Laboratoire de Parasitologie Comparée (Laboratory of Comparative Parasitology). He retired in 1991, became an Emeritus Professor in 1992 and pursued his scientific work at the Station de Biologie Marine in Sète, where he was still active in 2012, aged 89. He occupied the same room in the Station de Biologie Marine at Sète for more than 60 years.

Scientific work and influence

After a doctoral thesis on parasitic cestodes, Euzet progressively extended his expertise to monogeneans and a variety of fish parasites. He authored about 200 scientific publications between 1951 and 2012, described more than 60 new species of cestodes and more than 200 new species of monogeneans, and worked on the life-cycles and evolution of parasites. With his students, he also worked on monogeneans of freshwater fishes from several countries in Africa (Benin, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire). He also wrote seminal work on parasite specificity and the speciation of both monogeneans and cestodes. Louis Euzet created the concept of alloxenic speciation, i.e. the speciation of parasites linked with the behaviour and ecology of the host, and was one of the first to propose schemes of coevolution between monogeneans and elasmobranchs. His laboratory in Montpellier was a hub where many students and researchers visited, and his small laboratory in the Station de Biologie Marine at Sète was still much frequented 10 years after his official retirement.

Most of Louis Euzet's scientific work was devoted to the Mediterranean, but he also worked on parasites from almost all of the world's seas. He travelled and collected parasites in many countries, including Africa (Senegal, Benin, Cameroon, Mali, Madagascar, Morocco, Tunisia), the United States, Mexico, India, Indonesia, French Polynesia and New Caledonia.

Louis Euzet created a school of parasitology named “montpelliéro-perpignanaise” (from both Montpellier and Perpignan, France) and his students are now researchers or university professors in many countries. He supervised more than twenty theses and co-supervised about fifty more. These studies concerned many and various aspects of the relationships between marine organisms and parasites, including systematics, ecology, life-cycles, life history, phylogeny, studies on vector molluscs, modelling and population dynamics. Among his students who continued a successful career in parasitology were Academician Claude Combes, Guy Oliver, Claude Maillard, Alain Lambert, Alain Pariselle and Jean-Lou Justine (France), Isaure de Buron (United States), Mohamed Hedi Ktari, Fadhila Mokhtar-Maamouri, Lamia Gargouri, Lobna Boudaya and Lassad Neifar (Tunisia), Nezha Noury-Sraïri (deceased) and Ouafae Berrada-Rkhami (Morocco), and Faïza Amine, Nadia Kechemir-Issad and Fadila Tazerouti (Algeria).

In 2003, many of his former students and several researchers from all parts of the world happily contributed to a two-volume Festschrift in his honour entitled  “Taxonomy, Ecology and Evolution of Metazoan Parasites”.

Louis Euzet's huge collections of parasitic worms, consisting in more than 10,000 fully labelled, stained and mounted specimens of Monogenea and Cestoda on microscope slides prepared by himself, are deposited in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris.

Honours

 Honorary membership, American Society of Parasitologists, United States (1988)
 Honorary membership, Helminthological Society of Washington, United States (1992)

 Doctor Honoris Causa of the Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland (1982)
 Prix Trégouboff de l’Académie des Sciences, France (1987)
 Grand Prix des Sciences de la Mer, Académie des Sciences, France (1997)

Taxa named in his honour

A number of taxa were named in the honour of Louis Euzet by many researchers. Most of these taxa are parasites. They include 5 genera and a large number of species.

Genera include Euzetiella de Chambrier, Rego & Vaucher, 1999 (Cestoda), Euzetia  Chisholm & Whittington, 2001, Euzetplectanocotyle Mamaev & Tkachuk, 1979 and Euzetrema Combes, 1965 (Monogenea), and Euzetacanthus Golvan & Houin, 1964 (Acanthocephala). Note: Euzetes Berlese, 1908 (Acari), was clearly not named after Louis Euzet.

Mosts species named after Euzet are parasitic Platyhelminthes (Cestoda, Monogenea, Digenea). Species of Cestoda: Floriparicapitus euzeti Cielocha, Jensen & Caira, 2014, Halysioncum euzeti (Campbell & Carvajal 1980)  Caira, Marques, Jensen, Kuchta & Ivanov, 2014, Progrillotia louiseuzeti Dollfus, 1969, Proteocephalus euzeti Chambrier & Vaucher, 1992, Rhinebothrium euzeti Williams, 1958. Species of Monogenea: Calydiscoides euzeti Justine, 2007, Cichlidogyrus euzeti Dossou & Birgi, 1984, Gyrodactylus euzeti Prost, 1993, Heteraxine louiseuzeti De Armas et al. in Lopez-Roman & Armas Hernandez, 1989, Lamellodiscus euzeti Diamanka, Boudaya, Toguebaye & Pariselle, 2011, Ligophorus euzeti Dmitrieva & Gerasev, 1996, Merizocotyle euzeti Irigoitia, Cantatore, Delpiani, Incorvaia, Lanfranchi & Timi, 2014, Metacamopiella euzeti Kohn, Santos & Lebedev, 1996, Neopolystoma euzeti Combes & Ktari, 1975, Notozothecium euzeti Kritsky, Boeger & Jegu, 1996, Pauciconfibula euzeti (Ktari, 1971) Chisholm, Beverley-Burton & McAlpine, 1991, Protocotyle euzetmaillardi Justine, 2011, Squalonchocotyle euzeti Kheddam, Justine & Tazerouti, 2016, Thaparocleidus euzeti Pariselle, Lim & Lambert, 2002, and Triloculotrema euzeti Boudaya & Neifar, 2016. Species of Digenea: Anaporrhutum euzeti Curran, Blend & Overstreet, 2003, Elaphrobates euzeti Bullard & Overstreet, 2003, Gorgodera euzeti Lees & Combes, 1968, Hurleytrematoides euzeti McNamara, Adlard, Bray, Sasal & Cribb, 2012, Lecithophyllum euzeti Gibson & Bray, 2003, and Stephanostomum euzeti Bartoli & Bray, 2004. The list also includes an Acanthocephala, Harpagorhynchus golvaneuzeti Kvach & de Buron, 2019, a Myxozoa, Myxidium euzeti Lubat, Radujkovic, Marques & Bouix, 1989, a Coccidia, Eimeria euzeti Daoudi, Radujkovic, Marques & Bouix, 1987, a Gregarina, Erhardovina euzeti (Lipa, 1982) Levine, 1985 and a Microsporidia, Unikaryon euzeti Toguebaye & Marchand, 1988.

Examples of works by Louis Euzet
This short list is based on most cited works by Louis Euzet according to Google Scholar.

 Radujkovic, Branko M., & Euzet, Louis. "Parasites des poissons marins du Monténégro: Monogènes." Acta Adriatica 30 (51) (1989): 135.

 Euzet, Louis & Suriano, M. D. 1977: Ligophorus n. g. (Monogenea, Ancyrocephalidae) parasite des Mugilidae (Téleostéens) en Méditerranée. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 3eme série, 472, 797-822. PDF


Igor Gorbokon

Igor Gorbokon (born 13 October 1973) is a Ukrainian judoka.

Achievements


Gregory Cochran

Gregory M. Cochran (born 1953) is an American anthropologist and author who argues that cultural innovation resulted in new and constantly shifting selection pressures for genetic change, thereby accelerating human evolution and divergence between human races. From 2004 to 2015, he was a research associate at the anthropology department at the University of Utah. He is co-author of the book The 10,000 Year Explosion.

Human evolution
In opposition to what he sees as the conventional wisdom that civilization has been a static environment which imposed stabilizing selection on humans, Cochran, along with like-minded anthropologists such as John D. Hawks, contends that haplotype and other data indicate the selection of genes has been strongest since the advent of farming and civilization.

Ashkenazi Jewish intelligence

Cochran and co-authors Jason Hardy and Henry Harpending suggest that the high average IQ of Ashkenazi Jews may be attributed to natural selection for intelligence during the Middle Ages and a low rate of genetic inflow. Cochran and his colleagues hypothesize that the occupational profile of the Jewish community in medieval Europe had resulted in selection pressure for mutations that increase intelligence, but can also result in hereditary neurological disorders.

Gay germ hypothesis

Cochran has claimed that homosexuality can be considered a disease because it generally reduces or eliminates reproductive output, and he has speculated that homosexuality might be caused by infection by an unknown virus. However, he does not suggest that the infectious agent that causes homosexuality is spread by homosexuals. Cochran's hypothesis is based on the argument that homosexuality is unlikely to be genetic because it does not follow simple Mendelian inheritance patterns and because natural selection should have largely eliminated genes that cause homosexuality. Cochran has admitted that there is no positive evidence for the gay germ hypothesis, and according to mainstream biology, sexual orientation likely results from complex interplay of genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences.


Fuad Guliyev

Fuad Khalil oglu Guliyev (), (born 6 July 1941), was the 5th Prime Minister of Azerbaijan.

Early life
Guliyev was born on 6 July 1941 in Baku, Azerbaijan. He studied at a city school No. 160 from 1948 through 1958 and was admitted to the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy the same year. Guliyev graduated from the university with a degree in Petroleum engineering in 1963. From 1963 through 1965, Fuad Guliyev worked in administration of a cement factory in Krychaw, Belarus. After his return to Baku, he worked in different managerial positions at the Oil Machinery Scientific Research Institute from 1965 until 1973 and participated in designing new innovative technologies in the oil industry of Azerbaijan.
In 1973-1977, Guliyev worked in the position of a Department Manager, in 1977-82 as the Chief Engineer of the Baku Air-Conditioners Factory. In 1982, before Heydar Aliyev left his post of the First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party, he appointed Fuad Guliyev to the position of director of the factory, which Guliyev held until 1994.

Political career
After return of Heydar Aliyev to power as the President of Azerbaijan Republic, Guliyev was appointed to the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan. Priority tasks assigned to Guliyev were implementing reforms in the agricultural sector and preventing further inflation. In May 1995, Guliyev was appointed the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan thus replacing Suret Huseynov and held the position until July 1996. Guliyev was also elected a Deputy to the National Assembly of Azerbaijan in November 1995. During his term, he participated in the UN project for declaring Sumgait a free economic zone and signed a contract with foreign oil companies for exploration, development and production at Karabakh oil field. In 1996 Fuad Guliyev left the position of Prime minister due to his poor health. He was replaced by Artur Rasizade.

Awards
Guliyev has been awarded with various orders and medals of USSR for his innovations in the agricultural sector of economy and received recognition awards from Azerbaijani leadership for his contributions in the oil industry of the country. Guliyev holds the title of Recognized Engineer of Azerbaijan.


Alexander McGregor

Alexander Innes McGregor (9 May 1838 – 17 January 1901) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

He represented the Akaroa electorate from 1887 to 1890 when he was defeated.

He was a mayor of Akaroa.


Marcel Planiol

Marcel Planiol (23 September 1853 – 31 August 1931) was a French professor of law at the University of Rennes, then at the Sorbonne.
He wrote on the law and on historical Brittany.
He is known for his Elementary Treatise of Civil Law (1901), which attempted to explain French civil law in terms of elementary principles, particularly the maxims of Roman law.

Life

Marcel Planiol was born on 23 September 1853 in Nantes, Atlantique.
His parents were Amand Planiol and Julie Élisabeth Laporte.
He married in Rennes on 4 May 1885 to Madeleine Jeanne Claudel (1864–1947).
They had a son, "Maurice" Amand Jules Planiol (1886–1963).

Planiol studied at the Faculty of Law of Paris, and wrote his thesis on Droit romain : Des bénéfices accordés aux héritiers. Droit français : Du bénéfice d'inventaire in 1879.
He obtained his agrégation (teaching license) in 1880, and was accepted by the University of Grenoble as a teacher of civil law, Roman law and tax law.
He was elected to the University of Rennes in 1882, then to the Sorbonne in 1887, where he succeeded Charles Beudant.
Planiol was made a Professor at the Paris Faculty of Law.
He taught Roman law, inheritance, labour law, patent law and criminal law.

In 1899 Planiol began work on the Traité élémentaire de droit civil (Elementary Treatise of Civil Law), which would make his reputation.
His son died at the age of 20 during World War I (1914-18).
After the war Planiol gave up teaching.
Georges Ripert was called to Paris in 1919 as a substitute for Planiol.
Ripert was given responsibility for revisions to the Traité élémentaire de droit civil.
Later Planiol and Ripert co-authored the Traité pratique de droit civil (Practical Treatise on Civil Law).
Ripert undertook revision of this treatise, which became a work edited by Ripert but with several other authors.

Marcel Planiol died on 31 August 1931 in Paris at the age of 77.

Publications

Planiol wrote on law and also on Breton institutions.
He contributed to La Grande Encyclopédie of André Berthelot and wrote on public and private law in Brittany, a work that won an award from the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.
The term "elementary" in the title of his major work, the Traité élémentaire de droit civil, refers to his attempt to return to the foundational elements of civil law, particularly those derived from Roman law, and to remove the additions of medieval Romanists.
The work explained French civil law in moral terms of fault, obligation and responsibility.
It returned to an organization by subject area rather than following the sequence of the Civil Code.
It illustrated the rules by real life examples, and promoted natural law, a small number of common sense maxims, which the legislator must accept.
The work was revised by Ripert, and was later rewritten by Ripert and Jean Boulanger.
Publications include:

Law

Brittany

Notes

Sources


Thomas Fitzpatrick (pilot)

Thomas Edward Fitzpatrick (April 24, 1930 – September 14, 2009) nicknamed Tommy Fitz, was an American pilot known for two intoxicated flights where he flew from Teterboro, New Jersey and landed on the streets of New York City.

Flights
At approximately 3 a.m. on September 30, 1956, Fitzpatrick, while intoxicated, stole a single engine plane from the Teterboro School of Aeronautics in New Jersey and flew without lights or radio before landing on St. Nicholas Avenue near 191st Street in front of a New York City bar where earlier he had been drinking and made an intoxicated barroom bet that he could travel from New Jersey to New York City in 15 minutes. The New York Times called the flight a "feat of aeronautics" and a "fine landing". For his illegal flight, he initially received a $5,000 bail, but he was fined $100.00 after the plane's owner refused to press charges.

On October 4, 1958 just before 1 a.m., Fitzpatrick, again intoxicated, stole another plane from the same airfield and landed on Amsterdam and 187th street in front of a Yeshiva University building after another bar patron disbelieved his first feat. For his second stolen flight, Judge John A. Mullen sentenced him to six months in prison stating, "Had you been properly jolted then, it’s possible this would not have occurred a second time." Fitzpatrick said "it's the lousy drink" that caused him to pull the stunt.

Personal life

Fitzpatrick worked as a Steamfitter with Local #638 of New York City for 51 years. He served in the US Marine Corps during World War II fighting in the Pacific theater. Fitzpatrick was honorably discharged after World War II. He then joined the US Army and served during the Korean War where he received a Purple Heart for his service. He was a member of the Township of Washington Golden Seniors, Our Lady of Good Counsel Men's Group, VFW Post # 6192 of Washington Township and the China-Marines Organization.

Death
A resident of Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, Fitzpatrick died of cancer on September 14, 2009 at the age of 79. He is survived by his three sons, Thomas E. Jr, Daniel F., and Stephen P. Fitzpatrick, and his wife of 51 years, Helen (Fratinardo) Fitzpatrick.

Legacy
Fitzpatrick has a mixed drink named after him for his feat called the "Late Night Flight".