Serbs in Mostar

The Serbs of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, numbered about 24,000 at the outbreak of the Bosnian War in 1992, during which a majority of them left. With the city's post-war division into Croat and Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) halves, very few Serbs have returned. As a result, its current Serb population, as registered by the 2013 census, numbers 4,421 or about 4.2% of the population of the town.

History

18th and 19th centuries
In the 18th and 19th centuries, many Serbs from Mostar were merchants and traders. They formed business communities in Vienna, Trieste, Novi Sad, in the Republic of Venice, as well as in the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Zara (Zadar) and other towns (See: Triestine Serbs). The resultant wealth lead to a rise in their social status and funded a cultural and artistic flowering. In 1863, the construction of a large new church was begun, the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. It was initially supervised by the little-known Spasoje Vulić, but was completed by Andrey Damyanov (who was also the builder of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Sarajevo, constructed in a similar style around the same time). The works were financed locally, as well as by wealthy Serbs from the Austrian Empire and the Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz (in the amount of 25,000 groschen).

Vidovdan massacre
Mostar was part of the Nazi puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia, along with the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Ustasha fascist government was led by Ante Pavelić in Zagreb, and its view of Serbs was akin to the Nazi German view of Jews. The persecution of the town's Serbs began in the summer of 1941. The events of June 24–28, 1941 are known by Serbs as the Vidovdan (St. Vitus' day) slaughter (Serbian: Видовдански Покољ or Vidovdanski pokolj), as June 28 is St. Vitus' day in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.

Mass arrests of town's Serbs by the Ustashas began on the afternoon of June 24, 1941. The most prominent Serb traders, teachers, and priests of the Serbian Orthodox Church were among those arrested, as well as workers and farmers, some 450 in total from the 24 to 26 June 1941. Some were killed on the night following the beginning of the arrests, while some were thrown into cave-pits and others were killed on the banks of the Neretva river. Almost thirty of Mostar's Serb citizens were thrown into a cave-pit above the village of Čitluk, about 10 km from the town. Many others - at least 160 people - were stabbed to death or beaten to death with large rocks, mallets and metal bars. The entire brotherhood of Žitomislić monastery was arrested by the Ustasha on 27 June 1941, and driven to the village of Blizanci, where they were tortured and killed, some being thrown alive into the Vidonja cave-pit. Serbs in the villages surrounding Mostar were also targeted and murdered. In the following months, many Serbs from Mostar and the surrounding area were transported to Ustasha concentration camps, mainly Jasenovac, while many others fled to Nazi-occupied Serbia. Around 8,000 Serbs lived in Mostar before the massacres started on 24 June 1941, and by the end of August only around 850 remained.

Culture

Serb singing society "Gusle"
The Serb singing society "Gusle" was founded on December 18, 1888 in Mostar. There were 50 founding members, with Jovo R. Šola (Јово Р. Шола) chosen as the first president of the society.

Zora
Zora was a Serb literary magazine founded in 1896, central to Mostar's reputation as a centre of culture. Its full name was Zora: Časopis za zabavu, pokuku i kulturu (Зора: Часопис за забаву, поуку и књижевност).

Churches
During the Bosnian War of 1992-95, the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity and the Church of the Birth of the Most Holy Virgin, both dating to the mid-19th century, were demolished by the Croatian Defence Forces. The cathedral was also known as the New Orthodox Church (), while the latter was known as the Old Orthodox Church (). According to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nikola Špirić, the reconstruction of the cathedral is due to begin in Spring 2008, and will be partially funded by Prince Charles.

In early 2008, the city administration promised to set aside 100,000 KM (about 50,000 euros) for the reconstruction of the cathedral, and the Ministry of Culture of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity pledged 200,000 convertible marks (about 100,000 euros), while a local attorney, Faruk Ćupina (a Bosnian Muslim), was the first private citizen to donate any money - 10,000 convertible marks (about 5,000 euros). The estimated total cost of the project is 15 million convertible marks (about 7.5 million euros).

Notable people
 Aleksa Šantić, poet
 Jovan Dučić, poet
 Osman Đikić, poet
 Vladimir Gaćinović, Young Bosnia member
 Veselin Gatalo, poet
 Svetozar Ćorović, historian
 Vladimir Ćorović, historian
 Tibor Živković, historian
 Nedeljko Gvozdenović, painter
 Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan, painter
 Svetislav Mandić, historian, poet and painter
 Vito Nikolić, poet and journalist
 Gordan Mihić, playwright
 Sima Milutinović, aeronautical engineer
 Veselin Misita, military officer
 Dušan Bajević, football player and coach
 Željko Samardžić, singer
 Branka Sovrlić, singer
 Sergej Trifunović, actor
 Miroslav Čovilo, footballer
 Siniša Mladenović, footballer
 Borislav Džaković, basketball coach
 Dražen Dalipagić, basketball coach
 Nemanja Gordić, basketball player
 Dejan Kravić, basketball player
 Dragiša Vučinić, basketball player


Riffi Mandanda

Riffi Mandanda (born 11 October 1992) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stade Rennais F.C.

Club career
Mandanda is a youth product of Caen, though he was never offered a spot in the club's first team. After making his debut in the French lower divisions on loans, Mandanda joined AC Ajaccio in 2015, as a backup for Anthony Scribe. He made his full professional debut a few months later,  in a 3–0 Ligue 2 defeat against Nancy.

International career
In November 2019 he was called up bu the DR Congo national team.

Personal life
Mandanda is the younger brother of France international goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and DR Congo international goalkeeper Parfait Mandanda.


2012 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur

The 2012 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 28th edition of the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice, France, from May 21 through May 27, 2012.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

 Rankings as of May 14, 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
  Juan Carlos Ferrero
  Gaël Monfils
  Benoît Paire

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Brian Baker
  Thomaz Bellucci
  Grigor Dimitrov
  Sam Querrey

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

 Rankings are as of May 14, 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  John Isner /  Sam Querrey
  Nicolas Mahut /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Champions

Singles

 Nicolás Almagro defeated  Brian Baker, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

 Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Olivier Marach /  Filip Polášek, 7–6(7–5), 6–3


Tallahassee Automobile Museum

The Tallahassee Automobile Museum	(TACM), also known as the Tallahassee Automobile and Collectibles Museum, is an automobile museum in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. The museum is owned by Tallahassee-based businessman DeVoe L. Moore, and primarily showcases items of Americana from Moore's personal collection.

The museum's collection includes over 160 automobiles, Steinway grand pianos, die-cast toy cars, pedal cars, antique boating items, golf memorabilia, Hit and Miss motors, brass cash registers, clocks, bicycles, boats, sports memorabilia, motorcycles, can openers, spark plugs, artifacts and memorabilia. The collection includes three Batmobiles, an 1894 Duryea, a 1931 Duesenberg Model J Double Cowl Phaeton Convertible, 1911 Ford Model T Torpedo Run About, 1955 Kayser Darrin Roadster, a Delorean and a 1948 Tucker.

The site is also known for its place, as during the 2016 presidential election, US president Donald Trump held a campaign rally on October 25, 2016 in the water buffalo pasture next door in which 20,000 people attended.


Michèle Moretti

Michèle Moretti (born 15 March 1940 in Paris, France) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1961.

Theater

Filmography


A Hint of You

A Hint of You () is a 2013 Taiwanese romantic television series with a food theme television series produced by Sanlih E-Television, starring , Nana Lee, Danson Tang, , Jay Shih,  and Hans Zhang as the main cast. The Chinese title literally translates to "Taste of Missing You". Filming began on February 14, 2013 and completed on June 25, 2013, the drama was filmed as it aired. First original broadcast began on March 6, 2013 on SETTV airing on weekdays from 9:00-10:00 pm, final episode aired on June 28, 2013 with 68 episodes total. This is SETTV last drama to air during its weekday 9:00-10:00 pm timeslot before it was obsoleted to air variety programs instead.

Synopsis
Xia Qing You works as a cook at her small family owned seafood restaurant that was started by her late father. She is unaware that the dishes she creates are subpar, until Fu Zai Yu dines at her restaurant one evening and harshly criticizes her cooking. Not taking his comments well, she, her family and regular patrons at the restaurant out number Zai Yu in his argument. One day a VIP customer who was a regular patron of her father reserves the entire restaurant and pays top dollars to taste a lobster dish he had eaten when her dad was running the restaurant. After tasting Qing You's dishes he is not happy and starts comparing her father's cooking to hers, he also tells her that her level of cooking will eventually put the restaurant out of business. After finding out that her father was once a chef at the high end Hana Japanese Restaurant, she decides to dine there to have a taste of their food. At Hana she runs into Zai Yu, who is the head chef at the restaurant. He cooks her his signature egg friend rice dish to show her how good food should taste like. Upon her first bite it brings her back to the taste of her father's fried rice dish. After many failed attempts at duplicating the taste of Zai Yu's dish, she begs and stalks Zai Yu to accept her as his student in order to learn how to make his fried rice dish.

Cast

Main
 張勛傑 as Fu Zai Yu 傅在宇 - Male age 30
Nana Lee 李千娜 as Xia Qing You 夏青柚 - Female age 27
Danson Tang 唐禹哲 as Du Huai An 杜懷安 - Male age 26
 茵芙 as Xia Yi Huan 夏以歡 - Female age 25
Jay Shih as Sun Tian Hao 孫天皓 - Male age 27
 宋紀妍 as Song Yu Xin 宋玉欣 - Female age 26
Hans Zhang 張翰 as Lu Zhen Ya 陸振雅 - Male age 38

Supporting

Lung 100 restaurant/Xia family
Akio Chen 陳慕義 as Xia De 夏德 - Male age 55
 柯淑勤 as Xia Lin Zhao Di 夏林招弟  - Female age 50
 as You Zhen Zhen 游真真 - Female age 22

Fu family
Fu Lei 傅雷 as Fu Chang Nian 傅長年 - Male age 53
 黃采儀 as Zhou Jia Mei 周家梅 - Female age 51

Song family
 王道 as Song Si Qi 宋斯祺 - Male age 54
 方文琳 as Zhang Wan Wan 張婉婉 / Ke Meng Rong 柯孟容 - Female age 49
 黃柏鈞 as Song Yu Zong 宋玉宗 - Male age 22

Hana Japanese restaurant staff
 黃薇渟 as Wang Mei Xiang 王美香 - Female age 22
Kevin Zhou 周凱文 as Lian Wen Xiang 連文翔 - Male age 27
Vincent Qiu 邱俊儒 as Jin Zhong Gang 金仲剛 - Male age 30
Chen Jia Hao 陳嘉豪 as Guo Wei Cheng 郭偉成 - Male age 32
Josh Lu 陸侲曦 as Chen Kai Xi 陳凱曦 - Male age 20

Extended
Cai Ming Xiu 蔡明修 as Driver 司機
 駱炫銘) as Dong Dong 東東
 地球 as Wang Zai 旺仔
Dou Fei 杜霏 as Boss Tsai 蔡老師
 趙舜 as Mr. Tu 涂先生
 沈昶宏 as young Zai Yu 小在宇
 鄧志鴻 as Guo Seng 高桑
Liu Er Jin 劉爾金 as General Manager 總經理
 林采欣 as Rebecca
 陳隨意 as Ah Siu Se 阿水師

Guest star
Chris Wang 宥勝 as Zai Yu's friend
Summer Meng 孟耿如 as Zai Yu's friend
Alan Kuo 柯有倫 as Alan Zai Yu's friend
Jolie Cheng 程潔莉 as Zai Yu's friend
 丁強 as Boss Lin 林老闆
 張兆志 as Host 主持人
 夏如芝 as Marko
Joelle Lu 陸明君 as Wang Fang Rui 王芳蕊
Gino 宇騰 as Mr. Michellin 米奇林先生
 田家達 as Fang Rui's ex-husband 芳蕊前夫

Soundtrack

A Hint of You Original TV Soundtrack (OST) (美味的想念 電視原聲帶) was released on June 21, 2013 by various artists under Avex Taiwan Inc. record label. It contains 14 tracks total, in which 6 tracks are instrumental versions of the original songs. The opening theme is track 2 "A Hint of You 美味的想念 " by Danson Tang, while the closing theme is track 1 "Shouldn't Be Brave 不應該勇敢" by Soo Wincci.

Track listing

Broadcast

Episode ratings
Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
TTV – Beauties of The Emperor, , , The Return of the Condor Heroes
SET -
FTV – Feng Shui Family
CTS – Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky, Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties, , ,
CTV - , , , Three Kingdoms

Awards and nominations
The 2013 Sanlih Drama Awards Ceremony were held on December 28, 2013 at Sanlih's headquarters and broadcasting studios at No. 159, Section 1, Jiuzong Rd, Neihu District Taipei City, Taiwan.


Tota pulchra es (Bruckner)

Tota pulchra es, WAB 46, is a sacred motet by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner.

History

The work, which was composed on 30 March 1878 between symphonies 5 and 6, is scoring the Latin antiphon Tota pulchra es. It was performed on 4 June 1878 in the Votive Chapel of the new cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Franz-Josef Rudigier as bishop of Linz.

The manuscript is archived at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. The  (dedicated copy) is stored in the archive of the new cathedral. The motet was edited, together with the Ave Maria WAB 6, by Emil Wetzler, Vienna in 1887. It is put in Band XXI/27 of the .

Music

The 80-bars piece, scored for solo tenor, choir and organ, is primarily in the Phrygian mode, with some remote enharmonic modulation.

In the first part (bars 1-16) the soloist and the choir are dialoging a cappella. In the second part (bars 17-36), which begins fortissimo by the soloist with the organ on "Tu gloria Jerusalem", the choir becomes divided till 9 voices. In the third part (bars 37-52), which begins on "O, Maria", the soloist and the choir are dialoging a cappella as in the first part. In the last part, which begins as in the second part by the soloist with the organ on "Ora pro nobis", the choir goes on diminuendo till the end in pianissimo.

Selected discography
Bruckner's Tota pulchra es was first recorded in 1929 by Ludwig Berberich with the Münchner Domchor, 1929 (78 rpm: Polydor/Grammophon 27119)

A selection of the about 40 recordings:
 Eugen Jochum, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Bruckner: Symphony No.4, Motets – LP: DG 139134/5, 1966
 Hans Zanotelli, Philharmonia vocal-ensemble Stuttgart, Anton Brucknr, Lateinische Motetten – CD: Calig CAL 50 477, 1979
 Matthew Best, Corydon Singers, Bruckner: Motets - CD: Hyperion CDA66062, 1982
 Elmar Hausmann, Capella Vocale St. Aposteln Köln, Anton Bruckner, Missa solemnis in B, Motetten – LP: Aulos AUL 53 569, 1983
 Wolfgang Schäfer, Freiburg Vocal Ensemble, Anton Bruckner: Motetten – CD: Christophorus 74 501, 1984
 Herbert Böck, Concentus Vocalis Wien, Bruckner: Motetten; Distler: Totentanz – CD: Koch Schwann 317 008 H1, 1988
 Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Linzer Jeunesse Chor, Tota pulchra – CD: Ausgabe des Chores, 2005
 Michael Stenov, Cantores Carmeli, Benefizkonzert Karmelitenkirche Linz - CD/DVD issued by the choir, 2006, and on YouTube.
 Erwin Ortner, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Anton Bruckner: Tantum ergo - CD: ASC Edition 3, issue of the choir, 2008


Prometopus

Prometopus is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Prometopus albistigma (Swinhoe, 1904)
 Prometopus asahina (Kobes, 1985)
 Prometopus inassueta Guenée, 1852
 Prometopus flavicollis Leech


Xylena

Xylena is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species

 Xylena apicimacula Yoshimoto, 1993
 Xylena brucei – Bruce's swordgrass (Smith, 1892)
 Xylena buckwelli Rungs, 1952
 Xylena changi Horie, 1993
 Xylena cineritia – gray swordgrass (Grote, 1874)
 Xylena confusa Kononenko & Ronkay, 1998
 Xylena curvimacula – dot-and-dash swordgrass (Morrison, 1874)
 Xylena exsoleta – sword-grass (Linnaeus, 1758)
 Xylena formosa (Butler, 1878)
 Xylena fumosa (Butler, 1878)
 Xylena lunifera (Warren, 1010)
 Xylena nepalina Yoshimoto, 1993
 Xylena nihonica (Hoene, 1917)
 Xylena nupera – American swordgrass (Lintner, 1874)
 Xylena plumbeopaca Hreblay & Ronkay, 2000
 Xylena sugii Kobayashi, 1993
 Xylena tanabei Owada, 1993
 Xylena tatajiana Chang, 1991
 Xylena thoracica – acadian swordgrass (Putnam-Cramer, 1886)
 Xylena vetusta – red sword-grass (Hübner, [1813])


Julius Grey

Julius H. Grey (born 1948) is a Canadian lawyer and university professor. He is particularly known for his expertise in constitutional and human rights law. He is a senior partner at the law firm Grey Casgrain, s.e.n.c.

Born in Wrocław, Poland, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971, a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1971, and a Master of Arts degree in 1973 from McGill University. Grey has been a member of the Quebec Bar and the Canadian Bar Association since 1974. Since 1976 he has been involved in numerous associations such as the Canadian Foundation for Individual Rights, serving as its president from 1985 to 1988. He was a professor of law at McGill University from 1977 until 2002.

In 1982, Grey defended two Montreal writers, Henry Srebrnik and Shloime Perel, who had published an article, "Signs of the Times," in the January 22 issue of the Jerusalem Post, which summarized the anxiety then being experienced by the Montreal Jewish community following the election in November 1976 of the Parti Québécois. On February 17, the newspaper Le Devoir attacked the Post article, under the sensationalist headline "La diaspora de Montréal est menacée par l’anti-sémitisme." A day later an editorial, "Le Québec discrédité en Israël," appeared in the paper. Grey filed a suit in Quebec Superior Court, charging that the authors had been the victims of a hate campaign. Le Devoir finally settled out of court and printed an apology on its op-ed page on December 17, 1985.

Grey assisted in annulling a stipulation in the Charte de la langue française (Bill 101) that forbade the application of different languages on business signboards. Presently, French must merely be the predominant language, but others are allowed.

Grey supported La servante écarlate by Margaret Atwood, the French version of The Handmaid's Tale, in the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004.

Grey defended the periodical La Presse Chinoise against a defamation lawsuit filed by Falun Gong. In 2005, the Superior Court of Quebec ruled that the articles published by the newspaper did not qualify as defamation. However, a subsequent ruling by the Quebec Court of Appeal in June 2008 reversed the lower court's ruling.

Grey has publicly supported the New Democratic Party and Québec Solidaire. He was rumoured to be a future star candidate for the party in Montreal, following that party's successful capture of Outremont in a by-election by Thomas Mulcair on September 17, 2007; however, he did not run in the 2008 or 2011 general elections. Although he considered running in the next Canadian federal election, he did not.

Grey is married to Lynne Casgrain, ombudsman of the McGill University Health Centre and daughter of former Québec cabinet minister Claire Kirkland-Casgrain.


Sesso gioia rock 'n' roll

is the third album by the Italian singer-songwriter, Simone Tomassini. It was released in 2006 on the Makno Music label, owned by Enrico Rovelli, the ex-manager of Vasco Rossi and Patti Pravo and founder of the Alcatraz Club in Milan. The album was toured throughout Italy in the summer of 2006, and track 2, "Fuori come un balcone", was chosen for the sound track of Jerry Calà's 2006 film, Vita Smeralda. In addition to twelve original songs written and sung by Tomassini, Sesso Gioia Rock 'n' Roll includes his version of the Guns N' Roses song "Don't Cry" (track 3, "Non piangere mai").

Also performing on the album are Roberto Colombo (synthesizer and bass), Vince Tempera (piano and Hammond organ), Pierluigi Mingotti (bass), and Giancarlo Bianchetti (acoustic guitar). The album is distributed by Delta Dischi.

Track list
 (lyrics and music by Simone Tomassini) – 3:29
 (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:27
 (by Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose, arrangement and Italian lyrics by Tomassini) – 4:31
 (lyrics by Tomassini and Andrea Ge, music by Tomassini) – 4:47
 (lyrics by Tomassini, music by Riccardo Di Filippo) – 3:41
 (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:33
 (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:53
 (lyrics by Tomassini, music by Roberto Colombo) – 2:49
 (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:50
 (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:38
 (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:32
 (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 2:37
 (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:17

Production staff

Vince Tempera (artistic producer)
Maurizio Biancani (mastering)
Giuseppe Spada (design)

Pierluigi Mingotti (assistant producer)
Fausto Demetrio (Pro Tools)
Gianluca Gadda (mixing)


The Peaceful Pill Handbook

The Peaceful Pill Handbook is a book setting out information on assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. It was originally published in the U.S. in 2006 and was written by the Australian doctors Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart. In 2008 the on-line handbook was launched. Called The Peaceful Pill eHandbook, it contains video clips on assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia methods and related issues, but does not provide "how-to" instructions. The eHandbook is updated six times a year. A German edition of the print book — Die Friedliche Pille —  was published in 2011. A French edition — La Pilule Paisible —  was published in June 2015.

Content
The book is primarily intended for seniors, people who are seriously ill and their families and friends. It is also a resource guide for those working in public health and aged care.  The book rates over 15 approaches to euthanasia according to reliability and peacefulness scales.

Strategies covered by the books include: the use of gases (such as nitrogen), poisons such as carbon monoxide, non-prescription drugs such as chloroquine, prescription drugs such as insulin and the opiates and former prescription drugs such as the barbiturates. The book details lawful means of obtaining and administering the drugs and other peripheral issues such as drug storage, shelf life and disposal.  The Swiss assisted suicide services are also covered in detail, as are issues such as the writing of wills, advance directives and issues of determining testamentary and decision making capacity.

One of the more controversial aspects of the book is its coverage of the Internet as a source of drugs. To this end, the authors publish a regular neighbourhood watch that warns about internet scammers and fake and fraudulent websites.

Reception
Although restricted in New Zealand and Australia, the book is available without restriction on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and from the Peacefulpillstore.com website.

Australia
While the book was initially granted an 18+ rating in Australia, this was overturned on appeal from the Australian Attorney-General. In early 2007 the publication was refused classification (RC) by the Classification Board. In 2009, the Australian government included the handbook website in its internet filtering plan known as the Clean Feed.

New Zealand
In 2008, the Society for Promotion of Community Standards objected to the book’s publication. This led to its temporary banning in New Zealand on the grounds that it was an objectionable publication.  A short time later the book was republished in redacted form and is available if sealed and an indication of the censorship classification is displayed.


HC Bryansk

HC Bryansk is an ice hockey team in Bryansk, Russia. They play in the Junior Hockey League Division B, the second level of Russian junior ice hockey. The club was founded as Dinamo Bryansk in 1957 and was renamed HC Bryansk in 2008.

External links
 Official site


Jumbo

Jumbo (about December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then transferred in 1865 to London Zoo in England. Despite public protest, Jumbo was sold to P. T. Barnum, who took him to the United States for exhibition in March 1882.

The giant elephant's name has spawned the common word, "jumbo," meaning large in size. Examples of his lexical impact are phrases like "jumbo jet", "jumbo shrimp," "jumbo marshmallows," and "jumbotron." Jumbo's shoulder height has been estimated to be  at the time of his death, and was claimed to be about  by Barnum.

Jumbo is the Tufts University mascot, and is referenced by a plaque outside the old Liberal Hall, now a Wetherspoons pub, in Crediton.

History
Jumbo was born around December 25, 1860 in Sudan, and after his mother was killed by hunters, the infant Jumbo was captured by Sudanese elephant hunter Taher Sheriff and German big-game hunter Johann Schmidt. The calf was sold to Lorenzo Casanova, an Italian animal dealer and explorer. Casanova transported the animals that he had bought from Sudan north to Suez, and then across the Mediterranean Sea to Trieste.

This collection was sold to Gottlieb Christian Kreutzberg's "Menagerie Kreutzberg" in Germany. Soon after, the elephant was imported to France and kept in the Paris zoo Jardin des Plantes. In 1865, he was transferred to the London Zoo and arrived on 26 June. In the following years, Jumbo became a crowd favorite due to his size, and would give rides to children on his back, including those of Queen Victoria. London zookeeper association leader Anoshan Anathajeyasri gave Jumbo his name; it is likely a variation of one of two Swahili words: jambo, which means "hello"; or jumbe, meaning "chief". If Anathajeyasri was from India, he possibly named Jumbo after a gigantic rose-apple tree called jambu (which at that time would be transliterated as 'jumboo'), which grows on the mythical Mount Meru and whose fruits were said to be as large as elephants.

While in Mexico, Jumbo broke two tusks, and when they regrew, he ground them down against the stonework of his enclosure. His keeper in London was Matthew Scott, whose 1885 autobiography details his life with Jumbo.

In 1882, Abraham Bartlett, superintendent of the London zoo, sparked a national controversy with his decision to sell Jumbo to the American entertainer, Phineas T. Barnum of the Barnum & Bailey Circus for £2,000, $10,000 us. This decision came as a result of concern surrounding Jumbo's growing aggression and potential to cause a public disaster. The sale of Jumbo, however, sent the citizens of London into a panic, because they viewed the transaction as an enormous loss for the British empire. 100,000 school children wrote to Queen Victoria begging her not to sell the elephant. John Ruskin, a fellow of the Zoological Society, wrote in The Morning Post in February 1882:
"I, for one of the said fellows, am not in the habit of selling my old pets or parting with my old servants because I find them subject occasionally, perhaps even "periodically," to fits of ill temper; and I not only "regret" the proceedings of the council, but disclaim them utterly, as disgraceful to the city of London and dishonourable to common humanity." Despite a lawsuit against the Zoological Gardens alleging the sale was in violation of multiple zoo bylaws, and the zoo's attempt to renege on the sale, the court upheld the sale. Matthew Scott elected to go with Jumbo to the USA. The London Daily Telegraph begged Barnum to lay down terms on which he would return Jumbo, however no such terms existed in the eyes of Barnum.

In New York, Barnum exhibited Jumbo at Madison Square Garden, earning enough in three weeks from the enormous crowds to recoup the money he spent to buy the animal.  In the 31-week season, the circus earned $1.75M, largely due to its star attraction. On 30 May 1884, Jumbo was one of Barnum's 21 elephants that crossed the Brooklyn Bridge to prove that it was safe after 12 people died during a stampede caused by mass panic over collapse fears a year earlier.

Death

Jumbo died at a railway classification yard in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, on September 15, 1885. In those days the circus crisscrossed North America by train. St. Thomas was the perfect location for a circus because many rail lines converged there. Jumbo and the other animals had finished their performances that night, and as they were being led to their box car, a train came down the track. Jumbo was hit and mortally wounded, dying within minutes.

Barnum told the story that Tom Thumb, a young circus elephant, was walking on the railroad tracks and Jumbo was attempting to lead him to safety. Barnum claimed that the locomotive hit and killed Tom Thumb before it derailed and hit Jumbo, and other witnesses supported Barnum's account. According to newspapers, the freight train hit Jumbo directly, killing him, while Tom Thumb suffered a broken leg.

Many metallic objects were found in the elephant's stomach, including English pennies, keys, rivets, and a police whistle.

Ever the showman, Barnum had portions of his star attraction separated, to have multiple sites attracting curious spectators. After touring with Barnum's circus,  the skeleton was donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where it remains. The elephant's heart was sold to Cornell University.  Jumbo's hide was stuffed by William J. Critchley and Carl Akeley, both of Ward's Natural Science, who stretched it during the mounting process; the mounted specimen traveled with Barnum's circus for two years.

Barnum eventually donated the stuffed Jumbo to Tufts University, where it was displayed at P.T. Barnum Hall there for many years. The hide was destroyed in a fire in April 1975. Ashes from that fire, which are believed to contain the elephant's remains, are kept in a 14-ounce Peter Pan Crunchy Peanut Butter jar in the office of the Tufts athletic director, while his taxidermied tail, removed during earlier renovations, resides in the holdings of the Tufts Digital Collections and Archives.

Legacy

Remaining in the United Kingdom are statues and other memorabilia of Jumbo. The elephant – or rather his statuette in the Natural History Museum – was made holotype of Richard Lydekker's proposed subspecies (Loxodonta africana rothschildi) for the large elephants of the eastern Sahel. Modern authorities do not recognize this (or any other subspecies of African bush elephants), considering its purportedly diagnostic large size and peculiarly shaped ears to be individual variation.

While Jumbo's hide resided at Tufts' P.T. Barnum Hall, a superstition held that dropping a coin into a nostril of the trunk would bring good luck on an examination or sports event.  Although the hide was destroyed by a major fire, Jumbo remains the mascot of Tufts, and representations of the elephant are featured prominently throughout the campus.

A life-sized statue of the elephant was erected in 1985 in St. Thomas, Ontario, to commemorate the centennial of the elephant's death.  It is located on Talbot Street on the west side of the city. In 2006 the Jumbo statue was inducted into the North America Railway Hall of Fame in the category of "Railway Art Forms & Events" as having local significance.

Jumbo was the inspiration of the nickname of the 19th-century Jumbo Water Tower in the town of Colchester in Essex, England.

Lucy the Elephant, a six-story structure in Margate City, New Jersey, was modeled after Jumbo. Built by James V. Lafferty in 1881, Lucy is the oldest surviving roadside tourist attraction in America and a National Historic Landmark. Lafferty also made other Jumbo-shaped structures, including Elephantine Colossus, on Coney Island.

Jumbo has been lionized on a series of sheet-music covers from roughly 1882–83. The four-colour lithograph of Jumbo was created by Alfred Concanen of England, with the music title "Why Part With Jumbo", a song by the lion comique of Victorian British music halls, G. H. MacDermott. It pictured children zoo visitors riding, somewhat precariously, on Jumbo's back. Multiple American lithographic music covers were done, including by J. H. Bufford's Sons.

Canadian folk singer James Gordon wrote the song "Jumbo's Last Ride", which recounts the story of Jumbo's life and death. It is on his 1999 CD Pipe Street Dreams.

Canadian professional ice hockey player Joe Thornton (b. 1979) from St. Thomas, Ontario is nicknamed Jumbo Joe as a homage to Jumbo the Elephant.

More evidence
A television program about Jumbo, Attenborough and the Giant Elephant, presented by the naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough, was transmitted on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 10 December 2017. An international team of scientists examined the skeleton and found:
 Jumbo's molar teeth were malformed and out of line as a result of a long-term soft diet that did not wear his molar teeth down enough, obstructing the forward eruptive movement of the next molar.
 Jumbo's nightly rages were probably caused by toothache, rather than musth, as his keeper thought at the time.
 A post mortem photograph of Jumbo shows skin abrasions consistent with an illustration produced just after his death of the freight train hitting him on a hip from behind as he was being led across to his traveling carriage, and said that the likeliest cause of death was internal bleeding from his injuries.
 Examination of Jumbo's limb bones showed overgrown tendon attachment areas consistent with a long-term history of being overloaded at his work.
 Jumbo was still growing at the time of his death, as is normal for African male elephants of his age, and might eventually have attained the size claimed by Barnum.


TheatreSquared

TheatreSquared, founded in 2005, is a regional professional theatre located in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas. The company stages seven productions each year as well as the Arkansas New Play Festival of emerging works, totaling 270 annual performances for an audience of approximately 60,000 including 20,000 students and their teachers. The company is one of only two companies in the state of Arkansas presenting a year-round season and affiliated with the national professional actors' union, Actors' Equity Association.

TheatreSquared is co-led by artistic director Robert Ford and executive director Martin Miller. In addition to its season of theatrical works, the company's educational outreach program offers an educational school tour to more than 80 high schools, the Word/Play in-school literacy intervention program, a professional development institute for educators, and student matinees and discussions.

In 2011, TheatreSquared was awarded a National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing, recognizing the company as one of the nation's ten most promising emerging professional theatres. They were also featured in the American Theatre Wing's Working in the Theatre series on Theatre in Arkansas in 2016.

History
TheatreSquared was founded in 2005 and staged its initial production, Teresa Rebeck's Bad Dates, in 2006. Robert Ford, a playwright and company co-founder, became artistic director in 2007. Martin Miller, a former associate producer at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, joined as executive director in 2009.

In the past decade, the theatre's annual budget has grown from $160,000 to $4.3 million, making it one of the larger cultural institutions serving audiences in Northwest Arkansas. In 2016, the theatre launched a new access program called "Lights Up!" with support from the Walmart Foundation, extending free tickets to low-income community members, $10 tickets for youth, and $5 tickets to recipients of SNAP benefits at performances year-round.

The company has placed a strong focus on new work development and premieres, collaborating on new scripts with playwrights including Qui Nguyen, Lisa D'Amour, Lee Blessing, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Bryna Turner, Barbara Hammond, E.M. Lewis, Mona Mansour, Amy Evans, and many others.

Critical Reception and Awards
TheatreSquared was a 2011 recipient of the National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards, in its first year of eligibility. The company is a ten-time grantee of the National Endowment for the Arts. As of October 2019, the company was the top-rated attraction in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on the travel review website TripAdvisor.com.

Facility
As part of a $34 million capital campaign, the company completed a 50,000 square-foot facility in mid-2019 that includes two venues, offices, artists' apartments, production workspaces, and the open-all-day Commons Bar-Café. The building is a design collaboration between London-based theatre planners Charcoalblue and New York-based Marvel Architects. Performances were previously held in the 175-seat Studio Theatre at Nadine Baum Studios, through a rental arrangement with the touring arts presenter Walton Arts Center.


TU Muscae

TU Muscae, also known as HD100213, is an eclipsing binary star in the constellation Musca. Its apparent magnitude ranges from 8.17 to 8.75 over around 1.4 days.

Physical description
TU Muscae is a remote binary star system made up of two hot luminous blue main sequence stars of spectral types O7.5V and O9.5V, with masses 23 and 15 times that of the Sun. The stars are so close that they are in contact with each other (overcontact binary) and are classed as a Beta Lyrae variable as their light varies from earth as they eclipse each other. The spectra indicate they are hot stars, with surface temperatures of roughly 37200 and 34700 K respectively. They are both still on the main sequence of star evolution, burning their core hydrogen. Astronomers Laura Penny and Cynthia Ouszt proposed the two were originally more equal in size but as they became close enough so that material from the less massive star began transferring to the more massive star via Roche-lobe overflow. However they concede that figuring out the evolution of interacting massive binary systems is "a little like trying to unspill milk". The system is thought to be around 4.8 kiloparsecs (~15500 light-years) distant.

The period of the magnitude change is increasing, and has been calculated as lengthening by 3.46 seconds a century. This could be due to material from the less massive star being transferred to the more massive one, or there could be a third or fourth as yet undetected star in the multiple star system influencing the orbit. These stars have not been seen as they are much less luminous than the two main stars.

Discovery
TU Muscae was discovered by Dutch astronomer Pieter Oosterhoff in 1928. Initially thought to have a spectrum of B3, later observations in the 1960s and early 1970s indicated it was a hotter star than previously thought—with the spectrum lying in the uncommon O-region.


Menomonee River

See also Menominee River

The Menomonee River is one of three primary rivers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Description
Named after the Menomonee (also spelled Menominee) Indians, the word was given to the Menomonee people by the Chippewa people, and in the Chippewa language literally means "rice eaters" referring to the abundant wild rice that once grew along its shores in the Menomonee Valley. A tributary of the Milwaukee River, it is the most industrialized within the Milwaukee River Basin.

Watershed
The Menomonee River is  long, with a watershed that covers approximately  of urban landscape and is home to a population of more than 336,670 people. This includes portions of Washington, Ozaukee, Waukesha, and Milwaukee counties. A large swath of the river has been heavily channelized and industrialized as it runs through the Menomonee Valley. This has become a primary source of pollution for the river.

Its estuary empties into Lake Michigan from the Milwaukee River near the Milwaukee harbor, along with the Kinnickinnic River to the south.


Taint of Madness

Taint of Madness is a 1995 role-playing game supplement for Call of Cthulhu published by Chaosium.

Contents
Taint of Madness deals with asylums and sanatoriums in detail, lists all the recognized forms of insanity as well as their treatments, and details three fully developed asylums – Bethlehem for the 1890s, Arkham for the 1920s, and Bellevue for the 1990s.

Reception
Dean Evans reviewed Taint of Madness for Arcane magazine, rating it a 6 out of 10 overall. Evans comments that "Taint of Madness is an interesting, thought-provoking book and, like most of the Cthulhu add-ons, is crammed with information. But since most referees prefer to side-step the idle months between scenarios, it's not exactly an essential read."


Tinlot

Tinlot is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Tinlot had a total population of 2,346. The total area is 37.12 km² which gives a population density of 63 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Abée, Fraiture, Ramelot, Seny, Soheit-Tinlot, and Scry.


Aleksandr Kuligin

Aleksandr Vasilievich Kuligin (; born 5 February 1991) is a Russian football defender. He was the captain of the Russian team that won gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.


René Kos

René Kos (born 17 October 1955) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He had his best achievements in motor-paced racing, winning the world championships in 1981 and finishing in second place in 1983; he also finished second in 1980 but was disqualified for failing the doping test. He won the national motor-paced cycling championships in 1981, 1982, 1984 and 1985.

As a track cyclist he competed in 28 six-day races with the best result of third place in the race of Buenos Aires.

After retirement he worked as a cycling coach. He was also active as a race organizer and a pacer in motor-paced racing. In 2009, he was invited to prepare the Iranian track team for the 2010 Asian Games, but had to refuse due to the uncertain security situation. He is the manager of the cycling team Koga-CreditForce-Ubbink, which includes his three sons Patrick, Jesse and Christian.

Teams
 1980  – AGU Sport
 1981  – AGU Sport
 1982  – individueel
 1982  – Amko Sport
 1983  – AGU Sport
 1984  – Paganini
 1985  – Panasonic
 1986  – Timmermans IJzerhandel
 1987  – Timmermans IJzerhandel


Paul Massarek

Paul Massarek was an Austrian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics.


Zard-Kuh

Zard-Kuh  (meaning "Yellow Mountain", also spelled Zardkuh, Zarduh Kuh or Zard Kuh-e Bakhtiari; Persian:  زردكوه بختياري) is a sub-range in the central Zagros Range, Iran.

With an elevation of 4221 metres, the Zard-Kuh is located in the Zagros Mountains in the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province of Iran. The Karun and also Zayanderud rivers start in the Zagros mountains near the Zard-Kuh. There are small glaciers on the mountain owing to the relatively high precipitation, which are the only glaciers in the subtropics outside the Himalayas, Andes and Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.

Geologically, the Zard-Kuh is situated in the Sanandaj-Sirjan geologic and structural zone of Iran and is mainly made of Cretaceous limestone.

The famous early documentary Grass captures on film the Bakhtiari tribe's crossing of Zard-Kuh barefoot in the snow with 50,000 people and 500,000 animals.


Chicago Bulls accomplishments and records

This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Chicago Bulls.

Individual awards

NBA Most Valuable Player
 Michael Jordan – 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998
 Derrick Rose – 2011

NBA Defensive Player of the Year
 Michael Jordan – 1988
 Joakim Noah – 2014

NBA Rookie of the Year
 Michael Jordan – 1985
 Elton Brand – 2000 (Co-Rookie of the Year)
 Derrick Rose – 2009

NBA Sixth Man of the Year
 Toni Kukoč – 1996
 Ben Gordon – 2005

NBA Most Improved Player Award
 Jimmy Butler – 2015

NBA Finals MVP
 Michael Jordan – 1991–1993, 1996–1998

Best NBA Player ESPY Award
 Michael Jordan – 1993, 1997–1999

NBA Sportsmanship Award
 Luol Deng – 2007

J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
 Joakim Noah – 2015

NBA Coach of the Year
 Johnny "Red" Kerr – 1967
 Dick Motta – 1971
 Phil Jackson – 1996
 Tom Thibodeau – 2011

NBA Executive of the Year
 Jerry Krause – 1988, 1996
 Gar Forman – 2011 (Co-Executive of the Year)

NBA Scoring Champion
 Michael Jordan – 1987–1993, 1996–1998

All-NBA First Team
 Michael Jordan – 1987–1993, 1996–1998
 Scottie Pippen – 1994–1996
 Derrick Rose – 2011
 Joakim Noah – 2014

All-NBA Second Team
 Bob Love – 1971, 1972
 Norm Van Lier – 1974
 Michael Jordan – 1985
 Scottie Pippen – 1992, 1997
 Pau Gasol – 2015

All-NBA Third Team
 Scottie Pippen – 1993, 1998
 Jimmy Butler – 2017

NBA All-Defensive First Team
 Jerry Sloan – 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975
 Norm Van Lier – 1974, 1976, 1977
 Michael Jordan – 1988–1993, 1996–1998
 Scottie Pippen – 1992–1998
 Dennis Rodman – 1996
 Joakim Noah – 2013, 2014

NBA All-Defensive Second Team
 Jerry Sloan – 1970, 1971
 Norm Van Lier – 1972, 1973, 1975, 1978
 Bob Love – 1972, 1974, 1975
 Artis Gilmore – 1978
 Scottie Pippen – 1991
 Horace Grant – 1993, 1994
 Kirk Hinrich – 2007
 Ben Wallace – 2007
 Joakim Noah – 2011
 Luol Deng – 2012
 Jimmy Butler – 2014, 2016

NBA All-Rookie First Team
 Erwin Mueller – 1967
 Clifford Ray – 1972
 Scott May – 1977
 Reggie Theus – 1979
 David Greenwood – 1980
 Quintin Dailey – 1983
 Michael Jordan – 1985
 Charles Oakley – 1986
 Elton Brand – 2000
 Kirk Hinrich – 2004
 Luol Deng – 2005
 Ben Gordon – 2005
 Derrick Rose – 2009
 Taj Gibson – 2010
 Nikola Mirotić – 2015
 Lauri Markkanen – 2018

NBA All-Rookie Second Team
 Stacey King – 1990
 Toni Kukoč – 1994
 Ron Artest – 2000
 Marcus Fizer – 2001
 Jay Williams – 2003
 Tyrus Thomas – 2007

 Hold the record for the fewest points per game in a season after 1954–55 (81.9 in 1998–99)
 Hold the record for the fewest points in a game after 1954–55 (49, April 10, 1999)
 Hold the record for largest margin of victory in an NBA Finals game (42; defeated the Utah Jazz 96–54)
 Hold the record for fewest points allowed in an NBA Finals game (54 against the Utah Jazz)
 Share lowest free throw percentage by two teams in one game (.410 with the Los Angeles Lakers, February 7, 1968)
 Share record for most personal fouls by two teams in one game (87 with the Portland Trail Blazers, March 16, 1984)
 Shared record: Will Perdue for fewest minutes played by a disqualified player in a playoff game (7 against the New York Knicks, May 14, 1992)
 Dennis Rodman, most offensive rebounds in an NBA Finals game (11 twice against the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals)
 Shared record: Two teams with the fewest players to score more than ten points in a playoff game (4 with the Miami Heat, May 24, 1997)
 Highest defensive rebound percentage in a playoff game (.952 against the Golden State Warriors on April 30, 1975)
 Shared record: Highest free throw percentage by one team in a playoff game (1.000 against the Cleveland Cavaliers on May 19, 1992)
 After the San Antonio Spurs lost the 2013 NBA Finals to the Miami Heat in seven games, the Bulls are currently the only NBA franchise to have won multiple NBA championships without a championship series loss.

NBA All-Star Weekend

NBA All-Star selections
 Guy Rodgers – 1967
 Jerry Sloan – 1967, 1969
 Bob Boozer – 1968
 Chet Walker – 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974
 Bob Love – 1971–1973
 Norm Van Lier – 1974, 1976, 1977
 Artis Gilmore – 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982
 Reggie Theus – 1981, 1983
 Michael Jordan – 1985–1993, 1996–1998
 Scottie Pippen – 1990, 1992–1997
 B. J. Armstrong – 1994
 Horace Grant – 1994
 Derrick Rose – 2010–2012
 Luol Deng – 2012, 2013
 Joakim Noah – 2013, 2014
 Pau Gasol – 2015, 2016
 Jimmy Butler – 2015–2017

NBA All-Star head coach
 Phil Jackson – 1992, 1996
 Tom Thibodeau – 2012

NBA All-Star Game MVP
 Michael Jordan – 1988, 1996, 1998
 Scottie Pippen – 1994

NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge
 Derrick Rose – 2009, 2011
 Lauri Markkanen – 2018

NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout
 Kyle Macy - 1986
 Craig Hodges – 1989–1993
 Michael Jordan- 1990
 B.J. Armstrong- 1993, 1994
 Steve Kerr – 1994-1997
 Zach LaVine - 2020

NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest
 Orlando Woolridge - 1984, 1985
 Michael Jordan – 1985, 1987, 1988
 Scottie Pippen - 1990
 Tyrus Thomas - 2007

Season records

Franchise records
(Correct as of the end of the 2018–19 season )

Franchise record for wins

Franchise record for championships

NBA records

Individual

Regular season

Playoffs

NBA Finals

Miscellaneous
 Leading the league in scoring, oldest, 35 years, 61 days, Michael Jordan, April 19, 1998
 Leading the league in rebounding, oldest, 36 years, 341 days, Dennis Rodman, April 19, 1998

Team

Regular season

 Teams that had two players score 40+ points in a game, Michael Jordan 44, Scottie Pippen 40, February 18, 1996.
 Best start (41 games), 38–3, .
 Fewest points per game, 81.9, .
 Undefeated months, 14–0, January 1996.

Playoffs
 Best home record, 39–7.

NBA Finals
 Best NBA Finals series record, 6–0.
 Largest margin of victory in a game, 42, June 7, 1998.

Notes


Écueillé

Écueillé is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Population


National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon-Charley National Preserve.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Alaska, United States.  The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.

There are 5 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the preserve.

Current listings

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Álvaro Urquijo

Álvaro Urquijo (born 22 June 1962) is a Spanish guitarist and singer-songwriter who is known as one of the founding members of the pop rock group, Los Secretos.

He founded Los Secretos with his brothers Javier and Enrique Urquijo in 1980.

Discography

With Los Secretos
Tos (1978)
Los Secretos EP (1980)
Los Secretos (1981)
Todo siguel igual (1982)
Algo más (1983)
Lo mejor (1985)
El primer cruce (1986)
Continuará (1987)
Directo (1988)
La calle del olvido (1990)
Adiós tristeza (1991)
Cambio de planes (1993)
Ojos de gata (1994)
Dos caras distintas (1996)
La historia de Los Secretos y CD de grandes éxtios(1996)
CD Grandes éxitos II (1999)
A tu lado (2000)

Solo career
Álvaro Urquijo (1998)

Contribution with Taxi (2008)

In 2008, he was featured on Gibraltarian band Taxi's latest single, Quiero Un Camino.


Wanda Gass

Wanda Gass is an American engineer and philanthropist who helped develop the first commercially viable digital signal processor at Texas Instruments. She is also an advocate for girls and young women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs.

Life

Gass was born in Dallas, Texas in 1956, the younger of two daughters. Citing her father as encouragement for her fledgling interest in engineering, Gass pursued membership in her high school's Explorer's Club.

Education

Gass attended Rice University and earned her BS in electrical engineering in 1978. She then earned a MS in biomedical engineering from Duke University in 1980.

Career
Gass began work at Texas Instruments in 1980 as an electrical engineer. Gass was heavily involved in the development of Texas Instruments first commercially viable digital signal processor (DSP) and was eventually promoted to the position of technical fellow. Gass was one of the first women promoted into this role, which was the equivalent of a Vice President at Texas Instruments.

Gass is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). She is also the president of Design Connect Create, a non-profit group aimed at increasing young women's participation in STEM fields.


Periclista

Periclista is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Periclista.

Species
These 23 species belong to the genus Periclista:

 Periclista albicollis Norton, 1872 b
 Periclista albida (Klug, 1816) g
 Periclista albipennis (Zaddach, 1859) g
 Periclista albiventris (Klug, 1816) g
 Periclista analis Konow, 1886 g
 Periclista andrei Konow, 1906 g
 Periclista coiffaiti Chevin, 1980 g
 Periclista cretica (W.Schedl, 1981) g
 Periclista diluta Cresson, 1880 b
 Periclista dusmeti Konow, 1907 g
 Periclista freidbergi D.R.Smith, 1982 g
 Periclista hermonensis D.R.Smith, 1982 g
 Periclista lenta Konow, 1903 g
 Periclista lineolata (Klug, 1816) g
 Periclista major (Neocharactus) major Smith, 2012 b
 Periclista media Norton, 1864 b
 Periclista osellai F.Pesarini & Turrisi, 2003 g
 Periclista pilosa Chevin, 1971 g
 Periclista pubescens (Zaddach, 1859) g
 Periclista rufiventris Zombori, 1979 g
 Periclista sicelis F.Pesarini & Turrisi, 2003 g
 Periclista vernalis Lacourt, 1985 g
 Periclista wittmeri Zombori, 1979 g

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net


Crambus sparselloides

Crambus sparselloides is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 1986. It is found in Cameroon, Kenya and Uganda.


Canadian comfort cab

The Canadian comfort cab or wide cab or North American Safety Cab is a broad-nosed cab design found on modern American diesel locomotives, and some export models.  It occupies the entire width of the locomotive, and typically has an access door on the front of the nose. The term wide cab is somewhat of a misnomer because it is the nose, not the cab, that is widened.

Development
The basic shape of the Canadian comfort cab first appeared on a hood unit, the EMD DDA40X, in 1969. It was the same design as the F45 and FP45 cowl units being built by EMD at the time.  The cab used on the DDA40X was not a true Canadian comfort (or "Safety") cab because it consisted mainly of restyled sheet metal and lacked the structural reinforcements of the Canadian design.

EMD Design
The first true Canadian cabs were designed and built for the Canadian National Railway by input from railway employees. The locomotives were GP38-2s, GP40-2s and GP40-2Ls, and SD40-2s.  To denote the presence of the wide-nosed cab, a "W" was often applied at the end of the model name (i.e. GP38-2W, GP40-2W, SD40-2W), although this was not an official designation. The Montreal Locomotive Works also offered a competitive cab design on their M-420 and M-630(W) models.  GE and EMD began offering the wide-nose cab as a standard option instead of a custom build option in 1988.

The first Canadian comfort cab appeared in 1973 on CN #5560, the last unit in an order of standard cab-equipped GP38-2s.  The first series of comfort cabs were on an order of MLW (Montreal Locomotive Works) M-420s, also built for CN in 1973.

Cab design
The wide-nose cab design has a number of safety features as well as a number of crew comfort features.

Safety
The wide-nose safety cab is built with a specially reinforced nose.  Instead of sheet metal, ⅜-inch-thick steel is employed with additional reinforcement behind the armor.  As a moving locomotive cannot maneuver to avoid collisions and frequently cannot stop in time to prevent them, these enhancements serve to protect the crew in the event of a collision with objects smaller than the train itself such as downed trees or stopped automobiles.  In addition, the windows of the cab meet Federal Railroad Administration Regulations Part 223,
which states that windows must withstand the impact of a .22 caliber bullet or a cinder block.

Comfort
The Canadian comfort cab is notably more spacious for the crew.  It has significantly more open space than standard cabs, allowing crew members space to move about.  In later years, the cab doors had improved weatherstripping and electrically heated windows installed.  Many new EMD locomotives include the feature of the "Whisper Cab", a cab that is acoustically isolated from the rest of the locomotive.


Harrington, Virginia

Harrington is an unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.


Anglo-Français and Français (hound)

Anglo-Français and Français hounds are a general type of hunting dogs that include ancient French hounds and breeds created by mixing the French dogs with English (Anglo) Foxhounds. There are seven dog breeds  that are described as Anglo-Français and Français hounds.

Breeds
Français Tricolore, the classic hound that follows a hunter on horseback. Similar to the Poitevin.
Français Blanc et Noir, the original evolved over centuries and was influenced in the 19th century by crosses with THE Poitevin and the Grand Gascon Saintongeois.
Français Blanc et Orange
Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Noir, originally from the 19th century Bâtard Anglo-Saintongeois type, a cross of the Saintongeois and the Foxhound.
Grand Anglo-Français Tricolore, the French hound breed most influenced by the Foxhound.
Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Orange, originally from crosses between the Billy and the Foxhound, showing a great deal of the English foxhound type.
Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie, created by crossing the Harrier with the Poitevin, the Porcelaine, the Petit Gascon Saintongeois and the Petit Bleu de Gascogne. De Petite Vénerie refers to dogs used on smaller game, such as rabbits, not to the size of the dog.

These names replaced older names in 1957, when it was decided to append "Anglo-Français" to the names of all the hound breeds that had been crossed with foxhounds. "Grand" (French for "large") does not mean that the dogs are especially large, but rather that they hunted in large packs. Hunting with the hounds was originally done in two styles, Chasse-à-Courre, in which the pack chases and kills the game animal, and Chasse-à-Tir, where the pack (or sometimes an individual dog) circles the game animal and chases it back towards the waiting hunter.

Individual hunting hounds are not well suited to be pets, as they need a great deal of space, exercise, and experienced handling. Most breeds are usually kept in packs or 20 to 100 dogs. The French and Anglo-French hounds are bred as hunting dogs, not as pets or for show, and are registered through the Société Centrale Canine (French Kennel Club) and the Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Some dogs of these breeds have been exported to North America and are recognised by the United Kennel Club, which has specialized in hunting hounds for many years. Other dogs of these breeds, especially the Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie, are being bred in North America for the rare breed pet market, and are registered through various minor registries and internet dog registry businesses. An additional breed name, apparently invented in North America, the Anglo-Français de Moyenne Vénerie, is sometimes seen advertised.


Dennis L. A. White

Dennis L. A. White is an American stage and screen actor noted for portraying Damion 'D-Roc' Butler in the Notorious B.I.G. biopic entitled Notorious.

Early life
White was born and raised in southern California to a Grammy nominated mother and a military father. He was exposed to many different cultures and ideas. When his family relocated to Fayetteville, North Carolina he developed his love for music and acting. He was offered a baseball scholarship while a student at Westover High School to play baseball but he decided to take an academic scholarship at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina.

Career
In 2001, Dennis, under the guise of "Dennis Da Menace", put out his Billboard charted album, The Wonderful World of Dennis. In 2003, Dennis became the first African-American host at Fuse Television. He began to host several TV shows: Weekend Vibe, HBO's 5 Rounds and Chatzone, and MTV's Hip Hop Life.

White then pursued his love for acting with appearances in The Brave One with Jodie Foster, Law & Order: SVU, The Jury, I Think I Love My Wife, etc. In 2010, he portrayed a cancer stricken comedian in Marq Overton's Off Broadway play, Die Laughing. White also played Virgil on The N mini-series, Miracle's Boys. Dennis had a recurring role on TNT (TV channel)'s The Closer. In 2009, Dennis created "Act Like You Know", a company that gives acting workshops and seminars to aspiring actors across the country. In 2009, Dennis became the re-occurring character "Mistah Ray" on NBC's Parenthood.

In 2013, Dennis started a foundation called "M.O.R.P.H." to help eradicate racial profiling.

In 2018, Dennis strategically aligned his career and brand with personal manager, Jameelah "Just Jay" Wilkerson, President/CEO of The Hype Magazine Network; a media conglomerate based in North America. Wilkerson is also President of Marketing and Business Affairs with Palm Tree Entertainment, home to platinum-selling artists Soulja Boy and iHeartMemphis creator of the global smash Hit The Quan

Filmography
Sweet Lorraine (2015) - Lincoln Kennedy
Diamond Ruff (2015) - Rev. Trek Woods
Bleeding Hearts (2015) - Chris Walker
Lap Dance (2014) - Pauly
The Genesis of Lincoln (2014) - T.J. McGriff
Dreams (2013/II) - Jermaine
Dreams (2013/I) - Gage
Changing the Game (2012) - Adult Dre (as Dennis LA White)
Small Apartments (2012) - Marcus (as Dennis White)
Dysfunctional Friends (2012) - Minister
After Hours: The Movie (2011) - Rugged & Menace hit man
King of Paper Chasin' (2011) - J.B. (as Dennis Da Menace)
Code Blue (2010)
April's Fools (2010) - Tamil
Three Chris's (2010) - Chris Walker
Notorious (2009) - Damion
The Brave One (2007) - Thug on Subway
I Think I Love My Wife (2007) - Party Thug (uncredited)
Swimming (2000) - Jeeper

Television

Atlanta (2016) ... Bald Man
Black Dynamite (2014) ... Arnold's Talking Stomach (voice)
Parenthood (2011-2013) ... Mista Ray
NYC 22 (2012) ... Teef
The Closer (2010-2011) ... Reggie Moses
Let's Talk About Pep (2010) Episode #1.3 (2010) ... Dennis White
Miracle's Boys (2005) (TV Mini-Series) ... Virgil
Jonny Zero (2005) ... Pillsbury
The Jury (2004) ... Derrick Smith-Bey
Fuse's Summer Jam X (2003) (TV Movie) ... Host
Weekend Vibe (2002) ... Segment Host (2004)

Video games
The Warriors (2005) - Sid, Glenn, Keenan, Jonah (voices, as Dennis White)
Def Jam Fight for NY (2004) -  Baxter (voice, as Dennis Da Menace)

Producer

Dreams (2013/I) - (associate producer)

Self

Daily Download (2004) - Daily Download (TV Series) - Himself - Host (2004)
Adventures of Dennis Da Menace: South Beach (documentary) (2001) - Himself
Chat Zone (2001) - (TV Series) - Host (2004)
The Thin Blue Line (1988) -  (Documentary) - Himself (Defense Attorney)


L'onorata società

L'onorata società is a 1961 Italian comedy film written and directed by Riccardo Pazzaglia. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.

Cast
 Franco Franchi as Salvatore
 Ciccio Ingrassia as Rosolino
 Domenico Modugno as Salvatore, the usband
 Rosanna Schiaffino as Rosaria, the wife
 Vittorio De Sica as Salvatore, the 'Capintesta'
 Didi Perego as Owner of 'Piccola Sicilia'
 Tiberio Murgia as Salvatore Trezza
 Marisa Belli as Rosetta Zappalà
 Gino Buzzanca as Salvatore Zappalà


Inverted nun

Inverted  ( "isolated " or  "inverted " or "" in Hebrew) is a rare glyph used in classical Hebrew. Its function in the ancient texts is disputed. It takes the form of the letter  in mirror image, and appears in the Masoretic text of the Tanakh in nine different places:
 Numbers - twice, 10:35–36: the two verses are delineated by inverted
 Psalms - seven times in chapter 107

The images at right show three common variants of the inverted  – vertically flipped, horizontally flipped, and Z-shaped. Other renderings exist, corresponding to alternative interpretations of the term "inverted". It may also occur with a dot above.

Occurrence and appearance

Inverted  are found in nine passages of the Masoretic Text of the Bible. The exact shape varies between different manuscripts and printed editions. In many manuscripts, a reversed  is found, referred to as a "" by the Masoretes. In some earlier printed editions, they are shown as the standard  upside down or rotated, presumably because the printer did not want to design a new rare character. Recent scholarly editions of the Masoretic text show the reversed  as described by the Masoretes. In some manuscripts, however, other symbols are occasionally found instead. These are sometimes referred to in rabbinical literature as "simaniyot" (markers).

In the Torah, the inverted  frame the text:

The  are generally positioned close to, but not touching, the first and last words of the couplet. They are supposed to be positioned between the gaps in between the paragraphs, but there is disagreement as to how this should be done. Some texts invert the existing  in the Torah text and don't add inverted  before and after it.

Rashi's commentary states that the name of the city of Haran at the end of the Torah portion Noach also occurs with an inverted , but this is not found in existing texts.

Rabbinic basis

The Babylonian Talmud records in the tractate Shabbath, folio 116a, that the markings surrounding Numbers 10:35–36 were thought to denote that this 85-letter text was not in its proper place. One opinion states that it would appear in another location which discusses the order of tribal column, with the position of the Ark already stated there.

The 85-letter text found between the  is also said to be denoted because it is the model for the fewest letters which constitute a 'text' which one would be required to save from fire due to its holiness. It also suggests that the inverted  may suggest the Hebrew word נֵר ner, meaning 'a light'.

The tractate Shabbat in the Talmud says regarding the inverted :

Sifrei explains these "signs":

The Talmud continues, stating that as this section is a separate book, the portions of Numbers before and after it also count as books and thus the Torah contains seven books in total:

Bar Kappara is known to have considered the Torah as composed of seven volumes in the Gemara "The seven pillars with which Wisdom built her house (Prov. 9:1) are the seven Books of Moses". Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus and Deuteronomy as we know them but Numbers was really three separate volumes: Num 1:1 to Num 10:35, followed by Numbers 10:35–36, and the third text from there to the end of Numbers.

The Mishnah, in tractate Yadayim, states:

According to Midrash:

Maharshal ruled that the Talmud only mandates the usual break for a parashah section, and Torah scrolls with extra letters are  (unfit for ritual use). Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, however, defends the custom, stating that punctuation such as inverted  doesn't count as extra letters and thus don't invalidate the scroll.

Elsewhere
Inverted  appears to have been used as a scribal or editorial annotation or text-critical mark.

The primary set of inverted  is found surrounding the text of Numbers 10:35–36. The Mishna notes that this text is 85 letters long and dotted. The demarcation of this text leads to the later use of the inverted  markings. Saul Lieberman demonstrated that similar markings can be found in ancient Greek texts where they are also used to denote 'short texts'. Greek sources, especially Alexandrian ones, refer to the sign as reversed sigma.

Unicode
The inverted  is not part of any word, and is never pronounced; thus it is classed as punctuation and not a letter.


Georges Abrial

Georges Abrial (1898 in Paris – 1970 in Vauville, Manche) was an early French aerodynamicist.

Life
After graduating from the St Cyr Aeronautical Institute he worked for Levasseur (Levasseur-Abrial A-1) and did some pioneering work into tailless aircraft. He designed several gliders during the 1920s before turning to lecturing the following decade, when he also became influential in the French soaring movement.

Abrial stopped designing new aircraft after 1932 when he abandoned his A-12 project.  He was more attracted by instructorship and educational methods and played an important role in the development of soaring in France during the 1930s. After World War II, he was still active in promoting soaring in France and in French Africa.

In 1954 he came back to the design of tailless aircraft, with the A-13 "Buse" project. But this glider was never built.

Aircraft designs
Abrial A-2 Vautour  (1925) Single-seat sailplane, 12.65 m wingspan
Abrial A-3 Oricou   (1927) Single-engine single-seat powered touring aircraft
Abrial A-12 Bagoas  (1931) Single-seat tailless sailplane of extremely low aspect ratio.
Abrial A-13 Buse    (1954) Proposed single-seat sailplane. Not completed


Attagenus smirnovi

The brown carpet beetle, Attagenus smirnovi, is a beetle from the family Dermestidae. It is a synanthropic pest which lives in human buildings, homes and museums and eats wool-textiles, carpets, skin and fur. Due to its specific epithet smirnovi, the beetle is also known in the United Kingdom as the 'Vodka beetle', after the Smirnoff brand of vodka.

Features
Their bodies reach a length of between 2.3 and 4 millimetres. The head and pronotum are dark brown to black. Their elytra are densely hairy and light brown.

Distribution
Naturally found in Africa, they have spread to Russia (where they were first observed in 1961, in Moscow, by E. S. Smirnov), the Czech Republic and other eastern European countries, along with Germany (where the first example was found in 1985 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), Denmark and the United Kingdom. The species was first described as a new one in 1973, by Rustem Devletovich Zhantiev, who named it Attagenus smirnovi. The museums and scientific institutions of Northern Europe set up an international project to research the brown fur beetle's distribution in Europe and how this may be related to climate change. Its research areas include which climatic conditions allow it to spread by flying from house to house.


Clelland House

Clelland House, also known as the Houghton House and Clelland-Houghton-Wallace Log House, is a historic home located near Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia. It was built about 1800, and consists of a two-story main section constructed of "V"-notched logs, with a one-story frame kitchen wing.  It was designed with one chimney and one large room on each floor.  It is the oldest surviving house in the area.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.


Araz Naxçivan

Araz Naxçıvan is a futsal club based in Nakhchivan City, Azerbaijan. The club is very dominant in Azeri futsal, as they won ten consecutive Premier League titles from 2004 to 2014.

Araz is one of the strongest teams in Europe, having reached UEFA Futsal Cup semi finals two times.

History

Araz Naxçivan founded in 2004 to replace a defunct football club in Azerbaijan Premier League and have dominated futsal in Azerbaijan ever since.

The team made their UEFA Futsal Cup debut in 2005, picking up four points from three first qualifying round games but the following season they reached the Elite round.

Araz reached semi-finals in the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2010 but lost out to Interviú FS. However, clinched third place after winning in penalties against Luparense. The club's players and coach Alesio, constituted the major part of the Azerbaijan squad that made their UEFA European Futsal Championship debut in 2010, reaching the semi-finals in Hungary.

In 2014, the club repeated their success by gaining third place in UEFA Futsal Cup.

Honours

National
Source:
14 Premier League : 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
14 Futsal Cup : 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

International
UEFA Futsal Cup:
3rd place (2): 2010, 2014

Current squad
Updated 23 April 2010.

Notable players
  Andrey Tveryankin
  Serjão
  Rizvan Farzaliyev
  Thiago Paz
  Serjão
  Vitaliy Borisov
  Biro Jade
   Marko Perić
    Adriano Foglia
   Kristjan Čujec
  Matej Klár

UEFA Club Competitions record

UEFA Futsal Cup


Colic flexures

There are two colic flexures, or curvatures in the transverse colon. The one on the right, the right colic flexure is known as the hepatic flexure.

The one on the left, the left colic flexure is known as the splenic flexure.

Structure
The right colic flexure or hepatic flexure (as it is next to the liver) is the sharp bend between the ascending colon and the transverse colon.
The hepatic flexure lies in the right upper quadrant of the human abdomen. It receives blood supply from the superior mesenteric artery.

The left colic flexure or splenic flexure (as it is close to the spleen) is the sharp bend between the transverse colon and the descending colon. The splenic flexure is a watershed region as it receives dual blood supply from the terminal branches of the superior mesenteric artery and the inferior mesenteric artery, thus making it prone to ischemic damage in cases of low blood pressure because it does not have its own primary source of blood. In the context of ischemia, the splenic flexure is sometimes referred to as Griffith's point, along with the upper rectum (Sudak's point).


Nancy Fulda

Nancy Fulda (née Owens) is an American science fiction writer, editor, and computer scientist. She is an alumna of Brigham Young University in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning. She has won multiple awards for her science fiction writing, which has been compared to that of Asimov and Clarke.

Biography
Fulda graduated in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in computer science at Brigham Young University. In 2004, she received a master's degree in the same field, focusing on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

One of her favorite science fiction short stories is Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, and she calls it "one of the best science fiction books [she] ever read". Her first award for writing was the 1998 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Award—given out at Brigham Young University—for her short story "The Man Who Murdered Himself". This story was later formally published in 2004 for the first time in The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 3. Having this story published helped her move toward a career in writing.

Her story "That Undiscovered Country" won the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Grand Prize in 2011, beating "Gemini XVII" by Brad R. Torgersen and "Natural Selection" by Michael Simon. Fulda's 2012 story, "Movement" was partially inspired by her autistic son. It won the Readers' Choice Award from Asimov's Science Fiction, and was nominated for the BSFA, Hugo, and Nebula Awards.

Her writing has been compared to that of Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. She draws on her religion, life experiences, and science background when creating her stories. Because of various conversations with fellow writers, she called for tolerance and respect in the science fiction and fantasy writing field for those with religious beliefs. Fulda is active in SFWA and has addressed various topics on the SFWA site as a guest blogger: engaging in online discussions, dealing with awards season, how to create good antagonists, developing effective hooks, writing short and long stories, and carving a finished story from an unfinished idea.

Fulda created the Anthology Builder website in 2007 as a way to promote short stories through custom anthologies, though the site closed down in late 2016. She is an adjunct professor in the Computer Science department at Brigham Young University, and she has four children.

Relatives
Fulda's sister is writer Sandra Tayler; her brother-in-law is cartoonist Howard Tayler.

Bibliography
Works are listed in chronological order within each section.

Collections
Dead Men Don't Cry: Science Fiction by Nancy Fulda (February 2011, self-published, )
Dead Men Don't Cry: 11 Stories by Nancy Fulda (February 2011, self-published, same content as above with the addition of "Tammi's Garden")
Hexes and Haunts: A Halloween 5-Pack  (October 2011, self-published)
The Breath of Heaven: Stories from Distant Worlds  (May 2012, AnthologyBuilder, )
The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny (December 2015, self-published, )
Contains:  "The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny", "Saving Sammy", "All or Nothing", "In the Fading Light of Sundown", "The Cyborg and the Cemetery", and "First Steps"

Series
The Numbers Quartet
"All or Nothing" (2012)
"The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny" (2012)
"Godshift" (2012)

Short fiction
 "Tammi's Garden" in TeenAge (date unknown)
 "The Man Who Murdered Himself" (1998), first collected in All the Rage This Year edited by Keith Olexa (September 2004, Phobos Books, )
 "Ghost Chimes" in Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, #4 edited by Jason Sizemore (December 2005, Apex Publications)
 "All Praise to the Dreamer" in Aegri Somnia edited by Jason Sizemore and Gill Ainsworth (December 2006, Apex Publications, )
 "Pastry Run" in Jim Baen's Universe, Volume 1, #4 edited by Eric Flint (December 2006, Baen Books)
 "Blue Ink" in AlienSkin Magazine (2006)
 "The Breath of Heaven" in The Sword Review, Issue 27 (June 2007, Double-Edged Publishing)
 "Monument" in Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, #10 edited by Jason Sizemore (October 2007, Apex Publications)
 "Dead Men Don’t Cry" in The Sword Review (2007, Double-Edged Publishing)
 "A New Kind of Sunrise" in Warrior Wisewoman edited by Roby James (June 2008, Norilana Books, )
 "In the Halls of the Sky Palace" in Jim Baen's Universe, June 2009 (Baen Books)
 "Hexes and Tooth Decay" in Darwin's Evolutions (October 2009)
 "Backlash" in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 2010 (Dell Magazines)
 "Knowing Neither Kin Nor Foe" in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #40 (April 2010)
 "The Scream" in NewMyths.com, Issue 13 (December 2010)
 "Like Rain From Silver Skies" in Basement Stories, Issue #3 (January 2011)
 "Movement" in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 2011 (Dell Magazines)
 "The Half-Life of Chocolate" (April 2011, Fae Publishing)
 "That Undiscovered Country" (2011, Baen.com)
 "All or Nothing" (January 2012, Daily Science Fiction)
 "The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny" (January 2012, Daily Science Fiction)
 "Godshift" (March 2012, Daily Science Fiction)
 "In The Fading Light of Sundown" in Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, #27 edited by Edmund R. Schubert (March 2012, Hatrack River)
 "A Song of Blackness" in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #106 edited by Scott H. Andrews (October 2012)
 "A Starscape Slightly Askew" (2012)
 "Dawn, and the Stars" (May 2013, Deorc Enterprise)
 "The Cyborg and the Cemetery" in Twelve Tomorrows edited by Stephen Cass (September 2013, MIT Technology Review)
 "A Soaring Pillar of Brightness" in Beyond the Sun edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt (August 2013, Fairwood Press, )
 Castles in the Sky" in Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse edited by Alex Shvartsman and William Snee (March 2014, Deorc Enterprise)
 "Ghost Ship" in Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse edited by Alex Shvartsman and William Snee (March 2014, Deorc Enterprise)
 "The Shadow Conspiracy" in Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse edited by Alex Shvartsman and William Snee (March 2014, Deorc Enterprise)
 "Deadfall" in Shattered Shields edited by Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt (November 2014, Baen Books, )
 "Recollection" in Carbide Tipped Pens edited by Eric Choi and Ben Bova (December 2014, Tor Books, )
 "Metamorphosis" (July 2015, SF Comet)
 "Saving Sammy" (December 2015, in The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny)
 "Angles of Incidence" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2016 (Dell Magazines)
 "Nexus" (2016, in Humanity 2.0 edited by Alex Shvartsman, Phoenix Pick, )
 "Planetbound" (2017, in Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World edited by Stephen W. Potts, Tor Books, )

Nonfiction and academic

Awards


Swedish Defence Recruitment Agency

The Swedish Defence Recruitment Agency ( or ), is a  Government agency in Sweden which conducts recruitment for national service.

External links

National Service Administration


Amcinonide

Amcinonide (trade name Cyclocort) is a topical glucocorticoid used to treat itching, redness and swelling associated with several dermatologic conditions such as atopic dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis.
Amcinonide can also be classified as a multi-functional small molecule corticosteroid, which has been approved by the FDA and is currently marketed as an ointment, lotion, or cream.  It acts as both a transcription factor for responses to glucocorticoids and modulator for other transcription factors while also regulating phospholipase A2 activity.

Medical Uses
Corticosteroids applied topically are used for the relief of the inflammatory and pruritic manifestations of corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses, particularly dermatitis, eczema, and psoriasis.  Cyclocort's active ingredient is Amcinonide, with inactive ingredients including petrolatum, benzyl alcohol, sorbitol, butylated hydroxyanisole, propyl gallate, citric acid, glycerin, and/ or propylene glycol.  The specific inactive ingredients used depend on the dosage form (ointment, area, or lotion) and help the product retain its chemical and physical integrity while increasing the shelf-life.

Dermatitis, Psoriasis, & Eczema
0.1% Amcinonide cream or ointment is typically applied two to three times daily to treat dermatitis, psoriasis, and/ or eczema while the same strength lotion is usually only used twice daily.  This information can be found on the FDA approved label or from the prescribing doctor or pharmacist.  Occlusive dressings may be used to supplement Amcinonide treatment, particularly when treating psoriasis.

Adverse Effects
Amcinonide exhibits side effects common among other corticosteroids.  While these reactions are uncommon for most delivery vehicles, the use of occlusive dressings increases the likelihood of such effects.  These include burning, itching, skin dryness and irritation, acne/ pimples, skin atrophy, blistering, and/ or skin discoloration. While most side effects are mild, a medical professional should be contacted if severe rash, acne, skin deterioration, excessive hair growth, or abnormal weight gain occur.  Following package insert instructions for a single topical dose, as detailed on the package insert, should not lead to any toxicities.

Pharmacology
Cyclocort is a synthetic corticosteroid created to imitate natural glucocorticoids.  In order to do so, amcinonide acts as an agonist to target glucocorticoid receptors.  After interacting with the receptor, endocytosis occurs at which point the drug can bind to DNA within the cell.  Gene expression is subsequently modified to produce anti-inflammatory mediators while preventing the formation of inflammatory agents thus reducing overall inflammation and immune system response.

Mechanism of Action
The mechanism by which Amcinonide causes anti-inflammatory responses is unclear with current research focused on similar topical steroids that may possess the same mechanism.  This is thought to occur via the induction of lipocortin (phospholipase A2 inhibitor proteins).  Ongoing research predicts that Amcinonide presents the release of arachidonic acid which, in turn, stops the synthesis of the inflammation mediators prostaglandins and leukotrienes.  Phospholipase A2 normally causes membrane phospholipids to release arachidonic acid, therefore causing a cascade of reactions leading to inflammation of the skin.  Due to Amcinonide's high affinity for the glucocorticoid receptor, a neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction occurs and the initial acid release is inhibited, thus helping to alleviate any itching/ burning symptoms.

Metabolism & Elimination
Amcinonide undergoes transdermal absorption with pharmacokinetic profiles similar to that of other corticosteroids administered systematically.  Metabolism occurs mainly in the liver and its hepatic cells.  The metabolized compound is predominately filtered through the kidneys and excreted in urine although a small amount is excreted in the bile.

History
Amcinonide was first developed in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s before being patented by the American Cyanamid company.  Lederle Laboratories, most famous for the discovery of the antibacterial tetracycline drug class, began to manufacture of Amcinonide before being acquired by Cyanamid.  In 1994, American Cyanamid and its Lederle Lab division was purchased by American Home Products (AHP) before eventually changing the company's name to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in 2002.  Wyeth Pharma was eventually purchased by rival Pfizer in 2009 for $68 billion although the manufacture of Amcinonide has since been discontinued by the company.

Research & Clinical Trials
Amcinonide is produced from the reaction of 16α,17α-Cyciopentylidenedioxy-9α-fluoro-11β,21-dihydroxy-1,4pregnadiene-3,20-dione and acetic anhydride in which 11.1g and 5.5mL, respectively, of each reactant are consumed to produce 7.0g of pure product.  Only 4.7% of patients in clinical trials reported experiencing side effects as a result of continued use of Amcinonide.  Specifically, in one acceptability study conducted on a weekly basis, one-fifth of patients using both placebo and Cyclocort 0.1% lotion reported various discomforts at multiple interviews.  The outcomes of relevant trials are included below.

One of the initial clinical studies into Amcinonide, conducted by Woodford & Barry, 1979, compared topical applications Amcinonide to Triamcinolone Acetonide.  Specifically, 0.1% strength preparations of each compound were tested against 0.025% Synalar Gel and 0.1% Betnovate Cream using a vasoconstrictor assay to determine bioavailability and anti-inflammatory effects.  All formulations had similar bioavailability profiles with the peak of the curve coming approximately 12 hours after topical administration and covering with an occlusive dressing.  Concluding, the study found Amcinonide cream to be the most effective with the highest bio-activity and area under the curve (pharmacokinetics).

A French study by Binet et al., 1979, compared 0.1% Amcinonide ointment to equal strength Fluocinonide ointment, a similar corticosteroid already on the market.  A double-blind comparative analysis was conducted to determine if Amcinonide was bioequivalent for the treatment of psoriasis and eczema.  Each group contained both males and females of varying ages (mean = 54.8) and compared objective criteria (crust, scales, swelling, etc.) and subjective criteria (itching, burning, pain).  It was found that treatment of dermatitis with Amcinonide achieved significant improvement over the one-week trial period, thus demonstrating adequate efficacy in treating psoriasis, eczema, and even parapsoriasis.

Similar to the Woodford & Barry study in 1977,  Woodford & Haigh, 1979 sought to determine the potency of 0.1% Amcinonide through the use of a vasoconstrictor assay.  Three equal strength formulations of Amcinonide were prepared (cream, combination-ointment, combination-cream) were compared against similar corticosteroids already on the market in the United Kingdom (Betnovate, Metosyn, Synalar, Temetex, Dermovate, and Halciderm).  It was found that 0.1% Amcinonide cream was significantly more bio-active than other 'potent' classified drugs and was subsequently assigned to the 'very potent' category, as established by the UK MIMS potency classification system.  Amcinonide cream was also determined to be bioequivalent to other proprietary corticosteroids on the English market.

In a study conducted by Fedler, Pilz, & Frosch, 1993, the long term usage of Amcinonide, along with other topical corticosteroids, was tested on women with a history of dermatitis who had otherwise been relatively healthy.  It was found that corticosteroid usage may eventually cause erythematous reactions and spreading hives.  The study concluded that contact allergies may be developed, in some cases, when using Amcinonide to treat chronic dermatitis.  These findings should be considered when treating dermatological conditions with multiple corticosteroids, including Amcinonide.

Commercialization
First introduced to the market in 1979 as 0.025% and 0.1% creams, Amcinonide has been available continuously since then, being prescribed for a variety of similar dermatological symptoms.  Lederle Laboratories first manufactured Amcinonide for distribution to countries in North America, Europe, and Asia.  In 1979, marketed under the trade name of Cyclocort, Amcinonide was made available in the United States.  Also produced by American Cyanamid, Amcinonide was then marketed to West Germany as Amcinonid beginning in 1981.  Shortly thereafter in 1982, Lederle introduced the product to France and Japan as Visderm and Penticort, respectively.

After acquiring production rights from American Home Products, Amcinonide is currently being produced in the United States by Taro Pharmaceuticals USA and Fougera, a subsidiary of Sandoz and Novartis.  GlaxoSmithKline and Teva Canada also produce Amcinonide for international sales.  While most products are manufactured at 0.1% strength ointment, cream, or lotion, it is important to note that none of the producers sell Amcinonide as an over-the-counter (OTC) medication but only as a prescription product.

While the initial patents obtained by American Cyanamid company in the late 1970s/ early 1980s for ointment, cream, and lotion formulations have expired, new patents have been obtained for alternative transdermal delivery methods.  More recently, however, the drug formulation itself has not been patented but ways to incorporate it into occlusive dressings such as a pressure sensitive adhesive layer as demonstrated by Senju USA, Inc. in 2012 - 2014.  Specifically, these new dosage forms target diseases of the eyelid such as blepharitis, allergic conjunctivitis, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, and atopic keratoconjunctivitis.  This is significant as previous formulations of Amcinonide have not been used to treat ocular inflammations.  Patents such as these are likely to continue to be published as research searches for low cost alternatives to new drugs to increase bioavailability and patient compliance.

Regulatory
Taro Pharmaceuticals obtained FDA approval to begin production of Amcinonide cream in 2002 after proving the product was bioequivalent to Cyclocort products already on the market.  This was the first generic Amcinonide product to be sold in the United States, thus introducing a lower-priced alternative for patients with applicable dermatological ailments.  In 2003, Fougera Pharmaceutical became the main competitor to Taro after acquiring FDA approval for production of 0.1% Amcinonide cream.

In 2009, Taro Pharmaceuticals was warned by the FDA that they were not meeting good manufacturing practices for their ointment and that their final product was non-sterile.  Following additional FDA investigations, this was eventually resolved after two years, at which point the company regained good standing with FDA regulations.


Cigar Aficionado

Cigar Aficionado is an American magazine that is dedicated to the world of cigars. Published since September 1992, the magazine is known for its articles about different brands of cigars worldwide, and for the celebrities that have appeared on its cover. It is also noted for its opposition to the Cuban embargo. The magazine was launched by Marvin R. Shanken's M. Shanken Communications, the publisher of Wine Spectator magazine since 1976. The current editor is David Savona.

Publication history

Origins

Cigar Aficionado magazine debuted in the fall of 1992, launched in New York City by Marvin R. Shanken, longtime publisher of Wine Spectator magazine. Prior to launching the publication, Shanken engaged in extensive market research, collecting more than 1300 four-page surveys of cigar smokers which detailed their occupation, income, net worth, travel tendencies, as well as their drinking and smoking habits. Survey results revealed a well-heeled and dedicated male demographic, with survey respondents professing an average household income of $194,000 and a net worth of $1.54 million and claiming to smoke on average ten cigars per week. Shanken launched a large-format glossy magazine aimed at corralling these readers and advertisers of products targeted to this audience.

Cigar Aficionado began as a lifestyle magazine, including coverage of wine, spirits, travel, gambling, and antiques, in addition to interviews with leading personalities in the cigar industry and feature articles relating to the cigarmaking industry. From the beginning the magazine emphasized interviews with celebrity cigar smokers, including cover stories on such luminaries as Rush Limbaugh, Bill Cosby, George Burns, Jack Nicholson, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The new magazine's successful blending of lifestyle reports and celebrity glitz has been credited with contributing to the 1990s cigar boom.

The publication scored its first great journalistic coup on February 4, 1994, when editor and publisher Shanken met Fidel Castro in Havana for a two-hour interview. During this interview Castro recounted the story behind the establishment of the Cohiba brand, told stories of the importance of cigars to his life as a revolutionary in the mountains of Cuba, and explained his decision to give up cigar smoking in August 1986 as part of a national campaign against tobacco use. In addition to these topics of special interest to cigar smokers, the interview touched upon bilateral relations between the United States and Cuba, during the course of which Castro accused the United States of repeatedly "moving the goalposts back" for ending the Cuban economic embargo and said that "no other country has as unblemished behavior about human rights" as Cuba.

Ratings

From its inception, Cigar Aficionado has made use of blind taste testing of cigars, comparing the merits of one brand to another, expressed on the basis of a 100-point scale similar to the one successfully used in sister publication Wine Spectator.

Cigar of the Year


National CO2 Air Pistol (.177)

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The National  Air Pistol is a single shot air pistol with  powerplant. It is manufactured by National rifles division of the Indian Hume Pipe Co. Ltd of Ahmedabad, India.

Technical features

Calibre: 4.5 mm / 0.177
Barrel Length: 228mm
Barrel: Rifled
Front Sight: 5 mm Wide
Rear Sight: 4.2 mm notch
Action: Bolt-action
Capacity: 1 round(s).


Kandiah Sivanesan

Kandiah Sivanesan () is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial minister.

Career
Sivanesan, also known by the alias Thool Bavan (Pavan), is a member of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam and has been linked to the murder of journalist Taraki Sivaram, a charge he has denied.

Sivanesan was one of the Democratic People's Liberation Front's (DPLF) (the political wing of PLOTE) candidates in Vanni District at the 2004 parliamentary election but the DPLF failed to win any seats in Parliament. He contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the DPLF's candidates in Vanni but again the DPLF failed to win any seats in Parliament. He was one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Vanni District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming seventh amongst the TNA candidates.

Sivanesan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the TNA's candidates in Mullaitivu District but failed to get elected. However, following the death of K. Swami Veerabahu in February 2015 he was appointed to the Northern Provincial Council in April 2015.

Sivanesan was sworn in as Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Services, Animal Husbandry, Irrigation, Fisheries, Water Supply and Environment in front of Governor Reginald Cooray on 23 August 2017.

Electoral history


Methanoculleus submarinus

Methanoculleus submarinus is a methanogen. It is non-motile and highly irregular coccoid-shaped (with average diameter of 0.8-2 μm). Nankai-1 is its type strain.


Marist St Pats

Marist St Pats (MSP) are a rugby union club who play in Wellington Rugby Football Union's premier club rugby grade The Jubilee Cup.

History
Since its formation in 1971, Marist St Pats has won Wellington club rugby's most coveted prize, the Jubilee Cup, 13 times. More than any other club over that time.

External links
Official website
Official Facebook page


Military of the Arab League

The Arab League as an organization has no military force, like the United Nations or the European Union, but recently in the 2007 summit, the Leaders decided to reactivate their joint defense and establish a peacekeeping force to deploy in South Lebanon, Darfur, Iraq, Somalia, and other hot spots.

History
The military history of the Arab League is closely linked to the Arab–Israeli conflict. The 1950 Arab Joint Security Pact set out provisions for collective security among the Arab states, but only in 1961 was the Joint Arab Command (JAC) proposed as a unified military command for the Arab League first by the Joint Defence Council, an institution of the Arab League.

Before the JAC could take shape, a unanimous resolution was passed at the first Arab League summit (January 1964) establishing the United Arab Command (UAC), although the UAC's inactivity following the Samu Incident (1966) and during the Six-Day War (1967) signalled its de facto dissolution.

Arab Liberation Army

The Arab Liberation Army (جيش الإنقاذ العربي Jaysh al-Inqadh al-Arabi), also translated as Arab Salvation Army, was an army of volunteers from Arab countries led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji. It fought on the Arab side in the 1948 Palestine war and was set up by the Arab League as a counter to the Arab High Committee's Holy War Army, though in fact the League and Arab governments prevented thousands from joining either force.

At the meeting in Damascus on 5 February 1948 to organize Palestinian Field Commands, Northern Palestine including Samaria was allocated to Qawuqji's forces, although Samaria was de facto already under the control of Transjordan.

The Arab League Military Committee, with headquarters in Damascus, was responsible for the movements and servicing of the Army. The Committee consisted of General Ismail Safwat (Iraq, Commander-in-Chief), General Taha al-Hashimi (Iraq), Colonel Shuqayri (Lebanon), Colonel Muhammed al-Hindi (Syria) and Colonel Abd al-Qadir al-Jundi (Transjordan).

The ALA was dissolved at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Current strength

List of Arab League member states by military expenditure

Joint Military Force
In 2015 the heads of Arab League countries agreed to form a joint Arab military force. This force would comprise some 42,000 elite troops, supported by war planes, naval vessels and light armour.