Gamini Fonseka

Kala Keerthi Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka (Sinhala:සෙම්බුගේ ගාමිණි  ශෙල්ටන් ෆොන්සේකා) (born 21 March 1936, died 30 September 2004 as ගාමිණී ෆොන්සේකා), was a Sri Lankan film actor, film director and politician. He is widely regarded as the King of Sri Lankan cinema history and first Crowned King out of three (Joe Abeywickrama and Tony Ranasinghe are others) to die.He is Also The Grand Father of Youth Leader Gamini Hrithik Jayasuriya and Influencer Yasara Abeynayake

Personal life
Fonseka was born on 21 March 1936 in Dehiwela the third child of William and Daisy Fonseka. Starting school at a Presbyterian institution, Gamini moved on to S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia. As a youngster, he gained repute for imitating administrative figures at school. Gamini also prospered in the study of the Sinhala language and literature (under the guidance of Mr D.S. Jayasekera who is also reputed to have introduced him to acting in stage plays) and placed in the upper fourth for a Sinhala literature prize. The award for this achievement was presented to him by S. Thomas' graduate and Sri Lankan Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake. Gamini was also an accomplished cricket player.

Fonseka was married to his longtime girlfriend Dorothy Margaret Valencia also known as "Tina" in 1962 and had four children Chamila, Thanuja, Dammith and Ishara. Many years later he also fathered Kaushalya and Poornima. He remained married to Tina until his death in September 2004.

His son Damith was a popular film actor in 1990s. He acted in many commercially successful films such as Chandi Rejina, Ira Handa Illa, Chandiyage Putha, Cheriyo Darling and Raththaran Malli.

Fonseka died on 30 September 2004 at the age of 68 at his residence in Ja-Ela.

Film career

Fonseka abruptly ended his secondary education and dove into the film industry. He originally wanted to be a cameraman and in this line worked as the second Assistant Director on David Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai and Lester James Peries's Rekava (1956). Fonseka was first on-screen in Rekava as part of a crowd. He also did some work on an English television series filmed in Sri Lanka.

Fonseka's first credited acting role was in Daiwa Yogaya (1959) in which he played a small role. Lester James Peries Sandesaya (1960) first established him in a leading role. With films like Adata Wediya Heta Hondai, Ranmuthu Duwa, Getawarayo and Dheevarayo Fonseka achieved popularity and became a box-office draw.

Seeking to not play just commercial roles, Fonseka appeared as Jinadasa in the groundbreaking Gamperaliya (1964) working again with Peries. In Titus Thotawatte's Chandiya, Fonseka played the first anti-hero role in Sri Lankan cinema and in Mike Wilson's Sorungeth Soru (1968), he played the role of Jamis Banda, the Sinhala James Bond.

Fonseka also tried out directing many accolades. His debut directorial work Parasathu Mal was warmly received. He directed a political satire Sagarayak Meda. The other films that were directed by him include Koti Waligaya and Nomiyana Minissu. He entered television as well and became the best teledrama actor for the role he played in Kalu Saha Sudu.

Fonseka's role as Willie Abeynayake in Nidhanaya (1970) and as ASP Wicrema Randeniya in "Welikathara" are considered his crowning achievement. Both films have been recognised with Presidential awards among the 10 best Sri Lankan film. In 1980 Fonseka played Jaffna Tamil clerk Nadarajah in Sunil Ariyaratne's Sarungale. He has also has written some songs for the movies Sarungale (1979) and Mayurige Kathawa (1980).

Political career
In 1989, Fonseka entered politics after he joined the United National Party. He was elected to Parliament in 1989 as a representative of the Matara District with the highest number of preferential votes and was appointed Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was later appointed by President Chandrika Kumaratunga as Governor of the former North-East Province.

Awards

Filmography

As director
He has directed 10 films across many genre.
 Parasathu Mal (1966)
 Uthumaneni (1980)
 Mayurige Kathawa (1980)
 Sagarayak Mada (1981)
 Ra Manamali (1981)
 Sakwithi Suwaya (1982)
 Koti Waligaya (1986)
 Nomiyena Minisun (1994)
 ''Anthima Reya' (1998)

As actor
Until his death, Fonseka acted on 108 films, where 86 of them as lead actor and 19 more as a supporting actor. He directed 10 films and produced 2 films.

As Film Producer


Naptown Roller Derby

Naptown Roller Derby (NRD) is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 2006, the league started their 10th season in March 2016. Naptown Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The home bouts of Naptown Roller Derby are held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.

League history
Naptown Roller Girls first formed in 2006, with ad hoc practices in public spaces, and first held a competitive bout in 2007. Naptown was announced as a member of the WFTDA in December 2007. By early 2008 NRG was repeatedly selling out events at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, with nearly 4,500 in attendance on February 9 of that year. Naptown's top attendance mark was 4,978 at the Pepsi Coliseum with average attendance of 3,500 as of 2011.

In 2009, Naptown was the host league for the WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament "Monumental Mayhem', held at the Indiana Convention Center.

In January 2017, the league announced it had changed its name to Naptown Roller Derby as part of an effort to be an "inclusive and supportive environment for skaters and staff."

Teams
The league is composed of three teams at different levels of competitive play: The Tornado Sirens (A-Team), The Warning Belles (B-team) and The Third Alarm (C-team).

WFTDA competition

Naptown's WFTDA A team, the Tornado Sirens, has consistently qualified for WFTDA Playoffs at various levels since 2010, including appearances at WFTDA Championships in 2011 and 2012. Naptown qualified for the WFTDA Division 2 Playoffs and Championship in 2017 as the twelfth seed in Pittsburgh, and finished in third place with a 215-144 victory over Dublin Roller Derby. In 2018 the league declined invitation to the WFTDA Playoffs, citing the cost of travel.

Rankings

 DNP = did not play

In the community
Local brewery Sun King Brewing produces an American brown ale for Naptown called "Naptown Brown".


SoCo Music Project

The SoCo Music Project is a not-for-profit community music organisation based in Southampton.
The name SoCo is an acronym of "Southampton Community".

History
SoCo Music Project was set up by sound engineers John Haughton and Matt Salvage, seeking to provide opportunities for young people in music in the city.

Establishments

Hightown Studios
In 2009, SoCo Music Project secured a £50,000 grant by winning ITV Meridian’s Peoples Millions  The studios will be open top the local community and provide access to a programme of workshops and activities in areas such as live music, recording, music technology, film editing, internet radio and podcasting. The studios are currently under construction and will be a part of the existing Hightown Youth Centre in Thornhill.

SoCo Creative Hub
SoCo Music Project own and run the SoCo Creative Hub in the Bargate Shopping Centre in Southampton, which opened in June 2010. The hub contains a stage where live music is performed, recording spaces, instruments and Apple Mac computers. Workshops in subject areas such as music, film, photography and art are offered at the hub. The hub is run by a small group of full and part-time workers and a team of volunteers. The hub runs on a pay-on-entry basis and also offers membership options. Two new recording studios are currently under construction.

Due to the bargate being shut down, SoCo no longer has a placement there, they are considering several other locations in Southampton.

Current Work

Radio SoCo
SoCo Music Project has applied for a grant from the Co-Operative initiative for a potential new Radio Station. The station would run as an internet radio station.

Film Work
SoCo Music Project regularly posts ‘Balcony Session’ videos on video sharing site YouTube, filmed on location at the Creative Hub.

The hub is also home to City Eye’s weekly filmmaking club and in late 2010 the hub was a major venue during Southampton Film Week.

Events
 Southampton Mela Festival
 K2 Festival
 The Lost Hour
 Romsey Radio Station - SoCo Music Project helped to set up a Radio Station within The Romsey School.
 Contact Festival

Partnerships
SoCo Music Project works with other local arts organisations including City Eye, Art Asia, A space, Find Your Talent, the Nuffield Theatre and the John Hansard Gallery. The organisation also has links with Southampton Solent University and the University of Southampton.


Shrub Oak, New York

Shrub Oak is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 2,011 at the 2010 census.

Geography
Shrub Oak is located at  (41.330178, -73.829736).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the hamlet has a total area of , of which , or 1.23%, is water.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,812 people, 601 households, and 495 families residing in the hamlet (of Yorktown). The population density was 1,127.3 per square mile (434.5/km²). There were 612 housing units at an average density of 380.8/sq mi (146.8/km²). The racial makeup of the hamlet was 93.16% White, 2.21% African American, 0.39% Native American, 1.16% Asian, 1.93% from other races, and 1.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.66% of the population.

There were 601 households out of which 45.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.6% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.5% were non-families. 14.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.35.

In the hamlet the population was spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.9 males.

The median income for a household in the hamlet was $80,108, and the median income for a family was $87,226. Males had a median income of $59,432 versus $36,523 for females. The per capita income for the hamlet was $29,499. About 2.2% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Shrub Oak in literature
The writer Clifford A. Pickover has used Shrub Oak as a backdrop in several of his books, including Sex, Drugs, Einstein and Elves, "Liquid Earth (Neoreality Series)" and A Beginner's Guide to Immortality. Pickover may be the most famous resident of Shrub Oak, having authored fifty books.

The famed stamp collector, philatelic writer and dealer, Herman Herst lived in Shrub Oak, which he mentions in many of his writings. He also set up a local post in Shrub Oak

T.C. Boyle uses Shrub Oak as setting for his short story "All Shook Up".


Gordon Winrod

Gordon Winrod was born December 30, 1926, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Gerald Burton Winrod.  A Christian minister, he raised his family in Gainesville, Missouri, where he was a pastor for many years.

Biography
Winrod was born on December 30, 1926 to Gerald Burton Winrod. He attended a Lutheran day school (grades 1 through 8), finished high school at Hesston High School in Hesston, Kansas, and attended St. John's College in Winfield, Kansas.

Winrod served in the U.S. Maritime Service and the U.S. Navy from January 1945 until August 1948. He married Genevieve Ann Dicke in Topeka, Kansas, in 1948. They have eleven children.

Winrod graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary, Illinois, in 1955; and served as pastor of Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) congregations in San Antonio, Texas, and in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Winrod began publishing The Winrod Letter in April, 1960. Soon thereafter the LCMS expelled him from its ministerial roster.

He moved to Gainesville, Missouri in 1965 and established Our Savior's Independent Christian congregation.

Legacy
The Anti-Defamation League says that Winrod is an anti-Jewish propagandist. Winrod openly attacks Jews and Judaism in his writings.


Masters of Hardcore

Masters of Hardcore is the name of a Dutch hardcore music label and of its related music festival events.

Label
Masters of Hardcore music label was founded in 1995 in the Hemkade in Zaandam by DJ Outblast and King Matthew.
Bass-D & King Matthew teamed up with other famous DJs like Paul Elstak and Buzz Fuzz.

Events

In 1998, after a low profile period, the label Masters of Hardcore started to organize their parties as an independent and Bass-D & King Matthew decided to continue to produce Hardcore Music on the Masters of Hardcore label.
Their first party was successful.
Masters of Hardcore organized a lot of parties in big music festival locations in the Netherlands (the Beursgebouw in Eindhoven, and the PBH-Hallen in Zuidlaren). There also were parties in Germany (Dortmund Westfalenhalle, the event is called Syndicate now) and in Switzerland (different cities over the years).

Anthem
 2004 - Base Alert - Zoo (Netherlands, Beursgebouw Eindhoven)
 2004 - Outblast feat. Korsakoff - Unleash The Beast (Netherlands, Thialf Stadion Heerenveen)
 2005 - Angerfist - The World Will Shiver (Netherlands, Thialf Stadion Heerenveen)
 2005 - Re-Style - Hardcore Psychopaths (Germany, Westfalenhallen Dortmund)
 2006 - Bass-D and King Matthew - The Genesis (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2006 - DaY-már - Embrace The Night (Germany, Westfalenhallen Dortmund)
 2007 - The Stunned Guys - Raise Cain (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2008 - Outblast - Infinity (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2008 - DaY-már - Pole Position (Netherlands, Assen, TT Hall)
 2009 - Catscan - Design The Future (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2009 - Noize Suppressor - Pole Position Lap II (Netherlands, Assen, TT Hall)
 2010 - Angerfist & Outblast - The Voice of Mayhem (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2010 - The Stunned Guys & Amnesys - Symphony of Sins (Belgium, Hasselt, Ethias Arena)
 2011 - Dyprax feat. MC Tha Watcher - Statement of Disorder (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2011 - Angerfist - The Depths of Despair (Belgium, Antwerp, Loto Arena)
 2012 - State of Emergency - The Vortex of Vengeance (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2012 - Korsakoff - The Torment of Triton (Belgium, Antwerp, Lotto Arena)
 2013 - Re-Style - The Conquest of Fury (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2014 - Tha Playah feat. MC Tha Watcher - Eternal (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2015 - Bodyshock feat. MC Jeff - Legacy (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2016 - Miss K8 & MC Nolz - Raiders of Rampage (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2017 - Destructive Tendencies - The Skull Dynasty (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2018 - Angerfist & The Watcher - Tournament of Tyrants (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2019 - N-Vitral & Sovereign King - Vault of violence (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)
 2020 - DJ Mad Dog & Dave Revan - Magnum Opus (Netherlands, Den Bosch, Brabanthallen)


Abel's identity

"Abel's formula" redirects here. For the formula on difference operators, see Summation by parts.

In mathematics, Abel's identity (also called as Abel's Formula or Abel's differential equation identity) is an equation that expresses the Wronskian of two solutions of a homogeneous second-order linear ordinary differential equation in terms of a coefficient of the original differential equation.
The relation can be generalised to nth-order linear ordinary differential equations. The identity is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.

Since Abel's identity relates the different linearly independent solutions of the differential equation, it can be used to find one solution from the other. It provides useful identities relating the solutions, and is also useful as a part of other techniques such as the method of variation of parameters. It is especially useful for equations such as Bessel's equation where the solutions do not have a simple analytical form, because in such cases the Wronskian is difficult to compute directly.

A generalisation to first-order systems of homogeneous linear differential equations is given by Liouville's formula.

Statement
Consider a homogeneous linear second-order ordinary differential equation

on an interval I of the real line with real- or complex-valued continuous functions p and q. Abel's identity states that the Wronskian  of two real- or complex-valued solutions  and  of this differential equation, that is the function defined by the determinant

satisfies the relation

for every point x0 in I, where C is an arbitrary constant.

Remarks
 In particular, the Wronskian  is either always the zero function or always different from zero with the same sign at every point  in . In the latter case, the two solutions  and  are linearly independent (see that article about the Wronskian for a proof).
 It is not necessary to assume that the second derivatives of the solutions  and  are continuous.
 Abel's theorem is particularly useful if , because it implies that W=const.

Proof
Differentiating the Wronskian using the product rule gives (writing  for  and omitting the argument  for brevity)

Solving for  in the original differential equation yields

Substituting this result into the derivative of the Wronskian function to replace the second derivatives of  and  gives

This is a first-order linear differential equation, and it remains to show that Abel's identity gives the unique solution, which attains the value  at . Since the function  is continuous on , it is bounded on every closed and bounded subinterval of  and therefore integrable, hence

is a well-defined function. Differentiating both sides, using the product rule, the chain rule, the derivative of the exponential function and the fundamental theorem of calculus, one obtains

due to the differential equation for . Therefore,  has to be constant on , because otherwise we would obtain a contradiction to the mean value theorem (applied separately to the real and imaginary part in the complex-valued case). Since , Abel's identity follows by solving the definition of  for .

Generalization
Consider a homogeneous linear th-order () ordinary differential equation

on an interval  of the real line with a real- or complex-valued continuous function . The generalisation of Abel's identity states that the Wronskian  of  real- or complex-valued solutions  of this th-order differential equation, that is the function defined by the determinant

satisfies the relation

for every point  in .

Direct proof
For brevity, we write  for  and omit the argument . It suffices to show that the Wronskian solves the first-order linear differential equation

because the remaining part of the proof then coincides with the one for the case .

In the case  we have  and the differential equation for  coincides with the one for . Therefore, assume  in the following.

The derivative of the Wronskian  is the derivative of the defining determinant. It follows from the Leibniz formula for determinants that this derivative can be calculated by differentiating every row separately, hence

However, note that every determinant from the expansion contains a pair of identical rows, except the last one. Since determinants with linearly dependent rows are equal to 0, one is only left with the last one:

Since every  solves the ordinary differential equation, we have

for every . Hence, adding to the last row of the above determinant  times its first row,  times its second row, and so on until  times its next to last row, the value of the determinant for the derivative of  is unchanged and we get

Proof using Liouville's formula
The solutions  form the square-matrix valued solution

of the -dimensional first-order system of homogeneous linear differential equations

The trace of this matrix is , hence Abel's identity follows directly from Liouville's formula.


Julian Leszczyński

Julian Leszczyński (; 8 January 1899 in Płock – 20 August 1939), also known by pseudonym Leński, was leader of the Stalinist faction in the Communist Party of Poland (KPP), led the party in the 1930s, and himself fell victim to the Great Purge.

He joined the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania in 1905, and was also a member of the Bolshevik Party.  From 1917 he was a commissar of the Polish Commissariat of the Russian People's Commissariat for Nationalities, and a member of the Polish Bureau of the Bolshevik Party Central Committee.  He was on the Central Committee of the KPP (1925–37), the Politburo (1927–37) and was General Secretary from 1929–37.  From 1926 he was on the executive of the Communist International and from 1929 was a member of its Presidium.

In mid-June 1937 he was summoned by the Comintern from Paris to Moscow and arrested by the NKVD.  There is some doubt about whether he was executed immediately or not.  According to one version of events, he was imprisoned and died on 20 August 1939.


Coat of arms of the city of Bamberg

The coat of arms of the city of Bamberg shows Saint George.

Description of elements
Saint George is seen as the patron of the Cathedral chapter. He can be recognized by the St George's Cross upon his chest and the banner. It is said that the shield belongs to the noble family Andechs-Merania.

Saint George has two roles in this setting. He is charge for the coat of arms of the city of Bamberg and Supporter for the coat of arms of the counts of Andechs-Merania.

History
First uses of the coat of arms in form of a seal are known since 1279. Across the years the charge changed: in the 14th century it was Heinrich II. Whereas in 15th and 16th century the "Bamberger Löwe" can be found, before again Saint George was used again. Also in the shield the eagle was replaced by a lion or the shield was missing completely.


Gymnasium Philippinum

Gymnasium Philippinum or Philippinum High School is an almost 500-year-old secondary school in Marburg, Hesse, Germany.

History
The Gymnasium Philippinum was founded in 1527 as a Protestant school based at the same time with the University of Marburg (Marburger University) created by Philipp I of Hesse. The goal of the Gymnasium Philippinum was, above all, to provide young students with the knowledge of Latin and Greek they required. Only in 1833 did the Gymnasium Philippinum attain independence from the University of Marburg. After 1866, it became a royal-Prussian High School. In 1868, the school was moved into a gothic building in the Untergasse. In 1904, it received its current name, in honor of the school's founder on his 400th birthday.

In 1953 co-education was introduced to the former boys school. In 1969, the school moved into a new building on Leopold Lucas road, opposite the Elizabeth school (Elisabethschule).

Philippinum today
Since 2003, the Gymnasium Philippinum has become an all-day school. In 2006, the school term () was shortened to eight school years. A special emphasis of Philippinum is music instruction with musical support from early on and an achievement course in music in the upper stage. The humanistic tradition of Philippinum continues in its foreign language instruction, with Latin and English beginning in the fifth year of education.

Notable teachers
 August Friedrich Christian Vilmar (1833-1850)

Notable alumni
 Johannes Althusius (16th century)
 Otto Ubbelohde (1875-1884)
 Bruno Strauss (1899-1906)
 Erwin Piscator (1903-1907)
 Carl Joachim Friedrich (1911-1919)
 Leo Strauss (1912-1917)
 Christoph Heubner (1960s)
 Ingrid Arndt-Brauer (1970s)
 Henning Rübsam


2015–16 East Superleague

The 2015–16 East Superleague (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

The season began on 8 August 2015 and ended on 4 June 2016. Kelty Hearts were the reigning champions.

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic secured the title on 18 May 2016, their third East Superleague championship. As winners they entered the Preliminary Round of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup.

Teams
The following teams changed division prior to the 2015–16 season.

To East Superleague
Promoted from East Premier League
Tayport
St Andrews United
Broughty Athletic

From East Superleague
Relegated to East Premier League
Armadale Thistle
Lochee United

Folded
Ballingry Rovers

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

League table

Results

East Region Super/Premier League play-off
Lochee United, who finished third in the East Premier League, defeated Sauchie Juniors 10–0 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League play-off to gain promotion.


This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake County, Utah.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.

There are more than 350 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 6 National Historic Landmarks. More than 200 of these sites, including 4 National Historic Landmarks, are located in Salt Lake City, and are listed separately; the 136 sites outside the city, including 2 National Historic Landmarks, are listed here. Six other sites in the county outside of Salt Lake City were once listed on the Register, but have been removed.

__TOC__

Current listings

|}

Former listings

|}


The 2004 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Mexico was won by incumbent Republican President George W. Bush by a 0.79% margin of victory. Bush took 49.84% of the vote, narrowly defeating Democratic Senator of Massachusetts John Kerry, who took 49.05%. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered it as a swing state. The Land of Enchantment is a very diverse state, with 42% of the state Hispanic and another 42% of the electorate non-Hispanic white. Exit polling showed that incumbent George W. Bush performed better among Hispanic Americans in 2004 than in 2000. This may be one of the reasons why Bush won and swung the state from 2000, when Al Gore had narrowly won the state. New Mexico was one of the only three states which swung between 2000 and 2004 (Iowa also flipped from Gore to Bush, while New Hampshire flipped from Bush to Kerry), although Bush only won with a margin of less than 1% of the vote. , this is the last time that the Republican nominee carried New Mexico, as well as Los Alamos County and Sandoval County.

Caucuses
New Mexico Democratic caucuses, 2004

Campaign

Predictions

There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.

 D.C. Political Report: Slight Democratic
 Associated Press: Toss-up
 CNN: Bush
Cook Political Report: Toss-up
 Newsweek: Toss-up
New York Times: Toss-up
 Rasmussen Reports: Toss-up
 Research 2000: Lean Kerry
Washington Post: Battleground
Washington Times: Battleground
Zogby International: Kerry
 Washington Dispatch: Bush

Polling
Polls showed Kerry in the lead for most of the general election. However, Bush caught up in the last month. The last 3 polling average showed Bush leading with 48% to 46%, which meant that the undecided voters would decide the election.

Fundraising
Bush raised $869,407. Kerry raised $1,289,134.

Advertising and visits
Because of the closeness of the prior election, New Mexico was largely considered as a swing state. Over the general election, Bush visited the state 5 times and Kerry visited 8 times. Nearly $2 million were spent by both campaigns combined in television advertisements each week.

Analysis
Although Bill Richardson, the Democratic governor, was very popular, the state, which voted for Al Gore by 300 votes in 2000, chose George W. Bush in 2004, by 6,000 votes. The only county Bush won in 2004 that he didn't win in 2000 was Colfax County. Half of the population in New Mexico is Hispanic, thus Bush was able to appeal to over 40% of the Hispanic vote because of his liberal position on illegal immigration.

As of 2018 this is the last time New Mexico chose a Republican for president.

Results

Results breakdown

By county

By congressional district
Kerry won 2 of 3 congressional districts including 1 district won by a Republican representative.

Electors

New Mexico voters cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. New Mexico has 5 electors because it has 3 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 5 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 5 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 13, 2004, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia meet in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for Bush/Cheney.
 Rod Adair
 Ruth Kelly
 Rick Lopez
 Lou Melvin
 Rodney Montoya


Clue J & His Blues Blasters

Clue J & His Blues Blasters were a Jamaican band of the late 1950s and early 1960s led by Cluett Johnson, who were one of the first bands to play ska. Several of the band's members went on to join The Skatalites.

History
Formed in the late 1950s, the band was led by double bassist Cluett Johnson (aka Clue J), and other members included Ernest Ranglin (guitar), Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez (trombone), Roland Alphonso (tenor saxophone), Theophilus Beckford (piano), Aubrey Adams (piano/organ), and Arkland "Drumbago" Parks (drums). The band was the first to make records in Jamaica, their earliest releases being calypso or R&B, such as "Shuflling Jug", and were promoted on producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Downbeat sound system and released on his Worldisc label. Johnson is sometimes credited with creating the term "ska", after telling Ranglin to "play it like ska, ska, ska", but this is disputed. Most of the band members went on to greater fame in bands such as The Skatalites. Johnson relocated to Montego Bay where he performed at a hotel until his death.


UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 8

Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1968 finals tournament. Group 8 consisted of four teams: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 editions of the British Home Championship. The group winners were England, who finished 1 point above Scotland.

Final table

Matches

1966–67 British Home Championship

1967–68 British Home Championship

Goalscorers


Le Caylar

Le Caylar, also known as Le-Caylar-en-Larzac, is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.

Population


Iridomyrmex trigonoceps

Iridomyrmex trigonoceps is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Heterick and Shattuck in 2011, the species is broadly distributed in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, but the species is relatively uncommon.

Etymology
The name is said to be derived from Greek trigon, 'triangular' and Latin caput, 'head', and is in reference to its triangular head. The proper ancient Greek word for "triangular" is however trigōnos (τρίγωνος).


The Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie (BPI) founded after WWII with headquarters in Berlin is a German Non-profit association and trade group for Small and medium-sized enterprises in the pharmaceutical industry.  it represented 250 classic pharmaceutical companies, pharmaceutical service providers, biotech companies, herbal medicines and homeopathy/anthroposophy with altogether approximately 78,000 employees. BPI´s focus has been on political consulting and public relations on the EU-level in order to enhance development in the national and international health care systems.

History
The Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie (BPI) was founded after WWII with headquarters in Berlin as an Eingetragener Verein. It is the German industry association or trade group for a broad spectrum of companies in the pharmaceutical industry. BPI works

Large pharmaceutical companies in Germany are represented by the Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller ("Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies", vfa).

Another pharmaceutical industry association in Germany, the Bundesverband der Arzneimittelhersteller ("German Medicines Manufacturers' Association", BAH), has about 450 company members including 150 traditional pharmaceutical manufacturers and about 150 other members with a business interest in healthcare, such as publishers and polling organizations.

The philosophy of BPI begins with the health of man and works towards enhancing the health care system to become more future-oriented. The company works towards this goal by aiding and consulting in several aspects of pharmaceutical and medical device development and improving market chances.

Function
BPI´s focus has been on political consulting and public relations on the EU-level. BPI headquarters is located in Berlin. There is also an office in Brussels.
The BDI offers competencies in:
Drug safety
Biotechnology
Disinfection
Homoeopathy / Anthroposophy
Innovation and research
Clinical research
Communication / Public relations
Business development
Phytopharmacology
Politics
Law
Self-medication / Over the counter
Drug approval, both national and EU-wide

Members
As of 2017, the BPI represented about 250 German Large to medium to small pharmaceutical companies and biotech companies with altogether about 78,000 employees.

Among the BPI's members are:
3M ESPE
Aeterna Zentaris
Amicus Therapeutics
B. Braun Melsungen
Baker & McKenzie
Camurus
Celgene
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Gilead Sciences
Guerbet
Horizon Pharma
LEO Pharma
Miltenyi Biotec
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
Northwest Biotherapeutics
Novartis Pharma
Orion Pharma
Shionogi
Stallergenes
Zambon

Controversies
In 2008, the BPI was found to run a portal claiming to represent self-help support groups, while it propagated pharma industry interests.

In 2010, the BPI and the vfa were listed as the most powerful lobby groups for the pharma sector in Germany.


Queima das Fitas

The Queima das Fitas (Portuguese for Ribbon Burning) is a traditional festivity of the students of some Portuguese universities, organized originally by the students of the University of Coimbra.

History
The first Queima das Fitas was organized by the students of the University of Coimbra, which is the oldest university of the country, and for many centuries the only one in Portugal.

Coimbra
Coimbra's Queima das Fitas, the oldest and most famous, is organized by a students' commission formed by members of the students' union Associação Académica de Coimbra. Celebrating the end of graduation courses, symbolized by the ritual burning of the ribbons representing each faculty of the University of Coimbra (UC), it takes place at the second semester (starts on the first Friday of May at 00:00), being among the biggest student festivities in Europe. It lasts for 8 days, one for each UC's Faculty: Humanities, Law, Medicine, Sciences and Technology, Pharmacy, Economics, Psychology and Education Sciences and Sports Sciences and Physical Education. During this period, a series of concerts and performances are held, turning Coimbra in a lively and vibrant city. It also includes a parade of the university students, sport activities, gala ball, and many other public events and traditions, such as the historical nighttime student fado serenade (Serenata Monumental) which happens in the stairs of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra for a crowd of thousands of students, tourists and other spectators.

The Ribbon Burning festivities are the big yearly celebration for the students and townspeople as well. The festivities run for a full week in May beginning with the traditional nighttime fado serenade in the square of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra. The square is packed with students in their black capes and according to the ritual, studies are forgotten for a week of joy and all-night revelry. The high point of the festivities is the Cortejo, a parade beginning in Alta (upper Coimbra, the university historic centre and home to the Rector's Office and the famous University tower) with the graduating students burning their grelo. The parade progresses down the hills of the Alta towards the Baixa (downtown Coimbra, near the river) with dozens of elaborately decorated floats, each in the color of their respective faculties, carrying placards with ironic criticisms alluding to certain teachers, the educational system, national events and leaders. The parade is made up of thousands of "newly liberated" students set apart by their top hats and walking sticks.

After the outbreak in 1969 (April 17) of a crisis opposing the students to the dictatorial government of Marcelo Caetano, the festivities, as well as all other manifestations of the academic traditions, were suspended by the students as an act of protest (decided on May 8, 1969). This was known as the luto académico (Portuguese for academic mourning). However, between 1945 and 1974, there were three generations of militants of the radical right at the University of Coimbra and other universities, guided by a revolutionary nationalism partly influenced by the political sub-culture of European neofascism. The core of these radical students' struggle lay in an uncompromising defence of the Portuguese Empire in the days of the authoritarian regime.

The restarting of the celebrations took place in 1980, in the middle of an intense political controversy between left-wing students who opposed the celebration, and conservative students, who wanted to resume the practice. Such struggle took some time to heal, but the "Queima das Fitas" is now only contested by a small fringe of the more radical left-wing student movements.

Nowadays the beer industry has become an important sponsor of Coimbra's Queima das Fitas, which has given still a wider projection to the festival, quite popular among young people from all around the country and even from Spain. During the festival's week groups of students from other universities, such as Lisbon or Porto, among thousands of other visitors, come to enjoy it. This growth in popularity has involved significant change to the festival, ever more professionalized, moving it a great distance away from its origins at the end of the 19th century. Students of more traditionalist or leftist sensibilities have occasionally decried this as an increased commercialization and commodification of their "mystique" and traditions.

Porto

Porto's Queima das Fitas traces its origins to the beginning of the 1940s, and is a major event in the first week of May, before the beginning of the study period preceding the school year's last exams. The week comprehends 12 events, starting with the Monumental Serenata on Sunday, reaching its peak with the Cortejo Académico on Tuesday, when students from the universities and other higher education institutions of the city march through the downtown streets till they reach the city hall, where they're greeted (and greet back) by the Mayor. During every night of the week a series of concerts takes place on the Queimódromo, next to the city's park; here it's also a tradition for the students in the second last year to erect small tents where alcoholic beverages are sold in order to finance the trip that takes place during the last year of their course.

During the parade through the city, different year students wear and play different parts:
- the graduates (the last year students) wear a top-hat and a walking-cane, both the colour of their Faculty;
- the sophomores wear the traditional costume with their capes fully crossed;
- the freshmen (who after being greeted by the Mayor become sophomores) wear funny/silly outfits (usually with carnival props related to baby-costumes) the same colour as their Faculty, sing songs as loud as they can, do some sort of group dances, usually get hazed a little bit, and when they get to the Town Hall have to crawl on their hands and feet to walk by the Mayor.

Porto's Queima was the first to reborn after the 1974 revolution. In 1978 there was a first try with a Mini-Queima, with only a few faculties involved and having to stand fierce hostility. In 1979 a "Traditional Queima" was put up by an almost clandestine organising committee, gathering students from most of the public faculties: Engineering, Medicine, Economics, Pharmacy, Letters, Science.

This team managed to frustrate the boycott efforts of left-wing students that opposed the celebration, and offered to the academy and the city the full traditional range of activities, that started with a Saturday to Sunday late night Serenade (starting at 00:01h), with traditional Coimbra Fado songs, in the courtyard of Porto's Cathedral. The programme included the blessing of the students' briefcases, decorated with ribbons ("Fitas") of the colour of each faculty, a Charity Day where all revenue from the selling of small cardboard briefcases with poems (some original and cheerfully offered by poet Pedro Homem de Mello) was given to a charity institution, several balls, rallye-paper, Garraiada (mock-up bullfight with small calves) and, specially, a huge parade that attracted an assistance of more than 150,000 that blocked Porto's downtown for several hours, cheering the students and showing that the Queima had its place in the city's celebrations.

Murder of Marlon Correia
In early May 2013, Marlon Correia who was 24 and a student of faculty of sport at the university of Porto was murdered in Queimódromo. This happened as a gang who were heavily armed tried to rob the money from ticket office and eventually killed Marlon. This did not prevent the festival from happening that year and Marlon was honored in the so-called "bênção das pastas".


2019 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council election

An election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect all 54 members of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council. Parish council elections were held on the same day.

The Conservatives retained control of the council despite losing seats.

Results

Summary

Ward

Notes


Boula (music)

The word boula can refer to at least four different drums played in the Caribbean music area.

Boula in the Caribbean
In the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean, the boula drum is used in the Big Drum traditions.

Carriacouan boula

The boula of Carriacou is also a hand drum, now most often made of rum casks. It is also called the tambou dibas, and is used in the Big Drum tradition.

Guadeloupean boula

The Guadeloupean boula is a hand drum, similar to the tambou bèlè, and is used in gwo ka and special occasions likes wakes, wrestling matches and Carnival celebrations. It is a hand drum that plays low-pitched sounds and is played single-handed and transversally.

Haitian boula

In the Greater Antilles of Haiti, the boula is in the same family as the Manman, Segon, and is the smallest of the three (7-8 inches in diameter and 18 – 24 inches tall) and is responsible for playing an ostinato pattern which really propels the rhythm forward. This drum is played with two sticks, and the base rests flat on the floor. The tone created is high, but somewhat muted. While this drum's parts seem simple, it requires true skill and stamina to play them accurately, especially at fast tempos. This drum serves the same function as the Boula in the Rada batterie and is played in the same way. Drummers claim that this addition "heats-up" the music.

Trinidadian boula

The boula of Trinidad and Tobago accompanies the stick-fighting dance called kalenda, and is a double-headed barrel drum, played open-handed.


Kall

Kall or KALL may refer to:

Places
 Kall, North Rhine-Westphalia, a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
 Kall, Sweden, a parish in the Åre Municipality in the county of Jämtland, Sweden
 Kall (Rur), a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
 Kallbach ("Kall stream"), a stream in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

In communications
 KALL, an all-sports radio station in the Salt Lake City, Utah area
 KWDZ, a defunct radio station (910 AM) formerly licensed to serve Salt Lake City, Utah, formerly broadcasting under the call sign KALL
 Vodafone Faroe Islands, a Faroese telecommunications company formerly known as Kall

People
 Friedrich von Kall (1742–1809), Prussian major general
 Georg Friedrich von Kall (1781–1813), Prussian major and regimental commanding officer
 Martin Kall (b 1961), German manager, formerly the chairman of Tamedia

Other uses
 Kal-L, a superhero in comic books published by DC Comics


Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy

Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy (originally Totò, Peppino e... la malafemmina) is an Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque in 1956. It stars the  comedy duo of Totò and Peppino De Filippo. The film also stars the popular singer Teddy Reno, and features Reno singing some of his songs as well as Malafemmena, Totò's most famous work as a songwriter.

It was the top-grossing movie of the year in Italy with a 1,751,000,000 Italian lire revenue (about 40 million Euro in 2009).

Plot

The brothers Antonio (Totò) and Peppino (Peppino De Filippo) Caponi are boorish landowners living in southern Italy. Antonio is lavish and steals his stingy brother's money.
Gianni (Teddy Reno), their sister Lucia (Vittoria Crispo)'s son, is studying medicine in Naples, when he falls in love with Marisa (Dorian Gray), a revue dancer, and follows her to Milan.

The news is broken to the family with an anonymous letter, and the three brothers travel to Milan in an attempt to stop the relationship, which they consider dangerous.
Antonio and Peppino try to bribe Marisa away from Gianni but he woos her back by moving her to tears with the song "Malafemmina", and Lucia realizes that she is a good girl.
In the end, she leaves the revue world, moves to their village and marries Gianni.

The letter of the Capone brothers
Memorable in the history of comedy films is the scene in the movie where Toto and Peppino (the Capone brothers) have to write a simple letter to be sent to his grandson. Unfortunately for two uneducated peasants and how they use this is almost impossible.
In fact, everything that the two brothers should write to his girlfriend's nephew concerns a notice to him to let the boy alone in order to continue his studies. Mistaking it for roughly a prostitute, however, the two brothers write that with 700,000 lire the girl can reward yourself for lost time with their grandson.
Yet Toto, who is believed that most awake, does not realize the severity of grammatical errors that creates the dictate of simple sentences that are anything but pure Italian.
The text of the letter says:

« Signorina
veniamo noi con questa mia addirvi una parola che che che scusate se sono poche ma sette cento mila lire; noi ci fanno specie che questanno c’è stato una grande morìa delle vacche come voi ben sapete.: questa moneta servono a che voi vi con l'insalata consolate dai dispiacere che avreta perché dovete lasciare nostro nipote che gli zii che siamo noi medesimo di persona vi mandano questo [la scatola con i soldi] perché il giovanotto è studente che studia che si deve prendere una laura che deve tenere la testa al solito posto cioè sul collo.;.;
Salutandovi indistintamente i fratelli Caponi (che siamo noi i Fratelli Caponi) »

Legacy
Some of the most famous scenes of Totò and Peppino took place in this movie  (e.g. the dictation of a letter full of grammatical errors and their attempt to talk in French  with a Milanese policeman ("nous voulevan savua'...")).

Cast
 Totò: Antonio Caponi
 Peppino De Filippo: Peppino Caponi
 Dorian Gray: Marisa Florian
 Teddy Reno: Gianni
 Vittoria Crispo: Lucia Caponi
 Mario Castellani: Mezzacapa
 Nino Manfredi: Raffaele
 Luisa Ciampi: Giulietta
 Edoardo Toniolo: Remo
 Linda Sini: Gabriella


Cytosine glycol

Cytosine glycols are intermediate unstable products of cytosine oxidation. These, in turn, are thought to undergo deamination to uracil glycols, dehydration to 5-hydroxycytosine, or both deamination and dehydration to 5-hydroxyuracil.

The lifetime of cytosine glycols are enhanced in double-stranded DNA compared to the free nucleoside.


Mangorei Power Station

The Mangorei Power Station is a hydroelectric power facility near Mangorei in Taranaki in New Zealand which makes use of water from the Waiwhakaiho River  (which is often written as Waiwakaiho) and the Mangamahoe Stream catchments.

History

Initial development

Of the first 14 publicly available electricity supplies in New Zealand, seven were in the province of Taranaki. Most of these were hydroelectric schemes, utilizing the seasonally consistent water supply provided by Mount Taranaki’s many streams. This development was driven by the demand for electric lighting by both town and rural dwellers plus farmers wishing to power their  new electric shearing sheds, milking machines and separator.

In the late 19th century the New Plymouth Borough Council decided to investigate its options for constructing a hydro-electric power station to supply the town with electricity as well as providing a water supply. The nearby Waiwhakaiho River was identified as a suitable source of water. In 1898 a completion was held to design a scheme. The completion was judged by respected engineer Richard Liron Mestayer (1843 - 1921).

The council decided not to proceed with any of the schemes put forward and instead engaged Mestayer in 1901 to design his own scheme, which was subsequently accepted.

His design called for an intake on the Waiwhakaiho River from which water was conveyed  to a powerhouse first by a tunnel that passed under the Mangamahoe Stream to a forebay on the hill, from which a  diameter steel penstock conveyed the water down to a manifold outside of the station from where the water was split to supply two turbines.

Construction begins

Mestayer's design was accepted, which lead to a construction contract being issued on 13 July 1903 to McWilliams and Andrews to build the scheme. The tunnel was dug from the outlet, from a side drive about 16 chains (322 metres) from the outlet, and from a   deep shaft about 21 chains (422 metres) from the outlet. From the side drive and also from the shaft the tunnel was driven in both directions. The alignment of the tunnel was laid out on the surface by Sladden & Palmer, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, and then transferred to the bottom of the shaft by means of heavy plumb bobs suspended from the top by very fine wires, with the plumb bobs themselves hanging in buckets of water to dampen their movement. The line thus transferred was produced in both directions by means of a theodolite. The line was marked inside the tunnel by iron spikes driven into the roof, and from which plumb bobs were suspended to guide the excavation. The levels were transferred from, the surface to the bottom of the shaft using a long steel tape, and then maintained as the work progressed by means of an engineer's level.

The power scheme received a licence from the government to generate electricity on 24 February 1905, and was completed in late 1905.

The first electricity was received in New Plymouth in January 1906, with 120 street lamps and the town hall being lit. By the end of the year the power station which operated from dusk to midnight was supplying 41 customers. By 1907 demand had increased with the power station supplying 126 customers and 230 by 1912.

The power station originally had two turbines each driving a 45 kW single-phase generator. To meet increasing demand the station was enlarged under the supervision of borough engineer A.H. Kendall to accommodate an additional 150 hp turbine driving a 90 kW single-phase generator, which entered service in December 1907.

Expansion

With no storage capacity the 180 kW power station was strictly run of the river and was proving to be unreliable during periods of low summer flow. The growth of the town, and the impending introduction of electric powered trams necessitated the need for more generation, as well as providing more water for water reticulation purposes. As a result, the council in 1909 employed Henry Westcott Clime, the principal of consulting engineers H.W. Clime & Son to investigate possible options. Climie identified that the generation output was limited by the size of the tunnel, which couldn't be taken out of service and enlarged without cutting off the power supply to the town. He offered three options, (a) build a weir across the Waiwhakaiho below the present intake so as to give a greater head of water; (b) divert a portion of the water from the Waiwhakaiho, at a point about thirty chains above the present intake, by means of a tunnel and open race into the Mangamahoe Stream, and build a dam across the latter a little below where the present tunnel passes under it, or (c) take the water off the Waiwhakaiho at the same point as proposed in (b) and convey it by means of a larger new tunnel through the hill to the power station. Climie's recommended option was (a) which he calculated would give an effective 876 hp, equivalent to nearly 660 kilowatts of electrical energy at an estimated cost of £5,137 for the civil works plus the cost of the additional turbines and generators.

The council initially opted for option (a)  but an inability to install a suitable foundation and a large flood caused this to be abandoned in favour of Climie's Option (c) which involved construction on the Waiwhakaiho River of a new intake 25 chains (502 m) further upstream, which diverted water by means of a 22 chain (442 m) long water race,  of which consists of a tunnel into the  Mangamahoe Stream, where a 13 ft (3.96 m) high concrete gravity dam was constructed in 1914, just downstream of where the original tunnel had crossed it.
Filling of the lake began in November 1914. From the dam the water was taken to a forebay, from where it entered the powerhouse, and the reticulation pipes of the town. This new diversion which cost approximately £4,000, captured not only water from the Waiwhakaiho but also all of the flow of Mangamahoe.

As a result of the increased flow the total output of the power station increased to 750 kW.

The new intake proved difficult to maintain as it frequently became blocked with large stones, gravel and branches which then had to be manually removed. As a result, improvements were made to its design which were completed on 16 January 1916.

At the same time as efforts were being made to increase the supply of water two 250 kW generators ordered from Turnbull and Jones entered service in 1912 and 1913. In 1914 the original two 45 kW generators were replaced by a new 250 kW generator.

In 1915 the council converted the transmission and distribution voltage on its system to 6.6 kV single-phase, which was upgraded in 1921 to three-phase.

Damage to and replacement of the dam

On 25 March 1917 the bed of the Mangamahoe River was seriously scoured out immediately from under the tunnel where it passed under the dam to a depth of  to , which caused all of the water in the dam to be lost.

A temporary sack dam was erected behind the breach which allowed an approximately 3ft 6in (1.1 metre) head to be obtained in the reservoir. However it was difficult to regulate the flow of water while trying to avoid the risk of carrying away the dam at another place.
Rather than repair the damage which would have meant closing down the tunnel and to restricting the town's demand (including closing down the tramways and turning off the street lighting) to what could be supplied via a tie line from the Taranaki Electric Power Board it was decided to build a new dam  downstream of the existing dam. A design for a new concrete dam which would give a  higher head than the existing dam was submitted to the council on 23 May 1917 and approved.

The new dam was long at the top, high with a bottom thickness of and a top thickness of  widened by cornices to 2ft 6in (760 mm), to form a footway, which extends over the by-wash in two 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) spans. This footbridge and the scour-valve platform were the only portions of the dam in which steel reinforcement was installed. The spillway was widened to . No great difficulties were met during construction, except that it was necessary dig  to  lower than originally intended in order to find a hard, and watertight bottom which was found to extend for  in length from the north end to the centre of the stream. Beyond this to the south end of the wall the excavation was taken down to a depth of from  to  lower than originally intended. A  cast-iron gate valve was installed to allow emptying and letting sand out of the lake.

By February 1918 the dam had finished and refilled with water.

Mason's proposal

With the demand for electricity within the Borough of New Plymouth showing no sign of levelling off, and with applications for power been received from other local bodies, the council committed to expanding the Mangorei scheme.

The council in late 1918 engaged consulting engineer John Blair Mason (1858 to 1927) of Blair Mason, Lee, Owen and Cree Brown, to investigate the various options. Mason offered a number of options but Scheme D which also had a partial option called E11 became the preferred choice of the council. Scheme D called for tapping the Waiwhakaiho River at a new upstream intake and conveying the water via a tunnel to a lake created by a new  high dam on the  Mangamahoe Stream about 30 chains (603 m) above the existing dam. This high dam would give a head of  above the powerhouse, submerge at least 30 acres (12 hectares) and with a   draw off would provide 13,000,000 cubic feet (368,000 cubic metres) of storage. The lake would rise above the saddle about half a mile (800 m) south of a forebay from whence it would be conveyed by water races and penstocks to the powerhouse. The actual storage required with a load factor of 0.45 to develop the maximum water power would amount to 7¼ million cubic ft (205,000 cubic metres).  Mason estimated that this would give a maximum of 6,300 hp. His estimated cost for the project was £46,000. Scheme E11 on the other hand he estimated would cost £11,700, of which only £1,300 need be regarded as temporary work, being the estimated cost of race and depreciation on pipe line. It involved constructing the weir, intake and tunnel portions of the permanent works of scheme D, which could reused if the council choose at a later date to proceed with the full scheme. From the outfall of the tunnel the water would be conveyed via a 140 chain (2,800 m) long water race to a penstock above the present forebay. From here up to 100 cusecs (2.8 cumecs) would be delivered to the powerhouse through new penstocks.

Over the next two years the plan were modified, with scheme D being renamed Scheme 1 ,with a dam now giving a  head, which would submerge 95 acres (38 hectares) and have a capacity of 50 million cubic feet (1.4 million cubic metres) with a draw off. This would require the building of two  long embankments on the South side of the proposed reservoir to prevent the water overflowing the adjacent lands. There would also be three penstocks running from the forebay/surge chamber to the powerhouse. This scheme was expected to develop 9,000 hp.

The partial scheme now known as E2 was basically as per Mason's but had an increased head and flow of 150 cusec which it was expected would produce an additional 2,000 hp on top of the power station's existing 900 hp.

The council made the decision in 1919  to proceed with the partial scheme. However its estimated cost had to the council's enormous disappointment increased by January 1920 to £112,000 and which they expected to make an annual profit of £13,800 on the electricity being generated. The loans to service this expenditure were approved by ratepayers. In October 1920, the estimate was further increased to £172,000 (which included contingencies of £12,000) with an expected annual profit on the electricity being generated dropping to £6,042. As a result, the council in November 1920 with approximately £60,000 already spent to date reluctantly had to go back to ratepayers to obtain approval to raise another £60,000 loan.

The partial scheme

The partial scheme as completed in early 1923. had a diversion weir and intake about a mile and a half above the previous intake. The new concrete diversion intake on the Waiwhakaiho River had a base 15 ft below the river level and rose to about 12 ft above the normal height of the river. it was divided into four valve chambers, with three ports open to the river on one face, and one on the other face of the intake. These could be opened or closed by gates as required.

From the intake the water was conveyed through the 1,800 ft (548 m) long Tunnel No. 1. A few feet of this tunnel was driven from the intake end, but the principal excavation work was being done from the opposite end of the tunnel. The haulage of the spoil from the driving was undertaken by pony-drawn trucks. The tunnel was light by electricity with airshafts at regular intervals. The excavation of the tunnel which was estimated to cost  approximately £12,000 was undertaken by Payne and Blanchard Ltd using a workforce that varied between 13 and 25 men working in three shifts.

At the exit of Tunnel No.1 a small  high dam (which was termed  a "Turning Wall") with a concrete core was built to deflect the water into Water Race No. 1. This  long race terminated at a 558 ft (170 m) long pipeline which took the water over the Mangamahoe Stream  below to the  long Water Race No. 2.  This race then transitioned to 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long Tunnel No.2 which took it to a forebay/surge chamber 140 ft (42.7 m) higher up the hill than the existing surge chamber. From here a steel penstock conveyed the water down to the powerhouse.

This improved supply of water and increased head of  allowed the council to install two new 1,000 kVA generators, convert one of the existing 250 kW machines, to produce 750 kVA, and replace another 250 kW unit with a new 1,000 kVA unit.

Defects were found in Tunnel No.2 which led the council in 1923 to dismiss their consulting engineers Blair Mason, Lee, Owen and Cree Brown, who had been responsible for overseeing all civil works. The council's electrical department was responsible for the electrical work.

On 27 April 1928 approximately  of the southern end of the pipeline that carried water across the Mangamahoe Stream was destroyed by a landslide, which cut off the water supply to the power station for approximately two weeks until it was repaired. Until it was the supply the street light lighting and trams were switched off and New Plymouth's demand was restricted to what could be supplied via a tie line from the Taranaki Electric Power Board.

Creation of Lake Mangamahoe

As demand continued to rise and aware of the benefits of having a larger reservoir that would provide both generation storage capacity as well as delivering a reliable water supply to New Plymouth, the council committed to undertaking the full scheme by building a dam on the Mangamahoe Stream. The contract to build the dam was won by J. T. Julian and Son in March 1929 with a price of £35,310 7s 6d.
Construction started in 1929 with the diversion of the stream through a tunnel on the left abutment. The foundations  for the dam were then excavated and a trench dug for the concrete core.

Mechanical earth moving was just starting to be employed in New Zealand, and as a result tractors and scrapers were used to construct the dam.

The dam when finished in 1931 submerged approximately 79 acres (32 hectares) of land to form Lake Mangamahoe.

At the time of its completion the dam was the highest earth dam in Australasia. The existing two water races and the pipeline over the Mangamahoe Stream were left in place and flooded by the lake.

By March 1948 the various modifications to the power station had resulted in  it having an output of 3,750 kW, which was provided by one 90 kW, one 240 kW, one 750 kVA and three 1,000 kW generators.

On 1 September 1983 the power station was added to the New Zealand Historic Places list as a Historic Place Category 2.

Changes in ownership

As a result of the restructuring of the New Zealand electricity sector in the early 1990s, the electricity department of the New Plymouth City Council (trading as New Plymouth Energy) merged with the Taranaki Electric Power Board on 7 May 1993 to form Taranaki Energy Ltd.

In 1995 Taranaki Energy Ltd merged with and took the name of Powerco.

The introduction of the Electricity Industry Reform Act in 1998 required New Zealand's electricity companies to separate their network and retail businesses.  As a result, Powerco having elected to remain a network company sold its five power stations (which including Mangorei) to Trustpower.

Improvements

In recent years Trustpower has undertaken extensive work on the linings of the supply tunnel to reduce friction.

Design

A weir on the Waiwhakaiho River diverts water into the , 7 ft 3 inch (2.2 m) diameter concrete lined Tunnel No.1 which conveys it to the top of Lake Mangamahoe.

This manmade lake was created by a dam at its northern end which impounds the Mangamahoe Stream above its confluence with the Waiwhakaiho River. The 27.4-metre-high earth dam, which is 160 m long at the crest, has a substantial curved concrete core running throughout its centre and set into the hard sandstone on each bank and is at least 6 m thick. The lake side has a 3-to-1 slope, with the surface exposed to the water surface lined with stone, while the downstream side has a 2-to-1 slope.

To the west of it is an intake structure with four remotely controlled intake gates. From the intake structure the 4,000-foot-long (1,219 m), 7-foot-3-inch-diameter (2.2 m) Tunnel No.2 conveys the water from the lake to a 37-foot-diameter (11.2 m) forebay/surge chamber. From the forebay/surge chamber two steel penstocks carry the water down to the powerhouse which is located on Hydro Rd (S.H.3), Mangorei.
In the powerhouse are one 700 kW generator and three 1.3 MW generators. The generators discharge into a tailrace which flows into the Waiwhakaiho River, approximately six kilometres down stream of the intake.

Water is also taken via two intakes on the lake's western shore to a nearby water treatment plant, from where it is distributed to consumers in the New Plymouth area.

Operation

Resource consents which were granted in 1996 and which expire in June 2021 allow the power station to divert up to 10 cumecs of water from the Waiwhakaiho River and back into it. The power station is required to maintain a minimum flow in the river below the diversion weir.

Lake Mangamahoe also serves as the water supply for New Plymouth and is a Wildlife Refuge. A trap and transfer programme manages any disruption to the migration of longfin eel.

The power station is embedded in Powerco's network behind Transpower's Carrington Street Substation.

The power station is operated remotely via a SCADA system from Trustpower's control centre in Tauranga.


Victoria Foe

Victoria Elizabeth Foe (born 1945) is an American developmental biologist, and Research Professor at the University of Washington's Center for Cell Dynamics.

She graduated from University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Hugh Forrest, and from University of Washington, where she studied with Charles Laird.
Her work on drosophila is supported by an independent supporting grant, by the National Institutes of Health.

She married Dr. Michael Dennis, a neurophysiologist. They later divorced.
She was involved in the women's movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and the anti-Persian Gulf War movement.

Early life & education
As a child, Foe moved around a lot, living in the United States, Mexico, and England.

Career
Foe received her B.S. (1966) and her Ph.D. (1975) from the University of Texas at Austin. At 34, Foe won the McArthur Genius Grant for her work in cell and developmental biology. Presently, Foe is a founding member of the Center of Cell Dynamics at the University of Washington, where she works with frogs, mosquitoes, fruit flies, and fish to examine the growth and patterning of embryos. She describes her work as largely observational, but utilizes recent scientific techniques to explore her observations of the natural world. She has not taught or gone down the traditional path of mentoring young scientists, not wanting to get caught up in administrative duties as a professor. Nor has she let technicians or students work for her in research.

Activism
Foe was an activist and scientist. She took a break from her schooling at the University of Texas at Austin to take a position as political aide. While acting as a political aid, she helped overturn the anti-abortion legislation in the state of Texas.

Awards
 1993 MacArthur Fellows Program


Ney Nardeban

Ney Nardeban (, also Romanized as Ney Nardebān and Ney Nardobān; also known as Ney Nardebām) is a village in Tombi Golgir Rural District, Golgir District, Masjed Soleyman County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 12, in 4 families.


Samuli Rasilainen

Samuli Rasilainen (born 21 June 1996) is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender who played for Espoo Blues of the Finnish Liiga.


Tachty

Tachty () is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

External links
http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html


Western Guard Party

__NOTOC__
The Western Guard Party, founded in 1972 as the "Western Guard", was a white supremacist group based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It evolved out of the far-right anti-Communist Edmund Burke Society that had been founded in 1967 by Don Andrews, Paul Fromm, Leigh Smith and Al Overfield.

In 1971, the EBS had taken over Social Credit Party of Ontario. Fromm was elected as party president and EBS installed members to the party's executive. However, in 1972, the Social Credit Party of Canada declared Western Guard membership incompatible with Social Credit and expelled the group.

Andrews became the dominant figure in the EBS, and relaunched it as the Western Guard, narrowing the group's focus to racism, anti-Semitism and white supremacy. Fromm left the group later in 1972 as the Western Guard descended into violent activity.

In 1975, Andrews was charged with offences ranging from plotting arson, possession of weapons and explosives, and mischief, and was sentenced to two years in jail. Although Western Guard did plot to bomb a visiting Israeli soccer team, Don Andrews was not convicted of this crime. In order to fulfill his bail conditions, Andews separated himself from the Western Guard. Veteran fascist John Ross Taylor became the group's leader in 1976. Taylor changed the name of the group to Western Guard Party. The group's membership declined under his idiosyncratic leadership. Many members, including Wolfgang Droege, left to join the Nationalist Party of Canada which had been founded by Andrews when he was released from prison in 1978.

In 1979, Taylor was charged with hate speech for the Western Guard's telephonic messages and was brought before the Canadian Human Rights Commission. He was ultimately imprisoned for contempt of court when he continued the Guard's racist answering machine messages. The group became an essentially one-person party in the 1980s, and was defunct by the middle of the decade.

Despite calling itself a party, the Western Guard never registered as a federal or provincial political party and is not known to have ever nominated candidates for office under its name.

In popular culture
Bruce Cockburn's "Free to Be" refers to the Western Guard Party: "On the skid row of the spirit / Hear the ranting of the Western Guard". Cockburn cites them as the inspiration for writing the song.


Spalacopsis fusca

Spalacopsis fusca is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Gahan in 1892.


Mekalmaradi

Mekalmaradi is a village in Belgaum district of Karnataka, India.


Kajzerica

Kajzerica is a neighborhood located in the Novi Zagreb – zapad city district of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. It is located west of Bundek Lake (Jezero Bundek) and east of the Western Rotary and Adriatic Bridge. It has a population of 4,387 (2011).

Zagreb Fair and Zagreb Hippodrome are located on Kajzerica. Kajzerica houses the south end of the old pedestrian-only Sava Bridge. Roads provide access to the Dubrovnik Avenue and the Adriatic Bridge and the neighborhood is served by Zagrebački električni tramvaj tram lines 7 and 14 that travel through Novi Zagreb.


The Clientele

The Clientele is a London-based indie pop band, currently composed of lead singer/guitarist Alasdair MacLean, drummer Mark Keen and bassist James Hornsey.

The band has experienced more success in the United States than they have in their native Britain, and are currently signed to Merge Records, an independent record label based out of North Carolina. They have conducted several extensive U.S. tours throughout their existence.

History
MacLean and Hornsey both grew up in Hampshire, England, and began collaborating musically while still in school, after MacLean saw that Hornsey had written the name of the band Felt on his pencil case. The band formed in 1991, with Innes Phillips sharing singing and songwriting duties with MacLean; their original name was The Butterfly Collectors. The band recorded an album's worth of material but failed to get any label interest. Innes left the band (and would go on to found The Relict); the rest of the group re-formed in 1997, after which they moved to London and released a number of singles that were eventually collected on Suburban Light (2000). That compilation won the band glowing reviews; SF Weekly said the band "offers a brand of appealingly melancholy pop that might just surpass that of its forebears."  The Violet Hour (2003) was their first album proper, which again saw great acclaim, but, as yet, little commercial success.

August 2005 saw the release of their second full album, Strange Geometry, the first the band recorded with a producer, Brian O'Shaughnessy, who had previously produced Primal Scream. It was notable for a much cleaner production sound than the reverb-heavy sound that had previously been their defining characteristic; it was also the first time the band had used a strings section on one of their records. The task of writing these arrangements was given to Louis Philippe. One single, "Since K Got Over Me", was released from the album. Another song from the album, "(I Can't Seem) To Make You Mine", was featured on the soundtrack of the film The Lake House.

Strange Geometry was quickly followed by a collection of recordings from 1991 to 1996, featuring Innes Phillips, called It's Art, Dad. After a U.S. tour in August 2006, The Clientele became a four-piece again, adding Mel Draisey (on violin, keys and percussion), who became their first female member. They then recorded the album God Save The Clientele with producer Mark Nevers, known for his work with Merge labelmates Lambchop; the album again featured several Louis Philippe-composed string arrangements. God Save The Clientele was released in May 2007 in the United States. Bonfires on the Heath followed in October 2009, and Minotaur, a Mini-LP, was released on 17 July 2010.

On 6 July 2011, the band announced on its website that The Clientele would be taking an indefinite hiatus.

The band announced that it would reunite for a lone gig at The Bell House in Brooklyn on 21 March 2014.

Since then, the 'Suburban Light' album has been reissued with bonus tracks and gave the band a Billboard top 30 album for the first time in their history. They also released two new singles in 2014, 'Falling Asleep' and 'On A Summer Trail'. The band have continued to tour in both the US and Europe, and MacLean is writing songs which may constitute a forthcoming album. On 24 March 2016, the group's official Facebook page posted an image of the mixing board at Brian O'Shaughnessy's Bark Studios in London, with the implication that the group were recording new material. On 16 June 2017, the band announced a new album, Music for the Age of Miracles, and a tour.

Style
Their music has often been noted for its reverb-rich production and MacLean's distinctive breathy vocals (an effect achieved partly by MacLean singing with a microphone plugged into a guitar amplifier) and unique guitar style. Their lyrics take a strong inspiration from surrealist literature and art from the early 20th century; "We Could Walk Together" quotes a line ("like a silver ring thrown into the flood of my heart") from a 1928 poem by French surrealist Joë Bousquet; in its final two verses, the song "What Goes Up" quotes the poem "Stupidity Street" by Ralph Hodgson in its entirety.

Discography

Albums
 Suburban Light (November 2000)
 The Violet Hour (July 2003)
 Strange Geometry (August 2005)
 It's Art, Dad (recordings from 1991–1996) (October 2005)
 God Save The Clientele (May 2007)
 Bonfires on the Heath (October 2009)
 Minotaur (6 September 2010)
 Music for the Age of Miracles (September 2017)

EPs
 A Fading Summer EP (June 2000)
 Lost Weekend EP (March 2002)
 Ariadne EP (March 2004)
A Sense Of Falling: Strange Geometry Outtakes EP (2016)
 That Night A Forest Grew EP (2008)

Singles
 "What Goes Up" b/w "Five Day Morning" (June 1998)
 All The Dust And Glass: "Reflections After Jane" b/w "An Hour Before The Light" (March 1999)
 "Lacewings" b/w "Saturday" (September 1999)
 "I Had To Say This" b/w "Monday's Rain" (December 1999)
 "(I Want You) More Than Ever" b/w "6 A.M. Morningside" (February 2000)
 "Haunted Melody" b/w "Fear Of Falling" (October 2002)
 "House On Fire" (June 2003)
 "Lacewings" (Live) b/w "Policeman Getting Lost" (Live) (July 2004)
 "Since K Got Over Me" (August 2005)
 "Bookshop Casanova" (April 2007)
 "Falling Asleep" b/w "Orpheus Avenue" (March 2014)
"Lunar Days" (2017), Tapete Records

Split singles
 "Held In Glass" by The Relict b/w "(I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine" by The Clientele (February 2001)
 "Grace" by The Saturday People b/w "Porcelain" by The Clientele (July 2001)
 "Six Foot Drop" Cover by The Clientele b/w "We Could Walk Together" Cover by Clock Strikes 13 (January 2002)
 "On A Summer Trail" by The Clientele b/w "Spiral Staircase" by Birdie (July 2014)

Equipment
A detailed gear diagram of Alasdair Maclean's 2007 Clientele guitar rig is well-documented.

Music Videos

 "Reflections After Jane" (2001)
"Bookshop Casanova" (2007)
"House On Fire" (2003)
"Everyone You Meet" (2017) [Filmed and directed by Paul Kelly on Super 8]
"The Neighbour" (2017) [Filmed by Andy Willsher]


Macedonian diaspora

The Macedonian diaspora (, Makedonska dijaspora) consists of ethnic Macedonian emigrants and their descendants in countries such as Australia, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, New Zealand, Canada, the United States and others. A 1964 estimate put the number of Macedonian emigrants at over 580,000.

History

The Macedonian diaspora is the consequence of either voluntary departure or forced migration over the past 100 years. It is claimed that there were six major waves of emigration.
The Macedonian Slavic-speaking immigrants in the first half of 20th century were considered and identified as Bulgarians or as Macedonian Bulgarians. Many Macedonian Bulgarians came to the United States.

1. The First wave occurred after the Failure of the Ilinden Uprising in 1903. Many people fled to other parts of Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Russia, the United States and Canada.
2. The "Pečalba" tradition which was common across Macedonia. Many people settled in the host countries. The pečalbari emigrated from the 1880s to the 1920s, mainly to Greece. Large settlements occurred in Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey and the United States.
3. The period from World War I to the Great Depression, when Macedonians fled Serbian rule and moved to Western Europe for industrial labor jobs, mainly in countries such as France, West Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, which is repeated in the early 1950s to late 1970s.
4. Post World War II and the Greek Civil War thousands of Macedonians fled, were evacuated or emigrated. Thousands of people fled from Greece after the failure of the DSE, the National Liberation Front and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) to win the Greek Civil War. An estimated 55,000 people were evacuated to Romania, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the rest of the Eastern Bloc.
5. During the 1960s Yugoslavia lifted restrictions on emigration. Hundreds of thousands of Macedonians emigrated. Internal Yugoslav migration (Serbia) was also very prevalent, by 1991 an estimated 80,000 Macedonians were living throughout Yugoslavia. Primary destinations were Australia, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA.
6. After the Breakup of Yugoslavia thousands of Macedonians emigrated. Many went to Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the UK and North America.

Spread of ethnic Macedonians

Number of ethnic Macedonians around the world

1; This figure refers to country of birth only.


Kenny Foray

Kenny Foray (born 2 August 1984) is a French motorcycle racer. He is currently competing for Tech3 E-Racing in the all-electric MotoE World Cup.

Career

In 2007, Foray became champion of the French Supersport class with Triumph.

In 2009, Foray became champion of the Polish Supersport class.

In 2014, Foray won the World Endurance Championship with the Yamaha GMT94 team.

In 2017, Foray won both the French Superbike championship as well as repeating his feat of winning the World Endurance Championship.

Personal Life
Kenny has a twin brother Freddy Foray who is also a motorcycle racer in endurance racing


Alexander Ramati

Alexander Ramati (December 20, 1921 – February 18, 2006), born David Solomonovich Grinberg,<ref name="brest">[http://www.bk-brest.by/2014/10/9796/  V.Glazov “Jack Grinberg. Oil tycoon from Brest-on-Bug], Brestskiy Kurier, October 15, 2014.</ref> was a Polish writer and film director.

Biography
Alexander Ramati was born in Brest, Belarus, then part of Poland, into a Jewish family.

During World War II he worked as a war journalist. He entered Assisi with the Allied forces in June 1944, and there he first met Rufino Niccacci. Later he interviewed him and wrote The Assisi Underground, published in 1978. In 1985 he directed a film adaptation of the book.

In 1985 he wrote And the Violins Stopped Playing: A Story of the Gypsy Holocaust, which he also adapted to a movie, in 1988.

He died in Montreux, Switzerland.

Bibliography
 The Assisi Underground (1978)
 And the Violins Stopped Playing: A Story of the Gypsy Holocaust (1986)

Films
 The Assisi Underground (1985)
 And the Violins Stopped Playing'' (1988)


Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is an  Koala Sanctuary in the Brisbane suburb of Fig Tree Pocket in Queensland, Australia.

Founded in 1927, it is the world's oldest and largest koala sanctuary.

History
The name originates from a lone hoop pine that was planted by the Clarkson family, the first owners of the  site. The sanctuary opened in 1927 to provide a safe refuge to sick, injured, and orphaned koalas, at a time when they were being killed for their fur. The founder of the sanctuary, Claude Reid, recognised the need to protect this iconic species and initiated the protection of their habitat.

The sanctuary began with two koalas called Jack and Jill. Lone Pine became known internationally during World War II when Americans, including Douglas MacArthur's wife, visited the park to view the native Australian animals.

Wildlife

Wildlife in the sanctuary includes: koalas, kangaroos, Tasmanian devils, wombats, echidnas, and various species of reptiles, as well as a platypus that arrived at the sanctuary during 2010 from Healesville Sanctuary (near Melbourne).

Visitors are allowed to hold koalas for a fee. Strict regulations ensure that each koala is not held for more than thirty minutes every day. Fees paid for souvenir photos help fund new enclosures, research projects and eucalyptus plantations.

Visitors can feed and pet the free-roaming kangaroos in the  kangaroo reserve, where more than 130 of the animals freely reside.

There are also many colourful Australian parrots and cockatoos, as well as other Australian birds such as kookaburras, emus, and cassowaries. Rainbow lorikeets fly to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary for the specially prepared nectar meals at the sanctuary. Visitors can feed the lorikeets directly twice a day. Once a day there is a bird of prey show with several kinds of raptors showing off their speed agility and keen eyesight.

The Tasmanian Devils are fed in the afternoon. 'Koala Forest' is a large koala enclosure with over 30 koalas surrounding the customers. Koalas there are fed mid-morning and mid-afternoon.

As well as being a wildlife sanctuary, there is a small 'farm', with "Sheep Dog Shows".

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary opened their new world-class koala science and research facility, the Brisbane Koala Science Institute, on Saturday 30 June 2018. Constructed in collaboration with the Brisbane City Council, the facility is home to two full-time research staff, a research laboratory, and a ‘Koala Biobank’ (koala genetic depository). Through joint projects with universities and other research establishments, the Institute will be working towards real, practical outcomes for local koala populations. Taking advantage of the sanctuary’s central location, Lone Pine hopes to improve collaboration within the science community through the use of the Institutes’ meeting spaces and seminar hall. Guests to Lone Pine will be able to enjoy the Institute daily from 9am-5pm, via the public viewing area complete with interactive displays, koala skywalk, and viewing windows into the sanctuary’s wildlife kitchen, research laboratory, and wildlife hospital. Access to the facility is included in entry to the sanctuary.

Transport
There is an entrance to the sanctuary from a car park, and also an entrance to the sanctuary from the Brisbane River. One can arrive by private car or taxi, a journey of approximately 20 minutes from the city. One can also catch a Brisbane Transport bus, or arrive by ferry from the Queensland Cultural Centre pontoon, a journey of approximately 1½ hours.

Photos

Awards
In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "location".


Luciano Andrade Rissutt

Luciano Andrade Rissutt (born 22 January 1977), or simply Rissutt, is a Brazilian footballer.

Rissutt started his career at Brazilian lower division. In 2004, he left for Ponte Preta of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In May 2005 he signed a new contract until December 2006. In early 2006 he left for Fluminense and in January 2007 left for Vitória Guimarães and won promotion back to top division as Liga de Honra runner-up. In the next season he signed a 2-year deal with Boavista of Portuguese Liga, but left the club after relegated.

In 2008, he trailed at Atlético Paranaense
In 2010, he returned to São Paulo for Ituano, signed a contract until the end of 2010 Campeonato Paulista.


Lost World Museum

The Lost World Museum is a creationist museum, located in Phoenix, New York, in the United States. The museum was established by John Adolfi.


Pristimantis marahuaka

Pristimantis marahuaka is a species of frogs in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to the summit of Cerro Marahuaca, a tepui in central Amazonas state, Venezuela.
Its natural habitat is tepui shrubland at around  asl where it is common in the mossy bases of Heliamphora plants.

There are no direct threats to this species, but given its small range (<20 km²), it is considered "Vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.


Ricardo Morello

Ricardo Morello (born 6 July 1943) is a former swimmer from Argentina. He competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1964 Summer Olympics.


Florida Comptroller

The Florida Comptroller was the state comptroller of Florida from 1845 to 2003 (when the position was merged with the position of Florida State Treasurer/Insurance Commissioner/Fire Marshal to create the post of Chief Financial Officer of Florida following amendments to the State Constitution). The Comptroller was a member of the Florida Cabinet and was elected by the Florida Legislature until 1865, when it became an elected office.

The Comptroller was Florida's chief fiscal officer. The post was created in the 1838 Constitution and the first Comptroller took office in 1845 and assumed the duties of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Florida Territory.

The Comptroller initially was in charge of the Comptroller's Office, whose duties where transferred to the Department of Banking and Finance in 1969 (the Comptroller served as the head of the Department).

List of Comptrollers

External links
Office description and list of Comptrollers from the State Archives of Florida


Wiggle

Wiggle or wiggles may refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Literature
Wiggle (book), a children's book by Doreen Cronin and Scott Menchin

Music

Groups
Wiggle, a UK DJ duo formed by Nathan Coles and Terry Francis
The Wiggles, an Australian children's band

Albums and EPs
Wiggle (album), 1993, by Screeching Weasel
The Wiggle, a 2004 techno EP by Dave Clarke

Songs
"Wiggle" (song), 2014, by Jason Derulo
"That Wiggle", a 1977 song by Syl Johnson
"The Wiggle", a 1960 song by Sandy Nelson
"The Wiggle", by Earl Klugh from Sudden Burst of Energy 1996
"The Wiggle", by Mother Superior from The Heavy Soul Experience 1996
"The Wiggle", by Father MC from Sex Is Law 1993

Business
Wiggle Ltd, an online sporting goods retailer

Other uses
The Wiggle, a bike route in San Francisco
WGL (software), a Microsoft Windows graphics programming interface, pronounced "wiggle"


Jennifer Leaning

Jennifer Leaning is an American health scholar currently the François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War's Medicine & Global Survival.  She is also Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Education
Dr. Leaning earned her B.A. magna cum laude from Radcliffe College, her masters of science from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and her M.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.  She trained in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and is board certified in emergency and internal medicine.

Book
 Humanitarian Crises: The Medical and Public Health Response, published by Harvard University Press in 1999.
 After the Tsunami - Facing the Public Health Challenges. (2005)
 American Red Cross & Public Health: The Response to Hurricane Katrina and Beyond. (2006)


Coptodisca splendoriferella

Coptodisca splendoriferella, the resplendent shield bearer, is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, including California, Ohio and South Carolina.


C. J. von Heideken

Carl Johan von Heideken (23 August 1832 – 27 March 1888) was a Swedish architect who made his career in Finland.

Biography
He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. After graduating from the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, von Heideken moved to Finland.  He worked as the city architect of Pori from 1853 to 1853 after he moved to Helsinki and lived there for seven years.
In 1865 he was selected the city architect of Turku. After 1868 he worked as the architect of Turku and Pori Province. Heideken had a strong influence in rebuilding the city of Pori after the great fire of 1852 where he worked within the urban plan designed by Swedish architect Georg Theodor Chiewitz (1815–1862).

He died at Turku, Finland during 1888.

Selected works
Hotel Otava (1857)
Pori Weigh House (Pori Art Museum, 1860)
Central Pori Church (1863)
German Church of Helsinki (1864)
Kauvatsa Church, Kokemäki (1870)
Sippola Church, Kouvola (1879)