World Concern

World Concern is a Christian global relief and development organization extending life-saving help and opportunity to people facing the most profound human challenges of extreme poverty working to create lasting, sustainable change. Lasting change that provides lasting hope.

The agency operates in Africa, Southeast Asia and Haiti, with its headquarters located in Seattle, Washington. World Concern serves approximately 6 million people worldwide and has a staff of 877, with 846 of those being international and 31 based at headquarters.

World Concern is part of CRISTA Ministries, a Christian non-profit organization that oversees seven ministries, and a charter member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

World Concern is also a founding member of the ONE Campaign.

History

Dr. Wilbert Saunders and pharmacist Jim McCoy founded an organization called Medicine for Missions in 1955 in Seattle. The two shared a concern that surplus medications being thrown away could be used to save lives in underdeveloped countries. They founded Medicines for Missions and began supplying medicines to clinics and hospitals overseas.

The organization was renamed World Concern in 1976 after expanding work to include emergency relief in response to famines, hurricanes and earthquakes. Art Beals, a former missionary and pastor, became World Concern's executive director in 1975, and remained in the position until 1984. He was an important figure in driving the early growth of World Concern. David Eller, the agency's past president, oversaw World Concern since 2007. Jacinta Tegman is the current president, appointed in October 2013.

Activities

World Concern's programs focus on community development in some of the poorest countries in the world. Programs include disaster response, health services, education and vocational training, food security and water, child protection and microcredit.

World Concern has regional offices in Asia (Bangkok, Thailand) and Africa (Nairobi, Kenya), as well as field offices in each operational country, which include Haiti, Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Chad, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan. Each office is staffed by a country director and mostly nationals, with a few expatriates.

Projects are developed based on the specific needs of a country's poorest populations located in underdeveloped areas. In Chad, for example, World Concern works in camps for refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan and internally displaced Chadians. In partnership with organizations such as
USAID, World Concern implements a "Cash for Work" program that employs people living in the camp to perform labor, such as building rock bunds to reduce erosion. Workers receive vouchers, which they can convert to cash to purchase food, clothing and other necessities.

World Concern has also responded to major disasters, including the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Initially providing emergency supplies of food, water, tarps and medical supplies, the agency's work during the first year after the earthquake included employing Haitians to clear rubble, repairing damaged homes, building steel-framed transitional shelters, repairing churches, and giving out business grants. The organization is also distributing cholera prevention and treatment information and supplies since an outbreak of the disease hit the country in October, 2010.

World Concern's programs seek to implement sustainable ways to lift people out of poverty, with a goal of enabling members of the communities in which they work to support themselves. Examples of this include supporting rural schools and teachers, providing job skills for caregivers of AIDS orphans, establishing financial service associations or village banks, providing small business training and support,
improved agricultural techniques, and water and sanitation projects.

Funding

World Concern's work is funded by donations from individuals, foundations and by government grants. Government grants include funding from USAID and OFDA. Donations from individuals for the Haiti earthquake response totaled more than $2 million. Through its parent organization, CRISTA Ministries, World Concern received a rating of four stars by Charity Navigator, with 94% of donations going toward programs.


Kalateh-ye Hajj Alikhan

Kalateh-ye Hajj Alikhan (, also Romanized as Kalāteh-ye Ḩājj ‘Alīkhān and Kalāteh-ye Ḩājjī ‘Alīkhān) is a village in Azari Rural District, in the Central District of Esfarayen County, North Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported.


Pitcairnia simulans

Pitcairnia simulans is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.  Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.


Dorothy Sarnoff

Dorothy Sarnoff (May 25, 1914 – December 20, 2008) was an American operatic soprano, musical theatre actress, and self-help guru. She had an active performing career from the late 1930s through the 1950s, during which time she sang in several operas with the New York City Opera and created several roles on Broadway, most notably Lady Thiang in the original 1951 cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I.

After her performing career ended she launched a second highly successful career as an image consultant to business executives, politicians, and other public figures. Her personal client list included many notable figures, including U.S. president Jimmy Carter, Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, best-selling author Danielle Steel, and designer Paloma Picasso. She wrote a number of self-help books.

Biography

Birth and education
Sarnoff was born in Brooklyn.  She graduated from the Berkeley Institute in 1931 and attended Cornell University, where she studied English and public speaking. As a participant in the school's glee club, she developed an interest in singing, and traveled to France for vocal training after receiving her bachelor's degree in 1935.

Opera and Broadway
Back in the United States, Sarnoff performed with the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Municipal Opera. She sang the role of Miss Pinkerton in the 1939 world premiere at New York City's Radio City Music Hall of the one-act radio opera The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti. She reached the finals of the Auditions of the Air talent competition run by the Metropolitan Opera, which helped her land a contract with the Philadelphia Opera Company (POC).

She made her debut with the POC on January 13, 1942 as Antonia in Les contes d'Hoffmann. She sang several more roles with the company over the next three months, including Mimì in La bohème, Rosalinde in Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus, and Gracieuse in the world premiere of Deems Taylor's Ramuntcho. She later sang Marguerite in Charles Gounod's Faust with the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company in 1946.

In October 1942 Sarnoff made her Broadway debut in the title role of Rosalinda, the New Opera Company’s long-running English-language version of Die Fledermaus that had been adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Sarnoff appeared in more than 500 performances of the production.

In 1945 she made her debut with the New York City Opera portraying the title role in Puccini's Tosca. She sang several more roles with the company over the next three seasons, including Marguerite, Mimì, Nedda in Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, and Micaela in Georges Bizet's Carmen.

Sarnoff returned to Broadway in 1948 as Maria the short-lived musical Magdalena. The production was notably the first work by composer Heitor Villa-Lobos to be mounted on Broadway. The year 1951 proved to be a banner year for Sarnoff when she portrayed Lady Thiang in the original Broadway cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I. As the king's head wife she introduced the classic song "Something Wonderful" and the song "Western People Funny". Apparently actor Yul Brynner, who played the King of Siam, taught her how to tense her abdominal muscles as a means of dealing with nervousness.

Her last role on Broadway was Jessica Farrow, a plantation owner’s daughter, in My Darlin' Aida, a 1952 musical based on the Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida that transplanted the stories setting from ancient Egypt to Memphis, Tennessee during the American Civil War. The production starred Elaine Malbin in the title role and closed after just 89 performances.

Speech instruction
While having dinner with a publisher in the mid-1960s, she bemoaned the focus in women's magazines on beauty and clothing and was encouraged to pursue the subject of vocal quality. She started a program called "Speech Cosmetics", charging $25 for a sequence of six classes at the Alexander's department store in which women could learn to become better public speakers.

A first semester was offered in October 1965 and a second semester in January 1966 featured both afternoon and evening sessions. The curriculum focused on helping women learn to improve the defects in their speech while emphasizing and highlighting what's attractive. The key phrase she used throughout the course was "sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye", which contains what she described as the worst elements in the New York dialect, the "ng" sound and the mispronunciation of single vowels as diphthongs.

The program relocated to Manhattan's St. Moritz Hotel, with correspondingly higher prices for the course. This evolved into Speech Dynamics, which aimed to develop all aspects of personal presentation. Individual customers were paying $1,000 for her coaching sessions by the mid-1970s and she was receiving $2,000 per lecture. Her firm was purchased by Ogilvy & Mather in 1974, after the advertising agency sent two of its executives for training. Ogilvy & Mather proceeded to aggressively promote Sarnoff.

Speech Dynamics started with participants making a four-minute speech to Sarnoff focusing on their positive qualities. After listening to a recording of their speech, they would then identify the aspects of their speech that they would want to change and improve. Sarnoff would help address awkward mannerisms and eye movements and help improve posture and makeup. Her copyrighted mantra — "I'm glad I'm here" — was aimed at helping clients project the vibes of joy, concern and authority. as described by The New York Times in its obituary. Sarnoff "managed to combine the high tone of a traditional finishing school with the brand-building ethos of corporate consultancy".

Her clients included Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin, whom she helped to soften his demeanor; President Jimmy Carter, whom she instructed to tone down his smile; and United States Secretary of State Warren Christopher, whom she assisted to cut down on his blinking. She emphasized to her clients promoting books that they should mention the title of their work at least five to seven times in every interview.

She wrote several books, including 1970's Speech Can Change Your Life, Make the Most of Your Best in 1981 and ''Never be Nervous Again in 1987.

Marriages
In 1957, she married Milton H. Raymond, an advertising executive. Her first marriage, to Dr. Shepard G. Aronson, ended in divorce. Both unions were childless and she left no immediate survivors.

Death
Sarnoff died at age 94 on December 20, 2008 in her Manhattan home.


Peddapuram mandal

Peddapuram mandal is one of the 59 mandals in East Godavari district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its headquarters are located at Peddapuram. The mandal is bounded by Gandepalle, Jaggampeta, Kirlampudi, Rangampeta, Samalkota and Pithapuram mandals.

Demographics

 census, the mandal had a population of 123,399. The total
population constitute, 61,713 males and 61,686 females —a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000
males. 12,673 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 6,532 are boys and 6,141 are girls —a ratio of 940 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 67.75% with 75,019
literates.

Towns and villages

Kattamuru is the most populated village and Sirivada is the least populated settlement in the mandal.  census, the mandal has 8 settlements, that includes:

Sources:
 Census India 2011 (sub districts)


Electric light

An electric light is a device that produces visible light from electric current. It is the most common form of artificial lighting and is essential to modern society, providing interior lighting for buildings and exterior light for evening and nighttime activities. In technical usage, a replaceable component that produces light from electricity is called a lamp. Lamps are commonly called light bulbs; for example, the incandescent light bulb. Lamps usually have a base made of ceramic, metal, glass, or plastic, which secures the lamp in the socket of a light fixture. The electrical connection to the socket may be made with a screw-thread base, two metal pins, two metal caps or a bayonet cap.

The three main categories of electric lights are incandescent lamps, which produce light by a filament heated white-hot by electric current, gas-discharge lamps, which produce light by means of an electric arc through a gas, and LED lamps, which produce light by a flow of electrons across a band gap in a semiconductor.

Before electric lighting became common in the early 20th century, people used candles, gas lights, oil lamps, and fires. English chemist Humphry Davy developed the first incandescent light in 1802, followed by the first practical electric arc light in 1806. By the 1870s, Davy's arc lamp had been successfully commercialized, and was used to light many public spaces. Efforts by Swan and Edison
led to commercial incandescent light bulbs becoming widely available in the 1880s, and by the early twentieth century these had completely replaced arc lamps.

The energy efficiency of electric lighting has increased radically since the first demonstration of arc lamps and the incandescent light bulb of the 19th century. Modern electric light sources come in a profusion of types and sizes adapted to many applications. Most modern electric lighting is powered by centrally generated electric power, but lighting may also be powered by mobile or standby electric generators or battery systems. Battery-powered light is often reserved for when and where stationary lights fail, often in the form of flashlights or electric lanterns, as well as in vehicles.

Types

Types of electric lighting include:
 Incandescent light bulb, a heated filament inside a glass envelope
 Halogen lamps are incandescent lamps that use a fused quartz envelope filled with halogen gas
 LED lamp, a solid-state lamp that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as the source of light
 Arc lamp
 Xenon arc lamp
 Mercury-xenon arc lamp
 Ultra-high-performance lamp, an ultra-high-pressure mercury-vapor arc lamp for use in movie projectors
 Metal-halide lamp
 Gas-discharge lamp, a light source that generates light by sending an electric discharge through an ionized gas
 Fluorescent lamp
 Compact fluorescent lamp, a fluorescent lamp designed to replace an incandescent lamp
 Neon lamp
 Mercury-vapor lamp
 Sodium-vapor lamp
 Sulfur lamp
 Electrodeless lamp, a gas discharge lamp in which the power is transferred from outside the bulb to inside via electromagnetic fields

Different types of lights have vastly differing efficacies and color of light.

*Color temperature is defined as the temperature of a black body emitting a similar spectrum; these spectra are quite different from those of black bodies.

The most efficient source of electric light is the low-pressure sodium lamp. It produces, for all practical purposes, a monochromatic orange-yellow light, which gives a similarly monochromatic perception of any illuminated scene. For this reason, it is generally reserved for outdoor public lighting applications. Low-pressure sodium lights are favoured for public lighting by astronomers, since the light pollution that they generate can be easily filtered, contrary to broadband or continuous spectra.

Incandescent light bulb

The modern incandescent light bulb, with a coiled filament of tungsten, and commercialized in the 1920s, developed from the carbon filament lamp introduced about 1880. As well as bulbs for normal illumination, there is a very wide range, including low voltage, low-power types often used as components in equipment, but now largely displaced by LEDs

Incandescent bulbs are being phased out in many countries due to their low energy efficiency. Less than 3% of the input energy is converted into usable light. Nearly all of the input energy ends up as heat that, in warm climates, must then be removed from the building by ventilation or air conditioning, often resulting in more energy consumption. In colder climates where heating and lighting is required during the cold and dark winter months, the heat byproduct has at least some value.

Halogen lamp

Halogen lamps are usually much smaller than standard incandescent lamps, because for successful operation a bulb temperature  over 200 °C is generally necessary.  For this reason, most have a bulb of fused silica (quartz) or aluminosilicate glass. This is often sealed inside an additional layer of glass. The outer glass is a safety precaution, to reduce ultraviolet emission and to contain hot glass shards should the inner envelope explode during operation. Oily residue from fingerprints may cause a hot quartz envelope to shatter due to excessive heat buildup at the contamination site. The risk of burns or fire is also greater with bare bulbs, leading to their prohibition in some places, unless enclosed by the luminaire.

Those designed for 12- or 24-volt operation have compact filaments, useful for good optical control. Also, they have higher efficacies (lumens per watt) and better lives than non-halogen types. The light output remains almost constant throughout their life.

Fluorescent lamp

Fluorescent lamps consist of a glass tube that contains mercury vapour or argon under low pressure. Electricity flowing through the tube causes the gases to give off ultraviolet energy. The inside of the tubes are coated with phosphors that give off visible light when struck by ultraviolet photons. They have much higher efficiency than incandescent lamps. For the same amount of light generated, they typically use around one-quarter to one-third the power of an incandescent. The typical luminous efficacy of fluorescent lighting systems is 50–100 lumens per watt, several times the efficacy of incandescent bulbs with comparable light output. Fluorescent lamp fixtures are more costly than incandescent lamps, because they require a ballast to regulate the current through the lamp, but the lower energy cost typically offsets the higher initial cost. Compact fluorescent lamps are available in the same popular sizes as incandescent lamps and are used as an energy-saving alternative in homes. Because they contain mercury, many fluorescent lamps are classified as hazardous waste. The United States Environmental Protection Agency recommends that fluorescent lamps be segregated from general waste for recycling or safe disposal, and some jurisdictions require recycling of them.

LED lamp

The solid-state light-emitting diode (LED) has been popular as an indicator light in consumer electronics and professional audio gear since the 1970s. In the 2000s, efficacy and output have risen to the point where LEDs are now being used in lighting applications such as car headlights and brake lights, in flashlights and bicycle lights, as well as in decorative applications, such as holiday lighting.  Indicator LEDs are known for their extremely long life, up to 100,000 hours, but lighting LEDs are operated much less conservatively, and consequently have shorter lives. LED technology is useful for lighting designers, because of its low power consumption, low heat generation, instantaneous on/off control, and in the case of single color LEDs, continuity of color throughout the life of the diode and relatively low cost of manufacture. LED lifetime depends strongly on the temperature of the diode. Operating an LED lamp in conditions that increase the internal temperature can greatly shorten the lamp's life.

Carbon arc lamp

Carbon arc lamps consist of two carbon rod electrodes in open air, supplied by a current-limiting ballast. The electric arc is struck by touching the rod tips then separating them. The ensuing arc produces a white-hot plasma between the rod tips. These lamps have higher efficacy than filament lamps, but the carbon rods are short-lived and require constant adjustment in use, as the intense heat of the arc erodes them. The lamps produce significant ultraviolet output, they require ventilation when used indoors, and due to their intensity they need protection from direct sight.

Invented by Humphry Davy around 1805, the carbon arc was the first practical electric light. It was used commercially beginning in the 1870s for large building and street lighting until it was superseded in the early 20th century by the incandescent light.  Carbon arc lamps operate at high power and produce high intensity white light. They also are a point source of light. They remained in use in limited applications that required these properties, such as movie projectors, stage lighting, and searchlights, until after World War II.

Discharge lamp
A discharge lamp has a glass or silica envelope containing two metal electrodes separated by a gas. Gases used include, neon, argon, xenon, sodium, metal halide, and mercury. The core operating principle is much the same as the carbon arc lamp, but the term "arc lamp" normally refers to carbon arc lamps, with more modern types of gas discharge lamp normally called discharge lamps. With some discharge lamps, very high voltage is used to strike the arc.  This requires an electrical circuit called an igniter, which is part of the electrical ballast circuitry. After the arc is struck, the internal resistance of the lamp drops to a low level, and the ballast limits the current to the operating current. Without a ballast, excess current would flow, causing rapid destruction of the lamp.

Some lamp types contain a little neon, which permits striking at normal running voltage, with no external ignition circuitry. Low pressure sodium lamps operate this way. The simplest ballasts are just an inductor, and are chosen where cost is the deciding factor, such as street lighting. More advanced electronic ballasts may be designed to maintain constant light output over the life of the lamp, may drive the lamp with a square wave to maintain completely flicker-free output, and shut down in the event of certain faults.

Form factors

Many lamp units, or light bulbs, are specified in standardized shape codes and socket names. Incandescent bulbs and their retrofit replacements are often specified as "A19/A60 E26/E27", a common size for these kind of light bulbs.  In this example, the "A" parameters describe the bulb size and shape while the "E" parameters describe the Edison screw base size and thread characteristics.

Lamp life expectancy
Life expectancy for many types of lamp is defined as the number of hours of operation at which 50% of them fail, that is the median life of the lamps. Production tolerances as low as 1% can create a variance of 25% in lamp life, so in general some lamps will fail well before the rated life expectancy, and some will last much longer. For LEDs, lamp life is defined as the operation time at which 50% of lamps have experienced a 70% decrease in light output.

Some types of lamp are also sensitive to switching cycles. Rooms with frequent switching, such as bathrooms, can expect much shorter lamp life than what is printed on the box. Compact fluorescent lamps are particularly sensitive to switching cycles.

Public lighting
The total amount of artificial light (especially from street light) is sufficient for cities to be easily visible at night from the air, and from space.  This light is the source of light pollution that burdens astronomers and others.

Uses other than illumination

Electric lamps can be used as heat sources, for example in incubators, as infrared lamps in fast food restaurants and toys such as the Kenner Easy-Bake Oven.

Due to their nonlinear resistance characteristics, tungsten filament lamps have long been used as fast-acting thermistors in electronic circuits. Popular uses have included:
 Stabilization of sine wave oscillators
 Protection of tweeters in loudspeaker enclosures; excess current that is too high for the tweeter illuminates the light rather than destroying the tweeter.
 Automatic volume control in telephones

A stylized depiction of a light bulb features as the logo of the Turkish AK Party.

Circuit symbols
In circuit diagrams lamps usually are shown as symbols. There are two main types of symbols, these are:


Clash of the Gods (album)

Clash of the Gods is the 16th album from German heavy metal band Grave Digger, which was released on 31 August 2012 via Napalm Records.

Track listing
All lyrics written by Chris Boltendahl

Note
The Japanese, Russian and Brazilian editions contain the Home At Last EP

Charts

Personnel
 Chris Boltendahl - Vocals
 Axel Ritt - Guitars
 Jens Becker - Bass
 Stefan Arnold - Drums
 H.P. Katzenburg - Keyboards

Additional Musicians
 Hacky Hackmann - Backing Vocals
 Stefan Schmidt - Backing Vocals
 Ross Thompson - Backing Vocals
 Das Letzte Einhorn - Lead Vocals on "Charon (Fährmann des Todes)"

Production
 Jens Howorka - Photography
 Gyula Havancsák - Cover art, Artwork
 Jörg Umbreit - Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
 Axel Ritt - Producer, Engineering
 Chris Boltendahl - Producer, Cover concept
 Loreley von Rhein - Art model ("Death Angel")


Sabah Homasi

Sabah Homasi (born October 19, 1988) is a Lebanese American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of Bellator. A professional competitor since 2009, he has also competed for the UFC, Titan FC, and Strikeforce.

Background
Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and raised in nearby East Brunswick, Homasi moved at the age of 10 to Florida and to Detroit when he had started high school and began training in mixed martial arts.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career
Homasi made his professional MMA debut in May 2009. Over the next 7 years he fought for various promotions, including Strikeforce, Titan FC and Bellator MMA. Before joining the UFC he amassed a record of 11 wins against 5 losses.

The Ultimate Fighter
Homasi competed on The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians, the 21st season of the reality show The Ultimate Fighter. He represented American Top Team. In his first fight on the show, Homasi lost to Carrington Banks via decision after three rounds.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
Homasi made his debut with the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 20, 2016 against Tim Means on the main card of UFC 202. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round.

In his second fight for the promotion, Homasi faced Abdul Razak Alhassan on December 2, 2017 at UFC 218. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round after a controversial early stoppage.

Due to the stoppage controversy of their first bout, a rematch with Alhassan took place on January 20, 2018 at UFC 220. Homasi lost the fight via knockout in the first round. Homasi was subsequently released from the UFC.

Return to Bellator
In April 2019, Homasi announced that he had signed a contract with Bellator. In his promotional debut, Homasi knocked out Micah Terrill in 17 seconds at Bellator 225 on August 24, 2019.

Homasi was next expected to face Paul Daley at Bellator 232 on October 26, 2019. However, he withdrew from the bout due to injury and was replaced by Saad Awad. The bout is now rescheduled to take place at Bellator 241 on March 13, 2020.

Mixed martial arts record

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|Win
|align=center|13–8
|Micah Terrill
|KO (punch)
|Bellator 225
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:17
|Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|12–8
|Muhammad Abdullah
|Decision (unanimous)
|WXC 74: Allegiance
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Southgate, Michigan, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|11–8
|Abdul Razak Alhassan
|KO (punch)
|UFC 220
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|align=center|1
|align=center|3:47
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|11–7
|Abdul Razak Alhassan
|TKO (punches)
|UFC 218
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|align=center|1
|align=center|4:21
|Detroit, Michigan, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|11–6
|Tim Means
|TKO (punches)
|UFC 202
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|align=center|2
|align=center|2:56
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 11–5
| Jorge Patino
| KO (punch)
| Titan FC 40
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:18
| Coral Gables, Florida, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 10–5
| Victor Regis Eustáquio
| TKO (punches)
| Titan FC 39
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:21
| Coral Gables, Florida, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 9–5
| Derrick Kennington
| TKO (punches)
| Absolute Fighting Championship 25
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:13
| Coconut Creek, Florida, United States
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|-
| Loss
| align=center| 8–5
| Reggie Pena
| TKO (punches)
| Supreme FC 1
|
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:07
| Tampa, Florida United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 8–4
| Eric Moon
| Submission (guillotine choke)
| Bellator 124
|
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:07
| Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 7–4
| Jerome Jones
| TKO (punches)
| MTC: In the Beginning
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:02
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 6–4
| Michael Trujillo
| TKO (head kick and punches)
| CFA 12: Sampo vs. Thao
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 4:25
| Coral Gables, Florida, United States
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|-
| Loss
| align=center| 5–4
| Ricky Legere Jr.
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| Bellator 93
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 2:52
| Temecula, California, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 5–3
| Jose Caceres
| Decision (split)
| CFA 7: Never Give Up
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Coral Gables, Florida, United States
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|-
| Loss
| align=center| 4–3
| Jon Manley
| Decision (unanimous)
| W-1 MMA 7: Reloaded
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Coral Gables, Florida, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 4–2
| Kevin Pearson
| Submission (kimura)
| World Extreme Fighting 46
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:35
| Orlando, Florida, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 3–2
| Eliton Sarmento
| TKO (retirement)
| World Extreme Fighting 45
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 5:00
| Jacksonville, Florida, United States
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|-
| Loss
| align=center| 2–2
| Frank Carrillo
| TKO (elbows)
| Bellator 21
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 3:16
| Hollywood, Florida, United States
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|-
| Loss
| align=center| 2–1
| John Kelly
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| Strikeforce: Miami
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 2:48
| Sunrise, Florida, United States
|Welterweight debut.
|-
| Win
| align=center| 2–0
| Adrian Miles
| TKO (punches)
| Inferno: MMA
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:28
| Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 1–0
| Lindon Mitchell
| TKO (punches)
| XFN: Da Matta vs. Thorne
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:37
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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Uqair

Uqair (Arabic:عقير) is an ancient fort of Islamic origin, located in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It is the first seaport in the Persian Gulf. It is alternatively spelled Al-'Uqair, Uqayr, and Ogair, all Latin transliterations of the same Arabic word. It has been linked by some to the ancient city of Gerrha mentioned in Greek and Roman sources. The site was also the location of the conference at which the Uqair Protocol of 1922 was issued, which helped to establish the borders of modern Saudi Arabia.

The fort sits about 50 mu northeast of the fertile oasis of Al-Hasa on the east coast of the Persian Gulf. At the ancient locale are the remains of a large fort that now marks the site of the same name. The current structure that exists is of unknown origin. It is not absolutely clear who built the fort that measures roughly 150 ft (50 m) on each side which consists of a stone rampart topped with mud brick. (The Persian Gulf in Antiquity, Vol. II, D.T. Potts, P. 56).

Location
Modern Uqair is 55 mu due south of Dhahran, a Saudi Aramco compound. It lies about 50 nu northeast of the fertile oasis of Al-Hasa and its main city Hofuf on the western shore of the Persian Gulf, on a straight line between the oasis and the island state of Bahrain. The new Uqair–Al-Hasa road (35 mi) which was constructed recently and passes by Al-Jishah town will support the economic development of Al-Hasa oasis.
Modern maps place Uqair at the harbor and shallow lagoon the fort was built next to.

Other important surrounding locations of antiquity
The location of pre-Islamic Al-Hasa is of great importance and relevance to Uqair. Artesian wells once fed "a series of interconnected streams and lakes draining north eastward toward the Persian Gulf above Uqair.  Reports of the existence of this active ravine system can be traced back to the time of Pliny." (Potts, p. 29). Evidence of this effluent has a great bearing on the exploration of the fort at Uqair and the ancient Arabian city of Gerrha. A large source of fresh water near the Persian Gulf is reason enough to create a trading port located at Uqair and to facilitate the civilization that flourished at Al-Hasa. It is well documented that the Al-Hasa region and most notably Uqair were once considered to be strong candidates for the possible lost city of Gerrha, an emporium of trade and mercantile activity dating to at least 225 BC.

Other ancient civilizations flourished in the surrounding area.  Across the shallow Gulf strait sixty miles to the northeast are the ancient burial mounds of what is now known to be the lost ancient civilization of Dilmun. These burial mounds estimated at more than 100,000, rest on the island of Bahrain (Looking for Dilmun, Geoffrey Bibby, p. 7).  On the Arabian Peninsula, the walled city of Thaj is 80 miles north of Uqair and just 20 miles inland from another ancient Arabian oasis, Qatif. Both of these sites have been dated to at least the Hellenistic period. The Saudi island of Tarut, another rich archeological area, lies 40 miles to the east of the old port and fishing village of Jubail, which once served Thaj and Qatif, and is located about 35 miles north of Uqair.

Links to ancient Gerrha
Ancient Gerrha has been associated with several locations. The notorious shifting sands of the desert have made it difficult to locate the trading emporium, well described in general history and archeological texts. Even though Uqair is the present location of what is believed to be an Islamic fort, the whole region twenty miles north of the current structure was also referred to as Uqair, or Gerrha, long before the fort was built.  The lost city of Gerrha according to Danish archeologist Geoffrey Bibby, however, "still awaits its discoverer." (Bibby, p. 325)

Ties to Mesopotamia
Trade and commerce of early civilizations in the Persian Gulf region was both the umbilical cord to surrounding cultures and the eventual physical link that has allowed scientists and researchers to literally piece together its murky history. The greatest regional center of civilization lay only 300 miles north of Uqair at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Mesopotamia, a very fertile region north of this confluence in modern Iraq, and where Sumerian civilization began. By 3500 BC the Sumerians were living and trading beyond the Strait of Hormuz, venturing out as far as the Indus River and the Red Sea. The Sumerians were conquered by the Semitic Akkadians in 2340, becoming united under Babylon from 1792 - 1750 BC.

Within the opisite
ṢǒǑßǔ timeline of these dominating civilizations there existed several other cultures and dynasties; the Barbar, Seleucid, and Chaldaean - exiles from Babylonia who were among the central players of Gerrha and Uqair.

Dilmun
Gerrha was preceded by the legendary Sumerian-era civilization of Dilmun (4000 - 2000 BC), which has been archeologically linked to the northern tip of Bahrain.  During its zenith, the culture controlled the oceanic trading routes to the Indies and was the trading link to the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia (Area Handbook for the Persian Gulf States, 1st Edition, p. 11).  To the Sumerians, Dilmun was the land of immortality and the god of Abzu. The second sea of fresh water that lay beneath the gulf and was believed to flow from the Tigris and Euphrates under the ground to present Bahrain - in the land called Enki. "Dilmun founded a maritime network unrivaled for its breadth by any other in the early days of man's world ... it was home of the Utunapishtim, who survived the flood, it was soapstone for figurines, alabaster for bowls, carnelian heads beads, cowries and pearls ... it was copper and lapis lazuli." ("The Sumerian Connection", Jon Mandaville and Michael Grimsdale, ARAMCO World March/April 1980). Dilmun is the "Paradise Land, the original home of the gods, the archetypical Holy Land" to which  the Mesopotamian hero Gilgamesh travels to in his epic journey. (Dilmun Discovered, Michael Rice, p. 7).

Historical mentions of Gerrha
In accounts written by his biographer Arrian, Alexander the Great mentions a planned coastal exploration of 323 BC that includes the eastern Arabian coast but does not mention Gerrha. A hundred years later, however, Eratosthenes tells of merchants from Gerrha carrying their spices and incense overland to Mesopotamia. And later Strabo quotes Artimedoros: "by the incense trade ... the Gerrhaei have become the richest of all the tribes and possess great quantity of wrought articles in gold and silver." (Bibby, p. 317). Gerrha is described by Pliny the Elder: "On the Arabian shore of the Gulf one comes to the island Ichara and then the Gulf of Capeus where we find the city of Gerrha, five miles in circumference, with towers built of square blocks of salt. Fifty miles from the east lying in the interior is the region of Attene and opposite to Gerrha is the island of Tylos." (Bibby, p. 318).

Wealth of Gerrha
In 200 BC a Greek grammarian named Agathrachides, who wrote a book on the Erythraean (modern Red) Sea now lost, is quoted by the Roman geographer/historian Strabo on Gerrha: "from their trafficking, the Gerrhaeans have become the richest of all; and they have a vast equipment of both gold and silver articles, such as couches and tripods and bowls, together with drinking vessels and very costly houses; for doors and wall and ceilings are variegated with ivory and gold and silver set with precious stones." (Frankincense and Myrrh, A Study of Arabian Incense Trade, Nigel Groom, p. 67).  The city of Gerrha played a central role in the interchange of commodities of certain regions of the Arabian Peninsula during the reign of the Seleucid King Antioch III, (223 - 187 BC). Most notable was the frankincense and myrrh of southwestern Arabia in Yemen's Hadramawt region.

The Gerrhaeans also traded with East Africa and China through India.  In their activity "they act as the warehouse for everything from Asia and Europe ... seem more prosperous than the Sabaeans." (Groom, p. 71). Trade through Gerrha was heavy in the time of Antioch; Strabo writes: "the leading people of this time were the Gerrhaeans, and the Arab tribe whose capital lay on the mainland just opposite Bahrain made ... enormous incomes by trading the precious wares of Arabia and India to the mouths of the Euphrates and Tigris, along the upper course of the rivers by ancient caravan routes to the coast of Syria and Phoenicia even as far as Delos and the Aegean Sea." (Bibby, p. 113).

The lure of wealth generated in Gerrha by its inhabitants was too tempting for Antiochus to avoid.  In 205 BC, he felt it necessary to make a large-scale military incursion against the Gerrhaeans with the object of securing himself a reasonable portion of their trade. (Bibby, p. 330).  Antiochus was diverted from his goal of capturing the city, however, when the "Gerrhaeans bought off his attack with 500 talents of silver, 1000 talents of frankincense, and 200 talents of 'stacte' myrrh." (Groom, p. 195).

Geoffrey Bibby and Uqair
Geoffrey Bibby, an English archeologist who excavated on the island of Bahrain from 1954 to 1969 and claimed it to be Dilmun, included Uqair, across the straits, in his investigations, visiting it on three separate journeys, in 1963 by air only, and in 1965 and in 1968 by land.  Bibby wrote:

"Tylos we knew was Bahrain...Attene, was fifty miles inland, was normally believed to be the Hofuf oasis. On the coast, in the direct line between Hofuf and Bahrain, lay the village of Uqair, and beside it the ruins of a large walled town.  It had seemed obvious to many modern theorists that Uqair must be Gerrha and the identification seemed clinched by the fact that in the local dialect of the Arabic, the letter 'q' was pronounced as a 'g.'  Uqair is pronounced Ogair, which is close enough to the Greek name to be convincing." (Bibby, p. 318).

In Bibby's quest for the city of Dilmun he managed three sondages (digs) at the city of Uqair. Of his investigation, he detailed his search for pre-Islamic clues: "the ruined city of Uqair stretches more vastly on the ground than it appeared from the air.  I followed ... the northern wall across the subkha [Arabic term for dried salt flats] toward the shore, the ruined tower - certainly a modern addition - marked the southwestern corner ... ahead of me the wall ended at a coastal tower, but like the wall, only a course or so high ... and beyond the strait lay the mud brick houses and yellow fort of the present villages." (Bibby, p. 323).

Bibby details the construction of the wall and deduces that  "the wall was built of a coral like conglomerate called farush," which to Bibby "felt wrong because of the fluctuating level of sea water." He stated; "If anywhere there was a subkha today there should have been water even as recently as 2000 years ago. If that were true then this wall (at Uqair) could not be as old as the wall at Thaj." (Bibby, p. 324).  (The walls of Thaj, another ruined city near Qatif, were built during the same period as Gerrha - the Greek period.)  But as Bibby concludes ... "in the cities of the Greek period on Bahrain and the temple of towns of the Seleucid on Failaka (an island off the coast of Kuwait once thought to be a Hellenistic foundry of coins) farush was never used.  The walls there were made of quarried limestone." (Bibby, p. 324.)

Northwest of Uqair, referred to as the salt mine site, or Gerrha, are the extensive remains of irrigation works and fields visible on aerial photographs of the area, some of which may be dated to the Hellenistic period. (Potts, p. 56-57).  Bibby went to these irrigation channels to dig and search for artifacts in 1968.  He excavated what he labeled the "subkha fort and produced several shards comparable to types known from Thaj and Hellenistic Bahrain.  Identical results were obtained in a sounding carried out in a different structure.  This was the so called inland fort.  It measured 150 ft. (49 m) by 156 ft. (52 m) and was constructed by large stone ashlars.  The contention has sometimes been made that this was the site of ancient Gerrha, but there is no evidence to support this. (Potts, p. 56-57).  The site of the fort is not the same as the irrigation channels.

Portuguese influence
It is not impossible the fort at Uqair could be the result of the Portuguese domination of the Persian Gulf, which began in 1506 with the expedition of Afonso de Albuquerque. His mission was to destroy Arab trade and establish Portuguese dominance. Their oppressive influence may have completely transformed the regional power structure but they left no religious and hardly any cultural imprint, except for their cannons and ruined garrisons. (From the Trucial States to the United Arab Emirates, Frauke Heard-Bay, p. 271).  Before the Portuguese, "wealthy city states were developed around favorably situated harbors ... inhabited mostly by Arab tribes ... to dominate the entrepot trade between India, Arab countries and Europe, which passed through Mesopotamia and the Red Sea."  (From the Trucial States to the United Arab Emirates, Geoffrey Frauke Heard-Bey, p. 271). The construction of Portuguese forts was common.  A large structure still stands on the island of Bahrain (1521 AD) in recognition of its importance as a favorable position to assert their power and control of the Persian Gulf by way of the Straits of Hormuz. (Dilmun Discovered, Michael Rice, p. 70). The Portuguese left the Gulf in 1648 after several revolts of Arab natives attempted to regain their harbors and trade.  The confusion and growing interest of the Turks (who also built forts in the region) and Persians created a situation for the Portuguese which they could not control.  (The Arabian Peninsula, George Allen, p. 94).

Conference of Uqair

Lastly, Uqair was an historic meeting place of major early Arabian political importance.  In 1922, prominent politicians and leaders met to discuss and from new boundaries of the growing Arab state under Ibn Saud, the new revolutionary leader who was conquering the peninsula and attempting to unite it.  In attendance at the Conference of Uqair was Sir Percy Zachariah Cox of Great Britain. Representing the not yet established kingdom of Saudi Arabia was Ibn Saud himself. The purpose of the rendezvous was to harness and "guarantee the limits of Saudi expansion." (House of Saud, David Holden/Richard Johns, p. 79). At the meeting, the delegates formed the Protocol of Uqair to define the borders between northeastern Saudi Arabia with Kuwait and Iraq. Sir Percy Cox reportedly drew a line on the map from the head of the Persian Gulf (in the east) to the Trans-Jordan frontier (in the west). It gave Ibn Saud a large chunk of territory by Kuwait ... but transferred another large slice of Ibn Saud's territory into Iraqi hands. And to meet the needs of the Bedouin tribes ... a neutral zone." (The House of Saud, David Holden and Richard Johns, p. 80). Back then, Kuwait was ruled by Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber, who did not attend the meeting and was later informed of the new borders.

Conclusion
The history of Uqair is multi-faceted. The irrigation channels north of Uqair could be the abandoned city of Gerrha. And it is alternatively possible the lost city lay beneath the sabkha near the ruined Islamic city of Uqair. But Bibby's efforts to dig the channels and beneath the walls of Uqair proved fruitless in the search for Gerrha. (Looking for Dilmun, Geoffrey Bibby, p. 372). It is the belief of the author of this article that the fort at Uqair is of Islamic origin and constructed by Arabs in defense and in anticipation of foreign attack, that eventually arrived in form of the Portuguese. Despite the lack of conclusively identifying its original builders, Uqair stands in quiet aura as a testimony to a mysterious and diverse cultural landscape that flourished in its proximity.

Further reading

Area Handbook for the Persian Gulf States, 1st Edition.
Bibby, G., Looking for Dilmun.
Frauke Heard-Bey, G. A. 1996. From the Trucial States to the United Arab Emirates.
Groom, N., Frankincense and Myrrh, A Study of Arabian Incense Trade.
Holden, D., and Johns, R. The House of Saud.
Mandaville, J. and Grimsdale M., "The Sumerian Connection", ARAMCO World, March/April 1980.
Potts, D. T., The Persian Gulf in Antiquity, Vol. II.
Rice, M., Dilmun Discovered.
A Visit To Some Early Cities, 1963, Saudi Aramco World


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It continued as a monthly but with a frequency starting World War II as a bimonthly with joint issues covering two months (6 issues per year).

In 1991 the publication became a quarterly and issued once every three months (4 issues a year).

In the year 2000, the publication turned into a semi-annual issue (two issues titled Spring and Autumn). In 2010, it was retitled as LBE (abbreviation of La Brita Esperantisto), but it reverted to the title La Brita Esperantisto in 2015.

Editors included Montagu C. Butler, Wadham, K. Alexander, C. J. Hunt, Cecil C. Goldsmitt, G. Osmotherly, D. B. Gregor, Neindikite, A. E. Nobes, Edward Ockey, Dermond J. F. Quirke and William Auld, Paul Gubbins, Ian Carter and Tim Owen, the latter as editor in chief since Spring 2018 issue.

Editors

Notes
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The album was released in September 2013 in two different formats: in compact disc format with an opulent hardcover photo book of 156 pages (28 x 28 cm), and an exclusive T-shirt (limited to 1999 copies); and on 12-inch vinyl with two posters, exclusive artwork by Natalie Shau and Keith Thompson, and a different T-shirt (limited to 890 copies.)  Both editions were signed and numbered by Anna-Varney Cantodea herself. Additionally, the album was released via Bandcamp for digital download.

Track listing

Personnel
Nikos Mavridis: Violin
Tim Ströble: Cello
Patrick Damiani: Bass, Lute, Recording, Mixing
Jonas Schira: Cornet
Michael Fütterer: Trombone
Patrick Chirilus-Bruckner: Tuba
Robin Schmidt: Mastering
Anna-Varney Cantodea: Vocals, All other instruments, Programming, Mixing

Notes


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Fulmer was born near Springfield, South Carolina. He attended the public schools and was graduated from Massey Business College in Columbus, Georgia in 1897. He engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits in Norway, South Carolina, and also engaged in banking.

Political career

Fulmer was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives 1917–1920. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death. While in Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-eighth Congresses). He had been nominated for re-election to the Seventy-ninth Congress before dying in Washington, D.C., October 19, 1944. He was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina.


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Specktors started working in the Copenhagen underground / club scene and in April 2008 launched a tour all over Denmark. They had their break when their song "Hellerup Ansigt // Amar Røv" was played by DJ Kjeld Tolstrup on Denmark's P3 radio program Unga Bunga. Soon after they landed a deal in  2009 with Music For Dreams label, where they released their debut album Shanksville on 9 September 2009 (090909). The album included collaborations with MagerMayn, Pato Siebenhaar, MC Ena (from Fagget Fairys) and Jokeren.

In summers of 2011 and 2012, they performed at the Roskilde Festival. In 2012, they made some mixtapes, releasing in June 2012 their second album Kadavermarch. The first track to release as a single was "Lågsus", a huge hit featuring Danish singer Medina going straight to #1 on Tracklisten, the official Danish Singles Chart.

Discography

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He competed for Thailand at the 2004 and 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup finals.


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He began his professional career with Montpellier, playing 130 games from 2010 to 2014 and winning Ligue 1 in 2012. After a season each with Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain – winning five domestic trophies with the latter – he signed for Schalke in 2016.

He was a France youth international, having earned 14 caps at under-21 level from 2010 to 2012.

Personal life
Stambouli's father is  Henri Stambouli, a former player and the current youth director of French club Marseille, and his grandfather is former manager Gérard Banide.

Club career

Montpellier
Born in Marseille, Stambouli spent eight months as a child at Olympique de Marseille, and also had two years at Sedan before joining the ranks of Montpellier in July 2004. On 3 March 2010, he signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal with Montpellier.

Stambouli made his professional debut on 8 August 2010 on the first day of the 2010–11 Ligue 1 season, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 home win over Bordeaux. During the 2011–12 season, he played 26 league games as Montpellier won the Ligue 1 title for the first time in the club's history. During the 2013–14 season, Stambouli played 37 out of Montpellier's 38 league games and was promoted to position of vice-captain behind Brazilian Hilton.

Tottenham Hotspur
On 1 September 2014, Stambouli signed for Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be in the region of £4.7 million. He scored his only goal for the club in a Europa League match against Partizan Belgrade on 27 November, following up a shot from Roberto Soldado, which had rebounded off of the post. Stambouli appeared in every round of the League Cup as Tottenham reached the final at Wembley where, however, Stambouli was an unused substitute as Tottenham were beaten 2–0 by Chelsea. At the conclusion of his first year at Spurs, Stambouli had made just 12 appearances in the Premier League.

Paris Saint-Germain
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Schalke 04
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International career
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Stambouli is eligible for the Algeria national football team because his father was born there; in November 2018 he denied rumours that he would play for them.

Career statistics

Honours
Montpellier
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Tottenham Hotspur
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Paris Saint-Germain
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2013 Asian Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles

Medalists

Seeds
Singles matches were best of 7 games in the main draw.

  Xu Xin
  Ma Long
  Chuang Chih-Yuan
  Jun Mizutani
  Yan An
  Gao Ning
  Jiang Tianyi
  Koki Niwa
  Kenta Matsudaira
  Seiya Kishikawa
  Fan Zhendong
  Tang Peng
  Kazuhiro Chan
  Zhou Yu
  Noshad Alamiyan
  Cho Eon-Rae

Draw

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8


Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Norway was represented at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 112 competitors, 101 men and 11 women, took part in 70 events in 15 sports.

Medalists
Norway finished in 21st position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and four medals overall.

Gold

 Knut Knudsen — Cycling, Men's 4,000m Individual Pursuit
 Leif Jenssen — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight

Silver

 Frank Hansen and Svein Thøgersen — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls

Bronze

 Egil Søby, Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger, and Jan Johansen — Canoeing, Men's K4 1,000m Kayak Fours

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Norway entered one woman and three men in the competition. Their best finisher, at 32nd place in the men's competition, was Jan Erik Humlekjær.

Men's Individuel Competition:
 Jan Erik Humlekjær - 2339 points (→ 32nd place)
 Johannes Akkerhaugen - 2288 points (→ 36th place)
 Egil Borgen Johansen - 2219 points (→ 48th place)

Women's Individual Competition:
 Brit Stav - 1929 points (40th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres
Audun Garshol
 Heat — 10.49 s (→ advanced to the quarter final)
 Quarter final — 10.55 s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres
Audun Garshol
 Heat — 21.16 s (→ advanced to the quarter final)
 Quarter final — 25.30 s (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres
Wenche Sørum
 Heat — 4:14.10 min (→ advanced to the semi final)
 Semi final — 4:09.70 min (→ did not advance)
Grete Waitz
 Heat — 4:16.00 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
Per Halle
 Heat — 13:38.6 min (→ advanced to the final)
 Final — 13:34.38 min (→ 7th place)
Arne Risa
 Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)
Knut Børø
 Heat — 14:15.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres
Arne Risa
 Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Jan Voje
 Heat — 8:42.0 min (→ did not advance)
Sverre Sørnes
 Heat — 8:54.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump
Leif Roar Falkum
 Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
Finn Bendixen
 Qualification — 7.61 m (→ did not advance)

Men's triple jump
Kristen Fløgstad
 Qualification — 16.41 m (→ advanced to the final)
 Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw
 Bjørn Grimnes
 Round 1 — 77.54 metres (→ advanced to the final)
 Final — 83.08 metres (→ 5th place)

Men's 20 km walk
 Jan Rolstad — 1:33:03 hrs (→ 11th place)

Men's 50 km walk
 Kjell Georg Lund — 4:34.23 hrs (→ 24th place)

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Seven cyclists represented Norway in 1972.

Individual road race
 Tore Milsett — 17th place
 Thorleif Andresen — 70th place
 Arve Haugen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
 Jan Henriksen — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial
 Thorleif Andresen
 Arve Haugen
 Knut Knudsen
 Magne Orre

1000m time trial
 Harald Bundli
 Final — 1:09.72 (→ 18th place)

Individual pursuit
 Knut Knudsen

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:
 Roar Løken — 514.92 points (→ 10th place)

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1972.

Men's épée
 Morten von Krogh
 Ole Mørch
 Jeppe Normann

Men's team épée
 Jan von Koss, Jeppe Normann, Ole Mørch, Claus Mørch Jr.

Gymnastics

Handball

Norway's 1-1-1 record in the first round put the team in a tie for second place with West Germany (which was the team that Norway had tied), but the advantage went to the West Germans and Norway's third-place finish put them into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation bracket. They defeated Japan to set up a match with Poland for ninth and tenth places, which Norway won.

Men's Team Competition:
 Norway - 9th place (3-1-1)

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs
Rolf Andreassen, Arne Bergodd and Thor-Egil Olsen
Heat — 8:00.56
Repechage — 8:03.50
Semi Finals — 8:30.29
B-Final — 7:58.45 (→ 7th place)

Sailing

Flying Dutchman class
Christian Bendixen and Ragnar Fjordan — 109.7 points (→ 14th place)

Tempest class
Peder Lunde and Axel Gresvig — 70.0 points (→ 6th place)

Finn class
Per Werenskiold — 167.0 points (→ 25th place)

Star class
Bjørn Lofterød and Odd Roar Lofterød — 101.0 points (→ 15th place)

Dragon class
Teddy Sommerschild, Jan-Erik Aarberg and Sven Gerner-Mathisen — 73.7 points (→ 11th place)

Soling class
Crown Prince Harald, Eirik Johannessen and Rolf Lund — 76.7 points (→ 10th place)

Shooting

Seven male shooters represented Norway in 1972.

25 m pistol
 Thor-Øistein Endsjø

50 m pistol
 John Rødseth

300 m rifle, three positions
 Helge Anshushaug
 Bjørn Bakken

50 m rifle, three positions
 Bjørn Bakken
 Helge Anshushaug

50 m rifle, prone
 Helge Anshushaug
 Jens Nygård

50 m running target
 John H. Larsen, Jr.
 Tore Skau

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle
Fritz Warncke
 Heat — 54.41s (→  22nd place, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
Fritz Warncke
 Heat — 2:00.98 (→  31st place, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle
Sverre Kile
 Heat — 4:20.86 (→  did not advance)

Men's 400m Medley
Sverre Kile
 Heat — 4:59,72 (→  did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle
Grethe Mathisen
 Heat — 1:01.47 (→  17th place, did not advance)

Women's 200m Medley
Trine Krogh
 Heat — 5:25,08 (→  did not advance)

Women's 400m Medley
Trine Krogh
 Heat — 2:36,27 (→  did not advance)

Weightlifting

Wrestling


Rochester Razorsharks

The Rochester RazorSharks are a professional basketball team based in Rochester, New York. The RazorSharks were founded in 2005 as a member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). They remained in the ABA until 2007, leaving the league to become founding members of the Premier Basketball League (PBL). The RazorSharks have won eight championships to date – the 2006 ABA championship and PBL titles in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. The team joined the new North American Premier Basketball for the 2018 season and planned to play in The Basketball League in 2019 before the team decided to sit out the season. The RazorSharks announced in August 2019 that the team would return in a re-launched PBL for the 2020 season with the franchise rights acquired by Mooreland Productions, LLC, a local entertainment company, and have stated they will play in a new venue.

History

2005–2006
The Rochester RazorSharks were founded in 2005 as an American Basketball Association expansion team. The RazorSharks had much success during their first season, as they finished their inaugural regular season at 26–4, ranked #1 in the ABA Pit Bull Power Rankings, and were named as one of ProBasketBallNews.com's Top 10 Minor League teams.  They also led the ABA in attendance. Their regular season high was 6,192 against Indiana. Due to their success at the gate, Rochester hosted the 2006 ABA Great Eight Tournament. On March 26, the RazorSharks won the ABA championship, defeating the SoCal Legends 117–114 in front of a then franchise record crowd of 6,377.

The RazorSharks won a league title in their first season, which continued a Rochester basketball tradition: a league title in a team's first season. The Rochester Royals won the 1950–51 National Basketball Association championship and the Rochester Zeniths captured the 1978–79 Continental Basketball Association title.

2006–2007
During the team's first off-season, the RazorSharks re-signed head coach Rod Baker. The deal was a two-year contract, keeping the 2005–06 ABA Coach of the Year in Rochester until the end of the 2007–2008 season. Despite the loss of 2006 ABA MVP Chris Carrawell, the RazorSharks reloaded by signing key players such as C/F Mike Mackell and including the mid-season pickup of G/F Ricky Price.

The team opened the season with two wins on the road, returning to Rochester for their 2006 home opener on November 16, a 107–93 win over the rival Buffalo Silverbacks. Two days later on November 18, ABA Commissioner John Salley presented the players and staff with their championship rings, and helped hoist the 2005–06 ABA Championship banner to the rafters of the Blue Cross Arena. A 124–114 win over the Maryland Nighthawks followed the ceremony.

On December 28, the RazorSharks beat the Cape Cod Frenzy 92–88. The win was the franchise's 24th consecutive home victory, eclipsing the local pro basketball record set by the 1949–50 Rochester Royals and the 1978–79 Rochester Zeniths. The announced attendance of 7,858 was not only a franchise high, but a local high for a pro basketball game. The RazorSharks finished the regular season with an 18–0 home record, extending their home win streak to 35 consecutive wins in the process.  It had been over a year since the franchise's last home loss. The Niagara DareDevils had beaten Rochester on November 24, 2005.

On March 22, the RazorSharks announced they were leaving the ABA to help form the new Premier Basketball League.

2008
The team's first year in the PBL was very successful, finishing with an 18–2 record and the top seed in the league playoffs.  Following first and second-round byes, they defeated the Reading Railers 100–76 for a berth in the championship game. Rochester's success came despite a large turnover of players, as there were only four holdovers from the 2007 team (James Reaves, John Halas, Demond Stewart, and Keith Friel).

On March 30, the RazorSharks won the PBL's inaugural championship, defeating the Arkansas Impact 142–112.  Another notable incident in the title game was forward Sammy Monroe grabbing the rim for a rebound and shattering the backboard in the process.  The glass shrapnel injured teammate James "Mook" Reaves and delayed the game for 45 minutes while the backboard was replaced and medical staff tended to Reaves' injuries. For the championship game Rochester had a record crowd with 9,717 in attendance, a record which still stands today.

2009
Reaves, Friel and Jerice Crouch returned to the Sharks in 2009, along with role players Ron Rollerson and Steve Hailey. Chris Iversen was promoted from the front office to assistant coach during the off-season.

The team struggled early, losing three of their first four games. On January 19, the Vermont Frost Heaves ended Rochester's 48-game home winning streak. However, the RazorSharks won all 15 remaining regular-season games to finish the regular season 17–3, winning the league's Eastern Division and the second seed in the PBL playoffs. The PBL semifinals pitted the RazorSharks against the third-seeded Manchester Millrats. The teams split the first two games of the best-of-three series, the visitor winning each game. Back at the BCA, the Sharks won Game 3 110–103 to advance to the PBL championship series.

Due to arena difficulties in Battle Creek, the PBL announced that the planned three-game series would instead be a single game held on April 19 in Rochester.
The RazorSharks won the game easily 152–115. Sammy Monroe shattered the backboard again delaying the games for 45 minutes in the first quarter.

2011
After starting the season 2–6, the RazorSharks finished the season 12–8, good for a third-place finish in the league. Rochester defeated Quebec and Lawton-Fort Sill in three-game series for the franchise's fourth title in six seasons.

2013–14
In 2013–14 the RazorSharks would win their first PBL championship title in three years after finishing 17–1 during the regular season and defeating the Indianapolis Diesels two games to one. Jerice Crouch would be named the Playoff MVP.

2015
In a strong effort to win their first set of back-to-back titles since 2008 and 2009, the RazorSharks added new head coach, former scout of the Cleveland Cavaliers and 2010–'11 PBL Coach of the Year, Robert Spon. Also Chris Iversen, who has been with the RazorSharks every year since inception, minus the 2013–14 season will be returning as an assistant coach. The RazorSharks would go on to complete the perfect season after going undefeated (15–0) in the regular season and sweep the Lake Michigan Admirals in a close series to win the league's 2015 PBL Championship. This would mark the team's fifth Premier Basketball League title and sixth overall in history.

2016
In 2016, Rochester was able to turn around a disappointing 2–2 start by promoting long time assistant, Chris Iversen to the head coaching position.  Iversen went undefeated for the remainder of the season, winning 16 straight regular season games, plus three postseason match-ups, finishing with a sweep of the Lake Michigan Admirals in the best of three PBL Championship Series.  The 2016 title was the third straight PBL Championship for the RazorSharks, and their seventh total in team history.

Current roster

Year-by-year results
The RazorSharks have made the championship series every year of their existence besides (2007). They boast a record of 7–3 in the championship.

Retired numbers

Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2018 season.


Dr. H. B. Ward House

The Dr. H. B. Ward House is a historic house in Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama.  The two-story, wood-frame I-house was built for Dr. Henry Bascomb (H.B.) Ward in 1880. It has architectural influences drawn from Greek Revival and late Victorian architecture.  The primary facade is five bays wide, with a one-story porch spanning the entire width.  A two-story central portico, Greek Revival in style, projects from the central bay and over the one-story porch.  A large rear addition was made to the house circa 1890.  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 1998.


Looft

Looft is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


A1 Team Korea

A1 Team Korea was a South Korean motor racing team that started in two rounds of the A1 Grand Prix international racing series' final season in 2008–09.

The team fielded one car, driven by Hwang Jin-woo, which ended the rainy Netherlands feature race in seventh place, its only points finish. The racing team was run by Carlin Motorsport. Jung-Yong Kim of Omnibus Investment was registered as the team's seat holder - a requirement of the race series.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key) "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.


Alpha-Difluoromethyl-DOPA

α-Difluoromethyl-DOPA (DFMD, DFM-DOPA) is a DOPA decarboxylase inhibitor.


Aliabad, Mahan

Aliabad (, also Romanized as ‘Alīābād; also known as ‘Alīābād-e Bongāh) is a village in Mahan Rural District, Mahan District, Kerman County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported.


Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies

PREservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies (PREMIS) is an international working group concerned with developing metadata for use in digital preservation.

In 2003 the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and Research Libraries Group (RLG) established the PREMIS working group, which consisted of a multi-national roster of more than thirty representatives from the cultural, government, and private sectors, in order to define implementable, core preservation metadata, with guidelines/recommendations for management and use.
PREMIS was “charged to define a set of semantic units that are implementation independent, practically oriented, and likely to be needed by most preservation repositories”.

In May 2005, PREMIS released Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final Report of the PREMIS Working Group. This 237-page report includes: PREMIS Data Dictionary 1.0: a comprehensive, practical resource for implementing preservation metadata in digital archiving systems; accompanying report (providing context, data model, assumptions); special topics, glossary, usage examples; set of XML schema which was developed to support use of the Data Dictionary. Version 2.0 of PREMIS was released in March 2008. Version 3.0 of PREMIS was released in June 2015.

History
Every digital object usually has metadata with descriptive information about the object connected to it.  Digital library professionals however are all too aware that metadata for access and discovery is no longer enough, as a result, these professionals are looking to the future with an eye towards preservation, not only of the digital objects themselves but its metadata as well. Consider that certain file formats can become obsolete and inaccessible by future applications. This would require either transforming older formats to new (migration), or reproducing the original experience with newer technology (emulation). Both strategies would require the following: technical metadata about the original files, the older hardware and software that they ran on, and what actions had been performed on them, all of which is preservation metadata. Preservation metadata therefore supports activities intended to ensure the long-term usability of a digital resource.

The PREMIS working group was created to further the work began by another initiative sponsored by the OCLC and the RLG: the Preservation Metadata Framework (PMF) working group. In 2001–2002 the PMF working group outlined the types of information that should be associated with an archived digital object. Their report, A Metadata Framework to Support the Preservation of Digital Objects (the Framework), proposed a list of prototype metadata elements. At this stage these proposed elements could not be implemented and additional work was needed. The PREMIS working group was asked to take the PMF group’s findings a step further and develop a data dictionary of core metadata for archived digital objects, as well as give guidance and suggest best practice for creating, managing, and using the metadata in preservation systems.

In November 2003 the PREMIS working group sought to understand how preservation repositories were actually implementing preservation metadata. A survey was performed on 70 organizations thought to be active in or interested in digital preservation. In December 2004 the PREMIS working group published its report, Implementing Preservation Repositories for Digital Materials: Current Practice and Emerging Trends in the Cultural Heritage Community. The findings were extremely helpful in the development of the Data Dictionary.

The earlier Framework and the PREMIS Data Dictionary build on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model. The OAIS information model provides a conceptual foundation in the form of a taxonomy of information objects and packages for archived objects, and the structure of their associated metadata. The Framework, through its deeply detailed mapping of preservation metadata to that conceptual structure, can be seen as an elaboration of OAIS. The PREMIS Data Dictionary, on the other hand, can be seen as a translation of the Framework into a set of implementable semantic units. The Data Dictionary and OAIS sometimes differ in terminology usage and these are noted in the Glossary. Differences usually reflect the fact that PREMIS semantic units require more specificity than the OAIS definitions provide, which is to be expected when moving from a conceptual framework to an implementation.

Entities
The PREMIS data model consists of five interrelated entities:

 Intellectual (in last version 3.0 Intellectual entity is in Object)
 Object (divided into three subtypes)
 Event
 Agent
 Rights

With each semantic unit in the data dictionary categorized in one of these areas.

An Intellectual  entity is a set of content that constitutes a discrete, coherent intellectual unit, such as a book or a database. These may be compound objects containing other intellectual entities and may have multiple digital representations. Descriptive metadata is usually applied at this level; given the proliferation of competing schemes, the working group did not define any further descriptive semantic units and allowed for interoperability through “extension containers” (containers hold a related group of semantic units) that can be used for external schemes.

Most of the semantic units listed in the data dictionary relate to Object and Event entities, the former being further divided into three subtypes of file, bitstream, and representation. A file is the level at which most end users are used to working, a “named and ordered sequence of bytes that is known by an operating system.” It includes a variety of file system attributes, rendering it understandable by an operating system, encompassing bitstreams, which are “contiguous or non-contiguous data within a file that has meaningful common properties for preservation purposes.”  A representation is, in a sense, the “highest level” of this model, for it may encompass several files in order to properly render the structure and content of an intellectual entity.  Not all repositories will be concerned with preserving representations, depending on their purpose and the curatorial body’s need to preserve what might be considered the entity’s digital “intrinsic value.” Furthermore, intellectual entities may have multiple representations within a repository. Events interrelate with objects insofar as they involve actions that have an effect on them or agents ("a person, organization, or software...associated with Events...or with Rights attached to an object") associated with the object.

Finally, the inclusion of rights entities responds to an increased awareness of and concern for the legal requirements of copyright and licensing. It also includes information about the specific actions permitted; for example, semantic unit 4.1.6.1, act, “the action the preservation repository is allowed to take,” includes such suggested values as replicate, migrate, and delete.

Data dictionary
PREMIS data dictionary entries include twelve attribute fields, not all of which are applied to every semantic unit (analogous to an "element" in other metadata schemes). In addition to the name and definition of the unit, the fields record such things as rationale for including the unit, usage notes, and examples of how the value might be filled in. Four of the attributes - object category, applicability, repeatability, and obligation - are linked, as the last three are defined for each of the object entity levels of file, bitstream, and representation. The dictionary is hierarchical; some semantic units are contained within others.  For example, 1.3 preservationLevel, includes four semantic components, such as 1.3.1 preservationLevelValue and 1.3.2 preservationLevelRole.


Eldorado (2012 film)

Eldorado is a British horror-comedy film written and directed by Richard Driscoll and stars Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, and Michael Madsen. It also stars Brigitte Nielsen, Kerry Washington, Jeff Fahey, Steve Guttenberg, Bill Moseley and Peter O'Toole. The film has been described as a horror/comedy/musical road movie.

Cast
 Daryl Hannah as The Stranger
 David Carradine as The Spirit Guide
 Darren Morgan as Stanley "Stan" Rosenblum
 Richard Driscoll as Oliver "Ollie" Rosenblum
 Peter O'Toole as Narrator
 Jeff Fahey as Doc Martin
 Michael Madsen as Ted
 Patrick Bergin as Roy
 Brigitte Nielsen as Angel
 Steve Guttenberg as JJ
 Kerry Washington as Tamara
 Rik Mayall as Chef Mario
 Sylvester McCoy as General Zwick
 Tyrese Gibson as David
 Bill Moseley as Lemma
 Robert Llewellyn as Meat
 Buster Bloodvessel as The Sheriff

Parodies
The film parodies many other films specifically of the horror musical genre including Sweeney Todd, The Blues Brothers and Little Shop of Horrors.

Release
The film was to receive a wide release in both the UK and in the USA in November 2010, however, though production was complete, it was not released.

On 5 June 2013 it was reported in the British media that the director had funded the film by filing false VAT tax returns to the British government. Driscoll was alleged to have falsely claimed the movie's budget to be $15 million, the figure was actually only $1.5 million, boosted by a further $2.35 million defrauded from HMRC.  He was convicted at Southwark Crown Court, and sentenced to three years imprisonment.

The film never received a theatrical release, and was published direct-to-video in the United Kingdom.


1959 Swiss referendums

Two referendums were held in Switzerland in 1959. The first was held on 1 February on the introduction of women's suffrage at the federal level, but was rejected by 67% of voters. The second was held on 24 May on adding article 22bis to the federal constitution, which concerned civil protection. It was approved by 62% of voters.

Results

February: Women's suffrage

May: Constitutional amendment


Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000

Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000 is a compilation album released on May 4, 1999 by Death Row Records featuring performances by various artists, including 2Pac, Treach, Scarface, Tha Realest, Swoop G, Lil' C-Style, K-Ci, Soopafly, Jewell, Danny Boy, Outlawz, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, E-40,  Top Dogg, DJ Quik, and Miilkbone among others. The album was received poorly by professional reviewers and critics but sold well, charting high on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Billboard 200 charts.

Title
The title "Chronic 2000" was the original title for former Death Row Records artist Dr. Dre's anticipated second album but Suge Knight took the title and used it for this album which forced Dre to retitle his album to 2001.

Track listing

Disc One
"Chronic 2000" (VK featuring: Treach)
"Gotta Love Gangsta's" (Tha Realest featuring: Scarface, Richie Rich)
"Top Dogg Cindafella" (Top Dogg)
"Who Do U Believe In?" (2Pac featuring: Kadafi)
"I Thought You Knew" (Mac Shawn featuring: E-40, Daz Dillinger)
"Curiosity" (VK)
"It's Goin' Down" (Mac Shawn featuring: Daz Dillinger, Tha Realest)
"Don't Forget Where You Came From" (Snoop Dogg Diss) (Swoop G)
"Like It or Not" (Soopafly)
"Easy to Be a Soldier (When There Ain't No War)" (Tha Realest featuring: Swoop G, Lil' C-Style)
"Beautiful Lady" (Danny Boy, featuring: K-Ci)
"Stand Strong" (Tha Realest featuring: Danny Boy, Jewell)
"We Don't Love 'Em" (Top Dogg)
"Because of You Girl" (Tha Dogg Pound featuring: Tha Realest)

Disc Two
"Roll wit' Us" (Tha Dogg Pound)
"Drinks on Me" (Captain Save'm & Ant Banks)
"Late Night" (2Pac featuring: DJ Quik, Outlawz)
"They Wanna Be Like Us" (Tha Realest featuring:  Top Dogg, Doobie)
"OG to BG" (Soopafly featuring: Tha Dogg Pound)
"I Wanna Be Loved by You" (Kelmar featuring: Rubt, Herbert Stothart)
"Wanna Be Loved" (Michel'le featuring VK)
"I'm Comin' Home" (Tha Realest featuring Jewell)
"I'm Country" (Doobie)
"Presenting Miilkbone" (Eminem Diss) (Miilkbone featuring: Naji)
"The Things Your Man Won't Do" (VK)
"Now What" (Capricorn)
"Ride or Get Rode On" (Bad Habitz)
"Mr. Officer" (Michel'le featuring: Captain Save'm, El Dorado)

Chart positions

Notes


Baddinsgill

Baddinsgill is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The Baddinsgill Reservoir is a few hundred metres north of the hamlet.


Cemetery of Poggioreale, Naples

The Cemetery of Poggioreale is one of the major cemeteries in Naples, Italy. It is also known as Camposanto Nuovo, to distinguish it from Camposanto Vecchio, which is now known as Cemetery of the 366 Fossae. It is delimited by the Largo Santa Maria del Pianto, Via del Riposo, Via Santa Maria del Pianto, and via nuova Poggioreale, and is built upon the ruins of Alphonso II's Villa Poggio Reale.

History
Until the 18th century most funeral monuments were located inside churches, closer to the divine air, and where they could either buy a generation of prayer, or at least be entombed within earshot of genuflecting masses, so as to be lifted into heaven by their overhead chants. As churches became crowded with tombs, this open air monumental cemetery allowed noble families to build private chapels and crypts in a slightly more secular location, on the southern side of the hill of Poggioreale. The cemetery was begun during the Napoleonic occupation, and remodelled in 1836-1837.

The layout is that of a garden. At the upper end is a Neoclassic church with a Pieta by Gennaro Cali, in its tribune; and behind a large oblong square, surrounded by a portico of fluted Doric columns, out of which open 102 proprietary chapels, beneath each of which are the family vaults of the owners. The colossal, nondenominational figure of Religion in the centre of the quadrangle is by Tito Angelini. Most of the vaults are occupied by subscription to confraternities, or burial clubs.

Those who cannot afford to pay for their own graves are interred without coffins in another part of the grounds, as in the "Cemetery of the 366 Fossae"; but as the fee is small, not more than half-a-dozen bodies are deposited during the three days each pit remains open. At the southwest extremity is a space set aside for notable Neapolitans: a Quadrato degli uomini illustri (Quadrangle for illustrious men). Also adjacent are 19th-century Protestant and Jewish cemeteries of Naples.

Notable interments
Among those buried here are:
Benedetto Croce, philosopher and politician (tomb in the immediate vicinity of the entrance)
Salvatore Di Giacomo, poet and writer
Raffaele Viviani, playwright
Benedetto Cairoli politician
E. A. Mario, author
Luigi Settembrini writer and politician
Francesco De Sanctis, writer and politician
Vincenzo Gemito, sculptor
Giovanni Amendola, politician
Nicola Antonio Zingarelli, musician
Saverio Mercadante, musician
Luigi Giura, engineer of Bridge Real Ferdinando sul Garigliano
Sigismund Thalberg, musician
Tito Angelini, sculptor
Luca Botta, operatic tenor
Stefano Gasse, architect
 Antonio Niccolini, Tuscan architect who completed the facade of the  Teatro San Carlo.
Ferdinando Russo, poet and writer
Libero Bovio, poet
Gaetano Donizetti, composer


653 BC

The year 653 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 101 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 653 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

Middle East
 Elamite forces attack southern Babylon. A large Assyrian army sent by king Ashurbanipal defeat the Elamites and kill their king, Temti-Humban-Inshushinak I. He is succeeded by his nephew Humban-Nikash II.

Births

Deaths
 Tantamani, king (pharaoh) of Egypt
 Temti-Humban-Inshushinak I, king of Elam

References


Quebec Central Railway

The Quebec Central Railway  was a railway in the Canadian province of Quebec, that served the area of Quebec called the Eastern Townships, south of the St. Lawrence River. Its headquarters was in Sherbrooke. It was originally incorporated in 1869 as the Sherbrooke, Eastern Townships and Kennebec Railway, and changed its name to the Quebec Central Railway in 1875. In 1894, it built a line southward to Mégantic to connect to Canadian Pacific Railway's east-west line, the International Railway of Maine. It would eventually own around  of track.  In 1912, the Canadian Pacific Railway leased the Quebec Central for 99 years but continued to operate as Quebec Central Railway, including passenger service to American cities. The Quebec Central in turn leased the Massawippi Valley Railway, a short line from Lennoxville to Newport, in 1926; this allowed passenger service from Québec City via Sherbrooke to the United States of America.

The company operated passenger trains on several long and short routes. Its longest route travelled from Quebec City to Sherbrooke, to then to Newport, Vermont. There, passengers could transfer to Boston and Maine trains, Alouette or Red Wing bound for Boston, Massachusetts. Branch sections from the latter served passengers bound for Portland, Maine.The Boston & Maine and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad operated the Connecticut Yankee from New York City's Grand Central Terminal, up Connecticut River Valley, to Newport and along Quebec Central territory to Sherbrooke and Montreal.

Passenger service ended in April 1967, and freight service ended in November 1994. The Massawippi line's track was entirely removed in 1992. The Quebec Central was abandoned on December 23, 1994. However, because the CPR only owned 10% of the Quebec Central's stock, it could not tear up the track and dispose of the right-of-way. In December 1999, a local resident who owned a trucking company (Express Marco Incorporated) bought the railway from the CPR and revived it, with trains running starting in June 2000. The railway operated tourist excursions in addition to regular freight service.  However, the company went out of business in 2006 once more ending railway traffic on the line. The remaining portions of the line currently belong to the Ministère des Transports du Québec.


Tau Moe

Tau Moe ("Papa Tau") (pronounced Mo-ay) (August 13, 1908 – June 24, 2004) was a singer and musician who formed The Tau Moe Family musical troupe which toured the globe for decades.

Early life
Tau Moe (pronounced Mo-ay)  was born August 13, 1908 in American Samoa to Savea Aupiu Moe and Talalupelele Lupe Tuitogama’atoe. The Moe family were of the Mormon faith. Some biographical details have variances from source to source. A 1947 item in the Honolulu Star Bulletin reported that Tau was sent alone to Hawaii for his education. Historian John W. Troutman, Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, stated that the entire family moved to Laie, Oahu, Hawaii in 1919, near the Mormon Laie Hawaii Temple. Troutman speculated that it was more likely the 1918 flu pandemic, rather than religion, that motivated the move.

Born into a family grounded in church music, Tau was influenced by the "kīkā kila" – the lap steel guitar – also known as the Hawaiian guitar. He enjoyed listening to early recordings of Joseph Kekuku and others who were proficient on the instrument.  He soon crafted his own version of the kīkā kila by adapting a mail-order Montgomery Ward guitar.

Tau and his friends loitered around a music store, memorizing songs from demo records played by customers, trying to duplicate the music. He gravitated towards the stylings of guitarists Pale K. Lua, Frank Ferera and Sol Hoʻopiʻi. Decades later, he would recall being impressed when watching Hoʻopiʻi perform live.

Family musical troupe
At the time Tau met Madame Claude Riviere, she was a professor of the French language at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, who had traveled throughout the Asia-Pacific area. Riviere's home adjacent to McKinley High School was partially converted in 1927 into a theatre catering to the tourist trade. Local musicians, including Tau's uncles Tauvivi, Fuifui, and Pulu, were part of her show. In his 1990 biographical story for The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association Newsletter, Tau related how his uncle Pulu got him a  $2-a-day job with Riviere to play on weekends. During the weekdays he still attended school in Laie; 1927 would have been his senior year of high school. The crowds soon grew to 200 attendees, and Riviere booked the show at the newly opened Royal Hawaiian Hotel.

Tau moved from Laie to Honolulu and worked at a full-time job. He took steel guitar lessons from M. K. Moke, a friend of one of his uncles. Depending on when he related the story, it was either one lesson for $20, or multiple lessons for an unknown sum. Through Moke, he met fellow steel guitar student and future wife Rose Ka‘ohu from Kohala, Hawaii. At the time, Rose was a seasoned performer who could sing, dance, and play an instrument. Along with her sisters, she was part of the John Kameaaloha Almeida shows. When Riviere opted to take her show on a tour of Asia, Rose auditioned and became part of the troupe. Rose and Tau married shortly after the tour left Honolulu. She went into labor in the middle of a performance in Kyoto, and their son Lani was born on July 13, 1929.

Riviere's troupe broke up during the tour, partially due to her financial difficulties. Most of the troupe signed on with Ernest Kaʻai. Tau and Rose split off into their own act. The Moe family spent the next decade performing around the world before World War II broke out, staying long enough in several areas to become fluent in multiple languages. By the time he was 4 years old, Lani was performing on stage with his parents.

World War II

In his later years, Tau related that the family had been in and out of Germany for 40 years. During World War II, the Moe family assisted with collections for Winterhilfswerk (Winter Help), a fund for German orphans. In recognition for their charity work, the family was summoned to meet Adolf Hitler. Although Rose and Tau were not comfortable with meeting him, they were powerless to do anything when Hitler arranged for Lani to ride in the Winterhilfswerk parade in his state limousine.

The Moe family helped smuggle a friend's valuables out of (Germany), partially by Rose wearing three fur coats and explaining to the border guards that people from Hawaii were not acclimated to the cold in Germany.  Tau and Rose and family were very compassionate, helping Jews escape from Germany prior to World War II, by dressing them up in the Tau family's stage costumes.  At one point, the family lived over a Jewish-owned bookstore. They were captive witnesses when the Gestapo made a late-night raid burning not only the store's contents, but also burned the store's owners alive atop the pile of burning books. The Gestapo had learned of the Moe family's underground efforts on behalf of the Jews and were in transit to arrest the family when, warned by friends, the family slipped out the stage back door and escaped.

Post war years
The troupe performed for international figures including Winston Churchill, Aristotle Onassis and King Farouk. They were introduced to Mohandas Gandhi while performing in India. Daughter Dorian was born in Calcutta during the 1946 Bihar riots; Rose went into labor and was rushed to the hospital by the military. Tau and Lani finished their show, and afterwards also taken to the hospital by the military. In August 1947, the Moe family returned to Hawaii for the first time since 1928. While in Hawaii, they performed at Club Pago Pago on Beretania Street.

After the war, the Tau Moe Trio (Tau, Rose, Lani) entertained at US military bases, booked through the Frankfort, Germany military post, "... Hawaiians who did one of the wildest routines ever to hit the EC." The Tau Moe Trio, and his uncle's Pulu Moe Trio, were booked for an extensive run in London with orchestra leader Felix Mendelssohn, namesake descendant of German composer Felix Mendelssohn.

Later life and legacy
Moe was an influential pioneer of the Hawaiian steel guitar who along with his wife Rose formed the core of troupe. The group's success coincided with increased interest in Polynesia due in part to colonialism, and exemplified by cultural fads like Tiki bars and Tiki culture. In 1988, ethnomusicology Bob Brozman collaborated with the Moe family in producing a new recording of their songs. Released in 1989, Brozman played steel guitar, with Rose on lead vocals, Tau on rhythm guitar, Dorian on second guitar, and Lani on ukulele. The album was included in the Library of Congress American Folklife Center American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings.

Rose Moe died December 18, 1998. She was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease in the last few years of her life. After the family's return to Hawaii, Lani became a dance instructor at Brigham Young University–Hawaii. He died in 2002. Tau died June 24, 2004.

Discography

Twilight in Hawaii: Legends of Hawaiian Music (2002) CD 90203 (Sounds of the World)
Paradise Isle (2001) CD HQ CD 162 (Harlequin UK)
Ho'Omana'o I Na Mele O Ka Wa U'i  (Remembering the Songs of Our Youth) (1992) CD 6028 (Rounder)
E-Liliu-E, Hula / South Sea Sadie 78 RPM  F.B. 3512 (Columbia Graphaphone)

Filmography

The Flower of Hawaii (1953) (Tau, Rose, Lani, Dorian Moe)

Awards

2004 (Tau Moe as an individual) Living Treasures of Hawai'i – Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii


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