The Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji is a training facility for the Nigerian Armed Forces, including the army, air force and navy. It is near the village of Jaji, Nigeria, about 35 km northeast of Kaduna in the Igabi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Nigeria. It is currently headed by Air Vice Marshal Lawal Shittu Alao.

History
The Army Command and Staff College opened at Jaji in May 1976, giving two senior officers' courses. In April 1978 the College was expanded when the Army Junior Division was established to conduct courses for Captains in the Nigerian Army.
A Demonstration Battalion, the Army School of Artillery, and armor support from a composite armored battalion in Kaduna were also located at Jaji.
In September 1978, with the opening of the air faculty, Jaji was redesignated the Command and Staff College. The navy faculty was established in September 1981, assembling all senior military divisions in one campus. By 1986, 1,172 officers had graduated from Jaji's senior divisions, and 1,320 from the junior divisions.

The original senior officers' courses were based on a curriculum derived from that of the British Army Staff College, Camberley, and the college establishment was assisted by an advisory team from the British Army. The successor to the advisory team, the Joint Warfare Advisory Team, remained until October 1988.

In September 2005, United Kingdom Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram visited Jaji and announced that an extra 200,000 UK pounds would be allocated to assist training of over 17,000 Nigerian troops as peacekeepers in Africa.
In November 2006, the Prince of Wales of the United Kingdom visited Nigeria and inspected soldiers at Jaji.

Courses and facilities
In order to achieve its mission, the College runs 3 Courses, namely:
 Senior Course for Majors and their equivalent,
 Junior Course for Captains and their equivalent, and
 Staff Duties Course for Senior NCOs (Non Commissioned Officers) of the 3 Services. The Senior Divisions of the Land, Maritime and Air Warfare Departments conduct a one - year joint course per academic year for the officers of the rank of major or its equivalent.

The Junior Courses of the 3 departments conduct two 20 - week courses for officers of the rank of captain in the Army or its equivalent in each academic year. Successful students are awarded Pass Staff Course (psc) and Pass Junior Staff Course (pjsc) at the end of the Senior and Junior Courses respectively.

Notable Staff
Abdulmumini Aminu, governor of Borno State
Azubuike Ihejirika, former  Chief of Army Staff
Dan Archibong, former military governor of Cross River State
Dele Joseph Ezeoba, former Chief of Naval Staff
Emmanuel Acholonu, later administrator of Katsina State
Gideon Orkar, leader of the April 1990 coup
John Mark Inienger, commander of ECOMOG in Liberia
John Nanzip Shagaya, later a Senator
Joshua Anaja, former military governor of Plateau State
Martin Luther Agwai, Chief of Army Staff
Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Chief of Army Staff
Sani Bello, governor of Kano State
Suraj Abdurrahman, Command Officer in Charge of the Armed Forces of Liberia
Alwali Kazir, Chief of Army Staff
Oladipo Philip Ayeni, former Pioneer military governor of Bayelsa State

Notable alumni
Azubuike Ihejirika, former  Chief of Army Staff
Ibrahim Babangida, later military ruler of Nigeria
Owoye Andrew Azazi, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Staff
Emmanuel Ukaegbu, later military Administrator of Anambra State
Jonah Wuyep, later chief of the Air Staff
Femi John Femi, later chief of Air Staff
Olagunsoye Oyinlola, governor of Osun State
Paul Obi, administrator of Bayelsa State
Abubakar Tanko Ayuba, governor of Kaduna State and later Senator
Dominic Oneya, administrator of Kano State and Benue State
Amadi Ikwechegh, governor of Imo State
Tunji Olurin, governor of Oyo State, administrator of Ekiti State
Lawan Gwadabe, governor of Niger State
Oladipo Philip Ayeni, First Military Administrator of Bayelsa State


Keita Goto (footballer)

is a Japanese football player who plays for Fagiano Okayama.

Club statistics
Updated to 23 February 2018.


PlayerScale

PlayerScale, Inc. is a Belmont-based gaming infrastructure provider. As of 23 May 2013 it operates as a subsidiary of Yahoo!, but it is still functioning as a stand-alone business unit.

Player.IO

PlayerScale's Player.IO is a platform for online games. It works across consoles, the web, PCs, Macs, and on mobile phones. Player.IO is used on a daily basis by an estimated 150 million people worldwide. It works with various programming languages, including C++, Java, .NET, Objective-C, HTML5, Unity, Flash, iOS and Android. The platform includes payment processing, online chat, analytics, virtual currencies, distributed caching, authentication, social login, leaderboards, localization, among other things.

Everybody Edits

One of the Player.IO showcase projects is the maze-based platform game Everybody Edits. During his lecture at the 2011 Flash Gaming Summit, PlayerScale chief product officer and Player.IO co-founder Benjaminsen revealed that the game, initially published on Flash game portal Newgrounds, had accumulated around 250 thousand registered users in seven months and was making $10,000 monthly. In March 2019, the game suffered a data breach, exposing 871 thousand unique email addresses, alongside usernames and IP addresses. In July 2019, another data breach occurred, leaking 882 unique email addresses, usernames and passwords in plaintext, along with in-game report files.


Diocese of Kuopio

The Diocese of Kuopio is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It was founded in 1939.

Bishops of Kuopio
Eino Sormunen 1939–1962
Olavi Kares 1962–1974
Paavo Kortekangas 1974–1981
Jukka Malmivaara 1981–1984
Matti Sihvonen 1984–1996
Wille Riekkinen 1996–2012
Jari Jolkkonen 2012–


Frank Herbert Mitchell

Sir Frank Herbert Mitchell  (13 June 1878 – 27 November 1951) was a British civil servant known as a private secretary and later Groom in Waiting to King George V. He was also a useful cricketer and golfer.

Cricket
Mitchell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm underarm slow. The younger son of first-class cricketer and Eton master Richard Mitchell, he was born at Eton, Buckinghamshire and was educated at Eton College, where he represented the college cricket team. He was later educated at Balliol College, Oxford.

Mitchell debuted for Buckinghamshire in the 1897 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1897 to 1905, which included 7 Minor Counties Championship matches. Mitchell made his first-class debut for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1898. He played 2 further first-class matches in that season, against Somerset and Surrey. In his 3 matches he scored 23 runs at a batting average of 5.75, with a high score of 9. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 22.80. These all came in a single innings against Somerset, with Mitchell taking 5/32.

Golfer
Mitchell was a noted amateur golfer. He played golf for Oxford University against Cambridge University from 1898 to 1901 and also represented England in the England–Scotland Amateur Match in 1906, 1907 and 1908.

Career

During the First World War, he served as assistant director of the Official Press Bureau of the Home Office. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours.

He was to later serve as Assistant Private Secretary to King George V from 1931–1937. Knighted in 1937, Mitchell was subsequently appointed to the office of Groom in Waiting. He succeeded as the Secretary of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in 1933. He died at Crowborough Warren, Sussex on 27 November 1951.


Jean Bastien

Jean Bastien (21 June 1915 – 7 August 1969) was a professional French footballer.  He was born in Oran, French Algeria, and died, aged 54, in Marseille.


Fulltiming

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Fulltiming is a term used among motorhome individuals and families who live "full-time" in their motorhome or RV. Such mobile individuals are often called fulltimers. Fulltiming is a worldwide activity, and there are many bloggers who record their day-to-day life on the road. The term has been discussed in publications since around 1993.

Many are retired and just looking to do something different and see the world, but it is becoming increasingly common for young families to live, work and home school their children from their vehicle.

Individual fulltimers live different lifestyles. Some may choose to move their RV from one high-dollar camping resort to another. Some might volunteer or workcamp in order to trade labor for a campsite. Others might live off the grid and "boondock" (or "dry camp") full-time; in the United Kingdom this is known as "wildcamping" or "wildparking".

Fulltiming is becoming a popular way for single people and families to get a start in something that they own and avoid renting. Many people park their RV in one place and use it as a permanent residence.


John Ware (musician)

John A. Ware (born May 2, 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session and live performance work.

Biography

Early years
Ware was born in Tulsa but grew up in Oklahoma City. As a child, he first had piano lessons and then drum lessons. By age 14, he was playing with local bands, and at age 16, he met Jesse Ed Davis. In 1961, Ware and Davis attended every Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks gig they could get into, with Ware paying special attention to drummer Levon Helm.

West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
In 1965, Ware was playing in the band Laughing Wind, along with Danny Harris (guitar), Shaun Harris (bass), and Michael Lloyd (guitar) and they joined up with attorney Bob Markley, who renamed them the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. Ware was a member of the band from 1966 to 1968.

The Corvettes and Linda Ronstadt
Ware was a member of the Corvettes, a band which also included Chris Darrow (guitar, vocals), Jeff Hanna (guitar, vocals), John London (bass), and Bernie Leadon (guitar, vocals). They recorded only two 45 singles on the Dot label, both produced by Michael Nesmith. Linda Ronstadt recruited the Corvettes to be the second version of her touring band Stone Poneys.

Michael Nesmith and the First National Band
During his time with the Stone Poneys, Ware became friends with Michael Nesmith who wrote Ronstadt's hit single, "Different Drum". As Nesmith's contract with The Monkees came to an end, it was Ware's idea that they should form the First National Band, with Ware, London, Nesmith, and Red Rhodes (pedal steel]].  The First National Band recorded three albums in a year's span, but couldn't stay together after that. They did generate a radio hit record in that short time, "Joanne".

Ware also participated in the 1977 concert that was recorded for Nesmith's Live at the Palais album, released in 1978.

Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band
After the First National Band broke up, Ware spent time as a session drummer in California and doing some touring with John Stewart, Hoyt Axton, and Ian Matthews. In 1973, after being contacted by Kenny Edwards from the original Stone Poneys, he once again drummed with Linda Ronstadt.

In 1975, Ware was contacted by manager Eddie Tickner, and he became a member of Emmylou Harris' Hot Band, along with Glen D Hardin, James Burton, Hank Devito, Emory Gordy, Jr., and Rodney Crowell. Ware played with Harris until 1982.

In 2004, the original Hot Band (including Ware) was reunited for one night in Nashville when ASCAP presented Harris with the Founders Award.

In 2013, Harris and Rodney Crowell recorded an album of duets, Old Yellow Moon. Ware was one of the supporting musicians, as were other Hot Band alumni (DeVito, Burton, Hardin, and Gordy).

Wild Mountain
For a few months in 2017 Ware was a member of Wild Mountain in Denver, an Irish music / bluegrass band. Other members include Dave Sweeney (bass), Renee Fine (violin), Mike Nile (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Sarah Jones (vocals, percussion), and David Potter (guitar, banjo, vocals).

Discography

As a member of the First National Band
 1970: Loose Salute (RCA Victor
 1970: Magnetic South (RCA Victor)
 1971: Nevada Fighter (RCA Victor)

With Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band
 1975: Elite Hotel (Reprise)
 1976: Luxury Liner (album) (Warner Bros.)
 1978: Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros.)
 1979: Blue Kentucky Girl (Emmylou Harris album) (Warner Bros.)
 1979: Light of the Stable (Warner Bros.)
 1980: Roses in the Snow (Warner Bros.)
 1981: Evangeline (Warner Bros.)
 1981: Cimarron (Warner Bros.)
 1982: Last Date (Warner Bros.)
 1983: White Shoes (Warner Bros.)

As a member of Wild Mountain
 2017: Wild Mountain - Greengrass (self-released)

As producer
 1975: Steve Gillette - Back On The Street Again (Outpost)

Also appears on
 1969: Ed Sanders - Sanders' Truckstop (Reprise)
 1970: Compton & Batteau - In California (Columbia)
 1970: Jesse Ed Davis - Jesse Davis (Atco)
 1971: Hoyt Axton - Country Anthem (Capitol)
 1972: Guy Carawan - The Telling Takes Me Home (Cur Non)
 1972: Chris Darrow - Artist Proof (Fantasy)
 1972: Maxfield Parrish - It's A Cinch To Give Legs To Old Hard-Boiled Eggs (Cur Non) recorded in 1969
 1973: John Beland - John Edward Beland (Scepter)
 1976: Jonathan Edwards - Rockin' Chair (Reprise)
 1976: Harvest - Never Thirst Again (Pure Joy)
 1976: Kaleidoscope - When Scopes Collide (Pacific Arts)
 1976: Mary Kay Place - Tonite! At the Capri Lounge Loretta Haggers (Columbia)
 1977: Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff (Columbia)
 1977: Jackie DeShannon - You're the Only Dancer (Amherst)
 1977: Jonathan Edwards - Sailboat (Warner Bros.)
 1977: Walter Egan - Fundamental Roll (Columbia)
 1978: Michael Nesmith - Live at the Palais (Pacific Arts)
 1979: Rosanne Cash - Right or Wrong (Columbia)
 1979: George Jones - My Very Special Guests (Epic)
 1979: Albert Lee - Hiding (A&M)
 1983: Larry Groce - Medicine Man (Broadbeach)
 1983: Ricky Skaggs - Don't Cheat in Our Hometown (Sugar Hill)
 1986: Janie Frickie - Black and White (Columbia)
 2003: Robb Strandlund - Live (Industry) recorded in 1976
 2013: Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon (Nonesuch)


Westcar Papyrus

The Westcar Papyrus (inventory-designation: P. Berlin 3033) is an ancient Egyptian text containing five stories about miracles performed by priests and magicians. In the papyrus text, each of these tales are told at the royal court of king Khufu (Cheops) (Fourth Dynasty) by his sons. The story in the papyrus usually is rendered in English as, "King Cheops and the Magicians" and "The Tale of King Cheops' Court". In German, into which the text of the Westcar Papyrus was first translated, it is rendered as Die Märchen des Papyrus Westcar ("the fairy tales of Papyrus Westcar").

The surviving material of the Westcar Papyrus consists of twelve columns written in hieratic script. Miriam Lichtheim dates the document to the Hyksos period (eighteenth to sixteenth century BC) and states that it is written in classical Middle Egyptian. Linguist and Egyptologist  thinks it is possible that the Westcar Papyrus was written during the Thirteenth Dynasty. The papyrus has been used by historians as a literary resource for reconstituting the history of the Fourth Dynasty.

The papyrus is now on display under low-light conditions in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.

Discovery story
In 1823 or 1824, British adventurer Henry Westcar apparently discovered the papyrus during travels in Egypt. For unknown reasons he didn't note the exact circumstances under which he obtained the artifact.

In 1838 or 1839, German Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius claimed to have received the papyrus from Westcar's niece. As Lepsius was able to read some signs of Hieratic, he recognized some of the royal cartouche names of the kings and dated the text to the Old Kingdom.

There are inconsistencies about the true nature of the acquisition and the subsequent whereabouts of the Westcar Papyrus. Lepsius writes that the document was on display in the Oxford Bodleian Library, but public exhibitions have been documented there since the early 1860s and Lepsius' name does not appear in any lists or documents. Furthermore, Lepsius never made the text of the Westcar Papyrus public; he stored the papyrus at home in his attic, where it was found after his death. These inconsistencies have led to widespread speculation; many British historians speculate that Lepsius may have stolen the papyrus.

In 1886, German Egyptologist Adolf Erman purchased the papyrus from Lepsius' son and left it to the Museum of Berlin. As the hieratic signs were still insufficiently investigated and translated, the Westcar Papyrus was displayed as some kind of curiosity. Since Erman's first attempt at a complete translation in 1890, the Westcar Papyrus has been translated numerous times, resulting in different outcomes. The dating of the text also varies.

Material description
Papyrus Westcar is a reused papyrus made of the plant Cyperus papyrus. The scroll of Westcar has been separated into three parts. During the life of Lepsius and Erman it was in two parts; it is not known when and why the scroll was separated into three fragments. The text written on the papyrus includes twelve columns in all. The first part contains on the recto (the front) columns one to three, the second part contains on its recto columns four and five and the third part contains on the verso (the back) columns six to nine and on the recto, the final columns, ten to twelve. The papyrus textile is grainy, of greyish-yellowish colour and very fragile. Part one was fixed onto linen and placed between two glass panes. At five spots the papyrus was fixed to the glass with methyl cellulose. Part two was fixed to a cardboard and wooden plate and is covered by a glass pane. Part three was simply placed between two glass panes and was completely glued to them. The adhesive used for this has partially lost its transparency and a whitish haze has appeared. The edges of all three parts were left free for air circulation. Because of the paper lamination during the eighteenth century, all the papyrus fragments are partially damaged; at several spots the material is torn, distorted, and squashed. Some of the fibres are now lying over the inscription. All of the artifact shows large gaps and the rim of the scrolls is badly frayed. Because of the gaps, many parts of the text are now missing.

The text itself is completely written in black iron gall ink and carbon black ink and divided by rubra into ten paragraphs. Between the neatly written sentences red traces of an older text are visible. It looks as if Papyrus Westcar is a palimpsest; the unknown ancient Egyptian author obviously tried but partially failed to wipe the older text off. The clean and calligraphical handwriting shows that the author was a highly educated professional.

Tales of Papyrus Westcar
The first story, told by an unknown son of Khufu (possibly Djedefra), is missing everything but the conclusion, in which Khufu orders blessed offerings to king Djoser. It seems to have been a text detailing a miracle performed by a lector priest in the reign of king Djoser, possibly the famous Imhotep.

The second story, told by Khafra, is set during the reign of one of Khufu's predecessors. King Nebka's chief lector Ubaoner finds that his wife is having a love affair with a townsman of Memphis, and he fashions a crocodile in wax. Upon learning that his unfaithful wife is meeting her lover, he casts a spell for the figurine to come to life upon contact with water, and sets his caretaker to throw it in the stream by which the townsman enters and leaves the lector's estate undiscovered. Upon catching the townsman, the crocodile takes him to the bottom of the lake, where they remain for seven days as the lector entertains the visiting pharaoh. When he tells Nebka the story, and calls the crocodile up again, the king orders the crocodile to devour the townsman once and for all. Then he has the adulterous wife brought forth, set on fire, and thrown in the river.

The third story, told by another son named Baufra, is set during the reign of his grandfather Sneferu. The king is bored and his chief lector Djadjaemankh advises him to gather twenty young women and use them to sail him around the palace lake. Sneferu orders twenty beautiful oars made, and gives the women nets to drape around them as they sail. However, one of the girls loses an amulet - a fish pendant made of malachite so dear to her that she will not even accept a substitute from the royal treasury, and until it is returned to her neither she nor any of the other women will row. The king laments this, and the chief lector folds aside the water to allow the retrieval of the amulet, then folds the water back.

The fourth story, told by Hordjedef, concerns a miracle set within Khufu's own reign. A townsman named Dedi apparently has the power to reattach a severed head onto an animal, to tame wild lions, and knows the number of secret rooms in the shrine of Thoth. Khufu, intrigued, sends his son to invite this wise man to the court, and upon Dedi's arrival he orders a goose, an undefined waterbird, and a bull beheaded. Dedi reattaches the heads. Khufu then questions him on his knowledge on the shrine of Thoth, and Dedi answers that he does not know the number of rooms, but he knows where they are. When Khufu asks for the wheres and hows, Dedi answers that he is not the one who can give Khufu access, but the first of the three future kings in the womb of the woman Rededjet is. This is a prophecy detailing the beginnings of the Fifth Dynasty, starting with Userkaf.

The final story breaks from the format and moves the focus to Rededjet giving birth to her three sons. Upon the day of her children's birth, Ra orders Isis, Nephthys, Meskhenet, Heket, and Khnum to aid her. They disguise themselves as musicians and hurry to Rededjet's house to help her with the difficult birth. The three children are born, each described as strong and healthy, with limbs covered in gold and wearing headdresses of lapis lazuli. The maidservant of Rededjet later has an argument with her mistress, receives a beating and flees, vowing to tell king Khufu what had happened. But on the way, she meets her brother and tells the story to him. Displeased, he beats her, too, and sends her on a path to the water's edge where a crocodile catches her. The brother then goes to see Rededjet, who is crying over the loss of his sister. The brother starts to confess what has happened and at this point the papyrus story ends.

Analysis and interpretations
Papyrus Westcar is of great interest to historians and Egyptologists since it is one of the oldest Egyptian documents that contains such complex text. Unfortunately, the name of the author has been lost. The most recent translations and linguistic investigations by Miriam Lichtheim and Verena Lepper reveal interesting writing and spelling elements hidden in the text of the papyrus, which has led them to a new evaluation of the individual stories.

The first story is lost due to damage to the papyrus. The preserved sentences merely reveal the main protagonist of the story, King Djoser. The name of the hero, who is said to have performed the miracle, is completely lost, but Liechtheim and Lepper think it's possible that the Papyrus was talking about the famous architect and high lector priest, Imhotep.

Linguistic stylistics and changing tenses
The second and third stories are written in a conspicuous, flowery, old-fashioned style, and the author has obviously tried to make them sound as if handed down from a long time ago, but fantastic at the same time. He uses quaint phrases and makes the heroes' acting stilted and ceremonious. The first three stories are written in past tense and all the kings are addressed with the salutation "justified" (Egyptian: maa´-cheru), which was typical in Ancient Egypt when talking about a deceased king. The heroes are addressed in the second and third stories the same way. Curiously, all the kings are addressed with their birth name, notwithstanding that this was unusual in the author's lifetime. While deceased kings were normally called by their birth name, living kings were called by their Horus name. King Khufu is nevertheless called by his birth name in the first three stories, yet in the fourth story, he is treated as being still alive and being the main actor. And even the future kings Userkaf, Sahure, and Neferirkare Kakai are called by their birth names. Verena Lepper thinks, that the reason may be some kind of spelling reform that occurred in the lifetime of the author, perhaps trying to fix the spelling rule for naming a deceased king, in order to show that even the future kings in the story were long since dead during his lifetime. For this reason Verena Lepper doubts that the Westcar stories are based on documents originating from the Old Kingdom.

The fourth and fifth stories are written in present tense. The unknown author moves the timeline and also changes his mode of expression from "old-fashioned" into a contemporary form. He clearly distinguishes "long time passed" from "most recently" without cutting the timeline too quickly. The speech of Prince Hordjedef builds the decisive transition: Hordjedef is sick of hearing old, dusty tales that cannot be proven. He explains that a current wonder would be richer in content and more instructive, and so he brings up the story of Dedi. The last section of the fourth story, in which the magician Dedi gives a prophecy to king Khufu, shifts to future tense for a short time, before shifting back to present tense again. This present tense is maintained until the end of the Westcar stories.

Depictions of the kings
Papyrus Westcar contains hidden allusions and puns to the characters of the kings Nebka, Sneferu, and Khufu. An evaluation of the character description of Djoser is impossible due to the great deterioration within his story.

In the second story, king Nebka plays the key role. He is depicted as a strict, but lawful judge, who doesn't allow mischief and misbehaviour to occur. The adulterous wife of the story's hero is punished by being burnt alive and her secret lover, revealed thanks to the loyal caretaker, is eaten alive by a summoned crocodile. Caretaker and crocodile are playing the role of justice, whilst king Nebka plays the role of destiny. Lepper and Liechtheim evaluate the depiction of king Nebka as being fairly positive. A strict but lawful king was ideal for the people of the author's lifetime.

In the third story king Sneferu becomes a victim of the author's courage to criticize the monarchy. The author depicts Sneferu as a fatuous fool, who is easily pleased with superficial entertainment and who is unable to resolve a dispute with a little rowing maid. Sneferu must go to the extent of having a priest solve the problem. With this narration and embarrassing depiction of a king, the author of Westcar dares to criticise the kings of Egypt as such and makes the third story a sort of satire. Lepper points out that the critiques are hidden cleverly throughout. It is not surprising, since the author had to be careful—the Westcar Papyrus was possibly made available for public entertainment, or at least, for public study.

In the fourth story king Khufu is difficult to assess. On one hand he is depicted as ruthless: deciding to have a condemned prisoner decapitated to test the alleged magical powers of the magician Dedi. On the other hand, Khufu is depicted as inquisitive, reasonable and generous: he accepts Dedi's outrage and his offer of an alternative for the prisoner, questions the circumstances and contents of Dedi's prophecy, and rewards the magician generously. The contradictory depiction of Khufu is an object of controversy among Egyptologists and historians to this day. Earlier Egyptologists and historians in particular, such as Adolf Erman, Kurt Heinrich Sethe, and Wolfgang Helck evaluated Khufu's character as heartless and sacrilegious. They lean on the ancient Greek traditions of Herodotus and Diodorus, who described an exaggerated, negative character image of Khufu, ignoring the paradoxical (because positive) traditions the Egyptians always taught. But other Egyptologists such as Dietrich Wildung see Khufu's order as an act of mercy: the prisoner would have received his life back if Dedi had performed his magical trick. Wildung thinks that Dedi's refusal was an allusion to the respect Egyptians showed to human life. The ancient Egyptians were of the opinion that human life should not be misused for dark magic or similar evil things. Lepper and Liechtheim suspect that a difficult-to-assess depiction of Khufu was exactly what the author had planned. He wanted to create a mysterious character.

The fifth and last story tells about the heroine Rededjet (also often read as Ruddedet) and her difficult birth of three sons. The sun god Ra orders his companions Isis, Meskhenet, Hekhet, Nephthys, and Khnum to help Rededjet, to ensure the birth of the triplets and the beginning of a new dynasty. Lepper and Liechtheim both evaluate the story as some kind of narrated moral that deals with the theme of justice and what happens to traitors. Lepper points out, that the story of Rededjet might have been inspired by the historical figure of Khentkaus I, who lived and may have ruled at the end of the Fourth Dynasty. Among the titles discovered to have been given to her is the "mother of two kings". For a long time it had been thought that she may have borne Userkaf and Sahure, but new evidence shows that Sahure, at least, had a different mother (Queen Neferhetepes). The implication from the Westcar Papyrus that the first three kings of the Fifth Dynasty had been siblings, seems incorrect. Since, in the Westcar Papyrus, Rededjet is connected with the role of a future king's mother, the parallels between the biographies of the two ladies has garnered special attention. The role of the maidservant is evaluated as being a key figure for a modern phrasing of indoctrinations about morality and betrayal. The maidservant wants to run her mistress down and is punished by destiny. Destiny is depicted here as a crocodile who snatches the traitor. The whole purpose would be to ensure the beginning of a new dynasty by making the only danger disappear. The author of the Westcar Papyrus artfully creates some kind of happy ending.

Ending of Papyrus Westcar
Since the first translations of the Westcar Papyrus, historians and Egyptologists have disputed whether the story was finished or unfinished. Earlier evaluations seemed to show an abrupt ending after the death of the traitorous maidservant. But more recently, linguistic investigations made by Verena Lepper and Miriam Liechtheim (especially by Lepper) strengthen the theory that the Westcar text is definitely at an end after the story of the maidservant's death. Lepper points out that the crocodile sequence is repeated several times, like a kind of refrain, which is a typical element in similar stories and documents. Furthermore, Lepper argues that the papyrus has a lot of free space after the apparent ending, enough for another short story.

Influences of Papyrus Westcar in later Egyptian tales
Verena Lepper and Miriam Lichtheim postulate that the tales of Papyrus Westcar inspired later authors to compose and write down similar tales. They refer to multiple, and somewhat later, ancient Egyptian writings in which magicians perform very similar magic tricks and make prophecies to a king. Descriptive examples are the papyri pAthen and The prophecy of Neferti. These novels show the popular theme of prophesying used during the Old Kingdom – just as in the story of the Westcar Papyrus. They also both talk about subalterns with magical powers similar to those of Dedi's. The Papyrus pBerlin 3023 contains the story, The Eloquent Peasant, in which the following phrase appears: "See, these are artists who create the existing anew, who even replace a severed head", which could be interpreted as an allusion to the Westcar Papyrus. pBerlin 3023 contains another reference that strengthens the idea that many ancient Egyptian writings were influenced by the Westcar Papyrus: column 232 contains the phrase "sleeping until dawn", which appears nearly word-for-word in the Westcar Papyrus.

A further descriptive example appears in The prophecy of Neferti. As in the Westcar Papyrus, a subaltern is addressed by a king as "my brother" and the king is depicted as being accostable and simple-minded. Furthermore, both stories talk about the same king, Sneferu. The Papyrus pAthen contains the phrase: "...for these are the wise who can move waters and make a river flow at their mere will and want...", which clearly refers to the wonder that the magicians Djadjaemankh and Dedi had performed in the Westcar story.

Since pAthen, pBerlin 3023 and The prophecy of Neferti use the same manner of speaking and quaint phrases, complete with numerous allusions to the wonders of Papyrus Westcar, Lepper and Lichtheim hold that Dedi, Ubaoner and Djadjaemankh must have been known to Egyptian authors for a long time.


KADS

KADS (1240 AM, "The Sports Animal") is a radio station licensed to serve Elk City, Oklahoma, United States. The station, established in 1929, is currently owned by Paragon Communications, Inc.

KADS broadcasts a sports talk format, largely as a simulcast of KWPN (640 AM) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The station was assigned the KADS call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.

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AAI Group of Companies

AAI Group of Companies is one of the largest Filipino-owned logistics company. It has  a network that includes five separate logistics corporations, namely AAI Worldwide Logistics Inc., A2Z logistics Inc., Black Arrow Express, AAI+Peers, and  AAI Charity.   AAI Group’s main base of operations is in Metro Manila, Philippines, with facilities for warehousing, distribution hubs and equipment pools throughout the country.

Divisions
AAI Group comprises five corporations:

 AAI Worldwide Logistics Inc. It was established in 1979 by Saturnino Belen as Airlift Asia, Inc. In 1980, Belen formed a partnership with Uldarico Brizuela, which helped expand the company's operations.
 A2Z logistics, Inc.
 AAI+Peers
 Black Arrow Express
 AAI Charity


Chaetarthria ochra

Chaetarthria ochra is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae. It is found in Central America and North America.


Andrew Horatio Reeder

Andrew Horatio Reeder (July 12, 1807 – July 5, 1864) was the first governor of the Territory of Kansas.

Biography
Reeder was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, to Absolom Reeder and Christina (Smith) Reeder. He was educated at an academy in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He read law in a Pennsylvania law office and was admitted to the bar there in 1828. In 1831, he married Frederika Amalia Hutter. Together they had three sons and seven daughters.

Career
Reeder was a loyal member of the Democratic Party and supported the idea of popular sovereignty which dealt with territories' decisions on the issue of slavery. On June 29, 1854, President Franklin Pierce appointed Reeder to the office of the governor of the territory of Kansas and remained in office until August 16, 1855, when he was fired.

Reeder took the oath of office on July 7 and arrived in Kansas on October 7. He served until April 17, 1855, when he left the territory, making Daniel Woodson acting territorial governor. Reeder returned to the Kansas Territory on June 23. As governor of the Territory of Kansas, Reeder was a proponent of the controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act. On March 30, 1855, one of the biggest voting frauds took place, when neighboring Missourians came into the Kansas Territory to vote illegally on the issue of Kansas being admitted into the US as a free state or a slave state. The incident caused border violence between Kansas and Missouri, referred to as Bleeding Kansas. Reeder refused to ratify the results, called for a new election to fill the vacancies, and designated the townsite of Pawnee as the meeting place for the first territorial legislature.

Pierce formally dismissed Reeder for his refusal to use his position to aid in making Kansas a slave state. In May 1856, facing indictment for high treason, he left the territory disguised as a woodchopper.

Reeder returned to Pennsylvania, practiced law, and remained active in Republican Party politics.  On the first ballot for the vice-presidential nomination taken by delegates to the 1860 Republican National Convention, Reeder received fifty-one votes, which put him in fourth place behind the eventual nominee, Hannibal Hamlin.

Death
Andrew Horatio Reeder died in Easton, Pennsylvania, on July 5, 1864, and is buried in Easton Cemetery.


Vu Duc Trung

Vu Duc Trung is a Vietnamese tech executive and radio journalist who was 33 years old as of October 2014. He is a member of the Falun Gong religious movement.

Broadcasts
Beginning in April 2009, Vu Duc Trung and his brother-in-law Le Van Thanh broadcast Chinese-language short-wave radio programs on the Sound of Hope Network from their farm in the town of Thach Loi, near Hanoi. On the programs, they told Chinese listeners about Falun Gong, which was banned in China in 1999.

"SOH's broadcasts into mainland China help break the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) jealously guarded monopoly on news and information," stated the Epoch Times. "SOH's programming regularly discusses the CCP's history of violence and mass murder in China, human rights abuses, official corruption, protests against the regime, and Falun Gong and its ongoing persecution in China."

Arrests
Trung and Thanh were arrested in April 2011, prompting a protest by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The organization charged that the Vietnamese government was doing the bidding of the Chinese Communist regime. "Beijing's reach does not stop at China's borders," said RSF spokesman Gilles Lordet. "Reporters Without Borders has learned that the Chinese government successfully pressured the Vietnamese authorities to arrest two people, Vu Duc Trung and Le Van Thanh."

At first the authorities filed administrative charges against the two men, but later they upgraded the charges to criminal charges.

The Vietnamese government accused Trung and Thanh of "violating international communications regulations and damaging relations between Hanoi and Beijing," said a relative of the men, Pham Thanh Trung, who maintained that the men had not discussed politics on their radio programs, only religion.

A Hanoi lawyer, Tran Dinh Trien, said that the criminal charges against the men were unconstitutional and violated international human-rights covenants to which Vietnam was a signatory. He said that under Vietnamese law the two men had only committed an administrative offense that called for a fine, not a criminal offense that could justify imprisonment or confiscation of equipment.

"Using a radio to help other members of Falun Gong is something forbidden in China, but not in Vietnam yet," Trien said. He also dismissed as "an illusion" the claim that the men's broadcasts would harm Vietnamese-Chinese relations. "Vietnam cannot apply the same measures that China applies regarding Falun Gong members," he said. RSF expressed concern that the arrests reflected a growth in the political influence of China over its neighbors.

Trial
Trung and Thanh were originally due to stand trial on April 8, 2011. The trial was postponed and rescheduled for October 6, 2011. It was then postponed again. It was the second postponement in six months, A representative of the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi went to court to attend the scheduled October 2011 trial that was postponed. The court explained the October 2011 postponement as a response to a request from the Bureau of Radio Frequency Management.

On October 6, 2011, Freedom House condemned "China's use of diplomatic pressure to engage in further crackdowns on religious minorities and to restrict freedom of expression outside of its borders" and called upon Vietnam to drop the charges against Trung and Thanh and to release them.

Protests
Protests in support of the two defendants were held in early October 2011 in New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Houston, as well as in Australia.

On November 8, 2011, about 30 members of Falun Gong held a demonstration in support of Trung and Thanh. They were detained by police and driven away by bus.

Conviction and sentencing
The two men were convicted in a summary trial on November 10, 2011, by the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam. They were found guilty under a section of the penal code that bans "the illegal transmission of information on a telecommunications network." Their lawyer, Tran Dien Trien, reportedly asked to be shown any law that prohibited broadcasting into China, but received no response. On the same day, Trung and Thanh were sentenced to prison terms of three years and two years respectively for illegally broadcasting to China.

Responses
RSF called the sentences handed down to the two men "harsh and outrageous," stating that "The unlicensed transmission of programmes that were not in Vietnamese nor aimed at a Vietnamese audience should not have been characterized as anything other than an administrative offence. This verdict shows the authorities were conveying the anger of their Chinese counterparts, who were the targets of the criticism expressed in the radio programmes." RSF called on "the international community to put pressure on the Vietnamese government" for the two men's immediate release, which RSF described as part of a "growing crackdown" in Vietnam on journalists and bloggers.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called the sentences against Trung and Thanh "a violation of freedom of expression. Phil Robertson, HRW's deputy Asia director, said, "Vietnam should not violate human rights and punish its own citizens merely because their activism displeased China."

Falun Gong spokesman Erping Zhang called the day of the men's guilty verdict a "sad day for Vietnam," adding that their broadcasts did "absolutely nothing to harm Vietnamese society or break Vietnamese law." He added, "Sentencing Trung and Thanh to prison in a show trial is shameless and sets a dangerous precedent of the Vietnamese government caving to Chinese Communist Party pressure."


Acocella

Acocella is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Joan Acocella (born 1945), American journalist
 Marisa Acocella Marchetto, American author
 Nicola Acocella (born 1939), Italian economist and academic
 Louis Gino Acocella (born 1941), Canadian wrestler, better known by his ring name Gino Brito


Nigeria national football team 2000

The Nigeria men's national football team results and fixtures for 2000.

Record

Goal scorers

Appearance Leaders

Debuts

Awaiting update

Match results

External links
 1999-00 - Details at 11v11.com
 2000-01 - Details at 11v11.com


Emil Zsigmondy

Emil Zsigmondy (11 August 1861 – 6 August 1885) was an Austrian physician and mountaineer.

Life
Zsigmondy's parents were Hungarians: Adolf Zsigmondy, born in Pozsony, and Irma von Szakmáry, born in Martonvásár. Zsigmondy was an excellent alpinist, known for the risky nature of many of his climbs. He began mountaineering as a teenager, climbing the Reisseck in Austria in a round trip of 26 hours with his brother, Otto Zsigmondy. By the late 1870s the two brothers were climbing without guides in the Zillertal Alps. In 1881, they climbed the Ortler from the Hochjoch.

Emil Zsigmondy was the friend and companion of Ludwig Purtscheller, the great pioneer of guideless Alpine climbing. Emil and Otto climbed with Purtscheller in 1882 and 1884, including an ascent without guides of the Marinelli Couloir on Monte Rosa and the first guideless traverse of the Matterhorn. Zsigmondy's outstanding achievements include the first ascent by the east arête of the  high Meije in the Massif des Écrins range, made by Zsigmondy, his brother Otto, and Purtscheller on 26 July 1885. A few days later he died on the same mountain. He was killed in an attempt to climb the south face of the Meije on 6 August 1885, probably as a result of his rope slipping off a rock. The face was only conquered in 1912 by the South Tyrolese climbers Angelo Dibona and Luigi Rizzi with the brothers Guido and Max Mayer. Emil Zsigmondy's grave is a few miles away from the accident site in the small cemetery of Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans in the Dauphiné Alps. He had graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1884, less than a year before his death.

American historian and mountaineer W. A. B. Coolidge would later write:

Zsigmondy is commemorated by the Zsigmondyspitze in the Zillertal Alps, the Brèche Zsigmondy on the Meije (part of the route followed on the successful July 1885 climb), and the Zsigmondyhütte (Rifugio Zsigmondy Comici) in the Sexten Dolomites.

Family

Emil Zsigmondy was the second of the four sons of Dr. Adolf Zsigmondy of Pressburg (Bratislava), a dentist of Hungarian origin, and Irma von Szakmáry, a poet from Martonvásár. His older brother, Otto, a dentist by profession, was also known as a mountaineer. His younger brother, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, was a chemist and in 1925 received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The youngest of the four brothers, Karl Zsigmondy, was a mathematician; in number theory, Zsigmondy's theorem is named after him. He was a cousin of the architect Frigyes Schulek, whose mother was Auguszta Zsigmondy.

Ascents
 1879 - Ascent of Feldkopf (, Zillertal) with Otto Zsigmondy, 25 July
 1884 - First traverse of the Marmolada, of the Punta Rocca () to the Punta Penia () with Otto Zsigmondy and Ludwig Purtscheller
 1884 - First ascent sans guide of Monte Civetta with Otto Zsigmondy, 5 August
 1884 - First route of the southwest face of the Croda di Trafoi (Ortler) with Otto Zsigmondy, G. Geyer and J. Prohaska, 23 August
 1884 - First ascent of the south face of the Bietschhorn () with Otto Zsigmondy, Ludwig Purtscheller and Karl Schulz, 2 September
 1885 - Ascent of Bec de l'Homme (, Massif des Écrins) with Otto Zsigmondy, Ludwig Purtscheller and Karl Schulz
 1885 - First ascent by the east arête of the Meije with Otto Zsigmondy and Ludwig Purtscheller, 26 and 27 July
 1885 - Attempted ascent of the south face of the Meije with Otto Zsigmondy and Karl Schulz, 6 August

Publications

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Robert Rush Miller

Robert Rush Miller (April 23, 1916 – February 10, 2003) "was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s."

He was born in Colorado Springs, earned his bachelor's degree at University of California, Berkeley in 1938, a master's degree at the University of Michigan in 1943, and a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 1944. He received tenure at the University of Michigan in 1954.

Together with W. L. Minckley, he discovered a new species of platyfish, Xiphophorus gordoni, that they named in honor of Dr Myron Gordon. He served as the ichthyological editor of Copeia from 1950 to 1955.

Selected publications
Miller, Robert R. and Minckley, W. L. (1963) "Xiphophorus gordoni, A New Species of Platyfish from Coahuila, Mexico" Copeia 1963(3): pp. 538–546
Lagler, Karl Frank; Bardach, John E. and Miller, Robert Rush (1962) Ichthyology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, OCLC 61070182 (textbook)
Miller, Robert Rush, Wendell L. Minckley, and Steven Mark Norris. Freshwater fishes of Mexico. University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Hubbs, C. L., and R. R. Miller. 1948. The Great Basin with emphasis on glacial and postglacial times. II. The zoological evidence. Univ. Utah Bull. 38:17-166
Miller, Robert Rush. Man and the changing fish fauna of the American Southwest. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 1961.
Miller, R.R. 1972. Threatened Freshwater Fishes of the United States. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 101, 239–252.


Sundar Singh Majithia

Sardar Bahadur Sardar Sir Sundar Singh Majithia  (17 February 1872 – 2 April 1941) was an Indian landowner and politician.. He was educated at Aitchison College, Lahore, and the Government College, Lahore. One of the largest landowners in the Punjab, he was also honorary secretary of the Chief Khalsa Diwan, the representative body of the Sikh community in British India, from its formation in 1902 until 1920. In 1921 he was appointed Revenue Member of the Governor's Executive Council of the Punjab. He played a leading part in forming the conservative and loyalist Khalsa Nationalist Party. From April 1937 until his death, he was Revenue Member in the Punjab Executive Council of Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan.

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1920 New Year Honours and was knighted in 1926.


Housekeeping Camp

Located in the Yosemite Valley, Housekeeping Camp is one of the more inexpensive lodging options for visitors to Yosemite National Park. The camp is open from April through October and is one of the most popular places to stay in the valley. Reservations typically fill up on the first day they become available. The original design of the camp was intended to provide a camping-like experience for visitors who did not want to have to provide their own equipment.

History
Around 1920, the Housekeeping Camp was established in the form of an automobile camp. Later on, the camp provided the rental of camping equipment for visitors in addition to the housing of park housekeeping facilities. In the early 1960s, lodging units were added.

Amenities
The lodging is somewhere between camping and staying in a hotel where there are three concrete walls enclosing beds covered by canvas rooftops and one curtain wall. Outside there is a table and lounge area all covered by the rooftop along with a fire pit nearby. There are 266 total units that can sleep up to six people. Each unit is equipped with electricity. Housekeeping Camp contains its own beach along the Merced River, laundry facility, shower facility, bathrooms, and a grocery store. Guest must rent or otherwise provide their own sheets, pillows, and other bedding. Much like Curry Village, guests get a great view of Half Dome and Yosemite Falls. The environment is also shaded by the many trees in the area and cars are allowed to be parked next to the campsite.

Some of the downsides include noise and close proximity to neighbors. Campfires are only permitted from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. during the months of May to October.
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Jessica Ciocci

Jessica Ciocci (born 1976) is an American artist working in a range of mediums including animation and video, Twitter, crafting, digital online projects, comics, mixtapes, performance, painting, drawing and sculpture.

Ciocci was a founding member of art collective Paper Rad.

She has exhibited at the New Museum, the Migros Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Deitch Projects, and Foxy Production.  She has spoken and/or performed at Bard College, Columbia College, SVA, and Smith College. Her work has been reviewed by Holland Cotter, Ken Johnson and Roberta Smith in the New York Times and Ed Halter in Rhizome. She holds a BA in psychology and art from Wellesley College.


David Cullen (musician)

David Thompson Cullen (born March 19, 1959) is an American guitarist, composer, and arranger of various styles of guitar music, including classical, jazz, and world music. Currently he is Artist in Residence at Elizabethtown College.

Biography
David Cullen began playing guitar at age seven. He joined a rock band at 14 before taking up the classical guitar at 15. From 1977 to 1981 he attended the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. Notable performances include a New York debut recital for the American Institute of Guitar's International Guitar Festival in 1985, a Merkin Concert Hall live broadcast for WNYC in 1988, and the 92nd Street Y New York Guitar Festival in 2004. He is an Artist in Residence at Elizabethtown College and teaches Jazz and Classical Guitar at Kutztown University, Millersville University, and West Chester University.

Discography
 2000 One Night, One Guitar (Solid Air)
 2001 Indigo Blue (Solid Air)
 2001 Equilibré with Michael Manring (Solid Air)
 2001 Classical Jazz (Solid Air)
 2001 Holiday Guitar (Solid Air)
 2002 Exploding Colors (Solid Air)
 2002 In the Pocket (Solid Air)
 2002 The Collection (Solid Air)
 2003 Grateful Guitar (Solid Air)
 2008 Guitar Travels (Solid Air)

Appearances
 1997 Windham Hill Records Guitar Sampler (Various Artists) (Windham Hill)
 2004 Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar (Various Artists) (Solid Air)
 2007 Woodsongs (Various Artists) (New Land Music)


The Murder Game (1965 film)

The Murder Game is a 1965 British crime film starring Ken Scott, Marla Landi, Trader Faulkner, Conrad Phillips and directed by Sidney Salkow.  The film was distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox.

It was the last film directed by Sidney Salkow.

Plot
While on his honeymoon, a husband discovers the plan of his bigamous wife with her first husband to murder him for his money and he plans counter measures to throw the blame on them.

Cast
 Ken Scott as Steve Baldwin
 Marla Landi as Marie Aldrich
 Trader Faulkner as Chris Aldrich
 Conrad Phillips as Peter Shanley
 Gerald Sim as Larry Landstrom
 Duncan Lamont as Inspector Telford
 Peter Bathurst as Dr. Knight
 Ballard Berkeley as Sir Colin Chalmers
 Victor Brooks as Rev Francis Hood
 Dyan Cannon
 John Dunbar as Parkhill
 Gretchen Franklin as Landlady
 Clement Freud as Croupier
 Jimmy Gardner as Arthur Gillett
 Rosamund Greenwood as Mrs. Potter
 Derek Partridge as Police Sergeant
 John Richmond as Prosecutor
 Frank Thornton as Radio Announcer


Mampirao

Mampirao is one of the 29 barangays of San Jose, Camarines Sur.

Vision
Barangay Mampirao shall be a prosperous and self-sustaining community of people, fully aware of its social responsibility towards the protection of environment, and in sustaining its own socio-economic and political development.

Mission
Barangay Mampirao will undertake its own sustainable development programs that will support its people towards self-sustenance and to become active participants in our local governance.

Etymology
During the Spanish invasion of the Philippines, stories from old folks revealed that the Spaniards are exploring every place to study, learn and try to understand the different Filipino cultures. They would frequently asked questions about something that caught their keen interests. An anecdote was told that one of the incidences that occurred during those times was about a group of Spaniards who lost their way. The place of Mampirao today was then thickly covered by forest. As they trekked along a very small path and reached at a crossroad, the Spaniards saw a native indio and consequently asked about the name of place. The indio without knowledge of the Spanish language, hence, he did not understand what the Spaniards were asking, and instead sensing that he was asked about what he was doing, he immediately responded that he was just "nagpipirao" which means "sleeping". Accordingly, the Spaniards understood that the name of the place was "Mampirao" as they have difficulty in pronouncing the world "nagpipirao".

Another account states that "mampirao" was derived from "mam-irao" which means a place where you can find an air-plant called "irao". Thus, later it became "mampirao."

Geography and Demographics
Barangay Mampirao is classified as a rural place composed of 7 purok/zones.  It has a total land area of 191.640894 hectares and generally described as plain.  It is bounded in the north by Pugay, south by Calawit, east by Calalahan, and in the west by Bagacay. Its major source of livelihood is agriculture. It has a total population of 1,730; with 336 households, 334 families and 904 registered voters.

Government
The elected barangay officials are as follows: Renato P. Lozada- Punong Barangay and the Barangay Councilors are: Rodillo B. Enciso, Nilo P. Obias, Clarita A Leria, Maria Edita P. Cal, Danty P. Competente, Edmundo P. Polidario and Miguel F. Pomar. The appointed barangay secretary and treasurer are: Rizalde M. Gele and Gil P. Obias, respectively. The number of barangay personnel include 14 barangay tanod, 6 barangay health workers, 7 purok/zone leaders, 1 Day Care Worker and 1 utility worker.


1929–30 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1929–1930 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his sixteenth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

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Marek Langhamer

Marek Langhamer (born 22 July 1994) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Amur Khabarovsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career
After a few seasons playing as a youth within the HC Pardubice organization, Langhamer was selected in the 7th round, 184th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes during the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Following the draft, Langhamer transitioned to the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League. During his second season with the club, the Coyotes signed Langhamer to a three-year, entry-level contract on May 8, 2014.

Langhamer spent the first season of his North American professional career splitting time between the Coyotes' AHL and ECHL affiliates, the Springfield Falcons and the Rapid City Rush. Langhamer made his NHL debut when he replaced Coyotes' starting goaltender Mike Smith during a game on 20 February 2017.

During the 2017–18 season, with the Coyotes having a surplus of goaltending prospects and having played in limited games, the Coyotes loaned Langhamer to HC Kometa Brno in the Czech Extraliga on December 9, 2017. He made 9 appearances with Brno, collecting 6 wins.

In the following 2018–19 season, Langhamer continued his steady play with Kometa Brno, winning 5 games from 8 appearances, before opting to leave the club and accept a contract offer in the KHL with Russian club, Amur Khabarovsk, on November 15, 2018.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours


Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony

Maria Amalia of Saxony (26 September 1757 – 20 April 1831) was a Duchess consort of Zweibrücken by her 1774 marriage to Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken.

Life
Maria Amalia was one of nine children born to Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony and Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria in Dresden.   As her parents were first cousins, Maria Amalia was also a double great granddaughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor through her two grandmothers Maria Josepha of Austria and Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress (who were sisters).

Duchess of Zweibrücken

In Dresden, 1774, Maria Amalia married Charles of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.  Previously, he had been bitterly rejected in 1768 as a husband for Maria Amalia of Austria by her mother Maria Theresa of Austria, who felt he was not suitable enough for her. Maria Amalia was thus Charles' second choice. His sister had already been married to Maria Amalia's brother Frederick since 1769.

Charles succeeded as Duke of Zweibrücken in 1775.

Maria Amalia and her husband had only one son, who died in childhood. Charles' brother Maximilian inherited his title upon Charles' death in 1795.

Death
Maria Amalia died on 20 April 1831 in Neuburg, outliving her husband by 36 years.

Ancestry


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak

The 1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak of February 22–23, 1998, was a devastating tornado outbreak, the deadliest tornado event in Florida history, that is sometimes known as The Night of the Tornadoes. Affecting the I-4 corridor of Central Florida, including the Greater Orlando area, the tornadoes—among the strongest ever recorded in Florida—produced F3 (in some cases, near-F4) damage, killed 42 people, and caused 260 injuries. The previous record for the highest tornado death toll in Florida history was 17 on March 31, 1962. In all, 12 tornadoes touched down, one of which was long lived and tracked for nearly . The first major, F3 tornado of the outbreak came at around 11:40 pm in Winter Garden, near Windermere in Orange County, killing three people. The deadliest and most destructive tornado of the night struck the Kissimmee–St. Cloud area, where 25 people were killed, and produced near-F4 damage. Only two other tornadoes, both rated F4, in 1958 and 1966 produced more intense damage in Florida.  Another F3 hit in Seminole County, near Sanford, and in Volusia County, killing 13. The last tornado of the night was a weak F1 that hit the town of Cape Canaveral in Brevard County.

Meteorological synopsis
During the night of February 22 and the very early parts of February 23, severe weather formed over Central Florida. Radar data indicated that several long-lived supercell thunderstorms developed over the eastern Gulf of Mexico late on February 22, affected the Tampa Bay Area, and eventually produced seven tornadoes between about 11 pm on Feb. 22nd and 2:30 am on Feb. 23rd. As these storms swept through Central Florida, the tornadoes killed 42 people and seriously injured more than 260 others. This was the deadliest tornado outbreak in Florida's history after the storm that killed 17 people on March 31, 1962, in Santa Rosa County. The tornadoes were strong due to an abnormally strong jet stream with warm, humid air out ahead of the cold front. This is common in the El Niño phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) during the Florida dry season (November 1 – April 30). During El Niño the jet stream is typically stronger and further south near or over Florida in the winter and spring. This greatly increases the odds that conditions will be favorable for strong tornado development.

Tornado table

Confirmed tornadoes

February 22

February 23

Notable tornadoes

Intercession City to Port St. John
This devastating, long-tracked tornado was initially assigned an F4 rating, but NWS assessments later reduced this to high-end F3 intensity. This ranks it as the deadliest tornado in the United States to not reach F4 intensity or higher. The tornado began near Intercession City, only  southeast of Walt Disney World Resort, and moved northeast into Campbell and thence to Kissimmee. The tornado first did some mild damage to homes in a retirement community near Poinciana Office and Industrial Park. In and near Campbell, a few other homes were damaged. Next, the tornado rapidly intensified as it moved into Kissimmee, flattening part of The Shops at Kissimmee shopping center.  Afterward, the tornado crossed the north part of Lake Tohopekaliga.

Later, the tornado crossed U.S. Route 441 and reached its maximum intensity as it struck the Ponderosa Pines RV park. In the RV park, at least 10 people died and almost all of the 200 residences, including both RVs and mobile homes, were destroyed. Many of these residences had their frames thrown, stripped, and wrapped around trees. Many trees were snapped and uprooted as well. Nearby, the Morningside Acres mobile home park was devastated as well. Upon leaving the Ponderosa Pines and Morningside areas, the tornado heavily damaged homes next to a school in the Lakeside Estates subdivision of Buenaventura Lakes.

After devastating the Kissimmee area, the tornado mostly impacted rural, swampy areas in Orange and Brevard Counties, though it hit a few lakeside homes in Lake Hart and Lake Mary Jane. It lifted  east-southeast of Christmas, west of Port St. John—just before the Great Outdoors RV Park, which, according to the NWS, was "one of the largest in the United States, housing 1,000 recreational vehicle lots." The same storm produced a much weaker, F1 tornado just a few miles east of the RV park. Along the entire path, 1,000 structures were damaged or destroyed. The worst damage occurred in the Kissimmee area. Numerous homes, RVs, and mobile homes were destroyed along the path, including several well-built homes that were nearly leveled. At least one new home, built of stucco and concrete blocks, was flattened except for its front entryway and part of a wall.


Briggs Hill

Briggs Hill () is a conspicuous ice-free hill,  high, standing on the south side of Ferrar Glacier between Descent Glacier and Overflow Glacier in Victoria Land. It was charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Scott, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Raymond S. Briggs, United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at McMurdo Station in 1962, and station scientific leader there in 1963.


Choi Man-hee

Choi Man-Hee (, born October 21, 1956) is a former South Korean football player and coach.

He was started his coaching career with Namgang High School since 1987. He managed many teams, In 2010, Gwangju FC was joined in the K-League and he was appointed 1st manager of Gwangju FC.


Zeiser

Zeiser is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Matt Zeiser (1888–1942), American baseball pitcher
Rudolf Zeiser (1936–1993), German footballer


The 1968–69 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Lou Watson, who was in his 4th year. The team played its home games in New Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 9–15 and a conference record of 4–10, finishing 10th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to play in any postseason tournament.

Roster

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John Carlos de los Reyes

John Carlos "JC" Gordon de los Reyes (born February 14, 1970) is the President of Ang Kapatiran Party and a senatorial candidate for the 2013 Philippine midterm election. de los Reyes was councilor in Olongapo City and the presidential candidate of the Ang Kapatiran Party for the 2010 Philippine presidential election.

Educational background and career
He studied in Ateneo de Manila for his elementary education, and graduated in De La Salle Santiago Zobel School for high school. He finished his Bachelor of Arts in Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, which is considered as one of the most orthodox Catholic Universities in the United States.

In late 1993 he taught philosophy in the Center for Research and Communication, now known as the University of Asia and the Pacific. During that time, he was under the tutelage of Father Joseph de Torre, a Spanish priest of the Holy Cross who wrote extensively on the social teachings of the Church.

In 1999 he finished his post-graduate studies in public administration from the University of the Philippines. In 2005 he finished his law degree at Saint Louis University in Baguio City.

Personal life
De los Reyes is married to Filipino-Brazilian, Dunia Valenzuela-delos Reyes with whom he has four children – Gabriel, Santiago, Barbara, and Julianna.


Miron v Trudel

Miron v Trudel, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 418 is a famous Supreme Court of Canada decision on equality rights under section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms where the Court found "marital status" was an analogous ground for discrimination (i.e., a characteristic which cannot legally be the basis for discrimination under section 15). The Court held that an insurance benefit provided only to married couples discriminated against common-law couples.

John Miron and Jocelyne Valliere were a common law couple. Miron suffered a car accident and attempted to claim the injuries under his partner's insurance policy. However, the Ontario Insurance Act provided that benefits were only available to spouses who were legally married.

Miron sued the insurance company arguing that he was discriminated against and that the Insurance Act violated section 15.

During the hearing before the Supreme Court, the Ontario government intervened specifically to concede that the Insurance Act violated section 15 and could not be saved by section 1. Chief Justice Lamer criticized Ontario counsel's refusal to defend the legislation and ordered Ian Binnie, a future Supreme Court justice to defend the legislation in place of and at the cost of the Ontario government.

In a five to four decision the Court found that there was a Charter violation and that it could not be saved under section 1 of the Charter.

The finding that common law marriages are protected by section 15 was repeated in Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh (2002) and Hodge v. Canada (Minister of Human Resources Development) (2004).  However, both these cases saw section 15 claims lose in the Supreme Court, as the justices decided that differential treatment based on marital status in these cases should not affect dignity.


Adventor elongatus

Adventor elongatus, the Visitor, is a species of velvetfish native to the Pacific Ocean waters along the coasts of Papua New Guinea and Australia.  This species is the only known member of its genus.


Operation Northern Watch

Operation Northern Watch (ONW), the successor to Operation Provide Comfort, was a Combined Task Force (CTF) charged with enforcing its own no-fly zone above the 36th parallel in Iraq. Its mission began on 1 January 1997.

The coalition partners of the United States, United Kingdom, and Turkey provided approximately 45 aircraft and more than 1,400 personnel to support Operation Northern Watch. The joint U.S. forces of some 1,100 U.S. personnel, included airmen, sailors, soldiers, and Marines, as well as aircraft from every arm of the United States Armed Forces.

The original mandate from the Turkish government allowed the operation to continue for six months. Turkey subsequently approved two 6-month extensions, but indicated that it would not become a permanent mission.

For the first year of the mission, northern Iraq was quiet, with no combat between Coalition aircraft and Iraqi forces.

Operation Northern Watch forces did not take part in Operation Desert Fox in December 1998. After Desert Fox, Iraq announced they would no longer recognize the no-fly zones and urged their troops to attack Coalition aircraft. On December 28, 1998 Iraq fired SA-3 surface to air missiles against coalition aircraft patrolling the northern no-fly zone.  In response, U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15Es, F-16CJs, and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) EA-6Bs launched anti-radiation missiles and dropped precision guided munitions (PGMs) on the SA-3 ground-based missile  site that fired on the ONW aircraft, and destroyed it.   From December 1998 to March 1999, U.S. aircraft over northern Iraq came under almost daily fire from Iraqi surface-to-air missile sites and anti-aircraft guns. U.S. aircraft responded by bombing Iraqi air-defense sites, using laser-guided bombs as well as AGM-88 HARM missiles and AGM-130 long range air-to-surface missiles. The first combat use of the AGM-130 was conducted during ONW.

Coalition aircraft flew patrols on an average of 18 days per month, and were usually fired upon. The most common threat was from anti-aircraft guns. Despite Saddam Hussein offering a $14,000 reward for downing a Coalition aircraft, no warplanes were shot down.

Low level conflict continued up until the invasion of Iraq in 2003, although the number of response incidents declined dramatically after 1999. The final combat air patrol occurred on 17 March 2003 (from the Incirlik Air Base). Six weeks later the operation concluded with an official stand down on 1 May 2003.

A grand total of 36,000 sorties were flown during Operation Northern Watch, and 40,000 personnel had been deployed at some point during the operation. Operation Northern Watch was the longest combat operation in the history of the European Command.


Iklaina

Iklaina () is a historic village in the municipal unit of Pylos, Messenia, Greece. It is situated in low hills, approximately 10 km to the northeast of the town of Pylos. Important archaeological remains of the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1100 BC) period have been brought to light through excavations and surface survey by the Athens Archaeological Society and the University of Missouri–St. Louis under the direction of Professor Michael Cosmopoulos. The finds include an early Mycenaean palace, giant terrace walls, murals, an advanced drainage system, and a clay tablet from between 1450 and 1350 B.C. featuring an early example of Linear B writing. Other periods represented are the Late Classical and the Byzantine.

Archaeological research in detail

The systematic excavation at Iklaina  started in 2006, after a survey which had taken place in the five previous years. The archaeologists located residential buildings, dating to the end of the MH/ beginning of LH period, and to the LK I/II period.

The discovery of a large terrace, 23 x 8 m, built in the Cyclopean building system using massive  blocks of stone, proved to be particularly important. The “Cyclopean Terrace”, as it was called, supported a large building, of the “megaron” type, with possibly two or even three storeys (called the Cyclopean Terrace Complex). Although this building had been partly destroyed, the excavations revealed some of its surviving parts and defined its architectural form: it was a building complex consisting of three wings, built around a central rectangular court. The movable finds  prove that the last phase of that building was the LH IIIA2 period, i.e. about 1330 B.C.

During the  2009 excavation period, over 2500 fragments of wall-paintings came to light. A striking fragment is that depicting a ship with three human figures and dolphins, as well as a procession consisting of female figures.

This building complex on the Cyclopean Terrace was completely destroyed in LH IIIA2 period and was never built again.  New building activity  was carried out in the northern part of the settlement, where the so-called Megaron Γ was constructed. This appears to have at least 3 rooms and a porch.  A  hearth and storage rooms were found. In the buildings of the southern side parts of a particularly elaborate sewage system were also discovered.

The most important discovery, however, took place in a dump next to the central sewer, which contained burnt shards. There was discovered a fragment of a Linear B tablet, which was written on both sides. This tablet dates to the LHIIB-IIIA1 period, i.e. around 1450-1400 B.C., which makes it the earlier Mycenaean tablet of mainland Greece.

Furthermore, during the excavation period of 2012, an open-air sanctuary was discovered, also unique for that period and for mainland Greece in general. Another important find of the same excavation period was a large rectangular building (Building X), in front of which passed a paved street, of an exceptionally elaborate construction, possibly a processional street, which led the way from the houses of  the settlement to the complex of the Cyclopean Terrace.

On the basis of the available evidence, it appears that Iklaina was a powerful Mycenaean centre in the LH IIB/ IIIA1 period. The large building complexes, the rich finds, the refined taste and the advanced  level of technical knowledge of the inhabitants, attest to the fact that Iklaina could have been the capital of an autonomous small state, which clashed with a neighbouring state at Ano Englianos; the latter subdued the former,  and demoted it to a secondary capital of one of the provinces of Pylia.

The final destruction of the site seems to have occurred at about 1200 B.C.

Historical population


House of Commons Information Office

The House of Commons Enquiry Service, formerly known as the House of Commons Information Office, is a section within the House of Commons Department of Information Services. The chief role of the office is to provide the public with information on the work, history and membership of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

History

The Office was set up in 1978 by Commons Librarian David Menhennet, following a recommendation by the Services Committee in their report Services for the Public (July 1977). The Committee recommended there was "a need for the House to ensure that the public is well informed about its work" and that a "small information office be created within the library...dealing with enquiries from the public."

The Office was established on 1 June 1978 and was originally known as The Public Information Office. It quickly evolved into a bigger section in order to cope with the volume of calls it received. By 1982 the Office was responding to more than 50,000 enquiries annually and this figure rose to 69,000 in 1985 and was up to 95,000 in 1990. It was also one of the first sections to pioneer the use of computers and electronic publication in the House of Commons with the use of Viewdata.

In 2015 the House of Commons Information Office became the House of Commons Enquiry Service.

Role of the Commons Enquiry Service

The Service's original aims have changed little in its 30-year history and is still charged with "Promoting public knowledge and understanding of the work and role of Parliament." The Enquiry Service answers questions from the public on all aspects of the work, history and membership of the House of Commons. Its means of disseminating information have changed somewhat over time and now puts a greater emphasis on online resources such as the Parliament website and social media.

Typical enquiries received by the office include:

Who's my MP?
Which Department deals with...?
How do I follow the progress of a bill through Parliament?
How do I tour/visit Parliament?
How do I find the Report on...?

External links
Parliament website
House of Commons Enquiry Service
House of Lords Information Office


Edith Neumann

Edith Neumann (–) was an Austrian microbiologist.

Life
Edith Neumann was born in Vienna, Austria on June 29, 1902 to lawyer and art collector Alfred Spitzer and wife Hermine. She studied chemistry and physics at the University of Vienna and received her doctorate in 1927. At the time of her attendance, she was the only woman studying there. In 1924, Neumann converted to Christianity, and soon after in 1925, got engaged to Frederick Neumann, also a Christian convert. The two got married in 1927.

After spending two years in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, they returned to Vienna in 1936. They did not stay long however, for they moved around Europe going to places through the Danube to places such as Norther Italy, Paris, and finally London, fearing Frederick's arrest following the rise of Hitler. In 1939, she and her husband moved to Haifa, for missionary work. In 1948, the Neumann's moved to the United States and settled in New York.

Neumann first worked as a bacteriologist at the Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn. Following that, she worked at Maimonides Hospital as a microbiologist, where she stayed for 20 years. After her husband's death in 1967, Neumann moved to Manhattan and became a medical director at the Jetti Katz Clinical Laboratory, where she stayed until her retirement at the age of 80.

After her retirement, she spent most of her time translating her husband's sermons into German. Neumann also maintained a strong connection with her father's art collection. She received an Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art First Class in 1998.
Neumann died in New York City on June 29, 2002.


Shraddha Shashidhar

Shraddha Shashidhar (born 3 September 1996) was an Indian beauty pageant winner who was crowned Miss Diva - 2017 and represented India at Miss Universe 2017.

Early life
Shraddha was born in Chennai, India. She did her schooling from Army Public School, Deolali, Nashik and enrolled in Sophia College for Women, Mumbai and has a degree in Mass media.

Miss Diva 2017
Shraddha was crowned Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Miss Universe India 2017 by the outgoing titleholder Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Miss Universe India 2016 Roshmitha Harimurthy.

Miss Universe 2017
She represented India at Miss Universe 2017 which was held at The AXIS, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on 26 November 2017.


Parween Sultana

Begum Parveen Sultana (born 10 July 1950) is an Indian Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana.

She was awarded the Padma Shri (1976), Padma Bhushan (2014) by the Government of India, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 1998, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama.

Early life
Parveen was born in the house of famous Hazarika family of Puranigudam, a village in Nagaon, Assam, India to Ikramul Mazid and Maroofa Begum. Maroofa belongs to the Hazarika family and Ikramul Mazid whose roots were from Afghanistam was born in Daccapaty, Nagaon. Ikramul's mother was an Assamese muslim lady from Chalchali, Puranigudam. Parveen went to one of the then finest school situated in Nagaon district of Assam, Mission High School, which was established before the famous sepoy mutiny of 1857.

One day while watching her humming in Ikramul's lap, Maroofa noticed daughter Parveen's talent and asked her husband to teach her. Parveen's father was her first guru and was very strict with her, permitting her to only listen to Lata Mangeshkar and established Indian Classical vocalists. She also received some early training from her grandfather Mohammed Najeef Khan, a Pathan. She later learned music from Birendra Kumar Phukan and Hiren Sarma  and then on her father's suggestion, she later learned music from Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri of Bengal. Parveen met her next guru and future husband Dilshad Khan one day while he visited Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri's home. He later accepted her as his disciple. Parveen sang her first duet (jugalbandi) with Dilshad Khan at Jashn Festival concert in Afghanistan. Parveen enjoys both vegetarian/non-vegetarian foods and is allergic to yogurt. Parveen faced a large mirror while practicing for hours to ensure her posture and facial expressions wouldn't look ugly or unsuitable for stage performances.

Career
Parveen gave her first stage performance in 1962 when she was 12 and has been recording music since 1965.
She has started her professional career with Abdul Majid's Assamese Film Morom Trishna. Sultana has sung for Bollywood movies such as Gadar, Kudrat, Do Boond Pani, and Pakeezah, and several other Assamese films. Recently, she sang the theme song of Vikram Bhatt's 1920. She also sang Humein Tumse Pyaar Kitna for the film Kudrat in 1981.

She has recorded for HMV, Polydor, Music India, Bharat Records, Auvidis, Magnasound, Sonodisc, and Amigo.

She was conferred the Padmashri in 1976, at the age of 25.

Personal life
She is married to Ustad Dilshad Khan. They have one daughter.

Awards and recognition
 Padma Shri award, 1976
 Gandharva Kalanidhi, 1980
 Miyan Tansen Prize, 1986
 Sangeet Samraggi conferred by the Assam Government, 1994
 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award--Kudrat (1981) for the song "Hame Tumse Pyar Kitna"
 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 1999
 Srimant Sankardev award by the Assam government
 2014: Padma Bhushan by Government of India

Discography
 An hour of Ecstasy (Raga Madhuwanti/Raga Gorakh Kalyan/Raga Mishra Bhairavi thumri/Bhajan)
 Narayani (Raga Narayani)
 Ghazals
 Young Voices of India (Modern Ghazals)- Maikada se utha ke pila Saaqiya
 Begum Parveen Sultana- (Raga Salag Varali todi/Raga Lalita/ Raga Khamaj thumri)
 Enchanting Bhajans (Raga Rageshri/Bhajan/Bhajan/Bhajan)
 Ethereal Duo- with Dilshad Khan (Raga Marwa/Raga Kaushi Nat/Raga Mishra Bhairavi thumri)
 Genius of Parveen Sultana (Raga Kalavati/Raga Rageshri/Hori thumri/Malhar Mala bhajan)
 Homage to Guru (Raga Shyam Kauns/Raga Shuddh Sarang/Raga Mishra Kafi hori thumri)
 Impeccable Soprano Parveen Sultana & Innovative Tenor Dilshad Khan- with Dilshad Khan (Raga Rageshri/Raga Hansdhwani)
 Innovation Greets Tradition (Raga Sarang Kauns/Raga Miya ki Malhar)
 Khayal & Thumri (Raga Kusumi Kalyan/Raga Mangal Bhairav/Raga Bhairavi thumri)
 Marvellous Jugalbandi- with Dilshad Khan (Raga Bhatiyaar/Raga Kaushi Kanada)
 Megh-Manavi (Raga Megh/Raga Manavi/Raag Hemant thumri)
 One Plus One...In Harmony- with Dilshad Khan (Raga Multani/Raga Puriya Dhanashri)
 Le Chant Khayal de Parveen Sultana et Dilshad Khan- with Dilshad Khan (Raga Kalavati/Raga Megh Malhar/Raga Bageshri/Raga Mishra Pahadi thumri)
 Two Voices- with Dilshad Khan (Raga Puriya Dhanashri/Raga Hansdhwani/Raga Bhairavi sadra)
 Phenomenal Performance (Raga Ahir Bhairav/Raga Nand Kauns/Raga Bhairavi sadra)
 Parveen Sultana Sings Rare Melodies (Raga Rajni Kalyan/Raga Deen Todi)
 Khayal Se Bhajan Tak- with Dilshad Khan (Vol 1 to Vol 4)
 Duologue in Raga- with Dilshad Khan (Raga Kedar bhajan/Raga Leelavati/Raga Rageshri/Raga Todi) 1992
 From Dawn Until Night (De l'aube à la nuit) - with Dilshad Khan (Raga Gujri todi/Raga Kuvalaya Bhairav/Raga Ambika Sarang/Raga Bhoopali tarana/Raga Amba Manohari/Raga Jog/Raga Mishra Bhairavi thumri/Meera bhajan/Brahmanand bhajan) 1995
 Parveen (Raga Rageshri/Raga Mishra Mand) 2004
 Simply Divine (Raga Puriya Dhanashri/Raga Mishra Khamaj thumri/Raga Mishra Kedar bhajan) 2004
 Maestro's Choice Parveen Sultana (Raga Maru Bihag/Raga Amba Manohari/Raga Hansdhwani tarana) 2006
 Safar (Raga Maru Bihag/Raga Hansdhwani tarana/Raga Bhairavi sadra/Meera bhajan/Sai bhajan)
 Live from Savai Gandharva Music Festival (Raga Gujri todi/Raga Jaunpuri/Kabir Bhajan); (Raga Jog/Raga Gurjri todi/Marathi song); (Raga Lalit/Raga Komal Bhairav)
 Par Excellence (Raga Madhuwanti/Raga Jog/Raga Maluha Mand) 2011
 Zen Harmony (Raga Gujri todi/Meera Bhajan)

Filmography
Parween also lent her voice to several songs in films throughout the years.

 Pakeezah- Kaun gali gayo Shyam, Ban ban bole Koyaliya
 Do Boond Paani- Pital ki meri Gaagri
 Parwana- Piya ki gali
 Mukti Asm (Assamese)- Sakhiyoti Jhilmil Paakhi
 Sonma (Assamese)- Notun Tomaar Chorandhani
 Khoj- Ram kare mora Saiyaa ho aise
 Razia Sultan- Shubh Ghadi aayi re
 Ashray(the Shelter) - Shab-e-Intezaar mein kyu hai Gumsum Tamannaaye, Ae Mohabbat yu hi to tu Badnaam nahi, Dev puji puji Hindu muye
 Tohfa Mohabbat ka- Prem ka Granth Padhaau
 Shaadi kar lo- Na tum hato...na tum hate (Qawwali)
 Vijeta- Bichhurat mose Kanha
 Kalankini Kankabati (Bengali)- Bedechhi Beena gaan Shonaabo
 Sharda- Yeh Bahut Khushi ki Nishaani hai
 Kudrat- Humein tum se Pyaar Kitna
 Anmol- Koi ishq ka rog
 Gadar: Ek Prem Katha- Aan milo Sajna
 1920- Vaada tum se hai Vaada


Nigel Baker (cricketer)

Nigel Ernest Westby Baker (9 January 1914 – 10 March 1968) was an English first-class cricketer active from 1934 to 1935 who played for Cambridge University and Berkshire. He was born in Westminster and died in Balcombe. He appeared in three first-class matches.

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Drum Taps (horse)

Drum Taps was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a noted stayer, showing his best form over distances in excess of two miles, but was also successful over shorter distances. He won England’s most important staying race, the Ascot Gold Cup in 1992 and 1993. In 1992 he was named European Champion Stayer of 1992 at the Cartier Racing Awards. He raced in seven countries in a career which lasted from 1989 to 1993.

Background
Drum Taps was bred in Kentucky, sired by the Northern Dancer stallion Dixieland Band out of the British-bred mare Lavendula Rose. Dixieland Band won the Pennsylvania Derby in 1983 and stood at the Lane’s End Farm. Apart from Drum Taps, his most notable performer in Europe was the Prix de Diane winner and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe runner-up Egyptband.

Drum Taps was acquired by William Stamps Farish III and sent into training with Dick Hern at West Ilsley, Berkshire in England. After racing as a three-year-old in Britain Drum Taps was trained in the United States  for almost two years. He had his greatest success after being returned to England part way through his  five-year-old season.

Racing career

1989: three-year-old season
Unraced at two, Drum Taps did not appear on the racecourse until August 1989, when he finished second in a minor race at Windsor. Twelve days later he crossed the line first in a maiden race at Sandown but was disqualified for causing interference. Drum Taps then recorded a quick hat-trick of wins. He won a maiden race at Ripon by five lengths followed by handicaps at Ascot  and Newcastle.
After his win at Newcastle, Farish sent Drum Taps to be trained in the United States by Neil Howard. On his American debut he won an allowance race at Calder Race Course in December.

1990: four-year-old season
Drum Taps was trained in the United States throughout 1990. He ran seven times and recorded two Graded stakes  wins, taking the W.L. McKnight Handicap at Calder in January and the Laurance Armour Handicap at Arlington Park in July. He also won an allowance race at Keeneland in October.

1991: five-year-old season
Drum Taps ran four times in the United States in early 1991. He finished second in the  Noble Dancer Handicap at Gulfstream Park and on his final American start, won an allowance race at Keeneland in April. He was then bought by  Lord Carnarvon and sent back to England where he joined the stable of  Lord Huntingdon.

He was an immediate success. In the Group Two Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury in August, he took the lead a furlong out and won by two and a half lengths. In this race he was ridden for the first time by Frankie Dettori, who was to partner him in ten of his remaining fourteen races. A month later he took the Group Three Cumberland Lodge Stakes at Ascot, recovering to beat Rock Hopper and Young Buster after being headed in the final furlong.

In October he was moved up to Group One class for the first time and finished a half length second to Passing Sale in the Gran Premio del Jockey Club in Milan. On his final start of the season he ran unplaced behind Golden Pheasant in the Japan Cup.

At the end of the year Drum Taps was bought by Yoshio Asakawa.

1992: six-year-old season
In 1992 Drum Taps, by then a six-year-old was campaigned for the first time over extended distances. On his debut in April he was sent to Milan for a second time and won the 3100m Coppa d'Oro di Milano (then a Group Three race) by three and a half lengths. A month later he took the Group Three Henry II Stakes at Sandown, beating Arcadian Heights by a length and a half.

His form was good enough to see Drum Taps start 7/4 favourite for the Gold Cup over two and a half miles at Royal Ascot. The field was not a strong one: apart from Drum Taps the only Group winners in the field were the French challengers Turgeon and Mardonius. Dettori tracked the leaders on Drum Taps before moving him into the lead in the straight. Drum Taps ran on strongly to win by two lengths with Arcadian Heights again taking second place. An unusual feature of the finish was that Arcadian Heights lunged at Drum Taps and attempted to bite him as he went past. The horse was forced to wear a muzzle in future races

Drum Taps had won his first three races on firm ground: he proved less effective on the soft ground which prevailed for the second half of the season. After a two-month break he was made favourite for the Prix Kergorlay at Deauville but was well beaten by the filly Sought Out. In the Irish St Leger at The Curragh a month later he stayed on strongly in the straight but could finish only third to Mashaallah and Snurge. On his final start of the year in the Prix du Cadran at Longchamp he again finished second to Sought Out.

1993: seven-year-old season
Drum Taps began his final season by recording a repeat win in the Coppa d'Oro di Milano. The ground was heavy, but Drum Taps did not need to be at his best to win by seven lengths from three moderate opponents.

The Gold Cup attracted a much stronger field in 1993 than it had done a year earlier. Turgeon and Arcadian Heights returned, and were joined by the top class stayers Vintage Crop, Sought Out, Further Flight and Assessor. Drum Taps started at 13/2 and produced his best performance. Dettori sent him into the lead four furlongs out, but he was challenged and headed by Assessor in the straight. Running on strongly under pressure, Drum Taps regained the lead a furlong out and pulled away to win by three lengths. After the race, Dettori claimed that he had never been concerned, even when losing the lead as Drum Taps was "the toughest battler I've ever ridden". Lord Huntingdon called him "an amazing horse" and outlined plans to run the horse in the Melbourne Cup.

Drum Taps was brought back in distance for his next start in the one and a half mile King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in July and performed creditably, finishing fifth of the ten runners behind Opera House.

Once again, Drum Taps failed to find his best form in Autumn. In September he finished fifth in the Irish St Leger behind Vintage Crop and Assessor, horses he had decisively beaten in the Gold Cup. On his final start he was sent to Australia for the Melbourne Cup. His challenge attracted considerable attention at a time when foreign runners were a rarity in Australia but could finish only ninth in the race behind Vintage Crop.

Assessment
At the 1992 Cartier Racing Awards, Drum Taps was named European Champion Stayer.

In his autobiography, Frankie Dettori described Drum Taps as "a hardened campaigner" and "one of my favourite horses."

In their book A Century of Champions, based on a modified version of the Timeform system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Drum Taps as an "inferior" winner of the Gold Cup.

Stud career
Drum Taps retired to stand as a stallion at the Yushun Stallion Station in Hokkaido, Japan. He does not appear to have been a success and did not sire any winners of importance. He was "put out of stud" in Japan in March 2004.

Pedigree


Macrozamia elegans

Macrozamia elegans is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.

This species grows in the Blue Mountains near the village of Mountain Lagoon. It occurs in dense vegetation in eucalypt woodland habitat.