Ryuji Hijikata

(born May 17, 1978) is a Japanese professional wrestler. Hijikata is best known for his tenure in Battlarts and All Japan Pro Wrestling since 2002 where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career

BattlARTS (1998-2002)
After a judo career in high school, Hijikata joined professional wrestling promotion BattlARTS in 1998. He feuded with Junji Tanaka before rising through the ranks and wrestled extensively in Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling and Toryumon Mexico as part of working agreements. However, despite teaming up with his mentor and promotion ace Yuki Ishikawa at several points, he never reached top status. In 2001, Hijikata signed up full time with AJPW.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2001-2017)
Hijikata wrestled in AJPW as a junior heavyweight for years, with mixed success. In 2004, he adopted a mask and the name of Toshizo (歳三), inspired on the historical Toshizo Hijikata. He challenged Taka Michinoku for the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship in June 2005, but he lost, after which he took off his mask as a sign of respect for Taka.

In 2008, Hijikata managed to win the Junior Tag League alongside Katsuhiko Nakajima on March 23. A little over a month later, Hijikata continued his success by defeating Silver King for the World Junior Heavyweight Champion on April 29. He held the championship for nearly five whole months before losing it to Naomichi Marufuji on September 28. Following his title reign, Hijikata took part in the All Asia Tag Team Championship tournament in January 2009, where he teamed up with former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Suwama, but they were unsuccessful in winning the tournament and the title.

Following this, Hijikata resumed using his Toshizo ring name and gimmick and, alongside Minoru, joined Voodoo Murders after betraying his partner Kaz Hayashi. Soon after joining VDM, Toshizo managed to his second consecutive Junior Tag League alongside Minoru, giving both an opportunity to compete for the World Junior Heavyweight Title, although they were unsuccessful in defeating Kaz Hayashi for the title. Following this, Hijikata left AJPW in August 2010. He eventually returned in 2013, working as a freelancer.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004)
In 2004, Hijikata made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling debut as he competed as a member of Team Japan with Mitsu Hirai, Jr., Taichi Ishikari, and Nosawa in TNA's World X Cup Tournament.

Wrestle-1 (2017-present)
In November 2017, Hijikata debuted in Wrestle-1.

Championships and accomplishments
All Japan Pro Wrestling
World Junior Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
Junior Tag League (2008) – with Katsuhiko Nakajima
Junior Tag League (2009) – with Minoru
Tenryu Project
Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)


The Works (TV network)

The Works was an American digital broadcast television network owned by the MGM Television division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The network, which was primarily carried on the digital subchannels of television stations, maintained a general entertainment format featuring a mix of feature films, classic television sitcoms and drama series from the 1950s through the 1980s, and news and interview programming.

Through its ownership by MGM, The Works was a sister network to This TV, a joint venture between MGM and Tribune Broadcasting which also focuses on films and classic television series from the 1950s to the 1990s and carries programming from The Works' corporate cousin MGM Television.

History
With little prior announcement of its formation in advance of its debut, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer launched The Works on April 1, 2014; the network debuted on nine television stations owned or operated by Titan Broadcast Management (though either NRJ TV or Ellis Communications), with an initial clearance rate of, at minimum, 31% of all television households in the United States. In addition to carrying The Works on its stations, Titan Broadcast Management also handles advertising sales for the network. To make room for the network, Titan ended its affiliations with the Retro Television Network on most of its stations, swapping out that network with The Works. The network was formally launched in January 2015, with 26 affiliate stations, covering 37% of the nation's television households.

The Works subchannel network quietly pulled off the air around February 28, 2017, when remaining affiliates, consisting mainly of Titan Broadcast Management operated stations, switched to Charge!, a subchannel network operated by MGM.

"The Works" remains in use for an online-only channel focusing on classic movies.

Programming
The Works' program schedule relied primarily on the extensive library of films and television programming currently owned by MGM and subsidiary United Artists. Unlike many other digital multicast networks, The Works also featured some more recent and originally-produced programming.

The network maintained a general entertainment programming format with a large emphasis on theatrical feature films from the MGM library, sports and classic television series. News programming was also provided by the network through a programming agreement with The Huffington Post, which provided a rebroadcast of its discussion program Huff Post Live in separate two-hour blocks of news in the midday and early evening on Monday through Fridays; affiliates were also inclined to produce local news content to air on the network.

List of programs broadcast by The Works

Classic television series
 The Addams Family
 American Gladiators
 Comedy Time
 Home Run Derby
 The Rat Patrol
 Quick Laffs

Children's programming
 BoomerangE/I
 Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot
 Heroes Among UsE/I
 Jack Hanna's Into the WildE/I
 Killer InstinctE/I
 Prince Planet

News/interview programming
 Huff Post Live

Former affiliates

Notes:
 1 NRJ TV is 33.3% owned by the principals of Titan Broadcasting Management, Bert Ellis and his partners.


Bon Gaultier

Bon Gaultier was a nom de plume assumed by the writers William Edmondstoune Aytoun and Sir Theodore Martin.

The humorous Bon Gaultier Ballads remained popular for a long time; originally contributed to a magazine, they appeared in book form in 1845.

Contents

The Broken Pitcher- a story about a Moorish woman who throws a Christian Knight down a well after stealing three kisses from her

External links
The Cambridge History... Bon Gaultier Ballads


Anthony Humphreys

Anthony John Rolph Humphreys (born 9 June 1971, in Launceston, Tasmania) was an Australian cricketer who only played one match for the Tasmanian Tigers in the 1993-94 season.


Oceanimonas marisflavi

Oceanimonas marisflavi is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of Oceanimonas. Oceanimonas marisflavi is able to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.


Giudicarie Line

The Giudicarie Line is a major geologic fault zone in the Italian Alps, named for the Giudicarie valleys area. It runs from Meran in the northeast more or less straight along the lower part of the Val di Sole, along the Val Rendena (upper Sarca valley) and then along the Chiese valley to the Lago d'Idro (Idro Lake).

The north part of the line is part of the Periadriatic Seam that separates the Southern Alps from the nappe stacks of the Central Alps and runs from west to east along the Alpine mountain chain. The Periadriatic Seam branches off to the west at the upper Val di Sole, where it is called the Tonale line. The northeast-oriented Giudicárie line off-sets the (east-west) Periadriatic Seam by 100 kilometers.

The fault zone contains older (Tertiary) mylonites, showing it was a ductile shearzone in that period. These mylonites have been overprinted by brittle thrusting still active today. The northwest dipping fault plane serves as a dextral transform fault as well as a compressive thrust fault.


Holcobius frater

Holcobius frater is a species of beetle in the family Ptinidae.


Nepal–Norway relations

Nepal–Norway relations are bilateral relations between Nepal and Norway. Diplomatic relations were established on 26 January 1973. Norway established an embassy in Kathmandu in 2000.

State visits
In 2008, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim visited Nepal.

In 2009, the Nepalese Prime Minister Prachanda visited Norway.

Norwegian aid
Norway's aid to Nepal was around 32 million USD in 2017. Norwegian aid prioritizes education, good governance and energy.

Embassy bombing
In May 2008, a small bomb exploded outside the Norwegian embassy in Kathmandu. No one was injured.


Six Chuter Skye Ryder Aerochute

The Six Chuter Skye Ryder Aerochute is an American powered parachute that was designed and produced by Six Chuter of Yakima, Washington. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

Design and development
The Skye Ryder Aerochute was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles two-seat trainer exemption as well as the Experimental - Amateur-built aircraft rules. It features a  parachute-style wing, two-seats-in-tandem accommodation, tricycle landing gear and a single  Rotax 503 engine in pusher configuration. The aircraft was also sold as a single-seater with a  wing.

The aircraft carriage is built from metal tubing. In flight steering is accomplished via foot pedals that actuate the canopy brakes, creating roll and yaw. On the ground the aircraft has lever-controlled nosewheel steering. The main landing gear incorporates spring rod suspension. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of  and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of  the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is .

The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a  engine is  and the landing roll is .

The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 30 hours.

Operational history
By 1998 the company reported that 1064 kits had been sold and 1058 aircraft were completed and flying.

In April 2015 seven examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Specifications (Skye Ryder Aerochute)


Laelaspoides

Laelaspoides is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.

Species
 Laelapsoides dentatus (Halbert, 1920)
 Laelaspoides ordwayae Eickwort, 1966 — found in the underground nests of halictid bees, genus Augochlorella.


Killeter

Killeter () is a small village and townland near Castlederg in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 147.

Killeter has a yearly August fair, which celebrates the diversity and richness of rural life. The village itself sits along an ancient pilgrimage trail which winds its way to Lough Derg. The national cycle network traverses part of this trail, which is bounded to the west by Killeter Forest.

The writer Benedict Kiely has stated that he based the fictional village of Carmincross, in his novel Nothing Happens in Carmincross, on Killeter.

Places of interest
Near Killeter is the Magherakeel historical site with its holy well, lime kiln and ruins of an early church. The Magherakeel Monastic Site along the Lower Strabane Road, near Castlederg, was one of Ireland's most important ecclesiastical centres. The monastic site dates from the 6th century with only a small part of wall remaining from St Caireall’s church.
Saint Patrick’s Well, Killeter, is a well that legend says St Patrick stopped at to drink from after leaving Lough Derg.

Meteorites
On 29 April 1844, a shower of Meteoric Stones fell, in the sight of several people, at Killeter; they were broken into small fragments and only one piece was found whole.

Killeter Fair
 There's a song on RCA's label Ireland's Greatest Hits titled Killeter Fair, sung by Leo McCaffrey.  The lyrics aren't found on the internet, but the closest match link is listed on Irelandseye.com


The 1976 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

Players
The following players were members of the 1976 football team.


James Riley (captain)

James Riley (1777, Middletown, Conn. – 13 March 1840 at sea)  was the Captain of the United States merchant ship .

Sufferings in Africa

Riley led his crew through the Sahara Desert, after they were shipwrecked off the coast of contemporary Western Sahara in August 1815, and wrote a memoir about their ordeal. This true story describes how they came to be shipwrecked and their travails in the Sahara Desert. The book, published in 1817 and originally titled Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig 'Commerce' by the "Late Master and Supercargo" James Riley, is modernly republished as Sufferings in Africa.

Lost in this unknown world, Captain Riley felt responsible for his crew and their safety. He told of the events leading to their capture by marauding Sahrawi natives who kept them as slaves. Horribly mistreated, they were beaten, sun-burnt, starved, and forced to drink their own and camel urine.  A slave would be worked until close to death and then either traded or killed.

Aftermath
Once back on American shore, Riley devoted himself to anti-slavery work but eventually returned to a life at sea.  He died March 13, 1840, on his vessel the Brig William Tell between New York and St. Thomas, "of disease caused by unparalleled suffering more than twenty years previous during his shipwreck and captivity on the desert of Sahara." The lives of his crew were foreshortened, no doubt, from complications caused by their hardships in the African desert. The last surviving crewman was the cabin boy, who lived to be 82.

In 1851, eleven years after Riley's death at sea, the publishing firm of G. Brewster issued the book Sequel to Riley's Narrative: Being a Sketch of Interesting Incidents in the Life, Voyages and Travels of Capt. James Riley, from the Period of His Return to His Native Land, After His Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings Among the Arabs of the Desert, as Related in His Narrative, Until His Death.

Influence
Riley founded the midwestern village of Willshire, Ohio, which he named for William Willshire, the man who redeemed him from slavery.

Abraham Lincoln, who later became president of the United States, listed Sufferings in Africa, as one of the three most influential works that shaped his political ideology, particularly his views on slavery. The others were the Bible and The Pilgrim's Progress (1678).


Secon

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

Lucas Secon, Danish record producer and songwriter
Paul Secon (1916–2007), American entrepreneur and songwriter


Leaf rust (barley)

Leaf rust is a fungal disease of barley caused by Puccinia hordei.  It is also known as brown rust and it is the most important rust disease on barley.

Symptoms
Pustules of leaf rust are small and circular, producing a mass of orange-brown powdery spores.  They appear on the leaf sheaths and predominantly on the upper leaf surfaces.  Heavily infected leaves die prematurely.

Disease cycle

Crop losses
Leaf rust of barley is considered a relatively minor disease in the United States. However, sporadic outbreaks have occurred in the southeastern and Midwestern regions of the country.

Pathotypes and host resistance
Most of the barley cultivars grown in the United States are susceptible to Puccinia hordei.
Nineteen seedling resistance genes (i.e. Rph1 to Rph19) have been identified, but only three (Rph3, 7 and 9) have been deployed in commercial cutlivars worldwide.
In the United States, the Rph7 gene effectively controlled the disease for over twenty years.  However, in 1993, pathotypes with virulence to the Rph7 resistance gene were identified in Virginia, California, and Pennsylvania.
Recently, the first simply inherited gene conferring adult plant resistance to leaf rust in barley was designated Rph20.
Rph20 originated from the two-rowed barley landrace H. laevigatum (i.e., Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare); parent of the Dutch cultivar 'Vada' (released in the 1950s).
To date there have been no reports of an Rph20-virulent pathotype.


The 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign refers to a campaign headed by numerous political parties, non-governmental organisations, individuals and media outlets in favour of a 'Yes' vote in the 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum. If successful, the 'Yes' campaign will transform Turkey from a parliamentary republic into an executive presidency. The 'Yes' campaign is rivalled primarily by parties and organisations that lead a 'No' campaign'. Neither campaign has a united or centralised campaign structure, with rallies and campaign events being largely organised by political parties independently of each other.

The 'Yes' campaign has been predominantly led by Justice and Development Party (AKP) politicians, as well as Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) politicians loyal to leader Devlet Bahçeli. Initially expecting a 7 February start to the campaign, the AKP eventually kicked off their official campaign on 25 February with a presentation by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım at the Ankara sports stadium. Amid poor showings in opinion polls in February, Erdoğan reportedly asked pro-government pollsters to suspend their opinion polling until the end of March, while proposals for a joint electoral rally by both leading AKP and MHP politicians has also been proposed.

When Turkish ministers, in an illegal move under Turkish law, tried to travel to the Netherlands to promote the 'Yes' campaign to Turkish citizens living there, they were barred from doing so by the Dutch, causing the 2017 Dutch–Turkish diplomatic incident.

Supporters

Political parties
The following political parties have announced their support for a 'Yes' vote.

NGOs and other groups

Justice and Development Party (AKP) campaign

Domestic campaign

The AKP campaign has primarily focused around the concept of a 'great and strong Turkey' (Büyük ve Güçlü Türkiye) during its campaign, while senior politicians have also emphasised the need to establish an executive presidency in order to stop terrorism and grow the economy. Opposition politicians have claimed that the AKP has been unable to justify the proposed constitutional changes, resorting to a populist campaign as a result.

The AKP began its campaign on 25 February with a presentation by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, with the reserved seats being notably empty during the event. President Erdoğan began his campaigns under the guise of 'public opening' rallies, a campaign method similar to the one used by the Presidency in the June 2015 general election. Following the first public opening rally on 17 February in Kahramanmaraş, Erdoğan was criticised for making a perceived u-turn in his speech, first claiming that he would not desire an executive presidency for his personal gain but then claiming that the project was 'his own' just five minutes later.

Erdoğan and Yıldırım have both been heavily criticised for associating 'No' voters with terrorist organisations, both implicitly and directly on numerous occasions. During a speech to AKP Members of Parliament, Yıldırım claimed that they would vote 'Yes' because the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organisation (FETÖ) were supporting 'No'. At the same time, Erdoğan claimed that those who were opposing the changes were siding with the coup plotters behind the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. Their claims fell into disrepute when it emerged that FETÖ was one of the first proponents of an executive presidency in 1997, having supported the AKP government when they came to power in 2002 until 2013. The PKK have also long favoured an executive presidency in return for greater independence in Kurdish populated regions, with members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) implicitly speaking out in favour of a 'Yes' vote.

Overseas campaign

Overseas election campaigning, even in diplomatic missions, is illegal under Turkish law; yet most political parties in Turkey, including the ruling AKP, have flouted the law.

Although Yıldırım managed to hold a rally in Oberhausen, Germany on 18 February, foreign governments have reacted negatively to attempts by Turkish politicians to hold overseas campaign events targeting voters abroad. The Foreign Minister of Austria, Sebastian Kurz, stated that he did not want Erdoğan to visit the country to hold a campaign event because it would create division amongst Turkish citizens living in Austria. The intervention resulted in an angry reaction from Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş, who claimed that Turkey's referandum was not the concern of the Austrian government. In Germany, events due to be held by Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi and Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ were cancelled by local municipalities, who stated that the venues for the events had insufficient capacity. The developments were harshly criticised by the Turkish government as well as the main opposition.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) campaign

The official party executive of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), lead by Devlet Bahçeli, announced in late 2016 that they would co-operate with the AKP as they sought to draft a new constitution. This was met by opposition due to the MHP's long-standing staunch opposition to the presidential system, a policy also present in their November 2015 general election manifesto. Bahçeli himself was heavily criticised for the sudden u-turn, with videos comparing his sudden change of course to his past speeches where he strongly opposed the presidential system receiving record views on social media. The MHP official executive claimed that Bahçeli was trying to avoid an early election, which would have been a possibility if the AKP failed to put their proposals forward to a referendum. An early general election would have likely meant the MHP falling below the 10% election threshold and losing all their parliamentary seats. In January 2017, Bahçeli announced that they would also support a 'Yes' vote in the referendum, in addition to providing parliamentary support during the voting process.

The MHP executive's decision to support a 'Yes' vote was met by strong opposition from the party's voter base, leading Bahçeli to claim that the party 'didn't have' a voter base. 7 MPs amongst the 40-strong MHP parliamentary group rebelled, leading to the eventual expulsion of four of them from the party. A wave of resignations from the party's local and district associations followed. In response to the start of an alternate 'No' campaign by high-profile MHP politicians, Bahçeli claimed that those who were disobeying the party line were attempting to 'defame' the MHP and did not represent Turkish nationalism. In a further speech during a regular parliamentary party briefing, Bahçeli stated that he would support Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in an election if he was faced with the choice of choosing between Erdoğan and 'No' supporters such as Doğu Perinçek. He further went on to claim that those asking him why he was supporting a 'Yes' vote should 'mind their own business.'

Bahçeli began his campaigning in Konya on 12 February 2017, speaking to a hall which was lambasted by the pro-'No' media for being significantly emptier than expected. Many polls suggest that a significant majority of MHP voters are 'No' supporters, with this figure rising to 90% in some estimates. Most polls put the percentage of 'No' voters in the MHP at between 50% to 80%, with definite 'Yes' voters remaining at 20-25%.

Many theories have been put forward by politicians and journalists to explain Bahçeli's sudden change of policy, with some claiming that Erdoğan agreed to make him his Vice President under the new presidential regime. It was also reported in the Aydınlık newspaper that three forms of blackmail had been made to the MHP by the AKP. The first concerned the threat of a snap election, in which the MHP would likely fail to secure 10% of the vote and win seats in Parliament. The second concerned Bahçeli's own seat as leader of the MHP, a position from which he was almost defeated during the 2016 Nationalist Movement Party Extraordinary Congress. Bahçeli was able to hang on to his leadership by avoiding a party congress with the help of the pro-government Supreme Electoral Council and the government-backed judiciary, but it was claimed that the government would cease to assist Bahçeli in maintaining his position should he not agree to campaign for a 'Yes' vote. A final threat was perceived to be a personal revelation regarding Bahçeli, in the form of an embarrassing video tape or a recording that would disgrace him and the MHP, which the government would release if Bahçeli refused to comply.


2011 Vietnamese Cup

The 2011 Vietnamese Cup was the 19th edition of the Vietnamese Cup. It started on 8 January 2011 and finished on 27 August 2011.

The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2012 AFC Cup.

First round

Byes: Bình Dương, Đà Nẵng, Hà Nội T&T, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, Nam Định, Sông Lam Nghệ An

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final


SIG Sauer SIG516

The SIG Sauer SIG516 is a firearm manufactured by SIG Sauer. The rifle is based on the earlier 5.56×45mm NATO AR-15 and the M16.

Design details

Operating mechanism
The SIG516 is a semi-automatic multi-caliber rifle, intended for civilian and law enforcement markets. The same family also includes selective-fired (single shot, 3 shot burst, full automatic modes) assault rifles, strictly intended for law enforcement and military use. It fires from a closed bolt, and has a short-stroke push rod piston system. The gas piston pushes the bolt carrier rearward, where it is returned to the forward and locked position by a spring. This process loads the next cartridge. The 516 has a four position gas regulator, allowing the user to choose the amount of gas directed to the piston.

Features
The SIG516 has a safety lever on the left side, to be used by the thumb of the shooting hand. The gas block integrates an adjustable gas regulator. The front gas block is railed to accept the front sight with a flip-up sight post. SIG516 models are equipped with an M16A2 style bird-cage flash hider.

All SIG516 models except the Marksman are equipped with 16 inch barrels shrouded by a free-floating M1913 Picatinny rail, as well as flip-up iron sights (BUIS) made by SIG Sauer.

The 5.56×45mm NATO SIG516 models accept AR-15 style box magazines. These magazines are constructed in 5-, 10-, 20-, and 30-round variants. SIG516 Russian rifles must use a different magazine, as they are chambered in 7.62×39mm. The SIG516 Russian uses magazines designed for 7.62×39mm AR-15 style rifles. The rifle is hammer-fired and has a two-stage trigger mechanism in the SIG516 Marksman, while all others have a military specification single-stage trigger.

Variants
SIG 716 is battle rifle/DMR variant is made on the same design, but is chambered for the more powerful 7.62x51mm round.

SIG 716 G2 (Generation 2) variant  features a short-stroke pushrod gas system. This operating system reduces carbon fouling, excessive heat and unburned powder in the action, ensuring further improved reliability and function.

Users

 : Used by law enforcement in Argentina.
 : Used by the Special Duty Unit and Counter Terrorism Response Unit.
 : Transitioning into the general service rifle of the Naval Infantry Force.
 : Used By Sa'ka Forces And Navy Thunderbolt
 : In use with the Georgian MIA and MOD special forces
 : Order placed for 72,400 units of SIG-716 Patrol G2 model. In December 2019 1st batch of 10,000 rifles were delivered to Indian Army’s Northern Command .
 : Used by PTJ (Counter-Terrorist Unit) of Serbian Police
 : Used by the Police Coast Guard
 : Used by Argovian cantonal police (CTSFO)
 : Used by Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command and Naval Special Warfare Command
 : Used by Polis Özel Harekat and Presidential Guards
 : Used by Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officers (CTSFO) Surrey Police and West Midlands Police
 : Used by Delaware State Police when purchased in 2012 and also by Cincinnati Police Department SWAT, as well as the Anderson County, South Carolina Sheriff's Office SWAT. San Diego Police Department SWAT, in which the rifles will replace out aging Vietnam era M16s.


Jorge Anckermann

Jorge Anckermann (22 March 1877 – 3 February 1941) was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. Havana-born, he started in music at eight with his father. At age ten he was able to substitute in a trio. In 1892, he went to Mexico as musical director of the bufo company of Nachos Lopez, visiting various Mexican states, and touring California.

Anckermann lived in Mexico City for a number of years, teaching music. In Cuba, he was for many years the musical director of leading theatres. He composed and produced pieces for zarzuelas, reviews and comedies. He also composed boleros, and was apparently the originator of the guajira. The grand theatre Alhambra was the scene of his greatest hits, such as La isla de cotorras. Famous pieces include El arroyo que murmura; El quitrín; Flor de Yumurí; Un bolero en la noche.

His father, Carlos Anckermann, and his brother, Fernando Anckermann, were also prominent composers and musicians.


Idaho Comics Group

Idaho Comics Group (ICG) is an independent comic book publishing company from Boise, Idaho that was founded in 2014, which publishes the officially licensed Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho anthology and Idaho Comics.  The anthologies benefit the Boise Public Library and to bring attention to comic book writers and artists from the state of Idaho.

History

On September 12, 2014, Idaho Comics Group was featured in a Comic Book Resources article.

On September 16, 2014, Idaho Comics Group was featured in an article on the official Edgar Rice Burroughs website.

On December 1, 2014, Idaho Comics Group was featured in an article by Idaho Magazine.

On December 9, 2014, Idaho Comics Group was mentioned again in a Comic Book Resources article.

January 12, 2015, Idaho Comics Group was featured in an article in The Idaho Librarian.

On March 25, 2015, Randall Kirby, who contributed stories to Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1-3, was featured in a story by The Huffington Post and his three page story from Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1 was featured in the article.

On September 1, 2015, Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1 was reviewed on the Handsome Boys Comics Hour podcast.

On October 6, 2015, The Best American Comics 2015 was released, and Idaho Comics Group contributors Dennis P. Eichhorn's Extra Good Stuff and Dame Darcy's Voyage of the Temptress were named to the list of "Notable Comics" published from September 1, 2013, to August 31, 2014 by series editor Bill Kartalopoulos.  Dennis Eichhorn contributed to Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1-3 as well as Idaho Comics #1 and #2.  Dame Darcy contributed to Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1.  In fact, Dame Darcy's Voyage of the Temptress made its print debut in Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1.

On October 13, 2015, ICG publisher Albert Asker remembers his late friend Dennis Eichhorn in a video produced by The Idaho Statesman.

On August 27, 2015, Idaho Comics Group comic books were featured in a library exhibition at Boise State University.

On August 29, 2015, it was announced that a talk on the History of Comic Books in Idaho would be given at Boise State University by ICG publisher Albert Asker.

On July 8, 2016, Idaho Comics Group was mentioned in a Comics Alliance article on the history of Tarzan comic books.

On October 4, 2016, The Best American Comics 2016 was released and series editor Bill Kartalopoulos listed Dennis Eichhorn's Extra Good Stuff as one of the "Notable Comics printed between September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015."  The Best American Comics 2016 debuted at the #1 spot on The New York Times Best Sellers List when it was released.

Titles

Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho (2014–present)

Issue #1 (2014)

Features work from the following writers and artists:

 Charles Soule (Superman/Wonder Woman, The Death of Wolverine, She-Hulk, Swamp Thing)
 Dennis Eichhorn (Real Stuff, Weirdo, Will Eisner's The Spirit: The New Adventures)
 Todd Clark (the nationally syndicated Lola comic strip)
 Steve Moore (the nationally syndicated In The Bleachers comic strip)
 Dame Darcy (Meat Cake)
 Allen Gladfelter (Disney's/Pixar's CARS, Occupy Comics)
 Steve Willhite (FUBAR, Jesus Hates Zombies)
 Scott Pentzer (Rose & Gunn, Sade, Rock 'n' Roll Comics)
 Randall Kirby (BOP! Comics)
 Jim Sumii (Tura and Eva)
 Julia Green (Mystic Pets)
 Adam Rosenlund (Light Years Away) COVER ARTIST
 Jon Keithley (Shivertown, 6x6)
 Shanae LaVelle (Shivertown, 6x6)
 Gaz Asker (Idaho Comics)
 Albert Frank Asker (Idaho Comics, 6x6)

NOTE: Charles Soule is not actually from Idaho.  He wrote a story illustrated by Boisean Allen Gladfelter.  All other creators are from Idaho.

Issue #2 (2015)

Features work from the following writers and artists:

 Monte Michael Moore (painted covers for DC Comics and Marvel Comics) COVER ARTIST
 Bill Schelly (Alter Ego (magazine), The Eye, Fandom's Finest Comics)
 Dennis Eichhorn (Real Good Stuff, Extra Good Stuff)
 Todd Clark (the nationally syndicated Lola comic strip)
 Randall Kirby (BOP! Comics, Anything That Loves)
 Scott Pentzer (Sports Superstars, Rock 'N' Roll Comics, Rose & Gunn, Sade)
 Adrianne Presnell (6x6)
 Steve Willhite (FUBAR, Jesus Hates Zombies, Mother Russia)
 Peter Lawson (Border Town Comic Con)
 Dick Trageser (Fandom's Finest Comics)
 John Barrie (TATCOI #2)
 Michelle Estrada (TATCOI #2)
 Jay O'Leary (Push)
 Bob Beason (Captain Bengal)
 Geoffery C. Everts (Disney cartoons animator, Jethro's Rad Euro-Zine 2.0)
 Jake Scholl (Blade of the Broken)
 Bethany Schultz Hurst (award-winning poet of Miss Lost Nation)
 Gaz Asker (Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1, Idaho Comics #1)
 Albert Frank Asker (Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1, Idaho Comics #1, 6x6)

Issue #3 (2016)

Features work from the following writers and artists:

 Ward P. Hooper (Mayor's Art Award, 2005; Best Idaho Visual Artist 2007 and 2012) COVER ARTIST
 James Lloyd (Art Director of the Treefort Music Fest, Mystic Pets, Cowboy Comics)
 Dennis Eichhorn (Real Stuff, Real Good Stuff, Extra Good Stuff, The Adventures of Ace International)
 Jacob Bear (Hawk and Dove, Batbear, Deadpooh)
 Randall Kirby (BOP Comics)
 Joseph Bradshaw (Kingdom Of Freedom)
 Treycen Fluckiger (Why Not?)
 James Lichtenberg (Why Not?)
 Hector Diaz (Art Director for Nampa's Dia En Downtown)
 Scott Pentzer (Sports Superstars, Rock 'N' Roll Comics, Rose & Gunn, Sade)
 Damon Bradshaw (Push)
 Gaz Asker (Art Director, Idaho Comics Group)
 Albert Frank Asker (Editor-In-Chief, Idaho Comics Group)

NOTE: Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #3 features a few kind words from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr.

Idaho Comics  (2014–present)

Issue #1 (2014)

Idaho Comics is a companion piece to Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho.  Each issue features an article on the history of comic books in Idaho that expands the breadth and depth on some of the subjects touched on in the creator's introductions in Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho.  Idaho Comics also looks to bring attention to famous autobiographical comic book writer Dennis P. Eichhorn by featuring his work and highlighting his contributions to Idaho sequential art through the articles on the history of comic books in Idaho.

 Features an article on the history of comic books in Idaho with a special emphasis on Edgar Rice Burroughs and his time in Idaho working as a cowboy/adventurer, ranch hand, photography and stationery store owner, gold prosecutor, and city councilman in Parma, Idaho.
 Features an autobiographical story by Dennis Eichhorn about the time Lyle Smith recruited him to play football at Boise Junior College (now Boise State University)
 Features comic strips by Idaho Comics Group editor for art direction, Gaz Asker
 Features two stories that Albert Frank Asker submitted to Piranha Press when he was thirteen years old.

Idaho Comics #1 features work by:
Dennis Eichhorn
Albert Frank Asker COVER ARTIST
Gaz Asker COVER ARTIST

Issue #2 (2015)

 Features a brand new autobiographical story by Dennis Eichhorn about the time he was investigated by the Salt Lake City Police Department over a comic book he published in Moscow, Idaho in 1974
 Features two other autobiographical stories by Dennis P. Eichhorn
 Features a continuation on the article on the history of comic books in Idaho again with special emphasis on Edgar Rice Burroughs and the comic books published in Idaho based on his characters

Idaho Comics #2 Features work by:
 Dennis Eichhorn
 Albert Frank Asker
 Jim Sumii
 Gaz Asker
 Damon Bradshaw COVER ARTIST
 Scott Fife
 Reilly Clark
 Jim Loney
 Mark Zingarelli
 Seth Tobocman

Podcast: Idaho Comics with Albert Asker
The "Idaho Comics with Albert Asker" podcasts serve as a compendium piece to the Idaho Comics Group comic books, adding depth and breadth to the subjects touched on in the "History of Comic Books in Idaho" articles.  Each month Albert Asker interviews a person with ties to comic books in Idaho. Episodes of "Idaho Comics with Albert Asker" can be found on iTunes, SoundCloud, and Stitcher.

Episode One (October 2016): "Idaho Comics News" (Pilot)
Episode Two (November 2016): Randall Kirby
Episode Three (December 2016): Steve Willhite
Episode Four (January 2017): Josh Shapel
Episode Five (February 2017): Catherine Kyle
Episode Six (March 2017): Adam Rosenlund
Episode Seven (April 2017): Jacob Bear and Dan Feldmeier
Episode Eight (May 2017): Terry Blas
Episode Nine (June 2017): Shanae Lavelle
Episode Ten (July 2017): Scott Pentzer
Episode Eleven (August 2017): Ethan Ede
Episode Twelve (September 2017):  Erica Crockett
Episode Thirteen (April 2018):  Brian Douglas Ahern and Randall Kirby
Episode Fourteen (June 2018):  Julia Green
Episode Fifteen (July 2018): James W.A.R. Lloyd
Episode Sixteen (July 2018):  BONUS! Wizard World Comic Con Boise 2018 Review
Episode Seventeen (August 2018):  The Dennis Eichhorn Project Part I
Episode Eighteen (September 2018):  The Dennis Eichhorn Project Part II
Episode Nineteen (December 2018): CF Arik Grant
Episode Twenty (April 2019):  Ron Randall


1999 Pan Arab Games

The 1999 Pan Arab Games were ninth edition of the multi-sport event between Arab countries and were held from August 15 to August 31. A total of around 4600 athletes from 21 countries participated in the 29 sports on offer. The opening ceremony that took place in Al Hussein Youth City Stadium was officially opened by King Abdullah II.

Initially set to be held in Amman in 2001, the games were brought forward two years and branded as the "Al Hussein tournament" in honour of Hussein of Jordan, the long-ruling monarch who died earlier that year. His daughter, Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, took part in the equestrian competition.

Games
Kuwait refused to send athletes to the event on the grounds that Iraq was participating – part of ongoing poor relations between the countries following the Invasion of Kuwait nine years earlier. It did, however, maintain a presence at the opening ceremony. The Jordanian minister for Youth and Sport, Mohamed Kheir Mamsar, had placed particular emphasis on an attempt to bring together all 22 Arab countries at the games. His failure to do so resulted in his resignation. Those present at the games also caused unrest: the Libyan football team fought with the Palestinian players in the locker room after their match, and fan rioting at the semi-final between Libya and Iraq saw dozen hospitalised. Some home spectators were disruptive at the basketball match between Jordan and Syria, and the throwing of water bottles onto the court only ceased after Princess Haya directly addressed the crowd.

On top of Mamsar's resignation, Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the head of the Kuwait Olympic Committee, announced he would quit his position within the Arab Sports Confederation, stating that the Arab League had interfered with his efforts to promote sport within the region. The confederation suffered another casualty at the games as on August 18 Saudi Arabia's Faisal bin Fahd, the president of the grouping, died of a heart attack shortly after attending the proceedings. Many social events around the closing ceremony were cancelled in respect for the late Saudi.

Two of the sports were held and concluded before the opening ceremony: the athletics and basketball competitions were held early to allow the athletes to prepare and attend the 1999 World Championships in Athletics and the 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship, respectively, which clashed with the dates for the Pan Arab Games that year.

There were several doping incidents at the games. Morocco's Siham Hanifi, winner of the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay events, was disqualified after a positive test for nandrolone (a steroid) – a fate also shared by her teammate Karima Shaheen, the discus throw bronze medallist. The bodybuilding contests were severely affected, with a six contestants being removed for taking banned substances.

The Qatari weightlifting team was entirely disqualified after rival nations protested that a number of their representatives were from Bulgaria, Lebanon and Pakistan and did not have sufficient Qatari citizenship to compete. American-based Laila Sarkis-Khoury faced similar protestations but her gold medal in artistic gymnastics stood as she produced proof of Lebanese citizenship. Two Lebanese weightlifters, Youssef Zein and Mahmoud Shuqair, were stripped of their silver and bronze medals from the +90 kg category after positive drug tests. Asaad Jaafar of Iraq, Ahmed Abdel-Salam of Egypt, Bilal Abu Raguh of Jordan and Zahi Ammar of Algeria were also banned.

Iraq did not compete in the equestrian events after its horses were refused passage into Jordan due to their failure to meet international health requirements (the hosts offered replacement animals, but the Iraqi team refused).

Three of Egypt's squash team were injured after their bus overturned during a tour of Madaba. Nesreen Nasha't, Iman Amir and Umniya Abdul Qawi were flown back to Cairo to receive treatment. The Jordanian driver of the vehicle was killed during the accident.

The Sinai rosefinch was chosen as the games' mascot.

The 9th Pan Arab Games saw the launch of the first official games website, allowing people follow the events over the internet. Since 1999, each games has had its own official games website.

Sports

 (freestyle and Greco-Roman)

Medals table

Medal table source.


Megachile rotundipennis

Megachile rotundipennis is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by W. F. Kirby in 1900.


Royal Navy Surface Fleet

The Royal Navy's surface combatants are administered by the Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces and Rear Admiral Surface Ships also known as COMUKSTRKFOR (CSF) . Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces is a sea-going combatant command appointment. Surface ships form one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy.

RN surface ships current consist of two flotillas based at HMNB Portsmouth and HMNB Devonport, both located on the south coast of England. Surface combatants range from aircraft carriers to mine countermeasures vessels to offshore patrol vessels, but most are escorts; destroyers (Type 45) and frigates (Type 23).

Surface combatants deploy to conduct several permanent Standing Royal Navy deployments. Closer to home, the surface fleet also conducts Fishery Protection Patrols around UK waters, by agreement with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Presently, Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group and Commander Littoral Strike Group are the two main 1* deployable forces under COMUKMARFOR.

History
In 1990-1992 the Royal Navy was reorganised, creating the new posts of Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla (FOSF) responsible for operational readiness and training, and Commander, UK Task Group, who would command any deployed task group. In 2001 both of these appointments were unified into the post of Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces (COMUKMARFOR), who thereafter reported to CINCFLEET. He administered three sub-commands called Amphibious Task Group, UK Task Group, and Carrier Strike Group, each of these being commanded by a Commodore. These three commodores' positions directed operational, deployed, seagoing groups of warships.

In January 2011 the UK Task Group Commander was renamed Deputy Commander UK Maritime Forces. The Devonport and Portsmouth Flotillas are currently administered by the Commander Operations.

At some point between 2011 and 2018, Commander UK Maritime Forces was also given the role of Rear-Admiral Surface Ships, the 'tribal chief' of surface ships within the Navy.

Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces and Rear-Admiral Surface Ships
Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces and Rear Admiral Surface Ships – reporting to Commander-in-Chief Fleet till 2012 then Fleet Commander.

Rear Admiral James Burnell-Nugent (2001–2002)
Rear Admiral David Snelson (2002–2004)
Rear Admiral Charles Style (2004–2005)
Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti (2005–2007)
Rear Admiral George Zambellas (2007–2008)
Rear Admiral Philip Jones (2008–2009)
Rear Admiral Peter Hudson (2009–2011)
Rear Admiral Duncan Potts (2011–2013)
Rear Admiral Robert Tarrant (2013–2014)
Rear Admiral Tony Radakin (2014–2016)
Rear Admiral Alex Burton (2016–2017)
Rear Admiral Paul Bennett (2017–2018) (posted in November 2017; Navy Directory 2017)
Rear Admiral Jerry Kyd (2018–2019)
Rear Admiral Andrew Burns (February 2019–December 2019)
Rear Admiral Michael Utley (December 2019-present)


Cucurucu (song)

"Cucurucu" is a song by English musician Nick Mulvey. The song was released on 3 March 2014.

Mulvey told The Cambridge News that the song's title is meaningless. "It's meant to be a noise a child would make," he explained. "It might relate to a bird sound too. It's actually quite similar to the noise they make in France for a cockerel. You know how we say 'cock-a-doodle-do'? Over there it's like that Cucurucu."

"At its core it's my adaptation of DH Lawrence's poem Piano," Mulvey added. "The poem depicts a child under the piano, smiling as its mother sings, so I thought it would be lovely to have a song within the song. So I'm singing in her voice, really, and then I got the chorus about 'yearning to belong', so it's not just putting his words to my music. At first I was bothered by that, because I didn't think I should've changed it, but I've got used to it."

Track listings
Digital download
"Cucurucu" – 4:26

Charts

Release history


Lilly Ogatina Poznanski

Lilly Ogatina Valahoe Poznanski  (14 April 1942 - 14 June 1989) was a politician and educator from the Solomon Islands. She was the first woman to be elected to public office in the country. Poznanski was also the first Solomon Islands woman to be awarded an OBE and the Solomon Islands Independence Medal.

Early life and education
Poznanski was born in Kia, Santa Isabel Island in 1942. Her father was George Rubaha, an Anglican preacher, and her mother's name was Lusuai. Poznanski was one of the first Solomon Islands women to be sent to study abroad by the government, and spent seven years studying in New Zealand.

Career
On her return she taught at St. Hilda's School at Bungana.

Poznanski was elected to the Central Solomons seat in the Legislative Council on 7 April 1965, defeating four other candidates and becoming the first female elected representative in Solomon Islands. Poznanski stood unsuccessfully for the Honiara seat in the Legislative Council in 1967, and then resumed teaching at the Government Primary School in Honiara. In September 1969, she was elected to the Ngosi Ward of the Honiara Town Council. The following year she became Assistant Clerk to the Governing Council. In 1978, she became Chief Administrative Officer with the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industry and Labour, and the most highly paid woman in the Solomons. In 1984, Poznanski unsuccessfully contested the West Isabel parliamentary seat.

Poznanski kept close links with her rural family and led her Zabana people in efforts to reconnect with their Logahaza origins, a link which had been disrupted in the late nineteenth century by raids and conflicts.

Personal life
In 1966, she married Obiri Poznanski, a part-Polish part-Gilbertese member of staff of the Marine Department. They had four children together.


Dick Capp

Richard Francis Capp (born April 9, 1942) is an American former American football tight end and linebacker in the National Football League. He is from Portland, Maine.

Career
Capp played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1967 NFL season. As such, he was a member of the Super Bowl II Champion Packers. He had previously been drafted in the seventeenth round of the 1966 AFL Draft by the Boston Patriots. The following season, he played with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

He played football and basketball at Worcester Academy graduating in 1961 and at the collegiate level at Boston College.


Bioresilience

Bioresilience refers to the ability of a whole species or an individual of a species to adapt to change. Initially the term applied to changes in the natural environment, but increasingly it is also used for adaptation to anthropogenically induced change.

History
Alexander von Humboldt was the first to note the resilience of life forms with increasing altitude and the accompanying decreasing prevalence in numbers, and he documented this in the 18th century on the slopes of the volcano Chimborazo.

Understanding of bioresilience evolved from research led by The Mountain Institute when establishing two of the national parks that surround Mount Everest, Makalu-Barun National Park in Nepal, and Qomolangma National Nature Preserve in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The research documented greater biodiversity at Everest’s base than higher up. There were progressively fewer documented species as the mountain ascended into higher biomes, from subtropical to temperate to alpine to Arctic-like. These fewer species, though, had greater biologic robustness correlating directly with increasing bioresilience.

Current research
Monitoring of bioresilience, beginning in the Everest ecosystem but expanding to other mountain ecologies globally is being carried out by the Biomeridian Project at Future Generations University.

The concept of bioresilience has also been applied to human health to explain aging or chronic diseases decrease the ability of the body to adapt; in such cases, the system becomes rigid and unable to cross different life demands. As the human body loses robustness with age, an individual becomes unable to accommodate new life demands, be they contagions, stress, or events such as injury or even jet lag.

The importance of resilience in biological systems has been widely recognized in terms of the impacts on life by anthropogenic changes. Accelerating environmental change and continuing loss of genetic resources positions lower biodiversity around the planet threatening ecosystem services. A major mitigating factor will be life forms with higher resilience.

Paralleling the work in mountain environments, a growing number of studies is applying the concept of bioresilience to assess the robustness of life in other ecological systems challenged by the Anthropocene. One such study was with the adaptive renewal and natural perturbation in Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater lake.


Jadson Alves dos Santos

Jadson Alves dos Santos (born 30 August 1993) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as defensive midfielder for club Cruzeiro.

Career statistics

Honours
 Botafogo
 Taça Guanabara: 2013
 Taça Rio: 2013
 Campeonato Carioca: 2013


That's Exactly What I Wanted... Exactly That

That's Exactly What I Wanted ... Exactly That is a 2007 EP by Wheat that preceded the release of their fourth album, Everyday I Said a Prayer for Kathy and Made a One Inch Square.

Track listing
All songs written by Wheat (Brendan Harney and Scott Levesque).

What Everyone Keeps Telling Me – 2:55
Little White Dove – 3:37
Until It Takes – 3:52
That's Exactly What I Wanted ... Exactly That – 1:47
Washing Machine Blues – 2:56

Production notes

Recorded at Electric Ali (Fairhaven, Mass.); additional recording by Wheat at home. Mixed by Rick Lescault. Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering (Boston, Mass.).


Sihathor

Menwadjre Sihathor was an ephemeral ruler of the 13th dynasty during the late Middle Kingdom. Sihathor may never have enjoyed an independent reign, possibly only ruling for a few months as a coregent with his brother Neferhotep I. According to egyptologist Kim Ryholt, Sihathor died in 1733 BC while Detlef Franke dates his short reign to 1694 BC. His tomb is likely to be the unfinished one located between the tombs of his brothers S9 and S10, in Abydos.

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Attestations
According to the latest reading of the Turin canon by Ryholt, Sihathor is recorded there on column 7, line 26 (Gardiner col. 6, line 26).
Sihathor is attested on two statues from the Hekaib sanctuary in Elephantine as a "king's son", which is here an honorary title referring to his brother Neferhotep I being king. Two rock inscriptions from Philae and Sehel Island further mention Sihathor as a brother to Neferhotep I. According to Ryholt and Stephen Quirke, Sihathor is also attested as a king on a steatite cylinder seal, now in the Petrie Museum (UC1157), and a bead of unknown provenance, now in the Brooklyn Museum. A few further seals mentioning a king's son Sihathor are known, but Ryholt concludes that they may correspond to another Sihathor. Finally, Vivian Davies points to the existence of a statue of Sihathor made after his death and where he is only given the title of "king's son".

Family

The family of Sihathor is known thanks to the rock inscriptions of Philae and Sehel made by his brother Neferhotep I. Sihathor's father is thus known to be Haankhef, his mother was Kemi and his brothers were Neferhotep I and Sobekhotep IV, the later of whom eventually succeeded him on the throne.

Tomb
The Egyptologist and archaeologist Josef W. Wegner of the University of Pennsylvania has led excavations of the tomb and funerary complex of Senusret III in Abydos as well as of the surrounding necropolis. This necropolis was found to comprise royal tombs dating to the Second Intermediate Period as well as from the earlier late Middle Kingdom. Two large tombs in particular, S9 and S10 are now believed to belong to Sihathor's pharaoh brothers, Neferhotep I and Sobekhotep IV. Indeed, evidences gathered from the neighbouring tombs reveal that a king Sobekhotep was buried in S10, who must be Sobekhotep IV given the size of the tomb, its general datation and location in Abydos. By extension, S9 is likely to belong to Neferhotep I.

These attributions are crucial for locating Sihathor's tomb, as indeed Wegner has found an unfinished royal burial at the immediate north-east of S10, east of S9. According to him, its position suggest very strongly that it was intended for Neferhotep's chosen heir Sihathor. The burial seems to have been abandoned at the death of its intended owner, its massive granite sarcophagus reused at a later time, during the chaotic Second Intermediate Period.


Keep the Giraffe Burning

Keep the Giraffe Burning is a 1977 science fiction short story collection by John Sladek.

Contents
Foreword
Elephant with Wooden Leg
The Design
The Face
The Master Plan
Flatland
A Game of Jump
The Hammer of Evil, or Career Opportunities at the Pascal Business School
The Locked Room
Another Look
Space Shoes of the Gods: An Archaeological Revelation
The Poets of Millgrove, Iowa
The Commentaries
Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias (overall title for 15 short-short stories)
Getting There Is (n-1/n)th the Fun
The Bright Side
Mr. and Ms. America
Empty Promise
The Paradise Problem
What Changed Doyster's Mind
Handout
Assessment
Art News
Pax Gurney
A Fable
Utopia: A Financial Report
Utopiary
Luck
A Picnic
Scenes from Rural Life
The Secret of the Old Custard
Undecember
The Great Wall of Mexico
Afterword

External links


A145 road

The A145 is an A road in the English county of Suffolk. It runs from east of the town of Beccles, close to the border with Norfolk, to the village of Blythburgh where it joins the A12 road. It is around  in length and single carriageway throughout.

Route description
The A145 runs from close to the village of North Cove, just east of Worlingham and Beccles, bypassing both places before passing through a rural area on its route to the A12 at Blythburgh. Until 2018 it ran through the town before a relief road was opened passing around the southern edge of Beccles. At the same time the route was re-designated, the route through the town becoming a 'B' road.

Beccles Relief Road section

Beginning as Copland Way, the A145 has its northernmost point at a roundabout with the A146 road between Worlingham and North Cove to the east of Beccles. It runs southwards for around  through farmland and an industrial area on the site of the World War II Ellough Airfield. The first section of the route was previously designated the B1127. It meets a roundabout on the south-eastern edge of the industrial area before turning to head west for  along the southern edges of Worlingham and Beccles across farmland, bypassing the town. Along this section the road is crossed by Regional Cycle Route 31.

Prior to the opening of the Beccles Southern Relief road in October 2018, the road started on the northern edge Beccles at a roundabout junction with the A146. It passed through the town, splitting to form a one-way system before passing through an industrial area on the southern edge of the town. Before the building of the Beccles northern bypass in the 1980s, the A145 began at the junction of London Road and Blyburgate, with the roads through the town centre being designated as the A146.

The road rejoins its previous route at a roundabout  south of the town centre where it heads in a southerly direction.

Rural section

To the south of Beccles the A145 becomes a rural route. It runs through the parishes of Weston, Willingham St Mary and Shadingfield immediately to the south of the town. In Weston it passes the former Duke of Marlborough public house and close to the Grade II* listed Weston Hall, built in the late 16th century for John Rede, and the 12th century parish church of St Peter which can be seen from the road at the junction with Church Lane. A small section of Willingham St Mary follows before the route reaches Shadingfield where it passes the Shadingfield Fox public house, the village hall and a water tower. The village is linear and extends for around ; at its southern edge the road passes the Grade I listed medieval church of St John the Baptist and Hill Farmhouse, dating from the 16th century and Grade II* listed.

South of Shadingfield the A145 passes through the parish of Brampton with Stoven. The village of Brampton is dispersed across a wide area either side of the road. At Brampton crossroads it passes the former Dog public house which closed in 1999 and is now a guesthouse. The crossroads were the site of the original Brampton Primary School and a post office, both of which are now private residences. A cast iron milestone stands at the crossroads alongside the village sign. Dating from 1822, the milestone was discovered and restored in 2010 before being replaced. It indicates that Beccles is 5 miles to the north, Great Yarmouth 19 miles and Norwich 23 miles and that the crossroads are 104 miles from London. A number of similar milestones can be seen along the road in this section. From the crossroads Station Road to the west leads to Brampton railway station, some  away, whilst Southwold Road runs eastward, passing Brampton Primary School before heading towards Stoven and Wangford.

The A145 passes the Grade I listed Brampton church, dedicated to St Peter and with a 15th-century tower, before turning sharply and reaching a junction with the B1124 Halesworth road. It continues into the parish of Sotherton, passing the former Cross Bows Inn alongside the road, and then into Wangford with Henham where it passes along the western edge of Henham Park, the site of the Latitude festival, a major music and arts festival held annually in July, and the Grand Henham Steam Rally, held in September. The park was the site of Henham Hall, originally a Tudor house dating from the early 16th century. The original building burned down in 1773 and was replaced with a Georgian mansion in 1790. This was pulled down in 1953. An archaeological dig of the site featured in the Time Team television programme in January 2013.

The road then runs into the parish of Blythburgh where a junction with the B1123 at Bulcamp leads towards Halesworth. The Battle of Bulcamp occurred here in 653 or 654 AD between the forces of Anna of East Anglia and Penda of Mercia. Anna, the King of East Anglia, was defeated and killed along with his son Jurmin. Both are believed to have been buried at Blythburgh Priory. The main A12 road is reached at the southern end of the A145, around  north of the village of Blythburgh, at a junction overlooking the estuary of the River Blyth.

Road safety
The A145 is generally straight and has no record of significant safety issues. It has generally been rated as medium or low–medium risk in European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) surveys. There were 8 fatalities associated with road traffic accidents along its length between 1999 and 2010. Accidents have occurred at Henham Park, Brampton and Willingham St Mary and Shadingfield. The road is limited to 30 miles per hour in Beccles, for a distance of around  in Shadingfield and either side of Brampton crossroads. On the approach to the A12 at Blythburgh a speed limit of 40 mph is applied. Suffolk Constabulary operate mobile speed cameras on the road to enforce speed limits. On-road cycle lanes, footpaths and pedestrian crossings are used within Beccles to support road safety. Outside of Beccles there is limited street lighting in place along the road.

The Latitude Festival attracts a significant amount of road traffic and delays around the site at Henham and the junction of the A145 with the A12 are common over the festival weekend. The A145 and other approach roads are generally subject to temporary speed limits, diversions, no stopping orders and one way systems to ease traffic flow. Organisers have attempted to encourage festival goers to use cycle or bus transport to minimise congestion.


Oscar Zimmerman

Oscar G. Zimmerman (September 21, 1910 – April 2, 1987) was an American musician, teacher and double-bass player.

Life and career
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1910, Oscar Zimmerman was the double bassist with the Rochester Philharmonic for 36 years and professor emeritus at Eastman, was a member of the first graduating class of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Philadelphia Orchestra principal bassist Anton Torello. Hired by the Philadelphia Orchestra as a 19-year-old student, he played with the orchestra for six years until joining the St. Louis Symphony as principal bass player in 1936.

He played with the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini from 1938-45 before moving to Rochester. As a teacher, taught at the Eastman School of Music, but also spent 44 successive summers teaching at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. His former students have filled positions (many of them as principal players) in the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, Dallas, and Ottawa.
Zimmerman died  in Traverse City, Michigan in 1987.

Instruments
His favorite instrument was a Gagliano he bought while still at Curtis from Torello. He called it the Black Gagliano because he had two, a yellow and black. For the last ten years of his life he had two basses, a Francesco Rugieri and a Hugo Rautmann. He heard Waldimar Geise play the Scontrino Concerto, on the Rautmann with Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra while a student a Curtis. He was so impressed with the projection that he bought the bass at Geise' death (1948) and used it for all his solo work.

Degrees and studies
B.M., Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Autobiography
A collection of reminiscences and tributes was self-published:

Zimmerman, Oscar G. and George Murphy. Once more-- from the beginning : reminiscences of a virtuoso and teacher of double bass. [Interlochen, Mich.]: Zimmerman Publications, 1993.


Dzhamilli Vtoryye

Dzhamilli Vtoryye (also, Dzhamilli) is a village in the Tartar Rayon of Azerbaijan.

This village is in an area occupied by the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. It is suspected that this village has undergone a name change or no longer exists, as no Azerbaijani website mentions it under this name.


La Maison du Bonheur

La Maison du Bonheur (The House of Happiness) is a 2006 French comedy film directed by Dany Boon, adapted from the play La Vie de chantier (Life on a building site).

Plot

Charles Boulin is a debt collector for a credit company called Crédilem.

After his wife Anne accuses him of being tight-fisted, he decides to surprise her by buying a house in the country... but before he manages to do so the house is snatched up by one of his colleagues.  In his disappointment he steals his colleague's bag which contains the signed deeds.  As he has already been given several warnings at work, he is sacked on the spot.

To reduce renovation costs, Charles Boulin seeks the help of Jean-Pierre Draquart, the shifty estate agent who sold him the second house in his catalogue.  This swindler calls up his "best team": Mouloud Mami and Donatello Pirelli - who as workers are both perfectly incompetent.  As the renovation progresses, the house gradually turns into ruins.

Charles soon finds himself in debt after being refused a bank loan and then has to sell the family apartment without letting his wife or daughter find out. He survives on odd jobs, whilst scheming in order to convince his family to move into the "new" house...

Cast

 Dany Boon as Charles Boulin
 Michèle Laroque as Anne Boulin
 Daniel Prévost as Jean-Pierre Draquart
 Zinedine Soualem as Mouloud Mami
 Laurent Gamelon as Donatello Pirelli
 Line Renaud as Aunt Suzanne Bailleul
 Michel Vuillermoz as Jacques Kurtz
 Ariane Séguillon as Nicole Kurtz
 Gaëlle Bona as Élisabeth
 Antoine Chappey as Alexis Boulin
 Laure Sirieix as Norah Boulin
 Frédéric Bouraly as The doctor
 Jacqueline Jehanneuf as The house owner
 Jean Dell as The notary
 Didier Flamand as Banker

Box office

Discography

The CD soundtrack, including the scores of Nothing to Declare and Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, all composed by Philippe Rombi.


Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour is a road bicycle race held annually in the French Department of Rhône-Alpes. The editions 1991–2004 were reserved to amateurs; since 2005, it is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

1991–2005: Tour Nord-Isère
2006– : Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

Winners

External links


1965 Soviet nuclear tests

The Soviet Union's 1965 nuclear test series was a group of 14 nuclear tests conducted in 1965. These tests  followed the 1964 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1966 Soviet nuclear tests series.


Don't Stop (Annie album)

Don't Stop is the second studio album by Norwegian singer Annie. Originally intended for a 2008 release on UK-based label Island Records, the planned release date was pushed back. Annie left Island for independent Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound, which released a revised version of the album in October 2009.

Don't Stop received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album features production work from previous collaborators Timo Kaukolampi and Richard X, as well as Xenomania and Paul Epworth.

Background
In May 2008, Popjustice called the album "a complete modern masterpiece", revealed the title (Don't Stop) and gave the first track listing. Pitchfork posted a different track listing two months later, which excluded a track entitled "Perfectly Honest", while "Misery" was renamed "I Can't Let Go".

Girls Aloud initially provided backing vocals for "My Love Is Better". Annie received tabloid attention when various publications wrote that Girls Aloud requested "My Love Is Better" be removed from the album. Producer Brian Higgins was reported to have included vocal tracks from a Girls Aloud demo in the song without their permission. Annie told Digital Spy in an interview that "it's not as dramatic as they said in the papers", citing problems with the record company. "Brian asked them if they'd like to help out. They were really up for it and came into my studio and it was really fun." The issue was resolved and the song remained on Annie's album.

Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand play guitar on "Loco". "I Can't Let Go" features guest vocals from Fredrik Saroea of Datarock. The album cover shows Annie wearing a dress by French fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.

Promotion and release
The first single was initially going to be a cover of Stacey Q's 1986 song "Two of Hearts", backed with "Songs Remind Me of You". The release was listed as "still forthcoming" on producer Richard X's official website during a period of time. It was suggested that the album could see an April 2008 release.

A sampler album was released in April for promotional purposes, containing the songs "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me", "My Love Is Better", "When the Night", "Marie Cherie" and "Songs Remind Me of You". A megamix containing samples of the album's songs was subsequently released.

Prior to the release of "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me", "Loco" was released as a digital-only single. The album's actual first single "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me" was released on 14 July 2008. The song was described as "sweet, scrumptious electropop" by Digital Spy. Pitchfork wrote that the song had "the slinky electro-pop strut" of Saint Etienne and Annie's previous single "Chewing Gum". The music video, directed by Sarah Chatfield, appeared online in late April 2008.

On 22 September 2008, Annie's manager Kathrine Synnes told Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet that the album's release had been postponed to 2009 so that Island Records could spend more time on the album.

Annie reported in a Myspace blog post on 8 October 2008 that "Two of Hearts" would be released as the next single from Don't Stop on 27 October 2008 but was cancelled last minute due to legal issues with Island Records. The following month, Annie left Island Records, taking the masters of the album with her. She subsequently announced that Don't Stop would be released in 2009 with a different track listing from the one leaked onto the Internet.

The album finally saw a release on 19 October 2009 with a revised track listing and new artwork. New songs "Hey Annie", title track "Don't Stop" and "I Don't Like Your Band" were added to the album's final track listing. "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me" and "Anthonio" were released on a bonus disc, titled All Night EP, among "Sweet", "I Can't Let Go" and new song "All Night".

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Don't Stop had sold 6,000 copies in the United States as of August 2013.

Critical reception

Don't Stop received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 22 reviews. Joseph Brannigan Lynch of Entertainment Weekly described the album as "a savvy mix of energetic early-'80s synth-pop and indie electronic", noting that Annie is "as close to LCD Soundsystem as to Kylie Minogue. Her vocals switch between seen-it-all sass and breathy melancholy with convincing ease." The Guardians Michael Hann praised it as "a delightful confection, filled with attention to detail and perfectly turned—and deserving of your attention." The A.V. Clubs Michaelangelo Matos referred to the album's music as "high-grade, glossy electro-pop, heavily indebted to the '80s." BBC Music reviewer Ian Wade stated that "Don't Stop is 12 slices of sublime pop genius, and one ranks right up there with the best contemporary female pop." Michael Cragg of musicOMH raved, "Featuring some of the most inventive producers in pop and steered by a singer who knows her way round a catchy melody or five, Don't Stop is one of the best pop albums of 2009." Drowned in Sound's David Renshaw called the album "brilliant", adding that "[t]he production throughout Don't Stop is noticeably strong. The sound is taught and modern but avoids the current pitfalls of sounding like a prime cut of Stock, Aitken and Waterman Eighties chart fodder or a Timbaland reject circa the year 2001".

Christopher Muther of The Boston Globe viewed the album as "an electro-pop truffle—a tasty confection with a hard, glossy shell surrounding a smooth, melt-in-your-ear interior of cheeky, playful lyrics", while commending Annie for her "incredible knack for marrying Pat Benatar's lip-gloss feminist swagger with playful dance-club melodies." AllMusic critic Andy Kellman wrote, "As on Anniemal, Don't Stop contains some of the catchiest, most clever dance-pop in circulation, highlighted by the fizzy 'I Don't Like Your Band'", but argued that the collaborations with Xenomania, Timo Kaukolampi and Richard X "aren't as powerful, [...] with a good handful of their songs no match for Anniemals weaker moments." Rolling Stones Will Hermes commented that the album "refines [Annie's] Euro-disco with more flavors and fewer hooks. Still, the music remains rapturous and cheeky." PopMatters' Craig Carson expressed that the album "exudes polish, depth, and the sense that Annie is moving confidently forward as a pop artist of the first order", concluding, "All tracks considered, Annie makes a significant step forward with Don't Stop." Ailbhe Malone of the NME noted that "[t]hough production is split three ways between Xenomania, Paul Epworth and Timo Kaukolampi, the record is all Annie's own." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine opined that while Xenomania's contributions are "largely hit or miss", "the album's true highlights, not surprisingly, belong to Timo Kaukolampi and Richard X, the pair responsible for the bulk of Annie's debut". Matthew Perpetua of Pitchfork felt that "[n]ot every song on Don't Stop or its bonus All Night EP is a classic, but Annie's good taste has yielded another fine crop of pop tunes."

Track listing

My Love Is Better

"My Love Is Better" is a song by Norwegian recording artist Annie from her second studio album, Don't Stop (2009). Released as the album's second single on 9 October 2009, the track originally had featured backing vocals by Girls Aloud. "My Love Is Better" was re-released on 15 March 2010 as a 12" single.

Girls Aloud controversy
"My Love Is Better" initially featured backing vocals by British pop group Girls Aloud. Annie received tabloid attention when various publications wrote that Girls Aloud requested "My Love Is Better" be removed from the album. Producer Brian Higgins was reported to have included vocal tracks from a Girls Aloud demo in the song without their permission. Annie told Digital Spy in an interview that "it's not as dramatic as they said in the papers", citing problems with the record company. "Brian asked them if they'd like to help out. They were really up for it and came into my studio and it was really fun." The issue was resolved and the song remained on Annie's album. She continued, "of course their record company said no and they ended up not singing on the song after all. I thought it was a little bit stupid but what can you say? It wasn't my choice. They were really nice, very sweet."

Track listing
iTunes single
"My Love Is Better" – 3:19
"My Love Is Better" (Emperor Machine Vocal Mix) – 6:08

2010 12" single
"My Love Is Better" (Original Version)
"My Love Is Better" (Emperor Machine Vocal Mix)
"My Love Is Better" (Emperor Machine Instrumental)
"My Love Is Better" (Sukh Knight Remix)
"My Love Is Better" (Justin Robertson Remix)

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Don't Stop.

 Annie – vocals ; production ; design, front cover
 Blank Blank – design, front cover
 Nick Coler – guitar ; keyboards ; programming
 Richard Edgeler – technician
 Paul Epworth – production
 Ercola – programming
 Matt Gray – programming ; mixing
 Petri Henriksson – photography
 Brian Higgins – keyboards, production, programming ; mixing
 Pete Hofmann – mixing
 Jenny Jansson – hair, make-up
 Alex Kapranos – guitar
 Timo Kaukolampi – production ; programming
 Tomi Leppänen – drums

 Nick McCarthy – guitar
 Nina Merikallio – front cover, photography
 Owen Parker – guitar ; keyboards
 Aki Pekka-Sinikoski – photography
 Mari Persen – violin
 Tim Powell – keyboards ; programming ; mixing
 Richard X – backing vocals, production
 Hannah Robinson – backing vocals
 Yngve Sætre – violin arrangements ; programming
 Chris Sanders – marching drums
 Geoff Sanoff – programming
 Toby Scott – programming
 Mintu Vesala – styling
 Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
 Xenomania – production

Additional personnel for All Night EP

 Annie – vocals ; production
 Nick Coler – guitar, programming
 Paul Epworth – production
 Ercola – programming ; additional programming
 Matt Gray – mixing
 Brian Higgins – keyboards, mixing, production
 Pete Hofmann – mixing
 James Iha – boogie guitars
 Timo Kaukolampi – programming ; production

 Petri Kautto – guitar
 Owen Parker – guitar
 Tim Powell – additional programming ; keyboards, mixing, programming
 Richard X – production
 Hannah Robinson – backing vocals
 Yngve Sætre – additional programming
 Geoff Sanoff – additional programming
 Fredrik Saroea – guest vocals
 Xenomania – production

Charts

Release history


Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (born 7 October 1960) is a Hindustani classical music vocalist from Mumbai. She pursues the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, although she has also been influenced by the Mewati and Patiala gharanas.

Early life and training
Born in Mumbai into a  family with strong musical traditions, Ashwini started her early classical training under the guidance of Narayanrao Datar. She then completed her Sangeet Visharad from the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. Since then, she has been learning music in the Jaipur-Atrauli style from her mother Manik Bhide. Ashwini also received guidance from Ratnakar Pai until his death in 2009.

Education
Bhide-Deshpande holds a Masters degree in Microbiology and earned a doctorate in Biochemistry from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, a Sangeet Visharad from the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal and a Masters degree in music.

Performing career
It was not until she completed her doctorate that Ashwini even considered a professional career in music. Her 'Jasrangi Jugalbandi concerts' with Sanjeev Abhyankar received a mixed response from the audience.

Musical style
Because of her influences from the Jaipur-Atrauli, Mewati and Patiala gharanas, Ashwini has created her own musical style. She holds a strong command over the three primary saptaks.

Composer
Bhide-Deshpande has an intimate understanding of Bandish and bandish-composition and has created many of her own bandishes, which she has published in her book, Raag Rachananjali (2004). A sequel titled "Ragarachananjali 2", containing 98 more bandishes (compositions) was published in 2010. She is also known for her setting of bhajans, especially those of Kabir.

{{quote|Ashwini Bhide is not only a music scholar but is also blessed with a beautiful voice. I have personally known Ashwini since her early teens and it makes me so happy to see her blossom into such a wonderful Khayal singer. She has earned the reputation of being one of the top young artists of India... Having learnt many old compositions, she has been able to retain the spirit of the tradition through the dialects she has used as well as pay attention to the subject matter!|
Ravi Shankar}}

Discography
 Introducing Ashwini Bhide (HMV; 1985) - Raag Yaman, Raag Tilak Kamod, Bhajan
 Rhythm House Classics (Rhythm House; 1987) - Raag Puriya Dhanashri, Raag Bhoop, Bhajan
 Ashwini Bhide Sings (HMV; 1988) - Raag Kedar, Raag Khambavati, Raag Bhoop Nat
 Live for Femina (Rhythm House; 1989) - Raag Nand, Raag Bageshri
 Morning Ragas Vol. 1 (Rhythm House; 1990) - Raag Lalit, Raag Vibhas
 Morning Ragas Vol. 2 (Rhythm House; 1990) - Raag Todi, Raag Kabir Bhairav, Raag Sukhiya Bilawal
 Bhaktimala: Ganesh Vol. 2 (Music Today; 1991) - "Jehi Sumirat Siddhi Hoi," "Jai Shri Shankar Sut Ganesh," "Jai Ganesh Gananath," "Ganapat Vighna Harana"
 Bhaktimala: Shakti Vol. 2 (Music Today; 1991) - "Jwalatkoti Balark," "Tero Chakar Kare Pukar," "Jai Jai Jai Giriraj Kishori," "Main Dharu Tiharo Dhyan"
 Bhaktimala: Krishna Vol. 2 (Music Today;1991) - "Madhurashtakam," "Mhari Surta Suhagan," "Kaisi Hori Machaiyi," "Sundar Badan Sukh," "Ka Karoon Na Mane"
 Bhaktimala: Namastotram, Ganesh (Music Today;1991) - Bhajans
 Young Masters (Music Today; 1992) - Raag Bhimpalas, Raag Shuddha Kalyan
 Raag Rang Vol. 1 (Alurkar; 1996) - Raag Bihag, Raag Bhinna Shadaj, Bhajan
 Raag Rang Vol. 2 (Alurkar; 1996) - Raag Madhuwanti, Raag Jhinjhoti, Raag Jog, Raag Nayaki Kanada
 Pandharpuricha Nila (Sagarika; 1998) - Abhangs
 Women Through the Ages (Navras Records; 1998) - Raag Ahir Bhairav, Raag Jaunpuri, Bhajan
 Krishna (Ninaad Music; 1999) - Raag Jaijaiwanti, Raag Vachaspati, Raag Megh Malhar, Jhoola, Bhajan
 Anandacha Kand (Megh Music; 2000) - Abhangs
 Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande Vol. 1 (Alurkar; 2000) - Raag Bilaskhani Todi, Raag Gujri Todi, Raag Nat Bhairav
 Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande Vol. 2 (Alurkar; 2000) - Raag Rageshri, Raag Durga, Raag Yaman
 Golden Raaga Collection (Times Music; 2000) - Raag Multani, Raag Gaud Malhar, Bhajan
 Swar Utsav (Music Today; 2002) - Raag Jhinjhoti, Raag Nayaki Kanada
 Navagraha Puja (Sony Music; 2002) - Bhajans
 Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande - Vocal (2003) - Raag Bageshri, Raag Kedar, Bhajan
 Roop Pahata Lochani (Self-published; 2004) - Abhangs
 Ragarachananjali (Rajhansa Prakashan; 2004) - Book and CD of self composed bandishes
 Kari Badariya (Self-published; 2005) - Raagas Abhogi and Prateeksha, Jhoola, Dadra
 Sandhya (Sense World Music; 2006) - Raag Bageshri, Bhajan
 Soordas (Self-published; 2009) - Bhajans
 Unmesh (Self-published; 2010) - Raagas Vibhavati, Puriya Dhanashri, Raag Patdeep, Raag Manikauns
 Ragarachananjali 2 (Rajhansa Prakashan; 2010) - Book and CD of self composed bandishes
 Arghyam (East Meets West; 2013) - Utsav Janasanmodini, Utsav Bairagi Todi, Utsav Nandadhwani, Utsav Utsav Charukauns, Utsav Pancham se Gara

Publications
 Ragarachananjali (Rajhansa Prakashan; 2004) - Book and CD of self composed bandishes
 Ragarachananjali 2 (Rajhansa Prakashan; 2010) - Book and CD of self composed bandishes
 Madam Curie - मादाम क्युरी'' (2015) - Marathi translation of Eve Curie's biography of Marie Curie.


Rúsdrekkasøla Landsins

Rúsdrekkasøla Landsins, or simply  Rúsan, is the national alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly of the Faroe Islands, following the model of neighbouring Nordic alcohol monopolies Vinmonopolet, Systembolaget, Vínbúð and Alko. The company was founded in 1992 after a long period of rationing and shipping such goods from Denmark. The company has outlets in Tórshavn, Hoyvík, Klaksvík, Saltangará, Miðvágur, Sandur and Trongisvágur.


Cairns, California

Cairns is a former settlement in Placer County, California. Cairns was located  northeast of Lincoln.

The Cairns post office operated from 1906 to 1907.


Nigel Watts

Nigel Kevin Watts (1919-1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.

Playing career
Watts was a schoolboy rugby union start from St. Josephs College, who went on to star for the Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union club before embarking on a brief rugby league career at St. George during World War II .  As he had never played Rugby League before, the residential-rule did not apply to Watts, who was a resident of Bondi at the time. Watts was in the Australian Army during his time at the Saints , although after he was discharged from the Army, he moved to a captain/coach role in the Illawarra competition in 1946. He represented a combined South Coast Division representative team that defeated the touring Great Britain national rugby league team 15–12 at Wollongong, New South Wales on 2 June 1946.

Death
Watts died in Sydney, New South Wales on 17 February 1995


South Point School

South Point School (SPS) or South Point High School (SPHS) is a co-educational private day as well as morning schools located in Kolkata, West Bengal. The school opened in 1954 and introduced higher secondary level in 1960. The school split into two buildings with the high school shifting to Ballygunge Place in 1980. The school is known to have been instrumental in churning out students who achieve eminence in a diverse arena of disciplines and as of 2019, the only school in Kolkata, to have a Nobel Laureate as an alumnus.

History
South Point School is an English-medium and co-educational school which was founded on 1 April 1954 at 16 Mandeville Gardens, Kolkata.

On 1 April 1960 – it was upgraded to the Higher Secondary level. The High School found a new premise on 8 April 1970 at 82/7A Ballygunge Place. The school is now run by the South Point Education Society.

The school was recorded as the world's largest school between 1984 and 1992 by the Guinness Book of Records.

It has Nursery, Transition and Classes from I to V. Students then graduate to South Point High School to join Class VI. From Classes VI to X they study under the Central Board of Secondary Education. A majority of Pointers return to their dear alma mater for the Plus-Two years, Classes XI and XII, under the Central Board of Secondary Education. It may be mentioned here that South Point had earlier been affiliated to both the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. Now, its pupils appear for their Board examinations under CBSE only.
A new school campus is supposed to be set up in  Mukundapur off the Bypass.

Awards and Accolades
The World Consulting and Research Corporation (WCRC), Asia, has adjudged South Point High School among Asia's Best Private Education Institutes 2015-2016 in the Category "Best K-12 School for Outstanding Academic Excellence". Evaluated on the basis of parameters such as the admission process, faculty, course and teaching methodology, infrastructure, alumni, extra-curricular activities and global partnerships, the list was finalized by an eminent global jury of CEOs, marketing heads, leading educationists and luminaries from allied fields.

The Telegraph School Awards for Excellence have regularly fetched accolades for South Point in the field of academics and as the Best School adjudged on its all-around performance. Its pupils have received individual awards too. Pointers’ performance in Inter-School Competitions brings in a slew of trophies and awards throughout the year.

Emblem And Motto
The School Emblem, showing a bird in flight, symbolises man's everlasting quest for knowledge and desire to soar above the mundane.
The School Motto is Courage to Know.

School Houses
South Point pupils are assigned to one of six Houses, named after famous personalities.

 Rabindranath Tagore House - Red
 Derozio House - Yellow
 Ashutosh Mukherjee House - White
 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar House - Green
 David Hare House - Orange
 Sister Nivedita House - Blue

Timetable
South Point runs in two sessions — Morning and Afternoon — from Monday to Friday.

South Point School

South Point High School

Notable alumni

 Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Professor of Economics, MIT, Nobel Laureate in Economics
 Ritabrata Banerjee, politician, member of Rajya Sabha, India
 Tanmoy Bose, percussionist and tabla player
 Supriya Chaudhuri, scholar of English literature
 Aroup Chatterjee, doctor, author and critic
 Sumit Ranjan Das, High energy physicist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
 Saurav Das, theatre director and actor
 Swarup Dutta, actor
 Kaushik Ganguly, director, actor
 Rituparno Ghosh, National Film Award-winning filmmaker
 Shamik Ghosh, Bengali Author
 Pratim D. Gupta, film critic, filmmaker
 Bauddhayan Mukherji, filmmaker
 Srijit Mukherji, filmmaker
 Bedabrata Pain, scientist and inventor
 Sandip Ray, noted filmmaker (son of Satyajit Ray)
 Amitava Raychaudhuri, Professor of Physics, University of Calcutta
 Anuradha Roy, acclaimed writer whose book ‘Sleeping on Jupiter’ was longlisted for The Man Booker Prize, 2015
 Sreyash Sarkar, acclaimed poet and engineering researcher
 Sucharit Sarkar, mathematician
 Subrata Sen, filmmaker
 Riddhi Sen, actor


Ayad Mohammed Ali

Ayad Mohammed Ali  (born 1 July 1956) is an Iraqi former football defender who played for Iraq at the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Ayad played for the national team in 1978.


Eugène Tucherer

Eugène Tucherer (1899–1974) was a film producer. He was born in Slovakia which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire but settled and worked in France for much of his career.

Selected filmography
 Gold in the Street (1934)
 The Train for Venice (1938)
 Crossroads (1938)
 Sarajevo (1940)
 Star Without Light (1946)
 Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)
 House on the Waterfront (1955)
 Vice Squad (1959)
 The Cat Shows Her Claws (1960)
 Girl on the Road (1962)
 The Dirty Game (1965)


Todorov surface

In algebraic geometry, a Todorov surface is one of a class of surfaces of general type introduced by  for which the conclusion of the Torelli theorem does not hold.


Suryeo Line

The Suryeo Line is a former narrow-gauge railway line owned by Korean National Railroad. The line connected Suwon to Yeoju.

History
The first section of the line was opened by the privately owned Chosen Gyeongdong Railway in 1930 and in the next year the construction was complete as follows:

The line was bought on 26 October 1942 by the Chosen Railway and after the independence of Korea, it was nationalized. After the first opening of the Yeongdong Expressway, the demand diminished abruptly and the line was finally abandoned on 31 March 1972. The Everline was finally opened on 26 April 2013 and the section Giheung – Stadium–Songdam College coincides almost with the former Suryeo line. The Gyeonggang Line, which opened on August 27, 2016, will follow the line from Icheon to Yeoju.

Future plans
Neither the Ministry of Construction and Transportation nor Korail have reconstruction plans for the Suryeo Line as a whole. However, part of the line was reconstructed as a part of the Yongin Everline, and another part of the line will serve as a section of the Gyeonggang Line, allowing Yeoju to have a rail connection with Seongnam and Icheon.

Rolling stock
The Suryeo line used narrow gauge steam locomotives, narrow gauge freight cars, KNR160 diesel cars, and KNR18000 passenger cars. After closure, all rolling stock was sent to the Suin Line. Examples of KNR160 and KNR18000 cars have been preserved in the Korean Railroad Museum in Uiwang.

The Gyeonggang Line, which follows part of the Suryeo Line, uses Korail Class 371000 EMUs. The Yongin Everline, which follows another part of the Suryeo Line, uses Bombardier Innovia Metro Mark II cars.

Route


Sierra Alpha

Sierra Alpha were a pop/rock band formed in Llanelli, South Wales in August 2007.  The band consisted of Martin Goddard (Vocals, Guitar), Andrew Harries (Keyboards, Vocals), Stuart Davies (Bass, Vocals), Andrew ‘Raul’ Evans (Guitar, Vocals) and Simon Beecher (Drums, Vocals).

Formation and early years (2007–2009)
Sierra Alpha toured exhaustively during their first two years on the circuit and played some major UK venues, including The IndigO2 at The O2 Arena.  They also played support slots with Mexicolas and Jack Peñate.
The band got their name from the phonetics of their post code, as in, 'SA'.

Superhero EP and Pure Heroes (2009)
On 1 June 2009, Sierra Alpha released their debut Superhero EP on iTunesiTunes Homepage through independent label ‘Major-G Records’.  Their limited-edition physical CD copy of the EP sold out within three weeks of release.  The lead single from the EP, "Superhero", peaked at No. 86 in the iTunes Chart and has been included on the new version of the iPod Touch and iPhone’s game Tap Tap Revenge 3 and was available on Tap Tap Revenge 2.  Following the release of Superhero EP, Goddard had the idea of stripping the band down and recording an acoustic EP to show off their versatility and live sound.  Pure Heroes included three tracks from their EP with new arrangement which included trumpet, saxophone, French horn, violin and cello.  They recorded it live at University of Glamorgan, Cardiff.  With the new arrangements so popular amongst fans, the band offered it as a free download from Amazon.  As it increased in popularity, both UK and US Amazon made it ‘Single of the Day’.

EP1 and EP2 (2010)
As 2010 dawned, the critical consensus held that alternative pop music would dominate the year's musical landscape. In light of this, the band recorded a brand new EP simply titled, EP2.  They also re-issued 'Superhero EP' with extra songs, re-titling it, EP1.  Physical copies of the EPs sold out within the first month of release.

Disbandment 2010
Sierra Alpha played a vital part in rejuvenation of the live music scene in their home-town of Llanelli. Not content with filling local venues and frustrated with licensing and age restrictions at music hot spots, they also toured the local Schools and Colleges in South Wales.

In support of their ever-expanding fanbase, the band sold out their hometown theatre, Theatr Elli on 31 July 2010. The only unsigned act to do so in the theatre's 30-year history.

Later in 2010 the band mutually agreed to "take a break from the music scene as we know it". "

During the summer of 2011 it was rumored that the band were to reform in 2012.

Discography
 Superhero EP (Major-G/InGrooves/Universal) (2009)
 Pure Heroes (Acoustic EP) (Major-G/InGrooves/Universal) (2009)
 EP1 (2010)
 EP2 (2010)

Superhero EP – UK Track listing
"Spending On You" – 2:57
"World Machine" – 4:17
"Superhero" – 3:26
"Take It To Dance" – 3:57
"Come Hither" – 3:13

Pure Heroes EP – UK Track listing
"Superhero" – 3:57
"Take It To Dance" – 4:21
"Spending On You" – 3:22

EP1 – UK Track listing
"Spending On You" – 2:57
"World Machine" – 4:17
"Take It To Dance" – 3:57
"Weekend Lover" – 2:59
"Come Hither" – 3:13
"Superhero" – 3:26
"Piece By Piece" – 3:06
"I'll Wait" – 3:46

EP2 – UK Track listing
"All I Want (All She's Got)" – 3:31
"Loco" – 3:28
"Disco Balls at Funerals" – 2:55
"I See Light" – 4:45
"Caught Up In Something" – 3:28
"Say It Isn't So" – 4:01
"One More God" – 3:17
"Friend" – 4:33

Other Tracks
"Rainbows and Butterflies" – 3:57
"Fall In To Place" – 2:40
"Feel Love Again" – 2:58


Fire Lake, Quebec

Fire Lake () is a lake in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It was the location of a major open pit mining operation in the 1970s and 1980s.
Operations were then suspended for twenty years, but ArcelorMittal resumed extraction in 2006.

Location

Fire lake is  long and  wide.
It is about  north of Port-Cartier, Quebec, a port on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
It is  southeast of Fermont.
It is in the unorganized territory of Rivière-Mouchalagane in the Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality.
The lake is just west of Quebec Route 389 and the Cartier Railway.
Fire Lake was named by the Québec Cartier Mining Company in the 1950s, when that company was prospecting the lake shore.

The surrounding land is generally boggy.
Lac Bergeron is to the north of Fire Lake, Lac Hope to the east and Lac Hobdad to the west.
The region is drained by the Petite rivière Manicouagan.

Mining operation

The Québec Cartier Mining Company opened the Lake Jeannine iron mine to the southwest of Fire Lake in 1961, near the company built town of Gagnon.
The company made investments in the 1970s at Mont-Wright, Fermont and Fire Lake.
The open pit mine near Fire Lake was exploited by Sidbec-Normines, a private-public consortium, between 1977 and 1984.
Before the work began, in 1971–1977 facilities were built around the hamlet of Fire Lake, and a road was built that connected it to the town of Gagnon,  to the southwest.

In all 54 million tonnes of iron was extracted from Fire Lake, transported in the form of iron and silica pellets to the Port Cartier plant, then mostly shipped to Europe.
The Lake Jeannine iron mine closed in 1976.
The Fire Lake mine was closed in 1984.
The mill at Lake Jeannine continued to treat iron ore from Fire Lake until 1985.
The hamlet of Fire Lake and town of Gagnon were abandoned in 1985.

ArcelorMittal resumed mining at Fire Lake in 2006, with operations at first shutting down each winter.
In 2012 year-round operations began.
The ore is higher-quality than that of the Mont-Wright mine  to the north.
The site at Fire Lake does not have a crusher or concentrator.
Instead, the raw ore in shipped by train to Mont-Wright for processing, typically four times a day in convoys of about 60 wagons.
After being crushed and concentrated, the ore is taken by train to Port-Cartier.

Fire Lake North, which adjoins the ArcelorMittal property to the north, is operated by Champion Iron.
It is estimated to have a total of 3.4 billion tonnes of high quality ore.
Fire Lake is one of four operational mines in the Fermont Iron Ore District, which between them account for all of Canada's iron ore production.
In 2013 it was estimated that the district produced 47 million tonnes of iron ore concentrate.
As of 2017 ArcelorMittal Mining Canada G.P. owned 85% of the Fire Lake mine, while the South Korean POSCO consortium and China Steel owned the remainder.
The mine had 66 employees.

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1955 All-Pro Team

The Associated Press (AP), Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), New York Daily News (NYDN), The Sporting News (SN), and United Press (UP) were among selectors of All-Pro teams comprising players adjudged to be the best at each position in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1955 NFL season. The AP, NEA, NYDN, and UP selected a first and second team. The UP also named "honorable mentions".