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# Bak languages

The Bak languages are a group of typologically Atlantic languages of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau linked in 2010 to the erstwhile Atlantic isolate Bijago. Bak languages are non-tonal.

## Name

David Dalby coined the term Bak from the bVk- prefix found in the personal plural forms of demonstratives in the Bak languages. The -k- is not found in other Atlantic languages.

## Languages

* Bak languages
** Bak proper
*** Balanta
**** Jola languages (Diola)
**** Papel languages (Manjaku)
** Bijago

## Classification of Bijago

Bijago is highly divergent. Sapir (1971) classified it as an isolate within West Atlantic. However, Segerer (2010) showed that this is primarily due to unrecognized sound changes, and that Bijago is in fact close to the Bak languages. For example, the following cognates in Bijago and Joola Kasa (one of the Jola languages) are completely regular, but had not previously been identified:
| Gloss | Bijago | Joola Kasa |
| head | bu | fu-kow |
| eye | nɛ | ji-cil |
Segerer reconstructs the ancestral forms as *bu-gof and *di-gɛs, respectively, with the following developments:
* *bu-gof
** > *bu-kof > *bu-kow > fu-kow
** > *bu-ŋof > *bu-ŋo > (u-)bu
* *di-gɛs
** > *di-kis > *di-kil > ji-cil
** > *ne-ŋɛs > *ne-ŋɛ > nɛ

## Comparative vocabulary

Comparison of basic vocabulary words of the Bak languages:
| Language | eye | ear | nose | tooth | tongue | mouth | blood | bone | tree | water | name; surname |
| Diola (Felup) | nyi-kil / ku- | ka-ɔs / o- | e-ŋindu / si- | ka-ŋin / o- | u-reeruɸ / ku- | bo-ʂom / o- | ha-sim | ka-gaka | | | |
| Diola (Husuy) | ji-kil | ka-noo (outer); ɛ-jan (inner) | ɛ-ŋendu | ka-ŋiin | ho-leluf | bu-tum | h-äsim | ɛ-wool | bu-nunukɛn / u- | mal | ka-jaw; ka-saaf / u- |
| Diola (Diembereng) | di-gin | ka-gɔndin; ɛ-jamo | ɛ-yinu | ka-ŋiin | kaa-leeluf | bu-tum | hallna | | na-nukanuk / nyu- | mɔ-hujɔ | ho-roo |
| Karon | ni-kin | kaa-now | y-iinu | ka-ŋiin | hi-lɛɛluuf | pu-tum | hi-sim | kaa-cɛc | | | |
| Papel (Biombo) | p-kihl / k- / i- | k-warʂ | bu-ihl / i- 'nose'; b-ihl 'nostril' | p-nyiḭ | p-remtɛ́ / k- / i- | m-ntum | p-nyaak | p-mɔ(h)ɔ | b-oonoʔ / ŋ- / m-; bu-mul 'log' | m-nrʂup | k-tim / i-; p-nɔntʂa |
| Papel (Safim) | kiś | | b-iś | | | m-tuɣum | | | | | |
| Manjaco (Baboque) | pə-kəs / k- | kä-batʂ | b-iis / g- | pə-roomaj / i- | pə-ndeämənt | m-tum | pə-nyak | ka-muä | b-kɔʔ / g- / m-ŋk | m-lek | ka-tim |
| Manjaco (Pecixe) | kəkähl / kə- / i- | ka-barʂ | bu-ahl / iihl 'nose'; b-iihl / ŋ- 'nostril' | pədoomiʔ | p-diämət | m-tum / ŋ- / i- | pə-nyaak | ka-mua | | | ka-tim |
| Manjaco (Churo) | pə-kəs | ka-bah | b-iis | p-roomɛɛʔ | p-reemint | n-tum | pə-nyaak | ka-muh | bo-mol / o- | n-nek | ka-tim 'land' |
| Mancanha | pə-kəʂ | ka-batʂ | b-yis | pə-nyḭ | pə-ndɛmənt | m-ntum | pə-nyaak | pə-mɔh | bə-jɛl / ŋ- | m-ɛl | ka-tim; ka-bɛp |
| Balanta (northern, Kəntɔhɛ) | f-kit / k- | kə-lɔʔ / k- | b-fuŋa / #- | f-sec / k- | kə-dɛmat / Ø- | b-sum / #- | k-saham | f-hool / k- | b-ta / Ø- | wɛdɛ | f-tookɛ; f-mbɛɛm |
| Bijago | n-ɛ̂ / ŋ- | kɔ-nnɔ / ŋa- | ŋɔ́-mɔ̀ | ká-nyì / ŋá | nú-númɛ̀ | ká-nà / ŋa- | nɛ-nyɛ | ka-ŋkpeene / ŋa- | ŋɔ-maŋgi / mɔ- | n-nyo; n-to 'brine' | ŋa-βin / N- |
# Balconi (surname)

Balconi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Lorenzo Maria Balconi (1878 – 1969), Italian archbishop of the Catholic Church, missionary, and writer
* Marcella Balconi (1919 – 1999), Italian child psychiatrist, member of the resistance during World War II and a Parliamentary member
* Tais Balconi (born 1991), Brazilian rugby sevens player
# Extreme points of Estonia

This is a list of the extreme points on land of Estonia: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

## Latitude and longitude

* North: Vaindloo island, Vainupea village, Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County (59°49′17″N 26°21′31″E﻿ / ﻿59.82139°N 26.35861°E﻿ / 59.82139; 26.35861﻿ (Vaindloo (North)))
** Mainland: Cape Purekkari, Pärispea village, Kuusalu Parish, Harju County(59°40′31″N 25°41′49″E﻿ / ﻿59.67528°N 25.69694°E﻿ / 59.67528; 25.69694﻿ (Cape Purekkari (North)))
** Urban settlement: Loksa Town, Harju County (59°35′32″N 25°42′23″E﻿ / ﻿59.59222°N 25.70639°E﻿ / 59.59222; 25.70639﻿ (Loksa))
* East: Narva Town, Ida-Viru County (59°22′13″N 28°12′36″E﻿ / ﻿59.37028°N 28.21000°E﻿ / 59.37028; 28.21000﻿ (Narva (East)))
* South: Karisöödi village, Rõuge Parish, Võru County (57°30′33″N 26°37′00″E﻿ / ﻿57.50917°N 26.61667°E﻿ / 57.50917; 26.61667﻿ (Naha (South)))
** Urban settlement: Misso small borough, Rõuge Parish, Võru County (57°35′38″N 27°12′34″E﻿ / ﻿57.59389°N 27.20944°E﻿ / 57.59389; 27.20944﻿ (Misso))
* West: Nootamaa Island, Atla village, Lääne-Saare Parish, Saare County (58°19′20″N 21°45′51″E﻿ / ﻿58.32222°N 21.76417°E﻿ / 58.32222; 21.76417﻿ (Nootamaa (West)))
** Inhabited island: Vilsandi island, Vilsandi village, Saaremaa Parish, Saare County (58°23′07″N 21°38′31″E﻿ / ﻿58.38528°N 21.64194°E﻿ / 58.38528; 21.64194﻿ (Vilsandi))
** Urban settlement: Kihelkonna small borough, Saaremaa Parish, Saare County (58°21′52″N 22°01′15″E﻿ / ﻿58.36444°N 22.02083°E﻿ / 58.36444; 22.02083﻿ (Kihelkonna))
** Mainland: Cape Ramsi, Einbi/Enby village, Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County (59°01′31″N 23°24′15″E﻿ / ﻿59.02528°N 23.40417°E﻿ / 59.02528; 23.40417﻿ (Cape Ramsi (West)))
*** Urban settlement: Haapsalu Town, Haapsalu Town (urban municipality), Lääne County (58°55′56″N 23°29′09″E﻿ / ﻿58.93222°N 23.48583°E﻿ / 58.93222; 23.48583﻿ (Haapsalu))

## Altitude

* Highest point: Suur Munamägi, located in Haanja village, Haanja Parish, Võru County, 318 m (57°42′52″N 27°3′33″E﻿ / ﻿57.71444°N 27.05917°E﻿ / 57.71444; 27.05917﻿ (Suur Munamägi (highest)))
* Lowest point: Baltic Sea, 0 m
# Balkan mole

The Balkan mole (Talpa stankovici) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia and Greece, including the island of Corfu.
# Erchin Serpedin

Erchin Serpedin is a professor from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013 for his contributions to synchronization of communication systems.
# Pedestal

A pedestal (from French piédestal, from Italian piedistallo 'foot of a stall') or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars. Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles. In civil engineering, it is also called basement. The minimum height of the plinth is usually kept as 45 cm (for buildings). It transmits loads from superstructure to the substructure and acts as the retaining wall for the filling inside the plinth or raised floor.
In sculpting, the terms base, plinth, and pedestal are defined according to their subtle differences. A base is defined as a large mass that supports the sculpture from below. A plinth is defined as a flat and planar support which separates the sculpture from the environment. A pedestal, on the other hand, is defined as a shaft-like form that raises the sculpture and separates it from the base.
An elevated pedestal or plinth that bears a statue, and which is raised from the substructure supporting it (typically roofs or corniches), is sometimes called an acropodium. The term is from Greek ἄκρος ákros 'topmost' and πούς poús (root ποδ- pod-) 'foot'.

## Architecture

Although in Syria, Asia Minor and Tunisia the Romans occasionally raised the columns of their temples or propylaea on square pedestals, in Rome itself they were employed only to give greater importance to isolated columns, such as those of Trajan and Antoninus, or as a podium to the columns employed decoratively in the Roman triumphal arches.
The architects of the Italian Renaissance, however, conceived the idea that no order was complete without a pedestal, and as the orders were by them employed to divide up and decorate a building in several stories, the cornice of the pedestal was carried through and formed the sills of their windows, or, in open arcades, round a court, the balustrade of the arcade. They also would seem to have considered that the height of the pedestal should correspond in its proportion with that of the column or pilaster it supported; thus in the church of Saint John Lateran, where the applied order is of considerable dimensions, the pedestal is 13 feet (4.0 m) high instead of the ordinary height of 3 to 5 feet (1.5 m).

## Asia

In Asian art a lotus throne is a stylized lotus flower used as the seat or base for a figure. It is the normal pedestal for divine figures in Buddhist art and Hindu art, and often seen in Jain art. Originating in Indian art, it followed Indian religions to East Asia in particular.
In imperial China, a stone tortoise called bixi was traditionally used as the pedestal for important stele, especially those associated with emperors. According to the 1396 version of the regulations issued by the Ming Dynasty founder, the Hongwu Emperor, the highest nobility (those of the gong and hou ranks) and the officials of the top 3 ranks were eligible for bixi-based funerary tablets, while lower-level mandarins' steles were to stand on simple rectangular pedestals.
# Australia Unites: Reach Out to Asia

Australia Unites: Reach Out to Asia was a telethon held in Australia on 8 January 2005. The telethon raised money for World Vision, as a part of the humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It was telecast on the three commercial television networks (the Seven Network, the Nine Network and Network Ten, by ABC Asia Pacific and through regional stations as well). It was the first time all three television networks produced a telethon as a unit. It was also simulcast on the Triple M network, Mix 94.5 Perth, ARN (Mix and Classic Hits), and Nova stations.

## Locations

It was held in two locations:
* The telethon was held at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne, where the main call centre was also located. This portion was presented by Seven's Andrew O'Keefe, Nine's Eddie McGuire, Ten's Rove McManus, with Nine's Catriona Rowntree and Ten's Peter Helliar reporting from the call centre and celebrity green room.
* A concert with some of Australia's leading performers held on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House. This portion was presented by Seven's Melissa Doyle and David Koch and Nine's Larry Emdur, with Nine's Richard Wilkins and Ten's Gretel Killeen reporting from backstage and the audience. Performers included Killing Heidi, Guy Sebastian, Missy Higgins, The Dissociatives, Kasey Chambers, Alex Lloyd, a reformed Noiseworks with lead singer Jon Stevens, and a supergroup featuring members of You Am I, The Living End, Jet and Spiderbait.

## Description

The program also included crosses to Seven's Chris Reason and Molly Meldrum and Nine's Ray Martin and Christine Spiteri from the areas affected by the tsunami.
At end of broadcast, A$15,198,329.20 had been raised. However, the switchboards continued after the programme, and over A$20 million had been raised, boosting private Australian aid to over A$140 million.
# Wenyingzhuangia

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# Eric Lax

Eric Lax is an American author who has written books on modern medicine, four books on Woody Allen including a biography, and a personal memoir Faith: Interrupted about deep religious attachment that he had in his youth and then his loss of Christian faith at a later part of his life.

## Biography

Lax was raised in an Episcopalian family, the son of an Episcopal priest. He graduated from The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California, in 1962 and graduated from Hobart College in 1966 with a major in English. In light of the draft for the Vietnam war, Lax applied for conscientious objector status. Following graduation, joining the Peace Corps gave him a two-year deferment from the draft. In the Peace Corps he served in Chuuk and the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. After completing his two-year placement, he worked in Washington, D.C., on the Peace Corps staff in a capacity that allowed him to travel to more than 40 countries.
He left the Peace Corps in 1970 to pursue writing full-time, and his interest in comedy led to his first book, On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy in 1975, which was part biography of Woody Allen and part general treatise on comedy. Lax also interviewed Groucho Marx for Life during the veteran comedian's 1972 trip to perform in Iowa.
In 1984, Lax wrote Life and Death on 10 West about the bone marrow transplantation ward at the UCLA Medical Center, which was headed at the time by his college classmate Robert Peter Gale. It was recognized by The New York Times Book Review as one of the Notable Books of the Year and received an award from the Leukemia Society of America. Lax's books include The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat, about the development of penicillin; Woody Allen: A Biography and Conversations with Woody Allen, which comprises 40 years of interviews with Allen. With Ann M. Sperber, he is the co-author of Bogart.
In addition to writing his books, Lax has written articles that have appeared in several periodical publications including The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Life, The Washington Monthly and The Washington Post. He has worked as a contributing editor of Esquire magazine.
He is a past president of PEN Center USA, is currently a Vice President of PEN International and a member of the board of The Los Angeles Review of Books.

## Personal life

In 1982, Lax married Karen Alden Sulzberger, daughter of the late Arthur Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times and sister of current Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. in an Episcopal ceremony officiated by Bishop Harold B. Robinson. They have two sons and live in Beverly Hills. Lax is lifelong friends with George Elden Packard, whom he met at college.
# Penang Island Jazz Festival

The Penang Island Jazz Festival, which ran from 2004-2017 over the first weekend in December at the Bayview Beach Resort, was an independent festival organized by The Capricorn Connection, which started out as a two-day event and ultimately expanded into four days with over 100 groups from over 25 countries.
Besides the outdoor main "Jazz By The Beach" stage featuring local and international performers, the festival, which was known for its diversity in talent, had a number of other supporting musical activities.
# Penicillium chalybeum

Penicillium chalybeum is a fungus species of the genus of Penicillium which was isolated from dried fish in Sri Lanka discovered in the 1980's.
# Ernest Higa

Ernest Higa (October 15, 1952–) is an entrepreneur who founded the Domino's Pizza franchise in Japan.
Higa was born on October 15, 1952, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is of Okinawan descent. His father is Yetsuo Higa and his sister is Merle Aiko Okawara. He graduated from Columbia University.
Higa founded the first Japanese Domino's Pizza branch in 1985. He is a member of Keizai Dōyukai, a major Japanese business group. In December 2011 he helped Wendy's return to Japan.
# Autaz-mirim River

Autaz-mirim River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.
# Avenging Angel

Avenging Angel may refer to:
* Avenging Angel (1985 film), a 1985 film starring Betsy Russell
* Avenging Angel (2007 film), a 2007 TV film starring Kevin Sorbo
* Avenging Angel (album), a 2011 album by Craig Taborn
* "Avenging Angels" (song), a 1997 single by Space
* The Avenging Angel, a 1995 TV movie directed by Craig R. Baxley
* Saboteur II: Avenging Angel, a 1987 computer game for the ZX Spectrum
* Avenging Angel, a 1990 novel by Kwame Anthony Appiah
* Avenging Angel, a member of the Mormon Danite
* An early moniker for Warren Worthington III, an antihero in the Marvel Comics universe
# Errigo

Errigo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Arianna Errigo (born 1988), Italian fencer
* Joseph Errigo (1938–2020), American politician
# Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Werra-Meißner is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Göttingen, Eichsfeld, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Wartburgkreis, district-free Eisenach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel.

## History

The district was created in 1974 by merging the two districts of Eschwege and Witzenhausen, which had both existed with only slight modifications since 1821.

## Geography

The main river in the district is the Werra. The Hoher Meißner at 754 metres (2,474 ft) is the highest elevation of the Meißner mountains, a big basalt massif, the other geographical feature which gave the district its name. The Hoher Meissner was also home to US military forces up to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Soldiers of the Special Forces guarded the eavesdropping post on the hilltop.

## Coat of arms

The coat of arms show a branch of an ash tree in the dexter side, as sign for the former Eschwege district as well as the Eschwege city - the German word for ash tree is Esche. The castle in the main field is the castle Ludwigstein, taken from the coat of arms of the Witzenhausen district. The hills below symbolize the landscape, the Meißner, and the wavy line the Werra river.

## Towns and municipalities

| Towns | Municipalities |
| Bad Sooden-Allendorf Eschwege Großalmerode Hessisch Lichtenau Sontra Waldkappel Wanfried Witzenhausen | Berkatal Herleshausen Meinhard Meißner Neu-Eichenberg Ringgau Wehretal Weißenborn |
# Avalkonda

Avalkonda or Avalakonda or Alikonda is a major village located in the Gangadhara Nellore mandal of Chittoor District in Andhra Pradesh state, India.
Manya P Kasturi Reddi and Manya RB Patnaik had done a survey and mapping in 1957.
A Shia-Mosque in Avalkonda village in Chittoor district has got landed property in Pasumarthi, Agavamchori,Gudiyattum and Tippa Samudram of North Arcot district, Madras state. Inams for the mosque are situated in Vellore and Gudiyattum taluqs of North Arcot district, Madras State.
# Ernest Steward

Ernest Steward BSC (11 September 1910 or 8 January 1914 – 8 April 1990) was a British cinematographer.
Born in London, England, he began his career – as with most cinematographers of his era – as a camera operator. His early credits in this field included Great Expectations (1946) and London Belongs to Me (1948).
As Director of Photography, he filmed mostly light-hearted comedies. He made several for producer Betty Box, including the Doctor films, based on the books by Richard Gordon, A Tale of Two Cities (1958) and The 39 Steps (1959). He was cinematographer for the Carry On comedy series, beginning with Carry On Sergeant in 1958, eventually alternating with Alan Hume as regular DoP. Between 1950 and 1971 he was the cinematographer on practically all the films directed by Ralph Thomas, a total of 32 productions, and others, too, such as House of Mystery (1961), and Seven Keys (1962).
Steward also worked on TV, on such series as The Human Jungle, The Avengers, The New Avengers and The Professionals.
# Erongo Battery Energy Storage System

The Erongo Battery Energy Storage System, also Erongo BESS, is a planned 58 MW (78,000 hp) battery energy storage system installation in Namibia. The BESS, the first of its kind in the country and in the Southern African region, will be capable of providing 72MWh of clean energy to the Namibian grid.

## Location

The BESS unit would be located at the site of NamPower's Omburu Substation, approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi), southeast of the city of Omaruru in the Erongo Region, in central Namibia. The geographical coordinates of this location are:21°29'49.0"S, 16°01'40.0"E (Latitude:-21.496944; Longitude:16.027778).

## Overview

The BESS station has storage capacity of 58 megawatts. Its design allows for a discharge capacity of 72MWh of energy into the Namibian grid. The BESS is expected to store "locally generated renewable power as well as electricity imported from the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP)". The electricity will be stored at off-peak times, when it is cheaper. The stored energy can then be discharged "during peak times".
The intended benefits include (a) stabilization of NamPower's grid (b) act as a back-up, if and when existing generation facilities fail (c) reduce the cost of electricity fed through the SAPP.

## Developers

The BESS station is under development by the Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Limited, who own the station. The development receives support (financial and technical) from the German State-Owned Investment and Development Bank (KfW). In December 2021, KfW made a grant of €20 million towards the development of this project, estimated at 80 percent of total cost. NamPower is expected to contribute about 20 percent of the cost and pay any outstanding taxes not covered by the KfW grant.
In December 2023, NamPower selected a consortium of two Chinese companies to jointly develop the power station. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract was awarded to a joint venture between Shandong Electrical, Engineering & Equipment Group and Zhejiang Narada Power Source. Construction is expected to start in Q1 2024 and commercial commissioning is planned for H2 2025.
# West Covina Eagles

The West Covina Eagles were a semi-professional ice hockey team from West Covina, California. The club was a founding member of the Pacific Southwest Hockey League and played throughout the 1970s.

## History

West Covina got its start in 1969 in the California-Nevada Hockey League and won the league championship in 1972. That summer, the league changed its name to the Pacific Southwest Hockey League but was otherwise unchanged. In 1978, the team changed its name to 'California Eagles' but that didn't help stave off their financial difficulties. In 1981, the team suspended operations and have not played since.

## Season-by-season results

| Season | GP | W | L | T | Pts | Finish | Postseason |
| 1969–70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | missed |
| 1970–71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | missed |
| 1971–72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Champions |
| 1972–73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | missed |
| 1973–74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Runner-Up |
| 1974–75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | missed |
| 1975–76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | missed |
| 1976–77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | missed |
| 1977–78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | missed |
| 1978–79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | missed |
| 1979–80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | missed |
| 1980–81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | missed |
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# Penicillium canescens

Penicillium canescens is an anamorph fungus species of the genus of Penicillium which was isolated from soil of the United Kingdom. Penicillium canescens produces the antibiotic canescin.
# West-Rügen

West-Rügen is an Amt in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Samtens.
The Amt West-Rügen consists of the following municipalities:
* Altefähr
* Dreschvitz
* Gingst
* Insel Hiddensee
* Kluis
* Neuenkirchen
* Rambin
* Samtens
* Schaprode
* Trent
* Ummanz
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