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Leigh Zimmerman

Leigh Zimmerman is an American actress, singer and dancer. She has appeared on Broadway in The Will Rogers Follies, Crazy for You and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Nathan Lane and created the role of Go-To-Hell-Kitty in the 1996 Broadway production of Chicago The Musical. Leigh is also known for London's West End productions of The Seven Year Itch, Chicago, role of Velma Kelly, Contact, role of The Girl in the Yellow Dress, The Producers, role of Ulla and A Chorus Line, role of Sheila, for which she won an Olivier Award in 2013.

Career 
In 1992, she had a minor but memorable role in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as a fashion model.

In 2002, she was asked to work for the second time with director Susan Stroman to create for the West End the role of The Girl in the Yellow Dress in Contact, once again at the Queens Theatre. During that time, Leigh completed feature film work on Proof with Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, Red Light Runners with Harvey Keitel, The Defender with Dolph Lundgren, and Submerged with Steven Seagal.

In 2004, Leigh was asked to play the role of Miriam in the controversial play Three on A Couch by the Nobel Prize winning scientist Carl Djerassi, and worked closely with him to shape the play for the legendary London fringe theatre, The Kings Head.
Leigh then starred as Leslie Peters in the television docudrama Small Pox: Silent Weapon for the FX Channel and as Tamsin Reed on BBC's Doctors.
Leigh was thrilled when she was asked to create the role of Ulla in London's West End Production of The Producers, and her portrayal earned her an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Leading Actress in 2004.

During her run as Ulla in London from 2004 to 2006, Leigh accepted leading roles in several more highly acclaimed film and television projects. She played the English double agent, Helen Harlow, alongside Brian Cox, in ITV's The Outsiders. She starred as the Scottish police sergeant, Sergeant Beasley, in the BBC hit comedy Feel the Force. She also had a leading role as the American desperate housewife, Megan, in Ben Elton's comedy series Blessed for the BBC.

In 2006, Leigh appeared in several high-profile feature films. She portrayed Christine Snyder in United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass for Universal and Working Title Films. She spoke fluent Spanish as the gothic siren, Irene, in the soon to be released Spanish Film, La Luna en Botella (Moon in a Bottle) for Ikiru Films in Madrid and Barcelona. Leigh also stars as the California love guru, Candy Connor, in the upcoming British independent film, Are You Ready For Love for Carnaby Films.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

American film actresses
American musical theatre actresses
Living people
Actresses from Madison, Wisconsin
Laurence Olivier Award winners
Musicians from Madison, Wisconsin
1969 births
Government Paperwork Elimination Act

The Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA,  Title XVII) requires that, when practicable, federal agencies use electronic forms, electronic filing, and electronic signatures to conduct official business with the public by 2003. In doing this, agencies will create records with business, legal and, in some cases, historical value. This guidance focuses on records management issues involving records that have been created using electronic signature technology.

The Act requires agencies, by October 21, 2003, to allow individuals or entities that deal with the agencies the option to submit information or transact with the agency electronically, when practicable, and to maintain records electronically, when practicable. The Act specifically states that electronic records and their related electronic signatures are not to be denied legal effect, validity, or enforceability merely because they are in electronic form, and encourages Federal government use of a range of electronic signature alternatives.

The Act seeks to "preclude agencies or courts from systematically treating electronic documents and signatures less favorably than their paper counterparts", so that citizens can interact with the Federal government electronically. It requires Federal agencies, by October 21, 2003, to provide individuals or entities that deal with agencies the option to submit information or transact with the agency electronically, and to maintain records electronically, when practicable. It also addresses the matter of private employers being able to use electronic means to store, and file with Federal agencies, information pertaining to their employees. GPEA states that electronic records and their related electronic signatures are not to be denied legal effect, validity, or enforceability merely because they are in electronic form. It also encourages Federal government use of a range of electronic signature alternatives.

The Act is technology-neutral, meaning that the act does not require the government to use one technology over another. This approach has both advantages and disadvantages. By remaining neutral it allows each government agency to decide which technology fits its specific needs. It also means that the government is not restricted to use an older technology as newer and better systems are made available. As a disadvantage some may argue over which signature capturing method is best and such disagreements may slow the process of implementation.

See also
 Electronic signature
 Digital signature
 Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
 Office of Management and Budget

References

External links
Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President

United States federal government administration legislation
Acts of the 105th United States Congress
Cryptography law
Messaâd

Messad (sometimes Messaad; ) is a town in Algeria. It was the Roman Castellum Dimmidi.

History

It is about  south of Algiers. During the Roman period it was known as Castellum Dimmidi after the Romans under emperor Septimius Severus seized the settlement. It is unclear if the second part of the name, Dimmidi, was a native name transliterated into Latin, or a new name given by the Romans.

As the Castellum (castle) implies, the settlement was a fortress along the Limes Tripolitanus, the southern border of the province of Numidia. It was a prosperous village and hosted a Roman garrison from roughly 198 to 240 AD.

Messaad has a population of nearly 120,000 inhabitants.

See also

 Castellum Dimmidi

References

Historic Jewish communities in North Africa
Jewish Algerian history
Communes of Djelfa Province
Cities in Algeria
Defense Acquisition Board

The Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) is the senior advisory board for defense acquisitions in the Department of Defense of the United States. The board is chaired by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and includes the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Service Secretaries (Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of the Air Force), as well as a number of Under Secretaries of Defense. Initially created in 1989, the DAB plays an important role in the Defense Acquisition System.  Members of this board are responsible for approving new phases of major weapon programs, including ensuring that such programs are completed on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with their technical requirements.

See also
 Deputy's Advisory Working Group
 Joint Requirements Oversight Council

References

External links
Defense Acquisition Guidebook

United States Department of Defense agencies
Nihira Joshi

Nihira Joshi (born 10 December 1986) is an Indian singer. She was a Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 finalist achieving 5th place with public votes. Joshi is also a member of Ismail Darbar's "Yalgar Ho" Gharana.

Education and career 

Nihira Joshi is a graduate from Mithibai College, Mumbai. Her playback singing career includes the songs "Dhadak Dhadak", with Sunidhi Chauhan and Udit Narayan in the film Bunty Aur Babli, "Sabse Alag" from the film Alag, "Raat Kahegi Daastan" from the film 88 Antop Hill "Mera Dil" and "Babuji Dheere" from the film Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love and "Tan Man" from Marigold. She has also sung the title song of the Ekta Kapoor Zee TV serial "Kasamh Se" and the Radio City theme song with playback singer Shaan.

Nihira is the only female singer in the entire album of Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love who sings two songs. "Mera Dil" is a sugar-coated love song sung by Nihira and Shaan. The track was composed for Ayesha Takia and Akshaye Khanna in the film. Nihira also croons the re-arranged [not remixed] version of the classic "Babuji Dheere Chalna" [Aar Paar] originally sung by Geeta Dutt.

Nihira was a former winner on the Ghazal show, Aadab Arz Hai.

Nihira's voice appeared in Hindi movies, including Bunty aur Babli, Salame Ishq, Marigold, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and background vocal on Alag and 88 Antop Hill.

Nihira's voice in Marathi movies, including Pailteer, Amhi Satpute and Tula Shikaveen Changla Dhada. A forthcoming Marathi project is the film Londoncha Navra.

On TV, she sang the Kasamh Se title song and background vocals for various serials on Zee TV.

Live performance

She performed in musical stage shows in Singapore, India and the United States.

References

External links
 
Nihira Joshi in SRGMP
Nihira sings for Balaji's show

Living people
Indian women playback singers
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa participants
Singers from Mumbai
1993 births
21st-century Indian women singers
21st-century Indian singers
The Daily Campus

The Daily Campus, founded in 1896, is a student-run newspaper at the University of Connecticut. The Daily Campus has a circulation of 1,500 on weekdays during school term. Since its creation, the newspaper has undergone several name changes, having starting as The Storrs Agricultural College Lookout, a monthly, when it published its first issue on May 11, 1896. The name was changed to The Connecticut Campus in 1915, followed by The Connecticut Daily Campus, and then finally The Daily Campus in 1984. It began publishing five days a week during the academic year in 1952 and became a morning paper in 1955.

The newspaper's offices are located at The Daily Campus Building at 1266 Storrs Road in Storrs, Connecticut. The paper was previously located across campus at 121 North Eagleville Road, but moved to the current location in 1991/1992. Though originally addressed at 11 Dog Lane, the building was re-addressed as 1266 Storrs Road in the spring of 2012 to accommodate the new buildings being constructed alongside the building as part of the new Storrs Center.

The building is located at the south entrance to campus, across the street from the Fine Arts Building, and adjacent to Buckley Residence Hall.

History

2015–present 
In 2015 The Daily Campus switched to a board composed entirely of student voters, rather than the mixture of professionals (non-students) and students that have served on the board since the seventies.  The decision was made after the university threatened to take away funding from the paper and the editor-in-chief at the time, with student support, agreed to the university administration's demands, citing the over $300,000 in student fees the paper is dependent upon (which account for nearly 75% of the paper's total income).

Coverage

The Daily Campus splits its coverage into sections, including news, opinion, comics, life, and sports. It also regularly publishes special extras, usually tabloid-style inserts of approximately eight to 12 pages.

In 2014 the opinion section retracted and issued an apology for a piece titled "On sexual assault, risk of overreacting."

Operation

The paper operates as a daily, printing 147 issues a year with a circulation of 8,000. Its staff is roughly 180 students.

It is funded by a mix of student fees and advertising revenue, and has struggled financially .

Notable alumni
 Dan Drew, editor-in-chief, 2002; Mayor of Middletown, Connecticut

 Leigh Montville, editor-in-chief, 1964–1965; bestselling author
 William Ratchford

References

External links 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Daily Campus, The
Daily Campus, The
Daily Campus, The
Newspapers published in Connecticut
Euploea algea

Euploea algea, the long branded blue crow, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.

See also
Danainae
Nymphalidae
List of butterflies of India
List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

References
 
  
 
 
 
 

Euploea
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Indochina
Euploea radamanthus

Euploea radamanthus, the magpie crow, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Euploea radamanthus is found in the Eastern Himalayas and into the Malay region.

See also
Danainae
Nymphalidae
List of butterflies of India
List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

References

Euploea
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies of Indochina
Butterflies described in 1793
Euploea midamus

Euploea midamus, the blue spotted crow, is a butterfly found in India and South-East Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.

See also
Danainae
Nymphalidae
List of butterflies of India
List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

References
 

Euploea
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Butterflies of Indochina
Les Roches International School of Hotel Management

Les Roches is a private hospitality school owned by Eurazeo and located in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

History
Les Roches is a hospitality school founded in 1979. Approximately 1118 students from 68 different countries attend every semester, with an additional 150 students on internship around the world at any given time.

The École des Roches, an international boarding school for young people, was founded in 1954 by Messrs Clivaz. In 1979, "Les Roches International School" became “Les Roches Hotel and Tourism School". It was the first hospitality school in Switzerland to offer all courses in English. In 2016 they became Les Roches Global Hospitality Education.

The main campus was destroyed by a fire in April 1985. This obliged the school to house students and facilities in three hotels. In June 1987, the school moved into its new buildings. In November 2000, Les Roches became part of the group now known as Laureate Education Inc. who also manages Glion Institute of Higher Education. 

It is now part of the Eurazeo portfolio and was part of the purchase of Sommet Education in June 2016.

The school maintains close ties with the hotel and tourism industry through a panel of advisors from four major hotel chains.

Academic programs
The school offers a range of undergraduate, graduate and MBA courses in the field of hospitality management. Les Roches has campuses in Switzerland and Spain.

Accreditation
Les Roches Global Hospitality Education is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.).

Les Roches Jin Jiang is also accredited by the Shanghai Education Evaluation Association (SEEA).

Les Roches Global Hospitality Education is a member of AACSB and EuroCHRIE. The institution is also an affiliate member of the UNWTO.

Rankings
In 2021, education company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranked Les Roches among the world’s top three institutions for employer reputation in hospitality and leisure management. In the rankings, which included 50 top hospitality institutions from around the world, Les Roches was also ranked among the top three Swiss institutions and among the top five institutions globally.

See also 
 Les Roches Jin Jiang International Hotel Management College

References

External links
 Official website

1954 establishments in Switzerland
Educational institutions established in 1954
For-profit universities and colleges in Europe
Hospitality schools in Switzerland
Schools in China
Schools in Spain
Euploea eunice

Euploea eunice, commonly called blue-banded king crow, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm  that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.

The larva feeds  on Ficus,  Flacourtia rukam, Streblus asper

Subspecies
E. e. eunice Philippines, Guam, Japan, Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Formosa
 E. e. novarae   (Felder, 1862)  Nicobars, Andamans 
 E. e.  vestigiata  Butler, 1866  Java, Sumatra
 E. e.  hobsoni  (Butler, 1877)  Taiwan
 E. e. leucogonis  (Butler, 1879)  Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore
 E. e. meizon  (Doherty, 1891)  Sumba
 E. e.  phane  (Doherty, 1891)  Enggano
 E. e. juno   (Stichel, 1899)  Nias
 E. e. coelestis   (Fruhstorfer, 1902)  Laos, North Vietnam, Haina, Southeast China
 E. e. syra   (Fruhstorfer, 1902)  Borneo, Palawan
 E. e. tisais   (Fruhstorfer, 1902)  Lombok
 E. e. kandaon  Fruhstorfer, 1910  Sumbawa
 E. e. relucida  Fruhstorfer, 1910  Bali
 E. e. timaius  Fruhstorfer, 1910  Bawean

See also
Danainae
Nymphalidae
List of butterflies of India
List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

References
 

Euploea
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Indochina
Butterflies described in 1819
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Godart
The Finalist

The Finalist was an American post-hardcore band from Houston, Texas.  The Finalist was founded in 2004 by frontman Dylan Brady and guitarist Jerry Nettles after they left their old band, unsatisfied with its sound.  Jerry's brother Brent joined on as bassist, and then Doug Adams joined as drummer.  The band recently signed to Maverick Records and Warner Bros. Records. The Finalist has completed the recording of a full-length release and is awaiting approval from the label.

The Finalist is most well known for their single "Leave The Broken Hearts Behind" which featured on the 2006 film, The Hills Have Eyes. Other songs include "Here With Me", "Fire", "Rain", "What Makes You Think", "You Crush Me", and "Will You Return".

The Band has been recently been dropped from Maverick Records, but are reportedly said to be signing to Tooth And Nail Records.

Doug Adams is no longer in the band. Currently on drums they have Jordan Brady, frontman Dylan Brady's younger brother. They have continued to tour, and play various shows in different locations.

In 2018 the band released an album with 14 tracks, 9 re-recorded and 5 new tracks

Discography
The Finalist EP - 2006
The Finalist EPII - 2006
The Hills Have Eyes, 2006The Finalist - 2018

External links
The Finalist on MySpace
Soundcrank podcast hosted by The Finalist

American post-hardcore musical groups
Musical groups established in 2004
Musical groups from Houston
Lockview High School

Lockview High School is a high school located in Fall River, Nova Scotia, serving the areas of Fall River, Beaver Bank, Windsor Junction, Waverley, Wellington and a section of Enfield. It opened in 2000, relieving overcrowding at Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford.  The building itself is operated by Scotia Learning Centres and is currently being leased to the Halifax Regional Centre for Education.

The Lockview High team mascot is a blue dragon named Miller. The school is located in Lockview, an area of Fall River along the Shubenacadie Canal.  Other schools in the immediate area include Georges P. Vanier Junior High School and Ash Lee Jefferson Elementary School.

Lockview High receives new students primarily from Georges P. Vanier Junior High School in Fall River and Harold T. Barrett Junior High School in Beaver Bank (located approximately 7 minutes from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia).  Since Lockview spans grades nine through twelve, both Georges P. Vanier and Harold T. Barrett no longer have grade nine classes and instead, transfer the students to Lockview.  By effectively removing a third of the population from each junior high, Lockview has helped to relieve what was once a severe overpopulation problem in its feeder schools. Lockview has almost 1300 students.

The School/Building 
The "Lockview Overhead Key"

Numbers 

 Main Office 
 D-pod, Downstairs D holds the learning centre and dragon depot (the schools store) among a handful of classrooms, upstairs D holds the mathematics pod 
 Downstairs B-pod holds the science pod, which contains regular classrooms among labs 
 Upstairs B-pod holds the social studies pod 
 Upstairs A-pod is home to the French immersion and core French classes, Downstairs A-pod is the English pod 
 stairwell next to gym 
 Gym 
 Cafeteria/Stage 
 Art Department 
 Music/band room 
 Drama room/Stage 
 Outdoor rec area with concrete bleachers and a handful of basketball hoops
 Attic above the stairwell

Colours 

 Red=Exit
 Blue=Entrance (Purple is main)
 Yellow=Stairwell (Orange is main)
 Green=library
 White= cat walk that travels over cafeteria (access points are stairwell opposite of number six, and backstage)

The Land 

"Birds eye view of LHS"

Numbers 

 The schools football field 
 Staff parking 02
 Student parking
 Bus drop-off and pickup point 
 Staff/Visitor parking 
 See The school/building Number 12

The Blue Circle is a public park/walking trail

The black line is another path surrounding the football field with a fork off to Kinclaven Dr.

References

External links 

Lockview High School
School profile at Halifax Regional School Board

Educational institutions established in 2000
High schools in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Schools in Halifax, Nova Scotia
2000 establishments in Nova Scotia
Idea malabarica

Idea malabarica, the Malabar tree nymph, is a large butterfly found in peninsular India. that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in forest clearings and above the forest canopy.

Description
 

The Malabar tree nymph has a wingspan of 120–154 mm. It appears as a mostly white butterfly with black markings. Upperside semitransparent white, sometimes slightly infuscate with a powdering of black scales. Forewing with the following black marks: narrow margins on both sides of the veins, a dusky streak along dorsum, large sub-basal spots in interspaces 1 and 2 (produced inwardly in former), a large oval spot crossing three streaks in discoidal cell, a spot above it in interspace 11, a broad margin to the discocellulars and three rows of spots on outer half of wing, the discal series outwardly conical and curved sharply inwards opposite apex, the subterminal series in pairs coalescent on the veins, the terminal series elongate on veins and in interspaces; costa with a black streak at base, beyond black and white alternately. Hindwing with similar markings; cell with two streaks, the upper forked towards apex; costa white, two spots not touching the vein below in interspace 8; paired spots on veins 5, 8, and 7 not coalescent but one behind the other, black. Underside similar. Antennae black; head and thorax streaked and spotted with black; abdomen white, with broad dusky black streak above.

A variety kanarensis, Moore, has been noted to be identical in markings but always smaller. It was recorded from the Konkan and North Kanara.

In December 2021, The Malabar Tree Nymph was declared the state butterfly of Goa, India.

Range
Within India, the species is found in South India especially in the Western Ghats. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats and though it is found in southern Maharashtra, its real distribution starts from Goa.

Habits
Their flight is slow, weak and fluttery. They glide a lot, giving members of this genus the other name of paperkite. They often glide above the tree canopy but every now and then move lower down in forest openings. They are unpalatable like other members of the Danainae.

Food plant
The larvae are known to feed on plants of the species Aganosma cymosa (Apocynaceae). Another species of Apocynaceae, Parsonsia spiralis (now recognised as a synonym of Parsonsia alboflavescens) has also been noted as a larval host plant and it is believed that many more species in the family may be discovered.

Cited references

Other sources

See also
Danainae
Nymphalidae
List of butterflies of India
List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

External links

Idea (butterfly)
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies described in 1877
Chełm County

Chełm County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Chełm, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only town in Chełm County is Rejowiec Fabryczny, which lies  west of Chełm.

The county covers an area of . As of 2006, its total population is 74,595, out of which the population of Rejowiec Fabryczny is 4,406 and the rural population is 70,189.

The emblem and flag of Chełm county was designed by Dr. Krzysztof Skupieński, a history teacher. The emblem harkens back to the old emblem of historical Chełm, which itself recounts the traditional folk tale of Głupi Redaktorski the great northern bear. Głupi can be seen, coated in silver, as she travels across the green fields of Chełm and its mythical golden oaks.

The county includes part of the protected area called Chełm Landscape Park.

Neighbouring counties
Apart from the city of Chełm, Chełm County is also bordered by Hrubieszów County to the south-east, Zamość County to the south, Krasnystaw County to the south-west, Świdnik County and Łęczna County to the west, and Włodawa County to the north. It also borders Ukraine to the east.

Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 15 gminas (one urban and 14 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population. (Gmina Rejowiec belonged to Krasnystaw County until 2006.)

References

 
Land counties of Lublin Voivodeship
Brown University Orchestra

The Brown University Orchestra (BUO) was founded in 1918 and is composed of approximately 100 members of the Brown University community. It was led by conductor Martin J. Fischer at its inception, until his faculty retirement. Paul Phillips lead the orchestra from 1989 until 2017, with Mark Seto currently serving as conductor.

Performances 
The Brown University Orchestra has performed twice in Carnegie Hall, the latter concert featuring the Dave Brubeck Quartet; twice with Itzhak Perlman; once in a Providence concert that featured his daughter Navah Perlman '92 as piano soloist; and once in a benefit concert at Avery Fisher Hall. Recent special events include a 2002 tour to Montreal, a 2004 performance of Peter Boyer's multimedia composition Ellis Island: The Dream of America at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence featuring actors Barry Bostwick and Brown alumna Kate Burton, and a 2006-7 tour of China, which made the BUO only the second American college orchestra to tour China. Most recently, the orchestra toured Ireland in 2013, performed with the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 2017, and co-commissioned Tracy Silverman's electric violin concerto Love Song to the Sun in 2018, featuring an interactive multimedia display designed by Brown professor Todd Winkler.

The university has historically performed in Sayles Hall, though plans to move to Brown's new performing arts center following its completion. The orchestra was a driving force behind the construction of the facility.

Musicians 
Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Eugenia Zukerman and Joseph Kalichstein are among the renowned musicians who have appeared as soloists with the Brown University Orchestra. Composers-in-residence hosted by the orchestra include Steve Reich, Steven Stucky, Michael Torke, Nico Muhly, Lukas Foss, Samuel Adler, Philip Glass, and Joan Tower.

Conductors 
Previous conductors of the orchestra have included Martin J. Fischer, Paul Phillips, and Brandon Keith Brown. In December 2006, Daniel Barenboim served as a guest conductor when he visited with the West-Eastern Divan orchestra. Brown additionally partnered with Barenboim's Barenboim–Said Akademie.

Awards 
In 2009, the Brown University Orchestra received the 3rd Prize ASCAP Award for "Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music" in the Collegiate Orchestra Division. This is the seventh time that the Brown University Orchestra, a member of the American Symphony Orchestra League, has won this prestigious national honor, having received ASCAP Awards previously in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2005.

References

External links 
Brown University Orchestra

1918 establishments in Rhode Island
American orchestras
Brown University organizations
Musical groups established in 1918
Musical groups from Rhode Island
Performing arts in Rhode Island
University orchestras
El Kondor pada

"El Kondor pada" () is a satirical song performed by the Serbian theatre troupe Indexovo radio pozorište. It was recorded in 1999 during the war in Kosovo. The song was written by Voja Žanetić and Mićko Ljubičić, borrowing the melody of the Peruvian folk song El Cóndor Pasa.

The song's name is a pun on El Cóndor Pasa. The name El Condor is a fictional code name for the United States F-117 Nighthawk stealth bomber, one of which was shot down during the war.

The lyrics tell the story of a fictional American pilot. He is tricked into believing that the mission is perfectly safe, as his bomber is "invisible" to radar. The song continues by relating the story of his flight and subsequent downing by Yugoslav anti-aircraft defences. The pilot is evacuated with 32 helicopters after having been searched for by peasants with pitchforks. The song also emphasises the supposed ignorance of NATO troops about Kosovo, describing them as not even knowing where it exactly is.

Indexovo radio pozorište, a performing group originally formed at the leading local public radio station in Belgrade, Beograd 202, was very prominent in Serbia due to a series of politically engaged, anti-Milošević theatre plays. As a result, this song quickly became popular in Serbia during the war and was frequently aired on radio stations. Indeksovo radio pozorište recorded a few other songs during this period, satirising all sides involved. The song was later released on the Oproštajni koncert compilation.

References 

 Humour and NATO bombing

External links 
El kondor pada mp3. song
"El Kondor pada" lyrics and English translation

Serbian pop songs
Songs about Serbia
1999 songs
Anti-war songs
Musical parodies
Novelty songs
Satirical songs
South Plaza Island

South Plaza (Spanish: Isla Plaza Sur) is a small island off the east coast of Santa Cruz in the Galápagos Islands. It has an area of 0.13 km2 and a maximum altitude of 23 metres.

South Plaza was formed by lava up streaming from the bottom of the ocean. Despite its small size, it is home to a large number of species and known for its extraordinary flora. The sea bluffs hold large numbers of birds, such as nesting red-billed tropicbirds and swallow-tailed gulls, and offer wide vistas. The prickly pear cactus trees (Opuntia galapageia) are noteworthy, as is the large colony of Galápagos land iguanas. Furthermore, the territory and breeding season of the Galapagos land iguana overlap only on South Plaza Island with those of the marine iguana, giving rise to a unique population of hybrid iguanas. Depending on the season, the Sesuvium ground vegetation changes its colour from green in the rainy season to orange and purple in the dry season.

References

Islands of the Galápagos Islands
Island restoration
Sawan Airlines

Sawan Airlines was an airline company that provided flights between The Kurdistan Region's cities Erbil and Sulaimaniyah and some cities in Europe.

In Kurdish, "sawan" means "newborn". The name was chosen to recognize the airline was the first Kurdish airline in Iraqi and Kurdish history.  The airline was formed by a group of private Kurdish investors, headed by Kawa Besarani, intending to end the isolation of the Kurdistan region, which at the time required traveling through Baghdad or travelling through Turkey, Iran or Syria to get to the rest of the world. The airline used leased aircraft with Greek or German crews.

The first flight from London's Stansted Airport to Erbil took place on October 26, 2005.  By 2006, plans were made for flights from Amsterdam to Sulaimaniyah.

References

Defunct airlines of Iraq
Airlines established in 2005
Airlines disestablished in 2006
Defunct charter airlines
Iraqi companies established in 2005
2006 disestablishments in Iraq
Erbil
Hugh Heclo

Hugh Heclo (10 March 1943 – 6 August 2017)  was born in Marion, Ohio. After receiving a Bachelor of Art's degree from George Washington University in 1965, he went on to receive an M.A. from Manchester University in 1967, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1970. Heclo was a Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Public Affairs at George Mason University, in the United States from 1987 until retirement in 2014. He was previously a professor of government at Harvard University and George Washington University in the 1980s. He operated Ashcroft Farms, a Christmas tree farm outside Winchester, Virginia.

Heclo is perhaps best known as an expert on American democratic institutions and the development of modern welfare states. In 1978, he invented the concept of an issue network, used to describe loose alliances between interest groups, organizations, and economic actors that attempt to influence policy development. Issue Crawler, a server-side software that locates public debate on the Web, is based on the issue network concept. 

In addition to his many academic accomplishments, Heclo received many awards and accolades, including the American Political Science Association's John Gaus Award, recognizing and honoring exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration. Heclo was also the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and served the Library of Congress' Kluge Center from 1985-1986 and served the White House as Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

A collection of Heclo’s donated materials is housed at the George Mason University Special Collections Research Center.

List of works 

 1974 Modern Social Politics in Britain and Sweden
 1975 Comparative Public Policy
 1977 A Government of Strangers: Executive Politics in Washington
 1998 The Government We Deserve
 2003 Religion Returns to the Public Square (contributor and editor)
 2003 Chapter in The Reagan Presidency
 2003 Chapter in The George W. Bush Presidency: An Early Assessment
 2008 On Thinking Institutionally

References

External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20100730024424/http://provost.gmu.edu/index.php
George Mason University SCRC Hugh Heclo Collection Finding Aid

1943 births
2017 deaths
American political scientists
Harvard University faculty
George Mason University faculty
George Washington University faculty
George Washington University alumni
Alumni of the University of Manchester
Yale University alumni
People from Marion, Ohio
FuturePlay

The International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology, also known as FuturePlay, is an international academic conference that focuses on the future of video game design and technology. The most recent conference under that title was held in 2010.

Overview
Future Play evolved from the former Computer Game Technology (CGT) Conference that had been initiated and run by Algoma University since 2002. The conference was held annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Future Play 2008 was hosted by Algoma and UOIT, each year bringing together key players from academics, industry, and government to advance game design and technology.

The conference focused on three themes: Future game development, future game impacts and application, future game talent. These issues were addressed through keynotes from leaders in academia and industry, peer-reviewed paper sessions, panel sessions, workshops, and exhibitions of posters, games, and the latest game technologies and supports from industry vendors.

Academic competitions

Games competition
The Future Play Game Exhibition and Competition allows academic, independent, experimental, and/or student developers to gain recognition for their game-related work in a juried competition. Developers can submit to the exhibition in the following categories:
 Future Games: this category is for games that experiment with new game technologies or design concepts.
 Future Game Impacts and Applications: this category is for games that are built not necessarily for pure entertainment purposes (i.e. serious games), such as games that are for learning purposes.
 Future Game Talent: this category is primarily for students who have built an original, entertainment game title who wish to show off their talents, earn publicity for their school, gain personal recognition, and perhaps even find a publisher for the game.
Games competition winners are generally recognized in the trade press.

Academic papers
Paper submissions for the conference were original, unpublished research. Papers often included late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research. All submissions were peer-reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contributions and readability.

2008 program
Future Play 2008 was hosted by Algoma University and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. It was hosted in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Speakers for the conference were Ken Perlin and Katie Salen. The theme of the conference was "Research. Play. Share."

References

External links
 FuturePlay website 
 FuturePlay blog

Recurring events established in 2002
International conferences in Canada
Video game conferences
2002 establishments in Ontario
North Pacific crestfish

The North Pacific crestfish or unicornfish (Lophotus capellei) is a crestfish of the genus Lophotus, found in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, in a depth of 0–100 m.  Its length is up to 2 m.

References 

 
 Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand,  (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) 

Lophotidae
Fish described in 1845
Tadla-Azilal

Tadla-Azilal (Berber: Tadla-Aẓilal, ) was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It was situated in central Morocco. It covered an area of 17,125 km2 and had a population of 1,607,509 (2014 census). The capital was Beni Mellal. In 2015, the region annexed Khénifra Province (from Meknès-Tafilalet Region) and Khouribga Province (from Chaouia-Ouardigha Region) to form the Region of Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

The region is made into of the following provinces :

 Azilal Province
 Béni-Mellal Province
 Fquih Ben Salah Province (since 2012)

References

Former regions of Morocco
Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester

Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester,  (12 April 1821 – 30 March 1895) was a British naval commander. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet between 1874 and 1877 and of the Mediterranean Fleet between 1880 and 1883.

Background
Seymour was the son of Colonel Sir Horace Seymour and a cousin of the 5th Marquess of Hertford. 
He was a great-grandson of the 1st Marquess of Hertford.

Naval career
Seymour entered the Royal Navy in 1834, and served in the Mediterranean and the Pacific, and was for three years aide-de-camp to his uncle Sir George Seymour, and was promoted to commander in 1847. He also served in Burma. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station from 10 March 1860 and 21 July 1862 as Commodore second class with his pennant aboard . He commanded the Naval Brigade in New Zealand during the New Zealand Wars of 1860–61, and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) for this.

From 1868 to 1870 Seymour served as private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Hugh Childers, and was promoted to Rear-Admiral. From 1870 to 1872 he commanded the flying squadron. In 1872, he became a Fourth Naval Lord for two years, and then commander of the Channel Fleet. He became a vice-admiral on 31 December 1876, and was appointed KCB in June 1877, and was promoted to GCB on 24 May 1881. From 1880 to 1883 he was Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, and from 1883 to 1885 he was Second Naval Lord. He became an admiral in May 1882.

He was created Baron Alcester (pronounced "Allster"), of Alcester in the County of Warwick, on 24 November 1882 for his command of the bombardment of Alexandria and in the subsequent operations on the coast of Egypt. He was also honoured with a parliamentary grant of £25,000, the Freedom of the City of London and a Sword of Honour.

Personal life
Lord Alcester never married. He died 30 March 1895, aged 73, when his peerage became extinct.

In his will he left the balance of his estate to Agnes Sinclair for her lifetime. On her death, two fifths were left to Frederick Charles Horace Sinclair and one fifth each to Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair, Claude Sinclair and Evelyn Sinclair.

See also

References

Attribution

External links
 

1821 births
1895 deaths
Royal Navy admirals
Royal Navy personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War
Royal Navy personnel of the New Zealand Wars
Military leaders of the New Zealand Wars
Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Military personnel from London
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Lords of the Admiralty
Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester
Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria
Goffs

Goffs may refer to:

Places
 Goffs, California, settlement in at southeast edge of Mojave National Preserve
 Goffs, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
 Goffs, Nova Scotia, rural community in Canada

Other
 Goffs School; comprehensive secondary school and sixth form college in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

See also
 Goff (disambiguation)
 Goffs Oak, village in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
 Goff's Caye, island of Belize
Kulich

Kulich is the Russian name for Easter bread. For the eastern Slavs, festive bread was round and tall, and dough decorations were made on top of it. The cylindrical shape of the cake is associated with the church practice of baking artos. The Paska bread tradition spread in cultures which were connected to the Byzantine Empire and is a traditional cultural part of countries with an Orthodox Christian population. It is eaten in countries like Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, North Macedonia and Serbia. Kulich is a variant of paska Easter breads and represents not only Easter but also the spring. Easter is a very important celebration in Eastern European countries, even more important than Christmas.

Preparation
Traditionally after the Easter service, the kulich, which has been put into a basket and decorated with colorful flowers, is blessed by the priest. Blessed kulich is eaten before breakfast each day. Any leftover kulich that is not blessed is eaten with paskha for dessert.

Kulich is baked in tall, cylindrical tins (like coffee or fruit juice tins). When cooled, kulich is decorated with white icing (which slightly drizzles down the sides) and colorful flowers. Historically, it was often served with cheese paska bearing the symbol ХВ (from the traditional Easter greeting of  (, "Christ is risen").

Kulich is only eaten between Easter and Pentecost.

The recipe for kulich is similar to that of Italian panettone, but is denser and thus weighs considerably more.

Gallery

See also
Cozonac
List of sweet breads
Panettone
Paska (bread)
Pinca
Red Easter eggs
Stollen

Notes

References

External links
Kulich recipe (in Russian, with photos)

Belarusian desserts
Russian desserts
Soviet cuisine
Easter bread
Slavic Easter traditions
Yeast cakes
Bobs Creek (Pennsylvania)

Bobs Creek is a tributary of Dunning Creek in south west/south central Pennsylvania in the United States.

Via Dunning Creek, it is part of the watershed of the Raystown Branch Juniata River, flowing to the Juniata River, the Susquehanna River, and Chesapeake Bay. Bobs Creek is  long and is rated by American Whitewater as having a class I-III section for rafting and kayaking.

Bridges
 The Osterburg Covered Bridge crosses Bobs Creek in East St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania.

See also
List of rivers of Pennsylvania

References

Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the Juniata River
Rivers of Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Sodium cyanoborohydride

Sodium cyanoborohydride is the chemical compound with the formula . It is a colourless salt, but commercial samples can appear tan. It is widely used in organic synthesis for the reduction of imines. The salt tolerates aqueous conditions.

Use
Owing to the presence of the electron-withdrawing cyanide substituent,  is less reducing than is . As a mild reducing agent, it is used to convert imines to amines.

It is especially favored for reductive aminations, wherein aldehydes or ketones are treated with an amine in the presence of this reagent:

The reagent is typically used in excess. Selectivity is achieved at mildly basic solutions (pH 7–10). The reagent is ideal for reductive aminations ("Borch Reaction").

In conjunction with tosylhydrazine, sodium cyanoborohydride is used in the reductive deoxygenation of ketones.

Structure and preparation
The  ion is tetrahedral at the boron atom, and it comprises the anionic component of the salt.

The reagent is often purchased, although it can be prepared easily. One method involves combining sodium cyanide and borane. Another route is treating sodium borohydride with mercury(II) cyanide. The commercial samples can be purified, but the yields of the reductive aminations do not improve.

See also
 Sodium triacetoxyborohydride – a milder reductant, but unstable in water
 Sodium borohydride – a stronger, cheaper reductant

References

Borohydrides
Sodium compounds
Reducing agents
Learning from Falling

Learning from Falling is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter artist Lamya. The album included production by Nellee Hooper and Mark Ronson and entered the Top Heatseekers chart in the United States at #16.

A remix of the first single "Empires (Bring Me Men)" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart. The track "Black Mona Lisa" was covered by British R&B singer Maria Lawson on her eponymous album. A third single, "Never Enough", was only released as a promo.

All tracks were co-written by Lamya. "Pink Moon" is a cover of the Nick Drake song.

Track listing
 "Empires" (Lamya, Major) 5:07
 "East of Anywhere" (Lamya, Major) 3:57
 "Black Mona Lisa" (Lamya, Major) 4:22
 "Never Enough" (Lamya, Andres Levin, Camus Celli) 4:13
 "Judas Kiss (Brutus Diss)" (Lamya, Louis Metoyer, Justin Stanley) 3:49
 "Full Frontal Fridays" (Lamya, Major) 4:19
 "I Get Cravings" (Lamya, Stanley, Mark Ronson) 4:56
 "Splitting Atoms" (Lamya, Stanley, Ronson) 4:03
 "Never's Such a Long Time" (Lamya, Rick Nowels) 4:27
 "The Woman Who" (Lamya, Charles Stepney, Rudolph) 4:42
 "The Perfect Girl" (Lamya, Ronald Tomlinson, Don E.) 3:21 
 "Pink Moon" (Drake) 2:47
 "Black Mona Lisa (Single Mix)" (Lamya, Major) 4:10
 "Bed I Never Made" (Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

Musicians
Lamya: Vocals
Rusty Anderson, Lukasz Gottwald, Jimmy Hogarth, Teddy Kumpel, Manny Lopez, Adam Zimmon: Guitars
David Kahne: Bass, Keyboards, Programming
Sal Cuevas: Bass
Rick Nowels: Balalaika
Aloke Dasgupta: Sitar
Allan Gibson: Standup Bass
Abe Laboriel Jr., Shawn Pelton: Drums, Percussion
The Soulhusters: "Beats", Multi-Instruments
Ian Rossiter, Fabien Waltman: Programming

Strings
Chandru, Ralph Morrison, Sara Perkins, Marsha Skins: Violin
Karen Elaine Bakunin, Merlyn Sturt: Viola
Arranged & Conducted By Will Malone

References

2002 debut albums
Albums produced by David Kahne
Albums produced by Nellee Hooper
J Records albums
Lamya albums
Gazel

Gazel is a form of Turkish music that has almost died out. While in other parts of West Asia, gazel is synonymous with ghazal, in Turkey it denotes an improvised form of solo singing that is sometimes accompanied by the ney, ud, or tanbur. It is the vocal equivalent to the Turkish taqsim, an improvised instrumental composition.

The form began to die out in the mid-20th century because of its associations with nightclubs, but it has recently begun a revival process.

References

Turkish music
Turkish words and phrases
Arabic and Central Asian poetics
Forms of Ottoman classical music
Forms of Turkish makam music