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Falls of Cruachan railway station

Falls of Cruachan railway station is a railway station located at the foot of Ben Cruachan in Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway. It is sited between Taynuilt and Loch Awe, sited  from Callander via Glen Ogle. ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.

History 

The station (on the lower slopes of Ben Cruachan, above Loch Awe) opened on 1 October 1893 with a single platform, but was later closed on 1 November 1965.

Reopening

The station was reopened on 20 June 1988.

Signalling 
Although Falls of Cruachan station has never had any signalling directly associated with it, its platform falls within the four mile stretch of railway that is protected by the Pass of Brander stone signals.

Accidents and incidents 

The area near the station has been the site of five derailments due to the rock fall: in 1881, 1946, 1997, and in 2010, which proved the most significant.

On 6 June 2010, a two carriage train from Glasgow to  derailed near Falls of Cruachan station. The train derailed shortly before 8.53 p.m. and was left balanced precariously on a  embankment. There was also a minor fire. Sixty passengers had been on board the train, but all were safely evacuated down the line to the station with no major injuries. Nine people were injured. The train hit a boulder that had fallen onto the track. The train crew later received a commendation for the actions they took to protect their passengers.

Facilities 
The station has no facilities bar an electronic display and a bench. There is no car park or drop-off point, as the only entrance is directly off the A85. The station does not have step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train. As the station does not have lighting, trains cannot call between dusk and dawn.

Passenger volume 

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services 
All services at Falls of Cruachan are operated by ScotRail. However, unlike other stations on the line, the station is only open in the summer months from March to October every year. This is because the station is mainly used by hikers in the summer months, who walk past the falls to climb Ben Cruachan.

When the station is operational, there are five trains each way (eastbound to , westbound to ) on weekdays and Saturdays, along with four each way on Sundays.

References

Bibliography

External links

Video footage of Falls of Cruachan railway station

Railway stations in Argyll and Bute
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1893
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1988
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Low usage railway stations in the United Kingdom
Beeching closures in Scotland
Former Caledonian Railway stations
Reopened railway stations in Great Britain
Salıpazarı

Salıpazarı is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 356 km2, and its population is 19,017 (2022). The mayor is Halil Akgül (AKP).

Composition
There are 44 neighbourhoods in Salıpazarı District:

 Alanköy
 Alanyakın
 Albak
 Avut
 Bereket
 Biçme
 Çağlayan
 Cevizli
 Çiçekli
 Dikencik
 Düzköy
 Esatçiftliği
 Fatsalılar
 Fidancık
 Fındıklı
 Gökçebaşı
 Gökçeli
 Güzelvatan
 Kalfalı
 Karacalar
 Karacaören
 Karadere
 Karaman
 Karayonca
 Kırgıl
 Kızılot
 Kocalar
 Konakören
 Kuşcığaz
 Merkez Kocalar
 Mumlu
 Muslubey
 Orta
 Sarıhasan
 Suluca
 Tacalan
 Tahnal
 Tepealtı
 Yavaşbey
 Yaylaköy
 Yeni
 Yenidoğan
 Yeşilköy
 Yukarıkestanepınar

References

Populated places in Samsun Province
Districts of Samsun Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Sandıklı

Sandıklı is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sandıklı District. Its population is 33,836 (2021). The mayor is Mustafa Çöl (AKP). 

Sandıklı is famed for its marble quarries, its dairy cream kaymak, and its Turkish delight. People also come from all over Turkey to bathe in the hot springs and natural mud baths in the district.

History
From 1867 until 1922, Sandıklı was part of the Hüdavendigâr vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

Notable natives
 Nuri Bilgin Professor of psychology at Ege University in İzmir. Father of writer Elif Şafak. 
 Ahmet Inam writer and philosopher, at Middle East Technical University in Ankara.

References

Populated places in Afyonkarahisar Province
Spa towns in Turkey
Sandıklı District
District municipalities in Turkey
Sapanca

Sapanca is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 173 km2, and its population is 44,712 (2022). It lies on the south bank of Lake Sapanca. The town's mayor is Özcan Özen (AKP).

Sapanca has recently become a tourist destination, due to its stunning natural environment and its lake, as well as its proximity to Istanbul and the city of İzmit, also known as Kocaeli. The town has a number of hotels and resorts.

Composition
There are 29 neighbourhoods in Sapanca District:

 Akçay
 Balkaya
 Camicedit
 Çayiçi
 Fevziye
 Gazipaşa
 Göl
 Güldibi
 Hacımercan
 İkramiye
 İlmiye
 İstanbuldere
 Kırkpınar Hasanpaşa
 Kırkpınar Soğuksu
 Kırkpınar Tepebaşı
 Kurtköy Dibektaş
 Kurtköy Fatih
 Kurtköy Yavuzselim
 Kuruçeşme
 Mahmudiye
 Memnuniye
 Muradiye
 Nailiye
 Rüstempaşa
 Şükriye
 Ünlüce
 Uzunkum
 Yanık
 Yenimahalle

References

External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website

 
Populated places in Sakarya Province
Districts of Sakarya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Saraydüzü

Saraydüzü is a town in Sinop Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Saraydüzü District. Its population is 1,288 (2022). The mayor is Hasan Peker (AKP).

References

External links
 District municipality's official website 

Populated places in Sinop Province
Saraydüzü District
District municipalities in Turkey
Saraykent

Saraykent is a town in Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. The former name of the town is Karamağara. It is the seat of Saraykent District. Its population is 5,687 (2022). Its elevation is .

References

External links
 District municipality's official website 
 General information on Saraykent 

Populated places in Saraykent District
District municipalities in Turkey
Sarayköy

Sarayköy is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 379 km2, and its population is 30,834 (2022). It is 20 km west of the city of Denizli, on a plain between mountains and watered by Büyük Menderes River.

Sarayköy is at a high altitude inland from the Mediterranean and thus has hot dry summers and very cold winters. The mountain sides are mostly bare but there are ongoing forestry projects.

History
The town was previously a village named Sarıbey after the Turkmen lord that settled his tribe here in the 14th century.

Sarayköy was an important point of resistance to the Greek Army in the Turkish War of Independence. Volunteers assembled here were able to defend the bridge across the River Menderes and thus prevent the Greeks from occupying the city of Denizli. There is a statue in the town of a fighter in local efe costume to commemorate this struggle.

Composition
There are 32 neighbourhoods in Sarayköy District:

 Acıdere
 Acısu
 Adaköy
 Ahmetli
 Altıntepe
 Aşağı
 Atatürk
 Bala
 Beylerbeyi
 Caber
 Cumhuriyet
 Duacılı
 Gerali
 Hasköy
 Hisarköy
 Kabaağaç
 Karakıran
 Karataş
 Köprübaşı
 Kumluca
 Sakarya
 Sazak
 Sığma
 Tekke
 Tepeköy
 Tırkaz
 Tosunlar
 Trafo
 Turan
 Uyanık
 Yakayurt
 Yeşilyurt

Sarayköy today
The major activity of the area is textile production (following in the footsteps of nearby Babadağ), mainly weaving but some printing and sewing of bedding and other home textiles.

5,000 homes in the town are heated with water run off from the geothermal power station in the village of Kızıldere, which was the first plant of its kind in Turkey. There are also plants near the power station making dry ice and bottling carbon dioxide. The plain is irrigated and mostly used for growing cotton and there is a large cotton storage and processing plant in the town. Other crops include figs, olives and apricots. Other activities include limestone quarrying and coal mining.

Sarayköy is also a market town for the surrounding countryside.

Places of interest
 The Ahmetli Bridge over the Büyük Menderes river, 15 km from Sarayköy township, dates back to the Roman era. The middle section of the bridge was blown up by the Greek Army as a defensive measure during the Greco-Turkish War but was reconstructed with reinforced concrete later on.

Notable natives
 Sezen Aksu, Turkey's leading modern singer and songwriter was born in Sarayköy.

References

External links
 Thermal Resort & Spa 

 
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Sarıcakaya

Sarıcakaya is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 382 km2, and its population is 4,621 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of . On August 15, 2023, there was a temperature of  recorded in Sarıcakaya, setting the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Turkey.

Composition
There are 14 neighbourhoods in Sarıcakaya District:

 Beyköy
 Beyyayla
 Bilal Habeşi
 Camikebir
 Dağküplü
 Düzköy
 Fatih
 Güney
 İğdir
 Kapıkaya
 Laçin
 Mayıslar
 Sarıkaya
 Yeni

References

External links
 District municipality's official website 
 Map of Sarıcakaya district
 
  

 
Populated places in Eskişehir Province
Districts of Eskişehir Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Jamieson Price

Jamieson K. Price is an American actor, best known for his deep and booming voice in numerous anime and video games. He is known as the voice of the Count of Monte Cristo in Gankutsuou, Sojiro Sakura in Persona 5, Ovan in .hack//G.U., and Galbalan, and Milton Grimm from Ever After High. Price also had a part in the 2000 movie The Patriot.

Biography

Price became interested in acting as a young child, starting from when he was in the fourth grade and later did theatre performances even during his adolescent and young adult years. In high school, Price got involved with dramatic interpretations-(focusing on poetry and prose reading) as well as voice competitions in his teens and became Virginia State Champion in his senior year of high school which later lead him to get into acting and voice acting by a close friend of his during the late 90s after graduate school. He eventually got a job in the voice acting business by Dorothy Fahn who is a friend of his wife Bethany who was very interested in his deep voice; aside from acting/voice acting, he has also done work for fight choreography as well as a theatrical technician.

Personal life
Price has been married to his wife Bethany Price since December 31, 1993, who works as a director, audition/stage coach, and an acting instructor. He has three children-(2 daughters and 1 son); Dane-(an actor and musician), Cynthia-(an actress and dancer), and Meghan-(a chiropractor). Jamieson Price is also involved with a few podcasts, one of them being Crypto-Z.

Filmography

Anime

===Animation===

Films

Video games

Live action

References

External links
 
 
 
 

Living people
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
California State University, Long Beach alumni
College of William & Mary alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Sarıgöl

Sarıgöl is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 432 km2, and its population is 35,537 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .

History
Sarıgöl is a small town located between the provinces of Denizli and Manisa. According to some historians, it has been an important city throughout history. There was an ancient city called Callatebus () in the vicinity of today's Sarıgöl. The city of Kallatebos (Callatebus) was mentioned by Herodotus in his Histories 7th book's 31st paragraph. The city was between Philadelphia (Alaşehir) and Hierapolis (Pamukkale).

Composition
There are 35 neighbourhoods in Sarıgöl District:

 Afşar
 Ahmetağa
 Alemşahlı
 Aşağıkoçaklar
 Ayan
 Bağlıca
 Bahadırlar
 Baharlar
 Bereketli
 Beyharmanı
 Çanakçı
 Çavuşlar
 Çimentepe
 Cumhuriyet
 Dadağlı
 Dindarlı
 Doğuşlar
 Emcelli
 Güneydamları
 Günyaka
 Kahramanlar
 Karacaali
 Kızılçukur
 Konak
 Mimarsinan
 Özpınar
 Selimiye
 Şeyhdavutlar
 Sığırtmaçlı
 Siteler
 Tırazlar
 Yeniköy
 Yeşiltepe
 Yukarıkoçaklar
 Ziyanlar

References

External links
 District governor's official website 
 District municipality's official website 
 Road map of Sarıgöl and environs
 Various images of Sarıgöl

Populated places in Manisa Province
Districts of Manisa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Texas Senate, District 24

District 24 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Comanche, Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Lampasas, Llano, Mills, San Saba counties and portions of Taylor and Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

The current Senator from District 24 is Pete Flores.

Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 24 has a population of 798,189 with 596,939 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.

Election history
Election history of District 24 from 1992.

Previous elections

2020

2016

2012

2008

2004

2002

2000

1996

1994

1992

District officeholders

Notes

References

24
Bandera County, Texas
Bell County, Texas
Blanco County, Texas
Brown County, Texas
Burnet County, Texas
Callahan County, Texas
Comanche County, Texas
Coryell County, Texas
Gillespie County, Texas
Hamilton County, Texas
Kerr County, Texas
Lampasas County, Texas
Llano County, Texas
Mills County, Texas
San Saba County, Texas
Taylor County, Texas
Travis County, Texas
Sarıkaya, Yozgat

Sarıkaya is a town in Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sarıkaya District. Its population is 18,457 (2022). It is known for its hot springs and the associated bathhouses.

Sarıkaya's Ottoman-era name was Terzili and known locally as Terzilihamam due to its bathhouses (hamam). The town is currently known for its UNESCO submitted Roman-era bath named Basilica Therma that is preserved and easily visible in the town center.

References

External links
 District municipality's official website 
 General information on Sarıkaya 

Populated places in Yozgat Province
Sarıkaya District
District municipalities in Turkey
Heinkel HeS 40

The Heinkel HeS 40 (HeS - Heinkel Strahltriebwerke) was an experimental constant-volume jet engine designed by Adoph Müller's team at Heinkel starting some time in 1940 or 41. It was based on the mechanical layout of the HeS 30, but replaced the conventional flame cans with oversized ones including large poppet valves that sealed off the chambers during firing. Constant-volume combustion, similar to the Otto cycle used in most piston engines, is considerably more fuel efficient than the constant-pressure combustion used in a typical jet engine.

Design
The design was based on the HeS 30 not only to make parts more readily available as well as to make direct comparisons between the two easier. The main changes were to reduce the compression ratio of the compressor to about 2:1 (from 2.8:1), and add the new combustion chambers. The new chambers were considerably larger than the originals, forcing a reduction in the number from ten to six burners. The valve stems projected forward into streamlined fairings in the intake area behind the compressor.

The operational cycle of the engine is somewhat similar to a conventional six-cylinder engine, except the compressor did all the compressing instead of a piston stroke, and the chamber only served as a combustion chamber, rather than a compression, combustion and expansion chamber as in a piston engine. Compressed air, similar to an automobile equipped with a turbocharger, but at a higher pressure ratio, was channeled into the cylinders in turn, closed off with the poppet valves, and then burned. By the time the combustion was complete the pressure in the flame cans would be much higher, although the actual expansion ratio is not specified. The hot gas was then released, and flowed through a turbine to extract power, instead of forcing a piston to move (although most of the output in the expected turbojet engine format - as opposed to a turboshaft  - would be extracted as thrust, and the turbine only acted to power the compressor to continue the cycle). Although there would be some loss of charge during the burning period, and thus the design would be less efficient than the true Otto cycle, it would nevertheless be somewhat more efficient than a traditional jet engine, at the cost of some complexity.

History
It appears the HeS 40 was never built, and remained a paper design. Nevertheless, work on the design was ended by 1942, by which point the HeS 30 was making good progress.

References

Bibliography
 

Centrifugal-flow turbojet engines
Heinkel aircraft engines
1940s turbojet engines
Sarıoğlan

Sarıoğlan is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 642 km2, and its population is 13,396 (2022). The mayor is Bekir Ayyıldırım (MHP).

Composition
There are 28 neighbourhoods in Sarıoğlan District:

 Alamettin
 Bakarcak
 Burunören
 Çiftlik
 Düzencik
 Ebülhayır
 Gaziler
 Güzelyazı
 Hürriyet
 İğdeli
 Ilıca
 Kadılı
 Kaleköy
 Karaözü
 Karpınar
 Keklikoğlu
 Kızılpınar
 Muratbeyli
 Ömerhacılı
 Ömürlü
 Palas
 Şenyurt
 Sofumahmut
 Tatılı
 Üzerlik
 Yahyalı
 Yerlikuyu
 Yıldırım

References

 
Populated places in Kayseri Province
Districts of Kayseri Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Sarıyahşi

Sarıyahşi is a town in Aksaray Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, at a distance of  from the province seat of Aksaray. It is the seat of Sarıyahşi District. Its population is 3,543 (2021).

The town of Sarıyahşi is a small rural centre providing schools and other basic amenities to the surrounding countryside.

References

External links
 Gallery website 
 Municipality's official website 
 Local news website 
 Local news website 
 

Populated places in Aksaray Province
District municipalities in Turkey
Sarıyahşi District
Saori Gotō

is a Japanese voice actress and singer.

Filmography

Anime

Video games

Dubbing

References

External links
 
Official agency profile (archive) 
Saori Gotō  at Seiyuu Info
Saori Gotō  at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database 
Saori Gotō at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database

1987 births
Living people
Voice actresses from Yokohama
Japanese voice actresses
81 Produce voice actors
Sarız

Sarız, formerly known as Sáros (Greek: Σάρος), is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,173 km2, and its population is 9,282 (2022). The mayor is Baki Bayrak (MHP).

History 
The history of the district goes back to ancient times, to 700 BC. Cilicia remained under the rule of Dulkadiroğulları Principality from Byzantine Empire and beylik, and was included in Ottoman Empire in the period of Yavuz Sultan Selim in 1515. The settlement, which was shown as a part of the Hurman district of the Elbistan district in the 16th century Ottoman records, was connected to the Aziziye district, which was created in 1861.
registered as a sub-district. During this period, the center of Sariz was called "Koyyeri". In the records of 1910, it is stated that Sarız, which is a township, has 46 villages. The Municipality organization was established on July 30, 1914, upon the request of the Sivas Governor of the time being approved by the Ottoman Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1927, it was separated from Sivas and connected to Kayseri. In 1946, it was separated from the Pınarbaşı district to which it was affiliated and became an independent district.

Composition
There are 44 neighbourhoods in Sarız District:

 Akoluk
 Altısöğüt
 Avşarobası
 Ayranlık
 Bahçeli
 Büyükörtülü
 Büyüksöbeçimen
 Çağşak
 Çatalpınar
 Çavdar
 Çörekdere
 Dallıkavak
 Damızlık
 Darıdere
 Dayoluk
 Değirmentaş
 Fettahdere
 Gümüşali
 Günesen
 İncedere
 İncemağara
 Karapınar
 Karayurt
 Kemer
 Kırkısrak
 Kıskaçlı
 Kızılpınar
 Küçükkabaktepe
 Küçükörtülü
 Küçüksöbeçimen
 Kurdini
 Kurudere
 Kuşçu
 Mirzaağa
 Mollahüseyinler
 Oğlakkaya
 Ördekli
 Sancakağıl
 Tavlaköy
 Tekneli
 Yaylacı
 Yedioluk
 Yeni
 Yeşilkent

References

External links
 Sarız District Governorship Official Website
 Kayseri Governorship Official Website
 Sarız District Website

Populated places in Kayseri Province
Districts of Kayseri Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Cups (game)

Cups is a contemporary American two-ranked single-lap member of the ancient game family of Mancala.

It was one of several games invented in 1965 by father and son Arthur Amberstone and Wald Amberstone who were both cofounders of the New York Gamers Association (N.Y.G.A.). They also invented Power, and High Deck, a card game based on medieval society. At the time both were working as basket makers as well as game designers in New York City. This game was first published in A Gamut of Games by Sid Sackson in 1969. Wald Amberstone co-founded the Tarot School in 1995 along with his wife Ruth Amberstone.

Rules

Equipment 

The Cups board is constructed from ten containers: eight small containers called cups and two large containers called pots. In addition to these, 80 beans are needed. Traditionally, the game is played with odds and ends, jars, drinking cups and assorted items serving as the beans.

Setup 
Each player has four cups in front of him and a pot at the end of each row on the farthest right. Each of the player's four cups is aligned adjacent to one of the other player's four cups. Each player receives forty beans as his stock and sits across from the other player.

Play 
 Example Start of Game 

Lower player begins by sowing four beans from his stock left to right.

Higher player sows three beans from his stock right to left and captures a bean.

Lower player sows the bean closest to his pot into his pot.
Players only play on their own four cups. At the beginning of a player's turn the player has the option of doing one of two things.
 The player may remove 1, 2, 3, or 4 beans from his stock and sow them from his leftmost cup (farthest from his pot) towards his pot. Sowing, a term used in Mancala, means to place them in one by one along the line of cups.
 The player may empty one of his cups and sow the contents towards his pot. The player may only do this if the number of beans in the cup is exactly enough to reach the pot. The last bean put into the pot.

Capturing 
If the player chooses option one and the last bean lands in an empty cup a capture may take place. In a capture the opponent's cup adjacent to the formerly empty cup is emptied and placed into the capturing player's pot, unless the opponents cup is empty.

Blocked cups 
A blocked cup is one that contains more beans than would be needed to perform option two, sowing the beans into the pot. Generally, it is unwise to block one's cups because it makes sowing from that cup impossible.

Object 
The object of Cups is to have more beans in one's pot than one's opponent. The game ends when neither player can make a move: a turn is always made if one is possible.

Variation 
This game can also be played with any even number of cups. The cups are arranged in the same manner as above were each cup has one of the opponent's cup adjacent to it and a pot on each end. Ten beans are added to a player's stock for each extra cup he has. For example, if a player has ten cups he would have 100 beans and the board would consist of 22 containers.

References 
 Sackson, Sid. A Gamut of Games. New York: Random House, 1969.

Mancala
Saruhanlı

Saruhanlı is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 771 km2, and its population is 56,523 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .

Agriculture 
Olive, walnut and almond cultivation is among the important agricultural activities of Saruhanlı.

Composition
There are 50 neighbourhoods in Saruhanlı District:

 Adiloba
 Alibeyli
 Apak
 Atatürk
 Aydınlar
 Azimli
 Bahadır
 Bedeller
 Büyükbelen
 Çakmaklı
 Çaltepe
 Çamlıyurt
 Cengiz Topel
 Çerkez Osmaniye
 Çınaroba
 Çullugörece
 Cumhuriyet
 Develi
 Dilek
 Gökçeköy
 Gözlet
 Gümülceli
 Hacımusa
 Hacırahmanlı
 Halitpaşa
 Hatipler
 Heybeli
 İshakçelebi
 İstasyon
 Kayışlar
 Kemiklidere
 Kepenekli
 Koldere
 Koyuncu
 Kumkuyucak
 Kurtuluş
 Lütfiye
 Mütevelli
 Nuriye
 Paşa
 Pınarbaşı
 Sarıçam
 Sarısığırlı
 Saruhan
 Şatırlar
 Şehitler
 Seyitoba
 Taşdibi
 Tirkeş
 Yılmaz

References

External links
 District governor's official website 
 Road map of Saruhanlı and environs

 
Populated places in Manisa Province
Districts of Manisa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Texas Senate, District 25

District 25 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Comal and Kendall counties, and portions of Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, and Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

The current Senator from District 25 is Donna Campbell.

Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 25 has a population of 815,771 with 610,120 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.

Election history
Election history of District 25 from 1992.

Previous elections

2018

2014

2012

2010

2006

2002

2000

1996

1994

1992

District officeholders

Notes

References

25
Bexar County, Texas
Comal County, Texas
Guadalupe County, Texas
Hays County, Texas
Kendall County, Texas
Travis County, Texas
Mahipati

Mahipati (1715 - 1790)  was an 18th century Marathi language hagiographer who wrote biographies of prominent Hindu Vaishnava sants who had lived between the 13th and the 17th centuries in Maharashtra and other regions of India.

Early life
Mahipati  was born in a Marathi Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family of Shakala Shakha and Vasishta gotra to Dadopant Kamble who was the hereditary Kulkarni (record keeper)  of Taharabad in present day Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. Dadopant and his wife were devotees of Vithoba of Pandharpur.
After his father's death, he inherited the job of Kulkarni for Taharabad. He  also worked for a local Mughal landlord. After falling out with his landlord, Mahipati devoted the rest of his life to performing Kirtans on lives of saints, collecting information on these saints and writing their hagiographies.

Works
During his life, Mahipati played down his abilities, his hagiographies of the Varkari saints are  considered to be the most authoritative. Mahipati claimed Varkari sant Tukaram as the inspiration for his writings.
Although in early part of his literary career he relied on works by Nabha Dass and Uddhava Ciddhan for his biographies, he soon realized shortcomings in their accounts of the saints and started collecting information himself. Mahipati, at times, during his life wrote multiple biographies of the same saint. He included any new information he obtained about the saint in his newer biographies. He also believed that the lives of the revered saints can not be grasped in a single sweep. Callewaert et al , therefore call the later biographies as the "revised editions of the old books.  Mahipati wrote his biographies in the Ovi metre. Christian Lee Novetzke considers Mahipati's work to be a kind of transcribed kirtan. Indeed during his life mahipati, per Novetzke, was known as a kirtankar (Kirtan performer) rather than a writer. 

Selected Works

Legacy
An English translation of Bhaktavijaya, originally written by Mahipati around 1762, was published under the provisions of the will of American Missionary, Justin E. Abbott in 1933.
 Mahipati's town of Tahrabad has declared as a pilgrimage site by the government of Maharashtra. A pilgrim guest house has been constructed in the town for Mahipati devotees.
The pilgrimage complex in tahrabad includes his house, a Vitthal temple and a memorial to Mahipati consisting of a Tulasi Vrindavan.
Mahipati used to perform the annual  Pandharpur Wari during his lifetime. The tradition continues with his symbolic sandals taken to Pandharpur from Tahrabad by his followers.

Gallery

References
Notes

Citations

1715 births
1790 deaths
18th-century Indian biographers
Bhakti movement
Hagiographers
People from Ahmednagar district
Writers from Maharashtra
List of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean

This is a list of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers, and no spoken descendants.

There are 14 languages listed, 7 lost in Central America and 7 lost in the Caribbean.

Central America

Costa Rica 
Chorotega

El Salvador 
Cacaopera

Guatemala 
Chicomuceltec

Honduras 
Lenca

Nicaragua 

Matagalpa
Monimbo
Subtiaba

The Caribbean 

Ciguayo
Guanahatabey
Island Carib
Macorix (Northern and Southern dialects)
Shebaya
Taíno (Classic Taíno and Ciboney Taíno dialects)
Yao

Central America or Caribbean
Extinct languages
Extinct languages
 Extinct
 Extinct
Central America and the Caribbean
Seben

Seben is a town in Bolu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, 56 km south of the town of Bolu. It is the seat of Seben District. Its population is 2,395 (2021). The mayor is Fatih Kavak (AKP).

Places of interest
 The high meadows (yayla), average 1400 m, on the flanks of Kiraz Dağı mountain. Of these Kızık yayla with its attractive wooden houses is the best-known. 
 Bağlum Kaplıcaları healing thermal water spring in the village of Kesenözü, 14 km south of Seben.

References

Populated places in Bolu Province
Seben District
District municipalities in Turkey
Texas Senate, District 26

District 26 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Bexar county in the U.S. state of Texas.

The current Senator from District 26 is Jose Menendez.

Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 26 has a population of 802,046 with 589,522 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.

Election history
Election history of District 27 from 1992.

Previous elections

2020

2016

2015

2012

2008

2004

2002

2000

1999

1996

1994

1992

District officeholders

Notes

References

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Bexar County, Texas
Selçuklu

Selçuklu is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,931 km2, and its population is 690,667 (2022). Selçuklu is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay and Meram. It covers the northwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.

Flora

Between 2004 and 2006, a study was carried out of plants in the district in the area of the Başarakavak and Tatköy neighborhoods, and the Altınapa Dam. Two species are listed as 'Endangered' according to the IUCN Red List: Clypeola ciliata (Boiss) and Silene lycaonica (Chowdh). Also listed as 'Vulnerable' were Iris stenophylla and Centaurea bourgaei (Boiss).

Places to see 
The Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden, opened in 2015, is a major tourist attraction.

Composition
There are 73 neighbourhoods in Selçuklu District:

 Akademi 
 Akıncılar
 Akpınar
 Akşemsettin
 Ardıçlı
 Aşağıpınarbaşı-Bucak
 Aydınlıkevler
 Bağrıkurt
 Başarakavak
 Bedir
 Beyhekim
 Biçer
 Bilecik
 Binkonutlar
 Bosnahersek
 Buhara
 Büyükkayacık
 Çaldere
 Çaltı
 Çandır
 Cumhuriyet
 Dağdere
 Dokuz
 Dumlupınar
 Eğribayat
 Erenköy
 Esenler
 Fatih
 Ferhuniye
 Feritpaşa
 Güvenç
 Hacıkaymak
 Hanaybaşı
 Hocacihan
 Horozluhan
 Hüsamettinçelebi
 İhsaniye
 Işıklar
 Kaleköy
 Karaömerler
 Kervan
 Kılınçaslan
 Kınık
 Kızılcakuyu
 Kosova
 Küçükmuhsine
 Malazgirt
 Mehmet Akif
 Merkez
 Meydanköy
 Musalla Bağları
 Nişantaş
 Parsana
 Sakarya
 Sancak
 Sarayköy
 Sarıcalar
 Şeker 
 Selahaddini Eyyubi
 Selahattin
 Selçuk
 Şeyhşamil
 Sille
 Sille Ak
 Sızma
 Sulutaş
 Tatköy
 Tepekent
 Tömek
 Ulumuhsine
 Yazıbelen
 Yazır
 Yukarıpınarbaşı

Gallery

References

External links
 District governor's official website 
 District municipality's official website 
 

 
Populated places in Konya Province
Districts of Konya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Selendi

Selendi is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 726 km2, and its population is 19,203 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .

It is the site of the ancient town Silandus, which was located on a tributary of the Hermos River.

Composition
There are 57 neighbourhoods in Selendi District:

 Akçakertil
 Altınköy
 Aşağıtefen
 Avlaşa
 Bekirağalar
 Beypınar
 Çalıklı
 Çamköy
 Çamlıca
 Çampınar
 Çamyayla
 Çanşa
 Çıkrıkçı
 Çinan
 Çortak
 Dedeler
 Dumanlar
 Eskicami
 Eskin
 Fatih
 Gölbaşı
 Hacıhaliller
 Hacılar
 Halılar
 Havaoğlu
 İnnice
 Kabaklar
 Karabeyler
 Karakozan
 Karaselendi
 Karataşterziler
 Karşıova
 Kayranlar
 Kazıklı
 Kınık
 Kürkçü
 Kurşunlu
 Kurtuluş
 Mıdıklı
 Mollaahmetler
 Omurlar
 Pınarlar
 Rahmanlar
 Şehirlioğlu
 Selmanhacılar
 Şerefiye
 Tavak
 Tepeeynihan
 Turpçu
 Yağcı
 Yenicami
 Yenice
 Yeşil Mahalle
 Yıldız
 Yukarıtefen
 Zafer
 Zıramanlar

Ecclesiastical history

The diocese of Silandus was a suffragan of the diocese of Sardis. Suppressed under Muslim rule, it was revived as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in 1900.

References

External links
 District municipality's official website 
 Road map of Selendi and environs
 Various images of Selendi, Manisa
 Communication portal of Selendi 

Populated places in Manisa Province
Districts of Manisa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Beat (name)

Beat (pronounced "Bey-ah-t") is a German male given name, derived from the Latin name Beatus, which means "blessed". The name is common in German-speaking Switzerland because of St Beatus of Lungern, considered a patron saint. The female variant is Beate. The name Beat may refer to:

Beat Bosch (born 1971), Swiss athlete
Beat Breu (born 1957), Swiss cyclist
Beat Fehr (1943–1967), Swiss racing driver
Beat Feuz (born 1987), Swiss alpine skier
Beat Forster (born 1983), Swiss ice hockey player
Beat Furrer (born 1954), Austrian composer 
Beat Gähwiler (born 1965), Swiss athlete
Beat Gerber (born 1982), Swiss ice hockey player
Beat Hefti (born 1978), Swiss bobsledder
Beat W. Hess (born 1949), Swiss businessman
Beat Koch (born 1972), Swiss cross country skier 
Beat Mändli (born 1969), Swiss equestrian 
Beat Müller (born 1978), Swiss sport shooter
Beat Raaflaub (born 1946), Swiss conductor
Beat Richner (born 1947), Swiss doctor
Beat Rüedi (1920–2009), Swiss ice hockey player 
Beat Schwerzmann (born 1966), Swiss rower
Beat Seitz (born 1973), Swiss bobsledder 
Beat Streuli (born 1957), Swiss artist
Beat Sutter (born 1962), Swiss football player
Beat Wyss (born 1947), Swiss art historian
Beat Zberg (born 1971), Swiss cyclist
Beat/Doctor Beat, a fictional character in the Gloria Estefan song Dr. Beat

See also
Beate
Beatus

References

German masculine given names
Masculine given names
Serinhisar

Serinhisar is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 256 km2, and its population is 14,355 (2022).

Name
Other names include Karia (in Latin) and Kızılhisar (literally "a red castle"). The latter is the name given by the Seljuk Turks as there were brick built fortifications here. The name was changed to Serinhisar (literally "a cool castle") in 1987, apparently because red castle was too symbolic of communism.

History
The area was first settled by the Hittites in 1500 BC, and later passed into the hands of the Lydians (800 BC), Persians (546 BC), Ancient Greeks (440 BC), Ancient Macedonians (334 BC) and Romans (133 BC). When the Roman Empire was divided in 395 the area remained within the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) and was then possessed by the Seljuk Turks in 1077, who ruled until 1308. Turkmens (from Oghuz Turks' Avsar and Kayi tribe) were settled in the district in this period. Seljuk rule was interrupted by the Crusades, Genghis Khan, and Timurlane, who left the area under the rule of the Germiyan dynasty, from whom it passed to the Ottoman Empire in 1429. The castle fell into ruin in the Ottoman period and was broken up for building materials, being finally demolished in 1954.

The battle of Kazıkbeli
During the Second Crusade in 1148 the French king was proceeding eastwards having crossed the Menderes River but was stalled at the pass of Kazıkbeli, near Kızılhisar, by the Seljuk armies.

Composition
There are 11 neighbourhoods in Serinhisar District:

 Aşağı
 Ayaz
 Cumhuriyet
 Kaya
 Kocapınar
 Orta
 Pınarcık
 Şair Eşref
 Yatağan
 Yenice
 Yüreğil

Serinhisar today
Today Serinhisar is known for its leblebi (roasted chick peas), pottery, ropemaking and shoemaking. This is a rural area and its people are hospitable and warmblooded.

References

 
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Seydiler

Seydiler is a town in the Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Seydiler District. Its population is 2,851 (2021). The town lies at an elevation of .

References

Populated places in Kastamonu Province
Seydiler District
District municipalities in Turkey
Seyitgazi

Seyitgazi is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,578 km2, and its population is 12,587 (2022). The central town of Seyitgazi lies at a distance of  towards the south from the province capital of Eskişehir. The town was known formerly as Nakoleia.

History

The town occupies the site of the Byzantine city of Nakoleia which is attested from Roman times.

After the town was conquered by the Seljuk Turks, it was known as Kala'-i-Mashihya, the Christian Castle. During that time the old monastic centre dedicated to the archangel Michael was converted into a shrine to the 8th-century Muslim saint (seyyid) and warrior Battal Gazi, who allegedly fell in a battle nearby in 740. The town was eventually renamed after Battal Gazi.

From 1867 until 1922, Seyitgazi was part of Hüdavendigâr vilayet.

Places of interest
A complex () dedicated to Battal Gazi and containing his tomb, a mosque, a medrese, cells and ceremonial rooms for dervishes as well as charitable services for the community such as kitchens and a bakery were built in 1208 on a hill overlooking the town by Ümmühan Hatun, wife of the Seljuk sultan Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev I and further extended in 1511 by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II. The shrine and the adjoining complex remain popular with local as well as foreign visitors.

Archaeological discoveries 
In August 2019, researchers headed by Prof. Murat Türkteki announced the discovery of two skeletons dating back about 5,000 years in the same sarcophagus in Early Bronze Age settlement Küllüoba. Excavators assumed that one of the skeletons was a 13-year-old girl and other was a man in his late 30s.

In August 2020, archaeologists headed by Prof. Murat Türktaki revealed a 5,000-year-old paint palette made of stone in the Seyitgazi district at the Küllüoba site. According to Türktaki, this palette was used for painting dishes.

In March 2021, construction workers found a marble sarcophagus  which is 1.5 meters long and 33 centimetres wide in the Seyitgazi district at the Küllüoba site.

Composition
There are 51 neighbourhoods in Seyitgazi District:

 Akin
 Aksaklı
 Aşağısöğüt
 Aslanbeyli
 Ayvalı
 Bardakçı
 Beşsaray
 Beykışla
 Büyükdere
 Büyükyayla
 Çatören
 Cevizli
 Çukurağıl
 Çukurca
 Çürüttüm
 Değişören
 Derebenek
 Doğançayır
 Fethiye
 Gemiç
 Göcenoluk
 Gökbahçe
 Gökçegüney
 Göknebi
 Gümüşbel
 İdrisyayla
 İkiçeşme
 İkizoluk
 Karacalık
 Karaören
 Kesenler
 Kırka
 Kümbet
 Numanoluk
 Örencik
 Oynaş
 Salihler
 Sancar
 Sandıközü
 Sarayören
 Sarıcailyas
 Şükranlı
 Taşlıkköy
 Üçsaray
 Yapıldak
 Yarbasan
 Yazıdere
 Yenikent
 Yeşiltepe
 Yukarısöğüt
 Yunus

References

External links

 District governor's official website 
 District municipality's official website 
 Map of Seyitgazi district
 Many pictures of the Battal Gazi complex and Seyitgazi village
 
 

 
Populated places in Eskişehir Province
Districts of Eskişehir Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Sındırgı

Sındırgı, formerly Koruköy and Carseae (), is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,387 km2, and its population is 32,408 (2022). The mayor is Ekrem Yavaş (AKP). A carpet festival is held in Sındırgı town in every fall season around September, and it is called International Yağcıbedir Festival. The province is also famous for its kolonya, a scented perfume used to freshen the hands.

Composition
There are 75 neighbourhoods in Sındırgı District:

 Akçakısrak
 Aktaş
 Alacaatlı
 Alakır
 Alayaka
 Armutlu
 Aslandede
 Bayraklı
 Bükrecik
 Bulak
 Büyükdağdere
 Çakıllı
 Çaltılı
 Çamalanı
 Camicedit
 Camikebir
 Çavdaroğlu
 Çaygören
 Çayırköy
 Çelebiler
 Çıkrıkçı
 Çılbırcı
 Çoturtepe
 Cüneyt
 Danaçayırı
 Dedeler
 Derecikören
 Devletlibaba
 Düğüncüler
 Düvertepe
 Eğridere
 Emendere
 Eşmedere
 Gölcük
 Gözören
 Hisaralan
 İbiller
 Işıklar
 İzzettin
 Karaağaç
 Karacalar
 Karagür
 Karakaya
 Kepez
 Kertil
 Kınık
 Kıranköy
 Kızılgür
 Kocabey
 Kocakonak
 Kocasinan
 Kozlu
 Küçükbükü
 Küçükdağdere
 Kürendere
 Kurtuluş
 Mandıra
 Mumcuköy
 Ormaniçi
 Osmanlar
 Pelitören
 Pürsünler
 Rızaiye
 Şahinkaya
 Şapçı
 Sinandede
 Süller
 Taşköy
 Umurlar
 Yağcıbedir
 Yaylabayır
 Yaylacık
 Yolcupınar
 Yüreğil
 Yusufçamı

References

External links
 District governor's official website 

 
Populated places in Balıkesir Province
Districts of Balıkesir Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Shelving buffer

A shelving buffer is a technique used in computer processors to increase the efficiency of superscalar processors.  It allows for multiple instructions to be dispatched at once regardless of the data dependencies between those instructions. This allows for out-of-order execution to occur which increases the throughput of the microprocessor.

Background
A superscalar processor allows the execution of a number of instructions simultaneously in the core of the processor itself, although this behavior is not to be confused with a multi-processor system. Most modern processors are superscalar. In a superscalar processor multiple instructions are dispatched from the same thread. Multi-core processors contain multiple processors all executing separate threads.

Problems with data dependencies
Executing instructions in parallel (i.e. simultaneously) raises problems with data dependencies, meaning that some instructions may be dependent on the results of others, and hence care must be taken to execute in the correct order.

Take for example these sequence of instructions:

r1 = r2 + r3
r7 = r1 + r4

The update to r7 introduces a (Read After Write) data dependency. The first line of instructions must complete before the second begins execution, as r7 requires the correct value of r1 (register 1) to be known prior to execution. This type of instruction cannot be executed concurrently or simultaneously, the order-of-operations is implicitly serial.

How it works
With a superscalar processor, the instruction window of the processor fills up with a number of instructions (known as the issue rate). Depending on the scheme that the superscalar processor uses to dispatch these instruction from the window to the execution core of the CPU, there may be problems if there is a dependency not unlike the one shown above.

Consider an instruction window 3 instructions wide, containing i1, i2, i3 (instructions 1,2 & 3). Suppose that i2 is dependent on an instruction that has not yet finished executing, and it cannot be executed yet.

Without the use of a shelving buffer, the superscalar processor will execute i1, wait until i2 can be executed and then execute i2 and i3 simultaneously.

However, with the use of a shelving buffer, the instruction window will be emptied into shelving buffers regardless of contents. The processor will then search for an appropriate number of instructions in the shelving buffers that can be executed in parallel (i.e. with no dependencies).

Hence the processor has a greater chance of running the maximum number of instructions simultaneously, and maximising throughput.

References

Parallel computing
Silopi

Silopi () is a city and seat of Silopi District in the Şırnak Province of Turkey. The city is mainly populated by Kurds of Sipêrtî and Zewkan tribes and had a population of 103,831 in 2021.

The mayor Adalet Fidan of the HDP was elected in 2019 but deposed the same year and replaced by the sub-governor (kaymakam) Sezer Işiktaş as a "state-appointed caretaker" (acting mayor).

Large sections of the city was damaged in 2016 during clashes between Turkish forces and PKK.

Neighborhoods 
The city is divided into the eleven neighborhoods of Barbaros, Başak, Cudi, Cumhuriyet (), Dicle, Karşıyaka, Nuh, Ofis, Şehit Harun Boy, Yenişehir and Yeşiltepe.

History

Recent history 
Turkish authorities placed the city of Silopi under curfew from 14 December 2015 – 4 January 2016. According to the Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey), 20 people were killed. Since July 2015, 34 people have been killed in Silopi. On August 7, 2015, clashes between Turkish security forces and the Kurdish militant PKK group may have killed three people. Government reports claimed "terrorists" were killed, while pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party lawmaker Faysal Sarıyıldız said that the casualties were civilians and that he had seen no sign of armed militants, according to Reuters. The Kurdish-Turkish conflict in the region has escalated since late July 2015.

Employment

Şırnak Silopi power station is powered by asphaltite coal and is claimed both to emit air pollution and to be an important source of employment. In 2020 the EBRD proposed a just transition to support workers who may lose jobs due to the decline of coal in Turkey.

Peanuts are grown.

See also
 Mount Judi
 Şırnak death well trials

References

External links
 Governorship of Şırnak
 Şırnak local newspaper

Populated places in Silopi District
Kurdish settlements in Şırnak Province
District municipalities in Turkey
Canton of Heuchin

The Canton of Heuchin is a former canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 32 communes, which joined the canton of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise in 2015. It had a total of 11,001 inhabitants (2012).

Geography 
The canton is organised around Heuchin in the arrondissement of Arras. The altitude varies from 42m (Tilly-Capelle) to 196 m (Fiefs) for n average altitude of 111m.

The canton of Heuchin included the following communes:

 Anvin 
 Aumerval 
 Bailleul-lès-Pernes 
 Bergueneuse 
 Bours 
 Boyaval 
 Conteville-en-Ternois 
 Eps 
 Équirre
 Érin 
 Fiefs 
 Fleury 
 Floringhem 
 Fontaine-lès-Boulans
 Fontaine-lès-Hermans 
 Hestrus 
 Heuchin 
 Huclier 
 Lisbourg 
 Marest 
 Monchy-Cayeux 
 Nédon 
 Nédonchel
 Pernes 
 Prédefin 
 Pressy 
 Sachin 
 Sains-lès-Pernes
 Tangry 
 Teneur 
 Tilly-Capelle 
 Valhuon

History

See also
Cantons of Pas-de-Calais 
Communes of Pas-de-Calais 
Arrondissements of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

Heuchin
2015 disestablishments in France
States and territories disestablished in 2015
Simav

Simav is a town in Kütahya Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Simav District. Its population is 26,872 (2022). The town is located on the Simav River.

History
From 1867 until 1922, Simav was part of Hüdavendigâr vilayet.

References

External links
 Municipality's official website 
 Some Pictures of Simav 
 Ercüment ÇALI 

	 

Populated places in Simav District
District municipalities in Turkey
Texas Senate, District 27

District 27 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy counties and a portion of Hidalgo county in the U.S. state of Texas.

The current Senator from District 27 is Morgan LaMantia.

Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 27 has a population of 786,946 with 524,120 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.

Election history
Election history of District 27 from 1992.

Previous elections

2020

2016

2012

2008

2004

2002

2000

1996

1994

1992

District officeholders

Notes

References

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Cameron County, Texas
Hidalgo County, Texas
Kenedy County, Texas
Kleberg County, Texas
Willacy County, Texas