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Titz

Titz is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately  north-east of Jülich and  south of Mönchengladbach.

Since the local government reform of 1975, Titz Municipality consists from 16 districts: Ameln, Bettenhoven, Gevelsdorf, Hasselsweiler, Höllen, Hompesch, Jackerath, Kalrath, Müntz, Mündt, Opherten, Ralshoven, Rödingen, Sevenich, Spiel and Titz.

Museum
 The LVR-Cultural Centre Village Synagogue Rödingen is dedicated to Jewish Life in rural Rhineland of past and present

Notable person
Petra Hammesfahr (b. 1951), bestselling German novelist

References

External links

Düren (district)
The Tempest (Tchaikovsky)

The Tempest (Russian: Буря Burya), Symphonic Fantasia after Shakespeare, Op. 18, is a symphonic poem in F minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed in 1873. It was premiered in December 1873, conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein.

It is based on the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare.  Similar in structure to Tchaikovsky's better-known Romeo and Juliet fantasy-overture, it contains themes depicting the stillness of the ship at sea, the grotesque nature of Caliban, and the love between Ferdinand and Miranda.  The love music is particularly strong, being reminiscent of the love music from Romeo and Juliet.

Tchaikovsky was much influenced by Shakespeare: in addition to Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest, he also wrote a Hamlet overture-fantasy (1888) and incidental music to Hamlet (1891).

Excerpts from the score were used in the 2005 ballet Anna Karenina, choreographed by Boris Eifman.

Instrumentation
Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets (B♭), 2 Bassoons + 4 Horns (F), 2 Trumpets (F), 3 Trombones, Tuba + Timpani, Cymbals, Bass Drum + Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses

References

External links
Tchaikovsky Research
Sheet music
Full Score

Compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphonic poems by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Works based on The Tempest
1873 compositions
Compositions in F minor
Tchaikovsky
Music based on works by William Shakespeare
Frontier Southwest

Frontier Southwest Incorporated is a Frontier Communications operating company in Texas. At its peak, Frontier Southwest served Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.

History
Its original name upon founding was State Telephone Company of Texas. It later changed its name to Southwestern Associated Telephone Company, and General Telephone Company of the Southwest.

In 1996, Contel of New Mexico and Contel of Texas were merged into GTE Southwest.

Fragmentation
In 1999, GTE announced that it was going to sell 1.3 million access lines. GTE agreed to sell 400,000 lines in New Mexico and lines in rural areas of Texas to a company called Valor Telecom (later absorbed into Windstream Holdings).

In 2000, Bell Atlantic purchased GTE and renamed itself Verizon. Shortly thereafter, the pending sale of GTE Southwest's operations to Valor Telecom was completed. GTE Southwest's Arkansas operations in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma were sold to CenturyTel to become CenturyTel of Northwest Arkansas (GTE's operations in Arkansas were completely sold off). GTE Southwest retained its name and operations in more populated areas of Texas.

GTE Southwest was the only former GTE operating company that did not change its official legal name under Verizon ownership.

Sale to Frontier
On February 5, 2015, Verizon Communications announced a sale of its wired telecom operations in California, Florida, and Texas to Frontier Communications. GTE Southwest is included in the sale. The transaction is closed in the first half of 2016.

Following the sale, GTE Southwest was renamed Frontier Southwest Incorporated and began doing business under the name Frontier Communications of Texas.

Sources
FCC History: GTE Southwest, Inc. dba Verizon Southwest

References

Frontier Communications
Companies based in Irving, Texas
Communications in Texas
Economy of the Southwestern United States
Telecommunications companies established in 1926
1926 establishments in Texas
American companies established in 1926
Kentucky Bourbon Festival

The Kentucky Bourbon Festival is a weeklong activity consisting of more than thirty events in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States, dedicated to celebrating the history and art of distilling bourbon whiskey. The organizers of the festival promote the strong association between bourbon and the city of Bardstown, and have trademarked the phrase "Bourbon Capital of the World" to apply specifically to Bardstown.  Bardstown has been the site of bourbon distilleries since 1776.

The event started in 1991 as a dinner and bourbon tasting for 250 people.  The event now draws more than 50,000 visitors each year from more than a dozen countries including Japan and the U.K. The festival also is almost always a sold-out event, with over 10,000 tickets available and sold between both distilleries and attendees. This makes it one of Kentucky's largest events. 

Along with concerts with names like the Kentucky Headhunters, several local distilleries have commemorative displays on the lawn, as well as food and craft vendors.  The event is home to the world championship bourbon barrel relay, a barrel rolling race between many of the Kentucky distilleries.  On the property of Spalding Hall, the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey is often visited during the festival.

Along with these activities includes tasting events, cooking demonstrations, competitions, and historic tours on bourbon and Kentucky. 

Before 2021, the festival was open to anyone, kids and adults, alike. But, in 2021, some things were changed. It is now only a 21+ event. The Kentucky Bourbon Festival states that their festival has been "reimagined" for this. This is a new change made to the festival, as children and families won't be able to get in. 

The festival moved online in 2020 as the physical part was scrapped on grounds of COVID-19 pandemic.

The festival, since 2021, has been moved back to an in-person event in its original place of Bardstown, Kentucky.

See also
American Whiskey Trail
Kentucky Bourbon Trail
List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area
Whiskey
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History

References

External links
Kentucky Bourbon Festival website
"Washington Post article on the Kentucky Bourbon Festival"

Bardstown, Kentucky
Festivals in Kentucky
Festivals established in 1992
Tourist attractions in Nelson County, Kentucky
1992 establishments in Kentucky
September events
Bourbon whiskey
Vettweiß

Vettweiß (alternative spelling: Vettweiss) is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km south-east of Düren.

Division of the municipality
Vettweiß consists of 11 villages:
 Vettweiß with Kettenheim
 Froitzheim with Frangenheim
 Ginnick
 Soller
 Jakobwüllesheim
 Kelz
 Lüxheim
 Gladbach with Mersheim
 Müddersheim
 Disternich
 Sievernich

Politics

Town council 

 CDU: 15 seats
 BI: 5 seas
 SPD: 6 seats
 Alliance 90/The Greens: 2 seats

(Elections in May 2014)

Mayor 
Joachim Kunth was elected mayor in September 2015, and re-elected in September 2020.

References

External links

Düren (district)
Karapet Chobanyan

Karapet Chobanyan (; born 25 February 1927 in Karzakh, Akhalkalaki, Georgia and died on 15 October 1978) was an Armenian scientist and engineer who discovered the phenomenon of Low-Stress in mechanics and developed a new method of welding.

Biography
Karapet Chobanyan was born on February, 1927, as the first child of Armenuhi and Sirakan Chobanyan.

Education
Karapet Chobanyan graduated from Yerevan State University in 1948 and completed his PhD in physics in 1951.

Scientific Activity
In 1954 Karapet Chobanyan joined as a scientist to Armenian National Academy's Institute of Mechanics and Institute of Mathematics. He became the head of the Department of Durability of Compounds of Armenian National Academy's Institute of Mechanics in 1972.

Discovery of Phenomenon of Low-Stress
In 1966, while studying the effect of material inhomogeneity on stress distribution, he discovered a previously unknown phenomenon in the theory of elasticity, which he later called the phenomenon of Low-Stress. This discovery became an important progress in the science which allowed to significantly increase the strength of welded structures and to change the perceptions of limited abilities of welding.

Karapet Chobanyan made the first discovery in Armenia and Transcaucasus which was registered in the Soviet Union's discovery registry under number 102 after 7 years of applying for registration in 1978.

Impact of Discovery
The discovery of Chobanyan and the further studies made on its basis have opened wide prospects for the calculation of new constructive schemes for gluing, and welding of metals and plastics, for making more durable and precise devices, constructions, etc.

References

External links 
 ЭССЕ О МАТЕМАТИКЕ И НЕ ТОЛЬКО О НЕМ, Григор Апоян. Article about Sergey Mergelyan and Karapet Chobanyan in Russian
 THIS DAY IN ARMENIAN HISTORY, CHRONOLOGICAL SORT, American University of Armenia
 Напряжения в составных упругих телах, К. С. Чобанян; АН АрмССР, Ин-т механики Ереван : Изд-во АН АрмССР, 1987, K. Chobanyan's book in Russian

1927 births
1978 deaths
Soviet Armenians
Soviet engineers
Armenian engineers
Georgian people of Armenian descent
Moshiri

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

 Farhad Moshiri (born 1955), a British-Iranian businessman
 Farhad Moshiri (artist) (born 1963), an Iranian artist
 Farnoosh Moshiri, an Iranian novelist, playwright, and librettist
 Fereydoon Moshiri (1926–2000), an Iranian poet
 Mahshid Moshiri, an Iranian novelist and lexicographer.
 Maryam Moshiri, a British television broadcaster
 Minoo Moshiri, an Iranian essayist, literary translator, film-critic and journalist
 Saeed Moshiri (born 1957), an Iranian economist
 Syed Rahim Moshiri (born 1930), an Iranian geographer

See also
 Moshiri Station, a train station in Japan
Bongo District

Bongo District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988; which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1446. The municipality is located in the central part of Upper East Region and has Bongo as its capital town.

Geography and climate

Geography
Bongo District is near the town of Bolgatanga, the Upper East Region's capital. It shares borders with Kassena-Nankana District in the west and the Bolgatanga Municipal District in the south. The total area is 459 square kilometers.

Climate
The area is generally flat with occasional outcrops of rocks at an elevation of 200 m. The landscape has little vegetation. The landscape borders on the Sudan Savannah Zone although technically in the Guinea Savannah Zone. The area is in danger of desertification. There is an average of 70 rain days a year, with an annual rainfall of 600–1,400 mm.

Tourism
The Bongo Rocks is a top tourism site, which provides a beautiful view of all the Bongo district landscape, and allow an easy ascent. They have an intricate numbering system that leads to the top. The resonating rocks are hard to find. There are two large rocks of particular interest for hiking or climbing. One of the rocks offers great views around on top of a "mushroom" platform. The other rock has an unexplored underwater cave system, with a Christian cross on top.

Visiting Bongo during the rainy season, gives u an extra attraction to a swelling river connecting to the Vea Dam and Lake. Bongo is also home to mighty Baobab trees. Wildlife includes snakes like boas. There have also been rare sightings of elephants, monkeys and even lions.

Economy
The predominant occupation in Bongo District is subsistence farming along with some handicraft production.

Healthcare
The Bongo District has one District Hospital with 6 health centres located throughout the district.
There is only one eye care center in the entire district located at Yorogo which also serve many people across the region and beyond. It was founded by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana and it caters to people from all 3 regions in the northern part of Ghana.

Education
There are two senior secondary schools, thirteen junior secondary schools and forty primary schools.

Demographics
Nearly 90 percent of the district's inhabitants speak Gurene.

Sources
 
 Bongo District Website
 https://ghana-net.com/bongo.html

External links
 Soybean Demonstration Project Bongo, Ghana
 Hee Haw Hall of fame

References

Districts of Upper East Region
Toxin (disambiguation)

A toxin is a naturally occurring organic poison produced by the metabolic activities of living cells or organisms.

Toxin may also refer to:
Naturally occurring non-organic toxicants such as arsenic.
Synthetic analogs of naturally occurring organic poisons.
Toxin (novel) is a 1998 novel by Robin Cook
Toxin (comics), a fictional character by Marvel Comics universe, "grandson" of Venom and ally of Spider-Man
Toxins (journal), an academic journal focusing on Toxicology

See also
Tocsin (disambiguation), a form of alarm
Toxicity (disambiguation)
Toxification
Toxxin, American professional wrestler
Norman Partridge (cricketer)

Norman Ernest Partridge (10 August 1900–10 March 1982) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Warwickshire.

Partridge was born at Great Barr, Birmingham. He was selected by Wisden in 1919, while a schoolboy at Malvern College, as one its five Cricketers of the Year, there being no first-class cricket the previous year from which to pick outstanding performers because of the First World War. Partridge's record at Malvern as a right-hand batsman and, particularly, as a fast-medium in-swing bowler also led him, in 1919, to be chosen to play for the Gentlemen in the annual Gentlemen v Players match between the amateurs and the professionals at Lord's, then one of the highlights of the cricket season, but his school refused to allow him to take part. In 1936, towards the end of his career, he finally appeared in a Gentlemen v Players match, though it was an end-of-season festival affair at Folkestone rather than the Lord's fixture.

After Malvern, he was at Pembroke College, Cambridge, for only one year, 1920, and won a Blue in the rain-ruined University Match. From 1921 to 1937, he played for Warwickshire, fairly regularly at first, latterly more seldom. He usually batted low in the batting order, but managed a career average of 18.62 and he frequently opened the bowling. In all first-class cricket, he scored more than 2,700 runs and took 393 wickets.

Partridge died at Aberystwyth. His obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack recounts that there was some doubt about the legality of his bowling action, though he was never called for throwing. It says: "A batsman whom he had comprehensively bowled said indignantly to Tiger Smith behind the wicket, 'He threw that'. 'Yes,' said Tiger, 'and bloody well too'."

References

1900 births
1982 deaths
Cambridge University cricketers
English cricketers
People educated at Malvern College
Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Warwickshire cricketers
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
Gentlemen cricketers
Free Foresters cricketers
People from Great Barr
Rank Insignia of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

This is a list of rank insignia used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran.

Rank insignia chart
Officers

Enlisted

See also

References

.
Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
Iran
Rebelde (comics)

Rebelde was a Mexican comic book series, published by now defunct Ka-Boom! Estudio, based on the telenovela of the same title. The comic was first published April 2006 and lasted only two issues due to conflicts caused by Ka-Boom's writers. Despite initial demand being high, the amateur writing team from Ka-Boom delivered the scripts for the first three issues months later than agreed, causing the art team trouble and also creating conflicts with Televisa's editorial representatives, which led to the cancellation of the title.
 
The series was advertised as being based on the style of Japanese manga, but it was only partially based on it. 

The creative team was formed by Rebeca Soriano as writer, with art duties provided (in the 2 published issues) by Jorge Reséndiz, inks by Eridan Zumaya and color by Guillermo Piña; writing direction by Susana Romero; art direction by Oscar González Guerrero, and the direction and editing of the project by Oscar González Loyo.

Reception
The book's first issue sold well, but the delay between the first and the second issues caused sales to drop tremendously. 
The art received praise as the faux anime style was popular during the time of print, while the script was heavily criticized by fans to the original TV show as being poorly characterized and too disconnected from the original source.

Trivia
This was Rebeca Soriano's only writing credit; she retired after this in order to work as a housemaid taking care of an elderly couple.

See also
 Rebelde (Mexican telenovela)
 RBD

2006 comics debuts
Mexican comics titles
RBD
Wetter (surname)

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

Ernst Wetter (1877–1963), Swiss politician
Fabian Wetter (born 1989), German footballer
Friedrich Wetter (born 1928), German cardinal archbishop of Munich and Freising
Harry Wetter (1882–1934), Welsh international rugby union player
Herbert Wetter (1891–1966), Norwegian Olympic swimmer in Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Jack Wetter (1887–1967), Welsh international rugby union player
Paul Alan Wetter, American medical doctor

See also
Berend von Wetter-Rosenthal (1874–1940), Baltic-German politician
Wetter (disambiguation)

German-language surnames
Surnames from nicknames
Ka-Boom

Ka-Boom was an Italian children's programming block. It was aimed at children between the ages of 8 and 14.

History
After period of experimental services started 3 July 2013, Ka-Boom was launched on 23 September 2013.

Availability
It was available free to air on digital terrestrial television multiplex Tivuitalia.

Programming

Animated series 
 Boys Be...
 Ceres, Celestial Legend
 Chi's Sweet Home
 Fresh World Cocomon
 Gin Tama (second season)
 Growing Up With Hello Kitty
 Heroes of the City
 Oh My Goddess!
 Sugarbunnies
 Sugarbunnies: Chocolat!
 X

See also
 Rai Gulp
 Rai YoYo
 Boing
 Cartoonito
 K2
 Frisbee

Children's television networks
Italian-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2013
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2015
Defunct television channels in Italy
2013 establishments in Italy
2015 disestablishments in Italy
Barnas Sears

Barnas Sears (November 19, 1802 – July 6, 1880) was an American educational theorist and Baptist theologian.

Biography
Sears graduated from Brown University in 1825 and from Newton Theological Institution in 1827. For a short time, he served as pastor of First Baptist Church in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1833, Sears, then a professor in ancient languages at what is today Colgate University, visited Germany for studies. Having heard the story of Johann Gerhard Oncken, a German preacher who had recently become a Baptist and desired to be baptized in the faith, Sears made it a point to find and speak to him. By 1834, Oncken had made a final decision. Sears traveled from Halle, where he was studying at the University of Halle, to Hamburg, and baptized Oncken, Oncken's wife and five others in the Elbe on April 22. The baptism was performed at night. The next day, Sears established the first German Baptist church in Hamburg, which would become the core of most of the continental Baptist movement with Oncken as one of its leaders. During his studies in Germany, Sears came to know and was most influenced by theologians August Neander, Wilhelm Gesenius, and August Tholuck.

In 1835, Sears began working at Newton Theological Institution, both as chair of Christian theology and as president. In 1848, he became the secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education.

In 1866 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Sears was the general agent of the Peabody Education Fund who was sent to Staunton, Virginia, by George Peabody to offer leadership in public education.  Sears was general agent of the fund from 1867 until February 1880 and was succeeded by Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry.  He settled in Staunton because of the easy access to the railroad.

Sears travelled extensively throughout the south promoting Southern education, "free schools for the whole people". Sears "inspired confidence, removed doubts and suspicions, and aroused sympathy" through his warm personality, tact, and intelligence.

"Under his direction the Fund improved the sentiment for education in the South, developed the idea of adequate taxation for public schools, and helped remove the hostility toward Black education."

Sears served between 1855 and 1867 as the president of Brown whose Encyclopedia Brunoniana offers a more detailed biography.

From 1874 to 1877, Sears also served as president of the American Baptist Missionary Union, and in this capacity he primarily supported church planting among German and European Baptists.

He died in Saratoga, New York, on July 6, 1880, and was buried in Brookline, Massachusetts.

His home at Staunton, known as the Sears House, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

References

Notes

Sources

Bibliography

External links
 
 Stearns, O. S. "Dr. Sears as a Theological Professor," Baptist Quarterly Review (1883): 57–87. 

1802 births
1880 deaths
American educational theorists
Brown University alumni
Presidents of Brown University
Burials at Old Burying Ground (Brookline, Massachusetts)
People from Sandisfield, Massachusetts
Southill

Southill may refer to:

Southill, Bedfordshire, England
 Southill Park, a country house in Southill, Bedfordshire
Southill, Limerick, Ireland
Southill, Weymouth, Dorset, England

Southill may also refer to:
Viscount Torrington, Lord Byng of Southill
Richard Howell

Richard Howell (October 25, 1754April 28, 1802) was the third governor of New Jersey from 1794 to 1801.

Early life and military career
Howell was born in Newark in the Colony of Delaware. He was a lawyer and soldier of the early United States Army. He served as captain and later major of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment from 1775 to 1779. Richard was a twin, his twin brother was Lewis Howell. Lewis was a physician for the 2nd New Jersey Regiment and died during the Revolutionary War.

Politics 

At the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, Howell was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati in the state of New Jersey.

Richard was offered the role of judge advocate of the army, but turned down the appointment to practice law. He was clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1778 to June 3, 1793. He succeeded Thomas Henderson as Governor and served until 1801. Replaced as Governor by Joseph Bloomfield, Howell died the following year. He was the grandfather of Varina Howell, the second wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Death 
Howell died in Trenton, New Jersey on April 28, 1802, and was buried in that city's Friends Burying Ground. Howell Township in Monmouth County is named in his honor.

References

External links
New Jersey State Library biography of Richard Howell
New Jersey Governor Richard Howell, National Governors Association
 The Society of the Cincinnati
 American Revolution Institute
Governor Richard Howell

1754 births
1802 deaths
Governors of New Jersey
New Jersey lawyers
People from Newark, Delaware
Politicians from Trenton, New Jersey
American people of Welsh descent
New Jersey Federalists
Federalist Party state governors of the United States
People of colonial New Jersey
Burials in New Jersey
19th-century American Episcopalians
18th-century American politicians
19th-century American politicians
Villeparisis

Villeparisis () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris  from the centre.

Inhabitants of Villeparisis are called Villeparisiens.

Population

Transport
Villeparisis is served by Villeparisis–Mitry-le-Neuf station on Paris RER line B.

Twin towns – sister cities

Villeparisis is twinned with:
 Maldon, England, United Kingdom
 Pietrasanta, Italy
 Wathlingen, Germany

Notable people
Henri Cleutin (1515–1566), diplomat

See also
Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

References

External links

Official website 

Communes of Seine-et-Marne
HNoMS Ørnen (1829)

HNoMS Ørnen was a Royal Norwegian Navy corvette.

Ørnen was commissioned 3 June 1833 and her first commander was capitaine Christian A. Bendz. The ship was used as a cadet-ship until she was refitted to serve as a lodging and guard ship in 1847.

Ørnen was scrapped in 1874.

Sources
Norwegian Navy history page

Corvettes of the Royal Norwegian Navy
Training ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy
Ships built in Horten
Mini (disambiguation)

The Mini is a small economy car made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 to 2000.

Mini may also refer to:

Automobile
Mini (marque), an English automotive marque, subsidiary of German carmaker BMW, successor of the original Mini
Innocenti Mini, an Italian version of the original Mini produced by Leyland Innocenti
Mini Hatch, a Mini model built by BMW from 2001 to present
Mini Moke, a vehicle similar to a beach buggy, based on the Mini car

People
 Mini (singer), Japanese model and singer
 Mini Jakobsen, former Norwegian footballer
 Vuyisile Mini (1920–1964), South African anti-apartheid activist
 Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby league player

Fictional characters
 Mini Yaemori, a character in Manga and Anime series Rent-a-girlfriend
 Mini McGuinness, a character in Skins

Other uses
 Mini (EP), an EP by The Wedding Present
 Mini (1995 film), a Malayalam film
 Mini (2022 film), a Bengali film
 Mini (frog), a genus endemic to Madagascar
 Miniature model (gaming), a small-scale figure in miniature wargames, role-playing games, and dioramas
 Minicomputer, a class of special multi-user computers
 iPod Mini, portable MP3 player from Apple Inc., predecessor to the iPod nano
 Mac Mini, an ultra-compact Apple Macintosh computer case
 iPad Mini, compact version of 4th generation iPad tablet
iPhone 12 mini, compact version of the iPhone 12
 Mobile Mini (NASDAQ stock symbol MINI), an American portable storage company
 PlayStation minis, a range of mini games developed for Sony consoles
 Mini chopper, scaled-down custom-built versions of chopper motorcycles
 Ruger Mini-14, Mini-30, or Mini-6.8 carbines
 Minigun
 Moulton Mini, a bicycle by Moulton Bicycle
 Google Home Mini/Nest Mini
HomePod Mini
 Mini-international neuropsychiatric interview, a short structured clinical interview

See also
 Maxi (disambiguation)
 MIDI (disambiguation)
 Miniature (disambiguation)
 Minicar (disambiguation)
 Minié (disambiguation)
 Miniș (disambiguation)
 Minnie (disambiguation)
 Minny (disambiguation)
 Supermini (disambiguation)
132P/Helin–Roman–Alu

132P/Helin–Roman–Alu, also known as Helin-Roman-Alu 2, is a periodic comet in the Solar System.

References

External links 
 132P/Helin-Roman-Alu 2 – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
 132P at Kronk's Cometography

Periodic comets
0132
132P
132P
Comets in 2014
19891026
Studio 360

Studio 360 was an American weekly public radio program about the arts and culture hosted by novelist Kurt Andersen and produced by Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and Slate in New York City. The program's stated goal was to "Get inside the creative mind" and used arts and culture as a lens to understand the world. The program was created by PRI based on an identified need for programming dedicated and focused on arts and culture journalism in media. While the show featured regular guest interviews with authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Lethem, and Miranda July, and musicians as diverse as Laura Veirs, Don Byron, and k.d. lang, it also had several recurring segments. The American Icons series attempted to understand lasting American cultural icons such as The Great Gatsby and Kind of Blue. The hour on Moby-Dick was the recipient of the 2004 Peabody Award. Public Radio International and WNYC co-produced the show from 2000 to 2017, when Slate replaced WNYC. After PRI merged with PRX, PRX continued to syndicate the show until the program's cancellation. The program was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Studio 360 was broadcast weekly on more than 160 terrestrial radio stations throughout the country, and was also available as a podcast via the program's website. It could also be heard on XM Satellite Radio on the PRI blocks on XMPR, channel 133.

In addition to the program's main podcast, a spinoff arts and culture podcast titled Sideshow was also distributed. Sideshow is hosted by Studio 360 producer Sean Rameswaram.

In 2020, Public Radio Exchange (PRX) canceled Studio 360. Its final episode aired on February 27, 2020, and it featured Alec Baldwin interviewing Kurt Andersen, as well as a performance by Rosanne Cash. It was also the last program to feature the PRI jingle as the PRI name was retired in 2019 in favor of PRX due to the merge with PRI.

Awards
The program won numerous awards including the George M. Foster Peabody Award, the Gabriel Award, and honorable mention at the Third Coast International Audio Festival in 2007.

References

External links
 

American talk radio programs
Audio podcasts
Peabody Award-winning radio programs
Public Radio International programs
WNYC Studios programs
2000 podcast debuts
2020 podcast endings
2000 radio programme debuts 
2020 radio programme endings
Civil Liberty (UK)

Civil Liberty is a fundraising organisation for "UK nationalists", that was run by members of the far-right British National Party (BNP) and British Democratic Party (BDP). It has been described as a front organisation.

Organisation 
Civil Liberty was set up by Kevin Scott, who was a regional organiser for the BNP until 2006. Scott has continued to run the organisation. An investigation by The Guardian established that the group's address was registered to Tyneside BNP, and its website domain was registered at the address of the BNP's website editor. Its national treasurer was the BNP's head of administration. The group raises money to support nationalists, and was set up to "monitor anti-white racism". The anti-fascist group Hope not Hate described the group as a "fake 'civil rights' organisation" and argued that its claim to support individuals "who have fallen victim to the tyranny of government" to only apply to white people. Scott has since joined the British Democratic Party, a BNP breakaway group founded by former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and National Front chairman Andrew Brons.

Fundraising in the United States 
Nick Griffin, the then leader of the BNP, was recorded at a conference organised by a former member of the Ku Klux Klan in the United States calling for American supporters of the party to give money to Civil Liberty rather than the BNP because of laws against international donations. He said the group "helps members of the BNP and that is within the law". Following publication of The Guardian's investigation, the Metropolitan Police's Domestic Extremism Unit started an inquiry into the link between Civil Liberty and the BNP.

References

External links

British National Party breakaway groups
Nancy Reagan defense

The Nancy Reagan defense is a tactic in corporate finance used to counter a takeover or merger bidder who has made a formal bid to shareholders to buy their shares.  When the board of directors of the target company meets to consider the bid, they "just say no."

For example, in a discussion of a takeover of the Walt Disney Company by Comcast, analyst Andy Kessler on Wall Street Week stated "there are two great Wall Street defenses. One is the Nancy Reagan defense and the other is the Pac-Man defense, right? And the Nancy Reagan defense is, just say no."  An early use of the term referred to NCR's takeover defense against AT&T in 1991.

The term refers to the "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign of the early 1980s and repeated by former United States First Lady Nancy Reagan advocating abstinence from recreational drug use.

References

Further reading
 "Hostile Tender Offers and the `Nancy Reagan Defense': May Target Boards `Just Say No'? Should They Be Allowed To?" Robert A. Prentice and John Langmore, 35 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 377-481 (1990)

American English idioms
Mergers and acquisitions
Nancy Reagan
Beehive anti-personnel round

Beehive was a Vietnam war era anti-personnel round packed with metal flechettes fired from an artillery gun most popularly deployed during that conflict. It is also known as flechette rounds or their official designation, antipersonnel-tracer (APERS-T). Typically, artillery gunners fire using indirect fire, firing at targets they cannot see by line of sight, with information provided by a forward observer. However, during the Vietnam War, there was a demand for a munition that could be fired directly at enemy troops, in cases where an artillery unit was attacked.

History
The flechette rounds were developed under a contract administered by Picatinny Arsenal and let to the Whirlpool Corporation in April 1957. The contract was named the "Beehive Program" referring to the way the flechettes were compartmentalized and stacked, looking like the traditional image of a conical beehive. It was commonly assumed by users in the service that the term referred to a supposed 'buzzing' sound its darts made when flying through the air. The first example was the 105mm howitzer M546 anti-personnel tracer (APERS-T), first fired in combat in 1966 and thereafter used extensively in the Vietnam War. Intended for direct fire against enemy troops, the M546 was direct fired from a near horizontally leveled 105 mm howitzer and ejected 8000 flechettes during flight by a mechanical time fuse. Green starshells were shot into the air prior to their use to warn friendly troops that such a round was being shot. 

The 105mm howitzer round was not the only artillery piece provided with APERS-T. Beehive rounds were also created for recoilless anti-tank weapons: the 90 mm and 106 mm mounted on the M50 Ontos. APERS-T rounds were available for 90mm gun on M48 tanks and the 152mm gun on the M551 Sheridan armored reconnaissance/airborne assault vehicle. After the Vietnam War the 105mm tank gun M68 was also provided APER-T ammunition M494. APERS-T rounds in 40×46 mm were also available for the M79, M203, and M320 grenade launchers.

Subsequently, it was reported that the USSR had developed similar rounds for 122 mm and 152 mm artillery for use in indirect fire.

Beehive rounds became less popular in the United States following Vietnam, with low-angle air burst techniques such as Killer Junior supplanting the use of Beehive.

See also 

Canister shot (or case-shot)
Lazy Dog (bomb)

References

Ammunition
Artillery operation
Anti-personnel weapons
Southill, Weymouth

Southill, Weymouth is a modern suburb of Weymouth, Dorset, England, and lies about 2 miles (3 km) north of the town centre. It was developed on the western shore of Radipole Lake in several phases from the 1960s onwards.

At its centre lay a post office, confusingly and wrongly named South Hill Post Office, but this closed in January 2007. There is a small shopping centre, a community centre, a church and a pub, the John Gregory.  A primary school was built to serve the new estate in the 1970s.

Southill is part of the parish of Radipole, the hill itself coming between Radipole and Weymouth..

Transportation 
The village does not have any bus services as its only service was withdrawn in the 2010s.

References

Radipole & Southill Local Community & History
Weymouth-Dorset.co.uk
Southill Community Area

Villages in Dorset
Geography of Weymouth, Dorset
Secular resonance

A secular resonance is a type of orbital resonance between two bodies with synchronized precessional frequencies. In celestial mechanics, secular refers to the long-term motion of a system, and resonance is periods or frequencies being a simple numerical ratio of small integers. Typically, the synchronized precessions in secular resonances are between the rates of change of the argument of the periapses or the rates of change of the longitude of the ascending nodes of two system bodies. Secular resonances can be used to study the long-term orbital evolution of asteroids and their families within the asteroid belt.

Description 
Secular resonances occur when the precession of two orbits is synchronised (a precession of the perihelion, with frequency g, or the ascending node, with frequency s, or both). A small body (such as a small Solar System body) in secular resonance with a much larger one (such as a planet) will precess at the same rate as the large body. Over relatively short time periods (a million years or so), a secular resonance will change the eccentricity and the inclination of the small body.

One can distinguish between:
linear secular resonances between a body (no subscript) and a single other large perturbing body (e.g. a planet, subscript as numbered from the Sun), such as the ν6 = g − g6 secular resonance between asteroids and Saturn; and
nonlinear secular resonances, which are higher-order resonances, usually combination of linear resonances such as the z1 = (g − g6) + (s − s6), or the ν6 + ν5 = 2g − g6 − g5 resonances.

ν6 resonance 
A prominent example of a linear resonance is the ν6 secular resonance between asteroids and Saturn. Asteroids that approach Saturn have their eccentricity slowly increased until they become Mars-crossers, when they are usually ejected from the asteroid belt by a close encounter with Mars. The resonance forms the inner and "side" boundaries of the asteroid belt around 2 AU and at inclinations of about 20°.

See also
Orbital resonance
Asteroid belt

References

Orbital perturbations
Orbital resonance
Juniper (friar)

Juniper, also known as Brother Juniper () (died 1258), called "the renowned jester of the Lord", was one of the original followers of Francis of Assisi. Not much is known about Juniper before he joined the friars. In 1210, he was received into the Order of Friars Minor by Francis himself. "Would to God, my brothers, that I had a whole forest of such Junipers," Francis would delightfully pun.

Francis sent him to establish "places" for the friars in Gualdo Tadino and Viterbo. When Clare of Assisi was dying, Juniper consoled her. Juniper is buried at Ara Coeli Church at Rome. 

Junípero Serra (1713–1784), born Miquel Josep Serra i Ferrer, took his religious name in honor of Brother Juniper when he was received into the order.

The Legend of the pig's feet
Several stories about Juniper in the Little Flowers of St. Francis (Fioretti di San Francesco) illustrate his generosity and simplicity. Perhaps the most famous of these is the tale of the pig's feet.

When visiting a poor man who was sick, Juniper asked if he could perform any service for the man. The man told Juniper that he had a longing for a meal of pig's feet, and so Juniper happily ran off to find some. Capturing a pig in a nearby field, he cut off a foot and cooked the meal for the man. When the pig's owner found out about this, he came in great wrath and abused Francis and the other Franciscans, calling them thieves and refusing repayment. Francis reproached Juniper and ordered him to apologize to the pig's owner and to make amends. Juniper, not understanding why the owner should be upset at such a charitable act, went to him and cheerfully retold the tale of the pig's foot, as though he had done the man a favor.

When the man reacted with anger, Juniper thought that he had misunderstood him, so he simply repeated the story with great zeal, embraced him, and begged the man to give him the rest of the pig for the sake of charity. At this display the owner's heart was changed, and he gave up the rest of the pig to be slaughtered as Juniper had asked. The story of Juniper and the pig's feet was depicted in Roberto Rossellini's film The Flowers of St. Francis (1950).

Other property ownership difficulties 

On another occasion, Juniper was commanded to cease giving part of his clothing to the half-naked people he met on the road. Desiring to obey his superior, Juniper once told a man in need that he couldn't give the man his tunic, but he wouldn't prevent the man from taking it either. In time, the friars learned not to leave anything lying around, because Juniper would probably give it away.

References

External links
Patron Saints Index
English Text of the legend of the pig's feet from Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi

1190s births
Year of birth uncertain
1258 deaths
People from Bevagna
13th-century Italian people
Italian Friars Minor
Roman Catholic religious brothers
Italian Servants of God
Burials at Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Brotherly love

Brotherly love may refer to:

General
 Philia, a Greek word for love
 Brotherly love (philosophy)
 The New Commandment of Jesus
 The Second greatest commandment: "Love thy neighbor as thyself"

Television 
 Brotherly Love (1995 TV series), an American television series
 Brotherly Love (1999 TV series), a British television series
"Brotherly Love" (The Cleveland Show), an episode of The Cleveland Show
"Brotherly Love", episode of The Golden Girls
"Brotherly Love", three-episode story arc of the British television programme Cracker
"Brotherly Love", episode of In the Heat of the Night

Music 
"Brotherly Love" (Moe Bandy song), first recorded by Moe Bandy and later as a duet between Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley
Brotherly Love, an album by Dean Dillon and Gary Stewart, or its title track
 "Brotherly Love", a song written by John Farrar and recorded by Olivia Newton-John on her album Music Makes My Day
 "Brotherly Love", a song recorded by Billy Dean in his album Young Man
 "Brotherly Love", a song written by The Constructus Corporation.

Films 
 Brotherly Love (1928 film), a 1928 American film
 Brotherly Love, a 1936 cartoon film
 Country Dance (film), a 1970 British film, released as Brotherly Love in the U.S.
 Brotherly Love (1985 film), a 1985 television film starring Judd Hirsch
 Brotherly Love (2015 film), a 2015 American film with Keke Palmer and Quincy

Other uses 
 Philadelphia, known as the City of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia means “brotherly love” in Greek)
136P/Mueller

136P/Mueller, also known as Mueller 3, is a periodic comet in the Solar System.

References

External links 
 Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
 136P/Mueller 3 – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
 136P at Kronk's Cometography

Periodic comets
0136
136P
Comets in 2007
Comets in 2016
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Transitional National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Transitional National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Assemblée nationale de transition de la République démocratique du Congo) was an appointed body consisting of representatives of the different parties to the peace agreement that ended the Second Congo War.

Composition

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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Congolese Rally for Democracy (Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie)

|94
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Movement for the Liberation of Congo (Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo)
|94
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Government
|94
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| style="text-align:left;" |Political opposition
|94
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Civil Society
|94
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| style="text-align:left;" |Congolese Rally for Democracy/Kisangani Liberation Movement (Rassemblement des Congolais pour la Démocratie/ Kisangani Mouvement de Libération)
|15
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Rally of Congolese for Democracy-National (Rassemblement des Congolais pour la Démocratie – National)
|5
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| style="text-align:left;" |Maï-Maï
|10
|-
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References
International Center for Transitional Justice, Democratic Republic of the Congo

2003 establishments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2006 disestablishments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Constituent assemblies
Defunct unicameral legislatures
Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dagmar bumper

Dagmar bumpers (also known as "bullet bumpers") is a slang term for chrome conical-shaped bumper guards that began to appear on the front bumper/grille assemblies of certain American automobiles following World War II. They reached their peak in the mid-1950s.

Derivation 
The term evokes the prominent bosom of Dagmar, a buxom early-1950s television personality featuring low-cut gowns and conical bra cups. She was amused by the tribute.

History

As originally conceived by Harley Earl, GM Vice President of Design, the conical bumper guards would mimic artillery shells.  Placed inboard of the headlights on front bumpers of Cadillacs, they were intended to both convey the image of a speeding projectile and protect vehicles' front ends in collisions.  The similarity of these features to the then popular bullet bra as epitomized by buxom television personality Dagmar was inescapable.

As the 1950s wore on and American automakers' use of chrome grew more flamboyant, they grew more pronounced.  The black rubber tips they gained on the 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham and other models were known as pasties.

In the early 1960s, American car designers shed both rear tailfins and prominent bumper guards.

Use
Postwar Cadillacs began sporting conical bumper guards in the 1946 model year.  In 1951 models, some were raised into the grille. In 1957, black rubber tips appeared.  The element continued to become more pronounced in size through 1958, but were eliminated in the 1959 Cadillac redesign.

Mercury sported Dagmars in 1953 through the 1956 model year. Lincoln added Dagmars in 1960, with a black rubber ring separating the body from the chrome tip.

Buick added Dagmars on its 1954 and 1955 models, in 1954 as part of the bumper assembly, and moved into the grille in 1955.

Packard included large Dagmars on the bumper in 1955 and 1956 models.

Full-sized Chevys in 1961 and 1963 also had small rubber Dagmars on the front bumper, and 1962 Ford Galaxie had small rubber Dagmars as an option.

GAZ-13 Chaika had similar designs until their discontinuation in the 1980s

Other iterations 
In 1974, British motoring press applied the name of statuesque British actress Sabrina to oversized pairs of protruding rubber bumper blocks added to MG MGB, MG Midget, Triumph Spitfire and Triumph TR6 sports cars to meet strengthened US auto safety regulations. The term, which was not common in the U.S., lingered at least to the mid-1990s in some areas.

Gallery

References

External links 
 1961 Chevrolet Impala with Dagmar bumpers
1955 Packard Caribbean with Dagmar bumpers

Vehicle design
Slang
Automotive body parts
Automotive styling features
Mechernich

Mechernich (, ) is a town in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the "Naturpark Nordeifel" in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west of Euskirchen and 55 km from Cologne. Mechernich is a former mining town and had, in 2009, its 700-years celebration of foundation. Its local football club is called TUS Mechernich.

Districts

Mechernich has the following districts:

Antweiler, Berg, Bergbuir, Bergheim, Bescheid, Bleibuir, Breitenbenden, Denrath, Dreimühlen, Eicks, Eiserfey, , Floisdorf, , Glehn, Harzheim, Heufahrtshütte, Holzheim, Hostel, , Kallmuth, Katzvey, Kommern, Kommern-Süd, Lessenich, Lorbach, Lückerath, Mechernich, Obergartzem, Rissdorf, Roggendorf, Satzvey (Satzvey Castle), Schaven, Schützendorf, Strempt, Urfey, Voißel, Vollem, Vussem, Wachendorf, Weiler am Berge, Weißenbrunnen, Weyer and Wielspütz.

Mining tour
A tour takes place in the Eifel region, in the galleries of the mining museum in Mechernich.

Museums 
 Kommern Open Air Museum in Kommern
 Mining museum and visitor mine  of Grube Günnersdorf
 Nuclear bunker of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Central Bank

Twin town

Since 30 July 1967, the twin town of Mechernich is Nyons, France.

References

Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
Euskirchen (district)
Districts of the Rhine Province