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Kermit Alexander

Kermit Joseph Alexander (born January 4, 1941) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He was on the board of directors for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott, and is awarded annually to college football's defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.

Professional career
Alexander was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers with the eighth pick in the first round of the 1963 NFL Draft. He was also drafted by the Denver Broncos of the American Football League with the fifth overall pick, but chose to sign with San Francisco. Alexander played alongside Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback Jimmy Johnson. Alexander was selected to play in the Pro Bowl in 1968, after a season in which he had a career-high nine interceptions, including an interception he returned 66 yards for a touchdown.
Alexander played for the 49ers from 1963 to 1969.

In his second year with the Los Angeles Rams in 1971, he returned one of his three interceptions 82 yards for a touchdown.  He played one final season with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1973.
Kermit was responsible for injuring Gale Sayers's right knee in a rolling tackle which shortened the career of the Bears star running back, and cost Sayers some of his extraordinary quickness.

In addition to playing defense, Alexander returned punts and kickoffs for all three teams.  Both of his career punt returns for touchdowns came with San Francisco.

Personal life
On August 31, 1984, Alexander's mother, sister and two nephews, ages 8 and 13, were murdered in South Central Los Angeles during a home invasion by members of the Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips, whose intended victims lived two doors away.

Alexander was initially planning on adopting one child from Haiti, but after meeting the child's four siblings, he ended up adopting all five.  The five were in Haiti at the time of the earthquake in 2010, but survived and now live with Alexander and his wife, Tami.

See also
Tiequon Cox

References

External links

1941 births
American emigrants to Haiti
American football cornerbacks
American football return specialists
American football safeties
Living people
Los Angeles Rams players
Sportspeople from New Iberia, Louisiana
Philadelphia Eagles players
Players of American football from Louisiana
San Francisco 49ers players
UCLA Bruins football players
United States Football League announcers
Western Conference Pro Bowl players
Presidents of the National Football League Players Association
Trade unionists from California
Banksia ser. Dryandra

Banksia ser. Dryandra is a series of 94 species of shrub to small tree in the plant genus Banksia. It was considered a separate genus named Dryandra until early 2007, when it was merged into Banksia on the basis of extensive molecular and morphological evidence that Banksia was paraphyletic with respect to Dryandra.

Taxonomy
The dryandras were named in honour of Swedish botanist Jonas C. Dryander.
The first specimens of a Dryandra were collected by Archibald Menzies, surgeon and naturalist to the Vancouver Expedition. At the request of Joseph Banks, Menzies collected natural history specimens wherever possible during the voyage. During September and October 1791, while the expedition were anchored at King George Sound, he collected numerous plant specimens, including the first specimens of B. sessilis (Parrotbush) and B. pellaeifolia. Upon Menzies' return to England, he turned his specimens over to Banks; as with most other specimens in Banks' library, they remained undescribed for many years.

Further specimens were collected in late 1792 by Jacques Labillardière, one of five naturalists in Bruni d'Entrecasteaux's expedition in search of the lost expedition of Jean-François de La Pérouse. While ashore west of Esperance Bay between 11 and 18 December, Labillardière collected the first specimens of B. nivea (Honeypot Dryandra).

Description
They are arguably among the most attractive and showy of all members of Proteaceae.

Banksia ser. Dryandra species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the Dryandra moth.

Distribution and habitat

Endemic to Western Australia, Dryandra occurs virtually throughout the South West Botanic Province, and also, to a much lesser degree, in southwest parts of the Eremaean Province.

Cultivation
The species are found only in the southwestern corner of Western Australia. They have never been popular among gardeners among the rest of Australia due to their dislike of the humid and subtropical conditions which dominate the east coast.

References

External links

 
 
 

 
Plant series
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
Zebra Lounge

Zebra Lounge is a 2001 erotic thriller directed by Kari Skogland and starring Kristy Swanson, Stephen Baldwin, Brandy Ledford, and Cameron Daddo. It was written by Claire Montgomery and Monte Montgomery.

Plot
Alan and Wendy Barnet are stuck in a marital rut and decide to answer an ad they find in a Swinging magazine. The couple meets with Jack and Louise Bauer at the Zebra Lounge. The Bauers are a pair of experienced swingers who help the Barnets fulfill their sexual fantasies. However, Alan and Wendy soon realize that the Bauers are not who they seem to be.

Cast
Kristy Swanson - Louise Bauer
Stephen Baldwin - Jack Bauer
Brandy Ledford - Wendy Barnet
Cameron Daddo - Alan Barnet
Dara Perlmutter - Brooke Barnet
Daniel Magder - Daniel Barnet
Vincent Corazza - Neil Bradley
Brian Paul - Adam Frazier
Howard Hoover - Bill Wallace
J.D. Nicholsen - Detective
Brandan Turcic - Evan
Chris Gillett - Hank
Judy White - Janet
Stephen Fretwell - Paul McGrew
Joan Gregson - Grandma Margaret
Stephanie Moore - Marissa Wallace 
Larissa Gomes - Marnie
Shani Scherenzel - Tina

Home media
The film was released on DVD and VHS in January 2002.

References

External links

2000s erotic thriller films
2001 television films
2001 films
Canadian thriller television films
English-language Canadian films
2000s English-language films
Canadian erotic thriller films
Films directed by Kari Skogland
2000s Canadian films
Jineane Ford

Jineane Marie Ford (born ) is an American beauty queen, actress, and television personality from Arizona who held the title Miss USA 1980.

Background
Ford was raised on a farm in Gilbert, Arizona.  She raised calves, and participated in rodeo barrel racing.  She was a member of the Future Farmers of America and became a registered meat cutter in High School.

Pageants
Ford was named Fiesta Bowl Queen in 1978-79 when attending Mesa Community College before winning the Miss Arizona USA contest in 1980.  She represented her state at the Miss USA pageant televised live from Biloxi, Mississippi in 1980.

Ford delivered a solid performance in the preliminary round of competition, and placed eighth among the top twelve semi-finalists who advanced to compete in the final night of the pageant.  She was also the co-winner of the Miss Photogenic award.

Ford performed consistently during the pageant, placing among the top five in each of the interview, swimsuit and evening gown competitions: her strongest showing was in the evening gown competition where she ranked second.  Overall, Ford finished first runner-up to Miss South Carolina USA Shawn Weatherly, which gave her the right to assume the Miss USA title should Weatherly be unable to complete her reign.
In July 1980, Weatherly won the Miss Universe contest, and Ford was crowned the new Miss USA in her stead.  As the two competitions are allied, the two American beauties completed their respective reigns living in the same apartment in New York, provided as part of their prize package.

Acting career
After passing on her crown to Kim Seelbrede in 1981, Ford went on to work in the entertainment industry. While looking for acting work, she worked as a butcher at a Vons supermarket in Southern California. She obtained acting roles in several TV series and TV movies.

TV News
She then decided to return to Arizona and began a long career in local television, almost all in Phoenix except for several years in Tampa. She worked at KTVK and then joined KPNX 12 News in Phoenix in 1991 where she co-anchored 12 News Today and 12 News Midday.  She remained with the station until January 2, 2007, when she left anchoring full-time at KPNX on January 2, 2007, in order to spend more time with her family and to take care of her business.

Awards
In 2016, Ford was inducted into The Arizona Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.

Personal
She is also a business owner, having purchased the oldest log lodge in Arizona, restoring it and opening it back up for business.  She operates Mama Bears's Restaurant and Honey Bear Antiques and Lodge in Pinetop-Lakeside. Ford has won awards for Best New Business and Historic Preservation from the state. She has two sons, Cody and Austin, from her first marriage to Neil O. King.

Filmography

References

External links

Official Miss USA website

Miss USA winners
People from Gilbert, Arizona
Living people
Miss USA 1980 delegates
American television news anchors
1960s births
American women television journalists
Pachypleurosauria

Pachypleurosauria is an extinct clade of primitive sauropterygian reptiles from the Triassic period. Pachypleurosaurs vaguely resembled aquatic lizards, with elongate forms ranging in size from , with small heads, long necks, paddle-like limbs, and long, deep tails. The limb girdles are greatly reduced, so it is unlikely these animals could move about on land. The widely spaced peg-like teeth project at the front of the jaws, indicating that these animals fed on fish. In the species Prosantosaurus, it was observed that they fed on small fishes and crustaceans which they devoured entirely and that its teeth regrew after they broke off. This was the first observation of tooth replacement in a European pachypleurosaur, with the only other discovery of such an event having been made in China.

Classification
Pachypleurosaurs were traditionally included within the Nothosauroidea (Carroll 1988, Benton 2004). In some more recent cladistic classifications, however, (Rieppel 2000), they are considered the sister group to the Eosauropterygia, the clade that also includes the nothosaurs and pistosauroids. In the 2023 description of Luopingosaurus, Xu et al. supported a similar hypothesis, recovering Pachypleurosauroidea as the sister taxon to the Eusauropterygia. The results of their phylogenetic analyses are shown in the cladogram below:

Sources
 Benton, M. J. (2004), Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd ed. Blackwell Science Ltd  
 Carroll, R.L. (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, WH Freeman & Co.
 Rieppel, O., (2000), Sauropterygia I, placodontia, pachypleurosauria, nothosauroidea, pistosauroidea: In: Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie, part 12A, 134pp. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil Table of contents

References

External links
 Lepidosauromorpha: Pachypleurosauridae - Palaeos

Triassic sauropterygians
Engagement letter

An engagement letter defines the legal relationship (or engagement) between a professional firm (e.g., law, investment banking, consulting, advisory or accountancy firm) and its client(s). This letter states the terms and conditions of the engagement, principally addressing the scope of the engagement and the terms of compensation for the firm.

Most engagement letters follow a standard format. The example given below refers to the engagement of an accountancy firm.

Standard format for letters of engagement
 Addressee: Typically addressed to the senior management (e.g. CEO) of the client.
 Identification of the service to be rendered: One type of service is a financial statement audit. Provided in this section is a brief description of the nature of the particular service. Other services that are planned for the audit (e.g. evaluation of internal control, preparation of regulatory reports) are also identified in this section.
 Specification of the responsibilities of the auditor of the company: This section refers to the specific professional standards and responsibilities of the auditor.
 Constraints on the accounting firm: For example, timing of access to client facilities and accounting records may delay the engagement.
 Deadlines: This section lays out the estimated date of completion and release of the financial statements, as well as the general  guidelines for the timing of the audit work.
 Description of any assistance to be provided by the client: Typically, the client’s personnel will prepare some schedules (e.g. bank reconciliations) and retrieve documents from files. The letter should describe the assistance of client personnel. If the assistance is not provided and the auditors must complete the work themselves, this section of the letter would provide justification for additional fees to the client.
 Interactions with specialists, internal auditors, and the predecessor auditor needed to conduct the audit: Some specialists needed on an audit may include engineers to verify the stage of completion of electronic components, real estate appraisers to appraise realizable value of real estate used as collateral for loans, actuaries to evaluate the funding requirements and future cash flows associated with pensions or post-retirement health costs, and attorneys to evaluate the likely disposition of contingent losses arising from litigation.
 A disclaimer: Describing the limits of the audit.  Typically this expresses that an audit is not designed to detect all forms of fraud or illegal acts; rather, an audit checks the financial position of a client with reference to generally accepted accounting principles.
 A description of the basis for fees: This may include a fixed fee or an estimate of fees based on expected completion time and billing rates of firm employees assigned to the engagement.
 Ownership and accessibility of the auditor’s files to external parties.

See also
List of auditing topics

Auditing
Joel Tudor

Joel Tudor is a surfer, primarily known for longboarding, and competitive grappler from San Diego, California.

Biography

Professional Surf career
Tudor became a professional surfer at 14 and won his first professional ASP competition at age 15, making him the youngest competitor to win an ASP event.

He rode a longboard, and in 1998 he won his first ASP Longboard World Championship in the Canary Islands. He won the U.S. Open of Longboarding 8 times, and won the ASP Longboard World Championship for the second time in 2004. In 2021 Tudor won his third world title at 45 years old.

Grappling
Joel Tudor is also a Brazilian jiu-jitsu Black Belt under Carlson Gracie Black Belt and World Champion, Rodrigo Medeiros / BJJ Revolution Team. He is also an ADCC veteran.

Other Projects
In 2010, he founded the international Longboard Competition called the Duct Tape Invitational.

Publications
During 1999 - 2004 Tudor collaborated with photographer Michael Halsband to create Surf Book, a homage to the architects of contemporary surf culture.  Tudor's text accompanied Halsband's photographs.  The book was designed by Doug Lloyd and edited by Scott Hulet.  Additional text was written by C.R. Stecyk.

Documentaries
Joel Tudor is featured in the art film "Surf Movie: reels 1- 14" shot in 8mm by Michael Halsband, "Shelter" a 16mm film by Chris Malloy, "The Seedling", "Sprout",  "The Present" 16mm surfing films by Thomas Campbell, the super 16mm film, "One California Day" by Jason Baffa and Mark Jeremias, and "Kingshighway - Rob Machado and Joel Tudor" by Paulo Carvalho (Kid Rio) and Danny Camp.

Family 
Tudor has two children; Tosh and Juda Tudor.

References

External links 
 Surfhistory bio - listing him as one of just 24 surfing Legends - and with brief video interview
 Surfline bio

American surfers
Living people
1976 births
Hicksbeachia

Hicksbeachia is a genus of two species of trees in the family Proteaceae. They are native to rainforests of northern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland. They are commonly known as red bopple nut or beef nut due to the bright red colour of their fruits.

Taxonomy
Ferdinand von Mueller named the genus in 1883 in honour of Michael Hicks Beach who had been Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mueller named several genera, including Buckinghamia, Cardwellia, Carnarvonia and Hollandaea, after Colonial Secretaries of the time. He described the type species Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia at the time. The genus was considered monotypic until Peter Weston split the north Queensland population as a separate species H. pilosa in 1988.

Molecular and morphological analysis shows this genus is most closely related to the genus Bleasdalea, ancestors of the two genera having diverged around 15 million years ago in the Miocene. Furthermore, the common ancestor of these genera is thought to have arisen in South America around 35 million years ago in the Oligocene, leaving other branches diversifying into Gevuina and Euplassa.

Pollen which bears a strong resemblance to the living Gevuina and Hicksbeachia has been recovered from mid Cretaceous through to Eocene deposits from the northern Antarctic Peninsula, and from late Cretaceous deposits in the Otway Basin in Western Victoria. Leaf cuticles comparable to Hicksbeachia have been recovered from the Miocene Manuherikia Group of Central Otago in New Zealand's South Island.

Species
Hicksbeachia pilosa 
Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia 

Neither of the two species is common. H. pinnatifolia is the one more commonly grown, due to its edible nuts.

Description
Both species are small single-trunked trees reaching a maximum height of . Their leaves are pinnate in shape and arranged alternately along the branches. The flowers are arranged in drooping inflorescences, and emit strong odours around nightfall, which have been likened to honey, sour milk, cat's urine, or mice.

Distribution and habitat
Both species are found in rainforest in eastern Australia. H. pinnatifolia is found in north-eastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland, and H. pilosa is found in the Wet Tropics rainforests of north-eastern Queensland.

References

Macadamieae
Proteaceae genera
Proteales of Australia
Trees of Australia
Flora of Queensland
Flora of New South Wales
Venezuelan literature

Venezuelan literature can be traced to pre-Hispanic times with the myths and oral literature that formed the cosmogonic view of the world that indigenous people had. Some of these stories are still known in Venezuela. Like many Latin American countries, the Spanish conquerors have had the greatest effect on both the culture and the literature. The Spanish colonizers' first written documents are considered to be the origin of Venezuela's written literature.  This has included chronicles, letters, acts, etc.

History 
Venezuela's first major writer was Andrés Bello. Venezuelan literature developed in the 19th century with the formation of Venezuela as a nation state and the political conflicts of the time between conservatives and liberals. Notable works include Venezuela Heroica (1881), by Eduardo Blanco, on the Venezuelan War of Independence.

In the 20th century, with the modernization and urbanization of Venezuela thanks to the economic boom provided by petroleum, some of its finest writers were: Teresa de la Parra, Rómulo Gallegos, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Salvador Garmendia. Gallegos' Doña Bárbara (1929) was described in 1974 as "possibly the most widely known Latin American novel". The National Prize for Literature, awarded annually, was established in 1948, with Uslar Pietri the only writer to win twice in the first five decades.

Rafael Cadenas and Eugenio Montejo are among the best known poets of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century.

At the start of the 21st century, Venezuelan fiction boomed with major new works by Federico Vegas, Francisco Suniaga, Ana Teresa Torres and Slavko Zupcic. According to critic and journalist Boris Muñoz, Venezuelan fiction has "opened up to find a bigger audience, through noir novels, historical novels, without renouncing its own Venezuelan idiosyncrasies". With the Venezuelan refugee crisis in the 2010s, migration has become a predominant topic in Venezuelan literature. Many Venezuelan writers live and publish outside the country, notably in Spain, the United States and other parts of Latin America.

See also 
 List of Venezuelan writers
 Latin American literature
 Culture of Venezuela
 Rómulo Gallegos Prize

References

External links
País Portátil: Contemporary Venezuelan Literature and Arts

 
Latin American literature by country
South American literature
Spanish-language literature
My Life (Iris DeMent album)

My Life is the second album released by singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. Released in 1994 on Warner Bros., it peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

The album was dedicated to her father, Patric Shaw DeMent, who died in 1992.

Critical reception

Spin ranked My Life as the 3rd best album of 1994. Writing in Spin, Eric Weisbard described the album as "...unbreakable gentleness as a modern epiphany about rural values."

The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.

Track listing
All songs by Iris DeMent except as indicated.

Side one
"Sweet Is the Melody" – 3:41
"You've Done Nothing Wrong" – 4:22
"Calling for You" – 3:18
"Childhood Memories" – 4:38
"No Time to Cry" – 6:49

Side two
"Troublesome Waters" (Maybelle Carter, Ezra J. Carter, Dixie Deen) – 5:15
"Mom and Dad's Waltz" (Lefty Frizzell) – 2:37
"Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day" – 5:01
"The Shores of Jordan" – 3:18
"My Life" – 3:30

Personnel
Iris DeMent – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmony vocal, piano on "My Life"
Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
John Catchings – cello
"Cowboy" Jack Clement – acoustic guitar
Charles Cochran – piano, keyboards
Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
Mark Howard – acoustic guitar
Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass
Kenny Malone – percussion
Pat McInerney – drums
Phil Parlapiano – accordion on "You've Done Nothing Wrong"
Al Perkins – dobro
Pete Wasner – keyboards, piano
Joy White – harmony vocal on "Childhood Memories"
Linda Williams – harmony vocal on "The Shores of Jordan"
Robin Williams – harmony vocal on "The Shores of Jordan"

References

1994 albums
Iris DeMent albums
Warner Records albums
Naderi Throne

The Naderi Throne () is a gemmed and enameled throne made during the Qajar era, now kept in the national treasury of the Central Bank of Iran. The throne has no relation to Nader Shah: the name derives from the word nader meaning "rare" or "unique" in the Persian language.

History

The throne was made by the order of Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar (1772–1834) and is seen in many paintings of his era. Unlike the platform-like Sun Throne, the Naderi Throne has the appearance of a chair.

The throne was kept in Golestan Palace but it was later transferred to the National Treasury of the  Central Bank of Iran. It was last used in the coronation ceremony of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1967.

Design

The throne can be taken apart into 12 separate sections. It was intended to be portable, to be carried along when the Shah traveled to his summer residences. It is made of wood, covered with gold and encrusted with jewels. Among the 26,733 jewels covering the throne, there are four very large spinels on the backrest, the largest of them weighing 65 ct. There are also four very large emeralds on the backrest, the largest of them weighing approximately 225 ct. The largest ruby on the throne is 35 ct.

The height of the throne is approximately 225 cm. It has inscribed verses attributed to Fat'h Ali Shah. Diaries written by travelers who visited Fat'h Ali Shah's court at the time also mention a throne similar to this one, though the throne may have been refurbished by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.

The designs which can be seen on the throne include a peacock tail on the backrest, ducks, dragons, leaves and tree branches. A lion rests on the front panel of the footstool.

See also

Imperial Crown Jewels of Persia
Koh-i-noor diamond
Darya-ye Noor Diamond

References

External links
 The Imperial Jewels of Iran
Nadir Shah throne, history
Nadir Shah throne
The Peacock Throne
The Naderi Throne, later throne modeled after the Peacock Throne
The Naderi Throne
KN Diamond With the UK 

Qajar Iran
Individual thrones
Tourist attractions in Tehran
Iranian National Jewels
Chuck Allen

Charles Richard Allen (September 7, 1939 – December 14, 2016) was an American professional football linebacker who played in the American Football League (AFL) with the San Diego Chargers, and later the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles. He played in four AFL Championship games (1961, 1963–1965), and was a member of the Chargers' 1963 AFL Championship team. Allen was an All-AFL player in 1962, and an AFL All-Star in 1963 and 1964. He played college football at Washington.

After football
Allen went on to serve as the Vice President of Football Operations for the Seattle Seahawks for 20 years.  The high school football stadium of Cle Elum Roslyn High School in Allen's hometown of Cle Elum, Washington is named in his honor: "Chuck Allen Field."

He died on December 14, 2016 at home.

See also
 List of American Football League players

References

 

1939 births
2016 deaths
American football linebackers
Pittsburgh Steelers players
Philadelphia Eagles players
San Diego Chargers players
Seattle Seahawks executives
Washington Huskies football coaches
Washington Huskies football players
American Football League All-Star players
American Football League All-League players
People from Cle Elum, Washington
Players of American football from Washington (state)
American Football League players
Nissan Presage

The  is a minivan produced by Japanese automaker Nissan from 1998 to 2009. The Presage was only officially sold by Nissan in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.

The name "Presage" is French for "omen".

First generation (U30; 1998) 

The first generation Presage was launched by Nissan in June 1998 as a competitor to the Honda Odyssey and Toyota Estima. It was available with either seven or nine seats. The biggest share of components was taken from the Nissan R'nessa, although it also has elements in common with its platform sharing twin, the Nissan Bassara. The Presage was exclusive to Nissan Bluebird Store Japanese dealerships, and a larger companion to the Nissan Prairie.

Engines include a 3.0-litre V6 VQ, and a 2.5-litre four-cylinder YD turbo-diesel engine. The YD turbo-diesel and 2.4-litre KA24DE were discontinued in August 2001 and replaced by a 2.5-litre four-cylinder QR gasoline engine.

All rear seats can be folded, although only those in the second row can be removed. After the restyling in 2001, the Presage got a new trim level called Highway Star.

The 2WD models feature the new Electronic Braking Force Distribution (EBD) system that uses electronic control to optimally distribute braking force to the front and rear wheels according to changes in the payload (number of passengers) being carried. This system works in tandem with the Braking Assist system (a brake booster with a two-stage mechanical assist mechanism plus ABS) to achieve synergies between effective utilization of front and rear braking force (EBD) and reduced pedal pressure (Braking Assist). As a result, more powerful braking performance is obtained with less pedal pressure in emergency braking situations even when carrying a large payload. The 4WD models also provide the nearly same high level of braking performance by adopting a load sensing valve (LSV) as a mechanical braking force distribution system in a set with the Braking Assist system.

Second generation (U31; 2003) 

The second generation Presage debuted in June 2003 with a transformable seven- or eight-seat configuration. Rear side doors were changed from swinging to sliding. The new Presage is built on the L-class platform, which is also used for the Teana mid-size car, and the North American Nissan Murano.

Engines are also taken from the Teana, a 2.5-litre four-cylinder and a 3.5-litre V6 gasoline engine. These engines are mated with a four-speed automatic transmission or a sequential CVT.

The main advantage of the second generation of this Japanese car is its comfortable and transformable interior. For easier reversing, there is a rear-view camera. As before, a sporty trim level dubbed Highway Star was available. Production ended in 2009 due to poor sales worldwide.

References

External links 

Nissan PRESAGE
Catalog WEB PRESAGE Archives (U30-period)
Catalog WEB PRESAGE Archives (U30-late)
CM PRESAGE information

Presage
Front-wheel-drive vehicles
All-wheel-drive vehicles
Minivans
Vehicles with CVT transmission
1990s cars
2000s cars
Lynnette Cole

Lynnette Marie O'Nan (née Cole; born February 9, 1978) is an American television personality, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title Miss Tennessee USA in 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win the Miss USA pageant, which was held in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 2000.

Cole hails from Columbia, Tennessee and was twenty-one years old when she won the national crown.

Family background
Cole is of Puerto Rican heritage. At ten months old, she was living in foster care with her older brother when they were adopted by Gail and Larry Cole, who had to move interstate to circumvent a law prohibiting adoption of children from a different race. Her adoptive parents had previously been foster parents to a succession of over 100 children.

Pageants
Cole's first major pageant win came in 1995 when she won the title Miss Tennessee Teen USA. She was a top six finalist at the Miss Teen USA pageant in that year, and won the Miss Photogenic award, finishing fourth overall. Cole would later win the 1997 Miss Teen All American title.

After winning Miss Tennessee USA Cole competed for and won the title of Miss USA 2000, becoming the second Hispanic woman to win Miss USA after Laura Harring in 1985. Cole went on to compete at the Miss Universe pageant, held in Nicosia, Cyprus later that year. Her performance was enough to secure her a spot among the five finalists, and brought the U.S. back into the semifinals (after Kimberly Pressler had failed to advance the year before, breaking a streak of consecutive placements that had been going since 1977). She also placed fifth overall. She became the first woman to place in the top five at all three pageants and her record was not surpassed until 2006 by Tara Conner. This was the first time in the Miss Universe pageant history that two women of Puerto Rican heritage (Cole and Puerto Rico's Zoribel Fonalledas) participated at the same time representing different countries.

As Miss USA, Cole was a representative of the Miss Universe Organization. Her "sister" 2000 titleholders were Lara Dutta (Miss Universe, of India) and Jillian Parry (Miss Teen USA, of Pennsylvania).

After the Crown
Since winning Miss USA, Cole has become a television host for NBC, CMT, ESPN, MTV, VH-1 and made many appearances on As the World Turns. Along with her hosting career, she has appeared in numerous print advertising campaigns and commercials.

Cole also directs a local preliminary for Miss Tennessee USA.

References

1978 births
American people of Puerto Rican descent
Living people
Miss Tennessee USA winners
Miss Universe 2000 contestants
Miss USA 2000 delegates
Miss USA winners
People from Columbia, Tennessee
American adoptees
1995 beauty pageant contestants
20th-century Miss Teen USA delegates
20th-century American people
Ryan Jahnke

Ryan Jahnke (born March 21, 1978) is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 2004 Skate America silver medalist and 2003 U.S. national bronze medalist.

Personal life 
Jahnke was born on March 21, 1978, in Detroit, Michigan. He studied pre-medicine on a four-year academic scholarship at Wayne State University before quitting due to his move to Colorado. He majored in finance and minored in information systems at the University of Colorado, graduating in December 2009. He is fluent in German.

Jahnke married Tashiana Foreman on June 1, 2002. Their son, Zayin Nicholas Jahnke, was born in November 2011.

Career 
Jahnke began skating in 1985 because his friends played ice hockey. He won the novice men's title at the 1993 U.S. Championships. Around 1995, he broke two teeth in a skating collision with Dan Hollander while training in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. He was awarded bronze medals competing on the junior level at the 1995 and 1996 U.S. Championships and placed 19th at the 1997 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea.

After training in Michigan under Diana Ronayne, he relocated in 1999 to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where his coach had received a job offer. He placed fifth at the 2000 U.S. Championships. As a result, he was sent to his first senior ISU Championship, the 2000 Four Continents in Osaka, Japan, where he finished 12th.

Jahnke won the bronze medal at the 2003 U.S. Championships and placed 6th at the 2003 Four Continents in Beijing, China. He finished 13th at the 2003 Worlds in Washington, D.C., after ranking third in qualifying group B, 9th in the short program, and 18th in the free skate.

The following season, Jahnke placed fourth at the 2004 U.S. Championships and received a pewter medal. At the 2004 Four Continents in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he had the same final placement after ranking fifth in both segments.

Jahnke competed at multiple Grand Prix competitions. At the 2004 Skate America, he placed fourth in the short and first in the free skate, obtaining the silver medal behind Brian Joubert and ahead of Michael Weiss.

Jahnke retired from competitive skating after the 2006 U.S. Championships. He made his professional debut at the 2006 Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular and has also worked as a coach. In 2010, he launched his new website, Myskatingmall.com.

Programs

Competitive highlights

1999–2000 to 2005–2006

1991–1992 to 2004–2005

References

External links

 Myskatingmall.com

1978 births
Living people
American male single skaters
Figure skaters from Detroit
Georg Baur

Georg Baur (1859–1898) was a German vertebrate paleontologist and Neo-Lamarckian who studied reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, particularly the Galápagos tortoises, in the 1890s. He is perhaps best known for his subsidence theory of the origin of the Galapagos Islands, where he postulated the islands were the remains of a former landmass, connected to South America via Cocos Island.

Early life and education
Baur was born in Weisswasser, Bohemia in 1859. He spent his early years Hohenheim near Stuttgart. As his father was a professor of forestry, Baur initially planned to study forestry where his father was a professor. However, while at university he became interested in the fields of geology, paleontology, and botany instead.

Career
Prior to his work on the Galapagos Islands, Baur was an assistant to Othniel Charles Marsh at Yale University from 1884 until 1890. Baur undertook an expedition to the Galápagos Islands in 1891, leaving New York on May 1, arriving in the Galápagos on June 9, and departing the islands on August 26 for Guayaquil, Panama, and the return to New York. Baur named several subspecies of Galápagos tortoise, including Chelonoidis nigra guentheri (Baur, 1889), and Chelonoidis nigra galapagoensis (Baur, 1889). Not all of Baur's tortoise taxa are still considered valid.

He also studied turtles of the southern United States, naming several species new to science. The following species and subspecies of reptiles were named in his honor by other herpetologists: Kinosternon baurii, Phyllodactylus baurii (one of the leaf-toed geckos of the Galápagos Islands), and ''Terrapene carolina bauri.

He held the position of Docent (lecturer) in osteology and paleontology, Clark University, from 1890 to 1892, and after that, professor and chairman of the osteology and vertebrate paleontology department at the University of Chicago until his death in 1898 at age 39.

References

External links
 Lefalophodon

1859 births
1898 deaths
People from Bělá pod Bezdězem
German Bohemian people
German paleontologists
American paleontologists
Science teachers
Lamarckism
Clark University faculty
University of Chicago faculty
Emigrants from the Austrian Empire
German emigrants to the United States
Lobo (Dell Comics)

Lobo is a fictional Western comic-book hero who is the medium's first African-American character to headline his own series.

Publication history
Lobo starred in Dell Comics' little-known, two-issue series Lobo (Dec. 1965 & Sept. 1966), also listed as Dell Comics #12-439-512 and #12-439-610 in the company's quirky numbering system. Created by Dell editor and writer Don "D. J." Arneson and artist Tony Tallarico, it chronicled the Old West adventures of a wealthy, unnamed African-American gunslinger called "Lobo" by the first issue's antagonists. On the foreheads of vanquished criminals, Lobo would leave the calling card of a gold coin imprinted with the images of a wolf and the letter "L".

Tallarico in a 2006 interview said that he and Arneson co-created the character based on an idea and a plot by Tallarico, with Arneson scripting it:

Arneson, in a 2010 interview, disputed this version of Lobo's creation:

Later appearances
Lobo was revived in 2017 in InDELLible Comics’ All-New Popular Comics #1.

In 2018, a Lobo novella was published in a collection entitled, Fantastic 4N1, written by author, David Noe.

Awards
In May 2006, Tallarico was bestowed the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention's Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement, in recognition of his work on the first comic book to star an African-American. He was an honoree at the reception dinner at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Black comic book stars
Aside from characters featured in the single-issue, small-press niche publication All-Negro Comics in 1947, the first mainstream comic book feature with a black star, albeit not African-American, was "Waku, Prince of the Bantu", an African tribal chief feature from Marvel Comics' 1950s predecessor Atlas Comics. This was one of four regular features in each issue of the omnibus title Jungle Tales (Sept. 1954 – Sept. 1955). Marvel introduced the first black superhero, the Black Panther, also an African, as a supporting character in a 1966 issue of Fantastic Four. Comic books' first known African-American superhero, Marvel's the Falcon, debuted in Captain America #117 (Sept. 1969). There would be no Black star of his or her own comic until 1972, with Marvel's Luke Cage, Hero for Hire, followed in 1973 by Marvel's Black Panther in Jungle Action.

See also

 African characters in comics
List of African-American firsts

References

Comics characters introduced in 1965
Dell Comics characters
1965 comics debuts
African-Americans in comic strips
Fictional cowboys and cowgirls
Fictional marksmen and snipers
Male characters in comics
Keraterm camp

The Keraterm camp was a concentration  camp established by Republika Srpska military and police authorities near the town of Prijedor in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. The camp was used to collect and confine between 1,000 and 1,500 Bosniak and Bosnian Croat civilians.

The camp
The Keraterm camp was located on the site of a ceramics factory, just outside the city of Prijedor. According to reports, prisoners were kept in four halls, formerly used as storehouses at the ceramics factory.  The Keraterm camp's prisoner population was all male. Most of the men at the camp were reported to be between the ages of 15 and 60. However, in mid-July 1992, approximately 12 to 15 Bosniak women were brought to Keraterm, raped, and transported to the Omarska camp. About 85% of all prisoners were Bosniaks while about 15% were Bosnian Croats.

According to the indictment, the detainees were, among other things, subjected to physical violence, constant humiliation, degradation, inhumane conditions, and fear of death. Severe beatings were commonplace. All manner of weapons were used during these beatings, including wooden batons, metal rods, baseball bats, lengths of thick industrial cable that had metal balls affixed to the end, rifle butts, and knives. Killings, beatings, sexual assaults, and other cruel and humiliating actions were committed.

War crime trials 
The Republika Srpska officials responsible for running the camp have since been convicted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Duško Knežević was found guilty of the criminal offence of Crimes against Humanity and sentenced him to a long-term imprisonment of 31 years. Željko Mejakić was found guilty for the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity and sentenced him to the long-term imprisonment of 21 years. Duško Sikirica, commander of the Keraterm camp, pleaded guilty to crimes against humanity and was sentenced to a jail term of fifteen years. Dušan Fuštar was found guilty for having participated, by acting and failing to act, in a joint criminal enterprise and sentenced him to 9 years imprisonment for "having failed to exercise his authority and prevent the crimes." Predrag Banović who pleaded guilty to 25 charges and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. Damir Došen was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. Dragan Kolundžija was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment.

See also
Batković concentration camp
Dretelj camp
Čelebići prison camp
Gabela camp
Heliodrom camp
Liplje camp
Manjača camp
Omarska camp
Trnopolje camp
Uzamnica camp
Vilina Vlas
Vojno camp

References

External links
Keraterm case
Concentration camps in Bosnia
 Radovan Karadzic $5 million Reward - The U.S. Government is offering $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Radovan Karadzic
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1992 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian genocide
1994 disestablishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian concentration camps in the Yugoslav Wars
Serbian war crimes in the Bosnian War
Bosnian War internment camps
Alesia

Alesia may refer to:

Places

France
 Alesia (city), an ancient city in Gaul
 Alésia (Paris Métro), a station in the Paris Métro
 Rue d'Alésia, Paris
 Le quartier Alésia, an unofficial district of Paris that mostly overlaps Petit-Montrouge

United States
 Alesia (Broussard, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP
 Alesia, Maryland, an unincorporated community

People 

 Alesia Fieldberg, Canadian television journalist and beauty pageant winner
 Alesia Furs (1925–2017), member of the Belarusian independence movement
 Alésia Glidewell, American web series director, producer and voice actress
 Alesia Graf (born 1980), German boxer
 Alesia Holliday, American author
 Alesia Raut, Indian-Russian model, VJ, and fashion choreographer
 Alesia Stepaniuk (born 1985), Russian Paralympic judoka
 Alesia Turava (born 1979), Belarusian middle-distance runner
 Alesia Zaitsava (born 1985), Belarusian badminton player

Other uses
 Battle of Alesia
 , a French ocean liner in service 1882–1899
 "Alesia", a song by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie on their 2012 album Helvetios
 "Alésia", a 2011 album by French synth-pop band Housse de Racket
 "Alesia", an electronic music group signed to Owsla and Ultra Records
 Caesar (game), a board game originally published under the name Alesia

See also
 Alesya (disambiguation)
 Alessia
 Olesya (given name)
John Alt

John Michael Alt (born May 30, 1962) is a former professional American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs from 1984 to 1996. He was drafted in the first round of the 1984 NFL Draft with the 21st overall pick. A graduate of Columbia Heights (MN) High School, he played his college years at the University of Iowa.

After retiring from the NFL, Alt began assistant coaching at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, working with the offensive line. He then went to Totino-Grace High School to coach the offensive line when his son Joe started playing there.

Alt's son, Mark, was selected 53rd overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes, and currently plays hockey for the Colorado Avalanche. Alt’s other son, Joe, is an All-American offensive tackle for Notre Dame.

References

External links
KC Hall of Fame - John Alt

1962 births
Living people
American Conference Pro Bowl players
American football offensive tackles
German players of American football
Iowa Hawkeyes football players
Kansas City Chiefs players
Sportspeople from Stuttgart
Murray Barracks

Murray Barracks () was a barracks for the British Army garrisoned in Admiralty, Central in Hong Kong. It was named after Sir George Murray, the Master-General of the Ordnance at the time of construction.

Location
It was situated between present Garden Road and Cotton Tree Drive. The Barracks was located at present Asia Pacific Centre and the Officer's Quarters, also known as Officer's Mess, was located at present Bank of China Tower, close to Queen's Road, (present-day Queensway). Across Garden Road was Murray Parade Ground () and Queen's Road North Barracks, which was later known as Wellington Barracks.

Further west of the parade ground, behind Battery Path, stood the Murray Battery.

Officer's Quarter

The quarter was known as Officer's Mess in the early days of Hong Kong. It was later renamed Murray House. Before the construction of Bank of China Tower, Murray House was dismantled brick-by-brick in the mid-1980s and later rebuilt in Stanley.

See also
 Osborne Barracks
 Murray Road
 Murray Building
 British Forces Overseas Hong Kong

References

External links
 Central and Western Heritage Trail – Old Site of Murray Parade Ground

Military of Hong Kong under British rule
Admiralty, Hong Kong
Central, Hong Kong
Barracks in Hong Kong
Former buildings and structures in Hong Kong
Parade grounds
Sublime (song)

"Sublime" is the second song released by Australian musical duo Shakaya from their self-titled debut album (2002). It reached number 19 on the Australian Singles Chart.

Track listings
 Original single
 "Sublime"
 "Sublime" (House mix)
 "Sublime" (Sam Gee Clubb mix)
 "Sublime" (Smoooth mix)
 "Stop Calling Me" (Grooove mix)

 "Sublime" / "Stop Calling Me"
 "Sublime"
 "Stop Calling Me"
 "Stop Calling Me" (House mix, Mobin Master & Dj Hess)
 "Stop Calling Me" (Nurban mix, New Breed)
 "Stop Calling Me" (Gomez mix)

Charts

References

2002 singles
Columbia Records singles
Shakaya songs
Shawnae Jebbia

Shawnae Nicole Jebbia (born September 13, 1971) is an American entertainer and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1998.

Jebbia won the Miss Massachusetts USA title in 1997, in her first attempt at a pageant title. She went on to represent Massachusetts in the Miss USA 1998 pageant, becoming that state's first Miss USA winner. While Jebbia had little prior experience, her first runner-up Shauna Gambill had previously held the Miss Teen USA 1994 title. Jebbia's "sister" titleholder, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1998 Susie Castillo, went on to hold the Miss Massachusetts USA title and became Massachusetts' second Miss USA titleholder in 2003.

Jebbia then competed at the Miss Universe 1998 pageant later that year. High scores in evening gown and in the swimsuit competition advanced her to the final 5 but after the interview round she did not make the final 3 finalists.  The winner was Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago, with whom Jebbia lived and made appearances during her reign.

Jebbia grew up in Sonoma County, California, and lived in Sebastopol for six years. She received a degree in communications from Jacksonville University and graduated cum laude on an athletic scholarship. She has appeared on television and film, including being a "Barker Beauty" on The Price Is Right from 2002 until 2003 and a stint on the ESPN2 exercise program Co-ed Training prior to winning Miss USA. After experiencing hearing loss caused by Ménière's disease, Jebbia moved out of the entertainment industry and is currently studying towards a master's degree in nursing. She has acted as the spokesperson for the Siemens Pure 700 hearing aid.

References

External links
 

1971 births
American television actresses
Jacksonville University alumni
Living people
Miss Universe 1998 contestants
Miss USA 1998 delegates
Miss USA winners
People from Mansfield, Massachusetts
People with Ménière's disease
21st-century American women