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Methoprene

Methoprene is a juvenile hormone (JH) analog which acts as a growth regulator when used as an insecticide.  It is an amber-colored liquid with a faint fruity odor.

Methoprene does not kill insects.  Instead, it interferes with an insect’s life cycle and prevents it from reaching maturity or
reproducing.  Juvenile growth hormones must be absent for a pupa to molt to an adult, so methoprene-treated larvae will be unable to successfully change from  pupae to adults.  This breaks the biological life cycle of the insect, preventing recurring infestation.

Methoprene is considered a biological pesticide because rather than controlling target pests through direct toxicity, methoprene interferes with an insect’s lifecycle and prevents it from reaching maturity or reproducing.

Applications
Methoprene is used in the production of a number of foods, including meat, milk, mushrooms, peanuts, rice, and cereals. It also has several uses on domestic animals (pets) for controlling fleas.

It is used in drinking water cisterns to control mosquitoes which spread dengue fever and malaria. Methoprene is commonly used as a mosquito larvicide used to help stop the spread of the West Nile virus.

Methoprene is also used as a food additive in cattle feed to prevent fly breeding in the manure.

Health and Safety Issues

According to the Safety Data Sheet (SDS), methoprene is a material that may be irritating to the mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract, may be harmful by inhalation, ingestion, or skin absorption, may cause eye, skin, or respiratory system irritation and is very toxic to aquatic life. The GHS signal word is "Warning," with notes such as P273 Avoid release into the environment and P391 collect spillage.

Methoprene  is suspected to be highly toxic to lobsters.

References

External links
 Methoprene Pesticide Fact Sheet - Environmental Protection Agency
 Methoprene Pesticide Information Profile - Extension Toxicology Network
 

Insecticides
Carboxylate esters
Ethers
Dienes
Isopropyl esters
Todd Stauffer

Todd Stauffer is co-founder and publisher of the Jackson Free Press in Jackson, Mississippi, and author of 40 nonfiction books on a variety of computer-related topics. He lives with his partner, journalist and editor Donna Ladd.

Stauffer and Ladd started the Jackson Free Press in 2002. They took the name from The Mississippi Free Press, a now-defunct investigative civil rights newspaper from the 1960s. The Jackson Free Press, which is free of charge and is supported entirely by advertising revenue, has a weekly circulation of 17,000. The most recent Media Audit figures indicate an actual readership of approximately 50,000, and its active Web site, which launched on a blogging platform in 2002, receives more than 500,000 page views per month.

In 2006, Stauffer received national attention for leading an effort to fight the efforts of the Gannett Company to control the distribution of locally owned publications in Mississippi. Stauffer became president of a new alliance to counter Gannett's efforts, called the Mississippi Independent Publisher's Association.  Editor & Publisher magazine interviewed Stauffer about his efforts and wrote an editorial calling for Gannett to "halt" the TDN distribution scheme, which E&P called a violation of "the First Amendment right to distribute papers without unreasonable interference.

Stauffer, a critic of corporate media, received an Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for his media criticism.

Stauffer wrote one of the earliest books on blogging and is now a national consultant for publications seeking to transition to the Internet, speaking at national and state newspaper gatherings, from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies to the New York Press Association.

Stauffer is also a long-time media personality. He was co-host of the Emmy-winning "Disk Doctors" show on Knowledge TV in the 1990s. He was the host of Peak Computing Radio Hour in Denver, Colorado, and is currently the host of Radio JFP on WLEZ-FM in Jackson.

References

American technology writers
American publishers (people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Gatifloxacin

Gatifloxacin (brand names Gatiflo, Tequin, and Zymar) is an antibiotic of the fourth-generation fluoroquinolone family, that like other members of that family, inhibits the bacterial enzymes DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV.

It was patented in 1986 and approved for medical use in 1999.

Side effects
A Canadian study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March 2006, claimed that Tequin  can have significant side effects including dysglycemia. An editorial by
Jerry Gurwitz in the same issue called for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider giving Tequin a black box warning. This editorial followed distribution of a letter dated February 15 by Bristol-Myers Squibb to health care providers indicating action taken with the FDA to strengthen warnings for the medication. Subsequently, Bristol-Myers Squibb reported it would stop manufacture of Tequin, end sales of the drug after existing stockpiles were exhausted, and return all rights to Kyorin.

By contrast, ophthalmic gatifloxacin is generally well tolerated. The observed systemic concentration of the drug following oral administration of 400 mg (0.01 ounces) gatifloxacin  is approximately 800 times higher than that of the 0.5% gatifloxacin eye drop. Given as an eye drop, gatifloxacin has very low systemic exposure. Therefore, the systemic exposures resulting from the gatifloxacin ophthalmic solution are not likely to pose any risk for systemic toxicities.

Contraindications
Hypersensitivity

Society and culture

Availability
Gatifloxacin is currently available in the US and Canada only as an ophthalmic solution.

In 2011, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry of India banned the manufacture, sale, and distribution of gatifloxacin because of its adverse side effects.

In China, gatifloxacin is sold in tablet as well as in eye drop formulations.

Brand names
Bristol-Myers Squibb introduced gatifloxacin in 1999 under the proprietary name Tequin for the treatment of respiratory tract infections, having licensed the medication from Kyorin Pharmaceutical Company of Japan. Allergan produces it in eye-drop formulation under the names Zymar, Zymaxid and Zylopred. In many countries, gatifloxacin is also available as tablets and in various aqueous solutions for intravenous therapy.

References 

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics
Withdrawn drugs
1,4-di-hydro-7-(1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acids
AbbVie brands
Phenol ethers
Cyclopropanes
Anti-tuberculosis drugs
Darwinian Fairytales

Darwinian Fairytales is a 1995 book by the philosopher David Stove, in which the author criticizes application of the theory of evolution as an explanation for sociobiological behavior such as altruism.

The book was originally published by Avebury in 1995 and republished by Encounter Books in 2006.

Reception

Criticism of the book has come from the biologist Michael Ghiselin:

"Much of what he says is completely wrong. According to his version, organisms invariably reproduce as much as possible. And yet, contrary to what he says, there is nothing contrary to the theory as it is taught to undergraduate biology students, when older males prevents younger ones from getting access to females. It is straight-forward consequence of competition for a finite number of mates. Nor does there exist, as he claims, any contradiction in the fact that organisms defer reproduction until they reach a certain age and size; they are accumulating capital."

See also
Darwinism
Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene
Memes

References

External links
 Publisher's page with introduction by Roger Kimball
J. Franklin, Stove's anti-Darwinism

1995 non-fiction books
Books about Charles Darwin
Books about evolution
Books by David Stove
English-language books
Dancers (film)

Dancers is a 1987 film directed by Herbert Ross and stars Mikhail Baryshnikov and Julie Kent.  The film received scathing reviews upon release.

Plot
The story revolves around a ballet dancer who is planning to make a film version of the ballet Giselle, and how his romance with a young woman parallels the plotline of the ballet.

Cast 
 Mikhail Baryshnikov as Tony 
 Alessandra Ferri as Francesca 
 Leslie Browne as Nadine 
 Tommy Rall as Tommy Rall
 Lynn Seymour as Muriel 
 Victor Barbee as Wade 
 Mariangela Melato as Countess
 Julie Kent as Lisa 
 Gianmarco Tognazzi as Guido

References

External links 

1987 films
1980s dance films
American dance films
Films directed by Herbert Ross
1987 romantic drama films
Films scored by Pino Donaggio
Films about ballet
Golan-Globus films
Films produced by Menahem Golan
Films produced by Yoram Globus
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
Woodstock River Bandits

The Woodstock River Bandits are a collegiate summer baseball team in Woodstock, Virginia.  They play in the Northern division of the Valley Baseball League.

In the 2007 Valley League Baseball Playoffs, the River Bandits received the Number 8 seed, but were eliminated by the Waynesboro Generals in the first round. 2012 The River Bandits made it to the second round of the playoffs, but lost to Winchester in the second round. 2013 The River Bandits lost in the first round of the playoffs against Aldie. In 2014 The River Bandits missed the playoffs finishing 10th out of 11th in the VBL. The Bandits made the playoffs in 2015 as the #4 seed. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the  Front Royal Cardinals. In 2016, the Bandits finished at a franchise worst 11-31. The worst in the league since Rockbridge back in 2009. In 2018 Woodstock went a league history worst 5-37 finishing last in the VBL. Woodstock hires Mike Bocock to lead the team in 2019, Bocock already an inductee in the VBL Hall of Fame. In 2019, Woodstock finished the regular season with a 25-17 record, finishing 2nd in the VBL Northern division behind the Strasburg Express. The River Bandits reached the playoffs, but were knocked off in the Northern division finals by Strasburg.

External links
Woodstock River Bandits
Valley Baseball League
Woodstock River Bandits Facebook

Amateur baseball teams in Virginia
Valley Baseball League teams
Shenandoah County, Virginia
Baseball teams established in 2004
2004 establishments in Virginia
Hopeless to Hopeful

Hopeless to Hopeful... is an album released by Matthew Ryan in December 2002. It was recorded in his own home.

Track listing
All words and music by Matthew Ryan.

 "Rain, Rain, Rain" – 1:32
 "Song for Sons" – 2:48
 "Veteran's Day" – 3:25
 "I'm an American" – 2:56
 "Everybody Always Leaves" – 2:54
 "I Can't Steal You" – 4:04
 "This Side of Heaven" – 2:26
 "Postcard to Useless" – 3:57
 "Little Drummer Boy" – 4:45
 "From the Floor" – 3:44

2002 albums
Matthew Ryan (musician) albums
Matteo Ardemagni

Matteo Carlo Ardemagni (born 26 March 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie D club Chieti.

Career

Milan
A product of Milan's youth team, he has made a few appearances as a substitute for their Serie A team. He was then sent on loan to various Serie C1 teams, namely Perugia, Pizzighettone and Pro Patria, before being ultimately sold to Serie B side Triestina in July 2008 in a co-ownership agreement with the alabardati, for €5,000. In June 2009 Triestina bought him outright for another €50,000.

Cittadella
In summer 2009 Ardemagni left for Cittadella in a temporary deal as its flagship striker Riccardo Meggiorini left for Bari (via Internazionale and Genoa). Ardemagni was the team top-scorer in 2009–10 season with 22 goals.

Atalanta
In June 2010, Cittadella bought him in a co-ownership deal, for €100,000, but on 13 July 2010 he was sold to fellow Serie B side Atalanta for €3.55 million (€1.45 million to Triestina, €2.1 million to Cittadella, as well as cost extra €200,000 to Atalanta) which were recently relegated from Serie A. It was reported that Chievo also made a bid to Triestina but Atalanta agreed a deal with Cittadella. He signed a 4-year contract. As part of the deal, Cittadella signed Manolo Gabbiadini and Daniele Gasparetto in a co-ownership deal for a small fee of €500 each on 13 July.

In January 2011 he was loaned to Padova. He returned to Serie B again in January 2012, for Modena F.C. Circa 2012 Ardemagni also signed a new 5-year contract with Atalanta, however he was loaned to Modena, Cheivo and Carpi in 2012–13 and 2013–14 season.

On 9 August 2014 he was signed by Spezia on a temporary deal. On 2 February 2015 he was signed by Perugia. The loan was extended on 14 July.

Avellino
On 31 August 2016 Ardemagni was signed by Avellino in a definitive deal on a three-year contract.

Ascoli
On 16 August 2018 he was signed by Ascoli on a three-year deal.

Frosinone
On 27 January 2020 he moved to Frosinone. On 12 January 2021 he joined Reggiana on loan.

Siena
On 31 January 2022, Ardemagni signed with Siena.

Career statistics

References

External links
 
 

1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Milan
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Serie D players
AC Milan players
AC Perugia Calcio players
AS Pizzighettone players
Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players
US Triestina Calcio 1918 players
AS Cittadella players
Atalanta BC players
Calcio Padova players
Modena FC 2018 players
AC ChievoVerona players
AC Carpi players
Spezia Calcio players
US Avellino 1912 players
Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players
Frosinone Calcio players
AC Reggiana 1919 players
ACR Siena 1904 players
SS Chieti Calcio players
Italy men's youth international footballers
The Alcalde

The Alcalde (; ) has been the alumni magazine of The University of Texas at Austin since 1913, and is published by the university's alumni association, the Texas Exes.

The magazine was named for Oran M. Roberts, the governor who signed the university into existence and whose nickname was "Old Alcalde."

It is published six times a year and mailed to the 96,000 members of the Texas Exes.

References

External links
 The Alcalde
 Alcalde archive at HathiTrust

1913 establishments in Texas
Alumni magazines
Alcalde, The
Magazines established in 1913
Magazines published in Austin, Texas
University of Texas at Austin
Ledina Çelo

Ledina Çelo (born 9 February 1977) is an Albanian singer and model. She is best known for representing Albania at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, after winning the 43rd edition of Festivali i Këngës.

Life

2003–present 

In December 2003, she hosted the 43rd edition of Festivali i Këngës, the national pre-selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest. A year later, she participated as a contestant with the song Nesër Shkoj and eventually won the competition. She qualified for the grand final and finished in the sixteenth place. In 2006, Ledina Celo finished second in Kënga Magjike with the song "Jemi Të Huaj".

Awards 

Festivali i Këngës

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||"Tomorrow I Go"
|First Prize
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Kënga Magjike

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||2003
||"Te dua se je Ti"
|Linda Association Prize
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||2004
||"Ne nje ishull qe nuk ekziston"
|Public Prize
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|rowspan="2"|2006
|rowspan="2"|"Jemi te huaj"
|Best Performer
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|Second Prize
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|rowspan="2"|2013
|rowspan="2"|"Gaboja"
|Best Ballad
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|Second Prize
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Videofest Awards

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|rowspan="2"|2005
|rowspan="2"|" Vagabond nga dashuria"
|Best Female
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|Best Editing
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|rowspan="2"|2007
|rowspan="2"|"Të ndjejë të huaj"
|Best Camera
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|Best Production
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Zhurma Show Awards

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||2004
|"Vagabond nga dashuria"
|Best Video 
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References 

1975 births
Living people
Musicians from Tirana
21st-century Albanian women singers
Festivali i Këngës winners
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Albania
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2005
Albanian pop musicians
Esmahan Sultan Mosque

Esmahan Sultan Mosque () is the oldest mosque in Romania.

Located in Mangalia, Constanța County, it serves a community of 800 Muslim families, most of them of Turkish and Tatar ethnicity.

History
In 1452, when Dobrogea got under the Ottoman domination, and the Turkish, Tatar, Bulgarian, Circassian, Gaguaz, Greek and Jewish peoples became a mixture of religious beliefs, the famous Turkish traveler, Evlia Celebi mentioned, ‘... go to Mangalia, which is the Kaaba Makkah of the wandering and poor people.''

Esmehan Sultan Mosque was constructed in 1575 by its namesake, Ismihan, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Selim II and Nurbanu Sultan, and wife of Ottoman Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha.

It was renovated in the 1990s and includes a graveyard with 300-year-old tombstones.

Structure 
The mosque was constructed with cut stone rescued from the Callatis ruins by a team of Turkish craftsmen. The stone blocks were glued together without the use of any binder, but merely with cast steel staples put in holes drilled in the stone. Oak props are installed at the Esmahan Sultan Mosque's entryway. The Minbar (pulpit), a place of prayer arranged as a balcony with stairs from where the imam, the Muslim priest speaks on and every feast day, may be situated on the wall opposite the mosque entrance (another term for places of Muslim worship). The mihrab, or blind window, and a Mecca-oriented niche are positioned on the left side of the Minbar. It is a type of shrine where the Imam performs religious services every day. The inside is devoid of cult paintings and other ornamental elements. The ceiling is adorned with beautiful woodwork and exquisite craftsmanship that grabs the attention of all visitors. I t should be noticed that the women's prayer areas are divided from the rest of the room by a modest wooden barrier. The terrace at the summit of the minaret (from where the Imam used to issue the call to prayer) may be reached by spiral staircases.The porch pillars and wooden railings give the building a distinctive appearance on the outside. A fountain built of stone from an old tomb may be found inside the worship space. In addition, the mosque is flanked by a cemetery as precious as the monument itself, which contains Muslim tombs dating back more than 300 years. Both the mosque and the cemetery are listed as Historical Monuments in Romania.

See also 

 Category:Ottoman architecture in Romania
 Giurgiu Clocktower
 Tulcea Art Museum
 Azizyie Mosque

References

 Moscheea ridicată de prinţesa Esmahan, Jurnalul Naţional
Muftiyat of Romania - contains detailed information about mosques in Romania

Mangalia
Mosques completed in 1575
Ottoman mosques in Romania
Buildings and structures in Constanța County
Historic monuments in Constanța County
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1575
Waynesboro Generals

The Waynesboro Generals are a collegiate summer baseball team in Waynesboro, Virginia.  They play in the southern division of the Valley Baseball League.  The Generals have won six Valley League playoff championships: in 1984, 1988, 1998, 2007, 2013, and 2014, making them one of the most winning organizations of the league during that time. The Generals were founded in 1923 and have been playing continuously since then with the exception of a ten year period between 1955 and 1964.

In 2007, the Generals' victory came two games to zero over the Luray Wranglers.  In 2013, the Generals won the South Division and then prevailed in the final series two games to one over the Strasburg Express.  In 2014, the Generals again won the South and came back from a 6-0 deficit to defeat the Charles Town Cannons of the North Division, 7-6, with a walkoff single in the bottom of the ninth inning of the championship game.

Notable players
 Mike Lowell (1993)
 Brandon Inge (1996)
 Erik Kratz (2000)

References

External links
 Waynesboro Generals
 Valley Baseball League

Amateur baseball teams in Virginia
Valley Baseball League teams
Waynesboro, Virginia
Baseball teams established in 1950
1950 establishments in Virginia
Pavee Lackeen

Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl is a documentary-style film released in 2005. The film tells the story of an Irish Traveller girl (Winnie Maughan) and her family.  Most of the characters are played by the Maughan family themselves, led by youngest daughter Winnie.

Its director and co-writer, Perry Ogden, won an IFTA Award in the category of Breakthrough Talent in 2005. Winnie Maughan was nominated for Best Actress in a Feature Film in the same awards.

Filmed entirely on video, the film was described as startlingly real, showing the conditions in which the family—who are members of Ireland's Travelling community— live.

External links 
 The official Pavee Lackeen website
 

2005 films
2005 drama films
Irish drama films
Works about Irish Travellers
Bristol Reservoirs

The Bristol Reservoirs are six reservoirs or sets of reservoirs in the area south of Bristol. All six are operated by Bristol Water.

They are (in decreasing order of size):
 Chew Valley Lake
 Blagdon Lake
 Cheddar Reservoir
 Barrow Gurney Reservoirs
 Litton Reservoirs
 Chew Magna Reservoir

Between 1846 and 1853 Bristol Water created a series of tunnels, pipes and aqueducts called the "Line of Works" which still carry approximately  of water a day from the Mendip Hills to Barrow Gurney Reservoirs for filtration and then onto Bristol and the surrounding areas. All this is done by gravity as it collects and conveys water from the Chewton Mendip and East and West Harptree areas.

References 

Reservoirs in Somerset
Drinking water reservoirs in England
Protected areas of Bristol
Vilenica Cave

Vilenica Cave or Vilenica Cave at Lokev () is the oldest show cave in Europe. The first tourists to the cave were recorded in 1633. It is located next to the village of Lokev in the municipality of Sežana on the Karst Plateau in southwestern Slovenia.

Natural environment
Vilenica Cave is more than  in length, with a depth of , but tourists are only allowed into the first  of the cave.

History 
Until the mid-19th century it was known as the biggest, most beautiful, and most frequently visited cave of the Classical Karst. It attracted artists such as Ferdinand Runk and Peter Fendi, who was awarded a gold medal in 1821 for his oil painting of the cave. Later it was surpassed by Postojna Cave.

Since 1986, the annual Vilenica International Literary Festival has taken place in the cave and in the towns and villages of the Karst and elsewhere. The event most commonly happens in the beginning of September. The central part of the festival is the conferral of the Vilenica Prize for literature by the Slovene Writers' Association. The award is bestowed in the cave's Plesna Hall () on an author from Central Europe for his or her achievements in literary and essay writing.

References

Show caves in Slovenia
Arts centres in Slovenia
Municipality of Sežana
Caves of the Slovene Littoral
Honda T360

The T360 is a pickup truck from Honda. Introduced in June 1963, it was Honda's first production automobile, beating the S500 Sports by four months.

Overview 
The T360 used a 356 cc AK250E series DOHC inline-four engine also found in the Honda S360 roadster prototype, with which it also shared the chassis. The mid-mounted unit propelled the truck to a top speed of , and was accessed by lifting up the bench seat inside the cabin. The engine generated  at 8,500 rpm, reflecting Honda's motorcycle heritage. A total of 108,920 T360s were produced from 1963 through August 1967, all painted in "May Blue". It has a wraparound, clamshell-style bonnet which leaves the headlights in place when opened.

The similar but somewhat larger T500 used a  531 cc version of the engine, excluding it from the Kei car class. The T500, first shown in September 1964, was mainly intended for export markets. Its engine delivered high in the rev range (maximum power arrived at 7,500 rpm, with redline at 9,000 rpm) and was a slightly downtuned version of the one found in the Honda S500 sports car. Top speed was . A total of 10,226 T500s were built from 1964 through November 1967, and were all painted "Moss Green". Aside from the different color and engine, the T500 was 20 cm longer (all behind the rear axle), as its overall length was not dictated by the Kei regulations. Another minor distinction was the fittings for license plates larger than those of a Kei car, as well as a higher  load capacity.

The T360 was produced as a conventional rear-wheel drive pickup truck, a flatbed (the T360F), a flatbed with folding sides (the T360H), and as a covered van (the T360V). There was also a version of the T360 called the "Snow Crawler", equipped with tracked propulsion units at the rear. Due to its expense, the Snow Crawler remained a rarity in spite of its usefulness in certain parts of northern Japan. The T500 came either with a conventional pickup body (T500), or with the folding side flatbed, this time with the "F" suffix; called the T500F.

References

External links
 ThisOldHonda.org T360
 ThisOldHonda.org T500

First car made by manufacturer
T360
Kei trucks
Pickup trucks
Tracked vehicles
Cars introduced in 1963
Cars discontinued in 1967
New Mexico State Road 456

State Road 456 (NM 456) is a  state highway in northeast New Mexico. NM 456's western terminus is in Folsom, New Mexico at NM 325, and the eastern terminus is at the Oklahoma state line west of Kenton, Oklahoma. At the state line, it becomes Oklahoma State Highway 325 (SH-325).

Route description

NM 456 parallels the Cimarron River for its entire length. It does not leave Union County. It is a former routing of U.S. Route 64 (US 64). Seventeen consecutive miles of it are unpaved, as per signs at each end of the unpaved stretch; their main purpose is to warn of potential impassibility in inclement weather. The stretch does have two spots of pavement, nevertheless: one about  in from the west, which is only about  long, and one about  in from the west, which often confuses drivers since it is so near to the end of the advertised length (its pavement lasts about ). The drive has some nice scenic views, including one reminiscent of Colorado's Garden of the Gods; but its remoteness is not amicable to tourists having automobile breakdowns.

Major intersections

See also

References

External links

456
Transportation in Union County, New Mexico
U.S. Route 64
Peukert

Peukert is a surname:

 Detlev Peukert (1950–1990), German historian
 Josef Peukert (1855, Albrechtsdorf an der Adler – 1910, Chicago), a Bohemian-Austrian anarchist
 Karl Peukert (1902–1962), German actor
 Leo Peukert (1885–1944), German actor
 Randolf Peukert (1929–2009), German athlete
 Wolfgang Peukert (born 1958), German process engineer
 Wilhelm Peukert (1855–1932), German scientist

See also 
 Peucker and Peuker
 Peukert's law – relating battery capacity to discharge rate

References

German-language surnames
Armilus

Armilus () (also spelled Armilos and Armilius) is an anti-messiah figure in medieval Jewish eschatology who will conquer the whole Earth, centralizing in Jerusalem and persecuting the Jewish believers until his final defeat at the hands of the Jewish Messiah. His believed destruction symbolizes the ultimate victory of the Jewish Messiah in the Messianic Age.

Sources
The Sefer Zerubbabel is probably from the 7th century CE. Armilus is thought to be a cryptogram for Heraclius, a Byzantine emperor, and it is thought that the events described in the Sefer Zerubbabel coincide with the Jewish revolt against Heraclius.

The 11th-century Midrash Vayosha, which describes Armilus, was first published at Constantinople in 1519.

According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, Armilus is "a king who will arise at the end of time against the Messiah, and will be conquered by him after having brought much distress upon Israel." He is spoken of in the Midrash Vayosha, Sefer Zerubbabel and other texts. He is an adversary similar to Gog and Magog, and in some instances he is considered identical to Gog, but under another name. In the Sefer Zerubbabel he takes the place of Magog and defeats the Messiah ben Joseph.

The origin of this figure, said to be the offspring of Satan and a virgin, or Satan and a statue (or "stone"), is regarded as questionable by the Jewish Encyclopedia, due to the variation and clear relation (if not parody) to Christian doctrine, legend, and scripture. 

The Jewish Encyclopedia also links the figure to Roman mythology, comparing the story of his birth from a stone to a similar legend about a living statue attributed to Virgil, and the figure's name and conflict with the Messiah to an account in Eusebius' Chronicon in which a Roman leader (given the name Amulius or Armilus in various translations, but listed as a successor to Agrippa in the place of Romulus Silvius) wages war on Jupiter and is destroyed by a storm.

Name
The name might be derived from that of Romulus, one of the founders of Rome, or from Ahriman, the evil principle in Zoroastrianism (Angra Mainyu).

Appearance
Midrash Vayosha depicts Armilus as bald, partially deaf, partially maimed, and partially leprous.

See also
 Antichrist
 Belial
 False messiah
 Jewish messianism
 Masih ad-Dajjal
 Messiah ben Joseph

Notes

Jewish eschatology
Antichrist
Gracie

Gracie may refer to:

Names
 Gracie (name), a given name and a family name (includes a list of people with that name)
 Gracie family, a Brazilian family known for their practice and development of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
 Hurricane Gracie, a 1959 Atlantic hurricane that affected the Bahamas and United States

Places
 Gracie Mansion, official residence for the New York City mayor

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters
Gracie, the shopkeeper in the 2006 television series Jericho

Film
 Gracie (film), a 2007 American film directed by Davis Guggenheim
 Gracie!, 2010 TV film on the life of the British singer Gracie Fields

Music
 "Gracie", a track on the album Home Cookin' (1959) by Jimmy Smith
 "Gracie", a song on the album Rockin' with Curly Leads (1973) by rock band The Shadows
 "Gracie", a track on the album Songs for Silverman (2005) by Ben Folds

Other uses
 Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation
 Gracie (yacht), 19th century American racing sloop yacht built in 1868

See also
 Gracey (disambiguation)
 Gracy (disambiguation)
Power to the People

Power to the People may refer to:

Music
Power to the People (Joe Henderson album)
Power to the People (Poison album)
Power to the People: The Hits, a 2010 compilation album by John Lennon
"Power to the People" (song), 1971, by John Lennon
"Power to the People" (Poison song)
"Power to the People", a song by Public Enemy

Politics
Power to the people (slogan)
Power to the People (Transnistria), in Moldova
Power to the People (Russia), a defunct political party in Russia
Power to the People (Italy), a political party in Italy

Other uses
Power to the People (book), 2007, by Laura Ingraham
"Power to the People" (Yes, Prime Minister, a television episode
Power to the People, a strength training method and philosophy introduced by Pavel Tsatsouline
Power to the People, the weapons upgrade station in the Bioshock video game series

See also
 All Power to the People (film), a 1997 documentary
"(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People", a 1971 song and album by The Chi-Lites
People Power (disambiguation)
Next House

Next House was a Swedish company working in the field of construction of houses.  The company was founded in 2007 by Thomas Mårtensson.

Mission 
Next House developed, promoted and sold homes until it was sold to 32Group in March 2011. ambition of the company was to make homes greener and more energy efficient by improving energy use, material selection, and transportation. With the participation of award-winning architects and engineers, Next House had developed a new concept within the construction industry, in which they delivered the homes as well as complete study kits.

Reception 
The company received media attention both in Sweden and in international media.  Next House has appeared in over 200 articles in newspapers and magazines, and a score of television channels, including the M6 channel, in its Capital Programme. Next House was the third Swedish company, after IKEA and H & M, to appear in the program. In October 2009, Next House was mentioned in several Spanish television channels, where the Spanish Minister of Housing invited Next House to Spain.

Next House was headquartered in Stockholm, but is also present in Russia, Norway, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. In March 2011, Thomas Martensson, CEO of Next House, signed an agreement with the Global 32Group moving Next House's headquarters to Geneva, Switzerland.

References

Construction and civil engineering companies of Sweden
Swedish companies established in 2007
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 2007
Rick Peters

Rick Peters (born June 1, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor.  He has appeared in several films and numerous television shows, and is perhaps best known for his role as Bobby Manning in Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. He also plays the role of Elliot Larson in the 4th season of Dexter.

Personal life
He resides in Southern California with his wife and two children.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

External links

1966 births
American male film actors
American male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Detroit
Richmond Art Museum

The Richmond Art Museum was founded in 1898 as the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana.  Artist John Elwood Bundy and author and attorney William Dudley Foulke were instrumental in the founding.

Permanent collection 
Its collection includes important works of American Impressionists, particularly from the Hoosier Group, the Richmond Group and the Taos School.  Important ceramics including a significant collection of the work of the Overbeck Sisters are part of the collection housed in McGuire Memorial Hall at Richmond High School.  The museum is believed to be the only public art museum connected with a public high school.  An icon of the collection is a very large self-portrait of the American impressionist William Merritt Chase painted for the museum in 1915-16.

Some of the more important artists represented in the collection are:

 William Merritt Chase
 Frank Duveneck
 Henry Mosler
 Walter Shirlaw
 William Aiken Walker
 William Wendt
 Charles Courtney Curran
 William Victor Higgins
 Ben Foster
 Robert Reid
 Asher Durand
 Childe Hassam
 Adam Emory Albright
 E. Irving Couse
 Leonard Ochtman
 John Christen Johansen
 Francis Focer Brown
 Guy Carleton Wiggins
 Jane Peterson
 Janet Scudder
 Paul Weber
 Harry Mills Walcott
 Albert Lorey Groll
 Gordon Grant
 Louis Betts
 De Scott Evans
 Marcus Mote
 Frederick Judd Waugh
 Wayman Elbridge Adams
 Aminah Robinson

External links

 Official Site

Art museums and galleries in Indiana
Art museums established in 1898
Museums in Richmond, Indiana
1898 establishments in Indiana
Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik

The Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik (also translated as The Passion of Saint Shushanik; ) is the earliest surviving piece of Georgian literature. Purported to have been written between 476 and 483, the earliest surviving manuscript dates back to the 10th century and was written at Parkhali Monastery. There exists an Armenian translation of the same text, dated also to the 10th century. The author is Iakob Tsurtaveli (Jacob of Tsurtavi), a contemporary and participant in the events described in this hagiographic novel. 

The manuscript describes the martyrdom of Saint Shushanik, an Armenian noblewoman, at the hand of her spouse, bidaxshe (high prince) Varsken, who had renounced Christianity and embraced Zoroastrianism. Shushanik, whose father was Vardan Mamikonyan, the sparapet (military leader) of the Christians in Armenia, refused to follow him, and died as a martyr after years of imprisonment and torture.

The first printed version was published in 1882. It has been translated into Russian, French, English, German, Spanish, Hungarian and Icelandic. In 1979, UNESCO marked the 1,500th anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik.

References

Sources
Bart D Ehrman, Andrew Jacobs, editors, Christianity in Late Antiquity, 300-450 C.E: A Reader, Oxford University Press US,  pages 499-504
Donald Rayfield, The Literature of Georgia: A History, Routledge (UK)  page 42

External links
English translation of the Martyrdom by Rev. K.V. Maksoudian

Christian hagiography
Old Georgian literature
Works about violence against women
Martyrdom in fiction
Harrisonburg Turks

The Harrisonburg Turks are a collegiate summer baseball team in Harrisonburg, Virginia. They play in the South Division of the Valley Baseball League, a collegiate wooden bat summer league consisting of 11 teams in the state of Virginia. The Turks have been coached and/or owned by Bob Wease for 33 years as of the end of the 2023 season. Wease sold the team to Gerald Harman prior to the start of the 2023 season. The Turks play their home games at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park on the campus of James Madison University.

Notable alumni

Scott Cousins
Roy Corcoran
Rich Croushore
Steve Decker
David Eckstein
Steve Finley
Jesse Foppert
Danny Godby
Orlando Gonzalez
Travis Harper
Gary Hill
Ron Hodges
Chris Hoiles
Mike Hubbard
Daryl Irvine
Logan Kensing
Darren Lewis
Sean Maloney
Kirt Manwaring
Frank Menechino
Larry Mitchell
Oscar Múñoz
Tim Nordbrook
Talmadge Nunnari
Brian O'Connor
Jim Pankovits
Cliff Pennington
Juan Pierre
Greg Pryor
Jon Rauch
Billy Sample
Ryan Shealy
Doug Strange
Steve Swisher
Jeff Tam
Mo Vaughn
George Vukovich
Brian Wolfe
Jon Zuber

References

External links
Turks
Valley Baseball League

Amateur baseball teams in Virginia
Valley Baseball League teams
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Baseball teams established in 1915
1915 establishments in Virginia
Iakob Tsurtaveli

Jacob of Tsurtavi () also known as Jacob the Priest (იაკობ ხუცესი, Iakob Khutsesi) was the 5th-century Georgian religious writer and priest from Tsurtavi, then the major town of Gogarene and the Lower Iberia.

A personal priest of Saint Shushanik and an eyewitness of her martyrdom at the hand of her spouse, bidaxae Varsken, Jacob compiled her life in his hagiographic novel the Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik, the oldest surviving work of the Georgian literature written between 476 and 483. Except for scarce information obtained from his work, nothing more is known about Jacob's life.

See also 

List of Georgian writers

References 

მ. საბინინი, საქართველოს სამოთხე,  გვ. 182–192;
იაკობ ცურტაველი, მარტვილობაÁ შუშანიკისი, ქართული და სომხური ტექსტები გამოსცა ილ. აბულაძემ, ტფილისი, 1938, გვ. 3-47;
ს. ყუბანეიშვილი, ძველი ქართული ლიტერატურის ქრესტომათია, I, თბილისი, 1946, გვ. 34–44;
ძველი ქართული აგიოგრაფიული ლიტერატურის ძეგლები, I, გვ. 11–29;
იაკობ ცურტაველი, წამებაÁ წმიდისა შუშანიკისი დედოფლისაÁ, გამოსაცემად მოამზადა ც. ქურციკიძემ, თბილისი, 1979.
К. Кекелидзе,Памятники древнегрузинской агиографии, Тбилиси, 1956, გვ. 7-28.
К. Кекелидзе, Якоб Цуртавели, Мученичество Шушаники, Тбилиси, 1979;
Яков Цуртавели, Мученичество Шушаник, перевод В. Дондуа, Введение и примечания З. Алексидзе, Тбилиси, 1978.
ა. ბარამიძე, `შუშანიკის წამების~ ახლებური გაგების გარშემო, ჟურნ. მნათობი, # 10, 1978.
რ. ბარამიძე, ქართული მწერლობის სათავეებთან, თბილისი, 1978;
კ. კეკელიძე, ძველი ქართული ლიტერატურის ისტორია, გვ. 113-122;
ქართული მწერლობა, I, თბილისი, 1984, გვ. 124-127;
შ. ონიანი, იაკობ ხუცესის `წამებაÁ წმიდისა შუშანიკისი~, თბილისი, 1978;
შუშანიკის წამება. საიუბილეო კრებული. გამოკვლევები და წერილები, თბილისი, 1978;
თ. ჭილაძე, იაკობ ცურტაველის `შუშანიკის წამება~, თბილისი, 1978;
ივ. ჯავახიშვილი, საისტორიო მწერლობა, გვ. 45-54;
ნ. ჯანაშია, შუშანიკის წამება, ისტორიულ-წყაროთმცოდნეობითი გამოკვლევა, თბილისი, 1980;
შ. ონიანი, იაკობ ხუცესის `შუშანიკის წამება”, თბილისი, 1978.
Bart D Ehrman, Andrew Jacobs, editors, Christianity in Late Antiquity, 300-450 C.E: A Reader, Oxford University Press US,  pages 499-504  
Donald Rayfield, The Literature of Georgia: A History, Routledge (UK)  page 42

Male writers from Georgia (country)
5th-century writers
Christian hagiographers
5th-century Christian clergy
William Simmons (politician)

William Charles Simmons (February 28, 1865 – August 24, 1956) was a Canadian politician and judge from Alberta.

Early life 
William Charles Simmons was born on February 28, 1865, in the farming community of Tara, Canada West, to William Simmons and Jane Wilson. Simmons attended the University of Toronto and completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1895. Simmons married Mary W. Wilson on August 7, 1899, and moved west to Alberta to become a principal in Lethbridge. Simmons resigned from teaching to article with R. B. Bennett in Calgary and passed the bar in the North-West Territories on August 12, 1900. Simmons was employed as a Crown prosecutor in Lethbridge from 1903 to 1904.

Political life 

Simmons was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1906 to 1908 for the Alberta Liberal Party. He was elected in a by-election after Leverett DeVeber was appointed to the Senate of Canada. He resigned in 1908 to run for the House of Commons of Canada for Medicine Hat. He was defeated by the former Northwest Territories MLA Charles Alexander Magrath.

Alberta Supreme Court 

Simmons was appointed to the Supreme Court of Alberta on October 12, 1910, and was appointed the Chief Justice on August 27, 1924.

References

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Alberta Liberal Party MLAs
Candidates in the 1908 Canadian federal election
1865 births
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Saab Arena

Saab Arena, formerly named Cloetta Center between 2004–2014, is an arena in Linköping, Sweden. It opened in September 2004 and holds 8,500 people during sport events and 11,500 during concerts. On its opening, it became the new home ice for the ice hockey team Linköpings HC, replacing Stångebro Ishall.

The arena has hosted a Melodifestivalen semi-final six times: in 2005, 2008, 2011, 2017, 2020, and 2023. Some other notable music acts include Deep Purple, Europe, John Fogerty, Toto, W.A.S.P. and Whitesnake.

History
The arena cost a total of SEK 249 million to build. Candy manufacturer Cloetta acquired the naming rights prior to the arena's opening and named it Cloetta Center. The name held a double meaning in that "Center" was also one of the company's main brands. On 10 July 2013, Cloetta announced that they wouldn't extend their contracts with the arena after the 2013–14 season, which meant the arena would operate under a new name starting in the 2014–15 season. On 16 June 2014, Saab and Linköpings HC signed an agreement that would rename Cloetta Center to Saab Arena. The change didn't technically take effect before 1 July 2014.

See also
List of indoor arenas in Sweden
List of indoor arenas in Nordic countries

References

External links

  
 Hockeyarenas.net entry

Indoor arenas in Sweden
Indoor ice hockey venues in Sweden
Ice hockey venues in Sweden
Sports venues completed in 2004
Handball venues in Sweden
Buildings and structures in Linköping
Music venues completed in 2004
2004 establishments in Sweden
Jodi Miller

Jodi Miller (born May 8, 1971), is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actress, and author known for appearing on the 9th season of America's Got Talent.

Personal life 
Jodi Miller was born in New Jersey.

In February 2021, she adopted a daughter, McKenzie Jack.

Career
Miller has appeared as a reoccurring guest commentator on CNN’s Showbiz Tonight and as the host of the news parody show NewsBusted. She has performed on Comics Unleashed, The Tonight Show, Comedy Central, and Gotham Comedy Live.

She was a writer on the Cinemax series Co-Ed Confidential and is the co-author of the book series WTF with Gregory Bergman (WTF? College; WTF? Work; WTF? Women; SRSLY, WTF; WTF? America; and OMG! Guys).

On April 8, 2016, Miller released a comedy album entitled No Child Left Behind on iTunes. She also appears on the comic game show Funny You Should Ask and hosts the show The World's Funniest Weather.

References

External links
Jodi Miller Website

American people of Jewish descent
Actresses from New Jersey
American stand-up comedians
American television actresses
American television writers
American women comedians
America's Got Talent contestants
Living people
Actors from New Jersey
Actresses from Los Angeles
Writers from Los Angeles
Comedians from California
1971 births
Screenwriters from California
21st-century American comedians
American women television writers
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American actresses
American Quarterly

American Quarterly is an academic journal and the official publication of the American Studies Association. The journal covers topics of both domestic and international concern in the United States and is considered a leading resource in the field of American studies. The current editor-in-chief is Mari Yoshihara (University of Hawaiʻi). The journal is published quarterly by the Johns Hopkins University Press. It has been promoting digital research and teaching.

Notes

External links
 
  American Quarterly on the Johns Hopkins University Press website 
 American Quarterly  at Project MUSE
 American Studies Association

American studies journals
Academic journals established in 1949
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals
Magazines published in Baltimore
Aldie Senators

The Haymarket Senators  were a collegiate summer baseball team based out of Haymarket, Virginia.They competed in the Northern Division of the Valley Baseball League and played their home games at Battlefield High School. The team dropped out of the league after the 2015 season.

The team's uniform colors are navy blue and red.
The Haymarket Senators originally joined the Valley Baseball League in the winter of 2005 when Mark Keagle purchased the Haymarket Battlecats and promptly renamed the team.  Due to a lack of support by the local community the Senators were sold at the conclusion of 2007 season.  The Haymarket Senators moved to the neighboring community of Aldie after the completion of the 2012 season.

On August 12, 2009, the Senators won their first Valley League Baseball Championship, beating the Covington Lumberjacks 6-1.

On July 7, 2009, Scott Krieger, a player from George Mason University who played for the Senators in 2008, was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 19th round of the MLB Draft.

References

External links
Valley Baseball League

Amateur baseball teams in Virginia
Valley Baseball League teams
Prince William County, Virginia
Sports in Northern Virginia
Baseball teams established in 2006
2006 establishments in Virginia
Baseball teams disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Virginia
Solex vs. the Hitmeister

Solex vs. the Hitmeister is the debut studio album by Dutch musician Solex. It was released on 10 March 1998 by Matador Records.

Critical reception

Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote, "A completely unique combination of beats, samples, and voice, Solex is insular and inventive, revealing an artist with a very personal kind of creativity." David Browne of Entertainment Weekly said, "The echoey, rattling, wind-tunnel music lends an even eerier power to her tales of obsessions both romantic and physical."

In 2015, Fact placed Solex vs. the Hitmeister at number 28 on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.

Track listing

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

 Solex (Elisabeth Esselink) – performance, production, mixing, sleeve design
 Gerard Atema – clarinet
 Geert de Groot – guitar, piano, cello, bass guitar, melodica
 Frans Hagenaars – production, engineering, mixing
 Flip Heurckmans – engineering (assistant)
 Jeroen Kramer – saxophone, clarinet
 Robert Lagendijk – drums, vocals
 Colette Sloots – graphic editing

References

External links
 

1998 debut albums
Solex (musician) albums
Albums recorded in a home studio
Matador Records albums
Experimental pop albums
Trip hop albums
Sound collage albums