alibayram/wikipedia-40-langs huggingface dataset:
Perfect Master

The term Perfect Master may refer to:
the 5th of 33 degrees in Scottish Rite Freemasonry  (French: Maître Parfait) 
a title of Jesus in  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
a translation of Satguru in  Hindu movements and Sant Mat
a term used in the Divine Light Mission (DLM)
a term used by Meher Baba. See Perfect Master (Meher Baba)
George Frayne also known as Commander Cody, was introduced at performances of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen as "the 29-year old Perfect Master himself, Commander Cody".
Chinese Zhenren (lit. "true/perfect person") is a Daoist term for an enlightened spiritual master
The Island (Benchley novel)

The Island is a novel by Peter Benchley, published in 1979 by Doubleday & Co.

Plot summary
Blair Maynard, a divorced journalist in New York City, decides to write a story about the unexplained disappearance of yachts and other small boats in the Caribbean, hoping to debunk theories about the Bermuda Triangle. 

He has week-end custody of his preadolescent son Justin, and decides to mix a vacation with work, taking his son along. They fly from Miami to the Turks and Caicos island chain but, while on a fishing trip, are captured by a band of pirates. The pirates have, amazingly, remained undetected since the establishment of their pirate enclave by Jean-David Nau, the notorious buccaneer L'Olonnais, in 1671. The pirates have a constitution of sorts, called the Covenant, and have a cruel but workable society. They raise any children they capture to ensure the survival of the colony, but kill anyone over the age of thirteen years. In short order, Justin is brain-washed and groomed to lead the pirate band, much to Maynard's horror. Maynard tries repeatedly to escape, and finally attracts the attention of the passing United States Coast Guard cutter New Hope. The pirates attack and capture it, but Maynard is able to use a machine gun aboard to kill most of the pirates and to win Justin's and his own freedom.

Film adaptations
The Island (1980 film), a film directed by Michael Ritchie, was based upon the book; Benchley wrote the screenplay.  It starred Michael Caine and David Warner, opened to negative reviews and was considered a box office flop.

References

1979 American novels
American novels adapted into films
Novels set in the Bermuda Triangle
Novels about pirates
Novels by Peter Benchley
Novels about journalists
Novels set on islands
Doubleday (publisher) books
Pitchfork (band)

Pitchfork was an American post-hardcore band formed in 1986 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 1990. They are most well known as the first "real" band (after high school effort Conservative Itch/Coitus Interruptus) of guitarist John Reis, who would later gain fame as the frontman in Rocket from the Crypt, and as the first collaboration between Reis and singer Rick Froberg (the two would later form Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes). As an aspiring visual artist and illustrator, Froberg provided most of the band's artwork while Reis developed his studio skills by acting as producer on their records.

Band history
Pitchfork formed in 1986 in San Diego. The initial lineup consisted of John Reis on guitar and piano, Don Ankrom on bass and Joey Piro on drums. Rick Froberg (who would sometimes use the stage name Rick Farr or Rick Fork) soon joined on vocals. Their musical influences included Mission of Burma, Sonic Youth and others. In 1988 they recorded their first and only vinyl 7", Saturn Outhouse, consisting of three songs and released the following year.

In 1989 Ankrom left the band and was replaced by Nick Frederick. They entered Radio Tokyo studios and recorded their only album, Eucalyptus, which was released the following year on local label Nemesis Records. Froberg provided artwork for the album while Reis acted as producer. The band broke up shortly thereafter.

Following the breakup of Pitchfork Reis and Froberg formed Drive Like Jehu, in which they performed until 1995. Reis simultaneously formed Rocket from the Crypt, which he performed in until 2005. During the 1990s he also released a solo effort under the name Back Off Cupids, and from 2000-2007 performed in the Sultans. From 1999-2005 Reis and Froberg again reunited as the Hot Snakes. 

In 2003 Reis re-released Eucalyptus and Saturn Outhouse as a single CD through his record label Swami Records. 

After Froberg joined Obits from 2006 to 2015, Reis formed The Night Marchers in 2007. The Hot Snakes now continue after a 2011 reunion.

Band members
Rick Froberg (aka Rick Farr, Rick Fork) – vocals
John Reis – guitar, piano
Don Ankrom – bass (1986–1989)
Nick Frederick – bass (1989–1990)
Joey Piro – drums

Discography

Albums

EPs

External links
 Pitchfork band page at Swami Records
 Swami Records

American post-hardcore musical groups
Musical groups from San Diego
Swami Records artists
Musical groups established in 1986
Musical groups disestablished in 1990
1986 establishments in California
1990 disestablishments in California
Silver center cent

The Silver center cent is an American pattern coin produced by the United States Mint in 1792. As a precursor to the large cent it was one of the first coins of the United States and an early example of a bimetallic coin. Only 12 original examples are known to exist, of which one is located in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Two more specimens (Morris and California) exist but contain fabricated plugs added after minting.

Due to their rarity and historical significance Silver center cents are highly prized by collectors with one graded PCGS MS61 being sold in an online auction in April 2012 for .

Origins
During the early years of the American republic, there was a general consensus that the intrinsic bullion value of the new nation's coinage should be approximately equal to its face value. Some merchants would refuse to accept coins that did not meet this standard. For most denominations, bullion parity was achieved by producing the coins in a gold or silver alloy. However, the Coinage Act of 1792 specified that the cent was to consist of 11 pennyweight (264 grains or 17.1 g) of pure copper. Such a weight, needed to maintain intrinsic value, would have been too heavy for practical everyday use.

U.S. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson suggested an alternative: a coin made of an alloy that was primarily copper, but that included enough silver to give a reasonably-sized coin an intrinsic value of one cent.  This billon alloy was considered by the U.S. Mint, but U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton feared that it would be too susceptible to counterfeiting, since its appearance differed little from that of pure copper. In 1792, the Mint's chief coiner, Henry Voigt, hit upon a solution: a copper planchet, slightly smaller than that of a modern quarter, with a small silver "plug" inserted in a center hole during the striking process. The silver plug would have been worth approximately ¢ at contemporary bullion prices, while the copper planchet added an additional ¢ of intrinsic value. Several such coins were produced as test pieces. Ultimately, the additional labor required for these bimetallic coins proved unsuitable for mass production, and the large cent that was produced for circulation starting in 1793 consisted of 208 grains of 100% copper.

Design
The obverse of the silver center cent features a right-hand facing Liberty head with flowing unbound hair. The date appears below the portrait, and the words "LIBERTY PARENT OF SCIENCE & INDUST." are inscribed in a circular pattern around the central devices. The reverse design consists of a wreath with the words "ONE CENT" in the center, and the fraction "1/100" below. Surrounding the wreath, "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" is inscribed.

Specimens

References

Bi-metallic coins
One-cent coins of the United States
Goddess of Liberty on coins
Rock the Night

Rock the Night is a title used for various releases by the hard rock band Europe:

"Rock the Night" (song) - single released from the album The Final Countdown
Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe - "Greatest Hits" CD
Rock the Night: Collectors Edition - DVD that includes music videos and live footage

Other uses 
Rock the Night (Robert Walker album), the first live album by American blues guitarist Robert Walker
Urban Carmichael

Urban Carmichael (January 11, 1952 - February 13, 2006) was a storyteller, comic, songwriter and entertainer from Prince Edward Island, Canada. Known and loved across Canada and the US for his rural based humour and his dedication to the continuance of the oratorical traditions of Prince Edward Island and his Irish heritage. Carmichael was also a gifted writer, creating copy for radio and television.  He is widely believed to have been the greatest storyteller in Island history. His trademark phrases are so numerous and familiar to Islanders that they are commonly referred to as "Urbanisms".  

Carmichael was the son of John and Mary (Murphy) Carmichael and one of 10 children. He began performing as a child and continued to do so for more than 35 years. He gave countless Maritime performers their first opportunities for live performance, was a beloved mentor to many, and he shared the stage with most of the greatest performers in Atlantic Canada and beyond. For five years he performed with fiddler Connor O'Callaghan in the Celtic Review that bore his name at Orwell Corner Historic Village on PEI.  Carmichael's final performance was on the stage of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, for the CBC Radio production Madly Off in All Directions with host Lorne Elliott, just weeks before his death.    

Carmichael died at the age of 54 after a five-year battle with esophageal cancer.  He was surrounded by those who loved him and he is buried at his childhood parish in Vernon River, Prince Edward Island.

Discography 
I Couldn't Make it to Your Party...So I Sent My Tape! (1992)
Scatter My Ashes (1994)
Wanted Live! (1996)
Come From the Heart (2000)
The Island According to Urban Carmichael (2005)

Publications 
Roadkill (2005)

References 

1952 births
2006 deaths
Canadian humorists
Deaths from cancer in Prince Edward Island
Deaths from esophageal cancer
Senegal at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Senegal competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Results by event

Athletics 
Men's 100 metres
 Charles-Louis Seck
 Heat — 10.57 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres
 Ibrahima Tamba

Men's 800 metres
 Babacar Niang

Men's 400 m Hurdles
 Amadou Dia Ba
 Heat — 49.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
 Charles-Louis Seck, Amadou M'Baye, Seynou Loum, and Oumar Loum

Men's Long Jump
 Badara Mbengue
 Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres
 N'Dèye Dia

Women's 400 metres
 Aïssatou Tandian

Judo 
Men's Half-Lightweight
 Pierre Sène

Men's Lightweight
 Malick Seck

Men's Half-Middleweight
 Amadou Guèye

Men's Middleweight
 Aly Attyé

Men's Half-Heavyweight
 Moussa Sall

Men's Heavyweight
 Khalif Diouf

Swimming 
Men's 50 m Freestyle
 Mouhamed Diop
 Heat — 24.69 (→ did not advance, 49th place)

 Bruno N'Diaye
 Heat — 25.35 (→ did not advance, 57th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle
 Mouhamed Diop
 Heat — 55.82 (→ did not advance, 64th place)

 Bruno N'Diaye
 Heat — 56.39 (→ did not advance, 68th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
 Mouhamed Diop
 Heat — 2:23.92 (→ did not advance, 50th place)

Wrestling 
Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
 Alioune Diouf

Men's Greco-Roman Super-Heavyweight 
 Bounama Touré

Men's Freestyle Heavyweight 
 Alioune Diouf

Men's Freestyle Super-Heavyweight 
 Mor Wade

References 

 Senegalese Olympic Committee
 Official Olympic Reports
 sports-reference

Nations at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992
Summer Olympics
Ludger Pistor

Ludger Pistor (born 16 March 1959) is a German actor.

Career
Born in Recklinghausen, Pistor has played many roles in numerous German-language films and TV productions. He has also appeared in English-language films including the Academy Award-winning Schindler's List and the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale as the Swiss banker Mendel.

Filmography

References

External links

Official Homepage

1959 births
Living people
People from Herten
German male film actors
German male television actors
20th-century German male actors
21st-century German male actors
People from Recklinghausen
Senegal at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Senegal competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.  Amadou Dia Ba won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Medalists

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Women
Track and road events

Judo

Swimming

Men

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Freestyle

References

 Senegalese Olympic Committee
Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database

Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988
Oly
Plymouth Howler

The Plymouth Howler is a  roadster concept car designed and built by Plymouth. It was first presented at the 1999 SEMA Show. It has been described as a redesigned Prowler with increased cargo space compared to previous Prowler models and has 4.7L V8 engine. The engine is mated to a five speed manual transmission, instead of the Prowler's four speed automatic. This freed up some room in the undercarriage to enlarge the gas tank for the thirstier V8. The Howler also has a removable hardtop instead of the traditional ragtop of the Prowler. The top is manually removed, and can be stored in a compartment behind the seats.

References 

Howler
Retro-style automobiles
Ochre River, Manitoba

Ochre River is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore, Manitoba, Canada, approximately halfway between the City of Dauphin and Ste. Rose du Lac.

It was founded by Sir Douglas Thompson (May 12, 1854 – March 23, 1938) in 1893 as a farming community; many of the buildings have survived since.

Located within the community is Ochre River railway station, which is served by Via Rail. The community also has a post office, hotel, school, community centre, and a municipality office.

The community holds a yearly festival called "Country Daze".

References

Local urban districts in Manitoba
Unincorporated communities in Parkland Region, Manitoba
Mandel (river)

The Mandel is a  long river in the Belgian province of West Flanders, left tributary of the Leie (Lys). Its source is located in Passendale. It flows through Roeselare and Ingelmunster, and flows into the Leie near Waregem.

Rivers of Belgium
Rivers of West Flanders
Senegal at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Senegal competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Out of 24 contestants, no medals were won by Senegal on this occasion.

Results by event

Athletics
Men's 100 metres 
Charles-Louis Seck

Men's 400 metres 
Boubacar Diallo
 Heat — 46.73 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres 
Moussa Fall
Babacar Niang

Men's 400m Hurdles 
Amadou Dia Bâ

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay 
Mamadou Sène
Hamidou Diawara
Ibrahima Fall
Charles-Louis Seck
Saliou Seck

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay 
Boubacar Diallo
Babacar Niang
Moussa Fall
Amadou Dia Bâ

Men's 3,000 Metres Steeplechase
Mamadou Boye

Men's Triple Jump 
Mamadou Diallo

Women's High Jump 
Constance Senghor
 Qualification — 1.70m (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Judo
Men's Extra-Lightweight
Djibril Sall

Men's Lightweight
Ibrahima Diallo

Men's Half-Middleweight
Ousseynou Guèye

Men's Half-Heavyweight
Abdul Daffé

Men's Heavyweight
Khalif Diouf

Men's Open Class
Lansana Coly

Sailing
Mixed's Windsurfer
Babacar Wade

Shooting
Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol (25 metres)
Mamadou Sow

Men's Free Pistol (50 metres)
Amadou Ciré Baal

Wrestling
Men's Freestyle Flyweight 
Talla Diaw

Men's Freestyle Light-Heavyweight 
Amadou Katy Diop

Men's Freestyle Heavyweight 
Ambroise Sarr

Men's Freestyle Super-Heavyweight
Mamadou Sakho

References
Official Olympic Reports
Senegalese Olympic Committee

Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984
Oly
Simon Schoch

Simon Schoch (born 7 October 1978) is a Swiss snowboarder. At the 2003 World Championships, Schoch won Silver in Parallel Giant Slalom and Bronze in Parallel Slalom. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, he faced his brother Philipp Schoch – the reigning Olympic champion –  in the Parallel Giant Slalom Final. He gave away a 0.88 second deficit in the first run and was unable to make it up in the second leg, ending up with a silver medal.

References 
 Website of Philipp and Simon Schoch

Swiss male snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders for Switzerland
Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
1978 births
Living people
Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
Olympic medalists in snowboarding
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
21st-century Swiss people
The Sound of the Jam

The Sound of the Jam is a compilation album and the fifth greatest hits album by the group The Jam, released to mark their twenty-fifth anniversary. It contains a remixed version of 'That's Entertainment', featuring only the guitars and vocals of the demo version; and without the bass, drums and percussion.

There is also a 2-disc version which includes a DVD of 11 videos of The Jam playing.  The second disc is some of their other hits and songs that did not appear on any of their studio albums or were unreleased.

Track listing 
All tracks written by Paul Weller unless noted.

Disc one

Disc two

Charts

Personnel 
 Paul Weller – vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
 Rick Buckler – drums, percussion
 Bruce Foxton – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
 Steve Brookes – lead guitar (1972–1976)
Additional personnel
 Tracie Young – backing vocals on "Beat Surrender"
 Peter Wilson – piano, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ
 Steve Nichol – trumpet, Hammond organ
 Luke Tunney – trumpet
 Martin Drover – trumpet
 Keith Thomas – saxophone, soprano sax
 Afrodiziak – background vocals
 Russell Henderson – steel drums

References

External links 
 

2002 compilation albums
The Jam albums
Polydor Records compilation albums
Universal Music Group compilation albums
Bisei Spaceguard Center

The  is a spaceguard facility adjacent to the  (BAO), an astronomical observatory located at Bisei-chō, Ibara, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The facility was constructed during 1999–2000, where it since conducts the Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey or , an astronomical survey that solely tracks asteroids and space debris. BATTeRS has discovered numerous minor planets and the periodic, Halley-type comet and near-Earth object C/2001 W2 (BATTERS).

Space debris, along with defunct spaceships, satellites as well as other small objects can present a hazard to operating spacecraft. Built by the Japan Space Forum (JSF) with contributions by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, all expenses of the center are covered by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The telescopes which keep track of any space debris are staffed and operated by members of the Japan Spaceguard Association. 

The 1-meter Cassegrain telescope has a field of view of three degrees and there are plans to use a mosaic of ten CCD detectors each one of which will have dimensions of 2096 x 4096 pixels. A 0.5-meter telescope with a field of view of 2 x 2 degrees began operations in February 2000. Once the 1-meter NEO search telescope begins operations, the 0.5-meter telescope will be used to provide follow-up astrometric observations.

The main-belt asteroid 17286 Bisei, discovered by BATTeRS in July 2000, was named after the town where the Bisei Spaceguard Center and the Bisei Astronomical Observatory are located.

List of discovered minor planets 

BATTeRS has discovered more than 400 minor planets during its course. As an anomaly, the survey is also credited with the discovery of  at Kiso Observatory in 1996, or 4 years before the Bisei Spaceguard Center was constructed. Members of the program include Atsuo Asami, David J. Asher and Syuichi Nakano. Takeshi Urata was also a former member of BATTerS.

See also 
 Japan Spaceguard Association

References

External links 
 Official website 
 BATTeRS (プロジェクト) 
 Japan Spaceguard Association

Astronomical surveys
Asteroid surveys

Minor-planet discovering observatories
JAXA
Senegal at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Senegal competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Senegal and Ivory Coast were the only two African nations taking part in the games. The other African countries chose to boycott the games to protest IOC's decision to allow New Zealand to compete despite the tour of its rugby team in IOC-banned South Africa.

Results by events

Athletics
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay 
 Christian Dorosario, Momar Ndao, Barka Sy, and Adama Fall
 Heat — 40.40
 Semi Final — 40.37 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
 Ibrahima Ba
 Qualification — 6.96m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw
 Ibrahima Gueye
 Qualification — 52.82m (→ did not advance)

References
Official Olympic Reports

Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
Oly
Senegal at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Senegal competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Results by event

Athletics
Men's 800 metres
Daniel Andrade
 Heat — 1:53.9 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Men's 1500 metres
Daniel Andrade
 Heat — 3:59.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
Siatka Badji
 Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Malang Mane, Christian do Rosario, Momar N'Dao, and Barka Sy 
 Heat — 40.95s (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
 Lost to Soviet Union (52-94)
 Lost to Italy (56-92)
 Lost to Poland (59-95)
 Lost to Puerto Rico (57-92)
 Lost to Philippines (62-68)
 Lost to Yugoslavia (57-73)
 Lost to West Germany (62-72)
Classification Matches
 13th/16th place: Lost to Japan (67-76)
 15th/16th place: Walk-over to Egypt (2-0) → 15th place

Wrestling

References
Official Olympic Reports

Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
Oly
Sadr al-Din al-Sadr

Sadr al-Din Sadr (; 1882 – 26 November 1953) was the father of Moussa as-Sadr (disappeared in Libya in 1978) and Rabab al-Sadr, and the grandson of the Grand Ayatollah Sadr-eddine bin Saleh after whom the Sadr family of well-known scholars of Twelver Shi'a Islam has been named.

He is the second son of Sayyed Grand Ayatollah Ismail as-Sadr (d.1920). He was born in what is today Iraq to Lebanese parents and led a progressive religious group there. He then migrated to Khorasan where he married the daughter of Grand Ayatollah Hussein al-Qummi (:wikidata:Q20557209). Then he left to the Shia center of learning (hawzayi'ilmī) in Qom, Iran, where he became a renowned Grand Ayatollah. He died on 26 November 1953 in Iran.

See also

Ismail al-Sadr
Haydar al-Sadr
Sayyid Muhammad Ali Hosseini Shahrestani
Musa al-Sadr
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr
Muhammad Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr
List of Shi'a Muslim scholars of Islam
List of Ayatollahs

References

 Arabic biography of Imam Moussa as-Sadr

1882 births
1953 deaths
Ayatollahs
Iraqi Shia clerics
Iraqi ayatollahs
Iraqi Shia Muslims
Lebanese emigrants to Iran
Al-Moussawi family
Pupils of Muhammad Kadhim Khorasani
Burials at Fatima Masumeh Shrine
Senegal at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Senegal competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Basketball
Senegal qualified for the first time in basketball at the 1968 Olympics by winning the 1968 FIBA Africa Championship in Morocco over the Moroccan hosts. However, once at the tournament, Senegal lost all 7 of its matches to the Americans, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Panamanians, Yugoslavs, Filipinos and Spaniards on their way to last place in the tournament.

References
 Official Olympic Reports
 Senegal at the 1968 Summer Olympics at sportsofworld.com

Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
Oly
Senegal at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Senegal competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

References
Official Olympic Reports

Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
Oly
James Maas

James Beryl Maas (born 1938) is an American social psychologist and retired professor.  He is best known for his work in the field of sleep research, specifically the relationship between sleep and performance.  He is best known for coining the term "power nap".  He holds a B.A. from Williams College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University.  Maas has also produced numerous film specials on sleep research for PBS, BBC, and others.

For 48 years Maas taught psychology as a professor at Cornell University.  In January 1995 a Cornell University ethics committee recommended sanctions against Maas for sexual harassment. After the College's Senior Sexual Harassment Counselor determined that the complaints against plaintiff had merit, hearings were held before the College's Professional Ethics Committee.  On June 23, 1995 the Cornell University Administration published a press release that found Maas had neither sought "an intimate sexual relationship with any of his students nor...engaged in the physically abusive behaviors often associated with the term 'sexual harassment.'" 

Maas continued as a distinguished professor until his retirement on December 31, 2011. He currently serves on the advisory board of American Sleep Association.

References

External links
Maas's faculty page at Cornell (now in archive.org)
Dr. Maas's Website

1938 births
Living people
American social psychologists
Cornell University alumni
Cornell University faculty
Williams College alumni
Scientists from Detroit
CeNTech

The Center for Nanotechnology is one of the first centers for nanotechnology. It is located in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It offers many possibilities for research, education, start-ups and companies in nanotechnology. Hence it works together with the University of Münster (WWU), the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine and many more research institutions.

External links
 CeNTech Homepage

Nanotechnology institutions
Münster
Research institutes in Germany
University of Münster
Q-exponential

In combinatorial mathematics, a q-exponential is a q-analog of the exponential function,
namely the eigenfunction of a q-derivative. There are many  q-derivatives, for example, the classical  q-derivative, the Askey-Wilson operator, etc. Therefore, unlike the classical exponentials, q-exponentials are not unique.  For example,  is the q-exponential corresponding to the classical  q-derivative while   are eigenfunctions of the Askey-Wilson operators.

Definition
The q-exponential  is defined as

where  is the q-factorial and 

is the q-Pochhammer symbol. That this is the q-analog of the exponential follows from the property

where the derivative on the left is the q-derivative. The above is easily verified by considering the q-derivative of the monomial

Here,  is the q-bracket.
For other definitions of the q-exponential function, see , ,  and .

Properties
For real , the function  is an entire function of . For ,  is regular in the disk .

Note the inverse,  .

Addition Formula
The analogue of  does not hold for real numbers  and . However, if these are operators satisfying the commutation relation , then  holds true.

Relations
For  , a function that is closely related is   It  is a special case of the basic hypergeometric series,

Clearly,

Relation with Dilogarithm
 has the following infinite product representation:

On the other hand,  holds. 
When ,

By taking the limit ,

where  is the dilogarithm.

In physics 

The Q-exponential function is also known as the quantum dilogarithm.

References

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Q-analogs
Exponentials
2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington

Elections were held in Washington state in 2006 for seats in the United States House of Representatives. Of the nine congressional districts, six were won by Democrats and three by Republicans, with the Democrats taking 64% of the vote.

Overview

District 1

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee easily dispatched Republican challenger Larry Ishmael to win a sixth term.

Endorsements

District 2

Democratic incumbent Congressman Rick Larsen defeated his Republican opponent, U.S. Navy veteran Doug Roulstone by a solid margin.

Endorsements

District 3

In a slight improvement over his 2004 performance, incumbent Democratic Congressman Brian Baird easily won a fifth term over Republican challenger Michael Messmore.

Endorsements

District 4

In his bid for a seventh term, Republican incumbent Congressman Doc Hastings beat back a spirited challenge from Democratic nominee Richard Wright. Though Hastings eventually beat Wright by a fairly solid margin, it was not the kind of landslide that Hastings usually experienced in this strongly conservative district based in Central Washington.

District 5

Like neighboring Congressman Hastings, incumbent Republican Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers faced a surprisingly strong challenge from Democratic nominee Peter J. Goldmark in her conservative, Eastern Washington district. Though Rodgers ultimately edged Goldmark out by a comfortable margin, the race got close enough for CQ Politics to change its rating on the race to Republican Favored from Safe Republican.

District 6

Long-serving Democratic incumbent Norm Dicks, a high-ranking member on the Appropriations Committee did not face a credible challenge to his bid for a sixteenth term from conservative activist Doug Cloud in this liberal, Kitsap Peninsula-based district.

Endorsements

District 7

In his bid for a ninth term, incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott easily beat out Republican nominee Steve Beren and independent Linnea S. Noreen in this very liberal, Seattle-based district.

Endorsements

District 8

In 2004, then-King County Sheriff Dave Reichert won his first campaign for the United States House of Representatives by a five-point margin. 2006 proved to be just as tough of a year for Reichert. Facing former Microsoft executive Darcy Burner for the first time, Reichert faced a grueling battle for re-election. Polls taken in October showed the two candidates to be about even and the two major newspapers in the area--the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle Times--split their endorsements: The Post-Intelligencer endorsed Burner while the Times supported Reichert. Ultimately, though, a few weeks after election day, it became evident that Reichert had beaten out Burner and had won a second term.

Endorsements

District 9

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Adam Smith easily beat out Republican candidate Steven Cofchin for a sixth term in this Western Washington district based in the Puget Sound.

Endorsements

References

2006 Washington (state) elections
Washington

2006
Windows Mobility Center

Windows Mobility Center is a component of Microsoft Windows, introduced in Windows Vista, that centralizes information and settings most relevant to mobile computing.

History
A mobility center that displayed device settings pertinent to mobile devices was first shown during the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference of 2004. It was based on the Activity Center user interface design that originated with Microsoft's abandoned Windows "Neptune" project, and was slated for inclusion in Windows Vista, then known by its codename Longhorn.

Overview
The Windows Mobility Center user interface consists of square tiles that each contain information and settings related to a component, such as audio settings, battery life and power schemes, display brightness, and wireless network strength and status. The tiles that appear within the interface depend on the hardware of the system and device drivers.

Windows Mobility Center is located in the Windows Control Panel and also be launched by pressing the  keys in Windows Vista and 7. By default, WMC is inaccessible on desktop computers, but this limitation can be bypassed if one modifies the Windows Registry.

Windows Mobility Center is extensible; original equipment manufacturers can customize the interface with additional tiles and company branding. Though not supported by Microsoft, it is possible for individual developers to create tiles for the interface as well.

See also
 Features new to Windows Vista

References

Mobile computers
Mobility Center
Windows Vista
Marine canvas

Marine canvas refers to a varied array of fabrics used in the fabrication and production of awnings, covers, tarps, sunshades, signs and banners for the advertising, boating, trucking, tenting, structural and medical industries. The term "marine canvas" is also used more narrowly to refer specially to boat cover products.  

When referring to materials "marine canvas" is a catch–all phrase that covers hundreds of materials, for instance: acrylics, PVC coated polyester, silicone treated substrates and many coated meshes suitable for outdoor use. Most ¨marine canvas¨ materials offer good UV resistance, and, to some extent, water resistance or waterproofness.  Two of the most popular fabrics used today are solution dyed acrylic canvas such as Sunbrella and PVC coated woven polyester such as Stamoid. Such synthetic fabrics can last for many years before deteriorating due to UV radiation. Marine canvas is typically used to protect materials susceptible to UV damage like varnished wood, non-UV resistant plastics, and outdoor stored sails. Other boat specific uses include hatch covers for interior sun protection and winch covers for protection from deterioration and fouling due to seawater, rain, and dirt exposure. 

Products often referred to as "marine canvas" and made from "marine canvas" include biminis, dodgers, and similar enclosures that protect some part or section of a boat from the weather and/or to create a more comfortable environment for the boat user(s). These types of products can also include additional features such as transparent windows, lights, or storage. In some instances, these covers are also created purely, or in part, for aesthetic purposes.

The design of these covers requires the fabricator to create a custom pattern for the frame or object being covered. This can be done via careful measurement, but more commonly the finial material or a disposable templating material (typically paper or plastic sheet) is laid directly over the frame or object and then marked. Marks for cuts, seams, fasteners and chafe protection are applied to the pattern, which is then either used directly or transferred to the finial material from the templating material.

The thread used to stitch modern marine type canvas is typically made from Polyester or PTFE with sizes ranging from #69, #92, #138. Polyester thread is widely available and relatively low cost compared to PTFE, but PTFE thread has become increasingly popular due to its far greater resistance to ultraviolet radiation a chemical decomposition in a marine environment. This increased durability also adds lifespan as thus cost effectiveness to the finial product helping to offset the initially higher cost. Nylon and natural fiber thread is rarely used as neither have UV resistance comparable to Polyester or PTFE.

See also
 Sail

References

Sailboat components
Maritime culture
Early admission

Early decision  is a college admission plan in which students apply earlier in the year than usual and receive their results early as well.  (It is completely different from “early admission,” which is when a high school student applies to college in 11th grade and starts college without graduating from high school.) This benefits students by reducing the number of applications to be completed at one time, and by providing results early.  It benefits colleges as they generally know what their accepted student pool will look like before the regular admission process begins.  Most colleges that participate in early admission request applications by October 15 or November 1 and return results by December 15.

On September 12, 2006, Harvard University ended its early decision program, a move that had profound effects on college admissions nationwide. Harvard Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons explained the move was intended to decrease the privileging of wealthy applicants by the early decision process. In 2007, the University of Florida, the University of Virginia, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Princeton University joined Harvard when they announced that they were discontinuing their early decision program in an effort to help foster economic diversity in their student bodies. In 2011, Harvard University, Princeton University and several others reinstated their early decision programs.

Common early decision plans include:
Early action — a program that is not binding
Early decision — a program that is binding

All colleges define “early admission” programs differently, which is considering applications from exceptionally qualified high school students who wish to enter college after the junior year. Students interested in early admission typically have outstanding high school records and have exhausted the educational opportunities available to them at their high schools.

See also
College admissions
Rolling admission

References

University and college admissions in the United States
PacifiCare Health Systems

PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. was a provider of health insurance based in Cypress, California. It was acquired by UnitedHealth Group in December 2005.

History
The predecessor of the company was founded in 1978 by Samuel J. Tibbitts as a subsidiary of the Lutheran Hospital Society of Southern California.

PacifiCare was incorporated in 1983.

In 1985, PacifiCare of Oregon was created.

In 1993, Alan Hoops replaced Terry Hartshorn as president and CEO. The company also acquired Freedom Plan, California Dental Health Plan, and Advantage Health Plans.

In 1996, it acquired FHP.

In December 2005, the company was acquired by UnitedHealth Group. At that time, the company had 705,000 Medicare enrollees.

It continued to market health plans under the PacifiCare and SecureHorizons names until 2011, when it changed to the UnitedHealthcare name.

Sponsorship and philanthropy
The company sponsored Newman/Haas Racing for the 2003 CART season, the 2004 Champ Car season, and the 2005 Champ Car season and donated to support The Painted Turtle.

References

American companies disestablished in 2005
2005 mergers and acquisitions
Defunct health care companies of the United States
Zee Cine Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role

The Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Negative Role is chosen by a jury organized by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, and the winner is announced at the ceremony. It awards the actor or actress in the role of an antagonist.

Kajol was the first woman to win this award.

Multiple wins

Awards 
The winners are listed below:-

See also 

 Zee Cine Awards
 Bollywood
 Cinema of India

Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Negative Role
Chequamegon Point Light

The Chequamegon Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Long Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.

The Chequamegon Point light was maintained by the keeper of the La Pointe Light (about a mile away) and its original lens came from there. A boardwalk connected them, so light keepers could ride bicycles between the lights.  It is currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

The lighthouse was moved back on to the shoreline after it was replaced by a modern D9 cylindrical tower (a "sewer pipe" with light and fog signal) constructed in 1986.

In 1868 the original was established on Long Island's western end, marking the entrance to Chequamegon Bay and with it the towns of Washburn and Ashland.

In 1896, it was replaced by a square, white steel room sitting on steel legs. The  room is topped by an octagonal lantern with a red roof.  The concept echoes that of Lake Huron's Alpena Light.  There are also skeletal towers of various other designs in the western Great Lakes.

In 1986, the Coast Guard moved the light back from the shore, where it was threatened by erosion.
Access is by walking from the dock at the La Pointe station along the beach.

References

Further reading
 Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
 Merkel, James, Long Island Light, The Overlooked Light of the Apostles (March, 2000)  pp. 19-21.  Lighthouse Digest.
 Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) .
 
 Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) .

External links
 
Lighthouse friends article
NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin 

 - Current D9 light is listed
Wobser, David, Chequamegon Point Light, from an article that originally appeared in Great Laker Magazine  at boatnerd.com.

Lighthouses completed in 1896
Lighthouses in Ashland County, Wisconsin
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role

The Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Comic Role is chosen by a jury organized by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, and the winner is announced at the ceremony.

Multiple wins

Winners

See also

 Zee Cine Awards
 Bollywood
 Cinema of India

Zee Cine Awards
Anne Glover (venture capitalist)

Anne Margaret Glover,  (born 6 February 1954) is CEO and co-founder of Amadeus Capital Partners, a venture capital firm that invests in European high-technology companies. Prior to founding Amadeus in 1997, she was with Apax Partners & Company Ventures, where she was a member of the investment team. She has been a business angel, investing in UK-based information technology start-ups. Glover worked for Virtuality Group plc, where she was COO of the virtual reality peripherals company.

Glover was a manager and consultant with Bain & Company in Boston for five years. Earlier in her career, she worked for Cummins Engine.

She was chair of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA), which represents approximately 165 UK-based private equity and venture capital firms. She is on the Technology Strategy Board of the UK's Department of Trade and Industry.

Glover earned a master's degree in management from Yale School of Management and a master's degree in metallurgy and materials science from Clare College, Cambridge.

Glover was appointed a Commander of the Order of British Empire (CBE) in the 2006 Birthday Honours, "for services to business" and was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2008.

She was elected Chair of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (now Invest Europe) in June 2014.

Anne Glover along with Dervilla Mitchell, Professor Sarah Harper, Professor Fiona Murray and Professor Philip Bond was appointed to the Council for Science and Technology in March 2014.

In June 2018, Glover has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director in the Court of Directors of the Bank of England. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2021.

References

External links
Anne Glover bio at Amadeus Capital

Yale School of Management alumni
British money managers
British venture capitalists
Living people
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
1954 births
Honorary Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
Bain & Company employees
American chief executives of financial services companies
American women chief executives
British women company founders
American chief operating officers
American women investors
Financial company founders
20th-century British businesspeople
21st-century British businesspeople
British women in business
20th-century American businesswomen
20th-century American businesspeople
21st-century American businesswomen
21st-century American businesspeople
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Premcor

Premcor (formerly NYSE symbol PCO) was a Fortune 500 oil refinery group based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It operated five refineries, which are located in Port Arthur, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; Lima, Ohio; Hartford, Illinois; and Delaware City, Delaware with a combined crude oil volume processing capacity of approximately  (July, 2007).

Premcor was acquired by Valero in 2005.  Valero would later sell the Lima facility to Husky Energy in July 2007 and close the Delaware City refinery in November 2009.

External links 
Valero website

Companies based in Greenwich, Connecticut
Private equity portfolio companies
Companies disestablished in 2005
Moșul (mythology)

Moșul (the old man or the eternal man), is a mysterious benevolent character, symbol of wisdom and prosperity in Romanian mythology. Some historians associate him with the ancient Dacian god Zamolxis, or with the Roman god Saturn.

Romanian mythology
Grass (Animal Collective song)

"Grass" is the first single from Animal Collective's 2005 album, Feels. Pitchfork Media listed the song at #31 on its list of Top 50 Singles of 2005, claiming it is "as infectious as anything on the pop charts this year, and lots more fun to scream along with". The song was subsequently placed at #73 in the same publication's list of "Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s". Stylus also placed it in its Top 50 Singles of 2005  (this time at #44), praising the band's ability to "play tug of war between typical pop dynamics and the skewed perspective of experimental music". The title track was included in the 2008 book The Pitchfork 500.

The single was released in the United Kingdom on both CD and 7" vinyl. On March 21, 2006, it was released in the U.S. and Canada (July 3, 2006 worldwide) with a bonus DVD; the DVD contains music videos for "Grass", "Who Could Win a Rabbit" and "Fickle Cycle", as well as a video and sound collage, "Lake Damage", made by Brian DeGraw of Gang Gang Dance.

Track listing

References 

2005 singles
Animal Collective songs
2005 songs
John Fetterman (reporter)

John Fetterman (February 25, 1920 – June 21, 1975) was an American journalist, a reporter for The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky. He won the Pulitzer Prize for local, general, or spot-news reporting for his 1968 story "Pfc. Gibson Comes Home", about the death of a soldier in Vietnam and the return of his body. It focused on (James T. Gibson) the young man's family in Knott County, Kentucky and the wider community. Fetterman also contributed to a Courier-Journal series on strip mining that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967.

Early life and education
Born in Danville, Kentucky, Fetterman served in the U.S. Navy before enrolling at Murray State University under the G.I. Bill. After his graduation in 1949, he served on the staffs of the Murray Ledger and Times and the Nashville Tennessean.  After graduate school at the University of Kentucky, Fetterman joined the staff of the Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper.

Journalism career
He was the author of the 1967 book Stinking Creek, about life around the creek of the same name in Knox County, Kentucky.

Fetterman's freelance writing also appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, National Geographic, Time, and Life.

Fetterman died from a heart attack in Louisville on June 21, 1975. His daughter Mindy, also a journalist, is known for her work as a reporter, columnist and financial editor of USA Today, and in 2008 wrote a follow-up story to Stinking Creek about the present conditions of the area.

References

External links
The Pulitzer Prizes
Chip Scanlan at Poynter Online

1920 births
1975 deaths
20th-century American non-fiction writers
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists
Courier Journal people
Journalists from Kentucky
Murray State University alumni
Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism
University of Kentucky alumni
United States Navy personnel of World War II
Writers from Danville, Kentucky
Writers from Louisville, Kentucky