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Djimini people

The Djimini (also spelt Dyimini) people of Côte d’Ivoire belong to the larger Senoufo group. They have a population of about 100,000 and live in the north-eastern area of Côte d’Ivoire, in Burkina Faso and Mali.

The Djimini pass on their stories and traditions to their children. Men are considered to have reached adulthood by the age of thirty and are then taught about what being a man means and about their role in the community.

Language
Their language is in the Niger–Congo family. They think very highly of their language and speak it at home, working in the fields and at the market place, so it is not likely to disappear.

Working life
The Djimini are farmers. The more successful they are, the more respect they receive from the rest of the tribe. Men and women of all ages help with the farm work, to contribute to their family's needs, as the Djimini grow all the food they need to survive. They grow peanuts, cassava, corn, rice, millet, beans, mangoes and cashews. They are paid poorly for them, even when the harvest is successful, so when there is drought, life is very difficult.

Recreation
In their spare time, the Djimini enjoy playing soccer. They have their own festivals and traditional dances, during which they wear masks which often have a trunk-like nose.

They are known for their unique artwork, influenced by the neighboring Senufo people. Artwork includes masks made from wood carvings.

Beliefs
Animism is the main religious practice of the Djimini. This is a traditional African religion, which means they believe everything has a spirit inside it, for example inside the earth, moon, sun, lakes, rivers and seas.

Almost 50% of the Djimini practise Folk Islam, a mixture of Christian practises and pagan practices, but only 1% are Christians.

They have situated their houses around a baobab tree for generations. They plant one at the site of every village and associate it with a good spirit that provides protection and good fortune for their people. Baobab trees can live to be thousands of years old.

Because the Djimini depend on the food they grow, they believe that the ground holds spiritual blessings and many villages have priests who make sacrifices to the earth.

Like many of their neighbouring tribes, the Djimini believe that when people die, their spirits have power over their descendants’ lives.

Education
Most Djimini children do not go to school, as their parents cannot afford the books and uniforms or to pay the fees. Instead the children are expected to help by working in the fields with their families.

References 

Ethnic groups in Burkina Faso
Ethnic groups in Ivory Coast
Ethnic groups in Mali
Xerxes of Sophene

Xerxes (; ) was king of Sophene and Commagene from 228 BC to 212 BC. He was the son and successor of Arsames I.

Name 
Xérxēs () is the Greek and Latin (Xerxes, Xerses) transliteration of the Old Iranian Xšaya-ṛšā ("ruling over heroes"), a popular name amongst the rulers of the Persian Achaemenid Empire.

Reign 
Xerxes belonged to the Iranian Orontid dynasty. His father was Arsames I, who ruled Sophene, Commagene and possibly Armenia. Xerxes succeeded his father as the ruler of Sophene and Commagene in 228 BC, while his brother Orontes IV ruled Armenia. In 223 BC, several Seleucid satraps rebelled against King Antiochus III, including Artabazanes (Upper Media), Molon (Lower Media), Alexander (Persis), and Achaeus (Asia Minor). By 220 BC Antiochus had put down most of the rebellions; however, Achaeus was not defeated until 213 BC.

These rebellions help explain Antiochus' subsequent aggressive policy toward his satrap Xerxes. By 212 BC, Antiochus III had invaded the domain of Xerxes and defeated him after laying siege to the city of Arsamosata. Shortly afterwards Antiochus III arranged for Xerxes to marry his sister, Antiochis. However, within the same year she arranged to have her new husband assassinated, thinking that her brother would then be able to take control of Sophene. Whether Xerxes still ruled Commagene by the time of his assassination is not known.

References

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3rd-century BC Iranian people
Kings of Sophene
3rd-century BC monarchs in Asia
Year of birth unknown
Kings of Commagene
212 BC deaths
Nottingham Cooperative

Nottingham Cooperative (or Nottingham as referred to by its residents) is a 21-room housing cooperative located at 146 Langdon St. in Madison, Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Mendota. Nottingham was incorporated in February, 1971, by a group of lawyers and students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The membership is usually composed of a mix of about 20 students and non-students. Unlike eleven other housing cooperatives near the campus area, Nottingham is not part of the Madison Community Cooperative.

The building was built in 1927 in the Mediterranean Revival Style.

Nottingham has hosted musical and dramatic events.

History

The house was originally built in 1927 for the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity by Kansas architect Clarence E. Shepard (1869 - 1949). Shepard was an architect of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School in Kansas City, although 146 was built in the Mediterranean Revival Style. At that time, this Spanish style of architecture was popular on the west coast, especially in Hollywood, but rare in the Midwest. Nottingham's tile roof is one of the building's Mediterranean Revival features. 

Past owners include the fraternities Sigma Phi Epsilon (1927–1939) and Phi Sigma Delta (1940–1942), an all-girls dormitory called Shoreland House (1943–1951), and the fraternity Pi Lambda Phi (1952–1970). Nottingham celebrated its 50th anniversary as a co-op in 2021.

Events
Over the years Nottingham has hosted many events, usually held in the ballroom. Nottingham collects no money for these shows.

Bands that have played at Nottingham

 Killdozer (1983) 
 Die Kreuzen (1983) 
 MDC (1983) 
 Tar Babies (1983, 1984)
 Hüsker Dü (1984)
 Stanley Jordan (1984)
 Swamp Thing (1984)
 Bikini Kill (1994)
 Poster Children (1996)
 Perplexions  (1998) 
 Wolf Eyes (2003)
 Cock ESP (2003, 2004)
 Trad, Gras och Stenar
 Jackie-O Motherfucker
 No-Neck Blues Band
 Costes (2003)
 Eugene Chadbourne (2004)
 Panicsville (2004) 
 Nautical Almanac (2005) 
 Old Time Relijun (2005) 
 Flying Luttenbachers (2006)
 Fuck the Facts (2006) 
 Envy (2006)
 Upsilon Acrux (2007)
 Meat Jelly (2019)
 The Hollow Roots (2019)
 De3ra (2019)
 Hogback (2022)
 Commonwealth (2022)
 The Present Age (2022)
 Sex, Fear (2022, 2023)
 Lunar Moth (2022)
 Watermelon Collie (2023)
 Tiny Voices (2023)
 Excuse Me, Who Are You? (2023)
 Flying Fuzz (2023)
 Killed By Kiwis (2023)
 Dad Bods (2023)
 Everything Means Totally Nothing (2023)
 Oister Boy (2023)
 Eat Turf (2023)
 Cause and Control (2023)
 Sheep (2023)
 Boxing Day (2023)

Notable Alumni
Stacy Jo Scott

Notes

External links
Nottingham Twitter
Nottingham Myspace Page
Nottingham Facebook Page

Housing cooperatives in the United States
Buildings and structures in Madison, Wisconsin
Organizations based in Madison, Wisconsin
Mediterranean Revival architecture in Wisconsin
Who We Are (Hope Partlow album)

Who We Are is the only studio album by American pop music singer Hope Partlow. It was released on September 6, 2005. Shortly, after this album was released, Virgin Records dropped Partlow's contract.

Track listing
"Who We Are" – 3:04
"Don't Go" – 3:29
"Crazy Summer Nights" – 3:38
"Sick Inside" – 3:16
"Girlfriend" – 3:07
"Like You Do" – 3:26
"I Believe in You" – 3:52
"It's Too Late" – 4:19
"Cold" – 3:15
"Through It All" – 3:47
"Everywhere But Here" – 2:51
"Let Me Try" – 5:41
"Who We Are (Saturday Night Mix)" – 3:15
"Slow Down" (Wal-Mart Exclusive Download)

References

2005 debut albums
Hope Partlow albums
Abdissares

Abdissares (also spelled Abdissar) was the first king of Adiabene, ruling sometime in the first half of the 2nd-century BC. Scholarship initially considered him to be the ruler of Sophene, due to stylistic similarities between his coins and the ones in Commagene and Sophene. However, this has now been debunked. It has now been established that Abdissares' name—contrary to the Sophenian kings—was not of Iranian origin, but of Semitic, meaning "servant of Ishtar," a name primarily used by Semitic inhabitants. The goddess Ishtar enjoyed great popularity in the heartland of ancient Assyria, where Adiabene was located. 

Moreover, it has also been discovered that Abdissares used the Greek epithet [Α]ΔΑΙΑΒΗΝΟΥ ("of Adiabene") on his coins (which are to be dated ). Adding geographical or ethnographical (or political) terms on Hellenistic coin engravings was uncommon. The modern historian de Callataÿ has suggested that Abdissares may have added this epithet to highlight his royal rights to Adiabene in the midst of facing geopolitical challenges. According to Maciej Grabowski, Abdissares used the epithet to promulgate the establishment of the Kingdom of Adiabene. It has been surmised that Abdissares rose to kingship as a result of the disintegration of Greek Seleucid rule in the Near East. During this period, many local rulers took advantage of the Seleucid weakness to form their own kingdoms, such as Armenia, Sophene, Gordyene and Commagene.

On the obverse of Abdissares' coins, a portrait of him is displayed, wearing the same tiara worn by the satraps of Achaemenid era. The same type of tiara is worn by a king portrayed on the Batas-Herir rock relief in northern Iraq, which has led to the suggestion that the rock relief is a depiction of Abdissares. The reverse of Abdissares' coins depicts an eagle. An identical headgear is portrayed on the coinage of the Sophenian king Xerxes () and Baydad (), the ruler of Persis.

The next known person to rule Adiabene after Abdissares was an unnamed king, who was an ally of the Artaxiad Armenian king Tigranes the Great () during the Battle of Tigranocerta in 69 BC.

References

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Kings of Adiabene
2nd-century BC monarchs in the Middle East
Year of birth unknown
200 BC deaths
Neue Zeitschrift für Musik

[Die]  (; ) is a music magazine, co-founded in Leipzig by Robert Schumann, his teacher and future father-in law Friedrich Wieck, and his close friend Ludwig Schuncke. Its first issue appeared on 3 April 1834.

History
Although the first editor was Julius Knorr, most of the work on the early issues of the Neue Zeitschrift (NZM) was done by Schumann; in 1835, when a new publisher was found, Schumann's name appeared as editor. In his reviews, he praised those of the new generation of musicians who deserved acclaim, including Frédéric Chopin and Hector Berlioz. Schuncke wrote some articles under the byline "Jonathan" but died at the age of 23 in December 1834. 

In June 1843, Schumann's other commitments made him give up editorship of the magazine, and in 1844 Franz Brendel became owner and editor. Under his tenure, the most notable piece was Richard Wagner's anti-Jewish article "Das Judenthum in der Musik", published under the pseudonym K. Freigedank ('Freethought') in volume 33, no. 19 (3 September 1850). Ignaz Moscheles and other teachers at the Leipzig Conservatory were outraged and called for Brendel's resignation from its board. Wagner's article had insulted the memory of Felix Mendelssohn, the conservatory's founder—but had little further effect at the time. Later in the nineteenth century, it contributed to the rise in anti-semitism, including criticism of music by Jewish composers who differed in style from Wagner. Brendel continued to edit the magazine until his death in 1868.

NZM today
The Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, under the aegis of Schott Music, continues as a vehicle for writing on  music, including classical, jazz, rock, and sound art.  Each issue focuses on a particular topic, and includes a variety of essays, CD and book reviews.

References

External links
Neue Zeitschrift für Musik Website.

German-language magazines
Music magazines published in Germany
Magazines established in 1834
Magazines published in Leipzig
Robert Schumann
Monthly magazines published in Germany
National Pool Lifeguard Qualification

The RLSS UK National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) is the standard qualification providing training to over 95% of lifeguards in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The NPLQ can also be delivered in other countries where trainers and training centres meet RLSS UK standards. The RLSS UK NPLQ qualifications and courses are administered by IQL UK Ltd, part of the Royal Life Saving Society charity. 

Courses can be delivered over a one-week intensive course or over a number of different sessions. The RLSS UK NPLQ course contains both theory and practical training (reflected in the assessment ). Practical training includes CPR, Intervention and Rescue, Rescue of a casualty with a Suspected Spinal Injury and First Aid. Classroom based theory topics include those in the practical sessions as well as many topics relating to the role and requirements of the modern day lifeguard. The RLSS UK NPLQ qualification is internationally recognised  and can be especially useful for students wishing to travel abroad to continue lifeguarding. 

In Ireland the majority of awards are done through IQL Ireland (Institute of Qualified Lifeguards Ireland).

Course structure 
To obtain the qualification, two units must be passed. Unit one consist of training in swimming pool supervision, the principles of lifesaving and basic first aid. For new candidates, a minimum of thirty one hours of training must have been undertaken. Unit one is assessed by an external trainer assessor. 

Unit two assesses the practical application of the techniques learnt in unit one, with a minimum of seven hours of work being required to pass. It is assessed on an ongoing basis by a qualified trainer assessor.

To obtain the qualification, both units must be passed within six months of each other. The qualification lasts for 2 years from the date of issue and a further 20 hours of training must be completed before a lifeguard applies for renewal. 

In 2018 the latest version of the RLSS UK NPLQ was launched called 'Generation 9'. As the most sophisticated pool lifeguarding qualification yet, it is endorsed by CIMSPA and is currently the UK’s only professional standard qualification for lifeguards.

The previous update to the RLSS UK NPLQ was in 2012, which led to an unprecedented reduction in drownings in lifeguarded swimming pools in the UK to zero. This update, referred to as the 8th edition, was introduced that combined unit 1 & 2 into a single unit. Revision 8 also incorporated changes that rationalized the structure, some subjects were added, some removed or amended. The training material was completely revised together with the training material.  An optional AED add-on is now available in revision 8.  All trainer/assessors need to attend an update in order to train or assess RLSS UK NPLQ going forward as revision 7 was withdrawn in 2013.

References 

Swimming safety
Professional titles and certifications
Stainless steel soap

Stainless steel soap is a piece of stainless steel, in the form of a soap bar or other hand-held shape. Its purported purpose is to neutralize or reduce strong odors such as those from handling garlic, onion, durian, guava, salami, or fish.

No published scientific studies are known to have been conducted on the efficacy of these soaps, for which serious doubts have been raised.

Proposed mechanism 
The chemistry of garlic

The characteristic taste and odor of garlic is due to an oily, slightly yellow organosulfur compound  S-Allyl prop-2-ene-1-sulfinothioate, commonly called Allicin. Fresh garlic has little odor until it is chopped or crushed. Allicin is produced from alliin (a derivative of the amino acid cysteine) by the enzyme alliinase. Allicin is unstable and breaks down to form other sulfur compounds such as diallyl sulfides. These compounds contribute to the smell of fresh garlic. When on the hands these sulfur compounds can further degrade into other sulfur compounds, including sulfuric acid, in the presence of water. 

The chemistry of stainless steel

Steel is an alloy made up of iron mixed with carbon. Stainless steel is composed of steel mixed with at least 10.5% chromium, and often other elements such nickel and molybdenum, etc. Chromium is added to make it resistant to rust. Stainless steels that are corrosion and oxidation resistant typically need more than 11% chromium. Nickel is added to increase the corrosion resistance further, and protect it from harsh environmental conditions. Molybdenum may be added to avoid pitting or scarring. The chemical properties of stainless steel can be further improved for specialized uses by adding other elements, e.g. titanium, vanadium and copper.

Possible mechanism
The chromium in stainless steel forms a passive oxide film on the surface of the metal, resulting in corrosion resistance. It is suggested that allicin and the other sulfur compounds (including sulfuric acid) react with the chromium oxide layer, some possibly being adsorbed onto it. Washing the stainless steel soap in water would remove this layer and with it the smelly sulfur compounds. The oxide film would then reform and the stainless steel soap can be reused. 

Mark Lorch, Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry at the University of Hull and Joanna Buckley, Materials chemist and science communicator, at the University of Sheffield conducted some "citizen science" in 2016 to test this mechanism but there is no conclusive, rigorous evidence for it.

Usage
Companies that produce stainless steel soaps claim that the odors these foods cause result from sulfur, which turns into sulfuric acid upon washing the hands. The aim of the stainless steel soap is to then bind to the sulfur molecules, thus removing them and the associated smell from the hands.

See also
 Air ioniser

References

Kitchenware
Soaps
Steel
Pseudoscience
Steel objects
Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935

Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935 is  an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1935, with the preamble stating:

Ratifications
As of 2023, the convention has been ratified by 15 states.

External links 
Text.
Ratifications.

International Labour Organization conventions
Working time
Treaties concluded in 1935
Treaties entered into force in 1957
Treaties of Australia
Treaties of Azerbaijan
Treaties of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Treaties of Finland
Treaties of South Korea
Treaties of Kyrgyzstan
Treaties of Lithuania
Treaties of Moldova
Treaties of New Zealand
Treaties of Norway
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Treaties of Sweden
Treaties of Tajikistan
Treaties of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Treaties of Uzbekistan
Treaties extended to Norfolk Island
1935 in labor relations
The Rumps

The Rumps (, meaning fort at Pentire) () is a twin-headland promontory at the north-east corner of Pentire Head in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

The promontory is formed from hard basaltic rock (see also Geology of Cornwall) and projects north into the Atlantic Ocean. Its headlands lie east-to-west. A small offshore island named The Mouls lies off the eastern headland; the western headland is named Rumps Point.

Access to The Rumps is via the South West Coast Path from Polzeath or by an inland public footpath from the car park at Pentire Farm. The entire Pentire headland, including The Rumps, is under the stewardship of the National Trust. Sightseeing boat tours regularly sail around The Rumps from the nearby port of Padstow. It is also listed by the RSPB as one of Cornwall's "prime spots" to see the corn bunting, a species of high conservation priority.

Iron Age fort
The Rumps is the site of an Iron Age promontory fort which was first recorded in 1584 by John Norden and also appears on the first Ordnance Survey map in 1881. The fort was the subject of an archaeological survey between 1963 and 1967, with the findings being published in 1974 in Cornish Archaeology, 13, pp 5-50.

It described three phases of building and two of occupation between the 4th century BC and the first century AD, with round houses containing pottery using clay from the Lizard, bones and domestic items (like querns and spindle whorls) having been excavated. The find of an amphora also suggests trade with the Mediterranean.

Being connected to the mainland with only a very narrow isthmus, the site is an excellent defensive position. The fort has three ramparts, built in two phases and with central entrances.

"For the Fallen"

The poet Laurence Binyon wrote "For the Fallen" in 1914 while sitting on the cliffs between Pentire Point and The Rumps. A stone plaque was erected at the spot in 2001 to commemorate the fact. The plaque bears an inscription which reads For The Fallen composed on these cliffs 1914 and quotes the stanza popularly known as The Ode.

Notes

References

Headlands of Cornwall
Hill forts in Cornwall
Iron Age sites in Cornwall
Military history of Cornwall
National Trust properties in Cornwall
Broker, Lewis

Broker () is a small hamlet next to the village of Portvoller and Portnaguran on the Eye Peninsula located on the east side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Brocair is situated on the A866, between Stornoway and Portnaguran, and is within the parish of Stornoway.

References

External links

Geograph images of the area around Broker

Villages in the Isle of Lewis
Amare

Amare may refer to:

Music
"Amare" (Adrijana song)
"Amare" (Mino Vergnaghi song)
"Amare" (La Rappresentante di Lista song)

People

Amare Aregawi, Ethiopian journalist
Amaré Barno (born 1999), American football player
Amar'e Stoudemire (born 1982), American-Israeli basketball player
Girmaw Amare (born 1987), Israeli runner
Hailemariyam Amare (born 1997), Ethiopian runner

See also
Te Amaré (disambiguation)
Amari (disambiguation)
Adham Barzani

Adham Sheikh Othman Sheikh Ahmad  Barzani (born April 16, 1962) is a former member of Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly.  He is former Kurdish President Massoud Barzani's cousin.

The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah (KRH) was led by Adham Barzani which was established in 1988 as a splinter group from Kurdish Hezbollah of Iran. Like other Iraqi Kurdish parties, the group received funds from Iran in the 1990s.  KRH was dissolved in 2004. Adham Barzani became a member of Kurdistan Parliament on Kurdistan Democratic Party's list.

References

1962 births
Living people
Kurdistan Democratic Party politicians

 He was a high member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he had a special position within the PDK
Faisal ibn Turki

Faisal ibn Turki may refer to:

 Faisal bin Turki Al Saud (1785–1865), ruler of the Second Saudi State and head of the House of Saud
 Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864–1913)
Bankruptcy risk score

A bankruptcy risk score is a number that indicates the likelihood of an individual filing for bankruptcy. Although it has been used for over twenty years to assess risk in lending, few consumers know of it. It is related to the better-known credit score, but unlike credit scores, bankruptcy risk scores are not sold to consumers by any of the credit bureaus. Consequentially, individuals have little or no way of knowing what their bankruptcy risk scores are or how to improve upon them. Furthermore, since there is no standardized index of measurement, consumers often have trouble contextualizing their score on a standardized scale, instead only receiving general information from a single bureau.

This is also referred to as debt analysis which allows lenders the ability to assess a customers' risk in taking out a loan. One can improve their score by paying bills on time, keeping balances low, and having few revolving accounts.

Equifax, a US credit bureau, offers a bankruptcy risk score called Bankruptcy Navigator Index to its commercial clients.  The BNI 4.0  considers a consumers credit balances versus credit limits as the most heavily weighted factor.  It has a scoring range starting at 1 (low) and ends at 600 (high) with lower scores being a greater risk for filing for bankruptcy within the next 2 years.  Most credit card issuers do not disclose the use of BNI on a letter of denial and it is difficult for consumers to know their score.

References

Bankruptcy
Charles Cutler Torrey

Charles Cutler Torrey (20 December 1863 – 12 November 1956) was an American historian, archaeologist and scholar.

Career
He is known for, presenting through his books, manuscript evidence supporting alternate views on the origins of Christian and Islamic religious texts. He founded the American School of Archaeology  at Jerusalem in 1901.

Torrey taught Semitic languages at the Andover Theological Seminary (1892–1900) and Yale University (1900–32). He countered certain parts of the Biblical interpretation of Catholic theologian, Albert Condamin, of the Book of Jeremiah.

Some of Torrey's studies are included in The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book, edited by Ibn Warraq.

Books 
The Mohammedan Conquest of Egypt and North Africa (1901), based on the Arabic work of Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam, of which he subsequently published an edition (1922).
The Jewish Foundation of Islam (1933).
The Composition and Historical Value of Ezra-Nehemiah (1896)
Ezra Studies (1910)
The Chronicler's History of Israel (1954).
 In The Second Isaiah: A New Interpretation (1928), he argued that Isa. 34–35 and 40–66 should be dated c. 400 BC.
Original Prophecy (1930) presents his theory that the canonical book of Ezekiel is a revision of a 3rd-century pseudepigraphon.
The Translations Made from the Original Aramaic Gospels (1912)
The Four Gospels: A New Translation (1933)
Our Translated Gospels (1936), Torrey held that the four Gospels were Greek translations from Aramaic originals.
Apocalypse of John (1958) argues that Revelation was a translation of an Aramaic original written in AD 68.

References

External links
 The Four Gospels: A New Translation at Universal Digital Library.

1863 births
1956 deaths
20th-century American archaeologists
20th-century American historians
American biblical scholars
American male non-fiction writers
American orientalists
Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America
Scholars of medieval Islamic history
Area code 925

Area code 925 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for a northern part of the U.S. state of California. It was created in an area code split of area code 510 in 1998. The numbering plan area comprises the inland portions of the East Bay counties of Alameda and Contra Costa.

History
The numbering plan area (NPA) was originally served with area code 415, one of the first three area codes of California in 1947, which originally was assigned to central California. In 1991, area code 510 was created to serve most of the East Bay.  Area code 925 was created March 14, 1998, when area code 510 was split along the natural border of the Berkeley Hills.

The numbering plan area includes southeastern Alameda County (Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore, Sunol, and unincorporated areas surrounding those communities), and all of Contra Costa County except the western part (El Cerrito to Crockett).

Prior to October 2021, area code 925 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, 988 was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. The area code was therefore transitioned to ten-digit dialing on October 24, 2021.

Service area

Alameda County

Altamont
Dougherty
Dublin
East Pleasanton
Kilkare Woods
Livermore
Pleasanton
San Ramon Village
Sunol
Ulmar

Contra Costa County

Alamo
Alamo Oaks
Antioch
Bay Point
Bethel Island
Bixler
Blackhawk
Blackhawk-Camino Tassajara
Brentwood
Byron
Canyon
Clayton
Clyde
Concord
Danville
Diablo
Discovery Bay
Knightsen
Lafayette
Marsh Creek Springs
Martinez
Mococo
Moraga
Norris Canyon
Oakley
Orinda
Orwood
Pacheco
Pittsburg
Pleasant Hill
San Ramon
Saranap
Shore Acres
Vine Hill
Waldon
Walnut Creek

See also
List of California area codes

References

External links

Report on the 925 area code produced by the California Public Utilities Commission, Telecommunications Division

925
Alameda County, California
Contra Costa County, California
925
Northern California
Bandar Jissah

Bandar Jissah () is a coastal town in northeastern Oman.

Bandar Jissah was the centre of a Cause célèbre in Anglo-Omani relations in 1898, which was later called Oman's Fashoda Incident

The Sultan of the day, the Gujarati speaking Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, wearying of the tiresome British complaints about his trade in slaves, turned to the large Bandar, who was more relaxed about such things. Bandar agreed to let them establish a coaling-station at Al Jissah, in return for 420 slaves. The purpose for the slaves was to fill Bandar's desire for eating them. He realized they were a delicacy, and his lust for food was clear, evident by his circular and plump figure. This was too much for the British, one object of whose presence in Muscat had for a long been to frustrate French designs in the region. The destiny of the slaves to be Bandar's dinner was atrocious. The Sultan was forced to rescind his agreement with the French on pain of having his Muscat palace blown to smithereens.

References

Populated places in the Muscat Governorate
Populated coastal places in Oman
Western Infirmary

The Western Infirmary was a teaching hospital situated in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland, that was managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. It was opened in 1874 and closed in 2015.

History
After the University of Glasgow moved from the city centre to the West End in the 1870s, distancing itself from the Royal Infirmary, a new teaching hospital was commissioned for the new university site and opened in 1874. The Western Infirmary opened as a voluntary hospital relying upon donations and bequests from members of the public. By 1890 there had already been 877 operations performed in the hospital.

Although the hospital initially had only 150 beds, by 1911 this had increased to over six hundred. In 1936 the decision was taken to establish a medical department. In 1930 a radiology department opened and, in 1936, a new ophthalmology department was officially opened, named the Tennent Memorial, with an entrance on Church Street. In 1938 the research capacity increased with the opening of the Gardiner Institute of Medicine. Taking its name from the family that had gifted almost £25,000 towards its foundation the institute worked in conjunction with the University of Glasgow.

In 1948 with the introduction of the National Health Service the Western Infirmary came under the management of the Glasgow Western Hospitals Board of Management.

A£3.5million two-phase rebuilding programme was authorised by the Glasgow Corporation in June 1962. The 256–bed Phase 1 block was completed in 1974. After the completion of the nearby Gartnavel General Hospital in 1972, Phase 2 was indefinitely postponed in 1975.

In 2002, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde announced the results of a three-year consultation, the Greater Glasgow's Acute Services Review, wherein they outlined a £700 million modernisation plan for Glasgow's hospitals. As part of the plan, some services would be transferred to expanded facilities at Gartnavel General Hospital but most of them would be transferred to new facilities at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital site. By 2010 the Western Infirmary had only 493 inpatient beds.

In autumn 2015, the Western Infirmary closed with the exception of the minor injuries unit. At the end of 2015 the Minor Injuries Unit moved a short distance to the Yorkhill Hospital site and the Western Infirmary closed completely on 6 December 2015.

In accordance with a commitment given by the hospital to the university in 1878 that the site would be offered back to the university if it was no longer required for healthcare, the university exercised its right to acquire the site and plans to redevelop it were approved in February 2017.

Services
There was a Maggie's centre at the hospital to help cancer patients, as well as the Glasgow Clinical Research Facility.

References

External links

 Celebrating a Proud History: The Western Infirmary 1874−2015 on the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde website

Hospital buildings completed in 1874
Hospital buildings completed in 1974
Defunct hospitals in Scotland
Hospitals in Glasgow
Teaching hospitals in Scotland
Voluntary hospitals
2015 disestablishments in Scotland
Partick
Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers

Notable software MIDI editors and sequencers are listed in the following table.

See also
 List of scorewriters
 Comparison of free software for audio
 MIDI Show Control
 MIDI Show Control software
 List of music software
 :Category:MIDI standards

References

Software synthesizers
Multimedia software comparisons
Munir Hafiez

Lieutenant-General (retd) Munir Hafiez (born March 1949) is a retired Pakistan Army general and the former chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of the Government of Pakistan. Before his appointment in 2001, he served in the Pakistani Army for 38 years.

Military career 
Hafiez was commissioned in the 39th PMA Long Course in October 1969. He also stayed GOC 7th Infantry Division at Peshawar and as Commander, XXXI Corps at Bahawalpur from August 2000 to October 2001.

NAB chairman
He was replaced by Lt. Gen. Shahid Aziz after completing a controversial four-year tenure at NAB from October 2001 to October 2005.

Later work
He has served as managing director and CEO of Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited. He has also served as Vice President of Zindagi Trust, a private organization.

References

External links
Speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies

Pakistani generals
1949 births
Living people
Frontier Force Regiment officers
Army Burn Hall College alumni
With You in Mind

"With You in Mind" can refer to:

 With You in Mind (Marianne Faithfull song), a 1966 song by Marianne Faithfull
 With You in Mind (Allen Toussaint song), a song by Allen Toussaint included in his 1978 album Motion, popularized by Aaron Neville
 With You in Mind (album), a 1962 album by Alma Cogan
 With You in Mind (Alma Cogan song), a song from the album
VTY

VTY may refer to:

 Joint Organisation of State Employees (, VTY), a Finnish trade union federation
 Air Midwest (Nigeria) (ICAO: VTY), a defunct airline
 ViTALiTY (also known as VTY), a warez group
 WVTY (also known as  "92-1 VTY Country"), an American radio station
 Vistry Group (LSE: VTY), a British housebuilding company
 Virtual teletype (VTY), a command line interface, see Telnet
Evendine College

Evendine College was a chain of TEFL schools, operating five campuses London, England, and satellite schools in Brazil and Poland. It was exposed by the Evening Standard for providing false information to immigration authorities, and allowing registered students to work illegally.

Closure 

While under investigation by the Home Office, Evendine closed its doors without warning on 13 June 2003. Allegations indicate that the school allowed students to obtain work visas, despite enrollees admitting that they would not be attending classes. The staff was left without pay, and an estimated 3000 students lost their tuition for the term, as well as money paid for lodging with British families. The closure has spawned concerns about regulation in the private sector.

See also 
Language education

References 

Language schools in the United Kingdom
Defunct educational institutions in the United Kingdom
Schools of English as a second or foreign language
Generalized multidimensional scaling

Generalized multidimensional scaling (GMDS) is an extension of metric multidimensional scaling, in which the target space is non-Euclidean. When the dissimilarities are distances on a surface and the target space is another surface, GMDS allows finding the minimum-distortion embedding of one surface into another.

GMDS is an emerging research direction. Currently, main applications are recognition of deformable objects (e.g. for three-dimensional face recognition) and texture mapping.

References 

Dimension reduction
TVR 350SE

The TVR 350SE was a sports car designed and built by TVR starting in 1990 and ending in 1991.  
In 1990 TVR Engineering Limited produced a limited production run of 25 specially prepared 350's to mark the end of the era heralded by the 350i. This commemorated the previous 7 years of production during which time over a thousand 350i-model TVRs were manufactured.
The limited production 350SE was seen as the ultimate progression of the 350i in terms of both outright performance and enjoyment.

All 350SEs featured a 3.9 litre NCK hotwire Rover V8 all-alloy engine, polished multi-spoke alloy wheels and Koni adjustable shock absorbers.

Individual cars
Each car is uniquely numbered with its number surrounded in laurels in gold for future recognition on the side wings and rear. The cars also had 350SE decals on front spoiler, side sills and rear. TVR originally sold the 350SEs for £21,000.

Number 13 was never made so there was a number 26 to make up the 25 cars. Number 20 was a big valve. Number 19 has been broken up for parts and no longer exists.

Number 1 of 25 is Monza red with a cream and red interior and shown in the top photograph.

References

350SE
Sports cars

Cars introduced in 1990
Honda H4 transmission

The H4 was Honda's first 4-speed automatic transmission.  It is distinguished from the later H4A by its use of two rather than three shafts.

Applications:
 1983 Honda Accord (AK)
 1983–1985 Honda Prelude (AS)
 1984–1985 Honda Accord (AS)
 1985–1987 Honda Prelude (F4)
 1986–1989 Honda Accord (F4)
 1986–1987 Honda Civic (CA)
 1986–1987 Honda CRX (CA)
 1986–1987 Acura Integra (CA)
 1988–1989 Honda Prelude (K4)
 1988–1989 Acura Integra (P1)
 1989–1990 Honda Civic (S5)
 1990–1991 Honda Prelude (PY8A)

See also
 List of Honda transmissions

H4
Automatic transmission tradenames
Radical Traditionalism

Radical Traditionalism may refer to:
Within the Traditionalist School (religious studies)
An ideology advocated by Julius Evola
An ideology advocated in the Tyr journal
An album by Ralph Shapey

See also
Traditionalism (disambiguation)
Royal Infirmary

Royal Infirmary may refer to a number of hospitals in the United Kingdom:

England
Blackburn Royal Infirmary
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Bolton Royal Infirmary
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Chester Royal Infirmary
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary
Royal Halifax Infirmary
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
Hull Royal Infirmary
Lancaster Royal Infirmary
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Liverpool Royal Infirmary
Royal Infirmary for Children and Women, Lambeth, London
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary
Preston Royal Infirmary
Salford Royal Infirmary
Sheffield Royal Infirmary
Scotland
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
Dundee Royal Infirmary
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Falkirk Royal Infirmary
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Greenock Royal Infirmary
Montrose Royal Infirmary
Perth Royal Infirmary
Stirling Royal Infirmary
Wales
Cardiff Royal Infirmary
A533 road

The A533 road or the Bridgewater Expressway is a road linking Rode Heath in Cheshire, England with Widnes, also in Cheshire.

Route
The road follows this route:

Rode Heath ()
Sandbach
Middlewich
Northwich
Runcorn
Widnes ()

Primary route status
The road is a primary route between Middlewich and Runcorn.  The route also covers the Silver Jubilee Bridge.

References 

Roads in England
Roads in Cheshire
IC codes

IC codes (identity code) or 6+1 codes are codes used by the British police in radio communications and crime recording systems to describe the apparent ethnicity of a suspect or victim. Originating in the late 1970s, the codes are based on a police officer's visual assessment of an individual's ethnicity, as opposed to that individual's self-definition. In most circumstances where an individual's ethnicity is recorded after spoken contact with police (such as a "stop and search" or arrest), in addition to visual assessment police are also required to use the more extensive "18+1" self defined ethnicity codes, "even if the category chosen is clearly at odds with the officer’s visual assessment".

The usage of IC codes in relation to individuals is recorded as part of information collected during activities including "stop and search", issuing of fixed penalties, arrest, and custody of individuals, and is recorded on a number of police databases. This is as required under section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, which states that:

The IC codes are also known as PNC or Phoenix Codes, or the 6+1 system. Other individuals involved in security and law enforcement, such as environmental enforcement officers, street wardens, guardians (Cheltenham), city guardians (Broad Street, Westminster City Council), police community support officers, revenue protection inspectors, security guards and door supervisors, also use IC codes on a regular basis.

Other uses
The IC classification has also been used in scientific research. In 2014, a global forensic database based on the IC codes was established. It contains the microsatellite (short tandem repeat) profiles of 7,121 individuals from various parts of the world residing or applying to live in the UK and Ireland. The six population database is used in a forensic setting to ascertain distant relatedness or coancestry according to the fixation index (FST) measure of genetic distance.

See also
Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom

References

Encodings
Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
Honda H4A transmission

The H4A was a modified version of Honda's first 4-speed automatic transmission, the H4.  Introduced in 1990 on the flagship Honda Accord, the H4A series had three shafts, rather than the two found on the H4.  It was replaced by the light-duty M6HA series and medium-duty B7XA.

Applications:
 1990– Honda Accord (PX4B)
 1991–1992 Honda Accord (APX4)
 1991– Honda Accord (MPXA)
 1992– Honda Accord (MPWA)
 1992–1994 Acura Vigor (MPWA)
 1993– Honda Accord (MPXA)
 1994–1997 Honda Accord (MPOA)

See also
 List of Honda transmissions

H4A
Automatic transmission tradenames
De Kooy Airfield

De Kooy Airfield ()  is an airfield  south of Den Helder, Netherlands, named after the nearby hamlet De Kooy. It serves as both a civilian airport under the name Den Helder Airport and a naval airport under the name Maritiem Vliegkamp De Kooy (Dutch for Maritime Aviation Site De Kooy). 

Most movements on the De Kooy are made by helicopters, bringing workers to and from offshore oilrigs and naval helicopters such as the NH90 of the Naval Aviation Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Fixed-wing aircraft visit and operate from the airport alongside. Skyline Aviation operates from De Kooy, mainly operating business aircraft and also do airwork such as aerial photography for civilian and military contractors. Amongst its fleet of aircraft most noticeable are several Aero L-39 Albatros jets.

History
The airport was constructed in 1918 for the Royal Netherlands Navy, whose primary base was and still is located in Den Helder. A seaplane base already existed nearby on the south side of Texel however the navy required an airport for conventional aircraft as well. The base came under German control during the Second World War and was renamed Fliegerhorst De Kooy. It suffered heavy damage during the war, this despite the construction of heavy anti-aircraft defences in the area. After the war, the need for a naval air base in the area remained, and the airport was repaired. In 1960 a concrete runway was constructed, the base using a simple grass field prior to that. The retirement of the last aircraft carrier operated by the Dutch navy, the HNLMS Karel Doorman, in 1968, meant that the navy started to replace its fixed wing aircraft based at De Kooy with helicopters. In the 1980s, the need for offshore helicopter services for oilrigs in the North Sea resulted in the military sharing the base with civilian users.

Future
The oil fields in the North Sea will eventually be depleted and when that happens the airport would lose most of its helicopter movements and thus alternative markets are being looked at, such as business and holiday flights.

Airlines and destinations
There are currently no scheduled services to and from Den Helder. A service to Manchester and Norwich offered by Loganair was briefly operated in March 2013. This route was terminated after only two weeks of service due to weak demand.

References

External links

Skyline Aviation
Photos taken at Den Helder – De Kooy (DHR / EHKD) from Airliners.net

Royal Netherlands Air Force bases
Airports in North Holland
Den Helder
Colin Cunningham

Colin Alexander Cunningham (born 1966) is an American television and film actor. Cunningham is best known for his roles as John Pope in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies and as Major/Lt.Col Paul Davis on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.

Career
Cunningham began his acting career when he was dared by a friend to audition for a role in a public casting call. He was part of the founding company of the Open Fist Theatre Company, and he studied directing at the Vancouver Film School.

He had a recurring role on Stargate SG-1 as USAF Major Paul Davis (15 episodes).  Another major role was his portrayal of Brian Curtis, a crooked cop, in the popular, award-winning Canadian series Da Vinci's Inquest.  He reprises the role of Brian Curtis in the 2006 sequel series, Da Vinci's City Hall. He appeared as Steven Lefkowitz in the short-lived jPod and in several episodes of The L Word. Other appearances include the Canadian series Flashpoint and in Sanctuary, where he plays the husband of a biologist friend of Henry Foss. His most notable role is as John Pope on Falling Skies

He also gained critical acclaim as Master of Ceremonies, Julian Slink in the Syfy series Blood Drive.

He starred as an anti-clone activist named Tripp in the 2000 thriller The 6th Day, and as the character McCabe in the 2005 film Elektra.

He wrote, directed, and starred in a short film titled Centigrade, a contemporary thriller. It was the winner of the 2007 Kick Start Award and in 2008 made the 'short list' for an Academy Award Nomination.

In addition to acting, he has directed numerous music videos for Country Music Television (CMT). He plays tenor saxophone and is band leader for the funk/soul band WHAT-THE-FUNK!, which was formed in 2013.

Filmography

References

External links 

 
 Colin's Facebook Page
 Colin Cunningham on Twitter
 Centigrade the Movie (official Centigrade website)
 Falling Skies site
 Colin Cunningham Fans (Official Fan Club)

1966 births
Male actors from Los Angeles
American male film actors
American male television actors
Living people