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Ashish

Ashish or Aashish is a male given name. This name is most common in India and Nepal. It literally means blessing from the elderly or from God or Aashirwaad (blessing) in Hindi.

Notable people with name 《Aashish/Ashish》
Aashish Rana, Nepali singer and actor
Aashish Chaudhary, Indian film actor
Aashish Kapoor, Indian cricketer
Aashish Kiphayet, A New York-based journalist who focuses on Bangladesh and South Asia
Ashish Bagai, Canadian cricketer
Ashish Chauhan, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Bombay Stock Exchange
Ashish Gulhati, Online activist and open source hacker
Ashish Jha Indian-American physician
Aashish Khan, Indian Classical Musician, Sarod Virtuoso 
Ashish Khetan, Indian journalist and politician
Ashish Kumar, Indian gymnast, Commonwealth Games(2010)silver and bronze medalist
Ashish Kumar Ballal, Indian hockey and Arjuna awardee
Ashish Nehra, Indian cricketer, a bowler of fast-medium pace
Ashish Patel, Canadian cricketer, a medium pace bowler
Ashish Sharma, Indian actor
Ashish Thakkar, Founder of Mara Group
Ashish Vidyarthi, National Award winning actor in India
Ashish Zaidi, India's first class cricketer

Indian given names
Die Vecna Die!

Die Vecna Die! is an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D 2nd edition) module released in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast.  The module is divided into three sections, each taking part in a different campaign setting: Greyhawk, Ravenloft, and Planescape.  It was one of the last official adventures released for the 2nd edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

Plot summary
This adventure, and Vecna's multiverse-shattering plan contained within it, have been used by some D&D fans as an in-game explanation of the differences between the 2nd and 3rd editions of Dungeons & Dragons. The closing paragraph of the module reads as follows:

"Even with Vecna's removal, his time in the crux effected change in superspace. Though the Lady of Pain attempts to heal the damage, the turmoil spawned by Vecna's time in Sigil cannot be entirely erased. Some Outer Planes drift off and are forever lost, others collide and merge, while at least one Inner Plane runs "aground" on a distant world of the Prime. Moreover, the very nature of the Prime Material Plane itself is altered. Half-worlds like those attached to Tovag Baragu multiply a millionfold, taking on parallel realism in what was before a unified Prime Material Plane. The concept of alternate dimensions rears its metaphorical head, but doesn't yet solidify, and perhaps it never will. New realms, both near and far, are revealed and realms never previously imagined make themselves known. Entities long thought lost emerge once more, while other creatures, both great and small, are inexplicably eradicated. Some common spells begin to work differently. The changes do not occur immediately, but instead are revealed during the subsequent months. However, one thing remains clear: Nothing will ever be the same again."

Publication history
Die Vecna Die! was written by Bruce Cordell and Steve Miller, with cover art by Paul Bonner and interior art by Kevin McCann. It is a 160-page softcover book designed for four to six characters of levels 10 to 13.

Reception
Shannon Appelcline comments that for the end of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons line, Wizards produced Die Vecna Die! as

In 2013, Alex Lucard, for Diehard GameFAN, wrote:

References

External links
Die Vecna Die! at TSR Archive 

Greyhawk modules
Planescape
Ravenloft
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2000
Rugose

Rugose means "wrinkled". It may refer to:

 Rugosa, an extinct order of coral, whose rugose shape earned it the name
 Rugose, adjectival form of rugae

Species with "rugose" in their names
 Idiosoma nigrum, more commonly, a black rugose trapdoor spider
 Rugose spiraling whitefly
If I Could (EP)

If I Could is an EP released by 24-7 Spyz in 1997. It features album cuts from their 1996 full-length release Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound as well as several live tracks recorded in early 1996 with Joel Maitoza on drums. 

Like many 24-7 Spyz albums, the recording is out of print.

Track listing
"If I Could" (remix)
"If I Could"
"Along Comes Mary"
"New Super Hero Worship" (live)
"Room #9" (live)
"Love & Peace" (live)
"Tick, Tick, Tick" (live)
"Stuntman" (live)

Personnel
Jimi Hazel: guitar, vocals
Rick Skatore: bass, vocals
Joel Maitoza: drums

1997 EPs
24-7 Spyz albums
Live EPs
1997 live albums
Nicky Peng

Nicky Peng (born Nicky Peng Gillender on 18 September 1982) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler.

Born in Northumberland and educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, Peng is a graduate of the Durham Cricket Academy, who was given his chance at cricket after impressing at Chelmsford. In 2000, he became the youngest Durham player to participate in the County Championship, and on his debut in the same year he made 98 runs, since bested by an innings of 139 against Sunderland.

He represented England Under-19s in the 1999 European championship, and against Sri Lanka in 2000, and the next year was voted Durham's Young Player of the Year. However, having lost his first-team place in 2005 he accepted a contract to join Glamorgan.

Peng played 79 first-class matches during his career and scored 3200 runs, with a highest score of 158, at an average of 23.70.

In July 2007, he announced his immediate retirement from all forms of first-class cricket. He said of the decision, "This season I have lost confidence and belief in my ability despite trying 100%. It is not working for me or for the team and consequently I have stopped enjoying the game."

References

External links
Nicky Peng at Cricket Archive

1982 births
English cricketers
Durham cricketers
Glamorgan cricketers
Living people
People educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Cricketers from Northumberland
Jeter-Pillars Orchestra

Jeter-Pillars Orchestra was an American jazz troupe, led by altoist James Jeter and tenor-saxophonist Hayes Pillars.

Career
Jeter and Pillars were previously members of Alphonso Trent's big band. After that outfit split in 1933 they formed the group, which subsequently became the house band at the Club Plantation in St. Louis, Missouri, their home base for the next decade.

Most of the Jeter-Pillars band served as musicians during World War II, several recruited into the United States Navy by Len Bowden, who also had a band in St. Louis prior to the war. Joining the Navy in September 1942 were James Cannady, guitarist and arranger for Jeter-Pilars; Roy Torian, a trombonist who had been treasurer of the Musicians Equity Association in St. Louis, the "race sub-local of the American Federation of Musicians"; Merrill Tarrant, trumpet; Sykes Smith, trumpet; and Charles Pillars, saxophone, who with his brother, Hayes Pillar, was co-leader of Jeter-Pilars. Elbert Claybrook, trumpet, had also been with Jeter-Pillars but had taken a job at Scullin Steel Mills prior to enlisting. All were sent to Camp Robert Smalls, Chicago, for basic training. Charles Pillars, Torian, Cannady, Smith, and Tarrant remained at Camp Smalls as players in the Ships Company A Band, which also included players from civilian bands led by Jimmie Lunceford, Charlie Spivak, George Hudson, the Carolina Cotton Pickers, Don Albert, and Fats Waller, among others.

The Jeter-Pillars Orchestra served as a training ground for up-and-coming jazz players including trumpeters Harry "Sweets" Edison and Peanuts Holland, bassist Jimmy Blanton, drummers Jo Jones, Sid Catlett and Kenny Clarke, guitarist Floyd Smith, tenor-saxophonist Jimmy Forrest, and alto saxophonist Chris Woods.

In the late 1940s, the group toured the Far East for the USO, before breaking up. The Jeter-Pillars Orchestra recorded four sides for Vocalion Records in 1937. The recordings were:
 "Lazy Rhythm" (their theme song)
 "I Like Pie, I Like Cake"
 "Make Believe"
 "I'll Always Be In Love With You"

References

Further reading
 Dennis Owsley: City of Gabriels. The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895–1973. Reedy Press, St. Louis MO 2006, , p. 62.

External links
 

American jazz ensembles from Missouri
Musical groups established in 1933
Musical groups disestablished in the 1940s
1933 establishments in Missouri
1940s disestablishments in Missouri
This Is...24-7 Spyz!

This is...24-7 Spyz! is a five-song EP released in 1991 by a brand new 24-7 Spyz lineup, featuring newcomers Jeff Brodnax (vocals) and Joel Maitoza (drums). The Spyz's new label released the EP- EastWest Records (a division of Atlantic Records) to test the marketability of the new lineup. The experiment was a success and the band released a full-length album, Strength in Numbers, the following year.

Two of the EP's five tracks would appear on that album, with the video for "Stuntman" receiving some MTV airplay and an appearance on Beavis and Butt-head. 
 
Like many 24-7 Spyz albums, the recording is out of print.

Track listing
 "Tick, Tick, Tick"
 "Stuntman"
 "My Desire"
 "Peace & Love"
 "Earthquake"

Personnel
Jeff Brodnax – vocals
Jimi Hazel – guitar, vocals
Rick Skatore – bass, vocals
Joel Maitoza – drums

1991 EPs
24-7 Spyz albums
Beinart

Beinart may refer to:

Haim Beinart (1917–2010) Israeli historian and educator
Peter Beinart (born 1971), American political pundit
William Beinart (fl. 2000s), South African historian

See also
Beinhart (disambiguation)
Stressed skin

In mechanical engineering, stressed skin is a type of rigid construction, intermediate between monocoque and a rigid frame with a non-loaded covering. A stressed skin structure has its compression-taking elements localized and its tension-taking elements distributed.  Typically, the main frame has rectangular structure and is triangulated by the covering.

Description 

A framework box can be distorted from being square, so it isn't rigid by itself, however adding diagonals that take either tension or compression fixes this, because the box cannot deviate from right angles without altering the diagonals.
Sometimes flexible members like wires are used to provide tension, or rigid compression frames are used, as with a Warren or Pratt truss, however both these are full frame structures.
When the skin or outer covering is in tension so that it provides a significant portion of the rigidity, the structure is said to have a stressed skin design. This may also be referred to as semi-monocoque, and overlaps with monocoque, which has less framing, sometimes only including longitudinal or lateral members, and also overlaps with rigid frame structures where a minor portion of the overall stiffness may be derived from the skin. This method of construction is lighter than a full frame structure and not as complex to design as a full monocoque.

Examples 
Examples include nearly all modern all-metal airplanes, as well as some railway vehicles, buses and motorhomes. The London Transport AEC Routemaster incorporated internal panels riveted to the frames which took most of the structure's shear load. Automobile unibodies are a form of stressed skin as well, as are some framed buildings which lack diagonal bracing.
 Dornier-Zeppelin D.I : first all-metal stressed skin fighter and first with stressed skin wings (1918)
 Short Silver Streak : first all-metal  British stressed skin aircraft (1920)
 Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.IV : first aircraft with an all-metal stressed skin fuselage to fly (1918)
 Zeppelin-Staaken E-4/20 : first all-metal stressed skin four-engine airliner (1919)
 Northrop Alpha : first American all-metal stressed skin aircraft
 GM New Look bus : stressed-skin bus, over 44,000 built since 1959, and many still in service

References

Notes

External links 
 Stressed Skin
 Wood to Metal: The Structural Origins of the Modern Airplane

Automotive technologies
Aircraft skin
Structural engineering
Beinhart

Beinhart may be:

Larry Beinhart (fl. 1990s), American novelist and journalist
Werner – Beinhart!, a 1990 film based on the German comic books

See also 
Beinart (disambiguation)
Mary Ferrell

Mary Elizabeth McHughes Ferrell (26 October 1922 – 20 February 2004) was an American historian and independent researcher who created a large database on the John F. Kennedy assassination.

Life and career
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she married Hubert Afton "Buck" Ferrell in 1940 and had four children. In 1957 the family moved to Dallas, Texas, where Ferrell found work as a legal secretary.

She began collecting materials on the Kennedy assassination immediately after the event. Her assassination database was originally written on over 40,000 cards and included details of over 8,200 people involved in the case. These data were eventually entered into a computer. Ferrell also created a four-volume set of chronologies, covering all aspects of the assassination.

Ferrell died in Dallas.

Foundation 

The Mary Ferrell Foundation, located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, is a non-profit. Topics include the 1960s assassinations, the Watergate scandal, and post-Watergate intelligence abuse.

References

External links
Mary Ferrell biography via Mary Ferrell Foundation

Photo of Mary Ferrell
Mary Ferrell web site

1922 births
2004 deaths
Researchers of the assassination of John F. Kennedy
20th-century American historians
American women historians
20th-century American women writers
Artemisin

Artemisin is a sesquiterpene lactone, similar in structure to α-santonin.

See also 
 Artemisia (genus), hardy herbaceous plants and shrubs known for the powerful chemical constituents in their essential oils
 Artemisinin, a group of drugs used against malaria
 Santonin, an anthelminthic, drug expelling parasitic worms (helminths) by paralyzing them

References

External links

Sesquiterpene lactones
Andrew Skeen (Rhodesia)

Brigadier Andrew Skeen  ( – 11 May 1984) was a British Army officer, and Rhodesian politician who served as the last High Commissioner from Rhodesia to the United Kingdom.

Early life and career

Born in India, Skeen was the son of General Sir Andrew Skeen. He was commissioned into the British Army in 1926, rising to the rank of Brigadier. He retired from the British Army in 1947 and moved to the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia and settled in Vumba in Umtali district. Skeen opposed the creation of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953, as he saw it as not in the best interests of the white community in Southern Rhodesia, and by 1962, Skeen had joined the Rhodesian Front party of Ian Smith.

High Commissioner

Skeen served as the High Commissioner for Rhodesia in London from 22 July to 12 November 1965. His total tenure lasted 115 days.

On 11 November 1965, when Rhodesia announced its Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), Skeen was summoned by the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Arthur Bottomley, for a meeting at 1.15pm where Bottomley ordered Skeen to denounce the UDI or face being declared  with the removal of all privileges and expulsion from 13 November.  Skeen refused and departed London voluntarily the following day on 12 November 1965, although Rhodesia House (the High Commission) continued to function as a representative office with no official diplomatic status. Skeen's functions were assumed by  Sydney Brice, who was officially regarded as "The Southern Rhodesian Representative" by the British Foreign Office.

Later life

On his return from London, Skeen was elected unopposed to the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly (the House of Assembly from 1970) seat of Arundel in the 14 January 1966 by-election caused by the resignation of Clifford Dupont who had been appointed Officer Administering the Government after the UDI. He was re-elected for a second term at the 1970 general election but stood down at the 1974 general election and was succeeded by another former serviceman, Air Marshal Archibald Wilson.

Honours

References 

1900s births
1984 deaths
British Army officers
British Army personnel of World War II
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
White Rhodesian people
High Commissioners of Rhodesia to the United Kingdom
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia
Members of the Parliament of Rhodesia
Rhodesian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Rhodesian Front politicians
Rhodesian politicians
Curling, Newfoundland and Labrador

Curling is a mainly residential neighbourhood of the city of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated just west of the main part of the city. Located in the Humber Arm of the Bay of Islands, Curling was originally a fishing community. It is the oldest section of Corner Brook.

History
James Cook, the famous British cartographer and explorer, was the first to survey and record the geography of the Bay of Islands. Throughout the summer of 1767, he surveyed most of the area. Copies of the maps he created are displayed at the Captain James Cook Monument in Corner Brook.

Curling used to be known as Birchy Cove; its name was changed in dedication of Rev. J.J. Curling. Curling used to have a hotel and a golf course. Oil tankers are currently in their place.

In 1956, Curling amalgamated with three other communities (Humbermouth, Townsite and Westside) on the south side of the Humber Arm to form the city of Corner Brook.

The Western Star, the main newspaper for the west coast of Newfoundland, was founded in Curling in 1900.

Attractions

Curling is host to the city's yacht club and marina, a local war memorial, as well as a number of businesses, churches, sports sites and residential neighbourhoods. Two public elementary schools, Sacred Heart and J.J. Curling, are also found here.

Within the area is the old Bank of Montreal building. This building opened in 1915 after the original structure burned down in 1913. The bank used the building until 1985. As of 2001, it has been considered a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.

There are a few trail systems that run through Curling, including a section of the Newfoundland T'Railway.

Bartlett's Point Park is a small day-park located on the waterfront, and features walking trails and a playground.

Transportation

Part of Route 450 travels through Curling on O'Connell Drive before continuing on down the southern shore of the Humber Arm and Bay of Islands.

Curling is included in the Corner Brook Transit public bus service route. It also has its own taxi service, called Birchy Cabs.

See also
 List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
 Corner Brook

References

External links
 Corner Brook website

Populated coastal places in Canada
Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
Sodium hydrosulfide

Sodium hydrosulfide is the chemical compound with the formula NaSH. This compound is the product of the half-neutralization of hydrogen sulfide () with sodium hydroxide (NaOH). NaSH and sodium sulfide are used industrially, often for similar purposes. Solid NaSH is colorless. The solid has an odor of  owing to hydrolysis by atmospheric moisture. In contrast with sodium sulfide (), which is insoluble in organic solvents, NaSH, being a 1:1 electrolyte, is more soluble.

Structure and properties
Crystalline NaHS undergoes two phase transitions. At temperatures above 360 K, NaSH adopts the NaCl structure, which implies that the  behaves as a spherical anion owing to its rapid rotation, leading to equal occupancy of eight equivalent positions. Below 360 K, a rhombohedral structure forms, and the  sweeps out a discoidal shape. Below 114 K, the structure becomes monoclinic. The analogous rubidium and potassium compounds behave similarly.

NaSH has a relatively low melting point of 350 °C. In addition to the aforementioned anhydrous forms, it can be obtained as two different hydrates,  and . These three species are all colorless and behave similarly, but not identically. It can be used to precipitate other metal hydrosulfides, by treatment of aqueous solutions of their salts with sodium hydrosulfide. It is analogous to sodium hydroxide, and is a strong base.

Preparation
One laboratory synthesis entails treatment of sodium ethoxide (NaOEt) with hydrogen sulfide:

An alternative method involves reaction of sodium with hydrogen sulfide.

Applications
Thousands of tons of NaSH are produced annually. Its main uses are in cloth and paper manufacture as a makeup chemical for sulfur used in the kraft process, as a flotation agent in copper mining where it is used to activate oxide mineral species, and in the leather industry for the removal of hair from hides.

References

Sodium compounds
Hydrosulfides
Spirit body

A spirit body is, according to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the organization of a spiritual element, made into the spiritual form of man, which was made in the same likeness (shape and form) of God the Father. This likeness (shape and form) apparently gave rise to the phrase and meaning of, "like father like son," which means the son is in the likeness of the father, which provides meaning to the claim that humanity was made in the likeness of God.  Generally, people in the world have commonly used the word "soul" to denote this spirit body.

According to the LDS Church, when a spirit body enters a mortal body through birth, a temporary joining occurs, creating what is called a "soul." Church members believe that upon mortal death, the spirit body of a person leaves the mortal body and returns to the spiritual realm to await the resurrection. The resurrection is where God raises the mortal body the spirit personage had lost in mortal death, and converts the mortal body from flesh, bone and blood, into immortal bodies of flesh and bone, then rejoins the two, never to be separated again. This is the meaning of the scripture "...It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:" (see "incorrupt") (1 Corinthians 15:42 - King James / see First Epistle to the Corinthians)

LDS Church members believe that all things created on earth, including humanity, had a pre-existence or pre-mortal origin. This belief of pre-mortal existence, the manner in which mankind existed before entering mortality is an important church doctrine, and is believed to support the existence of separate and distinct personages as seen within their doctrine of the Godhead (Mormonism). 

Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, believed that "there is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but it is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes; We cannot see it; but when our bodies are purified we shall see that it is all matter." This spirit matter always existed and is co-eternal with God. It is this spiritual matter that makes the Holy Ghost. This spiritual matter is also called "intelligence" or the "light of truth." God the Father organized the "intelligence" to make personages or "spirit children," which includes Jesus Christ. (This shows to support the general belief of Christians that all humanity are all brothers and sisters.)

See also
Plan of salvation (Latter Day Saints)
Spirit world (Latter Day Saints)

References

Latter Day Saint concepts of the afterlife
Latter Day Saint terms
Mormon cosmology
Silktail

The silktails are a group of birds endemic to Fiji. The two species (Taveuni silktail and Natewa silktail) are placed in the genus Lamprolia. They look superficially like a diminutive bird-of-paradise but are actually closely related to the fantails.

Species
 Taveuni silktail	(Lamprolia victoriae) Finsch, 1874 — Taveuni ;
 Natewa silktail (Lamprolia klinesmithi) Ramsay, EP, 1876 — Vanua Levu.

Taxonomy and systematics
The systematic position of the silktails have been a long-standing mystery. When describing the Taveuni silktail, Otto Finsch wrote "I scarcely remember a bird which has puzzled me in respect of its generic position so much as this curious little creature". They have variously been placed with the birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae), the Australasian robins (Petroicidae) and the fairy-wrens (Maluridae). Since 1980, the genus has generally been considered to be an ancient and aberrant monarch flycatcher. A 2009 molecular study placed them as a sister to the pygmy drongo of the highlands of New Guinea, and the two of these as a sister clade to the fantails (Rhipiduridae).

The genus Lamprolia is named after the diminutive of  (Ancient Greek) for splendid or brilliant.

Description
The silktails are small black birds, measuring around  and weighing . They are small, dumpy birds with long rounded wings, and a short rounded tail. The plumage of the male is velvet black with metallic blue iridescent spangling on the crown and breast, and silky white lower-back patch that travels most of the length down the tail. The margin of the tail is black, sometimes this tip has the same iridescence as other parts of the body. The female is similar to the male, except less glossy, and immature birds are duller than the adults and may have buffy rumps and backs. The irises of this species are dark, and the legs and bill are blackish. The bill is heavy and slightly hooked at the end. The legs are long and the feet strong. The Natewa silktail is smaller than the Taveuni silktail, and has more iridescence plumage.

Behaviour
The silktails can be quite elusive and difficult to see, but may also be confiding and approachable. They are usually very active at dawn, and is encountered either singly or in small flocks. 
 
The diet consists mainly of insects, worms and arthropods.

References 

 

Articles containing video clips
Taxa named by Otto Finsch
List of airports in Florida

This is a list of airports in Florida (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such  airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.



Airports

Busiest Florida airports traffic history

See also 
 List of Florida World War II Army Airfields
 Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Florida

References 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
 FAA Airport Data (Form 5010) from National Flight Data Center (NFDC), also available from AirportIQ 5010
 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2017–2021), released September 2016
 Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) Data for CY 2019 and 2020, updated November 8, 2021

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT):
 Continuing Florida Aviation System Planning Process (CFASPP): Airports

Other sites used as a reference when compiling and updating this list:
 Aviation Safety Network – used to check IATA airport codes
 Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Florida – used to check IATA and ICAO airport codes
 Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Florida – used for information on former airports

 
Airports
Florida
Airports
Casino War

Casino War is a proprietary casino table game based on the game of War. It is distributed by Shuffle Master, a division of Scientific Games. The game is one of the most easily understood casino card games.

Game play
The game is normally played with six standard 52 card decks. The cards are ranked in the same way that cards in poker games are ranked, with aces being the highest cards.

One card each is dealt to a dealer and to a player. If the player's card is higher, they win the wager they bet. However, if the dealer's card is higher, the player loses their bet.

A tie occurs when the dealer and the player each have cards of the same rank. In a tie situation, the player has two options:

 The player can surrender, in which case the player loses half the bet.
 The player can go to war, in which case the player must double their stake.

If the player continues play in view of a tie, the dealer burns (discards) three cards before dealing each of them an additional card. If the player's card is ranked higher than the dealer's, then the player wins the amount of their original wager only. If the dealer's card is ranked higher than the player's, the player loses their (doubled) wager. If the ranks are equal, then the player wins the amount of their doubled wager.

A side bet is offered by which a player can bet on ties. If the player bets on the tie, and their card matches the dealer's, then the player wins 10 to 1 to their original wager on the tie bet.

Strategy and house advantage
Surrendering has a slightly higher advantage for the house in the case that a bonus payout is offered, so based on the expected value probabilities a player should never surrender.

The dealer and the player each have a 46.3% chance of winning on the first card (in a standard game with 6 decks), so this seems like an even money game. The house advantage, however, comes from what happens in the case of a tie.

The house advantage increases with the number of decks in play and decreases in casinos who offer a bonus payout. The house advantage for this game is usually over 2%.

History
The game was developed by Bet Technology, a small company based in Carson City, Nevada. The patent on the game was filed in 1993. By 1994, the game was offered at five Northern Nevada casinos, beginning with Harrah's Tahoe.

In 2004, Shuffle Master acquired most of Bet Technology's assets, including Casino War.

References

External links

Shuffle Master's official page on Casino War
Wizard of Odds - Casino War Strategy and Odds

Gambling games
War group

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Joseph Cotton

Joseph Cotton  Jah Walton (born Silbert Walton, 1957, St. Ann, Jamaica) is a reggae singer active since the mid-1970s.

Biography
After spending a year working in the Jamaican police force, Walton turned to recording, initially working with Joe Gibbs in 1976, under the name Jah Walton. He then moved to Harry Mudie, recording popular tracks such as "Stay a Yard and Praise God", "Touch Her Where She Want It Most" (the title track from his debut album), and "Married to a Bank Cashier". In the mid-1980s, he began recording under the name Joseph Cotton, immediately having success in the United Kingdom with "No Touch the Style", leading to a television appearance on Channel 4's Club Mix programme in 1987. Several more reggae chart hits followed in the form of "Things Running Slow", "Pat Ha Fe Cook", "Tutoring", "Judge Cotton", and "What Is This". Cotton continued to perform and record into the 1990s, 2000s and the present day. He now lives in France where he performs at venues throughout the country and elsewhere in Europe both solo and in collaboration with other reggae artists.

Albums
Touch Her Where She Want It Most (1981) Music Force
Talk of the Town (1984) Thunder Bolt
Cotton Style (1990) South East - credited to Joseph Cotton and the Lord Son (Glen Brown)
No Touch the Style (1987) Blue Mountain/VP
Dancehall Days (1998) Moll Selekta (compilation)
The Good Old Days of the 70s (1998) Teem (Joseph Cotton & Mike Brooks)
Things You Should Know (1999)
Kingston a Run Red (2002) China Visit
Black & White Ting (200?) P.O.T.
100% Pure Cotton (2005) P.O.T.
Worldpeace (2005) P.O.T.
Unity Amongst the Youths (2006) Jet Star
Showcase (200?)
Joseph Cotton Meets Lion Stepper (2009)
True Life (2013) Disco-Box Music
Nightlife (2014) Atili Bandelero Records

References

External links
Joseph Cotton at Roots Archives

1957 births
Living people
Jamaican reggae musicians
People from Saint Ann Parish
Nathan (band)

Nathan are a Canadian alternative country band based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The band released four albums and won several awards, including a 2008 Juno Award.

History
Nathan was formed in 2001. Band members were singer/songwriter Keri McTighe (later Keri Latimer) and bassist Devin Latimer, along with Shelley Marshal and Damon Mitchell.
After their debut independent album Stranger (Released 2001) won a Prairie Music Award for Outstanding Independent Album, the band signed to Nettwerk Records. In 2004 they released their second album, Jimson Weed, which won two Western Canada Music Awards, two Canadian Folk Music Awards and was nominated for the Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year at the 2005 Juno Awards.

In 2007, they released their third album, Key Principles, which won the award for Outstanding Roots album at the Western Canadian Music Awards and for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (group) at the 2008 Juno Awards.

Keri Latimer has also written and performed as a solo artist, including contributions to the 2008 film soundtrack Frozen River and the 2010 Great Canadian Song Quest. In 2015 she and husband Devin Latimer have formed the band Leaf Rapids.

Discography
2001:  Stranger
2004:  Jimson Weed
2006:  Casserole EP
2007:  Key Principles

References

External links
Nathan Official website
Nathan at Myspace

Musical groups established in 2001
Musical groups from Winnipeg
Canadian alternative country groups
Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group winners
2001 establishments in Manitoba
Canadian Folk Music Award winners
The Undecided

The Undecided was a pop punk band from Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada.

History
The Undecided formed as a punk band in 1994 with members singer Matt Fast, drummer Steve Dueck, John Paul Peters guitar and Mike Kehler.   In 1996 they released a demo CD which they called Orange Album, and toured briefly before becoming inactive.

The group reformed in 1997 with bassist Dan Thomas. They signed with Rock label Tooth and Nail Records. They were the first Canadian group to be signed by Tooth and Nail.  They released The Undecided in 1999, and toured in Canada and the US in support of the album.  Copies of the band's previously released punk music were no longer being sold.

In April 2001 the band played a large concert at the Winnipeg arena. Later that year they released the album More to See.

Peters has gone on to produce records for other bands, including The Waking Eyes.  Thomas was formerly a member of Gooch.

References

	

Musical groups established in 1994
Musical groups from Manitoba
Canadian Christian rock groups
Tooth & Nail Records artists
Christian punk groups
1994 establishments in Manitoba
2001 disestablishments in Manitoba
Mennonite musicians
Goblin Market and Other Poems

Goblin Market and Other Poems is Christina Rossetti's first volume of poetry, published by Macmillan in 1862. It contains her famous poem "Goblin Market" and others such as "Up-hill", "The Convent Threshold", and "Maude Clare." It also includes the poem 'In the Round Tower at Jhansi, 8 June 1857', in which a British army officer takes his wife's life and his own so that they do not have to face a horrific and dishonourable death at the hands of the rebelling sepoys, commemorating the Jhokan Bagh massacre at Jhansi. Christina's brother, founding Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood member Dante Gabriel Rossetti, designed the frontispiece and title page illustrations in the first edition, as well as the minimal blue binding. Christina was aware that her brother's "commercial savvy and artistic skill" helped make her first volume of poetry a success.

Footnotes

External links

 

British poetry collections
Poetry by Christina Rossetti
1862 books
1983 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1983 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 August at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp, Sweden.

Race summary
One of the most dramatic races in one of the most dramatic Grand Prix seasons ended in controversy as the championship's two main combatants collided on the last lap while battling for the lead.

Coming into the Swedish Grand Prix, Honda's Freddie Spencer led Yamaha's Kenny Roberts 117 to 115 with each man having won five of the season's ten previous races. Roberts had the momentum, having won four of the previous five rounds.

Roberts led Spencer going into the last lap of the race. Heading down the back straight, Spencer placed his Honda right behind Roberts' Yamaha as they reached the second to the last corner, a ninety degree right-hander. As both riders applied their brakes, Spencer came out of Roberts' slipstream and managed to get inside of the Yamaha. As they exited the corner, both riders ran wide off the track and into the dirt. Spencer was able to get back on the track and back on the power first, crossing the finish line just ahead of Roberts for a crucial victory. Roberts considered Spencer's pass to be foolish and dangerous and, exchanged angry words with him on the podium.

It was a controversial pass by the young Honda rider and one that the two participants still dispute to this day. Roberts contends that it was a dangerous move while Spencer maintains it was a calculated risk he had to take to secure the championship.

Classification

500 cc

1983 250cc Swedish Grand Prix final standings

1983 125cc Swedish Grand Prix final standings

Sidecar Classification

References

Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
Swedish
Motorcycle Grand Prix
Pace University High School

Pace University High School, also known as "Pace High School," is a public high school located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, affiliated with Pace University.

External links 
 Pace High School
 Pace University
 Inside Schools Report Card on Pace High School

Chinatown, Manhattan
Pace University
Educational institutions established in 2004
Public high schools in Manhattan
University-affiliated schools in the United States
2004 establishments in New York City
Hypomesus

Hypomesus is a genus of smelts (Osmeridae), consisting of five species found in the northern hemisphere.

Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:
 Hypomesus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856)
 Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963 (Japanese smelt)
 Hypomesus olidus (Pallas, 1814) (Pond smelt)
 Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854) (Surf smelt)
 Hypomesus transpacificus McAllister, 1963 (Delta smelt)

The pond smelt H. olidus is widespread across northeastern Asia, Alaska, and northwestern Canada, while the Delta smelt H. transpacificus is an endangered species of the Sacramento Delta in California.  H. chishimaensis was at one time thought to be a separate species, but has since been identified as a population of H. nipponensis.

References 

 
Extant Chattian first appearances
Chattian genus first appearances
Marine fish genera
Freshwater fish genera
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Mazon River

The Mazon River or Mazon Creek (), is a tributary of the Illinois River in the United States. The confluence is near Morris, Illinois.

The Mazon River is associated with the Mazon Creek fossils of the Francis Creek Shale, which are also exposed in strip mines and quarries near the River. This fossil bed includes well-preserved fossils from the Pennsylvanian period of the Paleozoic era and is a world-famous Lagerstätten site.

The Mazon River is approximately  in length, with the West Fork considered the main branch.

The river was named in honor of William Mason, a pioneer settler.

Cities and counties
The following cities, towns and villages are within the Mazon watershed:
Braidwood
Coal City
Dwight
Gardner
Mazon
Morris

The following counties are at least partly drained by the Mazon River:
Grundy County
Kankakee County
Livingston County
Will County

See also
List of Illinois rivers

References

External links
American Whitewater
Prairie State Canoeists
Field Museum Collection, Mazon Creek Fossils
Illinois State Museum, Mazon Creek Fossil Collection
Prairie Rivers Network
USGS Real-time Stream Gage Mazon River
Upper Illinois/Mazon River watershed map (PDF)

Tributaries of the Illinois River
Rivers of Illinois
Rivers of Grundy County, Illinois
Rivers of Kankakee County, Illinois
Rivers of Livingston County, Illinois
Rivers of Will County, Illinois
CL2

CL2 may refer to:
 Chlorine gas, Cl2
 CAS latency 2, a rating of computer memory
 Google Calendar, a time-management web application (from a URL fragment used in early versions)
 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II, a musical album by American hip-hop artist Raekwon
 Class 2 rated cables, in the National Electrical Code
 LPHN2, a human gene that encodes the Latrophilin-2 protein
Dilan

Dilan and Dillan may refer to:

Given name

Female
 Dilan Ağgül (born 1998), Turkish-German women's footballer
 Dilan Çiçek Deniz (born 1995), Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
 Dilan Deniz Gökçek (born 1976), Turkish female football official
 Dilan Gwyn (born 1987), Swedish actress
 Dilan Yeşim Taşkın (born 2001), Austrian-Turkish footballer
 Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (born 1977), Dutch politician

Male
 Dilan Chandima (born 1990), Sinhalese cricketer
 Dilan Fernando (born 1985), Italian-Sinhalese cricketer
 Dilan Jay, Sri Lankan-American actor
 Dilan Jayalath (born 1997), Sinhalese cricketer
 Dilan Jayawardane (born 1982), Sinhalese engineer
 Dilan Markanday (born 2001), English footballer
 Dilan Ortiz (born 2000), Colombian football player
 Dilan Perera (born 1962), Sinhalese politician
 Dilan Prašović (born 1994), Montenegrin professional boxer
 Dilan Qela (born 1998), Kosovo Albanian footballer
 Dilan Ramanayake (born 1980), Sri Lankan former cricketer
 Dilan Raj (born 1972), Sri Lankan cricket player and coach
 Dilan Suraweera (born 1997), Sinhalese cricketer
 Dilan Woutersz (born 1977), Sinhalese cricketer 
 Dilan Zúñiga (born 1996), Chilean footballer
 Dillan Ismail (born 1992), Swedish footballer

Surname
 Erik Martin Dilan, American politician and New York City Council member
 Martin Malave Dilan, American politician and New York City Council member
 Muhamad Salih Dilan, Kurdish poet
 Şehnaz Dilan (born 1960), Turkish female footballer, model, actress and singer

Other
 Dilan 1990, an Indonesian film
 Dilan 1991, an Indonesian film

See also
 Đilan, the old name for Gjilan (Serbian: Gnjilane)
 Dylan (disambiguation)
Dialin

Dialin (1,2-dihydronaphthalene) is a hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C10H10. It is similar to naphthalene but one ring is partially saturated.

See also 
 Naphthalene
 Tetralin
 Decalin

Hydrocarbons
Melbourne Underground Film Festival

The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) is an Australian independent film festival featuring mostly genre, controversial, transgressive and avant garde material.

History 
The Melbourne Underground Film Festival was formed out of disagreements over the content and running of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). When director Richard Wolstencroft's film Pearls Before Swine was not accepted by the Melbourne International Film Festival, Wolstencroft claimed it was because his film was too confrontational for the tastes of MIFF. As a response to the film's rejection by MIFF, Wolstencroft founded MUFF in 2000 as an alternative independent film festival, featuring mostly genre, controversial, transgressive and avant garde material. However, this is ironic as the cult film NEKRomantik was denied from being screened at the festival in 2001.  MUFF has been known for controversy with a screening of Bruce LaBruce's LA Zombie gaining worldwide attention including coverage in the New York Times. 

Over the years, the festival has been outspoken on the need to make more local genre films, and has championed many issues of freedom of speech and outsider politics and ideas.{{ The festival has also discovered (first world festival to show the work of) Australian directors like James Wan, Greg McLean, Scott Ryan, Spierig brothers, Stuart Simpson, Patrick Hughes, Andrew Traucki, Dave de Vries, David Nerlich, Neil McGregor, Mark Savage and many others.  International Guests of MUFF have included Bruce LaBruce, Lloyd Kaufman, William Lustig, Ron Jeremy, American film director Chris Folino, Michael Tierney, Peter Christopherson, Jim Van Bebber, Bret Easton Ellis, Gene Gregorits, Terry McMahon and Geretta Geretta.

References

External links
Official Melbourne Underground Film Festival Site

Film festivals established in 2000
Underground Film Festival
Underground film festivals
Experimental film festivals
2000 establishments in Australia
Saïx

Saïx (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

See also
Communes of the Tarn department

References

Communes of Tarn (department)
Queen of the Nile

Queen of the Nile  may refer to:

A common epithet for Cleopatra, Queen of ancient Egypt
"Queen of the Nile" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone
American title of the 1961 film Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile, starring Vincent Price
A song by the hard rock band Dangerous Toys
Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile, an expansion pack for Pharaoh, a video game
It's a Wonderful Life (EP)

It's a Wonderful Life  is a four-song Christmas extended play (EP) release by the alternative rock band Fishbone in 1987. The EP quickly went out of print, but its four songs were preserved on the 1996 retrospective Fishbone 101: Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' the Fonkay and the title track was featured on the 2003 greatest hits compilation album The Essential Fishbone.

Track listing

Personnel
Fishbone
Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
Kendall Jones - guitar
Chris Dowd - keyboard, trombone, vocals
John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar
Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums

References

Fishbone albums
1987 EPs
Albums produced by David Kahne
Christmas albums by American artists
Ísleifur Gissurarson

Ísleifur Gissurarson (c. 1006 – 5 July 1080), an Icelandic clergyman, became the first bishop of Iceland, following the adoption of Christianity in 1000 AD.

His parents were Gissur Teitsson and Þórdís Þóroddsdóttir.   After studying in Herford in Germany, he was made bishop of Iceland in 1056 by Athelbjart, archbishop of Bremen. 
He built up a see in his family homestead in Skálholt and founded a school. One of his students was Jón Ögmundarson (1052-1121), who later became the first bishop in Hólar. Ísleifur served as bishop for 24 years, right until his death. 
His wife was Dalla Þorvaldsdóttir and they had three sons: Þorvaldur, Teitur and Gissur, the latter taking over as bishop after his father's death in 1080.

References

Other Sources
 

1000s births
1080 deaths
11th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Iceland
Icelandic Roman Catholic bishops
Married Roman Catholic bishops
11th-century Icelandic people
Wisconsin Collegiate Conference

The Wisconsin Collegiate Conference (WCC) is a collegiate athletic conference made up primarily of the branch campuses in the University of Wisconsin System as well as one private college. The teams currently compete in men's basketball and women's volleyball and formerly competed in co-ed soccer, women's basketball, men's tennis, and men's golf. All schools are considered junior colleges and athletes are only eligible for two years.

In 2020, after all schools suspended athletic events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WCC went on hiatus. Ahead of the 2021–22 season, the satellite campuses of UW-Green Bay, UW-Oshkosh, and UW-Stevens Point formed a new conference, the Wisconsin Competitive Sports League. The WCC returned for the 2023–24 season, with only the Oshkosh, Stevens Point, Whitewater, and Platteville campuses returning (apart from Platteville's Richland campus, which closed in 2023). The only sports that returned were volleyball and men's basketball. Bryant & Stratton College's Wisconsin campuses also joined for men's basketball, becoming the first campus outside the UW System to join the conference.

Member schools

Current

Former

Sponsored sports by school

2023–present

Before 2020

References

External links 

College sports in Wisconsin
College sports conferences in the United States
List of United States Army installations in Kuwait

Current bases:
Ali Al Salem Air Base
Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base
Camp Arifjan
Camp Buehring (formerly Camp Udairi)
Camp Patriot (shared with Kuwait Naval Base)
Camp Spearhead (shared with port of Ash Shuaiba)

No longer existent:
Camp Maine (closed in 2003)
Camp Pennsylvania (closed in 2004)
Camp New Jersey (closed in 2004, combined to become part of Camp Virginia)
Camp New York (closed in 2004, reactivated and deactivated several times since)
Camp Wolverine (closed in 2005)
Camp Victory (closed in 2006)
Camp Doha (closed in 2006, forces and equipment distributed among Camps Arifjan and Buehring)
Camp Navistar (closed in 2007)
Camp LSA (closed in 2013, U.S. Army administered part of Ali Al Salem Air Base)
Camp Amber SEMC (unofficial closed in 2013 TS,S,C)
Camp Virginia (closed in 2013)
Khabari Crossing (unofficial closed 2011)
KCIA Camp Wolf (closed in 2005) 

TAA Thunder  (closed in 2003)

External links
Kuwait Facilities at Global Security
2004 Map of US military facilities in Kuwait

Installations in Kuwait

Army installations in Kuwait
Grandfontaine

Grandfontaine may refer to:

 France
 Grandfontaine, Doubs
 Grandfontaine, Bas-Rhin
 Grandfontaine-sur-Creuse, Doubs

 Switzerland
 Grandfontaine, Switzerland