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Erik Wickberg

Erik Wickberg (July 6, 1904 – April 26, 1996) was the 9th General of The Salvation Army (1969-1974).

Born in Gävle, Sweden to officers David and Betty Wickberg, he was constantly moving around the world to follow his parents' appointments. As a teenager, he once beat the national Swiss chess champion. He soon began working as a clerk at the Salvation Army Headquarters in Switzerland while also working as a translator and Swedish teacher. Erik became a soldier of the Salvation Army in 1924 at Berne II Corps, being sworn in by Captain Otto Brekke.

In 1925, Erik became an Officer from Bern 2 Corps, Switzerland. His first appointment was corps officer in Hamilton, Scotland. He then took on the role of Training (Education) Officer in Germany, and Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary and Territorial Commander. He went on to become Private Secretary to International Secretary and Assistant to Under Secretary for Europe at International Headquarters (IHQ). Soon, he moved to Sweden as IHQ Liaison Officer. During World War II, he was appointed to Germany, where he was often obliged to sleep in air raid bunkers. When the war was over, he was assigned the task of post-war relief in war-torn Germany. His next positions were, divisional commander of Uppsala, Sweden, Switzerland Chief Secretary, Sweden Chief Secretary, Territorial Commander of Germany, and Chief of the Staff (IHQ), before becoming the General. He was recognized with awards from Sweden, Korea, and The Federal Republic of Germany. Salvation Army work began in Bangladesh, Spain, Portugal, and Venezuela while he was General. He retired from active service on July 5, 1974 and died on April 26, 1996.

General Wickberg was honoured by many nations for his service to God and humanity. He was made Commander, Order of Vasa (1970); admitted to the Order of Moo Koong Wha (Korea, 1970); received an honorary Doctor of Laws (Korea, 1970); awarded the Grand Cross of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany (1971); and awarded the King’s Golden Medal (Grand Cross), Sweden (1980). He authored two books: Inkallad (God’s Conscript) (autobiography, Sweden, 1978) and Uppdraget (The Charge - My Way to Preaching, 1990).

Wives
Erik Wickberg married Ensign Frieda de Groot in 1929, but she died a year later. He then married Captain Margarete Dietrich in 1932, who died in 1976. His third wife was Major Eivor Lindberg, whom he married in 1977.

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Pleternica

Pleternica is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia,  southeast of Požega, in the Požega Valley (Požeška kotlina). The population of the municipality is 11,323, with 3,418 in Pleternica itself (2011).

Pleternica is located at the confluence of the river Londža into the Orljava river, at the foot of the mountain Požeška Gora; elevation .

Settlements
As of 2011, the municipality consists of 38 settlements:

 Ašikovci, population 91
 Bilice, population 188
 Blacko, population 226
 Brđani, population 49
 Bresnica, population 218
 Brodski Drenovac, population 686
 Bučje, population 318
 Buk, population 192
 Bzenica, population 96
 Ćosinac, population 54
 Frkljevci, population 345
 Gradac, population 937
 Kadanovci, population 213
 Kalinić, population 59
 Knežci, population 61
 Komorica, population 188
 Kuzmica, population 454
 Lakušija, population 78
 Mali Bilač, population 21
 Mihaljevići, population 2
 Novoselci, population 195
 Pleternica, population 3,418
 Pleternički Mihaljevci, population 15
 Poloje, population 87
 Požeška Koprivnica, population 246
 Ratkovica, population 224
 Resnik, population 307
 Sesvete, population 128
 Srednje Selo, population 285
 Sulkovci, population 537
 Svilna, population 139
 Trapari, population 178
 Tulnik, population 22
 Vesela, population 159
 Viškovci, population 234
 Vrčin Dol, population 2
 Zagrađe, population 492
 Zarilac, population 176

See also
 Pleter 91 submachine gun was named after this town.

References

Slavonia
Cities and towns in Croatia
Populated places in Požega-Slavonia County
Long to Be Loose

Long to Be Loose is an album by jazz guitarist Wayne Krantz. It was the first album with Lincoln Goines on bass guitar and Zach Danziger at drums.

Track listing
"These Instrumental Pieces Were" – 2:01
"Not Consciously Written About" – 6:47
"Specific People, Places, Things Or Ideas" – 6:38
"(Although One Began" – 7:01
"From A Little Croaking Sound" – 5:03
"A Friend's DAT Machine Makes)" – 6:35
"What They Were Written About" – 6:27
"Is Something I Don't Understand Yet" – 6:14
"But I Know It When I See It" – 6:37
"And Hopefully So Will You" – 7:41

Personnel
 Wayne Krantz – guitar
 Lincoln Goines – bass guitar
 Zach Danziger – drums

External links
[ Long To Be Loose Overview] – from Allmusic
Long To Be Loose – from Enja Records

1993 albums
Enja Records albums
Wayne Krantz albums
Yukon Legislative Building

The Yukon Legislative Building is home to the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Located in Whitehorse, Yukon, the building is a three-storey white steel-clad structure. The complex is located next to the Yukon River and Rotary Park.

History
Before relocating to Whitehorse, the legislature met at the Yukon Territorial Government Administration Building in Dawson City from 1907 to 1953 (now home to a satellite campus of Yukon University). From 1953 to 1976 the Legislature sat in Whitehorse, first at the Old Post Office (Government Services Building built in 1901 and demolished in 1962), then in the Federal Building (demolished in 1990s), then in the Lynn Building on Steele Street.  In 1976, the legislature moved to its current location in the new territorial administration building which was opened on Tuesday, May 25, by Jules Leger, the Governor-General of Canada.

Tenants

The building houses most of Yukon Government's departments and is the home of the Legislature Assembly. 
Both the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council sit in the same chamber.

References

External links 
Yukon Territorial Government administration building
Government Building

Legislative buildings in Canada
Buildings and structures in Whitehorse
Politics of Yukon
Legislature of Yukon
Government buildings completed in 1976
1976 establishments in Yukon
Bijon Bhattacharya

Bijon Bhattacharya (; 17 July 1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from West Bengal. He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.

Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at Faridpur (now in Bangladesh) to a Hindu, Bengali Brahmin family, and was an early witness to the destitution and penury of the peasantry of that land. He became a member of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).

Personal life
Bijon Bhattacharya married the Jnanpith Award-winning Bengali writer, Mahasweta Devi. Their only son Nabarun Bhattacharya, a Bengali writer, was born in 1948.

Works

Dramas 
 Agun
 Nabanna (Fresh Harvest) (1944)
 Jabanbandi (Confession)
 Kalanka
 Mara Chand (Dead Moon) (1951)
 Gotrantar (Change of Lineage) (1959)
 Debi Garjan (Shouting of the Goddess) (1966)
 Garbhabati Janani (Pregnant Mother) (1969)
 Krishnapaksha
 Aj Basanta
 Chalo Sagare
 Lash Ghuirya Jauk
 Aborodh
 Krishnapaksha
 Jionkanya
 Hanskhalir Hans

Films 
 Tathapi (1950)
 Chinnamul (1951)
 Sharey Chuattor (1953)
 Bari Theke Paliye (1958)
 Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960) - Taran Master
 Komal Gandhar (1961) - Gagan
 Kashtipathar (1964)
 Trishna (1965)
 Subarnarekha (1965) - Haraprasad
 Swapna Niye (1966)
 Kamallata (1969)
 Parineeta (1969)
 Nabarag (1971)
 Pratham Basanta (1971)
 Padatik (1973) - Activist's Father
 Thagini (1974)
 Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (1974) - Jagannath
 Bhola Moira (1977)
 Swati (1977)
 Dooratwa (1979) - (final film role)

References

External links 
 
Interview with Mahashweta Devi

1906 births
1978 deaths
Bengali writers
Male actors from Kolkata
Bengali male actors
Bengali Hindus
Indian Hindus
Male actors in Bengali cinema
Indian People's Theatre Association people
Indian male dramatists and playwrights
People from Faridpur District
University of Calcutta alumni
20th-century Indian male actors
20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
Writers from Kolkata
Dramatists and playwrights from West Bengal
20th-century Indian male writers
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Harry Brooks

Harry Brooks may refer to:

Harry Brooks (composer) (1895–1970), American jazz composer, pianist and songwriter
Harry Brooks (politician) (born 1946), Tennessee state representative
Harry J. Brooks (1903–1928), American test pilot
Harry W. Brooks, Jr., general of the 25th Infantry Division (United States)

See also
Harry Brookes Allen (1854–1926), Australian pathologist
Harry George Brookes (1934–2011), Australian politician
Harold Brooks (disambiguation)
Henry Brooks (disambiguation)
Henry Brooke (disambiguation)
Peter Barnes

Peter Barnes may refer to:

Politicians
Peter J. Barnes Jr. (1928–2018), American politician
Peter J. Barnes III (1956–2021), American politician

Sportsmen
Peter Barnes (footballer) (born 1957), English football player
Pete Barnes (1945–2018), American football player

Others
Peter Barnes (entrepreneur) (born 1940), American businessman and environmentalist
Peter Barnes (Irish republican) (1907–1940), IRA member, perpetrator of the 1939 Coventry bombing
Peter Barnes (journalist), senior Washington correspondent for the Fox Business Network
Peter Barnes (lighting designer) (born 1955), English lighting designer and show producer
Peter Barnes (pilot) (1962–2013), British helicopter pilot
Peter Barnes (playwright) (1931–2004), English playwright and screenwriter
Peter Barnes (respiratory scientist) (born 1946), British respiratory scientist and clinician

See also
John Peter Barnes (1881–1959), United States federal judge
Bentveld

Bentveld is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zandvoort, and lies about  west of Haarlem. Part of the village is located in the municipality of Bloemendaal, however it can be considered annexed since 1978.

The village was first mentioned in 1615 as Bent Velt, and means "field of moor grass (Molinia). Bentveld started to developed after the tram line Zandvoort to Haarlem was constructed in 1899. The tram operated until 1957.

References

External links

Populated places in North Holland
Bloemendaal
Zandvoort
John Gilchrist

John Gilchrist may refer to:

John Gilchrist (linguist) (1759–1841), Scottish surgeon and Indologist
John Gilchrist (Province of Canada politician) (1792–1859), politician in Province of Canada
John Gilchrist (judge) (1809–1858), American judge
John Gilchrist (zoologist) (1866–1926), Scottish South African ichthyologist
John Gilchrist (New Zealand politician) (1872–1947), political activist in New Zealand
John Gilchrist (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1950), Scottish footballer
John Gilchrist (cricketer) (born 1932), English cricketer
John Gilchrist (footballer, born 1939) (1939–1991), Scottish footballer
John Gilchrist (actor) (born 1968), former child actor
John Gilchrist (basketball) (born 1985), American basketball player
Menat

In ancient Egyptian religion, a menat (, ) was a type of artefact closely associated with the goddess Hathor.

Operation
The menat was held in the hand by its counterpoise and used as a rattle by Hathor's priestesses. It was also worn as a protective amulet, particularly by Apis bulls.

Parts
The menat typically included an aegis attached to beaded strings. The other ends of the strings were tied to a counterweight that dangled on the wearer's back. The aegis was often made of faience, but other materials such as leather and bronze were also used. It was often inscribed or bore depictions of deities associated with Hathor.

Purpose
The necklace was meant to ensure good luck and fortune and to protect against evil spirits. It was also worn for protection in the afterlife and is often found buried with the dead, given as a grave gift since Ramesside times . It was expected to foster fruitfulness and good health for women, and for men it signified virility.

Footnotes

References
Robert A. Armour, Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt, American Univ. in Cairo Press 2001
George Hart, The Routledge Dictionary Of Egyptian Gods And Goddesses, Routledge 2005
Manfres Lurker, Lexikon der Götter und Symbole der alten Ägypter, Scherz 1974
Robert Steven Bianchi, Daily Life of the Nubians, Greenwood Press 2004
Wendy Doniger, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions,  Merriam-Webster 1999
Karel van der Toorn, Pieter Willem van der Horst, Bob Becking, Wm. B. Eerdmans, Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing 1999
Erman, Johann Peter Adolf, and Hermann Grapow, eds. 1926–1953. Wörterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache im Auftrage der deutschen Akademien. 6 vols. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’schen Buchhandlungen. (Reprinted Berlin: Akademie-Verlag GmbH, 1971).

External links

Egyptian artefact types
Hathor
Egyptian amulets
San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District

San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District (SFDR-CISD) is a school district based in Del Rio, Texas (USA).

The school district serves all of the city of Del Rio and some unincorporated portions of Val Verde County, including Cienegas Terrace, Lake View, and Val Verde Park, as well as  Laughlin Air Force Base. Dependent children who are residents of the base are zoned to SFDR-CISD schools.

In 2009 the superintendent took measures to crack down on students from Mexico who were illegally attending district schools. Prior to the crackdown many residents of Ciudad Acuña used false addresses to attend SFDR-CISD schools.

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.

Schools

Secondary schools

High schools
 Del Rio Freshman School (9)
 Del Rio High School (10-12)
 Early College High School (9-12)
 Blended Academy (8-12)

Middle schools
 Del Rio Middle School (7-8)
 San Felipe Memorial Middle School (6)

Primary schools
 Roberto Barrera STEM Elementary School (K-5) campus is inside Laughlin AFB 
 Buena Vista Elementary (K-5)
 Dr. Fermin Calderon Elementary (K-5)
 Irene C. Cardwell Elementary (Pre-K)
 Ruben Chavira Elementary School (K-5)
 Garfield Elementary (K-5)
 Dr. Lonnie Green Elementary (K-5)
 Lamar Elementary (K-5)
 North Heights Elementary (K-5)
 Ceniza Hills Elementary School (K-5) Opens-2023

See also 
 List of school districts in Texas

References

External links 
 San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District
 Articles in English and Spanish about the district - Del Rio News Herald
 "A Special Investigations Unit Report on the San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District" (Archive). State Auditor of Texas. Profile.

School districts in Val Verde County, Texas
Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague

The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (USL) () is the first-tier level of professional basketball league in Ukraine. Established in 1992, the league is currently contested by 10 clubs. It is a tier above the Ukrainian Higher League and allows for one team from the Higher League each season to be promoted.

The league exists out of a regular season, in which team play for playoff-seeding, followed by playoffs to determine the Ukrainian champion. Budivelnyk is the most successful team in league history with 11 titles. The winners of the Superleague qualify for the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Champions League (BCL).

Teams

Active teams
Next teams are in the competition.

Results by season

 Note, there were two different leagues in the 2008–09 and 2015–16 season. 
 FBU-sanctioned league seasons marked in light green. Alternative non-FBU league seasons marked in light blue.

Performance by club

 Superleague clubs marked with light green background.
 Low division clubs marked with light yellow background.
 Defunct clubs marked with light grey background.

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

See also
 Ukrainian Basketball League
 Ukrainian SL Favorit Sport
 Ukrainian Basketball Cup
 Ukrainian Basketball Federation

References

External links
 Official Ukrainian Basketball Federation 
 Ukrainian SuperLeague on Eurobasket.com 

 
Basketball leagues in Ukraine
Basketball
Professional sports leagues in Ukraine
Top level basketball leagues in Europe
Paula Cale

Paula Cale (born June 2, 1970) is an American actress best known for her role as Joanie Hansen on the television series Providence.

Early life
Cale was born Paula Korologos in Great Falls, Virginia.

Her father, Tom C. Korologos, worked as a top Capitol Hill lobbyist; a Congressional liaison during the Nixon and Ford presidential administrations; and managed the confirmation of Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush. From 2004 to 2007, he served as the US Ambassador to Belgium. Cale's mother, Joy, was a homemaker and chairwoman of the Fairfax County School Board, who died in 1997 from brain cancer.

Cale attended Langley High School and interned in the Ronald Reagan-era White House. Following her graduation in 1988, she studied to be a teacher for one year at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, then transferred to The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, where she won a scholarship to study drama and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting in 1993.

Career
Following college, Cale originated the role of Suzanne in the Steppenwolf Theatre production of Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile in Chicago and came to Los Angeles with the production in 1995, where Candice Bergen spotted Cale and offered her the recurring role of McGovern, a reporter in Murphy Brown. Soon after, Cale was simultaneously appearing in two comedy series on different networks: as a sassy waitress in Local Heroes and as the neurotic wife of Christopher Gartin in Buddies.

She then went to New York City to appear onstage, including The Night of the Iguana on Broadway and as Gilda Radner in off-Broadway's Bunny, Bunny. When she returned to Los Angeles, she guest-starred in two episodes of NBC's The Naked Truth as Téa Leoni's sister, and on Cybill as Cybill Sheridan's long-lost niece. Wanting to continue comedic roles, she first hesitated when asked to audition for the drama Providence.

After Providence ended in 2002, Cale appeared as Dean Martin's first wife Betty in Martin and Lewis, and in the 2008 TV movie Living Proof on Lifetime. In 2015, she appeared alongside Jennifer Aniston in Cake as Carol.

Personal life
From 1995 to 1999, she was married to folk musician Bennett Cale. In 2002, she revealed to People Magazine that she suffers from clinical depression. On July 29, 2006, she married Los Angeles screenwriter Michael Lisbe.  Cale currently resides in Los Angeles, where she performs volunteer work for her church.

References

External links 
 

Living people
1970 births
American television actresses
American stage actresses
DePaul University alumni
Vanderbilt University alumni
American people of Greek descent
American film actresses
Actresses from Virginia
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
People from Great Falls, Virginia
Chris Bell (rugby union)

Chris Bell (born 7 January 1983) is a retired rugby union footballer who played centre with Leeds, Harlequins, Sale Sharks and Wasps. During his time at Leeds he helped them win the 2004–05 Powergen Cup, in the final of which Bell scored a try. He is the older brother of London Irish player Tommy Bell. He retired in 2015 after a shoulder injury.

Honours
Powergen Cup/Anglo-Welsh Cup titles: 1
2005

External links
Sale profile
Leeds profile
England profile
Guinness Premiership Profile

References

English rugby union players
1983 births
Living people
Sale Sharks players
Harlequin F.C. players
Leeds Tykes players
Wasps RFC players
Rugby union centres
Rugby union players from Plymouth, Devon
Harry Brooks (composer)

Harry Brooks  (September 20, 1895 – June 22, 1970) was an American writer of popular songs, jazz pianist and composer in the 1920s to the early 1950s.

Brooks was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania. After graduating from his hometown high school in 1914, he worked as a pianist with Pittsburgh bands (dance orchestras) and then as a staff composer for a publishing company. He is recalled mostly in the 21st century for his work with his friends Thomas "Fats" Waller and the lyricist Andy Razaf. Brooks was the composer of several hit songs including his composition "Ain't Misbehavin'", written with Waller and Razaf.

Also with Razaf and Waller, Brooks scored the Broadway shows Snapshots of 1921 and Connie's Hot Chocolates. He died, aged 74, in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Published songs and music 
All co-composed with Razaf and Waller unless otherwise marked
 "Ain't Misbehavin'"
"Black and Blue"
"Can't We Get Together"
"Garden Of God" - sole composer
"In the Meantime"
"Jungle Jamboree"
"Low Tide Down In My Heart" - with Andy Razaf
"My Man Is Good For Nothin' But Love"
"On the Loose" - sole composer
"Rockin' In a Rockin' Chair"
"Saturday"
"Southern Sunset" (aka "When the Sun Sets Down South") - with Sidney Joseph Bechet and Noble Sissle
"Strictly From Dixie"
"Sweet Savannah Sue"
"Swing, Mr. Charlie" - with Irving Taylor and J. Russell Robinson
"That Rhythm Man"

Notes and references

Further reading
Singer, Barry  (1992) Black And Blue: The Life And Lyrics Of Andy Razaf Schirmer Books, New York, 

1895 births
1970 deaths
20th-century American male musicians
20th-century American pianists
American jazz pianists
American male jazz musicians
American male pianists
Broadway composers and lyricists
Jazz songwriters
Jazz musicians from Pittsburgh
People from Homestead, Pennsylvania
Songwriters from Pennsylvania
Vaudeville performers
American male songwriters
Molokai Island Times

The Molokai Island Times was one of three newspapers on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i. It was founded in December 2004 by Brennan Purtzer and Darrell Williams with a subsidy from computer software guru John McAfee, Williams' English cousin, and served as the newest community paper for "The Friendly Isle" of Molokai from 2005–2006, before becoming known as The Molokai Times in January 2007.

It provided news relevant to the Molokai community, along with coverage of sports and politics. The newspaper's stated goal was "to entertain while maintaining the utmost journalistic integrity." The declaration in every issue of the broadsheet publication was, "If it happens here ... it's in here."

Hawaiian Pacific Media's Brennan Purtzer purchased Williams' interest in the company in October 2006. With new operating partner Tim Kline they expanded the capacities of the newspaper in several electronic formats. In January 2007, The Molokai Island Times re-branded itself as The Molokai Times, and was published by Hawaiian Pacific Media, LLC, operated jointly by Tim Kline and Brennan Purtzer.

In June 2007 The Molokai Times hired a new editor to oversee the production of the weekly newspaper. David Lichtenstein, a newspaper professional with over 20 years of journalism and editorial experience, came from Colorado to work on the newspaper.

With the arrival of Lichtenstein, Purtzer moved out of the role of editor, and assumed responsibility for the newspaper's publication, also acting as HPM's CEO and Editor of The Hawaii Golf Journal. The Publisher role at The Molokai Times was taken over by Kline in December 2007, when Purtzer left to temporarily work on the national media team for a 2008 presidential campaign.

In May 2008, the paper was sold to new owner/operators in the form of Lester Keanini and Eric Wong, Molokai-born native Hawaiians.

In September 2008, the newspaper announced it was closing down its operations.

The Molokai Times remains inactive as a Molokai island newspaper (as of 2009) and there is no announced intent to restart either the publication or its internet site. This leaves the island of Molokai with its older news publication, the Molokai Dispatch (published in Kaunakakai) and one other paper published weekly on the east end of the island, the Molokai Advertiser-News.

References 

Defunct newspapers published in Hawaii
Molokai
Newspapers established in 2004
2004 establishments in Hawaii
Publications disestablished in 2008
2008 disestablishments in Hawaii
John Xintavelonis

John Xintavelonis (also known as John X) is a Tasmanian actor and comedian, known in Australia for his performance as Pumbaa the warthog in the Australian production of the stage musical, The Lion King.

Career
John played Mr. Braithwaite in Billy Elliot the Musical in Sydney and Melbourne.

References

External links

Living people
Australian male film actors
Australian male stage actors
Australian male television actors
Australian male comedians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Blind spot (vision)

A blind spot, scotoma, is an obscuration of the visual field. A particular blind spot known as the physiological blind spot, "blind point", or punctum caecum in medical literature, is the place in the visual field that corresponds to the lack of light-detecting photoreceptor cells on the optic disc of the retina where the optic nerve passes through the optic disc. Because there are no cells to detect light on the optic disc, the corresponding part of the field of vision is invisible. Processes in the brain interpolate the blind spot based on surrounding detail and information from the other eye, so it is not normally perceived.

Although all vertebrates have this blind spot, cephalopod eyes, which are only superficially similar because they evolved independently, do not. In them, the optic nerve approaches the receptors from behind, so it does not create a break in the retina.

The first documented observation of the phenomenon was in the 1660s by Edme Mariotte in France. At the time it was generally thought that the point at which the optic nerve entered the eye should actually be the most sensitive portion of the retina; however, Mariotte's discovery disproved this theory.

The blind spot in humans is located about 12–15° temporally and 1.5° below the horizontal and is roughly 7.5° high and 5.5° wide.

Blind spot test

Night blind spot 

It is estimated that once fully adapted to darkness, the rods are 10,000 times more sensitive to light than the cones, making them the primary receptors for night vision. Since the cones are concentrated near the fovea, the rods are also responsible for much of the peripheral vision. The concentration of cones in the fovea can make a night blind spot in the center of the field of vision.

See also
Bias blind spot
Filling-in
Horizontal eccentricity

References

Eye
Vision
RBV

RBV may refer to:

 Ramata Airport (IATA airport code RBV), Ramata Island, Solomon Islands
 Reserve Bank of Vanuatu, the central bank of Vanuatu
 Resource-based view, a managerial framework used to determine the strategic resources a firm can exploit to achieve sustainable competitive advantage
Heinrich Schmid

Heinrich Schmid (6 April 1921 – 23 February 1999) was a Swiss linguist and "father" of the Rhaeto-Romance Dachsprachen ("umbrella languages") Rumantsch Grischun and Ladin Dolomitan.

Heinrich Schmid lived his entire life in the same house in Zürich in which he was born. Although he was born with a hearing impairment, he discovered a love for languages at a young age learning Greek alongside Latin and the Romance languages French, Italian, Spanish and the different varieties of Romansh.

After matriculating, he read Romance studies at the University of Zürich. He graduated with first class honours (summa cum laude) in 1946, the core theme of his studies being the History of Languages and the Geography of Languages.

After a stay in Florence he returned to Switzerland where it was very difficult for him to find a suitable occupation due to his hearing impairment. He was eventually taken on as an employee for the  (Rhaetian Lexicon of Names) and contributed for 15 years to the .

In 1962 he qualified to work as professor at the University of Zürich. Within a short period of time he became an assistant professor and three years later was promoted to an associate professor position. A busy but less spectacular academic career followed.

Shortly before retiring from his teaching career in 1983, the Lia Rumantscha (Romansh League) asked him to create a common written language for the five main varieties of the Romansh language. In April 1982, after only six months of intense work, he presented his guidelines for the common written language. This was followed by lively discussions and journeys to the whole Romansh language area, where he tirelessly promoted the common written language and was able to allay many reservations. As a result, the Romansh language has been publicly recognised to a much greater extent in Switzerland and a new vitality entered the Romansh-speaking area which also included Ladin.

In 1988 representatives from the Dolomite Ladins gave Heinrich Schmid the task of also creating a common written format of the Ladin language. Schmid accepted this challenge and produced the publication entitled  (Guidelines for the Development of a Common Written Language for the Dolomite Ladins). However, he did not live to see the Italian publication of this fundamental work, as he died of a heart attack in February 1999.

Further reading 
 Maria Iliescu, Guntram A. Plangg, Paul Videsott (ed.): Die vielfältige Romania. Dialekt – Sprache – Überdachungssprache. Gedenkschrift für Heinrich Schmid (1921–1999). Istitut Cultural Ladin „Majon di Fascegn“, Vich 2001, .

1921 births
1999 deaths
People from Zürich
Linguists from Switzerland
Romansh language
20th-century linguists
Swiss expatriates in Italy
White-footed dunnart

The white-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus) is a marsupial that occurs on Tasmania and mainland Australia. It occurs along the coast and in inner Gippsland and Alpine areas up to 400 metres near Narbethong. In southern New South Wales, the white-footed dunnart is known to occur at elevations at least as high as 1000 metres. The length from snout to tail tip is  of which head and body are  and the tail  long. They weigh .

Habitat
The average rainfall of its habitat is between  per year. Unlike the fat-tailed dunnart, this species requires forest and woodland cover of more than 50% of any square metre of heath understory or mid-story plant species. Other habitats include coastal tussock grasslands, sedgeland and wet heath. This dunnart has an individual range of about 120 square metres for both sexes, although this varies greatly among males, with some males acquiring territories of up to 1200 square metres. Male territories often overlap those of females.

Breeding and social organisation
The white-footed dunnarts mate in summer. The female white-footed dunnart will give birth in September or October, and up to ten joeys may be delivered. The white-footed dunnart will shortly die after the litter is born. After eight weeks old, the young will exit their mothers pouch, continue nursing for a month, then disperse.

Diet
The feeding habit of this 20–30 g species is similar to that of other dasyurids; it is an opportunistic feeder. Diet consists of invertebrates and reptiles of between 1 and 18 mm in length.

Subspecies
An unnamed subspecies of white-footed dunnart was recently found in northern Queensland. However, it has been named endangered due to its population scarcity.

References

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External links
Mammals of Tasmania – white-footed dunnart 
White-footed dunnart
Pictures and facts about the white-footed dunnart

Dasyuromorphs
Mammals of Tasmania
Mammals of New South Wales
Mammals of Queensland
Mammals of Victoria (state)
Marsupials of Australia
Mammals described in 1842
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
W78

The W78 is an American thermonuclear warhead with an estimated yield of , deployed on the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and housed in the Mark 12A reentry vehicle. Minuteman III initially carried the older W62 warhead with a yield of , but starting in December 1979 and ending in February 1982, some W62 were replaced with the W78. It is publicly estimated that 1083 warheads were manufactured.

History
The W78 was designed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) starting in 1974. It is thought that the warhead has never been tested at full yield, with the weapon producing a "disappointing" yield shortly before the 1976 Threshold Test Ban Treaty came into force, leading to a redesign of the weapon that was not complete before the treaty came into force. This led to a dispute between LANL and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who estimated the weapon's yield below that of LANL. The dispute was resolved by a panel led by former LLNL director John Foster who found in favor of LANL's yield estimate.

The final W62 warhead was not removed from service until March 2010. This leaves the W78 and W87 warheads as the only warheads carried by Minuteman III. Downloading of the Minuteman III missile (reducing the number of warheads carried) was completed in June 2014, reducing the warheads carried by each missile from three to one.

Design

Dimensions of the W78 are unknown, but it fits within the Mark 12A reentry vehicle which is conically shaped. The RV is  in diameter at its base and  long, and total warhead and reentry vehicle weight is estimated to be .

It is speculated that the weapon combines the secondary (fusion) stage design of an older warhead such as the W50, with a more modern primary stage.

See also
 List of nuclear weapons

References

External links
 W78 Warhead page at nuclearweaponarchive.org

Nuclear warheads of the United States
Military equipment introduced in the 1970s
Jisp, North Holland

Jisp is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 8 km west of Purmerend.

History
Jisp, in older forms Gispe (1328, 1387), Gyspe (1344), is named after a river with the same name, that had an open connection to the North Sea. Its river name is a composite of 'gis' and 'apa'. The first part means 'gisten', to foam. The second part has the meaning of water, indicating a place where by tidal influences foaming water occurred. River names containing 'apa' have possibly an prehistoric and Celtic origin, dating back to a period where humans did only live in the area in certain periods of the year to herd their cattle.

Jisp is a former whaling village. It used to be an island in the Zuiderzee. It was a separate municipality until 1991, when it merged with Wormer and Wijdewormer to form the new municipality of Wormerland.

Geography

Jisp is located in the Wormer- en Jisperveld.

Demographics
In 2001, the village of Jisp had 318 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 4.3 km2, and contained 116 residences.
The statistical area "Jisp", which also can include the surrounding countryside, had a population of 1110 in 2020.

References

External links

 Winter flight over the village of Jisp

Former municipalities of North Holland
Populated places in North Holland
Wormerland
Neck, Netherlands

Neck is a village in the northwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Wormerland, North Holland, about 3 km west of Purmerend.

The village was first mentioned in 1328 as "sic: van Hicke", and means "neck" which refers to the narrowest point of the waterway separating the Beemster from the Wormer.

The polder mill Nekkermolen dates from 1631. In 1878, a pumping station was installed, but the wind mill has remained in service to this day to lend a hand, because the water in the polder rises fast during a storm.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Wormerland
Oostknollendam

Oostknollendam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 17 km north west of Amsterdam.

The village was first mentioned in 1529 as "tot Knollendam", and means "eastern end of the dam". Oost (east) has been added to distinguish from Westknollendam".

Oost-Knollendam was home to 169 people in 1840.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Wormerland
Spijkerboor, North Holland

Spijkerboor is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 10 km west of Purmerend.

The village was first mentioned in 1575 as "Spykerboors Gat", and refers to the former meandering waterway between Beemster and Starnmeer. Spijkerboor has place name signs.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Wormerland
Sinheungsa

Sinheungsa, sometimes spelled Shinheungsa, is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism.  It is situated on the slopes of Seoraksan in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, South Korea.

Sinheungsa is located in Seoraksan National Park, and many tourists hiking Seoraksan up to Ulsanbawi (peak) pass by the temple on the way. Other temples with the name Sinheungsa are located in Seoul, Samcheok and Icheon.

Origins

Historical accounts vary as to whether this ancient Zen (Seon) temple was first constructed by Jajang in 653, first called Hyangseongsa (Temple of Zen Buddhism), or in 637 following his return from Tang China.  It burned to the ground in 699, was rebuilt in 710, burned again in 1645 and was rebuilt in 1648 at its present location by Uisang.  This temple is believed to be the oldest Zen (Seon) temple in the world.

Bronze Buddha

The Great Unification Buddha, a 14.6-meter/48-foot, 108 ton gilt-bronze Buddha statue, called "Tongil Daebul", sits atop a 4.3-meter/15-foot high pedestal, of the same material, making the total height 18.9-meter/62-foot, excluding the lightning rod and nimbus.

The lotus pedestal is flanked with 16 delicately engraved panels and the forehead of Tongil Daebul is adorned with eight 8-centimeter/3-inch stones of amber, with a single piece of jade in the center that is 10-centimeter/4-inch in diameter.

Tongil Daebul sits with legs crossed and half-closed eyes in meditation, his lips displaying a perceptible smile. A flowing robe with gentle folds, revealing the right shoulder, drapes the Buddha's robust torso. The hands of Tongil Daebul are positioned in the mudra symbolizing the "enlightened one."

Contained within the hollow statue are three pieces of the Buddha's sari, remains collected after his cremation, donated by the Myanmar government, and the Tripitaka, the original Buddhist scriptures.

The project to construct this statue of the Buddha cost 3.8 billion won ($4.1 million), raised through the contributions for over a decade from over 300,000 small donations from anonymous donors visiting the temple.

This statue represents the crucial wish of the Korean people for the reunification of the divided country.

Gallery

See also
Korean Buddhist temples
Korean Buddhism
Religion in South Korea

References

External links
Official site, in Korean
KoreaTemple profile

Religious organizations established in the 7th century
Buddhist temples in South Korea
Buildings and structures in Gangwon Province, South Korea
Buddhist temples of the Jogye Order
Sokcho
Tourist attractions in Gangwon Province, South Korea
Desperados Under the Eaves

"Desperados Under the Eaves" is a song written and performed by Warren Zevon from his eponymous 1976 album.

The song describes the narrator's growing alcoholism. "Cooped up in his shitty motel room with the shakes, a drink-desperate Zevon wittily narrates his frustration with L.A.'s refusal to give anyone a free pass. Even if it sinks into the ocean, the city will still get its due. You may hate it here, but you can't escape ('Heaven help the one who leaves') so long as you're empty-handed."

This song features background vocals from Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche of The Beach Boys as well as Jackson Browne and J.D. Souther. When conducting the string section for this song, Zevon kept the veteran players "on his side" with pre-written humor. Zevon has said in interviews that this is one of his most personal songs.

The LA Weekly listed the song as number 10 in its list of "The 20 Best Songs Ever Written About L.A."

The song was used in the season 3 episode "If You Have Ghosts" of the HBO series True Detective.

References

Warren Zevon songs
1976 songs
Songs written by Warren Zevon
Parti Socialiste Unifié

Parti Socialiste Unifié can refer to:

 Unified Socialist Party (Burkina Faso)
 Unified Socialist Party (France)
 Unified Socialist Party (Morocco)
Arthur Poister

Arthur William Poister (June 13, 1898 – February 25, 1980) was an eminent American organist, who was especially renowned as one of the country's leading pedagogues of future generations of musicians.

Arthur Poister served as music director at Syracuse University's Hendricks Chapel from 1948 to 1965, and as organ professor from 1948 to 1967. Decades earlier, he taught for nearly twenty years at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where a large number of famous organists studied with him during their collegiate years. He also was a professor at the University of Redlands around the year 1933. Later in the 1930s, he taught at the University of Minnesota.

Poister was at Oberlin until 1948, when he moved to Syracuse University.  The move was facilitated in part by the building of several new organs at Syracuse, including a pair of concert instruments and several practice organs. He also had shorter teaching stints at the University of Colorado, Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia and Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Arthur Poister Organ Competition was created in his honor in 1976, and is one of the leading competitions of its kind in America.

Poister's past students have included Fenner Douglas, David Boe, Roger Nyquist, Elizabeth, Raymond Chenault, Carlo Curley, Judith Hancock, Donald Sutherland, David N. Johnson, David Hurd,   Roberta Gary, Leonard Raver, Carl B. Staplin, and Chris Yorks.

Arthur Poister died in Durham, North Carolina at the age of 81. During his final years, he had been living in Raleigh. He was survived by his wife Dorothy, daughter Wendy, son Theodore, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

References

External links

Memories of Syracuse University's Hendricks Chapel

1898 births
1980 deaths
Syracuse University faculty
University of Colorado faculty
Longwood University faculty
American classical organists
American male organists
Musicians from Syracuse, New York
Musicians from Raleigh, North Carolina
Meredith College faculty
20th-century American musicians
20th-century classical musicians
20th-century organists
Classical musicians from New York (state)
20th-century American male musicians
Male classical organists
Napeague State Park

Napeague State Park is a  state park in the town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York. The largely undeveloped park stretches across the entire narrow width of the South Fork of Long Island from the Atlantic Ocean to Gardiners Bay and Block Island Sound. The park is located on either side of the Montauk Highway (New York Route 27) on the "Napeague Stretch" between Amagansett and Montauk. The hamlet of Napeague is located on the park's edge.

History
Napeague State Park's land was initially purchased by the Nature Conservancy in 1976 and conveyed to New York State in 1978.  It consists mostly of wetlands in areas where waves washed over Long Island during the Great Hurricane of 1938.

Napeague was the location of the crash of American Airlines Flight 1502 in 1961, resulting in the deaths of 6 aboard.

Description
There is virtually no infrastructure or permitted camping at the park, which is administered by nearby Hither Hills State Park.  Its most distinguishing natural feature, a pristine Atlantic Ocean beach, is usually closed during the summer because the endangered piping plover nests near the beach.

A landmark within the park is the huge abandoned Smith Meal fish factory in an area on Gardiners Bay called Promised Land. A controversy rages after Cross Sound Ferry said it wanted to start ferry service from the Promised Land terminal across Long Island Sound to New London, Connecticut.  There is currently no service connecting the South Fork of Long Island to Connecticut and its Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos.  The only ferry service on the east end of Long Island goes from Orient Point on the North Fork and North Fork residents said this creates traffic jams on its two-lane roads.  The Town of East Hampton has so far successfully fought any proposal to start ferry service there.

See also
List of New York state parks

References

East Hampton (town), New York
State parks of New York (state)
Parks in Suffolk County, New York
Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe

The Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe (AIDE) (Alliance des Démocrates Indépendants en Europe (ADIE) in French) was a Eurosceptic, nationalist political party at the European level.

Creation
AIDE was created on 28 October 2005 in the Rhône prefecture. Its stated purpose was "to gather political movements, and elected members of the national and regional assemblies of the Member States of the European Union, that adhere to the policy defined in its charter."

Position
AIDE described itself as the centre-right faction of the eurosceptic IND/DEM group, with the EUDemocrats, the United Kingdom Independence Party and the European Christian Political Movement comprising the other factions of that group.

Website
As of January 2007, the group operated a limited French-language website.
The group's website implied the existence of British, Czech, French, Greek, Irish, Italian and Polish delegations and identified Movement for France (MpF) MEP Patrick Louis as the president of AIDE. By February 2009, the ADIE website had devolved from providing original content to simply redisplaying feeds from the www.observatoiredeleurope.com website associated with the Independence/Democracy group

Membership
In light of the defection of Lega Nord (Italy) to UEN, it was believed that the members of AIDE  were as follows:

 Independent Democrats ()

 Movement for France ()

 Popular Orthodox Rally ()

 Urszula Krupa MEP and Witold Tomczak MEP (an apparent faction of the League of Polish Families)

 Jim Allister MEP (a Non Attached MEP from the Traditional Unionist Voice, formerly representing the Democratic Unionist Party and then an independent).

Dissolution
AIDE was dissolved with effect from 31 December 2008 and was defunded in the February 2009 meeting of the Bureau of the European Parliament.

References

Eurosceptic parties
Political parties established in 2005
Pan-European political parties
2005 establishments in the European Union