alibayram/wikipedia-40-langs huggingface dataset:
MPE

MPE may refer to:
 Malignant pleural effusion
 Markov perfect equilibrium, in game theory
 Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, a German research institute
 Maximum permissible exposure, the highest power of a light source that is considered safe
 Mean Percentage Error, in statistics
 Media Processing Engine, short MPE, is an image/video processor
 Methidiumpropyl-EDTA, a chemical that can intercalate and cleave DNA
 MIDI Polyphonic Expression, a MIDI specification to provide more expressive qualities for performing music
 Minimum polynomial extrapolation, a sequence transformation algorithm used for convergence acceleration of vector sequences
 Miss Philippines Earth
 Molecular Pathological Epidemiology, an interdisciplinary integration of molecular pathology and epidemiologylect
 Mors Principium Est, a Finnish melodic death metal band
 Multi-Programming Executive, a business-oriented minicomputer operating system made by Hewlett-Packard
 Multiprotocol Encapsulation, a Data link layer protocol
 Mumbai-Pune Expressway, an Indian motorway
 MyPhoneExplorer, a software application of Sony Ericsson and Android mobile phones
 Myxopapillary ependymoma, a tumor of the central nervous system
 Phaswane Mpe (1970-2004), South African author
 The IATA airport code for the defunct Griswold Airport in Madison, Connecticut
 The Federal Aviation Administration Location identifier for Philadelphia Municipal Airport, an airport located in Philadelphia, Mississippi
 .MPE, alternative file extension for .MPG files by Minolta depending on color space
Franz Schuh (writer)

Franz Schuh (born 15 March 1947) is an Austrian novelist, literary critic and, above all, essayist in the tradition of Karl Kraus and Alfred Polgar. Schuh was born, and lives, in Vienna, where, just like his predecessors, he prefers to write in one of the traditional coffeehouses.

Life 
Franz Schuh studied philosophy, history and German studies in Vienna and graduated with his doctorate. 1976-80 he was Secretary General of the Grazer Autorenversammlung, then editor of "Wespennest" (wasp nest) and head of the essayist and literary program of the publisher Deuticke. He works as a freelancer for various broadcasters and national newspapers and as a lecturer at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He was also a guest at the "Literaturhaus Wien" (House of Literature in Vienna). Since June 2009 he writes the column "Crime & Punishment" in the magazine Datum and talks a lot on the public radio program Ö1 among other things, in his "Magazine of happiness".

Select bibliography 
 Liebe, Macht und Heiterkeit (1985)
 Landnahme. Der österreichische Roman nach 1980 (1989)
 Schreibkräfte. Über Literatur, Glück und Unglück (2000)
 Der Stadtrat. Eine Idylle (2000)
 Schwere Vorwürfe, schmutzige Wäsche (Heavy Reproaches, Dirty Linen) (Leipzig Book Fair Prize, 2006).

Schuh also edited the Peter-Henisch-Reader Figurenwerfen (2003).

Awards 
 1986: Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism
 1987: City of Vienna Award for Journalism (Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik)
 2000: Jean Améry Prize
 2006: Leipzig Book Fair Prize, category "Sachbuch/Essayistik", for Schwere Vorwürfe, schmutzige Wäsche
 2006: Davos Swiss Media Award for outstanding achievement in journalism
 2009: Essay Prize Tractatus, Philosophicum Lech
 2022: Honorary doctor, University of Klagenfurt

References

External links 
 Biography in the aeiou Encyclopedia
 Biography from the University of Graz web site (in German)
 Leipzig Book Fair Prizes 2006

1947 births
Living people
20th-century Austrian novelists
21st-century Austrian novelists
Austrian male novelists
Austrian essayists
Austrian literary critics
Writers from Vienna
Male essayists
20th-century essayists
21st-century essayists
20th-century Austrian male writers
21st-century male writers
J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

The J. Erik Jonsson Central Library is the Main Library Branch of the Dallas Public Library system.  It is located at 1515 Young Street in the Government District of downtown Dallas, Texas, directly across from Dallas City Hall.

About 
The structure was built to replace the Old Dallas Central Library. The new structure consists of ten stories, eight stories above ground floor and two below ground floor, designed in the modernist architectural style.  The design of the nearby Dallas City Hall inspired the design of the library – the library's upper floors are oriented away from Young Street while (symmetrically) the upper floors of City Hall are oriented toward Marilla Street (an open area between Young and Marilla Streets separates the buildings).

It was named for J. Erik Jonsson, a founder of Texas Instruments and mayor of Dallas, and long-time sympathetic supporter and patron of the library system. He also led the ten-year drive to raise private funds that allowed the construction of a state-of-the-art main library.

During the 2000s the library embarked on a long-range renovation program which will reorganize each floor's layout, update interior finishes, repair maintenance issues and overall create a more inviting experience.

See also
List of buildings and structures in Dallas, Texas

External links

J. Erik Jonsson Central Library website
Dallas Public Library System

Libraries in Dallas
Downtown Dallas
D'Alembert's formula

In mathematics, and specifically partial differential equations, d´Alembert's formula is the general solution to the one-dimensional wave equation: 

for 

It is named after the mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert, who derived it in 1747 as a solution to the problem of a vibrating string.

Details
The characteristics of the PDE are  (where  sign states the two solutions to quadratic equation), so we can use the change of variables  (for the positive solution) and  (for the negative solution) to transform the PDE to . The general solution of this PDE is  where  and  are  functions. Back in  coordinates,

 is  if  and  are .

This solution  can be interpreted as two waves with constant velocity  moving in opposite directions along the x-axis.

Now consider this solution with the Cauchy data .

Using  we get .

Using  we get .

We can integrate the last equation to get 

Now we can solve this system of equations to get

Now, using 

d'Alembert's formula becomes:

Generalization for inhomogeneous canonical hyperbolic differential equations 
The general form of an inhomogeneous canonical hyperbolic type differential equation takes the form of:

for .

All second order differential equations with constant coefficients can be transformed into their respective canonic forms. This equation is one of these three cases: Elliptic partial differential equation, Parabolic partial differential equation and Hyperbolic partial differential equation.

The only difference between a homogeneous and an inhomogeneous (partial) differential equation is that in the homogeneous form we only allow 0 to stand on the right side (), while the inhomogeneous one is much more general, as in  could be any function as long as it's continuous and can be continuously differentiated twice.

The solution of the above equation is given by the formula:

If , the first part disappears, if , the second part disappears, and if , the third part disappears from the solution, since integrating the 0-function between any two bounds always results in 0.

See also
D'Alembert operator
Mechanical wave
Wave equation

Notes

External links
An example of solving a nonhomogeneous wave equation from www.exampleproblems.com

Partial differential equations
https://www.knowledgeablegroup.com/2020/09/equations%20change%20world.html
William Peskett

William Peskett (born 1952) is a poet from Northern Ireland.

Peskett was educated in Belfast and at Cambridge University, where he read natural sciences.

He has published two volumes of poems, The Nightowl’s Dissection (Secker & Warburg 1975) and Survivors (Secker & Warburg 1980), for the first of which he won an Eric Gregory Award for poetry. In the 1970s, Peskett edited the poetry magazine, Caret, with Trevor McMahon and Robert Johnstone. He wrote two novels, Pondlife and Losing Yourself. He has worked in teaching, journalism, marketing, design management and corporate relations and lives in Thailand.

References

1952 births
Living people
Male poets from Northern Ireland
Writers from Belfast
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Male writers from Northern Ireland
21st-century writers from Northern Ireland
Dr. Theopolis (band)

Dr. Theopolis is a Portland-based soul/funk band named after the character Dr. Theopolis from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

The group consists of eight members and has gained a loyal following in the Pacific Northwest. They have released two albums, The Voice of the Future (2002) and Astronomical (2004), and there are plans for a third. The band's eight members include an Afro-wearing dancer known as "Mr. Fabulous". As a full-fledged member of the band, Mr. Fabulous sings on occasion, but his greatest asset to the group is to rile the crowd with his dancing. As with other members of the band, Mr. Fabulous often takes the stage wearing a range of eclectic costumes, from vintage 70s tuxedos to marching band coats, and even children's halloween costumes.

The songs blend old school hip-hop with Ohio Players or Average White Band-styled funk, with a little bit of the showmanship and sound of Parliament Funk. Their most famous songs include "Sweet Love", a soulful, protracted variation of a classic "your mother" joke. Other songs parody hip-hop swagger, including "Pound for Pound" "Voice of the Future" (the title track for their 2002 album). Their latest album, Astronomical, included a song entitled "Hit 'em Where Their Ears Are At", a commentary on the trend towards vanity and shallowness (instead of musical talent) in pop music.

References

External links
 
 Photographs of Dr. Theopolis

Musical groups from Oregon
Musical groups from Portland, Oregon
American soul musical groups
American funk musical groups
Black flounder

The black flounder (Rhombosolea retiaria), also known by the Māori language name mohoao, is a flatfish of the genus Rhombosolea, found around New Zealand in shallow enclosed waters and coastal freshwater lakes. Its adult length ranges from 20 to 45 cm.

Description

Rhombosolea retiaria is known for its black back and orange spots.

Habitat

Rhombosolea retiaria is the only species of flounder in New Zealand that can thrive in freshwater. It can be found in streams as far as  inland from the ocean.

References

 
 
 Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand,  (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) 

black flounder
Endemic freshwater fish of New Zealand
black flounder
Music of Piedmont

The Piedmont has played an important role in the development of music, in general, in Italy, due to the presence of medieval monasteries in that area, institutions that were great preservers of manuscripts in the Middle Ages as well as being geographically well located to connect to musical influences from northern Europe. As well, the political dominance of the Royal House of Savoy leading up to its eventual installation as the ruling dynasty of united Italy was important.

Musically, the Teatro Regio in Torino was one of the fine, old opera houses in Europe, stemming from the 1730s. Also from that period is the Teatro Carignano, which in the late 19th century was the venue for some of the early works of Giacomo Puccini. Torino was actually the first capital of Italy, but with the final unification of the nation in 1861, that function, has been assumed by Rome. Various facets of cultural life, thus, went through a certain period of "downsizing" in the late 19th century. In the early 20th century, however, Arturo Toscanini became the conductor of the municipal symphony and the musical life of the city was rejuvenated. A radio symphony was formed in the 1930s and now, Torino is the seat of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Music theaters and auditoriums in Torino include the Teatro Regio (rebuilt in 1973), the Lingotto or the Gianni Agnelli auditorium (opened in 1994 on the premises of an ex-Fiat factory), the new RAI auditorium (home of the national symphony), the Circolo degli Artisti, (where Toscanini broke in at age 22 as a cellist), and the premises of the Giuseppe Verdi conservatory. The city hosts an annual music festival called Torino Settembre Musica.

As one moves to other provinces in Piedmont, prominent venues and activities include:
the Teatro Comunale in Alessandria;
the Teatro Civico in Tortona;
the Teatro Alfieri in Asti;
the monastery of Bose in Magnano, dedicated to contemporary music;
the Bartolomeo Bruni orchestra in Cuneo;
the Stresa music festival, held on Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore;
the Umberto Giordano Festival in Baveno.

References
Guide Cultura, i luoghi della music (2003) ed. Touring Club Italiano.

External links
 Torino music conservatory
 Stresa music festival on Lake Maggiore
 National Symphony Orchestra
 Torino September music festival
 Concerts today in Piedmont

Piedmont
Piedmont
Paul McGuinness (footballer)

Paul McGuinness (born 2 March 1966) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra and Chester City. He is the current Head of Academy Player Development for Leicester City's under-18 team.

McGuinness is the son of former Manchester United player and manager Wilf McGuinness, and holds a degree in physical education from Loughborough University.

As a player, McGuinness was a midfielder who made 20 Football League appearances with Crewe Alexandra  and Chester City. He also spent time with Manchester United (where he progressed through the youth ranks) and Bury without appearing in league games for them.

References

1966 births
Living people
Footballers from Manchester
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
English Football League players
Manchester United F.C. players
Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
Bury F.C. players
Chester City F.C. players
Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff
Leicester City F.C. non-playing staff 
Sports scientists
People educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
Alumni of Loughborough University
Loughborough University F.C. players
Venture capital financing

Venture capital financing is a type of funding by venture capital. It is private equity capital that can be provided at various stages or funding rounds. Common funding rounds include early-stage seed funding in high-potential, growth companies (startup companies) and growth funding (also referred to as series A). Funding is provided in the interest of generating a return on investment or ROI through an eventual exit through a share sale to an investment body, another trading company or to the general public via an Initial public offering (IPO).
Venture Capital can be made in four methods:
1) Equity Financing;
2) Conditional Loan;
3) Income Note; and
4) Participating Debenture.

See also
Corporate venture capital
Market research
Market segmentation
Revenue based financing
Pricing
SWORD-financing
Venture capital
Cap Tables

References

Further reading 
 Ruhnka, Tyzoon T. Tyebjee, Albert V. Bruno (1984). "A Model of Venture Capitalist Investment Activity". Management science. Volume: 30, Issue: 9 (September 1984), pp. 1051–1066.
 Frederick D. Lipman (1998). "Financing Your Business with Venture Capital: Strategies to Grow Your Enterprise with Outside Investors". Prima Lifestyles. (November 15, 1998).

Venture capital
Patvinsuo National Park

Patvinsuo National Park () is a national park in the North Karelia region of Finland, in the municipalities of Lieksa and Ilomantsi. It was established in 1982 and covers . There are  of marked walking trails in the area. The park has bogs, former managed forest and slash-and-burn areas and some old-growth forests. Suomujärvi lake is located in the northeast area in the park.

See also 
 List of national parks of Finland
 Protected areas of Finland

References

External links
 Nationalparks.fi – Patvinsuo National Park

National parks of Finland
Biosphere reserves of Finland
Geography of North Karelia
Protected areas established in 1982
Tourist attractions in North Karelia
1982 establishments in Finland
Ramsar sites in Finland
Ilūkste

Ilūkste (; ; ) is a town in Augšdaugava Municipality in the Selonia region of Latvia. The population in 2020 was 2,216.

History 
The territory of modern Ilūkste was inhabited by the Selonians, an ancient Baltic tribe. As a settlement Ilūkste started to grow in the beginning of the 16th century when it was part of the Livonian Confederation and was administered by the Komtur of Daugavpils. Ilūkste was first mentioned in written sources in 1559 as a small village, part of the estate lands of Count Kasper Sieberg.
After the secularization of the Livonian Order, Ilūkste became part of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. In 1567 a Lutheran church was built in Ilūkste. Many Russian Old Believers found refuge in Ilūkste during this period.
During 17th century local landowner Bartholomew Zieberg offered refugee to Jesuits who were expelled from Swedish-controlled Riga. As a result, a wooden Catholic church was built in Ilūkste in 1690. In the 18th century Jesuits constructed a large Catholic church with two towers which at that time was one of the biggest in Latvia.

After the Duchy of Courland was incorporated in the Russian Empire in 1795, thanks to its strategic location at the crossroads of Lithuania, Belarus and Daugavpils, Ilūkste became an important trade city and regional center.
In 1816 a Uniate church was built in Ilūkste. In the 19th century many Jewish merchants settled in Ilūkste and annual fairs were held. In 1840 a highway from St. Petersburg to Warsaw was constructed nearby which stimulated further development. In 1865 a new Lutheran church was built. In 1873 the Daugavpils-Tilsit railway line was constructed through the town.
In 1910 a Russian teacher institute was opened in Ilūkste.

In World War I, Ilūkste was situated on the fighting front line, and by the war's end the city was totally destroyed. There were no intact houses left in Ilūkste and also all churches were damaged. Ilūkste was granted town rights in 1917 however it never fully regained its pre-war level of prosperity. In 1927 a new school building was constructed in town and Latvian poet, playwright and at that moment Minister of Education Rainis participated in the opening ceremony.

During the Soviet period, some industries shifted from Daugavpils to Ilūkste.

Gallery

See also 
List of cities in Latvia

References

External links

 
Towns in Latvia
Augšdaugava Municipality
Illuxt County
Selonia
Go (Dexter Gordon album)

Go! is a studio album by jazz musician Dexter Gordon featuring Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins, recorded on August 27, 1962 and released in the same year on Blue Note. According to the liner notes by Ira Gitler, this session was "not recorded in a nightclub performance but, in its informal symmetry, it matches the relaxed atmosphere that the best of those made in that manner engender. Everyone was really together, in all the most positive meanings of that word." It was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.

Critical reception and legacy

Since its release, Go! has received very positive reviews from critics, with uDiscover Music—published by Universal Music Group—declaring that it is "unanimously hailed by jazz critics as one of his greatest ever albums". AllMusic giving it a five star rating. The album was re-released in March 1999 as part of Blue Note's RVG Series, produced by Michael Cuscuna. In 2019, Go! was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Track listing

Personnel
Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark – piano
Butch Warren – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

Notes

External links

1962 albums
Dexter Gordon albums
Blue Note Records albums
Albums produced by Alfred Lion
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna
United States National Recording Registry recordings
United States National Recording Registry albums
Catholic Church in the Comoros

The Catholic Church in the Comoros is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

There are very few Catholics in this overwhelmingly Islamic country - 0.3% of the total population in 2020.

No dioceses have been established, but the whole of the country forms the Apostolic Vicariate of the Comoros Archipelago.

There is a Roman Catholic church in Moroni on the island. Another Roman Catholic church is in Mutsamudu. There is also a Protestant church in Moroni.

See also
St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church, Moroni
 Religion in Comoros
 Christianity in Comoros
 Freedom of religion in the Comoros

References 

 
Comoros
Comoros
Surendar Valasai


Surendar Valasai (Balasiya) (Sindhi: سريندر ولاسائي) (born 11 August 1968, near Kaloi, Tharparkar, Pakistan) is a Pakistani Meghwal Dalit journalist from the Tharparkar District. He was a member of Provincial assembly of Sindh on minority reserved seat fr August 2018 to August 2023.

Career
Valasai worked as a journalist for the English dailies The Muslim, Daily News, Sindh Express, Financial Post and The Balochistan Express, and as an editor for Sindh Tribune. As of 2013 Valasai became Media coordinator of Bilawal House, and on 8 November 2016 he was appointed as Incharge Media Cell Bilawal House. He was appointed as Advisor on Minority Affairs to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party on 4 January 2014. Earlier, he was President of Sindh Peoples Students Federation SPSF Tehsil Diplo, Tharparker until 1990 after which he took up journalism. He was elected as Member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh on seat reserved for non-Muslims, and took his oath on 13 August 2018. He was appointed as Special Assistant to Chief Minister, Sindh for Human Rights on August 5, 2021 and continued to serve as a member of Sindh Cabinet till August 11, 2023.

Scheduled Castes Federation of Pakistan (SCFP)
Valasai formed the Scheduled Caste Federation of Pakistan (SCFP) to raise the issues of human inequality, untouchability and caste discrimination. Under the SCFP platform, he wrote petitions and letters to the President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of Pakistan drawing their attention to the plight of Scheduled Castes tribes and particularly the Meghwal, Kolhi, Bheel, Bagdis, and Oads. His main emphasis was that since Pakistan did not subscribe to these social evils ideologically and spiritually, concrete steps were needed.

Newspapers

1. The Muslim*   Staff Reporter · May 1994 to Oct 1996
2. Daily News*
3. Sindh Express*
4. Financial Post* News Editor · Jan 1997 to Sep 2004
5. The Balochistan Times* News Editor · Mar 1993 to Feb 1994
6. Sindh Tribune*

References

External links
 http://gulfnews.com/news/world/pakistan/from-untouchable-to-counselling-top-politicians-1.1278799
 Caste-Based Discrimination in Pakistan & Its Cure - Surendar Valasai
 https://www.facebook.com/surendar.valasai/info

1968 births
Living people
Pakistani human rights activists
Pakistani male journalists
Dalit activists
Dalit writers
Sindhi people
Pakistani Hindus
Dirt Fox

is a racing arcade game, which had been released by Namco in 1989 only in Japan; it runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and allows up to four players to play simultaneously, when four cabinets are linked together (much like Namco's own Final Lap, which was released two years earlier) they can allow up to eight players to play simultaneously, when four two-player cabinets are linked together.

Gameplay
Each player must take control of a colour-coded car (red for 1P, green for 2P, blue for 3P and yellow for 4P) which are competing in an off-road race; they are given a preset amount of time in which to complete each of the track's six sections and for each section of the track that is successfully completed, the players' time gets extended. However, if any one of the players do not manage to successfully complete the current section of the track before their time runs out, the game will like in other Namco multiplayer racing titles (such as the aforementioned Final Lap) instantly be over and the race will continue without them - and between four and seven purple CPU-controlled cars will also start the race with the players, but they may catch up with additional ones in preset positions on the track.

Reception 
In Japan, Game Machine listed Dirt Fox on their August 15, 1989 issue as being the twelfth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade game of the month.

References

1989 video games
Arcade video games
Arcade-only video games
Namco arcade games
Japan-exclusive video games
Off-road racing video games
Top-down racing video games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games scored by Shinji Hosoe
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre

Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre is a compilation album by Jean-Michel Jarre originally released in 1991.

Unlike previous Jean-Michel Jarre compilation albums, Images is not just a collection of separate tracks. Instead, most of the tracks appear in edited form and segued together.

Apart from Jarre's best-known tracks, the album also contains two previously unreleased tracks composed for the canceled Teotihuacan solar eclipse concert scheduled for 11 July 1991, three new versions of older work, and one rare track "Moon Machine", which had previously appeared on a flexi disc of March 1986 issue of Keyboard and on a 12" single of "Rendez-Vous IV (Special Remix)" from that same year.

At the time of release two versions were issued with different track listings. In 1997 a new version was released with both track listings combined and a few extra tracks added. The compilation was also released in VHS format in 1991. The VHS contains all Jarre's videos from 1976 to 1991, except "Equinoxe 5".

Track listing

1991 international release

1991 French release

1997 international remastered release

VHS release

Charts

Certifications and sales

References

1991 greatest hits albums
Jean-Michel Jarre albums
1994 Texas gubernatorial election

The 1994 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic Governor Ann Richards was defeated in her bid for re-election by Republican nominee and future President George W. Bush, the son of former President George H. W. Bush.

Before the election, Richards had a high approval rating due to the strength of the state economy. However, Bush's campaigning on cultural and religious issues resonated with many Texan voters, and the race was considered a tossup on election day.

On election day, Bush carried 188 of the state's 254 counties, while Richards carried 66. Exit polls revealed that Bush won overwhelmingly among white voters (69% to 31%) while Richards performed well among African Americans (83% to 15%) and Latinos (75% to 25%). The 1994 election marked the last time that a Democrat won more than 45% of the vote in a Texas gubernatorial election, though the party was more successful in other statewide offices: Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock, Attorney General Dan Morales, Land Commissioner Garry Mauro and Comptroller John Sharp all won reelection.

Bush's victory was one of the most notable in the 1994 Republican Revolution, as he was one of four candidates to defeat an incumbent governor that cycle. As of 2023, this is the last time an incumbent Governor of Texas lost re-election.

Primaries

Republican

Democratic

Campaign

On June 11, 1994, 54 delegates met at the Libertarian state convention to statewide nominees. Keary Ehlers was given the gubernatorial nomination and the other statewide nominees were selected on June 12. Tom Pauken, the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, stated that Keary Ehlers should withdraw to help Bush win the election. Jay Manifold, the chairman of the Libertarian Party of Texas, stated that Bush should withdraw to help Ehlers win the election in response.

Polling

Endorsements

Results

References

1994
Gubernatorial
Texas
George W. Bush
1994 in Texas
November 1994 events
November 1994 events in North America
November 1994 events in the United States
PDAG

PDAG may refer to:
 Propositional directed acyclic graph, a data structure in computer science
 Mixed graph or partially directed acyclic graph
Music of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

The musical fortunes of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Furlanija – Julijska krajina) are closely tied to its political fortunes over the course of centuries, all having to do with proximity to the great maritime Republic of Venice as well as to the Austro-Hungarian empire and the vicissitudes of being a heavily contested area during the first World War. The vast comings and goings of various ethnic groups through this section of Italy have led to cultural and musical variety  for diversity.

Furlana was a dance that was named from Friuli that became very popular in Venice, then was adopted by French royal court and then it spread all over Europe, being used by Johann Sebastian Bach and many other musicians. 
It could have a Slav origin, though.

The Villotta (or Vilote Furlane) is a traditional Friulian polyphonic song, initially handed down only orally, composed of 4 alternating octosyllable rhymes born in the 15th century.

The most prominent musical theater in the region was built in 1801 in Trieste and was named the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in 1901. The city is the site of the Giuseppe Tartini music conservatory. It is also the home base for the internationally acclaimed Trieste Trio chamber music ensemble.

Elsewhere in the region, the province of Gorizia has at least five  spacious auditoriums and hosts a number of music events during the year, including the international Rudolfo Lipizer violin competition as well as various popular music festivals. The province of Pordenone hosts an international organ festival and competition as well as sponsoring an event dedicated to the Renaissance organ. Various musical associations in Pordenone include:
the Vincenzo Colombo Association for Sacred Music;
the Institute for Music of the Pedemontana;
the Farandola Cultural Association.

An additional music conservatory, named for Jacopo Tomadini, is located in the city of Udine.

Contemporary Friulian music includes various genres: Italian melodic song, songwriting, ethno-folk-rock, jazz, rock, rap and electronic music.

In this musical panorama, some artists stand out such as: the singer Beppino Lodolo, the jazz pianist and showman Lelio Lutazzi, the pianist and composer Glauco Venier, the dance music producer Robert Miles, the Italian pop singer Elisa , the singer-actress Lodovica Comello, the indie band Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, the group punk Prozac+, the reggae group Mellow Mood, the ethno rock group FLK, the folk rock group Arbe Garbe, the rapper Dj Tubet, the folk singer Lino Straulino, the singer-songwriter Dario Zampa.

References

External links
 Teatro Verdi, Trieste
Trieste music conservatory 
 Concerts today in Friuli

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Palazzo Chiericati

The Palazzo Chiericati is a Renaissance palace in Vicenza (northern Italy), designed by Andrea Palladio.

History 
 
Palladio was asked to design and build the palazzo by Count Girolamo Chiericati. The architect started building the palace in 1550, and some further work was completed under the patronage of Chiericati's son, Valerio. However, the palazzo was not fully finished until about 1680, possibly by Carlo Borella.

Palladio also designed a country home, the Villa Chiericati, for the family.

The palazzo was built in an area called "piazza dell'Isola" (island square, currently Piazza Matteotti), which housed the wood and cattle market. At that time, it was an islet surrounded by the Retrone and Bacchiglione streams, and to protect the structure from the frequent floods, Palladio designed it on an elevated position: the entrance could be accessed by a triple Classic-style staircase.

Architecture 

The palazzo's principal façade is composed of three bays, the central bay projecting slightly.  The two end bays have logge on the piano nobile level, while the central bay is closed.  The façade has two superposed orders of columns, Doric on the lower level with Ionic above.  The roof line is decorated by statuary.

Conservation 

Since 1855 the building has housed the Museo Civico ('City Museum') and, more recently, the city's art gallery. It has received international protection since 1994, along with the other Palladian buildings of Vicenza, as part of a World Heritage Site.  (The site originally designated was "Vicenza, City of Palladio" which included the city of Vicenza and its immediate surroundings. In 1996, UNESCO expanded the World Heritage Site to include villas outside the core area and renamed it "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto").

Gallery

External links

 www.museicivicivicenza.it
 Great buildings online retrieved 18.VIII.06
 Palazzo Chiericati – Vicenza – (1550) Description, photographs and location map 

Houses completed in 1680
Chiericati
Andrea Palladio buildings
World Heritage Sites in Italy
1680 establishments in Italy
Museums in Vicenza
GS&WR Class 201

The GS&WR Class 201 was a class of ten  locomotives designed by Locomotive Engineer, Henry Ivatt in 1887 for shunting heavy goods trains at Kingsbridge and Cork yards. Although the design is generally attributed to Ivatt they were actually created in the last year of Alexander McDonnell's tenure.  The locomotives were built in three batch with variations between batches: Nos. 207—210 were introduced in 1887; 201 and 202 followed in 1895 taking numbers formerly held by Sambo and Negro; while the final batch 214—217 emerged in 1901.

Design

The decision to proceed with an  design was discussed between Ivatt and John Aspinall due to issues with preceding  locomotives.  Ivatt's design incorporated the same cylinders, coupled-wheels and boilers as the s.

Service

Constraints on the locomotive design meant that the coupled wheelbase had to be as short as possible to negotiate the curves in the dock areas but the locomotive had to have sufficient power available for the increasing load of the trains.

Under the system employed by the Great Southern Railways they became Class J11. All of the class survived until 1949, with No. 217 being withdrawn in 1961 and No. 201 withdrawn in 1963.

References

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0-6-0T locomotives
Steam locomotives of Ireland
Railway locomotives introduced in 1887
5 ft 3 in gauge locomotives
Scrapped locomotives
Fukang meteorite

The Fukang meteorite is a meteorite that was found in the mountains near Fukang, China in 2000. It is a pallasite—a type of stony–iron meteorite with olivine crystals. It is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old.

History
In 2000, near Fukang, China, a Chinese dealer obtained a mass from Xinjiang Province, China, with a weight of . He removed about  from the main mass, and in February 2005, the meteorite was taken to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, where it was seen by Dr. Dante Lauretta, a professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona.

Subsequently, the mass was investigated at the Southwest Meteorite Center, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona by Dr. Lauretta and a team of research scientists including Dolores Hill, Marvin Killgore, Daniella DellaGiustina, and Dr. Yulia Goreva, and joined by Dr. Ian Franchi of Open University.

Classification and composition
The Fukang pallasite contains large, gem quality olivine, or peridot, in a nickel-iron matrix.
The olivines vary in shape from rounded to angular, many are fractured and they range in size from less than five millimetres to several centimetres.
The main mass contains several regions of massive olivine clusters up to eleven centimetres (4.3 inches) in diameter with thin metal veins. Fo86.4 with molar Fe/Mg = 0.1367, Fe/Mn = 40.37, and Ni = 0.03 wt%. The metal matrix is mostly kamacite with an average nickel content of 6.98 wt%. Vermicular sulfide (troilite) is present in some olivine.
 Oxygen isotopes: δ18O 2.569 ‰, δ17O 1.179 ‰, ∆1 7O = −0.157 ‰.

Specimens
A section weighing  of type specimen is on deposit at the University of Arizona. Marvin Killgore holds an additional section weighing the same amount, as well as the balance of the main mass.

In April 2008, Bonhams offered the main mass for auction at their Manhattan auction. Bonhams expected to fetch US$2,000,000, but the lot remained unsold. A "window" area of  was cut and polished to provide a view into the gem areas of the meteorite.

See also
 Glossary of meteoritics

References

External links
 
 Southwest Meteorite Laboratory - Fukang Pallasite

Meteorites found in China
Stony-iron meteorites
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
2000 in science
2000 in China
Catholic Church in Uganda

The Catholic Church in Uganda is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. 

According to the 2014 census, there were an estimated 13,407,764 Catholics in the country, comprising around 39.3% of the total population.

Dioceses of Uganda 

Gulu
Arua
Lira
Nebbi
Kampala
Kasana-Luweero
Kiyinda-Mityana
Lugazi
Masaka
Mbarara
Fort Portal
Hoima
Kabale
Kasese
Tororo
Jinja
Kotido
Moroto
Soroti

Catholicism in Uganda Pre-Independence 

The first Europeans arrived in Uganda in 1862, when John Speke traversed the region in a search for the source of the Nile. European arrivals increased in the following years, and the White Fathers became the country's first Catholic missionaries in 1879. Their evangelization was effective, and the baptized population increased to 8,500 by 1888. The conversion of natives was met with hostility by Kabaka Mwanga II, King of Buganda, who saw the Christian religion as jeopardizing his authority. Catholic converts and those affiliated with the White Fathers were often arrested and put to death for their beliefs, their remains strewed across the land as a warning to anyone considering conversion. This persecution and violence climaxed in the killing of the Uganda Martyrs, when 22 Catholic converts were burned alive at Namugongo. Persecution directed toward the region's Christians slowed the arrival of missionaries during this time, and many left out of fear. However, Uganda was annexed by the British in 1890, which allowed for more Christian influence in the country. The Mill Hill Missionaries and Verona Fathers were the most prominent Catholic missionaries in the territory during the following years. Mill Hill Missionaries mainly evangelized in Eastern Uganda, while the Verona Fathers converted people in the North. Efforts to convert the indigenous population were successful, and the population of all Catholics in the country grew to 86,000 by the year 1905, and 370,000 in 1923, representing roughly 12.4% of the population. Uganda's first native Bishop, Joseph Kiwanuka, was consecrated in 1939, where he served as Apostolic Vicar of Masaka.

The Catholic Church celebrates on June 3 the feast of the Uganda Martyrs — Saint Charles Lwanga and his companions — who were killed by King Mwanga II between 1885 and 1887.

2020s
In 2020, there were over 2,500 priests and over 4,000 nuns serving across 654 parishes; the church also ran 49 hospitals and homes for the old and infirm.

See also
Religion in Uganda
List of Saints from Africa

References

External links
Catholic Church in Uganda 
Laity in Uganda

 
Uganda
Uganda
Catholic Church in Turkmenistan

The Catholic Church in Turkmenistan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

History 
All Catholic infrastructure in the country was destroyed by Soviet revolutionaries in the 1920s. In 1997 a request was made to recognize the local Catholic community, but was refused since the local church was not headed by a Turkmen. In July 2010, the Catholic Mission received official government recognition and plans were started to both ask permission to build a Catholic church, and to reclaim a Catholic Armenian church in Turkmenbasy that still stands in the west of the country, as well as a church building in Sendar. In the early 2000s, Mass was celebrated at the Papal embassy in the capital and at parishioners' homes.

In 2020, there were 3 priests in the country, serving 300 Catholics in one parish.

See also 
Religion in Turkmenistan
Christianity in Turkmenistan
Chapel of the Transfiguration, Ashgabat
Mission sui iuris of Turkmenistan

External links 
Profile of Catholic Church in Turkmenistan

References 

 
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Petkeljärvi National Park

Petkeljärvi National Park () is a national park in Ilomantsi in the North Karelia region of Finland. It was established in 1956 and covers . Its specialities are e.g. fortification from the Continuation War, some of which have been renovated, and valuable eskers. The park's vegetation mostly consists of light Scots pine forests. The park, along with Patvinsuo National Park, belongs to the North-Karelian biosphere reserves of UNESCO.

See also 
 List of national parks of Finland
 Protected areas of Finland

References

External links
 Outdoors.fi: Petkeljärvi National Park
 

National parks of Finland
Biosphere reserves of Finland
Geography of North Karelia
Ilomantsi
Protected areas established in 1956
Tourist attractions in North Karelia
Raizo Matsuno

was a Japanese politician. Born in Yamaga, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture in 1917, Matsuno served in the Imperial Japanese Navy as an officer at the end of World War II as he was attending Naval Accounting School.

He successively held numerous offices in post-war Japan:

 Director-General for the Prime Minister's Office from 1958 to 1959 under Nobusuke Kishi 
 Minister of Labor from 1959 to 1960 under Nobusuke Kishi 
 Director General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1965 to 1966 under Eisaku Satō
 Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1966 under Eisaku Satō

He was Chairman of the Policy Affairs Research Council at Liberal Democratic Party, Chairman of the Executive Council.

1917 births
2006 deaths
Politicians from Kumamoto Prefecture
Keio University alumni
Imperial Japanese Navy officers
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Government ministers of Japan
Japanese defense ministers
Imperial Japanese Navy personnel of World War II
Dart injection

A dart injection is used to give a single intramuscular or subcutaneous injection to livestock without restraining the animal.  It can be contrasted with hand injection. These injections are usually administered by a tranquilliser gun, if in the wild, or sometimes a blowgun if in captivity.

Notes

Veterinary procedures
Standing Committee on Pressure Groups

The Standing Committee on Pressure Groups (SCOPG) was a secret committee set up in 1978 by the Hong Kong government to monitor the activities of pressure groups. The existence of this committee was first revealed in the New Statesman on 12 December 1980. The article, written by Duncan Campbell, asserted that any political group had been subjected to surveillance. Furthermore, the SCOPG had actively sought to undermine, co-opt or coerce eleven groups that were specifically targeted in a confidential report obtained by the paper. What was even more surprising, the SCOPG had been set up to infiltrate pressure groups. The greatest emphasis was placed on a group called the Hong Kong Observers. Due to political pressure the committee ceased to exist in 1983.

Government response 
The government officially recognized the existence of the committee but denied that it had any sinister motives. The claim was that it was set up to monitor pressure groups in order to better understand the groups' opinions. Furthermore, the government attacked the New Statesman for inaccuracies and lies (such as the allegation that the committee had sought to infiltrate pressure groups). The report had also put pressure on the government to reveal details about the Special Branch, which Campbell had put at 20% of the police force. The government rejected these figures and also asserted that the staff of 1,200 was used to accommodate state visits, avert terrorist acts, and subversive activities by Kuomintang agents.

Later revelations 
The Hong Kong Standard revealed on 16 January 1981 that there were personal attacks as well as plans for possible infiltration of groups such as school and college associations. The paper reported that the goal of the SCOPG was to protect Hong Kong's image abroad. On 28 January 1981 the same paper reported on a 'Red List' after it had obtained 11 further confidential reports. The three groups that were supposedly threatened by Communist infiltration were the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union (HKPTU)(headed by Szeto Wah), the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) and the Government School Non-Graduate Teachers Union (GSNTU). In response to this revelation, the government said that this report did not reflect the official opinion of the government.

Destruction of the files 
In 1995, the government admitted that almost all the files related to the SCOPG report had been destroyed during the 1980s "for record management purposes." The secretary for security, Peter Lai, also stated: "Government policy provides for the review of classified material. Government files are destroyed for record management purposes when they no longer serve a useful purpose." The government refused to answer further questions about the committee and declared that no new similar committee had been set up.

References

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British Hong Kong
Politics of Hong Kong
1978 establishments in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Pressure Groups
Glider

Glider may refer to:

Aircraft and transport

Aircraft
 Glider (aircraft), heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight
 Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport of gliding
 Military glider, used to transport combat troops and equipment to a combat zone
 Motor glider, a glider with a power source to generate thrust
 Hang glider, foot-launched, framed fabric wing, usually used for recreation
 Paraglider, foot-launched, unframed fabric wing, usually used for recreation
 Rocket glider, a rocket propelled aircraft that routinely lands as a glider
 Walkalong glider, a model glider with updraft generated by a person walking behind
 Paper glider, a model or toy glider made out of paper
 Gimli Glider, an Air Canada 767 which glided to a successful landing after running out of fuel in 1983

Other transport
 Glider (automobiles), a vehicle without a powertrain
 Glider (Belfast), a bus rapid transit system in Belfast, Northern Ireland
 Underwater glider, a submarine propelled by changing buoyancy

Animals
 There are at least eight marsupial mammals with the name "glider". They are in two families within the suborder Phalangeriformes
 Greater glider, Petauroides volans
 Feathertail glider or pygmy gliding possum, Acrobates pygmaeus
 Biak glider, Petaurus biacensis
 Mahogany glider, Petaurus gracilis
 Northern glider, Petaurus abidi
 Squirrel glider, Petaurus norfolcensis
 Sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps
 Yellow-bellied glider or fluffy glider, Petaurus australis

Computing and video games
 Glider (bot), an Internet bot for automating World of Warcraft gameplay
 Glider (Conway's Life), a pattern in Conway's Game of Life, also used as a hacker emblem
 Glider (video game), a 1988 Apple Macintosh game by John Calhoun

Music
 Glider (band), a band featuring members of Counting Crows
 Glider (The Sight Below album), 2008
 Glider (Tokio album) or the title song, 2003
 Glider (EP) or the title song, by My Bloody Valentine, 1990
 "Glider" (Boyfriend song), 2016
 "Glider", a song by Tycho from Epoch, 2016

Other uses
 Glider (furniture), a type of swinging seat
 Gliders (Elfquest), a fictional tribe of elves in the comic book series Elfquest
 Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, nicknamed the Gliders

See also
 Glide (disambiguation)
 Gliding (disambiguation)
 Flying and gliding animals