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Mia Mia, Victoria

Mia Mia is a locality of  Central Victoria, Australia,  north of Melbourne and  south of Bendigo.  It is largely an area of broadacre farms raising cattle and sheep.  It is a part of the Heathcote wine region Wine District and a number of vineyards have been established in the area, most notably producing Shiraz grapes. Its local government areas are the City of Greater Bendigo and Shire of Mitchell, Mia Mia is part of the Federal Electorates of Bendigo and McEwen and it is in the state electorate of Euroa. In 2011, it had a population of 265.

History

The Post Office opened on 22 November 1861, closing in 1970.

Mia Mia is notable for being the home of John Duigan and brother Reginald Duigan who built and flew the first Australian made aeroplane in 1910 on their property named Spring Plains.  A monument to their endeavours was constructed out of local bluestone and unveiled in 1960.

Mia Mia’s  western boundary is on the Campaspe River which is crossed by an iron bridge near Redesdale that is unusual in design and is quite memorable for those passing through.

Gold Escort Robbery

Mia Mia was the location of a violent gold escort robbery in 1853. A gang of at least six robbers and possibly as large as twelve bailed up a gold escort on the way to Kyneton. The robbers opened fire on the six escorts in which four were wounded. The other two fled to Heathcote to raise the alarm. When help arrived they found that the robbers and the gold was gone. Later John Francis gave crown evidence against the others and three of the villains were hanged.

Burke and Wills

The Burke and Wills expedition passed through Mia Mia in 1860 on their journey across Australia from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. They arrived on Saturday, 25 August 1860 and made Camp VI, (their sixth camp since leaving Melbourne). Sunday was taken as a rest day when the men caught up on chores and they left on Monday morning. The road from Lancefield to Mia Mia via Ben Loch and the Great Dividing Range is now called 'The Burke and Wills Track'. In 2010 the town erected a small monument to the expedition to mark the sesquicentenary of their visit.

See also 
 List of reduplicated Australian place names

References

External links

 Burke & Wills Web A comprehensive website containing many of the historical documents relating to the Burke & Wills Expedition.
 The Burke & Wills Historical Society The Burke & Wills Historical Society.

Towns in Victoria (state)
Shire of Mitchell
Bendigo
Suburbs of Bendigo
Wipper (Saale)

The Wipper is a river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, a left tributary of the Saale. It is  long. Its name comes from the old German word Uipparaha, which means "singing, bouncing river".

Course
The Wipper originates in the southeastern Harz, near Harzgerode at the bottom of Auerberg mountain. The Wipper joins the Saale in Bernburg.

Tributaries
The following rivers are tributaries of the Wipper:
 Schmale Else (L)
 Wolfsberger Wipper (R) near Dankerode
 Wippra Dam near Wippra
 Horla (R) near Wippra
 Schmale Wipper (L) near Wippra
 Hasselbach (R) near Wippra
 Brumbach (R) near Friesdorf
 Sengelbach (R) in Biesenrode
 Dorfbach (L) in Biesenrode
 Vatteröder Teich near Vatterode
 Ochsenpfuhlbach (R) near Vatterode
 Hagenbach (R) near Mansfeld
 Talbach (R) near Leimbach
 Fuchsbach (R) near Großörner
 Stockbach (L) near Großörner
 Alte Wipper, also known as Regenbeck (R) near  Burgörner
 Hadeborn (L) in Hettstedt
 Walbke, also known as Ölgrundbach (L) near Wiederstedt
 Rote Welle (L) near Salzkoth/ Aschersleben
 Eine (L) near Aschersleben
 Mühlgraben (L) near Groß Schierstedt

Towns
The following towns and cities lie along the Wipper:
Wippra, pop. 1552
Friesdorf
Rammelburg
Biesenrode
Vatterode
Leimbach
Großörner
Hettstedt, pop. 15,629
Wiederstedt, pop. 1074
Sandersleben, pop. 1988
Freckleben, part of the municipality of Aschersleben
Drohndorf, part of the municipality of Aschersleben
Mehringen
Aschersleben, pop. 29,357
Klein Schierstedt
Groß Schierstedt, pop. 630
Giersleben, pop. 1064
Warmsdorf, pop. 812
Güsten, pop. 4605
Osmarsleben
Ilberstedt, pop. 1155
Bernburg, pop. 35,897

Mills
Wippermühle in Wippra (today known as Mühlencafe)
Kratzmühle between Friesdorf and Rammelburg, called after the first owner Nickel Kratz
Herrenmühle between Friesdorf and Rammelburg, (currently a garage) it used to be a hostel for ids
Klippmühle between Biesenrode and Vatterode: In 1848 August Schumann bought a flour and saw mill, which was taken over by Reinhold Schumann in 1893. When the railroad line Wipperliese was built, he opened a pub.

Flooding
 1994: Between April 12 and 13, 1994, heavy rain in the lower Harz mountains led to flooding on the Wipper.

See also
 List of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt

References 

 
Rivers of Saxony-Anhalt
Rivers of the Harz
Rivers of Germany
Class Reunion (disambiguation)

A class reunion is a meeting of former classmates, typically organized at or near their former school by one of the class on or around a milestone anniversary of their graduation.

Class Reunion may also refer to:

 Class Reunion (novel), a 1928 novel by Franz Werfel
 Class Reunion (TV series), an Irish television show
 "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)", a 2005 single by Lonestar
 Class Reunion, a 1979 novel by Rona Jaffe
 National Lampoon's Class Reunion or Class Reunion, a 1982 black comedy film written by John Hughes and directed by Michael Miller

Ses also
High School Reunion (disambiguation)
School Reunion (Doctor Who), a 2006 TV episode
Conoco-Phillips Building

The Conoco-Phillips Building is a 22-story,  office building begun in 1981 and completed in 1983 as the ARCO Building, at 700 G Street in downtown Anchorage, Alaska and is the tallest building in both Anchorage and the state of Alaska.  It was designed by the Luckman Partnership of Los Angeles, in association with local architects Harold Wirum & Associates.  It is the tallest building in the state, and with the nearby Robert B. Atwood Building, predominantly defines the center of the skyline of the city.

The actual building is more of a complex, composed of the atrium, connecting with a smaller office tower. The main tower houses the Alaska regional corporate headquarters of ConocoPhillips, while the smaller tower consists of local branches of major companies, including the New York Life Insurance Company and KPMG.  There is also a branch of the Alaska Club gym in the building.

The sky-lit atrium is open to the public, and has a small food court, as well as a water fountain. Sometimes public events are held here, notably the annual summer Wild Salmon on Parade local art auction.

See also
List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
Robert B. Atwood Building
List of tallest buildings in Anchorage

References

1983 establishments in Alaska
ConocoPhillips
Skyscrapers in Anchorage, Alaska
Office buildings completed in 1983
Oil company headquarters in the United States
Skyscraper office buildings in Alaska
Connecticut Association of Schools

The Connecticut Association of Schools and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) is the governing body for secondary school athletics and other interscholastic competition in the state of Connecticut.

Sports offered

Fall

Cross Country
Boys Football
Girls Field Hockey
Soccer
Girls Swimming
Girls Volleyball

Winter

Basketball
Boys Ice hockey
Indoor Track
Boys Swimming
Wrestling
Cheerleading

Spring

Boys Baseball
Girls Softball
Golf
Lacrosse
Tennis
Outdoor Track
Boys Volleyball
Boys Rugby Union

Conferences
Berkshire League
Capitol Region Athletic League
Central Connecticut Conference
Connecticut Technical Conference
Eastern Connecticut Conference
Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference
Naugatuck Valley League
North Central Connecticut Conference
Shoreline Conference
Southern Connecticut Conference
South West Conference

See also 
 List of high schools in Connecticut
 NFHS

References 

The CIAC Story. Retrieved 2006-04-30.
"Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Handbook 2005-2006." CAS-CIAC. 2005. Connecticut Association of Schools - Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

External links
Official website

Sports in Connecticut
Education in Connecticut
High school sports associations in the United States
Sports organizations established in 1921
1921 establishments in Connecticut
Drew Henry

Drew Henry (born 24 November 1968) is a Scottish former professional snooker player, who spent five consecutive seasons of his career in the top 32 of the rankings, peaking at No. 18.

Career
A strong amateur, Henry won the 1988 Scottish Amateur Championship and reached the Semi-Finals of the World Amateur Championship in the same year.

Turning professional in 1991, Henry had a terrific start to his career, winning 51 of his first 62 career matches and rose to a ranking position of 39 within three seasons.

Spending 13 consecutive seasons within the World's top 48 players, Henry enjoyed his best form around the turn of the century, reaching three ranking event semi-finals, including the 2002 UK Championship, where he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-6 in the Quarter-Final.

Henry achieved his best ranking of 18 for the 2001/2002 season, having narrowly missed a top 16 spot at the end of the season. He enjoyed five consecutive seasons within the World's top 32 players.

Henry was also victorious in the 1991 Pontins Professional, defeating John Read in the final and won the 1995 WPBSA Minor Tour Event 6 in Beijing, defeating Mark Williams 6-5. In 2002 Henry also defeated Ali Carter 5-3 to win the Scottish Masters Qualifying Event. In 1996 Henry narrowly missed out on a place in the Masters when he lost in a deciding frame 8-9 to Brian Morgan in the Final of the Benson & Hedges Championship. He also lost to Dominic Dale in the final of the Malaysian Masters in the same year.

One of Scotland's leading players through the 1990s and 2000s, Henry also appeared at the Crucible Theatre for the World Snooker Championships on six occasions, losing a number of close matches to leading players such as Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and John Parrott. He made his debut at the crucible in 1994 losing 9-10 to John Parrott and his final appearance in 2005 losing by the same scoreline to Alan McManus, with his best runs being to the last 16 in 2000 and 2003.

After 17 seasons as a pro, Henry lost his professional status in 2008 after dropping out of the World's top 64 players  following a poor run of results. Henry completely retired from the game and has since made no attempt to regain his professional status.

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 4 (2 titles)

Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title)

Amateur Finals: 1 (1 title)

References

1968 births
Living people
Scottish snooker players
Sportspeople from Cambuslang
Wipper (Unstrut)

The Wipper is a river in Thuringia, Germany, left tributary of the Unstrut. It originates in the Eichsfeld area, northwestern Thuringia, near Leinefelde-Worbis. The total length of the Wipper is 95 km. The Wipper joins the Unstrut near Heldrungen. Towns along the Wipper include Bleicherode and Sondershausen.

See also
 List of rivers of Thuringia

Rivers of Thuringia
Rivers of Germany
Rotator

Rotator may refer to

Anatomy
Anatomical terms of motion §Rotation
List of internal rotators of the human body
List of external rotators of the human body

Other uses
Antenna rotator, a device used to change the orientation, within the horizontal plane, of a directional antenna
Field rotator or Clock drive, a mechanism to move a telescope to keep the aim in exact sync with the apparent motion of the fixed stars
Kicked rotator, a prototype model for chaos and quantum chaos studies
Polarization rotator, an optical device that rotates the polarization axis of a linearly polarized light beam by an angle of choice
Faraday rotator, a polarization rotator based on the Faraday effect
Rotator (album), a 1996 album by Danish rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
Rotator truck, a type of tow truck with a rotating extendible boom

See also
List of fast rotators (minor planets)
List of slow rotators (minor planets)
Rotation (disambiguation)
Unto Ashes

Unto Ashes is an American musical ensemble based in New York City that incorporates madrigal, folk, and elements of neo-medieval and darkwave. Founded by Michael Laird and Susanna Melendez in 1997, the band has released eleven full-length CDs on the Projekt label (all recorded and produced by Laird). Previous members and contributors have included Kit Messick, Melody Henry, Spider Grandmother (pseudonym), Jeremy Bastard (pseudonym). The band has continued to collaborate with Paul Ash, Catherine Bent, Sonne Hagal, and Bret Helm from Audra (band). Singer Mariko  Sarah Newman left the band in 2008 to work with the German Qntal project and related ensembles.

The band has performed at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig on four occasions: 2004, 2009, 2015, and 2019. 

In 2006, the band toured Europe with Qntal. For the 2019 WGT concert, the band performed with Michael Popp, founding member of Qntal, at the Schauspielhaus Leipzig.

Discography

Albums
 Moon Oppose Moon (1999 · Projekt [USA])
 Saturn Return (2001 · Projekt [USA])
 Empty Into White (2003 · Projekt [USA] / Kalinkaland [Germany])
 I Cover You With Blood (EP) (2003 · Projekt [USA] / Kalinkaland [Germany])
 Grave Blessings (2005 · Projekt [USA] / Kalinkaland [Germany])
 Songs For A Widow (2006 · Projekt [USA] / Pandaimonium [Germany])
 The Blood Of My Lady (2009 · Projekt [USA])
 Spellbound in Winter (2012 · Projekt [USA])
 Burials Foretold (2012 · Projekt [USA])
 Ghosts Captured (2014 · Projekt [USA])
 Pretty Haunted Things (2019 · Projekt [USA])

Videos
 Palastinalied (2004)

References

External links 
 Unto Ashes Official website 
 Unto Ashes Official Announcement list 
 Unto Ashes Myspace website 
 Livejournal Unto Ashes fansite 
 Yahoo Unto Ashes discussion group 

American dark wave musical groups
Projekt Records artists
Nick Dyson

Nick Dyson (born 19 December 1969 in Hessle, Hull) is an English former professional snooker player. He competed on the main tour over sixteen seasons between 1989 and 2006.

Career

Born in 1969, Dyson turned professional in 1989. In his first season on the main tour, he reached the last 16 at the 1990 European Open, where he defeated Ian Williamson, Steve Longworth, Dennis Taylor and Martin Clark and was drawn against the resurgent Colin Roscoe. In their match, Dyson led 2–1 but eventually lost 2–5.

At the 1991 World Championship, he beat Eddie Sinclair, Mark Rowing and Cliff Thorburn - becoming the first person to defeat Thorburn in a World Championship qualifying match - to reach the main stages at the Crucible Theatre for the first time. There, he played Jimmy White, who compiled three century breaks in winning 10–3.

Having never reached a ranking higher than 60th, Dyson fell off the tour in 1997, playing on the secondary UK Tour for the 1997/1998 season. His results there, and during the next season, were sufficient for him to return to the professional ranks in 1999.

In the 2000 Malta Grand Prix, Dyson beat Craig MacGillivray, Neal Foulds, John Read and Dave Harold to reach the last 32, but was selected to play in the wildcard round; drawn against Joe Grech, he made breaks of 96, 112, 107 and 108 but lost 4–5.

Dyson qualified for the 2001 World Championship, making his first appearance at the Crucible in ten years, by beating Ian Brumby, Mark Gray, Steve James, Rod Lawler and Brian Morgan. He played Ken Doherty in the last 32, but lost 7–10.

Earlier in the 2000/2001 season, he had compiled his second 147 maximum break in professional competition, against Robert Milkins in the UK Championship. Dyson progressed to the last 32 at that tournament, overcoming White 9–6 in the last 48, before losing 2–9 to Fergal O'Brien. He had made his first maximum in a UK Tour event in 1999.

Following a 6–10 loss to Matthew Couch in qualifying for the 2006 World Championship, Dyson finished the 2005/2006 season ranked 87th; as only the top 64 automatically retained their places, he was relegated from the tour in the summer of 2006.

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)
Merseyside Professional Championship – 2001

References

External links
Nick Dyson at snookerdatabase.co.uk

1969 births
Living people
English snooker players
People from Hessle
Sportspeople from the East Riding of Yorkshire
Spotted fever

A spotted fever is a type of tick-borne disease which presents on the skin. They are all caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia. Typhus is a group of similar diseases also caused by Rickettsia bacteria, but spotted fevers and typhus are different clinical entities. Transmission process: When the tick latches on, it needs to be removed under 2 hours. If not noticed or unremoved it takes only 10 hours for the tick to transmit the (disease) to the human.

The phrase apparently originated in Spain in the 17th century and was ‘loosely applied in England to typhus or any fever involving petechial eruptions.’ During the 17th and 18th centuries, it was thought to be "cousin-germane" to and herald of the bubonic plague, a disease which periodically afflicted the city of London and its environs during the 16th and 17th centuries, most notably during the Great Plague of 1665.

Types of spotted fevers include:

 Helvetica spotted fever
 Mediterranean spotted fever
 Rocky Mountain spotted fever
 Queensland tick typhus

References

External links 

Tick-borne diseases
Rickettsioses
Balchik Palace

The Balchik Palace (, Dvorets v Balchik; ) is a palace in the Bulgarian Black Sea town and resort of Balchik in Southern Dobruja. The official name of the palace was the Quiet Nest Palace. It was constructed between 1926 and 1937, during the Romanian control of the region, for the needs of Queen Marie of Romania. The palace complex consists of a number of residential villas, a smoking hall, a wine cellar, a power station, a monastery, a holy spring, a chapel and many other buildings, as well as most notably a park that is today a state-run botanical garden. Balchik Palace is  above sea level.

Architectural complex
Marie of Romania, the wife of Ferdinand I of Romania, visited Balchik in 1921 and liked the location of the summer residence, ordering the vineyards, gardens and water mills of local citizens to be bought so a palace could be constructed at their place. Balkan and Ottoman Turkish motifs were used in the construction of the palace that was carried out by Italian architects Augustino and Americo, while a florist was hired from Switzerland to arrange the park. The main building's extravagant minaret coexists with a Christian chapel, perfectly illustrating the queen's Baháʼí Faith beliefs.

Today many of the former royal villas and other buildings of the complex are reorganized inside and used to accommodate tourists. Some of the older Bulgarian water mills have also been preserved and reconstructed as restaurants or tourist villas.

Botanical garden
In 1940, after the reincorporation of Southern Dobruja in Bulgaria with the Treaty of Craiova, the Balchik Botanical Garden was established at the place of the palace's park. It has an area of  and accommodates 2000 plant species belonging to 85 families and 200 genera. One of the garden's main attractions is the collection of large-sized cactus species arranged outdoors on , the second of its kind in Europe after the one in Monaco. Other notable species include the Metasequoia, the Para rubber tree and the Ginkgo.

Trivia
Francis Ford Coppola spent 11 days at the palace shooting scenes of Youth Without Youth.

Notes

External links

Palace
Dvoreca.com, official website (in Bulgarian and English)
Gallery of the Balchik Palace at Balchik.info
Info end history at Balcic.eu
Balchik Palace at Journey.bg (in Bulgarian)
Gallery of Balchik at the Jurnalul Naţional website (mostly covering the palace; in Romanian)
Nikola Gruev's gallery of the palace

BulgariaLeisure.com, Tourism Information Portal (in Bulgarian and English)

Botanical garden
University Botanical Garden - Balchik, Bulgaria (EN)
Balchik Botanical Garden at Balchik.info (in Bulgarian and English)
Book about Botanical Garden at Balcic.eu
Save the Balchik Botanical Garden! campaign (in Bulgarian)
BulgariaLeisure.com, Tourism Information Portal (in Bulgarian and English)

Botanical gardens in Bulgaria
Balchik
Dobruja
Palaces in Bulgaria
Royal residences in Bulgaria
Buildings and structures in Dobrich Province
Tourist attractions in Dobrich Province
Shlomo Gazit

Shlomo Gazit (; 22 October 1926 – 8 October 2020) was an Israeli military officer and academic. A Major General in the Israel Defense Forces, he headed Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate. He later served as president of Ben-Gurion University and director general of the Jewish Agency.

Biography

Shlomo Weinstein (later Gazit) was born  in Istanbul, Turkey, to a Ukrainian Jewish family which later moved to Palestine. His older brother was Mordechai Gazit.

In 1942, while still in high school, he joined the Haganah, and the Palmach in 1944. He was assigned to Company H. He was initially based in Kiryat Anavim. He passed a commander's course and was appointed a platoon leader, serving in the Ramat HaKovesh and Givat HaShlosha areas. He participated in the Night of the Bridges and the Night of the Trains.

Military career
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Gazit served in the Harel Brigade, and initially took part in fighting the Arab Legion, participating in the Battles of Latrun. He later took part in Operation Yoav.

He served as the head of the assessment department in IDF intelligence before the Six-Day War, but then took leave to study for a master's degree in history. Gazit's studies were interrupted in the summer of 1967, when he was appointed by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan to be in charge of a committee tasked with running the political, security, and later economic affairs in the newly captured territories. This group would later be renamed "The Unit for the Coordination of Operations in the Territories".

After seven years, Gazit was promoted to head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, a position he held from 1974 to 1978.

Academic and public career
Upon his retirement from the IDF, he served as president of the Ben Gurion University in Beersheba for two four-year terms, following Yosef Tekoah. In 1985, he was followed by President Chaim Elata. Since 1988 he was a member of the staff of Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at the Tel Aviv University.

In 1985 Gazit was appointed director general of the Jewish Agency for Israel and served in this capacity till 1987.

Published works
The Middle East Military Balance, 1988-1989: A Comprehensive Data Base & In-Depth Analysis of Regional Strategic Issues, Westview Press, 1990. 
The Middle East Military Balance, 1990-91, Westview Press, 1992. 
The Middle East Military Balance 1992-1993, Westview Press, 1994. 
The Middle East Military Balance 1993-1994, Westview Press, 1995. 
The Palestinian refugee problem, Tel Aviv University, 1995. 
The Carrot and the Stick: Israel's Policy in Judaea and Samaria, 1967-68 , B'nai B'rith Book Service, 1995. 
Trapped Fools; Thirty Years of Israeli Policy in the Territories, Frank Cass, 2003. 
The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East, Vintage, 2005.

References

1926 births
2020 deaths
Academic staff of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Directors of the Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel)
Israeli generals
Israeli people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Tel Aviv University alumni
Turkish Ashkenazi Jews
Presidents of universities in Israel
Grow Some Funk of Your Own

"Grow Some Funk of Your Own" is a song by English musician Elton John. It was released as a single in 1976 from the album Rock of the Westies. It shared its A-side status with "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)". The song went to No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, but in Britain broke a five-year run of successful singles by failing to reach the top 50 despite extensive radio play. Guitarist Davey Johnstone is credited as a co-writer.

Synopsis
The song centers on a man who wakes up after a bad dream entailing an episode set in Mexico, where the protagonist (presumably either John or Taupin) falls for a young lady in a small town but is dismissed by her boyfriend, telling him to return to where he came from (hence the lyric, "Take my advice/take the next flight/and grow your funk/grow your funk at home").

Reception
Cash Box called it "a hard-driving rocker which has a part audiences will sing along to and maybe provide another encore to his live show" with "an absolutely frantic ending with the vibraphones receiving the beating of their lives."  Record World said that "Elton shows why he's on top with his 'English charm' and an enthusiastic no holds barred rock 'n' roll sound."

Personnel
 Ray Cooper – castanets, tambourine, bell tree, vibraphone
 Kiki Dee – backing vocals
 Davey Johnstone – electric guitars, backing vocals
 Elton John – piano, vocals
 Kenny Passarelli – bass, backing vocals
 Roger Pope – drums
 Caleb Quaye – electric guitars, backing vocals

Chart performance

References 

Elton John songs
1975 songs
1976 singles
Songs with music by Elton John
Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Song recordings produced by Gus Dudgeon
DJM Records singles
MCA Records singles
ECAA

ECAA may refer to:

 European Common Aviation Area
 Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority
 Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority
Clemmys

Clemmys is a genus of turtles currently containing a single extant species, the spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata).

Taxonomy
In the past, several other species were included in the genus, including a number of fossil species.  DNA analysis has restricted the genus to containing only the spotted turtle. Fossil species are now restricted to the Neogene of North America as far back as the Miocene.

Extant species formerly in Clemmys
Wood turtle - now Glyptemys insculpta
Bog turtle - now Glyptemys muhlenbergii
Western pond turtle - now Actinemys marmorata

Fossil species
†Clemmys hesperia Hay, 1903 - Pliocene 
†Clemmys owyheensis Brattstrom & Sturn, 1959 - Miocene (Hemphillian)

References

 
Turtle genera
Reptile genera with one living species
Taxa named by Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen
Wolf Burn

The Wolf Burn is a small stream, running from a suspect subterranean source behind the Ormlie housing estate in Thurso, Highland Region in the United Kingdom.  Its issue is by Burnside, Caithness.  A ribble of stones represents the Wolfburn distillery  which operated for a number of decades around the mid 19th Century.

Few historical records exist, although it is thought to have been owned by a William Smith, and is known to have been present on the first Ordnance Survey map of the region in 1872.  It is thought to have been abandoned by 1877.

It is currently under threat from the local council who are planning on building a road that would destroy all the remains along with the plethora of wildlife including nesting sites of the endangered Skylark.

Caithness
Rivers of Highland (council area)
IFPUG

The International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) is a US-based organization with worldwide chapters of Function point analysis metric software users. It is a non-profit, member-governed organization founded in 1986. 

IFPUG owns Function Point Analysis (FPA) as defined in ISO 20296 which specifies the definitions, rules and steps for applying the IFPUG's functional size measurement (FSM) method. FPA can be traced to the work of Allan Albrecht of IBM who pioneered functional sizing in 1979 which derived a functional size of product value distinct and disassociated from lines of code, technology, or software language.

Functions
IFPUG maintains the Function Point Counting Practices Manual (CPM), and the SNAP Assessment Practices Manual, the recognized industry standards for functional and non-functional sizing. IFPUG provides testing and certification for the Certified Function Point Specialist (CFPS), the Certified Function Point Practitioner (CFPP), and the Certified SNAP Practitioner (CSP). Generally, certification is for three years although the CFPS has a certification extension program.

IFPUG offers individual, corporate, countrywide, worldwide, and academic memberships spanning six continents. The annual International Software Measurement & Analysis (ISMA) conferences, access to standards documents, certification support, white papers, the semi-annually produced MetricViews, and educational events represent some of the membership benefits.

FPA allows organizations to understand the functional size of an application prior to its development. As a result, Requests for quotations can be evaluated based on the "richness" of the functionality in addition to its cost and schedule parameters. Several national governments have adopted the use of functional sizing as a prerequisite for bidding on their contracts. Functional sizing can also contribute to determining the level of effort warranted once an application is deployed.

The IFPUG membership, functional and non-functional assets and certifications, and IFPUG partners assist in fulfilling IFPUG's mission: to be the recognized leader in promoting and encouraging the effective management of application software development and maintenance activities through the use of software product and process metrics.

See also
The Simple Function Point method
SNAP Points
COSMIC

References

External links
 Official IFPUG website
 What is the IFPUG CFPS (Certified Function Point Specialist) certification?
 IFPUG-in-a-Box 
 SNAP-in-a-Box
 40 Years of Function Points: Past, Present, Future
 IFPUG method to size non-functional requirements (SNAP) is now an IEEE worldwide standard: IEEE 2430-2019

User groups
Information technology management
Zinkia Entertainment

Zinkia Entertainment (or simply Zinkia) is a Spanish production company located in Madrid, Spain. Its main focus is to create animated series for TV and games, for mobile devices and for game platforms. The company has more than 100 employees and their series have been sold in more than 95 countries worldwide. Zinkia was founded in 2001 by David Cantolla López and his brother Colman López, together with José María Castillejo as a capital partner.

History
In June 2006, one of its television series, Pocoyo, was awarded at the 30th International Festival of Annecy with the Cristal award for the "Best TV Series in the world" and a BAFTA prize in 2006.

In April 2011, Zinkia acquired a 51% majority stake in UK distributor Cake Entertainment. This followed on the end of the partnership the company had with ITV Global Entertainment for the Pocoyo franchise.

Zinkia Entertainment launched numerous Pocoyo spin-offs and two new animated series: the Spanish-French co-production Shuriken School (2006) and the pre-school Mola Noguru (2013).

After a bond issue failed, the company entered the red: in 2012 it carried out an ERE that affected a third of the workforce, and in 2013 it had to declare bankruptcy. In July 2014, Cake Entertainment's management purchased back Zinkia's 51% stake in Cake due to Zinkia's bankruptcy.

Zinkia managed to overcome this crisis thanks to Pocoyo's income, both in television rights and through its official YouTube channel. In 2016, it was acquired by the Mexican businessman Miguel Valladares, and since then it has focused exclusively on TV series animation.

In May 2023, Zinkia announced the sale of the Pocoyo franchise to French investment firm Animaj SAS for an undisclosed amount. The sale would include all IP rights, distribution, and licensing to the franchise but would exclude the educational portions, which Zinkia would retain. In exchange for the deal, Zinkia would acquire a 7.99% minorty stake in Animaj. The deal was closed on September 20, 2023, with the franchise transferring over to its new owners on the same day.

Works
 Pocoyo (2005–present)
 Shuriken School (2006–2007) (co-production with Xilam)
 Mola Noguru (2013)

References

External links
 Company website

Companies based in Madrid
Spanish animation studios
Video game companies of Spain
Television production companies of Spain
Spanish companies established in 2001
Video game companies established in 2001
Mass media companies established in 2001
The Cells

The Cells is a 3-piece American rock band based in Chicago, currently made up of singer/guitarist Cory Hance, bassist Johnny Furman and drummer Mark Doyle.

The band was formed in 1998 by singer/guitarist Cory Hance and bassist Brede Hovland.  Hovland then dropped out to work in the movie business, and Hance, guitarist/singer Pat McIntyre and drummer Randy Payne continued the band with guest bassists such as Rick Ness, formerly of Fig Dish (a key Cells member during his stint),  Skid Marks, of Box-O-Car, Josh James and Bob Rising .  They released their debut album, We Can Replace You under Orange Recordings.

After touring behind We Can Replace You as a 3-piece, Hance, McIntyre and Payne parted ways. Payne and McIntyre formed the band Cisco Pike.

Hance recruited drummer Mark Doyle (formerly of Loud Lucy, Verbow and Woolworthy) and bassist Johnny Furman (formerly of The Webb Brothers, The Lupins and the Darlings) in late 2003. The new Cells lineup completed the band's second CD Mayday in 2006, available on their own imprint, Old Reliable Records.

Discography

Studio albums

References
 [ allmusic.com biography]
 Official Site
 Myspace page
 Old Reliable Records

Rock music groups from Illinois
Hollins Green

Hollins Green is a village on the eastern edge of Warrington, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire and historic county of Lancashire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Rixton-with-Glazebrook; the ecclesiastical parish is Hollinfare.

Amenities
The village houses St Helen's CofE Primary School as well as the Pre-School. The children of Hollins Green generally attend Culcheth High School upon leaving St Helen's, as it is one of the feeder schools.

The village has two pubs (the Red Lion and the Black Swan), a village shop, a village pond, a barbers, a church hall and a separate community hall.

Transport

Hollins Green is served by the number 100 bus, provided by Go North West, travelling between Manchester Shudehill Interchange and Warrington Interchange. The 100 runs every hour towards the Trafford Centre and Manchester. Glazebrook railway station is within close reach of the village and can be used to commute to Manchester, Warrington and Liverpool. The station is served by Northern Trains.

Other features
Rixton Clay Pits at the west of the village is a former clay extraction site; it is now a nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The village also has a brickworks, the moated site of Rixton Old Hall, Rixton New Hall, Ramswood Garden Centre, St Helen's Church (C of E) and churchyard (on an ancient circular site bordered by a footpath called 'The Weint'), a cross commemorating those killed in both world wars, and a Methodist chapel.

The Glaze Brook joins the River Mersey just north-east of Hollins Green; this stretch of the Mersey was widened to form part of the Manchester Ship Canal.

In literature 
The village and surroundings are the setting for the fictional village of Moss Ferry, in the semi-autobiographical novel Manchester Fourteen Miles by former resident Margaret Penn.

See also

Listed buildings in Rixton-with-Glazebrook

Further reading
 Autobiographical account of Hollins Green, referred to as Moss Ferry, circa 1909

References

External links
Rixton-with-Glazebrook parish
Rixton Claypits Local Nature Reserve at warrington.gov.uk

Villages in Cheshire
Geography of Warrington
Amaranth oil

Amaranth oil is extracted from the seeds of two species of the genus Amaranthus — A. cruentus and A. hypochondriacus — that are called, collectively, amaranth grain.

Amaranth oil is a light-to-medium-colored, clear liquid that is pourable at low temperatures. It is a source of fatty acids, with oleic acid, linoleic acid, and palmitic acid having the highest proportions. The oil is valued for its ability to add temperature stability at both high and low temperatures. Commercial uses of amaranth oil include foods, cosmetics, shampoos, and intermediates for manufacture of lubricants, pharmaceuticals, rubber chemicals, aromatics, and surface active agents. As a food oil, amaranth oil has a delicate taste. The oil content of the actual amaranth grain ranges from 4.8 to 8.1%, which is relatively low compared to other sources of seed oil. The melting point of amaranth oil is .

Chemically, the major constituents of amaranth oil are:

{| class="wikitable"
! Fatty acid !! Content
|-
| Linoleic acid || align="right" | 50%
|-
| Oleic acid|| align="right" | 23%
|-
| Palmitic acid || align="right" | 19%
|-
|| Stearic acid || align="right" | 3%
|}

References 

Cooking oils
Vegetable oils
Amaranthus
Yellow Finn potato

Yellow Finn is a potato cultivar. Its origin is sourced to Europe. It is medium-sized with yellow flesh and skin that varies from white to yellow.

Although its yields are described as low, the cultivar was widely grown in California by small-scale producers during the 1990s.

A variety of the 'Yellow Finn' potato was grown on Lubbe Farms in Montesano, Washington, .

This variety was originally grown by Carl Gustav Riipinen on his farm in Montesano along the south bank of the Chehalis River. He brought them from Finland in the 1950s.

When growing this variety of potatoes, farmers tend to harvest them when they are not grown to their full potential because the market tends to prefer smaller tubers of this variety.

'Yellow Finn' has a dark yellow flesh, it also tends to have more of a flattened shape and deep eyes. The plant grows to about  and needs a moderate amount of water. In terms of disease resistance it is known to be resistant to scab.

References

Potato cultivars
Red Gold potato

Red Gold potato is an early variety of North American potato. It has a red skin with yellow flesh inside. It is resistant to potato leafroll virus and potato virus Y and moderately resistant to common scab, but is susceptible to potato virus a and potato virus s.

'Red Gold' was bred in Canada in the 1970s and registered in 1987.

'Red Gold' has a mid season maturity, is medium sized with ovate primary and terminal leaflets. The flowers of this variety have golden yellow anthers and medium berry production. The 'Red Gold' tubers are round to oval with medium eye depth and the sprouts are very pubescent with a pinkish-yellow apex.

Medicinal Uses 
Red Gold potatoes are sometimes used as a home remedy to help with hemorrhoid relief. Hemorrhoid sufferers are instructed to cut the potato into a wedge and place it near the affected area.

References

Potato cultivars
Kresh people

Kresh is the name of an ethnic minority in South Sudan, Sudan, and the Central African Republic. The Kresh speak various Kresh languages of the Nilo-Saharan phylum.

References 

Ethnic groups in the Central African Republic
Ethnic groups in Sudan
Roma tomato

The Roma tomato or Roma is a plum tomato popularly used both for canning and producing tomato paste because of its slender and firm nature. Commonly found in supermarkets in some countries, Roma tomatoes are also known as Italian tomatoes or Italian plum tomatoes.

Roma tomatoes are grown in the United States, Mexico, Australia, and  Great Britain.

Types
The "Roma VF" variant is most common in seed catalogs as of 2007. It was developed by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Beltsville, Maryland in the 1950s as a fusarium wilt-resistant cultivar.

While the Roma is an open-pollinated variety rather than a hybrid, it has been steadily improved to the point that most Roma tomato vines are verticillium- and fusarium wilt-resistant (thus the VF in the name).

Most commercial plum tomatoes sold in markets in the Western Hemisphere are Romas or related types. Smaller plum tomatoes about the size of cherry tomatoes are sometimes sold as "baby Romas". A smaller relative known as "Windowbox Roma" is sold as a tomato suitable for window gardens and hanging containers.

Description
Roma tomatoes are egg- or pear-shaped and red when fully ripe. They have few seeds and are a good canning and sauce tomato. While Roma is an open-pollinated variety, in general it is not considered an heirloom tomato.
Maturing in under three months, the plant itself grows to  in height and the single fruit weighs about .
The vines fruit heavily, making Roma a popular variety with gardeners who do a lot of home canning.

See also
San Marzano tomato
List of tomato cultivars

References

Heirloom tomato cultivars
Dick Crayne

Richard Cherry Crayne (April 24, 1913 – August 14, 1985) was an American football fullback for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL).  He was drafted in the first round with the fourth overall pick in the 1936 NFL Draft. He played in 1936, rushing for 203 yards, and completed 1 of 2 passes for 52 yards. Then in 1937, rushing for 135 yards, and completed 2 of 4 passes for 20 yards. In 1935, he was selected as a third-team All-American by both the United Press and the Associated Press while playing for the University of Iowa. Crayne served as the head football coach at Westmar University in Le Mars, Iowa from 1939 to 1951. He died on August 14, 1985, at a hospital in Sioux City, Iowa.

NFL career statistics

Head coaching record

References

External links
 
 

1913 births
1985 deaths
American football fullbacks
Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players
Iowa Hawkeyes football players
Kansas Jayhawks football coaches
Westmar Eagles football coaches
People from Fairfield, Iowa
People from Washington County, Iowa
Players of American football from Iowa
Oliver Bjerrehuus

Oliver Bjerrehuus (born 6 October 1975) is a Danish model. He was born in Denmark to actress-turned-writer Suzanne Bjerrehuus. In 1997, Bjerrehuus traveled to New York City, where his career took off when he landed jobs for Calvin Klein, Nautica, and Giorgio Armani. In 2003, Bjerrehuus moved back to Denmark. He is currently an actor in his home country, but still does some modeling.

Family and early life
Bjerrehuus was born on 6 October 1975 to Suzanne Bjerrehuus and Ole Brøndum in Denmark. Bjerrehuus is very close with his mother, and calls her his "one true love."  studied electrical engineering at Aarhus University  (Danish: Aarhus Universitet) (abbr.: AU) in Aarhus, Denmark but never graduated because he decided to quit to pursue his modeling career.

Modeling career
A modeling agent discovered Bjerrehuus at age 17 while he was out at a nightclub.   He modeled for 5 years in Denmark until he decided to pursue modeling in the United States. He then moved to New York City in 1997 to advance his modeling career. Bjerrehuus has been represented by both Unique Models of Copenhagen and Aarhus  and Mega Modeling Agency of Denmark.  He has modeled for major fashion editorials and ad campaigns for brands such as, Kenneth Cole, Giorgio Armani, Nautica, Azzaro's "Visti" for men, Peek & Cloppenburg, Malo, Lindeburg, Dolce and Gabbana, and lastly Prada. After 5 years in New York, Bjerrehuus moved back to Denmark in 2003.

Acting career
While Bjerrehuus's modeling career was at its peak, he decided to pursue an acting career as well. Although he didn’t find much success at acting in the United States he has reached celebrity status in his home country of Denmark, having appeared in many commercials, TV shows and films.

Other Ventures
In 2002 the actor and model tried bartending for about a month in March at local bar. In 2003, Bjerrehuus became a triple threat when he joined the rock band, "John Century" for whom he played the bass. The musician has played the bass since age 13 and has been inspired by a variety of bands including Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane's Addiction.

Personal life
He has publicly been affectionate towards both men and woman, but has only had serious relationships with women. Bjerrehuus's first marriage was to Anna von Lindholm, who is a leather-fashion designer and actress. The couple has one son together named Oscar. Now that the two are divorced, Oscar resides with Bjerrehuus. In 2007, Bjerrhuus had his next big relationship with Gunnvør Linda Virgarsdóttir Dalsgaard, a PR advisor who he met at the premiere of his movie The Simpsons (Danish version). The couple broke up on 23 January 2012, but have two daughters together named Sigga Bjerrehuus and Hanna Bjerrehuus. In December 2016, Bjerrehuus and Dalsgaard announced that they are expecting another baby, a son named Hugo, in May 2017.

References

External links
 Oliver Bjerrehuus Website
 Oliver Bjerrehuus Fan Group

Danish male models
Danish male actors
Living people
1975 births
UPSC

UPSC may refer to:

 Union Public Service Commission of India
 Urban Planning Society of China
 Uttarakhand Public Service Commission of Uttarakhand, India
November Criminals (disambiguation)

November Criminals may refer to:

 November criminals, a description by advocates of the stab-in-the-back myth of German government leaders who signed the Armistice in 1918
 The November Criminals, a 2010 novel by Sam Munson 
 November Criminals (film), a 2017 American crime drama
D'Anjou

The D'Anjou pear, sometimes referred to as the Beurré d'Anjou or simply Anjou, is a short-necked cultivar of European pear. The variety was originally named 'Nec Plus Meuris' in Europe and the name 'Anjou' or 'd'Anjou' was erroneously applied to the variety when introduced to America and England. It is thought to have originated in the mid-19th century, in Belgium or France.

Cultivars
The two cultivars that comprise d'Anjou pears are the 'Green Anjou' pear and the 'Red Anjou' pear. The 'Green Anjou' pear has a pale green skin that does not change color as the pear ripens, unlike most other cultivars of green pears, which turn yellow as they ripen. The 'Red Anjou' pear originated as naturally occurring bud sport found on 'Green Anjou' trees. 'Red Anjou' pears are very similar to the original Anjou other than color.

The d'Anjou is considered a medium to large pear, typically around 270–285 grams, 85 mm in height, and 80 mm in diameter. It has a wide, globular base, short stem, and thin skin with many notable lenticels.

Suggestions
Because this pear does not show ripeness by color, it is recommended to test the top near the stem with a slight press of the thumb until it gives slightly. This is because the pear ripens from the inside out and the top is closest to the inside. It typically takes 3 to 5 days after purchase for the pear to ripen whereupon it may be refrigerated to slow (but not stop) the ripening, giving the consumer a couple more days to eat it. It can be used for baking or sliced in salads, and they are also good for poaching, roasting, grilling, or eating fresh.

U.S. production
In the United States, the variety was recommended for general cultivation by the American Pomological Congress in 1852, and  represented 34% of reported U.S. pear production, with Oregon the leading state.

Popular culture

One of the main characters of the "annoying orange" is a pear of this variety.

Notes

References
 'Anjou'  USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) Online Database National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland

External links
 USA Pears - Anjou Pear Profile 

Pear cultivars
Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo

is a Japanese novel by Tamio Kageyama. It won the Naoki Prize in 1988. It was adapted into an anime film named , released in 1993 by Toei Animation. The story revolves around a boy who finds a baby plesiosaur.

Characters
Yusuke is 12-year-old boy.
Coo is a baby plesiosaur.
Tetsuo Obata is a marine biologist
Contseau is a dog.
Catherine "Cathy" Ono is a Japanese-Canadian woman who works for the Coast Guard and "Green Earth".
Col. Nolver is a celebrity among them.
Dr. Davard Duvall is a marine biologist.
Rooslean is a captain of the French navy.

References

External links 
 

1988 Japanese novels
1993 anime films
1993 films
Drama anime and manga
Films based on Japanese novels
Japanese novels adapted into films
Novels set in Oceania
Plesiosaurs in fiction
Japanese animated films
Toei Animation films