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Xixuthrus

Xixuthrus is a small genus of long-horned beetles, found primarily on Pacific islands, including Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji, and contains some of the largest living insect species, the giant Fijian long-horned beetle and the Taveuni beetle. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive. No scientists have yet seen a larva of this genus, although in Fiji, where three different species occur, the natives consider them to be a rare and special delicacy.

Systematics
The genus Xixuthrus is currently dividend in two subgenera: Xixuthrus s. str. and Daemonarthra Lameere, 1903. 
The latter differs from the former in the apically  acute (rather than rounded) lobes of the third tarsal segment.

Subgenus Xixuthrus Thomson, 1864  
 Xixuthrus arfakianus (Lansberge, 1884)
 Xixuthrus axis Thomson, 1877
 Xixuthrus bufo Thomson, 1878
 Xixuthrus costatus (Montrouzier, 1855)
 Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher 1932
 Xixuthrus fominykhi Titarenko & Zubov 2018
 Xixuthrus ganglbaueri Lameere, 1912
 Xixuthrus granulipennis Komiya, 2000
 Xixuthrus gressitti Marazzi, Marazzi & Komiya, 2006
 Xixuthrus heros (Gräffe, 1868)
 Xixuthrus jakli Titarenko & Zubov 2018
 Xixuthrus lameerei Marazzi, Marazzi & Komiya, 2006
 Xixuthrus lansbergei (Lameere, 1912)
 Xixuthrus lunicollis Lansberge 1884
 Xixuthrus microcerus (White, 1853)
 Xixuthrus nycticorax Thomson, 1878
 Xixuthrus penrousi Titarenko & Zubov, 2018
 Xixuthrus pinkeri Titarenko & Zubov, 2018
 Xixuthrus sapolsky Titarenko & Zubov, 2018
 Xixuthrus solomonensis Marazzi & Marazzi, 2006
 Xixuthrus stumpei Titarenko & Zubov, 2018
 Xixuthrus terribilis Thomson, 1877 
 Xixuthrus thomsoni Marazzi, Marazzi & Komiya, 2006

Subgenus Daemonarthra Lameere, 1903 
 Xixuthrus helleri (Lameere, 1903)

References

External links

 Gallery of Xixuthrus-species
ZinRus In Russian but excellent images of several members of this genus. Locality information in English.

Prioninae
Cerambycidae genera
Mountainside School District

The Mountainside School District is a community public school district, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the borough of Mountainside, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 725 students and 71.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Berkeley Heights Public Schools that is covered by an agreement that runs through the end of 2021–22 school year. As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 960 students and 87.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.

Students also have the choice to attend the programs of the Union County Vocational Technical Schools, which serve students from across Union County.

Schools
Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Beechwood School with 256 students in grades PreK-2
Jessica Vierschilling, principal
Deerfield School with 461 students in grades 3-8
Suzanne Jenks, principal

Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
Janet Walling, superintendent
Steven K. Robinson, interim business administrator and board secretary

Board of education
The district's board of education is comprised of seven members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.

References

External links
Mountainside School District Website

Data for the Mountainside School District, National Center for Education Statistics

Mountainside, New Jersey
New Jersey District Factor Group I
School districts in Union County, New Jersey
Petrović-Njegoš family tree

The family originated from Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Later, they migrated to an area close to Trebinje, Herzegovina. Later, they migrated to the region of Drobnjaci. Later, they settled in Njeguši.

Ancestors

External links
 The Njegoskij Fund Public Project: Private family archives-based digital documentary fund focused on history and culture of Royal Montenegro.

Family trees
Petrović-Njegoš dynasty
Massarelos

Massarelos () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos. The population in 2011 was 6,789, in an area of 1.94 km².

The municipality includes parts of the city's old downtown, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Other landmarks include Porto's main Custom House, Rosa Mota sports hall, Porto's major fish market and the Campo Alegre neighborhood, where a theatre and several buildings of the University of Porto are located.

Notable residents
 Luciana Abreu (born 1985) is a Portuguese singer, actress and Television host, represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B
 Diogo Jota (born 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for English club Liverpool FC.

References

Former parishes of Porto
Michael Krasnow

Michael Krasnow (April 27, 1969 – October 9, 1997) was an American author. His autobiography, My Life as a Male Anorexic, described his life with his severe case of anorexia nervosa. Krasnow weighed 115 pounds when he was 16, but throughout most of his adult life maintained a weight of around 75 lbs. He stood at 5'9", giving him a body mass index of 11.1. He hoped his book would give strength to other male anorexics. Krasnow weighed 64 pounds when he died at age 28.

Bibliography
My Life as a Male Anorexic, Binghamton, New York 1999,

References

1969 births
1997 deaths
Deaths from anorexia nervosa
Neurological disease deaths in Florida
20th-century American memoirists
Writers from Rochester, New York
Cosign

Cosign may mean:

Co-signing, promising to pay another person's debt arising out of contract if that person fails to do so
CoSign single sign on, a secure single sign-on web authentication system

See also
Cosine (disambiguation)
Play (UK magazine)

Play (stylised as PLAY) is a monthly magazine produced by Future plc in the United Kingdom, which reports on Sony's PlayStation product range. It features news, reviews, and previews concerning upcoming PlayStation titles. In addition to being sold in the UK, PLAY is also sold in Australia (as PLAY Australia) and as an import in the United States.

History

Imagine Publishing 
The magazine was first launched in 1995 by Imagine Publishing and was closed in 2016. Before it closed, the magazine had become the UK's longest-running PlayStation magazine. Issue 269, the magazine's final printed edition was published in April 2016 when it become a digital only publication for a short time. Prior to issue 249, PLAY came with a covermounted DVD every issue.

Future plc 
Future plc acquired Imagine Publishing and its brands in 2016. In May 2021, the PLAY brand was resurrected as a replacement for PlayStation Official Magazine UK. The numbering was reset and the staff were retained from PlayStation Official Magazine UK.

The relaunched magazine is part of GamesRadar+.

References

External links
Official website
Imagine Publishing website
Play UK magazine overview and publishers' information
Archived Play Magazines on the Internet Archive

1995 establishments in the United Kingdom
2016 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
2021 establishments in England
2021 establishments in the United Kingdom
Computer magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1995
Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
PlayStation (brand) magazines
Video game magazines published in the United Kingdom
24 Canum Venaticorum

24 Canum Venaticorum is a single star in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici, located 277 light years away from the Sun. This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.68. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −18 km/s.

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A4 V, and it is a shell star with rotationally-broadened lines. It is 310 million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 159 km/s. This rate of spin is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 7% larger than the polar radius. The star has 1.74 times the mass of the Sun and 1.9 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 41 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,285 K.

24 Canum Venaticorum displays a significant infrared excess at wavelengths of 24μm and 70μm, indicating an orbiting circumstellar debris disk. The signature matches a black body temperature of 464 K for an estimated orbital radius of .

References

A-type main-sequence stars
Shell stars
Circumstellar disks
Canes Venatici
Durchmusterung objects
Canum Venaticorum, 24
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John Alfred Prestwich

John Alfred Prestwich (1874 – 1952) was an English engineer and inventor. He founded JA Prestwich Industries Ltd in 1895 and was a pioneer in the early development of cinematography projectors and cameras. The company also manufactured famous JAP motorcycle engines.

He worked with S.Z. de Ferranti and later cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene.

He was awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal by the Franklin Institute in 1919.

References

External links
 http://www.haringeyindependent.co.uk/news/5083801.print/
 http://www.victorian-cinema.net/prestwich.htm

1874 births
1952 deaths
British cinema pioneers
British motorcycle pioneers
English company founders
20 Canum Venaticorum

20 Canum Venaticorum is a single variable star in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici, located 238 light years from the Sun. This object has the variable star designation AO Canum Venaticorum; 20 Canum Venaticorum is the Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with a baseline apparent visual magnitude of +4.72. The star is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +9 km/s. Eggen (1971) listed this star as a member of the Hyades Stream.

This star has a stellar classification of , which indicates the hydrogen line matches an A-type bright giant but the metal lines are closer to an F-type star. However, it does not appear to be an Am star as the Calcium K line is normal. Earlier, Morgan and Abt (1972) assigned it a giant star class of F3 III. It is classified as a Delta Scuti type variable star with a single radial pulsation mode providing the best fit to the observed variation. Its brightness varies from magnitude +4.70 to +4.75 with a period of 2.92 hours.

20 Canum Venaticorum is 750 million years old with 2.43 times the mass of the Sun and 4 time the Sun's radius. It is radiating 63 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,314 K.

References

F-type bright giants
F-type giants
Delta Scuti variables
Canes Venatici
Durchmusterung objects
Canum Venaticorum, 20
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064844
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Canum Venaticorum, AO
Laudelino Mejías

Laudelino Mejías, b. (Trujillo, Venezuela, August, 1893), d. (Caracas, Venezuela, November 30, 1963), was a Venezuelan composer, best known for the waltz Conticinio.

See also 
Conticinio
Venezuelan music
Venezuelan waltz

External links 
Venciclopedia: Laudelino Mejías
Venciclopedia: Conticinio

1893 births
1963 deaths
Musicians from Caracas
Venezuelan composers
Male composers
Venezuelan folk musicians
20th-century composers
20th-century male musicians
Giant Fijian long-horned beetle

The giant Fijian long-horned beetle (Xixuthrus ) is native to the island of Viti Levu in Fiji, and is one of the largest living insect species, with specimens around 15 cm long, excluding legs, antennae, or jaws. It is closely related to the Taveuni beetle, which is only marginally smaller. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive—when threatened, they produce a loud and fearsome hissing noise by squeezing air out from under their elytra. The rainforest habitat on its home island has suffered severe fragmentation by deforestation and habitat degradation by invasive species such as the small Indian mongoose, with other threats being cyclones that could devastate its remaining habitat, light pollution and human consumption of its larvae. Consequently, the beetle is regarded as rare and endangered. 

Xixuthrus heros is distributed in the lowland rainforests of south-east Viti Levu, with Colo-i-Suva Forest Reserve being the stronghold; natives in some nearby villages continue to consume the larvae when they split decaying wood, which is then burnt for fuel, placing additional pressures on the population.  Adult beetles have been recorded in the past flying to lights in the nursing college near Suva. A scientific study in 2001/2002 determined that there are, in fact, two distinct species which had been identified as , one of them true , the other being X. ganglbaueri.

References

External links
 
 
Xixuthrus heros pictures
ZinRus In Russian but excellent images of several members of this genus including X. heros. Locality information in English.

Prioninae
Insects of Fiji
Endemic fauna of Fiji
Beetles described in 1868
Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University

Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University (Arabic: جامعة الأمير محمد بن فهد ), abbreviated PMU, is a private non-profit university in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.  It was founded by Prince Mohammad bin Fahd, former governor of the Eastern Province.

The university is accredited by the Saudi Ministry of Education and regionally by NCAAA (The National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment) with responsibility for determining standards and procedures for accreditation and quality assurance and accrediting postsecondary institutions and programs within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  The commission is an independent authority, responsible to the Higher Council of Education.  The commission's objectives, as specified in its bylaws, include a wide range of functions associated with support for improvements of the quality of postsecondary education in all fields of learning other than defense. Internationally, the university is seeking accreditation from various accreditation bodies. Currently, the Engineering programs are accredited by ABET (formerly known as Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). The program of Law is accredited by the French accreditation body HCERES.

Rankings 
In 2020, PMU ranked among the top 1000 universities worldwide, according to QS World University Rankings (750-800). PMU also ranked 44 in the QS Arab University Rankings and was listed among the Top 50 under 50 QS Rankings, seventh among the Saudi Universities according to QS and third in Saudi Arabia, and 101–200 in the world according to the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings in 2021.

Colleges/centers 
The university was inaugurated in April 2006 with bachelor's degrees in 17 academic programs. The medium of instruction is English. It is composed of six colleges: College of Engineering - civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering, College of Architecture and Design: interior design, graphic design, and architecture; College of Business, accounting, finance, business administration, human resources, management information systems; College of Computer Engineering and Science: computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, and information technology; College of Human Studies and Sciences; College of Law.

See also
 List of universities and colleges in Saudi Arabia

References

External links 
 

Universities and colleges in Saudi Arabia
Private universities and colleges in Saudi Arabia
2006 establishments in Saudi Arabia
Oracle Labs

Oracle Labs (formerly Sun Microsystems Laboratories, or Sun Labs) is a research and development branch of Oracle Corporation. The labs were created when Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems. Sun Labs was established in 1990 by Ivan Sutherland and Robert Sproull. The initial locations were in Menlo Park, California and Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.

Oracle Labs has locations in Redwood Shores, California; Burlington, Massachusetts; Cambridge, UK; Brisbane, Australia; Vienna, Austria; Zürich, Switzerland; and Casablanca, Morocco.

Sun
Sun Labs worked in areas such as asynchronous circuits, optical communications, new web technologies, Java technologies, and computer networks. James G. Mitchell directed the labs starting in 2000.
When asked in 2007 why Sun continued to put resources into research as the market turned to commodity pricing, chief executive Jonathan I. Schwartz said, "You need to spend enormous amounts of money to differentiate."

Oracle
In 2010 after Sun was purchased by Oracle Corporation, it became Oracle Labs.
  Sproull was director.
He was appointed in June 2006.

References

External links

Organizations established in 1990
Sun Microsystems
Research organizations in the United States
Information technology organizations
Information technology places
Buildings and structures in San Mateo County, California
Burlington, Massachusetts
Menlo Park, California
5 Canum Venaticorum

5 Canum Venaticorum is a probable binary star system in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici, located about 375 light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.77. The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −14 km/s.

The visible component is an evolved G-type giant star with a stellar classification of . The 'Ba0.3' suffix notation indicates this is a mild barium star, which means that the stellar atmosphere has been enhanced by s-process elements most likely provided by what is now an orbiting white dwarf companion. The primary is 530 million years old with 2.96 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to about 12 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 174 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,098 K.

In Chinese astronomy, 5 Canum Venaticorum is called 相, Pinyin: Xiāng, meaning Prime Minister, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Prime Minister asterism, Purple Forbidden enclosure mansion (see : Chinese constellation).

References

G-type giants
Barium stars
Binary stars
Canum Venaticorum, 05
Canes Venatici
BD+52 1626
107950
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Bailey Island Bridge

The Bailey Island Bridge (also called the Cribstone Bridge) is a historic bridge in the town of Harpswell within Cumberland County in the state of Maine.

History
For many years, the residents of Bailey Island, Maine, advocated that a bridge be built to connect their island with Orr's Island. The town of Harpswell, Maine, which encompasses both islands, turned down the request. However, when the Maine Legislature drafted a law allowing the state and counties to fund bridge construction, a plan emerged to build such a bridge. A contract was signed in 1926, with construction beginning on the Bailey Island Bridge in 1927 and finishing in 1928. The engineer for the project was Llewelyn N. Edwards, bridge engineer for the Maine State Highway Commission.

Design

Design of the  bridge was complicated by the tides in the area known as Will's Gut. It was decided to build a cobwork bridge, using granite slabs as cribstones, acquired from local quarries in nearby Yarmouth, Maine. The slabs allowed the tide to ebb and flow freely without increasing tidal current to any great degree.

Some 10,000 tons of granite were used in the project. A concrete road (now part of Route 24) was built on top of the cribstones.

Additions and recognition
A sidewalk was added in 1951 and guard rails in 1961. The Bailey Island Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975; on July 19, 1984, it was recognized as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The Bailey Island Bridge is reported to be the only granite cribstone bridge in the world.

In 2009 and 2010, the bridge underwent reconstruction to repair cracked or sheared stones. During the repairs, a  temporary bridge was placed alongside the cribstone bridge so that traffic could continue without disruption. On November 20, 2010, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and parade took place to celebrate the reopening of the bridge. The restored bridge maintains the dimensions of the original, and the replacement stones were obtained from the same quarry in Yarmouth that supplied the original.

Photo gallery

See also
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Maine
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine

References

Further reading
Maine Bridge History 
History of Bailey Island
Kathleen Clemons Photography of Bailey Island Bridge
 13-minute documentary video describing the history and location of the bridge.

External links

Bailey Island Cribstone Bridge at Bridgemeister.com

Bailey Island (Maine)
Bridges in Cumberland County, Maine
Bridges completed in 1928
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
Historic American Engineering Record in Maine
Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
1928 establishments in Maine
National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, Maine
Stone bridges in the United States
Sankara Eye Foundation

Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) USA is a US-based non-profit organization that works toward eliminating curable blindness in India. SEF is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization.

Beginning
Founded in 1998 by Murali Krishnamurthy, K. Sridharan, and Sridharan's neighbor Ahmad Khushnood with the help of their first donor, Harihara Moorthy. At the urging of their uncle Mr. P. Balasubramaniam of India, brothers Murali and Sridharan became motivated to help Sankara Eye Hospital run by Dr.R.V. Ramani, whose mission headquarters is in Coimbatore, India.

References

External links
 Sankara Eye Foundation, USA, Official Website
 Sankara Eye Care Institutions (SECI) India
 Sankara receives awards in India and USA
 Rotary Club of Cupertino - Sankara Partnership for Vision

Health charities in the United States
Blindness organizations in the United States
Foreign charities operating in India
Medical and health organizations based in California
Eye care in India
Right lymphatic duct

The right lymphatic duct is an important lymphatic vessel that drains the right upper quadrant of the body. It forms various combinations with the right subclavian vein and right internal jugular vein.

Structure 
The right lymphatic duct courses along the medial border of the anterior scalene at the root of the neck. The right lymphatic duct forms various combinations with the right subclavian vein and right internal jugular vein. It is approximately 1.25 cm long.

Variations 
A right lymphatic duct that enters directly into the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins is uncommon.

Function 

The right duct drains lymph fluid from:
 the upper right section of the trunk, (right thoracic cavity, via the right bronchomediastinal trunk ),
 the right arm (via the right subclavian trunk ),
 and right side of the head and neck (via the right jugular trunk),
 also, in some individuals, the lower lobe of the left lung.

All other sections of the human body are drained by the thoracic duct.

Clinical significance 
Along with the thoracic duct, the right lymphatic duct is one of the lymphatic structures most likely to be ruptured in the thorax. This can cause chylothorax.

History 
The discovery of this structure has been credited to Niels Stensen.

Additional images

References

External links 

Lymphatics of the torso
VirtuSphere

VirtuSphere is a spherical virtual reality device. It consists of a 10-foot hollow sphere, which is placed on a special platform that allows the sphere to rotate freely in any direction according to the user’s steps. It works with computer based simulations and virtual worlds, and rotates as the user walks, allowing for an unlimited plane upon which the user can walk. A wireless head-mounted display with gyroscopes is used to both track the user's head movement as well as display the environment of the virtual world. VirtuSphere can serve many purposes, including exercise, video gaming, military training, and virtual museum tours.

The VirtuSphere is a creation of Ray and Nurulla Latypov, whose company, VirtuSphere Inc, is based in Binghamton, New York.

Applications
Markets and applications for Virtusphere include:
 Military, law enforcement, and other dangerous occupations that require a safe training environment
 Gaming and entertainment
 Health and fitness
 Museums and other educational installations
 Virtual tours of architectural and construction projects

Lockheed Martin has used the VirtuSphere as an input device in a manned simulator at the Mounted Warfare TestBed (MWTB) at Fort Knox, KY.   This simulator incorporates the sphere into a single-soldier simulator that is compatible with the Distributed Interactive Simulation and High level architecture protocols.  The simulator is composed of the sphere, a pair of infrared mice to track the sphere’s movements, Intersense trackers on the user’s head and weapon, an image generator on a laptop, display goggles for the user, and a simulator host computer, all on a wireless network. Using this simulator, the user can interact with other simulated entities, whether provided by separate manned simulators like the Advanced Concepts Research Tool (ACRT), or by computer-generated forces systems like OneSAF.  The simulator is used at the MWTB for experiments that examine future weapon systems and tactics and for evaluating soldiers.

See also
 Virtual reality
 Omnidirectional treadmill

References

External links 
 Official Site
 Cybersphere, a similar device developed by the University of Warwick and virtual reality company VR Systems UK.
 7 min. video and interview with creators of VirtuSphere and transcript.

Virtual reality
Taveuni beetle

The Taveuni beetle (Xixuthrus terribilis) is known from the island of Taveuni in the Fiji, and is one of the largest living insect species, with specimens around 14 cm long, excluding legs, antennae, or mandibles.

It is closely related to the giant Fijian long-horned beetle. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive.

This species has been mistakenly classified under the name Xixuthrus heyrovskyi since 1945, when it was unwittingly redescribed, and this name still appears in much of the scientific literature.

Bibliography

External links

Xixuthrus terribilis pictures

Prioninae
Insects of Fiji
Taveuni
Beetles described in 1877
25 Canum Venaticorum

25 Canum Venaticorum is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici, approximately 199 light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.82 The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of roughly −10 km/s.

This is a wide binary system with an orbital period of 228 years and an eccentricity of 0.80. As of 2001, they had a projected separation of . The magnitude 4.98 primary, component A, has a stellar classification of , which matches an A-type giant star. It is 659 million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 235 km/s. This rate of spin is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 27% larger than the polar radius. The companion, component B, is a magnitude 6.95 A-type main-sequence star with a class of A8 V:. The ':' suffix indicates some uncertainty in the classification of this star.

References

A-type giants
A-type main-sequence stars
Binary stars
Canes Venatici
Durchmusterung objects
Canum Venaticorum, 25
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Ackroyd baronets

The Ackroyd Baronetcy, of Dewsbury in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 July 1956 for Cuthbert Ackroyd, Lord Mayor of London between 1955 and 1956.

 the title is held by his grandson and noted actor Timothy Ackroyd, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1995.

Ackroyd baronets of Dewsbury, Yorkshire (1956)
 Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (1892–1973)
 Sir John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 2nd Baronet (1932–1995)
 Sir Timothy John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 3rd Baronet (born 1958)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Andrew John Ackroyd (born 1961).

See also
 Aykroyd baronets

References

Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Operation Falcon (USFWS operation)

Operation Falcon was an undercover operation conducted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Canadian Wildlife Service from 1982–1984.  The investigation into the illegal sale of federally protected birds resulted in 63 people being tried or taking a plea bargain.  Of the cases that went to trial, there were 5 acquittals, 5 felony convictions, 44 misdemeanor convictions and 1 civil conviction. Jeff McPartlin, a falconer who was reported to be integral to the operation, received the Monitor award for his work.  He was later ejected from the North American Falconers Association because officials from the group felt "the man had deceived people".  Many falconers were upset at the tactics used during the investigation and felt that the sting inappropriately targeted bystanders rather than professional long term smugglers.  Additional information, much published by the National Falconry organization, is available in the following link:   http://resourceclearinghouse.blogspot.com/2010/04/operation-falcon.html

References

McKay, P. (1987, Oct. 31). Operation falcon: A special report. The Whig-Standard Magazine: Criminal Justice.

McKay, Paul (1989). The Pilgrim and the Cowboy.  

http://resourceclearinghouse.blogspot.com/2010/04/operation-falcon.html

Environmental law in the United States
Falconry
Wildlife smuggling
Fixxations

Fixxations is the debut EP by Norwegian band Serena Maneesh, released in 2002 on CD by HoneyMilk Records and on 12" vinyl by Hype City Recordings.

Track listing
 Drive Me Home the Lonely Nights  – 3:16
 Blues Like Beehive  – 3:23
 Ballad of Jeze Ballet  – 5:25
 Hear Bleed Philharmonic  – 2:52
 Oxygene, Please! (bonus track on 12" vinyl edition)

Production 
The EP was recorded at Spendless during February–March 2002.

The songs were composed by Emil Nikolaisen, Lina Holmström and Håvard Krogedal. "Blues Like Beehive" was re-recorded as "Beehiver II" for the band's full-length debut album Serena Maneesh (2005).

Personnel 

 Lina Holmström: bass, organ, vocals
 Håvard Krogedal: organ, bass
 Emil Nikolaisen: guitar, vocals
 Marko Hautakoski: drums
 Marcus Forsgren: guitar
 Eivind Schou: violin, "space sounds"
 Harald Frøland: guitar (track 3)
 Sondre Tristan Midttun: guitar (track 1)
 Arve Paulsen: flute (tracks 3 and 4)
 Ole Johannes Åleskjær: backing vocals (track 1)
 Thor Eivind Nordgarden: vocals (track 3)
 Johnny Skalleberg: mix
 Christian Engfelt: mix

External links
SerenaManeesh.com Official band website
Serena Maneesh@HoneyMilk Artist page (domestic label)

2003 debut EPs
Serena-Maneesh albums
Albums produced by Emil Nikolaisen
Paul D. House

Paul Douglas House (1943 or 1944 – October 25, 2021) was a Canadian businessman who served as the Executive Chairman of TDL Group Corporation (Tim Hortons). He was born in Stoney Creek, Ontario in 1943. His career included a position as a director at Wendy's International, as well as President (1995–) and Chief Executive Officer (2005–2021) of Tim Hortons Inc. He was previously Chief Operating Officer of Tim Hortons from 1992 to 2005 before taking his final position. He received a BA in Economics from McMaster University in 1969. He was a member of the Deans Advisory Council for the Goodman School of Business.

House died on October 25, 2021, at the age of 78.

References

External links
 Forbes profile
 Official biography from TimHortons.com

1940s births
2021 deaths
Canadian chief executives
McMaster University alumni
Businesspeople from Hamilton, Ontario
Chief operating officers
Per Ditlev-Simonsen

Per Ditlev-Simonsen (born 12 June 1932) is a Norwegian politician. He was the mayor of Oslo, representing the Conservative Party, from 1995 to 2007. He stepped down on 23 August 2007 following the Swiss bank-account scandal.

Ditlev-Simonsen was an officer of the Norwegian Royal Guards, and he later attended Stanford University getting a Master of Arts degree. After college, Ditlev-Simonsen became a partner in his father's shipping company Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen & Co (SDS) in 1955. He was a partner in the company until 1995.

Ditlev-Simonsen was a Member of Parliament from 1981 to 1985, serving in the Standing Committee of Finance. From 1989 to 1990 Ditlev-Simonsen was Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Jan P. Syse.

Personal life

Ditlev-Simonsen was born in Oslo to ship owner Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen and Lily Kaurin. He was a grandson of Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen Sr, and nephew of Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen Jr. He was married to Benedicte Werring (d. 1990) from 1960, and to Turi Klaveness from 1992.

Swiss bank account tax probe

In August 2007, the presence of a hitherto unknown Swiss bank account was revealed. The revelation came after an acrimonious divorce involving his daughter, Cecilie Ditlev-Simonsen, the communications director of Norsk Hydro. The account, which contained NOK 1.5 million had been inherited by Ditlev-Simonsen after his wife died in 1990, and he eventually admitted to not having paid the Norwegian wealth tax on it.

The revelation caused several opposition politicians to call for Ditlev-Simonsen's resignation. Erna Solberg, the head of the Conservative Party, asked that Ditlev-Simonsen refrain from active campaigning for his party ahead of the local elections scheduled for 10 September. Even if he had not resigned, the 75-year-old Ditlev-Simonsen was set to retire after the election.  The incident was believed to be a cause of the Conservative's 4 percent drop in opinion polls, three weeks ahead of the election.

References

1932 births
Living people
Members of the Storting
Mayors of Oslo
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Stanford University alumni
Norwegian businesspeople
20th-century Norwegian politicians
Defence ministers of Norway
Paul House

Paul House may refer to:
 Paul D. House (1943–2021), Canadian businessman and executive chairman of TDL Group Corporation
 Paul R. House (born 1958), American Old Testament scholar and former president of the Evangelical Theological Society
Blake Woodruff

Blake Woodruff (born June 19, 1995) is an American actor.

Career
Woodruff began his acting career playing the role of the crying boy in the 2003 thriller Blind Horizon. Further more, he played Mike Baker in the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen. In 2004, he played Danny Pope in Mister Ed. From 2004-2005, he played Noah Newman in 5 episodes of The Young and the Restless. In 2005, he played Jake Martin in Back to You and Me. The same year, he reprised his role as Mike Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen 2. In 2007, he played David in Whisper.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

1995 births
21st-century American male actors
American male child actors
American male film actors
Living people
John Stephenson Company

The John Stephenson Car Company was an American manufacturer of  carriages, horsecars, cable cars, and streetcars, based in New York City. It was founded by John Stephenson in 1831.  John Stephenson invented the first streetcar to run on rails, building this in 1832, for the New York and Harlem Railroad. A reorganization in 1867 included shortening of the company's name to the John Stephenson Company.  In the latter part of the 19th century, the company was a major builder of streetcars, constructing some 25,000 cars in the period 1876–1891 alone, including ones for export.

Its customers included many systems, in the US and other countries. Among the foreign ones were the Toronto Street Railways, Montreal Street Railway Company, the Halifax Street Railway, Mexico City's Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Distrito Federal, Lisbon’s CCFL (Carris), and Caracas'  Tranvía Caracas and Tranvía Bolívar.

Stephenson's factory was located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, after 1898. In that year, it completed the construction of a "large factory" on a  plot of land, The New York Times reported.  The company was acquired by the J.G. Brill Company in 1904 and continued to operate under the Stephenson name until 1917, when the plant was sold to the Standard Aero Corporation for production of airplanes, and the corporation was liquidated in 1919.

See also
 List of tram builders

References

External links

John Stephenson Company history by the Mid-Continent Railway Museum
John Stephenson Company Streetcars at the Museum of the City of New York's Collections blog

Companies based in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Horsecar manufacturers
Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of the United States
Manufacturing companies established in 1831
Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1917
American companies established in 1831
1831 establishments in New York (state)
1917 disestablishments in New Jersey
1904 mergers and acquisitions
Electric vehicle manufacturers of the United States
Defunct manufacturing companies based in New York City
J. G. Brill Company
Reglet

A reglet is found on the exterior of a building along a masonry wall, chimney or parapet that meets the roof. It is a groove cut within a mortar joint that receives counter-flashing meant to cover surface flashing used to deflect water infiltration. Reglet can also refer to the counter-flashing itself when it is applied on the surface, known as "face reglet" or "reglet-flashing".

Description

Reglet Groove 
The reglet is created typically with a grinder or masonry cutting saw that cuts 3/4" to 1-1/2" deep into a mortar joint between two bricks. The counter-flashing is then inserted to the reglet and held in place with thin metal wedge covered with a sealant.

Face Reglet 

A face reglet (also known as reglet-flashing) is counter-flashing that is typically made out of either copper or lead-coated copper. It is applied on the surface of the wall or parapet and screwed into place, with additional sealant placed between the surface and the counter-flashing. It is easily removable for roof repair and flashing replacements.

A face reglet can also be called a raggle and may be related to regle, a groove.

Assembly

See also 
 Flashing

References

Moisture protection
Building engineering
John Speight and Sons

John Speight and Sons (died 1881) was a Canadian carriage builder in Acton, Ontario established by brothers Samuel and John Speight in 1850 (joined by brother Michael in 1856).

The Speight brothers were the sons of Thomas Speight, who established Thomas Speight Wagon Works in Markham, Ontario sometime after 1830.

Speight was also a trustee of the Acton Public Burying Ground. His son Joseph Albert Speight (1846-1902) took over the business after 1881 and maintained it until his death in 1902.

Products

 undertaking services
 wagons

References

Companies based in Ontario
Horsecar manufacturers
1850 establishments in Canada West
Canadian companies established in 1850
History of manufacturing in Ontario
Halton Hills
Symmetry set

In geometry, the symmetry set is a method for representing the local symmetries of a curve, and can be used as a method for representing the shape of objects by finding the topological skeleton. The medial axis, a subset of the symmetry set is a set of curves which roughly run along the middle of an object.

In 2 dimensions
Let  be an open interval, and  be a parametrisation of a smooth plane curve.

The symmetry set of  is defined to be the closure of the set of centres of circles tangent to the curve at at least two distinct points (bitangent circles).

The symmetry set will have endpoints corresponding to vertices of the curve. Such points will lie at cusp of the evolute. At such points the curve will have 4-point contact with the circle.

In n dimensions
For a smooth manifold of dimension  in  (clearly we need ). The symmetry set of the manifold is the closure of the centres of hyperspheres tangent to the manifold in at least two distinct places.

As a bifurcation set
Let  be an open simply connected domain and . Let  be a parametrisation of a smooth piece of manifold.
We may define a  parameter family of functions on the curve, namely

This family is called the family of distance squared functions. This is because for a fixed  the value of  is the square of the distance from  to  at 

The symmetry set is then the bifurcation set of the family of distance squared functions. I.e. it is the set of  such that  has a repeated singularity for some 

By a repeated singularity, we mean that the jacobian matrix is singular. Since we have a family of functions, this is equivalent to .

The symmetry set is then the set of  such that there exist  with , and 

together with the limiting points of this set.

References 
 J. W. Bruce, P. J. Giblin and C. G. Gibson, Symmetry Sets.  Proc. of the Royal Soc.of Edinburgh 101A (1985), 163-186.
 J. W. Bruce and P. J. Giblin, Curves and Singularities, Cambridge University Press (1993).

Differential geometry
Lars Christian Lilleholt

Lars Christian Lilleholt (born 2 March 1965 in Odense) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He was Minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate from 2015 to 2019. He was elected into parliament in the 2001 Danish general election.

Political career
His political career started as member of Venstres Ungdom's National Committee 1983–88, from 1985 to 1988 serving as deputy chairman. He was a member of the board of Venstre 1985–89. He has been a parliamentary candidate for Venstre since 1993 He served as temporary Member of Parliament 14 January – 31 January 1997 and 18 January – 10 February 2000. 

Lilleholt is a journalist by profession. Former places of employment include Vejle Amts Folkeblad 1990-91 and 1993–94, Fyns Amts Avis 1994–95, and the Danish District Heating Association (Danske Fjernvarmeværkers Forening) since 1995.

References

External links
Official website
 

1965 births
Living people
People from Odense
Venstre (Denmark) politicians
Government ministers of Denmark
Members of the Folketing 2001–2005
Members of the Folketing 2005–2007
Members of the Folketing 2007–2011
Members of the Folketing 2011–2015
Members of the Folketing 2015–2019
Members of the Folketing 2019–2022
Members of the Folketing 2022–2026
Brunnstrom Approach

The Brunnstrom Approach sets out a sequence of stages of recovery from hemiplegia after a stroke. It was developed by the Swedish physical therapist Signe Brunnström, and emphasises the synergic pattern of movement which develops during recovery. This approach encourages development of flexor and extensor synergies during early recovery, with the intention that synergic activation of muscles will, with training, transition into voluntary activation of movements.

Sequential motor recovery following stroke
The Brunnstrom Approach follows six proposed stages of sequential motor recovery after a stroke. A patient can plateau at any of these stages, but will generally follow this sequence if he or she makes a full recovery. The variability found between patients depends on the location and severity of the lesion, and the potential for adaptation.

Brunnstrom (1966, 1970) and Sawner (1992) also described the process of recovery following stroke-induced hemiplegia. The process was divided into a number of stages:

Flaccidity (immediately after the onset)
No "voluntary" movements on the affected side can be initiated
Spasticity appears
Basic synergy patterns appear
Minimal voluntary movements may be present
Patient gains voluntary control over synergies
Increase in spasticity
Some movement patterns out of synergy are mastered (synergy patterns still predominate)
Decrease in spasticity
If progress continues, more complex movement combinations are learned as the basic synergies lose their dominance over motor acts
Further decrease in spasticity
Disappearance of spasticity
Individual joint movements become possible and coordination approaches normal
Normal function is restored

The 6 stages are as follows:

Assessment methods
The six component stages of the Brunnstrom Approach have influenced the development of a variety of standardized assessment methods used by physiotherapists and occupational therapists to evaluate and track the progress of persons recovering from stroke. The Fugl Meyer Assessment of Physical Performance (FMA) is an example of one widely used scale. The FMA consists of five sub-scales that relate to various aspects of a patient's upper and lower extremity, and the sub-scales are as follows:
Motor
Balance
Sensation
Joint Range of Motion
Pain
Each component of the FMA may be evaluated and scored individually or, a total possible summative score for all 5 sub-scales of 226 may be used to track a patient's degree of recovery.

The influence of the Brunnstrom Approach on the development of the FMA is most evident within the Motor sub-scale for both the upper and lower extremity where there is a strong emphasis on the evaluation of muscle synergies.

References

Physical therapy
1965 New Orleans mayoral election

The New Orleans mayoral election of 1965 resulted in the re-election of Victor Schiro to his second full term as Mayor of New Orleans.  No runoff was needed, as Schiro received over 50% of the vote. Elections were held on November 6.

Results 
Democratic Party Primary, November 6, 1965

Gerald J. Gallinghouse withdrew before the primary to endorse Fitzmorris.

References 

 Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee. Mayoralty: First and Second Democratic Primary Elections, 1965.

Mayoral elections in New Orleans
New Orleans
1965 Louisiana elections