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Wade Flemons

Wade Herbert Flemons (September 25, 1940 – October 13, 1993) was an American soul singer.

He was born in Coffeyville, Kansas to Samuel and Kathyrine Flemons. His father was a minister, who introduced him to gospel music. After his parents' marriage ended in divorce, Wade moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, where his mother was living, in 1955. 
A graduate of Battle Creek Central High School, Flemons began recording solo work in 1958. He was only 17 when he had his first charting pop song, "Here I Stand," which he wrote and recorded with his band, the New Comers. He was signed to Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records; "Here I Stand" was a regional hit, and peaked at #80 on the Hot 100. It earned him an appearance on American Bandstand in 1958, as well as an appearance on the Alan Freed Show. Subsequent releases did not become hits, however, and Flemons began doing session work at Chicago recording studios, and also writing commercial jingles; one of his writing partners was Maurice White, later the founder of Earth, Wind & Fire.  

Flemons gained a reputation as a prolific songwriter: during his career, he wrote as many as 200 songs for himself and for other musicians.  Having developed a good writing relationship with Maurice White, he was asked to become part of White's band called the Salty Peppers in 1969.  Flemons subsequently went on to join White in his next venture, working as a vocalist in the pop band Earth, Wind & Fire between 1971 and 1972.  Some of Flemons' songs away from the group are still revived, especially with the Northern soul movement in the UK, notably "That Other Place" and "Jeanette", recorded in 1968.

Flemons married in 1980; he and his wife Brenda had a daughter and three sons. He died from cancer in Battle Creek, Michigan, at age 53. A United States Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War, he was buried at the Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Michigan.

One of his sons, Brian Wade Flemons, followed in his father's footsteps and also became a musician.

Discography

Studio albums 

 Wade Flemons (1959)

Singles

Other releases 
1960
 "Little John Green" 
 "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" / "I'll Come Runnin"
1961
 "At the Party" / "Devil in Your Soul"
1962
 "I Hope, I Think, I Wish" / "Ain't These Tears?"
 "Half a Love" / "Welcome Stranger"
1963
 "I Came Running (Back From the Party)" / "That Time of Year"
1964
 "I Knew You When" / "That Other Place"
 "Watch Over Her" / "When It Rains It Pours"
1965
 "Empty Balcony" / "Where Did You Go Last Night"
1968
 "Jeanette" / "What A Price to Pay"
 "Two of a Kind" / "I Knew You'd Be Mine"

References

Notes

External links
 Wade Flemons Biography at rockabilly.nl
  Discography
 

1940 births
1993 deaths
American soul singers
People from Coffeyville, Kansas
people from Battle Creek, Michigan
Singers from Kansas
Vee-Jay Records artists
Earth, Wind & Fire members
Deaths from cancer in Michigan
20th-century American singers
Rp-process

The rp-process (rapid proton capture process) consists of consecutive proton captures onto seed nuclei to produce heavier elements.  It is a nucleosynthesis process and, along with the s-process and the r-process, may be responsible for the generation of many of the heavy elements present in the universe.  However, it is notably different from the other processes mentioned in that it occurs on the proton-rich side of stability as opposed to on the neutron-rich side of stability.  The end point of the rp-process (the highest-mass element it can create) is not yet well established, but recent research has indicated that in neutron stars it cannot progress beyond tellurium.  The rp-process is inhibited by alpha decay, which puts an upper limit on the end point at 104Te, the lightest observed alpha-decaying nuclide, and the proton drip line in light antimony isotopes. At this point, further proton captures result in prompt proton emission or alpha emission, and thus the proton flux is consumed without yielding heavier elements; this end process is known as the tin–antimony–tellurium cycle.

Conditions

The process has to occur in very high-temperature environments (above 109 kelvins) so that the protons can overcome the large Coulomb barrier for charged-particle reactions.  A hydrogen-rich environment is also a prerequisite due to the large proton flux needed.  The seed nuclei needed for this process to occur are thought to be formed during breakout reactions from the hot CNO cycle.  Typically proton capture in the rp-process will compete with (α,p) reactions, as most environments with a high flux of hydrogen are also rich in helium.  The time scale for the rp-process is set by β+ decays at or near the proton drip line, because the weak interaction is notoriously slower than the strong interaction and electromagnetic force at these high temperatures.

Possible sites

Sites suggested for the rp-process are accreting binary systems where one star is a neutron star.  In these systems the donor star is accreting material onto its compact partner star.  The accreted material is usually rich in hydrogen and helium because of its origin from the surface layers of the donor star.  Because such compact stars have high gravitational fields, the material falls with a high velocity towards the compact star, usually colliding with other accreted material en route, forming an accretion disk.  In the case of accretion onto a neutron star, as this material slowly builds up on the surface, it will attain a temperature on the order of 108 K. Eventually, it is believed that thermonuclear instabilities arise in this hot atmosphere, allowing the temperature to continue to rise until it leads to a runaway thermonuclear explosion of the hydrogen and helium. During the flash, the temperature quickly rises, becoming high enough for the rp-process to occur. While the initial flash of hydrogen and helium lasts only a second, the rp-process typically takes up to 100 seconds. Therefore, the  rp-process is observed as the tail of the resulting X-ray burst.

See also 

 p-nuclei

References

Nuclear physics
Astrophysics
Nucleosynthesis
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Proton
Stability Model

In software development, the Stability Model (SM) is a method for designing and modelling software. It is an extension of Object Oriented Software Design (OOSD) methodology, such as Unified Modeling Language (UML), but adds its own set of rules, guidelines, procedures, and heuristics to achieve more advanced object-oriented (OO) software. 

The motivation is to achieve a higher level of OO features, such as
 Stability: the objects will be stable over time and will not need changes
 Reusability: the objects can be reused for various kind of applications
 Maintainability: the objects will need the least amount of maintenance

Examples
The Stability Model has been seen and used in an array of different use-cases. One of such is in the Bravery model, where AnyEvents such as 9/11 terrorist attacks may cause AnyImpact such as economic impacts, psychological impacts, and physical/health impacts.

Principles
The design tries to make use of common sense while guiding through the process of SM based design. It will need minimum amount of rampup time for people to understand new applications and objects once the process and methodology is kept in mind.

The Stability Model is built using three main concepts -
 Enduring Business Themes (EBT)
 Business Objects (BO)
 Industrial Objects (IO)

History
The SM method of OOSD was formulated by Dr Mohamed Fayad. He has been the editor in chief of the Computer Magazine of the IEEE for many years. He has taught OOSD in two US universities and has written and currently writing few books on this subject.

Bibliography

External links
Homepage of Dr. Mohamed Fayad

Object-oriented programming
Takht

Takht may refer to:

Places

Iran
Takht-e Olya, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Takht-e Sofla, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Takht, Golestan, a village in Mindasht County, Golestan Province, Iran
Takht, Hamadan, a village in Razan County, Hamadan Province, Iran
Takht, Hormozgan, a village in Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Takht-e Goru, a village in Bastak County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Takht, Kurdistan, a village in Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, Iran
Takht, North Khorasan, a village in Shrivan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran
Takht District, an administrative subdivision of Hormozgan Province, Iran
Takht Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Hormozgan Province, Iran
Takht-e Qeysar, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
Takht-e Tuk, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
Takht-e Soleymān, an archaeologically notable remains of an ancient temple and citadel in northwestern Iran

Pakistan
Takht-i-Bahi, an archaeological site in Mardan
Takht-e-Sulaiman – a mountain peak in Pakistan

Other uses 
 Takht (Sikhism), the temporal seat of power or throne of authority in Sikhism
 Takht (music), the representative small musical ensemble or orchestra of Arab music
 Takht., taxonomic author abbreviation used for the Soviet-Armenian botanist Armen Takhtajan when citing a botanical name
 Takht (film), an upcoming Indian Hindi-language period drama film

See also 
 Taht (disambiguation)
 Takhta (rural locality), Russia
Chad Lucas

Chad Dennard Lucas (born November 7, 1981) is a former wide receiver. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2004.  He played college football at Alabama State.

Lucas was also a member of the San Jose SaberCats, Green Bay Packers, Amsterdam Admirals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, St. Louis Rams and Toronto Argonauts.

Early years
Lucas was a three-sport athlete at Booker T. Washington High School in Tuskegee, Alabama, lettered in football, basketball and track. Competed in the state track tournament and was named to the All-Area team for basketball and football as a senior.

College career
Lucas played two years at Troy State (2000–01) before finishing his college career at Alabama State (2002–03). He caught a  team-high 46 passes for 794 yards and five touchdowns as he played in all 13 games as a 2003 senior. The year prior, saw action in five games, catching 13 passes for 142 yards. In 2001 at Troy State, caught six passes for 51 yards, and one reception for nine yards in 2000.

Professional career

Pre-draft

Tennessee Titans
He began his professional career with the Tennessee Titans as a free agent on April 27, 2004, but was cut before the start of training camp on July 21, 2004.

San Jose SaberCats
He then went to the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League to play summer ball.

Green Bay Packers
He was signed by the Green Bay Packers on June 7, 2005, and played in one game before being assigned to the practice squad. The Packers then sent Lucas to NFL Europe where he was drafted in the 18th round of the Allocated Player Draft by the Amsterdam Admirals.

Amsterdam Admirals
Lucas was named All-NFL Europe as a member of the Amsterdam Admirals in 2006. He led NFL Europe with eight touchdown receptions, among 27 his catches for 440 yards and helping his team go to World Bowl XIV. Upon his return to the States, he did not do enough to make the Packers' starting roster and was released on August 29, 2006.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
On October 18, 2006, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Chad to their practice squad. An exclusive-rights free agent in the 2008 off season, Lucas signed his one-year tender offer from the Buccaneers on June 22.

St. Louis Rams
Lucas was signed by the St. Louis Rams on March 17, 2009. He was waived on July 23, 2009.

Toronto Argonauts
On July 28, 2009, Lucas was signed by the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was released by the Argonauts on September 16, 2010.

Omaha Nighthawks
Lucas was signed by the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League on June 29, 2011.

References

External links
Green Bay Packers bio
Just Sports Stats

1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tuskegee, Alabama
American football wide receivers
Alabama State Hornets football players
Tennessee Titans players
San Jose SaberCats players
Green Bay Packers players
Amsterdam Admirals players
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
St. Louis Rams players
Toronto Argonauts players
African-American players of Canadian football
Omaha Nighthawks players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American people
Lesotho literature

Notable authors in the African kingdom of Lesotho include Moroesi Akhionbare (1945–2020 ), Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948), Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla (1918–2012),  Mzamane Nhlapo and Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya.

Only a limited amount of Lesotho literature is available in the English language. Among these works is Chaka (1931)—the most famous novel by the writer Thomas Mofolo. Written in Sesotho, it tells the story of the rise and fall of a Zulu emperor-king. It was named one of the twelve best works of African literature of the 20th century by a panel organized by Ali Mazrui. The book has been translated into English twice.

References
Takhat

{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Takhat
| title        = King's Wife 
King's Mother 
Queen consort of Egypt
| image        = Queen Takhat.png
| caption      = Drawing of a painting depicting Takhat offering two vases
| burial_place = KV10, Valley of the Kings (possibly)
| spouse       = Merneptah (?) 
Seti II (?)
| issue        = Amenmesse
| father       = Ramesses II (uncertain)
| dynasty      = 19th Dynasty
}}

Takhat was an ancient Egyptian princess and queen of the 19th Dynasty, the mother of the usurper pharaoh Amenmesse.

There are not many facts known about her other than that she was Amenmesse's mother. She bore the titles King's Daughter and King's Wife. She might have been identical with Takhat, a daughter of Ramesses II, who is mentioned on a Louvre ostracon. Thus she was the aunt of Seti II, but since she was among the youngest children of Ramesses, it is very likely that she was the same age or even younger than Seti II who was the grandson of Ramesses. It is also possible that she was a grandchild of Ramesses; there are several examples of granddaughters bearing the title King's Daughter, although it was not very common. The king she married was either Merenptah or Seti II.

She is shown on several statues of Amenmesse, among them on two statues in the Karnak temple. On one of these, which still stands in Karnak, she is called King's Daughter, King's Wife (Takhat) and the word "wife" replaced the original "mother". According to Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, the title was recarved when Seti, the rightful heir regained the throne and usurped the statue, and that it proves either that Takhat married Seti when he became pharaoh, or that they had been married before, which means Amenmesse was Seti's son and usurped the throne from his own father. This theory might be strengthened by the other statue (now in Cairo), on which Takhat is also named as King's Daughter and King's Wife, but without any trace of recarving, while the king's name replaced another name. This statue was, according to Dodson and Hilton, possibly made by Seti; later it was usurped by Amenmesse who replaced Seti's name with his own, while leaving his mother's titles intact; still later Amenmesse's name was again replaced with that of Seti. According to another theory Seti was never married to Takhat and had her original titles recarved only to remove all traces that her son ever ruled.

She is likely to have been buried in Amenmesse's tomb KV10 in the Valley of the Kings. Her sarcophagus lid originally belonged to an otherwise unknown Princess-Queen Anuketemheb, who might be identical with a daughter of Ramesses II, a princess once named in the Luxor temple but from whose name only ...heb'' remains. The tomb was later usurped by two family members of Ramesses IX: his mother Takhat and his Great Royal Wife Baketwerel. The latter was once thought to be Amenmesse's Great Royal Wife, but it has been proven since then that decoration mentioned her replaced that of Amenmesse in the tomb, so she must have lived later.

Sources

13th-century BC Egyptian women
Queens consort of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Princesses of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Taran mac Ainftech

Taran son of Ainftech  was a King of the Picts from 693 until 697, according to the Pictish king-lists. His name is the same as that of the Gaulish thunder-god, Taranis.

His father is just a name, which occurs in various forms, e.g., Entifidich in the Poppleton manuscript, Enfidaig, Amfredech, Anfudeg, and as Amfodech in the French king-list embedded in the Scalacronica. The list in National Library of Scotland MS, Advocates' 34.7.3, seems to say that Taran was the brother of King Nechtan m. Der-Ilei, which could mean that Taran's mother was the Pictish princess Der-Ilei. However, the latter list is problematic and places the reign of King Bridei m. Der-Ilei, Nechtan's brother, after Nechtan; on the other hand, the list is one of those that is aware that Bridei was the son of Dargart, indicating access to material not available to some of the other lists.

Some of the king-lists say he reigned for fourteen years; however, the Poppleton and Lebor Bretnach lists, along with the Scalacronica list, give four years only, so the x may be a mistake. He was almost certainly succeeded by Bruide, the son of Dargart and Der-Ilei, although in what circumstances, it is hard to say.

Entries from the Irish annals, which Alan Orr Anderson suggested may be related to this Taran, are a report in the Annals of Ulster reporting "the killing of Ainfthech and Nia Néill and the sons of Boendo", where Ainfthech may be Taran's father, and then Taran's deposition in 696, and finally the report in the Annals of Ulster that "Tarachin went to Ireland" in 698.

Notes

References

7th-century births
697 deaths
Pictish monarchs
7th-century Scottish monarchs
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Irapuato

The Higher Technological Institute of Irapuato (In Spanish: Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Irapuato), popularly known as ITESI, is a public, coeducational university located in the city of Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.

The ITESI offers 17 bachelor's degrees and 4 masters programs in the areas of management and social sciences and engineering.  By October 20, 1995, the state government of Guanajuato decreed the creation of ITESI; and the latter began its academic activities on August 18, 1996.

External links

References

Universities and colleges in Guanajuato
Irapuato
Bruce & Bongo

Bruce & Bongo was a 1980s Germany-based British pop duo best known in Europe for the hit single "Geil". The duo consisted of musician/singer Bruce Hammond Earlam and musician/singer Douglas "Bongo" Wilgrove, both from England. 

"Geil" spent four weeks at No. 1 in Germany in 1986. It also became a hit in Austria, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The song was released alongside their sole album, The Geil Album. In the context of the song, the German word "geil" is used to mean "cool" or "awesome", but it also means "horny". The duo also promoted a second single, "Hi Ho (Whistle While You Work)", at several events in Germany.

In 1994, Hammond helped establish a new production company, "How's That" Music,  which assisted in the creation of several European hits, including the Mark'Oh project. Hammond has also worked on the albums Beyond the Banana Islands and Magic Tour.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References 

English pop music duos
Male musical duos
The New Penny

The New Penny is a gay pub in The Calls area of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It is reported to be the oldest continually running gay pub in the UK.

History

The pub started as the Hope and Anchor in 1953. Although difficulty with the law meant it was a secretive place, it was the first gay venue to open outside London.

In March 1968, the Hope and Anchor was featured in an exposé-style article in the local Union News and possibly as a result of this article, the content of which was soon reprinted in a national newspaper, The People, the pub was targeted and "completely wrecked" by football fans following the Leeds United v. Glasgow Rangers match at Elland Road on 9 April 1968. A period of closure followed, and after a change of ownership it reopened as The New Penny.

The pub has hosted various well-known drag queens on its stage, including Lily Savage, Anna Glypta, Fats and Small, Sisters Slim, Amber Dextrous, Miss Orry, and Ricky Glass. The New Penny is hosted 7 nights a week by its talented resident drag queens such as Glitz Von Winkle, Nova Gina & Miss Sordid Secret. 

The New Penny is one of the most popular venues in Leeds, attracting a diverse crowd of gay and straight patrons. It regained its popularity when drinking laws were relaxed to allow a later licence, usually meaning it is the last venue to close its doors at weekends on the Leeds gay scene. It is also involved in the annual Leeds Pride event.

On 19 October 2016, Leeds Civic Trust awarded it a blue plaque "for providing a safe venue for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people."

References

Pubs in Leeds
1953 establishments in England
LGBT culture in Leeds
Leeds Blue Plaques
LGBT pubs in the United Kingdom
Fordyce Creek Trail

The Fordyce Creek Trail is a rock crawling destination in California not far from the Rubicon Trail. The entrance (or trail-head) is a little difficult to find. The actual trail-head is just off I-80 via Eagle Lakes Rd. exit. Follow the signs to Indian Creek Campground.

This could also be considered extreme 4 wheeling since the rocky terrain is more dangerous than most off-road trails. There are officially 5 winch-hills combined with several deep water crossings. The overall rock crawling rating of this trail is 5 stars.

The first full weekend in August each year is the home to Sierra Trek, an event hosted by the California Four Wheel Drive Association

References
 Review at californiajeeper.com
 for information on Sierra Trek
 for more information on Towing

Roads in Nevada County, California
Pierre Goldschmidt

Pierre Goldschmidt, a Belgian nuclear scientist, retired June, 2005, as Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency, (IAEA), succeeded by Olli Heinonen. From mid-2005 to the end of 2017, Goldschmidt was a researcher of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

IAEA is an inter-governmental organization under the auspices of the United Nations. Pierre Goldschmidt was appointed DDG in May, 1999. The Department of Safeguards is responsible for verifying that nuclear material placed under safeguards is not diverted to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices and that there is no undeclared nuclear material or activities in non-nuclear weapons States party to the NPT.

Before assuming the DDG position, Goldschmidt was, for 12 years, General Manager of SYNATOM, the company responsible for the fuel supply and spent fuel management of seven Belgian nuclear plants that provide about 60% of that country's electricity. For six years Goldschmidt was a member of the Directoire of EURODIF, the large French uranium enrichment company.

Goldschmidt has headed numerous European and international committees, including as Chairman of the Uranium Institute in London and Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the EURATOM Supply Agency.

Goldschmidt studied Electro-Mechanical Engineering and holds a Ph.D. in Applied Science from the University of Brussels and a master's degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

References
 Biography, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 2008 Joseph A. Burton Forum Award Recipient: Pierre Goldschmidt, American Physical Society

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Belgian physicists
Belgian nuclear physicists
Belgian officials of the United Nations
International Atomic Energy Agency officials
Bernie Hamilton

Bernard Hamilton (June 12, 1928 – December 30, 2008) was an American actor. He is best known as Captain Dobey in Starsky & Hutch (1975–1979).

Biography 
Hamilton was born in East Los Angeles; his brother was jazz drummer Chico Hamilton. He attended Oakland Technical High School, where he first became interested in acting. In films from 1950, he labored in bit roles for years before getting noticed in the film One Potato, Two Potato (1964), the story of an interracial marriage. He is best remembered for his role as the brusque, no-nonsense Captain Dobey in the United States 1970s police series Starsky and Hutch.

Hamilton was also an impresario; starting in the late 1960s he ran a nightclub/art gallery called Citadel d’Haiti on Sunset Boulevard. Hamilton also produced rhythm and blues and gospel music recordings on his own record label called Chocolate Snowman. One of his releases featured himself; it was entitled Captain Dobey Sings the Blues.

Hamilton died on December 30, 2008 of cardiac arrest at the age of 80. A US Army veteran in the Korean War, he was buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.

Selected filmography

 The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) – Ernie
 Bright Victory (1951) – Soldier (uncredited)
 The Harlem Globetrotters (1951) – Higgins (uncredited)
 Mysterious Island (1951) – Neb
 Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) – Zuwaba
 Carmen Jones (1954) – Reporter (uncredited)
 Kismet (1955) – Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
 Congo Crossing (1956) – Pompala
 The Girl He Left Behind (1956) – Corporal West (uncredited)
 Up Periscope (1959) – Weary (uncredited)
 Cry Tough (1959) – Policeman (uncredited)
 Take a Giant Step (1959) – Sharpie in Bar (uncredited)
 The Young One (1960, directed by Luis Buñuel) – Traver
 Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) – Goodbye George
 Underworld U.S.A. (1961) – Investigator (uncredited)
 The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) – Charlie
 13 West Street (1962) – Negro
 Captain Sindbad (1963) – Quinius
 One Potato, Two Potato (1964) – Frank Richards
 Synanon (1965) – Pete
 Stranger on the Run (1967) – Dickory
 The Swimmer (1968) – Chauffeur
 The Lost Man (1969) – Reggie Page
 Nam's Angels (1970) – Capt. Jackson
 Walk the Walk (1970)
 The Organization (1971) – Lt. Jessop
 Hammer (1972) – Davis
 Scream Blacula Scream (1973) – Ragman
 Bucktown (1975) – Harley

References

External links

 

1928 births
2008 deaths
American male film actors
Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery
African-American male actors
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors
Burials at Riverside National Cemetery
20th-century African-American people
21st-century African-American people
Oakland Technical High School alumni
Hanakapiai Beach

Hanakāpīʻai Beach is a beach in the Hawaiian islands located on Kauai's Nā Pali Coast. The beach is approximately  from the start of the Kalalau Trail, a very popular hiking trail which is located at Keʻe Beach. It is also about 2 miles from Hanakapiai Falls. During summer months, Hanakāpīʻai Beach's sandy shore line is clearly visible; during winter months, dangerously powerful waves and high tides wash away the sandy shore line. The beach is remotely located with no road access. The word Hanakāpīʻai literally means "bay sprinkling food" in Hawaiian.

Hanakāpīʻai Beach is a popular tourist attraction; however, like many beaches on the Nā Pali Coast, strong rip currents, as well as high surf, dangerous shore breaks and other hazardous ocean conditions make Hanakāpīʻai Beach extremely dangerous. The Nā Pali Coast is especially treacherous because there are no major reefs to hinder potent ocean currents.

Kauai's geography makes Hanakāpīʻai conditions even more hazardous; in the event that one gets caught in a rip current (or otherwise swept out to sea) the nearest safe shore area is approximately six miles away.  The currents in the region are so powerful that the bodies of at least 15 drowning victims have yet to be recovered.  According to the local newspaper, from 1970 to 2010 about 30 people are known to have drowned here.  Tourists often refer to a warning sign with 82 tally marks (as of August 2014) counting drowning victims.  It has no official sponsor and this count is highly speculative.

See also 
 List of beaches in Hawaii

References

External links 
 
 Extensive journal with photos
 Hanakapiai Beach Info

Beaches of Kauai
Virginia State Route 419

State Route 419 (SR 419) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Electric Road, the state highway runs  from U.S. Route 220 and US 220 Business in Roanoke north to SR 311 at Hanging Rock. SR 419 is a major north–south highway in the western part of the Roanoke Valley, connecting Roanoke and Salem with Cave Spring in southwestern Roanoke County.

Route description

SR 419 begins at a partial cloverleaf interchange with US 220 and US 220 Business near the southern end of the independent city of Roanoke. US 220 heads north as the Roy Webber Expressway toward Downtown Roanoke and south as Franklin Road toward Rocky Mount and Martinsville. US 220 Business heads northeast along Franklin Road. Immediately to the west of the interchange, SR 419 enters Roanoke County. The four-lane divided highway heads west past the Tanglewood Mall and crosses over Norfolk Southern Railway's Winston-Salem District. In the suburban community of Cave Spring, SR 419 intersects US 221 and begins to curve to the north. The state highway serves as the western city limit of Roanoke before entering the city of Salem adjacent to Lewis-Gale Medical Center. SR 419 crosses over the Roanoke River and briefly parallels the river to its intersection with US 11 (Apperson Drive).

SR 419 crosses over Norfolk Southern's Christiansburg and Whitethorne district rail lines and parallels a rail spur through an industrial area that contains a General Electric facility. At the north end of the area, the rail spur veers northwest and the state highway intersects Lynchburg Turnpike and Texas Street, which carry US 11 Alternate and US 460 Alternate. The intersection with Texas Street is a right-in/right-out intersection with southbound SR 419; full access to the alternate routes is provided via Lynchburg Turnpike. The state highway and the alternate routes run concurrently to US 460 (Main Street); here US 460 Alternate ends and US 11 Alternate joins the U.S. Highway east toward Roanoke. SR 419 parallels Mason Creek north out of the city of Salem and parallels the city limit north to its partial cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 81. The state highway reduces to a two-lane undivided road and curves west to its terminus at SR 311 at Hanging Rock. SR 311 heads west and south as Thompson Memorial Drive toward downtown Salem and north as Catawba Valley Drive toward Catawba and New Castle through the gap between Fort Lewis Mountain and Brushy Mountain formed by Mason Creek.

Major intersections

History
Prior to 1964, this road's route number was 119. The reasoning behind the route number change came in 1964; by that point, North Carolina had extended its State Route 119 to the Virginia border at Halifax County, and Virginia upgraded a secondary road to a primary one in response, to end at U.S. 58-360 in Delila.

References

External links

Virginia Highways Project: VA 419

419
State Route 419
State Route 419
State Route 419
Millerton Lake

Millerton Lake is an artificial lake near the town of Friant, about  north of downtown Fresno, California, United States. The reservoir was created by the construction of 319 ft (97 m) high Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River which, with the lake, serves as much of the county line between Fresno County to the south and Madera County to the north.

Part of the Central Valley Project, the dam was built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and was completed in 1942 with the exception of the drum gates being installed in 1947. The lake stores water for irrigation, which is distributed by the Madera and Friant-Kern Canals to the San Joaquin Valley. It has an instantaneous capacity of .

Secondary uses include flood control and recreation, including swimming, fishing, water skiing and camping. A 25 MW hydroelectric plant operated by the Friant Power Authority produces electricity from large releases and two smaller plants use water released for a fish hatchery and to maintain minimum-flow in the river.

Prior to the construction of Friant Dam, the current lake bed was the site of the town of Millerton, the first county seat of Fresno County.

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a safe eating advisory for fish caught in the Millerton Lake due to elevated levels of mercury.

Environmental impacts
By diverting most of the San Joaquin River for irrigation, the Friant Dam has caused about  of the river to run dry except in high water years when floodwaters are spilled from the dam. The desiccation of the river has caused the degradation of large stretches of riverside habitat and marshes, and has nearly eliminated the historic chinook salmon run that once reached about 15,000 fish each year. Reduction in flows has also increased the concentration of pesticide and fertilizer runoff in the river contributing to pollution that has further impacted aquatic species.

On September 13, 2006, after eighteen years of litigation, environmental groups, fisherman and the USBR reached an agreement on releasing part of the water currently diverted into the irrigation canals into the San Joaquin River in order to help restore the river and its native fish and wildlife. The first water was released on October 2, 2009, at a rate of . By 2014, these "restoration flows" were scheduled to be increased to  per year, or , on top of the  that was originally released for agricultural purposes. However, the river restoration project will cause a 12–20% reduction in irrigation water delivered from Friant Dam.

See also
List of dams and reservoirs in California
List of lakes in California
List of largest reservoirs of California
Temperance Flat Dam - proposed extension of Millerton Lake

References

External links
Current Conditions, Millerton Reservoir
Friant Water Authority
Millerton Lake State Recreation Area
Map of lake expansion proposals
Millerton Lake Fishing

Reservoirs in Fresno County, California
Reservoirs in Madera County, California
San Joaquin River
Central Valley Project
Reservoirs in California
Reservoirs in Northern California
Nepenthes lavicola

Nepenthes lavicola (; from Latin: lavicola growing upon lava) is a tropical pitcher plant species endemic to the Geureudong Massif of Aceh, northern Sumatra, where it grows at 2000–2600 m above sea level. It is thought to be most closely related to N. singalana and N. spectabilis.

Nepenthes lavicola is notable for its very prominent bracts, which often overarch the flowers and may be up to 7 cm long at the base of female inflorescences. This species is also unusual in that it bears up to two bracts per pedicel or partial peduncle.

Swiss botanist Albert Friedrich Frey-Wyssling mentioned N. lavicola in a 1931 article as an unidentified Nepenthes species.

Nepenthes lavicola has no known natural hybrids. No forms or varieties have been described.

References

Further reading

 Bauer, U., C.J. Clemente, T. Renner & W. Federle 2012. Form follows function: morphological diversification and alternative trapping strategies in carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25(1): 90–102. 
 Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
 Hernawati & P. Akhriadi 2006. A Field Guide to the Nepenthes of Sumatra. PILI-NGO Movement, Bogor.
  Koudela, I. 1998. Klíčí nebo neklíčí. Trifid 1998(2): 36–37. (p. 2)
 Meimberg, H., A. Wistuba, P. Dittrich & G. Heubl 2001. Molecular phylogeny of Nepenthaceae based on cladistic analysis of plastid trnK intron sequence data. Plant Biology 3(2): 164–175. 
  Meimberg, H. 2002.  PhD thesis, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich.
 Meimberg, H. & G. Heubl 2006. Introduction of a nuclear marker for phylogenetic analysis of Nepenthaceae. Plant Biology 8(6): 831–840. 
 Meimberg, H., S. Thalhammer, A. Brachmann & G. Heubl 2006. Comparative analysis of a translocated copy of the trnK intron in carnivorous family Nepenthaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2): 478–490. 

Carnivorous plants of Asia
lavicola
Endemic flora of Sumatra
Critically endangered flora of Asia
Plants described in 1996
Geil (song)

"Geil" is a song released by the German-based British duo Bruce and Bongo. It charted in several European countries, making it their best performing release of any type. "Geil" was released as a single in 1986 and topped the Austrian charts that year. The song was Bruce and Bongo's only major hit, making the duo a one-hit wonder.

The song is considered a novelty song, with lyrics mostly in English. In German, the word "Geil" originally meant "horny" but by the 1980s had come to also mean "cool" or "awesome" in slang.  For the older generation this sounded like a provocation, and it was meant to be one of course.

The song featured lyrics stating that everyone is cool/horny ("Everybody's geil, g-g-g-g-geil"). It also featured a section about the tennis player Boris Becker, claiming that "Boris is geil", and imitating a tennis umpire.

The music video accompanying the song featured Bruce and Bongo in a gym, with several elderly women doing exercises on various items of gym equipment. The music video is today generally considered to be cheesy and slightly camp, although this was probably done intentionally to give the video a novelty factor matching that of the song.

After the release of "Geil", Bruce and Bongo would release The Geil Album, although in comparison the album was a commercial failure.
The refrain has the same melody as Rock Me Amadeus from the Austrian singer Falco.

Track listings
7" single
 "Geil" (Geilomatick Mix) – 3:55	
 "Geil Bruce & Bongo Dub" (New York Horny Mix) – 3:55	

12" single
 "Geil" (Geilomatick Mix) – 7:15	
 "Geil Bruce & Bongo Dub" (New York Horny Mix) – 7:15

Charts

Bruce and Bongo vs. Tony T. version

In 1998, Bruce and Bongo released a new recording of "Geil" with British rapper Tony T., which was not successful.

Track listings
CD single
 "Geil" (Kurz und gut und Geil-Mix) – 5:07	
 "Geil" (Lang und gut und Geil-Mix) – 5:07	
 "Geil" (Letzter geiler-SOmmer-Mix) – 5:34	
 Bruce & Bongo - "Geil" (Das Original) – 4:01

See also
Lists of number-one singles (Austria)
List of number-one hits of 1986 (Germany)

References

1986 songs
1986 debut singles
1998 singles
Bruce and Bongo songs
Number-one singles in Austria
Number-one singles in Germany
Ariola Records singles
Gorea

Gorea may refer to:
Gorean, from the planet Gor in the science fiction novels by John Norman
Gorea, the main antagonist of the video game Metroid Prime Hunters
Total body surface area

Total body surface area (TBSA) is an assessment of injury to or disease of the skin, such as burns or psoriasis.

In adults, the Wallace rule of nines can be used to determine the total percentage of area burned for each major section of the body.  

In burn cases that involve partial body areas, or when dermatologists are evaluating the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score, the patient's palm can serve a reference point roughly equivalent to 1% of the body surface area.

For children and infants, the Lund and Browder chart is used to assess the burned body surface area.  Different percentages are used because the ratio of the combined surface area of the head and neck to the surface area of the limbs is typically larger in children than that of an adult.

Typical values for common groups of humans follow. (Due to rounding, values may not add to 100%.)

References

Skin anatomy
Sheosar Lake

Sheosar Lake () is an  alpine lake situated at the western end of Deosai National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is located at the height of .

Access
The lake is accessible through two routes. One is via Astore and the other via Skardu. From main Astore town, it takes about four hours' jeep travel through a semi-metal road to reach Chilum, the last residential area adjacent to the plains. The second route, from Skardu, can be covered by jeep in few hours; however, if trekked, it can take two days' time.

Climate
Between the months of November and May the area of Deosai is snow bound. During spring, the surrounding area is covered with wide variety of flowers and butterflies. Most visitors come to the lake are in summer between June and early September.

See also
List of lakes in Pakistan
List of national parks in Pakistan

References

External links
HighestLake.com - List of highest lakes
http://pbase.com/waqas Sheosar Lake Photos by Waqas Usman 
Imran Ahmed's Picture Gallery: Sheosar Lake
Ch. Umer's Picture Gallery: Sheosar Lake

Lakes of Gilgit-Baltistan
Tibetan Plateau
Baltistan
Skardu District
302 Acid

302 Acid is a music group from Washington, D.C., United States, formed by Doug Kallmeyer and Justin Mader in 2002. It currently includes Doug Kallmeyer (strings, samples, projections), Justin Mader (samples, projections).

Video projections are a component of their live performances, and their music has improvisatory elements. Notable in the sound is Kallmeyer's use of an electric double bass.

The group released an EP entitled Ailanthus Altissima on the Hackshop Records label in 2004, and subsequently a full-length album 302 acid0005 on the Nottingham-based Em:t Records label in 2005. The title of the latter release is in accord with em:t's naming conventions, but the work contained in the release is actually titled Even Calls. A limited CD-R of their performance at the Big Chill music festival was also released by Em:t. The group is currently working on a new album. The group has toured in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., and has performed several live radio broadcasts.

The group took their name from an NFPA 704 hazard placard for hydrochloric acid that can be frequently seen when traveling the Washington Metro system.

References 

Musical groups from Washington, D.C.
Musical groups established in 2002
Sage Kambhoja

Sage Kambhoja or Kumbhoja is a character in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, presented as a close friend of sage Agasti. 
Sage Agasti was brother of sage Vasishtha and was living as a hermit in Dakshinapatha Rama, Lakshmana and Sita had paid visit to the hermitage of sage Kambhoja, from there they had proceeded to Panchavati during their Vanwasa period before Sita was abducted by Sri Lankan king Ravana.

References

Sages in the Ramayana
Please Smile Again

"Please Smile Again" is Namie Amuro's 17th solo single on the Avex Trax label. Although the single "Think of Me / No More Tears" (2001) was slated to be released in December, it was pushed back until the next year making "Please Smile Again" the last single to precede her 4th studio album, Break the Rules (2000). It was certified gold for 200,000 copies shipped to stores.

Commercial tie-in
"Please Smile Again" was used in commercials for Meiji Fran products. "Cross Over" was used in cell phone MM TU-KA commercials. Amuro appeared in both ad campaigns.

Track listing
 "Please Smile Again (TK original mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:46
 "Cross Over (TK original mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:43
 "Please Smile Again (Jamaster A Mix)" (Remixed by Alex Baboo & Groovy Cat) – 6:37
 "Please Smile Again (TV mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:45
 "Please Smile Again (a cappella)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:35

Personnel
 Namie Amuro – vocals, background vocals
 Tetsuya Komuro – synthesizer, keyboard
 Ken Kimura – guitar

Production
 Producer – Tetsuya Komuro
 Arranger – Tetsuya Komuro
 Mixing – Tetsuya Komuro
 Remixing & additional production – Alex Baboo & Groovy Cat
 Synthesizer programming – Akihisa Murakami, Toshihide Iwasa

Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References 

2000 singles
Namie Amuro songs
Songs written by Tetsuya Komuro
2000 songs
Avex Trax singles
Peter Mathers

Peter Mathers (1931 in England – 8 November 2004 in Melbourne) was an English-born Australian author and playwright.

Mathers' family emigrated to Australia while he was a child. He attended state school in Sydney, and later Sydney Technical College, where he studied agriculture. He "farmed, clerked, woolled, gardened, landscaped, chemicalled", and did other things before settling into his writing career.

In 1961 he married and went to France to live in a cork oak forest. His two daughters were born in London. From 1964 he worked in Britain and Europe as a researcher. His first writing appeared in the early 1960s, and in 1967 he took up a writing fellowship in the United States. He returned to Australia in 1968.

In 1966 Mathers completed his first novel, Trap, an inventive and often comic novel concerning the escapades and family history of Jack Trap, an urban mixed-blood Aboriginal person in what was then a society racially divided by the White Australia Policy. It won the Miles Franklin Literary Award, His second novel, The Wort Papers (1972), ranged across the country in rural settings from the Kimberley to dairy country in northern New South Wales, and further established his reputation as a stylistic innovator and satirist.

Mathers wrote radio plays, articles and published many stories in magazines, journals and newspapers before beginning a substantial playwriting career, which included Pelaco Hill, Bats, The Mountain King and The Real McCoy. Some short stories were collected as A Change For the Better.

He lived in Melbourne for many years prior to his death in 2004 from pancreatic cancer.

References

1931 births
2004 deaths
English emigrants to Australia
Australian dramatists and playwrights
Miles Franklin Award winners
Writers from Melbourne
20th-century Australian novelists
20th-century English novelists
British male dramatists and playwrights
English male novelists
20th-century English dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Australian male writers
Australian male novelists
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Deaths from cancer in Victoria (state)
20th-century English male writers
Date of birth missing
MDM Bank

MDM Bank (; 2009–2017), is a former Russian joint stock commercial bank.

Original MDM-Bank was one of Russia's largest private banks originally based in Moscow (1993–2009), then merged renamed and moved to Novosibirsk (2009–2016) MDM and URSA estimated that the new MDM Bank would have capital of US$2.5 billion and total assets of US$18.7 billion, although in practice the numbers ended up being somewhat lower.

History 

The original MDM Bank was founded in Moscow in December 1993 and holds a General Banking License issued by the Central Bank of Russia (#2361 dated 13 February 2003, which will be voided as the bank migrates under URSA Bank license #323). 

Igor Kim, chairman and shareholder of URSA, has been the new bank's chief executive officer during the transition period; Oleg Vyugin chairs the board of the bank's holding company and the former MDM CEO Igor Kuzin is chief executive of the holding company.

URSA Bank was founded in 1990 as Sibakadembank by the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It was restructured from a privately held bank to a joint-stock bank in 1997. After a series of mergers with local Siberian banks, in 2006 Sibakadembank merged with Yekaterinburg-based Uralvneshtorgbank (established 1991) and assumed the new name, URSA Bank.

In 2016 MDM merged with another Russian lender, B&N Bank. This new entity now ranked in the top 10 of all Russian banks, and the top five for private lenders. In 2017 the newly merged entity required a bailout by the Russian Central Bank.

References

External links 
MDM Bank (in English)
URSA Bank (in English)
Financial information

Banks of Russia
Companies based in Novosibirsk
Vital Signs (TV series)

Vital Signs is a British television drama series which aired on ITV in 2006. It stars Tamzin Outhwaite as a supermarket check-out operator who decides to become a doctor. The series co-stars William Beck, Fraser Ayres, Eve Best, Claudie Blakley, Lucinda Dryzek, Beth Goddard, Alfie Hunter, Brooke Kinsella, Harry Lloyd, Peter Rnic and Steven Waddington. The filming of the show is based in numerous London hospitals and medical schools; predominantly the show has been shot in St George's Hospital and Medical School.

The theme tune, "Go My Own Way", was written and recorded by Alexis Strum, and produced by Magnus Fiennes.

External links

2006 British television series debuts
2006 British television series endings
2000s British drama television series
2000s British medical television series
2000s British television miniseries
English-language television shows
ITV television dramas
Television series by Banijay
Television series by Tiger Aspect Productions