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Mindreader

Mindreader may refer to:

Mindreader, a person capable of telepathy
Mindreader, a practitioner of mentalism
Mindreaders, a short-lived game show hosted by Dick Martin
The Mind Reader, a 1933 film starring Warren William
"Mind Reader" (Silverchair song), 2007
"Mind Reader" (Dustin Lynch song), 2014
"Mindreader", a song by A Day to Remember from their 2021 album You're Welcome
"Mind Reader", a song by Sebadoh from their 1996 album Harmacy
Mind Reader – An Evening of Wonders, Derren Brown's 2007–08 live stage show

See also
 Mind reading (disambiguation)
Shizuoka derby

The Shizuoka Derby is a commonly occurring football fixture in Japan. The game  takes place between the two professional J. League teams in Shizuoka Prefecture; Shimizu S-Pulse and Júbilo Iwata. The game is usually hosted at Ecopa Stadium, the prefecture's largest sporting venue. In the two 2007 J-League season meetings, S-Pulse triumphed both times. Firstly 2–1 at Nihondaira Stadium in May, and then 1–0 in September at Ecopa.

The Shizuoka Derby's rivalry factors include: the common prefecture (historically, Shizuoka Prefecture was divided into three provinces, Suruga Province, Tōtōmi Province and Izu Province; Shimizu would represent Suruga and Iwata would represent Tōtōmi); and the fact that Júbilo supporters feel that Shimizu should not have been chosen for the J. League as it had not competed in the Japan Soccer League beforehand (whereas the old Yamaha Motor Corporation club that preceded Júbilo had gone all the way to the old title).

Complete Record of Competitive Matches

League
Record: 22 wins for Júbilo, 15 wins for S-Pulse and 4 draws.

Cups
Shimizu S-Pulse: 5–0–4
Júbilo Iwata: 4–0–5

1999 J. League Championship, Júbilo went 1–1 total with S-Pulse and won the match with a golden goal in extra time.

External links
Photos of Iwata supporters, with several anti-Shimizu signs, by the Progresso firm.

 
Shimizu S-Pulse
Football derbies in Japan
Bipolar cylindrical coordinates

Bipolar cylindrical coordinates are a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system that results from projecting the two-dimensional bipolar coordinate system in the
perpendicular -direction.  The two lines of foci 
 and  of the projected Apollonian circles are generally taken to be 
defined by  and , respectively, (and by ) in the Cartesian coordinate system.

The term "bipolar" is often used to describe other curves having two singular points (foci), such as ellipses, hyperbolas, and Cassini ovals.  However, the term bipolar coordinates is never used to describe coordinates associated with those curves, e.g., elliptic coordinates.

Basic definition

The most common definition of bipolar cylindrical coordinates  is

where the  coordinate of a point 
equals the angle  and the 
 coordinate equals the natural logarithm of the ratio of the distances  and  to the focal lines

(Recall that the focal lines  and  are located at  and , respectively.) 

Surfaces of constant  correspond to cylinders of different radii

that all pass through the focal lines and are not concentric.  The surfaces of constant  are non-intersecting cylinders of different radii

that surround the focal lines but again are not concentric.  The focal lines and all these cylinders are parallel to the -axis (the direction of projection).  In the  plane, the centers of the constant- and constant- cylinders lie on the  and  axes, respectively.

Scale factors

The scale factors for the bipolar coordinates  and   are equal

whereas the remaining scale factor .  
Thus, the infinitesimal volume element equals

and the Laplacian is given by 

Other differential operators such as  
and  can be expressed in the coordinates  by substituting 
the scale factors into the general formulae 
found in orthogonal coordinates.

Applications
The classic applications of bipolar coordinates are in solving partial differential equations, 
e.g., Laplace's equation or the Helmholtz equation, for which bipolar coordinates allow a 
separation of variables (in 2D).  A typical example would be the electric field surrounding two 
parallel cylindrical conductors.

Bibliography

External links
MathWorld description of bipolar cylindrical coordinates

Three-dimensional coordinate systems
Orthogonal coordinate systems
Emblem of Kazakhstan

The emblem of Kazakhstan () was adopted on June 4, 1992. The designers of the emblem are Jandarbek Melibekov and  About 245 projects and 67 description designs of the future arms took part in the final competition. Like other post-Soviet republics whose symbols do not predate the October Revolution, the current emblem retains some components of the Soviet one, in this case, rising sun rays and star. Prior to 1992, Kazakhstan had an emblem similar to all other Soviet Republics.

Overview
The emblem is an image of a shanyrak (, Şañyraq; more often seen in the Russian transcription, Шанырак, shanyrak), the upper dome-like portion of a yurt, against a sky blue background which irradiates (in the form of sun rays) uyks (supports) set off by wings of mythical horses, inspired by Tulpar which represent bravery. The circle shape of the Emblem is a symbol of life and eternity. The shanyrak symbolizes family well-being, peace and calmness. 

A design very similar to the Kazakh shanyraq is used in the flag of neighboring Kyrgyzstan; it is known as tunduk in Kyrgyz.

The colour version of the national emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan consists of two colours: gold and sky blue. The golden colour corresponds to the bright, clear future of the Kazakh people, and the blue sky colour is a symbol of aspiration for peace, consent, friendship and unity with all people.

The name of the country in Kazakh, QAZAQSTAN, is in the lower part of the emblem. The name was in cyrillic script () before the national standard of the Emblem of Kazakhstan was amended on November 1, 2018.

Gallery

See also
Emblem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Flag of Kazakhstan
Armorial of sovereign states

References

External links
 National Emblem of Kazakhstan

National symbols of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
The Story of My Life

The Story of My Life or Story of My Life may refer to:

Literature
 The Story of My Life (biography), a 1903 autobiography by Helen Keller
 Story of My Life (novel), 1988 novel by Jay McInerney
 Histoire de ma vie (Story of my life), a memoir and autobiography by Giacomo Casanova
 The Story of My Life, an autobiography by Clarence Darrow
 The Story of My Life, an autobiography by Alma White
 The Story of My Life, and autobiography by Rosina Davies
 Histoire de ma vie (Story of my life), an autobiography by George Sand
 Povest o Zhizni (Story of a Life), an autobiography by Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky

Music
 The Story of My Life (musical), a 2009 stage musical

Songs
 "The Story of My Life" (Marty Robbins song), written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, popularized by Marty Robbins and by Michael Holliday
 "Story of My Life" (Kristian Leontiou song)
 "Story of My Life" (Lesley Roy song)
 "The Story of My Life" (Millencolin song)
 "Story of My Life" (One Direction song)
 "Story of My Life" (Rich Croin song)
 "Story of My Life" (Smash Mouth song)
 "Story of My Life" (Social Distortion song)
 "Story of My Life", a song by Automatic Loveletter from Truth or Dare
 "Story of My Life", a song by Billy Blue featuring Akon
 "Story of My Life", a song by Bon Jovi from 2005 album Have A Nice Day
 "Story of My Life", a song by Illenium and Sueco, featuring Trippie Redd
 "Story of My Life", a song by Loretta Lynn from Van Lear Rose
 "The Story of My Life", a song by Neil Diamond from Headed for the Future
 "The Story of My Life", a song by White Town from Peek & Poke
"Historyja majho žyccia (Story of My Life)", by Belarusian duo Naviband

Albums
 Story of My Life (album), by Pere Ubu
 The Story of My Life (Irma Thomas album)
 The Story of My Life (Deana Carter album)
 The Story of My Life (Gangsta Pat album)
 The Story of My Life, an album by Eric Gales
 The Story of My Life, an album by Jennette McCurdy
 Story of My Life, an album by Marty Robbins
 Story of My Life, an album by Cita Citata

Other
 The Story of My Life (film), a 2004 French romantic comedy film

See also
 My Life Story, a pop group
 My Life (disambiguation)
Story of My Life (Social Distortion song)

"Story of My Life" is a 1990 song by American punk rock band Social Distortion, written by frontman Mike Ness. It was released as a single and also appeared on their self-titled album as well as Live at the Roxy live album. The song describes a man looking back wistfully on life, such as a love interest he had as a teenager, and how things have changed and how quickly his life (and the opportunity) has passed him by.

Track listing
"Story of My Life"
"1945"
"Mommy's Little Monster"
"Pretty Thing"
"Shame on Me"

Personnel
Mike Ness – vocals, lead guitar
Dennis Danell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
John Maurer – bass guitar, backing vocals
Christopher Reece – drums

TV, movie, and video game appearances
 Theme song for the short-lived TV show Surviving Jack
 Reality Bites, starring Winona Ryder
 Orange County, starring Colin Hanks and Jack Black
 Life or Something Like It, starring Angelina Jolie
 The Break-Up, starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston
 Trailer for [[Stranger than Fiction (2006 film)|Stranger than Fiction]]
 The Hammer, starring Adam Carolla (Live at the Roxy version)
 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (cover version by WaveGroup)
 Downloadable Content for Rock Band 2 (2007 re-recording)
 Rocksmith 2014, as Downloadable Content
 Love, in the fourth episode of season one, "Party in the Hills."

Covers
Reel Big Fish – We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy (2005)

References

External links
QuickTime Video at SocialDistortion.com
QuickTime Audio at SocialDistortion.com

1990 songs
1990 singles
Story of My Life
Songs written by Mike Ness
Epic Records singles
Songs about loneliness
Metrovías

Metrovías S.A. is an Argentine privately owned company that operates the Buenos Aires Underground and the Metropolitan services of the Urquiza Line. 90% of Metrovías' shares are held by Grupo Roggio.

History
On 1 January 1994, Metrovías took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the standard gauge Urquiza Line commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Metrovías consortium comprised Burlington Northern, Morrison-Knudsen and two Argentinian companies. This service had previously been run by the state-owned Ferrocarriles Argentinos as part of the General Urquiza Railway since the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. In addition Metrovías took over the management of the Buenos Aires Underground system and the Buenos Aires PreMetro when they were privatised in 1994.

The Urquiza Line operates from Federico Lacroze railway station to General Lemos and, when combined with the Underground, have a total of 108 stations, 72.9 kilometres of track, with 692 carriages that transport 283.8 million passengers per year. The company has approximately 3,000 employees.

From 2004 to 2013 the company also formed part of UGOFE, a consortium with Trenes de Buenos Aires and Ferrovías, which took over the running of commuter rail services on the Belgrano Sur Line, Roca Line and San Martín Line after concessions granted to Metropolitano S.A. for the operation of these services were revoked.

See also
 Buenos Aires Underground
 Urquiza Line
 Buenos Aires PreMetro

References

External links
 

Burlington Northern Railroad
Buenos Aires Underground
Railway companies established in 1994
Railway companies of Argentina
1994 establishments in Argentina
Rail transport in Buenos Aires Province
British Quiz Association

The British Quiz Association (BQA) runs the British Quizzing Championships on the first Saturday in September every year.

Quiz Championships 1999/2000
In 1999 and 2000 Trevor Montague had run a British Quiz Championships as a sport of the Mind Sports Olympiad.

BQA 2001 till 2004
The BQA was founded as his brainchild in a Reading Hotel on 10 July 2001. The first chairman was Mastermind club president Tony Dart, Montague was to be the managing director and also present were Mark Labbett and Rob Linham.

The association ran British Championships in 2001–3, but went into a moribund state following resignations of many of the committee.

Change to IQA
In late 2004 Trevor Parry took over running the organisation but only four people competed in the 2004 event (see link). At the same time a new British Quizzing Championships has successfully been run by IQA/quizzing.co.uk (follow the link for more details).

British Quiz Champions
 1999 - Kevin Ashman 
 2000 - Kevin Ashman 
 2001 - Ian Bayley
 2002 - Kevin Ashman 
 2003 - John Wilson 
 2004 - Karl Whelan

External links
Report 2000
Trivia Quizzes
Test Bank Website
British Quiz Association

Quiz games
Clubs and societies in the United Kingdom
Paraboloidal coordinates

Paraboloidal coordinates are three-dimensional orthogonal coordinates  that generalize two-dimensional parabolic coordinates. They possess elliptic paraboloids as one-coordinate surfaces. As such, they should be distinguished from parabolic cylindrical coordinates and parabolic rotational coordinates, both of which are also generalizations of two-dimensional parabolic coordinates. The coordinate surfaces of the former are parabolic cylinders, and the coordinate surfaces of the latter are circular paraboloids.

Differently from cylindrical and rotational parabolic coordinates, but similarly to the related ellipsoidal coordinates, the coordinate surfaces of the paraboloidal coordinate system are not produced by rotating or projecting any two-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system.

Basic formulas

The Cartesian coordinates  can be produced from the ellipsoidal coordinates 
 by the equations

with

Consequently, surfaces of constant  are downward opening elliptic paraboloids:

Similarly, surfaces of constant  are upward opening elliptic paraboloids,

whereas surfaces of constant  are hyperbolic paraboloids:

Scale factors

The scale factors for the paraboloidal coordinates  are

Hence, the infinitesimal volume element is

Differential operators 

Common differential operators can be expressed in the coordinates  by substituting the scale factors into the general formulas for these operators, which are applicable to any three-dimensional orthogonal coordinates. For instance, the gradient operator is

and the Laplacian is

Applications 

Paraboloidal coordinates can be useful for solving certain partial differential equations. For instance, the Laplace equation and Helmholtz equation are both separable in paraboloidal coordinates. Hence, the coordinates can be used to solve these equations in geometries with paraboloidal symmetry, i.e. with boundary conditions specified on sections of paraboloids.

The Helmholtz equation is . Taking , the separated equations are

where  and  are the two separation constants. Similarly, the separated equations for the Laplace equation can be obtained by setting  in the above.

Each of the separated equations can be cast in the form of the Baer equation. Direct solution of the equations is difficult, however, in part because the separation constants  and  appear simultaneously in all three equations. 

Following the above approach, paraboloidal coordinates have been used to solve for the electric field surrounding a conducting paraboloid.

References

Bibliography

  Same as Morse & Feshbach (1953), substituting uk for ξk.

External links
MathWorld description of confocal paraboloidal coordinates

Three-dimensional coordinate systems
Orthogonal coordinate systems
George W. Houk

George Washington Houk (September 25, 1825 – February 9, 1894) was a lawyer and politician representing Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 until his death in 1894.

Early life and career 
George W. Houk was born near Mount Holly Springs in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the son of Adam and Catherine (Knisley) Houk.  The family moved to Dayton, Ohio in 1827 where George Houk attended the public schools and the E. E. Barney Academy at Dayton.  For a number of years Houk taught school while he studied law with Peter P. Lowe. George W. Houk was admitted to the bar in 1847, commencing practice in Dayton.

He married Eliza Phillips Thruston (23 October 1833 – 31 August 1914), daughter of Robert A. and Mary (Phillips) Thruston, both of locally prominent families.  They had five children.

In 1861, he became a law partner of John A. McMahon, who had previously been a law partner of Clement Vallandigham.  He remained in that partnership until 1882.

Political career  
Houk was elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving from 1852 to 1854.  He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1860 supporting Stephen A. Douglas and a delegate again in 1876.  He was defeated for circuit judge in the Ohio Second judicial circuit in 1884.

Congress 
In 1888 on the Democratic ticket, he faced incumbent Elihu S. Williams in Ohio’s third district, but was defeated.  In 1890, he defeated Henry Lee Morey and was elected to the Fifty-second congress.  He was easily re-elected in 1892 to the Fifty-second congress.

Death
He died suddenly in Washington, D.C. during his second term.  Paul J. Sorg was elected to fill the vacancy in a special election in May 1894.

George Washington Houk and his wife are interred in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.

See also

List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

Sources

 Taylor, William A. Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: The XX Century Publishing Company, 1901.

External links
 

1825 births
1894 deaths
Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Politicians from Dayton, Ohio
Burials at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
Ohio lawyers
19th-century American politicians
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
19th-century American lawyers
Rostral organ

The rostral organ of the coelacanth or similar in many other fish such as Anchovy is a large gel-filled cavity in the snout, with three pairs of canals to the outside.

It is surrounded by an insulating layer of adipose tissue and innervated by the superficial ophthalmic nerve.  Its anatomy and innervation suggest it is an electroreceptive organ used for finding prey in the dark.  This is supported by experiments which showed that coelacanths react to electrical fields produced by a submersible.

References

Sensory organs in animals
Fish anatomy
Neill

Neill is an Irish surname, and may refer to

 A. S. Neill (1883-1973), British educator and author
 Alec Neill (b.1950), New Zealand politician
 Ben Neill (b.1957), American composer
 Bob Neill (b.1952), British politician
 Bud Neill (1911-1970), Scottish cartoonist 
 Casey Neill, American musician
 Edward Duffield Neill, American minister, author, and educator, secretary to Abraham Lincoln
 Fiona Neill, British author and columnist
 James C. Neill (c.1788–1848), American soldier and politician
 James George Smith Neill (1810-1857), British army general
 Jay Wesley Neill (1965-2002), American murderer
 John R. Neill (1877-1943), American book illustrator
 John W. Neill (1934–2019), British hockey player
 Lucas Neill (b.1978), Australian soccer player
 Noel Neill (1920-2016), American film and television actress
 Patrick Neill (disambiguation), multiple people
 Paul Neill (1882-1968), American electrical engineer
 Roy William Neill (1887-1946), Irish-American film director
 Sam Neill (b.1947), New Zealand actor
 Stephen Neill (1900–1984), British Anglican bishop, missionary and scholar 
 Terry Neill (disambiguation), multiple people
 Wilfred T. Neill (1922-2001), American herpetologist
 William Neill (disambiguation), multiple people

See also
 O'Neill (disambiguation)
 Neil, a given name of which Neill is a variant

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Isle of Man Examiner

The Isle of Man Examiner is a newspaper in the Isle of Man.

The paper is published every Tuesday, and is owned by Isle of Man Newspapers, which is now part of the Tindle Group.

Popular features include business news, the Final Whistle sports supplement and Terry Cringle's Times Past column.

Its sister weekly newspaper titles are the Isle of Man Courier and the Manx Independent.

The Examiner began in 1880 and was the island's most popular newspaper for most of the 20th century. It is still the biggest-selling newspaper on the Isle of Man.

On 10 May 2011, after 131 years, the Isle of Man Examiner changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.

References

Newspapers published in the Isle of Man
Weekly newspapers
1880 establishments in the Isle of Man
Newspapers established in 1880
Sophie Liebknecht

Sophie Liebknecht (née Sophie Ryss; 18 January 1884 – 11 November 1964) was a Russian-born German socialist and feminist. She was the second wife of Karl Liebknecht, who had three children from his first marriage to Julia Liebknecht.

Born in Rostov-on-Don, Sophie was educated in Imperial Germany, where she became a lecturer and art historian. In 1912 she married the Marxist thinker and soon-to-be revolutionary leader Karl Liebknecht. Originally a member of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), she followed her husband when he founded the Communist Party of Germany in 1918. Karl Liebknecht was murdered on January 15, 1919, after the failed Spartacist uprising. Sophie moved to London, and later returning to Germany during the Weimar period. The members of the Liebknecht family were alarmed by the rise of the Nazi Party in the 1930s, and, fearing for their lives under the fascist regime established by Adolf Hitler, chose to emigrate during this era. The Russian-born Sophie left for the Soviet Union in 1934 and settled in Moscow, where she lived for the remaining decades of her life.

Her funeral in 1964 was attended by Robert and Wilhelm, Sophie Liebknecht's stepsons from Karl's first marriage. The Soviet government arranged a public ceremony and an honor guard.

Much of her correspondence with Rosa Luxemburg has been published.

References

External links 
 Rosa Luxemburg: Letters from Prison to Sophie Liebknecht

1884 births
1964 deaths
German communists
German socialists
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany
People from Rostov-on-Don
German socialist feminists
Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany in the Soviet Union
Ellipsoidal coordinates

Ellipsoidal coordinates are a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system  that generalizes the two-dimensional elliptic coordinate system.  Unlike most three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate systems that feature quadratic coordinate surfaces, the ellipsoidal coordinate system is based on confocal quadrics.

Basic formulae

The Cartesian coordinates  can be produced from the ellipsoidal coordinates 
 by the equations

where the following limits apply to the coordinates

Consequently, surfaces of constant  are ellipsoids

whereas surfaces of constant  are hyperboloids of one sheet

because the last term in the lhs is negative, and surfaces of constant  are hyperboloids of two sheets

because the last two terms in the lhs are negative.

The orthogonal system of quadrics used for the ellipsoidal coordinates are confocal quadrics.

Scale factors and differential operators

For brevity in the equations below, we introduce a function

where  can represent any of the three variables .  
Using this function, the scale factors can be written

Hence, the infinitesimal volume element equals

and the Laplacian is defined by

Other differential operators such as   and  can be expressed in the coordinates  by substituting the scale factors into the general formulae found in orthogonal coordinates.

Angular parametrization 

An alternative parametrization exists that closely follows the angular parametrization of spherical coordinates:

Here,  parametrizes the concentric ellipsoids around the origin and  and  are the usual polar and azimuthal angles of spherical coordinates, respectively. The corresponding volume element is

See also
 Ellipsoidal latitude
 Focaloid (shell given by two coordinate surfaces)
 Map projection of the triaxial ellipsoid

References

Bibliography

Unusual convention
  Uses (ξ, η, ζ) coordinates that have the units of distance squared.

External links
MathWorld description of confocal ellipsoidal coordinates

Three-dimensional coordinate systems
Orthogonal coordinate systems
Yamada Yoshio

was a Japanese linguist. He founded the influential "Yamada grammar" (Also known as "Yamada's grammar", and was the first to use the word "chinjutsu" as a linguistic term.

Yamada's Grammar
Yamada Yoshio's grammar was first published in 1912 and underwent several changes and reprints.

Yamada's grammar greatly influenced 20th century scholarship in Japan.

References

1873 births
1958 deaths
Linguists from Japan
People from Toyama (city)
Nicolaus Ragvaldi (monk)

Nicolaus Ragvaldi (a Latinized form of the Swedish Nils Ragvaldsson) (died 1514) was a monk in the  Bridgettine Abbey of Vadstena, and served twice as its confessor general. He is known for a few translations and other writings known among the preserved parts of the library of the Abbey.

He was ordained in 1476 and held the position of confessor general for two periods, 1501-1506 and 1511–1512. He spent the years 1506–1508 on a visitation to the Bridgettine abbey of Riga, where he also held the position of confessor.

He is known for having translated the Book of Judges and the Book of Joshua into Swedish. He also made a Swedish translation and commentary of the Bridgettine ritual under the title Jomfru Marie yrtegardher ("The herbal gardens of the Virgin Mary") for the benefit of the nuns in Vadstena, who usually did not know enough Latin to understand the Latin ritual, originally composed in the 14th century. Extant manuscripts of his works are in the Royal Swedish Library in Stockholm and in the Uppsala University Library.

Notes

References
G[eete], R[obert], "Birgittin-ritualen", Nordisk familjebok, vol. 3, col. 459.
Malin, Aarno, "Studier i Vadstena klosters bibliotek, II. Bidrag till generalkonfessorn i Vadstena Nicolaus Ragvaldis författarskap", Nordisk tidskrift för bok- och biblioteksväsen vol. 13 (1926), pp. 139–145.

External links

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15th-century Swedish people
16th-century Swedish people
1514 deaths
Swedish Christian monks
Year of birth unknown
16th-century Christian monks
16th-century Swedish writers
Conical coordinates

Conical coordinates, sometimes called sphero-conal or sphero-conical coordinates, are a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system consisting of 
concentric spheres (described by their radius ) and by two families of perpendicular elliptic cones, aligned along the - and -axes, respectively. The intersection between one of the cones and the sphere forms a spherical conic.

Basic definitions

The conical coordinates  are defined by

 

with the following limitations on the coordinates

Surfaces of constant  are spheres of that radius centered on the origin

whereas surfaces of constant  and  are mutually perpendicular cones

and

In this coordinate system, both Laplace's equation and the Helmholtz equation are separable.

Scale factors

The scale factor for the radius  is one (), as in spherical coordinates. The scale factors for the two conical coordinates are 

and

References

Bibliography

External links
MathWorld description of conical coordinates

Three-dimensional coordinate systems
Orthogonal coordinate systems
Manx Independent

The Manx Independent is a tabloid weekly newspaper in the Isle of Man. It is published every Friday.

It is owned by Isle of Man Newspapers, which is now part of Tindle Newspapers.

Its sister weekly newspapers are the Isle of Man Courier and the Isle of Man Examiner.

History
It was founded as a broadsheet in 1987 after a strike that closed the Isle of Man Examiner, the Isle of Man Times, the Isle of Man Gazette and the Manx Star. The Isle of Man Examiner title was later revived by the Halifax Courier Group, owner of the Isle of Man Courier.

The original concept for the Manx Independent came from a local Manx man named Harold Stanley Corlett, affectionately known as Stan Corlett (1934-1992) son of Edith Isabel (Taggart) and James Stanley Corlett. Stan Corlett (Director at Mercantile) previously served as a councillor for Wokingham and had also taught economics at Ashridge Business School in Hertfordshire returned to the Isle of Man in 1976 at the age of 43 with the mission of finding a way to "Give a voice to the Manx people". Later he was to join the Mercantile Group and see his dream become a reality in developing a newspaper that was unafraid to cover current issues affecting the island's residents.

For a short time the Manx Independent was published three times a week, produced by the former IOM Weekly Times staff and edited by Simon Richardson. It then became a twice-weekly tabloid, originally owned by Mercantile Publishers and then sold to Morton Newspapers from Northern Ireland in the early 1992.

It was sold to rival newspaper group Isle of Man Newspapers in 1993, resulting in closure and the redundancy of all staff. It was later revived in that year in its current weekly format.

References

External links
 Isle of Man online newspaper archive to remain free ... on BBC

Newspapers published in the Isle of Man
Weekly newspapers
1987 establishments in the Isle of Man
Newspapers established in 1987
Galway International Oyster Festival

The Galway International Oyster Festival is a food festival held annually in Galway on the west coast of Ireland on the last weekend of September, the first month of the oyster season. Inaugurated in 1954, it was the brainchild of the Great Southern Hotel (now Hotel Meyrick) manager, Brian Collins. In 2000 was described by the Sunday Times as "one of the 12 greatest shows on earth" and was listed in the 1987 AA Travel Guide as one of Europe's Seven Best Festivals.

The Galway International Oyster Festival was created to celebrate the Galway Native Oyster as a "unique feature" of Galway city and county. Hotel manager Brian Collins had been searching for something to attract more visitors to Galway, in what was then a quieter month of the year. Collins discussed the idea with representatives of Guinness and of Patrick M. Burke's Bar in Clarenbridge and the first Galway Oyster Festival was created in 1954. It had 34 attendees.

The festival was originally held in Clarenbridge village during the day and the Great Southern Hotel in Galway City at night until the mid-1980s, when all of the activities were held in the city centre of Galway. There was a red and white striped marquee at Spanish Arch and then at Nimmo's Pier by the Claddagh. In order to reduce ticket prices, the festival changed location to The Radisson Hotel Galway in 2009 but due to demand, the marquee was brought back in 2011, located in the Docks and the festival was renamed as the Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival. In 2014, the 60th anniversary of the event, it returned to its original Galway City Fishmarket at the Spanish Arch.

The festival's events include two Oyster Opening Championships, the Irish Oyster Opening Championship and the World Oyster Opening Championship. 

Clarinbridge, the original location of the Galway Oyster Festival, is running a separate Clarenbridge Oyster Festival . The organisers state it was also incepted in 1954.

References

External links
 Galway International Oyster Festival website

Animal festival or ritual
Annual events in Ireland
International Oyster Festival
Oyster festivals
Festivals in Ireland
September events
Tourist attractions in Galway (city)
Autumn events in the Republic of Ireland
Coat of arms of Kiribati

The coat of arms of Kiribati, officially known as the National Emblem of Kiribati, is the heraldic symbol representing the Central Pacific island nation of Kiribati. The arms feature a yellow frigatebird over a rising sun on a red background among white and blue stripes (symbol of the Pacific) and the 3 groups of stripes represent (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands). The 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (former Ocean Island). On the ribbon under the shield is the Gilbertese motto Te Mauri te Raoi ao te Tabomoa (Health, Peace, and Prosperity).

History

After being drawn by Sir Arthur Grimble in 1932, the coat of arms was granted by the College of Arms on 1 May 1937 to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, then British Colony, which paid £25 for it, and was adapted as the official coat of arms of Kiribati in 1979 with the new motto. The previous motto of the British Colony (1937–1979) was "Fear God, Honour the King" (both in Gilbertese, Maaka te Atua, Karinea te Uea; or Tuvaluan, Mataku i te Atua, Fakamamalu ki te Tupu).

The same motif is seen on the flag of Kiribati.

Sources
 Minahan, James, 2010: The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems (2 vols); Kiribati: p 79 (text;Googlebooks) and p 282 (image; Googlebooks) ABC-CLIO LLC. 
 Heraldry of the World: Kiribati
http://www.paclii.org/ki/legis/num_act/nia1989197.pdf

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Gogugwon of Goguryeo

King Gogugwon of Goguryeo (?–371, r. 331–371) was the 16th king of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the son of King Micheon and Lady Ju.

Goguryeo faced devastation by the Murong Xianbei people who attacked Goguryeo. Hwando was destroyed again by them in 341. Buyeo was also destroyed by the Xianbei in 346.

The reign of Gogukwon suffered severely from continuous foreign invasions, not only those of Chinese forces including Xianbei but also of Baekje, southwestern part of Korean peninsula. Particularly, the Xianbei state of Former Yan invaded the capital in 342, capturing Queen Ju, the mother of Gogukwon and his concubines and also digging up the corpse of his father, Micheon. Since the capital was thoroughly destroyed, Gogukwon firstly constructed Guknae seong as an alternative fortress in northern sphere and  temporarily moved the capital to Pyongyang, present-day capital of North Korea. While he could get back the corpse of his father, it took about 13 years for his mother to return to Goguryeo.

In 369, Gogukwon personally led expedition of more than 20,000 troops. Without success,  Geunchogo's son Geungusu overtook, counterattacked and killed Gogugwon in battle, at Pyongyang Castle, the only ruler of Goguryeo to die on a battlefield. He was buried in Gogugwon.

Family
Father: King Micheon (미천왕, 美川王)
Grandfather: Prince Dolgo (돌고, 咄固)
Mother: Queen, of the Ju clan (왕후 주씨, 王后 周氏)
Wife: unknown queen
Son: Prince Gubu (구부, 丘夫)
Son: Prince Iryeon (이련, 伊連)

Depiction in arts and media
 Portrayed by Lee Jong-won in the 2010–2011 KBS1 TV series The King of Legend.
Portrayed in 2017 KBS TV series Chronicles of Korea.

See also
History of Korea
Three Kingdoms of Korea
List of Korean monarchs
Goguryeo-Yan Wars

References

Goguryeo monarchs
371 deaths
4th-century monarchs in Asia
Year of birth unknown
4th-century Korean people
Story of My Life (novel)

Story of My Life is a novel published in 1988 by American author Jay McInerney.

Plot and characters

The novel is narrated in the first-person from the point of view of Alison Poole, "an ostensibly jaded, cocaine-addled, sexually voracious 20-year-old." Alison is originally from Virginia and lives in Manhattan, where she is involved in several sexual relationships and is aspiring to become an actress. She falls in love with bond trader and Shakespeare expert Dean, but soon they betray each other. The novel implies that the cause of Poole's "party girl" behavior is her father's abuse, including the killing of her prize jumping horse.

Influences
Poole is based on McInerney's former girlfriend Rielle Hunter, then named Lisa Druck. In the novel, Poole describes her childhood and tells how her show jumper horse Dangerous Dan had suddenly "dropped dead."  McInerney's novel ends with Poole disclosing that her horse was poisoned by her father: 

There was speculation that Story of My Life was a roman à clef when it first appeared; to New York Magazines questions "Is it real? Did it happen?" McInerney replied, "I'm anticipating some of that kind of speculation, but I'm utterly confident of not having any lawsuits on my hands. The book is a fully imagined work of fiction. On the other hand, it's not to say that I didn't make use of [pause]...That's why I live in New York. Mine is not an autonomous imagination."

Poole also appears in the novels of Bret Easton Ellis, including American Psycho, in which she is sexually assaulted by the protagonist Patrick Bateman, and plays a major role in Glamorama as the girlfriend of protagonist Victor Ward. A reference to Poole and the Kentucky Derby — a chapter in McInerney's novel — is also included in Mary Harron's film adaptation of American Psycho in a conversation between Bateman (played by Christian Bale), Elizabeth (played by screenplay co-writer Guinevere Turner), and Christie (played by Cara Seymour):

In 2008, McInerney incorporated Hunter's affair with presidential candidate John Edwards into "Penelope on the Pond", featuring Poole, in his short story collections The Last Bachelor and How It Ended.

Critical response

Michiko Kakutani wrote,

Publishing history

In August 2008, Vintage Books ordered an additional 2,500 copies of the book in the wake of the interest generated by then-presidential candidate John Edwards acknowledging his affair with Hunter.

Notes

External links
 Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

1988 American novels
Novels by Jay McInerney
Roman à clef novels
Novels set in New York City
Novels about actors
Atlantic Monthly Press books
Ian Bayley



Ian Bayley is a British quiz player who has won several medals in quizzing, both in singles and as a member of a team. He won the European Championships three times straight from 2007 to 2009 with "Broken Hearts" (featuring Olav Bjortomt, David Stainer and Mark Grant), and in 2004 in the England national team. With his partner Pat Gibson he also won the European pair championships in 2005 and the IQA British Quiz Championship in 2006. In individual competitions he won the British Championship in 2001 to take the Mark Bytheway trophy.

In addition, he has represented the University of Oxford in the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament run by National Academic Quiz Tournaments.

In 2008, with Stainer and Grant, he won the first series of Only Connect. In 2010 he won the final of the BBC Radio 4 quiz Brain of Britain. In April 2011 he won the BBC quiz Mastermind.

Personal details
Bayley studied computing at Imperial College London and then took a DPhil at Balliol College, Oxford, also in computing. He represented both institutions on University Challenge – Imperial in the 1996–97 series and Balliol in the 2000–01 series.

He is currently a senior lecturer in computer science at Oxford Brookes University having previously lectured in the School of Design, Engineering & Computing at Bournemouth University between 2002 and 2004.

National and international titles (IQA)
He was part of the England side that won the 2004 European Quiz Championships, won the 2005 European Pairs Quiz with Pat Gibson and the Club competition in 2007 to 2009 with his club Broken Hearts (who also play The Quiz League of London). In 2012 he was ranked 14 in the world rankings based on performance since 2009 in both the European and World Quiz Championships.

Mastermind
Bayley took part in the 2008-9 series of Mastermind and got to the final where he scored 28 points, but was beaten into second place by Nancy Dickmann (30 points).  His specialist subjects were Tchaikovsky in the heats, Doctor Who in the 1970s in the semi-finals, and American presidents of the 19th Century in the Grand Final.

He attempted Mastermind again in 2010–11.  Bayley's specialist subjects in the heats and semi-final were The Life and Work of Jean Sibelius and the Romanov Dynasty.  He made it once again to the Grand Final on Friday 15 April 2011, this time beating Peter Reilly to win the title. In the final, he answered specialist subject questions on paintings in the National Gallery.

References

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby
Alumni of the Department of Computing, Imperial College London
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Academics of Bournemouth University
Academics of Oxford Brookes University
English computer scientists
Formal methods people
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IQA team event gold medalists
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park

Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (also called the Darjeeling Zoo) is a  zoo in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. The zoo was opened in 1958, and an average elevation of , is the largest high altitude zoo in India. It specializes in breeding animals adapted to alpine conditions, and has successful captive breeding programs for the snow leopard, the endangered Himalayan wolf and the red panda. The zoo attracts about 300,000 visitors every year. The park is named after Padmaja Naidu (1900–1975), daughter of Sarojini Naidu. The zoo serves as the central hub for Central Zoo Authority of India's red panda program and is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

History

A zoo was established on 14 August 1958 in the Birch Hill neighbourhood of Darjeeling under the Department of Education of the Government of West Bengal with a goal to study and preserve Himalayan fauna. Its first Director and founder was Dilip Kumar Dey. Mr. Dey, who belonged to the Indian Forest Service was on deputation to the Department of Education for the express purpose of establishing a high-altitude zoological park specializing mainly in Himalayan flora and fauna. The park's prized possessions were a pair of Siberian (Ussuri) tigers presented to the Government of India by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1960. Over the years famous names in the world of Conservation have been attracted to and have visited the HZP. The zoo now contains endangered animals like snow leopards, red pandas, gorals (mountain goat), Siberian tigers and a variety of endangered birds. However, there has been concern regarding the fact that the Himalayan animals may face a threat due to rising temperatures in the hilly area.

In January 1972, the park became a registered society, with an agreement that maintenance costs would be shared by the central and state governments. In May 1993, the park was transferred to the West Bengal Department of Forests. The park was renamed in 1975 when Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, visited the park and dedicated it to the memory of Padmaja Naidu.

Conservation

The zoo includes an off-display breeding center for snow leopards and red pandas. Captive breeding of snow leopards was started in 1983, with leopards which were brought to the zoo from Zurich, the United States, and Leh-Ladakh. The red panda program was started in 1994 with individuals from the Cologne Zoo, the Madrid Zoo, Belgium, and the Rotterdam Zoo. In addition to these species, the zoo is breeding the Himalayan tahr, blue sheep, Himalayan monal, grey peacock pheasant, Himalayan salamander, blood pheasant and satyr tragopan. The zoo is famous for its conservation breeding programmes of the red panda, Himalayan salamander, Tibetan wolf, and snow leopard.

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Zoology organizations
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David Simon (CEO)

David E. Simon (born 1961/1962) is an American billionaire real estate developer, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group, an S&P 100 company and the largest U.S. publicly traded commercial real estate company.

Early life and education
Simon is the son of Jewish American real estate developer and founder Melvin Simon and his first wife Bess (née Meshulam). He obtained a B.S. degree from Indiana University in 1983 and an M.B.A. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business in 1985.

Career
Simon started his career at First Boston. From 1988 to 1990, he worked at Wasserstein Perella & Co. as a vice president.

In 1990, he joined Simon Property precursor Melvin Simon & Associates as Chief Financial Officer. In 1993, he led the efforts to take Simon Property Group public with a nearly $1 billion initial public offering that, at the time, was the largest real estate stock offering. He became CEO in 1995 and chairman in 2007.

He is a former chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) leadership team and is a former trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). In 2000, he was inducted into the Indiana University Kelley School of Business Academy of Alumni Fellows.

Philanthropy
In 2013, he donated $5 million support the construction Columbia Business School's new facilities.

Personal life
In 1986, he married Jacqueline Susan Freed. They have five children.

References

Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American chief executives
American philanthropists
American billionaires
Indiana University alumni
Columbia Business School alumni
1960s births
Simon family (real estate)
Simon Property Group people
21st-century American Jews
Centers for Space Oceanography

The Centers for Space Oceanography (CSO) are an operating division of the Argos Foundation, Inc. CSO was established in August 2004 by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Argos Foundation, the Florida Aerospace Finance Corporation, the Florida Space Research Institute, and North American CLS, Inc. While operating under the corporate umbrella of the Argos Foundation, an executive appointee from each of the founding organizations form the Steering Committee of CSO. The first Chairman of the Steering Committee was Stephen Lee Morgan; the first Executive Director of CSO was Lawrence M. Harvey. In December 2005, NACLS withdrew from the Steering Committee, and was replaced by Gladius, LLC.

CSO exists to develop and operate "data fusion" capabilities involving the observation of the Earth's oceans from space, and tracking items (ranging from man-made assets such as ships, to marine mammals and other animals) from space, enabling researchers to examine and understand the relationship of such "mobiles" with respect to physical oceanographic elements (such as currents, waves, ocean temperature gradients, etc.). Working with a number of Industrial Team partners, CSO and its associated university and agency researchers develop capabilities, which are then made available to the general public at no charge or at cost.  Regionally specific affiliated centers are established to focus attention and resources upon a given region on the Earth's surface. The first such regional center was the Caribbean Center for Ocean Management & Research, established in Florida in 2006.

On 31 January 2006, CSO conducted its First CSO Symposium at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, hosting over 30 attendees from Government, universities, U.S. Federal and Florida agencies, and Industrial Team executives. CSO continues as a division of the not-for-profit Argos Foundation, while the affiliated regional centers are established as separate legal entities controlled by CSO, but in some cases are for-profit organizations.

References

External links 
Argos Foundation
Caribbean Center for Ocean Management & Research

Oceanography