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Michael Schønwandt

Michael Detlev Schønwandt (born 10 September 1953 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish conductor. In Denmark, he studied piano, theory, and composition, and later continued musical studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Biography
In 1979, Schønwandt secured a post as 'permanent conductor' by the Royal Opera in Copenhagen.  Schønwandt was Music Director of the Royal Danish Orchestra and the Copenhagen Opera House from 2000 to 2011. His work in contemporary opera has included conducting the world premiere productions of Poul Ruders' operas The Handmaid’s Tale and Dancer in the Dark. In 2006, he conducted the Royal Opera, in a production of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, released on DVD by Decca.

Schønwandt was principal guest conductor of the Théâtre National de La Monnaie from 1984 to 1987, and held the same post with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra from 1987 to 2000.  Schønwandt has also served as chief conductor of the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester from 1992 to 1998.  In May 2009, Schønwandt was named principal conductor of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic In August 2010 he formally took up the post, which he held until the orchestra's dissolution in 2013.

From 2015 Schønwandt is principal conductor of the Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier in France.

Schønwandt's recordings include the operas, symphonies and concerti of Carl Nielsen.  In addition, he has made several opera recordings, such as Salome and The Handmaid’s Tale.

In 2005, Schønwandt was made a Knight 1st Class (Ridder af 1. grad) of the Order of the Dannebrog, and in 2011 he was made a Commander of the Order of Dannebrog.

Selected recordings

 Hector Berlioz, Requiem, James Wagner, tenor, Ernst-Senff Choir, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Sinfonie-Orchestra, dir Michael Schønwandt. CD Kontrapunkt 1993 (recorded in April 1992)

References

External links
Ingpen & Williams agency page
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic biography of Schønwandt

Danish conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music
1953 births
Living people
Conductors (music) awarded knighthoods
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century male musicians
Erato Records artists
Leidseplein

Leidseplein (English: Leiden Square) is a square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the Weteringschans neighborhood (Centrum borough), immediately northeast of the Singelgracht. It is located on the crossroads of the Weteringschans, Marnixstraat and Leidsestraat.

Leiden Square 
Leidseplein is one of the busiest centres for nightlife in the city. Historically, the square was the end of the road from Leiden; it served as a parking lot for horse-drawn traffic. Today, modern traffic travels through the square and side streets are packed with restaurants and nightclubs. The Stadsschouwburg, a national-renowned theatre, is the most notable architectural landmark on the square; the American Hotel is close by.

2022 hostage crisis 
On February 22, 2022, a 27 year old man took at least one person hostage inside of an Apple Store in Leiden Square. After a forced breach of the store by Dutch Police, all hostages were safely rescued. However, as a result of the breach, the hostage taker was killed.

It is approximately 150 meters from where well known crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, a key figure in the Marengo trial, was murdered.

Panorama

See also

List of tourist attractions in Amsterdam

References

Squares in Amsterdam
Zinc stearate

Zinc stearate is a "zinc soap" that is widely used industrially. In this context, soap is used in its formal sense, a metal salt of a fatty acid: in this case stearic acid. It is a white solid that repels water. It is insoluble in polar solvents such as alcohol and ether but soluble in aromatic hydrocarbons (e.g., benzene) and chlorinated hydrocarbons when heated. It is the most powerful mold release agent among all metal soaps. It contains no electrolyte and has a hydrophobic effect. Its main application areas are the plastics and rubber industry, where it is used as a releasing agent and lubricant which can be easily incorporated.

Zinc carboxylates, e.g. basic zinc acetate, adopt complex formulas, and are not simply dicarboxylates of zinc. Instead the formula for most zinc carboxylates is Zn4O(O2CR)6, consisting of a Zn4O6+ core with carboxylate ligands spanning the edges.

Applications
It is widely used as a release agent for the production of many kinds of objects: rubber, polyurethane, polyester processing system, powder metallurgy.  These applications exploit its "non-stick" properties. In cosmetics, zinc stearate is a lubricant and thickening agent used to improve texture.

It is an "activator" for accelerated rubber sulfur vulcanization.  As discovered in the early days of vulcanization, zinc has a beneficial effect on the reaction of the sulfur with the polyolefin.  The stearate is a form of zinc that is highly soluble in the nonpolar medium of the polyolefins.

Being lipophilic, it functions as a phase transfer catalyst for the saponification of fats.

Niche uses
It is a component of some paints, imparting  gloss.  As a chief ingredient in "fanning powder", it is used by magicians performing card manipulation to decrease the friction between playing cards.

References

Stearates
stearate
Berchem, Luxembourg

Berchem () is a small town in the commune of Roeser, in southern Luxembourg.  , the town has a population of 892.

It is notable for being the nearest settlement to one of the world's largest retail petrol stations.

Roeser
Towns in Luxembourg
Bivange

Bivange (, ) is a small town in the commune of Roeser, in southern Luxembourg. The town is known for as the birthplace of Luxembourg American photographer Edward Steichen.  , the town has a population of 594.

Roeser
Towns in Luxembourg
Deputy First Minister of Wales

The deputy first minister of Wales () is the deputy leader of the Welsh Government. The post was created in October 2000 when Mike German of the Welsh Liberal Democrats was appointed Deputy First Minister as part of a coalition government with Welsh Labour. Since the office was created, the holder has been the party leader of the junior partner in coalition with Welsh Labour.

The last holder was Ieuan Wyn Jones of Plaid Cymru who was also the minister for the Economy and Transport. Ieuan Wyn Jones served in the office as part of the One Wales agreement between Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour between 2007 and 2011.

List of Deputy First Ministers

See also

First Minister of Wales

Politics of Wales
Government of Wales
First Ministers of Wales
Welsh Government
Crauthem

Crauthem (, ) is a town in the commune of Roeser, in southern Luxembourg.  , the town has a population of 1,228.

Roeser
Towns in Luxembourg
Kockelscheuer

Kockelscheuer () is a small town in the commune of Roeser, in southern Luxembourg.  , the town has a population of 261.  The Fortis Championships Luxembourg are held at the Kockelscheuer Sport Centre, just to the north of the town. The 2014 IIHF World Championship Division III were held at the Kockelscheuer Ice Rink in April 2014.
Each year Kockelscheuer held sponsored by BGL a tennis tournament, part of WTA.

External links

 
Roeser
Towns in Luxembourg
Healesville Freeway

Healesville Freeway is a proposed freeway in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.  It was initially proposed in 1969, to run between Riversdale Road in Box Hill South, intersecting Springvale Road and then to Maroondah Highway in Coldstream.

In 2011, VicRoads deemed the freeway reservation between Springvale Road in Forest Hill and Boronia Road in Vermont to no longer be necessary for road building purposes, and this section was reviewed for future non-road uses.

In 2018, the section between Springvale Road and Boronia Road was gradually released back to the Crown to become parkland, including bicycle and pedestrian paths.

The land reserved for the Healesville freeway between Boronia Road/Eastlink towards Maroondah Highway in Mooroolbark was further considered to be incorporated – in part – into the Corridor D option of the North East Link (freeway) Project in 2017–2018.

Smaller sections of the original freeway route reservation, at both ends of the route, have subsequently been released for other uses since 1979. The remainder of the land remains reserved for use by VicRoads.

Planned route

Cancelled route 

Starting at the intersection of EastLink with a full freeway junction, it will then head north east, finally joining Mooroolbark Road and terminating at Maroondah Highway at the border of Mooroolbark and Lilydale, linking up with the proposed Lilydale Bypass.

The freeway was originally designated in the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan as part of the F9 Freeway corridor, extending past Springvale Road, joining Riversdale Road and winding through Glen Iris to join the M1 Monash Freeway at Burke Road.

See also

References

Highways and freeways in Melbourne
Proposed roads in Australia
Paul McGrath

Paul McGrath may refer to:

 Paul McGrath (actor) (1904–1978), American actor
 Paul McGrath (conductor) (born 1964), British conductor
 Paul McGrath (footballer) (born 1959), Irish international footballer
 Paul McGrath (politician) (born 1948), Irish politician and Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for Westmeath
 Paul McGrath (Gaelic footballer) (born 1966), Irish Gaelic footballer
 J. Paul McGrath, American attorney
Livange

Livange (, ) is a small town in the commune of Roeser, in southern Luxembourg.  , the town has a population of 292.

Roeser
Towns in Luxembourg
The Marvel Action Hour

The Marvel Action Hour, later Marvel Action Universe, was a 1994–1996 syndicated television block from Genesis Entertainment featuring animated adaptations of Marvel Comics superheroes X-Men, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man Unlimited, Avengers United They Stand, and Biker Mice from Mars. It aired in syndication for two years before being cancelled.

Format
The first half of the hour was an episode of Iron Man; the second half, an episode of Fantastic Four. During the first season, Stan Lee introduced the episode.

Both the Fantastic Four and Iron Man were radically retooled for the second seasons, sporting new opening sequences, improved animation, and more mature writing, though the introductions by Stan Lee were shortened and now against a green screen displaying various production paintings from both shows.

In most markets, the second season was known as Marvel Action Universe, which was the name of a previous syndicated programming block in the late 1980s, with the addition of Biker Mice from Mars extending the block to 90 minutes. The structure was like this: there was a pre-opening overview of the each respective series, then the Marvel Action Universe opening, then the Stan Lee intro, then the episode prologue, then the regular show opening, and finally the episode.

UK modification
The show underwent a notable modification when broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom; because the BBC does not feature commercial breaks, the two shows that made up the Marvel Action Hour would actually only have totaled about forty minutes, and so episodes of the 1980s Incredible Hulk series were added between the two original shows to bring the whole bundle up to the promised hour in length. The Stan Lee segments were, however, dropped.  First series was broadcast from 20 April until 22 June 1996 with 3 further episodes in late August and early September.  The series was repeated in 1997 and 1998; however, the BBC did not screen Marvel Action Universe, due to the fact Channel 4 held the UK rights to Biker Mice from Mars.

Series overview programme
 Iron Man and Fantastic Four (September 24, 1994 – February 24, 1996)
 Biker Mice from Mars from the second season.

CBBC Animated Series overview programme
 Incredible Hulk (September 18, 1982 – October 8, 1983) was added into the programme.

Stations
Generally, New World owned television stations broadcast The Marvel Action Hour along with generally Fox, The WB, UPN, or independent stations in markets where New World did not own a station.

See also
 Spider-Man (1994 TV series)
 The Incredible Hulk (1996 TV series)
 X-Men (TV series)

References

Television programming blocks in the United States
Peppange

Peppange (, ) is a small town in the commune of Roeser, in southern Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 570.

It has a Benedictine convent which is still active (rue St. Benoit), as well as a parish church.

Roeser
Towns in Luxembourg
Annibale Riccò

Annibale Riccò (14 September 1844 – 23 September 1919) was an Italian astronomer.

Biography
He was born in Milan, Italy. In 1868 he was awarded a bachelor's degree from the Università di Modena, then an engineering degree from the Politecnico di Milano. Between 1868 and 1877 he worked as an assistant at the Modena Observatory, teaching mathematics and physics at the Università di Modena. He taught at Naples and then Palermo, where he also worked at the observatory.

In 1890 he was named to the chair of astrophysics at the Università di Catania, and became director of the observatory on Mount Etna as well as the first director of the Catania Observatory. Between 1898 and 1900 he was named chancellor of the university.

During his career he performed research into sunspots, and he participated in four solar eclipse expeditions, leading the expeditions in 1905 and 1914. He was president of the Società degli Spettroscopisti Italiani and the Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania. He also served as vice president of the International Astronomical Union. He was elected President of the volcanology section of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) for the period 1919–1922.

Legacy 
He discovered Ricco's Law, an important principle of vision science. The crater Ricco on the Moon is named after him, as is the asteroid 18462 Ricco. Ricco was also awarded the Janssen Medal in 1906 by the French Academy of Sciences for his work in astrophysics. He was also awarded the Prix Jules Janssen of the Société astronomique de France (French Astronomical Society) in 1914.

He died in Rome, Italy.

References 
 On the History of the Palermo Astronomical Observatory.
 Riccò Annibale biography.
 
 

1844 births
1919 deaths
Italian geophysicists
Polytechnic University of Milan alumni
19th-century Italian astronomers
20th-century Italian astronomers
People from Milan
Bernard Thibault

Bernard Thibault (born 2 January 1959) is a French trade unionist that was the secretary of the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) between 1999 and 2013, a French workers' union. He represents the moderate wing of the CGT, as opposed to the more radical wing noted in Marseilles' trade union.

Bernard Thibault was born on January 2, 1959, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, from a family hailing from the Morvan area.

At the age of 15, he entered the SNCF apprenticeship centre in Noisy-le-Sec, which he left in 1976 with a qualification in general mechanics. He was then hired by the SNCF yard at Paris-la-Villette.  In 1977, he joined the Confédération générale du travail, and was put in charge of the union's "Young workers commission". In 1980, he became secretary of the union in his train yard, and was later elected secretary of the CGT for all rail workers of the Eastern Paris railroad network.

During the strikes of 1986, he provided the impetus for the start of the strikes and is credited with forwarding the principle of coordinated strikes, which the unions had until then been reluctant to adopt. He promoted integrating non-unionist strikers into the decision process, which was largely left to general assemblies of workers at the local level (a practice that was repeated during the large 1995 strikes).  He was at the time considered one of the main figures of the strike and a symbol of the renewal of the CGT.

In 1987, he joined the French Communist Party and, shortly thereafter, the CGT federal office for rail workers. In 1997, he was appointed to the confederal office. During the 46th Congress of the CGT in January–February 1999, he succeeded to Louis Viannet as the head of the confederation.  He also resigned his national responsibilities in the Communist Party, to fight the idea that the unions were the force driving the party.

Thanks to his comparatively young age, and to the economic recovery in France at the end of the 20th century, he managed to counter the sag in CGT members. The internal tensions in the Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail brought about by the Fillon retirement law prompted members to switch unions and reinforce the CGT.

However, Thibault's efforts to push the CGT towards a more reformist stance, as witnessed for instance during the strikes of November 2007, was met with resistance within the leadership of the union, which for example did not give a voting directive to its members for the 2005 referendum on the European Constitution.

References

See also 
New Employment Contract
First Employment Contract
SNCM

1959 births
Living people
Members of the General Confederation of Labour (France)
Trade unionists from Paris
Belvaux

Belvaux ( , ) is a town in the commune of Sanem, in south-western Luxembourg.  , the town has a population of 5,113.  It is the administrative centre of Sanem commune.  Belvaux is the twelfth-largest town in Luxembourg, and the largest not to have a commune named after it.

Sanem
Towns in Luxembourg
Ehlerange

Ehlerange (, ) is a small town in the commune of Sanem, in south-western Luxembourg.  , the town has a population of 729.

References 

Sanem
Towns in Luxembourg
Polystichum aculeatum

Polystichum aculeatum, the  hard shield-fern, is an evergreen fern native to Europe. It is most abundant in upland regions of the British Isles and western France, where it benefits from the combination of mild winters and moist summers, but also occurs more locally across most of Europe except northern Scandinavia, northern Russia; in the Mediterranean region it is confined to high altitudes. It grows on steep slopes in woodlands. it is sometimes considered an indicator of the presence of ancient woodlands. 

The glossy dark green fronds are 30–90 cm long, usually drooping downslope, with typically 3-8 fronds on a mature plant. The fronds are stiff and hard-textured, bipinnate (single-pinnate on small, young plants), with the pinnae opposite on the stalk. Each pinna is 3–11 cm long, with a large upward-pointing pinnule at the base, and the other pinnules decreasing in size toward the pinna tip; the pinnules have bristly tips. Individual fronds live for 1.5-2.5 years and remain attached to the rhizome after withering. The round sori occupy two rows on either side of the midrib of each pinnule and are covered by a centrally-attached, umbrella-like indusium with fringed edges. They produce light yellow spores.

The Latin specific epithet aculeatum means “bristly”.

Polystichum aculeatum is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.

Distribution
Ireland. Counties:Down, Antrim and Derry.
Throughout the British Isles and Europe except for the northern countries.  It is found in mountain limestone screes in the Jura and the alps, and on alpine and subalpine limestone cliffs.

References

Further reading
Flora Europaea: Polystichum aculeatum
Swan, G. A. (1993). Flora of Northumberland. Natural History Society of Northumbria.

aculeatum
Ferns of Asia
Ferns of Europe
Flora of the Pyrenees
Flora of France
Flora of Great Britain
Flora of Ireland
Flora of Italy
Flora of Lebanon
Susanne Holmström

Susanne Holmström (born  1947) is a Danish sociologist, best known for her writings on organizational legitimacy based on the systems theory of Niklas Luhmann.

For her dissertation Perspectives & Paradigms: An Intersubjective and a Social Systemic Public Relations Paradigm she was awarded the 1998 EUPRERA award for best European dissertation in public relations. In 2004 she became a full Ph.D. for her thesis The Sensitive Organisation of the Reflective Society.

She has formerly been a board member of EUPRERA and of the steering group of LOKE, a Nordic network for research within organisational legitimisation and communication. She is best known for having developed the so-called reflective business paradigm (Holmström 2004).

In recent years she has been an external lecturer at Roskilde University and in 2011 was appointed Honorary Professor.

Notes

References

External links
 Susanne Holmström - official website

1947 births
Living people
Danish sociologists
Danish women sociologists
Danish women academics
Subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis

Subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis is a form of thyroiditis. Subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis may occur at any age and is more common in females. A variant of subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis occurs postpartum: postpartum thyroiditis.  Both of these entities can be considered subtypes of Hashimoto's thyroiditis and have an autoimmune basis. Anti-thyroid antibodies are common in all three and the underlying histology is similar.   This disorder should not be confused with de Quervain's thyroiditis which is another form of subacute thyroiditis.

Symptoms and signs 
Subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis features a small goiter without tenderness.  This condition tends to have a phase of hyperthyroidism followed by a return to a euthyroid state, and then a phase of hypothyroidism, followed again by a return to the euthyroid state. The time span of each phase can vary; however, each phase usually lasts 2–3 months.

Diagnosis

Subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis can only be diagnosed correctly by taking a radioactive iodine uptake test (RAIU) test. During both the hyperthyroid and hypothyroid phases, radioiodine uptake is decreased. This situation contrasts greatly with the elevated iodine uptake found in patients with Graves' disease.

Treatment

Treatment is based on symptoms. Beta-blockers relieve rapid heart rate and excessive sweating during the hyperthyroid phase.

References

Thyroid disease
Raleigh Bullfrogs

The Raleigh Bullfrogs were a Global Basketball Association franchise for only one season (1991–92).  The Bullfrogs played their home games at Dorton Arena at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. Monte Towe from NC State University was their head coach and general manager. The team finished last in the Eastern Division with a record of 28-35.

Lorenzo Charles, Chuck Nevitt, Mike Morrison, and Chris Corchiani had stints on the Bullfrogs.

Defunct basketball teams in the United States
Basketball in Raleigh, North Carolina
Basketball teams in North Carolina
CCDM

CCDM may refer to:

 Control of Communicable Diseases Manual
 Catalog of Components of Double and Multiple Stars
 Collisionless cold dark matter
Jack Smith (outfielder)

Jack Smith (June 23, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1915–1926) and Boston Braves (1926–1929). Smith batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Chicago.

In a 15-season career, Smith posted a .287 batting average (1301-for-4532) with 783 runs, 40 home runs, 382 RBI and 228 stolen bases in 1406 games played.

Smith died in Westchester, Illinois, at the age of 76.

Best season
 (1922): .310, 117 runs, 46 RBI, 158 hits, 23 doubles, 12 triples, 8 home runs

Highlights
Collected 228 stolen bases
6-times stole 20 or more bases (a career-high 32 in 1923)
Posted six .300 seasons (four straight, in 1920-23)
Had five straight hits as a pinch-hitter (1917)
Led National League with nine pinch-hits (1928)
As a right fielder, made an unassisted double play (August 25, 1925)

See also
List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders

Sources
Baseball Library
Baseball Reference

 

Boston Braves players
St. Louis Cardinals players
Major League Baseball center fielders
Major League Baseball right fielders
Minor league baseball managers
London Tecumsehs (baseball) players
Toledo Mud Hens players
Baltimore Orioles (International League) players
York Dukes players
Kansas City Blues (baseball) players
1895 births
1972 deaths
Baseball players from Chicago
My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner

My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner is the tenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on October 2, 1972, by RCA Victor.

This album was released on CD for the first time on August 17, 2010, along with 1970's The Fairest of Them All. The album was released as a digital download on January 11, 2011.

Critical reception

The review published in the October 14, 1972 issue of Billboard said, "Dolly Parton is coming on as the leading female country singer in the business. Here, she does "Lonely Comin' Down", "Do You Hear the Robins Sing", and "Still on Your Mind". "When I Sing for Him" is an  excellently done gospel tune. Another stirring LP from Dolly!"

Cashbox gave a positive review of the album: "Dolly Parton—which is more beautiful, her voice or her looks? Whatever the answer, the combination of the two is simply devastating! Dolly radiates her inner soul through both her looks and her voice, and has shown time and time again that purity of feeling wins out over flashy singing tricks—her talent stands the test of time. In her liner notes, Dolly emphatically states that Porter Wagoner is her favorite songwriter, and for that reason she has recorded an album of his songs exclusively. The team of Dolly's performance and Porter's writing is another "perfect combination." A superlative album."

Track listing

References

Dolly Parton albums
1972 albums
Albums produced by Bob Ferguson (music)
RCA Records albums
Gerald Zerkin

Gerald Thomas Zerkin (born March 1, 1949) is an American lawyer. He is a senior assistant federal public defender in Richmond, Virginia.

Career
Zerkin attended Brandeis University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1971, University of Virginia where he received his master's degree in 1973, and Boston College, where he received his degree in Law in 1976.
He began private practice in 1978, and began his work defending death row inmates in 1980, including Earl Washington. He has specialized in death penalty defense and civil rights. At their annual dinner in 1999, Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP) awarded and praised him as an expert capital case litigator. In 2001, he joined the public defender's office.

Zerkin led the penalty phase defense, with Edward B. McMahon Jr., at the trial of Al Qaeda member Zacarias Moussaoui, which resulted in a life sentence.

Zerkin heads Zerkin & Associates.

References

1949 births
Brandeis University alumni
Living people
Boston College Law School alumni
University of Virginia alumni
American anti–death penalty activists
Virginia lawyers
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American lawyers
Public defenders
Cloacal membrane

The cloacal membrane is the membrane that covers the embryonic cloaca during the development of the urinary and reproductive organs.

It is formed by ectoderm and endoderm coming into contact with each other. As the human embryo grows and caudal folding continues, the urorectal septum divides the cloaca into a ventral urogenital sinus and dorsal anorectal canal. Before the urorectal septum has an opportunity to fuse with the cloacal membrane, the membrane ruptures, exposing the urogenital sinus and dorsal anorectal canal to the exterior. Later on, an ectodermal plug, the anal membrane, forms to create the lower third of the rectum. It ruptures in the seventh week of gestation.

References

External links
 
 
 Diagram at unsw.edu.au
 Overview at ana.ed.ac.uk

Embryology of urogenital system
Embryology of digestive system
Isabela Canton

Isabela Canton is a canton of Galápagos Province, Ecuador, consisting of the islands of Isabela Island, Darwin, Fernandina, Wolf, and some minor islets. Isabela is the largest island in the Galápagos, and well known for its beaches, bays and coastal lagoons with a wide variety of plants and birds. The capital of the canton is Puerto Villamil.

Isabela's human population has increased over the years, mainly during the 1970s, but the canton remains the least populated in the province, and among the least populated in Ecuador. Today fishing is the principal economic activity, but ecotourism and the production of handcrafts are becoming increasingly important.

Six volcanoes are found on the island of Isabela, of which two are over 1,700 meters, Wolf and Cerro Azul. The sites most commonly visited by tourists are Punta Garcia, to see the flightless cormorants; Volcán Alcedo for Land Tortoises; Tagus Cove for blue-footed boobies, flightless cormorants, Galápagos penguins, and marine iguanas; and Urbina Bay for sea turtles.

References

Cantons of Galápagos Province
Allar language

Allar (also known as Chatan) is a Dravidian language spoken in Kerala (Malappuram district-Perinthalmanna tahsil, Manjeri tahsil, Mannarmala, Aminikadu, and Tazhecode; Palakkad district-Mannarkkad and Ottappalam tahsils), India.  Due to a lack of scholarly study, Allar cannot be classified within Dravidian at this time and may be a dialect of some other Dravidian language.

References

Dravidian languages
Languages of Kerala
Unclassified languages of Asia
Nokdu-muk

Nokdu-muk (, 綠豆- ; "mung bean jelly",) is a Korean muk, or jelly, made from mung bean starch. In its most commonly encountered form, it is also called cheongpo-muk (, 淸泡-), which literally means "clear froth jelly," owing to its clear white color. If it is colored with gardenia, the nokdu-muk is called hwangpo-muk, which literally means "yellow froth jelly."

Nokdu-muk is usually served cold, usually as the banchan (side dish) nokdu-muk-muchim (녹두묵무침). As it has little flavor of its own, nokdu-muk is typically seasoned with soy sauce and vinegar.

Nokdu-muk is a common food for special occasions.  It is often served at Korean weddings and other celebrations. Nokdumuk is also used as a main ingredient for making the Korean royal cuisine dish called tangpyeong-chae. It is made by mixing julienned nokdu-muk, stir-fried shredded beef, and various vegetables seasoned with soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, sesame seeds, salt, and sesame oil.

Hwangpo-muk () or norang-muk () is a Korean food which is a yellow jelly made from mung beans. The yellow color comes from dyeing with the fruit of gardenia. This jelly is particularly associated with Jeolla cuisine, and is a noted staple food of Namwon and also Jeonju (both cities in the North Jeolla province), where it is a common ingredient of Jeonju-style bibimbap.

As with other varieties of muk (Korean jelly), hwangpomuk is commonly served in small chunks seasoned with vinegar, soy sauce, and other condiments; this side dish is called hwangpomuk-muchim (황포묵무침).

See also 
 Dotori-muk – acorn jelly
 Korean cuisine
 Laping – mung bean jelly from Tibet
 Liangfen – mung bean jelly from North China
 Memil-muk – buckwheat jelly

References

External links

Mung bean jelly
Hwangpomuk photo (fourth from top)
Muk: A Refreshing Taste to Whet the Appetite

Muk (food)
Legume dishes
Allar

Allar may refer to:
 Allar language
 Allar, Jalilabad, Azerbaijan
 Allar, Yardymli, Azerbaijan
 Allar, Jerusalem, a  Palestinian village depopulated in 1948

People with the given name
 Allar (given name)

People with the surname
 Erica Allar (born 1985), American cyclist
Karlheinz Pflipsen

Karlheinz Pflipsen (born 31 October 1970) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career
A playmaker, Pflipsen played the first decade of his career at hometown club Borussia Mönchengladbach, alongside stars like Martin Dahlin and Stefan Effenberg, winning the German Cup in 1995. In 1992–93, he netted a career-best ten Bundesliga goals (squad's best with Dahlin).

After Borussia's relegation in 1998–99, Pflipsen was signed by Greek club Panathinaikos, and his talent became evident from the very beginning. In a 1999–2000 UEFA Cup match against Deportivo de La Coruña, Pflipsen sustained a cruciate ligament injury in his left knee (he had already suffered the same injury on his right) and missed most of his first season. After recovering, he returned to Germany to play for Alemannia Aachen and TSV 1860 Munich, both in the second division, and retired at almost 35.

In 2008, Pflipsen started his managerial career, joining Rot-Weiß Essen II.

International career
Pflipsen collected one cap for Germany, on 13 June 1993 against USA, a match in the 1993 U.S. Cup that Germany won 4–3. He came on as a substitute for Jürgen Klinsmann, wearing the number 13.

Honours
Borussia Mönchengladbach
 DFB-Pokal: 1994–95; runner-up 1991–92

Alemannia Aachen
 DFB-Pokal: runner-up 2003–04

References

External links
 
 
 

1970 births
Living people
Footballers from Mönchengladbach
German men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Germany men's international footballers
Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Super League Greece players
Borussia Mönchengladbach players
Alemannia Aachen players
TSV 1860 Munich players
Panathinaikos F.C. players
German expatriate men's footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
West German men's footballers
The Karelia

The Karelia were a short-lived Scottish rock and roll band formed in 1996 by vocalist Alex Kapranos, before he founded the group Franz Ferdinand.

History 
The Karelia formed in 1996 from the original rock/jazz band The Blisters, with Huntley, Alan Wylie, Glen Thomson and Thom Falls (later replaced by the Greek drummer Tassos Bobos). Their sound has been described as "prog/techno rock with Iggy-voxed overtones", and "jazzy film-noir lo-fi".

The band's only album, Divorce At High Noon, was released in 1997 on Sum Records to little acclaim. Produced by Bid of The Monochrome Set, it was an off the wall mix of rock and jazz trumpet with unusual lyrics. The final song, "Garavurghty Butes", was completely freestyle with improvised lyrics and musical arrangement. 

The band did not tour and was unknown outside Glasgow. Their album sold only a few hundred copies, and the band split in 1998 after contributing to an EP for the Guided Missile label.

Upon the success of Franz Ferdinand, fans began to exchange originals of Divorce at High Noon for £50-£100. Because of this, the album was re-released in February 2005. It featured all of the previous album and two bonus tracks. 

The band's name derives from the Greek tobacco company Karelia. Karelia is also an area in Northern Europe, currently divided between Russia and Finland.

Line-up
The Karelia were:                                                                                                                     
Alex Huntley (currently Alex Kapranos) on vocals, guitar, bouzouki and banjolele,
Glen Thompson on bass guitar and percussion,
Alan Wylie on trumpet,
Thom Falls on drums.

Discography

Albums
Divorce At High Noon (1997) Sum Records:
"Divorce At High Noon"
"Love's A Cliché"
"Say Try"
"To His Coy Dietress"
"Life In A Barrat Garret"
"Crazy Irritation"
"Remorse At High Noon"
"Dancing Along To Nekrotaphion"
"The Devil Rides Hyndland"
"The Infinite Duration"
"Nostalgia"
"Tension"
"Bleach Yours"
"Exaggeration"
"Garavurghty Butes" - incl. hidden track "Love's A Cliché (Reprise)"

reissued (2005) with bonus tracks:
"Divorce At High Noon" (French Version)
"Love's A Cliché" (Single Version)
"Love's A Cliché" (video)

References

Scottish rock music groups
Scottish jazz musicians
Musical groups from Glasgow
Birria

Birria () is a meat stew or soup made from goat, beef, lamb, mutton, or chicken. The meat is marinated in an adobo made of vinegar, dried chiles, garlic, and herbs and spices (including cumin, bay leaves, and thyme) before being cooked in a broth (). 

Birria is a Mexican dish from the state of Jalisco. It is often served at celebratory occasions such as weddings, funerals, and  baptisms and during holidays such as Christmas and Easter. Preparation techniques vary, but the dish is often served with corn tortillas, onion, cilantro, and lime.

Restaurants or street carts that serve birria are known as birrierias and exist throughout Mexico, especially in Michoacán and Jalisco. However, neighboring Mexican states have their own variations of the dish, including Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, and Colima.

History
In 1519, Hernán Cortés and the Conquistadors first landed in Mexico, bringing various old-world domestic animals, including goats. During the Conquest of the Aztec Empire, the Conquistadors were faced with an overpopulation of goats, so they decided to give the animals to the natives.

While goat meat was looked down upon by the Conquistadors, as it was tough and had a strong smell, the natives accepted the animals, as marinating the meat in indigenous styles made it palatable and appetizing.

The dishes they produced were called "birria", a derogatory term meaning "worthless", by the Spanish, in reference to their having given the natives meat with apparently noxious characteristics. According to legend, the dish was invented accidentally during the eruption of a volcano, when a shepherd was forced to abandon his goats in a cave where they were cooked perfectly by the steam.

Variations

Traditionally birria was served on bread, tortillas or even directly in hand. Many variations of the dish have derived since. 

In 1950, a taquero named Guadalupe Zarata set up a taco stand in Tijuana, after moving there from Coatzingo, Puebla. Zarata's stand initially sold asado and pastor tacos. Zárate soon decided to make beef birria because goat meat was more expensive and less fatty. One day, someone told Zárate to add more liquid to the meat. The resulting dish is now known as Tijuana-style beef birria, making a household name among birrierias for being the first person in Tijuana to make birria with .

During the 2010's, the Quesabirria (a taco stuffed with birria and cheese, often served with consommé) became popular in North America after first being developed in Tijuana.

Other versions of the dish include birria tatemada (charred birria). After marinating and simmering the meat, it is placed in a hot oven until crispy.

Gallery

See also 

 List of goat dishes
 List of Mexican dishes
 Menudo
 Mexican cuisine
 Pozole
 Birria taco

References

Goat dishes
Jalisco culture
Mexican cuisine
Mexican stews
Street food in Mexico
Wedding food
Lake Szelid

Lake Szelid () is a lake in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It contains  of water.

Geography

An unusual salt lake formed from an old branch of the Danube, Lake Szelid can be found 4 km southeast from Dunapataj. The lake, with a maximum width of 200 m and length of 4 km is only three meters deep on average. Thus warms quickly in the summer, sometimes reaching 28 degrees Celsius. Apart from the therapeutic effects of the medicinal salts, the lake is also used for relaxation and fishing. There is a campsite nearby and a sandy beach on the southern side.

References

Szelid, Lake
Geography of Bács-Kiskun County
Tourist attractions in Bács-Kiskun County
Leah Rhodes

Leah Rhodes (July 21, 1902 in Port Arthur, Texas – October 17, 1986) was an American costume designer.

Rhodes was born Leah Margaret Montgomery in Port Arthur, Texas.  As a young woman, Rhodes worked as a sign painted and window designer in Port Arthur and San Antonio.  In 1921, she married auto mechanic Russel Spurgeon Rhodes.  Five years later the couple moved to the San Fernando Valley where Russel managed a car dealership.

After moving to California, Rhodes began working as a buyer and shopper for Warner Brothers.  Eventually, she became Orry-Kelly's chief assistant.  When Orry-Kelly enlisted in the army, Rhodes took over Bette Davis's wardrobe for Old Acquaintances.

Rhodes gained more attention after working on The Big Sleep in 1946. This led to films like Key Largo (1948), Adventures of Don Juan (1949) (for which she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design), White Heat (1949) and Strangers on a Train (1951). Her last film was the Howard Hawks Western Rio Lobo, in 1970.

References

External links

Leah Rhodes costume design drawings, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

1902 births
1986 deaths
Best Costume Design Academy Award winners
L'Argent (disambiguation)

L'Argent is a novel by Émile Zola.

L'Argent may also refer to:

 L'Argent (1928 film), a silent film by Marcel L'Herbier
 L'Argent (1936 film), a film starring Véra Korène
 L'Argent (1983 film), a film by Robert Bresson
 L'Argent (1988 film), a film for TV directed by Jacques Rouffio

See also 
 Argent (disambiguation)
Walking Home from Nicole's

Walking Home from Nicole's is Norwegian band Minor Majority's debut album released in 2001.

Track listing
Easy And Safe
What I Deserve
Electrolove
Singalongsong
She's A New Yorker
A Kid That Used To Look Like Me
Passion For Property
Judy's Got A Hunch
Walking Home From Nicole's
Goodbye Again

2001 debut albums
Minor Majority albums
Primary marksmanship instructor

A Primary Marksmanship Instructor is a United States Marine Corps specialty (MOS 0931) and acts as an instructor to other Marines on how to precisely fire the M16 rifle used as the standard weapon in the Marine Corps. Instructors also train Marines in use of the M9 pistol. Marksmanship Instructors instruct in all phases of the Marine Corps Marksmanship Program on the qualification and requalification on small arms ranges. Additionally, they assist in the operation of firing ranges.

See also
 List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps

External links
 Enlisted Job Descriptions: MOS 8531, Marksmanship Instructor - about.com

United States Marine Corps personnel
The End of the Affair (opera)

The End of the Affair is a chamber opera with music by Jake Heggie and a libretto by Heggie, Heather McDonald and Leonard Foglia.

Based on the Graham Greene novel of the same title, it is set in London in 1944 and 1946 and focuses on Maurice and Sarah, who vows to end their illicit affair if his life is spared in a bombing. His survival leads to Sarah's religious conversion and Maurice's railing against God for it. After Sarah returns to her husband, Maurice hires a private detective to investigate her under direction of her husband Henry.

Performance history
It premiered in March 2004 at Houston Grand Opera. The libretto's last ten minutes were revised to alter the ending for performances at Madison Opera and Seattle Opera.

The second version of the opera was recorded live in 2007 at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City with Emily Pulley (soprano) as Sarah Miles, Keith Phares (baritone) as Maurice Bendrix, Joyce Castle (mezzo-soprano) as Mrs. Bertram, Victor Benedetti (baritone) as Henry Miles, Robert Orth (baritone) as private Mr. Parkis, and Gerard Powers (tenor) as Richard Smythe.

Critical reaction
Reaction to the version of the novel was decidedly mixed. "In what is a kind of on-stage musical equivalent of the slow fade into a flashback, he tells the story while bits and pieces are sung by the other characters until we are firmly in the flashback. That was an interesting effect that worked well," The same reviewer comments: "That is a good message but the response from most was so what. The connection between that and the love of God was not communicated."

Roles

References

External links
"Opera Review; Bombs Fall, and an Affair Is Disrupted" by John Rockwell, The New York Times, March 12, 2004
, Cheryl Barker and William Dazeley, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry; Chandos Records 2009
Musical Excerpts from the Seattle production

Operas by Jake Heggie
English-language operas
Chamber operas
Operas
2004 operas
Opera world premieres at Houston Grand Opera
Operas set in London 
Operas based on novels
Wohratal

Wohratal is a municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hessen, Germany.

Geography
Wohratal lies between the Kellerwald (forest) in the east and the Burgwald, a low mountain range, in the west, on the river Wohra.

Among the bigger neighbouring centres are the towns of Frankenberg an der Eder to the northwest and Kirchhain to the south.

Neighbouring municipalities
In the north, Wohratal borders on the towns of Rosenthal and Gemünden, both in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, in the east on the community of Gilserberg in Schwalm-Eder district, and on Rauschenberg, also in Marburg-Biedenkopf district, in the south and west.

Constituent communities
The community consists of four centres: Wohra, Hertingshausen, Halsdorf and Langendorf.

Politics

As of the municipal elections on 26 March 2006, the seats on Wohratal's council are apportioned thus:

SPD 7 seats
CDU 5 seats
Greens 2 seats
UWG (citizens' coalition) 1 seat

References

External links
Wohratal's official website
Homepage of Wohratal-Halsdorf

Marburg-Biedenkopf
If I Told You, You Were Beautiful

If I Told You, You Were Beautiful is the second album of Norwegian band Minor Majority, released in 2002.

Track listing
"If I told you, you were beautiful"
"By this time tomorrow"
"Dancing in the backyard"
"She came back for her smile"
"Smile at everyone"
"Motor away"
"The smell of coffee"
"Sunburnt noon"
"Oh yeah"
"Angeline"
"Then you said something"
"Learning the game"

2002 albums
Minor Majority albums
Mount Trusmadi

Mount Trusmadi or Trus Madi () is a mountain located at the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is considered as the second highest mountain in both Sabah and Malaysia at , after Mount Kinabalu with Trusmadi offering a tougher climbing challenge than the latter.

Geology 
The mountain geology comprises tertiary formation of mudstone, shale and argillite with subordinate beds of quartzite, sandstone, siltstone and limestone breccias.

Biodiversity 
The mountain area is located within the Trusmadi Forest Reserve where it supports a wide range of unique flora and fauna, including Nepenthes macrophylla, a species of pitcher plant. The natural hybrid Nepenthes × trusmadiensis is named after the mountain. In 1999, a small-scale expedition on the mountain biodiversity was conducted through a collaboration between Sabah Museum and Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science with various bird species are found within the area.

Features 
It is one of Sabah's ecotourism and mountain climbing destinations. There are three climbing trails towards the mountain summit, namely from Wayaan Kaingaran (Tambunan), Wayaan Mastan (Keningau) and Wayaan Mannan (Sinua, Sook, Keningau). Both Wayaan Kaingaran and Mastan are accessible only with 4WD while Wayaan Mannan has a good access road.

References 

Trusmadi
Protected areas of Sabah
Hiking trails in Malaysia
Trusmadi
Borneo montane rain forests