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Osteocalcin

Osteocalcin, also known as bone gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-containing protein (BGLAP), is a small (49-amino-acid) noncollagenous protein hormone found in bone and dentin, first identified as a calcium-binding protein.

Because osteocalcin has gla domains, its synthesis is vitamin K dependent. In humans, osteocalcin is encoded by the BGLAP gene. Its receptors include GPRC6A, GPR158, and possibly a third, yet-to-be-identified receptor. There is evidence that GPR37 might be the third osteocalcin receptor.

Function 
Osteocalcin is secreted solely by osteoblasts and thought to play a role in the body's metabolic regulation. In its carboxylated form it binds calcium directly and thus concentrates in bone.

In its uncarboxylated form, osteocalcin acts as a hormone in the body, signalling in the pancreas, fat, muscle, testes, and brain.

 In the pancreas, osteocalcin acts on beta cells, causing beta cells in the pancreas to release more insulin.
 In fat cells, osteocalcin triggers the release of the hormone adiponectin, which increases sensitivity to insulin.
 In muscle, osteocalcin acts on myocytes to promote energy availability and utilization and in this manner favors exercise capacity.
 In the testes, osteocalcin acts on Leydig cells, stimulating testosterone biosynthesis and therefore affects male fertility.
In the brain, osteocalcin plays an important role in development and functioning including spatial learning and memory.

An acute stress response (ASR), colloquially known as the fight-or-flight response, stimulates osteocalcin release from bone within minutes in mice, rats, and humans. Injections of high levels of osteocalcin alone can trigger an ASR in the presence of adrenal insufficiency.

Use as a biochemical marker for bone formation
As osteocalcin is produced by osteoblasts, it is often used as a marker for the bone formation process. It has been observed that higher serum osteocalcin levels are relatively well correlated with increases in bone mineral density during treatment with anabolic bone formation drugs for osteoporosis, such as teriparatide. In many studies, osteocalcin is used as a preliminary biomarker on the effectiveness of a given drug on bone formation. For instance, one study which aimed to study the effectiveness of a glycoprotein called lactoferrin on bone formation used osteocalcin as a measure of osteoblast activity.

References

Further reading

External links 
 
 

Hormones of bone
Peptide hormones
Leitrim County Council

Leitrim County Council () is the authority responsible for local government in County Leitrim, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 18 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Lar Power. The county town is Carrick-on-Shannon.

History
The county council, which had originally been based in the Carrick-on-Shannon Courthouse, moved to County Hall () in 1994. In 2016, after the results of the Brexit referendum, the council backed a motion in which it was proposed that the Irish government would put pressure on the British government to facilitate a referendum on a united Ireland within 12 months.

Regional Assembly
Leitrim County Council has two representatives on the Northern and Western Regional Assembly where they are part of the Border Strategic Planning Area Committee.

Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts
Leitrim County Council is divided into the following local electoral areas and municipal districts, defined by electoral divisions.

Councillors

2019 seats summary

Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 24 May 2019 at the 2019 Leitrim County Council election.

 

Notes

References

External links

Politics of County Leitrim
County councils in the Republic of Ireland
Kilkenny County Council

Kilkenny County Council () is the authority responsible for local government in County Kilkenny, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 24 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Colette Byrne. The county town is Kilkenny city.

History
The county council originally met at Kilkenny Courthouse. By the second half of the 20th century it had moved to new offices at John's Green House. The county council moved to its current home, County Hall, in 1994.

In 2000, as part of a government initiative called "Better Local Government – A Programme for Change", a new structure was introduced to Kilkenny County Council which included five Strategic Policy Committees.

Regional Assembly
Kilkenny County Council has two representatives on the Southern Regional Assembly who are part of the South-East Strategic Planning Area Committee.

Local electoral areas and municipal districts
Kilkenny County Council is divided into the following municipal districts and local electoral areas, defined by electoral divisions.

Councillors
The following were elected at the 2019 Kilkenny County Council election, under the boundaries which existed at the time.

2019 seats summary

Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 24 May 2019.

Notes

Co-options

Changes in affiliation

References

Sources
Tom Boyle and Michael O'Dwyer. Kilkenny County Council: A Century of Local Government. Kilkenny: Kilkenny County Council, 1999.

External links

Politics of County Kilkenny
County councils in the Republic of Ireland
Yelachenahalli

Yelachenahalli is a municipal area (halli means "village" in Kannada) on Kanakpura Road, Bangalore, but has fast developed into a hub of development with malls and high rise buildings. Over the last few years, this area has transformed itself into an extension to the IT city. It is very near to JP Nagara, approx 10 km from MG Road, 15 km from Electronic city.

The village was called as Elajeeyaraha Halli  in the 14th Century.

References

Geography of Bangalore
Neighbourhoods in Bangalore
Sligo County Council

Sligo County Council () is the authority responsible for local government in County Sligo, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 18 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Martin Lydon. The county town is Sligo.

History
Originally meetings of Sligo County Council were held at Sligo Courthouse. The county council moved to modern facilities, known as County Hall (), in June 1979.

Following the 2015 RTÉ programme Standards in Public Office, in March 2019, Joe Queenan was found by the Standards in Public Office Commission to have contravened the Local Government Act in three different instances, including failure to maintain proper standards of integrity, conduct and concern for the public interest.

Regional Assembly
Sligo County Council has two representatives on the Northern and Western Regional Assembly where they are part of the Border Strategic Planning Area Committee.

Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts
Sligo County Council is divided into the following borough and municipal districts and local electoral areas, defined by electoral divisions. The municipal district which contains the administrative area of the former Sligo Borough Council is referred to as a Borough District.

Councillors

2019 seats summary

Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 24 May 2019.

Notes

Co-options

References

External links

Politics of County Sligo
County councils in the Republic of Ireland
Offaly County Council

Offaly County Council () is the local authority of County Offaly, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 19 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Anna Marie Delaney. The county town is Tullamore.

History
Offaly County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Offaly (then titled King's County). Originally Tullamore Courthouse had been the meeting place of Offaly County Council. The county council moved to modern facilities at County Hall in 2002.

Regional Assembly
Offaly County Council has two representatives on the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly who are part of the Midland Strategic Planning Area Committee.

Local electoral areas and municipal districts
Offaly County Council is divided into the following municipal districts and local electoral areas, defined by electoral divisions.

Councillors

2019 seats summary

Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 24 May 2019.

Notes

Co-options

Changes in affiliation

References

External links

Politics of County Offaly
County councils in the Republic of Ireland
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (novel)

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is a 1952 novel by Australian writer Charles Shaw. It tells the story of U.S. Marine Corporal Allison shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific during World War II. The only inhabitant is a nun, Sister Angela. It was made into a 1957 film of the same name by John Huston.

Plot summary

The narrative deals with the developing relationship between the marine and the nun, especially Allison's growing attraction to Sister Angela.

The novel is set earlier in the war than the film, with Allison escaping from the Battle of Corregidor at the time that the Allies are still on the defensive in the Pacific.

Characters in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Allison – the marine
Sister Angela – the nun

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The movie was adapted by John Huston and John Lee Mahin from the novel and directed by Huston. Deborah Kerr was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Robert Mitchum played Allison.

1952 Australian novels
Novels set during World War II
Australian novels adapted into films
Novels set in Oceania
Longford County Council

Longford County Council () is the local authority in County Longford, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 18 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Paddy Mahon. The county town is Longford.

History
Originally meetings of Longford County Council were held at Longford Courthouse in the Main Street and the county secretary's office was subsequently established in Dublin Road. The county council meetings and county administration moved to modern facilities at the new County Hall () in Great Water Street in 1992.

Regional Assembly
Longford County Council has two representatives on the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly who are part of the Midland Strategic Planning Area Committee.

Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts
Longford County Council is divided into the following local electoral areas and municipal districts, defined by electoral divisions.

Councillors

2019 seats summary

Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 24 May 2019 at the 2019 Longford County Council election.

Notes

Co-options

References

External links

Politics of County Longford
County councils in the Republic of Ireland
Efe (zeybek)

The Efe were the leaders of Turkish irregular soldiers and guerillas from the Aegean Region of Turkey, called the Zeybeks and Kızan. There are several theories about the origins of the word Efe.

The organization of the Efe and Zeybeks were first seen in the 16th century during the Jelali revolts which dismantled power throughout the Ottoman Empire. After that time, men who rebelled against local pressures and injustices and settled in the mountains were called Efe or Zeybek. The Efe were distinctive in their attire, weapons and general appearance, which were created for survival and to best suit the life of an Efe. For example, they wore shorter trousers than were common at the time, and a yataghan with only one side with a sharpened point which was useful in mêlée combat.

After the World War I Efes were known for leading their bands of Zeybeks in guerrilla strikes against the Greek forces during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), before voluntarily joining the newly formed national army in the Turkish War of Independence. After the declaration of the Republic, Efe groups were awarded with The Medallion of Independence for their participation in the war. Most Efe leaders received military ranks and pensions for their services. When they retired after the foundation of the new Turkish Republic in 1923, they resettled in the cities of western Anatolia. 

The most widely known Efes are Yörük Ali Efe, Demirci Mehmet Efe, Kıllıoğlu Hüseyin Efe, Postlu Mestan Efe, Atçalı Kel Mehmet Efe, Molla Ahmet Efe, Saçlı Efe, Gökçen Huseyin Efe, Mesutlu Mestan Efe,  and Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe, and Efe Karanci.

See also 
 Gökçen Efe

References 

 Views of the "outlaw concept" in comparative perspective: "The American West" and the "Zeybeks" in the Turk lands : Lectures on Central Asia, H.B. Paksoy

Culture of Turkey
Titles
Zeybeks
Turkish words and phrases

de:Efe (Titel)
Frankland baronets

The Frankland Baronetcy, of Thirkelby (or Thirkleby) in the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of England, created on 24 December 1660 for William Frankland. He later represented Thirsk in Parliament.

His son, the second Baronet, also represented Thirsk as well as Hedon in the House of Commons. In 1683 Frankland married Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Sir John Russell, 4th Baronet, of Chippenham and his wife Frances Cromwell, daughter of Oliver Cromwell.

His son, the third Baronet, sat as a Member of Parliament for Harwich and Thirsk and served as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1730 to 1741.

He was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Baronet, who notably served as Consul-General in Lisbon. The fourth Baronet's younger brother, the fifth Baronet, was an Admiral of the White and also represented Thirsk in Parliament for over 30 years.

His son, the sixth Baronet, was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of Parliament for Thirsk. It was the sixth baronet who built Thirkleby Hall. His son, the seventh Baronet, also represented Thirsk in the House of Commons. In 1837 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Russell after Frankland on inheriting Chequers Court in Buckinghamshire from his kinsman Sir Robert Greenhill-Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chequers Court.

He was succeeded in the Baronetcy but not in the estates by his cousin, the eighth Baronet. He was the son of the youngest son of the fifth Baronet. Frankland notably fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

His grandson, the tenth Baronet, married as his second wife Mary Cecil Frankland, 16th Baroness Zouche (see the Baron Zouche). He was succeeded by his eldest son, the eleventh Baronet, and on the latter's death in 1944 the title passed to his only son, the twelfth and present holder of the Baronetcy. In 1965 he succeeded his grandmother as eighteenth Baron Zouche. Consequently, the Baronetcy is now a subsidiary title of the Barony of Zouche.

Frankland Baronets, of Thirkelby (1660)
Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet (–1697)
Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet (1665–1726)
Sir Thomas Frankland, 3rd Baronet (c. 1685–1747)
Sir Charles Henry Frankland, 4th Baronet  (c. 1716–1768)
Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet (1718–1784)
Sir Thomas Frankland, 6th Baronet (1750–1831)
Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet (1784–1849)
Sir Frederick William Frankland, 8th Baronet (1793–1878)
Sir William Adolphus Frankland, 9th Baronet (1837–1883)
Sir Frederick William Francis George Frankland, 10th Baronet (1868–1937)
Sir Thomas William Assheton Frankland,  11th Baronet (1902–1944)
Sir James Assheton Frankland, 12th Baronet (1943–2022)
Sir William Assheton Frankland, 13th Baronet (1984– )

See also
Baron Zouche

References

Frankland
1660 establishments in England
Waterford City Council

Waterford City Council () was the authority responsible for local government in the city of Waterford in Ireland until 2014.

As a city council, it was governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council was responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment.

The council had 15 elected members. Elections for the council were held every five years and Councillors were elected by single transferable vote. The head of the council had the title of Mayor. The city administration was headed by a City Manager. The council met at City Hall, Waterford.

In late 2012, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan announced the proposed merger of Waterford County Council and Waterford City Council. It was abolished in June 2014 when the Local Government Reform Act 2014 was implemented. It was succeeded by Waterford City and County Council.

For the purpose of local elections the city was divided into three local electoral areas: Waterford City East (6), Waterford City North (4) and Waterford City South (5).

References

Former local authorities in the Republic of Ireland
Politics of Waterford (city)
2014 disestablishments in Ireland
Industry (American band)

Industry was an American new wave band formed in 1978 in New York City as Industrial Complex, their name later changing to Industry. In 1981, the band became commercial but disbanded three years later. Their only well known album was Stranger to Stranger, released in 1984 which included the hit single, "State of the Nation".

Members
1978–1981 (1978 as Industrial Complex, 1979 as Industry)
 Andrew Geyer - guitar, tape loops
 Mercury Caronia - vocals, drums
 Sean Kelly - bass, backing vocals
1981–1984 (as Industry)
 Jon Carin - lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
 Brian Unger - guitar, backing vocals
 Mercury Caronia - drums, backing vocals
 Rudy Perrone - bass guitar, backing vocals
2014–2016 (as MASS/Industry)
 Mercury Caronia - drums, keyboards, vocals
 Andrew Geyer - guitar, tape loops, vocals
 Sean Kelly - bass, keyboards, vocals
 Steven Northshield - guitar

History
Industry was founded as Industrial Complex in 1978 by Mercury Caronia (drummer, vocalist, keyboard player, composer and studio engineer), Andrew Geyer (guitarist) and Sean Kelly (bass guitarist and backing vocalist). The band's name was later changed to Industry. Caronia and Geyer worked with experimental electronic music, odd time signatures, tape loops, synthesizers and innovative guitar playing into various methods of recording.

In 1981, Geyer and Kelly left the band. Guitarist Brian Unger, new lead singer Jon Carin and Rudy Perrone (who was previously in a progressive rock band called Cathedral, with Mercury Caronia) joined the group which signed to Capitol Records.

The band's best-known single, "State of the Nation", entered the Swedish and Italian charts between 1983 and 1984, earning them a place as the support act for artists such as Billy Idol, Talk Talk and INXS. The second single from the same album, "Still of the Night", was less successful. The band split up in 1984.

Post-split
After the split, Carin started a successful session musician and solo career, becoming a permanent member of the Pink Floyd live band and co-writing Pink Floyd's hit single "Learning to Fly". Unger and Perrone went on to form their own bands.

Discography

Albums
Stranger to Stranger (1984) No. 16 Italy

EPs
Logging Time (1980)
Turning to Light (1981)
Industry (1983)  (Mini vinyl LP / 5 songs)

Singles
"Logging Time" (1980)
"Ready for the Wave" (1980)
"Turning to Light" (1981)
"State of the Nation" (1983) - AUS No.78, SWE No. 10, U.S. No. 81
"Communication" (1983)
"Still of the Night" (1984)
"What Have I Got to Lose" (1984)

References

American new wave musical groups
Musical groups established in 1978
Musical groups disestablished in 1984
Synth-pop new wave musical groups
Capitol Records artists
Saisiyat language

Saisiyat (sometimes spelled Saisiat) is the language of the Saisiyat, a Taiwanese indigenous people. It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian family. It has approximately 4,750 speakers.

Distribution
The language area of Saisiyat is small, situated in the northwest of the country between the Hakka Chinese and Atayal regions in the mountains (Wufeng, Hsinchu; Nanchuang and Shitan, Miaoli).
 
There are two main dialects: Ta'ai (North Saisiyat) and Tungho (South Saisiyat). Ta'ai is spoken in Hsinchu and Tungho is spoken in Miao-Li.
 
Kulon, an extinct Formosan language, is closely related to Saisiyat but is considered by Taiwanese linguist Paul Jen-kuei Li to be a separate language.

Usage
Today, one thousand Saisiyat people do not use the Saisiyat language. Many young people use Hakka or Atayal instead, and few children speak Saisiyat. Hakka Chinese speakers, Atayal speakers and Saisiyat speakers live more or less together. Many Saisiyat are able to speak Saisiyat, Hakka, Atayal, Mandarin, and, sometimes, Min Nan as well. Although Saisiyat has a relatively large number of speakers, the language is endangered.

Orthography

 a - [ä]
 ae - [æ]
 b - [β]
 e - [ə]
 ng - [ŋ]
 oe - [œ]
 s - [s/θ]
 S - [ʃ]
 y - [j]
 z - [z/ð]
 ' - [ʔ]

 aa/aː - [aː]
 ee/eː - [əː]
 ii/iː - [iː]

Phonology

Consonants

Orthographic notes:
 is a retroflex lateral approximant, while  is a palato-alveolar fricative.

Vowels

Grammar

Syntax
Although it also allows for verb-initial constructions, Saisiyat is a strongly subject-initial language (i.e., SVO), and is shifting to an accusative language, while it still has many features of split ergativity (Hsieh & Huang 2006:91). Pazeh and Thao, also Northern Formosan languages, are the only other Formosan languages that allow for SVO constructions.
 
Saisiyat's case-marking system distinguishes between personal and common nouns (Hsieh & Huang 2006:93).

Pronouns
Saisiyat has an elaborate pronominal system (Hsieh & Huang 2006:93).

Verbs
The following  are verbal prefixes in Saisiyat (Hsieh & Huang 2006:93).
 

 
Saisiyat verbs can be nominalized in the following ways.

References

Citations

Works cited

Further reading

External links
 Yuánzhùmínzú yǔyán xiànshàng cídiǎn 原住民族語言線上詞典  – Saisiyat search page at the "Aboriginal language online dictionary" website of the Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation
 Saisiyat teaching and leaning materials published by the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan 
 Saisiyat translation of President Tsai Ing-wen's 2016 apology to indigenous people – published on the website of the presidential office

Formosan languages
Languages of Taiwan
Endangered Austronesian languages
Saisiyat people
Limerick County Council

Limerick County Council () was the authority responsible for local government in County Limerick, Ireland. As a county council, it was governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council had 28 elected members. Elections for the council were held every five years and were by single transferable vote. The head of the council had the title of Cathaoirleach (Chairperson).

The county council was originally based at Limerick Courthouse and then moved to County Buildings in O'Connell Street in two stages; Nos. 82 and 83 were acquired in 1911 and Nos. 80 and 81 in 1966. The county council then moved to County Hall, Dooradoyle in 2003. Limerick County Council was also responsible for a large proportion of Limerick city's suburbs. The remaining areas of Limerick city were under the authority of Limerick City Council which was a separate authority. It was abolished in 2014 when the Local Government Reform Act 2014 was implemented. It was succeeded by Limerick City and County Council.

For the purpose of elections the county was divided into five local electoral areas: Adare (7), Castleconnell (7), Kilmallock (5), Newcastle (5) and Rathkeale (4).

Merger with Limerick City Council
On 28 June 2011, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan announced that Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council would be merged into a single local authority. The merger would come into effect following the 2014 local elections. The new entity would be headed by a directly elected mayor, with a five-year term. The first steps in this merger was the appointment of Conn Murray as the dual manager of both Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council. The merger came into effect on 1 June 2014.

References

Politics of County Limerick
Former local authorities in the Republic of Ireland
2014 disestablishments in Ireland
Buddy (TV series)

Buddy is a BBC schools drama, based on the novel of the same name by Nigel Hinton. It was shown as part of the social studies strand.

It starred Wayne Goddard as Buddy Clark, a teenager dealing with various life problems, Roger Daltrey as his father Terry and pupils from the Cavendish School in Eastbourne.

Daltrey reprised his role in the 1991 film Buddy's Song with Chesney Hawkes as Buddy.

Episodes
 "Raining in My Heart"
 "Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
 "Blue Suede Shoes"
 "That'll Be the Day"
 "Everyday It's-A Getting Closer"

Differences from the novel
When Buddy is first seen in school his friends Julius and Charmian are present. In the book they were off with the cold.

When Terry was arrested along with Ralph, Des King turned up then walked away. In the book he does not turn up at that moment.

When Buddy ran away he went straight to 56 Croxley Street. In the book he spent the first night in a bus shelter out in the countryside.

Cast

External links

BBC children's television shows
British television shows based on children's books
1986 British television series debuts
1986 British television series endings
1980s British children's television series
Television series about teenagers
Bhutia Busty Monastery

Bhutia Busty monastery or Karma Dorjee Chyoling monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Bhutia Busty, Darjeeling district, India. It belongs to the Red Sect of Buddhist Lamas.

History
Originally a branch of the Kagyupa sect's Phodang Monastery in Sikkim, it was transferred to Darjeeling in 1879. The original location was on the Observatory Hill. The monastic practice was violently interrupted around 1788, when Nepali troops overran the land, destroyed the monastery and converted Dotsug into a place of worship dedicated to Mahakala. The foreign troops were driven out by the British East India Company during the Anglo-Nepalese War and the territory was returned to the Chogyal of Sikkim in 1817. In the 1860s the monastery was relocated to its present location in Bhutia Busty. However, the monastery in the new location was also destroyed by an earthquake in 1934. The Chogyal of Sikkim helped rebuild it. The monastery has a collection of old Buddhist scripts. One of the original pieces of  the "Book of Dead" is its prized possession.

The 193-year-old Sangchhen Thongdor Ling Gonpa or Ging Gompa (8 kilometers from town) which was set up by Pemayangtse monastery (West Sikkim) in 1818 and subscribes to the Kagyu sect.

See also 
Mahakal Temple (Darjeeling)

References

External links
Religious shrines around Darjeeling
Monasteries in Darjeeling
Heavenly abode The Statesman.
 

Buddhist monasteries in Darjeeling district
Joel Wilson (rugby)

Joel Wilson (born 7 February 1978 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby union coach and a former rugby union player, for the Brumbies in the Super 14 competition, and rugby league player, for the North Sydney Bears and Northern Eagles in the National Rugby League.

Playing career
Wilson won the Sydney Colts premiership with Gordon in 1997, and he was subsequently invited to join the Brumbies for the 1998 pre-season. Wilson went on to play for the rugby league club the North Sydney Bears. He played for two seasons for the Bears, before joining the Northern Eagles in 2000 where he played five matches.

He returned to rugby union in 2001, signing with the Brumbies. He made his Super 12 debut that year against the Cats in Johannesburg. Wilson also went on to represent  that year.

Wilson played his 50th game for the Brumbies against the Highlanders in the second last game of the 2006 regular season. He joined the Kobe Kobelco Steelers in the Top League after the end of the Super 14 season in 2006.

Coaching career
Wilson turned to rugby union coaching after finishing his playing career. He had coaching appointments at Northern Suburbs and at Newington College before being named as assistant coach to the Western Sydney Rams in 2016.

References

1978 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Australian rugby union coaches
Australian rugby union players
ACT Brumbies players
North Sydney Bears players
Northern Eagles players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league players from Newcastle, New South Wales
Rugby union centres
Rugby union players from Newcastle, New South Wales
Rugby union wings
Torbjørn Løkken

Torbjørn Løkken (born 28 June 1963) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1985 to 1990. He won two medals at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with a gold in the 15 km individual and a silver in the 3×5 km team events.

Løkken also competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, finishing sixth in the individual and fourth in the team events. He also won the Nordic combined event at the 1988 Holmenkollen ski festival and earned four additional individual victories in his career from 1986 to 1988. He took a year off after the 1987–88 season, and attempted a comeback in 1989–90, but quit midway through the season, claiming he no longer had the motivation to compete.

He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

After retiring from the sport, Løkken had a troubled life. In November 2007, he came forward and revealed that he was a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, having abused alcohol, pills and eventually heroin for 15 years.

References

External links
 
 Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file 

1963 births
Nordic combined skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers
Living people
FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
20th-century Norwegian people
Mobile speed camera

A mobile speed camera is speed limit enforcement device used in Australia, France, India, and the United Kingdom to refer to a road vehicle fitted with speed camera equipment which can park at the side of the road, or on overbridges to monitor the speed of passing traffic.

Mobile speed cameras come in many shapes, sizes and colour schemes. Generally there are two types, a white van with the camera equipment poking out of the rear (for layby based vans) or out of the sliding side panel (for overbridge based vans) They are not required by law to carry a 'speed camera warning' logo, (although government guidelines state they should) although by the time motorist has seen it, their speed has been recorded anyway.

Introduced over the last year or so are mobile speed traps based on motorbikes to allow speed monitoring in areas where it is impossible to park a van.  

Speed camera types used in the United Kingdom
Predator trap

A predator trap is a natural hazard where prey animals become trapped or incapacitated, and the attracted predators suffer the same fate. More predators, scavengers, insects and birds become attracted to this mounting accumulation of carrion, until a wide variety of animals are caught and ultimately killed by the hazard. This may happen many times over. Typically, the number of lured predators will greatly outnumber the prey, thus providing the name.

A famous example is the La Brea Tar Pits site, where predators were attracted to struggling animals that had become entrapped in tar. It has been speculated that the mudstone deposits at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry may have been a predator trap, with dinosaurs becoming trapped in mud as they approached the floodpond. The Gobi Desert dinosaur death traps may have been sauropod footprints that have been filled with a mixture of thick mud and sandstone in the former wetland.

The "Valley of Death" near the Kikhpinych volcano in Russia forms a predator trap every spring when it fills with poisonous volcanic gases, initially killing birds which then attract larger predators, which also succumb to the gas.

References

Geological hazards
Predation
Union of Moldovans in Transnistria

The Union of Moldovans in Transnistria () is a non-governmental organization based in Transnistria. Its 2005-2006 president was Valerianus Tulgar, a Moldovan born in the Bessarabian part of Moldavian SSR.

The union is composed of ethnic Moldovans. It is the largest group of Moldovans in Transnistria. It acts as a federation of local clubs and civic organizations of Moldovans throughout Transnistria. The Union of Moldovans Of Transnistria was founded in 1993. It held its fourth national congress in Tiraspol, April 2006, with 420 delegates present. The previous third congress of the Union took place during March 2003.

The statements of the Union of Moldovans in Transnistria have consistently supported independence and sovereign statehood for Transnistria. In an attempt to let the position of its membership be heard, the organisation organised participation during the 2005 election in the Republic of Moldova. It accused the Moldovan authorities of voting obstruction and of violating the rights of the Moldovan citizens living in Transnistria. It claims that transportation was provided to 14,800 voters but stated that only some of them were allowed to vote. Individuals with old Soviet passport who did not the stamp "citizen of the Republic of Moldova" faced difficulties in voting.

The Moldovan organization's opposition to unification with Moldova was repeated in an open letter issued October 19, 2006, to Moldova's President Vladimir Voronin in which the Union of Moldovans ask for Transnistria's de facto independence to be recognized de jure.

Of the 35 nationalities represented in Transnistria, ethnic Moldovans make up a relative majority of 31.9 percent.

See also
 Union of Bulgarians in Transnistria
 Union of Russian Communities in Transnistria
 Union of Ukrainians in Transnistria

References

Politics of Transnistria
Political organizations based in Transnistria
Organizations based in Moldova
Organizations based in Transnistria
Ethnic organizations
William Malet

William Malet  may refer to:

 William Malet (companion of William the Conqueror) (died 1071), Norman lord who fought in the Battle of Hastings
 William Malet (exile) (died c. 1121), Norman lord who forfeited his English lands and was banished from England
 William Malet (Magna Carta baron) (fl. 1195–1215), guarantor of Magna Carta

See also
Billy Mallett, Coronation Street character
Wayne Proctor

Wayne Thomas Proctor (12 June 1972) is a former Wales international rugby union footballer, who was a winger/full-back for Wales, Llanelli RFC and subsequently the Llanelli Scarlets.

A former Welsh schools international athlete, Proctor represented Wales at the 110m hurdles whilst a student at Cardigan Secondary School.

Proctor is still the current record holder for the most tries in the Welsh league and record try scorer for Llanelli RFC. He is the third highest points scorer for the Scarlets, with 903. Gareth Bowen is the second highest points scorer, with 1,055, and Stephen Jones is leading, with 2,716. He is also in fifth place on the appearances list for the Scarlets, with 304.  In total  he scored 182 tries for Llanelli.

Having studied sports science at Pembrokeshire College, Proctor for many years held the position of Fitness Coach to the Llanelli Scarlets. Proctor was formerly Fitness coach for the Wales under 21s squad and is currently the fitness coach for the Wales Sevens Squad.

Notes

1972 births
Living people
Llanelli RFC players
Rugby union players from Cardigan
Sports scientists
Wales international rugby union players
Welsh rugby union players
Rugby union wings
1995 Rugby World Cup players
Frederic Fitch

Frederic Brenton Fitch (September 9, 1908, Greenwich, Connecticut – September 18, 1987, New Haven, Connecticut) was an American logician, a Sterling Professor at Yale University.

Education and career
At Yale, Fitch earned his B.A in 1931 and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1934 under the supervision of F. S. C. Northrop. From 1934 to 1937 Fitch was a postdoc at the University of Virginia. In 1937 he returned to Yale, where he taught until his retirement in 1977.

His doctoral students include Alan Ross Anderson, Ruth Barcan Marcus, and William W. Tait.

Work
Fitch was the inventor of the Fitch-style calculus for arranging formal logical proofs as diagrams. In his 1963 published paper "A Logical Analysis of Some Value Concepts" he proves "Theorem 5" (originally by Alonzo Church), which later became famous in context of the knowability paradox.

Fitch worked primarily in combinatory logic, authoring an undergraduate-level textbook on the subject (1974), but he also made significant contributions to intuitionism and modal logic. He was interested in the problem of the consistency, completeness, categoricity, and constructivity of logical theories, especially nonclassical logics, and contributed to the foundations of mathematics and to inductive probability. He dealt with the theory of references in "The Problem of the Morning Star and the Evening Star" (1949).

He also contributed to the philosophy of how logic relates to language.

Works
 1952: Symbolic Logic, An Introduction, The Ronald Press Company
 1963: "A Logical Analysis of Some Value Concepts",  (This paper has over 400 citations.)
 1974: Elements of Combinatory Logic, Yale University Press
 1975: (with Alan Ross Anderson, Ruth Barcan Marcus, and Richard Milton Martin):

See also
 Fitch notation

References

External links
 Bibliography of papers by Frederic Fitch on PhilPapers
 Frederic Brenton Fitch Papers. Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

1908 births
1987 deaths
American logicians
Yale Sterling Professors
20th-century American mathematicians
Yale University alumni
Ab Kamari District

Ab Kamari is a district in the west of Badghis Province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 36,300 in 2002, the ethnic makeup of which was approximately 80% Tajik with a Pashtun minority. The district capital is Sang Atesh. Other localities include Ab Khuda'i, Alkhan, Anjir, Duzdanak, Gana Gul, Khalifa, and Papal. Ab Kamari is known for its pistachio forests.

References

External links
Map of Ab Kamari (PDF)

Districts of Badghis Province
Abington Congregational Church

The Abington Congregational Church is a historic church on Connecticut Route 97 in the Abington village of Pomfret, Connecticut.  Built in 1751 and restyled in the 1830s, it is the oldest ecclesiastical building in the State of Connecticut that has been continuously used for religious purposes.  In 1977 it was included on the National Register of Historic Places.

Description
The Abington Congregational Church is located in the rural village of Abington, on the east side of Route 97, south of its junction with United States Route 44.  It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior.  The main facade is three bays wide, the bays articulated by Doric pilasters, and topped by a pedimented gable that is flushboarded, with a round window at the center.  A three-stage square tower rises above the entrance.

History
The church was built in 1751 for a congregation established in 1749 after the main Pomfret congregation grew too large.  It is one of the few surviving examples of the peg and beam construction typical of 18th century New England.  The building was significantly enlarged and altered in the 1830s, giving it its present Greek Revival styling; this work was one by Edwin Fitch of Mansfield.  A parsonage for the church was built in 1851, and an adjacent parish hall was built in 1951.

Today the church is the spiritual home to a small congregation, and is a member of the United Church of Christ.  Its website includes records of interest to genealogists and historians.  The Old Cemetery of the Abington Church was used from 1760 to 1900, and includes gravestones of 82 American Revolutionary War soldiers.  The New Cemetery includes many Civil War gravemarkers, and is still in use today.  Lists from both cemeteries are included on the church's website, as well as a record of all Civil War veterans and units from Pomfret, Connecticut.

The current pastor is the Reverend Bruce A. Hedman, Ph.D., who graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1980.  He served churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in Union, Connecticut and Hampton, Connecticut, before coming to Abington in 1988.

See also
List of the oldest churches in the United States
National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Connecticut

References

External links
 Abington Congregational Church

Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
United Church of Christ churches in Connecticut
Pomfret, Connecticut
Churches in Windham County, Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Connecticut
True Freedom Trust

True Freedom Trust (TFT) is a "UK-based teaching and pastoral support ministry that holds to the orthodox biblical view of sex, gender and relationships". It takes the view that homosexual activity is sinful, but being homosexual is not sinful in and of itself and, therefore, advocates celibacy for those of its gay and lesbian members who do not consider marriage to someone of the opposite sex to be a viable option. While this view is usually strongly rejected by LGBT organizations and individuals, there are some LGBT-identified Christians who emphatically support and practice it.

History 
True freedom Trust was founded in 1977 by Anglican clergyman Canon L. Roy Barker and Martin Hallett, a man who had been "involved in a homosexual lifestyle" for nine years. Canon Barker died in 2004, and the organisation was led by Martin Hallett until his retirement in 2009.

In 2001, when UK ex-gay ministry Courage UK announced it was now gay-affirming, TFT Director Martin Hallett told supporters that TFT would not be following suit, and that it retained the belief that homosexual "genital activity" was always wrong. In 2004, the Holy Trinity Church in Barnet pledged to give £5,500 a year to the True Freedom Trust to encourage sexual transformation. In October 2009, Jonathan Berry was appointed as the new Director. Berry says that he was converted out of homosexuality at the age of 24. In January 2018, Stuart Parker was appointed as the new Director.

Description 
True Freedom Trust is based in Wirral, UK. In 2018, True Freedom Trust had 1800 members and 14 local support groups for men and women and their families in the UK and Ireland.

TFT generally works on a referral basis, where Christians who are "struggling" with their sexuality are put in touch with the main office, assessed, and advised what to do next. Often this involves one-to-one support, or referral to a local "Barnabas" group for ongoing support. The Barnabas groups are informal meetings designed for Christians (in theory, both gay and straight) to offer one another support and encouragement. There are several nationwide.

TFT has made it clear that it does not advocate conversion therapy, but rather Christian discipleship, as the hope for same-sex attracted Christians. TFT does not generally encourage gay Christians to expect to be healed of their orientation, although it says that change is possible.  Therefore, although because of its historical affiliations and its stance against homosexual behavior, it is often considered to be a part of the ex-gay movement, but this is actually not the case.

See also
 Abiding Truth Ministries
 Ex-ex-gay
 GLAAD
 Homophobia
 Matthew Shepard Foundation
 Recovering from Religion
 The Trevor Project

References

External links

Official website

LGBT and Christianity
Christian parachurch organizations
Waterfront Hall

Belfast Waterfront is a multi-purpose conference and entertainment centre, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by local architects' firm Robinson McIlwaine. The hall is located in Lanyon Place, the flagship development of the Laganside Corporation. The development is named after the architect Charles Lanyon.

Construction
Planning for the building began 1989, with the hall being completed in 1997 for the sum of £32 million. Practice partner Peter McGuckin was the project architect. The main circular Auditorium seats 2,241 and is based on the Berlin Philharmonic Hall designed by Hans Scharoun. However the flexible design of the Auditorium allows the stalls seating to be moved to create a larger arena. The smaller adjoining Studio seats 380. The dome of the building is coated in copper. This is so the exterior will eventually turn green and reflect the dome of Belfast City Hall and other Victorian buildings in the city centre. The building also contains bars and a restaurant.

Notable events

Many plays take place every year, in the 350 seated capacity studio, including operas, pantomimes, and musicals.

The hall is a key venue for the Belfast Festival at Queen's and for concerts given by the Ulster Orchestra.

During their 2002 tour, in promotion of their album Right Now, famous pop trio Atomic Kitten recorded their Right Here, Right Now DVD at the auditorium.

Planxty performed there on 19, 20 and 21 January 2005 as part of their series of reunion concerts.

In 2011 the Waterfront hosted the Sinn Féin Ardfheis, the first time for it to be held in Belfast.

On March 15, 2013, American country music singer Carrie Underwood played a concert as part of her Blown Away Tour.

On January 18, 2014 Britain's Got Talent auditions were in here. The auditions were for the Series 8 of the show. The auditions were shown on April 14, 2014.

The annual Christmas show, 'The Music Box', starring Peter Corry was hosted by the Waterfront Hall in December 2013.

Westlife lead vocalist Shane Filan played at the hall as a solo artist in 2017.

The 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards are due to take place at the Hall on 4 April. It will be the first time the awards have taken place in Belfast.

The annual snooker tournament, The Northern Ireland Open has been held at the venue since its second year in 2017.

See also 
 List of concert halls

References

External links

Official website
Belfast City Council -About Waterfront Hall
Robinson McIlwaine architects

Buildings and structures in Belfast
Concert halls in Northern Ireland
Exhibition and conference centres in Northern Ireland
Music venues in Belfast
Tourist attractions in Belfast
Buildings and structures completed in 1997
20th-century architecture in Northern Ireland