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2,400 | South Texas Building | The South Texas Building is a twelve-story building in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was built in 1919. At that time it was the tallest building in San Antonio. Category:Buildings and structures in San Antonio |
2,401 | Fox Harbour | Fox Harbour may refer to several different things: Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Fox Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Fox Harbour (Labrador), Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Fox Harbour, Nova Scotia Fox Harbour Airport |
2,402 | Artanes | Artanes can refer to more than one article: Artanes (Bithynia), a town of ancient Bithynia Ancient city of Artanes, modern Lom, Bulgaria Artanes dynasty, a dynasty of the ancient Kingdom of Sophene |
2,403 | 2017 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau | The 2017 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament for men and the 4th for women, and it was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $75,000 for men and $25,000 for women in prize money. It took place in Gatineau, Canada between July 17 and 23, 2017. Men's singles main draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings are as of July 3, 2017 Other Entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Philip Bester Liam Broady Filip Peliwo Benjamin Sigouin The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: Bradley Klahn The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: Daniel Nguyen Max Purcell The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: JC Aragone Sekou Bangoura Marcos Giron Mikael Torpegaard Women's singles main draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings are as of July 3, 2017 Other Entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Carson Branstine Anca Craciun Leylah Annie Fernandez Layne Sleeth The following player entered the singles main draw with a protected ranking: Kimberly Birrell The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Elena Bovina Alexa Guarachi Nika Kukharchuk Samantha Murray Ellen Perez Emily Webley-Smith Marcela Zacarías Amy Zhu Champions Men's singles Denis Shapovalov def. Peter Polansky, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 Women's singles Aleksandra Wozniak def. Ellen Perez, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 Men's doubles Bradley Klahn / Jackson Withrow def. Hans Hach Verdugo / Vincent Millot, 6–2, 6–3 Women's doubles Hiroko Kuwata / Valeria Savinykh def. Kimberly Birrell / Emily Webley-Smith, 4–6, 6–3, [10–5] External links Official website Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau Category:Challenger de Gatineau Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau |
2,404 | Kafr Azzayat Secondary School For Boys | Kafr Azzayat Secondary School For Boys is one of the biggest high schools in El-Gharbia Governorate in Egypt. Category:Schools in Egypt |
2,405 | Patriarch Joachim II | Patriarch Joachim II may refer to: Joachim II of Bulgaria, Patriarch of Bulgaria c. 1263–1272 Joachim II of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople in 1860–1863 and 1873–1878 |
2,406 | Bruce Tuckman | Bruce Wayne Tuckman (November 24, 1938 – March 13, 2016) was an American Psychological Researcher who carried out his research into the theory of group dynamics. In 1965, he published a theory known as "Tuckman's stages of group development". According to this theory, there are four phases of group development: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing. In 1977, he added a fifth stage, named Adjourning. Tuckman was also known for his research on college students' procrastination and development of the Tuckman Procrastination Scale (1991). He served as professor of educational psychology at The Ohio State University, where he founded and directed the Walter E. Dennis Learning Center with the mission of providing students of all backgrounds with strategies for college success that enabled them to enter, excel in, and complete programs of post-secondary education. To teach students strategies for succeeding in college, he co-authored the textbook, Learning and Motivation Strategies: Your Guide to Success, with Dennis A. Abry and Dennis R. Smith. Educational background Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: 1960 graduated with B.S. Psychology. Born in Surrey. Princeton University: 1962 graduated with M.A. Psychology Princeton University: 1963 graduated with Ph.D. Psychology In 1991 Tuckman researched and developed a 32-item Procrastination Scale that measured the degree to which a person procrastinated. Professor Tuckman was also an avid runner who wrote the novel Long Road to Boston (1998). Bibliography Tuckman, Bruce W. (1965) ‘Developmental sequence in small groups’, Psychological Bulletin, 63, 384–399. Tuckman, Bruce W. and Jensen, Mary Ann C. (1977) ‘Stages of Small-Group Development Revisited’, Group & Organization Studies, 2(4),419–427. References Smith, M. K. (2005). ‘Bruce W. Tuckman – forming, storming, norming and performing in groups, the encyclopaedia of informal education. Retrieved: 2014-07-25. External links Bruce W. Tuckman DLC: Founding Director Category:Social psychologists Category:Group processes Category:Social groups Category:1938 births Category:2016 deaths Category:American psychologists |
2,407 | Tom Reilly (actor) | Thomas Michael Reilly III (born June 18, 1959 in Fort Riley North, Kansas) is an American actor, known for his role as Officer Bobby "Hot Dog" Nelson in CHiPs, a television series about the motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol. Prior to his acting career, he was a star football player at Montclair State College (now Montclair State University) in Upper Montclair, New Jersey but eventually dropped out. On June 18, 1982, he went into NBC studios for a screen test. His first role on CHiPs was Officer Rick Nichols in the May 23, 1982 episode "Force Seven," a rejected pilot for a new series. After the departure of Larry Wilcox, Tom returned in the role of Officer Bobby Nelson, the new partner of Ponch (Erik Estrada). His role of Officer Bobby Nelson was featured somewhat less prominently in the final episodes, with Officer Bruce Nelson (Bruce Penhall), his younger brother, eventually becoming Ponch's partner in the episode "Fast Company." CHiPs was eventually cancelled by the spring of 1983. Bobby Nelson did not return in the reunion film, CHiPs '99. He stopped acting in 1997. In 2005, he worked at the Orco Construction Supply in Salinas, California. He lives in the Monterey Peninsula with his wife and two children. Appearances Tom made appearances on the following shows: Paper Dolls (1982) (TV) CHiPs (1982/1983).... Officer Rick Nichols/Officer Bobby 'Hot Dog' Nelson $25,000 Pyramid (December 5–9, 1982) (TV) Young Warriors (1983) .... Scott Slaughterhouse Rock (1988) .... Richard Gardner Kiss and Be Killed (1991) .... Phil Married... with Children (Just Shoe It)(1992) TV episode .... Caterer Animal Instincts (1992) .... Ken Mirror Images II (1994) (TV) .... Jake Sworn to Vengeance (1993) (TV) Animal Instincts 2 (1994) .... Man with Loose Tie "Valley of the Dolls" (1994) .... Peter D'Allesio Caged Hearts (1995) .... Foreman #1 Ice Cream Man (1995) .... Charley Deep Cover (1996) Shades of Gray (1997/I) .... Frank Maxwell References External links Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Montclair State University alumni Category:People from Bergenfield, New Jersey Category:Male actors from Kansas Category:American male television actors Category:American male film actors |
2,408 | Cormac O'Raifeartaigh | Cormac O’Raifeartaigh (Cormac O’Rafferty) is an Irish physicist based at Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland. A solid-state physicist by training, he is best known for several contributions to the study of the history and philosophy of 20th century science, including the discovery that Albert Einstein once attempted a steady-state model of the expanding universe, many years before Fred Hoyle. O’Raifeartaigh is known to the public as the author of the science blog Antimatter and a monthly science column in The Irish Times. As a science ambassador for Discover Science & Engineering Ireland, he is a frequent participant in scientific debates in the Irish media. O’Raifeartaigh graduated from University College Dublin in 1988 with a BSc Hons in experimental physics. A PhD in solid-state physics from Trinity College Dublin in 1994 was followed by Marie Curie Research Fellowships at Aarhus University, Denmark and Trinity College Dublin. He currently lectures in physics at Waterford Institute of Technology and is a Visiting Associate Professor at the School of Physics at University College Dublin. O'Raifeartaigh was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2014 and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2016. He is a Research Associate at the School of Theoretical Physics of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and was a Research Fellow at the Science, Technology and Society Program at Harvard University in 2010-2011. Cormac is the youngest son of the late Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh, an Irish theoretical particle physicist. References Category:Living people Category:20th-century Irish people Category:21st-century Irish people Category:Alumni of University College Dublin Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Irish physicists Category:Irish scholars and academics Category:People associated with Waterford Institute of Technology |
2,409 | 1960–61 Hibernian F.C. season | During the 1960–61 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came eighth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division. Scottish First Division Final League table Scottish League Cup Group Stage Group 3 final table Scottish Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup See also List of Hibernian F.C. seasons References External links Hibernian 1960/1961 results and fixtures, Soccerbase Category:Hibernian F.C. seasons Hibernian |
2,410 | Arslanbekovo | Arslanbekovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Burayevsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 83 as of 2010. There is 1 street. References Category:Rural localities in Bashkortostan Category:Rural localities in Burayevsky District |
2,411 | Aero Club Argentino | The Aero Club Argentino was founded in 1908 by Jorge Newbery, Aaron de Anchorena, Arturo Luisoni, Horacio Anasagasti, Alberto Mascias, Antonio de Marchi, and Carlos Himshe. Initially the club was dedicated to promoting the spirit of aviation sponsoring early experiences with aerostatic balloons. It was located on the Villa Los Ombués estate in Barrancas de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, then belonging to local business tycoon Ernesto Tornquist and since demolished and now the location of the Embassy of the German Federal Republic. References References External references Aero Club Argentino Parque Aerostático del Aero Club Argentino en Belgrano Category:Aviation in Argentina Category:Flying clubs |
2,412 | Olen | Olen may refer to: Places Olen, Belgium, a municipality in the province of Antwerp, Belgium Olen, Russia, a village in Tula Oblast, Russia Ølen, a former municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway People Olen (poet), an ancient Greek poet from Lycia Olen Steinhauer (b. 1970), a US novelist Olen Underwood, an American football player |
2,413 | Charles Nherera | Charles Nherera is a Zimbabwean educationalist. He was founding Vice–Chancellor of Chinhoyi University of Technology and chairman of the parastatal Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO). He was arrested for corruption, in connection with the latter post, in 2006 and jailed. The charges were later quashed by the High Court. References http://allafrica.com/stories/200911200030.html Category:Zimbabwean academics Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) |
2,414 | Thomas Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh | Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Heron Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh, (9 January 1812 – 13 November 1885) was known for his involvement in the volunteer movement to recruit amateur soldiers for the defence of Britain, and for his links to glamorous women, notably the Pre-Raphaelite model Annie Miller and the actress Lillie Langtry. Heron Jones succeeded to the baronetcy becoming Viscount Ranelagh and Baron Jones of Navan in 1820 on the death of his father. Volunteer movement Ranelagh was an enthusiastic supporter of the movement to create a volunteer army, which had arisen from fears of a French invasion. He created and commanded the 2nd South Middlesex Rifle Volunteers in 1859, the nucleus of which was formed from members of the Ranelagh Yacht Club. Ranelagh became a de facto leader of the Volunteer movement and was introduced as such to the French emperor Napoleon III. In 1863 Ranelagh helped to organise a show of force in Brighton at which he gave a speech defending the movement from attempts by the government to take control of it. He insisted that an independent volunteer militia was both cheaper and more effective for the country than a centrally organised force. He asserted that the English character prefers independence and distrusts "organisation", claiming that "we trust to our own pluck, that indomitable pluck that all Englishmen possess". At this period Ranelagh was calling for a volunteer "people's army", an aspiration supported by a section of the press at the time. He continued to command the Volunteers until his death in 1885. Relationships Ranelagh started a relationship with Annie Miller when her fiancé William Holman Hunt was away in the Middle East. He was described in the letters of Hunt and his friends as a "notorious rake" because of his womanising. When Hunt learned of the relationship he broke off the engagement, leading to a meeting between Annie and Ranelagh in which he suggested that she should sue Hunt for breach of promise. In the end, she married Ranelagh's cousin. Ranelagh was also responsible for introducing Lillie Langtry to London high society. According to Langtry herself "he completely changed the current of my life". She became the centre of attention at a party to which he invited her, and was asked by both John Everett Millais and Frank Miles to sit for a portrait. With his partner, Ranelagh had two daughters and a son Arthur Jones who inherited his estate but being illegitimate could not inherit his fathers titles. The titles of Viscount Ranelagh and Baron Jones of Navan became extinct upon his death in 1885. See also Jones had two prominent relatives from his maternal grandmother: American Revolutionary War hero and former British Army officer Major General Richard Montgomery Colonel Alexander Montgomery, M.P. for County Donegal in 1768 and British Army officer His sister Barbara married Count von Rechberg (1806-1899), Foreign Minister of Austria, 1859-1864. Notes Category:1812 births Category:1885 deaths Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category:Middlesex Rifle Volunteers officers Category:People associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Category:Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Category:Place of birth missing |
2,415 | American Music Awards of 2010 | The 38th Annual American Music Awards were held November 21, 2010, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California. The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from 2010's music list. Nominees were announced on October 12, 2010 by Demi Lovato and Taio Cruz. Justin Bieber was nominated for, and won, four awards, including Artist of the Year. Usher and Eminem both won two awards; the former was nominated for three and the latter, five. Performers Presenters Heidi Klum Jenny McCarthy John Legend Eric Stonestreet Rico Rodriguez II Jessica Alba Agnez Mo Samuel L. Jackson Christina Milian Johnny Weir Taio Cruz Nicki Minaj Trey Songz Willow Smith Mandy Moore Sheryl Crow Natasha Bedingfield Kelly Osbourne Julianne Hough Keri Hilson Nathan Fillion Stana Katic Mike Posner Avril Lavigne The Band Perry Michael Chiklis Julie Benz Lady Antebellum Ryan Seacrest Christina Aguilera Seal Nominees and winners Ratings The ceremony was watched by 11.6 million viewers and received a 4.3 preliminary rating in the 18–49 demographic. This marked the lowest-ever ratings for the ceremony, with competition coming from NBC Sunday Night Football. References External links 2010 Category:2010 music awards Category:2010 awards in the United States Category:2010 in Los Angeles |
2,416 | William Speirs Bruce | William Speirs Bruce (1 August 1867 – 28 October 1921) was a British naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organized and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE, 1902–04) to the South Orkney Islands and the Weddell Sea. Among other achievements, the expedition established the first permanent weather station in Antarctica. Bruce later founded the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory in Edinburgh, but his plans for a transcontinental Antarctic march via the South Pole were abandoned because of lack of public and financial support. In 1892 Bruce gave up his medical studies at the University of Edinburgh and joined the Dundee Whaling Expedition to Antarctica as a scientific assistant. This was followed by Arctic voyages to Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land. In 1899 Bruce, by then Britain's most experienced polar scientist, applied for a post on Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery Expedition, but delays over this appointment and clashes with Royal Geographical Society (RGS) president Sir Clements Markham led him instead to organise his own expedition, and earned him the permanent enmity of the geographical establishment in London. Although Bruce received various awards for his polar work, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Aberdeen, neither he nor any of his SNAE colleagues were recommended by the RGS for the prestigious Polar Medal. Between 1907 and 1920 Bruce made many journeys to the Arctic regions, both for scientific and for commercial purposes. His failure to mount any major exploration ventures after the SNAE is usually attributed to his lack of public relations skills, powerful enemies, and his Scottish nationalism. By 1919 his health was failing, and he experienced several spells in hospital before his death in 1921, after which he was almost totally forgotten. In recent years, following the centenary of the Scottish Expedition, efforts have been made to give fuller recognition to his role in the history of scientific polar exploration. Early life Home and school William Speirs Bruce was born at 43 Kensington Gardens Square in London, the fourth child of Samuel Noble Bruce, a Scottish physician, and his Welsh wife Mary, née Lloyd. His middle name came from another branch of the family; its unusual spelling, as distinct from the more common "Spiers", tended to cause problems for reporters, reviewers and biographers. William passed his early childhood in the family's London home at 18 Royal Crescent, Holland Park, under the tutelage of his grandfather, the Revd William Bruce. There were regular visits to nearby Kensington Gardens, and sometimes to the Natural History Museum; according to Samuel Bruce these outings first ignited young William's interest in life and nature. In 1879, at the age of 12, William was sent to a progressive boarding school, Norfolk County School (later Watts Naval School) in the village of North Elmham, Norfolk. He remained there until 1885, and then spent two further years at University College School, Hampstead, preparing for the matriculation examination that would admit him to the medical school at University College London (UCL). He succeeded at his third attempt, and was ready to start his medical studies in the autumn of |
2,417 | Apriona multigranula | Apriona multigranula is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Thomson in 1878. It is known from the Philippines. References Category:Batocerini Category:Beetles described in 1878 |
2,418 | Tunari (disambiguation) | Tunari may refer to several places in Romania: Tunari, a commune in Ilfov County Tunari, a village in Bezdead Commune, Dâmbovița County Tunari, a village in Botoroaga Commune, Teleorman County Tunarii Noi and Tunarii Vechi, villages in Poiana Mare Commune, Dolj County and to: Tunari (Bolivia) |
2,419 | The Boston Courant | The Boston Courant was a weekly newspaper in Boston, whose coverage focused on issues of local interest to the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Downtown, Fenway, South End, and Waterfront neighborhoods. It had a circulation of over 40,000. The Boston Courant announced its closure in February 2016 after losing a wrongful termination lawsuit. In April 2016, the former publisher debuted the Boston Guardian, with similar editorial content and neighborhood coverage. An African-American newspaper by the same name was founded by George Washington Forbes in 1890 and discontinued in 1895. Establishment Publisher David Jacobs created the Boston Courant (as the Back Bay Courant—the newspaper later expanded its coverage to include the South End, Bay Village, Fenway, and Beacon Hill) in 1995, with his wife Genevieve Tracy as Associate Editor. In a Boston Globe article, Jacobs stated that the Courant experienced double-digit growth from 2008 to 2009. Sections The paper introduced a real estate section in 2008, named "Open House". Later renamed the "Real Estate Guide", the section featured editorial copy and advertisements from Boston real estate agents as well as maps of upcoming open houses. Online In 2004, the publisher, David Jacobs, paid a web designer $50,000 to put the newspaper online, but the site never launched due to the lack of a profitable business plan. Jacobs believed that if the Courant had a website some of the readers would abandon the print format, crippling profitable advertising sales. Successor publication In April 2016, the previous publisher of the defunct Boston Courant debuted a reborn publication under the new banner of the Boston Guardian, serving the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Downtown, Fenway, South End, and North End/Waterfront districts of Boston. The new publication's title stirred up some controversy over the alleged appropriation of a historic journalistic name. References Further reading Whitters, James, "A newspaper rivalry unfolds: Boston Courant invading turf of South End News", The Boston Globe, April 9, 2006 (Retrieved on April 13, 2009). Information about the original name of the newspaper and about its increase in scope can be found here. External links Twitter: Boston Courant Category:Newspapers published in Boston Category:Publications established in 1995 Category:Weekly newspapers published in the United States Category:Defunct newspapers of Massachusetts Category:Publications disestablished in 2016 |
2,420 | The Woodpile | The Woodpile is a historic family estate and national historic district located at Bedford, Westchester County, New York. The district contains 17 contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and nine contributing structures. The three primary residences are set on the east side of Croton Lake Road, one north of its junction with Wood Road and two south. All three look over a designed landscape on the west side of Croton Lake Road, which is part of the historic district. The oldest residence, known as Brambleworth, is a stone Gothic Revival cottage designed by Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) and completed in 1847. The middle residence, known as Evergreen Lawn, was built in 1856 and is in the Italian Villa style. The third residence, known as Braewold, was designed by architect Addison Hutton (1834–1916) and is a stone Second Empire style building built in 1870. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Westchester County, New York References Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:Second Empire architecture in New York (state) Category:Gothic Revival architecture in New York (state) Category:Houses completed in 1847 Category:Historic districts in Westchester County, New York Category:1847 establishments in New York (state) Category:National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York |
2,421 | Nancy Hayfield | Nancy Hayfield is an author, editor, and publisher. In 1979, she graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University. Nancy Hayfield's first novel Cleaning House was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1980. In 1985, writing under her married name of Nancy Birnes, Hayfield published Cheaper and Better at Harper & Row (now HarperCollins) and was the host of a PBS show called Living Cheaper and Better. In 1990, she published Zap Crafts at Ten Speed Press, described in the Chicago Tribune as a "book of recreational fun"--"one of those oddities that is fun to thumb through." She was the editor of the McGraw-Hill Personal Computer Programming Encyclopedia in 1986 and 1989, the UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia in 2002. She was also the last editor-in-chief of UFO Magazine when that publication ceased publication. She is currently the editor-in-chief of Filament Books. Cleaning House Her first novel Cleaning House (1980) was widely reviewed. One of the two reviews in the New York Times called it "wildly funny." References External links Category:20th-century American novelists Category:American women novelists Category:Princeton University alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:American editors Category:American publishers (people) Category:20th-century American women writers |
2,422 | Phyllomedusa distincta | Phyllomedusa distincta is a species of frog in the family Phyllomedusidae, endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Garcia, P. & Kwet, A. 2004. Phyllomedusa distincta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007. Category:Phyllomedusa Category:Endemic fauna of Brazil Category:Amphibians described in 1950 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
2,423 | Tatsukuma Ushijima | Tatsukuma Ushijima (牛島辰熊, March 10, 1904 – May 26, 1985) was a Japanese judoka and former All-Japan judo champion, who was also known as a teacher of Masahiko Kimura, a famous judoka. His nickname was "The Demon Ushijima". Biography He was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, a son of refiners family. He began judo at the age of 15. Ushijima won both the second and third All-Japan judo championships. In 1944, he attempted to assassinate Hideki Tojo, a general and the leader of the Empire of Japan, but it failed. He was arrested by the Military Police (Kempeitai). He was founder of the International Judo Association in 1950. References External links Ushijima Tatsukuma (WorldCat) Category:Japanese male judoka Category:1904 births Category:1985 deaths |
2,424 | Rafiabad, Kerman | Rafiabad (, also Romanized as Rafīʿābād) is a village in Rud Ab-e Sharqi Rural District, Rud Ab District, Narmashir County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 413, in 103 families. References Category:Populated places in Narmashir County |
2,425 | Potanichthys | Potanichthys is a fossil genus of flying or gliding fish found in deposits in China dating to the Ladinian age of the Middle Triassic epoch (237 to 228 million years ago). However, the fossil is not related to modern flying fish, which evolved independently about 66 million years ago. It is classified under the extinct family Thoracopteridae of the order Perleidiformes. It contains only one species, Potanichthys xingyiensis. See also Thoracopterus References External links New flying fish fossils discovered in China BBC, 31 October 2012. The world's oldest flying fish took to the air 80 million years before birds appeared in the skies Daily Mail, 31 October 2012. Category:Middle Triassic fish Category:Triassic bony fish Category:Fossil taxa described in 2012 Category:Perleidiformes Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Category:Prehistoric fish of Asia Category:Prehistoric animals of China |
2,426 | Percy Byrnes | Sir Percy Thomas Byrnes (28 January 1893 – 5 March 1973) was an Australian politician. He was born at Eidsvold in Queensland to water bailiff Thomas Byrnes and Annie Louisa James. He attended the University of Melbourne, where he received a Bachelor of Science, and served in the AIF during World War I. On 6 June 1918 he married Dorothy Elizabeth Judd, with whom he had four children. After the war he became an orchardist at Nyah West and then at Woorinen. He was active in the Country Party, and from 1935 to 1942 served on Swan Hill Shire Council, including a term as president (1939–40). In 1942 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for North Western Province. He was Assistant Minister of Lands and Water Supply from 1947 to 1948 and Minister of Public Works from 1950 to 1952; he also led the Country Party in the Council from 1949 to 1969. Byrnes was knighted in 1964, and resigned from parliament in 1969. He died at Swan Hill in 1973. References Category:1893 births Category:1973 deaths Category:National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Category:Australian Knights Bachelor Category:20th-century Australian politicians |
2,427 | Scheduled monuments in Birmingham | There are thirteen scheduled monuments in Birmingham, England. In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites. Monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. Scheduled monuments—sometimes referred to as scheduled ancient monuments—can also be protected through listed building procedures, and English Heritage considers listed building status to be a better way of protecting buildings and standing structures. A scheduled monument that is later determined to "no longer merit scheduling" can be descheduled. Birmingham's scheduled monuments are: |} Notes References *List Category:Archaeological sites in the West Midlands (county) Category:History of Birmingham, West Midlands Scheduled Birmingham |
2,428 | Jiangxi Agricultural University | Jiangxi Agricultural University (JXAU; ) is located in the northern suburbs of Nanchang city. Nanchang is the capital city of Jiangxi province. JXAU is a key province-run university and is one of the first universities in China to confer bachelor's and master's degrees. The campus is beautiful with pleasant environment and scenery. With 16 colleges, JXAU offers degrees in 61 academic majors. Since its establishment in 1940, over 70,000 students have graduated from JXAU. Even though the university places key emphasis in school education, considerable amount of progress has been made in the field of academic research, vocational training and community services. Administration The university consist of the following faculties and schools. These are; College of Agronomy Institute of the Arts College of Animal Science and Technology College of Engineering Institute of Land and Resources and the Environment Computer and Information Engineering College The Economic and Trade Institute The Humanities and Institute of Public Administration The Vocational Teachers ( Technology) College Nanchang Business College Software Division in the Institute of Adult Education College External links Jiangxi Agriculture University(JXAU) Official website JXAU Official website Nanchang Business College Official website Category:Universities and colleges in Jiangxi Category:Educational institutions established in 1940 Category:Universities in Nanchang |
2,429 | State legislative assemblies of Malaysia | A state legislative assembly (, DUN; also known simply as state assembly) is the legislative branch of the state governments of each far of the 13 Malaysian states. Members of a state legislative assembly comprises elected representatives from single-member constituencies during state elections through the first-past-the-post system. The assemblies have powers to enact state laws as provided for by the Constitution of Malaysia. The majority party in each assembly forms the state government, and the leader of the majority party becomes Menteri Besar (for states with hereditary rulers) or Chief Minister (for states without hereditary rulers) of the state. After the March 2008 general election, the Barisan Nasional coalition were the majority party in eight states, while the opposition won five states. In February 2009, BN regained Perak after 3 Pakatan Rakyat assembly members defected. The state legislative assemblies are unicameral, unlike the bicameral Parliament of Malaysia. The hereditary rulers or Yang di-Pertua Negeri (governors) are vested with powers to dissolve their respective state legislative assemblies on the advice of the menteri besar or chief minister. Once dissolved, elections must be carried out within an interim period of sixty (60) days. Usually, state elections are held simultaneously with the federal parliamentary elections, with the exception of Sarawak, and before 2004, Sabah. List of state legislative assemblies in Malaysia The list excludes Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan as Federal Territories do not have state legislative assemblies and are governed directly by the federal government under the Ministry of Federal Territories together with local authorities, namely the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Putrajaya Corporation and Labuan Corporation respectively. Lists of State Assembly Representatives in Malaysia List of Malayan State and Settlement Council Representatives (1954–59) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1959–64) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1964–69) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1969–74) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1974–78) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1978–82) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1982–86) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1986–90) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1990–95) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1995–99) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1999–2004) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2004–08) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2008–13) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2013–18) List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2018–) Women Women in state legislative assemblies of Malaysia See also Politics of Malaysia List of state by-elections in Malaysia Notes References Category:Politics of Malaysia |
2,430 | Cecilio Apóstol | Cecilio Apóstol (November 22, 1877 – September 8, 1938) was a Filipino poet and poet laureate. His poems were once used to teach the Spanish language under the Republic Act No. 1881. He was born in Santa Cruz, Manila and studied at the Ateneo de Manila where he finished his Bachelor of Arts, before studying law at the University of Santo Tomas. During the early years of American occupation he worked as a journalist for the revolutionary newspapers Independence, The Brotherhood, The Union, Renaissance and Democracy. His pseudonym on his work at the La Independencia, under Antonio Luna, was Catulo. He later joined the Nacionalista Party which wanted the independence of the Philippines from the United States. He was a member of the Philippine Academy from 1924 until his death. Apóstol wrote in English and Spanish, and composed poems that demonstrated his mastery of Spanish. He composed the poem Al Heroe Nacional (To the National Hero) which is dedicated to José Rizal. In the book of poems, Pentélicas, he described landscapes evoking a vivid image. He died in Caloocan, Rizal. References Category:1877 births Category:1938 deaths Category:Ateneo de Manila University alumni Category:19th-century Filipino poets Category:People from Santa Cruz, Manila Category:Writers from Manila Category:University of Santo Tomas alumni Category:Spanish-language writers of the Philippines Category:Filipino male poets Category:Poets laureate Category:19th-century male writers |
2,431 | Jack Curtis (baseball) | Jack Patrick Curtis (born January 11, 1937 in Rhodhiss, North Carolina) is an American former professional baseball player and left-handed pitcher who worked in 69 games in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (1961–62), Milwaukee Braves (1962) and Cleveland Indians (1963). He was listed as tall and and signed with the Cubs in 1955 after graduating from Granite Falls High School. Curtis joined the MLB Cubs after two stalwart seasons in minor league baseball. In 1959, he won 20 games (losing 10) with a sparkling 2.84 earned run average for the Class B Wenatchee Chiefs. Then, in 1960, he went 19–8 (3.57) for the Double-A San Antonio Missions and was named the Texas League's pitcher of the year. In his rookie campaign, , Curtis took a turn in the Cubs' starting rotation and won ten games, tied for second on the team. He threw six complete games. However, he finished below .500 with 13 defeats and posted a poor 4.89 ERA. In he began the year by going winless in three starts and one relief appearance during April. On April 30, he was traded even-up for veteran Braves' starting pitcher Bob Buhl, a former National League All-Star. But Curtis made only five starts for Milwaukee through the end of 1962 and put up a 4–4 record in 30 games, with one save. At the end of the season, he was traded again, this time to the Cleveland Indians, who had just hired manager Birdie Tebbetts away from the Braves. Curtis appeared in four games for Tebbetts in relief in the early weeks of and was treated harshly in three of them. He was sent to Triple-A Jacksonville at the May cutdown after allowing ten earned runs in only five innings pitched. The rest of his pro career was spent in the minors. Curtis retired in 1967. During his MLB career, Curtis compiled a career record of 14–19 with a 4.84 earned run average. In 279 innings pitched, he permitted 328 hits and 89 bases on balls with 108 strikeouts. He was credited with six complete games and two saves. References External links Category:1937 births Category:Living people Category:Baseball players from North Carolina Category:Burlington Bees players Category:Charlotte Hornets (baseball) players Category:Chicago Cubs players Category:Cleveland Indians players Category:Jacksonville Suns players Category:Magic Valley Cowboys players Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Milwaukee Braves players Category:Paris Lakers players Category:People from Caldwell County, North Carolina Category:Portland Beavers players Category:Ponca City Cubs players Category:Pueblo Bruins players Category:San Antonio Missions players Category:Syracuse Chiefs players Category:Toledo Mud Hens players Category:Wenatchee Chiefs players |
2,432 | Eli Broad College of Business | The Eli Broad College of Business is the business college at Michigan State University. The college has programs in accounting, finance, general management, human resource management, marketing, supply chain management, and hospitality business, which is an independent, industry-specific school within the Broad College (The School of Hospitality Business). This independent, industry-specific school has 800 admitted undergraduate students and 36 graduate students not included in the college's totals. Eli Broad, an alumnus of Michigan State, endowed the college in 1991, donating $20 million. The college has been accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) since 1953. The University of Texas-Dallas's Top 100 Business School Research Rankings lists the Broad College as #30 in North America and #33 worldwide in research contributions to the 24 leading business journals it tracks. Campus The Eli Broad School of Business is located on the campus of Michigan State University in the Eugene C. Eppley Center and North Business College Complex. Inside the North Business College Complex is the Lear Corporation Career Services Center. The William C. Gast Business Library is across the street in the College of Law building. The Weekend Master of Business Administration (MBA) program and executive development programs are held at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development in Lansing, Michigan, and the Management Education Center in Troy, Michigan. Degree programs Undergraduate degrees Broad offers undergraduate degrees in accounting, finance, general management, hospitality business, human resource management, marketing, and supply chain management. The supply chain management major is currently ranked number one by the U.S. News & World Report. Undergraduate students must apply to the college and be admitted as juniors. Undergraduate specializations include entrepreneurship, environmental studies, hospitality business real estate & development, information technology, sales communication, and sustainability. There is also a minor available in international business. Undergraduate programs were ranked 42nd in the country by Businessweek in 2014 and 21st by U.S. News and World Report in their 2015 Best Undergraduate Business Programs rankings, published in 2014. Online and Hybrid Programs In 2011, Michigan State University initiated online certificate programs in supply chain management, hospitality management and strategic leadership through the Broad College. In 2012 and 2013, online programs expanded to include eight certificates in supply chain management, four in strategic leadership and two in hospitality management. Eli Broad College of Business offers online for-credit graduate certificates in human resource management, leadership and strategic management. Additionally, Broad offers an online master of science degree in management, strategy and leadership and an MS in supply chain management. The supply chain degree is in a blended format that includes online and on-campus sessions. MBA programs The Broad College has offered MBA programs since 1960. Its Full-Time MBA program is 21 months in duration and is for those with at least 2 years of work experience. The average admitted student has four years of work experience. The program was ranked 27th in the nation and 14th among public institutions by Businessweek in 2016, 58th in the world by Financial Times in 2016, and 22nd in the nation by Forbes in |
2,433 | VENµS | Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite (VENµS) is a near polar sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite. It is a joint project of the Israeli Space Agency and CNES. The project was signed upon in April 2005 and was launched on the 2nd of August 2017. The microsatellite, which was set to cost the ISA US$20 million and CNES €10 million, was designed and built by IAI and Rafael under ISA's supervision. For the mission, CNES is responsible for supplying the superspectral camera and the science mission center. The ISA is responsible for the satellite control center, the technological mission and payload (Israeli Hall effect Thruster and autonomous mission), the spacecraft, and the launcher interface. History A joint study to check feasibility of the program was done on the first half of 2005. Phase A started in 2005 and upon completion, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the ISA and CNES. The satellite was originally planned to be launched in 2008; however due to changes of the launchers and several delays, the launch date was pushed to 2 August 2017. It was launched via a Vega launcher from Guiana Space Centre together with Italian satellite OPTSAT-3000. Mission The satellite has a scientific and a technological mission. Scientific mission requirements were defined by Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère, France, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and CNES. Technological Mission requirement were defined by Rafael. Scientific mission The satellite has a 2-day revisit orbit which allows constant viewing angles at constant Sun lighting angles. The unique combination is hoped to allow the development of new image processing methods. A set of at least 50 points of interest around the world were chosen to be scanned throughout the scientific mission. The points will be rescanned every 2 days for the entire duration of the mission where it will collect sensory and imagery data. Some of the objectives from the scientific mission are: Monitoring and analyzing surface under various environmental and human factors Develop and validate various ecosystem functioning models Improve and validate global carbon cycle models Define theoretical and practical methods for scale transfer Collect and analyze data collected by the low spatial resolution sensors The satellite is equipped with a Super Spectral Camera comprises a catadioptric optical system, a focal plane assembly with narrow band filters, and 4 detector units with 3 separate CCD-TDI array. Each array with separate operational and thermal control. The satellite is also equipped with a Ritchey-Chretien telescope with a focal length of 1.75m and a diameter of 0.25m. The telescope's tube will be covered to protect it from pollution and dust which will deploy once in orbit. Technological mission In addition to its scientific mission, the satellite has a technological mission. The satellite is equipped with Israeli hall effect thrusters (IHET). The mission is to demonstrate the thrusters' enhanced capabilities and autonomous mission operations which include: Orbit maintenance LEO to LEO orbit transfer Enabling imaging mission in a high drag environment - performing the scientific mission at an altitude of 410 km on an Earth repeating sun |
2,434 | Caraga Regional Science High School | Caraga Regional Science High School is a public school in San Juan, Surigao City, Philippines. Caraga RSHS is the leading school in the Division of Surigao City with high MPS during the annual National Achievement Tests (NAT), and has been consistent in making its name in Division, Regional, National and International level contests. History The birth of the DepEd Caraga Administrative Region or Region XIII on February 23, 1995 by virtue of the Republic Act No. 7901, required the establishment of a Regional Science High School with a permanent site. Regional Director Sol F. Matugas tasked City Schools Division Superintendent, Dr. Glorina Mongaya-Tremedal, to seek support from former Surigao City Mayor Salvador Sering who agreed with the idea and so donated an area of 10,000 sq.m. located at the portion of Barangay, San Juan. The Caraga Regional Science High School made Matilde J. Manliguis, appointed by Director Matugas, as head of the school aside from her designation as the principal of the SJNHS. For the first two years, CRSHS shared the roof of San Juan National High School which is now known as Surigao National High School as it had no building of its own. CRSHS is a sister/brother of SCNHS. The realization of the school building took over a year considering that the location was still swampy. Finally in 1999, it transferred to its new site with a six classroom building with a science and a computer laboratory rooms. CRSHS started its humble beginning with 120 freshmen qualifiers mostly coming from the elementary schools of the same division and the nearby towns. The number of students gradually decreased yearly until what was left on its fourth year were the 49 students who became the pioneering graduates. In 2003-2004, DepEd Caraga granted CRSHS the permission to operate a separate secondary school. CRSHS caught the attention of the entire nation when it maintained its place as topnotcher in the National Secondary Achievement Test (NSAT); consequently, putting the school in the Hall of fame. In S.Y. 2012-2013 the school adapted to the new K-12 Curriculum and pioneers of this curriculum were introduced as "Grade 7 or 7th Graders" these students successfully completed and became the first Junior High School Completers of the school in S.Y. 2015-2016. The first batch of "Grade 11 or 11th Graders" will be introduced in S.Y. 2016 - 2017, The pioneering batch of K-12 Curriculum will graduate Senior High School in S.Y. 2017 - 2018. In S.Y. 2015-2016 Ms. Ma. Luisa Guyano from Surigao City National High School replaced Mrs. Manliguis as the School Principal after the former principal retired. Admission and Retention Admission to CARAGA RSHS (Junior High) Students who belong to the upper 10% of the Grade VI graduating class and who have been recommended by their respective principals are qualified to take the entrance examination. Selection will be done in three stages and is conducted by the school. The first stage is the administration of standardized mental ability and aptitude test. The student applicant must belong to the 40 percent of the first stage of examination in |
2,435 | 2010 WPS Expansion Draft | The 2010 WPS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) expansion team Western New York Flash that took place on November 20, 2010. The Flash had the opportunity to make nine player selections from the existing seven WPS teams. Format Existing teams may protect up to 10 players, but must leave a minimum of 3 unprotected. (Free agents are not included in either category.) Expansion team must each select one player from each existing team prior to selecting a second player from an existing team. Existing team may protect one additional player after losing their first player. Existing team may protect all players after losing their second player. An existing team may not lose more than two players. Expansion team may select a total of nine players. Expansion Draft Results References See also List of WPS drafts 2011 WPS season 2010 Expansion Draft |
2,436 | Thomas Huynh | Thomas Cuong Huynh (born 1973) is an author, translator, and scholar of the Chinese classic Sun Tzu's The Art of War. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. Life and work Thomas Cuong Huynh was born in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1973. In 1999, Huynh founded Sonshi, an educational resource for Sun Tzu's The Art of War. He wrote The Art of War: Spirituality for Conflict, a translation and verse-by-verse annotation coauthored with Marc Benioff and Thomas Cleary, published in 2008. Huynh received his master's of business degree from Vanderbilt University, and teaches Sun Tzu's principles in business. At Google he presented concepts on how to succeed in competition. In 2008, Bloomberg BusinessWeek selected him as among the most engaged contributors of the year. Huynh started Cuong in 2020 to focus on Asian-American issues. Bibliography Translation and annotation by Thomas Huynh (2008). The Art of War: Spirituality for Conflict. Skylight Paths Publishing. References Category:Chinese–English translators Category:Vanderbilt University alumni Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Writers from Atlanta Category:American people of Vietnamese descent Category:People from Ho Chi Minh City Category:American writers of Vietnamese descent Category:American people of Chinese descent Category:Vietnamese refugees Category:Vietnamese emigrants to the United States External links Sonshi - Official website Cuong - Personal website |
2,437 | Council of National Defense (Poland) | The Council of National Defense () was an extraordinary temporary governmental body created by a decree of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic, of 1 July 1920. Poland was then facing defeat by Bolshevik Red Armies that were approaching Warsaw. The Council was a body that was intended to make decisions more expeditiously than the Sejm. It was fully authorized to take decisions regarding the conduct and conclusion of the war. The Council comprised: Naczelnik Państwa (Chief of State) Józef Piłsudski, the Council's chair; Prime Minister Wincenty Witos, deputy chair; The Marshal of the Sejm; Ten Sejm deputies, representing the main political parties; Three ministers selected by the Council of Ministers; Three representatives of the military, selected by the Chief of State. They varied, depending on the specific military matters under consideration. The Chief of State was empowered to call Council meetings, chair them and set the agenda. The Council enjoyed very broad powers, in order to be able to exercise far-reaching autonomy and reduce bureaucratic obstacles. Its decisions were to be implemented at once. References Category:1920 establishments in Poland Category:Government of Poland Category:Political history of Poland |
2,438 | CAPRiM | CAPRiM ltd, Corporate Asset Protection and Risk Management, was an intelligence service used by corporations. Background CAPRiM was established in May 1993 as a successor to the Economic League, which had held the construction industry's blacklist but which had been wound up in 1993 after a parliamentary enquiry and bad press. It provided continued employment for two former League directors, Jack Winder and Stan Hardy. Construction company Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd invested £10,000 in founding CAPRiM, on the understanding that they would not interfere with The Consulting Association. Targets In evidence given to the Scottish Parliamentary Affairs Committee as part of its inquiry into blacklisting on 5 February 2013, former CAPRiM director Jack Winder said that it held information and knowledge on campaigning groups and "far-left" political parties seen as a threat to businesses, including: Greenpeace Reclaim the Streets Ethical consumerism Campaign Against the Arms Trade Animal rights Anti-GM activists CAPRiM warned firms of those it believed could "weaken a company's ability to manage its affairs profitably". Its monitor said: "Companies need to be warned what these organisations are saying and planning. Caprim provides this information. And assesses the strength of the threat. And advises on appropriate action." Directors Jack Winder claimed that the joint managing directors were himself and Stan Hardy; while its non-executive directors were Sir Henry Saxon Tate CBE (of Tate & Lyle) and Bernard Norman Sefton-Forbes. Hardy had previously been director-general of the Economic League, and was a director of CAPRiM until at least 1999. References Category:Construction and civil engineering companies of the United Kingdom Category:Consulting firms established in 1993 Category:Informal legal terminology Category:Labour relations in the United Kingdom Category:Defunct companies of Scotland Category:1993 establishments in the United Kingdom |
2,439 | Barretos Esporte Clube | Barretos Esporte Clube, commonly known as Barretos, is a Brazilian football club based in Barretos, São Paulo state. History The club was founded on October 28, 1960. They finished in the second position in the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, losing the competition to Oeste. Stadium Barretos Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Antônio Gomes Martins, nicknamed Estádio Fortaleza. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 14,000 people. References Category:Association football clubs established in 1960 Category:1960 establishments in Brazil Category:Barretos |
2,440 | Beaverdam Run | Beaverdam Run' is a short creek draining the east slopes of the Mahoning Hills, and a right bank tributary of the Lehigh River. The creek's banks are one of the two most likely valleys that pack animals traversed to reach boats on the river so the Anthracite from the earliest coal mining activity in Carbon County, Pennsylvania was transshipped onto boats on the river. References Category:Lehigh River |
2,441 | Palais Auersperg | Palais Auersperg, originally called Palais Rosenkavalier, is a Baroque palace at Auerspergstraße 1 in the Josefstadt or eighth district of Vienna, Austria. History Palais Auersperg was built between 1706 and 1710 on the plot of the former Rottenhof according to the plans of two well-known architects, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, for Hieronymus Capece de Rofrano, to whom the former name Rosenkavalier refers. The middle section of the palace was altered between 1720 and 1723 by Johann Christian Neupauer. In 1749, Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen started to use the palace as his winter residence. He hired Giuseppe Bonno as musical conductor of the palace. Between 1754 and 1761, weekly music courses were held during the winter months. From 1759, he rented the palace and hired Christoph Willibald Gluck as head conductor of the concerts held there. In 1777, Prince Johann Adam of Auersperg, friend and confidant of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresia, bought the palace, at that time still called Palais Rofrano. From 1786, the palace was renamed Palais Auersperg and was the setting for a series of important and well-known musical events, notably Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (who also conducted), and Sieben Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze by Joseph Haydn. As Johann Adam of Auersperg's second marriage stayed childless and the children of his first marriage had already died, he adopted his nephew Carl Auersperg (1750–1822). Carl accepted his inheritance in 1795. The marriage of Carl and his wife Josepha also remained childless, so in 1812, they adopted Prince Vinzens Auersperg, who accepted his inheritance in 1817. In the time between 1827 and 1837, Gustav, Prince of Vasa stayed at the Palais Auersperg with the Swedish Royal Family because his inheritance had been contested in Sweden. In 1864, on the orders of Vinzens Auersperg, a ballroom building was built along the Lerchenfelderstrasse. After his death in 1872, his widow Wilhelmine commissioned further alterations to the ballroom building in order to rent the facilities to the Geometric Institute. In 1878, Franz Joseph Emanuel (1856–1938), son of Wilhelmine Auersperg, and his wife Wilhelmine Kinsky took possession of the Palais Auersperg. Wilhelmine Kinsky organized many charity events for the benefit of the organization called Vereinigung zur Errettung verwahrloster Kinder. Pieces of theatre and music were performed in the Rosenkavaliersaal, partially with the participation of members of the aristocracy. In 1901, Franz Joseph Auersperg returned the ballroom building to its initial use. During the course of the Second World War, the ballroom building was completely destroyed and the remains were removed. Between 1923 and 1935, the Palais Auersperg was temporarily rented to the Bundesdenkmalamt and a film company. In 1940, Ferdinand Auersperg (1887–1942) inherited the Palais and in 1942, his sister Christiane Croy accepted her inheritance. She lived with her family in the upper rooms of the Palais during the Second World War. They also hid members of the resistance there during the Second World War, and there is a sign near the entrance of the Palais which commemorates this. In 1944, the organization Provisorische österreichische Nationalkomitee, better |
2,442 | Sangachin | Sangachin (, also Romanized as Sangāchīn; also known as Sangar Chīn, Sangarchīn, and Sankāchīn) is a village in Chahar Farizeh Rural District, in the Central District of Bandar-e Anzali County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,421, in 708 families. References Category:Populated places in Bandar-e Anzali County |
2,443 | ASJA L2 | __NOTOC__ The ASJA L2 was a Swedish biplane trainer aircraft built for the Swedish Air Force in the early 1930s. It was designated Ö 9 in that service. The fuselage was of fabric-covered, welded steel tube construction and accommodated the pilot and instructor in tandem open cockpits. The wings were fabric-covered wood and were of staggered, single bay layout. Only two examples were built, one with wheels and the other with floats. The landplane served until written off in a crash in 1937 and the floatplane until made obsolete in 1940. Operators Swedish Air Force Units using this aircraft Wing F 1 at Västerås Wing F 2 at Hägernäs Specifications References Military Aviation in Sweden (website) Category:1930s Swedish military trainer aircraft Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft L2 Category:Biplanes |
2,444 | Catholic theology of Scripture | The theology of Scripture in the Roman Catholic church has evolved much since the Second Vatican Council of Catholic Bishops ("Vatican II", 1962-1965). This article explains the theology (or understanding) of Scripture that has come to dominate in the Catholic Church today. It focuses on the Church’s response to various areas of study into the original meaning of texts. Watershed Council Vatican II's Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation), promulgated in 1965, opened the door to acceptance within the Church for much of the scholarly study of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures that had taken place since the 19th century. Developments within the Catholic Church can be traced through documents of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, which oversees scriptural interpretation as it pertains to Catholic teaching. Until Vatican II the decrees of this commission reflected the Counter-Reformation effort to preserve the tradition unchanged, lest errors arising during the Protestant Reformation enter into Catholic belief. Consequent on Vatican II, the Counter-Reformation mentality in the Catholic Church diminished and the ecumenical spirit of openness to what is good in modern studies was embraced. The Council Fathers reiterated what was dogmatic in the previous teaching of the Church, "that the books of Scripture must be acknowledged as teaching solidly, faithfully and without error that truth which God wanted put into sacred writings for the sake of salvation." This is the substance of what church dogma (infallible teaching) says. The Council document went on to show an openness to development of doctrine (teaching), since historically growth in understanding has led to more developed theologies – in this case of scriptural interpretation within the Church. The Council Fathers continued: However, since God speaks in Sacred Scripture through men in human fashion, the interpreter of Sacred Scripture, in order to see clearly what God wanted to communicate to us, should carefully investigate what meaning the sacred writers really intended, and what God wanted to manifest by means of their words. To search out the intention of the sacred writers, attention should be given, among other things, to "literary forms" ... in accordance with the situation of his own time and culture. For the correct understanding of what the sacred author wanted to assert, due attention must be paid to the customary and characteristic styles of feeling, speaking and narrating which prevailed at the time of the sacred writer, and to the patterns men normally employed at that period in their everyday dealings with one another. But, since Holy Scripture must be read and interpreted in the sacred spirit in which it was written, no less serious attention must be given to the content and unity of the whole of Scripture if the meaning of the sacred texts is to be correctly worked out. The living tradition of the whole Church must be taken into account along with the harmony which exists between elements of the faith. It is the task of exegetes to work according to these rules toward a better understanding and explanation of the meaning of Sacred Scripture, so that through preparatory study the judgment of |
2,445 | All Saints Church, Highbrook | All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the hamlet of Highbrook in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The tiny settlement, in the parish of West Hoathly, was distant from the parish church in that village; two wealthy sisters accordingly funded the construction of a new church to serve the local population. Richard H. Carpenter and Benjamin Ingelow's stone building, with a prominent spire, opened in 1884 and was allocated its own parish. The "handsome" church, designed in the 14th/15th-century style of the Gothic Revival, has been listed at Grade II by English Heritage for its architectural and historical importance. History The ancient parish of West Hoathly covered a large area of the High Weald in central Sussex, characterised by clay soil with sandstone ridges. The hamlet of Highbrook developed on an isolated area of lower ground (still above sea level) in the south of the parish, about south of West Hoathly village. The road connecting them, Hammingden Lane, runs along one of the narrow sandstone outcrops. By the Victorian era, Highbrook had many long-established houses and farms—some of which dated from the 16th and 17th centuries— but it had not expanded much beyond this old core: its population was recorded as 186. Nevertheless, in 1882, two wealthy local sisters, Frances Kirby and Caroline Weguelin, decided to pay for a church to be built in the hamlet. They felt that the inhabitants were put off from travelling the long distance to St Margaret's Church at West Hoathly (the parish church): its situation at the north end of West Hoathly village meant the walk was about . At that time, Sussex was in the middle of an unprecedented period of church-building, prompted originally by the Church of England's disquiet over the low level of church attendance revealed for the first time by questions in the United Kingdom Census 1851. Between 1860 and 1890, 269 churches of all Christian denominations (mostly Anglican) were built in Sussex, and the early 1880s was the peak period for new establishments. Although many were funded by the Church of England (through the Diocese of Chichester, the administrative and pastoral district covering Sussex), the late 19th century was also the principal era in which wealthy benefactors founded new churches, especially in rural areas or on country estates, and often as a memorial to a deceased relative or friend. Many examples survive in Sussex, including Highbrook's new and expensively endowed All Saints Church: the sisters paid £4,000 (£ as of ) towards its construction. Architects Richard H. Carpenter and Benjamin Ingelow were commissioned to design the church. Carpenter worked extensively in Sussex—his buildings included the chapel at Lancing College—and the pair had formed a partnership in 1872. They had first worked together in 1862 on St Andrew's Cathedral in Honolulu. Their Gothic Revival design for All Saints—the most popular style for Sussex churches in the Victorian era— used locally quarried stone and was completed in 1884. The church was large, especially in relation to the sparse local population; it was |
2,446 | Angus M. Bowie | Angus Morton Bowie (born 1949) is a British academic, Emeritus Lobel fellow in Classics at The Queen's College, University of Oxford. His research interests include Homer, Herodotus, Greek lyric, tragedy and comedy, Virgil, Greek mythology, structuralism, narratology, and other theories of literature. Biography After attending St Peter's School, York, Bowie studied for his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, under the academic supervision of P. E. Easterling. He was employed as a Lecturer from 1976 at the Greek Department of the University of Liverpool for five years. He received his PhD in 1979 and moved to Queen's College, Oxford, in 1981. In 1987 he taught a semester at Berkeley. Apart from Lobel Fellow and Tutor in Classics (from Praelector to Associate Professor), he also served as Senior Tutor (1981–1987) and Fellow Librarian at The Queen's College, as Chair of the Faculty of Classics (2011–2014), and as Assessor of the University of Oxford for a year. An international conference on Greek comedy in honour of Bowie took place in May 2017. His younger brother, Andrew, is an academic philosopher. On 4 May 2018, he delivered a eulogy at the funeral of his long-time partner, Peter Bayley, onetime Drapers Professor of French at the University of Cambridge. Contributions Bowie's first book (based on his doctoral thesis) addressed the relationship between the language of the Lesbian poets, Homer, and spoken Aeolic. He showed that the language of Sappho and Alcaeus was a true poetic diction, the traditions of which stem form a poetic Koine, and that the origins of this Koine are presumably to be sought back in the Mycenaean period at least. His most influential book has been Aristophanes: Myth, Ritual and Comedy (1993; reprinted in 1994, 1995, 1996, 2005; and translated into Modern Greek in 1999), in which he traces patterns from mythology, rituals, and rites of passage in the extant Aristophanic comedies (usually found in a reversed form than expected). In a decade when structuralism was seen as outdated and restrictive by classicists, and deconstruction was becoming more and more popular, this book contributed to a positive re-evaluation of structuralist approaches to literature. Later (and contemporary) scholarship in the field has confirmed that "Future studies of myth and ritual in Aristophanes and other poets of Old Comedy, will surely be indebted to Bowie's important first steps". Bowie's Cambridge commentary on Herodotus is "particularly strong and up to date in its synthesis of historical and literary observations. In this sense his work outshines earlier, unsatisfactory English commentaries on Book 8". As for Odyssey XIII-XIV, also in the Cambridge 'green and yellow' series, "the text is Bowie's own, though he has not consulted the MSS. It is provided with a spare apparatus criticus. The bibliography is abundant and modern. The notes that accompany the commentary are exemplary. Bowie gives just the right amount of information, whether it is on the history of the word, or its usage, or background of a custom. Every so often he intersperses a prose summary of the text coming up, marvels of compression and lucidity." |
2,447 | Nabagram, Dakshin Dinajpur | Nabagram is a village in Kumarganj, Balurghat subdivision, Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India. There is a first primary school named NABAGRAM FP SCHOOL. This village is located at east-north of Dakshin Dinajpur district (India Bangladesh border). Category:Villages in Dakshin Dinajpur district |
2,448 | Party of Democratic Action (disambiguation) | Party of Democratic Action is a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also has the following eponymous offshoots in other countries: Party of Democratic Action of Croatia Party of Democratic Action (Kosovo) Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak, a Bosniak minority party in Serbia Party for Democratic Action - a similarly named Albanian minority party in Serbia Party of Democratic Action of Montenegro, a former party in Montenegro (1990-2002) See also Democratic Action Party (disambiguation) |
2,449 | Imre Finta | Imre Finta (2 September 1912 – 1 December 2003) was the first person prosecuted under Canada's war crimes legislation. He was charged in 1987 and acquitted in 1990. Early life Finta was born in Kolozsvár (modern-day Cluj-Napoca, Romania). He studied law at a university in Szeged in the 1930s. In 1935 he enrolled at the Royal Hungarian Military Academy. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Hungarian Gendarmerie on January 1, 1939, and was promoted to the rank of captain on April 5, 1942. Imre Finta was a commander of the Gendarmerie in Szeged, Hungary, during the Second World War. He immigrated to Canada in 1948 and settled in Toronto in 1953, where he bought a restaurant. He later operated a catering business. Finta became a Canadian citizen in 1956. War crimes prosecution He was accused of committing manslaughter, kidnapping, unlawful confinement and robbery in relation to his alleged activities as a police officer assisting the Nazis in the forced deportation of 8,617 Jews from Szeged during the Holocaust. Finta was defended by lawyers Doug Christie and Barbara Kulaszka and was supported by far-right figures such as Ernst Zündel. Finta's defence argued that he had only been following orders and was only responsible for transporting Jews. Finta was acquitted after a six-month jury trial. The acquittal was upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1992 and the Supreme Court of Canada in 1993, where he was acquitted the year later. Justice Peter Cory, writing on behalf of the Supreme Court, said "Even where the orders are manifestly unlawful, the defence of obedience to superior orders and the peace-officer defence will be available in those circumstances where the accused had no moral choice as to whether to follow the order." The Supreme Court also ruled that the use of the Criminal Code to prosecute Finta was unconstitutional. The decision brought to an end prosecutions under Canada's nascent war crimes legislation. Thereafter, the government attempted to deal with alleged war criminals by stripping them of their Canadian citizenship and deporting them to the country in which the alleged crime occurred. Holocaust survivor Sabina Citron prevailed in a civil lawsuit for libel against Finta, after Finta called her a liar for saying he had committed war crimes. Death On December 1, 2003, Finta died in his sleep at a nursing home in Toronto, Ontario. See also R v Finta Deschênes Commission Vladimir Katriuk References Category:1911 births Category:2003 deaths Category:People from Szeged Category:People indicted for war crimes Category:People acquitted of international crimes Category:Hungarian collaborators with Nazi Germany Category:People acquitted of kidnapping Category:Police misconduct in Canada Category:Holocaust perpetrators in Hungary |
2,450 | Pressure ridge (ice) | A pressure ridge develops in an ice cover as a result of a stress regime established within the plane of the ice. Within sea ice expanses, pressure ridges originate from the interaction between floes, as they collide with each other. Currents and winds are the main driving forces, but the latter are particularly effective when they have a predominant direction. Pressure ridges are made up of angular ice blocks of various sizes that pile up on the floes. The part of the ridge that is above the water surface is known as the sail; that below it as the keel. Pressure ridges are the thickest sea ice features and account for about one-half of the total sea ice volume. Stamukhi are pressure ridges that are grounded and that result from the interaction between fast ice and the drifting pack ice. Internal structure The blocks making up pressure ridges are mostly from the thinner ice floe involved in the interaction, but it can also include pieces from the other floe if it is not too thick. In the summer, the ridge can undergo a significant amount of weathering, which turns it into a smooth hill. During this process, the ice loses its salinity (as a result of brine drainage). This is known as an aged ridge. A consolidated ridge is one whose base has undergone complete freezing. The term consolidated layer is used to designate freezing up of the rubble just below the water line. The existence of a consolidated layer depends on air temperature — in this layer, the water between individual blocks is frozen, with a resulting reduction in porosity and an increase in mechanical strength. A keel's depth of an ice ridge is much higher than its sail's height - typically about four times. The keel is also 2-3 times wider than the sail. Thickness One of the largest pressure ridges on record had a sail extending above the water surface, and a keel depth of . The total thickness for a multiyear ridge was reported to be . On average, total thickness ranges between and , with a mean sail height that remains below . Characterization methods The physical characterization of pressure ridges can be done using the following methods: Mechanical drilling, whereby augers designed for ice are driven through the ridge, and the core retrieved for analysis. Surveying, whereby a level, theodolite or a differential GPS system is used to determine sail geometry. Thermal drilling – drilling involving melting of the ice. Observation of the ice canopy by scuba divers. Upward looking sonars. A series of thermistors, to monitor temperature changes. Electromagnetic induction, from the ice surface or from an aircraft. Interest for pressure ridges From an offshore engineering and naval perspective, there are three reasons why pressure ridges are a subject of investigation. Firstly, because the highest loads applied on offshore structures operating in cold oceans by drift ice are associated with these features. Secondly, when pressure ridges drift into shallower areas, their keel may come into contact with the seabed, thereby representing a risk for subsea |
2,451 | 1941 Santa Clara Broncos football team | The 1941 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Buck Shaw, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 170 to 103. After winning its first four games, including shutout victories over California and Michigan State, Santa Clara rose to No. 8 in the AP Poll released on October 20. The team then fell from the rankings, losing three consecutive games against Oklahoma, Stanford, and Oregon. The team rebounded with victories over UCLA and rival Saint Mary's to conclude the season. Schedule References Santa Clara Broncos Category:Santa Clara Broncos football seasons Santa Clara Broncos |
2,452 | LM Brekhovskikh | LM Brekhovskikh or Leonid Maksimovich Brekhovskikh (6 May 1917 – 15 January 2005; ) was a Russian/Soviet scientist known for his work in acoustical and physical oceanography. Life Brekhovskikh was born to a peasant family in Strunkino, a small village in Vologda Governorate (now Arkhangelsk Oblast), Russia. He graduated from Perm State University in 1939, from which he received his university degree, and studied under Igor E. Tamm at the Lebedev Physical Institute (FIAN). There, he received his candidate of sciences degree (PhD) in Physics in 1941 for his thesis on X-ray crystallography. After his PhD, he joined FIAN's acoustical laboratories and worked on a naval defence project to develop protection against acoustically triggered mines. He later developed a theory of the propagation of acoustical waves in layered media, for which he received his DSc in Physics and Mathematics from FIAN in 1947. During 1946, his research in the Sea of Japan led him to the discovery of the deep sound channel, a concept which would eventually lead to the foundation of modern acoustical oceanography. This was discovered independently by Maurice Ewing and Lamar Worzel in the US almost at the same time. In 1953, Brekhovskikh left FIAN and founded the Andreev Acoustics Institute in Moscow, which he directed until 1961 (he remained a department head there until his leaving, in 1980). At the Acoustics Institute, he participated in the construction and design of two acoustical research ships, the Sergey Vavilov and the Pyotr Lebedev, which participated in the Polygon experiment along with four other ships. These ships observed the mesocale eddies for the first time, confirming the predictions made by Henry Stommel in the mid 1960s. From 1953 to 1966, he was a professor of physics and a head of department at the Moscow State University. From 1969 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992, he was a member of the presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He also taught physics and was a head of department at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology from 1975 to 1997. In 1980, Brekhovskikh left the Acoustic Institute for the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, where he led the acoustics department until his death. During his life, he wrote several books on acoustical oceanography, his most famous being Waves in Layered Media, first published in 1956. Brekhovskikh died on 15 January 2005, in Moscow, from heart failure. Books Awards and memberships Lenin Prize (1970) Rayleigh Gold Medal (UK Institute of Acoustics, 1977) USSR Academy of Sciences US National Academy of Sciences References Further reading External links A short biography of Brekhovskikh Timeline of Brekhovskikh's academic achievements English translation (Google Translate) Category:1917 births Category:2005 deaths Category:People from Vilegodsky District Category:Russian oceanographers Category:Soviet scientists Category:Perm State University alumni Category:Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Category:Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Category:Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Category:Heroes of Socialist Labour Category:Lenin Prize winners Category:Stalin Prize winners Category:Recipients of the USSR State Prize Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", |
2,453 | Amikwa people | The Amikwa (Ojibwe: Amikwaa, "Beaver People"; from amik, "beaver"), also as Amicouës, Amikouet, etc., were a Native American clan, one of the first recognized by Europeans in the 17th century. The Amikwa were Anishinaabeg peoples, and spoke an Ojibwe language. In the Jesuit Relations, the Amikwa were referred to as the Nez Perce (not to be confused with the Pacific Northwest Nez Perce people). They inhabited the north shore of Lake Huron, opposite the island of Manitoulin, along the shores between Missisagi and French Rivers, and along Spanish River. In September 1753, Bacqueville de la Potherie claimed that they inhabited the shores of Lake Nipissing. They were a large, powerful group allied with the Nipissings and related to the Outchougai, Mandua, and Atchiligouan peoples. The Amikwa were nearly wiped out by disease and wars with the Iroquois and the last of the tribe appear to have merged with the Nipissings or the Ojibwe. References Category:Great Lakes tribes Category:First Nations in Ontario Category:Native American tribes in Michigan Category:Anishinaabe groups |
2,454 | Res Artis | Res Artis was founded in 1993, a website and the largest existing network of artist residency programs, representing the interests of more than 600 centers, organisations, and individuals in over 70 countries worldwide. History Founded in 1993 in Berlin, Germany, through the volunteer efforts of the Board of Directors and countless partners and friends, Res Artis has grown to become the largest network of its kind, promoting the role of residential art programs as a vital part of the contemporary arts world, stimulating the creative development and mobility of artists, and furthering intercultural understanding. Res Artis founding members include Michael Haerdter and William Edward Smart Jr. (1933–2019). Each of Res Artis' members is dedicated to offering artists, curators, and all manner of creative people the essential time and place away from the pressures and habits of every-day life, an experience framed within a unique geographic and cultural context. Through Res Artis, organisations will become part of a global community of colleagues engaged in dialogue through face-to-face meetings and virtually through an extensive online presence. Members of the organisation include a wide variety of facilities that take may take the form of an art colony, an artist-run space, or other regional residency networks. The network began in 1993 as an organisation of volunteers who represent and support the needs of residential arts centers and programs through the dynamic exchange of information in the form of publications and through regional and international face-to-face meetings. Res Artis promotes the understanding of the catalytic role residential arts centers play in the development of Contemporary Arts in all cultures worldwide and across all creative media. The organization has been cited in its work to further the international mobility of artists and the promotion of cultural exchange through art residencies. Conferences and meetings The heart of the network are face-to-face meetings. They provide opportunities for our members to meet, discuss, and learn first-hand about the host location. These are venues for sharing experiences, ideas, and meals, getting to know one another not only as colleagues but as people. These meetings are organised in partnership with a Res Artis member, a local residency space, or other organisation. Res Artis meetings can focus on a particular theme, issue, profile or geographic region. See also Artist collective Artist cooperative Art colony References External links Res Artis Alliance for Artist Communities Trans Artists Foundation Japanese Artist in Residence Programs Asia-Europe Foundation Category:Arts organisations based in the Netherlands Category:International cultural organizations Category:International organisations based in the Netherlands |
2,455 | Margaret of Cleves, Countess of the Marck | Margaret of Cleves, also spelled Margaretha or Margarethe ( – after 1348) was the wife of Count Adolf II of the Marck and mother of Adolf III of the Marck. She was a daughter of Count Dietrich VIII of Cleves and Margaret of Guelders, who was a daughter of Reginald I of Guelders. On 15 March 1332, she married Count Adolf II of the Marck. In 1333, her father issued an inheritance law, which said that after his death, the County of Cleves should fall to Margaret and her sisters Elisabeth and Maria. His younger brother John objected, and in 1338, this law was repealed. Adolf II, Margaret's husband, died in 1346, before her father died. Her eldest son, Engelbert III succeeded as Count of the Marck. After her father, Count Dietrich VIII of Cleves, died on 7 July 1347, Margaret and her sons Engelbert III and Adolf III tried to secure the Cleves territory. Initisally, they were supported by her cousin, Reginald III of Guelders. Nevertheless, her uncle, Count John, prevailed. John died in 1368. After his death, the Count of the Marck could finally assert their right to inherit Cleves. Adolf succeeded as Count, her third son Dietrich received most of the holdings on the right bank of the Rhine. Issue Adolph and Margaret of Cleves had seven children: Engelbert III (28 Feb 1333-Wetter 22 Dec 1391), married: in 1354 to Richardis of Jülich (d. 1360), a daughter of William V, Duke of Jülich in 1381 Elisabeth of Sponheim-Sayn (d. 1416), a daughter of Count Simon III of Vianden Adolf III (1334 - 7 Sep 1394, Cleves), Archbishop of Cologne 1363-1364, later Count of Cleves and Count of the Marck Dietrich (1336-25 May 1406), bishop of Liège 1389, from which post he later resigned. Eberhard (1341-after 1360), priest at Münster. Margareta (-12 Sep 1409), married John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg Mechtild (-after 18 Oct 1390), married Eberhard of Isenburg-Grenzau. Elisabeth, married Gumprecht of Heppendorf. External links Entry for Margaret at genealogie-mittelalter.de History of Cleves Genealogical tables Etwas zur History of the Marck Category:Countesses of Mark Category:1310s births Category:14th-century deaths Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Year of death uncertain Category:14th-century German people Category:14th-century German women |
2,456 | Epilysta mucida | Epilysta mucida is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae. References Category:Apomecynini Category:Beetles described in 1865 |
2,457 | David Florida Laboratory | The David Florida Laboratory is the Canadian Space Agency's spacecraft assembly, integration and testing centre, in Shirleys Bay, just west of Ottawa. It is operated by the Canadian Space Agency and rented out to Canadian and foreign aerospace and telecommunications companies and organizations for qualifying space bound equipment such as communication or scientific satellites, or components made to be placed on satellites or installed in a space station. The laboratory was named to honour C. David Florida, a leading Canadian pioneer in space research. Officially opened in September, 1972, the lab has been expanded over the years to accommodate the demand for its services. There are many support facilities such as storage areas, clean rooms, electrodynamic shakers, anechoic chambers, space (thermal and vacuum) simulation chambers and in-house mechanical, electrical and electronic shops. In the past the David Florida Laboratory has tested satellites for Brazil, Indonesia, and the European Space Agency. Inmarsat has designated it as their authorized antenna test house. It has also tested Canadian satellites such as RADARSAT-1 and previously tested the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (Dextre) which now forms part of the Mobile Servicing System of the International Space Station. It completed work on the Orbiter Boom Sensor System which first flew on Shuttle Discovery during STS-114. The Laboratory worked on RADARSAT-2 prior to launch in 2007. Recently the David Florida Laboratory has completed the integration and environmental testing of the Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite (M3MSat). This is a technology demonstration satellite that will be used to assess the utility of having in space an Automatic Identification System (AIS) for reading signals from vessels to better manage transport in Canadian waters. M3MSat was scheduled to be launched in 2015. Notes External links Canadian Space Agency website - David Florida Laboratory FAQ's Historical anecdotes of David Florida Laboratory Category:Space program of Canada Category:Science and technology in Canada Category:Buildings and structures in Ottawa Category:Research institutes in Canada Category:Space technology research institutes Category:1972 establishments in Ontario |
2,458 | The Living and the Dead (TV series) | The Living and the Dead is a British supernatural horror television miniseries created by Ashley Pharoah. The plot revolves around Nathan Appleby (played by Colin Morgan) and his wife, Charlotte Appleby (played by Charlotte Spencer), whose farm is believed to be at the centre of numerous supernatural occurrences. Cast Main cast Colin Morgan as Nathan Appleby, a pioneering Victorian psychologist who moves to his family's estate in Somerset and encounters disturbing events Charlotte Spencer as Charlotte Appleby, a pioneering photographer who accompanies her husband to try to turn the farm's fortunes around Nicholas Woodeson as Reverend Matthew Denning Supporting cast Isaac Andrews as Charlie Thatcher Elizabeth Berrington as Maud Hare Sarah Counsell Lizzie Merrifield Robert Emms as Peter Hare Amber Fernée as Bathsheba Thatcher Joel Gillman as Jack Langtree Tallulah Haddon as Harriet Denning Kerrie Hayes as Gwen Pearce Liam McMahon as Tinker David Oakes as William Payne Marianne Oldham as Mary Denning Harry Peacock as Smith Chloe Pirrie as Lara Pooky Quesnel as Agnes Thatcher Malcolm Storry as Gideon Langtree Steve Oram as John Roebuck Production Development The series was created by Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes co-creator Ashley Pharoah. Pharoah's creative partner Matthew Graham was initially attached to the series, but withdrew prior to its production to work on Childhood's End for SyFy. The series is directed by Alice Troughton and Sam Donovan. Casting On 5 June 2015, Colin Morgan and Charlotte Spencer were announced to join the cast. Filming The Living and the Dead production was based in the Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol, England. The primary filming location was Horton Court in Gloucestershire. The six-part BBC One TV Series began rehearsals on 29 July 2015, and shooting commenced in the West Country on 3 August 2015, with an official announcement about the series on 7 August 2015. Filming concluded on 18 December 2015. On 12 August 2016, BBC had officially stated that the series would not be renewed for a second series. Music Bristol-based duo The Insects were commissioned to write the score for the series. The first episode features the traditional song "She Moved Through the Fair" sung by Elizabeth Fraser, plus the Anglican hymn "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" at the ploughman's funeral. Another recurring song is "The Reaper's Ghost", composed by Richard Dyer-Bennet in 1935. Episodes Reception Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave Series 1 an approval rating of 83%, with an average rating of 6.33 out of 10 based on 12 critics. The site's critical consensus is, "This throwback to classic gothic tales of yore is ideal viewing for audiences seeking a spooky sit without intense jolts and shocks." References External links Scripts for Season 1 Interview with Ashley Pharoah by Montse Bru Category:2016 British television series debuts Category:2016 British television series endings Category:2010s British drama television series Category:Fiction set in 1894 Category:Television series set in the 1890s Category:Television shows set in Somerset Category:English-language television programs Category:BBC Cymru Wales television programmes Category:BBC television dramas Category:2010s British television miniseries Category:British horror fiction television series Category:Period television series Category:Occult detective fiction Category:Ghosts in television |
2,459 | Zanna Bianca e il grande Kid | Zanna Bianca e il grande Kid is a 1977 Italian adventure western film directed by Vito Bruschini and starring Tony Kendall, Lea Lander, Fabricio Mariani and Gordon Mitchell. It is based on the book White Fang, by Jack London. Cast References External links Category:Italian adventure films Category:Teen adventure films Category:1970s children's adventure films Category:Italian Western (genre) films Category:Films based on White Fang Category:1970s Western (genre) adventure films |
2,460 | Exile and the Kingdom | Exile and the Kingdom () is a 1957 collection of six short stories by French writer Albert Camus. The underlying theme of these stories is human loneliness and feeling foreign and isolated in one's own society. Camus writes about outsiders living in Algeria who straddle the divide between the Muslim world and France. These works of fiction cover the whole variety of existentialism, or absurdism, as Camus himself insisted his philosophical ideas be called. The clearest manifestation of the ideals of Camus can be found in the story "La Pierre qui pousse." This story features D'Arrast, who can be seen as a positive hero as opposed to Meursault in The Stranger. He actively shapes his life and sacrifices himself in order to help a friend, instead of remaining passive. The moral quality of his actions is intensified by the fact that D'Arrast has deep insight into the absurdity of the world but acts morally nevertheless (not unlike the main character in The Plague). In the Silent Men, Camus reveals his understanding of the life of lower class laborers. The main character, Yvars, is a barrel maker, like Camus's uncle, for whom he worked as a teenager. The six works collected in this volume are: "The Adulterous Woman" ("La Femme adultère") "The Renegade or a Confused Spirit" ("Le Renégat ou un esprit confus") "The Silent Men" ("Les Muets") "The Guest" ("L'Hôte") "Jonas or the Artist at Work" ("Jonas ou l’artiste au travail") "The Growing Stone" ("La Pierre qui pousse") References Category:1957 short story collections Category:Short story collections by Albert Camus |
2,461 | Stephan Janse van Rensburg | Stephan Janse van Rensburg (born ) is a South African rugby union player who last played for in the Currie Cup and the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is centre. References Category:South African rugby union players Category:Living people Category:1994 births Category:Sportspeople from Bloemfontein Category:Rugby union centres Category:Free State Cheetahs players |
2,462 | 2000 Thailand National Games | The 32nd Thailand National Games (Thai:การแข่งขันกีฬาแห่งชาติ ครั้งที่ 32 “กรุงเทพมหานครเกมส์”) also known (2000 National Games, Bangkok Games) held in Bangkok, Thailand during 9 to 20 December 2000. Representing were 45 sports and 76 disciplines. This games held in Hua Mak Sports Complex. Venues Ceremonies Opening ceremony The official opening ceremony of this games has been 9 December 2000 at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok. It was opened by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The torch was lit by Ann Thongprasom, Thai actress. Closing ceremony The official closing ceremony of this games has been 20 December 2000 at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok. It was closed by Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand. Sports Top 10 Medals Category:Thailand National Games Category:Multi-sport events in Thailand Thailand National Games |
2,463 | Sautauriski Mountain | The Sautauriski mountain (old name: "Mont des Loups") culminates at in the southern part of Jacques-Cartier National Park, in the municipality of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of La Jacques-Cartier, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The top of the Sautauriski mountain is located at: north-east of the Jacques-Cartier river; north of the confluence of the Sautauriski and Jacques-Cartier rivers; north of the village center of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury; north-west of route 175. The Sautauriski mountain is wedged between the Jacques-Cartier River which flows on the southwest side and the Sautauriski River which is on the east side. Access to the top of the mountain is easier on the north side. The east and southwest faces have steep cliffs. Mountain path The "Les Loups" trail in the "Sautauriski Mountain" is the most popular with hikers in the Jacques-Cartier National Park. Very well laid out, this marked trail is under forest cover. This trail has an elevation of . The rather steep climb for the first portion of the route. Halfway, the path arrives at a first lookout nestled at an altitude of . This belvedere presents a magnificent panorama on the vertiginous walls bordering the Jacques-Cartier river on the southwest face of the mountain. The next segment of the ascent is done more gradually over , that is to the second point of view. Then, the path becomes narrower and more rugged along the sides of the mountain. At the summit (altitude: ), hikers can admire a magnificent panorama of the relief of the Laurentian Mountains, the valleys of the Jacques-Cartier and the Sautauriski. Generally, during the weekends of September until Thanksgiving, the traffic is more important because of the foliage which adopts the colors of autumn. During this busy period, it is required to use a shuttle service from the Park Discovery and Access Center to access the trailhead located at km 16, on the Chemin du Parc-National. The entrance to Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier is located at 103 chemin du Parc-National, in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, north of the city of Québec. Toponymy The toponym "Sautauriski mountain" is linked to the toponym of the river of the same name. The toponym "Montagne de la Sautauriski" was formalized on August 2, 1974 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec. Notes and references Related articles La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, a municipality Jacques-Cartier National Park Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Sautauriski River Jacques-Cartier River Lac Jacques-Cartier Massif Category:Landforms of Capitale-Nationale Category:Mountains of Quebec |
2,464 | Kingri | Kingri is a Taluka in District Khairpur in Sindh province of Pakistan. It is located at 27°34'50N 68°36'50E with an altitude of 50 metres (167 feet). People from Kingri 1. Pir Sibghatullah Shah Thani aka "Soorhiya Badshah", who was a freedom fighter against British Raj and was arrested, imprisoned, killed and buried at an unknown place in 1943 by British rulers in India. 2. Pir Syed Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagaro, a son of "Soorhiya Badshah". He had been a spiritual leader of "Hurs" like his ancestors till his death in 2012. 3. Pir Syed Sibghatullah Shah is the current "Pir Pagaro" and spiritual leader of "Hurs". Pir Jo Goth Pir Jo Goth is the Taluka headquarter of the Kingri Taluka of KhairPur District. Pir_Jo_Goth See also References Category:Populated places in Khairpur District Category:Populated places in Sindh Category:Khairpur District |
2,465 | Jeanne Beker | Jeanne Beker, (; born 19 March 1952) is a Canadian television personality, fashion editor, and author. Family Jeanne Beker was born in Toronto, Ontario to father Joseph Beker and mother Bronia Beker, Holocaust survivors born in Kosowa, Poland who immigrated to Canada from a displaced persons camp in Austria. Jeanne was previously (from 1986 to 1998) married to Toronto radio personality Bob Magee, but is now divorced. They have two daughters together. Early life She attended high school at William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute. She first launched her career as an actor, landing a role in the CBC Television sitcom Toby in 1968. She subsequently entered the theatre program at York University, and then went to Paris to study mime under Étienne Decroux. She then returned to Canada, working for CBC Radio as an arts and entertainment reporter in St. John's while pursuing her theatrical career. Journalism career Beker returned to Toronto in 1978, producing daily lifestyle and entertainment features for 1050 CHUM. She launched Citytv's ground-breaking music magazine show The NewMusic in 1979 as co-host with J. D. Roberts and also became an entertainment reporter for CityPulse. She briefly hosted Rockflash news segments on MuchMusic when that station was launched, hosted MovieTelevision, and produced segments for Entertainment Tonight. In 1995, Beker launched @Fashion, the Internet's first-ever fashion website, for American communication giant MCI. From 1985 to 2012 Beker hosted FashionTelevision, the role with which she is most famously associated. Beker hosted the program and acted as a segment producer for the entirety of the program run. Beker announced that the program had ceased production in 2012, via Twitter, stating: "This dream is over: After 27 glorious years, FT production ceased today." Canadian born celebrity stylist Brad Goreski paid tribute to Beker and the program upon hearing the news of its cancellation, saying: "She reported from the shows in Milan and New York with such intensity — as if she was a war correspondent reporting from the front lines." From 2012 to 2014 Beker hosted fashion and entertainment segments for Bell Media properties including CTV News, Canada AM and The Marilyn Denis Show. Simultaneously, Beker wrote articles on fashion and style for the Toronto Star, The Kit and The Loop. Beker is currently a columnist for The Globe and Mail. Fashion Entrepreneurship From 2001 to 2002, Beker had her own limited edition fashion lines, "Jeanne Beker" for Eaton's, and "Inside Out by Jeanne Beker" with Sears Canada. Beginning in 2010, Beker released a clothing line entitled 'Edit by Jeanne Beker' at The Bay of which she directly curates a collection of designer clothing for Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer seasons. In 2013, Beker released a line of footwear with retailer The Shoe Company and a line of eyewear through FYSH UK. In 2014, Beker launched a capsule collection of clothing, fashion jewelry and eyewear with Rogers Media electronic retailer The Shopping Channel. In 2015, Beker launched the weekly live television program Style Matters with Jeanne Beker for The Shopping Channel, in which she presents interviews and trend stories about Shopping Channel retailers while also |
2,466 | List of ambassadors of Singapore to China | The Singaporean Ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government of in Singapore to the Government of the People's Republic of China. List of representatives References Category:Ambassadors of Singapore to China China Singapore |
2,467 | Rudolf Kelterborn | Rudolf Kelterborn (born 3 September 1931, in Basel) is a Swiss musician and composer. Life Kelterborn studied in Basel, Detmold, Salzburg, and Zürich, among other places, with the composers Walther Geiser, Willy Burkhard, Boris Blacher, Günter Bialas, and Wolfgang Fortner. In his own teaching career, Kelterborn has served as a lecturer and professor at a number of music colleges in Germany and in Switzerland, where he directed the Basel Music Academy from 1983 to 1994. Kelterborn also headed the music division of Swiss German radio from 1974 to 1980. Farther afield, Kelterborn has held guest lecturerships in the United States, England, Japan, China, and Eastern Europe. His works have been performed throughout Europe, the United States, and Japan, and he has also been active as a conductor on the international scene. Works Kelterborn's oeuvre covers many different musical genres and includes five operas, orchestral works (some with solo instruments, voices, or electronics), chamber music, and vocal works. His four-act opera Der Kirschgarten inaugurated the newly rebuilt Zürich Opera House in 1984. References Briner, Andreas. Rudolf Kelterborn: Komponist, Musikdenker, Vermittler. Grümlingen: Zytglogge Verlag, 1993. Kennedy, Michael (2006), The Oxford Dictionary of Music, 985 pages, Larese, Dino. Rudolf Kelterborn: eine Lebensskizze. Amriswil: Amriswiler Bücherei, 1970. External links Kelterborn's official homepage (in German) Category:1931 births Category:Living people Category:Swiss classical composers Category:20th-century classical composers Category:21st-century classical composers Category:Swiss conductors (music) Category:Male conductors (music) Category:Hochschule für Musik Detmold faculty Category:Swiss male classical composers Category:20th-century conductors (music) Category:21st-century conductors (music) Category:20th-century male musicians Category:21st-century male musicians |
2,468 | Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician) | George Joseph "Mike" Kelly Jr. (born May 10, 1948) is an American politician in the Republican Party who has been a U.S. Representative since 2011 and is currently serving as representative for . The district, numbered as the 3rd district from 2011 to 2019, is based in Erie and stretches from the northwest corner of the state to the outer northern suburbs of Pittsburgh, including Kelly's home in Butler. Education and early career Kelly was born on May 10, 1948, in Pittsburgh, but has spent most of his life in Butler. He played varsity football as a fullback in high school, and his team reached two WPIAL championship games. He graduated from Butler High School in 1966. He received a scholarship to play football at University of Notre Dame, but his playing ended because of an injury. Before his election to Congress, Kelly was a member of the Butler City Council. Automotive business After college, he worked for his father's Chevrolet/Cadillac car dealership. In 1995, he purchased his father's business, and then added Hyundai and KIA to his dealership lineup. In March 2019, a local TV station discovered that there were 17 vehicles for sale on Kelly's Uniontown and Butler lots which were the subject of recall notices, but they had not been repaired. The station contacted both the businesses and the congressman's office without receiving responses. A month later, a reporter found three of those vehicles with active recalls still for sale. In November 2015, Kelly had spoken on the floor of Congress in support of a bill that would have given permission to dealers to loan or rent vehicles despite there being National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety recall notices on such vehicles. Kelly had said, “There is not a single person in our business that would ever put one of our owners in a defective car or a car with a recall. But that could happen. That could happen.” The congressional bill failed to pass. With support from dealers' associations allowing such vehicles to be marketed without repairs, a similar measure passed in Pennsylvania and was signed into law, as did one in Tennessee. Such bills failed to pass in seven other states. The auto manufacturing industry opposed the bill, with General Motors saying, "provisions that allow for sale of a used vehicle with an unrepaired safety recall with a simple notice raise significant safety concerns." After the station's initial contacts, Kelly's son Brendan, who operates Mike Kelly Automotive responded by saying, "The dealerships will not sell any vehicle that is in violation of a federal or state Law." United States House of Representatives Elections 2010 Kelly challenged incumbent Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper in 2010. He won the election by 10%, largely by running up his margins outside of heavily Democratic Erie. 2012 Kelly defeated Democrat Missa Eaton 55%–41%. His district had been made slightly friendlier in redistricting. The district was pushed slightly to the south, absorbing some rural and Republican territory east of Pittsburgh. At the same time, eastern Erie County was drawn into the heavily Republican 5th |
2,469 | Pooh-pooh | A pooh-pooh (also styled as poo-poo) is a fallacy in informal logic that consists of dismissing an argument as being unworthy of serious consideration. Scholars generally characterize the fallacy as a rhetorical device in which the speaker ridicules an argument without responding to the substance of the argument. Definition Authors have characterized the fallacy as a form of a straw man fallacy, where an argument is described as inherently worthless or undeserving of serious attention. Some authors have also described the fallacy as the act of "ridicul[ing]" an argument as though it were "a myth", and some characterize it as the act of dismissing an argument "with insults without responding to its substance in any way". Other authors describe the fallacy as the act of dismissing an argument "with the wave of a hand". Some sources also suggest the fallacy is an expression that involves "sneer[ing]", "ridicule", or "malicious comments about the proponent of the argument". Origins According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the term "pooh-pooh" originated in the late eighteenth century as a "reduplication" of the word "pooh", which was a common expression of disgust. Some authors also suggest the term originated as a "representation of the act of spitting in sign of contemptuous rejection". Relationship with the term "party pooper" Some commentators have suggested that the term "party pooper" is derived from the phrase "pooh-pooh". These commentators argue that the "disdain" a speaker has when "pooh-poohing" a subject could also "describe the negative connotation of a party pooper". However, other sources suggest the term "party pooper" is derived instead from "pooped", a slang word for "exhausted" or fatigued" and that the phrase "party pooper" describes an individual who is tired of a party. Use in comedy The word is often used in comedy due to the obvious opportunities for innuendo. In the Seinfeld episode "The Chaperone," the exchange "Oh, you're pooh-poohing?", "Yes, I pooh-pooh" between Kramer and Jerry is enough to draw a laugh from the audience. In The Simpsons episode "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?," Homer Simpson is employed as a food critic by an editor who tells him: 'We need someone who doesn't immediately pooh-pooh everything he eats.' Homer replies: 'No it usually takes a few hours.' In the BBC comedy Blackadder Goes Forth episode "General Hospital", the innuendo is stretched to its limits: See also Hasty generalization Appeal to ridicule List of fallacies References Category:Relevance fallacies |
2,470 | Allium guanxianense | Allium guanxianense is a plant species endemic to Sichuan in China. It is found on damp slopes at elevations of 1800–2000 m. Allium guanxianense has thick fleshy roots but thin bulbs rarely more than 10 mm across. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, narrowly oblanceolate, shorter than the scape and 2–3 cm wide. Umbel is spherical, with white flowers. References guanxianense Category:Onions Category:Flora of China Category:Flora of Sichuan Category:Plants described in 1993 |
2,471 | Ståle Engen | Ståle Engen (born 29 June 1947) is a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He competed at the 1971 European Championships without reaching the final. He represented the club IF Sturla. In his main event, 3000 metres steeplechase, he became Norwegian champion in 1970 and won the bronze medal in 1971. He also took a silver medal in the cross-country running (3 kilometres, short course) in 1970. His victory in the 3000 metres steeplechase gave Engen the 1970 King's Cup. In the same year he set a new Norwegian record at Stockholm Olympic Stadium with 8:31.4 minutes, beating Arne Risa's year-old record with exactly three seconds. In June 1971 the record was improved by exactly five seconds by Sverre Sørnes. In the other running events, Engen clocked 1:52.8 in the 800 metres (1970); 3:45.0 in the 1500 metres (1970); 4:12.7 in the mile run (1971); 8:12.4 in the 3000 metres (1970); and 14:01.6 in the 5000 metres (1970). References Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Drammen Category:Norwegian male long-distance runners Category:Norwegian male steeplechase runners |
2,472 | Glint (band) | Glint is an American project founded in 2003 by Jase Blankfort. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Blankfort is accompanied by Anders Fleming. The band has since signed to Votiv and announced their new album Inverter, out March 11, 2016. History Jase Blankfort was born and raised in Orangeburg, New York, a suburb of New York City; he began as a theatre actor in his early teens and appeared in several Broadway and off-Broadway productions in New York City (including works by Pam Gems, Anton Chekhov, Ricky Ian Gordon, Tina Landau, and Janusz Glowaki). After a departure from the stage and screen, Blankfort dropped out of high school, relocated to Los Angeles and began writing music. Various acoustic performances in Los Angeles, New York, and Boston showed a promising future for Blankfort and sparked the interest of an enthusiastic Boston University student and Blankfort's brother, Adam Jordan (Blankfort), who was eager to collaborate with his younger brother. Blankfort and Jordan founded Rely Records, an independent record label to serve as a platform for Blankfort’s budding songwriting career. During a short visit to their parent's house that ultimately resulted in a permanent move back east, Blankfort met percussive innovator Mateus Tebaldi, a native of Brazil who had recently arrived in the United States from Milan, Italy. Glint caught the attention of producer-engineer Nic Hard (The Bravery, Aberdeen City, The Kin) on the night Glint was crowned winners of the 2007 Independent Music World Series, chosen by Billboard Magazine, and he went on to produce Sound in Silence in 2007. Sonically orientated as a quartet yet created as a duo, Tebaldi and Blankfort needed to fill in the blank spaces in order to do the record justice in live performances. A search to find like-minded individuals resulted in a touring lineup of Tebaldi, Blankfort, Kuperberg and special guests Alon Leventon (keys) and Dave Johnsen (Bass). Glint toured Europe in 2009. The 2009 Sound in Sight tour brought them to 10 countries in 40 days, performing 30 shows across England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, and the Netherlands. Notable main stage festival appearances included Dockville in Hamburg, Germany, Noorderzon in Groningen, Netherlands, and Castlepalooza in Tullamore, Ireland. Half of the tour included support dates with The Airborne Toxic Event, MGMT, and the Crystal Antlers. The success of this tour put Glint on the radar of NME, Artrocker, and the UK Metro. Jase Blankfort and Alon Leventon self-produced GLINT - EP, released July 2009 in the UK and February 2010 in the US, recorded in various New York studios, and mixed by Michael Brauer at Electric Lady Studios. Matt Pinfield is a fan of the band and had them on his show, Matt Pinfield in the Mornings on 101.9 WRXP for an unplugged performance and interview on November 17, 2008. Glint had two live performances on Fearless Music which was aired on FOX TV in 2009. Glint toured the United States in March and April 2010, performing official showcases at SXSW and supporting the electronic artist BT. After releasing the Introvert and Extrovert |
2,473 | Polumenta | Polumenta is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dado Polumenta (born 1982), Montenegrin singer Šako Polumenta (born 1968), Montenegrin singer |
2,474 | Remastering | Remaster refers to quality enhancement of sound and/or picture of a previously existing recording. Remastering may also refer to: Software remastering, the process of customizing a software or operating system distribution for personal or "off-label" usage Audio mastering, a form of audio post-production See also List of remastering software |
2,475 | 2015 Cricket World Cup officials | Officials for the 2015 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire selection panel and the information was released on 2 December, 2014. Umpire selection panel selected 20 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: five were from Australia, five from England, five from Asia, two each from New Zealand and South Africa and one from West Indies. It also selected five match referees for the event. The umpire selection panel consisted of Geoff Allardice (ICC General Manager - Cricket), Ranjan Madugalle (ICC Chief Match Referee), David Lloyd (former player, coach, umpire and now television commentator) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (former elite panel umpire). Umpires Out of the selected umpires, twelve of them belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining eight belong to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees. The members of the Elite Panel of ICC umpires are generally thought to be the best umpires in the world and hence officiate in almost all international cricket tournaments and ICC Events. The rest six of the International Panel of Umpires have been identified as emerging and talented match officials, who have already officiated at international level and are now ready to umpire in the World Cup. Sources: Referees Five referees were also selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees and are considered as the best cricket referees in the world. References officials Category:Cricket World Cup officials |
2,476 | Initiative & Referendum Institute | The Initiative & Referendum Institute, or I&R Institute, is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt educational and research organization dedicated to the study of the I&R process. It is affiliated with the USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics. Founded in 1998 by M. Dane Waters, the I&R Institute is dedicated to educating citizens about how the initiative and referendum process has been utilized and in providing information to citizens so they understand and know how to utilize the process. The Institute was the first international source for non partisan information on the initiative and referendum process and became part of the University of Southern California in 2008 when John G. Matsusaka took over as president. Mr. Waters still serves as the Chair of the Institute. Reception Wayne Pacelle, Senior Vice President of the Humane Society of the United States stated that, "the Initiative & Referendum Institute is the only independent voice for preserving and expanding the right of citizens to make laws directly through the initiative and referendum process. This vital tool of democracy is under siege by special interests, and the Initiative & Referendum Institute is a powerful and persuasive voice for the right of I&R." Edwin Meese, III, former U.S. Attorney General under President Ronald Reagan, had this to say about the Institute, "[T]he Initiative & Referendum Institute performs a valuable service to the Nation by providing research and educational programs to protect and expand the democratic process of initiative and referendum by the people in the several states. Having this electoral ability is a critical ‘safety valve’ for effective citizenship." Scholarly work The Initiative & Referendum Institute studies the initiative and referendum process and publishes papers and monographs addressing its effect on public policy, citizen participation and its reflection of trends in American thought and culture. Publications include a variety of books, conference papers and publications that enable a deeper understanding of the challenges and history of the I&R process. The I&R Institute publishes Ballot Watch, which keeps readers abreast of developments in the world of ballot measures, and monographs on subjects such as its report on tobacco-related initiatives in 2006 and the spill-over impact of ballot initiatives into candidate races. Litigation In 2000, the IRI took the U.S. Postal Service to the U.S. Court of appeals for the right to collect signatures on sidewalks in front of post office. In Initiative & Referendum Institute v U.S. Postal Service, the court found that sidewalks that were parallel to the street were public but that sidewalks leading into buildings could not be used for campaigning. See also Electoral reform in the United States External links I&R Institute website I&R Institute Guide to 2008 ballot measures I&R Institute Guide to 2007 ballot measures Library of I&R publications I&R conference papers on local I&R Major court cases, list compiled by I&R Institute. References Portions of this page have been adopted from Ballotpedia. Category:Ballot measures in the United States |
2,477 | Umberto Pusterla | Umberto Pusterla (born 21 October 1967) is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at 11 editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (from 1986 to 2005). Biography He won two medals at the European Cross Country Championships with the national team, and won four national championships at senior level. References External links Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Italian male long-distance runners Category:Italian male cross country runners |
2,478 | Liz Marlantes | Liz Marlantes is an ABC News Correspondent. She joined ABC News in February 2005 as a general assignment correspondent and is based in ABC News' Washington D.C. bureau. Marlantes graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1996, where she studied American history and literature. She received a master's degree in English literature from Oxford University in England. Marlantes began her journalism career in 1999 as a general assignment reporter and editor on the national news desk in Boston for the Christian Science Monitor. In 2004, Marlantes, along with her colleague, Abraham McLaughlin, won the Press Club's National Headliner Award for the series, "Vox Americana", about American attitudes prior to the Iraq War. During the 2004 presidential election Marlantes' work was noticed by Washington Post press watcher, Howard Kurtz, who opined that she was one of the bright, young journalists that is a rising star in journalism. During her tenure at the Christian Science Monitor, Marlantes was often seen and heard providing commentary on news programs such as "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," "Nightline," "The McLaughlin Group," "The Chris Matthews Show," "Inside Politics," and "Wolf Blitzer Reports." She was a panel discussion member on "Fox News Sunday" roundtable in 2011 and 2012. See also ABC News This Week (USA) References External links Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Christian Science Monitor people Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford |
2,479 | Kadlec | Kadlec (feminine Kadlecová) is a Czech surname meaning weaver. Notable people with the surname include: Andrej Kadlec, Slovak footballer Arnold Kadlec, Czech ice hockey player Drahomír Kadlec, Czech ice hockey player Jiřina Kadlecová, Czech field hockey player Klára Kadlecová, Czech figure skater Marta Kadlecová, Czech swimmer Michal Kadlec, Czech footballer Miroslav Kadlec, Czech footballer Petr Kadlec, Czech ice hockey player Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the United States Václav Kadlec, Czech footballer Category:Czech-language surnames Category:Occupational surnames |
2,480 | The Bullet is Not for Firing | The Bullet is Not for Firing is the fourth episode of the third series of the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Thursday 2 October 1969. Plot As the 'all clear' air raid siren blares, Mainwaring and Wilson wake up from a snooze, but both are quick to deny it. As they go into the hall and begin to make the tea, Mainwaring remarks on a low-flying plane that passed over Walmington. The platoon arrive. Mainwaring asks them to hand in their ammunition, but Jones admits they haven't got any. They wasted it all shooting at the low-flying Nazi plane. Godfrey is the only one with a full magazine, because by the time he had got it out of his overcoat, the plane had flown away. As the platoon prepare to make a cup of tea, Mainwaring bursts their bubble by saying their rifles have to be pulled through and boiled out. Mainwaring decides to organise a thorough search around the area to find the missing cartridges. As they leave to supervise the rifle maintenance, Jones is having a bit of trouble removing his pull-through, and several methods are tried, including tying it to the banister and pulling it out. However, it destroys the banister, much to the Verger's chagrin. When Mainwaring ties it to a thicker pillar, the string breaks and it becomes impossible to remove. Mrs Pike arrives to take Pike home, and solves Jones' rifle problem by pulling the string out from the other end. Later, the empty cartridges are collected, but Mainwaring decides to hold a Court of Inquiry to find out what really happened. Wilson is sceptical, but Mainwaring reminds him that honesty is the best policy. The two officers overseeing the Inquiry, Captain Cutts and Captain Pringle, are keen to get it over and done with as soon as possible, as they have made alternative arrangements. Just before they arrive, a box of ammunition arrives at the church hall, and Mainwaring quickly hands it out to the men, and Jones arrives in his old army uniform that he wore under Lord Kitchener. He lines the witnesses outside, and they prepare to begin the Court of Inquiry. However, they are twice interrupted by members of the choir as they arrive for the Vicar's practice. Through the course of the enquiry, it is revealed that Jones gave the order to fire. Suddenly, thunder crashes, and the platoon rush in, not wanting to be soaked. Cutts and Pringle, who are becoming quite irritated, decide that the platoon should demonstrate what happened. Jones states that as soon as he spotted the plane, he gave the order to shoot. Mainwaring corrects him by saying "fire", but the platoon follow his command, and shoot the ceiling, bringing it down on top of them. Mainwaring suggests they meet same time, same place, next week. Cast Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson Clive Dunn as Lance Corporal Jones John Laurie as Private Frazer James Beck as Private Walker Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey Ian Lavender |
2,481 | Pulverturm, Leutkirch im Allgäu | The Leutkirch Pulverturm or Leutkirch Powder Tower () was built towards the end of the 17th century on the southeast corner of Leutkirch im Allgäu, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, as part of the rebuilding of the collapsed town wall. The tower was used to store gunpowder, was sold by the town in 1804 and, since 1918, has been in municipal ownership again. It is listed as a cultural monument by the town of Leutkirch. References External links Denkmalliste der Stadt Leutkirch im Allgäu, as at December 2004 (pdf; 366 KB) Category:Round towers Category:17th-century architecture Leutkirch im Allgäu Category:Fortified towers in Germany Category:Buildings and structures in Ravensburg (district) |
2,482 | Martina Havenith-Newen | Martina Havenith-Newen (13 April 1963) is a German chemist. Life She studied physics and mathematics at the University of Bonn from 1981-1987. She finished her doctorate in physics in 1990 and completed her habilitation in 1997. Since 1998, she is a professor at the Ruhr University Bochum. Research Her research focuses on intermolecular interactions, aggregation, solvation, molecular recognition, and infra-red and THz spectroscopy. Awards She is a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Academy of Europe, and the Österreichischer Wissenschaftsrat. References Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:German chemists Category:German women chemists Category:University of Bonn alumni Category:Ruhr University Bochum faculty |
2,483 | Stanzel | Stanzel is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Franz Karl Stanzel (born 1923), Austrian literary critics Scott Stanzel (born 1973), political appointee in the administration of President of the United States George W. Bush Volker Stanzel (born 1948), German diplomat See also Stansel |
2,484 | Molo fire | An oil spill ignition occurred in Molo, Kenya, on January 31, 2009, and resulted in the deaths of at least 113 people and critical injuries to over 200 more. The incident occurred when an oil spill from an overturned truck burst into flames as onlookers attempted to obtain remnants of the spilled fuel for personal use. Rescuers suggested the cause to be static electricity, an accidentally-discarded cigarette, or an individual angered at a police blockade who sought vengeance. Police have described the carnage as Kenya's worst disaster in recent times, occurring in a country hit by frequent fuel shortages and just days after a supermarket fire killed 25. In June 2009, another similar accident occurred, when an oil tanker fire killed at least four and injured nearly 50 people at Kapokyek village near Kericho. The victims were siphoning fuel from the tanker that had fallen off the road. Kenyan disaster management The fire was the second such disaster in Kenya that week, following the deaths of at least 25 people in a Nairobi supermarket when a branch of Nakumatt caught fire. The Kenyan media has been criticising the government for its poor safety standards and inadequate disaster preparation. Following that blaze, the Daily Nation reported that Nairobi's three million inhabitants were served only by one fire station situated close to a traffic-choked business district. References See also 2017 Bahawalpur explosion, similar disaster in Kenya Catastrophe of Sange (2010), a similar incident in DR Congo involving a tanker truck, fuel scavenging, and a lit cigarette Okobie road (2012) and Ibadan road (2000) tanker explosions, similar incidents in Nigeria Caphiridzange explosion (2016), similar incident in Mozambique 2011 Kenya pipeline fire Category:2009 fires Category:2009 in Kenya Category:Fires in Kenya Category:Deaths caused by petroleum looting Category:January 2009 events in Africa |
2,485 | Stuart Hogg | Stuart Hogg (born 24 June 1992) is a Scottish rugby union player who has more than sixty caps for Scotland and plays for Exeter Chiefs. He plays fullback and can also play fly-half. In the Six Nations, Hogg was twice named player of the tournament- in 2016 and 2017. Hogg toured with the British and Irish Lions in 2013 and 2017, but his 2017 tour was cut short due to an injury. Rugby Union career Amateur career Hogg was a pupil at Trinity Primary School and Hawick High School. He played at Hawick Wanderers, Hawick and Heriot's. Hogg has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2008–9 season. Professional career Hogg made seventy-two Warriors appearances in season 2010–11 and began the 2011–12 RaboDirect PRO12 campaign as the club's starting full-back. He was named in the Pro12 Dream team at the end of the 2012/13 season. It was announced in November 2014 that Stuart Hogg had signed a two-year contract extension with the Glasgow Warriors, keeping him at the club until at least May 2017. He signed a further contract in 2016 taking him to the end of the 2018/19 season. In 2017 Hogg became the youngest player to reach 100 appearances at the age of just 24. Scotland national team He has represented Scotland at under-17, under-18, and under-20 level before he went on to gain full international honours. 2012–2014 He gained his first cap for the Scotland national rugby union team after earning a call up to Andy Robinson's 36-man squad for the 2012 Six Nations following a series of impressive performances for Glasgow. Hogg impressed on his debut against Wales in Cardiff, coming on as a substitute following injury to Max Evans. Hogg was subsequently named in the starting line-up for the first time for the match versus France. He scored his first try for Scotland in the 8th minute against France. In the 2013 Six Nations he scored his second and third international tries against England in round one and in round two he scored against the Italians an intercept try from his 5-metre line and ran 95 metres to score his third international try. On 8 March 2014, he scored his 4th international try against France at Murrayfield. On 15 March, he was sent off in a Six Nations game against Wales for a late and dangerous hit on Dan Biggar, although originally shown a yellow card by referee Jérôme Garcès the referee then looked at the replays on one of the big screens in the stadium and upgraded his decision to a red card. On 8 June 2014, during Scotland's Summer tour he made his first appearance against the US after his red card against Wales and he marked that game with his 5th International try. On 14 June 2014, he slotted a crucial 43-metre kick to secure a win against Canada at BMO Stadium the final score was 17–19 to Scotland during the Scotland Summer tour. On 20 June 2014, he scored his sixth try for Scotland against Argentina during the Scotland |
2,486 | 774 Armor | 774 Armor is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. References External links Lightcurve plot of 774 Armor, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2006) Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center 000774 Category:Discoveries by C. le Morvan Category:Minor planets named for places Category:Named minor planets 19131219 |
2,487 | Michael Cieply | Michael Cieply (born 1951) is an entertainment industry writer, first for The Wall Street Journal and then for Talk magazine and as a media correspondent for The New York Times. Here he covers Hollywood for the media desk. He joined The New York Times in 2004, as a movie editor. In the 1990s, he worked as a film producer for Sony for eight and a half years where he was producing or trying to produce movies and TV programs. While working for Sony, Cieply would consult with Ray Stark Productions. He was a production executive for a number of companies, including ABC, Columbia Pictures, Disney, Fox, Universal, and United Airlines. Cieply also was an editor and reporter for Los Angeles Times, where he covered entertainment and media for the business section and for various publications such as Forbes magazine and The Wall Street Journal. He was currently a staff editor in the Culture section of The New York Times. Cieply was the West Coast editor of Inside.com, a website covering the media and entertainment industries. He has covered entertainment for over 17 years. He moved to Deadline Hollywood in 2016. Book The Hearsts: Family and Empire with Lindsay Chaney (1981 Simon & Schuster) References Sources Frontline interview Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:The Wall Street Journal people Category:The New York Times editors Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:20th-century American journalists |
2,488 | Sputnik Planitia | Sputnik Planitia , originally Sputnik Planum, is a high-albedo ice-covered basin on Pluto, about in size, named after Earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. It constitutes the western lobe of the heart-shaped Tombaugh Regio. Sputnik Planitia lies mostly in the northern hemisphere, but extends across the equator. Much of it has a surface of irregular polygons separated by troughs, interpreted as convection cells in the relatively soft nitrogen ice. The polygons average about across. In some cases troughs are populated by blocky mountains or hills, or contain darker material. There appear to be wind streaks on the surface with evidence of sublimation. The dark streaks are a few kilometers long and all aligned in the same direction. The planitia also contains pits apparently formed by sublimation. No craters were detectable by New Horizons, implying a surface less than 10 million years old. Modeling sublimation pit formation yields a surface age estimate of years. Near the northwest margin is a field of transverse dunes (perpendicular to the wind streaks), spaced about 0.4 to 1 km apart, that are thought to be composed of 200-300 μm diameter particles of methane ice derived from the nearby Al-Idrisi Montes. Composition The ice composing the basin is thought to consist primarily of nitrogen ice, with smaller fractions of carbon monoxide and methane ice, although relative proportions are uncertain. At Pluto's ambient temperature of , nitrogen and carbon monoxide ices are denser and much less rigid than water ice, making glacial-like flows possible; nitrogen ice is the most volatile. The nitrogen ice of the basin rests on Pluto's crust mostly composed of much more rigid water ice. Origin Sputnik Planitia likely originated as an impact basin that subsequently collected volatile ices. The size of the hypothetical impactor has been estimated as 150–300 km. Alternatively, it has been suggested that the accumulation of ices in this location depressed the surface there, leading to formation of a basin via a positive feedback process without an impact. The accumulation of several kilometers of nitrogen ice in the basin was in part a consequence of its higher surface pressure, which leads to a higher N2 condensation temperature. The positive temperature gradient of Pluto's atmosphere contributes to making a topographic depression a cold trap. The terrain on Pluto antipodal to Sputnik Planitia may have been altered by the focusing there of seismic energy from the formative impact. While this suggestion is tentative in view of the poor resolution of the imaging of the antipodal region, the concept is similar to what has been proposed for areas antipodal to the Caloris basin on Mercury and Mare Orientale on the Moon. A high seasonal thermal inertia of Pluto's surface is an important driver of deposition of nitrogen ice at low latitudes. These latitudes receive less annual insolation than Pluto's polar regions due to its high obliquity (122.5°). The coldest regions on Pluto, on average, are at 30° N. and S. latitude; early in Pluto's history, ice would tend to accumulate at these latitudes in a runaway process due to the positive feedback association of increased |
2,489 | Mitchell Municipal Airport | Mitchell Municipal Airport is three miles north of Mitchell, in Davison County, South Dakota. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport. History Opened in November 1937, the facility was rebuilt in 1943 by the United States Army Air Forces as a Second Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator heavy bomber training airfield field known as Mitchell Army Airfield. From July to late September, 1943, the 700th Bomb Squadron of the 445th Bomb Group conducted their advanced training at Mitchell Army Air Field. Upon completion of training and subsequent notification for overseas deployment, the 700th Bomb Squadron flew to Lincoln Army Air Field for last minute aircraft modifications before taking the Southern Atlantic crossing route to Tibenham, England. On October 1, 1944, when training ended at the facility, it was transferred to Air Technical Service Command where it was assigned to Ogden Air Service Command as an auxiliary airfield. It was turned over to civil use after the war. Airline flights began about 1951: Midwest Airlines Cessna 190s. Braniff stopped at Mitchell 1952–59; North Central arrived in 1959 and successor Republic left in 1982. (Northwest Airlink pulled out in 1991.) Facilities The airport covers 1,376 acres (557 ha) at an elevation of 1,304 feet (397 m). It has two asphalt runways: 12/30 is 6,700 by 100 feet (2,042 x 30 m) and 17/35 is 5,513 by 100 feet (1,680 x 30 m). In the year ending August 10, 2011 the airport had 19,450 aircraft operations, average 53 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and 1% military. 29 aircraft were then based at this airport: 79% single-engine and 21% multi-engine. See also South Dakota World War II Army Airfields References Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004. External links Aerial image as of October 1997 from USGS The National Map Category:Airports in South Dakota Category:Mitchell, South Dakota Category:Buildings and structures in Davison County, South Dakota Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in South Dakota Category:1937 establishments in South Dakota Category:Airports established in 1937 Category:Transportation in Davison County, South Dakota |
2,490 | Metafluid dynamics | Metafluid dynamics is a closely related concept to metamaterial dynamics in physics. Background Metafluid dynamics was an effort to connect the ephemeral and statistical nature of quantum mechanical objects with the temporary and statistical, but yet stable, nature of "structures" in turbulent flows; that work was published as a research thesis (Marmanis 1993). The works that influenced its conception were Albert Einstein's insistence on a causal interpretation of quantum mechanics, De Broglie's mechanical models, and related work along these lines. The literature on the subject of aether models was discovered by the author upon completion of the theory's core ideas during the academic years 1994 and 1995. History The term "metafluid dynamics" appeared for the first time in a conference talk delivered in the "International Symposium on Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics" at Florida State University on November 7, 1996. Initial publications The theory was published, in the Physics of Fluids under the title Analogy between the Navier-Stokes and Maxwell's equations: Application to Turbulence (Marmanis 1998). A year later, the theory was presented in more detail in the thesis entitled Analogy between the Electromagnetic and Hydrodynamic Equations: Application to Turbulence (Marmanis 1999). This paper attempted to introduce an ontological connection between turbulent motion as described by the Navier–Stokes equations and dynamics of the electromagnetic field as described by Maxwell's equations. The paper observed that the electromagnetic field is non-linear when expressed in terms of the electromagnetic potentials—yet Maxwell's equations are linear due to the original modeling of charge and current. It should be stressed that this ontological interpretation was never previously published, although several fluid models have been presented as early as 1890, for the same purpose. The last article by the same author, namely, "Turbulence, electromagnetism, and quantum mechanics: A common perspective" was published in the book Photon: Old problems in light of new ideas (Dvoeglazov 2000). The metafluid dynamics was not created by trial-and-error of mechanical models of aether and is not an analogy that was revived; a juxtaposition of the fields that are involved in earlier models and those that are involved in the metafluid dynamics suffices as a proof. For historical references, see, the comprehensive book by Whittaker (1951). Later publications Since that time there have been several other publications that relate directly or indirectly to the metafluid dynamics: In 1999, R.M. Kirby, H. Marmanis and D.H. Laidlaw presented the first visualizations of turbulent charge—the analog of the electric charge in electromagnetism—in a conference paper entitled "Visualizing Multivalued Data from 2D Incompressible Flows Using Concepts from Painting". In 2000, A. C. R. Mendes, W. Oliveira and F.I. Takakura presented hydrodynamic turbulence as a constrained system from the point of view of metafluid dynamics in "Turbulence as a constrained system". This is the first Lagrangian description of metafluid dynamics that the author is aware of. In 2001, G. Rousseaux discussed the question of completeness for Maxwell's equations in Les équations de Maxwell sont-elles incomplètes? and the position of the metafluid dynamics on that matter. In 2002, G. Rousseaux and É. Guyon presented a review of the metafluid dynamics in |
2,491 | 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon | The men's decathlon event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 September. Medalists Results Final 16/17 September Participation According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event. References Decathlon Category:Combined events at the World Athletics U20 Championships |
2,492 | Kizhaparayar | Kizhaparayar is a small village in Kerala state, India. It is part of the Meenachil Panchayat in Kottayam district. The village situated on the banks of the river Meenachil. There is no traces when the first settlement came to this village. It is a sparsely populated place. Kizharayar borders with Edamattom in the South, Palakkadu in North, Pala in the west. The other side of the river meenchil is Bharananganam. The major agriculture is rubber. There are also Coconuts and Tapioca cultivations. The other agricultural products include Cocoa and Arcanut. There are few small paddy fields also. The main income of the people comes from Rubber plantations and related jobs. There is no major business activities in and around kizhaparayar. People belongs to 2 religious faiths - Roman Catholics (Syrian Christians) and Hinduism. The local parish is St. Gregorios Church which is situated at the center of the village. A Convent, Government Clinic, Co-operative bank and few shops in the vicinity of the church forms the small township. There is a small latex processing unit also running which allows the rubber owners to sell latex. There are 2 temples also in Kizhaparayar. The nearest town is Pala which is about 4 km from Kizhaparayar. References Category:Villages in Kottayam district Category:Rubber industry |
2,493 | List of The Only Way Is Essex episodes | The following is a list of episodes for the British reality series The Only Way Is Essex that first aired on ITV2 on 10 October 2010. In 2014, the series was moved to ITVBe, beginning with the thirteenth series. Series overview Episodes Series 1 (2010) Series 2 (2011) Series 3 (2011) Series 4 (2012) Series 5 (2012) Series 6 (2012) Series 7 (2012) Series 8 (2013) Series 9 (2013) Series 10 (2013) Series 11 (2014) Series 12 (2014) Series 13 (2014) Series 14 (2015) Series 15 (2015) Series 16 (2015) Series 17 (2016) Series 18 (2016) Series 19 (2016) Series 20 (2017) Series 21 (2017) Series 22 (2018) Series 23 (2018) Series 24 (2019) Series 25 (2019) The 25th series of The Only Way Is Essex began airing on ITVBe on 1 September 2019. Specials References Category:Lists of British reality television series episodes Episodes |
2,494 | 1962–63 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season | The 1962–63 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season was the 24th season of ice hockey in Norway. Eight teams participated in the league, and Valerenga Ishockey won the championship. Regular season External links Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation Nor Category:GET-ligaen seasons Category:1962 in Norwegian sport Category:1963 in Norwegian sport |
2,495 | Hardmoney, Kentucky | Hardmoney is an unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky, United States. A post office was established in the community in 1880, but it closed in 1900. Hardmoney is named for the political controversy of the day over the gold standard. References Category:Graves County, Kentucky |
2,496 | Arhopala centaurus | Arhopala centaurus, the centaur oakblue or dull oakblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in India and southeast Asia to the Philippines. Description Subspecies A. c. centaurus Kangean, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumatra, mainland New Guinea, Torres Strait islands, northern Australia (QLD), Moa Is. A. c. asopus Waterhouse & Lyell, [1914] northern & northwestern Australia (NT), Koolan Is. A. c. nakula (C. & R. Felder, 1860) Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, S.Yunnan, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Singkep, Sumatra, Belitung, Bangka A. c. aglais C. & R. Felder, [1865] Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao) A. c. coruscans Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881 Andamans A. c. pirama (Moore, [1881]) Ceylon, South India A. c. pirithous ( Moore, [1884]) North India, Assam, Sikkim, S.China, Hainan A. c. centenitus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Batu, Pagi A. c. dixoni Eliot, 1978 Malaysia A. c. cuyoensis Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Cuyo) A. c. babuyana Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Babuyanes) A. c. decimarie Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Homonhon) A. c. dinacola Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Dinagat) Biology The larva feeds on Terminalia tomentosa, Terminalia paniculata, Lagerstroemia microcarpa and Xylia dolabriformis References External links Category:Arhopala Category:Butterflies of India Category:Butterflies of Singapore Category:Butterflies described in 1775 Category:Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius |
2,497 | Dihydrotestosterone (disambiguation) | Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) may refer to: 5α-Dihydrotestosterone – an active metabolite of testosterone and potent androgen steroid hormone 5β-Dihydrotestosterone – an inactive metabolite of testosterone See also Testosterone Androstanediol Androstanedione |
2,498 | The Wedding Night | The Wedding Night is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Gary Cooper and Anna Sten. Written by Edith Fitzgerald and based on a story by Edwin H. Knopf, the film is about a financially strapped novelist who returns to his country home in Connecticut looking for inspiration for his next novel and becomes involved with a beautiful young Polish woman and her family. The film was produced by Samuel Goldwyn and filmed at Samuel Goldwyn Studios from early November to early December 1934. It was released in the United States on March 8, 1935. The film received generally positive reviews, with The New York Times calling it "both pictorially and dramatically striking". Despite the reviews, the film did poorly at the box office, earning only $174,081. King Vidor won the Volpi Cup for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival in 1935. The Wedding Night was released in DVD format by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on May 22, 2007. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career. Plot New York novelist Tony Barrett (Gary Cooper) and his wife Dora (Helen Vinson) have accumulated serious debts as a result of their fast and affluent lifestyle in the big city. When Tony approaches his publisher expecting an advance on his newest novel, he is told that success has gone to his head and the novel is unpublishable. With few options available, Tony and Dora move to his family's run-down farm in Connecticut, where they meet his neighbors: a Polish farmer, Jan Novak (Sig Ruman), and his beautiful daughter, Manya (Anna Sten). Looking to expand his own property, Mr. Novak offers Tony $5,000 for a field bordering the Novak farm, and the author eagerly accepts. With their finances replenished, Dora returns to New York, leaving Tony at the farm, where he intends to write a new novel inspired by the Novaks and their friends. Sometime later, Tony and Manya are at his house discussing her betrothal to Fredrik (Ralph Bellamy), the young man chosen by her father to be her husband. A drunken Tony tells Manya that she is not in love with the young man, and makes suggestive remarks that anger her. The following day, Tony apologizes to Manya and the two begin a close friendship. After Tony's servant leaves to return to New York, Manya begins spending more time at Tony's farm and the two fall in love, just like the characters in his new novel, Stephen and Sonya. Fredrik soon learns that Manya has been seeing Tony at his farm, and he and her father forbid her from seeing Tony again. Ignoring their orders, Manya continues to spend time with the novelist at his house. One evening, a snow storm prevents Manya from returning home. The next morning, Mr. Novak angrily confronts Tony at his farm. Later, he demands that Manya marry Fredrik the following Monday. When Manya tells him that she will not spend her life being an |
2,499 | John Sutton (hurler) | John Sutton (1927-1989) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Mullinavat and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1950s. With Kilkenny Sutton won an All-Ireland title and three Leinster titles. References Category:Kilkenny inter-county hurlers Category:All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners Category:Possibly living people Category:Mullinavat hurlers Category:1927 births |
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