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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatton%20Park%20Gardens

Tatton Park Gardens

Tatton Park Gardens consist of formal and informal gardens in Tatton Park to the south of Tatton Hall, Cheshire, England (). Included in the gardens are an Italian garden, a walled garden, a rose garden, and the Japanese garden. The buildings in the garden are the Conservatory, the Fernery and the Showhouse. The gardens are owned by the National Trust and administered by Cheshire East Council. They are on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and have been designated at Grade II*. The gardens are open to the public at advertised times. History The first formal gardens were created around the early 18th-century house and consisted of a walled garden to the south of the house, a formal semicircular pond to its north and formal lines of trees to the east and west. Later Samuel Wyatt set out an avenue of beeches to the south, which is now the Broad Walk. An arboretum was created during the 18th century and additions have been made to it since. The earliest reference to the arboretum is in 1795 when between five and ten species were present. The first formal garden to be created for the present house was Charlotte's Garden, designed by Lewis William Wyatt in 1814. Lewis also designed the sandstone Conservatory, which was originally joined to the house by a glass passageway. This was also known as the Orangery because for a time it was used for growing oranges. In the 1830s, a copy of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens was placed at the end of the Broad Walk. Gardens were established along the sides of the Broad Walk, including the Leech Pool and the area containing the Golden Brook. In 1847, the terraces to the south of the house were laid out as an Italian Garden by Edward Milner to a design by Joseph Paxton. Later in the century, in 1883, Wilbraham Egerton added the stone balustrade. The statue of Neptune, which came from Venice, was added in 1920. Over the years changes have been made to this garden, and it was restored to its original design in 1986. In 1859, the Fernery had been built to a design by George Stokes, Paxton's assistant and son-in-law, to the west of the Conservatory to house tree ferns from New Zealand. The Fernery was seen in the TV miniseries Brideshead Revisited. In 1910, inspired by a visit to the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition in London, Alan de Tatton created a Japanese garden with strong western influences, making it a prime example of the Anglo-Japanese style. Artefacts within the garden, including the Shinto shrine, are believed to have been brought from Japan for the construction of the garden. In 1913, Alan de Tatton laid out the Rose Garden for his wife which contained a pool for bathing. Maintenance work in this garden had to be completed by 10.00 am. to allow Lady Egerton to enjoy it without being disturbed. Later in the 20th century, Maurice Egerton built the African Hut to the east of the Broad Walk as an association with his visits to Africa. He also planted large numbers of azaleas and rhododendrons. By the end of the 20th century, the Japanese Garden had become overgrown and it was restored in 2001. Since then the kitchen garden has been restored and the head gardener is planning to construct a new garden to reflect garden design in the 20th and 21st centuries. Layout The present garden entrance leads from the stable yard into the Walled Garden. On top of the north-facing wall are objects which look like urns, but which are actually chimney pots for what was once a heated wall. The ancillary buildings, including the mushroom sheds, onion stores, barns and glasshouses, have been restored to their former uses. The vegetable garden contains varieties of plants which were known to have been grown at Tatton in the Edwardian era. Some of the fruit in the garden was also grown during that time, while other varieties of fruit had been grown elsewhere in Cheshire. The glasshouses contain a representation of what would have been originally grown in them, including a restored pinery vinery for growing pineapples. The Walled Garden leads into the "Pleasure Gardens", which were for enjoyment rather than utility. These contain the L Borders which include plants formally arranged to replicate the style of border developed by Gertrude Jekyll. To the south of the L Borders is Charlotte's Garden. This was designed as a Gardenesque type of garden, including a conservatory, an arbour, a fountain, a rockery and a snake path. These five elements can still be found in this garden. The L Border, the Broad Walk and Beech Avenue form the main path through the gardens to the south which lead to the Monument. Opposite Charlotte's Garden is the Topiary which leads to the Rose Garden. This garden contains artefacts, including a Tea House, many of which were taken from the estate of Rostherne Manor. To the south of the Rose Garden is the Tower Garden, which contains a brick tower whose original purpose was to watch for sheep-stealing on the park land. This garden also contains articles from Rostherne Manor. Along the western border of the garden is the Arboretum, which contains 880 plants in 281 species. Its important trees include a Giant Redwood, a Weymouth Pine, a Mexican White Pine, an Ernest's Fir, and a Chilean Incense Cedar. The Japanese Garden is to the west of the southern end of the Broad Walk and is considered to be the finest Japanese garden in the United Kingdom, if not in Europe. It is an example of the Anglo-Japanese style. Artefacts in the garden include a Shinto Shrine, a tea house, a bridge over the Golden Brook, and a number of lanterns. The garden contains plants, stones and rocks which have been placed to provide a natural balance. The stones and rocks are selected for their shapes, and a mound has been formed to replicate Mount Fuji with its snow-capped summit. The plants include specimens of Japanese maple and various mosses. To the east of the Broad Walk is Maurice Egerton's African Hut. To the north of this is the Maze, which is planted with hornbeam and beech. To the southeast of Tatton Hall is the Italian Garden, a formal garden on two terraces. Its centrepiece is the statue of Neptune, which is unusual in that its pipework is visible at the back. To the south of the east end of the family wing are the Conservatory, the Fernery, and the Showhouse. Present day The gardens are owned by the National Trust and administered by Cheshire East Council. They are open to the public at advertised times. The Fernery still contains tree ferns and the Showhouse has changing displays of flowering plants. Produce from the Walled Garden can be purchased in the garden shop. A group of volunteers work to maintain the gardens. Courses are held on various aspects of gardening. References Bibliography External links https://www.tattonpark.org.uk/what_to_see_and_do/gardens/gardens.aspx Gardens in Cheshire Tourist attractions in Cheshire National Trust properties in Cheshire Japanese gardens in England Woodland gardens

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterhouse%27s%20swamp%20rat

Waterhouse's swamp rat

Waterhouse's swamp rat (Scapteromys tumidus) is a semiaquatic rodent species from South America. It is found in southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina, where it lives in freshwater and salt marshes, as well as open grassland of the pampas. Its karyotype has 2n = 24, substantially lower than its closest relative S. aquaticus with 2n = 32. References Scapteromys Mammals described in 1837

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rake%27s%20Progress%20%28film%29

The Rake's Progress (film)

The Rake's Progress is a 1945 British comedy-drama film. In the United States, the title was changed to Notorious Gentleman. The film caused controversy with U.S. censors of the time, who trimmed scenes for what was considered graphic amoral and sexual content. Plot The plot follows the career of upper-class cad Vivian Kenway (Rex Harrison). He is sent down from Oxford University for placing a chamber pot on the Martyrs' Memorial. Sent to South America after his father pulls a favour from a friend, he is fired for heckling the managing director while drunk. A friend offers him a job, but he responds by seducing his wife and is found out. His jobs decline, as he moves from employment as racing driver to shop assistant to dancing partner. He lives a life of womanising and heavy drinking and constantly runs up large debts, which his family has to pay. One girl tries to kill herself. Driving while drunk and taking risks, he crashes and causes the death of his father, Colonel Kenway (Godfrey Tearle). Kenway is eaten up by guilt in consequence. Another girl tries to rescue him. The plot diverges from the theme of the Rake's Progress paintings by having him redeem himself by a hero's death in World War II. Cast Rex Harrison as Vivian Kenway Lilli Palmer as Rikki Krausner Godfrey Tearle as Colonel Robert Kenway Griffith Jones as Sandy Duncan Margaret Johnston as Jennifer Calthrop Guy Middleton as Fogroy Jean Kent as Jill Duncan Patricia Laffan as Miss Fernandez Marie Lohr as Lady Parks Garry Marsh as Sir Hubert Parks David Horne as Sir John Brockley Alan Wheatley as Edwards Brefni O'Rorke as Bromhead John Salew as Burgess Charles Victor as Old Sweat Jack Melford as race team member (uncredited) Critical reception The New York Times described the film as "an oddly deceptive affair which taxes precise classification. It plays like a comedy-romance, but all the way through it keeps switching with brutal abruptness to the sharpest irony...As a consequence, a curious unevenness of emphasis and mood prevails, and initial sympathy with the hero is frequently and painfully upset"; while more recently, TV Guide wrote, "the film is filled with wit and style. It does not treat its unattractive subject with sympathy, yet remains sensitive and touching." References External links Review of film at Variety 1945 films 1945 comedy-drama films British black-and-white films British comedy-drama films Films with screenplays by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat Films directed by Sidney Gilliat Films scored by William Alwyn Works based on art 1940s British films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman%20bullhead%20shark

Oman bullhead shark

The Oman bullhead shark, Heterodontus omanensis, is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae found in the tropical western Indian Ocean around central Oman, from the surface to a depth of on the continental shelf. This species has an average length of and can reach a maximum length of . This shark was described in 2005, making it one of the most recently described of its genus. The Oman bullhead shark likely is accidentally caught as bycatch, putting the species at risk. References Heterodontidae Fish of the Indian Ocean Fish described in 2005

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolomys%20ucayalensis

Scolomys ucayalensis

Scolomys ucayalensis, also known as the long-nosed scolomys or Ucayali spiny mouse is a nocturnal rodent species from South America. It is part of the genus Scolomys within the tribe Oryzomyini. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in various different habitats in the Amazon rainforest. Description Scolomys ucayalensis has a head-and-body length of between and a tail around 83% of this. The head is small but broad with a pointed snout and small rounded ears. The fur is a mixture of fine hairs and thicker, flattened spines. The dorsal surface is some shade of reddish-brown to reddish-black, sometimes grizzled or streaked with black, and the underparts are grey. The tail is nearly naked, and the hind feet are small but broad. The hypothenar pad (next to the outer digit on the sole of the foot) is either absent or reduced in size on the hind feet, and this contrasts with the otherwise similar Scolomys melanops which has well-developed hypothenar pads. The karyotype of S. ucayalensis has 2n = 50 and FN = 68, while that of S. melanops has 2n = 60, FN = 78. Distribution and habitat S. ucayalensis is found on the eastern side of the Andes in South America. Its range extends from southern Colombia and southern Ecuador, through western Brazil to northern Peru, and completely surrounds the range of S. melanops. Its habitat varies, with specimens being found in primary terra firme (non-flooded) lowland humid forest in Brazil, in undergrowth growing where primary forest had been cut back, and in cloud forest where the trees are clad in mosses and bromeliads. Its altitudinal range is between . References Literature cited Scolomys Mammals described in 1991

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindery

Bindery

Bindery refers to a studio, workshop or factory where sheets of (usually) paper are fastened together to make books, but also where gold and other decorative elements are added to the exterior of books, where boxes or slipcases for books are made and where the restoration of books is carried out. Different Types of Bindery • Perfect Bound - The pages are collated and bound by glue with a hard or soft cover. • Saddle Stitched - Four pages of the book is printed a single sheet, the sheets are collated, folded and bound by two or three staples along the folded spine. • Coil or Spiral Bound - Pages are collated, then a punch is used to crated holes on the binding edge. Next the pages are held together by a wire or plastic coil. Overview A large traditional hand bookbinding studio or workshop may be divided into areas for different tasks such as sewing, rounding and backing the spine, attaching the boards to the book and covering the book with cloth or leather. These processes are collectively called forwarding and would be carried out in the forwarding department. This area of the bindery would typically have equipment such as sewing frames, guillotines, board choppers for cutting boards used as covers, laying presses for holding books when being worked on and nipping presses for flattening paper, board, etc. Recently, some compact material have been developed, allowing the processing of almost all the operations. The process of decorating or titling a book with gold or other metals, and/or different colored pieces of leather, is called finishing and is carried out in the finishing room or department. In a hand bookbindery this area would house the dozens or hundreds of brass hand tools that are used to impress gold patterns and figures onto leather one at a time, as well as the finishing stoves needed to heat these tools. In a more modern or commercial bindery, many decorative elements or letters are stamped onto a book's cover or case at the same time by use of a hot press. Modern, commercial, bookbinding outfits range in size from the local "copy shop" book binder, using techniques such as coil binding, comb binding and velo binding to factories producing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of volumes a day using such processes as perfect binding, saddle wire binding, and case binding. The term, bindery, especially in copy and print shops, has expanded to include other forms of paper finishing, such as paper drilling, lamination, and foamcore mounting. See also Bookbinding References Publishing Bookbinding Book arts Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio%20de%20Janeiro%20arboreal%20rat

Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat

The Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat (Phaenomys ferrugineus) is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Phaenomys. References Thomasomyini Mammals described in 1894 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20of%20Crossbowmen

Master of Crossbowmen

The Master of Crossbowmen () or more precisely, Master of Arbalesters or Master of Archers was the title of a commander of the Infantry of the French army (the "host") in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The position was an honorific title, not a military rank, created by Louis IX. The position existed until the reign of François I, when its duties were transferred to the Grand Master of Artillery. The Master of the Crossbowmen commanded all archers (longbow, arbalest, crossbow, etc.), engineers and workers on siege engines, sappers ("sapeurs") and miners for mining fortifications during siege warfare. He was under the command of the Constable of France and the Marshals. Under his command was the Master of Artillery, who would come to more prominence in the reign of Louis XI, with the increased use of artillery. The office is often considered one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. References This article is based in part on the article Maître des Arbalétriers from the French Wikipedia, retrieved on September 6, 2006. Nicolle, David. French Armies of the Hundred Years War. London: Osprey Publishing, 2000. Nicolle, David. French Medieval Armies 1000-1300. London: Osprey Publishing, 1991. Nicolle, David. Medieval Warfare Source Book: Warfare in Western Christendom. London: Brockhampton Press, 1999. See also Great Officers of the Crown of France Maison du Roi Medieval warfare Court titles in the Ancien Régime Military history of the Ancien Régime

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoryzomys

Pseudoryzomys

Pseudoryzomys simplex, also known as the Brazilian false rice rat or false oryzomys, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae from south-central South America. It is found in lowland palm savanna and thorn scrub habitats. It is a medium-sized species, weighing about , with gray–brown fur, long and narrow hindfeet, and a tail that is about as long as the head and body. The IUCN has assessed its conservation status as being of least concern, although almost nothing is known about its diet or reproduction. The only species in the genus Pseudoryzomys, its closest living relatives are the large rats Holochilus and Lundomys, which are semiaquatic, spending much of their time in the water. The three genera share several characters, including specializations towards a semiaquatic lifestyle, such as the presence of membranes between the digits (interdigital webbing), and a reduction in the complexity of the molar crowns, both of which are at incipient stages in Pseudoryzomys. Together, they form a unique assemblage within the oryzomyine tribe, a very diverse group including over one hundred species, mainly in South America. This tribe is part of the subfamily Sigmodontinae and family Cricetidae, which include many more species, mainly from Eurasia and the Americas. Pseudoryzomys simplex was independently described in 1888 on the basis of subfossil cave specimens from Brazil (as Hesperomys simplex); and in 1921 on the basis of a live specimen from Paraguay (as Oryzomys wavrini). This was confirmed in 1991 that both names pertained to the same species. Taxonomy Discovery and recognition Pseudoryzomys simplex has had a complex taxonomic history. It was first described in 1888 by Danish zoologist Herluf Winge, who reviewed the materials Peter Wilhem Lund had collected in the caves of Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Winge described the species as Hesperomys simplex, and placed it in the same genus (Hesperomys) as the species now called Lundomys molitor and two species now placed in Calomys. Like most other species Winge proposed, H. simplex was mostly ignored in the systematic literature, but from 1952 it was used briefly, in the combination "Oecomys simplex", for an Oecomys species from central Brazil. In his 1960 review of Oecomys, Field Museum mammalogist Philip Hershkovitz denied any affinities between simplex and Oecomys, noting that various features of the H. simplex skull illustrated by Winge instead suggested affinities to the phyllotine or sigmodont groups. In 1921, renowned British mammalogist Oldfield Thomas described Oryzomys wavrini as a new species of Oryzomys from Paraguay. In the next decades, it was viewed as an aberrant species of Oryzomys (then used in a much broader sense than now), but it was moved to a separate genus, named Pseudoryzomys, by Hershkovitz in 1959, who noted that although it is similar to Oryzomys palustris in appearance, other features suggest it is more closely related to Phyllotis. Thus, he viewed the animal as a member of the phyllotine group of rodents, which includes Calomys and Phyllotis, not of the oryzomyine group, which includes Oryzomys, and his opinion was mostly accepted in the next few decades. Scientific knowledge of the rare Pseudoryzomys wavrini—only three specimens were known when Hershkovitz described the genus Pseudoryzomys in 1959—increased in the following years, and in 1975 the Bolivian population was named as a separate subspecies, Pseudoryzomys wavrini reigi, because Bolivian animals are slightly larger and darker than those from Paraguay. In 1980, Argentinean zoologist Elio Massoia suggested that Winge's Hesperomys simplex and the living Pseudoryzomys wavrini are in fact the same species. In a 1991 study, American zoologists Voss and Myers confirmed this suggestion after re-examining Winge's material, finding no appreciable differences among specimens of H. simplex and P. wavrini. Since then, the species has been known as Pseudoryzomys simplex (Winge, 1888), because simplex is the oldest specific name for the animal; Oryzomys wavrini Thomas, 1921, and Pseudoryzomys wavrini reigi Pine and Wetzel, 1975, are junior synonyms. Voss and Myers also re-evaluated the relationships of Pseudoryzomys; they considered it closer to oryzomyines than to phyllotines, but declined to formally place it in Oryzomyini in the absence of explicit phylogenetic justification for such a placement. Oryzomyine relationships When Voss and Carleton formally characterized Oryzomyini two years later, they did place Pseudoryzomys in the group, even though it lacks complete mesoloph(id)s. The mesoloph is an accessory crest on the upper molars and the mesolophid is the corresponding structure on the lower molars. Only a few other animals now considered oryzomyines lack complete mesoloph(id)s, but they are absent in various non-oryzomyines, some of which had previously been regarded as close relatives of the oryzomyines that lack them. Oryzomyines with and without complete mesoloph(id)s share various other characters, however, including presence of mammae on the chest, absence of a gall bladder, and some characters of the skull, suggesting that they form one natural, monophyletic group. Oryzomyini is now one of several tribes recognized within the subfamily Sigmodontinae, which encompasses hundreds of species found across South America and into southern North America. Sigmodontinae itself is the largest subfamily of the family Cricetidae, other members of which include voles, lemmings, hamsters, and deermice, all mainly from Eurasia and North America. Several phylogenetic studies published during the 1990s and 2000s supported a close relationship between Pseudoryzomys and two other oryzomyines with reduced or absent mesoloph(id)s, Lundomys and Holochilus. The extinct genera Noronhomys and Carletonomys, described in 1999 and 2008 respectively, were also recognized as members of the group. In 2006, a broad morphological and molecular phylogenetic study of Oryzomyini provided further support for the relationship between Holochilus, Lundomys, and Pseudoryzomys. Within this group, morphological data supported a closer relationship between Holochilus and Lundomys to the exclusion of Pseudoryzomys, but DNA sequence data favored a clustering between Holochilus and Pseudoryzomys to the exclusion of Lundomys; among all oryzomyines, this was the only case where relationships which received strong support from morphological and DNA sequence data conflicted. Together, the three genera form part of a large group of oryzomyines ("clade D"), which contains tens of other species. Several of those display some adaptations to life in the water, being partially aquatic, as do Pseudoryzomys and its relatives. Morphological data indicate that the genus Oryzomys is the closest relative of the group that includes Pseudoryzomys, but DNA sequence data from the nuclear IRBP gene did not support this relationship; convergent adaptations towards a semiaquatic lifestyle may explain the morphological support for a relation between Oryzomys and the other three genera. Description Pseudoryzomys simplex is a nondescript, medium-sized rat with long, soft fur. The upperparts are gray–brown and the underparts are buff; the color changes gradually over the body. The small ears are covered with short hairs. The tail is as long as or slightly longer than the head and body, and is dark above and light below. Despite the presence of short hairs, the scales on the tail are clearly visible. The hairs on the feet are pale. The hindfeet are long and narrow and have five toes, the first and fifth of which are short. Webbing is present between the second, third, and fourth toes, but the membranes are not as large as in Lundomys or Holochilus. The tufts of hair on the toes and several of the pads are reduced, other common characteristics of semiaquatic oryzomyines. The head-body length is , tail length , hindfeet length , ear length and body mass . The female has four pairs of teats, including one on the chest and three on the belly, and the gall bladder is absent, both important characters of Oryzomyini. As is characteristic of Sigmodontinae, Pseudoryzomys has a complex penis, with the baculum (penis bone) displaying large protuberances at the sides. In the cartilaginous part of the baculum, the central digit is smaller than those at the sides. Skull The skull, which is short at the front, shows some typical oryzomyine characters. The palate is long, extending past the molars and the maxillary bones. The alisphenoid strut, which in some sigmodontines separates two foramina (openings) in the skull, is absent. The squamosal bone lacks a suspensory process contacting the tegmen tympani, the roof the tympanic cavity. The front part is short. The nasal bones end bluntly close to the hindmost extent of the premaxillary bones. The narrow interorbital region, located between the eyes, converges towards the front and is flanked by low beads. The interparietal bone, located in the roof of the skull on the braincase, is nearly as wide as the frontals, but does not reach the squamosals. The incisive foramina, which perforate the palate between the incisors and the molars, are long and narrow, extending between the first molars. The back margins of the zygomatic plates, the flattened front portions of the zygomatic arches (cheekbones), are located before the first molars. Like its close relatives Lundomys and Holochilus, Pseudoryzomys has spinous processes on its zygomatic plates. These genera also share relatively simple posterolateral palatal pits, perforations of the palate near the third molar. Unlike Holochilus and Lundomys, however, Pseudoryzomys has a flat palate, lacking a ridge on the middle that extends along the length of the palate. The parapterygoid fossae, which are located behind the third molars, are excavated beyond the level of the palate, but not as deeply as in Holochilus and Lundomys. The mastoid skull bone contains a conspicuous opening, as in most oryzomyines. The mandible (lower jaw) is short and deep. The mental foramen, an opening at the front of the mandible, just before the first molar, opens to the side. The capsular process of the lower incisor, a raising of the mandibular bone at the back end of the incisor, is well developed. The two masseteric ridges, to which some of the chewing muscles are attached, are entirely separate, joining only at their front edges, which are located below the first molar. Molars As in all oryzomyines except Holochilus and its close relatives, the molars are brachyodont, low-crowned, and bunodont, with the cusps extending higher than the central parts of the molars. They are characterized by strong cusps and absence or reduction of accessory crests. The cusps of the upper molars are opposite, but in the lower molars the labial (outer) cusps are slightly further to the front than the lingual (inner) ones. On the upper first molar, one accessory ridge, the anteroloph, is lacking, but another, the mesoloph, is present. Unlike in most other oryzomyines, however, which have mesolophs reaching the labial margin of the molar, the mesolophs of Pseudoryzomys are short and protrude only slightly from the middle of the molar. The corresponding structure in the lower molars, the mesolophid, is completely absent. The hindmost valley between cusps on the lower first molar, the posteroflexid, is severely reduced, foreshadowing its loss in Lundomys and Holochilus. A number of molar traits support Pseudoryzomyss relationship with Holochilus and Lundomys, forming steps in the transition from the complex, low-crowned generalized oryzomyine molar pattern to the simpler, high-crowned pattern of Holochilus. As in all oryzomyines, the upper molars all have one root on the inner (lingual) side and two on the outer (labial) side; in addition, the first upper molar in Pseudoryzomys and some other species has another labial root. The first lower molar has large roots at the front and back of the tooth and two smaller ones in between, at the labial and lingual side. The second and third lowers molars have two roots at the front, one labial and one lingual, and another at the back. Postcranial skeleton Pseudoryzomys has 19 or 20 thoracic (chest) and lumbar vertebrae, 13 of which bear ribs, as is characteristic of oryzomyines. The first ribs contact both the seventh cervical (neck) vertebra and the first thoracic vertebra, an important character of the Sigmodontinae. Unlike in most sigmodontines, including Holochilus and Lundomys, the fourth lumbar vertebra lacks the processes known as anapophyses. There are three or four sacral and about 29 caudal (tail) vertebrae. Between the second and third caudal vertebrae, separate bones called hemal arches are present. These display a spinous process at the back, as in both Holochilus and Lundomys. On the humerus, the upper arm bone, the entepicondylar foramen is absent, as in all members of the Sigmodontinae; in some other cricetids, it perforates the far (distal) end of the humerus. Karyotype The karyotype generally includes 56 chromosomes with a total of 54 major arms (2n = 56, FN = 54) in specimens from both Bolivia and Brazil; a poorly prepared Paraguayan specimen seems to have a similar karyotype. In this karyotype, all autosomes (non-sex chromosomes) are acrocentric (with one arm so short as to be almost invisible). However, in two specimens from the Brazilian states of Tocantins and São Paulo, one pair of autosomes contains both an acrocentric and a metacentric chromosome (with two equally long arms), yielding an FN of 55. One arm of the metacentric chromosome consists entirely of heterochromatin. Apparently, a whole heterochromatic arm was added to this chromosome; cases of similar variation are known from the rodents Peromyscus, Clyomys, and Thaptomys. Both sex chromosomes are acrocentric, and X is larger than Y. In addition to heterochromatin near the centromere, the Y chromosome contains two large blocks of heterochromatin on its long arm. The karyotype is closely similar to that of Holochilus brasiliensis. Distribution, ecology, and variation Pseudoryzomys simplex is known from northeastern Argentina, probably south to about 30°S, northward through western Paraguay to eastern Bolivia and from there eastward through Brazil in the states of Mato Grosso, Goiás, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Bahia, and far in the northeast, Alagoas and Pernambuco. Paraguayan animals are somewhat smaller than those from Bolivia and Brazil and those from Bolivia have darker fur than Paraguayan specimens, but these differences are not considered significant enough to recognize subspecies. Certain bats show a similar pattern of variation: they are smaller and paler in the Chaco region, which includes much of Paraguay. Two specimens from Paraguay, collected apart, differed by 1.4% in the sequence of the cytochrome b gene, but nothing is known about genetic variation in other parts of the range. The species has long been rare in collections; in 1991, Voss and Myers could use less than 50 specimens for their study of the species, including Lund's fragmentary material from Lagoa Santa. A fragmentary lower jaw of "Pseudoryzomys aff. P. simplex" (i.e., an unnamed species close to Pseudoryzomys simplex) is known from a cave deposit in Cueva Tixi, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, outside the current distribution of the species. It is dated from the first millennium CE. The jaw's morphology agrees with that of P. simplex, but the toothrow is relatively long (5.78 mm; 4.61 to 5.60 mm in three specimens of P. simplex) and the first molar is relatively narrow (1.28 mm; 1.30 to 1.40 mm in five P. simplex). P. simplex inhabits open, usually humid tropical and subtropical lowlands. In Argentina, it is mainly a species of the eastern Chaco and in Brazil it is found in the Cerrado and Caatinga. Most specimens for which habitat data are known were caught on the ground in humid grassland, some in seasonally flooded areas; an Argentinean specimen was captured in dense swamp vegetation. It is terrestrial and semiaquatic, living on the ground but also spending time in the water. Nothing is known about behavior or diet. P. simplex has frequently been found in pellets of the barn owl (Tyto alba) and also in those of the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus). It is a preferred prey of the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus). Conservation status The species is not known to be threatened and its conservation status is classified as least concern by the IUCN. It is a widely distributed species without substantial threats to its continued existence, but degradation of its habitat may endanger some populations. It was assessed as "potentially vulnerable" in Argentina. Footnotes References Literature cited Belentani, S.C. da S., Motta-Junior, J.C. and Talamoni, S.A. 2005. Notes on the food habits and prey selection of the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) (Mammalia, Canidae) in southeastern Brazil. Biocièncias 13(1):95–98. Bonvicino, C.R., Lemos, B. and Weksler, M. 2005. Small mammals of Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (Cerrado of Central Brazil): Ecologic, karyologic, and taxonomic considerations. Brazilian Journal of Biology 65(3):395–406. Bonvicino, C.R., Oliveira, J.A. and D'Andrea, P.S. 2008. . Rio de Janeiro: Centro Pan-Americano de Febre Aftosa – OPAS/OMS, 120 pp. (in Portuguese). Carleton, M.D. and Olson, S.L. 1999. Amerigo Vespucci and the rat of Fernando de Noronha: a new genus and species of Rodentia (Muridae, Sigmodontinae) from a volcanic island off Brazil's continental shelf. American Museum Novitates 3256:1–59. Chebez, J.C., Pereira, J., Massoia, E., Di Giacomo, A.G. and Fortabat, S.H. 2005. Mamíferos de la Reserva El Bagual. Temas de Naturaleza y Conservación 4:467–499 (in Spanish). D'Elia, G., Mora, I., Myers, P. and Owen, R.D. 2008. New and noteworthy records of Rodentia (Erethizontidae, Sciuridae, and Cricetidae) from Paraguay (subscription required for full paper). Zootaxa 1784:39–57. Díaz, G. and Ojeda, R. 2000. Libro Rojo de los mamíferos amenazados de la Argentina. Mendoza: Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos, 106 pp. (in Spanish). Hershkovitz, P.M. 1959. Two new genera of South American rodents (Cricetinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72:5–10. Hershkovitz, P.M. 1960. Mammals of northern Colombia, preliminary report no. 8: Arboreal rice rats, a systematic revision of the subgenus Oecomys, genus Oryzomys. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 110:513–568. Hershkovitz, P. 1962. Evolution of Neotropical cricetine rodents (Muridae) with special reference to the phyllotine group. Fieldiana Zoology 46:1–524. Moreira, C.N., Di-Nizo, C.B., Silva, M.J.d.J., Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y. and Ventura, K. 2013. A remarkable autosomal heteromorphism in Pseudoryzomys simplex 2n = 56; FN = 54-55 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) (subscription required). Genetics and Molecular Biology 36(2):201–206. Pardiñas, U.F.J. 1995. Novedosos cricetidos (Mammalia, Rodentia) en el Holoceno de la Región Pampeana, Argentina. Ameghiniana 32(2):197–203 (in Spanish). Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2008. A new genus of oryzomyine rodent (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the Pleistocene of Argentina (subscription required). Journal of Mammalogy 89(5):1270–1278. Pardiñas, U.F.J., Cirignoli, S. and Galliari, C.A. 2004. Distribution of Pseudoryzomys simplex (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Argentina. Mastozoología Neotropical 11(1):105–108. Voss, R.S. and Carleton, M.D. 1993. A new genus for Hesperomys molitor Winge and Holochilus magnus Hershkovitz (Mammalia, Muridae) with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates 3085:1–39. Voss, R.S. and Myers, P. 1991. Pseudoryzomys simplex (Rodentia: Muridae) and the significance of Lund's collections from the caves of Lagoa Santa, Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 206:414–432. Weksler, M. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of oryzomyine rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae): separate and combined analyses of morphological and molecular data. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 296:1–149. Wetzel, R.M. and Lovett, J.W. 1974. A collection of animals from the Chaco of Paraguay. University of Connecticut Occasional Papers 2(13):203–216. Winge, H. 1888. Jordfundne og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien. E Museo Lundii 1(3):1–200. Oryzomyini Monotypic rodent genera Mammals of Argentina Mammals of Bolivia Mammals of Brazil Mammals of Paraguay Mammals described in 1888 Taxa named by Philip Hershkovitz

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverre%20Kolterud

Sverre Kolterud

Sverre Cristiansen Kolterud (March 15, 1908, Nordre Land – November 7, 1996) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1930s. He was born in Dokka and died in Oslo. Kolterud won two silver medals in the individual event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (1931, 1934). At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York he finished 4th in the individual event. External links Sverre Kolterud's profile at Sports Reference.com 1908 births 1996 deaths People from Nordre Land Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway Nordic combined skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Sportspeople from Innlandet

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20I%20Want%20%28Dead%20or%20Alive%20song%29

What I Want (Dead or Alive song)

"What I Want" is a song written and recorded by English pop band Dead or Alive. It was co-produced by the band and Zeus B. Held and released in August 1983 as the second single from Dead or Alive's debut studio album Sophisticated Boom Boom (1984). Background The song was not a success when released, peaking at No. 88 in the UK Singles Chart. After Dead or Alive's UK Top 40 success of "That's the Way (I Like It)", "What I Want" was re-issued in June 1984. It did not fare much better during its second chart run, placing only one position higher, at No. 87. Track listing Chart performance The single was re-released in June 1984, however, it proved to be a slight, but bigger hit than the original. Both versions charted in the UK, separated by only one position between the two. External links 1983 singles Dead or Alive (band) songs Songs written by Pete Burns 1983 songs Songs written by Mike Percy (musician) Epic Records singles Songs written by Wayne Hussey

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian%20arboreal%20mouse

Brazilian arboreal mouse

The Brazilian arboreal mouse (Rhagomys rufescens) is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil, often close to bamboo thickets. It can be distinguished from Rhagomys longilingua, the only other species in its genus, by the absence of spines among the hair. Formerly believed to be extinct after no sightings were recorded for over 100 years, the species has since been found in four localities. However, it is nowhere common, and all of these are forest fragments, and ongoing deforestation threatens the species' survival. For these reasons, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being "vulnerable". Description The Brazilian arboreal mouse is a small mouse with small rounded ears and vibrissae (whiskers) long enough to reach the ears. The dorsal fur is reddish-brown which gradually fades to reddish-grey on the ventral surface. The hair is soft, and this distinguishes Rhagomys rufescens from the only other species in the genus, Rhagomys longilingua, which has spines mixed in with the hairs. They also differ in certain skull characteristics, and their ranges do not overlap. The head-and-body length slightly exceeds the tail length. The tail is brownish and has small scales. It is sparsely clad in blackish hairs that get longer near the tip and form a tuft. The hind feet are broad with bare soles and fleshy plantar pads. The hallux (big toe) bears a nail rather than a claw, a unique characteristic of this genus. The female has three pairs of mammary glands. Distribution and habitat R. rufescens was first described in 1886 from Rio de Janeiro State in Brazil but it has not been found in that locality for over one hundred years and was believed to be extinct. However, it has now been found in four other localities in Brazil, near Ubatuba in São Paulo State, including in Pincinguaba State Park, and near Viçosa in Minas Gerais State. It typically lives in Atlantic forest, often among bamboos, and also in modified forest habitats. Ecology Little is known about this species and its natural history. Several specimens were caught in pitfall traps sunk in the ground, but it is thought that it is an arboreal rodent, or one that scrambles among the undergrowth, because of the morphology of its feet. Examination of the stomach contents of one individual that was caught showed that it had eaten several species of ant. References Rhagomys Mammals described in 1886 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Endemic fauna of Brazil

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Reese

David Reese

David Reese or Reece may refer to: David Reece, lead singer of German heavy metal band Accept, Bangalore Choir, and Gypsy Rose David Reece (priest) (1895–1981), Archdeacon of Margam David Addison Reese (1794–1871), American politician and doctor David Meredith Reese (1800–1861), American physician and skeptic Dave Reece (born 1948), American professional ice hockey goaltender Chip Reese (1951–2007), American professional gambler See also David Rees (disambiguation)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Pop

U-Pop

U-Pop was a satellite radio channel programmed by Washington, DC based 1worldspace. U-Pop could originally be heard globally on WorldSpace's Afristar and Asiastar satellites. The channel features hit music from around the globe including hits from Europe, Japan, Africa, America and Latin America. It is available on 1worldspace radio only. XM Hiatus and elimination of U-Pop on XM XM Satellite Radio carried U-Pop on channel 29 and on Channel 824 on DirecTV. The company has placed U-Pop on hiatus several times over the life of the channel and eliminated it from the lineup on November 12, 2008. It was replaced in XM's lineup by BBC Radio 1, a similarly-formatted Europop channel on Sirius channel 11. U-Pop continued on XM Radio Online channel 31 and DirecTV until Sirius XM Radio ended its contract with 1worldspace in February 2009. U-Pop was also the last XM Satellite Radio channel to be carried on satellites before the channel merger. Former featured shows These shows aired on U-Pop before 1worldspace filed for bankruptcy. Ted Kelly's World Party New Music Friday The Daley Planet with Mark Daley The IT List The UPOP Chart Countdown Upick The UPOP hit40uk Aural Fixation w/ Pogo Basement Bhangra Buzzine Casbah After Dark with Mike Copeland Gravity with Zach Overking Shibuya Airwaves References See also XM Satellite Radio channel history Defunct radio stations in the United States

6899460

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-nosed%20mouse

Red-nosed mouse

The red-nosed mouse (Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos) is an arboreal rodent species endemic to Brazil. It is found in caatinga and cerrado habitat in southeast Brazil. References Wiedomys Mammals of Brazil Endemic fauna of Brazil Taxa named by Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied Mammals described in 1821

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mystery%20of%20the%20Brass%20Bound%20Trunk

The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk

The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk is the seventeenth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series, published under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. It was first published in 1940 by Grosset & Dunlap and was extensively revised for publication in 1976. 1940 version Nancy plans a trip to South America by boat, along with chums George and Bess. They have joined a tour being conducted by an exclusive girls school. To Nancy's amazement, the mother of one of the students (Mrs. Joslin) protests Nancy's presence on the tour. Prior to departure, Nancy learns there are issues involving the Trenton trunk company, mostly concerning the quality of merchandise; the owner of the company, who is a friend of Carson Drew, asks Nancy to interfere in daughter Doris' life and relationships so she will marry the son of a former business partner. Nancy must solve several mysteries: who the mysterious red-haired young man could be; why Doris is so withdrawn; what is going on with the trunk company; why did Mrs. Joslin so vehemently protest Nancy's presence, as well as aiding her daughter Nestrelda; and solve the mix-up with Nestrelda's and Nancy's identical (or are they?) monogrammed Trenton trunks. 1976 revision On a trip to New York City from the Netherlands, Nancy, Bess, and George, along with new friend Nelda, must discover why someone is threatening both Nancy and Nelda, who share the same initials, and also discover the origin of a mysterious trunk bearing the initials N.D. Nancy must also unravel the mysteries of smuggled jewelry, and purloined documents from an African government. Artwork The 1940 cover art depicts Nancy and George attempting to stop Nancy's trunk from being removed from the ship. The 1962 art was updated by Rudy Nappi, and depicts Nancy, Bess and George in the same scene, wearing Kennedy suits. For the revised story in 1976, Nappi presents Nancy against a background of brown, with a montage of images, including a jewel cache . References External links Nancy Drew books 1940 American novels 1940 children's books 1972 American novels 1972 children's books Children's mystery novels Grosset & Dunlap books

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375%20St.%20Louis%20Blues%20season

1974–75 St. Louis Blues season

The 1974–75 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Offseason NHL Draft Below are listed the selections in the 1974 NHL amateur draft: Regular season Final standings Schedule and results Player statistics Regular season Scoring Goaltending Playoffs Scoring Goaltending References Blues on Hockey Database St. Louis Blues seasons St. Louis St. Louis St Louis St Louis

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boldog%2C%20Slovakia

Boldog, Slovakia

Boldog or Pozsonyboldogfa (in , in ) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 124 metres and covers an area of 4.496 km2. It has a population of about 433. History In the 9th century, the territory of Boldog was part of possibly of Greater Moravia and from 1000 part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1245. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area and by the Treaty of Trianon, the village became part of Czechoslovakia. Between 1938 and 1945 Boldog became part Hungary again through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia. Roman Inscription In 1978, during restoration work in the church, a remarkable gravestone for a Roman Centurion of Legio XV Apollinaris, who is also described as a 'Negotiator' or trader, was found in the wall of the sacristy. The inscription is as follows: Q ATILIVS SP.F.VOT.PRI MVS.INTER R EX LEG XV.IDEM. NEGOTIATOR.AN LXXX. HSE Q.ATILIVS COCI TUS.ATILIA QL EAV STA.PRIVATUS.ET MARTIALIS.HERED P L According to Dr. Titus Kolník inscription translates as: Quintus Atilius Primus, son of Spurio Tribune Votbrimus (or of the tribe Voturina. Interpreter XV. Legion centurion and businessman. He lived 80 years, is buried here. Quintus Atilius Cogitatus, Atilia, Quint L EAV Privatus and Martialis heirs. P had erected. The XV legion was stationed at Carnuntum, a Roman Limes, or frontier fort on the Danube and the gravestone is likely to date from between 90-138AD. As Boldog lies between Bratislava and Trnava, to the east of the Danube, Quintus Atilius Primus must have died outside the area of the Roman Empire. This might indicate that there was a trading post in the vicinity, to which he moved after his career in the Roman Army. The Parish Church The Church, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of a group of Romanesque churches in Western Slovakia. The first phase dates from first half of the 12th century, or even the 11th century AD. Around 1220 the church was extended to the west, and a tower built with a triple tiered arrangement of Romanesque window openings. Brick was used for this extension, as was the case at Dražovce church near Nitra. Other Romanesque features include a finely carved baptismal font, a decorative Tympanum over the west door and grotesque animal head brackets below the eaves of the roof. In 1280 the Church and the village came into the ownership of the Poor Clares and between 1364 and 1370 they made modifications to the church in the Gothic style. Demography Population by nationality: References External links/Sources Details of the discovery of the Roman Gravestone https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Senec District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Wilfred%27s%20mouse

Greater Wilfred's mouse

The greater Wilfred's mouse, Wilfredomys oenax, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in southern Brazil and Uruguay in subtropical lowland forest. It is arboreal to some degree. It is the only species in the genus Wilfredomys. Distribution and Habitat The species is found in subtropical lowland woodland with dense vegetation. It is also spotted in trees, suggesting that it might be arboreal. Threats The Greater Wilfred's Mouse faces threats of habitat loss from farming, wood and pulp plantations, and cattle ranching, along with logging and wood harvesting. These actions are causing widespread ecological stress and habitat degradation along the species' range. The species has an extremely fragmented population. References Thomasomyini Mammals described in 1928 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri%20Mahamariamman%20Temple%2C%20Kuala%20Lumpur

Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur

The Sri Mahamariamman Temple (Tamil: ஸ்ரீ மகாமாரியம்மன் திருக்கோவில்,கோலாலம்பூர்) is the oldest Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Founded in 1873, it is situated at the edge of Chinatown in Jalan Bandar (formerly High Street). In 1968, a new structure was built, featuring the ornate 'Raja Gopuram' tower in the style of South Indian temples. From its inception, the temple provided an important place of worship for early Indian immigrants and is now an important cultural and national heritage. History The Sri Mahamariamman Temple was founded by K. Thamboosamy Pillai in 1873 and was initially used as a private shrine by the Pillai family. The family threw the temple doors open to the public in the late 1920s and eventually handed the management of the temple over to a board of trustees. This is the oldest functioning Hindu temple in Malaysia. It is also reputed to be the richest in the country. The temple was originally sited somewhere near the Kuala Lumpur railway station. It shifted to its present location along Jalan Tun H.S. Lee (next to KL's Chinatown) in 1885. The initial attap structure was demolished in 1887 and a brick building was erected in its place. That structure was demolished to make way for the current temple building which were completed in 1968. The impressive gateway to the temple, known as the gopuram, was completed in 1972. The new temple was consecrated in 1973. Architecture Gopuram Built in the South Indian style, the temple's most outstanding feature is the impressive 5-tiered gopuram (tower). It is the tallest structure in the temple. The dramatic 22.9 m (75 ft) high pyramid-shaped gate tower is decorated with depictions of Hindu gods sculpted by artisans from southern India. The chief sculptor was the late S. T. Muniappa from Tamil Nadu and is credited for creating the 228 idols on the gopuram. Main Prayer Hall This Temple resembles the form of a human body lying on its back with the head positioned towards the west and the feet towards the east. The temple's 5-tiered gopuram corresponds to the feet of the body. It is the threshold between the material and spiritual world. At the rear is the garbagraham or sanctum sanctorum, which corresponds to the head. It is a freestanding structure with its own roof and walls and has one entrance that faces east. This is the inner sanctum where the chief deity Sri Maha Mariamman is located. The priest stands in front of the garbagraham when performing the puja (prayers). Within the temple is a main prayer hall with richly decorated ceilings. The location of three shrines in the main temple is marked by an ornately embellished onion dome which can be seen from outside. There is also four smaller shrines located peripherally around the main temple building Pillaiyar is in the shrine on the left and Lord Muruga, his brother, is on the right. Pillaiyar is also found at the entrance as he is the remover of obstacles. The eight idols adorning the pillars inside the temple are of ashta Lakshmi. Once every 12 years, in keeping with Hindu tradition, the temple is reconsecrated. Silver Chariot A silver chariot is housed within the premises. This chariot is a prominent feature during the annual Thaipusam festival. It used during this occasion for transporting the statuettes of Lord Muruga and his consorts (Valli and Teivayanni) through the city streets to Batu Caves. It made its debut in 1983 and was built at a cost of RM350,000 using 350 kilograms of silver. The chariot was made in India and shipped here in 12 parts to be assembled. It is 6.5 metres tall and has 240 bells and a pair of horses on it. Before the silver chariot, a wooden one was used which was made 1930 by Indian craftsmen at a cost of RM50,000. Bangunan Mariamman Recently, the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple has, after a 40-year wait, finally got its own building. The RM 13 million six-storey building, behind the temple in Jalan Tun H.S Lee was officially opened by Works Minister and MIC President Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu. Temple chairman R. Nadarajah said the idea to construct the building was mooted by Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu 38 years ago when he was a committee member of the temple. Known as Bangunan Mariamman, the building is beside the Klang Bus Station and opposite the Pasar Seni LRT/MRT station. It is connected to the temple and has two floors of basement car parks, three floors for two auditoriums and a hall. The Deity Mariamman is popularly worshipped by overseas Indians, especially Tamils because she is looked upon as their protector during their sojourn to foreign lands. Mariamman is a manifestation of the goddess - Parvati, an incarnation embodying Mother Earth with all her terrifying force. She protects her devotees from unholy or demonic events. Administration The Sri Mahamariamman Temple is managed by the Board of Management of Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Devasthanam, which also manages the Batu Caves Sri Subramaniam Temple and the Kortumalai Pillaiyar Temple. It also performs the role of Hindu Religious Consultant to the Government of Malaysia in determining the Hindu yearly calendar. Festivals The temple is particularly packed on Deepavali with devotees eager to offer their prayers on the holy day. Also on the holy day of Thaipusam, thousands of devotees throng the temple at the wee hours of the morning to start a long procession leading up to Batu Caves as a religious undertaking to Lord Muruga. They carry containers containing milk as offering to Lord Muruga either by hand or in huge decorated carriers on their shoulders called 'kavadi'. See also Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore References Kuala Lumpur - Sri Mahamariamman Temple Mariamman temples Hindu temples in Malaysia Tamil diaspora in Malaysia Religious buildings and structures in Kuala Lumpur

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamuliakovo

Hamuliakovo

Hamuliakovo () is a village and municipality located in the Senec District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 129 metres and covers an area of 10.947 km2. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1284. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945, Hamuliakovo once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce in 1993, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then, it has been part of Slovakia. Population According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 1,438 inhabitants. 894 of inhabitants were Slovaks, 504 Hungarians and 40 others and unspecified. Demographics Population by nationality: Twin towns — sister cities Hamuliakovo is twinned with: Deutsch Jahrndorf, Austria Kerekegyháza, Hungary Rajka, Hungary See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia References Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Státný archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia" Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1672-1896 (parish B) External links/Sources Official page https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Surnames of living people in Hamuliakovo Villages and municipalities in Senec District Hungarian communities in Slovakia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrub%C3%A1%20Bor%C5%A1a

Hrubá Borša

Hrubá Borša or Nagyborsa (in , in ) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1244. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 125 metres and covers an area of 5.848 km2. It has a population of 386 people. Demography Population by nationality: Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Banska Bystrica, Bytca, Kosice, Levoca, Nitra, Presov, Slovakia" Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1711-1898 (parish B) Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1786-1896 (parish B) Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1889-1910 (parish B) See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia References External links Official page Surnames of living people in Hruba Borsa Villages and municipalities in Senec District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole%20Stafford

Nicole Stafford

Nicole Stafford is a political strategist and diplomat in Quebec. She was director of public relations for the 1st World Outgames in 2006. She held a number of senior Quebec government positions, including chief of staff for Pauline Marois and Deputy Minister of the Executive Council, and was Quebec's delegate general (the equivalent of an ambassador) to Brussels, Belgium. Earlier, she was a vice-president of a public relations firm. References Government of Quebec - Biography 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006: Newsletter No. 33 Quebec civil servants Living people Canadian public relations people Year of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Swedish%20general%20election%20computer%20infringement%20affair

2006 Swedish general election computer infringement affair

The 2006 Swedish election espionage affair, in daily media sometimes called Leijongate, which is created from Watergate and the liberal party leader Lars Leijonborg, was a series of computer break-ins and the subsequent scandal. It all started on September 4, 2006, only weeks before the 2006 general election, the Social Democratic Party reported a computer break-in into the Social Democrats' internal network to the police. It has been reported that members of the Liberal People's Party had copied secret information not yet officially released to counter-attack Social Democratic political propositions on at least two occasions. Timeline November 8, 2005 Stig-Olof Friberg is hired as first ombudsman for the Swedish Social Democratic Party in Skaraborg. He gets free access to the top secret sections of the Social Democratic intranet containing analysis of their political opponents, how to counter them, media strategy and future plans. He logs on using an unencrypted wireless network and uses his user name as password. Some time in November 2005 Nicklas Lagerlöf, chairman of the Western Sweden district of the Liberal Youth of Sweden (LUF) gets access to Stig-Olof Friberg's user name and password. He also get access to the user names and passwords of Niklas Sörman, ombudsman at the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (SSU) and secretary Birgitta Svensson. Nicklas Lagerlöf says he was given the passwords by Niklas Sörman who then files a slander lawsuit. Nicklas Lagerlöf later gives the login information to Per Jodenius, press secretary at the LUF main office in Stockholm. January 12, 2006 Access to the Social Democrats' intranet from Liberal Party servers increases. During the following months 78 log-ins are made downloading internal reports and documents. February 2, 2006 The Social Democrats start their campaign promising better education for people working with care of the elderly. The same day Lars Leijonborg and the Party social policy spokesperson Erik Ullenhag present their counter-report. February 17, 2006 At 10 AM, school minister Ibrahim Baylan presents his school report. At 1.15 PM, the Liberal Party releases their counter-report having read the government's report a day before it was published. February 24, 2006 A person working at the Social Democratic party HQ sends forged e-mails. During the day, ten log-ins from the Liberal Party onto the Social Democrats' intranet are logged. The log-ins stop when the name of the mailer is revealed. March 14, 2006 Last log-in from servers belonging to the Liberal Party to the Social Democrats' intranet. Log-ins continue from a Telia account. March 15, 2006 Niki Westerberg, press secretary of the Liberal Party, informs party secretary Johan Jakobsson that she thinks Per Jodenius has access to the Social Democrats' intranet. Jakobsson says he told Jodenius to reveal it to a reporter and stop the illegal access. Per Jodenius contacts Niklas Svensson on Expressen who does not reveal the story, but uses the log-in himself instead. August 3, 2006 Göran Persson, Social Democratic Prime Minister, is going on a bus tour campaign, the first tour of the election campaign. Five hours after the tour plan has been revealed, the opposition centre-right Alliance for Sweden, where the Liberal Party is a member, reveals that they too are going on a bus tour for the same number of days and cities, with one of them, Örebro, being the same. Niklas Svensson notes the coincidence in an article. August 3, 2006 The Liberal Party suggest an international conference on gay rights shortly before the government proposes an international conference on hate crimes. August 30, 2006 Fredrik Sjöshult at Dagens Industri contacts Manuel Ferrer, press contact for the Social Democrats. He asks if they are aware about computer break-ins. Sjöshult claims he has received the information from a Liberal Party member who has reacted to the dirty methods. Manuel Ferrer says he knows nothing. After the meeting he calls party headquarters and they call in the computer security firm Sentor and lock Nicklas Lagerlöf's account. September 1, 2006 It turns out that between November and March there were 78 log-ins from the Liberal People's Party. Sentor also discovers that several known party members have logged in using their own names. September 2, 2006 Stig-Olof Friberg is called to the Social Democratic Party headquarters. Using almanacs for 2005 and 2006 he goes through all his log-ins. It shows that when he was on vacation in the mountains someone has used his login to access the intranet from Stockholm. Sentor thinks there are at least 20 other break-ins using his account. They are traced to Telia, but they fail to find out who it is. September 3, 2006 In the afternoon Sentor leave their investigation to the Social Democrats. They book a room to hold a press conference 7:00 Monday morning. The treasurer calls the computer crimes unit of the police to file charges. At 22.18 the news agency TT have read the Monday issue of Dagens Industri. After TT sent out the news, reporters start calling the Social Democrats. They decide to hold the press conference before midnight. The Liberal Party party secretary Johan Jakobsson is interviewed and says he knew nothing about the espionage. To Lars Leijonborg he says that he knew about it since mid-March. September 4, 2006 The LUF official, Per Jodenius, is fired after the Social Democrats filed a police complaint about the incident. Lars Leijonborg says that it is his belief that nobody in the party leadership knew about the espionage. September 5, 2006 the Party Secretary, Johan Jakobsson, voluntarily chooses to resign. Leading members of the party and its youth organization are under police investigation suspected for criminal activity. Lars Leijonborg says he has full confidence in Johan Jakobsson. Later that night, Leijonborg says that he has known about the espionage since Sunday. September 8, 2006 The Expressen reporter Niklas Svensson is given charges of crime. November 24, 2006 Stockholm District Court charges Niklas Sörman, Per Jodenius, Niklas Svensson, Johan Jakobsson, Niki Westberg and Nicklas Lagerlöf. 10–11 April 2007 court proceedings begin against Niklas Sörman, Per Jodenius, Niklas Svensson, Johan Jakobsson, Niki Westberg, and Nicklas Lagerlöf. 23 April 2007 Lars Leijonborg announces that he will not stand for re-election as chairman of the Liberal Party. Jan Björklund is later chosen to succeed him. April 27, 2007 Niklas Sörman, Per Jodenius and Niklas Svensson are convicted by the court, while Johan Jakobsson, Niki Westberg, and Nicklas Lagerlöf are acquitted. References 2006 in Sweden Political scandals in Sweden Liberals (Sweden)

6899497

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygodontomys%20brevicauda

Zygodontomys brevicauda

Zygodontomys brevicauda, also known as the short-tailed zygodont, short-tailed cane mouse, or common cane mouse, is a species of rodent in the genus Zygodontomys of tribe Oryzomyini. Distribution It occurs from Costa Rica via Panama, Colombia and Venezuela into Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and northern Brazil, including Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. subspecies It includes three subspecies: Zygodontomys brevicauda brevicauda Zygodontomys brevicauda cherriei Zygodontomys brevicauda microtinus. Diseases Many Zygodontomys brevicauda serve as viral reservoirs, causing illnesses such as Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever. References Literature cited Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. Yale University Press, 312 pp. Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. Zygodontomys Mammals of Colombia Rodents of Central America Mammals of Trinidad and Tobago Mammals of the Caribbean Mammals described in 1893 Taxa named by Joel Asaph Allen Taxa named by Frank Chapman (ornithologist)

6899498

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Webber

Mark Webber

Mark Webber may refer to: Mark Webber (racing driver) (born 1976), Australian racing driver Mark Webber (actor) (born 1980), American actor Mark Webber (guitarist) (born 1970), English guitarist with the band Pulp See also Marc Weber (disambiguation)

6899499

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinkovo

Kalinkovo

Kalinkovo () is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region. History The village was first mentioned in 1258 as Dénešdi village and later in 1288 as Šemet. In 1948 the name was changed to Kalinkovo that carries today. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 131 meters and covers an area of 12.912 km². It has a population of 1193 people. Facilities The village has a public library, post office, gas distribution network and a football pitch. In the centre of the village is one big church (in comparison with other neighbour villages) called Kostol sv. Františka z Assisi.In this village you can also find a small graveyard with 3 meters tall jesus on the cross statue. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia" Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1672-1896 (parish B) Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1706-1895 (parish B) See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia External links/Sources Official page https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Surnames of living people in Kalinkovo Villages and municipalities in Senec District

6899501

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Langlois%20%28economist%29

Pierre Langlois (economist)

Pierre Langlois is a Canadian economist and political strategist. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he graduated from the Université de Montréal with a B.A. (1998) and a M.A (1999) in economics. His master's thesis was on growth theory with empirical evidences from U.S. metropolitan areas. Economic advisor While working at the Ottawa-based Conference Board of Canada as an associate economist, Langlois was recruited by newly appointed Parti Québécois finance minister, Pauline Marois. Langlois, at 26 years, became a senior top advisor. He was highly involved in the budget preparation and other legislative operations and was a key line writer for the daily question period. In 2003, Langlois was appointed by the office of the Premier of Quebec as an economic advisor for the upcoming provincial election. Pierre Langlois is seen in the movie À Hauteur d'homme, which is a documentary of the 2003 PQ campaign. Between 2003 and 2005, Langlois served as a political content advisor to leadership candidate Pauline Marois. Parti Québécois and Bloc Québécois involvement In 2005, Langlois was approached to replace Marcel Lussier, who was fighting cancer, as the Bloc Québécois candidate in the Brossard—La Prairie riding. He refused, alleging his already packed political agenda. During the 2006 federal election, Bloc Québécois officials asked Langlois to manage Lussier’s campaign against incumbent Liberal minister Jacques Saada. Langlois delivered a surprise victory for the Bloc in this traditionally Liberal riding. In June 2006, Langlois declined to run for the PQ in the provincial riding of La Prairie, alleging family reasons. On April 13, 2012, Pierre Langlois along with Pauline Marois, declared his candidacy for the open seat of La Prairie in the upcoming provincial election for the Parti Québécois. Pauline Marois, leader of the Parti Québécois, presented Langlois as a key member of her economic team. On September 4, 2012, Pierre Langlois lost by 81 votes against Stephane Le Bouyonnec of the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) in a close contest. A recount officialized Le Bouyonnec's victory by 75 votes on September 14, 2012. On April 7, 2014, Pierre Langlois ran for the PQ provincial party a second time and came in third in voting results. Having a total of 8,591 valid votes (26.25% of valid ballots). Losing to Stephane Le Bouyonnec of the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) and Richard Merlini of the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) Pierre Langlois is currently working as an economist in the private sector. References La Presse: Deux économistes sur la Rive-Sud pour le PQ April 13, 2012 La Presse: Des mouvements de troupes sur la Rive-Sud February 22, 2012 Argent: Immobilier et les villes minières August 15, 2011 Argent: Le boom minier entraîne une flambée immobilière August 15, 2011 Argent: Le condo la locomotive de l'immobilier à Montréal August 10, 2011 Le Quotidien: Les pénalités hypothécaires heurtent les consommateurs January 26, 2011 24H: Pénalités hypothécaires : Flaherty prié d'intervenir February 8, 2011 First-time buyers will feel pinch January 21, 2011 The Gazette: Mortgage rules will scale down purchases Quebec experts January 18, 2011 ARGENT: Ottawa va sattaquer aux ventes de condos January 14, 2011 La Presse: Ottawa chambarde la loi pour contrer le blanchiment June 11, 2008 Le Reflet: Une majorité de députés en faveur de la 30 au nord November 3, 2007 Le Reflet: Pierre Langlois ne sera pas candidat June 17, 2006 Le Devoir: Le Québec emprunte aux Mexicains February 3, 2006 Le Reflet: Le Bloc intensifie sa présence dans Brossard - La Prairie December 24, 2005 La Presse: Un vote comme dans une téléréalité June 19, 2005 Le Devoir: Marois cachait une autre surprise à Landry Septembre 2, 2004 Political consultants from Quebec Boston College alumni Canadian economists People from Montreal Université de Montréal alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

6899502

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary%20Political%20Theory

Contemporary Political Theory

Contemporary Political Theory is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering political theory and philosophy published by Palgrave Macmillan. The editors-in-chief are Terrell Carver (University of Bristol) and Samuel A. Chambers (Johns Hopkins University). External links Political science journals Publications established in 2002 English-language journals Quarterly journals Palgrave Macmillan academic journals

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directors%20Guild%20of%20America%20Award%20for%20Outstanding%20Directing%20%E2%80%93%20Comedy%20Series

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first presented at the 24th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1972. The current eligibility period is the calendar year. Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Programs with multiple awards 8 awards M*A*S*H (CBS) 3 awards All in the Family (CBS) Seinfeld (NBC) Veep (HBO) 2 awards Barry (HBO) Cheers (NBC) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Frasier (NBC) The Golden Girls (NBC) Modern Family (ABC) Murphy Brown (CBS) Sex and the City (HBO) Sports Night (ABC) Programs with multiple nominations 13 nominations Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) M*A*S*H (CBS) 10 nominations Cheers (NBC) Modern Family (ABC) Sex and the City (HBO) 9 nominations 30 Rock (NBC) Frasier (NBC) Seinfeld (NBC) 7 nominations Will & Grace (NBC) 6 nominations The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) 5 nominations All in the Family (CBS) Entourage (HBO) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) Murphy Brown (CBS) Silicon Valley (HBO) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Veep (HBO) 4 nominations Maude (CBS) 3 nominations Atlanta (FX) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Desperate Housewives (ABC) Glee (Fox) The Golden Girls (NBC) Louie (FX) Mad About You (NBC) Taxi (ABC/NBC) 2 nominations Barney Miller (ABC) Barry (HBO) Malcolm in the Middle (Fox) Master of None (Netflix) Moonlighting (ABC) Soap (ABC) Sports Night (ABC) Transparent (Amazon) The Wonder Years (ABC) Individuals with multiple awards 4 awards James Burrows 3 awards Alan Alda (2 consecutive) 2 awards Andy Ackerman (consecutive) Hy Averback (consecutive) Paul Bogart (consecutive) Bill Hader (consecutive) Beth McCarthy-Miller Gene Reynolds (consecutive) Jay Sandrich (consecutive) Thomas Schlamme (consecutive) Tim Van Patten (consecutive) Individuals with multiple nominations 21 nominations James Burrows 8 nominations Jay Sandrich 6 nominations Todd Holland Beth McCarthy-Miller 4 nominations Alan Alda Andy Ackerman Pamela Fryman Mike Judge Noam Pitlik David Steinberg 3 nominations Paul Bogart Larry Charles Tom Cherones Louis C.K. Hal Cooper Michael Engler Julian Farino Bryan Gordon Barnet Kellman Michael Patrick King Gail Mancuso Amy Sherman-Palladino 2 nominations Hy Averback Paris Barclay Peter Bonerz Mark Cendrowski Allen Coulter Bryan Cranston MJ Delaney Charles S. Dubin Donald Glover Bill Hader Terry Hughes Gordon Hunt David Lee Burt Metcalfe Ryan Murphy David Nutter Daniel Palladino Gene Reynolds John Rich Arlene Sanford Don Scardino Jeff Schaffer Thomas Schlamme Jill Soloway Michael Spiller Tim Van Patten Robert B. Weide Total awards by network NBC – 16 CBS – 13 HBO – 10 ABC – 8 HBO Max – 2 Amazon Studios – 1 Fox – 1 References External links (official website) Directors Guild of America Awards

6899503

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLIME

SLIME

SLIME, the Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs, is an Emacs mode for developing Common Lisp applications. SLIME originates in an Emacs mode called SLIM written by Eric Marsden. It is developed as an open-source public domain software project by Luke Gorrie and Helmut Eller. Over 100 Lisp developers have contributed code to SLIME since the project was started in 2003. SLIME uses a backend called Swank that is loaded into Common Lisp. SLIME works with the following Common Lisp implementations: CMU Common Lisp (CMUCL) Scieneer Common Lisp Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) Clozure CL (former OpenMCL) LispWorks Allegro Common Lisp CLISP Embeddable Common Lisp (ECL) Armed Bear Common Lisp (ABCL) Some implementations of other programming languages are using SLIME: Clojure JavaScript Kawa, a Scheme implementation GNU R Ruby MIT Scheme Scheme48 There are also clones of SLIME: SOLID for OCaml References External links SLIME project page The birth of SLIME on the cmucl-imp mailing list (August 2003) SLIME presentation by Tobias Rittweiler (2008) Review of SLIME by Andy Wingo Bill Clementson's "Slime Tips and Techniques" - Part 1 (See also Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7) Bill Clementson's "SLIME Refactoring" describes how to set up SLIME Bill Clementson's "Emacs Keymaps and the SLIME scratch buffer Bill Clementson's "CL, Music and SLIME Tutorials" contains a good SLIME tutorial Marco Baringer's (SLIME guru) SLIME setup Marco Baringer's "Editing Lisp Code with Emacs" The slime-devel Archives Up-to-date Swank for MIT/GNU Scheme for use with SLIME CVS Common Lisp (programming language) software Emacs Free software programmed in Lisp Free integrated development environments Scheme (programming language) Public-domain software with source code

6899510

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry%20Chernov

Dmitry Chernov

Dmitry Konstantinovich Chernov (or Tchernov, ; Saint-Petersburg - January 2, 1921 Yalta) was a Russian metallurgist. He is known by his discovery of polymorphous transformations in steel and the iron-carbon phase diagram. This discovery is the beginning of scientific metallography. Biography Chernov was born to a family of a feldsher (registered nurse). In 1858 he graduated from the Petersburg Practical Technological Institute and worked for the Saint Petersburg Mint. In 1859-1865 he was a lecturer and the museum keeper of the Petersburg Practical Technological Institute. From 1866 he was an engineer of the Obukhovsky Steel Foundry in Saint Petersburg. In 1880–1884 he explored the salt deposit near Bakhmach (currently Ukraine). From 1884 he was with the Government Naval Committee (морской комитет). From 1886 he was the Chief Inspector of the Rail Road Department. From 1889 he was a Professor of the Mikhailovskaya Artillery Academy in Saint Petersburg. Works Chernov obtained his major result in 1866-1868 after studying the rejects of heavy guns production as well as during analysis of practical works by Pavel Anosov, P. Obukhov, Alexander Lavrov, Nikolay Kalkutsky. At that time he was the curator of the small museum of the Petersburg Technological Institute. He found that steel is not the same material at all temperatures but instead has polymorphic transformations at different temperatures. He introduced different points known as Chernov's points: Point a at around 700 °C is the minimum temperature the steel should be heated to so it can be quenched. By the modern theory it is the temperature of austenite eutectoid transformation (see the picture on the right). Point b at around 900 °C is the temperature the steel should be heated to so to correct its crystalline structure. By the modern theory it is the maximal temperature when the ferrite is stable. Point c corresponds to the melting point of steel Point d at around 200 °C is the temperature needed to cool the steel to quench it. In modern theory it is known as the martensite transformation. Chernov was able to correctly identify the reason for these points as polymorphic transformations in the steel and even draw the first sketch of what the phase diagram for the carbon-iron system may look like. Chernov published his results in the Notes of the Russian Technical Society of 1868. His article was named "Критический обзор статей гг. Лаврова и Калакуцкого о стали и стальных орудиях и собственные Д. К. Чернова исследования по этому же предмету" (Critical review of articles by Mr. Lavrov and Mr Kalkutzky about the steel and steel guns as well as own D.K. Chernov's research on this subject). Many authors consider the publication of this article as the date of transformation of metallurgy from an art into a science. Ten years later in 1879 Chernov published a monograph named Research into the structure of the steel slabs where he described the major crystalline structures in steel and their effect on the properties of the slab. One type of steel crystal (dendrite) was named after Chernov. Chernov contributed to the theory of the Siemens-Martin process. He was one of the first to suggest usage of pure oxygen in steel-making. He also did research into the usage of direct reduced iron as well as contributed to the development of steel gun barrels, armor-piercing shells and emerging aviation. He was one of the recognized leaders of steel manufacturing at the time. He was Chairman of the Russian Metallurgical Society, vice-president of the British Institute for Iron and Steel, an honorary member of the American Society of Mining Engineers, etc. References 1839 births 1921 deaths Russian metallurgists Russian inventors Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology alumni Engineers from Saint Petersburg Fellows of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20MacDowell

Harold MacDowell

Harold MacDowell is a construction company executive. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, MacDowell graduated from high school in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and received his bachelor's degree in engineering management from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in 1984. He entered the construction industry as an estimator through SMU's School of Engineering Cooperative Education Program and later became a project manager for Wallace Mechanical Corporation. MacDowell is now the CEO of TDIndustries, which was ranked 35 in FORTUNE 's 100 Best Companies to Work For 2008. Community involvement MacDowell currently serves as a member of the Dallas Citizen's Council, the board of the Greater Dallas Chamber, the board of trustees for the Parish Episcopal School, and the QUOIN-AGC Board. He is a past chairman of the board for the Construction Education Foundation that provides educational opportunities to construction craftspeople who want to be masters of their trades. MacDowell also is a member of the SMU School of Engineering executive advisory board. He is involved in Habitat for Humanity. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American technology chief executives Southern Methodist University alumni

6899522

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanka%20pri%20Dunaji

Ivanka pri Dunaji

Ivanka pri Dunaji () is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1209. In the centre of the village is a large rococo style house, built in the third quarter of the 18th century. It was altered at the beginning of the 20th century, by order of the Hunyadi family. The building has a combination of romanesque and gothic elements on its facade, including oriels, balconies, windows, and a polygonal tower with an Art Nouveau style top. The house was originally surrounded by an extensive French-style park. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 135 metres and covers an area of 14.258 km². It has a population of 6,815 people. Church of Saint John the Baptist Church of Saint John the Baptist—current church in Ivanka pri Dunaji—is the third church in Ivanka. The first one was built by the followers of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It was a simple church from wood. The second one was repaired in 1730. It was built from stone and wood. The building of today's church began in 1770 and the building of the tower lasted two years. The tower clock was bought from Vienna in 1880. In 1991 the roof was fully replaced. Twin towns — sister cities Ivanka pri Dunaji is twinned with: Pozořice, Czech Republic See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia References Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Státný archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia" Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1729-1898 (parish A) External links/Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20071027094149/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Surnames of living people in Ivanka pri Dunaji Villages and municipalities in Senec District

6899523

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mystery%20at%20the%20Moss-Covered%20Mansion

The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion

The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion is the eighteenth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series published by Grosset & Dunlap, and was first published in 1941. The original text was written by ghostwriter Mildred Wirt Benson, based upon a plot outline from Stratemeyer Syndicate co-owner Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. The book's title was changed to Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion when it was revised in 1971, because the story is completely different and not much of the investigation takes place at the title location. In the original, many plots and much investigation all tie back to the same house deep in the forest, while Nancy helps her father locate an heiress, expose an impostor, investigate a murder, and look into strange screams at the mansion; none of the action in the original story took place in River Heights. Synopsis - 1941 edition Nancy's father Carson Drew enlists her help in tracking down a missing heiress, and Nancy, Bess and George stumble upon a mysterious moss-covered mansion. They later hear that someone was murdered near the mansion, and upon investigating they hear strange noises emanating from within. The story includes a great deal of action; aside from the aforementioned missing heiress and murder, there is a needy elderly lady, a reclusive artist, an airplane accident, and a forest fire. It starts with Nancy and her friends Bess Marvin and George Fayne, who are on a trip to a place called Ashley to meet Carson Drew, Nancy’s father. Nancy and George are waiting for Bess, who has been looking for a place to get more water. It is already late, and the girls are nervous about what has happened to Bess. Nancy and George finally find her near an old mansion covered in moss. Bess claims to have heard a creepy scream from the house. George teases her, but then falls into a lily pond and loses her special watch. The girls then hear the scream that Bess mentioned. Nancy wants to investigate, but a man comes out of the house and orders them away. They hear a shot from the mansion, and Nancy grows more curious. The man comes out again and orders the girls away, and this time they return to Nancy’s car and drive to Ashley, mulling over the strange experience along the way. George suddenly notices that she has lost her watch. It is too late to go back now, but they make plans to return the next day to look for the watch. Nancy and her friends arrive at Mrs. Lee’s boarding house, where they are to stay while in Ashley. Carson Drew has not yet arrived. Nancy has had a likeness of herself painted by the famous Jules Raynad as a gift for her father’s birthday. Upon unpacking it, she discovers that the painting has been slightly scratched in transit. Mrs. Lee, who has studied art under another famous artist, Karl Karter, offers Nancy her old paints to try and fix the painting, which Nancy does. Nancy gives the painting to her father during a birthday celebration, and he loves it. The next day, the girls return to the mansion. They hear a scream again, and are ordered away by a servant, who releases a wild dog on them. The dog runs after Nancy, who dodges it, and then goes to warn Bess and George. The three girls quickly climb a tree to escape the dog, who keeps barking at them, giving them no chance to escape. Finally, Carson Drew finds the girls and ties the dog to a tree. Upon returning to the boarding house, Nancy is surprised to see Jules Raynad, the artist who painted her picture. The artist is mad to learn that his work has been damaged, but impressed by how Nancy fixed it. Mr. Raynad is able to give Nancy some information on the moss covered mansion. He says that the Hurd family used to live there, but all of them died from a strange, incurable illness. The house has been abandoned for years, as everyone is afraid of catching this disease. Nancy is excited over this valuable piece of information. Later, Nancy and her friends meet Ned Nickerson, who is delivering special papers concerning Carson Drew’s current case. Ned informed Nancy that someone has been shot on the grounds of the moss covered mansion. Nancy, Bess and George further investigate the mansion, but find nothing. When they return to the boarding house, Bess and George catch poison ivy and are treated. During dinner that night, Mr. Drew talks about his case. It concerns a missing young woman named June Campbell who has inherited $52,000. June would be 22 years old. Nancy and her friends decide to search for the heiress. The next day, Nancy and her friends go to a carnival. They watch an act with a cute but mischievous monkey, who runs away. Nancy and other carnival goers search for the monkey, then Nancy and her friends return to the boarding house. There, they spot a man described as “gypsy-like...who wore large dangling earrings and a bandana on the back of his head” who accuses Nancy of shooting his brother. He tracked Nancy from her license number given to him by a fisherman who saw Nancy, Bess, and George at the crime scene. The man gives his name as Ramo, and demands revenge for his brother’s death. Once Ramo leaves, Nancy is told of a Mrs. Labelle, who served as June Campbell’s nanny while her parents traveled. The next day, Nancy, Bess, and George pay Mrs. Labelle a visit. The old woman is poor, and her house has fallen into disrepair. Nancy and her friends take pity on the woman, and vow to help her. Mrs. Labelle gives Nancy a picture of June, but suddenly the ceiling crashes down on them. Mrs. Labelle dislocates her arm, so Bess and George drive her to Ashley for care while Nancy tries to clean up the mess and salvage pictures of June. As she works, Ramo tries to make trouble for Nancy, but is scared away when Carson Drew comes. Later, Mrs. Labelle tells Nancy that June had a friend named Penelope Parson. Nancy tracks down Penelope, who tells her that June wrote her several months ago saying that she was to be married to a man named Roland. A few days later, Carson Drew announces that he will return to River Heights, as his secretary has received word from June Campbell. Nancy has engaged for a repairman to fix Mrs. Labelle’s house, and she oversees the work. Mr. Drew decides to bring June Campbell to Ashley so Mrs. Labelle and Penelope Parson may be reunited with her. While awaiting the arrival of the young heiress, Nancy, Bess, and George return to the moss covered mansion. After Bess is spooked by a snake and a lion’s roar coming from the house, George quickly finds her watch. She and Bess are ready to leave, but Nancy investigates further and finds a police officer’s badge. The girls then leave. On the way to Ashley, they encounter the missing monkey. They bring him back to the boarding house, where he is entrusted to the care of the butler. The girls then go to Mrs. Labelle’s house, where they prepare dinner for the arrival of June Campbell. The girls are excited to meet her, although Mrs. Labelle and Penelope say she has changed. The heiress is ungrateful and cold towards the girls, and Nancy is disappointed and suspicious. That night, Nancy stays up late discussing the matter with Mrs. Lee. She finds that she has accidentally taken Mrs. Labelle’s key, and drives to Mrs. Labelle’s house with Mrs. Lee to return it. Parked outside of the old woman’s home, she sees Ramo climbing a ladder into June Campbell’s bedroom. Running into the house, she finds June’s door locked, so she climbs into it using the ladder. The ladder sways and Nancy falls, but is unhurt. Sending out a police report to be on the lookout for Ramo, Nancy returns home. After talking with her father, they decide that this June Campbell was an impostor. Unfortunately, Carson Drew has already given her the entire inheritance in cash. The next day, while George and Bess are at the moss covered mansion, George finds a business card near the crime scene. It is for a Madame Cully, a psychic reader in nearby Carbon City. They show it to Nancy, who decides that it must belong to Ramo. Nancy and her friends then go to Carbon City. While in a soda shop, they overhear a woman telling her friend of how accurate Madame Cully’s readings are. Nancy picks up the information that the psychic reader has an attractive daughter. When they reach Madame Cully’s place, they see that she has bought an expensive, custom car. Once the salesman leaves, Ramo appears, and get in the car with Madame Cully and a girl wearing a blue veil, who is Madame Cully’s daughter. The girls watch the suspicious group, then Bess and George run off for the police while Nancy makes sure the car does not leave. Nancy jumps into the car, but is thrown out by Ramo. As the car drives away, a neighbor comes to check on Nancy. He tells her that Madame Cully’s daughter is named Venus. Bess and George come back with a policeman. They drive with him in search of the thieves, but are unsuccessful. Driving back, Nancy, Bess, and George see the carnival again. They tell the man there that they have found his monkey, and he tells them that Madame Cully has been working for their carnival and that her maiden name was Ramo. He also says that Venus’s father, a beloved acrobat, had died doing a stunt. Venus loved her father and inherited his looks and disposition. The man describes her as pretty, with light red hair and dark eyes and the ability to imitate voices. He says that she is about 22 years old, and seems to be hypnotized by her mother. On the way back, Nancy spots Madame Cully’s new car at a gas station. The attendant says that she traded him the car for another. He gives Nancy the motor number and she returns to the boarding house, where she gives her father this information. Then she, George and Bess return to the moss covered mansion. They meet a couple who asks them for directions to the mansion. Nancy gives them directions and they drive off. The girls also go to the mansion, where they find a pearl-handled revolver. The bearded man grabs the revolver from her, and the girls chase him in vain before returning to the boarding house. There they learn that Mrs. Labelle has suffered a heart attack. They go at once to her house, where Penelope is taking care of her. Nancy, Bess, and George volunteer to take care of Mrs. Labelle and plan to stay at her house overnight. While in the room occupied by Venus Cully, Nancy finds a note written by June Campbell to Madame Cully. From the note, Nancy can tell that Venus was practicing copying June’s handwriting. The note also states that June once lived in a town called Liberty Corners. After Mrs. Labelle has another heart attack, Nancy, Bess and George decide to engage a nurse with the reward they earned for finding the missing monkey. Once they return to the boarding house, Nancy makes plans with her father for them to go on a private plane to Liberty Corners. After boarding the plane, the pilot gets lost in the mist and the plane crashes. Once Nancy regains consciousness, she looks frantically for her dad. The plane catches on fire and starts a forest fire. While trying to help the pilot, who has escaped the wreckage, Nancy is knocked unconscious. She finds herself in a dark chamber, in which she hears strange moans and screams. Making her way out of the place, she looks back and realizes that she was in the moss covered mansion. Nancy rushes to a hospital, where she meets George and Bess, who tell her that her dad is recovering. The girls then return to the boarding house. Nancy wakes up that afternoon and goes to visit her father. The next day, Nancy goes with George and Bess to Liberty Corners. On the train there, she meets Jules Raynad. Mr. Raynad tells them about Karl Karter, the artist. Karter loves to paint wild animals, and met Burton Campbell, June’s father, who guided him through Africa while he painted. Mr. Raynad says that he knew June, and gives Nancy her address. They are all disappointed to find June’s home deserted. When the girls visit Mrs. Labelle, the woman tells them that Ramo has no brother. After deciding that Ramo’s story was a lie, the three girls then return to the moss covered mansion, where Nancy sees Ramo digging for something. It starts to rain, so the girls return to the boarding house. Then they go back to the moss covered mansion, where they see Ramo digging again. Nancy disconnects wires in Ramo’s car, and then the girls go for the police and bring them back to the mansion, where they catch Ramo. They find money in the container he dug up. Ramo confesses to his part in the scheme, and is arrested while the police send out a warning for Madame Cully. Nancy and her friends return to the boarding house, where they meet Jules Raynad. He tells them that a Miss Campbell, probably June, is posing for Karl Karter, but does not know where the artist lives. Once Mr. Raynad leaves, Nancy is informed that Ramo broke out of jail. Nancy, Bess, and George drive around Ashley with Mr. Drew. They find a policeman with a cornered suspect, and identify him as Ramo. The next day, the four go to the police investigation of the moss covered mansion, where Nancy finds a wallet with papers bearing the name Karl Karter. The bearded man comes out of the house and Nancy uses the wallet to make him admit his identity. The bearded man was Karl Karter, who had hidden in the mansion to avoid callers and curious townspeople so he could paint in peace. The artist takes them inside the mansion, where they find out that the screams and other noises were from the wild animals Karter uses as models for his paintings. They find the real June Campbell, Karter’s model, fighting off a leopard. The leopard lunges at Nancy, but June saves her. Carson Drew and two policemen come into the house and are introduced to June. Ramo discloses where more money can be found, and Nancy finds more in a secret hiding place. They find more in the woods, however most of it is still with Madame Cully. Karl Karter admits that one of his servants reached Nancy from the plane wreckage. He also says that the pearl-handled revolver is June Campbell’s, for protecting herself against the wild animals. Nancy finds out that the couple asking her for directions to the moss covered mansion was June Campbell and her husband. The next day, June is reunited with Penelope and Mrs. Labelle. June decides to give Mrs. Labelle part of her inheritance to use for care and to repair her house. They decide to take some pictures at the moss covered mansion. They see Madame Cully there, and report her to the police. The woman is arrested and the rest of June’s inheritance is found. Thank to Nancy, Venus Cully joins the carnival for a nice salary. June Campbell’s inheritance is restored to her in full. 1971 revision Now retitled Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion, a friend of Nancy's father has been arrested and charged with sending a truck loaded with explosive oranges into the Space Center complex at Cape Kennedy. Knowing that he could not possibly be guilty of sabotage, Nancy and her father rush to the defense of the accused man. During the Drews' investigation, Nancy becomes suspicious of an old, spooky mansion. Behind a high mesh enclosure, wild African animals roam about the extensive grounds. Nancy discovers that something besides the training of wild animals is going on at the mysterious moss-covered mansion estate. Adult critics among collectors' groups frequently comment on strange elements of the revised story, such as the explosive oranges, and a spy-thriller climax with Ned and Nancy trapped in the house, nearly dying by falling in a pool of boiling water before rescue. Artwork The original dust jacket was painted by Russell H. Tandy, and depicts Nancy, Bess, and George digging for buried money on the grounds of the title location. Tandy also illustrated a frontispiece; this volume is the first in the series to have only one illustration on plain paper; previously, glossy, highly detailed art was used. The cover, but not the interior illustration, was updated to the same scene, set in the 1960s, with Nancy, Bess and George, by Rudy Nappi. Nappi also illustrated the new volume's location with Nancy in the foreground stalked by a panther. An uncredited artist provided five internal line drawings and a frontispiece for the revised text. Nancy Drew books 1941 American novels 1941 children's books 1971 American novels 1971 children's books Grosset & Dunlap books Children's mystery novels

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovinka

Rovinka

Rovinka (, ) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1274. Until their expulsion in 1945 the village was inhabited by Germans. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 132 metres and covers an area of 8.853 km². Demographics According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 2,250 inhabitants. 1,998 of inhabitants were Slovaks, 78 Hungarians, 23 Czechs, 12 Germans, 1 Kazakh and 139 others and unspecified. References External links/Sources Official page https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Senec District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d%20Do%20Anything%20%28Dead%20or%20Alive%20song%29

I'd Do Anything (Dead or Alive song)

"I'd Do Anything" is a song by English band Dead or Alive. It was co-produced by the band and Zeus B. Held and released in January 1984 as the third single from the band's debut studio album Sophisticated Boom Boom. The song was the third consecutive single by Dead or Alive to miss the UK top 75, peaking at No. 79 on the UK Singles Chart. The band would gain moderate success with the release of their next single, a cover version of KC and the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way (I Like It)" which peaked at No. 22. Track listing Chart performance References External links 1984 songs 1984 singles Dead or Alive (band) songs Songs written by Pete Burns Songs written by Mike Percy (musician) Epic Records singles

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grif

Grif

Grif may refer to: Dexter Grif, a character in Red vs. Blue Grifball a Halo gametype named after the character Grif Italia, an Italian hang glider manufacturer O-aminophenol oxidase, an enzyme referred to as GriF Grif Teller (1899–1993), artist famous for his paintings for the Pennsylvania Railroad See also Griff (disambiguation)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurbanova%20Ves

Hurbanova Ves

Hurbanova Ves ( or ) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1960. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 125 metres and covers an area of 5.413 km². It has a population of 264 people. Demography Population by nationality: References External links/Sources Official page https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Senec District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20calculus%20and%20cohomological%20physics

Secondary calculus and cohomological physics

In mathematics, secondary calculus is a proposed expansion of classical differential calculus on manifolds, to the "space" of solutions of a (nonlinear) partial differential equation. It is a sophisticated theory at the level of jet spaces and employing algebraic methods. Secondary calculus Secondary calculus acts on the space of solutions of a system of partial differential equations (usually non-linear equations). When the number of independent variables is zero, i.e. the equations are algebraic ones, secondary calculus reduces to classical differential calculus. All objects in secondary calculus are cohomology classes of differential complexes growing on diffieties. The latter are, in the framework of secondary calculus, the analog of smooth manifolds. Cohomological physics Cohomological physics was born with Gauss's theorem, describing the electric charge contained inside a given surface in terms of the flux of the electric field through the surface itself. Flux is the integral of a differential form and, consequently, a de Rham cohomology class. It is not by chance that formulas of this kind, such as the well known Stokes formula, though being a natural part of classical differential calculus, have entered in modern mathematics from physics. Classical analogues All the constructions in classical differential calculus have an analog in secondary calculus. For instance, higher symmetries of a system of partial differential equations are the analog of vector fields on differentiable manifolds. The Euler operator, which associates to each variational problem the corresponding Euler–Lagrange equation, is the analog of the classical differential associating to a function on a variety its differential. The Euler operator is a secondary differential operator of first order, even if, according to its expression in local coordinates, it looks like one of infinite order. More generally, the analog of differential forms in secondary calculus are the elements of the first term of the so-called C-spectral sequence, and so on. The simplest diffieties are infinite prolongations of partial differential equations, which are subvarieties of infinite jet spaces. The latter are infinite dimensional varieties that can not be studied by means of standard functional analysis. On the contrary, the most natural language in which to study these objects is differential calculus over commutative algebras. Therefore, the latter must be regarded as a fundamental tool of secondary calculus. On the other hand, differential calculus over commutative algebras gives the possibility to develop algebraic geometry as if it were differential geometry. Theoretical physics Recent developments of particle physics, based on quantum field theories and its generalizations, have led to understand the deep cohomological nature of the quantities describing both classical and quantum fields. The turning point was the discovery of the famous BRST transformation. For instance, it was understood that observables in field theory are classes in horizontal de Rham cohomology which are invariant under the corresponding gauge group and so on. This current in modern theoretical physics is actually growing and it is called Cohomological Physics. It is relevant that secondary calculus and cohomological physics, which developed for twenty years independently from each other, arrived at the same results. Their confluence took place at the international conference Secondary Calculus and Cohomological Physics (Moscow, August 24–30, 1997). Prospects A large number of modern mathematical theories harmoniously converges in the framework of secondary calculus, for instance: commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, homological algebra and differential topology, Lie group and Lie algebra theory, differential geometry, etc. See also References I. S. Krasil'shchik, Calculus over Commutative Algebras: a concise user's guide, Acta Appl. Math. 49 (1997) 235—248; DIPS-01/98 I. S. Krasil'shchik, A. M. Verbovetsky, Homological Methods in Equations of Mathematical Physics, Open Ed. and Sciences, Opava (Czech Rep.), 1998; DIPS-07/98. I. S. Krasil'shchik, A. M. Vinogradov (eds.), Symmetries and conservation laws for differential equations of mathematical physics, Translations of Math. Monographs 182, Amer. Math. Soc., 1999. J. Nestruev, Smooth Manifolds and Observables, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 220, Springer, 2002, . A. M. Vinogradov, The C-spectral sequence, Lagrangian formalism, and conservation laws I. The linear theory, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 100 (1984) 1—40; Diffiety Inst. Library. A. M. Vinogradov, The C-spectral sequence, Lagrangian formalism, and conservation laws II. The nonlinear theory, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 100 (1984) 41—129; Diffiety Inst. Library. A. M. Vinogradov, From symmetries of partial differential equations towards secondary (`quantized') calculus, J. Geom. Phys. 14 (1994) 146—194; Diffiety Inst. Library. A. M. Vinogradov, Introduction to Secondary Calculus, Proc. Conf. Secondary Calculus and Cohomology Physics (M. Henneaux, I. S. Krasil'shchik, and A. M. Vinogradov, eds.), Contemporary Mathematics, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, Rhode Island, 1998; DIPS-05/98. A. M. Vinogradov, Cohomological Analysis of Partial Differential Equations and Secondary Calculus, Translations of Math. Monographs 204, Amer. Math. Soc., 2001. External links The Diffiety Institute Diffiety School Homological algebra Partial differential equations

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBCB%20%28AM%29

WBCB (AM)

WBCB is an AM broadcast station licensed to operate on 1490  kHz for Levittown, Pennsylvania, and serving the areas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and other parts of suburban Philadelphia. Its programming mixes news, talk, music and local sports. WBCB began broadcasting on December 8, 1957 by owner Drew J.T. O'Keefe, who was a Main Line attorney. He owned the station until his death in the late 1980s. The early years were marked by the emergence of soon to be big name personalities like Bill Bircher and Horace Greely McNabb. Since 1992, the station has been owned by local businessman Pasquale T. Deon Jr. and veteran Philadelphia Eagles broadcaster Merrill Reese, who was a WBCB alumnus early in his career. Current personalities Merrill Reese Dan Baker Greg Luzinski Dennis Ostopowicz Ted Efaw, Program Director Chris Ermer Jim Foxwell, Mornings Fearon Derry Pat Wandling, Speak Your Piece Lou Powers Joe LeCompte Brooks Saint Ives Jack Speers Billy Werndl Paul Jolovitz Keith Noonan Alumni personalities Vince Reed, News, for over 40 years. Bruce Bailey, ca. 1971 evening shift from 7p.m.-Midnight Jerry Angert, 1989–1991, GM, PD, Morning Host Steve Bessler, Morning Drive, 1980s Bill Tourot, Overnight DJ, 1982 Tom Richards, Overnight fill-in, 1982 Jim Costanzo, Overnight fill-in, 1982 Paul Baroli Jr, Program Manager, Coffee With Kahuna, for 10 years. Dick Fennessy (Tom Sommers) 1972-1974 Afternoons/Evenings John Brown Evenings and Afternoons 1970s Dan Wing - News Anchor/Sports Director/DJ - 2007-2014 Bill Matter, afternoon drive fill-in, 1979 Al Stewart (Allan Hotlen) Nights "Quick" Karl Rahmer 6p.m.-Midnight Charles A. Hidalgo, On Air Talent, 1984 to 1994 Jim Glogowski - Jimmy G, 1970's and 1980's Speciality shows Monday Night Kickoff Pro Football Report with Merrill Reese The Bull Session with Dan Baker and Greg "The Bull" Luzinski Baseball Insiders with John Brazer and Ricky Bottalico Bill Clement's Hockey World Pro Wrestling Weekly with Fearon Derry Chart Toppers with Fearon Derry Racing Wrap With Skip Clayton The Dennis Ostopowicz Polka Show Sunshine Music Memories with Smilin' Lou Powers Jolly and the Loon External links Radio stations established in 1957 BCB Full service radio stations in the United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d%20Do%20Anything

I'd Do Anything

I'd Do Anything may refer to: I'd Do Anything (2004 TV series), a 2004 American reality series that aired on ESPN I'd Do Anything (2008 TV series), a 2008 talent show-themed television series that aired on the BBC "I'd Do Anything" (Oliver! song), from the musical Oliver! "I'd Do Anything" (Simple Plan song) "I'd Do Anything" (Dead or Alive song)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald%20Bosio

Harald Bosio

Harald Bosio (2 January 1906 – 2 December 1980) was an Austrian cross-country skier, ski jumper, and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1920s and in the 1930s. He was born in Judenburg. Olympic Games Bosio competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics, in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1932 he finished 21st in the shorter cross-country skiing event and 29th in the Nordic combined competition. He also participated in the ski jumping event but did not finish. Four years later at the 1936 Winter Olympics he finished 28th in the 18 km cross-country skiing event. As member of the Austrian cross-country relay team he finished eighth in the 4x10 km relay competition. World championships He won a bronze individual medal at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck. References Harald Bosio's profile at Sports Reference.com Mention of death 1906 births 1980 deaths Austrian male cross-country skiers Austrian male ski jumpers Austrian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Austria Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Austria Olympic ski jumpers of Austria Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined People from Judenburg Sportspeople from Styria 20th-century Austrian people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th%20Parachute%20Artillery%20Regiment

35th Parachute Artillery Regiment

The 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment () is the only airborne artillery unit of the French Army forming the air artillery component of the 11th Parachute Brigade. It is based in Tarbes together with the air cavalry, the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment. History The 35th Artillery Regiment () was created on 7 October 1873 in Vannes and counted 9 artillery batteries equipped with 75mm cannons. The regiment was first commanded by Colonel Ferdinand Foch from 1903 to 1905; the Supreme Allied Commander on the Western Front with title bearing Généralissime (British Field Marshal, 22nd Royal First Honorary Colonel and Marshal of Poland following the war) during World War I. World War I (1914–1918) The regiment fought in World War I in a series of battles, receiving four citations at the orders of the armed forces. The regiment played an active role during the First Battle of the Marne. For the 35th Artillery Regiment 35e R.A, combat battles included corps-à-corps with artillerymen defending their equipment straight down to the bayonets and for which the regiment was cited at the orders of the armed forces. In 1915, the regiment took part in the Offensive of Champagne and was seen appropriated with a citation at the orders of the armed forces. On March 30, 1916, the 35th Artillery Regiment 35e R.A engaged in the Battle of Verdun for four weeks and then made way to the Battle of the Somme during the same year. In 1917, the regiment took part in numerous battles at Chemin des Dames including the Battle of La Malmaison on October 23, 1917. On March 31, 1918, the 35th Artillery Regiment 35e R.A. was found again mounting charges around artillery equipments down to the bayonets similarly to the early worst hours of 1914. For this occasion the regiment was awarded the Fourragere with colors of the Croix de guerre 1914–1918. Some of the worst hours for the regiment were endured on May 27, following which a reorganization took place 2 month later. Accordingly, the regiment participated to the final combats of the conflict. In September, the regiment supported the assault on Souin. In October, the regiment shouldered the offensive on Somme-Py. In 1919 and with five citations at the orders of the armed forces for acts of valor, the regiment received the privilege on February 17 to bear wearing the Fourragere with ribbon colors of the Médaille militaire. World War II (1939–1945) During the Battle of France in 1940, two-thirds of the regiment was destroyed while covering the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops. The regiment was dissolved after the invasion of 1942. At the end of the conflict, airborne artillery set foot on ground based on U.S. American models. The 20th Parachute Artillery Regiment 20e RAP, was constituted from batteries of the 20th Artillery Regiment 20e R.A and 11th Artillery Regiment 11e R.A respectively. On November 1 of 1946, the 20e RAP, was dissolved and formed two new regiments designated as the 5th Parachute Artillery Regiment 5e RAP and 6th Parachute Artillery Regiment 6e RAP. The three R.A.Ps included batteries equipped with diverse materials (wheeled cannon type 75mm, British 88mm, the U.S. cannon type 37mm anti-tank and the U.S. cannon type 75mmm) along with other anti-aircraft type equipments. Accordingly, the three Parachute Artillery Regiments R.A.Ps where designated as Airborne Artillery Campaign Regiment (). On May 1, 1947, was then created through a regimental organization at Tarbes, the 35th Parachute Light Artillery Regiment () from the I/35e R.A. With the newly latest formation of parachute artillery regiments, the 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment became quickly a unique type of regiment. The R.A.Ps of North Africa were dissolved in 1948 and 1949. In 1951, the regiment was equipped with several U.S. American equipment type 75 M1.A1, 75 S.R (no recoil) and the 105 HM2 series. Indochina War (1946–1954) The regiment fought in the First Indochina War at Dien Bien Phu within Operation Castor. Algerian War (1954–1962) The regiment fought during the Algerian War. With the end of the Algerian War, the regiment was repatriated to France and became part of the 11th Parachute Division. Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) The regiment partook in various peacekeeping missions in Lebanon on numerous yearly designated occasions, also and mainly within the ranks of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, present in ground operations since 1978. From 1983 to 1984, the regiment integrated the corps of the Multinational Force in Lebanon. Chad (1982–1990) The regiment made an unsuccessful fire of FIM-92 Stinger during a Libyan bombardment on 10 September 19873, and on 7 July 1988 shot down a C-130 Hercules transport plane of unknown nationality in Faya-Largeau. Gulf War (1990–1991) The regiment was engaged in the Gulf War in 1991 part of Opération Daguet. Foreign operations (1991–2001) The regiment has been present around the world in Djibouti, Lebanon, Tchad, Central Africa, Gabon, Ex-Yugoslavia, Kurdistan, while also having participated in various humanitarian missions, including, Rwanda part of Opération Turquoise. Global War on Terror (2001-present) The regiment has been spearheading air artillery in combat, combat support, peacekeeping and multipurposed facade mission operations throughout the globe with the ongoing War on Terror, mainly on all exterior theatres of operations where the French Armed Forces are engaged in along the five continents and oceanic surroundings. Organization 1 Command and Logistics Air Artillery Battery 1 Renseignement Air Artillery Battery 3 Ground-to-Ground Air Artillery Batteries 1 Gournd-to-Air Air Artillery Battery 1 Reserve Air Artillery Battery Traditions Except for the Legionnaires of the 1er REG, 2e REG, 2e REP that conserve the Green Beret; the remainder of the French army metropolitan and marine paratroopers forming the 11th Parachute Brigade wear the Red Beret. The Archangel Saint Michael, patron of the French paratroopers is celebrated on September 29. The prière du Para (Prayer of the Paratrooper) was written by André Zirnheld in 1938. Insignias Just like the paratrooper Brevet of the French Army; the Insignia of French Paratroopers was created in 1946. The French Army Insignia of metropolitan Paratroopers represents a closed "winged armed dextrochere", meaning a "right winged arm" armed with a sword pointing upwards. The Insignia makes reference to the Patron of Paratroopers. In fact, the Insignia represents "the right Arm of Saint Michael", the Archangel which according to Liturgy is the "Armed Arm of God". This Insignia is the symbol of righteous combat and fidelity to superior missions. Regimental Colors Decorations The regimental colors are decorated with: Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with 4 palms cited at the orders of the armed forces. Cross for Military Valour with 1 palm: On May 21, 2012; the regiment was cited for intervention in Afghanistan within the corps of the International Security Assistance Force (I.S.A.F). The regiment wears the Fourragere with ribbon colors of the Médaille militaire. Honours Battle Honours Saint-Gond 1914 Champagne 1915 La Malmaison 1917 Noyon 1918 Somme-Py 1918 AFN 1952–1962 Regimental Commanders Gallery 35e R.A.P See also List of French paratrooper units 5th Airborne Artillery Campaign Regiment Jean de Lattre de Tassigny 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company References Parachute regiments of France Artillery regiments of France Military units and formations established in 1873 Military units and formations disestablished in 1942 Military units and formations established in 1947

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Quest%20of%20the%20Missing%20Map

The Quest of the Missing Map

The Quest of the Missing Map is the nineteenth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1942 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Mildred Wirt Benson. Plot summary Nancy investigates a small ship cottage at the Chatham estate and discovers a connection between the mysterious occurrences at the cottage and an island where a lost treasure is said to be buried. With one half of a map, Nancy sets out to find a missing twin brother who holds the other half. The mystery becomes dangerous when an assailant hears about the treasure and is determined to push Nancy off the trail. Can she endure this and other grave dangers, and recover in time to solve the mystery? References External links Nancy Drew books 1942 American novels 1942 children's books Grosset & Dunlap books Children's mystery novels

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDaliakalnis

Žaliakalnis

Žaliakalnis (literally, "the green hill") is an elderate in Lithuania's second largest city, Kaunas. Žaliakalnis is located north of the old town and the city center area, between the Neris and Girstupis valleys. It is one of the largest residential areas in Kaunas, with a population of 38,480 in 2006. History Žaliakalnis became part of Kaunas in 1919, when the city became the temporary capital of Lithuania. Kaunas expanded rapidly and the need for a comprehensive plan became evident by 1922. The Danish engineer M. Frandsen was invited to devise this plan. In Frandsen's plan, Žaliakalnis was to be an important part of Kaunas, where all the city's administrative functions would be located. This part of the concept was not fulfilled, although the neighbourhood quickly became very popular and many modern residences were built. In 1924-1925 alone, more than 300 plots were created and sold. In accordance with the plan, its streets were planted with different species of trees, and space was left for gardens. By 1940, the area was largely built up, and only a few plots remained vacant. Points of interest Žaliakalnis is home to Ąžuolynas Park, containing a stand of centuries-old oak trees. It is the largest stand of urban oaks within Europe, covering 63 hectares. A few sections of the park have been separated into Vytautas Park and Dainų slėnis. The only Zoo in Lithuania is located across the road from Ąžuolynas. A large number of buildings of functionalism architecture, predominant in the interbellum, are still preserved in the elderate. Žaliakalnis was home for some well known Lithuanian writers and artists such as Balys Sruoga, Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, Ieva Simonaitytė, Kazys Binkis, Kipras Petrauskas, President Valdas Adamkus grew up here. Now Žaliakalnis is a popular upmarket residential area. Žaliakalnis contains a number of sports facilities and educational institutions: Kaunas University of Technology campus Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education Kaunas Sports Hall S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium National Football Academy References City of Kaunas - Elderate of Žaliakalnis External links Website of Kaunas city Neighbourhoods of Kaunas

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20England%20Music%20Camp

New England Music Camp

The New England Music Camp (NEMC) is a summer camp for music students ages 11–18, located on in Sidney, Maine, on the eastern shore of Messalonskee Lake in the Belgrade Lakes region. It was founded in 1937 on the site of the defunct Eastern Music Camp. The camp has facilities for some 200 campers as well as faculty and staff. It follows a balanced structure of musical training (in the morning) and standard athletic activities (in the afternoon) such as sailing, kayaking, archery, tennis, softball, soccer, volleyball, badminton etc. There are numerous concerts offered free to the public during its seven-week season on site at the Bowl in the Pines or Alumni Hall (respectively, the camp's outdoor and indoor performance venues). Two pops-style concerts are presented for a small fee at the nearby Oakland Performing Arts Center in Oakland. New England Music Camp has many alumni move on to successful careers in music. NEMC alumni have won positions in the New York Philharmonic, the St. Louis Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Houston Symphony. Music facilities The Bowl in the Pines The Bowl in the Pines, North America's second largest outdoor amphitheater, is home to concerts by all of NEMC's performing groups every Sunday and on select Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. for the entire camp season. The Symphony Band, Symphony Orchestra, Stage Band, and Jazz Ensemble rehearse on the bowl stage in the mornings. Backstage are several practice rooms, and the percussion, tuba, and bass studios. It is the prettiest place to listen to and play music in. The bowl is also used for the annual talent shows, quad cabin activities, and more. Alumni Hall Alumni Hall is the camp's recital hall located near the entrance to campus. Alumni hall seats over 300 people and hosts faculty recitals Wednesday nights at 8:00 and student honor recitals Friday nights at 7:30. The Concert Band, Concert Orchestra, Treble Choir, and Jazz Band rehearse in Alumni Hall in the mornings. On other nights, alumni hall is used for social functions such as the square dance, all camp movie night, and dual cabin activities. Classrooms and Practice Areas Several other buildings on campus such as the Booth Ensemble Building, the Summer House, and Trustees Hall serve as classrooms for music classes (music theory, orchestral literature, conducting, etc.), sectional rehearsals, and chamber music rehearsals. Numerous practice cabins serve as space for solo practice and private lessons. Recreational facilities The Waterfront The NEMC waterfront consists of a sailing area, a canoe area, and a swimming area. The camp owns seven sailboats and several canoes and kayaks, many of which are used daily in afternoon recreational activities. In addition to being an option for assigned recreation, the swimming area is open to all campers during afternoon free time. The waterfront is run by several counselors and the assistant head counselors, all of whom are certified lifeguards. The Rec Fields The Recreational Fields consist of full soccer and ultimate frisbee fields, a softball field, an archery range, two sand volleyball courts, a weightlifting station, and a basketball court. Three tennis courts are located behind the Lodge across campus, but are still used for afternoon recreation. The rec fields are also used for camper games and all camp olympics, as well as the camper vs. faculty softball game. Dining facilities The Lodge The Lodge is the dining hall, where all students and faculty have breakfast, lunch, and dinner and are told important announcements for the day, such as rehearsal time and other activities. During lunch, mail call takes place in the Lodge. There is a kitchen, the student eating area, a faculty eating area, and a "staff only" upstairs. The Canteen The Canteen sells a wide variety of drinks and snacks and is open for specific hours during the day. In addition, the Canteen also sells souvenirs such as tote bags and New England Music Camp apparel. Housing All cabins at NEMC are organized strictly by age, and most have their own ping pong tables. Two cabins each share a separate shower house located between them. Each cabin also has its own fire pit for cabin cookouts which occur every Monday night. The girls' end of camp is located on the far south side running along the southern border. The boys' end runs from the Bowl to the northern border of campus along the lakefront. References External links Official website Summer camps in Maine Buildings and structures in Kennebec County, Maine

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogo%20Kobara

Shogo Kobara

is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Kobara was born in Yokohama on November 2, 1982. He joined the J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos youth team in 2001. Although he played several matches as center back during the first season, he did not play much in the club that had Japan national team players Naoki Matsuda, Yasuhiro Hato, and Yuji Nakazawa. In 2004, he moved to the J2 League club Vegalta Sendai and played often. In 2005, he moved to the J2 club Montedio Yamagata. He became a regular player and played often as center back with Leonardo Henriques da Silva. However his opportunity to play decreased, as opposed to newcomer Hidenori Ishii, starting in 2008. Although the club was promoted to J1 in 2009, he did not become a regular player. In 2010, he moved to the J2 club Ehime FC and played as a regular player. In 2011, he moved to the J1 club Avispa Fukuoka. Although he played often, the club was relegated to J2 in 2012. In 2013, he moved to the J2 club Ehime FC again. He retired at the end of the 2013 season. Club statistics References External links 1982 births Living people Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players Yokohama F. Marinos players Vegalta Sendai players Montedio Yamagata players Ehime FC players Avispa Fukuoka players Association football defenders

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Meaning%20of%20Witchcraft

The Meaning of Witchcraft

The Meaning of Witchcraft is a non-fiction book written by Gerald Gardner. Gardner, known to many in the modern sense as the "Father of Wicca", based the book around his experiences with the religion of Wicca and the New Forest Coven. It was first published in 1959, only after the British Parliament repealed the Witchcraft Act of 1735, and proved to be Gardner's final book. The Wicca religion as expounded by Gardner was focused on a goddess, identified with the night sky and with wild nature, and a horned god who represented the fertilizing powers of the natural world. It was organized into covens, through which members were initiated through three ascending degrees of competence and authority and which were governed by a high priestess, supported by a high priest. More historical context to the pagan practice of Wicca can be found in the book Wicca: History, Belief, and Community in Modern Pagan Witchcraft That book discusses Wiccan life, covering how and why people convert to Wicca; its denominations; its sociological demographics; its political beliefs, particularly in terms of environmentalist issues; the impact of anti-Wiccan persecution; the transmission of Wiccan and Pagan culture; and the history of academic analysis of Wicca. The Meaning of Witchcraft is a sequel to Gardner's previous book on the subject, Witchcraft Today, which was published in 1954. Chapters include: Witch's Memories and Beliefs, The Stone Age Origins of Witchcraft, Druidism and the Aryan Celts, Magic Thinking, Curious Beliefs about Witches, Signs and Symbols, The Black Mass, Some Allegations Examined. When Gardner died in 1964, the copyright for the book was left to the High Priestess of his coven, Monique Wilson. Gardner wrote the book in order to publicise Wicca, which he believed would die out unless more converts could be attracted. Gardner himself believed that Wicca was the survival of an ancient pagan Witch-cult, a theory originating from historian Margaret Murray which has now largely been discredited by historians like Ronald Hutton and Jeffrey Russell. Margaret Murray's theory maintained that witches were indeed members of an organized cult surviving from pagan times. According to Murray, Christianity remained a thin veneer which cloaked pagan customs down to the sixteenth century. Hutton does say that all the modern branches of Wicca are either based on or influenced by his (Gardner) teachings. It is the only complete religion (as opposed to sect or denomination) which England has ever given the world. Notes External links Page with the original text for the book 1959 non-fiction books Wiccan books Works by Gerald Gardner 1950s in modern paganism

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20devolution

Scottish devolution

Devolution is the process in which the central British parliament grants administrative powers (excluding principally reserved matters) to the devolved Scottish Parliament. Prior to the advent of devolution, some had argued for a Scottish Parliament within the United Kingdom – while others have since advocated for complete independence. The people of Scotland first got the opportunity to vote in a referendum on proposals for devolution in 1979 and, although a majority of those voting voted 'Yes', the referendum legislation also required 40% of the electorate to vote 'Yes' for the plans to be enacted and this was not achieved. A second referendum opportunity in 1997, this time on a strong proposal, resulted in an overwhelming 'Yes' victory, leading to the Scotland Act 1998 being passed and the Scottish Parliament being established in 1999. Scottish voters were given the chance to vote 'Yes' on outright independence in a 2014 referendum. In an effort to persuade Scots to remain in the Union, the major UK parties vowed to devolve further powers to Scotland after the referendum. The 'No' vote prevailed (independence was rejected) and the campaign promise of devolution resulted in the formation of the Smith Commission and the eventual passage of the Scotland Act 2016. History 1707 to 1999 Having agreed to pass the Union with England Act, the Parliament of Scotland 'adjourned' on 25 March 1707. The new united Kingdom of Great Britain came into being on 1 May 1707, with a single Parliament of Great Britain which merged the parliamentary bodies and constituencies of England and Scotland into a new legislature located in London. The post of Secretary of State for Scotland existed after 1707 until the Jacobite rising of 1745. Thereafter, responsibility for Scotland lay primarily with the office of the Secretary of State for the Northern Department, usually exercised by the Lord Advocate. The Secretaries of State were reorganised in 1782 and the duties now came under the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Administrative devolution (1885) 1885 saw the creation of the Scottish Office and the post of Secretary for Scotland. From 1892 the Secretary for Scotland sat in cabinet, but the position was not officially recognised as a full member of the cabinet of the United Kingdom until the Secretary for Scotland post was upgraded to full Secretary of State rank as Secretary of State for Scotland in 1926. Government of Scotland Bill 1913 In May 1913 the House of Commons passed the second reading of the Government of Scotland Bill 1913 (also referred to as the Scottish Home Rule Bill) by 204 votes to 159. The bill was supported by Liberals and opposed by Unionists. It did not proceed further due to the outbreak of the First World War. Scottish Covenant Association (1940s and 1950s) The Scottish Covenant Association was a non-partisan political organisation that sought the establishment of a devolved Scottish Assembly. It was formed by John MacCormick who had left the Scottish National Party in 1942 when they decided to support all-out independence for Scotland rather than devolution as had been their position. The Association was responsible for the creation of the Scottish Covenant, which gathered two million signatures in support of devolution. Members of the organisation were also responsible for the removal of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey in 1950 that attracted huge publicity for the cause of Scottish home rule. Kilbrandon Report (1973) 1979 devolution referendum The Scottish referendum of 1979 was a post-legislative referendum to decide whether there was sufficient support for the Scotland Act 1978 that was to create a deliberative assembly for Scotland. The Act required that for the Act not to be repealed at least 40% of the electorate would have to vote Yes in the referendum. The referendum resulted in a narrow Yes majority but fell short of the 40% requirement. 1997 devolution referendum The Scottish devolution referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum over whether there was support for the creation of a Scottish Parliament within the United Kingdom and whether there was support for such a parliament to have tax varying powers. In response to the clear majority voting for both proposals, the United Kingdom Parliament passed the Scotland Act 1998, creating the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive. The Scotland Act 1998 The Act was introduced by the Labour government in 1998 after the 1997 referendum. It created the Scottish Parliament, setting out how Members of the Scottish Parliament are to be elected, making some provision about the internal operation of the Parliament (although many issues are left for the Parliament itself to regulate) and setting out the process for the Parliament to consider and pass Bills which become Acts of the Scottish Parliament once they receive Royal Assent. The Act specifically asserts the continued power of the UK Parliament to legislate in respect of Scotland. The Act devolves all powers except over matter it specifies as reserved matters. It further designates a list of statutes which are not amenable to amendment or repeal by the Parliament which includes the Human Rights Act 1998 and many provisions of the Scotland Act itself. Even when acting within its legislative competence, the Act further constrains the powers of the Parliament by inhibiting it from acting in a manner incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights or European Community law. The same constraints apply to acts of the Scottish Executive. Scottish Parliament established, May 1999 The Scottish Parliament met for the first time on 12 May 1999 and began its first session with SNP member Winnie Ewing stating "the Scottish Parliament, adjourned on 25th day of March in the year 1707, is hereby reconvened" Opening of new Scottish Parliament building (2004) Construction of the Scottish Parliament building began in June 1999 and the first debate in the new building was held on Tuesday 7 September 2004. The formal opening by the Queen took place on 9 October 2004. Enric Miralles, the Spanish architect who designed the building, died before its completion. From 1999 until the opening of the new building in 2004, committee rooms and the debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament were housed in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland located on The Mound in Edinburgh. Office and administrative accommodation in support of the Parliament were provided in buildings leased from the City of Edinburgh Council. The new Scottish Parliament Building brought together these different elements into one purpose built parliamentary complex, housing 129 MSPs and more than 1,000 staff and civil servants. The building aims to conceive a poetic union between the Scottish landscape, its people, its culture and the city of Edinburgh, an approach that won the parliament building numerous awards including the 2005 Stirling Prize, and it has been described as "a tour de force of arts and crafts and quality without parallel in the last 100 years of British architecture". Powers over Scottish railways transferred (2005) As a result of provisions in the Railways Bill, powers were transferred from the Department of Transport to the Scottish Executive, a move described by then First Minister, Jack McConnell as "...the most significant devolution of new powers to Scottish ministers since 1999." Scottish Executive becomes Scottish Government (2007) A Scottish Executive was created under section 44 of the Scotland Act 1998. Following the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, the Scottish Executive was rebranded as the Scottish Government by the new Scottish National Party administration. Other changes that took place at this time included the development of the National Performance Framework and major restructuring whereby Directors-General were put in charge of the achievement of the Government's strategic objectives. These changes have been described as developing a form of strategic state. The new name's use in Westminster legislation was updated by s.12 Scotland Act 2012. Calman Commission (2007) The Calman Commission was established by a motion passed by the Scottish Parliament on 6 December 2007. Its terms of reference are: "To review the provisions of the Scotland Act 1998 in the light of experience and to recommend any changes to the present constitutional arrangements that would enable the Scottish Parliament to better serve the people of Scotland, that would improve the financial accountability of the Scottish Parliament and that would continue to secure the position of Scotland within the United Kingdom." However, concerns have been expressed that its final report will not have "much legitimacy" because it was skewed towards preserving the status quo. Powers transferred over planning and nature conservation matters at sea (2008) During 2008, agreement was reached to transfer responsibility for all planning and nature conservation matters at sea up to 200 miles from the Scottish coast to the Scottish Government. The change has implications for the offshore industry, wind and wave power and to a lesser extent, fishing, though responsibility for fishing quotas remains a European Union issue and oil and gas licensing and permitting remains a reserved matter. Independence referendum In August 2009 the SNP announced a Referendum Bill would be included in its package of bills to be debated before Parliament in 2009–10, with the intention of holding a referendum on the issues of Scottish independence in November 2010. The bill did not pass due to the SNP's status as a minority administration, and due to the initial opposition to the Bill from all other major parties in the Scottish Parliament. Following the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the SNP had a majority in parliament and again brought forward an Independence Referendum Bill. The Scottish Government also suggested that full fiscal autonomy for Scotland (known as "devo-max") could be an alternative option in the vote. The negotiation of the Edinburgh Agreement (2012) resulted in the UK government legislating to provide the Scottish Parliament with the powers to hold the referendum. The "devo-max" option was not included, however, as the Edinburgh Agreement stipulated that the referendum had to be a clear binary choice between independence or the existing devolution arrangements. The Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Act 2013 was passed by the Scottish Parliament and campaigning commenced. Two days before the referendum was held, with polls very close, the leaders of the three main UK political parties made "The Vow", a public pledge to devolve "extensive new powers" to the Scottish Parliament if independence was rejected. They also agreed to a devolution timetable proposed by Gordon Brown. After heavy campaigning by both sides, voting took place on 18 September 2014. Independence was rejected by a margin of 45% in favour to 55% against. Smith Commission The day after the referendum, David Cameron announced the formation of the Smith Commission to "convene cross-party talks" concerning "recommendations for further devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament". Two months later, on 27 November 2014, the commission published its recommendations, which included giving the Scottish Parliament complete power to set income tax rates and bands, increased borrowing powers, and an extensive list of other rights and powers. Scotland Act 2016 Based on the Smith Commission's recommendations, the Scotland Act 2016 was passed by Parliament and received Royal Assent on 23 March 2016. The Act set out amendments to the Scotland Act 1998 and devolved further powers to Scotland, most notably: The ability to amend sections of the Scotland Act 1998 which relate to the operation of the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government within the United Kingdom including control of its electoral system (subject to a two-thirds majority within the parliament for any proposed change) Legislative control over areas such as onshore oil and gas extraction, rail franchising, consumer advocacy and advice amongst others by devolution of powers in relation to these fields to the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Ministers. Management of the Crown Estate and the British Transport Police in Scotland Control over certain and removable taxes including Air Passenger Duty Full control over Scottish income tax including Income Tax rates and bands on non-savings and non-dividend income The Act recognised the Scottish Parliament and a Scottish Government as permanent among UK's constitutional arrangements, with a referendum required before either can be abolished. Proposed further devolution Federal UK reform Keir Starmer, leader of the UK Labour Party is in favour of reforming the UK and has promised to do so "quickly" if a UK Labour government is elected. Starmer has also tasked Gordon Brown, former prime minister of the UK with heading a "Constitution Commission" which would form in the event of a Labour UK government. Gordon Brown has suggested federalism as a viable option following Brexit and according to Tory MP Adam Tompkins, Gordon Brown wants "a reformed Britain, a new federal settlement, and further powers for a supercharged Holyrood". Changes enacted by the UK parliament In an effort to safeguard the UK internal market post-Brexit and to avoid trade discrepancies or issues for goods moving within the UK, the British government put forward the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 in parliament. Within Scotland, the Act was condemned as an affront on devolution by the governing Scottish National Party, however was supported by the Scottish Conservatives and various businesses and organisations in Scotland. The act can also cause the regulation of service in one part of the UK to be recognised across the whole UK. The act allows UK ministers to spend on devolved policies without the approval of the devolved parliament. See also Scottish Social Attitudes Survey Scottish Constitutional Convention Scottish Constitutional Commission Constitutional status of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles Devolution in the United Kingdom Welsh devolution Further reading Uncharted Territory: The Story of Scottish Devolution 1999–2009 by Hamish Macdonell (2009) The Scottish Political System Since Devolution: From New Politics to the New Scottish Government by Paul Cairney (2011) N. Lloyd-Jones, 'Liberalism, Scottish Nationalism and the Home Rule crisis, c.1886-1893', "English Historical Review" (August 2014) James Wilkie, The Scotland-UN Committee and its role in obtaining Scottish Devolution. The Story of the Scottish Parliament: The First Two Decades Explained edited by Gerry Hassan (2019) References Scottish devolution

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Anderson%20%28bishop%20of%20British%20Columbia%29

John Anderson (bishop of British Columbia)

John Ogle Anderson (1912–1969) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century. Anderson was born in Manitoba and educated at St. John's College, Winnipeg. Ordained in 1937, after curacies at St Anne's, Wandsworth and All Saints' Winnipeg he was a chaplain during World War II with the Canadian Grenadier Guards and then rector of St Aidan's Winnipeg from 1946 to 1949. He was Dean of Rupert's Land (Winnipeg) (1949-1954) and then of Ottawa (1954-1962) before his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Red River, a suffragan bishop of Rupert's Land. In 1967, he was translated to British Columbia but died the following year. References 1912 births 1969 deaths People from Manitoba University of Manitoba alumni Anglican bishops of British Columbia Canadian military chaplains World War II chaplains Deans of Ottawa 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops

20461809

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Jefferson%20Hotel

Thomas Jefferson Hotel

Thomas Jefferson Tower, originally the Thomas Jefferson Hotel and then the Cabana Hotel, is a 19-story building on the western side of downtown Birmingham, Alabama. It was completed in 1929 as the 350-room Thomas Jefferson Hotel and is at 1623 2nd Avenue North. It has a tower in its roof intended to be a zeppelin mooring mast. History The Thomas Jefferson Hotel was planned and developed by the Union Realty Company, headed by Henry Cobb. The company was organized in November 1925 in the office of architect David O. Whilldin, who prepared the design for the $1.5 million project. The Foster-Creighton Company of Nashville, Tennessee was selected as contractor and work began on the site in May 1926. Progress was halted in April 1927 when one of the projects financiers, the Adair Realty and Trust Company of Atlanta, Georgia failed. A new holding company was formed and work resumed in July 1928. Costs reached $2.5 million before it opened on September 7, 1929. The hotel's opening week featured nightly banquets and dances featuring an orchestra from New York. It was originally called The Thomas Jefferson Hotel, then the Cabana Hotel, the Leer Tower, and finally the Thomas Jefferson Tower. Design The hotel featured an ornate marble lobby, a large ballroom, and a rooftop mooring mast intended for use by dirigibles. The ground floor incorporated space for six shops and the basement included a billiard room and barber shop. The ballroom and dining rooms on the second floor opened out onto roof terraces from which the main tower rose. A Corinthian colonnade in glazed white terra-cotta set off the base of the tower, with the hotel entrance marked by a metal canopy. The fourth floor created an entablature, punctuated by the rhythm of windows that continued in brick for 13 more floors. The tower was capped on the top two floors with ornamented terra-cotta, including a balustrade and arched deep-set openings. The corners of the tower were clad in white brick to provide visual supports for the upper portion of the tower, while the narrow strips of brick between the windows were tan in color, each capped with a white acanthus leaf at the top. The edge of each corner was softened with a twisted-rope moulding, rising to a sculpted satyr at the top. The cornice rests on tightly spaced brackets with a shallow overhang of red mission tile suggesting a sloped roof. Early years A $35,000 improvement project was undertaken in 1933. Some of the retail spaces were subsumed into a larger hotel lobby with an electric fireplace. The dining room was similarly expanded and a banquet room was constructed over part of the roof terrace. It was only the first of several renovations for numerous owners. The Stirrup Cup lounge opened at the hotel on October 4, 1940. Birmingham newspapers declared the 200-room Thomas Jefferson Hotel as one of the finest in the country. Built to host huge gatherings, the $2.5 million facility was stocked with 7,000 pieces of silverware, 5,000 glasses and 4,000 sets of linen. As an affiliate of the National Hotels chain and under the management of Austin Frame, the Thomas Jefferson advertised rooms from $9 to 18 a night and multi-room suites for $18 to 35. All rooms were air conditioned and provided with a private bath, radio, television and Muzak. The hotel operated a laundry and valet service and housed a coffee shop, lounge, pharmacy and barber shop. Nightly dinner dances were held in the Windsor Room. Other rooms available for events included the Terrace Ballroom, Jefferson Room, Green Room, Gold Room, Board Room and Director's Room. "Southern charm and hospitality at its happy best, wonderful best. That's the pride of Birmingham The Hotel Thomas Jefferson", an early newspaper ad boasted. A large vertically oriented painted sign for the Thomas Jefferson Hotel is still visible on the brick-clad west side of the tower. At one time the letters were outlined with neon tubes, fabricated and installed by Dixie Neon. "It had an excellent chef. Among the bellboys, they were especially known for pecan pies", a man who was a bellboy in 1943 says with a smile, as if just being offered a piece. "Oh man, they were delicious." Its luxury status made the Thomas Jefferson a prime spot for celebrities visiting the city, including Mickey Rooney and Ethel Merman. U.S Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover and singer Ray Charles have also stayed at the hotel. But most of the guests were businessmen, often salesmen who rented one room for sleeping and another as an office for peddling their inventory. The hotel was a showplace with unparalleled amenities. And when the employees were not carrying luggage and serving guests, they operated a popular side business at the hotel. In the age of Prohibition, clever methods were used to meet the needs of thirsty guests. Bellboys would buy "Pensacola rye" from the nearby police station to sell to hotel guests. Cabana Hotel The 1970s marked a period of decline for the aging luxury hotel, renamed the Cabana Hotel in 1972. A new rooftop sign advertising the hotel was then added, along with a main hotel sign. The original ornate carpets were now replaced with shag carpets, and dropped ceilings were added. The economy had slowed, and a shift of attention to the northern end of town left older hotels, such as the Cabana, struggling. The scene was typical nationwide, as corporate mergers and new projects prompted the closing of many old buildings. During its peak, the Cabana hosted Mickey Rooney and Ethel Merman during visits to Birmingham. A special suite was reserved for Bear Bryant during games at Legion Field. In Birmingham, the Cabana was the last of the perennial hotels to fade away following the demise of the original Tutwiler Hotel in 1974, and the Bankhead Hotel conversion into senior housing. Its demise was also quickened by the opening of the BJCC complex to the north, taking all of its business to the Hyatt House Birmingham Hotel (now Sheraton Birmingham) and the Holiday Inn Civic Center (now gone) as well. It was a slow death that stripped it of most of its former glory. The hotel had suffered two major fires during this period of decline: one large one in 1980 and a smaller one in 1981. By 1981, the Cabana was a second-rate, $200-a-month apartment building with fewer than 100 residents. The hotel was shut down on May 31, 1983, by city health officials after it was declared uninhabitable on account of "bad plumbing, insufficient lighting, some inoperative smoke detectors and failure to upgrade to city fire codes". Leer Tower In 2005 the Leer Corporation of Modesto, California, announced a $20 million proposal to convert the building into upscale condominiums, to be known as the Leer Tower. That proposal was delayed by a dispute over control of the building and the owner's inability to secure local financing. The property went into foreclosure in July 2008. Subsequently the property had fallen further into disrepair, with the basement flooded with water and vagrants squatting in the upper floors. Non-Profit seeks to renovate In 2012, it was reported that a nonprofit corporation, Thomas Jefferson Tower Inc., was raising funds to buy the building and renovate it into a hotel, possibly as part of a mixed-use development including retail, a grocery store, and apartments. These efforts would ultimately prove unsuccessful. Thomas Jefferson Tower In August 2013, the building and its annex were acquired by TJTower LLC, a group of investors from Little Rock, Arkansas and New Orleans including former professional basketball player Brian Beshara. The former hotel was one of the first projects in Alabama to utilize new state and federal tax credits designed to spur redevelopment of historic structures. Pre-construction plans called for mixed-use conversion into 100 apartments, ground floor restaurant and retail space, and event/entertainment space in the former dining room and ballroom. It is one of multiple revitalization projects occurring in downtown Birmingham, along with the renovation of the long-closed Lyric Theater and the nearby Pizitz Building. Construction began on February 12, 2015. As of May 2015, the "Leer Tower" signage as well as the ground floor siding had been removed. On August 6, 2016, the top portion of the rooftop mooring mast was replaced, and the structure returned to its original appearance. The structure features LED lighting that can be remotely changed in color and intensity to mark specific occasions, much like is done at the Empire State Building in New York. It reopened in 2017. It became one of America's Prime attractions from Alabama. References External links http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2012/07/13/nonprofit-wants-to-buy-and-renovate.html http://bhamwiki.com/w/Thomas_Jefferson_Hotel Emporis.com http://tjtower.com http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2013/10/100_apartments_restaurant_and.html http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2013/08/former_lsu_basketball_star_bri.html Skyscraper hotels in Birmingham, Alabama Neoclassical architecture in Alabama Hotels established in 1929 1929 establishments in Alabama Hotel buildings completed in 1929

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takumi%20Watanabe

Takumi Watanabe

is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Watanabe was born in Iwaki on March 15, 1982. After graduating from high school, he joined newly was promoted to J1 League club, Kawasaki Frontale in 2000. However he could not play at all in the match in 2000 and the club was relegated to J2 League from 2001. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from 2001. In 2003, he was converted to center back and became a regular player. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2004. Although the club won the champions in 2004 and was promoted to J1 from 2005, he could hardly play in the match in J1. In 2006, he moved to J2 club Montedio Yamagata. He became a regular player as defensive midfielder. Although his opportunity to play decreased from summer 2007, the club was promoted to J1 first time in the club history from 2009. He played many matches as substitute midfielder. In 2010, he moved to Roasso Kumamoto and played many matches. In 2011, he moved to Japan Football League club Matsumoto Yamaga FC. He played many matches and the club was promoted to J2 from 2012. In 2013, he moved to J2 club Yokohama FC. However he could not play many matches in 3 seasons. In 2016, he moved to his local club Fukushima United FC in J3 League. He played many matches as defensive midfielder and retired end of 2017 season. Club statistics References External links Profile at Fukushima United FC 1982 births Living people Association football people from Fukushima Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Japan Football League players Kawasaki Frontale players Montedio Yamagata players Roasso Kumamoto players Matsumoto Yamaga FC players Yokohama FC players Fukushima United FC players Association football midfielders

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20weapons%20in%20the%20American%20Civil%20War

French weapons in the American Civil War

French weapons in the American Civil War had a key role in the conflict and encompassed most of the sectors of weaponry of the American Civil War (1861–1865), from artillery to firearms, submarines and ironclad warships. The effect of French weapons was especially significant in field artillery and infantry. These weapons were either American productions based on French designs, or sometimes directly imported from France. Field artillery The canon obusier de 12, introduced in the French Army in 1853, an early type of canon obusier, or gun howitzer developed during the reign of Napoleon III, was the primary cannon used in the American Civil War, under the name of 12-pounder Napoleon Model 1857. Over 1,100 such Napoleons were manufactured by the North, and 600 by the South. The twelve-pound cannon "Napoleon" was the most popular smoothbore cannon used during the war. It was widely admired because of its safety, reliability, and killing power, especially at close range. It did not reach America until 1857. It was the last cast bronze gun used by an American army. The Federal version of the Napoleon can be recognized by the flared front end of the barrel, called the muzzle swell. Confederate Napoleons were produced in at least six variations, most of which had straight muzzles, but at least eight cataloged survivors of 133 identified have muzzle swells. Additionally, four iron Confederate Napoleons produced by Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia have been identified, of an estimated 125 cast. Submarines During the American Civil War, the Union-built and French-designed submarine Alligator was the first U.S. Navy submarine and the first to feature compressed air (for air supply) and an air filtration system. Initially hand-powered by oars, it was converted after 6 months to a screw propeller powered by a hand crank. With a crew of 20, it was larger than Confederate submarines. Alligator was 47 feet (14.3 m) long and about 4 feet (1.2 m) in diameter. The submarine was lost in a storm off Cape Hatteras on April 1, 1863 with no crew and under tow to its first combat deployment at Charleston. Ironclads As the Confederacy struggled against the North, it attempted to purchase one of the latest ironclads from France, Stonewall (later acquired by Japan after the end of the war). The ship, built in Bordeaux, France by the L'Arman shipyard in 1864, was an ironclad ram warship. However, the French government embargoed the sale of the ship to the Confederacy in February 1864 (prior to her launch in June 1864), and then sold the ship to the Royal Danish Navy as Stærkodder. However, L'Arman and the Danish Navy could not agree on a price for the ship, and sometime shortly after January 7, 1865 the vessel took on a Confederate crew and was commissioned CSS Stonewall while still at sea; L'Arman had secretly resold her to the Confederacy. The arrival of the "formidable" Stonewall in America was dreaded by the Union, and several ships tried to intercept her, among them and . In February and March, and laid up at Ferrol, Spain, to prevent Stonewall from departing, but the much more powerful Confederate ship was able to make good her escape. After an eventful crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, she eventually arrived in North American waters near the end of the American Civil War, too late to have a significant effect. (By the time of her October 1864 commissioning the Confederacy was in disarray and near defeat, its navy disintegrating, along with most other Confederate institutions.) To avoid surrendering the vessel, Captain Page sailed her into Havana harbor and turned her over to the Captain General of Cuba for the sum of $16,000. The vessel was then turned over to United States authorities in return for reimbursement of the same amount. She was temporarily de-commissioned, stationed at a US Navy dock, until she was offered for sale to the Japanese government of the Tokugawa shogunate. References American Civil War weapons

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A Frozen Flower

A Frozen Flower () is a 2008 South Korean erotic historical film. It is directed by Yoo Ha and stars Jo In-sung, Joo Jin-mo and Song Ji-hyo. The historical film is set during Goryeo Dynasty and is loosely based on the reign of Gongmin of Goryeo (1330–1374), but it does not strictly comply with historical facts. The controversial story is about the characters' violation of royal family protocol and their pursuit of love. It was released in South Korea on 30 December 2008 and was the 6th most attended film of 2008 with 3,772,976 tickets sold. Plot The King (Joo Jin-mo) of Goryeo is married to a Yuan Dynasty princess (Song Ji-hyo), but they do not have any children. There is constant pressure on the King both from the Yuan emperor and his own counselors to produce a crown prince and ensure the continuity of the royal dynasty. The King's palace guard is composed of thirty six young soldiers, led by military commander Hong-rim (Jo In-sung), who is also the King's lover. The King finally decides to charge Hong-rim with a strange commission: penetrate the Queen to impregnate her. Hong-rim and the Queen are uncomfortable accepting the royal order, but they finally comply. However, their relationship does not stop at procreation, but an intense romance soon blossoms between the two, and in this strong intimate relationship there is no place for the King. The two passionate lovers surpass their "official mission" and continue to meet each other at midnight in the library in secret. The King begins to suspect Hong-rim's infidelity and soon gains evidence through his junior commander. To punish them and to also gauge the depth of Hong-rim's affection for the Queen, the King calls the two together to his chamber. The king tells them that he has decided that the Queen will continue to try and beget an heir, but only with another subordinate. The King remains firm in his decision, despite entreaties from both the Queen and Hong-rim. In despair, the Queen attempts to kill herself by slitting her wrists, but fails. In a last-ditch effort to change the King's mind, Hong-rim asks the Queen to stay away from him, and goes to the King to offer his own life in exchange for forgiveness. The King pardons him, believing Hong-rim's claim that his involvement with the Queen was purely lust. He decides to overlook everything that had happened, and instead orders Hong-rim to go away for a while to clear his mind and settle his emotions. The night before Hong-rim's departure, the Queen's personal maid secretly informs him that the Queen wishes to meet him one last time. She also bears news that the Queen has finally conceived a child. Hong-rim sneaks out from the King's bedside to meet the Queen in the library. They end up having passionate sex in the library, but the King realizes what is happening and catches them in flagrante delicto. When the two lovers attempt to save each other by begging the King to kill them and not the other, the King realizes how strong their romantic love for each other is. In a jealous rage, he has Hong-rim castrated and sent to prison. The Queen now realizes that the King will eliminate everyone who knows their secret, so she sends her maid to warn Hong-rim's loyal subordinates, and they manage to free Hong-rim from prison and flee the city with him. Upon learning of the escape, the King demands to know Hong-rim's whereabouts from the Queen, but she refuses to answer. In response, he kills her maid. The King is then informed that the Queen is pregnant, and as the Queen had predicted, he then orders the execution of everyone who knows that he is not the child's father. Only his junior commander, who took over from Hong-rim, is spared. Some time later, and having recovered from his wound, Hong-rim realizes that the Queen is still in the palace and not on the run, as his subordinates were ordered to tell him. Furious, he starts out for the city on horseback, despite their protests, but then he stops in his journey, realizing how futile it would be. However, on returning to the refuge, he finds that his men have been tracked down and captured. At the palace, the King tortures the subordinates to discover the whereabouts of Hong-rim, but they remain silent, so the King has them executed and their heads put up on posts on the palace gates, along with that of the Queen's maid. Her head bears the Queen's necklace, in order to trick Hong-rim into believing the queen is dead and forcing him to return to exact revenge. When Hong-rim returns to the city, he indeed becomes enraged by this sight and determines to kill the King. Disguising himself as a soldier, he enters the palace grounds during the celebrations for the soldier who came back from war and hides out, awaiting his chance to reach the King and kill him. Meanwhile, as the King returns to his private quarters, he encounters the Queen, but he snubs her, and orders his junior commander to escort her back to her room. As the commander is about to leave the Queen's chamber, she warns him that the King will surely have him killed as soon as the baby is born; she then says that if the commander assassinates the King, and her father takes over the throne, she will guarantee that his life will be spared. The junior commander then calls a meeting of his most trusted subordinates and reveals the truth about the King, the Queen and Hong-rim. However, before they can carry out the Queen's plan, Hong-rim goes into action. Ignoring the palace guards, who plead with him to leave before he is captured and killed, he fights his way to the King's quarters, cutting down all who oppose him. Reaching the King's chamber, Hong-rim confronts the King and demands that he fight him. An intense duel ensues, during which Hong-rim slashes through the King's favorite painting, which depicts him and Hong-rim hunting together. As the desperate duel continues, the junior commander and his men arrive (their intentions not entirely clear), but the King orders them not to intervene, and the junior commander holds them back and awaits the outcome of the fight. At the climax of the duel, the King manages to break Hong-rim's sword, and stabs him in the shoulder. While Hong-rim is pinned by his sword, the King asks him a last question: whether or not Hong-rim had ever felt love for him. Hong-rim replies, "No". Hearing this, the King is shocked, giving Hong-rim time to throw himself forward on the blade and kill the King with the remaining half of his own sword. As the King dies, Hong-rim staggers to his feet, pulls the King's sword from his shoulder and charges at the guards, but he is fatally stabbed by the junior commander. Moments later, the Queen arrives at the scene with the guards at her heels, who try to hold her back. Horrified, she tearfully calls out for Hong-rim. As she is taken away by the guards, Hong-rim realizes that the King had not killed her after all. He turns his head from her and dies facing the king, his eyes filled with realization of his test. The junior commander then declares that the King has been killed by an assassin, and he orders his men to quickly remove the bodies, and to tell no one of what has transpired. The final scenes of the film show a flashback to when the King showed young Hong-rim the view of the city and asked if Hong-rim wished to live with him, to which the young Hong-rim replied "Yes." The film ends on a montage of the King and Hong-rim happily hunting together, referring back to a dream the King once had, as depicted in the King's painting. Cast Main Jo In-sung as Hong-rim Yeo Jin-goo as young Hong-rim Joo Jin-mo as the King Lee Poong-woon as young the King Song Ji-hyo as Queen Han Ik-Bi Supporting Shim Ji-ho as Seung-ki Baek Seung-ho as young Seung-ki Lim Ju-hwan as Han-baek Seo Young-joo as young Han-baek Yeo Wook-hwan as Im-bo Song Joong-ki as No-tak Jang Ji-won as Bo-duk Kim Choon-ki as Eunuch Hwang Lee Jong-goo as Tae-sa Kwon Tae-won as Jo Il-moon Do Yong-koo as Ki Won-hong Ko In-bum as Yeon Ki-mok Ham Kun-soo as Yuan Dynasty Four Symbols No Min-woo as Min-woo Do Ye-sung as Choi-Kwan Ham Sung-min as Seong-min Park Jong-soo as Eunuch Shin Son Jong-hak as 밀사 Kang-Poong as 밀사 Jo Yong-hyun as a young eunuch Kim Pil-joong as a young eunuch Jung In-hwa as Court Lady Park Park Jong-bo as Lord Chil-Won Kim Ki-suk as a young Buddhist monk Park Min-kyoo as a young Buddhist monk Kim Ki-bang as a shop owner in Byeollak Province Lee Se-ryang as a shop owner in Hyangnang Lee Ye-na as a Royal consort Hong Ka-yeon as a Royal consort Min Ji-hyun as a Royal consort Lee Jung-joo as a Palace maid who dressed like a man Kim Min-ah as one of Queen Hall's Musuri Lee Jin-ah as one of Queen Hall's Musuri Kim Hee-seon as one of Yeongsu Hall's maid Kim Se-hee as one of Yeongsu Hall's maid Kim Kyung-hee as a Court Lady Choi Seung-hee as a Court Lady Choi Seung-il as a Eunuch Lee Seon-min as a Eunuch Kang Dong-kyoon as a Eunuch Jo Jin-woong as Lord Tae Ahn Im Hyun-sung Cameo Production According to historical records, after the death of his Mongolian-born queen, Noguk, King Gongmin descended into a life of homosexual debauchery, hiring a team of handsome male bodyguards of noble birth to serve in the palace in 1372. When one of the bodyguards made King Gongmin's second wife pregnant, Gongmin tried to kill him to quell the scandal, but was killed by the bodyguard's friends instead. But some historians disagree with this account, insisting that Gongmin was slandered in an attempt to justify the founding of the Joseon Dynasty, and that the youths were just bodyguards. A Frozen Flower takes its title from a song of that era which described the sexual relationships between Hong-rim and the Queen. It is the fifth feature film by director Yoo Ha, who wanted to make a change from his previous works by doing a historical film, saying, "I always felt uncomfortable with the genre but I felt I should try to overcome those feelings. It is also a new challenge for me to focus on a melodrama." He also stated that the film was "a love story between men." Jo In-sung was on board from the beginning of the project, and turned down other acting roles to make A Frozen Flower his last work before enlisting for military service. He chose to appear in the film without knowing the exact details, having faith in the director following their earlier collaboration in 2005 on A Dirty Carnival. Jo began training for the role in August 2007, learning martial arts, fencing, horse riding and geomungo. The casting of Joo Jin-mo as the king was announced in December 2007. The budget for A Frozen Flower was $10 million, and the film went into production on 16 April 2008. It was the first film to shoot at the newly built Jeonju Cinema Studio. Awards and nominations 2009 Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actor - Joo Jin-mo Nomination - Most Popular Actress (Film) - Song Ji-hyo Nomination - Best Film 2009 Grand Bell Awards Best Art Direction - Kim Ki-chul Best Music - Kim Jun-seok Nomination - Best Lighting - Yoon Ji-won Nomination - Best Costume Design - Lee Hye-soon, Jeong Jeong-eun 2009 Blue Dragon Film Awards Nomination - Best Cinematography - Choi Hyun-ki Nomination - Best Art Direction - Kim Ki-chul Nomination - Best Lighting - Yoon Ji-won Nomination - Technical Award - Lee Hye-soon, Jeong Jeong-eun (Costume Design) 2010 Fantasporto Orient Express Section Special Jury Award - Yoo Ha International The rights of the film were sold to Japan, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg before it was completed, and also a further seven countries at the European Film Market. See also List of Korean-language films References External links 2008 films 2008 drama films South Korean historical romance films South Korean LGBT-related films Films set in the 14th century Films set in the Goryeo Dynasty Films directed by Yoo Ha 2000s Korean-language films South Korean erotic films 2000s erotic films Showbox films Bisexuality-related films 2008 LGBT-related films LGBT-related romantic drama films 2000s historical romance films Male bisexuality in film 2000s South Korean films Films set in Kaesong

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohei%20Miyazaki

Kohei Miyazaki

is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Miyazaki was born in Yamaga on February 6, 1981. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1999. Although he played several matches in 2001, he could hardly play in the match at the club in 3 seasons. In 2002, he moved to J2 League club Avispa Fukuoka. He played many matches as regular player and the club was promoted to J1 from 2006. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2006 and the club was relegated to J2 in a year. In 2008, he moved to J2 club Montedio Yamagata. He played many matches and the club was promoted to J1 from 2009. His opportunity to play decreased from 2010 and the club finished at bottom place in 2011 and was relegated to J2 from 2012. In 2012, he moved to J2 club Tokushima Vortis. He played many matches and the club was promoted to J1 from 2014. Although his opportunity to play decreased and the club finished at bottom place in 2014 and was relegated to J2 from 2015. He retired end of 2014 season. Club statistics References External links 1981 births Living people Association football people from Kumamoto Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Avispa Fukuoka players Montedio Yamagata players Tokushima Vortis players Association football midfielders

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RBL 20-pounder Armstrong gun

The Armstrong Breech Loading 20-pounder gun, later known as RBL 20-pounder, was an early modern 3.75-inch rifled breech-loading light gun of 1859. History The gun was effectively a larger version of the successful RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt Armstrong gun. There were different versions for land and sea service. Sea service The RBL 20 pounder of 13 cwt and 15 cwt for sea service was introduced in 1859. It is 2½ feet shorter than the land version giving it a bore of only 54 inches (14.43 calibres), and hence a short stubby appearance. Its short barrel only allowed it to attain a muzzle velocity of 1,000 ft/second. The 15 cwt gun, identifiable by the raised coil in front of the vent slot, was intended for broadside use in sloops. The more lightly constructed 13 cwt gun was known as a pinnace gun and was intended for boat use. Land service The RBL 20 pounder of 16 cwt for land service was introduced in 1860. It has a bore of 84 inches (22.36 calibres) and hence has the appearance of a typical field gun. After it became obsolete for regular Royal Artillery use, a small number were re-issued to Volunteer Artillery Batteries of Position from 1889, alongside 16-pounder RML guns and 40 Pounder RBL guns. The 1893 the War Office Mobilisation Scheme shows the allocation of twelve Artillery Volunteer position batteries equipped with 20 Pounder guns which would be concentrated in Epping, Essex in the event of mobilisation. Surviving examples An unrestored 13 cwt pinnace gun at Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence A 16 cwt gun on board HMS Warrior at Portsmouth, UK A 13 cwt gun dated 1859 at the Artillery Museum, North Head, Sydney, Australia Sea Service Pattern at Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower, Gosport See also Armstrong gun List of field guns List of naval guns Notes References Bibliography Treatise on the construction and manufacture of ordnance in the British service. War Office, UK, 1877 Text Book of Gunnery, 1887. London : Printed for his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, St. Martin's Lane Alexander Lyman Holley, A treatise on Ordnance and Armor published by D Van Nostrand, New York, 1865 Lieutenant-Colonel C H Owen R.A., The principles and practice of modern artillery, published by John Murray, London, 1873 External links Handbook for the 20-pr. R.B.L. gun of 16-cwt. on garrison sliding carriage and on travelling carriage, 1892, 1896 Artillery of the United Kingdom Field guns Naval guns of the United Kingdom Elswick Ordnance Company 95 mm artillery Victorian-era weapons of the United Kingdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Build%20This%20Garden%20for%20Us

I Build This Garden for Us

"I Build This Garden for Us" is the second single by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz from his debut album, Let Love Rule, and released in 1990 by Virgin Records. Track listing "I Build This Garden for Us" – 6:16 (Kravitz) "Flower Child" – 2:56 (Kravitz) "Fear" – 5:25 (Kravitz, Lisa Bonet) Members Lenny Kravitz – vocals, guitar, drums Jean McClain – backing vocals Yolanda Pittman – backing vocals Tisha Campbell – backing vocals Nancy Ives – cello Henry Hirsch – bass, organ, electric piano (Rhodes piano) Eric Delente – violin Charts References External links Lenny Kravitz official site 1990 singles Lenny Kravitz songs Song recordings produced by Lenny Kravitz Songs written by Lenny Kravitz 1989 songs Virgin Records singles

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-muscled%20cattle

Double-muscled cattle

Double-muscled cattle refers to breeds of cattle that carry one of seven known mutations that limits and reduces the activity of the myostatin protein. Normally, myostatin limits the number of muscle fibers present at birth, and interfering with activity of this protein causes animals to be born with higher numbers of muscle fibers, consequently augmenting muscle growth. Additionally, these mutations reduce the superficial and internal fat deposits, causing the meat to be less marbled and lower in fat content. Animals homozygous for myostatin mutation (inheriting a mutant copy of myostatin from both sire and dam) also have improved meat tenderness in some cuts of meat. The enlarged muscles of dam and calf at birth leads to increased difficulty of calving, and in some breeds frequently necessitates birth by cesarean section. History Some breeds of cattle do not possess the myostatin gene that helps regulate muscle growth. This causes them to have more muscle mass and yields more meat for the cattle farmers. Two of the breeds that possess the double muscle gene are the Piedmontese and the Parthenais. The Piedmontese was discovered in Italy 1897, and the Parthenais were found in France in 1893. The Belgian Blue is another cattle that can lack myostatin and have double muscles. The Belgian Blue originates from central and upper Belgium. The breed was established in the early 20th century. The Belgian Blue was once divided into two strains, one for beef and the other for milk. The Belgian Blue is now primarily beef. The Belgian Blue is relatively new to the U.S. but has gained acceptance from breeders. Myostatin was discovered by Se-Jin Lee and Alexander McPherron in 1997. They found that myostatin was lacking in mice and causes the size of the mice to increase by two or three times the size of mice that did not lack the myostatin. Later that year McPherron and Lee also saw that Piedmontese and Belgian Blue cattle were hypermuscular. The cattle had naturally occurring disruption of myostatin locus. Lee went on to extensively study myostatin. During this research he noted the loss of white fat that occurred when hyper muscularity by myostatin would happen. He also showed that myostatin was sufficient to cause a phenotype reminiscent of cachexia. "Dr. Lee has shown that other molecules in the TGF-B pathways, notably the activins and follistatin, also regulate muscle mass." Lee's contributions also demonstrated so potential that myostatin could be therapeutic, the clinical setting that myostatin blockade would be useful has not yet been found but it may be beneficial in some areas. People are now trying to use myostatin as a medicine. "The research has produced several muscle-building drugs now being tested in people with medical problems, including muscular dystrophy, cancer and kidney disease." Double-muscled breeding is done to get more meat and less fat. Backfat is generally found to be less in double-muscled cattle than in cattle with normal muscling. Animals that are double-muscled have a higher carcass yield but this does come with new problems for the cattle. The meat from double muscled cattle is tenderer. "There is a persisting trend to improve carcass quality in specialized beef breeds. A higher meat yield and more lean meat are desirable for the meat industry." Controversy The enlarged muscles of dam and calf at birth leads to increased difficulty of calving, and in some breeds frequently necessitates birth by cesarean section. Affected breeds include: Belgian Blue Piedmontese Parthenais Maine Anjou Limousin See also Myostatin Cattle References Further reading Cattle

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International cricket in 2008–09

The 2008–09 international cricket season was between September 2008 and March 2009. The season saw the security concerns for cricket in Pakistan reach a pinnacle. The ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled to be held in Pakistan in September 2008, was postponed to 2009 after five of the participating nations refused to send their teams for the event. In November 2008, a Pakistani militant group launched terror attacks in Mumbai. This led to India cancelling their tour of Pakistan originally scheduled for January and February 2009. Sri Lanka agreed to tour Pakistan in place of India but the tour was jeopardised by a terror attack in Lahore where gunmen fired at a bus carrying the Sri Lankan team, injuring six members of the team. The Champions Trophy was later relocated to South Africa and no international cricket were played in Pakistan for more than five years. This period of isolation ended when Zimbabwe toured Pakistan in May 2015. After successfully hosting few T20Is against World-XI, Sri Lanka cricket team and the West Indians from 2017 to 2018, few matches of Pakistan Super League from 2017 to 2019, whole season in 2020 as well as hosting complete tours against Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi cricket teams respectively during the 2019–20 season, built good reputation of Pakistan. Hence, by the end of 2019, the Pakistan Cricket Board, announced that they would no longer play any of their future home matches at a neutral venue, indicating that International Cricket has returned to the country on full-time basis. Season overview Pre-season rankings September ICC Intercontinental Cup Win – 14 points Draw if more than 8 hours of play lost – 3 points (otherwise 0 points) First Innings leader – 6 points (independent of final result) Abandoned without a ball played – 10 points. Note: For matches in previous seasons, see the main article October World Cricket League Division 4 Final Placings Australia in India New Zealand in Bangladesh Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada Associates Tri-Series in Kenya Kenya in South Africa November Bangladesh in South Africa Pakistan vs West Indies in the United Arab Emirates England in India 2 further ODIs were scheduled for Guwahati (29 November) and Delhi (2 December) but were cancelled for security reasons following the 2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attacks. The 1st Test was moved from Ahmedabad to Chennai and the 2nd Test from Mumbai to Mohali. After initially flying home, England flew out to Abu Dhabi on 4 December for a training camp, before then returning to India for the test series. New Zealand in Australia Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe ICC Americas Division 1 Championship The ICC Americas Division 1 Championship took place Fort Lauderdale in Florida from 25 November. Six nations took part: hosts USA, holders Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Argentina and debutants Suriname. United States won the tournament. December West Indies in New Zealand South Africa in Australia Sri Lanka in Bangladesh The first test included a rest day on 29 December due to the Bangladeshi general elections. January Tri-Series in Bangladesh Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Sri Lanka in Pakistan As a result of the firing in Lahore where several Sri Lankan players were injured, the 2nd Test was abandoned and Sri Lanka immediately returned home. ICC World Cricket League Division Three Zimbabwe in Kenya India in Sri Lanka February England in West Indies The 2nd Test was abandoned due to an unfit outfield. Therefore, an extra test was arranged to be played at the Antigua Recreation Ground, starting 2 days after the abandonment. Women's Tri-Series in Bangladesh advanced to the Final India in New Zealand Australia in South Africa March Women's World Cup Season summary Result Summary Stats Leaders Test ODI T20I Milestones Test Sachin Tendulkar reached 12,000 runs in Test on 17 October (vs Australia) 1st All Time Sourav Ganguly reached 7,000 runs in Test on 18 October (vs Australia) 33rd All Time V. V. S. Laxman played his 100th Test match on 6 November (vs Australia) 46th All Time Harbhajan Singh reached 300 wickets in Test on 7 November (vs Australia) 22nd All Time Sachin Tendulkar reached 100 catches in Test on 10 November (vs Australia) 27th All Time Brett Lee reached 300 wickets in Test on 22 November (vs New Zealand) 23rd All Time Matthew Hayden played his 100th Test match on 28 November (vs New Zealand) 47th All Time Ricky Ponting captained his 50th Test match on 28 November (vs New Zealand) 12th All Time Billy Bowden umpired his 50th Test match ( vs ) on 11 December 10th All time Graeme Smith reached 6,000 runs in Test on 20 December (vs Australia) 49th All time Chris Gayle reached 5,000 runs in Test on 20 December (vs New Zealand) 72nd All time Jacques Kallis took his 250th wicket in Test on 26 December (vs Australia) 31st All time Chaminda Vaas took his 350th wicket in Test on 26 December (Bangladesh) 19th All time Mahela Jayawardene played his 100th Test match on 3 January (vs Bangladesh) 48th All time Ramnaresh Sarwan reached 5,000 runs in Test on 6 January (vs England) 73rd All time Mahela Jayawardene reached 8,000 runs in Test on 21 February (vs Pakistan) 20th All time Younis Khan reached 5,000 runs in Test on 24 February (vs Sri Lanka) 74th All time Younis Khan scored triple century in Test on 24 February (vs Sri Lanka) 23rd All time Jacques Kallis reached 10,000 runs in Test on 27 February (vs Australia) 8th All time ODI Mashrafe Mortaza scored 1,000 runs on 14 October (vs New Zealand), becoming in the 43rd All time cricketer with 1,000 runs and 100 wickets Chris Gayle took 150 wickets on 16 November (vs Pakistan) 46th All time Harbhajan Singh took 200 wickets on 20 November (vs England) 30th All time Virender Sehwag reached 6,000 runs on 23 November (vs England) 39th All time Tatenda Taibu reached 100 dismissals on 30 November (vs Sri Lanka) 21st All time Chris Gayle scored his 7,000th run on 13 January (vs New Zealand) 26th All time Kumar Sangakkara scored his 7,000th run on 16 January (vs Bangladesh) 27th All time Jacques Kallis scored his 10,000th run on 23 January (vs Australia) 8th All time Nathan Bracken took 150 wickets on 23 January (vs South Africa) 47th All time Muttiah Muralitharan got his 500th wicket on 24 January (vs Pakistan) 2nd All Time Sanath Jayasuriya scored his 13,000th run on 28 January (vs India) 2nd All Time Mahela Jayawardene scored his 8,000th run on 3 February (vs India) 18th All Time Irfan Pathan took 150 wickets on 5 February (vs Sri Lanka) 48th All time Records Test Sachin Tendulkar broke the record of runs on 17 October (vs Australia) with runs scored off Peter Siddle. Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera broke the record for the 4th wicket with 437 runs vs Pakistan on 22 February. Shoaib Malik ended the partnership by dismissing Jayawardene. The partnership faced 651 balls and Jayawardene contributed 199 runs, Samaraweera 231 runs. Rahul Dravid broke the record of most catches on 6 April (vs New Zealand) upon helping dismiss Tim McIntosh. ODI Ajantha Mendis was fastest to reach 50 wickets on 12 January in his 19th match when he dismissed Ray Price (Zimbabwe). Mahela Jayawardene broke the record of catches by non-wicket keeper vs. Pakistan with 157, when he caught Salman Butt on 21 January. achieved their highest score in an ODI with 351 for 7 in the victory over Kenya (29 January) Muttiah Muralitharan broke the record of wickets taken with 503, when he dismissed Gautam Gambhir on 5 February. References External links 2008/09 season on ESPN Cricinfo 2008 in cricket 2009 in cricket

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Howlett

Robert Howlett

Robert Howlett (3 July 1831 – 2 December 1858) was a pioneering British photographer whose pictures are widely exhibited in major galleries. Howlett produced portraits of Crimean War heroes, genre scenes and landscapes. His photographs include the iconic picture of Isambard Kingdom Brunel which was part of a commission by the London-based weekly newspaper Illustrated Times to document the construction of the world's largest steamship, the SS Great Eastern. He exhibited at the London Photographic Society and published On the Various Methods of Printing Photographic Pictures upon Paper, with Suggestions for Their Preservation. He worked in partnership with Joseph Cundall at "The Photographic Institution" at New Bond Street, London. Howlett made photographic studies for the artist William Powell Frith to assist him on his vast modern panorama painting The Derby Day (1856–58; Tate, London) which was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1858. Howlett was commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to photograph the frescoes in the new drawing-room at Buckingham Palace, make copies of the paintings by Raphael and make a series of portraits called 'Crimean Heroes' which was exhibited in 1857 the Photographic Society of London's annual exhibition. Howlett died in 1858, aged 27. His death was apparently due to typhoid (rather than as a result of over-exposure to dangerous chemicals, as was suggested by some at the time, a myth that has continued to this day). The Illustrated Times praised him as "one of the most skillful photographers of the day." Prints from Howlett's photographs were published posthumously by his late partners Cundall & Downes under their own name, and by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. Early life and education Howlett was the second of four sons of Reverend Robert Howlett and Harriet Harsant. Two brothers died in infancy and his younger brother Thomas became a farmer. He was born in Theberton, Suffolk and the family had moved to Longham, Norfolk by the time he was 9 years old. His maternal grandfather, Thomas Harsant, a surgeon, constructed telescopes, microscopes, electrical machines, implements and instruments. Robert built his own microscope when a child. Thomas Harsant died in 1852 and left him £1000 plus his "turning lathe and all the apparatus and tools belonging thereto". Thus he was able to move to London. Career In London Howlett rose to prominence while working for the Photographic Institution at 168 New Bond Street, London, which was a leading establishment for the commercial promotion of photography through exhibitions, publications, and commissions. Although the Photographic Institution was established in 1853 by Joseph Cundall and Philip Henry Delamotte, it is believed that Howlett replaced Delamotte, who became professor of drawing at King's College London. He was elected to membership of the Photographic Society of London, later the Royal Photographic Society, in December 1855 and remained a member until his death. By 1856 Howlett was mentioned in the photographic press. He sent prints to the annual exhibitions of photographic societies in London, Manchester, and Norwich. These included landscape studies, In the Valley of the River Mole, Mickleham, and Box Hill, Surrey, which are presumed to have been taken in 1855. He exhibited at the London Photographic Society and in 1856 published a booklet "On the Various Methods of Printing Photographic Pictures upon Paper, with Suggestions for Their Preservation". He also designed and sold 'dark room tents' and worked in partnership with Joseph Cundall at "The Photographic Institution" at 168 New Bond Street, London. Howlett undertook the first of a number of commissions for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1856, working for the Photographic Institution. These included copying the works of Raphael for Prince Albert, and making a series of portraits of heroic soldiers from the Crimean War. These were first exhibited in 1857 as 'Crimean Heroes' at the Photographic Society of London's annual exhibition. In 2004 Cundall and Howlett's portraits of Crimean war veterans, were used by the Royal Mail for a set of six postage stamps to mark the 150th anniversary of the conflict. Howlett's studio portraits at 'The Photographic Institute' included eminent 'fine artists' such as William Powell Frith, Frederick Richard Pickersgill, John Callcott Horsley, and Thomas Webster which were among a larger group exhibited at the Art Treasures Exhibition in Manchester in 1857. Howlett was commissioned to make photographic studies of the crowd at the 1856 Epsom Derby for the painter William Powell Frith, who used them in 1858 for his painting of The Derby Day which was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art in 1859. The photographs were taken from the roof of a cab. The Great Eastern Howlett's major work was the commission by The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper to document the construction of the world's largest steamship, the SS Great Eastern. His images were translated into wood-engravings by Henry Vizetelly for the Illustrated Times. They reflected and stimulated the widespread interest in this feat of engineering. This project included the well-known portrait of the Great Easterns creator and engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, standing in front of the giant launching chains on the 'checking drum' braking mechanism at John Scott Russell's Millwall shipyard. It was taken to celebrate the launch of the world's largest steamship, in November 1857.Icons, Profile of Robert Howlett This image, which depicts Brunel in an industrial setting instead of a more traditional background for a portrait, has been described as "one of the first examples of environmental portraiture". Death Howlett died in 1858, aged 27, at his home and studio at 10 Bedford Place, Campden Hill, shortly after returning from a trip to France to try out a new 'wide angle lens'. The cause of death was apparently due to typhoid, rather than (as suggested by some at the time) to over-exposure to the chemicals used in the Collodion photographic process invented by Frederick Scott Archer in about 1850. The Illustrated Times praised him as "one of the most skillful photographers of the day". The death certificate simply states febris (fever), 20 days. Howlett had originally told his friend Thomas Frederick Hardwich that he had a cold. Grave Howlett is buried at the church of St Peter and St Paul, Wendling, Norfolk, where his father was perpetual curate. His gravestone is to the east of the chancel. In 2017 a campaign led by his biographer, Rose Teanby, succeeded in having his grave restored, followed by a re-dedication service on 14 October 2017. Galleries showing Robert Howlett London, National Portrait Gallery London, Victoria and Albert Museum New York, Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Fine Photographs San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art, Bibliography On the Various Methods of Printing Photographic Pictures upon Paper, with Suggestions for Their Preservation, by Robert Howlett Modern tribute In 2008, photojournalist David White recreated both Howlett's camera and the Brunel commission, travelling across south and west England. In 2009, the article The Light Shone and Was Spent: Robert Howlett and the Power of Photography by David White was published. Notes ReferencesNotes' Sources listed at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Roger Taylor, Oxford University Press, 2004.accessed 2 Dec 2008 G. Seiberling and C. Bloor, Amateurs, photography, and the mid-Victorian imagination (1986) Mr Hardwick, Journal of the Photographic Society, 5 (1858–59), 111–12 A. Hamber, A higher branch of the arts (1996) R. Taylor, Critical moments: British photographic exhibitions, 1839–1865', Data base, priv. coll. Death Certificate. · CGPLA Eng. & Wales (1859) External links Photographs by Robert Howlett displayed at the National Portrait Gallery (London) 1831 births 1858 deaths English photojournalists 19th-century British journalists British male journalists 19th-century British male writers Pioneers of photography 19th-century English photographers Photographers from Suffolk People from Suffolk Coastal (district)

20461889

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones%20Memorial%20Library%20%28Lynchburg%2C%20Virginia%29

Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia)

Jones Memorial Library is a specialized genealogy and history research library currently located at 2311 Memorial Avenue in Lynchburg, Virginia. The library was founded by Mary Frances Watts Jones in memory of her husband George Morgan Jones. The library opened in June 1908 and was the second oldest public library in Virginia. The Library had been the dream of George Morgan Jones, philanthropist and industrialist of Lynchburg, but the dream was never realized in his lifetime. As a memorial to her husband, Mary Frances Watts Jones financed the construction and equipping of the library. The original Jones Memorial Library historic library building is located at 434 Rivermont Avenue in Lynchburg, Virginia. It was designed by the local architectural firm of Frye & Chesterman. It was erected in 1906–07 in the Neo-Classical Revival style. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 1966, the Lynchburg Public Library opened. Jones Memorial Library then concentrated its collection efforts on genealogical and historical holdings. As a result, the Jones Memorial Library collections in this area of research are one of the largest in the state. Although the library's primary focus is on the central Virginia area, collections include a wide variety of materials covering the State of Virginia as well as the surrounding states, including county histories and court records, family histories and genealogies, general works on the Civil War, county land tax and personal property tax records, and census records. In July 1987, Jones Memorial Library moved from the Rivermont building to its current location at 2311 Memorial Avenue. The library then sold the building at 434 Rivermont Avenue in the 1990s. The library is currently located on the second floor of the former Sears building at The Plaza, above the Lynchburg Public Library's main branch. The library is open Tuesday-Saturday for genealogical and archival research. References External links Jones Memorial Library, 434 Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, VA: 1 photos, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Buildings Survey Jones Memorial Library website Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Library buildings completed in 1907 Neoclassical architecture in Virginia Libraries in Virginia Buildings and structures in Lynchburg, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Lynchburg, Virginia

20461927

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Gartrell

Frederick Gartrell

Frederick Roy Gartrell (1914–1987) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. He was educated at McMaster University and ordained in 1939. After a curacy at St James the Apostle, Montreal he was Rector of St George's Winnipeg then Archdeacon of the area. From 1962 to 1970 he was Dean of Ottawa. before his elevation to the episcopate as the eighth Bishop of British Columbia. References 1914 births 1987 deaths Deans of Ottawa Anglican bishops of British Columbia 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Archdeacons of Winnipeg

20461941

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundsvallsflyg

Sundsvallsflyg

Sundsvallsflyg was a small regional airline based in Sundsvall, Sweden. Their own staff worked partly as ground personnel and as cabin crew on the aircraft, which were operated by Braathens Regional. Sundsvallflyg was part of the now dissolved brand Sverigeflyg which incorporated several small domestic airlines. In 2016, the Sundsvallsflyg brand was, together with several other domestic airline brands, merged into the new BRA Braathens Regional Airlines. Destinations Sundsvallsflyg operated the following destinations as of February 2015: Stockholm - Stockholm-Bromma Airport Sundsvall - Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport base Visby - Visby Airport seasonal Fleet The Sundsvallsflyg fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of February 2015: 1 Saab 2000 (operated by Braathens Regional) References External links Official website Defunct airlines of Sweden Airlines disestablished in 2016

20461946

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emosi%20Kauhenga

Emosi Kauhenga

Emosi Kauhenga (born 27 April 1981 in Folaha, Tonga) is a rugby union footballer. He plays at lock. In 2007 he was named to Tonga's Rugby World Cup squad. In 2009 he was selected for a team to play Ireland. References External links IRB 1981 births Living people Rugby union locks Tongan rugby union players People from Tongatapu Tonga international rugby union players Tongan expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Tongan expatriate sportspeople in Japan Black Rams Tokyo players

20461962

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%20Brisbane%20International

2010 Brisbane International

The 2010 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and was played at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. The centre court, Pat Rafter Arena is named in honour of Australian tennis hero Patrick Rafter. It took place from 3 to 10 January 2010. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Justine Henin has announced that she will make her return to professional tennis at the 2010 Brisbane International. Television coverage of the tournament was on Channel Seven, with live coverage of the day sessions and delayed coverage of the night sessions between 4 and 10 January. ATP entrants Seeds Rankings are as of 28 December 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Carsten Ball John Millman Bernard Tomic The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. Matthew Ebden Nick Lindahl Julian Reister WTA entrants Seeds Rankings as of 28 December 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Casey Dellacqua Justine Henin Alicia Molik The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ekaterina Ivanova Sesil Karatantcheva Alla Kudryavtseva Galina Voskoboeva Finals Men's singles Andy Roddick defeated Radek Štěpánek, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(9–7). It was Roddick's first title of the year and 28th overall. Women's singles Kim Clijsters defeated Justine Henin, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6). It was Clijsters' first title of the year and 36th of her career. Men's doubles Jérémy Chardy / Marc Gicquel defeated Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes, 6–3, 7–6(7–5). Women's doubles Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká defeated Melinda Czink / Arantxa Parra Santonja, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]. References External links Official website Brisbane International Brisbane International 2010 Brisbane International January 2010 sports events in Australia

20461967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDTic

JDTic

JDTic is a selective, long-acting ("inactivating") antagonist of the κ-opioid receptor (KOR). JDTic is a 4-phenylpiperidine derivative, distantly related structurally to analgesics such as pethidine and ketobemidone, and more closely to the MOR antagonist alvimopan. In addition, it is structurally distinct from other KOR antagonists such as norbinaltorphimine. JDTic has been used to create crystal structures of KOR [ ]. Pharmacology JDTic is a long-acting ("inactivating") antagonist of the KOR, and is reported to be highly selective for the KOR over the μ-opioid receptor (MOR), δ-opioid receptor (DOR), and nociceptin receptor (NOP). However, in another study, JDTic showed little selectivity over the μ-opioid receptor, though it failed to block the effects of the selective μ-opioid receptor agonist sufentanil across a wide range of doses in animals. It has a very long duration of action, with effects in animals seen for up to several weeks after administration of a single dose, although its binding to the KOR is not technically "irreversible" and its long-acting effects are instead caused by altered activity of c-Jun N-terminal kinases. Animal studies suggest that JDTic may produce antidepressant, anxiolytic, and anti-stress effects, as well as having possible application in the treatment of addiction to cocaine and morphine. JDTic shows robust activity in animal models of depression, anxiety, stress-induced cocaine relapse, and nicotine withdrawal. Discontinuation of clinical development During phase I human clinical trials for the treatment of cocaine abuse, development of JDTic was halted due to the occurrence of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, a type of arrhythmia that can potentially be life-threatening. In addition, JDTic showed an unfavorable brain-to-plasma concentration ratio, indicating poor central nervous system penetration. As a result, new KOR antagonists with more favorable drug profiles (e.g., short-acting, improved brain penetration, etc.), such as ALKS-5461 (a combination of buprenorphine and samidorphan) and CERC-501 (formerly LY-2456302), are being developed instead. The discontinuation of the clinical development of JDTic is detailed in the following important literature quote: In the same paper, LY-2456302 (now CERC-501) was described, "The LY2456302 compound developed by Eli Lilly is an example of a KOR antagonist that does not strongly activate JNK. In a recent phase 1 trial of LY2456302, the authors concluded that the drug was well-tolerated with no clinically significant findings (Lowe et al, 2014)." Note that KOR antagonists that strongly activate JNK are inactivating (long-acting) while those that do not are non-inactivating (short-acting), and that inactivating KOR antagonists are more "complete" and hence potentially more risky inhibitors of the KOR than are non-inactivating antagonists. See also κ-Opioid receptor § Antagonists List of investigational antidepressants References 4-Phenylpiperidines Carboxamides Delta-opioid receptor antagonists Irreversible antagonists Kappa-opioid receptor antagonists Mu-opioid receptor antagonists Phenols Synthetic opioids Tetrahydroisoquinolines

20461972

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Creighton%20%28Nova%20Scotia%20politician%29

John Creighton (Nova Scotia politician)

John Creighton (1794 – March 16, 1878) was an English-born lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1830 to 1836, from 1838 to 1847 and from 1851 to 1856. He was born in Somersetshire, the son of John Creighton, Jr. and the grandson of John Creighton, one of the first settlers at Lunenburg. Creighton came to Halifax at a young age, where he studied law with Lewis Morris Wilkins and was admitted to practice as an attorney in 1816. In 1821, he was named a Queen's Counsel and served as Crown Prosecutor. In 1859, he was named to the province's Legislative Council. Creighton was named president for the Council in 1875 and served until his death in Lunenburg three years later. References Desbrisay, MB History of the County of Lunenburg (1967) pp. 116-7 Transcription of the Dairy of Adolphus Gaetz, Multicultural Canada 1794 births 1878 deaths Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs Members of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia People from Somerset

20461973

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Iowa%20State%20Cyclones%20football%20team

2002 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 2002 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented the Iowa State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team captains were Zach Butler, Jordan Carstens, Seneca Wallace, and Chris Whitaker. The Cyclones were quarterbacked by Seneca Wallace. Seneca is among many former Cyclones from the 2002 team to make it to the NFL. Others were Ellis Hobbs, Jordan Carstens, Jeremy Loyd. Iowa State would conclude its season by playing in the 2002 Humanitarian Bowl. It was Iowa State's third consecutive bowl appearance—the two previous bowls were the 2000 Insight.com Bowl and the 2001 Independence Bowl. Schedule Roster Rankings Games summaries vs. Florida State Kansas Tennessee Tech at Iowa {{AFB game box start |Title=Iowa State at IowaCy-Hawk Game|Visitor=Cyclones|V1=7 |V2=0 |V3=23 |V4=6 |Host=Hawkeyes |H1=7 |H2=17 |H3=0 |H4=7 |Date=September 14 |Location=Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa |StartTime=5:05 p.m. |TimeZone=CDT |ElapsedTime= |Attendance=70,397 |Weather= |Referee= |TVAnnouncers= |TVStation=ESPN2 }}Source:''' Box Score Troy State Nebraska Iowa State's dominant victory over Nebraska forced the Cornhuskers out of the AP poll for the first time since October 5, 1981 – an NCAA-record streak of 348 consecutive polls. Texas Tech at Oklahoma at Texas Missouri at Kansas State at Colorado Connecticut at Boise State (Humanitarian Bowl) Postseason On November 30, 2002 eight Iowa State players were named to the all-Big 12 football teams. Second-team players were Offensive lineman Bob Montgomery, quarterback Seneca Wallace, place-kicker Adam Benike and defensive tackle Jordan Carstens. The third-team consisted of offensive lineman Zach Butler and strong safety JaMaine Billups. Wide receiver Lane Danielsen and linebacker Jeremy Loyd were honorable mention choices. On December 2, 2002 defensive tackle Jordan Carstens and wide receiver Jack Whitver were named to the Verizon Academic All-America Football Teams. They earned first and second team honors respectively. Iowa State was also only one of eight teams with more than one player recognized. On December 4, 2002 Iowa State started taking deposits on three bowl games. The three Bowls were the Tangerine, Humanitarian and Motor City bowls. References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20021207130144/http://cyclones.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/iast-m-footbl-body.html http://www.GoSenecaGo.com http://www.cyclonefootball.org Iowa State Iowa State Cyclones football seasons Iowa State Cyclones football

20462074

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersport%20Cup

Intersport Cup

The Intersport Cup, formerly known as the Møbelringen Cup, is an annual women's handball tournament arranged by the Norwegian Handball Federation. Norway plus three invited national teams compete for the title, normally in a single round-robin format. The tournament is usually held in November, prior to the European or World Championship. It was first arranged in 2001, when the Norwegian Handball Federation reached an agreement with furniture company Møbelringen. Results References Women's handball in Norway International handball competitions hosted by Norway 2001 establishments in Norway Recurring sporting events established in 2001

20462078

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20W.%20Wood%20Building

J. W. Wood Building

The J. W. Wood Building is a historic commercial building located at Lynchburg, Virginia. The commercial building in a modified Greek Revival-style. It was built between 1851 and 1853 as a warehouse. It is the largest and best preserved of the few pre-Civil War commercial structures remaining in Lynchburg. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. References Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1853 Greek Revival architecture in Virginia Buildings and structures in Lynchburg, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Lynchburg, Virginia

20462081

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotu%20Filipine

Lotu Filipine

Lotu Filipine (born 27 August 1980, in Tofua, Tonga) is rugby union footballer. He plays at flanker. He currently plays with the IBM Big Blue in the Japanese Top League References 1980 births Living people Rugby union locks Tongan rugby union players People from Haʻapai Tonga international rugby union players Tongan expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Tongan expatriate sportspeople in Japan

20462104

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrick%20Zwaardecroon

Hendrick Zwaardecroon

Hendrick or Henricus Zwaardecroon (26 January 1667 – 12 August 1728) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1718 until 1725. Early career Zwaardecroon left for the East Indies as a midshipman aboard the Purmer in December 1684 and arrived in Batavia in October 1685. During the trip he had several times been employed as secretary to Commissioner-General Hendrik van Rheede, which enabled him to make quick progress in his career with the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In 1686 he became Bookkeeper (boekhouder) and subsequently Underbuyer (onderkoopman). In 1694, he was promoted to Buyer (koopman) and in 1694 to Senior Buyer (opperkoopman). In the same year he was appointed Commander (commandeur) in Jafnapatham in Ceylon. He was Commissioner (commissaris) on the Malabar Coast and acting Governor of Ceylon in 1697. He became, in 1703, Secretary to the High Government of the Indies (Hoge Regering) in Batavia, and in 1704, through the influence of the Governor-General, Joan van Hoorn, an extraordinary member of the Dutch Council of the Indies (Raad van de Indië). Through that membership, and later because the Governor-General Christoffel van Swoll had been trying to get him removed from the council, preferably by promotion elsewhere, it took until 1715 before the Lords Seventeen (Heren XVII) named him as full member (gewoon lid). Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies The day after the death of Christoffel van Swoll, on 12 November 1718, Zwaardecroon was named Governor-General. Only on 10 September 1720, was he confirmed in this post. His dismissal, by his own desire, came on 16 October 1724, though he handed the actual office to Mattheus de Haan only on 8 July 1725. During his term of office, Zwaardecroon had to deal with a lot of unrest in Batavia, including arson in the dockyards and an attack on the gunpowder stores. The wealthy Pieter Eberveld, had inherited some land from his father. The government laid claim to a part of this estate. Eberveld planned an attack on the Dutchmen but some of his slaves warned the government and the attack was thwarted. He confessed on the rack and was condemned to death, along with other plotters. His house was destroyed and a wall erected around where it had stood. His head was stuck on a lance and attached to the wall. A stone with an inscription was erected, indicating that never again would anything be built on that spot. It was only removed during the Japanese occupation (World War II). Zwaardecrood always took great interest in developing new products. He encouraged coffee-planting in Priangan on Java meaning coffee production grew quickly. From 1723 on, the whole of the harvest had to be delivered to the Company. Zwaardecroon then introduced silk production to Java as well as the production of vegetable dyes. The silk production was not very successful. In 1772 he re-established the Chinese tea trade, which had previously been disrupted. In 1719, Pakubuwono I of Kartasura in East Java died and was succeeded by his son, Amangkurat IV. Two of his brothers did not recognise his succession and rose in revolt, attacking Kartasura. This was repulsed by the Dutch occupying troops, but Zwaardecroon felt himself compelled to send more troops to East Java. The revolt was put down by 1723, but it took until 1752 until real peace was restored in the area. (Second Javanese War of Succession 1719 - 1723). Zwaardecroon took action against private traders, and thus got better relations with local Company top shareholders (Bewindhouders). In 1726, he had 26 Company servants brought to Batavia on charges of corruption. Zwaardecroon died on 12 August 1728 in his estate at Kaduang near Batavia. He said he felt more at home with ordinary townsfolk, and so at his request he was not buried with his predecessors as Governor-General, but in the graveyard of the Portuguese Church Outside the Walls at Batavia (Portuguese Buitenkerk) in Batavia, where his grave can still be visited. References Site in Dutch on the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië, Part Soek-Zij. Putten, L.P. van, 2002. - Ambitie en onvermogen : gouverneurs-generaal van Nederlands-Indië 1610-1796. www.bezuidenhout.nl (in Dutch) External links 1667 births 1728 deaths Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies Dutch East India Company people from Rotterdam

20462108

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne%20Allday

Suzanne Allday

Suzanne Allday-Goodison (26 November 1934 – 26 July 2017) was an English female discus thrower and shot putter. She was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. Athletics career She represented Great Britain at three Summer Olympics: 1952, 1956 and 1960. She married hammer thrower Peter Allday, and was affiliated with the Brighton Ladies Athletic Club and the Spartan Ladies Athletic Club during her career. In 1954 she won the first of four medals for England at the Commonwealth Games. The first was a silver medal in the discus at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. She represented England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff winning a gold medal in the discus and a silver medal in the shot put. Four years later she won a bronze medal in the shot put at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. References 1934 births 2017 deaths British female discus throwers British female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics People from Shoreham-by-Sea

17324790

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388%20St.%20Louis%20Blues%20season

1987–88 St. Louis Blues season

The 1987–88 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' 21st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Offseason Regular season The Blues allowed the fewest short-handed goals during the regular season, with just 5. Final standings Schedule and results Playoffs Player statistics Regular season Scoring Goaltending Playoffs Scoring Goaltending Awards and records Transactions Draft picks St. Louis's draft picks at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The Blues attempted to select Tim Foley in the second round of the 1987 NHL Supplemental Draft, but the claim was ruled invalid since Foley entered school after age 20 and therefore did not meet eligibility requirements. Farm teams See also 1987–88 NHL season References Blues on Hockey Database External links St. St. St. Louis Blues seasons National Hockey League All-Star Game hosts St Louis St Louis

17324802

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389%20St.%20Louis%20Blues%20season

1988–89 St. Louis Blues season

The 1988–89 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' 22nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Offseason Team captain Brian Sutter retires to become the new head coach. Forward Bernie Federko is named team captain. NHL Draft Regular season The Blues tied the Washington Capitals for most shutouts in the league, with 6. Final standings Schedule and results Player statistics Forwards Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points Defencemen Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points Goaltending Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Awards and honors Dan Kelly (sportscaster), Lester Patrick Trophy (posthumous selection) References Blues on Hockey Database Blues on Hockey Reference St. St. St. Louis Blues seasons St Louis St Louis

17324816

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korphe

Korphe

Korphe (, ) is a small subsistence farming village in northeastern Pakistan, situated at the foot of the Karakoram mountain range along the banks of the Braldu River. Korphe has achieved international attention because of the work carried out by mountaineer Greg Mortenson and his Central Asia Institute (CAI) which specializes in raising money from all over the world in order to provide good quality schooling for the children of Korphe and similar villages throughout the region, including Afghanistan. How this came to pass has been extensively documented in the book Three Cups of Tea written by Mortenson and journalist David Oliver Relin and the Young Readers edition of Three Cups of Tea adapted by Sarah Thomson. References Populated places in Skardu District Baltistan

20462111

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309%20FIS%20Nordic%20Combined%20World%20Cup

2008–09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup

The 2008/09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 26th world cup season, a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing organized by FIS. It began in Kuusamo on 29 November 2008. Anssi Koivuranta from Finland became overall winner. Hannu Manninen retired before the season began. Changes This World Cup is the first season with a new system. Instead of a sprint (1x jump and 7,5 km cross country skiing race) and Gundersen (2x jumps and 1x 15 km cross country skiing race), there is now a combined competition with a single jump and a single 10 km cross country skiing race. The Masstart is unchanged. The Relay is now 5 km Cross country and one jump for every jumper in the team. Calendar Men Team Standings Overall Standings after 23 events. Nations Cup Standings after 24 event. Notes References FIS-Ski Results FIS-Ski Cup Standings FIS Nordic Combined World Cup Results - International Herald Tribune ESPN - FIS Nordic Combined World Cup Results - Skiing ESPN - FIS Nordic Combined World Cup Results - Skiing External links FIS-Ski Home Nordic Combined - Official Web Site FIS Nordic Combined World Cup Fis Nordic Combined World Cup, 2008-09 Fis Nordic Combined World Cup, 2008-09

20462114

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitiveness%20Council

Competitiveness Council

The Competitiveness Council may refer to the Competitiveness Council (COMPET), a configuration of the Council of the European Union. the Council on Competitiveness, an American non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. the National Competitiveness Council (NCC), an independent policy advisory body in Ireland. the National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria (NCCN), is a private-public non-profit organisation in Nigeria. the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC), an official tri-national working group of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP). See also Competitiveness Policy Council, a former U.S. federal advisory committee to advise the President and the Congress on policies to promote competitiveness (began operation in 1991, and ceased operation in 1997).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Breock

St Breock

St Breock () is a village and a civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The spelling St Breoke was also formerly in use. Geography St Breock village is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Wadebridge immediately to the south of the Royal Cornwall Showground. The village lies on the eastern slope of the wooded Nansent valley. The civil parish of St Breock is in Bodmin Registration District and the population in the 2001 census was 703, increasing to 725 at the 2011 census. The parish extends approx five miles (8 kilometres) south of Wadebridge. To the north, the parish is bounded by the River Camel, to the west by St Issey parish, to the northeast by Egloshayle parish and to the southeast by Lanivet parish. Together with Egloshayle it was one of the two parishes within which the town of Wadebridge developed. History Prehistory Around two miles south of the village stands the St Breock Downs Monolith, a 16 ft (5 m) high prehistoric standing stone. It is the largest and heaviest prehistoric standing stone in Cornwall. Around one mile northwest of the monolith is a prehistoric dolmen known as Pawton Quoit. 20th Century During World War 2 there was a report of both bombs and incendiaries being dropped near St Breock in August 1940. Manor of Pawton The Manor of Pawton, already established in Saxon times, was very large, extending to six whole parishes and parts of four others. It was granted to the Bishops of Sherborne by King Egbert of Wessex and held by their successors until it was alienated under Henry VIII. In 1086 there were 44 hides of land, land for 60 ploughs, 40 villagers and 40 smallholders; pasture 12 sq leagues, woodland 2 sq leagues. Charles G. Henderson wrote in 1925 that slight remains of the bishop's palace and deer park were still to be seen. On the down above Pawton is a very large barrow with massive dolmen. At Nanscowe Farm a pillar stone of the 5th or 6th century with inscription meaning 'To the son of Ulcagnus; and to Severus' (in Latin). Parish Church The parish church is dedicated to St Briocus and dates back to the 13th century although it was extensively rebuilt in 1677. (The aisle, south transept and porches are additions of the 15th and 16th centuries.) The church has a battlemented tower with a ring of five bells. It is situated beside the stream in the valley bottom and in 1965 suffered damage in a major flood. The nave is longer than usual in a parish church: this may be connected to the fact that the Bishops of Exeter owned the manor of Pawton before the Reformation and had a palace there. In 1790 the rector here was John Molesworth and his wife Catherine Molesworth was an amateur artist. The church was restored for £1,400, and reopened on 26 July 1881 by Edward Benson, the Bishop of Truro. The church contains some fine monuments to members of the Tredeneck family and one of 1598 to William and Jane Viell. The heirs of the Viell family in the 17th century were the Prideaux family of Prideaux Place, which still owned the manor of St Breock in 1968. There is a brass probably also to a Tredeneck, ca. 1520. The church organ was the work of 'Father' Willis. Seth Ward, afterwards a bishop, was briefly the incumbent here. References External links Villages in Cornwall Civil parishes in Cornwall

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Erhardt

Joel Erhardt

Joel Benedict Erhardt (February 21, 1838 – September 8, 1909) was an American politician, civil servant, lawyer and businessman. He served as the police commissioner for the New York Police Department, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, the Collector of the Port of New York and was the Republican candidate who ran against Hugh J. Grant for the Mayor of New York in 1888. Early life Joel Benedict Erhardt was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania and moved with his parents, John Erhardt and Louisa Benedict, to New York City at the age of three. He came from a poor background, it being necessary for him to work in order to pay for the costs of public schooling, and was employed as messenger and clerk. Erhardt continued to work his way through college, becoming a schoolteacher in Upper Jay, New York, attending the University of Vermont. He continued his studies up until the start of the American Civil War whereupon he volunteered to enlist in the Union Army. He initially joined the Ninth Militia Regiment, but reportedly anxious for active duty, he left the unit for the Second and then Seventy-First Regiments until finally leaving for the front lines with the Seventh Regiment. He had to borrow the money to pay for his uniform. After his enlistment period was up, he returned to his home state to raise the First Vermont Cavalry serving with them until 1863. He had reached the rank of Captain by that time and, that summer, he was appointed a provost marshal and assigned to New York City where he would oversee enforcing conscription in the Tenth District. Although criticized for the low number of recruits compared to the other provost marshals in the city, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton defended Erhardt's efforts stating "The men he enlists may be few but they go to the front and fight, every one of them. They are not bounty jumpers". In the days before the New York Draft Riots, he was confronted by several men with iron bars while trying to collect names in a new tenement building at Broadway and Liberty Street. Erhardt held the men off for three hours while waiting for reinforcements, armed only with his pistol, but was eventually forced to retreat without the names. Mid-life After the war, Erhardt became a lawyer and remained in New York serving as Assistant U.S. District Attorney in Brooklyn. In 1876, Erhardt was named as police commissioner of the New York Police Department by Governor Samuel J. Tilden after the dismissal of George Washington Matsell and Abram Disbecker by Mayor William H. Wickham. Erhardt was a strong advocate of introducing a style of military discipline within the department. He also criticized the substitution of one police commissioner as a replacement for the old four-man committee, commenting that "it was an absurdity to have a removable Commissioner at the head of an irremovable force"; however, it was widely speculated that for political reasons Mayor Edward Cooper insisted that charges be brought against the previous police commissioners. Nothing came of the trial, however. In 1883, Erhardt was appointed U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of New York by President Chester A. Arthur. He also became receiver of the New York City and Northern Railroad and, by 1888, the annual receipts of the road had risen from $24,000 to $400,000 when he returned control of the line to its owners. He was made its president of the company following its reorganization. That same year, he was nominated by the Republican Party to run for the Mayor of New York. Elihu Root, then U.S. District Attorney and a personal friend of Erhardt while a U.S. Marshal, publicly endorsed his candidacy stating: His name is the synonym for the faithful discharge of duty. In his business regulations he has won the respect and admiration of all who know him. As a public officer, when fortunes were within his grasp, not a thought of seizing them entered his mind. He is a man vigorously positive, determined, honest, generous and able. Not a stain has been cast on his name. Not a man can say a word against him to impeach his qualifications for the Mayoralty of New York. One of seven candidates, it was suggested at the time that Erhardt had merely been placed on the ticket as a political sacrifice for the Republicans. In spite of this, he made a strong showing in the race but was defeated by the Tammany Hall candidate Hugh J. Grant. Partly due to his popularity in the election, Erhardt was made Collector of the Port of New York shortly afterwards. His appointment was only reluctantly made by Thomas C. Platt, then a leader of the Republican Party in New York, and because of Erhardt's resistance against the city's political machine he and his followers did everything within their power to interfere with and otherwise undermine Erhardt. He finally resigned in 1891 announcing that "the Collector has been reduced to a position where he is no longer an independent officer with authority commensurate with his responsibility". This was the last position he would ever hold. Later life He was a successful businessman in his later years, serving as the president and director of the Public Accountants' Corporation, trustee of the Bowery Savings Bank, director of Echo Lake Ice Company and interested in several other major corporations. Erhardt was also the director for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals until 1906 when he resigned due to a dispute with the management of the society. He was a member of the Union League Club, Loyal Legion, New England Society, Saint Nicholas Society, Sphinx and Downtown Clubs. In September 1909, Erhardt was staying at the Union League Club while his wife, Nora Belle Jewett, was visiting their daughter at York Harbor, Maine for part of the summer. He had told his private secretary that he had not been feeling well, believing he may have developed rheumatism, and his friends at the club noticed that he had been in ill health during the last month but appeared well while staying at the club. On the morning of September 7, at about 1:00 a.m., the club watchman was passing Erhardt's room and saw him sitting at the side of his bed. Erhardt told them to get a doctor at once. His family physician, Dr. John Solley, was called from his home on West Fifty-Eighth Street but Erhardt died at 1.20 a.m. At the time of his death, he was the president of the Lawyers' Surety Company and a director in a number of corporations. References Further reading Astor, Gerald. The New York Cops: An Informal History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Cook, Adrian. The Armies of the Streets: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1974. Costello, Augustine E. Our Police Protectors: History of the New York Police from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. New York: A.E. Costello, 1885. External links 1838 births 1909 deaths People from Pottstown, Pennsylvania New York (state) Republicans New York (state) lawyers New York City Police Commissioners United States Marshals People from Manhattan Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery University of Vermont alumni Collectors of the Port of New York 19th-century American businesspeople

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman%20Larner

Hyman Larner

Hyman Larner (November 4, 1913 – October 12, 2002) was an American gangster associated with Sam Giancana and the Chicago Outfit. Known in the newspapers as "the Ivy League Mobster", he was the head of the Chicago Outfit's slot machine racket. Larner, who was Jewish, kept a low profile but was very powerful with the Chicago underworld. After Eddie Vogel retired from the gambling machine business, Larner became the power behind the scenes. When he testified before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management in 1959, he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights fifty-four times. Larner expanded the Outfit's gambling and smuggling operations to Panama and Iran, moving the organization's Miami operation's headquarters to Panama where money laundering was more easily facilitated by local banks. These operations were conducted as a partnership between the Mafia and the CIA. By 1966, this partnership had developed into arms smuggling to the Middle East for the Israeli Mossad, all via Panama. Larner had friends among world leaders and key players in the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. military, and he was also well connected with Las Vegas bosses like the Teamsters' Allen Dorfman and media mogul Hank Greenspun. One of Larner's closest friends was Meyer Lansky, and the two shared in their passionate Zionism and defense for the Jews' divine right to the land of Israel. Notes References Jewish American gangsters Chicago Outfit bosses American Zionists 1913 births 2002 deaths 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392%20St.%20Louis%20Blues%20season

1991–92 St. Louis Blues season

The 1991–92 St. Louis Blues season saw the Blues finish in third place in the Norris Division with a record of 36 wins, 33 losses, and 11 ties for 83 points. They lost the Division Semi-finals in six games to the Chicago Blackhawks. Among the highlights of the season was the trade of Adam Oates and Brett Hull's third consecutive season with 70 goals, which is an NHL record. Off-season Team captain Scott Stevens is taken by the New Jersey Devils, via arbitration ruling. Defenceman Garth Butcher is named team captain. NHL Draft Regular season Final standings Schedule and results Playoffs Player statistics Regular season Scoring Goaltending Playoffs Scoring Goaltending References Blues on Hockey Database St. St. St. Louis Blues seasons St St

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myostatin-related%20muscle%20hypertrophy

Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy

Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy is a rare genetic condition characterized by reduced body fat and increased skeletal muscle size. Affected individuals have up to twice the usual amount of muscle mass in their bodies, but increases in muscle strength are not usually congruent. Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy is not known to cause medical problems, and affected individuals are intellectually normal. The prevalence of this condition is unknown. Mutations in the MSTN gene cause myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy. The MSTN gene provides instructions for making a protein called myostatin, which is active in muscles used for movement (skeletal muscles) both before and after birth. This protein normally restrains muscle growth, ensuring that muscles do not grow too large. Mutations that reduce the production of functional myostatin lead to an overgrowth of muscle tissue. Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy has a pattern of inheritance known as incomplete autosomal dominance. People with a mutation in both copies of the gene in each cell (homozygotes) have significantly increased muscle mass. People with a mutation in one copy of the MSTN gene in each cell (heterozygotes) also have increased muscle bulk but to a lesser degree. The effect of this growth factor was first described in cattle as “bovine muscular hypertrophy” by the British farmer H. Culley in 1807. Cattle that have a myostatin gene deletion look unusually and excessively muscular. Human-induced myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy Researchers at Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health in China have edited the genome of beagles to create double the amount of muscle. Of the two beagles that were genetically modified, only one had increased muscle mass. The ultimate aim of this project is to be able to better treat a genetic neuromuscular disease (Parkinson's disease). Besides beagles, genetic modification has also been done in pigs and fish. See also Gene doping Muscle hypertrophy Myostatin Hysterical strength activin A References External links Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy at NIH Genetics Home Reference Muscular disorders Genetic diseases and disorders Rare diseases Syndromes affecting muscles

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djargurd%20Wurrong

Djargurd Wurrong

The Djargurd Wurrong (also spelt Djargurd Wurrung) are Aboriginal Australian people of the Western district of the State of Victoria, and traditionally occupied the territory between Mount Emu Creek and Lake Corangamite. Language The Djargurd Wurrung people spoke the Djargurd Wurrung dialect of the Dhauwurd Wurrung language. Country The classification of the Groups on this territory has been subject to controversy. Norman Tindale, referring to the same area, and clans, called them the Kirrae, whose lands he stated comprised in his estimate around of territory from Warrnambool and the Hopkins River down to the coast at Princetown with the northerly reaches at Lake Bolac and Darlington, and extending easterly beyond Camperdown. The historian Ian Clark states that Tindale "failed to acknowledge the existence" of the Djargurd wurrung, while locating them in the same area. The Djagurd wurrung territory was bordered by the Wada wurrung in the north, the Dhauwurd wurrung to the west, the Girai wurrung to their south, and the Gulidjan in the east. History The traditional lands of the Djargurd Wurrung and Gulidjan, including the Western District Lakes, now a Ramsar site, have been used by the indigenous peoples for thousands of years. There are many archaeological sites registered that include fish traps, surface scatters, middens and burial sites. At the time of European settlement in the 1830s and 1840s the Djargurd suffered from massacres by European settlers in the Australian frontier wars, and also from attacks by the neighbouring Wada wurrung tribe. Dispossession from their land led to starvation and their theft of sheep resulted in murderous reprisals. In 1839 one clan, the Tarnbeere gundidj, was massacred by Frederick Taylor and others in a site that came to be known as Murdering Gully. When the Aboriginal reserve was established in 1865 at Framlingham, near Warrnambool, many of the surviving members of the Djargurd wurrung were forcibly relocated. However, a number of elders refused to abandon their traditional country and stayed eking out a meagre living on the edge of towns like Camperdown. They were assisted by people such as James Dawson, a Scotsman, who acted as guardian and supported them with his own money. In 1883 Wombeetch Puuyuun (also known as Camperdown George) died at the age of 43 and was buried in a bog outside the bounds of Camperdown Cemetery. On Dawson's return from a trip to Scotland he was shocked at where his friend had been buried and personally reburied Wombeetch in Camperdown Cemetery. He appealed for money to raise a monument, but with little public support, primarily funded the monument himself. The obelisk was erected as a memorial to Wombeetch Puuyuun and the Aboriginal people of the district, and has been described as still inspiring today. Clan system The Djargurd wurrung people had 12 clans under a matrilineal system with a descent system based on the Gabadj (black cockatoo) and Grugidj (white cockatoo) moieties. The clans intermarried with Gulidjan, Girai wurring, Djab wurrung and Wada wurrung peoples. The twelve clans are as follows:- Notes Citations Sources Aboriginal peoples of Victoria (Australia) History of Victoria (Australia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Hotel%20%28Lynchburg%2C%20Virginia%29

Western Hotel (Lynchburg, Virginia)

The Western Hotel, or Joseph Nichols' Tavern, is a historic building located at Lynchburg, Virginia. It is the last of the city's many ante-bellum taverns and ordinaries, and is an important example of early Federal-style commercial architecture. It stands at what was for many years the western entrance to the city. It is known to have been operated as a tavern as early as 1815 by Joseph Nichols. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is located in the Fifth Street Historic District. References External links Western Hotel, Fifth & Madison Streets, Lynchburg, VA: 1 photos, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Buildings Survey Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Buildings and structures in Lynchburg, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Lynchburg, Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammi%20Church

Lammi Church

Lammi Church (, ) is a medieval stone church located in Lammi, Hämeenlinna, Southern Finland. It was built during the 1510s. External links Medieval stone churches in Finland Hämeenlinna Buildings and structures in Kanta-Häme

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Blackburne

Hugh Blackburne

Hugh Charles Blackburne was the Bishop of Thetford from 1977 until 1981. Blackburne was born into an ecclesiastical family on 4 June 1912 and educated at Marlborough and Clare College, Cambridge before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate in Almondbury. He was then a chaplain in the Forces and then held incumbencies at Milton, Hampshire, Harrow, the Hillsborough parishes and Ranworth before being ordained to the episcopate. He died on 15 October 1995. References 1912 births 1995 deaths People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Bishops of Thetford 20th-century Church of England bishops Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook%20Memorial%20Public%20Library%20District

Cook Memorial Public Library District

The Cook Memorial Public Library District (CMPLD) serves communities in Lake County, Illinois: Libertyville, Green Oaks, Vernon Hills, Indian Creek, Mettawa, and parts of Mundelein. There are two full-service library facilities: Cook Park Library, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville, and Aspen Drive Library, 701 Aspen Drive in Vernon Hills. CMPLD is a member of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS). The former Cook Memorial Library building, in Cook Park at 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, Illinois, is a classical revival building constructed in 1879 as the home of area businessman Ansel Brainerd Cook; it is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. History Local library service began in 1909 when the Alpha Club (now the Libertyville Woman’s Club) began a subscription library in Decker and Bond, a local drugstore. The small collection soon outgrew the few shelves in the drugstore and in 1914 found a new home in the Libertyville Village Hall. In 1921, the home and property of Ansel B. Cook were left to the village of Libertyville for library and park purposes; Cook Memorial Library opened to the public in November of that year. The first head librarian, Blanche Mitchell, lived with her husband in one of the upstairs rooms of Cook House. In 1924, the Libertyville Township Library Board was organized to operate Cook Memorial Library, and library service continued to be offered to the community from the Cook House. As the library’s collection expanded to meet the demands of a growing population, the Children’s Department was moved offsite. In 1968, a new brick building was constructed behind the Cook House, bringing the collection back together in one facility. The township library board was dissolved in 1973 with the formation of the Cook Memorial Public Library District. Shortly thereafter, parts of northern Vernon Township were annexed into the library district. In 1974, an automated circulation system was installed. In 1984, the basement was expanded by to house the Children’s Department, office space, and a public meeting room. Public internet stations were installed in 1995. As the population served by CMPLD continued to grow, library space became crowded: By 1996, the library district’s population was more than 47,000 and its annual circulation was more than one million items. Three unsuccessful referendums left the southern part of the library district underserved. In 2002, then serving a population of more than 58,000, CMPLD entered into an agreement with Vernon Hills to rent space in the lower level of its Village Hall on Evergreen Drive. The Evergreen Interim Library, , opened on January 13, 2003. To alleviate a continued lack of adequate space, in 2007 the CMPLD board adopted an expansion proposal calling for the addition of to the district's facilities. The $14-million project called for the construction of a library on Aspen Drive in Vernon Hills and adding about to Cook Park Library, along with renovating existing space at the site. While the Cook Park site was being remodeled, a temporary library location was established in order to continue services and programming. The new Aspen Drive Library opened on July 10, 2010. The remodeled Cook Park Library reopened on January 8, 2011. As of 2015, the Cook Memorial Public Library District was serving 60,000 people in Libertyville, Vernon Hills, Green Oaks, and Mundelein. The library district continues to operate two full-service libraries, a digital/eLibrary collection, as well as a Bookmobile, and Outreach. Library Directors Verna E. Jarrett, June 1921 to December 1922 Blanche A. Mitchell, January 1923 to October 1951 Catherine Littler, November 1951 to March 1966 William Sannwald, 1966 to 1968 Frederick Byergo, September 1968 to April 2007 Dan Armstrong, April 2007 to February 2010 Mary Ellen Stembal (Acting Director), February 2010 to September 2010 Stephen A. Kershner, September 2010 to June 2015 David Archer, June 2015 to present Services CMPLD offers a variety of free programming to patrons, including genealogy research support, morning and evening book discussions, English-language instruction, children's story times, reading clubs for children and adults, tween/teen get-togethers, computer classes, device assistance, and an extensive digital library including eBooks, audiobooks, films/videos, and music. In 2014, Digital Studios were added to both libraries, offering patrons a variety of electronic equipment and space to scan, edit, and restore photos, slides, and negatives; convert VHS tapes to DVDs or digital files; design a website or app; record a demo; start a podcast; and more. Via its website, www.cooklib.org, CMPLD provides patrons with 24/7 remote access to a range of reference databases (some in Spanish) that contain reliable, accurate, and detailed information on topics such as medicine, law, current events, investments, and genealogy. CMPLD offers free lectures covering a variety of topics, from local history to American pop culture icons such as Star Trek and the Lone Ranger. The Library also hosts a visiting authors program that has included internationally bestselling writers such as Jodi Picoult, Chris Bohjalian, and Jeff Shaara, as well as debut authors and emerging talents such as Sara Levine, Rebecca Makkai, and CakeSpy blogger Jessie Oleson Moore. A Bookmobile offering a variety of library materials makes regular stops in neighborhoods as well as at senior centers and daycare centers throughout the District. References http://www.railslibraries.info/ http://www.cooklib.org/ External links Cook Memorial Public Library District website Shelf Life, A Cook Memorial Public Library District blog Building a Better Future blog Libertyville, Illinois Library districts in Illinois Libraries in Lake County, Illinois Vernon Hills, Illinois

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%20Payne

Rosemary Payne

Christine Rosemary Payne (née Charters; born 19 May 1933) is a British female discus thrower. She represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and won the gold medal for Scotland at the 1970 Commonwealth Games. She was born in Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland She now competes under the name Rosemary Chrimes. She had previously competed at the international level back to the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. She married hammer thrower and three-time Olympian Howard Payne (1931–1992), and has affiliated with the Lozells Harriers during her career. At the age of 39 she competed in the 1972 Olympics. She ranked tenth in the qualification round with a distance of 55.56 m, in the final she finished 12th with a throw of 56.50 meters. Her personal best of 58.02 m dates from the same year 1972. At age 41, she took a silver medal in the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Also in 1974, she served as the British Junior Team Manager, supervising youngsters including Steve Cram, Fatima Whitbread, Colin Jackson and Steve Backley. She competed in the 1975 World Masters Athletics Championships, showing her athletic versatility by winning gold in not only the Discus and shot put throwing events, but also in the 100 metres and high jump. After 1978, she took a break from competing, to return ten years later at the European Veterans Championships, adding the triple jump to her repertoire. Her British W55 record of 9.12 m still stands. In all she has amassed 19 British age group records, including a complete sweep of Discus records from age 35 to 80, excepting the W50 division that fell during the years she was not competing. As of the start of 2014, she holds five world records. References sports-reference 1933 births Living people Scottish female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Great Britain British female discus throwers World record holders in masters athletics British masters athletes Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iggesund%20Paperboard

Iggesund Paperboard

Iggesund Paperboard is a commission company of the Holmen Group and Europe's third largest manufacturer of high quality virgin fibre paperboard. Iggesund has a market share of about 20% in this sector. History Iggesund is an industrial village in Sweden. Isak Breant Sr, a businessman and former court commissioner to Queen Kristina, established there a mill in 1685. Iggesunds Bruk (English:mill) was originally an ironworks, and the nearby forests were used to produce charcoal for the factory. In 1771, Iggesund Bruk acquired a small nearby company that made paper, Östanå paper mill. It was one of the first to try to use sawdust and wood to produce paper. However, the technique remained experimental. The mill burnt down in 1842. In 1869, Baron Gustav Tamm became the owner of Iggesunds Bruk, and built a large sawmill. It was a major transformation for the factory, which had always been an ironworks. Iggesund's shares were first listed on Stockholmsbörsen in 1949. Lars G. Sundblad introduced paperboard manufacturing at Iggesund, which started in 1963. The merger of MoDo, Holmen and Iggesund resulted in the delisting of Iggesund shares from Stockholmsbörsen (1988), making Iggesund part of the holding, which was renamed to Holmen AB in 2000 Products Iggesund Paperboard's product range consists of two product families: Invercote, a solid bleached board (SBB, GZ) with a grammage of 180–400 g/m2 and a thickness of 200-485 μm Incada, folding box board (FBB, GC1 and GC2) with a grammage of 200–350 g/m2 and a thickness of 305-640 μm Mills Iggesunds Bruk manufactures solid bleached board (SBB, GZ) for the Invercote range in Iggesund, Sweden. two machines with an annual capacity of about 330,000 tons produced 262,000 tons of paperboard in 2008 certified in accordance with ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification ) certified Workington manufactures folding box board (FBB, GC1, GC2) for the Incada range in Workington, England one machine with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons produced 175,000 tons of paperboard in 2010 certified in accordance with ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 also ISO 18,001 FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified Ströms Bruk produces plastic-coated and laminated paperboard on the basis of paperboard from Iggesund and Workington at a capacity of 40,000 tons/year in Strömsbruk, Sweden Locations Head Office: Iggesund Paperboard AB, Iggesund, Sweden Sales Offices: Iggesund Paperboard Europe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Iggesund Paperboard Asia (HK) Limited, Hong Kong Iggesund Paperboard Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore Iggesund Paperboard Inc. Sales Office US, Lyndhurst, NJ, United States Sales Agents: Worldwide Distribution Terminals: Iggesund, Sweden , Ireland Krakow, Poland Kiel, Germany Rotterdam, The Netherlands Tilbury, United Kingdom Workington, United Kingdom See also TAPPI.org Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry FSC.org Forest Stewardship Council PEFC.se Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification References External links Iggesund.com Iggesund's homepage Holmen.com Holmen's homepage Pulp and paper companies of Sweden Companies based in Gävleborg County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortier%20de%2012%20Gribeauval

Mortier de 12 Gribeauval

The Mortier de 12 pouces Gribeauval (Gribeauval 12-inch mortar) was a French mortar and part of the Gribeauval system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. It was part of the siege artillery. The measurement of the mortar is expressed by the diameter of the ball, using the French ancient system of measurement, in which 1 pouce (1 inch) is worth 2.707 cm. The Mortier de 12 pouces Gribeauval was used extensively during the wars following the French Revolution, as well as the Napoleonic wars. However, its first major operational use was even earlier, during the American Revolutionary War, in General Rochambeau's French expeditionary corps, from 1780 to late 1782, and especially at Yorktown in 1781. Gomer system The Mortier de 12 pouces used a cylindrical chamber, which, although quite efficient, used to wear easily. It was superseded by the Gomer system using a conical chamber, which was incorporated in Gribeauval's system in 1789. Some of the Mortier de 12 pouces were used in coastal defenses, in which case they were fixed on solid metal platforms. Notes References Chartrand, René 2003 Napoleon's guns 1792-1815 (2) Osprey Publishing External links Mortars of France 320 mm artillery

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGRM

KGRM

KGRM (91.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a variety format. Licensed to Grambling, Louisiana, United States. The station is currently owned by Grambling State University. References External links Grambling, Louisiana Radio stations in Louisiana College radio stations in Louisiana Radio stations in Ruston, Louisiana

20462258

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampant%20Lions%20Press

Rampant Lions Press

The Rampant Lions Press was a fine letterpress printing firm in Britain, operating from 1924 to 2008. The firm was founded by Will Carter (24 September 1912 – 17 March 2001), publishing its first book in 1936, and was continued by his son, Sebastian Carter (b. 1941), from 1966. History Rampant Lions started life as a private press in 1924, when Will Carter was still a schoolboy. After the war, his interest in printing was such that he decided to try to establish the Press on a commercial footing, and did so in Cambridge in 1949. From that date until the formal closure of the Press at the end of 2008, Rampant Lions has been among the most highly regarded letterpress printing-offices in Britain. The skills of Will and Sebastian Carter in design and press-work have been recognized by publishers, who commissioned work from them, and by collectors, who have sought out their publications since the 1950s. Sebastian Carter also has an international reputation as a writer on type and typography and is the author of several books, including in 2013 The Rampant Lion Press: A Narrative Catalogue. Besides printing, Carter also designed two fonts for Monotype, Klang and Octavian, the latter with David Kindersley. He also designed signage and a font for Dartmouth College, where he was artist-in-residence for a time. Legacy At the Fitzwilliam Museum from 18 March to 18 May 2014 the exhibition The Rampant Lions Press: A Letterpress Odyssey took place, featuring books published since 1982, when the press had been the subject of a retrospective exhibition there, celebrating A Printing Workshop Through Five Decades. Further reading Carter, Sebastian, et al. The Rampant Lions Press: a printing workshop through five decades (Rampant Lions, Cambridge, 1982). (paperback), (cased). Carter, Sebastian, "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning: Closing the Rampant Lions Press Workshop", in Parenthesis; 19 (Autumn 2010), pp. 9–11. Carter, Sebastian, The Rampant Lion Press: A Narrative Catalogue, New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2013 (208 pages). References External links Rampant Lions Press website (including a catalogue of books in print) Nicolas Barket, Obituary of Will Carter, The Independent, 20 March 2001. "Will Carter", Luc Devroye. Finding Aid for the Rampant Lions Press Collection 1961–2001, The Online Archive of California. Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom Small press publishing companies Publishing companies established in 1924 British companies established in 1924 1924 establishments in England Private press movement

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William Edward Hodgson Berwick

William Edward Hodgson Berwick (11 March 1888 in Dudley Hill, Bradford – 13 May 1944 in Bangor, Gwynedd) was a British mathematician, specializing in algebra, who worked on the problem of computing an integral basis for the algebraic integers in a simple algebraic extension of the rationals. Academic career Berwick was educated at a small private school before entering Bradford Grammar School. He completed his schooling in 1906, securing a Brown Scholarship to assist him in his university studies; he was also awarded an Entrance Scholarship by Clare College, Cambridge, where he went to study for the Mathematical Tripos. He took Part I of the degree in 1909, placing joint fourth in the class, and Part II in 1910. During his undergraduate years, under the tutelage of G B Matthews, Berwick became interested in number theory. He submitted an essay entitled An illustration of the theory of relative corpora for the Smith's Prize in 1911; the essay was placed second in the prize competition. He then co-wrote, with Matthews, a paper On the reduction of arithmetical binary cubics which have a negative determinant: it was published after Berwick had left Cambridge to take up an assistant lectureship at the University of Bristol, and was the only paper Berwick co-authored in his career. Berwick taught at Bristol until 1913 when he took up another lectureship at the University College of Bangor. With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 Berwick began war work on the Technical Staff of the Anti-Aircraft Experimental Section of the Munitions Inventions Department at Portsmouth. For the 1919–20 academic year Berwick was appointed acting head of the Bangor mathematics department; he then took up a lectureship at the University of Leeds, earning promotion to a Readership in Mathematical Analysis there in 1921. He was also elected to a fellowship at Clare College, Cambridge, in 1921. In 1926, with thirteen research papers to his name, Berwick returned to Bangor to serve as Chairman of Mathematics. He had in 1925 become a member of the Council of the London Mathematical Society; in 1929 he was appointed Vice-President. He retired the post in 1941, at which point he was created Emeritus Professor. Research and publications Berwick was an algebraist, and worked on the problem of computing an integral basis for the algebraic integers in a simple algebraic extension of the rationals, and studied rings in algebraic integers. In 1927 he published Integral Bases, an ambitious account that used heavy numerical computations in place of practical proofs. He published sixteen papers, ten of them — including a 1915 paper giving sufficient conditions for a quintic expression to be solved by radicals — in Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Much of his work gained recognition only in the 1960s, when it was republished. Personal life Berwick was described as a tall man with a distinctive voice and forthright personal style. He was a keen chess player, participating in the clubs at his various universities. He had a keen interest in teaching, publishing a number of mathematical recreation articles and giving several addresses at meetings of the British Association. In 1923, while living in Leeds, Berwick married Daisy May Thomas, the daughter of Dr W R Thomas. His health began to fail after his 1926 return to Bangor; he published only five further papers after taking up this position. He died in Bangor in 1944. Legacy Berwick endowed funds for two prizes to the London Mathematical Society; after his death they were used to create the Senior Berwick prize and Junior Berwick prize, both of which are still awarded. References 20th-century British mathematicians 1888 births 1944 deaths

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1992–93 St. Louis Blues season

The 1992–93 St. Louis Blues season witnessed the Blues finish fourth in the Norris Division with a record of 37 wins, 36 losses and 11 ties for 85 points. In the playoffs, they pulled off a shocking upset of the division champion Chicago Blackhawks in the Norris Division Semifinals. However, their run ended in the Norris Division Finals, which they lost in seven games to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Blues endured a coaching change early in the season, when head coach Bob Plager resigned after only 11 games. He was replaced by assistant general manager Bob Berry. Offseason Forward Brett Hull is named team captain, replacing defenceman Garth Butcher. NHL draft Regular season The Blues finished with the best penalty kill in the league (83.68%), allowing only 70 goals in 429 short-handed situations. Final standings Schedule and results Playoffs Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Blackhawks (1) Clarance Campbell Conference Division Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (3) Player statistics Forwards Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes Defensemen Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes Goaltending Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average References Blues on Hockey Database St. St. St. Louis Blues seasons St St

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Ming-Jun Lai

Ming-Jun Lai is an American mathematician, currently a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Georgia. His area of research is splines and their numerical analysis. He has published a text on splines called Splines Functions on Triangulations. He was born in Hangzhou, China. Lai received a B.Sc. from Hangzhou University and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Texas A&M University in 1989. His dissertation was entitled "On Construction of Bivariate and Trivariate Vertex Splines on Arbitrary Mixed Grid Partitions" and supervised by Charles K. Chui. References Ming-Jun Lai at Math Genealogy Project Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Hangzhou University alumni Texas A&M University alumni University of Utah alumni 20th-century American mathematicians 21st-century American mathematicians Chinese emigrants to the United States University of Georgia faculty

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Langenes, Vestland

Langenes or Langeneset is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the northeastern side of the island of Vågsøy on the shore of the Sildegapet bay. It is about east of the villages of Vedvika and Refvika. The larger village of Raudeberg is located about to the south. The small island of Silda is located about east of Langeneset. Norwegian county road 622 runs through the village. The Skongenes Lighthouse is located about north of Langeneset. References Villages in Vestland Kinn

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17th Parachute Engineer Regiment

The 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment () is heir to the traditions of the 17th Colonial Engineer Regiment () which illustrated itself during World War II. It is the only airborne engineer unit of the French Army forming the engineering component of the 11th Parachute Brigade and secures all the specific airborne engineering missions relative to para assaulting at the level of deep reconnaissance as well as operations relative to para demining and handling explosives. The regiment has been present non-stop since 1975 on all theatres of operations (Lebanon, Tchad, New Caledonia, French Guiana, Pakistan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Cambodia, Somalia, Rwanda, Gabon, Mozambique, ex-Yugoslavia, Albania, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Mali and others). For its various combat operational deployments, the 17e RGP was cited 3 times at the orders of the armed forces, 2 times at the orders of the armed forces corps, and three of its combat companies cited at the orders of the armed forces ( 2nd combat company) in addition to armed forces corps (1st and 3rd combat companies). History since 1870 1870–1871: creation of the 17th company, 2nd Engineer Regiment: took part in the defense of Paris, Saint-Denis, Mont-Valérien, Bourgets combats, battles of Champigny and Buzenval, founders of bridges at Marne. 1876: creation of an engineer battalion and intervention in Algeria. 1881: 1st combat company of the 17th participated to an expedition in Tunisia. 1912: 4 combat companies participated to an expedition in Morocco. 1914–1918: 23 combat companies of the 17th Engineer Battalion battled in Ardennes Belge, Marne, Champagne, Artois, Verdun, Aisne, Flandres, Oise, Woëvre. 1916–1920: 4 combat companies of the 17th intervened in Morocco, attached to the Moroccan Division. 1923: creation of the 17th Engineer Regiment, the 1st battalion of the regiment was stationed at Strasbourg, the second was dispatched to the French Army of the Rhin at Biebrich in Germany. 1928: the 17th Engineer Regiment became the 1st Engineer Regiment. 1940: 2 combat engineer companies of the 17th battled in l'Oise. Creation of the 17th Battalion at Castersarrasin (Tarn and Garonne) which became the 5th Engineer Battalion. 1944–1945: creation of the 17th Colonial Engineer Battalion in Morocco. The Battalion was detached to Corsica and battled at Toulon ( battle campaigns of France and Germany) at the corps of the 1st Army (Rhin and Danube). 1946–1949: creation of the 17th Airborne Engineer Battalion attached to the 25th Airborne Division. 1947: a combat section of paratrooper Pioneers intervened in Indochina at the corps of the 61st Colonial Engineer Battalion. 1948: a combat section of the paratrooper pioneers intervened in Indochina at the corps of the 71st Colonial Engineer Battalion 1948–1953: 3 successive combat sections of paratrooper pioneers of the 17th Airborne Engineer Battalion (17e B.G.A.P) intervened in Indochina. 1950: volunteer engagement of the 17th Airborne Engineer Battalion to the United Nations French formed battalion participating in the Korean War. 1953: regrouping of the combat sections of the paratrooper pioneers of Indochina from 17th Airborne Engineer Battalion for the creation of the 17th Parachute Engineer Company which would intervene in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu part of Operation Castor. 1954: creation of the 3rd combat company of Vietnamese Airborne Engineers in Indochina commanded and formed by the cadres of the 17th Parachute Engineer Company. 1953–1962: the 1st combat company of the 17th Airborne Engineer Battalion intervened in Algeria and became in 1955 the 60th Airborne Engineer Company attached to the 10th Parachute Division. The combat company intervened in Egypt in 1956 and in 1961 at Bizerte (Tunisia). 1956–1962: the 75th Airborne Engineer Company issued from the 3rd combat company of the 17th Airborne Battalion Regiment was attached to the 25th Parachute Division. The company became in 1961 the 61st Airborne Engineer Regiment and intervened in Bizerte. 1958: creation of the center of instruction of Airborne Engineers '17' at Castersarrasin. 1961–1962: creation, conception and placing in effect the first Commando Instruction Center (C.E.C) at Fort de Charlemont of Givet in the department of Ardennes by the 61st Airborne Engineer Company and the 1st Commando Parachute Group. The main section of the 61st Airborne became the Commando Instruction Center of the 11th Light Intervention Division (11e D.L.I). This Division replaced the 10th Parachute Division and 25th Parachute Division. 1963: creation of the 17th Airportable Engineer Regiment (17e R.G.A.P) at Castelsarrasin from the paratrooper pioneers of the engineer Center of Instruction and from the two combat companies back from Algeria. 1971: the regiment was dissolved, the 1st and 2nd combat companies of the airportable engineer regiment were attached respectively to the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment, 1eRHP and the 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment, 35eRAP becoming inter-arm units. At the corps of these two regiments, the two airborne engineer companies maintained their missions and traditions of "Génie Parachutiste". 1974: recreation of the 17th Airportable Engineer Regiment at Montauban (Tarn and Garonne). 1978: the 17th became the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment (17e R.G.P). 1982–1984: the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment took part extensively and heavily in both the Multinational Force in Lebanon within the 31st Brigade and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon placed in ground operations since 1978. 1990–1991: the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment took part in the Gulf War part of the Opération Daguet. 2001: the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment spearheaded combat, combat support, peacekeeping, multipurposed operations through the War on Terror and has been seen taking part in all exterior theatres of operations of the French Armed Forces on all five continents. Creation and different nominations since 1944 Created on March 1, 1944 at Port Lyautey in Morocco under the designation of the 17th Colonial Engineer Regiment (). Dissolved on November 16, 1945. Created on August 1, 1946 in Algeria, from the 91st Engineer Battalion handling the airborne engineer missions of the 25th Parachute Division, under the designation of 17th Engineer Battalion. Combat companies 17/9 stationed at Hussein Dey, the 17/1 at Bougie, the 17/2 at Marocco, the 17/3 at Mont-de-Marsan. Dissolved with the division in July 1948, a combat engineer Group designated (17) was integrated at the center of specialized airborne troops until February 1949. The airborne engineer group (17) was redesignated 17th Airborne Engineer Battalion on February 15, 1949 and was based in metropole at Castelsarras in (Tarn-and-Garonne) and successive designations of 17th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Center of Instruction of Airborne Engineer (17), 17th Airborne Engineer Regiment. Dissolved on June 30, 1971, two combat companies of the Airborne Engineer troops integrated the corps of 2 inter-arm paratrooper regiments in Tarbes and Auch, mainly the 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment and the 1st Parachute Hussard Regiment. Reconstituted at Montauban on July 1, 1974 under the designation of the 17th Airborne Engineer Regiment from the companies of parachute engineers forming the inter-arm regiments, based in garrison Doumer. In 1978, the airborne engineer regiment was designated as the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment. Organization The Regiment of volunteer paratroopers, the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment is articulated in 6 combat companies and 1 detachment: 1 Command and logistic company (CCL) 1 Combat support company (CA) known as la verte et amarante, regrouping means of terrain organization 2 sections of combat support for emergency deployments Commando Parachute Group, known as Commando Guéniat, named after an Adjudant-chef killed in action in an operation. 3 combat companies with the 4th on its way: 1st combat company 2nd combat company 3rd combat company intervention reserve unit: 5th combat company 1 combat detachment Mascot The mascot of the regiment was initially the Golden eagle named "Bac Kan" in reference to the first mission participation of the Airborne engineers in Indochina during the airborne operation "Lea" in October 1947. Since 2014, the mascot is a Bald eagle named "Malizia", name of François Grimaldi ( said "François la Malice") who in the 13th century conquered the Rock of Monaco. Traditions Except for the Legionnaires of the 1er REG, 2e REG, 2e REP that conserve the Green Beret; the remainder of the French army metropolitan and marine paratroopers forming the 11th Parachute Brigade wear the Red Beret. The Archangel Saint Michael, patron of the French paratroopers is celebrated on September 29. The prière du Para (Prayer of the Paratrooper) was written by André Zirnheld in 1938. Insignias Just like the paratrooper Brevet of the French Army; the Insignia of French Paratroopers was created in 1946. The French Army Insignia of metropolitan Paratroopers represents a closed "winged armed dextrochere", meaning a "right winged arm" armed with a sword pointing upwards. The Insignia makes reference to the Patron of Paratroopers. In fact, the Insignia represents "the right Arm of Saint Michael", the Archangel which according to Liturgy is the "Armed Arm of God". This Insignia is the symbol of righteous combat and fidelity to superior missions. The French Army Insignia of Marine Infantry Paratroopers is backgrounded by a Marine Anchor. Regimental Colors Honours Battle Honours Germerscheim 1944 AFN 1952-1962 Regimental Songs Decorations The regimental colors of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment (17e RGP) is decorated with: Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 with 1 star of vermeil (to quote the order by the Army OG 1148 of September 15, 1945), Croix de la Valeur militaire with: 2 palms ( for service in Lebanon at the corps of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in 1980 and 1982) 1 palm ( for service in Afghanistan at the corps of the International Security Assistance Force on May 21, 2012 1 star of vermeil ( for service in Mali at the corps of Operation Serval in September 2014 ) Fourragère with colors of la Croix de la Valeur militaire on April 16, 2012; the first unit to be decorated with such honors French Medal of Honor for Courage and Commitment - échelon bronze, 1952, for search and rescue operations during Natural disaster in the South-West of France. The Fanions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd combat companies are decorated with: Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures with 1 palm for the '2nd' combat company. Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures with 1 vermeil star for the '1st' combat company. Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures with 1 vermeil star for the '3rd' combat company. Battalion and Regimental Commanders since 1963 See also List of French paratrooper units 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment 1st Parachute Hussard Regiment 17e RGP (external site) Amicale (friends) of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment. References Parachute regiments of France French engineer regiments Military units and formations established in 1944 1944 establishments in France

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Jane Haist

Jane Haist (March 1, 1949 – May 21, 2022) was a Canadian discus thrower and shot putter, who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. She is best known for winning two gold medals for Canada at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in the women's discus throw and in the women's shot put event. She was national U.S. collegiate champion in the discus representing the University of Tennessee in 1977. She died on May 21, 2022 of cancer. References External links 1949 births 2022 deaths Sportspeople from St. Catharines Track and field athletes from Ontario Canadian female discus throwers Canadian female shot putters Olympic track and field athletes of Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field athletes Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women