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James Mursell

James Mursell (1893–1963) wrote extensively about music education and the use of music in a classroom setting. He emphasized the student's role in learning and believed that unless students are intrinsically motivated to learn, their musical growth will be minimal at best. In Mursell's view the best motivator is the active, participatory musical experience—singing, playing, listening and being actively involved with good music. This is the all-important starting point for motivation, and it is from these experiences that musical growth can occur. He applies his "synthesis-analysis-synthesis" (or whole-part-whole) pattern of learning to music education, and speaks of musical understanding as "unfolding or evolving, rather than adding or accumulating." Instead of teaching the rudiments of music in isolation from the context that gives them meaning, Mursell suggests that factual knowledge about music will gradually be gleaned from songs that students have learned and enjoy singing. Each time they sing a particular song, they do something different with it and learn a little more about it. In this way their understanding of melody, rhythm and dynamics deepens gradually as an outgrowth of meaningful music-making, rather than drill and practice. At the end of each such activity, when students sing the song through once more it means more to them that it did prior to their "analysis" of it. Publications Mursell's The Psychology of School Music Teaching (with Kansas City music supervisor Mabelle Glenn) and Human Values and Music Education (both published in the 1930s) became standard texts. "Principles of Music Education" appeared as the opening chapter in the 1936 yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, and Mursell was also a contributing author to the 1958 yearbook Basic Concepts in Music Education. In 1955 he published Principles of Democratic Education.In addition, his seminal book Music in American Schools was published in 1943 during World War II. References Labuta, J.A. and Smith, D.A. (1997). Music Education: Historical Contexts and Perspectives. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall. Mark, M.L. and Gary, C.L. (1999). A History of American Music Education. Reston: the National Association for Music Education. Mursell, J.L. (1943). Music In American Schools. New York, NY: Silver Burdett Co. Category:American educational theorists Category:1963 deaths Category:1893 births Category:20th-century American educators

Pakotai

Pakotai () is a locality in the Mangakahia River Valley of Northland, New Zealand. Kaikohe is about 37 km to the north, and Maungatapere is about 34 km to the south east. Copper was mined at Pakotai from 1947 to 1951. Marae The village has two local marae affiliated with the Ngāpuhi hapū of Ngāti Horahia, Ngāti Moe, Ngāti Te Rino, Ngāti Toki, Te Kumutu, Ngāti Whakahotu and Te Parawhau: Te Oruoru Marae, and Te Tārai o Rāhiri Marae and Nukutawhiti meeting house. Education Pakotai School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 2 and a roll of 24. The school was founded in 1905. Notes Category:Whangarei District Category:Populated places in the Northland Region

Even Stevens (album)

Even Stevens was Ray Stevens' third studio album, released in 1968. It was also his first album for Monument Records as well as his first studio album in five years, though he previously released four singles for Monument, starting with "ABC" in 1965. Before the release of this album, Stevens concentrated on writing and producing songs for other artists. Despite the album's joking title, it is considered by all media as his first "serious" album, as there are no songs on the album that are in the genres of novelty or comedy. But Stevens never wholly strays away from humor on the album, as evidenced in the songs "The Minority," a re-recorded version of "Funny Man," "Say Cheese," "Mr. Businessman," "Unwind," and "The Great Escape" (the last two of which humorously describe the everyday routines of a working middle-class man). With the exception of the eighth track, "The Earl of Stilton Square," all the material was written by Stevens himself, though he shares credit with another songwriter for the fourth track, "Say Cheese." Stevens successfully proves his artistic versatility throughout the album, notably with touching performances of his self-penned ballads "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (which describes the celebration of an upcoming wedding between a man's best friend and his old flame), "Say Cheese" (which describes hiding emotional pain after a breakup), the haunting, mind-boggling "Isn't It Lonely Together," and "Face the Music." Despite not charting on the Billboard 200, the album received an overall of positive reviews from critics and fans alike. On an interesting side note, Bobby Vinton recorded the song "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" for his album Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits, which was released a year before this album; while "Isn't It Lonely Together" became a minor hit for former R&B singer Robert Knight during the same year of the release of this album. The back of the album's cover contains an essay by songwriter Tupper Saussy that describes his experiences with working with Stevens and the making of the album (which was released a few months after the single "Unwind"). Saussy also mentions in the essay that he and Stevens worked on a song for the album entitled "Keep out of Reach of Children," which ended up unfinished and describes this particular song as "a song that would admonish adults to remove their sophisticated anxieties-over-nothing from their youngsters so as not to contaminate them with needless complexities." Aside from the song "Unwind" (a Top 40 Canadian Pop hit that was issued on the album after its initial release), two singles were lifted from the album: "Mr. Businessman" (the only one to make the Top 40 on the American Pop charts) and "The Great Escape." On October 8, 1996, Varèse Sarabande rereleased this album on CD and included four bonus tracks, the last of which was the single version of Stevens' hit "Mr. Businessman." Track listing CD bonus tracks "Party People" - (Joe South) "Devil May Care" - (Joe South) "Answer Me, My Love" - (Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman, Gerard Winkler) "Mr. Businessman" (single

Blastobasis lecaniella

Blastobasis lecaniella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It was described by August Busck in 1913. It is found in Guyana. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Category:Blastobasis Category:Moths described in 1913

Merkourios Karaliopoulos

Merkourios Karaliopoulos (; born 26 November 1977) is a retired Greek football defender. References Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Greek footballers Category:Naoussa F.C. players Category:Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Category:Apollon Pontou FC players Category:Veria F.C. players Category:Rodos F.C. players Category:Super League Greece players Category:Association football defenders

List of premieres at the Metropolitan Opera

Throughout its history the Metropolitan Opera has taken a leading role at introducing both original stage works to the world and bringing works from around the globe to the United States for the first time. The following is a list of works that have premiered at the Met. All works are operas unless otherwise stated. World premieres United States premieres References Sources Metropolitan Opera archives Category:Metropolitan Opera Category:Lists of superlatives

Dürrnbachhorn

Dürrnbachhorn is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the Austrian border beside the town of Reit im Winkl in the district of Traunstein, in the federal-state of Bavaria. On the Austrian side lies the town of Unken in the district of Zell am See, Salzburg. There is a chairlift from Winklmoos-Alm at a height of 1 190 m to Dürrnbacheck at a height of 1 610 m above sea level. References Category:Mountains of Bavaria Category:Chiemgau Alps Category:One-thousanders of Germany Category:Mountains of the Alps

Małgorzata Lipska

Małgorzata Lipska (born 5 December 1963) is a Polish field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Polish female field hockey players Category:Olympic field hockey players of Poland Category:Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:People from Brzeg

1911 Oldham by-election

A byelection was held in the Oldham constituency in 1911 to fill a vacancy in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Vacancy Alfred Emmott had been Liberal MP for dual member Oldham since gaining a seat from the Conservatives in 1899. He was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies by H. H. Asquith and the following month he was raised to the peerage as Baron Emmott, of Oldham in the County Palatine of Lancaster. Electoral history This was the result at the previous General Election; Candidates The Liberal candidate chosen to defend the seat was Arthur Stanley. He had been Liberal MP for Eddisbury, Cheshire until losing to the Conservastives in January 1910. He had lost there again in December 1910. His sister, Venetia Stanley, was a close correspondent of the Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal party, H. H. Asquith. The Conservative candidate was Edmund Bartley-Denniss who had stood here in December 1910. His only connection with the area was the fact that his father-in-law had recently been Mayor of Oldham. The Labour party, who had never previously stood a candidate here, intervened in the contest, choosing William Cornforth Robinson as their candidate. He was General Secretary of the Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers and President of the United Textile Factory Workers Association. His candidature was significant given the large number of textile workers resident in the constituency. Since 1906, most dual member constituencies in industrialised towns had seen one Liberal and one Labour candidate run in harness against two Unionists. Oldham had been an exception to this with two Liberals running. The Labour Party national leadership were therefore keen to see this practice extended to Oldham and were happy to back the locally chosen Labour candidate. Campaign Polling Day was set for 13 November. Result The Conservatives gained the seat. The Labour intervention had proved crucial in denying the Liberal victory. Aftermath A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. (Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.) Despite Labour finishing third, their candidate had done well enough to support a claim to run in tandem with a Liberal in future, which is why only one Liberal candidate was in place. Robinson was fortunate enough to have his candidacy sponsored by the UTFWA. Liberal Party = Andrew William Barton Labour Party = William C. Robinson Unionist Party =Edmund Bartley-Denniss Barton and Denniss were the endorsed candidates of the Coalition Government. References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Greater Manchester constituencies Oldham by-election Oldham by-election Oldham by-election Category:Elections in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies Category:1910s in Lancashire

Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley State University (GVSU, GV, or Grand Valley) is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan. It was established in 1960 and its main campus is situated on approximately west of Grand Rapids. The university also offers classes at a campus in downtown Grand Rapids, its international campus in Holland, and through Traverse City established in cooperation with local community colleges. GVSU is a comprehensive coeducational university serving nearly 25,000 students as of fall 2018, from all 83 Michigan counties and dozens of other states and foreign countries. It is one of America's 100 largest universities, and employs more than 3,000 people with about 1,780 academic faculty and 1,991 support staff. The university has alumni in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, and 25 countries. GVSU's NCAA Division II sports teams are called the Lakers, and compete in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) in all 19 intercollegiate varsity sports . They have won 20 NCAA Division II National Championships since 2002 in seven different sports. History Formation, planning and construction In 1958 the Michigan Legislature commissioned a study that demonstrated a need for a four-year college in the Grand Rapids area, Michigan's second largest metropolitan region. Local businessman Bill Seidman created a committee to study the report and spearhead the planning and promotion to create such an institution. In the following year the Michigan Legislature established the college. A naming contest was held, and out of 2500 submissions, "Grand Valley State College" was chosen. Private donations, including $350,000 to purchase land and $1,000,000 for construction, were secured from 5,000 individuals, organizations, and business throughout West Michigan. In 1961, the Grand Valley State College Board of Control chose a site in Ottawa County near the Grand River for the new campus, and construction of academic buildings began the following year. Early years Grand Valley State College accepted its first class of 225 students in 1963 and held its first graduation of 138 students on June 18, 1967. The middle-late 1960s saw the addition of the first dormitories and construction of new academic buildings, including the Zumberge Library, named for the university's first president, James Zumberge. In 1969, the Grand Valley Lanthorn printed an issue containing several vulgarities and obscenities. After complaints from some at Grand Valley State College and the surrounding communities, the Ottawa County, Michigan, sheriff arrested the editor, and the prosecutor closed down the newspaper office. The university, then a co-ed college, sued the sheriff and prosecutor for closing the Lanthorn offices. Eventually, Michigan's Attorney General settled the case out of court, ruling in favor of Grand Valley State College. which cited that the Lanthorn's content was considered covered by Freedom of Speech. During the 1970s Grand Valley used a multiple college concept: "College of Arts and Sciences," "Thomas Jefferson College," "William James College," "Seidman College of Business," and "College IV." Former Michigan Governor William Milliken signed into law for the name to be changed to Grand Valley State Colleges in 1973. However, the "s" was dropped and the name was reverted to Grand Valley State College in

Lavínia

Lavínia is a municipality (município) in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 10,590 (2015 est.) in an area of 538 km². The elevation is 458 m. The main activities are related to the production of coffee. References Category:Municipalities in São Paulo (state)

Brucht

Brucht is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Nethe near Brakel. Brucht is also a hamlet in Overijssel, Netherlands, south of the town of Hardenberg. Coördinates: 51.7167, 9.1833. See also List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia References Category:Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia Category:Rivers of Germany

Kanoshia

Kanoshia is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida (family Pliomeridae), that existed during the middle Ordovician in what is now Utah, USA. It was described by Harrington in 1957, and the type species is Kanoshia kanoshensis, which was originally described under the genus Pseudomera by Hintze in 1953. It also contains the species K. depressus and K. reticulata. The generic name is derived from the type species' epithet, which in turn is derived from the name of the type locality, the Kanosh Formation. References External links Kanoshia at the Paleobiology Database Category:Pliomeridae Category:Phacopida genera Category:Fossil taxa described in 1957 Category:Ordovician trilobites Category:Fossils of the United States

Duane Below

Duane Arthur Below ( ; born November 15, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins and Detroit Tigers. Below has also played in the KBO League for the Kia Tigers and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. Professional career Major League Baseball Detroit Tigers Prior to playing professionally, Below attended Britton-Macon Area School District, in Britton, Michigan and Lake Michigan College. He was drafted by the Tigers in the 19th round of the 2006 amateur draft and began his professional career that year. He is the first player from Britton to be on a major league roster. Below pitched for two teams in 2006, the GCL Tigers (15 games) and the Oneonta Tigers (two games). Overall, he went 2–0 with a 2.09 ERA in 17 games (six starts). In 2007, he pitched for the West Michigan Whitecaps, going 13–5 with a 2.97 ERA in 26 starts, striking out 160 batters in 145⅔ innings. With the Lakeland Flying Tigers in 2008, he went 8–7 with a 4.46 ERA in 27 games (26 starts). He split 2009 between Lakeland (six games) and the Erie SeaWolves (two games), going 2–4 with a 2.70 ERA in eight starts overall. With Erie again in 2010, he went 7–12 with a 4.93 ERA in 28 starts. Following the reassignment of Charlie Furbush from the Tigers to the Toledo Mud Hens, Below was called up to assume a starting vacancy. Below took the place on the active roster spot for Adam Wilk, while Casper Wells was reassigned to allow Furbush to return to the bullpen. Below made his major league debut against the Oakland Athletics on July 20, 2011, allowing one earned run in five innings. Below earned a no-decision in the game. Below went 0–2 in 14 games in 2011. In 2012, Below was on the opening roster for the Tigers for the first time in his career, made available after an injury to Luis Marte. In his first two appearances of the season, Below earned wins in relief against the Boston Red Sox. On April 7, he won in relief of Doug Fister, who left the game early after a left-side strain. The next day, he earned a win after retiring one batter in the 11th inning. The Tigers designated Below for assignment on April 24, 2013. Miami Marlins Below was claimed off waivers on April 25, 2013, by the Miami Marlins, who assigned him to Triple-A. Second stint with the Tigers Below signed a minor league deal to return to the Tigers on December 11, 2013. Kia Tigers Below signed with the Kia Tigers of the Korea Baseball Organization in August 2013. New York Mets On February 7, 2015, Below signed a Minor League deal with the New York Mets. Below spent the entire 2015 season with the Las Vegas 51s with a 4-3 record, 2.19 ERA and 1.10 WHIP with 28 strikeouts over 49.1 innings pitched. On December 14, 2015, Below signed back with

The Best of The Waterboys 81–90

The Best of The Waterboys 81–90 is a compilation album by The Waterboys, released 29 April 1991. Track listing Tracks written by Mike Scott, unless otherwise noted. "A Girl Called Johnny" "The Big Music" "All The Things She Gave Me" "The Whole of the Moon" "Spirit" "Don't Bang the Drum" (Scott/Karl Wallinger) "Fisherman's Blues" (Scott /Steve Wickham) "Killing My Heart" "Strange Boat" (Scott/Anthony Thistlethwaite) "And a Bang on the Ear" "Old England" (performed live) "A Man Is in Love" Chart performance References Category:The Waterboys albums Category:1991 greatest hits albums Category:Chrysalis Records compilation albums

1927 WAFL season

The 1927 WAFL season was the 43rd season of the West Australian Football League. It saw the last premiership of the East Perth dynasty dating back to the end of World War I, as mastermind coach Phil Matson was to be killed in a truck crash the following year and the Royals were to fall to a clear last in 1929 as most of their champions retired. Despite opening their permanent home ground at Claremont Oval, newcomers Claremont-Cottesloe showed little improvement on their debut season and again won only a single game. The most notable change in fortunes was from South Fremantle, who had their first season with more wins than losses since their last premiership in 1917, and extended Matson's Royals in the grand final. VFL champions became the second Victoria club to tour Perth after Fitzroy in 1922, and although an interstate carnival meant they were without several top players, the Magpies performed well enough to win one of their two matches against a representative team from those WAFL players not at the carnival. Home-and-Away Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 (Labour Day) Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 (Foundation Day) Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15 Round 16 Round 17 Round 18 Collingwood Tour First State Match Second State Match Round 19 Round 20 Round 21 Ladder Finals First Semi Final Second Semi Final Final Grand Final References External links Official WAFL website West Australian Football League (WAFL) Season 1927 Category:West Australian Football League seasons WAFL

Hans Andreus

Hans Andreus (21 February 1926, Amsterdam – 9 June 1977, Putten) was the pseudonym of the Dutch poet and writer Johan Wilhelm van der Zant. Van der Zant was born in Amsterdam. His parents divorced soon after his birth, his mother remarried, and the family lived in Scheveningen between 1930 and 1937 before moving back to Amsterdam. He started to write poems in 1939, and dropped out of school in 1940. In 1945, he studied for a while at the Amsterdamse Toneelschool, but also dropped out in 1947. Afterwards he worked as a corrector with De Volkskrant. Andreus' debut work, the poetry book 'Muziek voor Kijkdieren', came out in 1951. His work is seen as part of the Dutch/Belgian literary movement known as 'De Vijftigers', a group of young poets started in the late 40s and connected to the COBRA movement, which also included Lucebert and Hugo Claus. Besides poetry, Andreus also wrote a large number of children's books, the best known series of which revolves around the character 'Meester Pompelmoes'. Andreus stories for children are full of fantastical themes, playful, and written in a lyrical, rhythmical style. He received a number of prizes for his children's books, including a 'Zilveren Griffel' prize for his poetry book 'De Rommeltuin' and his book 'Meester Pompelmoes en de mompelpoes' won the CNPB Children's Book of the Year award in 1969 (a predecessor of the Gouden Griffel). He also wrote a number of radio dramas, chansons, TV scripts and commercials, novels, and a novella. References Category:1926 births Category:1977 deaths Category:20th-century Dutch poets Category:20th-century Dutch male writers Category:Dutch children's writers Category:Dutch male poets Category:Pseudonymous writers Category:Writers from Amsterdam

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Bulldog Drummond's Peril is a 1938 American film directed by James P. Hogan. The film is based on Herman C. McNeile's novel The Third Round. Plot The intended wedding of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond (John Howard) to Phyllis Clavering (Louise Campbell) at her villa in Switzerland is stopped short (once again) when someone murders the Swiss policeman who is guarding their wedding presents. The killer makes off with their prize possession, a synthetic diamond, made by a secret process by Professor Bernard Goodman (Halliwell Hobbes), the father of their good friend Gwen Longworth (Nydia Westman). A guest, Sir Raymond Blantyre (Matthew Boulton), head of the Metropolitan Diamond Syndicate, disappears at the same time, and Drummond suspects that Sir Raymond, who has the most to lose if Professor Goodman proceeds with his plans to publish his secret process, has something to do with the theft. He leaves Phyllis and chases back to England. Colonel Nielsen (John Barrymore), of Scotland Yard, as usual scoffs at Drummond's suspicions and insists that a man as respected as Sir Raymond could not possibly be involved in such a crime. An explosion that wrecks Goodman's house, and apparently kills him, makes Drummond more positive that the diamond king has again resorted to murder to protect his business. He follows Professor Botulian (Porter Hall), a lifelong rival of Goodman's, whom he believes to be involved in the affair. His hunt leads him to a lonely house on the outskirts of London where he finds Goodman a prisoner. Drummond's valet Tenny (E.E. Clive) soon joins them as captive, but brings with him the means of escape. After Goodman is taken to safety, Drummond discovers that Phyllis, who was searching for him, is now being held by the crooks. Drummond quickly returns to the house to confront Sir Raymond and his armed confederates. Drummond begins to fight his way out, but is met by superior forces. Cast John Barrymore as Col. Neilson John Howard as Capt. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond Louise Campbell as Phyllis Clavering Reginald Denny as Algy Longworth E.E. Clive as Tenny Porter Hall as Dr. Botulian Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Blanche Clavering Nydia Westman as Gwen Longworth Michael Brooke as Anthony Greer Halliwell Hobbes as Prof. Bernard Goodman Matthew Boulton as Sir Raymond Blantyre Zeffie Tilbury as Mrs. Weevens David Clyde as Constable McThane Clyde Cook as Constable Sacker Austin Fairman as Roberts Gregory Gaye as Raoul Pat X. Kerry as 1st Expressman David Thursby as 2nd Expressman Torben Meyer as Hoffman External links Category:Films based on Bulldog Drummond Category:1938 films Category:American films Category:American mystery films Category:English-language films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1930s romance films Category:American crime thriller films Category:1930s crime thriller films Category:1930s adventure films Category:Films directed by James Patrick Hogan Category:1930s mystery films Category:American romantic thriller films

Shimabara Hantō Prefectural Natural Park

is a Prefectural Natural Park in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The park was established in 1970. See also National Parks of Japan Shimabara Rebellion References Category:Parks and gardens in Nagasaki Prefecture Category:Protected areas established in 1970 Category:1970 establishments in Japan

Underwater work

Underwater work is work done underwater, generally by divers during diving operations, but includes work done underwater by remotely operated vehicles and manned submersibles. Skills commonly used by all professional diving occupations Underwater navigation Pilotage Compass navigation Use of a guideline or jackstay Underwater searches Circular search Pendulum search Jackstay searches Compass searches Directed search Rigging and lifting Basic ropework, knots and splices, tackle Rigging slings cargo nets and spreaders, lifting hooks and shackles Lifting bags Chain blocks, tirfors and pullers Inspection, measuring and recording Use of basic hand tools Hacksaws Hammers Cold chisels Pliers levers, wedges and crowbars Screwdrivers and wrenches Pipecutters and bolt cutters Skills specific to specialist occupations Erecting formwork and shuttering (civils) Concrete placement using a tremie or skip (civils) Oxy-arc cutting (salvage, ships husbandry, offshore) Underwater welding (salvage, ships husbandry, offshore) Use of pneumatic and hydraulic power tools {ships husbandry, civils, offshore, salvage} High pressure jetting (ships husbandry, civils, offshore) Hydraulic bolt-tensioning (offshore oil and gas) Fitting and maintenance of wellhead components (offshore oil and gas) Hull cleaning and inspection (ships husbandry) Mooring inspection and maintenance (ships husbandry, offshore) Pipeline inspection (offshore oil and gas) Propeller polishing (ships husbandry) Inspection and replacement of cathodic protection anodes (ships husbandry, offshore) Explosive demolition (clearance, civils) Bomb disposal (military, public safety} Archaeological excavation (archaeology) Search and recovery (public safety) Forensic evidence preservation (police) Search and rescue (public safety, police) Site surveys and mapping (scientific, archaeology) Biological sampling and tagging (scientific) Core drilling (scientific) Setting up and recovery of instrumentation (scientific) Transect surveys (scientific) References Category:Underwater work

Resolvent set

In linear algebra and operator theory, the resolvent set of a linear operator is a set of complex numbers for which the operator is in some sense "well-behaved". The resolvent set plays an important role in the resolvent formalism. Definitions Let X be a Banach space and let be a linear operator with domain . Let id denote the identity operator on X. For any , let A complex number is said to be a regular value if is injective, that is, the corestriction of to its image has an inverse , which: is a bounded linear operator; is defined on a dense subspace of X, that is, has dense range. The resolvent set of L is the set of all regular values of L: The spectrum is the complement of the resolvent set: The spectrum can be further decomposed into the point/discrete spectrum (where condition 1 fails), the continuous spectrum (where conditions 1 and 3 hold but condition 2 fails) and the residual/compression spectrum (where condition 1 holds but condition 3 fails). If is a closed operator, then so is each , and condition 3 may be replaced by requiring that is surjective. Properties The resolvent set of a bounded linear operator L is an open set. More generally, the resolvent set of a densely defined closed unbounded operator is an open set. References (See section 8.3) External links See also Resolvent formalism Spectrum (functional analysis) Decomposition of spectrum (functional analysis) Category:Linear algebra Category:Operator theory

Gonzalo Zárate

Gonzalo Eulogio Zárate (born 6 August 1984 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays as a forward for Swiss club FC Black Stars Basel. Career In Summer 2007, Zárate joined SC Kriens of Swiss Challenge League. His high goal scoring rate attracted Grasshopper, and there was made a loan deal on 15 September 2007. Before moving to Switzerland, he played for PCC San José of the local league, called Asociación Rosarina de Fútbol in the Primera División B in Argentina. He also played in the youth of Lanús and Tiro Federal. On May 18, 2010, it was announced that Zárate was signed by Red Bull Salzburg. On July 13, Zárate scored his first goal in his first match for Red Bull Salzburg. The goal was in the Champions-League qualifying match versus HB Torshaven. In September 2019, Zárate joined Swiss Promotion League club FC Black Stars Basel. Career statistics Honours FC Red Bull Salzburg Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2012 Austrian Cup: 2012 FC Vaduz Liechtenstein Football Cup: 2016-17 References External links Guardian statistics Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Argentine footballers Category:Argentine expatriate footballers Category:Swiss Super League players Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players Category:Cypriot First Division players Category:Swiss Promotion League players Category:SC Kriens players Category:Grasshopper Club Zürich players Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players Category:BSC Young Boys players Category:FC Thun players Category:FC Vaduz players Category:Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Category:FC Lausanne-Sport players Category:Association football forwards Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Austria Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Category:Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Category:Expatriate footballers in Austria Category:Expatriate footballers in Liechtenstein Category:Expatriate footballers in Cyprus

Death of Janice Marie Young

Janice Marie Young (born Janice Marie Brock and known primarily by her middle name) was a formerly unidentified American girl who was pushed into the path of a moving vehicle on June 9, 1973. A man was arrested for her murder, but the charge against him was eventually dropped, as the suspect's "intent could not be proven." The victim was identified on May 20, 2015, nearly 42 years after her death, after her brother noticed similarities between the unidentified victim and the circumstances surrounding his runaway sister and the match was confirmed through DNA. Physical description and circumstances At around 1:00 AM on June 9, 1973, a teenage girl was seen arguing with a man at the intersection of 11th Avenue South and 8th Street South in St. Petersburg, Florida. She was armed with a knife and a broken bottle. The man, later identified as Lawrence Dorn, shoved her into the path of a moving truck, stating this was an act of self defense. She died at the scene. The victim appeared to be between 14 and 16 years old, but may have been as young as 11 or as old as 20. Her wavy hair was auburn and shoulder-length. Her eyes were noted as a unique shade of blue. She had noticeably short fingernails, which is consistent with nail biting. Other distinctive features were three birthmarks on her back, a chipped tooth, no visible dental work, and freckles on her shoulders. It is possible that her tooth was chipped when she was struck by the vehicle. She had two earrings in one ear. A piercing in her other ear had healed. She wore a ring that was missing its stone. At the time of her death, she was wearing a multicolored dress and purple tights. Investigation It was strongly believed that the deceased girl was a runaway. It was known that she had been given clothing by other people, indicating she had little in the way of belongings. She had been spoken to by police officers shortly before her death. These officers believed that she was not the person whom they were trying to locate at that time. She had given various alias names during previous confrontations, using her birth name as well as the first names of "Cindy" and "Maria" and the last name of "Bromke." It was suspected that she was involved with the illegal drug trade and that this may have been a motive for her death. Among her possessions was a letter written in pencil with the name "Gloria" on it. The letter said that she was "on break," which led to speculation that she may have had a job at the time. It also made references to people whom she had met in the states of North Carolina and Virginia. The penmanship was said to be poor, and no address was on the envelope. Dorn was arrested and charged with the victim's murder. Eventually, this was reduced to manslaughter but charges were later dropped and the criminal case was closed. The reason was that police were

Hypoxidia

Hypoxidia is a flowering plant genus in the family Hypoxidaceae, endemic to the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. Two species are recognized: Hypoxidia maheensis F. Friedmann Hypoxidia rhizophylla (Baker) F. Friedmann References Category:Flora of Seychelles Category:Asparagales genera

Jerusalem Council

For the Jerusalem Council in Judaism, see Sanhedrin For the Council of Jerusalem in Early Christianity, see Council of Jerusalem For the Eastern Orthodox Council in the seventeenth Century, see Synod of Jerusalem (1672) For the modern Jerusalem Council, see High Council of B'nei Noah

Potato famine

Potato famine may refer to: European Potato Famine, the wider agrarian crisis in Europe contemporaneous to the Irish and Highland potato famines in the mid-1840s Ireland's Great Famine, the famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1852 Scotland's Highland Potato Famine, a major agrarian crisis in the Scottish Highlands from 1846 to 1857

Irfan Habib

Irfan Habib (born 1931) is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the approach of Marxist historiography. He is well known for his strong stance against Hindutva and Muslim communalists. He has authored a number of books, including Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1556–1707. Early and personal life Irfan was born in an Indian Muslim family, the son of Mohammad Habib, a Marxist historian and ideologue belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), by his wife Sohaila Habib (née Tyabji). Irfan's paternal grandfather was Mohammad Naseem, a wealthy barrister and member of the Congress party, and his maternal grandfather was Abbas Tyabji, sometime Chief Justice of the High Court of Baroda princely state. Irfan's wife Sayera Habib (née Siddiqui) was Professor of Economics at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The couple have three sons and a daughter. Academic After he returned from Oxford he joined AMU as a member of the faculty. He was Professor of History at Aligarh from 1969–91. He is presently appointed as Professor Emeritus at the Department of History of the AMU. He delivered the Radhakrishnan Lecture at Oxford in 1991. He is an Elected Corresponding Fellow of the British Royal Historical Society since 1997. Habib has worked on the historical geography of Ancient India, the history of Indian technology, medieval administrative and economic history, colonialism and its impact on India, and historiography. Amiya Kumar Bagchi describes Habib as "one of the two most prominent Marxist historians of India today and at the same time, one of the greatest living Marxist historians of India between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries." Positions He was Coordinator/Chairman of the Centre for Advanced Studies, AMU from 1975–77 and 1984–94. He was Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research during 1986–90. He was the general secretary, Sectional President, and then the General President of the Indian History Congress (1981). Philosophical and political views Habib identifies as a Marxist and uses Marxist historiography in his work. Habib has also written books about Vedas and Vedic age, and he considers the Vedas to be a good historical source, which describes transmission in a priestly culture, that valued faithfulness. He further lays out the reasons that the texts were orally transmitted for hundreds of years, then they were finally written down. Habib had a sustained commitment to secularism. He led the historians at the Indian History Congress of 1998 who moved a resolution against the "saffronisation" of history. He has said that the BJP government at the Centre which was in power from 1998–2004, especially the MHRD Minister himself, were responsible for inventing facts and dates to suit their interpretation of Indian history. To counter Irfan Habib, Murli Manohar Joshi released a book which rebuts the history of what the former minister calls '‘Habib & Co'’. Honours Among the first six Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowships, 1968. Watumull Prize of American Historical Association, 1982. (Jointly with Tapan Raychaudhuri). Padma Bhushan, 2005. Ibn Sina Memorial Lecture, 2009 (Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences). Yash Bharti, 2016 Controversy In December 2019, the Governor of Kerala

Eddie Munster

Eddie Munster is a fictional character on the CBS sitcom The Munsters. He was portrayed by Butch Patrick in all episodes of the original series except for the pilot, where he was portrayed by Happy Derman. The only child of Herman and Lily Munster, Eddie is a werewolf. The role was later played by Jason Marsden in The Munsters Today. Description Eddie is a typical all-American boy apart from being a werewolf and, in some episodes, showing some signs of being part vampire. Most noticeable is the fact that he sleeps in a chest of drawers. He has a stuffed toy werewolf named Woof-Woof, which bears an uncanny resemblance to Lon Chaney, Jr.'s portrayal of Larry Talbot in the 1941 feature film, The Wolfman. He attends elementary school, and aside from his pointed ears, severe widow's peak, and Fauntleroy suit, he is a normal kid. Eddie is very proud of his father, to the point of bragging about Herman's abilities and deeds to his friends... although these boasts are often outright fabrications. In fact, Eddie volunteering Herman for a heroic deed (which is clearly beyond Herman's capabilities, but one Herman nonetheless undertakes for Eddie's sake) is a central theme in many episodes. Production In the unaired pilot episode, the part was played by Nate "Happy" Derman, who played a more aggressively wolfish boy. Butch Patrick was reportedly cast out of over 500 boys in March 1964, and would appear in all episodes broadcast on CBS. When asked how he was selected to portray the role of Eddie, Patrick recalled, "I had a lot of experience. But maybe it was because my fangs were my own teeth. My teeth were so bad, that even when I closed my mouth they stuck out. I was about a head smaller than the other kids, and they liked that because it played off Herman's height." By the time The Munsters ended its run, Patrick was 12 years old, which coincidentially was Jason Marsden's age when he took over the role for The Munsters Today. During Marsden's years in that role, Eddie's wardrobe became increasingly modernized. Marsden would likewise appear in all episodes produced for first-run syndication. References External links Eddie Munster at Munsters.com Eddie Munster Category:Fictional werewolves Category:Child characters in television Category:Television characters introduced in 1964

Elliot McVeigh

Elliot R. McVeigh is a Professor of Bioengineering, Medicine and Radiology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). His research utilises low dose CT imaging and MR imaging techniques to identify those people at substantially higher risk for heart attacks. Education McVeigh earned a BSc in physics in 1984 and a PhD in medical biophysics in 1988 at the University of Toronto. Career In 2007 he returned to Johns Hopkins to become the director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. During his 8 year tenure as chair the department grew substantially and was continuously ranked #1 in the nation for both undergraduate and graduate training by US News & World Report. He also lead the development of a new Master’s program for medical device design through the establishment of the Center of Biomedical Innovation and Design in the department. In 2015, he was hired by University of California, San Diego with a joint appointment in the school of engineering and the school of medicine. He is part of the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (ACTRI) built by UC San Diego in La Jolla. In the Cardiovascular Imaging Lab (CViL) at UCSD, McVeigh and his team work with engineers and clinicians to develop low dose CT imaging and MR imaging techniques that will identify those people at substantially higher risk for heart attacks. Activities and Honors Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2008 Fellows Award for Research Mentoring, National Institutes of Health, 2007 Regional Excellence in Tech Transfer Award, Federal Laboratory Consortium, 2005 Fellow, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2001 Established Investigator Award, American Heart Association, 1995 - 1999 Scholar, Radiological Society of North America , 1990 Selected publications References External links Personal Profile on Cardiovascular Imaging Lab at UCSD Google Scholars Category:American bioinformaticians Category:Living people Category:Johns Hopkins University faculty Category:University of California, San Diego faculty Category:Scientists from California Category:University of Toronto alumni Category:1960 births Category:Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Fortun Hydroelectric Power Station

The Fortun Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in the municipality Luster in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. The facility operates at an installed capacity of . The average annual production is 1,375 GWh. See also References Category:Hydroelectric power stations in Norway Category:Buildings and structures in Sogn og Fjordane

Dyschirius paleki

Dyschirius paleki is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Scaritinae. It was described by Kult in 1949. References Category:Dyschirius Category:Beetles described in 1949

Stefano Mancinelli

Stefano Mancinelli (born March 17, 1983) is an Italian professional basketball player for Fortitudo Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A. He also represented the Italian national basketball team. Standing at , he plays at the small forward and power forward positions. Professional career Mancinelli joined Fortitudo Bologna in 2000, and he made his debut in the Italian League on April 14, 2001, against Viola Reggio Calabria. He was the captain of Fortitudo from 2005–09, following the team's previous captain, Gianluca Basile. With Fortitudo, he lost the final game of the EuroLeague in the Euroleague 2003–04 season, when they were defeated by Maccabi Tel Aviv. However, he won the Italian Championship with Fortitudo in 2005 against Olimpia Milano. He also won the Italian SuperCup in 2005. In 2007, Mancinelli participated with the Portland Trail Blazers summer squad during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada. In August 2009, he joined Olimpia Milano. In the summer of 2012, Mancinelli and Olimpia parted ways and he became free agent. In January 2013, he signed with Pallacanestro Cantù for the rest of the season. In August 2013, he signed a three-year deal with PMS Torino. In July 2016, he returned to Fortitudo Bologna. Italian national team Mancinelli is also a member of the senior Italian national team. With Italy's junior national team, he reached the fourth place at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and he also participated with Italy's junior national team at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. In 2005, Italian senior national team coach Carlo Recalcati, added him to Italy's roster for the 2005 FIBA European Championship, and the following year he was a member of the Italian roster at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He also played at the 2007 FIBA European Championship. During a friendly match between Canada and Italy on August 1, 2009, Mancinelli elbowed Canadian national team player Aaron Doornekamp in the back of the head. Blindsided, Doornekamp was knocked to the ground and Mancinelli lurched towards him, sparking a bench clearing brawl between both teams. No more punches were thrown but the incident resulted in a lengthy delay. A video of the incident shows that Italian players Andrea Bargnani and Marco Belinelli tried to break up the skirmish. Doornekamp did not sustain any serious injuries and Italian team captain Matteo Soragna apologized after the game: "I am sorry that it happened. The team has responded as one and that is a positive, although we did not want the incident to happen." References External links Euroleague.net Profile Italian League Profile Draftexpress.com Profile Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino players Category:Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Category:Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna players Category:Italian men's basketball players Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Category:Olimpia Milano players Category:Pallacanestro Cantù players Category:Power forwards (basketball) Category:Small forwards Category:Sportspeople from Chieti Category:2006 FIBA World Championship players

Short chronology

The short chronology is one of the chronologies of the Near Eastern Bronze and Early Iron Age, which fixes the reign of Hammurabi to 1728–1686 BC and the sack of Babylon to 1531 BC. The absolute 2nd millennium BC dates resulting from these reference points have very little academic support, and have essentially been disproved by recent dendrochronology research. The middle chronology (reign of Hammurabi 1792–1750 BC) is more commonly accepted in academic literature. For much of the period in question, middle chronology dates can be calculated by adding 64 years to the corresponding short chronology date (e.g. 1728 BC in short chronology corresponds to 1792 in middle chronology). After the so-called "dark age" between the fall of Babylon and the rise of the Kassite dynasty in Babylonia, absolute dating becomes less uncertain. While exact dates are still not agreed upon, the 64-year middle/short chronology gap ceases from the beginning of the Third Babylon Dynasty onward. Early Bronze Age Estimation of absolute dates becomes possible for the second half of the 3rd millennium BC. For the first half of the 3rd millennium, only very rough chronological matching of archaeological dates with written records is possible. Kings of Ebla The city-states of Ebla and Mari (in modern Syria) competed for power at this time. Eventually, under Irkab-Damu, Ebla defeated Mari for control of the region just in time to face the rise of Uruk and Akkad. After years of back and forth, Ebla was destroyed by the Akkadian Empire. Pottery seals of the Egyptian pharaoh Pepi I have been found in the wreckage of the city. Sumer Third Dynasty of Uruk Lugal-zage-si of Umma rules from Uruk after defeating Lagash, eventually falling to the emerging Akkadian Empire. Dynasty of Akkad Since Akkad (or Agade), the capital of the Akkadian Empire, has not yet been found, available chronological data comes from outlying locations like Ebla, Tell Brak, Nippur, Susa and Tell Leilan. Clearly, the expansion of Akkad came under the rules of Sargon and Naram-sin. Its last king, Shar-kali-sharri barely held the empire together, but upon his death, it fragmented. Finally, the city of Akkad itself was destroyed by the Guti. Gutian Kings First appearing in the area during the reign of Sargon of Akkad, the Guti became a regional power after the decline of the Akkadian Empire following Shar-kali-sharri. The dynasty ends with the defeat of the last king, Tirigan, by Uruk. Only a handful of the Guti kings are attested to by inscriptions, aside from the Sumerian king list. Second Dynasty of Lagash Following the collapse of the Akkadian Empire after Shar-kali-sharri of Akkad under pressure from the invading Gutians, Lagash gradually regained prominence. As a client state to the Gutian Kings, Lagash was extremely successful, peaking under the rule of Gudea. After the last Gutian king, Tirigan, was defeated, by Utu-hengal, Lagash came under the control of Ur under Ur-Namma. Note that there is some indication that the order of the last two rulers of Lagash should be reversed. Fifth Dynasty of Uruk Uniting various Sumerian city-states, Utu-hengal frees the region

List of women executed in the United States since 1976

This is a list of women executed in the United States since 1976. Since 1976, when the Supreme Court lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in Gregg v. Georgia, sixteen women have been executed in the United States. Women represent just 1.07% of the 1,492 executions performed in the United States since 1976. List of women executed in the United States since 1976 See also Capital punishment in the United States List of juvenile offenders executed in the United States since 1976 List of offenders executed in the United States in 2013 List of offenders executed in the United States in 2014 List of United States Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment List of women on death row in the United States References Category:American female murderers Category:American murderers Category:American female criminals Category:American people convicted of murder Executed in the United States since 1976 Women in the United States since 1976 Category:People executed for murder

Ismat Ara Nishi

Ismat Ara Nishi () is a Bangladeshi national women Kabaddi player who was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games. References External links Women's sports in Bangladesh Bronze challenges Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Asian Games medalists in kabaddi Category:Kabaddi players at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Bangladeshi kabaddi players Category:Female kabaddi players Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Lord State Forest

Lord State Forest, also known as Albert C. Lord State Forest, covers in Cavendish, Vermont in Windsor County. The forest is managed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation. Activities in the forest include hunting and snowshoeing. References External links Official website Category:Vermont state forests Category:Protected areas of Windsor County, Vermont Category:Cavendish, Vermont

Maurice Nyagumbo

é Tapfumaneyi Maurice Nyagumbo (12 December 1924 – 20 April 1989) was a Zimbabwean politician. Life and career Nyagumbo was born in Makoni near Rusape, and had his primary education at St Faith Anglican Mission and St Augustine's Penhalonga. Working in South Africa in the 1940s, he joined the South African Communist Party. In 1955 he became a founding member of the Zimbabwe Youth League. In 1959 he joined the African National Congress and later that year he was detained. He spent most of the subsequent years until 1979 in prison in Rhodesia. During his time in detention he wrote a book, With the People: An Autobiography From the Zimbabwe Struggle, which was published soon after independence (Allison & Busby, 1979). He associated with Joshua Nkomo and James Chikerema, and they were arrested together in 1964. Nyagumbo was elected to the House of Assembly in 1980. He was a ZANU (the Zimbabwe African National Union) representative in the 1985 talks to merge ZANU and Nkomo's ZAPU. Nyagumbo was later was appointed Minister of Mines, and then was Minister of Political Affairs until 1988, when he became Senior Minister of State for Political Affairs. He resigned from his ministerial post and his post as administrative secretary of the governing party on 13 April 1989, in the wake of a report investigating corruption involving the sale of vehicles on the black market by Willowvale Motor Industries. Nyagumbo committed suicide in 1989, aged 64, by drinking rat poison after being charged with perjury during so-called Willowgate scandal, ashamed of his role in the Willowvale scandal and that he had betrayed the trust of the people he had fought so hard to liberate. References Category:1924 births Category:1989 deaths Category:Zimbabwean politicians Category:Members of the South African Communist Party Category:Prisoners and detainees of Rhodesia Category:Suicides in Zimbabwe Category:Suicides by poison Category:Zimbabwean memoirists

2010 Maui Invitational Tournament

The 2010 Maui Invitational Tournament, an annual early-season college basketball tournament held in Lahaina, Hawaii, was won by the Connecticut Huskies. References Maui Invitational Tournament Category:Maui Invitational Tournament Maui

Cadena COPE

COPE, an acronym for Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas ("People's Radiowaves of Spain Network") formerly called Radio Popular, is a Spanish radio station. It is the second most played in Spain generalist radio. Owned by the Spanish Episcopal Conference company "Radio Popular SA", belongs to the "Group COPE" with music stations Cadena 100, Rock FM and Megastar FM, addition to the Spanish generalist TV channel 13TV. The station is associated with the Spanish journal Diario ABC. Created with the aim of offering religious services, since the 1980s its programming has evolved into the model of conventional general radio, while maintaining programs with religious content, such as El Espejo (The Mirror) of José Luis Restán and La linterna de la Iglesia (The Lantern of the Church) of Faustino Catalina, especially on Sundays in the day when Holy Mass and special dates News Church and Catholic liturgical calendar as Christmas and Easter is issued. Its editorial guideline is the promotion of the views of the hierarchy of the Spanish Catholic Church. See also Radio Maria Rádio Renascença External links Cadena COPE Official Website COPE Category:Catholic Church in Spain Category:Radio stations established in 1960 Category:1960 establishments in Spain

Tuam (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Tuam was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Members of Parliament Notes References Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Category:Historic constituencies in County Galway Category:Tuam Category:1800 disestablishments in Ireland Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1800

Movement for the Left

Movement for the Left (, MpS) was a socialist and communist political party in Italy. It emerged as a split from the Communist Refoundation Party and later merged into Left Ecology Freedom. Its leader was Nichi Vendola. History MpS emerged from the split of Refoundation for the Left (RpS), a faction within the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) composed of the bulk of the Bertinottiani, the group around Fausto Bertinotti that retained the majority of the party from 1998 to 2008. They supported the candidacy of Nichi Vendola for party secretary in the 24–27 July 2008 congress of the party. Vendola was defeated and Paolo Ferrero, a former bertinottiano who gained the support of the party's left-wing, became secretary. RpS represented the modernisers within the party and supported the creation of a united left with greens, socialists and other radicals (in fact they were among the keenest supporters of The Left – The Rainbow), both in Italy and in Europe. In January 2009 the new leadership of the PRC replaced the editor of Liberazione, the party's newspaper, removing Piero Sansonetti, close to Vendola. The decision was strongly opposed by Vendoliani. At the same time Ferrero ruled out any alliance for the European Parliament election, in which the party will run alone, provoking another rift with Vendoliani, who were keen supporters joint-list with other left-wing forces, and that was considered another step toward the break-up of the party. On 24 January the group around Vendola, including Franco Giordano, Gennaro Migliore and Alfonso Gianni, finally decided to leave the party and to transform their faction into a party. However some members of the faction, including Giusto Catania, Milziade Caprili and Tommaso Sodano, decided not to leave the PRC and re-organized themselves into To the Left with Refoundation, while Bertinotti decided not to take any decision for now, participating to the inauguration of the party's headquarters on 3 March 2009 in Rome and to the assembly of those RpS members who decided to stay in the PRC. The goal of MpS was that of forming a new party with other left-wing groups, including Democratic Left (SD), Unite the Left (UlS) and United to the Left (UaS). That is why Vendoliani sought to form a joint list for the 2009 European Parliament election with these political forces (or even the Federation of the Greens in a sort of re-edition of The Left – The Rainbow), while refusing any proposal of "communist joint list" with the Party of Italian Communists (PdCI), although Vendola did not rule out an alliance comprising also the PRC and the PdCI. On 16 March 2009, MpS formed a joint electoral list named Left and Freedom with the Greens, the Democratic Left, Unite the Left and the Socialist Party, a moderate social-democratic outfit, in order to overcome the 4% threshold recently introduced in the electoral law. According to Vendola, such a coalition could become a stable and reliable ally for Democratic Party. On 22 October 2010, Left and Freedom, renamed Left Ecology Freedom, and minus the Socialists and Greens, was founded as a political

Committee of the States

A Committee of the States was an arm of the United States government, under the Articles of Confederation. The Committee consisted of one member from each state, and carried out the functions of government while the Congress of the Confederation was in recess. History In the draft of the Articles of Confederation by John Dickinson and the draft committee, this Committee was called the Council of State, vested with executive and staff control for commerce, trade, education and issues as delegated by Congress. A minimum of nine of the thirteen states would have had to vote in favor of delegating any new powers to the Council, a model after the various administrative committees set up during the American Revolutionary War. Instead the Second Continental Congress changed it to A Committee of the States, with limited management powers only when Congress was not in session. The Committee was set up in 1784 on the proposal of Thomas Jefferson, then a congressman from Virginia. The Committee "quarrelled very soon, split into two parties, [and] abandoned their post." This was the only time that the Committee was formed, and never had a quorum to carry out its administrative tasks. Powers The Congressional powers that did not require nine votes were: Oversee foreign affairs appoint and receive ambassadors rules of prize Create and appointing high sea courts Establish post roads and offices fix postage rates Appoint general military officers Establish military rules and regulations chose a President of the Congress establishing standards of weights and measures Indian trade and affairs regulation References Category:Continental Congress Category:1784 establishments in the United States Category:1784 disestablishments in the United States

Robert Barry Cutler

Robert Barry Cutler (August 11, 1810 – April 3, 1882) was a Canadian Liberal politician who represented the riding of Kent, New Brunswick, for one term from 1872 to 1874. He represented Kent in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1850 to 1856. Born in Westmorland, New Brunswick, the son of Eben Cutler, he was educated at Annapolis Grammar School. He married Henrietta F. Charters in 1831. In 1855, he was a commissioner to settle the Canada disputed territory fund. Cutler was an assistant paymaster for the Intercolonial Railway from 1867 to 1872. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the provincial assembly in 1865 and for the House of Commons in 1867 and 1878. He died in Cape Bald, New Brunswick at the age of 71. References Category:1810 births Category:1882 deaths Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick Category:New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs

Marianne Wex

Marianne Wex (born 13 July 1937 in Hamburg) is a German feminist photographer, author and self-healer. Life and Work Wex studied fine arts at the Academies of Art Hamburg and Mexico City. Between 1963 and 1980, Marianne Wex worked as an art academy lecturer in Hamburg. Her interests in feminism, mass media, sociology and healing determine the form of her work, which conceptually utilizes signs, symbols and color over a variety of mediums: painting, photography, typography and calligraphy. During the 1970s Wex began focusing on what she perceived as unconscious "female“ and "male“ body languages. Her research culminated in the artwork: Let's Take Back Our Space: ‘Female’ and ‘Male’ Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures, 1977. Living in Hamburg between 1972 and 1977, Wex took more than 5,000 photographs of women and men, most of them in the streets of Hamburg and nearby. These images illustrated her observation of vastly different body language between the two genders. Wex's own photographs were complemented with images taken from mass media (advertisements, films, tabloids magazines and newspapers). Further, she examined and photographed sculptures dating back to 2,000 B.C., finding that idealized body postures and body forms for women and men were far more divergent in the present than historically. Wex incorporated these historical examples into her work. The resulting artwork comprises over 200 panels featuring the photographs arranged into different categories of pose. Since then, the artwork has been exhibited globally and is regarded as a pioneering work of feminist art. The resulting publication about the artwork has been translated into English and French and the project is still used as an important example in women's and gender studies. The FrauenMediaTurm documents the piece in his chronicle of the New Women's Movement. In the 1980s, after her diagnosis, Wex left Germany, turning away from art to travel through New Zealand, India, Japan and Canada, where she became interested in self-healing. She then traveled to London to study under Lily Cornford. After studying with Cornford, Wex began teaching seminars and classes on self-healing to women. She continues this practice today, dealing most recently with the problems and possibilities of parthenogenesis. Exhibitions 2018: Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin. 2017: At the Archiv, Zurick, Switzerland. 2017: Zachęta - National Gallery of Art, Poland, Warsaw. 2016: Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington New Zealand. 2015: Frauengesundheitszentrum Sirona e.V., Wiesbaden. 2014: Autocenter, Space for Contemporary Art, Berlin. 2014: Gasworks Gallery, London. 2013: La Gallerie, Noisy-le-Sec, Paris. 2013: Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Kanada. 2012: Yale Union (YU), Center for Contemporary Art,Portland, USA. 2012: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe. 2009: Focal Point Gallery, London, Southend-on-Sea, curated by Prof Mike Sperlinger. 1982: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. 1979: Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn. 1977: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a.M. 1977: First exhibition of the photographical work ‚Let's Take Back Our Space‘, "Female“ and "Male“ Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures at the NGBK, New Society for Fine Art, Berlin. That in connection with the Exhibition ‚Women Artists International 1877-1977‘ at the Charlottenberger Schloss, Berlin. 1976: Center for Communication, Paintings, Schalom, Hamburg. Bibliography Let's Take Back

Eleonora Dimakos

Eleonora Hellen Nora Dimakos is a female Canadian model, actress, journalist, makeup artist, esthetician, and spa manager from Toronto, Ontario. Early life Dimakos displayed talent in the arts from a young age. She was entered into the annual Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day Poster competition Intermediate category for grades 7-9 where she placed first in Branch, Zone, and District D levels. As a result of her achievements, her color poster was published in The Toronto Sun centerfold during Poppy Week alongside the John McCrae poem In Flanders Fields. Dimakos was recognized for her outstanding contribution to education by The Board of Education for the City of York and was awarded the Board's Award of Merit Pin. Career Makeup and esthetics In 2003 Dimakos founded eleonora Makeup artistry which operated under the acronym eMa. Her company consisted of professionally applied makeup that served the Greater Toronto Area. That year, she also joined the cosmetics department of retail pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart. Her career with the company lasted for 13 years, spanned 3 locations, and saw her as a Certified Beauty Advisor, Cosmetic Manager, and Beauty Boutique Manager. After leaving Shoppers Drug Mart in 2016, Dimakos revamped her company, expanded services, and dropped all references to eleonora Makeup artistry and eMa. It now operates under its slogan, ACE in FACE. Journalism Dimakos was the contributing lifestyle editor and beauty columnist for Sir John Magazine as La Chic Fashionista in 2007. Her column focused on beauty, fashion, makeup, skin care, health and wellness. She was also the face of the magazine and appeared on the cover of the online magazine's May and November 2007 issues. Dimakos' expertise as La Chic Fashionista stemmed from her past experience in the news media as Entertainment Anchor and Live-Eye Reporter for First Local's Mississauga Edition broadcast on Rogers Television, her involvement in several indie films and music videos as both an actress and makeup artist, and her career as a beauty, fashion, and lifestyle model. References External links Category:Canadian female models Category:Canadian film actresses Category:Canadian people of Greek descent Category:Journalists from Ontario Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Toronto Category:Actresses of Greek descent Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Endoceras

Endoceras (Ancient Greek for "inner horn") is an extinct genus of large, straight shelled cephalopods from the Middle and Upper Ordovician that gives its name to the Nautiliod order Endocerida. The cross section in the mature portion is slightly wider than high, but is narrower laterally in the young. Sutures are straight and transverse. Endoceras has a large siphuncle, located close to the ventral margin, composed of concave segments, especially in the young but which may be tubular in the adult stage. Endocones are simple, subcircular in cross section, and penetrated by a narrow tube which may contain diaphragms reminiscent of the Ellesmerocerid ancestor. Endoceras was named by Hall in 1847. Distribution is widespread, especially in North America and Europe. Endoceras is similar to Cameroceras, the two may be synonymous, but differs from the genus Nanno in that the siphuncle in Nanno fills the entire apical portion of the shell while in Endoceras the siphuncle is ventral even there with septa formed at the onset. Mature, full grown, Endoceras were most likely ambush predators that lay in wait on the sea floor, moving when necessary to gain the advantage. Younger individuals with compressed cross sections may have been more actively mobile. Size A specimen of Endoceras giganteum at the Museum of Comparative Zoology measures 3 meters (9.8 ft) as preserved. The most recent estimate puts its complete size at 5.7 meters (18.7 ft). This would make it the largest cephalopod by length in the fossil record. There is additionally an unconfirmed report of a 9.1 meter (30 ft) shell that was destroyed. References Teichert, C. 1964. Endoceratoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K; Geol Soc of America and University of Kansas Press Category:Prehistoric cephalopod genera Category:Middle Ordovician first appearances Category:Late Ordovician extinctions Category:Paleozoic cephalopods of North America Category:Paleozoic life of Ontario Category:Paleozoic life of Manitoba Category:Paleozoic life of Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories Category:Paleozoic life of Nunavut Category:Paleozoic life of Quebec

Kapotex Industries

Kapotex Industries is a manufacturer of woolen & other blends of carpet yarns used in the production of machine-made, hand-made rugs & broadloom wall-to-wall carpets. Headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, it specializes in manufacturing yarns for Axminster Weaving, Face-to-Face Weaving, Wilton Jacquard Weaving, and Tufting Broadloom Carpets & Rugs including mechanized hand tufted & pass tufted carpets and rugs. Kapotex is currently trading with over 36 countries. Preceded by four generations of wool textile manufacturers, the current management team is one of the only two associated Wools of New Zealand Brand partners listed in the Spinner Category in India. The Management Team and Directors of the company include Rajeev Kapur, Jayaprakash Shetty, Varun Kapur, and Vadlamannati Subba Rao. References Category:Indian companies established in 2008 Category:Textile companies of India

The Gate House

The Gate House is a 2008 novel by American author, Nelson DeMille. It is the sequel to The Gold Coast. Plot After John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her Mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence in the gatehouse of Stanhope Hall, John finds himself living only a quarter of a mile from Susan, his aristocratic ex-wife, who has also returned to Long Island. But Susan isn't the only person from John's past who has reemerged: Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan's ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and well, and intent on two missions: Drawing John back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father's murderer—Susan Sutter. At the same time, John and Susan's mutual attraction resurfaces and old passions begin to reignite, and John finds himself pulled deeper into a familiar web of seduction and betrayal. In The Gate House, acclaimed author Nelson DeMille brings us back to that fabled spot on the North Shore—a place where past, present, and future collides with often unexpected results. Release details 2008, USA, Grand Central Publishing (), 28 October 2008, Hardback References Category:2008 American novels Category:Novels by Nelson DeMille Category:Thriller novels Category:Long Island in fiction Category:Novels set in New York (state) Category:Sequel novels

Popular science

Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience. While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is more broad-ranging. It may be written by professional science journalists or by scientists themselves. It is presented in many forms, including books, film and television documentaries, magazine articles, and web pages. Role Popular science is a bridge between scientific literature as a professional medium of scientific research, and the realms of popular political and cultural discourse. The goal of the genre is often to capture the methods and accuracy of science, while making the language more accessible. Many science-related controversies are discussed in popular science books and publications, such as the long-running debates over biological determinism and the biological components of intelligence, stirred by popular books such as The Mismeasure of Man and The Bell Curve. The purpose of scientific literature is to inform and persuade peers as to the validity of observations and conclusions and the forensic efficacy of methods. Popular science attempts to inform and convince scientific outsiders (sometimes along with scientists in other fields) of the significance of data and conclusions and to celebrate the results. Statements in scientific literature are often qualified and tentative, emphasizing that new observations and results are consistent with and similar to established knowledge wherein qualified scientists are assumed to recognize the relevance. By contrast, popular science emphasizes uniqueness and generality, taking a tone of factual authority absent from the scientific literature. Comparisons between original scientific reports, derivative science journalism and popular science typically reveal at least some level of distortion and oversimplification which can often be quite dramatic, even with politically neutral scientific topics. Popular science literature can be written by non-scientists who may have a limited understanding of the subject they are interpreting and it can be difficult for non-experts to identify misleading popular science, which may also blur the boundaries between real science and pseudoscience. However, sometimes non-scientists with a fair scientific background and strong technical communication skills can make good popular science writers because of their ability to put themselves in the layperson's place more easily. Common threads Some usual features of popular science productions include: Entertainment value or personal relevance to the audience Emphasis on uniqueness and radicalness Exploring ideas overlooked by specialists or falling outside of established disciplines Generalized, simplified science concepts Presented for an audience with little or no science background, hence explaining general concepts more thoroughly Synthesis of new ideas that cross multiple fields and offer new applications in other academic specialties Use of metaphors and analogies to explain difficult or abstract scientific concepts Notable English-language popularizers of science In alphabetical order by last name: Some sources of popular science ABC Science – website owned by Australian Broadcasting Corporation Are We Alone? – Seth Shostak science radio program Ask A Biologist – audio podcast program and website BBC Focus – magazine BBC Horizon – TV series BBC Science & Nature – latest news in nature and science BBC Sky at Night – a monthly magazine about astronomy aimed

Sam Schmidt

Samuel "Sam" Schmidt (born August 15, 1964, in Lincoln, Nebraska) is a former Indy Racing League driver and current NTT IndyCar Series and Indy Lights series team owner. Schmidt's brief IndyCar career included a win in 1999, but an accident before the 2000 season left him a quadriplegic. Racing career After graduating from Pepperdine University, he became a successful businessman, eventually purchasing his father's parts company in 1989 at the age of 25. He raced at a competitive amateur level, supported by his business income, but dreamed of someday driving in the Indianapolis 500. He first drove professionally in 1995 in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series at the age of 31, he won Rookie of the Year honors. In 1997 he made his first Indy Racing League start and became a rising star in the league. He raced three consecutive years at the Indianapolis 500, and earned his first race victory, from the pole position, at Las Vegas in 1999. He finished fifth in series points that year. During that offseason, while testing in preparation for the 2000 season, Schmidt crashed at Walt Disney World Speedway on January 6, 2000. The accident rendered him a quadriplegic, and put him on a respirator for five months. After leaving the hospital, Schmidt, no longer able to actually drive a racecar, realized he needed to find a new passion and follow it. Inspired by meeting tetraplegic Formula One team owner Sir Frank Williams, he founded Sam Schmidt Motorsports, which has become the most successful team in the history of the Indy Lights series, winning the 2004 series championship with Thiago Medeiros, the 2006 title with Jay Howard, and the 2007 title with Alex Lloyd. Sam Schmidt Motorsports was a full-time IndyCar series team in 2001 and 2002, and continues to participate annually in the Indianapolis 500. In the Firestone Indy Lights series, as of August 2009 the team had posted 30 victories out of 100 starts. After acquiring the FAZZT Race Team IndyCar team in 2011, Sam Schmidt Motorsports returned full-time to the IZOD IndyCar Series, and on May 21, 2011, driver Alex Tagliani won the pole position for the Indianapolis 500, the first pole for the team. Career results Indy Racing League (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) 1 The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities. Other Schmidt won $16,350 on Press Your Luck over the course of three episodes between January 2–4, 1985. He established the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation to further the cause of paralysis research, treatment and quality-of-life issues. He was helped by Arrow Electronics to drive again by creating a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that is controlled with head movement, voice commands, and by mouth sip/puff actions. Schmidt currently serves on the board of directors for BraunAbility, a leading manufacturer of wheelchair accessible vehicles and other mobility solutions. References External links Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation Category:1964 births Category:20th-century American racing drivers Category:Formula Ford drivers Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers Category:IndyCar Series drivers Category:IndyCar Series team owners Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople

Winfield Parks

Winfield I. Parks Jr. (April 24, 1932 – August 11, 1977) was an American photographer. His work has been published in National Geographic Magazine and elsewhere. Win's first marriage of 12 years was to Mitzi Harrington of Waterbury, CT. He then married the artist, Sabina Parks. Lastly, Win married Deborah Kenny of Keene, NH. Winfield I. Parks, Jr., was a staff photographer with the National Geographic Society from 1961 until his death in 1977. He traveled extensively contributing countless stories to the NGS Magazine and NGS books, both photography and writing. His prize-winning, mural-size, black-and-white photograph of the American team in the America's Cup was on display for years in the lobby of The Providence Journal, where he started his career. References External links Entry on Find a Grave Category:20th-century American photographers Category:1932 births Category:1977 deaths Category:People from Barrington, Rhode Island

List of by-elections to the 15th National Assembly of France

By-elections to for the French National Assembly are held within three months after the invalidation of the election or resignation of a deputy. No by-elections are held within the twelve months of the end of a parliamentary cycle. Eight by-elections have been called since the inauguration of the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic. List Cumulative results The changes displayed within the table below are compared to the outcome of the 2017 legislative elections within the constituencies where by-elections have been held so far. The classification of candidates and changes are based on the classification of candidates at the time. For example, in the 2018 by-election for French Guiana's 2nd constituency, Davy Rimane was classified as a regionalist candidate in 2017 and a candidate of La France Insoumise in 2018 (and a comparison therefore made with 2017 candidate Paul Persdam); in addition, Ramlati Ali was classified as a Socialist Party candidate in 2017 and miscellaneous left in 2018. 2018 by-elections Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency French Guiana's 2nd constituency Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency Loiret's 4th constituency Mayotte's 1st constituency French residents overseas' 5th constituency Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency Réunion's 7th constituency Essonne's 1st constituency See also List of by-elections to the National Assembly (France) References External links Results of past legislative by-elections from the Ministry of the Interior Category:2018 elections in France Category:January 2018 events in France Category:February 2018 events in France Category:March 2018 events in France

Chronic endothelial injury hypothesis

The chronic endothelial injury hypothesis is one of two major mechanisms postulated to explain the underlying cause of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease (CHD), the other being the lipid hypothesis. Although an ongoing debate involving connection between dietary lipids and CHD sometimes portrays the two hypotheses as being opposed, they are in no way mutually exclusive. Moreover, since the discovery of the role of LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, the two hypotheses have become tightly linked by a number of molecular and cellular processes. Origins of the hypothesis Ross and Glomset initially proposed that endothelial cell uncovering was the first step in the development of atherosclerosis. Other hypotheses have associated the role of infectious agents (e.g. cytomegalovirus, Chlamydia pneumoniae and Helicobacter pylori) in inflammatory responses in the arterial wall. Currently, most research seems to focus on inflammatory processes which associate endothelial dysfunction with lipoprotein accumulation. The inflammatory process The first phase of the inflammatory process is marked by the accumulation of lipid and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles beneath the endothelium. This is followed by the attachment of leukocytes, monocytes, and T-lymphocytes to the endothelial cell surface. Leukocytes migrate to the subendothelial space and aggregate within the intima. In the presence of elevated levels of oxidized LDL (ox-LDL), monocytes are converted to activated macrophages. Macrophages accumulate modified lipid particles and become foam cells. The formation of foam cells and their continued accumulation in the intima lead to the formation of fatty streaks. Continued cell migration and proliferation eventually result in the formation of a fibrous plaque. The role of oxidized LDL Once LDL accumulates in the subendothelial space, it tends to become modified or oxidized. This oxidized LDL plays several key roles in furthering the course of the inflammatory process. It is chemotactic to monocytes; oxidized LDL causes endothelial cells to secrete molecules that cause monocytes to penetrate between the endothelial cells and accumulate in the intima. Oxidized LDL promotes death of endothelial cells by augmenting apoptosis. Also, through the activation of collagenases, ox-LDL contributes to a process which may lead to the rupture of the fibrous plaque Oxidized LDL decreases the availability of endothelial nitric oxide (NO), which, in turn, increases the adhesion of monocytes to the endothelium. Moreover, NO is involved in paracrine signalling between the endothelium and the smooth muscle that maintains vascular tone; without it, the muscle will not relax, and the blood vessel remains constricted. Thus, oxidized LDL also contributes to the hypertension often seen with atherosclerosis. Implications for the treatment and prevention of arteriosclerosis The role LDL plays suggests two different approaches to treatment and prevention. The first approach involves discouraging the accumulation of LDL by lowering the levels of serum LDL, an idea more closely associated with the lipid hypothesis. A major breakthrough involved the discovery of statins, a class of drugs which help to clear LDL from the bloodstream. It has been demonstrated conclusively that elevated levels of LDL are associated with higher risk of mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD); it has also been shown that statins substantially lower the risk

Mike Porcel

Mike Porcel is an exiled Cuban born-American musician, guitarist, composer, orchestrator and song writer better associated with the Cuban musical movement of the 60s & 70s Nueva trova. He has been called one of the most influential and creative contemporary Cuban musician of his generation. His compositions carry a heavy dose of poetry mixed with complex guitar melodies influenced by a tremendous array of musical styles, from classical music to rock, jazz, ethnic rhythms and new age. He was also the co-founder and musical director of the Cuban progressive-rock band "Síntesis". Biography Mike Porcel was born under the name Michael Charles Porcel Henriques in Havana, Cuba on April 13, 1950. He began his musical education at the Fernandez Vila Conservatory under some of the most recognized Cuban figures of those days such as Alberto Bernal, Leopoldina Nuñez, Harold Gramatges, Alfredo Diez Nieto, Vicente Gonzalez Rubiera "Guyun" and Angel Vasquez Millares to mention a few. From them he learned classical guitar and harmony applied to the instrument, traditional harmony, counterpoint, composition, orchestration and music appreciation. Mike as he would later be known in the music scene began his professional career in 1968 at the age of 18 when he joins the rock group "Los Dada", one of the most controversial and avant-garde Cuban bands of the sixties. There along with Pedro Luis Ferrer he shared singing duties as well as playing the guitar. He also started developing what would be his most notorious quality as a musician (song writing). Some of his compositions from those days are. "No quiero ser distinto", "Recuerdo de dos vivos" and "No me importa". Two years later he would leave the band to start his solo career. The early 70s found Mike performing as a singer-songwriter in some of the best and well known theaters of Havana such as "Teatro Bellas Artes", "Sala Teatro Hubert de Blanck", "Teatro Amadeo Roldán", "Teatro Mella" and "Teatro Karl Marx". He also composed music for several theater plays for the group "Teatro Estudio" such as "La hija de las flores" and "Se hace camino al andar". At the same time he worked with Vicente Revuelta as a musical director for the Bertolt Brecht plays "Madre coraje y sus hijos" and "Galileo". In 1974 he created along with actor Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera the show "Que hablen los poetas" (a combination of music, acting and poetry). The simplicity of the concept allowed them to reach many different types of audiences and tour within Cuba. At this time Mike also started taking his first steps in orchestration and arrangement so his first orchestration job could be found in Amaury Perez's first LP "Acuardate de Abril" (1976). "Versos de José Martí" (1978) another of Amaury's LP was orchestrated by Porcel, also composing the music for two of the tracks in this album. Mike a great admirer of Jose Marti's poetry will also set music to some of his very well known poems such as "Mi caballero", "Mucho señora daría", "Ismaelillo", "A bordo" and "Abril". He has also set to music poems of other international

Ascot Partners

Ascot Partners is a hedge fund that was a feeder fund to Bernie Madoff. It is headed by money manager and financier J. Ezra Merkin as general partner. It was managed by Gabriel Capital Corporation, of which Merkin was chairman. Among its investors were Yeshiva University and New York University. The hedge fund lost $1.8 billion in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. See also List of investors in Bernard L. Madoff Securities References Category:Madoff investment scandal

The Ladder (magazine)

The Ladder was the first nationally distributed lesbian publication in the United States. It was published monthly from 1956 to 1970, and once every other month in 1971 and 1972. It was the primary publication and method of communication for the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian organization in the US. It was supported by ONE, Inc. and the Mattachine Society, with whom the DOB retained friendly relations. The name of the magazine was derived from the artwork on its first cover, simple line drawings showing figures moving towards a ladder that disappeared into the clouds. History The first lesbian publication in the United States was a newsletter called Vice Versa, subtitled "America's Gayest Magazine". It was created and edited by a secretary named Edith Eyde (using the pseudonym Lisa Ben, an anagram of "lesbian") in Los Angeles, and distributed privately in that area from 1947 to 1948. The first edition of The Ladder appeared in October 1956, edited by Phyllis Lyon, who co-founded the Daughters of Bilitis in 1955 with Del Martin, both of whom had journalism experience. Many of its contributors used pseudonyms or initials. Lyon edited The Ladder as "Ann Ferguson" for the first few months, but dropped the name as a way of encouraging their readers not to hide. The first issues of the magazine averaged 20 pages with each issue increasing in length from 12 pages to 30 pages by the end of the first volume. A volunteer staff produced each issue on a typewriter, copied by a mimeograph, and hand stapled. It included book reviews, news, poetry, short stories, a running bibliography of lesbian literature, letters from readers, and updates from DOB meetings. In 1959 it took a rare political stance against San Francisco mayoral candidate Russel Wolden who criticized incumbent mayor George Christopher's making the city a haven for "sex deviants." The Ladder was issued in a brown paper covering for the duration of its existence. There were 175 copies of the first issue, and members of the DOB mailed them to every woman they knew who might be interested, including woman professionals in the San Francisco telephone book, and others throughout the United States. It soon became available in newsstands in major cities and by subscription, obtained by word of mouth. By October 1957, there were 400 subscribers on the mailing list. An early respondent to the magazine was playwright Lorraine Hansberry, writing a letter of thanks in May 1957 signed "L.H.N", offering $2.00 US for any back issues, and stating she was, "glad as heck that you exist." Lyon published her entire letter, taking up two of the 30 pages of that issue. Historian Marcia Gallo wrote of The Ladder, "For women who came across a copy in the early days, The Ladder was a lifeline. It was a means of expressing and sharing otherwise private thoughts and feelings, of connecting across miles and disparate daily lives, of breaking through isolation and fear." While Gallo's assertion is supported by the publicised letters in the magazine, the letters left unpublished criticised the magazine on

TER Centre-Val de Loire

TER Centre-Val de Loire (operated under the brand Rémi since 2019 and TER Centre prior to 2015) is the regional rail network serving Centre-Val de Loire région of France. Network The rail and bus network as of October 2017: Rail Bus Rolling stock Multiple units SNCF Class Z 5300 SNCF Class Z 7300 SNCF Class Z 9600 SNCF Class Z 21500 SNCF Class Z 26500 (ZGC Z 26500) SNCF Class X 4300 SNCF Class X 72500 SNCF Class X 73500 SNCF Class B 81500 (BGC B 81500) Locomotives SNCF Class BB 9200 SNCF Class BB 22200 SNCF Class BB 26000 SNCF Class BB 67300 SNCF Class BB 67400 SNCF Class BB 8500 SNCF Class BB 25500 (Transilien trains, but serving the TER Centre) See also SNCF Transport express régional Réseau Ferré de France List of SNCF stations List of SNCF stations in Centre Centre-Val de Loire References External links Official TER Centre-Val de Loire site TER

Emily Mitchell

Emily Mitchell is an Anglo-American writer. Her debut novel, The Last Summer of the World, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2007. It concerns the photographer Edward Steichen in the context of World War I and was a finalist for the 2008 Young Lions Award for fiction. Life She was educated at Middlebury College as an undergraduate (class of 1997) and lived for many years in New York City where she obtained her Master of Fine Arts at Brooklyn College (studying with Michael Cunningham). Her writing has appeared in Guernica, The Indiana Review, AGNI, The Nation, and The Utne Reader. She resided in San Francisco, California. She is currently an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Maryland. Books The Last Summer of the World: A Novel W. W. Norton, 2007, References External links University of Maryland - faculty page "Five Serrated Dreams" (short story) Young Lions Award (New York Public Library) Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American novelists Category:American women novelists Category:21st-century English novelists Category:Writers from London Category:Middlebury College alumni Category:21st-century American women writers Category:University of Maryland, College Park faculty Category:Brooklyn College alumni Category:Writers from San Francisco Category:Novelists from New York (state) Category:Novelists from Maryland

Yuanyang station

Yuanyang is a station on Line 3 of Chongqing Rail Transit in Chongqing Municipality, China. It is located in the Yubei District. It opened in 2011. References Category:Railway stations in Chongqing Category:Railway stations in China opened in 2011 Category:Chongqing Rail Transit stations

Limnaecia charactis

Limnaecia charactis is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia. References Category:Limnaecia Category:Moths described in 1897 Category:Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Category:Moths of Australia

Brilliant Pool

Brilliant Pool is a hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Brilliant Pool is part of the Daisy Group and is interconnected with the Daisy and Splendid Geysers. Prior to an eruption by Daisy or Splendid, the pool is filled. When Daisy erupts, the water level in Brilliant Pool drops a few inches then is refilled as Daisy refills. A Splendid eruption has a larger effect on Brilliant Pool, dropping the level lower than a Daisy eruption. On occasion, Splendid will have a series of eruptions, preventing Brilliant Pool from refilling completely before the next eruption. In the event of a sustained series of Splendid eruptions or a dual Daisy/Splendid eruption, the water level in Brilliant Pool may drop low enough that it will have its own eruptions. These eruptions are short, usually lasting a few seconds, spaced a few minutes apart. The size of the fountain can reach as much as 15 feet but usually just breaks the surface of the pool. Most of the time, the two geysers influence the behavior of the pool. On occasion, however, the pool can have an effect on a geyser. In the early 1950s, Brilliant Pool experienced a phase where it was overflowing. During this time, Daisy was dormant until the pool returned to its normal behavior. References Category:Geothermal features of Yellowstone National Park Category:Hot springs of Wyoming Category:Geothermal features of Teton County, Wyoming Category:Hot springs of Teton County, Wyoming

Via Ardeatina

Via Ardeatina was an ancient road of Rome leading to the town of Ardea, after which it is named. Ardea lay 24 miles (39 kilometers) distant from Rome. External links Lacus Curtius: Via Ardeatina Ardeatina, Via Category:Rome Q. XXXI Giuliano-Dalmata Category:Rome Q. XX Ardeatino

Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs

Past and current governments of Afghanistan have included a minister of Haj and Religious Affairs in their Cabinet. The Current Acting Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs is Dr. Daiulhaq Abid. The Ministry The Ministry of Haj and Religious Affairs is the key ministry responsible for addressing religious affairs in Afghanistan. Responsibilities for the Ministry include: sending Afghan Haji (pilgrims) for the performance of Haj to Saudi Arabia; sending mu’tamir (for the performance of Umrah Haj) through private tourism companies; collecting endowment-related revenues and submitting them to the government in a specific bank account; identification and acquisition of endowment-related property; providing girls and boys with Islamic teachings in the mosques and holy places; co-ordinating Qaris- and Hafiz-related affairs and ensuring cultural and publicity affairs; Khanqas; ensuring diplomatic relations with embassies and with Islamic welfare organisations around the globe through Ministry of Foreign Affairs; issuance of Fatwas and testing of Imams and preachers; better co-ordinating of preaching affairs through mosques and Takia khana; convening religious meetings and ceremonies; and raising public awareness on religious issues at the national and sub national level. The Ministry issues the Payam-e-Haq newsletter and oversees the work of the Islamic Studies Research Centre. The Ministers References https://web.archive.org/web/20141222095313/http://president.gov.af/fa/news/39289 External links Hajj and Religious Affairs Category:Hajj Afghanistan, Hajj and Religious Affairs

List of PAOK FC managers

List of managers The complete list of PAOK managers is shown in the following table: Notes A. Formerly played for the club B. Les Shannon is the longest-serving manager (3 years an 8 months). C. Angelos Anastasiadis is the overall longest serving manager (4 years and 2 months), in four distinct terms. Also has the most games in four distinct terms (211). D. Mario Beretta is the shortest-serving manager (38 days). E. On 31 May 1981, while still working as coach (Gyula Lóránt), he suffered a heart attack, watching PAOK play Olympiacos and died at the game, aged 58. F. The 1st National Division (A’ Ethniki) was established in 1959-60. PAOK had the Žarko Mihajlović as head coach. (c) = Caretaker manager References managers PAOK

Boonville station

Boonville station is a historic train station located at Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. It was built in 1912 by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. It is a one-story, nine bay, Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival style building sheathed in stucco. A projecting bay which houses a telegrapher's station and the patrons' and trainmen's lobby. It features stepped and arched brick parapets at each gable end supported by three arched columns. The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 as the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Depot. References Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1912 Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Category:Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States Category:Mission Revival architecture in Missouri Boonville Category:1912 establishments in Missouri Category:National Register of Historic Places in Cooper County, Missouri

Zoraspis

Zoraspis is a genus of Asaphidae trilobite described from China. The genus contains a single species Zoraspis lobata which was described in 1985 from the Early Ordovician Huangbanjishan Formation in Heilongjiang province. References Category:Asaphidae

Fire and carbon cycling in boreal forests

Terrestrial ecosystems found in the boreal (or taiga) regions of North America and Eurasia cover less than 17% of the earth's land surface, yet contain more than 30% of all carbon present in the terrestrial biome. In terms of carbon storage, the boreal region consists of three ecosystems: boreal forest, peatland, and tundra. Vast areas of the globe and are contributing greatly to atmospheric carbon release due to increased temperature and fire hazard. High northern latitudes will experience the most significant increase in warming on the planet as a result of increased atmospheric greenhouse gases thus placing in jeopardy the carbon sink in these areas. In addition to the release of carbon through the melting of permafrost, high intensity wildfires will become more common and thus contribute to the release of stored carbon. This means that the boreal forest and its fire regime is becoming an increasingly more significant factor in determining the global carbon budget. Boreal forests are also important economic factors in Russia and Canada specifically, and the uncertainty of fire patterns in the future as a result of climate change is a major consideration in forest management plans. A decrease in allowed timber harvest could be a solution to long term uncertainty of fire cycles. Carbon cycling in boreal forests Although temperate and tropical forests in total cover twice as much land as boreal forest, boreal forest contains 20% more carbon than the other two combined. Boreal forests are susceptible to global warming because the ice/snow albedo feedback is significantly influenced by surface temperature, so fire induced changes in surface albedo and infrared emissivity are more significant than in the tropics . Boreal forest fires contribute greatly to greenhouse gas presence in the atmosphere. Large boreal fires produce enough energy to produce convective smoke columns that can break into the troposphere and occasionally penetrate across the tropopause. In addition, the cold temperature in boreal regions result in low levels of water vapor. This low level of water vapor combined with low solar radiation results in very low photochemical production of the OH radical, which is a chemical that controls the atmospheric lifetime of most tropospheric gases. Therefore, the greenhouse gas emission in boreal forest fires will have prolonged lifetimes over the forest. Fire regime The fire regimes of boreal forest in Canada and in Russia are distinct. In Russia, the climate is drier and the majority of fires are human caused. This means that there are more frequent fires of lower intensity than in Canada and that most carbon output as a result of fire is in Russia. Forestry practices in Russia involve the use of heavy machinery and large-scale clear-cuts, leading to the alteration of fuel complexes. This practice is reportedly causing areas to degrade into grass steppes, rather that regenerate as new forest. This may result in the shorting of fire return intervals. Industrial practices in Russia also create additional fire hazards (severe damages in the Russian Federation affect about 9 million ha). Radioactive contamination on an area of about 7 million ha creates a fire hazard

Burt Grossman

Burt L. Grossman (born April 10, 1967) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League. Before becoming a professional, Grossman played college football at the University of Pittsburgh where he was a three time All-ECAC selection. In 1989, he was drafted by the San Diego Chargers. Grossman played six seasons in the NFL: five for the San Diego Chargers (1989–1993) and one for the Philadelphia Eagles (1994). As an NFL player, Grossman's accomplishments include 45 quarterback sacks and three safeties. Grossman appeared on the October 15, 1990, edition cover of Sports Illustrated under the title "Big Mouth," which chronicled his outspoken and outlandish personality. In 1996, he suffered a career-ending neck injury. After football, Grossman was hired by WCAU in Philadelphia for its program, Eagles Hour. The program won an Emmy in 1995, as well as earning him an Emmy as best sports reporter. In 1996, he published the book The Way Things Ought to Be with Bill Kushner. Currently, he is a contributor for the website "The National Football Post." He is the cousin of former Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Randy Grossman. In 2019, he became the head coach of the San Diego Strike Force in the Indoor Football League. References Category:1967 births Category:American football defensive ends Category:Jewish American sportspeople Category:Players of American football from Pennsylvania Category:Philadelphia Eagles players Category:San Diego Chargers players Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football players Category:Living people

William Farren (engineer)

Sir William Farren (3 April 1892 – 3 July 1970) was a British aeronautical engineer, and the former technical director of the Manchester-based aircraft company Avro during the 1950s. Early life He attended The Perse School in Cambridge, then attended Trinity College, Cambridge from October 1911, studying Mechanical Sciences. Career University of Cambridge From 1920-37 he was a lecturer in Engineering and Aeronautics at the University of Cambridge, under Sir Melvill Jones, being a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Whilst at Cambridge, he sat on the Aeronautical Research Committee. Air Ministry From 1937-39 he was deputy Director of Research at the Air Ministry, and from 1939-40 at the Minister of Aircraft Production, then from 1940-41 he was Director of Technical Development; in this position he helped Avro to develop the Avro Lancaster, then known as the Avro 683 which was developed at the factory at Chadderton. The chief executive of MAP was Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman, with his deputy Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder. Operation Surgeon In 1945 he was appointed to lead a team of scientists known as Operation Surgeon. Avro From 1947-61 (until the company's demise) he was Technical Director of Avro. He was appointed to Avro immediately after the death of its Chief Designer Roy Chadwick, which had stunned the company's workforce. He retired in August 1961. Personal life He was awarded the MBE in 1918. He was awarded the CB in the 1943 Birthday Honours. He became an FRS in 1945. He was knighted in the 1952 Birthday Honours. He married in August 1917 (with a daughter born in August 1919, who died in 1980 aged 61); his wife died on 28 February 1963. He then married the former headmistress from 1927-55 of Bradford Girls' Grammar School in October 1963. He died in 1970 aged 78; he was ill for the last five years of his life. He lived west of Cambridge. He went sailing near his house at Burnham Overy in Norfolk. See also List of RAeS medal recipients References Category:1892 births Category:1970 deaths Category:British mechanical engineers Category:Engineering educators Category:Fellows of the Royal Society Category:Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge Category:Knights Bachelor Category:People educated at The Perse School Category:Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal winners

Roger de Busli

Roger de Busli (c. 1038 – c. 1099) was a Norman baron who participated in the conquest of England in 1066. Roger de Busli was born in or around 1038. His surname comes from the town now known as Bully (near Neufchâtel-en-Bray, mentioned as Buslei ar. 1060, Busli 12th century.) in Normandy, and he was likely born there. Busli was given lands in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Strafforth wapentake of Yorkshire. These had previously belonged to a variety of Anglo-Saxons, including Edwin, Earl of Mercia. and Rynold de Wynterwade, patriarch of the Wentworth family. By the time of the Domesday survey de Busli was tenant-in-chief of 86 manors in Nottinghamshire, 46 in Yorkshire, and others in Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, plus one in Devon. They became the Honour of Blyth (later renamed the Honour of Tickhill), and within it, de Busli erected numerous castles, at Tickhill, Kimberworth, Laughton-en-le-Morthen and Mexborough. Much of the de Busli's family's leverage came from their familial relationships with the crown through the Counts of Eu. Roger de Busli's wife Muriel was in favour with the queen, to whom she was probably a lady-in-waiting or a kinswoman, evident in the queen's grant to de Busli of the manor of Sandford upon his marriage. The de Buslis had one son, also called Roger, who died as an infant, thus leaving no heirs. Beatrix, probably Roger's daughter (or possibly his sister), married William, Count of Eu. De Busli died in the last years of the 11th century without an heir. His lands were given to Robert de Bellême, but de Bellême lost them in 1102 after he led a rebellion against Henry I. Ernulf de Busli, probably Roger's brother, may then have inherited some of the lands; these were then passed to his son Jordan and grandson Richard de Busli. Richard de Busli was co-founder of Roche Abbey, South Yorkshire with Richard FitzTurgis in 1147. The male line of the de Busli family ran out in 1213, and the de Busli family holdings passed into the family of Vipont through the marriage of Idonea de Busli with Robert de Vipont (Vieuxpont). References The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families, Lewis C. Loyd, 1951 Roger de Busli and his Descendants The Aristocracy of Norman England, Judith A. Green, Cambridge University Press, 1997 Wentworth Family Genealogy: English and American, John Wentworth, Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1878 Pedigree of de Busli and Vipont External links Sheffield Under De Busli, rotherhamweb.co.uk Category:1030s births Category:1090s deaths Category:Anglo-Normans Category:Norman warriors Category:History of Sheffield Category:Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief

Unterklettgau District

Unterklettgau District is one of districts of the Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland. References Category:Districts of the canton of Schaffhausen

John Patton Erwin

John Patton Erwin (1795–1857) was an American Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1821 to 1822, and from 1834 to 1835. Early life John Patton Erwin was born on January 8, 1795 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. His father was Col. Andrew Patton Erwin, a land speculator, and his mother, Jane Patton. He had nine siblings. His brothers-in-law included John Williams, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, Lewis Williams, a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, and Thomas Lanier Williams, Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Career In 1817, he became an alderman in Nashville and in 1820 he was admitted to the bar. He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1821 to 1822. He also served as Principal Clerk of the Tennessee House of Representatives as well as editor of the Nashville Whig. He was opposed to Andrew Jackson. In 1826, President John Quincy Adams appointed him United States Postmaster in Nashville. In 1827, he described David Crockett as, "not only illiterate, but he is rough & uncouth, talks much & loudly, and is by far, more in his proper place when hunting a Bear" yet also "independent and fearless & has a popularity at home that is unaccountable." Later, he served as Cashier at the Yeateman, Woods Bank. In 1830, he became Justice of the Peace for two terms. From 1834 to 1835, he served as Mayor of Nashville a second time. Personal life He married Frances Lanier Williams (1796-1872), a member of the Lanier family, in 1815. They had four daughters, Ellen, Mary Caroline, Rebecca and Amelia. In his last years, he was paralyzed. In 1831, he bought the "Buena Vista" mansion. Death and legacy He died on August 27, 1857, and he is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery. After his death, his widow sold them "Buena Vista" mansion to the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia. References Category:1795 births Category:1857 deaths Category:People from Wilkes County, North Carolina Category:Tennessee Whigs Category:19th-century American politicians Category:Mayors of Nashville, Tennessee Category:Burials in Tennessee

Takagi Station

Takagi Station is the name of three train stations in Japan: Takagi Station (Hiroshima) (高木駅) Takagi Station (Toyama) (高儀駅) Takagi Station (Hyōgo) (高木駅) - closed

Kasmar

Kasmar is a village in Kasmar CD Block in Bermo subdivision of Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Police station Kasmar police station is located at Kasmar. CD Block HQ The headquarters of Kasmar CD Block are located at Kasmar. Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India Kasmar had a total population of 2,867 of which 1,471 (51%) were males and 1,396 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 389. The total number of literates in Kasmar was 1,866 (86.43% of the population over 6 years). References Category:Villages in Bokaro district

Buick Championship (Ladies European Tour)

The Buick Championship was a golf tournament co-sanctioned on the Ladies European Tour and the China LPGA Tour since 2015. It was first played as the Buick Ladies Invitational on the China LPGA Tour in 2014 and was held at the Qizhong Golf Club in Shanghai, China. Winners * Won in a playoff References Category:Former Ladies European Tour events Category:Golf tournaments in China Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2014 Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2016 Category:2014 establishments in China Category:2016 disestablishments in China

RoboCop 3

RoboCop 3 is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Fred Dekker and written by Dekker and Frank Miller. It stars Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen and Rip Torn. Set in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, the plot centers around RoboCop (Burke) as he vows to avenge the death of his partner Anne Lewis (Allen) and save Detroit from falling into chaos, while evil conglomerate OCP, run by its villainous CEO (Torn), advances its tyrannical program to have the city default on its debts. It was filmed in Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the buildings seen in the film were slated for demolition to make way for facilities for the 1996 Summer Olympics that were held in the city. RoboCop 3 is the first film to use digital morphing in more than one scene. The film was a critical and commercial failure, only grossing $10 million worldwide against its $22 million budget, making it the least profitable film of the RoboCop franchise. Plot The city of Detroit is on the verge of bankruptcy after a series of failed business plans and drop of stocks, and are now struggling with their plans to create the new Delta City. Conglomerate Omni Consumer Products (OCP) are set to have the city default on their debt before purchasing the entire city. To speed up the process, OCP creates an armed force called the Urban Rehabilitators, nicknamed "Rehabs," under the command of Paul McDaggett. Ostensibly its purpose is to combat rising crime in Old Detroit, augmenting the ranks of the Detroit Police Department in apprehending violent criminals. In reality, it has been set up to forcibly relocate the residents of Cadillac Heights. Nikko, a Japanese-American computer whiz kid, loses her parents in the process. The police force is gradually superseded by the Rehabs, and violent crime begins to spiral out of control. The Delta City dream of the former OCP CEO lives on with the help of the Japanese Kanemitsu Corporation, which has bought a controlling stake in OCP and is trying to finance the plan. Kanemitsu, CEO of the Kanemitsu Corporation, sees the potential in the citywide redevelopment, and moves forward with the plans to remove the current citizens in order to create Delta City. The company develops and uses its own ninja androids called "Otomo" to help McDaggett and the new OCP president overcome the resistance of anti-OCP militia forces. RoboCop and partner Anne Lewis try to defend civilians from the Rehabs one night, but Lewis is mortally wounded by McDaggett and eventually dies. Unable to fight back because of his "Fourth Directive" programming, RoboCop is saved by members of a resistance movement composed of Nikko and residents from Cadillac Heights and eventually joins them. Due to severe damage sustained in the shoot-out, RoboCop's systems efficiency plummets, and he asks the resistance to summon Dr. Lazarus, one of the scientists who created him. Upon arrival she begins to treat him, deleting the Fourth Directive in the process. During an earlier raid on an armory, the resistance picked up a jet-pack

Alumni Hall (DePaul University)

Alumni Hall was a 5,308-seat multi-purpose arena in Chicago on DePaul's Lincoln Park campus. History Alumni Hall was dedicated on December 16, 1956 and was owned and operated by DePaul University. It replaced the University Auditorium, the school's prior on-campus gym. A student-led fundraising campaign raised $25,0000 over five weeks. This covered part of the building cost, which totaled two million dollars. Construction began on Oct. 3 in 1955 and finished in December of 1956. The 44-year old building consisted of classrooms, offices, an arena, a gymnasium with 5,200 seats, a swimming pool, locker rooms, handball courts and a cafeteria. Alumni Hall's value was equivalent to 18 million dollars today. It was home to the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team from 1956 until they moved to the Rosemont Horizon in 1980. The DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team played all their home games at Alumni Hall from 1974 to 2000, while the men's team played occasional games there. The DePaul Blue Demons women's volleyball team also played their home matches at Alumni Hall. The building was the site of the first round of the men's NCAA Midwest Regional in 1960 and was used for first round NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament games in 1990 and 1992. The arena closed in 2000 and was torn down in 2001. The women's team moved to the DePaul Athletic Center and the men's team moved all games to their main arena, the Allstate Arena (formerly the Rosemount Horizon). The land for Alumni Hall was repurposed for the new DePaul Student Center. The stadium has been succeeded by the Wintrust Arena. It was built in the fall of 2017 and holds 10,367 seats for DePaul's men's and women's basketball games. It is also home to the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. Professional basketball Alumni Hall was the practice facility for the Chicago Bulls in the 1960s and 1970s. Alumni Hall was home to the Chicago Hustle of the WBL from 1978 to 1981. References Category:Basketball venues in Chicago Category:Boxing venues in Chicago Category:Chicago Bulls venues Category:Defunct college basketball venues in the United States Category:Defunct indoor arenas in Illinois Category:Defunct sports venues in Illinois Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Chicago Category:Demolished sports venues in Illinois Category:DePaul Blue Demons basketball venues Category:DePaul Blue Demons women's volleyball Category:Sports venues completed in 1956 Category:Sports venues demolished in 2000 Category:Volleyball venues in Chicago Category:1956 establishments in Illinois Category:2000 disestablishments in Illinois

Indigenism

Indigenism can refer to several different ideologies associated with indigenous peoples, is used differently by a various scholars and activists, and can be used purely descriptively or carry political connotations. Who is indigenous? In the Americas as well as in Australia, the question is rather straightforward, while it is less easy to answer in the case of South Africa. The question of who is indigenous may be less than straightforward, depending on the region under consideration. As international human rights movement Anthropologist Ronald Niezen uses the term to describe "the international movement that aspires to promote and protect the rights of the world's 'first peoples'." Variation New Zealander scholar Jeffrey Sissons has criticized what he calls "eco-indigenism" on the part of international forums such as the Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, which he claims enforces a link between indigenous peoples and traditional economies, and also confuses the issues faced by New World indigenous, who are mostly urban dwellers and live in states dominated by people descendant from their colonizers, and by ethnic minorities in Asia and Africa who are more likely to live "close to the land" and live in states where the colonizers have long since left (though they may still face persecution from the post-colonial successor state). As pan-indigenous political or cultural solidarity As used by Cherokee-American scholar Ward Churchill (b. 1947; author of From a Native Son) and Mexican scholar Guillermo Bonfil Batalla (1935-1991), the term refers to the common civilization of which, they argue, all New World indigenous peoples are a part, and to their common "spirit of resistance" to settler colonialism. As official policy in Latin American nation-states In some places in Latin America the term Indigenismo might often be used "to describe the ways that colonial nation-states have formulated their vision of Indigenous social inclusion." In other cases, indigenismo might refer to the research and work related to indigenous communities. In Brazil, an indigenist is a profession undertook by government officials or civil society organizations who work directly with indigenous communities. Indigenismo would then be a definition for work dedicated to indigenous societies. In the case of this country, Funai (National Indian Foundation), is the official indigenist organ of the state, dedicated to develop and execute the indigenist policy according to the national constitution. Even though it originated from SPI (Service of Protection of Indians), which was a military organ of colonization, dedicated to clearing up areas for white settlers, sometimes with very condemnable work approaches, others more noble, such as envisioned by Marechal Cândido Rondon, the SPI started incorporating indigenous communities as labour-force, contacting every isolated group on the way, with the goal of occupying the "barren lands" of Brazil, building roads, telegraph lines, and infrastructure in general. The legislation in that time didn't consider indigenous people to be responsible enough to decide for themselves, therefore SPI would be the official stance to make the decisions for the Indians. Among the years it evolved, becoming Funai in the sixties during the military dictatorship, until Brazil became once again a democracy in the late 1980s. Since

Xaba Sbusiso

Sbusiso Xaba is the Deputy President of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania from 2014 in South Africa. Early life Sbusiso attended Thomas More College (South Africa) in 1992. Thereafter he attended his tertiary education at the University of Johannesburg (Former Technikon Witwatersrand, where he got engaged in politics through Pan Africanist Student Movement (PASMA) then PASO, as a student activist. Politics Background Sbusiso served in the International Central Committee of the African Socialist International. He has served as member of the National Executive Council and National Working Committee of Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, President of Pan Africanist Youth Congress and Member of Technikon Witwatersrand Student General Council. His visionary and innovative leadership has contributed to these institutions work towards the attainment of African working class hegemony that is desired to ensure elimination of all forms of exploitation in industry or on the land and advance cause for a just society. He continues to organise communities into African working class organisations in pursue of their revolutionary aspirations. In 2007, as president of PAYCO, Sbusiso travelled to Zimbabwe for the Southern Africa Pan African Youth Summit in Zimbabwe. He served an interim chairman of Johanneburg Region in the PAC of Azania in 2007 and then chaired the Tshwane Region from 2011 - 2014. This was before being elected to the position of Deputy President. Student Activism Student activism through Student Chapter of the Black Management Forum, Pan Africanist Student Organisation and Pan Africanist Student Movement (PASMA) of Azania has deeply involved Sibusiso in the struggle for broad transformation of pedagogy and epistemology in institutions of learning in order for them to be accessible to the African working class, improve quality of content, endorse socialist values and espouse African oriented curriculum. It is in pursuit of uncontaminated education that he is involved in lobbying Southern African Universities and Governments to introduce African Studies in mainstream education system. He is tasked with duty of directing the reparations work through the World Tribunal on Reparations for Africa and African People. PAYCO Presidency Sbusiso was elected president of PAYCO in 2005 Sbusiso, as president of PAYCO, on the eve of the June 16 commemoration in 2006 called on the then president of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to create the Youth Ministry which will have a sole mandate of attending to youth affairs, this is the official position of PAYCO. In this call he also highlighted the failure of youth structures such as the New York City and UYF. Sbusiso, as president, also participated in local and national discourses. One of the major issues was that of Name change, were the ruling ANC was changing the names of towns and streets. However, in Kwazulu-Natal the ANC decided it was premature to be preoccupied with name changes in that province. Sbusiso, spoke again the position of the ANC claiming that it was South Africans' responsibility to ensure 'that everlasting monuments of our heroes are built through infrastructure naming and our real identity comes through the names of our towns and cities'." While a president for

Kafeh Salehabad

Kafeh Salehabad (, also Romanized as Kāfeh Sāleḥābād) is a village in Kakhk Rural District, Kakhk District, Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported. References Category:Populated places in Gonabad County

Bryan Kirkwood (producer)

Bryan Kirkwood (born 1976) is a British television producer. He was the producer of Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2006 until 2009 and was the executive producer of the BBC soap EastEnders from 2010 until 2012. He returned as the executive producer of Hollyoaks in late 2012. Personal life Kirkwood was born in Bellshill, Scotland. He formerly lived in East Kilbride and in Edinburgh prior to moving to Brighton, England at a young age. Kirkwood is openly gay, and was living in Liverpool with his partner in 2006. Kirkwood entered into a civil partnership in 2011, and now lives in Surrey. Career Kirkwood's first major role came as a storyliner for ITV's Coronation Street. He later took control as the producer for Channel 4's Hollyoaks between 2006 and 2009, a period in which the show explored a number of well-loved and critically acclaimed storylines (such as that of the relationship between John Paul McQueen and Craig Dean and the Dog at the Pond explosion that killed five characters). After leaving the main Hollyoaks team, he produced the second series of the late-night spin-off Hollyoaks Later, shown in 2009 on E4. He became responsible for the casting of several new characters and guest appearances, such as Bonnie Tyler. On 2 November 2009 it was announced that he would become the executive producer of the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, replacing Diederick Santer. He faced criticism from the media before he even assumed his role on EastEnders, with many reporting he planned to 'sex up' the show on arrival. His appointment came on 1 March 2010 as Santer stepped down from the role after the 25th anniversary celebrations. His first episode was broadcast on 4 June 2010 (moved from 7 June due to a schedule change), though he shares the executive producer credit with Santer for two weeks. Kirkwood's tenure oversaw numerous high-profile storylines, such as the death of Billie Jackson (Devon Anderson), and the introduction of such characters as Michael Moon (Steve John Shepherd), Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti), Vanessa Gold (Zöe Lucker) and Jodie Gold (Kylie Babbington). Other ideas, however, such as the introduction of Eddie Moon, the reintroduction of the early 90s teenage tearaway Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton), and the decision to kill off long-standing soap veteran Pat Butcher (Pam St. Clement) and Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison), were not as well-received and prompted media criticism. The show was also criticized for pandering too heavily towards a younger demographic, insofar that the soap was, at one point, dubbed the "East End version of Hollyoaks." In January 2011 an EastEnders baby swap storyline involving Ronnie Branning (Samantha Womack) and Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) gained over 10,000 complaints, which resulted in the BBC ending the storyline earlier than planned. On 12 March 2012, it was announced Kirkwood had decided to leave his position of executive producer of EastEnders, and left in April 2012, after two years in charge with series producer Lorraine Newman temporarily taking over his role. Of his departure, Kirkwood said "Being the executive producer of EastEnders is one of the most

Cyanoboletus

Cyanoboletus is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. Circumscribed in 2014, it contains four species: C. flavosanguineus, C. rainisii, C. sinopulverulentus, and the type, C. pulverulentus. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek cyano ("blue"), referring to the deep ultramarine blue bruising reaction of the fruit bodies. References External links Category:Boletaceae Category:Boletales genera

Tudor Zbârnea

Tudor Zbârnea (born December 29, 1955) is a Bessarabian painter, from the Nisporeni region, Republic of Moldova. Tudor Zbârnea has contributed to the assertion, in Chișinău, of an original artistic thinking stream that was against "artistic vigilance" mentality, which was too hostile to the spectacular innovations in plastic art. Currently, he is the director of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Moldova. Participates as chairman or member of the juries in various national and international competitions in the field of fine arts. He traveled on studies and documentaries in Germany, Italy, Turkey, Georgia, Russia, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, Austria. He is the author and curator of the visual art projects such as: "Neighbors from the East", Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2006; "Moldova, Contemporary Art" – Brussels, Belgium, 2006; Curator of the International Painting Biennial, Chișinău, 2009, 2011, 2013. Studies and education Graduate of the Republican College of Fine Arts "Ilya Repin" from Chișinău and from the University of Arts in Iași, the Faculty of Fine Arts, the painting division, the Professor Corneliu Ionescu’s class. The member of the Union of Artists of Moldova. Member of the Romanian Artists' Union. Member of IAA (UNESCO). The member founder of the "Group of ten". Exhibition In 1984, he debuted in a republican exhibition of contemporary art organized in Chișinău. He has participated in over 300 exhibitions organized in the country and abroad. To date he has had over 30 personal exhibitions in Belgium, Belarus, France, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, and numerous relevant collective exhibitions in Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Lithuania, Russia, Turkey and Poland. Awards and prizes He is a winner of numerous prizes, medals, trophies and other mentions at different international and national art competitions and salons, among them: The Prize of the Union of Artists of Romania, 2015; The Prize of the Bacău City Hall, awarded for the "Salons of Moldova", 2015; National Award, granted by the Government of the Republic of Moldova, for outstanding merits in the arts development arts awarded in 2014; Ministry of Culture Award, National Art Competition, Chișinău, 2010; Grand Gold Medal, M. C. A. at the Cannes International Prestige Grand Prix, 2009, 2010; Honorary Master of Arts, 2009; Vicolo Poldo Trophy, 35th Edition, Como, Italy, 2009; The prize of the Union of Artists of Moldova, 2001, 2008; The Prize of the Union of Artists of Romania, 2007; Diploma of the Ministry of Culture, National Competition in the field of Fine Arts, Chișinău, 2009, 2008, 2005; Silver medal "Eureca" World Show (Brussels), 1998; Honorary Diploma of the Flemish Artists (Brussels), 1998; Honorary Diploma of the European Academy of Art, Brussels, 1997. Collection works The artist's works are exhibited in several museums: The National Museum of Art of Moldova; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania; State Museum of Art, Ankara, Turkey; National Museum of Art, Beijing, China; The Art Museum, Baia Mare, Romania; The Art Museum, Bacău, Romania; Museum of Art, Prahova, Romania; Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, Romania; Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu, Romania; Crișurii Country Museum, Oradea, Romania; Museum of Comparative Art,

Ramsden Park

Ramsden Park is a public park located at 1020 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with access via Ramsden Park Road. and Pears Avenue From the 1840s to the 1890s this was the location of the Yorkville Brick Yards. The yellowish-white bricks produced were used for many buildings in the village and city including Yorkville Town Hall, St. Michael's Cathedral, St. James Cathedral and much of University College. In 1904 the City purchased the land and established a park named after Alderman J. George Ramsden, a local resident who was active in city politics from 1903 until 1936. References External links Category:Parks in Toronto

Camilla Stroem Henriksen

Camilla Strøm Henriksen (born 9 January 1968) is a Norwegian director, screenwriter and actress. Career Strøm Henriksen started out as an actress, working in theatre, TV and films. She has previously both won and been nominated for the Amanda Award, the main Norwegian film award. For her debut in A Handful of Time she also won the Best Actress Rouen Nordic Film Festival. She decided to move into writing and directing and studied at the London Film School, she graduated in 2004 with an MA in directing. Filmography Director TV series ’’Hotel Cæsar’’ (2005-2014) - TV series ’’Hvaler’’ (2010) Writer-Director Shorts ’’Night Call’’ (2004) ’’Lace’’ (2003) References Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Oslo Category:Norwegian women film directors Category:Norwegian film directors Category:Norwegian screenwriters Category:21st-century Norwegian actresses Category:Norwegian film actresses Category:Norwegian television actresses Category:Norwegian stage actresses Category:Alumni of the London Film School

Trevor Robinson (American football)

Trevor Robinson (born May 16, 1990) is a former American football center who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2012, and was also a member of the San Diego Chargers and Atlanta Falcons. Early years He attended Elkhorn High School in Elkhorn, Nebraska. He was selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. He was selected to the 2007 first-team All-American by USA Today. College career He played college football at Notre Dame. In his freshman year, he played 11 games in which he started 3 of them. In his sophomore year, he played in 11 games in which he started all 11 of them. In his junior year, he played in 13 games in which started all 13 of them. Professional career Cincinnati Bengals On May 2, 2012, he signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent. San Diego Chargers On October 6, 2014, the San Diego Chargers claimed him off the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad. The Chargers waived him on July 29, 2016. Atlanta Falcons On November 29, 2016, Robinson was signed by the Atlanta Falcons. He was released on December 6, 2016. He signed a futures contract with the Falcons on January 18, 2017. On July 17, 2017, Robinson retired from the NFL. References External links Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio Cincinnati Bengals bio Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:People from Kearney, Nebraska Category:Players of American football from Nebraska Category:American football centers Category:American football offensive guards Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players Category:Cincinnati Bengals players Category:San Diego Chargers players Category:Atlanta Falcons players

Annapurneshwari Temple, Cherukunnu

Annapoorneshwari Temple is a famous Parvati temple situated in Kannur, Kerala. The deity is worshipped as Annapurneshwari- The mother who vanquishes hunger. About the Temple At this temple, Lord Krishna is co-located along with Goddess Sree Annapoorneswari. It is believed that Sree Annapoorneswari did visit the shrine which was under the sea, centuries ago. Story of Temple The temple was formally a Vishnu/Krishna Temple, dating back some 1500 years. The temple after Amma's Prathishta (giving sacred power to the idol of Annapoorneshwari) was built by Avittam thirunal Raja Raja Varma of Chirakkal Kovilakam. In Hindu mythology, it is said that the goddess arrived from Kashi with two other goddesses or devis ( Kalarivathikal Amma and Madai Kavail Amma) and a boatman in a golden ship, and disembarked at Azhi Theeram which is now known as Aayiram Thengu. The Puna Prathistha was done in 1994, in the month of Kumbham in the Malayalam calendar, Pooyam Nakshtram, which now is observed as the Prathista Dinam every year. The main festivities in the Temple start from the Malayalam month of Medam Shankramam (15 April), and is celebrated in the following seven days. The other festivals that are celebrated in the temple are Shiva Rathri, Navami, Ekadashi etc. The temple is presently under the Malabar Devasom Board, and is maintained by the Temple Committee. A unique characteristic of this temple is that it is built of one single type of rock, and the Sree Kovil of both Annapoorneshwari and Krishnan is of the same size as per Vasthu, signifying that both the goddess and the god are given equal importance. The Entrance of the temple is in front of Krishnan's Sree Kovil, and the reason there isn't a direct entrance to Annapoorneshwari's Sree Kovil is because during the olden days, it was believed that women from Brahmin families aren't supposed to be seen directly (Antharjanam). Hence there is a small window that is right in front of the Sree Kovil so that people can view the idol from outside. This temple is one among the two Annapoorneshwari temples in Kerala. It was built using polished stones and put together using avil and belam (a mixture of flattened rice and jaggery). Next to the Temple is the Temple pond or the Ambala Kolam, which is approximately 2.5 acres in area. In the centre is the Pole, otherwise known as the stumpa. The four major entrances of the Chera have been built using large layers of rock laid parallel to each other. The Chera also has a Kollapura (used by poojaris for bathing), located to the southwest of the Chera. References Category:Hindu temples in Kannur district Category:Devi temples in Kerala

Anopina psaeroptera

Anopina psaeroptera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Veracruz, Mexico. References Category:Moths described in 1986 Category:Anopina Category:Moths of Mexico Category:Taxa named by Józef Razowski

Gagnières

Gagnières is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also Communes of the Gard department References INSEE Category:Communes of Gard

Tonkatsu sauce

Tonkatsu sauce is a thick sauce served with tonkatsu, the Japanese pork cutlet. It is a thick (viscosity over 2.0 pascal-second, per JAS standard) Japanese Worcestershire-type sauce. As with most Japanese Worcestershire sauces, it is vegetarian and similar to a brown sauce, with tomatoes, prunes, dates, apples, lemon juice, carrots, onions, and celery among its ingredients. The first Tonkatsu sauce was made in 1948 by Oliver Sauce Co., Ltd. of Hyogo Prefecture. While generally similar to a traditional brown sauce, it is vegetarian. The Bull-Dog brand of tonkatsu sauce, for example, is made from malt vinegar, yeast, and vegetable and fruit purees, pastes, and extracts. See also Soy sauce Tare sauce Japanese Mayonnaise Japanese Worcestershire sauce References Category:Japanese condiments

Joy Eden Harrison

Joy Eden Harrison (born September 4, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She has released three critically acclaimed CDs, the late 1990s Angel Town, the 2002 Unspoken, and most recently, 2006's Blue Venus. She won Best Jazz Artist in The 2002 Independent Music Awards for Unspoken, selected by judges Tom Waits, Arturo Sandoval and Don Byron. Harrison has two original songs in Hollywood films. The Love Beneath Your Lies is in the film Curtain Call. Marlene is in the film Suicide Kings. Harrison says that her lyrical complexity reflects her link to her great aunt, novelist Anzia Yezierska, while her musical gifts and connection to the jazz era come from her great uncle, Milton Ager, the composer of Happy Days Are Here Again. References Category:Living people Category:1962 births Category:American female singer-songwriters Category:American singer-songwriters Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Independent Music Awards winners

Rais Sitdikov

Rais Zinurovich Sitdikov (; born 30 November 1988) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played 3 seasons in the Russian Football National League for FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. External links Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Russian footballers Category:Association football midfielders Category:FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players

Llandegwning

Llandegwning is a village and former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The parish was abolished in 1934, and incorporated into Botwnnog. References Category:Villages in Gwynedd Category:Botwnnog

Almuradiel

Almuradiel is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 965. It is near the site of the first attack during the Peninsula War, when two squadrons of French dragoons were attacked at the northern entrance to the pass, and forced to retreat to the town. Category:Municipalities in the Province of Ciudad Real Category:Populated places in the Province of Ciudad Real

Saint-Germain Cemetery

The Saint-Germain Cemetery (cimetière Saint-Germain) or Saint-Pierre Cemetery (cimetière Saint-Pierre) was a rectangular cemetery in Paris, first attested in 1259 and used by Protestants from 1598 to 1604 onwards. It was sited in the north-west corner of the former rue Taranne and rue des Saints-Pères, alongside the chapelle des Saint-Pères (on the site now occupied by square de la Charité at 186 boulevard Saint-Germain.. It measured 27 toise by 8 toise (54 m by 16 m). Its site is now covered by Square Taras-Chevtchenko. Owned by the parish of Saint-Sulpice, it was used for plague victims and lepers until 1544. Article 45 of the Edict of Nantes noted it as one of two Protestant cemeteries in Paris (the other was La Trinité Cemetery). The parish council required them to leave it in 1604 and they moved to the nearby Saints-Pères Cemetery. The Hôpital de la Charité briefly used the cemetery from 1604 to 1609. It Notable burials Claude Arnauld, un conseiller, notary and secretary to Henri IV, treasurer general to the généralité de Paris, died 1603. Monsieur de Rambouillet, one of the secretaries of Henri IV, died 1602. Lieutenant General Đỗ Cao Trí (20 November 1929 – 23 February 1971) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) References Bibliography (in French) Les cimetières protestants Les deux cents cimetières du Vieux Paris par Jacques Hillairet L'Oratoire du Louvre et les protestants parisiens par Philippe Braunstein Les morts, l'Église et l'État Par Jacqueline Thibaut-Payen Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris by Jacques Hillairet Le cimetière Saint-Germain sur tombes-sepultures.com category:Protestant Reformed cemeteries category:Cemeteries in Paris category:6th arrondissement of Paris Category:History of Protestantism in France category:Former cemeteries

Papasan chair

A papasan chair (also called a bowl chair or moon chair) is a large rounded bowl-shaped chair with an adjustable angle. The bowl rests in an upright frame traditionally made of rattan, but also sometimes made of sturdy wicker or wood. The cushion of the chair is typically thick velveteen material filled with cotton fluff similar to that of a futon. In traditional papasans, the cushion can be removed and used outside of the sturdy frame. Papasan chairs are typically 35–60 inches wide and 35 inches deep. History The papasan chair gained popularity when American World War II service members brought them home from Asia, where they had been used in the Philippines and Japan for centuries. Types The mamasan chair is a double-seating version, and was introduced to the western world in the 1950s. Prior to that it was in use in far eastern Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Thailand and Japan. It can also be called as double papasan chair which is widely used. Further reading References Category:Chairs Category:1970s fads and trends

Alexander R. Hobbs

Alexander Raleigh Hobbs (April 5, 1852 – October 15, 1929) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates. References External links Category:1852 births Category:1929 deaths Category:Members of the Virginia House of Delegates Category:Virginia Democrats Category:Virginia state senators Category:Virginia Tech alumni Category:People from Prince George County, Virginia Category:20th-century American politicians

Mohammed Al-Sayed

Mohamad Naser Al Sayed (born November 2, 1981) is a Qatari chess Grandmaster (since 2009). He is ranked 2nd best player in Qatar. As of December, 2015, his FIDE Elo rating is 2520. Performance in competitions Al-Sayed claimed the 3rd Arab elite chess championship title in Dubai, in June 2015. He has played for Qatar at eleven chess Olympiads since 1994. References Category:1981 births Category:Chess grandmasters Category:Living people Category:Qatari chess players Category:Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Asian Games competitors for Qatar

Nathaniel Hansen

Nathaniel Hansen is an American documentary film maker. His independent film work includes Spearhunter, The Collection, Expired! Food Waste in America, The Elders, From the Heart, Hollow, and All the Presidents’ Heads. Early life and education Hansen was born in Portland, Oregon. He went to BYU-Hawaii and graduated in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in Cultural Studies and Humanities and an associate degree in theatre. While in Hawaii, Hansen studied with folklorist and anthropologist Phillip McArthur, whose work on liminality, place and identity influenced Hansen's approach to filmmaking and teaching. McArthur chaired Hansen's BA thesis: Social Drama, Performance, and Identity; The Case of Kanaky, which took him to New Caledonia in 2001 to document indigenous Kanak dance performances, both modern and traditional. While there, Hansen met Dr. Virginia-Lee Webb, the curator of the exhibition and Archivist of the Photograph Collection in the Metropolitan Museum's Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the America at New York City's Metropolitan Museum. In 2004 Hansen completed a master's degree in Visual Media Art from Emerson College and later returned to complete a Visual Arts MFA in 2011. Career Hansen's MA thesis film at Emerson College, Into a Heart of Darkness, was awarded the Cecil and Helen Rose Ethics in Communication award in 2004. From 2009-2011, while enrolled in further graduate studies at Emerson College, Hansen produced a series of short documentary films featuring “familiar strangers” or personalities he would regularly encounter in his commuting travels around downtown Boston. Pat Bartevian, the elderly woman featured in the second film and the most widely viewed in the series, served as the inspiration for his feature-length documentary film The Elders. The Elders After a successful 2010 kickstarter campaign, Hansen was contacted by Take Action Hollywood!, a non-profit organization founded by Maria Menounos. The organization made both a financial contribution and an in-kind equipment rental donation and Menounos is listed in the film's opening title sequence as a producer. The Elders had its premiere at the 2013 Independent Film Festival Boston and was highlighted by Boston Globe film critic Peter Keough as “must see” and “remarkable.” During the festival, Hansen was featured in Boston Globe Magazine as one of six artists to watch. Hollow In 2012-2013, Hansen worked as one of the multimedia producers on Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s interactive documentary, Hollow. The project won a Peabody Award and was nominated for a national Emmy in 2014. Commercial and commissioned films Hansen has produced, directed, and edited documentary films and commercials for brands and organizations including Clinique, Origins, Estee Lauder, TrueFit, Pantone, Calvin Klein, Care.com, Ojon, Covidian, Dartmouth Hitchcock, Health Catalyst, Allina Health, the United Nations, Harvard University, Bottletop.org, the Johnny Miller Champ Foundation and the Dave Dahl Foundation. In 2014 he was invited to create a documentary film (From the Heart), about the work of pediatric cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty. Media arts diplomacy In November 2017, at the invitation of the US Embassy in Albania, Hansen led a week-long workshop on visual storytelling for undergraduate and graduate student journalists in Tirana. He made similar trips in 2018 and

Scio House Hospital

Scio House Hospital for Officers was a hospital catering for military officers in Putney, London. History Scio House was the last villa on Portsmouth Road abutting the heath. It was built and owned by Eustratios Stephanos Ralli, a founder of the Baltic Exchange and a member of the most successful Greek émigré merchant families, the Ralli Brothers of the mid-19th century. Their firm employed more than 40,000 people. They were quick to seize new opportunities created by wars, political events, and the opening of new markets, such as corn, cotton, silk, opium and fruit. Scio House was named after the family's birthplace, the Greek city and island of Chios. Mary Ann Chadwell describes driving "with Mrs Peter Ralli's children to Putney to see the grounds of Mrs E. Ralli. Beautiful views over Wimbledon Common." The mansion eventually became a hospital and was known as Scio House Hospital for Officers, Putney and in 1919 a Colonel Hargreaves was residing in Scio. By 1926 it was known as the British Red Cross Hospital, where serviceman injured in World War I still remained. Former British governor to Singapore Sir John Fearns Nicoll died at Scio in 1981. In the mid-1980s the site was controversially redeveloped as Lynden Gate, a gated community of 70 neo-Georgian homes divided between two streets. Opposition to the planned demolition of Scio House was raised in the House of Lords in 1982 by Lord Jenkins. The lily-filled Scio pond remains to this day, south of the Lynden Gate development, near where the now disused portion of the old Portsmouth Road veers towards Roehampton Lane and the A3 junction. References Category:Hospitals in London Category:Putney