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Sol Madrid

Sol Madrid is a 1968 film directed by Brian G. Hutton and filmed in Acapulco. It was released in the UK as The Heroin Gang. The MGM film starred David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas and Ricardo Montalban with John Cassavetes being replaced by Rip Torn prior to filming. It was the final film of Paul Lukas. Plot Half a million dollars is stolen from the Mafia by small-time crook Harry Mitchell, who splits it with girlfriend Stacey Woodward and takes off for Acapulco. The mob sends hit man Dano Villanova to deal with Harry and get the money back. Sol Madrid, an undercover narc, is out to find Harry first, hoping to persuade him to testify against organized crime in court. Stacey happens to be Villanova's former girlfriend. Things get complicated in Mexico, where a heroin dealer named Dietrich is engaged in criminal activity while Mexican law official Jalisco is on the case. Before she can flee on a yacht, Stacey is taken captive by Villanova and shot up with dope until she's turned into an addict. Harry is caught and killed. Jalisco isn't what he seems to be, so Madrid not only must deal with him, but with Villanova and Dietrich as well. Cast David McCallum ... Sol Madrid Stella Stevens ... Stacey Woodward Telly Savalas ... Emil Dietrich Ricardo Montalban ... Jalisco Rip Torn ... Dano Villanova Pat Hingle ... Harry Mitchell Paul Lukas ... Capo Riccione Michael Ansara ... Capt. Ortega Michael Conrad ... Scarpi Soundtrack The film score was composed by Lalo Schifrin and the soundtrack album was released on the MGM label in 1968. An expanded edition of the soundtrack was released on by Film Score Monthly in 2010 as part of the 5 CD box set The Cincinnati Kid: Lalo Schifrin Film Scores Vol. 1 (1964-1968). Track listing All compositions by Lalo Schifrin "Sol Madrid (Main Theme)" - 2:00 "Fiesta" - 1:35 "Stacey's Bolero" - 2:36 "The Burning Candle" - 2:25 "Adagietto" - 2:50 "Sol Madrid (Main Theme)" - 1:55 "The Golden Trip" - 2:35 "Charanga" - 2:20 "El Patio" - 2:25 "Villanova's Villa" - 2:10 "Bolero #2" - 2:07 "Villanova's Chase" - 2:07 Personnel Lalo Schifrin - composer, conductor Laurindo Almeida - guitar Unnamed Orchestra conducted by Robert Armbruster George del Barrio - orchestration See also List of American films of 1968 References External links Category:1968 films Category:American films Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Category:Films directed by Brian G. Hutton Category:Films scored by Lalo Schifrin Category:Films about the illegal drug trade Category:Films set in Acapulco Category:Films shot in Mexico

Bulwer Island

Bulwer Island is a reclaimed tidal mangrove island at the mouth of the Brisbane River in the suburb of Pinkenba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is named for Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the British Colonial Secretary who separated Queensland from New South Wales in 1859 and made Sir George Bowen its first Governor. Bulwer Island Refinery In May 1961 a TAA DC-4 airliner crashed onto Bulwer Island during landing at Brisbane Airport. The pilot had suffered cardiac arrest and slumped over the control column preventing the co-pilot from regaining control before the plane dived into the mud of the island. Much of it is now occupied with BP Australia’s Bulwer Island Refinery, the largest in Queensland. Reclamation and refinery construction took place during 1963–65, with the reclamation greatly expanding the original island and joining it to the north bank of the river. On 2 April 2014, BP announced that this refinery would be closed mid-2015, its jetty and terminal will remain operational. The decision was made due to increasing Asian competition and a strong Australian dollar. Lighthouse A lighthouse, known as Bulwer Island Light, stood on the island between 1912 and 1983, as part of a pair of leading light. In 1983 it was replaced by a skeletal tower and relocated to the Queensland Maritime Museum in Brisbane. See also List of islands of Australia List of oil refineries References Category:Islands of Queensland

Synthesis-dependent strand annealing

In genetics, the initial processes involved in repair of a double-strand break by synthesis-dependent strand annealing (SDSA) are identical to those in the double Holliday junction model, and have been most extensively studied in yeast species Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Following a double-stranded break, a protein complex (MRX) binds to either end of the break, working with DNA nucleases to carry out resection, resulting in 5' end digest to produce 3' overhangs of single-stranded DNA (see Figure). These overhangs are then bound to form a nucleoprotein filament, which can then locate DNA sequences similar to one of the 3' overhangs, initiating a single-stranded strand invasion into the DNA duplex containing these sequences. Once strand invasion has occurred, a displacement loop, or D-loop, is formed, at which point either SDSA or a double Holliday junction occurs. Homologous recombination via the SDSA pathway occurs in both mitotic and meiotic cells as an important mechanism of non-crossover recombination, and was first suggested as a model in 1976, acquiring its current name in 1994. As the double Holliday junction model was the first posited in order to explain this phenomenon, various versions of the SDSA model were later proposed to explain heteroduplex DNA configurations that did not match predictions of the double Holliday junction model. Studies in S. cerevisiae found that non-crossover products appear earlier than double Holliday junctions or crossover products, which challenged the previous notion that both crossover and non-crossover products are produced by double Holliday junctions. In the SDSA model, repair of double-stranded breaks occurs without the formation of a double Holliday junction, so that the two processes of homologous recombination are identical until just after D-loop formation. In yeast, the D-loop is formed by strand invasion with the help of proteins Rad51 and Rad52, and is then acted on by DNA helicase Srs2 to prevent formation of the double Holliday junction in order for the SDSA pathway to occur. The invading 3' strand is thus extended along the recipient homologous DNA duplex by DNA polymerase in the 5' to 3' direction, so that the D-loop physically translocates – a process referred to as bubble migration DNA synthesis. The resulting single Holliday junction then slides down the DNA duplex in the same direction in a process called branch migration, displacing the extended strand from the template strand. This displaced strand pops up to form a 3' overhang in the original double-stranded break duplex, which can then anneal to the opposite end of the original break through complementary base pairing. Thus DNA synthesis fills in gaps left over from annealing, and extends both ends of the still present single stranded DNA break, ligating all remaining gaps to produce recombinant non-crossover DNA. SDSA is unique in that D-loop translocation results in conservative rather than semiconservative replication, as the first extended strand is displaced from its template strand, leaving the homologous duplex intact. Therefore, although SDSA produces non-crossover products because flanking markers of heteroduplex DNA are not exchanged, gene conversion does occur, wherein nonreciprocal genetic transfer takes place between two homologous sequences. Enzymes employed in SDSA during meiosis

Little Alcatraz

Little Alcatraz is a small rock in San Francisco Bay roughly off the Model Industries Building off northwest coast of Alcatraz Island. Due to its proximity to the island it is known by this name, but it was formerly known as Paul Pry Rock due to the steamer Paul Pry striking it on December 22, 1862 with some 150 men on board. On January 14, 1868, the 700 ton British ship, Oliver Cutts, struck the rock and sank. Since it is submerged at high tides, Little Alcatraz is still routinely struck by small pleasure boats. The rock is often a resting ground for Brandt's cormorants. During the last escape attempt from Alcatraz on December 16, 1962, Darl Lee Parker was found on Little Alcatraz; he couldn't swim. References Category:Alcatraz Island

Quick Kill

Quick Kill is an active protection system (APS) designed to destroy incoming anti-tank missiles, rockets, and grenades. The Quick Kill system is designed and produced by Raytheon for the U.S. Army. The Quick Kill system was part of the United States Army's Future Combat Systems. Design Quick Kill detects incoming RPGs and anti-tank missiles with an active electronically scanned array radar. Once its speed, trajectory, and intercept point are computed, Quick Kill vertically launches a small countermeasure missile. This kind of system is similar to the one that the Israeli Army uses for its ground forces. The system features two types of missiles: a smaller one for defense against close range weapons such as RPGs, and another, larger one to intercept longer range, faster anti-tank missiles or shells. The countermeasure missile interceptes the incoming threat and destroys it with a focused blast warhead. The Quick Kill missile has 360-degree capability and a reload capability, with each launcher typically containing 8 to 16 missiles. It can be used stationary or on the move with a wide range of vehicles from armored personnel carriers to airborne helicopters. It is likely that the Humvee or JLTV would not be suitable for the Quick Kill APS, due to the blast pressures generated when the incoming warhead detonates, which is likely to buckle lightly armored vehicles. The system's vertical launch countermeasure is unique in its ability to engage threats fired from any angle or elevation, providing all weather, full 360-degree hemispherical vehicle and crew protection with each countermeasure. The system has demonstrated its ability to defeat multiple threat types by defeating two simultaneous threats. Strengths of the Quick Kill include its reliable radar and interceptors that launch upward before diving, directing their blasts downward rather than sideways, reducing the chance of wounding accompanying troops; however, being basically a miniaturized missile defense system, the system is expensive and complex. Testing On Feb 8, 2006, Raytheon issued a press release stating that their "Quick Kill System [was] the first active protection system (APS) to destroy a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) at close range, using a precision launched warhead with a focused blast" during live fire testing done the day before. However, this was not the first time an Active Protection System (APS) successfully engaged an incoming munition. The Soviet Drozd active protection system was equipped to Soviet tanks in the early 1980s, and saw significant use in the Soviet–Afghan War on older model tanks. Later, during a 1995 special armor conference in Kubinka, a Soviet T-72 tank fitted with an updated version of APS (most likely the Arena Active Protection System) successfully protected against KONKURS ATGMs and RPG-type weapons. Controversy There was some controversy when the United States Office of Force Transformation (OFT) planned to battle-test the more mature, but Israeli-made Trophy active protection system on several Stryker armored personnel carriers headed for Iraq in early 2007. The effort was scuttled by the US Army in favor of waiting for the Quick Kill system to be developed. In 2006–2007, the Institute for Defense Analysis found Quick Kill to be

Whiddon Down

Whiddon Down is a hamlet within the parish of Drewsteignton in Devon. Location The hamlet lies on the old east-west A30 (London-Penzance) road, between Exeter and Okehampton at the cross-roads with the south-north route up to Bideford. The 'down' itself is a ridge of high farmland some 800 feet above sea level with commanding views. Recorded as Whyddon Doune in 1535 and as Whiddon Downe in 1661, it is named after its medieval landowners, the Whiddon family of nearby Chagford. History There have been scattered farms in the area since Saxon times, but the hamlet was only established with the turn-piking of the south-north road in the 18th century, when a 15th-century crossroads dwelling became a coaching inn and post point (The Post Inn). In the modern era, the village has long been well-served by buses due to its location. The dualling of this section of the A30 in the late 1980s means that the hamlet is now bypassed by the A30 itself, but it remains a major road junction point, with a service station (Whiddon Down Service Area) and Travelodge. Population growth in the 19th century was sufficient for the establishment of a small primary school in 1879 and a Methodist church in 1906. The school closed in 1959 and now serves as a village hall. The community was expanded with council housing in the 1970s. There is a small number of agricultural businesses in the hamlet, and a caravan park, but there are no longer any shops apart from the nearby service station. Chagstock music festival Farmland on the south side of the hamlet provides the setting for the annual Chagstock music festival, held in July. References External links Post Inn web site Chagstock Music festival web site Drewsteignton Parish Council page for Whiddon Down, with photos Category:Dartmoor Category:Villages in Devon

Agra Road (1957 film)

Agra Road is a 1957 Bollywood film directed by Ravindra Dave starring Vijay Anand, Shakila, Nanda and Dhumal. Cast Vijay Anand (debut film) Shakila Nanda Dhumal Bhagwan Dada Music "Unse Rippi Tippi Ho Gayi" - Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt "Suno Sunaye Aaj Tumhe" - Asha Bhosle "Duniya Ki Nazar" - Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt "Ghazab Hua Ram, Sitam Hua Ram" - Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi "Gunaahon Ka Chiraag Kabhi" - Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Shamshad Begum "O Mister, O Mister Suno Ek Baat" - Geeta Dutt, Manna Dey "Ye Duniya Hai Babu" - Geeta Dutt References External links Category:1957 films Category:Indian films Category:Films scored by Roshan Category:1950s Hindi-language films Category:Films directed by Ravindra Dave

Norman Saunders

Norman Blaine Saunders (January 1, 1907 – March 7, 1989) was a prolific 20th-century American commercial artist. He is best known for paintings in pulp magazines, paperbacks, men's adventure magazines, comic books and trading cards. On occasion, Saunders signed his work with his middle name, Blaine. Biography Early life and career Saunders was born in Minot, North Dakota, but his earliest memories were from the family's homestead near Bemidji in northern Minnesota where he and his parents lived in a one-room cabin. He recalled moving north at age seven, to Roseau County on the Canada–US border, where his father was a game warden and a touring Presbyterian minister. "A tribe of the Chippewa Indians were there and by the time I was 12, was practically a blood brother." Saunders' career was launched when his contributions to Captain Billy's Whiz Bang resulted in a job with Fawcett Publications, where he was employed from 1928 to 1934. He explained in 1983 the events that led to his arrival at Fawcett's offices in Robbinsdale, Minnesota: Pulp paintings He left Fawcett to become a freelance pulp artist, moved to New York City and studied under Harvey Dunn at the Grand Central School of Art. He painted for all the major publishers and was known for his fast-action scenes, his beautiful women and his ability to meet a deadline. He worked in almost any genre—Westerns, weird menace, detective, sports and the saucy pulps (sometimes signed as "Blaine"). He was able to paint very quickly, producing 100 paintings a year—two a week from 1935 through 1942—and thus lived well during the Depression era. During World War II, Saunders served with the Military Police overseeing German prisoners. Transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers, he supervised the construction of a gas pipeline following the Burma Road. During his off hours, he painted watercolors of Burmese temples. Trading cards In 1958, Saunders obtained his first assignment from the trading cards company Topps, painting over photographs of baseball players who had been traded, so that they would appear to be wearing the jersey of their new team . Topps soon employed Saunders to create artwork for many other cards, including the 1962 Mars Attacks series and the Batman TV series in 1966. Product developer Len Brown, inspired by Wally Wood's cover for EC Comics' Weird Science #16, pitched the idea to art director Woody Gelman. Wood fleshed out his and Gelman's initial sketches, and Bob Powell did the final designs. Saunders painted the 55-card set. The cards were test marketed by Topps through a dummy corporation called Bubbles, Inc. under the name Attack From Space. Sales were sufficient to expand the marketing, and the name was changed to Mars Attacks. The cards sparked parental and community outrage over their graphic violence and implied sexuality. Topps responded initially by repainting 13 of the cards to reduce the gore and sexuality; then, following inquiries from a Connecticut district attorney, Topps agreed to halt production. Saunders also produced a number of less well known trading-card series, including Ugly Stickers, Nutty Initials, Make Your Own

Polje, Busovača

Polje (Busovača) is a village in the municipality of Busovača, Bosnia and Herzegovina. References Category:Populated places in Busovača

Una Stella Abrahamson

Una Stella Abrahamson (August 6, 1922 – February 28, 1999) was an English-born Canadian artist and writer. She was born Una Golding in London and studied art in England. She married Roy Abrahamson before World War II and came to Canada in 1946. Abrahamson apprenticed as a painter with Henri Masson. She later worked as an economist and as domestic historian for the test kitchens at Chatelaine magazine. She was also a publicist for the kitchens of General Foods and later as director of Consumer Affairs for the Dominion chain of supermarkets. In 1975, Abrahamson was chair of the Ontario Council of Health's task force on dietetics and nutrition. In October 1976, she was hit by a car in Toronto. After staying in a coma for over a year and going through a subsequent long recovery period, she regained the ability to speak and write. She was the author of God Bless Our Home: Domestic Life in Nineteenth Century Canada (1966), The Canadian Guide to Home Entertaining (1974) and Crafts Canada (1975). She died in Toronto at the age of 76. The large collection of cookbooks that she accumulated over her life were donated to the University of Guelph as the Una Abrahamson Canadian Cookery Collection. References Category:1922 births Category:1999 deaths Category:Artists from London Category:Artists from Toronto Category:English emigrants to Canada Category:Canadian food writers Category:Canadian women painters Category:Canadian women non-fiction writers Category:Writers from London Category:Writers from Toronto Category:20th-century Canadian women artists

Death of Brian Rossiter

The death of Brian Rossiter occurred at Cork University Hospital in Cork, Ireland, on 14 September 2002, as a result of head injuries he had sustained several days earlier. Fourteen-year-old Brian Rossiter had been arrested for a public order offence on the night of 10/11 September 2002, falling into a coma whilst in custody at Clonmel garda station. Prior to his arrest, Rossiter had been assaulted by Noel Hannigan, who was later found guilty of this offence and sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment. However, the case was the focus of much controversy and media speculation within Ireland, owing to concerns as to whether the injuries that caused Rossiter's death occurred, not as a result of Hannigan's assault, but while he was in custody. Rossiter's father took High Court action against the gardaí and called for CCTV cameras to be installed in all garda stations around Ireland, in every area of the station. An inquest into the death returned an open verdict and led to damages being paid to the boy's family. Background Brian Rossiter was the fourth of seven children born to Pat and Siobhán Rossiter. Brian moved to Wexford on 31 August 2002 with his mother and three younger siblings after the separation of his parents. On 6 September 2002, he returned to Clonmel with his mother for the weekend, staying with his older sister Sharon (who was then aged 23). Due to return to Wexford on 8 September, he missed the bus and at around 12:30 am in the early morning of 9 September, was assaulted by Noel Hannigan near his sister's house on Cashel Street. Hannigan later admitted that he had headbutted Brian "four or five times" but denied punching him or kneeing him in the face. Rossiter sustained two black eyes and complained of a headache later that day and again on 10 September. On 10 September at approximately 9:30 in the evening, Rossiter, having allegedly drunk some cider and smoked some hash, was arrested along with his 14-year-old friend, Anthony O'Sullivan, for a public order offence. Another 14-year-old, Daniel Leahy, a friend of theirs, was arrested for criminal damage at the same time. Both O'Sullivan and Leahy alleged that they were assaulted by arresting gardaí officers. O'Sullivan claimed that Rossiter had told him he had also been assaulted by the gardaí. The Gardaí stated that whilst Brian gave abuse following his arrest, he then calmed down and fell asleep in his cell. They further stated that when they attempted to rouse him from his sleep at 09:30 the following morning, they could not wake him. Local doctors were called and Brian Rossiter was subsequently taken to St Joseph's Hospital in Clonmel before being transferred to Cork University Hospital. A garda investigation into the cause of his injuries was soon "at an advanced stage". Meanwhile, in Cork, consultant neurosurgeon Charles Marks extracted a clot from Brian Rossiter's brain, but he did not regain consciousness and was pronounced dead shortly after 5:30 on the afternoon of 13 September 2002. His funeral took place on 17 September

Silver Bird (song)

"Silver Bird" is a song written by Kenny Young and recorded by former Paul Revere and the Raiders member Mark Lindsay, with L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew, in 1969. The single reached number 25 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of 1970. In Canada, "Silver Bird" peaked at number 10. Yamaha used the music from "Silver Bird," with rewritten lyrics, as the background to at least one of its early 1970s motorcycle commercials. Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts References External links Category:1970 songs Category:1970 singles Category:Mark Lindsay songs Category:Songs written by Kenny Young Category:Columbia Records singles

Baxter Taylor

Baxter Taylor (born 1940) is an American folk singer and teacher. Timeline August 28, 1940, Born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and raised in Dallas, Texas. 1959- Original member: The Nightlighters, Oklahoma City, OK 1959 to 1960-The Wayfarers Trio- Founding member, other members were Mason Williams and Bill Cheatwood. 1960- Original member: The Wayfarers Trio. Other members were Mason Williams and Bill Cheatwood. 1961- "SONGS OF THE BLUE AND THE GREY" (Mercury Label) April release; Artists: The Wayfarers Trio 1962- Member of The New Christy Minstrels. 1966- Birth of daughters, Lesley and Ashley. 1971- "Marie Laveau" - recorded by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, found on their debut LP Doctor Hook. 1973- "Marie Laveau" - recorded by Bobby Bare Sr, found on BOBBY BARE SINGS LULLABYS, LEGENDS AND LIES (AND MORE), (RCA/RLG/LEGACY Records), RCA Victor CPL2-0290 1975- BMI Songwriting Award for co-write of MARIE LAVAUX with Shel Silverstein. 1980-Semifinalist @ The Kerrville Folk Festival, New Folk Songwriting Contest, Saturday May 24 show. 1985-Married Nancy McCausland and became father to her three children, Robert, Andrea, and Joshua. 1992- "MARIE LAVEAU" is included in Act II of the original Broadway musical THE HIGH ROLLERS SOCIAL AND PLEASURE CLUB , at The Helen Hayes Theater, New York City. Performance dates: 04/21/1992 - 05/02/1992. 1999- Birth of first grandchild, Brayden Taylor Hull. Birth of Cassidy Mae Hull. 2004- Producer; Owner of BaxTrax Recording Studio, Plano TX. Birth of grandson, Ty Groff. 2006- Retired from teaching and birth of granddaughter, Gretchen Lee Doerr. August 28, 2007- Birth of granddaughter, Noelle Taylor Doerr. Biography Baxter Taylor grew up in Dallas, Texas and spent summers on the family farm in Fargo, Oklahoma. His grandfather was the inspiration for the family. All of his children sent their children back to the farm as teenagers to get a proper education – some hard work and independence. As a freshman in college, Baxter met a tall banjo player named Bill Cheatwood who introduced him to folk music and Mason Williams. It wasn’t long before they were The Wayfarers, a trio of young "sometimes" college attendees. Says Taylor, "A friend and fellow folk singer named Steve Brainard opened a coffeehouse in Oklahoma City, OK named THE GOURD. We all sang there most every night as the house band and made most of our classes during the day. The house band (affectionately referred to as The Gourd Singers) also included regular players/folk singers Johnny Horton and bassist Joe Lawrence. THE GOURD later became THE BUDDHI (at a different location)- Oklahoma City’s most famous folk music club." As The Wayfarers Trio, they made a couple of records for Mercury Records and did some touring. After a couple of years the trio split up so that each member could try his hands at being a solo artist. Discography: April 1961, SONGS OF THE BLUE AND THE GREY, Mercury Records. Said Taylor in an interview, "It was a great time to be a folk singer. Coffee houses existed as performance venues: people came to hear the music and there was no liquor to bend the audience into an

John DeChancie

John DeChancie (born August 3, 1946) is an American author. A Pittsburgh native, he is most famous for his comic fantasy Castle series, and his science fiction Skyway series. He is currently engaged in writing screenplays, teleplays, and prose fiction. The Castle Perilous Series The Castle Perilous series revolves around Castle Perilous (the name is drawn from the Siege Perilous of Arthurian fable), whose lord is Incarnadine, a sorcerer. 144,000 doors (or "aspects") of the Castle each lead to another parallel universe. Some of these dimensions are magical, while others have little or no magic; one of the latter is Earth. Those who find themselves at the Castle often stay to become residents, and (to their surprise) develop a magical power of their own. This gift is apparently random, and can range from a minor telekinesis limited to lifting pencils to super-enhanced senses to teleportation to full conjuration of matter. The main character, a philosophy major from Earth named Gene Ferraro, gains the power of superb swordplay. His best friends include Snowclaw, a giant humanoid covered in white fur, who originally comes from a polar-like clime, and Linda Barclay, a woman from Earth who becomes a powerful sorceress. The Skyway Series The Skyway series differs from the Castle series significantly; where the Castle series is humorous fantasy, the Skyway series is action-adventure science fiction. The Skyway series traces the adventures of Jake McGraw, who drives a futuristic cargo truck on the Skyway. The Skyway itself is a mysterious road, built by an unknown race of aliens, which runs across various planets from one portal to another. Driving through a portal (a "tollbooth") instantaneously transports you onto a different planet, many light years away. Humans found the Skyway on Pluto and began expanding along it, encountering various alien races along the way. However no one has a map, or knows where the Skyway begins or ends, and because each portal is one-way, only explored sections with a known return path (discovered by trial and error) are considered safe to travel. At the beginning of the first book Jake finds himself in trouble because a number of parties, both human and alien, are convinced that he has found a map. Some are willing to kill to get it. Jake knows that he does not have a map, but no one believes him. At this point Jake is accompanied only by his father, Sam, who is actually dead but has been "converted" into an artificial intelligence unit that is built into the truck. The truck itself is a large tractor trailer unit, powered by nuclear fusion and capable of operating in a vacuum. The truck's cab can hold 8 or more people and has built-in bunks for sleeping. At the beginning of the first book Jake stops to pick up a hitchhiker (the beautiful and mysterious Darla), which is the beginning of a trend: over the course of the trilogy more and more people are riding with Jake while more and more people are also pursuing him. By the end of the trilogy Jake and

Monbetsu District, Hokkaido

is a district located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. In 1869, Hokkaido was divided into 11 provinces and 86 districts. Monbetsu was originally placed in Kitami Province. As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 49,851 and a population density of 12.74 persons per km². The total area is 3,912.51 km². Towns and villages Engaru Nishiokoppe Okoppe Ōmu Takinoue Yūbetsu History On November 15, 1950, a section of Shimoyūbetsu Village was cut off and incorporated into Saroma Village, Tokoro District. On July 1, 1954, Monbetsu Town, Kamishokotsu Village and Shokotsu Village merged to form Monbetsu City, splitting it from the district. On October 1, 2005, the towns of Ikutahara and Maruseppu, and the village of Shirataki merged into the expanded town of Engaru. On October 1, 2009, the town of Kamiyūbetsu merged into the town of Yūbetsu; both are in Monbetsu District, Abashiri Subprefecture. References Category:Districts in Hokkaido

Kuma hé

Kuma hé is the eighth studio album by the Belgian girlgroup K3. The album was released on 3 October 2005 through label Studio 100. Two singles were released from the album: "Kuma hé" and "Borst vooruit". Kuma hé reached the peak position in both the Flemish and Dutch album charts. In 2009, a reissue of the album was released, which contains the original songs as well as karaoke versions. Track listing Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References Category:2005 albums Category:K3 (band) albums

L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable

L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable is the first album by the Canadian post-rock band Hrsta. Track listing "L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable" ["The Glare of the Sky Was Unbearable"] "Lime Kiln" "Don't Let the Angels Fall" "City of Gold" "I Can Transform Myself Into Anyone I Want" "Jakominiplatz" "21-87" "Silver Planes" "Blessed Are We Who Seem to Be Losers" "Lucy's Sad" "City of Gold (Reprise)" "Whip" "Novi Beograd" References External links Album info on Alien8 Category:2001 albums Category:Alien8 Recordings albums Category:Hrsta albums

Index of Windows games (X)

This is an index of Microsoft Windows games. This list has been split into multiple pages. Please use the Table of Contents to browse it. Windows

Palpopleura

Palpopleura is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. Five species are native to sub-Saharan Africa, one ranges widely in southern Asia, and one is a widespread endemic to Madagascar. Species The genus contains the following species: Palpopleura albifrons – Pale-faced widow Palpopleura deceptor – Deceptive widow Palpopleura jucunda – Yellow-veined widow Palpopleura lucia – Lucia widow Palpopleura portia – Portia widow Palpopleura sexmaculata – Asian widow Palpopleura vestita – Silver widow References Category:Libellulidae Category:Taxa named by Jules Pierre Rambur Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Sandy Lake (Trent Lakes)

Sandy Lake is a lake in Trent Lakes township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada. It is about 5 km west of the community of Buckhorn, 1 km east of Lakehurst, and 25 km north of Peterborough. The lake is typically clear of turbidity and has a slight green color which results from the minerals present in the spring-fed water that feeds the lake. A small creek connects Sandy Lake to the Trent-Severn waterway at Buckhorn Lake. The majority of residences are seasonal. See also List of lakes in Ontario References National Resources Canada Category:Lakes of Peterborough County

Salm-Kyrburg

Salm-Kyrburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire located in present-day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, one of the various partitions of Salm. It was twice created: the first time as a Wild- and Rhinegraviate (partitioned from Upper Salm), and secondly as a Principality (succeeding the earlier Principality of Salm-Leuze). The first state of Salm-Kyrburg was partitioned between itself, Salm-Mörchingen and Salm-Tronecken in 1607, and was inherited by Salm-Neuweiler in 1681 upon the lines' extinction. In 1742, Salm-Kyrburg was raised to a principality; it shared its vote in the Reichstag with Salm-Salm. Salm-Kyrburg was annexed by France in 1798; this was recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in the Treaty of Lunéville of 1801. As a compensation, the princes were granted new territories formerly belonging to the Bishops of Münster in 1802, which formed the newly founded Principality of Salm. The full title used by the Princes of the resurrected state was "Prince of Salm-Kyrburg, Sovereign Prince of Ahaus, Bocholt and Gemen, Wildgrave of Dhaun and Kyrburg, Rhinegrave of Stein". Princes of Salm-Kyrburg Wild- and Rhinegraves (1499–1681) John VII (1499–1531) John VIII (1531–1548) Otto I (1548–1607) John Casimir (1607–1651) George Frederick (1651–1681) Sovereign princes (1743–1813) Philip Joseph (Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Leuze) (1743–1779) Frederick III (1779–1794) Frederick IV (1794–1813) Mediatised princes within Prussia (1813–1921) Frederick IV (1813–1859) Frederick V (1859–1887) Frederick VI (1887–1905) Yvonne (1905-1921) Category:States and territories established in 1499 Category:Counties of the Holy Roman Empire Category:1798 disestablishments

Masindi Airport

Masindi Airport is an airport in Uganda. Location Masindi Airport is in the Kyema suburb of the town of Masindi, Masindi District, Bunyoro sub-region, in the Western Region. It is approximately , by air, north-west of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport. This is approximately , by road, directly north of the central business district of the town. The Masindi non-directional beacon (ident: MS) is within the town, approximately south of the Runway 01 threshold. See also List of airports in Uganda Transport in Uganda Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda References External links Location of Masindi Airport At Google Maps Masindi pilot info Website of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Category:Airports in Uganda Category:Masindi District Category:Western Region, Uganda

Starokubovo

Starokubovo () is a rural locality (a selo) in Iglinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 639 as of 2010. There are 19 streets. References Category:Rural localities in Bashkortostan Category:Rural localities in Iglinsky District

Charles Wilkin

Charles Wilkin (c. 1750 – 28 May 1814, in London), was an English engraver, painter and publisher who exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1783 and 1808, and is best known for his stipple engravings. Some of his more famous works were "Lady Cockburn and her Children" (1792) after Joshua Reynolds and "Mrs Parkyns" (1795) after John Hoppner. Wilkin also published ten stipple-engraved prints depicting "Portraits of Ladies of Rank and Fashion" (1797–1803), "executed in a manner to unite the Higher Finishing of Painting with the Spirit and Freedom of Drawing" - three were his own and seven were after John Hoppner, though Wilkin was vexed over "the Difficulty that attends getting Mr Hoppner’s Pictures". Technically, Wilkin's engravings "are among the best examples of stipple, the admixture of etched lines and a vigorous use of the roulette preserving a thoroughly draughtsmanlike style." Wilkin managed to stipple-engrave with a quite distinctive style, which was not an easy achievement, since this form of engraving does not lend itself to individual expression. Frank Wilkin (Francis William Wilkin, 1800–1842) and Henry Wilkin (1801–1852), his sons, also exhibited their paintings at the Royal Academy. References Sources External links Category:1750 births Category:1814 deaths Category:18th-century English painters Category:English male painters Category:19th-century English painters Category:English engravers Category:Publishers (people) from London Category:19th-century male artists

Mike Melinkovich

Mike Melinkovich (born January 7, 1942) is a former American football defensive end. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1965 to 1966 and for the Detroit Lions in 1967. References Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:American football defensive ends Category:Washington Huskies football players Category:St. Louis Cardinals (football) players Category:Detroit Lions players

Neuro-linguistic programming

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is a pseudoscientific approach to communication, personal development, and psychotherapy created by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in California, United States, in the 1970s. NLP's creators claim there is a connection between neurological processes (neuro-), language (linguistic) and behavioral patterns learned through experience (programming), and that these can be changed to achieve specific goals in life. Bandler and Grinder also claim that NLP methodology can "model" the skills of exceptional people, allowing anyone to acquire those skills. They claim as well that, often in a single session, NLP can treat problems such as phobias, depression, tic disorders, psychosomatic illnesses, near-sightedness, allergy, common cold, and learning disorders. NLP has been adopted by some hypnotherapists and also by companies that run seminars marketed as leadership training to businesses and government agencies. There is no scientific evidence supporting the claims made by NLP advocates and it has been discredited as a pseudoscience. Scientific reviews state that NLP is based on outdated metaphors of how the brain works that are inconsistent with current neurological theory and contain numerous factual errors. Reviews also found that all of the supportive research on NLP contained significant methodological flaws and that there were three times as many studies of a much higher quality that failed to reproduce the "extraordinary claims" made by Bandler, Grinder, and other NLP practitioners. History and conception Early development According to Bandler and Grinder, NLP comprises a methodology termed modeling, plus a set of techniques that they derived from its initial applications. Of such methods that are considered fundamental, they derived many from the work of Virginia Satir, Milton Erickson and Fritz Perls. Bandler and Grinder also drew upon the theories of Gregory Bateson, Alfred Korzybski and Noam Chomsky (particularly transformational grammar), as well as ideas and techniques from Carlos Castaneda. Bandler and Grinder claim that their methodology can codify the structure inherent to the therapeutic "magic" as performed in therapy by Perls, Satir and Erickson, and indeed inherent to any complex human activity, and then from that codification, the structure and its activity can be learned by others. Their 1975 book, The Structure of Magic I: A Book about Language and Therapy, is intended to be a codification of the therapeutic techniques of Perls and Satir. Bandler and Grinder say that they used their own process of modeling to model Virginia Satir so they could produce what they termed the Meta-Model, a model for gathering information and challenging a client's language and underlying thinking. They claim that by challenging linguistic distortions, specifying generalizations, and recovering deleted information in the client's statements, the transformational grammar concepts of surface structure yield a more complete representation of the underlying deep structure and therefore have therapeutic benefit. Also derived from Satir were anchoring, future pacing and representational systems. In contrast, the Milton-Model—a model of the purportedly hypnotic language of Milton Erickson—was described by Bandler and Grinder as "artfully vague" and metaphoric. The Milton-Model is used in combination with the Meta-Model as a softener, to induce "trance" and to deliver indirect therapeutic suggestion. However, adjunct lecturer in

Bold Peak

Bold Peak is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park in Anchorage Municipality. Location Bold Peak sits on the eastern side of the head of Eklutna Lake, about two and a half miles northwest of Bashful Peak, the highest point in the western Chugach Mountains. Outdoor Recreation and Climbing Routes Bold Peak is a popular destination for strong, experienced hikers. Conditions on Bold Peak can be challenging and can include high wind, high exposure, cold temperatures, and year-round snow. The standard route up Stiver's Gully involves a 10.5 mile bike ride in along the dirt road that leads to the head of Eklutna Lake, followed by approximately 6,500 vertical feet of scrambling, climbing, and hiking up loose rock to the summit. There is no trail, maintained or otherwise, to the top of the peak. The Bold Ridge trail starts from the road running along Eklutna Lake, and climbs 3.5 miles up an old roadway to a tundra valley below Bold Peak's western face. The trail offers sweeping views of Eklutna Lake and access to open tundra hiking in the smaller mountains and valleys below Bold Peak. Bold Peak is rarely climbed from the Overlook Trail because the peak's western face is steep and prone to rockfall, though it may be climbed from the Overlook trail via its northern ridge. During winter and into spring, Bold Peak's long, steep slopes and heavy snow loads make it prone to extreme avalanches, which can cross and bury the dirt road that runs along Eklutna Lake's northeastern side. In February 2000, an avalanche on Bold Peak's southwestern face "snapped thousands of two-foot-thick aspens and cottonwoods and created a mile-long field of debris". The slide "ripped out vegetation, windmilling whole trees so that they shattered and snapped into rails. At the base of the mountain, a tsunami of wind and snow and wood crossed the road, tearing into a forest that had stood for many decades. The slide then fanned out onto the flats, mowing down about 120 acres of mature spruce-birch forest and reaching about a half-mile into the valley. The force dissipated; a cloud of powder must have risen like a thunderhead." References External links Lost in Alaska blog post "Autumn's almost over; Ascent of Bold Peak, 'First Attempt', 7522 feet", a trip report with photos. Alaska Adventures by Trond blog post, "Bold Peak, 2004", a trip report with many photos of the Stiver's Gully route and the surrounding landscape. AK Mountain blog post by William Finley, "Bold Peak", a trip report with numerous photos. Category:Mountains of Alaska Category:Mountains of Anchorage, Alaska

Henryk Martyna

Henryk Julian Martyna (14 November 1907 in Kraków - 17 November 1984 in Kraków) was a Polish football player, defender, key member of Polish National Team in the early 1930s. His career started in Korona Kraków, then in 1928 moved to one of top teams of Poland - Legia Warsaw. There, stayed until 1937, then in the years 1937-1939 represented Warszawianka Warszawa. In Polish National team played in the years 1929-1936, also in Berlin’s Olympic Games. Together with Polonia Warsaw’s Jerzy Bulanow, Nawrot created a pair of excellent defenders. Altogether, he played in 32 games in the National Team, scoring 5 goals. Category:1907 births Category:1984 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Kraków Category:Olympic footballers of Poland Category:Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category:Poland international footballers Category:Polish footballers Category:Legia Warsaw players Category:Association football defenders Category:KS Warszawianka players Category:People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

Yağınözü, Vezirköprü

Yağınözü is a village in the Vezirköprü, Samsun Province, Turkey. References Category:Populated places in Samsun Province Category:Villages in Turkey Category:Vezirköprü

Bečov nad Teplou

Bečov nad Teplou () is a town in the Czech Republic. See also Reliquary of St. Maurus External links Municipal website Category:Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Category:Populated places in Karlovy Vary District

Andrew Rainsford Wetmore

Andrew Rainsford Wetmore (August 16, 1820 – March 7, 1892) was a New Brunswick politician, jurist, and a member of a prominent United Empire Loyalist family. Wetmore entered politics in 1865 with his election to the colonial legislature as an Anti-Confederate. His opposition to Canadian confederation dissolved when he didn't get the appointment he expected as Attorney-General in the Anti-Confederate Party's government. Wetmore crossed the floor and joined the Confederation Party which formed the government in 1866. When New Brunswick joined Canada in 1867 many prominent pro-Confederation politicians assumed positions in the House of Commons of Canada, the courts or other offices. Wetmore was able to assume the leadership of the remaining Confederation Party forces in the legislature becoming Premier in 1867. Wetmore's government helped finance extensions to rail lines in the province. His government also incorporated the College of Saint Joseph and granted full property rights to all married women living apart from, or deserted by, their husbands. On May 25, 1870, he retired from politics to accept a position on the New Brunswick Supreme Court. References Category:1820 births Category:1892 deaths Category:Judges in New Brunswick Category:Lawyers in New Brunswick Category:People of United Empire Loyalist descent Category:People from Fredericton Category:Premiers of New Brunswick Category:New Brunswick political party leaders

2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 9

The 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 9 event was held in Holmenkollen, Norway, from March 20 until March 23, 2014. Schedule of events Medal winners Men Women Achievements Best performance for all time First World Cup race References Category:2013–14 Biathlon World Cup Category:2014 in Norwegian sport Category:International sports competitions in Oslo Category:March 2014 sports events in Europe Category:2010s in Oslo Category:Biathlon competitions in Norway

1986 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1986 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 1–3 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas. defeated in the championship game, 85–63, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Trojans, therefore, received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance. Stetson joined the TAAC for the 1985–86 season but did not participate in the conference tournament. Bracket References Category:Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament Category:1985–86 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball season

Paul David Manson

General Paul David Manson, OC, CMM, CD (born August 20, 1934) is a retired Canadian Forces officer, fighter pilot and businessman. Early life and education Born in Trail, BC, Paul Manson attended both Royal Roads and Royal Military College of Canada. He was appointed Cadet Wing Commander in both colleges winning the H.E. Sellars Award at Royal Roads and the Sword of Honour at RMC. After graduating from RMC in 1956, he attended Queen's University in Kingston, and received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1957. He is a graduate of the Canadian Forces Staff College and attended National Defence College from 1973-1974. Military career Manson received his wings in 1957 and subsequently served as a fighter pilot in Germany, France and Canada. He flew the CF-100, F-86 Sabre, the CF-104 Starfighter and the CF-101 Voodoo. He served as Commanding Officer of 441 Tactical Fighter Squadron before becoming Program Manager of the New Fighter Aircraft Program in 1977, which led to the selection of the CF-18 Hornet. He went on to be Commander 1 Canadian Air Group in 1980, Commander, Air Command in 1983 and Assistant Deputy Minister in the Department of National Defence in 1985. In 1986, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed him Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff, a position he held until his retirement from the military in 1989. Business career Following his military service, he was the president of Paramax, a Montreal-based aerospace company, eventually retiring from business as Chairman of Lockheed Martin Canada in 1997. Volunteer work Upon retiring from the business world, Manson worked full-time from 1997 until 2005 as volunteer Chairman of the "Passing the Torch" campaign, which raised $16.5 million in support of the new Canadian War Museum. He was on the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation from 2000 to 2006, and during that time, he chaired the Canadian War Museum Committee and the Canadian War Museum Building Committee for the new museum, which opened in 2005. He is past Chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada and Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. Honours In 1980, he was invested as a Commander of the Order of Military Merit. In 1987 he became an Officer of the Order of St. John, and in 1989 he became a Commander of the United States Legion of Merit. He received the C.D. Howe Award in 1992 "for achievement in the fields of planning, policy-making and leadership in aeronautics and space". In 2002, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for being "an exemplary and inspirational military leader, business executive and volunteer" and for having "served his country with honour and distinction". In 2003, he was a recipient of the Vimy Award, which "recognizes Canadians who have made outstanding commitments to Canadian security and defence and towards preserving our democratic values." In 2009, Manson was added to the Wall of Honour at the Royal Military College of Canada, and in 2018, he was inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. General Manson is the recipient of honorary Doctorate

Swedish Linnaeus Society

The Swedish Linnaeus Society (Swedish Svenska Linnésällskapet) is a Swedish learned society devoted to the study of the 18th century naturalist Carl Linnaeus. It was founded at a meeting taking place at Hammarby, the country house of Linnaeus outside Uppsala, on May 23, 1917, the 210th birthday of Carl Linnaeus. In 1918 it took over the old botanical garden in Uppsala, Linnaean Garden, and from 1918 until 1923 restored it according to Linnaeus' own plans and specifications in his published work Hortus Upsaliensis from 1745. The care for the garden was taken over by Uppsala University in 1977. The society still runs the Linnaeus Museum in the 17th-century house adjacent to the garden, where Linnaeus once lived. The yearbook of the society, Svenska Linnésällskapets Årsskrift, has been published since 1918. In addition, it has republished some of Linnaeus's own publications. In cooperation with, among others, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Uppsala University and the Linnean Society of London, the society is involved in the digital publication of the correspondence of Linnaeus. See also Linnean Society of London External links The Swedish Linnaeus Society, official website The Linnaean correspondence, publication project Category:Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus Category:Botanical gardens of Uppsala University Category:1917 establishments in Sweden Category:Uppsala University

Kent Bostick

Kent Bostick (born June 27, 1953) is an American cyclist. He competed in the men's individual pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics. References Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:American male cyclists Category:Olympic cyclists of the United States Category:Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:People from Corrales, New Mexico Category:Pan American Games medalists in cycling Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Category:Cyclists at the 1987 Pan American Games Category:Cyclists at the 1995 Pan American Games

David Kerr (cricketer)

David Kerr (28 June 1923 – 16 February 1989) was an Australian cricketer. He played 16 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1946 and 1954. See also List of Victoria first-class cricketers References External links Category:1923 births Category:1989 deaths Category:Australian cricketers Category:Victoria cricketers Category:Cricketers from Melbourne

Tsuburaya

(also written as ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese special effects director Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese athlete Hiroshi Tsuburaya, Japanese actor, a grandchild of Eiji Tsuburaya See also Tsuburaya Productions, Japanese special effects studio founded by Eiji Tsuburaya Category:Japanese-language surnames

Ohad Kadousi

Ohad Kadousi () is an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Hapoel Kfar Shalem. Career Kadousi began his career with Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. where he played from age 8. In the 2004–05 season he got the chance to play with the senior team. After half a year, he signed with Maccabi Herzliya F.C. where he played in Liga Leumit. One year later he aroused the interest of Bnei Sakhnin F.C., which also played in the second tier of Israeli football. There he became the top scorer of the league with 22 goals. In this season he also led the team to the quarter-finals of the State Cup. After 2 years in Ligat Leumit he decided to go back to his home club Maccabi Petah Tikva. In the 2007–08 season he made 29 league appearances, but only made 18 starts. That season he disappointed, having scored only five goals. His team avoided relegation to the second division by only scoring more goals than Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.. On 25 June 2008, he signed a five-year contract with Ligat Leumit club Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.. In the summer of 2013 Kadousi joined FC Lausanne-Sport, his first club abroad, and will compete in the Swiss Super League after signing a two-year contract with the option for a third year if the club chooses. In 2018 Kadousi joined Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye F.C. in Liga Alef coming from Hapoel Hadera F.C.. On 26 June 2019 signed to Hapoel Kfar Shalem. References External links Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli Jews Category:Jewish footballers Category:Israeli footballers Category:Israeli expatriate footballers Category:Association football forwards Category:Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players Category:Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players Category:Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players Category:Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Category:Hapoel Acre F.C. players Category:FC Lausanne-Sport players Category:Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Category:Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players Category:Hapoel Hadera F.C. players Category:Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye F.C. players Category:Hapoel Kfar Shalem F.C. players Category:Israeli Premier League players Category:Liga Leumit players Category:Swiss Super League players Category:Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:Football players from Petah Tikva Category:People from Petah Tikva

Moshe Friedman

Moshe Aryeh Friedman (born 1972, Brooklyn), currently living in Antwerp, Belgium is a practicing Orthodox Jew. When speaking to the media he introduces himself as Rabbi Moshe Friedman, but his status as Rabbi has been questioned and challenged by the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger. "Rabbi" Friedman does not find this particularly troubling since he opposes the existence of Israel and therefore does not recognize Rabbi Metzger's authority. His views are somehow close to the Satmar Hassidic group, but he is not affiliated with them. Officials of the Austrian Jewish Community claim that he has not proven that he has completed the rabbinical studies required to earn the title and he was actually expelled from the Board of the Vienna Jewish Community. The Central Israelite Consistory of Belgium in 2014 also stated that he has no right to bear the title rabbi in Belgium. In 2006, Friedman participated in the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust, stating, "I am not a denier of the Holocaust, but I think it is legitimate to cast doubt on some statistics." He said that the figure of 6 million deaths during the Holocaust was from a prophecy made before World War II and that the actual figure was closer to one million. His children were expelled from the Talmud Torah school in Austria where the family lived. He said it was because of his participation in the Holocaust conference; the school said its fees were not paid. After being banned from the Jewish community in Austria in 2007, he moved to New York City. His family moved to Antwerp in 2011. Because no schools would admit his children, he sued and in 2012 the court ordered a Jewish school for girls to admit his two sons or face heavy fines. In February 2013, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court. See also Holocaust denial References Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Orthodox Jewish Anti-Zionism Category:Holocaust denial in Austria Category:Austrian Orthodox Jews Category:American Orthodox Jews Category:Belgian Orthodox Jews Category:American emigrants to Austria Category:American emigrants to Belgium Category:People from Williamsburg, Brooklyn Category:People from Vienna Category:People from Antwerp Category:Holocaust denial in Belgium

Klemm (surname)

Klemm is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adrian Klemm, American Football player Brian Klemm, American musician with third wave ska band Suburban Legends Ekkehard Klemm, German conductor Hanns Klemm (1885–1961), German aircraft pioneer and founder of the Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH (Klemm Light Aircraft Company) Hans G. Klemm, United States diplomat Jon Klemm, Canadian ice hockey player Matthias Klemm, German graphic designer Richard Klemm (1902–1988), German cellist, composer and teacher Richard O. Klemm (1932–2010), American businessman and politician Rudolf Klemm, German pilot during WWII Walther Klemm (1883–1957), German painter, printmaker, and illustrator Werner Klemm (1909-1990), Romanian-German ornithologist See also Klem (disambiguation) Klemme (disambiguation) Category:German-language surnames

Zabłotce, Sanok County

Zabłotce (, Zabolottsi) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. The village has a population of 400. References Category:Villages in Sanok County

UWA Publishing

UWA Publishing, formerly known as the University of Western Australia Press, is a Western Australian publisher established in 1935. It produces a range of non-fiction and fiction titles, introducing cookbooks into its list in 2008. History Australia's first scholarly publisher was Melbourne University Press, established in 1922. The University of Queensland proposed an Australia-wide university press at the 1932 Universities Conference, but the Melbourne press did not support this idea. University students' ongoing difficulties with obtaining textbooks were common at the time, and the Australian universities had different ways of addressing the issue. During the 1920s, the University of Western Australia (UWA) appointed several booksellers, who each reported that selling textbooks was not commercially viable due to low student numbers (in 1935, UWA had 787 students, compared to 3,497 at Melbourne and 1,090 at Queensland). UWA's vice-chancellor, Hubert Whitfeld, believed that "Australian universities ought to publish very much more than they do", and established the Text Books Board in 1935 with support from academics Walter Murdoch and Fred Alexander. It was known as the Text Books Board until 1948, when it took on the name University of Western Australia Press. Scholarly publishing at the UWA Press continually struggled to be commercially viable. The market was small and the press was isolated from other cities and markets. Subsidised journals were published during the 1960s for UWA's departments, which were time consuming for press staff and despite the subsidies, rarely met their costs. Production of the journals ended in 1973. During the 1970s, textbooks were replaced with "recommended readings", and students no longer needed to purchase textbooks. During the 1980s, advances in printing processes reduced the cost of printing books, but the rising popularity of photocopiers saw lecturers create course readers to save students time and money. Course readers contain photocopies of journal articles, book chapters and monographs, specific to a particular course or topic. Several university presses in Australia closed during the 1980s, and the UWA Press's grant and staff levels were reduced. Today The press combined with the Western Australian History Foundation in 2000 to offer the WA History Foundation Award, which encourages and publishes works on Western Australian history. The first work published was Blood Sweat and Welfare: A History of White Bosses and Aboriginal Pastoral Workers by Mary Anne Jebb. Since 2000, it has had a quarterly newsletter, which includes new books. In 2001, the press selected the Eurospan Group to promote and distribute their books in the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East. In 2004, it ran a series of articles on the members of the board. The organisation celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2005, and gave an opportunity to post-graduate students to have their manuscripts published. Fiction series editor Terri-ann White explained, "We're looking for literary fiction, so that's the distinction. We're not looking for mass market." The press approached Australian university coordinators in creative writing courses for recommendations of the work of post-graduate students in PhDs and master's degrees. The publishing house changed its name to UWA Publishing in 2009. In 2015 it established the Dorothy

The Greenwood

The Greenwood is a historic apartment building at 425 Greenwood Street in Evanston, Illinois. Built in 1912, the three-story building is set in a neighborhood of single-family houses. Architect Thomas McCall designed the building in the Prairie School style. The building features an overall horizontal emphasis, casement and bay windows, stained glass, and overhanging eaves. Its six apartments have a railroad plan, in which rooms are organized along a narrow central hallway. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1984. References Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois Category:Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Category:Buildings and structures in Evanston, Illinois Category:Residential buildings completed in 1912 Category:Prairie School architecture in Illinois Category:Apartment buildings in Illinois

Yvonne Turner

Yvonne Turner (born October 13, 1987) is an American professional women's basketball player with the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. She previously played with the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team from 2006-2010. Turner played professionally outside of the U.S. as well, including time in Australia, Ecuador, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey. In Hungary during the 2016-17 season, she led the EuroLeague in scoring while playing with Uniqa Sopron. She had the honor of becoming a Hungarian citizen. 2017 Turner made her WNBA debut in 2017 with Phoenix. She averaged 5.1 points and 12.8 minutes per game in her 34 appearances, which included four starts. Turner scored a season high of 18 on July 17 at Minnesota in a loss. Personal Turner grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from Bellevue East High School in Bellevue, Nebraska. She became one of the oldest players to make their debut in the WNBA when she signed with Phoenix. References External links Nebraska Cornhuskers bio Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:American expatriate basketball people in Australia Category:American expatriate basketball people in Ecuador Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany Category:American expatriate basketball people in Hungary Category:American expatriate basketball people in Poland Category:American expatriate basketball people in Russia Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain Category:American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Category:American women's basketball players Category:Basketball players from Nebraska Category:Guards (basketball) Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball players Category:Phoenix Mercury players Category:Sportspeople from Omaha, Nebraska Category:People from Bellevue, Nebraska Category:People from Sarpy County, Nebraska

Dmitry Shmidt

Dmitry Arkadievich Shmidt (; born David Aronovich Gutman (; August or 19 December 1896 – 19 June 1937) was a Jewish Red Army Komdiv. Shmidt became a revolutionary before World War I and was imprisoned. He was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army at the beginning of 1915 and fought in World War I. Shmidt became a Full Cavalier of the Cross of St. George and an officer. After the February Revolution he led the Bolsheviks in his divisional committee. Shmidt joined the Red Army and fought in the Russian Civil War, initially as a partisan. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for his actions. After the end of the war he held command positions in cavalry units. He became commander of the 8th Mechanized Brigade in 1934. In 1936, Shmidt was one of the first Red Army officers to be arrested in the Great Purge, and was executed a year later. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1957. Background Shmidt was born in August or on 19 December 1896 in Pryluky. He was the son of a poor shoemaker or an insurance clerk. His mother worked as a typesetter at a cigarette factory. Shmidt was homeschooled. Career In his youth, Shmidt worked as a fitter and as a projectionist. He became a railroad construction worker. He took his alias in honor of the revolutionary Pyotr Schmidt. He was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army in January 1915. During the year he joined the Bolshevik Party. For his actions Shmidt was awarded the Cross of St. George in all four classes. In February 1916, he was made an officer. Shmidt was wounded three times and was a lieutenant and acting battalion commander at the end of the war. After the February Revolution, Shmidt spread Bolshevik propaganda among the soldiers of the Southwestern Front. He helped create and train Red Guard detachments. Shmidt led the Bolshevik faction in the committee of the 164th Infantry Division in the 12th Army Corps of the 7th Army. For revolutionary activity he was arrested and imprisoned in Mykolaiv until October 1917. During the October Revolution, he joined the navy and became commander of shock troops. However, the fleet virtually ceased to exist because of the armed forces' collapse. Russian Civil War Shmidt joined the Red Army in 1918. He fought in the Russian Civil War. Shmidt served as commandant in Pryluky from January, attempting to establish Soviet power there. At one point, he was captured by anti-Soviet Ukrainians and was sentenced to death. He was wounded instead of being killed and during the German-Austrian occupation of Ukraine led the Bolshevik underground. In the fall of 1918 Shmidt formed a partisan group in the Pryluky area. The group became the 7th Sudzhansky (later 5th Soviet) Regiment, which became part of the 37th Rifle Division. In February 1919 Shmidt became commander of the 2nd Brigade in the division. In March, he met Hungarian Communist Tibor Szamuely, who recommended that Shmidt lead an expedition to help the Hungarian Soviet Republic. However, the expedition was never made. In April

Erbil

Erbil or Hawler (; ; ), known in ancient history as Arbela and also spelled Arbil, Arbel and Irbil, is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region. It is located approximately in the center of Iraqi Kurdistan region and the north of Iraq. It has about 879,000 inhabitants, and Erbil Governorate has a permanent population of 2,009,367 . Human settlement at Erbil may be dated back to the 5th millennium BC, which would make the city one of the oldest continuously inhabited areas in the world. At the heart of the city is the ancient Citadel of Erbil. The earliest historical reference to the region dates to the Third Dynasty of Ur of Sumer, when King Shulgi mentioned the city of Urbilum. The city was later conquered by the Assyrians. Erbil became an integral part of the kingdom of Assyria by the 21st century BC through to the end of the seventh century BC, after it was captured by the Gutians, and it was known in Assyrian annals variously as Urbilim, Arbela and Arba-ilu. Subsequent to this, it was part of the geopolitical province of Assyria under several empires in turn, including the Median Empire, the Achaemenid Empire (Achaemenid Assyria), Macedonian Empire, Seleucid Empire, Armenian Empire, Parthian Empire, Roman Assyria and Sasanian Empire (Asōristān), as well as being the capital of the tributary state of Adiabene between the mid-second century BC and early second century AD. Following the Muslim conquest of Persia, it no longer remained a unitary region, and during the Middle Ages, the city came to be ruled by the Seljuk and Ottoman empires. Erbil's archaeological museum houses a large collection of pre-Islamic artefacts, particularly the art of Mesopotamia, and is a center for archaeological projects in the area. The city was designated as Arab Tourism Capital 2014 by the Arab Council of Tourism. In July 2014, the Citadel of Arbil was inscribed as a World Heritage site. The city has an ethnically diverse population of Kurds (the majority ethnic group), Assyrians, Turkmens, Arabs, Shabaks, Mandaeans and Armenians. It is equally religiously diverse, with believers of Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, Christianity, Yazidism, Yarsanism, Shabakism and Mandaeism extant in and around Erbil. Etymology The name Erbil was mentioned in Sumerian holy writings of third millennium BC as Urbilum, Urbelum or Urbillum, which appears to originate from Arbilum. Later, the Akkadians and Assyrians by a folk etymology rendered the name as arba'ū ilū to mean (four gods). The city became a centre for the worship of the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar. In classical times the city became known as Arbela (), from the Syriac form of the name. In Old Persian, the city was called Arbairā. Today, the modern Kurdish name of the city, Hewlêr, appears to be a corruption of the name Arbel by a series of metatheses of consonants. History Ancient history The region in which Erbil lies was largely under Sumerian domination from c. 3000 BC, until the rise of the Akkadian Empire (2335–2154 BC) which united all of the Akkadian Semites and Sumerians of Mesopotamia under

1918 in art

The year 1918 in art involved some significant events and new works. Events February – British War Memorials Committee formed to commission artworks to create a memorial to the World War I, including a (never-built) Hall of Remembrance. February 16 – Joan Miró's first solo exhibition opens at the Galeries Dalmau; his work is ridiculed and defaced. March – C. R. W. Nevinson has an exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in London. His war painting Paths of Glory, condemned by the British Army censor for its depiction of dead soldiers, is displayed by the artist with a brown paper strip across the bodies bearing the word "Censored" and subsequently replaced in the exhibition by a painting of a tank. May – Stanley Spencer, a serving British Army soldier, is appointed as an official war artist. A similar appointment is made this year for Australian soldier Frank R. Crozier. May 3 – William Orpen's exhibition War opens in London; the paintings are donated to the British government. He is knighted in June. May 11 – Paul Nash's exhibition The Void of War opens at the Leicester Galleries in London. June 18 – Pablo Picasso marries Olga Khoklova. June – Alfred Stieglitz begins nude photography of Georgia O'Keeffe. October 15 – Kunsthalle Bern opened. November 3 – The Robespierre Monument (Moscow), designed by Beatrice Yuryevna Sandomierz, is unveiled; it collapses four days later. November 7–December 14 – British painter Colin Gill, having previously served as a soldier on the Western Front, returns to France to work for the British War Memorials Committee. December 3 – The November Group (Novembergruppe) of expressionist artists is formed in Germany, and shortly afterwards merges with the Arbeitsrat für Kunst. Denver Art Museum opens its first galleries. Frans Masereel's wordless novel 25 Images of a Man's Passion is published. Works Anna Airy An Aircraft Assembly Shop, Hendon The 'L' Press: Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun, Armstrong-Whitworth Works, Openshaw A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London Shop for Machining 15-inch Shells: Singer Manufacturing Company, Clydebank, Glasgow Women Working in a Gas Retort House: South Metropolitan Gas Company, London George Bellows The Barricade Edith Cavell Victor David Brenner – Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain (Philadelphia) Charles Buchel – Radclyffe Hall George Clausen – In the Gun Factory at Woolwich Arsenal Charles Demuth – Turkish Bath with self-portrait Katherine Sophie Dreier – Abstract Portrait of Marcel Duchamp Eric Enstrom – Grace (photograph) Charles Buckles Falls – Books Wanted (poster) Roger Fry Nina Hamnett Self-portrait Georges Gardet – Eternal Youth (gilded sculpture on Manitoba Legislative Building) Mark Gertler – The Pool at Garsington J. W. Godward A Fond Farewell Sweet Sounds Duncan Grant – The White Jug (finished version) George Grosz – The Funeral Eric Kennington – Gassed and Wounded Ernst Ludwig Kirchner – Self-portrait as a Patient Paul Klee Flower Myth Warning of the Ships Boris Kustodiev The Merchant's Wife Sten'ka Razin Fernand Léger Bargeman In the Factory Wyndham Lewis – A Canadian Gun-Pit Flora Lion – Women's Canteen at Phoenix Works, Bradford John Hodgson Lobley Outside

One Heart Source

One Heart Source is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that believes in combatting conditions like poverty, disease, and illiteracy through education. The organization also runs an academic-intensive children’s home and education center outside of Arusha, Tanzania, which serves as a home and family for twenty children who have been abandoned or orphaned due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The site on which the home rests also doubles as an after-school tuition and sports center for the children of the surrounding areas. The organization also provides general community health education, with an emphasis on HIV prevention, to students and community members. The educational programs are run year-round by teams of Tanzanian, American, and British university students whom the organization recruits from universities around the world. Volunteers live in homestays with families in the village where they work, teach in local primary and secondary schools, and run community programs - ranging from literacy programs for adults to after-school soccer programs for children. Participants must fundraise in order to volunteer with the organization and undergo an intensive pre-field training process before the program. Legal Information One Heart Source is a registered non-profit organization in the United States and the state of California, and the charity is currently listed with the California State Attorney General's Office, registration number CT0144811. The California State Attorney General's Office shows that the organization is headed by CEO Hori Moroiaca. The organization is also a legally registered NGO in Tanzania. References External links One Heart Source web site ABC News article Category:International volunteer organizations

Nhacra

Nhacra is a town in the Oio Region of Guinea-Bissau. Category:Oio Region Category:Populated places in Guinea-Bissau Category:Sectors of Guinea-Bissau

School of Roman law at Berytus

School of Roman law at Berytus or The law school of Beirut (also known as the law school of Berytus and the Berytan school of Roman law) was a center for the study of Roman law located in Berytus (modern-day Beirut) during late antiquity. It flourished under the patronage of the Roman emperors and functioned as the Roman Empire's preeminent center of jurisprudence until its destruction in AD 551. The law schools of the Roman Empire established organized repositories of imperial constitutions and institutionalized the study and practice of jurisprudence to relieve the busy imperial courts. The archiving of imperial constitutions facilitated the task of jurists in referring to legal precedents. The origins of the law school of Beirut are obscure, but probably it was under Augustus in the first century. The earliest written mention of the school dates to 238–239 AD, when its reputation had already been established. The school attracted young, affluent Roman citizens, and its professors made major contributions to the Codex of Justinian. The school achieved such wide recognition throughout the Empire that Beirut was known as the "Mother of Laws". Beirut was one of the few schools allowed to continue teaching jurisprudence when Byzantine emperor Justinian I shut down other provincial law schools. The course of study at Beirut lasted for five years and consisted in the revision and analysis of classical legal texts and imperial constitutions, in addition to case discussions. Justinian took a personal interest in the teaching process, charging the bishop of Beirut, the governor of Phoenicia Maritima and the teachers with discipline maintenance in the school. The school's facilities were destroyed in the aftermath of a massive earthquake that hit the Phoenician coastline. It was moved to Sidon but did not survive the Arab conquest of 635 AD. Ancient texts attest that the school was next to the ancient Anastasis church, vestiges of which lie beneath the Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Beirut's historic center. Background As the guarantor of justice, the Roman emperor was expected to devote substantial amounts of time to judicial matters. He was the chief magistrate whose major prerogative (jus) was the ordering of all public affairs, for which he could demand assistance from anyone at any time. With legal appeals, petitions from subjects and judicial queries of magistrates and governors, the emperors were careful to consult with the jurists (iuris consulti), who were usually secretaries drafted from the equestrian order. From the reign of Augustus (27 BC–AD 14), jurists began compiling organized repositories of imperial edicts (constitutiones), and legal scholarship became an imperially sponsored function of administration. Every new judicial decision was founded on archived legal precedents and earlier deliberations. The edict repositories and the imperially sponsored legal scholarship gave rise to the earliest law school system of the Western world, aimed specifically at training professional jurists. History During the reign of Augustus, Beirut was established under the name Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus (and granted the status of Ius Italicum) as a colony for Battle of Actium veterans from the fifth Macedonian and the third Gallic

Capra Press

Capra Press is an independent publishing house that was founded in Santa Barbara, California, in 1969. The press relocated to San Francisco, California in 2011. History Noel Young (1922–2002), a former commercial printer, founded the press in 1969 with a volume of poetry, Journey, by Gordon Grant. Previous to the founding of Capra Press, Young had been producing volumes under the imprint of Noel Young Editions and Capricorn Press. Many of the Capra-published books from the 1970s through the 1980s were designed by Frank Allen Goad (1938–2019). Before his death in 2002 at the age of 79, Young published over three hundred titles with the Capra imprint, including books by such writers as Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller, Raymond Carver, Lawrence Durrell, and Ursula K. Le Guin. In the last years of operation, as Young's health failed, David Dahl took over editorial duties at Capra. The press was sold to antiquarian book dealer Robert Bason in 2001. In March 2011, Capra was purchased by Hilary Young Brodey (Noel Young's oldest daughter), her husband Phil Brodey, and their friends John and Diana Harrington. References External links Official website Lilly Library Manuscript Summary of Capra Volumes Category:Publishing companies of the United States Category:Companies based in Santa Barbara County, California Category:Companies based in San Francisco Category:Publishing companies established in 1969

Women's Ordination Conference

The Women's Ordination Conference is an organization in the United States that works to ordain women as deacons, priests, and bishops in the Roman Catholic Church. Founded in 1975, it primarily advocates for the ordination of women within the Catholic Church. The idea for the Conference came in 1974, when Mary B. Lynch asked the people on her Christmas list if it was time to publicly ask "Should Catholic women be priests?" 31 women and one man answered yes, and thus a task-force was formed and a national meeting was planned. This first meeting was held in Detroit, Michigan, on Thanksgiving weekend of 1975, with nearly 2,000 people in attendance. Leadership and views Kate McElwee is the Executive Director of the Women's Ordination Conference. WOC leaders frequently cite a conclusion of Catholic theologians from the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Commission that found no scriptural basis for the exclusion of women from the Catholic priesthood, saying Pope Francis could refer to that finding to allow females into the priesthood. WOC draws upon a range of scriptural, historical, theological, and political material to promote women's ordination. These positions include Jesus's inclusion of women as his partners in ministry, evidence for women's leadership in the early church, the theological stance that women are capable of imaging Christ on earth, the church's evolution throughout history, the authenticity of women's vocations, and the sociopolitical outcomes of women's equal leadership. History After its foundation in 1975, WOC first gained notoriety in 1979 during Pope John Paul II's first visit to the United States. Leaders of the group led a vigil the night before the pope's audience at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.. During the pope's talk at the venue, Mercy Sr. Theresa Kane, then the leader of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, asked the pope to permit women to serve in all ministries of the Catholic Church. The organization has also hosted several conferences after their inaugural event in 1975 in Detroit, with conferences in 1978 in Baltimore and 1995 in Washington, D.C. It has also hosted conferences in conjunction with Women's Ordination Worldwide in 2001 in Dublin, Ireland, and 2005 in Ottawa, Canada. Those two groups also hosted a conference in September 2015 in Philadelphia, just prior to Pope Francis' first visit to the United States. In October 2018, WOC organized a peaceful protest outside the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome to call for "Votes for Catholic Women" during the Fifteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on "Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment." The "Votes for Catholic Women" campaign gained both liberal and conservative support in arguing that female religious superiors should be allowed to vote alongside male religious superiors at the Synod. Members of WOC and other Catholic reform groups clashed with Italian police during the protest. Controversy Another organization dedicated to the ordination of women in the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Womenpriests, has incurred an automatic excommunication by decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Leaders of

Shenshi

Shenshi may refer to: Shaanxi province of PRC 绅士, the gentry class in imperial China

Dániel Lettrich

Dániel Lettrich (born 21 April 1983) is a Hungarian midfielder currently playing for Újbuda TC. He has previously played for Újpest FC and Dunakanyar-Vác FC. He has not made an appearance for Újbuda TC's first team yet. External links Players of Újpest SC Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Hungarian footballers Category:Újpest FC players Category:Vác FC players Category:Association football midfielders

Saxparty 3

Saxparty 3 is a 1976 Ingmar Nordströms studio album. In 1988, it was rereleased to CD. Track listing Sommarmorgon The Elephant Song Rock On Blue Hawaii A La Bonne Heure I Can't Stop Lovin' You Banana Boat Song (Day-O) How High the Moon Indian Summer (Africa) Livet är härligt att leva O Sole Mio Lite närhet Volare In the Mood Charts References Category:1976 albums Category:Ingmar Nordströms albums

2017 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship

The 2017 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship is the 13th Women's Motocross World Championship season. Livia Lancelot goes into the season as defending champion, after taking her second title in 2016. 2017 Calendar A 6-round calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 15 October 2016. Participants Riders Championship Manufacturers Championship References Womens Women's Motocross World Championship Motocross

August 1955

The following events occurred in August 1955: August 1, 1955 (Monday) Norway's Ministry of Pay and Prices is established, headed by Gunnar Bråthen. August 2, 1955 (Tuesday) Died: Wallace Stevens, 75, American poet August 3, 1955 (Wednesday) The English-language première of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, directed by Peter Hall, takes place at the Arts Theatre, London. August 4, 1955 (Thursday) The 1955 Mitropa Cup football competition is won by Vörös Lobogó, with ÚDA Praha as runners-up after the second leg of the final. While her act is being filmed for NBC variety series The Jimmy Durante Show, Carmen Miranda complains of feeling ill and out of breath, but finishes her performance. August 5, 1955 (Friday) Died: Carmen Miranda, 46, Portuguese Brazilian singer and actress (pre-eclampsia) August 6, 1955 (Saturday) The French Southern and Antarctic Territories are created, as an overseas territory of France. August 7, 1955 (Sunday) The French département of Bône is created out of the eastern extremity of the former département of Constantine in Algeria. August 8, 1955 (Monday) Composer Luigi Nono marries Arnold Schoenberg's daughter Nuria in Venice. Died: Grace Hartman, 48, American actress August 9, 1955 (Tuesday) The Canadian National Railway opens its part of Walkley Yard in Ottawa, Canada. Born: Maud Olofsson, Swedish politician, in Arnäsvall August 10, 1955 (Wednesday) The Division of Stirling is created in a Western Australia electoral redistribution. August 11, 1955 (Thursday) As a formation of nine United States Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars flies over Edelweiler, near Stuttgart, West Germany, on a training mission carrying troops, one of them, a C-119G, experiences engine trouble, loses altitude momentarily, pulls upward abruptly, and collides with another C-119G. Both aircraft crash, killing all 19 people aboard one and all 47 aboard the other. The combined death toll of 66 makes it the worst aviation accident in German history at the time and the deadliest ever involving any variant of the C-119. It will tie with the March 22 crash of a United States Navy R6D-1 Liftmaster in Hawaii and the October 6 crash of United Airlines Flight 409 in Wyoming as the deadliest air accident of 1955. Burhanuddin Harahap becomes Prime Minister of Indonesia. August 12, 1955 (Friday) Died: Thomas Mann, 80, German novelist, Nobel Prize laureate James B. Sumner, 67, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate August 13, 1955 (Saturday) Died Florence Easton, 72, English-born operatic soprano August 14, 1955 (Sunday) The US schooner Levin J. Marvel capsizes and sinks in Chesapeake Bay with the loss of twelve of the 24 people on board. It was lost during high waves in Hurricane Connie. August 15, 1955 (Monday) Rear Admiral Royce de Mel becomes the first native Commander of the Royal Ceylon Navy. He would later be implicated in the 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt. August 16, 1955 (Tuesday) A new world record glider speed of 67.304km/h over a triangular course of 200km is set by Edward Makula, the first of seven world records Makula would hold in the course of his career. August 17, 1955 (Wednesday) Died: Fernand Léger, 74, French painter

Doug Coombs

Doug Coombs (September 24, 1957 – April 3, 2006) was an American alpine skier and mountaineer who helped to pioneer the sport of extreme skiing, both in North America and worldwide. Biography Coombs was born in Boston and grew up in Bedford, Massachusetts, skiing in New Hampshire and Vermont. He attended Montana State University in Bozeman where he honed his skiing skills at nearby Bridger Bowl before becoming a fixture of the extreme skiing scene in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, helping to found Valdez Heli-Ski Guides (and the heliskiing industry) in Alaska in 1994, and twice winning the World Extreme Skiing Championship, in 1991 and 1993. Coombs married Emily Gladstone in 1992 and, in 1993, they founded Doug Coombs Steep Skiing Camps Worldwide in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In 1997, the Coombs moved the business to Europe, and the company continues to operate today in La Grave and Chamonix, in the French Alps. Doug and his wife Emily have a son, David. Doug's passion for skiing has been kept alive through the Doug Coombs Foundation. The Doug Coombs Foundation was established in 2013 to offer children from low-income families the guidance, support, and equipment required to participate in the amazing outdoor adventure experiences and sports activities that define the Jackson Community. Through these physical pursuits, it enables low-income children to reach their full potential and to become contributing members of society. Death While skiing with friends on April 3, 2006, Doug Coombs died from a severe fall at the Couloir de Polichinelle in La Grave, France. He was trying to rescue his friend Chad VanderHam, who had fallen himself. Both skiers fell approximately 1500 feet. Doug Coombs was found dead after the fall, and VanderHam later died from his injuries. Coombs was 48. A memorial for Coombs was held at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort on June 25, 2006. A run on the upper part of the mountain is named after him as well. Filmography While not an exhaustive list, Doug Coombs has been featured in a number of ski films, including: Groove: Requiem In the Key of Ski (1991, Greg Stump), competing in the Extreme Skiing Invitational at Blackcomb, in which he complains that the course, in the Saudan Couloir, is not extreme Aspen Extreme (1993), credited as stunt skier Teton Gravity Research's The Continuum (1996) Warren Miller's Cold Fusion (2001) Warren Miller's Storm (2002) Warren Miller's Journey (2003) Waiting Game (2005) Fantastic Four (2005), stunts Warren Miller's Off the Grid (2006) contains a tribute to Doug Coombs Steep (2007) The Edge of Never (2009) Swift. Silent. Deep. (2010), archive footage. External links Doug Coombs Foundation References Category:1957 births Category:2006 deaths Category:American male alpine skiers Category:Extreme skiers Category:Skiing deaths Category:Montana State University alumni Category:People from Bedford, Massachusetts Category:Sport deaths in France

Women's football in Zimbabwe

For more in depth, albeit general information see Football in Zimbabwe. Women's football in Zimbabwe is popular but women who play the game face stigmatisation. In 2012, the Zimbabwe Women’s Football Super League was created to improve the Zimbabwe women's national football team. Audience attendances were large for a debut season. However, the second season of the league did not follow until 2014, after a full year's break. The women's national team qualified for their first Olympic Games in 2016. See also Football in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe women's national football team References Category:Women's football in Zimbabwe

2014 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 2014. Events January 1 January – Jazz FM stops broadcasting on the national Digital One multiplex, but continues to be available on DAB in London, online and through satellite television. Its Digital One slot is temporarily taken over by the return of Birdsong Radio, with plans for a permanent replacement in February. 2 January – The morning's edition of BBC Radio 4's Today is guest edited by musician PJ Harvey, with items includes a Thought for the Day from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and a segment in which John Pilger criticises US President Barack Obama for not closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The content prompts Labour MP Tim Austin to brand it as the programme's worst ever edition. 3 January – Former Radio 1 and GEM-AM presenter Jenni Costello joins internet station Solid Gold Gem to present Ready, Steady 80s, a weekly programme dedicated to hits from the decade. 6 January – It had been reported on 30 December 2013 that Hot Radio would close at 18:00, but the station remains on air after the deadline had passed. 8 January – Smooth Radio announces that weekend breakfast presenter Daryl Denham has left the station with immediate effect. His shows will be taken over by Emma B on Saturdays and Eamonn Kelly on Sundays. 9 January – Blur drummer Dave Rowntree begins hosting a Thursday evening show for XFM. 10 January – Liverpool-based stations City Talk 105.9 and Radio City 96.7 both broadcast exclusive interviews with Prime Minister David Cameron. 10 January – Radio 1 announces a schedule change that will see weekend breakfast presenter Gemma Cairney and weekday early breakfast host Dev swap shows. 14 January – talkSPORT secures a deal with the Daily Mail to produce content featuring sports journalists and writers from the newspaper, including Jamie Redknapp, Martin Keown and Graham Poll. 16 January – BBC Radio Northampton Breakfast Show presenter Stuart Linnell receives hospital treatment after he is hit by a police car shortly before he is due to go on air. 19 January – Radio 1's YouTube channel attracts its one millionth subscriber. 20 January – Global Radio is found to be in breach of their license remit for Heart Cornwall after a listener complained to OfCom that there was not enough local news and speech to make it a fully local station. 24 January – Heart London presenters Jamie Theakston and Emma Bunton present their breakfast show from a listener's house in Buckinghamshire as part of a Sky promotion. 29 January – Classic FM presenter John Suchet opens The Classic FM Foundation Lecture Room at the headquarters of London-based music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins. 29 January – Free Radio announces that Pat Sharp will present a special edition of its Guess the Year show for a week in February, his first on air appearance since leaving Smooth Radio in December 2013. 31 January – BBC Radio 4 decides to "rest" the Archers spin-off Ambridge Extra, which has been on air since 2011. February 4 February –

Superfast!

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Carlton and Oulton Marshes

Carlton and Oulton Marshes is a 151 hectare nature reserve in Lowestoft in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Carlton Marshes is part of the Sprat's Water and Marshes, Carlton Colville Site of Special Scientific Interest, the Broadland Ramsar internationally important wetland site, the Broadland Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds, and The Broads Special Area of Conservation. Carlton and Oulton Marshes are separated by Oulton Dyke. Birds of prey include marsh harriers, barn owls and hobbies, and there are many wintering wildfowl and breeding waders. Semi-aquatic fen raft spiders were released on the site in 2012 to boost the low British population, and underwater insectiverous bladderworts trap water fleas. The Angles Way footpath passes through Carlton Marsh south of Oulton Dyke, and Oulton Marsh north of the Dyke is also accessible by footpaths. References Category:Suffolk Wildlife Trust Category:Suffolk Broads

NAPQI

NAPBQI (N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine) is a toxic byproduct produced during the xenobiotic metabolism of the analgesic paracetamol (acetaminophen). It is normally produced only in small amounts, and then almost immediately detoxified in the liver. However, under some conditions in which NAPQI is not effectively detoxified (usually in the case of paracetamol overdose), it causes severe damage to the liver. This becomes apparent 3–4 days after ingestion and may result in death from fulminant liver failure several days after the overdose. Metabolism In adults, the primary metabolic pathway for paracetamol is glucuronidation. This yields a relatively non-toxic metabolite, which is excreted into bile and passed out of the body. A small amount of the drug is metabolized via the cytochrome P-450 pathway (to be specific, CYP3A4 and CYP2E1) into NAPBQI, which is extremely toxic to liver tissue, as well as being a strong biochemical oxidizer. In an average adult, only a small amount (approximately 10% of a therapeutic paracetamol dose) of NAPQI is produced, which is inactivated by conjugation with glutathione (GSH). The amount of NAPQI produced differs in certain populations. The minimum dosage at which paracetamol causes toxicity usually is 7.5 to 10g in the average person. The lethal dose is usually between 10 g and 15 g. Concurrent alcohol intake lowers these thresholds significantly. Chronic alcoholics may be more susceptible to adverse effects due to reduced glutathione levels. Other populations may experience effects at lower or higher dosages depending on differences in P-450 enzyme activity and other factors which affect the amount of NAPQI produced. In general, however, the primary concern is accidental or intentional paracetamol overdose. When a toxic dose of paracetamol is ingested, the normal glucuronide pathway is saturated and large amounts of NAPQI are produced. Liver reserves of glutathione are depleted by conjugation with this excess NAPQI. The mechanism by which toxicity results is complex, but is believed to involve reaction between unconjugated NAPQI and critical proteins as well as increased susceptibility to oxidative stress caused by the depletion of glutathione. Poisoning The prognosis is good for paracetamol overdoses if treatment is initiated up to 8 hours after the drug has been taken. Most hospitals stock the antidote (acetylcysteine), which replenishes the liver's supply of glutathione, allowing the NAPQI to be metabolized safely. Without early administration of the antidote, fulminant liver failure follows, often in combination with kidney failure, and death generally occurs within several days. Mechanism and antidote NAPQI becomes toxic when GSH is depleted by an overdose of acetaminophen, Glutathione is an essential antidote to overdose. Glutathione conjugates to NAPQI and helps to detoxify it. In this capacity, it protects cellular protein thiol groups, which would otherwise become covalently modified; when all GSH has been spent, NAPQI begins to react with the cellular proteins, killing the cells in the process. The preferred treatment for an overdose of this painkiller is the administration of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (either via oral or IV administration)), which is processed by cells to L-cysteine and used in the de novo synthesis of GSH. See also paracetamol glucuronidation cytochrome P450 oxidase glutathione acetylcysteine methionine liver

Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau

Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau is a world music event held in the town of Dolgellau in Wales. The event was established in 1992 by Ywain Myfyr, Huw Dylan Owen, Esyllt Jones, Elfed ap Gomer and Alun Owen, and was held in the town's streets. From 2002 until 2008, Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau was held on the Marian Mawr, a large grassy area next to Afon Wnion. It was during this period that Sesiwn Fawr reached its peak audience figures with sell out crowds of approximately 5,000 attending each year. In 2007 and 2008, the festival was blighted by bad weather resulting in poor ticket sales, and as with a number of Welsh festivals, there was no Sesiwn Fawr in 2009. In 2011, however, Sesiwn Fawr returned to the festival calendar although on a smaller scale than the 2002–08 Sesiwn Fawr and far closer to its early 1990s roots.. The organisers decided to return to a primarily folky line-up which included Mynediad am Ddim, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Calan and Steve Eaves. The 2011 Sesiwn Fawr also included a twmpath dawns (a large communal folk dance) on the town's Eldon Square on the following Saturday. After receiving positive reviews, organisers decided to follow a similar format again for 2012. Since 2012, Sesiwn Fawr has returned to Eldon Square, the festival's spiritual home, introducing bands from Wales, Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and England. During the next few years, organisers explored other venues within the town making use of hidden away court yards, cellar bars and coffee shops, thus rebuilding a festival around Dolgellau's historical architecture. In the past, the line-up has included Super Furry Animals, Steve Earle, The Dubliners Iwcs a Doyle, Burning Spear, Bob Geldof, Saw Doctors, Bryn Fôn, Meic Stevens, Geraint Jarman a'r Cynghaneddwyr, Derwyddon Dr Gonzo, Grupo Fantasma, Paul Dooley, N'Faly Kouyate, Endaf Emlyn, Cerys Matthews and Goldie Lookin Chain. Welsh Event of the Year Award/ The Greatest Show in Wales The folk festival was winner in 2000 of the Wales Tourist Board's Welsh Event of the Year Award, sponsored by This Week the national tourism newspaper for Wales and rebranded The Greatest Show in Wales. The Award was made in the face of stiff competition from a South Wales golfing event, which was heavily tipped to win. The judges were unanimous, however, in considering Sesiwn Fawr to be a uniquely Welsh experience for visitors in June to this old Meirionnydd town; a celebration of Welsh culture at its best, and a prime example of how, via tourism, culture can drive economic growth in a community. The festival sat perfectly within the new strategy for arts and culture in Wales and was set to emerge onto a wider stage, strengthening rather than foregoing its sense of local identity as it progressed. References Category:Music festivals in Wales Category:Welsh-language music Category:Recurring events established in 1992 Category:Folk festivals in Wales Category:Summer events in Wales

Thorverton

Thorverton is a village in Devon, England, about a mile west of the River Exe and north of Exeter. It is almost centrally located between Exeter and the towns of Tiverton, Cullompton and Crediton, and contains the hamlets of Yellowford and Raddon. It has two churches and two public houses. The population is approximately 900, reducing to 674 at the 2011 Census. The Millennium Green provides walking alongside the stream which runs through the centre of the village. The Memorial Hall provides a centre for entertainment, with a monthly Saturday Market for local produce. A monthly local village magazine, Focus on Thorverton, is produced by volunteers. Thorverton is a major part of the Cadbury electoral ward. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 1,602. History Early history The name of Thorverton may be Scandinavian in origin and the village might have been named after its founder. Old records mention the parish as Toruerton in 1182. In 1340 the parish was called Thorferton. Other sources believe that the name is an ancient reference to a thorn-bush besides a river crossing. There was briefly a small settlement here during Roman times, perched on a hill overlooking a fording point across the River Exe (near to the current day bridge), a key crossing for the military garrisoned at Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum). There is no evidence however to suggest that there was a settlement here by the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, although Thorverton Mill was running at this time on the River Exe (and continued to do so until its closure in 1979). (Raddon, a hamlet W of Thorverton is mentioned in the Domesday book. "William holds RADDON (in Thorverton) from the abbott. Wulfmaer held it in TRE, and it paid geld for 1 virgate of land. There is land for 2 ploughs. There is 1 villan with half a plough and 1 slave and of meadow and of pasture. It is worth 5s") The very centre of the village is The Bury, which is likely to be the oldest part of the village. After the Anglo-Saxon conquest, Thorverton became a military plantation. The Bury today still forms a wide rectangle - a stockade from the natives based in nearby Cadbury. It could house all the cattle until the crisis passed. Over time, the space became more commonly used for cattle trading. The earliest such indication of a market comes from a charter for a fair in 1250 for 'Thormerton'. The Civil War During the Civil War, Thorverton, as the location of a major crossing, was often on the front line. In 1644 the Parliamentarians under the Earl of Essex were besieging Royalist Exeter. Some of the Roundhead troops marched into Thorverton, destroyed a large stock of oats, damaged possessions of the Church and took money from the parson and Mr Tuckfield at Raddon Court. Parson Travers and Mr Tuckfield were known loyalists and were therefore targeted for rough treatment. The Roundheads moved off into Cornwall and subsequent defeat, leaving Thorverton in Royalist control with a military presence. A line

Kapfenberg

Kapfenberg , with around 23,059 inhabitants, is the third largest city in Styria, Austria, near Bruck an der Mur. The town's landmark is Burg Oberkapfenberg. Its main employer is the steel manufacturer Böhler. The town has a swimming complex, a football stadium (Franz Fekete Stadium) used by the club Kapfenberger SV, and an ice rink. The Kapfenberg Bulls is a team in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest professional basketball league in Austria. In 1970, Kapfenberg hosted the European Team Chess Championship, which was won by the Soviet Union. Notable people In alphabetic order Melitta Breznik (born 1961), doctor and writer Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel (born 1942), politician (ÖVP) Erika Kloepfer (1913-2000), painter Ernst Kovacic (born 1943), violinist and conductor Peter Nehr (born 1952), US-American politician Peter Pilz (born 1954), politician (The Greens) Claus Raidl (born 1942), manager Brigitte Schwarz (born 1960), mayor of Kapfenberg 2005-2012 Albin Stranig (1908-1944), painter and sculptor Wulfing von Stubenberg (1259-1318), Catholic bishop Manfred Wegscheider (born 1949), politician (SPÖ) References External links Category:Cities and towns in Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District Category:Fischbach Alps

Palo Alto Unified School District

The Palo Alto Unified School District is a public school district located near Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. It consists of twelve primary schools, three middle schools, two high schools, and an adult school. History The district itself was founded on March 20, 1893, with the first school opening in September of that year. Enrollment grew until it reached a peak of 15,576 students in 1967. Afterwards, enrollment declined sharply, forcing the district to close many schools, including . The closing of Jordan Middle School was the reason for the renaming of Wilbur Junior High School as Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School in 1985. Enrollment was at its lowest in 1989 with only 7,452 students. Jordan Middle School was reopened when enrollment increased again. Barron Park Elementary School was added in 1998, and Terman Middle School was reopened in 2001. In 2013 the district had 12,268 students. Cluster suicide Palo Alto High Schools received national attention in 2009 after five of its students committed suicide over a span of nine months, mainly by walking in front of trains at a local crossing. As a result, steps have been taken to limit access to the tracks. Attempts have since been made to try to improve the emotional health of students attending the schools. , cluster suicide has remained a problem in the district's high schools. In February 2016, a team of suicide prevention specialists from Epidemiologic Assistance (Epi-Aids) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) paid a two-week visit to the area to determine risk factors. In July 2016, the Epi-Aids team released preliminary findings. High schools Gunn High School Henry M. Gunn High School is one of two public high schools in Palo Alto. The school is named after Henry M. Gunn (1898–1988), who served as the Palo Alto superintendent from 1950-1961. During his tenure he saw the district expand from 5,500 students to 14,000, adding 17 new schools, and is credited with the establishment of De Anza College and Foothill College, two local community colleges. In 1964, the Palo Alto Unified School District announced it would name its third high school after him. Its first class graduated in 1966. The mascot of the school is Timmy the Titan. The student newspaper is The Oracle, part of the High School National Ad Network. There is an internal student-run television news show called the Titan Broadcast Network. VTA's community bus routes 288, 288L and 288M stop in front of the school, only operating on school days when school starts and ends. Route 89 stops next to Gunn. Palo Alto High School Palo Alto Senior High School is among the oldest high schools in the region. Founded in 1898, its enrollment today is over 1700 students. "Paly", as the school is known locally, draws high-achieving and scholastically-minded students due to the demographics of its location in the heart of Silicon Valley and its proximity to Stanford University. In 2002 Newsweek ranked it among the top 200 public high schools, based on test scores. In 2007 U.S. News & World Report ranked

Plainfield, Indiana

Plainfield is a town in Guilford, Liberty, and Washington townships, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. The population was 27,631 at the 2010 census, and in 2018 the estimated population was 34,386. History In 1822 a tract of land which included the area now known as Plainfield was obtained by Jeremiah Hadley of Preble County, Ohio. Ten years later he sold it to his son, Elias Hadley. Levi Jessup and Elias Hadley laid out the town in 1839. Plainfield was incorporated as a town in 1839. The town got its name from the early Friends (Quakers) who settled around the area and established several meetinghouses throughout the county, including the important Western Yearly Meeting of Friends in Plainfield. The Friends were "plain" people, and thus the name "Plainfield". The high school continues to honor the Quakers, using the name for the school's mascot. Plainfield has long been associated with the National Road, U.S. Route 40, which goes through town as Main Street. One incident which brought Plainfield national attention occurred in 1842 when former President Martin Van Buren was spilled deliberately from his stagecoach into the thick mud of the highway. The practical joke came as a result of Van Buren's vetoing a bill from Congress to improve the highway, a move which angered Western settlers. When Van Buren came through Plainfield on a swing to shore up his popularity for the 1844 election, a group of perpetrators set up the incident. The elm tree whose roots caused the president's carriage to topple became known as the Van Buren Elm. An elementary school near this site is named Van Buren Elementary School. In the 1980s Plainfield became the headquarters of the Islamic Society of North America. The Hendricks County Bridge Number 316, Plainfield Historic District, and THI and E Interurban Depot-Substation are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Plainfield is located in southeastern Hendricks County at (39.697471, -86.384672). It is bordered to the east by Indianapolis in Marion County and to the north by Avon. Interstate 70 runs parallel to US-40 about to the south, with access from Exits 66 and 68A. According to the 2010 census, Plainfield has a total area of , of which (or 99.51%) is land and (or 0.49%) is water. Plainfield is located in the Central Till Plains region of the United States. There are few moderately sized hills, and a mix of deciduous forests and prairie covers much of the area within the town limits. White Lick Creek, a tributary of the White River, flows north to south through the western side of Plainfield. On the eastern side of town, Clark's Creek, a tributary of White Lick Creek, flows towards the south. U.S. Route 40, also known as the Historic National Road and the Cumberland Road, passes through the middle of Plainfield and is the main arterial route running east to west in the town. It leads northeast to downtown Indianapolis and southwest to Terre Haute. From north to south, State Road 267 connects Plainfield to the neighboring towns of Avon and Mooresville, and

Reading Artillerists

The Reading Artillerists was a militia organization founded in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania during the late 18th century. Mustering in for the first time during the presidential era of George Washington, members of this artillery unit went on to serve tours of duty in the War of 1812, Mexican–American War and, as members of the Union army of the United States, during the American Civil War, before disbanding. Having determined that Reading needed to improve its military readiness, civic leaders of the 1880s authorized the formation of a new artillery unit, and also chose to name it as "Reading Artillerists" in deference to the original unit's storied history. That militia unit then mustered in for the Spanish–American War, and continued its service during the early part of the 20th century. Founding of the organization Although the 1859 Reading Times article, A Condensed History of the Reading Artillerists, stated that this militia unit was founded "in the year 1799, for the purpose of quelling the celebrated Whiskey Rebellion," the exact founding date was half a decade earlier – March 23, 1794, according to Berks County historian Morton L. Montgomery. Known as the Reading Union Volunteers when mustered in for the Whiskey Rebellion, this militia unit quickly gained a reputation for skill and dependability, as evidenced by its having been accorded the honor, just seven months after its founding, of serving as the escort for U.S. President George Washington. Per Montgomery, during a visit by Washington to Reading, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1794, a parade was held in Washington's honor, "and the distinguished visitor reviewed the troops from the second story front window of the building over the doorway. The 'Reading Union Volunteers' participated in this military parade, and on the next day when President Washington continued his journey towards Carlisle, they accompanied him as an escort. While at Carlisle, they served as his body-guard. ... When they returned, the name of the Company was changed to 'Reading Washington Guards.'" The commanding officer of the unit at this time was 22-year-old Captain Daniel de Benneville Keim, a native of Reading. Mustering out after the rebellion's end, members of this unit continued to maintain their readiness as a functioning militia, and mustered in again formally as the Reading Washington Guards in 1799 in response to the "Fries' Insurrection," which erupted when Congress attempted to tax house windows. War of 1812 Just over a decade later, the Reading Washington Guards were called upon once again to defend the nation, this time during the War of 1812. During this phase of duty, the group changed its name yet again, this time becoming the Reading Washington Blues sometime in or before October 1814. Departing for Philadelphia by boat on the Schuylkill River on September 16, 1814, the unit helped defend the city from threatened invasions by British troops. When those threats lessened, the 74 militiamen from Reading were ordered to Camp Dupont near Wilmington, Delaware, where "they became a part of the 'Advance Light Brigade,' in the First Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, which was under the command

Vicki L. Ruiz

Vicki Lynn Ruiz (born May 21, 1955) is an American historian who has written or edited 14 books and published over 60 essays. Her work focuses on Mexican-American women in the twentieth century. She is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. Personal life Ruiz was born on May 21, 1955 to Erminia Pablita Ruiz Mercer and Robert Mercer in Atlanta, Georgia. She grew up in Florida where she attended public schools that were still in the process of desegregating. Because her father owned a small sport fishing business, her early years were spent moving up and down the coast, following seasonal work, and attending two or more schools a year. It was in the eighth grade that the family settled down in Florida (due to the insistence of her mother). Throughout her childhood she was strongly influenced by stories and histories told to her by her mother and by her grandmother, Maria de la Nieves Moya. As an adult, Ruiz has lived and worked in Texas, California, and Arizona, and currently lives in California again. She was married to Jerry Ruiz from 1979 to 1990, and they have two sons, Miguel and Daniel. In 1992, Ruiz married Victor Becerra. Education Ruiz is a first-generation college student. She attended Gulf Coast Community College and went on to earn her undergraduate degree from Florida State University. It was there that she studied with sociologist Leanor Boulin Johnson, who introduced her to scholarship in Chicano studies. It was also at Florida State University that she met Dr. Jean Gould Bryant, who encouraged her to apply to graduate school. Ruiz graduated Florida State in 1977, then went on to graduate studies at Stanford University where she worked with professors Albert Camarillo and Estelle Freedman. Camarillo introduced Ruiz to the study of women's cannery unions in California and the labor activism of Luisa Moreno, an important role model for Ruiz. She completed her PhD in history from Stanford University in 1982. Career Ruiz's first book was about Mexican-American female cannery workers in California from 1939–1950. Her research emphasized the importance of kinship networks for securing employment, providing support against racism, and generating political and labor activism. Her later work expanded to include more general history of Mexican-American women in the twentieth century. A prolific historian, Ruiz is author of two widely read monographs and over 60 historical essays and articles. She recently worked as a professor of history and Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Irvine, and was named a scholar-in-residence at Los Angeles' Occidental College for the 2018–2019 academic year. Ruiz has served as President of the American Historical Association (AHA), the American Studies Association (ASA), the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, the Organization of American Historians (OAH), and the Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA. In 2015 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. That same year she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama. The National Humanities Medal "honors an individual or organization whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the human experience, broadened

Stanyslav Kashtanov

Stanyslav Kashtanov (born 31 July 1984 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian (until 2014) and Russian (since 2015) boxer. Career He captured the interim WBA (2012—2013) super middleweight belt on November 10, 2012, in Donetsk, Ukraine, against Server Yemurlayev of Ukraine by twelve-round unanimous decision. Champion of Russia among professionals in the light heavyweight (2015). See also List of current world boxing champions References External links |- Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Ukrainian male boxers Category:Sportspeople from Donetsk Category:Russian male boxers Category:Super-middleweight boxers Category:Naturalised citizens of Russia Category:Ukrainian emigrants to Russia

Confessin' My Love

"Confessin' My Love" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Shawn Camp. It was released in November 1993 as the second single from the album Shawn Camp. The song reached #39 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Camp and John Scott Sherrill. Mark Chesnutt covered the song on his 2000 album Lost in the Feeling. Chart performance References Category:1993 singles Category:1993 songs Category:Shawn Camp (musician) songs Category:Songs written by Shawn Camp (musician) Category:Songs written by John Scott Sherrill Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer) Category:Reprise Records singles Category:Mark Chesnutt songs

Fox Terror

Fox Terror is a 1957 Merrie Melodies animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn, Barnyard Dawg, and the fox. The title is a play on the dog breed name "Fox Terrier." By the time of this cartoon's release, the Stephen Foster song "Camptown Races" has been established as Foghorn Leghorn's theme; in other cartoons Foghorn normally hums the verse, but in this cartoon he sings specially-written lyrics about fishing. The cartoon also briefly paid homage to the then-wildly popular genre of television quiz shows, particularly The $64,000 Question which, like many other quiz shows of the day, would soon become embroiled in scandal and be taken off the air a year later. Plot A fox scampers away from the henhouse when a young rooster rings the alarm bell. Barnyard Dawg arrives, but sees no fox, so he thinks the rooster just rang the bell because he wanted a drink of water. When he sees Foghorn Leghorn leave to go fishing, the fox disguises himself and suggests that he go hunting instead, and bring the dog with him. Foggy likes this idea, so he grabs a shotgun and ties a rope around Dawg's neck and drags him away. The fox heads for the henhouse, but the young rooster rings the alarm again. Dawg runs back, dragging Foghorn behind him, but again the fox scampers away. Dawg only sees the rooster ringing the bell and assumes he's just thirsty again. The fox then pretends to be a quiz show host, pushing Foghorn into an isolation booth and asking him the "$64 Million Question", "What poem mentions the colors red and blue?"; the fox instructs Foghorn to push a buzzer in the booth when he comes to 'red' and press it again when he comes to 'blue'. Foghorn guesses "Roses are red..", pushing the buzzer once, detonating one of two firecrackers in Dawg's mouth (causing him to lose three of his teeth), but Dawg, walking off-camera, grabs the buzzer and guesses the other half of the question, "..and violets are blue!", pressing the buzzer the second time, setting off the other firecracker that he stuffed in Foghorn's mouth. Meanwhile, the fox returns to the henhouse. The young rooster again pulls the alarm and the fox flees before Dawg arrives. Again seeing no fox, Dawg dumps a whole bucket of water on the little rooster. The fox unpacks a "Magic Folding Box" and lures Dawg into it with a bone. When the dog is inside, the fox folds the box into a tiny package, then disguises himself as a swami and sells it as a "lucky charm" to Foghorn, who is on his way to go fishing again. Foghorn throws it over his shoulder for luck and it lands in the well. Dawg emerges battered and bruised and he folds Foghorn into a tiny package and throws him into the well. Luckily, Dawg and Foghorn realize the fox has been tricking them both with disguises and ruses, and the two decide to join forces and give the fox a taste of his own medicine. See also List of

Carlos Rodiles

Carlos Jose Rodiles (born 3 May 1975) is a Spanish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. Early life Rodiles was born in Málaga, Spain. Nowadays he lives in Marbella, Spain. College career He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition in 1996 and 1997. As a Gators golfer, Rodiles was a member of the team that was the Southeastern Conference (SEC) runner-up and finished sixth in the NCAA tournament in 1996. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in finance in 1998. Professional career Rodiles turning professional in 1997. He first qualified for the European Tour at the 1998 qualifying school. He finished 160th on the Order of Merit in his rookie season, and dropped down to the second tier Challenge Tour for the following season. He regained his European Tour card by finishing third on the Challenge Tour Rankings in 2000, when he had three runner-up finishes. He managed to maintain his playing status on the elite tour until the end of 2005 through his position on the Order of Merit. He relied on invitations in 2006, before regaining his card when he returned to, and was medalist at the European Tour Qualifying School final stage in 2006. However having dropped outside the top 120 on the money list again in 2008, and having failed to come though final qualifying, Rodiles was again playing on the Challenge Tour in 2009. Rodiles' best year to date has been 2003, when he ended the season in 24th place on the European Tour Order of Merit after losing out in a playoff to Fredrik Jacobson at the season ending Volvo Masters Andalucia. Amateur wins 1994 Tournament of the Americas Playoff record European Tour playoff record (0–1) Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2) Results in major championships Note: Rodiles only played in The Open Championship. CUT = missed the half-way cut See also 2006 European Tour Qualifying School graduates 2009 Challenge Tour graduates List of University of Florida alumni References External links Category:Spanish male golfers Category:Florida Gators men's golfers Category:European Tour golfers Category:Sportspeople from Málaga Category:1973 births Category:Living people

A Place to Call Home (TV series)

A Place to Call Home is an Australian television drama series created by Bevan Lee for the Seven Network. It premiered on 28 April 2013. Set in rural New South Wales in the period following the Second World War, it follows Sarah Adams (Marta Dusseldorp), who has returned to Australia after twenty years abroad to start a new life and ends up clashing with wealthy matriarch Elizabeth Bligh (Noni Hazlehurst). The main cast also consists of Brett Climo (George Bligh), Craig Hall (Dr. Jack Duncan), David Berry (James Bligh), Abby Earl (Anna Poletti), Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (Olivia Bligh), Aldo Mignone (Gino Poletti), Sara Wiseman (Carolyn Bligh), Jenni Baird (as Regina Standish), Tim Draxl (Henry Fox), Dominic Allburn (Harry Polson), and Frankie J. Holden (Roy Briggs). It has been described as a "compelling melodrama about love and loss set against the social change of the 1950s". The show ended after six seasons in 2018. Cast and characters Main current cast Marta Dusseldorp as Sarah Adams, who despite a strictly religious Catholic upbringing, had moved to Paris to be with the man she loved and to adopt his Jewish faith. A new life awaits her, however, when she comes to work for the local hospital near the Bligh family, whom she met while serving as a nurse on the ship taking them all back to Australia from Europe. Later, she is astonished to hear a report that her husband is still alive following World War II, and her life again spins into troubled times. Noni Hazlehurst as Elizabeth Bligh, the headstrong and stubborn matriarch of the Bligh family. She is at first rude and cruel to Sarah, but she grudgingly mellows over time. Later in the series, she leaves for Sydney to live with her daughter Carolyn, and to become a better person. Brett Climo as Elizabeth's son, George Bligh, a good-hearted man who takes Sarah under his protection and gradually falls in love with her. He is Elaine's widower; at the beginning of the series, he appears to be father to James and Anna; eventually it emerges that Anna is actually a secret child of his sister Carolyn and their friend Jack, taken in by George and Elaine to spare Carolyn any scandal. His worst flaw may be his trust in people who seek to take advantage of him. Craig Hall as Jack Duncan, the secret past lover of Carolyn, who now faces many challenges in his work as a doctor in a hospital run by the Bligh family. He is a genuine person despite his personal problems and would do anything to help others. David Berry as James Bligh (regular: seasons 1–4, 6; recurring: season 5), the only son of George and Elaine, who grows up unaware of his "sister" Anna's true background. He marries Olivia, but is tormented by the realisation that he is gay, and tries to commit suicide. He later feels betrayed when his wife has an affair, but returns to Ash Park to live for his young son. Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood as Olivia Bligh, James' wife, a newlywed from England

Modia (gens)

The gens Modia was a minor family at Ancient Rome, known from a small number of individuals. Praenomina The Modii are known to have used the praenomina Quintus, Septimus, Marcus, Gaius, and Lucius, all of which were very common, except for Septimus, which was quite unusual. The first Modius to appear in history was a duumvir of Luceria in Apulia at the end of the Pyrrhic War; the gens might therefore come from this city. Members Gaius Modius Cr. f., duumvir of Luceria circa 275 BC; he minted bronze coins during his magistracy. Septimus Modius, known from an inscription. Quintus Modius Equiculus, mentioned by Varro. Marcus Modius, mentioned by Cicero. Gaius Modius Justus, propraetor of Numidia in an uncertain year. Quintus Modius, described as the brother of Gaius Vibius Postumus, probably the same who was proconsul of Asia during the reign of Nero. Modia, a Roman matron mentioned by Juvenal. Modius Terventinus, praefectus vehiculorum in AD 214. Modius Julius, governor of Britannia Inferior in AD 219. Gaius Modius Taurus, a Roman aristocrat, mentioned in an inscription of uncertain date. See also List of Roman gentes Footnotes References Bibliography Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum Rusticarum (Rural Matters). Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Verrem. Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Satirae (Satires). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849). August Pauly, Georg Wissowa, et alii, Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart (1894–1980). George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897). Paul von Rohden, Elimar Klebs, & Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated PIR), Berlin (1898). Oliver D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1], Lancaster/London, Classical Numismatic Group, 2018. Category:Roman gentes

4-bit computing

A group of four bits is also called a nibble and has 24 = 16 possible values. Some of the first microprocessors had a 4-bit word length and were developed around 1970. The first commercial microprocessor was the binary-coded decimal (BCD-based) Intel 4004, developed for calculator applications in 1971; it had a 4-bit word length, but had 8-bit instructions and 12-bit addresses. It was succeeded by the Intel 4040. The Texas Instruments TMS 1000 (1974) was a 4-bit CPU; it had a Harvard architecture, with an on-chip instruction ROM, 8-bit-wide instructions and an on-chip data RAM with 4-bit words. The 4-bit processors were programmed in assembly language or Forth, e.g. "MARC4 Family of 4 bit Forth CPU" because of the extreme size constraint on programs and because common programming languages (for microcontrollers, 8-bit and larger), such as the C programming language, do not support 4-bit data types (C requires that the size of the char data type be at least 8 bits, and that all data types other than bitfields have a size that is a multiple of the character size). While larger than 4-bit values can be used by combining more than one manually, the language has to support the smaller values used in the combining. If not, assembly is the only option. The 1970s saw the emergence of 4-bit software applications for mass markets like pocket calculators. During the 1980s 4-bit microprocessor were used in handheld electronic games to keep costs low. In the 1970s and 1980s, a number of research and commercial computers used bit slicing, in which the CPU's arithmetic logic unit (ALU) was built from multiple 4-bit-wide sections, each section including a chip such as an Am2901 or 74181 chip. The Zilog Z80, although it is an 8-bit microprocessor, has a 4-bit ALU. Although the Data General Nova is a series of 16-bit minicomputers, the original Nova and the Nova 1200 internally processed numbers 4 bits at a time with a 4-bit ALU, sometimes called "nybble-serial". The HP Saturn processors, used in many Hewlett-Packard calculators between 1984 and 2003 (including the HP 48 series of scientific calculators) are "4-bit" (or hybrid 64-/4-bit) machines; as the Intel 4004 did, they string multiple 4-bit words together, e.g. to form a 20-bit memory address, and most of the registers are 64 bits wide, storing 16 4-bit digits. In addition, some early calculators — such as the 1967 Casio AL-1000, the 1972 Sinclair Executive, and the aforementioned 1984 HP Saturn — had 4-bit datapaths that accessed their registers 4 bits (one BCD digit) at a time. Modern uses While 32- and 64-bit processors are more prominent in modern consumer electronics, 4-bit CPUs continue to be used (usually as part of a microcontroller) in cost-sensitive applications that require minimal computing power. For example, one bicycle computer specifies that it uses a "4-bit 1-chip microcomputer". Other typical uses include coffee makers, infrared remote controls, and security alarms. Use of 4-bit processors has declined relative to 8-bit or even 32-bit processors, as they are hard to find cheaper in general computer suppliers' stores. The

Alex Braz da Silva

Alex Braz da Silva (born 14 September 1984) is a former Brazilian professional football player who played as a defender. Career Alex Braz ended his career playing in the Romanian top division Liga I for Universitatea Cluj. References External links Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian footballers Category:FC Universitatea Cluj players Category:Liga I players Category:FC Akhmat Grozny players Category:Association football defenders Category:Expatriate footballers in Russia Category:Expatriate footballers in Romania Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Romania

Nepal Youth Foundation

Freeing 12,000 girls from indentured servitude has been a major accomplishment of the Nepal Youth Foundation (NYF) a U.S.-based nonprofit organization. The mission of NYF is to provide children in Nepal with education, housing, medical care, and support. NYF was founded in 1990 by Olga Murray after she retired from a career as an attorney for the California Supreme Court. First called the Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation (NYOF), the name was later changed to the current one. In 2012, Som Paneru, who joined NYF in 1993 as a program assistant, was elected president of the organization. Olga Murray is Honorary Board President and Founder. NYF rescues and supports children in Nepal through a range of programs. The Nepal Youth Foundation's partners are private foundations and individuals around the world and non-governmental organizations in Nepal. The Nepal Youth Foundation also partners with UniversalGiving, an online nonprofit organization to raise fund for its projects. NYF has earned its eighth consecutive 4-star rating, the highest possible, from Charity Navigator for its efficient use of donations. Fewer than 1% of charities earn eight consecutive 4-star ratings. In addition, NYF has earned five stars and a spot on the "2014 Top-Rated" list at GreatNonprofits.org, the leading online consumer review site for charity organizations. Flood relief Severe floods hit Nepal mid-August, 2014, leaving hundreds of families without shelter and basic necessities. NYF and its supporters raised over $32,000 and by August 31, NYF’s distribution of flood relief supplies had reached 831 families in the Bardiya and Banke districts. Of these, 137 are the families of former Kamlari girls, and 76 of them became completely homeless. NYF was the first humanitarian organization to reach out to these villages and distribute a complete set of relief materials. The team was led by Man Bahadur Chhetri, Regional Manager of NYF’s Empowering Freed Kamlaris program. The distribution was organized in coordination with the Red Cross and the local government, which provided security to ensure the process was safe and fair. In addition to the relief support, NYF has designated $29,000 to rebuild two schools destroyed by the flood, one in Dang District and another in Bardiya District. This project is in coordination with District Education Office of the government and local people. Liberating girls from indentured servitude On June 27, 2013 the government of Nepal declared the abolition of the Kamlari system, a major development in NYF's 13-year campaign to end child slavery. This means the government is finally committed to enforcing existing laws that have long been ignored, a move prompted by the growing power of the freed Kamlari girls and a shift in the attitudes of people throughout Nepal. In parts of Western Nepal, many indigenous families subsist as farm laborers. Unable to make ends meet, thousands of them have been forced to sell their daughters to work in faraway cities as bonded servants. An ABC News report states that many of the girls, who are as young as six, never return home, while others are abused or forced into prostitution. Very few of the girls ever attend school. The

Moses Horowitz

Moses Ha-Levi Horowitz (February 27, 1844 – March 4, 1910), also known as Moishe Hurvitz, Moishe Isaac Halevy-Hurvitz, etc., was a playwright and actor in the early years of Yiddish theater. Jacob Adler describes him as an "authorit[y] on dramaturgy", but also remarks that before being part of the Yiddish theater in London in the mid-1880s he had "wandered in different lands, involved himself in various undertakings, and then moved on often leaving, it is said not altogether pleasant memories behind him." He was one of the few figures in the early years of Yiddish theater who did not participate in the boom years in Imperial Russia (1879–1883). Famous for the speed with which he turned out his plays (usually in no more than three days), he would sometimes start actors rehearsing the first two acts of a play while he wrote the third backstage. Life Horowitz was born in Stanislau, eastern Galicia (then a province of Austria-Hungary, now in Ukraine). He received the usual Jewish education, and also studied German. At age eighteen, he became a Hebrew teacher in Iaşi, Romania, before moving to Bucharest, where he became director of a Jewish school, a position from which he was dismissed, after which he converted from Judaism to Christianity and became a missionary. He later claimed to have served as professor of geography at the University of Bucharest. In Romania in 1877, he converted back to Judaism and, having been turned down as a playwright by Goldfaden, who wrote all of his own company's plays, Horowitz (along with Joseph Lateiner) began to write plays for Israel Grodner and Sigmund Mogulesko after they left Goldfaden's troupe. A favorite of Bucharest intellectuals, he was at that time known for historical dramas, sometimes with improvised monologues (especially for his own roles); he was initially seen as a more serious playwright than Goldfaden, who at this time was writing vaudevilles, light operetta, and the occasional melodrama. Goldfaden's work would soon take a more serious turn, while Horowitz eventually became "a 'specialist' in the 'shund' (lowbrow) genre.". Horowitz soon put together a troupe of his own, including actor Abba Schoengold, with which he toured eastern Romania. He went to New York City either in 1884 or at the end of 1886, taking with him a company of his own. At the Roumanian Opera House, he presented Tisa Eslar, oder, Di Farshverung, a play he had already written in Romania about the 1882 blood libel trial in the Hungarian town of Tiszaeszlar; he also produced a sequel, Der Protses in Tisa Eslar ("The trial in Tiszaeszlar"). One of these plays was still being produced as late as 1913, in Iaşi. He wrote no less than 169 plays, Das Polishe Yingel being his first dramatic production. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, among his more successful plays are: Schlome Chochom, Kuzri, Chochmath Noshim, Ben Hador, and Jizius Mizrujym. Israil Bercovici also singles out his Sabbatai Zvi and Tragedy of Tisza-Eszlar, both from 1884. Most of Horowitz's plays were historical, but he also wrote "zeit piessen" on topical subjects, such as

Ee Rojullo

Ee Rojullo () is a 2012 Telugu romantic comedy film directed by debutant director Maruthi, starring debutants Srinivas, Reshma and Saikumar Pampana. The film was made on a low budget by a group of producers jointly credited as "Good Friends". The music was scored by J.B. and J. Prabhakar Reddy handled the cinematography using Canon 5D cameras while S.B. Uddhav handled the movie's editing. The movie's trailers and posters featured interesting quotes regarding love stories these days. The song "Ring Tring" also gained popularity as it featured dancers wearing the masks of leading Tollywood actors like Jr NTR, Ram Pothineni, Ram Charan Tej, Allu Arjun, Pawan Kalyan, and Mahesh Babu. The movie was one of the most successful Tollywood films in 2012. The film was remade in Kannada as Preethi Prema and released on 17 February 2017. Plot This story talks about lacking of moral and ethical values in a relationship these days and tries to find a true love in these days. Sri ( Srinivas ) is a guy who is madly in love with a girl named Rajini. He even gives her Rs 3 lakhs to help her out but as fate turns out, Rajini does not really love Sri. She escapes with the money along with another guy. This leaves Sri heartbroken. He decides never to fall in love again and he starts looking at women in a negative way. In another track, Shreya (Reshma) is friendly with a guy called Kishore. Kishore misunderstands Shreya's friendship for love and he starts developing feelings for her. He starts acting possessively and begins hounding Shreya in the name of love. A disgusted Shreya decides never to be on friendly terms with any guy. As you might have guessed by now, the lives of Sri and Shreya converge and they start off by quarreling with each other. Sri is forced to lie to his landlords that he is married as the apartment is not available for Bachelors. Once Shreya comes to know that Sri is married, she softens her stand and starts becoming friendly with Sri. Later some critical circumstances they both understands that all boys and girls are not bad and Sri starts protecting Shreya from Kishore. But Shreya's parents were not happy with their friendship they warns shreya twice to make distance with Sri. Just when their mutual admiration begins to develop,Rajini comes back as his wife which leads Sri into defence. After knowing Rajini is back Shreya leaves US for her Masters with a broken heart. Later Sri follows Rajini along with his friend Sai to an unofficial hukka bar. There he finds out that the guy who eloped with Rajini cheated her and ran away with her money. Currently her position in full of debts. Then Sri transfers debt amount to Rajini with a good heart and warns her to not play with others feelings. Then suddenly it was interrupted by Kishore and he reveals his intention to meet Sri. Then he turns out to be a fraud. He hatches a plan to have sex with Shreya so

Jaroměř

Jaroměř (; ) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It is located 15 kilometers northeast of the region's capital Hradec Králové. The town lies at the confluence of three rivers, the Úpa, the Metuje and the Elbe. The town has around 12,500 inhabitants. The town includes the Fortress Josefov, a separate entity until 1948. History The historic old town has been inhabited for more than a thousand years. Early in the 11th century a Prince of the Přemyslid dynasty built a fortress and named it Jaroměř. The village was elevated to the status of royal town under King Otakar I of Bohemia. Over 1780 to 1787, the Emperor Joseph II built on the left bank of the Elbe and Metuje rivers, the imperial fortress Ples. Later this conurbation took the name of Josefstadt (Joseph town or Josefov in Czech). In 1948 the fortress town was incorporated into Jaroměř. The historic old town with distinct arcades and a Marian column designed by Matthias Braun was constructed over 1723 to 1727. There was only ever a small German-speaking minority and in 1938 the town eluded being incorporated into the Sudetenland. The following year to 1945 it was part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The famous painter Josef Šíma was born here in 1891. Culture Each summer, the city (or specifically the nearby Fortress Josefov) hosts Brutal Assault, the biggest Central European extreme metal music festival. Over 10,000 metalheads from all over Europe flood the city streets for three days each year. Nature Next to the Fortress Josefov along River Metuje is Josefov Meadows Bird Reserve owned by the Czech Society for Ornithology and freely accessible to the public. It is home to many rare and endangered species of birds and amphibians thanks to its returning wetlands ecosystem. Twin towns — sister cities Jaroměř is twinned with: Warrington, England, United Kingdom Ziębice, Poland References External links Municipal website Railway Museum Jaroměř "Клуб друзей Яромержи" - "Klub přátel Jaroměři" - "Klub Jaroměřfreunden" - "Club of jaromerfriends" Category:Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Category:Populated places in Náchod District

Operation Jefferson Glenn

Operation Jefferson Glenn ran from 5 September 1970 to 8 October 1971 and was the last major operation in which U.S. ground forces participated during the Vietnam War and the final major offensive in which the 101st Airborne Division fought. This was a joint military operation combining forces of the 101st Airborne and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 1st Infantry Division. Background The purpose of this operation was to shield critical installations in Huế and Da Nang by patrolling rocket belts along the edge of the mountains. During the 399 days of operations the Allied troops established multiple firebases throughout Thừa Thiên Province and regularly encountered People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) troops. Operation 1970 On 7 September Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment gunships killed 6 PAVN. On 15 September a bomb damage assessment mission by Troop B found 5 PAVN trucks destroyed. On 18 September 1970 Troop A, 2/17th inserted the ARVN 1st Division's Hac Bao Reconnaissance Company resulting in 1 PAVN killed and 1 AK-47 captured and a further 5 PAVN observed killed from previous helicopter attacks. On the same day Troop C gunships destroyed 1 PAVN truck in the A Sầu Valley and follow-up airstrikes destroyed another truck, a .51 calibre machine gun and several bunkers. On 21 September Troop C gunships killed 4 PAVN. From 24–6 September Troop A gunships killed 3 PAVN and US airstrikes killed a further 5. On 28–9 September Troop C gunships killed 2 PAVN. On 5 October the Troop A, 2/17th aero-rifle platoon was landed to recover two PAVN packs, they engaged and killed 2 PAVN and a mortar position was destroyed by artillery fire killing a further 3 PAVN. On 24 October Troop A, 2/17th found and destroyed 50 boxes of 122mm rocket warheads. On 11 December the Troop C, 2/17th aero-rifle platoon was inserted at A Lưới Camp to destroy bridges on Route 548. On 16 December a Troop C LOH was shot down by .51 cal fire. On 19 December a Troop C FLIR team killed 10 PAVN. 1971 On 6 January while searching for a downed Troop C AH-1G, Troop B found an AH-1G lost since 1969 near Firebase Veghel and the crew remains were recovered. From 11–25 January Troop A, 2/17th killed 7 PAVN. On 14 January a Troop B LOH was shot down. On 16 January another Troop B LOH was shot down by .51 cal fire. Troop C killed 3 PAVN near Firebase Currahee. On 10 February a Troop B LOH was shot down by 0.51 cal fire in the A Sầu Valley with the 2-man crew missing. On 11–4 February Troop B gunships destroyed 1 truck and a bulldozer in the A Sầu Valley. On 18 February the Troop B aero-rifle platoon was inserted to recover the bodies of US Marine helicopter crewmen. Throughout February and into April 2/17th supported Operation Lam Son 719. On 1 April Troop B's aero-rifle platoon was inserted to recover a downed AH-1G at Firebase Veghel. On 6 April a Troop B

Přibice

Přibice (, formerly also called Priebitz) is a village and municipality (obec) in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 1,007 (as at 3 July 2006). Přibice lies on the Jihlava river, approximately south of Brno and south-east of Prague. References Czech Statistical Office: Municipalities of Brno-Country District Category:Villages in Brno-Country District

P. V. Rajamannar

Pakala Venkataramana Rao Rajamannar (1901–1979) was an Indian judge and politician who served as the acting Governor of Madras State from 1957 to 1958. P.V. Rajamannar was the first Indian to become Chief Justice of Madras High Court after independence from 1948 to 1961. He was also the first Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi in New Delhi. Early life P. V. Rajamannar was born to Dewan Bahadur P. Venkataramana Rao, an eminent lawyer who was a Madras High Court Judge and later Chief Justice of Mysore High Court. He completed his schooling at Pachaiyappa's High School, Madras and did his graduation in the Presidency College, securing First Class in English and Philosophy in B.A in 1921. In B.L he won the Jurisprudence prize in 1923. Career in law In 1924, Rajamannar started his law practice joining his father's chambers. In 1944 P.V. Rajamannar was appointed Advocate-General in succession to Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar. His appointment also made Rajamannar one of the youngest Advocate-General at 43 years of age. He also appeared as the Public Prosecutor in one of the most sensational murder cases in South India, Lakshmikanthan murder case involving two popular actors and a Journalist with criminal history. Chief Justice Later in 1945, P. V. Rajamannar was appointed as Judge of Madras High Court and in 1948 Rajamannar became the first Indian to be elevated as Chief Justice of Madras High Court. He retired in 1961 and continued his active services for government by heading various committees . Other services Finance Commission During the years 1966-1969 P. V. Rajamannar was also the Chairman of The Fourth Finance Commission of India. In addition Rajamannar was also the Chairman for the Fourth Law Commission and the Banking Laws Committee. Educational Boards P.V. Rajamannar was also the Chairman of Board of Studies of Law and Chaired the Board of Studies in Telugu at Sri Venkateswara University and Theater Art Faculty at Andhra University. He was also the Member of Syndicate of Madras University. State Autonomy Committee In 1969, P.V. Rajamannar was appointed as the Chairman of a 3-member committee P.V. Rajamannar committee to study the State Autonomy and Centre-State relations by the then newly elected DMK government under its Chief Minister Dr. M. Karunanidhi. Arts of literature In addition to his career in Law and administration P. V. Rajamannar was active in Arts and was the first appointed chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi in New Delhi. During his college years and later he edited a Telugu literary journal called Kala and winning the Ramarayaninger Prize for a Telugu Work 'Representative Government in Ancient India. 1964, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Honours and legacy P. V. Rajamannar was conferred Honorary Doctorates from Madras University, Andhra University and Annamalai University. Justice P V Rajamannar Salai (Road) in K. K. Nagar, Chennai is named in his honour. He was also nominated twice to Upper House in Madras and on two occasions acted as Governor. Works and publications India:

Edward Wortley Montagu

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Rick Pearson (golfer)

Rick Pearson (born December 19, 1958) is an American professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour and the Nike Tour. Pearson was born in Marianna, Florida. He was the first player in Florida history to win back-to-back Florida State Junior College Championship titles. Pearson won the Florida State Amateur in 1978 and 1980. He attended the University of Florida where he won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) individual title in 1980 and was voted 1980 SEC player of the year. Pearson was also recognized as a second-team All-American in 1980. He turned pro later that year. Pearson joined the PGA Tour in 1982 and played until the following year. He then played various tours until 1988, where he rejoined the PGA Tour for two seasons. He played on Tour until the following year but didn't find much success so he joined the Ben Hogan Tour (later Nike Tour, now the Web.Com Tour) in its inaugural year, 1990. He won the Ben Hogan Yuma Open while recording nine top-10 finishes en route to a 6th-place finish on the money list. He played on the Nationwide Tour until 1995 and picked up two more victories, the 1992 Ben Hogan Tri-Cities Open and the 1994 Nike Central Georgia Open. Professional wins (3) Nike Tour wins (3) 1990 Ben Hogan Yuma Open 1992 Ben Hogan Tri-Cities Open 1994 Nike Central Georgia Open Results in major championships DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. See also Florida Gators List of Florida Gators golfers External links Category:American male golfers Category:Florida Gators men's golfers Category:PGA Tour golfers Category:Golfers from Florida Category:People from Marianna, Florida Category:1958 births Category:Living people

Toni von Bukovics

Toni von Bukovics (1882–1970) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Filmography References Bibliography Fox, Jo. Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II Cinema. Bloomsbury Academic, 2007. External links Category:1882 births Category:1970 deaths Category:Austrian film actresses Category:20th-century Austrian actresses Category:Austrian stage actresses Category:People from Budapest

John M. Webster

John M. Webster (July 20, 1877 – June 7, 1963) was an American politician who served as the eighteenth Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts. In December 1921 Webster was elected Mayor of Somerville, he was reelected over John J. Murphy in December 1923. Notes Category:Massachusetts city council members Category:Massachusetts Republicans Category:Mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts Category:1877 births Category:1963 deaths

Labdia ejaculata

Labdia ejaculata is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Category:Labdia Category:Moths described in 1921

Moments (Freddy Verano song)

"Moments" is a song by German-Colombian producer Freddy Verano featuring Sam Smith, released as a single on 8 May 2015. It was included on Smith's 2015 album, The Lost Tapes – Remixed, which features their early recordings. The original version of the song, titled "Momentarily Mine", was recorded by Smith in 2008. Background In 2008, Smith had signed a deal with Venus & Marc Music, a small UK independent label. They started recording songs for their debut album and one of them was a piano ballad, "Momentarily Mine". In 2009, a German dance label Kosmo Records approached Venus & Mars Music and signed a worldwide license deal for remixing Smith's entire album when it was eventually released. However in 2010, Smith decided to end their association with Venus & Marc Music and walked away from the deal. When Smith became a marketable name, Kosmo Records used their rights to remix any of the tracks from their unreleased album. After "When It's Alright" a year before, they did it with "Momentarily Mine" in 2015. The song was now simply titled "Moments" and promoted under the name Freddy Verano featuring Sam Smith. It was radically transformed from a piano ballad to a house track. The music video for "Moments" was released on 30 January 2015. Track listing Digital single "Moments" (Radio Edit) – 3:21 "Moments" (Extended Mix) – 6:18 German digital EP "Moments" (Radio Edit) – 3:21 "Moments" (Extended Mix) – 6:18 "Moments" (Tragic Johnson Radio Edit) – 3:27 "Moments" (Tragic Johnson Club Edit) – 5:10 "Moments" (Ike's Retro Radio Mix) – 3:07 Charts Release history Momentarily Mine The original 2008 version of the song by Sam Smith, "Momentarily Mine" was released by Flipbook Music on 4 August 2016. Track listing Digital single "Momentarily Mine" – 2:38 Release history References Category:2015 singles Category:Sam Smith (singer) songs

Fools Rush In

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Aalenirhynchia

Aalenirhynchia is an extinct subgenus of brachiopods found in Aalenian strata in Gloucestershire, England. It was a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder. Originally classed as a genus, it was reclassified as a subgenus of Rhynchonelloidea by Williams et al. in 2002. References Category:Animal subgenera Category:Prehistoric brachiopods Category:Rhynchonellida

Last Call

Last Call may refer to: Last call (bar term), an announcement made in a bar before serving drinks is stopped Film and television Last Call (1958 film), an Australian television play Last Call (1991 film), a thriller film Last Call (1995 film) (Hoogste Tijd), a Belgian/Dutch film starring Rijk de Gooyer Last Call (1999 film), a Chilean-American thriller featuring Peter Coyote and Elizabeth Berkley Last Call (2002 film), a film about F. Scott Fitzgerald Last Call (2004 film), a film featuring Lynn Cohen Last Call (2005 film), a short film written by Laura Censabella Last Call (2006 film), a film featuring Natalie Denise Sperl Last Call (2008 film), a film starring Lori Petty Last Call (2012 film), a film starring Diora Baird Last Call (TV series), an American sitcom that aired on Bounce TV Last Call with Carson Daly, an American late-night television talk show Last Call (talk show), a 1994 American late-night television show hosted by Tad Low Last Call (Canadian talk show), a Canadian late-night television show that aired on Toronto One "The Last Call" (The Good Wife), a television episode Literature Last Call (novel), a 1992 novel by Tim Powers Last Call (Grippando novel), a 2008 novel by James Grippando Last Call, a 2004 short-story collection by K. L. Cook Last Call: Memoirs of an NFL Referee, a 1999 book by Jerry Markbreit Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, a 2010 book by Daniel Okrent "Last Call", a 2009 short-story set in the Dresden Files book series by Jim Butcher Music Albums Last Call (Rittz album), 2017 Last Call, by Betty Blowtorch, 2003 Last Call, by Cayouche, 2003 Last Call, by Jeff Healey, 2010 Songs "Last Call" (Dave Van Ronk song) "Last Call" (Lee Ann Womack song) "Last Call", by the Alkaholiks from 21 & Over "Last Call", by Elliott Smith from Roman Candle "Last Call", by Junior Walker & The All-Stars from Road Runner "Last Call", by Kanye West from The College Dropout "Last Call", by Logic from YSIV "Last Call", by OutKast from Speakerboxxx/The Love Below "Last Call", by Patti Smith from Peace and Noise "Last Call", by the Plain White T's from All That We Needed "Last Call", by The Saturdays from On Your Radar Other uses Last Call (store), a chain of clearance centers operated by Neiman Marcus Last Call (video game), a 2000 computer game Operation Last Call, a law enforcement initiative in Texas, US Last Call, a program on Hardcore Sports Radio See also

Sahih al-Bukhari

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī () is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections) of Sunni Islam. Whereas, out of all these six major books, the collection of prophetic traditions, or hadith for Sahih al-Bukhari, was performed by the Muslim scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari. It was completed around 846 CE / 232 AH. Sunni Muslims view this as one of the two most trusted collections of hadith along with Sahih Muslim. The Arabic word sahih translates as authentic or correct. Sahih al-Bukhari, together with Sahih Muslim is known as Sahihayn. Actual title According to Ibn al-Salah the book is called: al-Jaami’ al-Sahih al-Musnad al-Mukhtasar min Umuri Rasooli-llahi wa sunanihi wa Ayyaamihi (The Abridged Collection of Authentic Hadith with Connected Chains regarding Matters Pertaining to the Prophet, His practices and His Times)Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani mentioned the same title, replacing the word umur (English: matters) with hadith. Overview Al-Bukhari traveled widely throughout the Abbasid Caliphate from the age of 16, collecting those traditions he thought trustworthy. It is reported that al-Bukhari devoted 16 years to sifting the hadiths he included in his Sahih from a collection of nearly 600,000 narrations. Sources differ on the exact number of hadiths in Bukhari's Sahih, depending on whether a hadith is defined as a Prophetic tradition or a narration of that tradition. Experts, in general, have estimated the number of full-isnad narration at 7,563, and without considerations to repetitions or different versions of the same report, the number of Prophetic traditions reduces to approximately 2,602. At the time when Bukhari saw the earlier works and conveyed them, he found them, in their presentation, combining between what would be considered sahih (correct) and hasan (good) and that many of them included daʻīf (weak) hadith. This aroused his interest in compiling hadith whose authenticity was beyond doubt. What further strengthened his resolve was something his teacher, hadith scholar Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Hanthalee – better known as Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh – had told him. "We were with Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh who said, ‘If only you would compile a book of only authentic narrations of the Prophet.’ This suggestion remained in my heart so I began compiling the Sahih." Bukhari also said, "I saw the Prophet in a dream and it was as if I was standing in front of him. In my hand was a fan with which I was protecting him. I asked some dream interpreters, who said to me, ‘You will protect him from lies.’ This is what compelled me to produce the Sahih." The book covers almost all aspects of life in providing proper guidance of Islam such as the method of performing prayers and other actions of worship directly from the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Bukhari finished his work around 846/232 AH, and spent the last twenty-four years of his life visiting other cities and scholars, teaching the hadith he had collected. In every city that Bukhari visited, thousands of people would gather in the main mosque to listen to him recite traditions. In reply to Western academic doubts as to the actual date and authorship of the book that

School tie

For the 1992 film directed by Robert Mandel see School Ties. The school tie and the old school tie are a style of necktie which are British institutions particularly associated with public schools. School tie A school tie indicates membership of a particular school, and sometimes of a particular house in that school. In addition, for some school, the school tie is not merely an indication that a student belongs to a group or community. Rather, it is a part of the concept called "smart", which associate British school uniform with high standards. Here, the uniform is not about looking the same but looking the same well and hence belonging the same well. There are scholars who view the school tie as a way for people to distinguish between groups and social classes in the way students are labeled according to the color of their ties and their uniforms. Old school tie An old school tie is a necktie that, on leaving school, former pupils are often entitled to wear, in their school or old-boy club colours. According to protocol, it may only be worn by former pupils. This symbol can be a discreet passport to the old boy network, and such ties can be an indication of one's social standing. Conversely, wearing a tie to which you have no right is a serious social gaffe. Although originally an institution of male-only schools, some schools of mixed or female-only membership do present their female leavers with a tie or other equivalent. Alternative clothing such as socks, scarfs, pyjamas and even underwear may also be available in the old-boy/old-girl colours. Exclusive ties are not limited to British public schools: they are also a practice of some private schools in Australia, many private and some of the more prestigious state schools in New Zealand, many clubs, military regiments and colleges of universities such as Oxford and Cambridge, and have also spread to some of Britain's former imperial possessions, including Canada and the United States. As a metaphor The 'old school tie' is used by the British press and many native English speakers as a metaphor for old-boy social networks, nepotism, and the relatively disproportionate success of former pupils of major public schools, especially in politics and business. For example, after the 2010 General Election, The Times noted that 6% of the parliamentary Tory Party were Old Etonians, under the headline "Tories’ old school tie still rules". Five years later, in 2015, the New Statesman observed that, "The power of the old boys' network lives on: privately educated students earn more than those with identical qualifications educated by the state". See also Class ring - an approximate American equivalent References Category:Education in the United Kingdom Category:British culture Category:School uniform Category:Neckties

Music law

Music Law refers to legal aspects of the music industry, and certain legal aspects in other sectors of the entertainment industry. The music industry includes record labels, music publishers, merchandisers, the live events sector and of course performers and artists. The terms "music law" and "entertainment law", along with "business affairs", are used by the music and entertainment industry and should not be thought of as academic definitions. Indeed, music law covers a range of traditional legal subjects including intellectual property law (copyright law, trademarks, image publicity rights, design rights), competition law, bankruptcy law, contract law, defamation and, for the live events industry, immigration law, health and safety law, and licensing. Definitions A "compilation" refers to work formed from already existing materials in a way that forms its own original work, including collective works. "Copies" are physical objects that hold, fix, or embody a work such as a music tape, film, CD, statue, play, or printed sheet music. "Sound recordings" can refer to any audio recording including the sound accompanying motion pictures. "Copyright owner" is the entity that legally owns rights to a work. "Performance" The copyright holder has the exclusive right to perform the work in public, or to license others to perform it. The right applies to “literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works.". Playing a CD in public, or showing a film in public is "performing" the work. Copyright Publishing Publishing is the primary source of income for musicians writing their own music. Money collected from the 'publishing' rights is ultimately destined for songwriters - the composers of works, whether or not they are the recording artist or performer. Often, songwriters will work for a musical ensemble to help them with musical aspects of the composition, but here again, the writer of the song is the owner of it and will own the copyrights in the song and thus will be entitled to the publishing revenues. Copyrights in compositions are not the same as sound recordings. A recording artist can record a song and sell it to another band or company. As a result, that particular company will own the recording, but not the song. The original writer will always maintain the copyright for that particular song. The publishing money is connected to the copyright, so the owner will be the only one making money off of the song itself. All successful songwriters will join a collection society (such as ASCAP and BMI in the USA, SOCAN in Canada, JASRAC in Japan, GEMA in Germany and PRS for Music in the UK, etc.) and many will enter into agreements with music publishing companies who will exploit their works on the songwriters behalf for a share of ownership, although many of these deals involve the transfer (assignment) of copyright from the songwriter to the music publisher. Both the recorded music sector and music publishing sector have their foundations in intellectual property law and all of the major recording labels and major music publishers and many independent record labels and publishers have dedicated "business

PlayN

PlayN is an open source Java software framework and set of libraries intended to create multi-platform games and distributed under the Apache License 2.0. It was started on January 19, 2011 as a game abstraction library built over GWT and was previously named Forplay. As of March 2019, its current version is 2.0.5. History Forplay was created in January 2011. In August 2011, the project was forked and rebranded as PlayN. Name The name PlayN comes from the project's motto "Cross platform game library for N>=5 platforms", as it claims to build games for five platforms: Java SE, HTML 5, Flash, Android and iOS. References External links PlayN google code site: code.google.com/p/playn Forplay google code site: code.google.com/p/forplay PlayN platform overview playn-2011.appspot.com PlayN tutorial with code samples: proppy-playn101.appspot.com PlayN Google Plus community: plus.google.com/communities/103644414672868334044 PlayN Google Groups forum: groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/playn Videos Cross Platform Game Programming with PlayN - New Game 2011 Introducing PlayN Category:Java platform

Piedade River

The Piedade River is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil. See also List of rivers of Paraná References Category:Rivers of Paraná (state)