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Tatsuya Nakamura is a Japanese musician, drummer, actor and founder of Japanese band LOSALIOS. Biography Tatsuya Nakamura was active in his teens as a drummer in various bands such as Oxydoll, Genbaku Onanies, The Stalin, The GOD, Masturbation, Nickey & The Warriors, The Star Club. After coming up to Tokyo, he went wrong and hunted the leather jacket of motorcycle gangs around Kanto, and he competed with his fellows for the number. When Nakamura had time job at a record store, he found a kindred spirit in Kenichi Asai whom he met by chance at a disco. Then, Nakamura & Asai formed Blankey Jet City with Toshiyuki Terui in 1990. Nakamura started a design for his solo works "Love Shop Losalios" which he composes all by himself in 1996, and he released 1st album "" in which many musicians, such as Asai, Terui, Ken Morioka, and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, participated under the name of Losalios in November 1999. Blankey Jet City disbanded in 2000. Nakamura restarted Losalios in 2002. Nakamura released the collaboration album "Buck Jam Tonic" of John Zorn and Bill Laswell in 2003. Nakamura formed Twin Tail with Toshiyuki Terui, Yuji Katsui (ROVO) and others in 2006. Nakamura is active under the name of Friction with Reck at present. Nakamura starred in the movie "" released in December 2009. Nakamura appeared on the last episode of NHK Taiga drama "Ryōmaden" in 2010. Discography Blankey Jet City The Stalin Other Buck Jam Tonic John Zorn's discography. Mind Travel Superfly's discography. Filmography Dramas as Nobu (Nippon Television, 2002) as Tatsuya (TV Tokyo, 2008) Ryōmaden as , Member of Kyoto Mimawarigumi (NHK, 2010) Movies Bullet Ballet as Idei (There is Enterprise, 1999) 696 Traveling High (Slow Learner, 2001) – Documentary Film L'amant as tattooist (Slow Learner, 2004) as Tatsuya (Kinetic, 2006) Nada Sōsō as Akiyoshi Kinjo (Toho, 2006) Kikoe (Slow Learner, 2009) – Documentary Film as Oguri (Phantom film, 2009) Bakugyaku Familia (Toei, 2012) Fires on the Plain (2014) Evil and the Mask (2018) Killing (2018) Noroshi ga Yobu (2019) Burai (2020) References Category:Japanese rock drummers Category:Japanese male composers Category:Japanese composers Category:Japanese male actors Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Toyama Prefecture

Southern Mandarin dogfish The southern Mandarin dogfish (Cirrhigaleus australis) is a species of Mandarin dogfish shark in the genus Cirrhigaleus. It was distinguished from Cirrhigaleus barbifer, which lives in the North Pacific, on an expedition in the coral reefs near Australia in 2007. It is now known to live in the temperate waters in south-eastern Australia and from the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand, at depths of 146–640 metres. Physical characteristics It is medium-sized and robust compared to other dogfish. It is grey-brown above and pale below. The posterior margins of the pectoral and pelvic fins are white. This species of shark normally grow less than a metre long, but have been known to reach 1.25 metres. C. australis has smaller eyes, pectoral fins, dorsal fins, and spine than its cousin. The first dorsal fin is medium-sized and slightly raked. The second is similarly shaped, but a bit smaller. The pectoral fins are fairly large. Both dorsal spines are long. It also has strangely long barbels, giving it the name "Mandarin". There are about 115 centra along the back. Scientists say the shark is harmless. Its defensive techniques are useless against many larger fish, and, as a consequence, it is very vulnerable to other sharks and fish. Also, the southern Mandarin dogfish has very low resilience, its population doubling only about every 14 years. Expedition In 2007, a group of scientists from CSIRO spent some time searching the Eastern coast of Australia for new species. Along with the newly distinguished Cirrhigaleus australis, several hundreds of new marine species were discovered. Included were skates, sea stars, corals, bivalves, brachiopods, several types of marine arthropods, and many others. They conducted research in three outings, each three weeks long. Two outings were in the Great Barrier Reef on Lizard Island and Heron Island, and the third was in the Ningaloo Reef on the northwest coast of Australia. Conservation status In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the southern Mandarin dogfish as "At Risk – Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers "Data Poor" and "Threatened Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. References External links Pictures and Info on Cirrhigaleus australis. Family 'Squalidae' Overview and Info. Dogfish Sharks, 'Squalidae' Info. Classification and Characteristics of 'Squalidae'. CSIRO Official Website. Category:Cirrhigaleus Category:Fish of Australia Category:Fish described in 2007

Gornja Slabinja Gornja Slabinja (Cyrillic: Горња Слабиња) is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. See also Donja Slabinja References Category:Populated places in Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Matthew Myers Matthew Myers (12 April 1847 – 8 December 1919) was an English first-class cricketer, who played twenty two games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1876 and 1878. He also played for North of England (1877) and the Players of the North (1877-1878) in first-class games and for Yorkshire in non first-class matches. Born in Yeadon, Yorkshire, England, Myers was a right-handed batsman, who scored 600 runs at 15.78, with a highest score of 49 against the Gentlemen of the North for The Players. He took eleven catches, but his round arm bowling failed to take a wicket, conceding 20 runs. Myers started his cricket career with Casey's Clown Cricketers, and became a steady opening batsman with some good displays for Yorkshire in his three seasons with them. He had various professional engagements with Giggleswick School, Yeadon C.C., Saltaire C.C, Rastrick United C.C, Bacup C.C and Burnley St. Andrews C.C, and later became a second-class umpire. He was on the reserve list of first-class umpires from 1906 to 1912, when living in Nelson, Lancashire, before returning to live in Town Street, Yeadon. He died in Yeadon in December 1919. References External links Cricinfo Profile Cricket Archive Statistics Matthew Myer's gravestone in Yeadon cemetery Category:Yorkshire cricketers Category:1847 births Category:1919 deaths Category:People from Yeadon, West Yorkshire Category:English cricketers Category:Sportspeople from Yorkshire Category:Players of the North cricketers Category:North v South cricketers

Cliff Lampe Clifford Lampe is a Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. He is best known for his research in the fields of human-computer interaction, social computing, and computer supported cooperative work. Since 2018 he has been Executive Vice President for ACM SIGCHI. Lampe made foundational contributions in the areas of social networking sites, social capital, and online communities, work that has been cited over 20,000 times according to Google Scholar. Education Cliff Lampe was born in Michigan and attended Kalamazoo College for his undergraduate studies. He received a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 2006 in the School of Information where he was advised by Paul Resnick. His thesis examined the effects of comment ratings on site participation on the website Slashdot. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Lampe became an assistant professor at Michigan State University in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Research, teaching, and service Lampe currently advises graduate and undergraduate students in the areas of online harassment, incivility online, and civic engagement online. He has developed a citizen interaction course that partners students with local communities to design technologies that support community needs. Lampe received a grant from the National Science Foundation in 2009 to pursue his work on "the role of social network sites in facilitating collaborative processes". He received a grant from the University of Michigan Third Century Initiative in 2013 to support his Citizen Interaction project. He is a frequent consultant, speaker, and guest lecturer on topics related to social media and online behavior. He is regularly cited in the press on topics like fake news, privacy, and trolling. He was the technical program chair for the 2016 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Awards In 2014, Lampe received the Joan Durrance Community Engagement Award for his Citizen Interaction Design program. In 2013, Lampe (with Eytan Adar and Paul Resnick) received a Google Award for his "MTogether: A Living Lab For Social Media Research" project. Selected works 2018. "This sign in my kid’s elementary school fills me with nihilistic joy." Reddit.com. https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/a5j44x/this_sign_in_my_kids_elementary_school_fills_me/ 2007. "The benefits of Facebook "friends:" Social capital and college students' use of online social network sites". (with Nicole Ellison and Charles Steinfeld) 2008. "Social capital, self-esteem, and use of online social network sites: A longitudinal analysis". (with Charles Steinfeld and Nicole Ellison) 2004. "Slash (dot) and burn: distributed moderation in a large online conversation space". (with Paul Resnick) References Category:Living people Category:University of Michigan School of Information alumni Category:Kalamazoo College alumni Category:University of Michigan faculty Category:Human–computer interaction researchers Category:Social computing researchers Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries is an Australian drama television series. It was first broadcast on ABC on 24 February 2012. It is based on author Kerry Greenwood's historical mystery novels, and it was created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger. The series revolves around the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), a glamorous private detective in 1920s Melbourne. Three series have been broadcast, and a feature film titled Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears is due for release. A television spin-off Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries was broadcast in 2019. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries has been aired in over 100 territories. Plot and series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries revolves around the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), a glamorous private detective in late 1920s Melbourne. In the first series, a running theme is the kidnapping and death of Phryne's younger sister Janey when they were children watching a circus, a crime that still haunts Phryne, feeling she should have protected her sister. The first thirteen-part series was filmed over a six-month period in and around Melbourne from July 2011 and each episode had a budget of A$1 million. The drama has been bought by broadcasters in 120 countries and territories worldwide. A second series was commissioned in August 2012 and filming began in February 2013. The series began airing from 6 September 2013 and concluded with a Christmas special on 22 December 2013. A third series was commissioned in June 2014 and began airing on 8 May 2015. Cast and characters Main Essie Davis as The Honourable Phryne Fisher, an independent, glamorous private detective, who is determined to solve any crime. Nathan Page as Detective Inspector John "Jack" Robinson, a police detective who works reluctantly with Miss Fisher. Ashleigh Cummings as Dorothy "Dot" Williams, Miss Fisher's paid companion. Dot is a devout Catholic and has an ongoing relationship with Hugh Collins, a Protestant, and in late Series 3 marries him. Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Constable Hugh Collins, Inspector Robinson's right-hand man and Dot's boyfriend, and later husband. Richard Bligh as Mr. Butler, Miss Fisher's loyal butler, an excellent household manager who provides good advice when needed, and a veteran of the Australian Imperial Force who can put up a fight if required to. Recurring Travis McMahon as Bert Johnson, a working-class devout communist who often assists in Miss Fisher's investigations. Anthony Sharpe as Cec Yates, a friend of Bert and also working-class devout communist who often assists in Miss Fisher's investigations. Tammy MacIntosh as Dr. Elizabeth "Mac" Macmillan, Miss Fisher's close friend and doctor at a women's hospital in Melbourne. Miriam Margolyes as Prudence Elizabeth Stanley, Miss Fisher's aunt and a reputation-conscious society matron. Ruby Rees-Wemyss as Jane Ross, Miss Fisher's ward who shares the same first name of Phryne's deceased sister, "Janey". (Series 1, 2) Nicholas Bell as Murdoch Foyle, a former university lecturer imprisoned after the disappearance of Miss Fisher's sister Jane. (Series 1) Pip Miller as The Baron of Richmond (Henry George Fisher), Phryne's father (series 3) Production Background Head writer and producer of the series, Deb Cox, has said that she and Fiona Eagger were looking to adapt a crime novel for television and believed the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) were looking for a prime-time crime series for their network. The producers were disappointed by what they initially found and Cox explained: "It takes so long to raise the finance and script and produce a television series, so you need to feel it's worthwhile—both financially and philosophically. It was hard to find a reason to bring stories about psychotic killers and serial murderers to the screen." Cox and Eagger then came across Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher murder mystery series and were drawn to them because of their diverse fan base. Eagger said that they were curious to discover what made the series appeal to all generations. Eagger told a writer for If Magazine, "We were a bit curious to know what it was about it that could appeal to a 16-year-old and a 70-year-old. Phryne is one of the first feminists. She chooses to live alone, she chooses not to get married. She's got many lovers. She's a bit of a James Bond action hero—she's much better dressed than James Bond though." Cox and Eagger realised that the novels reflected their moral values and fit in with their style of storytelling, so they began adapting them. Cox and Eagger initially thought adapting novels would be easier than writing an original screenplay, but soon discovered that it was not. Speaking to Andrew Wrathall from Fancygoods.com.au, Cox stated, "It takes a whole new set of skills to preserve what's most important in the stories, rationalise the impossible, gather what's left into a cohesive whole and still reflect the boundless worlds of imagination encouraged in the readers' minds by a few hundred words on paper—in a way that's achievable in production terms!" She added that the restrictions tested their limits of creativity and inventiveness. Greenwood was invited to the first brainstorming session for the series and provided the producers with answers to their questions and helped with the historical background to the novels. The author would read the scripts and help make corrections. Cox praised Greenwood's ability to write for the screen and accept the changes they made to the novels. In June 2011, it was announced that the ABC had commissioned a thirteen-part series to air on their ABC1 channel the following year. The drama was originally titled The Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery Series, but was changed on the advice of distributor All3Media, who wanted to avoid having to tell international broadcasters how to pronounce Phryne's name. Series 1 The first series was filmed over a six-month period in and around Melbourne from July 2011. Greenwood had researched the history of the city "meticulously" for the novels, so the producers were keen to do the same. While they used some real locations, others were recreated, including a Turkish bathhouse and the Eastern Market. The interior of Phryne's house was built on a sound stage at the ABC's studio in Elsternwick. The historic house Wardlow in Parkville, Victoria was used as the exterior to the house. A number of National Trust houses provide settings including Rippon Lea Estate at Elsternwick, Labassa at Caulfield North and Como House in South Yarra. Each episode had a budget of $1 million. Eagger said "I wanted every cent on screen. I wanted the steam train, I wanted the plane, I wanted the ocean liner and the Hispano-Suiza. It stretched everyone, it really made people bleed." ABC TV, Film Victoria, Screen Australia and distributor All3Media funded the series. Series 2 The second series was approved for Screen Australia funding in July 2012. Filming began on 18 February 2013 in Melbourne. The shoot wrapped on 9 August. On 6 August 2012, Michael Idato from The Sydney Morning Herald said that the ABC had commissioned a second series of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. Idato reported the second series would go into production later in the year. ABC's Head of Fiction, Carole Sklan, stated "ABC TV is delighted to be bringing a second series of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries to the screen. The first series proved an instant hit with viewers and Every Cloud Productions has again assembled a stellar cast and team for 13 more exciting, intriguing, and unpredictable mystery stories." The second series is based on Greenwood's novels Dead Man's Chest, Unnatural Habits and various short stories. Cox commented that she and Eagger were "thrilled" that many of the cast and crew from the first series were returning. The second series premiered on 6 September 2013. Series 3 In February 2014, ABC TV channel controller Brendan Dahill told David Knox from TV Tonight that a third series of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries had yet to be commissioned. Dahill explainedThe position we are in is an embarrassment of riches—tons of successful series and at some point Carole (Sklan, Head of Fiction) and I need to sit down and work out how many of the successful shows we can afford to return, without standing still, and still doing new stuff. Woven into that we obviously need to know how much money we think we're going to have.Knox added that there were fears funds to the broadcaster could be cut. Colin Vickery, writing for news.com.au, reported that another reason Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries had not been green-lit for a third series was due to ABC wanting to attract a younger audience. Vickery also said that if the show was given a third series it would not air until 2015. On 13 June 2014, it was confirmed that Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries had been commissioned for a third series. ABC renewed the series after a social media campaign run by fans of the show. The third series began shooting in mid-October 2014 in Melbourne and wrapped on 23 January 2015. Eagger told If Magazines Emily Blatchford that all of the cast would be returning, and admitted that the writers wanted to add some magic to the series and include an episode set in the military. She also hinted that there might be a wedding. Eagger added "It's a tough time for the ABC so we are thrilled they are able to bring us back, and to have that support from Film Victoria as well." The third series began airing from 8 May 2015. Costumes The costume designer for the series was Marion Boyce. She told ABC's Darren Smith that she loves the 20s and 30s and thought the opportunity to work on a show in her hometown (Melbourne) was "fantastic." Boyce had eight weeks' pre-production, but she said that she began putting stuff together early on. She stated "After those eight weeks, we had 16 days to complete the next two episodes. It was a fast and furious process, and the series included circuses, bohemian nightclubs and the docks. Each episode is quite different from the rest." The costume department included one cutter, one sewer, a costume coordinator and a buyer who was also an art finisher. Boyce called the team "incredibly talented", as they had to do a lot of different jobs. The team, Mandy Murphy and Gareth Blaha, the head of the ABC's Costume Department, along with two milliners, made some of the hats. Boyce and her team created around 120 costumes for the series, including sleepwear, daywear, nightwear and special-occasion outfits. Boyce explained that while vintage pieces were incorporated into the series, the department designed the majority of costumes. Cox told Alexandra Spring from Vogue Australia that some of the costumes were sourced from eBay and vintage shops. Cox said "Once you go back to the 1920s, things have either deteriorated or they are too small because the women were smaller, so it means a lot of it has to be made from scratch." The fabrics were taken from Boyce's own collection and fabric stores in Melbourne and Sydney. The designer admitted that parting with some of the fabrics was difficult, as she had had some of them for around 25 years. Boyce told Smith that at the end of filming, the costumes that were hired were returned: those made from fabric bought by the ABC were sent back to them, and those made from fabrics out of Boyce's own collection came back to her. Boyce explained that Phryne is "completely fluid" and has "an extraordinary amount of energy", so she wanted her outfits to move with her when she went from room to room. When it came to Dot, Boyce designed her wardrobe with her religion and position in society in mind. Dot's clothes are more buttoned up, so she does not show off her body parts. Boyce commented "She was a really nice contrast to Phryne and a lot more conservative. Dot has nice tweeds and cardigans." Episodes Broadcast International Distribution of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries was acquired in 120 territories worldwide. The Canadian broadcaster Knowledge Network began airing the series at 8:30 pm on 5 October 2012. The UKTV network acquired the broadcasting rights to Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in the United Kingdom in September 2012. Series 1 premiered on the network's Alibi channel on 11 February 2013. French broadcaster France 3 acquired Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in January 2013, while Alibi and the Knowledge Network renewed their deals to air Series 2. Alex Farber of Broadcast reported that Norway's TVNorge, Poland's Canal+, and Eastern Europe's Viasat networks had also picked up the show. The series began airing on Italy's Rai 1 channel on 31 July 2013. The series first became available in North America on Acorn TV only. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries premiered in the United States on PBS in 2013 with further stations broadcasting the series in the Autumn, and others more in 2014. Miss Fisher Uncovered, a behind-the-scenes special for American audiences featuring interviews with cast and crew, and author Kerry Greenwood, was broadcast in the U.S. in August 2015. There has been minor censorship on at least some American Public Television stations. In the episode "Murder in Montparnasse," Miss Fisher had posed for a full frontal nude painting as a young woman. When the painting was seen in the episode, portions of it were blurred. There was no blurring on Netflix. the series has aired in 172 territories. Netflix holds broadcasting rights for all three series in several countries, including the United States, Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada. It also currently hold rights for the first two series in the Australian market in association with ABC TV and ABC Commercial. Home media Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries - OST, a CD collection featuring various artists used as music on the show, was released in Australia by ABC Commercial on 27 April 2012. The compilation included the series' theme music by Greg J. Walker. The selections were made available simultaneously on iTunes. The soundtrack for Series 2 was released on 15 November 2013, and for Series 3 on 1 May 2015. The official soundtrack for the series featuring music composed by Greg J. Walker was released on iTunes on 10 June 2014. Episodes 1–7 were released on DVD in Region 4 on 3 May 2012, while episodes 8–13 were released on 7 June 2012. The series was also released on Blu-ray. Series 1 was released as a DVD box set by ABC Commercial in November 2012. Series 2 was released on DVD as a box set by Acorn Media on 27 May 2014. The complete series (1–3) was released as a DVD box set by ABC Commercial on 4 November 2015. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries became available for streaming and VOD on Netflix in the U.S. in September 2014. It became available in the United Kingdom in June 2015, in Canada in March 2016, and in Australia/New Zealand in April 2017. The series became available on Amazon Video on 16 May 2016. Film adaptation A stand-alone action-adventure feature film will pick up the story from the end of the third series. It began production in October 2018 and will star Essie Davis, Nathan Page, and other members of the original television series, along with new guest stars Rupert Penry-Jones, Daniel Lapaine and Jacqueline McKenzie. The film is budgeted at $8 million and will be directed by Tony Tilse. Since 2016, there had been speculation on the possibility that the television series would be made into a feature film. In May 2016, Essie Davis acknowledged interest in playing Miss Fisher in a film. "[We’re] just working out the ideas of how to make it bigger and better and more fabulous than the TV show," she said. Later that year, it was revealed that plans were afoot to produce a trilogy of Phryne Fisher films. In April 2017, a photo was published on the official Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Instagram account showing Essie Davis and Nathan Page holding advance copies of a film script titled Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears. On 14 September 2017, a crowdfunding campaign was launched on Kickstarter in support of the film. On 15 December 2017, an additional ongoing crowdfunding campaign was begun through IndieGoGo in order to allow fans to continue supporting the effort. The original campaign reached its goal of $250,000 in less than 48 hours. Filming began in October 2018 and was completed by 27 November 2018. Television spin-off A television spin-off, titled Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries, was announced in July 2018 and first aired in 2019. The new series follows Phryne Fisher's niece, Peregrine Fisher, in mid-sixties mod-era Melbourne, as she inherits her aunt's home and car and becomes a private detective in her own right. The series aired on the Seven Network in Australia followed by an international release. Geraldine Hakewill leads the cast as Peregrine Fisher. Joel Jackson is Detective James Steed, while Catherine McClements portrays "Birdie, an ex-member of WW2 Special Forces who is the president and mastermind of The Adventuresses’ club". International adaptions A Mandarin language version of the television show has been commissioned by the Shanghai 99 Visual Company, Tencent Penguin Film and talent management company, Easy Entertainment. It is expected for 30 episodes of 42 minutes in length will be produced starring the actress Ma Yili. The series will be set in Shanghai during the 1930s, with Miss S. at the lead character. The Australian production company will assist in the making of this series. It will be scheduled on the Tencent Network in 2020. Reception While reviewing the first episode, David Brown from the Radio Times commented "Just when you thought that all variations of the amateur-detective genre had been explored, along comes Miss Phryne Fisher, who sashays through the jazz clubs of late 1920s Ballarat, tackling villains with her pearl-handled pistol. The plot's hardly revolutionary, but it is worth watching for lead actress Essie Davis, with her sleek bob and killer cheekbones, who runs bad guys to ground with both wit and raunch." Accolades References External links Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries at PBS Category:2012 Australian television series debuts Category:2010s Australian television series Category:2010s Australian crime television series Category:Australian drama television series Category:English-language television programs Category:Lesbian-related television programs Category:2010s mystery television series Category:Television programs based on Australian novels Category:Television series set in the 1920s Category:Television shows set in Melbourne Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation shows Category:2015 Australian television series endings Category:Feminist television

János Erdélyi János Erdélyi (1814 in Veľké Kapušany – January 23, 1868 in Sárospatak) was a Hungarian poet, critic, author, philosopher and ethnographist. He was born in 1814 at Veľké Kapušany (Slovakia), in the county of Ung, and educated at the Protestant college of Sárospatak. In 1833 he removed to Pest, where he was, in 1839, elected member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He began his literary career with poems written in folk style (published in 1844). His literary fame was made by his collection of Hungarian national poems and folk-tales, Magyar népköltési gyűjtemény, népdalok és mondák ("Collection of Hungarian Folklore, Folk Songs and Tales", Pest, 1846–1847). This work, published by the Kisfaludy Society, was supplemented his ilnon Hiinaarian national ooetrv afterwards partially translated into German by Stier (Berlin, 1851). Erdélyi also compiled for the Kisfaludy Society an extensive collection of Hungarian proverbs Magyar közmondások könyve ("Book of Hungarian Proverbs", Pest, 1851),and was for some time editor of the Szépirodalmi Szemle ("Review of Polite Literature"). In 1848 he was appointed director of the national theatre at Pest; but after 1849 he resided at his native town. He died on 23 January 1868. A collection of folklore was published the year after his death, entitled A nép költészete: népdalok, népmesék és közmondások ("Poetry of the People: Folk Songs, Tales and Proverbs", Pest, 1869). This work contains 300 national songs, 19 folk-tales and 7362 Hungarian proverbs. As a philosopher he was an utopian socialist, influenced by Hegel. Quotes "It was said that education harms folk poetry, and it's true, but should we curse the Sun for banishing the dawn?" (Mondatott: a műveltség árt a népköltészetnek, s ez igaz, de miért átkoznók a napot, hogy a hajnalt elűzi egünkről.) References External links A picture Category:Hungarian male poets Category:Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Category:1814 births Category:1868 deaths Category:19th-century Hungarian poets Category:19th-century male writers

Singri (singiri) Sengri is the last name or family name of the people who hail from a place called "Sengiri" in South India. There are many other places with same name as Sengiri, for example in Orissa (a state in North India), in Tanzania etc., which have no bearing on the last name as referred to in this article. Many people use the short form Singri instead of Singiri. This creates another conundrum, a place in Iran is called Sengri. Sengiri is a small hamlet close to Vellore, a city in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. The most famous landmark in Singiri is the Singri Temple or Singri Kovil/Koil. This temple, built in the honor of Lord Lakshmi Narasimha, is over 1000 years old and was built by the famous south Indian king and stalwart Rajavarman, who was the chief at that time. The temple sits on a hillock and far away from everything as though to reflect the need for being away from the very things that tie us to this earth. The main deity is in sitting position and is imposing to look at. The quality of workmanship is astounding. Though originated there, Singiri's and Singri's have spread all over the world. They are highly educated or in business and are leading impressive life marked by peace and contribution to society. Category:Indian family names

Gary Hawkins Gary Hawkins is an independent filmmaker born and raised in Thomasville, North Carolina. Hawkins has written and directed six films, including The Rough South of Harry Crews, which won an Emmy and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Gold Award in 1992, and The Rough South of Larry Brown, which was picked by The Oxford American as one of Thirteen Essential Southern Documentaries and was reviewed by Variety as a “beautifully conceived documentary film.” Hawkins’s fiction screenplay DownTime was selected by The Sundance Institute for the Writer’s Lab in the winter of 2000. Hawkins is a former a member of the directing faculty at the North Carolina School of the Arts. he was a visiting professor at Duke University in North Carolina, teaching documentary film. External Links Larry Brown (in focus) and Gary Hawkins (foreground) on the set of The Rough South of Larry Brown Category:Living people Category:Duke University staff Category:People from Thomasville, North Carolina Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:University of North Carolina School of the Arts faculty

Bad Woman, Good Woman Bad Woman, Good Woman () is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Choi Jin-sil, Lee Jae-ryong, Sung Hyun-ah, and Jeon No-min. It aired on Mondays to Fridays at 19:45 on MBC from January 1 to July 13, 2007 for 140 episodes. The daily drama explores the true meaning of family and love, as a wife who considers herself a "good woman" agonizingly finds out about her husband's 6-year-long affair. Plot Se-young is (Choi Jin-sil) is a devoted wife and mother who greatly values her family and home life. She loves her doctor husband Geon-woo (Lee Jae-ryong) very deeply, and affectionately takes care of her old mother-in-law who is afflicted with dementia, as well as her daughter whom she did not give birth to. But unbeknownst to her, for the past six years Geon-woo has been having an affair with his first love, Seo-kyung (Sung Hyun-ah), who herself is married to Tae-hyun (Jeon No-min). Things come to a head when Geon-woo and Seo-kyung take their families to Saipan for an international medical seminar. Se-young and Tae-hyun are looking forward to a second honeymoon with their respective spouses, not knowing that Geon-woo and Seo-kyung are secretly meeting for trysts. When Se-young discovers her husband's infidelity, her world goes to pieces. Cast Main characters Choi Jin-sil as Lee Se-young Lee Jae-ryong as Song Geon-woo Sung Hyun-ah as Yoon Seo-kyung Jeon No-min as Kim Tae-hyun Supporting characters Lee Hyo-choon as Lee Kyung-seon Kim Yong-rim as Mrs. Song Ha Seung-ri as Song Jin-ah Kim Ji-woo as Song Ji-woo Baek Il-seob as Kim Bong-dal Nam Yoon-jung as Choi Mal-ja Chae Jin-geon as Kim Tae-wook Lee Yoon-mi as Kim Tae-hee Lee Sang-gil as Kim Woo-ram Yoo Seo-jin as Lee So-young Kyung Joon as Han Sang-jin Shin Dong-mi as Jang Ji-seon Han In-soo as Seo-kyung's father Park Hye-won Lee Jin-sung Song Min-jung as nurse References External links Bad Woman, Good Woman official MBC website Bad Woman, Good Woman at MBC Global Media Category:2007 South Korean television series debuts Category:2007 South Korean television series endings Category:2010s South Korean television series Category:Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation television dramas Category:Korean-language television programs Category:South Korean romance television series

Durham, Missouri Durham is an unincorporated community in southern Lewis County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 6, approximately ten miles southwest of La Grange. Durham is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. A post office called Durham has been in operation since 1872. The community has the name of a railroad employee. References Category:Unincorporated communities in Lewis County, Missouri Category:Quincy, Illinois micropolitan area Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri

6th MMC – Vratsa 6th Multi-member Constituency – Vratsa is a constituency whose borders are the same as Vratsa Province in Bulgaria. Background In the 2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election 6th Multi-member Constituency – Vratsa elected 7 members to the Bulgarian National Assembly, 6 of which were through proportionality vote and 1 was through first-past-the-post voting. Members in the Bulgarian National Assembly Through first-past-the-post voting Through proportionality vote Elections 2009 election proportionality vote first-past-the-post voting See also 2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election Politics of Bulgaria List of Bulgarian Constituencies References Category:Electoral divisions in Bulgaria Category:Vratsa Province

Esperanza (genus) Esperanza is a genus of broad-headed bugs in the family Alydidae. There is at least one described species in Esperanza, E. texana. References Further reading Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Micrelytrinae Category:Pentatomomorpha genera

I2 Limited i2 Limited was the UK-based arm of software company i2 Group which produced visual intelligence and investigative analysis software for military intelligence, law enforcement and commercial agencies. After a number of acquisitions, in 2011 it became part of IBM. History Founded in 1990 in Cambridge, i2 Limited sold products to more than 2,000 organizations in 149 countries, including most members of NATO. The company was founded by Mike Hunter and Dr Tim Spiers, who along with one other founding investor and employees of the company, held all shares until the company was acquired in 2005. i2 developed software products for visualisation and analysis of disparate data sources to aid criminal investigation, and which were later also used by other branches of government (including anti-terrorism, military intelligence and defence), as well as commercial fraud. Beginning with desktop Windows solution, the first products were the i2 Link Notebook and i2 Case Notebook, which would eventually be used by every police force throughout the UK, and were often the incentive for the first PC installed for use by analysts and investigators in a particular office. Product capability and range was expanded from law enforcement, for use across industries including government, military and national defence and public safety, as well as commercial fraud prevention. US headquarters (known as i2 Incorporated) was in McLean, Virginia. In 2005 the company was acquired by ChoicePoint. In June 2008, i2 was acquired from ChoicePoint by Silver Lake Partners Sumeru fund for $185 million. In July 2009, i2 merged with Knowledge Computing Corporation (KCC), makers of Coplink software. KCC was founded in 1998 in Tucson, Arizona. In 2011, i2 received $10 million as an out of court settlement from Palantir. i2 sued Palantir in federal court alleging fraud, conspiracy, and copyright infringement over Palantir's algorithm. Shyam Sankar, Palantir’s director of business development, used a private eye company as the cutout for obtaining i2's code. Products The first products included the i2 Link Notebook and i2 Case Notebook. The i2 Link Notebook enabled investigators to create entity relationship diagrams (a kind of visual database) allowing raw intelligence – largely textual reports (e.g. witness statements) – to be entered manually, revealing the relationships within the data and enabling data from different sources to be collated and graded. Automatic and manual layouts, and the ability to create, share, search, analyse and crucially print, even extremely large charts (sometimes tens of metres in length), dramatically improved law enforcement's ability to understand and communicate the status of investigations, and to direct and manage the process. The i2 Case Notebook provided similar data entry and visualisation of time series data (i.e. laying events out along themes such as people and places), again able to handle very large data sets. Even with variable density timescales, due to the very large number of events uncovered in a large investigation, a single Case Chart could cover several walls in an office, or stretch tens of metres along a corridor. While initially for manual data entry, these tools were then extended with add-on components to allow integration with databases. These database add-ons allowed mapping between a database entities (such as person, place, organisation, vehicle, asset, event) and the relationships between entities (such as associate, owns, related) and visual entities used to represent those records on the chart (person icon, place icon etc.). The first such database interface was to HOLMES 2 (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System), and subsequently many different SQL and even free text data sources. With database integration a query could be entered from within the visual representation of the data, the chart, either using a context menu on the chart background, or on a displayed entity (usually an icon). Query results were delivered directly to the visualisation, by adding elements to the chart, and any added entities and links were automatically laid out without disturbing the rest of the chart, for ease of understanding. Investigators could explore a database with an initial search, and then incrementally expand to follow particular lines of thought. For example, by right clicking a person icon, choosing "Expand", and having new entities displayed as icons connected to the queried person, to show relationships drawn directly from the database. Thus revealing associations that would be difficult to spot through a traditional database query UI such as a person record that may or may not include information about known associates, vehicles, assets and so on, related to that person. This removed the need for any contextual knowledge by the investigator to infer likely relationships, and enabled even a new investigator to quickly explore new data or new hypotheses even with very large data sets. The i2 Analyst's Notebook became the name for a packaged solution which included the i2 Link Notebook and i2 Case Notebook. This was part of the Human Terrain System, a United States Army program which embeds social scientists with combat brigades. An investigation into fraud in the U.S. Army was reported to have used Analyst's Notebook in 2009. Analyst's Notebook was also used in the Army Distributed Common Ground System through 2011. Other i2 products included: Analyst's Workstation, iBase, iBase Intellishare, iXv Visualizer, iBridge, iXa Search Service, TextChart, ChartReader and PatternTracer. Its products deal with problems sometimes called "big data". In September 2011, it was announced that IBM acquired i2 Limited. The terms were not disclosed, but estimated at around $500 million. At the time, it was estimated to have 350 employees. The products were then sold under the IBM i2 brand, as part of its "Smarter Cities" campaign. References External links Official website Category:Software companies of the United Kingdom Category:Data analysis software Category:IBM acquisitions Category:Crime statistics

CIHF-DT CIHF-DT (branded on-air as Global Halifax) is the Global owned-and-operated television station, serving Nova Scotia that is licensed to Halifax. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter located on Washmill Lake Drive in Halifax. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it is the sister station to CHNB-DT in Saint John, New Brunswick. The two stations share a studio on Gottingen Street in Downtown Halifax. This station can also be seen on EastLink TV channel 6, Bell Aliant TV channel 4, and Bell TV channel 204. On Shaw Direct, the channel is available on 329 (Classic) or 060 (Advanced), and in high definition on channel 050 (Classic) or 550 (Advanced). There is a high definition feed offered on Eastlink TV digital channel 602 and Bell Aliant TV channel 402. History CIHF-TV was launched on September 5, 1988, and was initially owned by the Irving family of Saint John, New Brunswick and their New Brunswick Broadcasting Company. It was co-owned with Saint John-based CHSJ-TV, the CBC Television affiliate for all of New Brunswick. The station initially had only one transmitter, in Halifax; it served the rest of Nova Scotia via cable. When MITV launched, it took all primetime American shows from CBC station CBHT—reportedly a prelude to the CBC dropping all primetime American programming nationwide. It was a sister station to CIHF-TV-2 in Saint John. Both stations were branded as MITV (Maritimes Independent Television), and their schedules were almost identical. However, the stations offered separate newscasts to their respective provinces and opportunities for advertisers to buy ad space on one or both stations. Furthermore, although the Saint John station's callsign made it appear that it was a rebroadcaster of the Halifax station, both stations were separately licensed by the CRTC. At the time, MITV was the only over-the-air independent television station in the area, with studios and main operation centre in Halifax, and all other functions in Saint John. As MITV shared owners with CHSJ-TV, a popular joke in the Maritimes was that MITV stood for "More Irving Television". In 1989, retransmitters were added in Bridgewater, Truro, and Wolfville. The transmitter network was expanded further in 1993 to include service to Shelburne, Sydney, New Glasgow, and Yarmouth. After losing $5 million each year since sign-on, MITV was sold to Canwest on August 29, 1994. This was part of a three-way deal, which saw the CBC taking control of CHSJ-TV, moving it to Fredericton, and renaming it CBAT, making it a full CBC O&O. Later in the year, MITV moved its operational and business headquarters to Halifax. In 1995, MITV's Saint John offices were moved out of the old CHSJ building and into a new facility in Brunswick Square. Within a year of new ownership and its resulting reorganization and marketing focus, the station became profitable for the first time in its short history. In 1997, when Canwest rebranded its stations as the Global Television Network, MITV became Global Maritimes. Additional retransmitters signed on in 1998, in Mulgrave and Antigonish. In October 2007, approximately forty employees at Global Maritimes were laid off as part of a wider restructuring of the Global Television Network and introduction of centralised news broadcast facilities. On December 17, 2012, Global Maritimes officially began operations at its new home on Gottingen Street in Downtown Halifax. Previously, its operations were located on Akerley Blvd. in an industrial park in the Halifax suburb of Dartmouth. In April 2013, CIHF was rebranded as Global Halifax, while sister station CIHF-2 in Saint John was rebranded as Global New Brunswick, marking the first time the stations have not used the same brand. The stations began producing separate nightly newscasts in addition to their already existing separate evening newscasts, and a new senior correspondent was hired for Global New Brunswick. The stations will continue to share news-gathering resources and anchors. Despite the separate branding, the two stations' non-news schedules remain virtually identical, except for separate idents and commercials. News operation Global Halifax airs three local newscasts a day from their Halifax studios: the flagship Global News at 6 at 6 p.m., Global News at 11 at 11 p.m., and Global News Morning from 6-9 a.m. on weekdays. Global News at 6 is followed by Global National at 6:30 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays, Global Halifax and Global New Brunswick share a combined Global News at 6 and Global News at 11 under the Global Maritimes brand. All of these news programs are broadcast in 16:9 high definition from the Halifax studios. Along with a growing number of other Global stations, CIHF has used a "virtual" studio since March 2008. The anchor sits behind a desk in front of a green screen, onto which a virtual reality studio is digitally inserted. Cameras and tapes are cued and controlled from a centralised control centre - which was originally in Vancouver, but was moved in August 2008 to Edmonton. A number of the redundancies made in October 2007 were directly attributable to the introduction of this new technology. Global Maritimes also had a 5:30 p.m. newscast called the Early News, but was cancelled as of early 2007 to make way for a full hour late-night newscast. The Early News was the first attempt by Global Maritimes to compete against CTV Atlantic's flagship news magazine program Live at 5. Global also had a noon lifestyle show called The Noon Show (later called Global Noon), which was cancelled due to low ratings. On June 8, 2011, the station announced that Ron Kronstein would become the senior anchor/producer for both the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick editions of the Evening News; Kronstein was the former host of Live at 5 on ATV (now CTV Atlantic) until 2003. On the same day, the station provided more details about its upcoming Morning News, and announced that up to a dozen new reporters, producers, and videographers would be hired at its bureaus in Halifax, Sydney, Moncton, Saint John, and Fredericton. On January 28, 2013, Global Maritimes launched a three-hour weekday morning program (airing from 6-9 a.m.) titled the Morning News, as part of an expansion of local news programming on Global owned-and-operated stations across Canada. Since 2016, Global Halifax has not had a weather anchor for their 6 p.m. newscast and instead relies on Global Toronto's chief meteorologist Anthony Farnell for the weather reports. Global Halifax aired its last locally produced 6pm newscast on February 15, 2018. This came after the departure of anchor Ron Kronstein to Peterborough, Ontario to work for CHEX-DT. Global News at 6 will instead be anchored entirely from Toronto (meaning that after Global News Morning ends at 9am, the studio remains empty for the remainder of the day). As of August 2018, Global News has Reappeared in Halifax within Sarah Ritchie. On-air Staff Notable former on-air staff Allan Rowe - evening anchor (later a Nova Scotia MLA, deceased) Janet Stewart - evening anchor (now at CBWT-DT in Winnipeg) Other programming The Maritimes are located in the Atlantic Time Zone, which is one hour ahead of the Eastern Time Zone, where Global's CIII Toronto is located. In order to accommodate such a time zone difference and maximize simultaneous substitution opportunities with the American stations carried on cable, CIHF's primetime schedule deviates from that of most other Global O&Os, with some shows airing earlier in the evening, and occasionally on different nights, compared to other Global stations. (Global's stations in Alberta, which operate on Mountain Time but are in markets where the American network affiliates available on cable are on Pacific Time, usually have a very similar primetime schedule.) Transmitters The station operates the following rebroadcast transmitters. References External links Global Halifax IHF IHF Category:Media in Halifax, Nova Scotia Category:Corus Entertainment Category:Television channels and stations established in 1988 Category:1988 establishments in Nova Scotia

1761 in Denmark Events from the year 1761 in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Frederick V Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Events 4 January – The Danish Arabia Expedition departs from Copenhagen. 13 January – The Fire Insurance for All Danish Market Towns is instituted by law. Undated Georg Christian Oeder begins the publication of Flora Danica Johan Jacob Bruun begins the publication of his Novus Atlas Daniæ Births Marie Cathrine Preisler, stage actress (died 1797) Full date missing Edmund Bourke, diplomat (died 1821) Deaths February 17 — Simon Carl Stanley, sculptor (born 1703) July 16 - Jacob Fortling, sculptor, architect and industrialist (born 1711) References Category:1760s in Denmark Denmark Category:Years of the 18th century in Denmark

Kovalski Fly Kowalski Fly is a Valencian (Spanish) fanzine published in the 1990s with the presence of several illustrious authors: Nel Gimeno, Sento, Lalo Kubala, Pedro Vera, Luis Duran, César Tormo, Gerard Miquel (also editor), José Parrondo, Olaf Ladousse, Coca Vilar and Oliveiro Dumas. The golden age of fanzine took place in 1997 when it was awarded with the First Prize for the best fanzine in Barcelona International Comics Convention. References Category:Fanzines Category:Magazines about comics Category:Media in Valencia Category:Spanish comics magazines Category:Spanish-language magazines Category:Magazines with year of establishment missing Category:Magazines with year of disestablishment missing

Sen Sōshitsu is the traditional name carried by the head of the Urasenke family. Sen is the family name and Sōshitsu is the hereditary name assumed by the successor upon becoming iemoto of Urasenke. The first person in this line of the Sen family to use the name Sōshitsu was the youngest son of Sen no Sōtan; in other words, a great-grandson of Sen no Rikyū. He is generally known as Sensō Sōshitsu (仙叟宗室), without mention of the family name, and is counted as the fourth generation in the Urasenke family line. The current head of Urasenke is the sixteenth generation, Sen Sōshitsu XVI, who is distinguished by his tea name, Zabōsai. The kanji character for sō, 宗, in the hereditary name may be interpreted to mean "family core". Like the head of Urasenke, the heads of other schools of Japanese tea ceremony also have hereditary names beginning with this kanji character. For example, the head of the Omotesenke school traditionally carries the name Sōsa, written 宗左, and the head of the Mushakōjisenke school is Sōshu, 宗守. References Further reading Daijirin, 2nd Ed. Daijisen, 1st. Ed. Kōjien, 5th Ed. External links Urasenke official home page Category:Chadō

Look Alive Look Alive may refer to: "Look Alive" (Rae Sremmurd song), a 2016 song by Rae Sremmurd from the album SremmLife 2 "Look Alive" (BlocBoy JB song), a 2018 song by BlocBoy JB featuring Drake Look Alive (Incubus album), a 2007 live DVD and CD by Incubus Look Alive (Guster album) Look Alive (EP), a 2009 EP by We Are the Ocean

Georgia and Alabama Railroad The original Georgia and Alabama Railroad was based in Rome, GA, incorporated in 1853, and started initial rail construction in 1857. In August 1866, the G&A officially consolidated with the Dalton and Jacksonville Railroad and the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad Company with the intent to create a consolidated rail system from Selma, AL to Dalton, GA. The consolidated corporation was to do business under the name of the latter, but it officially took the name Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company in December of that same year. Still, in some cases, business continued under the name of Georgia and Alabama Railroad. For instance, in May 1868, a contract was executed to the Georgia and Alabama Railroad, leasing 100 African American convicts in the state of Georgia to work for the railroad company without pay. The Georgia and Alabama Railroad is not to be confused with the Georgia and Alabama Railway, which was a different entity entirely, formed in 1895 and based in Savannah. However, due to the similarity in their names, the G&A Railway was often referred to as the G&A Railroad until it became part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway ca. 1900. In 1989, the next iteration of the Georgia and Alabama Railroad was formed as a shortline railroad operating between Smithville, Georgia and White Oak, Alabama, . RailTex consolidated its holdings in the area into the Georgia Southwestern in 1995, and the Georgia & Alabama ceased to operate under that name. The rail system, however, is still in use by the Georgia Southwestern Railroad. History The Southwestern Railroad originally constructed the line west out of Smithville towards the Alabama state line, completing the railroad in 1860. The Southwestern was leased to the Central of Georgia in 1869 and completely integrated into the system in 1954. The remainder of the line into Alabama was constructed by the Vicksburg & Brunswick from Eufaula to Clayton, Alabama, and became part of the Central of Georgia. An extension to Ozark was later built, however, it was abandoned in 1977. Eventually the Central of Georgia was acquired by the Southern, and later became part of Norfolk Southern. The line was cut back to White Oak February 28, 1986. The Georgia & Alabama railroad began operation on June 1, 1989 under the Thoroughbred Shortline Program between Smithville and White Oak. Freight included peanuts, aggregates, pulpwood, and cement, which generated approximately 3,300 annual carloads for the line in 1995. Interchange was made with Norfolk Southern at Smithville, CSX Transportation at Dawson until 1990, and fellow RailTex subsidiary Georgia Southwestern at Cuthbert. After 1990, the railroad interchanged with the Georgia Great Southern at Dawson. The Georgia & Alabama no longer existed in name after the division was merged into the Georgia Southwestern division of Railtex in 1995. References Category:Defunct Alabama railroads Category:Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1995 Category:Railway companies established in 1989

Sin Nombre (2009 film) Sin Nombre (English: "Nameless") is a 2009 Mexican-American adventure thriller film written and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, about a Honduran girl trying to immigrate to the United States, and a boy caught up in the violence of gang life. Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal were executive producers on the Spanish-language film. Sin Nombre won awards for directing and cinematography at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Plot Willy, nicknamed El Casper, is a member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang and lives in Tapachula, a Mexican town near the border with Guatemala. He introduces a young boy into his gang, and the boy is given the nickname Smiley after a violent initiation. Casper later helps Smiley to complete this initiation by helping him execute a rival gang-member. Casper is romantically involved with a girl, Martha Marlen. Fearing for the girl's safety, he keeps the relationship a secret from his gang, but his double life causes his gang to doubt his loyalty. When Martha follows Casper to a gathering of his gang, the gang leader, Lil Mago, escorts her out, despite Casper's misgivings. Mago attempts to rape Martha and accidentally kills her. Later, he blithely tells Casper that he will find another. Shortly afterward, Mago brings Casper and Smiley to La Bombilla, a location along the train tracks where potential illegal immigrants stow away on passing trains on their way to the United States. Among the immigrants is a Honduran family introduced earlier consisting of the teenage girl Sayra, her father, and her uncle, who are on their way to relatives in New Jersey. Lil Mago, Casper, and Smiley rob the passengers for any money they have until Lil Mago spots Sayra and attempts to rape her. Casper intervenes, killing Mago and then sending Smiley off. Smiley goes back to the gang and reports about Mago's death. The new gang leader, El Sol, accuses Smiley of collusion, to which Smiley timidly protests and begs to be sent to kill Casper to prove his loyalty. El Sol agrees and Smiley travels north to track down Casper. On the train, the still distraught Casper is avoided by other passengers. When some try to throw him off the train, Sayra warns Casper and keeps on approaching him, despite her father's warnings. Casper's knowledge from previously smuggling gang members and avoiding the police proves useful, as he eludes his pursuers. He is finally accepted by Sayra's family but decides to leave the train while the others are sleeping. Unbeknownst to Casper, Sayra follows him off the train. Meanwhile, her father and uncle decide to continue the journey. Traveling north on a car transport organized by a friend of Casper, Casper and Sayra barely escape a trap laid for them and enter an immigrant shelter, where Sayra sees a familiar face. She is informed that her father has died and her uncle has been caught. In disbelief, she rushes off to cry at the chapel, where Casper comforts her. They reach a river that constitutes the border to the United States. A coyote agrees to take them across one by one. Casper pays the man with his camera containing the cherished pictures of his murdered girlfriend and insists that Sayra go first. When she is halfway across, the gang appears and begins to chase Casper. Casper flees the pursuing gang but runs into Smiley, who shoots him once, then slowly two more times, the last of which is in the head. This allows time for the others to catch up. They then all proceed to empty their magazines into Casper in an execution-style killing, while Sayra struggles to hold on to the raft and screams in horror. The closing scenes show Sayra phoning her father's new family from outside an American mall, her uncle setting off on another attempt to cross the border, and Smiley getting his lip tattooed as a sign of his loyalty to the gang. Cast Edgar Flores as Willy ("El Casper") Kristyan Ferrer as Benito ("El Smiley") Paulina Gaitán as Sayra Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Lil Mago Diana García as Martha Marlene Héctor Jiménez as Wounded Man / Leche Gerardo Taracena as Horacio Luis Fernando Peña as El Sol Production The film was mostly shot in Mexico City. Locations were found there resembling as closely as possible Tegucigalpa and the train station in Tapachula. The film was also shot in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. Several of the extras used in the film were actual migrants. Fukunaga said of working with them, "I didn't have to tell them anything — they know how to sit on top of a train." According to IMDB, "Cary Fukunaga spent two years researching the film, spending time with people on the trains and with gangsters in Central America. He also used two gang members to script edit making the slang and language as up to date and realistic as possible." Reception The film currently holds an 88% "fresh" rating on the review website Rotten Tomatoes; the consensus states: "Part harrowing immigration tale, part gangster story, this debut by writer/director Cary Fukunaga is sensitive, insightful and deeply authentic." On Metacritic, the film has a 77/100 rating, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Awards See also Children's immigration crisis References External links Sin Nombre Sundance Festival page Category:2000s adventure films Category:2000s crime drama films Category:2000s crime thriller films Category:2009 films Category:American adventure drama films Category:American crime drama films Category:American crime thriller films Category:American films Category:American independent films Category:Directorial debut films Category:Films scored by Marcelo Zarvos Category:Films directed by Cary Fukunaga Category:Films set in Guatemala Category:Films set in Honduras Category:Films set in Mexico Category:Films shot in Mexico Category:Focus Features films Category:Hood films Category:2000s independent films Category:Mexican films Category:Mexican independent films Category:Mexican thriller drama films Category:Mexican crime drama films Category:MS-13 Category:Rail transport films Category:Spanish-language films Category:Sundance Film Festival award winners Category:2000s gang films Category:Films with screenplays by Cary Fukunaga

Mirabelle (Breda restaurant) __NOTOC__ Mirabelle is a defunct restaurant located in the Mirabella Estate in Breda, in the Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in 1959 and retained that rating until 1967. In recent years the restaurant came into hot water. Mostly depending on business guest, it went bankrupt in April 2009. The restaurant was bought by Trudi Splinter and reopened in January 2010. Instead of reaching the culinary top, as was their aim, the restaurant closed down in June 2012, due to bankruptcy of owner "Santé Group". See also List of Michelin starred restaurants in the Netherlands References Category:Restaurants in the Netherlands Category:Michelin Guide starred restaurants in the Netherlands Category:Defunct restaurants in the Netherlands Category:Restaurants in North Brabant Category:Buildings and structures in Breda

Garlock Building The Garlock Building, at 522 Mount Rushmore Rd. in Custer, South Dakota, was built in 1890 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It is Early Commercial in style. It was built by Thomas Van Der Vort Garlock, who came to Custer in 1884. He had the two-story brick building constructed to replace a building burnt in a fire in 1890. It first housed a grocery store and a bank on the first floor, and a lodgehall/ballroom on the second. In 1909 the second floor was converted to apartments. References Category:National Register of Historic Places in Custer County, South Dakota Category:Early Commercial architecture in the United States Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1890

San Jerónimo (Los Barbosa) San Jerónimo (Los Barbosa) is a locality and municipal agency of San Martín de Hidalgo Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the village had a total population of 355, making it the eleventh-largest locality in the municipality and the second-largest in the territorial sub-committee. San Jerónimo is the home of the state-funded San Jerónimo Dam which cost It is situated 45 miles southwest of Guadalajara, and 80 miles east of Puerto Vallarta. History The village of San Jerónimo was first annotated as one of the settlements comprising the jurisdiction of Cocula in 1744. Demographics 2010 According to the 2010 Censo General de Población y Vivienda, San Jerónimo (Los Barbosa) had a population of 355 inhabitants, of which 164 were male and 191 were female. There were 103 inhabited houses. Government San Jerónimo is one of the 18 municipal agencies of San Martín de Hidalgo Municipality and belongs to the territorial sub-committee of Santa Cruz de las Flores. A municipal agent and a municipal sub-agent preside over San Jerónimo in the administrative and representative sense and are appointed and removed by the municipal council. San Jerónimo is located in the 18th Local Electoral District. Agriculture San Jerónimo was incorporated into an ejido on March 25, 1925, with a total of 582 hectares of communal land. Unincorporated communities La Madera, part of the village Planta de Beneficio, former settlement outside the village See also El Cerrito de los Tapia References External links San Jerónimo's official website Information of San Jerónimo Information of the Municipality Category:Populated places in Jalisco

James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (4 October 133118 October 1382) was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1359, 1364, and 1376, and a dominant political leader in Ireland in the 1360s and 1370s. The son of James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond and Lady Eleanor de Bohun, James was born at Kilkenny Castle and given in ward on 1 September 1344 to Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond for the fine of 2,306 marks; and afterward to Sir John Darcy who married him to his daughter Elizabeth. He was usually called The Noble Earl, being a great-grandson, through his mother, of King Edward I of England. He died at Knocktopher Castle in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland. Career In 1362, he slew 600 of Mac Murrough's followers at Teigstaffen (County Kilkenny). On 22 April 1364, was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland to Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence: Clarence, from his first arrival in Ireland, placed great trust in him, and for a few years it seems that as Deputy he was almost all-powerful. In the 1360s he clashed with Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare. In 1364 the Irish House of Commons sent a delegation to England, headed by Kildare, to complain of misgovernment, and to ask for the removal of "corrupt" officials, some of whom had links to Ormond. A number of these officials were removed, but Ormond's position was not seriously threatened. He was Lord Justice by 24 July 1376, with a salary of £500 a year, in which office he was continued by King Richard II of England. On 2 April 1372, he was made constable of Dublin Castle, with the fee of £18 5s. a year. He was summoned to the Parliaments held by Richard II. He died 18 October 1382 in his castle of Knocktopher (near which he had, in 1356, founded a Friary for Carmelite friars). He was buried in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny. Marriage and Children On 15 May 1346 he married Elizabeth Darcy, daughter of Sir John Darcy, Knight of Knaith (another Lord Justice of Ireland) and Joan de Burgh. They had five children: James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond (1362–1405). Thomas Butler, Justice of Cork 1359–1396 Eleanor Butler 1350–1392, married Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond Joan Butler 1360–1393 (plague) married Teige O'Carroll, Prince of Éile Ralph Butler 1356–1367 See also Butler dynasty References Richardson, Douglas, and Kimball G. Everingham. Magna Carta Ancestry A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Royal ancestry series. Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2005. googlebooks Accessed November 9, 2007 Butler family Accessed November 9, 2007 James Category:1382 deaths Category:14th-century Irish people Category:1331 births Category:Earls of Ormond (Ireland) Category:Lords Lieutenant of Ireland

Danny Sheaffer Danny Todd Sheaffer (born August 2, 1961) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher and third baseman and currently manager of the Princeton Rays, the Rookie League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. Scheaffer was a minor league baseball coach within the Houston Astros organization. From 2009 through 2012, he was the minor league catching instructor. Previously, he was the manager of the Round Rock Express (2007), the Astros' Triple-A affiliate, and the Memphis Redbirds (2003 to 2006). Early and personal life Sheaffer was born on August 2, 1961, in Jacksonville, Florida. He is an alumnus of Clemson University. Playing career Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round of the 1981 MLB amateur draft, Sheaffer would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Boston Red Sox on April 9, 1987, and appear in his final game on September 27, 1997. Sheaffer was a member of the inaugural Colorado Rockies team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993. Sheaffer finished out his playing career with the St. Louis Cardinals. He played 25 games for the Memphis Redbirds, Cards' Triple-A team. Coaching In the middle of the 2003 season, the Memphis Redbirds named Sheaffer as their manager, replacing Tom Spencer. During his tenure, the Redbirds went 244-266 (.478), with one second-place finish and two third-place finishes in the Pacific Coast League's American Northern division. On November 23, 2009, Sheaffer joined the Houston Astros organization as a catching coordinator in its minor league system. His contract was not renewed by the Astros after the 2012 season. Scheaffer was named manager of the Princeton Rays of the Appalachian League on January 24, 2013. References External links Category:Baseball players from Florida Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Boston Red Sox players Category:Cleveland Indians players Category:Colorado Rockies players Category:Eugene Emeralds managers Category:St. Louis Cardinals players Category:Major League Baseball catchers Category:Major League Baseball third basemen Category:Clemson Tigers baseball players Category:Memphis Redbirds players Category:Portland Beavers players Category:Colorado Springs Sky Sox players Category:Pawtucket Red Sox players Category:Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Category:New Britain Red Sox players Category:Bristol Red Sox players Category:Winter Haven Red Sox players Category:Winston-Salem Spirits players Category:Elmira Pioneers players Category:Sportspeople from Jacksonville, Florida Category:Minor league baseball managers Category:Memphis Redbirds managers

Australian Signals Directorate Australian Signals Directorate (ASD; until 2013: Defence Signals Directorate, DSD) is the Australian government agency responsible for foreign signals intelligence, support to military operations, cyber warfare, and information security. ASD is part of the Australian Intelligence Community. ASD's role within UKUSA Agreement (Five Eyes) is to monitor SIGINT in South and East Asia. The ASD also houses the Australian Cyber Security Centre. The unit was established in 1947 by executive order as the Defence Signals Bureau within the Department of Defence, and underwent several name changes until its current name ASD was adopted in 2013. ASD was converted to a statutory body by the Intelligence Services Act 2001. ASD is based in Canberra, at the Defence Department Headquarters at Russell Offices. As of February 2020, Rachel Noble is the Director-General of ASD, replacing Mike Burgess, who was appointed Director-General of Security in September 2019. In April 2018, a proposal to empower ASD to collect intelligence on Australians was backed by Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton, but is strongly opposed by some in Cabinet who argue it is not necessary. Under legislation, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are already allowed to seek assistance from ASD in conducting investigations on Australian citizens and businesses. History The Directorate has operated under a number of different names since its founding: 1947 – Defence Signals Bureau established within the Department of Defence 1949 – name changed to Defence Signals Branch 1964 – name changed to Defence Signals Division 1978 – name changed to Defence Signals Directorate on recommendation of the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security (Hope Commission) 2013 – name changed to Australian Signals Directorate ASD commissioned an official history in 2019, which will cover the organisation's history from its establishment to 2001. Roles and responsibilities The principal functions of ASD are to collect and disseminate foreign signals intelligence (SIGINT) and to provide information security products and services to the Australian Government and Australian Defence Force (ADF), its foreign partners and militaries. ASD operates at least three receiving stations: the Australian Defence Satellite Communications Station (ADSCS), located at Kojarena, near Geraldton, Western Australia, the Shoal Bay Receiving Station, located at Shoal Bay, Northern Territory, and a small station on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. ASD also maintains a workforce at Pine Gap in central Australia. ADSCS and Shoal Bay are part of the United States signals intelligence and ECHELON analysis network. These stations also contribute signals intelligence for many Australian Government bodies, as well as the other UKUSA partners. Electronic warfare operators in the Royal Australian Corps of Signals work closely with ASD. 7 Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) at Borneo Barracks, , Queensland is also associated with ASD.. In addition, it has been reported that many Australian embassies and overseas missions also house small facilities which provide a flow of signals intelligence to ASD. UKUSA Agreement (Five Eyes) Australia joined the UKUSA Agreement in 1948, a multilateral agreement for cooperation in signals intelligence between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The alliance is also known as the Five Eyes. Other countries, known as "third parties", such as West Germany, the Philippines, and several Nordic countries also joined the UKUSA community. As the Agreement was a secret treaty, its existence was not even disclosed to the Australian Prime Minister until 1973, when Gough Whitlam insisted on seeing it. The existence of the UKUSA Agreement was discovered by the Australian government during the 1973 Murphy raids on the headquarters of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). After learning about the agreement, Whitlam discovered that Pine Gap, a secret surveillance station close to Alice Springs, Australia, had been operated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Pine Gap is now operated jointly by both Australia and the United States. The existence of the Agreement was not disclosed to the public until 2005. On 25 June 2010, for the first time, the full text of the agreement was publicly released by the United Kingdom and the United States, and can now be viewed online. Under the agreement, ASD's intelligence is shared with UKUSA signals intelligence partner agencies: the National Security Agency (NSA)United States, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)United Kingdom, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE)Canada, and the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB)New Zealand. Organisational structure The Australian Signals Directorate is led by a Director-General and a Principal Deputy Director-General who oversee strategy. The ASD also comprises the Australian Cyber Security Centre, a Signals Intelligence and Network Operations Group, and a Corporate and Capability Group. SIGINT and Network Operations Group The Signals Intelligence and Network Operations Group is responsible for signals intelligence collection, analysis and production, and ASD’s network based access and effects operations. The Group comprises an Intelligence Division and a Network Operations and Access Division responsible for foreign signals intelligence and offensive cyber operations. Defence SIGINT and Cyber Command The Defence Signals-Intelligence (SIGINT) and Cyber Command (DSCC) was established in January 2018 by the Chief of the Defence Force consolidating all ADF personnel within the ASD within the Joint Cyber Unit and Joint SIGINT Unit. The Commander of the DSCC is responsible to the Head of Information Warfare under the Chief of Joint Capabilities to the Chief of the Defence Force. The Commander is currently Commodore James McCormack of the Royal Australian Navy who was previously the Director-General for Support to Military Operations within the Australian Signals Directorate. Leadership Director Principal Deputy Director See also Australian Intelligence Community List of intelligence agencies Espionage ECHELON References External links Australian Signals Directorate official website Open Australia Search: Parliamentary records mentioning 'signals directorate'. Category:Cryptography organizations Category:Signals intelligence agencies Category:Australian intelligence agencies Category:Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia Category:1947 establishments in Australia Category:Government agencies established in 1947 Category:Cold War history of Australia Category:Defence Intelligence and Security Group Category:Organisations based in Canberra

Zagajnik, Lublin Voivodeship Zagajnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Werbkowice, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. The village has an approximate population of 60. References Zagajnik

Canada v Schmidt Canada v Schmidt, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 500, is a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on the applicability of fundamental justice under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on extradition. While fundamental justice in Canada included a variety of legal protections, the Court found that in considering the punishments one might face when extradited to another country, only those that "shock the conscience" would breach fundamental justice. Background The defendant was a Canadian citizen named Helen Susan Schmidt, who along with her son Charles Gress and his friend Paul Hildebrand had kidnapped a young girl in Cleveland, Ohio. Schmidt claimed to believe the girl was her granddaughter and that the girl's biological mother kept her in a home ill suited for a child. Helen Schmidt then lived with the girl for two years in New York City before her arrest in 1982. She was charged with kidnapping (a federal offence in the United States) and with child-stealing (an offence in Ohio). That same year she was acquitted of kidnapping, but she fled to Canada before her state trial commenced. She was captured in Ontario and was prepared to be extradited. While being charged for child-stealing after having been acquitted of kidnapping would not violate the double jeopardy clause in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as the states are not bound by this amendment, Schmidt fought the extradition as a violation of double jeopardy rights under section 11(h) of the Canadian Charter. Decision The majority decision was written by Justice Gerard La Forest. After the Supreme Court found it had jurisdiction to review the case, it considered whether extradition law aside from Charter law was violated. Under extradition law, a hearing in Canada would ascertain if there was sufficient evidence of a crime that could be criminal in Canada as well as in the other nation. It was argued that the extradition hearing should guard against double jeopardy, since this was an essential right in Canadian law. However, the hearing is not a trial, and the Supreme Court decided that arguments about double jeopardy are a defence that would be more suited for a trial. The case Re Burley (1865) was cited to demonstrate that Canada should trust the receiving country to carry out the trial. Moving on to consider section 11(h) of the Charter, the Court considered the argument that the crimes of kidnapping and child-stealing were too similar. The Court noted that while the Canadian government's decisions in extradition are bound by the Charter under section 32, the actions of a foreign government are not. This was relevant to section 11(h), since its rights are held against trials and the Canadian government would not be conducting the trial. The Court went on to argue many other rights under section 11 would also be irrelevant to extradition. For example, section 11 guarantees the presumption of innocence, but in practice Canada already extradites persons to countries that do not presume innocence. Section 6 of the Charter, which provides mobility rights for Canadian citizens, was not considered because the Court had already dealt with the issue in Re Federal Republic of Germany and Rauca and found extradition could be a justified limit on rights against exile. Finally, the Court considered section 7 of the Charter, which guarantees the right to life, liberty and security of the person, except when a deprivation of these rights is in accordance with fundamental justice. The Court noted that the executive government's decisions to extradite, the extradition hearing and even the treaty could be subject to section 7. The extradition itself could violate section 7 by putting a person at risk of having his or her rights breached. The Court found that punishments in another country might be so excessive that the Canadian government should not put persons at risk by extraditing them there. For example, torture would be unacceptable, and to make this point the Court cited Altun v. Germany (1983), a case considered by the European Commission on Human Rights. In general, a potential punishment that "shocks the conscience" will violate fundamental justice in extradition cases. However, the Court urged some deference to the executive government in these cases. Additionally, the fact that a foreign justice system would be very different from Canada's would not necessarily make it unjust. Compared to regular operations in another country, the variety of guarantees under fundamental justice in Canada could be seen as "finicky," and thus they need not be considered in extradition cases. The presumption of innocence was one right the Court identified that if breached would not shock the conscience, even though it is part of fundamental justice in Canada. This shocked conscience theory would also be less disruptive to efforts to ensure fugitives meet justice. Ultimately, however, Schmidt lost her case. While double jeopardy is a part of fundamental justice in Canada, La Forest wrote, "I do not think our constitutional standards can be imposed on other countries." The majority found that the charge would be in accordance with "traditional procedures" in Ohio. Finally, it found that "It is interesting that, as we saw, the United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that successive prosecutions at the federal and state level do not automatically offend against the due process clause, the spirit and content of which bears some resemblance to s. 7 of the Charter, although the courts would act to prevent oppressive behaviour." Concurrence Lamer A concurrence was written by Justice Antonio Lamer, who agreed some potential punishments in extradition might breach fundamental justice. However, he felt that when one faces extradition hearings, one is a "person charged with an offence" and thus section 11 should apply. In an extradition hearing, a person should therefore have legal rights under the Charter, as the foreign government might now allow consideration of similar rights. Nevertheless, Lamer too would have decided against Schmidt because he felt kidnapping and child-stealing were sufficiently different crimes. Wilson An opinion was also given by Justice Bertha Wilson, who also would have ruled against Schmidt. She argued that a citizen "clearly can" claim rights under the Charter in an extradition hearing. Wilson felt the claim to rights under sections 11(h) and 7 were not made against Ohio but against the extradition court's decision that Schmidt should be held in prison in Canada before the government made a decision to extradite her. Still, Wilson decided that Schmidt "failed to establish that the offence in Ohio is the same offence as the offence under the United States Code." Aftermath The case has been cited in a number of subsequent extradition cases, including Kindler v. Canada (1991), in which it was found potential execution would not shock the conscience, and later United States v. Burns (2001), which overturned Kindler. In Suresh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (2002), the Court ruled a possibility of torture would shock the conscience. However, the use of the shocked conscience doctrine has not gone without criticism. Professor Peter Hogg, in noting how the definition of fundamental justice has been ambiguous and that the courts have taken on "enormous discretion," argues a shocked conscience is particularly difficult to measure. He writes that cruel and unusual punishment (prohibited by section 12 of the Charter) should obviously be shocking potential punishments. However, he observes that some potential punishments considered cruel and unusual in Canada have been considered acceptable in extradition. Thus, Hogg notes that some punishments considered "cruel and unusual, ...are not shocking or unacceptable!" References External links Category:Supreme Court of Canada cases Category:Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms case law Category:Section Seven Charter case law Category:Canadian extradition case law Category:1987 in Canadian case law Category:1987 in international relations

Come Fly with Me Come Fly with Me may refer to: Music "Come Fly with Me" (1957 song), a popular song written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, and the title track of: Come Fly with Me (Frank Sinatra album), 1958 Come Fly with Me (Michael Bublé album) Come Fly with Me (Peter Andre album) "Come Fly with Me" (Foxy Brown song) Film and television Come Fly with Me (film), a 1963 comedy about stewardesses Come Fly with Me (1976 film), a Hong Kong film of 1976 Come Fly with Me (2009 film), an Australian short film partially shot at Bankstown Airport Come Fly with Me (1958 TV series), a Canadian music variety show Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series), a British 'mockumentary' sketch show starring David Walliams and Matt Lucas "Come Fly with Me" (Modern Family), an episode of the TV series Modern Family "Come Fly with Me", an episode of the American sitcom Full House "Come Fly with Me", an episode of the Disney animated series Goof Troop "Come Fly with Me", an episode of the American sitcom Lizzie McGuire "Come Fly with Me", an episode of the American sitcom Twenty Good Years "Come Fly with Me", an episode of Star Trek Deep Space 9 season 6 episode 20 His Way

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (season 3) The third season of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman originally aired between September 17, 1995 and May 12, 1996, beginning with "We Have a Lot to Talk About". The series loosely follows the comic philosophy of writer John Byrne, with Clark Kent as the true personality, and Superman as a secondary disguise. As the show's title suggests, it focuses as much on the relationship between Clark Kent and Lois Lane as on the adventures of Clark's alter-ego. The central characters in season 3 are Dean Cain as Clark Kent/Superman, Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane, Lane Smith as Perry White, Eddie Jones as Jonathan Kent, K Callan as Martha Kent, and Justin Whalin as Jimmy Olsen. Season three would go on to be the most successful season of Lois & Clark in its run. The show averaged at least 15 million viewers per episode, and ranked 44th for the season. In the premiere episode, Lois revealed that she had recently learned Clark's secret identity. Only later in the seventh episode of the season, "Ultra Woman", did Lois finally accept Clark's proposal. The long-anticipated wedding was put off to coincide with the characters' marriage in the comics, which led to many storylines designed to delay and interrupt the wedding on the TV series. Another controversy erupted when ABC announced that the wedding would actually take place Valentine's Day weekend, even sending out heart-shaped "wedding invitations" to ABC News staff, only to present viewers with a bogus wedding, in which Clark unwittingly married a clone of Lois who was developed by a mad scientist whose creations are required to ingest frogs periodically as nourishment. This started a special five-part story, with Lois being kidnapped by Lex Luthor who had put the clone in her place. And later with Lois suffering amnesia after a sharp hit on the head and needing to regain her memory. The wedding of Lois and Clark was scheduled and prepared by DC's Superman comics team for release during what would have worked out to be the third season of Lois and Clark. The ongoing Superman comics are not affiliated with television or movies and move in their own direction at their own pace. When the comic book wedding became known to the producers of the Lois and Clark television series, they asked the DC Comics team to postpone the wedding issue as they were planning to marry Lois and Clark in their fourth season and it would help them if the comic book wedding were to coincide with their television program. The DC comics team agreed to postpone their wedding issue. Episodes See also List of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman episodes References External links Season 3 at the Internet Movie Database Season 3 at TV.com Category:1995 American television seasons Category:1996 American television seasons Category:Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman seasons

Trochulus waldemari Trochulus waldemari is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. References Category:Hygromiidae Category:Gastropods described in 1912

ŽRK Pelister ŽRK Pelister 2012 (WHC Pelister 2012) () is a Macedonian women's handball club from Bitola, Republic of Macedonia. The team was rebuilt after 15 years in 2014-15 season. The team currently competes in the Macedonian women's First League of Handball. ŽRK Pelister 2012 has participated twice in the EHF Challenge Cup. European record Team Current squad Squad for the 2018–19 season Goalkeepers Sandra Durlanova Slobodanka Kiceska Jovana Ristova Wingers RW Anastasija Belevska Dragana Milosavljević LW Anastasija Nikolovska Monika Talevska Line Players Dimitrieva Ilina Kristina Kakovska Medea Chokeli Sashka Filiposka Back players LB Angela Jankulovska Arijona Raif CB Frosina Apostolovska Iva Bozhinoska RB Maja Karanfilovska Grujevska Ivona Transfers Transfers for the 2018–19 season Joining Anastasija Nikolovska (LW) (from HC Vardar) Iva Bozhinoska (CB) (from HC Vardar) Leaving Gabriela Velickovska (LB) (to Le Pouzin Handball 07) Vaska Gligorijadis (RW) (to ŽRK Kumanovo) References External links Official website RFM Profile Category:Macedonian handball clubs Category:Sport in Bitola

Braggadocio Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri Braggadocio Township is an inactive township in Pemiscot County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Braggadocio Township takes its name from the community of Braggadocio, Missouri. Population , Braggadocio township has a population of 592 people. References Category:Townships in Missouri Category:Townships in Pemiscot County, Missouri

List of SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron characters SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron is an animated series for television created by Christian Tremblay and Yvon Tremblay and produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Program Services. The following is a list of characters appearing in the series. Characters Heroes Jake Clawson (alias: Razor) (voiced by Barry Gordon) - The smaller size but older member of the SWAT Kats, who is a confident leader and an ace mechanical genius. He designed the various gadgets and advanced weaponry used in the Turbokat, and he serves as the radar interceptor and weapons control officer, or RIO, in the Turbokat. He is a martial arts master. He is the more measured, and restrained, of the two kats. In "Razor's Edge", he lost his self-confidence in his fighting because he had "hurt" two pedestrians, but recovered from this upon discovering it was a set-up by Dark Kat. He loved the late night show with David Litterbin (a pun on David Letterman). His catchphrases are "SWAT Kats! To the Jet!" and "Bingo!" Chance Furlong (alias: T-Bone) (voiced by Charlie Adler) - The larger size but a bit young member of the SWAT Kats and pilot of the Turbokat jet. T-Bone is one of the best pilots in the SWAT Kat universe, as seen in "Cry Turmoil." He is Jake/Razor's best friend, ultimate rival, and an ally. He loves aerial warfare history as seen in "The Ghost Pilot" and Scaredy Kat cartoons. It was revealed in "The Ci-Kat-A" that he had a strong dislike of bugs that he eventually overcame. In "Mutation City", it was revealed that he was unable to swim, though later in the episode, he learned, and rescued an unconscious Razor from drowning. He is very protective of his partner and the Turbokat and gets extremely upset if anything happens to either. Chance is also the more daring of the two—in his willingness to take chances (especially when in the TurboKat). Chance commonly flew the Turbokat out of tough situations, refusing to eject, and coaxing his "baby"—the TurboKat—to perform. Supporting characters Mayor Manx (voiced by Jim Cummings imitating W.C. Fields) - The Mayor of Megakat City for 10 terms. He spent nearly all of his time working on his golf game; as Callie once stated, "he hasn't done an ounce of paperwork in years!" He also tried to rent out Megakat Towers to investors; a first-season running gag had the building constantly being ruined in "Destructive Nature" and "The Ci-Kat-A." He was descended from a famous and brave fighter pilot named the Blue Manx who was the sworn enemy of Red Lynx, as revealed in "The Ghost Pilot." But in contrast to his ancestor, Mayor Manx was a coward who usually ran and hid whenever danger arose, but he did act bravely and shoot down the ghost of the Red Lynx in the same episode–-doing so only after Razor goaded him into action on the grounds that he would not be re-elected if he did not fight back. His name was derived from the Manx cat breed. Calico "Callie" Briggs (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - The Deputy Mayor of Megakat City and the one who did the real work of City Hall. The SWAT Kats' biggest supporter, she had a radio communicator which enabled her to call them directly when danger threatened the city. Although she did not know who they were, Callie usually trusted her life to the SWAT Kats if required. In "The Dark Side of the SWAT Kats", her equivalent in a parallel universe was an evil ally of Dark Kat. In "Bride of the Pastmaster", her ancestor Queen Callista was leader of the medieval kingdom of "Megalith City." Though Razor had a crush on her (more evident in the fact that even her ancestor seemed to favor Razor over T-Bone), likewise, she also seemed to favor Jake and only saw Chance as a friend. Her name was a pun on Calico cat. Enforcers - The Enforcers are the militarized police force of Megakat City. Commander Ulysses Feral (voiced by Gary Owens) - Head of the Enforcers, Feral had a strong and obvious dislike for the SWAT Kats, whom he considered "reckless vigilantes." He had worked with the SWAT Kats when the situation called for it such as in "Katastrophe" and "A Bright and Shiny Future", but he more often called on his men saying "The Enforcers will handle this" and "Get me chopper back-up!" He is solely responsible for the birth of the SWAT Kats. When Jake and Chance were Enforcers, they were kicked out of the force for their disobedience during an aerial assault against Dark Kat and forced to work at the city junk yard to paid off a hefty debt from the damage of Enforcer HQ....all of which Feral himself was also responsible for. He sees them as nothing more than "ruthless vigilantes", but is likely jealous because they make him and the Enforcers look very incompetent. He would go as far as to issue an "arrest on sight" if the duo would go too far. Despite his ego, he has a strict sense of justice and tries his best to battle the threats that plague Megakat City. It is uncertain if he has any respect for the SWAT Kats. When the Metallikats offered to reveal the identities of the SWAT Kats in exchange for their freedom, he rejected the offer quoting "I don't deal with scum." Lt. Felina Feral (voiced by Lori Alan) - Commander Ulysses Feral's niece (she was the daughter of Feral's brother) first appeared in season 2's "Mutation City" as a new female heroine. Being something of a reckless hot-head herself, she appreciated the help of the SWAT Kats and would work openly with them. Feral himself faced something of a dilemma over her: trying to keep her out of danger but not show any favorable treatment. Furthermore, he has stated that Felina was too good an officer to eject off the force, and his brother would never speak to him again. She was also a very skilled pilot, as seen in "When Strikes Mutilor" and "Cry Turmoil." She wouldn't take "No" for an answer, a fact to which T-Bone once remarked, "You are one stubborn she-kat!" Lt. Commander Steel (voiced by Hal Rayle) - A high-ranking Enforcer who constantly seeks to replace Commander Feral as leader of the Enforcers. He is actually a bit of a coward and shows no real leadership skills, simply sitting at his (Feral's) desk and dismissing people even if they were victims of a crime. He is also prone to getting airsick. During one mission which involved fighting Dark Kat, Feral forces Steel to ride co-pilot in a battle. Steel gets airsick and ends up vomiting in the cockpit. Feral notices this and responses with heavy disdain "And you want my job." Steel was later dropped by season two. But in season two, he appears in two episodes "A Rivalry Reunion" and "Katastrophe Again". Sgt. Talon (voice by Ed Gilbert in season one and Jim Cummings in season two) - One of Feral's top Enforcer officers. He says little and carries out Feral's orders without question. He serves as Feral's second in command in the field whenever Felina isn't around. Ann Gora (voiced by Candi Milo) - The star reporter for Kats Eye News. She was usually on the scene whenever the SWAT Kats were in action and had been rescued by the SWAT Kats in "The Ci-Kat-A" and "Caverns of Horror." Besides Deputy Mayor Briggs, Ann had also warned the SWAT Kats (Razor and T-Bone) of dangerous situations a few times. Her name was a pun on the Turkish Angora. Jonny K. (voiced by Mark Hamill) - Ann Gora's cameraman who often cared about Ann's safety, whenever she got herself in danger. He spoke very little, and was seen always wearing sunglasses and a red baseball cap. His largest roles were in "The Ci-Kat-A" and "Caverns of Horror", where he helped the SWAT Kats along with Ann Gora. A running gag is that Johnny's camera is always destroyed. Al (voiced by Frank Welker in "The Wrath of Dark Kat", Rob Paulsen in "Night of the Dark Kat") - Al is the pilot of the Kat's Eye News helicopter. Although he is a professional at his job, he often shows contempt for Ann Gora's reckless nature. Several times, he refused to fly the helicopter near dangerous areas despite Ann's nagging, such as when Hard Drive stole the Turbokat. Dr. Abby Sinian (voiced by Linda Gary) - Archaeologist and curator of the Megakat City Museum of History. Smart, beautiful and brave as well as tops in her field, Dr. Sinian doesn't hesitate to get down and dirty when working an archeological site or panic when in danger (encounters with a prehistoric cat, Pastmaster, mummies, etc.). Unlike most scientists in her field, Dr. Sinian does not limit herself to the factual and tangible; she is an expert on the supernatural and the occult and often proves useful in situations involving villains like the Pastmaster. As Curator of the Megakat Museum of History, Dr. Sinian often proves to be an excellent informational resource for when creatures and villains from the past manage to make a comeback in the modern realm. Her name was a pun on the Abyssinian cat. Professor Hackle (voiced by George Hearn) - Professor Hackle was the scientist who spent his life as a military weapons researcher for Pumadyne. He later renounced his profession and turned to the civilian sector. Professor Hackle was the one who built the robot bodies of Mac and Molly Mange and transplanted their brains into them. In "The Deadly Pyramid", Professor Hackle created Cybertron, a friendly and very brave little robot to help the SWAT Kats. In "Bright & Shiny Future," a future version of him restored the damaged Turbokat to its flying condition and subsequently reprogrammed the Machines who had taken over the city after Razor and T-Bone destroyed the Robotics HQ. Villains Dark Kat (voiced by Brock Peters) - Dark Kat was the main arch-enemy of the SWAT Kats. He is very large, intelligent and evil purple-skinned kat that wears a black and red hooded coat. Dark Kat wanted to destroy Megakat City to create a new lawless town called "Dark Kat City". Being highly intelligent and calculating, Dark Kat often anticipated his foes' actions with great accuracy, and it was a recurring theme throughout the series that all of his hideouts are rigged with explosives. He first appeared in "The Wrath of Dark Kat." His attempt to bomb the Enforcer headquarters indirectly led to Jake and Chance's employment termination from the Enforcers and the birth of the SWAT Kats. He was the only main villain who never got an origin story of his own in the series. However, some promotional material for the series depicted him as being a judge in Megakat City by day and he would use this to hide his criminal life. This was never referred to in show. Creeplings (vocal effects provided by Charlie Adler) - Small pink bat-like creatures that were extremely vicious and appeared to be protected from radiation. They served as Dark Kat's primary henchmen. Dr. Viper (voiced by Frank Welker) - Dr. Elrod Purvis was a greedy scientist who worked at Megakat Biochemical Labs. He tried to steal an experimental regenerative formula he and his idealistic colleague Dr. N. Zyme were developing. He became covered in the formula when he fell down the stairs and the shock ultimately killed him. The chemicals revived him from death, mutating Purvis into a sociopathic half-cat, half-snake creature. With expertise in the fields of biology, genetics and robotics, he sought to turn Megakat City into "Megaswamp City" and transform the residents into mutants like himself. Dr. Viper first appeared in "The Giant Bacteria" where he was able to turn Morbulus into a bacteria monster. Dr. Viper was by far the deadliest enemy of the SWAT Kats and he and his creatures murdered a number of innocent people (including his former colleague Dr. N. Zyme and even one of Dark Kat's Creeplings) in the series. The only weapon he has on hand is his tail which he uses to smack his enemies away. He made a final appearance in "Mutation City" where he floods Megakat City with a slimy orange ooze created from the experimental formula Katalyst X-63. He even douses himself with the formula and turns into a giant Godzilla-like monster and rampages through the city. In this state, he attempted to stop Razor from using the anti-mutagen, but ultimately failed and was caught in the anti-mutagen's explosion which turned everything to its normal state. He was similar to the Spider-Man villain Lizard. Mac and Molly Mange (voiced by Neil Ross and April Winchell) - The husband-and-wife criminal team similar to Bonnie and Clyde, Mac and Molly Mange both used to head the most notorious mob syndicate in Megakat City. They drowned when the boat they were in was hit by a larger boat while attempting to escape from Alkatraz prison. Their bodies were found by Professor Hackle's robot servants and their minds were placed in the brains of robots. Mac was supposed to be a robot-chauffeur (though ironically, he was a poor driver) and Molly was to be a robot-maid, but instead remained criminals and took on the moniker of The Metallikats. They first appeared in "The Metallikats" where they kill Katscratch, a rival mob boss who took over their territory, and injured the rest of his gang. They had a vendetta against Mayor Manx for denying their parole request, though it turned out that Callie had done it as the mayor was too busy to handle it. Mac and Molly often bickered with each other, but do love each other and would come to each other's aid when one was in trouble. Mac was considered the "muscle" of the team while Molly was considered the "brains." In "Metal Urgency", they both discovered the secret identities of the SWAT Kats. However, this knowledge was erased when Commander Feral deactivated them with Professor Hackle's EMP device in the same episode as Commander Feral quotes "I don't deal with scum" when they offered to reveal the SWAT Kats' identities to him. In "Katastrophe", their remains were salvaged by the Creeplings when Dark Kat collaborated with Dr. Viper in a plot to eliminate the SWAT Kats. Dark Kat had special collars placed on the Metallikats' necks which give them a shock when they don't do what Dark Kat says. They were sent to capture Mayor Manx and Callie Briggs which was a success. This ended up drawing the SWAT Kats and Commander Feral to the villains' hideout at an abandoned offshore cannery. When the Metallikats turned against Dark Kat, he discovered that Dr. Viper deactivated the collars. In a battle between the villains, Commander Feral, and the SWAT Kats, the villains were defeated and were thought to have been destroyed. In "A Bright and Shiny Future", the SWAT Kats follow Pastmaster into a future where Pastmaster had reassembled the Metallikats and had taken over the robots. The Metallikats turn on Pastmaster and steal his watch. With help from Commander Feral, Felina Feral, Professor Hackle, and the Pastmaster, the SWAT Kats defeated the Metallikats as Pastmaster reclaims his watch. In "Unlikely Alloys" the Metallikats attempt to rob a mint, but the Swat Kats intervene, resulting in Molly being severely injured and Mac losing his arm. Mac steals Dr. Greenbox's Micro Brain Repair Unit to repair himself and Molly. However the invention gains sentience and assimilates various appliances and weapons, dubbing itself Zed. Though Zed was at first compliant to the Metallikats, it decided they were inferior and assimilated Mac. Molly aided the SWAT Kats and Dr. Greenbox to stop Zed but upon realizing Mac was connected to Zed and would shut down upon Zed's destruction, the Swat Kats were forced to allow Zed to assimilate Molly. When Zed was destroyed the Metallikats were presumed deceased but survived, though Mac was fused with a food processor. In some ways, they are quite similar to the Superman villain Metallo. Their name is a pun on the thrash/heavy metal band, Metallica. The Pastmaster (voiced by Keene Curtis) - An undead sorcerer from the Dark Ages who tried to conquer his home city. He traveled through time using his magical mechanical pocket watch, and with his magical spell book "The Tome of Time", he was able to summon extinct or mythical creatures such as dinosaurs and dragons. He despised all forms of modern technology and was constantly trying to rid the world of it and return things to the former "glory" of his beloved Dark Ages. He first appeared in "The Pastmaster Always Rings Twice." In "A Bright and Shiny Future" the SWAT Kats were drawn into a future where the Metallikats together with the Pastmaster had created a Terminator-inspired future where machines ruled over katkind. All the Pastmaster really wanted was to go back home to his own time. He was occasionally shown to lust after Callie Briggs (the "spitting," or spirit-and-body, image of her ancestor Queen Callista (As seen in "Bride of the Pastmaster" when the SWAT Kats travel back into the Dark Ages), who is the Pastmaster's ancient crush). He repeatedly captured her and "asked" her to marry him, but Callie would have none of it. He apparently met his demise in "The Deadly Pyramid" where during the collapse of the pyramid, he was seen falling towards a pit of molten lava. Hard Drive (voiced by Rob Paulsen) - Hard Drive is a technological thief who generally dons his "Surge Coat" when working. This coat gives him a number of abilities focused around electricity and electronics, as the name suggests. Primarily seen is his ability to transform himself into electrical energy, thus allowing him to travel through power, telephone, and computer lines. Besides this, he appears to be able to manipulate electronic devices with a simple jolt of electricity from his fingertip and download and delete data quickly with a "plug" on his coat. He works for whoever pays him the most. However, he is powerless without his surge coat and is actually very scrawny. Prior to his first appearance, he apparently hijacked teller machines. His first appearance was in "Night of the Dark Kat" where he breaks into a top secret military research center and stolen defense secrets. The SWAT Kats track his surge signal and subdue him in a special insulated missile. After being taken to a jail cell, Hard Drive is broken out by Dark Kat and his Creeplings. Freeing Hard Drive from the insulated missile, Dark Kat forces Hard Drive to team up with him to help capture, discredit and destroy the SWAT Kats using the Turbokat to hold the city hostage. Hard Drive is defeated when T-Bone destroyed his Surge Coat. Both of them were turned over to the Enforcers. In "Metal Urgency", Hard Drive had hijacked a heavily armed tank from Pumadyne and its forcefield prevented the Enforcers' attacks from getting through. The SWAT Kats managed to disable Hard Drive with a Scrambler Missile. In "SWAT Kats Unplugged", Hard Drive steals an anti-weapons scrambler from Pumadyne scientist Dr. Ohm in a plot to steal the gold being transferred to Megakat Mint. After hijacking a state-of-the-art jet, Hard Drive was pursued by the SWAT Kats and apprehended. Hard Drive was similar to the Spider-Man villain Electro. Morbulus (voiced by Jim Cummings) - An evil pilot who literally has eyes in the back of his head, appearing in "The Giant Bacteria." He bombs oil refineries with his fighter jet until defeated by the SWAT Kats. After giving the SWAT Kats the slip, he is found by Dr. Viper near a sewer pipe and mutated into a grotesque purple bacteria monster that divides into more of itself (in the style of amoeba) when hit. All of the bacteria monsters (there were three) were killed by the SWAT Kats using electricity with Burke and Murray cleaning up the bacteria monsters' remains. Morbulus' name was originally going to be "Occulus," but it was changed at the last minute due to possible legal problems with Marvel Comics. Katscratch (voiced by Jim Cummings) - A gangster who used to work for Mac and Molly Mange. He was known for smuggling catnip, which is seen as a narcotic in the SWAT Kats universe, in a trade with Fango. His name appears to be a reference to the song "Cat Scratch Fever." When Mac and Molly Mange returned as the Metallikats, they killed Katscratch for his betrayal. Fango (voiced by Neil Ross) - Katscratch's business partner who was badly injured in the explosion caused by Mac Mange's exploding cigar. As the paramedics prepared to take him to the hospital, he informed Commander Feral that the Metallikats are Mac and Molly Mange and were advancing to their next target: Mayor Manx. Mobsters (voiced by Jim Cummings, Charlie Adler, and Ed Gilbert) - Four identical looking mobsters who worked for Katscratch up until his death. Katscratch's henchmen swore their loyalty to the Metallikats only for them to dismiss them as the Metallikats make up their own gang. Not much is known about them other than they alongside Fango were badly injured in the fire from Mac Mange's exploding cigar. Rex Shard (voiced by John Vernon) - A convict sentenced to life in prison, who was accidentally exposed to the radiation of an experimental diamond mining machine created by Dr. Greenbox when testing it out in a mine for Warden Cyrus Meece (whom Shard always hated). He turned into a crystal colossus and had the ability to turn anything he touched into crystal. He was stopped by the SWAT Kats, reverted to normal, and was sent back to prison. He appeared only in "Chaos in Crystal", but was supposed to appear in the proposed 3rd-season episode "Cold War" as a weather-controlling mutant warrior with plans to freeze Megakat City after diving into an experiment energy source. The Ci-Kat-A (voiced by Frank Welker) - A race of cicada-like aliens with a mild resemblance to a cat that can transform a creature into a Ci-Kat-A with a bite. A Ci-Kat-A queen left its home planet and cocooned itself in space. The queen stowed away on a Masa space shuttle which landed on Earth. At a Masa lab the queen infected Dr. Harley Street, other scientists, and the guards. The queen laid several eggs which hatched into Ci-Kat-A drones while Dr. Street fed the Ci-Kat-A radiation from the site, though the queen needed more. The Swat Kats and the Enforcers arrived to save the Kat's Eye News crew, which had been trapped inside the building. The Swat Kats rescued the crew and Feral blew up the lab. However the queen escaped from the lab with Dr. Street to go to the Metrokat Nuclear Power Plant. The queen succeeded and feasted on the radiation and transformed into a giant. The queen made a hive at Metrokat Tower, where the drones assimilated some Enforcer pilots. When Feral used flamethrowers to destroy the hive the queen attempted to flee. The queen grabbed Razor, but T-Bone managed to tie the queen up and save Razor. The queen was then crushed by a pies of the burning Megakat Tower. Dr. Harley Street (voiced by Robert Ridgely) - Dr. Harley Street was a brilliant astronomer who was bitten by an alien insect creature and later mutated into one himself. Dr. Harley Street tried to help the alien queen to achieve its full power by letting her eat the radioactive material from Megakat Nuclear Power Plant. Dr. Harley Street was thrown out of the Megakat Tower by Razor. He only appeared in "The Ci-Kat-A", but was supposed to appear in the unfinished episode "Doctors of Doom" where Dr. Harley Street resurfaces and teams up with Dr. Viper to create havoc in Megakat City. Madkat (voiced by Roddy McDowall) – Ages ago, Madkat was an insane and powerful court jester who was replaced. He sought revenge on the jester who replaced him and the knight, queen and king who imprisoned him in a jack-in-a-box. Centuries later, once brilliant comedian-turned-asylum patient Lenny Ringtail escapes and fuses with the jester's spirit after finding the jack-in-a-box in a store and gains the ability to warp reality at a whim, this makes him virtually unstoppable and his only weakness is the small balls at the end of his fools cap. Together they take revenge upon those who symbolized the ones' who imprisoned Madkat. He captured David Litterbin {Jester}, Mayor Manx {King}, Callie Briggs {Queen}, and Commander Feral {Knight}. After T-Bone destroys Madkat by hitting his weak spot, Ringtail's sanity and career were restored after he is knocked out by Razor and Commander Feral. Lenny guest-starred on the David Litterbin show to promote his bestselling book "Madkat and Me." He appeared only in "Enter the Madkat". This character is loosely based on television comedian Jay Leno and comedian Lenny Bruce, as a rival to David Litterbin (Letterman), and even has a catchphrase ("Here's Ringtail") spoken just like "Jay Leno" on The Tonight Show. The Red Lynx (voiced by Mark Hamill) – The ghost of a Mega War II flying ace who pilots a red biplane. T-Bone says he learned a lot about dogfighting from studying the Red Lynx's maneuvers. The Red Lynx stole a prototype plane from the Enforcers and tried to kill Mayor Manx, who was the great-grandson of his greatest opponent, the Blue Manx, but in the end, the SWAT Kats, along with Mayor Manx sent him to his doom by destroying the plane. His skill in flying in such is that even in his old museum biplane he was able to cause serious damage to the Turbokat. He only appeared in "The Ghost Pilot" and is a parody of the Red Baron. Lord Mutilor (voiced by Michael Dorn) – Mutilor is a giant lobster-like alien warlord who attacked Earth using a stolen Aquian spaceship to steal all of its water so he could sell it to a desert world. In the end, the SWAT Kats were able to kill him by blowing up his spaceship and saving Captain Grimalken and his crew from harm. His name comes from a goldfish that Lance Falk's friend once owned. He appears only in "When Strikes Mutilor". First Officer Traag (voiced by Christopher Corey Smith) - Mutilor's henchman who heads up his army. Alien Guard Captain (voiced by Jim Cummings) - The leader of Mutilor's guard corps. Alien Guards and Pilots - Mutilor's goons who crew his ship and fly his fighter craft. Turmoil (voiced by Kath Soucie) – A villainous she-kat that wants to conquer Megakat City by controlling the airspace, with the help of her flying fortress, the Sky-Lion, and her squadron of female pilots, if the citizens of Megakat City don't pay her due first. She tried to seduce T-Bone, by showing him some of the modified airplanes that supposedly never went as far as the drawing board. But in the end, T-Bone fooled her. With the help of Razor, T-Bone put Turmoil in prison. T-Bone later sent a letter to Turmoil's prison cell. Writer Lance Falk created Turmoil because besides Molly Mange, there were no other female villains. Her name is an anagram of "Mutilor" from When Strikes Mutilor. She appears only in "Cry Turmoil", though she was scheduled to appear in the unfinished episode "Turmoil II: The Revenge" where she, alongside some female inmates, escape from prison and use a laser from her flying fortress to threaten Megakat City. Lieutenant (voiced by Jennifer Hale) - An unnamed lieutenant who serves as Turmoil's second-in-command. Omega Squadron - Turmoil's all-female fighter squadron. Besides the pilots who fly Turmoil's high-tech jets, there are also her Security Guards and her Special Forces who guard the Sky-Lion. The Evil SWAT Kats (voiced by Barry Gordon and Charlie Adler) – Villainous variations of the SWAT Kats from a parallel dimension accessed by the real SWAT Kats by accident during a thunderstorm. They serve the alternate dimension's Dark Kat and plot with the alternate Callie Briggs to overthrow Megakat City's government. They exhibit alternate characteristics to the real SWAT Kats such as Razor being a bossy shot, T-Bone being a clumsy and a lousy pilot, and the two of them hating each other. They were presumably killed when a Mega-Detonator they were carrying imploded. This did not please Dark Kat or the alternate Callie Briggs who was secretly on Dark Kat's side. They appeared only in "The Dark Side of the SWAT Kats". The Dark SWAT Kats are the only characters shown in the alternate dimension who don't look like their counterparts, but only the viewers seemed to be able to tell the difference. Giant Scorpions - When Tiger Conklin of a mining company was illegally dumping toxic waste into a mining cavern, harmless cave scorpions were mutated into humanoid mutants later dubbed Mega-Scorpions with a hive mind, bringing food to the queen Mega-Scorpion. The Mega-Scorpions began preying on the miners which they fed to their leader. Mining foreman Taylor called in the Enforcers to help. However, Ann Gora managed to sneak in to the cavern and the intrepid reporter was captured by one of the Mega-Scorpions. Lt. Feral and the SWAT Kats went in to find Ann Gora but the SWAT Kats new Turbo Mole went 8 miles below the surface, resulting in them finding the scorpions. Feral and the Swat Kats defeated hordes of the Mega-Scorpions and found Ann, but were forced to flee from the scorpion leader. The leader apparently fell into a pit of lava, but survived and attacked the SWAT Kats again. The scorpion leader grabbed the Turbo Kat but was finally destroyed when the Swat Kats flew into Earth's atmosphere which caused the leader to explode. Zed (voiced by Charlie Adler) - A Micro-Brain Repair Unit created by Dr. Leiter Greenbox, the robot later to be known as Zed was designed to analyze mechanical objects and reassemble them. However, after he was stolen by the Metallikats so they could repair themselves, Zed's programming was 'contaminated' by their criminal personalities, causing its artificial intelligence to evolve. As Zed evolved, it built a robot body out of metal parts it scrounged from machines all over the city (including the Metallikats), building his body bigger and bigger as he went along. Zed eventually headed towards Puma-Dyne in order to absorb a weapons satellite they had built called the Mega-Beam, intending to destroy the city with it. Zed even managed to merge its mind with that of its creator, and was about to fire the Mega-Beam when T-Bone used a torn piece of cable to whip Zed's brain, destroying it. Other characters Dr. Leiter Greenbox (voiced by Robert Patrick in "Chaos in Crystal," Nick Chinlund in "Unlikely Alloys") - A scientist whose inventions always seem to go wrong. In his first appearance, he was hired by Warden Cyrus Meece of Megakat Maximum Security Prison to a gem-mining gadget called the Gemkat 6000, designed to separate rare and precious stones from rock without digging. But when Rex Shard, the prisoner testing the device, tried to steal some gems from the device, an explosion erupted which turned his body into crystal. Dr. Greenbox attempted to rewire his prototype in order to reverse the effect, but he was turned into crystals by Shard, and remained so until the SWAT Kats managed to cure Shard themselves. Later, while working at Megakat University, Dr. Greenbox created an artificially-intelligent device called a Micro-Brain Repair Unit, which, after having its programming contaminated by the Metallikats, evolved into a self-aware mechanical entity called Zed, building a robot body around itself using any metal objects it could get its hands on. Though Dr. Greenbox originally attempted to help the SWAT Kats destroy Zed, once inside his head, he was so overwhelmed at how much his creation had evolved that he turned against them and merged with his machine; after Zed's brain was destroyed, Greenbox collapsed and was turned over to the Enforcers, after which his fate is uncertain. David Litterbin (voiced by John Byner) - An obvious parody of David Letterman, Litterbin was the undisputed "King of Late Night" and host of The David Litterbin Show. Razor was his biggest fan and he was seen on television numerous times. He actually appeared in "Enter the Madkat", where he was believed to have descended from the jester responsible for making Madkat insane, as years later, he won the title for "King of Late Night", making Lenny Ringtail insane. Burke and Murray (voiced by Mark Hamill and Charlie Adler) - Two brothers employed to dump junk in the salvage yard that Jake and Chance work in. Burke is the tall one and Murray is the short one. Their mocking attitudes constantly irritated Jake and Chance, but they were absent from the second season. Little Old Lady (voiced by Candi Milo) - A cranky old lady whose car always seemed to be breaking down. She consistently threatened to report Jake and Chance to her auto club, but never actually did. On one occasion, she received a free pizza and three free tune-ups as an apology from Jake and Chance for when their vigilantism took priority over a towing job. Dr. N. Zyme (voiced by Paul Eiding) - A slightly absentminded biochemist who worked for Megakat Biochemical Labs. His intentions were to create anti-mutagens that would preserve and benefit katkind, but his biggest hope, Viper Mutagen 368, proved to be worthless after Dr. Elrod Purvis, having died from attempting to rob Zyme of the formula, was revived as Dr. Viper. Zyme presumably died in "The Giant Bacteria", when he tried to combat Viper's bacteria monsters with antibiotics. Captain Grimalken (voiced by Michael Bell) - Leader of the Aqueons, a race of blue-furred alien kats who are naturally nonviolent and peaceful; they would rather be taken prisoner than fight back. Grimalken was captain of the water freighter that Mutilor stole for his space-pirating purposes. Initially he told the SWAT Kats he would not help them fight, but at a crucial moment, and unseen by anyone else, he did kick a henchman in the face as the henchman was going for a blaster. In gratitude for the SWAT Kats (Razor and T-Bone) and Lt. Feral's actions, he used some of his "high speed space technology" to repair the Turbokat, which Mutilor had damaged during a battle. References External links Swat Kats - Cartoon Network Department of Cartoons (Archive) SWAT Kats.us The SWAT Kats Encyclopedia Category:Hanna-Barbera characters Category:Lists of characters in American television animation

CKOL-FM CKOL-FM is a community radio station broadcasting at 93.7 FM in Campbellford, Ontario, Canada, with a repeater, CKOL-FM-1 100.7 located in Madoc. Since its first broadcast in 1992, this vibrant community radio station has been serving the Municipality of Trent Hills and the surrounding area with great music and tireless promotion of local talent, business and events. The station has grown over the years, boosting its power from 50 to 500 watts and adding a sister station in Madoc. All musical genres are represented from A to Z (Alternate country to Zydeco). Listeners enjoy big band, blues, bluegrass, country, Celtic, easy listening, folk, gospel, jazz, pop, R&B, rock, rock 'n roll and contemporary releases featuring both international and local musicians. As well, CKOL broadcasts live from community events and meetings and covers community and local council news on a daily basis. CKOL has been designated the official Emergency Information station for the Municipality of Trent Hills Communications System in the event of an emergency requiring public bulletins and ongoing coverage. History The station originally began broadcasting in 1992 at FM 98.7 MHz until 1999, when the station moved from 98.7 to 93.5 MHz. The 98.7 FM frequency is currently being occupied by CBCP-FM out of Peterborough, Ontario. In 2001, CKOL moved from 93.5 to 93.7 FM increasing their effective radiated power from 50 to 500 watts. In July, 2006, the station was given approval by the CRTC to operate a low-power transmitter at Madoc on 100.7 FM. References External links CKOL Web Site kol Kol Kol Category:Radio stations established in 1992 Category:1992 establishments in Ontario

Vanessa abyssinica Vanessa abyssinica, the Abyssinian admiral, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of montane forests. The larvae feed on Urtica massaica and Obetia pinnatifida. This species was traditionally considered to be a member of the genus Antanartia but was recently found to be a member of the V. atalanta species group. Subspecies Vanessa abyssinica abyssinica (Ethiopia) Vanessa abyssinica jacksoni Howarth, 1966 (highlands of Kenya, northern Tanzania) Vanessa abyssinica vansomereni Howarth, 1966 (western Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Kivu and Ituri) References Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 52 Category:Butterflies described in 1867 abyssinica Category:Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder Category:Taxa named by Rudolf Felder Category:Butterflies of Africa

Nirupam Sen (politician) Nirupam Sen (8 October 1946 — 24 December 2018) was a Bengali Marxist political leader and former Commerce and Industries minister of the Government of West Bengal. Political career Sen was born in 1946 in Bardhaman, State of West Bengal. He became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) during his student years. In 1966, Sen was appointed as the district secretary of the Students Federation of India, students wing of the party. Although he started his career as a teacher, he became whole timer of the party in 1968. Since 1989 to 1995 Sen was District secretary of Bardhaman district Committee. In 1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he was first elected as MLA from Bardhaman town assembly constituency. Thereafter he became the member of the Central Committee in 1998 and Polit Bureau of the party in 2008. Sen was re elected to the West Bengal State Assembly in 2001 and 2006 from the Bardhaman Dakshin. After the Left Front was voted to power in 2001, Sen was handed the charge of Commerce and Industries and continued till 2011. He lost to the Trinamool Congress candidate Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay in 2011 from the same Vidhan Sabha. He was considered to be the prime mover of the industrial drives in West Bengal. Under the leadership of him and then Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Left Front Government led new industrialisation policy in Singur and Nandigram. Controversy By the end of 2006, the land acquisition movement at Hooghly over the Singur Tata Nano controversy had started taking a toll on the regime. The protest against the forcible land acquisition ultimately caused serious affects to the Government. Sen faced with intense criticism both within and outside the party. Apart from land acquisition issues, Sen’s name also cropped up in the Sainbari incident in March 1970 after the fall of United Front government in West Bengal. He along with Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee quit the Politburo during the party’s Vishakapatanam Congress in 2015 due to ill health. Death Since 2013, Sen was suffering from various health issues like neurological and kidney related ailments. He died on 24 December 2018 at 72 following a cardiac arrest in Bidhannagar. References Category:1946 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Bengali politicians Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal Category:Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Category:State cabinet ministers of West Bengal Category:People from Purba Bardhaman district

Molliens-Dreuil Molliens-Dreuil is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D211 and D69 roads, some west of Amiens, in the valley of a small stream called the St.Landon. History By a decree of 19 September 1972, the two communes of Dreuil-lès-Molliens and Molliens-Vidame were combined into one, Molliens-Dreuil. Molliens was first a commune in 1209 and was under the jurisdiction of the seigneurs of Picquigny from the twelfth century right up until the French Revolution, as was the neighbouring village of Dreuil. Population Places of interest Evidence of a feudal motte. sixteenth century church of St.Pierre-aux-Liens eighteenth century church of Saint Martin. Displayed inside is a 15th-century bas-relief of Christ. See also Communes of the Somme department References INSEE External links Molliens-Dreuil on the Quid website Parish website (23 communes) by Abbé Jean-Pierre Dalibot Category:Communes of Somme (department)

Bilson Halt railway station Bilson Halt railway station is a disused railway station opened on the former Bullo Pill Railway, later known as the Great Western Railway Forest of Dean Branch. History The Halt, which was just to the south of Letchers Bridge and Bilson Junction/Yard was located about 4 miles 61 chains from Newnham on a 1 in 1280 gradient. The station opened for passenger services when they were introduced in August 1907, the low platform was constructed from wood and two pagoda style buildings were provided from the outset. The Halt temporarily served Cinderford until the Bilson loop was opened which allowed trains to run into the Severn and Wye station that was closer to the town. The halt remained in unadvertised use until 1944, when it was finally removed. Services References Further reading Category:Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire Category:Former Great Western Railway stations Category:Railway stations opened in 1907 Category:Railway stations closed in 1944

Friedrich Schütz Friedrich Schütz (24 April 1844, Prague – 22 December 1908, Vienna) was an Austrian journalist and writer. Schütz started his journalistic and literary career as Prague correspondent of the Neue Freie Presse. In 1873 he became editor of this newspaper. Wolfgang Pauli, a famous physicist, was a grandson of Friedrich Schütz. Category:1844 births Category:1908 deaths Category:Austrian Jews Category:Austrian journalists Category:Austrian newspaper editors Category:Writers from Prague

John O'Dowd (Sligo MP) John O'Dowd (13 February 1856 – 26 October 1937) was Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament for North Sligo, March–September 1900, and for South Sligo, 1900-18. Life He was born in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo but emigrated to the US at an early age, returning in the later 1870s to Bunninadden, Sligo, where he was a farmer and lived for the rest of his life. He was connected with Irish political movements from 1880 onwards and in 1881-82 was imprisoned as a ‘suspect’ under the then coercion legislation. He was a veteran of the Land League and active in the United Irish League. He was associated with the Irish Republican Brotherhood after his return from the US. For many years he was chairman of Sligo County Council and his son later became accountant to the Council. He was elected unopposed to represent North Sligo on 7 March 1900 following the resignation of Bernard Collery, and transferred unopposed to his native South Sligo constituency at the general election later that year. He held this seat unopposed through successive general elections until December 1918, when he was defeated by the Sinn Féin candidate Alexander McCabe by 9,113 votes to 1,988. O’Dowd had made representations on McCabe's behalf when the latter had been tried, and acquitted, for possession of explosives. Maume (1999) states that O’Dowd was accused of corruption and of organising violence against Sinn Féin supporters during the North Leitrim by-election of 1908, and that he was himself beaten up and severely injured by Sinn Féin supporters on polling day in 1918. As a local authority representative, O’Dowd was a member of the Irish Convention of 1917-18, which unsuccessfully attempted to reconcile North and South Ireland. He published a volume of poems, Lays of South Sligo, and contributed poems to T. D. Sullivan’s Weekly News. Publication Lays of South Sligo: A Few Wild Flowers of National Poetry, Dublin, Gill, 1888; 2nd ed. 1889 Notes References James McConnel (2004) ‘ "Fenians at Westminster": The Edwardian Irish Parliamentary Party and the Legacy of the New Departure’, Irish Historical Studies, Vol. 34, No. 133, May, p. 44 External links A lengthy and detailed biography of John O’Dowd by Frank Mara (2001) which however does not cite any sources. This appears to have been taken verbatim from "Worthies of Sligo" by John McTernan (Revised Edition, Sligo, 1994). Category:1856 births Category:1937 deaths Category:Irish poets Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Sligo constituencies (1801–1922) Category:Irish farmers Category:UK MPs 1895–1900 Category:UK MPs 1900–1906 Category:UK MPs 1906–1910 Category:UK MPs 1910 Category:UK MPs 1910–1918

Johnny Rodriguez Juan Raul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951) is an American country music singer. He is a Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'." He has recorded six No. 1 country hits in his career. Early life and rise to fame Rodriguez was born in Sabinal, Texas, a small town situated 90 miles from Mexico. He was the second youngest in a family of 10 children living in a four-room house. Growing up in Sabinal, Rodriguez was a good student in school and an altar boy for his church. He was also the captain of his junior high school football team. When Rodriguez was 16 years old, his father died of cancer, and his older brother, Andres, died in an automobile accident the following year. The two incidents had an effect on Rodriguez and he became a troubled teen. In 1969, at age 18, Rodriguez ended up in jail. He sang frequently in his cell and was overheard by Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson, who was very impressed and told promoter "Happy" Shahan about him. (The common story told is that he was arrested after he and some friends were caught stealing and barbecuing a goat, although Jackson would later state that Rodriguez was in jail simply for an unpaid fine.) Shahan then hired Johnny to perform at his local tourist attraction called the Alamo Village. During one of his sets in 1971, he came to the attention of country singers Tom T. Hall and Bobby Bare, who encouraged the young singer to go to Nashville, Tennessee. The 21-year-old singer arrived in Nashville with only a guitar in his hand and $14 in his pocket. Hall soon found work for Rodriguez fronting his band, as well as writing songs. Less than one year later, Hall personally took Rodriguez to the heads of Mercury Records' Nashville division to land him an audition with the record label. After performing the songs "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "If I Left It Up to You," he was offered a contract with Mercury. He signed and began recording in their Nashville studio. Career in the 1970s After signing with Mercury, Rodriguez was soon on the way to becoming famous. His first single to be released for Mercury was 1972's "Pass Me By." This recording was a big success, going to No. 9 on the Hot Country Songs list that year, and making him a country star overnight. Rodriguez became the first well-known American of Mexican descent as a country singer. (Freddy Fender achieved fame a few years later, in 1975.) In 1972 Rodriguez was voted the Most Promising Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music. The next year, he achieved his first No. 1 hit song, "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me." Another song that year, "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico," was also a No. 1 hit. Both his No. 1 hits charted on the Pop charts, but only moderately. Rodriguez wrote some of his own material such as the song "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico." In 1973, his debut album was released, which rose to No. 1 on the "Top Country Albums" chart. He was nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year by the CMA Awards. In addition to his success in country music, he also had a role on the television show Adam-12 and also made a guest appearance on The Dating Game in 1974. He also began to appear on talk shows. The year 1975 was probably his biggest year, in terms of chart success. That year all three singles he released soared to No. 1 on the country charts: "I Just Can't Get Her Out of My Mind" "Just Get Up and Close the Door," and "Love Put a Song in My Heart." Rodriguez's success on the country charts continued throughout much of the 1970s. He recorded songs not only written by himself around this time, but also covers of songs such as George Harrison's "Something," Linda Hargrove's "Just Get Up and Close the Door," Mickey Newbury's "Poison Red Berries," and Billy Joe Shaver's "Texas Up Here Tennessee." By 1975, Rodriguez was considered a member of the outlaw country market in country music, like fellow musicians Bobby Bare and Tom T. Hall. Career in the 1980s and '90s and murder charge Despite the outlaw movement fading from view in the late 1970s, Rodriguez was determined to stay on top of his game. In 1979, he switched to Epic Records. Under Epic, he worked with the legendary producer Billy Sherrill, who produced some of the biggest names in the business at the time. His first hit from Epic came that year with the No. 6 country hit, "Down on the Rio Grande." His debut album from the record company was entitled Rodriguez. All the songs from the album were cover versions. Although Rodriguez did not make the Top 10 continuously as in the past, he managed to stay in the Top 20, with hits like "Fools For Each Other" and "What'll I Tell Virginia." At the same time, Rodriguez continued to be a popular concert attraction. However, Rodriguez was also having personal problems. In 1982, he did a duet with Zella Lehr on the song "Most Beautiful Girl (La Chica Mas Linda)." The single was released by Columbia Records. In 1983, he went into the Top 5 with the hit song "Foolin'," followed by the Top 10 hit "How Could I Love Her So Much." However, by the mid-80s, he was becoming less successful. In 1986, he left Epic Records. In 1987, he signed with Capitol Records for a brief period of time. He had his last major hit in 1988 with "I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)," which reached No. 12 on the country charts. By 1989, he left Capitol Records. In August 1998, Rodriguez shot and killed a 28-year-old acquaintance in his Texas home, believing the man to be a burglar. In October 1999, he was acquitted of murder by a jury. Overall in the course of his career, Rodriguez released 26 albums and 45 charted singles. He has also had six No. 1 hits on the country charts. In 1993, he recorded an album for Intersound Records called Run For the Border. In the mid-1990s, the indie label High-Tone released his album You Can Say That Again. He continued to tour around the country during this time. In 1996, he turned to another label, Paula Records, which issued a single called "One Bar At a Time", but it was unsuccessful. By this time his musical presence was fading from the public view, as more neo-traditional country singers were making hits on the country charts, like Garth Brooks, Randy Travis, and Dwight Yoakam. Album CD reissues Several labels have re-issued the music of Johnny Rodriguez. The UK-based Hux Records re-issued digitally remastered versions of his first two albums "Introducing" and "All I Ever Meant To Do Was Sing." Hux Records plans to release more of Johnny's classic material in the near future. The label is owned and operated by an English businessman named Brian O'Reilly, who is an outspoken fan of Johnny Rodriguez. Life after 1998 to present Since 1998, Rodriguez has toured the United States and world, performing in countries including Switzerland, Poland, England, South Korea, Canada, and Mexico. He has performed concerts at the famed Ryman Auditorium and Carnegie Hall. Rodriguez continues to tour and record new material, performing dates in the United States and Canada, where his music remains popular. In 2012, he released the first official live concert album entitled Johnny Rodriguez: Live from Texas. The album includes most of his biggest hits in addition to fan favorites and new songs from recent releases. Awards and recognition Rodriguez has been honored by three U.S. presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. He played at George H.W. Bush's inaugural ball. On August 18, 2007, Rodriguez was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, located in Carthage, Texas. On October 23, 2010, Johnny Rodriguez received the Institute of Hispanic Culture Pioneer Award, in recognition of his accomplishment as the first major Hispanic singer in country music. Personal life Johnny Rodriguez was first married to Linda Diann Patterson, a Southern Airways flight attendant from Conyers, Georgia. Johnny Rodriguez then married a second time in 1995 to Lana Nelson daughter of country singer/songwriter Willie Nelson. His marriage to Lana lasted only 7 months (Smolowe, Jill People Magazine Nov. 1, 1999 Vol. 52 No. 17). Johnny's last marriage was to Debbie McNeely, a hair salon owner from San Marcos, Texas, in 1998 with whom he had a daughter, Aubry Rae Rodriguez born April 1998 (Smolowe, Jill People Magazine, Nov. 1, 1999 Vol. 52) Discography Albums AGypsy peaked at No. 18 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada. Singles Guest singles Music videos References General Country Song Roundup Magazine, 1976 Smolowe, Jill People Magazine Nov.1, 1999 Vol. 52 No. 17 Harris, Pat Music City News (nd) External links [ Johnny Rodriguez] at Allmusic Johnny Rodriguez at CMT Johnny Rodriguez at AOL Johnny Rodriguez at NME www.thirdcoasttalent.com www.johnnyrodriguezmusic.com Category:1951 births Category:People from Sabinal, Texas Category:American country singer-songwriters Category:American male singer-songwriters Category:Singers from Texas Category:Living people Category:Mercury Records artists Category:Epic Records artists Category:Capitol Records artists Category:American musicians of Mexican descent Category:Songwriters from Texas Category:Country musicians from Texas Category:Hispanic and Latino American musicians

Eosentomon copelandi Eosentomon copelandi is a species of proturan in the family Eosentomidae. It is found in North America. References Category:Protura Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Animals described in 1980

United Nations Security Council Resolution 319 United Nations Security Council Resolution 319, adopted on August 1, 1972, after reaffirming previous resolutions on the topic, the Council invited the Secretary-General, in consultation with the group established in resolution 309, to continue to contact all concerned parties and establish the necessary conditions to allow the people to exercise their right to self-determination in accordance with the Charter. The Council then requested the Secretary-General keep them informed on the implementation of resolution 309. Resolution 319 was adopted unanimously with 14 votes; the People's Republic of China did not participate in voting. See also List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 301 to 400 (1971–1976) South West Africa References Text of the Resolution at undocs.org External links 0319 0319 0319 Category:August 1972 events

Nick Pickard Nicholas Pickard (born 27 May 1975) is an English actor, best known for his role as Tony Hutchinson on soap opera Hollyoaks. He was the longest-serving cast member and appeared in the first episode in 1995. The character of Tony had developed and viewers have seen him with numerous girlfriends and run-ins with the local students. In his 1987 movie debut, Pickard played Mio, the lead role in Mio in the Land of Faraway He starred alongside a young Christian Bale in this film. There he is credited as Nicholas Pickard. In 1994, Pickard played a minor role in EastEnders, appearing as a young homeless boy. He appeared in music videos for Mike + The Mechanics ("Over My Shoulder") and Roxette ("Almost Unreal"). Background He studied at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and Corona Theatre School worked extensively in the theatre before joining Hollyoaks. In addition to his Filmography part, Pickard appeared as well in other TV shows including Us Girls and If You Were Me. Pickard has also trodden the boards with stage parts that include Richard II, An Enemy of the People and Edward II. He landed the role of Tony Hutchinson in Hollyoaks in 1995 and had played him up until 2019 when Tony was allegedly murdered by Breda McQueen, the current serial killer that targets men who she believes are unfit fathers. In 2017, Pickard won the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement for 22 years of playing Tony. This was the first time an actor/actress from Hollyoaks had received the Outstanding Achievement award. Personal life Pickard is older brother of John Pickard. Pickard is also the owner of several Sheffield restaurants in the Ecclesall Road. He has a daughter named Ellie Roberts, and he previously dated former co-star Joanna Taylor (Geri Hudson). He is a dedicated Chelsea F.C. fan. In his spare time Pickard enjoys sports, particularly football and squash. He plays regularly and runs the Mersey TV football team, taking on the roles of gaffer, manager and kitboy. He is also the captain of the Hollyoaks Team whenever there are celebrity football matches. He is supporting the School Food Trust across England, in order to encourage children to eat healthy food. Pickard also joined Cinderella, 2009's pantomime at Liverpool Empire Theatre where he performed Dandini. His break from Hollyoaks to perform in Cinderella was planned and written into the show. In Hollyoaks: The Good, The Bad & The Gorgeous (2009), Pickard performs as Jack Dawson in a parody of Titanic, and dances and sings in the Grease parody. Pickard participated in the 2011 series of Celebrity MasterChef where he reached the final but lost out to Phil Vickery. Filmography Nominations References External links Nick Pickard's profile on the Official Hollyoaks Website Category:English male soap opera actors Category:English male television actors Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Male actors from Surrey Category:Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School Category:Participants in British reality television series

João Cardoso João Cardoso may refer to: João Cardoso (musician), Portuguese musician, part of Bunnyranch and Humanos João Cardoso (footballer, born 1951), former Portuguese football player João Cardoso de Meneses e Sousa, Baron of Paranapiacaba (1827–1915), Brazilian poet, translator, journalist, lawyer and politician João Lucas Cardoso (born 1991), Brazilian footballer João Cardoso (footballer, born 1997), Portuguese footballer See also Estádio João Cardoso, a football stadium in Tondela, Portugal

Community Theater (Newburg, Missouri) Community Theater, also known as the Lyric Theater, Newburg Theater, and Regional Opera Company, is a historic theatre building located at Newburg, Phelps County, Missouri. It was built in 1919, and is a one-story, rectangular brick building. It has a front gable roof behind a stepped parapet and segmental arched windows flanking the rounded arched central entrance. Until 1955, the building acted as a movie theater, lecture hall and stage for small plays and community events. More recently, the building has seen a rebirth as a theater for small stage productions. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. References Category:Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Category:Theatres completed in 1919 Category:Buildings and structures in Phelps County, Missouri Category:National Register of Historic Places in Phelps County, Missouri

2000 IGA SuperThrift Tennis Classic – Doubles Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Raymond entered the tournament, but decided to focus on the singles competition. Corina Morariu and Kimberly Po won the title by defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn and Elena Tatarkova 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 in the final. Seeds Draw Draw References Official results archive (ITF) Official results archive (WTA) Category:2000 WTA Tour

Primovula tadashigei Primovula tadashigei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. Description Distribution References Category:Ovulidae Category:Gastropods described in 1973

Ordos culture The Ordos culture was a culture occupying a region centered on the Ordos Loop (modern Inner Mongolia, China) during the Bronze and early Iron Age from the 6th to 2nd centuries BCE. The Ordos culture is known for significant finds of Scythian art and is thought to represent the easternmost extension of Indo-European Eurasian nomads, such as the Saka. Under the Qin and Han dynasties, from the 6th to 2nd centuries BCE, the area came under at least nominal control of contemporaneous Chinese states. Background Equestrian nomads from the north-west occupied the area previously settled by the Zhukaigou culture from the 6th to the 2nd century BCE before being driven away by the Xiongnu. The Ordos Plateau was covered by grass, bushes, and trees and was sufficiently watered by numerous rivers and streams to produce rich grazing lands. At the time, it contained the best pasture lands on the Asian Steppe. However, it has now mostly turned to the Ordos Desert through a combination of overgrazing and climatic change. Characteristics The Ordos are mainly known from their skeletal remains and artifacts. The Ordos culture of about 500 BCE to 100 CE is known for its "Ordos bronzes", blade weapons, finials for tent-poles, horse gear, and small plaques and fittings for clothes and horse harness, using animal style decoration with relationships both with the Scythian art of regions much further west, and also Chinese art. Its relationship with the Xiongnu is controversial; for some scholars they are the same and for others different. Many buried metal artefacts have emerged on the surface of the land as a result of the progressive desertification of the region. The Ordos are thought to be the easternmost of the Iranian peoples of the Eurasian Steppe, just to the east of the better-known Yuezhi, also an Indo-European people. Because the people represented in archaeological finds tend to display Europoid features, also earlier noted by Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen, Iaroslav Lebedynsky suggests the Ordos culture had "a Scythian affinity". Other scholars have associated it with the Yuezhi. The weapons found in tombs throughout the steppes of the Ordos are very close to those of the Scythians and Saka. Contact with neighbouring peoples While the ethnolinguistic origins and character of the Ordos culture are unknown, the population appears to have been significantly influenced by Indo-European cultures. However, the art of the Ordos culture appears to have influenced that of the Donghu people (), a Mongolic-speaking nomadic tribe located to the east, suggesting that the two had close ties. (The Donghu may also have been connected to a people known as the Northern Di in Chinese annals. The Ordos population was also in contact – and reportedly often at war – with the pre-Han and Han peoples. The Ordos culture covered, geographically, regions later occupied by the Han, including areas just north of the later Great Wall of China and straddling the northernmost hook of the Yellow River. To the west of the Ordos culture was another Indo-European people, the Yuezhi, although nothing is known of relations between the two. (The Yuezhi were later vanquished by the Xiongnu and Wusun, who reportedly drove them westward, out of China; a subgroup of the Yuezhi is widely believed to have migrated to South Central Asia, where it constituted the ruling elite of the Kushan Empire.) Appearance of the Xiongnu In Chinese accounts, the Xiongnu first appear at Ordos in the Yi Zhou Shu and Classic of Mountains and Seas during the Warring States period before it was occupied by the states of Qin and Zhao. It is generally thought to be their homeland; however, when exactly they came to occupy the region is unclear and archaeological finds suggest it might have been much earlier than traditionally thought. As the Xiongnu expanded southward into Yuezhi territory around 160 BCE under Modun, the Yuezhi in turn defeated the Sakas and pushed them away at Issyk Kul. It is thought the Xiongnu also occupied the Ordos area during the same period, when they came in direct contact with the Chinese. From there, the Xiongnu conducted numerous devastating raids into Chinese territory (167, 158, 142, 129 BCE). The Han–Xiongnu War began with Emperor Wu of Han, and the Han colonized the area of the Ordos as the commandery of Shuofang in 127 BCE. Prior to this campaign, there were already earlier commanderies established by Qin and Zhao before they were overrun by the Xiongnu in 209 BCE. Artifacts Ordos bronzes from the British Museum (Asian Gallery): References Citations Sources Ma, Liqing (2005). The Original Xiongnu, An Archaeological Exploration of the Xiongnu's History and Culture. Hohhot: Inner Mongolia University Press. . External links The Relief Plaques of Eastern Eurasia and China - The Ordos Bronzes - video by Sir John Boardman, 3m 47 sec Category:Ordos Category:Archaeological cultures of Central Asia Category:Iron Age cultures of Asia Category:Archaeological cultures of China Category:Archaeology of Inner Mongolia Category:Xiongnu Category:Saka Category:Scythian cultures Category:Yuezhi

Stancils Chapel, North Carolina Stancils Chapel is an unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States on North Carolina Highway 42 and North Carolina Highway 222, east-southeast of Emit. It lies at an elevation of 239 feet (73 m). References Category:Unincorporated communities in Johnston County, North Carolina Category:Unincorporated communities in North Carolina

Bunetice Bunetice () is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Kosice, Presov, Slovakia" Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1755-1895 (parish B) Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1773-1895 (parish B) Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1895 (parish B) See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia External links Map of municipality Surnames of living people in Bunetice Category:Villages and municipalities in Košice-okolie District Category:Šariš

Riverdale Riverdale may refer to: Buildings Riverdale Centre, former name for Lewisham Shopping Centre, London, England Riverdale House, a Victorian mansion in Sheffield, England Riverdale (Selma, Alabama), a historic plantation house in Dallas County, Alabama Riverdale Center, a mall in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States Riverdale, the estate of John Lothrop Motley and later Albert W. Nickerson Entertainment Riverdale (Archie Comics), the fictional town in which the Archie Comics are set Riverdale (2017 TV series), an American television series based on the Archie comic book series Riverdale (1997 TV series), a Canadian soap opera television series Places Canada Riverdale, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighbourhood Riverdale, Nova Scotia, a community Riverdale, Toronto, Ontario, a neighbourhood Riverdale railway station (Toronto) Riverdale (provincial electoral district), a former provincial electoral district Riverdale Ward, a former municipal ward of the city of Ottawa, Ontario Riverdale, Yukon, a neighbourhood of the city of Whitehorse Ireland Riverdale, County Westmeath, a townland in the civil parish of Killucan United States Riverdale (Little Rock), a neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas Riverdale, California, a census-designated place Riverdale, Mendocino County, California, an unincorporated community Riverdale (Odessa, Delaware), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware Riverdale, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta Riverdale, Chicago, Illinois, an official community area Riverdale (Metra station) Riverdale, Illinois, a village Riverdale, Iowa, a city Riverdale, Kansas Riverdale, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, an unincorporated place Riverdale Park, Maryland, a town originally named Riverdale Riverdale (MARC station), a train station Riverdale, a neighborhood of Gloucester, Massachusetts Riverdale, a neighborhood of Dedham, Massachusetts Riverdale, an unincorporated community in Seville Township, Michigan Riverdale, Mississippi Riverdale, Missouri Riverdale, Nebraska, a village Riverdale, New Jersey, a borough Riverdale, Bronx, New York, a neighborhood Riverdale (Metro-North station), the Metro-North train station in the Bronx Riverdale, North Dakota, a town Riverdale, Dayton, Ohio, a neighborhood Riverdale, Halifax County, Virginia, a census-designated place Riverdale, Roanoke, Virginia, a neighborhood Riverdale, Utah, a city Riverdale Township (disambiguation) New Zealand Riverdale, New Zealand, a suburb of Gisborne Schools Riverdale High School (disambiguation) Riverdale Country School, a private school in the Bronx, New York, United States Riverdale Academy (Louisiana), a private school in Red River Parish, United States Riverdale Baptist School, a Christian school in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States Riverdale Collegiate Institute, a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Riverdale School, Palmerston North, a primary (elementary) school in New Zealand Other uses Baron Riverdale, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom See also Riversdale (disambiguation)

Odostomia ata Odostomia ata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador. References External links To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To World Register of Marine Species Category:Pyramidellidae Category:Gastropods described in 1926

Mitromorpha ambigua Mitromorpha ambigua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae. Description The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Okinawa. References Chino, M. & Stahlschmidt, P., 2009. New turrid species of the Mitromorpha-complex (Gastropoda: Clathurellinae) from the Philippines and Japan. Visaya: 63-82 External links MNHN, Paris: Mitromorpha ambigua (paratype) ambigua Category:Gastropods described in 2009

Tommaso Debenedetti Tommaso De Benedetti (born in 1969) is an Italian journalist and author known for writing fake news as well as a schoolteacher in Rome. He is a father of two children.<ref name="business">BusinessInsider Nov. 2014 Biography of Tommasso De Benedetti Twitter Hoaxer</ref> Hoaxes Interviews De Benedetti wrote many fake interviews, published by writers such as Grisham, Saramago, Vargas Llosa, and Yehoshua, and interviewing personalities such as Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama and Pope Benedict XVI. The interviews were published for decades in Italian regional newspapers. Fake news Since 2011, De Benedetti has created fake Twitter accounts of famous world personalities, spreading fake news. On 2012, a hoax announcing the death of Syrian president Assad created a global rise in the price of oil. Other De Benedetti Twitter hoaxes were picked by important news sources, fooling many newspapers, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today, as well as world leaders and organizations. Response De Benedetti explained he did it "to show how is easy to fool the press in the era of social media". Mario Vargas Llosa, in his essay Notes of the death of culture'' (written in 2015) quoted Debenedetti as "an hero of the civilization of the spectacle". References Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Italian journalists Category:Italian male journalists

Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971 The Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act of 1971 is a piece of Indian legislation modeled after the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, which determines the management of Sikh houses of worship within Delhi Union Territory. The 1971 act, more stringent than the 1925 act, required that any Sikhs voting for the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee be baptized Sikhs (amritdhari). The legislation thus excluded from voting those Sikhs with shorn hair, and the sahajdhari, persons who generally follow the Sikh lifestyle but are not initiated into the religion. References Category:Law about religion in India Category:Sikh politics Category:Church and state law Category:1971 in India Category:1971 in law Category:1971 in religion

Manila Bay Manila Bay () is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. Strategically located around the capital city of the Philippines, Manila Bay facilitated commerce and trade between the Philippines and its neighboring countries, becoming the gateway for socio-economic development even prior to Spanish occupation. With an area of , and a coastline of , Manila Bay is situated in the western part of Luzon and is bounded by Cavite and Metro Manila on the east, Bulacan and Pampanga on the north, and Bataan on the west and northwest. Manila Bay drains approximately of watershed area, with the Pampanga River contributing about 49% of the freshwater influx. With an average depth of , it is estimated to have a total volume of 28.9 billion cubic meters (28.9 cubic km). Entrance to the bay is wide and expands to a width of . However, width of the bay varies from at its mouth and expanding to at its widest point. The islands of Corregidor and Caballo divides the entrance into two channels, about towards the North and wide on the South side. Mariveles, in the province of Bataan, is an anchorage just inside the northern entrance and Sangley Point is the former location of Cavite Naval Base. On either side of the bay are volcanic peaks topped with tropical foliage: 40 km to the north is the Bataan Peninsula and to the south is the province of Cavite. Across the entrance to Manila Bay are several islands, the largest of which is Corregidor, located 3 kilometers from Bataan and, along with the island of Caballo, separates the mouth of the bay into the North and South Channels. In the south channel is El Fraile Island and outside the entrance, and to the south, is Carabao Island. El Fraile, a rocky island some in area, supports the massive concrete and steel ruins of Fort Drum, an island fortress constructed by the United States Army to defend the southern entrance of the bay. To the immediate north and south are additional harbors, upon which both local and international ports are situated. Large number of ships at the North and South harbors facilitate maritime activities in the bay. Being smaller of the two harbors, the North Harbor is used for inter-island shipping while the South Harbor is used for large ocean-going vessels. History Manila Bay was connected to Laguna de Bay (pronounced "bai") approximately 3,000 years ago. Recurring episodic uplifts along the West Marikina Valley Fault caused the two to break up. Interaction between Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay today occurs only through the Pasig River. The bay was the setting for the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898, in which American troops led by Commodore George Dewey seized the area. This battle showcased the United States' naval strength. All major Spanish ships were destroyed and captured. With its proud historic past and abundant marine life, Manila Bay became the ocean portal and Filipino epicenter for government, economy and industry. During the Russo-Japanese War at the close of the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, three surviving Russian protected cruisers (the Aurora, Zhemchug, and Oleg) managed to make port in then-United States-controlled Manila for repairs. However, because the US was neutral in this conflict, the trio of warships and their crews remained interned by the U.S. until the war officially came to an end in September 1905. During the World War II, Corregidor Island was annexed by the Japanese forces based in Manila Bay. Much earlier, various other battles were fought from this naval base, including the Battles of La Naval de Manila in 1646, which finally ended Dutch attempts to seize the Philippines. The bay remains important for commerce and industry, including fishing, although rapid urban growth and industrialization are contributing to a decline in water quality and deteriorating marine habitats. It also serves a focus for recreation for Metro Manila and is a popular destination for walks and for viewing the sunset. Much of the land fronting the bay along Metro Manila is reclaimed land which now includes important sites such as the Philippine Senate and the Mall of Asia. On 27 September 2011, the sea walls of Manila Bay were destroyed by the storm surge caused by Typhoon Pedring. Even the United States Embassy, Museo Pambata and Sofitel Philippine Plaza were submerged by the flooding. It was estimated that the damage would cost P30 million to repair. On April 2012, the sea walls were once again opened to the public, having been redesigned to withstand a strong storm surge. Ecosystem Coastal and marine habitats in the area include upland forests, mangrove, mudflats, sandy beaches, sea grass and coral reefs. Biodiversity A total of 19,139 birds belonging to 330 families and 99 species were observed at various monitoring sites along the bay area. The endangered Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) and Black-winged cuckoo-shrike were sighted in the area. A large number of migratory birds, catfish and mackerels were once abundant in these waters. Their decline ushered in the appearance of squid, shrimp, and small pelagic species such as herrings and anchovies. Mangroves The mangrove ecosystem around Manila Bay has both ecological and socioeconomic uses with its association of unique plant and animal species. Of the original 54,000 hectares of mangroves existing at the turn of the 20th century, only 794 hectares are remaining as recorded in 1995. A few of the mangrove swamps remaining in Pampanga Bay are of considerable value for research and conservation education. As natural habitats, mangroves considerably help in acting as a protective buffer against cyclones and storms. Predominant in the bay area are Avicennia marina (gray or white mangrove) together with 15 species of mangroves belonging to 9 families that grow there. In the Bataan area, species of mangrove swamps that are found thriving include: Rhizophora apiculata (bakhaw lalaki in Filipino) Rhyzophora mucronata (no common name found) Avicennia marina (gray or white mangrove) Nypa fruticans (nipa palm) Sonneratia alba (no common name) Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea (nilad in Filipino) Sonneratia acida (pagatpat in Filipino) Acanthus ilicifolius (holly-leaved acanthus) Excoecaria agallocha (milky mangrove) Plantations of Cocos nucifera (coconut palm) co-exists with the mangroves found in these areas. Wetlands Covering about 4,600 hectares, wetlands around Manila Bay are useful in: providing food and habitat for fish, shorebirds and wildlife; maintaining and improving water quality of rivers, lakes and estuaries, acting as reservoir for watersheds, and protecting adjacent and downstream properties of the area from potential flood damage Mudflats, sand flats, swamps, beaches and rocky shores form part of the wetlands in Manila Bay. Found mostly along the coast of Bataan and Pampanga, mudflats are suitable habitats for shellfish. Coral Reefs Contributing to the balanced functioning of the ecosystem around Manila Bay, coral reefs in the area provide sanctuary for fishes. Consequently, its decline through the years has directly affected the fish yield. Seagrass Beds As a diverse ecosystem, seagrass beds provide shelter for fishes and other marine life forms. Like the coral reefs, most of the seagrass beds in Manila Bay are found near its mouth, most notably in the areas of Malolos, Orion, Mariveles, and Corregidor Island. Upland forests Within the watershed of Manila Bay upland forests abound which are sources of food, timber, fuel wood and other products, as well as habitats for wildlife. These forests provide protection from soil erosion and help maintain the water levels and water quality in rivers and streams. Mount Makiling, Angat Dam watershed, La Mesa Dam watershed, Mounts Palay-Palay / Mataas na Gulod Protected Landscape, Mount Arayat and other portions of national parks located in Bataan, Bulacan, Rizal and Tarlac form part of these upland forest ecosystem. Key developments Land reclamation Largely intended for use in human settlement and industrial development, land reclamation projects contributed to the reduction of mangroves around the area, as well as significant reduction in Metro Manila's shoreline. From 1944 to 1991, approximately 600 m of shoreline have been reclaimed in the northern part. In 2009, the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said that there are 7,000 hectares of foreshore areas in Cavite and 5,000 hectares of shallow coastal waters to expand Sangley Point naval base as part of reclamation projects which are mostly funded by foreign investors. Land conversion Conversion of mangrove and mudflat areas into fishponds have impacted the physical features of the bay whereby what used to be irregular shoreline in 1944 has become more linear by 1977. Shoreline retreat continued as man-made structures such as fish pens occupied the coastal areas, with progradation dominant from 1977 to 1991. Most area of the bay, except those near the ports, are largely used as a major fishing ground, with fisheries and aquaculture as the dominant source of livelihood for the inhabitants in the coastal areas. From 1990, approximately 1,200 hectares of mangroves were cleared, with the land converted for aquaculture or used as salt beds. In 1993 much of the fisheries resources steadily declined due to over-fishing and over-harvesting. Waterfront development With then Mayor Lito Atienza's program Buhayin ang Maynila (Revitalize Manila) in 2002, the local government made the initiative of enhancing the seaside promenade of Manila through urban renewal, upkeep and improvements. What later became known as Baywalk, the facelift of the 2 km strip of central public space aimed at creating a venue for social interaction and recreation. With reference to its colonial history, Manila's waterfront expresses power through the dominant classes which uses the Baywalk for exercise, fishing or socialization. The mix of land utilization and social activity provides public access to the edge of the sea, and counters vagrancy and mendicancy. Reviving Manila's waterfront through the Baywalk injected vibrance and historic appreciation into the public space with the statues of Arsenio Lacson, Ninoy Aquino and Evelio Javier placed in key areas. At the onset, lack of funds hampered the revival of the Baywalk. Eventually, planning for the Baywalk means understanding and regulating diversity of functions with appropriate policy. Legislation Manila Bay and its corresponding resources are considered critical recipients of environmental protection. As indicated in the 1987 Constitution (Article II, Section 16) there exists legal basis for environmental protection with the provision that: “the State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature.” The Manila Bay Declaration 2001 recognized Manila Bay as a source of food, employment and income for the people as well as the gateway for tourism and recreation. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was adopted in 2001 and enforced in 2004. Water quality Successive changes in and around Manila Bay are largely due to the intertwining impacts of continued industrialization, unrelenting increase in population, and the incessant human activities catering to livelihood and habitation. These factors are directly degrading the overall environment of Manila Bay and these impacts are manifested in the continued deterioration of the water quality within the bay. Several industries operate along the bay in the highly urbanized Metro Manila area, while there are shipyard facilities in Cavite and in Bataan, several more heavy industries, refineries and a power plant are present. At the shipping ports and ferry terminals, an average of 30,000 ships arrive and depart annually to transport passengers, manufactured goods and raw materials. Industrial waste discharges and discharges of untreated domestic wastes from drainage and sewer outlets have contributed to the severe decline in the quality of water and sediments in the bay as well as impacted on the existing marine habitats. Salinity According to the study by Jacinto Manila bay has an average surface salinity of 32.6 psu (practical salinity unit). Due to the river influx, the areas near the coasts have low salinity especially in the vicinity of the mouth of the Pasig River in the eastern part of the bay. The bay’s salinity is also affected by strong seasonal variations. Effects of soil erosion As indicated by the exposed roots of the coconut trees, continuing soil erosion has been a major factor in the changing shoreline of Manila bay. Apart from soil erosion, other environmental processes such as siltation and sea level rise have also contributed to changing the bay’s coastline. In some parts of the bay, however, erosion are prevented by seawalls and breakers particularly in areas where land has been reclaimed. Pollution With the presence of ports, sea-based sources of pollution around the bay are from ships and motorized boats. Twelve oil spills were recorded in 1995, but it was in 1999 where the highest total volume of oil spill occurred in the Manila South Harbor and Limay, Bataan. Increased presence of oil and grease in the waters are attributed to maritime activities at the harbors, together with the presence of oil terminals and the discharges from industries. These factors directly impacted the health of Manila Bay's waters. Aside from oil spills, trace metals such as copper, cadmium and zinc at the surface of the water were found at the bay coming from sea-based and land-based (e.g., domestic sewage, industrial effluents, runoff, combustion emissions, and mining operations) sources. In 1996, concentrations of 16 commonly used pesticides in surface sediment was found including dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) found in Manila Bay sediments have been influenced by human activities. PAH come principally from petrogenic sources (e.g., oil discharges from ships, refineries and industries) and pyrolytic sources (from combustion sources). Pesticide residues from rice paddy water draining into irrigation canals, which later on empty into river systems and eventually flowing into the surrounding lakes reaches the waters of Manila Bay. Compounds from these pesticide residues find themselves in food items with metamidophos, endosulfan, chlorpyrifos and diazinon among the common contaminants. While chronic toxic effects on inhabitants of the bay are not found, impairment of marine biota were more evident. In 1997, polychlorinated biphenyl congeners (PCBs), compounds common in transformers, hydraulic fluids, paint additives and pesticides were determined in sediments and oysters sampled from Manila Bay. The increase in the nutrient concentration and presence of nitrate, ammonia and phosphate in the bay,from the '80s, through to the '90s and beyond are not only attributed to agricultural runoff and river discharges but also on fertilizers from fishponds. Future Rehabilitation Despite the issues generally associated with developing countries, such as poverty, over-population and food security, there is surprisingly a growing concern for the environmental vitality of Manila Bay. Rehabilitation, which in this case refers to an attempt to improve an aquatic system and prevent further damage to the natural ecosystems, is a responsibility assumed both by government and non-government organizations. The Supreme Court of the Philippines for example had issued the Metro Manila Development Authority an order to "demolish illegal structures and dwellings along riverbanks and waterways connected to Manila Bay by 2015" in March, 2011 as an attempt to decrease mass occurrences of water pollution. Projects involving the wider communities include organization of the "Manila Bay Clean Up Run," which essentially supports the Philippine Environment Agencies with their objectives to raise funding and awareness towards the rehabilitation of Manila Bay’s natural environments. In 2019, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has launched a rehabilitation program that will be administered by different government agencies. Due to this, the 10th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition that will happen on February 16, 2019 at the SM Mall of Asia bayside area was postponed, however, the venue was moved at SM City Clark on February 23, 2019. Sea level rise Global warming, which in its simplest context refers to an increase in the earth’s atmospheric temperature and the subsequent result of sea level rise, poses a great threat in the conservation of Manila Bay and its bordering cities. With recent studies predicting "the sea level could rise between .75 to 1.9 metres by 2100" and considering the vast landscape of development, growing industries and overly-dense populations, the exponential assets exposed to flood-prone zones evidently become a dire issue. The Philippine Country Study to Address Climate Change has depicted a proactive approach to this environmental issue through governance of a detailed impact assessment covering the following elements: Physical Environment Tidal regimes including low and high levels of water circulation Outlining of seasons to depict periods of high and low rainfall Habitat and Species Identification of coral species, mangrove forests, ecosystems within the coastlines, as well as nearby agricultural land Vulnerability Analysis Vulnerability maps were drawn to outline townscape in accelerated sea level timelines. Using such resources pinpoints the populated areas and natural habitats most likely to be inundated as a result of global warming In 2010, at the occasion of the first Inter-LGU Forum on Tidal Flooding in Manila, the Dutch ambassador Robert Brinks recommended to close Manila Bay and build dykes in order to protect Manila and the surrounding provinces from the sea level rise that is expected as a result of climate change, noting also that closing Manily Bay in by means of a dyke would require new harbor location to replace the Port of Manila. Challenges Due to the low profile of environmentalism and its objectives within the nation of the Philippines, official awareness of global warming and the investment to applicable research is in itself triumphant. Further steps to meet the challenge of rehabilitation and sea-level rise within Manila Bay may include additional research to gain insight to the complex nature of existent ecosystems; investment to coastal protection means such as the implementation of concrete walls; laws and policies dedicated to the protection of habitats and restriction or zoning of developments; as well as public educational programs to increase the intensity of conservation support. Long-term goals for Manila Bay would ideally include the decrease or termination of nearby highly polluting enterprises, implementation effective standards for waste-water discharge and an overall improved water quality. See also Geography of the Philippines Battle of Manila Bay Pasig river rehabilitation References External links Fort Drum:Concrete Battleship of the Philippines Biophysical environment of Manila Bay – Then and now Category:Bays of the Philippines Category:Landforms of Metro Manila Category:Landforms of Bataan Category:Landforms of Bulacan Category:Landforms of Cavite Category:Landforms of Pampanga Category:Geography of Manila

Budapesti VSC (fencing) Budapesti VSC created a fencing section in 1949, which had one of the most successful teams in Hungary. Achievements Fencing Hall Name: Szőnyi utcai Vívócsarnok City: Budapest, Hungary Address: H-1142 Budapest, XIV. district, Szőnyi út 2. II. em. International success Olympic medalists The team's olympic medalists are shown below. World Championships European Championships Notable former fencers Sabre Dániel Magay Attila Keresztes Tamás Mendelényi Pál Gerevich Épée József Sákovics Csaba Fenyvesi Jenő Pap Sándor Erdős Attila Fekete Hajnalka Tóth Iván Kovács Tamás Pádár Foil Ilona Elek Margit Elek Magdolna Nyári-Kovács Katalin Kiss Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi Jenő Kamuti Ferenc Czvikovszky Györgyi Marvalics-Székely Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis Magda Maros Zsolt Érsek See also Hungarian Fencer of the Year References External links Fencing section website Official Budapesti VSC website Budapesti VSC Category:Sports clubs established in 1949 Category:Fencing clubs

Ringoes, New Jersey Ringoes is an unincorporated community located within East Amwell Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The community is served by the United States Postal Service as ZIP Code 08551. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08551 was 5,532. History Ringoes is the oldest known settlement in Hunterdon County. The village grew up around John Ringo's Tavern on the Old York Road, now Route 179. The tavern was the site for many meetings of the Hunterdon Chapter of the Sons of Liberty formed in 1766. Notable people People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Ringoes include: James Buchanan (1839–1900), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district from 1885 to 1893 Matt Ioannidis (born 1994), defensive end for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Andrew Maguire (born 1939), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1975 to 1981 Horace Griggs Prall (1881–1951), acting Governor of New Jersey in 1935. Jason Read (born 1977), rower who was a gold medalist in the Men's 8+ at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Herb Ringer (1913–1998), amateur photographer. Economy Tabby's Place, cat sanctuary Old York Cellars, winery Unionville Vineyards, winery Black River and Western Railroad, tourist and freight railroad Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Ringoes has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. References Category:East Amwell Township, New Jersey Category:Unincorporated communities in Hunterdon County, New Jersey Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Vanka Pratap Vanka Pratap (born 21 November 1973) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who represented Hyderabad and India A. He later worked as a selector for the Hyderabad Cricket Association. Life and career An all-rounder, Pratap batted right-handed and bowled right-arm medium pace. He made his first-class debut for Hyderabad at the age of 18 in December 1991. He went on to make 83 first-class and 49 List A appearances for Hyderabad, South Zone, Board President's XI, Wills XI and India A. He scored just under 4000 first-class and over 1000 List A runs, and took 66 wickets in the two formats combined. His final first-class appearance came in December 2001 at the age of 28. In 2003, Pratap made allegations that he was asked to bribe a selector to play for India by a person on behalf of the selector. Pratap later worked as a member of the Ranji team selection committee of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). He also served as the chairman of the junior team selection committee of the HCA. References External links Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Indian cricketers Category:Hyderabad cricketers Category:South Zone cricketers Category:Cricketers from Hyderabad, India

Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around These are the results of the men's team all-around competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Events There were compulsory and voluntary competitions in Floor, Rings, Pommell Horse, Vault, Parallel Bars, and Horizontal Bar. Final Rank References Official Olympic Report GymnasticsResults.com: Olympic results Gymn-Forum.net: Olympic results Men's artistic team all-around

Kavan Tissa, Prince of Ruhuna Kavan Tissa, also known as Kavantissa, Kaha Wan Thissa,(that means who has the color of golden body). was the king of the Kingdom of Ruhuna in the southern part of Sri Lanka. He ruled Ruhuna, in the same time as Keleni Tissa of Maya Rata and the usurping Tamil king of Anuradhapura, Ellalan of South India, expanding and beautifying the city, and projecting the power of his native Rajarata region across the island of Sri Lanka. Kavan Tissa was a great-grandson of King Devanampiyatissa's youngest brother Mahanaga, and also the father of the great Sinhalese King Dutugemunu. As with his son Dutugemunu, Kavan Tissa's figure is mostly swathed in myth and legend. The main source of information on his life is Mahavamsa, the historical poem about the kings of Sri Lanka, which portrays Kavan Tissa as "devoutly believing in the three gems, [and] he provided the brotherhood continually with... needful things". See also Mahavamsa List of monarchs of Sri Lanka History of Sri Lanka References External links Kings & Rulers of Sri Lanka Codrington's Short History of Ceylon Category:Prince of Ruhuna

Marouane Soussi Marouane Soussi (born 21 June 1988) is a Tunisian handball player for Sakiet Ezzit and the Tunisian national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. References Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Tunisian male handball players

Vito Knežević Vito Knežević (born 25 January 1956) is a retired Swedish football defender who played most of his career for Allsvenskan club Djurgårdens IF. Born in SFR Yugoslavia, Knežević came to Sweden with his family in 1960. The family settled in the city of Borås. Knežević began playing for Norrby IF and was considered to be one of Sweden's biggest talents when Djurgårdens IF paid 250,000 kronor and signed him in 1977. Knežević began his career as a sweeper, but later learned to play as both wingback and winger. He was best known for his tough style of playing. References Category:1956 births Category:Association football defenders Category:Living people Category:Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Category:People from Borås Category:Swedish footballers Category:Yugoslav emigrants to Sweden Category:Norrby IF players Category:Allsvenskan players

RusLine RusLine (, Aviakompanija «RusLajn») is a regional airline from Russia, which operates mostly domestic regional flights, as well as holiday charters. Its headquarters are located in the Omega Plaza (Омега Плаза) business centre in Moscow, Russia, with the city's Domodedovo International Airport serving as most important base for flight operations. History The company was founded in 1999 as Aerotex Airlines and was originally based at Sheremetyevo International Airport. In March 2013, it was renamed to today's RusLine, which coincided with a move to Vnukovo International Airport shortly after. On 1 April 2010, RusLine acquired the assets and brand name of bankrupt Air Volga. This included six Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft, and Air Volga's base at Volgograd International Airport. Subsequently, the Vnukovo operations were closed and moved to more modern Domodedovo International Airport, and the Air Volga livery was applied to a number of RusLine's aircraft. In certain cases, the Air Volga titles were also kept. Further aircraft bases were set up at Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg and Koltsovo Airport, Yekaterinburg. Route network , RusLine operates scheduled flights to the following destinations. Fleet Originally, the airline operated several ageing Soviet-built aircraft. The first Western airliner, a 50-seat Bombardier CRJ100, was introduced with RusLine in February 2008. Over the following years, further planes of that type (all of which had been acquired second-hand) were added. In April 2012, RusLine took delivery of two larger Airbus A319 aircraft formerly owned by easyJet in order to address the growing demand for charter flights. The airline contains 20 CRJ-200 aircraft with 5 on order from UTAir with delivery from 2016. Current fleet , the RusLine fleet consists of the following aircraft: Historic fleet Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated: Accidents and incidents On 20 June 2011, 47 people died in the crash of Flight 243. The aircraft involved, a Tupolev Tu-134 (registered RA-65691) had been leased by RusLine from RusAir and was approaching Petrozavodsk Airport, completing a flight from Moscow-Domodedovo. Due to poor visibility conditions, the pilots were unaware that they descended too rapidly, so that the aircraft struck trees and impacted on a highway. There were five survivors. References External links Official website Category:Airlines of Russia Category:Companies based in Moscow Category:Airlines established in 1999

Constructive alignment Constructive alignment is a principle used for devising teaching and learning activities, and assessment tasks, that directly address the intended learning outcomes (ILOs) in a way not typically achieved in traditional lectures, tutorial classes and examinations. Constructive alignment was devised by Professor John B. Biggs, and represents a marriage between a constructivist understanding of the nature of learning, and an aligned design for outcomes-based teaching education. Constructive alignment is the underpinning concept behind the current requirements for programme specification, declarations of learning outcomes (LOs) and assessment criteria, and the use of criterion based assessment. There are two basic concepts behind constructive alignment: Learners construct meaning from what they do to learn. This concept derives from cognitive psychology and constructivist theory, and recognizes the importance of linking new material to concepts and experiences in the learner's memory, and extrapolation to possible future scenarios via the abstraction of basic principles through reflection. The teacher makes a deliberate alignment between the planned learning activities and the learning outcomes. This is a conscious effort to provide the learner with a clearly specified goal, a well designed learning activity or activities that are appropriate for the task, and well designed assessment criteria for giving feedback to the learner. A branch of educational evaluation theory has emerged that focuses on constructive alignment as a key element in effective educational design. Known as design-focused evaluation, this approach seeks student feedback on the efficacy of the designed alignment between the intended learning outcomes and the teaching and learning activities students engage in during a course of study. References Further reading Biggs, J and Tang, C. (2011): Teaching for Quality Learning at University, (McGraw-Hill and Open University Press, Maidenhead) Biggs, J (2003): Aligning Teaching and Assessment to Curriculum Objectives, (Imaginative Curriculum Project, LTSN Generic Centre) Brooks, J. and Brooks, M. (1993). In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms, ASCD) Cobb, P. (2002) Theories of knowledge and instructional design: a response to Colliver. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 14 (1), 52-55 Smith, C. D. (2008). Design-Focused Evaluation. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 33(6), 631-645 See also Concept inventory Instructional scaffolding Category:Constructivism Category:Learning Category:Educational psychology

Nisarg Patel Nisarg Patel (born April 20, 1988) is an American cricketer. In January 2018, he was named in the United States squad for the 2017–18 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies. He made his List A debut for the United States against the Leeward Islands in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 31 January 2018. In November 2018, he was added to the United States' squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the United States cricket team, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda. The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with USA Cricket. In August 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the United States against Bermuda on 18 August 2019. In September 2019, he was named in United States's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series. He made his ODI debut for the United States, against Papua New Guinea, on 13 September 2019. In November 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament. References External links Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:American cricketers Category:United States One Day International cricketers Category:United States Twenty20 International cricketers Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

National Museum of Haiti The National Museum of Haiti (Musée National d'Haïti) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was completed in 1938. It is located at Route Nationale No. 1 in the neighborhood of Montrouis. It is not to be confused with the Musée du Panthéon National Haitien (MUPANAH) (built in 1983), which is located across the street from the National Palace. The National Museum houses information and artifacts covering the history of Haiti from the time of the Arawak and Taino Indians until the 1940s. There are murals showing the treatment of the Indians by the Spaniards and the treatment of African slaves by the French. There are also artifacts relating to the emperors of Haiti, including the pistol with which King Henri Christophe committed suicide. See also National Museum of Art, also in Port-au-Prince. References Category:Museums established in 1938 Category:Museums in Haiti Category:Buildings and structures in Port-au-Prince Haiti Category:1938 establishments in North America

Elks Lodge (Lima, Ohio) The former Elks Lodge (B.P.O. E. #54) is a historic building in Lima, Ohio, United States. The lodge was the fifty-fourth of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks to be chartered; it is the largest lodge in Ohio. It is located within the Ohio West Central District No. 7120. The original lodge building, built in 1909, has been sold and is, as of 2019, used by Tabernacle Baptist Church. The lodge building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 7, 1982. It was one of seventeen Lima buildings listed on the Register as a group, the "Lima Multiple Resource Area." Of these buildings, it was one of the newest. Around the time of its construction in the early twentieth century, oil and railroading had taken Lima's economy to an extremely prosperous point. See also Elks Lodge List of Elks buildings References External links Homepage Alternative homepage Elks Lodges Directory Category:Churches completed in 1909 Category:Baptist churches in Ohio Category:Buildings and structures in Lima, Ohio Category:Prairie School architecture in Ohio Category:Elks buildings Category:Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Category:Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Category:National Register of Historic Places in Allen County, Ohio

Nicolas Bouyssi Nicolas Bouyssi (born 1972) is a French novelist. A school teacher by profession, Bouyssi has published several books. These include: Le Gris, P.O.L, 2007. En plein vent, P.O.L, 2008. 'Compression, P.O.L, 2009. Les Algues, P.O.L, 2010. S'autodétruire et les enfants, P.O.L, 2011. Esthétique du stéréotype : essai sur Édouard Levé, PUF, 2011. Les Rayons du soleil'', P.O.L, 2013. He has also published short stories. References Category:1972 births Category:21st-century French novelists Category:Living people Category:French male novelists Category:21st-century French male writers

SS Geronimo SS Geronimo (Hull Number 1122) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Geronimo, a Native American warrior who long fought against American settlers in the Old West. The ship was laid down on 5 May 1943, then launched on 29 May 1943. The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships; she was scrapped in 1960. References Category:Liberty ships Category:Ships built in Richmond, California Category:1943 ships

Valborg Christensen Valborg Christensen (12 January 1917 – 14 June 2003) was a Danish swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics. References Category:1917 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Danish female swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers of Denmark Category:Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Copenhagen

La Talaudière La Talaudière is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Twin towns La Talaudière is twinned with: Sio, Mali Küssaberg, Germany See also Communes of the Loire department Talaudiere Category:Loire communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

Tüzer See Tüzer See is a lake in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. At an elevation of 51.5 m, its surface area is ca. 0.25 km². Category:Lakes of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Warne (car) The Warne was a British 4-wheeled cyclecar made from 1913 to 1915 by Pearsall Warne Ltd based in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. The car had a lightweight two-seat open body with full weather equipment and was powered by a JAP, V twin air-cooled engine of 964 cc with an RAC horsepower rating of 8 hp. The engine size increased to 1070 cc in 1915. Drive was to the rear wheels by belts. The suspension used half elliptic leaf springs all round. It cost £99. Although air-cooled, the car was given a conventional appearance by fitting a dummy radiator. In mid 1913 six cars a week were being made. See also List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom References Category:Cyclecars Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Category:Companies based in North Hertfordshire District

Vladimir Myasishchev Vladimir Myasishchev may refer to: Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (1902–1978), aircraft designer Vladimir Nikolayevich Myasishchev (1893–1973), psychologist

Aerial warfare in the Winter War The aerial warfare in the Winter War was the aerial aspect of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union from 30 November 1939 to 13 March 1940. While the Soviet air forces greatly outnumbered the Finnish Air Force, the Soviet bombing campaign was largely ineffective, and Finnish pilots and antiaircraft gunners inflicted significant losses on the Soviets. Soviet Air Force The Soviet Union enjoyed air superiority throughout the war. The Soviet Air Force, supported the Red Army's invasion with about 2,500 aircraft of the Soviet Air Forces, (the most common of which was the Tupolev SB-2 bomber, which had shown its effectiveness during the Spanish Civil war. However the VVS was not as effective as the Soviets might have hoped. The material damage by bomber attacks was slight, as Finland did not offer many valuable targets for strategic bombing. Targets were often small village depots of small value. Finland had only a few modern highways, so the railway systems were the main target for bombers. The rail tracks were cut thousands of times but were easily repaired, and the Finns usually had trains running in a matter of hours. The damage inflicted on Finnish targets was also diminished by poor navigation technique, and minimal bombing accuracy on the part of the Soviets and Finnish casualties were reduced by effective air-raid precautions. However the Soviet air force learned from its early mistakes, and by late February they instituted more effective tactics. One such success was the strike against the Ruokolahti airfield on 29 February 1940. At noon on that day 40 I-16 and I-153 fighters struck the base, destroying three aircraft on the ground and another three (two Gladiators and one Fokker) for the loss of only one I-16. Finland's capital city, Helsinki, was bombed on the first day of the war; a number of buildings were destroyed and some 200 people were killed. However the city was the target of raids only a few times thereafter. All in all, Finland lost only 5 percent of its total man-hour production time due to Soviet bombings. Nevertheless, bombings affected thousands of civilians as the Soviets launched 2,075 bombing attacks on 516 localities. Air raids killed 957 Finnish civilians. The city of Viipuri, a major Soviet objective, was almost leveled by nearly 12,000 bombs. No attacks on civilian targets were mentioned in Soviet radio or newspaper reports. In January 1940, Pravda continued to stress that no civilian targets in Finland had been struck, even by accident. Soviet aircraft At the start of hostilities the Soviet Air Force had the following aircraft in service: Fighters I-15: biplane fighter (Chaika-"seagull") I-15 bis : (improved version of I-15) I-16 monoplane fighter (Ishak-"donkey"; called Siipiorava, "flying squirrel" by the Finns) I-16 bis I-153 biplane fighter (also called the Chaika; a variant of the I-15) Bombers DB-3 twin engined long-range bomber SB-2 twin engined high-speed bomber (Katyusha- "Catherine") SB-2 bis TB-3 four-engined heavy bomber Reconnaissance Po-2 multi-purpose biplane (kukuruznik-"crop-duster") Naval aviation MBR-2 multi-purpose flying boat MBR2 bis Figures of Soviet losses during the conflict vary from source to source; One estimate puts the loss at 700-900 aircraft, the majority of them bombers: Against this Finnish losses were 62 aircraft, with a further 59 damaged beyond repair. Another states Finnish aircraft shot down 240 Soviet aircraft, with anti-aircraft fire accounting for 314 to 444 others. Finnish Air Force At the beginning of the war, Finland had a very small air force, with only 114 combat airplanes fit for duty. Therefore, Finnish air missions were very limited and fighter aircraft were mainly used to repel Soviet bombers. Old-fashioned and few in numbers, Finnish aircraft could not offer support to the Finnish ground troops. Therefore, the Finnish Air Force adopted the same guerilla tactics used by Finnish ground forces, dispersing to makeshift airfields often consisting only of a frozen lake. In spite of aircraft losses throughout the war, the Finnish Air Force grew by 50 percent by the end of the war. Most new aircraft shipments arrived during January 1940. The Finnish Air Force had also revised its tactics; In air combat, the Finns used the more flexible "finger four" formation (four planes split into two pairs, one flying low and the other high, with each plane fighting independently of the others, yet supporting its wingman in combat), which was superior to the Soviet tactic of three fighters flying in a Vic formation. This formation and the credo of Finnish pilots to always attack, no matter the odds, contributed to the failure of Soviet bombers to inflict substantial damage against Finnish positions and population centres. Finnish fighter pilots often dove into Soviet formations that outnumbered them ten or even twenty times, and Soviet bomber formations became wary of even single Finnish fighters, as they knew the pilot would not let them pass un-noticed. Entire squadrons could disappear on missions over Finland, and those back at their bases in Estonia could only guess at what had happened. On one occasion, the Finnish ace Jorma Kalevi Sarvanto encountered a formation of seven DB-3 bombers on 6 January 1940 and shot down six in just 4 minutes. Finnish aircraft At the start of hostilities, the Finnish Air Force had 146 aircraft of all types at its disposal, organized into 12 squadrons. The primary fighter aircraft were 15 Bristol Bulldog IVs, which had entered service in 1935, 41 of the more modern Fokker D.XXI 65 older Fokker aircraft of various types; Fokker C.X and Fokker C.V 15 Blackburn Ripons There were also 18 license-built Bristol Blenheim bombers. In 1939, an order had been placed in Italy for 25 Fiat G.50 fighters; two were being assembled in Sweden when the war broke out. During the war, a number of aircraft were ordered from abroad: 30 Gloster Gladiator II biplane fighters from the United Kingdom 12 Bristol Blenheim IV bombers from the United Kingdom 30 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 fighters from France 44 Brewster 239 fighters from the United States 24 Gloster Gauntlet trainers from South Africa 10 Fiat G.50 fighters from Italy 12 Hawker Hurricane I fighters from the United Kingdom 12 Westland Lysander reconnaissance planes from United Kingdom 2 Bristol Bulldogs from Sweden 3 J6B Jaktfalken biplane trainers from Sweden 3 Fokker C.V.D reconnaissance planes from Sweden 2 Koolhoven F.K.52 reconnaissance planes and 1 Douglas DC-2 transport plane from Count von Rosen, Sweden 6 Caudron C.714 fighters from France, which never entered service in Finnish Fighter Squadrons because of their bad performance and unsuitability to operate from the short landing strips in Finland. Also there was a Swedish volunteer squadron named Flight Regiment 19, Finnish Air Force taking care of the air defence of Northern Finland. It was equipped with 12 Gloster Gladiator II biplane fighters and 5 Hawker Hart biplane bombers. Owing to this reinforcement, the Finnish Air Force had a greater strength at the end of the conflict than at the beginning; however they were seldom able to field more than 100 aircraft at any one time against an expanding VVS commitment. Finnish fighters shot down 240 confirmed Soviet aircraft, against the Finnish loss of 26. A Finnish forward air base often consisted of only a frozen lake, a windsock, a telephone set and some tents. Air-raid warnings were given by Finnish women organized by the Lotta Svärd. Finnish antiaircraft gunners shot down between 314 and 444 Soviet aircraft. Finnish aces The following Finnish pilots became aces (achieving five confirmed victories) during the war See also List of units of the Finnish Air Force during the Winter War References Citations Bibliography Engle, Eloise/ Paananen, Lauri (1973) The Winter War Sidgewick&Jackson Hardesty, Von (1982) Red Phoenix: the rise of Soviet air power 1941–1945 Arms and Armour Press Category:Winter War Category:1939 in Finland Category:1940 in Finland Category:Aerial operations and battles Category:Soviet Air Force Category:Finnish Air Force

Itaru Oki is a Japanese jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. Oki began studying koto as a child, studying under his mother, who was a professional kotoist. He took up trumpet from 1955 and played in high school bands, then enrolled at Osaka Industrial University, where he majored in architecture and concurrently played in Dixieland jazz ensembles. Early in his career, Oki studied under Fumio Nanri, Kenny Dorham, and Sadao Watanabe, and in the 1960s and 1970s played with Nobusuke Miyamoto, Yoku Tamura, Kosuke Mine, and Akio Nishimura. In 1966, he was a cofounder of ESSG, along with Masahiko Sato, Mototeru Takagi, and Masahiko Togashi. In 1974, Oki relocated to Paris, where he played with Japanese expat Takashi Kako and played across Europe with Art Farmer, Maynard Ferguson, Noah Howard, Lee Konitz, Steve Lacy, Michel Pilz, Sam Rivers, and Thangodeï. In 1992 he became a member of the World Residents ensemble. References Kazunori Sugiyama and Barry Kernfeld, "Itaru Oki". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edn. Category:1941 births Category:Living people Category:Japanese jazz trumpeters Category:Musicians from Kobe Category:21st-century trumpeters

Johan Maurits Mohr Johan Maurits Mohr (ca. 18 August 1716, Eppingen – 25 October 1775, Batavia) was a Dutch-German pastor who studied at Groningen University from 1733 and settled in Batavia (Dutch East Indies) in 1737. Mohr's greatest passion was in astronomy but he was also keenly interested in meteorology and in vulcanology. In 1765 Mohr built a large private observatory in Batavia that was equipped with the best astronomical instruments of his time. His observatory, which had cost him a small fortune, was visited and praised by Louis Antoine de Bougainville and James Cook. Mohr observed the Venus transits of 6 June 1761 and 3 June 1769 and the Mercury transit of 10 November 1769. He also made meteorological observations and measurements of the magnetic declination at Batavia. After Mohr's death, his observatory was damaged by an earthquake in 1780, fell into ruin and was demolished in 1812. The minor planet 5494 Johanmohr is named in his honour. References H.J. Zuidervaart & R.H. van Gent, " "A Bare Outpost of Learned European Culture on the Edge of the Jungles of Java": Johan Maurits Mohr (1716-1775) and the Emergence of Instrumental and Institutional Science in Dutch Colonial Indonesia", Isis: An International Review devoted to the History of Science and its Cultural Influences, 95 (2004), 1-33. See also List of colonial buildings and structures in Jakarta Category:1716 births Category:1775 deaths Category:Dutch astronomers Category:Dutch Protestant ministers and clergy Category:Colonial architecture in Jakarta Category:People from Heilbronn (district) Category:University of Groningen alumni Category:Dutch East India Company people

Symphoniae sacrae I (literally: Sacred Symphonies, Book One), Op. 6, is a collection of different pieces of vocal sacred music on Latin texts, composed by Heinrich Schütz, published in 1629. He set mostly psalms and excerpts from the Song of Solomon for one to three voices, with various instruments and continuo. Its twenty pieces were assigned 257 to 276 in the (SWV), the catalogue of his works. Two later volumes came, but with German texts: Symphoniae sacrae II in 1647 and Symphoniae sacrae III in 1650. History Schütz composed the first collection during his second study trip to Venice. During his first visit he studied the Venetian polychoral style with Giovanni Gabrieli. Returning in 1628 after Gabrieli's death, he studied with his successor at St Mark's Basilica, Claudio Monteverdi. Schütz was in the service of the Protestant Elector of Saxony Johann Georg I, and dedicated the collection to the Elector's son, crown prince Johann Georg II, then 16 years old. The texts are mostly taken from the Bible, most of them setting excerpts from psalms and from the Song of Solomon. Schütz set the texts as concertos for various combinations of one to three voices, instruments (both strings and winds) and basso continuo. Schütz published the collection in 1629 in Venice as his , his sixth work, and his second sacred work. In his Latin foreword, he mentions Gabrieli, but not Monteverdi. The composer has been described as "universal" (), and after his published a second work in Latin. The musicologist Matteo Messori notes: Schütz later composed two more collections titled as Op. 10 and Op. 12. The general title was common at the time and was used by many composers, including his teacher including Giovanni Gabrieli who used it for his larger concertos. Collection The collection contains twenty different individual concertos with numbers 257 to 276 in the SWV. The following table shows a sequence number, the SWV number, the first line of the Latin text replacing a title, a translation, an abbreviation of the text source and notes. The translations follow Emmanuel Music for SWV 257, 263, 264, a study bible for the Song of Solomon, otherwise the King James version. Links to that bible version are provided in the next column. Note that psalm numbering and verse numbering within a psalm is different in different editions. The last column provides a link to the details about the piece from the Schütz Association, which contains the text, a translation to German, the volume in the Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, biblical source(s), and further links to the collection's history, original foreword, analysis, dedication, original cover, reception and sources. Music Schütz followed Monteverdi's seconda pratica in setting the biblical texts not in the older polyphonic style, but in dramatic declamation close to the opera of the period. This approach to word setting mirrors the ideas of the Reformation in its focus on the words of scripture. The settings have been described as "eloquent, sensitive, and often sensuous". Recordings The Symphoniae sacrae are part of the complete edition of the composer's works by Carus-Verlag, begun in 1992 in continuation of the Stuttgart Schütz Edition. The edition uses the of the . They were recorded in 2003 with the Cappella Augustana including singers Anna Mikołajczyk, Marzena Lubaszka, Piotr Lykowski, Krzysztof Szmyt, Robert Pozarski, Harry van der Kamp, Bogdan Makal, Walter Testolin and Gian Paolo Dal Dosso, conducted by organist Matteo Messori. They were recorded in 2016, as part of the complete recordings of works by Schütz, by the Dresdner Kammerchor and organist Ludger Rémy, conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann, with soloists Dorothee Mields, Isabel Jantschek, David Erler, Georg Poplutz, Tobias Mäthger and Felix Schwandte. References External links Heinrich Schuetz: Symphoniae sacrae I SWV 257–276 Carus Schütz, Heinrich / Symphoniae Sacrae I, Teil 1 SWV 257–266 / 10 lateinische Konzerte (Nr. 1–10) für 1–2 Singstimmen, 2 Instrumente und Basso continuo Bärenreiter Schütz, Heinrich / Symphoniae Sacrae I, Teil 2 SWV 267–276 / 10 lateinische Konzerte (Nr. 11–20) für 4–6 Stimmen (vokal und instrumental) und Basso continuo Bärenreiter Category:Compositions by Heinrich Schütz Category:Choral compositions Category:Psalm settings Category:1629 works

Bluestripe butterflyfish The bluestripe butterflyfish or blue-striped butterflyfish (Chaetodon fremblii) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae) found in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. The fish is endemic to Hawaii where it is common on shallow water reefs. Description Butterfly fishes are laterally flattened fish up to long with pointed snouts and rectangular bodies. The dorsal fin has 12 to 14 spines and 20 to 21 soft rays, while the anal fin has 3 spines and 16 to 18 soft rays. The bluestripe butterflyfish has eight distinctive diagonal blue stripes radiating from the eye region, on a yellow background. There is a black spot at the top of the head and another larger spot of black at the base of the tail. This latter dark patch may serve to distract predators by encouraging them to attack the tail rather than the head end. Distribution The bluestripe butterflyfish is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands where it is described as being abundant on coral and rocky reefs down to depths of about . Ecology Some butterflyfish are corallivores, feeding almost exclusively on corals. These usually have mating systems involving a pair bond, but the bluestripe butterflyfish is an omnivore, which means it lives in a more resource-rich environment, where it is easier to find sufficient food. As a result, males of this species operate a harem system, defending a territory which includes up to four smaller female territories. Having a generalised diet, the bluestripe butterflyfish is sometimes kept in reef aquaria where it is easier to maintain than corallivorous types. Specimens are harvested from the wild and it is sometimes difficult to get the fish to eat in captivity. In this respect, juveniles within two or three months of settling are more willing to accept prepared and novel foods. Attempts have been made to breed the fish in captivity, but the lengthy larval period of about two months in the open ocean is difficult to replicate in captivity. References bluestripe butterflyfish Category:Endemic fauna of Hawaii Category:Fish of Hawaii bluestripe butterflyfish

WNCO (AM) WNCO (1340 AM) — branded Fox Sports 1340 — is a commercial radio station licensed to Ashland, Ohio. The station serves the Ashland, Mansfield and Mount Vernon areas, collectively identified as the Mid-Ohio region. The station is under ownership of iHeartMedia, Inc.. Since September 10, 2012, WNCO runs a sports/talk format, airing content from Fox Sports Radio and Premiere Radio Networks. It originally aired an adult standards/oldies music format from Citadel Media's Timeless satellite feed until June 14, 2009, when it switched to an all-talk format. It is also the flagship station for Ashland University Eagles football. The station signed on May 18, 1950 as WATG, owned by Ashland Broadcasting Corp. headed by R. S. Burke. It was acquired by Radio Ashland, Inc. on January 15, 1957 and became WNCO two years later. References External links NCO Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States Category:Radio stations established in 1950 Category:Ashland Eagles Category:IHeartMedia radio stations Category:1950 establishments in Ohio

Corporate Town of Jamestown The Corporate Town of Jamestown was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Jamestown. It was proclaimed on 25 July 1878, severing the seven-year old settlement of Jamestown from the surrounding District Council of Belalie. The first mayor was John Cockburn, later Premier of South Australia, with George Hingston Lake as town clerk. Under the new council, it instituted a tree-planting program from 1879, reportedly the first town in rural South Australia to do so. In 1881, it was reported to have a population of 995; while this remained static for some decades, by 1936, it was reported to have a population of over 1,500, with 361 dwellings and 106 businesses, with the surrounding area described as "one of the best agricultural districts in this state". In the 1950s, the council offices were based out of the former Jamestown Institute, by then converted to a memorial hall. In 1979, the council launched a program of kerbing and sealing Jamestown streets. On 1 January 1991, it merged into the surrounding District Council of Jamestown; the merged council would itself amalgamate with surrounding municipalities to form the Northern Areas Council in 1997. Mayors References Jamestown

Asteracmea Asteracmea is a genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lottiidae. Species Asteracmea axiaerata Asteracmea illibrata (J. C. Verco, 1906) Asteracmea roseoradiata (J. C. Verco, 1912) Asteracmea stowae Asteracmea suteri (Iredale, 1915) References Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Category:Lottiidae

2013–14 Armenian First League The 2013–14 Armenian First League season began on 21 July 2013 and finished on 15 June 2014. League table See also 2013–14 Armenian Premier League 2013–14 Armenian Cup References Category:Armenian First League seasons Category:2013–14 in Armenian football Armenia

Retilla indigens Retilla indigens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Retilla. It was described by Lacordaire in 1872. References Category:Gyaritini Category:Beetles described in 1872

Timeline of zoology A timeline of the history of zoology. Ancient world 28000 BC. Cave painting (e.g. Chauvet Cave) in but, especially Spain, depict animals in a stylized fashion. Mammoths (the same species later to be seen thawing from ice in Siberia) were depicted in these European cave paintings. 10000 BC. Man (Homo sapiens) domesticated dogs, pigs, sheep, goats, fowl, and other animals in Europe, northern Africa and the Near East. 6500 BC. The aurochs, ancestor of domestic cattle, would be domesticated in the next two centuries if not earlier (Obre I, Yugoslavia). This fierce beast was the last major food animal to be tamed for use as a source of milk, meat, power, and leather in the Old World. 3500 BC. Sumerian animal-drawn wheeled vehicles and plows are developed in Mesopotamia, the region called the "Fertile Crescent" by U.S. archaeologist James Henry Breasted (1865–1935). Irrigation may also have used animal power. By increasing the area under cultivation and reducing the number of people required to raise food, society will permit a few people to become priests, artisans, scholars, and merchants. Since Sumeria had no natural defenses, armies with mounted cavalry and chariots became imperative and were a scourge upon the land they purported to protect. Civilization was thus built on the backs of equines (horses and asses). 2000 BC. Domestication of the silkworm in China. 1100 BC. Won Chang (China), first of the Chou emperors, stocked his imperial zoological garden with deer, goats, birds and fish from many parts of the world. Like zoos today, the animals may have been seen as exotic, alien, and possibly threatening. The emperor also enjoyed sporting events with the use of animals. 850 BC. Homer (Greek), reputedly a blind poet, wrote the epics Iliad and Odyssey. Both contain animals as monsters and metaphors (gross soldiers turned into pigs by the witch Circe), but also some correct observations on bees and fly maggots. Both epics make reference to mules. The ancient Greeks considered horses so highly that they "hybridized" them with humans, to form boisterous centaurs. At any rate, animals are used as metaphors and moral symbols by Homer to make a timeless story. 610 BC. Anaximander (Greek, 610 BC–545 BC) was a student of Thales of Miletus. The first life, he taught, was formed by spontaneous generation in the mud. Later animals came into being by transmutations, left the water, and reached dry land. Man was derived from lower animals, probably aquatic. His writings, especially his poem On Nature, were read and cited by Aristotle and other later philosophers, but are lost. 563? BC. Buddha (Indian, 563?–483 BC) had gentle ideas on the treatment of animals. Animals are held to have intrinsic worth, not just the values they derive from their usefulness to man. 500 BC. Empedocles of Agrigentum (Greek, 504–433 BC) reportedly rid a town of malaria by draining nearby swamps. He proposed the theory of the four humors and a natural origin of living things. 500 BC. Alcmaeon (Greek, c. 500 BC) performed human dissections. He identified the optic nerve, distinguished between veins and arteries, and showed that the nose was not connected to the brain. He made much of the tongue and explained how it functioned. He also gave an explanation for semen and for sleep. 500 BC. Xenophanes (Greek, 576–460 BC), a disciple of Pythagoras (?–497 BC), first recognized fossils as animal remains and inferred that their presence on mountains indicated the latter had once been beneath the sea. "If horses or oxen had hands and could draw or make statues, horses would represent the forms of gods as horses, oxen as oxen." Galen (130?–201?) revived interest in fossils that had been rejected by Aristotle, and the speculations of Xenophanes were again viewed with favor. 470 BC. Democritus of Abdera (Greek, 470–370 BC) made dissections of many animals and humans. He was the first Greek philosopher-scientist to propose a classification of animals, dividing them into blooded animals (Vertebrata) and bloodless animals (Evertebrata). He also held that lower animals had perfected organs and that the brain was the seat of thought. 460 BC. Hippocrates (Greek, 460?–377? BC), the "Father of Medicine", used animal dissections to advance human anatomy. Fifty books attributed to him were assembled in Alexandria in the 3rd century BC. These probably represent the works of several authors, but the treatments given are usually conservative. 440 BC. Herodotus of Halikarnassos (Greek, 484–425 BC) treated exotic fauna in his Historia, but his accounts are often based on tall tales. He explored the Nile, but much of ancient Egyptian civilization was already lost to living memory by his time. 384 BC. Aristotle (Greek, 384–322 BC) studied under Plato, but he was not reluctant to disagree with the master. His books Historia Animalium (9 books), , and set the zoological stage for centuries. He emphasized the value of direst observation, recognized law and order in biological phenomena, and derived conclusions inductively from observed facts. He believed that there was a natural scale that ran from simple to complex. He made advances in the area of marine biology, basing his writings on keen observation and rational interpretation as well as conversations with local Lesbos fishermen for two years, beginning in 344 BC. His account of male protection of eggs by the barking catfish was scorned for centuries until Louis Agassiz confirmed Aristotle's description. Aristotle's botanical works are lost, but those of his botanical student Theophrastos of Eresos (372–288 BC) are still available (Inquiry into Plants). 340 BC. Plato (Greek, 427–347 BC) held that animals existed to serve man, but they should not be mistreated because this would lead people to mistreat other people. Others who have echoed this opinion are St. Thomas Aquinas, Immanuel Kant, and Albert Schweitzer. 323 BC. Alexander the Great (Macedonian, 356–323 BC) collected animals, some perhaps for his old teacher Aristotle, when he was not busy conquering the known world. He is credited with the introduction of the peacock into Europe. Aside from its decorative tail feathers, the peacock (a pheasant) was eaten regularly by Europeans until the arrival of the turkey. (Charlemagne is said to have served thousands at a single bash.) 95 BC. Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) (Roman, 96?–55 BC) spent his whole life writing one poem (still unfinished), called De Rerum Natura, with a version of the atomic theory, a theory of heredity, etc. 70 BC. Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) (70–19 BC) was a famous Roman poet. His poems Bucolics (42–37 BC) and Georgics (37–30 BC) hold much information on animal husbandry and farm life. His Aeneid (published posthumously) has many references to the zoology of his time. 36 BC. Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) wrote , a treatise that includes apiculture. He also treated the problem of sterility in the mule and recorded a rare instance in which a fertile mule was bred. 50. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Roman, 4 BC–AD 65), tutor to Roman emperor Nero, maintained that animals have no reason, just instinct, a "stoic" position. He remarked on the ability of glass globes filled with water to magnify small objects. 77. Pliny the Elder (Roman, 23–79) wrote his in 37 volumes. This work is a catch-all of zoological folklore, superstitions, and some good observations. 79. Pliny the Younger (Roman, 62–113), nephew of Pliny the Elder, inherited his uncle's notes and wrote on beekeeping. 100. Plutarch (Roman, 46?–120) stated that animals' behavior is motivated by reason and understanding. Life of the ant mirrors the virtues of friendship, sociability, endurance, courage, moderation, prudence, and justice. 131. Galen of Pergamum (Greek, 131?–201?), physician to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, wrote on human anatomy from dissections of animals. His texts were used for hundreds of years, gaining the reputation of infallibility. 200 c. Various compilers in post-classical and medieval times added to the (or, more popularly, the Bestiary), the major book on animals for hundreds of years. Animals were believed to exist in order to serve man, if not as food or slaves then as moral examples. Middle Ages 600 c. Isidorus Hispalensis (Spanish bishop of Seville) (560–636) wrote , a compendium on animals that served until the rediscovery of Aristotle and Pliny. Full of errors, it nevertheless was influential for hundreds of years. He also wrote . 781. Al-Jahiz (Afro-Arab, 781–868/869), a scholar at Basra, wrote on the influence of environment on animals. 901. Horses came into wider use in those parts of Europe where the three-field system produces grain surpluses for feed, but hay-fed oxen were more economical, if less efficient, in terms of time and labor and remained almost the sole source of animal power in southern Europe, where most farmers continued to use the two-field system. 1114. Gerard of Cremona (1114–1187), after the capture of Toledo and its libraries from the Moors, translated Ptolemy, Aristotle, Euclid, Hippocrates, Galen, Pliny and many other classical authors from the Arabic. 1244–1248. Frederick II von Hohenstaufen (Holy Roman Emperor) (1194–1250) wrote (The Art of Hunting with Birds) as a practical guide to ornithology. Hawking was the sport for royalty in those days. 1244. Vincentius Bellovacensis (Vincent of Beauvais) (?–1264) wrote (1244–1254), a major encyclopedia of the 13th century. This work comprises three huge volumes, of 80 books and 9,885 chapters. 1248. Thomas of Cantimpré‚ (Fleming, 1204?–1275?) wrote , a major 13th-century encyclopedia. 1254–1323. Marco Polo (Italian, 1254–1323) provided information on Asiatic fauna, revealing new animals to Europeans. "Unicorns" (rhinos?) were reported from southern China, but fantastic animals were otherwise not included. 1255–1270. Albertus Magnus of Cologne (Bavarian, 1206?–1280) (Albert von Bollstaedt or St. Albert) wrote . He promoted Aristotle but also included new material on the perfection and intelligence of animals, especially bees. 1304–1309. Petrus de Crescentii wrote , a practical manual for agriculture with many accurate observations on insects and other animals. Apiculture was discussed at length. 1453. The fall of Constantinople to the Turks ended the Byzantine Empire. Greek manuscripts became known in Europe, including books by Aristotle and Theophrastos that were translated into Latin by Theodore Gaza (Greek, ?–1478). 1492–1555. Edward Wotton (English, 1492–1555) wrote , a well thought-out work that influenced Gesner. 1492. Christopher Columbus (Italian) arrives in the New World. New animals soon begin to overload European zoology. Columbus is said to have introduced cattle, horses, and eight pigs from the Canary Islands to Hispaniola in 1493, giving rise to virtual devastation of that and other islands. Pigs were often set ashore by sailors to provide food on the ship's later return. Feral populations of hogs were often dangerous to humans. 1500 c. Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bambastus von Hohenheim) (Swiss or German?, 1493–1541), alchemist, wrote that poisons should be used against disease: he recommended mercury for treating syphilis. 1519–1520. Bernal Diaz del Castillo (Spanish, 1450?–1500), chronicler of Cortez's conquest of Mexico, commented on the zoological gardens of Aztec ruler Montezuma (1466–1520), a marvel with parrots, rattlesnakes, etc. 1523. Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés(Spanish, 1478–1557), appointed official historiographer of the Indies in 1523, wrote Sumario de la Natural Historia delas Indias (Toledo, 1527). He was the first to describe many New World animals, such as the tapir, opossum, manatee, iguana, armadillo, ant-eaters, sloth, pelican, humming birds, etc. Modern world 1551–1555. Pierre Belon (French, 1517–1564) wrote (1551) and (1555). This latter work included 110 animal species and offered many new observations and corrections to Herodotus. (1555) was his picture book, with improved animal classification and accurate anatomical drawings. In this he published a man's and a bird's skeleton side by side to show the resemblance. He discovered an armadillo shell in a market in Syria, showing how Islam was distributing the finds from the New World. 1551. Conrad Gessner (Swiss, 1516–1565) wrote (Tiguri, 4 vols., 1551–1558, last volume published in 1587) and gained renown. This work, although uncritically compiled in places, was consulted for over 200 years. He also wrote (1553) and (1563). 1554–1555. Guillaume Rondelet (French, 1507–1566) wrote (1554) and (1555). He gathered vernacular names in hope of being able to identify the animal in question. He did go to print with discoveries that disagreed with Aristotle. 1574. Johannes Faber (1576–1629), an early entomologist and member of the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, gave the microscope its name. 1578. Jean de Lery (French, 1534–1611) was a member of the French colony at Rio de Janeiro. He published (1578) with observations on the local fauna. 1585. Thomas Harriot (English, 1560–1621) was a naturalist with the first attempted English colony in North America, on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. His Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1590) describes the black bear, gray squirrel, hare, otter, opossum, raccoon, skunk, Virginia and mule deer, turkeys, horseshoe crab (Limulus), etc. 1589. José de Acosta (Spanish, 1539–1600) wrote (1589) and (1590), describing many previously unknown animals from the New World. 17th century 1600. In Italy a spider scare lead to hysteria and the tarantella dance by which the body cures itself through physical exertions. 1602. Ulysses Aldrovandi (Italian, 1522–1605) wrote . This and his other works include much nonsense, but he used wing and leg morphology to construct his classification of insects. He is more highly regarded for his ornithological contributions. 1604–1614. Francisco Hernández de Toledo (Spanish) was sent to study Mexican biota in 1593–1600, by Philip II of Spain. His notes were published in Mexico in 1604 and 1614, describing many animals for the first time: coyote, buffalo, axolotl, porcupine, pronghorn antelope, horned lizard, bison, peccary and the toucan. He also figured many animals for the first time: ocelot, rattlesnake, manatee, alligator, armadillo, and the pelican. 1607 (1612?). Captain John Smith (English), head of the Jamestown colony, wrote A Map of Virginia in which he describes the physical features of the country, its climate, plants and animals, and inhabitants. He describes the raccoon, muskrat, flying squirrel, as well as a score of animals, all well identifiable. (In 1609 the Jamestown, Virginia, colony was almost lost when settlers found that their stores had been devoured by rats from English ships.) 1617. Garcilaso de la Vega (Peruvian Spanish, 1539–1617) wrote Royal Commentaries of Peru, containing descriptions of the condor, ocelots, puma, viscacha, tapir, rhea, skunk, llama, huanaco, paca, and vicuña. 1620? North American colonists probably introduced the European honeybee, Apis mellifera, into Virginia. By the 1640s these insects were also in Massachusetts. They became feral and advanced through eastern North America before the settlers. 1628. William Harvey (English, 1578–1657) published (1628) with the doctrine of the circulation of blood (an inference made by him in about 1616). 1634. William Wood (English) wrote New England Prospect (1634) in which he describes New England's fauna. 1637. Thomas Morton (English, c. 1579–1647) wrote New English Canaan (1637) with treatments of 26 species of mammals, 32 birds, 20 fishes and 8 marine invertebrates. 1648. Georg Marcgrave (?–1644) was a German astronomer working for Johann Moritz, Count Maurice of Nassau, in the Dutch colony set up in northeastern Brazil. His (1648) contains the best early descriptions of many Brazilian animals. Marcgrave used Tupi names that were later Latinized by Linnaeus in the 13th edition of the Systema Naturae. The biological and linguistic data could have come from Moraes, a Brazilian Jesuit priest turned apostate. 1651. William Harvey published (1651) with the aphorism on the title page. 1661. Marcello Malpighi (Italian, 1628–1694) discovered capillaries (1661), structures predicted to exist by Harvey some thirty years earlier. Malpighi was the founder of microanatomy. He studied, among other things, the anatomy of the silkworm (1669) and the development of the chick (1672). 1662. John Graunt (English) provided the beginnings of demography with his Natural and Political Observations ... made upon the Bills of Mortality (1662). His speculations on Adam's and Eve's descendants and their growth rates showed an understanding of geometrical population increase. He found that more males than females were born, a fact considered by Sir Matthew Hale as providential for the "needs of warfare". 1665. Robert Hooke (English, 1635–1703) wrote Micrographia (1665, 88 plates), with his early microscopic studies. He coined the term "cell". 1668. Francesco Redi (Italian, 1621–1697) wrote (1668) and (1708). His refutation of spontaneous generation in flies is still considered a model in experimentation. 1669. Jan Swammerdam (Dutch, 1637–1680) wrote (1669) describing metamorphosis in insects and supporting the performation doctrine. He was a pioneer in microscopic studies. He gave the first description of red blood corpuscles and discovered the valves of lymph vessels. His work was unknown and unacknowledged until after his death. 1672. Regnier de Graaf (1641–1673) reported that he had traced the human egg from the ovary down the fallopian tube to the uterus. What he really saw was the follicle. 1675–1722. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Dutch, 1632–1723) wrote , a treatise with early observations made with microscopes. He discovered blood corpuscles, striated muscles, human spermatozoa (1677), protozoa (1674), bacteria (1683), rotifers, etc. 1691. John Ray (English, 1627–1705) wrote (1693), (1710), and The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation (1691). He tried to classify different animal species into groups largely according to their toes and teeth. 1699. Edward Tyson (English, 1650–1708) wrote (or Anatomy of a Pygmie Compared with that of a Monkey, an Ape and a Man) (1699), his anatomical study of the primate. This was the first detailed and accurate study of the higher apes. Other studies by Tyson include the female porpoise, male rattlesnake, tapeworm, roundworm (Ascaris), peccary and opossum. 18th century 1700? Discovery of the platypus in Australia. 1700. Félix de Azara (Spanish) estimated the feral herds of cattle on the South American pampas at 48 million animals. These animals probably descended from herds introduced by the Jesuits some 100 years earlier. (North America and Australia were to follow in this pattern, where feral herds of cattle and mustangs would explode, become pests, and reform the frontier areas.) 1705. Maria Sybilla Merian (German, 1647–1717) wrote and beautifully illustrated her () (1705). In this book she stated that Fulgora lanternaria was luminous. 1730? Sir Hans Sloane (English (born Ireland), 1660–1753) was a founder of the British Museum. 1734–1742. René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (French, 1683–1756) was an early entomologist. His (6 volumes) shows the best of zoological observation at the time. He invented the glass-fronted bee hive. 1740. Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist, discovered the hydra which he considered to combine both animal and plant characteristics. His (1744) showed that freshwater polyps of Hydra could be sectioned or mutilated and still reform. Regeneration soon became a topic of inquiry among Réaumur, Bonnet, Spallanzini and others. 1745. Charles Bonnet (French-Swiss, 1720–1793) wrote (1745) and (1732). He confirmed parthenogenesis of aphids. 1745. Pierre Louis M. de Maupertuis (French, 1698–1759) went to Lapland to measure the arc of the meridian (1736–1737). Maupertuis was a Newtonian. He generated family trees for inheritable characteristics (e.g., haemophilia in European royal families) and showed inheritance through both the male and female lines. He was an early evolutionist and head of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. In 1744 he proposed the theory that molecules from all parts of the body were gathered into the gonads (later called "pangenesis"). was published anonymously in 1745. Maupertuis wrote in which he suggests a survival of the fittest concept: "Could not one say that since, in the accidental combination of Nature's productions, only those could survive which found themselves provided with certain appropriate relationships, it is no wonder that these relationships are present in all the species that actually exist? These species which we see today are only the smallest part of those which a blind destiny produced." 1748. John Tuberville Needham, an English naturalist, wrote Observations upon the Generation, Composition, and Decomposition of Animal and Vegetable Substances in which he offers "proof" of spontaneous generation. Needham found flasks of broth teeming with "little animals" after having boiled them and sealed them, but his experimental techniques were faulty. 1748–1751. Peter Kalm (Swede) was a naturalist and student of Linnaeus. He traveled in North America (1748–1751). 1749–1804. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707–1788) wrote (1749–1804 in 44 vols.) that had a great impact on zoology. He asserted that species were mutable. Buffon also drew attention to vestigial organs. He held that spermatozoa were "living organic molecules" that multiplied in the semen. 1758. Albrecht von Haller (Swiss, 1708–1777) was one of the founders of modern physiology. His work on the nervous system was revolutionary. He championed animal physiology, along with human physiology. See his textbook (1758). 1758. Carl Linnaeus (Swedish, 1707–1778) published the whose tenth edition (1758) is the starting point of binomial nomenclature for zoology. 1759. Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733–1794) wrote (1759) that disagreed with the idea of preformation. He supported the doctrine of epigenesis. A youthful follower of the German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646–1716), Wolff sought to resolve the problem of hybrids (mule, hinny, apemen) in his epigenesis, since these could not be well explained by performation. 1768. Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820) and Daniel Solander (1733–1782) sailed with Captain James Cook (English, 1728–1779) on the H.M.S. Endeavour for the South Seas (Tahiti), until 1771. 1769. Edward Bancroft (English) wrote An Essay on the Natural History of Guyana in South America (1769) and advanced the theory that flies transmit disease. 1771. Johann Reinhold Forster (German, 1729–1798) was the naturalist on Cook's second voyage around the world (1772–1775). He published a Catalogue of the Animals of North America (1771) as an addendum to Kalm's Travels. He also studied the birds of Hudson Bay. 1774. Gilbert White (English) wrote The natural history and antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton (1774) with fine ornithological observations on migration, territoriality and flocking. 1775. Johan Christian Fabricius (Danish, 1745–1808) wrote (1775), (1776), (1778), (1792–1794, in six vols.), and later publications (to 1805), to make Fabricius one of the world's greatest entomologists. 1776. René Dutrochet (French, 1776–1832) proposed an early version of the cell theory. 1780. Lazaro Spallanzani (Italian, 1729–1799) performed artificial fertilization in the frog, silkmoth and dog. He concluded from filtration experiments that spermatozoa were necessary for fertilization. In 1783 he showed that human digestion was a chemical process since gastric juices in and outside the body liquefied food (meat). He used himself as the experimental animal. His work to disprove spontaneous generation in microbes was resisted by John Needham (English priest, 1713–1781). 1780. Antoine Lavoisier (French, 1743–1794) and Pierre Laplace (French, 1749–1827) wrote Memoir on heat. Animal respiration was a form of combustion, a conclusion reached by this discoverer of Oxygen. 1783–1792. Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (Brazilian) undertook biological exploration. He wrote . His specimens were taken by Saint-Hilaire from Lisbon to the Paris Museum during the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal. He is considered the "Brazilian Humboldt". 1784. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German) wrote (1795) that promoted the idea of archetypes to which animals should be compared. Vitalist and romantic, his zoology mostly follows Lorenz Oken. 1784. Thomas Jefferson (American) wrote Notes on the State of Virginia (1784) that refuted some of Buffon's mistakes about New World fauna. As U.S. President, he dispatched the Lewis and Clark expedition to the American West (1804). 1789? Guillaume Antoine Olivier (French, 1756–1814) wrote , or (1789). 1789. George Shaw & Frederick Polydore Nodder published The Naturalist's Miscellany: or coloured figures of natural objects drawn and described immediately from nature (1789–1813) in 24 volumes with hundreds of color plates. 1792. François Huber made original observations on honeybees. In his (1792) he noted that the first eggs laid by queen bees develop into drones if her nuptial flight had been delayed and that her last eggs would also give rise to drones. He also noted that rare worker eggs develop into drones. This anticipated by over 50 years the discovery by Jan Dzierżon that drones come from unfertilized eggs and queen and worker bees come from fertilized eggs. 1793. Lazaro Spallanzani (Italian, 1729–1799) conducted experiments on the orientation of bats and owls in the dark. 1793. Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750–1816) wrote (1793) that was a major work on insect pollination of flowers, previously discovered in 1721 by Philip Miller (1694–1771), the head gardener at Chelsea and author of the famous Gardener's Dictionary (1731–1804). 1794. Erasmus Darwin (English, grandfather of Charles Darwin) wrote Zoönomia, or the Laws of Organic Life (1794) in which he advanced the idea that environmental influences could transform species. 1795. James Hutton (English) wrote Theory of the Earth (1795) in which he interpreted certain geological strata as former sea beds. 1796–1829. Pierre André Latreille (French, 1762–1833) sought to provide a "natural" system for the classification of animals, in his many monographs on invertebrates. (1811) was devoted to insects collected by Humboldt and Bonpland. 1798. Thomas Robert Malthus (English, 1766–1834) wrote Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), a book that was important to both Darwin and Wallace. 1799. George Shaw (English) provided the first description of the duck-billed platypus. Everard Home (1802) provided the first complete description. 1799–1803. Alexander von Humboldt (German, 1769–1859) and Aimé Jacques Alexandre Goujaud Bonpland (French) arrived in Venezuela in 1799. Humboldt's Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America during the years 1799–1803 and Kosmos were very influential in his time and since. 1799. Georges Cuvier (French, 1769–1832) established comparative anatomy as a field of study. He also founded the science of paleontology. He wrote (1801–1805), (1816), (1812–1813). He believed in the fixity of species and the Biblical Flood. His early (1798) was influential, but it did not include Cuvier's major contributions to animal classification. 1799. American hunters killed the last bison in the American East, in Pennsylvania. 19th century 1802. Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (French, 1744–1829) wrote and (1809). He was an early evolutionist and organized invertebrate paleontology. While Lamarck's contributions to science include work in meteorology, botany, chemistry, geology, and paleontology, he is best known for his work in invertebrate zoology and his theoretical work on evolution. He published an impressive seven-volume work, ("Natural history of animals without backbones"; 1815–1822). 1813–1818. William Charles Wells (Scottish-American, 1757–1817) was the first to recognise the principle of natural selection. He read a paper to the Royal Society in 1813 (but not published until 1818) which used the idea to explain differences between human races. The application was limited to the question of how different skin colours arose. 1815. William Kirby and William Spence (English) wrote An Introduction to Entomology (first edition in 1815). This was the first modern entomology text. 1817. Georges Cuvier wrote Le Règne Animal (Paris). 1817–1820. Johann Baptist von Spix (German, 1781–1826) and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (German) conducted Brazilian zoological and botanical explorations (1817–1820). See their (3 vols., 1823–1831). 1817. William Smith, in his Strategraphical System of Organized Fossils (1817) showed that certain strata have characteristic series of fossils. 1817. Thomas Say (American, 1787–1834) was a brilliant young systematic zoologist until he moved to the utopian community at New Harmony, Indiana, in 1825. Luckily, most of his insect collections have been recovered. William Lawrence (English, 1783–1867) published a book of his lectures to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1819. The book contains a remarkably clear rejection of Lamarckism (soft inheritance), proto-evolutionary ideas about the origin of mankind, and a forthright denial of the 'Jewish scriptures' (= Old Testament). He was forced to suppress the book after the Lord Chancellor refused copyright and other powerful men made threatening remarks. His subsequent life was highly successful. 1824. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is founded at London. 1825. Gideon Mantell (English) wrote "Notice on the Iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil reptile, from the sandstone of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex" (Phil. Trans. Roy, Soc. Lond., 115: 179–186), the first paper on dinosaurs. The name dinosaur was coined by anatomist Richard Owen. 1826. The Zoological Gardens in Regent's Park is founded by the Zoological Society of London with help from Sir Thomas Raffles. It opened its "zoo" to the public for two days a week beginning April 27, 1828, with the first hippopotamus to be seen in Europe since the ancient Romans showed one at the Coliseum. The Society will help save bird and animal species from extinction. 1826–1839. John James Audubon (Haitian-born American, 1785–1851) wrote Birds of America (1826–1839), with North American bird portraits and studies. See also his posthumously published volume on North American. Quadrupeds, written with his sons and the naturalist John Bachman, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1845–1854) with 150 folio plates. 1827. Karl Ernst von Baer (Russian embryologist, 1792–1876) was the founder of comparative embryology. He demonstrated the existence of the mammalian ovum, and he proposed the germ-layer theory. His major works include (1827) and (1828; 1837). 1829. James Smithson (English, 1765–1829) donated seed money in his will for the founding of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. 1830–1833. Sir Charles Lyell (English, 1797–1875) wrote Principles of Geology and gave the time needed for evolution to work. Darwin took this book to sea on the Beagle. Past environments were probably much more perturbed than Lyell admitted. 1830. Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (French, 1772–1844) wrote (1830). 1831–1836. Charles Darwin (English, 1809–1882) and Captain Robert FitzRoy (English) went to sea as the original odd couple. Darwin's report is generally known as The Voyage of the Beagle. 1832. Thomas Nuttall (American?, 1786–1859) wrote A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada (1832) that was to become the standard text on the subject for most of the 19th century. 1835. William Swainson (English, 1789–1855) wrote A Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals (1835) in which he used ad hoc land bridges to explain animal distributions. He included some interesting, second-hand observations on Old World army ants. 1836. William Buckland (English, 1784–1856) wrote Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to natural Theology (1836) in which he stated that there were several creations. 1839. Theodor Schwann (German, 1810–1882) wrote (1839). With him the cell theory was made general. 1839. Louis Agassiz (Swiss-American, 1807–1873) arrived in the U.S. A former student of Cuvier, Louis Agassiz was an expert on fossil fishes. He founded the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard University, and became Darwin's North American opposition. He was a popularizer of natural history and exhorted students to "study nature, not books". His (1842–1847) was a pioneering effort. 1840. Jan Evangelista Purkyně, a Czech physiologist, at Wrocław proposes that the word "protoplasm" be applied to the formative material of young animal embryos. 1842. Baron Justus von Liebig wrote in which he applied classic methodology to studying animal tissues, suggested that animal heat is produced by combustion, and founded the science of biochemistry. 1843. John James Audubon, age 58, ascended the Missouri River to Fort Union at the mouth of the Yellowstone to sketch wild animals. 1844. Robert Chambers (Scottish, 1802–1871) wrote the Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844) in which he included early evolutionary considerations. The most primitive species originated by spontaneous generation, but these gave rise to more advanced ones. This book, anonymously published, had a profound effect on Wallace. Evolution "was the manner in which the Divine Author has been pleased to work". 1845. von Siebold recognized Protozoa as single-celled animals. 1848. Josiah C. Nott (American), a physician from New Orleans, published his belief that mosquitoes transmitted malaria. 1848. Alfred Russel Wallace (British, 1823–1913) and Henry W. Bates (English, 1825–1892) arrived in the Amazon River valley in 1848. Bates stayed until 1859, exploring the upper Amazon. Wallace remained in the Amazon until 1852, exploring the Rio Negro. Wallace wrote A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro (1853), and Bates wrote The Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863). Later (1854–1862), Wallace went to the Far East, reported in his The Malay Archipelago (1869). 1849. Arnold Adolph Berthold demonstrated by castration and testicular transplant that the testis produces a blood-borne substance promoting male secondary sexual characteristics. 1850? Thomas Hardwicke (British naturalist) discovered the lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) in northern India. 1855. Alfred Russel Wallace (English, 1823–1913) wrote On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., September 1855) with evolutionary ideas that drew upon Wallace's experiences in the Amazon. 1857. Discovery of Neanderthal skull-cap. 1857–1881. Henri Milne-Edwards (French, 1800–1885) introduced the idea of physiologic division of labor and wrote a treatise on comparative anatomy and physiology (1857–1881). 1859. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, explaining the mechanism of evolution by natural selection and founding the field of evolutionary biology. 1864. Louis Pasteur disproved the spontaneous generation of cellular life. 1865. Gregor Mendel demonstrated in pea plants that inheritance follows definite rules. The Principle of Segregation states that each organism has two genes per trait, which segregate when the organism makes eggs or sperm. The Principle of Independent Assortment states that each gene in a pair is distributed independently during the formation of eggs or sperm. Mendel's trailblazing foundation for the science of genetics went unnoticed, to his lasting disappointment. 1869. Friedrich Miescher discovered nucleic acids in the nuclei of cells. 1876. Oskar Hertwig and Hermann Fol independently described (in sea urchin eggs) the entry of sperm into the egg and the subsequent fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei to form a single new nucleus. 1892. Hans Driesch separated the individual cells of a 2-cell sea urchin embryo and shows that each cell develops into a complete individual, thus disproving the theory of preformation and showing that each cell is "totipotent," containing all the hereditary information necessary to form an individual. 20th century 1900–1949 1900. Three biologists Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns, Erich von Tschermak independently rediscovered Mendel's paper on heredity. 1905. William Bateson coined the term "genetics" to describe the study of biological inheritance. 1907. Ivan Pavlov demonstrated conditioned responses with salivating dogs. 1922. Aleksandr Oparin proposed that the Earth's early atmosphere contained methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and water vapour, and that these were the raw materials for the origin of life. 1935. Konrad Lorenz described the imprinting behavior of young birds. 1937. In Genetics and the Origin of Species, Theodosius Dobzhansky applies the chromosome theory and population genetics to natural populations in the first mature work of neo-Darwinism, also called the modern synthesis, a term coined by Julian Huxley. 1938. A living coelacanth was found off the coast of southern Africa. 1940. Donald Griffin and Robert Galambos announced their discovery of echolocation by bats. 1950–1999 1952. American developmental biologists Robert Briggs and Thomas King cloned the first vertebrate by transplanting nuclei from leopard frog embryos into enucleated eggs. More differentiated cells were the less able they are to direct development in the enucleated egg. 1961. Joan Oró found that concentrated solutions of ammonium cyanide in water can produce the nucleotide adenine, a discovery that opened the way for theories on the origin of life. 1967. John Gurdon used nuclear transplantation to clone an African clawed frog; first cloning of a vertebrate using a nucleus from a fully differentiated adult cell. 1972. Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge proposed an idea called "punctuated equilibrium", which states that the fossil record is an accurate depiction of the pace of evolution, with long periods of "stasis" (little change) punctuated by brief periods of rapid change and species formation (within a lineage). 1996. Dolly the sheep was first clone of an adult mammal. References External links Mc-Graw Hill Wonders of Nature in the Menagerie of Blauw Jan in Amsterdam, as observed by Jan Velten around 1700 Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Britain Zoologica Göttingen State and University Library Category:History of zoology

Margaret Harrison Margaret Harrison (born 1940 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England) is an English feminist and artist whose work uses a variety of media and subject matter. Life and work Originally born in Yorkshire, when her father returned from the war, her family moved first to Bridlington, then to Cumbria. Harrison studied at the Carlisle College of Art from 1957 to 1961; the Royal Academy Schools, London, England, from 1961 to 1964; and graduated from the Perugia Fine Arts Academy, Italy, in 1965. She founded the London Women's Liberation Art Group in 1970. A 1971 exhibition of her work that was closed by the police included a piece depicting Hugh Hefner as a naked Bunny girl. Between 1973 and 1975 she collaborated with artists Kay Hunt and Mary Kelly to conduct a study of women's work in a metal box factory in Bermondsey, London. They presented their findings in 1975 in the installation Women and Work: A Document on the Division of Labour in Industry 1973-1975 that was first displayed at the South London Art Gallery in 1975. The exhibition told the stories of 150 working women who participated in the project and offers an account of the participants' relationship to the workplace, as well as reflections on the changes in labour and industry brought about by the Equal Pay Act (EPA), which had been passed in 1970. Her work was included in the exhibition Issue: Social Strategies by Women Artists, curated by Lucy R. Lippard, at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London in 1980. This important international group exhibition highlighted socially oriented feminist art practice and has been recognized as a key feminist exhibition. According to Chris Crickmay, Harrison’s work was amongst others coming into prominence “reflecting social concerns in that had not hitherto appeared in art galleries". Her work "Beautiful Ugly Violence" was described as "a field day of juxtapositions, as the bright and almost cheery colors of her paintings counter the often subdued and sometimes deadly topic: the various means of committing violence against women." Harrison continues to work in both the United States and England and has exhibited in America, Switzerland, and Great Britain. Her work has been shown in the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Tate Modern. She was a Senior Research Professor and Director of the Social and Environmental Art Research Centre. In 2011 "I am a Fantasy", was exhibited at the PayneShurvell gallery in East London from 15 April to 21 May. Beverley Knowles curated the show. In 2013, she won the Northern Art Prize In 2015, Harrison had a solo show at Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York. A retrospective of her work “Margaret Harrison: Dialogues Between Sex, Class and Violence” was held from October 2017 - January 2018 at the Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao. References External links Margaret Harrison interviewed by Francis Kavanagh for Artists Insight, April 2011 Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century British women artists Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools Category:Alumni of the University of Cumbria Category:Artists from Wakefield Category:English women artists Category:Feminist artists

Changan CS35 Plus The Changan CS35 Plus is a subcompact crossover produced by Changan Automobile positioned slightly above the Changan CS35 as a slightly more premium model. Overview The Changan CS35 Plus debuted on the 2018 Chengdu Auto Show with prices ranging from 69,900 yuan to 104,900 yuan and the official market launch in October 2018. The CS35 Plus was originally planned to be the replacement of the CS35 during development phase, however the plan was changed and the previously launched CS35 was now positioned slightly lower in the market but remained to be in production. The lone engine option of the CS35 Plus at launch is a 1.6 liter engine producing 117 horsepower References External links Official website Category:2010s cars Category:Cars introduced in 2018 Category:Cars of China CS35 Plus Category:Crossover sport utility vehicles Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles Category:Mini sport utility vehicles

Jovica Elezović Jovica Elezović (, born March 2, 1956 in Vrbas) is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 1980 he was a member of the Yugoslav handball team which finished sixth. He played four matches and scored five goals. Four years later he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches and scored ten goals. External links profile Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:People from Vrbas, Serbia Category:Yugoslav male handball players Category:Serbian male handball players Category:Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia Category:Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Category:Olympic medalists in handball Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Rochville University Rochville University was an online diploma mill offering a "Life Experience Degree, and Certificate Program" without coursework or prior transcript evaluation. The State of Texas classified it as an "illegal supplier of educational credentials" whose degrees may not be used in Texas. The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization lists it as "fake". Its operation is believed to be centered in Pakistan, and its diplomas and degree certificates have been mailed from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Along with many similar enterprises, it is owned by the Karachi based company, Axact, whose main business, according to a New York Times investigation, is "to take the centuries-old scam of selling fake academic degrees and turn it into an Internet-era scheme on a global scale". The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board indicated in 2006 that Rochville, Belford University, and the agencies from which they claimed accreditation appeared to be operated by the same individuals. In 2012, a U.S. District Court ordered Belford University, Rochville University's sister operation, shut down and its founder pay $22.7 million in damages. Accreditation status Rochville University has claimed to be accredited by various organizations, but none are recognized higher education accreditors. These have included the International Accreditation Agency for Online Universities (IAAOU), the Universal Council for Online Education Accreditation (UCOEA), the Board of Online Universities Accreditation (BOUA), and the World Online Education Accrediting Commission (WOEAC). The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board reported that Rochville University and the accreditation boards appeared to be operated by the same individuals. According to its website, the BOUA has accredited only one other institution, Ashwood University, which is believed to be Rochville University's sister operation. Because Rochville University is not accredited by any recognized accreditation bodies in the United States, its degrees and credits are unlikely to be acceptable to employers or academic institutions. Jurisdictions that have restricted or made illegal the use of credentials from unaccredited schools include Oregon, Michigan, Maine, North Dakota, New Jersey, Washington, Nevada,Illinois, Nevada statute NRS 394.700</ref> Indiana, and Texas. Many other states are also considering restrictions on the use of degrees from unaccredited institutions. Criticism and controversy Claims have been made that Rochville University is a fraudulent diploma mill. According to GetEducated.com, an online learning consumer group, Rochville University operates under various aliases, including affordabledegrees.com. In 2009, GetEducated.com purchased an online MBA for its mascot, a dog named Chester Ludlow. The news release indicates that $499 and a resume were submitted to Rochville in May and a week later the degree with a packet of corresponding paperwork arrived from Dubai showing that the dog graduated with a 3.19 G.P.A. In addition to the MBA diploma and transcripts, Chester received a "certificate of distinction in finance and a certificate of membership in the student council". In 2005, investigators for CNN purchased a master's degree in chemistry from Rochville in the name of Abu Salsabil Hassan Omar, presumably an identity of their own creation. Attempts to find a physical presence for Rochville failed. Its website was operated from Sarasota, Florida. The diploma received by the network was mailed from the United Arab Emirates. There have also been concerns that some people may have used degrees obtained from Rochville and other online universities for fraudulent purposes. On 22 February 2007 Yorkshire police announced plans to re-investigate 700 court cases after the conviction of Gene Morrison, "a fraudster who conned the courts for three decades by posing as a forensic expert." Morrison was convicted of 22 counts involving his claimed education, including four counts of obtaining money by deception, seven counts of attempting to obtain property by deception, eight counts of perverting the course of justice or intending to pervert the course of justice, and three counts of perjury. The court ruled that his BSc degree in forensic science, a master's degree with excellence in forensic investigation and a doctorate in criminology from Rochville University in the United States were gained "not from years of study and learning, but from accessing a website, www.affordabledegrees.com, and paying a fee." In 2011, firefighters who had purchased degrees from diploma mills to get raises were having their raises revoked. Rochville University was listed as one of the institutions that had provided degrees. In Guam, a Rochville online degree was determined to be inadequate to meet the educational requirements for the position of chief of police. Connection with Belford University The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board indicated in 2006 that Rochville, Belford University, and the agencies from which they claimed accreditation appeared to be operated by the same people. In August 2012, a U.S. District Court ordered Belford University, Rochville University's sister operation, shut down and its founder, Salem Kureshi, pay $22.7 million in damages. Court documents revealed that Belford University was run by 30-year-old Salem Kureshi from his apartment in Karachi, Pakistan. The court found that Kureshi "operates a sophisticated internet ripoff scheme through various websites, which falsely represent the existence of an accredited and legitimate high school, whose diplomas will be widely accepted by employers, professional associations, other schools, colleges and universities." See also Accreditation mill List of unrecognized higher education accreditation organizations References External links Rochville University - official site Category:Unaccredited institutions of higher learning in the United States Category:Résumé frauds and controversies Category:Axact

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey () is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 event, before being upgraded to 2.1 in 2008, and then to 2.HC for the 2010 edition. The race became part of the UCI World Tour in 2017, and will be relegated to the UCI ProSeries in 2020. Winners General classification Wins per country since 1963 Points classification Wins per country since 2010 Mountains classification Wins per country since 2010 Turkish Beauties classification Wins per country since 2010 Classifications As of the 2016 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are: - Turquoise Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification. - Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climbing classification. - White Jersey – Worn by the leader of overral ranking of Beauty of Turkey. - Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the sprints classification. References External links Category:Cycle races in Turkey Category:1968 establishments in Turkey Category:UCI World Tour races Category:UCI Europe Tour races Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1968

Rattler Race Rattler Race is a snake video game, created in 1991 by Christopher Lee Fraley. It is similar to the 1982 apple-eating game Snake Byte, but with the addition of enemy snakes. It was distributed with the Microsoft Entertainment Pack 2, which was included with early Microsoft Windows systems. The player takes on the role of a hungry snake, who must eat all the apples in each level, whilst avoiding the hazards. Levels There are 30 levels of increasing difficulty. The player can begin at any level by using the level selection window, which shows a simple preview of the layout. When the level is created, a timer is started and apples appear in random places. When all the apples are eaten, the player's snake exits through a hole to complete the level. Four factors affect the difficulty of each level. Enemy snakes make navigating around the level harder, because running into them will kill the player's snake. The player can select the number of enemy snakes, from zero to three. If an enemy snake reaches the open exit hole before the player, the hole closes and the level restarts. Walls will kill the snake, if it runs into them. Careful planning of routes (to avoid running into walls) is necessary at higher levels when the snake has grown in size. Bouncing balls are lethal if they hit the head of a snake. They will harmlessly bounce off the bodies of the snakes and walls of the levels. The player can select the number of balls that appear in the game, from zero to three. Timer freezes appear sporadically, which will temporarily pause the timer to allow the player to get more points. Score The score can be increased by completing levels and eating apples. The player can also gain points by trapping and killing an enemy snake, which is done by forcing the enemy snake into a dead end. The enemy snakes can reduce the players score by eating the apples. Gold apples will randomly appear, which are worth more points than regular apples. However, if an enemy snake eats a gold apple, the player loses more points. If the player has selected enemy snakes, balls or both to appear in the level, additional points are rewarded for some actions. If the timer is active, the player gets more points for eating apples and completing the level. The player begins with three lives. An extra life is given each time the player gets to a score ending in 50, such as 50, 250 or 550. Difficulty level The player can select a difficulty level from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced to Expert. This determines the speed of the game and affects the numbers of points gained from certain actions. The game's settings are stored in the following file: C:\Windows\EntPack.ini (Entertainment Pack). One nice feature is being able to change the size of the playing screen by changing the value of "Size" to "1". References External links Rattler Race at Microsoft's Public FTP server vbrun100, the necessary file that is not included in the Microsoft link. Category:1991 video games Category:Microsoft games Category:Snake video games Category:Video games developed in the United States Category:Windows games Category:Windows-only games Category:Microsoft Entertainment Pack

Melfort Melfort may refer to: Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada Melfort (electoral district), a former federal electoral district in Canada Melfort (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada Melfort, Zimbabwe See also Earl of Melfort

Heads And Tails Heads and Tails is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of playing cards. It is mostly based on luck. First, a row of eight cards are dealt; this is the "Heads" row. Then 8 piles of 11 cards are dealt; this is reserve. Below them is another row of eight cards, the "Tails" row. The object of the game is to free one Ace and one King of each suit and build each of them by suit; the Aces are built up to Kings while the Kings are built down to Aces. Only the cards on the Heads and Tails rows are available to play on the foundations or on either the Heads or Tails row; the eight piles are used only to fill gaps. The cards on the Heads or Tails rows can be built either up or down by suit; building can change direction, but Aces cannot be built onto Kings and vice versa. When a gap occurs on either the Heads or the Tails row, it is filled by the top card of the reserve pile immediately below or above it (depending on which row the gap is). But when a gap occurs above or below an empty pile, two different rule sets say the gap is filled with: The top card of the pile to the immediate left of the empty pile (Solsuite, BVS Solitaire Collection) The top card of any other pile. (Pretty Good Solitaire) The game is won when all cards are built onto the foundations. Category:Double-deck patience card games Category:Planners

Disjunctive cognition Disjunctive cognition is a common phenomenon in dreams, first identified by psychoanalyst Mark Blechner, in which two aspects of cognition do not match each other. The dreamer is aware of the disjunction, yet that does not prevent it from remaining. From Dr. Mark Blechner's The Dream Frontier, it states "The specifics of bizarre dream experiences may be a source of data about the different levels of perceptual processing". By careful examination of the experiences in dreams, we may gain insight into the workings of our mind/brains.The most frequent disjunction is between appearance and identity, such as "I knew it was my mother, even though it didn't look like her." The dreamer recognizes a character's identity, even though the appearance does not match the identity. Character identity relates to facial recognition. In Blechner's The Dream Frontier he says "One theory of facial recognition is that the visual information passes from the retina through the optic nerve to the lateral geniculate nucleus and thence to the cortex, for discrimination of the features by the feature discrimination area".  This is one example of data that can help validate Blechner's idea. He stated it is "a far-reaching hypothesis and will require a great deal of research to test it." But, another piece of data to support it is that people almost always start off a recollection of a dream as "It was the strangest thing" Such dreams are usually not experienced as bizarre, despite the fact that such a statement in waking life would be considered psychotic. In waking life, most people would assume that they misidentified the person and correct for it, but not in dreams. An example of disjunctive cognition is "I was the opposite of what I actually look like. I was tall and lanky like Katharine Hepburn, but not particularly attractive (Fosshage and Loew, 1987, p. 10).” Disjunctive cognition can also involve time perception. It is quite common to dream that as an adult, one goes back to a time and place of one's childhood. In this case, the perceived age of the dreamer is disjunctive with the setting of the dream. It is much less common to perceive the opposite: dreaming of oneself as a child, where the time and place are that of one's adulthood. However, it is common to dream of other people whom one knew at an earlier age appearing in the present. This is especially frequent in the dreams of people who have lost close relatives. For example, Aharon Appelfeld reported: "I dreamed about my parents. They had not aged since we were together sixty-three years ago in Prague, and their faces expressed amazement that I had grown older. We were briefly united in mutual astonishment, and I knew that I had something important to tell them. But, as in every profound dream, I could not get the words out." Blechner calls disjunctive cognitions "the commonplace bizarreness of dreamlife." Some things that happen in dreams feel bizarre to the dreamer, but disjunctive cognitions usually do not. Another commonplace bizarreness of dreams is the interobject, in which the dreamer sees something between two objects, as in: I dreamt of something "between a swimming pool and an aqueduct," or "between a cell-phone and a baby." This has led researchers to ask how people determine a specific character in a dream is their "mother" or "themselves" if they do not physically appear to be. This can give insight on a person's experience with disjunctive cognition and with the person they dreamed about. The way they saw their mother could more or less be the way they viewed them from an emotional standpoint. It can also reflect the kind of relationship they had with their mother or with themselves. This can also open up a bigger insight on the meaning of dreams and how our minds work through problems we have throughout the day. Disjunctive cognitions reveal much about how the brain is organized. Blechner has suggested that whenever disjunctive cognitions occur, the two aspects of cognition that are disjunctive are handled in different parts of the brain whose mutual integration is suppressed or shifted during sleep. Disjunctive cognitions between what the person looks like and who the person is suggest two brain systems for those aspects of perception. This is supported by research in neuropsychology and neurobiology. For example, some people who have suffered strokes or other brain damage have a syndrome known as prosopagnosia. A prosopagnosic man may look at his wife of 50 years, see all of her features clearly, and yet not recognize who she is. In such people, the process of seeing is intact, but the process of facial recognition is damaged. There is also the phenomenon of Capgras syndrome, in which a person may feel that a close relative is actually an impostor. The features of the relative are recognizable, but the person's identity is not. And there is also Fregoli delusion, in which a person may mistakenly identify strangers as people he actually knows. In all of these syndromes, there is a disjunction between the appearance and perceived identity of the person. References Category:Neuropsychology Category:Psychoanalysis

Abdul Nabi Bangash Abdul Nabi Bangash (Urdu: عبدالنبی بنگش b. August 1954) is a Pakistani politician, businessman and member of the Senate of Pakistan, currently serving as chairperson of the Senate Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training. He belongs to Awami National Party. Political career Born to a business family in Hangu district, he got his early education from Govt. College Kohat, where he joined the Pakhtoon Student Federation (the student wing of ANP) and later the ANP. He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a general seat as an ANP candidate in March 2009. He is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training and member of senate committees of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Housing and Works, Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Employees Welfare Fund. See also List of Senators of Pakistan Ayatullah Durrani Abdul Haseeb Khan References External links Abdul Nabi Bangash Official Site ANP official Website Category:Living people Category:Members of the Senate of Pakistan Category:1954 births Category:Awami National Party politicians

Delfina de la Cruz Delfina de la Cruz Zañartu (24 February 1837 Concepción, Chile – 8 May 1905 Concepción, Chile) was a Chilean pianist and First Lady of Chile. She was the only child of General José María de la Cruz and his wife Josefa Zañartu, and granddaughter of Chilean revolutionary Luis de la Cruz. First Lady of Chile De la Cruz became engaged to Aníbal Pinto after he returned from a long trip in Europe, and they married on 24 November 1855 in Concepción. The marriage had political undertones; Pinto's father, Francisco Antonio Pinto, former President of Chile, felt that the marriage would help to heal the relationship between the cities of Concepción and Santiago. Animosity had arisen between the cities as a result of the 1851 Chilean Revolution, during which uprisings had taken place in Concepción against the central government based in Santiago. The marriage would create a familial link between de la Cruz's father, José Maria de la Cruz and Pinto's brother-in-law, Manuel Bulnes, who had fought against each other in the Battle of Loncomilla. Pinto was elected President of Chile in 1876, and de la Cruz accompanied him to all government ceremonies, even inspecting the troops in his company during the War of the Pacific. De la Cruz was related by marriage to two other First Ladies of Chile: Enriqueta Pinto, Pinto's sister and wife of Manuel Bulnes, and Luisa Garmendia, Pinto's mother and wife of Fransico Antonio Pinto. Musical Composition De la Cruz was an accomplished pianist and composer. Under the pseudonym Delfina Perez, de la Cruz published 12 works throughout the 19th century, surpassed in volume only by Isidora Zegers. Her work was praised by local press in Valparaíso and Santiago, where she sometimes performed benefit concerts. Several of her pieces also attained international recognition, including The Star of Night (), a polka for piano which was played in Paris, as well as Armando the Gondolier (), a waltz for piano later performed in Germany. She is also the first Chilean woman to venture into the composition of choral music, at the time a male-dominated sphere. References Category:First Ladies of Chile Category:19th-century Chilean women Category:1837 births Category:1905 deaths Category:People from Concepción, Chile Category:Female classical composers Category:Chilean women musicians Category:Women classical pianists Category:19th-century women musicians Category:19th-century classical composers Category:Chilean classical composers