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Olayiwola Olabanji Kokumo, better known as Koker, is a Nigerian afro-pop singer and songwriter. He currently has a record deal with Chocolate City. Early life Koker was born on 30 may 1993 in Lagos State. He is the second child of his parents. Education He obtained a master's degree in creative arts from the University of Lagos. Career The beginning of his journey to stardom began when he released the single "Do Something" in 2015. Influenced by the works of King Sunny Adé, Shina Peters and Ebenezer Obey, Koker's sound is a fusion of Afrobeat, Jùjú and Afro-Pop. Koker was featured on Chocolate City's 2015 compilation album, The Indestructible Choc Boi Nation. In 2016, he signed an endorsement deal with Cloud 9, an online music streaming company based in Nigeria. Back in 2016, Koker said he has never been embarrassed in his career and his performance with Sir Shina Peters was one of his most memorable experiences in his career. Discography Compilation albums Singles Awards and nominations References External links Koker Biography on Chocolate City Nigerian male pop singers Nigerian male singer-songwriters Nigerian singer-songwriters Musicians from Lagos Entertainers from Ogun State Living people 1993 births
Athesis vitrala is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Peru. References Ithomiini Butterflies described in 1918
Detectives in Togas (original title: Caius ist ein Dummkopf; "Caius is an Idiot") is a children's book written by Henry Winterfeld, and translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Set in ancient Rome, the story follows a group of schoolboys who try to solve several crimes: the attack on their teacher and the desecration of a temple wall. Detectives in Togas was published in 1956, and reissued in 1984, 1990, and 2003. It was marketed for children ages 9–12. It was followed by two sequels: Caius geht ein Licht auf ("Caius has a Revelation"; English title: Mystery of the Roman Ransom) and Caius in der Klemme ("Caius is in Trouble"). Synopsis Detectives in Togas During a Greek vocabulary class in the Xanthos School, Rufus plays a prank on Caius involving a wax tablet with the inscription "Caius is an idiot". Caius takes offense and starts a fight with Rufus, and Xantippus permanently dismisses Rufus from his school. When the pupils (sans Caius, who is skipping the day) arrive at the school the next morning, they find Xantippus locked inside his closet. Xantippus tells them that he was knocked out by a burglar the night before. He also admits that Rufus' dismissal was only meant to be a wholesome lesson and that he is welcome to return. The boys head to inform Rufus about the good news when they discover the words "Caius is an idiot" painted on the wall of the local Minerva temple. Caius' sister Claudia warns them that her father has seen the graffiti and that Caius has implicated Rufus. The boys rush to Rufus to warn him. Rufus swears that he didn't commit the desecration and surmises that someone else must have forged his handwriting. The boys return to the Xanthos School to get the wax tablet, but find it missing. Instead, they discover a gold chain which Xantippus recognizes as the property of the burglar. On a billboard featuring the daily public news is a writ describing the desecration and blaming Rufus by name. The boys return to Rufus's house, but his mother tells them that Rufus has been arrested. As they search Rufus' room, they find his clothes thoroughly soaked. The boys decide to consult Lukos, a famed seer who lives across the Xanthos School. They present the gold chain so Lukos can find out the burglar's identity, but they are inexplicably chased out, leaving the chain behind. Mucius, who finds Rufus' cloak inside Lukos's house, is accidentally locked in, but finds an escape via a ladder to the roof. Blinded by a storm, Mucius ends up falling through an opening in the roof of a neighboring bathhouse and lands in a pool that is being drained for the night, which saves his life. Locked inside the building, he is found by a bath keeper the next morning and learns that Rufus had also landed in the same bath the previous night. Xantippus realizes that the writ on the billboard was handed in for publication before the temple wall was desecrated. They learn that the writ was handed in by Tellus, a famous ex-consul known for his lavish parties. Xantippus suspects that one of Tellus' guests must have committed the sacrilege, and Antonius is sent to Tellus under a pretense to study the guest list of that particular day. Arriving in the midst of a feast, Antonius is plied with alcohol by Tellus; but while giving his host the slip, he finds the gold chain and its accompanying cloak inside Tellus' bedroom, indicating a relationship between Tellus and Lukos. Antonius spots Tellus sneaking into a bakery next to Lukos's house. The boys discover that the bakery's backyard offers entry to Lukos's abode. They sneak inside, but are trapped by Lukos, who confesses that he is responsible for the burglary in the school, the smearing of the temple wall, and Rufus' arrest because the boy had found out his most important secret. As he prepares to lock them up, the boys attack him and knock him out, and discover that Lukos is Tellus in disguise. When Tellus recovers consciousness, he confesses that he posed as a clairvoyant to pay off the massive debts he had accumulated due to his costly lifestyle. Rufus had sought Lukos out to charm Xanthos into forgetting about his dismissal, but discovered his true identity. When Tellus threatened him, Rufus fled and ended up in the bathhouse. Tellus decided to silence him by stealing the wax tablet and using it as a stencil. He also sent the writ to the Censor's office and reported him to the urban prefect. The boys force Tellus to write a confession, but then he flees up the ladder to the roof just as Vinicius, Xantippus and a group of praetorians arrive to rescue them. The party tracks Tellus to the bathhouse, where they find him dead after a fatal plunge into an already drained pool, and Rufus is freed in the nick of time. Mystery of the Roman Ransom Xantippus' students offer their teacher a birthday gift of a deaf-mute slave named Udo, and Antonius offers him a tame lion to guard the school. Xantippus refuses both offers, and asks the boys to return Udo to his former owner, the slave trader Callon. When they arrive, an old slave tells them that Callon fled after he was threatened by an ex-gladiator named Gorgon seeking Udo. The boys then run into Gorgon, who tries to abduct Udo, but the boys escape and retreat with Udo to their secret cave. Udo reveals that he only pretended to be deaf and dumb to protect his life. Udo was the personal slave of Marcius Patricius Pollino. His master sent him to Rome with an important message, but when he arrived, he found the meeting point to be a graveyard. Udo hid and overheard the conversation between Gorgon and a short, fat man. Udo learned that the letter contained instructions for Gorgon to murder an important Roman senator and to kill Udo. As Udo fled the graveyard, he lost the letter and ran into a band of gladiators, who sold him to Callon. When Xantippus arrives, the boys inform him about the plot, and Udo mentions that a stranger had frequently visited Pollino. The boys find the lost letter, a list of unrelated names. Caius realizes that these names, read in a certain way, form the name of Vinicius, his own father. Caius runs off to fetch Tiro, his father's secretary, and alert the urban prefect, Lucius Terrentius Manilius. Udo remembers that Manilius is the name of his master's visitor, and Xantippus sends the boys after Caius. At the Villa Vinicius, Tiro tells the boys and Claudia that Caius was kidnapped by Gorgon. The boys deduce that Gorgon will likely meet with the fat man in the graveyard the next night. After spending the evening in the villa, the boys rush to the graveyard and eavesdrop on the conspirators. Mucius pursues the fat man, Antonius goes after Gorgon, and the remaining boys return to the school. Antonius later returns to tell them that he had followed Gorgon to the Colosseum and found Caius in one of the dungeon cells. However, he was captured by the gladiators, locked in a vault, and had a lion released on him. The lion was Ramses, the tame lion Antonius wanted to gift to Xantippus. After escaping the Colosseum together, Antonius brought Ramses to the school. Xantippus and his pupils find that Udo has run away. Gorgon and Minimos, a dwarf gladiator, arrive at the school and demand Udo from them. When Rufus frees Ramses, Gorgon is overpowered and captured, while Minimos flees. Mucius, following the fat man, discovers that this conspirator is Manilius. After a messenger delivers urgent news of Pollino's arrest by Vinicius to Manilius, the prefect and another conspirator, a barque's captain, decide to flee immediately. After being chased by the barque's crew, Mucius rejoins his friends at the school. Caius appears, having been freed by Udo, and tells them that he learned that after the battle in the Teutoburg Forest, a handful of legionnaires had escaped the massacre and buried the annihilated legions' war chest, which contained over ten million sestertii in gold. Manilius, one of those legionnaires, recovered the gold with the help of his brother-in-law, Pollino. The Emperor learned of this and tasked Vinicius to recover the gold, but Pollino, who had hidden the gold, committed suicide shortly after his capture. For this failure, the Emperor has sentenced the entire Vinicius family to slavery in the marble quarries. The boys rush to the villa to save the Vinicius family, only to find that the Emperor has already sent agents to arrest Vinicius. Xantippus arrives with Udo, who has returned after freeing the other captives at the Colosseum. From Udo's story, Xantippus has deduced that the gold is hidden in the cage of a brown bear Pollino had shipped to Rome, with the bear serving as its guardian. Mucius realizes that the cage with the bear has been loaded onto the barque, and Vinicius and the Imperial agents immediately set out to chase it down. Xantippus declares that he will secure Udo's release so he can return home to Gaul, and Caius thanks Udo for saving his life. Caius Is In Trouble One day, Caius does not appear in school. The other boys tell Xantippus that they last saw him two nights ago, when they went to fetch tickets at the Circus Maximus for a chariot race featuring the famed racer Ben Gor; however, the tickets were sold out. Caius declared that he would be able to get tickets and stormed off in a rage when the others laughed at him. Mucius saw Caius the next day, a holiday, with a mule and rope ladder. The boys head for Villa Vinicius to look for Caius, but the villa's doorkeeper tells them that Caius is dead and being buried. The boys return to tell Xantippus, but then Quintus, a retired centurion who served under Vinicius, arrives with a package from Caius' sister Claudia. Xantippus discovers a secret message imploring him to seek out Ben Gor, the only person who could save Caius, who was sentenced to death by the Emperor and about to be executed. However, with the delayed delivery of the message due to the holiday, any help for Caius is now too late. The next day, the boys return to Villa Vinicius, where Claudia tells them that she has no idea why Caius was executed, and that Ben Gor is a friend of the Vinicius family. Ben Gor is considered a national hero in Rome, leading the boys to believe that Caius must have somehow offended the Emperor while attempting to get spare tickets from Ben Gor. Claudia and the boys are shocked when they see Mopsa, Claudia's pet cat, alive after she had been used as a guinea pig for the poison which had been administered to Caius. The boys quickly realize that if the poison did not work on Mopsa, Caius might still be alive, and they rush for the Vinicius mausoleum, where Caius's coffin has been stored. Inside the coffin, they find their friend, alive but unable to stand up, so the boys ferry the coffin to the Xanthos School. Caius reveals that after he had separated from the other boys that night, he went to Ben Gor to ask him for spare tickets. Ben didn't have any, but suggested that Caius should go to the Emperor to ask him for some. With the imperial palace closed for the holiday, Caius, obsessed with getting the tickets, rented a mule from a public stable and procured a rope ladder to climb over the palace walls. He succeeded, but was arrested and knocked out by two Praetorian guards before he could explain himself, and subsequently found himself accused of intending to assassinate the Emperor. A group of Praetorians and an officer of the Emperor's secret police arrive and arrest the boys after it was discovered that Caius' coffin had been taken away. The boys are locked in a dungeon cell, but are visited by Ben Gor, who was alerted by Xantippus. Ben Gor tells the boys that he had explained everything to the Emperor, but the Emperor would only pardon Caius and his friends if Ben Gor wins the race. Ben Gor prevails and scores a triumphant victory, and the Emperor pardons Caius and his friends. Characters Caius The son of Vinicius, a very influential senator. Despite being the featured character in the German titulations, he habitually plays a more secondary role in the stories. He is somewhat slow-witted, stubborn and has a very short temper, and tends to inadvertently plunge his friends into deep trouble (thereby forming the base of their adventures). Xanthos/"Xantippus" A Greek scholar who has opened a private school for the sons of wealthy patricians in the heart of Rome. Because of his stern and critical manner, his pupils have given him the nickname "Xantippus", based on Xanthippe, the wife of Socrates. However, whenever the boys get involved in dangerous adventures, he is a ready and very valuable source of knowledge and experience. Mucius The oldest of Xanthos' pupils, and as the most level-headed, also the leader of their band. His father is a famous tribune named Marius Domitius. Rufus The son of Marcus Praetonius, a famous general of modest wealth. He has an open crush on Caius' sister Claudia. Antonius The son of a senator. He is the most adventurous and imaginative of the boys, eager to dream up fanciful confrontations with all sorts of villains, monsters and other dangerous enemies. Flavius A senator's son. He is the most cowardly of the boys, but also extremely faithful to his friends and always tags along on their exploits. Julius The son of a senator and judge, and therefore quite knowledgable about Roman law. As the most frugal of the boys, he is also their treasurer. Publius Son of a senator, and the group's most vociferous complainer who regularly tangles with Caius. Claudia Caius' younger sister. Despite her tender years (11-13, as the series progresses), she has assumed the role of the Vinicius household's matron upon her mother's death. Senator Vinicius Caius and Claudia's father, and a high-ranking member of the Roman Senate. He is occasionally entrusted with confidential missions by the Emperor. Reception In the journal Elementary English, the reviewer calls it a "rousing detective story" and notes that Winterfeld was inspired by actual graffiti found during the excavation of Pompeii. The journal The Classical World says Detectives in Togas is a "simple and lively story". A reviewer in the library journal Collection Management says it "adds life to the study of ancient civilizations". The Christian Science Monitor says Detective in Togas "neatly succeeds in constructing a lesson in ancient history around the plot of a whodunit and spinning the whole thing into a great tale for middle school readers". A reviewer in Huntingdon Daily News says the book has a "fascinating setting", and is "full of suspense and excitement". Kirkus Reviews describes it as "A good story and with its careful attention to Roman ways, this has its sparkle too" and Publishers Weekly calls it "delightful and witty". For the 2003 reissue, reviewer Terri Schmitz says it is "action-packed and filled with details about what daily life was like for patrician Roman boys, providing painless history lessons along with the rousing story lines." The Guardian says readers "end up learning loads of interesting information about Ancient Rome as you go along - and even a bit of Latin!" References 1956 children's books German children's literature Children's books set in ancient Rome
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The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex, are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Members of this genus are very common perennial herbs with a native almost worldwide distribution, and introduced species growing in the few places where the genus is not native. Some are nuisance weeds (and are sometimes called dockweed or dock weed), but some are grown for their edible leaves. Rumex species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species, and are the only host plants of Lycaena rubidus. Description They are erect plants, usually with long taproots. The fleshy to leathery leaves form a basal rosette at the root. The basal leaves may be different from those near the inflorescence. They may or may not have stipules. Minor leaf veins occur. The leaf blade margins are entire or crenate. The usually inconspicuous flowers are carried above the leaves in clusters. The fertile flowers are mostly hermaphrodites, or they may be functionally male or female. The flowers and seeds grow on long clusters at the top of a stalk emerging from the basal rosette; in many species, the flowers are green, but in some (such as sheep's sorrel, Rumex acetosella) the flowers and their stems may be brick-red. Each seed is a three-sided achene, often with a round tubercle on one or all three sides. Taxonomy The genus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Within the family Polygonaceae, it is placed in the subfamily Polygonoideae. The genus Emex was separated from Rumex by Francisco Campderá in 1819 on the basis that it was polygamous (i.e. had both bisexual and unisexual flowers on the same plant). However, some species of Rumex subg. Acetosa also have this characteristic, and most other features that are supposed to distinguish Emex are found in species of Rumex. Accordingly, in 2015, Schuster et al. demoted Emex to a subgenus of Rumex. Within the subfamily Polygonoideae, Rumex is placed in the tribe Rumiceae, along with the two genera Oxyria and Rheum. It is most closely related to Rheum, which includes Rhubarb. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species. A large number of hybrids are also recorded. Rumex abyssinicus Jacq. Rumex acetosa L. – sorrel, common sorrel, garden sorrel, narrow-leaved dock, spinach dock Rumex acetosella L. – sheep's sorrel, common sheep sorrel, field sorrel, red sorrel Rumex aegyptiacus L. Rumex aeroplaniformis Eig Rumex albescens Hillebr. – Oahu dock Rumex alcockii Rech.f. Rumex algeriensis Barratte & Murb. Rumex alpinus L. – alpine dock, monk's rhubarb Rumex altissimus Alph.Wood – pale dock, smooth dock, peach-leaf dock Rumex alveolatus Losinsk. Rumex amanus Rech.f. Rumex amurensis F.Schmidt ex Maxim Rumex andinus Rech.f. Rumex angulatus Rech.f. Rumex angustifolius Campd. Rumex aquaticiformis Rech.f. Rumex aquaticus L. – western dock, Scottish dock Rumex aquitanicus Rech.f. Rumex arcticus Trautv. Rumex arcuatoramosus Rech.f. Rumex argentinus Rech.f. Rumex arifolius All. Rumex aristidis Coss. Rumex armenus K.Koch Rumex atlanticus Coss. ex Batt. Rumex aureostigmatica Kom. Rumex azoricus Rech.f. Rumex balcanicus Rech.f. Rumex beringensis Jurtzev & V.V.Petrovsky – Bering Sea dock Rumex bidens R.Br. Rumex bipinnatus L.f. Rumex bithynicus Rech.f. Rumex brachypodus Rech.f. Rumex brasiliensis Link Rumex britannica L. Rumex brownii Campd. – Browne's dock Rumex bryhnii Snogerup Rumex bucephalophorus L. – red dock Rumex californicus Rech.f. Rumex caucasicus Rech.f. Rumex chalepensis Mill. Rumex chrysocarpos Moris Rumex confertus Willd. – Asiatic dock Rumex conglomeratus Murray – clustered dock, sharp dock Rumex cordatus Poir. Rumex costaricensis Rech.f. Rumex crassus Rech.f. Rumex crispellus Rech.f. Rumex crispissimus Kuntze Rumex crispus L. – curled dock, curly dock, yellow dock, sour dock, narrow dock, garden patience, narrow-leaved dock Rumex cristatus DC. Rumex crystallinus Lange – shiny dock Rumex cuneifolius Campd. Rumex cyprius Murb. Rumex darwinianus Rech.f. Rumex densiflorus Osterh. – dense-flower dock, dense-flowered dock Rumex dentatus L. – toothed dock Rumex dregeanus Meisn. Rumex drummondii Meisn. Rumex dumosus A.Cunn. ex Meisn. – wiry dock Rumex elbrusensis Boiss. Rumex ellipticus Greene Rumex ephedroides Bornm. Rumex evenkiensis Elis. Rumex fascicularis Small Rumex fischeri Rchb. Rumex flexicaulis Rech.f. Rumex flexuosus Sol. ex G.Forst. Rumex floridanus Meisn. Rumex frutescens Thouars – wedgeleaf dock Rumex fueginus Phil. Rumex gangotrianus Aswal & S.K.Srivast. Rumex garipensis Meisn. Rumex giganteus W.T.Aiton – pawale Rumex ginii Jahandiez & Maire Rumex gmelinii Turcz. ex Ledeb. Rumex gracilescens Rech.f. Rumex graminifolius Georgi ex Lamb. – grassleaf sorrel Rumex hastatulus Baldwin – heartwing dock, heartwing sorrel Rumex hastatus D.Don Rumex hesperius Greene Rumex hultenii Tzvelev Rumex hydrolapathum Huds. – great water dock Rumex hymenosepalus Torr. – canaigre, canaigre dock Rumex hypogaeus T.M.Schust. & Reveal Rumex inconspicuus Rech.f. Rumex induratus Boiss. & Reut. Rumex intermedius DC. Rumex jacutensis Kom. Rumex japonicus Houtt. Rumex kandavanicus (Rech.f.) Rech.f. Rumex kerneri Borbás – Kerner's dock Rumex komarovii Schischk. & Serg. Rumex krausei Jurtzev & V.V.Petrovsky – Krause's sorrel Rumex lacustris Greene Rumex lanceolatus Thunb. Rumex lapponicus (Hiitonen) Czernov Rumex lativalvis Meisn. Rumex leptocaulis Brandbyge & Rech.f. Rumex limoniastrum Jaub. & Spach Rumex longifolius DC. – dooryard dock, northern dock Rumex lorentzianus Lindau Rumex lunaria L. Rumex madaio Makino Rumex maderensis Lowe Rumex magellanicus Campd. Rumex maricola J.Rémy Rumex maritimus L. – golden dock, bristle dock, seashore dock Rumex marschallianus Rchb. Rumex mexicanus Meisn. Rumex microcarpus Campd. Rumex nebroides Campd. Rumex neglectus Kirk Rumex nematopodus Rech.f. – Arizona dock Rumex nepalensis Spreng. Rumex nervosus Vahl Rumex nivalis Hegetschw. Rumex oblongifolius Tolm. Rumex obovatus Danser – tropical dock Rumex obtusifolius L. – broad-leaved dock, bitter dock, bluntleaf dock, butter dock Rumex occidentalis S.Watson Rumex occultans Sam. Rumex olympicus Boiss. Rumex orbiculatus A.Gray – great water dock Rumex orthoneurus Rech.f. – Chiricahua mountain dock Rumex pallidus Bigelow – seaside dock Rumex palustris Sm. – marsh dock Rumex papilio Coss. & Balansa Rumex papillaris Boiss. & Reut. Rumex paraguayensis D.Parodi – Paraguayan dock Rumex patagonicus Rech.f. Rumex patientia L. – patience dock, garden patience, monk's rhubarb Rumex paucifolius Nutt. – alpine sheep's sorrel, few-leaved dock, meadow dock Rumex paulsenianus Rech.f. Rumex persicarioides L. Rumex peruanus Rech.f. Rumex pictus Forssk. Rumex polycarpus Rech.f. Rumex ponticus E.H.L.Krause Rumex popovii Pachom. Rumex praecox Rydb. Rumex pseudonatronatus (Borbás) Murb. – field dock Rumex pseudoxyria (Tolm.) Khokhr. Rumex pulcher L. – fiddle dock Rumex punjabensis K.M.Vaid & H.B.Naithani Rumex pycnanthus Rech.f. Rumex rectinervius Rech.f. Rumex rhodesius Rech.f. Rumex romassa Remy Rumex roseus L. Rumex rossicus Murb. Rumex rugosus Campd. Rumex rupestris Le Gall – shore dock Rumex ruwenzoriensis Chiov. Rumex sagittatus Thunb. Rumex salicifolius Weinm. – willow dock, willow-leaved dock Rumex sanguineus L. – wood dock, redvein dock Rumex scutatus L. – French sorrel, leaf-shield sorrel Rumex sellowianus Rech.f. Rumex sibiricus Hultén – Siberian dock Rumex similans Rech.f. Rumex simpliciflorus Murb. Rumex skottsbergii O.Deg. & I.Deg. – lava dock Rumex songaricus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Rumex spathulatus Thunb. Rumex spinosus L. Rumex spiralis Small – winged dock Rumex stenoglottis Rech.f. Rumex stenophyllus Ledeb. Rumex subarcticus Lepage Rumex suffruticosus J.Gay ex Meisn. Rumex tenax Rech.f. Rumex thjanschanicus Losinsk. Rumex thyrsiflorus Fingerh. Rumex thyrsoides Desf. Rumex tmoleus Boiss. Rumex tolimensis Wedd. Rumex transitorius Rech.f. Rumex triangulivalvis (Danser) Rech.f. Rumex trisetifer Stokes Rumex tuberosus L. Rumex tunetanus Barratte & Murb. Rumex turcomanicus (Rech.f.) Czerep. Rumex ucranicus Fisch. ex Spreng. Rumex ujskensis Rech.f. Rumex uruguayensis Rech.f. Rumex usambarensis (Engl.) Dammer Rumex utahensis Rech.f. Rumex venosus Pursh – veiny dock, sand dock Rumex verticillatus L. – swamp dock, water dock Rumex vesicarius L. – bladder dock Rumex violascens Rech.f. – violet dock Rumex woodii N.E.Br. Rumex yungningensis Sam. Uses These plants have many uses. Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) used to be called butter dock because its large leaves were used to wrap and conserve butter. Rumex hymenosepalus has been cultivated in the Southwestern US as a source of tannin (roots contain up to 25%), for use in leather tanning, while leaves and stems are used for a mordant-free mustard-colored dye. These plants are edible. The leaves of most species contain oxalic acid and tannin, and many have astringent and slightly purgative qualities. Some species with particularly high levels of oxalic acid are called sorrels (including sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella, common sorrel Rumex acetosa, and French sorrel Rumex scutatus), and some of these are grown as leaf vegetables or garden herbs for their acidic taste. In the United Kingdom, Rumex obtusifolius is often found growing near stinging nettles, owing to both species favouring a similar environment, and there is a widely held belief that the underside of the dock leaf, squeezed to extract a little juice, can be rubbed on the skin to counteract the itching caused by brushing against a nettle plant. This home remedy is not supported by any science, although it is possible that the act of rubbing may act as a distracting counterstimulation, or that belief in the dock's effect may provide a placebo effect. In traditional Austrian medicine, R. alpinus leaves and roots have been used internally for treatment of viral infections. Rumex nepalensis is also has a variety of medicinal uses in the Greater Himalayas, including Sikkim in Northeastern India. Fossil record Several fossil fruits of Rumex sp. have been described from middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland, Denmark. One fossil fruit of a Rumex species has been extracted from a borehole sample of the Middle Miocene fresh water deposits in Nowy Sacz Basin, West Carpathians, Poland. This fossil fruit is similar to the fruits of the extant species Rumex maritimus and Rumex ucranicus which both have fossil records from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Europe. Nutrition Nutrition information is shown in the infobox on the right. See also Antipruritic References External links Rumex acetosella; Missouri Botanical Garden's efloras.org. Edibility of Dock: Identification and edible parts of Rumex spp. Video:- Dock (Rumex) As Wild Edible Food Part 1 | Frank Cook Polygonaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Taxa described in 1753
Kim Dong-hyeon, Kim Dong-hyun or Kim Tong-hyŏn may also refer to: Dong Hyun Kim (born 1981), South Korean mixed martial arts fighter Kim Dong-hyun (bobsledder) (born 1987), South Korean bobsledder Kim Dong-hyun (footballer, born 1984), South Korean football player Kim Dong-hyun (footballer, born 1997), South Korean football player Kim Dong-hyun (tennis) (born 1978), South Korean tennis player Kim Dong-hyeon (footballer, born 1994), South Korean football player Kim Dong-hyeon (luger) (born 1991), South Korean luger Kim Dong-hyun (actor) (born 1989), leader of South Korean boy band Boyfriend Kim Dong-hyeon (born 1998), birth name of the singer MC Gree Kim Dong-hyun (singer, born 1998), member of South Korean duo MXM and AB6IX Dong Hyun Kim (fighter, born 1988), mixed martial artist Kim Dong-hyun (table tennis), table tennis player Kim Dong-hyun (basketball), South Korean basketball player
The Juan de Fuca Ridge is a mid-ocean spreading center and divergent plate boundary located off the coast of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The ridge separates the Pacific Plate to the west and the Juan de Fuca Plate to the east. It runs generally northward, with a length of approximately . The ridge is a section of what remains from the larger Pacific-Farallon Ridge which used to be the primary spreading center of this region, driving the Farallon Plate underneath the North American Plate through the process of plate tectonics. Today, the Juan de Fuca Ridge pushes the Juan de Fuca Plate underneath the North American plate, forming the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Discovery The first indications of a submarine ridge off the coast of the Pacific Northwest was discovered by the , a United States Navy sloop under the command of George Belknap, in 1874. Surveying a route for an undersea cable between the United States and Japan, the USS Tuscarora discovered a submarine mountain range approximately from Cape Flattery, which they did not consider a major discovery because throughout their voyage they found other locations with a larger profile, making the ridge seem insignificant in comparison. Geologic history The Juan de Fuca Ridge was at one point a part of the larger Pacific-Farallon ridge system. Approximately 30 million years ago, the Farallon Plate, being driven outwards by the Pacific-Farallon ridge, was pushed underneath the North American Plate, splitting what remained into the Juan de Fuca Plate to the North and the Cocos Plate and Nazca Plate to the South. Notable features Axial Seamount is a submarine volcano located on the ridge at a depth of below sea level, rising above the average ridge height. Axial is the most active volcano in the northeastern Pacific basin, and an underwater cabled observatory has been installed there as a part of the National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative, making it one of the best studied volcanoes along mid-ocean ridges globally. The Endeavour segment in the northern end of the ridge is another active and highly studied region. Sharp chemical and thermal contrasts, high levels of seismic activity, dense biological communities, and unique hydrothermal systems all make the segment a primary focus of research. Some of the most intense and most active hydrothermal vents are located along the Endeavour segment, with more than 800 individual known chimneys within the ridge's central region, and a total of five major hydrothermal fields along the ridge. These chimneys release large amounts of sulphur-rich minerals into the water, which allow bacteria to oxidize organic compounds and metabolize anaerobically. This allows for a diverse ecosystem of organisms to exist in the low-oxygen conditions near the seafloor around the ridge. Eruptions and earthquakes The first documented eruption on the Juan de Fuca Ridge took place on the Cleft segment in 1986 and 1987. Hydrothermal megaplumes indicated a large rifting event, releasing hydrothermal fluids as a result of lavas being extruded from a dike. A majority of the eruptions along the ridge are dike injection events, where molten rock is extruded between cracks in the crust's sheeted dike layer. Typically eruptive events can be predicted, as they are preceded by large earthquake swarms in the region. A significant event took place in June 1993, lasting 24 days at the CoAxial segment. Cruises deployed as a result of the eruption sampled event plumes, cooling lava flows, and discovered microbial communities living on the seafloor around the ridge. In February 1996, an event consisting of 4,093 earthquakes, lasting 34 days was recorded at the Axial Volcano, yielding similar scientific results to the 1993 eruption. In January 1998 an event consisting of 8,247 earthquakes lasted 11 days at Axial Seamount. Lava was released from the caldera of the volcano, flowing down the southern side of the mountain, creating a sheet flow over 3 km long and 800m wide. This was the first time an underwater eruption had been monitored in-situ in real-time. In June 1999, 1,863 earthquakes were recorded over 5 days, and a hydrothermal temperature increase was observed at the Main Endeavour segment. In September 2001, 14,215 earthquakes were detected over a 25-day period in the Middle Valley segment. Researchers at Oregon State University suggested the Axial Seamount had an eruption interval of approximately 16 years, which would place the next major Axial eruption in 2014. In 2011, during a dive on the seamount, new lava flows were discovered and some instruments had been buried in lava flows, indicating the volcano had erupted since the last expedition to the ridge. This is considered the first successful forecast of a seamount eruption. The caldera floor dropped by more than 2 meters after the eruption, and the rate at which it inflates as Axial's magma chamber refills can be used to once again predict the next eruption. Tectonic activity The ridge is a medium rate spreading center, moving outwards at a rate of approximately per year. Tectonic activity along the ridge is monitored primarily with the U.S. Navy's Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) array of hydrophones, allowing for real time detection of earthquakes and eruptive events. The Juan de Fuca Plate is being pushed east underneath the North American Plate, forming what is known as the Cascadia subduction zone off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. The plate does not subduct smoothly and can become 'locked' with the North American plate. When this happens, strain builds up until the contact suddenly slips, triggering massive earthquakes up to or greater than magnitude 9. Major earthquakes along this zone occur on average every 550 years and can have major impacts on the physical structure of the North American continent and seafloor. See also Accretion (geology) Axial Seamount Cascadia Channel Explorer Ridge Forearc Geology of the Pacific Northwest Gorda Ridge Overlapping spreading centers References External links Cascadia tectonic history Geology of British Columbia Underwater ridges of the Pacific Ocean Geology of Washington (state) West Coast of Vancouver Island Oceanography of Canada
The Malaysian Open Squash Championships is an annual squash tournament that takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in July. The event is organised by the Squash Racquets Association Of Malaysia and is the most prestigious squash tournament in Malaysia. The event was established in 1975. Past Results Men's Women's See also Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships References External links malaysianopensquash.com - Official website Squashsite.co.uk - website Squash tournaments in Malaysia Squash in Malaysia Recurring sporting events established in 2010
Massimo Dell'Acqua (born 6 September 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Biography Dell'Acqua comes from Como and trained at the Centro Tecnico Nazionale before turning professional in 1999. His first ATP Tour main draw appearance came at Copenhagen in 2003, when he lost to Marc Rosset in the first round. In 2004 he featured in tournaments in Dubai, Barcelona and most notably the Rome Masters. In Rome he lost a close match to world number 11 Nicolás Massú, which went for 3 hours and 20 minutes. It wasn't until s-Hertogenbosch in 2008 that he played again in an ATP Tour tournament. After getting through qualifying, Dell'Acqua beat Fabio Fognini in first round, then lost to David Ferrer. During his career he took part in the qualifiers of all four Grand Slam tournaments. At Challenger level he won the title at Bristol in 2003 and in the same year had a win over Andy Murray in Nottingham. At the 2004 Recanati Challenger he won the doubles title with Uros Vico and in the singles event defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga en route to the semi-finals. He also had Challenger wins over Félix Mantilla and Gilles Simon, both at the Prostějov Challenger in 2005. Challenger titles Singles: (1) Doubles: (1) References External links 1979 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from Como
Xeritha is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae. Species Xeritha plaumanni Stuckenberg, 1966 References Athericidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Brian Roy Stuckenberg Diptera of South America
Jacques Grattarola (16 February 1930 – 6 January 2023) was a French footballer who played as a forward. Biography Grattarola began his professional career with AS Cannes, for whom he played from 1948 to 1952 and again from 1955 to 1960. From 1952 to 1955, he played for AS Saint-Étienne. In total, he played in 49 matches in Division 1 and 193 matches in Division 2. In the 1951 World Military Cup, his placed third during his military service at the . References 1930 births 2023 deaths Footballers from Cannes French men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players AS Saint-Étienne players AS Cannes players
Scoparia philonephes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria and South Australia. The wingspan is about 31 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous grey, irrorated (sprinkled) with white and with a few black scales. The first line is whitish and obscurely dark margined posteriorly. The second line is white and obscurely dark margined. The hindwings are very pale whitish ochreous, tinged with greyish. The apex and upper part of the hindmargin are narrowly grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in December. References Scorparia Moths described in 1885
Edward Eugene Buck (August 7, 1885 – February 24, 1957) was an American illustrator of sheet music, musical theater lyricist, and president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Early career Buck was born in Detroit, growing up in Corktown. He studied at Detroit Art Academy, which had been founded by Joseph Gies and Francis P. Paulus. He illustrated for music publishers Ted Snyder, Edward H. Pfeiffer, and Jerome H. Remick. His cover illustrations had a personal touch and showed art deco and art nouveau elements. Dean Cornwell called him "the first artist I ever copied". By 1910 Buck was writing lyrics for composer Dave Stamper; his first hit was "Daddy has a Sweetheart, and Mother is her Name". He wrote about 500 songs, including "In the Cool of the Evening", "No Foolin'", "Garden of My Dreams", "Someone, Someday, Somewhere", and "Hello, 'Frisco". After 1914 he gave up illustration due to his failing eyesight. Ziegfeld Buck collaborated with Florenz Ziegfeld, first on the Ziegfeld Follies (1912–26) and then originating the Midnight Frolics (1914–26), writing skits and lyrics and acting as talent scout. In the August 1915 Frolic he gave Will Rogers a break, permitting him to introduce topical humour into his act despite Ziegfeld's misgivings. He also discovered Ed Wynn. In 1919, he persuaded Joseph Urban to design the sets for the Follies. In 1926, Rogers dubbed Buck "the Frank W. Stearns of the Ziegfeld Administration". Later career Buck became wealthy and had a luxurious lifestyle. He was a neighbor of F. Scott Fitzgerald at Great Neck, and may have inspired elements of The Great Gatsby. Ring Lardner, who collaborated with Buck on several plays, called Buck's living room "the Yale Bowl — with lamps". Buck was also a friend of O. O. McIntyre. and acquaintance of Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long (Huey Long, T. Harry Williams, 1969). In 1927 Buck bought the Waldorf Theatre, renaming it the Gene Buck Waldorf, and producing and directing his own musical Take the Air there. He collaborated with Mischa Elman and Augustus Thomas on an operetta. ASCAP Buck was president of ASCAP from 1925 to 1942, an era in which the growing popularity of radio was hitting songwriters' previously primary market for sheet music. His tenure also coincided with several anti-trust investigations by the US government, and the 1941 ASCAP boycott when radio stations demanded reduced performance royalties. The relative failure of the boycott precipitated his being voted out as president. In 1940, he served as Master of Ceremonies for the popular song portion of a "Carousel of American Music", a famous concert series held in San Francisco on September 24. The concert had Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, Jerome Kern, Hoagy Carmichael, WC Handy, Johnny Mercer - and many more of America's top songwriting talents performing their own compositions. The recording was added to the National Recording Registry in 2016. Before this, Buck appointed an ASCAP committee which in 1943 produced a revised schedule of songwriter payment levels; the schedule was dubbed the "Ahlert Plan" after Buck's successor as ASCAP president. He became president of the Catholic Actors' Guild of America in 1944. Personal life Buck married actress Helen Falconer (d.1968) in a Catholic ceremony in New York City on 2 October 1919. He died after emergency surgery at North Shore Hospital, Manhasset. At his death, he was president of the Catholic Actors Guild. His son Gene Buck, Jr was an assistant in 1947 on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Gene and Helen also had a second son George W. Buck. References Footnotes Further reading Alva Johnston "Profiles: Czar of Song", The New Yorker: Part I: 17 December 1932, pp.22–25; Part II: 24 December 1932, pp.19–22 External links Sheet music with covers or lyrics by Gene Buck E. Azalia Hackley Collection of the Detroit Public Library Gene Buck National Jukebox recordings American illustrators American musical theatre lyricists American musical theatre librettists American musical theatre directors American theatre managers and producers American trade union leaders Musicians from Detroit People from Great Neck, New York American Roman Catholics 1885 births 1957 deaths Art Nouveau illustrators Art Deco 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights Songwriters from Michigan
The Master of Science in Marketing (or MS Marketing) is a graduate degree that prepares the student to work in middle-management-and-above marketing positions. The specific field within marketing will depend on the student, their program, and the firm with which they will work. Fields may include brand management, digital marketing, integrated marketing communication, marketing analytics and research, marketing strategy, pricing strategy and many others. The key difference between the MS Marketing degree and the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is the required number of marketing courses in the degree. Typically the MBA degree may have a concentration in marketing or other fields of 4-6 courses. The MS Marketing degree will usually have 10-12 marketing courses. The MBA will offer courses in accounting, finance, business strategy, marketing, organizational behavior and other general business courses in much less depth than a specialized degree such as the MS Marketing degree that requires marketing courses, supplemented with perhaps a few electives in other areas such as analytics. See also Master of Business Administration Master of Science in Management Master of Marketing Research Master of Project Management References Business qualifications Master's degrees Marketing education
DA! was a Chicago-based post-punk band of the early 1980s, known for their songs "Dark Rooms" and "Time Will Be Kind". Their sound was influenced by artists such as the Cure, Gang of Four, Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees. History DA! was formed in 1977 by a 17-year-old singer and bass guitarist, Lorna Donley, along with the guitarist and keyboard player Evelyn Marquis and the drummer Dawn Fisher. This line-up performed only once, and the guitarist Gaylene Goudreau (who had previously played with the all-girl punk band Lois Layne) was added in late 1979. By early 1980, DA! had replaced Marquis with the guitarist David Thomas (who had previously played in St. Louis punk bands The Singapores and Cool Jerk). By that summer, the band had become a fixture on Chicago's early punk music scene, performing regularly at area clubs like Exit, Oz, O'Banion's, Tuts, Waves and Space Place and opening for visiting groups including the Fall, DNA, Bauhaus and Mission of Burma. DA!'s manager, Terry Nelson, a local punk radio DJ, formed Autumn Records with the producer George Kapoulas. DA! began to record demos in late summer 1980 with Timothy Powell and Metro Mobile. The first single, "Dark Rooms"/"White Castles", was produced at Acme Studios by Kapoulas and Mike Rasfeld. With the spring 1981 release of the single, DA! attracted attention from outside Chicago, and performed in Milwaukee with the Ama-Dots, in Minneapolis with Hüsker Dü, and in Madison with X. Kapoulas, an engineer at WGN-TV, produced a music video for the single and "Dark Rooms" went into heavy rotation on "Rock America", a pre-MTV video cable service available in music clubs. "Dark Rooms" was the "music video of the day" at Chicagoist on March 22, 2013. DA! appeared on the next Autumn Records release, a 1981 compilation LP titled Busted at Oz. Recorded over three nights, it had live recordings by DA! and other Chicago punk bands including Strike Under, Naked Raygun, Silver Abuse, The Subverts and The Effigies. Following the release of the Busted at Oz LP, Fisher was briefly replaced by the Strike Under drummer, Bob Furem. DA! recorded the Time Will Be Kind EP with Powell at Sound Impressions in late 1981, but by the time of its 1982 release, the group had disbanded. DA! and Donley appeared in You Weren’t There, a 2007 film about the Chicago punk scene from 1977 to 1984. In 2010, Factory 25 Records released Exclamation Point, a vinyl LP compiling the band's previously released and unreleased material. DA! played two Chicago shows in 2010 to support the LP, the first with Furem on drums, the second with a new drummer, Jason Batchko. Their reunion concert at the Abbey Pub was documented in Robert Beshara's DA! Concert Film (2012), which was screened at the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival. Donley, later a librarian in the Chicago Public Library system, died on December 1, 2013, due to a ruptured aorta. The music historian Joel Whitburn once speculated that the band had recorded "Ready 'N Steady", a lost song credited to "D.A." that appeared on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart for three weeks in 1979. The band insisted that they had not recorded it, and Whitburn withdrew his speculation regarding DA!'s involvement with the song. The song was found in 2016, at which point the "D.A." who recorded that song was revealed to be the amateur singer/songwriter Dennis A. Lucchesi of California. Discography Singles/EPs "Dark Rooms/"White Castles" 7" single (Autumn Records 1981) Time Will Be Kind 12" EP (Autumn Records 1982) Compilation albums Exclamation Point LP (Factory 25 Records 2010) Compilation appearances "Fish Shit" and "The Killer" on Busted at Oz LP (Autumn Records 1981/Permanent Records 2011) "Dark Rooms" on the You Weren't There LP (Factory 25 Records 2009) - Soundtrack References External links "Dark Rooms" video on YouTube "Next to Nothing" video on YouTube Da! 2010 live video on Vimeo Interview with Lorna Donley and David Thomas, 1988, Chicago Tribune Interview with Lorna Donley and David Thomas, 2010, Victim of Time Interview with Lorna Donley, 2010, Gapers Block American girl groups American post-punk music groups Musical groups established in 1978 Rock music groups from Illinois Musical groups from Chicago 1978 establishments in Illinois
UNeDocs, or United Nations electronic Trade Documents, was a planned document standard for global electronic trade within UN/CEFACT. The project was suspended and placed under review in 2009 by the UN/CEFACT Bureau. UNeDocs' goal was to provide a single adaptable electronic document for trade transactions. Due to the standardizations, users could automate various documentation tasks. Later on, a UNeDocs 2.0 was passed, and now plays a responsibility in the (CBRDM) Cross Border Reference Data Model. In the complicated process, UNeDocs is part of National Data Harmonization and Cross Border Data Exchange References External links Official site from August 28, 2009 on the Internet Archive Official site from September 29, 2009 on the Internet Archive, after UNeDocs was suspended. Official site from May 4-6, 2015 International trade documents United Nations documents Suspended United Nations documents
KTOO may refer to: KTOO-TV, a television station (channel 10 digital) licensed to Juneau, Alaska, United States KTOO (FM), a radio station (104.3 FM) licensed to Juneau, Alaska, United States
Igor Aleksandrovich Kachmazov (; born 28 February 1962) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1980 for FC Spartak Ordzhonikidze. Honours Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992. References 1962 births Footballers from Samara, Russia Living people Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players PFC Dynamo Stavropol players Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Russian football managers FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz players FC Nart Cherkessk players
```objective-c //===- ARCRegisterInfo.h - ARC Register Information Impl --------*- C++ -*-===// // // See path_to_url for license information. // //===your_sha256_hash------===// // // This file contains the ARC implementation of the MRegisterInfo class. // //===your_sha256_hash------===// #ifndef LLVM_LIB_TARGET_ARC_ARCREGISTERINFO_H #define LLVM_LIB_TARGET_ARC_ARCREGISTERINFO_H #include "llvm/CodeGen/TargetRegisterInfo.h" #define GET_REGINFO_HEADER #include "ARCGenRegisterInfo.inc" namespace llvm { class TargetInstrInfo; class ARCSubtarget; struct ARCRegisterInfo : public ARCGenRegisterInfo { const ARCSubtarget &ST; public: ARCRegisterInfo(const ARCSubtarget &); /// Code Generation virtual methods... const MCPhysReg *getCalleeSavedRegs(const MachineFunction *MF) const override; BitVector getReservedRegs(const MachineFunction &MF) const override; bool requiresRegisterScavenging(const MachineFunction &MF) const override; bool useFPForScavengingIndex(const MachineFunction &MF) const override; bool eliminateFrameIndex(MachineBasicBlock::iterator II, int SPAdj, unsigned FIOperandNum, RegScavenger *RS = nullptr) const override; const uint32_t *getCallPreservedMask(const MachineFunction &MF, CallingConv::ID CC) const override; // Debug information queries. Register getFrameRegister(const MachineFunction &MF) const override; //! Return whether to emit frame moves static bool needsFrameMoves(const MachineFunction &MF); }; } // end namespace llvm #endif // LLVM_LIB_TARGET_ARC_ARCREGISTERINFO_H ```
Abortion in Vanuatu is severely restricted by criminal law. Abortion is illegal under the provisions of section 117 of the Vanuatu Penal Code, Act No. 17 or 7 August 1981. The code states that any woman who intentionally induces a miscarriage is subject to up to two years' imprisonment. Abortion is illegal in cases of rape, incest, and threats to fetal health. The only allocations for abortion are "for good medical reasons", which a United Nations report interprets as to save the life of the pregnant woman and to preserve her physical and mental health. Section 113 of the code states that "No person shall, when a woman is about to be delivered of the child, prevent the child from being born alive by any act or omission of such a nature that, if the child had been born alive and had, then died..." although the italicized statement is vague about its meaning. Self-induced abortions The Vanuatu Family Health Association reports various methods women use for self-induced abortions, including the use of local leaves or bark from a tree. Abortions like this that are outside of the medical system endanger the lives of women, as even an immediate visit to a nearby hospital or clinic may be futile if that medical facility does not have the equipment to repair any damage. References Health in Vanuatu Vanuatu Vanuatu
Caina may refer to: Caina (moth), a genus of moth Caina Township, Qüxü County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China A section of the Cocytus in Dante's Divine Comedy
St Arnulf was Arnulf of Metz. St Arnulf may also refer to: Arnulf of Eynesbury (died 9th-century), 9th century hermit Arnulf of Soissons See also St Arnold
Joseph Sedacca Residence or Sedacca House in Northwest Harbor, New York is the third residential house designed by the American architect Charles Gwathmey (1938–2009). The house, the curtilage of which covers 3 acres, was built by John Caramagna in 1968 is surrounded by tall white pine trees and dogwoods. It is the first modernist beach residence designed by the American architect Charles Gwathmey. After the 1100-square-feet house was built in 1968, the exterior combination with geometric shapes and blocks, plus its interior abundance use of glasses and steels with a stylish spiral staircase, made it stand out in a neighborhood dominated by shingle style Cape Cod houses. Sedacca House was frequently the background of wedding photos and appeared on the cover pages and articles of both American and other fashion and architecture magazines. In 1968, Sedacca House won the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Honor Award. In Gwathmey's words, "[It] broke the mold of the vernacular, shingle-style house and showed for the first time a modern house that was not imitative or historicist.” The Sedacca House has been sold a few times. Still, it receives significant local concern about added alteration and global attention as a distinguished modernist architecture in East Hampton. Background Recommended by Paul Marvin Rudolph, an American architect and the chair of Yale University's Department of Architecture, Joseph Sedacca contracted the residence project from Rudolph's student Charles Gwathmey, who just received his Master of Architecture degree in 1962 from Yale School of Architecture and accomplished Robert Gwathmey Residence and Straus Residence. Joseph Sedacca was the graphic designer in the American Museum of Natural History and spent over thirty years as the manager of Exhibitions and Graphics Department. After several meetings and interviews, Sedacca and Gwathmey found they shared the same artistic inspiration and interest, leading to the birth of the modern beach house. References Houses in Suffolk County, New York Houses completed in 1968
Ōhau B is a power station operated by Meridian Energy in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a twin station with Ōhau C and is part of the Waitaki hydro scheme which consists of eight power stations operated from a control centre near Twizel. Water from Lake Ruataniwha flows through Ōhau B, then Ōhau C and then through to Lake Benmore. See also Ōhau A List of power stations in New Zealand Electricity sector in New Zealand References Further reading External links Meridian Energy - power station information Energy infrastructure completed in 1984 Hydroelectric power stations in New Zealand Buildings and structures in Canterbury, New Zealand
According to the Bible, Medan ( Məḏān "contention; to twist, conflict"); also spelt Madan was the third son of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, and Keturah whom he wed after the death of Sarah. Medan had five brothers, Zimran, Jokshan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Josephus tells us that "Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies; and they took possession of Troglodytis and the country of Arabia Felix (Arabia the Happy), as far as it reaches to the Red Sea." Little else is known about him. There is no known connection to the Madan people of Iran and Iraq. References Book of Genesis people Children of Abraham
Carboxypeptidase A4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CPA4 gene. This gene is a member of the carboxypeptidase A/B subfamily, and it is located in a cluster with three other family members on chromosome 7. Carboxypeptidases are zinc-containing exopeptidases that catalyze the release of carboxy-terminal amino acids, and are synthesized as zymogens that are activated by proteolytic cleavage. This gene could be involved in the histone hyperacetylation pathway. It is imprinted and may be a strong candidate gene for prostate cancer aggressiveness. References External links Further reading
The European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies (abbreviated: European Thesaurus) is a multilingual, interdisciplinary thesaurus covering the subject fields of International Relations and Area Studies. The European Thesaurus consists of about 8.200 descriptors organised in 24 subdomains. To enhance the access to the thesaurus’ controlled vocabulary the descriptors are arranged both alphabetically as well as systematically. The semantic relationships (equivalence, hierarchy, association) between all individual descriptors have been established. The European Thesaurus is intended to be used primarily in bibliographic databases for indexing and retrieval of professional literature from the relevant domains. The European Thesaurus can, in addition, even serve as a terminological reference work and/or as a translation tool in international affairs matters. The European Thesaurus was developed by an international working group in the framework of a terminology cooperation project carried out by the European Information Network on International Relations and Area Studies (EINIRAS). The European Thesaurus is available in nine languages: Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish. A Greek version is currently being translated. At present the European Thesaurus is applied by academic organisations and research institutes in Germany (German Information Network International Relations and Area Studies – database World Affairs Online –), the Czech Republic (Institute of International Relations Prague) and Poland (Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw). The European Thesaurus is updated regularly. The European Thesaurus is publicly accessible via the academic internet portal IREON (International RElations and area studies ONline). References European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies / Thésaurus Européen Relations internationales et études régionales / Europäischer Thesaurus Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde / Tesauro Europeo Relaciones Internacionales y Estudios Regionales / Tesauro Europeo di Relazioni internazionali e studi regionali / Evropský tezaurus mezinárodních vztahů a regionálních studií / Europejski Tezaurus Stosunków Międzynarodowych i Studiów Regionalnych, Berlin 2006. Kluck, Michael; Huckstorf, Axel: The Multilingual European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies – A Multilingual Resource for Indexing, Retrieval, and Translation. In: European Language Resources Association (ed.): Proceedings of the Sixth International Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, 28-30 May 2008, Marrakech 2008. Huckstorf, Axel: The Multilingual European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies. An Example of Successful European Terminology Co-operation. In: Nistrup Madsen, Bodil; Erdman Thomsen, Hanne (eds.): Managing Ontologies and Lexical Resources: TKE 2008. 8th International Conference on Terminology and Knowledge Engineering, Copenhagen 2008, pp. 43-60. External links German Information Network International Relations and Area Studies¨ The Geneva School of Diplomacy & International Relations Thesauri International relations Terminology
Muriel Aked (9 November 1883 – 21 March 1955) was an English film actress. Early life, family and education Aked was born in Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England to George Henry Aked and his wife Emma (née Bairstow). Her sister was the great-great grandmother of George Blagden, her cousin Edward Bairstow. She was a student at Liverpool Repertory Theatre for six months but due to World War I left to perform war work. Career Aked made her screen debut in 1920 in A Sister to Assist 'Er. She also appeared in Can You Hear Me, Mother?, Public Nuisance No.1, Autumn Crocus (1934), Royal Eagle, Fame and Don't Rush Me. Filmography Film Television References External links 1883 births 1955 deaths English film actresses Actresses from Yorkshire People from Bingley 20th-century English actresses British comedy actresses
Air Vice Marshal Margaret Mary Staib, (born 20 December 1962) is a former Chief Executive Officer of Airservices Australia and a former senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Early life Margaret Staib was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, on 20 December 1962. She was educated at Merici College, joined the RAAF in 1981 as an Officer Cadet and completed a Bachelor of Business at the University of Southern Queensland in 1983. Service history Staib was initially posted to RAAF Darwin as the Assistant Facilities Officer. Much of her early RAAF career involved base level logistics, stock control and provisioning with postings to 2 Stores Depot and 486 Squadron. In the mid 1990s Staib served as the Personal Staff Officer to the Air Officer Commanding Logistics Command and then the newly formed joint service Commander Support Command. During this time she completed a Masters of Business Logistics through the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Staib was posted to the Pentagon between 1998 and 2000 on exchange with the United States Air Force working on strategic procurement initiatives with industry, supply chain integration and technology. This service was recognised with the United States Meritorious Service Medal. She was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in 2000 for outstanding achievement in the field of Inventory Management in support of military aviation. Between 2002 and 2005 Staib was the Director of Planning and Logistics – Air Force and in 2005 attended the Australian Defence College gaining a Masters of Arts in Strategic Studies from Deakin University. Staib was commended for exceptional service as the Director of Logistics Support Agency – Air Force and as Director General Strategic Logistics, Joint Logistics Command. In 2009 she spent a year as the Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy. In 2009 she was promoted to air vice marshal and appointed Commander Joint Logistics Command. Staib was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2009 for exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force and Australian Defence Force in the field of logistics strategic planning as Director of Logistics Support Agency – Air Force and Director General Strategic Logistics, Joint Logistics Command. Airservices Australia On 11 September 2012 it was announced that Staib was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Airservices Australia. On 31 July 2015 it was announced that Staib would resign as CEO with effect from 10 August. In the media release by Sir Angus Houston, Staib was thanked for her service. Honours and awards Staib was awarded the 2011 Smart Supply Chain Conference Outstanding Contribution to Supply Chain Management in Australia award. References External links 1962 births Living people Members of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Conspicuous Service Cross (Australia) Female air marshals of the Royal Australian Air Force Women in 21st-century warfare
was the ninth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto during the Edo period It was located in the present-day city of Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. History Unlike many of the post towns that existed during the Edo period before the creation of the Nakasendō, Fukaya-shuku was established to be a part of the Nakasendō. During the Sengoku period, it was home to Fukaya Castle, belonging to the Uesugi clan, and near the post station was the jin'ya of Okabe Domain, a 20,000 koku holding under the Tokugawa shogunate Per an 1843 guidebook issued by the , the town had one honjin, four waki-honjin, and 80 hatago, with a population of 1928 persons. Fukaya-shuku was approximately 20 ri 27 cho from the starting point of the Nakasendō at Nihonbashi, which made it the favored stopping point for merchant-class travelers on their second day out from Edo, especially since Fukaya-shuku was famous for its large number of Meshimori onna and numerous chaya, whereas the previous station, Kumagai-shuku had neither. Two large (4 meter tall) stone lanterns marked the entry to Fukaya-shuku, and these lanterns still exist. The gate of the former honjin has also been preserved. Fukaya-shuku in The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō Keisai Eisen's ukiyo-e print of Fukaya-shuku dates from 1835–1838. The print depicts four meshimori onna on the road accompanied by a servant carrying a lantern. The sign on the lantern read “take”, advertising "Takenouchi" one of the publishers of the series of prints. To the left, more prostitutes are waiting in a display window, similar to the brothels of Yoshiwara, with a signboard again advertising "Takenouchi". In the center of the composition, two travelers are taking off their footwear and are preparing to enter the establishment. To the right are numerous other people, depicted as shadows in the early evening. Neighboring post towns Nakasendō Kumagai-shuku - Fukaya-shuku - Honjō-shuku References External links Hiroshige Kiso-Kaido series on Kiso Kaido Road Stations of the Nakasendō Stations of the Nakasendō in Saitama Prefecture Musashi Province
The 2003 European Championship Tour (or the 2003 European Beach Volleyball Tour) was the European beach volleyball tour for 2003. This was the first year of the European Championship Tour. The 2003 tour consisted of three tournaments with both genders, including the 2003 Championship Final. Tournaments Zagreb Challenger, in Zagreb, Croatia – 20–22 June 2003 Greek Open, in Rethymnon, Greece – 9–13 July 2003 2003 European Championship Final, in Alanya, Turkey – 27–31 August 2003 Tournament results Women Men Medal table by country References European Nestea European Championship Tour
Stuart Lee Murdoch (born 25 August 1968) is a Scottish musician, writer and filmmaker, and the lead singer and songwriter for the indie pop band Belle and Sebastian. Early life Murdoch's parents made him take piano lessons during his childhood, and he claims not to have enjoyed them at the time but now "appreciates this decision vastly". Apart from early musical activities at secondary school (at age 12 he formed a band with fellow pupils, in which he played piano), Murdoch first became publicly involved in music as a radio DJ for Subcity Radio at the University of Glasgow. While at university at the end of the 1980s, he became ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome, and was unable to work for seven years. Murdoch said that the isolation of these years led to his becoming a songwriter: "That was a big desert at the time, a kind of vacuum in my life. From that, these songs started coming out, these melodies where I could express what I was feeling." By early 1995 Murdoch had largely recovered from his illness and began to look for fellow musicians to form a band, which became Belle & Sebastian. Murdoch's struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome is the subject of the song "Nobody's Empire" on Belle & Sebastian's album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance. Influence of religion This was also when he began living above a church hall and working as its caretaker, a position he maintained until 2003. In 2004 Murdoch told The Guardian, "I'm not actually a Christian with a capital C. I'm still asking questions. But I had this time when I found myself singing all these old hymns in my kitchen and I couldn't work out why I was doing it. Then one Sunday morning I got up, looked at my watch, and thought, 'I wonder if I could make it to a church service?' It was so welcoming. It just felt like you were coming home. Twelve years later, I've never left". Murdoch's interest in faith has been perceptible in his lyrics. Belle and Sebastian's first album included lines about "reading the Gospel to yourself," and on the second Murdoch sang of "the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever." Religious references became more confident and direct on later albums, including "If You Find Yourself Caught in Love" (which continues "say a prayer to the man above"; this line becomes a refrain) on the album Dear Catastrophe Waitress and the two-part "Act of the Apostle" on The Life Pursuit. Of "If You Find Yourself Caught in Love," Murdoch told Gross, "At the time I was writing it I thought, well, should I be so overt? Because I've often couched any religious overtones within characters in the past, but this is a bit more out there. And then I just thought, come on, you've been doing this for years, why not? Why not just be a bit more straightforward?" Sexually ambiguous lyrics in Belle & Sebastian's music have prompted Murdoch to confirm his heterosexuality in the press, calling himself "straight to the point of boring myself". Personal life Murdoch ran the Glasgow Marathon in 1986, and finished with a time of three hours. Murdoch is a vegetarian. He married longtime girlfriend Marisa Privitera on 26 November 2007 in New York City. Privitera is on the cover of Belle and Sebastian's DVD Fans Only and LP The Life Pursuit. Their eldest son, Denny (named after his goddaughter), was born in May 2013. Their second son Nico was born in November 2016. Murdoch is a fan of American baseball, in particular the New York Mets and Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza, whom he wrote about in "Piazza, New York Catcher". Murdoch dated Tracyanne Campbell, the lead singer of the band Camera Obscura, for three years in the 2000s. Murdoch was diagnosed with colour blindness at an early age and does not drink. "I like a Scotch whisky but I'm allergic to alcohol, would you believe, which is a tragedy in itself", he has said. "It's only in the last couple of years. I got eczema and one of the things I had to do to get rid of it was give up alcohol". In 2009, Murdoch contributed the song "Another Saturday" to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night, produced by the Red Hot Organization. He was one of the most notable protesters attending a 5 December 2009 march in Glasgow supporting governmental intervention to combat climate change, prior to the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen. In 2010 Murdoch published his first memoir, The Celestial Café. In 2012–2013 he wrote and directed the musical feature film God Help the Girl, released internationally and online in 2014. Murdoch has been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). References External links Official biography Online diary 1968 births Belle and Sebastian members British indie pop musicians Living people People with chronic fatigue syndrome Scottish pop singers People educated at Belmont Academy People from Clarkston, East Renfrewshire 21st-century Scottish male singers 20th-century Scottish male singers Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Morteza Aghili (born 11 September 1944) is an Iranian actor and director. He started his activity in 1962 by joining in the Shahin Sarkisian Theater Group and experienced professional cinema in 1971 with his role in the movie Kako, directed by Shapoor Gharib. Morteza Aghili left Iran after the 1979 revolution and currently resides in Los Angeles, USA, and plays a role in some of the Gem channel series. Films Actor Beautiful city (2016) Rugged Land (2016) The Fifth Rider of Destiny (1980) Worship (1978) Qadghan Safe place (1977) There is no news in the city (1977) Hello Tehran (1977) Sunny Night (1977) Wounded Night (1977) Shark South (1977) Paper Flowers (1977) Innocent (1976) Awake in the City (1976) Reward of a Man (1976) Award (1976) Black Fortune City of Wine (1976) Gold Heel (1975) Goodbye little one (1975) Sharaf (1975) Distance (1975) Oriental man and Western woman (1975) Mr. Mehdi enters (1974) Avesta Karim Nokrtim (1974) Doctor and Dancer (1974) Under the skin of the night (1974) Hello love Cage Hostage (1974) Passenger Mr. Ignorant (1973) Shoes Chase to Hell (1973) Southern Fantasy (1973) The enemy Virgin Girl (1973) Rebellion Director Safe place (1977) Paper Flowers (1977) Innocent (1976) Distance (1975) Writer Safe place (1977) Paper Flowers (1977) Distance (1975) Producer Safe place (1977) Paper Flowers (1977) Distance (1975) Singer Cages External links References 1941 births Living people Iranian male actors Iranian film directors Iranian male film actors Iranian emigrants to the United States
The following is a list of television plays broadcast on Australian broadcaster ATN-7 during the 1950s and 1960s. The House on the Corner (1957) - TV series Autumn Affair (1958) - TV series The Big Day - episode of Shell Presents No Picnic Tomorrow - episode of Shell Presents Man in a Blue Vase - episode of Shell Presents Johnny Belinda (1959) - episode of Shell Presents Children of the Sun (1959) - episode of Shell Presents Other People's Houses (1959) - episode of Shell Presents A Tongue of Silver (1959) - episode of Shell Presents Pardon Miss Westcott (1959) - episode of Shell Presents Big Blue and Beautiful (1960) - episode of Shell Presents Reflections in Dark Glasses (1960) - episode of Shell Presents Thunder of Silence (1960) - episode of Shell Presents Tragedy in a Temporary Town (1960) - episode of Shell Presents Shadow of a Pale Horse (1960) (TV movie) The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (1960) (TV movie) Thunder of Sycamore Street (1960) (TV movie) The Concert (1961) (TV movie) The Story of Peter Grey (1961) TV series You Can't See Round Corners (1967) (TV series) References See also List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s) List of television plays broadcast on GTV-9 Plays Plays ATN-7
''' Manohar Joshi was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999. His cabinet ministers were: Chief Minister and Cabinet ministers Ministers of State From Shiv Sena From Bharatiya Janata Party Sudhir Mungantiwar: Tourism Ministers by Party See also Narayan Rane ministry References J Shiv Sena 1995 in Indian politics Bharatiya Janata Party state ministries 1995 establishments in Maharashtra 1999 disestablishments in India Cabinets established in 1995 Cabinets disestablished in 1999
Letter frequency is the number of times letters of the alphabet appear on average in written language. Letter frequency analysis dates back to the Arab mathematician Al-Kindi (–873 AD), who formally developed the method to break ciphers. Letter frequency analysis gained importance in Europe with the development of movable type in 1450 AD, where one must estimate the amount of type required for each letterform. Linguists use letter frequency analysis as a rudimentary technique for language identification, where it is particularly effective as an indication of whether an unknown writing system is alphabetic, syllabic, or ideographic. The use of letter frequencies and frequency analysis plays a fundamental role in cryptograms and several word puzzle games, including Hangman, Scrabble, Wordle and the television game show Wheel of Fortune. One of the earliest descriptions in classical literature of applying the knowledge of English letter frequency to solving a cryptogram is found in Edgar Allan Poe's famous story The Gold-Bug, where the method is successfully applied to decipher a message giving the location of a treasure hidden by Captain Kidd. Herbert S. Zim, in his classic introductory cryptography text "Codes and Secret Writing", gives the English letter frequency sequence as "ETAON RISHD LFCMU GYPWB VKJXZQ", the most common letter pairs as "TH HE AN RE ER IN ON AT ND ST ES EN OF TE ED OR TI HI AS TO", and the most common doubled letters as "LL EE SS OO TT FF RR NN PP CC". Different ways of counting can produce somewhat different orders. Letter frequencies also have a strong effect on the design of some keyboard layouts. The most frequent letters are placed on the home row of the Blickensderfer typewriter, the Dvorak keyboard layout, Colemak and other optimized layouts. Background The frequency of letters in text has been studied for use in cryptanalysis, and frequency analysis in particular, dating back to the Arab mathematician Al-Kindi (c. 801–873 AD), who formally developed the method (the ciphers breakable by this technique go back at least to the Caesar cipher invented by Julius Caesar, so this method could have been explored in classical times). Letter frequency analysis gained additional importance in Europe with the development of movable type in 1450 AD, where one must estimate the amount of type required for each letterform, as evidenced by the variations in letter compartment size in typographer's type cases. No exact letter frequency distribution underlies a given language, since all writers write slightly differently. However, most languages have a characteristic distribution which is strongly apparent in longer texts. Even language changes as extreme as from Old English to modern English (regarded as mutually unintelligible) show strong trends in related letter frequencies: over a small sample of Biblical passages, from most frequent to least frequent, of Old English compares to of modern English, with the most extreme differences concerning letterforms not shared. Linotype machines for the English language assumed the letter order, from most to least common, to be based on the experience and custom of manual compositors. The equivalent for the French language was . Arranging the alphabet in Morse into groups of letters that require equal amounts of time to transmit, and then sorting these groups in increasing order, yields . Letter frequency was used by other telegraph systems, such as the Murray Code. Similar ideas are used in modern data-compression techniques such as Huffman coding. Letter frequencies, like word frequencies, tend to vary, both by writer and by subject. For instance, occurs with greater frequency in fiction, as most fiction is written in past tense and thus most verbs will end in the inflectional suffix -ed / -d. One cannot write an essay about x-rays without using frequently. Different authors have habits which can be reflected in their use of letters. Hemingway's writing style, for example, is visibly different from Faulkner's. Letter, bigram, trigram, word frequencies, word length, and sentence length can be calculated for specific authors, and used to prove or disprove authorship of texts, even for authors whose styles are not so divergent. Accurate average letter frequencies can only be gleaned by analyzing a large amount of representative text. With the availability of modern computing and collections of large text corpora, such calculations are easily made. Examples can be drawn from a variety of sources (press reporting, religious texts, scientific texts and general fiction) and there are differences especially for general fiction with the position of and , with becoming more common. Also, to note that different dialects of a language will also affect a letter's frequency. For example, an author in the United States would produce something in which is more common than an author in the United Kingdom writing on the same topic: words like "analyze", "apologize", and "recognize" contain the letter in American English, whereas the same words are spelled "analyse", "apologise", and "recognise" in British English. This would highly affect the frequency of the letter as it is a rarely used letter by British speakers in the English language. The "top twelve" letters constitute about 80% of the total usage. The "top eight" letters constitute about 65% of the total usage. Letter frequency as a function of rank can be fitted well by several rank functions, with the two-parameter Cocho/Beta rank function being the best. Another rank function with no adjustable free parameter also fits the letter frequency distribution reasonably well (the same function has been used to fit the amino acid frequency in protein sequences.) A spy using the VIC cipher or some other cipher based on a straddling checkerboard typically uses a mnemonic such as "a sin to err" (dropping the second "r") or "at one sir" to remember the top eight characters. Relative frequencies of letters in the English language There are three ways to count letter frequency that result in very different charts for common letters. The first method, used in the chart below, is to count letter frequency in root words of a dictionary. The second is to include all word variants when counting, such as "abstracts", "abstracted" and "abstracting" and not just the root word of "abstract". This system results in letters like appearing much more frequently, such as when counting letters from lists of the most used English words on the Internet. A final variant is to count letters based on their frequency of use in actual texts, resulting in certain letter combinations like becoming more common due to the frequent use of common words like "the", "then", "both", "this", etc. Absolute usage frequency measures like this are used when creating keyboard layouts or letter frequencies in old fashioned printing presses. An analysis of entries in the Concise Oxford dictionary, ignoring frequency of word use, gives an order of "EARIOTNSLCUDPMHGBFYWKVXZJQ". The letter-frequency table below is taken from Pavel Mička's website, which cites Robert Lewand's Cryptological Mathematics. According to Lewand, arranged from most to least common in appearance, the letters are: etaoinshrdlcumwfgypbvkjxqz. Lewand's ordering differs slightly from others, such as Cornell University Math Explorer's Project, which produced a table after measuring 40,000 words. In English, the space character occurs almost twice as frequently as the top letter () and the non-alphabetic characters (digits, punctuation, etc.) collectively occupy the fourth position (having already included the space) between and . Relative frequencies of the first letters of a word in English language The frequency of the first letters of words or names is helpful in pre-assigning space in physical files and indexes. Given 26 filing cabinet drawers, rather than a 1:1 assignment of one drawer to one letter of the alphabet, it is often useful to use a more equal-frequency-letter code by assigning several low-frequency letters to the same drawer (often one drawer is labeled VWXYZ), and to split up the most-frequent initial letters () into several drawers (often 6 drawers Aa-An, Ao-Az, Ca-Cj, Ck-Cz, Sa-Si, Sj-Sz). The same system is used in some multi-volume works such as some encyclopedias. Cutter numbers, another mapping of names to a more equal-frequency code, are used in some libraries. Both the overall letter distribution and the word-initial letter distribution approximately match the Zipf distribution and even more closely match the Yule distribution. Often the frequency distribution of the first digit in each datum is significantly different from the overall frequency of all the digits in a set of numeric data, see Benford's law for details. An analysis by Peter Norvig on Google Books data determined, among other things, the frequency of first letters of English words. A June 2012 analysis using a text document containing all words in the English language exactly once, found to be the most common starting letter for words in the English language, followed by . Relative frequencies of letters in other languages *See İ and dotless I. The figure below illustrates the frequency distributions of the 26 most common Latin letters across some languages. All of these languages use a similar 25+ character alphabet. Based on these tables, the 'etaoin shrdlu'-equivalent results for each language is as follows: French: ''; (Indo-European: Italic; traditionally, 'esartinulop' is used, in part for its ease of pronunciation) Spanish: ''; (Indo-European: Italic) Portuguese: '' (Indo-European: Italic) Italian: ''; (Indo-European: Italic) Esperanto: '' (constructed language – lexic influenced by Indo-European languages, Romance, Germanic mostly) German: ''; (Indo-European: Germanic) Swedish: ''; (Indo-European: Germanic) Turkish: ''; (Turkic) Dutch: ''; (Indo-European: Germanic) Polish: ''; (Indo-European: Balto-Slavic) Danish: ''; (Indo-European: Germanic) Icelandic: ''; (Indo-European: Germanic) Finnish: ''; (Uralic: Finnic) Czech: ''; (Indo-European: Balto-Slavic) Hungarian: ''; (Uralic: Finno-Ugric) See also Arabic letter frequency Corpus linguistics Dvorak keyboard layout English word frequency Etaoin shrdlu Letter frequency effect Lipogram RSTLNE (Wheel of Fortune) Explanatory notes References External links Letter frequency—simia.net Useful tables Useful tables for single letter, digram, trigram, tetragram, and pentagram frequencies based on 20,000 words that take into account word-length and letter-position combinations for words 3 to 7 letters in length: Cryptography Frequency distribution Grammatology Phonology Quantitative linguistics
Akahoshi (written: 赤星 lit. "red star") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Iris Akahoshi (1929–1987), Czechoslovak-American human rights activist , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball player , former Japanese footballer Japanese-language surnames
Lockhart River is a town in the Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River and a coastal locality split between the Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River and the Shire of Cook, on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The town is an Aboriginal community. In the , Lockhart River had a population of 724 people. From 1924 to 1967, the Lockhart River Mission was run by the Anglican Church. Geography Lockhart River is a coastal Aboriginal community situated on the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The population consists mostly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, whose ancestors were forcibly moved to the area beginning in 1924. The locality includes a number of islands off the east coast: Chapman Island, Lloyd Island, Rocky Island, Sherrard Island, and Sunter Island (all of which are in the Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River). It is north by road from Cairns and approximately by road north of Brisbane. Lockhart River is the northernmost town on the east coast of Australia. The community is also located approximately inland from Quintell Beach and within the Kutini-Payamu National Park. History Early European history Lockhart River takes its name from the river located south of the community. The river was named by explorer Robert Logan Jack in January 1880, after a close friend, Hugh Lockhart. Non-Indigenous people first arrived in 1848, when the explorer Edmund Kennedy set up a base camp near the mouth of the Pascoe River at Weymouth Bay. Kennedy left eight men at the camp but by the time they were located by the supply ship, only two remained alive, the other six having died from disease and starvation. By the 1870s, fishermen with luggers looking for trepang, pearl shell, and trochus were in the coastal areas. Miners in search of tin and gold, along with timber cutters, were in the hills around Gordon Creek and the country inland around the Wenlock River. Lockhart River Mission (1924–1967) The Anglican Church established a mission at Orchid Point near the Lockhart River in 1924, at a location that had been a centre of a sandalwood trade. Aboriginal people came and were collected from parts of the Cape York Peninsula and placed at the mission, known as the Lockhart River Mission, Old Lockhart River Mission, or just Lockhart Mission. Six months later, the mission was relocated to Bare Hill, south of Cape Direction. In the 1930s, Lamalama people were forcibly relocated to the mission from the Port Stewart area, but they later returned. In 1939, many people who had earlier been removed from Coen to the mission, returned to the Coen area. After the Second World War broke out, the European superintendent went on furlough in 1942, and the Aboriginal people were told to go to several bush camps and fend for themselves. After six months, in July 1942, the mission was reopened but with poor resources and a lack of funding. Things improved under superintendent John Warby in the 1950s. A cooperative society was created in 1954 by the Rev. Alf Clint for the management of the trochus shell industry, until the market failed. New houses were built and a village was created on the ocean side. In 1967, the church handed over the mission to the Queensland government, which tried to relocate the people to Bamaga. Most of the people refused to go. In 1968–1969, the people were relocated from the traditional area of the Uutaalnganu people on the coast to a new site in Kuuku Ya'u country, further north and inland from Quintel Beach. This move and the assimilation policy of the new administration resulted in much discontent and friction. The Lockhart River Community was given Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) title to the lands in 1987. Locally elected councillors now provide administration for the Lockhart River DOGIT. Other 20th-century history Lockhart State School opened on January 1, 1924. During World War II, Lockhart River Airport was constructed as a large American bomber base with three airstrips operating. The US bombers flew to Papua New Guinea and were met by their fighter escorts based at Bamaga and Horn Island further north. Many thousands of troops, both US and Australian, passed through as part of their jungle training before being shipped to southeast Asia, and many sorties from the base were flown against Japanese forces during the critical Battle of the Coral Sea, May 4–8, 1942. Portland Roads community, north of Lockhart River, was the supply port for the war effort with a large jetty. This jetty has since been removed. Many old bunkers and rusting 44 gallon drums can still be found in bush areas. Iron Range Post Office opened on November 5, 1936, closed in 1942, reopened in 1950, and was renamed Lockhart River in 1978. On May 7, 2005, a Fairchild Aircraft Inc. SA227-DC Metro 23 aircraft, registered VH-TFU, with two pilots and 13 passengers, was being operated by Transair on an instrument flight rules regular public transport service from Bamaga to Cairns, with an intermediate stop at Lockhart River, Queensland. At 1143:39 Eastern Standard Time, the aircraft impacted terrain in the Kutini-Payamu National Park on the north-western slope of South Pap, a heavily timbered ridge, approximately north-west of the Lockhart River aerodrome. At the time of the accident, the crew was conducting an area navigation global navigation satellite system (GNSS) nonprecision approach to runway 12. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact forces and an intense, fuel-fed, post-impact fire. There were no survivors. On April 11, 2014, the former locality of Lockhart was split into two new localities: Iron Range and Lockhart River. Population At the 2006 census, Lockhart River had a population of 542, which increased to 642 at the 2011 Census. In the , Lockhart River had a population of 724 people. Governance Lockhart River is both a town located in the Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River and a coastal locality split between the Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River and the Shire of Cook. Climate Lockhart River has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw) bordering on a tropical monsoon climate (Am). There are two distinct seasons based on precipitation, as mean temperatures remain hot to very hot year-round, ranging from 23.6 °C (74.5 °F) in July to 28.3 °C (82.9 °F) in December. The longer wet season from November to May is hot, humid, and rainy; with high dew points making the heat feel oppressive. The shorter dry season from June to October is hot without much precipitation, but the strong influence of the sea keeps the heat muggy, although less uncomfortable than during the wet season. Population A mix of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders live in the community. The population is 650–700, with most being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Approximately 30 are contract workers, including teachers, nurses, police, shop employees, council administration, council workshops, carpenters, and plumbers. The Lockhart River 'local' population consists of five different clan groups: the Wuthathi from the north of the Olive River; the Kuuku Ya'u from Lloyd Bay and Weymouth Bay; the Uutaalnganu from the Lockhart River south to Friendly Point; the Umpila from Friendly Point to the Massey River; and the Kaanju from the inland mountain areas behind the coast. Most of the population lives in the community town area. There are two Outstations." The first is at 'Old Site' and is normally used only during the dry season when vehicles can drive to that location on a rough inland road. It is sometimes used as a "weekender" by some local families during the calm weather over the Christmas-January period. The second Outstation is at Chilli Beach and is normally occupied all year by the Hobson family group. It remains accessible by road and water most of the time. A number of smaller communities also exist: Wattle Hills Station, Pascoe River 'Farm', Chili Beach, Packer's Bay and Portland Roads. Wattle Hills Station is located just inside the mouth of the Pascoe River, north of Lockhart River. It is a share arrangement for persons opting out of mainstream society. Approximately 30 persons live in open-plan style houses. This station has its own airstrip and mail service once a week. Some of the houses have telephones connected and all are linked by their own private UHF radio network under the Rural Fires scheme. The Pascoe River 'farm' is located on the banks of the Pascoe River quite some distance inland. Access to the farm is from the main Lockhart River to Archer River road, from the Lockhart River community. A track leads a further to the farm. It is occupied by the Fyfe extended family group. Approximately 10 to 15 people live on the farm. Chilli Beach has a number of dwellings squatting along the secluded beaches and headlands. Approximately 10–20 people live there. Packer's Bay also has a number of open-plan and full residential style houses occupied by people opting out of mainstream society. Approximately 10 people live there. The Portland Roads community is a standard housing area with some open-plan style houses and no power, water, or sewerage facilities. It was predominantly a fishing community until the recent changes to the Fisheries Regulations. Many prawn trawlers, crab boats, and yachts use this sheltered anchorage. Approximately 10 people live here. Education Lockhart State School is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls at Puchewoo Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 97 students with 14 teachers and 1 non-teaching staff. It includes a special education programme. Amenities The Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council operates an Indigenous Knowledge Centre, which includes a library, on Poucheewee Street. Notable people Rosella Namok, artist See also Skytrans Airlines References Further reading Bora is like Church. (1982). David Thompson. Revised and Reset edition, 1985. Australian Board of Missions, Sydney, N.S.W. Thompson, D. (1995) 'Bora Belonga White Man' Missionaries and Aborigines at Lockhart River Mission, Unpublished MA thesis, University of Queensland. (Pdf available from the author) External links Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council - Official Website University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Lockhart River State of Queensland's Department of Communities webpage "Lockhart River" Accessed 1 August 2009 Towns in Queensland Populated places in Far North Queensland Aboriginal communities in Queensland Queensland in World War II Shire of Cook Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland
Bisaltes picticornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2003. References picticornis Beetles described in 2003
The 1960 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team represented Saint Louis University during the 1960 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Billikens won their second NCAA title this season. It was the third-ever season the Billikens fielded a men's varsity soccer team. Schedule |- !colspan=6 style=""| Regular season |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- !colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament |- |- |- |- References External links Results Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer seasons 1960 NCAA soccer independents season Saint Louis NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament-winning seasons NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament College Cup seasons American men's college soccer teams 1960 season
Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines consists of disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic propagated by various sources. Measures against misinformation The Department of Health of the Philippines has advised against spreading misinformation and unverified claims concerning the pandemic. The Philippine National Police has also taken action against the spread of misinformation related to the pandemic and has warned the public that misinformation purveyors could be charged for violating Presidential Decree no. 90 for "declaring local rumor, mongering and spreading false information". In the case of misinformation circulated online, violators could be charged for violating the Cybercrime Prevention Act which has a maximum penalty of imprisonment for 12 years. The Bayanihan to Heal as One Act also punishes fake news peddlers of two months jail time or fine of up to . Misinformation by subject Origin SARS-CoV-2 being a type of rabies along with advice to not eat bats. The virus is in the coronavirus family and is unrelated to rabies. Treatment and cure Boiled ginger as a cure for COVID-19. There is no concrete scientific proof for this claim. Mark Pasayan, a doctor from the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases says that while a cold weather may make one more susceptible to the COVID-19 infection, the intake of hot or cold food does not correlate with the prevention and treatment of the disease. Viral posts with various claims such as avoidance of eating ice cream and cold food, and encouraging exposure to sunlight as a means of prevention against COVID-19 purportedly from UNICEF. UNICEF Philippines has issued a statement disassociating itself from the posts peddling false and misleading information. A widely circulated graphic on social media claimed that gargling warm water with salt would "eliminate the virus." DOH Undersecretary Eric Domingo said that while the saline water has been a recognized home treatment for symptoms of a sore throat for many generations, there is no evidence suggesting its capability to kill the virus. A supposed video spread on the internet about how bananas can cure COVID-19. This information was even advocated by the presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. However, DOH Spokesperson Ma. Rosario Vergeire debunked this claim, saying that while bananas is a healthy food source, there are no conclusive evidences yet about its effectivity against coronavirus. On March 21, 2020, several netizens on Facebook shared misleading posts about the Philippine Air Force and the Philippine National Police using helicopters to spray pesticides among major cities in an effort to disinfect the virus. The Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, the Department of Health, and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) have refuted these claims. Furthermore, the Department of Health added on its official website that there is no evidence that pesticide sprays can kill the Coronavirus. A statement of President Rodrigo Duterte claiming that gasoline may be used as a disinfectant in absence of hand sanitizers has been refuted by the Integrated Chemists of the Philippines and warned the public that gasoline is harmful to the body especially if inhaled. In April 2021, videos in YouTube and Facebook purported that Ivermectin is already fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a cure for COVID-19. The drug was only granted compassionate use for such purpose in one hospital. Ivermectin in the Philippines is only authorized to be used in animals for treatment of heartworm disease while for humans the drug is only allowed "in topical formulations under prescription use only". Transmission The DOH supposedly issuing an advisory on the proliferation of fake cigarettes which is claimed to be a method of transmission of COVID-19. The government agency did not issue such advisory. Lockdowns and travel restriction In the first week of February, the government supposedly imposed a 14-day quarantine for travelers coming from 20 countries. An infographic supporting the claim was circulated purportedly from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). On February 7, the DILG denied the claim. At that time the quarantine measure is only being imposed from travelers from three territories: Mainland China, Macau, and Hong Kong. The Palace also disproved posts circulating online about the declaration of "Total Lockdown" nationwide and warned its peddlers of imminent arrest. At the time of the circulation, the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon was already in effect. Vaccination In August 2021, Thousand of people line up in vaccination sites across Metro Manila, many without prior registration, following false information that the unvaccinated would be ineligible to receive aid or be allowed to leave their homes during the enhance community quarantine in the metropolis. The DOH issued a statement that it would not allow the national vaccination program to cause superspreader events. Critics of President Rodrigo Duterte cite the president's prior rhetoric that unvaccinated would not be allowed to leave their homes. Other According to the DOH, the cremation of the body of the first confirmed COVID-19 death in the Philippines has been hampered by the proliferation of misinformation. See also COVID-19 misinformation COVID-19 misinformation by governments COVID-19 misinformation by the United States COVID-19 misinformation in Canada References Philippines COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
Meik Karwot (born 27 February 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Polish club Zagłębie Sosnowiec. Career Karwot was born in Würselen, Germany. After failing to make an appearance for German Bundesliga side Hannover 96, he signed for Fostiras in the Greek second division. However, he soon left due to financial issues and returned to Germany, where he played for fourth division clubs SVN Zweibrücken, as well as Wormatia Worms. For the second half of the 2016–17 season, Karwot joined Górnik Zabrze, helping them achieve promotion to Ekstraklasa but suffering an injury in the process. In 2018, he signed for another Polish second division team, Radomiak Radom. After leaving Radomiak at the end of the 2022–23 season, Karwot remained a free agent until 9 January 2023, when he signed with Zagłębie Sosnowiec until the end of June 2024. Honours Radomiak Radom I liga: 2020–21 II liga: 2018–19 References External links 1993 births Living people People from Würselen Footballers from Cologne (region) German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Regionalliga players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players Fostiras F.C. players SVN Zweibrücken players Wormatia Worms players Lüneburger SK Hansa players Górnik Zabrze players MKP Pogoń Siedlce players Radomiak Radom players Zagłębie Sosnowiec players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Étienne François Geoffroy (13 February 16726 January 1731) was a French physician and chemist, best known for his 1718 affinity tables. He first contemplated a career as an apothecary, but then decided to practice medicine. He is sometimes known as Geoffroy the Elder. Biography Geoffroy was born in Paris. After studying at Montpellier he accompanied Marshal Tallard on his embassy to London in 1698 and thence travelled to the Netherlands and Italy. Returning to Paris he became professor of chemistry at the Jardin du Roi and of pharmacy and medicine at the Collège Royal, and dean of the faculty of medicine. He died in Paris on 6 January 1731. His brother Claude Joseph, known as Geoffroy the younger, was also a chemist. Works His name is best known in connection with his tables of "affinities" (tables des rapports), which he presented to the French Academy of Sciences in 1718 and 1720. These were lists, prepared by collating observations on the actions of substances one upon another, showing the varying degrees of affinity exhibited by analogous bodies for different reagents, and they retained their vogue for the rest of the century, until displaced by the profounder conceptions introduced by CL Berthollet. Another of his papers dealt with the delusions of the philosopher's stone, but nevertheless he believed that iron could be artificially formed in the combustion of vegetable matter. His Tractatus de materia medico, published posthumously in 1741, was long celebrated. See also Chemical affinity Pharmacy Pharmacist The School of Pharmacy, University of London References 1672 births 1731 deaths 18th-century French chemists Academic staff of the Collège de France Members of the French Academy of Sciences Fellows of the Royal Society Scientists from Paris 18th-century French physicians 17th-century French chemists
Biedma may refer to: Places Biedma Department, a department located in the north east of Chubut Province, on the Atlantic coast of Argentina People Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma Jaime Gil de Biedma, Spanish poet Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, professional Super Smash Bros. player See also Viedma (disambiguation)
Michael Paul may refer to: Michael Paul (athlete) (born 1957), Trinidad and Tobago athlete Michael Paul (handballer) (born 1961), German handball player Mike Paul (born 1945), baseball player
Stari plac (lit. "Old ground"), also often referred to as Plinara Stadion, (or incorrectly in some foreign sources as Plinada Stadion) is a stadium in Split, Croatia used originally for association football and later mainly for rugby union. It hosted a match between Yugoslavia and Netherlands in the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament, and in April 2010 a match between Croatia national rugby union team playing against Netherlands in the 2008-10 European Nations Cup tournament. Stari plac is the home ground of Rugby Club Nada Split. The area the stadium was built on was originally a gasworks and was also used as a military training ground by the army. It was initially used as the home stadium of HNK Hajduk Split, and although it was their basic venue in the early years and it was not until 1926 that the first stand was built. In the beginning the 100 x 60 meters pitch was oriented west-to-east. After First World War it was resized to 105 x 70 meters on a north-to-south orientation. Its first wooden stands, built in 1926, burned down that same year. Three years later new stands were built with a capacity of 900 people, but these were gradually demolished during the Second World War. After the war the stadium received a major reconstruction with a new drainage system, and a wooden west stand for 1400 people. Ten years later the sandy pitch was replaced with grass one, and later on new stands were built on eastern side of the pitch. In November 2009 Hajduk fans watched a home game versus Dinamo Zagreb on a big screen in the Stari plac, rather than see the game in the Poljud, in a protest against actual club board. References External links Old ground photo and aerial photo/location at Panoramio Sports venues in Split, Croatia Football venues in Croatia Football venues in Yugoslavia HNK Hajduk Split Rugby union stadiums in Croatia
Quackdown is a South Africa-based website aimed at exposing fraudulent and untested medical treatments. It hosts the "Quackbase" database of untested medical claims and publishes articles on quackery. Quackdown is a joint project of the Treatment Action Campaign, Community Media Trust and several individuals. It was originally edited by Nathan Geffen, Marcus Low and Catherine Tomlinson, but since December 2012 Catherine Tomlinson is no longer an editor of Quackdown. In October 2012, the South African medicine company Solal Technologies filed a defamation lawsuit against Kevin Charleston due to a Quackdown article he published that denounces the company's magazine Health Intelligence for quackery and pseudoscience. As of 2022 the website appears to be inactive as the Quackbase database was last updated in 2012 and the most recent article on the website dated from 2014. In addition, their twitter account, @quackbase, has not been active since 2012. References External links Quackdown website Scientific skepticism mass media Internet properties established in 2011 Medical websites
Paul Grabow is an American slalom canoeist who competed in the 1980s. He won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1981 (C-2, C-2 team) and 1985 (C-2 team). He also has five U.S. National Championship titles in slalom C-2, C-2 Mixed, and C-2 Wildwater. He also competed for the U.S. team in C-2 Wildwater in the 1979 and 1989 World Championships. References American male canoeists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Tenalu, also known as the Walter L. Richardson House, is a historic house in Porterville, California. The house is located on a ridge above citrus groves; its exact address is restricted. Built in 1929, the ranch house was designed by Henry Mather Greene; the home was the last significant building designed by Greene. The house has a U-shaped design with a central courtyard, a layout which had been previously used by Greene. Local materials were used to build the house; the walls were constructed with adobe from the hill the house sits atop, the rock used to build the chimney and foundation also came from the hill, and the sandstone used in the terrace came from the home site. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1986. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California Houses completed in 1929 Houses in Tulare County, California National Register of Historic Places in Tulare County, California
Corps Austria is a member Corps of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband, the association of the oldest student fraternities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Corps Austria is "pflichtschlagend", which refers to the fact that it requires of its members to participate in several organized duel-like fencing engagements with members of other specific student fraternities, a ritual dating back to the 17th century and described by Mark Twain in his book "A tramp abroad". The Corps Austria is further considered "farbentragend" in that its members wear a colored sash (right shoulder to left waist) across their chests as evidence of their membership of the fraternity. Both of these tendencies are characteristic of the most traditional and often very elite all-male fraternities in countries for central Europe. Eligible applicants are students of the Goethe University Frankfurt and other colleges in Frankfurt, Germany. Members of Corps Austria are colloquially referred to as "Austrianer", or simply "Austern". Corps Austria was founded in 1861 at the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague and moved to the newly established Goethe University Frankfurt in 1919. The German student corps were traditionally recruited from the nobility and social elite, and are traditionally viewed as more elitist than other German student fraternities such as the Catholic Cartellverband and the Burschenschaften. They consider tolerance and individuality to be key tenets and are rooted in German idealism. Their general political outlook is conservative, but more cosmopolitan and less right-wing than the Burschenschaften. Couleur The "colours" of Corps Austria are black, white and yellow, in that exact order. Black and yellow were the colours of the flag of the Habsburg Monarchy until 1867. In addition to the aforementioned coloured sash, headgear is also worn and is deemed an obligatory part of the "Couleur" or "uniform" of Corps members. Depending on the time of year, one of two styles of headgear may be chosen by "Aktive" or active members. In the winter academic semester, a black cap, sporting thin bands of black, white and yellow must be worn. In the summer semester, a white silk "Stürmer" or Kepi with black, white and yellow piping may be worn. According to the constitution of Corps Austria, the "Stürmer" may only be worn if a meeting of the internal council or "Corps Convent", elects to wear the "Stürmer" for that summer semester. Furthermore, a "Kneipjacke" or mess jacket may be worn on specific occasions. This jacket is black in colour and features silver and black braiding. "Füchse", initiate applicants to the Corps are allowed to wear a two-coloured sash of black and yellow. This is in contrast to the three-coloured sash of fully-fledged members or corps brothers (CB's). Lastly, as with all such student fraternities, Corps Austria employs its own Motto, "Durch Eintracht Stark!" or "Strength Through Unity!" History Out of fear of the liberal and enlightened ideals of the French Revolution, the Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire in Regensburg in 1793 proscribed all student associations. However this ban would be strictly enforced only in the territory of the Habsburg Empire and then in large part thanks to the zeal of the suppressive Metternich régime. Even correspondence with foreign universities would be forbidden to students. After a brief period of respite in the aftermath of the so-called "March Revolution" of 1848, student associations were once more forbidden in 1849. It was not until 1859, that the situation had sufficiently mellowed to allow the establishment of such student bodies of the same model as were to be found in other German-speaking states. The cause of this change can be attributed both to the overwhelming defeat of the Habsburg Empire in the Battle of Solferino and the resultant dire state of the Empire's finances. In order to carry out much needed reforms to address these issues, Emperor Franz Joseph I required the support of the middle-classes, who tended to embrace liberal ideals. Whilst the question of national identity did not arise concerning students in other German-speaking territories, the question of students' national identity did however arise in the context of the multi-national Habsburg Empire. The Czechs, for example, regarded the particular form of German student association as was introduced to Prague to be "typically German", whilst the Austrians increasingly believed their student associations to be almost an extension of their national identity. Consequently, such student bodies with their colourful nationalist paraphernalia frequently drew the wrath of the native population upon themselves. Origins of Corps Austria Corps Austria was founded on 23 February 1861 by students of the Karl-Ferdinand University in Prague. On 28 June 1881, an event occurred that would lead to the eventual displacement of the Corps from its birthplace. In the so-called "Battle of Kuchelbad", a popular destination on the outskirts of Prague, Czech students violently overwhelmed and routed the participants of the annual celebrations (Ger. "Stiftungsfest") commemorating the founding of the Corps. With this fracas, an unfortunate precedent had been set. Although it was never officially recognised as such, the Battle of Kuchelbad had in fact opened the door on an animosity between the various nationalities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Badeni Language Act of 5 April 1897 attempted to lessen the growing divide between the native Czechs and their German-speaking overlords by giving equal importance to the German and Czech languages in the context of rulings in courts of law in Bohemia and Moravia. A storm of protests by German-speakers engulfed cities across the Empire such that the act was entirely repealed by 1899. A chain of events that would lead to the collapse of the Empire in the First World War had now gained an unstoppable momentum. After World War I, a reconstitution of the Corps in Prague was deemed inadvisable not least because the colours of the Corps reflected the colours of the old Habsburg Monarchy. Instead the Corps quit Prague indefinitely and moved home, once in 1919 to Innsbruck in Austria, as guests of Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck and then in the same year to the newly founded Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, where it has been ever since. In 1935, the National Socialist government passed a law requiring all student bodies to expel members, whom it deemed to be "non-aryan". Corps Austria refused to comply and accordingly was forced to close its doors in 1936. In 1939, the Corp's association of Old Boys (Alte Herren Verein) was forcibly disbanded by the Gestapo largely because it refused to co-operate with the association of the National Socialist German Students' League (NS-Studentenbund). After World War II, in which 19 members of the Corps lost their lives, Corps Austria was reconstituted in Frankfurt in 1949. General Corp Austria has been a member of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV) since 1919. On the basis of its principles and values (e.g. personal etiquette and decorum), Corps Austria is deemed to belong to the "Blue Circle", an unofficial circle within the KSCV Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband of Corps with similar values, on which basis alliances and friendships are formed „Blauer Kreis“. Famous members Vincenz Czerny (1842–1916), surgeon Robert Gersuny (1844–1924), surgeon Jürgen Herrlein (born 1962), lawyer Ott-Heinrich Keller (1906–1990), mathematician Josef Neuwirth, art historian Alfred Pribram (1841–1912), internist Richard Pribram, Austrian chemist August Leopold von Reuss (1841–1924), ophthalmologist Karl Hans Strobl (1877–1946), novelist Eberhard Zahn (1910–2010) Anton Tausche, Bohemian teacher Literature Jürgen Herrlein, Corps Austria – Corpsgeschichte 1861-2001 (History of Corps Austria 1861–2001), Frankfurt am Main 2003 Jürgen Herrlein, Corps Austria - Corpsliste 1861-2001 (List of members 1861–2001), Frankfurt am Main 2001 Egon Erwin Kisch, Alt-Prager Mensurlokale, in Aus Prager Gassen und Nächten (collected works, volume 2), Aufbau Verlag, Berlin, 5. edition 1992, , S. 172-176 Egon Erwin Kisch, Die Kuchelbader Schlacht, in Prager Pitaval - Späte Reportagen (collected works, volume 3), Aufbau Verlag, Berlin, 5. edition 1992, , S. 267-271 External links Literature about Corps Austria in the catalogues of the German National Library Corps Austria (in German) Austria 1861 establishments in Germany Student organizations established in 1861 Organisations based in Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt alumni
Willi Soukop (5 January 1907 – 8 February 1995) was a sculptor, member of the Royal Academy and early teacher of Elisabeth Frink. Soukop's work is prominently on display at Hull University in front of the Brynmor Jones Library. Two external Willi Soukop bas-relief sculptures, one of an owl and the other of a human figure signifying the light of knowledge, are located over the main entrance in the older part. References Sources Buckman, D., 1998 Nairne, S. and Serota, N. (eds), 1981 Spalding, F., 1990 Strachan, W.J., 1984 Obituary, The Times, 9 February 1995 1907 births 1995 deaths English sculptors English male sculptors Austrian sculptors Austrian male sculptors Austrian emigrants to the United Kingdom Royal Academicians Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni 20th-century British sculptors
Paula Schwartz (1925-2003) was an American playwright and novelist. Schwartz was the author of 36 Regency romance novels under the pen name Elizabeth Mansfield and of mainstream fiction under the name Paula Reibel, Paula Jonas, and Paula Reid. Schwartz was born in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City. She graduated from Hunter College and earned her M.A. in English from the City University of New York. Schwartz taught drama and English and drama in New York and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1965 where she taught English at Dunbarton College of Holy Cross, Washington, D.C., a women's college. She began to write novels when the college closed in 1973. She lived in Annandale, Virginia. Schwartz's musical, An Accident At Lyme, an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Persuasion, was staged in Baltimore in 1986 by Theatre Hopkins. Books As Paula Reibel A Morning Moon; a Jewish family saga spanning the years from 1895 to 1933. (1984, Morrow, ) As Elizabeth Mansfield As Paula Reid Rachel's Passage; An historical novel set in America at the turn of the 19th century, exploring marital abandonment, marriage, and "criminal conversation" (1998 ) As Paula Jonas To Spite the Devil; An historical novel set in Revolutionary America, in what is now currently one of the boroughs of New York City. (1994 ). This novel is based on the musical The Tory Spinster, by Paula Schwartz and Neil Moyer (1975). Plays and musicals Musicals Schwartz collaborated with composers Neil Moyer and Howard Levetsky on several musical projects. The Tory Spinster, (with Neil Moyer) a musical set in Revolutionary America, won the Delaware Bicentennial Playwriting Contest, sponsored by the Delaware Theatre Association, and was performed in April and May 1975. An Accident At Lyme, (with Neil Moyer), a musical adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion Plays Parcel Pickup, a one-act play published in Dramatics Magazine, 1973 References External links Elizabeth Mansfield (Wayback machine) Elizabeth Mansfield 20th-century American novelists Novelists from New York (state) 2003 deaths American romantic fiction writers American historical novelists Women romantic fiction writers American women novelists 20th-century American women writers Women historical novelists 1925 births 21st-century American women
Bright Amoateng is an English professional footballer who plays for Ghanaian team Nkoranza Warriors SC. Career Amoateng began his career as an academy player for Liverpool. By 2019 he had moved to Bury's academy. Due to Bury's expulsion from the Football League on 27 August, he was one of 140 youth players that were released. He played for Bolton's U23 during March 2020 and was signed as a first year scholar on 4 September after a successful trial with the first team during pre-season for the 2020–21 season. He made his competitive debut on 12 September, coming on as a late substitute for Reiss Greenidge in a 0–1 home defeat against Forest Green Rovers in Bolton's first EFL League Two match of the 2020–21 season. He was released in January 2022. By February 2023 he was playing for Ghanaian team Nkoranza Warriors SC in the Division One League, Ghana. Career statistics References External links Men's association football forwards Black British sportsmen English Football League players English men's footballers Liverpool F.C. players Bury F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Living people 2002 births Place of birth missing (living people)
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats 28 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Final The results of the final are below. References Individual medley 200 metre, men's World Aquatics Championships
Fang Recordings (previously New Scotland Records) is a record label founded by Canadian Folk Artist Joel Plaskett in 2008 based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Plaskett claims that he "started New Scotland Records to release songs recorded with friends from my musical community in Nova Scotia and abroad". They have released multiple albums on vinyl and CD and digitally for free on their Bandcamp page Studio In addition the record label, Joel opened New Scotland Yard Studio in 2013. It features a 950 square foot room and is equipped to record artists in both digital and analog formats. Speaking on the analog format, Plaskett said "I am useless with a computer. I don't even want to touch them, But I know how to align the tape machines" Artists who have recorded at the studio include Gloryhound, The Meds, Old Man Luedecke, Mo Kenney and Roxie & The Underground Soul Sound. Artists Artists who have released albums and singles on the label include: Joel Plaskett Mo Kenney Big Sugar Al Tuck Peter Elkas Thrush Hermit Steve Poltz Dave Marsh Matthew Grimson References Canadian independent record labels External links Official website
The canton of Gray is an administrative division of the Haute-Saône department, northeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Gray. It consists of the following communes: Ancier Angirey Apremont Arc-lès-Gray Battrans Champtonnay Champvans Cresancey Esmoulins Essertenne-et-Cecey Germigney Gray Gray-la-Ville Igny Mantoche Nantilly Noiron Onay Saint-Broing Saint-Loup-Nantouard Sauvigney-lès-Gray Le Tremblois Velesmes-Échevanne Velet References Cantons of Haute-Saône
Acalypha virginica, commonly called Virginia threeseed mercury or Virginia copperleaf, is a plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). It is native to the eastern United States. It is found in a variety of natural habitats, particularly in open woodlands and along riverbanks. It is a somewhat weedy species that responds positively to ecological disturbance, and can be found in degraded habitats such as agricultural fields. Acalypha virginica is an erect herbaceous annual growing to tall. It is monoecious, and produces small greenish axillary flowers with no petals. It blooms in summer through fall. It bears a similarity to Acalypha gracilens which occupies much of its geographic range. Acalypha virginica can be distinguished by its pistillate bracts which are hirsute and lack glands (vs. Acalypha gracilens, which has pistillate bracts that are sparsely pubescent and red-glandular). For conservation, Acalypha virginica is considered to be globally secure. It is a common species throughout much of its range, and is found in a wide variety of habitats. However, it becomes uncommon at the edges of its range, and is listed as a special concern species in Connecticut. In Maine, the only documented occurrence of this species was collected from Parsonsfield in 1902, and it is currently thought to be extirpated from the state. References virginica Flora of the Eastern United States Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Maria Catherine Callahan (born June 22, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. In the 1990s Callahan was lead vocalist, guitarist and co-songwriter for the critically acclaimed power pop Portland, Oregon band, Doris Daze. Doris Daze released two albums, Uncle (1994) and Perpetual Happiness Machine (1997) before disbanding in 1999. A multi-instrumentalist who is admittedly "A little too fond of the recording process", Callahan has had several cameo appearances on local musicians' albums throughout the years. Callahan released her country album, Dry (2011) following a ten-year hiatus from music. Her most recent single, "Break My Heart Again" was released in 2013. In 2012, Maria co-founded Molly Miller Band with drummer Charles Nelson, but disbanded it in 2013. Maria also performs with the all-female Merle Haggard Tribute Band, Gerle Haggard Band that she founded in April 2013. Doris Daze (1994–1999) In 1993, Callahan joined with musicians Erin Moreland, Scott Crabtree and Eric Merrill to create Doris Daze, a Portland-based band that garnered much critical success and a devoted fan base. The band's not-to-be-pigeonholed sound was referred by critics to everything from "poppy folk-rock" to "eclectic beyond belief," for their wide range of instrumentation and disregard for genre. Critic Scott D. Lewis commented that "the congenial quartet combines influences ranging from classic rock, upbeat country, progressive folk, hallucinatory psychedelia and standard pop to form music that, through proficient and consistently compelling, resists easy branding." Callahan is frequently cited as one of the group's strength's for both her voice and songwriting ability. Lewis further noted in his review for Perpetual Happiness Machine that "Doris Daze singer/guitarist Maria Callahan, who is also the band's chief songwriter, displays a durable aptitude for creating memorable, if quirky songs and the ability to color them with unusual guitar formations; singing them with a rich, evocative voice." The Oregonian stated that "Singer/songwriter Maria Callahan's strong voice makes Doris Daze one of Portland's best modern folk-rock bands." Doris Daze played to increasingly packed houses as well as doing tour stints in Oregon penitentiaries and appeared more than once on the stages of NXNW music festival. Though the band continued to get regular play on both FM and college radio and had begun receiving interest by the record industry, the group decided to call it quits in 1999 following the release of "Perpetual Happiness Machine." Dry (2011) After 10 years away from the studio, Callahan began working on a series of country songs in the winter of 2009. Teaming up once again with producer Danny O'Hanlon (Perpetual Happiness Machine) Dry is the first solo effort by Callahan. In addition to writing ten of the record's eleven songs, she provided the majority of the instrumentation and all of the vocals. The song Don't You Let Me Down was collaboratively written with Portland-area songwriters Rob Barteletti and Nick Peets. Dry was released in September 2011. In an October 2011 review, music critic S.P. Clarke commented that, "Maria is a skilled musician...with Dry she stakes her claim on a barren stylistic landscape earning a hard-carved harvest." A music video for the album's closing song, He's Your Problem Now, directed by Mette Bach of Vancouver, BC, can be found on YouTube. References External links Nothing In It For Me, Music Video, "YouTube" 1965 births Living people American women singer-songwriters Singers from Portland, Oregon Singer-songwriters from Oregon 21st-century American women
The men's 400 metres at the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships was held at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Sportpark in Berlin from 20 to 26 August. Medalists See also List of IPC world records in athletics References 400 metres 2018 in men's athletics 400 metres at the World Para Athletics European Championships
Samuel Rousseau (born 1971) is a French visual artist. In 2011 he was nominee for the Marcel Duchamp Prize. In 2016, he received the Académie d'architecture medal. Public collections Fonds régional d'art contemporain, Alsace Grenoble Museum, France Artothèque art lending library, Bibliothèque municipale de Grenoble, France MONA, Museum of Old and New Art - Australia Seoul Museum of Contemporary Art - Korea References External links Official website Living people 1971 births Artists from Marseille 20th-century French artists 21st-century French artists French contemporary artists
Vac (, ) is a Vedic goddess who is a personified form of divine speech. She enters into the inspired poets and visionaries, gives expression and energy to those she loves; she is called the "mother of the Vedas" and consort of Prajapati, the Vedic embodiment of mind. She is also associated with Indra in Aitareya Aranyaka. Elsewhere, such as in the Padma Purana, she is stated to be the wife of Vision (Kashyapa), the mother of Emotions, and the friend of Musicians (Gandharva). She is identified with goddess Sarasvati in later Vedic literature and post-Vedic texts of Hindu traditions. Sarasvati has remained a significant and revered deity in Hinduism. Thomas McEvilley gives goddess Vac and the area of her divine purview treatment in 'Appendix E: Philosophy and Grammar' to his magnum opus The Shape of Ancient Thought. See also Hindu deities Rigvedic deities Śabda References Further reading Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend () by Anna Dhallapiccola Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions () by David Kinsley Nicholas Kazanas, Vedic Vāc and Greek logos as creative power: a critical study (2009) Rigvedic deities Hindu goddesses Language and mysticism
The Maidroid (; lit. "The Kind Maid") is a 2015 South Korean comedy and pink film. In 2015, this film premiered in Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in Japan. It is a Korean-style pink comedy film with science fiction gimmicks. It is a story about a man fallen into his dream and his desire, love, and setbacks. References External links The Maidroid at IMDb 2015 films 2010s Korean-language films South Korean comedy films 2010s South Korean films
Fidèle Agbatchi (born 23 October 1950) is a retired Beninese Roman Catholic archbishop. He was ordained as a priest on 7 January 1978 and on 10 June 2000 was appointed Archbishop of Parakou, and was ordained on 14 April 2004 beginning his term. He served the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Parakou from his seat in St. Paul Cathedral in Parakou. On 4 November 2010, his resignation as Archbishop of Parakou was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI in accordance with Canon 401, Paragraph 2, of the Code of Canon Law. External links Catholic Hierarchy page Beninese Roman Catholic archbishops 1950 births Living people Roman Catholic archbishops of Parakou
Rodney Chad Smith (born June 8, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Colorado Rockies. Career Smith graduated from McAdory High School in McCalla, Alabama. He enrolled at Wallace State Community College, where he played college baseball for two years. The Cleveland Indians selected him in the 23rd round of the 2015 MLB draft. He did not sign with Cleveland, and transferred to the University of Mississippi, where he played college baseball for the Ole Miss Rebels. Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins selected Smith in the 11th round, 323rd overall, of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, and signed with the Marlins. He spent his first professional season with the rookie-level Gulf Coast Marlins and Low-A Batavia Muckdogs. Smith spent the 2017 season with the Single-A Greensboro Grasshoppers, logging a 3-2 record and 2.93 ERA with 52 strikeouts and 7 saves in 34 appearances. In 2018, he pitched in 30 games for the High-A Jupiter Hammerheads, registering a 5-3 record and 3.57 ERA with 45 strikeouts in 35.1 innings of work. He additionally led the organization in saves (tied with Jumbo Díaz, with 12. Smith split the 2019 season between Jupiter and the Double-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, pitching to a cumulative 3-2 record and 4.54 ERA with 46 strikeouts and 6 saves in 41.2 innings of work across 34 games. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Colorado Rockies On August 13, 2020, the Marlins traded Smith to the Colorado Rockies for Jesús Tinoco. Smith spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, posting a 2.97 ERA with 37 strikeouts in 33.1 innings pitched. He was assigned to Albuquerque to begin the 2022 season. On May 28, 2022, Smith was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He made his major league debut on May 29. He made 15 appearances for Colorado in his rookie campaign, logging a 7.50 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 18.0 innings pitched. Oakland Athletics On December 6, 2022, the Rockies traded Smith to the Oakland Athletics for minor-league pitcher Jeff Criswell. Smith was optioned to the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators to begin the 2023 season. The Athletics promoted him to the major leagues and he earned his first major league win on April 12. In 9 games for Oakland, Smith recorded a 6.75 ERA with 9 strikeouts in 12.0 innings of work. On July 4, he was designated for assignment after Manny Piña was activated from the injured list. He cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple–A Las Vegas on July 6. On July 22, Smith was selected back to the major league roster. Personal life His grandfather, Norm Zauchin, played in MLB in the 1950s. References External links 1995 births Living people Albuquerque Isotopes players Baseball players from Alabama Batavia Muckdogs players Colorado Rockies players Greensboro Grasshoppers players Gulf Coast Marlins players Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp players Jupiter Hammerheads players Las Vegas Aviators players Major League Baseball pitchers Oakland Athletics players Ole Miss Rebels baseball players People from McCalla, Alabama Salt River Rafters players Wallace State Lions baseball players
The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is one of the three colleges of the University of Edinburgh. Structure The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is composed of two schools, with subgroups and research institutes included under them: Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Edinburgh Medical School Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences Biomedical Teaching Organisation Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems Centre for Integrative Physiology Centre for Neuroregeneration Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine Edinburgh Medical School: Clinical Sciences BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences MRC Centre for Inflammation Research Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine Centre for Reproductive Health Edinburgh Postgraduate Dental Institute Division of Health Sciences Edinburgh Medical School: Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit Division of Pathology External links College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Prays stratella is a moth in the family Plutellidae. References External links Prays stratella at www.catalogueoflife.org. Yponomeutidae Moths described in 1877
Sclerophrys fuliginata is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. The specific name fuliginata is Latin for "sooty", in reference to the species' appearance of a more or less diffusely uniform exterior color and pattern. It is also known as the Shaba Province toad or sooty toad. It is found in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southeastern Tanzania, and northern Zambia. Description Adult females can reach in snout–vent length. Males reach sexual maturity at about in snout–vent length. The tympanum is discernible, but the tympanic annulus tends to be covered by spinose warts. The parotoid glands are prominent and covered by dark-tipped spines, except in males in full breeding condition. The toes are almost fully webbed. Skin, especially the limbs, are particularly spinose, but less so in breeding males. Coloration is an almost uniform hue, without a pronounced patterning. Habitat and conservation Sclerophrys fuliginata occurs in montane forests and gallery forests and on forest edges at elevations above . Breeding biology is not known but probably involves aquatic tadpoles. This species is known from isolated records over a wide area. Specific threats to it are unknown, but it is likely to be affected by forest loss caused by agriculture, livestock grazing, human settlements, and fire. It is present in the Upemba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and probably in other protected areas. References fuliginata Frogs of Africa Amphibians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Amphibians of Tanzania Amphibians of Zambia Taxa named by Gaston-François de Witte Amphibians described in 1932 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 (VRC-30) was an aviation unit of the United States Navy tasked with carrier onboard delivery. The squadron was nicknamed "Providers" and was based at Naval Air Station North Island, California (USA). In contrast to most other U.S. Navy squadrons, VRC-30 consisted of five separately named detachments, which were assigned to different carrier air wings. History VRC-30 was originally established as Air Transport Squadron 5 (VR-5) on 24 June 1943 at Naval Air Station Seattle. The squadron was operated the Douglas R4D Skytrain, Douglas R5D Skymaster, Beechcraft SNB Expeditor , and the Noorduyn JA-1 Norseman in regular service to Seattle, Washington, Oakland, California, San Francisco, the Aleutian Islands, Fairbanks, Alaska , and Point Barrow, Alaska. In 1948, the Naval Air Transportation Service and Air Transport Command of the United States Air Force merged and became the Military Air Transport Service (MATS). VR-5 was placed under the command of the newly formed MATS and assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. 1950s In 1950, VR-5 moved its base of operations from NAS Seattle to Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California. Detachments were established in Seattle and at Naval Air Station North Island, California. VR-5 was decommissioned on 15 July 1957 and became VR-21, with detachments at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan and NAS North Island. VR-21 was the first squadron to fly dedicated carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft, the Grumman TBM-3R Avenger. On 26 June 1958, the VR-21 NAS North Island Detachment was equiped with the Grumman C-1A Trader. The detachment relocated to NAS Alameda in 1960. The squadron also operated the Douglas C-118B Liftmaster from Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, into the early 1970s. 1960s and 1970s On 1 October 1966 VR-21 was decommissioned. The Atsugi detachment was redesignated VRC-50, and the Alameda Detachment was redesignated VR-30, equipped with Convair C-131 Samaritan and C-1A Trader aircraft. On 9 November 1966, VR-30 made their first landing in the C-1A aboard the aircraft carrier . The squadron was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for exemplary service from 1 January to 30 November 1967. From 1968 to 1973, VR-30 COD detachments also operated aboard various carriers in support of recovery operations for Apollo 10, 11, 12, and 16. In 1969, squadron C-1As and crews operated from Danang, Vietnam, in support of the U.S. Navy's Task Force 77, the carrier strike force operating in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. In 1971, VR-30 received its first jet aircaft with two North American CT-39 Saberliner for executive airlift. In May 1973 the squadron received the first of four McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II. On 12 March 1974 the U.S. Navy's first female aviator, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Barbara A. Allen reported for duty. After relocating to NAS North Island, VR-30 was decommissioned on 1 October 1978 and VRC-30 was concurrently commissioned. 1980s In February 1980, VRC-30 was also tasked with training aviators on the Beechcraft C-12 Huron. IN late 1985, VRC-30 retired the 6 C-1A Trader and transitioned to the Grumman C-2A Greyhound by accepting deliveries of five C-2A Greyhounds. These were later replaced by newer C-2A(R). 1990s In 1994 VRC-30 became the took sole United States Pacific Fleet COD squadron as VRC-50 was decommissioned and its personnel and aircraft were transferred to VRC-30. VRC-30 Detachment 5 was established in August 1994 at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan as part of Carrier Air Wing Five. Four other detachments were formed at NAS North Island, supported by a shore component. In 1997 VRC-30 Detachment 1 earned the Golden Hook Award for the best landing grades in the air wing aboard . Detachment 2 supported U.S. Navy carrier operations aboard during Operation Desert Fox and Operation Southern Watch. In the calendar year 1998, VRC-30 made 1356 carrier landings, transported 14,360 passengers, 1,877,973 lbs (938.986,5 kg) of cargo, and had a sortie completion rate of 99.9%. In December 1999, the squadron has achieved 24 years and over 149,600 hours of accident-free flight. VRC-30 was awarded the Chief of Naval Operations Safety Award six times between 1979 and 1992 and the Meritorious Unit Commendation for exemplary service from October 1993 to September 1994. In 1996 and 1998, VRC-30 received the Battle Efficiency Award. 2000s The squadron supported Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and also earned the Battle Efficiency Award in 2002 and 2003. In 2004 VRC-30 ended the C-12 operations. The years to follow saw several major developments and upgrades in the C-2A, beginning with the critical Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) in 2006. The SLEP increased the airframe lifespan from 10,000 flight hours or 15,000 carrier landings to 15,000 flight hours or 36,000 carrier landings. The program allowed the aircraft to operate until 2027. The SLEP was followed by an aircraft rewire in 2008, and the "LOT 4" upgrade in August 2010. The LOT 4 upgrade, completed in September 2012, provided pilots with a new glass cockpit and the eight-bladed NP2000 propeller system, which increased performance, reduced airframe vibration, and improved maintainability. During this period, VRC-30 earned five more Battle Efficiency awards in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012. On 22 November 2017 a VRC-30 Detachment 5 C-2A carrying 11 passengers and crew crashed into the Philippine Sea 90.1 miles (145 km) Northwest of Okinotorishima while flying from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to . 8 people were recovered but 3 were not found. It was the first loss of a C-2 since 2005, and the first fatal accident of VRC-30 since 1973. The aircraft was located at a depth of 18,500ft (5,640 meters) in the last week of December 2017, when a salvage ship used a pinger receiver to locate the aircraft's emergency signal. VRC-30 was loosely associated with the North Island Association of Active Duty Fixed Wing Carrier Transport Pilots, a fraternal organization of C-2A pilots in San Diego. The NIAADFWCTP was famous throughout the Southern California area, particularly for their enthusiastic participation in the Coronado Fourth of July Parade in 2018 and 2019. Tasked with recruiting midshipmen and officer candidates to pursue careers in naval aviation, the NIAADFWCTP saved countless lives, careers and marriages by convincing people to Fly Fast and Turn Left instead of going subs or SWO. With the retirement of the C-2A Greyhound, VRC-30 Det.5 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, will be assigned to VRC-40 on 30 September 2023. The final flight of a C-2A Greyhound of VRC-30 took place on 20 September 2023 and the squadron will be deactivated on 8 December 2023. Detachments See also History of the United States Navy List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons References External links VRC-30 Official Website Fleet logistics support squadrons of the United States Navy
Ric Steel (born 2 December 1952) is a Tennessee-based singer, guitarist, author, and patent holding inventor. Early life Born to traveling musicians, Ric hails from Jackson, Mississippi. At age 10, he began singing professionally as the lead in an operatic performance by Gian Carlo Menotti called "Amahl and the Night Visitors." At 11 years of age he moved with his family to New York, and performed at the New York World's Fair for two years. After that, he went to Belmont College, and it was there in Nashville where he got to perform his music, write for The Oak Ridge Boys, and perform with some of the greatest Nashville stars. Those artists associated with Ric are listed in his biographical information. His most recent major cut as a writer was by Lee Greenwood on the “Wounded Heart” album. The song was called “Who’s that knocking on my heart?“ and “God Bless The USA” was featured on the same disc. Over his lifetime, Ric has spent 40 years as an accredited, Bmi writer and award winner. Some of his awards include a gold medal from the country of Germany as the best country singer, and an honorable mention in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. His song, “Love, Work & Money” was also nominated for a Grammy to the New York, Grammy committee but never made it to the Grammy awards televised show as it did not have enough votes country wide to attain that honor. According to Nashville publishers, Ric is still writing every day and touring the world nine months a year as a featured artist. Ric has also written a book called How Diabetes Saved My Life and it is available on Amazon. Musical career Steel has had two Billboard charted singles, including "The Radio Song" at #57 and "Whose Baby Are You" at #59. References 1952 births American country guitarists American male guitarists American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters Living people Singer-songwriters from Mississippi Singers from Nashville, Tennessee Musicians from Jackson, Mississippi Luther Rice University alumni Singer-songwriters from Tennessee Guitarists from Mississippi Guitarists from Tennessee 20th-century American guitarists Country musicians from Tennessee Country musicians from Mississippi 20th-century American male musicians
Gaius Aelius Gallus was a Roman prefect of Egypt from 26 to 24 BC. He is primarily known for a disastrous expedition he undertook to Arabia Felix (modern day Yemen) under orders of Augustus. Life Aelius Gallus was the 2nd praefect of Roman Egypt (Aegyptus) in the reign of Augustus during the years 26–24 BC. He replaced Cornelius Gallus, with whom he has often been confused. Aelius Gallus was also known to be an intimate friend of the Greek geographer Strabo and has been identified with the Aelius Gallus frequently quoted by Galen, whose remedies are stated to have been used with success in his Arabian expedition. The expedition to Arabia Felix, of which an account is given by his friend Strabo, as well as by Cassius Dio and Pliny the Elder turned out to be a complete failure. In this expedition, Strabo mentioned Ilasaros as the controller of Hadhramaut at that time. Gallus undertook the expedition from Egypt by the command of Augustus, partly with a view to explore the country and its inhabitants, and partly to conclude treaties of friendship with the people, or to subdue them if they should oppose the Romans, for it was believed at the time that Arabia was full of all kinds of treasures. When Aelius Gallus set out with his army, he trusted to the guidance of a Nabataean called Syllaeus, who deceived and misled him. A long account of this expedition through the desert is given by Strabo—who derived most of his information about Arabia from his friend Aelius Gallus. Aelius Gallus initially set sail with 10,000 infantry consisting of Romans and Roman allies, among whom were five-hundred Jews and one thousand Nabataeans. They crossed the Red Sea, and after fourteen days landed at Leucê Comê, in the land of the Nabataeans. Thence, they proceeded by foot and by camel to the land of Aretas. Thence, they passed through a wasteland called Ararenê, occupied by a nomadic people, and thence proceeded another fifty days until reaching Najran. From there they marched another six days where they arrived at a certain river where they joined battle with the local inhabitants, having slain 10,000 of them. Afterwards, they took the city called Asca, which had been forsaken by its king; and thence the Roman army proceeded to a city called Athrula; and, having mastered it without a struggle, Aelius Gallus placed a garrison in it, arranged for supplies of grain and dates for his march and advanced to a city called Marsiaba. The burning heat of the sun, the bad water, and the want of every thing necessary to support life, produced a disease among the soldiers that was altogether unknown to the Romans, and destroyed the greater part of the army; so that the Arabs were not only not subdued, but succeeded in driving the Romans even from those parts of the country which they had previously possessed. At this time, Aelius Gallus and his army had spent six months on their military campaign in Arabia, on account of his treacherous guide, while he effected his retreat in sixty days, obliged to return to Alexandria, having lost the greater part of his force. The campaign is the subject of a 1951 novel, The Eagle and the Sun by Lord Belhaven, who had done military and civilian service in the region. Aelius Gallus was recalled by Augustus for failure to pacify the Kushites and was succeeded as praefect by Gaius Petronius, a military commander and close friend of Augustus. References Citations Bibliography (fr) J. Pirenne, "L'expédition d'Aelius Gallus en Arabie heureuse", in Le royaume sud-arabe de Qatabān et sa datation, London, 1961. (ge) H. von Wissmann, "Die Geschichte des Sabäerreichs und des Feldzug des Aelius Gallus", Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, t. 9.1, Berlin-New York City, 1976, pp. 308-544. (fr) A. G. Loudine, "H von Wissmann, Die Geschichte des Sabäerreichs und des Feldzug des Aelius Gallus", (book review) in Bibliotheca orientalis, 37 (1980), pp. 363-365. (ge) M.-Th. Raepsaet-Charlier, Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. II. Principat. 9, 2 (book review), l'Antiquité Classique, 49 (1980), p. 521-522. W. L. Westermann, "Aelius Gallus and the Reorganization of the irrigation system of Egypt under Augustus", Classical Philology, 12 (1917), pp. 237. S. Jameson, "Chronology of the campaigns of Aelius Gallus and Gaius Petronius", Journal of Roman Studies, 58 (1968), pp. 71-84. S. E. Sidebotham, "Aelius Gallus and Arabia", Latomus, 45 (1986), pp. 590-602. (ge) K. Buschmann, "Motiv und Ziel des Aelius-Gallus-Zuges", Die Welt Des Orients, 22 (1991), pp. 85-93. (ge) C. Marek, "Die Expedition des Aelius Gallus nach Arabien im Jahre 25 v.Chr.", Chiron, 23 (1993), pp. 121-156. P. Mayerson, "Aelius Gallus at Cleopatris (Suez) and on the Red Sea", Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 36 (1995), pp. 17-24. R. Simon, "Aelius Gallus’ Campaign and the Arab Trade in the Augustan Age", Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 55 (2002), pp. 309–318. (ge) Heinrich Krueger, Der Feldzug des Aelius Gallus nach dem glucklichen Arabien unter Kaiser Augustus, 1862 Roman governors of Egypt 1st-century BC Roman governors of Egypt 1st-century BC Romans Gallus, Gaius Ancient history of Yemen
IP over DVB implies that Internet Protocol datagrams are distributed using some digital television system, for example DVB-H, DVB-SH, DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C or their successors like DVB-T2, DVB-S2, and DVB-C2. This may take the form of IP over MPEG, where the datagrams are transferred over the MPEG transport stream, or the datagrams may be carried in the DVB baseband frames directly, as in GSE. Application examples Data broadcast (datacast), for example a data carousel sending programme information and media over and over again. IP multicast, for sending media efficiently to a limited group of subscribing users, using only the transmitter towers where users for the moment are situated. interactive TV services To provide internet access by utilizing the DVB system as a broadband downlink, in combination with some narrow-band duplex system. Examples: Satellite Internet access, e.g. to buildings in the countryside, using a telephone modem as the back-channel Broadband Internet access to trains Mobile broadband internet access to cellular phones including a mobile TV receiver, for example a DVB-H receiver. Return channels All services except the first requires some kind of return channel. DVB-RCT (DVB Return Channel Terrestrial) DVB-RCS (DVB Return Channel via Satellite) Dial-up modems ADSL VDSL Cable modems 2.5G 2.75G (also called E) 2.875G (also called E+) 3G 3G+ (also called H) HSPA+ (also called H+) 4G 4G+ 5G Protocols for IP over DVB base band frames Generic Stream Encapsulation (GSE), ETSI TS 102 606: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Generic Stream Encapsulation (GSE) Protocol", European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) Protocols for IP over MPEG transport stream MPEG Multiprotocol encapsulation (MPE), or ETSI-DAT. EN 301 192, "Specifications for Data Broadcasting", European Telecommunications Standards Institute(ETSI), 2004. MPEG Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) (RFC 4326) Unidirectional link (UDE) DVB-H IP datacasting IPDC DVB-IPTV DVB-IPTV is an open DVB standard that enables Audio/Video services to be delivered to and through the home via Internet Protocol networking. DVB-IPTV was formerly known as DVB-IPI. See also DVB-MHP (Multimedia Home Platform) External links DVB Specifications (Standards & BlueBooks) Interactive television Digital Video Broadcasting
The name Liza has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storm Liza (1961) – minimal storm that did not affect land Hurricane Liza (1968) – Category 1 hurricane, caused large waves which impacted beaches throughout southern California Tropical Storm Liza (1972) – late-season tropical storm that did not affect land Hurricane Liza (1976) – Category 4 hurricane that killed more than 1,000 people in northern Mexico Pacific hurricane set index articles
Carlo Vallarino Gancia is an Italo-Brazilian businessman. Biography Early life The Gancia family is famous as the owners of an Italian wine-producing company (Carlo is named after the founder of the dynasty in 1850, called Carlo Gancia). Carlo is the eldest of the 5th generation of Gancias. Carlo Vallarino was born in Canelli, Asti. Italy. His father, Piero Vallarino Gancia, was an amateur racing driver, who in 1966 was the first Brazilian Motor Racing Champion, driving an alfa Romeo Giulia Ti Super, he was among the founders of the Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo, the national motorsport authority of Brazil. Piero was also the Owner of Team Jolly Gancia, who raced Alfa Romeos in Brazil. For Jolly Gancia drove Emilio Zambello (Piero's business partner), Carlos Pace, Emerson Fittipaldi, Wilson Fittipaldi, Ciro Cayres, Ubaldo C. Lolli, Marivaldo Fernandes, Totó Porto, Chico Lameirão, Celso Lara Barberis, among others. Jolly Gancia chief mechanic was Giuseppe Perego, a Milanese who had worked for Isotta Fraschini and Maserati, under Guerino Bertocchi. Perego's right-hand man was Spaniard Manolo Pazos Torres. Jolly Automóveis was founded in 1966 and became the importer for Brazil of Alfa Romeo and then of Lamborghini and in 1970 of Ferrari. After growing up in Brazil, Carlo studied in Switzerland, UK and in San Diego, California where he obtained an MBA. He went on to work in several businesses in Saudi Arabia in construction, in Brazil in car dealerships and banking, in Switzerland and Luxembourg in banking and in Monaco in financial services. Motorsport Gancia was involved in motorsport from an early age, helping Brazilians get into Formula One, drivers such as Emerson Fittipaldi, Carlos Pace and Nelson Piquet to obtain sponsorship. He also ran a go-kart factory which helped to start Ayrton Senna's racing career. In addition, Gancia himself also raced at a competitive level, in a series of Brazilian Touring car racing championships. By 1992, Gancia was assisting Pedro Diniz's racing career, and met Italian Formula 3000 team owner Guido Forti. The two made a deal whereby Diniz drove for the Forti team in F3000 in 1993 and 1994, and Gancia bought the shares of Guido Forti's original business partner, Paolo Guerci, thus taking over the role of fundraising. Forti moved up to F1 in with Diniz as one of the team's drivers. Although Gancia had helped to secure a good budget, the FG01 chassis was slow and unsuccessful. When Diniz broke his original three-year contract with the team by moving to Ligier for , much of the sponsorship disappeared and Gancia looked towards Indy Car racing as an alternative. When the Shannon Racing Team company arrived mid-season as a potential major sponsor, Gancia sold his shares and left the team. A few months later, an ownership dispute between Shannon and Guido Forti led to the team's collapse and withdrawal from F1. Gancia currently is the president of for Image Sports Marketing, a US-based company with subsidiaries in São Paulo which represents, promotes, markets and televises American open-wheel racing formulae such as the IndyCar Series in Brazil. References Living people Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian motorsport people Year of birth missing (living people) Formula One team owners
Turan ( or ) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia: Turan, Tuva Republic, a town in Piy-Khemsky District Turan, Republic of Buryatia, a selo in Tunkinsky District Turan, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, a selo in Vetluzhsky District Turan Urban Settlement, a municipal division of Turan Town Under District Jurisdiction in Piy-Khemsky District
Saddleworth Museum is an independent museum in Uppermill village, Saddleworth, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is a registered charity and was accredited by the MLA. The museum opened in 1962 and is housed in the outbuildings of the Victoria Mill, a 19th-century mill building which stood beside the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. Its collections show the history of Saddleworth, which until 1974 local government reorganisation was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. In September 2015 the museum closed for repair and remedial work to be undertaken and there was a temporary cabin in place while work on the building continued. the museum re-opened a year later in September 2016 after a £1.25 million refurbishment. References External links 18 paintings from the museum at Art UK Local museums in Greater Manchester Saddleworth Museums established in 1962 1962 establishments in England Art museums and galleries in Greater Manchester
Sanguivore is the third studio album by English rock band Creeper. Produced by Tom Dalgety, it was released on 13 October 2023 as the group's first album on Spinefarm Records. The album's release was preceded by the singles "Cry to Heaven" on 26 May and "Teenage Sacrifice" on 10 August. Background The concept for an album based around vampires was inspired by the end of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom and the return of live music. Gould explained in an interview with Rolling Stone that both are about "breathing new life into an old body and falling back in love". He also stated this sentiment was echoed in the revival of a number of aspects of the band that had not been present since the Eternity, in Your Arms cycle, such as jackets with matching back patches and songs about friendship. In an interview with Kerrang! just after the album's announcement, Gould explained that "We'd always planned to do a vampire record. We'd been thinking about it for a couple of years and knew that now was a good place to go after where the last one left off. We wanted to make something darker than we'd ever made before." When the band began working with producer Tom Dalgety, the first song they brought to him was "Ghost Brigade", which had been written just after the release of Eternity in Your Arms in the same writing session as "Born Cold". The band used the track as a way of testing their chemistry with Dalgety. Album opener "Further Than Forever" had been partially written and demoed by Gould as a piano led song, with a number of different verses and choruses, for years prior to recording the album. After some time, Miles introduced its pedal note introduction and eventually the song was brought to Dalgety who had his own incomplete progressive rock segment influenced by "Easy Lover". As a collective, they merged the these sections, and wrote the remaining song. Then final part of the song to be written was its chorus, which was influenced by Bruce Springsteen. When first writing the album, Creeper intended for the album to be titled European Vampires: A True Story, however became disheartened by this title following Brexit. Promotion and release The finale of the album cycle for Creeper's previous album, Sex, Death & the Infinite Void, took place at the Roundhouse in London on 4 November 2022. During this performance, Gould was beheaded as a representation of the end of the previous album's cycle and the beginning of the subsequent album cycle, announcing they had signed to Spinefarm Records. As this happened, the band's merchandise table swapped to selling merchandise for the new album, which included a free cassette tape of the then unreleased track "Ghost Brigade", of which 666 numbered copies were made. This news was announced on social media the following day once "Ghost Brigade" was released on streaming services. The promotional posts on social media for this single was the introduction of a character named Darcia, a vampire familiar. Darcia would go on to feature in much of the album's promotion material. After almost seven months without further news regarding new material, "Cry to Heaven" was released and Sanguivore announced on 26 May 2023. That night, the band performed at the Heavy Music Awards at Wembley Arena, playing both new tracks live for the first time. On 10 August, they released the album's second single "Teenage Sacrifice". Creeper are set to promote Sanguivore on the Sacred Blasphemy Tour, consisting of five UK shows, between 5 and 10 November 2023. Composition and lyrics The albums follows the love story of characters Mercy, a violent vampire who was turned at the age of 19, and Spook an old man whom she has control over. Opener "Further Than Forever" tells the story of Spook being turned into a vampire, with "Cry to Heaven" following Mercy on her ensuing murderous rampage. As the album continues, Mercy regains much of her humanity. Critics have categorised Sanguivore as gothic rock. The song "Sacred Blasphemy" merges "emo sensibilities... with rock'n'roll glitz", while "Lovers Led Astray" is synth rock and "Black Heaven" is dark wave. The band have cited the Sisters of Mercy, Danzig, the Damned, the Cult, Jim Steinman's Bad for Good, the Misfits, Meat Loaf, Nick Cave, Bonnie Tyler, Gary Numan and Depeche Mode as influences on the album. In particular, "Sacred Blasphemy" was influenced by the Misfits, "Teenage Sacrifice" by tradition heavy metal, "The Ballad of Spook & Mercy" by Nick Cave and "Further Than Forever" by Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell", Critical reception Sanguivore has received positive reviews from a number of music critics. To date, the album has received ratings of five stars from Kerrang!, four and a half stars from DIY and Metal Hammer, and four stars from The Skinny. Track listing Personnel Creeper Will Gould – lead vocals Ian Miles – guitars Hannah Greenwood – keyboards, backing vocals Sean Scott – bass Jake Fogarty – drums Additional personnel Jack Boston – backing vocals Joanna Nye – backing vocals Daan Temmink – grand piano Tom Dalgety – production, mixing, keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, spoken word on "Further Than Forever" Robin Schmidt – mastering Welder Wings – artwork Dan Capp – layout Andy Ford – photography Charts References 2023 albums Creeper (band) albums Spinefarm Records albums Vampires in music Gothic rock albums by English artists Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios
```c++ /******************************************************************************* * * * path_to_url * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. *******************************************************************************/ #include <vector> #include <gtest/gtest.h> #include "oneapi/dnnl/dnnl_graph.hpp" #include "oneapi/dnnl/dnnl_graph_ocl.hpp" #include "api/test_api_common.hpp" #include "test_allocator.hpp" using namespace dnnl::graph; #if DNNL_GPU_RUNTIME == DNNL_RUNTIME_OCL #define GRAPH_TEST_OCL_CHECK(x) \ do { \ cl_int s = (x); \ if (s != CL_SUCCESS) { \ std::cout << "[" << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << "] '" << #x \ << "' failed (status code: " << s << ")." << std::endl; \ exit(1); \ } \ } while (0) static void *ocl_malloc_shared( size_t size, size_t alignment, cl_device_id dev, cl_context ctx) { using F = void *(*)(cl_context, cl_device_id, cl_ulong *, size_t, cl_uint, cl_int *); if (size == 0) return nullptr; cl_platform_id platform; GRAPH_TEST_OCL_CHECK(clGetDeviceInfo( dev, CL_DEVICE_PLATFORM, sizeof(platform), &platform, nullptr)); const char *f_name = "clSharedMemAllocINTEL"; auto f = reinterpret_cast<F>( clGetExtensionFunctionAddressForPlatform(platform, f_name)); cl_int err; void *p = f(ctx, dev, nullptr, size, static_cast<cl_uint>(alignment), &err); GRAPH_TEST_OCL_CHECK(err); return p; } static void ocl_free( void *ptr, cl_device_id dev, cl_context ctx, cl_event event) { if (event != nullptr) clWaitForEvents(1, &event); if (nullptr == ptr) return; using F = cl_int (*)(cl_context, void *); cl_platform_id platform; GRAPH_TEST_OCL_CHECK(clGetDeviceInfo( dev, CL_DEVICE_PLATFORM, sizeof(platform), &platform, nullptr)); const char *f_name = "clMemFreeINTEL"; auto f = reinterpret_cast<F>( clGetExtensionFunctionAddressForPlatform(platform, f_name)); GRAPH_TEST_OCL_CHECK(f(ctx, ptr)); } TEST(OCLApi, Engine) { dnnl::engine::kind ekind = static_cast<dnnl::engine::kind>(api_test_engine_kind); SKIP_IF(ekind != dnnl::engine::kind::gpu, "skip ocl api test for non-gpu engine."); cl_uint num_platforms = 0; GRAPH_TEST_OCL_CHECK(clGetPlatformIDs(0, nullptr, &num_platforms)); std::vector<cl_platform_id> platforms(num_platforms); if (num_platforms > 0) { GRAPH_TEST_OCL_CHECK( clGetPlatformIDs(num_platforms, platforms.data(), nullptr)); } else { throw "Cannot find openCL platform!"; } std::vector<cl_device_id> gpu_device_ids; for (cl_platform_id &platform_id : platforms) { cl_uint num_devices; if (!clGetDeviceIDs(platform_id, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU, 0, nullptr, &num_devices)) { std::vector<cl_device_id> device_ids(num_devices); GRAPH_TEST_OCL_CHECK(clGetDeviceIDs(platform_id, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU, num_devices, device_ids.data(), nullptr)); gpu_device_ids.insert( gpu_device_ids.end(), device_ids.begin(), device_ids.end()); } } if (gpu_device_ids.empty()) { throw "Cannot find OpenCL device!"; } cl_device_id device_id = gpu_device_ids[0]; // select a device cl_int err = 0; auto ctx = clCreateContext(nullptr, 1, &device_id, nullptr, nullptr, &err); GRAPH_TEST_OCL_CHECK(err); EXPECT_NO_THROW({ auto alloc = ocl_interop::make_allocator(ocl_malloc_shared, ocl_free); auto eng = ocl_interop::make_engine_with_allocator( device_id, ctx, alloc); }); auto alloc = ocl_interop::make_allocator(ocl_malloc_shared, ocl_free); { auto cache_blob = dnnl::ocl_interop::get_engine_cache_blob_id(device_id); EXPECT_NO_THROW({ ocl_interop::make_engine_with_allocator( device_id, ctx, alloc, cache_blob); }); } { auto eng = dnnl::ocl_interop::make_engine(device_id, ctx); auto cache_blob = dnnl::ocl_interop::get_engine_cache_blob(eng); EXPECT_NO_THROW({ ocl_interop::make_engine_with_allocator( device_id, ctx, alloc, cache_blob); }); } } #endif ```
```c++ // -*- Mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are * met: * * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the * distribution. * * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from * this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. * * --- * This module gets enough CPU information to optimize the * atomicops module on x86. */ #include "base/atomicops.h" #include "base/basictypes.h" #include "base/googleinit.h" #include "base/logging.h" #include <string.h> // This file only makes sense with atomicops-internals-x86.h -- it // depends on structs that are defined in that file. If atomicops.h // doesn't sub-include that file, then we aren't needed, and shouldn't // try to do anything. #ifdef BASE_ATOMICOPS_INTERNALS_X86_H_ // Inline cpuid instruction. In PIC compilations, %ebx contains the address // of the global offset table. To avoid breaking such executables, this code // must preserve that register's value across cpuid instructions. #if defined(__i386__) #define cpuid(a, b, c, d, inp) \ asm ("mov %%ebx, %%edi\n" \ "cpuid\n" \ "xchg %%edi, %%ebx\n" \ : "=a" (a), "=D" (b), "=c" (c), "=d" (d) : "a" (inp)) #elif defined (__x86_64__) #define cpuid(a, b, c, d, inp) \ asm ("mov %%rbx, %%rdi\n" \ "cpuid\n" \ "xchg %%rdi, %%rbx\n" \ : "=a" (a), "=D" (b), "=c" (c), "=d" (d) : "a" (inp)) #endif #if defined(cpuid) // initialize the struct only on x86 // Set the flags so that code will run correctly and conservatively // until InitGoogle() is called. struct AtomicOps_x86CPUFeatureStruct AtomicOps_Internalx86CPUFeatures = { false, // no SSE2 false // no cmpxchg16b }; // Initialize the AtomicOps_Internalx86CPUFeatures struct. static void AtomicOps_Internalx86CPUFeaturesInit() { uint32 eax; uint32 ebx; uint32 ecx; uint32 edx; // Get vendor string (issue CPUID with eax = 0) cpuid(eax, ebx, ecx, edx, 0); char vendor[13]; memcpy(vendor, &ebx, 4); memcpy(vendor + 4, &edx, 4); memcpy(vendor + 8, &ecx, 4); vendor[12] = 0; // get feature flags in ecx/edx, and family/model in eax cpuid(eax, ebx, ecx, edx, 1); int family = (eax >> 8) & 0xf; // family and model fields int model = (eax >> 4) & 0xf; if (family == 0xf) { // use extended family and model fields family += (eax >> 20) & 0xff; model += ((eax >> 16) & 0xf) << 4; } // edx bit 26 is SSE2 which we use to tell use whether we can use mfence AtomicOps_Internalx86CPUFeatures.has_sse2 = ((edx >> 26) & 1); // ecx bit 13 indicates whether the cmpxchg16b instruction is supported AtomicOps_Internalx86CPUFeatures.has_cmpxchg16b = ((ecx >> 13) & 1); } REGISTER_MODULE_INITIALIZER(atomicops_x86, { AtomicOps_Internalx86CPUFeaturesInit(); }); #endif #endif /* ifdef BASE_ATOMICOPS_INTERNALS_X86_H_ */ ```
John Musto (born 1954) is an American composer and pianist. As a composer, he is active in opera, orchestral and chamber music, song, vocal ensemble, and solo piano works. As a pianist, he performs frequently as a soloist, alone and with orchestra, as a chamber musician, and with singers. Career Born in 1954 in Brooklyn, New York, Musto studied at the Manhattan School of Music. After graduation from the conservatory with a reputation as a pianist, his compositions began to draw increasing attention and frequent performances. His long association with such institutions as the New York Festival of Song (including serving as new music advisor), the Wolf Trap Opera Company, the Caramoor Festival, Copland House, the Miller Theatre at Columbia University, and the Moab Festival have given him stable bases of operation and numerous commissions. He served as composer-in-residence at Caramoor for the 2005-2006 season. In 1986, he began to build a catalogue of published compositions at Peermusic Classical, which continues to grow steadily. Personal In 1984 John Musto married the soprano Amy Burton, a member of the New York City and Metropolitan Opera companies. He often appears with her as pianist in recital, cabaret and on recordings. Their son Joshua was born in 1994. Worklist Orchestra Overture to Pope Joan (1998) full orchestra Passacaglia (2003) large orchestra Sinfonietta (2015) chamber orchestra Piano and orchestra Piano Concerto 1 (2005) piano solo with full orchestra; premiered at Caramoor with the composer at the piano Piano Concerto 2 (2005) piano solo with chamber orchestra; premiered at Columbia University with the composer at the piano Voice and orchestra Encounters (1992) tenor and full orchestra Dove Sta Amore (1996) soprano and chamber orchestra Quiet Songs (orchestrated 2009) soprano and chamber orchestra Opera Volpone (2004) comic opera in two acts with a libretto by Mark Campbell, commissioned by Wolf Trap Later the Same Evening (2007) opera in one act with a libretto by Mark Campbell; premiered at the Glimmerglass Festival, July 2011 Bastianello (2008) comic opera in one act with a libretto by Mark Campbell The Inspector (2011), comic opera with a libretto by Mark Campbell based on Gogol Chamber music Piano Trio (1998) violin, violoncello and piano Divertimento (1999) flute, clarinet, viola, violoncello, piano and percussion Clarinet Sextet (2001) clarinet, string quartet and piano Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (2019) Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (2020) Quintet for Piano and String Quartet (2022) Piano solo Five Concert Rags (1991-8) Improvisation and Fugue (2008) Two pianos Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" (arr. 1998) Passacaglia (arr. 2009) Transcriptions for Two-Pianos Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue (St. Anne) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute Vocal chamber music The Old Gray Couple (1994) soprano, baritone with piano four-hands The Book of Uncommon Prayer (2001) SATB with piano River Songs (2002) baritone, violoncello and piano Another Place (2016) Soprano and String Quartet Choral Starsong (1997) SATB, harp and two horns Five Motets (2001) a capella mixed chorus Ah, May the Red Rose Live Alway (2016) [arrangement SATB] ...a silence that speaks (2017) a capella mixed chorus Voice and piano Two by Frost (1986) Canzonettas (1984) Enough Rope (1985) Shadow of the Blues (1986) Recuerdo (1988) Quiet Songs (1990) Dove Sta Amore (1996) Penelope (2000) Viva Sweet Love (2005) The Brief Light (2010) Scottish Songs (2013) Another Place (2016) Be Music, Night (2017) Single Songs Triolet(1987) Lament (1988) Heartbeats (1992) Flamenco (2000) I Stop Writing the Poem (2001) Old Photograph (2001) San Jose Symphony Reception (2001) Words To Be Spoken (2001) Nude at the Piano (2003) Summer Stars (2012) Sarah's Song (2012) Nightsong (2018) Notes External links Official Site Discography Peermusic Classical: Publisher Site 1954 births 20th-century classical composers 20th-century classical pianists 21st-century classical composers 21st-century classical pianists American classical composers American classical pianists Male classical pianists American male pianists American male classical composers American opera composers Male opera composers Living people Manhattan School of Music alumni Musicians from Brooklyn 20th-century American pianists 21st-century American pianists 20th-century American composers Classical musicians from New York (state) 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Vermont for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command). However the other USAAF support commands (Air Technical Service Command (ATSC); Air Transport Command (ATC) or Troop Carrier Command) commanded a significant number of airfields in a support roles. It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. Many were converted into municipal airports, some were returned to agriculture and several were retained as United States Air Force installations and were front-line bases during the Cold War. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes. Major airfields Ethan Allen Army Airfield was a small airfield Fort Ethan Allen used by the Army between the wars. It may have been used by light aircraft prior to the Fort's closure in 1944. References Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub . Military Airfields in World War II - Vermont 01 World War II World War II World War II Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the United States by state United States World War II army airfields
Tis is a municipality and village in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Tis lies approximately north-west of Havlíčkův Brod, north of Jihlava, and south-east of Prague. Administrative parts The village of Kněž is an administrative part of Tis. References Villages in Havlíčkův Brod District
Nybrogatan is a street in the borough of Östermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden. Approximately one kilometre in length, it stretches north from Nybroplan to Valhallavägen. Before 1864, the northern part of Nybrogatan above Östermalmstorg was called Seved Bååtsgatan after a local official. The southern part was named Nybrogatan after a bridge that was constructed over Nybroviken in the 17th century. Later on the street in its entirety took on this name, while the bridge itself became redundant when Nybroviken was filled up in the 19th century. While Nybrogatan remains a mostly residential street, it also hosts offices, stores, cafés and restaurants and in recent years have seen an increase in the number of commercial establishments. Östermalmstorg metro station has one of its entrances on Nybrogatan. The only tram line in central Stockholm passes Nybroplan on its route to Djurgården. References (35-page book written on behalf of local residents. Not for commercial sale.) Streets in Stockholm
Brendan Ogle is an Irish trade union official. Career He led the Irish Locomotive Drivers Association and is the former secretary of the ESB Group of unions. He was the first non-ESB employee to become secretary of the GoU. During his tenure he caused controversy by referring to workers in the ESB as 'spoilt' at a meeting of the dissident Republican group Éirígí. Throughout this time he was, according to the Irish Independent, "subject to much adverse media comment" and he and his family endured threats to kill them. Among those to publicly defend him were former Irish presidential candidate and senior Labour Party member Fergus Finlay. In March 2018, Ogle announced that he would launch a new political party in September. As of August 2023 no such party has been launched. Personal life He comes from Dundalk, County Louth. References Trade unionists from County Louth Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
The World Vengeance Tour was a 1982 concert tour by English heavy metal band Judas Priest where they toured throughout North America from 26 August 1982 until 21 February 1983 in support of the 1982 album Screaming for Vengeance. Overview The 12 December 1982 show was filmed and released on multiple video formats; first released on VHS, Beta, VHD and LaserDisc as Judas Priest Live in 1983; as Disc 5 as a DVD on the Metalogy compilation box-set in 2004; and as a separate DVD package entitled Live Vengeance '82 in 2006. Even though the last United States leg of the tour ended in Honolulu on 21 February 1983, the band would perform their last show of the tour at the 1983 US Festival in San Bernardino, California on 29 May 1983 alongside Quiet Riot, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, Triumph, the Scorpions, and Van Halen. The band's performance is featured as a DVD on the 30th anniversary edition of Screaming for Vengeance. Personnel Rob Halford – lead vocals Glenn Tipton – lead/rhythm guitar and background vocals K.K. Downing – rhythm/lead guitar and background vocals Ian Hill – bass Dave Holland – drums and background vocals Setlist The typical setlist for the tour consisted of: "The Hellion" (taped intro) "Electric Eye" "Riding On The Wind" "Heading Out to the Highway" "Metal Gods" "Bloodstone" "Breaking the Law" "Sinner" "Fever" (dropped after 28 August 1982) "Desert Plains" "The Ripper" "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover) "Devil's Child" "Screaming for Vengeance" "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" "Victim of Changes" "Living After Midnight" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover) "Hell Bent for Leather" Also occasionally played were: "Tyrant" (played on 29 August 1982 and 9 January 1983) "Hot Rockin'" (played on 28 October 1982) "Genocide" (played on 28 October 1982) Tour dates This show was supported by The Rods This show was supported by Krokus This show was supported by Iron Maiden This show was supported by Coney Hatch This concert was supported by Uriah Heep This concert was supported by Heaven Boxscore References Judas Priest concert tours 1982 concert tours 1983 concert tours
Grace Bernadette Griffith (née Sisson; October 30, 1956 – June 5, 2021) was a folk and Celtic singer based in Washington, D.C. She has been honored with multiple Wammie awards by the Washington Area Music Association. In 1998, she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Griffith died at the age of 64 following complications from Parkinson's disease on June 5, 2021. Biography Griffith was raised in a family of ten children on a small farm in Southern Maryland. At a young age she began singing and accompanying herself on guitar playing in small coffeehouse stages, mentored by her sister Maura. Griffith's parents encouraged her to follow a practical career. Putting her musical hobby to one side she graduated from the University of Maryland in 1978 with a degree in physical therapy and embarked on a career as a physical therapist at what is now the Charles Regional Medical Center. Several years after her college studies she was invited to sing for a local Irish band in Washington DC called “The Hags” and toured the college circuit for two years. Her successor in that band was to become the famed singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter. In 1987 Griffith formed a duo called “Hazlewood” with songwriter Susan Graham White. They produced some independent releases and ultimately appeared at the 1991 Philadelphia Folk Festival. Returning to her Celtic roots, Griffith formed an East Coast Celtic group called Connemara which she formed with fiddler/arranger Cathy Palmer along with harpist Tracie Brown. They were also joined on the albums by guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Zan McLeod. They released two albums, firstly Beyond Horizon in 1993 and Siren Song in 1995. Other musicians to participate on the projects were harpists Sue Richards, Julia Lane, Carol Thompson and Mary Fitzgerald along with box player Billy McComiskey and Jody Marshall on hammered dulcimer. In 1993 as a solo artist Griffith released her debut album Every Hue and Shade which came out on her own independent label. When Blix Street Records based in California were looking for an artist to succeed Ireland's Mary Black as their main project in the U.S., they signed Griffith on a long-term recording contract. They revamped her album Every Hue and Shade which became her label debut called Grace. In 1996 Blix Street also licensed the two Connemara recordings for distribution. Griffith completed two further albums with Minstrel Song, released in 2000, and followed by Sands of Time in 2003. Her album My Life in 2006 drew critical acclaim extending beyond her home base of Washington D.C. Griffith has been called a singer's singer. One of her keen fans of her singing was the late Eva Cassidy. When Griffith came to know Eva's work, she encouraged Blix Street to sign her as well, which they did just after the release of her album Grace. Eva Cassidy was first and foremost a music lover sitting in the front row watching her musical heroes perform in Washington. She was also an avid fan of Griffith's, who spotted Eva's face at several of her concerts during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Griffith got to hear about Cassidy's talents and in 1996 made a drive to Potomac to see the then mystery girl at a small club in Alexandria, VA. By this time the Washington Area Association had awarded Griffith more than a dozen "Wammies", including “Best Female Vocalist” and “Best Album”. In September 1996 hearing of Eva Cassidy's illness she went to visit her. Griffith made a telephone call to Bill Straw, the president of Blix Street Records, explaining the situation, and two days later Griffith sent a tape of Eva's Live at Blues Alley album to him. On that tape was a recording of "Fields of Gold"; the song became Cassidy's big hit in what has become a phenomenal posthumous career. "All the colors of the rainbow, all life's palette of beauty and sadness and sweet passion and eternity — it was all there in that voice that came from that heart and those hands" said Griffith in interview when talking about Eva. At the memorial service for Eva at Greenbelt Park, Griffith performed a haunting Celtic-tinged version of "Golden Thread". During the next seven years the Eva Cassidy story unfolded whilst Griffith continued to toil in relative obscurity. In one of life's ironies, in 1998 Griffith was diagnosed with the degenerative neurological condition Parkinson's disease. It affected her life profoundly, but, although her voice was affected, she could still sing, but she had to give up playing whistle, guitar, and dulcimer and relied on musical friends to support her. In 2006 she released her fourth album "My Life", including two songs that held close family ties for her. "Bendemere's Stream" was a song she remembered her parents singing, and "Passing Thoughts" was written by her older brother, Fred Sisson. Sisson had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease six years before Griffith, and embraced photography and poetry as a way to celebrate life and find new freedoms in his diminishing mobility. They shared a bond through their creativity and shared diagnoses, spending many hours together singing, talking and discussing poetry. Sisson died of Parkinson's disease on March 2, 2006. At the World Parkinson's Congress in February 2006 she performed If I Can’t Dance from her album My Life, dedicating it to other fellow Parkinson's Disease sufferers. In 2006 Griffith underwent pioneering surgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital for the implantation of electrodes for deep brain stimulation. She benefited from the then experimental procedure and has since become an effective speaker and educator on Parkinson's. Over a period of time as the batteries ran down, her voice diminished. In March 2010, her doctors, though unable to assure her of a positive result, changed and upgraded the batteries, and it proved successful. Griffith had more energy and more voice. Griffith sang at the opening of the second World Parkinson Congress (September 28 – October 1, 2010) held in Glasgow, Scotland. Accompanied by Mark Cowan on guitar, she performed a traditional tune “The Seasons” (Scots pastoral song) along with “Sailing”, which was a hit for Rod Stewart. Griffith also spoke at a Music & Parkinson's Disease Workshop on the last day of the event. On September 28, 2010, Blix Street Records released the compilation album Sailing with the intention that it would elevate this relatively unknown artist to her rightful place among her peers. For the week commencing September 3, 2011, Griffith's song "My Life" was added to the BBC Radio 2 B Playlist. Musical career Grace Griffith's debut album with Blix Street Records released on August 6, 1996. It was a re-package of her 13 track independent record called Every Hue and Shade. On this 10 track recording it includes a take of the show tune “Summertime” from the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess and a cover of "Turning Away" written by Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean which appeared on his album Indigenous in 1999. It also contains a musical version of the W.B.Yeats poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree". Minstrel Song On April 24, 2000 Griffith released this 10-track recording on the Blix Street Record label. It was produced by Grammy Award nominee Marcy Marxer. On this album which was a mixture of traditional and contemporary material Griffith interprets songs with arrangements ranging from sparse guitar and cello accompaniment to lush productions. She covers songs by Iris Dement ("My Life"), Jane Siberry ("Bound By The Beauty"), John Martyn ("May You Never") and Richard Farina ("Swallow Song"). Sands Of Time On her third album with Blix Street Records, Griffith collaborates with former Eva Cassidy producer/band members, Chris Biondo and Lenny Williams along with Griffith's long-time friend producer/instrumentalist Marcy Marxer. It is essentially a collection of ballads which includes a cover of “Moment of Forever” written by Kris Kristofferson. The album was dedicated to Eva Cassidy. My Life On March 14, 2006, Griffith released My Life her fourth studio release for Blix Street Records and was again produced by Chris Biondo, Marcy Marxer and Lenny Williams. It consisted of twelve tracks which are all cover interpretations. The title track My Life was written by Iris Dement and appeared on her 1994 album My Life. The ninth track, the song "Passing Thoughts", written by Griffith's older brother Fred Sisson and set to music by her friend Carey Creed. Sailing On September 28, 2010 Blix Street Records released Sailing, which is an 11-track compilation package. The opening track "Wondering Where the Lions Are” was written by Bruce Cockburn and first appeared in 1979. The tenth track “Sailing/Ships Are Sailing” is a combination of a cover of the 1975 number one hit Sailing for Rod Stewart and "Ships are Sailing" the popular traditional Irish Reel. Passing Through After battling Parkinson's disease for more than 15 years, Griffith was determined to record one more album. On July 22, 2014 she did just that again with Blix Street. The tracks were mostly recorded a cappella, with generally sparse instruments added later. Griffith's former Hazlewood partner, Susan Graham White, added her voice to Griffith's new recording of Susan's "Brigid's Shield" and, for one more song, Hazlewood rides again! In addition to eight new recordings, the album includes 4 previously recorded but unreleased tracks that did not quite fit on their intended albums plus the bonus track, "Water Fire and Smoke." Quotes "Fans of Southern Maryland-bred singer Grace Griffith consider each of her recordings a blessing, and understandably so. After all, it's not often that one encounters a voice as lovely or as affecting as hers“ - Mike Joyce (Washington Post Reviewer). “This is Grace Griffith, wait till you hear this song it’s absolutely beautiful. Tell me what you think of it I’ve only just heard it, absolutely stunning". - Michael Ball (Singer, BBC Radio 2 and TV presenter). Discography 1996: Grace 2000: Minstrel Song 2003: Sands of Time 2006: My Life 2010: Sailing 2014: Passing Through References External links website website Grace Griffith bio at Blix Street Records 1956 births 2021 deaths American folk singers American women singers People from La Plata, Maryland Neurological disease deaths in Maryland Deaths from Parkinson's disease Musicians from Maryland Musicians from Washington, D.C. 21st-century American women
General elections were held in the Solomon Islands for the first time on 7 April 1965. Background In 1960 a Legislative Council was established composed entirely of appointed members. Of the 21, only six were Solomon Islanders. Following a White Paper in 1963, the British Privy Council approved a new constitution for the British Solomon Islands on 25 September 1964, replacing the 1960 constitution. On 4 November the British Solomon Islands Order was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, bringing into force section 31, which related to the holding of elections prior to the rest of the constitution coming into effect on 1 February 1965. Electoral system The new constitution provided for a 22-seat Legislative Council, consisting of the Governor, eleven civil servants, two members appointed by the High Commissioner and eight elected members. Of the elected members, three represented Malaita, two represented Central District, whilst Eastern District, Western District and Honiara had one member each. Although the Honiara representative was directly elected by universal suffrage (with the voting age set at 21), the remaining seven members were elected by electoral colleges. The colleges were composed of elected local councillors, with one member per 500 residents of the constituency. Where the number of elected councillors was insufficient, councillors could elect further members by secret ballot. The colleges then elected the members of the Legislative Council; preliminary ballots were used to eliminate the lowest-scoring candidate until only two remained, at which point the candidate with a majority of votes was elected. Campaign Two candidates – Eric Lawson and C.H. Cheng – contested the Honiara seat, with 44 candidates contesting the indirectly-elected seats. Around 1,100 people registered to vote in Honiara. Results Eric Lawson was elected in Honiara. The sole female candidate, Lilly Ogatina, was elected in Central Solomons. Leonard Alufurai and James Michael Wall were appointed as unofficial members. References Solomon Islands 1965 in the Solomon Islands Elections in the Solomon Islands Legislative Council of the Solomon Islands April 1965 events in Oceania Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
No Boundaries is a 2005 album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the English Chamber Orchestra. It was released on 25 January 2006 and featured many Western classical tracks composed by Mozart and Bach ("Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", "Ave Verum Corpus", "Dona Nobis Pacem") as well as Joseph Shabalala originals ("Homeless", composed with Paul Simon; "Jabulani"; "Lifikile Ivangeli"). As well as a standard CD release (HUCD 3092), the album was also released in a Hybrid SACD version (HUSA 9192). Track listing "Jabulani - Rejoice" "Homeless" "Awu Wemadoda" "Amazing Grace" "Dona Nobis Pacem" "Ngingenwe Emoyeni (Wind of the Spirit of God)" "Umzuzu Nay' Ujesu" "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" "Sanctus (Heilig, Heilig, Heilig)" "Ave Verum Corpus" "Lifikile Ivangeli" "Walil' Umntwana (The Child is Crying)" References 2005 albums Ladysmith Black Mambazo albums
"Smilin' Through" is a popular ballad with lyrics and music by Arthur A. Penn. History The song "Smilin' Through" was first published in 1919 by M. Witmark and Sons and Reinald Werrenrath had a very successful recording of it that year. It was recorded by many singers, including John McCormack, Eleanor Steber, Nelson Eddy, and Judy Garland, and remained a popular standard for decades. Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the CD On the Sentimental Side (2010). Penn's song was also closely associated with the 1919 play Smilin' Through by Jane Cowl. The creation of the song and that of the play were independent but intertwined. According to Isidore Witmark in his history of the Witmark and Sons publishing house, Cowl's play was partially rewritten after the song was published, based upon the imagery of the lyrics. Both the title and music of the song were incorporated into the play when it was completed and produced on Broadway in December, 1919. The melody was also used to accompany the 1922 silent film. The soundtracks for both the 1932 and 1941 MGM films of Smilin' Through feature the song as well. It forms the title music for both films and Jeanette MacDonald sings it in the latter film. Norma Shearer's character sings the song in the 1932 film, dubbed by singer Georgia Stark. Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter plays his own interpretation of the ballad on the album "Beyond the Sound Barrier" (2005). The 12 minute track bears little resemblance to the original; it is more reflective of Shorter's feelings about the song, one of his favorites. The song was often featured on the BBC TV variety program The Good Old Days, performed by Barry Kent and Robert White, among others References External links 1919 recording by Reinald Werrenrath of "Smilin' Through" at YouTube. Smilin' Through at International Lyrics Playground 1919 songs American songs Jeanette MacDonald songs
Meymand () is a village in Kakhk Rural District, Kakhk District, Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 17, in 4 families. References Populated places in Gonabad County
A jazz funeral for the Equal Rights Amendment took place in the city of New Orleans on July 3, 1982. The event was a public mourning for the failure of the proposed Amendment to pass the required 38 states before the congressionally imposed 1982 deadline. ERA history in New Orleans The National Organization for Women hosted a walk in 1981 promoting the passage of the ERA. This event was hosted by the New Orleans ERA Task Force. Overview of the event Jazz funerals have a long history in the city of New Orleans. The jazz funeral for the ERA took place one week after the proposed amendment did not pass the required 38 states before the deadline imposed by Congress. It was known as "A New Day Jazz Funeral." The funeral went through the French Quarter. The funeral procession lasted for one hour followed by two hours of speeches. Participants walked by many notable restaurants in New Orleans including Arnaud's Restaurant, The Royal Sonesta Hotel, and the Old Absinth House while musicians played "When the Saints Go Marching In." Numerous boys were photographed participating in this march which was mostly attended by women. The funeral procession ended in Jackson Square. Sue Laporte performed an original song at the end of the procession in front of ERA supporters in Jackson Square. It was estimated that 500 people attended this march. Many of the marchers dressed in white as suffragists. When asked to describe the purpose of the march Pat Denton, chairwoman of Louisiana's women's political caucus, state, "The tradition of a jazz funeral is that although there is a loss, life goes on and with renewed hope." Organizations involved The National Organization for Women sponsored the march and the Baton Rouge National Women's Political Caucus participated as did the Louisiana Lesbian and Gay Political Caucus (LAGPAC). Supporting organizations included the League of Women Voters, American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, National Council of Jewish Women and the AFL-CIO. Participants Nikki Alexander Pat Denton Leonard Doty Betty Godso Cliff Howard Sue Laporte Dru Moody Laura Peebles Virginia Peyton Alan Robinson Kathi Tomeny Cynthia Ware References Equal Rights Amendment Feminism and history Gender equality New Orleans
Gavileh (, also Romanized as Gavīleh and Govīleh) is a village in Sarshiv Rural District, Sarshiv District, Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 218, in 41 families. The village is populated by Kurds. References Towns and villages in Marivan County Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan Province
Debbie Freeman defeated Susan Leo in the final, 7–6, 7–5 to win the girls' singles tennis title at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Susan Mascarin (quarterfinals) Kathy Horvath (semifinals) Kelly Henry (second round) Renata Šašak (first round) Susan Leo (final) Elise Burgin (first round) Patrizia Murgo (second round) Isabelle Villiger (semifinals) Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links Girls' Singles Wimbledon Championship by year – Girls' singles Wimb
Achaeus of Eretria (; born 484 BC in Euboea) was a Greek playwright and author of tragedies and satyr plays. He is variously said to have written 24, 30, or 44 plays, of which 19 titles are known: Adrastus, Aethon, Alcmeon, Alphesiboea, Athla, Azanes, Cycnus, Eumenides, Hephaestus, Iris, Linus, Moirai (Fates), Momus, Oedipus, Omphale, Philoctetes, Phrixus, Pirithous, and Theseus. Achaeus of Eretria was regarded in antiquity as being the second greatest writer of satyr plays, after Aeschylus. Achaeus' first play was produced in 447 BC and won a prize. A quote in Aristophanes' The Frogs suggests he was dead by around 405 BC. Some classicists suggest that the fact that he only won a single prize was due to his non-Athenian birth, as the men of Athens were loath to honour any but their own fellow-citizens. Achaeus of Eretria belongs to the classic age, but is not recognized as a classic writer. His satyric plays were much admired for their spirited style, albeit somewhat laboured and lacking in clarity. The philosopher Menedemus thought his plays second only to Aeschylus, he was part of the Alexandrian canon, and Didymus wrote a commentary on him. Athenaeus (10.451c) describes him as having a lucid style, but with tendencies to obscurity. Athenaeus also claimed that Euripides took a line from Achaeus, while Aristophanes quotes him twice, in The Frogs and The Wasps. His work survives only in fragments. Notes References "Achaios (2)" from the Suda Sources 484 BC births 5th-century BC deaths Ancient Eretrians Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights 5th-century BC Greek people 5th-century BC writers Ancient Greek poets Tragic poets
Mary Thompson may refer to: Mary Thompson (businesswoman) (died 1893), African American saloon and brothel owner Mary A. Cooke Thompson (1825–1919), women's rights activist in Oregon Mary Anne Thompson (1776–1852), mistress of Frederick, Duke of York Mary C. Thompson (died 2001), Dean of Damavand College in Tehran Mary Clark Thompson (1835–1923), philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson Mary E. Thompson (fl. 1960s–2010s), Canadian statistician Mary Elizabeth Thompson (1855–1953), American prostitute and dance hall girl Te Ata (actress) (1895–1995), born Mary Frances Thompson Mary Gabrielle Thompson (born 1948), Australian politician Mary Harris Thompson (1829–1895), founder, head physician and surgeon of the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children Mary Jean Thompson (fl. 1990s–2020s), American honorary consul Mary Wilson Thompson (1866–1947), Delaware civic leader See also Mary Thompson-Jones (born 1957), Foreign Service Officer in the United States' Department of State Mary Thomson (disambiguation)
Sher Dhan Rai (; born 23 February 1971) is a Nepalese politician and Former Chief Minister of Koshi Province, a province in eastern part of Nepal. He was elected parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML), the largest party in the provincial assembly, on 9 February 2018. Rai was subsequently appointed as chief minister on 14 February 2018. He was previously elected to the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly, winning the Bhojpur–2 seat for the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). Rai also served as a cabinet minister in the Government of Nepal, and was appointed Minister of Information and Communications in the first Oli cabinet. Personal life Rai was born in Pasalbhanjyang, Thidingkha, Bhojpur in eastern Nepal in a agrarian family to Jagir Man Rai and Ramri Maya Rai. His father was elected thrice as village chief during the Panchayat period, and for two more terms after the Panchayat system was replaced by multi-party democracy. Rai has a post-graduate degree in Sociology. He married with Jangmu Sherpa on 24 January, 2021. References External links Living people Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians 1971 births People from Bhojpur District, Nepal Chief Ministers of Nepalese provinces Members of the Provincial Assembly of Koshi Province Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Rai people Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Galatasaray is the professional women's basketball section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray women's basketball team play matches in Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall which has a seating capacity for 2,200 spectators. The team recently won the 2013–14 EuroLeague Women and the Turkish Women's Basketball League title after beating Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball in the finals. Galatasaray is the most successful club in European competitions, having won 3 major trophies, and being the first Turkish club to have won the Euroleague competition for women. Sponsorship naming Due to sponsorship deals, Galatasaray have been also known as: Galatasaray (1954–2010) Galatasaray Medical Park (2010–2012) Galatasaray (2012–2013) Galatasaray OdeaBank (2013–2015) Galatasaray (2015–2022) Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring (2022–present) Home courts Players Current squad Depth chart Honours International competitions EuroLeague Women Winners (1): 2013–14 Third (1): 1998–99 Fifth (1): 2011–12 FIBA EuroCup Winners (2): 2008–09, 2017–18 Runners-up (1): 2022–23 Third (2): 2007–08, 2021–22 Fourth (1): 2016–17 European Super Cup Runners-up (2): 2009, 2018 Domestic competitions Turkish Women's Basketball League Winners (13): 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–1998, 1999–2000, 2013–14, 2014–15 Runners-up (4): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2020–21 Turkish Cup Winners (11): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013-14 Runners-up (5): 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2008–09, 2015–16 Turkish Super Cup Winners (8): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2011 Runners-up (5): 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Technical staff Team captains Head coaches See also See also Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) See also Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) References External links Galatasaray S.K. official website Official Twitter Account of Galatasaray SK Basketball Department Official Instagram Account of Galatasaray SK Basketball Department Unofficial Fan Site and Forum Sport in Istanbul Women's basketball teams in Turkey Basketball teams established in 1986 EuroCup Women-winning clubs EuroLeague Women clubs Galatasaray Basketball
The Dog Star is a nickname for Sirius, a star in the constellation Canis Major (Greater Dog). Dog Star or Dogstar may also refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Dogstar (band), a rock group including Keanu Reeves "Dog Star" (short story), a short story by Arthur C. Clarke Dogstar (TV series), a 2006 animated Australian TV series Dog Star, a fictional bar in The Returned (U.S. TV series) "Dogstar", a song by Hybrid from the 2006 album I Choose Noise "Dog Star", a song by Klaatu from the 1980 album Endangered Species The Dog Star, a 1950 novel by Donald Windham The Dog Stars, a 2012 novel by Peter Heller
Đuro "George" Mihaljević (born 28 February 1936) is a Croatian-American former football player and coach. Career Mihaljević began his career with the youth team of Radnički in 1948. Between the ages of 18 and 22 he played professionally in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, before moving to the United States, where he joined the Army. After retiring as a player, he became the first ever coach of the St. Louis Stars during the 1967 season. Personal life Mihaljević has five children. His eldest son Joe Mihaljević was also a professional footballer, and currently runs the Mihaljevic Soccer School, now in Folsom, California, a soccer school which his father founded in St. Louis, Missouri. References External links Mihaljevic Soccer School 1936 births Living people Yugoslav emigrants to the United States Men's association football players not categorized by position Yugoslav men's footballers American men's soccer players FK Radnički Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States Yugoslav football managers American soccer coaches North American Soccer League (1968–1984) coaches Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States Place of birth missing (living people)
Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru (born 25 March 1964) is a Nigerian banker and politician. He is the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District at the 9th Nigerian National Assembly. He was the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank Limited, Nigeria. He attended the six-week Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program and Lagos Business School (Senior Management Program). He holds a B.Sc (Economics) from Lagos State University and is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and an Honorary Senior Member of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). On 24 August 2020, Abiru resigned from Polaris Bank to contest the Lagos East senatorial election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress. He was named the chairman, Senate committee on banking of the 10th senate on 8th August, 2023. Career He rose to the position of executive director at First Bank Nigeria Ltd (2013–16), and was also the Honourable Commissioner of Finance, Lagos State, between 2011 and 2013 under the dynamic and transformational leadership of Babatunde R. Fashola (SAN) as Governor. He was appointed in July 2016 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as group managing director to lead the turnaround of the regulator-induced takeover of the then troubled Skye Bank, in a bid to preserve the stability of the overall Nigerian Financial System. The successful completion of the assignment gave birth to today's Polaris Bank Limited. Tokunbo has also served in various boards, including Airtel Mobile Networks Limited; FBN Capital Limited (now FBN Quest Merchant Bank Limited); FBN Bank Sierra –Leone Limited; and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS). During this pandemic covid19, he has as donated 150,000 face masks to primary schools in his zone. Public sector During Abiru's time as Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, the State floated an N80 billion bond, earning it the EMEA Finance's Best Local Currency Bond Award for 2012. He opened up discussions on taxation in Lagos State after the discovery of over 5.5 million tax evaders in 2013. His efforts also led to increased Land Use Charge revenue generations to the tune of N6.2bn. Abiru is also a member of the Lagos HOMs Committee, which is in charge of the Lagos State Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme (HOMs) instituted to reduce the housing deficit in the State. He was elected as the senator of Lagos East Senatorial district in a bye-election on December 5, 2020. References 1964 births Living people Nigerian Muslims Nigerian chief executives Yoruba bankers Nigerian bankers Lagos State University alumni Nigerian accountants Lagos Business School alumni Nigerian corporate directors
The 2002–03 Kategoria e Dytë was the 56th season of a second-tier association football league in Albania. Group B1 (North) Shkodra was apparently excluded for financial reasons Group B2 (Centre-East/East) 2nd place playoff Played in Durrës on 29 May 2003. Group B3 (Centre-West/South) Championship playoff Note: Originally, first tie-breaker is goal difference, second penalty shoot-outs won; however, the Albanian Football Association was decided to have another play-off match instead. Final References Calcio Mondiale Web RSSSF.org Kategoria e Parë seasons 2 Alba