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See also List of strikes List of striking US workers by year References Further reading Brenner, Aaron, et al. eds. The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History (Routledge, 2009) excerpt Strikes in the United States
Stachlew is a village in Gmina Łyszkowice, Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Łowicz and north-east of the regional capital Łódź. References Stachlew
The 2005 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix was the 12th Summer Grand Prix season in ski jumping on plastic. Season began on 6 August 2005 in Hinterzarten, Germany and ended on 11 September 2005 in Hakuba. Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Continental Cup. Calendar Men Men's team Standings Overall Nations Cup References Grand Prix FIS Grand Prix Ski Jumping
Eddie Ioane (born June 2, 1966) is a Samoan rugby union player. He played as lock. Career His first match for Samoa was against Tonga, at Apia, on June 17, 1990. He was also part of the 1991 Rugby World Cup roster. He retired after the World Cup. In the NPC he played for Auckland. Personal life He is married with the former Black Fern Sandra Wihongi and he is the father of Akira and Rieko Ioane, both of them playing for the All Blacks Sevens and for the All Blacks. Another of his family members is Steven Ioane, who also plays rugby union. In 2016, Ioane was named president of his former club Ponsonby RFC. References External links Eddie Ioane International Statistics 1966 births Living people Rugby union players from Apia Samoan rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Rugby union locks Samoa international rugby union players Samoan expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Samoan expatriate rugby union players Auckland rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Samoan expatriate sportspeople in Japan Black Rams Tokyo players 1991 Rugby World Cup players
Dr. Dana Katherine Scully, MD, is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists in the Fox science-fiction, supernatural television series The X-Files, played by Gillian Anderson. Scully is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent and a medical doctor (MD), partnered with fellow Special Agent Fox Mulder for seasons one to seven and seasons 10 and 11, and with John Doggett in the eighth and ninth seasons. In the television series, they work out of a cramped basement office at FBI headquarters in Washington, DC to investigate unsolved cases labeled "X-Files." In 2002, Scully left government employment, and in 2008, she began working as a surgeon in Our Lady of Sorrows, a private Catholic hospital – where she stayed for seven years, until rejoining the FBI. In contrast to Mulder's credulous "believer" character, Scully is the skeptic for the first seven seasons, choosing to base her beliefs on what science can prove. She later on becomes a "believer" after Mulder's abduction at the end of season seven. Scully has appeared in all but five episodes of The X-Files, and in the 20th Century Fox films The X-Files, released in 1998, and The X-Files: I Want to Believe, released 10 years later. The episodes in which she does not appear are "3," "Zero Sum," "Unusual Suspects," "Travelers" and "The Gift" (excluding archive footage). The 11th season marked Anderson's final time portraying the character. Background Dr. Dana Katherine Scully was born on February 23, 1964, in Annapolis, Maryland, to William (Don S. Davis) and Margaret Scully (Sheila Larken), into a close-knit Catholic family with Irish ancestry. She has an older brother, Bill Jr., an older sister, Melissa, and a younger brother, Charles, who is never seen on the show except in flashbacks. In the canonical 2016 comic book series, published by IDW Publishing, the two-part issue "Ishmael" revealed Scully had a paternal half-brother, named Tam Minh Nguyen. Scully's father was a navy captain, who died of a heart attack in early January 1994. Dana Scully grew up in Annapolis, Maryland and later in San Diego, California. As a young girl, Scully's favorite book was Moby-Dick and she came to nickname her father "Ahab" from the book, and in return, he called her "Starbuck." Due to this, she named her dog Queequeg. Scully attended the University of Maryland, and in 1986, received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics. Her undergraduate thesis was titled Einstein's Twin Paradox: A New Interpretation. Just out of medical school at Stanford University, she was recruited by the FBI; she accepted the agency's offer of employment because she felt she could distinguish herself there. After two years in the bureau, Section Chief Scott Blevins assigned her to work with agent Fox Mulder. Storylines Upon being partnered with Mulder, Scully maintained her medical skills by acting as a forensic pathologist, often performing or consulting on autopsies of victims on X-Files cases. In season two, Scully was kidnapped by an ex-FBI agent turned mental patient named Duane Barry, and then taken from Barry by a military covert operation that was working with the alien conspirators, but was later returned. In season three, she found out that a super hi-tech microchip had been implanted in the back of her neck. After having it removed, she developed cancer in the fourth season and was hospitalized after the cancer became terminal. She was saved after Mulder broke into the Department of Defense to retrieve another chip to be implanted back into her neck. At the time, Scully was also undergoing experimental medical treatments and was having a dramatic renewal of her faith. Scully was pronounced infertile during the fifth season. In the season five episode "Emily," Scully discovers that she unknowingly mothered a daughter during her abduction (in season two). Her daughter Emily was adopted by another family. Emily died shortly afterwards, and they were unable to further investigate after Emily's body went missing. In the seventh-season finale, "Requiem," Scully mysteriously became pregnant. The child, named William, after her own father, as well as Mulder's father, was born at the end of the eighth season. The show did not initially reveal the cause of Scully's pregnancy, but later episodes and movies would see Mulder and Scully call William "our son"; the pair had unsuccessfully tried for a child through in vitro fertilization. Around this time, Mulder was fired from the FBI by Deputy Director Alvin Kersh, and Scully left the field to teach forensics at Quantico. William was placed for adoption during the end of the ninth season after Scully felt she could no longer provide the safety that William needed. William was a "miracle child," of some importance to the alien conspirators. He demonstrated extraordinary powers, including telekinesis. In The X-Files: I Want to Believe, she is shown working as a medical doctor at the Our Lady of Sorrows, a private Catholic hospital in Virginia. Early on in the film, Scully is contacted by the FBI, who are looking for Fox Mulder in the hope that he will assist them with the investigation of a missing FBI agent. In exchange for his help, the charges against him will be dropped. Unlike Mulder, Scully was apparently not considered a fugitive by the FBI. However, she did continue to maintain her romantic relationship with Mulder throughout the six years that he was on the run from the American government. In the movie, they are shown to be living together in a secluded house. In the first episode of season 10, "My Struggle" (2016), Scully is still working as a doctor for Our Lady of Sorrows hospital, now performing surgeries on children with severe birth defects. She has extraterrestrial DNA, as the test that she performs on herself confirms. After the FBI reopens the X-Files, 14 years after their closure, she rejoins the bureau. In "Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster," Scully jokes that she often enters dangerous situations alone due to the immortality she seemingly obtained during the events of the episode "Tithonus." At the end of "Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster," Scully steals a dog from an animal control center, named Daggoo, which is named after yet another character from Moby-Dick. In "Home Again" Dana's mother, Margaret Scully, dies after suffering a heart attack. In the show's 10th-season finale, "My Struggle II," Scully is in a race against time to save humankind, creating a vaccine from her own extraterrestrial DNA. Characterization Throughout the series, Scully's Catholic faith served as a cornerstone, although a contradiction to her otherwise rigid skepticism of the paranormal. Due to her career in science and medicine, she drifted from her Catholic Christian upbringing, but remained somewhat entrenched in her religious beliefs. Scully almost always wears a gold cross necklace. Two conflicting stories exist of how Scully received the necklace. After Scully's abduction in season two, Scully's mother told Fox Mulder she gave Scully the necklace as a 15th birthday present. In season five, Scully recalls receiving the necklace as a Christmas present. Scully's sister, Melissa, also receives a similar necklace on that occasion. When she was abducted by Duane Barry, a self-proclaimed alien abductee, it was the only item left behind in Barry's getaway car. Mulder wore it as a talisman of her until Scully miraculously reappeared in a Washington, DC, hospital. After she recovered from the trauma of her abduction, he returned the cross to her. The abduction visibly tested the limits of her faithMulder believes that Scully was taken aboard an alien spaceship and was subjected to tests. Because of Scully's skepticism, though, she believes she was kidnapped by men, not aliens, and subjected to tests. She believes she could have been brought there by Barry, and she began to exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder on a case involving a murdering fetishist named Donnie Pfaster. This psychological re-victimization continued after Pfaster escaped from prison five years later and again attempted to kill her in her home, ending only after she fatally shot him. She struggled with what motivated her actions to kill Pfaster, and questioned whether it was God compelling her to kill him, or "something else." Sometime after her recovery from cancer, Scully began to regularly attend mass again. At the request of Father McCue, Scully got involved in a case concerning a paraplegic girl who was found dead in a kneeling position with her palms outstretched and eye sockets charred. After Scully discovered the girl was a quadruplet and two more were murdered, Father McCue shared with her the story of the seraphim and the nephilim, which Scully interpreted as a possible explanation for the deformations and deaths of the girls. Scully continued to have visions of Emily, and when the last girl died, Scully believed she was returning the girl to God. Upon her return to Washington, DC, she went to confession to gain peace of mind and acceptance for Emily's death. In confession, she regretted her decision of letting the girl go. This suggests Scully had doubts about her faith. In the sixth-season episode "Milagro," Agent Scully's vulnerability is exposed. In this episode, the murderer takes the victim's heart out. The suspect, a writer named Phillip Padgett, has a particular interest in Scully and is fascinated by her beauty and personality. When she goes to a church to observe a painting, the writer is there and talks to her about the Sacred Heart of Jesus. During the conversation he says she visits the church because she likes art, but not as place of worship. Scully doesn't say otherwise and later she says to Agent Mulder the writer told her her life story. All this suggests that Scully isn't a devout Roman Catholic, although she attempted to approach again the Catholic community and the Catholic faith to which she was devout in her youth, after handling the strange case presented in "Revelations" and also after dealing with life-threatening cancer during the fourth season. Relationships While in medical school, Scully carried on an affair with her married instructor, Dr. Daniel Waterston, who may have been the "college boyfriend" mentioned in "Trust No 1." In the show, whether or not the relationship became sexual is never indicated. According to Anderson in the episode's audio commentary, Scully came very close to having an affair with the married Waterston, but left before she could break up his marriage. The end of her relationship with Waterston came about following her decision to go into the FBI. After her entrance to the FBI's Academy at Quantico, Scully began a year-long relationship with her Academy instructor, Jack Willis, with whom she shared a birthday. Towards the end of the series, her previously platonic friendship with partner Fox Mulder developed into a romantic relationship. When Mulder was injured in a boat crash, he awakened in a hospital and told Scully that he loved her. In the season six episode "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas," a ghost that seems to know the inner workings of Scully's mind suggests that her source of intimacy for Mulder comes from her desire to always prove him wrong. By the end of the sixth season, Mulder and Scully were increasingly shown enjoying more light-hearted activities together, such as practicing baseball, using FBI funds for a "night out" during a movie premiere, and watching a movie at Mulder's apartment. In the season seven episode "all things," Scully is shown getting dressed in Mulder's bathroom, while Mulder sleeps, apparently naked, in the bedroom. In "Trust No 1" a man reveals to Scully that he works for a new Syndicate like-organization, and his job requires him and a few other colleagues to spy on her around the clock. Due to this he knows intimate details of Scully's personal life, right down to her "natural hair color" (Titian, as later confirmed by Chris Carter). It is suggested by this man that Scully ultimately initiated a sexual relationship with Mulder, as he remarked that he was very surprised when she invited Mulder "into her bed." The last scene of the series finale featured Mulder and Scully holding each other on a bed, facing an uncertain future together in love. In the film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, which takes place six years later, Mulder and Scully are still in a relationship. Scully was concerned that Mulder's continuing pursuit of the unknown was taking its toll on their relationship, and they could not be together if he could not "escape the darkness." However, the film ends with the couple sharing a passionate kiss, and in the "secret ending" after the majority of the credits, a happily-smiling Scully is seen in a small rowboat with Mulder, both clad in swimwear, in a tropical sea, having taken him up on his offer to run away together. In the 10th season, Scully and Mulder are no longer a couple, as she chose to leave him. At the end of the season, Scully gets a vision, which is revealed to have come from her son, William, at the beginning of season 11. Over the course of season 11, Scully and Mulder search for William. Skinner learns from the Smoking Man that the Smoking Man, who is Mulder's father, also artificially impregnated Scully, thus is William's father, as well. In the third episode of the 11th season, "Plus One," Scully and Mulder are intimate again. In the season 11 finale, "My Struggle IV," she reveals to Mulder that she is pregnant with his child. Conceptual history Chris Carter named Scully after his favorite sportscaster, Vin Scully of the Los Angeles Dodgers. John Doggett was likewise named after Vin Scully's longtime broadcasting partner, Jerry Doggett. Scully's character was also inspired by Jodie Foster's portrayal of Clarice Starling in the film The Silence of the Lambs. The casting for Scully caused a conflict between Carter and the Fox network. Carter had chosen 24-year-old Gillian Anderson, whom Carter felt was perfect for the role. Of her audition, Carter said, "she came in and read the part with a seriousness and intensity that I knew the Scully character had to have and I knew [...] she was the right person for the part." However, Fox executives had wanted a more glamorous "bombshell" for the part (in a 2008 interview Anderson stated that Pamela Anderson had actually been the network's first choice), hoping that this would lead to the series involving a romantic element. This led Carter to insist that he did not want the roles of Mulder and Scully to become romantically involved. Carter decided Scully would be the skeptic to play against established stereotypes; typically on television the quality was attributed to a male. Because Duchovny was much taller than Anderson, during scenes where Mulder and Scully stand or walk next to each other Anderson stood on "the Gilly-Board," an apple box named after her. Scully appears in every episode of the 11-season series with the exceptions of "3," "Zero Sum," "Unusual Suspects," and "Travelers." She has appeared outside The X-Files on numerous occasions, the most notable being in the Millennium (also created by Chris Carter) episode "Lamentation," in which the main character, Frank Black, visits the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and Mulder and Scully are briefly seen descending a stairway. In fact, they are Duchovny and Anderson's stand-ins. An animated version of Scully, which featured the voice acting of Anderson, appeared on season eight of The Simpsons, in the episode "The Springfield Files," as well as Canadian animated series Eek! The Cat, on the episode "Eek Space 9." The animated television series ReBoot featured characters Fax Modem and Data Nully, obvious spoofs of Mulder and Scully, in the episode "Trust No One." Anderson provided her voice work for the episode, but co-star Duchovny declined. Reception Anderson won many awards for her portrayal of Special Agent Scully during the ten seasons of The X-Files, including an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1997, a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series in 1997, two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in 1996 and 1997 and a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television in 1997. In total, Anderson received for the role, four Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations, nine SAG nominations and eight Saturn nominations. Film critic Scott Mendelson, writing in The Huffington Post, cited Scully as an example of strong female characters on television, calling her "one of the most iconic characters in the science-fiction genre." Radio Times Laura Pledger also named her as a strong TV woman, placing her at No. 1. Rebecca Traister of Salon.com opined that Scully had a better character arc than Mulder. She wrote, "The very fact that her character was such a hard sell made her repeated brushes with the supernatural all the more powerful. Mulder's desire to believe was so expansive, his credulity so flexible, that it's not as though he was ever going to have either shaken from him. But Scully's surety was solid, stable, rigid; every time she saw something she thought she'd never see, we saw it crack, sparks fly from it. She was forced to question herself, grow, change." She praised her for being more "rational, resilient, [and] mature" than her partner and for their mature relationship. In a review of "Irresistible," Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club wrote that it was a cliché to put Scully in danger, as "Scully is [the show's] heart, and any time she's in danger, it feels like the show itself is about to be stabbed through the heart." The character of Scully has become something of a sci-fi heroine due to her intelligence and resilience, frequently appearing on lists of important female science fiction characters, such as Total Sci-Fi Onlines list of The 25 Women Who Shook Sci-Fi, where she came in fourth. TV Squad named her the thirteenth greatest woman on television, while the site also listed her among the most memorable female science fiction television characters. She is also often cited as being an unlikely sex symbol, frequently being included in lists of sexy TV characters. She was listed in AfterEllen.com's Top 50 Favorite Female TV Characters. The pairing Mulder/Scully was ranked number 15 on Sleuth Channel's poll of America's Top Sleuths. Angelica Jade Bastién of Vulture emphasized the importance of Scully's character in popular culture by listing all the strong female characters she inspired or may have influenced in some aspects, including: Temperance "Bones" Brennan of Bones, Peggy Carter of Agent Carter, Veronica Mars of Veronica Mars, Olivia Moore of iZombie, Dr. Maura Isles of Rizzoli & Isles, Olivia Benson of Law and Order: SVU, Joan Watson of Elementary, Sydney Bristow of Alias, Abbie Mills of Sleepy Hollow, Zoë Washburne of Firefly, Stella Gibson (another character portrayed by Anderson) of The Fall and Olivia Dunham of Fringe. Jade Bastién wrote: "Do all the characters Scully has influenced live up to her? Definitely not. Gillian Anderson's performance and her chemistry with David Duchovny aren't exactly elements that can be replicated. But these characters prove that Scully isn't only the heart of The X-Files, but also the character who had the most profound influence on popular culture." Indiewire's Liz Shannon Miller ranked Scully as the No. 1 most important character of The X-Files, writing: "Scully's legacy is so important in so many ways, from giving us the gift of Gillian Anderson's acting, to inspiring an entire generation of young women to pursue careers in STEM. Intelligent, loyal, flawed and brave, Scully was the show's beating heart and saving grace even in its lowest years. As Chris Carter himself has said: 'It's Scully's show'." "The Scully Effect" The character is believed by some to have initiated a phenomenon referred to as "The Scully Effect," as the character's role as a medical doctor and FBI Special Agent inspired many young women to pursue careers in science, medicine, engineering, and law enforcement, and as a result brought a perceptible increase in the number of women in those fields. At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International, Anderson noted that she has long been aware of "The Scully Effect" and stated: "We got a lot of letters all the time, and I was told quite frequently by girls who were going into the medical world or the science world or the FBI world or other worlds that I reigned, that they were pursuing those pursuits because of the character of Scully. And I said, 'Yay!'" Anne Simon, a biology professor and a science adviser for the series recalls: "I asked my Intro Bio class back then how many of them were influenced by the character of Scully on The X-Files to go into science and half of the hands in the room went up. That's huge! That was saying that the show was really having an effect." "The Scully Effect" remains a subject of academic inquiry. References Bibliography External links Dana Scully on IMDb The Scully Effect on Fanlore The X-Files characters American female characters in television Catholicism in fiction Fictional characters with cancer Fictional characters who awoke from a coma Fictional characters from Maryland Fictional Christians Television characters introduced in 1993 Fictional alien hunters Fictional special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Fictional American police detectives Fictional female doctors Fictional feminists and women's rights activists Fictional forensic scientists Fictional paranormal investigators Fictional American physicians Fictional surgeons Fictional female scientists Fictional Irish American people Fictional characters with post-traumatic stress disorder Fictional characters from the 20th century Fictional characters from the 21st century de:Akte X – Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI#Hauptdarsteller sv:Lista över figurer i Arkiv X#Dana Scully
Vinni-Pajusti Landscape Conservation Area is a nature reserve situated in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. Its area is . The protected area was designated in 1958 to protect Vinni oaks () and its biodiversity. In 2007, the protected area was redesigned to the landscape conservation area. References Nature reserves in Estonia Geography of Lääne-Viru County
This is a list of the heritage sites in Eastern Cape as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. For performance reasons some districts have been split off from this list: List of heritage sites in Albany List of heritage sites in Graaff-Reinet List of heritage sites in Port Elizabeth \|} References Tourist attractions in the Eastern Cape Eastern Cape Heritage sites
Marcel Alain de Souza (30 October 1953 – 17 July 2019) was a Beninese politician and banker. He served as President of the ECOWAS Commission from April 2016 until February 2018. He was Minister for Development, Economic Analysis and Forecast of Benin from May 2011 until June 2015. Early life and career Marcel Alain de Souza was born on 30 October 1953 in Pobè. His family was originally of Portuguese descent and centred around Ouidah. He had 10 siblings. His younger sister, Chantal De Souza, a future first lady, later married Beninese President Thomas Boni Yayi, after having met through him. De Souza was a nephew of Archbishop Isidore de Souza. He obtained a master's degree in economics from the University of Dakar. De Souza later obtained a further master's degree in banking and management from the West African Training Centre for Banking Studies. He received further training at the International Monetary Fund. From the 1970s de Souza worked for the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) in Cotonou as internal controller and later as national director for Benin. He later became Director of Administration at the headquarters of the institute in Dakar. During his time at BCEAO de Souza was colleagues with later President Thomas Boni Yayi. Political career In 2009 de Souza became chairperson of the Republican Front of Benin. Administratively he held the position of Head of Department of Economic and Financial Affairs in the Office of the President. He later was Special Adviser to the President on Monetary and Banking Affairs. He was spokesperson for President Thomas Boni Yayi for the 2011 Beninese presidential election. From May 2011 until June 2015 he was Minister for Development, Economic Analysis and Forecast under him. De Souza was elected to the National Assembly during the 2015 Beninese parliamentary election. On 17 December 2015, during the 48th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, the post of President of the ECOWAS Commission was allocated to Benin and de Souza was nominated. De Souza publicly disagreed with President Boni Yayi's decision to have Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou be the candidate for the Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin during March 2016 Beninese presidential election. De Souza ran as a candidate himself in the election for the Republican Front for a Patriotic Alternative, or Front républicain pour une alternative patriotique (Frap), but received only 0.13% of the vote and was not elected. He subsequently supported candidate Patrice Talon in the run-off. Having won the elections, Talon confirmed Boni Yayi's decision to have de Souza be Benin's nominee as President of the ECOWAS Commission. On 8 April 2016 de Souza took over the position from Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo. De Souza subsequently laid down his seat in the National Assembly and was succeeded by Justin Adjovi. As President of the ECOWAS Commission he had to deal with the poor financial situation of ECOWAS and immediately temporarily suspended travel of staff members to missions, seminars and workshops outside of the Abuja ECOWAS headquarters. He also limited the staff attendance to statutory ECOWAS meetings. During his time in office he had to deal with the 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis. In October 2017 he showed hesitation about the pace of ECOWAS its goal of having a single currency by 2020. His term in office ended on 28 February 2018. He was succeeded by Jean-Claude Brou. He died of cardiac arrest on 17 July 2019 in Paris, France, aged 65. References 1953 births 2019 deaths Beninese bankers Cheikh Anta Diop University alumni Executive Secretaries of the Economic Community of West African States Government ministers of Benin Members of the National Assembly (Benin) Beninese people of Brazilian descent Beninese people of Portuguese descent People from Plateau Department
I just wanna hold you tight is the 24th single of the Japanese pop singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu released under Giza studio label. It was released 18 May 2005. The single reached #36 and sold 5,294 copies. It is charted for 3 weeks and, in total, sold 6,932 copies. Track listing All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu "I just wanna hold you tight" arrangement: Satoru Kobayashi it is used as an ending song for the TV Tokyo anime series MÄR. arrangement: Yoshinobu Ohga arrangement: Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow) "I just wanna hold you tight" (instrumental) References Anime songs 2005 singles Miho Komatsu songs Songs written by Miho Komatsu 2005 songs Giza Studio singles Being Inc. singles Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato
Paul van Ass (born 16 August 1960, Bergschenhoek) is a Dutch field hockey coach. After coaching for the Dutch club HGC, he became the coach of the national team, managing them at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's tournament. After his contract expired in 2014, he was declared the coach of the Indian team in 2015. Career Club career In his first major coaching position, head coach of the men's team of HGC, van Ass managed to save the team from degradation and lead them to a championship final in 2007, which was credited to his "opportunistic" style of coaching. HGC lost that game to HC Bloemendaal. Van Ass's HGC reached the final of the Euro Hockey League 2007–08 after beating HC Rotterdam in the semi-final, but lost to Uhlenhorster HC in overtime. In the 2008–2009 season, he coached Jong Oranje (the men's under-21 national team) and was assistant-coach for the Netherlands national field hockey team; he returned to coach HGC (which had a disappointing season under Alexander Cox) for the 2009-2010 season. That team reached the final in the national championship, losing again to Bloemendaal, and qualified for the Euro Hockey League 2010–11. National team Despite having limited international experience, van Ass was appointed coach of the national team in June 2010, after was let go. The appointment came as a surprise: van Ass got the position in favor of Marc Lammers or another international top coach. Olympic selection controversy Besides not having a coaching certificate, van Ass did not select seasoned internationals Taeke Taekema and Teun de Nooijer (nicknamed "T&T"), the country's best known hockey players and icons of the sport. He cut the two from the national selection in January 2012. To justify his choice criticized them in an interview with de Volkskrant a few days later, for which he was accused of character assassination, and he later apologized for his words. After a public backlash Van Ass apologized to T&T at the end of January and took them back in March, his credibility having suffered greatly, but cut them again in July. 2012 Olympics The Dutch team played their opening game in Group B against India, beating them 3–2, and rallied against Belgium in their second match to beat them 3–1, thanks to penalty corner specialist Mink van der Weerden. The team reached the final by demolishing Great Britain 9-2, but lost to Germany, 2-1. References External links 1960 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Dutch field hockey coaches People from Lansingerland HGC (field hockey) coaches Sportspeople from South Holland
United Nations Security Council Resolution 264 was adopted on March 20, 1969, after a General Assembly resolution terminated the mandate of South West Africa (Namibia). In accordance with UNSCR 264, the UN assumed direct responsibility for the territory and declared the continued presence of South Africa in Namibia as illegal, calling upon the Government of South Africa to withdraw immediately. The Security Council condemned the refusal of South Africa to comply with previous resolutions, declared that South Africa had no right to enact the South West Africa Affairs Bill and that South African actions were designed to destroy the national unity and territorial integrity of Namibia through the establishment of Bantustans. The Council decided that, in the event of failure on the part of the Government of South Africa to comply with the provisions of the present resolution, it would meet immediately to determine the necessary measures to be taken. It gave the United Nations Secretary-General the responsibility of following up implementation of the resolution, and reporting back to the Security Council. The resolution passed with 13 votes in favour; France and the United Kingdom abstained. See also List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 (1965–1971) United Nations Commissioner for Namibia United Nations Security Council Resolution 435 References Text of the Resolution at undocs.org External links 0264 0264 0264 1969 in South Africa March 1969 events
Khasadan-e Olya (, also Romanized as Khasādān-e ‘Olyā; also known as Khasādān-e Bālā and Khasāden) is a village in Machian Rural District, Kelachay District, Rudsar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 312, in 75 families. References Populated places in Rudsar County
Lguest is a Linux kernel x86 virtualization hypervisor introduced in kernel version 2.6.23 (released 9 October 2007) and removed in kernel version 4.14 (November 2017). The hypervisor is an operating-system-level virtualization system capable of running unmodified 32-bit x86 Linux kernels as guest machines. Installation is as easy as running modprobe lg followed by tools/lguest/lguest to create a new guest. Lguest can still be installed on kernel 4.14 and later through out-of-tree patches. Lguest was maintained by Rusty Russell. See also Comparison of platform virtualization software Kernel-based Virtual Machine References External links An introduction to lguest (LWN.net) Linux kernel features Free virtualization software Virtualization software for Linux
The Puritan was a 19th-century racing yacht and the 1885 America's Cup defender of the international sailing trophy. Construction and service Designed by Edward Burgess, she was built at the George Lawley & Son yard in South Boston, Massachusetts and launched May 26, 1885. For sails, Burgess chose the Irish-born sailmaker John H. McManus of McManus & Son, of Boston. The sails were of Plymouth duck. The Puritan was an early combination of American and English designs with some of the depth of a cutter but beam and power of a sloop. It was built and skippered by John Malcolm Forbes. She defeated the New York Yacht Club's Priscilla then went on to defend the America's Cup against the British yacht Genesta, a traditional cutter. Immediately following the contest, they began work on an improved version which would be called the Mayflower. References External links America's Cup Official Website for the 32nd America's Cup in Valencia 1890s Yacht Photography of J.S. Johnston America's Cup defenders Individual sailing vessels Yachts of New York Yacht Club members 1885 in sports
Laurie Sargent is best known as a songwriter and vocalist in the 1980s and 1990s. She was active in the city of Boston. Around 2008, she and her long-term partner, drummer Billy Conway, moved to Montana, where they began raising food on an organic farm. Sargent occasionally visits various cities to perform. Collaborations Jim Steinman Holly Sherwood Mark Sandman Bands Fire, Inc., a group performing some of the soundtrack of the 1984 movie Streets of Fire Nowhere Fast Morphine Face to Face, a new wave band from Boston Twinemen Hi-n-Dry If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man) Confrontation One Big Day Session Americana Dana Colley References External links https://www.lauriesargentart.com/ American women singer-songwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
Jack Owens may refer to: Jack Owens (blues singer) (1904–1997), American Delta blues singer and guitarist Jack Owens (footballer) (1902–1942), Australian rules footballer who played for Glenelg during the 1920s and 1930s Jack Owens (singer-songwriter) (1912–1982), American singer/songwriter, pianist, known as "The Cruising Crooner" Jack Owens (baseball) (1908–1958), American baseball player Jack Owens (rugby league) (born 1994), rugby league player Jack Owens (basketball) (born 1977), basketball coach Jack Owens (rugby union) (born 1995), Irish rugby player See also John Owens (disambiguation) Jack Owen (disambiguation)
Charles Buxton Anderson M. Inst. C.E., M.I.E. (19 August 1879 – 12 December 1953) was a South Australian engineer and public servant, whose last appointment was Commissioner for Railways of the South Australian Railways, 1930 to 1946. History Anderson was born in North Adelaide to John Anderson and Mary Elizabeth Anderson, née Akhurst, who married in 1872. He attended Glenelg Collegiate School, leaving at age 13, but while working for John Harrison Packard studied surveying at the School of Mines, proving an apt pupil. and in 1898 entered the public service as a junior draftsman, in the Chief Engineer's Department. Adelaide. In 1899 he was promoted to Surveyor and in 1900 was appointed Resident Engineer at Petersburg, followed by similar positions at Port Wakefield before returning to the Adelaide engineering staff. In January 1910, he was appointed resident engineer at Petersburg, responsible for the northern division of the railways, then in 1921 he was appointed resident engineer for the midland (broad gauge) line. Then came the major reorganisation brought on by the new Chief Commissioner W. A. Webb. On 5 April 1923, he was appointed Divisional Superintendent at Adelaide, and in June 1924 Commissioner Webb sent him and B. H. Gillman to Britain and America to study the latest trends in railway management, and on his return was appointed Special Engineer under R. H. Chapman Chief Engineer for Railways. He was promoted to Acting Chief Engineer for Railways during Chapman's absence in 1926, and that same year was admitted to the Institute of Civil Engineers, London, on the strength of his work for the South Australian Railways. He filled the post of superintendent at Adelaide during the absence abroad of S. H. Watson in 1927. He succeeded Webb as Commissioner in 1930. Management of the railways during his term as commissioner was generally successful, particularly so during the war, when efficient transport was vital. On his retirement he was presented with a model locomotive, of a type being built at the Islington Railway Workshops, and locomotive No 527 of the South Australian Railways 520 class was named the C. B. Anderson. He was succeeded by R. H. Chapman. He died at his residence in First Avenue, East Adelaide, aged 74. Other activities In 1951 he was appointed chairman of the committee which enquired into the affairs of the Municipal Tramways Trust. He was appointed deputy chairman of the Harbors Board after his retirement. He was a member of the board of Cellulose (Aust.) Ltd. He was a chief of the SA Caledonian Society 1938–1940, and a vice-president of the Hospitallers' Club of the St John Ambulance Brigade. Recognition He received the ISO in 1937 and was made CMG in the Birthday Honours of 1944. A locally built locomotive, completed in December 1946, was named "C. B. Anderson" in his honor. Family Anderson married Eva Gordon Scott on 22 January 1902; they had five daughters: Kathleen Mary Anderson (born 1907) married Hans W. Jaede of Kew, Victoria on 17 November 1932 maybe 24 November Joyce Gordon Anderson (born 1909) married Gordon Victor Sando of Toorak Gardens on 3 March 1934; they settled in Murray Bridge Barbara Eva Anderson (born 1912) married Charles John Glover of Melbourne on 16 June 1954 Alison Margaret Anderson (born 1917) married Brian C. Rowe on 3 July 1943, moved to Apsley, Victoria Elizabeth Akhurst Anderson (born 1919) married Alfred Dudley Roy Marlow (1918–1986), date not found, residence Royston Park References 1879 births 1953 deaths Australian civil engineers Railway commissioners of South Australia Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Acket () is a Dutch Patrician surname. Outside of the Netherlands, it is also prevalent in France. It is also proposed that it may originate as a variant of the Norse surname Acutt. Notable people with this surname include: Désiré Acket (1905–1987), Belgian painter Gerard Adriaan Acket (born 1935), Dutch engineer References
USS Appanoose (AK-226) was a in the United States Navy named for Appanoose County, Iowa. A. J. Cassatt was laid down on 20 June 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2662) by the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; launched on 27 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. A. J. Cassatt. She was acquired by the Navy on 10 August 1944, renamed Appanoose (AK-226) and commissioned on 26 September 1944. On 1 October, Appanoose proceeded to the Chesapeake Bay for shakedown. After loading cargo at Davisville, Rhode Island, the ship got underway for the Philippine Islands. Appanoose transited the Panama Canal; made intermediate stops at Eniwetok and Ulithi; and anchored at Tacloban, Leyte Island, on 21 December. Three days later, the ship moved to Samar to begin assembling pontoons. Despite enemy torpedo attacks, she successfully completed the task and withdrew to Tacloban on 21 January 1945. Appanoose sailed on 23 January, bound for the west coast. After a brief stop at Manus, the ship continued on to the California coast and arrived at San Pedro, Los Angeles on 23 February. Appanoose departed the west coast on 9 March and sailed for the Ryukyus. After stops at Eniwetok and Ulithi, Appanoose reached Okinawa on 28 April and began discharging her cargo at Buckner Bay on 3 May. During the three months Appanoose was stationed at Okinawa, she endured numerous Japanese air attacks. The ship claimed to have downed one Japanese plane and assisted in downing four more. On 5 August, Appanoose departed the Okinawa area and sailed in a convoy to Saipan, her first port of call on a voyage that took her by way of Pearl Harbor, to San Francisco, California. Appanoose made San Francisco on 5 September and, shortly thereafter, began a period of drydocking and availability. Upon completion of the repair work on 8 October, Appanoose headed for the Panama Canal Zone. Having transited the Panama Canal, the ship reported to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, on 30 October. Appanoose was decommissioned there on 26 November 1945 and turned over to the War Shipping Administration. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 5 December 1945. Appanoose earned one battle star for her World War II service Civilian service sold to Fordom Trading Co, N.Y., November 1947, for Cia de Operaciones Maritimas SA, Panama RP - renamed SS Santa Ana - reflagged Panamanian sold to Cia Nav San Maritime SA, Panama RP in 1951, - name retained - Panamanian flagged sold to San Martin Cia de Nav SA, 1952, - name retained - Panamanian flagged 1958 managed by Cargo & Tankship Management Corp, N.Y. 1961 managed by Santa Maria Shipowning & Trading Co (Bermuda) Ltd - name retained arrived Yokohama, 4 November 1964, in tow after losing propeller while bound from Osaka to Portland, OR. References External links Crater-class cargo ships World War II auxiliary ships of the United States Ships built in Baltimore 1944 ships
Applanix, based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, develops and manufactures a line of Inertial Navigation System products. The company's Position and Orientation Systems (POS) are used worldwide for a variety of applications such as aerial survey and mapping, remote sensing, road profiling, GIS data acquisition, and hydrographic surveying. History Applanix, founded in February 1991 as Applied Analytics Corporation, is a spin-off of Honeywell's Advanced Technology Centre. In its first two years of its operation, Applied Analytics provided engineering services in integrated inertial systems and real-time image processing for aerospace. Since 1993, and through an extensive technology conversion effort, Applanix has increasingly specialized in providing off-the-shelf Position and Orientation Systems (POS) using integrated inertial/GPS technology. On June 20, 2003 Trimble Inc announced that it had agreed to purchase Applanix in a stock transaction valued at CAD$25 million (approximately US$18.6 million). Trimble expected the acquisition to extend its technology portfolio and enable increased robustness and capabilities in its future positioning products. References Companies based in Richmond Hill, Ontario
Sakura Spirit is a 2014 visual novel by American English indie developer Winged Cloud and published by Sekai Project. The game was released on 9 July 2014 on Steam and MangaGamer. It is one of the few visual novels that are developed outside Japan and aimed at the English-speaking market. It is also one of the first projects published by Sekai Project that is not a translation of a Japanese visual novel, but rather an original English work. The game is a visual novel where the player reads text on the screen combined with anime-styled artwork. However, unlike some other visual novels, Sakura Spirit does not allow the player to make selections (except for one at the end), which normally allows the visual novel's plot to progress in the direction of the player's choice. Plot Sakura Spirit follows the story of Gushiken Takahiro, a 17-year-old boy who aspires to become the #1 judo contender to represent Japan. After growing up to be a standout, soon he is a few weeks before a tournament giving him the chance to represent Japan. Becoming nervous, Takahiro follows advice from his friends and finds a temple hidden in the woods rumoured to contain spiritual power. After he begins to pray for good luck in his upcoming match, he meets a spirit telling him that he is to play a vital part to the road ahead to improving himself as a warrior, and is transported to a different world, where he runs into several different fox girls. Takahiro soon realizes that he has been sent back to feudal Japan, that is also populated by spirits. Takahiro soon learns that the fox girls are not trusted by the humans in the village, as a result of a dispute between the humans and the girls. The game's plot focuses on Takahiro helping to bridge the divide between the humans and the spirits, while spending some personal time with the girls and trying to find his way back home. Reception Sakura Spirit has received mixed reviews, with some reviewers expressing satisfaction while others disappointment with the game. Bradly Storm of Hardcore Gamer gave Sakura Spirit a mixed review, stating "The problem with Sakura Spirit is not necessarily that it's a niche of a niche [...] It lacks narrative depth and compelling characters, and while its humor will be good for a few laughs, comedy without any type of golden thread to tie it altogether ultimately comes off as a disjointed project that plays more like a series of jokes than a coherent piece of storytelling. Its reliance on overused tropes can be eye-rolling for those familiar with the genre and its nice presentation can only make up for so much. Simply put, there are better visual novels out there." Cravis Bruno of Capsule Computers reviewed Sakura Spirit positively, writing "Sakura Spirit is a fun, albeit short, visual novel that takes a well-used storyline and makes it more enjoyable by putting its own spin on things and presenting players with a likable cast of girls. With plenty of humor and some very extremely suggestive dialogue at times, Sakura Spirit does have its faults but those faults only put a mild damper over an entertaining visual novel" and rating it a 7/10. The game's artwork and audio were praised, however, he found issues with spelling mistakes in the game's text and Sakura Spirit inability for the player to influence the plot. Chris Gollmer of Niche Gamer also enjoyed Sakura Spirit, stating: "I would love for the game to fully utilize its potential in being a visual novel rather than be something that could've been just done on paper, and take advantage of the type of media used to the utmost potential. I will say that though that this game definitely presents its main selling point to anyone interested in the $9.99 price tag, which would be its art." However, problems with the game's perceived lacklustre plot and spelling mistakes were brought up, giving the game a final score of also 7/10. Jerimiah Mueller of TechnologyTell reviewed the game negatively, finding fault in its story, artwork, and gameplay choices, summarizing that "players get a bunch of pre-teen fantasies haphazardly strung together, featuring a cast of Baywatch rejects in cosplay [...] I have no choice but to outright fail Sakura Spirit", for a rating of "F". Brittany Vincent of Destructoid criticised the game's perceived juvenile plot and lack of central direction, finding it to be "pretty to look at, but utterly devoid of any redeeming value", awarding it a low score of 3/10. Further installments A follow-up visual novel, titled Sakura Angels, was released in January 2015. Pitched as an "angelic love comedy", the game's plot has two girls, blessed with magical powers, tasked with saving the protagonist from the clutches of a mysterious witch and ancient evil. An update adding Japanese voice acting for the game was released on 8 September 2015. A second follow-up, titled Sakura Fantasy, was later released in May 2015. Unlike the two previous Sakura games, Sakura Fantasy features a female protagonist and is also released in multiple chapters. Sakura Fantasy Chapter 1 was initially released as an all ages title on Steam. Two optional patches were later released that added adult content to the game. The first patch uncensored some of the existing CGs, making them more explicit. The second patch included the uncensored CGs from the first patch, and also added several new yuri sex scenes, with new CGs to accompany them. Sakura Fantasy Chapter 2 was originally planned to release in July 2015, but has since entered development hell. References External links 2014 video games Bishōjo games Indie games Japan in non-Japanese culture Linux games MacOS games Single-player video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games scored by Zack Parrish Video games set in feudal Japan Ren'Py games Windows games Sekai Project games Visual novels
Montserrado-16 is an electoral district for the elections to the House of Representatives of Liberia. The district covers the borough of New Kru Town. Elected representatives References Electoral districts in Liberia
Our Watch, formerly Foundation to Prevent Violence Against Women and their Children, is an Australian organisation that exists to help prevent violence against women and their children. Founded in mid-2013 with Natasha Stott Despoja as founding chair, the organisation is based in Melbourne, Victoria. It is an independent non-profit organisation that is jointly funded by all states and territories of Australia. Since 2015, it has presented Our Watch Awards, administered by the Walkley Foundation, for excellence in reporting on gendered violence. Our Watch runs the website The Line, aimed at educating young people aged 12 to 20 about respectful relationships and behavioural change. It also developed resources for schools, known as the Respectful Relationships program, which has been rolled out in schools across the state of Victoria. History and aims Natasha Stott Despoja was the founding chair of the organisation, founded as the Foundation to Prevent Violence Against Women and their Children. It was launched in July 2013 by Julie Collins, then Commonwealth Minister for the Status of Women, and Mary Wooldridge, then Minister for Community Services in the Victorian Government, as a joint initiative of the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments. Its primary purpose then was "to raise awareness and engage the community in action to prevent violence against women and their children", and it was established under the "National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children (2010-2022)". Its role was to provide national leadership in this area, and to drive change in culture, behaviours and power imbalances that cause violence against women. The Northern Territory Government signed up in 2014, followed in the same year by the Government of South Australia. In 2015, the "Change the Story" strategy was published, and The Line, a website and social campaign aimed at educating young people aged 12 to 20 about respectful relationships and behavioural change, was launched. Male engagement with The Line increased from 25 per cent in June 2017 to 80 per cent in 2018. Our Watch developed resources for schools and delivered a pilot programme to 19 schools first, and the Royal Commission into Family Violence (established by the Victorian Government in 2015) recommended that the "Respectful Relationships" program be rolled out across all Victorian Government schools from prep to year 12. In 2015 the Tasmanian Government joined Our Watch, and in their 2019–2022 action plan established a position in collaboration with the organisation, the Our Watch Senior Advisor Tasmania. They have also committed to implementing the Our Watch "Workplace Equality and Respect Standards" across all government departments. In 2016 the Queensland Government joined Our Watch, with the ACT Government following in the same year. Fashion retailer Mimco has supported Our Watch since 2016, with all profits from a special collection donated to the organisation. In 2017, Mimco and Our Watch appointed professional surfer Laura Enever as their new ambassador for the following three years. As of 2017, Mary Barry, was CEO of Our Watch. In that year, the Western Australian Government joined Our Watch. In 2018, a new element was added to the framework, with the publication of "Changing the picture: preventing violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women". In 2019, the New South Wales Government announced that it would be joining Our Watch. In 2020, Commonwealth Bank partnered with Our Watch, producing free online resources for employers to help support employees who experienced domestic and family violence. They created a website called Workplace Equality and Respect. In 2021, the second edition of the "Change the story" framework was released. The revised edition turns the focus onto male perpetrators, not the victims of family violence. It turns the emphasis away from "response and women, to prevention and men", calling for systemic change. Description The organisation is based in Melbourne. It describes itself as "a national leader in the primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia". Our Watch is an independent non-profit organisation that is funded by all state and territory governments in Australia. As well as various projects aimed at primary prevention, Our Watch has also created strategic frameworks to prevent violence against women and children. These are: "Change the Story": A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia (updated in 2021) "Changing the Picture": A national resource to support the prevention of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their children "Counting on Change": A guide for policy-makers, researchers, and other stakeholders on measuring population-level progress towards the prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia People Co-founder and inaugural chair Natasha Stott Despoja left the position in July 2021, and was appointed life patron in August 2022. Moo Baulch was appointed to the role in April 2022. Patty Kinnersly was appointed CEO in 2018, after three years in the role of director, practice leadership. Ambassadors have included Arman Abrahimzadeh; Ben Brown; Tarang Chawla; Kyle Flanagan; Khadija Gbla; Charlie Pickering; Lucy Turnbull; Tasma Walton; Julia Zemiro; Stella Young; and others. Impact As of 2018, Australia was the only country with a national framework to prevent violence against women and their children, which put Our Watch in a unique position. An independent impact evaluation of Our Watch published by PricewaterhouseCoopers in December 2018 surveyed 251 people across the country. Around 82 per cent of respondents said that they were familiar with the work done by Our Watch, and nearly 75 per cent reported that the "Change the story" framework had influenced their approach to primary prevention. Importantly, Our Watch had created an Australian evidence base, and had established a common language for use when discussing the issue of gendered violence. The report also concluded that Our Watch, through its extensive programs, publications, events and resources delivered to meet its key priorities, that is to build the evidence base; to raise awareness; and to expand the capacity of primary practitioners. The report concluded that Our Watch had not only achieved its original intended outcomes, but had also brought about very helpful outcomes outside of its original scope. It said that it had fully achieved one of its three five-year organisation-level outcomes, that of evaluating and publicly reporting on all initiatives, and that it had partially met the other two: securing sufficient funding, and achieving recognition by international organisations as a leader in the field. It included nine recommendations to develop its future strategy. A second independent evaluation was conducted by La Trobe University in 2021. In the executive summary, the report said "Our Watch has and continues to meet the policy outcomes set when it was established", and, although the impact of primary prevention measures are difficult to measure, "Our Watch has achieved extensive influence in the development of the field of primary prevention in Australia and its evaluated programs have shown influence in changing attitudes". The report identified some key successes and areas to focus on in the future. Our Watch Awards In 2015 the inaugural Our Watch Awards were given, awarded by the Walkley Foundation and funded by the Australian Government, "to recognise and reward exemplary reporting of violence against women, in particular reporting that highlights the causes of violence and what we as a society can do to ‘stop it before it starts’". Until 2018, several awards were given in up to seven different categories, with an overall Gold Our Watch Award. Since 2019 there has been a single award, known as the Our Watch Award at the Walkley Mid-Year Celebration, which "recognises the work of an individual, team or news organisation in highlighting the drivers of gendered violence and the way these intersect with other forms of discrimination and abuse faced by victims". Winners of Our Watch Awards include: 2015: Jess Hill, Gold Award for two longform articles (published in The Monthly and The Guardian), and two radio documentary programs for ABC Radio National's Background Briefing 2016: Lauren Novak and Sheradyn Holderhead from the Sunday Mail and The Advertiser, for their campaign "Knowing what we’re up against" (Gold Award) 2017: Gina McColl, for her entry “Gendered violence at work” for The Age (Gold Award) 2018: Julia Baird, Hayley Gleeson, Debra Jopson, Sarah Malik and Rocco Fazzari, ABC News Online, "Religion and domestic violence investigation" 2019: Sarah Dingle and the Background Briefing team at Radio National, ABC, for "Australia On Trial: Carers who kill, Slavery in the suburbs, Murder on Trial" 2020: Nina Funnell for the Let Her Speak series of articles, published in news.com.au, The Mercury and NT News 2021: Samantha Maiden of news.com.au, for her coverage of the Brittany Higgins story 2022: Bethany Atkinson-Quinton and Madison Griffiths, of Broadwave, for their podcast Tender: Roia Atmar Our Watch Fellowships The Our Watch Fellowship Program is also a collaboration with the Walkley Foundation. It provides leadership opportunities for 16 outstanding journalists, delivered in the form of three retreats in 2022. See also Metoo movement Rosie Batty Timesup References External links Women's rights in Australia Australia Family in Australia Violence against women in Australia 2013 establishments in Australia
Canyon Diablo may refer to: Canyon Diablo (canyon), Arizona, U.S. Canyon Diablo (meteorite), fragments found in Meteor Crater near the canyon Canyon Diablo Crater, former name of Meteor Crater Canyon Diablo, Arizona, a ghost town near the canyon Canyon Diablo Bridge, which crosses the canyon near the ghost town of Two Guns Canyon Diablo shootout, a 1905 gunfight at the canyon See also Diablo Canyon (disambiguation)
A pulsed field magnet is a strong electromagnet which is powered by a brief pulse of electric current through its windings rather than a continuous current, producing a brief but strong pulse of magnetic field. Pulsed field magnets are used in research in fields such as materials science to study the effect of strong magnetic fields, since they can produce stronger fields than continuous magnets. The maximum field strength that continuously-powered high-field electromagnets can produce is limited by the enormous waste heat generated in the windings by the large currents required. Therefore by applying brief pulses of current, with time between the pulses to allow the heat to dissipate, stronger currents can be used and thus stronger magnetic fields can be generated. The magnetic field produced by pulsed field magnets can reach between 50 and 100 T, and lasts several tens of milliseconds. References Bernd Ctortecka, High-field NMR in pulsed magnets, Max-Planck Innovation. Electromagnetic coils Nuclear magnetic resonance
Mega Man X5, known as in Japan, is an action-platform video game and the fifth main installment in the Mega Man X series. Developed by Capcom, it was first released for the PlayStation in Japan on November 30, 2000, and in North America and PAL territories the following year. In 2002, the game was ported to Microsoft Windows as retail packages in both Japan and North America. Players control X and Zero, heroes who traverse eight selectable stages and acquire the special weapon of each stage's boss. Mega Man X5 was intended to be the final game in its series, according to Capcom producer Keiji Inafune. Its story is set in the 22nd century, in a world where humans coexist with androids called "Reploids". X and Zero once again face their nemesis Sigma who aims to destroy the planet and infect all Reploids with a virus. The design of X's upgrades, new villains, and new tactics for the platform franchise were the biggest focus from Capcom when developing the game. It was a commercial success and garnered a generally positive reception among critics, many of whom agreed that it would satisfy diehard fans of the series despite the stale gameplay formula and presentation of the story. It was re-released in 2006 as part of the Mega Man X Collection for the PlayStation 2 and in the Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 in 2018 for additional consoles. Gameplay The gameplay in Mega Man X5 is similar to the previous installments of the Mega Man X series. The player is presented with a series of action-platforming stages that can be cleared in any order desired. The core aspects of gameplay are largely unchanged from previous installments, though X5 differs from its predecessor in a few notable ways. Before each level, players can choose whether to play as the shooter X or the swordsman Zero. X focuses on distanced combat using his X-Buster while the latter instead uses his Z-Saber in close combat. Defeating bosses results in the two characters gaining new weapons and techniques, respectively. and for the first time in the franchise, players are able to change the game's difficulty. The characters gain the new movement mechanics of crouching and hanging from ropes. Between the two characters, the one not chosen at the start of the game is disadvantaged – X loses his "Fourth Armor" (a less-powerful recreation of his armor from Mega Man X4), and Zero loses his Z-Buster weapon. X has four enhancing armor sets available: the Fourth Armor, the secret Ultimate Armor, and two others that must be assembled from parts found in capsules. X cannot wear any individual armor part without the rest of the matching set. Zero can find and enter Dr. Light's armor capsules, but in most cases he cannot use the armor parts inside – he can only retrieve them to deliver to X. If Zero reaches the capsule containing X's Ultimate Armor, Dr. Light offers him the "Black Zero" armor instead, which enhances his abilities. After the introduction stage, the player has 16 attempts to challenge four Maverick bosses in stages to complete the Enigma weapon needed to protect the planet from a space colony. A mid-boss named Dynamo also appears at predetermined intervals, stalling the player for time. If X is infected by a sufficient number of Sigma's viruses, his health begins to rapidly decline. Zero is affected differently by this level of infection – he becomes briefly invincible, with increased attack power. At any point between levels, the player can choose to fire the Enigma at the Eurasia, though the chance of success increases as the game progresses. Plot Like other entries in the series, Mega Man X5 takes place in "21XX", an unspecified year in the 22nd century, where humans have adapted to life with intelligent androids dubbed "Reploids". However, a series Reploids become Mavericks, causing crimes and chaos. The series' primary antagonist is Sigma, a Maverick who spreads a computer virus across the Earth, causing a series of new infected Mavserick. He also hires a Reploid mercenary named Dynamo to hijack the space colony Eurasia to make it collide with Earth. To prevent Eurasia from striking the planet, the Maverick Hunters pursue two options: firing a powerful cannon called "Enigma" at Eurasia to vaporize it, or failing that, launching a space shuttle and piloting it into the colony to destroy it. To maximize their chances of success, Hunters X and Zero are dispatched to collect parts for the two devices with the aid of their new teammates Alia, Douglas, and Signas. The necessary parts to upgrade the Enigma and shuttle are held by eight Mavericks, and X and Zero must defeat them to claim the parts. Whether the Enigma succeeds or fails, a new virus appears on the Earth, identified by Alia as the Sigma virus. If either one of the two methods succeeds, X and Zero proceed to hunt for the source of the virus. If the shuttle fails or if time expires, the colony crashes into the planet, nearly destroying it, and Zero is then infected by the virus. In either case, once the virus' origin is discovered, the Hunters investigate, penetrating a bizarre underground fortress. In the fortress, X and the infected Zero cross paths, where mutual suspicion and mistrust leads them to duel. After the duel, the story diverges into a few possible paths, each with its own ending. If Zero's mind is unaffected by the virus, he saves himself and X from Sigma, and they confront Sigma together. Upon defeating him, Sigma attempts to make the Hunters' victory for naught by taking them down with him. X tries to save Zero but is ambushed by Sigma and both Hunters are critically damaged. At this point, the endings diverge again depending on the player's chosen character. If Zero defeats Sigma, he reflects on his origin and life before dying. If X defeats Sigma, he inherits Zero's beam saber weapon and lives on as a Hunter. If Zero becomes a Maverick as a result of the virus, he sacrifices himself to save X from Sigma, and X continues on alone. Upon defeating Sigma, X is badly damaged. A mysterious figure recovers him but deletes all his memories of Zero. Development Mega Man X5 was originally intended to be the final game in the Mega Man X series. According to producer Keiji Inafune, he had little to do with the title and told the staff his idea. Much to the dismay of Inafune, Capcom decided to publish Mega Man X6 the following year, in which Zero survived his fight from X5. Haruki Suetsugu, an artist for Mega Man X4, designed almost all of the characters and promotional artwork for X5, adding various details to differentiate the characters from each other. Advancements in technology allowed the team to improve the visuals of the game over the previous installment. X5 uses still images without voiceovers instead of the animated cutscenes displayed in X4, which bothered Suetsugu as the price players paid was the same as before. Artist Hitoshi Ariga agreed with this sentiment as the boss characters were unvoiced. Suetsugu believed that the navigator Alia might be the most fitting heroine in the series in contrast to the tragic Iris from Mega Man X4. Alia stood out as the only female character, which Suetsugu did not mind since the game is aimed towards a young demographic. As the idea of having a calm woman as navigator proved difficult to execute, the other navigator Roll Caskett from Mega Man Legends was used as a reference. The villain Dynamo was based on Western movies, with a design that combined features from X and Zero. X's new Falcon Armor was designed by Ryuji Higurashi to resemble a bird with a beak-shaped chest piece, wings coming out of the back, and a talon-like arm cannon. Suetsugu designed the Gaea Armor to resemble Sanagiman from the Inazuman manga series. Other new characters were introduced to expand the roster of the Maverick Hunters beyond just the fighters, with Signus being the most mature among them and possibly having connections to the Repliforce from X4. Douglas and Lifesaver were created as minor characters for the roles of mechanic and doctor, respectively. The game does not employ voice acting, except that yells in the Japanese version were performed by Showtaro Morikubo, who replaced Kentarō Itō as X's voice actor, and by Ryōtarō Okiayu for Zero. Morikubo found the task challenging as he was debuting as a musician during the release of X5. The Maverick bosses in the English localization of the game are named after members of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Capcom voice actress Alyson Court, who was involved in the game's English localization, chose the new names as a tribute to her then-husband's love of the band. For the Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 release, the names of the Maverick bosses were changed to translations of their original Japanese names. The musical score for Mega Man X5 was composed by Naoto Tanaka, Naoya Kamisaka, and Takuya Miyawaki. The Japanese version of the game features "Monkey" as the opening theme and as the closing theme, both composed and performed by Morikubo and his band Mosquito Milk. The theme songs were included in the Rockman Theme Song Collection, published by Suleputer in 2002, and all of the game's instrumental and vocal music was included on the Capcom Music Generation: Rockman X1 ~ X6 soundtrack, released by Suleputer in 2003. The game was first released in Japan for the PlayStation on November 30, 2000. The North American release followed the next month on January 31, 2001. It was later released in Europe on August 3, 2001. A Microsoft Windows port was first released to retail in Asia on July 30, 2001, in Japan on May 24, 2002, and in North America on August 20, 2002. The game was included in the North American Mega Man X Collection for GameCube and PlayStation 2 in 2006. In 2014, the PlayStation Network released Mega Man X5 alongside X4. It became available for Windows via Steam, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch as a part of Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 on July 24, 2018, worldwide and July 26, 2018, in Japan. Reception Mega Man X5 was generally well-received as an appealing sidescroller, although several sites commented that it did not contribute new major ideas to the franchise. GameRevolution enjoyed the contrasting gameplay system between X and Zero as well as the improved graphics. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine stated that the game's difficulty felt harsher than previous installments as a result of enemy placement but still appreciated the focus on more checkpoints and continues, which balance it out. While they also appreciated the storytelling and multiple endings, they panned the idea of being forced into several cutscenes in the middle of the game without offering new ideas. Eurogamer agreed that players would need to properly collect most power-ups, like heart-shaped items, to make X and Zero able to fight the bosses. He found the system so repetitive that he instead recommended playing the related series, Legends, which he finds more innovative. Electronic Gaming Monthly found several parts of the game to be similar to Mega Man X4 and that the characters' interactions were cheesy. GameSpot said the gameplay would appeal to non-Mega Man fans and gamers in general due to the attention given to detail and the design of the new bosses. GamePro was more positive on the new content and improvements made over X4 and found it important for most fans. Regarding the game's presentation, responses were mixed. GameRevolution enjoyed the narrative associated with Armageddon but still felt it was poorly executed due to having to retread previous stages at the cost of losing hours to attack the colony. Both IGN and GameSpot enjoyed the presentation for relying on nostalgic tracks fitting for popular Super Nintendo games. The PC port was also the focus of some reviews, with Absolute Games criticizing the lack of noticeable improvements to the visuals or gameplay compared to Mega Man X4. On the other hand, Wolf praised the handling of stages and skills needed to defeat the bosses. According to the Japanese publication Famitsu, Mega Man X5 was the third best-selling video game in Japan during its release week, with 46,033 copies sold. It placed at number eight the following week with an additional 22,963 copies sold. Media Create sales information showed that the game was the 96th best-selling video game in Japan in 2000. Dengeki Online reported that Mega Man X5 sold a total of 215,687 copies in Japan by the end of 2001, listing it as the 132nd best-selling game of the year in the region. Toy Retail Sales Tracking (TRST) data showed that X5 was the fifth best-selling PlayStation game in North America for the month of February 2001. The game was eventually re-released as part of Sony's PlayStation The Best for Family collection of budget titles in Japan. References External links Official website Official PC website Mega Man X5 at MobyGames 2000 video games Malware in fiction Mega Man X games PlayStation (console) games PlayStation Network games Superhero video games Video games about impact events Video games about terrorism Video games about viral outbreaks Video games developed in Japan Video games set in the 22nd century Video games set in China Video games set in Egypt Video games set in Norway Video games set in Russia Video games set in Somalia Video games set in South Korea Video games set in Ukraine Windows games
The Jurassic Powers was a professional wrestling tag team that competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The team consisted of Scott Norton and Hercules Hernandez. History The Jurassic Powers first formed in March 1993 when Hercules joined New Japan. The two spent the first few months in the midcard as they took part in six- and eight-man tag team matches. Eventually they began to climb the rankings and they defeated The Hellraisers on August 5, 1993 to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship. After winning the title, the Jurassic Powers would hold them for 5 months and make 3 successful title defenses against the Hellraisers, Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh, and The Nasty Boys, as well as non-title victories over The Japanese Jolly Jacks and Brutus Beefcake and Jake Roberts. The team also entered the 1993 Super Grade Tag League and would ultimately be the runners-up as they lost to Hase and Mutoh in the finals. The team would finally lose the title back to the Hellraisers at Battlefield on January 4, 1994. After the title loss, the Jurassic Powers would make few appearances as a team, eventually making their last appearance as a team in a losing effort against The Steiner Brothers on August 4, 1994. After that loss, they split up as Hernandez left New Japan. Championships and accomplishments New Japan Pro-Wrestling IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) References External links http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/h/hercules.html http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/scott-norton.html New Japan Pro-Wrestling teams and stables
Holgate School could refer to a number of schools: United Kingdom Annie Holgate Infant and Nursery School, a primary school in Hucknall, near Nottingham Annie Holgate Junior School, a primary school in Hucknall, near Nottingham Archbishop Holgate's School, a CofE voluntary aided comprehensive school in York Holgate Pre-school, a daycare centre in York Holgate School, a defunct comprehensive school in Barnsley Holgate School, now known as The Holgate Academy, in Hucknall near Nottingham United States Holgate High School, a public High School in Ohio
Beatrice Edgell (26 October 1871 – 10 August 1948) was a British psychologist, researcher and university teacher. She taught at Bedford College in the University of London from 1897 to 1933. She was the first British woman to earn a PhD in psychology and the first British woman to be named a professor of psychology. She was also the first female president of the British Psychological Society, the Aristotelian Society, the Mind Association and the Psychological Division of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Early life and education Edgell was born in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, in 1871, the youngest of six children of Edward Higginson Edgell and his wife, the former Sarah Ann Buckle. Edward Edgell was a bank manager in Tewkesbury. Beatrice Edgell's mother died when her youngest daughter was 11 years old. She attended Tewkesbury High School for Girls between the ages of 10 and 14. In 1886 she went to Notting Hill High School for Girls, leaving in 1891 to enter University College Wales, Aberystwyth, where she studied mainly philosophy. She earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Mental and Moral sciences from the University of London in 1894. From 1894 to 1897 Edgell taught high school in Sunderland and Blackburn, earning a teaching diploma from the University of London in 1896. In 1897 she returned to study in Aberystwyth, where her alma mater had become part of the University of Wales. In 1898 she earned a BA in philosophy from the University of Wales, followed in 1899 by a Master of Arts degree from the same university. Edgell spent the 1900–01 winter semester and the 1901 summer semester at the University of Würzburg, supported by a travelling research fellowship from the University of Wales. Under the supervision of Oswald Külpe, she wrote a doctoral dissertation entitled Die Grenzen des Experiments als einer psychologischen Methode, which was "a theoretical discussion of the limits of the experiment as a method in psychology". She defended her dissertation successfully on 30 July 1901, thereby becoming the first woman to earn a doctoral degree from the University of Würzburg and the first British woman to be awarded a PhD in psychology by any university. Career In January 1898 Edgell had begun her university teaching career at Bedford College in London as lecturer in philosophy and head of the department of mental and moral science, which became the department of philosophy and psychology in 1906. When she returned in 1901 from her year's leave of absence at the University of Würzburg, she set up one of Britain's first psychological laboratories at the college. Beatrice Edgell was named professor of psychology in 1927 by the University of London. She was the first female professor of psychology in Britain. Edgell's early research projects included collaborating with the physiologist William Legge Symes to calibrate the Wheatstone-Hipp chronoscope, a piece of equipment used in experimental psychology to measure reaction time. She later undertook a large-scale empirical study of memory with 1,200 children between the ages of 8 and 12 as the primary subjects. Among her publications were an article on memory in the 1929 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica and her 1924 book Theories of Memory. She wrote two textbooks, Mental Life and Ethical Problems, introducing applied psychology to social studies and nursing students respectively. Edgell was one of the earliest members of the British Psychological Society, and presented a paper on time judgement at the association's fifth meeting in 1903. She was the first woman president of the British Psychological Society, a position she held from 1930 to 1932. In 1932 she became the first woman president of the Psychological Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Edgell retained her connection with philosophy, becoming a member of the Aristotelian Society in 1910. In 1930 she became the society's first woman president. Her presidential address presented an analysis of the concept of the "image" from both a philosophical and psychological point of view. She also became the first woman president of the Mind Association in 1927. Edgell taught at Bedford College for 35 years, retiring in 1933. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes her as a "standard-bearer for psychology" and a "conscientious and painstaking teacher who cared deeply about the education, welfare, and future careers of her students." In 1924 the University of Wales awarded her the degree of Doctor of Letters. On her retirement she was named emeritus professor of psychology. Later years Edgell retired to Bishop's Cleeve in Gloucestershire, where she lived with her unmarried brother and sister. She worked in a local child guidance clinic and acted as an examiner in psychology for the Royal College of Nursing, as well as remaining active in professional associations including the British Psychological Society. Edgell died of cancer, in Cheltenham, on 10 August 1948. Legacy Edgell's obituary in the British Journal of Psychology stated that "the success of her work is demonstrated by the success of her students in many widely differing fields." Among her students who became notable psychologists were Molly Harrower, Winifred Raphael, and Olive Wheeler. The University of Würzburg Faculty of Human Sciences's annual award for the best dissertation by a female PhD student is named the Beatrice Edgell Award in honour of the first woman to receive a doctoral degree from the university. References External links 1871 births 1948 deaths British psychologists Presidents of the British Psychological Society Presidents of the Aristotelian Society People educated at Notting Hill & Ealing High School Academics of Bedford College, London Alumni of the University of Wales People from Tewkesbury People from Bishop's Cleeve
A ladle is a type of cooking implement used for soup, stew, or other foods. Although designs vary, a typical ladle has a long handle terminating in a deep bowl, frequently with the bowl oriented at an angle to the handle to facilitate lifting liquid out of a pot or other vessel and conveying it to a bowl. Some ladles involve a point on the side of the basin to allow for finer stream when pouring the liquid; however, this can create difficulty for left handed users, as it is easier to pour towards oneself. Thus, many of these ladles feature such pinches on both sides. In modern times ladles are usually made of the same stainless steel alloys as other kitchen utensils; however, they can be made of aluminium, silver, plastics, melamine resin, wood, bamboo or other materials. Ladles are made in a variety of sizes depending upon use; for example, the smaller sizes of less than in length are used for sauces or condiments, while extra large sizes of more than in length are used for soup or punch. Ladles are also a part of religious rituals in many cultures. In a Japanese temple, a wooden ladle known as hishaku is used in performing chozu, a ritual required before entering the temple, signifying self purification. References External links Spoons Serving utensils
The Other Munch () is a 2018 Norwegian documentary film directed by Emil and Joachim Trier. It is about the process of creating an exhibition of paintings by Edvard Munch, curated by the writer Karl Ove Knausgård. Synopsis The film follows the work with the exhibition Mot skogen – Knausgård om Munch ("To the woods – Knausgård on Munch"), held in the summer of 2017 at the Munch Museum in Oslo and curated by the writer Karl Ove Knausgård. Knausgård and the filmmaker Joachim Trier travel in the footsteps of Edvard Munch to understand his paintings better. They discuss parallels between Munch's and Knausgård's works. Production The Munch Museum approached Knausgaard about curating an exhibition of Munch's work. The exhibition became a success and drew close to 130,000 visitors. The documentary film directed by the brothers Emil and Joachim Trier was produced by Nicolai Moland and Thomas Robsahm for Don't Look Now. In addition to the film, the exhibition resulted in Knausgård's book Så mye lengsel på så liten flate: En bok om Edvard Munchs bilder, where he discusses Munch with artists and other cultural figures. Release The film was broadcast on NRK on 6 June 2018. It was shown at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York on 25 September 2018 and at the 2019 Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. Reception of wrote that it mostly is Trier who carries The Other Munch with "clear, intellectual analyses", although it is Knausgård who adds original perspectives through his intuitive interpretations of paintings in the second half of the film. Schepelern wrote that the film's emphasis on less known Munch paintings makes it possible to see the artist in a new light, as someone who gave meaning to seemingly banal aspects of everyday life. Michael Bach Henriksen of Kristeligt Dagblad wrote that the film's title refers to the ambition to show a less known, life-affirming side of Munch, but the portrayal of Edvard Munch as courageous and uncompromising also gives the impression that it is Knausgård who is "the other Munch". References External links 2018 documentary films 2018 films Norwegian documentary films Films directed by Joachim Trier Edvard Munch Documentary films about writers Documentary films about painters Documentary television films Norwegian television films NRK original programming
AMC-16 is an American communications satellite. Owned by SES Americom, AMC-16 was designed to be placed in geostationary orbit, following launch on a Atlas V space vehicle. Satellite description Built by Lockheed Martin and based on the A2100AXS satellite bus, AMC-16 is located at 85° West longitude for EchoStar. AMC-16 has 24 Ku-band and 12 Ka-band transponders covering United States (including Hawaii and Alaska), part of Canada and Mexico. Leased to Echostar Satellite Services. Launch It was launched atop a Atlas V launch vehicle at 12:07:00 UTC on 17 December 2004, from SLC-41 at the Cape Canaveral in Florida. AMC-16 is completely leased to EchoStar Satellite Services. See also 2004 in spaceflight References Spacecraft launched in 2004 SES satellites Satellites using the A2100 bus
Nukusa praeditella is a moth of the family Autostichidae. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy and former Serbia and Montenegro. The wingspan is 10–15 mm. The forewings are shining yellowish grey. The hindwings are shining yellowish ash-grey. References External links Images representing Nukusa praeditella at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Moths described in 1891 Nukusa Moths of Europe
```smalltalk namespace Asp.Versioning; #if !NETFRAMEWORK using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc; #endif using System.Net.Http; using System.Net.Http.Formatting; internal static class HttpContentExtensions { private static readonly JsonMediaTypeFormatter ProblemDetailsMediaTypeFormatter = new() { SupportedMediaTypes = { new( ProblemDetailsDefaults.MediaType.Json ) }, }; private static readonly IEnumerable<MediaTypeFormatter> MediaTypeFormatters = new[] { ProblemDetailsMediaTypeFormatter }; public static Task<ProblemDetails> ReadAsProblemDetailsAsync( this HttpContent content, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default ) => content.ReadAsAsync<ProblemDetails>( MediaTypeFormatters, cancellationToken ); #pragma warning disable IDE0060 // Remove unused parameter #pragma warning disable IDE0079 // Remove unnecessary suppression public static Task<T> ReadAsExampleAsync<T>( this HttpContent content, T example, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default ) => content.ReadAsAsync<T>( cancellationToken ); #pragma warning restore IDE0060 // Remove unused parameter #pragma warning restore IDE0079 // Remove unnecessary suppression } ```
Hypaeus femoratus is a species of jumping spider from the Brazilian Amazon, specifically Juruti, Pará. References Salticidae Spiders of Brazil Spiders described in 2015
Kozibrod () is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D47 highway. References Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County
Dr. Dwight Bryant Waldo (June 13, 1864 – October 29, 1939) was the first President of Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Waldo was born in Arcade, N.Y. but spent his childhood in Plainwell, Michigan. Waldo was elected principal of WMU on April 1, 1904. He served as president from 1904 through 1936. When Western Michigan first opened, it was known as the Western State Normal School and later as the Western State Teachers College. One of Waldo's first moves, creating a rural school department, cemented WMU as a teaching college. It was the first such department in the nation and prepared teachers to effectively educate students in rural parts of America. Waldo also firmly believed in diversity on campus, and during his tenure many females and minorities were given the opportunity to attend the college. In the beginning Western Michigan served as a two-year normal school, but under Waldo's guidance it was soon structured into a four-year teachers college. He also served as one of the first instructors at WMU. Waldo is credited with keeping WMU open when many government officials wanted to shut it during the Great Depression. The school's football stadium (Waldo Stadium) and library (Waldo Library) are named in his honor. In 1912, Kalamazoo College awarded Waldo a Doctor of Laws as an honorary degree for his accomplishments at WMU. In 1932, Michigan State University awarded Waldo an honorary Doctor of Letters. Waldo was born in Arcade, New York, son of Simeon Smith Waldo and Martha Ann Bryant Waldo, during the final year of the Civil War. He and his family moved to Plainwell, Michigan in about 1874. Waldo graduated from Plainwell High School and went on to attend Michigan State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) and receive an MA from Albion College. He married first Minnie Strong (children: Herbert (born 1894) and Ruth (born 1895)) and after Minnie's death, he married Eliza Lilian Trudgeon on September 14, 1904 (children: Elizabeth (born 1908), Barbara (born 1911) and Dorothy (born 1919)). Waldo was noted for his interest and research into the life of Abraham Lincoln. His personal collection of Lincoln memorabilia is one of many displays at Waldo Library. A WMU librarian and Dwight Waldo Historian stated, "Waldo's vision, 'tough love' leadership style and unique combination of pragmatism and idealism are legendary around campus and Kalamazoo". Waldo had a pet parrot named "Jimmy Boy." Despite claims that he walked around campus with the parrot, there is no evidence of this. Prior to assuming his leadership role at Western Michigan, Waldo was the first principal at Northern State Normal School (now Northern Michigan University) where he served from 1899 to 1904, and additionally served as the Department Chair of the History Department. 100 years after Waldo came to Western Michigan another Northern Michigan president, Judith Bailey, would follow in his footsteps to help Western Michigan kick off its "Centennial Campaign" after arriving in 2003. Waldo was also a history and economics teacher at Albion College before becoming principal at Northern State. References Presidents of Western Michigan University 1864 births 1939 deaths People from Arcade, New York People from Plainwell, Michigan Albion College alumni Albion College faculty
Count Sava Lukich Vladislavich-Raguzinsky (; , Sava Vladislavić Raguzinski; 16 January 1669 – 17 June 1738) was a Serbian merchant-adventurer and diplomat in the employ of Peter the Great. He conducted important diplomatic negotiations in Constantinople, Rome and Beijing. His most lasting achievement was the Treaty of Kiakhta, which regulated relations between the Russian Empire and the Qing Empire until the mid-19th century. He penned a number of pamphlets, monographs, treaties and letters concerned with liberating the lands of the Slavs, then occupied by the Ottoman Empire and the forces of Leopold I. Background Vladislavich was born in 1669, in the village of Jasenik near Gacko, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire. His father, Luka Vladislavić, was a Serb landlord. The family was driven out from Gacko by the local Turks and settled in the Republic of Ragusa. His father's involvement in trade allowed Sava to be sent to the Republic of Venice, then Spain and France where he acquired broad education. The well-being of the citizens of Ragusa depended on maritime commerce; Sava Vladislavich was no exception. With his knowledge and monetary assistance from his father, he set out on his own trading venture. Russian service A commercial project brought the young merchant to Constantinople, where, in the absence of a permanent Russian mission, he was entrusted with various tasks by the Russian foreign ministers Vasily Galitzine and Emelian Ukraintsev. It so happened that his own commercial interests always went hand-in-hand with those of the Russian government. In 1702, he made the acquaintance of Peter the Great in Azov. With an eye toward profiting from the fur trade with Russia, Vladislavich visited Moscow in the next year, but, after obtaining important privileges from the Tsar, returned to Constantinople, where he represented Russia's interests, in tandem with Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy, until the Battle of Poltava. It was he who purchased for the Tsar a black page, Ibrahim Hannibal, the ancestor of the great Pushkin. In 1708, he relocated to Moscow and soon received from the Tsar the lands in Little Russia, where Nezhin was made the centre of his commercial operations. In 1710, he received the rank of court adviser. At the time Russia did not have access to the warm sea, and the ports in the Baltic were held by the English and the Dutch. Peter the Great built St. Petersburg to have a Russian port in the north, so as not to depend on the blackmail of Western traders who determined the prices of warehouses, had a monopoly on trade and kept Russia captive. However, the northern climate was severe as always, so Petar tried to go south. He asked Vladislavich to determine where ports could be built on the Black Sea coast. That project had very far-reaching consequences for the development of the Black Sea Fleet, which was made on the basis of Vladislavich's first report. The Battle of Poltava On 8 July 1708 the Battle of Poltava took place. It is alleged that Vladislavich, with his skill, de facto saved Peter in a conflict with King Charles XII of Sweden. The Swedes agreed with the Turks to attack Russia on two fronts, but Vladislavich found out about it from trusted intelligence sources and told Peter once he arrived from Constantinople in 1708. The Russian tsar was furious because the conflict had already begun to brew. The count asked him for money to bribe the Turks, who had already been bribed by the Swedes. When asked by Peter what he would do if he failed, Vladislavich answered that the only pledge he could offer was his head. Peter accepted the proposal and the matter was settled. The Balkans The "Illyrian Count" (as Vladislavich liked to style himself) maintained trade contacts with fellow Serbs and was under the impression that they would rise in revolt against the Sultan as soon as the Tsar invaded the Danubian Principalities. Having launched the invasion in 1711, Peter sent him on a mission to Moldavia and Montenegro, whose population Vladislavich was expected to incite to rebellion. Little came of these plans, despite the assistance of a pro-Russian colonel, Michael Miloradovich (the ancestor of Mikhail Miloradovich). There has been preserved an inscription from that time, in a chronicle: Venice From 1716 to 1722, Vladislavich resided in Venice, Italy, dividing his time between the advocacy of his own private interests and those of the Tsar. Vladislavich entertained the aristocracy of Venice as well as foreign visitors, Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739), Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1654–1730), Count Girolamo of Colloredo-Waldsee, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (then under Austrian rule), Prince Teodor Konstanty Lubomirski, Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and Count Charachin. Antonio Vivaldi dedicated La verità in cimento to Vladislavich in Venice in 1720. While in Italy, among other commissions, he supervised the education of Russian nobles (such as painter Ivan Nikitich Nikitin) and prepared important, secret political treaties with Pope Clement XI. It was he who acquired in Venice an assortment of marble statues that still decorate the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg. Among many tasks, Sava Vladislavich had, politically, the most important task for Russia, and that is the establishment of a concordat with the Roman Curia. During his stay in Italy, he was in direct contact with the Pope, about which Vivaldi writes in his dedication. For Italians, as well as all Catholics, the Pope is a god on earth, and the Serbian count negotiated a concordat with him for six years. That part of Sava's activity is not well known enough. There are certain documents about the negotiations, and they are most likely in the Vatican archives. The Russians have only occasional Vladislavich report on the progress of negotiations. Treaty of Kyakhta Vladislavich was made ambassador plenipotentiary to China on 18 June 1725. He retraced the steps of Spathari's travels, leading a large Russian mission to negotiate a new treaty with the Qing Empire. The extended and fractious negotiations with the Qing Emperor and his officials resulted in the Treaty of Burya, which adopted the doctrine of Uti Possidetis Juris for delimiting the Russo-Chinese border. In 1728, these provisions were finalized in the Treaty of Kyakhta, which also incorporated Vladislavich's proposal on the construction of an Orthodox chapel in Beijing. Viewing the commonly agreed border as an "everlasting demarcation line between the two empires", Vladislavich spared no effort to further trade and commerce on the border. He personally selected the location for the Russian trade factory of Kyakhta, where the district of Troitskosavsk commemorates his name. As a reward for his part in securing a favourable treaty with China and establishing the Tea Road between the two countries, he was invested with the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky. He also drafted a comprehensive project of financial reform and left a detailed description of the Qing Empire. In a secret memorandum (1731), Vladislavich cautioned the Russian government against ever going to war with China. Writings In 1722, Sava Vladislavich published his most famous work, a translation in Russian of Mavro Orbin's Il regno de gli Slavi (1601; The Realm of the Slavs), which included a long passage on Kosovo. It was a tremendous sensation in Russia and the Balkans and attracted the attention and discussion of all cultured society. It was said that "nowhere was there a rather large library that did not have a copy of Sava Vladislavich's translation of Orbini." Legacy According to Serbian poet and diplomat Jovan Dučić, descendant of Sava's either half-brother or first cousin Duka (whence the eponymic family name Dučić), "Sava Vladislavich occupied a distinguished position among Russian diplomats in the eighteenth century. During two and a half decades, he took part in all important events of the Russian empire as a legate of the Czar (Peter the Great) and Czarina (Catherine I of Russia)." The fortress of Troitsko-Savsk (now Kyakhta) was named after him at the time when he was negotiating a second treaty in 1727 between Russia and China. The historian Marie–Janine Calic describes him as an "intercultural mediator par excellence". See also Matija Zmajević Semyon Zorich Peter Tekeli Georgi Emmanuel Simeon Piščević Jovan Albanez Jovan Šević Anto Gvozdenović Mikhail Miloradovich Ilya Duka Dmitry Horvat Marko Voinovich Marko Ivelich References Bibliography Milovan Djilas, Njegoš: Poet, Prince, Bishop, Introduction and Translation by Michael B. Petrovich; Preface by William Jovanovich (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, New York, 1966). Further reading External links Official Site Serbia national review "A Man of a Special Mission" Jovan Dučić: Grof Sava Vladislavić 18th-century diplomats of the Russian Empire 18th-century Serbian people 18th-century translators Diplomats of the Russian Empire Russian people of Serbian descent People from the Russian Empire of Serbian descent People from the Republic of Ragusa People from Gacko Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Translators from Italian Translators to Russian 1669 births 1738 deaths 20th-century translators Burials at the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to China
Kamil Kruk (born 13 March 2000) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Zagłębie Lubin. Career statistics References External links 2000 births Living people People from Drezdenko Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Ekstraklasa players III liga players Zagłębie Lubin players Stal Mielec players Footballers from Lubusz Voivodeship
Constance Georgina Adams (6 August 1883 – 21 June 1968), also known as Constance Georgina Tardrew, was a South African housewife and collector of botanical specimens. Known by the nicknames Connie and Daisy, Adams was born in Cape Town and spent her early childhood on a farm in Tulbagh before moving to Warrenton. She subsequently lived in Kimberley before getting married, settling in Johannesburg where she became active in the Housewives League of South Africa. Inspired by her parents' interest in botany, she became a successful collector for both the Albany Museum in Grahamstown and McGregor Museum in Kimberley. She also cultivated a friendship with the Director of the latter, Maria Wilman. She collected over 240 specimens, which were presented to the Albany Museum, McGregor Museum and the National Herbarium in Pretoria. Life Constance Georgina Adams, known in her early life as "Connie" and later "Daisy", was born in Cape Town, Cape Colony, on 6 August 1883. Her father, John Adams, was a farmer in the district of Tulbagh, and she spent the first few years of her life on the family farm, Waterfalls. At age 14, she attended Vredenburgh High School, in Cape Town where she won numerous prizes for botany, and then later trained as a teacher. In 1907, the family moved to Kimberley, where she lived until leaving home. In 1910 she married her cousin, Peter Tardrew, moving first to Bloemhof and then to Johannesburg in 1936, where she became an active member of the Housewives League of South Africa. The group was an early example of integration between the races at a time of expanding apartheid across the country. She died on 21 June 1968. Collecting career Adams developed a passion for botany at an early age. Her family were keen botanists and took an interest in wild and cultivated flowers, and where among the founders of the first wild-flower show in the district. In 1890, the family moved to Warrenton, where Adams started school. She subsequently spent the vacations while at High School collecting specimens for the Herbarium at the Albany Museum in Grahamstown. Selmar Schonland, the Director, was a friend of the family and encouraged her. This interest flourished into a substantial collection of over 240 items, which she presented to the museum on 19 September 1919 after moving to Bloemhof. In the meantime, she had become friends with Maria Wilman, Director of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley, for whom she also collected. Her collections are currently held in three herbaria, in Grahamstown, Kimberley and Pretoria, the last in the National Herbarium at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden. Amongst the specimens which are included are Convovulus boedeckeriamus and Convovulus ocelatus. Her collections were particularly important to the identification of the plants of Griqualand. References Bibliography 1883 births 1968 deaths 20th-century South African women scientists Botanical illustrators Scientists from Cape Town 20th-century South African botanists South African women botanists
A hitter is a player batting in baseball. Designated hitter Pinch hitter Switch hitter The Hitter may refer to: The Hitter (film) "The Hitter", song by Bruce Springsteen from Devils & Dust
Theodoros Nikolaidis (, born 1891, date of death unknown) was a Greek footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics. References 1891 births Year of death missing Greek men's footballers Olympic footballers for Greece Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Men's association football forwards
is a one-volume Japanese slice of life seinen manga written and illustrated by Taeko Uzuki. It was published by East Press on May 18, 2012. Characters Taeko Bobby Reception It was number three on the 2013 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey. It was also nominated for the 6th Manga Taishō, receiving 35 points and placing 8th among the eleven nominees. References 2012 manga Seinen manga Slice of life anime and manga
Giannis Kyrastas (; 25 October 1952 – 1 April 2004) was a Greek footballer and football manager. Club career Born in Piraeus, Kyrastas started his football career in Olympiacos, where he played his first game on 10 December 1972 against Kavala. With Olympiacos he played 223 games, 16 of them in European competitions, and won five Greek Championships and three Greek Cups. In 1981, he went, together with Mike Galakos, to archrival Panathinaikos, where he played in 145 games, 14 of them in European competitions, and won two Greek Championships and three Greek Cups. He retired in 1986 after playing his last game against Aris in November. Kyrastas made 46 appearances for the Greece national team, from 15 November 1974 to 19 May 1985. He also played in the 1980 UEFA European Championship. Coaching career After retiring, he became a coach. Starting in the 1987–88 season and until 2001 he successfully coached many teams, including Ethnikos Piraeus, Paniliakos (twice), Panionios FC, Iraklis and finally Panathinaikos. After his second time as coach of Panathinaikos, he retired from coaching. Death Kyrastas was admitted on 5 March 2004 to hospital with septicaemia, after being infected with the rare Fournier gangrene. His condition was said to be improving, but on, 30 March he went into a decline from which he was not to recover. He died on 1 April 2004 at the age of 51. The football players and staff of Panathinaikos, devoted the Double of 2004 in his memory. References External links 1952 births 2004 deaths Deaths from sepsis Men's association football midfielders Greece men's international footballers Greek football managers Panathinaikos F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. managers Olympiacos F.C. players Footballers from Athens Greek men's footballers Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) managers UEFA Euro 1980 players Infectious disease deaths in Greece Super League Greece players Super League Greece managers Panionios F.C. managers Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. managers Deaths from gangrene
Ultra-high-pressure metamorphism refers to metamorphic processes at pressures high enough to stabilize coesite, the high-pressure polymorph of SiO2. It is important because the processes that form and exhume ultra-high-pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks may strongly affect plate tectonics, the composition and evolution of Earth's crust. The discovery of UHP metamorphic rocks in 1984 revolutionized our understanding of plate tectonics. Prior to 1984 there was little suspicion that continental rocks could reach such high pressures. The formation of many UHP terrains has been attributed to the subduction of microcontinents or continental margins and the exhumation of all UHP terrains has been ascribed principally to buoyancy caused by the low density of continental crust—even at UHP—relative to Earth's mantle. While the subduction proceeds at low thermal gradients of less than 10°C/km, the exhumation proceeds at elevated thermal gradients of 10-30°C/km. Definition Metamorphism of rocks at pressures ≥27kbar (2.7GPa) to stabilize coesite, the high-pressure polymorph of SiO2, recognized by either the presence of a diagnostic mineral (e.g., coesite or diamond), mineral assemblage (e.g., magnesite + aragonite), or mineral compositions. Identification Petrological indicators of UHP metamorphism are usually preserved in eclogite. The presence of metamorphic coesite, diamond, or majoritic garnet are diagnostic; other potential mineralogical indicators of UHP metamorphism, such as alpha-PbO2 structured TiO2, are not widely accepted. Mineral assemblages, rather than single minerals, can also be used to identify UHP rocks; these assemblages include magnesite + aragonite. Because minerals change composition in response to changes in pressure and temperature, mineral compositions can be used to calculate pressure and temperature; for UHP eclogite the best geobarometers involve garnet + clinopyroxene + K-white mica and garnet + clinopyroxene + kyanite + coesite/quartz. Most UHP rocks were metamorphosed at peak conditions of 800 °C and 3 GPa. At least two UHP localities record higher temperatures: the Bohemian and Kokchetav Massifs reached 1000–1200 °C at pressures of at least 4 GPa. Most felsic UHP rocks have undergone extensive retrograde metamorphism and preserve little or no UHP record. Commonly, only a few eclogite enclaves or UHP minerals reveal that the entire terrain was subducted to mantle depths. Many granulite terrains and even batholithic rocks may have undergone UHP metamorphism that was subsequently obliterated Global distribution Geologists have identified UHP terrains at more than twenty localities around the globe in most well-studied Phanerozoic continental orogenic belts; most occur in Eurasia. Coesite is relatively widespread, diamond less so, and majoritic garnet is known from only rare localities. The oldest UHP terrain is 620 Ma and is exposed in Mali; the youngest is 8 Ma and exposed in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. A modest number of continental orogens have undergone multiple UHP episodes. UHP terrains vary greatly in size, from the >30,000 km2 giant UHP terrains in Norway and China, to small kilometer-scale bodies. The giant UHP terrains have a metamorphic history spanning tens of millions of years, whereas the small UHP terrains have a metamorphic history spanning millions of years. All are dominated by quartzofeldspathic gneiss with a few percent mafic rock (eclogite) or ultramafic rock (garnet-bearing peridotite). Some include sedimentary or rift-volcanic sequences that have been interpreted as passive margins prior to metamorphism. Implications and importance UHP rocks record pressures greater than those that prevail within Earth's crust. Earth's crust is a maximum of 70–80 km thickness, and pressures at the base are <2.7 GPa for typical crustal densities. UHP rocks therefore come from depths within Earth's mantle. UHP rocks of a wide variety of compositions have been identified as both regional metamorphic terrains and xenoliths. UHP ultramafic xenoliths of mantle affinity provide information (e.g., mineralogy or deformation mechanisms) about processes active deep in Earth. UHP xenoliths of crustal affinity provide information about processes active deep in Earth, but also information about what kinds of crustal rocks reach great depth in Earth and how profound those depths are. Regional metamorphic UHP terrains exposed on Earth's surface provide considerable information that is not available from xenoliths. Integrated study by structural geologists, petrologists, and geochronologists has provided considerable data on how the rocks deformed, the pressures and temperatures of metamorphism, and how the deformation and metamorphism varied as a function of space and time. It has been postulated that small UHP terrains that underwent short periods of metamorphism formed early during continent subduction, whereas giant UHP terrains that underwent long periods of metamorphism formed late during continent collision. Formation of UHP rocks Eclogite-facies HP to UHP metamorphic rocks are produced by subduction of crustal rocks to the lower crust to mantle depths for extreme metamorphism at the low thermal gradients of less than 10°C/km. All of these rocks occur at convergent plate margins, and UHP rocks only occur in collisional orogens. There is general agreement that most well-exposed and well-studied UHP terrains were produced by the burial of crustal rocks to mantle depths of >80 km during subduction. Continental margin subduction is well documented in a number of collisional orogens, such as the Dabie orogen where South China Block passive-margin sedimentary and volcanic sequences are preserved, in the Arabian continental margin beneath the Samail ophiolite (in the Al Hajar Mountains, Oman), and in the Australian margin presently subducting beneath the Banda Arc. Sediment subduction occurs beneath volcanoplutonic arcs around the world and is recognized in the compositions of arc lavas. Continental subduction may be underway beneath the Pamir. Subduction erosion also occurs beneath volcanoplutonic arcs around the world, carrying continental rocks to mantle depths at least locally. Exhumation of UHP rocks The specific processes by which UHP terrains were exhumed to Earth's surface appear to have been different in different locations. If continental lithosphere is subducted because of its attachment to downgoing oceanic lithosphere, the downward slab pull force may exceed the strength of the slab at some time and location, and necking of the slab initiates. The positive buoyancy of the continental slab—in opposition principally to ridge push—can then drive exhumation of the subducting crust at a rate and mode determined by plate geometry and the rheology of the crustal materials. The Norwegian Western Gneiss Region is the archetype for this exhumation mode, which has been termed 'eduction' or subduction inversion. If a plate undergoing subduction inversion begins to rotate in response to changing boundary conditions or body forces, the rotation may exhume UHP rocks toward crustal levels. This could occur if, for example, the plate is small enough that continental subduction markedly changes the orientation and magnitude of slab pull or if the plate is being consumed by more than one subduction zone pulling in different directions. Such a model has also been proposed for the UHP terrain in eastern Papua New Guinea, where rotation of the Woodlark microplate is causing a rift in the Woodlark Basin). If a subducting plate consists of a weak buoyant layer atop a stronger negatively buoyant layer, the former will detach at the depth where the buoyancy force exceeds slab pull, and extrude upward as a semi-coherent sheet. This type of delamination and stacking was proposed to explain exhumation of UHP rocks in the Dora Maira massif in Piedmont, Italy, in the Dabie orogen, and in the Himalaya. In addition it was demonstrated with analogue experiments. This mechanism is different from flow in a subduction channel in that the exhuming sheet is strong and remains undeformed. A variant of this mechanism, in which the exhuming material undergoes folding, but not wholescale disruption, was suggested for the Dabie orogen, where exhumation-related stretching lineations and gradients in metamorphic pressure indicate rotation of the exhuming block; The buoyancy of a microcontinent locally slows the rollback of and steepens the dip of subducting mafic lithosphere. If the mafic lithosphere on either side of the microcontinent continues to roll back, a buoyant portion of the microcontinent may detach, allowing the retarded portion of the mafic slab to roll quickly back, making room for the UHP continental crust to exhume and driving back-arc extension. This model was developed to explain repeated cycles of subduction and exhumation documented in the Aegean and Calabria–Apennine orogens. UHP exhumation by slab rollback has not yet been extensively explored numerically, but it has been reproduced in numerical experiments of Apennine-style collisions. If continental material is subducted within a confined channel, the material tends to undergo circulation driven by tractions along the base of the channel and the relative buoyancy of rocks inside the channel; the flow can be complex, generating nappe-like or chaotically mixed bodies. The material within the channel can be exhumed if: continuous introduction of new material into the channel driven by traction of the subducting plate pushes old channel material upward; buoyancy in the channel exceeds subduction-related traction and the channel is pushed upward by the asthenospheric mantle intruding between the plates; or a strong indenter squeezes the channel and extrudes the material within. Buoyancy alone is unlikely to drive exhumation of UHP rocks to Earth's surface, except in oceanic subduction zones. Arrest and spreading of UHP rocks at the Moho (if the overlying plate is continental) is likely unless other forces are available to force the UHP rocks upward. Some UHP terrains might be coalesced material derived from subduction erosion. This model was suggested to explain the North Qaidam UHP terrain in western China. Even subducted sediment may rise as diapirs from the subducting plate and accumulate to form UHP terrains. Studies of numerical geodynamics suggest that both subducted sediment and crystalline rocks may rise through the mantle wedge diapirically to form UHP terranes. Diapiric rise of a much larger subducted continental body has been invoked to explain the exhumation of the Papua New Guinea UHP terrain. This mechanism was alo used to explain the exhumation of UHP rocks in Greenland. However, the mantle wedge above continental subduction zones is cold like cratons, which do not allow for diapirically ascending of the crustal materials. Foundering of the gravitationally unstable portions of continental lithosphere locally carries quartzofeldspathic rocks into the mantle and may be ongoing beneath the Pamir. See also High pressure terranes along the Bangong-Nujiang Suture Zone Eclogitization Subduction zone metamorphism References Further reading Coleman, R.G., and Wang, X. (Editors), 1995. Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism. Cambridge University Press, 528 pp. Hacker, B.R., and Liou, J.G. (Editors), 1998. When Continents Collide: Geodynamics and Geochemistry of Ultrahigh-Pressure Rocks. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 323 pp. Liou, J.G., and Ernst, W.G. (Editors), 2000. UltraHigh Pressure Metamorphism and Geodynamics in Collision-Type Orogenic Belts. Geological Society of America, International Book Series, volume 4, 293 pp. Hacker, B.R., McClelland, W.C., and Liou, J.G. (Editors), 2006. Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism: Deep Continental Subduction. Geological Society of America Special Paper 403, 206 pp. Metamorphic petrology
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The 2018 Savannah State Tigers football team represented Savannah State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They were led by third-year head coach Erik Raeburn and played their home games at Ted Wright Stadium. They finished the season 2–8, 1–6 in MEAC play to finish in last place. This season marked the Tigers' final season playing in Division I as they rejoined Division II after the season. On December 9, head coach Erik Raeburn was fired. He finished as Savannah State with a three-year record of 8–23. Preseason MEAC preseason poll In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Tigers were picked to finish in eighth place. Preseason All-MEAC Teams The Tigers had five players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams. Offense 3rd team Paris Baker – TE Defense 1st team Stefen Banks – DL 3rd team Brandon Carswell – DL Special teams 2nd team Giovanni Lugo – K 3rd team JaMichael Baldwin – RS Personnel Coaching staff Shawn Quinn - Defensive Coordinator/Linebacker Coach Schedule Despite also being a member of the MEAC, the game vs Howard will be considered a non-conference game and will have no effect on the MEAC standings. Game summaries At UAB At Miami (FL) At Florida A&M Bethune–Cookman Charleston Southern Morgan State Norfolk State At Delaware State North Carolina A&T At South Carolina State References Savannah State Savannah State Tigers football seasons Savannah State Tigers football
The locomotives of the Highland Railway were used by the Highland Railway to operate its lines in the north of Scotland. The Highland Railway locomotive works was at Lochgorm, Inverness. The works had been built about 1855 by the Inverness and Nairn Railway. The locomotive classes are listed under the names of the railway's Locomotive Superintendents. Locomotives William Barclay 1855–69 During Barclay's incumbency as locomotive superintendent various 2-2-2 and 2-4-0 locomotives were built, along with a solitary 0-4-0T. An 0-4-0ST was also inherited from the Findhorn Railway. Many of Barclay's locomotives would later be rebuilt by Stroudley or Jones - most of the 2-2-2s ended up as 2-4-0s and one became a 2-2-2T, a pair of 2-4-0s became 4-4-0s and the 0-4-0T became an 0-4-2T. Only 4 much rebuilt Barclay locomotives (all 2-4-0s) were still in stock at the time of the Grouping. William Stroudley 1865–69 William Stroudley produced only one new design, an 0-6-0ST of which 3 were built. These survived to pass into LMS ownership. David Jones 1870–96 David Jones designed several classes of 4-4-0, and was also notable for introducing the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement to the UK. He also produced small numbers of 0-4-4ST, 2-4-0, 2-4-0T and 4-4-0T locomotives. Of 88 engines built to Jones' design (including 3 built as late as 1917), 74 passed to the LMS in 1923. A small 2-4-0T purchased secondhand from the Duke of Sutherland also made into LMS ownership. Peter Drummond 1896–1912 Under Peter Drummond, new 0-4-4T, 0-6-0T, 0-6-4T, 0-6-0, 4-4-0 and 4-6-0 designs emerged. All 72 locomotives passed to the LMS. Frederick George Smith 1912–15 Fredrick George Smith's brief tenure was cut short by a dispute over his sole design, the 'River' Class 4-6-0. Six locomotives were built, but they were (wrongly) considered to be too heavy for the Highland Railway, and were sold to the Caledonian Railway without being used. Christopher Cumming 1915–22 Christopher Cumming designed one class of 4-4-0 and two types of 4-6-0, totalling 18 locomotives, which all passed to the LMS. London, Midland and Scottish Railway The Highland Railway was absorbed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923 and its locomotives were taken into LMS stock. Despite their small numbers, quite a few Highland Railway classes survived well into the LMS era, and even into the 1950s. Preservation Jones Goods 103, withdrawn by the LMS, is the only Highland Railway locomotive to have been preserved. There are also plans to build a replica of Ben Class 54398 Ben Alder. References Highland Railway Highland Railway
W. B. Ray High School is a 5A secondary school centrally located in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States and is part of the Corpus Christi Independent School District. The school is named in honor of CCISD school board president, William Benton Ray. W. B. Ray High School opened in 1950. Ray High School is noted for its Socratic method, a system based on teacher and student interaction that promulgates discussion and inquiry-based learning in the classroom. W. B. Ray High School one of 46 high schools in Texas designated as a World School by the International Baccalaureate Program. W. B. Ray High School is the only high school in CCISD which offers the International Baccalaureate Program and is CCISD's only program for Gifted and Talented students at the High School level, offering higher level academic courses that surpass Honors and AP courses in both rigor and difficulty. Demographics With a student enrollment of approximately 2,100 students, Ray High School has an ethnic distribution of 62% Hispanic, 32% White, 5% Black, & 1% other (including Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Asians). The school's boundary area is varied in socio-economic strata, ranging from extremely affluent multimillion-dollar homes to multi-family complexes. Profile The school principal is Roxanne Cuevas. The school's motto is "Fighting Texans". The mascots are "Tex" and "Mary Lou." International Baccalaureate Ray's International Baccalaureate program graduated its inaugural class in 2013. Since then, graduates have been accepted for admission at some of the most prestigious academic institutions and programs in the world including Harvard, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Georgetown, NYU, Vanderbilt, Cornell, Brown, Northwestern, Tufts, Washington University in St. Louis, Stanford, Rice, Duke, the American University in Paris, SNHU and Dartmouth among others. Extracurricular involvement Ray High School participates in a variety of extracurricular activities. Clubs and organizations are available in academics, service, performing arts, publications, and special interests. Competitive sports for young men and women include basketball, baseball, track, soccer, softball, wrestling, football, cross-country, swimming and diving, golf, volleyball, tennis, and recently water polo. The school's award-winning Academic Decathlon and Mock Trial teams regularly advance to the state level. The Ray Speech and Debate team is a regional powerhouse and a frequent competitor at prominent national contests. School uniform This school has a simple dress code: any color shirt and pants, but can not be showing (stomach, etc.) anything. Assistant principals and armed police officers guard the main hallways in search of dress code offenders. In 2000, there was a push in the administration (led by Dr. Scott at the time) to ban flip-flops, but student and parent outcry and lack of support from teachers led to this being dropped. Athletics 1951-52 Set Texas state record in 440 yard relay at 42.64 seconds. 1959-60 Won Texas State Football 4A Championship defeating Katy 20–6. Notable alumni David Baxter, class of 1955, World Series of Poker winner Charles Butt, class of 1955, Chair of the H-E-B supermarket chain Arnold Davis, former NFL player Farrah Fawcett, model and actress Bill Glass, former NFL player Clint Gresham, Seattle Seahawks long snapper Martin Gurule, murderer and death row escapee Jim Heath, singer, songwriter and guitarist known by his stage name The Reverend Horton Heat John Kline, member of the House of Representatives Terrence McNally, class of 1955, was an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter Kent Nix, former NFL player Paul Peress, drummer, composer, producer Larry C. Price, two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and documentary photographer Dody Roach, class of 1955, World Series of Poker winner Pepe Serna, actor Susan Taylor (aka Taylor Pie), singer/songwriter, member of the Pozo-Seco Singers Chris Layton, member of Stevie Ray Vaughan's band, Double Trouble Bart Shirley, former MLB player (LA Dodgers & NY Mets) References External links W.B. Ray Class of 1964 alumni website W.B. Ray class of 1967 reunion website W.B. Ray Percussion website Corpus Christi Independent School District high schools Educational institutions established in 1950 High schools in Corpus Christi, Texas 1950 establishments in Texas
Enteromius mohasicus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius which occurs in Lake Muhazi and Lake Kivu in central Africa. References Enteromius Taxa named by Paul Pappenheim Fish described in 1914
Courts of South Carolina include: ;State courts of South Carolina South Carolina Supreme Court South Carolina Court of Appeals South Carolina Circuit Courts (16 circuits) South Carolina Family Courts South Carolina Probate Courts South Carolina Magistrate Courts South Carolina Municipal Courts Federal courts located in South Carolina United States District Court for the District of South Carolina References External links National Center for State Courts – directory of state court websites. Courts in the United States
Milne Block is an historic building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, located at 546-548 Johnson Street, just west of Wharf Street. See also List of historic places in Victoria, British Columbia References External links 1891 establishments in Canada Buildings and structures completed in 1891 Buildings and structures in Victoria, British Columbia
Víctor García (born 10 March 1990 in Madrid) is a professional racing driver from Spain. Career Karting García began his karting career in the late 1990s, starting out in the cadet ranks before working his way up to Spanish and European Championship ICA status. The highlight of his career came in 2003 when he won both the Spanish Yamaha and Valencia District Yamaha championships. Formula Three García made his single-seater debut in late 2006, racing in the final four races of the Spanish Formula Three Championship season in the secondary Copa F300 class. The following year he raced a full season in the main Class A, driving for the GTA Motor Competición team. He finished the season in eleventh place, taking a podium place at the first round in Jarama as well as six other points-scoring positions. 2008 saw García remain in the series for a second full season, racing for Escuderia TEC-Auto, who had won the title the previous season with Máximo Cortés. Two podiums at the first round at Jarama saw García lead the championship early on, but his results began to fade and he switched teams mid-season, joining Italian outfit RP Motorsport for the final four rounds. He eventually finished the season in 15th place. García remained in Formula Three for 2009, this time switching to the British series with Fortec Motorsport. He finished in the points on nine occasions to finish 14th in the standings. Despite finishing seventh in the first race at Spa-Francorchamps, he was classified in third position due to a number of guest drivers finishing ahead of him, who were ineligible for championship points. During the year, García also took part in the two famous non-championship Formula Three races, the Masters of Formula Three at Zandvoort, where he took 22nd place, and the Macau Grand Prix, where he finished eleventh, the second highest British series runner behind Renger van der Zande. In October 2009, García made his debut in the final Formula Three Euroseries round of the season at Hockenheim with Prema Powerteam. He finished the first race in ninth, just missing out on the reverse-grid pole position for the second race, in which he retired. Formula Renault In 2008, García contested a one-off round of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship at the Hungaroring. Driving for Prema Powerteam, he finished fifteenth in the first race before retiring from the second event. Formula Renault 3.5 Series In late 2009, García took part in Formula Renault 3.5 Series collective testing at Motorland Aragón and Barcelona, driving cars for Prema Powerteam, Mofaz Racing and Draco Racing and in February 2010, it was announced that he would drive for new team KMP Racing in the 2010 season, partnering Russian Anton Nebylitskiy. He finished 24th in points with a best finish of eighth in Race 1 at Silverstone Circuit. Indy Lights For 2011 García has signed on to drive in the American Firestone Indy Lights series with Team Moore Racing. He won the second race of the season at Barber Motorsports Park. Other series In the autumn of 2009, García sampled a GP2 car for the first time, testing for the DPR team at Jerez in Spain. Racing record Career summary * Season still in progress. † - As García was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) American open–wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Indy Lights References External links Official site 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Madrid Spanish racing drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers Formula 3 Euro Series drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Indy Lights drivers Spanish GP3 Series drivers Prema Powerteam drivers RP Motorsport drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Team Moore Racing drivers
Chris McCarrell (born January 9, 1991) is an American theater and television actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Marius Pontmercy in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables, and for originating the titular character in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical in its Off-Broadway premiere, 2019 tour, and Broadway production. Early life and education McCarrell grew up in Aurora, Ohio. His mother, DeAnna McCarrell, worked as a guidance counselor in Aurora City Schools, and his father, Bernie McCarrell, a wood shop teacher in Ravenna, Ohio. McCarrell attended University School, an all boys private high school in Hunting Valley, OH. Shortly before his freshman year, McCarrell attended a party for the retiring headmaster, where alumni in the performing arts came and performed. On the ride home, he told his parents he wanted to be a musical theatre major, and cites that as the night he knew he wanted to act. After high school, McCarrell attended Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music where he was a musical theatre major. While at Baldwin Wallace, he performed in many university shows, including Wild Party (Phil), Pippin (Lewis), Rent (Mark), Titanic (J. Bruce Ismay), Sweeney Todd (Anthony), and Next to Normal (Gabe Goodman). He graduated in 2013. Career Soon after graduating, McCarrell began acting professionally in regional productions of shows, including the lead roles in Summer of '42 and the original production of Bubble Boy. Later in 2013, McCarrell was cast in a concert of 35MM. The show was on October 7, 2013, at 54 Below and the cast included many Broadway stars such as Lauren Pritchard (Spring Awakening), Lesli Margherita (Matilda), and Zachary Levi (First Date), among others. McCarrell went on to audition for the 2014 Broadway Revival of Les Misérables, originally reading for the role of Marius Pontmercy. However, a few months after his original reading, he was called back to audition for one of the other students, Joly. McCarrell was then hired to perform as Joly, as well as understudy the role of Marius. During the same year, McCarrell was cast as Lost Boy Nibs in the NBC television special, Peter Pan Live! which aired on December 4, 2014. After a brief rehearsal period, McCarrell officially replaced cast member Andy Mientus in Les Misérables on March 3, 2015, and performed as Marius at the Imperial Theatre until the show's closing on September 4, 2016. On June 1, 2015, McCarrell performed a sold-out solo concert at 54 Below, and appeared there again on December 7, 2015 in "Christmas Carols with Chris McCarrell". Following the end of Les Misérables, McCarrell performed as the titular character in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, which ran from March 23, 2017, to May 6, 2017, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. On August 28, 2017, he reprised his role as Percy in a sold-out The Lightning Thief musical concert at The Green Room 42. In late 2019 to early 2020, he played Percy in the Broadway run of The Lightning Thief. Theatre Filmography References 21st-century American male actors American LGBT actors Male actors from Cleveland 1991 births Living people 21st-century American LGBT people
```go // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. /* Package pbkdf2 implements the key derivation function PBKDF2 as defined in RFC 2898 / PKCS #5 v2.0. A key derivation function is useful when encrypting data based on a password or any other not-fully-random data. It uses a pseudorandom function to derive a secure encryption key based on the password. While v2.0 of the standard defines only one pseudorandom function to use, HMAC-SHA1, the drafted v2.1 specification allows use of all five FIPS Approved Hash Functions SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 for HMAC. To choose, you can pass the `New` functions from the different SHA packages to pbkdf2.Key. / package pbkdf2 // import "golang.org/x/crypto/pbkdf2" import ( "crypto/hmac" "hash" ) // Key derives a key from the password, salt and iteration count, returning a // []byte of length keylen that can be used as cryptographic key. The key is // derived based on the method described as PBKDF2 with the HMAC variant using // the supplied hash function. // // For example, to use a HMAC-SHA-1 based PBKDF2 key derivation function, you // can get a derived key for e.g. AES-256 (which needs a 32-byte key) by // doing: // // dk := pbkdf2.Key([]byte("some password"), salt, 4096, 32, sha1.New) // // Remember to get a good random salt. At least 8 bytes is recommended by the // RFC. // // Using a higher iteration count will increase the cost of an exhaustive // search but will also make derivation proportionally slower. func Key(password, salt []byte, iter, keyLen int, h func() hash.Hash) []byte { prf := hmac.New(h, password) hashLen := prf.Size() numBlocks := (keyLen + hashLen - 1) / hashLen var buf [4]byte dk := make([]byte, 0, numBlockshashLen) U := make([]byte, hashLen) for block := 1; block <= numBlocks; block++ { // N.B.: \|\| means concatenation, ^ means XOR // for each block T_i = U_1 ^ U_2 ^ ... ^ U_iter // U_1 = PRF(password, salt \|\| uint(i)) prf.Reset() prf.Write(salt) buf[0] = byte(block >> 24) buf[1] = byte(block >> 16) buf[2] = byte(block >> 8) buf[3] = byte(block) prf.Write(buf[:4]) dk = prf.Sum(dk) T := dk[len(dk)-hashLen:] copy(U, T) // U_n = PRF(password, U_(n-1)) for n := 2; n <= iter; n++ { prf.Reset() prf.Write(U) U = U[:0] U = prf.Sum(U) for x := range U { T[x] ^= U[x] } } } return dk[:keyLen] } ```
Physopyxis is a genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus. Physopyxis ananas Sousa & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2005 Physopyxis cristata Sousa & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2005 Physopyxis lyra Cope, 1872 Distribution P. lyra is known from the Ampyiacu River (and lowland portions of other tributaries to the upper Amazon River in northeastern Peru) to the Uatumã River, a left bank tributary to the Amazon in eastern Amazonas State, Brazil. P. ananas has the widest distribution among the species of the genus, occurring throughout lowlands in entire Amazon (including Rio Negro) and Essequibo River basins. P. cristata has only been recorded from middle portion of the Negro River basin. Description Physopyxis have an extremely small size among doradids, not exceeding SL. Their pectoral fin spine reaches the base of the anal fin, and the dorsal fin spine is serrated only at the anterior margin of its base. There are three pairs of barbels, one pair of maxillary barbels and two pairs of mental barbels. The dorsal and pectoral fin spines are strongly ossified and well-developed. P. cristata can be differentiated from the other species by its incomplete lateral line and a series of small spines along its dorsal midline. The other two species have complete lateral lines with well-developed plates that extend to the caudal fin. P. lyra has only one series of spines on its lateral plates and its adipose fin is usually present. The lateral plates have two or more series of spines in P. ananas, and the adipose fin is usually absent. Habitat Physopyxis species are usually found in places with accumulated organic debris, like dense meshes of roots of floating macrophytes that are abundant in rivers with turbid water or submerged litter banks. Specimens also can be found among submerged leaf litter and among root mats of riparian plants, like Symmeria paniculata (Polygonaceae). P. lyra is predominantly nocturnal, and spends most of day time sheltered among submersed root mats or buried in sand. P. ananas and P. lyra have been found together among the submerged roots of aquatic macrophytes (Paspallum repens, Poaceae) at Amanã Lake, Japurá River basin. They were also collected together in Nanay upstream from Iquitos. Dwarf cichlids of the genus Apistogramma and juvenile specimens of Amblydoras were found in the same habitat as P. cristata. References Doradidae Fish of South America Catfish genera Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope Freshwater fish genera
Pokojovice is a municipality and village in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants. Pokojovice lies approximately west of Třebíč, south-east of Jihlava, and south-east of Prague. References Villages in Třebíč District
London Film School (LFS) is a film school in London and is situated in a converted brewery in Covent Garden, London, neighbouring Soho, a hub of the UK film industry. It is the oldest film school in the UK. LFS was founded in 1956 by Gilmore Roberts as the London School of Film Technique (LSFT). Originally based on Electric Avenue in Brixton, the school moved to its current premises on Shelton Street in 1966, after a brief parenthesis in Charlotte Street, and changed its name to London Film School in 1969. From 1974 to 2000, it was known as the London International Film School (LIFS), and reverted to the name London Film School in 2001. LFS offers various degrees at postgraduate level: an MA in Filmmaking, an MA in Screenwriting, and, in partnership with the University of Exeter, an MA in Documentary Filmmaking, MA in International Film Business and a PhD in Film by Practice. It also offers a range of short and part-time professional development courses under the LFS Workshops banner. LFS recruits students from all over the world and is specifically constituted as an international community; around 70% of its students are from outside the United Kingdom. LFS is recognised as a World-Leading Specialist Provider by the Office for Students and in recent years it has been named one of the top international film schools by Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. The school's current director is Neil Peplow and chairman is Greg Dyke. History The origin of the LFS was a short film training course taught by Gilmore Roberts at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in Chelsea. After a dispute with the art school, Roberts decided to continue the course independently, so he set up the London School of Film Technique in October 1956. After struggling to find suitable premises, the first filmmaking course finally started in April 1957, based in rather modest locales above a grocer's shop in Electric Avenue, Brixton. The school was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom. Inspired by the emergence of film schools in Eastern Europe after World War II, it was set up around the belief that the future of the British film industry required properly designed formal training, rather than the apprenticeship basis which was, at the time, the only access into the field. At first, the school offered a six-month diploma course, which students could take over the day or evening classes, with an optional six-month extension. Under the leadership of a new principal, Robert Dunbar, the course was expanded to 33 weeks and later two years, forming the basic structure for a curriculum that is still largely in place today. This caused a drastic increase in the student numbers, which made the original premises unsuited. The school moved to the West End in 1963, first into a building in Charlotte Street and later, in 1966, in its current premises on Shelton Street. In 1969 it changed name to London Film School, to avoid being regarded as an institution that only offered narrow technical training. Notable alumni from the 1960s include directors such as Mike Leigh, Michael Mann, Don Boyd, and Les Blair, cinematographers such as Tak Fujimoto and Roger Pratt, as well as producers like Iain Smith. In the early 1970s, a decrease of student numbers caused by various factors, including the establishment of the National Film School and the global impact of the oil crisis, brought the school into a financial crisis and eventually into liquidation. Staff and students banded together to press for continuation of the school; thanks to their efforts in raising the necessary funds, the school reopened in 1975, at the same location, under a new name: the London International Film School. The school was newly incorporated as a charity, nonprofit-making company limited by guarantee. All students automatically became members of the company upon enrolment, with the right to elect, together with the other members, a board of governors who have the overall responsibility for the management of the school. Manny Wynn was appointed principal of the re-established LIFS until his sudden death six months later, when he was succeeded by John Fletcher. Notable filmmakers from all over the world studied at the LIFS in the 1970s and 1980s, including Mexican director Luis Mandoki, Hong Kong director Ann Hui, Swiss cinematographer Ueli Steiger and Argentinian director Miguel Pereira. After John Fletcher's death, Martin Amstel was appointed principal in 1986. Ten years later, in 1996, the 40th anniversary of the school was celebrated with events and screening of graduates’ work in London, Los Angeles and Mexico City. After the appointment of Ben Gibson as principal in 2000, the school returned to be known as London Film School. Under Ben Gibson, LFS transitioned from offering a diploma course to offering postgraduate MA programmes, first validated by the London Metropolitan University and later by University of Warwick. Nevertheless, the curriculum of the filmmaking course remained very similar and maintained its focus on practical filmmaking. Adjustments where brought in place to reflect the technological developments in the film industry and the transition to digital. The school also started diversifying its courses: next to its traditional course in filmmaking, it started offering an MA course in screenwriting in 2005 and, from 2014, an MA in International Film Business in partnership with the University of Exeter. Ben Gibson was succeeded as the director of the school by Jane Roscoe from 2014 to 2017. Gísli Snær, Head of Studies at LFS since 2016, was appointed as the new director in 2018; Snær presided over the school during the difficult years of the COVID-19 pandemic, until stepping down in June 2022. After six months under interim director Peter Holliday, Neil Peplow was appointed as the new director in January 2023. Nevertheless, it was announced in September 2023 that Peplow would be stepping down after only ten months in the post, after being offered a senior international role in the film industry, and that Chris Auty, previously head of producing at the National Film and Television School, would be taking over as the new director in November. In 2023, the school also further expanded its course offering by introducing an MA in Documentary Filmmaking, validated by the University of Exeter, which will start with its first intake in September 2024. In recent years, films made at the school have regularly featured and won awards in some of the world's top film festivals, including Venice, Cannes, Berlin, the BFI London Film Festival, Encounters and Sundance. Recent alumni include Benjamin Cleary, Anu Menon, and Carla Simón. Facilities The main London Film School building in Shelton Street was previously a brewery and a banana warehouse. Additional facilities are present in an annex building in Long Acre. Facilities at LFS include two studios (Stage B and Stage D) equipped with lighting grids, as well as a rehearsal studio used also for workshops. LFS occasionally hires external studios facilities as well. The school has a fully equipped design studio with drawing boards, model making facilities, visual reference library, materials library and design computer suite. It has editing suites equipped with Avid Media Composer as well as sound suites equipped with Pro Tools 24HD, a commentary and foley recording area and a sound effects library. LFS also has two cinemas (Cinema A & B), with 110- and 35-seat capacity respectively and projection facilities for both digital and 35mm. London Film School is planning to relocate to new facilities nearby in Covent Garden over the course of the 2023/24 academic year. Courses of studies The London Film School is built around a conservatoire model. Filmmaking is taught on stages and in workshops rather than in classrooms, and the courses are structured around practical work. The school has a full-time faculty and a varied group of regular visiting lecturers. The MA Filmmaking programme has no pre-specialisation. Over the two-year course, all students are provided with a full education in all the craft areas of filmmaking: directing, producing, editing, cinematography, sound, production design, and writing. Students work on at least one film every term, in different roles, and have the chance to crew on films made by students from other terms. Exercises include films shot in 16mm on location with no sound or only post-recorded sound and films shot on 35mm or digital in studio, on purposely designed and built sets. One term is dedicated to making a documentary. For their graduation films, students do not have limitations and are allowed to shoot on any format and at any length they can budget and schedule. Often, students make their graduation film in their home country, which means that LFS films have been made all over the world. All film exercises are provided with a production allowance included in the fees. With around 200 full-time students at any one time on the programme, it generates over 180 films a year. The one-year MA Screenwriting programme is centred on the development of a full-length feature script, with individual monitoring and guidance from industry mentors. Workshops on storytelling and film language, characterisation, scene writing, and more are based around practical writing exercises. Screenwriting students have the chance to collaborate with students on the filmmaking programme and experience the production side of filmmaking first hand. The MA International Film Business programme, run in conjunction with the University of Exeter, prepares students for careers in programming, exhibition and distribution. Over the one-year course, students participate in modules in international finance, world cinema and a trip to the Berlin Film Festival. The MA Documentary Filmmaking programme is validated by the University of Exeter. Over the two-year course, students work on graduated film exercises, focusing on their graduate film in the last two terms. This new MA course will begin with its first intake in September 2024. The MA Filmmaking and MA Screenwriting programmes are validated by the University of Warwick, while the MA Documentary Filmmaking is validated by the University of Exeter. MA International Film Business is offered jointly with University of Exeter, with site study split between Exeter and London. Next to the full-time MA courses, the London Film School offers a variety of short-term workshops and professional development courses, as well as a PhD programme in Film by Practice in partnership with the University of Exeter. Governance and staff Director Neil Peplow Governing body Chair: Greg Dyke Vice-Chair: Amanda Nevill CBE Governors: Kemal Akhtar Olivier Kaempfer Peter Holliday Nick Humby Cindy Rampersaud Joan Watson Suzy Black William Macpherson Sophia Wellington, LFS Staff Governor Gregory Randolph, LFS Student Governor Key academic staff Femi Kolade – Head of Studies Candida Moriarty – Head of Production Design Wojciech Wrzesniewski – Head of Sound Peter Hollywood – Head of Editing Sophia Wellington – Head of Screenwriting and MA Screenwriting Course Leader Victoria Thomas - MA International Film Business Course Leader Tiana Harper – MA Filmmaking Course Leader Rafael Kapelinski – Term 1 Tutor and Module 1 Leader Jonas Grimås - Term 2 Tutor Nicola Gibson – Term 3 Tutor and Module 2 Leader Giles Borg – Term 5 Tutor Sue Austen – Term 6 Tutor and Module 3 Leader Richard Kwietniowski – Term 6 Tutor and Module 3 Leader LFS alumni The school's alumni include: Gavin MacFadyen John Irvin Ian Wilson BSC Ross Devenish Bill Douglas Tak Fujimoto ASC Boaz Davidson Mark Forstater Harley Cokeliss Mohamed Khan Mike Leigh Les Blair Raimund Berens Michael Mann Franc Roddam Eduardo Guedes George P. Cosmatos Jins Shamsuddin Don Boyd Roger Pratt BSC Nii Kwate Owoo Iain Smith Gale Tattersall Iain Sinclair Horace Ove Manousos Manousakis Mark Goldblatt Alessandro Di Robilant Tunde Kelani Luis Mandoki Menelik Shabazz Miguel Pereira Dominique Othenin-Girard Alessandro Jacchia Ueli Steiger ASC Yorgos Mavropsaridis Ann Hui Robert Leighton Louis Mouchet Danny Huston Shimako Sato Brad Anderson Affonso Gonçalves Kamran Qureshi John Walsh Elliot Hegarty Newton Aduaka Duncan Jones Ishaya Bako Babak Jalali Ginevra Elkann Oliver Hermanus James Friend BSC ASC Camilla Stroem Henriksen Anu Menon Anjali Menon Ali F. Mostafa Charlotte Colbert Simón Mesa Soto Benjamin Cleary Carla Simón Honorary Associates Every year, at London Film School's Annual Showcase, the school awards an Honorary Associateship to commended leading screen industry figures. Previous recipients of this award are: Gillian Anderson Amma Asante Jim Broadbent Mike Figgis Stephen Frears Abbas Kiarostami Ken Loach Pawel Pawlikowski Lynne Ramsay Jeremy Thomas Richard Linklater Philip Davis Ralph Fiennes Philip French William Friedkin Jack Gold Christine Langan Richard Lester Samantha Morton Tessa Ross Rita Tushingham Walter Murch Asif Kapadia Les Blair Gurinder Chadha Alan Parker Kasi Lemmons Marianne Jean-Baptiste Clint Dyer Sarah Niles References External links Official website London Film School 50th Anniversary Website Alice Jones, "Preview: 50 Years of the London Film School, National Film Theatre, London", The Independent, 28 May 2006. "More than just a way into the reel thing", Times Higher Education, 23 June 2006. Nick Roddick, "The London Film School conquers the world", London Evening Standard, 24 July 2009. Mia Galuppo, "The 20 Best International Film Schools of 2021", Hollywood Reporter, 13 august 2021. 1956 establishments in England Educational institutions established in 1956 Film schools in England Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster
John Ernest Emburey (born 20 August 1952) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Western Province, Berkshire and England. According to cricket writer Colin Bateman, Emburey's participation in two South African rebel tours "cost him six lost years as far as Test cricket was concerned... and, more significantly, probably an extended run as England captain, a job for which he was better suited than some who held the position post-Mike Brearley". Playing career Emburey was a right arm spin bowler and a slightly eccentric but useful lower-order batsman with the style of a grafter. He was more notable as an economical performer than a "demon" spin bowler, but on his day could leave the best batsmen groping outside off-stump. One of his dangerous balls was his arm ball outswinger. Emburey was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1984. Emburey played an understated but significant role in England's storied victory in the Ashes in 1981, notably in the important fourth Test at Edgbaston, where he contributed runs and wickets as England took the lead in the series for the first time. According to the Wisden report on the match, while Ian Botham "was again named Man of the Match ... Emburey would have been the choice of many". In all Emburey featured in four Ashes series won by England, in 1978–9, 1981, 1985, and 1986-7 (as well as in two defeats in 1989 and 1993). He also played for England (on the losing side) in the 1987 Cricket world cup final. Emburey was briefly made England Test captain in 1988, the notorious "Summer of four captains". Mike Gatting was sacked after the first Test match against the West Indies and Emburey was appointed for two matches, both of which were lost. Emburey too was fired and was replaced by Chris Cowdrey for the fourth Test. Cowdrey lasted just one match, replaced in turn by Graham Gooch. While not a successful Test captain, Emburey had some successes captaining England in one-day international cricket, leading them to victory (in the absence of Gatting and Botham) in the Sharjah Cup in 1986–7. Emburey was the only cricketer to go on both the England rebel tours to South Africa in 1981/2 and 1989/90; the rebels were banned from Test matches because of the apartheid régime, although it both cases Emburey was eventually restored to the England test team (respectively in 1985 and 1993). Emburey said of his decision to join the second rebel tour: "In hindsight it was a mistake. But at the time my decision was purely monetary. I'd lost my benefit money in a building society in Australia." According to Graham Gooch's published tour diary, Emburey had dressed up as a member of the Ku Klux Klan at a fancy dress party on tour just before the news of the first rebel tour broke. Later in his Test career, Emburey tended to be picked for single Tests in England, as happened in 1993 against Australia, when statistically, he was the leading all rounder in the country, and 1995 against the West Indies. Broadly from 1987 his bowling was less effective in test cricket, although his batting became more successful; from February 1987 his Test wickets averaged almost twice as much as they had before. At county level, Emburey's Middlesex career coincided with that of Phil Edmonds. The right and left arm spin combination was a powerful contribution towards Middlesex's successes in the 1980s. They also combined at England level, although the pair also sometimes competed for the same place in the Test team. A highlight of Emburey's Middlesex career was taking 12 wickets in a single day in a championship match at Lord's in 1980. He scored the winning runs from the last ball as Middlesex won the final of the NatWest Bank Trophy in 1984, and was man of the match when Middlesex won the Benson & Hedges Cup final in 1986 (in both cases defeating Kent). Between 1977 and 1993, the County won the County Championship outright five times, with one shared title in 1977. Emburey holds the dubious distinction of being the highest England Test run-scorer never to have made a Test century. Emburey held the batting record for the highest innings made entirely from boundaries. Despite his chronic lack of footwork, he scored 46 for the England XI against Tasmania at Hobart in 1986–87, with ten fours and a six. Whilst not the most agile in the field, he seldom dropped anything, pulling off many a stunning catch, often at gully, and had an excellent arm in the deep. Coaching and other activities Emburey coached the England A cricket team to a 3–0 win in India in 1995, and was considered for the position of manager for the senior side, but lost out to David Lloyd (whom he assisted for two test series in the West Indies and Zimbabwe). He subsequently coached Northamptonshire County Cricket Club from 1996 but was sacked in 1998 after a string of poor results. In 2001, he became coach for Middlesex County Cricket Club, but was sacked in 2008. In 2007, after Greg Chappell left his position as India head coach, Emburey was shortlisted for the job, but declined it. In February 2008, he signed on as the coach of the Ahmedabad Rockets, one of the expansion teams in the second season of the Indian Cricket League. As of May 2018, he works as a scout for the England and Wales Cricket Board. Personal life Politically, Emburey is a Conservative, and once appeared on stage at a Conservative Party conference in the 1980s alongside England teammate Bill Athey. In May 2014, he stated that he had skin cancer, attributing it to playing cricket without sunscreen or a hat. He is married, with a wife and has two daughters. References External links 1952 births Living people English cricket coaches Middlesex cricket coaches Presidents of Middlesex County Cricket Club England One Day International cricketers England Test cricketers English cricketers of 1969 to 2000 England Test cricket captains Berkshire cricketers English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Middlesex cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Western Province cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year People from Peckham Cricketers from the London Borough of Southwark Cricketers at the 1987 Cricket World Cup Test and County Cricket Board XI cricketers D. B. Close's XI cricketers D. H. Robins' XI cricketers Young England cricketers
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Cheilinus is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: Cheilinus abudjubbe Rüppell, 1835 (Abdujubbes wrasse) Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791) (Floral wrasse) Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) (Red-breasted wrasse) Cheilinus lunulatus (Forsskål, 1775) (Broom-tail wrasse) Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853 (Snooty wrasse) Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801 (Triple-tail wrasse) Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 (Hump-head wrasse) The white-barred wrasse (Cheilinus quinquecinctus) is treated as a synonym of Cheilinus fasciatus by Fishbase. References Labridae Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède Marine fish genera Extant Coniacian first appearances
Capitaine Henri Albert Péronneau was a World War I flying ace credited with nine confirmed aerial victories. He served his nation for more than four decades. World War I Péronneau was serving as a noncommissioned officer in the engineers in western Morocco in 1912 when he transferred to aviation. The beginning of World War I saw him assigned to 1er Group d'Aviation. On 1 June 1915, he started pilot's training at Avord. On 30 November, he received Military Pilot's Brevet No. 2026. On 30 March 1916, he was posted to Escadrille 49. He moved on to Escadrille 65 on 26 May. Péronneau was mentioned in dispatches for flying 150 combat hours and engaging in a dozen dogfights. On 10 October, he was promoted to Adjutant. He received his final assignment of the war on 26 December 1916, when he transferred to Escadrille N81 ('N' denoting a Nieuport squadron). On 25 August 1917, he was promoted to Adjutant Chef. On 22 September, he claimed victory over a Halberstadt two-seater reconnaissance plane, shared with Pierre De Cazenove De Pradines. It was confirmed on the next day. Péronneau was mentioned in dispatches again, for that victory, as well as for damaging two enemy planes during the preceding month; he would be mentioned five more times in dispatches. On 30 October, the team of de Cazenove de Pradines and Péronneau downed another two-seater, this one over Verdun. Additional solo wins by Péronneau drove his total to four by the year's end. On 12 November, he was awarded the Médaille militaire. Escadrille 81 was re-equipped with Spads for 1918; Péronneau used his to down his fifth victim on the third day of the new year. The next day, he shared a win with Marcel Marc Dhôme. There was a two-month lapse before Péronneau teamed with André Herbelin for another triumph. Péronneau's last two victories occurred on the 1st and 31 July, and were again shared with Pierre de Cazenove de Pradines. On 9 September 1918, Péronneau was awarded the Légion d'honneur as a Chevalier. Post World War I Péronneau stayed in service after the war. On 28 June 1928, he was promoted to Capitaine. He was elevated to Officier in the Légion d'honneur before his retirement on 4 August 1954. He died in Tunisia on 10 August 1960. Endnotes References Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918 Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey. Grub Street, 1992. , . 1890 births 1960 deaths French World War I flying aces
Pictures of the Other Side is the third studio album to have been released by British singer-songwriter and former Pop Idol runner-up, Gareth Gates. The album was released nearly four years after his second album, Go Your Own Way, due to a change in record label, from Sony BMG to Universal. The album was produced entirely by Martin Terefe and production duo Kissing the Pink. Just two singles were released from the album: "Changes" and "Angel on My Shoulder". The album peaked at number 23 on the UK Albums Chart. Gates has since announced that he has no plans to release a fourth album in the future. Track listing Charts References 2007 albums Gareth Gates albums 19 Recordings albums Universal Music Group albums
Joseph "Joe" Grech, (born 9 February 1934) is a Maltese singer, who was born in Cospicua, Malta. He is best known for introducing the Maltese language to the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, the first appearance from Malta on this pan-European television event. Early years At a very early stage in his life, Joe started to play the trumpet with the Zejtun Band Club. However, he soon switched to singing. He was the first singer to win the first Malta Song Festival in 1960, a festival which was organized by the Żgħażagħ Ħaddiema Nsara, the local section of the Young Christian Workers. The festival was held at the Radio City Opera House in Hamrun, Malta. Ten songs were presented in the semi-final of 3 November and another ten songs on the semi-final of 4 November. Out of these twenty songs, ten made it to the final night of 5 November 1960. The winning song was Grech's own composition "Vola Uccellino". The festival was also transmitted on Rediffusion Malta, then a cable radio service provider in Malta since September 1935. Victor Aquilina and Marlene Lauri were the comperes of this festival. Two orchestras conducted by Prof. Giorlando Valente and Mro. Dominic Vella respectively, accompanied the ten songs. Eight of these songs were sung in Italian, one in English and one in Maltese, the latter being "L-Għada tal-Festa Ma' Vitorin". This song was sung by Frans Fenech and Terry L. Bencini. Incidentally Terry was also awarded the Best Singer Trophy of this festival. Again in 1962, Grech was classified as the winner of the Malta Song Festival with the song "Żgħażagħ Rebbieħa" written and composed by Ivo Galea B.A. Hons L.P. This was also interpreted by Carmen Schembri, later Gusman. Carmelo Abela was responsible for the orchestration. Grech married Josephine née' Buttigieg on 24 September 1961. They have a daughter Marcelle, also a versatile singer. In 1965, the "Impresa Valente" chose Grech to represent Malta in the Italian Festival of Martina Franca. Another Maltese singer, Tony Agius, also participated in this festival. In those days, it was very rare for a Maltese singer to participate in an Italian festival, let alone win a trophy as the Best Foreign Singer of this Italian festival. The then Italian High Commissioner of Italy for Malta, Antonio Spada, presented a trophy to Joe Grech In 1967, Joe managed to establish himself as one of Malta's most popular pop singers. His 45 rpm entitled " Il-Kaċċatur", The Hunter, published on Maltadisk APL 1005 B, and recorded by Audiovision Productions, with their studios then located in Zachary Street, Valletta, and now at Mile End in Hamrun, started selling like pastizzi in Malta. It also made a tremendous success in countries where the Maltese had a diaspora, especially Australia. "Il-Kaċċatur" was composed by Mro. Joseph Ciappara with lyrics by Dr. George Zammit. Incidentally "Il-Kaċċatur" was designated as the "B" side of the record, with Carmen Schembri singing "L-Għanja tal-Emigranti", The Emigrants' Song, being the "A" side. This success prompted Audiovision Productions to issue another follow-up record for Joe still as a "B" side entitled "Il-Festa Tagħna", (Our Feast). This was another composition by Mro. Joseph Ciappara with lyrics by J.B.Cassar.(Maltadisk APL 1006). Joe's first "A" side was entitled "Ku Klu Ku Klu" (Cock-a doodle-doo) with lyrics by Albert M. Cassola and music by F.X. Pisani.(Maltadisk APL 1007). In 1968, two other "A" sides were published: "Il-Lejl Tal-Vitorja" (Victory Night) (Maltadisk APL 1015) and "Nhar San Girgor" (St. Gregory's Day) (Maltadisk APL 1016). The lyrics of these two songs were written by Dr. George Zammit whilst Mro. Guzeppi Ciappara composed the music. In those days, in Malta, it was a landmark for a Maltese singer to record four consecutive 45 rpm in less than two years. These records continued to increase the popularity of Grech both in Malta and in the Maltese diaspora. In these four recordings, Grech was always accompanied by the orchestra of Mro. Spiro Zammit. Again in 1967, Rediffusion Malta, published the first 33 RPM long playing album of Maltese compositions, entitled "Malta Song Festival 1967". Joe Grech, together with Mary Rose Darmanin, won this festival with the song "Serenata". Roger Moore was the guest of honour in the 8th Malta Song Festival, which was also held at the Radio City Opera House in Hamrun on Saturday 8 December 1967. In this same festival, Grech also sang "O Carina Madalena". The song was composed by Arthur Desira. It is included as the 2nd track on Side 1 of this album. Joe Grima and Victor Aquilina, then Head of Programmes and Assistant Head of Programmes respectively of Rediffusion Malta, were the producers of this first 33 rpm of Maltese songs. The 1970s On 3 April 1971, Joe was the first Maltese singer to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest with "Marija l-Maltija". Since it was sung in Maltese, this rendered it the first Eurovision song which was sung in a Semitic language. The song was composed by Grech himself, and the lyrics were written by Charles Mifsud. The orchestra of the Eurovision Song Contest was conducted by Mro. Twanny Chircop, the brother of another Maltese tenor and film star Oreste Kirkop of The Vagabond King. Incidentally it was Oreste Kirkop who presented the winning trophy to Joe Grech on the night of that first 1960 Malta Song Festival. The song "Marija l-Maltija" was translated into Swedish and was included in the repertoire of the Swedish singer Lasse Berghagen. In the 1970s, Grech successfully toured the London, Scottish and Irish circuits. He also had many successful tours in Canada, America, Italy and Australia. It was during one of these tours that Grech, under the management of Joe Stafrace, recorded a Long Playing Album "Saħħa Malta With Joe Grech". The orchestra on this LP was composed mostly of members of the Sydney Opera House orchestra, under the direction of Joe Paparone. The song "Evviva l-Maltin" was composed by Grech himself, specifically for his Australian tour and was dedicated to the several thousands of Maltese living down under. In 1976, Grech performed at the Royal Ballroom of Melbourne, and on 12 March 1977, he gave a spectacular show at the Sydney Opera House. Also in 1977, W&G Records published an extended play featuring Grech's daughter Marcelle accompanied by a narration from the voice of the legendary Maltese broadcaster Charles Abela Mizzi, together with another single sung by Joe and Marcelle. Incidentally the record "Saħħa Malta" was first issued in the early 1970s as the "B" side to "Is-Sajjied". The single was published by "Anthony D'Amato" of Valletta. Grech was accompanied on this record by his own group, made up of Edward Briffa on the Accordion, John Guffrey and Tony Pace on the guitars and a certain George on the drums. The recording was made at the studios of Malta Television. Later on, these two songs were also included on a Long Playing Album compilation issued also by Anthony D'Amato, entitled Souvenir of Malta Vol 1 ( ADLS 8001). Tracks of the Long Playing Album "Saħħa Malta with Joe Grech": Side 1 Welcome To Malta In-Nassab Marija l-Maltija Surriento Godfather Għada Tkun Tiegħi Side 2 Evviva L-Maltin Another Time Another Place Xalata Bil-Karrozzin Is-Sajjied Viva La Spagna Saħħa Malta Musical arrangements: Joe Paparone. Distributed by : M & G Record Co, Melbourne. The Third Millennium & Awards In the year 2000, Joe published a CD entitled "Katarin, Joe Grech, Marcelle & Philip." Arranged and produced by Mr. Joe Brown, the CD contains 15 tracks all sung in the Maltese language. Joe Grech's generosity and charitable character were brought to the attention of the Order of Malta. In 2002, the Order awarded him the Cross of Merit. On 13 December 2019, Grech was awarded the prestigious award "Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika" (Medal for Service to the Republic) by the President of Malta. Grech is the brother of religious philanthropist and veteran broadcaster Mons Victor Grech, one of the founders of Caritas Malta. References 1934 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1971 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Malta 20th-century Maltese male singers 20th-century Maltese singers
The 1989 season was the San Francisco 49ers' 40th in the National Football League (NFL), their 44th overall and their 1st season under head coach George Seifert. After going 14–2 in the regular season, the 49ers completed the season with one of the most dominant playoff runs of all time, outscoring opponents 126–26, earning their fourth Super Bowl victory and their second consecutive, where they bent over the Broncos, 55–10. They finished with the best record in the NFL for the first time since 1987. Their two losses were by a combined 5 points. In 2007, ESPN.com's Page 2 ranked the 1989 49ers as the greatest team in Super Bowl history. This was the season where the 49ers added the black trim on the SF logo on the helmets which lasted until the 1995 season. Quarterback Joe Montana had one of the greatest statistical passing seasons in NFL history in 1989. Montana set a then-NFL record with a passer rating of 112.4, with a completion percentage of 70.2%, and a 26/8 touchdown-to-interception ratio. In the playoffs, Montana was even more dominant, with a 78.3% completion percentage, 800 yards, 11 touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 146.4 rating. Cold Hard Football Facts calls Montana's 1989 season "the one by which we must measure all other passing seasons." The 1989 49ers ranked #5 on the 100 greatest teams of all time presented by the NFL on its 100th anniversary. Offseason NFL Draft Training Camp The 1989 San Francisco 49ers season held training camp at Sierra College in Rocklin, California. Personnel Staff Roster Preseason Schedule Regular season The 49ers' offense was just as dominating as it had been during the previous regular season. Quarterback Joe Montana threw for 3,512 yards, 26 touchdowns, and only 8 interceptions, giving him what was then the highest passer rating in NFL history (112.4). Montana also rushed for 227 yards and 3 touchdowns, and earned both the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and the NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award. Wide receiver Jerry Rice had another outstanding season, catching 82 passes for 1,483 yards and 17 touchdowns. Running back Roger Craig was the team's leading rusher with 1,054 yards and 6 touchdowns, and he recorded 49 receptions for 473 yards and another touchdown. But other stars on the 49ers' offense began to emerge, enabling the team to spread the ball around. After being used primarily as a punt returner during his first 2 seasons, wide receiver John Taylor had a breakout season, catching 60 passes for 1,077 yards and 10 touchdowns, while also returning 36 punts for 417 yards. Tight end Brent Jones recorded 40 receptions for 500 yards. Fullback Tom Rathman had the best season of his career, rushing for 305 yards and catching 73 passes for 616 yards. Even Montana's backup, quarterback Steve Young, had a great year, throwing for 1,001 yards and 8 touchdowns with only 3 interceptions, while also rushing for 126 yards and 2 touchdowns. With all of these weapons, San Francisco's offense led the league in total yards from scrimmage (6,268) and scoring (442 points). The 49ers' defense was ranked #3 in the NFL. Three starters from the defense made the 1989 All-Pro Team: Ronnie Lott, Don Griffin, and Michael Walter. Schedule Season summary Week 1 at Indianapolis Colts Week One proved to be a struggle for the Niners as Joe Montana led five scoring drives, putting the Niners ahead by 23–10 entering the fourth quarter, but then Colts QB Chris Chandler ran in a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, and a 58-yard touchdown bomb to Jerry Rice was answered by a blocked punt and recovery for a touchdown by the Colts, though they could get no closer than a 30–24 Niners margin. Week 2 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Week 3 at Philadelphia Eagles The Niners fell behind 21–10 in the fourth but despite giving up a safety Joe Montana erupted, outscoring the Eagles 28–7 and throwing for 428 yards and five touchdowns in total, winning 38–28. Week 4 vs. Los Angeles Rams Week 5 at New Orleans Saints This game was originally scheduled for Candlestick Park, but was played at the Louisiana Superdome instead because the 49ers' fellow Candlestick Park tenant, the San Francisco Giants, played host to Games 3, 4, and 5 of the 1989 National League Championship Series. The November 6 game would be moved to San Francisco. Week 6 at Dallas Cowboys Week 7 vs. New England Patriots This game was played at Stanford Stadium, as Candlestick Park had sustained damage in the Loma Prieta earthquake five days earlier. Week 8 at New York Jets Week 9 vs. New Orleans Saints This game was originally scheduled for Louisiana Superdome, but was played at Candlestick Park instead, because the originally scheduled October 8 game at Candlestick Park had been moved to the Louisiana Superdome. Week 10 vs. Atlanta Falcons Week 11 vs. Green Bay Packers The Niners fell to the Green Bay Packers in what would be their final loss of the season, as Don Majkowski ran in two touchdowns and threw for a third, overcoming 325 yards by Joe Montana, who was sacked five times. The 49ers appeared to take the lead in the 4th quarter on an interception return for a touchdown, but a penalty nullified the score. Week 12 vs. New York Giants Week 13 at Atlanta Falcons Week 14 at Los Angeles Rams In what many 49ers fans consider one of the greatest regular-season wins in team history, the 49ers came back from a 27–10 4th-quarter deficit to beat the Rams 30–27. The Rams had already beaten the 49ers earlier in the year and looked poised to do it again, but the 49ers, with help from John Taylor's big game, took the lead late with Roger Craig's 1-yard touchdown. John Taylor had 11 catches for an astonishing 286 yards receiving, which included a touchdown catch of 92 yards, and another touchdown catch for 96 yards. Joe Montana was 30 for 42 and passed for 458 yards. Week 15 vs. Buffalo Bills Week 16 vs. Chicago Bears Standings Playoffs NFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. (3) Minnesota Vikings NFC Championship: vs. (5) Los Angeles Rams Super Bowl XXIV Game officials Media Pre season Local TV Local Radio 1990 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl Awards and records Led NFC with 442 points scored Led NFL, 27.6 points per game Mike Cofer, Led NFL, 136 Points Roger Craig, NFC Pro Bowl Ronnie Lott, NFC Pro Bowl Guy McIntyre, NFC Pro Bowl Joe Montana, Most Valuable Player, Super Bowl XXIV Joe Montana, NFL Most Valuable Player Award Joe Montana, PFWA NFL MVP Joe Montana, NEA NFL MVP Joe Montana, NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award Joe Montana, Offense, UPI NFC Player of the Year Joe Montana, Bert Bell Award Joe Montana, NFL Passing Leader Joe Montana, NFC Pro Bowl Joe Montana, Associated Press Athlete of the Year Jerry Rice, NFL Leader, Receiving Yards Jerry Rice, NFL Leader, Receiving Touchdowns Jerry Rice, NFC Pro Bowl John Taylor, NFC Pro Bowl Notes References External links 1989 49ers on Pro Football Reference 49ers Schedule on jt-sw.com San Francisco 49ers seasons San Francisco NFC West championship seasons National Football Conference championship seasons Super Bowl champion seasons 1989 in San Francisco San
Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie from stories by Peter Craig and Justin Marks. The film is a sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun. Tom Cruise reprises his starring role as the naval aviator Maverick. It is based on the characters of the original film created by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. It also stars Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer, who reprises his role as Iceman. The story involves Maverick confronting his past while training a group of younger Top Gun graduates, including the son of his deceased best friend, for a dangerous mission. Development of a Top Gun sequel was announced in 2010 by Paramount Pictures. Tom Cruise, along with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott, were asked to return. Craig wrote a draft of the screenplay in 2012, but the project stalled when Scott died later that year. Top Gun: Maverick was later dedicated to Scott's memory. Production resumed in 2017, after Kosinski was hired to direct. Principal photography, which involved the use of IMAX-certified 6K full-frame cameras, took place from May 2018 to April 2019 in California, Washington and Maryland. It was initially scheduled to be released July 12, 2019, but it was delayed several times due to its complex action sequences and later the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, several streaming companies attempted to purchase the streaming rights to the film from Paramount, but all offers were declined on the orders of Cruise, who insisted that it be released exclusively in theaters. Top Gun: Maverick premiered at CinemaCon on April 28, 2022, and was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 27, 2022. The film was acclaimed by critics, with many calling it better than the original. It won Best Film from the National Board of Review and was also named one of the top ten films of 2022 by the American Film Institute. Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for six awards at the 95th Academy Awards (including Best Picture), winning Best Sound, and received numerous other accolades. The film grossed $1.496 billion worldwide, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 2022 and the highest-grossing of Cruise's career. Plot More than 30 years after graduating from Top Gun, United States Navy Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a decorated test pilot whose repeated insubordination has kept him from flag rank. When Rear Admiral Chester "Hammer" Cain plans to cancel Maverick's hypersonic "Darkstar" scramjet program, Maverick unilaterally changes the target speed for that day's test from Mach 9 to the final contract specification of Mach 10. However, the prototype is destroyed when he cannot resist pushing beyond Mach 10. After the flight, Cain tells Maverick that he would be grounded if not for Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, Maverick's friend and former Top Gun rival. Now commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Iceman has assigned Maverick to the Top Gun school at NAS North Island. The Navy has been ordered to destroy an unsanctioned uranium enrichment plant before it becomes operational. The plant, located in an underground bunker at the end of a canyon, is defended by surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), GPS jammers, and fifth-generation Su-57 fighters as well as older F-14 Tomcats. Maverick devises a plan to send two pairs of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets armed with laser-guided bombs, but instead of participating in the strike, he is to train an elite group of Top Gun graduates assembled by Air Boss Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson. Maverick dogfights his skeptical students and prevails in every contest, winning their respect. Two of the students clash: Lieutenants Jake "Hangman" Seresin and Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw—son of Maverick's deceased best friend and RIO Nick "Goose" Bradshaw. Rooster dislikes Hangman's cavalier attitude, while Hangman criticizes Rooster's cautious flying. Maverick reunites with former girlfriend Penny Benjamin, to whom he reveals that he promised Rooster's dying mother that Rooster would not become a pilot. Rooster, unaware of the promise, angrily resents Maverick for blocking his Naval Academy application—impeding his military career—and blames him for his father's death. Maverick is reluctant to further interfere with Rooster's career, but the alternative is to send him on the extremely dangerous mission. He tells his doubts to Iceman, who has terminal throat cancer. Iceman says, "It's time to let go" and reassures him that both the Navy and Rooster need Maverick. Iceman dies not long after, and Cyclone removes Maverick as instructor after an F/A-18F crashes during training. Cyclone relaxes the mission parameters, so they are easier to execute but make escape much more difficult. During Cyclone's announcement, Maverick makes an unauthorized flight through the course with the original parameters, proving that it can be done. Cyclone reluctantly appoints Maverick as team leader. Maverick flies the lead F/A-18E, accompanied by a buddy-lasing F/A-18F flown by Lieutenant Natasha "Phoenix" Trace and WSO Lieutenant Robert "Bob" Floyd. Rooster leads the second strike pair, which includes Lieutenant Reuben "Payback" Fitch and WSO Lieutenant Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia. The four jets launch from an aircraft carrier, and Tomahawk cruise missiles destroy the nearby air base as they approach. The teams destroy the plant, but the SAMs open fire during their escape. Rooster runs out of countermeasures, and Maverick sacrifices his plane to protect him. Believing Maverick to be dead, the others are ordered back to the carrier, but Rooster rejects the orders of Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson to stand down and returns to find that Maverick ejected and is being pursued by an Mi-24 attack helicopter. After destroying the gunship, Rooster is shot down by a SAM and ejects. The two rendezvous and steal an F-14 from the damaged air base. Maverick and Rooster destroy two intercepting Su-57s, but a third attacks as they run out of ammunition and countermeasures. Hangman unexpectedly arrives in time to shoot it down, and the planes return safely, with Maverick now an ace. Later, Rooster helps Maverick work on his P-51 Mustang. Rooster looks at a photo of their mission's success, pinned alongside a photo of his late father and a young Maverick, as Penny and Maverick fly off in the P-51. Cast Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell: A test pilot and flight instructor, training a group of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission Miles Teller as Lieutenant Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw: An F/A-18E pilot in the mission training group. He is the son of Maverick's late RIO and best friend, LTJG Nick "Goose", and Carole Bradshaw. Rooster was previously portrayed by twins Aaron and Adam Weis in Top Gun in uncredited roles. Jennifer Connelly as Penelope "Penny" Benjamin: Maverick's rekindled love interest, who is a single mother, a bar owner, and the daughter of an admiral Jon Hamm as Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson: The commander of Naval Air Forces Glen Powell as LT Jake "Hangman" Seresin: An F/A-18E pilot and mission candidate Ed Harris as Rear Admiral Chester "Hammer" Cain: Maverick's superior and head of the Darkstar program Val Kilmer as Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky: The commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, close friend and former rival of Maverick Lewis Pullman as LT Robert "Bob" Floyd: Phoenix's F/A-18F WSO and mission candidate Charles Parnell as Rear Admiral Solomon "Warlock" Bates: The commander of the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center and an acquaintance of Maverick Bashir Salahuddin as Chief Warrant Officer Four Bernie "Hondo" Coleman: A friend of Maverick's Monica Barbaro as LT Natasha "Phoenix" Trace: An F/A-18F pilot and mission candidate Jay Ellis as LT Reuben "Payback" Fitch: An F/A-18F pilot and mission candidate Danny Ramirez as LT Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia: Payback's F/A-18F WSO and mission candidate Greg Tarzan Davis as LT Javy "Coyote" Machado: An F/A-18E pilot and mission candidate Manny Jacinto as LT Billy "Fritz" Avalone: An F/A-18E pilot and mission candidate Raymond Lee as LT Logan "Yale" Lee: An F/A-18F pilot and mission candidate Jake Picking as LT Brigham "Harvard" Lennox: Yale's F/A-18F WSO and mission candidate Jack Schumacher as LT Neil "Omaha" Vikander: An F/A-18F pilot and mission candidate Kara Wang as LT Callie "Halo" Bassett: Omaha's F/A-18F WSO and mission candidate Lyliana Wray as Amelia Benjamin: Penny's daughter Jean Louisa Kelly as Sarah Kazansky: Iceman's wife James Handy as Jimmy: An old bartender at Penny's bar Chido Nwokocha as Mission Controller Chelsea Harris as Admiral's Aide Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan, as well as Aaron and Adam Weis appear as the Bradshaw family in archive footage from Top Gun, along with Kelly McGillis as Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood. Production Development In 1990, during the promotion of Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Tom Cruise dismissed the notion of a sequel to Top Gun (1986) as "irresponsible". Paramount Pictures began development on the film in 2010 after making offers to Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott to create a sequel to Top Gun with Tom Cruise reprising his role. When asked about his idea for a new Top Gun film, Scott replied, "This world fascinated me, because it's so different from what it was originally. But I don't want to do a remake. I don't want to do a reinvention. I want to do a new movie." It was reported that the film would focus on the end of the dogfighting era, the role of drones in modern aerial warfare, and would see Cruise's character, Maverick, fly an F/A-18E Super Hornet. Following Scott's suicide in 2012, the sequel's future became uncertain, but producer Jerry Bruckheimer remained committed to the project, especially given interest expressed by Cruise and Kilmer. Cruise revealed in June 2017 that the sequel would be titled Top Gun: Maverick, noting that he did not want a number in the title. He added that the film is "going to be a competition film, similar to the first one", but clarified it as "a progression for Maverick". By July 2017, Joseph Kosinski was announced as the director, after previously collaborating with Cruise on Oblivion (2013). Kosinski met with Cruise on the set of Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), providing a lookbook, a poster, and a title, Top Gun: Maverick, prior to his hiring. Cruise then contacted Jim Gianopulos and requested to make the film. On June 19, 2019, at CineEurope in Barcelona, attendees were able to watch for the first time some early footage of the film from a special Paramount presentation. During the presentation the President of International Theatrical Distribution Mark Viane and co-president of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution Mary Daily appeared in flight clothes, as a part of the promotion. In 2019, China's Tencent invested 12.5% of the film but later pulled out of the project at the end of that year over concerns that the film's themes could anger the Chinese government. Writing By mid-2010, Christopher McQuarrie received an offer to write the sequel's screenplay, which was rumored to have Cruise's character Maverick in a smaller role. The following year, Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz were credited as screenwriters on the project. The studio would later move onto Peter Craig to draft a new script under Scott's direction in March 2012. However, the project was unexpectedly stalled due to Scott's suicide in August of that year. In March 2014, Bruckheimer said the filmmakers were taking a new approach, which involved pilots being rendered obsolete by drones. In September 2014, the sequel was officially revived. Justin Marks entered negotiations to write the screenplay. Marks said that the sequel to Top Gun was his "dream project" and that the original was "an iconic film in his memory" that inspired him to write screenplays. He researched the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to gain insight into "how Top Gun would be represented in the current period". Scott had apparently finalized the script and begun scouting locations. He and Cruise toured Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, a week before his death. The Hollywood Reporter said the Top Gun sequel was one of three directing projects in "advanced development". During scripting discussions in Paris in 2017, where Cruise was shooting for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Kosinski pitched two ideas to Cruise. The first focused on the severed relationship between Maverick and Goose's son, set against a dangerous combat mission. The second focused on Maverick's current place in the Navy as part of the "Darkstar" program and the secrecy surrounding it. With Kosinski in place as director, Only the Brave (2017) screenwriter Eric Warren Singer boarded the film to rewrite the script by August 2017. In October 2018, McQuarrie, a frequent collaborator of Cruise, was brought in for rewrites during production. McQuarrie opted to mostly ignore the first film during the writing process; he also flew with the Blue Angels in preparation. By January 2020, final screenplay credits were given to Ehren Kruger, Singer, and McQuarrie, while story credit was attributed to Craig and Marks. Casting Cruise's involvement in Top Gun: Maverick was announced in January 2016. He was paid between $12 and $14 million plus a portion of the film's box office gross, which totaled more than $100 million. Val Kilmer, now cancer-free, had campaigned on his Facebook page to reprise his role in the film. In June 2018, TheWrap reported that he would appear in the film. While Bruckheimer and the filmmakers wanted to bring Kilmer back, Cruise insisted on it. A trailer released in March 2022 featured a photograph of Kilmer wearing a uniform of a four-star admiral. In July 2018, Miles Teller was cast in the role of Goose's son, against Nicholas Hoult and Glen Powell. Later that month, Jennifer Connelly joined the film's cast to play a single mother running a bar near the naval base. In August 2018, Powell joined the cast in a pilot trainee role that was enlarged for him, having impressed Cruise, Bruckheimer, and executives at Paramount and Skydance Media, with his auditions. He was cast as the arrogant "Hangman" (originally named "Slayer" when he read the script). Powell was initially unimpressed by the prospect of taking the role, feeling the character was a unidimensional "dick garnish" and a "Navy Draco Malfoy" with no payoff nor reason to exist other than adding conflict to "Rooster"'s character arc. Cruise, Bruckheimer, Kosinski, and McQuarrie managed to convince him that he could shape his performance to make "Hangman" a more well-rounded character. Cruise advised Powell on body language in different cultures, helping him to play "Hangman" so that global audiences would emotionally connect with the character. In the same month, Monica Barbaro, Thomasin McKenzie, Charles Parnell, Jay Ellis, Bashir Salahuddin, Danny Ramirez, Ed Harris, Jon Hamm, and Lewis Pullman joined the cast of the film; Barbaro, Pullman, Ellis, and Ramirez portrayed aviator trainees, while McKenzie was to portray the daughter of Connelly's character. Hamm signed onto the film before he was given an official offer or script. In September 2018, Manny Jacinto joined the cast. In October 2018, Kara Wang, Jack Schumacher, Greg Tarzan Davis, Jake Picking, Raymond Lee, Jean Louisa Kelly and Lyliana Wray joined the cast; Wray replaced McKenzie, who dropped out of the film after signing onto Lost Girls (2020). In November 2018, Chelsea Harris joined the cast. Kelly McGillis, Meg Ryan and Aaron and Adam Weis, all of whom appeared in the original film, were not asked to appear in the sequel. According to an interview with Vanity Fair, Lewis Hamilton was offered a fighter pilot role because of his friendship with Cruise but turned down the offer due to his Formula One commitments. Filming To create the illusion that the actors were piloting the jets during flying scenes, the producers paid the Navy $11,374 per flight hour for F/A-18E (single seat) and F/A-18F (dual seat) Super Hornets and pilots to fly them. For external shots, real Navy pilots flew the E version. For shots of the actors in flight, the F version was used with the actual pilot in the front seat. One F/A-18F was rigged with special cameras to film an actor in the back seat. Cruise designed a three-month "boot camp" to train the actors with flying roles to get them used to aerobatics and high g-forces, as well as build the spatial awareness they would need to operate the camera equipment. Some of the training was required by the Navy for passengers in tactical jets, including underwater evacuation. Barbaro said the cast endured aerobatics riding in the Extra 300L flown by Chuck Coleman, including right before flights in the F/A-18F, to ensure their bodies had the required tolerance. She also praised the female pilots she had worked with during the filming process, and commented that while the "military aviation community [is] progressive, there's no way that [sexism] doesn't still exist in little moments here and there. It's par for the course for women in historically male-dominated spaces. So I was glad we kept that in." The actors also had to learn lighting, cinematography, and editing to properly run the cameras, because, as Bruckheimer put it, "when they're up in the jet, they have to direct themselves, essentially." Preliminary production on the film officially started on May 30, 2018, in San Diego. The crew filmed aerial shots at Naval Air Station Fallon. In late August, a 15-person film crew from Paramount and Bruckheimer Films shot flight deck operations aboard the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier . In mid-February 2019, Cruise and the production crew were sighted on board at NAS North Island. In March, filming in the Cascade Mountains was completed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington, where routes were scouted by helicopter and the L-39 before filming the F/A-18s. On June 19, 2019, Miles Teller revealed in an interview that he had finished filming two days earlier. Principal photography was scheduled until April 15, 2019, in San Diego, Lemoore, China Lake, Chico, and Lake Tahoe in California; Seattle; and Patuxent River, Maryland. The low-pass scene with Ed Harris was filmed at China Lake with flying a Blue Angels plane at less than around , which on the 20th and last pass pulled roofing material from the guard shack flying off held only by romex cable. The post-production and editing works were supervised by Kosinski at his home during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The film was shot in IMAX format using IMAX-certified Sony Venice 6K full frame cameras. Kosinski said that the team spent more than a year with Navy forces to use the IMAX cameras inside the cockpit, with four cameras facing toward the actors and two facing forward, in addition to cameras mounted all over the exteriors of the aircraft. He said "the audience should feel the authenticity, strain, speed and gravitational forces, something that cannot be achieved through soundstage or visual effects, which needed a tremendous amount of effort and work." NAVAIR engineers used wind tunnel testing and computer modeling to rig cameras to the aircraft to withstand the speeds and g-forces sustained during maneuvering and carrier landings while maintaining safety in the event of ejection. The crew shot the aerial footage outside the F/A-18s with gimbal-stabilized cameras on three platforms: a nose-mounted rig on one of two modified Aero L-39 Albatros that could film at and 3 g, nose- and tail-mounted cameras on an Embraer Phenom 300, and a nose-mounted rig on an Airbus AS350 helicopter. More than 800 hours of aerial footage was shot for the film, exceeding the combined footage shot for the films in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The old military bar was constructed in the beach side in Los Angeles. The steel structure was assembled off-site for visual inspection, then dismantled and re-built on set. Aircraft For most of the planes including the F/A-18E/F, the production crew acquired 20 working aircraft from all over the country. Hindle said that Kosinski had made specifications for every detail during design, including the helmets, suits, props, and several others. Darkstar The fictional "Darkstar" aircraft was designed with help from engineers from Lockheed Martin and its Skunk Works division. A full-scale mockup of the aircraft was built and filmed at China Lake. Kosinski said, "The reason we approached Skunk Works is because I wanted to make the most realistic hypersonic aircraft we possibly could. In fact, as you saw, we built it full-scale in cooperation with them. But the reason it looks so real is because it was the engineers from Skunk Works who helped us design it. So those are the same people who are working on real aircraft who helped us design Darkstar for this film." Lockheed denied that Darkstar is related to the uncrewed Lockheed Martin SR-72, whose existence the company has never confirmed. F-14 Production designer Jeremy Hindle said that using a F-14 Tomcat (which is featured in the first film) would have been difficult. "There are no F-14s that fly because they [have been decommissioned in the U.S.] and all the engines have been taken out of them." He said that they were not able to use the active F-14 Tomcats in Iran, the only other country that acquired the aircraft, due to sanctions. The U.S. scuttled or disabled its vast fleet of F-14s once they were retired to prevent the illicit export of spare parts. With help from the Navy, the production team secured one F-14A from the San Diego Air & Space Museum in California. Hindle described further challenges, including dismantling and shipping the plane's components, and making the aircraft as functional as possible, though still without engines. Post-production VFX artist Fred Lyn said CGI was used extensively in the film. The F-14 and Su-57 were visualized entirely by computer, while the F/A-18 dogfighting and final strike scenes were shot with a single jet, producing footage that was used to create multiple jets onscreen. The film had about 2,400 VFX shots, all produced under visual effects supervisor Ryan Tudhope. Most work was done by Method Studios and MPC Film, though Lola VFX and Blind provided the 2D motion graphics, training visualizations, and the jet's head-up displays. Skywalker Sound worked on sound design and temp mixing for the film. They created aviation sound effects, working closely with GE Aviation, a jet engine manufacturer out of Cincinnati. Final sound editing and mixing n Dolby Atmos and IMAX was handled by London-based Soundbyte Studios and Twickenham Film Studios. Recording mixers Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor worked in two theaters with different audio configurations to complete the mixes, which took place in June and July 2020. After his treatment and operation for throat cancer, Val Kilmer lost his ability to speak effectively. In 2021, he worked with Sonantic, a UK-based software company that specializes in voice synthesis, to digitally recreate his voice using AI technology and archived audio recordings of his voice. The collaboration with Sonantic led to a successful vocal model program that Kilmer could apply in future projects. For Top Gun: Maverick, however, this technology was not used. Director Joseph Kosinski said in an interview that they used Kilmer's actual voice, digitally altering it to increase clarity. Footage from the original film was used in a scene where Maverick watches Rooster playing "Great Balls of Fire" on the piano, invoking memories of Goose's family and death. The footage was used as a flashback, to help explain the characters' relationship and to deepen the emotional conflicts involved. This was not planned in the original script; Kosinski introduced the idea in the film editing phase. Music Top Gun composer Harold Faltermeyer reprised his role, being joined by Lady Gaga, OneRepublic, and Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack was produced by Lorne Balfe. The soundtrack was released on May 27, 2022, through Interscope Records and Paramount Music. It was promoted by two singles, "Hold My Hand" by Lady Gaga and "I Ain't Worried" by OneRepublic. From the first film, the score also incorporates elements of the original "Top Gun Anthem", and the song "Danger Zone", composed by Giorgio Moroder and sung by Kenny Loggins. Marketing The film's first teaser trailer premiered during a surprise appearance by Cruise at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con on July 18, 2019. The first trailer received high praise from fans, with many lauding the return of the series and some comparing it to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The Hollywood Reporter wrote that some fans noticed that the flag of the Republic of China (the flag used by the government of the Republic of China based on the island of Taiwan) and the Flag of Japan were missing from the flight jacket of Cruise's character and accused Paramount of removing it to appease China-based co-financier Tencent Pictures. However, the Republic of China and Japanese flags were later restored, as Tencent would end up pulling out of the production, leading to them being uncredited in the final film. The second trailer was released in December 2019, and a new Snapchat filter for the film was introduced by Paramount, to engage "young-generation audiences". In February 2020, toy manufacturer Matchbox (owned by Mattel) announced that they were releasing a series of Top Gun die-cast models and products, including the F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and the P-51 Mustang, as well as role play items. They were scheduled for public release on June 1, 2020, despite the delayed theatrical release. In June 2020, plastic model manufacturer Revell released a series of 1/48 scale Top Gun plastic models, including an F-14A Tomcat and an F/A-18E Super Hornet based upon the aircraft in the movie. These are versions of previous Revell offerings with modified decals and markings. In July 2020, Hasbro announced a Top Gun-themed Transformers toy, "Maverick", which was released later in the year. Hasbro later re-released the toy as a Walmart exclusive to tie into the film's final release date. On August 26, 2021, the first 13 minutes of the film were previewed at CinemaCon along with a new trailer with Tom Cruise marking his presence virtually at the event. In January 2022, CBS Sports released a new clip from the film, coinciding with the AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals. In February 2022, the final trailer of the film tied to Porsche was aired before Super Bowl LVI. In April 2022, Project ACES, the developers of the Ace Combat series, announced the release of an aircraft collaboration DLC for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown with Top Gun: Maverick, released on May 26, one day before the film's release. A free expansion based on Top Gun Maverick was also released for Microsoft Flight Simulator on the same day, containing the F/A-18E/F Superhornet and fictional "Darkstar" planes as playable aircraft. An interactive website was also launched on the same month. On May 23, Cruise collaborated with The Late Late Show host James Corden for recreating a fighter sequence as a part of promotions. A three-week promotional tour was conducted in Mexico City, Tokyo, Cannes, London, San Diego and Los Angeles. Event Cinemas announced Top Gun: Maverick Collector Combo, featuring a medium large salt-popcorn with refreshments in a collector cup, being marketed with stills featuring Cruise. Other marketing deals were arranged with Applebee's restaurant chains and Vudu. Release Theatrical Top Gun: Maverick was released theatrically by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 27, 2022, with advance screenings starting the day before. It was originally scheduled to be released on July 12, 2019, but was delayed to June 26, 2020, in order to shoot several complex action sequences. By March 2020, Paramount moved the film up two days early on June 24, 2020, and it was then moved to December 23 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic declared by the World Health Organization. On July 23, 2020, the film was delayed again to July 2, 2021, due in part to scheduling conflicts with Cruise, as well as the recent delays of Mulan and Tenet due to the rise of COVID-19 cases, and was further delayed to November 19, 2021, before finalizing the May 2022 release date. The film had its world premiere at CinemaCon on April 28, 2022 which was followed by a global premiere hosted at the San Diego Civic Theatre in San Diego, on May 4, which was also streamed live through YouTube. It also screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18 in an Official Selection Screening, where it received a five-minute standing ovation from the audience. The Cannes premiere included a tribute to Cruise and his career. The following day it had its UK premiere at the Royal Film Performance at London's Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in aid of the Film & TV Charity. The film was the last Royal Film Performance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign as she died later that same year. ScreenX theaters and AMC Theatres held Early Access Event screenings at limited locations across the United States on May 24, 2022. Home media Apple TV+ attempted to purchase the distribution rights to Top Gun: Maverick, but Paramount declined to sell them. When asked at the film's CinemaCon premiere about Apple and other streaming companies attempting to purchase the distribution rights, Bruckheimer said that the film had always had a big-screen destination. At the film's premiere at Cannes, Cruise also denied that the film was going to streaming. Despite the model that most films debut on streaming 45 days after their theatrical releases, Paramount decided to keep Top Gun: Maverick in theaters for an extended run due to Cruise's insistence and the successive week-to-week box office results of the film. The film was released digitally in standard definition, high definition and UHD on August 23, 2022, followed by the Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD releases on November 1, 2022, in the United States and October 31, 2022, in the United Kingdom. It includes the expanded aspect ratio of 1.90:1 in select sequences as seen in IMAX screenings, four featurettes on the making of the film, Cruise discussing his career at the 75th Cannes Film Festival and two music videos of the songs featured in the film. Paramount+ and SkyShowtime (under the joint venture between both Paramount Global and Sky Group) made Top Gun: Maverick available to stream on December 22, 2022, as part of a customer's subscription to either service. In the United States, Top Gun: Maverick became the most-watched film to debut on Paramount+. Reception Box office Top Gun: Maverick grossed $718.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $777 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.496 billion. The film became the highest-grossing film of Cruise's career on June 17, 2022, after crossing $800 million worldwide. On June 26, the film crossed $1 billion, becoming the second film to do so during the pandemic era. It is the second-highest-grossing film released in 2022 (behind Avatar: The Way of Water). Sonny Bunch, writing for The Washington Post, argued that the film's financial success along with that of Spider-Man: No Way Home demonstrates that securing a theatrical release in China is not mandatory for a Hollywood film to be profitable. Deadline Hollywood calculated the film's net profit as $391.1million, accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and other costs; box office grosses and home media revenues placed it second on their list of 2022's "Most Valuable Blockbusters". In the United States and Canada, Top Gun: Maverick was the highest-grossing film released in 2022. It grossed $126.7 million in its opening three-day weekend and $160.5 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, finishing first at the box office and nearly doubling Cruise's previous career-best. The film also had the largest Memorial Day four-day opening weekend. In its second weekend, it grossed $90 million; the 29% drop was the smallest-ever for a film that had an opening of over $100 million, surpassing Shrek 2 (33% drop in its second weekend from a $108 million debut in May 2004). The film was dethroned by newcomer Jurassic World Dominion in its third weekend, though still grossed $51.9 million. The film remained in the top five at the box office throughout its first ten weeks of release. The film finally dropped out of the top five at the box office in its 11th weekend, finishing sixth with $7 million. In its 12th weekend the film was re-released in over 400 theaters and made $7.1 million, returning to second place. In its 15th weekend, the film made $6 million (and a total of $7.9 million over the four-day Labor Day frame), returning to the top of the box office. Box office analysts attributed the film's longevity at the box office to positive critical reviews and word of mouth. Outside the US and Canada, the film grossed $124 million from 62 markets in its opening weekend. It was Cruise's biggest opening ever in 32 of those markets and Paramount's best opening for a live-action film in 18 of them. The largest markets in its opening weekend were the United Kingdom ($19.4 million), France ($11.7 million), Australia ($10.7 million), Japan ($9.7 million), and Germany ($6.5 million). The film had the best debut of Cruise's career in the Middle East ($6.3 million), Brazil ($5.3 million), the Netherlands ($2.4 million), Sweden ($2.2 million), Belgium ($1.7 million), New Zealand ($1.4 million), Poland ($1.2 million), Argentina ($1.2 million), Finland ($1.1 million), and Portugal ($770,000). IMAX accounted for $10.4 million of its opening weekend outside the US and Canada. The following weekend, it made $85.8 million, a mere 16% drop that included $18.5 million from IMAX screenings. , the top markets are the United Kingdom ($102 million), Japan ($93.6 million), South Korea ($67.2 million), Australia ($64.3 million), and France ($58.2 million). Critical response Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 96% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 84% saying they would definitely recommend it. Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood called the sequel better than the original movie. The New York Times-based critic A. O. Scott called it a "thin, over-strenuous and sometimes very enjoyable movie" and "an earnest statement of the thesis that movies can and should be great." Peter Bradshaw wrote in The Guardian that "Cruise presides over some surprising differences from his first outing as the navy pilot hotshot in a film that's missing the homoerotic tensions of the 80s original." Alonso Duralde of TheWrap wrote that the movie "counts as a worthy sequel in that it succeeds and fails in many of the same ways as the original." Entertainment.ie's Brian Lloyd's 4-star review said the film "exceeds with flying colours" and "exists in a world that is all of its own making. There are golden sunsets, perfectly crisp white t-shirts, exquisitely coiffed hair, and long-held flames of romance that make it all impossible to resist." Clarrise Loughery, chief editor of The Independent, wrote that the film is "as thrilling as blockbusters get. It's the kind of edge-of-your-seat, fist-pumping spectacular that can unite an entire room full of strangers sitting in the dark and leave them with a wistful tear in their eye." Richard Brody of The New Yorker wrote, "The new film, less of a sequel than a renovation, infuses the 1986 drama of airborne combat with today's politics." Tomris Laffly of RogerEbert.com wrote, "Equally worthy of that big screen is the emotional strokes of Maverick that pack an unexpected punch." On August 3, 2022, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino called Top Gun: Maverick "fantastic", as the film, alongside Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, "provided a true cinematic spectacle, the kind that I'd almost thought that I wasn't going to see anymore." As a long-time admirer of the original Top Gun director, the late Tony Scott, he added: "There was just this lovely, lovely aspect because I love both Tony Scott's cinema so much, and I love Tony so much that that's as close as we're ever going to get to seeing one more Tony Scott movie ... The respect and the love of Tony was in every frame. It was almost in every decision. It was consciously right there, but in this really cool way that was really respectful." Ridley Scott, Tony's older brother and whom Cruise worked with in the 1985 film Legend, was given a private screening for Maverick. Bruckheimer stated, "One of the most heartwarming things I experienced is when we showed the movie to Tony’s brother, Ridley. He was laudatory in his praise for the film and the kind of care that Tom took to honor Tony throughout the movie. That was foremost in everybody's mind." However, Fede Álvarez, director of [[Alien: Romulus\|Alien: Romulus]] (produced by Scott), later stated that Scott had more negative feelings on Maverick. Álvarez stated "I asked him about the new ‘Top Gun’ and he’s like ‘meh.’ I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ And he was like, ‘My brother’s was original and this is like eh.’ He really respected it, but you could see how tough he was." Role of the U.S. military The film was actively supported and influenced by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Navy to present the U.S. military in a positive light and aid in recruitment and retention. The U.S. Air Force also ran recruitment ads before the film's screenings. This led some critics, scholars and journalists to criticize the film as propaganda. Accolades At the 95th Academy Awards, Top Gun: Maverick received nominations for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects; and won Best Sound. The film's other nominations include four British Academy Film Awards, six Critics' Choice Movie Awards (winning one), and two Golden Globe Awards. It received two National Board of Review Awards and was named one of the ten best films of 2022 by the American Film Institute. Lawsuit In June 2022, the family of Israeli author Ehud Yonay, who wrote the California article "Top Guns" in May 1983 that inspired the first film, sued Paramount for copyright infringement over the release of Top Gun: Maverick and sought damages as well as an injunction against the film's distribution. Jerry Bruckheimer produced the original film, whose screenplay was written by Jim Cash (died 2000) and Jack Epps Jr.; all three men participated in the sequel. According to the lawsuit, Paramount had obtained exclusive film rights to Yonay's article but ignored the 35-year copyright law, wherein the rights reverted to Yonay's widow Shosh and son Yuval in January 2020 after the writer's death in 2012. The lawsuit claims that Maverick contains elements similar to the original article and that Paramount continued with the filming, even after receiving notice of the copyright's termination. The film distributor considers most of the sequel to have been complete before then and denies that Maverick is derived from Yonay's article. Future In May 2022, Teller revealed that he had been pitching a sequel, which would be tentatively titled Top Gun: Rooster'' and centered around his character, to Paramount Pictures. By July of the same year, he stated that he has been having ongoing discussions with Cruise regarding a sequel. See also List of film sequels by box-office performance List of media set in San Diego Notes References External links 2020s English-language films 2020s American films 2022 action drama films 4DX films American action drama films American aviation films American sequel films Films about aerial warfare Films about aviators Films about naval aviation Films about the United States Navy Films directed by Joseph Kosinski Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic Films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films scored by Hans Zimmer Films scored by Harold Faltermeyer Films scored by Lorne Balfe Films set in San Diego Films set on aircraft carriers Films shot in Maryland Films shot in San Diego Films shot in Washington (state) Films with screenplays by Christopher McQuarrie Films with screenplays by Peter Craig Paramount Pictures films IMAX films ScreenX films Skydance Media films Top Gun Films that won the Best Sound Mixing Academy Award Films shot in the Mojave Desert
Marvel Feature was a comic book showcase series published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s. It was a tryout book, intended to test the popularity of characters and concepts being considered for their own series. The first volume led to the launch of The Defenders and Marvel Two-in-One, while volume two led to an ongoing Red Sonja series. Volume one Marvel Feature was one of three tryout books proposed by Stan Lee after he transitioned from being Marvel Comics' writer and editor to its president and publisher, the others being Marvel Spotlight and Marvel Premiere. The advantage of such tryout books was that they allowed the publisher to assess a feature's popularity without the marketing investment required to launch a new series, and without the blow to the publisher's image with readers if the new series immediately failed. The first series was published for twelve issues from December 1971 until November 1973. The lead story in Marvel Feature #1, by writer Roy Thomas and artist Ross Andru, featured the first team-up of the Hulk, Doctor Strange, and the Sub-Mariner as the Defenders. The first two issues of Marvel Feature were in the 52-page format, with the remaining pages filled out by a new Doctor Strange solo tale and a Sub-Mariner reprint. The Defenders continued as the stars of Marvel Feature for two more issues and then received their own self-titled series in August 1972. Ant-Man was the lead of Marvel Feature for issues #4–10, paired with his un-billed female companion, the Wasp, starting with issue #6. Doing an Ant-Man feature was editor Roy Thomas's idea, but he found he did not have the time to write it himself and so turned it over to writer Mike Friedrich and artist Herb Trimpe. The series featured the only comics work of Trimpe's brother, Mike, who inked issue #6 over Herb's pencils. Herb Trimpe explained that Mike was a graphic designer at the time and took on the inking job when his regular work slowed down. Issues #7–10 each featured three separate Ant-Man stories and included art by P. Craig Russell. The final issue also reprinted non-Pym stories from the Tales to Astonish series, all written by Stan Lee. Marvel Feature #11 featured a battle between the Thing and the Hulk. Issue #12 teamed the Thing and Iron Man and featured an early Thanos appearance. Both issues were penciled by Jim Starlin. As with The Defenders before it, the concept of teaming the Thing with a different character each issue proved popular enough during its Marvel Feature tryout to justify a regular series, titled Marvel Two-in-One. The series was cancelled as of issue #12. Though it had been successful in its intended role as a popularity gauge (both of the series spun off of Marvel Feature had long runs with generally strong sales), like most tryout series, it could not sustain a readership of its own. Volume two The second series featured Red Sonja, a supporting character from the ancient fantasy world of Conan the Barbarian. It was published for seven issues from November 1975 until November 1976. Roy Thomas wrote issues #1, #6, and #7, while Bruce Jones scripted the other issues. Except for issue #1, drawn by Dick Giordano, the art for the series was by the creator most associated with Red Sonja, Frank Thorne. The character then received her own self-titled series in January 1977. Collected editions Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders Vol. 1 includes Marvel Feature #1–3, 256 pages, July 2008, Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 4 includes Doctor Strange story from Marvel Feature #1, 272 pages, January 2010, Essential Defenders Volume 1 includes Marvel Feature #1–3, 544 pages, May 2005, Mighty Marvel Team-Up Thrillers includes Marvel Feature #11, 166 pages, 1983, Essential Marvel Two-in-One Vol. 1 includes Marvel Feature #11–12, 576 pages, November 2005, The Superhero Women: Featuring the Fabulous Females of Marvel Comics includes Marvel Feature vol. 2 #4, 254 pages, November 1977, Simon & Schuster, References 1971 comics debuts 1973 comics endings 1975 comics debuts 1976 comics endings Comics anthologies Comics by Jim Starlin Comics by Len Wein Comics by Roy Thomas Defunct American comics Fantasy comics Marvel Comics titles
Hval is a village in Ringerike in Buskerud, Norway. The area lies north of Haugsbygd and east of Hønefoss. The old road Hvalsveien runs from Haugsbygd to Hval station, where it changes into Viulsveien in a junction between Hvalsmoveien (E16) and Viul. Hval existed as a farm in the area since the early Middle Ages. In the 17th century the farm was split into several lesser farms including Nedre Hval and Søndre Hval. In the area lies both the former military camp of Hvalsmoen and the now closed Hval station. In 1893 the Norwegian Storting decided to acquire the area around Hvalsmoen, as a drill ground for the Royal Norwegian Army Engineering Regiment (Den kongelige norske ingeniørbrigade). When the Bergen Railway was extended from Hønefoss to Roa in 1909, Hval station was built on the Roa–Hønefoss Line (Roa-Hønefosslinjen). The station was built based upon designs of architect Paul Armin Due. The station had significance for the military personnel at nearby Hvalsmoen. Passenger traffic stopped during 1990. The station is currently operative as crossing tracks. The station building is of the Sirnes-type, and is protected. Hvalsmoen military camp was operative for over 100 years before it closed down in 2001. References Villages in Buskerud
GPISD can refer to the following Texas school districts: Grand Prairie Independent School District (Dallas-Fort Worth area) Galena Park Independent School District (Houston area) Gregory-Portland Independent School District (Corpus Christi area)
The Pawnee Creek Beds (also Pawnee Creek Formation) is a geologic formation in Colorado. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. See also List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colorado Paleontology in Colorado References Geologic formations of Colorado Neogene stratigraphic units of North America
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A patch antenna is a type of antenna with a low profile, which can be mounted on a surface. It consists of a planar rectangular, circular, triangular, or any geometrical sheet or "patch" of metal, mounted over a larger sheet of metal called a ground plane. They are the original type of microstrip antenna described by Howell in 1972. The two metal sheets together form a resonant piece of microstrip transmission line with a length of approximately one-half wavelength of the radio waves. The radiation mechanism arises from fringing fields along the radiating edges. The radiation at the edges causes the antenna to act slightly larger electrically than its physical dimensions, so in order for the antenna to be resonant, a length of microstrip transmission line slightly shorter than one-half the wavelength at the frequency is used. The patch antenna is mainly practical at microwave frequencies, at which wavelengths are short enough that the patches are conveniently small. It is widely used in portable wireless devices because of the ease of fabricating it on printed circuit boards. Multiple patch antennas on the same substrate (see image) called microstrip antennas, can be used to make high gain array antennas, and phased arrays in which the beam can be electronically steered. A variant of the patch antenna commonly used in mobile phones is the shorted patch antenna, or planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA). In this antenna, one corner of the patch (or sometimes one edge) is grounded with a ground pin. This variant has better matching than the standard patch. Another variant of patch antenna with the partially etched ground plane, also known as printed monopole antenna, is a very versatile antenna for dual-band operations. See also Microwave Radiometer (Juno) (Space probe instrument, uses patch array antennas) References External links Patch Antenna Tutorial EM Talk Patch Antenna Calculator The basics of patch antennas A Dual-Band Rectangular CPW Folded Slot Antenna for GNSS Applications Radio frequency antenna types Microwave technology Antennas (radio)
Metasolpuga is a genus of solifuge or sun spider. The monotypic genus contains the species Metasolpuga picta which is native to Namibia. It is one of several large, diurnal solifuge species that occur in the arid regions of southern Africa. Its habitat is interdune valleys of the Namib Desert. They are active when ground surface temperatures are between 40 and 61 °C. In experimental conditions they become lethargic at 20 ± 1 °C, and at 5 to 10 °C they become completely torpid. During mid-winter it is believed to become lethargic in burrows for days or weeks. Egg depositing has been recorded during early spring and late summer. Data suggests that male M. picta are short-lived and die after the mating season due to high energy demands and low food intake. References Solifugae genera Monotypic arachnid genera
Gracillaria loriolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Norway, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Moldova, the European part of Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. The larvae feed on Fraxinus species, including Fraxinus potamophila. References Gracillariinae Moths of Europe Moths described in 1881
Auguste Adolphe Lucien Trécul (8 January 1818 in Mondoubleau – 17 October 1896 in Paris) was a French botanist. He studied pharmacy in Paris, and in 1841 became an interne to hospitals. His interests later changed to botany, and in 1848–50, on behalf of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle and the Ministry of Agriculture, he conducted scientific research in North America. In 1866 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences (botany section), and during the following year, was awarded the Légion d'Honneur. His main research dealt with plant anatomy, physiology and organogenesis. He published important papers on the structure of different members within the botanical family Nymphaeaceae, and was the author of a significant monograph on Artocarpeae. Many of his scientific articles were published in the Annales des Sciences Naturelles (from 1843 onward) and the Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. In his studies of fermentation, he differed with the conclusions reached by Louis Pasteur. The plant genus Treculia (family Moraceae) was named in his honor by Joseph Decaisne. Selected works Mémoire sur la famille des Artocarpées, 1847 – Memoir on the plant family Artocarpeae. Mémoire sur la formation des feuilles, 1853 – Memoir on the formation of leaves. Études anatomiques et organogeniques sur la Victoria Regia et anatomie comparée du Nelumbium, du Nuphar et de la Victoria, 1854 – Anatomical and organogenic studies of Victoria regia and the comparative anatomy of Nelumbo, Nuphar and Victoria. De l'Influence des décortications annulaires sur la végétation des arbres dicotylédonés, 1855 – Influence of annular decortications on the vegetation of broadleaf trees. Notice des principaux mémoires publiés de 1843 à 1860... – Principal published works from 1843 to 1860. References 1818 births 1896 deaths People from Loir-et-Cher 19th-century French botanists Plant physiologists
Przegaliny Duże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komarówka Podlaska, within Radzyń Podlaski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Komarówka Podlaska, east of Radzyń Podlaski, and north of the regional capital Lublin. References Villages in Radzyń Podlaski County
Live at the Apollo is an album by Daryl Hall & John Oates released in September 1985, recorded live at the Apollo Theater in New York. It is subtitled "With David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks", of The Temptations-fame. The album is a mixture of their classics and some then-current songs by Hall & Oates. A VHS video of this concert with a different running order was released in 1987. On July 13, 1985, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin appeared together at Live Aid, two months before this album was released. Track listing On some releases, the "Apollo Medley" is separated into individual tracks. Personnel Daryl Hall – vocals, keyboards, guitars, mando-guitar John Oates – vocals, guitars Eddie Kendricks – vocals David Ruffin – vocals Charlie DeChant – keyboards, saxophone, backing vocals Wells Christy – keyboards, Synclavier Robbie Kilgore – keyboards Michael Klvana – keyboards G.E. Smith – lead guitars Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – bass guitar, backing vocals Mickey Curry – drums Jimmy Maelen – percussion Steve Elson – baritone saxophone Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone, brass leader Ray Anderson – trombone Mac Gollehon – trumpet "Hollywood" Paul Litteral – trumpet Production Daryl Hall – producer John Oates – producer Bob Clearmountain – producer, recording, mixing David Hewitt – recording Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY) Mick Haggerty – album artwork, design Lynn Goldsmith – inner sleeve photography Nina Krieger – inner sleeve photography Tommy Mottola and Champion Entertainment Organization, Inc. – management Charts Singles References Hall & Oates live albums 1985 live albums RCA Records live albums Albums recorded at the Apollo Theater Albums produced by Bob Clearmountain
Anthony De Sa may refer: Anthony De Sa (author), Canadian novelist and short story writer Anthony de Sa (civil servant), Indian retired civil servant
István Varga (born 23 June 1956) is a Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of National Development and Economy between 2009 and 2010. Gordon Bajnai appointed him on 29 April 2009, after Tamás Vahl withdrew from the designation of the ministerial position. Before that the acting economy minister was Péter Hónig between 14 and 29 April. Varga is married and has three children. References Prime Minister's Office \|- 1956 births Living people Government ministers of Hungary Members of the Bajnai Government Economy ministers People from Sajószentpéter Hungarian economists
Saint-Marc-du-Cor () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Population See also Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department References Communes of Loir-et-Cher
Eline C. Vedder-Monaster (; born 25 April 1979) is a Dutch dairy farmer and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). Born in Dordrecht, she studied mechanical engineering and started running a dairy farm in Drenthe with her husband after some years at multinational Unilever. She joined a protest action in late 2016 after concerns about the future of the agricultural sector. Vedder subsequently started advocating for farmers in the media and joined the Netherlands Agricultural and Horticultural Association (LTO Nederland) as chairwoman of one of its chapter organizations. Vedder coordinated several actions to draw attention to farmers, and she participated in farmers' protests after a nitrogen crisis broke out in 2019 as a result of a legal decision. Vedder became politically active for the CDA and was elected to the Municipal Council of De Wolden in 2018. She left the body the following year when she won a seat in the Provincial Council of Drenthe due to her preference votes. Her 23rd spot on the CDA's party list in the 2021 general election was not high enough to claim a seat, but she was appointed to the House of Representatives in 2023, when Jaco Geurts stepped down. Early life and career Vedder was born on 25 April 1979 in the South Holland city of Dordrecht. She studied mechanical engineering at the University of Twente between 1997 and 2005, and she subsequently filled specialist and management roles at the conglomerate Unilever in supply chain, product development, and process improvement including for its ice-cream subsidiary Ben & Jerry's in Hellendoorn. She also lived for some time in The Hague and Mumbai. While at Unilever, Vedder met her future husband Alben, a farmer, and she left the company in 2010 to help him run his dairy farm, which occupies in Ruinerwold in Drenthe and holds around 80 cows. Besides, Vedder ran a retirement home for horses on their property for a decade. The couple's daughter and son were born around 2010, and Vedder also has a stepdaughter. Activism Initial activism and media appearances In September 2016, State Secretary for Economic Affairs Martijn van Dam (PvdA) proposed a system of phosphate rights for the livestock farming sector to limit its production through manure. The Netherlands had been exempted from a limit in the European Union's Nitrates Directive on the spreading of nitrogen from manure on farmland. In turn, annual phosphate production was not allowed to exceed – the Netherlands' 2002 output. The abolition of a European milk quota in 2015 had led to an increased number of cows and had thus resulted in a violation of the phosphate limit. It was reported that the Netherlands was therefore at risk of losing its exemption to the Nitrates Directive. In response, dairy farmer Geert Stevens offered his boots to the state secretary in a video, saying a lack of clarity about the exemption would threaten his business. The following day, Van Dam announced that the European Commission had warned that his phosphate rights system would constitute illegal state aid and that the plans would be delayed by a year. Vedder joined Stevens' protest and posted a similar video on Facebook, in which she held Van Dam personally responsible for the farmers' uncertainty; it was watched tens of thousands of times. Stevens and Vedder became the spokespeople of the protest, which received support from the Netherlands Agricultural and Horticultural Association (LTO Nederland). More farmers uploaded videos under the hashtag (boots protest). Vedder repeated her concerns at a gathering of approximately a thousand dairy farmers in the IJsselhallen in Zwolle in early November 2016, at which Van Dam explained his policy and considerations. Stevens and Vedder later argued in an opinion piece that cooperation was necessary to provide a future for the sector, and they voiced their support for Van Dam's attempts to fight for his plans at the European Commission. The phosphate rights' system was eventually approved after a delay, and the Netherlands kept its exemption to the Nitrates Directive. Vedder wrote that the agricultural sector was lacking a proper public relations campaign. She started to comment in the media on agricultural issues regularly and participated in the branded content show FoodMakers, broadcast by RTL Nederland. When she appeared in election talk show in the run-up to the 2017 general election, she questioned GroenLinks leader Jesse Klaver on the polarization of the issue by leftist parties that she perceived. Vedder referred to their rejection of most agricultural practices except those of organic and sustainable farming and to misleading statements about the sector. In an interview, she mentioned that she would vote for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), having cast her ballot four years earlier on the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She acknowledged threats to the agricultural sector but also saw possibilities, calling the Netherlands a worldwide leader in new ways of farming. Vedder's frequent media appearances gained her the nickname "media farmer", while newspaper Trouw would later compare her to Caroline van der Plas – the leader of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) – for her agricultural advocacy, while noting that Vedder had started earlier. LTO and continued actions Vedder was appointed chairwoman of the board of the Southwestern Drenthe chapter of LTO Noord (LTO north) – one of three member organizations of LTO Nederland – when three of its chapters merged in early 2017. Before, she had been serving on the board of one of those chapters, Meppel-De Wolden-West, for a year. Vedder helped organize several actions to draw attention to her cause. In April 2017, she aided a group of farmers who wanted to erect straw man to congratulate King Willem-Alexander on his 50th birthday – as is a tradition in the Netherlands. Vedder found a farmer near the king's residence in Wassenaar, and the final statue included a banner saying "Farmers for Orange". When over 100 animal rights activist occupied a farm in Boxtel in 2019, Vedder was one of the initiators of a response: farmers used about 120 tractors to spell out "#doesnormaal!!!" – roughly translating to "get a grip on yourselves" – on a field in Overijssel. Vedder declared that debates about animal welfare are welcomed but that the occupation went too far. The same year, Vedder handed a manifesto on behalf of young farmers to European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan, when he was visiting a CDA event in Nieuw-Namen. The Saeftinghe Manifesto called for trust between farmers and society to be restored and stressed the value of agriculture. The Council of State decided in May 2019 that the government's program to reduce reactive nitrogen deposition was insufficient, triggering a nitrogen crisis in the Netherlands. This resulted in more uncertainty for the agricultural sector, which was responsible for 46% of the total deposition. Vedder participated in subsequent farmers' protests, ahead of which she spoke out against comments by member of parliament Tjeerd de Groot (D66) to halve the number of farm animals in order to solve the crisis. Vedder left her position at LTO Noord around that time due to her election to the Provincial Council of Drenthe, and she joined the board of LTO Nederland's dairy farming working group in September 2019. Due to her position, Vedder was involved in negotiations over an animal welfare covenant for the livestock sector. Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Piet Adema had initiated the covenant between different stakeholders to circumvent the implementation of a stricter amendment that would require animals to show their natural behavior. Vedder left the working group upon her appointment to the House of Representatives in May 2023, and the covenant was still not completed as of 2023. Politics Vedder first ran for political office in the March 2018 municipal elections in her home municipality of De Wolden. She was placed third on the party list of the CDA and was elected to the council, as her party retained its three seats. A member of the third-biggest party in the eighteen-seat council, Vedder was sworn in on 29 March. She ran for the Provincial Council of Drenthe in March 2019 provincial elections as the CDA's 18th candidate. The party won five seats, compared to six in the previous election, and Vedder was elected due to her meeting of the preference vote threshold; 1,449 votes were cast for her. Vedder declared upon her election that she would be devoted to agriculture and that she believed the pressure on that sector was not always justified. She took her seat on 28 March and simultaneously left the municipal council. She served as her party's spokesperson for infrastructure, nature, tourism, and mining. In early 2020, Vedder joined calls that there should be a reverse burden of proof for damage to homes as a result of gas and salt extraction. This policy had earlier been enacted for the province of Groningen, where an oil and gas company has to prove damage is not the result of an induced earthquake to avoid having to pay compensation. Vedder was highlighted in an article of the newspaper NRC about provincial politicians voting on agricultural issues despite their positions at agricultural advocacy groups – LTO Nederland in her case. It noted this was in violation of the provincial council's code of conduct, although this was disputed by King's Commissioner of Drenthe Jetta Klijnsma. Vedder ran for the House of Representatives in the March 2021 general election as the CDA's 23rd candidate. She was also on the committee that wrote the party's election program. During the campaign, Vedder opposed a meat tax and cuts in the livestock population, and she announced that she wanted to work on sustaining the earning capacity of the agricultural sector. The CDA's incumbent agricultural spokesperson in the House – Jaco Geurts – indicated his intention to hand over the subject to Vedder, and he encouraged people to vote for her. Vedder had been assisting Geurts as part of the CDA's agriculture expertise network since the start of her activism in 2017. The party lost four of its nineteen seats in the general election, and Vedder was not elected. She received the seventh highest vote total of the CDA candidates. Vedder sought a second term in the provincial council in March 2023 elections as the CDA's third candidate. The CDA kept three of its five seats in Drenthe, leading to Vedder's re-election, amid national losses for the party and a major win for the new Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB). It was announced on 20 April that Jaco Geurts would leave the House of Representatives to become acting mayor of Maasdriel. Vedder was appointed to succeed him as a result of her spot on the party list in the 2021 election, and she was sworn into the House on 10 May. She vacated her seat in the Provincial Council of Drenthe weeks after. In the House, she became the CDA's spokesperson for mining, gas extraction in Groningen, fishery, greenhouse horticulture, animal welfare, water, and environment. House committee assignments Committee for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management Committee for Kingdom Relations Electoral history Notes References External links Official House of Representatives page Official CDA page Living people 1979 births People from De Wolden 21st-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch women politicians Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Municipal councillors in Drenthe Members of the Provincial Council of Drenthe Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Dutch activists Dutch women activists 21st-century farmers 21st-century women farmers Dutch farmers Dairy farmers University of Twente alumni People from Dordrecht
{{Infobox fictional artifact \|name=Super Shotgun \|image=Super Shotgun.png \|caption=The super shotgun as it appears in Doom (2016) \|first=Doom II (1994)' \|creator=id Software \|type=Double-barreled shotgun \|affiliation=Doomguy }} The Super Shotgun is a weapon in the Doom and Quake series by id Software. It was first introduced in Doom II: Hell on Earth, released in 1994 and is depicted as an incredibly powerful double-barreled shotgun with high killing power, hence the title "super". It has been considered one of the most powerful weapons in the series alongside the BFG. The weapon's high power and satisfactory combat usage has been praised by critics, who have considered it one of the greatest video game weapons of all time. Characteristics and appearances The super shotgun is a double barrel shotgun. The weapon fires 20 bullets at once, each dealing a random amount of damage. The weapon debuted for the first time in Doom II, released in 1994. The weapon returned in the series' 2016 reboot. In Doom Eternal, the super shotgun returned and was given a grappling hook attachment, which was noted to change the gameplay drastically to where it effected development. The weapon appears in the Quake series as well, in Quake, Quake II, and Quake Champions. Development The original shotgun was considered the definitive weapon in the original Doom, being usable in almost every situation. With the upcoming release of Doom II, id Software approached weapons more conservatively to try and keep it simple, only doing the one they thought everyone would love". The result of this was the super shotgun, though it was originally called the combat shotgun. To prevent the gun from being completely overpowered, the developers made it where the super shotgun's damage output would always be one of the lowest possible numbers, resulting in damage from a range of 5 to 15, when it could have been up to 255. Reception The super shotgun has been praised by many for its incredible power and satisfaction when used in combat and has been considered one of the greatest video game firearms ever made. Kotaku labeled the gun as "the best video game shotgun" and the "ultra-powerful killing machine" against enemies such as the Cyberdemon, praising its power in combat and stating that id Software "christened it Super for a reason". Rock Paper Shotgun stated that the super shotgun's sounds and satisfaction directly encouraged the player to get closer to enemies, working "perfectly" with the games flow, and in a separate article, would refer to it as the greatest video game weapon of all time. Game Informer referred to the super shotgun as "the doubled-barreled beauty", GamesRadar+ referred to it as the "double-barreled beast" and to be "Perfect, just perfect. Glorious, in fact", and Shacknews referred to it as a "fan favorite weapon of mass destruction". GameRevolution labelled the double-barreled shotgun as "the most important invention in human history" in their Doom II review as a nod to the super shotgun. Vice described the super shotgun was the "real star of the Doom series" and its most iconic weapon. The Quake incarnation of the super shotgun was referred to by PCGamer as a "handheld anti-aircraft gun" that the player could truly feel the power of when using. When the super shotgun was upgraded with a grappling hook in Doom Eternal, the change was labelled as one of the most important changes in the gameplay from Doom (2016) by developers and critics. A reference to the super shotgun was included in Borderlands 3'' in the form of the Speedloadn' Hellwalker weapon. References Video game objects Doom (franchise) Quake (series) Fictional elements introduced in 1994 Fictional firearms Science fiction weapons
The Lion Of Yanina is a novel written by Stojan Hristov. The full name of the novel is: The Lion Of Yanina a narrative based on the life of Ali Pasha, tyrant of Greece and Albania. External links (Book Review) References Macedonian literature 1941 novels Ali Pasha of Ioannina
Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro (19 January 1918 – 11 February 1994) was a Catholic prelate who in 1973 became the first Pakistani cardinal. Early life Cordeiro was born to a Goan family which hailed from the village of Salvador do Mundo in Goa. He was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi, the University of Bombay and Oxford University. He received his religious training at the Papal Seminary in Kandy, Sri Lanka, and was ordained a priest in Karachi, Pakistan on 24 August 1946. Career From 1946 to 1948, he did pastoral work in Hyderabad and Karachi. He then attended Oxford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree. In 1950 he was appointed Vice Principal of St Patrick's High School, Karachi. From 1952 he served as principal of St Francis Grammar School in Quetta and as rector of the St. Pius X Minor Seminary in Quetta. On 7 May 1958, he was appointed Archbishop of Karachi, with his seat at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi. He attended the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), the First Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City (1967), the First Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City (1969) and the Second Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City (1971). He was elected a member of the Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (1971). He was the first Pakistani cardinal, a position elevated by Pope Paul VI (1973). He attended both papal conclaves in 1978, and was mentioned as papabile by Time Magazine after Pope John Paul I's death. He wrote a series of articles for the Archdiocesan weekly Christian Voice called "Lessons of a Lifetime", a reflection on his life experiences. From 1958 until his death, Cordeiro was president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan. He was also since 1972 the secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. Death Cordeiro died on 11 February 1994 at Holy Family Hospital with complications due to cancer. Cordeiro was succeeded by Archbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira. Honors Cordeiro was honoured by the Christ the King Seminary in Karachi that has hosted the Cardinal Cordeiro Cricket tournament to promote religious vocations since 2008. On 6 May 2011, The Old Patricians (former students of St Patrick's school) presented the Joseph Cardinal Cordeiro Gold Medal to the top student from the Cambridge A level section at the closing ceremony of the 150th anniversary of the school. In 2012, Cardinal Cordeiro High School was named in his honor. The school is located in the Good Shepherd Parish in Korangi Town, Karachi. His alma mater, St. Patrick's High School named the Cardinal Cordeiro Silver Jubilee Auditorium in his honor. References 1918 births 1994 deaths Christian clergy from Mumbai Religious leaders from Karachi St. Patrick's High School, Karachi alumni Participants in the Second Vatican Council 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Pakistan Pakistani people of Goan descent Pakistani cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI University of Mumbai alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford Pakistani educators Roman Catholic archbishops of Karachi Goan Catholics
Leadership High School is a public charter high school located in San Francisco. Founded in 1997, Leadership or "LHS" was California's first start-up charter high school. The school provides a college-preparatory curriculum and focuses on leadership development and social justice. During the school's first two years, it operated out of Golden Gate University. It then moved to the Excelsior District and occupied an elementary school facility owned by San Francisco Unified School District. In January 2007, the school was forced to move from that location, because the building was determined to not be earthquake-safe. Between January 2007 and June 2008, the school shared a facility with Philip and Sala Burton High School. Between August 2008 and spring 2015, the school shared a facility with James Denman Middle School, exclusively occupying the top floor of the building. As of Spring 2015, Leadership is again occupying its original Excelsior District site, after SFUSD completed a modernization project there. The current address of the school is 350 Seneca Avenue, San Francisco, CA. The school enrolls approximately 270 students. By 2012, there were over 500 graduates, with over 95% going on to college. (This school is not related to "Leadership Public Schools," a network of 4 charter high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.) The school has had four leaders in its history. The school is led by Principal Beth Silbergeld. School web site NOTE, Leadership High School merged with City Arts and Tech High School in 2022 to become City Arts and Leadership Academy Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) In 1997 Leadership became a Coalition of Essential Schools National Affiliate School. Demographics According to U.S. News & World Report, 99% of Leadership's student body is "of color," with 73% of the student body coming from an economically disadvantaged household, determined by student eligibility for California's Reduced-price meal program. See also San Francisco County high schools References External links Leadership High School - official website SFUSD portal page CALFEE, SF public schools guide Coalition of Essential Schools High schools in San Francisco Charter high schools in California 1997 establishments in California
Zia Soul is an album by Red Earth, released in 2003. It won "World Music Album of the Year" at the 2003 Native American Music Awards. "Fly to the Sun" featured production by Wil-Dog Abers of Ozomatli, who worked with the group on preproduction. Track listing Intro: US Highway 666 Fly to the Sun Antenado Key of Pain Phat Albert, Jr. Red Delicious The Fourth World Life in Babylon Waiting for the Rain Pouring Down Rez Rocket The Atomic Batucada Santa Fake More American 4:38 Zia Soul Outro: The End of the Trail Personnel Red Earth: Ira Wilson – Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Lead & Rhythm Guitar Jeff Duneman – drums, percussion, Background Vocals Carlo Bluehouse Johnson – Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Bass guitar, Background Vocals Hideki Imai – Trombone, Background Vocals, Percussion, Lead Vocals John Simms – Trumpet, Trombone, Background Vocals, Synthesizer Captain Raab – Bass guitar, Guitar, Synthesizer, Background Vocals, Drum Machine Ernesto Encinas – Saxophone, Background Vocals Christian Orellano – percussion, Background Vocals Charley Baca – guitar 2003 albums Red Earth (band) albums
The Udmurts (, ) are a Permian (Finnic) ethnic group in Eastern Europe, who speak the Udmurt language. During the course of the Russian Empire, Udmurts have been referred to mainly as (), Otyaks, Wotyaks or Votyaks, all being exonyms. Today such exonyms are considered offensive by Udmurts themselves and are mainly used against those who have forgotten Udmurt language. They are close to Komis to their north both linguistically and culturally. Etymology The name Udmurt comes from * 'meadow people,' where the first part represents the Permic root * 'meadow, glade, turf, greenery', and the second part, murt means 'person' (cf. Komi , Mari ), probably an early borrowing from an Iranian language (such as Scythian): * or * 'person, man' (cf. Persian ), which is thought to have been borrowed from the Indo-Aryan term * 'man', literally 'mortal, one who is bound to die' (< PIE 'to die'), compare Old Indic 'young warrior' and Old Indic 'chariot warrior', both connected specifically with horses and chariots. This is supported by a document dated 1557, in which the Udmurts are referred to as lugovye lyudi 'meadow people', alongside the traditional Russian name . On the other hand, in the Russian tradition, the name 'meadow people' refers to the inhabitants of the left bank of river in general. Recently, the most relevant is the version of V. V. Napolskikh and S. K. Belykh. They suppose that ethnonym was borrowed from the Iranian entirely: 'resident of outskirts, border zone' (cf. Antes) → Proto-Permic * → Udmurt . Distribution Most Udmurt people live in Udmurtia. Small groups live in the neighboring areas of Kirov Oblast and Perm Krai, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, and Mari El. The Udmurt population is shrinking; the Russian Census reported 552,299 in 2010, down from the 2002 Russian census figure of 637,000, in turn down from 746,562 in 1989. The 2021 census counted fewer Udmurts than had the 1926 census. Culture The Udmurt language belongs to the Uralic family. The Udmurts have a national epic called Dorvyzhy. Their national musical instruments include the krez zither (similar to the Russian gusli) and a pipe-like wind instrument called the . A chapter in the French from 1776 is devoted to the description of the Wotyak people. James George Frazer also mentions a rite performed by the people in his book The Golden Bough. Many Udmurt people have red hair, and a festival to celebrate the red-haired people has been held annually in Izhevsk since 2004. The Udmurts used to be semi-nomadic forest dwellers that lived in riverside communities. However, most Udmurts now live in towns. Although the clan-based social structure of the Udmurts no longer exists, its traces are still strong and it continues to shape modern Udmurt culture. See also Besermyan (considered a subgroup of the Udmurts) References Further reading . "Сто сказок удмуртского народа" [A hundred fairy tales from the Udmurt people]. Ижевск: Удмуртское книжное издательство, 1961. . "III. Forschungsberichte: Die Volkserzählungen der Wotjaken (Udmurten) (Mit Beiträgen von Walter Anderson)". In: Fabula 5, no. Jahresband (1962): 101-155. https://doi.org/10.1515/fabl.1962.5.1.101 Shushakova, Galina. "The Idea of Earthly and Unearthly worlds in the Udmurt fairy-tales". In: Folk Belief Today. Edited by Mare Kõiva and Kai Vassiljeva. Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Estonian Language; Estonian Museum of Literature, 1995. pp. 442-446. . External links Udmurtology—, a site devoted to the Udmurt language and online resources. Udmurt language Wikipedia Permians Ethnic groups in Russia History of Ural History of Udmurtia Indigenous peoples of Europe Indigenous peoples of Russia People from Udmurtia
Vanessa Cootes (born 26 July 1969) is a former female rugby union winger. She played for at an international level and for Waikato provincially. Cootes was part of the 1998 Rugby World Cup champion squad, she scored four of the Black Ferns eight tries in the final. She also competed at the 2002 Rugby World Cup in Spain. Cootes currently holds the Black Ferns record for the most tries scored, with 43 tries in 16 tests, and for the most points and tries scored in a match. She scored a record nine tries against France in 1996. Cootes received her Black Ferns cap in 2018. References 1969 births Living people New Zealand women's international rugby union players New Zealand female rugby union players
Sectoria is a small genus of stone loaches native to eastern Asia. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Sectoria atriceps (H. M. Smith, 1945) Sectoria heterognathos (Y. F. Chen, 1999) References Nemacheilidae Fish of Asia
DRYOS is a real-time operating system made by Canon and is used in their latest digital cameras and camcorders. Since late 2007, DIGIC-based cameras are shipped using DryOS. It replaces VxWorks from Wind River Systems which has been used before on Digic2 (DIGIC II) and some Digic3 (DIGIC III) cameras. DryOS had existed before and was in use in other Canon hardware, such as digital video cameras and high-end webcams. DRYOS has a 16 kilobytes kernel module at its core and is currently compatible with more than 10 CPU types. It provides a simulation-based development environment for debugging. Canon also developed a USB- and middleware-compatible device driver for file systems and network devices like video server. DRYOS aims to be compatible with µITRON 4.0 and with POSIX. Cameras with DRYOS The following cameras are known to run DRYOS: Canon PowerShot SX1 IS Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Canon PowerShot SX20 IS Canon PowerShot SX30 IS Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Canon PowerShot SX50 HS Canon PowerShot SX60 HS Canon PowerShot S5 IS Canon PowerShot S90 Canon PowerShot S95 Canon PowerShot G9 Canon PowerShot G10 Canon PowerShot G11 Canon PowerShot G12 Canon PowerShot A470 Canon PowerShot A480 Canon PowerShot A580 Canon PowerShot A590 IS Canon PowerShot A650 IS Canon PowerShot A720 IS Canon PowerShot A810 Canon PowerShot A1100 IS Canon PowerShot A2200 IS Canon PowerShot A2300 IS Canon PowerShot A3000 IS Canon PowerShot A3100 IS Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS Canon PowerShot SX100 IS Canon PowerShot SX110 IS Canon PowerShot SX120 IS Canon PowerShot SX130 IS Canon PowerShot SX160 IS Canon PowerShot SX200 IS Canon PowerShot SX230 IS Canon PowerShot SX230 HS Canon PowerShot SD780 IS Canon PowerShot SD880 IS Canon PowerShot SD990 IS (IXUS 980 IS) Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS Canon Powershot ELPH100 HS (IXUS 115 HS) Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EOS 80D Canon EOS 90D Canon EOS 650D Canon EOS 700D Canon EOS 750D Canon EOS 1100D Canon EOS 1200D Canon EOS 1300D Canon EOS 7D Mark II Canon EOS M Canon EOS M2 Canon EOS M3 Canon EOS M10 Canon EOS M50 Canon EOS M100 Canon All R-Systems References External links Canon DRYOS technology explanation page Canon technology explanation page covering many Canon technologies, including DRYOS Real-time operating systems Camera firmware
The 2001–02 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented Murray State University during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Racers, led by fourth-year head coach Tevester Anderson, played their home games at the Regional Special Events Center in Murray, Kentucky, as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 10–6 in OVC play to end the regular season in third place. They defeated to win the OVC tournament to advance to the NCAA tournament. As No. 14 seed in the East region, the Racers were beaten by No. 3 seed Georgia, 85–68, in the opening round. Roster Schedule and results \|- !colspan=9 style=\| Regular season \|- !colspan=9 style=\| Ohio Valley Conference tournament \|- !colspan=9 style=\| NCAA tournament \|- Rankings References Murray State Racers men's basketball seasons Murray State Murray State Murray State Murray State
The Cascadia subduction zone is a 960 km (600 mi) fault at a convergent plate boundary, about 112-160 km (70-100 mi) off the Pacific Shore, that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States. It is capable of producing 9.0+ magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis that could reach 30m (100 ft). The Oregon Department of Emergency Management estimates shaking would last 5-7 minutes along the coast, with strength and intensity decreasing further from the epicenter. It is a very long, sloping subduction zone where the Explorer, Juan de Fuca, and Gorda plates move to the east and slide below the much larger mostly continental North American Plate. The zone varies in width and lies offshore beginning near Cape Mendocino, Northern California, passing through Oregon and Washington, and terminating at about Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The Explorer, Juan de Fuca, and Gorda plates are some of the remnants of the vast ancient Farallon Plate which is now mostly subducted under the North American Plate. The North American Plate itself is moving slowly in a generally southwest direction, sliding over the smaller plates as well as the huge oceanic Pacific Plate (which is moving in a northwest direction) in other locations such as the San Andreas Fault in central and southern California. Tectonic processes active in the Cascadia subduction zone region include accretion, subduction, deep earthquakes, and active volcanism of the Cascades. This volcanism has included such notable eruptions as Mount Mazama (Crater Lake) about 7,500 years ago, the Mount Meager massif (Bridge River Vent) about 2,350 years ago, and Mount St. Helens in 1980. Major cities affected by a disturbance in this subduction zone include Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia; Seattle, Washington; and Portland, Oregon. History Tradition There are no contemporaneous written records of the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. Orally transmitted legends from the Olympic Peninsula area tell of an epic battle between a thunderbird and a whale. In 2005, seismologist Ruth Ludwin set out to collect and analyze anecdotes from various First Nations groups. Reports from the Huu-ay-aht, Makah, Hoh, Quileute, Yurok, and Duwamish peoples referred to earthquakes and saltwater floods. This collection of data allowed the researchers to come up with an estimated date range for the event; the midpoint was in the year 1701. Ghost forests During low tide one day in March 1986, paleogeologist Brian Atwater dug along Neah Bay with a nejiri gama, a small hand hoe. Under a top layer of sand, he uncovered a distinct plant—arrowgrass—that had grown in a layer of marsh soil. This finding was evidence that the ground had suddenly sunk under sea level, causing saltwater to kill the vegetation. The event had happened so quickly that the top layer of sand sealed away the air, thus preserving centuries-old plants. In 1987, Atwater mounted another expedition paddling up the Copalis River with Dr. David Yamaguchi, who was then studying the eruptions of Mount St. Helens. The pair happened upon a section of "ghost forest", so-called due to the dead, gray stumps left standing after a sudden inundation of salt water had killed them hundreds of years ago. Originally thought to have died slowly due to a gradual rise in sea level, closer inspection yielded a different story: the land plummeted up to two meters during an earthquake. Having initially tested spruce using tree-ring dating, they found that the stumps were too rotted to count all the outer rings. However, upon having examined those of the western red cedar and comparing them to the living specimens meters away from the banks, they were able to approximate their year of death. There were rings up until the year 1699, indicating that the incident had occurred shortly thereafter. Root samples confirmed their conclusion, narrowing the time frame to the winter of 1699 to 1700. As with the arrowgrass site, the banks of the Copalis River are lined with a layer of marsh followed by a layer of sand. Jody Bourgeois and her team went on to demonstrate that the sand cover had originated with a tsunami surge rather than a storm surge. In 1995, an international team led by Alan Nelson of the USGS further corroborated these findings with 85 new samples from the rest of the Pacific Northwest. All along British Columbia, Washington State, and Oregon, the coast had fallen due to a violent earthquake and been covered by sand from the subsequent tsunami. A further ghost forest was identified by Gordon Jacoby, a dendrochronologist from Columbia University, underwater in Lake Washington. Unlike the other trees, these suffered from a landslide rather than a dip in the fault during a separate event around 900 CE. Activity In the 1960s, underground fractures were uncovered by oil companies in Puget Sound. These were believed to be inactive through the 1990s. In the 1980s, geophysicists Tom Heaton and Hiroo Kanamori of Caltech compared the generally quiet Cascadia to more active subduction zones elsewhere in the Ring of Fire. They found similarities to faults in Chile, Alaska, and Japan's Nankai Trough, locations known for megathrust earthquakes, a conclusion that was met with skepticism from other geophysicists at the time. Orphan tsunami A 1996 study published by seismologist Kenji Satake supplemented the research by Atwater et al. with tsunami evidence across the Pacific. Japanese annals, which have recorded natural disasters since approximately 600 CE, had reports of a sixteen-foot tsunami that struck the coast of Honshu Island during the Genroku. Since no earthquake had been observed to produce it, scholars dubbed it an "orphan tsunami". Translating the Japanese calendar, Satake found the incident had taken place around midnight of 27–28 January 1700, ten hours after the earthquake occurred. The original magnitude 9.0 earthquake in the Pacific Northwest had thus occurred around 9 pm Pacific Standard Time on 26 January 1700. Geophysics The Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) is a long dipping fault that stretches from Northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino in northern California. It separates the Juan de Fuca and North America plates. New Juan de Fuca plate is created offshore along the Juan de Fuca Ridge. The Juan de Fuca plate moves toward, and eventually is pushed under the continent (North American plate). The zone separates the Juan de Fuca Plate, Explorer Plate, Gorda Plate, and North American Plate. Here, the oceanic crust of the Pacific Ocean has been sinking beneath the continent for about 200 million years, and currently does so at a rate of approximately 40 mm/yr. At depths shallower than or so, the Cascadia zone is locked by friction while stress slowly builds up as the subduction forces act, until the fault's frictional strength is exceeded and the rocks slip past each other along the fault in a megathrust earthquake. Below the plate interface exhibits episodic tremor and slip. The width of the Cascadia subduction zone varies along its length, depending on the angle of the subducted oceanic plate, which heats up as it is pushed deeper beneath the continent. As the edge of the plate sinks and becomes hotter and more molten, the subducting rock eventually loses the ability to store mechanical stress; earthquakes may result. On the Hyndman and Wang diagram (not shown, click on reference link below) the "locked" zone is storing up energy for an earthquake, and the "transition" zone, although somewhat plastic, could probably rupture. The Cascadia subduction zone runs from triple junctions at its north and south ends. To the north, just below Haida Gwaii, it intersects the Queen Charlotte Fault and the Explorer Ridge. To the south, just off Cape Mendocino in California, it intersects the San Andreas Fault and the Mendocino Fracture Zone at the Mendocino Triple Junction. Recent seismicity Subduction zones experience various types of earthquakes (or seismicity); including slow earthquakes, megathrust earthquakes, interplate earthquakes, and intraplate earthquakes. Unlike other subduction zones on Earth, Cascadia presently experiences low levels of seismicity and has not generated a megathrust earthquake since January 26, 1700. Despite low levels of seismicity compared to other subduction zones, Cascadia hosts various types of earthquakes that are recorded by seismic and geodetic instruments, such as seismometers and GNSS receivers. Tremor, a type of slow fault slip, occurs along almost the entire length of Cascadia at regular intervals of 13–16 months. Tremor occurs deeper on the subduction interface than the locked area where megathrust earthquakes occur. The depth of tremor along the subduction interface in Cascadia ranges from 28 km to 45 km, and the motion is so slow that it is not felt at the surface by people or animals, but it can be measured geodetically. The highest density of tremor activity in Cascadia occurs from northern Washington into southern Vancouver Island, and in northern California. Tremor in Cascadia is monitored by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network's semi-automatic tremor detection system. The majority of interplate earthquakes, or earthquakes that occur near the boundaries of tectonic plates, near the Cascadia subduction zone occur in the forearc of the overriding North American Plate in Washington, west of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and east of where tremor occurs. These earthquakes are sometimes referred to as crustal earthquakes, and they are capable of causing significant damage due to their relatively shallow depths. A damaging magnitude 7 interplate earthquake occurred on the Seattle Fault around 900–930 CE that generated 3 meters of uplift and a 4-5 meter tsunami. A substantial number of forearc interplate earthquakes also occur in northern California. Much less interplate seismicity occurs in Oregon compared to Washington and northern California, although Oregon hosts more volcanic activity than its neighboring states. Intraslab earthquakes, frequently associated with stresses within the subducting plate in convergent margins, occur most frequently in northern Cascadia along the west coast of Vancouver Island and in Puget Sound, and in southern Cascadia within the subducting Gorda Plate, near the Mendocino Triple Junction offshore of northern California. The 1949 Olympia earthquake was a damaging magnitude 6.7 intraslab earthquake that occurred at 52 km depth and caused 8 deaths. Another notable intraslab earthquake in the Puget Sound region was the magnitude 6.8 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Intraslab earthquakes in Cascadia occur in areas where the subducting plate has high curvature. Much of the seismicity that occurs off the coast of northern California is due to intraplate deformation within the Gorda Plate. Similar to the distribution of interplate earthquakes in Cascadia, intraslab earthquakes are infrequent in Oregon, with its strongest earthquake since statehood being the 5.6 magnitude 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake, an oblique-slip quake. Megathrust earthquakes Earthquake effects Megathrust earthquakes are the most powerful earthquakes known to occur, and can exceed magnitude 9.0, which releases 1,000 times more energy than magnitude 7.0 and 1 million times more energy than a magnitude 5.0. They occur when enough energy (stress) has accumulated in the "locked" zone of the fault to cause a rupture. The magnitude of a megathrust earthquake is proportional to length of the rupture along the fault. The Cascadia Subduction Zone, which forms the boundary between the Juan de Fuca and North American plates, is a very long sloping fault that stretches from mid-Vancouver Island to Northern California. Because of the great length of the fault, the Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of producing very large earthquakes if rupture occurs along its entire length. Thermal and deformation studies indicate that the region 60 kilometers (about 40 miles) downdip (east) of the deformation front (where plate deformation begins) is fully locked (the plates do not move past each other). Further downdip, there is a transition from fully locked to aseismic sliding. In 1999, a group of Continuous Global Positioning System sites registered a brief reversal of motion of approximately 2 centimeters (0.8 inches) over a 50 kilometer by 300 kilometer (about 30 mile by 200 mile) area. The movement was the equivalent of a 6.7 magnitude earthquake. The motion did not trigger an earthquake and was only detectable as silent, non-earthquake seismic signatures. In 2004, a study conducted by the Geological Society of America analyzed the potential for land subsidence along the Cascadia subduction zone. It postulated that several towns and cities on the west coast of Vancouver Island, such as Tofino and Ucluelet, are at risk for a sudden, earthquake initiated, 1–2 m subsidence. San Andreas Fault connection Studies of past earthquake traces on both the northern San Andreas Fault and the southern Cascadia subduction zone indicate a correlation in time which may be evidence that quakes on the Cascadia subduction zone may have triggered most of the major quakes on the northern San Andreas during at least the past 3,000 years or so. The evidence also shows the rupture direction going from north to south in each of these time-correlated events. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake seems to have been a major exception to this correlation, however, as it was not preceded by a major Cascadia quake. Earthquake timing The last known great earthquake in the northwest was the 1700 Cascadia earthquake, years ago. Geological evidence indicates that great earthquakes (> magnitude 8.0) may have occurred sporadically at least seven times in the last 3,500 years, suggesting a return time of about 500 years. Seafloor core evidence indicates that there have been forty-one subduction zone earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone in the past 10,000 years, suggesting a general average earthquake recurrence interval of only 243 years. Of these 41, nineteen have produced a "full margin rupture", wherein the entire fault opens up. By comparison, similar subduction zones in the world usually have such earthquakes every 100 to 200 years; the longer interval here may indicate unusually large stress buildup and subsequent unusually large earthquake slip. There is also evidence of accompanying tsunamis with every earthquake. One strong line of evidence for these earthquakes is convergent timings for fossil damage from tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest and historical Japanese records of tsunamis. The next rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone is anticipated to be capable of causing widespread destruction throughout the Pacific Northwest. Forecasts of the next major earthquake Prior to the 1980s, scientists thought that the subduction zone did not generate earthquakes like other subduction zones around the world, but research by Brian Atwater and Kenji Satake tied together evidence of a large tsunami on the Washington coast with documentation of an orphan tsunami in Japan (a tsunami without an associated earthquake). The two pieces of the puzzle were linked, and they then realized that the subduction zone was more hazardous than previously suggested. In 2009, some geologists predicted a 10% to 14% probability that the Cascadia Subduction Zone will produce an event of magnitude 9.0 or higher in the next 50 years. In 2010, studies suggested that the risk could be as high as 37% for earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 or higher. Geologists and civil engineers have broadly determined that the Pacific Northwest region is not well prepared for such a colossal earthquake. The earthquake is expected to be similar to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, because the rupture is expected to be as long as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The resulting tsunami might reach heights of approximately 30 meters (100 ft). FEMA estimates some 13,000 fatalities from such an event, with another 27,000 injured, which would make it the deadliest natural disaster in American, and North American, history. FEMA further predicts that a million people will be displaced, with yet another 2.5 million requiring food and water. An estimated 1/3 of public safety workers will not respond to the disaster due to a collapse in infrastructure and a desire to ensure the safety of themselves and their loved ones. Other analyses predict that even a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Seattle would result in 7,700 dead and injured, $33 billion in damage, 39,000 buildings severely damaged or destroyed, and 130 simultaneous fires. Cascade Volcanic Arc The Cascade Volcanic Arc is a continental volcanic arc that extends from northern California to the coastal peninsula of Alaska. The arc consists of a series of Quaternary age stratovolcanoes that grew on top of pre-existing geologic materials that ranged from Miocene volcanics to glacial ice. The Cascade Volcanic arc is located approximately 100 km inland from the coast, and forms a north-to-south chain of peaks that average over 3,000 m (10,000 ft) in elevation. The major peaks from south to north include: Lassen Peak and Mount Shasta (California) Crater Lake (Mazama), Three Sisters, Mount Jefferson, Mount Hood (Oregon) Mount Adams, Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier, Glacier Peak, Mount Baker (Washington) Mount Garibaldi and Mount Meager massif (British Columbia) The most active volcanoes in the chain include Mount St. Helens, Mount Baker, Lassen Peak, Mount Shasta, and Mount Hood. Mount St. Helens captured worldwide attention when it erupted catastrophically in 1980. St. Helens continues to rumble, albeit more quietly, emitting occasional steam plumes and experiencing small earthquakes, both signs of continuing magmatic activity. Most of the volcanoes have a main, central vent from which the most recent eruptions have occurred. The peaks are composed of layers of solidified andesitic to dacitic magma, and the more siliceous (and explosive) rhyolite. Volcanoes above the subduction zone The volcanoes above the subduction zone include: Silverthrone Caldera Mount Meager massif Mount Cayley Mount Garibaldi Mount Baker Glacier Peak Mount Rainier Mount St. Helens Mount Adams Mount Hood Mount Jefferson Three Sisters Newberry Volcano Mount Mazama (Crater Lake) Mount McLoughlin Medicine Lake Volcano Mount Shasta Lassen Peak Black Butte Black Butte (California) See also Astoria Fan Cascade Range Cascadia (region) Cascadia Channel Geology of the Pacific Northwest Neskowin Ghost Forest North Cascades National Park Plate tectonics References External links "Cascadia Peril '09" at dailywireless.org 9.0 Shakemap Scenario The Really Big One – University of California Television Great Earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest – Central Washington University Toast, tsunamis and the really big one \| Chris Goldfinger \| TEDxMtHood – TEDx Subduction zones Geology of Oregon Geology of Washington (state) Geologic provinces of California Geology of British Columbia Natural hazards in British Columbia Seismic zones of British Columbia Cascade Volcanoes
Sergey Anatolievich Preminin (; 18 October 1965 – 3 October 1986) was a Soviet Russian sailor who, after an explosion aboard nuclear submarine K-219, prevented an impending nuclear meltdown by manually forcing damaged control rods into place. He was, however, unable to exit the reactor compartment because the hatch had jammed due to increased pressure, and died. Preminin was posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Star, the medal of Hero of the Russian Federation and the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". Early life Preminin was born on 18 October 1965 in the village of Skornyakovo in Vologda Oblast, then in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. Preminin's father Anatoly was an electrician and his mother Valentina worked in a flax factory. The couple had three sons. Sergei attended school in the city of Krasavino and decided to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Nikolai by graduating from engineering school in Veliky Ustyug in the Vologda Oblast. Naval service On 23 October 1984, Preminin started to serve in the Soviet Navy. Preminin initially underwent a training in a special group in Severodvinsk, after which he started to serve aboard the K-219. Death On 3 October 1986, while on patrol northeast of Bermuda, the K-219 suffered an explosion and fire in missile compartment VI. Three sailors were killed outright in the explosion. The vessel surfaced to permit its twin nuclear reactors to be shut down. The remaining crew was assigned to the bow or the stern, as far away from the explosion site as possible, and had been issued gas masks. Soon after, the temperature indicator showed a very high temperature at the nuclear reactors, and the flow of coolant in the reactor gradually decreased further. This meant that a meltdown was imminent. However, the reactor shutdown could not proceed as planned from the control station; the trigger of the control rods had been damaged, by either the expanding gases or the intense heat. For this reason, the reactor SCRAM had to be carried out manually, directly into the reactor chamber. This also meant that the men doing this would be exposed to strong radiation, since the on-board contamination coveralls were not designed to protect the sailors from the strong gamma and neutron radiation directly in the vicinity of the reactor core. The officer of the reactor department, Nikolay Belikov, and his subordinatesailor Sergei Premininwent into the reactor chamber to complete the reactor SCRAM. They dropped three of four rods, but because of the high temperature (about 70°C or 158°F) Belikov lost consciousness. Preminin had to put the fourth rod in place. This was a job that required great physical strength, as the holders of the rods were now severely deformed by the heat. When he tried to leave the reactor chamber, he could not open the hatch, as a pressure difference had been established between the reactor chamber and the reactor control station. After further attempts from other colleagues to force open the hatch from outside, Preminin died in the hot reactor chamber, as the rest of the crew had to move further towards the rear to escape the poisonous gases that spread out in the boat. In film The sinking of the submarine and Preminin's feat were the subject for the book Hostile Waters, written by Peter Huchthausen, Igor Kurdin and R. Alan White. The BBC produced a television film of the same name in the same year, under the direction of David Drury of Warner Bros. Rob Campbell played the role of Preminin. Honors Military awards Order of the Red Star (posthumously) by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (23 July 1987) Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously), Medal #409, President's decree number 844 of 7 August 1997 Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I degree (31 October 2003, posthumously) Monuments In the city of Gadzhiyevo, a monument was erected, and a road and two schools were named after him. In the city of Krasawino, a monument was erected in his honor. In Preminin's native Skornyakovo, a marble plaque commemorates his heroism with an inscription that reads: "To Russian Seaman Sergei Preminin, who has saved the world from a nuclear catastrophe." Other In Vologda in 2004 named a street in south part of city in memory of Sergei. In Vologda Oblast there are 2 schools named in memory of Sergei (including one school in his hometown, Krasavino). In 2015, in a letter to the Naming and Recognition Committee for National Heroes Day Preminin was also nominated as a national hero of Bermuda. References 1965 births 1986 deaths People from Vologda Oblast Heroes of the Russian Federation Soviet Navy personnel Soviet submariners Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class Soviet military personnel killed in action
```sourcepawn ################################################################################ # inc/partition_alter2_2.inc # # # # Purpose: # # Tests where the columns used within the partitioning function are altered. # # This routine is only useful for the partition_<feature>_<engine> tests. .# # Part 2: decreasing size of column # # #your_sha256_hash--------------# # Original Author: mleich # # Original Date: 2006-03-05 # # Change Author: MattiasJ # # Change Date: 2008-09-08 # # Change: Splitted the test in two different parts (increasing/decreasing col) # ################################################################################ if (!$only_part_2) { --echo --echo #======================================================================== --echo # 2 Decrease the size of the column used in the partitioning --echo # function and/or PRIMARY KEY and/or UNIQUE INDEX --echo #======================================================================== --echo #your_sha256_hash-------- --echo # 2.1 ALTER column f_int2 not used in partitioning function --echo #your_sha256_hash-------- # Rule: Only f_int1 is used within the partitioning function # ---> inc/partition_alter_11.inc let $alter= ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY f_int2 MEDIUMINT; --echo # 2.1.1 no PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE INDEX exists let $unique= ; --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc # if ($do_pk_tests) { # The value of the direct following test is maybe covered by the test with # the PRIMARY KEY containing two columns. if ($more_pk_ui_tests) { --echo # 2.1.2 PRIMARY KEY exists let $unique= , PRIMARY KEY (f_int1); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc } let $unique= , PRIMARY KEY (f_int1,f_int2); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc let $unique= , PRIMARY KEY (f_int2,f_int1); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc } # --echo # 2.1.3 UNIQUE INDEX exists # The value of the direct following test is maybe covered by the test with # the UNIQUE INDEX containing two columns. if ($more_pk_ui_tests) { let $unique= , UNIQUE INDEX uidx1 (f_int1); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc } let $unique= , UNIQUE INDEX uidx1 (f_int1,f_int2); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc let $unique= , UNIQUE INDEX uidx1 (f_int2,f_int1); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc # if ($more_pk_ui_tests) { # The value of the tests 2.2 is maybe covered by the tests 2.3 --echo #your_sha256_hash-------- --echo # 2.2 ALTER column f_int1 used in partitioning function --echo #your_sha256_hash-------- # Rule: Only f_int1 is used within the partitioning function # ---> inc/partition_alter_11.inc let $alter= ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY f_int1 MEDIUMINT; --echo # 2.2.1 no PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE INDEX exists let $unique= ; --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_13.inc # if ($do_pk_tests) { --echo # 2.2.2 PRIMARY KEY exists let $unique= , PRIMARY KEY (f_int1); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc let $unique= , PRIMARY KEY (f_int1,f_int2); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_13.inc let $unique= , PRIMARY KEY (f_int2,f_int1); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_13.inc } # --echo # 2.2.3 UNIQUE INDEX exists let $unique= , UNIQUE INDEX uidx (f_int1); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc let $unique= , UNIQUE INDEX uidx (f_int1,f_int2); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_13.inc let $unique= , UNIQUE INDEX uidx (f_int2,f_int1); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_13.inc } } # if (!$only_part_1) { --echo #your_sha256_hash-------- --echo # 2.3 ALTER column f_int1 and f_int2 used in partitioning function --echo #your_sha256_hash-------- # Rule: f_int1 and f_int2 is used within the partitioning function # ---> inc/partition_alter_13.inc let $alter= ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY f_int1 MEDIUMINT, MODIFY f_int2 MEDIUMINT; --echo # 2.3.1 no PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE INDEX exists let $unique= ; #--source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_13.inc # if ($do_pk_tests) { --echo # 2.3.2 PRIMARY KEY exists # The value of the direct following test is maybe covered by the test with # the PRIMARY KEY containing two columns. if ($more_pk_ui_tests) { let $unique= , PRIMARY KEY (f_int1); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc } let $unique= , PRIMARY KEY (f_int1,f_int2); #--source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_13.inc let $unique= , PRIMARY KEY (f_int2,f_int1); #--source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_13.inc } # --echo # 2.3.3 UNIQUE INDEX exists # The value of the direct following test is maybe covered by the test with # the UNIQUE INDEX containing two columns. if ($more_pk_ui_tests) { let $unique= , UNIQUE INDEX uidx (f_int1); --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc } let $unique= , UNIQUE INDEX uidx (f_int1,f_int2); #--source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_13.inc let $unique= , UNIQUE INDEX uidx (f_int2,f_int1); #--source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_11.inc --source suite/parts/inc/partition_alter_13.inc } # if (0) { --echo --echo #======================================================================== --echo # 3 ALTER the type of the column used in the partitioning --echo # function and/or PRIMARY KEY and/or UNIQUE INDEX --echo # INTEGER --> FLOAT --echo # INTEGER --> DECIMAL --echo # INTEGER --> VARCHAR --echo # mleich: I assume that at least the first two variants are of --echo # some interest. But I am unsure if the server allows such --echo # conversions. I also think that such operations have a --echo # conversions very small likelihood. --echo # To be implemented. --echo #======================================================================== } ```
United States Navy Special Projects Office (SPO) is a former research and design office of the United States Navy, responsible for the coordination of the development and design of the US Navy Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBM) Polaris and Poseidon. The Special Projects Office was initiated in 1956 as new organization with a mandate to develop a submarine-launched solid-fuel fleet ballistic missile. The Special Projects Office reported directly to Admiral Arleigh Burke, and the secretary of the Navy, an unprecedented bypass of the Navy bureaus that signalled the Navy's commitment to the FBM concept. To direct the Special Projects Office, at John H. Sides' persistent suggestion, Burke selected Sides' former deputy, Rear Admiral William F. Raborn, Jr., whose phenomenal success in that role would earn him renown as the father of Polaris. The Special Projects Office (SPO) is also known for the development of the planning and scheduling methodology, known as Program Evaluation and Review Technique or just PERT, and first published in 1958. History Origins On September 13, 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower directed the Navy to design a ship-launched Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) similar to the Army's Jupiter IRBM. John H. Sides, director of the guided-missile division in the office of the chief of naval operations, and the Navy protested that liquid-fuel rockets like Jupiter were too dangerous for shipboard use and pushed instead for submarine-launched solid-fuel rockets for tactical use against enemy submarine bases. However, on November 17, 1955, Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson ordered the Navy to join the Army on Jupiter development, and specified that all such missile development would not be externally funded but would have to be carved out of the existing Navy budget. Despite strong support from the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Arleigh Burke, the program ballistic missile system for the fleet did not develop well, also due to the resistance of the bureaucracy in the Navy. Desiring to strengthen the status of the program and accelerate the development of its own missile, the Admiral created the Special Projects Office (SPO), independent of other technical offices, whose sole task was to support the work on the marine ballistic missile. At the head of the Special Projects Office was appointed Admiral William Raborn, a former Navy pilot, chosen by Burke due to his personal qualities and belief in the military, rather than his vision on the technical run of the program. In these endeavors, Admiral Burke had strong support from the Secretary of the Navy Charles Thomas. Research challenges Work on the marine version of the Jupiter missile gained momentum in 1956, while the year 1959 was sets as the date of dispatch for the first modified missiles on board commercial vessels at sea. For the naval version of the missile a drive based on solid fuel was considered. Some studies had showed, that this could be used in nuclear-powered submarine with ballistic missiles up to 8,300 tonnes. During the program, the US Navy had doubts about the application of liquid fuel missiles on board, so initiated studies on the possibility of the use of drives on solid fuel, which, however, limited the ability to transfer cargo. A breakthrough in this area occurred in 1956, when scientists discovered a way to significantly reduce the size of thermonuclear warheads. Father of the American hydrogen bomb - Dr. Edward Teller had stated in the summer of 1956, that soon heads weighing 400 pounds (181 kg) will have the power of a bomb explosion 5000-pound (2270 kg). In September that year, the US Atomic Energy Agency estimated, that such a small nuclear warhead would be available in 1965, with some chance of making it back in 1963. The development of this specific program coincided with the intensive work on the high thrust drive on solid fuels. These developments made admiral Raborn decide, August 1956, to initiated a joined program with the US Navy and US Army. It was connected with the formal initiation of the small solid-fuel missile, which has been accepted by the Secretary of Defense in December 1956. Program Evaluation and Review Technique PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique PERT is developed for the U.S. Navy Special Projects Office in 1957 to support the U.S. Navy's Polaris nuclear submarine project. PERT was developed primarily to simplify the planning and scheduling of large and complex projects, and has found applications all over industry. PERT had been made public in 1958 in two publications of the U.S. Department of the Navy, entitled Program Evaluation Research Task, Summary Report, Phase 1. and Program Evaluation Research Task, Summary Report, Phase 2. In a 1959 article in The American Statistician Willard Fazar, Head of the Program Evaluation Branch, Special Projects Office, U.S. Navy, gave a detailed description of the development, that led to the Program Evaluation and Review Technique. He explained: For the subdivision of work units in PERT another tool was developed: the Work Breakdown Structure. The Work Breakdown Structure provides "a framework for complete networking, the Work Breakdown Structure was formally introduced as the first item of analysis in carrying out basic PERT/COST." Renamed the Strategic Systems Project Office Due to changing interests in the naval programs, in 1968, the Special Projects Office was renamed the Strategic Systems Project Office and its tasks had been extended. Selected publications U.S. Dept. of the Navy. Program Evaluation Research Task, Summary Report, Phase 1. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1958. U.S. Dept. of the Navy. Program Evaluation Research Task, Summary Report, Phase 2. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1958. United States. Polaris management, Fleet ballistic missile program. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1962. References Bibliography Norman Polmar. Cold War Submarines, The Design and Construction of US and Soviet Submarines. More KJ. Potomac Books, Inc., 2003. . Graham Spinardi. From Polaris Trident: the development of US Fleet ballistic missile technology. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1994. . Norman Friedman, James L. Christley. US Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Naval Institute Press. . External links United States Navy organization
```c++ CMFCToolBarEditBoxButton *boxButton = new CMFCToolBarEditBoxButton(); boxButton->CanBeStretched(); boxButton->HaveHotBorder(); boxButton->SetContents(_T("edit box button")); boxButton->SetFlatMode(true); boxButton->SetStyle(TBBS_PRESSED); ```
The Revenue On-Line Service (ROS), is a pioneer in European internet applications, and it is run by Revenue Commissioners in the Republic of Ireland. The ROS system allows companies and other business concerns who are liable for tax in the Republic of Ireland to file certain tax returns online using a secure site facility. Originally it used the Java Virtual Machine for the application process, but moved to a JavaScript process in 2016. Users download ("retrieve") a digital certificate, which is in the form of a PKCS 12 file. This acts as their signature would on a normal paper form. ROS is estimated to be used by 60% of all taxpayers and over 80% of tax agents. ROS has been developed as part of Revenue's overall customer-service strategy. In addition to the current filing and payment options available to customers they are now extending these options to include Internet filing. The purpose of the exercise is to make it as easy as possible for Irish taxpayers to comply with their return filing and payment obligations. The existing paper based filing system remains an option. Users who have used ROS have found that the system makes processing faster as returns are processed on a nightly basis. ROS provides customers and agents with round the clock access to their tax and revenue accounts. Some of the tax forms which can be filed on ROS P45 (details of employee leaving work) P35 (yearly summary of employer's taxes) P30 (monthly summary of employer's taxes) Form 11 (income tax) CT1 (corporation tax) VAT3 (value added tax) DWT (Withholding tax) F35 (yearly professional services return) SSIA (special savings incentive account) Vehicle registration form VRT40 (vehicle registration tax) Vehicle birth cert form Intrastat RCT 35 (yearly RCT return) VIES Payment forms External links Office of the Revenue Commissioners Taxation in the Republic of Ireland Economy of the Republic of Ireland Department of Finance (Ireland)
```smalltalk // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text. using osu.Framework.Allocation; using osuTK; using osu.Framework.Graphics.Primitives; using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites; using osu.Framework.Graphics.Rendering; namespace osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes { /// <summary> /// Represents a sprite that is drawn in a triangle shape, instead of a rectangle shape. /// </summary> public partial class Triangle : Sprite { /// <summary> /// Creates a new triangle with a white pixel as texture. /// </summary> public Triangle() { // Setting the texture would normally set a size of (1, 1), but since the texture is set from BDL it needs to be set here instead. // RelativeSizeAxes may not behave as expected if this is not done. Size = Vector2.One; } [BackgroundDependencyLoader] private void load(IRenderer renderer) { Texture ??= renderer.WhitePixel; } public override RectangleF BoundingBox => toTriangle(ToParentSpace(LayoutRectangle)).AABBFloat; private static Primitives.Triangle toTriangle(Quad q) => new Primitives.Triangle( (q.TopLeft + q.TopRight) / 2, q.BottomLeft, q.BottomRight); public override bool Contains(Vector2 screenSpacePos) => toTriangle(ScreenSpaceDrawQuad).Contains(screenSpacePos); protected override DrawNode CreateDrawNode() => new TriangleDrawNode(this); private class TriangleDrawNode : SpriteDrawNode { public TriangleDrawNode(Triangle source) : base(source) { } protected override void Blit(IRenderer renderer) { if (DrawRectangle.Width == 0 \|\| DrawRectangle.Height == 0) return; renderer.DrawTriangle(Texture, toTriangle(ScreenSpaceDrawQuad), DrawColourInfo.Colour, null, null, new Vector2(InflationAmount.X / DrawRectangle.Width, InflationAmount.Y / DrawRectangle.Height), TextureCoords); } protected override void BlitOpaqueInterior(IRenderer renderer) { if (DrawRectangle.Width == 0 \|\| DrawRectangle.Height == 0) return; var triangle = toTriangle(ConservativeScreenSpaceDrawQuad); if (renderer.IsMaskingActive) renderer.DrawClipped(ref triangle, Texture, DrawColourInfo.Colour); else renderer.DrawTriangle(Texture, triangle, DrawColourInfo.Colour); } } } } ```
Jigme Tshering Dorji (also spelled as Dorjee) is a Bhutanese international footballer. He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team in 2011. Career statistics International goals References 1995 births Living people Bhutanese men's footballers Bhutan men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Bhutanese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in India Bhutanese expatriate sportspeople in India
Rani Sarubala Rajammani Ayi Sahib (born 7 October 1958), popularly known as Mayor Sarubala Tondaiman, is an Indian politician and member of the royal house of Pudukkottai. She is the Organising Secretary of AMMK. She was elected mayor of Tiruchirappalli City Corporation two times (2001 and 2005) and was the president of Trichy Unit Tamil Maanila Congress for a brief time. She quit the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) and joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on 15 September 2016. Later, she sided with RK Nagar MLA Dhinakaran to become a higher office holder in the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam. Shooting Sarubala was a keen rifle shooter in her early days. She is the current treasurer of Royal Pudukottai Sports Club. Early and personal life Tondaiman was born on 7 October 1958 to Subramaniam, a superintendent engineer of the Tamil Nadu Highways Department and his wife Sarojini, granddaughter of late Sri Bhaskara Tondaiman IFS from Tirunelveli sister of S Ramasundaram IAS, former public works secretary and sister-in-law of Archana Ramasundram IPS. Tondaiman has a masters in arts and philosophy. She is married to Rajah R. Rajagopala Tondaiman, who is the titular Rajah of Pudukottai, the president of Royal Pudukottai Sports Club and a vice president of the Tamil Nadu Shooting Association. The couple have a son, R. Prithviraj Tondaiman, who is an international trap shooter and the secretary of Royal Pudukottai Sports Club, and a daughter, Radha Niranjani, who is also a national trap shooter and the joint treasurer of Royal Pudukottai Sports Club. Politics From her early days, Sarubala has been an active member of the Indian National Congress. She served as the mayor of Tiruchirappalli from 2001 to 2009. During the 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she stood from the Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency and lost to P. Kumar consecutively of the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) by 4,335 votes and 1,00,300 votes respectively. Sarubala is currently the joint convenor of the Movement for the Restoration of Vedic Wisdom. She is also the secretary of ACME Matriculation School, Tiruchirappalli, and the Pudukkottai Mannar Educational and Charitable Trust and Mannar Arts & Science College, Tiruchirappalli. She quit the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) and joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on 15 September 2016. She contested unsuccessfully in the 2019 parliamentary elections in Tiruchirappalli constituency as an independent candidate. References Living people 1958 births Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu People from Pudukkottai district Mayors of places in Tamil Nadu Politicians from Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu municipal councillors Women mayors of places in Tamil Nadu 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians

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