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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracles%20in%20December
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Miracles in December
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Miracles in December (; ) is the second extended play by South Korean–Chinese boy band Exo. It was released by SM Entertainment on 9 December 2013. Presented as a special winter album, Miracles in December is a follow-up to the group's first studio album XOXO, which was released in June 2013. Like all of the group's music, the EP has Korean and Chinese versions. The EP is also the group's second release as well as first EP to be promoted extensively being as a combined group.
"Miracles in December" was chosen as the title track and first single of the extended play, and along with "Christmas Day" was presented live on several local musical performances and concerts during the promotional cycle. The Korean version peaked at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart and at number three on the K-pop Hot 100, while the Mandarin version topped the Gaon International Singles chart.
Background and recording
In early November 2013, Exo's management agency, SM Entertainment, announced Exo would be holding a joint concert, titled "Christmas Wonderland", with f(x) from 24 to 25 December. On 3 December, a 2-minute medley clip for the Korean and Mandarin-language versions of the Miracles in December EP were released. On 4 December, the music videos for "Miracles in December" were unveiled on YouTube.
Released in two languages, Exo-K, Exo's Korean-language sub-group, recorded the EP's tracks in Korean while Exo-M, the Mandarin-language sub-group, performed the same songs in Mandarin. A pop ballad with classical piano accompaniment, the lead single "Miracles in December", was written by Andreas Stone Johansson and Rick Hanley. However, the song was only performed by four Exo members: Baekhyun, D.O., and Chen recorded the song in Korean, while Baekhyun, Chen, and Luhan recorded it in Mandarin. Special performances by all four (Baekhyun, D.O., Chen, and Luhan) members, with Lay miming the piano, were often performed on made-for-TV live music programs such as Inkigayo and Music Bank.
Composition and background
"Miracles in December" according to the description of the album on the site of Korean music Naver Music is a song genre pop-ballad that uses the piano and strings in your arrangement. The song was composed and arranged by composers veterans such as Andreas Johansson Stone and Rick Hanley in collaboration with the production team of SM Entertainment. The voices in the Korean version are provided by Chen, Baekhyun and D.O., while the mandarin version belongs to the first two, and Luhan. The song talks about a man who recalls with nostalgia the relationship with his former girlfriend and his desire to return to it, but cannot do so because of the shame and guilt. Yoon So Ra and Liu Yuan wrote the letters of the Korean and Chinese version respectively.
Release
The music videos for "Miracles in December" (one Korean, one Mandarin) were directed by Jo So-hyun, and were filmed in November in Paju, Gyeonggi-do and a studio in Ilsan, near Seoul. On 2 December 2013, a few teasers for the Korean and Chinese version of the music video was released on official YouTube channel of SM Town, causing a lot of interest from fans. This, however, many thought that the group was promoting as a new sub-unit, which led to SM to clarify the rumors. A representative of the agency said that "it is true Baekhyun, D.O. and Chen to sing the single main... That does not mean that they are officially a sub-unit... We are planning to implement other members also to climb on stage for various performances». And continued: «We are preparing several performances because this album is a special album of winter and is full of gratitude to the fans and it is not correct to call this a new sub-unit activity.»
On 4 December 2013, both versions of the videos were announced, at 8:00pm (KST) and were released on video-sharing websites. The music video was directed by Jo Soo-hyun, and was filmed in November in Paju, Gyeonggi in a study in Ilsan. On 5 December, Exo held their debut performances from the album with "Miracles in December" on Mnet's M Countdown stage.; and the song was made available for download as digital single. On 9 December 2013, the EP Miracles in December was released. On 19 December, the group staged the Korean version of "Christmas Day" (Simplified Chinese: 耶诞节) on M Countdown. Performances featured all twelve members of Exo with accompanying choreography produced by Tony Testa and Greg Hwang.
Reception
Critical reception
K-pop critic "Seoulbeats" gave a positive review of the song saying that "[it's] really worth all the hype that it's receiving." Analysis indicated that "Miracles in December" just grows and grows throughout its duration and commended the harmonization as "a thing of beauty".
Commercial performance
The EP peaked at number 1 and 2 on both the weekly and monthly charts on the Gaon Album Chart for the Korean and Mandarin versions, respectively. The single "Miracles in December" reached number 2 on the Gaon Digital Chart and number 3 on the K-pop Hot 100. The Mandarin version of the song peaked at number 47 on the Gaon chart, but topped the Gaon International Singles Chart. It also went to number 7 on China's Baidu charts. The Korean edition of "Christmas Day" reached number 5 and 38 on the Gaon and K-pop Hot 100 weekly charts, respectively, and the Mandarin edition reached number 10 on Baidu's charts.
Live performances
In December, Exo began their promotions running Korean version live on several local music programs, including M Countdown 5, Music Bank 6, Show! Music Core 7 and Inkigayo 8. In the following week's promotions, SM informed that Luhan and Lay also participate in presentations, as well as promised the fans. Baekhyun, Chen and D.O. appeared on the stage of SBS MTV's The Show on 17 December 2013, and Show Champion on 18 December 2013. The song was also included in the set-list of the winter festival of the group with his classmates seal f(x) SM Town Week: Christmas Wonderland on 23 and 24 December 2013. The Chinese version of "Miracles in December" was acted in the MTV The Show on 24 December 2013, with D.O., Luhan, Baekhyun, Chen and Lay members.
Track listing
Credits adapted from Naver.
Charts
Awards and nominations
Sales
Release history
References
2013 EPs
SM Entertainment EPs
Genie Music EPs
Korean-language EPs
Chinese-language EPs
Mandopop EPs
Exo EPs
Christmas albums by South Korean artists
2013 singles
SM Entertainment singles
Korean songs
Korean-language songs
Chinese songs
Mandarin-language songs
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Line moiré
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Line moiré is one type of moiré pattern; a pattern that appears when superposing two transparent layers containing correlated opaque patterns. Line moiré is the case when the superposed patterns comprise straight or curved lines. When moving the layer patterns, the moiré patterns transform or move at a faster speed. This effect is called optical moiré speedup.
Superposition of layers with periodically repeating parallel lines
Simple moiré patterns can be observed when superposing two transparent layers comprising periodically repeating opaque parallel lines as shown in Figure 1. The lines of one layer are parallel to the lines of the second layer.
The superposition image does not change if transparent layers with their opaque patterns are inverted. When considering printed samples, one of the layers is denoted as the base layer and the other one as the revealing layer. It is assumed that the revealing layer is printed on a transparency and is superimposed on top of the base layer, which can be printed either on a transparency or on an opaque paper. The periods of the two layer patterns are close. We denote the period of the base layer as pb and the period of the revealing layer as pr.
The superposition image of Figure 1 outlines periodically repeating dark parallel bands, called moiré lines. Spacing between the moiré lines is much larger than the periods of lines in the two layers.
Light bands of the superposition image correspond to the zones where the lines of both layers overlap. The dark bands of the superposition image forming the moiré lines correspond to the zones where the lines of the two layers interleave, hiding the white background. The labels of Figure 2 show the passages from light zones with overlapping layer lines to dark zones with interleaving layer lines. The light and dark zones are periodically interchanging.
Figure 3 shows a detailed diagram of the superposition image between two adjacent zones with overlapping lines of the revealing and base layers (i.e., between two light bands).
The period pm of moiré lines is the distance from one point where the lines of both layers overlap (at the bottom of the figure) to the next such point (at the top). Let us count the layer lines, starting from the bottom point. At the count 0 the lines of both layers overlap. Since in our case pr<pb, for the same number of counted lines, the base layer lines with a long period advance faster than the revealing layer lines with a short period. At the halfway of the distance pm, the base layer lines are ahead the revealing layer lines by a half a period (pr/2) of the revealing layer lines, due to which the lines are interleaving, forming a dark moiré band. At the full distance pm, the base layer lines are ahead of the revealing layer lines by a full period pr, so the lines of the layers again overlap. The base layer lines gain the distance pm with as many lines (pm/pb) as the number of the revealing layer lines (pm/pr) for the same distance minus one: pm/pr = pm/pb + 1. From here we obtain the well known formula for the period pm of the superposition image:
For the case when the revealing layer period is longer than the base layer period, the distance between moiré bands is the absolute value computed by the formula. The superposition of two layers comprising parallel lines forms an optical image comprising parallel moiré lines with a magnified period. According to the formula for computing pm, the closer the periods of the two layers, the stronger the magnification factor is.
The thicknesses of layer lines affect the overall darkness of the superposition image and the thickness of the moiré bands, but the period pm does not depend on the layer lines’ thickness.
Speedup of movements with moiré
The moiré bands of Figure 1 will move if we displace the revealing layer. When the revealing layer moves perpendicularly to layer lines, the moiré bands move along the same axis, but several times faster than the movement of the revealing layer.
The GIF animation shown in Figure 4 corresponds to a slow movement of the revealing layer. The GIF file repeatedly animates an upward movement of the revealing layer (perpendicular to layer lines) across a distance equal to pr. The animation demonstrates that the moiré lines of the superposition image move up at a speed, much faster than the movement speed of the revealing layer.
When the revealing layer is shifted up perpendicularly to the layer lines by one full period (pr) of its pattern, the superposition optical image must be the same as the initial one. It means that the moiré lines traverse a distance equal to the period of the superposition image pm while the revealing layer traverses the distance equal to its period pr. Assuming that the base layer is immobile (vb=0), the following equation represents the ratio of the optical speed to the revealing layer’s speed:
By replacing pm with its formula, we have
In case the period of the revealing layer is longer than the period of the base layer, the optical image moves in the opposite direction. The negative value of the ratio computed according to this formula signifies a movement in the reverse direction.
Superposition of layers with inclined lines
Here we present patterns with inclined lines. When we are interested in optical speedup we can represent the case of inclined patterns such that the formulas for computing moiré periods and optical speedups remain valid in their current simplest form. For this purpose, the values of periods pr, pb, and pm correspond to the distances between the lines along the axis of movements (the vertical axis in the animated example of Figure 4). When the layer lines are perpendicular to the movement axis, the periods (p) are equal to the distances (denoted as T) between the lines (as in Figure 4). If the lines are inclined, the periods (p) along the axis of the movement are not equal to the distances (T) between the lines.
Computing moiré lines’ inclination as function of the inclination of layers’ lines
The superposition of two layers with identically inclined lines forms moiré lines inclined at the same angle. Figure 5 is obtained from Figure 1 with a vertical shearing. In Figure 5 the layer lines and the moiré lines are inclined by 10 degrees. Since the inclination is not a rotation, during the inclination the distance (p) between the layer lines along the vertical axis is conserved, but the true distance (T) between the lines (along an axis perpendicular to these lines) is changed. The difference between the vertical periods pb, pr, and the distances Tb, Tr is shown in the diagram of Figure 8.
The inclination degree of layer lines may change along the horizontal axis forming curves. The superposition of two layers with identical inclination pattern forms moiré curves with the same inclination pattern. In Figure 6 the inclination degree of layer lines gradually changes according to the following sequence of degrees (+30, –30, +30, –30, +30). Layer periods pb and pr represent the distances between the curves along the vertical axis. The presented formulas for computing the period pm (the vertical distance between the moiré curves) and the optical speedup (along the vertical axis) are valid for Figure 6.
More interesting is the case when the inclination degrees of layer lines are not the same for the base and revealing layers. Figure 7 shows an animation of a superposition images where the inclination degree of base layer lines is constant (10 degrees), but the inclination of the revealing layer lines oscillates between 5 and 15 degrees. The periods of layers along the vertical axis pb and pr are the same all the time. Correspondingly, the period pm (along the vertical axis) computed with the basic formula also remains the same.
Figure 8 helps to compute the inclination degree of moiré optical lines as a function of the inclination of the revealing and the base layer lines. We draw the layer lines schematically without showing their true thicknesses. The bold lines of the diagram inclined by αb degrees are the base layer lines. The bold lines inclined by αr degrees are the revealing layer lines. The base layer lines are vertically spaced by a distance equal to pb, and the revealing layer lines are vertically spaced by a distance equal to pr. The distances Tb and Tr represent the true space between the base layer and revealing layer lines, correspondingly. The intersections of the lines of the base and the revealing layers (marked in the figure by two arrows) lie on a central axis of a light moiré band. The dashed line of Figure 8 corresponds to the axis of the light moiré band. The inclination degree of moiré lines is therefore the inclination αm of the dashed line.
From Figure 8 we deduce the following two equations:
From these equations we deduce the equation for computing the inclination of moiré lines as a function of the inclinations of the base layer and the revealing layer lines:
Deducing other known formulas
The true pattern periods Tb, Tr, and Tm (along the axes perpendicular to pattern lines) are computed as follows (see Figure 8):
From here, using the formula for computing tan(αm) with periods p, we deduce a well known formula for computing the moiré angle αm with periods T:
From formula for computing pm we deduce another well known formula for computing the period Tm of moiré pattern (along the axis perpendicular to moiré bands):
In the particular case when Tb=Tr=T, the formula for the period Tm is reduced into well known formula:
And the formula for computing αm is reduced to:
The revealing lines inclination as a function of the superposition image’s lines inclination
Here is the equation for computing the revealing layer line inclination αr for a given base layer line inclination αb, and a desired moiré line inclination αm:
For any given base layer line inclination, this equation permits us to obtain a desired moiré line inclination by properly choosing the revealing layer inclination. In Figure 6 we showed an example where the curves of layers follow an identical inclination pattern forming a superposition image with the same inclination pattern. The inclination degrees of the layers’ and moiré lines change along the horizontal axis according to the following sequence of alternating degree values (+30, –30, +30, –30, +30). In Figure 9 we obtain the same superposition pattern as in Figure 6, but with a base layer comprising straight lines inclined by –10 degrees. The revealing pattern of Figure 9 is computed by interpolating the curves into connected straight lines, where for each position along the horizontal axis, the revealing line’s inclination angle αr is computed as a function of αb and αm according to the equation above.
Figure 9 demonstrates that the difference between the inclination angles of revealing and base layer lines has to be several times smaller than the difference between inclination angles of moiré and base layer lines.
Another example forming the same superposition patterns as in Figure 6 and Figure 9 is shown in Figure 10. In Figure 10 the desired inclination pattern (+30, –30, +30, –30, +30) is obtained using a base layer with an inverted inclination pattern (–30, +30, –30, +30, –30).
Figure 11 shows an animation where we obtain a superposition image with a constant inclination pattern of moiré lines (+30, –30, +30, –30, +30) for continuously modifying pairs of base and revealing layers. The base layer inclination pattern gradually changes and the revealing layer inclination pattern correspondingly adapts such that the superposition image’s inclination pattern remains the same.
References
External links
Line moiré patterns: The basics of line moiré patterns and optical speedup; equations for computing the contours and the velocities of moiré curves; circular patterns and rotational movements
Random line moiré: Aperiodic random line moiré
Mirrors of line moiré intro page: USA, Switzerland
Geometry
Interference
Patterns
Printing
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Ryūichi Yokoyama
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Ryūichi Yokoyama (; May 17, 1909 — November 8, 2001) was a Japanese mangaka and animation director. He has created very successful yonkoma comic strips since the 1930s.
Life
Yokoyama was born in Kōchi; his parents were silk wholesalers. After finishing high school, he moved to Tokyo and worked as an sculptor apprentice. He starter to submit comics to magazines, and soon his works got serialized. His series Edokko Ken-chan (江戸っ子健ちゃん), created in 1936, quickly achieved great success and was the first manga to be adapted as a live-action film (1937). In the same year, the Fuku-chan (フクちゃん) spin-off came out, which became the most popular manga of its time and influenced several other artists, including Osamu Tezuka. It appeared in 5534 strips in the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper from 1936 to 1971, making it one of the longest-running Japanese comic strips. The stories focus on the little boy Fukuo "Fuku-chan" Fuchida and his experiences in kindergarten and with his family. The manga was adapted from 1982 to 1984 as a 71-episode anime television series. The character was used for propaganda during World War II, filmed in several anime, with Yokoyama being only slightly involved in the productions. After the war, Fuku-chan became the mascot of Waseda University.
His other comics include Densuke (デンスケ), which appeared in the Mainichi Shimbun from 1949 to 1955, and Peko-chan (ペ子ちゃん). For Hyaku Baku (百馬鹿), which came out from 1968 to 1970 in the magazine Manga Sunday, he received the 1979 prize from the Japan Cartoonists Association Award. He was honored again with this prize in 1992 for his life's work. In 1994 he was nominated Person of Cultural Merit.
Enthusiastic about Disney's work in the US, Yokoyama wanted to set up his own production studio after the war. For this he invested from his private fortune, which was not inconsiderable from his success as a mangaka. In 1955, Yokoyama directed the short film Onbu Obake (おんぶおばけ, Piggyback Ghost), which was performed only once in front of a special audience. The following year, Yokoyama founded his own studio, Otogi Pro. In 1957, this released the short film Fukusuke, which was based on one of Yokoyama's books. However, Yokoyama's management and directing work is described by contemporaries and employees as chaotic and the production work as craft-oriented. With veteran animator Maeda Hajime, work became more organized, with Yokoyama's role in the productions gradually fading into the background, even though he was officially credited as director.
From 1961, Otogi Pro created the first anime television series, Otogi Manga Calendar (also referred as Instant History). The 100-episode television series Dōbutsu-mura Monogatari (動物村ものがたり Tales of the Animal Village) followed in 1970. However, Yokoyama's commitment to animation films was already exhausted during the production of Otogi Manga Calendar and he turned away from the industry, leaving it to the emerging studios from 1963 onwards. In addition to comics, Yokoyama also created essays, sculptures and paintings. His younger brother was the cartoonist Yokoyama Taizō.
Yokoyama died in 2001, in Kamakura at the age of 92.
Works
Manga
1936: Edokko Ken-chan
1936–1971: Fuku-chan
1939: Chisana Sencho-san
1948–1949: Peko-chan
1949–1955: Densuke
1966: Yuki
1968–1970: Hyaku Baku
1972: Waga Yūgiteki Jinsei
1979: Hyaku-baka
Film
1950: Peko-chan to Densuke
1955: Onbu-obake
1957: Fukusuke
1959: Hyotan suzume
1962: Otogi Manga Calendar (TV series)
1962: Otogi no Sekai Ryōko
1970: Dōbutsu-mura Monogatari (TV series)
Further reading
S. Noma (Org.): Yokoyama Ryūichi. In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X, P. 1752.
External links
Yokoyama Ryūichi Museum website
Yokoyama Ryūichi at Lambiek
References
2001 deaths
1909 births
Persons of Cultural Merit
Japanese printmakers
Japanese animators
Japanese comic strip cartoonists
Manga artists from Kōchi Prefecture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20Valley%3A%20The%20Revenge%20of%20Bloody%20Bill
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Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill
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Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill is a 2004 zombie-western slasher film released by The Asylum. Unlike many of the later efforts by The Asylum, this movie is not a mockbuster. The film follows a group of people trying to survive while stranded in Sunset Valley, a desert ghost town inhabited by the murderous spirit of Confederate war criminal, William T. Anderson and his horde of zombies.
Plot
Cocaine dealer, Darrell, leads a cop on a chase through the desert. She follows him until he throws his brick of cocaine out the window which bursts open on her windshield. Darrel's car breaks down though and he is forced to walk. He comes across “Sunset Valley-population 99”, a ghost town that suddenly materializes out of no where. He stops in the saloon and is attacked by a zombie bartender. Running outside, he finds the town populated with zombies that chase him until he runs into Bloody Bill, who rips out his throat.
A debate team consisting of Gwen, Mandy, Sondra, Buck, Jerry and their coach Avery embark on a trip to tournament in Phoenix when they are carjacked by Earl, Darrell's “business” partner. He is searching for Darrell and holds everyone in the van at gunpoint until they arrive at Sunset Valley—the population sign now at 100. They search the empty buildings when an undead Darrell appears and warns Earl that Bloody Bill is coming before he fully zombifies and attacks Jerry before being shot by Earl. Bill and his zombies descend on the town and Sondra runs off on her own, encountering a young girl zombie. She follows the girl into a house where several zombies are eating human body parts. She tries escaping but is attacked and eaten; the population sign reads 101.
The others take refuge in a house and Jerry tells them the legend of Bloody Bill Anderson: a Confederate war criminal on the run from the Union who was brutally executed by the people of Sunset Valley for his crimes, though not before Bill could make a deal with the Devil grating him supernatural powers. They hear Sondra's cry's outside and upon investigating, find her mutilated body. Buck panics and runs off on his own and Avery fights Earl, wrestling a gun from him when the zombies attack, forcing them to fight together. Mandy, Gwen and Jerry are separated and go off on their own. Buck runs in circles, with every direction he takes leading back to Sunset Valley. He encounters Sandra and other zombies with Bill, who walks up and crushes his skull in his bare hands and the population sign increases to 102.
Mandy, Gwen, and Jerry take refuge in another house where they find a picture of Mary Anderson (who bears a striking resemblance to Gwen), with a note to Bill on the back. Jerry explains Mary was Bill's younger sister who was hanged by the people of Sunset Valley due to her family ties to Bill and he retaliated by attacking the town. Jerry starts showing delusions and succumbing to his zombie bite. Earl and Avery burst join them and the group resolves to get Jerry to a hospital but Gwen worries about Buck. When Avery opens the door, Bloody Bill stabs him with his rapier and his zombies flood into the house. The remaining four run upstairs and barricade themselves in a room with furniture when Jerry fully zombifies and attacks Earl. Gwen shoots Jerry and Earl, realizing he will zombify, offers to stay behind while the girls escape. He loads up on the last of his cocaine as the zombies break through the barricade. He shoots many of them before encountering Bill. He begins choking Earl, who has a single grenade with him and pulls the pin, dropping it at their feet. It goes off as Gwen and Mandy run away and the population sign inexplicably shows 106, despite only 3 more lives being taken (Avery, Jerry & Earl).
Mandy and Gwen are confronted seemingly by Earl, dressed in Bill's clothes. He pulls out Bill's rapier and stabs Mandy as Earl's removed face falls off Bill's face. Bill chases Gwen who runs but finds herself always returning to the town. The zombies chase her to the church, where Bill keeps a shrine to Mary. It's then that Gwen gets the idea to impersonate Mary, and is able to grab Bill's rapier while hugging him. She uses the sword to decapitate Bill, killing all his zombies in the process. As she is leaving, the town population sign has once again, inexplicably increased, now at 107.
Cast
Chelsea Jean as Gwen
Jeremy Bouvet as Bloody Bill Anderson
Denise Boutte as Mandy
Matt Marraccini as Jerry
Kandis Erickson as Sondra
Gregory Bastien as Earl
Scott Carson as Avery
Steven Glinn as Buck
Dean N. Arevalo as Darrell
Production
The Film had an estimated budget of $750,000 This was the first in house movie produced by the Asylum.
Reception
The film received very mixed retrospective reviews.
References
External links
American slasher films
2000s slasher films
2004 horror films
2004 films
The Asylum films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20UCI%20Track%20Cycling%20World%20Championships%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%201%20km%20time%20trial
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2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
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The Men's time trial at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 5. 27 athletes participated in the contest.
Medalists
Results
The race was held at 20:40.
References
2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex%20Appeal%20%28album%29
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Sex Appeal (album)
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Sex Appeal is the debut album from Minneapolis, Minnesota native singer-songwriter Georgio.
Reception
Originally released in 1987 on Motown Records. The album peaked at number 117 on the US pop albums chart and number 27 on the US R&B album chart when it was released.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Georgio
Sexappeal 4:33
Lover's Lane 4:46
1/4 2 9 4:40
Menage A Trois 3:38
Bed Rock 4:30
Tina Cherry 4:38
Hey U 5:17
I Won't Change 4:04
Charts
Singles
References
External links
Georgio-Sex Appeal at Discogs
1987 debut albums
Motown albums
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Susan Barrantes
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Susan Mary Barrantes (née Wright, previously Ferguson; 9 June 193719 September 1998) was a documentary filmmaker and the mother of Sarah, Duchess of York, as well as the maternal grandmother of princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
Her elopement with an Argentinian polo player caused a stir in social circles. After his death, she became a film producer in Buenos Aires. She died in a car crash at the age of 61.
Early life and first marriage
Barrantes was born in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, the daughter of FitzHerbert Wright and the Honourable Doreen Wingfield, sister of Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt. She was the youngest of four children, with two sisters, Brigid and Davinia, and a brother, Bryan. Susan's maternal grandfather was Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt. Her father was a director of the coal and iron-producing Butterley Company in Ripley, Derbyshire, and was the great-grandson of industrialist and philanthropist Francis Wright.
Susan Wright completed school and for a short time attended secretarial college. During the debutante season of 1954, she was presented at the court of Queen Elizabeth II.
On 17 January 1956, Susan married Lieutenant Ronald Ferguson (1931–2003) at St Margaret's, Westminster. He rose to the rank of Major, played polo with the Duke of Edinburgh, and became the polo manager for Charles, the Prince of Wales. Ronald and Susan had two daughters: Jane Louisa, born on 26 August 1957, and Sarah Margaret, later known as the Duchess of York, born on 15 October 1959.
Divorce and second marriage
In 1972, Susan caused a stir in society circles by leaving her family to move to Argentina with professional polo player Héctor Barrantes. Her daughters were then raised by their father Ronald with the help of extended family. Susan and Ronald divorced in 1974, and in 1975 she married Barrantes.
Susan and her new husband moved to the ranch-manor "El Pucará" in Tres Lomas, Argentina. In her writings and filmographic work, she recorded that aside from the birth of her two daughters, her life in Argentina was the happiest time of her life personally and professionally, since she had the chance to explore and develop a documentary film career that combined her two passions, polo and film. She also assisted her husband's business of breeding polo ponies and cattle until his death from cancer in 1990.
Widowhood brought financial difficulties for Susan Barrantes, and she once again decided to start afresh. Selling more than half the farm to the polo-playing Australian media magnate Kerry Packer, she relocated to a large flat in the Recoleta-Palermo borough of Buenos Aires and set up a television production company, making films about horses.
Susan remained firm friends with Prince Charles, who contributed a foreword to her book Polo.
Death
While returning to her country home on 19 September 1998, the Rover 400 she was driving collided head on with a Renault catering truck on a two-lane highway in flat countryside. The driver of the truck, Jose Maria Rodriguez, suffered a broken ankle, but Barrantes was not wearing a safety belt and was decapitated and killed, aged 61. Barrantes' 25-year-old nephew, Raphael, was in her car and was hospitalized with minor injuries. Barrantes had been involved in a road traffic crash the year before when her car flipped an estimated seven times.
Susan Barrantes is buried beside her second husband in a vault beneath her home, next to a polo field on the "El Pucara" estate in Tres Lomas, Argentina. Her death came just one year after that of her daughter's former sister-in-law Diana, Princess of Wales, whose funeral Susan and Sarah had both attended.
Ancestors
References
1937 births
1998 deaths
Wright family of Nottingham
English emigrants to Argentina
People from Bramcote
British women film producers
British debutantes
People from Buenos Aires
Road incident deaths in Argentina
Deaths by decapitation
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Lyria cordis
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Lyria cordis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Description
Distribution
References
Volutidae
Gastropods described in 1971
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20androgen%20esters
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List of androgen esters
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This is a list of androgen esters, including esters (as well as ethers) of natural androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and synthetic anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS) like nandrolone (19-nortestosterone).
Esters of natural AAS
Testosterone esters
Marketed
Many esters of testosterone have been marketed, including the following major esters:
Testosterone caproate (component of Omnadren and Triormon Depositum)
Testosterone cypionate (Depo-Testosterone, numerous others)
Testosterone decanoate (component of Sustanon 250)
Testosterone enanthate (Delatestryl, numerous others) (component of Testoviron Depot)
Testosterone isobutyrate (Agovirin-Depot, Perandren M, Testocryst, Virex-Cryst; component of Femandren M/Folivirin)
Testosterone isocaproate (component of Omnadren, Sustanon 100, and Sustanon 250)
Testosterone phenylpropionate (component of Omnadren, Sustanon 100, and Sustanon 250)
Testosterone propionate (Testoviron, numerous others) (component of Omnadren, Sustanon 100, Sustanon 250, and Testoviron Depot)
Testosterone undecanoate (Aveed, Andriol, Nebido, Jatenzo, numerous others)
And the following less commonly used esters:
Testosterone acetate (Aceto-Sterandryl, Aceto-Testoviron, Amolisin, Androtest A, Deposteron, Farmatest, Perandrone A)
Testosterone cyclohexylpropionate (Andromar, Femolone, Telipex Retard; component of Trioestrine Retard)
Testosterone enantate benzilic acid hydrazone (component of Climacteron)
Testosterone furoate (Furotest)
Testosterone hexahydrobenzoate (Sterandryl Retard; component of Trinestril AP)
Testosterone hexahydrobenzylcarbonate (Lontanyl)
Testosterone hexyloxyphenylpropionate (Andradurin)
Testosterone ketolaurate (Androdurin; component of Testosid-Depot and Klimanosid R-Depot)
Testosterone nicotinate (Bolfortan, Linobol)
Testosterone phenylacetate (Perandren, Androject)
Testosterone phosphate (Telipex Aquosum)
Testosterone undecylenate (component of Durasteron and Triolandren)
Testosterone valerate (component of Deposterona and Triolandren)
Never marketed
The following major testosterone ester has not been marketed:
Testosterone buciclate (20 Aet-1, CDB-1781) – a very long-acting testosterone ester that was under development but ultimately did not reach the market
And the following less commonly known testosterone esters have also not been marketed:
Polytestosterone phloretin phosphate
Testosterone 17β-(1-((5-(aminosulfonyl)-2-pyridinyl)carbonyl)--proline) (EC586)
Testosterone acetate butyrate
Testosterone acetate propionate
Testosterone benzoate
Testosterone butyrate
Testosterone diacetate
Testosterone dipropionate
Testosterone formate
Testosterone isovalerate
Testosterone palmitate
Testosterone phenylbutyrate
Testosterone stearate
Testosterone succinate
Testosterone sulfate
Dihydrotestosterone esters
Marketed
Several esters of dihydrotestosterone (DHT; androstanolone, stanolone) have also been marketed, including the following:
Androstanolone benzoate (Ermalone-Amp, Hermalone, Sarcosan)
Androstanolone enanthate (Anaboleen Depot)
Androstanolone propionate (Pesomax)
Androstanolone valerate (Apeton)
Never marketed
The following esters of DHT have not been marketed:
Dihydrotestosterone acetate
Dihydrotestosterone butyrate
Dihydrotestosterone formate
Dihydrotestosterone undecanoate
Testifenon (chlorphenacyl DHT ester) is a nitrogen mustard ester of DHT that was developed as a cytostatic antineoplastic agent but was never marketed.
Esters of other natural AAS
Marketed
The following esters of other natural AAS have been marketed:
Androstenediol dipropionate (Bisexovister, Bisexovis, Ginandrin, Stenandiol)
Prasterone enantate (DHEA enantate) (Gynodian Depot (in combination with estradiol valerate))
Prasterone sulfate (DHEA sulfate) (Astenile, Mylis, Teloin)
Never marketed
And the following have not been marketed:
Androstenediol 3β-acetate
Androstenediol 3β-acetate 17β-benzoate
Androstenediol 17β-acetate
Androstenediol diacetate
Sturamustine is a nitrosourea ester of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) that was developed as a cytostatic antineoplastic agent but was never marketed.
Ethers of natural AAS
Marketed
Although not esters, the following ethers of natural AAS have been marketed as well:
Cloxotestosterone acetate (Caprosem) – the 17-O-chloral hemiacetal acetate ether of testosterone
Never marketed
And the following have not been marketed:
Cloxotestosterone – the 17-O-chloral hemiacetal ether of testosterone
Silandrone (SC-16148) – the 17-O-trimethylsilyl ether of testosterone
Esters of synthetic AAS
Methandriol esters
Marketed
Methandriol bisenanthoyl acetate (Notandron-Depot)
Methandriol dipropionate (Arbolic, Durabolic, Or-Bolic, Probolik, Protabolin)
Methandriol propionate (Metilbisexovis)
Never marketed
Methandriol diacetate
Nandrolone esters
Marketed
Many esters of the synthetic AAS nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) have been marketed, including the following major esters:
Nandrolone decanoate (Deca-Durabolin, others)
Nandrolone phenylpropionate (Durabolin, others)
And the following less commonly used esters:
Nandrolone caproate (Anabolin Depot)
Nandrolone cyclohexanecarboxylate (Nor-Durandron, Norlongandron)
Nandrolone cyclohexylpropionate (Andol, Fherbolico, Megabolin, Megabolin Retar, Pluropon, Proteron-Depot, Sanabolicum)
Nandrolone cypionate (Anabo, Depo-Nortestonate, Dynabol, Nortestrionate, Pluropon, Sterocrinolo)
Nandrolone furylpropionate (Demelon)
Nandrolone hexyloxyphenylpropionate (Anador, Anadur, Anadurine)
Nandrolone hydrogen succinate (Anabolico, Menidrabol)
Nandrolone laurate (Clinibolin, Fortadex, Laurabolin)
Nandrolone propionate (Anabolicus, Nor-Anabol, Nortesto, Norbyol 19, Pondus, Testobolin)
Nandrolone sulfate (Keratyl, Nandrol, Nandain, Colirio Ocul Nandrol)
Nandrolone undecanoate (Dynabolin, Dynabolon, Psychobolan)
Never marketed
The following nandrolone esters exist but were never marketed:
Bolmantalate (nandrolone 17β-adamantoate)
Nandrolone acetate
Nandrolone benzoate
Nandrolone cyclotate
Nandrolone enanthate
Nandrolone formate
Nandrolone nonanoate
LS-1727 is a nitrosocarbamate ester of nandrolone that was developed as a cytostatic antineoplastic agent but was never marketed.
Trenbolone esters
Marketed
A few esters of the synthetic AAS trenbolone have been marketed, including the following esters:
Trenbolone acetate (Revalor, Finaplix, Finajet)
Trenbolone hexahydrobenzylcarbonate (Parabolan, Hexabolan)
Never marketed
The following trenbolone esters exist but were never marketed:
Trenbolone enanthate
Trenbolone undecanoate
Esters of other synthetic AAS
Marketed
Many esters of other synthetic AAS have been marketed as well, including the following:
Bolandiol dipropionate (Anabiol, Storinal)
Bolazine capronate (bolazine caproate) (Roxilon Inject)
Boldenone acetate (Equilon 100)
Boldenone cypionate (Equilon 100)
Boldenone propionate (Equilon 100)
Boldenone undecylenate (boldenone undecenoate) (Boldane, Equilon 100, Equipoise, Parenabol, Vebonol, others)
Clostebol acetate (Macrobin, Steranabol, Alfa-Trofodermin, Megagrisevit)
Clostebol caproate (Macrobin-Depot)
Clostebol propionate (Yonchlon)
Drostanolone propionate (Masteron, Drolban, Masteril, Mastisol, Metormon, Permastril)
Metenolone acetate (Primobolan, Primobolan S, Primonabol, Nibal)
Metenolone enantate (Primobolan Depot)
Norclostebol acetate (Anabol 4-19)
Oxabolone cipionate (Steranabol Depo, Steranabol Ritardo)
Propetandrol (norethandrolone 3β-propionate) (Solevar)
Stenbolone acetate (Stenobolone, Anatrofin)
Never marketed
Whereas the following have not been marketed:
11β-Methyl-19-nortestosterone dodecylcarbonate
Dimethandrolone buciclate
Dimethandrolone dodecylcarbonate
Dimethandrolone undecanoate
Mesterolone cypionate
Nisterime acetate
Trestolone acetate
Trestolone enantate
Ethers of synthetic AAS
Marketed
Although not esters, the following ethers of synthetic AAS have been marketed as well:
Mepitiostane (Thioderon) – 17β-(1-methyloxycyclopentyl) ether of epitiostanol
Methyltestosterone 3-hexyl ether (Androgenol, Enoltestovis, Enoltestovister) – 3-hexyl enol ether of methyltestosterone
Penmesterol (penmestrol) (Pandrocine, Testopan) – 3-cyclopentyl enol ether of methyltestosterone
Quinbolone (Anabolicum, Anabolvis) – 17β-cyclopentenyl enol ether of boldenone (Δ1-testosterone)
Never marketed
And the following have not been marketed:
Mesabolone – 17β-(1-methyloxycyclohexyl) ether of 1-testosterone (dihydroboldenone)
Methoxydienone (methoxygonadiene) – 3-methyl ether of 17-dehydro-18-methyl-19-nor-δ2,5(10)-testosterone
Prostanozol – 17β-tetrahydropyran ether of the 17α-demethylated analogue of stanozolol
See also
List of androgens/anabolic steroids
List of estrogen esters
List of progestogen esters
List of corticosteroid esters
References
Androgen esters
Androgens and anabolic steroids
Prodrugs
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Michael Cherry
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Michael Cherry may refer to:
Michael Cherry (judge) (born 1944), American judge
Michael Cherry (athlete) (born 1995), American track sprinter
See also
Mike Cherry (disambiguation)
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Syneura
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Syneura is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae.
Species
S. cocciphila (Coquillett, 1895)
S. digitalis Borgmeier, 1925
S. diversicolor Borgmeier, 1923
S. edwardsi Schmitz, 1929
S. furcellata Borgmeier, 1924
S. infraposita Borgmeier & Schmitz, 1923
S. longipennis Borgmeier, 1935
S. luciola Borgmeier, 1925
S. semifurcata Prado, 1976
S. subsetosa Borgmeier, 1971
S. williamsi Borgmeier, 1971
References
Phoridae
Platypezoidea genera
Taxa named by Charles Thomas Brues
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Eino Baskin
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Eino Baskin (17 June 1929 – 11 March 2015) was an Estonian actor and theatre director.
Baskin was born in Tallinn to Jewish parents Hirsch and Maria Baskin (née Raage). In 1951 he graduated from before becoming engaged at the Estonian Drama Theatre.
In 1980 he established Vanalinnastuudio and for a long time he was its director. When Vanalinnastuudio was closed, he established Old Baskin's Theater.
Personal life
In 1954, he married actress Ita Ever. Their son was actor and director Roman Baskin. The couple later divorced. He married his second wife, Galina Dõrdina 1961, with whom he had a daughter who died in infancy. The couple remained married for 38 years, until Dõrdina's death in 1999. In 2000, he married Veera Toll. The couple remained married until Baskin's death in Tallinn in 2015. Baskin also had a daughter, actress Katrin Pärn, from a relationship with actress, theologian and politician Malle Pärn in 1977.
Selected filmography
Tagahoovis (1957)
Juhuslik kohtumine (1961)
Bonycrone and Captain Drum (1978)
Kolm rubiini (1978)
Murder on the 31st Floor Part I (1979)
Teisikud (1982)
The Triangle (1982)
Õnne 13 (1993–2010)
Fox Woman (2002)
Õpetajate tuba (2003)
The Visit of the Old Lady (2006)
ENSV (2010)
Source: EFIS
References
1929 births
2015 deaths
Male actors from Tallinn
Estonian Jews
Estonian male stage actors
Estonian male film actors
Estonian male television actors
Estonian theatre directors
20th-century Estonian male actors
21st-century Estonian male actors
People's Artists of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class
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1904 Wyoming Cowboys football team
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The 1904 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach William McMurray, the team compiled a 4–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 97 to 35. J. Gillespie was the team captain.
Schedule
References
Wyoming
Wyoming Cowboys football seasons
Wyoming Cowboys football
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitual%20Levitations%20%28Instilling%20Words%20with%20Tones%29
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Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones)
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Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones) is the fourth studio album by American progressive metal band Intronaut. It was released on 18 March 2013 in Europe and 19 March 2013 in North America on Century Media Records, which also released their previous two albums Prehistoricisms and Valley of Smoke.
Track listing
Personnel
Intronaut
Sacha Dunable – guitar, vocals
Dave Timnick – guitar, vocals
Danny Walker – drums
Joe Lester – bass
Production
John Haddad - recording engineer for drums
Derek Donley - recording engineer for guitars, bass, and vocals
Josh Newell - mixer
Paul Logus - master
David D'Andrea - layout
Release
The album is available as a digital download, CD and 12 inch double LP. The track "Milk Leg" premiered on Invisible Oranges on 29 January 2013 and a video debuted on 5 February 2013. On 15 February 2013, "The Welding" was premiered on Pitchfork. On 1 March 2013, "The Way Down" premiered on the German music site, Visions.de.
References
2013 albums
Intronaut albums
Century Media Records albums
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The Shot (TV series)
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The Shot is a reality television show created by Nigel Barker and produced by VH1 in 2007. The Shot included 10 aspiring fashion photographers working through a series of games in order to win the competition. Russell James was the host/mentor.
The winner of season 1 of the show, as announced on December 23, 2007, was Maria Hartman. She beat Dean on the final challenge, and her winning shot will be used on the cover of Victoria's Secret annual catalog. The shot is of model Alessandra Ambrosio. Maria will also receive a $100,000 and a spread on Marie Claire magazine as prizes.
Contestants
Airic
38 years old
Has been shooting for over 10 years
Currently works as a photographer, make-up artist, and stylist
Originally from Nebraska, currently lives in Los Angeles
Has a newborn son
Balbinka
24 years old
Former model
Started taking photographs in college 5 years ago
Originally from Poland but currently lives in Los Angeles
Lived in Belgium where she worked for the European Parliament
Loves to dance West African, ballroom, and modern
Has traveled extensively all over the world and photographed her journey
Bree
26 years old
Originally from Perth, Western Australia, currently lives in Venice, CA
Photographer for the Warp Tour
Also hosts a syndicated music show
Dean Zulich
34 years old
Originally from Bosnia, currently lives in Seattle, WA
Came to America to follow a girl
Graduated from The Art Institute of Seattle in March 2007
Was in the Bosnian army, fought in the Bosnian War
Defied death: was shot at in war and was hit by a car moving per hour
Used to own a clothing store in Seattle
Ivan
27 years old
Came to the U.S. in 1998 from Croatia
Learned to speak English 9 years ago so he could study photography in the U.S.
Graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA
Currently pitching proposals to ad agencies and looking for the photo rep
Eats a raw food diet
Loves to go dancing
Jason
39 years old
Professional photographer
Married to a make-up artist
Lives in Los Angeles
Former pro-golfer
Comes from a film industry family
John
24 years old
Lives in Los Angeles
Wedding Photographer
Has traveled to 20 countries
Personal goal is to travel to 4 different countries a year
Self-taught photographer
Drank the blood and ate the heart of a viper snake in Vietnam
Maria Hartman
26 years old
Lives in Los Angeles
Photo Retoucher/Freelance Photographer
Used to assist David LaChapelle and Paula Abdul
Oldest of 6 girls
Piper
35 years old
Originally from Nigeria, currently lives in Detroit
Freelance Photographer and part-time cocktail server
Avidly practices yoga
Shot for Essence Magazine
Dream is to shoot for Vogue magazine
Into French avant-garde and 1970's cinema
Robin
36 years old
Freelance Photographer
Has been shooting for over 20 years
Specializes in shooting live music and rock & roll photography
Bass player and fire breather
Originally from New York City, currently lives in Los Angeles
Shot Marilyn Manson's Portrait of an American Family album cover
Results
This photographer was on the winning team.
This photographer had the best shot of the week.
This photographer was on the losing team.
This photographer was on the losing team and was in the bottom two.
This photographer was on the losing team and was eliminated.
Challenges
"Passion" with Nudes
"Stormy Romance" on a Sailing Yacht
"Animal Frenzy" with a camel, tarantula, and monkey
"Truth and Hair" with 3D photography
"Vaseline Skin Care Campaign"
"Marie Claire Campaign" with Joss Stone
External links
Maria's website
Dean's website
John's website
Jason's Instagram
Robin's Website
Airic's website
Piper's website
Bree's website
Ivan's website
Balbinka's Instagram
VH1 original programming
2000s American reality television series
2007 American television series debuts
2007 American television series endings
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The Marksmen Quartet
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The Marksmen Quartet of Murrayville, Georgia originated in 1967 as a Southern gospel quartet under the direction of Dr. Earle Wheeler. Through the years, the group's styles moved to bluegrass gospel and country gospel.
Dove award nominees in 2008 for "God's Masterpiece" and 2010 for "Blue Ridge Mountain Memories," the group includes Earle Wheeler, Mark Wheeler, Darrin Chambers, Mark Autry and Davey Waller.
The Marksmen Quartet joined producers Randall Franks and Alan Autry for the In the Heat of the Night cast CD “Christmas Time’s A Comin’” performing "Jingle Bells" with the cast on the CD released on Sonlite and MGM/UA for one of the most popular Christmas releases of 1991 and 1992 with Southern retailers. The group also provided background vocals for Anne Marie Johnson's performance of "Little Drummer Boy." Earle's wife Shirley painted the painting featured on the cover of the CD.
External links
http://marksmenquartet.com/.
American gospel musical groups
Gospel quartets
Musical groups established in 1967
Southern gospel performers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieledew
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Nieledew
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Nieledew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzeszczany, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Hrubieszów and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
References
Nieledew
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuyyuru%20revenue%20division
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Vuyyuru revenue division
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Vuyyuru revenue division is an administrative division in the Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Formed on 4 April 2022 as part of a reorganisation of districts in the state, it is one of the 3 revenue divisions in the district with 7 mandals under its administration.
Administration
Vuyyuru revenue division consists of 7 mandals which are
Kankipadu
Movva
Pamidimukkala
Penamaluru
Thotlavalluru
Pamarru
Vuyyuru
References
Revenue divisions in Krishna district
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosedale%20Historic%20District
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Rosedale Historic District
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Rosedale Historic District or Rosedale Park Historic District may refer to:
Rosedale Historic District (Homewood, Alabama), listed on the NRHP in Alabama
Rosedale Park Historic District (Homewood, Alabama), listed on the NRHP in Alabama
Rosedale Park Historic District (Detroit, Michigan), listed on the NRHP in Michigan
Rosedale Historic District (Rosedale, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in Mississippi
Rosedale Historic District (Covington, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia
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NFL 2K3
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NFL 2K3 is an American football video game released in 2002 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. It was developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega. It is the only NFL 2K game for the GameCube. The cover athlete features Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears, becoming the first cover athlete in the NFL 2K series besides Randy Moss.
Reception
The game received "universal acclaim" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the PlayStation 2 version was localized for release on December 26, 2002, Famitsu gave it a score of 33 out of 40.
GameSpot named NFL 2K3 the best Xbox game, and second-best PlayStation 2 game, of August 2002. It won the publication's annual "Best Traditional Sports Game on GameCube" and "Best Traditional Sports Game on Xbox" awards, and was a runner-up for "Best Online Game on Xbox", "Best Online Game on PlayStation 2" and "Game of the Year on Xbox".
References
External links
PlayStation 2 games
Xbox games
GameCube games
NFL 2K video games
2002 video games
Sega video games
Video games developed in the United States
Visual Concepts games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandoman%20Industrial%20Estate
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Gandoman Industrial Estate
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Gandoman Industrial Estate ( – Qaṭab Şanʿatī-ye Gandomān) is a village and company town in Gandoman Rural District, Gandoman District, Borujen County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10, in 4 families.
References
Populated places in Borujen County
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien%20Mayer
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Sébastien Mayer
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Sébastien Mayer (born March 28, 1970 in Mulhouse) is a French sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He is son of canoeist Albert Mayer and father of male kayakist Joanne Mayer.
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
1970 births
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
French male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for France
Sportspeople from Mulhouse
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Hazuregyra watanabei
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Hazuregyra watanabei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 6 mm.
Distribution
This marine shell occurs off Japan.
References
Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka: Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Solariellidae
Gastropods described in 1962
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Naltrexone
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Naltrexone, sold under the brand names Revia and Vivitrol among others, is a medication primarily used to manage alcohol use or opioid use disorder by reducing cravings and feelings of euphoria associated with substance use disorder. It has also been found effective in the treatment of other addictions and may be used for them off-label. An opioid-dependent person should not receive naltrexone before detoxification. It is taken by mouth or by injection into a muscle. Effects begin within 30 minutes, though a decreased desire for opioids may take a few weeks to occur.
Side effects may include trouble sleeping, anxiety, nausea, and headaches. In those still on opioids, opioid withdrawal may occur. Use is not recommended in people with liver failure. It is unclear if use is safe during pregnancy. Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist and works by blocking the effects of opioids, including both opioid drugs as well as opioids naturally produced in the brain.
Naltrexone was first made in 1965 and was approved for medical use in the United States in 1984. Naltrexone, as naltrexone/bupropion (brand name Contrave), is also used to treat obesity. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.
Medical uses
Alcohol use disorder
Naltrexone has been best studied as a treatment for alcoholism. Naltrexone has been shown to decrease the quantity and frequency of ethanol consumption by reducing the dopamine release from the brain after consuming alcohol. It does not appear to change the percentage of people drinking. Its overall benefit has been described as "modest".
Acamprosate may work better than naltrexone for eliminating alcohol abuse, while naltrexone may decrease the desire for alcohol to a greater extent.
A method pioneered by scientist John David Sinclair (dubbed commercially the “Sinclair Method”) advocates for “psychological extinction” of problem drinking behavior by administering naltrexone alongside controlled alcohol consumption. In effect, he argues naltrexone induced opiate antagonism sufficiently disrupts reflexive reward mechanisms inherent in the consumption alcohol and, given enough repetition, will disassociate positive associations formerly made with the consumption of alcohol.
Opioid use
Long-acting injectable naltrexone, under the brand name Vivitrol, is an opioid receptor antagonist, blocking the effects of heroin and other opioids, and decreases heroin use compared to a placebo. Unlike methadone and buprenorphine, it is not a controlled medication. It may decrease cravings for opioids after a number of weeks, and decreases the risk of overdose, at least during the time period that naltrexone is still active, though concern about risk of overdose for those stopping treatment remains. It is given once per month and has better compliance and effect for opioid use than the oral formulation.
A drawback of injectable naltrexone is that it requires patients with opioid use disorder and current physiological dependence to be fully withdrawn before it is initiated to avoid a precipitated opioid withdrawal that may be quite severe. In contrast, initiation of buprenorphine only requires delay of the first dose until the patient begins to manifest at least mild opioid withdrawal symptoms. Among patients able to successfully initiate injectable naltrexone, long-term remission rates were similar to those seen in clinical naltrexone/buprenorphine administration.
Consequence of relapse when weighting best course of treatment for opiate use disorder remains a concern. Methadone and buprenorphine administration maintains greater drug tolerance while naltrexone allows tolerance to fade, leading to higher instances of overdose in people who relapse and thus higher mortality. Guidelines from the World Health Organization cite evidence of superiority in reducing mortality and retaining patients in care with opioid agonists (methadone or buprenorphine), concluding that most patients should be advised to use agonists rather than antagonists like naltrexone.
A 2011 review found insufficient evidence to determine the effect of naltrexone taken by mouth in opioid dependence. While some do well with this formulation, it must be taken daily, and a person whose cravings become overwhelming can obtain opioid intoxication simply by skipping a dose. Due to this issue, the usefulness of oral naltrexone in opioid use disorders is limited by the low retention in treatment. Naltrexone by mouth remains an ideal treatment for a small number of people with opioid use, usually those with a stable social situation and motivation. With additional contingency management support, naltrexone may be effective in a broader population.
Others
Unlike varenicline (brand name Chantix), naltrexone is not useful for quitting smoking. Naltrexone has also been under investigation for reducing behavioral addictions such as gambling or kleptomania as well as compulsive sexual behaviors in both offenders and non-offenders (e.g. compulsive porn viewing and masturbation). The results were promising. In one study, the majority of sexual offenders reported a strong reduction in sexual urges and fantasies which reverted to baseline once the medication was discontinued. Case reports have also shown cessation of gambling and other compulsive behaviors, for as long as the medication was taken.
When taken at much smaller doses, a regimen known as low-dose naltrexone (LDN), naltrexone may reduce pain and help to address neurological symptoms. Some patients report that LDN helps reduce their symptoms of ME/CFS, multiple sclerosis (MS), fibromyalgia (FMS), or autoimmune disease. Although its mechanism of action is unclear, some have speculated that it may act as an anti-inflammatory. LDN is also being considered as a potential treatment for Long COVID.
Available forms
Naltrexone is available and most commonly used in the form of an oral tablet (50 mg). Vivitrol, a naltrexone formulation for depot injection containing 380 mg of the medication per vial, is also available. Additionally, naltrexone subcutaneous implants that are surgically implanted are available. While these are manufactured in Australia, they are not authorized for use within Australia, but only for export. By 2009, naltrexone implants showed superior efficacy in the treatment of heroin dependence when compared to the oral form.
Contraindications
Naltrexone should not be used by persons with acute hepatitis or liver failure, or those with recent opioid use (typically 7–10 days).
Side effects
The most common side effects reported with naltrexone are gastrointestinal complaints such as diarrhea and abdominal cramping. These adverse effects are analogous to the symptoms of opioid withdrawal, as the μ-opioid receptor blockade will increase gastrointestinal motility.
The side effects of naltrexone by incidence are as follows:
Greater than 10%: difficulty sleeping, anxiety, nervousness, abdominal pain/cramps, nausea and/or vomiting, low energy, joint/muscle pain, and headache.
Less than 10%: loss of appetite, diarrhea, constipation, thirstiness, increased energy, feeling down, irritability, dizziness, skin rash, delayed ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, and chills.
A variety of other adverse events have also been reported with less than 1% incidence.
Opioid withdrawal
Naltrexone should not be started until several (typically 7–10) days of abstinence from opioids have been achieved. This is due to the risk of acute opioid withdrawal if naltrexone is taken, as naltrexone will displace most opioids from their receptors. The time of abstinence may be shorter than 7 days, depending on the half-life of the specific opioid taken. Some physicians use a naloxone challenge to determine whether an individual has any opioids remaining. The challenge involves giving a test dose of naloxone and monitoring for opioid withdrawal. If withdrawal occurs, naltrexone should not be started.
Adverse effects
Whether naltrexone causes dysphoria, depression, anhedonia, or other aversive effects as side effects has been studied and reviewed. In early studies of normal and opioid-abstinent individuals, acute and short-term administration of naltrexone was reported to produce a variety of aversive effects including fatigue, loss of energy, sleepiness, mild dysphoria, depression, lightheadedness, faintness, mental confusion, nausea, gastrointestinal disturbances, sweating, and occasional feelings of unreality. However, these studies were small, often uncontrolled, and used subjective means of assessing side effects. Most subsequent longer-term studies of naltrexone for indications like alcohol or opioid dependence have not reported dysphoria or depression with naltrexone in most individuals. According to one source:
Naltrexone itself produces little or no psychoactive effect in normal research volunteers even at high doses, which is remarkable given that the endogenous opioid system is important in normal hedonic functioning. Because endogenous opioids are involved in the brain reward system, it would be reasonable to hypothesize that naltrexone might produce anhedonic or dysphoric effects. Although some evidence from small, early trials suggested that patients with a history of opiate dependence might be susceptible to dysphoric effects in response to naltrexone (Crowley et al. 1985; Hollister et al. 1981), reports of such effects have been inconsistent. Most large clinical studies of recovering opioid-dependent individuals have not found naltrexone to have an adverse effect on mood (Greenstein et al. 1984; Malcolm et al. 1987; Miotto et al. 2002; Shufman et al. 1994). Some studies have actually found improvements in mood during the course of treatment with naltrexone (Miotto et al. 1997; Rawlins and Randall 1976).
Based on available evidence, naltrexone seems to have minimal untoward effects in the aforementioned areas, at least with long-term therapy, . It has been suggested that differences in findings between acute and longer-term studies of naltrexone treatment might be related to altered function in the opioid system with chronic administration of naltrexone. For example, marked upregulation of opioid receptors and hyper-sensitivity to opioids have been observed with naltrexone in preclinical studies. Another possibility is that the central opioid system may have low endogenous functionality in most individuals, becoming active only in the presence of exogenously administered opioid receptor agonists or with stimulation by endogenous opioids induced by pain or stress. A third possibility is that normal individuals may experience different side effects with naltrexone than people with addictive disease such as alcohol or opioid dependence, who may have altered opioid tone or responsiveness. It is notable in this regard that most studies of naltrexone have been in people with substance dependence.
Naltrexone may also initially produce opioid withdrawal-like symptoms in a small subset of people not dependent on opioids:
The side-effect profile [of naltrexone], at least on the recommended dose of 50 mg per day, is generally benign, although 5 to 10 percent of detoxified opioid addicts experience immediate, intolerable levels of withdrawal-like effects including agitation, anxiety, insomnia, light-headedness, sweating, dysphoria, and nausea. Most patients on naltrexone experience few or no symptoms after the first 1 to 2 weeks of treatment; for a substantial minority (20 to 30 percent) protracted discomfort is experienced.
Persisting affective distress related to naltrexone may account for individuals taking the drug who drop out of treatment.
Naltrexone has been reported to reduce feelings of social connection. Studies on whether naltrexone can decrease the pleasurable effects of listening to music are conflicting. Besides humans, naltrexone has been found to produce aversive effects in rodents as assessed by conditioned place aversion.
Liver damage
Naltrexone has been reported to cause liver damage when given at doses higher than recommended. It carries an FDA boxed warning for this rare side effect. Due to these reports, some physicians may check liver function tests prior to starting naltrexone, and periodically thereafter. Concerns for liver toxicity initially arose from a study of nonaddicted obese patients receiving 300 mg of naltrexone. Subsequent studies have suggested limited or no toxicity in other patient populations and at typical recommended doses such as 50 to 100 mg/day.
Overdose
No toxic effects have been observed with naltrexone in doses of up to 800 mg/day in clinical studies. The largest reported overdose of naltrexone, which was 1,500 mg in a female patient and was equivalent to an entire bottle of medication (30 × 50 mg tablets), was uneventful. No deaths are known to have occurred with naltrexone overdose.
Pharmacology
Pharmacodynamics
Opioid receptor blockade
Naltrexone and its active metabolite 6β-naltrexol are competitive antagonists of the opioid receptors. Naltrexone is specifically an antagonist preferentially of the μ-opioid receptor (MOR), to a lesser extent of the κ-opioid receptor (KOR), and to a much lesser extent of the δ-opioid receptor (DOR). However, naltrexone is not actually a silent antagonist of these receptors but instead acts as a weak partial agonist, with Emax values of 14 to 29% at the MOR, 16 to 39% at the KOR, and 14 to 25% at the DOR in different studies. In accordance with its partial agonism, although naltrexone is described as a pure opioid receptor antagonist, it has shown some evidence of weak opioid effects in clinical and preclinical studies.
By itself, naltrexone acts as an antagonist or weak partial agonist of the opioid receptors. In combination with agonists of the MOR such as morphine however, naltrexone appears to become an inverse agonist of the MOR. Conversely, naltrexone remains a neutral antagonist (or weak partial agonist) of the KOR and DOR. In contrast to naltrexone, 6β-naltrexol is purely a neutral antagonist of the opioid receptors. The MOR inverse agonism of naltrexone when it is co-present with MOR agonists may in part underlie its ability to precipitate withdrawal in opioid-dependent individuals. This may be due to suppression of basal MOR signaling via inverse agonism.
Occupancy of the opioid receptors in the brain by naltrexone has been studied using positron emission tomography (PET). Naltrexone at a dose of 50 mg/day has been found to occupy approximately 90 to 95% of brain MORs and 20 to 35% of brain DORs. Naltrexone at a dose of 100 mg/day has been found to achieve 87% and 92% brain occupancy of the KOR in different studies. Per simulation, a lower dose of naltrexone of 25 mg/day might be expected to achieve around 60% brain occupancy of the KOR but still close to 90% occupancy of the MOR. In a study of the duration of MOR blockade with naltrexone, the drug with a single 50 mg dose showed 91% blockade of brain [11C]carfentanil (a selective MOR ligand) binding at 48 hours (2 days), 80% blockade at 72 hours (3 days), 46% blockade at 120 hours (5 days), and 30% blockade at 168 hours (7 days). The half-time of brain MOR blockade by naltrexone in this study was 72 to 108 hours (3.0 to 4.5 days). Based on these findings, doses of naltrexone of even less than 50 mg/day would be expected to achieve virtually complete brain MOR occupancy. Blockade of brain MORs with naltrexone is much longer-lasting than with other opioid antagonists like naloxone (half-time of ~1.7 hours intranasally) or nalmefene (half-time of ~29 hours).
The half-life of occupancy of the brain MOR and duration of clinical effect of naltrexone are much longer than suggested by its plasma elimination half-life. A single 50 mg oral dose of naltrexone has been found to block brain MORs and opioid effects for at least 48 to 72 hours. The half-time of brain MOR blockade by naltrexone (72–108 hours) is much longer than the fast plasma clearance component of naltrexone and 6β-naltrexol (~4–12 hours) but was reported to correspond well to the longer terminal phase of plasma naltrexone clearance (96 hours). As an alternative possibility, the prolonged brain MOR occupancy by opioid antagonists like naltrexone and nalmefene may be due to slow dissociation from MORs consequent to their very high MOR affinity (<1.0 nM).
Naltrexone blocks the effects of MOR agonists like morphine, heroin, and hydromorphone in humans via its MOR antagonism. Following a single 100 mg dose of naltrexone, the subjective and objective effects of heroin were blocked by 90% at 24 hours, with blockade then decreasing up to 72 hours. Similarly, 20 to 200 mg naltrexone dose-dependently antagonized the effects of heroin for up to 72 hours. Naltrexone also blocks the effects of KOR agonists like salvinorin A, pentazocine, and butorphanol in humans via its KOR antagonism. In addition to opioids, naltrexone has been found to block or reduce the rewarding and other effects of other euphoriant drugs including alcohol, nicotine, and amphetamines.
The opioid receptors are involved in neuroendocrine regulation. MOR agonists produce increases in levels of prolactin and decreases in levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone. Doses of naltrexone of 25 to 150 mg/day have been found to produce significant increases in levels of β-endorphin, cortisol, and LH, equivocal changes in levels of prolactin and testosterone, and no significant changes in levels of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) or follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). Naltrexone influences the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA axis) probably through interference with opioid receptor signaling by endorphins.
Blockade of MORs is thought to be the mechanism of action of naltrexone in the management of opioid dependence—it reversibly blocks or attenuates the effects of opioids. It is also thought to be involved in the effectiveness of naltrexone in alcohol dependence by reducing the euphoric effects of alcohol. The role of KOR modulation by naltrexone in its effectiveness for alcohol dependence is unclear but this action may also be involved based on theory and animal studies.
Other activities
In addition to the opioid receptors, naltrexone binds to and acts as an antagonist of the opioid growth factor receptor (OGFR) and toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and interacts with high- and low-affinity binding sites in filamin A (FLNA). It is said that very low doses of naltrexone (<0.001–1 mg/day) interact with FLNA, low doses (1 to 5 mg/day) produce TLR4 antagonism, and standard clinical doses (50 to 100 mg/day) exert opioid receptor and OGFR antagonism. The interactions of naltrexone with FLNA and TLR4 are claimed to be involved in the therapeutic effects of low-dose naltrexone.
Pharmacokinetics
The absorption of naltrexone with oral administration is rapid and nearly complete (96%). The bioavailability of naltrexone with oral administration is 5 to 60% due to extensive first-pass metabolism. Peak concentrations of naltrexone are 19 to 44 μg/L after a single 100 mg oral dose and time to peak concentrations of naltrexone and 6β-naltrexol (metabolite) is within 1 hour. Linear increases in circulating naltrexone and 6β-naltrexol concentrations occur over an oral dose range of 50 to 200 mg. Naltrexone does not appear to be accumulated with repeated once-daily oral administration and there is no change in time to peak concentrations with repeated administration.
The plasma protein binding of naltrexone is about 20% over a naltrexone concentration range of 0.1 to 500 μg/L. Its apparent volume of distribution at 100 mg orally is 16.1 L/kg after a single dose and 14.2 L/kg with repeated doses.
Naltrexone is metabolized in the liver mainly by dihydrodiol dehydrogenases into 6β-naltrexol (6β-hydroxynaltrexone). Levels of 6β-naltrexol are 10- to 30-fold higher than those of naltrexone with oral administration due to extensive first-pass metabolism. Conversely, 6β-naltrexol exposure is only about 2-fold higher than that of naltrexone with intramuscular injection of naltrexone in microspheres (brand name Vivitrol). 6β-Naltrexol is an opioid receptor antagonist similarly to naltrexone and shows a comparable binding profile to the opioid receptors. However, 6β-naltrexol is peripherally selective and crosses into the brain much less readily than does naltrexone. In any case, 6β-naltrexol does still show some central activity and may contribute significantly to the central actions of oral naltrexone. Other metabolites of naltrexone include 2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-6β-naltrexol and 2-hydroxy-3-methoxynaltrexone. Following their formation, the metabolites of naltrexone are further metabolized by conjugation with glucuronic acid to form glucuronides. Naltrexone is not metabolized by the cytochrome P450 system and has low potential for drug interactions.
The elimination of naltrexone is biexponential and rapid over the first 24 hours followed by a third extremely slow decline after 24 hours. The fast elimination half-lives of naltrexone and its metabolite 6β-naltrexol are about 4 hours and 13 hours, respectively. In Contrave oral tablets, which also contain bupropion and are described as extended-release, the half-life of naltrexone is 5 hours. The slow terminal-phase elimination half-life of naltrexone is approximately 96 hours. As microspheres of naltrexone by intramuscular injection (Vivitrol), the elimination half-lives of naltrexone and 6β-naltrexol are both 5 to 10 days. Whereas oral naltrexone is administered daily, naltrexone in microspheres by intramuscular injection is suitable for administration once every 4 weeks or once per month.
Naltrexone and its metabolites are excreted in urine.
Pharmacogenetics
Tentative evidence suggests that family history and presence of the Asn40Asp polymorphism predicts naltrexone being effective.
Chemistry
Naltrexone, also known as N-cyclopropylmethylnoroxymorphone, is a derivative of oxymorphone (14-hydroxydihydromorphinone). It is specifically the derivative of oxymorphone in which the tertiary amine methyl substituent is replaced with methylcyclopropane.
Analogues
The closely related medication, methylnaltrexone (N-methylnaltrexone), is used to treat opioid-induced constipation, but does not treat addiction as it does not cross the blood–brain barrier. Nalmefene (6-desoxy-6-methylenenaltrexone) is similar to naltrexone and is used for the same purposes as naltrexone. Naltrexone should not be confused with naloxone (N-allylnoroxymorphone), which is used in emergency cases of opioid overdose. Other opioid antagonists related to naltrexone include 6β-naltrexol (6β-hydroxynaltrexone), samidorphan (3-carboxamido-4-hydroxynaltrexone), β-funaltrexamine (naltrexone fumarate methyl ester), nalodeine (N-allylnorcodeine), nalorphine (N-allylnormorphine), and nalbuphine (N-cyclobutylmethyl-14-hydroxydihydronormorphine).
History
Naltrexone was first synthesized in 1963 by Metossian at Endo Laboratories, a small pharmaceutical company in New York City. It was characterized by Blumberg, Dayton, and Wolf in 1965 and was found to be an orally active, long-acting, and very potent opioid antagonist. The drug showed advantages over earlier opioid antagonists such as cyclazocine, nalorphine, and naloxone, including its oral activity, a long duration of action allowing for once-daily administration, and a lack of dysphoria, and was selected for further development. It was patented by Endo Laboratories in 1967 under the developmental code name EN-1639A and Endo Laboratories was acquired by DuPont in 1969. Clinical trials for opioid dependence began in 1973, and a developmental collaboration of DuPont with the National Institute on Drug Abuse for this indication started the next year in 1974. The drug was approved by the FDA for the oral treatment of opioid dependence in 1984, with the brand name Trexan, and for the oral treatment of alcohol dependence in 1995, when the brand name was changed by DuPont to Revia. A depot formulation for intramuscular injection was approved by the FDA under the brand name Vivitrol for alcohol dependence in 2006 and opioid dependence in 2010.
Society and culture
Generic names
Naltrexone is the generic name of the drug and its , , , , and , while naltrexone hydrochloride is its and .
Brand names
Naltrexone is or has been sold under a variety of brand names, including Adepend, Antaxone, Celupan, Depade, Nalorex, Narcoral, Nemexin, Nodict, Revia, Trexan, Vivitrex, and Vivitrol. It is also marketed in combination with bupropion (naltrexone/bupropion) as Contrave, and was marketed with morphine (morphine/naltrexone) as Embeda. A combination of naltrexone with buprenorphine (buprenorphine/naltrexone) has been developed, but has not been marketed.
Controversies
The FDA authorized use of injectable naltrexone (Vivitrol) for opioid addiction using a single study that was led by Evgeny Krupitsky at Bekhterev Research Psychoneurological Institute, St Petersburg State Pavlov Medical University, St Petersburg, Russia, a country where opioid agonists such as methadone and buprenorphine are not available. The study was a "double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized", 24-week trial running "from July 3, 2008, through October 5, 2009" with "250 patients with opioid dependence disorder" at "13 clinical sites in Russia" on the use of injectable naltrexone (XR-NTX) for opioid dependence. The study was funded by the Boston-based biotech Alkermes firm which produces and markets naltrexone in the United States. Critics charged that the study violated ethical guidelines, since it compared the formulation of naltrexone not to the best available, evidence-based treatment (methadone or buprenorphine), but to a placebo. Further, the trial did not follow patients who dropped out of the trial to evaluate subsequent risk of fatal overdose, a major health concern . Subsequent trials in Norway and the US did compare injectable naltrexone to buprenorphine and found them to be similar in outcomes for patients willing to undergo the withdrawal symptoms required prior to naltrexone administration. Nearly 30% of patients in the US trial did not complete induction. In real world settings, a review of more than 40,000 patient records found that while methadone and buprenorphine reduced risk of fatal overdose, naltrexone administration showed no greater effect on overdose or subsequent emergency care than counseling alone.
Despite these findings, naltrexone's manufacturer and some health authorities have promoted the medicine as superior to methadone and buprenorphine since it is not an opioid and does not induce dependence. The manufacturer has also marketed directly to law enforcement and criminal justice officials, spending millions of dollars on lobbying and providing thousands of free doses to jails and prisons. The technique has been successful, with the criminal justice system in 43 states now incorporating long-acting naltrexone. Many do this through Vivitrol courts that offer only this option, leading some to characterize this as "an offer that cannot be refused." The company's marketing techiques have led to a Congressional investigation, and warning from the FDA about failure to adequately state risks of fatal overdose to patients receiving the medicine.
In May 2017, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price praised [Vivitrol] as the future of opioid addiction treatment after visiting the company's plant in Ohio. His remarks set off sharp criticism with almost 700 experts in the field of substance use submitting a letter to Price cautioning him about Vivitrol's "marketing tactics" and warning him that his comments "ignore widely accepted science". The experts pointed out that Vivitrol's competitors, buprenorphine and methadone, are "less expensive", "more widely used", and have been "rigorously studied". Price had claimed that buprenorphine and methadone were "simply substitute[s]" for "illicit drugs" whereas according to the letter, "the substantial body of research evidence supporting these treatments is summarized in guidance from within your own agency, including the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the US Surgeon General, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Buprenorphine and methadone have been demonstrated to be highly effective in managing the core symptoms of opioid use disorder, reducing the risk of relapse and fatal overdose, and encouraging long-term recovery."
Film
One Little Pill was a 2014 documentary film about use of naltrexone to treat alcohol use disorder.
Four Good Days is a 2020 film about the four days a drug addict woman has to stay sober to get a shot of naltrexone in a detox facility.
Research
Depersonalization
Naltrexone is sometimes used in the treatment of dissociative symptoms such as depersonalization and derealization. Some studies suggest it might help. Other small, preliminary studies have also shown benefit. Blockade of the KOR by naltrexone and naloxone is thought to be responsible for their effectiveness in ameliorating depersonalization and derealization. Since these drugs are less efficacious in blocking the KOR relative to the MOR, higher doses than typically used seem to be necessary.
Low-dose naltrexone
"Low-dose naltrexone" (LDN) describes the off-label use of naltrexone at low doses for diseases not related to chemical dependency or intoxication, such as multiple sclerosis. Evidence for recommending such use is lacking. This treatment has received attention on the Internet. In 2022, 4 studies with a few hundred patients are experimenting using the drug for the treatment of Long COVID.
Self-injury
One study suggests that self-injurious behaviors present in persons with developmental disabilities (including autism) can sometimes be remedied with naltrexone.
In these cases, the self-injury is believed to be done to release beta-endorphin, which binds to the same receptors as heroin and morphine. If the "rush" generated by self-injury is removed, the behavior may stop.
Behavioral disorders
Some indications exist that naltrexone might be beneficial in the treatment of impulse-control disorders such as kleptomania, compulsive gambling, or trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling), but evidence of its effectiveness for gambling is conflicting. A 2008 case study reported successful use of naltrexone in suppressing and treating an internet pornography addiction.
Interferon alpha
Naltrexone is effective in suppressing the cytokine-mediated adverse neuropsychiatric effects of interferon alpha therapy.
Critical addiction studies
Some historians and sociologists have suggested that the meanings and uses attributed to anti-craving medicine, such as naltrexone, is context-dependent. Studies have suggested the use of naltrexone in drug courts or healthcare rehabs is a form of "post-social control," or "post-disciplinary control," whereby control strategies for managing offenders and addicts shift from imprisonment and supervision toward more direct control over biological processes.
Sexual addiction
Small studies have shown a reduction of sexual addiction and problematic sexual behaviours from naltrexone.
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William Waldo (January 16, 1812 – November 2, 1881) was a candidate for Governor of California in 1853. He was born in Harrison County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia) but spent most of his life in Missouri, where he was a merchant and steamboat captain. In 1849 he joined the gold rush to California at the head of a wagon train. In California the next year, reports arrived of impending starvation among numerous immigrants on the Nevada side of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Waldo put great effort into recruiting and delivering supplies for them, and became well known for his relief attempts. In 1853 the Whig party nominated Waldo as their candidate for Governor, but he narrowly lost to the incumbent John Bigler. Following his defeat, he returned east, first to Minnesota and then back to Missouri where his wife and children had remained. In his later years he moved to Texas, where he died.
William Waldo is said to be the namesake of Waldo, Oregon where he accidentally campaigned, believing the settlement was in California, and of Waldo Point near Sausalito, California. He was the brother of Oregon politician Daniel Waldo.
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Waldo Grade
Further reading
Goodrich, James W. "Profit, Philanthropy and Politics: William Waldo's California Years, 1850-1853." Southern California Quarterly 58(Fall 1976): 359–379.
Biography of William Waldo, St. Clair County (Missouri) Democrat, June 27, 1940, quoted in .
Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner, The Beginnings of San Francisco (1912: San Francisco) quoted in .
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The Pacific Coast of Mexico or West Coast of Mexico stretches along the coasts of western Mexico at the Pacific Ocean and its Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez).
Geography
Baja California peninsula
On the western Baja California peninsula coast, it extends from the border with the United States at Tijuana in the state of Baja California, south to the tip of the peninsula at Cabo San Lucas in the state of Baja California Sur. On the peninsula's eastern coast it extends from the head of the Gulf of California to Cabo San Lucas.
Mainland
Along Mexico's western mainland its Pacific Coast extends from the head of the eastern Gulf of California near the Colorado River Delta in the state of Sonora to south of the gulf to the open Pacific, and then further south to the border with Guatemala in the state of Chiapas near Tapachula.
Settlements
Major Pacific coastal cities include Tijuana, Ensenada, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco, and Salina Cruz.
Ports
Major ports along the Pacific Coast of Mexico included the Port of Ensenada, the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas, the Port of Chiapas, and the Port of Manzanillo.
History
By the 8th century in the Acapulco Bay area, there was a small culture first be dominated by the Olmecs, then the Teotihuacan, the Maya, and in 1486 by the Aztec Empire.
After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519−1521), the Pacific Coast of present-day Mexico was first seen by Europeans at Acapulco Bay. It occurred in either 1523 by explorers sent by Hernán Cortés via land, or in 1526 by Santiago Guevara via ship.
The Augustinian friar and navigator Andrés de Urdaneta had discovered the return Spanish trade route (tornaviaje) from the colonial Philippines to the Pacific Coast of Mexico in 1565, using the Pacific's volta do mar. The Manila-Acapulco Galleons were Spanish trading ships that made round-trip sailing voyages annually across the Pacific Ocean, from the port of Acapulco in the Spanish colonial México to Manila in the Spanish East Indies and back. Both under the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain.
"Manila Galleons" is also used to refer to the trade route between colonial Acapulco and Manila, which lasted from 1565 to 1815.
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Ernest Grégoire Yélémou (born July 13, 1988) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a striker. He made a scoring debut for Bejaia in their 3–2 defeat at home to ES Sétif in the 2011–12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 on January 31.
Club career
On January 12, 2012, Yélémou signed for Algerian club JSM Bejaia. On January 31, 2012, he made his debut for the club as a starter in a league game against ES Setif, scoring a goal in the 40th minute of the game.
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The 1952 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1952 college football season. In their second year under head coach Ed Price, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 9–2, with a mark of 6–0 in conference play, and finished as SWC champion. Texas concluded their season with a victory over Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
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Bud McFadin, Guard, Cotton Bowl Classic Co-Most Valuable Player
Bud McFadin, Consensus All-American
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Desmond Hector (born 14 November 1968) is a Guyanese middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Michael Nicholson (9 January 1937 – 11 December 2016) was an English journalist, specializing in war reporting, and a newscaster. He was ITN's Senior Foreign Correspondent.
Early life
Nicholson was born in Romford, Essex, on 9 January 1937, the son of a Royal Engineers officer. He spent part of his childhood in West Germany. He received his formal education at Leicester University.
Career
Nicholson joined ITV in 1964 and over the next forty years he reported from 18 war zones: Biafra, Israel, Vietnam, Cambodia, Congo, Cyprus, Afghanistan, Rwanda, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Indo-Pakistan, Northern Ireland, Falklands, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, the Gulf Wars, 'Desert Storm' 1991 and 'Shock and Awe,' Baghdad 2003.
During the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974, Nicholson's car broke down just as Turkish paratroopers were landing over his head onto the island. Nicholson walked up to the first of them and greeted them with 'I'm Michael Nicholson. Welcome to Cyprus'. His film was flown back to London on an RAF plane and made the evening news the following day.
In 1975, Nicholson went to South Vietnam, and reported several events followed by the Fall of Saigon, including the battle of Newport Bridge (), a key passway where ARVN soldiers fighting the last stand against PAVN troops and Vietcong heading for the capital, and the US Embassy gathered around by thousands of panic Vietnamese citizens trying to leave the country by American helicopters. Nicholson got into the embassy compound in the afternoon on April 29, and took one helicopter to waiting in the South China Sea.
Nicholson was ITN's first bureau chief in South Africa, based in Johannesburg from 1976 to 1981 and the first television correspondent to be allowed to live in apartheid South Africa, a brief covering Africa from Cape Town to the Sahara. During this time Nicholson covered the Soweto riots, spent much time in UDI Rhodesia covering the war of independence and was the first foreign journalist to interview Robert Mugabe on his release from prison.
In 1978 he and his cameraman Tom Phillips and sound recordist Micky Doyle, were in Angola to interview the UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi. Pursued by Cuban mercenaries working for the communist MPLA government, they were trapped and spent four and a half months in the bush, walking a total of 1,500 miles, trying to escape. They were eventually airlifted out in a dramatic escape.
In 1981 he returned to Britain, motoring overland through Africa and Europe with his wife Diana and two small sons, Tom and William, a six-month journey of some twelve thousand miles, recorded in the book Across the Limpopo.
Nicholson was on holiday in the Lake District when the Falklands War broke out. Flown by a chartered aircraft to Southampton he boarded the aircraft carrier for the six-week journey to the South Atlantic. He commented about the experience: "this was the first war, other than Northern Ireland, where I was among my own people. It made it a very special war and the Falklands a very special place." Nicholson and BBC journalist Brian Hanrahan (on his first major foreign story) were regularly flown over to the Royal Fleet auxiliary ships to broadcast their phoned reports, as broadcasting from Royal Navy ships was forbidden. After the conflict, Nicholson was awarded the South Atlantic Medal.
Nicholson also had a sporadic decade-long stint as a television newscaster, becoming known as a presenter on ITN's early evening News at 545. Initially hosting the bulletin on Fridays from its introduction in September 1976 (due to the inclusion of a World News segment on that day), and as a relief newscaster, he began alternating with Leonard Parkin as the regular host of the 545 from 1980 until 1982, when as aforementioned he was recalled as a war reporter to cover the Falklands War, providing a memorable report from Argentina about the sinking of the ARA General Belgrano during the conflict.
In January 1983, he returned to the News At 545, this time as the sole regular host, also making occasional appearances on ITN's weekend news bulletins over the next three years. He would continue this role until March 1986, when he decided to resign from studio newscasting to go back 'on the road'. He became Channel 4's Washington Correspondent for 'Breakfast News' in 1989 and ITN's Chief Foreign Correspondent 1989–1999.
Resuming his career as a war reporter, Nicholson joined the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Gloucester sending dispatches from the Gulf War in 1991. In 1992 he reported from the Yugoslav Wars, based mainly in Sarajevo.
He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1991, when he was surprised by Michael Aspel at the London offices of ITN.
From 1999-2009 he was a presenter/reporter with ITV's current affair programme 'Tonight', and was employed by BBC Radio 2 and 4. He was also employed by a variety of British national newspapers.
Awards
International Film & Television Monte Carlo 'Silver Nymph Award' (1976), for war reporting from the Vietnam War.
South Atlantic Medal (1982).
Royal Television Society's 'Journalist of the Year' (1991) (later winning the award three times).
'Richard Dimbleby Award' for Services to Television (1992).
Order of the British Empire (1992).
'Specialist Reporter of the Year' (1998), Royal Television Society.
Nicholson was also an EMMY Honours finalist in 1969 for 'Christmas in Biafra' and for 'Shooting the Messenger' in 2009, a Sony Broadcasting Awards finalist (2007), and three times Gold Medalist in New York's Broadcasting Guilds Award.
Publications
Fiction:
The Partridge Kite
Red Joker,
December Ultimatum
Pilgrim's Rest.
Dark Rosaleen
Non Fiction:
A Measure of Danger
Across the Limpopo
Natasha's Story
A State of War Exists – Reporters in the Line of Fire.
Natasha
While reporting from Sarajevo in 1992 Nicholson found 200 orphans living in a mortared and shelled building – four had already been killed. Nicholson pleaded with the authorities to evacuate them, including Natasha, a nine-year-old who had been abandoned by her mother. He smuggled her out of the country, claiming her as his daughter, and handing her to the immigration authorities at London Heathrow airport.
Despite protests from the Bosnian authorities and journalistic critics, Nicholson succeeded in adopting her. Natasha attended local state primary and secondary schools near her home in Surrey and later gained an HND in sports science from the University of Bath.
Nicholson published his experiences in his book, Natasha's Story on which the 1997 film Welcome to Sarajevo is based.
Personal life
Nicholson lived with his wife Diana, two sons Thomas and William, and adopted daughter Natasha in Grayswood, Haslemere, Surrey. He also had a daughter named Ana, whom he adopted from Brazil.
Death
Nicholson died at the age of 79 whilst on a holiday cruise ship in the Persian Gulf with his wife.
References
External links
Imperial War Museum Interview from 2003
1937 births
2016 deaths
Alumni of the University of Leicester
ITN newsreaders and journalists
British people of the Falklands War
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
British war correspondents
People of the Vietnam War
War correspondents of the Nigerian Civil War
People from Romford
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Holl Island
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Holl Island is a rocky, triangular-shaped Antarctic island, long, marking the south-western end of the Windmill Islands.
Discovery and naming
The island was mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946–1947, and USN Operation Windmill, 1947–1948. It was named by the US-ACAN for Lt. Richard C. Holl, USNR, photogrammetrist with the Navy Hydrographic Office, who served as surveyor with the Operation Windmill parties which established astronomical control stations on Holl Island and along Queen Mary and Knox Coasts. Churchill Point is the north-western point of the island; it was named by the US-ACAN for Radioman Robert W. Churchill, USN, a member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958.
Important Bird Area
A 1,052 ha site comprising both Holl Island and neighbouring O'Connor Island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports about 30,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguinss, estimated from 2011 satellite imagery. Other birds recorded as breeding in the IBA include snow petrels, Cape petrels, south polar skuas, Wilson's storm petrels and southern fulmars.
See also
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
List of Antarctic and Subantarctic islands
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
Niles Island
SCAR
Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
External links
Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
Seabird colonies
Penguin colonies
Windmill Islands
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Kanyalak Preedasuttijit (; born 23 February 1998) is a Thai professional golfer who won the Ladies European Thailand Championship on 24 June 2018. The victory enabled the 20-year-old to take advantage of the two-year exemption membership on the Ladies European Tour.
Early life
Kanyalak was born on the 23 February 1998 in Chonburi to Anan Preedasuttijit and Nitikan Krissadapon. She has a brother Natkawin who is three years her junior. She started playing golf at a young age and she is known by her nickname "Bew".
Junior career
In 2012 Kanyalak won the Jakarta World Golf Championship. for All Girls classes, as well as being part of Thailand's side that won the team event. In 2013 the team repeated their success at the same tournament with Kanyalak finishing as runner-up in the individual competition.
Amateur career
Kanyalak won both the 2014 and 2016 Thailand Ladies Amateur Championships. She won the 2015 Singha Classic on the All Thailand Golf Tour.
Professional career
2017
Kanyalak turned professional in 2017 at the age of 18 and played on the China LPGA Tour. In that year, Kanyalak finished third to fellow Thai Saranporn Langkulgasettrin at the Orient Masters Wuhan Challenge and then finished runner-up to China's Liu Wenbo at the Sun Car Zhangjiagang Shuangshan Classic. She finished the season in 7th position on the CLPGA Order of Merit. On 27 May, Kanyalak won her first title as a professional as she lifted the trophy at the 2nd Singha Sat Toyota Thai LPGA event at the Rancho Charnvee Resort and Country Club.
2018
The following year at the Orient Masters Wuhan Challenge she finished as runner-up to Huang Chin from Taiwan. At the end of 2018 she had finished 5th on the CLPGA Order of Merit. She then emerged onto the international golf scene with her victory at 2018 Ladies European Thailand Championship at Phoenix Golf and Country Club in Pattaya. This victory gave her a two-year membership on the Ladies European Tour, plus entries into both the 2018 Ricoh Women's British Open and the Evian Championship.
2019
Kanyalak competed on both the China LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. During the season she finished 13th at both the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic and the European Thailand Ladies Golf Championship. At the end of the season, she was ranked as the number 1 putter on the Ladies European Tour.
Professional wins (3)
Ladies European Tour wins (1)
All Thailand Golf Tour wins (1)
2015 Singha Classic (as an amateur)
Thai LPGA Tour wins (1)
2017 2nd Singha-SAT-Toyota Thai LPGA Championship
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Thailand): 2016
References
External links
Kanyalak Preedasuttijit
Ladies European Tour golfers
Kanyalak Preedasuttijit
1998 births
Living people
Kanyalak Preedasuttijit
Kanyalak Preedasuttijit
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Mark Bittner
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Mark Bittner (born November 29, 1951 in Vancouver, Washington) is an American writer. He is the author of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, the book which accompanies the film The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.
Bittner spent 14 years on the streets of San Francisco after his dream of becoming a professional musician fell apart. After many years of doing odd jobs while maintaining a The Dharma Bums-type lifestyle, he found a flock of naturalized parrots (mostly cherry-headed conures, also known as red-masked parakeets) in the area of Telegraph Hill.
His book, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, and the documentary of the same name, by Judy Irving, describe that encounter and the relationship he formed with the birds. In 2006, Judy married Mark Bittner after the two fell in love during the filming of Parrots.
Bittner later concluded that human feeding of the wild birds in parks (as opposed to backyard feeders) was a bad idea. He was among those who persuaded the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to pass an ordinance prohibiting the practice.
Bittner is a member of the South End Rowing Club.
References
External links
THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL site for Independent Lens on PBS
Official page of Documentary Movie
An excerpt from "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill A Love Story ... with Wings," by Mark Bittner
1951 births
Living people
American memoirists
Writers from Vancouver, Washington
Writers from San Francisco
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1978 Allan Cup
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The 1978 Allan Cup was the Canadian senior ice hockey championship for the 1977–78 senior "A" season. The event was hosted by the Kimberley Dynamiters in Kimberley, British Columbia. The 1978 playoff marked the 70th time that the Allan Cup has been awarded.
Teams
Brantford Alexanders (Eastern Canadian Champions)
Kimberley Dynamiters (Western Canadian Champions)
Best-of-Seven Series
Kimberley Dynamiters 6 - Brantford Alexanders 2
Kimberley Dynamiters 4 - Brantford Alexanders 2
Brantford Alexanders 5 - Kimberley Dynamiters 3
Kimberley Dynamiters 5 - Brantford Alexanders 2
Kimberley Dynamiters 7 - Brantford Alexanders 3
External links
Allan Cup archives
Allan Cup website
Allan Cup
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Girdallı, Kastamonu
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Girdallı is a village in the Kastamonu District, Kastamonu Province, Turkey. Its population is 73 (2021).
References
Villages in Kastamonu District
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Martinsdale Colony, Montana
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Martinsdale Colony is a Hutterite community and census-designated place (CDP) in Wheatland County, Montana, United States. It is on the western edge of the county, bordered to the west by Meagher County and northeast of the unincorporated community of Martinsdale. The Musselshell River forms the southern edge of the CDP.
U.S. Route 12 runs through the southern part of the CDP, leading east to Harlowton, the Wheatland county seat, and west to White Sulphur Springs.
The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
Demographics
Education
It is zoned to Harlowton Public Schools.
References
Census-designated places in Wheatland County, Montana
Census-designated places in Montana
Hutterite communities in the United States
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Banqiao Power Station
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Banqiao Power Station, also known as Nanjing Thermal Power Station and Jiangsu Nanre Coal Power Plant, is a coal-fired power station in the Jiangsu province of China, located near the city of Nanjing.
Banqiao Power Station is owned by China Resources Power Holdings Co Ltd. It has been active since 2004 and has a power capacity of 830 Megawatt. Its operational units consist of 2 × 135 MW and 2 × 330 MW.
See also
List of coal power stations
List of largest power stations in the world
List of power stations in China
References
Coal-fired power stations in China
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Amir Shahreen Mubin
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Amir Shahreen Abd Mubin (born 27 June 1983) is a Kazakhstan born Malaysian professional footballer. He operates as a midfielder for Malacca United F.C.
Malacca United F.C.
On 8 February 2014, Amir scored his first goal for Malacca United F.C. in a friendly match against Harimau Muda A.
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060602/http://www.ifball.com/index.php?option=com_joomleague&view=player&p=8%3Apfa-2014&tid=41%3Amelaka-telekom&pid=1250%3Aamir-shahreen-abd-mubin
http://www.goal.com/en-ng/people/kazakhstan/66705/amir-shahreen-bin-abdul-mubin
https://web.archive.org/web/20140521221711/http://www.sport195.com/athletes/amir_shahreen_mubin_6930/preview
https://web.archive.org/web/20140222055037/http://www.sports247.my/tag/amir-shahreen-mubin/
Malaysian men's footballers
Living people
1983 births
FELDA United F.C. players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Melaka United F.C. players
Kazakhstani emigrants to Malaysia
Citizens of Malaysia through descent
Men's association football midfielders
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Valdelageve
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Valdelageve is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2016 the municipality has a population of 81 inhabitants.
References
Municipalities in the Province of Salamanca
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Berkeh Doka
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Berkeh Doka (, also Romanized as Berkeh Dokā and Berkeh-ye Dokā’; also known as Berkeh Dokān, Berkeh Dūkūn, Berkeh-ye Dowkā, Berkeh-ye Dūkā’, Birkeh Dugān, Deh Gūn, and Dūkūn) is a village in Kushk-e Nar Rural District, Kushk-e Nar District, Parsian County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 800, in 139 families.
References
Populated places in Parsian County
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Jarma Lewis
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Jarma Toy Lewis (June 5, 1931 – November 12, 1985) was an American film actress and model active in the 1950s.
Biography
Jarma Lewis came from a family of Anglo-Irish ancestry, attended Los Angeles City College. She first appeared in school theater productions and received her acting training at the Neighborhood Playhouse School in New York.
In the early 1950s, she played her first film roles. Lewis worked as a receptionist at a Beverly Hills dentist's office and was discovered by director Henry Hathaway, who cast her to play Queen Guinevere in his knight film Prince Valiant. She was subsequently employed as a starlet and up-and-coming actress at 20th Century Fox (1954) and MGM (1955-57). Together with Taina Elg and Luana Leeshe she was one of the youngest performers signed to MGM at the time. She first worked with directors such as Curt Siodmak, Otto Preminger, Stanley Donen, Richard Thorpe, and later with Vincente Minnelli and Edward Dmytryk. Lewis was seen in different genres such as comedy, thriller, crime, drama, and historical films.
Lewis has also had episode roles in a number of TV series and guest appearances on TV shows.
Lewis turned to writing in the 1970s and served on the board of directors of the UCLA Art Council for 15 years. She died in November 1985 at the age of 54 at her home in Beverly Hills.
Personal life
In November 1955, she married the industrial magnate Benjamin Edward Bensinger III, whose family had made fortune by selling and installing bowling alleys. The couple honeymooned in South America and then settled in Los Angeles. The marriage, which ended in divorce in October 1984, produced three sons.
Filmography
Feature films
Raintree County (1957) as Barbara Drake
The Conqueror (1956) as Girl in bath
The Tender Trap (1955) as Jessica [Collins]
Women's Prison (1955) as Prisoner
The Cobweb (1955) as Lois Y. Demuth
It's a Dog's Life (1955) as Mabel Maycroft
The Marauders (1955) as Hannah Ferber
The Prodigal (1955) as Uba
Woman's World (1954) as Woman in bargain basement
Prince Valiant (1954) as Queen Guinevere
River of No Return (1954) as Dancer
The French Line (1954) as Model
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) as Lem's girlfriend
The Magnetic Monster (1953) as Stewardess
April in Paris (1953) as Chorine
The WAC from Walla Walla (1952) as Specialist
Television
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) (Season 2 Episode 19: "A Bottle of Wine") as Grace Connors
References
External links
1931 births
1985 deaths
20th-century American actresses
American female models
American film actresses
American television actresses
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 704
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United Nations Security Council resolution 704, adopted without a vote on 9 August 1991, after examining the application of the Marshall Islands for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that the Marshall Islands be admitted.
On 17 September 1991, the General Assembly admitted the Republic of the Marshall Islands under Resolution 46/3.
See also
List of United Nations member states
List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 701 to 800 (1991–1993)
References
External links
Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
0704
0704
0704
August 1991 events
1991 in the Marshall Islands
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Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli (14 April 1914 – 14 November 1950) was a Turkish poet. Kanık is one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet. Aiming to fundamentally transform traditional form in Turkish poetry, he introduced colloquialisms into the poetic language. Besides his poetry, Kanık crammed a lot of volume of works including essays, articles and translations in just 36 years.
Orhan Veli shunned everything old in order to be able to bring about a new 'taste', refusing to use syllable and aruz meters. He professed to regarding the rhyme primitive, literary rhetoric techniques such as metaphor, simile, hyperbole unnecessary. Set out "to do away with all tradition, everything that bygone literatures taught", although this desire of Kanık limits the technical possibilities in his poetry, the poet broke new grounds for himself with the themes and personalities he covered and the vocabulary he employed. He brought the poetic language closer to the spoken language by adopting a plain phraseology.
In 1941 his poems embodying these ideas were published in a poetry volume named Garip, released jointly with his friends Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet, which led to the emergence of the Garip movement. This movement had a huge influence especially between the years 1945–1950 on Republican era Turkish verse. The Garip poetry is accepted as a touchstone in Turkish verse for its both destructive and constructive effects.
At first Kanık mostly was found peculiar, he was criticized harshly, and heaped upon much opprobrium because of the innovations he introduced to poetry. Although Orhan Veli's tradition-transgressing works were first received with bemusement and dismay, and were subject to derision and contempt later, they have always aroused interest. This interest however, eventually led to an increase in understanding of, and affection and admiration for the poet. Sait Faik Abasıyanık called attention to this aspect of Orhan Veli's public standing identifying him as "a poet who was much scrutinized, at times mocked, at times embraced, then again rejected, to be once again acclaimed; who achieved both great fame and notoriety in his time".
Although he stands out with his Garip period poems, Orhan Veli had eschewed writing poetry of a "single type". Kanık had been renewing himself and searching without cease throughout his career in literature, a long adventure of poetry in a short life, that consists of different stages. Oktay Rıfat has explained this by saying: "Orhan lived in his very short lifetime an adventure in poetry equal to a few generations of French poets. Turkish poetry became head to head with European poetry thanks to his pen.", and "A transformation which several generations back to back could maybe achieve, he completed in a few years."
Life
Childhood and education
Orhan Veli Kanık was born at number 9 Çayır Alley on the İshak Ağa Climb in Yalıköy Beykoz, on 14 April 1914. His father, Mehmet Veli, was the son of Fehmi Bey, a merchant from İzmir, while his mother was Fatma Nigar, Hacı Ahmet Bey's daughter from Beykoz. According to the population registry, his birth name is Ahmet Orhan, but he came to be known as Orhan Veli after his father before a Surname Law was enacted in Turkey. His father, Veli Kanık was a clarinetist in the Imperial Military Band at the time of his marriage. He became a conductor when the band moved to Ankara to become the Presidential Symphony Orchestra after the declaration of Republic in Turkey. Because of this new position, as well as that of a professor of harmony in Music Teachers' School (later Ankara State Conservatory) he lived in Ankara between the years 1923–1948. Veli Bey also served for a while as a director at Ankara Radio during this period. Later on he moved to Istanbul Conservatory to serve as a member of its scientific board, and he also worked as an audio specialist in İstanbul Radio. Orhan Veli had two younger siblings: journalist Adnan Veli Kanık of Vatan Newspaper and Füruzan Yolyapan. It appears the poet also had a baby sister named Ayşe Zerrin who died in Ankara at the age of one.
Orhan Veli spent his childhood years in Beykoz, Beşiktaş and Cihangir. He started at the kindergarten class of Anafartalar Elementary School in Akaretler during the days of Armistice. After a year however, he was enrolled as a boarding student in Galatasaray High School. He was circumcised at a mass ceremony organized by Caliph Abdülmecit in the Yıldız Palace when was seven. In 1925 after completing fourth grade he left Galatasaray High School to move with his mother to Ankara on his father's wish. There he was enrolled in the Gazi Elementary School. After a year he moved to Ankara High School for Boys as a boarder. Kanık suffered several health problems in his childhood. At five he was badly burnt and had to receive treatment for a prolonged period. He contracted measles at nine, and scarlet fever when he was seventeen years old.
Kanık's interest in literature began in elementary school years. A story of his was published in the magazine "Çocuk Dünyası" (Child's World) at this time. He met his lifelong friend Oktay Rıfat Horozcu in seventh grade. He would make friends with Melih Cevdet Anday a few years later, at a student show in a Community Center. In Kanık's first year of high school Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar was his teacher and an early mentor providing advice and guidance. The poet published a magazine named "Sesimiz" (Our Voice) with his friends Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet during his high school years. This stage in the artist's life was when he learned and gained an appreciation of the rules and harmony of the traditional aruz meter, and wrote his first poems.
He also exhibited an interest in theater while in high school. He had parts in several public performances, in the play "Aktör Kin" starring Raşit Rıza, as "Üstad-ı Sanî" in Ahmet Vefik Paşa's Moliere adaptation "Zor Nikâh" (Le Mariage forcé) staged by Ercüment Behzat Lav in the Ankara Community Center, and as the "father" in Maurice Maeterlinck's "Monna Vanna". Kanık would keep up his involvement in theater in later years as a translator, translating many plays into Turkish.
The poet graduated from high school in 1932. He was enrolled in the philosophy chair of Istanbul University's Department of Literature. In 1933 he was elected the president of the Department of Literature Students' Association. He dropped out of the university in 1935 without obtaining his degree. He continued with his teacher's assistant position at the Galatasaray High School for another year after dropping out of college.
Later life and literary career
Kanık moved to Ankara and was hired at Telegraph Department International Orders Bureau of the PTT, the Turkish national mail and telegraph service. He got together with his old friend Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet, and the trio began writing poetry in a similar style. In 1936 Orhan Veli's poems "Oaristys", "Ebabil", "Eldorado", "Düşüncelerimin Başucunda" were published in the "Varlık" magazine upon Nahid Sırrı Örik's suggestion. In the magazine Orhan Veli and his friends were introduced with these words: "Varlık is boosting its cadre of poets with new and powerful young pens. Orhan Veli, whose four poems you may read below, manifests a mature art even though he has never been published before. In our future issues he will bespeak better the new breath he and his friends Oktay Rıfat, Melih Cedet and Mehmet Ali Sel are bringing to our poetry."
These first poems were followed by others, some of which were published under the alias Mehmet Ali Sel. Between 1936 and 1942 his poetry and essays were published in the magazines "İnsan", "Ses", "Gençlik", "Küllük", "İnkılâpçı Gençlik" as well as Varlık. Because of the form, structure and content of his works from the early days of this period, he was seen as a syllabic verse poet. After 1937 however, Kanık, like Horozcu and Anday, began publishing new style poems.
In 1939 Orhan Veli was in a car accident with his friend Melih Cevdet, as a result of which he was in a coma for twenty days. Melih Cevdet was driving the car they were in when it rolled off the top of Çubuk Dam. In May 1942 the Garip collection was published. This volume included 24 poems from Orhan Veli, along with 16 by Melih Cevdet and 20 by Oktay Rıfat. Orhan Veli had also penned the sensational introduction of the volume. Garip marks the beginning of the Garip movement, also known as the "Birinci Yeni" (the First New). Kanık, Horozcu and Anday were adopting a radical stance rejecting both the syllabist tradition and Ahmet Haşim's poetry that preceded them, and Nazım Hikmet's social-realist verse. The poetry and the introduction of the Garip volume caused controversy in the Turkish literary world. A specific line by Orhan Veli became a focus of dispute: "Yazık oldu Süleyman Efendi'ye". Some denounced it, and there were also some charges of plagiarism, yet on the other hand a number of critics found it to be one of the most eloquently written lines in Turkish. All the surrounding debate popularized the line to the point that, according to Nurullah Ataç, "it was in all the ferries, trams, coffeehouses", indeed becoming an idiomatic expression. Another line by the poet that has been at least as popular in daily language is "Bir de rakı şişesinde balık olsam" (..one more thing, would that I were a fish in a bottle of rakı), which Orhan Veli had written specifically to satirize Ahmet Haşim's famous line "Göllerde bu dem bir kamış olsam (Would that in this moment I were a cane of reed in the lakes)".
He left PTT in 1942 for his mandatory military service. He served until 1945 in Kavakköy in Gallipoli. During this time only six poems of his were published. He was discharged in 1945 as a lieutenant and started working in the Translations Department of the Ministry of Education. His translations from French were published in the Classics series of the Ministry. He published a volume of poetry titled "Vazgeçemediğim" in February 1945, and a second edition of Garip containing only his poetry in April. These were followed by "Destan Gibi" in 1946 and "Yenisi" in 1947.
With the departure of Hasan Âli Yücel as the minister of education following the 1946 elections, the Translations Office he had founded lost its prominence in the ministry. Kanık resigned shortly after. In later years he would point to the discomfort of the oppressive atmosphere that had taken over the ministry with the incoming minister Reşat Şemsettin Sirer as the reason for his resignation. He started writing essays and reviews in the newspapers "Hür" and "Zincirli Hürriyet" published by Mehmet Ali Aybar. In 1948 he translated La Fontaine's tales into Turkish and published his "Yolcu Notları" in the "Ulus" newspaper.
Gatherings with friends such as Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Abidin Dino, Necati Cumalı, Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet, who had all found themselves in a similar situation after the changes in the Ministry of Education, led to the idea of bringing out a new magazine together at the end of 1948. Financially supported by Mahmut Dikerdem the literary magazine Yaprak was a biweekly. Orhan Veli was the publisher and the editor in chief, which got him deeply involved with the financial health of the publication, at one point even causing him to sell his coat to cover costs. He had had to sell the paintings given to him as gifts by Abidin Dino to pay for bringing out the very last issue. Yaprak'''s first issue came out on 1 January 1949, and it was continued for 28 issues in total until June 1950, bringing to public works by many writers and poets including Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Cahit Külebi. In Yaprak Orhan Veli's intellectual and opinion leader aspects besides his position as a poet also came to light. He opinionated on the upcoming elections in the magazine. Socially conscious poetry by Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet were published. In the same time period Orhan Veli, Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet campaigned for Nazım Hikmet's release from prison, holding a three-day hunger strike. During 1949 Orhan Veli adapted Nasreddin Hoca tales into verse, published his last volume of poetry Karşı and co-translated Charles Lamb adaptations of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and "the Merchant of Venice" into Turkish with Şehbal Erdeniz.
Death
After Yaprak was shuttered Kanık moved back to Istanbul. He was visiting Ankara for a couple of weeks when on 10 November 1950 he fell down a hole in the street dug by the municipality works, hurt seemingly lightly. He returned to Istanbul two days later. On 14 November he felt sick while having lunch at a friend's house and was admitted to hospital. He was misdiagnosed and treated for alcohol poisoning, slipping into a coma at 20:00 the same evening. He died of a brain aneurysm at 23:30 in Cerrahpaşa Hospital, Istanbul.
For the 38th anniversary of his death a sculpture of him was inaugurated in Aşiyan Asri Cemetery where he is buried. In 1998 two more sculptures were made featuring him, this time in Vişnezade. He is featured in Gürdal Duyars Şairler Sofası which was erected in a park of the same name. The sculpture features him in a composition that also includes 6 other famous Turkish poets. In the same park Namık Denizhans sculpture of Orhan Veli was also erected.
Works Garip (Together with Oktay Rifat and Melih Cevdet, 1941)Garip (1945)Vazgeçemediğim (1945)Destan Gibi (1946)Yenisi (1947)Karşı (1949)Collected Poems (1951, 1975)
Translations Güneş/Sol, Leonardo da Fonseca (trad.), (n.t.) Revista Literária em Tradução'', nº 2 (mar/2011), Fpolis/Brasil, ISSN 2177-5141
References
Translation from the corresponding article in the Turkish Wikipedia
External links
Just for the Hell of It — a website with many of Orhan Veli's poems, as translated by Talat Sait Halman
Poems By Orhan Veli — a website with Orhan Veli's poems, as translated by Murat Nemet Nejat
Official Web Site — official web site of Orhan Veli Kanık
1914 births
1950 deaths
People from Beykoz
Darülfünun alumni
Turkish poets
Turkish satirists
Burials at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery
20th-century poets
Deaths from intracranial aneurysm
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn%20Polson
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Lynn Polson
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Lynn Polson Hamilton (born 19 April 1962) is a Canadian former basketball player. She competed for Canada in the women's basketball tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the Canadian team finished in fourth place. She then represented Canada at the 1986 FIBA World Championship for Women, where the team finished in third place and won a bronze medal.
Personal life
Polson was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. Polson married rower Doug Hamilton, who also competed at the 1984 Olympics and won a bronze medal. She is the mother of NHL hockey players Dougie and Freddie Hamilton.
Awards and honors
Top 100 U Sports women's basketball Players of the Century (1920-2020).
Bishop's Gaiters Wall of Distinction: Inducted in 2004
References
External links
Athlete Biography at Sports Reference
Lynn POLSON at FIBA Archive
1962 births
Canadian women's basketball players
Living people
Basketball people from Ontario
Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic basketball players for Canada
Sportspeople from St. Catharines
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Amblyptilia acanthadactyloides
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Amblyptilia acanthadactyloides is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.
References
Moths described in 1997
Amblyptilia
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Third degree medal of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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The Third Degree Medal for Impeccable Service in Migration Bodies (Azerbaijani: ") is a state award of Azerbaijan, awarded for service to Azerbaijan's State Migration Service. The award was established on November 16, 2012.
Description of the medal
The medal of the Republic of Azerbaijan for impeccable service in the State Migration Service, or migration bodies, is awarded in three degrees—the medal for the 3rd degree being the lowest—to employees with a special rank of service in migration bodies of the Azerbaijan Republic who have completed 10, 15 and 20 calendar years by March 19 of each year for flawless performance of official duties. The medal of the Republic of Azerbaijan of the 3rd degree "For impeccable service in migration bodies" is awarded to the persons who have served in migration bodies for at least 10 years.
The way of wearing
The medal is attached to a 27 mm x 47.5 mm rectangular ribbon with an element for attaching to a garment with a loop. On both sides of the red tape, there are 3 light yellow vertical stripes 1.5 mm wide and 2.5 mm wide, 2 mm apart in the center. A smooth, 4mm wide silver plate is attached to the top of a black ribbon.
References
Sources
https://migration.gov.az/content/pdf/ae189c133c70a7d5c7d3df4d65d61890.pdf
Regulations on the medal of the Republic of Azerbaijan "For impeccable service in migration bodies"
"Miqrasiya orqanlarında qulluqda fərqlənməyə görə", "Miqrasiya orqanları ilə səmərəli əməkdaşlığa görə" və "Miqrasiya orqanlarında qüsursuz qulluğa görə" Azərbaycan Respublikası medallarının təsis edilməsi ilə əlaqədar "Azərbaycan Respublikasının orden və medallarının təsis edilməsi haqqında" Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanununda dəyişikliklər edilməsi barədə" Azərbaycan Respublikasının 2012-ci il 2 noyabr tarixli 454-IVQD nömrəli Qanununda dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında Azәrbaycan Respublıkasinin Qanunu
Article
The law - elibrary.az
Azərbaycanda miqrasiya sahəsində çalışanlar üçün yeni medallar təsis olundu news.milli.az
New medals have been established in Azerbaijan for those working in the field of migration.
Military awards and decorations of Azerbaijan
Awards established in 2018
2018 establishments in Azerbaijan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Bonnet
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Pierre Bonnet
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Pierre Bonnet may refer to:
(fl. 1585), French composer
Pierre Ossian Bonnet (1819–1892), French mathematician
Pierre Bonnet (naturalist) (1897–1990), French arachnologist
Pierre Bonnet (boxer) (1910–1983), French boxer
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Geraldine James
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Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950) is an English actress.
Early life and family
James was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to parents both with backgrounds in the medical profession, her father a cardiologist, her mother a nurse. She failed her 11 plus exam, so was educated at Downe House, a girls' independent school in Newbury, Berkshire, where she was known as Gerry Thomas. Embarrassed by her simple surname, James used the grander-sounding double-barrelled name of Vaughan-Thomas while at school.
After graduating from the Drama Centre London in 1973, she began her career in repertory theatre. On 17 January 1977, she met her husband, Joseph Blatchley, at a party.
Acting
James has been nominated four times for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress; for Dummy (1977), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Band of Gold (1995) and The Sins (2000). For her role as Portia in the 1989 Broadway revival of The Merchant of Venice, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play. She also won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1989 Venice Film Festival for She's Been Away. Her film credits include Gandhi (1982), The Tall Guy (1989), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and 45 Years (2015). Since 2017, she has starred in the Netflix series Anne with an E as Marilla Cuthbert, and in the 2019 film Downton Abbey as Queen Mary.
Theatre director Peter Hall said that James ranks amongst the great English classical actresses.
Credits
Film appearances
The Dumb Waiter (1979) as Sally
Bloody Kids (1980) as Ritchie's Wife
Sweet William (1980) as Pamela
Gandhi (1982) as Mirabehn
Freedom Fighter (1988) as Krista Donner
The Tall Guy (1989) as Carmen
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989) as Mrs. Gertrude Brisket
Prince of Shadows (1991) as Rebecca Osorio
If Looks Could Kill – Teen Agent, (1991) as Vendetta Galante
The Bridge (1992) as Mrs Todd
Words Upon the Window Pane (1994) as Mrs. Henderson
Moll Flanders (1996) as Edna
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) as Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin
The Luzhin Defence (2000) as Vera
Lover's Prayer (2001) as Mother
An Angel for May (2002)
Calendar Girls (2003) as Marie
Northanger Abbey (2007) as the narrator
Sherlock Holmes (2009) as Mrs Hudson
Alice in Wonderland (2010) as Lady Ascot
Made in Dagenham (2010) as Connie
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) as Cecilia Vanger
Arthur (2011) as Vivienne Bach
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) as Mrs Hudson
45 Years (2015) as Lena
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) as Lady Ascot
Rogue One (2016) as Jaldine Gerams (Blue 3)
Daphne (2017)
Anne with an E (2017) as Marilla Cuthbert
Megan Leavey (2017) as The Veterinarian
Beast (2017)
Downton Abbey (2019) as Mary of Teck
Benediction (2021)
Music appearances
Human. :II: Nature. (2020)
Radio appearances
Television appearances
The Sweeney: Pay Off (1976) as Shirley Glass
Dummy (1977) as Sandra X
Shoestring (1979) Nine tenths of the law.
The History Man (1981) as Barbara Kirk
I Remember Nelson (1982) as Emma Hamilton
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) as Sarah Layton
Blott on the Landscape (1985) as Lady Maud Lynchwood
Echoes (1988) as Angela O'Hara
Inspector Morse: Who Killed Harry Field (1991) as Helen Field
A Doll's House (1992) as Kristine Linde
Band of Gold (1995–1997) as Rose Garrety
Kavanagh QC (1995–1999) as Eleanor Harker QC
Rebecca (1997) as Beatrice
Little Britain as Mother of Harvey Pincher (cameo)
The Sins (2000) as Gloria Green
State of Play (2003) as Yvonne Shaps
Hex (2004) as Lilith Hughes
He Knew He Was Right (2004) as Lady Rowley
Agatha Christie's Poirot – After the Funeral, (2005) as Helen Abernethie
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006) as Hilary Rees-Benson
A Harlot's Progress (2006)
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) as Cornelia
The Last Enemy (2008) as Barbara Turney
Heist (2008) as Joanna
Midsomer Murders (2010) Series 13, episode 8, "Fit for Murder" as Miranda Bedford
Thirteen Steps Down (2012) as Gwendolyn
Utopia (2013) as Milner
Black Work (2015) as Chief Constable Carolyn Jarecki
The Five (2016) as Julia Wells
Anne with an E (2017–2019) as Marilla Cuthbert (adaptation of Anne of Green Gables)
Back to Life (2019-2021) as Caroline Matteson
The Beast Must Die (2021) as Joy
Silo (2023) as Mayor Ruth Jahns
This Town ()
Theatre appearances
Portia opposite Dustin Hoffman in the London and Broadway productions of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
Hedda Gabler at the Royal Exchange, Manchester in 1993.
Rosalind in As You Like It, at the RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, in 2023.
Awards
Honours
James was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours.
References
External links
"The Jewel That is James" – Interview by Jeremy Taylor for bmi Voyager October 2007
Q&A with Geraldine James in the Guardian
1950 births
English stage actresses
English film actresses
English television actresses
Drama Desk Award winners
Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners
People from Maidenhead
People educated at Downe House School
Alumni of the Drama Centre London
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Living people
20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses
Actresses from Berkshire
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners
English radio actresses
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apague%20la%20Luz%20y%20Escuche
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Apague la Luz y Escuche
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Apague La Luz y Escuche is a compilation album released by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona on through Sony Music on July 29, 2016. It contains ballads from previous studio albums released by Arjona from 1993 to 2014. The album charted at number 16 on the US Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and at number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums component chart.
Content and release
Apague La Luz y Escuche is the first compilation album released by Arjona since Lo Esencial De Ricardo Arjona in 2010.
Track listing
"Adiós Melancolía" – 5:16
"Te Acuerdas de Mí (Carta No. 2)" – 4:10
"Quesos, Cosas, Casas" – 4:42
"Para Bien o Para Mal (featuring Buena Fe)" – 4:34
"Lo Poco Que Queda de Mí" – 4:21
"Nada Es Como Tú" – 3:30
"Asignatura Pendiente" – 4:07
"Malena" – 2:53
"Que Nadie Vea" – 2:53
"A La Medida" – 5:17
"Su Menester" – 4:20
"Cisnes" – 4:48
"Duerme" – 4:40
"Caudillo" – 5:12
"De Vez En Mes" – 5:12
"Mi Novia Se Me Está Poniendo Vieja (featuring Carlos Varela)" – 5:01
"Te Juro (Bonus Track)" – 4:07
"Puente (Bonus Track)" – 4:48
Certifications
References
2012 compilation albums
Ricardo Arjona compilation albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Kirchner
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Otto Kirchner
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Otto Kirchner may refer to:
Otto Kirchner (painter)
Otto Kirchner (politician)
Otto Kirchner (SS officer)
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Anastase Gasana
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Anastase Gasana (born August 5, 1950, in Gikomero, near Kigali, Rwanda) is a Rwandan political figure and diplomat.
Gasana was a university professor before entering politics. Gasana was appointed as a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Rwanda for the first time in 1993 and signed Rwanda's accords with Tutsi rebels in Arusha, Tanzania. After the Rwandan Patriotic Front under Paul Kagame had taken over the country following the Rwandan genocide, Gasana was appointed as ambassador in Washington, US, but did not take office as of November 1994, he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs again.
He continued to be a leading member of the Rwandan government for over a decade. As foreign minister, it was left to Gasana to defend Rwanda's reaction to the genocide and its involvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo civil war to the international community. He remained Minister of Foreign Affairs until a February 1999 cabinet reshuffle. He then became a minister in the office of the President until 2001, when he became Ambassador to the United Nations. He left that position in 2003 and has not held any major post since then.
References
1950 births
Living people
Foreign ministers of Rwanda
Government ministers of Rwanda
Rwandan diplomats
Permanent Representatives of Rwanda to the United Nations
People from Gasabo District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25%20de%20Abril%20Bridge
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25 de Abril Bridge
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The 25 de Abril Bridge (, 25th of April Bridge, ) is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tagus River. It has a total length of , making it the 46th longest suspension bridge in the world.
At the time of its inauguration in 1966, the bridge was named Salazar Bridge (), after Portuguese Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, who ordered its construction. After the Carnation Revolution in 1974, which overthrew the remnants of Salazar's Estado Novo regime, the bridge was renamed for April 25, the date of the revolution. It is also commonly called the Tagus River Bridge (in Portuguese: Ponte sobre o Tejo = "bridge over the Tagus").
Later changes had to be made due to the rapid increase in population. In the 1990s, a fifth car lane was added, and in 1999, a lower deck, used as a railway track, which was planned since the beginning, was finally built. Today, the upper deck carries six car lanes while the lower deck carries a double track railway, electrified at 25 kV AC.
History
Construction
From the late 19th century, there had been proposals to build a bridge across the Tagus. In 1929, the idea advanced when the Portuguese engineer and entrepreneur, António Bello, requested a government concession for a railway crossing between Lisbon and Montijo (where the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the second bridge serving Lisbon, was later built in 1998). As a result, the Minister of Public Works, Duarte Pacheco, created a commission in 1933 to analyse the request. The commission reported in 1934, and proposed building a road and rail bridge. Bids were obtained, but the proposal was subsequently put aside in favor of a bridge crossing the river at Vila Franca de Xira, north of Lisbon.
In 1953, a new government commission started work and, in 1958, recommended building the bridge, choosing the southern anchor point adjacent to the recently-built Christ the King monument (Cristo-Rei). In 1959, the international invitation to tender for the project received four bids. In 1960, the winner was announced as a consortium headed by the United States Steel Export Company, which had also submitted a bid in 1935. The American School of Lisbon was founded largely to educate the children of the American engineers brought to Portugal to work on the construction of the bridge.
Construction began on 5 November 1962. Forty-five months later, six months ahead of schedule, the bridge was inaugurated on 6 August 1966. Presiding at the ceremony was the President of Portugal, Admiral Américo Thomaz. Also present were the Prime-Minister, António de Oliveira Salazar, and the Patriarch of Lisbon, Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira. The bridge was named Salazar Bridge (Ponte Salazar), after Prime Minister Salazar.
United States Steel International Inc., based in New York, was prime contractor for the bridge. Morrison-Knudsen of Portugal Ltd., an American firm based in Boise, Idaho, was U.S. Steel's principal associate. Morrison-Knudsen had previously worked on the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The bridge was designed by Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and London of New York, and Tudor Engineering Company of San Francisco. The steel was imported from the US. Four workers died, out of a total of 3,000 who worked on the site. Construction took a total of 2,185,000 man-hours of work. The total cost of the bridge came to 2.2 billion Portuguese escudos, or US$32 million (US$225 million in 2011 adjusted for inflation).
Soon after the Carnation Revolution in 1974, the bridge was renamed the 25 de Abril Bridge, the day the revolution had occurred. A symbol of those times was captured on film, with citizens removing the large brass letters spelling "Salazar" from one of the main pillars of the bridge and painting a provisional "25 de Abril" in its place.
Expansion
The upper platform, running above water, had four car lanes, two in each direction, with a dividing guardrail. On 23 July 1990, the guardrail was removed and a fifth, reversible lane was created. On 6 November 1998, the side walls were extended and reinforced to make space for the present six lanes. Cars crossing the bridge make a peculiar hum - listen (59s) - because the two inner lanes are made of metallic grating rather than asphalt to minimize aerodynamic forces by means of pressure equalization.
Since 30 June 1999, the lower platform has carried a double track railway. To accommodate that, the bridge underwent extensive structural reinforcements, including a second set of main cables, placed above the original set, and the main towers were increased in height. The railway had been part of the initial design, but was eliminated for economy, so the initial structure was lightened. The original builder American Bridge Company was called again for the job, performing the first aerial spinning of additional main cables on a loaded, fully operational suspension bridge.
Traffic soon increased well beyond predictions, and has remained at maximum capacity despite the enlargement from four to six lanes, the addition of the railway, and the building of a second bridge serving Lisbon, the Vasco da Gama Bridge. A third bridge has been on and off government plans for some time, but the idea has been dropped presently, due to Portugal's budget constraints.
Popular culture
Several movies have been filmed on the bridge, including some scenes in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service when James Bond is in a car driving across a bridge with Marc Ange Draco's henchmen, and it is also featured near the end of the movie when Bond marries Tracy and drives across the bridge with her in Bond's Aston Martin.
Normally, pedestrians cannot walk across the bridge, but every year there is a half-marathon that starts on the south bank and finishes in the north bank (Belem).
In September 2017, an observation deck was built allowing people to go to the platform.
Tolls
Using the bridge has always incurred a toll, first in both directions and then, from 1993, while travelling northbound only. The toll plaza situated on the south bank of the Tagus River. The tolls have become a source of political dispute in recent years. The bridge was projected to have paid all debt in 20 years, and to become toll-free (or have a reduced toll) after that period. However, the Government kept charging tolls well beyond the 20-year period, until it gave the concession to Lusoponte, creating a monopoly of the Tagus crossing in Lisbon.
When opened, people had to park their car and walk to buy a toll ticket costing 20 escudos. On 14 June 1994, the government, which ran the bridge at the time, raised the toll by 50%, from 100 to 150 escudos, to prepare to give the bridge into private concession for 40 years from 1 January 1996. The concessionaire was Lusoponte, a private consortium formed to build the Vasco da Gama Bridge at no cost to the public finances in exchange for tolls from both bridges. As a result, a popular uprising led to road blockades of the bridge and consequent police charges, an event which made the right-wing Government highly unpopular and which many believe led to a centre-left win in the 1995 general elections. The toll is set at €1.85 for passenger cars (), northbound (into Lisbon). There is no toll southbound, and until 2010, no tolls were collected during the month of August. From 2011 on, the Portuguese Government abolished that exception, in order to help the efforts to reduce the budget deficit.
Assuming that no legal changes happen, the concession will end on 24 March 2030, after which the bridge will again be state-managed.
Design
The 25 de Abril Bridge is based in part on two San Francisco Bay Area bridges. Its paint is the same International Orange color as the famous Golden Gate Bridge, and the design is similar as well to the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Both the Bay Bridge and the 25 de Abril Bridge were built by the same company. The American Society of Civil Engineers says: "Like its sister bridge, the SFOBB in San Francisco, the Tagus River Bridge is located in an area with a long history of earthquakes" and seismic data had to be taken into account in its construction. Another sister bridge is the Forth Road Bridge in Edinburgh.
Upon completion, the bridge had the longest suspended span and the longest main span in Continental Europe, the world's longest continuous truss, and the world's deepest bridge foundation. It was the fifth-largest suspension bridge in the world, and the largest outside the US. Today it is the 47th largest suspension bridge in the world.
Numbers
a daily average of 150,000 cars cross the bridge, including 7,000 on the peak hour. Rail traffic is also heavy, with a daily average of 157 trains. In all, around 380,000 people cross the bridge daily (190,000 if considering return trips).
Other numbers:
– length of main span
– length of truss
– height from water to upper platform
– height of main towers (seventh tallest structure in Portugal)
– diameter of each of the two sets of main cables
11,248 – number of steel wire strand cables, each in diameter, in each set of main cables
– length of steel wire strand cables making up the two sets of main cables
– depth (below water-level) of the foundation of the south pillar
– length of access roads
32 – viaducts in the access roads
See also
Vasco da Gama Bridge, another notable span serving Lisbon
Fertagus, trains
References
External links
A Ponte Salazar sobre o rio Tejo em Lisboa - 1966 (about the construction of the Tagus Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal, in the 1960s), a documentary directed by Leitão de Barros for the Portuguese government of Estado Novo, Google videos
Tagus River bridge entry at the American Bridge Company site
Bibliography
RODRIGUES, Luís Ferreira (2016). A ponte inevitável: a história da Ponte 25 de Abril. Lisboa: Guerra e Paz
Bridges completed in 1966
Road-rail bridges in Portugal
Suspension bridges in Portugal
Bridges in Lisbon
Bridges over the Tagus
Estado Novo (Portugal) architecture
Toll bridges in Portugal
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Charlotte Hollings is an American rower. In the 1994 World Rowing Championships she won a gold medal in the women's lightweight coxless four event.
References
American female rowers
World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American women
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Yevgeny Salakhov
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Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Salakhov (; born 25 January 1979) is a Russian former sprint canoer. Competing in the K-1 4×200 m event he won a silver medal at the 2011 and a bronze at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
Salakhov also participated in the 2000, 2008 and 2012 Olympics, with the best result of fifth place in 2012. His mother is a former canoe coach. Salakhov is married to Yulia Salakhova (née Kamalova, unrelated to the Olympic canoer Yuliana Salakhova). They have a daughter Eva, and work as canoe coaches in Sysert.
References
1979 births
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Russia
Russian male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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Birgit Hollmann (born 31 December 1973) is a German racing cyclist born in Berlin. She participates in both road cycling and cyclo-cross. In 2003, she became German national champion in cyclo-cross.
Honours
Road cycling
2006 : 1st in 2nd stage of Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine
Cyclo-cross
2002 : 2nd in German elite national championships
2003 : 3rd in Gieten
2003 : 1st in German elite national championships
2003 : 2nd in Herford
2004 : 2nd in Gieten
2004 : 2nd in German elite national championships
2005 : 2nd in Internationales Querfeldeinrennen
2005 : 2nd in Hamburg
2005 : 1st in Lebbeke
2005 : 3rd in Gieten
2006 : 3rd in Grand Prix du Nouvel-An
2006 : 2nd in German elite national championships
2006 : 1st in Berlin
2006 : 3rd in Treviso (2006/07 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup)
2006 : 3rd in Pijnacker (2006/07 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup)
2006 : 3rd in Overijse
2006 : 2nd in Hofstade (2006/07 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup)
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1973 births
Living people
Cyclists from Berlin
German female cyclists
Cyclo-cross cyclists
20th-century German women
21st-century German women
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Eosentomon beltrani
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Eosentomon beltrani is a species of proturan in the family Eosentomidae. It is found in Central America.
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Articles created by Qbugbot
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Isethionate sulfite-lyase
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Isethionate sulfite-lyase (IslA, IseA or IseG) is a glycyl radical enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of isethionate into acetaldehyde and sulfite through the cleavage of a carbon-sulfur bond. This conversion is a necessary step for taurine catabolism in anaerobic bacteria like Bilophila wadsworthia. IslA is activated by the enzyme IslB which uses S-adenoslymethionine (SAM) as the initial radical donor.
Structure
IslA, like all other characterized glycyl radical enzymes, is a dimeric protein. The IslA monomer contains a barrel made of alpha helices that envelop two five-stranded half-beta barrels positioned antiparallel to each other. Hidden within this barrel is the active site of the enzyme. It is believed that the positioning of the active site within the barrel protects the radical species (formed during the activation of the enzyme) from solvent quenching.
Function
Enzyme activation
Activation of IslA depends on binding of glycyl radical enyzme-activating enzyme IslB, which catalyzes the initial formation of the radical S-adenosylmethionine (rSAM) species. rSAM is formed by the one-electron reduction of an iron-sulfur cluster, and the resulting radical is stabilized by amino acid residues within the enzyme. The formation of the stable complex between the two enzymes and the binding of glycine in the active site of IslB are prerequisites for successful activation of IslA.
Mechanism of action
The radical-based cleavage of IslA is thought to occur through a direct elimination reaction. However, recent research indicates that a 1,2-SO3-radical migration may occur after a catalytically active cysteine residue radical grabs a hydrogen atom from isethionate, followed by hydrogen atom transfer from cysteine to a 1-hydroxylethane-1-sulfonate radical intermediate. The elimination of sulfite from 1-hydroxylethane-1-sulfonate to result in the final product is likely to occur outside the enzyme. This mechanism is similar to the reported fragmentation-recombination mechanism of B12-dependent glutamate mutase.
Evolution of structure
Radicals are very chemically unstable species and must be carefully controlled in biological systems. Research supports the theory that GREs converged on glycyl radical formation due to the better conformational accessibility of the glycine radical loop, rather than the highest radical stability of the formed peptide radicals.
Physiological role
Disease
Isla produced by Bilophila wadsworthia is known to convert organosulfides including taurine and isethionate into acetaldehyde and sulfite. Sulfite is converted into hydrogen sulfide, which can degrade the mucous lining of the colon and cause pathological conditions including colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel diseases, and colitis. Moreover, hydrogen sulfide has been known to induce antibiotic resistance suggesting that the production of this molecule could prompt blooms of opportunistic bacteria during antibiotic treatment. Conversely, hydrogen sulfide may also act as a signaling molecule within the homeostasis of a host's circulatory system such as regulating blood pressure control. Ultimately, although the role of hydrogen sulfide within disease may be unclear, efforts to find inhibitors for IslA may help mitigate the excess production of hydrogen sulfide.
Bacterial microcompartments
Within the same gene cluster that encodes IslA and IslB enzymes are several genes that encode shell proteins of bacterial microcompartments (BMCs). It has been found that the IslA and IslB enzymes are likely contained within BMCs which isolate the products of IslA (acetaldehyde and sulfite) from the cytosol and limits their harmful effects. Flavin molecules, which are also present in the BMCs, may be used to shuttle electrons to the IslB enzyme which is necessary to install the glycyl radical on the IslA enzyme upon activation.
Industrial relevance
Anaerobic radical enzymes such as IslA have the potential to functionally modify a substrate without oxygen incorporation, requiring less expensive adaptation of downstream synthetic methodologies than from oxygen-rich biomass-derived feedstocks. The ability to catabolize amino acids to generate a broad range of branched and unbranched hydrocarbon chains could be useful in production of biofuels. In addition, radical catalysis enables a range of specialist reactions of industrial interest, including carbon-skeleton rearrangements, aminomutases, and eliminases.
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St. Aidan's
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St Aidan's is a Country Park between Leeds and Castleford in West Yorkshire, England.
St Aidan's or St. Aidan's may also refer to:
Churches and cathedrals
St. Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
St. Aidan's Church (disambiguation)
Schools
St Aidan's Academy (disambiguation)
St Aidan's College (disambiguation)
St. Aidan's School (disambiguation)
See also
Aidan (disambiguation)
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The Witches of Anaga were (according to popular belief) women who were devoted to covens in the mountainous area of Anaga in the northeast of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).
These rituals were held in an area in the mountains of Anaga in the dorsal between San Andrés and Taganana. The area is called "El Bailadero", which refers to the dances performed by witches around a bonfire. It was believed that after the covens, witches came down to the coast to swim naked. With the passage of time, due to the influence of vampire stories in Eastern Europe, this led to the myth that witches incorporated the aspect of drinking blood, thus making them witch-vampires; typically tales were created that these witches sucked the blood of newborns as they slept in their cribs.
There is also a theory that the origin of this legend was from pagan rituals associated with rituals that celebrated guanches rain; these rituals were considered as an act of witchcraft by the Catholic Church.
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Wind-up Knight
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Wind-up Knight is an Android game developed by American studio Robot Invader and released on December 10, 2011. It was released on iOS later.
Critical reception
The game has a Metacritic score of 86% based on 12 critic reviews.
The A.V. Club wrote "Wind-Up Knight is a beautiful, propulsive game whose difficulty only makes it that much more fulfilling." SlideToPlay said "Wind-Up Knight is a tough but rewarding running game with excellent production values." AppSpy wrote "While Android gamers have already had their fun with Wind-up Knight, iOS gamers finally get their chance to play around with the clockwork protagonist while proving their skill at overcoming numerous platforming hazards one-after-the-other." TouchArcade said "Though it can be extremely frustrating, it rewards the player who pushes through the painful parts. Each time you replay a level you'll learn more, memorize more, become better at the game. The rush you'll get when you finally reach the end of a challenging level is worth the trouble, every time." Multiplayer.it said "Wind-up Knight is an awesome action game, with an outstanding gameplay which is progressively enriched with new elements. A must buy." 148Apps said "Wind-Up Knight is a game I have no problem referring to as a "Must Play." It's perfect for short bursts or prolonged sessions. There's a surprising amount of customization. It can be accessible and brutally punishing, depending on what the player wants. This, my friends, is a perfect example of mobile gaming at its finest."
GameCritics wrote "This game is a perfect blend of well-rounded, bite-sized action that can be picked up and put down comfortably, yet was challenging enough to make me late for work while I had to try just one more level." Everyeye.it wrote "Wind-up Knight is the hardcore answer to those who thought that iOS was mainly a place for children. Your running knight will keep challenging you till the end of the 50+ levels that you have to finish and believe us, you will want to end all of them." Eurogamer Portugal said "Wind-up Knight is a game easily recommended for being something unique in the world of iOS and a great challenge." AppSmile wrote "Replay value is pretty good, as your results on each level take into account the number of coins you collected, whether or not you found the card, and a letter grade for your overall performance. " Pocket Gamer described the game as "A bafflingly overpraised auto-runner that looks good but soon becomes tiresome." Metrogamecenter said the game was "Punishingly hard for no good reason, turning what could have been a fun reaction-based platform game into a painful memory test."
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IOS games
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Melvin W. Wilson served in the California State Legislature in the Placer County delegation of the State Assembly. He was a republican and on the Committee of Mines and Mining, Retrenchment and State Hospitals in 1878–9. He was a physician and surgeon. He lived in Dutch Flat, California.
He was originally from Massachusetts, lived in Saratoga, New York and moved to California in 1852. He moved back to New York in 1858. He an assistant surgeon of 118th New York Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War for four years. He was in charge of the Relay Hospitals in Maryland.
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Paracroma
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Paracroma is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Paul Dognin in 1914.
Species
Paracroma mutilum Dognin, 1914
Paracroma zamora Dognin, 1914
References
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Josephat Obi Oguejiofor
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Josephat Obi Oguejiofor is a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the School of General Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. His areas of interest include African philosophy, medieval philosophy, modern philosophy, metaphysics, analytic philosophy, philosophy of time, and philosophy and governance in Africa. He is an ordained Catholic priest.
Background
Born in Nigeria, Oguejiofor graduated from Bigard Memorial Seminary with a First Class Honours in Philosophy. He studied at the University of London, and has a PhD in Philosophy from Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. He started his lecturing career in 1987 at the Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary, Nigeria. Oguejiofor has been invited to lecture at the Catholic University of Louvain (1992–1994), and at the Institute of African Studies, University of Cologne, Germany (2001–2002). He was ordained a Catholic priest on August 15, 1986 at the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria.
Oguejiofor is a past president of the Nigerian Philosophical Association, the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria, and the International Society for African Philosophy and Studies. He was the editor-in-chief of UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities and OGIRISI: a New Journal of African Studies.
Works
Oguejiofor has written and co-written numerous books and journal articles. In 2001, he authored a book, The Philosophical Significance of Immortality in Thomas Aquinas. It was reviewed in The Review of Metaphysics by Leo J. Elders, who wrote, "Much research went into this clear and well-written book and the author shows a good acquaintance with the relevant literature."
Oguejiofor has written on the subject of democracy and governance. In one essay, "Democracy and Social Movements: In Search of the Democratic Ideal", he specified three characteristics necessary for democracy to remain feasible in a given society. He wrote that the society must have a system to change the government, that people must be able to vote and to pursue political goals in such a system, and that citizens must feel connected with that system.
References
External links
Nnamdi Azikiwe University - Faculty of Arts Staff page
J. Obi Oguejiofor - Philpapers
Josephat Obi Oguejiofor - MHS School of Mission and Theology
Nigerian philosophers
Living people
Political philosophers
Nigerian male writers
People from Anambra State
Academic staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Chlamydastis ungulifera
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Chlamydastis ungulifera is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Colombia.
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Chlamydastis
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Grivița () is a district of Bucharest, Romania, centered on the Grivița Railway Yards (Atelierele CFR Grivița), which were and still are an important landmark within the manufacturing landscape of the city. Located near Gara de Nord, their history dates back to the late decades of the 19th century, when they were developed in order to perform maintenance and overhaul of railway equipment serving Căile Ferate Române.
The name reflects the Romanian spelling for Grivitsa, a village near Pleven, where one of the Ottoman redoubts in the Plevna's defenses was stormed and captured with heavy casualties by the Romanian Army during the Romanian War of Independence (see Siege of Plevna). In honor of this victory, Calea Târgoviștei, a street in Bucharest that led to the road that connected the capital with the city of Târgoviște, is renamed Calea Griviței.
What initially started only to serve the city of Bucharest and the surrounding areas, grew over time into a cornerstone of the entire railway industry of Romania. In the interwar period, after the start of the Great Depression in Romania, Grivița Railway Yards also become a focal point of the labor movement. The Grivița Strike of 1933 and its violent repression by the authorities are still remembered in Romania.
During the communist regime, their name was changed to Grivița Roșie ("Red Grivița"), in memory of the 1933 events. The area surrounding the Yards, one of the oldest of the city of Bucharest, became known as Cartierul Grivița ("Grivița Borough"), populated by the workers of Grivița Railway Yards. To this day it remains a blue collar neighborhood.
Districts of Bucharest
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Kumpei Kakuta
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is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Chūgoku Soccer League club, Fukuyama City.
Club career
Albirex Niigata Singapore
On 27 December 2021, Albirex Niigata Singapore announced on their official page that Kumpei will join the club for the upcoming 2022 Singapore Premier League season. On 10 August 2022, he scored his first professional goal against Young Lions.
Fukuyama City
On 6 January 2023, Kumpei than returned to Japan to joined fifth tier level in the Japanese association football league system club, Fukuyama City which play in the Chūgoku Soccer League. He appeared 9 times for the club and yet to concede a single goal.
Honours
Club
Albirex Niigata Singapore
Singapore Premier League: 2022
Career statistics
Club
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Notes
Honours
Club
Albirex Niigata Singapore
Singapore Premier League: 2022
References
1999 births
Living people
Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa University alumni
Japanese men's footballers
Japanese expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Albirex Niigata Singapore FC players
Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore
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Italian submarine Lafolè
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Italian submarine Lafolè was an built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s. It was named after a "massacre at Lafolè", an ambush set up by Somalis on November 25, 1896, against a travelling Italian party near a village of Lafolè.
Design and description
The Adua-class submarines were essentially repeats of the preceding . They displaced surfaced and submerged. The submarines were long, had a beam of and a draft of .
For surface running, the boats were powered by two diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a electric motor. They could reach on the surface and underwater. On the surface, the Adua class had a range of at , submerged, they had a range of at .
The boats were armed with six internal torpedo tubes, four in the bow and two in the stern. One reload torpedo was carried for each tube, for a total of twelve. They were also armed with one deck gun for combat on the surface. The light anti-aircraft armament consisted of one or two pairs of machine guns.
Construction and career
Upon entering the service, in December of 1938 she was assigned to Leros as part of the V Submarine Group. Later re-assigned to Tobruk as part of the 62 Squadron (VI Submarine group) under command of Piero Riccomini.
After the declaration of war on June 10, 1940, Lafolè along with other submarines from the 62 Squadron was posted to Sollum to protect the harbors of Cyrenaica from a possible British attack. Later on she was sent off to Tobruk on an offensive mission. On June 20, 1940, she returned to the base without any sightings.
On July 3, 1940, Lafolè along with other submarines patrolled along the Gaudo–Derna line. On July 7–8, 1940, she detected ongoing large anti-submarine activity, but could not locate the enemy units. On July 14, 1940, she returned to the base, again without sighting any enemy units.
During September of 1940, she was involved in defensive missions in the Gulf of Taranto.
On October 8, 1940, Lafolè left Taranto for her new area of operation east of Gibraltar along the coast of Morocco. On October 15, 1940, she arrived in her designated patrol area, southeast of the island of Alboran and north of Cape Three Forks, close to Melilla.
On October 20, 1940, at approximately 11:00 Lafolè sighted 2 British destroyers, and , 12 miles north of Cape Three Forks. Enemy ships were moving slowly, conducting what looked like a submarine search, and apparently unaware of Lafolè'''s presence. Captain Riccomini closed in to within 500 meters and fired one aft torpedo at the target. Captain Riccomini, of course, couldn't possibly know that the British were fully aware of his submarine's presence. Two days earlier, was sunk not far from Lafolès location. Among the documents captured from were coordinates of Lafolè. The British immediately sent out a search group composed of six destroyers (, , , and 2 others) to hunt for the submarine. While Lafolè was closing in on two "unsuspecting" British destroyers, a third one, , was rapidly approaching the submarine from her back, and thus closing the trap on unsuspecting boat. Once captain Riccomini fired his torpedoes, all three ships immediately counterattacked with depth charges. The first barrage damaged electric motors and pumps, bent the propeller shafts and caused flooding. Lafolè could no longer maintain the depth, and started continuously surfacing and submerging, yet the crew managed to keep her down for the next seven hours. At 18:30 Lafolè has surfaced one last time, and going full force rammed the submarine. The collision was so violent, that it threw out several men out of submarine. Second in command Giuseppe Accardi, and 8 more men were the only survivors, captain Riccomini, 3 officers and 35 other men all went down with the submarine. Lafolè'' sank in the position .
also suffered serious damage in the collision, and had to go back to Gibraltar for repairs. It only returned to action on February 20, 1941.
Captain Riccomini was posthumously awarded Silver Medal of Military Valor for his bravery and leadership in combating superior enemy forces.
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World War II submarines of Italy
Lost submarines of Italy
Maritime incidents in October 1940
World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea
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Kjeld Rimberg (born 25 November 1943) is a Norwegian businessperson.
Personal life
Rimberg was born in Bergen on 25 November 1943, a son of Sverre Johan Rimberg and Eli Lien. He married architect Reidun Tvedt in 1965.
Early career
Rimberg is from Nordnes in Bergen, and was an avid skier and ski-instructor in his youth. He worked as instructor in Switzerland for some time, combined with studies in Zurich. He took his education in construction engineering at ETH Zürich before graduating from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1969. He was active in the Student Society in Trondheim, and worked as a research assistant at the Norwegian Institute of Technology as well as a researcher for NTNF for five years.
In 1982 he became the CEO of Asplan. From September to 31 December he worked as CEO of Byggforsk to get that organization on its feet. In 1986 he was named as board member of Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk. He was also a board member of Norconsult, and was in 1987 named as chair of Vinmonopolet, where he stayed until 1995. Shortly thereafter the company KV Forsvar was split from Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk, and Rimberg became chair there as well. He was a deputy board member of Statoil.
Norwegian State Railways
In 1988 Rimberg applied for the director-general position in the Norwegian State Railways. Robert Nordén had left, and Tore Lindholt was acting director-general. He was hired in September. He had to overcome opposition from Leif Thue and the Norwegian Union of Railway Workers, then the wage question had to be sorted out. The name of the position was changed from director-general to chief executive officer. In February 1990, after thirteen months in the job, he resigned, citing lack of freedom from political regulations as the reason. Leif Thue and the Union of Railway Workers stated that they did "not lament" his resignation.
Consulting career
In 1989 Rimberg had become chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society. He remained so until 1991. In 1990 he became a board member of Den Norske Hypotekforening and Rogalandsforskning, and chairman of Norsk Nyetablering. He was also chair of Chr. Grøner and Terramar, and deputy chair of Byggholt. After resigning Rimberg started his own consulting firm. In 1990 he was a project adviser in Statkraft, He was also an adviser for the Norwegian School of Management. He also hired other consultants to work in the company, including Siri Hatlen.
Rimberg chaired Nationaltheatret from 1992 to 2001. He was chairman of Forskningsparken, Anthon B Nilsen, STEP, and Berstad Wallendahl, a board member of Aschehoug, Norge 2005, and Aker. He has also been an owner in Aker. In 2006 he had 10,300 stocks in the company, through his own company Kjeld Rimberg & Co.
He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
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1943 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Bergen
ETH Zurich alumni
Norwegian expatriates in Switzerland
Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni
Engineers from Bergen
Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996) people
Directors of government agencies of Norway
Norwegian consultants
Members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences
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Adnan "Sulehri" Ilyas (born 30 December 1984) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who plays for the Oman national cricket team. He has previously played for the Oman Under-17s and now plays for the senior Omani cricket team.
In international youth cricket, Ilyas has made scores of 199 not out v Malaysia U17 and 168 not out v Hong Kong U19s. Oman qualified for the 2005 ICC Trophy, and Ilyas was selected in the squad, scoring a hundred in a warm-up win over Denmark in Belfast. However, in six games as an opener in the main tournament, Ilyas made 49 runs in six innings as opener, and only when he was relegated to batting at number three against Canada did he make 31.
Ilyas remains in the side, and played three games during the 2006 ACC Trophy, where Oman were knocked out at the group stage after a loss to Bahrain in the final game. In the Bahrain game, Oman were set 284 and Ilyas scored 18 as opener, out of a total of 264.
He made his Twenty20 International debut for Oman against Hong Kong on 21 November 2015.
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External links
1984 births
Living people
Omani cricketers
Oman Twenty20 International cricketers
People from Narowal District
Pakistani emigrants to Oman
Pakistani expatriates in Oman
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Jacopo Giachetti
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Jacopo Giachetti (born December 7, 1983) is an Italian basketball player for Basket Ravenna Piero Manetti. A point guard, he was born in Pisa, Italy.
Professional career
Giachetti spent most of his career with Lottomatica Roma. On June 27, 2008, he signed a multi-year contract extension with the team. In July 2011, he signed a two-year contract with Olimpia Milano. In the summer of 2013, he signed with Reyer Venezia Mestre.
In August 2014, he signed with PMS Torino.
In August 2017, Serie A2 Team Basket Ravenna Piero Manetti announced that for the season 2017-2018 Giacchetti will join the team.
References
External links
Euroleague.net Profile
eurobasket.com Profile
1983 births
Living people
Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Italian men's basketball players
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Point guards
Reyer Venezia players
Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
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Japreria
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Japreria may be,
Japreria language
Hyloscirtus japreria, sp. frog
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Herbert Taylor Siborne
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Major-General Herbert Taylor Siborne (18 October 1826 – 16 May 1902) was a British Army officer in the Royal Engineers and a military historian.
Siborne was born in 1826, the second son of the officer and historian Captain William Siborne. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1846, and served in the Kaffir War 1851–53, and also in the expedition against the Basutos in December 1852, when he had charge of the pontoons by which the troops crossed the Orange and Caledon rivers. He was present at the action of the Berea, and was mentioned in General Orders. In 1855 he was promoted to captain, and in 1877 to colonel. He retired from the service with the rank of Major-General in 1882.
It is thought he designed many of the Forts in the River Medway, including Fort Darnet.
He was the British member of the European Commission of the Danube 1873–1881.
Siborne edited and published in 1891 some of the letters his father had received in his research for his Battle of Waterloo model as Waterloo letters: a selection from original and hitherto unpublished letters bearing on the operations of the 16th, 17th, and 18 June 1815, by officers who served in the campaign.
A second volume Letters from the Battle of Waterloo was published in 2005 by Gareth Glover.
He married a daughter of Mr. Julian A. Watson, of Constantinople.
Siborne died at Rapallo, on 16 May 1902.
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, with information on his son.
British Army major generals
British military historians
Historians of the Napoleonic Wars
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Robbyn Swan
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Robbyn Swan is an American journalist and author. Her book, The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden, co-authored by her husband Anthony Summers, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History.
Early life and education
Swan was born in Milford, Connecticut and is of Italian-American heritage. She graduated from Milford High School.
She attended Smith College where she was a double major in Government and Russian, and graduated in 1984. Swan did post-graduate work toward an M.A. in Soviet and East European Studies at George Washington University, but did not complete the degree. During her time at George Washington University, Swan interned with the non-profit military policy think tank, The Center for Defense Information and with political magazine, The National Journal.
Career
Swan began her career as a freelance journalist in Washington, D.C., briefly writing a weekly column for Defense News. In 1989, she was hired by Anthony Summers to conduct research for his book Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J Edgar Hoover, a biography of the powerful long-time Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Swan also worked as a researcher for author John le Carré on his book, The Night Manager.
In 1992, Swan married Anthony Summers, and the pair have subsequently written five books together.
The Arrogance of Power, the couple's 2000 biography of Richard Nixon, was lauded as “the best one-volume full-length biography of Nixon ever published.” Among the book's most significant and widely reported findings were Swan's interviews with the former President's psychotherapist, Dr. Arnold Hutschnecker, and Nixon's White House abuse of the drug Dilantin. The book added much new, credible detail to the accusation that, in 1968, Nixon sought to persuade South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieu not to agree to join peace talks in Paris with the United States, North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Nixon's actions, if proven, prolonged the Vietnam War and cost thousands of lives. Summers’ and Swan's reporting has since been buttressed by later Nixon biographers.
In 2005, Swan and her husband published Sinatra: The Life, a biography of Frank Sinatra that focuses on the singer's relationships with women, his politics, and his links with the Mafia. Among the book's most sensational revelations was comedian and fellow Rat Pack member, Jerry Lewis’ recollection that Sinatra had regularly carried money for the mob.
In 2011, on the tenth anniversary of the terrorists attacks on New York and Washington, Summers and Swan published The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 & Osama bin Laden. Their book notably debunked various 9/11 conspiracy theories that accused the Bush administration of involvement with the attacks. According to a review in The Telegraph [UK], the authors’ "principal criticisms are that the Bush administration was asleep at the switch on 9/11; that vital intelligence was ignored; that the FBI and CIA did not share information; and that Saudi Arabia was intimately connected to al-Qaeda and is sometimes overindulged by the US." The reviewer argued, however, that there was "no real evidence" for the claims of Summers' and Swan's sources that the CIA negotiated with Osama bin Laden prior to those attacks, or that the Agency attempted to recruit two of the hijackers as agents.
The Eleventh Day was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in History and was also awarded the Crime Writers’ Association's Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction in 2012.
The couple's next book was 2014's Looking for Madeleine, an account of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in 2007. At the time of its original publication, the book drew much criticism on social media from those who believe the parents of the then three-year-old British toddler bear responsibility for her disappearance. More objective commentators, though, have largely praised the couple's work on the case. Summers, and especially Swan, are featured heavily in the eight-part 2019 Netflix original series The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
In 2016, on the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Summers and Swan released A Matter of Honor: Pearl Harbor: Betrayal, Blame, and a Family’s Quest for Justice. The book was written with the cooperation of the family of Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet at the time of the attack, and included never-before-published documents from U.S., British, and Dutch archives. Pulitzer-prize winning historian, David M. Kennedy praised A Matter of Honor as “scrupulously researched and rigorously argued”. Though the book went a long way toward exonerating Admiral Kimmel of the “dereliction” charge that has haunted his family for two generations, it has not yet – as the family had hoped – led to the restoration of the Admiral's four-star rank.
Controversies
In 1993, Summers and Swan took part in preparing a documentary about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy for PBS's Boston affiliate WGBH's “Frontline” program. The finished program, “Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?” strongly suggested that Oswald had acted alone in killing the President. Summers and Swan removed their names from the credits. The program, the pair said, “does not fully reflect the results of our research.” Summers and Swan went on to more fully develop that research in a lengthy article that appeared in the December 1994 edition of Vanity Fair magazine.
Summers’ and Swan's 2005 biography of Frank Sinatra contained an allegation that, in 1969, the then 53-year-old singer had sexually assaulted a young woman in one of the guest bungalows on his Palm Beach estate. The woman in question, Susan Murphy, allowed the authors to identify her and to publish a photograph of her taken at the time. Asked about the claim, a representative for the Sinatra family said only: “It sounds crazy. Frank Sinatra honored women all the time.”
Personal life
Swan is the fourth wife of author Anthony Summers whom she married in 1992. The couple have three children together, and Summers has two sons from previous relationships.
Swan has been open about her struggle with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, which carried on well into her adulthood, and she volunteers with the Ireland's Eating Disorders Association, Bodywhys.
References
Living people
People from Milford, Connecticut
American non-fiction writers
American women non-fiction writers
Criticism of the official accounts of the September 11 attacks
Year of birth missing (living people)
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Kalyug Ke Avtaar
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Kalyung Ke Avtaar () is a 1995 Hindi-language drama film, produced by Sarla A. Saraogi under the Vikas Productions banner and directed by Shyam Ralhan. It stars Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Dharamjeet, Madhoo in the pivotal roles and music composed by Ravindra Jain.
Plot
Ailing multi-millionaire Pratap promises that he will marry the first woman he sees the next morning. The first woman he sees is Reena, who comes from a poor family. Pratap proposes to her dad and introduces Reena to his mom. The marriage is celebrated with great pomp and ceremony. Years later a son, Shyam, is born to them. When Shyam grows up, he attends college and falls in love with fellow-collegian, Babli. When Pratap finds out that his son is in love, he meets and accepts Babli as his daughter-in-law right away. The only problem is Babli's brother, Dhamu Dada, who hates all millionaires, and is all set to oppose this marriage – tooth and nail.
Cast
Jeetendra as Pratap
Reena Roy as Reena
Dharamjeet as Shyam
Madhoo as Babli
Kiran Kumar as Dhamu Dada
Jagdeep as Sukhiram
Goga Kapoor as Goga
Arjun as Vicky
Aruna Irani as Pratap's Mother
Soundtrack
External links
1990s Hindi-language films
1995 films
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NGC 4612 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 57 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. NGC 4612 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 23, 1784. The galaxy is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
Physical characteristics
NGC 4612 has a diffuse bar embedded in a small, bright nucleus. Surrounding the nucleus, there is a very low-surface-brightness ring.
See also
List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
NGC 4429- another lenticular galaxy in the Virgo Cluster
NGC 7020
References
External links
Barred lenticular galaxies
Virgo (constellation)
4612
42574
7850
Astronomical objects discovered in 1784
Virgo Cluster
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United States Alpine Ski Championships
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The United States Alpine Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
Organization
These championships have started with downhill in 1933 for men, followed in 1935 by slalom and combined. Women races have started in 1938.
Every year, one or several American ski resorts organize the events, generally beginning from end of March, after the last world cup race. Each title is given after a unique race. Some races may be cancelled (principally speed races) for weather or snow quality reasons.
The five disciplines are :
Downhill
Super-G from 1987
Giant slalom from 1952
Slalom
Combined
Results
Men
Women
References and notes
1933 to 1967 :
1933 to 1976 :
1938 to 1996 – women :
1938 to 2020 - combined :
1987 :
1989 :
1991 :
1995 to now:
Alpine skiing competitions in the United States
National alpine skiing championships
Alpine
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Charybdis japonica
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Charybdis japonica, the Asian paddle crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae. Charybdis japonica has a hexagonal, concave carapace around wide, the whole animal being pale green to olive green in colour.
It occurs naturally in the waters around Japan, Korea and Malaysia, but has become an invasive species in New Zealand. It has also been recorded in the Adriatic Sea where it is rare.
References
Portunoidea
Crustaceans described in 1861
Taxa named by Alphonse Milne-Edwards
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20gangs%20in%20the%20Netherlands
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List of gangs in the Netherlands
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The following is a list of gangs, organized crime syndicates and criminal enterprises in the Netherlands.
Black/Afro-Dutch
Eight Tray Gangster Crips
Hopi Boys
No Limit Soldiers
Rollin 200 Crips
Southside First Tray Crips
The Traynity
United Blood Nation
Hispanic and Latino
Lanzas Chilenos (Chilean)
MS-13 (Salvadorans)
Asian triads
14K (Chinese)
Ah Kong (mainly Singaporean Chinese)
Shui Fong (Chinese)
Sun Yee On (Han Chinese)
Wo Shing Wo (mainly Chinese and Vietnamese)
Turkish
Black Jackets
Southeastern European
Albanian mafia
Greek mafia
Romanian mafia
Italian organized crime
Camorra
Contini clan
Di Lauro clan
Licciardi clan
Secondigliano Alliance
'Ndrangheta
Eastern European
Bulgarian mafia
Serbian mafia
Solntsevskaya Bratva
Football hooligan firms
A.F.C.A.
S.C.F. Hooligans
F-side
Outlaw motorcycle clubs
Bandidos Motorcycle Club
Chicanos Motorcycle Club
Black Sheep Motorcycle Club
Confederates Motorcycle Club
Demons Motorcycle Club
Gladiators Motorcycle Club
Gringos Motorcycle Club
Hells Angels
Flying Eagles Motorcycle Club
Hardliners Motorcycle Club
Red Devils Motorcycle Club
Waardeloos Motorcycle Club
Mongols Motorcycle Club
No Surrender Motorcycle Club
Rebel Crew Motorcycle Club
Road Knights Motorcycle Club
Rogues Motorcycle Club
Satudarah
Saudarah
Supportcrew 999
Yellow Snakes
Spiders Motorcycle Club
Trailer Trash Travelers Motorcycle Club
Veterans Motorcycle Club
Defunct organized crime groups
Bruinsma crime syndicate
Chieftains Motorcycle Club
References
Lists of gangs
Crime in the Netherlands
Gangs in the Netherlands
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Con-way, Inc. (NYSE: CNW) was an American multinational freight transportation and logistics company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. With annual revenues of $5.5 billion, Con-way was the second largest less-than-truckload transport provider in North America, with additional operations for global contract logistics, managed transportation, truckload and freight brokerage. The company's services were sold through its primary operating companies of Con-way Freight, Con-way Truckload and Menlo Worldwide. These operating units provided less-than-truckload (LTL), full truckload and multimodal freight transportation, as well as logistics, warehousing and supply chain management services. Con-way, Inc. and its subsidiaries operated from more than 500 locations across North America and in 20 countries.
The company was known as Consolidated Freightways, Inc. until 1996 when it spun off its long-haul trucking subsidiaries, CF MotorFreight and four others, into a separate, independent company which took the name Consolidated Freightways Corporation. The parent company was renamed CNF Transportation Inc. at the time of the split and retained a set of LTL subsidiaries which had been operating under the name Con-way as well as its other logistics and freight forwarding subsidiaries. The spinoff long-haul business, Consolidated Freightways Corporation, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 3, 2002, and ceased operations.
In 2006, CNF rebranded itself Con-way, Inc. On September 9, 2015, it announced it was being acquired by XPO Logistics. The sale was completed on October 30, 2015 and the Con-way brand had been retired by May 9, 2017.
History
Con-way's heritage dated from 1929, when industry pioneer Leland James founded an intercity trucking company in Portland, Oregon. Initially named Consolidated Truck Lines, the company grew from a one-truck operation into one of the largest long-haul carriers in the United States by the early 1980s, and became one of the few freight transportation firms to originate in the West and successfully expand eastward. Consolidated headquarters were moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s.
In 1996, Consolidated's unionized long-haul trucking company, CF MotorFreight, was spun off as Consolidated Freightways, Inc., creating two separate publicly traded companies. Consolidated Freightways, Inc. was renamed CNF Transportation, Inc., reflecting the familiar stock ticker symbol of the company (CNF).
Consolidated Freightways Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 3, 2002, and ceased operations.
In 2006, the CNF Transportation changed its name to Con-way, Inc, and the company's NYSE stock ticker was changed from CNF to CNW.
In 2007, Con-way acquired Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), a privately held North American truckload carrier based in Joplin, Missouri, in a transaction valued at $750 million. Founded in 1951, CFI operated more than 2,600 tractors and more than 7,000 trailers, with more than 3,000 employees including approximately 2,500 drivers that serve customers throughout North America.
Con-way moved its headquarters from San Mateo, California to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2011.
On September 9, 2015, Con-way announced it was being acquired by XPO Logistics, and the sale was completed on October 30, 2015.
Company structure
Con-way, Inc. was the parent company for five wholly owned subsidiaries:
Con-way Freight
Con-way freight provided less-than-truckload service across North America.
Con-way Truckload
Con-way Truckload, since acquired by TFI International in 2016 renamed Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), provided full truckload shipping across the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Con-way Enterprise Services
Con-way Enterprise Services was the administrative and information technology division of Con-way, Inc., and was based in Portland, Oregon.
Menlo Worldwide Logistics
Menlo Worldwide Logistics designed and implemented logistics solutions across the globe.
Con-way Manufacturing
Con-way Manufacturing, formerly Road Systems, Inc., was a trailer refurbishing and manufacturing company that supplied trailing equipment to the company’s trucking fleets.
References
Further reading
External links
Official website
Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Former components in the Dow Jones Transportation Average
Trucking companies of the United States
Companies based in Ann Arbor, Michigan
2015 mergers and acquisitions
Transport companies established in 1929
1929 establishments in Oregon
Transportation companies based in Oregon
Transportation companies based in Michigan
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Imogene Robinson Morrell
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Imogene Robinson Morrell (1828 – 21 November 1908) was an American portrait and historical painter, who won many medals and diplomas.
Early life
Born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Imogene Robinson was the daughter of Otis and Sarah Dean (Raymond) Robinson. She studied art in Newark, New Jersey and New York City and then taught art in the Massachusetts towns of Charlestown and Auburndale. In the 1850s she taught at the School of Design in Worcester, Massachusetts with her friend and artist Elizabeth Gardner. In 1856 she went to Europe, where she studied art in Düsseldorf (where she studied with Adolf Schroedter and Wilhelm Camphausen) and Paris. In 1869 she married Colonel Abram Morrell but continued to live with Gardner. In 1879 she became a widow. In 1876 she moved to Washington, D.C. She was a very active member of the art community. While in Washington, D.C. she was a founding member of the National Academy of Fine Arts. She was the director of the National Academy of Fine arts for the next ten years.
Career
Imogene Robinson Morrell was a history painter. Her paintings were patriotic and contained images of historical figures, often with horses. Two of her most praised paintings, Washington Welcoming the Provision Trains and First Battle of the Puritans, were exhibited in 1876 at the National Academy of Design in New York City. She painted portraits of a number of famous people, including General John A. Dix, John C. Spencer, Howell Cobb, Mrs. Cleveland, Collis P. Huntington, W. W. Corcoran, and U. S. President Garfield. Her portrait of General John A. Dix hangs in the United States Capitol Building.
In 1876, The Boston Journal said of her paintings, "They are spoken of in terms of the highest admiration by artists and art-critics, both home and abroad. They are the result of long years of study and labor, under the first masters in France and Germany, and show great genius, inspired by patriotic enthusiasm...The composition is strictly original in all its details: each figure and every animal was painted from a living model, after the strictest rules of genuine art." That same year, the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine wrote, "Mrs. Morrell's pictures have great and positive merits. They should get fame for any artist. It seems a little pitiful to say that they are wonderful for a woman. Let us rather say that they are honestly and faithfully executed works; that they are not above criticism, and that they do credit to American art."
Later years and death
In 1896 more than 200 of her paintings in a Washington, D.C. warehouse were destroyed by fire, leaving her destitute. After the fire she was supported by her friend, Elizabeth Gardner Bougereau. Morrell died in Washington, D.C. in 1908.
References
People from Attleboro, Massachusetts
1828 births
1908 deaths
Painters from Washington, D.C.
19th-century American painters
Painters from Massachusetts
19th-century American women painters
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Constantin Popovici
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Constantin Popovici (born 2 October 1988) is a Romanian platform diver. In 2019, he became the first Romanian to achieve a first-place finish at a stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. He is the 2022 European champion in the 27 metre high dive. He has won multiple medals as part of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series and he won the bronze medal in the 27 metre high dive event at the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival in 2021. For the 10 metre platform event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, he placed twenty-third overall.
Background
Popovici is a member of CSA Steaua Bucuresti Diving Club and is coached and trained by Avasiloaie Florin.
Career
2008: Olympic debut
Popovici represented Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the 10 metre platform event. He placed twenty-third out of thirty divers in the preliminary round, with a total score of 392.30, after six successive attempts.
2019
As part of the 2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Popovici won the gold medal at the stop held in Dublin, Ireland in May, marking the first time in the history of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series that a Romanian achieved a first-place finish.
2021–2022
In the third round of competition of the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series stop held in County Mayo, Ireland in September, Popovici earned four tens and won the silver medal, finishing ahead of bronze medalist Alessandro De Rose of Italy and behind Gary Hunt of France. On the first day of high diving competition at the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival, held in December 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, he was leading in the 27 metre event with a score of 210.60 points. The second and final day, he won the bronze medal in the event, achieving a mark of 432.00 points and scoring just 4.90 points behind gold medalist in the event Aidan Heslop of Great Britain.
At the stop of the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series held in Paris, France in June, Popovici won the bronze medal with a score of 432.90 points, rounding out the podium with gold medalist Cătălin Preda, also of Romania, and Gary Hunt of France. The following month, he placed 21st in the 10 metre platform event at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, with a score of 345.10 points. Later in the month, at the stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series held in Copenhagen, Denmark, he won his first gold medal of the 2022 World Series, scoring 426.10 points to finish over 25 points ahead of silver medalist Cătălin Preda and over 30 points ahead of bronze medalist Nikita Fedotov.
2022 European Aquatics Championships
Popovici entered to compete in the 27 metre high dive at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in August in Rome, Italy, with the second dive in his dive order ranking as the highest degree of difficulty dive of all entrants at a 5.8 degree of difficulty. His first dive, on 18 August with a 2.8 degree of difficulty, scored 75.60 points, which tied him in rank for third with the Italians Andrea Barnaba and Alessandro De Rose. For his second of the three dives on the dive order, and leading up to one optional dive not on the dive order, he brought his total score across the first two dives up to 206.10 points and ranked fourth. By the end of competition, he had amassed 455.70 points across all four dives, winning the gold medal 19.50 points ahead of fellow Romanian Cătălin Preda.
One week later, Popovici won the stop of the 2022 Cliff Diving World Series held in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a score of 481.50 points, which set a new record for the highest score ever achieve at a single Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series stop.
International championships
References
External links
Romanian male divers
Living people
Olympic divers for Romania
Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Bucharest
1988 births
Male high divers
20th-century Romanian people
21st-century Romanian people
European Games competitors for Romania
Divers at the 2023 European Games
World Aquatics Championships medalists in high diving
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia%20Maria%20Cornwall
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Claudia Maria Cornwall
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Claudia Maria Cornwall (born Claudia Maria Wiener, 1948 in Shanghai, China) is a Canadian writer and journalist. Her second non-fiction book, the autobiographical Letter from Vienna: A Daughter Uncovers her Family's Jewish Past won the 1996 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize.
Biography
Claudia Maria Cornwall was born in Shanghai in 1948 as Claudia Maria Wiener and immigrated to Canada in 1949 with her parents, where she was baptized in the Anglican Church. She grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia and studied philosophy at the University of British Columbia and the University of Calgary. There she completed her Ph.D. with the thesis The evolution of persons (1975).
She worked as a freelance journalist and writer, publishing in The Globe and Mail, Reader's Digest (in the Canadian, International, and Chinese editions), BC Business, and online magazine The Tyee. Her first book, Print-Outs: The Adventures of a Rebel Computer (1982), was a fantasy story for children and adolescents.
For a long time, her parents withheld information about her family history in Austria. A letter to an uncle in Vienna, in which she asked for a picture of her father, Walter Wiener, as a youth, revealed the further truth. Her grandmother had died in a concentration camp and her parents were of Jewish origin. In the following years, she collected the letters within her family, the official papers, the pocket diary of her grandfather, Willy Frensdorff, and undertook research trips to Germany and Austria to interview and reunite the remaining family members. On the basis of this work, Cornwall wrote the critically acclaimed and internationally accepted book Letter from Vienna: A Daughter Uncovers her Family's Jewish Past (1995). It won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize in 1996.
In March 2009, Cornwall received a $20,000 grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to support its series on health care and research. This series culminated in their sixth book project, Catching Cancer: the quest for its viral and bacterial causes, which was released in March 2013.
In the years that followed, Cornwall focused her publications on biographies of artists from around Vancouver. This includes her 2011 biography of the late Curtis Earle Lang, a photographer and businessman with a Beatnik background, who had a twelve-year friendship with her husband. Cornwall also enlisted the technical skills of her brother, Greg, for the processing of Lang's photographic legacy. This book was well received by literary critics and nominated for the 2012 City of Vancouver Book Award.
Cornwall gives seminars on creative writing of memoirs at Simon Fraser University and Douglas College in British Columbia.
The writer is married to Gordon Cornwall, and has a daughter and a son who work at a university.
Works
Awards and nominations
1996 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize for Letter from Vienna
2009 Award of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2012 Shortlist for the City of Vancouver Book Award for At the World's Edge
References
External links
Profile of Claudia Maria Cornwall at the British Columbia Federation of Writers
Profile of Claudia Maria Cornwall at writersunion.ca
1948 births
Living people
Writers from Shanghai
Writers from Vancouver
University of Calgary alumni
20th-century Canadian biographers
21st-century Canadian biographers
20th-century Canadian women writers
Canadian women non-fiction writers
Canadian women biographers
21st-century Canadian women writers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Message%20%28Andrea%20Begley%20album%29
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The Message is the debut studio album by British singer Andrea Begley. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2013 by Capitol Records. The album has peaked to number 7 on the UK Albums Chart and number 61 on the Irish Albums Chart.
Singles
"My Immortal" was released as the lead single from the album in June 2013. The single has peaked to number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and number 70 on the Irish Singles Chart.
"Dancing in the Dark" was released as the second single from the album in October 2013.
Track listing
Chart performance
Release history
See also
List of UK top-ten albums in 2013
References
2013 albums
Andrea Begley albums
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Garfield Owen
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Garfield David Owen (20 Mar 1932 – 17 Jan 2019) was a Welsh teacher, and dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He first played amateur rugby for Llanharan RFC, Maesteg RFC, Wrexham RFC and Newport RFC at club level before winning six caps for Wales. He also played rugby union for the invitational club; Barbarian F.C. He later switched to the professional code in 1956 joining Halifax (Heritage № 637) where at international level he also played for the Rugby League XIII, and the Wales rugby league team at his favoured position of , i.e. number 1.
International honours
Garfield Owen represented Rugby League XIII while at Halifax in 1958, and represented Wales while at Halifax in 1959.
Honoured at Halifax
Garfield Owen is a Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Career records
Garfield Owen is one of fewer than twenty-five Welshmen to have scored more than 1000 points in their rugby league career.
Personal life
Garfield Owen married Marlene (née Sternson) in 1957 in Surrey. They had two children; Russell H. Owen and Sally L. Owen.
His death was announced on 17 January 2019, he was 86-years-old.
References
External links
(archived by web.archive.org) Profile at blackandambers.co.uk
The Welshman who kicked an amazing 535 goals for Halifax
1932 births
2019 deaths
Barbarian F.C. players
Dual-code rugby internationals
Halifax R.L.F.C. players
Keighley Cougars players
Llanharan RFC players
Maesteg RFC players
Newport RFC players
People from Glamorgan
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league players from Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rugby League XIII players
Rugby union fullbacks
Rugby union players from Llanharan
Wales international rugby union players
Wales national rugby league team players
Welsh rugby league players
Welsh rugby union players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Families%20for%20Russian%20and%20Ukrainian%20Adoption
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Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption
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Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption (also known as FRUA) is a United-States-based non-profit organization, founded in 1994, which "offers families hope, help and community by providing connection, education, resources, and advocacy, and works to improve the lives of orphaned children."
FRUA serves as a support organization for families who have adopted children from 32 Eastern European and Central Asian countries, as well as those adopted children themselves, and their siblings. FRUA organizes its members to advocate for and educate the public about adoption from these countries.
"This is a nonprofit support network for families with children from Russia, Ukraine, and neighboring countries, such as Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. FRUA was started in 1993 in Washington, D.C., and is a national organization with regional chapters. It has various on-going orphanage support programs, and
members have access to the quarterly newsletter and hotline on various adoption issues."
Social scientists researching international adoption have interviewed and surveyed individuals found through FRUA's listservs, and used FRUA's annual member survey as a raw data source.
History and organization
Founders
Organization
Chairpersons
Leadership
Countries represented
Below is an incomplete list of countries from FRUA children have come:
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Georgia
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Moldova
Montenegro
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
References
Adoption-related organizations
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scharfenstein%20%28Hesse%29
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Scharfenstein (Hesse)
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Scharfenstein is a hill composed of basalt in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district of North Hesse, Germany. It is the remains of one of a number of extinct volcanoes in the West Hesse Depression.
Geographical Location
Scharfenstein lies ca. north-east of the town centre of Gudensberg, and ca. west-south-west of the village of Dissen. Directly next to it runs the Bundesautobahn 49, and the hill can be reached from a car park off the autobahn. Alternatively the outcrop can be reached on foot from Dissen by crossing a bridge over the autobahn.
Geology
The hill is the remains of an extinct volcano that belongs to the West Hesse Depression.
The volcano was active in the Miocene, i.e. it began 20 million years ago and ended 7 million years ago. The only part of the volcano that is left is the neck or volcanic plug; the rest has been eroded. The alkali basalt has a silica (SiO2) volume percentage of 45-55%. The main minerals in the rock are plagioclase, augite and olivine.
Peculiar to Scharfenstein, compared to other basalt outcrops in the area, are the very well-developed basalt columns, which are for the most part horizontal or slightly inclined. Basalt in columnar form is due to cooling, in which the long axis of the column is in the direction of the slowest cooling. It is likely that after eruption or intrusion, the basalt slumped back to produce the outcrop features at Scharfenstein.
The fresh broken edges of basalt are as sharp as a knife edge, which gives Scharfenstein () its name. Between the 21 and 22 March 1865, as the result of weathering, especially repeated freezing and cracking, the original outcrop broke apart and was reduced in height by a half.
Cultural Heritage
In 1838, Franz von Dingelstedt published a collection of poems, one of which was entitled 'Althessiche Sage' ().
It tells the romantic story of a band of Roman warriors, who, after being defeated in battle by the German barbarians, ask for sanctuary. They are then locked inside the hill and only come out in moonlight.
Ludwig Emil Grimm (14 March 1790 –– 4 April 1863), the third brother of the more famous Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, painted Scharfenstein in watercolours (see figure right) in 1835, i.e., before it broke apart.
Legend
It is said that a beautiful virgin keeps a treasure chest within the hill. On every seventh year she comes out and sneezes seven times. Whoever, at this time, calls out "Gott helf!" () will receive the treasure and girl. Once a coach driver heard the sneezing, and called out six times "Gott helf!". But instead, on the seventh time, he cursed loudly and the girl disappeared. She was never seen again.
Outdoor Activities
Scharfenstein is a well-known target for climbers. There are over 85 climbing routes on the basalt hill.
References
Mountains of Hesse
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Macau at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
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Macau competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.
Results
(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)
Men
Track and road events
Sources
Nations at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
World Championships in Athletics
Macau at the World Athletics Championships
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dockweiler
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Dockweiler
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Dockweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies on the watershed between the Ahr and the Moselle in the heart of the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth. Dockweiler lies in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate at an elevation of roughly 500 to 560 m above sea level between Daun and Gerolstein.
Geology
A lava flow stretching from the Ernstberg (700 m) and across the Eselsberg (637 m), ending just before the neighbouring village of Dreis, forms the bedrock under Dockweiler.
History
In 1136, Dockweiler had its first documentary mention in the Springiersbach Monastery's directory of holdings. Finds of coins, Roman burial mounds and settlement centres near Dockweiler as well as the proximity to the former Meuse-Rhine and Meuse-Moselle Roman roads are taken as evidence of Dockweiler's founding going as far back as Roman times, although this cannot be confirmed.
Quite early on, the village belonged to the County of Kerpen, which later passed to the County of the Lords of Manderscheid-Schleiden.
In the 19th century, Dockweiler became a postal coach station, until 1895, when postal coaches were replaced by the railway; at this time, the Dockweiler/Dreis railway station also came into being.
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Mayor
Dockweiler's mayor is Ralf Schüller.
Coat of arms
The German blazon reads: Unter rotem Schildhaupt, darin ein goldener Zickzackbalken, schräg links von Silber und Rot geteilt; vorn ein schwarzes Rost, hinten eine doppelblättrige, goldene Rose mit rotem Butzen.
The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per bend sinister argent a gridiron bendwise sinister sable and gules a rose with petals doubled Or seeded of the field, in a chief of the third a bar dancetty of three of the fourth.
The narrow zigzag stripe (“bar dancetty”) stands for the centuries through which the Counts of Manderscheid held sway in Dockweiler. The gridiron is Saint Lawrence’s attribute, and as such symbolizes the church's and the municipality's patron saint. Dockweiler passed as the result of a noble bequest to the Duchy of Arenberg. The Dukes bore a charge of three roses in their arms, and the rose in Dockweiler's arms recalls this time.
Culture and sightseeing
Near the Romanesque church, which was built about 1200, are found limetrees and chestnut trees some 200 years old, which are held to be natural monuments. In the Dockweiler Wald (forest) is an acidic mineral spring. South of the village lies a block lava field, another natural monument.
Hikers can explore the woodlands in the Dockweiler-Daun-Kelberg triangle.
Buildings
Saint Lawrence’s Catholic Parish Church, Pfarrer-Hubert-Schmitz-Straße 5, may originally have been an aisleless church in the 11th century, expanded into a basilica towards the end of the 12th century, Romanesque Revival tower and nave expansion in 1903 and 1904, architect L. von Fisenne, Gelsenkirchen.
Dauner Straße 21 – former railway station, built to standard plans, early 20th century.
Gerolsteiner Straße 4 – timber-frame house, partly solid.
Gerolsteiner Straße 5 – Quereinhaus (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), Classicist motifs, from 1856.
Hauptstraße 24 – plaster structure (former rectory?), perhaps from mid 19th century.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Road
Dockweiler is linked to the road network by Bundesstraßen 421 and 410. The municipality is served by two regional bus routes, 500 / 9311 serving the route Gerolstein-Daun-Cochem, and, intermittently, 511 / 9367 running the Jünkerath-Hillesheim-Daun route.
Rail
The local railway service runs only from May to October to and from the old station on Dauner Straße. Trains run scheduled daytime services to and from Gerolstein, Daun, Ulmen, Kaisersesch, Mayen and Andernach.
References
External links
Municipality’s official webpage
Vulkaneifel
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elderberry%20Wine%20%28song%29
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Elderberry Wine (song)
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"Elderberry Wine" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It was first released on John's 1973 album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. It was also released as the B-side of John's No. 1 hit "Crocodile Rock" in October 1972. It was also popular on album-oriented rock radio stations. John played it live during his 1973 tour. It was covered by Irish-Scots singer Mae McKenna.
Music and lyrics
"Elderberry Wine"'s music evokes nostalgia, and it has been described as a "retro rocker." Allmusic critic Stewart Mason describes it as a "straight-ahead piano-pounding rocker with gruff vocals and funky sax breaks," although Mason states that the song lacks the "retro trappings" of "Crocodile Rock." The instrumentation includes a brass instrument parts arranged by producer Gus Dudgeon and played by the horn players who also appeared on John's prior album Honky Chateau. Author Joseph Murrells suggests that the song has "a new rhythmic sound."
The lyrics are told by a man whose wife has left him. He misses her and recalls his happy days with her, but he mostly misses the fact that she was the one who could make the elderberry wine he used to enjoy with her. Mason suggests that the lyrics are "tongue in cheek silliness," and he considers the couplet:
You aimed to please me
Cooked black-eyed peas me
the worst of Taupin's career. Author Elizabeth Rosenthal points out the irony in the fact that the happy music is juxtaposed against lyrics about loneliness. She notes that this method of using music that sounds the opposite of the meaning of the words is a technique John used often on his prior album Honky Chateau. She also sees in this song a development in this technique from earlier songs that would continue through "All the Girls Love Alice" to the fully mature "Love Lies Bleeding."
Reception
Although never released as an A-side, "Elderberry Wine" was popular on album-oriented rock radio stations. Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls "Elderberry Wine" "as strong as anything John had recorded." Allmusic's Mason comments on the song's ongoing popularity. Elton John biographer David Buckley picks it out as a "strong cut." Mary Anne Cassata describes it as an "overlooked gem."
Other appearances
"Elderberry Wine" was released as the B-side of "Crocodile Rock" in October 1972, prior to its appearance on Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. John played it live during his 1973 tour, and was the show opener at John's performance at the Royal Command Performance Variety Show on 7 September 1973, as well as his Madison Square Garden concert that same year. Subsequent to its initial release on Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, "Elderberry Wine" was released on several Elton John compilation albums, including Candle in the Wind in the UK 1978 and Your Songs in the US in 1986. An extended live jam of the song is a highlight in the much-bootlegged Christmas 1973 BBC performance from Hammersmith Odeon (released officially in 2014 as part of the 40th anniversary version of the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album).
Celtic folk singer Mae McKenna recorded a cover version of "Elderberry Wine" on her self-titled album in 1975.
References
1973 songs
Elton John songs
Songs about alcohol
Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Songs with music by Elton John
Song recordings produced by Gus Dudgeon
DJM Records singles
MCA Records singles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrastichomphale
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Tetrastichomphale
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Tetrastichomphale is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.
References
Key to Nearctic eulophid genera
Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Eulophidae
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%20Clare%20Senior%20Hurling%20Championship
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2013 Clare Senior Hurling Championship
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The 2013 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 118th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887.
Newmarket-on-Fergus are the defending champions.
Senior Championship Knockout Stages
Quarter-finals
Top two teams from each Senior A Group plus both Senior B Finalists.
Semi-finals
County Final
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
Sixmilebridge win their first title since 2002.
References
External links
Clare Senior Hurling Championship
Clare Senior Hurling Championship
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ambassadors%20of%20the%20United%20States%20to%20Saint%20Kitts%20and%20Nevis
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List of ambassadors of the United States to Saint Kitts and Nevis
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The United States ambassador to Saint Kitts and Nevis (or, prior to August 3, 1988, to Saint Christopher and Nevis) is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The title of the ambassador is United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The United States established diplomatic relations with Saint Christopher and Nevis on September 20, 1983, but no U.S. mission has ever been established at Basseterre. After June 25, 1988, all relations were handled by the Embassy at St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. When that Embassy closed on June 30, 1994, all diplomatic functions have been handled out of the U.S. Embassy at Bridgetown, Barbados, where the U.S. Ambassador to Saint Kitts and Nevis is resident.
List of U.S. ambassadors to Saint Kitts and Nevis
The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Saint Kitts and Nevis. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
See also
Saint Kitts and Nevis – United States relations
Foreign relations of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ambassadors of the United States
References
United States Department of State: Background notes on Saint Knitts and Nevis
External links
United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Saint Kitts and Nevis
United States Department of State: Saints Kitts and Nevis
United States Embassy in Bridgetown
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumoperitoneum
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Pneumoperitoneum
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Pneumoperitoneum is pneumatosis (abnormal presence of air or other gas) in the peritoneal cavity, a potential space within the abdominal cavity. The most common cause is a perforated abdominal organ, generally from a perforated peptic ulcer, although any part of the bowel may perforate from a benign ulcer, tumor or abdominal trauma. A perforated appendix seldom causes a pneumoperitoneum.
Spontaneous pneumoperitoneum is a rare case that is not caused by an abdominal organ rupture. This is also called an idiopathic spontaneous pneumoperitoneum when the cause is not known.
In the mid-twentieth century, an "artificial" pneumoperitoneum was sometimes intentionally administered as a treatment for a hiatal hernia. This was achieved by insufflating the abdomen with carbon dioxide. The practice is currently used by surgical teams in order to aid in performing laparoscopic surgery.
Causes
Perforated duodenal ulcer – The most common cause of rupture in the abdomen. Especially of the anterior aspect of the first part of the duodenum.
Perforated peptic ulcer
Bowel obstruction
Ruptured diverticulum
Penetrating trauma
Ruptured inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., megacolon)
Necrotising enterocolitis/pneumatosis coli
Bowel cancer
Ischemic bowel
Steroids
After laparotomy
After laparoscopy
Breakdown of a surgical anastomosis
Bowel injury after endoscopy
Peritoneal dialysis (PD), although the prevalence of pneumoperitoneum is estimated to be less than 4% among people with PD in a more recent study in the United Kingdom.
Vaginal insufflation (air enters via the fallopian tubes; e.g., water-skiing, oral sex)
Colonic or peritoneal infection
From chest (e.g., bronchopleural fistula)
Non-invasive PAP (positive airway pressure) can force air down duodenum as well as down trachea.
Spontaneous pneumoperitoneum
A spontaneous pneumoperitoneum is a rare case that is not caused by an abdominal organ rupture. This is also called an idiopathic spontaneous pneumoperitoneum when the cause is not known. Causes of a spontaneous pneumoperitoneum, with no peritonitis include a barotrauma due to mechanical ventilation, and a tracheal rupture following an emergency intubation. In the ventilation case, air had passed from the chest into the abdominal cavity through the diaphragm. In the tracheal rupture air had passed along the great vessels.
Diagnosis
When present, pneumoperitoneum can often be seen on projectional radiography, but small amounts are often missed, and CT scan is nowadays regarded as a criterion standard in the assessment of a pneumoperitoneum. CT can visualize quantities as small as 5 cm³ of air or gas.
Signs that can be seen on projectional radiography are shown below:
The double wall sign marks the presence of air on both sides of the intestine. However, a false double wall sign can result from two loops of bowel being in contact with one another. The sign is named after Leo George Rigler. It is not the same as Rigler's triad.
The football sign is when the abdomen appears as a large oval radiolucency reminiscent of an American football on a supine projectional radiograph. The football sign is most frequently seen in infants with spontaneous or iatrogenic gastric perforation causing pneumoperitoneum. It is also seen in bowel obstruction with secondary perforation, as in Hirschprung disease, midgut volvulus, meconium ileus and intestinal atresia. Iatrogenic causes like endoscopic perforation may also give football sign.
The Cupola sign is seen when air is accumulated under the central tendon of the diaphragm.
Differential diagnosis
As differential diagnoses, a subphrenic abscess, bowel interposed between diaphragm and liver (Chilaiditi syndrome), and linear atelectasis at the base of the lungs can simulate free air under the diaphragm on a chest X-ray.
Treatment
Treatment depends on the cause of the condition.
Terminology
Pneumoperitoneum can be described as peritoneal emphysema, just as pneumomediastinum can be called mediastinal emphysema, but pneumoperitoneum is the usual name.
See also
Cupola sign
Football sign
Pneumoretroperitoneum
Rigler's sign
References
External links
Disorders of fascia
Peritoneum disorders
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%27ara%20Willk%27i%20%28Cochabamba%29
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Q'ara Willk'i (Cochabamba)
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Q'ara Willk'i (Aymara q'ara bald, bare, willk'i gap, "bald gap", also spelled Khara Willkhi) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Tapacari Province. Q'ara Willk'i lies northwest of Lluxita.
References
Mountains of Cochabamba Department
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPR%20Institute%20of%20Engineering%20and%20Technology
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KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology
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KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology is an autonomous engineering college established in the year 2009, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. KPRIET is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. Institution is accredited by NAAC with "A" grade and courses are approved by National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Courses were offered under Bachelor's & Master's Degree as well.
KPRIET Counselling Code: 2764
Recognitions
KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology got 1st position in Coimbatore and 6th Position in Tamil Nadu, at Anna University, Academic Performance of November, December 2019 Examinations.
Academics
Undergraduate
B.E. - Civil Engineering
B.E. - Computer Science and Engineering
B.E. - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
B.E. - Electronics and Communication Engineering
B.E. - Mechanical Engineering
B.E. - Biomedical Engineering
B.Tech. - Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
B.Tech. - Chemical Engineering
B.E. - CSE - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
B.E. - Mechatronics Engineering
B.Tech. - Computer Science and Business Systems
B.Tech. - Information Technology
Postgraduate
M.E - CAD/CAM
M.E - Computer Science and Engineering
M.E - VLSI Design
M.E - Structural Engineering
Ph. D. Programmes
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Chemistry
References
External links
https://www.kpriet.ac.in
Engineering colleges in Coimbatore
Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu
Universities and colleges in Coimbatore
Educational institutions established in 2009
2009 establishments in Tamil Nadu
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabia%20Kaya
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Rabia Kaya
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Rabia Kaya (born 5 December 1994) is a Turkish weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 75kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
In 2017, she competed in the women's 75kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Split, Croatia without winning a medal. In the same year, she also represented Turkey at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan in the women's 75kg event. In this event she finished in 6th place.
At the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, she won the bronze medal in the 75 kg Snatch event.
References
External links
Living people
1994 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Turkish female weightlifters
Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey
Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in weightlifting
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenton%20County%20Public%20Library
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Kenton County Public Library
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The Kenton County Public Library is a library system serving the residents of Kenton County, Kentucky. The library ranked first in Kentucky in Hennen's American Public Library Ratings 2008.
The Covington Public Library was established in 1898. A donation from Andrew Carnegie gave the city a two-story Carnegie library, completed in 1904.
References
External links
Kenton County Public Library
Buildings and structures in Kenton County, Kentucky
Public libraries in Kentucky
Education in Kenton County, Kentucky
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Cohen%20%28ice%20hockey%29
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Paul Cohen (ice hockey)
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Paulhew "Paul" Cohen (born January 31, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Early life
Cohen was born in Toronto. Prior to turning professional, Cohen attended St. Lawrence University, where he played four seasons of NCAA Division-I hockey with the St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey team.
Career
On March 28, 1992, when playing for the Springfield Indians, Cohen sent a rink-length shot into a Rochester empty net to become only the second goaltender in the American Hockey League's 55-year history to score a goal. The first AHL goaltender to score a goal was Darcy Wakaluk.
On January 14, 1993, the Sunshine Hockey League announced that they had suspended Cohen, then playing with the West Palm Beach Blaze, for the remainder of the season for delivering an illegal cross-check during a game that sent a player to the hospital with a concussion.
Awards and honors
References
External links
1965 births
Living people
Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Capital District Islanders players
Jewish Canadian sportspeople
Jewish ice hockey players
Kansas City Blades players
Nashville Knights players
Richmond Renegades players
Roanoke Express players
Springfield Indians players
St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey players
Toledo Storm players
Winston-Salem Thunderbirds players
Florida Hammerheads players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan%20Leslie
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Nan Leslie
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Nanette June Leslie (June 4, 1926 – July 30, 2000) was an American actress. She was known for playing Martha McGivern in the American western television series The Californians.
Life and career
Leslie was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Frank Leslie, a salesman, and his wife, Alma. Leslie attended University High School. She began her career in 1945 in the film Under Western Skies. Leslie starred, co-starred and appeared in other films such as Guns of Hate, The Devil Thumbs a Ride, Under the Tonto Rim, Sunset Pass, The Miracle of the Hills, Western Heritage, The Arizona Ranger, Wild Horse Mesa and I'll Remember April.
Between 1949 and 1955 Leslie appeared in eight episodes of The Lone Ranger; the most appearances in the series by any actress. She played Faith Harding in four episodes of The Gene Autry Show, 1950–1955. In 1954, Leslie guest-starred in the western television series Annie Oakley. She also guest-starred in The Adventures of Kit Carson and The Cisco Kid, appearing in five episodes of each. Leslie later joined the cast of the western television series The Californians, playing Jack McGivern's wife Martha McGivern from 1957 to 1958. Leslie retired in 1968, her last credit being for the film The Bamboo Saucer.
Death
Leslie died in July 2000 from complications of pneumonia in San Juan Capistrano, California, at the age of 74. She was buried in Pacific View Memorial Park.
References
External links
Rotten Tomatoes profile
1926 births
2000 deaths
Actresses from Los Angeles
Deaths from pneumonia in California
American film actresses
American television actresses
20th-century American actresses
Western (genre) television actors
Western (genre) film actresses
Burials at Pacific View Memorial Park
University High School (Los Angeles) alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20Lalumi%C3%A8re
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Catherine Lalumière
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Catherine Lalumière (born 3 August 1935) is a French politician of the Radical Party of the Left.
Before her political career, she lectured on public law at the University of Rennes and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. She began a foray into politics in 1981 as Minister of Consumption in the cabinet of Pierre Mauroy, and held several offices throughout the 1980s.
She served as Secretary General of the Council of Europe from 1989 to 1994, and became a member of the European Parliament in 1994, re-elected in 1999 until 2004.
She served as Vice-President of the International European Movement where she chaired the Working Group on Enlargement.
Lalumière is currently President of the Maison de l'Europe de Paris. Since December 2021, she is the founding president of the Pierre and Catherine Lalumière Foundation, hosted by the Fondation de France.
Education and Academic Career
Catherine Lalumière holds a Doctorate in Public Law from the University of Rennes in 1968 and later became a lecturer. From 1960 to 1981, she taught at the universities of Rennes, Bordeaux, and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She comes from a Protestant family in Rennes and does not hide her adherence to Protestantism.
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Political career
Catherine Lalumière entered the national political scene following the election of François Mitterrand as President of the Republic in May 1981.
She was appointed Secretary of State for Public Service and Administrative Reform to Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy's first government in May 1981.
After being elected as a deputy for the first time in Gironde in June 1981, she was appointed Minister of Consumer Affairs in Pierre Mauroy's second government.
In 1983, following her unsuccessful bid for the mayorship of Bordeaux against incumbent mayor Jacques Chaban-Delmas, she retained the portfolio of Consumer Affairs but her ministry was transformed into a secretary of state position under the Minister of Economy, Finance, and Budget, Jacques Delors. She relied in particular on Christiane Doré, the "number 2" in the ministry.
On December 7, 1984, she was appointed Secretary of State for European Affairs in Laurent Fabius's government. In this capacity, she signed the Schengen Agreement on behalf of France in 1985.
She was reelected as a deputy in 1986 and 1988 and served as the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe from June 1989. In the following month, she received the Secretary-General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, who presented his vision of a united Europe within the "Common European Home." During her tenure, she promoted the establishment of a network of Schools of Political Studies within the Council of Europe, aimed at training young political leaders in emerging democracies of the former Eastern Bloc. She also inaugurated the new premises of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
At the end of her term at the Council of Europe in May 1994, Catherine Lalumière was excluded from the socialist list led by Michel Rocard and subsequently distanced herself from the Socialist Party. She joined the list of Bernard Tapie's Energy Radical party. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 1994 and reelected in 1999 on a list supported by the Socialist Party (PS), Radical Party of the Left (PRG), and Citizens' Movement (MDC). She served as Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2001 to 2004.
In 2003, she became the head of the Maison de l'Europe de Paris, an association whose main objective is to promote European citizenship. In 2008, she was elected President of the French Federation of European Houses, an association that brings together around thirty Houses throughout France. She left her position in 2020.
In December 2021, she established the Pierre et Catherine Lalumière Foundation, hosted by the Fondation de France.
She was appointed Officer of the Legion of Honour in January 2017.
References
1935 births
Living people
Politicians from Rennes
Council of Europe Secretaries-General
Radical Party of the Left politicians
Radical Party (France) MEPs
MEPs for France 1994–1999
MEPs for France 1999–2004
20th-century women MEPs for France
21st-century women MEPs for France
Women government ministers of France
Officers of the Legion of Honour
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