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Sir James William Mackey (1816 – 14 December 1892) was an Anglo-Irish merchant and politician.
Mackey was the son of Stephen Mackey, a Dublin seed merchant, and Catherine Ward. He inherited his father's business in 1854. He was twice Lord Mayor of Dublin, in 1866 and 1873, firstly representing the Irish Liberal Party and secondly for the Irish Conservative Party. He was knighted in 1873. In 1880 Mackey served a term as Sheriff of Dublin City.
In 1847 he married Hannah James Sylvia Jones. Mackey owned 1,377 acres in County Cork. He was a lifelong member of the Royal Dublin Society.
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1892 deaths
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High Sheriffs of Dublin City
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The cycling competition at the Friendship Games consisted of two road cycling and five track cycling events (all men's). The individual road race was held at the Schleizer Dreieck race track in Schleiz, East Germany on 23 August 1984, the team road race was held in Forst, East Germany on 26 August 1984, while track cycling events were held at the Velodrome of the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre in Moscow, Soviet Union between 18 and 22 August 1984.
Medal summary
Road cycling
Track cycling
Medal table
See also
Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics
References
Friendship Games
Friendship Games
1984 in East German sport
1984 in Soviet sport
International cycle races hosted by Germany
Cycle races in the Soviet Union
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The following is a list of the top National Football League (NFL) head coaches in wins.
Don Shula holds the current records for regular season wins at 347. Bill Belichick holds the record for postseason wins at 31. Belichick is also the active leader in regular season wins, with 331.
List
This sortable table shows the top 100 NFL head coaches in order of total regular season wins. The table also shows every team for which he was a head coach and his record with each team.
When sorting by team, coaches are listed in order of wins for that team.
Teams Grouped Together:
Notes
The NFL did not officially count ties in the standings until . Therefore, ties occurring prior to 1972 do not count toward a coach's win percentage, while ties occurring 1972 or later count as half-win, half-loss.
Does not include Paul Brown's four-year AAFC record of 47–4–3.
In 2012, Bruce Arians served as acting head coach of the Indianapolis Colts for 12 games as head coach Chuck Pagano was on medical leave. The Colts' 9–3 record in these games is credited to Pagano and is reflected in the totals on this chart.
Does not include Ray Flaherty's four-year AAFC record of 26–16–2.
Does not include Buck Shaw's four-year AAFC record of 38–14–2.
Postseason wins
See also
List of current National Football League head coaches
List of Super Bowl head coaches
NFL head coach playoff records
List of professional gridiron football coaches with 200 wins
References
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National Football League records and achievements
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Marie-Renée is a feminine French given name. Notable people with the name include:
Marie-Renée Frossard, French ballerina
Marie-Renée Lavoie (born 1974), Canadian writer
Marie-Renée Oget (born 1945), French politician
Marie-Renée Roudaut (1847-1930) was a French missionary nun
Marie-Renée Ucciani (1883-1963), French painter and sculptor
Compound given names
French feminine given names
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Social franchising is the application of commercial franchising concepts to achieve socially beneficial ends, rather than profit.
Overview
Social franchising is the application of the principles of commercial franchising to promote social benefit rather than private profit.
In the first sense, it refers to a contractual relationship wherein an independent coordinating organization (usually a non-governmental organization, but occasionally a governmental body or private company) offers individual independent operators the ability to join into a franchise network for the provision of selected services over a specified area in accordance with an overall blueprint devised by the franchisor. Once joining the network, operators are given the right to employ previously tested incentives including: professional training, use of brands or brand advertisements, subsidized or proprietary supplies and equipment, support services, and access to professional advice. Members also gain beneficial spin-off effects such as increased consumer volume and improved reputation due to brand affiliation. Franchisees must adhere to a range of requirements including: providing socially beneficial services, meeting quality and pricing standards, undergoing mandatory education on provision of services, subjecting outlets to quality assurance mechanisms, reporting service and sales statistics, and occasionally, paying fixed or profit-share fees. Social franchises have been used for primary health services, pharmaceutical sales of essential drugs, HIV testing and counseling, and reproductive health services in the developing world.
A second application of social franchising is as a means of enabling social enterprises and the social economy to create more employment for disadvantaged people and achieve social aims. This is done principally by enabling joint working and knowledge sharing and transfer. The European Social Franchising Network has identified over 60 social franchises of this typ
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Bless Yo Trap is a collaborative mixtape by American rapper Smokepurpp and Canadian record producer Murda Beatz. It was released on April 13, 2018, by Alamo Records and Interscope Records. The mixtape features guest appearances from Lil Yachty, Offset, and ASAP Ferg.
The mixtape was supported by two singles: "123" and "Do Not Disturb" (featuring Lil Yachty and Offset).
Track listing
Credits adapted from Tidal and BMI.
Notes
signifies an uncredited co-producer.
Charts
References
2018 mixtape albums
Interscope Records mixtape albums
Smokepurpp albums
Albums produced by Murda Beatz
Albums produced by Cubeatz
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Sir James Somerville (1882–1949) was a British admiral.
James Somerville may also refer to:
James Somerville, 6th Lord Somerville (died 1569), Lord of the Parliament of Scotland
James Somerville (family historian) (1632–1690), Scottish writer and soldier
Sir James Somerville, 1st Baronet (1698–1748), Irish politician
James Somerville (Bruce County politician) (1826–1898)
James Somerville (Wentworth County, Ontario politician) (1834–1916)
James Somerville, 2nd Baron Athlumney (1865–1929), Irish noble
James Dugald Somerville (1868–1960), South Australian historian
James Graham Somerville (1915–2014), conservationist
Jimmy Somerville (born 1961), Scottish singer-songwriter
Jimmy Somerville (footballer) ( 1920s), Scottish footballer with Airdrieonians
See also
James Sommerville, Canadian-born horn player
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The 2008 California wildfire season was one of the most devastating in the state of the 21st century. While 6,255 fires occurred, about two-thirds as many as in 2007, the total area burned— —far exceeded that of previous years.
By July 5, 2008, 328 wildfires were burning, and those fires were only 81% contained. For the first time since 1977, the US military helped with ground-based firefighting, when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dispatched 400 California National Guard troops, including Chief Medical Officer Susan Pangelinan, to manage fire lines. He said the number of fires had stretched the state's fire-fighting resources thin. "One never has resources for 1,700 fires. Who has the resources for that?" Schwarzenegger said, adding, "Something is happening, clearly. There's more need for resources than ever before... it's fire season all year round."
Fires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded during the 2008 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
Summer fires
The Summer 2008 fires were a concentrated outbreak of wildfires during the late spring and summer of 2008. Over 3,596 individual fires were burning at the height of the period, burning large portions of forests and chaparral in California, injuring at least 34 individuals and killing 32. The majority of the fires were started by lightning from dry thunderstorms on June 20, although some earlier fires ignited during mid-May. International aid from Greece, Cyprus, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand helped fight the fires.
The first of the wildfires was the Big Horn Fire, which ignited on May 13. Three other minor wildfires ignited subsequently, but were extinguished by May 17. On May 20, the Avocado Fire ignited in Fresno County, only to be extinguished 2 days later. On May 22, 2008, the human-caused Summit Fire broke out in the Santa Cruz Mountains, which became the first major fire.
On July 5, 2008, California Governor Schwarzenegger
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The following are Wikipedia lists related to the United States of America.
Political divisions
Political divisions of the United States
U.S. state
List of states and territories of the United States
List of U.S. state partition proposals
Counties:
List of United States counties and county equivalents
List of counties by U.S. state and territory
List of the most populous counties by U.S. state
List of U.S. states by number of county equivalents
Buildings
Archives and libraries – List of U.S. state libraries and archives
Capitols – List of state and territorial capitols in the United States
Highest buildings – List of tallest buildings by U.S. state and territory
Hospitals – Lists of hospitals in the United States by U.S. state and territory
Museums – List of U.S. state historical societies and museums
Prisons – Lists of state prisons by U.S. state
Demographics
African-American population – List of U.S. states by African-American population
American Human Development Index – List of U.S. states and district by American Human Development Index
Amish population – List of U.S. states by Amish population
Hispanic American population – List of U.S. states by Hispanic and Latino population
Human Development Index – List of U.S. states by Human Development Index
Irreligion – List of U.S. states, district, and territories by irreligion rate
Latino American population – List of U.S. state, district, and territorial Hispanic and Latino American population
Life expectancy – List of U.S. states and district by life expectancy
Socioeconomics – List of U.S. states by socioeconomic factors
Obesity – List of U.S. state and district obesity prevalence
Population – List of U.S. states, district, and territories by population
Population density – List of U.S. states, district, and territories by population density
Population growth rate – List of U.S. states, district, and territories by population growth rate
Economy
Billionaires – List of U.S. states and district by number of bi
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The 1925 Tasmanian state election was held on 3 June 1925. Since the last election, the Nationalist Party had split, with some supporting former leader Sir Walter Lee's "Liberal" grouping. The Tasmanian branch of the Country Party had also ceased to exist, with its members scattering to the Nationalists, Liberals or independents.
Retiring Members
Nationalist
These members were elected in 1922 as members of the Nationalist or Country parties; their designation for 1925 (Nationalist, Liberal or Independent) is not clear.
Richard Franks MHA (Darwin)
Alexander Hean MHA (Franklin)
House of Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).
Bass
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats, although one sitting member ran as a Liberal and another as an independent. Independent Labor MHA Jens Jensen was defending one seat.
Darwin
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats, two of which had been won by the Country Party at the last election.
Denison
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.
Franklin
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats, although Nationalist MHA Peter Murdoch was running as an independent. Country Party MHA John Piggott was also running as an independent.
Wilmot
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats, two of which had been held by the Country Party.
See also
Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1922–1925
Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1925–1928
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Malassezia globosa is a species of yeast-like fungus.
Cause of dandruff and dermatitis
In 2007, it was discovered that the responsible agent is a scalp specific fungus, Malassezia globosa (previously thought to be Malassezia furfur), that metabolizes triglycerides present in sebum by the expression of lipase, resulting in a lipid byproduct: oleic acid.
Identification of Malassezia on skin has been aided by the application of molecular or DNA-based techniques. These investigations show that the Malassezia species causing most skin disease in humans, including the most common cause of dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis, is M. globosa (though M. restricta is also involved). The skin rash of tinea versicolor (pityriasis versicolor) is also due to infection by this fungus.
As the fungus requires fat to grow, it is most common in areas with many sebaceous glands: on the scalp, face, and upper part of the body. When the fungus grows too rapidly, the natural renewal of cells is disturbed, and dandruff appears with itching (a similar process may also occur with other fungi or bacteria).
A project in 2007 has sequenced the genome of dandruff-causing Malassezia globosa and found it to have 4,285 genes. M. globosa uses eight different types of lipase, along with three phospholipases, to break down the oils on the scalp. Any of these 11 proteins would be a suitable target for dandruff medications.
The number of specimens of M. globosa on a human head can be up to ten million.
Malassezia globosa has been predicted to have the ability to reproduce sexually, but this has not been observed.
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Ustilaginomycotina
Parasitic fungi
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Derby City Council is the local authority for Derby, a unitary authority with city status in the East Midlands region of England.
As a unitary authority, Derby City Council is responsible for all services within its boundary and is therefore distinct from the two-tier system of local government that exists in the surrounding county of Derbyshire. Outside the city, responsibility is shared between Derbyshire County Council and various district or borough councils.
History
The town of Derby had been an ancient borough, with borough charters dating back to 1154. It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, governed by a corporate body called "the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Derby", generally known as the corporation or town council. When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, Derby was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services and so it was made a county borough, independent from the surrounding Derbyshire County Council.
In 1974 Derby was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district under the Local Government Act 1972; it kept the same boundaries but became a lower-tier district council with Derbyshire County Council providing county-level services to the town for the first time. Derby retained its borough status, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Derby's series of mayors dating back to 1638. The borough of Derby was awarded city status on 7 June 1977, allowing the council to change its name to Derby City Council.
Derby became a unitary authority on 1 April 1997, regaining its independence from Derbyshire County Council. The city remains party of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire for the purposes of lieutenancy.
Governance
Derby City Council provides all local government services in the area. As a unitary authority it provides both county-level and district-level services. There are
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Beausale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall, in the Warwick district of Warwickshire, England, north-west of Warwick. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 202. On 1 April 2007 the parish was abolished to form "Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall".
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Villages in Warwickshire
Former civil parishes in Warwickshire
Warwick District
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Mark Gerard (6 October 1934 – 21 June 2011) was an American equine veterinarian. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Cornell University.
As a student, he worked as an exercise rider for, among others, Hall of Fame trainer James E. Fitzsimmons.
Gerard started practice as a veterinarian for racehorses, some highly successful ones, such as Canonero II, who won the Kentucky Derby; he also cared for Triple Crown winner Secretariat. In 1977, he masterminded a highly publicized scandal involving horse switching. He had imported two horses from Uruguay, a champion named Cinzano, and the much cheaper Lebon. After Lebon had under-performed in his earlier races, Gerard ran Cinzano under Lebon's name. Entered as "Lebon", Cinzano subsequently won as a 57-1 outsider, at New York's Belmont Park, and Gerard collected a $77,920 winning on a bet.
Later, a Uruguayan journalist recognized the horse as Cinzano from a newspaper photo, and an investigation was started. The story was broken in the States on October 21, 1977, by News Worlds racing editor, Daniel Keating in New York. When John Piesen of the New York Post told Keating that he had broken a story on October 23, Keating told him he broke it two days ago. Keating also asked Rupert Murdoch to cease claiming the Post had broken the story. Nothing happened. In September 1978, Gerard, represented by attorney F. Lee Bailey, testified that Lebon had "died in an accident at Gerard's New York farm the day he and Cinzano arrived from Uruguay", and his wife testified that she had switched horses without his knowledge. Gerard was convicted of fraud, then fined $1,000 and sentenced to one year in prison, which was shortened on appeal by four months, otherwise retaining his ill-gotten gains.
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2011 deaths
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HD 142245 is a hierarchical triple star system about away.
The primary subgiant star HD 142245 A belongs to the spectral class of K0. Its age is much younger than Sun`s at 2.855 billion years. The primary star is slightly enriched by heavy elements, having 160% of solar abundance.
In 2014, the co-moving binary stellar companion HD 142245 BC was detected. It consists of pair of red dwarf stars with composite spectral class M1, orbiting each other on 4 AU orbit.
No other stellar companions were found at projected separations from 5.48 to 153.34 AU around HD 142245 A.
Planetary system
In 2011 one superjovian planet HD 142245 A b on a mildly eccentric orbit around star HD 142245 A was discovered utilizing the radial velocity method.
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Serpens
Planetary systems with one confirmed planet
Multi-star planetary systems
J15525629+1525507
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The Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (also known as the Pamphlet Laws or just Laws of Pennsylvania, as well as the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) is the compilation of session laws passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
See also
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Law of Pennsylvania
United States Statutes at Large
References
Government of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania law
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Lieutenant Colonel Hon. Lockhart Gordon (1732 – 24 March 1788) was an aristocrat, army officer and colonial administrator in India who served as Judge-Advocate-General of Bengal.
Career
Gordon was born the third son of John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne and his wife Grace Lockhart, daughter of George Lockhart of Lee and Lady Euphemia Montgomerie. Initially he studied for the bar however he eventually entered the army and became a lieutenant-colonel. Whilst in the army he served in India at which point he was appointed Judge-Advocate-General of Bengal in 1787.
Personal life
Gordon married first Isabella, the daughter of Elias Levi on 25 April 1753, however she died on 17 March 1754 without issue. His second wife was the Hon. Catherine Wallop who he married on 3 October 1770, she was daughter of the politician John Wallop, Viscount Lymington and his wife Catherine Conduitt, daughter of John Conduitt of Cranbury Park, Hampshire and Catherine Barton the niece of Sir Isaac Newton. Her father, Lord Lymington was the eldest son and heir of John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth however he predeceased his father. Gordon and his second wife Catherine had three children together:
Caroline Gordon (1772 – 13 December 1801), married Lt.-Col. William James, son of Lt.-Col. Sir Charles James and Catherine Napier, daughter of Sir Gerrard Napier, 5th Baronet* Reverend Lockhart Gordon
Rev. Lockhart Gordon
Loudon Harcourt Gordon, an officer in the Royal Artillery
Gordon died in Calcutta, India on 24 March 1788.
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1788 deaths
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The Progressive is a left-leaning American magazine and website covering politics and culture. Founded in 1909 by U.S. senator Robert M. La Follette Sr. and co-edited with his wife Belle Case La Follette, it was originally called La Follette's Weekly and then La Follette's. In 1929, it was recapitalized and had its name changed to The Progressive. For a period, The Progressive was co-owned by the La Follette family and William Evjue's newspaper The Capital Times. Its headquarters is in Madison, Wisconsin.
The publication covers civil rights and civil liberties-related topics, gender, immigrant issues, labor issues, environmentalism, criminal justice reform, and democratic reform. Its current acting managing editor is David Boddiger. Previous editors included La Follette Sr., Belle Case La Follette, their son Robert Jr., William Evjue, Morris Rubin, Erwin Knoll, Matthew Rothschild, Bill Lueders and Ruth Conniff.
History
La Follette's Weekly
On the first page of its first issue, La Follette wrote this introduction to the magazine:
In the course of every attempt to establish or develop free government, a struggle between Special Privilege and Equal Rights is inevitable. Our great industrial organizations [are] in control of politics, government, and natural resources. They manage conventions, make platforms, dictate legislation. They rule through the very men elected to represent them. The battle is just on. It is young yet. It will be the longest and hardest ever fought for Democracy. In other lands, the people have lost. Here we shall win. It is a glorious privilege to live in this time, and have a free hand in this fight for government by the people.
Some of the campaigns La Follette's Weekly engaged in were non-intervention in World War I, opposition to the Palmer Raids in the early 1920s, and calling for action against unemployment during the Depression. La Follette's wife Belle edited the publication's women's section, and also wrote articles for the publicat
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Jean-Pierre Emile Boeres (1890–1944) was a Luxembourg composer, organist and choir master.
Born on 13 November 1890 in Luxembourg City, he wrote operettas and musical comedies in Luxembourgish. In 1934, he founded the Wiener Operette and the Lëtzebuerger Musekerverband. He also contributed to the Lëtzebuerger Revue.
During the German occupation, the Théâtre des Capucins put on operas, ballets and plays in German but the German authorities were very wary of productions in Luxembourgish which were considered anti-German. On 18 November 1940, Boeres' operetta Wann d'Blieder falen (When the leaves fall) enjoyed a huge success as the audience sought to show its support for a free Luxembourg by attending a performance in the Luxembourg language.
Boeres died in Luxembourg City on 18 August 1944 after a cycling accident.
Works
1935: "Fre'johr"
1936: "Spuenescht Blutt"
1936: "Wann d'Blieder falen"
1937: "Landstroosselidd"
1939: "Den éiwege Wee"
1941: "D'Wonner vu Spe'sbech"
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1944 deaths
20th-century composers
20th-century male musicians
Luxembourgian composers
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Geobacter sulfurreducens is a gram-negative metal and sulphur-reducing proteobacterium. It is rod-shaped, aerotolerant anaerobe, non-fermentative, has flagellum and type four pili, and is closely related to Geobacter metallireducens. Geobacter sulfurreducens is an anaerobic species of bacteria that comes from the family of bacteria called Geobacteraceae. Under the genus of Geobacter, G. sulfurreducens is one out of twenty different species. The Geobacter genus was discovered by Derek R. Lovley in 1987. G. sulfurreducens was first isolated in Norman, Oklahoma, USA from materials found around the surface of a contaminated ditch.
Characteristics
Geobacter sulfurreducens is a rod-shaped microbe with a gram-negative cell wall. Geobacter is known as a type of bacteria that is able to conduct levels of electricity, and the species G. sulfurreducens is also known as "electricigens" due to their ability to create an electric current and produce electricity. A study by Daniel Bond and Derek Lovley in 2003 showed that because of G. sulfurreducens' ability to conduct electricity, there was a possibility of creating an effective and long lasting microbial fuel cell (MFC). This study proved successful, as it was found that because G. sulfurreducens cells are successful at conducting electricity and changing electrons into electricity, it was also found that this made it possible to have electricity conducted for long periods of time. Due to these findings, organizations such as the World Bank have been heavily funding projects in countries such as Tanzania and Namibia in which they work to harness G. sulfurreducens to run on waste products in order to have electricity for lights and for the charging of batteries.
G. sulfurreducens could be useful in bioremediation of uranium-contaminated groundwater.
Genome
G. sulfurreducens consists of a genome with one single circular chromosome and that single chromosome contains 3,814,139 base pairs (bp). The fact that this microbe has
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This is a partial discography of Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème which premiered on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio in Turin, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
Recordings
References
Further reading
American Record Guide, September/October 2000, Vol. 63, No. 5, pp. 73–83
La bohème: Discography, opera.stanford.edu
Budden, Julian, Puccini: His Life and Works, Oxford University Press, 2002, p. 494. .
Opera discographies
Operas by Giacomo Puccini
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Carl Arthur Haas (February 26, 1929 – June 29, 2016) was an American auto racing impresario. He co-owned the Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team in the Champ Car and IndyCar Series with Paul Newman and Mike Lanigan. He also owned Carl A. Haas Motorsports, which competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as the Haas Lola Formula One team.
Early life
Haas was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein in Germany. He emigrated to the US in March 1938. He was of Dutch Jews descent. His father fled Germany in the 1930s.
Career
Haas grew up in Chicago and sold gearbox parts from his parents' home. He used the proceeds to begin racing sports cars in 1952 and won numerous races driving Ferraris, Porsches, MGs, and Jaguars. He retired from driving in the early 1960s in order to focus more on team ownership and other racing-related businesses. In 1967, he became the exclusive American importer for Lola Cars and helped the company attain national prominence in the racing world. His own company, Carl A. Haas Auto Imports, was founded in Lincolnshire, Illinois in 1960, and is involved in racing distribution deals, notably for Hewland gearboxes.
During the 1970s, Haas entered race teams in various series, including Formula 5000, the Can-Am Series and the Super Vee series. His Can-Am drivers included Masten Gregory, Peter Revson, Jackie Stewart, Brian Redman, Alan Jones, Patrick Tambay, Jacky Ickx, and David Hobbs. His Super Vee driver, Eddie Miller, won the series title. In 1985, he ran the Haas Lola Formula One team, using a chassis built by FORCE. He also co-owned a NASCAR Winston Cup Series team with Travis Carter for eight seasons.
In 1983, Haas joined with actor Paul Newman to form Newman/Haas Racing, a team in the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) Series. The team won its first CART title with Mario Andretti the next year, and the team went on to win three more series championships: Michael Andretti won in 1991, former Formula 1 World champion Nigel Mansell in 1993, and Brazi
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Adirondack Regional Hospital was a 50-bed 1964-proposed medical facility built in upstate New York's Corinth.
History
Adirondack became eligible for payments from Medicare and Medicaid in 1967. The reasons they closed included money matters and insufficient utilization.
Their Corinth location became Adirondack Clinic.
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Hospitals in New York (state)
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SD Željezničar is the second largest association of sport clubs with the same name in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The largest one is USD Bosna. It was founded in 1921 by a group of railway workers as RŠD (Radničko športsko društvo, eng. Workers' sports society) Željezničar, but after the World War II initial acronym was changed to SD.
Football
When it was founded in 1921 its first member was football club FK Željezničar. FK Željezničar is also the most prominent and most popular member of this association. They have managed to win one championship title in former Yugoslavia in 1972, and six more titles in the independent Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2013). Six more Bosnian cup titles were added. The club's biggest international result was recorded in 1985 when they have reached the UEFA Cup semi-final.
SD Željezničar does not yet have a women's football club as there is no big demand for it. Not to be confused with ŽNK Željezničar 2011 from Bosanska Krupa. Local rival clubs women's club side and traditional powerhouse in the country is SFK 2000.
Handball
Rukometni klub (eng. Handball club) Željezničar was the most successful Bosnian handball club in former Yugoslavia, alongside RK Borac Banja Luka. They have won the championship title in 1978. and reached the final of EHF Cup in 1982 integrating also foreigners and French players such as Herman Müller and Sylvain Annonier, where they have lost to Gummersbach. In independent Bosnia, they managed to win the war championship in 1993, but never actually established themselves as a title winning team. They were close to the top, but with no championship or cup titles (losing finalists). Club played in competitions organized by EHF on several occasions. However, club was relegated due to financial problems. After a couple of seasons, in 2006, they have been promoted to the top flight, but for one season only, since then they have been relegated again.
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Camp Redwood was established in 1862 as a midway point between the communities of Trinidad and Elk Camp in Humboldt County as a result of the bitter conflict between settlers and Native Americans in the Bald Hills War. Army regulars were posted at Camp Redwood to act as escorts for both supplies and travelers on what was then the Coastal Trail between the two towns.
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California in the American Civil War
Closed installations of the United States Army
Forts in California
American Civil War forts and army posts in California
History of Humboldt County, California
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Frabosa Soprana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about southeast of Cuneo.
Frabosa Soprana borders the following municipalities: Frabosa Sottana, Magliano Alpi, Monastero di Vasco, Montaldo di Mondovì, Ormea, and Roburent. The economy is based on winter tourism: it is connected through a chair lift to the Prato Nevoso ski resort.
Sights include the Caves of Bossea, a 2 km length karstic grottoes discovered in the 19th century, and the Monte Fantino.
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Cities and towns in Piedmont
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Samuel Dale (1659 – 18 March 1739) was an English naturalist and physician notable for his work in the natural sciences and his authorship of the Pharmacologia seu Manuductio ad Materiam Medicam in 1693.
Career
Born in London, England, Dale was apprenticed to an apothecary at the age of 15. In 1680, he left to open his own apothecary's shop in Braintree, Essex. He soon became licensed to practice medicine, and worked as a general doctor. It was in this position where Dale met and befriended John Ray, and began to assist him in his botanical work. While studying under Ray, Dale undertook regular excursions collecting plants for both his apothecary business, and for personal enjoyment. He assisted with some of Ray's publications, including the Synopsis methodica stirpium Britannicarum in 1690.
Dale also began authoring his own works, including Pharmacologia in 1693, which was a well received textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics. Samuel Dale contributed nine papers to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society including the first account of the strata and fossils of Harwich cliff.
By 1737, Dale was given a license to practice physic by the Royal College of Physicians, earning the title of physician. He died on March 18, 1739.
Legacy
Dale's name is honored in the gastropod Buccinum dalei and in the botanical genera Dalea. An oil painting of Dale hangs at the Apothecaries' Hall in London.
Books
1730 The history and antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, topographical, dynastical and political, London: Davis and Greeh
1739 Pharmacologia seu Manuductio ad Materiam Medicam, London: Arnold Langerack
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English botanical writers
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The one-third farthing was a British coin worth of a pound, of a shilling, or of a penny. It was minted in copper in 1827, 1835, and 1844, and in bronze in various years between 1866 and 1913. While exclusively authorised for use in the Crown Colony of Malta, one-third farthings are catalogued as British coinage because they are fractions of British currency and Malta otherwise used standard coins of the pound sterling.
History
When Malta became a British protectorate in 1800, the local monetary standard was the Maltese scudo issued by the Knights Hospitaller in the 18th century, though foreign currencies also circulated. One scudo could be divided into 240 grani, which were small bronze coins. Colloquially, Maltese speakers referred to a grano (and later a one-third farthing) as a ħabba, the Maltese word for a "grain". The lowest denomination of British coinage, the farthing, was equivalent to three grani.
In 1825, the British authorities made British coinage the monetary standard of Malta. On 3 November 1827, a proclamation declared British copper coins the colony's sole legal copper currency and ordered that "a copper coin of less value than the British farthing should be provided for the accommodation of the population". The Royal Mint issued 1,440,000 one-third farthings, or "British grains", to replace the older grani. Although the one-third farthing corresponded to the British monetary standard, the coins were exclusively used in Malta and were not legal tender in the United Kingdom.
The Governor of Malta had requested that the coins bear the legend "", but instead mint officials used the designs as William Wyon's obverse and reverse for the British farthing. The obverse bore a portrait of George IV and the date, while the reverse depicted a seated Britannia with a shield and trident, surrounded by the legend . The 1827 coins were struck in copper and weighed between 1.5 and 1.6 grammes and had a 16-millimetre diameter. Subsequent issues were authorised
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Johan Erik "John" Carlsson (5 January 1870 in Stockholm – 24 July 1935 in Värmdö) was a competitive sailor from Sweden, who represented his native country at the 1908 Summer Olympics in Ryde, Isle of Wight, Great Britain in the 8 Metre.
Further reading
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1870 births
1935 deaths
Sailors (sport) from Stockholm
Sailors at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre
Swedish male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for Sweden
20th-century Swedish people
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Protazteca is an extinct genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae, that were endemic to the United States, which was described by Carpenter in 1930.
Species
There are currently 5 fossil species.
Protazteca capitata Carpenter, 1930
Protazteca eocenica Lapolla & Greenwalt, 2015
Protazteca elongata Carpenter, 1930
Protazteca hendersoni (Cockerell, 1906)
Protazteca quadrata Carpenter, 1930
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Oligocene insects
Hymenoptera of North America
Fossil taxa described in 1930
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The Singapore Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament created in 1929. The Women's Doubles was first contested in 1931. The tournament was canceled between 1942 and 1946 because of World War II and discontinued from 1974 to 1986. It returned in 1987 as Konica Cup and was held until 1999. There was no competition held in 1932, 1934 to 1940, 1993, 1996 and 2000. The tournament returned in 2001 under a new sponsor. It was again canceled between 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below is the list of the winners at the Singapore Open in women's doubles.
History
In the Amateur Era, Helen Heng (1948–1955) holds the record for the most titles in the Women's Doubles, winning Singapore Open eight times. She also holds the record for most consecutive titles of eight, from 1948 to 1955.
Since the Open Era of badminton began in late 1979, Yang Wei (1999, 2002–2004, 2006) holds the record for the most Women's Doubles titles with five. Ge Fei and Gu Jun (1994–1995 and 1997–1998, no competition in 1996) share the record for most consecutive victories with four.
Finalists
Amateur era
Open era
Statistics
Multiple champions
Bold indicates active players.
Champions by country
Multiple finalists
Bold indicates active players.Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
See also
List of Singapore Open men's singles champions
List of Singapore Open women's singles champions
List of Singapore Open men's doubles champions
List of Singapore Open mixed doubles champions
References
External links
Singapore Badminton Association
Badminton Asia
Singapore Open (badminton)
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The Garworlohn Township is a township of the Greater Monrovia District, Montserrado County, Liberia. It is located on Bushrod Island, and stretches from Vai Town in the south to Bong Mines Bridge in the north. Politically, Garworlohn Township is divided between the Montserrado-13, Montserrado-14 and Montserrado-15 electoral districts.
During the presidency of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Willametta Gooding Carlos served as commissioner of Garworlohn Township. Beatrice Dolee Williams was named commissioner by President George Weah in 2018.
Communities of Garworlohn Township
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The United States Air Force's 1st Space Launch Squadron was a space launch unit located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It was responsible for USAF Delta II launches from its activation in October 1990 to its inactivation in August 2009.
History
Air Force launch operations were transferred from Air Force Systems Command to Air Force Space Command in the early 1990s. Phase I of the Launch Transfer Plan began on 1 October 1990, with the redesignation of the Eastern and Western Space and Missile Centers, as the 30th and 45th Space Wings.
The 1st Space Launch Squadron was activated on 1 October 1990 and became Air Force Space Command's first Delta II launch squadron. Its final launch of a Delta II was on 17 August 2009. Its final launch successfully placed the USA-206, or GPS IIR-21(M) navigation satellite into orbit. The squadron was inactivated on 30 September.
Lineage
Constituted as the 1st Space Launch Squadron on 11 September 1990
Activated on 1 October 1990
Inactivated on 30 September 2009
Assignments
Eastern Space and Missile Center, 1 October 1990
45th Operations Group, 12 November 1991
45th Launch Group, 1 December 2003 – 30 September 2009
Stations
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, 1 October 1990 – 30 September 2009
Space Launch Vehicles
Delta II, 1990-2009
References
Notes
External links
United States Air Force: Patrick Air Force Base
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Zokhawthar is a border town in the Champhai district of Mizoram state of India. It is located in the Khawzawl R.D. Block, on the India–Myanmar border, near the Rih Dil lake.
Khawmawi village and Rikhawdar on the Myanmar side are the accessible via a bridge over the Harhva river.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Zokhawthar has 501 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 93.58%.
Transport and border connectivity
India is part of BIMSTEC, East Asia Summit, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Highway Network and the Trans-Asian Railway network and India has embarked on several Look-East connectivity projects.
Mizoram has unfenced international border with Myanmar (404 km) guarded by Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh (318 km) guarded by Assam Rifles. India and Myanmar has set up 4 Border Haats (markets) in Mizoram at Hnahlan, Zote, Vaphai (Saikhumphai) and Sangau (Pangkhua) to boost the local trade and economy. Indian has set up 5 ICP (Integrated Check Posts) Mizoram at Kawrpuichhuah, Marpara, Tuipuibari, Silsuri and Nunsury.
Border checkpost, customs and immigration
Zokhawthar LCS (Land Custom Station), was opened on the Indo-Myanmar border in August 2018. It is one of the two such check-posts in the state of Mizoram. There is a proposal to upgrade it to ICP (Integrated Check Point) entailing immigration and customs both.
Airport and railway
Lengpui Airport in Aizawl (242 km northwest of Moreh) is the nearest airport in India. Sairang railhead of Bairabi–Sairang line is the nearest railway station.
AH1 and India-Thailand Highway
India plans to upgrade route from Zokhawthar in Mizoram to Tedim in Chin State of Myanmar as an additional connect to the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway (IMT), which is part of Asian Highway Network and Asian Highway 1 (AH1) passes through Moreh i
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Egbert van der Poel (9 March 1621 – 19 July 1664) was a Dutch Golden Age genre and landscape painter.
Life
Van der Poelwas born in Delft, the son of a goldsmith, and may have been a student of Esaias van de Velde and of Aert van der Neer. According to the RKD he was the brother of the painter Adriaen Lievensz van der Poel and a student of Cornelis Saftleven in Rotterdam. Van der Poel was registered with the Guild of St Luke in Delft on 17 October 1650, where he is listed as a landscape painter. In 1651 van der Poel married Aeltgen Willems van Linschooten in Maassluis, near Rotterdam. His most famous paintings depict the Delft gunpowder explosion of 12 October 1654 and its aftermath; he and his wife were living in the area at the time. Egbert and Aeltgen van der Poel had a son and three daughters. He died in Rotterdam in 1664.
References
External links
Works and literature on Egbert van der Poel
Vermeer and The Delft School, a full text exhibition catalog from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on van der Poel
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
1621 births
1664 deaths
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Åland, an autonomous region of Finland, has the largest Swedish-speaking majority in Finland, with about 88% of the province, or about 25,500 people, speaking Swedish as their first language (specifically the Åland Swedish dialect). Swedish is also the sole official language of the province. Finnish also has a presence, although it is small; only about 5% of Ålanders are Finnish-speaking.
There are 59 spoken native languages in 2020 (with a total population of 29,884):
Swedish: 25,986
Finnish: 1,405
Romanian: 520
Latvian: 443
Estonian: 206
English: 160
Thai: 159
Russian: 158
German: 115
Arabic: 107
Tagalog: 81
Serbo-Croatian: 79
Polish: 69
Farsi: 55
Spanish: 55
Ukrainian: 53
Albanian: 45
Kurdish: 45
Norwegian: 42
Portuguese: 32
Lithuanian: 31
Vietnamese: 27
Italian: 22
Hindi: 19
Danish: 17
Chinese: 15
Turkish: 15
Bulgarian: 11
Dutch: 11
French: 10
Greek: 10
Malayalam: 10
Icelandic: 9
Slovak: 8
Swahili: 8
Urdu: 6
Kinyarwanda: 6
Faroese: 5
Indonesian: 4
Catalan: 4
Macedonian: 4
Azerbaijani: 3
Luganda: 3
Kikuyu: 2
Nepali: 2
Amharic: 1
Armenian: 1
Burmese: 1
Hausa: 1
Ido: 1
Igbo: 1
Lingala: 1
Malay: 1
Maltese: 1
Tamil: 1
Tatar: 1
Czech: 1
Others: 11
While the number of Swedish-speakers grew from 24,169 in 2000 to 25,862 in 2019, their percentage has dropped from 93.7% in 2000 to 86.5% in 2019. For Finnish, the percentage and number of speakers has been about same (from 1,238 to 1,401; from 4.8% to 4.7%). The percentage of speakers of other languages grew from 1.5% in 2000 to 8.8% in 2019.
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Languages of Åland
Åland society
Languages of Finland
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Bures is a locality in Key West Rural Municipality No. 70 in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located 3 east of highway 623 on Range Road 221, approximately 15 km north of the town of Ogema.
History
Bures is located at SW-36-8-22 W2M was founded predominantly by Scandinavian settlers in 1933. The community was named by Mr. C.P. Ennals who originally came from Bures, Suffolk, England.
A grain elevator was built in 1925 next to the railway, by 1933 the community had a post office, general store operated by Mr. L.B. Quinn. In 1940 Bures Co-op was incorporated, later moving to Ogema in 1954.
Bures School was located 1.5 km south of the community at 26-8-22 W2M opening in 1911, E.A. Kilpatrick was the first teacher. The school was closed in 1957 and the store and post office in 1967.
Notable residents
Earl McCready, Canadian freestyle sport wrestler who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, residing in Bures for a short time.
See also
List of communities in Saskatchewan
References
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Key West No. 70, Saskatchewan
Ghost towns in Saskatchewan
Division No. 2, Saskatchewan
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Secret killings of Assam: The Horror Tales from the Land of Red River and Blue Hills is a compilation of reports on secret-killings of family members of ULFA by active connivance of Indian security forces between 1998 and 2001. It is based on reports of an enquiry commission formed for it as well as numerous news reports published at that time. It is written by three veteran journalists - Mrinal Talukdar, Utpal Borpujari and Kaushik Deka who also used to write on that issue when it was on peak time. The book with 202 pages was published by Nanda Talukdar Foundation in January 2009.
According to Borpujari, one of the writers, they do not have any intention to pinpoint the culprits through the book. "The aim of this book is not to start the blame game. But outside Assam, hardly anyone knows about this. Our aim therefore is to tell the world that such a horrific crime took place in Assam between 1998 and 2001," he said.
See also
Secret-killings of Assam
References
Assamese literature
2009 non-fiction books
Books from Assam
Crime in Assam
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Dialectica ehretiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Ethiopia.
The larvae feed on Ehretia cymosa var. abyssinica and Ehretia rigida. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular, oblong, moderate, almost purely epidermal blotch-mine on the upperside of the leaf. It is slightly reddish-brown with a whitish margin.
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Dialectica (moth)
Moths of Africa
Insects of Ethiopia
Moths described in 1961
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John McLeod Taylor (12 January 1913 – 5 May 1979) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback, Taylor represented and at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1937 and 1938. In all, he played nine matches for the All Blacks, including six internationals, scoring 45 points in all. After World War II, Taylor remained active in rugby as a coach, selector and administrator, including a period as Wellington coach, and later as chair of the Wellington Rugby Union management committee.
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1979 deaths
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Elkhorn City is a home rule-class city in Pike County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 982 at the 2010 census. The city is located in proximity to the Breaks Interstate Park.
History
Elkhorn City was first settled by William Ramey of North Carolina . However, in 1767–1768, Daniel Boone took his first steps in what is now Kentucky near present-day Elkhorn City on a hunting expedition.
It was originally named "Elkhorn", after an elk's horn that was found on the banks of the nearby creek (also named Elkhorn.) Because there was already a town named "Elk Horn" in Taylor County, the town had to be renamed in order to avoid confusion. On October 16, 1882, the post office was renamed "Praise" for "Camp Praise-the-Lord", a tent colony that was established by evangelist George O. Barnes for a revival there in August 1881. In 1907, the C&O Railroad established a station in Praise that was named "Elkhorn City". Although Elkhorn City was incorporated as a city on November 4, 1912, the local post office was not renamed Elkhorn City until September 1, 1952, after local pressure for a uniform name.
The neighboring settlement of Cedarville merged with Elkhorn City in 2009.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
Elkhorn City is nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. The city has many geographic wonders that make it one of the major tourism destinations in Kentucky. First and foremost of these natural wonders is the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River which flows through the center of the city. It is well known for as a whitewater rafting destination, featuring Class II-VI rapids.
Elkhorn City is also geographically located at the northernmost point of the Pine Mountain along with the northern terminus of Pine Mountain Trail. Once completed, the trail will extend from the Breaks Interstate Park to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park along the ridge of Pine Mountai
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The 2013 Gerry Weber Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 21st edition of the event known that year as the Gerry Weber Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, Germany, between 8 June and 16 June 2013. First-seeded Roger Federer won his sixth singles title at the event..
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
1 Rankings are as of May 27, 2013.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Jan-Lennard Struff
Mischa Zverev
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Martin Fischer
Riccardo Ghedin
Jan Hernych
Jimmy Wang
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Mirza Bašić
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Paolo Lorenzi
Rafael Nadal (fatigue)
Philipp Petzschner (right shoulder injury)
Andreas Seppi
Janko Tipsarević
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of May 27, 2013.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Daniel Brands / Tobias Kamke
Robin Kern / Jan-Lennard Struff
Withdrawals
During the tournament
Philipp Petzschner (right shoulder injury)
Finals
Singles
Roger Federer defeated Mikhail Youzhny, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Doubles
Santiago González / Scott Lipsky defeated Daniele Bracciali / Jonathan Erlich, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
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"Esse Cara Sou Eu" is an extended play (EP) released by Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos in 2012. The EP has sold over 1.7 million copies in Brazil.
Among the four present tracks, two are new: the title track, a romantic ballad, "Furdúncio", a funk melody written in partnership with Erasmo Carlos. Both tracks were included on the soundtrack of the Rede Globo's telenovela Salve Jorge in 2012.
The CD version includes the song "A Volta", re-recording an old success of Os Vips, composed by Roberto to the duo in 1966, which was included on the soundtrack of the Globo's telenovela América. The song "A Mulher Que Eu Amo" was featured in the telenovela Viver a Vida broadcast by the same station in 2009. The title track won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Brazilian Song and received a nomination for Song of the Year at the 14th awards ceremony in 2013.
In 2014, a Spanish-language version of the EP, Ese Tipo Soy Yo, was released targeting the Latin American market.
Track listing
Charts
Certifications
References
2012 EPs
Roberto Carlos (singer) EPs
Portuguese-language EPs
Sony Music Brazil EPs
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John P. Sullivan is a United States Army lieutenant general who serves as the deputy commander of United States Transportation Command since June 29, 2022. He most recently served as the 19th Director of Strategy, Capabilities, Policy, Programs, and Logistics of the United States Transportation Command from August 2021 to June 2022, and was previously the Commanding General of the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater).
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Place of birth missing (living people)
Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
United States Army generals
United States Army personnel of the Gulf War
United States Army personnel of the Iraq War
United States Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
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Sasha was an alleged Soviet mole in the Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War.
Manhunt
In 1961, Anatoliy Golitsyn, a major in the KGB, was assigned to the embassy in Helsinki, Finland, under the name "Ivan Klimov." On 15 December, he defected to the US, along with his wife and daughter, by riding the train to the Swedish border. Golitsyn's defection so alarmed the KGB that orders were sent out to cancel all meetings with field agents out of fear that they would be identified.
Golitsyn was flown to the US and interviewed by David Murphy, the head of the CIA's Soviet Russia Division. After some time, Golitsyn began making increasing demands of the US and complaining about his treatment. Considering him to be unreliable, Murphy passed him on to James Jesus Angleton, the CIA's director of counterintelligence. Golitsyn's description of a traitor in the CIA, whom he knew only as "Sasha", led Angleton to embark on a multiyear manhunt that accused many members of the CIA of being the spy. The entire affair is still highly controversial.
Reparations
Under United States Public Law 96-450,
passed in 1980 and commonly known as the "Mole Relief Act", C.I.A. employees who have been accused unfairly of disloyalty (e.g. Sasha) and who have had their careers subsequently ruined were allowed to receive government compensation.
List of accused CIA employees
This is a partial list of CIA employees accused of being Sasha. All were later cleared.
Serge Karlow
Richard Kovich
Alexander ″Sasha″ Sogolow
Others CIA employees, though not suspected to be ″Sasha″, were suspected to be moles in the course of the Sasha molehunt:
Paul Garbler
George Goldberg
David Murphy
Vasia C. Gmirkin
In popular culture
In Robert Littell's novel The Company, the alleged existence of Sasha is an important element of the plot.
Footnotes
See also
Aleksander Kopatzky
References
Martin, David C. Wilderness of Mirrors: Intrigue, Deception, and the Secrets that Destroyed Two of th
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Cymopterus gilmanii is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Gilman's springparsley.
This plant is native to the US states of California and Nevada, where it is an uncommon inhabitant of the scrublands on the limestone and gypsum slopes of the Mojave Desert mountains.
Description
Cymopterus gilmanii has a short, fibrous stem from which it bears flat, thick, blue-green parsley-shaped leaves, each leaflet subdivided into pointed triangular segments.
The inflorescence is a spread umbel atop a tall peduncle, with white and purple flowers at the ends of pedicels.
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
USDA Plants Profile
UC CalPhotos gallery
gilmanii
Flora of the California desert regions
Flora of Nevada
Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Endemic flora of the United States
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Gohard or Gunhard was a 9th-century bishop of Nantes, lord of Blain, saint and cephalophore martyr of the Roman Catholic Church.
Gohard was born in Angers. It was during his episcopate that the Battle of Blain took place in 843 AD, the first major battle between the Franks and the Britons. Damage caused by struggles between these two factions in the area was compounded by Viking raids.
On the feast day of St. John the Baptist, a month after the defeat of Blain, the Vikings arrived at Nantes. Gohard was celebrating Mass in Nantes Cathedral before a large audience when the Vikings attacked, killing the priest and his congregation. Legend says that Gohard picked up his decapitated head and walked down to the Loire where a boat took him to Angers. His body was buried in St. Peter's Collegiate Church in Angers, the city where he was born.
Gohard was canonized in 1096. The Romanesque crypt of Nantes Cathedral is dedicated to him, and was redesigned shortly after his canonization to house relics brought from Angers. A side chapel of the cathedral is also dedicated to him.
His feast day is celebrated on 24 June.
See also
Gotthard of Hildesheim
References
Bishops in the Carolingian Empire
Year of birth unknown
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McKinley Davis Wheat (June 9, 1893 – August 14, 1979), was a Major League Baseball catcher from 1915 to 1921.
From 1915 to 1919, he was a teammate of his brother, Zack Wheat, on the Brooklyn Robins. The Philadelphia Phillies bought Mack in 1920. He finished out his professional career in 1922 in the Pacific Coast League.
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1979 deaths
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Baseball players from Missouri
Brooklyn Robins players
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Missing women is a shortfall in the number of women relative to the expected number in a region or country.
Missing women can also refer to:
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, an ongoing criminal investigation into the disappearance of at least 60 women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, an independent inquiry organized 2015 by the Canadian government
Missing Women (film), a 1951 American crime film
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Missing white woman syndrome
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Rwanda competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014.
Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Women
Track & road events
Boxing
Men
Cycling
Road
Men
Swimming
Men
Weightlifting
Powerlifting
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Rwanda at the Commonwealth Games
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Borsonia cliffdenensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Description
Distribution
This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand.
References
Finlay, H. J. (1930). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds. Part 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 61, 49–84, 6 pls
Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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Shoal Creek is a watercourse in the U.S. state of Illinois. It rises near Harvel, Illinois and, flowing southward through Lake Lou Yaeger, discharges into the Kaskaskia River near Okawville. It drains parts of Montgomery County, Bond County, and Clinton County.
Shoal Creek is named for the many shoals and sandbars strewn along its bed. These features prevented the creek from being much used by Native Americans or Euro-American pioneers for travel or commerce. The creek is heavily used in modern times, however, for recreation, flood control, and piped water supply. Until 2019 the creek's water was also used for electrical power generation. Going from north to south, Lake Lou Yaeger and Lake Glenn Shoals, both impoundments of various forks of Shoal Creek, are used by many boaters and fisherfolk; a third Shoal Creek lake, Coffeen Lake, is the site of the Coffeen Power Station, an inactive 900-MW Dynegy electric generating plant; and a fourth lake, Governor Bond Lake, serves the town of Greenville, Illinois.
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Rivers of Bond County, Illinois
Rivers of Clinton County, Illinois
Rivers of Montgomery County, Illinois
Rivers of Illinois
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The Dutch diaspora consists of the Dutch and their descendants living outside the Netherlands.
Emigration from the Netherlands has been occurring for since at least the 17th century, and may be traced back to the international presence of the Dutch Empire and its monopoly on mercantile shipping in many parts of the world.
Dutch people settled permanently in a number of former Dutch colonies or trading enclaves abroad, namely the Dutch Caribbean, the Dutch Cape Colony, the Dutch East Indies, Surinam, and New Netherland. Since the end of the Second World War, the largest proportion of Dutch emigrants have moved to Anglophone countries, namely Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, mainly seeking better employment opportunities. Postwar emigration from the Netherlands peaked between 1948 and 1963, with occasional spikes in the 1980s and the mid-2000s. Cross-border migration to Belgium and Germany has become more common since 2001, driven by the rising cost of housing in major Dutch cities.
History
The first big wave of Dutch immigrants to leave the Low Countries were from present day Northern Belgium as they wanted to escape the heavily urbanised cities in Western Flanders. They arrived in Brandenburg in 1157. Due to this, the area is known as "Fläming" (Fleming) in reference to the Duchy that these immigrants came from. Because of a number of devastating floods in the provinces of Zeeland and Holland in the 12th century, large numbers of farmers migrated to The Wash in England, the delta of the Gironde in France, around Bremen, Hamburg and western North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the late 16th century, many Dutchmen and women (invited by the German margrave) moved to the delta of the Elbe, around Berlin, where they dried swamps, canalized rivers and built numerous dikes. Today, the Berlin dialect still bears some Dutch features.
The town of Nymburk in the Kingdom of Bohemia was settled by Dutch colonists during the medieval eastward migration in the
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The Norfolk Tars were a minor league baseball team that existed on and off from 1906 to 1955. Based in Norfolk, Virginia, they played in the Virginia League from 1906 to 1918 and from 1921 to 1928, in the Eastern League from 1931 to 1932 and in the Piedmont League from 1934 to 1955; during this latter period they were also affiliated with the New York Yankees. Their home field was Bain Field until 1940 and Myers Field from 1940 to 1955. The club folded after playing its final game on July 13, 1955, an 11–3 victory over the Sunbury Redlegs before a crowd of 851. The 1952 Tars were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.
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Baseball teams established in 1906
Eastern League (1916–1932) teams
Defunct baseball teams in Virginia
New York Yankees minor league affiliates
1906 establishments in Virginia
1955 disestablishments in Virginia
Baseball teams disestablished in 1955
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Quingestrone, also known as progesterone 3-cyclopentyl enol ether (PCPE) and sold under the brand name Enol-Luteovis, is a progestin medication which was previously used in birth control pills in Italy but is now no longer marketed. It is taken by mouth.
Quingestrone is a progestin, or a synthetic progestogen, and hence is an agonist of the progesterone receptor, the biological target of progestogens like progesterone. It has weak glucocorticoid activity.
Quingestrone was introduced for medical use by 1962. It is no longer available.
Medical uses
Quingestrone was formerly used in combination with ethinylestradiol or mestranol in combined birth control pills in Italy. The medication was studied in the clinical prevention of miscarriage during pregnancy, but insufficient efficacy was observed at the dosage assessed (100 mg/day orally).
Side effects
Pharmacology
Pharmacodynamics
Along with the retroprogesterone derivative dydrogesterone, quingestrone has been described as a "true" progesterone derivative or progestogen due to its close similarity to natural progesterone. Similarly to progesterone, dydrogesterone, and hydroxyprogesterone caproate, quingestrone is a pure progestogen and lacks any androgenic effects. As such, it poses no risk of androgenic side effects or virilizing teratogenic effects on female fetuses. Quingestrone is said to influence the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis similarly to progesterone and medroxyprogesterone acetate, producing adrenal suppression at sufficiently high doses, and this suggests that it possesses weak glucocorticoid activity similarly to progesterone.
Quingestrone is a very weak progestogen. When administered orally or intraperitoneally in animals, the medication showed 1/80 and 1/20 the potency of subcutaneously injected progesterone, respectively. Similarly, oral doses of quingestrone of 10 to 20 times those of subcutaneous progesterone were insufficient to maintain pregnancy in animals, and oral or intraperitoneal
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Qaleh Now Rural District is in Jazink District of Zehak County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Qaleh Now, whose population at the 2016 National Census was 1,353 people in 358 households.
Prior to the establishment of the rural district, its constituent villages were in Jazink Rural District.
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Zehak County
Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan Province
Populated places in Zehak County
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On Wings is the debut single by Leanne Moore, winner of the Irish talent competition You're A Star. The single debuted at number one on the Irish Singles Chart for the week ending 26 June 2008.
Background
The song was written in memory of two 15-year-old stepsisters Robyn O Riordan and Leanne Miller who died in a car accident. The song was written by their cousin Jamie Bridgeman. The song's success is largely because it is for charity It is hoped that the song will be able to encourage young people to drive with caution as the medium of music seemed the best way to get the message across . The song was funded by the Gardaí and was support by the road safety authority.
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2008 singles
Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
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An appraised value (United States) or mortgage valuation (Australia) pertains to the assessed value of real property in the opinion of a qualified appraiser or valuer. It is usually a pre-qualification & risk-based pricing factor related to the issuance of mortgage loans by a financial institution.
Overview
When obtaining a mortgage, the funding lender relies on the standardized valuation methods of an appraiser to assess a monetary value for the specific piece of real property on which a loan will be secured (e.g. a residence). The lender will then justify the loan amount (and other risk-based pricing) factors as a percentage of the appraised value of the property.
Appraised values can also be made after a property sale. For example, home owners wishing to gain access to their increased equity in their home may obtain a mortgage valuation to prove its value has risen and thus justify increasing the amount of their mortgage. Also, the various states of Australia each have a Valuer-General's Department, which regularly assess land values in all municipalities and shires for the purpose of issuing property tax notices.
A low appraised value will affect a buyer's ability to purchase property, because the loan amount would seem too high with respect to its value. Unless the buyer can come up with the difference, the buyer will unlikely be able to qualify for the loan.
Appraisal fraud
Fraud in appraisal happens during both upturn and downturn markets. When a homeowner is looking to refinance their home, the appraiser is sometimes under pressure to overvalue the home to make the refinancing more attractive.
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Real estate appraisal
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Mortgage
Mortgage industry of Australia
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Glamping is a portmanteau of "glamorous" and "camping", and describes a style of camping with amenities and, in some cases, resort-style services not usually associated with "traditional" camping. Glamping has become particularly popular with 21st-century tourists seeking modern amenities, such as Wi-Fi, alongside "the escapism and adventure recreation of camping", in a variety of accommodations such as cabins, treehouses, and tents.
History
The word "glamping" first appeared in the United Kingdom in 2005 and was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016. The word is new, but the concept that "glamping" connotes, that of luxurious tent-living (or living in other camping accommodations), is not. In the 16th century, the Scottish Earl of Atholl prepared a lavish experience in the Highlands for the visiting King James V and his mother. Here, the Duke pitched lavish tents and filled them with all the provisions of his own home palace.
Probably the most extravagant example of palatial tent-living in history was the Field of the Cloth of Gold, a diplomatic summit in 1520 between Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England in northern France. Some 2,800 tents and marquees were erected, and fountains ran with red wine.
At around the same time, the Ottomans had ostentatious, palatial tents transported from one military mission to the next. Entire teams of artisans travelled with the army to erect and maintain these imperial tents. As described by Professor Nurhan Atasoy,
Recent trends
Some 400 years later, in the 1920s, an African safari became "the thing to do" among wealthy Americans and British. But wealthy travelers, even those in search of adventure, were not willing to sacrifice comfort or luxury. From electric generators, to folding baths, and cases of champagne, travelers were afforded every domestic luxury while on adventure.
Others have suggested that recent interest in glamping can be traced back to the 1990s, as safari camps became increasingly popul
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Jommeke is a Belgian comic strip series in publication since 1955. It was created by Jef Nys and can be defined as a humoristic children's adventure series. Jommeke, an 11-year-old boy, is the series' main protagonist. It was originally published in Kerk en Leven, before moving to Het Volk, where it ran until the newspaper ceased to exist in 2010. It is now published in Het Nieuwsblad, De Gentenaar and De Standaard.
Jommeke is very popular in Flanders and, together with Suske en Wiske, is the best-selling comic strip in the region. However, its success has always remained a phenomenon in Belgium and the Netherlands, and attempts at marketing foreign translations have all failed.
History
The first appearance of Jommeke was on 30 October 1955, as a gag-a-day strip in the Flemish magazine Kerk en Leven. After moving to another newspaper, Het Volk, in 1958, Jommeke became a full length adventure comic strip, while Nys also continued Jommeke gag pages in 't Kapoentje. Jommeke has sold 51 million albums in Belgium alone, which means an average of about 4.5 albums per person. This makes Jommeke the best-selling comic book series in Belgium behind Suske en Wiske. There's also a newspaper for children called "Jommekeskrant", which is delivered weekly together with popular Belgian newspaper "Het Nieuwsblad".
Main characters
Jommeke: An 11-year-old boy who lives with his parents in Zonnedorp. He has a parrot named Flip who accompanies him everywhere. He is clever, honest, brave, loves adventure, and is recognizable by his distinct blonde haircut.
Flip: A red-winged, green parrot who is Jommeke's pet. Flip is able to talk like a human and is highly intelligent, if somewhat arrogant. His real name is "Filipus", but he prefers "Flip". He is cool-headed and has on several occasions saved the day using his wit and his unique abilities as a bird such as flying, using his beak and taking advantage of his small size to spy and sneak. Although his age is unspecified, he has show
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Euphaedra zaddachii, or Zaddach's mimic forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Description
E. zaddachi Dew. (44 c). Forewing black above, with slight greenish reflection and with no other markings but the two yellow, continuous transverse bands; marginal band of the hindwing above unspotted, beneath with 2 black submarginal spots in each cellule; cell of the forewing beneath greenish yellow with 3 black dots, that of the hindwing beneath with two dots, above unspotted; hindwing beneath more or less suffused with light yellow in the middle. Cameroons to Angola and German East Africa. - ab. Christyi E. Sharpe [ now species Euphaedra christyi ] only differs in having both surfaces of the hindwing ochre-yellow instead of red, only the underside red at the costal margin. Toro.
Biology
The habitat consists of forests, including riparian forests and heavy woodland.
It is a mimic of day-flying moths.
The larvae feed on Parinari curatellifolia.
Subspecies
Euphaedra zaddachii zaddachii (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Uganda: Semuliki National Park, western Lake Victoria, south-eastern Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
Euphaedra zaddachii elephantina Staudinger, 1891 (eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon, northern Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Moyen Congo)
Similar species
Other members of the Euphaedra zaddachii species group q.v.
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Butterflies described in 1879
zaddachii
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Hermann Dewitz
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A dive start is the action begun at the start of a swimming race. In most strokes, the swimmer jumps off the diving blocks after hearing the starting signal. However, if it is a backstroke event, the swimmers will be starting in the water. All dives are followed by a streamline just like turning.
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Female swimmers on the diving blocks getting ready to dive
Male swimmers in the middle of a dive
Male swimmers in the middle of a Backstroke start
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The 1995–1996 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 39th season of the top-tier women's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 6 October 1995 and ended on 13 March 1996. Keflavík won its 7th title by defeating KR 3–1 in the Finals.
Competition format
The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once "home" and once "away" for a total of 18 games. The top four teams qualified for the championship playoffs while the bottom team was relegated to the second-tier Division I.
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Awards
All official awards of the 1995–96 season.
Domestic Player of the Year
Foreign Player of the Year
Domestic All-First Team
Best Young Player Award
Best Coach
Source
References
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Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website
Icelandic
Lea
Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) seasons
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Portugal
Angola – José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General of Angola (1854–1860)
United Kingdom
Province of Canada – Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet (1854–1861)
Jamaica – Charles Henry Darling (1857–1863)
Malta Colony
William Reid, Governor of Malta (1851–1858)
John Le Marchant, Governor of Malta (1858–1864)
New South Wales – Sir William Denison, Governor of New South Wales (1855–1861)
Tasmania – Sir Henry Young, Governor of Tasmania (1855–1861)
South Australia – Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, Governor of South Australia (1855–1862)
Victoria – Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria (1856–1863)
Western Australia – Sir Arthur Kennedy, Governor of Western Australia (1855–1862)
Colonial governors
Colonial governors
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Al Ansari Financial Services PJSC is a Dubai Financial Market listed and regulated by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates and the Central Bank of Kuwait financial services group. Their headquarters are based in United Arab Emirates, specializes in providing a range of financial services to individuals and businesses. Founded in 1966, the group is amongst the oldest in the UAE Remittance and Foreign Exchange industry.
History
Al Ansari Financial Services' first business, 'Al Ansari Exchange' was founded by the Late Ali Abualhassan Al Ansari in 1966. The inaugural branch was established in Abu Dhabi in 1966, aligning with the expansion of the structured banking sector in the UAE during the mid-1960s.
In April 2023, Al Ansari Financial Services listed 10% of its shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) equivalent to 750 million shares.
Subsidiaries
Its operating subsidiaries are Al Ansari Exchange, Al Ansari Exchange Kuwait, Worldwide Cash Express, CashTrans, and Al Ansari Digital Pay.
Products and services
Al Ansari Financial Services offers the following products and services:
Remittances – Remittances services are provided for retail and corporate customers at Al Ansari Exchange retail branches and via its digital channels, offering domestic and cross border money transfers through its money remittance platforms executed via money transfer services such as traditional banking network SWIFT or blockchain based Ripple protocol.
Bank Notes – Physical fiat cash interchange for 70 currencies can take place via their branch network for retail and corporate clients.
Prepaid cards – Cards with cross currency FX interchange capabilities are also available at branches or via their mobile app, that can be loaded and reloaded with supported fiat currencies for reuse.
Wage Protection System – Was launched in 2010, to facilitate transferring of salary payments on behalf of companies via the UAE Funds Transfer System (UAEFTS) bank wire network or various
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Barbitistes vicetinus, the Vicentine saw-tailed bush-cricket, is a species of katydids crickets in family Phaneropteridae endemic to Italy. The species was originally described by Antonio Galvagni and Paolo Fontana. It is found in vineyards and woody vegetation in the regions of Veneto and Trentino, in particular in the province of Vicenza (from which it gets its name). In 2016, it was listed as a Near Threatened species by the IUCN due to its restricted geographic range and extreme fluctuations in its population: its current extent of occurrence (EOO) is about , and its area of occupancy (AOO) is between . Formally described as a new species only in 1993, unexpected population outbreaks have severely impacted forests and crops in northern Italy in recent years.
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Orthoptera of Europe
Insects described in 1993
Taxa named by Antonio Galvagni
Taxa named by Paulo Fontana
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Morgan McKinley is a global professional services recruitment consultancy. Founded in 1988, the company is located in key financial centers, with offices in the U.K, Australia, China, Hong Kong (China), Canada, Singapore, Ireland and Japan. The company's global head office is located in Cork, Ireland.
History
Morgan McKinley was founded in the UK in 1995 as a banking & financial services recruitment consultancy. In 2008 The Premier Group, a recruitment company founded in Ireland in 1988, acquired the business for €60 million and rebranded all of its Irish and international recruitment operations Morgan McKinley.
In 2009 Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny opened Morgan McKinley's Shanghai office. The company currently has offices in 19 locations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and India.
Recognition
Morgan McKinley's market research and statistics are sometimes quoted in the media. In particular, the Employment Monitor has been quoted in Bloomberg, The Irish Independent, BBC News, and Gulf Business.
The company publishes the London Employment Monitor which is used as an indicator of the jobs market in the City of London. The company also publishes the Irish Employment Monitor which tracks employment trends in the Republic of Ireland. Morgan McKinley's employment and salary surveys are also reported in global and local business media.
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External links
Official Website
Executive Recruitment
Employment agencies of the United Kingdom
British companies established in 1995
Employment agencies of Ireland
Irish companies established in 1988
Companies based in Cork (city)
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Cystatin-B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CSTB gene.
The cystatin superfamily encompasses proteins that contain multiple cystatin-like sequences. Some of the members are active cysteine protease inhibitors, while others have lost or perhaps never acquired this inhibitory activity. There are three inhibitory families in the superfamily, including the type 1 cystatins (stefins), type 2 cystatins and kininogens. This gene encodes a stefin that functions as an intracellular cysteine protease inhibitor. The protein is able to form a dimer stabilized by noncovalent forces, inhibiting papain and cathepsins L, H and B. The protein is thought to play a role in protecting against the proteases leaking from lysosomes. Evidence indicates that mutations in this gene are responsible for the primary defects in patients with Unverricht–Lundborg disease, a form of progressive myoclonic epilepsy (EPM1).
Interactions
Cystatin B has been shown to interact with Cathepsin B.
References
Further reading
External links
GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on Unverricht-Lundborg Disease or EPM1
The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: I25.003
PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Cystatin-B
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Christa Parravani is an author and assistant professor in creative non-fiction at West Virginia University. Her first book focuses on the death of her twin sister, Cara. Her second memoir revolves around the limited reproductive options in West Virginia and the flaws in the healthcare system in the state.
Life
Parravani taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Greenfield Community College, Westfield State University and Keene State University in Keene, New Hampshire.
Parravani received her Bachelor's Degree from Bard College in 1999, graduating with a focus on literature and photography. She would go on to receive her first MFA in Visual Arts in 2003 from Columbia University. She received her second MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers University in 2011.
She is married to Anthony Swofford.
Writing
Her first memoir Her was published in 2013. Her second memoir Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood was published by Henry Holt & Company in October 2020.
Parravani has appeared in Guernica, Catapult, Vogue, The Millions, Salon, The Rumpus, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times. She has appeared on NPR and PBS.
Publications
Her: A Memoir. Henry Holt, 2013.
Parravani's first memoir. The book details Parravani's childhood and adolescence with her twin sister Cara. The two were raised by a single mother and managed to work their way into a prestigious liberal arts college. The two entered adulthood as artists and married young. However, Cara died in 2006 after experiencing sexual violence and a subsequent struggle with drug abuse. The memoir follows Parravani in her attempt to heal from the loss of her twin sister.
Women in Clothes. Viking; Penguin, 2014.
Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood. USA: Henry Holt, 2020. UK: Bonnier, 2020.
Parravani's second memoir, focusing on the difficulty of reproductive choice in America. Living and working in Morgantown, West Virginia, Parravani d
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Gopal Purushottam Phadke was an Indian sports coach from Pune, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He was a specialist coach of kho kho, a sports of Indian origin as well as of other sports disciplines such as swimming, Mallakhamb and Kabbaddi. After securing a diploma in engineering, he worked at the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), but left the company to take up sports coaching as a full-time job. He was reported to have provided coaching to physically handicapped children in swimming using a custom built tank constructed at his own expense and is credited with efforts in popularising the sport in other countries such as Australia. He was involved with Arya Krida Dharak Mandal, an organization which promoted kho kho and other sports and was a member of the advisory committees of All India Radio, Doordarshan and the selection committee of Dronacharya award. He died on 20 October 2009 at his residence in Pune, succumbing to liver cirrhosis. He received the Dronacharya Award, the highest Indian award for sports coaching, in 2000, the only coach from the sport of kho kho to receive the award. A former vice president of the All India Association of Dronacharya Awardees, Phadke was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
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Kho Kho
Kabaddi
Mallakhamb
References
Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports
2009 deaths
Recipients of the Dronacharya Award
Sportspeople from Pune
Indian sports coaches
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Serine/threonine-protein kinase Sgk1 also known as serum and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SGK1 gene.
SGK1 belongs to a subfamily of serine/threonine kinases that is under acute transcriptional control by several stimuli, including serum and glucocorticoids. The kinase is activated by insulin and growth factors via phosphatidylinositide-3-kinase, phosphoinositide-dependent kinase PDK1 and mammalian target of rapamycin mTORC2. It has been shown to "regulate several enzymes and transcription factors; SGK1 contributes to the regulation of transport, hormone release, neuroexcitability, inflammation, cell proliferation and apoptosis". SGK1 increases the protein abundance and/or activity of a variety of ion channel, carriers, and the Na+/K+-ATPase. Over the past few years, there has been increasing evidence that SGK1 expression is regulated during both discrete developmental stages and pathological conditions such as hypertension, diabetic neuropathy, ischemia, trauma, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Function
This gene encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase that plays an important role in cellular stress response. This kinase activates certain potassium, sodium, and chloride channels, suggesting an involvement in the regulation of processes such as cell survival, neuronal excitability, and renal sodium excretion.
Ion channel and transporter regulation
SGK1 has been shown to regulate the following ion channels:
Epithelial Na+ channel ENaC
Renal outer medullary K+ channel KCNJ1 (ROMK1)
Renal epithelial Ca2+ channel TRPV5
Ubiquitous Cl− channel CLCN2 (ClC2)
Cardiac voltage-gated Na+ channel SCN5A
Cardiac and epithelial K+ channels KCNE1/KCNQ1
Voltage-gated K+ channels Kv1.3, Kv1.5, and Kv4.3
Glutamate Receptors
The following carriers and pumps are influenced by SGK1:
Glucose Transporters
Creatine Transporter SLC6A8 (CreaT)
Phosphate Carrier
Regulation of cell volume
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Anoba trigonoides is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in South America and Central America, including Costa Rica, Paraguay and Brazil.
External links
A review of the subfamily Anobinae with the description of a new species of Baniana Walker from North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Anobinae)
Anobinae
Moths of Central America
Moths of South America
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The Yangyang Pumped Storage Power Station uses the water of the Namdae-Chun River to operate a pumped storage hydroelectric power scheme, about west of Yangyang in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The lower reservoir is created by the Yangyang Dam on the Namdae and the upper reservoir by the Inje Dam is located above the power plant. Construction on the power plant began in 1996 and it was completed and dedicated on September 13, 2006. It is operated by Korean Midland Power Co., a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Company and was completed at a cost of ₩1.1 trillion won (US$1.4 billion). The first generator was operational on February 23, 2006 and the last August 10, 2006.
Design and operation
The operation of the power plant begins on the Namdae-Chun River where it is dammed by the Yangsang (Sangbu) Dam at , creating the lower reservoir. This dam is tall and long concrete gravity dam. Water from a catchment area collects into the lower reservoir which has a capacity, of which is active (or "useful") capacity for the power station. The lower reservoir has a surface area of and operates at storage levels between above sea level.
During low electricity demand periods, such as the night time, water from the lower reservoir is pumped above the valley to the upper reservoir in the mountains. The upper reservoir is created by the Inje Dam, located west of the Yangyang Dam at . The Inje is a tall and long rock-fill embankment dam. The capacity of the upper reservoir is and it has a surface area of . When electricity demand rises and the power plant begins to operate, water is released from the upper reservoir back towards the underground power plant, at the western edge of the lower reservoir. Water fluctuations in the upper reservoir range from and above sea level. The power plant contains four 250 MW reversible Francis turbine-generators for an installed capacity of 1,000 MW. The drop in elevation affords a maximum hydraulic head (drop) of and effectiv
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Plagiostropha caledoniensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the demersal zone off New Caledonia at depths between 200 m and 350 m.
References
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
External links
Holotype at MNHN, Paris
caledoniensis
Gastropods described in 1995
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The 1821 Alabama gubernatorial election was held on August 6, 1821, to elect the third governor of Alabama. Democratic-Republican candidate Israel Pickens defeated fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Henry H. Chambers with 57.43% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Israel Pickens, US Representative for North Carolina 1811-1817
Henry H. Chambers, Delegate to the Alabama Constitutional Convention and Alabama House member in 1820
Results
County Results
Notes
References
Alabama gubernatorial elections
Alabama
1821 Alabama elections
August 1821 events
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Eutricha capensis, the Cape lappet moth, is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae primarily found in South Africa. During the larval stage, Cape lappets feed on a wide variety of African plants and can often be found aggregating in gardens. The caterpillars are brightly coloured and conspicuously hairy, while the bulky adult moths are mostly brown and much less striking in appearance.
Description
The adults are large and stocky, with an average wingspan of about . Both hind wings and fore wings are reddish brown. The fore wings are flecked with yellow and bear three wavy white stripes. Females are typically paler in colour and larger than males. Adult moths lack developed mouthparts and therefore do not feed. The antennae of females are deeply pectinate and are the length of the thorax.
The larvae are distinctly hairy with rows of orange tufts of long hair along the sides of the body. Arranged at the head are three large coppery tufts and two smaller purple tufts. Along the dorsal side of the caterpillars is a row of black triangles flanked either side by white.
Distribution and habitat
There is little agreement regarding the extent of the Cape lappet moth's range in southern Africa. While all sources agree that its primary geographical home is South Africa, varied sources also state Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Being able to feed on a wide variety of plants, the caterpillars are common in domestic gardens and also in more remote and wild areas.
Behaviour and life cycle
Gregarious as larvae, the caterpillars clump together in numbers. The reason for this behaviour is not well understood, with several proposed theories. For E. capensis at least, aggregating behaviour appears to be of no benefit to the caterpillars in terms of either water or energy conservation, according to a 2013 study.
The larvae feed on Acacia cyclops, A. mearnsii, A. saligna, A. karroo, Bauhinia, Celtis africana, Chrysanthemoides monilifera, C. incana, Cupressus macrocarpa, C
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Jindřich Kinský (27 June 1927 – 8 April 2008) was a Czech basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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1927 births
2008 deaths
Czech men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia
Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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Blue Mountain is the western landmark of the city of Missoula and is a popular recreational destination for golfing (disc golf) hiking, off-road motorcycling, horse riding, shooting and hunting. In the past it was used as a military training site.
History
Military use
Beginning in 1942 and ending in 1992 Blue Mountain was used as a training site for the Regular Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve. It was used for small arms live firing, land navigation training, and practice artillery training. In 2008 an unexploded ordnance survey was completed and found no UXO.
Structures
The University of Montana Department of Physics and Astronomy maintains an observatory at the peak.
A fire lookout tower also exists at the peak.
Notable features
Blue Mountain has a system of nature trails and old logging roads that cut across large portions of the mountain, an abandoned apple orchard, and the remains of some old, small, gravel pits on the back side that are part of the Blue Mountain Recreation Area. There's also an OHV trail head that allows motorcycles and other off-road vehicles access to trails on Blue Mountain.
Flora and fauna
Mule deer, coyotes, black bear, grouse, wild turkeys and other wild animals can be found without much effort across the entire mountain. The black bears are typically found foraging for apples in the abandoned orchard in the fall getting fat for the winter.
References
Mountains of Missoula County, Montana
Mountains of Montana
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The 1960 Stanley Cup playoffs began on March 23, after the regular season ended. It was the tournament to determine the 1960 Stanley Cup professional ice hockey championship of the National Hockey League (NHL)
The regular-season Montreal Canadiens' momentum did not stop as they played eight games, the minimum number to win the Stanley Cup. Montreal, in the process, became the last Cup winners in NHL history to go perfect in the playoffs to date. After winning the Stanley Cup, Maurice Richard retired from the NHL as a champion.
Playoff bracket
Semifinals
Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks had led the league in scoring, but the well-oiled machine called the Montreal Canadiens managed to hold him to only one goal as the Canadiens swept the Black Hawks in four. The Toronto Maple Leafs, though, had a slightly tougher time against the Gordie Howe led Detroit Red Wings as it took the Leafs 6 games, including one in triple overtime, to win the series.
Chicago Black Hawks vs. Montreal Canadiens
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0
Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 2
Final
see 1960 Stanley Cup Finals
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0
Leading scorers
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
See also
1959–60 NHL season
1960 in sports
References
Notes
playoffs
Stanley Cup playoffs
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Betty Wilson Steiner-Conduit (1920 – February 16, 1994) was a Canadian psychiatrist. Steiner was the first head of the Gender Identity Clinic at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry. She is known for her work with transgender and intersex people.
Life and career
After completing her education in 1958, Steiner was appointed psychiatrist at the Women's College Hospital. She then took an appointment at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry.
In 1985 she edited Gender Dysphoria, and in 1990, she co-edited Clinical management of gender identity disorders in children and adults with Ray Blanchard.
Steiner-Conduit married marketing executive Andrew Conduit in 1988. She and her husband died of carbon monoxide poisoning after leaving a car running in their garage. Steiner-Conduit was declared dead at the scene; Conduit died ten days later.
Selected publications
Blanchard R, Steiner BW (eds.) (1990). Clinical management of gender identity disorders in children and adults. American Psychiatric Press,
Blanchard R, Steiner BW, Clemmensen LH, Dickey R (1989). Prediction of regrets in postoperative transsexuals. Can J Psychiatry. 1989 Feb;34(1):43-5.
Blanchard R, Clemmensen LH, Steiner BW (1987). Heterosexual and homosexual gender dysphoria. Arch Sex Behav. 1987 Apr;16(2):139-52.
Blanchard R, Rachansky I, Steiner B (1986). Phallometric detection of fetishistic arousal in heterosexual male cross-dressers. Journal of Sex Research, 22, 1986: 452-462.
Blanchard R, Clemmensen LH, Steiner BW (1985). Social desirability response set and systematic distortion in the self-report of adult male gender patients. Arch Sex Behav. 1985 Dec;14(6):505-16.
Steiner BW (ed.) (1985) Gender dysphoria: development, research, management. Plenum Press,
Blanchard R, Steiner BW, Clemmensen LH (1985). Gender dysphoria, gender reorientation, and the clinical management of transsexualism. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1985 Jun;53(3):295-304.
Blanchard R, McConkey JG, Roper V, Steiner BW (1983). Measuring phys
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Nihon University is one of the oldest private universities in Japan.
Campus gallery
Faculties & Graduate Schools
Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Science & Technology (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, etc.)
Law
Economics
Nihon University also has a junior college and many affiliated high schools.
Junior College
Nihon University Junior College Funabashi Campus
Nihon University Junior College Shonan Campus
Nihon University Junior College Mishima Campus
References and notes
Other websites
(English portal)
Third Junior & Senior High School of Nihon University
Third Junior & Senior High School of Nihon University
Colleges and universities in Tokyo
1889 establishments
19th-century establishments in Japan
1880s establishments in Asia
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Sissonville High School is a public high school in Sissonville, West Virginia, USA. It is one of the eight public high schools in the Kanawha County School district. It serves students in grades 9 through 12.
History
In October 2001, the Katie Sierra free speech case made national news when she was suspended for her activism in opposition to the bombing of Afghanistan.
Arts
Band
The Sissonville High School Band program is under the direction of Corey Green, and consists of 3 major ensembles; "The Pride of Sissonville" Marching Band, Concert Band, and Jazz Band.
"The Pride" has won many awards at the local, regional, and national levels, with high placements at both the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships and Cavalcade of Bands Finals. They were the 2014 (87.40) and 2015 (92.25) Cavalcade of Bands National Champions for the Independence A division.
The band participates in the annual Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival as well as other local parades and exhibitions.
Touch of Class Show Choir
The Touch of Class Show Choir has won many awards throughout the years including: Best Male Soloist, Best Female Soloist, Class C Champion, and Grand Champions.
Touch of Class has had many themes for their main show, some notable themes include: Live in Living Color, The Game of Life, The Money Show, The Party Show, Light the Fire Within, Celebrating Music, and A Day In The Life.
Back in 2011, Sissonville High School's auditorium was completely redone, and new equipment was added as old was replaced. Lots of show choir shows, performances, prom fashion shows, talent shows, and theater productions were performed on that very stage.
Theatre
Athletics
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Football
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track
Cross Country
Volleyball
Boys Volleyball
Wrestling
Swimming
Robotics
See also
List of high schools in West Virginia
References
External links
Official website
Alumni website
History of Sissonville High School
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Doc. Dr. Ing. Vladimír Valach, CSc. (born 26 April 1937 in Tekovské Nemce, Slovakia - died 5 March 2006 in Bratislava, Slovakia) was a Slovak diplomat, economist and writer, who significantly contributed to the development of Slovak banking sector and French-Slovak relations.
Vladimír Valach studied at the University of Economics in Prague (1955 to 1960). Between 1968-1976 he worked as a branch manager of the commercial banking arm of the State Bank of Czechoslovakia in Bratislava. Subsequently he held the post of a deputy general director of the State Bank. In the 1990s, Valach capitalized on his experience in the field of banking and monetary policy, when he was named the first vice-governor of the CNB's Emission bank in Prague. He contributed to the transition process of the Czechoslovak koruna to a currency with internal and later external convertibility (3 devaluations of koruna at the beginning of the 1990s), as well as during the separation of currencies after the break-up of the federation and the subsequent creation of Slovak koruna.
In the 1990s he was involved in the creation of the Slovak Guarantee Bank as a first bank of its kind in the ČSFR. He also participated in the creation of Credit Lyonnais Bank Slovakia, became its general manager and at the same time the president of its Board of Trustees. Vladimír Valach was a founding president of the French-Slovak Chamber of Commerce and was able to utilize his positive relation with France in 1997, when he was made the Slovak ambassador in Paris. He served as the ambassador until 2001, when he was replaced by Mária Krasnohorská. For his work and contribution to the development of Slovak-French relations he was awarded the title of the Knight of Légion d'honneur of the French Republic. In Slovakia he continued working towards the development of the country's banking sector and at the beginning of the 21st century Valach held the position of the Director of the Slovak Bank Association, which contributed to
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Erqi District is one of 6 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, South Central China.
Administrative divisions
As 2012, this district is divided to 6 subdistricts, 1 town and 1 township.
Subdistricts
Towns
Mazhai ()
Townships
Houzhai Township ()
Tourist attractions
Erqi Memorial Tower
Xiaolou Mosque
References
External links
Official website of Erqi District Government
Districts of Zhengzhou
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UNESCO's City of Film project is part of the wider Creative Cities Network.
Film is one of seven creative fields in the Network, the others: Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts, and Music.
Criteria for UNESCO Cities of Film
To be approved as a City of Film, cities need to meet a number of criteria set by UNESCO.
Designated UNESCO Cities of Film share similar characteristics:
important infrastructure related to cinema, e.g. film studios and film landscapes/environments
continuous or proven links to the production, distribution, and commercialisation of films
experience in hosting film festivals, screenings, and other film-related events
collaborative initiatives at a local, regional, and international level
film heritage in the form of archives, museums, private collections, and/or film institutes
film making schools and training centres
effort in disseminating films produced and/or directed locally or nationally
initiatives to encourage knowledge-sharing on foreign films
About the cities
In 2009, Bradford became the first film city—with Sydney joining in 2010.
Sydney is home to Fox Studios Australia, the studio that brought The Matrix trilogy, The Great Gatsby, and The Wolverine to life. Sydney's "pristine beaches" and "lush mountains" can also provide a backdrop for location shooting.
Busan hosts an annual International Film Festival and is a "standard-setter" in the film world.
Bristol is home to the Academy award-winning Aardman Animations. It is also home to The Bottle Yard Studios and the BBC Natural History Unit.
Bristol is "packed with history and full of character," Yamagata is a "pleasant, bustling rural capital."
Yamagata hosts every two years an International Documentary Film Festival.
Potsdam is home to Babelsberg Studio, the largest film studio in Germany. It is also home to Film Park of Babelsberg and Film University of Babelsberg.
Mumbai is home to Hindi cinema.
Cities of Film
There are 21 Cities of
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Vincenzo della Greca (February 5, 1592 – 1661) was an Italian architect.
Biography
While Della Greca born in Palermo, Sicily, most of his work was in Rome and surroundings. In 1623 he worked on the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome as well as fortifications commissioned by Pope Urban VIII. In 1630, the design and construction of the church of San Caio in Rome is attributed to Della Greca; the church was demolished in 1885. Della Greca worked on , in Marino.
His major work was the Church of the convent of Santi Domenico e Sisto which now serves as the University Church of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum. The church was a collaboration between him and the architects Giacomo Della Porta, Orazio Torriani, and Giovanni Battista Soria. Della Greca replaced the latter at his death. Della Greca completed its facade in 1655.
External links
http://www.controluce.it/?q=node/2289
Notes
1592 births
1661 deaths
Architects from Rome
17th-century Italian architects
Italian Baroque architects
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David Hummell Greer (March 20, 1844 – May 19, 1919) was an American Protestant Episcopal bishop.
Biography
He was born in Wheeling, Virginia, (now West Virginia), graduated from Washington College (Pa.) in 1862, and studied at the Protestant Episcopal Seminary, Gambier, Ohio. Ordained a priest in 1868, he was rector successively at Covington, Kentucky (1868–1871), Providence, Rhode Island (1871–1888), and New York City at St. Bartholomew's Church, 1888–1904.
In 1903, he was elected Bishop Coadjutor for the New York diocese and in 1908 succeeded Bishop Potter upon the latter's decease. He was replaced as rector of St. Bartholomew's Church by Dr. Leighton Parks.
Bishop Greer made himself known as an untiring personal worker in his parishes and his diocese, and as a believer in direct and unceremonious relationship between clergy and laymen. In 1914, Bishop Greer was appointed president of the Church Peace Union.
Prior to 1917, Greer caused controversy by expressing opposition to US involvement in World War I. However, after the United States entered the war, Greer endorsed the war effort as a "great crusade against tyranny and aggression".
On January 14, 1915, he officiated at the society wedding of a future bishop, the Rev. G. Ashton Oldham, to debutante Emily Pierrepont Gould at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
In 1869, Greer wed Caroline Augusta Keith, with whom he had three children. David and Caroline Greer died one month apart, in May and June 1919, respectively. Following his death, the Hope Farm School in Dutchess County, New York, was renamed "Greer School".
Publications
Moral Power of History (1890)
From Things to God (1893)
The Preacher and his Place (1895)
Visions (1898)
References
External links
Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury
Other sources
Episcopal bishops of New York
Religious leaders from New York City
American religious writers
1844 births
1919 deaths
Washington & Jefferson College alumni
19th-century American Epi
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The Ruputer is a wristwatch computer developed in 1998 by Seiko Instruments, a subsidiary of the Seiko Group. In the US, it was later marketed as the onHand PC by Matsucom.
The Ruputer has a 16-bit, 3.6 MHz processor and 2 MB of non-volatile storage memory and 128 KB of RAM. Its display is a 102×64 pixel monochrome LCD. Its main forms of input are a tiny 8-direction joystick and 6 function buttons. It also has a serial interface and an IR port for communicating with other devices. The main body of the device (separate from the strap) is roughly 2 inches wide, 1 1/8 inches across, and 5/8 of an inch deep. It is powered by two high-powered watch batteries, which supply the device enough energy for approximately 30 hours of use. Under normal conditions, the watch goes into standby mode down when not in use in order to extend its battery life. The device was distributed with a software development kit which allows for creation of new software written in the programming language C.
onHand PC
The successor to the Ruputer is the onHand PC. The onHand PC was available in two color styles, clear & black, and a single format. While the Ruputer was available with either 512Kb of storage (original Ruputer), 2Mb (Ruputer PRO), or 4 Mb of flash memory (Ruputer PRO4), the onHand PC came only in a single version with 2Mb of storage. The operating system is known as W-PS-DOS version 1.16. The device features both an icon-based GUI and a text-based user interface. There is 128Kb of RAM, with an additional 128Kb of ROM.
On the device, data can be entered by two methods: The first method is by using the joystick mounted to the front of the watch itself (a method that has been considered clumsy). The second method is by synchronizing data from a full-sized PC using the included software. A program called HandySurf also allows synchronizing internet content (such as Yahoo! News Headlines).
Communication with other devices is either through a 38,400-bit/s serial port dock, or through
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Experimental Aging Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on life span and aging from a psychological and psychobiological perspective. It is published by Routledge. The editor-in-chief is Philip A. Allen.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, EBSCO Academic Search Premier, CINAHL/Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Current Contents/Life Sciences, Science Citation Index Expanded, MEDLINE/Index Medicus, PsycINFO, and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 1.306.
References
External links
English-language journals
Gerontology journals
Taylor & Francis academic journals
Academic journals established in 1975
Quarterly journals
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The women's high jump at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 8 and 10 August.
Records
Schedule
Results
Qualification
Qualification: 1.92 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)
Final
References
High jumpW
High jump at the European Athletics Championships
Euro
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Saline was a short-lived commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Troarn (the seat) and Sannerville. This merger was revoked by the administrative court, and on 31 December 2019 the former communes Troarn and Sannerville were recreated.
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
Former communes of Calvados (department)
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Thomas Salmon may refer to:
Thomas Salmon (musicologist) (1648–1706), English cleric and writer on music
Thomas Salmon (bishop) (1715?–1759), Anglican bishop in Ireland
Tom Salmon (priest) (1913–2013), Anglican Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Thomas P. Salmon (born 1932), Governor of the U.S. state of Vermont, 1973–1977
Thomas M. Salmon (born 1963), his son, Auditor of Accounts in the U.S. State of Vermont
Thomas Salmon (historian) (1679–1767), English historical and geographical writer
Thomas William Salmon (1876–1927), American physician and a leader of the mental hygiene movement
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Elena Carter Richardson (26 December 1948 – 4 February 2006) was an American ballerina and dance instructor.
Born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico, she trained at the Academia de Ballet de Coyoacán, going on to be a principal dancer at Compania Nacional de Danza, and with Ballet Classico 70.
Richardson later joined Dance Theatre of Harlem and toured the world as a principal before taking time off to have children in 1982. She moved to Portland, Oregon and became a principal in Pacific Ballet Theatre and Oregon Ballet Theatre as well as a faculty member in the Performing Arts Program at Jefferson High School and at Da Vinci Arts Middle School. L
Richardson was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and succumbed to the disease in 2006.
References
Elena Carter Richardson obituary
1948 births
2006 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Oregon
American ballerinas
Mexican ballerinas
Dancers from Oregon
20th-century American women
20th-century American people
21st-century American women
20th-century American ballet dancers
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Bola was one of the costliest cyclones in the history of New Zealand, causing severe damage as an extratropical cyclone when it passed near the country in March 1988. It formed on February 24 to the north of Fiji, and tracking generally southwestward it reached hurricane-force winds near Vanuatu on February 28. The next day it generated peak wind velocities of , though it quickly weakened as it accelerated southward. On March 4, Bola transitioned into an extratropical storm, passing to the north of the North Island of New Zealand on March 8. It weakened further and was absorbed by a stationary trough near the South Island on March 12.
The cyclone first affected Fiji, where it produced gale-force winds and strong waves. In Vanuatu, Bola dropped heavy rainfall, which destroyed two bridges and caused severe damage to islands in the group. Bola caused severe damage to the North Island of New Zealand, where heavy rainfall peaked at in the Gisborne Region. Damage totaled over $82 million (1988 USD). Seven people were killed due to flooding, and hundreds were evacuated when a swollen river threatened Wairoa. In Whangaruru Harbour, Northland, an elderly male suffered a heart attack and died during the peak of the storm while attempting to tie down a neighbour's empty water tank.
Meteorological history
The system that was to become Severe Tropical Cyclone Bola was first noted during February 24, as a depression that had developed within the South Pacific Convergence Zone about to the north-east of Nadi, Fiji. During that day the system moved south-westwards and passed about to the north of Nadi, Fiji, before it started to move north-westwards during February 25. The system was subsequently named Bola by the Fiji Meteorological Service during the next day, after it had become a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. The system subsequently moved south-westwards which meant that the islands of Maewo and Pen
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Parchim is a former Kreis (district) in the southwestern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from the north clockwise) Nordwestmecklenburg, Güstrow, Müritz, the district Prignitz in Brandenburg, the district Ludwigslust and the district-free city Schwerin. The district was disbanded at the district reform of September 2011. Its territory has been part of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district since.
Geography
Most of the district is now agriculturally used, but in the easternmost part there are several lakes, the largest of them being the Plauer See (39 km²). The Plauer See marks the western end of the Müritz lakeland.
History
In 1994 the three districts of Parchim, Sternberg and Lübz were merged into the enlarged district of Parchim. The borders of this new district were roughly identical with the medieval principality of Parchim-Riechenberg, which existed between 1238 and 1316. This district was merged with the district of Ludwigslust at the district reform of September 2011, forming the new Ludwigslust-Parchim district.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
The subdivisions of the district were (situation August 2011):
References
External links
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Former districts of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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Ibrahim bey Musa Agha oghlu Usubov (; March 6, 1872 – June 16, 1920) was an Azerbaijani Major General in Russian Imperial Army and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Early life
Ibrahim bey Usubov was born to the family of military officer, Musa Agha Usubov on March 6, 1872 in Yukhary-Salakhly village of Qazakh uyezd. Receiving military upbringing and discipline from his father, Ibrahim bey Usubov went to famous Constantine Artillery School. After graduation, Usubov received a rank of podporuchik and was assigned to Tambov 122nd Infantry Regiment.
Family
Musa Agha who was an officer in Russian Imperial Army and received military rank of praporshchik July 2, 1839, was Deputy Chief of Muslim honour detachment and Commander in Chief of Separate Caucasian Corps prince Vorontsov. For his bravery in the battles against mountain peoples in village Dargo and Gerzel on January 28, 1845 he was awarded with Order of Saint Stanislaus of 3rd degree. On July 9, 1848 Musa Agha Usubov became the second lieutenant and on December 4, 1854 received poruchik (Lieutenant) rank.
In 1910, he married Govher Khanum who was the youngest daughter of the Transcaucasian Mufti Mirza Huseyn Afandi Qayibov. He had only one daughter - Nigar Usubova. She was a professor of Baku Academy of Music.
Military career
In 1904, Usubov participated in Russo-Japanese War in a rank of Stabskapitän. For courage at the Battle at Port Arthur, Usubov was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir 4th degree and the Order of St. Stanislaus (with sword and bow) the third degree.
In later years, Usubov took a part in World War I. On October 14, 1914, battalion headed by Usubov attacked positions near the Mizinec village pushing Austrian forces back. All Austrian counterattacks lasting for three days were rebuffed by Usubov's battalion. In December 1914, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1915, he was promoted to the rank of colonel. On September 9, 1915 Usubov was decorated with the Order of Saint George
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Evolutionary theory was a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of evolutionary biology. It was established in 1973 and published until 2003 by the University of Chicago. The founding editor-in-chief was Leigh Van Valen, later joined by Melissa Stoller.
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English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1973
Evolutionary biology
Publications disestablished in 2003
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Brazos Valley Sudbury School (BVSS) was a Sudbury school in unincorporated Waller County, Texas, near Brookshire. It was in proximity to Katy.
The school, located in the Brazos Valley region, served ages 4 through 19. Its campus had of space.
History
It was founded by Tomball resident Laura Gabelsberg, who previously taught at public schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. In April 2001, Gabelsberg held a public meeting with 25 others, discussing different educational philosophies for a proposed school, and after the meeting, the group selected the Sudbury system. By September 2001, the group was holding meetings about the establishment of the school.
A woman named Chicha Glass, along with her husband, lent her house, which became a classroom building, for the school's operations and gave $25,000 in startup funds. Her husband and she moved into a garage apartment on the same property. In February 2002, the school began operations, and was scheduled to open in fall 2002.
From Brookshire, the Houston Subdbury Group, which operated the school, moved to the Houston Heights in Houston for the 2005–2006 school year; it aimed to move BVSS to Houston. The school assembly passed a motion to not reopen for the upcoming school year in spring 2006. A spring 2007 meeting was held in which the possibility of continuing operation of a Sudbury school was discussed.
Curriculum
The school allowed students, who were required to attend five hours per day but did not have to conform to a timetable, to choose the direction of their learning in accordance with the Sudbury system. The school did not issue grades nor administer tests. Parents were not involved in the day-to-day administration and the faculty acted as guides instead of using direct control in the classroom.
See also
Houston Sudbury School - a Sudbury school in Houston
List of Sudbury schools
References
External links
Private K-12 schools in Texas
Schools in Waller County, Texas
Sudbury Schools
2002 establi
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CER-11 was a digital military computer, developed at Institute Mihajlo Pupin, located in Serbia, in a period between 1965 and 1966.
Overview
CER-11 was designed by prof.dr Tihomir Aleksic and prof.dr Nedeljko Parezanovic, along with their sci.associates ( M.Momcilovic, D.Hristovic, M.Maric, M.Hruska, P.Vrbavac et al.). .
The computer was based on the transistor-diode logic circuitry and the paper tape equipments.
This digital computer was used in SFRY's Army JNA until 1988.
See also
Tihomir Aleksic
CER Computers
Institute Mihajlo Pupin
History of computer hardware in the SFRY
Further reading
Dragana Becejski-Vujaklija, Nikola Markovic(Ed): "50 Years of Computing in Serbia (HRONIKA DIGITALNIH DECENIJA)", pp. 38, 56 and 76, DIS, IMP and PC Press, Belgrade 2011.
Jelica Protic, D.Ristanovic: "Building Computers in Serbia", ComSYS, vol.8, No 3, pp 549–571, June 2011.
V.Paunovic, D.Hristovic, "Review and analysis of the CER computers", Proc.of the ETRAN-2000 Conference, pp. 79–82, Sokobanja June 2000. (In Serbian).
Dusan Hristovic: "Razvoj računarstva u Srbiji" (Computing technology in Serbia),PHLOGISTON journal, No 18/19, pp. 89–105, Museum MNT/SANU, Belgrade, 2010/2011.
CER computers
One-of-a-kind computers
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The 2002 Eastern Mediterranean Event was a high-energy upper atmosphere explosion over the Mediterranean Sea, around 34°N 21°E (between Libya and Crete) on June 6, 2002. This explosion, similar in power to a small atomic bomb, has been related to a small asteroid undetected while approaching Earth. The object disintegrated as a meteor air burst over the sea, and no meteorite fragments were recovered.
The event occurred during the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff, and there were concerns by General Simon Worden of the U.S. Air Force that if the upper atmosphere explosion had occurred closer to Pakistan or India, it could have sparked a nuclear war between the two countries.
See also
Impact event
Near-Earth object
Potentially hazardous asteroid
Vela incident
References
Explosions in 2002
2002 natural disasters
Modern Earth impact events
Eastern Mediterranean
History of the Mediterranean
June 2002 events in Africa
21st-century astronomical events
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