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28150290 | Stigmella subsorbi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stigmella%20subsorbi | Stigmella subsorbi
Stigmella subsorbi
Stigmella subsorbi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Tajikistan.
The larvae feed on "Cotoneaster" species.
# External links.
- Revised Check-List Of Mining Lepidoptera (Nepticuloidea, Tischerioidea And Gracillarioidea) From Central Asia | 6,128,200 |
28150288 | Peptide spectral library | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peptide%20spectral%20library | Peptide spectral library
Peptide spectral library
A peptide spectral library is a curated, annotated and non-redundant collection/database of LC-MS/MS peptide spectra. One essential utility of a peptide spectral library is to serve as consensus templates supporting the identification of peptide/proteins based on the correlation between the templates with experimental spectra.
One potential application of peptide spectral libraries is the identification of new, currently unknown mass spectra. Here, the spectra from the library are compared to the new spectra and if a match is found, the unknown spectra can be assigned the identity of the known peptide in the library.
Spectral libraries have been used in the small molecules | 6,128,201 |
28150288 | Peptide spectral library | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peptide%20spectral%20library | Peptide spectral library
mass spectra identification since the 1980s. In the early years of shotgun proteomics, pioneer investigations suggested that a similar approach might be applicable in shotgun proteomics for peptide/protein identification.
# Shotgun proteomics.
Modern tandem MS instruments combine features of fast duty cycle, exquisite sensitivity, and unprecedented mass accuracy. Tandem mass spectrometry, which is an ideal match for the large-scale protein identification and quantification in complex biological systems. In a shotgun proteomics approach, proteins in a complex mixture are digested by proteolytic enzymes such as trypsin. Subsequently, one or more chromatographic separations are applied to resolve | 6,128,202 |
28150288 | Peptide spectral library | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peptide%20spectral%20library | Peptide spectral library
resulting peptides, which are then ionized and analyzed in a mass spectrometer. To acquire tandem mass spectra, a particular peptide precursor is isolated, and fragmented in a mass spectrometer; the mass spectra corresponding to the fragments of peptide precursor is recorded. Tandem mass spectra contains specific information regarding the sequence of the peptide precursor, which can aid the identification of peptide/protein.
# Protein identification via sequence database searching.
Sequence database searching is widely used currently for mass spectra based protein identification. In this approach, a protein sequence database is used to calculate all putative peptide candidates in the given | 6,128,203 |
28150288 | Peptide spectral library | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peptide%20spectral%20library | Peptide spectral library
setting (proteolytic enzymes, miscleavages, post-translational modifications). The sequence search engines use various heuristics to predict the fragmentation pattern of each peptide candidate. Such derivative patterns are used as templates to find a sufficiently close match within experimental mass spectra, which serves as the basis for peptide/protein identification. Many tools have been developed for this practice, which have enabled many past discoveries, e.g. SEQUEST, Mascot.
## Shortcomings of the sequence database searching workflow.
Due to the complex nature of peptide fragmentation in a mass spectrometer, derivative fragmentation patterns fall short of reproducing experimental mass | 6,128,204 |
28150288 | Peptide spectral library | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peptide%20spectral%20library | Peptide spectral library
spectra, especially relative intensities among distinct fragments. Thus, sequence database searching faces a bottleneck of limited specificity. Sequence database searching also demands vast search space, which still could not cover all possibilities of peptide dynamics, exhibiting limited efficiency post-translational modifications). The search process is sometimes slow and requires costly high-performance computers. In addition, the nature of sequence database searching disconnects the research discoveries among different groups or at different times.
## Advantages and limitations.
First, a greatly reduced search space will decrease the searching time. Second, by taking full advantage of | 6,128,205 |
28150288 | Peptide spectral library | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peptide%20spectral%20library | Peptide spectral library
all spectral features including relative fragment intensities, neutral losses from fragments and various additional specific fragments, the process of spectra searching will be more specific, and it will generally provide better discrimination between true and false matches.
Spectral library searching is not applicable in a situation where the discovery of novel peptides or proteins is the goal. Fortunately, more and more high-quality mass spectra are being acquired by the collective contribution of the scientific community, which will continuously expand the coverage of peptide spectral library.
# Research community focused peptide spectral Libraries.
For a peptide spectra library, to reach | 6,128,206 |
28150288 | Peptide spectral library | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peptide%20spectral%20library | Peptide spectral library
peptide spectra library, to reach a maximal coverage is a long-term goal, even with the support of scientific community and ever-growing proteomic technologies. However, the optimization for a particular module of the peptide spectra library is a more manageable goal, e.g. the proteins in a particular organelle or relevant to a particular biological phenotype. For example, a researcher studying mitochondrial proteome, will likely focus his/her analyses within protein modules within the mitochondria. The research community focused peptide spectral library supports targeted research in a comprehensive fashion for a particular research community.
# External links.
- COPa Library
- SpectraST | 6,128,207 |
28150294 | Maurya (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurya%20(film) | Maurya (film)
Maurya (film)
Maurya is a 2004 Kannada language sports drama film directed by S. Narayan. The film starred Puneeth Rajkumar and Meera Jasmine in lead roles. It was Meera Jasmine's first Kannada film. The film is a remake of 2003 Telugu film "Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi" which itself was based on the 1998 Hollywood movie "Dance with Me".
# Cast.
- Puneeth Rajkumar as Maurya
- Meera Jasmine
- Roja
- Devaraj
- Rekha Kumar
- Komal
- Doddanna
- Sadhu Kokila
- Shobaraj
# Production.
This film is produced by Rockline Venkatesh.
# Soundtrack.
The music of the film was composed by Gurukiran.
# Box office.
- The film successfully ran for 100 days in 16 centers of Karnataka and was 4th continuous | 6,128,208 |
28150294 | Maurya (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurya%20(film) | Maurya (film)
nada language sports drama film directed by S. Narayan. The film starred Puneeth Rajkumar and Meera Jasmine in lead roles. It was Meera Jasmine's first Kannada film. The film is a remake of 2003 Telugu film "Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi" which itself was based on the 1998 Hollywood movie "Dance with Me".
# Cast.
- Puneeth Rajkumar as Maurya
- Meera Jasmine
- Roja
- Devaraj
- Rekha Kumar
- Komal
- Doddanna
- Sadhu Kokila
- Shobaraj
# Production.
This film is produced by Rockline Venkatesh.
# Soundtrack.
The music of the film was composed by Gurukiran.
# Box office.
- The film successfully ran for 100 days in 16 centers of Karnataka and was 4th continuous 100 days for Power Star. | 6,128,209 |
28150308 | Stigmella talassica | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stigmella%20talassica | Stigmella talassica
Stigmella talassica
Stigmella talassica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Kazakhstan.
# External links.
- Revised Check-List Of Mining Lepidoptera (Nepticuloidea, Tischerioidea And Gracillarioidea) From Central Asia | 6,128,210 |
28150297 | Chapel, West Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chapel,%20West%20Virginia | Chapel, West Virginia
Chapel, West Virginia
Chapel is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Chapel is north-northwest of Gassaway, along the Left Fork Steer Creek. | 6,128,211 |
28150311 | Renner Lutheran Church | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Renner%20Lutheran%20Church | Renner Lutheran Church
Renner Lutheran Church
Renner Lutheran Church, also known as Nidaros Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, is a historic church located in Renner, South Dakota. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Renner Lutheran Sanctuary. It is reportedly the oldest church in operation in South Dakota.
# History.
The church was founded as Nidaros Church in 1868. First located in the sod home Norwegian immigrants John and Kirsti Thompson, a church was later built on the prairie roughly 3 miles south of Baltic, South Dakota. That church was later destroyed in a wind storm, and rebuilt in 1878. The original church's 100 foot steeple was believed to be the cause of its destruction, | 6,128,212 |
28150311 | Renner Lutheran Church | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Renner%20Lutheran%20Church | Renner Lutheran Church
so a shorter steeple was selected during reconstruction. Additional churches were also constructed in the region to accommodate churchgoers, since frequent flooding along the Big Sioux River made travel difficult.
The church was moved to Baltic around 1911 or 1912, since the town had no church of its own at the time. It was moved a second time in 1939 to Renner, South Dakota, where it stands today. The church has been in continuous operation for more than 125 years, and is considered the oldest operational church in the state of South Dakota. It is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America denomination. The church's altar was constructed in 1886, and remains a central fixture in the | 6,128,213 |
28150311 | Renner Lutheran Church | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Renner%20Lutheran%20Church | Renner Lutheran Church
no church of its own at the time. It was moved a second time in 1939 to Renner, South Dakota, where it stands today. The church has been in continuous operation for more than 125 years, and is considered the oldest operational church in the state of South Dakota. It is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America denomination. The church's altar was constructed in 1886, and remains a central fixture in the sanctuary.
The church was renamed Renner Lutheran Church in 2009, to avoid confusion with the East and West Nidaros churches that were also part of the congregation.
# See also.
- List of the oldest churches in the United States
# External links.
- Renner Lutheran Church website | 6,128,214 |
28150314 | A Time for Loving | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%20Time%20for%20Loving | A Time for Loving
A Time for Loving
A Time for Loving, also released as Room in Paris, is a 1972 British comedy-drama film directed by Christopher Miles and starring Britt Ekland, Joanna Shimkus and Mel Ferrer. The film depicts several stories surrounding an apartment in Paris, and the various people who occupy it over the years.
# Cast.
- Joanna Shimkus - Joan McLaine
- Mel Ferrer - Doctor Harrison
- Britt Ekland - Josette Papillon
- Philippe Noiret - Marcel Dutarte-Dubreuilh
- Susan Hampshire - Patricia Robinson
- Mark Burns - Geoff Rolling
- Lila Kedrova - Madame Olga Dubillard
- Robert Dhéry - Leonard
- Michel Legrand - Monsieur Grondin
- Didier Haudepin - Fils de la concierge
- Ophelie Stermann | 6,128,215 |
28150314 | A Time for Loving | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%20Time%20for%20Loving | A Time for Loving
he film depicts several stories surrounding an apartment in Paris, and the various people who occupy it over the years.
# Cast.
- Joanna Shimkus - Joan McLaine
- Mel Ferrer - Doctor Harrison
- Britt Ekland - Josette Papillon
- Philippe Noiret - Marcel Dutarte-Dubreuilh
- Susan Hampshire - Patricia Robinson
- Mark Burns - Geoff Rolling
- Lila Kedrova - Madame Olga Dubillard
- Robert Dhéry - Leonard
- Michel Legrand - Monsieur Grondin
- Didier Haudepin - Fils de la concierge
- Ophelie Stermann - Simone, Young girl
- Jany Holt - Mme. Dutarte-Dubreuilh, Marcel's mother
- Eléonore Hirt - Héloïse Dutarte-Dubreuilh
- Lyne Chardonnet - La fille du bar
- Gilberte Géniat - La concierge | 6,128,216 |
28150332 | Stigmella nostrata | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stigmella%20nostrata | Stigmella nostrata
Stigmella nostrata
Stigmella nostrata is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in the Amur and Primorye regions of Russia.
The larvae feed on "Pyrus ussuriensis". They probably mine the leaves of their host.
# External links.
- Nepticulidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
- To the knowledge of small moths (Microlepidoptera) of the Bolshekhekhtsirskii Nature Reserve (Khabarovsk District) | 6,128,217 |
28150323 | Stigmella mirabella | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stigmella%20mirabella | Stigmella mirabella
Stigmella mirabella
Stigmella mirabella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in the Amur and Primorye regions of Russia.
The larvae feed on "Betula dahurica". They mine the trunks of their host plant.
# External links.
- Nepticulidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
- To the knowledge of small moths (Microlepidoptera) of the Bolshekhekhtsirskii Nature Reserve (Khabarovsk District) | 6,128,218 |
28150336 | Stigmella sashai | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stigmella%20sashai | Stigmella sashai
Stigmella sashai
Stigmella sashai is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in the Amur and Primorye regions of Russia.
# External links.
- Nepticulidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
- To the knowledge of small moths (Microlepidoptera) of the Bolshekhekhtsirskii Nature Reserve (Khabarovsk District) | 6,128,219 |
28150358 | Namma Basava | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namma%20Basava | Namma Basava
Namma Basava
Namma Basava is a 2005 Kannada-language romantic drama film starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Gowri Munjal, it was her debut in the Kannada film industry.
# Cast.
- Puneeth Rajkumar
- Gowri Munjal
- Avinash
- Sudha Rani
# Plot.
Basava (Puneeth Rajkumar) runs a gym centre and lives with his brother Avinash and Sudharani (wife of Avinash), who treat him as their own son. He is permanently opposed by competitors. When his brother start seeking a girl as his bride, he opines that he should select his future bride. He selects Gowri, daughter of an auditor who is working with Pampathy. Pampathy’s younger brother is Home Minister and Pampathy’s son is a vagabond womanizer. To gain her | 6,128,220 |
28150358 | Namma Basava | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namma%20Basava | Namma Basava
nash), who treat him as their own son. He is permanently opposed by competitors. When his brother start seeking a girl as his bride, he opines that he should select his future bride. He selects Gowri, daughter of an auditor who is working with Pampathy. Pampathy’s younger brother is Home Minister and Pampathy’s son is a vagabond womanizer. To gain her approval, Basava makes every effort, but before he can get her green signal, her engagement is fixed with the vagabond son of Pampathy. Supported by Gowri’s peppy and naughty grandmother (Lakshmidevi), Basava rises against the autocratic behaviour of Pampathy, challenges him in public, and wins, thereby also winning the heart and hand of Gowri. | 6,128,221 |
28150355 | Quai des Tuileries | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quai%20des%20Tuileries | Quai des Tuileries
Quai des Tuileries
The Quai des Tuileries is a quay on the Right Bank of the River Seine in Paris, France, along the stretch close to where the Palais du Louvre and the Quai François Mitterrand is situated, in the 1st arrondissement.
Quai des Tuileries runs between the Pont du Carrousel and the Pont de la Concorde that cross the River Seine to the Left Bank. It is close to the Avenue du General Lemonnier and the Place de la Concorde. Vehicles may travel in one direction only.
# See also.
- Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, a footbridge
- Tuileries Garden
- Tuileries Palace
# External links.
- Quai des Tuileries — Paris (France) on Flickr | 6,128,222 |
28150334 | Gonophore | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gonophore | Gonophore
Gonophore
A gonophore is a reproductive organ in Hydrozoa that produces gametes. It is a sporosac, a medusa or any intermediate stage.
The name is derived from the Greek words "gone" (that which produces seed) and "phoreus" (bearer).
Gonophores are borne on branching stalks that grow out as a ring from the hydranth (i.e. the hydroid polyp, bearing a mouth, digestive cavity and tentacles) wall. The germ cells are formed from the inner layer of the entocodon. The entocodon is the primordium (i.e. the first cells that give rise to the development of an organ) of the subumbrella ( i.e. the concave oral surface of a medusa) in the development of medusae from the gonophore.
The gonophores in the | 6,128,223 |
28150334 | Gonophore | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gonophore | Gonophore
order Leptomedusae are borne on much reduced hydranths and are usually protected in a peridermal (= i.e. belonging to a hydroid perisarc) gonotheca. Medusae forming on fully developed hydranths are extremely rare; usually the gonophores develop into medusae or into sessile sporosacs.
The gonophores in the superfamily Plumularioidea are usually fixed sporosacs (i.e. gonophores held in place and not released into the water during larval development), more rarely they are rather reduced medusoids.
The gonophores in the family Lovenellidae are pedunculate free-roaming medusae.
The gonophores in the family Haleciidae are typically sporosacs, growing singly or bunched into a glomulus. They remain | 6,128,224 |
28150334 | Gonophore | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gonophore | Gonophore
attached to the hydroids or break off to be passively drifted away; in a few, the gonophores are naked.
The gonophores in the family Sphaerocorynidae are borne singly or on short, branching blastostyles (i.e. the living axial portion of a modified gonangium, from
which numerous medusae are budded.) between or below tentacles. They develop into free medusae or eumedusoids.
The gonophores in the family Corynidae are borne on hydranths and either liberated as free medusae or retained as medusoids or sessile sporosacs.
The gonophores in the family Hydrocorynidae are borne in clusters on proximal part of hydranth body or develop from hydrorhiza (i.e. the stalk of a colony). The gonophores develop | 6,128,225 |
28150334 | Gonophore | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gonophore | Gonophore
into free medusae or sessile sporosacs.
The gonophores in the family Candelabridae are fixed sporosacs. They develop on the aboral part of the hydranth below the tentacle covered region, either directly on the hydranth or on spindle-shaped blastostyles.
The gonophores in the family Tubulariidae develop above the aboral tentacles and develop into free medusae or fixed sporosacs
The gonophores in the family Corymorphidae are borne above aboral tentacles, either directly issuing from hydranth wall or on blastostyles. The gonophores develop into free medusae or fixed sporosacs.
The gonophores in the family Tricyclusidae are fixed sporosacs, with only male specimens observed.
The gonophores | 6,128,226 |
28150334 | Gonophore | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gonophore | Gonophore
in the family Pennariidae developi above the aboral tentacles. They may or may not liberate eumedusoids.
The gonophores in the family Cladocorynidae are carried singly or on short, branched pedicels on the lower or middle part of the hydranth. They developing into free medusae or fixed sporosacs.
The gonophores in the family Solanderidae where known, arise directly from coenosarc (i.e. the hollow living tubes of the upright branching individuals of a colony). They are cryptomedusoid or eumedusoid.
The gonophores in the family Milleporidae arise from the coenosarc within chambers embedded entirely in the coenosteum (i.e. the calcareous mass forming the
skeleton of a compound coral).
# See | 6,128,227 |
28150334 | Gonophore | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gonophore | Gonophore
or may not liberate eumedusoids.
The gonophores in the family Cladocorynidae are carried singly or on short, branched pedicels on the lower or middle part of the hydranth. They developing into free medusae or fixed sporosacs.
The gonophores in the family Solanderidae where known, arise directly from coenosarc (i.e. the hollow living tubes of the upright branching individuals of a colony). They are cryptomedusoid or eumedusoid.
The gonophores in the family Milleporidae arise from the coenosarc within chambers embedded entirely in the coenosteum (i.e. the calcareous mass forming the
skeleton of a compound coral).
# See also.
- Gonopod
- Gonopodium
# References.
- The suborder Capitata | 6,128,228 |
28150375 | Love and Luck | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love%20and%20Luck | Love and Luck
Love and Luck
Love and Luck is the eighth studio album by American country singer Marty Stuart, released in 1994. Nearly all the songs were written or co-written by Stuart himself. The album includes the singles "Love and Luck" and "Kiss Me, I'm Gone". "Wheels" is a cover of The Byrds, and "If I Give My Soul" of Billy Joe Shaver.
Daniel Gioffre of Allmusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, praising the covers of Shaver and the Byrds and saying that the album "shows his range nicely".
# Personnel.
Compiled from liner notes.
- Musicians (all tracks except "Love and Luck")
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
- Béla Fleck - banjo
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- | 6,128,229 |
28150375 | Love and Luck | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love%20and%20Luck | Love and Luck
John Barlow Jarvis - piano, keyboards
- John Jorgenson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Steve Nathan - synthesizer, keyboards
- Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- Marty Stuart - lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Lonnie Wilson - drums
- Musicians on "Love and Luck"
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Vince Gill - background vocals
- Liana Manis - background vocals
- Larry Marrs - background vocals
- Brent Mason - mandolin
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Ricky Skaggs - background vocals
- Harry Stinson - background vocals
- Technical
- Tony Brown - production
- John Guess - recording, mixer
- Glenn Meadows - mastering
- Marty Stuart | 6,128,230 |
28150375 | Love and Luck | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love%20and%20Luck | Love and Luck
Jorgenson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Steve Nathan - synthesizer, keyboards
- Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- Marty Stuart - lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Lonnie Wilson - drums
- Musicians on "Love and Luck"
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Vince Gill - background vocals
- Liana Manis - background vocals
- Larry Marrs - background vocals
- Brent Mason - mandolin
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Ricky Skaggs - background vocals
- Harry Stinson - background vocals
- Technical
- Tony Brown - production
- John Guess - recording, mixer
- Glenn Meadows - mastering
- Marty Stuart - production
- Marty Williams - overdubbing | 6,128,231 |
28150361 | Oupa Versfeld | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oupa%20Versfeld | Oupa Versfeld
Oupa Versfeld
Marthinus "Oupa" Versfeld (15 May 1860 – 1 September 1931) was a South African international rugby union player. He was born and educated in Cape Town, where he attended SACS and played provincial rugby with Western Province. Versfeld made his only Test appearances for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour. He played, as a forward, in all three Test matches of what was South Africa's first series as a Test nation. His brother, Hasie Versfeld, was also selected to play in the 3rd Test of the series, making the Versfelds the first brothers to represent South Africa. Versfeld died in 1931, in Cape Town, at the age of 71. | 6,128,232 |
28150391 | Bohemannia auriciliella | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bohemannia%20auriciliella | Bohemannia auriciliella
Bohemannia auriciliella
Bohemannia auriciliella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It has been recorded from Great Britain, the Netherlands, France and the Czech Republic.
The wingspan is 6-6.8 mm.
The larvae probably feed on "Betula" species.
# External links.
- Fauna Europaea
- ukflymines.co.uk
- A Second British Specimen Of Bohemannia auriciliella (Joannis) (=Bradfordi Emmet) (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) And Its Possible Host | 6,128,233 |
28150335 | Nancy Feber | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nancy%20Feber | Nancy Feber
Nancy Feber
Nancy Feber (born 5 February 1976) is a retired Belgian tennis player. As a junior player, she won four Grand Slam titles – one in singles and three in doubles. Feber won French Open twice, in 1992 and 1993, both times in doubles with Laurence Courtois. At the 1993 Wimbledon Championships, she triumphed in both singles and doubles.
Feber played as a professional tennis player from 1991 to 1998. Her best Grand Slam singles result is the third round of the 1994 Wimbledon Championships, the result she achieved in 1995 and 1996. In doubles, Feber reached three WTA Tour finals, one with Alexandra Fusai and two with Laurence Courtois, but won none. She also played for Belgium Fed Cup | 6,128,234 |
28150335 | Nancy Feber | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nancy%20Feber | Nancy Feber
result is the third round of the 1994 Wimbledon Championships, the result she achieved in 1995 and 1996. In doubles, Feber reached three WTA Tour finals, one with Alexandra Fusai and two with Laurence Courtois, but won none. She also played for Belgium Fed Cup team, with the score of 2–2 in singles and 9–1 in doubles. Feber enjoyed success at the ITF Women's Circuit, winning three singles and eight doubles titles. Her highest rankings were No. 79 in singles and No. 46 in doubles. During her career, Feber defeated players such as Helena Suková, Irina Spîrlea, Jo Durie, Rita Grande and Meghann Shaughnessy.
# External links.
- Nancy Feber at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile | 6,128,235 |
28150394 | Harald Hervig | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harald%20Hervig | Harald Hervig
Harald Hervig
wHarald Hervig (born 31 March 1948) was a Norwegian sport wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Oslo, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. He participated in the 57 kg weight class (bantamweight) in wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where he withdrew in the third round. He won a bronze medal in featherweight at the 1973 European Wrestling Championships, and took eleven national championships (ten in featherweight) between 1969 and 1880. | 6,128,236 |
28150418 | 1991 Bolivian municipal elections | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1991%20Bolivian%20municipal%20elections | 1991 Bolivian municipal elections
1991 Bolivian municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in Bolivia in 1991. | 6,128,237 |
28150413 | Johnstown Colonial Cemetery | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnstown%20Colonial%20Cemetery | Johnstown Colonial Cemetery
Johnstown Colonial Cemetery
Johnstown Colonial Cemetery is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Johnstown in Fulton County, New York. The district contains one contributing site and two contributing structures.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. | 6,128,238 |
28150399 | Joseph Francis Scott | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph%20Francis%20Scott | Joseph Francis Scott
Joseph Francis Scott
Joseph Francis Scott (June 4, 1864 – February 28, 1941) was a private serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.
# Biography.
Scott was born on June 4, 1864 in Boston, Massachusetts. He joined the Marine Corps from Boston in August 1888, and was honorably discharged in May 1901.
Scott died on February 28, 1941 and is buried at Cambridge Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
# Medal of Honor citation.
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 4 June 1864, Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 521, 7 July 1899.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Nashville during the | 6,128,239 |
28150399 | Joseph Francis Scott | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph%20Francis%20Scott | Joseph Francis Scott
, Massachusetts. He joined the Marine Corps from Boston in August 1888, and was honorably discharged in May 1901.
Scott died on February 28, 1941 and is buried at Cambridge Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
# Medal of Honor citation.
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 4 June 1864, Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 521, 7 July 1899.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Nashville during the operation of cutting the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1898. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Scott displayed extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this action.
# See also.
- List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Spanish–American War | 6,128,240 |
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2006 World Cup of Softball
The second World Cup of Softball was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA between July 16 and July 20, 2010. USA won their third World Cup by defeating Australia 3-1 in the Championship game.
# External links.
- USA softball website | 6,128,241 |
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Groupe BPCE
Groupe BPCE is a French banking group, formed by the 2009 merger of CNCE (Caisse nationale des caisses d'épargne) and BFBP (Banque fédérale des banques populaires), has more than 8,200 branches nationwide under their respective brand names serving nearly 40 million customers. Through its subsidiaries (including Natixis), it provides banking, financial, and real estate financing services to individuals, professionals, small and medium enterprises, large enterprises, and institutions in France and internationally.
It provides various deposit and loan products to small and medium enterprises, craftspeople, franchisees, and franchisers; savings collection and management, credit, payment, | 6,128,242 |
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and wealth management services; and real estate financing and corporate banking services. The company also offers bancassurance products, including life assurance and pensions that comprise automobile and home insurance, legal protection, the guarantee of life accidents, the supplementary health care insurance, welfare professionals and the collective retirement pensions and health, as well as credit insurance and guarantees to individuals, professionals, real estate professionals, and businesses.
In July 2016, the group announced the purchase of Fidor Bank, a Fintech challenger bank, operating in the UK and Germany; in November 2018 it began work on selling it again.
The current CEO of Groupe | 6,128,243 |
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again.
The current CEO of Groupe BPCE is François Pérol.
# Financial Highlights as of June 2010.
- Tier-1 capital: €41 billion
- Tier-1 ratio: 9.6%
- Total assets: €1,124 billion
- Banque Populaire and Caisse d'épargne networks
- Loans outstanding: €288 billion
- Saving deposits: €511 billion
# Controversy.
In 2010 the French government's Autorité de la concurrence (the department is in charge of regulating competition) fined eleven banks, including Groupe BPCE, the sum of 384,900,000 Euros for colluding to charge unjustified fees on cheque processing, especially for extra fees charged during the transition from paper cheque transfer to "Exchanges Check-Image" electronic transfer. | 6,128,244 |
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List of natural regions in Schleswig-Holstein
This List of natural regions in Schleswig-Holstein covers the higher level natural regions that lie wholly or partially on the territory of the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein. They are based on the official list of natural regions in Germany that was adopted in the 1950s and set out in the Handbook of Natural Regional Divisions in Germany ("Handbuch der Naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands"), by the Ministry for Agriculture and the Environment in Schleswig-Holstein.
The system shown is that published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ("Bundesamt für Naturschutz" or BfN) in 1994. It differs slightly from the earlier system | 6,128,245 |
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whose numbering is given in brackets for the major regions only.
The major natural regions in this system are divided into sub-regions ("Untereinheiten"), landscape units ("Teileinheiten") and topographical units ("Grundeinheiten"). They are only listed here, further information about them being found in the relevant articles.
These units tend to cross the state borders and are not related to the political division of states into provinces or districts. As a result they may also be mentioned in articles on neighbouring states such as, in this case, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
# Divisions.
## Northwest German Plain.
### D21 Schleswig-Holstein Marshes (68).
- 681 North Frisian Marsh Islands | 6,128,246 |
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and Halligen ("Nordfriesische Marschinseln und Halligen")
- 682 North Frisian Marsh ("Nordfriesische Marsch")
- 683 Eiderstedt Marsh ("Eiderstedter Marsch")
- 684 Dithmarsch Marsh ("Dithmarscher Marsch")
### D24 Lower Elbe Basin (Elbe Marshes) (67).
- 671 Holstein Elbe Marshes ("Holsteinische Elbmarschen")
### D22 Schleswig-Holstein Geest (69).
- 680 North Frisian Geest Islands ("Nordfriesische Geestinseln")
- 690 Leck Geest ("Lecker Geest")
- 691 Bredstedt-Husum Geest ("Bredstedt-Husumer Geest")
- 692 Eider-Treene Basin ("Eider-Treene-Niederung")
- 693 Heide-Itzehoe Geest ("Heide-Itzehoer Geest")
- 694 Barmstedt-Kisdorf Geest ("Barmstedt-Kisdorfer Geest")
- 695 Hamburg Ring ("Hamburger | 6,128,247 |
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Ring")
- 696 Lauenburg Geest ("Lauenburger Geest")
- 697 Schleswig Vorgeest ("Schleswiger Vorgeest")
- 698 Holstein Foregeest ("Holsteinische Vorgeest")
### D23 Schleswig-Holstein Uplands (70).
- 700 Angeln
- 701 Schwansen – Danish Wahld ("Schwansen – Dänischer Wohld")
- 702a East Holstein Uplands and Lakes - Northeast ("Ostholsteinische Hügel- und Seenland Nordwest")
- 702b East Holstein Uplands and Lakes - Southwest ("Ostholsteinische Hügel- und Seenland Südost")
- 703 Nordoldenburg and Fehmarn ("Nordoldenburg und Fehmarn")
### D04 Mecklenburg Lake District (75).
- 750 West Mecklenburg Lakes and Uplands ("Westmecklenburigsche Seen-Hügelland")
### D05 Mecklenburg-Brandenburg Plateaus | 6,128,248 |
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- 701 Schwansen – Danish Wahld ("Schwansen – Dänischer Wohld")
- 702a East Holstein Uplands and Lakes - Northeast ("Ostholsteinische Hügel- und Seenland Nordwest")
- 702b East Holstein Uplands and Lakes - Southwest ("Ostholsteinische Hügel- und Seenland Südost")
- 703 Nordoldenburg and Fehmarn ("Nordoldenburg und Fehmarn")
### D04 Mecklenburg Lake District (75).
- 750 West Mecklenburg Lakes and Uplands ("Westmecklenburigsche Seen-Hügelland")
### D05 Mecklenburg-Brandenburg Plateaus and Uplands (76-78).
- 760 South Mecklenburg Lowlands (with sands and clay plateaus) ("Südmecklenburgische Niederungen (mit Sandflächen und Lehmplatten)")
# General sources.
- Description, map and source | 6,128,249 |
28150464 | Almásmező | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Almásmező | Almásmező
Almásmező
Almásmező is the Hungarian name for two communes in Romania:
- Poiana Mărului Commune, Braşov County
- Bicaz-Chei Commune, Neamţ County | 6,128,250 |
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Aurelian Silvestru
Aurelian Silvestru (born 1 October 1949, Cuşelăuca) is a writer and activist from Moldova. He is the founder and the head of the Prometeu-Prim Lyceum, a leader of Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova, and an editorialist of Vocea Basarabiei.
# Biography.
Aurelian Silvestru graduated from Alecu Russo State University of Bălți and got a PhD from Moscow Institute of Psychology. Prometeu-Prim Lyceum is a private school founded in 1993 by Aurelian Silvestru.
Aurelian Silvestru is an editorialist of Vocea Basarabiei radio station. He is a leader of Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.
# Awards.
- Order of the Republic (Moldova)
# External links.
- Timpul de dimineaţă, | 6,128,251 |
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in Moldova, and an editorialist of Vocea Basarabiei.
# Biography.
Aurelian Silvestru graduated from Alecu Russo State University of Bălți and got a PhD from Moscow Institute of Psychology. Prometeu-Prim Lyceum is a private school founded in 1993 by Aurelian Silvestru.
Aurelian Silvestru is an editorialist of Vocea Basarabiei radio station. He is a leader of Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.
# Awards.
- Order of the Republic (Moldova)
# External links.
- Timpul de dimineaţă, Constantin Tănase (journalist), Aurelian Silvestru, un director universal
- Aurelian Silvestru. Colaboratorul propriului destin
- Silvestru Aurelian
- “Ca sa capeti maximum, trebuie sa vrei imposibilul” | 6,128,252 |
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List of places in Gabon
This is a list of places in Gabon.
# Cities and towns.
- Akok
- Batouala
- Bifoun
- Bitam
- Bongo Country
- Bongoville
- Booue
- Ekwata
- Franceville
- Gamba
- Koulamoutou
- Lalara
- Lambaréné
- Lastoursville
- Lebamba
- Leconi
- Libreville
- Makokou
- Masuku
- Mayumba
- Mékambo
- Minvoul
- Mitzic
- Moanda
- Momo
- Mouila
- Ndjole
- Nkolabona
- Ntoum
- Omboue
- Owendo
- Oyem
- Petit Loango
- Port-Gentil
- Sette Cama
- Tchibanga
- Zoula
# Mountains.
- Mount Iboundji
- Mount Pele
- Mount Koum
# Rivers.
- Ogooué
- Ivindo
- Zadié
- Echira
# National Parks.
- Lopé Reserve
- Loango National Park | 6,128,253 |
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Combustion chamber
A combustion chamber is that part of an internal combustion engine (ICE) or a reaction engine in which the fuel/air mix is burned.
# Internal combustion engine.
ICEs typically comprise reciprocating piston engines, rotary engines, gas turbines and jet turbines.
The combustion process increases the internal energy of a gas, which translates into an increase in temperature, pressure, or volume depending on the configuration. In an enclosure, for example the cylinder of a reciprocating engine, the volume is controlled and the combustion creates an increase in pressure. In a continuous flow system, for example a jet engine combustor, the pressure is controlled and the combustion | 6,128,254 |
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creates an increase in volume.
This increase in pressure or volume can be used to do work, for example, to move a piston on a crankshaft or a turbine disc in a gas turbine. If the gas velocity changes, thrust is produced, such as in the nozzle of a rocket engine.
## Petrol (gasoline) engine.
At top dead centre the pistons of a petrol engine are flush (or nearly flush) with the top of the cylinder block. The combustion chamber may be a recess either in the cylinder head, or in the top of the piston. A design with the combustion chamber in the piston is called a Heron head, where the head is machined flat but the pistons are dished. The Heron head has proved even more thermodynamically efficient | 6,128,255 |
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than the hemispherical head. Intake valves permit the inflow of a fuel air mix; and exhaust valves allow burnt gases to be scavenged.
- Head types
Various shapes of combustion chamber have been used, such as: L-head (or flathead) for side-valve engines; "bathtub", "hemispherical", and "wedge" for overhead valve engines; and "pent-roof" for engines having 3, 4 or 5 valves per cylinder. The shape of the chamber has a marked effect on power output, efficiency and emissions; the designer's objectives are to burn all of the mixture as completely as possible while avoiding excessive temperatures (which create NOx). This is best achieved with a compact rather than elongated chamber.
- Swirl & Squish
The | 6,128,256 |
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intake valve/port is usually placed to give the mixture a pronounced "swirl" pattern (the term "swirl" is preferable to "turbulence", which implies movement without a pronounced pattern) above the rising piston, improving mixing and combustion. The shape of the piston top also affects the amount of swirl. Another design feature to promote turbulence for good fuel/air mixing is "squish", where the fuel/air mix is "squished" at high pressure by the rising piston. Where swirl is particularly important, combustion chambers in the piston may be favoured.
- Flame front
Ignition typically occurs around 15 degrees before top dead centre. The spark plug must be sited so that the flame front can progress | 6,128,257 |
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throughout the combustion chamber. Good design should avoid narrow crevices where stagnant "end gas" can become trapped, as this gas may detonate violently after the main charge, adding little useful work and potentially damaging the engine.
## Diesel engine.
Diesel engines fall into two broad classes:
- Direct injection, where the combustion chamber consists of a dished piston
- Indirect injection, where the combustion chamber is in the cylinder head
Direct injection engines usually give better fuel economy but indirect injection engines can use a lower grade of fuel.
Harry Ricardo was prominent in developing combustion chambers for diesel engines, the best known being the Ricardo Comet.
## | 6,128,258 |
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Gas turbine.
The combustion chamber in gas turbines and jet engines (including ramjets and scramjets) is called the combustor.
The combustor is fed with high pressure air by the compression system, adds fuel and burns the mix and feeds the hot, high pressure exhaust into the turbine components of the engine or out the exhaust nozzle.
Different types of combustors exist, mainly:
- Can type: Can combustors are self-contained cylindrical combustion chambers. Each "can" has its own fuel injector, liner,interconnectors,casing. Each "can" get an air source from individual opening.
- Cannular type: Like the can type combustor, can annular combustors have discrete combustion zones contained in | 6,128,259 |
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separate liners with their own fuel injectors. Unlike the can combustor, all the combustion zones share a common air casing.
- Annular type: Annular combustors do away with the separate combustion zones and simply have a continuous liner and casing in a ring (the annulus).
# Steam engine.
The term combustion chamber is also used to refer to an additional space between the firebox and boiler in a steam locomotive. This space is used to allow further combustion of the fuel, providing greater heat to the boiler.
Large steam locomotives usually have a combustion chamber in the boiler to allow the use of shorter firetubes. This is because:
- Long firetubes have a theoretical advantage in providing | 6,128,260 |
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el, providing greater heat to the boiler.
Large steam locomotives usually have a combustion chamber in the boiler to allow the use of shorter firetubes. This is because:
- Long firetubes have a theoretical advantage in providing a big heating surface but, beyond a certain length, this is subject to diminishing returns.
- Very long firetubes are prone to sagging in the middle.
# Micro combustion chambers.
Micro combustion chambers are the devices in which combustion happens at a very small volume, due to which surface to volume ratio increases which plays a vital role in stabilizing the flame.
# See also.
- Cylinder head
- Engine displacement
- Combustor
- Variable compression ratio | 6,128,261 |
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Lithobraking
Lithobraking is a landing technique used by unmanned space vehicles to safely reach the surface of a celestial body while reducing landing speed by impact with the body's surface.
The word was probably coined as a whimsical adaptation of aerobraking, which is the process of slowing a space vehicle by the use of aerodynamic drag in a planet's atmosphere. "Lithos" is a Greek word meaning "rock" or "stone."
Preparations for lithobraking involve protecting the probe with sufficient cushioning to withstand an impact with the surface and come to rest undamaged. The first successful lithobraking was achieved by the Soviet Luna 9 probe resulting in the first soft landing on the Moon. | 6,128,262 |
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Unlike the US Surveyor probes that relied entirely on retrorockets, first Luna landers used a combination of retrorockets and gas-filled cushioning bags to reach the lunar surface safely. Soviet and US landers used airbag-like lithobraking for Mars landing missions as well. Alternatively due to extremely dense atmosphere on Venus later generation Venera landers used hard umbrella-like aerobraker in combination with shock absorbers.
Incoming angles are made shallow enough such that the impact has the characteristic of a glancing blow, rather than a direct impact on the surface. In the case of bodies without a sufficiently thick atmosphere (e.g., Mars), lithobraking is typically accompanied by | 6,128,263 |
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the use of other techniques like retrorocket braking or the use of heat shields and parachutes to reduce speed prior to impact. The Mars Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rover programs have used this approach successfully.
Alternatively, the incoming velocity can be used to enable the probe to penetrate the surface.
This approach can be tried on bodies with low gravitation, such as comets and asteroids, or on planets with atmospheres (by using only small parachutes, or no parachutes at all). Several such missions have been launched, including penetrators on the two Phobos probe landers targeted for Mars' moon Phobos and ones for Mars itself on Mars 96 and Deep Space 2, but so far none have | 6,128,264 |
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succeeded. The cancelled LUNAR-A probe would have carried penetrators to the Moon.
Lithobraking as a method for de-orbiting a spacecraft has not been used due to the extremely high orbital velocities of most bodies (e.g. for the Moon it is over 7000 km/h). However, some small moons and asteroids have very low gravity and it could conceivably be used there (e.g. Phobos has an "escape velocity" of 40 km/h.)
Certain concepts involve the spacecraft in an orbit tangent to the surface of the body in question, and "docking" with a magnetically levitated (maglev) train, and the train then slowing. This qualifies as lithobraking, as the reaction mass is the planet itself. This technique requires extremely | 6,128,265 |
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evitated (maglev) train, and the train then slowing. This qualifies as lithobraking, as the reaction mass is the planet itself. This technique requires extremely precise guidance and control, in addition to a large infrastructure, and is thus not yet a viable option – although it may be in the future. An advantage to this method is that it can also launch spacecraft, without needing propellant.
Lithobraking is also used as a humorous euphemism for the result of a spacecraft crashing into the surface of a body with no measures to ensure its survival, either by accident or with intent.
# See also.
- Aerocapture
- Aerogravity assist
- Asteroid capture
- Atmospheric reentry
- Skip reentry | 6,128,266 |
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Balfron Tower
Balfron Tower is a 26-storey residential building in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, East London. Built in a Brutalist style, it forms part of the Brownfield Estate, an area of social housing between Chrisp Street Market and the A12 northern approach to the Blackwall Tunnel. It was designed by Ernő Goldfinger in 1963 for the London County Council, built 1965–67 by the GLC, and has been a Grade II* listed building since 1996. Balfron Tower is stylistically similar to Goldfinger's later Trellick Tower in London.
# Design.
Balfron Tower is high and contains 146 homes (136 flats and 10 maisonettes). Lifts serve every third floor; thus, to reach a flat on the 11th, 12th or 13th floors, residents | 6,128,267 |
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or visitors would take a lift to the 12th. The lift shaft sits in a separate service tower, also containing laundry rooms and rubbish chutes, and joined to the residential tower by eight walkways.
The maisonettes are on floors 1 and 2, and 15 and 16, causing a break in the pattern of fenestration on the west side.
The service tower is topped by a boiler room. In 1985 the original concrete boiler flutes were replaced with metal, due to concrete decay.
# Carradale House.
Carradale House (1967–70) is an adjacent, unique, modernist building, also designed by Ernő Goldfinger and Grade II listed. The two buildings appear to be natural extensions of each other, linked by style and design, with | 6,128,268 |
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the long, low form of Carradale House complementing the height of Balfron Tower. All flats have dual window aspect and large south facing balconies, allowing plenty of natural light, and decorated with natural wood panels on the sides. The block is tall with 11 floors, and contains 88 flats. The building has a similar podium to Balfron Tower, albeit more extensive with a large underground car park underneath. It too has sky bridges on the same principle of access at every third floor. After designing Balfron, Goldfinger identified all the possible improvements and incorporated them first in Carradale House and afterwards to Trellick Tower. Like Balfron Tower, the robust nature of the detailing | 6,128,269 |
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to this building has helped it to weather the passage of time. Carradale underwent an extensive and careful renovation, that lasted three years under the supervision of English Heritage and the direction of PRP Architects.
The two blocks were known as Rowlett Street Phases I and II during development before being named after the Scottish villages of Balfron and Carradale, a pattern followed in naming other locations on the nearby Aberfeldy and Teviot estates.
## Brownfield Estate.
Owen Hatherley describes the surrounding Brownfield Estate as "all designed with an attention to detail and quality of materials unusual for the 60s or any other decade".
# History.
Balfron Tower was designed | 6,128,270 |
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by architect Ernő Goldfinger and is associated with the Brutalist style of 1960s architecture. Goldfinger himself was pleased with the design and moved into flat 130, on the 25th floor, for two months in 1968. He and his wife threw champagne parties to find out what the residents liked and disliked about his design. He applied what he learnt to his design for the similar and more famous Trellick Tower in West London. Goldfinger's studio later added Glenkerry House on the same estate, complementing Balfron Tower and Carradale in style.
The building was given Grade II listed status in March 1996, followed by Carradale House in 2000. to spare them from demolition. Carradale and Glenkerry Houses | 6,128,271 |
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were also included in the Balfron Tower Conservation Area, designated in 1998. The listing continues to attract comment, especially in view of the failure of another nearby Brutalist estate, Robin Hood Gardens, to obtain the same protection.
In recent years Balfron Tower has been popular with visitors during the annual Open House Weekend.
In December 2007, following a ballot of residents in 2006, Tower Hamlets Council transferred its ownership of Balfron Tower, Carradale House and the surrounding Brownfield Estate to Poplar HARCA, a housing association.
# Refurbishment and sell-off.
HARCA began a full refurbishment of the buildings in 2011. The architectural firm PRP which has taken up this | 6,128,272 |
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project is looking to restore these Brutalist structures to their original form as required by English Heritage, and also to bring the buildings up to modern specifications and 21st century living standards.
The refurbishment is technically challenging, due to the need to install new services without disturbing the listed exterior. The solid concrete design also suffers inherently from cold bridging, which has to be remedied by internal wall insulation.
Residents were to have the option to keep their flats in the blocks, or to move into new low-rise homes nearby, in which case the vacated flats would be sold to finance the works. In October 2010, the residents of both blocks were sent notice | 6,128,273 |
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that the refurbishment would require all residents to move out, due to fire safety and other risks, with no undertaking on whether they could return.
The first phase of the refurbishment took place from 2011 to 2014 with the lower block, Carradale House. Key features of the refurbishment include: replacement of existing windows with high-performance examples matching original pattern; upgrade of thermal performance using materials to provide insulation and vapour barriers; efficient gas-fired boilers for replacement communal heating system; and new wet services, incorporating water conservation measures. Internally, communal spaces and flats are sensitively refurbished in keeping and without | 6,128,274 |
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altering Goldfinger's original layouts and heritage features.
These embody key considerations related to restoring the key elements of the original scheme, undertaking repair and replacement on like-for-like basis, ensuring a lifespan of at least 30 years, taking advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity to scaffold the entire building and upgrading as far as possible to accord with modern standards. This will ensure its future effectiveness and desirability as a place to live.
Work to refurbish Balfron Tower was undertaken through a joint partnership with Londonewcastle, a luxury residential developer.
Pending the works to Balfron Tower, some flats were temporarily occupied by artists, | 6,128,275 |
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who contributed to the community and put on displays in "heritage flat" number 123. A major photographic project was undertaken in November 2010.
In September 2014, Wayne Hemingway restored Goldfinger's former flat number 130 to 1960s style as part of a National Trust exhibition on brutalism.
As residents were decanted, a campaign formed in December 2014 in an attempt to save 50% of the Balfron as social housing. In February 2015, residents and campaigners protested HARCA in February 2015 over fears that social tenants would be evicted. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that no social housing would be retained, and that all of the flats would be sold.
The second phase refurbishment plans | 6,128,276 |
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were strongly opposed by the Twentieth Century Society in 2015. In particular they claim that the 'unsympathetic' replacement of the tower's windows has compromised the distinction and importance of the tower, reducing it from a 'genuinely iconic brutalist masterpiece' to an 'ersatz hybrid'.
# In popular culture.
Shots of the building are featured in the music videos for "This Is Music" by The Verve, "Morning Glory" by Oasis, and "Ready to Go" by Republica.
Balfron Tower has appeared as a location in many British television programmes, often when an impression of urban deprivation was required. Some that used it extensively are "Faking It", the second episode of the BBC series "Hustle"; the | 6,128,277 |
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ITV series "The Fixer"; and "Whitechapel", a three-part drama series produced by Carnival Films.
The tower is featured in the 1988 film "For Queen and Country", starring Denzel Washington and was the filming location for "Shopping", a 1994 film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It also features in Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic film "28 Days Later" and the 2011 film "Blitz".
In July 2014 artist Catherine Yass was refused permission to drop a piano from the Tower as part of a "community workshop to explore how sound travels".
UK Grime artist Wiley used Balfron Tower and the Brownfield Estate as the location for the music video of his track P Money in 2015, which was then later featured | 6,128,278 |
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in his 2017 album "Godfather".
The tower is referenced in the song 'Balfron' by the band John on their album 'God Speed in the National Limit'
# Transport.
## Buses.
The estate is served by London Buses routes 108 and 309. London Buses routes 15, 115 and D8 run nearby.
## Docklands Light Railway.
The nearest station is Langdon Park for Docklands Light Railway services towards Canary Wharf and Stratford.
# See also.
- Trellick Tower, similar tower in Kensal Town (west London)
- Glenkerry House, later block facing Balfron Tower, housing co-op
# External links.
- "Points (and slabs) of interest" Sarah Buckingham
- www.architecture.com – Includes plans of Balfron Tower
- Campaign page | 6,128,279 |
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by London Buses routes 108 and 309. London Buses routes 15, 115 and D8 run nearby.
## Docklands Light Railway.
The nearest station is Langdon Park for Docklands Light Railway services towards Canary Wharf and Stratford.
# See also.
- Trellick Tower, similar tower in Kensal Town (west London)
- Glenkerry House, later block facing Balfron Tower, housing co-op
# External links.
- "Points (and slabs) of interest" Sarah Buckingham
- www.architecture.com – Includes plans of Balfron Tower
- Campaign page to save Balfron Tower community
- Building Design Online, Balfron's human face
- Balfron Tower: a building archive of public documents, by David Roberts, Bartlett School of Architecture | 6,128,280 |
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Tony Clement
Tony Peter Clement (born January 27, 1961) is a Canadian federal politician and Member of Parliament for Parry Sound—Muskoka in Ontario. Before entering federal politics, Clement served as an Ontario cabinet minister, including as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care under premiers Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.
Moving to federal politics, he was a candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada after its formation from the merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties in 2003. He lost to Stephen Harper. Clement won the seat of Parry Sound—Muskoka in the 2006 federal election, defeating incumbent Liberal cabinet minister Andy Mitchell. The | 6,128,281 |
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Conservatives formed government in that election and Clement was appointed Minister of Health and Minister for FedNor. He also later served as President of the Treasury Board. Clement was re-elected despite the Conservative defeat in the 2015 election. On July 12, 2016, he announced his second bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party but withdrew on October 13, 2016.
From his initial election in 2006, Clement sat as a Conservative member until he resigned at the request of Conservative leader Andrew Scheer on November 7, 2018 due to a sexting scandal. Clement now sits as an independent MP.
# Early life and career.
Clement was born Tony Peter Panayi in Manchester, England, the son | 6,128,282 |
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of Carol Ann ("née" Drapkin) and Peter Panayi. His father was a Greek Cypriot and his mother was Jewish (part of her family had immigrated from Aleppo, Syria). He emigrated to Canada in childhood with his parents when he was four years old. His parents divorced and his mother married Ontario politician John Clement, with Tony adopting his stepfather’s surname soon after.
As a student at the University of Toronto, Clement was elected twice, both as an undergraduate and as a law student, to the university's Governing Council. He was also president of the campus Progressive Conservatives. He first attracted the attention of the media in 1986, when he created a new society to invite the South African | 6,128,283 |
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ambassador to Canada, Glenn Babb, to speak after the International Law Society had withdrawn its invitation, deeming it too controversial because of the issue of apartheid. Clement argued in favour of inviting Babb on the grounds of free speech. An attempt by four law professors for a court injunction barring "any representative of the Republic of South Africa to expound, explain or otherwise to solicit public support for his Government's policy of apartheid" was rejected by the court.
A graduate of the University of Toronto, Clement completed degrees in political science in 1983 and law in 1986. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1988.
Clement is married to Lynne Golding, a partner and Chair | 6,128,284 |
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of the Health Law Practice at the international law firm, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin.
Clement became president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in 1990 and was a close ally of then-party leader Mike Harris. He ran, unsuccessfully, for Metro Toronto Council in 1994, losing to future mayor David Miller in the ward of Parkdale-High Park. He served as Harris' Assistant Principal Secretary from 1992 to 1995 and played a leading role in drafting policy directives for the Common Sense Revolution.
# In provincial politics.
Clement was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the provincial election of 1995, defeating incumbent Liberal Bob Callahan by over 6,000 votes in the | 6,128,285 |
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riding of Brampton South. After serving as a Parliamentary Assistant for two years, he was appointed Minister of Transportation on October 10, 1997. He also represented the Progressive Conservative government on a variety of televised discussion panels, gaining the reputation of a rising star in the party.
Clement was returned in the provincial election of 1999 in the new riding of Brampton West—Mississauga, defeating Liberal candidate Vic Dhillon by over 8,000 votes. He was promoted to Minister of the Environment on June 17, 1999, and served in this capacity until May 3, 2000. In this role, he implemented the program known as Ontario's Drive Clean, which mandated periodic emissions tests on | 6,128,286 |
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vehicles in southern Ontario.
Clement was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on October 25, 1999, and held this position until February 8, 2001.
On February 8, 2001, Clement was appointed Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. He initiated primary care reform, oversaw the implementation of Telehealth Ontario (a toll-free health information line staffed by registered nurses) and expanded Ontario's hospitals system. Clement also entered into a public-private partnership for a hospital redevelopment in Brampton.
Clement ran for leadership in the 2002 Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leadership election and finished third on the first ballot. Clement then placed his support | 6,128,287 |
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behind victorious candidate Ernie Eves on the second ballot. When Eves became Premier, he kept Clement in the Health portfolio.
Clement was especially prominent when Toronto suffered an outbreak of SARS in the summer of 2003, travelling to Geneva in a successful bid to urge the World Health Organization to lift a travel ban to Canada's largest city.
The Eves government was defeated in the 2003 provincial election, and Clement was unexpectedly defeated by Vic Dhillon by about 2,500 votes in a rematch of 1999. Clement afterwards worked as a counsel for Bennett Jones LLP. He also was a small business owner and a visiting professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
# Federal politics.
Clement | 6,128,288 |
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first became prominent in federal politics in 2000, sitting on the steering committee for the United Alternative. This initiative was meant to provide a framework for the Reform Party and Progressive Conservative Party to unite under a single banner. It did not accomplish this end, but nonetheless led to the formation of the Canadian Alliance later that year; Clement served as the Alliance's founding president.
Soon after the 2003 provincial election, Clement declared himself a candidate for the leadership of the new Conservative Party of Canada. His support base was undercut by the candidacy of Belinda Stronach, however, and he placed third in the party's leadership vote, while Stephen Harper | 6,128,289 |
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emerged as the winner.
He then sought election as the Conservative Party candidate in Brampton West in the 2004 federal election, but lost to Liberal incumbent Colleen Beaumier by about 3,500 votes.
For his second attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons of Canada, in the 2006 campaign, he switched to the Parry Sound—Muskoka riding. On election night, he was declared winner by 21 votes. Upon conclusion of the judicial recount, Clement was found to have defeated Mitchell by 28 votes: 18,513-18,485. On February 6, 2006, Clement was appointed as Minister of Health by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Clement pledged to extend an existing measure to require disclosure of meetings by only registered | 6,128,290 |
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lobbyists with lower-level government officials who have decision-making power.
## Minister of Health.
Some of Clement's initiatives included announcing a national strategy on autism, working towards establishing Canada's first Patient Wait Times Guarantees, and investing in faster, more effective and safer health information systems across Canada for Canadians.
One of Clement's first initiatives as Minister of Health was establishing the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, an independent not-for-profit organization committed to combating this disease and improve patient quality of life.
In 2006, Clement launched the Public Health Scholarship and Capacity Building Initiative — on-going | 6,128,291 |
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scholarships supporting public health training and positions across Canada. Furthermore, in 2006, he announced the $1-billion compensation package for pre-1986/post-1990 forgotten victims of the tainted blood scandal, who were neglected in the 1998 settlement agreement.
Clement also played a key role in launching the Chemical Management Plan, which the Conservative government claimed "made Canada a world leader in chemical management". "We have established clear priorities and now we are taking action to protect the health of Canadians," said Clement. Further, the government claimed "Canada was the first nation in the world to take action to prohibit the importation, sale and advertising of | 6,128,292 |
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baby bottles that contain BPA".
On September 29, 2007, the CBC reported Clement's new strategy to combat the growing drug abuse problem in Canada. "The party is over" for illicit drug users, he announced, with the new policy aiming towards widespread arrest of drug users, in contrast to the old strategy of targeting dealers. Over 130 physicians and scientists signed a petition condemning the Conservative government's "potentially deadly" misrepresentation of the positive evidence for harm reduction programs. Clement stated that governments in Canada have been sending the wrong message about drug use, and he wanted to clear up the mixed messages going out on illicit drugs.
Also in 2007, Clement | 6,128,293 |
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launched the new Canada's Food Guide, the first update in 15 years incorporating the most up-to-date information based on current nutritional science and a new interactive web section.
## Minister of Industry.
On October 30, 2008, Clement was sworn into the office of Industry Minister. This included the appointment to the Office of the Registrar General of Canada.
Shortly after becoming Industry Minister, Clement launched the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, a two-year $2-billion measure that supported infrastructure enhancement at post-secondary institutions across Canada.
In conjunction with the US and Ontario governments, Clement worked closely on the restructuring of GM and Chrysler. | 6,128,294 |
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Following the successful restructuring, he stated that the companies "will now be in a position to operate a sustainable and viable business that Lost 86% production, innovation and jobs in Canada." Furthermore, he said, "This is news for 32,000 Canadian auto workers, the Canadian auto parts supply chain and for Canadian consumers. Moving forward, the Government of Canada will continue to work toward removing our country's auto industry, while exercising rigorous oversight of taxpayer money."
In the summer of 2010, Clement introduced changes to the 2011 Census. On this issue, he said, "The government will retain the mandatory short form that will collect basic demographic information. To meet | 6,128,295 |
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the need for additional information, and to respect the privacy wishes of Canadians, the government has introduced the voluntary National Household Survey (NHS)." The change sparked significant criticism, including the resignation of Statistics Canada's Chief Statistician (see Voluntary long-form survey controversy). Other changes included the addition of questions about the languages spoken by Canadians.
On November 14, 2010, Australia's BHP Billiton withdrew its hostile $39-billion offer for Saskatchewan's Potash Corporation. At a news conference following the withdrawal, Clement explained that of the six Investment Canada Act guidelines that determine if an investment has a "net benefit", | 6,128,296 |
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he said BHP's bid failed to meet three of them. Clement said the Government felt the takeover would not have a beneficial effect on Canada's competitiveness in world markets.
In January 2011, Clement spoke out against a ruling of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) which allowed usage-based billing for wholesale clients and smaller internet service providers. Citing concerns about how the change could adversely affect consumers, small businesses and entrepreneurs, he warned that if they did not revise the decision, the government would intervene. The CRTC initiated its own review of the ruling, and reversed its decision.
In the lead-up to the 2010 G8 summit, | 6,128,297 |
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Clement was involved in directing $50 million of border security money for largely unrelated projects in his own riding, a practice commonly known as "pork barrelling". Auditor-General Sheila Fraser issued a report criticizing the Minister for breaking the rules and "complained that there was no paperwork to determine how the hundreds of proposals" for spending were narrowed to the 32 projects that were approved. Clement later admitted that this process was not subject to the oversight that it should have been.
## President of the Treasury Board.
Shortly after the May 2, 2011 election, Clement was appointed as the President of the Treasury Board, a position of wide-ranging authority and oversight. | 6,128,298 |
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Consistent with the Conservative Party of Canada's election platform, Clement has been tasked with leading a government-wide spending review, with the goal of finding ways to contain government spending.
On November 2, 2013, Clement backed a motion at the Conservative Party national convention that advocated clawing back public-sector pay and benefits. At the convention he vowed, as the minister responsible for negotiations with the civil service, to "alter the dynamics of collective bargaining as it has been done in this country over the last few decades".
On December 22, 2014, Clement was quoted by the Canadian Press as saying that government deliberately withholds public data because people | 6,128,299 |
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