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A hot giant is any of three types of giant planet in other planetary systems:
Hot Jupiters, Jupiter-like gas giants that orbit close to their stars.
Hot Neptunes, Neptune-like gas giants that orbit close to their stars. | wiki |
Continuous redial, busy number redial, or repeat dial is a vertical service code (calling feature)
that allows callers to automatically redial a busy telephone number until a connection is made. It was introduced in 1992 as Repeat Dialing, and is activated by dialing a combination of special characters and numbers after hanging up following a call to a busy line. It will run for a set period of time (such as 30 minutes) and can be deactivated by entering either the same set of numbers or a different set. The North American Numbering Plan assigned *66 to activate continuous redial and *86 to deactivate it.
See also
References
External links
Repeat Dial recordings
Calling features | wiki |
Diascopy is a test for blanchability performed by applying pressure with a finger or glass slide and observing color changes.
It is used to determine whether a lesion is vascular (inflammatory or congenital), nonvascular (nevus), or hemorrhagic (petechia or purpura). Hemorrhagic lesions and nonvascular lesions do not blanch ("negative diascopy"); inflammatory lesions do ("positive diascopy"). Diascopy is sometimes used to identify sarcoid skin lesions, which, when tested, turn an apple jelly color.
References
Dermatologic terminology | wiki |
The Immaterial Murder Case is a 1945 mystery detective novel by British writer Julian Symons. His debut novel, it was the first in a trilogy featuring the Scotland Yard detective Chief Inspector Bland. The story gently makes fun of the "Great Detective" archetype popular during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction Symons wrote the book in 1939 but didn't submit it for publication for several years during the Second World War.
Synopsis
In pre-war London wealthy American John Wilson associates with a group of avant-garde artists dedicated to a new movement dubbed "Immaterialism". When a body turns up in one of the artworks, Wilson calls in his cousin the amateur detective Teak Woode who proves to be rather incompetent when compared to the more measured Chief Inspector Bland.
References
Bibliography
Knight, Stephen. Crime Fiction Since 1800: Detection, Death, Diversity. Macmillan, 2010.
Walsdorf, John J. & Allen, Bonnie J. Julian Symons: A Bibliography. Oak Knoll Press, 1996.
Woods, Tim. Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists. Routledge, 2008.
1945 British novels
Novels by Julian Symons
British detective novels
British crime novels
British mystery novels
Novels set in London
Victor Gollancz Ltd books | wiki |
Functional organization is a type of organizational structure that uses the principle of specialization based on function or role.
It allows decisions to be decentralized since issues are delegated to specialized persons or units, leaving them the responsibility of implementing, evaluating, or controlling the given procedures or goals.
See also
Departmentalization
Organization design
Types of organization | wiki |
Women in Korea may refer to:
History of women in Korea
Women in the Joseon Dynasty
Women in North Korea
Women in South Korea | wiki |
Samuel Huston may refer to:
Samuel B. Huston (1858–1920), American politician and lawyer
Samuel Wesley Huston (1873–1933), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
Samuel Huston of Marengo, Iowa who helped establish Samuel Huston College
See also
Sam Houston (1793–1863), American politician and soldier | wiki |
Виестури () — топоним в Латвии:
Виестури — населённый пункт в Виестурской волости Рундальского края.
Виестури — железнодорожный остановочный пункт на территории Елгавского края, на линии Елгава — Лиепая. | wiki |
Aldershot station may refer to:
Aldershot railway station, Aldershot, England, United Kingdom
Aldershot GO Station, Burlington, Ontario, Canada | wiki |
Un Thaïlandais est un habitant ou une personne originaire de la Thaïlande.
Le thaïlandais ou thaï est une langue d'Asie du Sud-Est. | wiki |
Porterhouse can refer to:
Porterhouse (horse), American Champion race horse
Porterhouse Brewery
Porter House New York, a steakhouse in New York City
Porterhouse steak
Porterhouse, a fictional Cambridge college in the novel Porterhouse Blue by Tom Sharpe | wiki |
Monster Man is a reality TV series shown on Syfy.
Plot
Monster Man follows the work and life of special effects artist Cleve Hall and his family as they work at SOTA F/X designing special effects for various projects. It was first broadcast in March 2012.
Episodes
References
External links
Special effects
Syfy original programming
2012 American television series debuts
2010s American reality television series
English-language television shows
2012 American television series endings | wiki |
Chondrodysplasia Blomstrand is a rare disorder caused by mutation of the parathyroid hormone receptor resulting in the absence of a functioning PTHR1. It results in ossification of the endocrine system and intermembraneous tissues and advanced skeletal maturation.
References
External links
Endocrine diseases | wiki |
Frank B. Gill ( à New York) est un ornithologue américain président de l'American Ornithologists' Union de 1988 à 2000. Il est connu pour son ouvrage Ornithology.
Bibliographie
Ornithology
Birds of North America
Life Histories for the 21st Century
Liens externes
Dr. Frank Gill
Ornithologue américain
Naissance en octobre 1941
Étudiant de l'université du Michigan | wiki |
George Blades may refer to:
George Rowland Blades, 1st Baron Ebbisham (1868–1953), English Conservative politician, printer, and Lord Mayor of London
George Blades (boxer) (born 1974), American boxer | wiki |
The Legend of Lobo is a 1962 American animal-adventure film that follows the life and adventures of Lobo, a wolf born and raised in southwestern North America. Based upon "Lobo the King of Currumpaw" by Ernest Thompson Seton from the author's 1898 book titled Wild Animals I Have Known, neither the time period nor the precise location are specified in the film; in part because the story is told as much from a wolf's point of view as from a human's. There is no dialogue in the film, with the only interpretation presented through the use of story-song composed and sung by the Sons of the Pioneers and the Sherman Brothers, and narration by Rex Allen. Based on the non-fiction account by Seton, Lobo is an 1890s wolf from an account by Seton who was a naturalist, and was a bounty hunter in the real-life story. Filming took place in Sedona, Arizona.
Plot
The film begins when Lobo is a 6-week-old pup, identical to his brothers and sisters. While his father, El Feroz is out hunting for meat to feed the family, Lobo follows his nose to his first adventure, and takes a tumble down the cliff where the family den is. As soon as he manages to climb back up, a cougar appears on the scene. Things look grim for the wolves, until "a wild card" shows up; cattlemen riding by below the wolves' den spot the cougar, and shoot it as it prepares to pounce on the wolves. The narrator makes it clear that the cattlemen do not favor the wolves: Lobo is only spared because he's out of sight. When Lobo's father returns to the den soon after the incident, he smells both the cougar and the cattlemen, and decides to pick up and move house to avoid them.
As Lobo travels with his family in search of a new den, they interact with a variety of creatures. His father fights with a badger over possession of a den, and the badger wins after an excellent show. At some point Lobo wanders off as his family moves on; he makes friends with a tortoise, chews an armadillo's ear, and is cornered by a rattlesnake when his parents finally arrive to rescue him. As Lobo begins to grow up, he also forms an unusual friendship with a young antelope.
When Lobo is 6 months old, he starts to hunt with the family pack. But rather than buffalo, the wolves' prey are the herds of cattle being driven across the desert. The cattlemen seek revenge on the wolves, and eventually kill Lobo's parents. Winter comes, and Lobo branches off on his own for the first time.
In spring, Lobo joins a new pack, defeats its leader, and takes a mate. He and his pack continue to prey on the cattle that have replaced the buffalo, but is wise enough to avoid all signs of the angry cattlemen who post rewards for his capture – or his death. When the time comes for his pack to split up to mate and raise their pups, Lobo and his mate find a uniquely secure den in an abandoned dwelling that is accessible only by a precarious bridge.
As Lobo continues to feed on their property, the cattlemen's feud with him escalates. To catch the wolves, a professional hunter from Texas brings his pack of tracking hounds: a bloodhound and the coonhounds – Black and Tan, Bluetick, Redbone, and Treeing Walker), and his killer wolfhound. He sets a trap for Lobo and manages to snare Lobo's mate and use her as a lure. But Lobo leads his pack to create a cattle stampede, a diversion that enables him to liberate his mate and strike out for unsettled territory.
Cast
Lobo as himself
Émile Genest as Joe Calone (Cattleman 1)
Walter Pidgeon as Laloche (Cattleman 2)
Rex Allen as narrator
Sons of the Pioneers as Themselves
Reception
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that the narration "cheerily endows the wolf with a great deal more charm and character than is evidenced on the screen. However, to the youngsters, this may not be apparent at all." A review in Variety thought that the film "ranks as about the skimpiest and least effectual of Walt Disney's animal operettas ... Aside from a smattering of information such as the fact that wolves are monogamous critters, co-scenarists Algar and Dwight Hauser, working with a story by Ernest Thompson-Seton, have done an astonishingly half-hearted and unimaginative job of translating the legend into a film story." The Monthly Film Bulletin stated, "The photography, as always with these films, is admirable; particularly striking are shots of wolves crossing a perilous chasm."
References
External links
1962 films
Walt Disney Pictures films
1960s adventure films
Films set in 1889
Films directed by James Algar
Films about wolves
American films about revenge
Films produced by James Algar
Films scored by Oliver Wallace
1960s English-language films
1960s American films | wiki |
Cerotainia dubia is een vliegensoort uit de familie van de roofvliegen (Asilidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1878 door Bigot.
Roofvliegen | wiki |
Hand of God may refer to:
Religion and spirituality
Act of God, in religious or legal contexts
Hand of God (art), a motif in Jewish and Christian art
Hands of God, a symbol in Polish Neopaganism
Arts and media
Hand of God (film), a 2006 documentary
Hand of God (TV series)
"Hand of God (Outro)", a song by Jon Bellion from The Human Condition
"Hand of God" by Soundgarden from Screaming Life
"Hand of God", a song by Randy Stonehill from Thirst
"The Hand of God" (1978 Battlestar Galactica)
"The Hand of God" (2004 Battlestar Galactica)
The Hand of God (book), an autobiographical book by Bernard N. Nathanson
The Hand of God (Carl Milles), Carl Milles's statue located at Frank Murphy Hall of Justice
The Hand of God (film), a 2021 Italian drama film
Sports
The hand of God, a controversial goal in the 1986 Argentina v England FIFA World Cup match
"(Le) Hand of God", a controversial goal in the second match of a 2009 two-legged play-off in Paris
Other uses
PSR B1509-58, a pulsar whose surroundings resemble a hand, nicknamed the "Hand of God"
Hand of God is a bronze hand found by archaeologists at Roman ruins
See also
God Hand, a 2006 video game
Hamsa or Khamsa, a hand-shaped protective amulet in Islamic and Jewish folklore also known as "(God's) helping hand"
Right hand of God
Left Hand of God (disambiguation)
God Hand (disambiguation)
Finger of God (disambiguation) | wiki |
The following is a list of characters from the MTV comedy-drama television series Awkward, which was created by Lauren Iungerich, and follows Jenna Hamilton, a Palos Verdes, California, teenager who struggles with her identity, especially after an accident is misconstrued as a suicide attempt.
Main characters
Jenna Hamilton
Jennifer "Jenna" Hamilton (Ashley Rickards), a 15-year-old "invisible" girl in high school with an irreverent, optimistic outlook on life, who just wants to fit in. Things go from bad to worse when she gets a mysterious "" letter in which the writer says she could disappear and no one would notice. Her reaction (she slips and breaks her arm in the bathroom, knocking over a bottle of pills in the process) leads to a misunderstanding of epic proportions causing everyone to believe that Jenna's accident was a suicide attempt. She loses her virginity to Matty, but he does not want to take their relationship public, which causes complications. Jenna is best friends with Tamara and Ming. She is often the target of ridicule from Sadie Saxton, a rich, ill-tempered and popular cheerleader. Later in the first season, she begins a relationship with Jake Rosati. In the second season, Jenna tells Jake she isn't a virgin leading Jake to become somewhat jealous. After Jake breaks up with her, she admits that she is still in love with Matty. Jenna and Matty officially get back together in the season 2 finale but she wonders if she made the right decision. At the beginning of season 3, Jenna starts to have feelings for the new boy in school, Collin and tries to get over those feelings while still dating Matty. Soon she cheats on Matty with Collin, breaks up with Matty, and starts dating Collin. While dating Collin, her personality, wardrobe and attitude began to change, making her more reckless and selfish, and as a result she is alienated by her friends. It is later revealed that Collin was still in a sexual relationship with his ex-girlfriend. Jenna ends her relationship with Collin, and manages to make everything right with her friends and family. In season 4, while looking at a college, she meets a guy named Luke and starts dating him. However, Luke broke up with Jenna as he felt that she still has a lot of growing up to do and has to deal with all the high school drama after she ditches him to help Sadie find Matty. Towards the end of season 4 she implies that she still loves Matty but will not act on it because of the drama it previously caused and how she had hurt him by cheating.
Matty McKibben
Matthew "Matty" McKibben (Beau Mirchoff), one of Jenna's main love interests and best friends with Jake Rosati. Despite being popular, athletic, and handsome, Matty is extremely concerned with his peers' perception of him. He had sex with Jenna in a supply closet at summer camp. He didn't want anyone to know what he did with her, creating their secret on/off relationship throughout the first season. She dumps him when she realizes that he will never out their relationship. However, he asks her to prom, which she accepts, but he backs out due to the fact that Jake is in love with Jenna. She thinks that he actually just does not want to be seen with her in public, which causes her to dump him and go to prom with Jake and others. Jenna and Jake kiss at prom, thus ending Jenna's relationship with Matty. However, later in season 2 on episode 8, Jake finds out about Matty and Jenna's secret relationship and dumps her because it made him feel cheated and lied to. Matty later shows up at Jenna's house to comfort her, but both end up kissing as Jake watches to his horror from the window. Eventually Matty and Jake become friends again and tell Jenna that she can choose who she wants to be with. Matty and Jenna officially get back together in the season 2 finale. During season 3, Matty and Jenna grow distant, due to Jenna having growing feelings for Collin. In the summer finale, Matty admits that he was embarrassed by Jenna after her accident because he thought she tried to commit suicide, as her accident was the same day they had sex for the first time. After he admits this, Jenna makes out with Collin in his car as Matty walks up; it is unknown if he saw them kissing or not. At her surprise birthday party, Jenna walks in kissing Colin, which leads to a fallout and results in Matty and Jenna's subsequent break-up, despite Matty wanting to carry on. In season 4, Jenna introduces Matty to Eva, a new girl, and they start dating. At the end of the mid-season finale, it is revealed that Eva is pregnant. However Matty finds out that Amber (Eva) was lying about being pregnant and breaks up with her. He rebuilds his friendship with Jenna by telling her that she was trying to be a good friend and he was a terrible one. He meets a new girl named Gabby and eventually starts a relationship with her, despite her worries that he was just going to hurt her. Throughout their relationship, Gabby grows more and more jealous of Jenna, while Matty is oblivious. In the season 4 finale, Matty realizes that he still has feelings for Jenna but, after talking with Lacey, he understands that he has to let her go and let her move on, without having any ties when she goes to college.
Lacey Hamilton
Lacey Hamilton (Nikki DeLoach), Jenna's mother, who is clueless but well-intentioned about raising a teenager. Lacey and Jenna's father Kevin were 17 when Jenna was born. Lacey, who is extremely concerned with things like appearance and popularity, had Jenna when she was a teenager with her high school sweetheart Kevin, and gave up on her dreams of going to college, using the funds to get breast implants instead. Lacey finds it easy to find faults in her daughter, because she wants Jenna to have everything Lacey could not have after becoming pregnant. Lacey even goes so far to "help" her daughter change her image by writing her an anonymous "" letter that sets off the chain of events that lead to Jenna becoming known as "Suicide Girl." Eventually, Jenna finds out that Lacey wrote the brutal letter. Lacey is confronted by Jenna about writing the letter, and Jenna later reveals the information to Kevin. Kevin is so disgusted by this that he moves out, much to both Lacey and Jenna's dismay. At Ally's wedding, Lacey's ex-boyfriend Ben appears and begins making moves on her. In the immediate aftermath of the wedding, Jenna finds them kissing at the poolside. The next day, Jenna informs her that Kevin may want a divorce, which makes things worse. Eventually, Kevin returns home and calls off plans for a divorce, and Jenna slowly regains her respect and trust in Lacey. In season 4 Lacey applies to college and is accepted, much to Jenna's chagrin. But in a season finale turn of events, Lacey reveals she is pregnant, and Kevin and Jenna urge her to still attend college. Lacey is close friends with her high school best friend Ally (whom Jenna begrudgingly calls "Aunt Ally") and later with Val Marks, Jenna's eccentric high school counselor.
Tamara Kaplan
Tamara "T" Kaplan (Jillian Rose Reed), one of Jenna's best friends. She is extremely loud and outgoing, but openly desires to be accepted and popular. She has an on-again-off-again relationship with Ricky Schwartz, which has caused her to behave irrationally in the past. When Jenna accidentally kisses Ricky at a party, Tamara ends their friendship by claiming that she was the one who wrote the letter. She quickly realizes that Jenna was not responsible for her actions that night, and the two reconcile and she admits that she do not really send the letter, she just said it to spite Jenna for hurting her. During the season one finale, Tamara ends her relationship with Ricky after finding out that he asked three other girls to the winter formal before her. They get back together at the dance when Ricky quotes a Missed-Connections and that he placed for her. By the second season, Tamara and Ricky are together, but she breaks up with him once again when she catches him kissing another girl during a school assembly. She spends the rest of the season trying to get over him, despite the fact that he has started dating Sadie. In the second-season finale, she makes out with Jake because she is upset over how bad the past year has been for her. Starting at the end of season 2 Jake and Tamara start a relationship together. Tamara replaces Lissa on the cheerleading team after she gets into a cheer accident. In season 4, Jake and Tamara break up over her controlling and bossy attitude which contrasts to his new boyband personality. However, Tamara desperately want him back, so she creates a fake profile to keep in contact with Jake and tries to find out what Jake really thinks of her. Eventually he finds out and despite his initial reaction, they become friends again. At the end of Season 4, Tamara gets engaged to a man named Adam whom she met in a bar and is in basic military training. She accepts his proposal, thinking that he is going to serve somewhere far away and they can break up within the first few months but in reality, he will be in California which makes her realise that she may be a teenage bride.
Jake Rosati
Jacob "Jake" Rosati (Brett Davern), Jenna's other love interest. He is the class president, popular, smart, and outgoing. Jake is best friends with Matty and started off dating Lissa before the beginning of Season One, but eventually broke up with her due to his feelings for Jenna and the way Lissa and Sadie treat him. Unlike Matty, who thinks with the team, Jake thinks for himself. He leads, rather than follows, and is a sensitive guy with a heart of gold. Jake and Jenna grow closer, leading him to develop a crush on her. At first Jenna does not reciprocate these feelings, but she eventually realizes that he is kind, honest, and thoughtful towards her. He doesn't mind being seen in public with Jenna, unlike Matty, and he doesn't care about what other people think of him. At the start of season two, Jake is publicly dating Jenna. However, he becomes constantly jealous of the guy Jenna was in love with before him, not knowing it was Matty. Soon, Jake finds out about their relationship and breaks up with Jenna, only to regret his decision later. However, it is too late to revoke his decision to break up with Jenna when he accidentally sees Jenna and Matty kissing. At the end of the season 2 finale, Jake begins a relationship with Tamara. In season 4, Jake and Tamara break up over her controlling and bossy attitude which contrasts to his new boyband personality. However, Tamara desperately want him back, so she creates a fake profile to keep in contact with Jake and tries to find out what Jake really thinks of her. Eventually he finds out and despite his initial reaction, they become friends again. After brief flings with a M.I.L.F and Tamara, Jake sleeps with Matty's girlfriend Gabby, after being rejected by his first-choice college. Feeling guilty, Jake goes to confess to Matty, who tells him he doesn't want to be with Gabby anymore, so Jake stays quiet.
Sadie Saxton
Sadie Saxton (Molly Tarlov), Jenna's nemesis. Sadie becomes the most popular girl at school thanks to her parents buying her influence, however, she is the one with the biggest weight issues of the "popular kids". In view of her prominence she plays in the generalization of a mean young lady and numerous adversaries and irresolute rivals at school, particularly her most outstanding adversary and foe of Jenna Hamilton. Different adversaries incorporate, Ming Huang and Clark Stevenson, Amber Horn, Tamara Kaplan, Angelique Welch and Collin Jennings. In any case, regardless of this, she has a closest companion named Lissa Miller, and is dear companions with Matty McKibben, whom she already really liked. All through the arrangement, she has had two associations with Ricky Schwartz who undermined her, yet later kicked the bucket and furthermore Austin Welch, however has said a final farewell to him since she was "unfaithful" yet regardless she adores him. Despite Sadie's popularity and power, Jenna senses that Sadie feels she never measures up. Sadie makes excuses for her bad behavior because she feels entitled; she thinks the world owes her for having to suffer with the "fat gene", that she has everything except the perfect body. Her infamous catchphrase is a very sarcastic and distinctive "You're welcome," that she normally says after a rude comment. She had a secret crush on Matty which was mainly the reason why she hated Jenna, but in the season two premiere, she hooks up with him at a New Year's Eve party and realizes that he's nothing special. Ironically, Jenna sympathizes with Sadie and tries to help her but her attempts are misinterpreted by Sadie as the same sort of mean girl tricks she is known to do. After her failed hookup with Matty, she kisses Ricky Schwartz which leads to a secret relationship. Her and Ricky's secret relationship soon ends when she finds him kissing Clark in the season 2 finale. In a drunken stupor, she comes close to apologizing to Jenna but passes out on Tamara's lap. In season 3, Sadie starts dating a guy named Austin, but in season 4 he breaks up with her, because she lied to him even though she didn't do anything. In the second half of season 4 Sadie begins dating Sergio, her co-worker from the food truck, who genuinely seems to care for her despite her rude and sarcastic comments.
Valerie Marks
Valerie Marks (Desi Lydic), the school counselor. She is the Palos Hills High School's Guidance Counselor, and later turned into the bad habit foremost, yet drops it to end up noticeably a Guidance Counselor, yet was later let go by the school's essential after he read the school's daily paper and Jenna Hamilton's article of Valerie. Be that as it may, she later got rehired. She clearly has her own problems as she tries too hard to be like the teenagers she is there to help. She's a lonely person who feels her gift in life is helping people. She crosses boundaries and acts inappropriately around students; when Valerie is assigned to talk to Jenna once a week, their relationship becomes increasingly unprofessional as Valerie comes to think of Jenna as her best friend. On Jenna's sixteenth birthday, as a present she gives her the movie, Sixteen Candles, and also quotes famous lines from the film. Soon "Val" becomes friendly with Jenna's mom, "Lace", and are seen together quite frequently. She is the Palos Hills High School's Guidance Counselor, and later became the vice principal, but drops it to become a Guidance Counselor, but was later fired by the school's principal, towards the end of season three, after he read the school's newspaper and Jenna Hamilton's article of Valerie (during her rebellious phase). But she later got rehired after her appeal after the help of Lacey Hamilton, Jenna Hamilton, Matty McKibben and Bailey Parker. In the second half of season 4 Val begins to date "Biggie" Will, her former mascot/stalker/school coach. At the end of season 4 Val and Will reveal they're quitting the school and exploring the world after the end of the school year.
Ming Huang
Ming Huang (Jessica Lu), Jenna's other best friend. While she is known for her sense of fashion, Ming was also cautious, who was always on her toes because of the Asian Mafia's then-leader Becca (Jessika Van). She is portrayed as a down-to-earth indie-style teenager with strict Chinese parents. Ming gets mad at Jenna for telling Tamara about her secret relationship with Matty instead of telling her and because of that she feels left out, but still remains supportive of Jenna. In season 2, she gets caught up in the Asian group while trying to help Jenna in Sex, Lies and the Sanctuary. Ming eventually finds a boy that she likes, Fred Wu, although he used to be Becca's boyfriend so she tries to ruin Ming's life. Eventually Fred leaves Palos Hill High School because he is scared for Ming's safety. She swears to get revenge at the end of season 2. In season 3, she becomes the leader of the Asian 'Mafia' after hitting Becca and putting her in her place. Ming and Fred get back together after she takes hold of the mafia. Ming has a unique sense of style compared to the other female cast members (other than Valerie Marks). Her fashion choices appear to store-bought, but glued, cut and sewn to appear to be home-made, even adding accessories such as buttons and ribbons to make it twice as different. She also not usually seen without wearing specially made hats. She also wears glasses. In Season 3, she switched her short black hair for shoulder-length curly blonde hair. Ming was written off the show and hasn't been referenced since 4.01. In No Woman is An Island, she is mentioned that she went off to boarding school so she can get into better colleges. After confusion between Jenna and Valerie, it is implied that the Asian Mafia kidnapped her.
Lissa Miller
Lissa Miller (Greer Grammer), Jake's ex-girlfriend, and Sadie's best friend. She is usually identified as being ditsy, and for having very strong Christian beliefs. At the beginning of the show, Lissa is very insecure about her relationship with Jake due to her taking a virginity pledge, and often gets advice from Sadie. Like that she could have anal sex (which she called her "be-hymen") because that didn't count, and to take a naked picture of Jenna in order to humiliate her. When she finds out that Jake kissed Jenna, Lissa publicly slaps her, due to Sadie's encouragement, however she does not seem happy with her actions. When Jake breaks up with her, she realizes Sadie destroyed her relationship with Jake due to her constant meddling, and ends their friendship. In the beginning of the second season, Lissa asks for forgiveness from Jenna, and tries to form a friendship with her. She also decides to take Sadie back, because she believes that God put Sadie in her life as a test. It is also shown that she still has feelings for Jake. In the fifth episode of three season, she also lost her virginity to Ricky Schwartz. She most likely killed Ricky Schwartz after making out and having sex with him after eating Thai food containing nuts, which he had an allergy to. She was going to own up but Sadie manages to talk her out of it, convincing her that it wasn't her. After a trip to Africa, Lissa returns with an adoptive brother, who she begins a brief fling with before deciding (after having sex) it's not best. The fling causes lots of tension between Lissa and her mother, due to her mother deeming it 'wrong', however it is obvious that she is also attracted to him. The fling also brings to light the fact that her dad is gay, which he dismisses by going to 'gay' camp to turn back to "normal". She is the best friend of mean girl Sadie Saxton, senior student at Palos Hills High School and head cheerleader.
Recurring characters
Palos Hills students
Wesam Keesh as Kyle Cohen, a mysterious boy who attends school with Jenna. He walks around with a shirt that says "Jenna Lives" and Jenna comes to believe that he is obsessed with her. She later gives up on the idea of him being a stalker when she finds out that Jenna Lives is actually his band, only for it to turn out that he is, indeed, stalking her. He reappears in season 2, having given up on Jenna Lives and now running a club called "Take It Outside", a phrase Tamara coined, leading to her believing that he is now stalking her. Kyle's odd behavior is seen as mostly harmless to the other characters. In season 5, he strikes up a friendship with Matty after Matty falls from popularity. He asks Jenna to sign his yearbook with an already-inscribed message, insinuating that he still harbors a romantic obsession for her.
Kelly Sry as Fred Wu (seasons 1–3, guest seasons 4–5), Ming's boyfriend. He used to date Becca, the original leader of the Asian mafia. He is described as the non-stereotypical Asian. In the season 4 premiere, he is revealed to be devastated by Ming's sudden departure, ostensibly to escape the wrath of the Asian mafia. In season 5, he is shown taking a girl to prom who is very much pregnant.
Elizabeth Whitson as Eva Mansfield/Amber Horne (season 4), a new girl at Palos Hills who attempts to become friends with Jenna and Tamara, and later Matty and Jake. Both Jenna and Sadie distrust her as she has a tendency to brag about her fast-paced former life in New York City and other various exciting things. Later, she dates Matty and tries to trick him into staying with her when she lies about being pregnant. Jenna and Sadie put aside their differences to reveal Eva to be a pathological liar who invented nearly every aspect of her life as the Palos Hills students know it.
Evan Crooks as Theo Abbott (season 4–5) and Monty Geer as Cole Higgins (season 4–5), two gay students at Palos Hills who run in the same social circle as Jenna. They are best friends. Both Theo and Cole find their peers vapid and insufferable, and amuse themselves by messing with them.
Erinn Westbrook as Gabby (season 4–5), a senior at Palos Hills who becomes Matty's new love interest. She is a tennis player with a scholarship to Stanford University, and she is a virgin. Jenna is jealous of Gabby when they first meet, but they eventually become friends. After Jenna reveals that she and Matty kissed after his birthday party, their new friendship becomes strained. Gabby begins to feel shut out by Matty, who just met his "bio-dad" and seems to be harboring feelings for Jenna still. She sleeps with Jake, but shortly thereafter reunites with Matty after Lacey convinces Matty to leave Jenna alone. Once Matty finds out Gabby and Jake slept together, they broke up and she pursues an actual relationship with Jake.
Jessika Van as Becca (seasons 2–3), the ringleader of the Asians or the "Asian Mafia" at Palos Hills High School. She frequently conflicts with Ming, and is considered Ming's arch-rival in the series, having previously been in a relationship with Ming's boyfriend (seasons 2 and 3), Fred Wu. Knowledge is her power, and allows her to fulfill her own agenda. She also manipulates others for her own personal gain. Becca's not out to help Ming, but rather to help herself. She knows everything about every Asian in Palos Hills, and demonstrates this by describing the origins of Ming's Grandparents. In the episode "Reality Check," Ming punches Becca in the face. However, instead of being suspended, Becca attains a number of signed affidavits (from the Asian students) saying that she ran into a door by accident, thereby demonstrating her clout within the Asians of Palos Hills High. However, as she is forced to leave the school, Ming Huang takes over as the ringleader of the Asian mafia.
Nolan Gerard Funk as Collin Jennings (season 3), a student in Jenna's creative writing class. They share a bit of competitive animosity with one another. He and Jenna start to get closer when he comes to support her at her reading at the local coffee house. Jenna starts to have fantasies about Collin despite still being with Matty. After a party, Collin offers to give Jenna a ride to meet up with Matty, and they end up making out in the car. Jenna briefly dates Collin after breaking up with Matty, at which point she begins exhibiting self-destructive behavior that alienates her from her friends. After Collin sleeps with his ex, Jenna ends their relationship.
Matthew Fahey as Ricky Schwartz (seasons 1–2), Tamara's on-again off-again crush. He is in the band with Tamara, and is shown to be quite the player. Jenna accidentally kissed him at her house party, which caused severe tension between her and Tamara. After asking Tamara out to the winter formal, she breaks up with him when she finds out that he asked three other girls before her. But he wins her back at the dance by quoting an ad he placed for Tamara on Missed Connections. In season two, he develops a secret relationship with Sadie, which ends after Sadie catches him making out with Clark. He often calls Tamara "beautiful" as a nickname, and Sadie "doll-face". He dies from a peanut allergy at the beginning of the season 3 premiere, but he reveals via Sadie's spirit board that his death was actually no accident.
Joey Haro as Clark Stevenson (seasons 1–3), a gay student at Palos Hills. They grow closer during season two when Jenna attends a youth Christian retreat, where he explains his religious beliefs. In the season two finale, he reveals himself as the anonymous poster on her blog, and is caught making out with Ricky Schwartz, later admits Ricky cheated on him with several girls.
McKaley Miller as Bailey Parker (season 3), a freshman at Palos Hills whom Jenna befriends near the end of season three. She is labeled as a slut by the school, although she's actually quite the opposite. Jenna is her only friend. She has feelings for Matty, but also knows that Jenna never got over him and places their friendship above a potential relationship with Matty.
Other characters
Mike Faiola as Kevin Hamilton, Jenna's father. He is shown as being the more responsible parent as opposed to his wife and to be caring and supportive to Jenna through rough times. He and Lacey separate after she tells him that she wrote the letter. By the end of season 2, Kevin and Lacey are back together. Soon after Jenna gets birth control pills, Kevin finds them, and irrationally calls Matty's parents, telling them that the two are having sex. This leads to a fight between families over dinner and leads to Matty's week stay at the Hamilton house.
Barret Swatek as Aunt Ally, Jenna's mom's best friend who first appeared in the season one episode "The Adventures of Aunt Ally and the Lil' Bitch". She smokes, drinks, and shows a clear disdain for Jenna, whom she refers to as "Lil' Bitch", since Lacey had her at a young age. In season two, she reappeared breaking the news that she will marry Sadie's wealthy uncle. When Sadie's father goes to prison and her mom flees to New Mexico, Ally agrees to take Sadie in and acts as a guardian and reluctant "mother figure."
Laura Ashley Samuels as Courtney (season 2), a freshman at Palos Hills High School who briefly dates Matty.
Niko Pepaj as Sergio (seasons 4–5), an employee at a food truck that Sadie reluctantly begins working at when her parents lose their fortune. Sergio immediately expresses flirtatious interest in Sadie, though their relationship is adversarial to begin with. They later begin dating in earnest, with Sergio drawing out more of Sadie's sensitive side.
Shane Harper as Austin Welch (season 3–4), an intelligent kid with weird tendencies who displays an interest in Sadie. While Sadie initially rebuffs his advances, she eventually caves. At the end of season three, they said "I love you" to one another. They later break up after Sadie loses Austin's trust by lying to him.
Anthony Michael Hall as Mr. Hart (season 3), Jenna's creative writing teacher who takes pride in pushing his students outside of their comfort zones. He is also a former novelist.
See also
List of Awkward episodes
References
Lists of American comedy-drama television series characters
Lists of American sitcom television characters
Lists of teen drama characters | wiki |
Cerotainia jamaicensis is een vliegensoort uit de familie van de roofvliegen (Asilidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1919 door Johnson.
Roofvliegen | wiki |
The subatomic scale is the domain of physical size that encompasses objects smaller than an atom. It is the scale at which the atomic constituents, such as the nucleus containing protons and neutrons, and the electrons in their orbitals, become apparent.
The subatomic scale includes the many thousands of times smaller subnuclear scale, which is the scale of physical size at which constituents of the protons and neutrons - particularly quarks - become apparent.
See also
Astronomical scale the opposite end of the spectrum
Subatomic particles | wiki |
Spare the rod may refer to:
Proverbs 13:24, commonly mistaken as the origin of the exact phrase 'spare the rod and spoil the child': "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes."
A line from the 17th century Samuel Butler poem Hudibras, whose wording is commonly mistaken to be that of the Bible verse: "Spare the rod and spoil the child"
Spare the Rod (1954 film), a short Disney animated film
Spare the Rod (1961 film), a British social drama directed by Leslie Norman and starring Max Bygraves | wiki |
Power engineer may refer to:
Power engineering, a subfield of electrical engineering that deals with the generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electric power
Stationary engineer, operates industrial machinery and equipment that provide energy in various forms | wiki |
Alexa – nome di persona
Alexa Internet – una filiale di Amazon.com che fornisce analisi del traffico web
Arri Alexa – una macchina fotografica digitale
Amazon Alexa – un assistente virtuale sviluppato da Amazon
Alexa Fluor – una famiglia di coloranti fluorescenti | wiki |
Kutluma or 'Qatlama' is a Pakistani savory dish. It is served around the world in top Pakistani restaurants. It is made with dough mixed with chili powder, garam masala and red food coloring. Small balls of this dough are sprinkled with mash dal (washed urad dal), coriander and anar dana, rolled out and then deep fried in oil. Sometimes, the qatlama before frying is also covered with chickpea flour paste called 'besan' in Urdu.
In many places in Pakistan, Qatlama has a yeast based dough and is topped with spiced minced beef or lamb. This version of Qatlama is quite different then the vegetarian version described earlier which is primarily served in the eastern city of Lahore.
References
Pakistani cuisine
Pakistani fast food | wiki |
Antennoseius calathi is a species of mite in the family Ascidae.
References
Ascidae
Articles created by Qbugbot
Animals described in 1995 | wiki |
The MT350E is a motorcycle manufactured by Harley-Davidson. A development of the Armstrong MT500 with a smaller capacity engine, electric start and disc brakes.
Users
External links
MT350 and MT500 resources at milweb
MT350E
Military motorcycles
Motorcycles introduced in 1993 | wiki |
Watts Bar may refer to:
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Watts Bar Dam
Watts Bar Steam Plant
Watts Bar Lake | wiki |
A turntable is the circular rotating platform of a phonograph (a.k.a. record player, gramophone, turntable, etc.), a device for playing sound recordings.
Turntable may also refer to:
Lazy Susan or turntable, a rotating tray
Revolving stage in stagecraft for theater
Music
Turntablism, using the device as a modern musical instrument
"Turntable" (song), a song by TLC from 3D
"Turntables" (song), a song by Ciara from Fantasy Ride
Turntable.fm, an interactive music-sharing service
Transport
Railway turntable, a device used at some railroad facilities to turn locomotives or other rolling stock around
Car turntable, a motorized or manual device, usually installed in a driveway or on a garage floor, that rotates a motor vehicle to facilitate an easier or safer egress of the vehicle and/or eliminate backing up
Turntable, a part of an articulated bus or other vehicle directly over pivoting joint, which preserves continuity of a floor during articulation
See also | wiki |
The 1978 FIVB Men's World Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 20 September 1 to October 1978 in Italy.
Qualification
* Yugoslavia and Puerto Rico withdrew and were replaced by Finland and United States.
Venues
Teams
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Results
First round
Pool A
Location: Rome
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Pool B
Location: Bergamo
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Pool C
Location: Udine
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Pool D
Location: Venice
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Pool E
Location: Parma
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Pool F
Location: Ancona
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Second round
The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the second round.
1st–12th pools
Pool G
Location: Rome
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Pool H
Location: Rome
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13th–24th pools
Pool I
Location: Venice
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Pool J
Location: Venice
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Final round
21st–24th places
21st–24th semifinals
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23rd place match
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21st place match
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17th–20th places
17th–20th semifinals
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19th place match
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17th place match
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13th–16th places
13th–16th semifinals
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15th place match
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13th place match
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9th–12th places
9th–12th semifinals
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11th place match
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9th place match
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5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
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7th place match
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5th place match
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Finals
Semifinals
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3rd place match
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Final
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Final standing
External links
Federation Internationale de Volleyball
W
V
V
VWC 1978 Men
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
1970s in Rome
Sports competitions in Rome | wiki |
The immediate family is a defined group of relations, used in rules or laws to determine which members of a person's family are affected by those rules. It normally includes a person's parents, siblings, spouse, and children. It can contain others connected by birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership, or cohabitation, such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, siblings-in-law, half-siblings, cousins, adopted children, step-parents/step-children, and cohabiting partners. The term close relatives is used similarly.
The concept of "immediate family" acknowledges that a person has or may feel particular responsibilities towards family members, which may make it difficult to act fairly towards non-family (hence the refusal of many companies to employ immediate family members of current employees), or which call for special allowance to recognise this responsibility (such as compensation on death, or permission to leave work to attend a funeral). It is used by travel insurance policies to determine a set of people on the basis of whose health someone might need to cancel a journey or return early. The concept is used by some countries' inheritance laws.
Definitions
The exact meaning of "immediate family" varies, and will sometimes be defined in legislation or rules for a particular purpose. This can change over time: in 2005 the Scottish Government proposed to change the definition for purposes of compensation payments after deaths. The definition was to be expanded from "a remaining spouse, sexual cohabitant, partner, step-parent or step-child, parent-in-law or child-in-law, or an individual related by blood whose close association is an equivalent of a family relationship who was accepted by the deceased as a child of his/her family" to include "any person who had accepted the deceased as a child of the family, the brother or sister of the deceased, any person brought up in the same household as a child and who was him/herself accepted as a child of the family, the same sex partner of the deceased, or any person who was the grandparent or grandchild of the deceased".
In California, for purposes of subdivision of Labor Code Section 2066, "immediate family member" means spouse, domestic partner, cohabitant, child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, great grandparent, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepsibling, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or first cousin (that is, a child of an aunt or uncle).
The Missouri Code of State Regulations, 19 CSR 15-7.021 (18) (H) states that "an immediate family member is defined as a parent; sibling; child by blood, adoption, or marriage; spouse; grandparent or grandchild."
The Australian Fair Work Act 2009, Section 12, defines immediate family as "a spouse, de facto partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee; or a child, parent, grandparent or sibling of a spouse or de facto partner of the employee.", and "the definition of the term ‘de facto partner’ includes a former de facto partner."
A travel insurance policy which covers curtailment due to the death or illness of a member of the policy-holder's "immediate family" uses a wide definition but adds residential requirements: "Immediate Family is your Partner, and: parents, children, stepchildren, fostered or adopted children, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, grandchildren, or grandparents, of either you or your Partner, who live in your Home Country." and "Partner is your spouse or someone of either sex with whom you have a permanent relationship, and who also lives with you at your Home."
Wills and inheritance
In the United States, there are many rules and rights surrounding immediate family members after a family death. If the will names a non-immediate family member to be the executor of the will, he or she cannot have an "official role in these matters". Even if a person is not a joint owner, if they are an immediate family member a bank is likely to give them access to the deceased's safety deposit box. Some states that enforce no-contest provisions do not enforce them against immediate family members. In some states, the immediate family may receive a family allowance – a court-ordered amount paid to them from estate funds to provide help for living expenses. They may also entitled to homestead allowance – an amount of equity in the family home. In many states, household goods (sentimental but not expensive goods) can be passed onto immediate family members without probate.
In France, beneficiaries are almost always immediate family members.
Generally, the distribution to the immediate family leaves the spouse with the third or a half of the property and the issue with the balance. Usually, the pattern was to leave the entire estate to one's immediate family or other relatives, thereby "preserving the family as a significant social unit". The willing to other people or institutions is associated with either a wealth or an absence of an immediate family. If there is an absence of an immediate family, the testator is given the freedom to diverge from the usual distribution of property and wealth.
Workforce
In some cases, a company will not employ an immediate family member of a current employee. Sometimes, "authorized" absence due to the death of one's immediate family member allows an employee to still be eligible for an attendance bonus. In these cases, the company the employee belongs to will acknowledge the significance of the absence and will, for example, be granted 3 working days off between the day of death and the day after the burial inclusive. Full-time workers can apply for bereavement leave, and part-time or temporary employees can apply for leave without pay.
Independence
Rules may specify that a person may not hold a particular office if they, "or any member of their immediate family" do not meet particular criteria. For example, a director of a NYSE company must be independent: neither they nor their family members may have been
an executive officer of the company within the past 3 years, received more than $100,000 in direct compensation from the company in the past 3 years, or been employed as an executive officer of another firm within the past 3 years.
See also
Nuclear family
References
External links
Deep South: A Social Anthropological Study of Caste and Class
Family | wiki |
WKAQ pode-se referir a:
WKAQ-TV: rede de televisão Portorriquenha
WKAQ-AM: estação de radio Portorriquenha
Desambiguação | wiki |
RADIO
Univision Radio é uma grande media de radio. A companhia é formalmente da Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation. É uma grande companhia de radio dos Estados Unidos, e especialmente, por estar na Língua Espanhola. | wiki |
The engine used in the Ford GT90 concept sports car is a 90-degree, quad-turbocharged, V12 engine; which itself is based on the Ford Modular V8 engine. It was Ford's first V12 since their Lincoln division's Lincoln-Zephyr V12 engine in 1948.
A 6.0-liter V12 engine was used in the Ford Indigo concept, but that engine was based on the Ford Duratec V6 engine, which has no relation to the V12 used in the GT90, and is also less powerful.
Overview
The GT90's 48-valve V12 is constructed on an aluminium block and head, displaces 5.9-litres (5,927 cc), and produces an estimated and of torque. It has a redline of 6,300 rpm. It is equipped with a forced induction system that uses four Garrett T2 turbochargers. The engine architecture was based on the 90-degree Ford Modular engine family, based on the same architecture and bore and stroke as the 4.6-litre V8 engine, but with four more cylinders added, two more in each cylinder bank. This yielded a 90-degree V12, with a bore and a stroke with the cylinders arranged in two banks in a single casting.
The V12 engine, unique to the GT90, was developed by using a Lincoln Town Car as a test mule, in which they put the prototype engine in order to refine it.
Applications
Ford GT90
References
Engines by model
Ford engines
V12 engines | wiki |
A total of 34 teams entered the qualification rounds of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Brazil, as the hosts, and Italy, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
The remaining 32 teams were divided into 10 groups, based on geographical considerations, as follows:
Groups 1 to 6 – Europe: 7 places, contested by 18 teams (including Israel and Syria).
Groups 7 to 9 – The Americas: 6 places, contested by 10 teams.
Group 10 – Asia: 1 place, contested by 4 teams.
However, due to the withdrawals of India, Scotland and Turkey after qualifying, only 13 teams actually competed in the final tournament.
A total of 19 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 26 qualifying matches were played, and 121 goals were scored (an average of 4.65 per match).
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.
Groups
The 10 groups had different rules, as follows:
Group 1 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other once. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
Groups 2, 3 and 4 had 3 teams each. The strongest team of each group was seeded. There would be two rounds of play:
First Round: The seeded team received a bye and advanced to final round directly. The 2 unseeded teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to final round.
Final Round: The seeded team played against the winner of the First Round on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.
Group 5 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
Group 6 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
Group 7 had 3 teams. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
Group 8 had 4 teams. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
Group 9 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other twice. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
Group 10 had 4 teams. The group winner would qualify.
Group 1
England qualified. Scotland also qualified, but declined to participate.
Group 2
First round
Syria withdrew, and remaining match was not played.
Turkey advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
Austria withdrew, so Turkey qualified automatically. But Turkey later also withdrew, and FIFA offered the place to Portugal, the runner-up of Group 6, but they declined. FIFA decided not to allow anyone else to qualify, leaving the World Cup two teams short.
Group 3
First round
Yugoslavia advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
France 2–2 Yugoslavia on aggregate, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
Yugoslavia qualified while France were also offered a place by FIFA. France initially accepted, but later declined.
Group 4
First round
Switzerland advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
Belgium withdrew, so Switzerland qualified automatically.
Group 5
Sweden qualified. Finland withdrew before the group was completed. Ireland (FAI) were subsequently invited to enter competition but declined the opportunity because of travelling costs.
Sweden beat Finland 8–1 on 2 October 1949 in Malmö. However, FIFA's website does not include this match in the list of matches or in the group standings. RSSSF's website lists the match with the note "Sweden played B-team", and does not provide group standings.
Group 6
Spain qualified. Portugal were also invited to take part but they declined.
Group 7
Argentina withdrew, so Bolivia and Chile qualified automatically.
Group 8
Ecuador and Peru withdrew, so Uruguay and Paraguay qualified automatically.
Group 9
Mexico and the United States qualified.
Group 10
Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines all withdrew before the draw, so India qualified automatically. But India later also withdrew "because of the expense of travelling such a long way to play," and the AIFF wanted to concentrate on the 1952 Olympics. Although according to some reports, it was caused by a FIFA ruling that players were not allowed to play barefoot. FIFA decided not to invite anyone else, leaving the World Cup three teams short.
Qualified teams
, and withdrew after qualifying.
(H) – qualified automatically as hosts
(c) – qualified automatically as defending champions
Goalscorers
4 goals
Jack Rowley
Horacio Casarín
Luis de la Fuente
Željko Čajkovski
3 goals
Jackie Milburn
Stan Mortensen
Sammy Smyth
Con Martin
Henry Morris
Telmo Zarra
Karl-Erik Palmér
Jacques Fatton
Fahrettin Cansever
Stjepan Bobek
Milutin Pajević
2 goals
Stan Pearson
Henri Baillot
Yehoshua Glazer
Antonio Flores
Luis Luna
José Naranjo
William Waddell
René Maillard
Pete Matevich
John Souza
Frank Wallace
Prvoslav Mihajlović
Marko Valok
1 goal
Jacinto Barquín
José Gómez
Santiago Veiga
Roy Bentley
Jack Froggatt
Jorma Vaihela
Jean Luciano
Marius Walter
Bobby Brennan
Peter Farrell
Johnny Gavin
Davy Walsh
Jim Kremer
Armand Müller
Michel Reuter
Camille Wagner
Mario Ochoa
Héctor Ortiz
Carlos Septién
Fernando Cabrita
António Jesus Correia
José Travassos
Alec Linwood
Jimmy Mason
John McPhail
Lawrie Reilly
Billy Steel
Estanislau Basora
Agustín Gaínza
Luis Molowny
José Luis Panizo
Sune Anderson
Hasse Jeppson
Nils Liedholm
Kiki Antenen
Robert Ballaman
Hans-Peter Friedländer
Walter Bahr
Ben Wattman
Bülent Eken
Erol Keskin
Gündüz Kılıç
Lefter Kücükandonyadis
Mal Griffiths
Zlatko Čajkovski
Božidar Senčar
Notes
At the start of 1950 there were, in effect, two Ireland teams, chosen by two rival associations. Both associations, the Northern Ireland-based IFA and the Republic of Ireland-based FAI claimed jurisdiction over the whole of Ireland and selected players from the whole island. As a result, several notable Irish players from this era played for both teams. Four players – Tom Aherne, Reg Ryan, Davy Walsh and Con Martin – actually played for both the FAI XI and the IFA XI in these qualifying rounds. FIFA intervened, after complaints from the FAI, and subsequently restricted players' eligibility based on the political border. In 1953 FIFA ruled neither team could be referred to as Ireland, decreeing that the FAI team be officially designated as the Republic of Ireland, while the IFA team was to become Northern Ireland.
For the third qualifying tournament in a row, the South American teams qualified automatically after withdrawals. In Group 7, Bolivia and Chile did play two matches between them, but they were not classified as official World Cup qualifiers by FIFA.
Burma, the Philippines and Indonesia all withdrew, so India qualified automatically. However, India withdrew later because of "disagreements over team selection and insufficient practice time.". India had never been able to qualify for the World Cup before and have never been able to do since then, which means they are the only team to have qualified for the World Cup and that never played a World Cup match.
Germany and Japan were both banned because of their actions during World War II, Italy, despite originally being a member of the Axis powers, was allowed to participate because its government was overthrown in 1943 and the new government sided with the Allies.
References
External links
FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1950 World Cup Qualification
RSSSF – 1950 World Cup Qualification
All World Cup – 1950 World Cup Qualification
FIFA World Cup qualification | wiki |
Shin Kamen Rider may refer to:
Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue, the 1992 film
Shin Kamen Rider (film), the 2023 film | wiki |
A spherical angle is a particular dihedral angle; it is the angle between two intersecting arcs of great circles on a sphere. It is measured by the angle between the planes containing the arcs (which naturally also contain the centre of the sphere).
See also
Spherical coordinate system
Spherical trigonometry
Transcendent angle
References
Spherical trigonometry
Angle | wiki |
Steele County Courthouse may refer to:
Steele County Courthouse (Minnesota), Owatonna, Minnesota
Steele County Courthouse (North Dakota), Finley, North Dakota | wiki |
Pentaprion is een monotypisch geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van mojarra's (Gerreidae).
Soort
Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor, 1849)
Mojarra's | wiki |
The Republic of Marshall Islands has two museums:
Alele Museum & Public Library
Marshallese Cultural Center
Marshall Islands
Museums
Marshall Islands
Museums | wiki |
Elmlea Junior School may refer to:
Elmlea Junior School, Rexdale, Canada: see Rexdale#Schools.
Elmlea Junior School, Bristol, England: see Education in Bristol. | wiki |
Good faith is a sincere intention to be fair, open and honest.
Good faith may also refer to:
Good faith (law), implied covenant of honesty and fair dealing in contract law
Good Faith (Rik Emmett album) (2003), eighth studio album by Canadian guitarist Rik Emmett
Good Faith (Madeon album), a 2019 album by French DJ and producer Madeon
See also
Bona fide (disambiguation)
Good Faith Collaboration
Good faith estimate
Good-faith exception
Good-faith provisions | wiki |
A Universidade de Suffolk () é uma universidade privada localizada na cidade de Boston, no estado de Massachusetts, EUA. Fundada em 1906, a universidade possui aproximadamente sete mil estudantes em tempo integral, entre os campus em Boston.
Ligações externas
Suffolk
Educação em Boston | wiki |
The Ecclesiae Regimen, also Remonstrance, xxxvii Conclusiones Lollardorum, or Thirty Seven Articles against Corruptions in the Church, is a church reformation declaration against the Catholic Church of England in the Late Middle Ages. It had no official title given to it when written and the author(s) did not identify themselves in the original manuscript. This public declaration by the English medieval sect called the Lollards was announced to the English parliament at the end of the manifesto Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards published in 1395.
Contents
The manuscript (usually associated with the name Ecclesiae Regimen) is a medieval Latin undated handwritten text document containing church reform thoughts of John Wycliffe and the Lollards. The Roman Catholic Church reformation ideas identified as originally belonging to John Wycliffe was expounded upon by the Wycliffite party known as the Lollards.
The purpose of the manuscript was to show the reader how corrupt the Roman Catholic Church was at the time and that it needed reform. Scholars attribute the original manuscript ideas to Wycliffe but that it was actually written by John Purvey after Wycliffe's death in 1384 and sometime before 1395. The arguments for Purvey being the sole author are based on the similarity between this and the General Prologue of the Wycliffe Bible (known to be written by Purvey). Another argument is in the similarity and style of Purvey’s confession in 1400.
Remonstrance
This manuscript was edited by Josiah Forshall and published in 1851 by Mr. Longmans. The English title they ascribed to this manuscript was Remonstrance against Romish corruptions in the Church: addressed to the people and parliament of England in 1395 - with a shortened name of just Remonstrance.
Provenance
The provenance of the text manuscript emanates from November 1897 when it was purchased at a sale in London by Mr. J. J. Green of Godwyn Lodge, Clive Vale, Hastings. There is no paper trail history on the document before this time. There are known to be three copies of the manuscript in existence. The British Museum has one, the Bodleian Library in Oxford has another, and the third copy is at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
The medieval document seems to have been written in the late fourteenth century or early fifteenth century, however most likely before 1395 since it was identified in the Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards affixed in the form of a placard to the doors at Westminster Abbey and Old St Paul's Cathedral for the 1395 English parliament. The English treatise has been identified as being compiled by the same author as the later version of the English translation of the Wycliffe Bible, that is to say the secretary and cohort of Wycliffe, John Purvey.
Description
The handwriting of the treatise is on two sheets of heavy paper. It is written on both sides of the paper which were stitched together with black thread at a much later time since the original gluing method had failed over time. The original black ink has washed to a light brown.
Ecclesia Regimen, the Latin version, has chapter-headings for each of the thirty-seven English "Conclusions Lollardorum".
References
Sources
The Church quarterly review, Volume 51; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain); Dr. Gasquet, article 1: Dr. Gasquet and the old English bible and other essays; Spottiswoode, Jan 1901
Compston, H. F. B., The English Historical Review, Vol. 26, No. 104 (Oct., 1911), pp. 738–749, Oxford University Press (JSTOR 549966)
Forshall, Josiah, The holy bible containing the old and new testaments with the apocryphal books in the earliest english versions made from the latin Vulgate by John Wycliffe and his followers edited by Josiah Forshall and Sir Frederic Madden, Austrian National Library, University press 1850
Remonstrance against Romish corruptions in the Church: addressed to the people and parliament of England in 1395
History of Catholicism in England
Lollardy
Religious proclamations | wiki |
A rehearsal is an activity in the performing arts that occurs as preparation for a performance in music, theatre, dance and related arts, such as opera, musical theatre and film production. It is undertaken as a form of practising, to ensure that all details of the subsequent performance are adequately prepared and coordinated. The term rehearsal typically refers to ensemble activities undertaken by a group of people. For example, when a musician is preparing a piano concerto in their music studio, this is called practising, but when they practice it with an orchestra, this is called a rehearsal. The music rehearsal takes place in a music rehearsal space.
A rehearsal may involve as few as two people, as with a small play for two actors, an art song by a singer and pianist or a folk duo of a singer and guitarist. On the other end of the spectrum, a rehearsal can be held for a very large orchestra with over 100 performers and a choir. A rehearsal can involve only performers of one type, as in an a cappella choir show, in which a group of singers perform without instrumental accompaniment or a play involving only theatre actors; it can involve performers of different instruments, as with an orchestra, rock band or jazz "big band"; vocal and instrumental performers, as with opera and choral works accompanied by orchestra; or a mix of actors, vocalists, instrumentalists and dancers, as with musical theatre.
Rehearsals of small groups, such as small rock bands, jazz quartets or organ trios may be held without a leader; in these cases, the performers jointly determine how to run the rehearsal, which songs to practice, and so on. Some small groups may have their rehearsals led by a bandleader. Almost all mid- to large-group performances have a person who leads the rehearsals; this person may be a bandleader in a rock, country, or jazz setting; conductor in classical music (including opera); director in theatre or musical theatre; or film director for movies.
While the term is most commonly used in the performing arts to refer to preparation for a public presentation, the term is also used to refer to the preparation for other anticipated activities, such as wedding guests and couples practicing a wedding ceremony, paramedics practicing responding to a simulated emergency, or troops practicing for an attack using a mock-up of the building.
Dress rehearsal
The dress rehearsal is a full-scale rehearsal where the actors and/or musicians perform every detail of the performance. For a theatrical performance, cast members wear their costumes. The actors may use props and backdrops and do not use scripts although the stage manager and director might do so.
For a musical performance, the dress rehearsal does not require wearing formal concert outfits (such as, tuxedos and gowns). In music, the dress rehearsal is the final rehearsal before the performance; initial rehearsals will often involve working on challenging sections of the piece or pieces, but during the dress rehearsal, the piece or pieces are typically played in their entirety.
Theatre or opera house
In theatre, a performing arts ensemble rehearses a work in preparation for performance before an audience. Rehearsals that occur early in the production process are sometimes referred to as "run-throughs." Typically, a run-through does not involve most of the technical aspects of a performance, such as costumes, lights, and sound and is primarily used to assist performers in learning dialogue or music and to solidify aspects of blocking, choreography, and stage movement.
A "cue to cue" or "Q-2-Q" is a type of technical rehearsal and is intended primarily for the lighting and audio technicians involved in a performance although they are of great value to the entire ensemble. It is intended to allow the technicians and stage manager to rehearse the technical aspects of a performance (when lights have to be turned on, sound effects triggered, and items rolled on and off the stage) and to identify and resolve any glitches that might arise. Performers do not typically rehearse entire scenes during a Q-2-Q but instead perform dialogue or actions only that are used by the stage manager as a marker for when to initiate technical sequences or cues (hence the title). Abbreviated Q-2-Qs in which only the opening and closing sequences of each act or scene are performed are sometimes referred to as "tops and tails". It is rare for any but the most technically-complex performances to have Q-2-Q rehearsals other than during technical week.
Q-2-Qs are often preceded by a "dry tech" in which the technicians rehearse their technical cues (such as turning on stage lights or triggering sound effects or recorded music) without the actual performers being present at the rehearsal. A "dress rehearsal" is a rehearsal or series of rehearsals in which the ensemble dresses in costume, as they will dress at the performance for the audience. The entire performance will be run from beginning to end, exactly as the real performances will be, including pauses for intermissions. An "open dress" is a dress rehearsal to which specific individuals have been invited to attend as audience members.
They may include patrons (who pay a reduced ticket price), family and friends of the ensemble, or reviewers from the media. The dress rehearsal is often the last set of rehearsals before the concert performance and falls at the end of technical week. A "preview", although technically a performance as there is a full audience, including individuals who have paid for admission, is arguably also a rehearsal in as far as it is common in complex performances for the production to stop or even to return to an earlier point in the performance if there are unavoidable or unresolvable problems. Audience members typically pay a lower price to attend a preview performance.
In traditional Japanese Noh theatre, performers primarily rehearse separately, rehearsing together only once, a few days before the show. That is to emphasize the transience of the show in the philosophy of "ichi-go ichi-e", "one chance, one meeting".
Music
Professional classical ensembles
A professional orchestra, choir or chamber ensemble (e.g., string quartet or wind quintet) rehearses a piece (or song) in order to coordinate the rhythmic ensemble, ensure that the intonation of pitches of the different sections matches exactly, and coordinate the dynamics (changes in loudness and softness) and phrasing. A professional ensemble will typically only rehearse an orchestral work for two or three rehearsals which are held several days before the first performance. A professional ensemble is much less likely than an amateur orchestra to play the piece all the way through in the first rehearsals. Instead, a professional ensemble will typically review passages which pose challenges from the point of view of rhythmic or harmonic coordination. An example of a passage that might pose rhythmic coordination challenges would be a contemporary work which involves polyrhythms, in which one section of the orchestra plays a rhythm in 4/4 while another plays a melody in 5/4. An example of harmonic challenges would be a work in which the orchestra has to perform dissonant, complex harmonies, such as bitonality; an example would be the string section playing in C major while the brass section plays in F# major.
The conductor leads orchestral rehearsals, choosing sections to perform and calling out bar numbers or rehearsal letters to direct the orchestra to them. While classical conductors do not typically speak to direct the orchestra during concerts, during rehearsals, the conductor speaks to communicate their artistic vision for the piece and explain the "articulation" (note lengths), tone colors, and tempos they would like to use. During initial rehearsals, the conductor frequently stops the rehearsal to ask players or sections to change the way they are playing or provide guidance to the orchestra. For a choir, the choral conductor will lead rehearsals. In cases where a choir is preparing a piece which will be sung with an orchestra, the initial rehearsals may be led by the choir's conductor and the rehearsals closer to the concert by the orchestra's conductor.
For works that present a particular challenge for certain sections (e.g., a complex, exposed passage for the violas), orchestras may have sectional rehearsals or sectionals in which a section rehearses on their own under the direction of the principal player or, in some cases, also with the conductor (e.g., in the case of a very rhythmically challenging piece).
Prior to rehearsing a concerto with an orchestra, a soloist will rehearse it with a pianist substituting for the parts played by the orchestra (thus, two pianists in the case of piano concerti or a violinist and pianist in preparation for a violin concerto). To help with tempo in orchestral, solo, or chamber rehearsals, a metronome may be used to sound out the tempo prior to the commencement of a piece. For musical performances, a dress rehearsal does not imply dressing in concert dress. It is a final rehearsal before performance where generally the ensemble will run through the program as if there were an audience. In some orchestras, there may be a limited audience during the dress rehearsal (typically university music students or other invited guests).
Amateur classical ensembles
Amateur orchestras or chamber ensembles, such as university or community groups, rehearse music for a number of reasons. While an amateur ensemble does rehearsals for many of the same reasons as a professional ensemble—to coordinate the rhythmic ensemble and intonation—with an amateur group the conductor has to do much more teaching to the orchestra. However, amateur musicians are much more likely to make note mistakes, transposition errors or play with incorrect intonation or rhythms; the conductor must point these issues out to the performers and give them advice on how to correct them. In amateur groups, players may not have strong ensemble skills, so the conductor may have to coach players about how to learn to blend their sound well with other sections or how to coordinate rhythmic passages that are played by different sections, or how to mark their part after they make an error to prevent the error from being repeated.
Rehearsals are also used to teach ensemble members about music history and basic performance practice, so that they can learn the different playing styles and tones used in music from different eras. As well, orchestra conductors select pieces so that players can learn new skills, such as more complicated rhythms. For an amateur ensemble, the rehearsals are used to give the players an opportunity to have repeated chances to learn to perform difficult passages in an ensemble context. Amateur choirs use rehearsals to build choral singing skills, such as singing with a good ensemble and with solid intonation and vocal tone. Amateur groups are much more likely than professional groups to hold sectional rehearsals. Another difference between rehearsals in an amateur orchestra and a professional orchestra is the number of rehearsals. A community orchestra or university ensemble may have ten or even fifteen rehearsals over several months to prepare a major symphony; a professional orchestra might prepare that same symphony in two rehearsals over two days.
In an amateur performance consisting of miscellaneous items, such as songs, theatrical performances, skits, and musical pieces, it is common to have "a walk through rehearsal" on the concert day. This "walk through" requires the musicians, singers and actors to walk on and off stage without actually performing their full pieces. Each soloist or ensemble has had a number of previous rehearsals to work on their specific song or piece. The "walk through" helps performers to remember which performers need to go on stage together (e.g., a jazz singer needs to go onstage with her piano accompanist and bass player), what materials or items are required (e.g., a string quartet will require four chairs and four music stands, in addition to their instruments), and which lighting or sound reinforcement system elements are required. For example, a comedian may want a dark stage with just a spotlight, whereas a choir may wish to have the entire stage lit.
Popular and traditional music
Pop, rock, country and blues bands rehearse before performances. Rehearsals assemble the elements of a musical event, offering an experimental space where sounds and rhythms are put together and taken apart, played with, argued over, and refined. In these styles of music, rehearsals may be less formal than in a classical orchestra context. However, the purpose of rehearsals is the same: to ensure that all the band members can play and/or sing their parts with a good rhythmic ensemble, correct intonation, and the right "feel" and style. As with classical rehearsals, the earlier rehearsals for a show often focus more on working out the most difficult sections of songs, such as transitions from one tempo to another tempo, modulations to a new key, or coordinating a duet between two solo instruments. The rehearsals closer to the performance are more likely to involve run-throughs of entire songs. Whereas Classical rehearsals are led by the conductor or choir leader, popular music band rehearsals are typically led by the bandleader, who is typically a member of the band. The bandleader sets the tempos for songs, chooses which instruments will have solos, and cues the start of new sections of a song.
The bandleader also typically chooses the members of the rhythm section: the instruments that provide the beat and the chord progression for songs. The rhythm section varies somewhat between genres, but in general it includes chordal instruments (e.g., piano, guitar, Hammond organ), a bass instrument (e.g., electric bass or double bass) and drum kit and/or percussion instruments.
For major touring bands that have a large stage show, with lights, pyrotechnics, massive moving props, and so on, there may be numerous rehearsals for the technical elements, in addition to the purely musical rehearsals held by the band.
When a pop or rock group is accompanied in a concert by an orchestra, a conductor is often used to lead the orchestra. In some pop or rock concerts where a large ensemble is performing, such as a group involving multiple guitar players, multiple percussionists, and the regular rhythm section, a conductor may also be used to lead the ensemble. For these types of shows, the conductor and the bandleader coordinate the rehearsals together.
In other contexts
The use of rehearsals and dress rehearsals extends beyond the performing arts. When an organization has to learn how to implement a new process, it may rehearse the activity beforehand. Emergency-planning organizations often rehearse their preparations for responding to civil disasters; in some cases, there may even be actors playing the role of "injured people", so that emergency workers can learn how to provide assistance. Armies that are planning an attack on a certain target may create a mock-up of the target and rehearse the attack. The Israeli Defence Force used this approach in planning for the Raid on Entebbe, which freed air hijacking hostages. An accurate model of the airport building where the hostages were being held by gunmen was recreated so that the commandos could practice their attack maneuvers.
The introduction of major changes to complex industrial and technical fields, such as information systems is often rehearsed, particularly where this requires multiple activities to be coordinated and completed within time constraints. Many companies undertook major initiatives with their computer staff to rehearse the changes associated with the Year 2000 problem and the economic and monetary union of the European Union.
See also
Sitzprobe
Stagecraft
Technical rehearsal
References
Music performance
Stagecraft
Theatre | wiki |
The cricoarytenoid ligament extends from the lamina of the cricoid cartilage to the medial surface of the base and muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage.
Human head and neck
Ligaments | wiki |
Preparation day may refer to:
a day of rest in the life of a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
the day before the Jewish Sabbath (see )
the day on which Jesus was buried after his crucifixion (see ) | wiki |
Halterneck is a style of women's clothing strap that runs from the front of the garment around the back of the neck, generally leaving the upper back uncovered. The name comes from livestock halters. The word "halter" derives from the Germanic words meaning "that by which anything is held". Halter is part of the German word for bra, .
The halter style is used with swimsuits, to maximize sun tan exposure on the back and minimize tan lines. It is also used with dresses or shirts, to create a backless dress or top. The neck strap can itself be covered by the wearer's hair, leaving the impression from behind that nothing is holding the dress or shirt up.
If a bra is worn with a halter top, it is generally either strapless or of halterneck construction itself, to avoid exposing the back straps of a typical bra.
A halter top is a type of sleeveless shirt similar to a tank top (by the American English definition) but with the straps being tied behind the neck. In another style of the halter top, there is only a narrow strap behind the neck and a narrow strap behind the middle of the back, so that it is mostly backless. This design resembles many bikini tops, although it covers the chest more and may cover some or all of the abdomen at the front.
It has been suggested that the neckline's appeal stems from the fact that "it eliminated the need for spoiling the back detail with straps, leaving an uninterrupted area of skin to expose to the sun by day and display by night."
See also
Apron
Décolletage
Dudou and , traditional East Asian undershirts, which influenced the development of the halterneck in the 1930s
Spaghetti strap
References
1970s fashion
1980s fashion
1990s fashion
2000s fashion
2010s fashion
Tops (clothing)
Dresses
Necklines
Undergarments
Women's clothing | wiki |
A blondie (also known as a blonde brownie) is a variety of dessert bar. It resembles a chocolate brownie, but substitutes vanilla in place of cocoa, and contains brown sugar. Blondies also contain flour, butter, eggs, and baking powder and may also contain walnuts or pecans, white or dark chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, toffee chips, or other flavored chips.
Blondies differ significantly from white chocolate brownies. Unlike the white chocolate brownie or the normal brownie, they contain no chocolate or chocolate flavouring, other than chocolate chips, which may be included. They may also contain coconut, nuts, toffee, or any other chunky candy for added texture. Blondies are not usually frosted; the brown sugar tends to be sweet enough. A variation is the Congo bar, which contains chocolate chips with either walnuts or coconut.
They are baked in a pan in an oven in a manner similar to that of the baking of traditional brownies, then they are cut into rectangular shapes for serving. Blondies are sometimes served in sundaes, often topped with caramel sauce.
History
Blondies existed for at least ten years before chocolate brownies; "dense, fudgy, butterscotch-flavoured bar[s]" existed in the late 19th century, and chocolate brownies were not developed until 1905.
Notes
References
American desserts
Baked goods | wiki |
Cheops or Khufu, was an ancient Egyptian monarch.
Cheops or CHEOPS may also refer to:
CHEOPS, a space telescope
Khéops, the stage name of the French disk jockey Éric Mazel
Cheops, a boulder on the surface of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko | wiki |
Anime Friends is a South American annual anime convention produced by Maru Division Corporation. It was originally held in São Paulo, Brazil during the month of July, and it expanded to Argentina (2009–17) and Chile (2013).
History
Brazil
Event history
Argentina
Event Story
Chile
Event Story
References
See also
List of anime conventions
Anime conventions | wiki |
Acer longipes is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in China (Chongqing, Guangxi, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi).
Acer longipes is a small tree up to 10 meters tall, with purple bark. Leaves are non-compound, thin and papery, up to 14 cm wide and 15 cm across, usually with 3 lobes but occasionally 5 or none.
References
External links
line drawing for Flora of China drawings 2 + 3 at top
longipes
Plants described in 1905
Flora of China | wiki |
Asca ornatissima is a species of mite in the family Ascidae.
References
Further reading
ornatissima
Articles created by Qbugbot
Animals described in 1969 | wiki |
Flypaper is a fly-killing device.
Flypaper may also refer to:
Flypaper (1997 film), an American crime film starring Craig Sheffer and Robert Loggia
Flypaper (2011 film), an American crime comedy film starring Patrick Dempsey and Ashley Judd
"The Flypaper", an episode of Tales of the Unexpected based on a short story by Elizabeth Taylor
See also
Flypaper effect, an economic assertion that "money sticks where it hits"
Flypaper theory (disambiguation) | wiki |
Genetic relationship may refer to:
Genetic distance, in genetics
Genetic relationship (linguistics), in language
See also
Genetic relation | wiki |
Asca variocuspidis is a species of mite in the family Ascidae.
References
Further reading
variocuspidis
Articles created by Qbugbot
Animals described in 1998 | wiki |
Y B Normal? was a Canadian sketch comedy TV show. It originally aired on The Comedy Network between 1998 and 1999.
Its sketches are all set in Aylmer, Quebec.
Cast
P-H Dallaire as various characters
Matthiew Klinck as various characters
Ron Langton as various characters
Paolo Mancini as Mike the easter bunny (season 2, one episode in season 1) and various other characters
Thomas Michael as Hank the easter bunny (season 2, one episode in season 1) and various other characters
Guest cast
Adam F. da Silva
Steve Baskin
Leah Chisholm
Louis Durand
Season 1
Season 2
Episodes
Airings
DVD release summary
Behind the scenes
References
External links
The Comedy Network
1990s Canadian sketch comedy television series
1998 Canadian television series debuts
1999 Canadian television series endings
CTV Comedy Channel original programming | wiki |
Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night: Or What You Will) is a 1996 romantic comedy film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, directed by Trevor Nunn and featuring an all-star cast. Set in the late 19th century, it was filmed on location in Cornwall, including scenes shot at Padstow and at Lanhydrock House near Bodmin, with Orsino and his followers wearing uniforms that evoke the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Plot
On Twelfth Night, Viola (Imogen Stubbs) and Sebastian (Steven Mackintosh) are young twins who are performing on a ship and use their likeness to tease their audiences. During their journey, they are caught in a storm, shipwrecked and separated. Viola and other survivors end up on the shore of Illyria. A devastated Viola believes her brother dead. She later takes his appearance to join the court of the local Duke Orsino (Toby Stephens). The young woman has her long, beautiful hair cut by the sailor, conceals her breasts, and dresses like a boy. After that, Viola becomes a page, using the name "Cesario".
Orsino is madly infatuated with Countess Olivia (Helena Bonham Carter), who is in mourning due to her brother's recent death. She uses the tragedy as an excuse to avoid seeing the Duke, whom she does not love. He sends "Cesario" to do his wooing and Olivia falls in love with the messenger, unaware of "Cesario"'s real gender. Realising Olivia's feelings for her alter ego, Viola is caught in even more of a quandary in that she is in love with Orsino.
Meanwhile, elements of Olivia's household plot against her pompous steward Malvolio (Nigel Hawthorne) by tricking him into believing that Olivia loves him. (Malvolio even wears a toupée to appear younger than he is.) His attempts to woo her, however, are met with bewilderment by Olivia who has him committed, where he is subjected to further humiliations by Maria (Imelda Staunton), Feste (Ben Kingsley) and Sir Toby Belch (Mel Smith).
Sir Toby, Olivia's uncle and a notorious drunk, is also trying to encourage his friend, the idiotic Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Richard E. Grant) to court Olivia, but she purposely ignores him. Sir Toby pushes Sir Andrew into challenging "Cesario" to a duel, which goes very badly for Aguecheek.
Furthermore, Viola's twin, Sebastian, has in fact survived the wreck and has also arrived in Illyria, accompanied by Antonio (Nicholas Farrell), who saved him from drowning. Antonio, who has "many enemies in Orsino's court", is forced to flee when he is recognised and comes across "Cesario", whom he mistakes for Sebastian, and is outraged when "Cesario" fails to help him out.
Arriving at her estate, Sebastian meets Olivia, who, mistaking him for "Cesario", talks him into marrying her. When he learns of this, Orsino is furious and dismisses his page, whom he had made a friend and confidante. However, the matter is soon cleared up when Sebastian and "Cesario" come face-to-face and the latter reveals her real nature and identity of Viola. Orsino marries Viola.
The film ends with both couples holding a party to celebrate their marriages, while the supporting players, including the humiliated Sir Andrew and Malvolio, leave the estate with their heads held high and Feste sings his song, "The Wind and the Rain".
Cast
Differences with the play
Extra dialogue was added at the beginning with Feste narrating the events surrounding the shipwreck and the separation of the twins and of a conflict between Viola and Orsino's native countries.
Viola and the other survivors hail from Messaline and when they end up in Illyria they are forced to hide and live like fugitives since "Messaline with this country is at war" over some trading disputes: The Captain mentions "The war between the merchants here and ours" while hiding in the cave from Orsino and his men. In the original play the Captain claims to have been "bred and born not three hours' travel from" where they got washed ashore.
The conflict is not mentioned again in the film (though it could be connected to Antonio's past as "Orsino's enemy"), and the Captain appears openly at the party at the end where he is embraced by Viola.
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, 76% of 34 reviews are positive, and the average rating is 7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Director Trevor Nunn makes some questionable choices, but his stellar cast -- which includes Helena Bonham-Carter, Ben Kingsley, and Nigel Hawthorne -- more than rises to the material." Online film critic James Berardinelli writes, "With Twelfth Night, director Trevor Nunn (Lady Jane) follows in Branagh's footsteps by adapting one of the comedies for the screen. However, while this picture doesn't have quite the same level of style or energy evident in Much Ado About Nothing, solid performances and a lucid interpretation keep it afloat." Berardinelli calls it "solid entertainment." Roger Ebert gave it 3.5 out of 4, and praised Helena Bonham-Carter for her performance.
References
External links
Films based on Twelfth Night
1996 films
1996 romantic comedy films
American romantic comedy films
British romantic comedy films
Irish romantic comedy films
Films directed by Trevor Nunn
Films produced by David Parfitt
Films set in country houses
Summit Entertainment films
1990s English-language films
1990s American films
1990s British films
Films shot in Cornwall | wiki |
American Motors Incorporated (AMI) designed, manufactured, and sold a minivan for commercial delivery use in the late 1940s.
History
American Motors Incorporated was established around 1946. It was very short-lived; it does not seem to have been in operation after 1949. It had executive offices on Park Avenue in New York City, and a factory and service facility located upstate in Troy, New York.
Lack of success
Small delivery vehicles such as the Delcar did not succeed. Purchasers were limited by their carrying capacity. A larger truck can haul more cargo, resulting in less cost per mile traveled. Few niche market customers demand such a specialized service vehicle.
Products
The company manufactured a minivan designed for business delivery uses called the Delcar. The wheelbase was only with a engine, and it was priced at US$890. The Delcar was the first American vehicle with independent suspension on all four wheels, though the suspension used airplane landing gear-like rubber tension cords.
One or more station wagons were produced using the same chassis, as well as the Delcar van. The station wagon could seat six passengers.
References
Further reading
Original Delcar retail sales brochure (four pages) printed by AMI - see images
Mechanix Illustrated, August 1949 — brief article and picture depicting the Delcar
Special Interest Auto magazine (Hemmings Motor News), October 1978 — brief article about the Delcar
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1946
Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1948
1946 establishments in New York (state)
1948 disestablishments in New York (state)
Motor vehicle manufacturers based in New York (state) | wiki |
Xpander may refer to:
Oberheim Xpander, an analog synthesizer introduced by Oberheim in 1984
Xpander (EP), by Sasha, 1999
HP Xpander, a touch-screen calculator by Hewlett-Packard in 2001
Math Xpander, a software package for Windows CE handhelds by Hewlett-Packard in 2001
Mitsubishi Xpander, a multi-purpose vehicle
See also
Expander (disambiguation) | wiki |
DSQI (design structure quality index) is an architectural design metric used to evaluate a computer program's design structure and the efficiency of its modules. The metric was developed by the United States Air Force Systems Command.
The result of DSQI calculations is a number between 0 and 1. The closer to 1, the higher the quality. It is best used on a comparison basis, i.e., with previous successful projects.
References
External links
DSQI Calculator
Software metrics | wiki |
Blattisocius apis is a species of mites in the family Blattisociidae.
References
Mesostigmata | wiki |
"My Sweet Summer Suite" is a 1976 instrumental single by Love Unlimited Orchestra and written by Barry White, taken from the My Sweet Summer Suite album. The single was #1 for three non consecutive weeks on the Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play chart, and crossed over to both the soul charts, peaking at #28 (Hot R&B charts), and to the pop charts, where it reached number forty-eight. This single is often cited as a model of "Los Angeles-style" disco song.
References
1976 singles
1976 songs
1970s instrumentals
20th Century Fox Records singles
Disco songs
Songs written by Barry White | wiki |
The Macroheterocera are a well supported clade of moths that are closely related to butterflies and other macro-moths.
Taxonomy
The Macroheterocera includes the following superfamilies:
Mimallonoidea – sack bearers (variously included in basal position or excluded)
Drepanoidea – drepanids
Noctuoidea – owlet moths
Geometroidea – inchworms
Lasiocampoidea – lappet moths
Bombycoidea – bombycoid moths
The macroheteroceran superfamilies were previously place in the Macrolepidoptera, but recent molecular studies have failed to recover the Macrolepidoptera as a monophyletic group. The latter grouping also included true butterflies (Papilionoidea), New World butterfly-moths (Hedylidae), and Old World butterfly-moths (Calliduloidea).
References
Moth taxonomy
Obtectomera | wiki |
Auto driver or Auto Driver may refer to:
Auto Driver, a 1998 Telugu romance film
Auto Driver (2015 film), an Indian documentary
Auto driver, a driver in auto racing
Auto driver, a driver of an auto rickshaw
See also
Auto (disambiguation)
Driver (disambiguation)
Self-driving car | wiki |
Semi-trailer aerodynamic devices are devices affixed to semi-trailers, for the purpose of reducing aerodynamic drag caused by air turbulence. The two major types of device in use are trailer skirts (or side skirts), affixed to the underside of trailers, and trailer tails (or boat tails, or rear fairings), affixed to the rear. Several such devices have been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership, making them eligible for funding under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act.
Trailer skirts
Construction
Trailer skirts comprise a pair of panels affixed to the lower side edges of a trailer, running most of the length of the trailer and filling the gap between the forward and rear axles. Trailer skirts are typically constructed of aluminum, plastic, or fiberglass, with plastic the most resistant to damage from side or bottom impacts. Skirts may have a modular design, allowing installation on a variety of trailer lengths. Skirts may weigh between . Installation typically requires three to five .
Cost
, a set of trailer skirts cost between C$1500 and C$3000 (US$1300 to $2700). Standard trailer skirts have an estimated payback period of ten to eighteen months, while "advanced" skirts (those that improve fuel efficiency by over 7%) are estimated to pay for themselves in seven to fourteen months.
Performance
A 2012 investigation by SAE International of nine trailer skirt designs found that three provided fuel savings greater than 5%, and four provided savings between 4% and 5%, compared with an unmodified trailer. Skirts with reduced ground clearance offer greater fuel savings; in one instance, reducing ground clearance from to resulted in an improvement in fuel savings from 4% to 7%. One 2008 Delft University of Technology study found fuel savings of up to 15% for the particular design studied. Sean Graham, president of a major supplier of trailer skirts, estimates that in typical use, drivers see fuel savings of 5% to 6%.
Trailers with skirts fitted have also demonstrated reduced tire spray, and drivers have reported improved stability in crosswinds.
Adoption
As of 2018, over 60% of new trailers produced in Australia are equipped with skirts, whereas the figure is over 50% for the North American market.
A 2014 study by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency on adoption of fuel efficient technologies and practices found trailer skirts to be the most widely adopted technology of those studied, having been adopted by seven of the ten major shipping fleets in the study.
Since the wide adoption of trailer skirts, incidents of them becoming detached and hurting other drivers on the road have increased. On October 18, 2018, in one particular case, a trailer skirt came off of an east bound tractor trailer and ended up in the west bound lanes where it hit a car and killed its driver Mark Elliot, 71, of St. Louis, Missouri while he was traveling through Knoxville, Tennessee.
Trailer tails
Trailer tails, boat tails, or rear fairings comprise a set of panels, usually collapsible, which fold out from the rear of the trailer, creating a tapered shape that reduces drag from the low-pressure wake created behind the trailer. Trailer tails alone have demonstrated a fuel savings of 1%–5%, and in concert with trailer skirts, 9% improvement has been demonstrated.
TrailerTail is a registered trademark of STEMCO.
SuperTruck project
At least one model of trailer tail, trade named TrailerTail, is part of Navistar's SuperTruck project, which will use $37 million of US Department of Energy grants to build next generation trucks and tractor trailers.
See also
Teardrop trailer (truck), an aerodynamically shaped trailer in use in the UK
References
Vehicle parts
Automotive technologies
Shipping and the environment
Transportation engineering
Transport economics
Energy conservation | wiki |
The Costa Rica national baseball team is the national baseball team of Costa Rica. The team is controlled by the Costa Rican Amateur Baseball Federation, and represents the nation in international competitions. The team is a member of the Pan American Baseball Confederation.
Placings
World Cup
: 8th
: 10th
Pan American Games
: 6th
References
National baseball teams
baseball | wiki |
Fulton Ferry may refer to:
Fulton Ferry (ferry), a former ferry connecting Manhattan's and Brooklyn's Fulton Streets
Fulton Ferry Company, which operated the Fulton Ferry
Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, the neighborhood around the former ferry landing
Fulton Slip, Brooklyn, the Ferry slip in Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, the docking facility of the Fulton Ferry
Fulton Slip, Manhattan, the former ferry landing in Manhattan, now part of the South Street Seaport
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, another name for Brooklyn Bridge Park on the Brooklyn side
Fulton Ferry (BMT Fulton Street Line), a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn that closed in 1940
See also
Fulton Street (Manhattan)
Fulton Street (Brooklyn)
Bleecker Street Line, originally the Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad, chartered 1864, the last horse car line in New York City, not replaced with a trolley line or bus route when it was abandoned in 1917
Robert Fulton (1765–1815), an American engineer and inventor widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat, after whom the ferry was named | wiki |
Raymond L. Brown may refer to:
Ray Brown (American football, born 1936) (1936–2017), former professional American football defensive back and quarterback
Raymond Lee Brown, American trumpeter and former section leader of the Earth, Wind, & Fire horns | wiki |
"Dreams" is a song by Van Halen released in 1986 from the album 5150. It was the second single from that album, and it reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year. It was released in 7" and 12" single formats. The 7" single features the album version, while the 12" features a slightly extended one. Nine years after its original release, "Dreams" introduced the band to a new generation of fans when it appeared in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and on its soundtrack album.
Background
"Dreams" was written during the Sammy Hagar era of the band. It was performed during most tours featuring Hagar, including the final Hagar reunion tour. Even the Gary Cherone–headed tour supporting Van Halen III featured the song in their set-list. The song was also used to close the 2004 Democratic National Convention, played after the acceptance speech of John Kerry. It was also used as the campaign's theme song at rallies across the country in 2004. During an interview with Hagar for Rolling Stone featuring questions from fans, Hagar said that "Dreams", along with "Right Now", were his favorite Van Halen songs, with "Dreams" being his most favorite if you pushed him. The song has also been redone by Hagar by his solo band, becoming a slower, more contemplative song, performed acoustically instead of the original album's faster-paced rock arrangement.
Reception
Cash Box called it a "celebration of teen freedom" and said that "Hagar’s voice cuts loose and soars over the trademark Van Halen hard rock/ classic pop song as only Van Halen can put it down." Billboard said that "EVH's stinging guitar and Hagar's larynx abuse proclaim this item bona fide hard rock, despite a suspiciously cheerful pop bounce." In a 1998 article written by Rick Reger for the Chicago Tribune, "Dreams" was described negatively as being a, "flaccid piece of pop-metal".
The song was ranked #1 on Ultimate Classic Rock's list of the Top 10 Van Hagar Songs, and was described as a "soaring piece of pop magic".
Arrangements
Eddie Van Halen played guitar and keyboards on the studio version of this song. During the 5150 Tour, he played the keyboards and switched to the guitar during the first solo, while Hagar played the rhythm parts before then. On later tours, he would play guitar only, while the keyboard was either played offstage by a hired performer (such as Alan Fitzgerald of Night Ranger during the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour), or prerecorded material was used.
During live performances, on the chorus "We'll get higher and higher, straight up we'll climb. Higher and higher, leave it all behind", bassist Michael Anthony usually sang the second "higher" in both parts. On the studio version, Sammy Hagar sings them both. This became a standard part of the song's live performances and Eddie Van Halen would also join in the singing.
Of the album version, producer Mick Jones said: "I was able to push Sammy to new heights – literally. He was singing so high that he was hyperventilating. He almost passed out."
Music videos
There were three music videos made for the song. The most well known version was released in 1986 and featured the US Navy's Blue Angels performing a variety of aerial stunts with the A-4 Skyhawk. The other two videos were shot in March 1993 from a live performance at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, to celebrate the band's return to the venue after 15 years for promotion of the Live: Right Here, Right Now release. One version of the video features newscasters and interviews with fans lining up outside the venue before the performance. This version is available on Van Halen: Video Hits, Vol. 1. A second version features far less commentary and more focus on the performance itself.
Charts
Personnel
Eddie Van Halen – guitar, synthesizer
Alex Van Halen – drums
Sammy Hagar – vocals
Michael Anthony – bass, backing vocals
References
Songs about dreams
1986 songs
1986 singles
Van Halen songs
Songs written by Sammy Hagar
Songs written by Eddie Van Halen
Songs written by Alex Van Halen
Songs written by Michael Anthony (musician)
Warner Records singles | wiki |
NSWC may refer to:
National Security and War Course, at the National Defence University, Pakistan
Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre, a pro-democracy political group in Hong Kong
United states military and intelligence community
National SIGINT Watch Center, original name of the United States National Security Operations Center
Naval Surface Warfare Center, part of United States Naval Sea Systems Command operations
United States Naval Special Warfare Command, the Naval component of United States Special Operations Command
See also
National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC), a non-profit alliance of whistleblowers | wiki |
The Portland Chinatown Museum is a museum showcasing the Chinese immigrant experience, located in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in the United States. The museum opened in 2018, with Jackie Peterson-Loomis serving as the executive director. Anna Truxes is the current executive director.
See also
History of Chinese Americans in Portland, Oregon
List of museums in Portland, Oregon
References
External links
2018 establishments in Oregon
Chinese-American culture in Portland, Oregon
Museums established in 2018
Museums in Portland, Oregon
Northwest Portland, Oregon
Old Town Chinatown | wiki |
Hermitage, United States Virgin Islands
Hermitage, Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands
Hermitage, Saint John, United States Virgin Islands | wiki |
Brujas may refer to:
Brujas F.C., association football team
Brujas (TV series), television series
Brujas (film), a 1996 Spanish drama film
Brujas, Panama, city in Panama
Bruja (novel), horror novel
Brujas (album), a 2013 album by Mala Rodriguez
Brujas (skate crew), Bronx-based skateboarding collective
Brujería, the Spanish word for "witchcraft"
Brujas (moth), a synonym for the moth genus Hemeroblemma
Spanish name of the Belgian town of Bruges | wiki |
Lists of political parties include:
List of agrarian parties
List of banned political parties
List of centrist political parties
List of communitarian political parties
List of fictional political parties
List of frivolous political parties
List of generic names of political parties
List of Labour parties
List of largest political parties
List of left-wing political parties
List of political parties by region
List of right-wing political parties
List of ruling political parties by country
List of syncretic political parties
Political lists#Political parties by country
See also
List of political ideologies
List of populists
:Category:Political party disambiguation pages | wiki |
Sebaceoma (also known as a "sebaceous epithelioma") is a cutaneous condition that appears as a yellow or orange papule.
See also
Sebaceous carcinoma
Sebaceous adenoma
Skin lesion
References
Epidermal nevi, neoplasms, and cysts | wiki |
This is a list of mayors of Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield became a city in 1852.
Gallery
See also
Mayoral elections in Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield
Springfield, Massachusetts-related lists | wiki |
Ocean City may refer to one of several places in the United States:
Ocean City, Maryland, a prominent beach resort town in the mid-Atlantic region
Ocean City, New Jersey, a family-oriented seaside resort town near Atlantic City
Ocean City, North Carolina, a historically African-American district of North Topsail Beach, North Carolina
Ocean City, Florida, a census-designated place (CDP) in Okaloosa County
Ocean City, Washington, a sparsely populated CDP along the Pacific Coast
See also
West Ocean City, a small CDP in Worcester County, Maryland. | wiki |
Intimacy refers to an intimate relationship between two people or among three or more people.
Intimacy may also refer to:
Physical intimacy, physical aspects of an intimate relationship
Emotional intimacy, emotional aspects of an intimate relationship
Literature
Intimacy (novel), a 1998 novel by Hanif Kureishi
"Intimacy", a short story by Jean-Paul Sartre collected in The Wall
"Intimacy", a short story by Raymond Carver
Film
Intimacy (1966 film), an American film
Intimacy (2001 film), a film by Patrice Chéreau, loosely based on the 1998 novel
Music
Intimacy (Jody Watley album) (1993)
Intimacy (Bruce Roberts album) (1995) or its title song
Intimacy (Matt Redman album) (1998) or its title song
Intimacy (Bloc Party album) (2008)
"Intimacy" (song), a 1988 song by Machinations
See also
Intimate (disambiguation) | wiki |
The superior ligament of the incus is a fibrous band that crosses from the body of the incus to the roof of the tympanic cavity just posterior to the superior ligament of the malleus.
Ear
Ligaments | wiki |
Henry Rollins: Uncut is an American television series that premiered on November 7, 2008, on IFC.
The special event series follows musician, author, and spoken-word artist Henry Rollins as he travels to controversial locals including New Orleans, Israel, and South Africa. At each location he shares his outspoken commentary on politics, culture, and media.
The series is filmed at various locations and is produced by Swift River Productions.
Episodes
References
American television talk shows
IFC (American TV channel) original programming | wiki |
Monarch Airlines was a British charter and scheduled airline, operating from 1968 to 2017.
Monarch Airlines may also refer to:
Monarch Airlines (1946–1950), a Colorado-based American airline
Monarch Air (1986–2017), a Texas-based American airline; see List of defunct airlines of the United States (J–P)
Monarch Aviation (1977–1982), a Florida-based American Airline; see List of defunct airlines of the United States (J–P) | wiki |
Shalloon is a fine serge wool fabric, formerly used for lining garments; and for specialised applications such as wig bands, and for military applications such separating the propellant charge from the shell and for binding large powder bags for larger artillery pieces, especially naval artillery and coastal artillery. Due to its association with artillery, shalloon was also used as a term synonymous with armoury.
Shalloon derives its name from Châlons-sur-Marne (now called Châlons-en-Champagne), where the cloth was first developed. Because of the similarity of names, it was sometimes confused with salu, a fabric originating in India, and with challis.
References
Woven fabrics | wiki |
Hair diseases are disorders primarily associated with the follicles of the hair. A few examples are:
Bubble hair deformity
Hair casts (shedding of remnants of the inner root sheath)
Hair loss (alopecia)
Hirsutism (excessive hair on body parts with usually minimal hair)
Hypertrichosis (excessive hair growth)
Ingrown hair
Monilethrix (beaded hair)
Premature greying of hair
Pattern hair loss
Trichorrhexis invaginata (hair shaft abnormality)
Trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder)
Many hair diseases can be associated with distinct underlying disorders.
Piedra are fungal diseases.
Hair disease may refer to excessive shedding or baldness (or both). Balding can be localised or diffuse, scarring or non-scarring. Increased hair can be due to hormonal factors (hirsutism) or non-hormonal (hypertrichosis). Scalp disorders may or may not be associated with hair loss.
See also
List of cutaneous conditions
References
External links
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hairdiseasesandhairloss.html
Human hair
Hair diseases | wiki |
The Interosseous intercarpal ligaments are short fibrous bands that connect the adjacent surfaces of the various carpal bones.
Hand
Ligaments | wiki |
Gramercy kan syfta på:
Gramercy, Louisiana – en stad i Louisiana
Gramercy, Manhattan – ett område på Manhattan i New York
Gramercy Pictures – en nedlagd filmstudio ägd av PolyGram | wiki |
Cherry pie is a pie baked with a cherry filling. Traditionally, cherry pie is made with sour cherries rather than sweet cherries. Morello cherries are one of the most common kinds of cherry used, but other varieties such as the black cherry may also be used.
Cherry pie is associated with Europe and North America and is mentioned in the lyrics of American folk songs such as "Billy Boy". Due to the cherry harvest in midsummer coinciding with Canada Day on July 1 and America's Independence Day on July 4, cherry pie is often served on these holidays. It is also associated with the celebration of Washington's Birthday because of the legend of young Washington's honesty regarding the felling of a cherry tree.
Cherry pie is often served and eaten with whipped cream or ice cream. A common preparation tradition in the United States is to decorate the crust with ornate pastry patterns.
In the United States, requires that frozen cherry pies contain at least 25% cherries, of which no more than 15% have blemishes. Artificial sweeteners are not permitted. In April 2019, the FDA proposed eliminating these standards.
See also
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Donauwelle
List of cherry dishes
List of pies, tarts and flans
Pie in American cuisine
References
External links
American pies
British pies
German pies
Fruit pies
Sour cherries
pie
Thanksgiving food
Christmas food | wiki |
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship semi-finals are played to determine which teams will contest the All-Ireland Hurling Final. They are the penultimate phase of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, a hurling competition contested by the top twelve teams in Ireland. The semi-finals are usually contested at Croke Park, Dublin, however, some semi-finals, most likely replays, have been played at alternative venues.
List of semi-finals by decade
Semi-final key
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finals
List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-finals
Semifinals
Semifinals | wiki |
Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)—widely known as Mormon missionaries—are volunteer representatives of the church who engage variously in proselytizing, church service, humanitarian aid, and community service. Missionaries of the LDS Church may be male (Elder Missionaries) or female (Sister Missionaries) and may serve on a full- or part-time basis, depending on the assignment. Missionaries are organized geographically into missions, which could be any one of the 411 missions organized worldwide.
The LDS Church is one of the most active modern practitioners of missionary work, reporting that it had more than 54,000 full-time missionaries and 36,000 service missionaries worldwide at the end of 2021. Most full-time LDS missionaries are single young men and women in their late teens and early twenties and older couples no longer with children in their home. Missionaries are often assigned to serve far from their homes, including in other countries. Many missionaries learn a new language at a missionary training center (MTC) as part of their assignment. Missions typically last two years for males, 18 months for females, and one to three years for older couples. The LDS Church strongly encourages, but does not require, missionary service for young men. All Mormon missionaries serve voluntarily and do not receive a salary for their work; they typically finance missions themselves or with assistance from family or other church members. Many Latter-day Saints save money during their teenage years to cover their mission expenses.
Throughout the church's history, over one million missionaries have been sent on missions.
Preparation to serve
Significance and basic qualifications
Completing a mission is often described as a rite of passage for a young Latter-day Saint. However, serving a mission is not necessary for continuance in church membership.
Young men between the ages of 18 and 25 who meet standards of worthiness are strongly encouraged to consider a two-year, full-time proselytizing mission. This expectation is based in part on the New Testament passage "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations" (Matt. 28: 19–20). The minimum age had previously been age 19 in most countries until October 6, 2012, when Church President Thomas S. Monson announced that all male missionaries, regardless of nation, could serve from age 18. Prior to the announcement, members from some countries were allowed to serve from the younger age to avoid conflict with educational or military requirements. It was also announced that young women may serve beginning at age 19 instead of 21. In 2007, approximately 30% of all 19-year-old LDS men became missionaries; from LDS families that are active in the church, approximately 80–90% of 19-year-old men serve a mission.
Missionaries can be sent home for violating mission rules, and occasionally missionaries choose to go home for health or various other reasons. However, the vast majority of missionaries serve the whole two-year (men) or eighteen-month (women) terms.
As of 2007, 80% of all missionaries were young, single men, 13% were young single women and 7% retired couples. Women who would like to serve a mission must meet the same standards of worthiness and be at least 19 years old. Women generally serve as missionaries for 18 months. Married retired couples, on the other hand, are encouraged to serve missions, but their length of service may vary from six to 36 months depending on their circumstances and means. Any single retired person may also be called to serve in what is known as senior missionary service. In the last two decades, the LDS Church has stepped up its call for senior couple missionaries.
Standards of worthiness
All missionaries must meet certain minimum standards of worthiness. Among the standards that a prospective missionary must demonstrate adherence to are: regular attendance at church meetings, regular personal prayer, regular study of the scriptures, adherence to the law of chastity (sexual purity), adherence to the Word of Wisdom (code of health and nutrition), payment of tithing, spiritual diligence and testimony of God.
Other exclusionary factors
In addition to spiritual preparedness, church bishops are instructed to ensure that prospective missionaries are physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of full-time missionary work. In the same speech where he called for "every young man" to fill a mission, Kimball added, "we realize that while all men definitely should, all men are not prepared to teach the gospel abroad." Apart from general issues of worthiness and ability, there are a number of specific situations that will disqualify a person from becoming a full-time missionary for the LDS Church. Those excluded include those who would have to leave dependent children in the care of someone else; young couples who are still of childbearing age; those who are in debt and have not made arrangements to meet these obligations; those who are on legal probation or parole; couples with serious unresolved marital problems; those who are HIV-positive; and those who have been convicted of sexual abuse. Additionally, members who have submitted to, performed, encouraged, paid for, or arranged for an abortion (except in the case of rape, incest, or the mother's life is in danger) are usually excluded from missionary service, as are members who have fathered or borne a child out of wedlock; men under 26 and women under 40 who have been divorced; and anyone who has participated in homosexual activity after age 16.
From the beginnings of the LDS Church, people of black African descent could be members of the church, but up until 1978 the LDS Church did not call men of black African descent to serve on missions, due to the ban on blacks holding the priesthood. The priesthood ban was lifted during Kimball's presidency and since 1978 there have been no restrictions to missionary service that are based on race or ethnicity.
Mission call
After application to the church and the requisite approval, prospective missionaries receive a "call to serve"—an official notification of their location assignment—from the President of the Church. The mission call also informs the prospective missionary what language he or she will be expected to use during their mission. Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are responsible for assigning missionaries to a particular mission. A prospective missionary receiving the call to serve is generally considered to be a major event in LDS culture; family members, friends, and members of the prospective missionary's congregation often gather together when a call arrives, which the prospective missionary opens and reads aloud to the group. Until 2018, mission calls were mailed to prospective missionaries. In the summer of 2018, the church announced they would begin emailing mission calls to prospective missionaries. The church began emailing calls to prospective missionaries residing in Utah and Idaho in the summer of 2018, with the goal of expanding to the rest of the United States and all countries with reliable internet by the beginning of 2019.
Temple attendance
Before beginning their mission, prospective male missionaries are usually ordained to the office of an elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood (if they do not hold this office already). All missionaries are set apart by the laying on of hands to preach the gospel; this is usually performed by the missionary's stake president. Prospective missionaries also usually attend the temple for the first time to receive their endowment if they have not already done so.
Training
Newly called missionaries attend a short training period at one of 10 church Missionary Training Centers (MTCs) worldwide. The largest MTC is located in Provo, Utah, adjacent to Brigham Young University. Missionaries who will not be learning a language in order to serve their missions spend three weeks at an MTC where they practice using proselytizing materials, learn expected conduct, and study the scriptures. Missionaries bound for foreign-language missions spend six to nine weeks at an MTC, depending on the language to be learned. During this period, they are encouraged not to speak in their native tongue but rather to immerse themselves in the new language.
Missionary conduct
Missionary Handbook
The basic standards of missionary service and conduct were previously contained in the Missionary Handbook. The previous Missionary Handbook was commonly and informally referred to as "the white handbook" or "the white bible". As of November 2019, this handbook has been replaced by two new handbooks, Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ and Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ: Supplemental Information. Missionaries are instructed that following these standards will protect them both physically and spiritually. Mission presidents have discretion to adjust some of the standards according to local circumstances.
Dress and grooming
Full-time LDS missionaries are required to adhere to a dress code. Previously for men, this included conservative, dark trousers and suit coats, white dress shirts, and conservative ties. For women, modest and professional dresses or blouses and mid-calf length skirts were worn.
In 2013, the LDS Church updated their grooming standards. Young men were no longer required to wear dark suits or a full suit during regular everyday proselytizing activities. They must, however, remain in professional, conservative attire including a white shirt and tie. For instance, a light colored suit is acceptable. They are also allowed to wear a sweater or suit vest over their dress shirt and are encouraged to wear colored ties.
Sister (female) missionaries may wear skirts and dresses that cover their knees. Young women are encouraged to dress in colors and patterns, and they may wear appropriate jewelry and accessories. In 2018 it was announced that female missionaries could wear dress slacks if they wanted, except when attending the temple and during Sunday worship services, baptismal services, and mission leadership and zone conferences.
In some areas these standards are altered slightly according to the discretion of the mission president. For example, in hot, humid climates, suit coats are not required, and dress shirts may be short-sleeved. Casual clothes may be worn only in limited circumstances, such as when missionaries provide manual labor or exercise.
In 2016, the dress guidelines were updated to allow for "simple and conservative" sunglasses and "wide-brimmed hats" as part of a missionary's attire to provide missionaries protection from excessive heat. Subsequently, in 2020, church leaders also announced approved adjustments and exceptions to the dress standards for young male missionaries, which allowed for the usage of blue shirts, along with foregoing the usage of ties, with the approval of the area presidency, although standard missionary attire for young males remains the status quo in specific circumstances (mission or zone conferences, weekly worship services, and in attending the temple).
All full-time missionaries wear a name tag that gives their surname with the appropriate title ("Elder" or "Sister" in English-speaking areas, or their equivalent titles in other languages). The name tag also bears the church's name, unless the mission president considers this inadvisable due to circumstances in the area (e.g., adverse political conditions). Missionaries are required to wear the tag at all times in public.
Companionships
A missionary companionship, consisting of two (or occasionally, three) missionaries, is the smallest organizational unit of a mission. Every missionary is assigned by the mission president to be another missionary's companion. Missionary companionships are generally maintained for months at a time and most missionaries will have served with multiple companions by the end of their mission. These companions very rarely have prior acquaintance outside of the mission. Companionships are always of the same gender.
Missionary companions are instructed to stay together at all times and not to go out of the hearing of their companion's voice or out of sight. Privacy is allowed only for personal care such as showering and a visit to the toilet. One of the intentions of this strict policy of staying together is to discourage missionaries from breaking any mission rules. Companions share the same living quarters and the same bedroom, but not the same bed.
When companions have conflicting personalities or interests, they are encouraged to try to resolve them themselves. If a missionary's companion is having difficulty with the work or with personal problems, missionaries are instructed to give criticism constructively, in private and with respect. In dealing with a problem, missionaries are first to raise the issue with their companion and if it is not resolved, to raise it with the mission president. "A missionary's first priority is to the Lord, then to the mission president and finally to their companion", as the missionary handbook states. High value is placed on the spiritual commitment to the virtues of humility and love. Missionaries are urged to treat the companionship as a relationship that must succeed in being cooperative and selfless, thus improving the spirituality, character and social skills of each individual missionary.
Senior couples
Senior couples serve as a companionship for the entirety of their mission and have more relaxed rules. Unlike single missionaries, they share the same bed and are able to travel outside of the mission boundaries.
Couples are not expected to follow the same proselyting schedule of younger missionaries. Some mission rules established for younger missionaries may not apply to them. However, they should still set standards and goals and follow the same dress and grooming standards listed for younger missionaries. The mission president may assign them responsibilities other than those they received with their call.
Personal relationships
Missionaries are encouraged to write a letter to their parents weekly. Since almost all of their time is otherwise occupied, other communication is limited. However, a missionary may use preparation day to correspond with any person that is resident outside of the boundaries of the mission. Missionaries do not go on vacation and, prior to February 2019, were permitted to telephone their parents only on Christmas Day, and one other day of the year, usually Mother's Day. Missionaries are provided with a free, filtered church e-mail account to correspond with their parents on preparation day only by using a computer in a public location, such as a public library or internet café. In the event of an emergency, family members of a missionary may contact him or her via the mission president's office. In February 2019, the church announced that missionaries could communicate with their families weekly via phone call, text, or video chat, in addition to letters and email; though the missionaries themselves must initiate the conversation.
Single missionaries are prohibited from dating or courting while serving missions. The policy of companionships staying together at all times serves to discourage these activities. While missionaries may interact with members of the opposite sex, they may never be alone with them or engage in any kind of intimate physical or emotional activity (e.g., kissing, hugging, holding hands, flirting). They may not telephone, write, e-mail, or accept letters from members of the opposite sex that live in the area where they are assigned to proselytize. Missionary companionships are also asked not to visit with members of the opposite sex unless at least one person of the missionaries' same sex is present to chaperone. Alternatively, those contacts may be referred to a companionship of the same gender as the contact or to married couple missionaries, when available.
In the early days of the Church, men were called to serve missions regardless of marital status. Today, however, married young men are not expected to serve missions, unless called to oversee a mission as a mission president. A call to be a mission president is typically extended to the married couple, and in turn, the entire family of the chosen mission president. Older retired couples also may serve as missionaries, but do not take their families with them.
Schedule
Generally, missionaries wake up at 6:30 am. After praying, exercising (30 minutes), and eating breakfast, they spend two hours studying the scriptures and other materials. If they are teaching in a foreign language, they'll spend another 30 minutes to an hour studying the language. Missionaries leave their place of residence at 10 am to proselytize (or 10:30 am or 11 am if teaching in a foreign language). They have an hour for lunch and dinner, and return to their apartment by 9 pm, or 9:30 if they are in the process of teaching a lesson at the end of the day. They plan for the next day's activities, pray, and are encouraged to write in their personal journal, but are not required to. Missionaries then retire to bed at 10:30 pm.
On January 25, 2017, the church announced that schedules can be modified depending on the area in which missionaries serve.
Media rules
Missionaries are admonished to "avoid all forms of worldly entertainment." Generally, they are not permitted to watch television, listen to the radio, watch or go to movies, or use the Internet (except to use email, and social media for their work, see Personal relationships above). They are not permitted to listen to music that has romantic lyrics or overtones, or merely entertains. The general interpretation of this guideline is to listen to only religious music, such as that performed by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, though the rule's application has been variable in some missions. They are permitted to read only books, magazines, or other materials authorized by the church.
These guidelines were updated in October 2017, when the church announced that in some missions, missionaries would be issued smartphones and be permitted to use technology on a wider scale. This is intended to enable the missionaries to more easily find "religiously minded people."
Slang
Missionaries are instructed to avoid slang and casual language including when they are alone in their apartment and in their letters to family. They are also instructed to refer to missionary leaders by only their correct titles. However, as with the members of any organization, some missionaries use certain missionary-specific jargon when communicating with one another. Some words and expressions are mission- or language-specific, while others are universal, such as calling the halfway point of a mission the "hump" or hump day, or describing a missionary who is excited about returning home as "trunky" as he has already packed his trunk. Foreign-language missionaries often develop a "mission language", distinct from but combining aspects of their first and acquired languages, that they use when communicating with each other; the senkyoshigo of Japan is an example.
Number of missionaries and number of converts
As of the end of 2021, there were 54,539 full-time missionaries of the Church serving in 407 church missions throughout the world. Their work, often in cooperation with local members, resulted in 168,283 convert baptisms in 2021. Author David Stewart points out that the number of convert baptisms per missionary per year has fallen from a high of 8.03 in 1989 to just 4.67 in 2005. He argues that the number of converts would increase if missionaries made greater efforts in meeting new people; he points out that the average pair of missionaries spends only four or five hours per week attempting to meet new people.
Types of missionaries
Proselytizing
The most visible and most common type of missionaries are typically those who proselytize door-to-door and ride bicycles for transportation. For many years, missionaries used structured lessons called "missionary discussions" (formally called "The Uniform System for Teaching the Gospel") to teach interested non-members and recent converts about the doctrines of the LDS Church and to commit them on the steps to take to become a member of the church. Missionaries were often instructed to adhere very closely to the six lessons, and they frequently quoted segments word-for-word (an especially helpful practice when learning a foreign language). The training materials also instructed missionaries to freely change the order of the lessons segments according to the needs and questions of the learners.
The missionary discussions were replaced beginning in October 2004 by a guide called Preach My Gospel which places emphasis on "teaching by the Spirit". According to members of the church, "teaching by the Spirit" means seeking guidance from the Holy Ghost to teach; the idea is that the teachings will be catered to each person who is seeking the truth through divine guidance. According to Preach My Gospel, God knows each person and can guide the missionaries to say and teach what is best for each individual.
Despite the latitude given to missionaries, the guide still contains material which should be actively taught. Chapter 3 of Preach My Gospel concisely describes all of the doctrine that the missionaries are to teach to those learning about the church. The missionaries are responsible for knowing the doctrine and continually preparing to teach it. They can choose the order that this material is taught to serve the needs of each individual. This is a change from the missionary discussions which were usually taught in order to each investigator.
The book, now published in many languages, is meant to be used by the general church membership. This sets it apart from the previous missionary discussions, which were used primarily by full-time missionaries, members with church callings related to missionary work, and those preparing to serve missions.
Online
According to The Huffington Post, the church has online missionaries, who work at a Referral Center Mission in Provo, Utah. These missionaries use the "Chat with a Mormon" homepage to talk with potential converts. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that these missionaries are more successful than traditional proselytizers. Furthermore, The Huffington Post also reported that it is now permissible for missionaries to use SMS, blogs and Facebook. The church also maintains a visitor site for people not of the faith at ComeUntoChrist.org.
Church-service
Missionaries with special needs or health considerations may be called as full-time or part-time service missionaries. Many fully able missionaries are called to do genealogical research or act as tour guides or hosts at Temple Square or Family History libraries and other church sites. In many areas, even proselytizing missionaries spend most of their day responding to incoming phone calls and queries, delivering requested media from the church's television and radio commercials. Missionaries may use public transportation, walk, bicycle, or in some areas drive automobiles owned by the church, or occasionally ride within a private automobile with a church member who is accompanying them to a teaching appointment, proselytizing, or fellowshipping activity. At the end of 2019, there were 31,333 church-service missionaries.
Humanitarian aid
The LDS Church also has a strong welfare and humanitarian missionary program. These humanitarian missionaries typically serve in impoverished areas of the world and do not actively proselytize. Humanitarian missionaries comply with any local laws regarding teaching or displaying religious symbols, including the identifying name tags. This allows them to provide services and aid in countries where activities by religious organizations are typically restricted or forbidden, such as in predominantly Muslim countries or in Southeast Asia. Regular proselytizing missionaries are asked to engage in welfare activities and community service, limited to four hours a week on days other than weekends or preparation day.
Building missionaries were called by the president of the Tongan Mission in the early 1950s. Among their major successes was building Liahona High School. From 1955 on, Wendell B. Mendenhall institutionalized building missionaries on a larger scale with skilled tradesmen called as supervisors of the missionaries. Most of the supervisors were Americans, while most of the workers were young men indigenous to the areas of the South Pacific and Latin America where the work was carried out. However, at times the situation was more complex. One example is Jose Alvarez, who was a native of Argentina, but had lived in the United States for three years when he was called to go with his family to Chile, where he served as a building missionary supervisor. Often, trainee or assistant building supervisors would work under the leadership of an experienced supervisor in preparation for an assignment as a fully-fledged supervisor of some project or group of missionaries.
Administration
Organization
Every part of the world is assigned to be within a mission of the church, whether or not LDS missionaries are active in the area. An adult male mission president presides over the missionaries in the mission.
Most missions are divided into several zones, a zone being a geographic area specified by the mission president (though these are often the same area as the LDS ecclesiastical unit known as a "stake"). A zone encompasses several more organizational units called districts. Each zone and district is presided over by leaders drawn from male missionaries serving in that area. Zone and district leaders are responsible for gathering weekly statistics, assisting missionaries in their areas of responsibility, and general accountability to the mission president for the well-being and progress of the missionaries under their stewardship. A district typically encompasses four to eight missionaries, and may or may not comprise more than one proselytizing area. An area is typically a portion of the LDS ecclesiastical unit known as a ward (or congregation), one ward, or multiple wards.
In addition to the leaders mentioned above, the mission president has two or more assistants. Assistants to the President (APs) are typically missionaries who have previously served as district and/or zone leaders. They serve as the president's executive assistants, administering policies and helping missionaries throughout the mission.
The number of missions in the church typically varies from one year to the next. The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles determine when new missions are created, consolidated, or discontinued. In October 2017, the church announced that, in an effort to increase missionary safety, the number of missions would be consolidated. The extent of those consolidation plans is yet to be announced.
Expenses
Missionaries are expected to pay their own expenses while on the mission, often with assistance from family. In the past, each missionary paid his or her actual living expenses, but this approach created a disproportionate burden on missionaries who were assigned to more expensive areas of the world. In 1990, a new program was introduced to equalize the financial responsibility for each missionary and his or her family. Now, all young missionaries pay a flat monthly rate which is then redistributed according to regional costs of living. The cost of a mission varies based on the country of origin of the missionary; for missionaries from the United States, the cost is US$400 per month. The cost can vary dramatically based on the country of origin. For instance, in Oceania, missionaries from Australia pay AU$395 and missionaries from New Zealand pay NZ$400, while missionaries from American Samoa pay US$85 and missionaries from Kiribati pay AU$20. Missionaries from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu are exempt from making any payment. The monthly rate helps to cover food, lodging, transportation, and other mission related expenses. Missionaries are asked to bring extra personal money for any personal items they would like to purchase. Once the money is received by the church it is then redistributed to the missionaries in amounts proportionate to the cost of living within the assigned mission area. As families now contribute to a general fund for missionary expenses, the sum is deductible under many nations' tax policies regarding charitable gifts.
For health care, the church provides missionaries with limited medical care. A missionary will be required to pay for any medical treatment that is considered non-essential or that is considered to be associated with a preexisting condition. The local mission office will often help missionaries find Mormon doctors or dentists who can offer their services to missionaries for a small fee or for free.
Young people in the church are encouraged to save money throughout their childhood and teenage years to pay for as much of their mission as they can, although many receive assistance from parents, family, or friends. Missionaries who cannot save the required funds may obtain assistance from their home congregation or from a general missionary fund operated by the church and contributed to by Latter-day Saints around the world. Married couple missionaries are expected to pay their own costs, but in 2011 the church began paying for missionary couples' housing expenses that exceed US$1400 per month. In many areas, church members often invite locally assigned missionaries over for meals to help reduce the overall expenditures of the missionary program.
Returned missionaries
A returned missionary (often abbreviated "RM") is a term used by members of the LDS Church to refer to men and women who have previously served as Mormon missionaries. Once they return home, RMs are generally encouraged to begin dating seriously and to seek marriage. Those who learned to speak a foreign language must readjust, sometimes with difficulty, to speaking their first language.
In Latter-day Saint culture, stereotypes and jokes abound regarding newly returned missionaries, most dealing with their difficulties in handling the reverse culture shock. Other stereotypes revolve around the fact that as missionaries, they lived highly structured, disciplined lives and avoided contact with members of the opposite sex, so many RMs have difficulty readjusting to social life and dating. Other stereotypes include the supposed rush of many RMs to get married as soon as possible. Many families whose daughters are old enough to marry encourage them to date RMs.
Returned missionaries are frequently called to assist in the local missionary effort and are encouraged to stay active within the LDS Church through callings and service. RMs who served in the same mission frequently stay in touch and often gather for mission reunions in Utah to coincide with the semiannual LDS General Conference.
The notion of the Mormon mission as a crucible is a common one, and the benefits gained from going through it have been used to help explain the prominence of LDS Church members in business and civic life. Mission experience has also helped prepare RMs for later engaging and prospering in non-Mormon environments.
Prominent returned missionaries
Prominent individuals who have served LDS missions include Aaron Eckhart (Switzerland/France), Shawn Bradley (Australia), Orson Scott Card (Brazil), Stephen Covey (England), Jon Heder (Japan), Ken Jennings (Spain), Elizabeth Smart (France), Lindsey Stirling (NYC), Elaine Bradley (Germany), Shannon Hale (Paraguay), Jon Huntsman Jr. (Taiwan), Brandon Sanderson (Korea), Mitt Romney (France), Paul Alan Cox (Samoa), Shay Carl (West Indies), Chad Lewis (Taiwan), Dale Murphy (Boston), and David Archuleta (Chile).
History
The LDS Church regards Samuel H. Smith, the younger brother of church founder Joseph Smith, as the church's first full-time missionary. Smith traveled from city to city, covering more than 4,000 miles, trying to sell copies of the Book of Mormon. The book was presented as evidence of Joseph Smith's prophetic calling. Phineas Young received a Book of Mormon from Samuel Smith and became an early member of the church. (Phineas' younger brother Brigham would later be baptized and become the 2nd president of the LDS Church.)
During the 1850s missionaries were sent to Chile, France, Germany, Hawaii, India, Italy, Scandinavia, Switzerland and a number of other countries.
In 1898, the church began allowing single women to be called as missionaries. The first two single female missionaries were Jennie Brimhall and Inez Knight, who were called to serve as companions in England.
As more members became aware of Joseph Smith's First Vision during the late 1800s and early 1900s, it began to take on a prominent role in the conversion narrative. The story of the First Vision was first published in a missionary tract in 1910.
Each mission was responsible for individually developing lessons until 1952 when, under the direction of Gordon B. Hinckley, the church published "A Systematic Program for Teaching the Gospel". In 1961, towards the beginning of the church's correlation effort, "A Uniform System for Teaching Investigators" was made mandatory church-wide. The missionary lessons, or "discussions", continued to be updated with major revisions approximately every decade up until the publication of Preach My Gospel in 2004. Early missionaries, like Samuel Smith, relied primarily on the story of the Book of Mormon to attract converts to the church. By the late 19th century, the story of Joseph Smith's first vision had gained prominence and was given an important role in the official missionary lessons.
In the early 1950s, Henry D. Moyle had responsibility over the missionary department. Moyle encouraged missionaries to use a tactic that later became known as "baseball baptism". Missionaries
would encourage young men to join church-sponsored sports leagues and baptism was imposed as a prerequisite. The use of this tactic created a large number of converts, especially in England, but very few of the young men ever had any interest in the spiritual aspects of the church. Moyle introduced baptism goals, missionary incentives and other salesmanship techniques into the church missionary department. David O. McKay eventually removed Moyle from his responsibilities over the missionary program but many of the changes introduced during this time remain even today.
During the 1960s, missionaries whose area of service required them to learn a new language were first sent to the Language Training Mission on the BYU campus. This later became the Missionary Training Center in 1978 where all new missionaries were sent for training not just the ones learning a language.
Starting during Spencer W. Kimball's administration, it was emphasized that "every able, worthy young man" had a duty to serve a mission. Prior to this, missionary service for men was not viewed as obligatory. This resulted in an increase in the number of young men choosing to serve missions.
Before 1978, the church did not permit people of African descent to hold the priesthood, and they were not actively proselytized. Missionary work in places such as Brazil may have increased pressure to change the policy due to the difficulty of verifying lack of African descent in these populations. When the policy was eliminated by Kimball, additional areas of the world were opened up to missionary work.
Church researchers discovered that in addition to the content of the lessons, the way in which the material was presented had a major impact on conversion. In 1984, the Missionary Department codified the "commitment pattern" as the proper way for missionaries to teach the lessons. This involves the missionaries making specific invitations to act in response to the lessons. Gospel students would be encouraged to make personal commitments to attend church, to read the Book of Mormon and to be baptized.
In 2002, apostle M. Russell Ballard delivered a General Conference address stating that the bar to qualify for missionary service had been raised and that "the day of the 'repent and go' missionary is over".
During the church's October 2012 General Conference, church president Thomas S. Monson announced that the minimum age for missionary service for young men had been lowered from 19 to 18 and that the minimum age for young women had been lowered from 21 to 19. Immediately following the announcement, the church experienced an unprecedented influx of new missionaries. The rate of new missionaries swelled "by 471 percent, from about 700 new applications per week to about 4,000 each week, with young women comprising more than half of the new applicants." In 2013, the number of missionaries peaked at 89,000 and had dropped to 65,137 by the end of 2018. Throughout the history of the church, over one million missionaries have been sent on missions.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many missionaries were transferred to different areas or returned home. In February 2020, there were 68,000 and within several months that number dropped to 42,000. In 200 of 407 mission areas, missionary work was performed mainly from their apartments using technology.
Incidents
Although rare, missionaries have been the victims of violence. In 1974, two young-adult male missionaries were murdered in Austin, Texas, by Robert Elmer Kleason. In 1977, the case of a Mormon missionary who said he was abducted and raped by a woman was covered extensively by newspapers in Britain, being dubbed the Mormon sex in chains case. In 1979, two senior sister missionaries were murdered in Berkeley County, South Carolina and one was raped. In 1989, the Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation killed two American missionaries in Bolivia. From 1999 to 2006, three LDS missionaries were murdered worldwide, while 22 died in accidents of some sort. In 2008, three men from Port Shepstone, South Africa were convicted of raping and robbing two female LDS missionaries in June 2006.
A few cases of kidnapping have also occurred, one being in 1998, when two male missionaries were abducted while working in the Samara region of Russia. The kidnappers demanded US$300,000 for their return. The missionaries were released unharmed a few days later without payment of the ransom.
In popular culture
Mormon missionaries have been portrayed in various popular culture media. Missionaries are the main focus of Mormon cinema films God's Army (1999), The Other Side of Heaven (2001), The Best Two Years (2003), The R.M. (2003), God's Army 2: States of Grace (2005), The Errand of Angels (2008), and The Saratov Approach (2013). The musical Saturday's Warrior (1973) features missionaries and was made into a film in 1989. The DVD series Liken the Scriptures occasionally shows missionaries.
Missionaries were featured in the PBS documentary Get the Fire (2003), as well as in the Tony Award-winning satirical Broadway musical The Book of Mormon. Hollywood portrayed missionaries in Yes Man (2008) starring Jim Carrey, and British film Millions also mentioned missionaries.
Films portraying missionaries gone astray include Trapped by the Mormons (1922), Orgazmo (1997), and Latter Days (2003). Mormon missionaries appeared at the end of the American horror film The Strangers (2008); the missionaries were depicted as children as opposed to young men.
In 2008, former missionary Chad Hardy was subjected to church discipline after releasing a pin-up calendar titled "Men on a Mission", which consisted of pictures of scantily clad returned missionaries.
See also
Anticipatory socialization
List of missions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Delta Phi Kappa, a now-defunct fraternity for returned male missionaries
Yesharah Society, a now-defunct organization for returned female missionaries
Mormon missionary diarists
References
Further reading
External links
Official informational site about missionary work
Official member site for missionary service
LDS Mission Network – A comprehensive index of LDS missionary alumni web sites
Mormon Missionary Diaries – BYU's online collection of missionary diaries, spanning 1830s to 1960s
"Mormon Missionary Blog Collection" – BYU's collection of missionary diaries, spanning 2006–present
History of the Latter Day Saint movement
Rites of passage
Young people and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | wiki |
Bellanca Junior may refer to a number of different Bellanca aircraft:
Various members of the Bellanca 14-7 family named Junior or Cruisair Junior
The Bellanca 77-320 bomber seaplane | wiki |
Корнуолл (Онтарио):
Корнуолл (город, Онтарио)
Корнуолл (остров, Онтарио) | wiki |
The dorsal intercuneiform ligaments are fibrous bands that connect the dorsal surfaces of the three cuneiform bones.
Ligaments of the lower limb | wiki |
m4v est un format de fichier standard pour l'iPod d'Apple et la PlayStation Portable (PSP) de Sony.
Il existe deux définitions pour le terme m4v :
Les flux de bits vidéos MPEG-4 bruts (« .mp4 ») sont nommés .m4v.
Les vidéos téléchargées depuis le magasin en ligne iTunes sont au format m4v, ainsi que les vidéos converties au format iTunes.
Format conteneur
MPEG | wiki |
The plantar intercuneiform ligaments are fibrous bands that connect the plantar surfaces of adjacent cuneiform bones.
Ligaments of the lower limb | wiki |
Wag generally refers to tail wagging by dogs.
Wag, Wags, WAG or WAGS may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Wag (band), a Japanese rock music group, active 1998–2006
Wag, a character in Kabumpo in Oz (1922)
Wags the Dog, a mascot in the Australian children's band The Wiggles
WAGS (TV series), an American reality TV series
Winnipeg Art Gallery, in Manitoba, Canada
Women's Art Group, precursor to the Women's Art Movement in Adelaide, South Australia, 1974
Businesses based in the United States
Wag (brand), a dog food brand by Amazon
Wag (company), or Wag!, a pet care company
Wag's, a defunct restaurant chain
Wag-Aero, an aircraft manufacturer
WAGS (AM), a defunct radio station
Warner Animation Group, a corporate division of Warner Bros.
Language
WAGs, a British slang/journalese acronym for 'wives and girlfriends'
Wild-Ass Guess, American slang for 'a rough estimate by an expert'
Taupota language, an Oceanic dialect continuum (ISO 639-3 code: wag)
Wagging, school truancy, in Commonwealth English slang
People with the nickname
Charles R. Harding (born ), English professional rower
Charlie Keetley (1906–1979), English footballer
Fred Waghorne ( "Old Wag"; 1865–1956), Canadian ice hockey referee
Leon Wagner ("Daddy Wags"; 1934–2004), American baseball player
WAG Pinto (1924–2021), Indian Army general
Places
Váh (Polish: Wag), a Slovak tributary of the Danube river
Wag Islands, Nunavut, Canada
Wag Province, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Sport
WAGs, slang acronym for 'wives and girlfriends' (of footballers and other sportsmen)
West Asian Games, a defunct quadrennial event
Women's artistic gymnastics, a sport
World Air Games, an international air sports event
Transportation
Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad, Pennsylvania and New York (reporting mark: WAG)
Whanganui Airport, New Zealand (IATA code: WAG)
Wide AC goods, a classification of Indian locomotives
See also | wiki |
In anatomy, extension is a movement of a joint that increases the angle between two bones or body surfaces at a joint. Extension usually results in straightening of the bones or body surfaces involved. For example, extension is produced by extending the flexed (bent) elbow. Straightening of the arm would require extension at the elbow joint. If the head is tilted all the way back, the neck is said to be extended.
Extensor muscles
Upper limb
of arm at shoulder
Axilla and shoulder
Latissimus dorsi
Posterior fibres of deltoid
Teres major
of forearm at elbow
Posterior compartment of the arm
Triceps brachii
Anconeus
of hand at wrist
Posterior compartment of the forearm
Extensor carpi radialis longus
Extensor carpi radialis brevis
Extensor carpi ulnaris
Extensor digitorum
of phalanges, at all joints
Posterior compartment of the forearm
Extensor digitorum
Extensor digiti minimi (little finger only)
Extensor indicis (index finger only)
of phalanges, at interphalangeal joints
Lumbricals of the hand
Dorsal interossei of the hand
Palmar interossei
of thumb
Extensor pollicis brevis (proximal phalange)
Extensor pollicis longus (distal phalange)
Lower limb
Hip
of thigh/femur at hip
Gluteus maximus
Posterior compartment of thigh
Biceps femoris
Semitendinosus
Semimembranosus
Knee
of leg at knee (L3-L4)
Quadriceps
Rectus femoris muscle
Vastus medialis
Vastus lateralis
Vastus intermedius
Toes
of toes
Extensor hallucis longus
Extensor digitorum longus
Extensor digitorum brevis
Extensor hallucis brevis
See also
List of flexors of the human body
References
Anatomical terms of motion | wiki |
The Lumbocostal ligament is a fibrous band that crosses from the twelfth rib to the tips of the transverse processes of the first and second lumbar vertebrae.
Thorax (human anatomy)
Ligaments | wiki |
Dynamism of a Car () is a 1913 Futurist painting by Italian artist Luigi Russolo. It is currently held in the Musée National d'Art Moderne.
Analysis
The painting's fragmentation and reassembly of an aerodynamic car into triangles suggest Cubist influences. Horizontally stacked red arrows indicate the direction of the car's motion. The compression of the arrows on the left also suggests that the car is moving at an extremely high speed. Due to its focus on speed and machinery, Dynamism of a Car exemplifies the Futurist style expounded in Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Manifesto of Futurism.
References
1913 paintings
Futurist paintings
Paintings in the collection of the Musée National d'Art Moderne | wiki |
Equitable Life may refer to:
The Equitable Life Assurance Society, a life insurance company in the United Kingdom
Equitable Holdings formerly AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
See also
Equitable Life Building (disambiguation) | wiki |
Никитов:
Никитов, Сергей Аполлонович
Никитов, Настасия | wiki |
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