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Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity.
Worship may also refer to:
Worship (style), an honorific prefix
Entertainment
"Worship", an episode of The Powerpuff Girls
Music
Worship, a Roman Catholic hymnal; see List of hymnals
Contemporary worship music
Worship (Michael W. Smith album), 2001
Worship (A Place to Bury Strangers album), 2012
Worship (Hypocrisy album), 2021
"Worship", a song by English band Years & Years from their 2015 album Communion
"Worship", a song by American singer Lizzo from her 2016 EP Coconut Oil
"Worship", a song by Australian band Golden Features from their 2018 album Sect
See also
Praise and worship (disambiguation)
Worship Music (disambiguation) | wiki |
Der Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green war ein Bezirk im Ballungsraum der britischen Hauptstadt London mit dem Status eines Metropolitan Borough. Er existierte von 1900 bis 1965 und lag im Nordosten der ehemaligen Grafschaft County of London.
Geschichte
Bethnal Green war ursprünglich ein zu Stepney gehörender Weiler und wurde 1743 zu einem eigenständigen Civil Parish in der Grafschaft Middlesex erhoben. Ab 1855 gehörte die Gemeinde zum Einzugsgebiet des Zweckverbandes Metropolitan Board of Works. 1889 gelangte Bethnal Green zum neuen County of London, elf Jahre später folgte die Umwandlung in ein Metropolitan Borough.
Bei der Gründung von Greater London im Jahr 1965 entstand aus der Fusion der Metropolitan Boroughs Bethnal Green, Poplar und Stepney der London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Statistik
Die Fläche betrug 759 Acres (3,07 km²). Die Volkszählungen ergaben folgende Einwohnerzahlen:
Civil parish:
Metropolitan Borough:
Weblinks
Einzelnachweise
Metropolitan Borough (London)
Geographie (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) | wiki |
"Find What You Love and Let It Kill You" may refer to:
Music
Find What You Love and Let It Kill You (Jonny Craig album)
Find What You Love and Let It Kill You (Hurricane No. 1 album)
"Find What You Love and Let It Kill You", a song by Linus Pauling Quartet
Find What You Love and Let It Kill You, a 2019 short film | wiki |
The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH; , ) is a Thai governmental body responsible for the oversight of public health in Thailand. It is commonly referred to in Thailand by its abbreviation so tho ().
History
In Thailand before 1888 there were no permanent, public hospitals to provide care to sick people. Temporary hospitals were set up to care for patients during epidemics, then disbanded when the epidemic subsided. Under King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) a hospital was constructed and completed in 1888 and named "Siriraj Hospital" in commemoration of the king's young son, Prince Siriraj Kakudhabhand, who had died of dysentery. King Vajiravudh, King Chulalongkorn's successor, established Department of Health on 27 November 1918.
During the reign of King Rama VIII, the Ministry of Public Health was established on 10 March 1942 as a result of the enactment of the Ministries and Departments Reorganization Act (Amendment No. 3) of B.E. 2485. Later in 1966, the date 27 November was chosen as the commemoration day of the Ministry of Public Health's foundation.
Budget
The MOPH was allocated 135,389 million baht in the FY2019 budget.
Departments
Organisation
Office of the Minister
Office of the Permanent Secretary
Department of Mental Health
Department of Disease Control
Department of Health
Department of Medical Services
Department of Medical Sciences
Department of Health Service Support (HSS)
Department of Thai Tradition and Alternative Medicine
Food and Drug Administration
State enterprise
Government Pharmaceutical Organization
Public organisations
Ban Phaeo Hospital (Public Organisation)
Healthcare Accreditation Institute (Public Organisation)
National Vaccine Institute (Public Organization)
Health Systems Research Institute
National Health Security Office (NHSO): Manages Thailand's Universal Health Coverage (UHC) system.
National Institute for Emergency Medicine
See also
Government Pharmaceutical Organization (Thailand)
Health in Thailand
Hospitals in Thailand
Royal Thai Army Medical Department
Sukha
Sukhaphiban
Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program
References
External links
Thai Health Promotion Foundation
Thailand Medical Hub
Public Health
Health in Thailand
Thailand
Ministries established in 1918
1918 establishments in Siam | wiki |
A messenger bag (also called a courier bag) is a type of sack, usually made of cloth (natural or synthetic). It is worn over one shoulder with a strap that goes across the chest resting the bag on the lower back. While messenger bags are sometimes used by couriers, they are now also an urban fashion icon. Some types of messenger bags are called carryalls. A smaller version is often called a sling bag.
History
This design of bag has been used in the transportation of mail and goods by numerous types of messengers, including Pony Express riders, postal workers, messengers on foot (especially in ancient times), and bicycle couriers. Some Royal Mail carriers in the United Kingdom currently use large messenger bags to deliver mail in lieu of a postbag.
Pre-dating today's messenger bags described herein as specifically for bicycle messengers, fashion brands had been creating "messenger style" bags modelled after military map case bags and document pouches featuring a shoulder strap intended for wear across the chest for over a century.
Use
Similar in function to backpacks, messenger bags ensure comfort for people carrying heavy and/or bulky items, while allowing easy access to the contents.
They typically incorporate features that make them suitable for cycling. Such features may include fittings for easy adjustment of the shoulder strap, quick release buckles, an adjustable hinged buckle on the strap, and the ability to attach accessories, such as lights, phone holsters, or U-locks. The top-opening one-strap design allows messenger bags to be easily swung around front so that their contents can be accessed without removing the bag.
A true messenger bag includes a second, thinner, stabilising strap that is fastened either around the rider's waist or diagonally across the chest. Without a stabilising strap, the bag tends to swing around to the rider's front, making pedalling difficult.
Messenger bags are often used as a fashion accessory. Messenger bags have become fashionable in urban environments, among students, cyclists and commuters. Many college and high-school students and bicycle commuters use them for fashionable and functional purposes. Many companies design messenger bags specifically for the collegiate market. Compared to a backpack, it is easier to place and remove text-books, notebooks and supplies from a messenger bag because they can be easily shifted to the side of the body, providing better accessibility. Messenger bags provide more weather resistance than leather satchel-style school bags.
Construction
Materials used in messenger bags are often more durable and water-resistant than other over-the-shoulder bags. Contemporary bags use thicker gauges of waxed canvas and tarp shielding for the inner waterproof lining. Other materials include ballistic nylon, vinyl waterproof tarp lining used to make the bag waterproof. The liner provides the support structure for the bag; this keeps the bag from falling over on itself. Some companies eschew the standard PVC waterproof lining for compounds such as thermoplastic polyurethanes, which are more expensive, more durable, more environmentally friendly, and less volatile.
See also
Handbag
Mail bag
Satchel
Tote bag
References
Bags (fashion)
Luggage | wiki |
Scott Davis and Paul Wekesa were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.
Grant Connell and Glenn Michibata won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Jason Stoltenberg and Todd Woodbridge.
Seeds
Grant Connell / Glenn Michibata (champions)
Kelly Jones / Robert Van't Hof (quarterfinals)
Alex Antonitsch / Tom Nijssen (semifinals)
Kelly Evernden / Nicolás Pereira (semifinals)
Draw
Draw
External links
Draw
Seoul Open
1990 Seoul Open | wiki |
Eryngium pinnatisectum is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, known by the common names Tuolumne eryngo and Tuolumne button celery.
Distribution
The annual or perennial herb is endemic to central California, within areas of Sacramento County, Amador County, Calaveras County, and Tuolumne County.
It is known from the eastern Central Valley, and adjacent lower Sierra Nevada foothills.
It is a plant of wetlands, in vernal pools, foothill oak woodland (Cismontane woodland), yellow pine forest (Lower montane coniferous forest), freshwater wetlands, and wetland-riparian habitats.
Description
Eryngium pinnatisectum is an erect perennial herb growing up to tall. It has a thick, hairless pale green branching stem.
The greenish-white leaves are long and very narrow, lance-shaped with several sharp lobes, reaching 30 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is an array of spherical flower heads, each surrounded by sharp-pointed, narrow bracts with thickened edges. The pale greenish flowers in the globelike head bloom in white petals. The blooming period is May to August.
Conservation
The plant is a California Native Plant Society listed Endangered species.
References
External links
Calflora Database: Eryngium pinnatisectum (Tuolumne button celery, Tuolumne eryngo)
Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Eryngium pinnatisectum
USDA Plants Profile for Eryngium pinnatisectum (Tuolumne eryngo)
UC CalPhotos gallery of Eryngium pinnatisectum
pinnatisectum
Endemic flora of California
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) | wiki |
Long Bay may refer to:
Long Bay, Barbados
Long Bay, Ontario, Canada
Long Bay, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland
Long Bay Beach, in Manchester Parish Jamaica
Long Bay Beach (Portland Parish, Jamaica), in Portland Parish, Jamaica
Long Bay Correctional Centre, New South Wales, Australia
Grand Strand or Long Bay, a stretch of beaches along the coast of South Carolina, U.S.
Long Bay in North Anguilla | wiki |
Bilakani village is situated in Shangla District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, almost 3000 meter from sea level.
According to the 2017 census, the village has an estimated population of 11,251 people and 1501 Homes.
The village has government primary and middle school for boys and a primary school for girls.
The main source of income for most of the villagers is wages inside and outside the country and some people engage in agriculture. While few people doing jobs in public or private sector.
Bilkani was damaged by earthquakes in 1974 and 2005, with many people suffering damage. It was also hit severely during 2010 floods which caused some deaths and a number of casualties and left many people homeless.
References
Cities and towns in Shangla District | wiki |
Lee Yoo-jin may refer to:
Lee Yoo-jin (actress) (born 1977), South Korean actress
Lee Yoo-jin (actor) (born 1992), South Korean actor | wiki |
Little Wars is a game created by H. G. Wells.
Little Wars may also refer to:
Little Wars (album), a 2008 album by Unwed Sailor
Little Wars (film), a 1982 Lebanese film
Little Wars (magazine), a miniature wargaming magazine
See also
Little War (disambiguation) | wiki |
Hands on Me may refer to:
Hands on Me (EP) a 2017 EP by Kim Chung-ha
"Hands on Me" (Vanessa Carlton song), 2007
"Hands on Me", a song by Bobby V from the album The Rebirth, 2009
"Hands on Me", a song by Ariana Grande from the album My Everything, 2014
"Hands on Me", a 2018 song by Burns | wiki |
Dragon Lee vs. The Five Brothers is a 1978 Bruceploitation martial arts film starring Dragon Lee. The film is commonly included on public domain dvd sets.
Synopsis
Dragon is trusted to deliver a list containing name of anti-Ching revolutionaries to the Ming leaders but is challenged by Ching loyalists along the way.
Reception
The Video Vacuum gave the film 2 stars out of 4, and wrote: "The usually charismatic Dragon Lee gets lost in the shuffle and is unable to carry the cumbersome plot."
Variedcelluloid.net said the film was "unfortunately everything you hope not to find in a martial arts flick" and called it boring and a dud.
See also
List of films in the public domain in the United States
References
External links
1978 films
1978 martial arts films
1978 action films
Bruceploitation films
Kung fu films
Hong Kong martial arts films
1980s Hong Kong films
1970s Hong Kong films | wiki |
Navy Federal Credit Union (or Navy Federal) is a global credit union headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, chartered and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). Navy Federal is the largest natural member (or retail) credit union in the United States, both in asset size and in membership. As of January 2023, Navy Federal has US$156.8 billion in assets and has 12.4 million members.
History
Navy Federal was originally incorporated on 17 January 1933 as the Navy Department Employees' Credit Union of the District of Columbia (NDCU). Only Navy Department employees who were members of the federal employees' labor union and members of their families were eligible to join. The next year, President Roosevelt signed into law the Federal Credit Union Act, which would eventually become the basis of business for the credit union. On July 17, 1947, the credit union was granted a Federal Charter as a credit union, named Navy Department Employees Federal Credit Union (NDEFCU). It also expanded membership to include all Navy personnel in the Washington, D.C., area, both military and civilian.
In 1954, the credit union changed its charter again to open membership to Navy and Marine Corps officers everywhere, regardless of geographic location, and changed its name to Navy Federal Credit Union. Eventually, membership was opened to enlisted personnel as well. By April 1962, the credit union reached a milestone, becoming the biggest credit union in the world, a distinction which it still holds today. In 1977, the credit union moved into its current headquarters in Vienna, Virginia, eventually undergoing several major expansions of its facility there.
In 2003, the credit union opened its membership further, to include Navy contractors. There have also been several times in the credit union's history that NCUA has asked Navy Federal to merge with or absorb other credit unions that were experiencing financial or other difficulties. Members of these prior credit unions remained members of Navy Federal after the merger (following NCUA's policy of "once a member, always a member"). In September 2010, Navy Federal Credit Union announced plans to absorb/merge with USA Fed, stating that joint operations would begin 4 October 2010 under the Navy Federal banner.
In May 2008, Navy Federal Credit Union widened its membership to include the entire Department of Defense, which made eligible all active duty, retired, and reserve Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force personnel, as well as contractor and civilian personnel within the Department of Defense. In March 2013, Navy Federal Credit Union further widened its membership to include all Coast Guard members and employees as well. In 2020, Navy Federal Credit Union also expanded its membership to include Space Force members. In 2014, Navy Federal expanded its Vienna headquarters. As of January, 4,300 employees work at the Vienna location.
An increase in membership also led to two expansions: one at the credit union's Pensacola location in 2015, where Navy Federal has 8,400 employees and one at the Winchester Operations location in 2019 where Navy Federal has 2,200 employees.
As of 2021, Navy Federal is by far the largest credit union in the United States, with total assets nearly three times that of the second-largest US credit union.
Legal issues
In 2017, Navy Federal Credit Union settled a class action lawsuit over millions of unwanted phone calls, many of which had gone to individuals who were not credit union members and specifically asked not to be contacted. NFCU settled a similar class action lawsuit in 2020 over unwanted text messages, paying out $9.25 million.
In 2021, Navy Federal Credit Union settled another class action lawsuit over a non-sufficient funds fee lawsuit over breached member agreements where over 700,000 members were charged multiple insufficient funds fees.
Membership
Navy Federal's field of membership is set by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). As with all federally-chartered credit unions, membership in Navy Federal is limited to individuals sharing the common bond defined in its credit union charter. Membership in Navy Federal is limited to:
All Department of Defense (DoD) uniformed personnel — Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Marine Corps retirees and annuitants
All DoD reservists — Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps— regardless of drill status — retirees and annuitants
All US Coast Guard uniformed personnel — regardless of drill status — civilian employees, auxiliarists, retirees, and annuitants
All Army National Guard and Air National Guard personnel — regardless of drill status — civilian employees, retirees, and annuitants
All DoD Officer Candidate programs: midshipmen and cadets at the United States Naval Academy, United States Military Academy, United States Air Force Academy, United States Coast Guard Academy, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy; personnel in Officer Candidate programs
All DoD current and retired civilian employees
U.S. government employees assigned to DoD installations
DoD contractors assigned to U.S. government installations
Employees of Navy Federal Credit Union
Family members, including grandparents, parents, spouses, siblings, grandchildren, cohabitants and children (including adopted, foster and stepchildren).
All Honorably Discharged Veterans
Organization
Navy Federal is chartered with NCUA as a single-sponsor credit union, with its sponsor being the Department of Defense. Like all credit unions, Navy Federal is governed by a board of volunteers, elected by and from its membership. Navy Federal also has a separate subsidiary, named Navy Federal Financial Group, which operates as a credit union service organization (CUSO). CUSOs were established by NCUA as a way for credit unions to pursue product offerings that would normally be outside of the purview of a credit union.
Employees
As of January 2023, the credit union had over 22,300 employees worldwide. Navy Federal, founded in 1933, has never had a layoff, choosing instead to move employees to other departments to avoid layoffs. It was ranked number 78 on the 2008 Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list, which is produced by the Great Place to Work Institute. They were 95th in 2012, rose to 56th in 2013, 96th in 2014, 72nd in 2015, 44th in 2016, 29th in 2019 19th in 2020, 59th 2021 and 76th in 2022.
Services
Navy Federal offers the typical suite of account services offered by most financial institutions, including savings accounts, checking accounts, debit cards, IRA accounts, home equity lines of credit, and certificates. The savings product is named "Share Savings" to reflect the fact that a member's initial savings deposit ($5.00) literally represents their share of ownership in the credit union. Navy Federal also offers members consumer loans (including personal loans, auto loans, and student loans), credit cards, mortgages and home equity lines of credit, and digital banking as well as some small business services, such as PPP loans. Navy Federal's CUSO, Navy Federal Financial Group, offers more extensive investment services and related supports, financial planning, and insurance.
Due to the nature of its membership, which includes actively deployed military personnel in every time zone, Navy Federal maintains 24×7 operations at its three contact centers in Vienna, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia, and Pensacola, Florida, its largest contact center, as well as round-the-clock online banking services.
Navy Federal Investment Services, a subsidiary of Navy Federal Financial Group, launched an online investing tool called Digital Investor in January 2022.
Unlike most U.S. credit unions which generally only operate physical branches in one or a few metropolitan areas or only in a single state, Navy Federal operates branches in many U.S. metro areas as well as in some overseas locations, comprising a total of 355 branches worldwide as of October 2022. In addition, members can make transactions through the CO-OP network of more than 30,000 ATMs in the U.S. and Canada without incurring surcharges or fees.
Major banking competitors include Bank of America-Military Bank, Pentagon Federal Credit Union, and USAA.
Charitable contributions
Navy Federal Credit Union engages in multiple charitable partnerships, including a decades-long relationship with Toys for Tots, dedicated to helping families surrounding the Vienna, Virginia, headquarters, and a partnership with the National Hockey League's Stick Tap for Service Program. Navy Federal has also made multiple disaster relief donations, most recently a $100,000 donation to United Way of West Florida, to assist communities near their Pensacola, Florida offices that were adversely affected by Hurricane Sally in October 2020.
Navy Federal recently donated $100,000 through its Dollars for Doers program which, based on nominations from the credit union’s employees, awards 100 nonprofits with grants. Navy Federal donated to U.S. Vets in November 2021 in honor of Veteran’s Month. During Navy Federal’s annual drive for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation in the 2021 holiday season, members and employees donated over $20,000 and 20,000 toys to families in need.
In 2022, Navy Federal’s members and employees donated over $33,000 and over 22,000 toys to families in need during the Toys for Tots campaigns.
Awards
Navy Federal Credit Union has received the following awards and honors:
Rated a TrustScore of 4.7 out of 5 stars on Trustpilot.
Top Military Financial Institution by The Military Wallet
Best Mortgage Refinance Company by Money
Ranked #1 for Customer Experience Among Multichannel Banks/Credit Unions in Forrester’s 2021 US Customer Experience (CX) survey
Ranked #1 for Customer Experience Among Credit Card Issuers in Forrester’s 2021 US Customer Experience (CX) survey
Ranked "Credit Union of the Year" by United States Navy for 15th consecutive year in a row
Ranked 7th in Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT for 2021
Ranked 25th in “75 Best Large Workplaces for Women” list by FORTUNE in 2021
Ranked #1 for Customer Experience Among Multichannel Banks/Credit Unions in Forrester’s 2021 US Customer Experience (CX) survey
Ranked #1 for Customer Experience Among Credit Card Issuers in Forrester’s 2021 US Customer Experience (CX) survey
Received the highest score in the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study
Ranked 59th in “100 Best Companies to Work For” list by FORTUNE in 2021
One of America's Best Employers for Veterans, Best Employers for Diversity, and Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes
One of GOBankingRates Best Credit Unions of 2021
Top Credit Union by Bankrate 2022
Best Mortgage Lender by Bankrate
Top 100 Best Banks by GOBankingRates
One of GOBankingRates Best Credit Unions of 2022
Best Home Equity Loans of 2020: Best Customer Experience by Money.com
Best Mortgage Lender by U.S. News & World Report
4th in Customer Experience Excellence by KPMG in 2020, falling from 1st in 2019
Best Overall Personal Loan of 2022 for Veterans & Military Members from Forbes
Ranked as the 4th Top Workplace in the Washington, D.C., area by The Washington Post
Ranked #1 for Customer Experience Among Multichannel Banks/Credit Unions in Forrester’s 2022 US Customer Experience (CX) survey
Best Auto Loans for New Car Purchase in 2022 by Bankrate
Ranked 35th in “100 Best Large Workplaces for Women” list by FORTUNE in 2022
References
External links
Credit unions based in Virginia
Companies based in Vienna, Virginia
Mutual companies of the United States
American companies established in 1933
Banks established in 1933
United States Navy | wiki |
This is a list of American non-fiction environmental writers.
See also
List of environmental books
List of non-fiction environmental writers
External links
Environmental Writers
How Writers Created the Environmental Movement - U.S. News & World Report
Writers
non-fiction environmental writers, List of American
Non-fiction | wiki |
Mr Meeson's Will is an 1888 novel by H. Rider Haggard. It was based on a well known anecdote of the time. The plot concerns a marooned man's will tattooed on the back of a woman.
Adaptation
It was turned into silent films in 1915 and 1916 (as The Grasp of Greed with Lon Chaney).
References
External links
Complete book at Project Gutenberg
Mr Meeson's Will (1915 film) at IMDb
Images and bibliographic information for various editions of Mr. Meeson's Will at SouthAfricaBooks.com
Novels by H. Rider Haggard
British adventure novels
British novels adapted into films
1888 British novels
Kerguelen Islands
Novels set on islands
Novels set in the Indian Ocean | wiki |
The following table shows regularly-scheduled United States Senate elections by state by year. The table does not include appointments or special elections, though it does include elections that occurred upon a state delegation's admission or readmission to the Senate. The table also includes elections that filled vacancies to unexpired terms that had never been filled due to legislative deadlock or an elected candidate's failure to qualify. The table does not denote post-election party switching. Note that, particularly prior to the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, many regular elections took place in odd years rather than in the preceding even years.
Legend
Table
Analytical tables
Last updated after the 2014 elections.
Results
States across party systems
''S indicates that a state was split between the two major parties and did not elect either party more than 60 percent of the time. A * sign indicates that a state elected that party at least 80 percent of the time. No * sign indicates that the state elected that party between 60 and 80 percent of the time.
See also
List of United States presidential election results by state
Party divisions of United States Congresses
List of special elections to the United States Senate
List of United States Senate election results by region
References
Notes | wiki |
The 1982 Junior League World Series (then known as the 13 year old Little League World Series) took place from August 17–21 in Taylor, Michigan, United States. Tampa, Florida defeated Libertyville, Illinois in the championship game.
Teams
Results
Notable players
Gary Sheffield (Tampa, Florida) - former MLB outfielder
Derek Bell (Tampa, Florida) - former MLB outfielder
Delino DeShields (Seaford, Delaware) - former MLB infielder
References
Junior League World Series
Junior League World Series
Junior | wiki |
Sweet shells (, gavvalu) is one of the typical Indian sweets made in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a mixture (dough) of plain flour/maida and water or milk. The prepared dough is shaped into small rounds, which are flattened and rolled (on a special tool) so as to take the shape of gavvalu (cowrie shells). These shells are fried in oil or ghee and soaked in sugar or jaggery syrup.
See also
Kidyo
References
Indian desserts
Andhra cuisine
Indian rice dishes
Deep fried foods | wiki |
Les Îles du Prince-de-Monaco are a small group of 16 islands and islets belonging to France, located off Grande Terre, the principal island of the Kerguelen Islands.
They are located in the Audierne bay around from the Bourbonnais point. The two main isles of the group are separated by a narrow strait and on the southern island, l'Île Sud du Prince-de-Monaco, an unnamed hill reaches an elevation of above sea level.
Their name was chosen by Raymond Rallier du Baty in 1908/1909 to honour Albert I, Prince of Monaco.
References
General view of non-metropolitan France, Maison de la Géographie.
Prince-de-Monaco | wiki |
Earnhardt is the surname of the following people:
An American auto racing family, almost all drivers:
Ralph Earnhardt (1928–1973), family patriarch
Dale Earnhardt Sr. (1951–2001), son of Ralph
Teresa Earnhardt (born 1958), owner and CEO of Dale Earnhardt, Inc., widow of Dale Sr. and stepmother of Kerry and Dale Jr.
Kerry Earnhardt (born 1969), Dale Sr.'s oldest son
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born 1974), the best-known of Dale Sr.'s sons
Jeffrey Earnhardt (born 1989), son of Kerry
Leon Earnhardt (b. 2001), fictional racer from the Future GPX Cyber Formula series
Dr. Earnhardt, a fictional character from the 2012 video game Far Cry 3
See also
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), a NASCAR racing team
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, a NASCAR team and the result of a merger by DEI with Chip Ganassi Racing
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, a TV movie
Earhart
Earheart | wiki |
This is a complete list of works by American author Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, who writes under the pen names Megan Lindholm and Robin Hobb.
Writing as Megan Lindholm
Novels
Short fiction
Writing as Robin Hobb
Novels
Short fiction
Non-fiction
Notes
References
Works cited
External links
Bibliographies by writer
Bibliographies of American writers
Fantasy bibliographies | wiki |
The calling party (in some contexts called the "A-Number") is a person who (or device that) initiates a telephone call. The person who, or device that, receives a telephone call is the called party (or callee or B-party).
In some countries, it is common etiquette for a call originator to identify himself first instead of the receiver, when the connection is established.
Modems and fax machines use different tones when originating or answering a connection, which may be a source of problems for the user.
Telephony
Teletraffic | wiki |
Jal-jeera is an Indian beverage. It is flavored with a spice mix known as jal-jeera powder. In Hindi, "jal" means water and "jeera" means cumin. The beverage base is either lemonade or similar tangy drinks and jaljira spices, and is a popular summer drink in India. It is sometimes served as an appetizer, as it is intended to "startle" the taste buds.
Jaljira spices generally consist of cumin, ginger, black pepper, mint, black salt, some fruit powder (usually either mango, or some kind of citrus zest), and chili or hot pepper powder.
History and culture
Jaljeera has a very long history, originating on the banks of the Ganges river. At one time, the powder was ground on stone slabs, and stored in clay pots.
The cumin is a medicinal ingredient which aids digestion. The mint has a cooling effect. Black salt or rock salt acts as a digestive.
Jaljeera is popular in northern India because it is thought to have cooling properties, against the temperature of the region.
See also
Jeera water
List of Indian beverages
References
Indian drinks
Traditional medicine in India | wiki |
Broken jaw may refer to:
Mandibular fracture, a medical condition where the jawbone breaks from trauma
Broken Jaw (song), a song by Foster the People
The Broken Jaw, a film by Chris Shepherd | wiki |
Australian railway telegraphic codes were devised to reduce the size of telegraphic messages, though some survived into the telephone era. They were used in telegrams between various parts of the railway system, such as offices, stations, locomotive depots and goods yards.
There is a distinction between the telegraphic codes, and telegraphic code addresses. Many businesses of all kinds identified their telegraphic address, as well as their telephone number, on their stationery. In some states, railway operations would have offices with abbreviated addresses.
Structure
The codes consisted of four-letter "words", in two syllables, with a two-letter difference from any other code. They stood for phrases, thereby saving time and reducing the likelihood of errors in the message. However, a number of codes required additional words and/or numbers to fully explain what was being communicated. Contrary to popular belief, the four letters were not abbreviations of any four-word phrase.
Each state had its own codes, which were updated over time, although some code "words" were common to all states. The codes were listed either on a large poster or in a telegraph code book.
New South Wales
The New South Wales telegraphic code library consisted of 404 four-letter code words, which eliminated the need to transmit 3703 normal words as sentences on a telegraph. An example of how one code word replaced many normal words, the longest code message in the telegraphic lexicon was Ryzy, which, with the addition of a number and location, translates as follows:
In this example, one code word replaces 90 others.
The New South Wales code word "Wolo", meaning that there were speed restrictions due to high temperatures affecting rails and/or overhead wiring, has now come to be used as shorthand on other Australian rail systems.
Victoria
A small selection of codes from the 1972 Victorian Railways Telegraph Code Book:
Amex 1234 6789 = Trains 1234 and 6789 will not run (i.e. are cancelled)
Azor = Arrange to provide assistant locomotive
Boxo = Air-conditioned accommodation fully booked
Hebe = If on hand at your station, send by first train
Pajo = Arrange for joint enquiry to be held at ....... into .......
Waxy = give matter special attention
Zebu = arrange and advise all concerned
Western Australia
In Western Australia a code book (Uniform and Supplementary Telegraph Code) was issued as late as 1967 by the Western Australian Government Railways, with a preface that included the wording:
This Telegraph Code has been agreed to by the Railway Commissioners of Government Railways of the Commonwealth of Australia, and applied to the Western Australian Railways
As well as the indication of
The code words printed in capitals are applicable throughout the Railways of the Commonwealth; those printed small type apply to the Western Australian Railways only
The phrase codes related to the categories:
Train Working
Motive Power (all local usage)
Train Arrangements
1. Passengers
2. Goods
3. Rolling Stock
Traffic Arrangements – goods, parcels and luggage
Correspondence
See also
Great Western Railway telegraphic codes
African Union of Railways
References
Railway signalling in Australia
Telegraphy | wiki |
An aortoenteric fistula is a connection between the aorta and the intestines, stomach, or esophageus. There can be significant blood loss into the intestines resulting in bloody stool and death. It is usually secondary to an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. The third or fourth portion of the duodenum is the most common site for aortoenteric fistulas, followed by the jejunum and ileum.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis is typically via a CT angiography, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, or arteriography. It is part of the differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding.
References
External links
Diseases of the aorta | wiki |
The System folder is the directory in the classic Mac OS that holds various files required for the system to operate, such as fonts, system extensions, control panels, and preferences.
Note: On macOS, files in /Library are not loaded at boot time when booting into Safe Mode.
Location and "blessed" folders
The System Folder is normally located directly below the root directory in the filesystem hierarchy, but does not need to be. The Mac OS identifies the "System Folder" by undocumented characteristics that are independent of its name (it has different names in non-English versions of the Mac OS), or its location in the directory hierarchy. The Macintosh Finder displays this "blessed" folder with a special icon. A "live" System Folder can freely be moved to any location in the directory hierarchy while the OS is operating, and it will continue to operate with no problems after the folder has been moved and after the system is restarted with the folder in its new location.
When the Finder copies a "blessed" folder to a new volume, the copy is "blessed" as well. On a system with more than one disk volume, it is thus easy to create functioning backups of a system simply by dragging the folder. It is also easy to maintain older and newer versions of the OS "in parallel", each on its own volume, and revert to the old one if problems are encountered with the new one.
This degree of flexibility distinguishes the classic Mac OS from most other operating systems, including macOS.
All versions of Mac OS permit multiple copies of the operating system on a single volume. Mac OS 9 added formal support for this by permitting the user to select from multiple copies of the system on the same volume via the Startup Disk control panel, primarily used for selecting which volume to boot from.
Prior to this, one would have to manually bless the copy of the System Folder that they wished to use. A folder can be de-blessed by removing either the System or Finder files from it, which are the two files required for booting. (New World Macintoshes also need the Mac OS ROM file.) Some versions of the classic Mac OS, 8.5 and upwards, check the blessed System Folder before shutdown and warn the user if the System Folder is missing any of the key system files, to prevent them from inadvertently rendering the hard drive unbootable. An alternative to manually blessing the system folders in the Mac OS was to use a utility like System Picker.
Blessing is continued for mactel machines running macOS with an EFI system, albeit in a mostly different manner. See and the two types of booting for Apple's BootX bootloader.
User accessibility and customization
The System Folder is less protected than the equivalent folders on macOS, in that the contents are all viewable and most files and folders are editable. However it was possible to prevent inexperienced users from accidentally altering the contents by using the Protect System Folder Contents checkbox in the General Controls Control Panel. The Startup and Shut Down programs, Appearance themes, control panels, fonts, and extensions, as well as items in the Apple Menu, are controlled by adding or removing items from folders in the System Folder.
This process was made more convenient when Apple implemented the Extensions Manager, itself a Control Panel that was originally a shareware utility by Ricardo Batista. This allowed activation and deactivation of Control Panels, Extensions, Startup Items and Shutdown Items, and could be invoked fairly early in the boot process by holding down the space bar on the keyboard.
One notable absence was the managements of Fonts. For this, Apple allowed Third-party development of font management programs such as Extensis Suitcase, Adobe Type Manager and AlSoft MasterJuggler.
References
Classic Mac OS | wiki |
In chess, a sacrifice is a move that gives up a piece with the objective of gaining tactical or positional compensation in other forms. A sacrifice could also be a deliberate exchange of a chess piece of higher value for an opponent's piece of lower value.
Any chess piece except the king may be sacrificed. Because players usually try to hold on to their own pieces, offering a sacrifice can come as an unpleasant surprise to one's opponent, putting them off balance and causing them to waste precious time trying to calculate whether the sacrifice is sound or not, and whether to accept it. Sacrificing one's queen (the most valuable piece), or a string of pieces, adds to the surprise, and such games can be awarded .
Types of sacrifice
Real versus sham
Rudolf Spielmann proposed a division between sham and real sacrifices:
In a real sacrifice, the sacrificing player will often have to play on with less than their opponent for quite some time.
In a sham sacrifice, the player offering the sacrifice will soon regain material of the same or greater value, or else force mate. A sham sacrifice of this latter type is sometimes known as a pseudo sacrifice.
In compensation for a real sacrifice, the player receives dynamic, positional, or other non-material advantages which they must capitalize on, or risk losing the game due to the material deficit. Because of the risk involved, real sacrifices are also called speculative sacrifices.
Real sacrifices
Attack on the king
A player might sacrifice a pawn or piece to get open lines around the vicinity of the opponent's king, to get a advantage, to destroy or damage the opposing king's pawn cover, or to keep the opposing king in the . Unless the opponent manages to fend off the attack, they are likely to lose. The Greek gift sacrifice is a canonical example.
Development
It is common to give up a pawn in the opening to speed up one's development. Gambits typically fall into this category. Developing sacrifices are frequently returned at some point by the opponent before the development edge can turn into a more substantial threat such as a kingside attack.
Strategic/positional
In a general sense, the aim of all real sacrifices is to obtain a positional advantage. However, there are some speculative sacrifices where the compensation is unrelated to an ensuing attack and may come instead in the form of an open file or diagonal, a weakness in the opponent's pawn structure, a blockade, or some other positional asset. These are the hardest sacrifices to make, requiring deep strategic understanding.
Sham sacrifices
Checkmate
A common benefit of making a sacrifice is to allow the sacrificing player to checkmate the opponent. Since checkmate is the ultimate goal of chess, the loss of material (see Chess piece relative value) does not matter in a successful checkmating attack. Sacrifices leading to checkmate are typically forcing, and often checks, leaving the opponent with only one or a few options.
Avoiding loss
The counterpart to the above is saving a lost game. A sacrifice could be made to force stalemate or perpetual check, to create a fortress, or otherwise force a draw, or to avoid even greater loss of material.
Material gain
A sacrifice might initiate a combination that results in an overall material gain, making the upfront investment of the sacrifice worthwhile. A sacrifice leading to a pawn promotion is a special case of this type of sacrifice.
Simplification
Even if the sacrifice leads to net material loss for the foreseeable future, the sacrificing player may benefit because they are already ahead in material and the exchanges simplify the position making it easier to win. A player ahead in material may decide that it is worthwhile to get rid of one of the last effective pieces the opponent has.
The tactical sham sacrifices can be categorized further by the mechanism by which the sacrifice is made. Some sacrifices may fall into more than one category.
In deflection sacrifices, the aim is to distract one of the opponent's pieces from a square where it is performing a particular duty.
In destruction sacrifices, a piece is sacrificed in order to knock away a materially inferior—but tactically more crucial piece—so that the sacrificing player can gain control over the squares the taken chessman controlled.
A magnet sacrifice is similar to a deflection sacrifice, but the motivation behind a magnet sacrifice is to pull an opponent's piece to a tactically poor square, rather than pulling it away from a crucial square.
In a clearance sacrifice, the sacrificing player aims to vacate the square the sacrificed piece stood on, either to open up lines for his own pieces, or to put another, more useful piece on the same square.
In a tempo sacrifice, the sacrificing player abstains from spending time to prevent the opponent from winning material because the time saved can be used for something even more beneficial, for example pursuing an attack on the king or guiding a passed pawn towards promotion.
In a suicide sacrifice, the sacrificing player aims to rid themselves of the remaining pieces capable of performing legal moves, and thereby obtain a stalemate and a draw from a poor position.
Other types of sacrifices
Forced versus non-forced
Another way to classify sacrifices is to distinguish between forcing and non-forcing sacrifices. The former type leave the opponent with no option but acceptance, typically because not doing so would leave them behind in material with no compensation. Non-forcing sacrifices, on the other hand, give the opponent a choice. A common error is to not recognize when a particular sacrifice can be safely declined with no ill-effects.
Examples
Deflection sacrifice
In the diagram, GM Aronian has mistakenly played 24. exd4, opening up the e-file for Black's rook. After Svidler played 24... Re1+, Aronian resigned, because Black's move forces the reply 25.Rxe1 (or 25.Qf1 Qxf1), after which White's queen is undefended and therefore lost.
This particular type of sacrifice has also been called the "Hook and Ladder trick", for the white queen is precariously at the top of the "ladder", while the rook is at the bottom, supporting it.
Suicide sacrifice
Black played 1... Qxg3 and White drew with 2. Qg8+! Kxg8 (on any other move Black will get mated) 3. Rxg7+!. White intends to keep checking on the seventh , and if Black ever captures the rook it is stalemate.
This save from Evans has been dubbed "The Swindle of the Century". White's rook is known as a desperado.
Non-forcing sacrifice
This time Reshevsky is at the receiving end of a sacrifice. White has just played h2–h4. If Black takes the knight he has to give up his own knight on f6 to avoid mate on h7. Instead, he simply ignored the bait and continued developing.
Positional sacrifice
In this game Black played 14... d4! 15. Nxd4 Nd5. In exchange for the sacrificed pawn, Black has obtained a semi-open file, a diagonal, an outpost on d5 and saddled White with a backward pawn on d3. The game was eventually drawn.
Sacrifice to checkmate
The following example features a forced bishop sacrifice by White. White can force mate in two moves in the diagram at left as follows: hxg6 2. Qxg6
Queen sacrifice leads to smothered mate
In this position, Black moves 22... Qg1+ forcing the white rook to take black's queen by 23. Rxg1; the king cannot take the queen because it would have been in check from the knight on h3. Having forced the rook out of a position where it was defending the f-file and into a position where it blocked the king from making any move, the black knight delivers a smothered mate by 23... Nf2#.
See also
Chess tactics
Desperado
Exchange sacrifice
Queen sacrifice
Immortal Game
The Game of the Century
– a game that shows the sacrifice of a rook for a tempo
Notes
References
Andrew Soltis. The Art of Defense in Chess. McKay Chess Library, 1975. .
Leonid Shamkovich. The Modern Chess Sacrifice. Tartan Books, 1978. .
Israel Gelfer. Positional Chess Handbook. B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1991. .
Chess tactics
Chess terminology | wiki |
Rosa 'Compassion' is a pink-blend climbing rose cultivar developed by Jack Harkness and introduced into Great Britain in 1972. It is considered to be one of the best modern climbers and is a popular selling rose in Britain.
History
Harkness Roses
The rose cultivar was developed by Jack Harkness of Harkness Roses (R. Harkness & Co. Ltd) at Hitchin, Hertfordshire. The acclaimed nursery, which continues to sell roses today, was established in 1879 in Bedale, Yorkshire by brothers, John Harkness (1857-1933) and (Robert Harkness (1851-1920). Jack Harkness (1918-1994) is the grandson of the original co-founder John Harkness. The Harkness family nursery grew roses from the beginning, but did not breed roses until 1962 when Jack Harkness began managing the business.
'Compassion'
Harkness developed the rose cultivar by crossing the white, large-flowered climber, 'White Cockade' and the pink Hybrid tea rose, 'Prima Ballerina'. Harkness Roses introduced 'Compassion' into Britain in 1972. It is considered to be one of the best modern climbers and is a popular selling rose in Britain. 'Compassion' has six child plants: Rosa 'City Girl' (Harkness, 1985), Rosa 'High Hopes', Rosa 'Highfield', Rosa 'Loving Lorna', Rosa 'Paul Shirville' , and Rosa 'Rosemary Harkness'.
Description
'Compassion' is a modern climbing tea rose, in height with a spread. Blooms are large, have an average diameter of , and a petal count of 26 to 40. Bloom color is a blend of salmon, pink, apricot, and orange and fades to off-white as the flowers mature. Scent is strong and fruity. Flowers are carried mostly solitary or in small clusters of up to five and have a classic hybrid tea bloom form.
'Compassion' blooms repeatedly throughout the season. It is very disease resistant and makes an excellent cut flower as well as a garden shrub. It also can be trained as a pillar rose. Foliage is large, dark green and glossy. The plant has many prickles and a dense, upright growth habit. 'Compassion' is known in France as 'Belle de Londres'.
References
Compassion
1972 introductions | wiki |
Jim the Boy is a coming-of-age novel by Tony Earley, published by Little, Brown in 2000. It details the early life of Jim Glass, who lives with his mother, Elizabeth, and three uncles, in the small fictional town of Aliceville, North Carolina.
Allusions from other works
Nashville Musician Paul Burch, Earley's neighbor at the time, was asked to write an album based on the story lines and characters in the book. The album, Last of My Kind, was released by Merge Records in 2001.
In one scene Jan Karon's book In This Mountain, the local bookseller is seen reading Jim the Boy
References
2000 American novels
Novels set in North Carolina
Little, Brown and Company books
American bildungsromans | wiki |
The term "Finnish war" can refer to any of the following:
Early Finnish wars (4th-9th centuries)
Finnish–Novgorodian wars (11th-13th centuries)
Finnish War (1808-1809)
Russo-Finnish wars
Finnish Civil War (1918)
Heimosodat (1918-1922)
Winter War (1939–1940)
Continuation War (1941-1944)
See also:
Finnish war children
Finnish war reparations to the Soviet Union | wiki |
Repentance is an act recognized in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and other religions.
Repentance may also refer to:
Repentance (Christianity), a specific aspect of salvation
Repentance (Esham album), 2003
Repentance (Lee "Scratch" Perry album), 2008
Repentance (1922 film), a 1922 British silent drama film
Repentance (1987 film), Georgian film directed by Tengiz Abuladze
Repentance (2013 film), a 2013 psychological horror film
"Repentance" (Star Trek: Voyager), the thirteenth episode broadcast of the seventh season of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager
"Repentance" (story), an 1886 short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy
Repentance (song), a song by Dream Theater
Repentance, an EP by Paramaecium | wiki |
South Florida Aquatic Club is a swim club based in Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States. Founded in 2010, it offers training for beginner and elite swimmers. The aquatics club is best known for developing a number of Olympic swimmers.
Notable swimmers
Alia Atkinson
Claire Donahue
Marc Rojas
Natasha Moodie
References
Swimming clubs
Sports clubs established in 2010
2010 establishments in Florida
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Sports teams in Florida | wiki |
Space Needle may refer to:
Space Needle, Seattle, Washington
Gatlinburg Space Needle, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Space Needle (band) | wiki |
Patrick Hume may refer to:
Patrick Hume of Polwarth (c. 1550–1609), Scottish courtier and poet of the Castalian Band
Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont (1641–1724), Scottish statesman
Patrick Hume (editor) (fl. 1695), Scottish schoolmaster in London, author of the first commentary on John Milton's Paradise Lost | wiki |
Such Good Friends is an original musical comedy with book, music and lyrics by Noel Katz.
The musical was presented at the 2007 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), where it won five awards, including Talkin’ Broadway's Citation as the season's best musical.
It tells the story of three old friends working together in the early years of live television who are forced to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee, and consequences of the different choices each character makes.
The NYMF presentation of Such Good Friends featured Tony nominees Liz Larsen and Brad Oscar.
References
External links
Theatre Mania Review of NYMF 2007 and Such Good Friends
Broadway World Review of Such Good Friends
Edge New York Review of Such Good Friends
Back Stage Review of Such Good Friends
2007 musicals | wiki |
SBS Radio may refer to:
SBS Radio, an Australian radio network
Seoul Broadcasting System, a South Korean radio network
SBS Love FM
SBS Power FM | wiki |
Гранит-Фолс:
Гранит-Фолс (город, Миннесота)
Гранит-Фолс (тауншип, Миннесота) | wiki |
Der Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth war ein Bezirk im Ballungsraum der britischen Hauptstadt London mit dem Status eines Metropolitan Borough. Er existierte von 1900 bis 1965 und lag im Süden der ehemaligen Grafschaft County of London.
Geschichte
Lambeth war ursprünglich ein Civil Parish in der Grafschaft Surrey. Ab 1855 gehörte die Gemeinde zum Einzugsgebiet des Zweckverbandes Metropolitan Board of Works. 1889 gelangte Lambeth zum County of London, elf Jahre später folgte die Umwandlung in ein Metropolitan Borough.
Bei der Gründung von Greater London im Jahr 1965 entstand aus der Fusion von Lambeth mit den Stadtteilen Clapham und Streatham im Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth der London Borough of Lambeth.
Statistik
Die Fläche betrug 4089 Acres (16,55 km²). Die Volkszählungen ergaben folgende Einwohnerzahlen:
Civil parish:
Metropolitan Borough:
Einzelnachweise
Metropolitan Borough (London)
Metropolitan Borough of | wiki |
This is a list of the largest dry docks in the world, including excavated and floating docks.
References
External links
Worldwide Ship Repair Directory 2006-2007, The Motor Ship 2006,
Ship2yard, All Shipyards.
trusteddocks.com, Shipyards & Drydocks search.
Drydocks | wiki |
D.Va is a fictional player character developed by Blizzard Entertainment for their Overwatch franchise. She was introduced at launch in their 2016 first-person hero shooter video game of the same name and again appeared in its 2022 sequel, Overwatch 2. She features in the franchise's related animations and literary media. Outside of Overwatch, D.Va also appears as a playable character in the crossover multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game Heroes of the Storm and as a gameplay announcer in StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. In English-language media, D.Va is voiced by Charlet Chung.
In Overwatch lore, D.Va is a pro-eSports gamer named Hana Song (Revised Romanization: Song Ha-na) () from Busan, South Korea. Within the Overwatch narrative, the Korean government's Mobile Exo-Force of the Korean Army (MEKA) recruits D.Va and other gamers to help quell an uprising by robotic Omnics, using their video-game-playing skills to control weaponized mech suits. Within the game, D.Va is a tank character who can deal a stream of damage and, for a short time, neutralize incoming attacks. If her suit is destroyed, she can eject from it and survive long enough to call in a new suit. Her ultimate ability allows her to self-detonate her suit, dealing heavy enough damage to all enemies in her line of sight to eliminate most characters.
D.Va has been well received by critics and players, particularly among Overwatchs female and LGBT fanbase.
Development and design
D.Va, along with Genji and Mei, was announced in October 2015 at BlizzCon; she was one of the final heroes to be introduced into Overwatch prior to its official release. Voice actor Charlet Chung provides the character's English- and Korean-language voices. D.Va is designed as a tank character who uses a highly mobile pink mech suit in battle, and acts as a "skirmisher".
One of Overwatchs initial character concepts was a hero who piloted a mech; the designers ultimately decided that the pilot could eject if their suit sustained critical damage and fight outside without protection. The game's assistant art director Arnold Tsang was inspired by mecha anime and manga for D.Va's look. The designers initially based the mech's stickers and artwork on a cat theme, but later changed it to a rabbit because they thought its short-range booster rockets made it look as though it was bunny hopping.
Soon after the game's release, D.Va was noted for having a low damage output; the game's principal designer Geoff Goodman said; "D.Va's damage is definitely on the lower side, much like Winston's. They are this way for a similar reason: They are both very mobile and hard to kill." Because she lacked a shield, D.Va was also noted to take more damage than other tank characters when facing multiple opponents. Goodman attributed this and her low damage output to the game's character balancing, stating; "every character in the game has strengths and weaknesses, it's part of what makes the teamplay work well".
According to Goodman, early in her development, D.Va was able to deal more damage but her damage output was lowered because "she would fly into someone's face, destroy them, and fly away. There was little that person could do because [of] her mobility." Despite agreeing with feedback calling D.Va under-powered, Goodman said improvements to the character "are unlikely to take the shape of increasing her damage output significantly", adding "the goal is that she should be a viable aggressive initiation tank, much like Winston can be". The discussion of buffing D.Va coincided with a discussion on nerfing the character McCree, who had been noted to eliminate tank characters too quickly; game director Jeff Kaplan said D.Va's buffs would take longer to develop and implement than the changes to McCree. Kaplan also said the development team would be exploring improvements to her damage output and survivability but would "probably pick one direction or the other". The character's ultimate ability was eventually buffed; the cost and explosion delay were reduced and the possibility for the activating player to be killed by their own ultimate ability was removed. Her "Defense Matrix" ability was changed to be toggled on and off at will with a resource meter rather than being a single-use ability with a cooldown.
In August 2017, in response to their observations of the meta-game, Blizzard planned to introduce changes to D.Va to be tested in the Public Test Realm (PTR) server and evaluated before full release. Namely, the developers found that D.Va was being used more frequently to absorb damage through her Defense Matrix and was not being played offensively. The revamped skill kit would increase the rate of energy depletion of the Defense Matrix, effectively reducing its use time by half, but would allow her to use her main weapon while boosting. The update also added a new Micro Missiles ability that launches a number of small missiles that do damage in a small area on impact. Kaplan said that the overall goal of D.Va's ability retooling was to "reduce her reliance on Defense Matrix and make her more fun to play," and stressed the changes were not meant to nerf D.Va overall. These changes were added for all players in a September 2017 patch.
Blizzard considers D.Va the most difficult character that they must develop around when adding new game modes or other features; as described by assistant director Aaron Keller, "she breaks everything" due to having two different forms for which they must account.
Gameplay
D.Va possesses a tank role in Overwatch; PC Gamer has described D.Va as an "offtank" character, which typically allows players "more freedom to play [aggressively]" compared to other tank characters. She is suited in her mech which is equipped with twin Fusion Cannons that do not need reloading. The Fusion Cannons deal substantial damage at close range, but consequentially slow her mobility. D.Va also comes equipped with Boosters and a Defense Matrix; the Boosters quickly move her in the direction that the player's reticle is facing, potentially allowing for short periods of flight, and additionally lightly damaging and knocking back enemies that come in contact with her while boosting. D.Va's Defense Matrix absorbs incoming enemy projectiles heading toward her. She can also fire a volley of Micro-Missiles that have a small area of splash damage upon impact.
Once her mech suit runs out of hitpoints (HP), D.Va ejects out of it, equipped with only a Light Gun. Though more vulnerable while outside the mech, she is a considerably smaller and more maneuverable target in this state. D.Va can also eject out of her mech suit as part of her Self Destruct ultimate ability, which causes her mech suit to explode and deal massive area of effect damage shortly after ejection. Once the mech explodes, D.Va can use her second ultimate ability, Call Mech, which simply allows her to resuit into her mech. This can be done immediately after using the Self Destruct ability, but otherwise has a cooldown period that can be sped up by damaging opponents while on foot.
Appearances
Overwatch
In Overwatch lore, D.Va is Hana Song, a 19-year-old former professional gamer going by her gamertag "D.Va". D.Va was known for becoming the No. 1 ranked StarCraft II player in the world at age 19 and maintaining an undefeated record prior to her retirement from gaming in order to defend her homeland. During the in-universe Omnic Crisis event, an omnic monster rose from the East China Sea, destroying coastal cities including those in South Korea and its neighbors. The South Korean government developed the Mobile Exo-Force of the Korean Army (MEKA), a mobile armored drone unit to combat the omnic monster, although each battle resulted in a stalemate. The omnic continued to adapt to the MEKA's drone networks, turning them against the Koreans. The South Korean government struggled with finding pilots for new mechs, eventually turned to the country's professional gamers, thought to have necessary reflexes and instincts to effectively operate the mech suits' advanced weaponry. Based in Busan, D.Va was one of the pro gamers drafted by South Korea's government. Known for being fearless in combat against the omnics, she would develop a global following as she began live streaming her combat encounters. Within MEKA, D.Va is supported by Dae-hyun, a mechanic and D.Va's childhood friend, and takes orders from Myung, the MEKA's commanding officer.
D.Va's origin story is the focus of the animated short Shooting Star, released in August 2018. Its release coincided with a new control map based on Busan. The short shows the origin of D.Va's Self-Destruct ability, being forced to use it to fend off a wave of attacking Omnics to protect Busan.
Heroes of the Storm
In May 2017, as part of the version 2.0 update, D.Va was added to the roster of playable heroes for the Blizzard's crossover multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game Heroes of the Storm. Additionally, those who played Heroes of the Storm during the game's version 2.0 launch event, dubbed "Nexus Challenge 2.0", received cosmetics for D.Va's character in Overwatch. D.Va made her first appearance for Heroes of the Storm in the "Hanamura Showdown", a non-canon cinematic trailer for the Heroes 2.0 update, in April 2017. She was the fifth Overwatch character added to that game.
Other appearances
As Overwatch lore heralds her as a world champion StarCraft II player, D.Va was added as a gameplay announcer for StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, originally as part of a gift bundle, including announcer and player portrait features for attendees of BlizzCon 2016.
Reception
D.Va has been positively received by both video game journalists and the game's community, topping numerous fan popularity polls. Tech Insiders Steve Kovach called D.Va his favorite character. Kotaku Kirk Hamilton positively received the buff she received in July 2016, writing that it "transformed her into the high-flying terror I've always wanted her to be." Joseph Knoop of The Daily Dot ranked D.Va as the best character in Overwatch, writing "'Nerf this.' Never before have two words encapsulated so much spirit, energy, and drive to win at all costs," and calling her "an icon." Referencing D.Va's exemplification of a "softer feminism", Knoop added "There's a reason she's far and away the most cosplayed Overwatch character, and it's not just the simplicity of her jumpsuit. When you hear the hum of an imploding mech flying through the air, it's not just a gameplay mechanic. It's a signal that great change is on the way for all lady gamers." Citing her Defensive Matrix ability, "devastating combination of mobility and damage", and the ease of learning her gameplay, Den of Geek ranked her as the best tank character upon the release of Overwatch 2.
A popular meme of the character, dubbed "Gremlin D.Va", features fan art of the character in which a chibi version of her is portrayed indulging in gamer stereotypes, such as eating Doritos and drinking Mountain Dew. An August 2016 Overwatch patch included a new emote for D.Va in which she sits in her mech playing a shoot 'em up game while eating chips and drinking a soft drink, alluding to the meme. Lead hero designer Geoff Goodman stated, "we love Gremlin D.Va," when speaking on Blizzard's favorite fan interpretation of characters. Katherine Cross of Gamasutra noted that many versions of the meme were "queer [and] aimed at the game's LGBT fanbase".
In South Korea, D.Va has been used as a representative of the National D.Va Association, later renamed as FAMERZ, a group of South Korean Overwatch players that support women's and LGBTQ rights which was formed to protest against former South Korean President Park Geun-hye. The group uses D.Va-related logos as demonstration material, with some appearing during international coverage of the 2017 Women's March in January 2017.
FAMERZ have, however, criticized some of the character's cosmetic skins, such as "Academy", based on a Japanese school uniform, and "Black Cat", based on gothic lolita fashion, saying that they sexualize and project too much male desire onto a character that otherwise represented Korean women well. The group also expressed concern that the skins' Japanese inspiration caused her to be conflated with women from other Asian countries, reinforcing misogynist and racist attitudes. D.Va's "Officer" skin received backlash from fans in the Black Lives Matter movement, who saw it as a symbol of police brutality, though others noted that the uniform was South Korean rather than American.
Notes
References
Female characters in animated films
Female characters in video games
Fictional female military personnel
Fictional Korean military personnel
Fictional mecha
Fictional military personnel in video games
Fictional South Korean people in video games
Fictional vehicle operators
Internet memes introduced in 2016
Overwatch characters
Teenage characters in video games
Video game characters introduced in 2016
Video game memes
Woman soldier and warrior characters in video games | wiki |
The South Korea national beach soccer team represented South Korea in international beach soccer and was governed by the Korea Football Association. It is not currently being managed and was officially organized only once when the first Asian Beach Games was held in 2008. Besides official record, South Korea participated in unofficial Intercontinental Cup in 1995 and 1996.
Squad
The following players and staff members were called up for the 2008 Asian Beach Games.
Head coach: Park Mal-bong
Assistant coach: Kim Hae-gook
Competitive record
Asian Beach Games
See also
Korea Football Association
References
External links
Official website, KFA.or.kr
Korea Republic
Beach soccer | wiki |
Dave Klein (born May 31, 1979) is an American musician and punk rock bass player from Edmond, Oklahoma, United States. He plays bass for Screeching Weasel and Oklahoma Skate-Punk band They Stay Dead. Former bands include Black Flag, Good For You, The Proctologists, Bi-Products, P.D.B, From Parts Unknown, Jettison, Wretch Like Me (Owned & Operated Recordings 1997-2002), Euclid Crash, Bristol Park, On Again, and American Ruse.
References
External links
They Stay Dead
1979 births
Living people
American punk rock bass guitarists
Hardcore punk musicians
Guitarists from Oklahoma
American male bass guitarists
Screeching Weasel members
21st-century American bass guitarists
21st-century American male musicians | wiki |
Spencer Mandy es un deportista canadiense que compitió en taekwondo. Ganó una medalla de plata en el Campeonato Panamericano de Taekwondo de 1998 en la categoría de –83 kg.
Palmarés internacional
Referencias
Mandy, Spencer | wiki |
Windows Settings (formerly PC settings) is a component of Microsoft Windows. It allows users to adjust their user preferences, configure their operating system, and manage their connected devices. Microsoft introduced Settings with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, and initially intended it to replace the Windows Control Panel, something that has not happened after a decade.
Overview
The Settings app exposed a very small portion of Windows Control Panel's functionality. Over time, however, it has become the sole user interface and control point for Windows Update (removed from Control Panel) and Windows Hello (never added to Control Panel.) The app categorizes its settings by function, just as the Control Panel did since Windows XP. Unlike the Control Panel, however, it does not offer a unified mode in which the bulk of all available settings assail the app window in a contextually haphazard fashion.
The Windows Settings app is a UWP app, installed in the C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel path. The Windows components in charge of servicing UWP apps also work with this app, but refer to it as Windows.ImmersiveControlPanel.
History
The first versions of Windows to make the Settings app available were Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, which Microsoft released to manufacturing on 1 August 2012. Before that, Windows users had to use Windows Control Panel to configure their operating system; they still do, because the Settings app is not as comprehensive. Microsoft has alleged that Settings would eventually replace Control Panel, but , it has not happened.
First generation: PC Settings
The first generation of the app, called "PC Settings" was included with Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
On Windows 8, the PC Settings app was designed as a simplified area optimized for use on touchscreen devices. It exposes a small portion of Control Panel functionality on a two-paned full-screen interface. Adding accounts and changing user pictures could only be done from this app. Windows 8.1 improved upon this component to include more options that were previously exclusive to Control Panel, as well as providing more organization and a redesign. It also added a small "Control Panel" link at the bottom of the left pane to allow users to open the Control Panel and access further options.
The categories listed are:
PC and devices
Accounts
OneDrive
Search and apps
Privacy
Network
Time and language
Ease of Access
Update and recovery
Activate Windows (shows up only if Windows isn't activated)
Second generation: Settings
The second generation of the app, called "Settings" has been included with all releases of Windows 10 (including Windows 10 Mobile edition), as well as Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022. It includes more options that were previously exclusive to the desktop Control Panel. Windows Update, which belonged to the Control Panel prior to Windows 10, now exclusively belong to Settings. The latest version contains the following categories:
System
Devices
Phone (introduced in version 1709)
Network & Internet
Personalization
Apps (introduced in version 1703)
Accounts
Time & Language
Gaming (introduced in version 1607)
Ease of Access
Search
Cortana (introduced in version 1703; removed in version 20H1)
Privacy
Update & Security
Mixed Reality (introduced in version 1703; appears only if a device meeting minimum HoloLens requirements is connected to the PC.)
While most of these categories offer what their name says, the "Update & Security" category contains an amalgam of loosely related items, including: Update, delivery optimization, backup, troubleshooting, recovery, activation, finding lost devices, the developer mode, and the Windows Insider program. Unlike what its name says, it cannot alter any security-related feature of the operating system.
Windows Server 2022 updates some of the visual elements of the app, but not as extensively as Windows 11's version.
Third generation
On Windows 11, the app has undergone a significant visual redesign, with a new layout, greater translucency, and refreshed icons, following the Fluent Design System. A persistent navigation sidebar has also been added, linking to various groupings of settings within the app.
The Windows 11 settings app contains the following categories:
System
Bluetooth & devices
Network & internet
Personalization
Apps
Accounts
Time & language
Gaming
Accessibility
Privacy & security
Windows Update
References
External links
What's new in the Windows 10 Creators Update Settings app - Windows Central
What's new with the Settings app in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update - Windows Central
2012 software
Computer configuration
Universal Windows Platform apps
Windows components | wiki |
Novel: A Forum on Fiction is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by Duke University Press. The editor-in-chief is Nancy Armstrong (Duke University). It is the official journal of the Society for Novel Studies. The journal was established in 1967 and publishes essays "concerned with the novel's role in engaging and shaping the world".
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective, Humanities Index Online, Humanities Index Retrospective, Literature Online, OmniFile Full Text, and Periodicals Index Online.
External links
Society for Novel Studies
Duke University Press academic journals
Triannual journals
Literary magazines published in the United States
English-language journals
Publications established in 1967 | wiki |
Hope Springs may refer to:
Hope Springs (TV series), a BBC One comedy-drama series set in Scotland
Hope Springs (2003 film), romantic-comedy starring Colin Firth, Minnie Driver, and Heather Graham
Hope Springs (2012 film), romantic comedy-drama starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and Steve Carell
Miss Hope Springs, cabaret stage name of British composer, lyricist, pianist and singer Ty Jeffries
See also
Hope Springs Eternal (disambiguation) | wiki |
Hard problem may refer to:
The Hard Problem, a 2015 play by Tom Stoppard
Hard problems, in computational complexity theory
Hard problem of consciousness, explaining why we have qualitative phenomenal experiences | wiki |
The smoking age is the minimum legal age required to purchase or use tobacco products. Most countries have laws that forbid sale of tobacco products to persons younger than certain ages, usually the age of majority.
This article does not discuss laws that regulate electronic cigarettes.
Laws by region
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Historical regulations
Cannabis age
Since 2012, various jurisdictions throughout the world have legalized cannabis for recreational use. In Mexico, Uruguay and cannabis-legal jurisdictions in the United States, the legal age to possess or purchase cannabis is identical to the tobacco purchase age (18 in Mexico and Uruguay and 21 in the United States). In Canada, the legal age to possess or purchase cannabis is 19 in all provinces and territories except Alberta (18) and Quebec (21). There are therefore three Canadian provinces (Manitoba, Quebec and Saskatchewan) and two territories (the Northwest Territories and Yukon) where the age to purchase tobacco is lower than the age to possess and purchase cannabis, and one province (Prince Edward Island) where the tobacco purchase age is higher. Prior to December 2019, when the United States raised its tobacco purchase age to 21 in all states and territories, several U.S. states had tobacco purchase ages lower than their cannabis possession and purchase ages.
See also
Age of candidacy
Legal drinking age
Legality of cannabis
List of smoking bans
Mature minor doctrine
National Youth Rights Association
Youth rights
Youth suffrage
References
Age
Juvenile law
Law-related lists
Lists by country
Minimum ages | wiki |
Martin Emmrich (Magdeburgo, 17 de dezembro de 1984) é um tenista profissional alemão.
ATP finals
Duplas: 7 (3–4)
Tenistas da Alemanha
Naturais de Magdeburgo | wiki |
Thirst Buster is a frosty, non-alcoholic, slushy beverage available at Shell Canada gas stations. It is available in various flavors.
Thirst Busters are made using a mixture of syrup, frozen water, and carbon dioxide. The ingredients are fed into the Slush Buster Machine at different pressures, blended, then pushed under pressure into a stainless steel chilling tank. The tank contains rotating scraper arms to prevent the mixture from freezing. When the customer opens the tap, the machine's internal pressure pushes the mixture out.
See also
Slurpee
Icee
List of frozen dessert brands
Non-alcoholic drinks
Brand name frozen desserts | wiki |
This is a list of the 56 members of the House of Representatives of Cyprus, following the 2011 legislative election.
List of elected members 2011
List of observers
Sources
Biographical notes – Parliament of Cyprus
Politics of Cyprus
Lists of members of the House of Representatives (Cyprus) | wiki |
Ee Aye Addio is a traditional British celebratory football crowd song.
The usual format is:
:"We've won the cup, we've won the cup, ee aye addio, we've won the cup".
Variations are often made up on the spur of the moment.
The song perhaps first gained a wider audience at the 1965 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, when the singing by supporters of Liverpool F.C. was broadcast on TV and radio. Noticing the Queen had a red jacket on (Liverpool's team colours), the words were hastily changed to "Ee aye addio, the Queen's wearing red!". The song was also sung after England won the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
The origin of the song lies in the traditional British nursery rhyme “The Farmer's in his Den”.
References
Football songs and chants | wiki |
Međimurska gibanica(; Medjimurian layer cake) is a type of gibanica or layer cake originating from Međimurje County, Croatia. It is made of puff pastry and four fillings: nuts, fresh cheese, poppy seeds and apples, as well as of many additional ingredients. It is a traditional dish especially popular in Northern Croatia, rich in flavour and full of calories, a delicacy which is an integral component of Croatian cuisine.
This recipe is one of the large number of regional varieties of gibanica which have been developed throughout the Balkans.
Preparation and serving
A base layer of prepared dough is stretched in a suitable casserole previously greased with fat. It is then covered with the first of four layers of filling consisting of milk sodden chopped or ground walnuts, fresh quark cheese, milk sodden ground poppy seed and grated apples. The layer of filling is spread over the entire surface, followed by the second layer of dough, the second layer of filling and so on, until all four layers of filling are put on. The final layer of dough is topped with poured sour cream previously mixed with melted butter and/or egg.
The casserole is put into oven and baked for approximately one hour at 200°C. The cake can be served either still warm directly from the casserole or left to cool to room temperature. It can be cut into quarters or rectangles and finally sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Specifics
Međimurska gibanica is a specific type of gibanica, which differs from other varieties in several details concerning the dough, the fillings, the look and the composition of some secondary or additional ingredients (sugar, sour cream, milk, butter, eggs, raisins, cinnamon etc.). Compared, for instance, with prekmurska gibanica, it contains puff pastry instead of shortcrust pastry, as well as fresh quark cheese instead of ricotta or cottage (curd) cheese. At first sight it can be seen that međimurska gibanica has simpler and thicker four-layer fillings instead of doubled and thinner eight-layer fillings of prekmurska gibanica. Generally, it is juicier and softer than most other types of gibanica.
See also
Prekmurska gibanica – a similar, but more elaborate and "formal" gibanica, from the neighbouring Slovenian region of Prekmurje
Börek
Pogača
References
External links
Međimurska gibanica on the official website of the Tourist Board of Međimurje County
Recipe from a bakery company
Recipe from a restaurant offering old regional dishes
Detailed preparation procedure with photos
Međimurska gibanica among large number of types of gibanica
A međimurska gibanica baking competition show on television
Some good quality close-up photos
Cheese dishes
Gibanica
Croatian pastries
Pastries with poppy seeds
Apple dishes
Layer cakes
de:Gibanica#Međimurska gibanica | wiki |
Quest (initially titled Q for Quest) is a Canadian entertainment and information anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1961 to 1964.
Premise
The series began in January 1961 as Q for Quest and featured a variety of documentaries, dramas and musical performances. The series was hosted by Andrew Allan for its first six months. Executive producer Ross McLean described the series as "a free-form exercise in the inventive use of television."
After the initial season ended in June 1961, McLean left CBC for the upstart private CTV Television Network and was replaced by Daryl Duke. Allan was replaced as host by Robert Whitehead. The series title was shortened to Quest when it began its first full season in October 1961. Episode producers included Harvey Hart, George McCowan, Mario Prizek and Whitehead.
In March 1964, Duke left the CBC to work with Steve Allen in the United States after completing an episode featuring musician Bob Dylan for Quest. That final episode of Quest was broadcast on 10 March 1964. CBC created a new experimental anthology series Eye Opener which aired from January to March 1965.
Reception
Quest took an experimental and often controversial approach on the productions it aired. The presentation of Jules Feiffer's satirical play Crawling Arnold on the 4 February 1962 episode drew particularly strong public reaction. Edwin William Brunsden, a Member of Parliament, received negative correspondence to this broadcast and denounced the episode in Parliament as "depraved... disgusting... garbage... and a rank violation of the sanctity of the Canadian home and family." The suitability of Quest'''s subject matter for a broadcast audience was also a concern of CBC management on occasion. (House of Commons report) Ottawa-based Sock 'n' Buskin Theatre Company lodged a different complaint regarding the CBC's promotion of "Crawling Arnold" as a "North American premiere" because the theatre group began its performances of the play three days prior to the broadcast.
Alberta Member of Parliament Clifford Smallwood declared to the 25 February 1964 broadcast of "For Want of Something Better to Do" to be "corrupt and immoral". Smallwood demanded that CBC programming be approved by a House of Commons committee. Ottawa Citizen columnist Frank Penn saw little immorality in that episode, but rather that the play was a challenge to inhumanity.
CBC had received more critical letters from viewers for Quest than for any other program according to Duke during a September 1962 interview.
Episodes
Weeks not listed were usually pre-empted by other programming such as extended editions of Close-Up, CBC Newsmagazine or Stanley Cup playoffs.
Season 1: early 1961Q for Quest began as a mid-season series, airing Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern).
The initial 1961 half-season was pre-empted by extended hour-long editions of Close-Up on 31 January, 7 March, 25 April. Stanley Cup playoff broadcasts also pre-empted Q for Quest on 21 March and 4 April 1961. The 2 May episode was pre-empted by the special documentary University.
Season 2: 1961–1962
The first full season of Quest aired on Sundays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern).
Season 3: 1962–1963Quest retained its Sunday 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) time slot for its 1962–63 season.
Season 4: 1963–1964
The final season of Quest'' returned to its original Tuesday 10:30 p.m. time slot.
References
External links
CBC Television original programming
1961 Canadian television series debuts
1964 Canadian television series endings | wiki |
The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts and is thus the minimum age of a person with whom another person is legally permitted to engage in sexual activity. The distinguishing aspect of the age of consent laws is that the person below the minimum age is regarded as the victim, and his or her sex partner is regarded as the offender, unless both are underage.
Maps
Definitions
Restricted by age difference: younger partner is deemed able to consent to having sex with an older one as long as their age difference does not exceed a specified amount.
Restricted by authority: younger partner is deemed able to consent to having sex with an older one as long as the latter is not in a position of trust or authority, or is not recognised to be abusing the inexperience of the younger one.
Unrestricted: age from which one is deemed able to consent to having sex with anyone else or marriageable age if they must be married
Different jurisdictions express these definitions differently, like Argentina, may say the age of consent is 18, but an exception is made down to 13 years of age, if the older partner is not in a position of authority over the younger one. The data below reflects what each jurisdiction's legislation actually means, rather than what it states on the surface.
Tables
Australia
Mexico
United States
Rest of the world
See also
Age of consent
Ages of consent in Africa
Ages of consent in Asia
Ages of consent in Europe
Ages of consent in North America
Ages of consent in the United States
Ages of consent in Oceania
Ages of consent in South America
Age of consent reform
Age of consent reform in Canada
Age of consent reform in the United Kingdom
Age of Consent Act, 1891
French petition against age of consent laws
Youth
Youth suffrage
Youth rights
Legal age
Legal drinking age
Age of majority
Age of reason (canon law)
Age of accountability
Mature minor doctrine
Emancipation of minors
Fitness to plead, law of England and Wales
Minors and abortion
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Child sexual abuse
Sex-positive movement
Age disparity in sexual relationships
Comprehensive sex education
Adult film industry regulations
Sodomy law
The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon
References
Sex laws
Sexuality
Minimum ages] | wiki |
Inertia is a 2001 Canadian drama film, directed by Sean Garrity.
The film stars Jonas Chernick, Sarah Constible, Gordon Tanner and Micheline Marchildon as Joseph, Laura, Bruce and Alex, four young professionals in Winnipeg, Manitoba who are embroiled in a "love rhombus" in which each is in unrequited love with one of the others.
The film won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival,
References
External links
2001 films
Canadian drama films
Films directed by Sean Garrity
2001 directorial debut films
English-language Canadian films
2000s English-language films
2000s Canadian films | wiki |
Bucatini (), also known as perciatelli (), is a thick spaghetti-like pasta with a hole running through the center. It is common throughout Lazio, particularly Rome.
The similar ziti consists of long hollow rods which are also smooth in texture and have square-cut edges; "cut ziti" are ziti cut into shorter tubes. There is also a wider version of ziti, zitoni .
Name
The name comes from the Italian buco, meaning "hole", while bucato or its Neapolitan language variant perciato means "pierced".
Composition and use
Bucatini is a tubed pasta made of hard durum wheat flour and water. Its length is with a diameter. The average cooking time is nine minutes.
In Italian cuisine, bucatini is served with buttery sauces, guanciale, vegetables, cheese, eggs, and anchovies or sardines. One of the most common sauces to serve with bucatini is the Amatriciana sauce, bucatini all'amatriciana. It is traditionally made with guanciale, a type of cured meat taken from the pork jowl.
Raw bucatini can be used as a biodegradable drinking straw.
Preparation
Standard pasta machines will roll out sheets of flat pasta which are then cut into ribbons to make flat, ribbon-style pasta like fettuccine, tagliatelle, or pappardelle. Bucatini, on the other hand, has to be extruded rather than rolled.
The pasta dough is fed into a machine that forces it through a perforated disk, very similar to a meat grinder. The shape of the pasta depends on the shape of the perforations. Bucatini are made with a disk with tiny circular perforations, which forces the pasta dough to emerge in long tubes. The tubes are then trimmed off to the desired length and then either dried or cooked fresh.
Bucatini can be made at home with a stand mixer and a pasta extruder. Since bucatini has a hole in the middle, it must be handled gently so as not to squeeze the hole shut prior to eating.
See also
Bigoli
Macaroni
Baked ziti
References
Cuisine of Lazio
Types of pasta | wiki |
CAE o Cambridge English: Advanced, examen d'anglès de Cambridge English Language Assessment.
CAE o Enginyeria assistida per ordinador, un sistema d'enginyeria realitzada amb l'ordinador. | wiki |
2009 flu pandemic in Eurasia may refer to:
2009-2010 flu pandemic in Asia
2009-2010 flu pandemic in Europe | wiki |
Iana Victorovna Ouskova (en ; en ), née le 28 septembre 1985 à Maïkop, en RSFS de Russie (Union soviétique), est une handballeuse russe.
Biographie
compétitions nationales
vainqueur de la coupe de Russie en 2007, 2008 (avec Rostov-Don) et 2014 (avec Zvezda Zvenigorod)
Palmarès
Sélection nationale
Jeux olympiques
médaille d'argent aux Jeux olympiques de 2008 à Pékin
championnat du monde
vainqueur du championnat du monde 2005
vainqueur du championnat du monde 2007
autres
vainqueur du championnat du monde junior en 2005
vainqueur du championnat du monde junior en 2003
Distinction personnelle
élue meilleure ailière droite du championnat du monde 2007
Références
Liens externes
Handballeuse internationale russe
Championne du monde de handball
Naissance en septembre 1985
Naissance en RSFS de Russie
Naissance à Maïkop
Récipiendaire de la médaille de l'ordre du Mérite pour la Patrie, 2e classe
Handballeuse aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2008
Médaillée d'argent olympique russe
Joueuse du Rostov-Don
Joueuse du Zvezda Zvenigorod | wiki |
Pipe Smoker of the Year was an award given out annually by the British Pipesmokers' Council, to honour a famous pipe-smoking individual. Initiated in 1965 as Pipeman of the Year by the Briar Pipe Trade Association, it was presented at a lunch in London's Savoy Hotel each January. The award was discontinued in 2004 because its organisers feared it fell foul of laws banning all advertising and promotion of tobacco.
The award was briefly reintroduced in 2014, by the UK Federation of Pipe Clubs, at the British Pipe Smoking Championship at Newark Showground. In a departure from previous awards the recipient was not a celebrity, but the outgoing President of the UK Federation of Pipe Clubs Brian Mills, in recognition for his personal contribution in recommencing the British Pipe Smoking Championships.
Pipe Smokers of the Year
1964 – Rupert Davies
1965 – Harold Wilson
1966 – Andrew Cruickshank
1967 – Warren Mitchell
1968 – Peter Cushing
1969 – Jack Hargreaves
1970 – Eric Morecambe
1971/72 – Lord Shinwell
1973 – Frank Muir
1974 – Fred Trueman
1975 – Campbell Adamson
1976 – Harold Wilson (Pipeman of the Decade)
1977 – Brian Barnes
1978 – Magnus Magnusson
1979 – J. B. Priestley
1980 – Edward Fox
1981 – James Galway
1982 – Dave Lee Travis
1983 – Patrick Moore
1984 – Henry Cooper
1985 – Jimmy Greaves
1986 – David Bryant
1987 – Barry Norman
1988 – Ian Botham
1989 – Jeremy Brett
1990 – Laurence Marks
1991 – John Harvey-Jones
1992 – Tony Benn
1993 – Rod Hull
1994 – Ranulph Fiennes
1995 – Jethro
1996 – Colin Davis
1997 – Malcolm Bradbury
1998 – Willie John McBride
1999 – Trevor Baylis
2000 – Joss Ackland
2001 – Russ Abbot
2002 – Richard Dunhill
2003 – Stephen Fry
2014 – Brian Mills
Notes
References
Pipe smoking
Smoking in the United Kingdom
2004 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Awards disestablished in 2004
1964 establishments in the United Kingdom
Awards established in 1964 | wiki |
Get Married can refer to any of the following:
Marriage
Get Married (TV series), an American TV series on Lifetime Television
Get Married (film), a 2007 Indonesian film by Hanung Bramantyo | wiki |
This list includes notable management consulting firms.
Management consulting indicates both the industry of, and the practice of, helping organizations improve their performance, primarily through the analysis of existing business problems and development of plans for improvement.
Organizations hire the services of management consultants for a number of reasons, including gaining external (and presumably objective) advice and access to the consultants' specialized expertise.
Management consulting | wiki |
Món cuốn refer to Vietnamese roll and wrap dishes which include a variety of ingredients rolled in banh trang or vegetable leaf; it may include vegetable and herb leaves, or other kinds of vegetable. The range of possible ingredients allows people to select only what they want, according to their taste. The dish is always served with a dipping sauce called nước chấm.
Món cuốn is a finger food in which the ingredients are cooked but the diners assemble their own rolls. It is also a real variety of fast food because of its fast-cooking process but invented from the old days.
Varieties
Banh cuon
Bò bía
Bò cuốn lá lốt - grilled meat wrapped in lolot leaves
Bánh ướt thịt nướng - thin steamed rolled rice pancake with roast meat and salad.
Cuốn cá nục
Cuốn tôm chua thịt luộc
Cuốn ốc gạo
Cuốn cá lóc hấp nước dừa
Cuốn đầu heo ngâm chua
Cuốn diếp
Chả giò rế
Cuốn ốc gạo
Cuốn nem nướng - made with grilled pork meatballs
Spring roll
Summer roll
Trảng Bàng dew-wetted rice paper
References
Vietnamese cuisine | wiki |
Persone
David Donaldson (1916-1996) – pittore britannico
David Donaldson (1960) – musicista neozelandese
David Donaldson (1986) – sciatore canadese | wiki |
Rambling Boy may refer to:
Ramblin' Boy, a 1964 album by Tom Paxton
Rambling Boy (Charlie Haden album), 2008 | wiki |
A leg is a single game in the sport of darts. Most darts matches are played over a number of legs. Alternatively, a match may be divided into sets, with each set being contested often on a first to 3 legs or first to 5 legs basis.
Start and finish
At the start of each leg, each player or team has a score of 501. A leg is over when either side reaches zero by hitting a double or the bull's eye. If playing several sets, the player throwing first is alternated.
References
Darts terminology | wiki |
is Chinese-style Japanese dish consisting of chilled Chinese noodle with various toppings served in the summer. It is also called in Kansai region and in Hokkaido. Toppings are usually colorful cold ingredients and a tare sauce.
Popular toppings are some meat (ham, boiled chicken or barbecued pork (char siu)), strips of tamagoyaki (egg omelette), summer vegetables like cucumber and tomatoes, menma (fermented bamboo shoots), and beni shōga (pickled ginger) as condiment. Toppings are cut thin, to mix well with the noodles and the sauce. The tare sauce is usually made with a base of either soy sauce and rice vinegar, or sesame seeds and mayonnaise ().
See also
Jungguk-naengmyeon
List of ramen dishes
Notes
External links
The Spruce Eats article about Hiyashi chūka
Japanese cuisine
Ramen dishes
Cold noodles | wiki |
Solanum echinatum est une espèce de plantes de la famille des Solanaceae.
Liens externes
Solanaceae | wiki |
House of the Wolf or The House of the Wolf may refer to:
The House of the Wolf, an 1890 novel by Stanley J. Weyman
House of the Wolf, a 1981 novel by M. K. Wren
The House of the Wolf, a 1983 novel by Basil Copper
House of the Wolf, a 2010 novel by Ezzat el Kamhawi
See also
The House of the Wolfings, an 1889 novel by William Morris
Het Huis van de Wolf, a 1983 novel by Wim Gijsen released in English as The House of the Wolf
House of the Wolf Man, a 2009 horror film | wiki |
Network dynamics is a research field for the study of networks whose status changes in time. The dynamics may refer to the structure of connections of the units of a network, to the collective internal state of the network, or both. The networked systems could be from the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, sociology, economics, computer science, etc. Networked systems are typically characterized as complex systems consisting of many units coupled by specific, potentially changing, interaction topologies.
For a dynamical systems' approach to discrete network dynamics, see sequential dynamical system.
See also
References
Networks | wiki |
A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for this area of publishing is the trade press.
Overview
Trade publications keep industry members abreast of new developments. In this role, it functions similarly to how academic journals or scientific journals serve their audiences. Trade publications include targeted advertising, which earns a profit for the publication and sales for the advertisers while also providing sales engineering–type advice to the readers, that may inform purchasing and investment decisions.
Trade magazines typically contain advertising content centered on the industry in question with little, if any, general-audience advertising. They may also contain industry-specific job notices.
For printed publications, some trade magazines operate on a subscription business model known as controlled circulation, in which the subscription is free but is restricted only to subscribers determined to be qualified leads.
See also
List of trade magazines
Professional magazine
References
"Trade or Industry Magazines" in Professional/Trade Journals. Piedmont College.
Magazine genres | wiki |
Putt-Putt may refer to:
Putt-putt golf or miniature golf
Putt-Putt (series), a children's adventure and puzzle computer game series
Putt-Putt Fun Center, a chain of amusement centers and miniature golf courses
Railroad speeder or putt-putt, a small motorized vehicle used on railroads
Putt-putt, a test rocket used during Project Orion
Putt-Putt, an auxiliary power unit aboard an aircraft
See also
Putt (disambiguation) | wiki |
Der Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone war ein Bezirk im Ballungsraum der britischen Hauptstadt London mit dem Status eines Metropolitan Borough. Er existierte von 1900 bis 1965 und lag im Nordwesten der ehemaligen Grafschaft County of London.
Geschichte
St Marylebone war ursprünglich ein Civil Parish in der Grafschaft Middlesex. Ab 1855 gehörte die Gemeinde zum Einzugsgebiet des Zweckverbandes Metropolitan Board of Works. 1889 gelangte St Marylebone zum County of London, elf Jahre später folgte die Umwandlung in ein Metropolitan Borough.
Bei der Gründung von Greater London im Jahr 1965 entstand aus der Fusion der Metropolitan Boroughs Paddington, St Marylebone und Westminster die City of Westminster.
Statistik
Die Fläche betrug 1472 Acres (5,96 km²). Die Volkszählungen ergaben folgende Einwohnerzahlen:
Civil parish:
Metropolitan Borough:
Weblinks
Einzelnachweise
Metropolitan Borough (London)
Geographie (City of Westminster) | wiki |
Mariaville Lake – jednostka osadnicza w Stanach Zjednoczonych, w stanie Nowy Jork, w hrabstwie Schenectady.
CDP w stanie Nowy Jork | wiki |
Thunbergia lancifolia is een plantensoort uit de Acanthusfamilie (Acanthaceae). De soort komt voor in het zuidelijke deel van Afrika.
Acanthusfamilie | wiki |
Growth industry may refer to:
Economics of growth hormone treatment
Increasing demand, growth of economic demand
See also
MLB Industry Growth Fund
Industry (disambiguation) | wiki |
Prior to the beginning of the 2007–08 season, Bayern Munich underwent a major restructuring of the team, releasing or retiring nine players while adding ten others to the squad, most notably Luca Toni and Franck Ribéry. The season started with Bayern winning the DFB-Ligapokal, followed by a shootout win in the DFB-Pokal against Wacker Burghausen on 6 August 2007. On the first day of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season, Bayern achieved a 3–0 victory over Hansa Rostock. As the season progressed, Bayern continued in first in the league table, eventually winning the championship. Bayern also won the 2007–08 DFB-Pokal, thereby completing the domestic treble. International success was thwarted by Zenit Saint Petersburg, however, when Bayern suffered a horrible 4–0 defeat in the second leg of the semi-final after a draw at home. The match was later alleged to have been fixed. The 2007–08 season was goalkeeper Oliver Kahn's last season with Bayern.
Bundesliga
League table
Matches
DFB-Pokal
1st round
2nd round
3rd round
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
UEFA Cup
1st round
Group stage
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Friendly
Individual statistics
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Transfers
In
Out
References
Roster
Schedule
Statistics
FC Bayern Munich seasons
Bayern Munich
German football championship-winning seasons | wiki |
Equality Statute between Brazil and Portugal (or Estatuto da Igualdade entre Brasil e Portugal in Portuguese) is an agreement signed between Brazil and Portugal in Brasília on September 7, 1971, which guarantees the Portuguese in Brazil and the Brazilians in Portugal equal rights and duties with their respective nationals.
Subsequently, the provision was repeated in the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Consultation between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Portuguese Republic, signed in Porto Seguro on April 21, 2000, on the anniversary of the 500th anniversary of the Discovery of Brazil.
Benefits
The Statute guarantees the equivalence of rights between the two countries. Thus, a Brazilian can exercise their political rights in Portugal, being able to vote and to be elected, while a Portuguese can offer public competition (and pursue a political career) in Brazil. Brazilian citizens in Portugal who benefit from this status are allowed to acquire the Portuguese citizen card, as well as the Portuguese in Brazil can request the Brazilian identity card.
The only exception is in relation to the respective economic blocs of each country: A Brazilian does not have full freedom of movement within the European Union (though holders of a Brazilian passport have visa-free access in all countries of the Schengen Area, this is time-limited), while the Portuguese do not have the rights of Brazilians within Mercosur, that is, the agreement is only within the countries, rather than an agreement between economic blocs.
See also
Brazilian nationality law
Portuguese nationality law
Brazil–Portugal relations
Citizen Card (Portugal)
Brazilian identity card
References
External links
Estatuto da Igualdade completo (in Portuguese)
Artigo do decreto no site do Palácio do Planalto (in Portuguese)
Brazil–Portugal relations
Treaties of Brazil
Treaties of Portugal
Law of Brazil
Law of Portugal | wiki |
Pegesimallus ornatus is een vliegensoort uit de familie van de roofvliegen (Asilidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1936 door Bromley.
ornatus | wiki |
This is a continued list of Nintendo Switch games.
List
There are currently games across List of Nintendo Switch games (0–9 and A), this page (B), List of Nintendo Switch games (C–G), List of Nintendo Switch games (H–P), and List of Nintendo Switch games (Q–Z).
References
Switch
Nintendo Switch | wiki |
Acute eosinophilic pneumonia is the acute-onset form of eosinophilic pneumonia, a lung disease caused by the buildup of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, in the lungs. It is characterized by a rapid onset of shortness of breath, cough, fatigue, night sweats, and weight loss. Though the underlying cause is unknown, it can be triggered by a change in medication or tobacco smoking. It is treated with corticosteroids and has a favorable prognosis.
References
Rare diseases
Lung disorders | wiki |
Grumman F9F Panther
Grumman F9F Cougar | wiki |
Timing is the tracking or planning of the spacing of events in time. It may refer to:
Timekeeping, the process of measuring the passage of time
Synchronization, controlling the timing of a process relative to another process
Time metrology, the measurement of time
Timing in different fields
Timing (comedy), use of rhythm, tempo and pausing to enhance comedy and humour
Timing (linguistics), rhythmic division of time into equal portions by a language
Timing (music), ability to "keep time" accurately and to synchronise to an ensemble
Color timing, photochemical process of altering and enhancing the color of an image
Ignition timing, timing of piston and crankshaft so that a spark will occur near the end of the compression stroke
Market timing, by attempting to predict future market price movements
Memory timings (or RAM timings), measure of the performance of DRAM memory
Valve timing, the precise timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston engine
Time | wiki |
International Syria Support Group
Invasive Species Specialist Group | wiki |
Prince Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky () is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace. He is the son of famed Russian general Nikolai Bolkonsky, who raises Andrei and his sister Maria Bolkonskaya on a remote estate. Andrei is best friends with Pierre Bezukhov.
Possible prototype
He is possibly based on Tolstoy's cousin Prince Sergey Volkonsky, who was a hero of the Napoleonic Wars and later a Decembrist. However, author Laura Jepsen explains that unlike "many of the other characters for whom the author found living prototypes, Prince Andrei is entirely fictitious".
Life and death
At the beginning of the novel, the handsome and intellectual Andrei, disillusioned with married life and finding his wife preoccupied with trivialities, becomes an officer in the Third Coalition against his idol, Napoleon Bonaparte. When he goes to war, he leaves his pregnant wife, Lise, at Bald Hills in the countryside with his father and sister.
Andrei is wounded at the Battle of Austerlitz. He has an epiphany while lying on the battlefield gazing up at the vastness of the blue sky, realising the triviality of human affairs under the immobile eyes of nature and that he has the potential to be happy. Shortly afterwards, Andrei is rescued from the battlefield by Napoleon, who takes a liking to him, although Andrei no longer sees him as a great man but as "...a small, insignificant man compared with what was happening between his soul and this lofty, infinite sky with clouds racing across it...with his petty vanity and joy in victory." However, Prince Andrei is not listed among the dead or the officers taken prisoner, leading his father and sister to assume the worst. Neither inform Lise that he is unaccounted-for, fearing to cause her any anxiety in the final stages of her pregnancy. Andrei arrives, fully recovered, while his wife is in labour and sees her briefly before she dies in childbirth. The child, a boy, survives. Andrei, who, despite everything, had cared deeply for his wife (as he confides later to Pierre), is guilt-stricken and depressed. Completely disillusioned with his former wartime ambitions, Andrei spends the following few years at home, raising his son and serving under his father.
In 1809, Andrei is recalled to Petersburg, where he is formally introduced to Countess Natasha Rostova for the first time. Andrei wishes to marry Natasha, but his father expresses concern: he does not wish to see his son rush into a marriage with a woman half his age, and socially below him. Old Prince Bolkonsky demands that they wait a year before marrying. Andrei proposes marriage to Natasha, who happily accepts, though she is upset by the one-year wait. In the meantime Andrei decides to tour Europe.
In Andrei's absence however, Natasha develops an infatuation with the libertine Prince Anatole Kuragin. She breaks off the engagement with Andrei and plans to elope with Kuragin. Natasha is stopped by her cousin Sonya and Marya Dmitrievna, who suspect Anatole's intentions. They later find out from Pierre Bezukhov that Anatole is already secretly married to a Polish woman.
Andrei wants to take revenge on Kuragin, who flees after Pierre warns him. Not having found Kuragin and in the light of Napoleon's 1812 invasion, he decides to join the army again. When Kutuzov is appointed commander-in-chief, he offers Andrei a position in his personal staff. Andrei declines as he is a well-liked regimental commander, considering his role there to be more important than what he could possibly accomplish as a staff officer.
During the Battle of Borodino he is hit by an exploding shell and seriously wounded in the stomach. While in agony, he sees Anatole, whose leg is amputated due to war wounds, and realizes that he has the capability to forgive both Anatole and Natasha, and that he still loves her. He is driven back to Moscow, where Sonya (Natasha's cousin) notices him when the Rostovs are helping transport wounded soldiers. Eventually, Natasha discovers him, and they are reunited. She tries to nurse him back to his health. Although Prince Andrei's wounds begin to heal and health slowly returns, he eventually loses the will to live and dies in Natasha and Mary's care.
Character development
Prince Andrei is one of the most elaborated personages in the novel, together with Count Pierre Bezukhov, to whom he serves as a philosophical opposite. He is introduced as a slightly cynical character, disillusioned in his marriage by what he sees as the simple-mindedness of his wife. He's depicted as an atheist, sceptical of his sister Marya's strong religious beliefs.
Andrei enlists in the army and desperately tries to reach a high rank because he believes history is made at the top of command. He often dreams of being in command of the army and wishes he could make his imaginative plans become a reality. Andrei is shown to have great respect for Napoleon, as his view on historic events being the will of a few important people is embodied best by Napoleon. While lying wounded on the Austerlitz battlefield, Andrei meets Napoleon and realizes the nature of his hero, who is excited by the carnage on the battlefield. He loses his belief in the importance of single personages compared to the whole world.
After his return home and the death of his wife, Andrei becomes more cynical, losing his interest in war and politics. The Battle of Austerlitz made him see the chaos in war, and the inability of even the great figures of history to change the course of events. Focusing completely on the education of his son, he only enters public service under his father because the latter wished so. A visit by Pierre Bezukhov, who recently joined the Freemasons and attempts to explain his philosophies to the pessimistic and disillusioned Andrei, makes Andrei realise that his life is not over yet. Although Pierre's philosophies fail to convince him, he finds joy in his life again.
Andrei regains the will to live and becomes more optimistic. During this period he is also shown to be fairly humanist, he frees his serfs and tries to improve their living conditions under influence of the thoughts Pierre expressed to him. Reflecting on his experiences at Austerlitz, he now becomes convinced that in order to prevent the chaos on the battlefield he experienced, the military code needs to be changed.
After meeting Natasha Rostova, he becomes enchanted with her liveliness, which contrasts with his life after the death of his wife. He proposes to her but his father disapproves, and suggests that Andrei should wait a year and receive treatment abroad for his wound. While Andrei is away, Natasha disgraces herself by attempting to elope with Anatole Kuragin. Andrei is too proud to forgive her.
When back in the army, Andrei realises that his previous visions on historic events were false, that the course of historic events is not decided by the actions of a few, as he thought before Austerlitz, nor by the laws (he tried to change) by which they operate, but by the decisions and actions of every single individual. He adopts the same deterministic view of history that Tolstoy himself expresses in the narrative chapters. For this reason he declines to join Kutuzov's staff to remain in command of his regiment, where he feels his actions are just as important, if not more important, than trying to change the course of events from a distance.
In the hospital at the Borodino, Andrei meets Kuragin, on whom he wanted to take revenge. However, seeing the horribly wounded Kuragin's suffering makes him realise the meaning of forgiveness and absolute love. Recovering from his wound, he starts believing that the love he felt for his former enemy Kuragin, is the same love expressed in the Gospels. Following this change, he starts to recover and meets Natasha again, whom he forgives stating he loves her now more than ever. After having a dream that parallels dying with awakening in a new reality, he loses his will to live and dies.
See also
List of characters in War and Peace
References
External links
"Andrei Bolkonsky (Character) from Voyna i mir (1967)," The Internet Movie Database
Fictional soldiers
Characters in War and Peace
Fictional Russian people in literature
Male characters in literature
Literary characters introduced in 1869 | wiki |
The third metacarpal styloid process enables the hand bone to lock into the wrist bones, allowing for greater amounts of pressure to be applied to the wrist and hand from a grasping thumb and fingers. It allows humans the dexterity and strength to make and use complex tools. This unique anatomical feature separates humans from apes and other nonhuman primates, and is not seen in human fossils older than 1.8 million years.
References
Bones of the hand | wiki |
This page is a glossary of notaphily. Notaphily is the study of paper money or banknotes.
Terms
Further reading
A Guide Book of United States Coins by R.S. Yeoman
References
Coin World Glossary
Dictionary.com
2005 Blackbook Price Guide to United States Paper Money
"Numismatic Terms and Methods" from the American Numismatic Society
Notaphily
Numismatics
Wikipedia glossaries using description lists | wiki |
Patrick O'Byrne may refer to:
Patrick O'Byrne (pianist)
Patrick O'Byrne (politician)
See also
Paddy O'Byrne, Irish radio broadcaster and actor
Patrick Byrne (disambiguation) | wiki |
The Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) is a psychological questionnaire designed to measure sleep behaviors in children and adolescents ages 4–12. The 52-question test is filled out by the parent and the parent is asked to rate the frequency that their child has shown the qualities of the described sleep behaviors. This question test takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. The CSHQ has demonstrated good reliability and validity in measuring child sleep habits and problems.
The CSHQ can help find sleep difficulties like Sleep Anxiety, Bedtime Resistance, and Night Wakings, which can then help a child's daytime behavior. The child's daytime behaviors can include emotional health, academic performance, or even their relationships. Because of this, many children have then had higher levels of anger or sadness and cannot concentrate on the task at hand. These can all be affected by poor sleep habits.
References
Screening and assessment tools in child and adolescent psychiatry | wiki |
Nectamia similis is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van kardinaalbaarzen (Apogonidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 2008 door Fraser.
Kardinaalbaarzen | wiki |
A Bachelor of Medical Sciences (BMedSci, BMedSc, BSc(Med), BMSc) is an undergraduate academic degree involving study of a variety of disciplines related to human health leading to an in depth understanding of human biology and associated research skills such as study design, statistics and laboratory techniques. Such disciplines include biochemistry, cell biology, physiology, pharmacology or psychosocial aspects of health. It is an equivalent level qualification to the more commonly awarded Bachelor of Science (BSc). Graduates may enter a diverse range of roles including post-graduate study, higher education, the biotechnology industry, the pharmaceutical industry, consultancy roles, scientific communication, education or unrelated disciplines which make use of the broad range of transferable skills gained through this degree.
Australia
In Australia, the Bachelor of Medical Sciences (BMedSc) degree is offered by The University of Adelaide, Griffith University, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, Monash University, Australian National University, University of Western Sydney, University of Newcastle, Flinders University, Charles Sturt University, Macquarie University , Central Queensland University and The University of the Sunshine Coast.
Canada
At the University of Western Ontario, BMSc is a four-year degree offered by the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. It is differentiated from a BSc due to the advanced medical sciences orientation of the courses offered such as Anatomy and Pharmacology.
The University of Alberta offers a BMSc to Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry students who did not complete a bachelor's degree prior to entry into the program.
India
In India, BMSc is an undergraduate degree offered by top universities like Panjab University, Punjabi University, Indian Institutes of Technology and the R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree can be awarded in four situations; firstly as a standalone 3-year first degree, secondly, as a consequence of taking an extra year during a medical or dental course (termed intercalating), thirdly as an additional part of a medical degree but without any additional years of study, and fourthly as an exit award if a student wishes to leave their primary medical or dental undergraduate course. When the degree is obtained without any additional years of study, it may not be viewed as an equivalent qualification. For example, the UK Foundation Programme Office (the British body which manages first jobs for new medical graduates) places less value on a BMedSc degree if an additional year of study has not been undertaken. Regardless of the way in which the degree is obtained, a research project typically forms a large component of the degree as well as formal teaching in medical science related disciplines.
Bachelor of Medical Sciences degrees are awarded as a standalone 3-year course by the University of Chester, University of Exeter, University of Birmingham, the University of Sheffield, Bangor University, Oxford Brookes University, De Montfort University, and the University of St Andrews. Medical schools which award an intercalated Bachelor of Medical Sciences after an additional year of study are Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, the University of Birmingham, the University of Dundee, the University of Edinburgh the University of Aberdeen and the University of Sheffield.
The University of Nottingham and the University of Southampton award the degree as a standard part of their undergraduate medicine courses without an additional year of study (students must undertake a research project).
Egypt
In Egypt, the bachelor of medical sciences is awarded after four years of study in addition to an internship year in which interns are trained in multiple public and university hospitals.
The degree is offered in five universities in Egypt: October 6 University, Misr University for Science and Technology, Pharos University in Alexandria, Beni-Suef University and Menoufia University. Faculties of applied medical sciences offer various disciplines for students to choose from, including medical laboratories, radiology and medical imaging, therapeutic nutrition, and biomedical equipment.
In 2015, the Central Authority For Organization and Administration (CAOA) granted the holders of the bachelor of medical sciences the title of "specialist" in the corresponding specialty.
References
Academic degrees of the United Kingdom
Medical degrees
Medical Sciences | wiki |
The Anmatyerre are an Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory of Australia
Anmatyerre (which may also be spelt Anmatjera, Anmatyerr, Anmatjirra, or Amatjere) may also refer to:
Anmatjere, Northern Territory, a locality in Australia
Anmatyerre language, the language of the Anmatyerre
Anmatjere Community, or Anmatyerre Community, a former local government area in the Northern Territory of Australia | wiki |
San Elijo may refer to:
San Elijo Lagoon
San Elijo Middle School
San Elijo College
San Elijo Hills, California
San Elijo State Beach | wiki |
The NWA Southern Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship created in 1937. After 1944 it was defended in the National Wrestling Alliance affiliated Georgia Championship Wrestling (then known as ABC Booking) until the championship was retired in 1970.
Title history
[…] Means champion lineage is uncertain at this period in time
Key
As of , .
See also
Jim Crockett Promotions
National Wrestling Alliance
Georgia Championship Wrestling
References
External links
NWA Women's Southern Title
Georgia Wrestling History
Georgia Championship Wrestling championships
National Wrestling Alliance championships
Professional wrestling in Georgia (U.S. state)
Regional professional wrestling championships
Women's professional wrestling championships | wiki |
Plastic containers are containers made exclusively or partially of plastic. Plastic containers are ubiquitous either as single-use or reuseable/durable plastic cups, plastic bottles, plastic bags, foam food containers, Tupperware, plastic tubes, clamshells, cosmetic containers, up to intermediate bulk containers and various types of containers made of corrugated plastic. The entire packaging industry heavily depends on plastic containers or containers with some plastic content (e.g. plastic coating or when made of composite material), besides paperboard and other materials. Food storage nowadays relies mainly on plastic food storage containers.
A basic but important distinction is between single-use / disposable and multi-use / durable containers. The former makes up a notable portion of the global plastic waste (e.g. toothpaste tubs, food delivery foam containers, most plastic bottles, etc.).
Because of the multitude of container applications, the types of plastic vary widely. Because of the material variety (combinations are no exception), the waste will make up a significant portion of plainly visible plastic pollution although some containers like bottles are recyclable.
The convenience and low cost of plastics are the main reasons for their continuously increasing use. Plastic packaging can keep food fresh longer, prevent food waste, and provide consumers with a greater variety of food. In addition, goods in plastic packaging can be easily transported and distributed. Plastic has replaced traditional materials like wood, paperboard, and metal for the manufacture of containers because of its price, moldability/formability, durability and light weight.
Waste
It is estimated that 3.4 billion tonnes of plastic packaging were created between 1950 and 2017. Most plastic packaging is disposed of within a relatively short time. Discarded packaging accounts for 46% (158 million tonnes) of total annual plastic waste generation. Most plastic packaging waste is estimated to come from household waste. According to a 2010 survey by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), 73% of all plastic packaging waste in the United Kingdom came from households. Waste plastic packaging makes up a considerable portion of collected aquatic litter (15.9% in the oceans and 74.5% in rivers).
In a 2019 report, The Coca-Cola Company divulged the company created 3 million tons of plastic packaging in 2017 with Nestlé creating 1.7 million tons, Unilever creating 610,000 tons and Colgate-Palmolive nearly 300,000 tons.
In the late 2010s, 150 companies signed up to be part of The Ellen MacArthur Foundation's commitment to reduce plastic pollution.
Alternatives
Alternatives such as cotton bags, cardboard boxes and aluminum cans often have larger ecological footprints because these use up more energy and water to manufacture and transport than their plastic equivalents. In addition, very few countries have facilities for recycling materials that are deemed to be less environmentally harmful than plastic. In most cases, this allegedly safe packaging gets in the natural landscape in the form of waste.
Trade groups
In the U.S., the industry is represented by the Society of the Plastics Industry, Closure & Container Manufacturers Association, Flexible Packaging Association, and others.
Global market
Today packaging is the largest use of plastic resins, accounting for 36% (158 million tonnes) of the world’s total plastic production by mass. Plastic packaging is used in the commercial, retail, household, tourism and agricultural sectors. Consumption rates vary among and within countries, with developing countries generally less reliant on packaging. In China annual plastic packaging consumption is approximately 14 kg/capita; in Europe the rate is much higher, averaging 174 kg/capita.
Asia Pacific dominated the global plastic packaging market in 2016. In second place comes North America. The pharmaceutical and food and beverage industries contributed the most to the use of plastic packaging products. During 2016, Asia Pacific accounted for more than 30 percent of the shares of the total volume consumption in this market. The Ocean Conservancy reported that China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam dump more plastic in the sea than all other countries combined.
See also
Fibre-reinforced plastic tanks and vessels
Health concerns of certain non-biodegradable (fossil fuel-based) plastic food packaging
Intermediate bulk container
Flexible intermediate bulk container
Packaging and labelling
Packed lunch
Closure (container)
Lid (container)
Plastic milk container
Plastic crate
Litter box
Toolbox
Disposable lighter
Blister pack
Tub (container)
Euro container
Systainer
References
Sources
Bibliography
Soroka, W, "Fundamentals of Packaging Technology", IoPP, 2002,
Soroka, W, Illustrated Glossary of Packaging Terminology, Institute of Packaging Professionals,
Yam, K. L., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 2009,
Plastics applications
Containers | wiki |
The Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation (MDF) is a patient organization focused solely on myotonic dystrophy (DM). Based in the Preservation Park of Oakland, California, MDF was founded by families living with myotonic dystrophy. It is an American 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
History
MDF evolved during the International Myotonic Dystrophy Consortium (IDMC-5) in October 2005 to create a national advocacy organization for people living with myotonic dystrophy. In September 2019, the organization rebranded to Myotonic with the hope of garnering more attention for the rare disease. However, in 2021, the organization reverted its name back to the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation citing a strong community preference for the original moniker.
References
Muscular dystrophy organizations | wiki |
Comet Hartley is the name of:
100P/Hartley or Hartley 1
103P/Hartley or Hartley 2
or Hartley 3
See also
Hartley (disambiguation) | wiki |
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