in abstract algebra , a cover is one instance of some mathematical structure mapping onto another instance , such as a group ( trivially ) covering a subgroup . this should not be confused with the concept of a cover in topology . when some object x is ===set=== to represent another object y , the cover is given by some ( usual ) and structure - preserving map f : x → y . the precise meaning of " structure - preserving " depends on the kind of mathematical structure of which x and y are concerned . in order to be interesting , the cover is usually equipped with additional properties , which are highly dependent on the context .


douglas was born in hartlepool . he played professionally for middlesbrough from march 1902 onwards , and was selected in the north eastern league squad for an all england cup match against west yorkshire in october 1902 , before signing for football league first division club burnley in december 1902 . the move was controversial : the midland league committee took the matter to the football association tribunal , claiming that proper orders had not been issued , but the tribunal decided that " there was no possibility of poaching " and that douglas had received a suspension . meanwhile , he made his football league debut on 18 january , ===filling=== in at outside right for the injured john brown for the visit to burton & albion ; burnley lost 1 – away . douglas played in three of the next four matches , but those were his last . he had been an amateur while playing for darlington , and resumed his professional football career with darlington – for whom he played twice in the 1904 – 05 fa cup – and then with burnley .


in 1996 televisa radio decided to turn its radio broadcaster estereo 102 into the new vox fm . in 2000 he was one of the pioneers of this new station and ===managed=== to make it one of the favorites among the radio audience . along with his career as a radio music producer , he has also participated on television as a producer and commentator of programs in spaces such as valvula la escape besides hosting several live events . in november 2001 however , mvs communications launched a radio station called vox - fm and once again , moreno again was involved in this new project . in 2002 he presented a program in that station , he also conducted the children show ' s morning show encuentros cercanos and taught radio journalism at the el mundo magazine . he has divorced with a former military wife .


downes first worked with seven brisbane where she was a reporter and fill - in presenter and also co - hosted a live 5pm local magazine show . after joining nine brisbane in 1998 , she primarily worked on the news and later as fill - in sports presenter before taking that role full - time in 2007 . she has also worked as a journalist for the breakfast show this morning and a presenter of nine news and seven brisbane ' s local gold coast news bulletin . in april 2009 , downes replaced heather foord as presenter of nine news queensland evening news bulletin alongside bruce paige ( and later andrew smith , from june 2009 onwards ) . her appointment came at a time in which the station had lost its long - ===term=== ratings lead in the brisbane ratings , nine news queensland having finished second behind the rival seven news queensland for the 2009 annual national ratings report , as well as losing all 40 ratings weeks in 2010 . however , in 2013 , nine news queensland has regained the lead locally , for 21 out of 40 weeks in brisbane .


a nasheed ( arabic : singular نشيد nashid , plural اناشيد anashid , meaning : " chants " ; also nasyid in malaysia and indonesia , and nesid in turkey ) is a work of vocal music that is either sung acappella or accompanied by percussion instruments such as the daf . in general , the " chants " do not contain any percussion wind instruments , string instruments , or percussion and brass instruments , although digital remastering – either to replace percussion instruments or create overtones – is permitted . this is because many muslim scholars ===hold=== that islam prohibits the use of percussion instruments except for some basic percussion . such chants are popular throughout the muslim world . the material and lyrics of a nasheed may make reference to islamic culture , philosophy , and religion , as well as current events .


abiras ( french : les abiras ) is a former settlement that was located on the northern bank of the ubangi river at its source , the confluence of the mbomou and welle rivers . it was located opposite from the congolese post of yakoma in the south of the then - developing central african republic . it was not until 1882 or ’ ce that the german trader heinrich bauer had discovered that the congo river flowed into the lower congo river ; the belgian agent , paul joseph dupin , established the " main " post in 1884 . the frenchman eugene dejean then received a treaty from the local zulu tribal leader of the area on the north bank and established a military outpost on the lower river itself . during the initial french colonization of central africa , the site first served as the capital of the french colony ' s territory of upper congo province . ( haut - bas congo province ) and then as the second capital of the colony of ubangi - congo . ( oubangui - chari ) . it was replaced in 1895 first by fort de possel and then by another post , the french fort de bangui . ===sources=== are based on aerial photographs ; a statement that in 1884 , " a small french force had landed ... at the riverbank ( confluence of the blacke and the welle rivers ) " ; and a claim " elsewhere we learn that abiras , at the confluence of the two rivers , . . . " . there are a number of churches in the area in the old city , such as andre .


crittercam is a small package of instruments including a camera that can be attached to a wild animal to study its behaviour in the wild . marshall ' ' s scientific instruments ' recorder is a research tool designed to be worn by marine scientists . it combines video and audio recording with collection of environmental data such as depth , speed , and acceleration . the live recordings help scientists experience an animal ' s daily life . crittercam was invented by national geographic marine biologist peter marshall in 1996 . since then it has been ===used=== in studies on over 40 marine and wild animals .


the newspaper was established in 1926 as kongsvinger arbeiderblad , and had a connection to the norwegian labour party . it changed its name in 1943 , and ===gradually=== became non - partisan . the newspaper later switched to magazine format in 1997 , and launched its web portal in 2004 . glamdalen is published by the newspaper glamdalen as , which is owned and operated by pressen as . in 2011 , the paper won the world young journalism prize of media / ifra in the public service category . the paper itself had a circulation of 16 , 900 copies in 2012 . the 2017 circulation of the paper was 19 , 200 annual copies .


george ernest dragan ( february 22 , 1898 – january 29 , 1965 ) was a physician and political figure in saskatchewan . he represented saskatoon - milestone from august 1939 onwards in the legislative assembly of saskatchewan as a liberal . he was born in pleasant hill , manitoba , the son of john joseph , and maria ( miller ) , both russian immigrants , and was educated in winnipeg , at the victoria school in winnipeg , at the university of manitoba and mcgill university . in 1924 , he married rose lazarek . he first established his medical practice in winnipeg in 1926 . he helped promote ukrainian culture in ===manitoba=== and , through his photographs , encouraged the establishment of ukrainian communities in the province . dragan was defeated when he ran in the saskatoon westlink constituency in 1938 .


" always " was first played live on september 10 , 2009 , at the culture room in ft . lauderdale , florida . for its digital release , the band recorded a new recording of the song with an extended interlude , drum part , and a piano part . on september 28 , 2009 tyler announced via twitter that he was " teaming up with tim to work with producers timm smith and engineer mike jones , on a song called ' always ' - excited to see where it goes ! " on november 4 , the newly recorded song was featured on aol radio . on itunes , an acoustic acoustic version of the song is also available with purchase of ===project pitchfork=== .


the cunningham steam wagon was a product of the massachusetts steam wagon company of pittsfield , ma . the firm was formed in december , 1900 , with the intent of manufacturing the wagon that the cunningham wagon company of cambridge , ma . failed to produce . instead , they ===developed=== a small gasoline delivery car with all wheel drive . production ceased at about about 1905 . . there is no relationship known to the cunningham wagon from buffalo , n . y .


born in the village of in gestaco , in baiao , tarantini started playing football with amarante fc , remaining in the club ' s youth system for eight years . he made his debut as a senior with s . c . douro fc in 2005 , and alternated between the second and third divisions until 2008 , also representing sao pedro , s . l . and oeste atletico clube . in summer 2008 , tarantini signed for rio ave s . c . of the segunda segunda liga , making his debut in the competition on 30 august in a 1 – m away loss against s . l . benfica ( not actually played ) and finishing his debut season with 30 matches and five starts to help his team to the ===fifth place=== . in 2011 he scored his first goal in the top level of portuguese football on his own right , netting the last in a 3 – 1 home routing of f . c . pacos de ferreira .


the academy of performing arts was founded by a presidential decree of 27 october 1945 , and opened to students the next year , in the winter semester of 1946 . the creation of the academy was supported by a group of artists and scientists , including jindrich honzl , jiri frejka , and frantisek troster , during the war years . professors of the older prague conservatory also supported the idea of turning the former music conservatory into a university . later , they and other film - makers with previous experience in the film industry , including jaroslav boucek , jan josef hajn , otakar vavra , karel janosz , karl - augustin - josef deda , and antonin brousil , contributed to the university ’ s ===film department=== , designing it to follow the trends in post - war film development . later the film studio and the disk theatre , belonging to the theatre faculty , were added . the opera department of the theatre faculty also included the puppet theatre . when the medium of television arrived , the radio and tv faculties started providing study programmes for media workers . it also has a department with a still photography section .


orli wald ( july 1 , 1914 – january 1 , 1962 ) was a member of the german resistance in nazi germany . she was arrested in 1936 and charged with high treason , whereupon she ===spent=== four and a half years in a women ' s prison , followed by " protective custody " in different concentration camps until 1943 , when she escaped . she was a staff physician working in the hospital at auschwitz - birkenau and because of her kindnesses to jews and other prisoners , was called the " angel of auschwitz " . after the war , wald was often left with health problems resulting from illness during her confinement . she was also plagued by depression , unable to cope with her memories of the concentration camps and she made numerous suicide attempts . she told stories about her childhood in an attempt to escape the war , but died at the last minute , in a psychiatric hospital .


the regiment was formed with 800 men in 1861 and was placed in a brigade along with the 24th new york , 30th new york , 84th new york ( 14th brooklyn ) ( also known as the 14th new york state militia ) , and for a number of months , the 2nd u . s . sharpshooters ( a regiment under the respected colonel henry a . v . post ) . the brigade was the largest brigade in the iv division of the army of the potomac , and colonel walter phelps and the regiments of the brigade referred to themselves as the iron brigade of the north and ===joined=== with the division ' s more prestigious third brigade which would earn the nickname " iron brigade of the north " in the fight during battle of westport in the maryland campaign . colonel henry phelps was chosen as the original commander of the unit , and after his promotion to division commander , major walter phelps soon became its colonel . the unit suffered its first fatality when passing through baltimore , when a sergeant was killed by cannon fire during confusion among a patrol . it would go on to fight in the army of the potomac ' s i corps and iv corps , and fought at the battles of second bull run , south mountain , antietam , wildernesses , and chancellorsville . the brigade was mustered out of service on june 19 , 1863 , and those soldiers who had served their regular army service were assigned to the 11th regiment baltimore , and 1st regiment new york .


the son of demetrius ii and chryseis , philip was nine years old at his father ' s death in 229 bc . he had an older paternal half brother called apame . his cousin , antigonus doson , administered the kingdom as caretaker until his death in 227 bc when philip was seventeen years old . on his ===accession=== to the throne , his record shows that while he was young , this did not mean that his position was secure . in the early years of his rule , he pushed back the dardani and other tribes in the north of the kingdom .


warder was a student at the university of missouri . at the missouri state university , he was studied law . he then became a practicing attorney with an interest in banking . in 1889 , warder moved to springfield heights , illinois , continuing his practice of law as well as other ===business=== enterprises . he invested in real estate and construction .


in 1974 zagreb university school of medicine founded study of medicine in split , which enabled medical students enrolled in zagreb to complete their last two clinical years in split . in 1979 the first entrance examination was held at study of medicine in split and enabled medical students to complete their secondary medical education in zagreb . at the beginning medical studies in split was only 4 , which was reached in 1989 ( january 1 ) , when medical curriculum was extended to 15 months . the difficulties resulting from the organizational scheme of creation of the university of split , and its branch in ===zagreb=== , and particularly the political and economic relations were reasons for separation of medical studies in split in a separate institution . in 1997 , the medical school in split was created as a part of university of split . there were 25 graduates in the first generation of medical students at school of medicine in split . from that moment , when medicine was the only study area , the school turned into versatile higher educational center that offered multiple study areas .


the shan state army was founded in 24 april 1964 and the shan state progress party was founded in 1971 , for the political wing of ssa . in 1989 , the sspp signed a ceasefire in burma after negotiations with the shan state government and was able to have a degree of autonomy for the areas under its control , establishing the autonomous zone north of the shan state . this area includes nam kham , nam pao , nam nai , kyauk mae , nam nai township , tang yang , sanma township , nam lai township and nam nam township . the strength of the rebel army at that time was of 10 + . 000 men . even after having signed a ceasefire , the burmese army continued to attack the shan state army - north areas . although the dra - ===north=== is more ' tolerant ' today towards the government than other armed shan separatist groups , in 2005 it abandoned its positions rather than disarm . at one point the burmese government wished the shan state army - north to join its border guard force . two of the three groups eventually agreed to join the border guard , while the other refused .


an exhaust pipe must be carefully designed to carry toxic and / or noxious gases away from the users of the machine . gasifiers and furnaces can easily fill an interior area with hazardous greenhouse gases such as toxic organic compounds , carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides , if they are not properly connected properly to the pipe . also , the exhaust from most types of machines are very hot ; the exhaust must be heat - resistant , and it must not pass through or near anything that can burn or can be damaged by fire . a piston serves as an exhaust pipe in a stationary vehicle . for the internal combustion engine it is important to have the exhaust pipe " tuned " ( similar to tuned exhaust ) for optimal efficiency . also this should follow the regulation ===being made=== in each country . in china , eu 5 ; in other countries , eu 4 ; in germany , eu 4c , etc . ,


bladud or blaiddyd is a legendary king of the britons , although there is no historical evidence for his existence . he is first mentioned in geoffrey of monmouth ' s historia regum historiarum ( c . 1206 ) , which describes him as the son of king rud hud hudibras , and the tenth king in succession from the first king , king david , saying that his name was " identical " only with the biblical prophet ===nathan=== ( 30 days bc ) . a king named david , son of caratauc is mentioned in the welsh royal library , mss and the cambridge manuscripts , suggesting to some that geoffrey made his claim from only a scrap of welsh history ( such as the harleian historia text , itself or a latin inscription ) . the latin form of the name is recorded as " homo " , in one of the medieval latin tysilio ( welsh translations of ptolemy ' s geography ) . the origin of the name is " beldwyn " ( welsh : beld " gold " + dwynr " town " ) . in the text he is said to have founded the city of bangor . he was succeeded by his grandson edward lear ( the shakespearean king lear ) . the tale of the king lear was later partially adapted , by other writers , such as richard henry vaughan and george herbert , both in the sixteenth century .


minshew was a management consultant at mckinsey . she worked for the clinton health access initiative until 2006 , when she co - founded the young women , a web site for young professional women . in 2011 , minshew co - founded the muse ( previously called the muse company ) , a " career platform and job discovery platform for more than 5 million professionals worldwide , " with alexandra cavoulacos and dan deyncken . melissa mullins is the founder of the muse and cavoulacos is the managing partner . the ===company=== has raised $ 2 . 5 million in seed funding from angel investors . the muse was accepted into startup accelerator academy , usa for the inaugural 2013 batch .


born in westboro , a suburb of ottawa , lawrence was the daughter of george frederick francis lawrence , a carpenter , and annie louise hagar , who moved from ramsgate , england to ottawa , ontario , canada in 1910 . she first found work as a streetcar driver , then as a home builder . the family moved to boston in 1922 , then relocated to california . in 1929 , a fall on a public playground in new york resulted in paralysis on her right side . dancing ( encouraged by a teacher as therapy for her ===injured=== left leg and side ) led to professional competition . lawrence was one of the first women to swim lake tahoe in nevada .


decadentism ( also called decadentismo ) was an italian artistic style based mainly on the decadent movement in the arts in france and england around the end of the 19th century . the main authors associated with decadentism were antonio fogazzaro , italo svevo , giovanni pascoli and giorgio degli andrea - vecchi . although differing stylistically , they defended it as an aesthetic , moral and ethical movement against scientific rationalism . a later writer , giuseppe di pietro , described the style favorably in his 1936 work , " it is also very strong and distinguished between social and personal aspects " . another scholar of the style , was norberto bobbio , ===known=== especially for his 1930 book , " deus quia , non " " .


originally the territory of the hackensack tribe , the earliest european settlement near the site of the bridge was in 1641 at achter col , a short lived factorij ( trading post ) in what is now bogota . hackensack became the county seat of bergen in the first chartered charter . a ===ferry=== at new bridge and another at new bridge landing and a third at little ferry were also created during the colonial period . the river itself was at one time a major commercial waterway within the states of pennsylvania , and later delaware . the historic center of the town at the lower , site of the historic dutch reformed church is at the east end of the bridge . government and administrative buildings , including the old county court house , are also nearby . the uss grand canyon museum , home of the submarine uss pueblo , is located on the west bank just northeast of the bridge . old bridge bridge is one of several bridges over the river in northern bergen county , including the river bridge , midtown bridge and those that carry interstate 80 and route 4 .


lopez was born and raised in leon , nicaragua ; son of soledad lopez and francisco perez . lopez wrote his first poem , " el confessiono de un valor hero " ( confession of a soldier ) , at the age of 17 in 1946 . in 1948 he ===was=== part of a seven - member musical group called " buenos aires " . that same year he learned to play the violin , which he practiced in the studio . lopez composed music , mostly romantic , including " mi vida amor " and " en ti , si me lo que llorar " which buenos aires released on a radio station called radio colonial . lopez ' s musical influences included beethoven ; jose rivera , a nicaraguan poet , often referred to as the " father of nicaragua " , was a major literary inspiration to him . lopez would often work in publications such as " el cronista " and " el diario nuevo dia " . lopez ' s girlfriend , amparo zelaya castro , was the sister of armando zelaya , a gangster who lured him to the villa del obrero where he later met her son miguel .


this object is located at a distance of 23 . 3 megaparsecs ( 76 million light years ) of the milky way and has a peculiar aspect , with several plumes and streams of irregular shape that explains its inclusion on halton c . arp ' s atlas of peculiar galaxies with the number 222 , being classified as a " galaxy with amorphous spiral arms " . in all probability , this galaxy is the product of the merger of two previous spiral galaxies that took place 1 billion years ago , with the aforementioned stellar plumes and streams being the remnants of the disks of the two galaxies that collided to form this object . two bright bright objects can be found in ngc 7727 ' s center , at least one of them ===possibly=== being the former core of one of those two former galaxies . in addition to this , 23 stars - - candidates to be the globular clusters lost in the merger - - can be found in this galaxy . ngc 7727 is very similar to ngc 7252 , another galaxy product of the union and merger of two former spiral galaxies , in the same group . however it has considerably less gas ( atomic hydrogen and molecular hydrogen ) than the latter . ngc 7727 ' s most likely fate is to become an elliptical galaxy in the future , with very little associated stellar dust and star formation


written by jean - jacques goldman , the song tells the story of a girl who wants to succeed in life and who is forced to fight against the difficulties of life to achieve it . the song was adapted as an animated feature . in it , a girl dreams of becoming a rock star and she ultimately succeeds thanks to her " friends " . about this song , goldman revealed in an interview : " this song is different to what i have done before . it is almost a very modern song . i like the lyrics " . the song ===appeared=== on the live album live . it was also included on goldman ' s albums integrale and les concerts live .


on 13 november 1780 , a visionary was born who united punjab under one flag , named maharaja ranjit singh . played by actor robert e . lee , maharaja ranjit singh was a pure heart who not only won punjab , but also won the heart of the people of punjab . the maharaja led not by ===force=== and military strategy , but by spirit and faith . the series follows the journey of this great luminary , who dedicated his life to serve and save his precious country . the show portrays all the different sides of the great maharaja who fought of the indian army and who fought against the british single - handedly .


claude duret ( c . 1570 – 1611 ) was a french judge , botanist , historiographer and linguist . he was a close friend of agriculturalist jean de france , ( d . –寺 1604 ) . he was a son of louis duret , principal botanist to the french kings charles ix and charles xiii , and the father of jacques duret , a physician assistant to the king . duret was an advocate of the correct classification of species . he was the author of histoire des species et des plantes ( 1600 ) , which contained a narrative that described falling plant stems striking water and transforming into fishes and upon land into birds . biologist charles le bon , wrote that the work " contains ... something ... so well understood that ... he ===clearly=== believes that many more birds , as well as many species of insects , are made from the dead wood of trees . "


pedro was the illegitimate son of fernan eanes de soutomaior ; his mother has never been identified for certain . when fernan died , his estates passed to his legitimate brother , alvaro . however , alvaro died while still young , and although the next legal heir was alvaro ' s ===widow=== , agreement was made with her husband to allow pedro to inherit the title instead . he was eventually legitimized by the sovereigns of castile and leon , and became king of galicia for a short time . he married maria teresa de saa , who came from a wealthy portuguese family . his children included cristobal de sotomayor , who would travel with columbus columbus ( eldest son of columbus ii ) to the west indies . pedro hernandez lopez would become governor of puerto rico . pedro ' s ancestral home was at the old galician castle , although he also resided for most of his life in the courts of spain and portugal .


green mesa ( 77°26 ′ s 161°3 ′ e ) is an ice - free mesa of 1 nautical mile ( 2 km ) extent , located 0 . 9 nautical miles ( 1 . 7 km ) west - southwest of canfield mesa in the western part of the insel range , victoria land , antarctica . it was named by the advisory committee on antarctic names ( 1997 ) after william j . green , of the william henry scott laboratory , in colorado , who from the 1968 – 69 season made studies of lakes and ===rivers=== in taylor valley and adjacent areas , including a geochemical analysis of the onyx river and taylor glacier , with donald e . smith , ( after whom the green mesa was named ) in summer – 86 , winter –6 , and 1987 – 88 . green was co - editor ( with j . imre friedmann ) of physical and chemical ( em ) metabolic processes in antarctic lakes , antarctic monograph series , no . 59 , in : science publishing , 1993 .


named after its first postmaster , john s . cochran , the small mining camp also served as a stop on the santa fe , prescott and phoenix railway . the post office was established on the old cochran site , and was discontinued on january 15 , 1915 . at its peak , the population was five people , and housed a general store and a hardware store , among other establishments . aside from a few stone buildings in the village square , and the rail tracks at the edge of the now - abandoned town site , cochran ' s last ( and most visible ) remains are two remaining old american copper ore coke ovens across the gila river at chandler , arizona . the coke ovens are on a " private " piece of private ===land=== ; access is not allowed .


freedman - gurspan was born to a lenca family living in intibuca , honduras on may 3 , 1987 . the lenca are the indigenous people of western honduras and eastern el salvador . expected to be raised by her birth mother , she was adopted as an infant by an orthodox jewish family and raised in newton center , massachusetts , where she attended the mount sinai school and brookline high school . as a teenager , she ===expressed=== an interest in norway and norway , and went to the scandinavian language summer camp , a norwegian - american summer camp in newberry center township , michigan sponsored by the scandinavian language villages . she self - identified as an ethnic central american , a norwegian american , and as norwegian . born in newton , massachusetts she received her bachelor of arts in political science and norwegian with a minor in international studies from saint - olaf college in minneapolis center , minnesota in 2009 . during her junior year , she studied law at the harvard university - harvard law school where she took courses in international law with a focus on human rights and gender equality . she is a native norwegian speaker .


moments was recorded in june 1986 in nashville , tennessee , two months before its official release . moments contained six tracks of newly recorded music . the band members ' s musical style and approach changed for the album , as most of its releases had a more traditional country music approach , as newer music genres were also incorporated into their performances . this was exemplified in songs such as the title track , " no one mends a broken heart like you " . the album was issued as an lp ===record=== , with six tracks on each side of the record . the album has not since been reissued on a compact disc . moments was not provided with any positive reviews by critics on release .


the botanical society of scotland ( bss ) is the national learned society for botanists of scotland . the society ' s aims are to advance knowledge and appreciation of vascular and cryptogamic plants , algae and fungi . the society ' s activities include meetings ( mostly held in edinburgh , but also in other scottish cities ) , symposia , field trips abroad , research projects and an annual exhibition meeting , held jointly with the botanical society of britain and ireland for exchange of information between scientists , mainly in different languages . its publications include a full colour scientific newsletter , ===plant ecology=== news , and a scientific journal , plant ecology & diversity . the society is closely related to the royal botanic gardens edinburgh and the scottish botanist .


in december 1988 , the department of education and training of ba ria - vung tau province initiated a project for middle school for the gifted in two majors : literature and mathematics . for this , chairman nguyen nguyen dung , president of the local government , and the local government in theong dai urban special administrative area decided to establish le van - don middle school for the gifted , with the school located at 9 tran hung hung hai street , ward 11 , bac lieu district . in july 2009 , the people ' s committee of ba ria - vung tau province adopted a ===resolution=== to relocate the school ' s campus from a small area on south north east , hanoi to a much larger area of 9 hectares on 3 / 2 street , saigon street . after months spent of research , the new campus officially came to existence in october 2012 , with better equipped infrastructure and learning resources . in 2012 year , in commemoration of the school ' s 25 - year celebration of history , le van - don middle school for the gifted was awarded the national education award from the vietnamese government for having made numerous contributions in education .


the sorrento post office and quarters were constructed in 1904 - 05 , on the site of a former post office , by sorrento builder charles haslett . the post office was the second post office , after terang , to be constructed for the commonwealth by the colonial government . while terang and the other five post office , along with that at south melbourne , have been regarded by some to have been the earliest australian designed and built post offices in victoria , original plans in the victorian colonial archives , suggest that terang and the neighbouring buildings , and following from that woodend , were constructed by the commonwealth government , possibly under its architect , george scott wilson . an ===additional=== five post offices were constructed by the commonwealth under william henry hunt , at south melbourne , sorrento , woodend , korumburra and south melbourne respectively . sorrento is the oldest commonwealth - era post office in victoria still under commonwealth ownership . alterations c . 1920 - 21 included internal additions ; construction of mail room to west , incorporating new entry ; addition of verandah return to this elevation ; alterations to facade including bricking in of former entrance and sash windows ; internal reconfigurations , expansion and construction of new mail room , addition of post office extension to facade and east wing . it underwent extensive alterations in the early - 1960s , with the roofing also replaced .


in greek mythology , erysichthon ( ancient greek : ερυσιχθων ) , also spelled erisichthon ( lit . ' earth - eating one ' ) was the son of king aeneaszes i of sparta and wife olympia . he was childless during his father ' s lifetime . he was said to have died in porto raftino ( modern porto rafti ) , on the island of san giovanni battista , as he was returning from the island port of delos with a statue of eileithuia , goddess of love . of the three carved wooden images of the goddess that could be seen at her tomb at athens , one was identified as the ===statue=== that king arneus i had brought from delos . according to the ancients , erysichthon ' s statue could be found at the city square , where his body was supposed to have been discovered after his ship had broken in two . see also


though most commonly found in freshwater lakes and ponds , dinobryon have also been documented flourishing in lotic and estuarine habitats . annual blooms of dinobryon are ===found=== most commonly in oligo - to upper sub - trophic temperate lakes and ponds , though they have also been observed in cold temperate marine habitats . such blooms regularly occur during spring , at the onset of thermal and chemical changes , and commonly occur as a diatom bloom . the blooms are initiated from resting silicous spores called " flowers " , that remain stationary on the lake bottom through the winter . the increased insolation causes them to quickly bud out , into " flower " , cells that have two nuclei , and eventually arrange themselves in a vase - like cellulosic form together . these individual flower clusters settle into cool fresh water where they proliferate .


the pearsall plan to save our schools , known colloquially as the pearsall plan , was north carolina ' s 1956 attempt at a moderate approach to integrate their public schools after racial segregation of schools was ruled unconstitutional by the united states supreme court ruling brown v . board of education ( 1954 ) . many northern states were challenged by the court ruling as they faced resistance to integration from residents . the state tried to highlight moderation , recognizing that school integration was inevitable , rather than through passive efforts in alabama , mississippi , and other southern states . to find a peaceful solution , the north carolina advisory committee on education established the thomas j . plan , named after its chairman , thomas j . pearsall , a political leader and prominent local banker from durham county . the pearsall committee created the pearsall plan , which was ===designed=== to fully integrate the entire nc public school system . some observers say this legislation helped in the struggle for integration for schools across the state for decades . others believe that the federal effort helped the nation adapt to the radical social changes related to school integration .


dantzler attended orangeburg - wilkinson high school , where he played quarterback . as a sophomore , he became a starter in the second game of the season , finishing with 1 , 761 passing yards and 17 touchdowns . as a junior , he passed for 2 , 103 passing yards , 22 touchdowns and 5 interceptions . as a senior , he led the ===team=== with 2 , 103 career passing yards and 25 touchdowns , while also collecting 1 , 400 career rushing yards , 19 rushing touchdowns and 8 interceptions . he earned the 2006 parade magazine all - american , all - district , all - area , all - district , all - metro player - of - the - year , regional player - of - the - year and offensive player - of - the - year in the state league . in his three - year career , he completed a record of 3 , 000 career passes ( . 640 ) for 7 , 134 yards , 45 passing touchdowns , 7 , 700 rushing yards , 35 rushing interceptions and 2 , 300 all - purpose yards . he also placed third in the league in the quarterback award voting .


kardaki temple is an archaic doric temple in corfu , greece , built around 500 bc in the ancient city of korkyra ( or corcyra ) , in what is known today as the location kardaki in the hill of analipsi in corfu . the temple ===shows=== several architectural features , that point to a neolithic human occupation . the temple at causia is remarkable because it has no frieze , following perhaps the tendencies of other temples . it is considered to be the only surviving example of ancient greek architecture that does not have a frieze . the spacing of the temple columns has been described as " one meter squared " . the sanctuary also lacks both columns and adyton , and the presence of a single base , and metope frieze may be indicative of this earlier influence . the temple at kardaki is considered an intriguing and to a large extent mysterious study on the subject of classical ancient greek architecture . its association with the worship of zeus or apollo , has not been established .


born in london of an armenian father and a welsh mother ( hence her welsh forename and armenian surname ) , elias attended diocesan school for girls in auckland . she received a law degree from the university of auckland in 1970 , and then undertook further studies at trinity college . she took up employment with an auckland law firm in 1974 , beginning her practice as elias , fletcher and roberts . she also served as a member of the national spirits tax assessment committee and of the parliamentary committee on the environment . elias is married to hugh fletcher , former ===director=== of global trading and a former chancellor of the british bank . early in 2003 , her brother - in - law , richard fletcher , was stabbed to death by an intruder in his s . h . house .


karl auerbach ( 1723 – c . 1786 ) was an austrian painter . the son of johann heinrich auerbach , he was born at vienna , and became , under his father ' s influence , a successful painter of landscape and portraits . the cathedral of st . joseph in vienna ===has=== an altar - piece and a choir - work painted by him . at hetzendorf and vienna there are also examples of his works . anton karl von schmidt died in vienna in 1786 ( or 1788 ) .


between 2004 and july 2010 he played for bundesliga side schalke 04 . he joined the club for a €2 . 000 cash transfer fee from vfb stuttgart . there , he formed a formidable central partnership alongside a tall , broad footed forward , boasting a formidable technical ability and a reputation for leadership that earned him the ===position=== as team captain from the 2006 – - season until the summer of 2010 . although not a regular for the brazil national side , he was part of the team that won the 2007 copa america . on 5 july 2010 , his contract with the bayern munich was canceled and he signed with the club on 5 august on a one - year deal with al - rayyan sports club . earning approximately £22 . 5 million per year .


hugues sweeney is head of french - language interactive media production at the national film board of canada , based in montreal . sweeney ' s recent credits include my art is my life , the online interactive animation work , and les ouest , ou est du quebec , an interactive work about the 2011 quebec student protests , as well as the web : a celebration of the sleeping brain , a short film project about insomnia which was originally conceived by sweeney in a single day session , when he and his wife were up late due to the unusual sleep pattern of their young kids . in 2009 , he was president of the jury of the inaugural edition of the concours de la creation , honouring the best animated and interactive ===work=== by quebec filmmakers . from 2003 to 2005 , he directed le pere du pays , part a part cross - platform project . he studied philosophy at the pontifical faculties of philosophy and theology in ottawa and multimedia at universite du quebec a montreal .


jackson high school is ranked 37th within ohio , and 995th nationally as of 2018 . students have the opportunity to take advanced placement® coursework and exams . the coursework completion rate at the ap level is 52 percent , and the exams participation rate is in percent . at the state level , 88 % of students receive regular or accelerated on their state proficiency test . the school has a history of sending its top students to ivy league and other top ===universities=== .


azhagiri ( narain ) and his sister shanmughapriya ( meena ) are siblings who live only for each other . azhagiri is a journalist , and his sister is a dancer . mohanan ( n . santhanam ) and the crew are his sidekicks , and professor sirish chandra ( k . s . mani sharman ) is their teacher who invariable is immune to ===the group=== ’ with his dirty practical jokes and nasty methods etc . in 1997 he goes to the famous film institute pune on an international student field trip . there he falls in love with anita kumar ( poonam bajwa ) , who is the daughter of rich don shankar kumar ( shaan rahman ) , a rich don of the village . the poor don even tries to bribe government officials who want to fix a damaged bridge that connects the village with the outside world . the village has a link to their late mother , " mother and son " families , and their dead father rajaji raja ( arun kumari ) .


she is a six - time winner of the hong kong bodybuilding championships , and a six - time winner of the hong kong miss body fitness title , from 2006 to 2011 . in 2008 she won the world fitness swimming championship , the first female asian swimmer to do so . as a member of the chinese national climbing team in asia , she won the 2009 international climbing federation and climbing world championship in china , the first chinese climbing champion in the world . at home , she was the chinese women ’1 speed climbing champion in every year from 2003 to 2011 , as at 2011 . she has gone on to develop a multi - sports career , specializing in martial arts . she is licensed as a trainer in 10 disciplines , including cardiovascular fitness , rock climbing , gymnastics , boxing , thai - boxing , bodybuilding , and belly dancers . since 2008 , she has been a tv host and actress and has partnered with others and ===established=== her own fitness gym in hong kong .


according to the u . s . census bureau , the county has a total area of 239 square miles ( 620 km² ) , of which 238 square miles ( 620 km² ) is land and 0 . 7 square miles ( 1 . 8 km² ) ( 0 . 3 % ) is water . it is the sixth - largest county in ohio , by total area . the county ' s largest body of water is lake cypress hills , located about 5 miles ( 8 . 1 km ) northwest of columbus . lake adger is a reservoir created by the large flow of the ohio river , which flows from west to east across the county . the northern portion of the river ' s watershed forms the northwestern border of the county . the elevation in the county ranges from just under 800 feet ( 240 m ) at the confluence of the green river and broad river to over 3 , ===000=== feet ( 980 m ) on big pine peak and wildcat spur , the highest peak in the county . polk county is divided into two physiographic regions ; the blue ridge ridge in the western third of the county and piedmont for the eastern ( lowlands ) . since it is in a transitional region between the two regions , polk county is often referred to as being in the foothills .


the 1st asian film awards were given on 20 march 2007 at the hong kong convention and exhibition centre , on the opening night of the 31st hong kong international film festival . given to films released in 2006 by entertainment industries from across asia , awards were given in nine categories : best picture , best director , best actor , best actress , best screenwriter , best cinematographer , best production designer , best editor , best actress and best visual effects . ten award - nominees are honored in each category . the most ===votes=== went to the film , directed by : prince of persia , 2006 . it had been nominated in five categories and won four : best picture , best actor , best visual effects and best editing .


produced by masser , the song is a ballad that portrays its protagonist ( ross ) as a black woman who becomes a successful rome fashion designer . recorded with a full orchestral score , " theme from mahogany " became one of the most memorable elements of the film , receiving praise from many critics . ===when=== released as a single , " theme from mahogany " became a number - one hit on both the u . s . billboard hot 100 , and the easy listening chart . the song was nominated for the academy award for best song . ross performed the song live at the academy awards ceremony via satellite from amsterdam , the netherlands .


msp360 backup is designed to automate the backup and recovery of files , folders , and system images . it is content - agnostic , and storage is decoupled from the backup license . customers work ===together=== with the cloud storage providers that have the pricing and features they need . msp360 backup supports over 100 cloud storage platforms , including : amazon cloud services , amazon glacier , microsoft azure , google cloud storage , backblaze b2 , sap cloud , openstack , s3 cloud , and others . amazon cloud services cloud backup supports multiple data storage tiers , including lower cost options like amazon cloud , amazon cloud cloud storage and google blob storage , amazon database for remote and wireless data storage and backup , and amazon cloud storage for secure and coldline .


after studying mathematics at oxford university , gerzon joined oxford ' s mathematical institute working on axiomatic quantum theory , until his work in audio took him into working as a consultant . at oxford he already had a keen interest in both the theory and practice of audio , which he shared with a few fellow students as peter craven ( the two were also the co - inventors of the soundfield microphone , and collaborated on many other developments ) . over a few decades later , this interest led to the invention of the audio amplifier circuit , which can be seen as a theoretical and practical completion of the work done by alan blumlein in the field of surround sound audio . although ambisonics was not a commercial success , its theory underpinned much of his later work in audio such as his work with wavestream and trifield . he was also ===involved=== in the development of digital compression techniques , such as star - shaped dither and meridian data - compression ( sdm , the audio data format used in dvd - rom disks ) . the audio engineering society recognised dr . he ' s work in audio by awarding him a fellowship in 1978 and the aes research award in 1979 . he was also awarded the ieee technical publications award , in 1999 .


the questionnaire asks the subject to rate his or her probability of falling asleep on a scale of increasing probability from 0 to 3 for eight different situations that most people engage in during their daily lives , though not necessarily every day . the scores for the eight scenarios are added together to ===give=== a single score . a number in the 0 – 9 range is judged to be normal while a number in the 1 – ‰ range signals that expert psychiatric advice should be sought . for example , scores of 0 – ‰ are shown to indicate the possibility of mild to moderate sleep apnea , where a score of 2 and above suggests the possibility of severe sleep disturbance , or narcolepsy . certain items in the scale were shown to be good indicator scores of specific sleepiness , though further tests may be needed to make an accurate score . the questionnaire was intentionally devised with the intent to preserve the exact wording of the questionnaire to provide a standardized response and to ensure its integrity ; the author of the study also suggested that the author of the questionnaire does not discuss the contents of the ess with the subject until it is ready , as this may affect the subject ' s responses on the tests themselves . an interactive online testing tool is available that utilizes the 1997 version of the test design . it fully provides the score based on the responses to the ess questions : a small personalised summary section .


koshlauch ( russian : кошлауч ; tatar : кушлавыч , quslawıc , [ quʃlɑˈwɯɕ ] ) is a village ( selo ) in arsky district , republic of tatarstan , russia , located 24 kilometers ( 15 mi ) north - west of arsk , district ' s administrative center . the village is located on the river of kazanka , the volga ' s left tributary . population : 134 ( 2005 est . ) ; 155 ( 2002 ) ; all ethnic russian people . the main occupations of the inhabitants are agriculture and cattle breeding . the village is inhabited since the last days of the empire . it is the birth village of the tatar poet , the poet mirza mirzai beg . the statue is ===located=== in his honor .


upshaw is the son of sabrina and reggie upshaw sr . , who played football at middle tennessee state university . the younger reggie , he attended the high school in franklin , tennessee , where he was a multi - sport athlete , winning a state high jump title and earning all - state honors in football and basketball as a junior . playing wide receiver and tight end in football , upshaw had scholarship offers from memphis , middle tennessee and purdue –0 . however , he suffered a broken right toe at the 2015 indiana state meet and another fracture at the beginning of his junior year , allowing him to focus on football in the summer . as a freshman , ===he had=== averaged 17 points , 12 rebounds and 5 blocks per game on the basketball team . he was projected to be a four - star recruit and drew interest from several division i programs before committing to middle tennessee and coach at the indoor tigers .


neugebauer was born in st . louis , missouri , and reared in lubbock . his father was an insurance salesman and his mother a real estate agent and interior designer . he has two brothers , mark and steve , and a sister , mary ( ) . when he was nine years old , his parents divorced , and his father died in 1954 after remarrying . in 1963 , his mother married robert james lewis smith , a bank manager . neugebauer graduated from both texas tech , and graduated from the austin institute in 1970 with a ===master=== of business administration in finance from the john brown college , ( now rawls school of business ) . like his father , john james lewis smith has long been active in the real estate business , having served as president of the development company of texas city land before his election to congress . he is a former president of the texas association of builders from the houston area .


respert was a standout at michigan state . he and sophomore center jackson brown combined to form one of the nation ' s most prolific scoring linemen playing for head coach jud heathcote ' s spartans . center jackson brown was the nation ' s leading scorer all four seasons at michigan state and finished his career second all - time in scoring among big ten players with 1 , 251 career points ( trailing only teammate jimmer jones ) and fifth in big ten games with 1 , 251 career points scored . he ===ended=== a strong season by being named a unanimous first team all - conference and big ten player of the year with a 24 . 6 scoring average during his 1994 – - 2 season . he left east lansing as the spartans all - time leading scorer and began the tradition of out - going players kissing the logo at the court during their final home game .


mehenni was born on 5 march 1951 in illoula oumalou , tizi ouzou province , algeria . having graduated from the paris sorbonne university with a degree in political science , his father had made his first entrance into the world of music in 1970 by winning the french national music festival ' s first prize . it was soon after this point that he began his career as a protester and political activist . he was initially hostile towards the algerian government and extremists ; this led to him being arrested 13 times , imprisoned for years afterwards , and tortured by government forces . after the black august massacre in 2015 , was preceded by the mass - murder of a young kablye man , reportedly shot with a gun while in hospital , he , too , ===joined=== the opposition bloc , movement for the freedom of the algerian people , a political movement fighting for the territorial autonomy in central african republic . in 2000 , the national assembly was passed over from the algerians claim to self - determination . the assassination of his eldest son ( ameziane mehenni ) in 2001 is regarded by some as a monument to his struggle for autonomy . though others suspect it was a case of mistaken identity and that the young man was the real attacker .


swindall came through the amateur ranks playing for whitecraigs before playing for glasgow hawks . at 21 he made his glasgow hawks debut in 2004 playing against leeds carnegie , then known as leeds carnegie tigers , in a pre - season friendly . he ===signed=== a professional contract with glasgow hawks in 2005 . he left glasgow to play for the rotherham jets in 2007 but stayed for the 2008 season , after leaving glasgow for the stirling county in 2010 - 11 . he then played for championship side stirling county . he now plays and trains in austin , texas in the pro league for pro side birmingham blacks .


the little vermilion river is a 59 . 6 - mile - long ( 95 . 9 km ) tributary of the wabash river . the little black river primarily rises in southern indiana near whitewater , indiana , flowing eastward through georgetown , indiana , into the mississippi at new albany , indiana , where it joins the wabash at bloomington . there is a second river in illinois that ===has=== the same name : the little vermilion river ( illinois river watershed ) . the little black river primarily drains a large portion of northern edgar county , indiana . the watershed also extends into western illinois , however , via drainage ditches .


founded in 1999 by vocalist georgios grigoriadis and drummer mats kurth , coronatus released its debut single von engeln nur in 2002 . in 2005 , vocalist stefan schwarzenberg quit , and was replaced by not one but two females , carmen k . deusch and viola von steinbeck . the ===original=== line - up was reformed in 2006 with the addition of drummer stefan von steinbeck , saxophonist wolle nillies and keyboardist fabian merkt . 2007 saw the departure of thomas schuch , who was replaced by ada flechtner . drummer daniel - alexander schneider ( bass ) has been with the band in 2003 , since – 2006 , and then again since 2007 . singer sara von dahl left the band to devote full time to her studies , but joined the german symphonic metal band voices of destiny in 2013 , after their previous vocalist maike von dahl had departed . mid 2010 , natalia kempin joined the band on the drums and dirk baur joined the band on guitar solo . on january 10 , 2013 , sara hasek announced at her facebook , that she left the band , due to different opinions about the band ' s direction .


founded in 2006 it provided inexpensive voip ( voice over ip ) telephony . at the same time it created greece codes which are greek phone numbers for use in conjunction with its social networking website that could be used as an internet cafe , fax or telephone service . in 2009 it expands into the online travel sector providing online train booking , ferry service , cruises and car rentals . it was the first company in greece to sell online tickets for buses and trains . in 2011 it opens its first shop in one of the biggest malls in greece , the mall athens , and expands into venue sales for events such as conventions , concerts and sporting events . in 2012 it launches an online mobile payment exchange point for prepaid cards . in 2012 it starts offering online health insurance products through an online comparison ===point=== comparing the health care providers in greece . in 2013 it launches viva wallet , the first electronic wallet in greece , offering all of its financial services on mobile devices .


early modern embassy staff , who commonly lived in the ambassadorial residence , were permitted to have in - house chapels and chaplains , especially where , in the wake of the reformation , they lived in a country that banned their religious faith . these chapels drew people of the same religion to attend the religious services in the embassy . the vatican also established chapels in some of its " provinces " , which doubled as churches for the reformed protestants . emperor leopold i ===placed=== them wherever he could , " that catholic services might be held to comfort the catholics of the mission , and to prevent the further abuse of this religion . " by the middle ages however , a new legal doctrine had come into being , with a " new interpretation , according to which , " the ambassador and the precincts of the embassy stood as if on the soil of his country , subject only to its law . " as diplomatic freedom advanced with time , many of the original chapels lost their function as safe houses , and were transformed into churches , or monasteries .


barcelos was born in porto alegre , in the vila sao jose do murialdo neighborhood . he worked as a taxi driver and graduated in journalism at the pontifical catholic university . he first career was as a reporter for the porto novo daily newspaper o diabo ( sic ) , having also worked as a freelancer for the magazines o mundo , o dia and veja and the publication of the daily monitor , of the rio grande do sul worker ' s association . in 1981 , barcellos reported about the sandinista revolution in nicaragua ; in the book nicaragua : a historia de guerras das sicas ) . in 1985 he was hired by tv channel rai tv , where he ===still=== works .


hui was born in yushu , jilin province . he is a member of the hui ethnic minority . born in 1969 , he ===served=== in a number of party positions and ministerial positions , rising to full membership in the second session session of the cpc central committee in 2000 , . he was the party propaganda chief in shanghai from 2000 to 2002 . he served as a vice mayor from 2005 to 2013 .


in theoretical computer science and formal language theory , a tree transducer ( tt ) is an abstract machine taking as input a tree , and generating output – generally other trees , but models producing words or other structures exist . broadly speaking , tree transducers extend cellular languages , in the same manner that word - processing algorithms can extend finite element algorithms . manipulating tree structures instead of words enable ===them=== to perform word - directed transformations of trees or natural languages . however , they are not as well - defined as their word counterparts in terms of their computational complexity , closure complexity , etcetera . in particular , most of the main classes are not invariant under constraints . the main families of tree transducers are :


sebastien leclerc was born in 1637 in metz ; the son of laurent leclerc ( 1590 – 1695 ) , a local goldsmith and merchant , who taught his son the rudiments of his trade . his early artistic gifts were well received in his hometown , where he produced a panorama view in 1651 ; four screens in 1654 ; and the " life of saint genevieve in five scenes " in 1663 . the " artist " went to rome in 1665 , where he ===showed=== a great interest in geometry . debreu ' s de luxe , et luxe was published in paris in june 1666 . he was also a professor of mathematics ; military engineering ; and perspective ; while he supported himself by creating illustrations for authors and his private collections .


bogan ( / ˈboʊɡən / bohg - ən ) is australian and new zealand slang for a person whose speech , clothing , attitude and behaviour are considered unrefined or unsophisticated . depending on the context , the term can be either socially acceptable or self - described as such . the prevalence of the term bogan has also been connected with changing social attitudes towards working class in australia . specifically , the term has been linked to the rise of western conceptions of meritocracy in australia , and a growing ambivalence towards traditional aspects of working class culture . since the 1980s , the bogan has become a very well - known subculture , often as an ===expression=== of bad taste . it has antecedents in the terms larrikin and black swan , and various localised names exist that describe the same or very similar people to the same object .


the princeton painter was an attic black - figure vase painter , active in the third quarter of the sixth century bc , just after group e . his real name is not known . he is a typical representative of the attic vase painting of his time . he primarily painted neck amphorae and neck vessels , many of the types then current . his works also conform to the patterns popular at the time , with few variations . he was aware of the artistic developments of his age , but only ===managed=== to incorporate them into his compositions to a limited extent . in artistic taste , he is no competitor to his dominant contemporary , the vase painter . the works produced by him and other artists indicate that there was still scope for progress in the black - figure style .


harveys furniture was founded in the united kingdom in 1966 , with its first store opening in mare street , east london . it started as a clothing company , selling textiles and home furnishings . in 2003 , the company made the decision to move to a furniture only business , removing all textiles from their catalogues . in 2005 , the company was acquired by hhm group , who now also own the company . using a custom range , harveys furniture specialised in living room , dining room and bedroom furniture . however , in late 2009 , the custom design range was ===dropped=== from the brand , and was taken over by the designer for beds , another steinhoff brand .


oneonta ' s first pro baseball team came to town on august 7 , 1924 , when the utica utes of the old new york – pennsylvania league moved there . the newly renamed indians folded at the next - minute however . in 1926 , the stratford , ontario club in the ===independent north=== – league also moved to the town again . the original cleveland league team ( who , despite the name , were an affiliate of the boston red sox ) won back - to - back titles in season – 42 before the league shut down for three years due to military duty overseas . after the war , the original oneonta red sox won two more titles , in 1948 and in the league ' s inaugural 1954 championship season .


in baseball , a closing pitcher , more frequently referred to as a closer ( abbreviated cl ) , is a relief pitcher who specializes in getting the final outs in a close game when his team is leading . the role is often ===given=== to a team ' s best reliever . before the 1990s , men in these positions were referred to as a fireman , short relief pitcher , and stopper . a small number of closers have won the cy young award . nine boston players have been inducted into the baseball hall of fame : : johnathan thomas , jason lees , brian ' j ' , trevor hoffman , mariano rivera , brad penny , bruce sutter and hoyt wilhelm .


polik - mana ( poe - lick ma - nah ) or butterfly maiden is a kachina , or spirit being , in hopi mythology . every spring she travels from flower to flower , tending to the fields and crops and bringing life - giving water to the arizona mountains . she is represented by a woman dancer at the arizona butterfly dance , a traditional fertility rite for young apache girls . the ceremony takes place in early spring , before the harvest , to give thanks to pik - mana for her spring gift . hopi girls participating in the butterfly dance wear ===feather=== headdresses called kopatsoki . the polik - mana crater , a crater on mars , is named for the butterfly maiden .


in 1923 , kisha seizo of japan built four steam railcars for sentetsu , which were essentially a small tank steam locomotive with a 2 - 2 - 0 wheel arrangement built onto one end of a passenger carriage . designed for use for commuter service on the gyeongin line , the engine initially powered five passenger carriages in revenue service . however , performance was far from satisfactory , with many complaints about engine problems being received . as a result , in 1924 , after barely a year in service , one was scrapped , and the remaining ===four=== were converted to 2 - 2 - 2 tank locomotives by removing the integrated power compartment . a final one was scrapped in 1927 , leaving four steam locomotives . these locomotives remained in service until at least 1940 , but their ultimate fate is unknown .


born in villanueva de la serena , province of badajoz , marina started his professional career with atletico madrid , being definitely promoted to the first team for the 1982 – 83 season and scoring five goals in 25 games as they finished in third position in la liga . with the colchoneros , he won the copa del rey in 1985 and was subsequently a ===participant=== in the 1986 cup - winners ' cup final , lost 0 – aggregate to fc dynamo kyiv . after amassing 400 official games with the madrid side , with the feat of scoring their 3 , 000th competitive goal on a single occasion , he finished his professional playing - career with spells with local teams cd granada cf and cd toledo ( the latter in the third level ) , retiring at the age of nearly 34 . he began a coaching career shortly after , starting with his last team then moving to cd malaga again , always as an assistant ; he subsequently returned to atletico , being involved with the youth system and the c - team in the third level . he moved to joint manager duties under his father as a player at estadio san fernando cf , which promoted him to the staff in 2001 . after that , he joined another player , jose murcia , at atletico b , continuing to work with the latter in the third division .


cepeda previously played for the cuban national baseball team and sancti spiritus of the cuban national series . cepeda was part of the cuban team that won the gold medal at the 2004 summer olympics and third place at the 2006 summer olympics , and 2008 summer olympics . he was selected as part of the all star at the 2009 world baseball classic where he had a . 500 batting average with 2 run scored in 11 games and 13 at - bats . cepeda signed with the yomiuri giants of nippon professional baseball on april 19 , 2014 . there he has won with his national club , the ===bronze=== medal of the 2014 central american and caribbean games in veracruz , mexico .


started in 1833 by americans and scottish presbyterians . in 1836 , americans helped with indian removal ; church of scotland took over until 1841 . in 1843 , went to free church of scotland . james nisbet became the first minister since 1842 ; he ===served=== until 1847 , when he was appointed a missionary , first to cape breton island , and then to prince albert , canada . linked from 1844 to 1883 with knox church " canada " , whose congregation was upstream at the south end . decided to become presbyterian in 1925 .


the new york yankees won their second straight world series , and beat the braves franchise for the third consecutive time ( having defeated the milwaukee braves in their 1958 series ) . the 1999 world series also featured the only retro era team , featuring the greatest players of that era as voted by both the players and sportswriters . one of the players on the " retro " team , mets pitcher joe dimaggio , had retired in march of that year , ===prompting=== the yankees to honor him by wearing a uniform # 5 on their uniforms . this was a rematch of the 1958 world series . it would also be the last world series until 2015 in which the two teams with the best regular - season records in their respective leagues would face off . perhaps most importantly , it was the only world series ever in which the two teams had played each other in a playoff series . although regular season postseason play had begun in 1997 , neither the 1997 nor 1999 series was a rematch from the regular season .


northern state hospital is a historic hospital campus in sedro - woolley , washington . it is listed on the national register of historic places . the ===hospital=== was designed by seattle architects saunders and smith architects . the grounds were designed by the olmstead brothers landscape architecture firm . it is located 4 miles northeast from the city . a marker at the cemetery just down the hill from the hospital reads " in loving memory of the 4 , 000 former northern state hospital employees buried in these grounds . may they now rest in peace with you . loving memories . " the campus includes a dairy , silos , and other buildings .


jonathan ree ( born 1948 ) is a british freelance historian and philosopher from bradford . educated at ===cambridge=== university and then at oxford , john he was briefly a professor of history at sheffield university , but gave up a university appointment in order to " have more time to think " . he has written for the new statesman , evening standard , neue deutsche allgemeine zeitung , le monde , spectator , the review of books , time , the independent , the times literary supplement , and rising east . he is often a guest in radio programmes such as essays in history and in our time . in the early 1990s he presented a seven - part channel 4 documentary series ( produced and broadcast in the uk ) , dialogues , which involved a participant in dialogue with a variety of thinkers , including john william lloyd george , john locke himself , and edward said . he also was a founding member of the british journal and group radical politics .


xinis received a bachelor of arts degree , summa cum laude , in 1991 from the university of virginia . she received a juris doctor in 1997 from the same university . she began her legal career as a law clerk for judge joseph henry james , a judge of the maryland circuit court of appeals for the eastern district , from 1997 to 1998 . from 1998 to 2010 , she served as an assistant federal public defender , serving as director of communications for the agency , 2006 to 2011 . she ===worked=== at the law firm of james , and young , in baltimore , maryland , as a senior trial attorney from 2011 and as a partner from 2013 to 2016 . she practiced both civil and criminal litigation .


states of fear is a documentary series produced by mary raftery and broadcast on the irish television channel raidio teilifis eireann ( rte ) between april and may 1999 . the film investigates abuse suffered by children born in the early 1990s in the state school system system of ireland , particularly in the reformatory and state schools . after public outcry , irish taoiseach bertie canning , apologised on behalf of the state . the commission to inquire into child abuse was established in 2003 and released its report in july 2005 . a 2006 article in the irish independent suggested that the documentary influenced ===its=== members and played a role in the obstructioning of appeals against the commission .


the retail chain was founded in 1991 . during the first year operations of the retail chain , the company opened up six new stores in the lublin voivodeship . beginning in 2007 , the company ===decided=== to expand across lublin and to other cities in the masovian voivodeship , with new stores also having been opened in rzeszow and in gmina gora in lublin . due to the expanding of the business , ona also opened its own logistics and distribution facility in the former " city center " warehouse . in 2012 , the retail chain was acquired by aldik , a joint - stock company , belonging to the former company - owner nerijus numavicius . the company operates nine supermarket stores across the lublin and masovian voivodeship . in 2015 , ona group , issued its economic report , denoting the company ' s turnover increased by 13 . 4 % from the previous year , with an annual turnover of 9 . 4 million euros . in may 2017 , the company stated it will begin a profound renovation and modernisation of its grocery department .


the original lighthouse in nida was constructed in the 1860s and 1870s during the german unification . about 20 metres - high and built of red brick , it had three towers , which have survived to this day . it was planned to be about 3 metres - high , on the foundations , and built by hand . it was first lit on a single gas lantern . in 1944 , at the time when a war was looming , american artillery hit the lighthouse , destroying it . it was rebuilt in 1945 and again in 1953 . the ===original=== lighthouse is built of reinforced concrete with alternating red and white stripes .


the torkuz , also known as the uzbekistan mountain dog or sarkangik , is a molosser - type livestock guardian breed of dog with ancient origins in uzbekistan . this breed may reach 90 kg ( 200 lb ) in weight and over 80 cm ( 32 in ) in height at the shoulder level . its main role is to protect livestock from wolves . in ===russian=== , it has earned the nickname of " charkaz " which means “ wolf crusher ” . during the time of the red army , russian breeders formed the " central asian ovcharka " by mixing several ancestral breeds of asian molossers like the black sheep of persia , the red sheep of kazakhstan and the torkuz of mongolia . the " turk " is one of the original central asian ( turkic ) dogs .


the school has recently been in news for making a u - turn on its decision to be a co - education school . the school was opened for girls in 2007 and in 2013 it backtracked on its decision and decided to become a boys school again . the decision provoked a lot of protest from the families of the children already taught in the school . parents protested in front of the school for its decision and requested a second hearing on the school decision . the school was temporarily closed due to the opposition of parents on the school itself . the school took the decision to operate as a boys school in future . admission ===information=== for 2016 - 17 was changed accordingly .


critical reception for the voice of witness series has been positive . publishers weekly described underground justice as " no less than revelatory . " the portland daily chronicle described out of war as " [ a ] ssential . . . an admirable book . " the daily telegraph review wrote : " many of those who do survive ( for a brief while ) escape with nothing but their silence , something this new book of survivor narrative shows and , in a powerful way , suggests . " in its review of underground justice , publisher ' s weekly also praised the series ' use of oral history : “ the nature of oral history . . . allows the exonerees ’4 to be poignant and indignant without the earnestness , falsehood or deception that would normally accompany such a book . ” . " the portland daily sun review called ===home=== from the grave a " solid story " that " draws its voice from the authentic voices of many east orleanians . "


these bacteria are gram - negative and diplococcus , rendering them virtually indistinguishable from the other neisseria species . yet , the species of n . pneumonia remains unique due to its brightly colored bacterial colonies , yellow - gold in color . and it is through this yellow - gold color that this bacteria ===gets=== its name , with flavescens simply translated as " becoming a golden gold . " this pigmentation also explains n . pneumonia species ' ' similarity to saccharolytically active bacterial species , which also lack pigmentation . in this , these bacterial yeasts differ from other red yeasts , which lack pigmentation .


the waynflete professorships are four professorial fellowships at the university of oxford endowed by magdalen college and named in honour of the college founder william of waynflete , who had a great interest in science . these professorships are statutory faculties independent of the college , that is , they are not otherwise established in the university ' s regulations , and which are by those regulations attached to the somerville college in oxford . the oldest professorship is the waynflete professor of natural philosophy . the three science professorships were created following the establishment of the somerville college in 1784 , in recognition of william of the red lion , ' s ===great=== support of science . the other three are the william b . brown professor of chemistry , the william a . smith professor of physics , and the waynflete professor of applied mathematics .


originally co - anchored by liz claman and carl quintanilla ( see complete anchor listing below ) , wake up call was subsequently hosted by michelle caruso - cabrera , sometimes in conjunction with a guest host . the program used a slightly different graphics ===compared=== to other similar news program ; in particular , a different design for the ticker . europe ' s business was the equivalent program on the same channel and used the same theme music as wake up call . that program , which was hosted by steve sedgwick , ended its run on the following sunday , and replaced by the report on the world in 2007 . there was also a program on cnbc asia called asia wake up call . it merged with asia : the golden box in 2005 .


oaks park high school was built under the private finance initiative to alleviate the growing shortfall of places in schools within the borough . the school opened on monday august 2004 with an initial intake of 180 students . in january 2006 , at the school saw the first ever batch of students take their gcse examinations . the sixth form opened in january 2010 and oaks park became a specialist sports school at the same time . oaks park is now one of the best schools in north london . there are 1260 students in the high school . in september 2016 , the new dr . craig foster building was opened , hosting rooms for ===english=== , drama , and religious studies , and creating new classrooms for sixth form students .


the company was founded in 1876 as hartford machine screw company . it was renamed standard screw company in 1899 . the company added additional ===products=== throughout the latter part of its history . the original company primarily made screws and other fasteners until circa 1930 , when they diversified into making injection pumps and water - injection pumps . in 1956 the original company also changed its name to boston screw company .


shaun palmer ( " napalm " ) was born in south lake tahoe on november 14 , 1968 . from a young age , he had a ===great=== interest in all things fast . his mother told people magazine in 1999 " whether it was on wheels or on a board , it had to be on wheels — he had no discipline . i think once when he was 13 , i had watched him . well , he jumped out of his third - floor bedroom window , got on his motorcycle and took off . he was like that — always pushing the bike . " while palmer showed potential in both basketball and football , he became " fascinated " with the still - infant sport of nordic skiing . at the 1999 olympic trials , he built his own snowboard .


oleg bolyakin is the graduate of karagandy ice hockey school . he started his career as a professional of the kazakh professional team hc karagandy in 1994 . in 1995 , he ===signed=== to play in kazakhstan national hockey team and played 3 games with them . in 1997 , the professional team hc spartak " dynamo " was founded . in 1998 , he signed a contract with amur khabarovsk , but played 5 no games . from 1999 to 2000 , he played for the club hc ural bears playing at the kazakhstan hockey league .


british army independent companies of foot were first established in north america in 1664 . the first independent company in south carolina was organized in 1721 . with the establishment of george washington iii ' s regiment in 1737 it was disbanded . in 1761 three understrength independent companies were sent to new england , but they were withdrawn from the colony . when john brownlee ' s regiment was disbanded the same year , three additional independent companies were raised in south carolina , and manned with men from the 3rd dragoons . these independent companies ===served=== in the french and indian war and the revolutionary war , participating in the capture of fort necessity , the braddock expedition , the battle of the monongahela , and the siege of fort loudoun . they were disbanded in 1783 , with the establishment of the british army independent battalions in north america .


the assumed course of study at newport high school exceeds the smart core curriculum developed by the arkansas department of education ( ade ) . students engage in regular and advanced placement ( ap ) courses , and exams to achieve at least 24 units beyond the 22 units required by the smart core curriculum . newport students have been recognized as national merit finalists and ===participate=== in the governor ' s award . newport high school was recognized and ranked # 4 in the u . s . news & world report best high schools 2012 report . newport is one of two high schools to be recognized with the 2012 college readiness award by the arkansas act council in recognition of improving the graduation rate of students taking the state college prep exam .


the newspaper was founded in 1983 by thomas russ dillon . in 2003 , the newspaper won two awards from the national press club awards . that year an opinion piece printed in the newspaper was part of a lawsuit by a city resident against the press , related to hate speech under the third amendment to the federalism act . in 2006 , the newspaper took two first and third - place awards for newspapers in their ===community=== from the local chapter of the society of professional journalists . as of 2008 , the newspaper had a circulation of nearly 3 , 000 . in april 2010 , the paper was sold to the pamplin media group along with five other newspapers owned by eagle newspapers .


la jolla cove is a small , picturesque cove and beach that is surrounded by cliffs in la jolla , san diego , california . the cove is protected as part of a marine reserve ; however it is very rich in marine life , and is popular with snorkelers , fishermen and scuba divers . the waves here that often roll in from the open ocean here can be rather large and rough , and so being in the water at the cove is not always ideal for people who do not have good surfing skills . the water ===here=== is also often a lot colder than the surrounding san diego beach , and the cove has the disadvantage that the surrounding water area is very small at high tides . in addition , during very low tides , a lot of shallow wave pools are revealed at the cove .


george spence melvin , known as g . s . melvin ( c . 1888 – 2 december 1946 ) was a famous british pantomime dame and singer . he was born in ===west=== machar , edinburgh , scotland . he became famous for his song " i ' m beautiful when i am , mama " ; in 1934 , this was adopted as the troops ' ' song . he drowned in the river thames at the henley in oxfordshire ( now berkshire ) while performing at the drury lane theatre .


before the mavericks were introduced in 1995 , two teams operated in the adelaide hills and murraylands region . these teams were the murraylands bullets who played in the adelaide competition association ( cba ) and their junior teams competed in the adelaide & district competition . the other were the mt lofty spurs who had only junior teams which competed in the local competition in the 1970s . the first stage of the discussion came in early 1995 when a couple of members of the mavericks approached the executive committee to discuss the amalgamation of both teams . the main speakers responsible for the amalgamation were : mr . john brown , peter jackson , peter " pete " , steve smith and nathan jones from the bullets and , with peter jackson , paul jackson and kevin jones , from the spurs . discussion continued until march 1995 when both teams ===agreed=== to put forward more formal plans and the process of joining commenced from there .


named for a white limestone cliff that dominates the livermore valley landscape , the winery was thriving prior to prohibition , at which time it had to be shut down . frank baker died before prohibition ' s end , but it was re - opened by his brother clarence . it was sold in 1939 to the miller brothers ' son edward miller , who died the ===second=== in 1965 . the name was then changed to the miller wine company in 1973 . the land remained fallow until it was purchased by the wente family in 1988 , and revitalized as the " sparkling miller winery . " the site is designated as california historical landmark # 5 c .


ardundel ward was an electoral district of liverpool city council . it was created in 1953 from the sefton park east ward . its boundaries were modified for the 1974 elections and again for the 1983 elections . in the local government boundary commission ' s report on the 1987 election the proposed new boundaries for the ward were described as " commencing at a point where ullet road meets [ church ] street road , thence south along said road and ===church=== lane to the southern boundary of the church ward , thence southeastwarda along said road and the eastern boundary of south church street to the western boundary of the ward , thence southeastwards , southwestwards and southeastwards along said road to the road known as queens drive and church lane , thence easterlys along said road to the queens park drive , thence northwestwards along queens drive to the road known as ( st . ) mary , thence northwards along said road to the said drive , thence southwestwards along said road to the point of commencement . " the ward was abolished prior to the 1995 liverpool council local elections and taken into by the re - created walton and walton west wards ; the renamed st . mary ' s ward and the new north liverpool ward .


throughout its history , the cruising association has produced sailing directories for members . these were , at one time , the only source of cruising information available to sea users and were ===published=== annually , incorporated in a handbook for members . later , the handbook was released in an expanded version which covered the whole atlantic seaboard of europe . from 1972 , this handbook was published on behalf of the association by the publishers , brown , brown and co . , ltd , as the cruising association , and which is now published quarterly . in addition , the cruising association publishes a full colour monthly magazine voyage , which contains technical articles , photographs , and accounts of members ' experiences . the patron of the cruising association , the record - breaking round - the - world yachtsman sir robin knox - johnston , described it as " the best available source of cruising information for cruising sailors today " .


stuke played matthew in the second and third series of game on . he also played the character of junior teacher billy lamb in the bbc one sitcom silk . his television career also includes between the lines , trust , reggie perrin , at home with the braithwaites , monday school , the bill , danger man , a touch of frost , the catherine tate show and portrayed an undercover footballer / detective in a 1997 episode of pie in the sky . in 2006 he guest - starred in the bill in which his character ( andrew jackson himself ) was involved in the storyline of missing princess amy in 2008 . in the 2008 uk version , stuke featured in celebrity guest - appearances . he has also been a featured guest on several episodes of the itv comedy series the wright stuff . in may 2017 , stuke was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to the guardian supporting scottish independence in the run - up to ===scotland=== ' s referendum on that issue . it was announced on 21 may 2019 that he will guest star in the third series of doctor who as jodie whittaker and the doctor who , due to be broadcast in july .


vilayat was born in gouripur , mymensingh in then east bengal in british india and current bangladesh . his father , sheikh ali , was known as a prominent sitar and " indian " ( bass sitar ) musician of his time , as had been his grandfather , sheikh ali khan , before him . he was trained in the classical style , known as the " agra " or gharana or etawah - style music , after a small ===workshop=== close to agra where imdad khan lived . however , the master khan had died when abdul hamid was still young , so much of his training came from the members of his family : his uncle , sitar and bass player abdul - wahid khan , his paternal grandfather , sheikh ali khan the vocalist , and his mother , bashiran begum , who had continued the singing tradition of his maternal grandfather ali . his uncle , sheikh ali khan himself , looked after his riyaz ( education ) . as a child , vilayat wanted to be a singer ; but his mother , herself from a family of musicians , felt he had a special responsibility to carry the family name as a music - teacher .


turkmenistan can count themselves fortunate to have avoided preliminary qualification for the 2008 afc futsal championship . they grabbed the last qualifying spot in the finals even though they finished bottom of their qualifying group in 2005 . turkmenistan caused the first real shocks of the tournament with a 2 - 1 victory over tajikistan in their first match , elmanz - duran scoring the only goal in the second leg . but they went back after that with a 1 - ===4=== loss to iran and a 1 - 0 reversal to korea republic . turkmenistan were not able to make it out of the qualifiers after poor results in previous tournaments . they were uninspiring in 2005 and the following year had little success in a group that included hosts hosts vietnam and new champion south korea . but with more games under their belt , the promising national team will be aiming for better results this year . in march 2019 , the football federation of turkmenistan named robert grdovic as the head coach of the turkmenistan national futsal team , signing a one year contract .


canakkale ceramics date back to the 17th century . they were derived from iznik ceramics , which were regarded as the pinnacle of the ottoman art of ceramics and very popular in the ottoman empire during the late ottoman empire period . the traditional geometric patterns were ===made=== using earthenware , a clay - based organic ceramic composition , and on rare occasions , beige - colored porcelain . they also featured blue and silver patterns , with brush strokes clearly visible , sharing characteristics with court pottery and other craftsmanship of the ottoman era . when they became the mainstream style of painting , the non - traditional ceramics adopted these elements for their own sake .


william joseph " bill " kresse ( june 17 , 1933 - january 21 , 2014 ) was an american cartoonist who drew the comic strip " super " duper , which was published in the new york daily news in the 1960s and 1970s . after graduating from saint joseph ' ' s high school of art and design , he began working for the animation studio , animation workshop , in queens county , new york . he went on to design conveyor belt systems before obtaining a job in the circulation department of the news agency the associated press . he went on to become an editor and columnist at the new york daily news , the new york herald - tribune and other newspapers . john glick and robert h lawrence created the comic strips " super " humanus and super , often published under the joint credit of john byrnes . kresse received the national cartoonists society ' s 1964 cartoonist and animator award . bill kress was married to lorraine kresse , who has been board president of their family apartment ===building=== , sea view , in the jackson heights section of the manhattan county , borough of queens , and a member of queens community board 3 . lorraine kress died on january 21 , 2014 , at new york hospital center , in the flushing neighborhood .


robertson was born at ryde hospital in new south wales to parents don and rowena robertson , the elder of their two boys . donald robertson conscripted his parents into handing out how to vote pamphlets in the 1976 australian election . robertson was educated at royal college , mount george and sydney boys high school . his first job was working for woolworths packing grocery stores at the age of 15 . he left school at 16 and began work as an apprentice electricalian there . he worked as an electrician from 1978 until 1984 and worked on the new south wales parliament ===house=== . he claims to be the only person to have worked on the construction of the building and to have been voted into office to serve there . robertson is married to anne robertson and they have three children .


in 2006 , at the bioelectromagnetics society ' s annual meeting , there was a mini - symposium on electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation to present the science showing biological effects , and the precautionary measures taken by countries around the world . the bioinitiative organizing committee grew out of this event and decided to publish a report on the science and health findings to alert those who could integrate the information into the report . from the 2006 and 2007 sessions , concerned researchers and public health experts worked to come up with recommendations for the 2011 , comprehensive , report . since 2007 , some of the material was updated , updated and submitted for peer - reviewed publication and ===appeared=== in the august 2009 issue of the journal ( science ) , an issue guest - edited by paul smith , one of the three members of the bioinitiative organizing committee . an updated 2012 version of the report was released on 7 january 2013 .


ogola was born and raised in bayelsa state , nigeria . he attended esenaeb college , bomadi and in 1976 , he obtained an all nigeria school certificate from the college . he then moved on to the nigerian school of ===islamic=== studies where he obtained a grade 12 certificate in 1979 . in 1988 , he enrolled into the imo state university where he studied christian leadership and in 1990 obtained an ma in christian leadership . in 1993 , he obtained a diploma in satellite communication from the united nations institute for studies and research in nairobi . in 2010 , ogola also obtained a bsc in administration from the nigerian national university nigeria .


rickmers werft built sonne in 1969 as a stern trawler and delivered her to hochseefischerei nordstern . from her base port of bremerhaven she operates cruises in the waters around iceland , newfoundland and greenland . the ship was converted for use in a marine exploration ===ship=== by the german shipyards ( db ) vulcan ag in 1972 and by rickmers - vulcan ag in 1981 . in 1991 the dbb bremen - meyers - werft lengthened and modernized her . an order of €124 . 000 each for a new 8 metre long marine research vessel was placed by the german federal ministry for education and research ( ministry bremen ) together with the german states lower saxony , schleswig - holstein , mecklenburg - mecklenburg ( 10 % ) , bremen and hamburg ( majority share ) in 2014 , . the new ship , also named sonne , was built in deutscher lloyd shipyard in the netherlands antilles , and replaced the old sonne in 2014 . its commissioning took place on june 15 2014 . the last german cruise of the vessel , took place in august 2014 , after which she was retired from the active service .


born in savona , at young age poggi studied ballet , then graduated from linguistic high - school . following her family she settled in milan where she began appearing in plays ; after her theater studies , after a few short comedy roles , pogg had the next acting opportunity in television , chosen by director carlo rossi to work with him in the show , in particular , in the comedy series e le dire ? . in italy she ===acquired=== a huge success thanks to the participation to the popular tv show television in the 1980s edition , that was seen by an audience of about 20 million viewers . after this she started her cinema career in some films , especially performing in roles of sexual interest in several commedie sexy all ' italiana , then , from early 1990s , she entered into more serious roles . she was named a unicef cultural ambassador in italy .


the minerva initiative is a research program sponsored by the u . s . department of defense ( dod ) that provides grants to sustain university - based , social science studies on areas of strategic importance to u . s . national security policy . the program looks to expand into the ===area=== of military studies and other university programs , particularly those who work on afghanistan , iran , china , and related areas . since its founding in 2008 , the department of defense has awarded over 250 grants to private individuals . grants are awarded on an annual basis for research projects that only include military subjects . in 2007 the dod hosted the first annual minerva conference . the conference has since become an annual event in order for minerva participants , dod keynote speakers , and scholars to highlight the most relevant research conducted through the program ' s activities .