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After 1889, he also resumed activities in the area of bibliography, turning his own collection into a public library to benefit Galaţi city. He also edited and collected the work of Miron Costin, producing and editing an eponymous 1890 monograph, together with a similar work dedicated to 19th century Moldavian intellectual Gheorghe Asachi. In 1891, his scattered essays, novellas, memoirs and stories based on Romanian folklore themes were collectively published by as "Legende române" ("Romanian Legends"). That year, he left for London, where he attended the International Congress of Orientalists and received the honorary diploma for supporting the Congress' activities at an international level. During the final part of the 1880s, V. A. Urechia partook in a scandal involving Lazăr Şăineanu, a foreign-educated Jewish-Romanian linguist, during which time he made a series of antisemitic statements. Şăineanu, who, like most other members of the Jewish community, was not legally emancipated, had been assigned to a Faculty of Letters position by Titu Maiorescu, at the time Education Minister in a Conservative Party cabinet. Urechia and his partisans reacted strongly against this measure, arguing that Şăineanu was made unqualified by his ethnicity, until Şăineanu presented his resignation to Maiorescu. In 1889, when Şăineanu requested naturalization, Urechia intervened with the National Liberal politician Dimitrie Sturdza, head of a committee charged with enforcing nationality law, asking him to deny the request. A deadlock ensued and, in both 1889 and 1895, the matter came to be deliberated by the Senate. Although it won support from both Conservative Premier Petre P. Carp and the Chamber, Urechia again spoke out against enfranchise in the Senate, and, largely as a result of this appeal, a majority of his colleagues voted with him on both occasions. The early 1890s saw Urechia's involvement in the cause of Romanians living outside the confines of the Old Kingdom. Like other liberal activists, he hoped to see Romania united with Transylvania and the Banat, regions then included in Austria-Hungary and administered by the Kingdom of Hungary. Urechia viewed with sympathy the formation of a National Party in that region, and supported it throughout the "Transylvanian Memorandum" movement of 1892, when many of its leaders were jailed by Hungarian authorities.
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The Shannonsiders subsequently reduced the deficit to just two points to give them a glimmer of hope, however, Offaly finished stronger and recorded a 1-18 to 0-14. On 1 July 2006 a Limerick team under pressure after installing a new management team midway through the championship faced Offaly for the third time ever. All did not start well for the Shannonsiders as Offaly led by seven points at one stage in the first half after Joe Bergin netted in the opening minutes. A drilled Donie Ryan shot levelled the game for Limerick at 1-12 apiece in injury-time. The sides went point for point in the early stages of the second half and the game was poised at 1-17 apiece before Limerick took charge. A Barry Foley goal gave Limerick the lead and a late Joe Bergin goal from a close-in free mattered for little as Limerick recorded their first ever championship defeat of Offaly. The qualifier draw threw Limerick and Offaly together again in a knock-out clash on 12 July 2008. Limerick, the All-Ireland runners-up the previous year, welcomed Offaly to their home ground and were expected to easily dispatch the visitors. Joe Bergin was the goal hero with a hat-trick for Offaly, two within the opening twenty minutes, which helped the Leinster team to a 2-11 to 0-6 half-time advantage. Limerick were booed off at the break but returned re-energised immediately after half-time. The Shannonsiders reeled off four unanswered points to reduce the gap to seven points as Brian Carroll missed a couple of frees for Offaly. Limerick's gallop was halted with twenty minutes remaining when Bergin flicked home a sideline cut from midfielder Rory Hanniffy. The final score of 3-19 to 0-18 remains Offaly's biggest championship defeat of Limerick. The fifth championship clash of Limerick and Offaly took place two years later on 10 July 2010. Limerick, whose regular players refused to line out under manager Justin McCarthy, gained the early initiative with some fine points getting the underdogs off to a solid start. In spite of this Offaly led by 1-8 to 0-7 at half-time, thanks to a 12th minute Derek Molloy goal. Offaly looked for long stretches to be on course for the win, however, they were met with a late onslaught from Limerick who bagged 1-2 inside a five-minute spell to cut the deficit to two points with just eight minutes remaining.
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Get Down or Lay Down Get Down or Lay Down is the debut album by Philly's Most Wanted, released on August 7, 2001 through Atlantic Records. The majority of the album was produced by The Neptunes. The album featured three charting singles, the most successful of which was "Cross the Border", which peaked at 98 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and 3 on the "Billboard" Hot Rap Singles. "Y'all Can't Never Hurt Us" and "Please Don't Mind" both found success on the Rap charts, reaching 13 and 12 on the chart respectively. The album itself, however, underperformed, only reaching 69 on the "Billboard" 200. The album is now out of print.
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Metropolis (Client album) Metropolis is a compilation album by the English electronic group Client. It was first released digitally on 2 May 2005, and was later made available on CD on 20 April 2006 exclusively at the Client Store. The album contains remixes, B-sides and rarities.
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Although the position thrust Roselle into national prominence in the field of academia, his tenure was often rocky. Much of Roselle's time as President of the University of Kentucky was absorbed by a scandal that erupted in 1988 involving the men's basketball team. The NCAA alleged 17 violations of the organization's rules. The most serious allegations were that a basketball recruit, Eric Manuel, received help on the ACT college entrance exam and another recruit, Chris Mills, received $1,000 in cash from assistant coach Dwane Casey. Roselle was widely praised for his decisive response to the scandal. Roselle forced head coach Eddie Sutton to resign in favor of then-New York Knicks coach Rick Pitino, and also forced athletic director Cliff Hagan to resign in favor of C. M. Newton, launched an extensive internal investigation, implemented new policies which tightened control of the athletic department, and cooperated completely with NCAA investigators. These actions were credited with preventing the basketball team from being disbanded for two seasons, as the NCAA's Committee on Infractions initially recommended. Although Roselle handled the basketball scandal deftly, the ordeal still absorbed precious time and resources that the President had intended to spend on other goals. However, he still succeeded in creating a new position, the Vice President for Information System, to continue his push for greater access to technology on campus. After stepping down as the university's president, the University of Kentucky National Alumni Association awarded him its Distinguished Service Award. Also, on October 25, 2011, the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky unanimously approved renaming the temporarily named "New North Hall," a recently constructed 144 bed residence building, as "David P. Roselle Hall". In the wake of the basketball scandal and proposed budget cuts by the Kentucky Legislature, Roselle left the University of Kentucky to accept a post as President of the University of Delaware. He was unanimously elected the university's 25th president by the Board of Trustees. His term began May 1, 1990. He was the highest paid public university president in the nation, making $874,687 annually. Roselle's tenure as President was marked by aggressive fund-raising campaigns and an increase in fiscal discipline. Through privatizing many services and other cost-cutting measures, he cut the university's annual budget by $32 million and eliminated the school's $8 million annual deficit. Under Roselle's leadership, the university's endowment more than tripled from $362 million when he took office in 1990 to over $1.4 billion in 2006.
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Kahn was born in Karlsruhe. He is partly of Latvian descent; his father Rolf was born in Liepāja in 1943, where he remains well-known, to a Latvian mother, Ērika Alksnis, and a Baltic German father, also named Rolf. Rolf briefly played professionally for Karlsruher SC, as did his son Axel, Oliver Kahn's older brother. In 2009, he was offered the position of manager for the FC Schalke 04, which he turned down. Two years thereafter, in April 2011, a German court fined Kahn €125,000 ($182,223) for tax evasion after failing to declare more than €6,000 of luxury clothing he bought on a trip to Dubai. He supports the Munich street-football league "Bunt kickt gut", which is considered a pioneer project of organised street-football and a Germany and Europa-wide model of intercultural understanding, education values and prevention; the Sepp-Herberger foundation, which promotes football in schools, clubs, and prisons; and the Justin Rockola Association, whose goal is the protection of young people against violence, alcohol and drugs. He received his coaching licence in 2010. After having studied business at the Privatuniversität Schloss Seeburg Kahn obtained a Master of Business Administration degree in 2012. His thesis topic was "Strategic management in Germany's professional soccer". In 1999, Kahn married Simone, with whom he has two children: Katharina-Maria (born 28 December 1998) and David (born 7 March 2003). The couple separated in 2003 and Kahn thereafter had a highly publicised relationship with Verena Kerth from 2003 to 2008. Kahn and Simone briefly reconciled in 2009, before divorcing the same year. On 8 July 2011, Kahn married his girlfriend Svenja in Munich. The couple has a son, Julian (born 1 February 2011). Regarded as one of the greatest and most successful goalkeepers of all-time, in addition to his goalkeeping technique, agility, reflexes, distribution, command of his area, and shot-stopping abilities, Kahn is widely admired for the stamina, mental strength, and composure he showed to overcome the stresses and pressures of his career. His profile on the Bayern Munich website lists his attributes as "impatient, disciplined, ambitious". Known for his eccentricity and charismatic leadership from the back, which often saw him call out his defenders whenever they made errors, due to the formidable presence, commanding influence, and aggressive playing style that he showed in goal during his professional career, Kahn's epithet is "The Titan"; he was also frequently nicknamed "King Kahn" throughout his career.
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The team finally settled on Death Valley, California. Although the film had a script, it was used as more of an outline, and the team regularly disregarded it. They were unsure of how the film would end if the film was shot in sequence. The film is dedicated to the memory of American writer Ken Kesey. The film received generally positive critical reviews. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 61%, based on 99 reviews, with an average rating of 6.14/10. The consensus states that "Gerry" is "The type of uncompromising film that divides filmgoers over whether it is profound or pretentious."
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The unit remained in the UK until 1993 when it returned to Shaw Air Force Base South Carolina as part of the drawdown of US forces in Europe after the end of the Cold War. After the war, the field was used by the RAF for armament storage until being sold and returned to agriculture in January 1959. Kings Cliffe airfield has largely returned to agriculture, however the outlines and concreted areas of the runways are readily identifiable. The perimeter track has been reduced to a single-track agricultural road with the hardstandings removed for hardcore. The technical site and hangars have been razed but an abandoned control tower still exists as does an original Blister hangar re-erected on a farm just north of the airfield. Dispersed buildings in Bedford Purlieus included the combined gymnasium/cinema/chapel which still survives on the former airfield's Communal Site. A memorial to the airfield and the squadrons operating there was unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester in 1983.
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List of international cricket centuries by Greg Chappell Greg Chappell is a former international cricketer who represented Australia in 161 matches between 1970 and 1984. He was described by the cricket journalist Gideon Haigh as "the outstanding Australian batsman of his generation", while fellow journalist Christopher Martin-Jenkins said he was capable of "[mastering] even the best bowlers in the worst batting conditions." A right-handed top-order batsman, he scored 27 centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in international cricket – 24 in Test cricket and 3 in One Day Internationals (ODIs). He ranks 9th amongst Australian batsmen in terms of international centuries, and joint 41st overall, though he played fewer matches than all but Don Bradman above him. Chappell played his first Test match in December 1970, and became the tenth Australian to score a century on Test debut, accumulating 108 runs against England in the second Test of the 1970–71 Ashes series. In 1974, he scored centuries in both innings of a match against New Zealand; his brother, Ian also achieved the feat in the match. In the first innings against New Zealand, Chappell recorded his highest score in Test cricket, 247 not out. He scored two centuries in a Test again late the following year against the West Indies, during his first match as captain of Australia. He scored three further double centuries in Test matches, two against Pakistan, and one against India, all in 1980 or 1981. During the fifth Test of the 1983–84 series against Pakistan, Chappell announced that he would retire at the end of the match; during the fourth day he scored his final century in international cricket. In doing so, Chappell became one of only four players to score centuries in both their first and last Test match. In ODI cricket, Chappell made his debut in January 1971, but did not score his first century in the format until 1977, when his 125 not out helped Australia to chase down victory against England. His highest score in ODIs came in 1980, when he scored 138 not out against New Zealand, and he scored his third and final ODI century against the same opponents in 1982. Though he only scored three ODI centuries, he was the first player to score more than 2,000 runs in the format, and at the time of his retirement, he was the leading run-scorer in ODIs.
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A temporary lull in the conflict between the Byzantines and the Lombards allowed Gregory to deal with some longstanding internal issues, in particular the ongoing jurisdictional dispute between the patriarchs of Grado and Aquileia. Although the Synod of 731 had adjudicated in this matter in favour of Grado, Gregory was forced to reprimand the patriarch of Aquileia, Calixtus, who had attempted to gain possession of the island of Barbana from Grado’s jurisdiction. In 731, he approved the election of Tatwine as archbishop of Canterbury, after the latter came to Rome in person to ask for the pallium. Gregory approved of the election of his successor, Nothhelm, while in 735 he agreed to the request of King Ceolwulf of Northumbria that Bishop Egbert of York should be elevated to the rank of archbishop. Gregory promoted the Church in northern Europe. He supported the continuing mission of Saint Boniface in Germany, elevating him to the rank of archbishop of Germany in 732; and, after a personal visit to Rome from Boniface in 737, where he was meant to attend a synod which does not appear to have been held, Gregory made Boniface a papal legate in Germany, and asked him to reorganize the episcopal sees in Germany. Gregory sent Boniface back to Bavaria with three letters. One commanded the bishops and higher ecclesiastical officers to provide Boniface with as much help as they could. A second was addressed to the nobles and people of Germany, urging them to obey Boniface. A third, addressed to the bishops in Alamannia and Bavaria, confirmed Boniface’s status as the papal vicar, ordering them to assemble in a council twice a year at Augsburg under Boniface’s authority. Gregory promoted the mission of Willibald in Germany. In 732, Gregory banned the consumption of horse meat, both domestic and wild, anathematizing it as an "abomination" since it was associated with pagan ritual feasting. Conscious of the ongoing Lombard threat, Gregory undertook and completed the restoration of the Aurelian Walls during the early 730s. He also refortified Centumcellae, purchasing from Thrasimund II of Spoleto the fortress of Gallese along the Via Flaminia, which had been taken by the Lombards, interrupting Rome’s communications with the exarch at Ravenna.
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Rattletrap, designated to impersonate a conjurer, joins the others before the dupes arrive. The dupes are then cleverly drawn into the conspiracy, and they delight at the prospect of such a windfall. (Opening Song, Airs 1-3) Scene 2. Trushoop, who has been keeping late hours in order to plan for the recovery of the treasure, finds himself locked out of his own house at night. His wife has little sympathy for his plight, since Trushoop's vow of secrecy has left his tardiness unexplained. Scene 3. Moll Placket has no difficulty in prying the secret of the treasure from her keeper, Raccoon. She in turn decides that she will desert him as soon as he has made her wealthy. (Airs 4 and 5) Scene 4. Hum, Quadrant, and Rattletrap confer in a street to ensure that all preparations for the treasure hunt have been made, including a spectacular phony display of magic by Rattletrap. Scene 5. McSnip abuses and insults the employees at his tailor's shop, since he anticipates that he will have little use for them in the future. (Air 6) Scene 6. Lucy and Meanwell find their marriage plans obstructed, because Washball has suddenly decided that a rich man's niece might find a more suitable mate. Washball arrives and drives Meanwell from his house. (Air 7) Scene 7, The humorists and dupes together make final preparations for their night¬time treasure hunt. Each member of the party declares his readiness and courage in the face of the anticipated dangers. (Airs 3-10) Scene I. Moll Placket is pleasantly occupied with a sailor, Topinlift, when Raccoon returns home unexpectedly. The sailor hides under the bed, but Raccoon's suspicions are aroused. Topinlift finally manages an escape when Moll pretends that she is conjuring up a beneficent spirit to aid Raccoon in his quest for the treasure. (Airs 11-13) Scene 2. The search party reaches the place where the treasure is buried. Rattletrap impresses the dupes with a mock ritual that is supposed to divine the location of the chest and free the treasure from the spirits of the dead. The dupes, thoroughly frightened but still determined, finally raise the chest from the earth and agree to carry it to Washball's house, where the treasure can be divided on the following day.
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Soaptree yucca was used by white-throated woodrats in the lower Sonoran zone of the Lordsburg Plains in New Mexico and the San Simon Valley in Arizona. Cholla and prickly-pear are often used by white-throated woodrats for cover because they provide excellent protection from predators, as well as food and water. One of the factors in white-throated woodrat shelter-site selection in McDowell Mountain Regional Park was presence of teddy bear cholla. In the Cholla Garden in Joshua Tree National Park, white-throated woodrats depended on stands of jumping cholla (Cylindropuntia fulgida) for cover, and in the Lower Sonoran zone of Arizona, most white-throated woodrat dens were found at the bases of cholla and prickly-pear. In Guadalupe Mountains National Park, white-throated woodrat distribution may be limited more by the presence of Mexican woodrats (N. mexicana) and the southern plains woodrat (N. micropus) than by habitat limitations. In areas not inhabited by Mexican woodrats and southern plains woodrats, the white-throated woodrat constructed houses at bases of prickly-pears. In areas where white-throated woodrats and southern plains woodrats lived in close proximity, white-throated woodrat constructed houses under honey mesquite. In the Lower Sonoran zone of Arizona and New Mexico, white-throated woodrats commonly used the bases of catclaw acacia for shelter. White-throated woodrats selected multiple-stemmed plants over single-stemmed plants and a dense, low canopy over a tall, thin canopy in habitat dominated by triangle bursage in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona and New Mexico. White-throated woodrats selected house sites in reverse order of plant abundance: yellow paloverde 18.1 plants/ha, 6 houses; desert ironwood, 7.6 plants/ha, 14 houses; and organ pipe cactus, 5.0 plants/ha, 21 houses. Yellow paloverde was probably selected for shelter least often because it is a single-stemmed tree with a tall canopy; organpipe cactus ("Stenocereus thurberi") was probably selected most often because it is a multiple-stemmed plant with many cylindrical stems branching near the ground from a central trunk, providing more cover. In juniper woodlands in the high desert of southeastern Utah, white-throated woodrats occasionally denned under boulder crevices at the bases of vertical cliffs.
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According to Howell (1972), the four stages that most participant observation research studies are establishing rapport or getting to know the people, immersing oneself in the field, recording data and observations, and consolidating the information gathered. The phases are as follows: Participant observation is not simply showing up at a site and writing things down. On the contrary, participant observation is a complex method that has many components. One of the first things that a researcher or individual must do after deciding to conduct participant observations to gather data is decide what kind of participant observer he or she will be. Spradley (1980) provides five different types of participant observations summarised below. Limitations To Any Participant Observation The presence of the researcher in the field may influence the participants' behavior, causing the participants to behave differently than they would without the presence of the observer (see:observer-expectancy effect). Researchers engaging in this type of qualitative research method must be aware that participants may act differently or put up a facade that is in accordance to what they believe the researcher is studying. This is why it is important to employ rigor in any qualitative research study. A useful method of rigor to employ is member-checking or triangulation. According to Richard Fenno, one problem in participant observation is the risk of "going native", by which he means that the researcher becomes so immersed in the world of the participant that the researcher loses scholarly objectivity. Fenno also warns that the researcher may lose the ability and willingness to criticize the participant in order to maintain ties with the participant. While gathering data through participant observation, investigator triangulation would be a way to ensure that one researcher is not letting his or her biases or personal preferences in the way of observing and recording meaningful experiences. As the name suggests, investigator triangulation involves multiple research team members gathering data about the same event, but this method ensures a variety of recorded observations due to the varying theoretical perspectives of each research team member. In other words, triangulation, be it data, investigator, theory or methodological triangulation, is a form of cross-checking information. Member checking is when the researcher asks for participant feedback on his or her recorded observations to ensure that the researcher is accurately depicting the participants' experiences and the accuracy of conclusions drawn from the data. This method can be used in participant observation studies or when conducting interviews. Member-checking and triangulation are good methods to use when conducting participant observations, or any other form of qualitative research, because they increase data and research conclusion credibility and transferability.
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Presley performed the song once more, and that take became the master for the single. "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" was not released for several months while RCA executives decided if the ballad reflected Presley's new style, but they and Parker ultimately decided to release the song. It was released as a single on November 1, 1960, with "I Gotta Know" on the B-side, and pressing was assigned to plants in New Jersey, Indianapolis and Los Angeles. Copies (with a sleeve featuring a smiling Presley in a chartreuse shirt against a blue background) were sent to 5,000 disc jockeys. Orders for the single began at 900,000 copies the first week and climbed to 1,200,000 during the second. The song debuted on "Billboard's" Top 40 at number 35 on November 14, moved a week later to number two and topped the chart by November 28 (replacing Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs' "Stay"). Presley's 15th chart-topping single, it held the top position until January 9, 1961. "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" peaked at number three on the R&B chart, remaining on it for ten weeks. The song topped the "Cash Box" singles chart and reached number 45 on the "Cash Box" country singles chart. A month after its UK release it topped the UK Singles Chart. Three months after its release, the single had sales of two million copies worldwide; that year, the Recording Industry Association of America certified it gold. A November 7, 1960 "Billboard" review called Presley's rendition a "warm and touching performance". In a later review, AllMusic praised Presley's vocal range, calling "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" a "tender ... sugary ballad ... full of soul and intense and intimate power" defining "one of Presley's darkest moments". The success of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" made the song one of Presley's live staples. He performed it live for the first time on March 25, 1961, at a Bloch Arena benefit in Honolulu for the USS Arizona Memorial, one of Presley's four live performances between his return from the Army and his shift in career focus to acting. Returning to music in 1968, Presley included the song on his playlist for the NBC special "Elvis" and performed it live the following year during his first Las Vegas engagement. A version of the song, recorded on August 26 1969 and documenting Presley altering the words of the narration ("Do you gaze at your bald head and wish you had hair") and laughing through the rest of the bridge, was released in 1980 as part of the "Elvis Aron Presley" box set.
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According to public campaign finance records, Bezos supported the electoral campaigns of Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, two Democratic U.S. senators from Washington. He has also supported U.S. representative John Conyers, as well as Patrick Leahy and Spencer Abraham, U.S. senators serving on committees dealing with Internet-related issues. Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos have supported the legalization of same-sex marriage, and in 2012 contributed $2.5 million to Washington United for Marriage, a group supporting a yes vote on Washington Referendum 74, which affirmed a same-sex marriage law enacted in the state. Bezos donated $100,000 towards a movement against a Washington state income tax in 2010 for "top earners." In 2012, he donated to Amazon's political action committee (PAC), which has given $56,000 and $74,500 to Democrats and Republicans, respectively. After the 2016 presidential election, Bezos was invited to join Donald Trump's Defense Innovation Advisory Board, an advisory council to improve the technology used by the Defense Department. Bezos declined the offer without further comment. Trump has repeatedly attacked Bezos via Twitter, accused Bezos of avoiding corporate taxes, gaining undue political influence, and undermining his presidency by spreading "fake news." Bezos has repeatedly joked about using his rocket company to send Donald Trump into outer space. In 2014, Amazon won a bid for a cloud computing contract with the CIA valued at $600 million. A 2018, $10 billion contract known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) project, this time with the Pentagon, was allegedly written up in a way that favors Amazon. Controversy over this was raised when General James Mattis accepted a headquarters tour invitation from Bezos and co-ordinated the deal through Sally Donnelly, a lobbyist who previously worked for Amazon. In November 2019, when the contract was awarded to Microsoft instead, Amazon filed a lawsuit with allegations that the bidding process was biased. Despite Bezos's support for an open borders policy towards immigrants, Amazon has actively marketed facial recognition software to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In 2019, a political action committee linked to Bezos spent over $1 million in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat activist Kshama Sawant in Seattle's city council election. In March 2018, Bezos met in Seattle with Mohammad bin Salman, the crown prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, to discuss investment opportunities for Saudi Vision 2030. In March 2019, Bezos's security consultant accused the Saudi government of hacking Bezos's phone.
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Awards and nominations The English version of the musical received positive reviews. The "New York Daily News" wrote, "This stage musical smartly excises comic relief from the film’s giggling gargoyles...The look of the show is also very good. Alexander Dodge’s lavish bell-tower, Alejo Vietti’s gritty period costumes and Howell Binkley’s dynamic lights lend to the atmosphere." "The New York Times" deemed it a "surprising[ly] self-serious...polished but ponderous musical" with a "simultaneously impressive and oppressive" stage and "rich choral singing." "The Hollywood Reporter" said "Menken's uncommonly complex, classically-influenced score often soars." AM New York called the musical "an unusually dark and chilling piece of musical theater which explores physical deformity, religious extremism, sexual repression and even genocide." Awards and nominations Additionally, Hunchback received 10 Tommy Tune awards from 15 nominations, 6 Kennt Award nominations, 13 Blue Star Award nominations, 10 Tune Awards, 15 Freedy Award nominations and 8 wins, 6 Blumey Award nominations, one Annual Pierrot Award, and 7 TBA awards. The Danish version received 3 award nominations. A German cast album was recorded in 1999. On May 15, 2015, it was announced that the Paper Mill cast would be releasing a cast recording of the show. Recorded on September 28–30 at Avatar Studios, the album features a 25-piece orchestra, with a 32-strong choir. The recording was released by Ghostlight Records in January 2016. The cast album was released to critical and commercial acclaim. It debuted at number one on Billboard's Cast Albums chart upon its release, thereby ending the 17-week run of "Hamilton" on this list. A German cast album was recorded in 2017. M1 Musical wrote that from the first notes of Olim in the German recording, the reviewer was given goosebumps; they ultimately deemed it a "masterpiece – the diamond in the CD shelf."
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Heinz Neumeyer Heinz Neumeyer is a German amateur historian. He specializes in the history of Pomerania and Prussia. He is associated with the League of Expellees. His views on Polish-German relations have been criticized as biased; for example he claimed that Poland was more responsible than Nazi Germany for starting World War II. Edmund Spevack, a Harvard lecturer on history and literature noted in East European Quarterly that Neumayer represents at best a trend of amateurish German nationalistic writing, and at worst fits in tradition of biased, emotion-driven Nazi-era historiography, and does not deserve to be seen as a reliable scholar. Similarly, Karin Friedrich in "The Slavonic and East European Review" said that Neumeyer's writing is too emotional for a scholar, uses "the language of national prejudice and anachronistic references", and contains numerous factual errors.
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Argentina has seen large success in its delegative democracy due to the vertical accountability that is in place. Vertical accountability is when civilians can enforce the performance of those that are in charge. Horizontal accountability, on the other hand, is when only the government is able to hold itself accountable, leading to check abuses by public agencies. When looking at what transpired in Argentina specifically, the death of Alberto Nisman under the rule of President Fernandez led to the foundation of delegative democracy. Fernandez was able to dissolve the Secretariat of Intelligence and replace it with his new Federal Intelligence Agency. This ruling became a foundation for delegative democracy. Fernandez also released the Central Bank Chief, Martin Redrado, after he failed to comply with the orders that she instilled. The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: "Partido Revolucionario Institucional", PRI) in Mexico is an example of a party that led to a rise of delegative democracy within a country. The PRI came into power in 1929 with the help of Plutarco Elías Calles, a Mexican general and politician. Prior to the rise of the PRI, the country was plagued with political conflict and turmoil due to the assasssination of President-elect Álvaro Obregón in 1928. One of the renowned symbols of the PRI is the "dedazo" (termed from the word "dedo -" finger).This symbolized the idea that the current president would pass down the title to whoever they "pointed the finger" to. This process alone shows why delegative democracy takes away the ideas of separation of powers as the democratic process in the people electing their officials is removed. In addition, instead of being checked and balanced by other branches, the president had a select group of cabinet advisers that consisted of at least three individuals extremely close to the president. In 1988, the PRI slowly began to dissolve after multiple progression and the breaking out of the parties "Democratic Current" with Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (former Governor of Michoacán and son of the former president of Mexico Lázaro Cárdenas). Russia's electoral law stipulates that half of all parliamentarians will come from voting on party lists, it aims to encourage the formation of political parties. In order to look for political partners and confront skeptical voters, parties must focus on introducing legislation, public opinion campaigns and political education. The parliamentarians, democratically elected, use their democratic legitimacy to justify authoritarian behavior.
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Aomori Prefectural Museum The is a museum located in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The museum has a collection of artifacts from the Jōmon Period, as well as exhibits detailing Aomori's culture and history. The museum opened in 1973.
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People from the scientific community, science communication or from other areas of society such as politics, economics and culture with a connection to science are chosen to serve as ambassadors. Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig nobel prize was guest of honour for the first ball in 2015, @NeinQuarterly journalist Eric Jarosinski in 2016. Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel (Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2000) opened the ball in 2016. With the visit of the 3rd Science Ball on 28 January 2017, newly elected president of the Republic of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, completed his first public appearance after his inauguration on January 26, 2017 . The 4th Science Ball on January 27, 2018 was occasion for the first public appearance of Michael Ludwig as new mayor of the city of Vienna after his election as chairman of the Vienna SPÖ on the same day. Guest of Honor 2018 was March for Science co-founder Caroline Weinberg. At the Ball 2019, computer scientist Bernd Bickel (IST Austria), winner of the Sci-Tech Award 2018 (awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), Nobel Prize for Chemistry awardee 1988 Robert Huber and Austria's Scientist of the Year 2018, chemist Nuno Maulide (University of Vienna) were welcomed as guests of honour.
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"The concept behind this is that when you initiate your punch without any forewarning, such as tensing your shoulders or moving your foot or body, the opponent will not have enough time to react," Lee wrote. The key is that one must keep one's body and arms loose, weaving one's arms slightly and only becoming tense upon impact. Lee wanted no wind-up movements or "get ready poses" to prelude any JKD attacks. He explained that any twitches or slight movements before striking should be avoided as they will give the opponent signs or hints as to what is being planned and then they will be able to strike first while one is preparing an attack. Consequently, non-telegraphed movement is believed to be an essential part of Jeet Kune Do philosophy. Lee emphasized that every situation, in fighting or in everyday life, is varied. To obtain victory, therefore, it is believed essential not to be rigid, but to be fluid and adaptable to any situation. Lee compared it to being like water, saying "Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend." His theory behind this was that one must be able to function in any scenario one is thrown into and should react accordingly. One should know when to speed up or slow down, when to expand and when to contract, and when to remain flowing and when to crash. It is the awareness that both life and fighting can be shapeless and ever changing that allows one to be able to adapt to those changes instantaneously and bring forth the appropriate solution. Lee did not believe in styles and felt that every person and situation is different and not everyone fits into a mold; one must remain flexible in order to obtain new knowledge and victory in both life and combat. It is believed that one must never become stagnant in the mind or method, always evolving and moving towards improving oneself. Jeet Kune Do seeks to be economical in time and movement, teaching that the simplest things work best, as in Wing Chun. Economy of motion is the principle by which JKD practitioners achieve: This is meant to help a practitioner conserve both energy and time, two crucial components in a physical confrontation. Maximized force seeks to end the battle quickly due to the amount of damage inflicted upon the opponent.
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Chelakkara Chelakkara is a small town in Thrissur district of Kerala. Chelakara is located at . It has an average elevation of . Chelakara assembly constituency (SC) is part of Alathur. It is also the constituency of ex-Speaker of KERALA Assembly. Shri K.Radhakrishnan.
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Zduńska Wola Zduńska Wola is a town in central Poland with 42,698 inhabitants (2016). Situated in the Łódź Province (since 1999), previously in Sieradz Province (1975–1998). It is the seat of Zduńska Wola County. The town was once one of the largest cloth, linen and cotton weaving centres in Poland and is the birthplace of Saint Maximilian Kolbe and Maksymilian Faktorowicz, the founder of Max Factor cosmetics company. The town was first mentioned and documented in 1394. Zduńska Wola was then part of an important trade route which crossed through Poland and connected Eastern and Western Europe. Over the course of its history, the town was owned by nobles or industrialists and eventually transformed into a shtetl. At the beginning of the 18th century, Zduńska Wola was purchased by the aristocratic Złotnicki family. The development of the village is closely linked with the rapid influx of Silesian weavers and textile workers. In 1817, with the contribution and effort of Stefan Złotnicki, the village flourished and became populated with migrants from Silesia, Germany and Bohemia. In 1824 the town's population reached 1,400 people, including 150 professional textile laborers in 125 private workshops. Following rapid development, Zduńska Wola received town rights in October 1825. In 1827 the population had reached 2,758 people and the town possessed 320 buildings, however, only 30 were made of brick or stone. Due to the lack of available space for incoming weavers, the town was expanded and new districts were established by incorporating nearby villages and settlements. The end of the 19th century was a period of dynamic development, which eventually transformed the rural town into a small industrial centre. In 1909 the population was already 22,504 people. Over 50 new industrial enterprises or textile corporations were set up, which employed 5,200 workers. Zduńska Wola gained the nickname "City of Weavers" and from the 1,360 buildings now standing, approximately 600 were made of brick. In 1892 the first steam brewery was constructed, which contributed to the town's importance in the region. Under the patronage of the Złotnicki family and local business owners, Zduńska Wola was completely remodelled and urbanized; new housing estates were built for the workers and the first city park was opened during this period.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1937 by philanthropist Solomon R. Guggenheim and his long-time art advisor, artist Hilla von Rebay. The foundation is a leading institution for the collection, preservation, and research of modern and contemporary art and operates several museums around the world. The first museum established by the foundation was The Museum of Non-Objective Painting, in New York City. This became The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1952, and the foundation moved the collection into its first permanent museum building, in New York City, in 1959. The foundation next opened the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, in 1980. Its international network of museums expanded in 1997 to include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain, and it expects to open a new museum, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates after its construction is completed. The mission of the foundation is "to promote the understanding and appreciation of art, architecture, and other manifestations of visual culture, primarily of the modern and contemporary periods, and to collect, conserve, and study" modern and contemporary art. The Foundation seeks, in its constituent museums, to unite distinguished architecture and artworks. The foundation's first permanent museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, is housed in a modern spiral building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Guggenheim Bilbao was designed by Frank Gehry. Both of these innovative designs received wide press and critical attention. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is housed in an 18th-century Italian palace, the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal. The permanent collection of the foundation is based primarily on nine private collections: Solomon R. Guggenheim's collection of non-objective paintings; Karl Nierendorf's collection of German expressionism and early abstract expressionism; Katherine S. Dreier's gift of paintings and sculptures; Peggy Guggenheim's collection, concentrating on abstraction and surrealism; Justin K. and Hilde Thannhauser's collection of impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modern masterpieces; part of Hilla von Rebay's collection; Giuseppe Panza di Biumo's holdings of American minimalist, post-minimalist, environmental and conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s; a collection of photographs and mixed media from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; and the Bohen Foundation's collection of film, video, photography and new media.
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2001–02 Cardiff City F.C. season During the 2001–02 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Division Two. They finished in fourth place before losing to Stoke City in the play-off semi finals after extra time in the second leg.
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The radial fissure vents of Hawaiian volcanoes also produce "curtains of fire" as lava fountains erupting along a portion of a fissure. These vents build up low ramparts of basaltic spatter on both sides of the fissure. More isolated lava fountains along the fissure produce crater rows of small spatter and cinder cones. The fragments that form a spatter cone are hot and plastic enough to weld together, while the fragments that form a cinder cone remain separate because of their lower temperature.
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Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film) Much Ado About Nothing is a 2012 black and white American romantic comedy film adapted for the screen, produced, and directed by Joss Whedon, from William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, and Jillian Morgese. To create the film, director Whedon established the production studio Bellwether Pictures. The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and had its North American theatrical release on June 21, 2013. The plot of the film is largely unchanged from that of Shakespeare's original play. Differences include the modern-day setting, switching Conrade's gender, eliminating several minor roles and consolidating others into Leonato's aide, and expanding Ursula's role by giving her a number of Margaret's scenes. In addition, the film attempts to add background to the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick by showing, in an opening scene, a morning after they apparently slept together. Benedick steals away quietly while Beatrice pretends to be asleep. Anthony Head was originally intended for the role of Leonato, but was unavailable. Clark Gregg had worked with Whedon on "The Avengers" at the time, and stepped in to play the part. Most of the cast had worked with Whedon before; Acker and Denisof on "Angel"; Denisof, Fillion, Lenk and Lindhome on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"; Fillion and Maher on "Firefly"; Acker, Denisof, Diamond, Kranz and Johnson on "Dollhouse"; Gregg, Denisof, Rosemont, Johnson and Morgese in "The Avengers". Principal photography started mid-October 2011, and took place at Joss Whedon's residence in Santa Monica, California. On the choice of location, he told Studio 360, "First of all, my wife built that house. And I knew from the moment I set foot in it that I would want to film something there. Because it's all in one place, that place informs the mood and the feeling and the look of the picture so much, and I was really already comfortable with that". Whedon and his wife, Kai Cole, produced the film through their studio Bellwether Pictures. It was filmed entirely in a black-and-white palette over a period of 12 days, in conjunction with cinematographer Jay Hunter. Whedon shot it while on a contractual vacation from the post-production of "The Avengers".
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LMO2 LIM domain only 2 (rhombotin-like 1), also known as LMO2, RBTNL1, RBTN2, RHOM2, LIM Domain Only Protein 2, TTG2, and T-Cell Translocation Protein 2, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the "LMO2" gene. LMO2 encodes a cysteine-rich, two LIM domain protein that is required for yolk sac erythropoiesis. The LMO2 protein has a central and crucial role in hematopoietic development and is highly conserved. The LMO2 transcription start site is located approximately 25 kb downstream from the 11p13 T-cell translocation cluster (11p13 ttc), where a number of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia-specific translocations occur. LMO2 has been shown to interact with:
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Żabianka, Masovian Voivodeship Żabianka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trojanów, within Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
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List of awards and nominations received by Russell Crowe Russell Crowe has acted in blockbuster films such as "Gladiator" (2000), a historical epic for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also a winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his portrayal of John Forbes Nash Jr. in the biographical drama "A Beautiful Mind" (2001).
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Coinage of the Kingdom of Pontus The history of the coinage of the Pontic Kingdom probably began during reign of Mithridates II of the Kingdom of Pontus. Early Pontic coinage imitated coinage with Alexander the Great's portraits. Later coinage is well known for its high decree of realism in portraits of the Pontic kings who were proud of their Iranian ancestry. Pontic coin portraitry developed isolated from wider Hellenistic tradition. However, Mithridates V and his son Mithridates VI partially abandoned oriental influences in the coin portraitry. Pontic mints experimented with new materials for coinage. Pure copper and brass were used in mints during reign of Mithridates VI. His brass coinage are the earliest known coins made from brass. His rule and wars resulted in a wide expansion in number of mints and struck coinage. Earlier Pontic coinage attributable to prior rulers is very rare. Pontic coinage managed to gain a wide acceptance within eastern Mediterranean region. Prior to the Kingdom of Pontus, the Pontic region had autonomous, mostly coastal, cities with Greek background. Cities with mints were almost exclusively Greek colonies. It is likely that the first coinage was struck during Mithridates II's reign. His reign is assumed to have lasted from 255 BC to 220 BC. The first Pontic coinage mimicked other coinage with Alexander the Great's image on them. Mithridates III had issued substantial amount of silver coinage by the end of his reign. He was also the first Pontic ruler to have a coin with his own portrait. Before Mithridates VI Pontic coinage is very rare. This has complicated studies of royal Pontic coinage. However, chronology of the Pontic coinage is well known from research. For instance, Mithridates VI dated most of his coins by the Bithynian year and by month. There was a distinction between royal and city coinage. Royal coinage was struck on gold and silver. They also had king's image and name on them. Coinage produced by cities were made from bronze and had name of the city on reverse side of the coin. Coinage struck autonomously by cities was discontinued for a time, as the cities lost their autonomy under reign of Pharnakes I. Mithridates VI restored privilege of cities to have their own coinage, but he retained some control, as can be deducted from standardization of local coinage. Pontic coinage has very fine portraits of their kings.
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Matrix models of populations calculate the growth of a population with life history variables. Later, Robert MacArthur and E. O. Wilson characterized island biogeography. The equilibrium model of island biogeography describes the number of species on an island as an equilibrium of immigration and extinction. The logistic population model, the Lotka–Volterra model of community ecology, life table matrix modeling, the equilibrium model of island biogeography and variations thereof are the basis for ecological population modeling today. Logistic growth equation: Lotka–Volterra equation: Island biogeography: Species–area relationship:
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Alice Hanson Alice Ann Hanson (née Brown; May 6, 1927 – February 7, 2009) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 1997 as a member of the Liberal caucus in opposition. Hanson ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature as a Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly in the 1993 general election. She defeated incumbent John McInnis and future MLA Ron Liepert. Hanson served as the Native Affairs Critic and Social Services Critic for the official opposition. She did not run for re-election in 1997.
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Superoxide reductase Superoxide reductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of highly reactive and toxic superoxide (O2−) into less toxic hydrogen peroxide (H2O2): Hydrogen peroxide in turn is reduced to water by rubrerythrin. The 3 substrates of this enzyme are reduced rubredoxin, superoxide, and H+, whereas its two products are rubredoxin and H2O2. This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on superoxide as acceptor (only sub-subclass identified to date). The systematic name of this enzyme class is rubredoxin:superoxide oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include neelaredoxin, and desulfoferrodoxin. , 9 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes , , , , , , , , and .
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Every year the town erects a public Christmas tree and every child, local or visitor, is given a present. The Weaber family left Tennant Creek in 1940 following a series of personal family tragedies. They sold the lease to what would become Tennant's richest post war mine, Nobles Nob, before they realised its potential. Nobles Nob was named after Jack Noble, an old friend of the Weaber family from the days when they all lived in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. Gold Mining was all but shut down in Tennant Creek in 1942. The only mine to remain operational was a large mine with its own crushing plant. During World War II, the Australian Army set up 55th Australian Camp Hospital near Tennant Creek. The Royal Australian Air Force utilised Tennant Creek Airfield as an emergency landing ground. The town today is situated on a stretch of the Stuart Highway known as Paterson Street. As it is a regional centre, it contains government services and local business and also has a developing tourist centre. There are a number of restaurants and tourist activities to complement its friendly relaxed lifestyle. The people of Tennant Creek enjoy modern facilities including reserves, sporting venues, galleries, a civic hall and library. It's also home to Australia's premier go-karting event, held on a street circuit through the town. The total population of Tennant Creek is approximately 3,000, of which around 1,500 are Aboriginal. Tennant Creek is an ethnically diverse town, with residents from Britain, New Zealand, Ireland, the Philippines, Thailand, India, Bosnia and Germany as well as Australia. Tennant Creek had a town council headed by a mayor until 1 July 2008, when it became part of the Barkly Region. The main Aboriginal body within the town is the Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation which plays a major role in providing training and employment services for the Aboriginal people in Tennant Creek. It has developed a construction capacity and provides contract services to the Town Council such as recycling. Julalikari also provides community services within the township such as Homemakers, aged care, and the night patrol. The police district covers almost 22,000 square kilometres and has a strength of 25 officers. The force includes two Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) officers. Tennant Creek was once the third largest gold producer in Australia and is still highly productive. Over 210 tonnes of gold have been mined in the area. Notable mines include, Nobles Nob mine and the Peko mine. The Bootu Mine to the north of town exports manganese to China.
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He describes himself, however, as a "fiscal and social conservative." He receives generally high marks from traditional conservative and libertarian organizations. In his 2012 re-election campaign, Shafer received A+ ratings from Americans for Prosperity, American Conservative Union, Georgia Family Council's Center for an Educated Georgia and National Rifle Association. He received an A rating from Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Shafer was also recognized for "environmental leadership" by Georgia Conservation Voters, a "moderate" coalition of environmental organizations. Shafer was unanimously elected to serve as the 68th President Pro Tempore of the Georgia State Senate on January 14, 2013. In his campaign for President Pro Tem, Shafer won the backing of the Senate Republican Caucus at its biennial organizational meeting held at Little Ocmulgee State Park on November 15, 2012. His nominating speech before the full Senate was given by Senate Republican Leader Ronnie Chance. In a show of unity, Senate Democratic Leader Steve Henson seconded the nomination. Shafer's election was widely seen as an end to two years of infighting between Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle and a faction of the Senate Republican Caucus led by the outgoing Senate President Pro Tem Tommie Williams and Senate Republican Caucus Chairman Bill Cowsert. Williams did not seek re-election, backing Cowsert who was defeated within the Senate Republican Caucus by a reported vote of 25 to 11. At the time of his nomination as President Pro Tempore, Shafer was vice chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus. He served as chairman of the Senate Science and Technology Committee from 2003 to 2006 and as chairman of the Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee from 2006 until his election as President Pro Tem. He also served as an administration floor leader for Governor Sonny Perdue from 2003 to 2004. Shafer was an early supporter of Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle and played a prominent role in his 2006 campaign. He served on Cagle's kitchen cabinet as an appointed member of the Senate Committee on Assignments. In 2011, when the Senate adopted new Senate Rules transferring the power of the lieutenant governor to the Senate Committee on Assignments, Shafer remained a member of the committee by virtue of being vice chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus. Shafer was the only elected leader of the caucus who maintained a cordial relationship with Cagle in his reduced state, setting the stage for him to reunify the Caucus and end the infighting two years later. Best known as an advocate for reforming the state's budget procedures, Shafer has introduced legislation mandating zero-based budgeting, requiring budgetary surpluses to be returned to the taxpayers and requiring periodic sunset review of certain state agencies.
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The back of the boulder is carved with the hindquarters of a feline, probably a jaguar. Monument 16 and Monument 17 are two parts of the same broken sculpture. This sculpture is classically Olmec in style and is heavily eroded but represents a human head wearing a headdress in the form of a secondary face wearing a helmet. Monument 23 dates to the Middle Preclassic period. It appears that it was an Olmec-style colossal head that was recarved into a niche figure sculpture. If this was originally a colossal head then it would be the only example known from outside the Olmec heartland. Monument 23 is sculpted from andesite and falls in the middle of the size range for confirmed Olmec colossal heads. It stands high and measures wide by deep. Like the examples from the Olmec heartland, the monument features a flat back. Lee Parsons contested John Graham's identification of Monument 23 as a recarved colossal head; he viewed the side ornaments that Graham identified as ears as instead being the scrolled eyes of an open-jawed monster gazing upwards. Countering this, James Porter has claimed that the recarving of the face of a colossal head into a niche figure is clearly evident. Monument 23 was damaged in the mid-20th century by a local mason who attempted to break its exposed upper portion using a steel chisel. As a result, the top is fragmented, although the broken pieces were recovered by archaeologists and have been put back into place. Monument 25 is a heavily eroded relief sculpture of a figure seated in a niche. Monument 27 is located near the southern edge of Terrace 3, just south of a row of 5 sculptures running east–west. Monument 28 is situated near Monument 27 at the southern edge of Terrace 3. Monument 30 is located on Terrace 3, in a row of 5 monuments at the base Structure 8. Monument 35 is a plain monument on Terrace 6, it dates to the Late Preclassic. Monument 40 is a potbelly monument dating to the Late Preclassic. Monument 44 is a sculpture of a captive. Monument 47 is a local style monument representing a frog or toad. Monument 55 is an Olmec-style sculpture of a human head. It was moved to the Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología (National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology). Monument 64 is an Olmec-style bas-relief carved onto the south side of a natural andesite rock and stylistically dates to the Middle Preclassic, although it was found in a Late Preclassic archaeological context.
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During the 1997 a cd entitled Actual Size, the bulk of which consisted of Bradbury's solo material, was eventually issued first as a double CDr thru Sevcom and then as a single cd through Zonar Recordings. https://bradbury.bandcamp.com/album/actual-size Much of this material resurfaced on the later compilation PANSPERMIA. https://bradbury.bandcamp.com/album/panspermia-plus Throughpout the early 2000s Bradbury was commissioned by the Sydney Theatre Company on scores for "King Lear", "The Tempest" and "Macbeth". Around that time he co-ordinated and curated the Static Museum series of performance evenings at Artspace , Woolloomooloo, Sydney. In the 2000s he released two CDs "Ruffini Corpuscle" in 2003 https://bradbury.bandcamp.com/album/ruffini-corpuscle and "Instant Oblivion" in 2005 https://bradbury.bandcamp.com/album/instant-oblivion-or-beat-me-in-st-louis, on the Dual Plover label. Throughout the decades Bradbury has continued to perform live on innumerable occasions both as a solo artist and collaboratively including, notably, an ongoing collaboration with Ian Andrews exploring turntable mutilations/ deconstructions and assemblages, recordings of which are soon forthcoming. Garry Bradbury’s 2015 compilation, PANSPERMIA, consisting of 2 lp’s and a bonus one sided 7”,is an assemblage of remastered and re-edited works recorded sporadically over a period of around 20 years from 1986 to 2005, through the German based label Vinyl on Demand. Following this PANSPERMIA PLUS (a slightly more comprehensive version) was made publicly available as a free download thru the online download service bandcamp. https://bradbury.bandcamp.com/album/panspermia-plus In 2016, a CD of new and reworked archival material was released under the title YAKOVLEVIAN TORQUE, made available as CD and/or download through No.Ware releases operating somewhere between Berlin and San Diego. https://no-ware.bandcamp.com/album/yakovlevian-torque Several of Bradbury's works also appear on the recent No-wares compilation No. No.II. (2016).
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Frederick August Wenderoth Frederick August Wenderoth or F. A. Wenderoth (1819 – 1884) was a German-born American painter and photographer. Born and educated in Cassel, where he first learned to paint from his father, he established a lifelong friendship with Charles Christian Nahl at school. During a period of political upheaval he left Germany for Paris where his was joined by Nahl and his half-brother Hugo Wilhelm Arthur Nahl.They then moved to the US, living first in New York, before traveling by sea to California to join the Gold Rush. Unsuccessful as miners, Wenderoth and Nahl opened art studios, first in Sacramento and later in San Francisco, collaborating as painters, engravers and photographers. After a trip to South Seas and Australia, Wenderoth married and moved to Philadelphia, where he established a photography studio. In the late 1850s he worked for a period in South Carolina, going into partnership with Jesse Bolles. There, and later when he returned to Philadelphia, he innovated a number of photographic techniques, such as the ivory-type and photozincography. Wenderoth died in 1884 of tuberculosis. Frederick August Wenderoth was born in 1819, in Cassel, Germany, to Carl Wenderoth, a painter; his mother was a lady-in-waiting at the Hesse-Kassel court. As a child his father gave him painting lessons, before he went on to study at the Kunstakademie Cassel with Frederick Mueller. At the academy he met Carl Christian Nahl, who became his lifelong friend. At 18, Wenderoth gave art lessons to the young women at court. In 1845, during a period of political upheaval, he left Germany for Paris, and from there traveled to Algeria. Upon his return to Paris, he was joined by Nahl and his family, with the two friends exploring the Louvre and other art museums, and Wenderoth took the opportunity to study with Léon Cogniet. In 1849, with the Nahl family, Wenderoth left Paris for the United States, settling in Brooklyn, where, between 1849 and 1850, he sold nine paintings at the American Art-Union exhibitions. In 1851, Wenderoth and the Nahl family joined the California Gold Rush. The sea-route to the west coast goldfields was considered far easier than the arduous 2,000 mile-long overland route, with its dangers of illness, thirst, and Indian attacks.
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The term changes sign when the axes are inverted and is given by: The prefactor formula_18 is dependent on the degree of molecular chirality. Therefore for the case of a chiral liquid crystal, the total free energy density is given by: The quantity formula_20 describes the pitch formula_21 of the cholesteric helix. As a result of liquid crystal mesogens' anisotropic diamagnetic properties and electrical polarizability, electric and magnetic fields can induce alignments in liquid crystals. By applying a field, one is effectively lowering the free energy of the liquid crystal. To understand the effect a magnetic field produces on the distortion free energy density, a small region of local nematic order formula_7 is often considered in which formula_23 and formula_24 is the magnetic susceptibility perpendicular and parallel to formula_7. The value formula_26, where N is the number of mesogens per unit volume. The work per unit volume done by the field is then given by: where: Since the formula_30 term is spatially invariant, it can be ignored and so the magnetic contribution to the distortion free energy density becomes: From similar arguments the electric field's contribution to the distortion free energy can be found and is given by: The quantity formula_33 is the difference between the local dielectric constants perpendicular and parallel to formula_7.
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2000 Rice Owls football team The 2000 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Owls, led by head coach Ken Hatfield, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston.
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Dzwonowo Leśne Dzwonowo Leśne () is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Skoki, within Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Skoki, south of Wągrowiec, and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. It is in the Puszcza Zielonka forest, to the east of Dzwonowo. (The suffix "Leśne" in the name means "(of the) forest".)
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Gospatric (sheriff of Roxburgh) Gospatric is the first known sheriff of Roxburgh, a burgh in Teviotdale. His father is thought to have been Uhtred son of Ulfkill. A "Cospatricio vicecomite" ("Gospatric the Sheriff") is mentioned in the foundation charter of Selkirk Abbey. The charter was issued by Earl David and probably dates to between either 1120 and 1121, or 1123 and 1124, though it could be as early as 1114. A "Gospatricus Vicecomes" ("Gospatric the Sheriff") witnessed a grant by David, now king of Scotland, to Durham Cathedral Priory, sometime between April 1126 and March 1127. He witnessed a grant of land in Roxburgh to the church of St John of the castle of Roxburgh sometime between 1124 and 1133. Although Archibald C. Lawrie was uncertain what sheriffdom Gospatric held, G. W. S. Barrow and Norman Reid believed it to be Roxburghshire because of this charter.
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Central Woolen Mills District The Central Woolen Mills District is a historic district in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The centerpiece of this historic district is the Stanley Woolen Mill, aka Central Woolen Mill, built by Moses Taft in 1852, and earlier by his father, Luke Taft, in 1833, on the banks of the Blackstone Canal. The District is also the southern entrance to the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park. This parkland is the geographic center of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, an historic corridor of national significance as are of the earliest industrial activity of the United States. On October 7, 1983, the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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In 1981, a committee plan recommended converting some of the spaces back to their original design and that other spaces be converted to a more open design with offices fronting onto the courtyard instead of the current corridors. The plan also called for the annex building in the courtyard to be demolished, the courtyard domed, and the Father of Waters sculpture moved in there. Many of these aspects of the plan were rejected, although restoration of certain historic spaces has been completed.
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Dickerson continued to practice law in Alaska until she was in her early nineties, only a few years before her death in 2007. Dickerson died in Wasilla, Alaska, on February 19, 2007, at the age of ninety-four. Dickerson is buried in a cemetery she established on her Alaska property. Dickerson became the first black female attorney admitted to the bar in Alabama (in 1948); the second black woman admitted to the bar in Indiana (in 1951); and Alaska's first black attorney (in 1959). She was also the first black elected as president of the National Association of Women Lawyers (in 1983). With more than fifty-years of legal experience, she also helped to pave the way for other women attorneys. According to her American Bar Association profile, Dickerson prosecuted "one of the first equal pay cases on behalf of women university professors who received less pay than their male counterparts." In 1995, the American Bar Association named Dickerson a Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement honoree, an honor also given to U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg (a 1983 honoree) and Sandra Day O'Connor (an honoree in 2000), among other notable women lawyers, judges, law professors, and government leaders. Dickerson's papers are housed at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
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1230 Riceia 1230 Riceia, provisional designation , is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 October 1931, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory. The asteroid was named after Hugh Rice, amateur astronomer of New York and director of the Museum of Natural Sciences. "Riceia" is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.1–3.0 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,507 days; semi-major axis of 2.57 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 11° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg on 17 October 1931, or eight days after its official discovery observation. "Riceia" has been characterized as a stony S-type asteroid by Pan-STARRS photometric survey. In 2016, a rotational lightcurve of "Riceia" was modeled from photometric data from the Lowell Photometric Database. Lightcurve analysis gave a sidereal rotation period of 6.67317 hours as well as a spin axis of (37.0°, −63.0°) in ecliptic coordinates (λ, β). According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, "Riceia" measures 6.19 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.318. The "Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link" assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 7.46 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.0. This minor planet was named after American amateur astronomer Hugh Rice, director of the Museum of Natural Sciences (possibly AMNH). The naming was proposed by Irving Meyer and endorsed by German astronomer Gustav Stracke who mentioned on a postcard in February 1937, that his American college, Meyer, who himself did not discover any asteroids, requested the naming after the city of Rutherford, where a private observatory was located at the time. The official naming citation was mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 ().
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V.N. Shimanovsky was the head of the institute for twenty years, made a great contribution to its development, created its scientific part and preserved it as integral organization during period of economic recession in 1990s. More than ten thousand projects were developed under the leadership of Vitaliy Nikolayevich and with his direct participation. These projects include bridges and towers, slip docks and metal structures plants, frameworks of unique buildings and facilities. In 2010, in order to comply with requirements of law of Ukraine No. 514-VI from 17 September 2008 “About joint-stock companies” OJSC “V.N. Shimanovsky Ukrainian Research and Design Institute of Steel Construction” changed its legal organizational form by transformation into limited liability company “V.N. Shimanovsky Ukrainian Institute of Steel Construction”. In different years, the institute was headed by: B.P. Petrov, O.I. Shumitskiy, A.I. Isayev, I.A. Nechayev, V.N. Shimanovsky. In 2011, A.V. Shimanovsky, the corresponding member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, honored scientist of Ukraine, Dc. Sc. (Eng.), professor became general director of LLC “V.N. Shimanovsky Ukrainian Institute of Steel Construction”. Team of engineers and scientists, who created intellectual centre of group, was formed in Institute: V.N. Shimanovsky, O.I. Shumitskiy, P.M. Sosis, V.I. Kireyenko, L.G. Dmitriyev, А.V. Kasilov, V.N. Gordeiev, А.V. Perelmuter, М.P. Kondra, I.N. Lebedich, R.B. Kharchenko, А.S. Gorodetskiy, V.B. Barskiy, Y.S. Borisenko, М.L. Grinberg, А.Y. Pritsker, V.L. Geifman, I.L. Ovdiyenko and dozens of other bright personalities. V.N. Shimanovsky Ukrainian Institute of Steel Construction is leading scientific and technical design institute in building complex of Ukraine. It fulfills functions of basic organization of the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, and Communal Living of Ukraine in branch of metal building.
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He was picked for Bangladesh A's tour of West Indies. Mustafizur began his international career in a twenty overs match against Pakistan on 24 April 2015, where he took the wickets of Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Hafeez, two veteran Pakistani batsmen. In June, India toured Bangladesh for one Test and three One Day Internationals. Rahman was picked in the ODI squad. In his first match of the series, Rahman gave signs of his potential against the strong Indian batting line-up by taking a five-wicket haul off 9.2 overs in the first match. Bangladesh won the match and Rahman became the tenth bowler in the history of ODIs to take five wickets on debut. In the second ODI, Rahman took another six wickets. This helped him to earn the record of most wickets of any bowler after two ODIs, surpassing the record previously held by Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori. He completed the last ODI with 2 wickets and made history by taking 13 wickets in a three-match ODI series. The following month, Rahman took 5 wickets in three ODIs to help Bangladesh win the series against South Africa by 2–1. He made his Test debut in the same series versus South Africa where he picked up 4 wickets. In the month of November, Bangladesh hosted Zimbabwe for three ODIs and two T20s. Rahman played a salient role in the ODI matches, taking a total of 8 wickets. For his performances in 2015, he was named in the World ODI XI by ICC. He was also named in the ODI XI of the year 2015 by "ESPNcricinfo" and "Cricbuzz". He captured his third five-wicket haul in the last game. He could not contribute much in the T20 series, though he bowled economically, which resulted both sides sharing a win. The next year in January, Bangladesh again played with Zimbabwe in four T20s. Rahman played in the first two matches, which they won. While bowling in the second T20I against Zimbabwe in January 2016, Mustafizur injured his shoulder. Following that, he was dropped from the squad for the first time since debut. During the Asia Cup held in the next month, he was again sidelined from the team due to his side strain, playing only the first three games. He was able to play against Australia, India and New Zealand in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 held in India in March.
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Tim Clark (soccer) Tim Clark (born June 5, 1959) is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League. Clark played youth soccer with the Busch Soccer Club. He graduated from St. Louis University High School where he was an All State high school soccer player. He then attended Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, playing on the men's soccer team from 1977 to 1979. His senior season, Clark and his team mates won the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship. Clark was named the Tournament MVP. In 1980, Clark turned professional with the Minnesota Kicks of the North American Soccer League. After two seasons with the Kicks, Clark turned to indoor soccer with the Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League. On June 16, 1982, the Kansas City Comets purchased Clark's contract from the Fever. Clark remained with the Comets until waived on June 3, 1987.
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Gibbsite Gibbsite, Al(OH)3, is one of the mineral forms of aluminium hydroxide. It is often designated as γ-Al(OH)3 (but sometimes as α-Al(OH)3.). It is also sometimes called hydrargillite (or hydrargyllite). Gibbsite is an important ore of aluminium in that it is one of three main phases that make up the rock bauxite. Gibbsite has three named structural polymorphs or polytypes: bayerite (designated often as α-Al(OH)3, but sometimes as β-Al(OH)3), doyleite, and nordstrandite. Gibbsite and bayerite are monoclinic, whereas doyleite and nordstrandite are triclinic forms. The structure of gibbsite is interesting and analogous to the basic structure of the micas. The basic structure forms stacked sheets of linked octahedra. Each octahedron is composed of an aluminium ion bonded to six hydroxide groups, and each hydroxide group is shared by two aluminium octahedra. One third of the potential octahedral spaces are missing a central aluminium. The result is a neutral sheet: with aluminium as a +3 ion and hydroxide a –1 ion, the net cationic charge of one aluminium per six hydroxides is (+3)/6 = +1/2, and likewise the net anionic charge of one hydroxide per two aluminium atoms is (-1)/2 = -1/2. The lack of a charge on the gibbsite sheets means that there is no charge to retain ions between the sheets and act as a "glue" to keep the sheets together. The sheets are only held together by weak residual bonds and this results in a very soft easily cleaved mineral. Gibbsite's structure is closely related to the structure of brucite, Mg(OH)2. However the lower charge in brucite's magnesium (+2) as opposed to gibbsite's aluminium (+3) does not require that one third of the octahedrons be vacant of a central ion in order to maintain a neutral sheet. The different symmetry of gibbsite and brucite is due to the different way that the layers are stacked. It is the gibbsite layer that in a way forms the "floor plan" for the mineral corundum, Al2O3.
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Rick Stevens Rick Stevens is a professor of computer science at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. Stevens started programming at the age of 14 with IBM computer. From 1978 to 1980, Stevens attended Michigan State University where he majored in physics and computer science, before moving to Western Michigan University where he got his B.S. in applied mathematics and philosophy in 1984. Following it, he moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where he passed both M.S. and Ph.D. courses in applied mathematics, computer science and physics all in one year of studying. From 1986 to 1990, Stevens was enrolled into a Ph.D. program at the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science of Northwestern University, obtaining it in computer science field by the end of the semester. While studying at Michigan State University, Stevens served as applications programmer at its College of Natural Science. He then moved to McPartlin & Associates where he worked for one year as analyst and programmer, and following it, held the same position at Western Michigan University for a duration of a year as well. From 1982 to 1985, Stevens was a president of Auriga Software Company, and between 1982 to 1983 and 1983 to 1984 was a resident associate with Argonne National Laboratory and systems programmer with Western Michigan University. From 1985 to 1991, he was promoted to manager at the Advanced Computing Research Facility and in 1991 became associate division director of Argonne National Laboratory. In between those years, he also served as a leader of the Computing and Communications Futures Laboratory and was a director of the High-Performance Computing and Communications Program. Stevens was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003 and since then is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Computer Society, an ACM Fellow and a member of the Association for Automated Reasoning and the Association for Symbolic Logic.
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With the help of the confederates, a Habsburg army of about 2,000 men was warded off east of Thayngen. Stein am Rhein concluded a similar alliance on December 6, 1459. The city of St. Gallen had also become free in 1415, but was in a conflict with its abbot, who tried to bring it under his influence. But as the Habsburg dukes were unable to support him in any way, he was forced to seek help from the confederates, and the abbey became a protectorate of the confederacy on August 17, 1451. The city was accepted as an associate state on June 13, 1454. Fribourg, another Habsburg city, came under the rule of the Duke of Savoy during the 1440s and had to accept the duke as its lord in 1452. Nevertheless, it also entered an alliance with Bern in 1454, becoming an associate state, too. Two other cities also sought help from the "Eidgenossen" against the Habsburgs: Rottweil became as associate on June 18, 1463, and Mülhausen on June 17, 1466 through an alliance with Bern (and Solothurn). In Rapperswil, a Habsburg enclave on Lake Zürich within confederate territory, a pro-confederate coup d'état in 1458 led to the city becoming a protectorate of the confederacy in 1464. Duke Sigismund of Austria got involved in a power struggle with Pope Pius II over the nomination of a bishop in Tyrol in 1460. When the duke was banned by the pope, a situation similar to that of 1415 arose. The confederates took advantage of the problems of the Habsburgs and conquered the Habsburg Thurgau and the region of Sargans in the autumn of 1460, which became both commonly administered property. In a peace treaty from June 1, 1461, the duke had no choice but to accept the new situation. The Swiss also had an interest in extending their influence south of the Alps to secure the trade route across the St. Gotthard Pass to Milan. Beginning in 1331, they initially exerted their influence through peaceful trade agreements, but in the 15th century, their involvement turned military. 1403 the upper Leventina, as the valley south of the pass is called, became a protectorate of Uri.
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Sixth grade Sixth grade (also called Grade Six, Year 6 in Australia, Primary 7 in Scotland) is in many nations, the first year of middle school or the last year of elementary school, last year of primary school in Scotland and Australia (or the first year of secondary school in England and Wales). In Nigeria, it would correspond to Primary 6. It is the last grade of elementary school. In Senegal, it would correspond to "6ème Lycee". It is the first grade of the third cycle called "Collège" (French). In Morocco, it would correspond to the sixth and the last year of elementary school. It is the last year before middle school. In Tanzania, it would correspond to "darasa la sita". It is the second to last year of primary school In Tunisia, it would correspond to the sixth and the last year of primary school. It is the last year before middle school. In Uganda, it would correspond to P7 and the last year of Primary School. In Uganda, Primary School is the level after Nursery or Pre-primary and is usually attended by pupils between ages of 6-12 though sometimes it can be 5-11 for early beginners or 7-13 for late beginners. P7 is the last year before secondary school. Pupils sit National Examinations called Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) set by the National Examinations Board (UNEB). Those that pass the examinations are eligible for admission to Secondary School. In Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Iran, India and many other countries sixth grade is called Class 6 and it is the first year of secondary school. In Afghanistan, Grade 6 is the first year of middle school. Students are aged 11–12. In China, 6th grade would be the last year of elementary school. The students would be 11 or 12 years old, unless, of course, the student(s) has been held back. In Kuwait, Grade 6 is the first year of middle school. In Laos, Grade 6 is the first year of secondary school. In Malaysia, the equivalent is Year 6 also known as Standard 6, as the Malaysia academic year starts in January, unlike in Europe, Canada, and the United States where it starts in August. Students will sit for an important exam called "Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah" (UPSR), which translates from Malay into English as "Low/Elementary School Assessment Test", before graduating from elementary education. Standard 6 is the final primary/elementary school year before embarking into secondary /high school (Form 1).
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Carlo Petrini Carlo Petrini (born 22 June 1949), born in the province of Cuneo in the commune of Bra in Italy, is the founder of the International Slow Food Movement. He first came to prominence in the 1980s for taking part in a campaign against the fast food chain McDonald's opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome. In 1983, he helped to create and develop the Italian non-profit food and wine association known as Arcigola. Petrini was formerly a political activist in the communist movement Partito di Unità Proletaria. In 1977, Petrini began contributing culinary articles to communist daily newspapers "il manifesto" and "l'Unità". He is an editor of multiple publications at the publishing house "Slow Food Editore". He has written weekly columns for "La Stampa" and is currently a regular journalist on "La Repubblica". In October 2004, he founded the University of Gastronomic Sciences, a university devoted to new gastronomists and innovators of sustainable food systems. He was chosen as one of "Time" magazine's heroes of the year. He is now a supporter and member of the Italian Democratic Party (center-left wing). Petrini was proposed for politician roles (as Minister). Carlo Petrini received some awards and rewards including: Communicator of the Year at the International Wine and Spirit Competition in London; Sicco Mansholt Price in the Netherlands; honorary degree in cultural anthropology from the University of New Hampshire; Eckart Witzigmann Science and Media Prize from Germany. https://web.archive.org/web/20090428215643/http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/slowfood
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Edgar Wrightington Edgar Newcomb Wrightington (July 30, 1875 – October 31, 1945) was an American college football player and coach. He attended Harvard University, where he played as a Halfback for the Harvard Crimson football and was selected to the 1896 College Football All-America Team. He served as Harvard's head football coach in 1904. Wrightington later became a successful banker and oil and gas company executive. He served in various executive positions with Boston Consolidated Gas Cos., the New England Fuel and Transportation Co., and Beacon Oil Co. Wrightington was born on July 30, 1875 in Brookline, Massachusetts to Charles W. Wrightington and Catherine G. Schermerhorn. He died in Salem, Massachusetts in 1945 at age 70.
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These flashcarts are capable of using specific software to backup both DS and 3DS or Game Boy Advance games. There is the possibility to create backups using a 3DS with custom Firmware (Both from DS and 3DS) Bung released a copier for the Neo Geo Pocket and the Neo Geo Pocket Color. It resembled their GB Xchanger and it served the same function. Team Pokeme and Dark Fader both released homemade game backup devices for the Pokémon Mini. Both devices used USB for communicating with a PC. A copier for the Japan-only handheld, the Wonderswan, as well as the Wonderswan Color and to a lesser extent, the SwanCrystal, was released called the WonderMagic. It uses a parallel port for communication with a PC.
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Dreams in Formaline Dreams in Formaline is the debut album by industrial gothic metal band Omega Lithium. It was released on 18 September 2009.
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1978 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team The 1978 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the inaugural 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by head coach Jimmy Feix. The NCAA had formed NCAA Division I-AA for football and Western Kentucky, along with the rest of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), moved up from Division II to I-AA. The Hilltoppers won the OVC championship, but just missed the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. The team finished the season tied for fourth in final national NCAA poll. Western Kentucky's roster included future National Football League (NFL) players Carl Brazley, Darryl Drake, Ray Farmer, Ricky Gwinn, Lamont Meacham, Eddie Preston, Phil Rich, Troy Snardon, Brad Todd, Tony Towns, and Pete Walters. Towns was selected to play in the Blue-Gray Football Classic and Coach Feix was named OVC Coach of the Year for the second time. The All-Conference Team included Brazley, John Hall, Reginald Hayden, Preston, and Towns.
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Eric Larsen (explorer) Eric Larsen is an American Polar adventurer known for his expeditions to the North Pole, South Pole, and Mount Everest. Larsen was born 1971 in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. He worked as a guide and educator at Environmental Learning Centers Wolf Ridge and Eagle Bluff. On September 16, Larsen and Ryan Walter became the first to ascend the peak of Nepal's Jabou Ri, a Himalayan peak in an area only recently opened to climbers. In March 2014, Larsen and Ryan Waters crossed the Arctic Ocean from Northern Ellesmere Island to the geographic North Pole. Larsen has stated that his expedition may be the last ever to the North Pole because of melting ice due to climate change. In December 2012, Eric Larsen attempted to be the first person to bike to the South Pole. Departing Hercules Inlet, he made it 175 miles before turning around. In his attempt he set the record for the most miles traveled by bicycle in Antarctica. Daniel P. Burton broke the record in 2014 when he rode his bike to the South Pole. During a 365-day period Eric Larsen did expeditions to the North Pole, the South Pole, and Mount Everest. He is the first person to do all three "poles" in one year's time period. In the first successful 'summer' style North Pole expedition Larsen and teammate Lonnie Dupre departed Cape Discovery, Ellesmere Island and arrived at the North Pole on July 2, after 62 days on the ice. In March 2014, Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters set out to traverse nearly 500 miles across the melting Arctic Ocean, unsupported, from Northern Ellesmere Island to the geographic North Pole. Despite being one of the most cold and hostile environments on the planet, the Arctic Ocean has seen a steady and significant reduction of sea ice over the past seven years due to climate change. Because of this, Larsen’s and Waters’ trip—dubbed the “Last North Expedition”—is expected to be the last human-powered trek to the North Pole, ever. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe, so the window to cross the ice to the majestic North Pole is closing quickly. Eric Larsen, one of the most accomplished polar explorers, and Ryan Waters, a veteran extreme mountaineer, risk their lives to reach the North Pole before that opportunity is gone forever.
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James Harder James Albert Harder, Ph.D., (December 2, 1926 – December 30, 2006) was a professor of civil and hydraulic engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a professor emeritus there. Harder was perhaps best known as a prominent UFO researcher who has studied the subject for over 50 years, first becoming interested in 1952. He was Director of Research for the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) from 1969-1982. APRO was one of the first civilian organizations to study the UFO phenomenon. When the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Astronautics held hearings on UFOs in 1968, he was one of six scientists asked to testify on UFOs before the committee. In a 1998 interview, Harder said the subject was generally treated with disdain by the scientific community, but he was still one of about 300 academics who were investigating the phenomenon. Harder was the primary investigator on a number of classical UFO cases, mainly related to alien abductions, including the 1973 Pascagoula Abduction and the 1975 Travis Walton case. He also took over the Betty and Barney Hill abduction investigation and continued it for many years. According to Harder, in about 95% of abduction cases he's studied, abductees report the encounter as positive, benevolent, and/or enlightening. He also investigated the claims of legendary CIA remote viewer Pat Price (who allegedly died under suspicious circumstances in 1975). Based on his remote viewing, Price believed aliens had underground bases at four locations on Earth. Harder had long been a strong advocate of extraterrestrial origins for UFOs, or the Extraterrestrial hypothesis. He also firmly believed that the subject has been covered up by the U.S. government, which he thought was extremely worried about what is happening. One of his more controversial statements, based primarily on hypnotic regressions on alleged alien abductees, is that there is a “Galactic Federation” of aliens similar to our United Nations. There are perhaps as many as 57 alien species in this Federation (a number, he says, which frequently pops up in abductee recollections). Some have been visiting Earth and studying humans for a very long time, and are generally benevolent, he believes (though not always). Many communicate through telepathy, and, said Harder, can sometimes be channeled through subjects while they are hypnotized. Harder had also applied his physical sciences and engineering background to the study of UFOs. In his Congressional testimony of 1968, Harder mentioned physical analysis of magnesium fragments found in 1957 near Ubatuba, Brazil, said to have come from an exploded flying saucer.
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Harmony, West Virginia Harmony is an unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, United States. Harmony is southwest of Spencer. The community took its name from a local church.
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Mark Thomas (weightlifter) Mark Thomas (born 1963), is a male former weightlifter who competed for Great Britain and England. Thomas represented Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won three gold medals in the 100kg sub-heavyweight division, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. The three medals were won during an unusual period when three medals were awarded in one category (clean and jerk, snatch and combined) which invariably led to the same athlete winning all three of the same colour medal.
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She also supports the White Ribbon Alliance. In 2019, Eavis was behind Glastonbury's decision to ban the sale of single-use plastic bottles at that year's festival in a bid to cut waste.
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Kiya Afrasiyab Kiya Afrasiyab (Mazandarani/), was the founder of the Afrasiyab dynasty, ruling from 1349 to 1359. Afrasiyab was the son of certain Hasan Chulabi, who belonged to the Chulabids, a prominent family of Mazandaran which served the Bavandids. Afrasiyab was the "sipahsalar" and the brother-in-law of the Bavandid ruler Hasan II (r. 1334-1349). In 1349, the Bavandid ruler Hasan ordered the execution of one of his most powerful officials, Jalal ibn Ahmad Jal, who was from the powerful Jalali which governed Sari. The execution resulted in a revolt by the nobles of Mazandaran. Hasan then tried to get support from the Chulabids, but the two sons of Afrasiyab murdered Hasan in his bath. Afrasiyab then gained control of the Bavandid territories, thus marking the end of the Bavand dynasty and the start of the Afrasiyab dynasty. A son of Hasan managed to flee to the court of the Paduspanid ruler Eskandar II, who later tried to restore Bavand rule in Mazandaran, but failed to do so. Afrasiyab also faced another problem; the nobles of Mazandaran did not acknowledge his rule and viewed it as usurpation. Afrasiyab shortly tried to achieve stability by asking aid from Mir-i Buzurg, a Sayyid dervish from Dabudasht. However, some of Mir-i Buzurg's dervishes acted hostile to Afrasiyab, which made him imprison Mir-i Buzurg and many of his dervishes. However, the supporters of Mir-i Buzurg shortly revolted, and freed him from prison. In 1359, a battle between Afrasiyab and Mir-i Buzurg took place near Amol, where Afrasiyab was defeated and was killed together with his three sons. Mir-i Buzurg shortly conquered the territories of the Afrasiyab dynasty, and laid foundations to the Marashi dynasty. Afrasiyab had several other sons who tried to restore Afrasiyabid authority in Mazandaran. His son Fakhr al-Din Chulabi murdered one of the sons of Mir-i Buzurg, which resulted in a massacre of most of the Afrasiyabid family.
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The old red-brick boundary wall of this substantial estate still remains and is now a feature of the village obvious to those who pass through. Neighbouring large houses on the edge of the village are now luxury hotels, including the Mollington Banastre and Crabwall Manor (formerly Crabwall Hall). Mollington is home to Mollington Cricket Club (MCC), a village team that plays friendly matches in the North West and Wales. Beginning with a one-off match on the school field in the 1980s, the team settled at the Dale Army camp in Upton, Chester, before relocating to Whitby. With an annual fixture list of 15 matches, the team has a squad of 20 players picked from the talent pool of Mollington, Backford and Saughall. The MCC has played in the Village Cricket Competition and the Cheshire Plate in the past.
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Trebbin station Trebbin station is a railway station in the municipality of Trebbin, located in the Teltow-Fläming district in Brandenburg, Germany.
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Ward Lake (Florida) Ward Lake, also known as Bill Evers Reservoir, is a 255-acre body of water in Manatee County, Florida, in the United States. It provides most of the water for the city of Bradenton and is a water feature in the Manatee River watershed. Its inflow and outflow is the Braden River. The lake has had problems with nutrient loading and elevated concentrations of dissolved copper. Ward Lake /Bill Evers Reservoir was built in the late 1930s and expanded in 1985.
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161st Air Refueling Wing The 161st Air Refueling Wing (161 ARW) is a unit of the Arizona Air National Guard, stationed at Goldwater Air National Guard Base, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command. The 161st Air Refueling Wing principal mission is air refueling. The wing enhances the Air Force's capability to accomplish its primary missions of Global Reach and Global Power. It also provides aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft as well as aircraft of allied nations. The wing is also capable of transporting litter and ambulatory patients using patient support pallets during aeromedical evacuations. The 161st Air Refueling Wing consists of the following units: On 2 October 1957, the Arizona Air National Guard 197th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was authorized to expand to a group level, and the 161st Fighter-Interceptor Group was established by the National Guard Bureau. The 197th FIS becoming the group's flying squadron. Other squadrons assigned into the group were the 161st Headquarters, 161st Material Squadron (Maintenance), 161st Combat Support Squadron, and the 161st USAF Dispensary. The new Group was assigned to the 34th Air Division, Air Defense Command, In 1958 the Group received from ADC the all-weather/day-night F-86L Sabre Interceptor aircraft, and in 1960, the 197th was one of three selected ANG units to receive F-104A Starfighter interceptors from the ADC active-duty interceptor forces. The Copperheads, as a result of the national recognition as one of the best air defense units in the nation, were chosen to fly the new high performance jet fighter. The 161st FIG was called into active service in November 1961 as the construction of the infamous "Berlin Wall" pushed the world to the brink of war. Within a month after mobilization, 750 personnel and 22 187th FIS F-104 aircraft were in place at Ramstein Air Base, West Germany as the unit took up flying daily air defense patrols at the edge of the Iron Curtain. With world tension easing, the squadron returned home in August 1962. With the return to Arizona, the unit was reassigned from ADC to the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) in October 1962. The Mach-2 Starfighters were exchanged for large, 4-engined C-97G Stratofreighters with a mission of worldwide transport of personnel, supplies and equipment.
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Pulicaria odora Pulicaria odora (also known as Mediterranean Fleabane) is a species of plant from family Asteraceae. The plant can be found in pine woods and bushy places, and it also grows on sandy grounds. The leaves of the plant are cooked, and could be edible after it.
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Scott Farquhar Scott Farquhar (born December 1979) is an Australian billionaire, the co-founder and co-CEO of the software company Atlassian. Farquhar often carries the epithet of "accidental billionaire" after he and his business partner Mike Cannon-Brookes founded Atlassian with the aim to replicate the 48,000 graduate starting salary typical at corporations without having to work for someone else. Farquhar was born in December 1979. He attended James Ruse Agricultural High School in Carlingford, NSW. He graduated from the University of New South Wales, with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science. With Cannon-Brookes, Farquhar is the co-founder and co-CEO of Atlassian, a collaboration software company with more than 51,000 large and small organisations as customers – including some of the biggest names in media, manufacturing and technology – use Atlassian’s tracking, collaboration, communication, service management and development products. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales' School of Computer Science and Engineering. Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar were recognised for their achievements as the Australian IT Professional of the Year award in 2004, and Australian 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year. Farquhar has mentored through the Australian Businesswomen’s Network and gives guest lectures on entrepreneurship to MBA students and undergraduates. In 2018, Farquhar spoke out against the Australian Government’s renaming of the 457 visas, saying the move damages Australia's reputation as a place that people want to come to work. He is married to Kim Jackson and they have three children. In 2017 Farquhar purchased from the Fairfax family its former ancestral Sydney harbourside home, "Elaine", for approximately 75 million. The home set on had been in the ownership of the Fairfax family since 1891 and was vacant for nearly twenty years prior to its purchase by Farquhar. In 2018 Mike Cannon-Brookes bought the house next door, Fairwater, Australia's most expensive house at around $100m. Alongside his business partner, Cannon-Brookes, Farquhar debuted on the 2007 "BRW" Young Rich list of the richest Australians aged 40 and under, and on the "BRW Rich 200" in 2013 with an estimated net worth of 250 million. In 2016, his net worth was estimated by "Forbes" on the list of Australia's 50 Richest people as 1.75 bn; by "BRW Rich 200" as 2.00 bn; and by the "Sunday Times" Rich List as 906 million.
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Giorgio Rondelli Giorgio Rondelli (born 11 February 1946) is an Italian athletics coach, best known for being the personal coach of Olympic and world champion Alberto Cova. After a brief career as an athlete with decent results in the middle distance, so much to dress for four times the jersey of the junior national team, Giorgio Rondelli, in the second half of the 1970s, became a coach for the same sector of one of the oldest Italian sports clubs, the Pro Patria Milano (today CUS Pro Patria Milan, after the merger with CUS Milano), a role that it still holds. In addition to a coaching career he is also a sports journalist from a long time. He has spoken at athletics coaching conferences, sharing his techniques. Below the main athletes trained in the past or present by Giorgio Rondelli.
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Nat Peck Nathan Peck (January 13, 1925 – October 24, 2015) was an American jazz trombonist. Peck was born in New York City on January 13, 1925. His father was a cinema projectionist. Peck began playing the trombone as a teenager. After leaving high school Peck was drafted into the army and became part of Glenn Miller's band. He remained with the band until after World War II ended. He played with Don Redman in 1947. He studied classical music at the Paris Conservatory from 1949 to 1951, while playing and recording with leading jazz musicians such as Coleman Hawkins (1949), James Moody (1949–50), and Roy Eldridge (1950). In the 1950s Peck played on television in New York, and in 1953 he recorded with Dizzy Gillespie. Peck shuttled between Paris and New York until 1957, when he married dancer Vera Tietz and settled in France. In France, Peck played with Michel Legrand, André Hodeir and Duke Ellington. Peck spent some time in England and Germany, working as a staff musician at Sender Freies Berlin and playing with Quincy Jones and the Clarke-Boland Big Band (1963–69). He relocated to London in 1965, where he became active in the studios, film, and television. He played with Benny Goodman in 1970–72 and with Peter Herbolzheimer in 1979. Latterly, Peck worked mainly as a contractor in the entertainment business, which led to him ending his playing career. He died on October 24, 2015. With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band With Dizzy Gillespie Peck featured on BBC radio's "Last Word"
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The increased range of the class was trialled early on, with through trips from Sydney to Albury, a distance of some 400 miles, without changing the locomotive. By the late 1920s, the class were in regular use on the "Melbourne Limited" and "Melbourne Express", generally with only four servicing stops en route. On the Main North they worked trains as far as Armidale and on the North Coast to South Grafton. Following the opening of the Grafton Bridge over the Clarence River, the class worked all the way to South Brisbane. When the "Central West Express", "Northern Tablelands Express" and "Riverina Express" were introduced in 1941, the 36 class were rostered. By the 1950s the 38 class had taken over all major expresses, and the 36 class were generally used on slower passenger services and mail trains, including to Albury, Narrandera, Dubbo, Parkes, Thirroul, Armidale and South Brisbane and local stopping trains on the Short North to Newcastle. Following electrification of the Main Western line to Lithgow in 1957, some 36 class locomotives were based at Lithgow, Bathurst and Parkes, and with the introduction of diesel locomotives, were relegated to freight trains although they did continue to haul the "Central West Express" west of Lithgow until at least 1963. As well as providing a faster service, useful for more perishable goods, the rostering of the 36 class on freight workings allowed the withdrawal of numbers of Standard Goods locomotives. Withdrawal of the 36 class commenced in January 1959 as more diesels became available, but a number were temporarily returned to traffic in late 1966, to work wheat trains after a record harvest. The last was withdrawn in September 1969. When delivered, all of the class were painted in standard unlined black. For the 1927 Royal Tour of the Duke and Duchess of York, 3602, 3615, 3616 & 3617 were painted Royal Blue, with yellow and black lining. In 1934 to operate the "Southern Highlands Express" 3633 was repainted green. Subsequently, another 28 members were also painted green. World War Two austerity meant steam locomotives were only painted black, and as the 36 class became due for repainting, they reverted to plain black which they would carry until withdrawn. Many 36 class locomotives appeared in black with red lining at some stage (?) 3642 is now painted green and was formerly the only operational 36 class locomotive until its retirement in 2018 In 1957 a Giesl Oblong Ejector was fitted to 3616, replacing the blast-pipe and chimney.
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Sequential space In topology and related fields of mathematics, a sequential space is a topological space that satisfies a very weak axiom of countability. Sequential spaces are the most general class of spaces for which sequences suffice to determine the topology. Every sequential space has countable tightness. Let "X" be a topological space and let "S" be a subset of "X'. The complement of a sequentially open set is a sequentially closed set, and vice versa. Every open subset of "X" is sequentially open and every closed set is sequentially closed. The converses are not generally true. A sequential space is a space "X" satisfying one of the following equivalent conditions: The final equivalent condition shows that the class of sequential spaces consists precisely of those spaces whose topological structure is determined by convergent sequences in the space. Also, a space being sequential means that the original topology can be reconstructed by knowing the convergent sequences. Given a subset formula_6 of a space formula_7, the sequential closure formula_8 is the set that is, the set of all points formula_10 for which there is a sequence in formula_11 that converges to formula_12. The map is called the sequential closure operator. It shares some properties with ordinary closure, in that the empty set is sequentially closed: Every closed set is sequentially closed: for all formula_6; here formula_17 denotes the ordinary closure of the set formula_11. Sequential closure commutes with union: for all formula_20. However, unlike ordinary closure, the sequential closure operator is not in general idempotent; that is, one may have that and consequently formula_22, even when formula_11 is a subset of a sequential space formula_7. The transfinite sequential closure is defined as follows: define formula_25 to be formula_11, define formula_27 to be formula_28, and for a [[limit ordinal]] formula_29, define formula_30 to be formula_31. Then there is a smallest [[Ordinal number|ordinal]] formula_29 such that formula_33, and for this formula_29, formula_30 is called the transfinite sequential closure of formula_11. (In fact, we always have formula_37, where formula_38 is the [[first uncountable ordinal]].) Taking the transfinite sequential closure solves the idempotency problem above.
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Sorkheh Kamran Sorkheh Kamran (, also Romanized as Sorkheh Kamrān; also known as Sorkheh Karān) is a village in Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District, Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 38, in 8 families.
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Flock members often assist in raising other flock members chicks, especially when the female is a first time mother. These birds are known to become more territorial around brooding season, especially with predatory or unfamiliar birds. It is quite common in captivity, although not as common as its nearest relative the violet turaco. Zoo diets often consist of "oranges, apples, mangoes, pears, papayas, bananas, and soft bill diet pellets." These birds do quite well in captivity as they prefer to climb over flight, and breed quite readily with extended lives compared to their wild counterparts. They are kept as pets, but are largely found in zoos and botanical gardens due to their colors and easy nature.
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Birdingbury Birdingbury is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England, just south of the River Leam, and not far from Draycote Water. It is located roughly halfway between Rugby and Leamington Spa, about eight miles from each. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 327, increasing to 362 at the 2011 census. The village appears as "Birbury" on the Christopher Saxton map of 1637. Birdingbury today consists mostly of 20th century developments, but Birdingbury Hall dates back to the early 17th century, and was rebuilt in Jacobean style in 1859 following a major fire. St Leonard's Church in the village is partly Victorian and partly Georgian. Birdingbury once had a station, about a mile north of the village centre, and opened in 1851, on the former Rugby to Leamington Spa railway line, which has been partly converted into a cycleway as part of the National Cycle Network The village holds the annual Birdingbury Country Festival each summer. The Birdingbury Club, in the former school building, is open most nights of the week and runs a number of events and entertainment throughout the year. In March 2009, Birdingbury Village Plan was officially opened to the public. The village plan consists of anonymous views from the village people, answers to a village questionnaire and other sections about the village, for example the history of Birdingbury.
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Japan also pledged that if it had been granted the rights to host the 2022 World Cup games, it would develop technology enabling it to provide a live international telecast of the event in 3D, which would allow 400 stadiums in 208 countries to provide 360 million people with real-time 3D coverage of the games projected on giant screens, captured in 360 degrees by 200 HD cameras. Furthermore, Japan will broadcast the games in holographic format if the technology to do so is available by that time. Beyond allowing the world's spectators to view the games on flat screens projecting 3D imaging, holographic projection would project the games onto stadium fields, creating a greater illusion of actually being in the presence of the players. Microphones embedded below the playing surface would record all sounds, such as ball kicks, in order to add to the sense of realism. The Olympic bid was unsuccessful, coming third in the bidding process that concluded in October 2009. The Vice-President of the Japan Football Association, Junji Ogura, had previously admitted that if Tokyo were to fail in its bid, its chances of hosting either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup would not be very good. On 4 May 2010, Japan announced that it was withdrawing its bid for the 2018 tournament to focus on 2022, amidst rising speculation that the 2018 edition will be held in Europe. Qatar made a bid for only the 2022 World Cup. Qatar was attempting to become the first Arab country to host the World Cup. Failed bids from other Arab countries include Morocco (1994, 1998, 2006 and 2010), Egypt and a Libya-Tunisia joint bid withdrew in the 2010 World Cup bidding process. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, son of the former Emir of Qatar, was the chairman of the bid committee. Qatar planned to promote the bid as an Arab unity bid and hoped to draw on support from the entire Arab world and were positioning this as an opportunity to bridge the gap between the Arab and Western worlds. The bid launched an advertising campaign across the nation in November 2009. Some concerns with Qatar's bid deal with the extreme temperatures. The World Cup is always held in the European off-season in June and July and during this period the average daytime high in most of Qatar is in excess of 40 °C (104 °F), with the average daily low temperatures not dropping below 30 °C (86 °F). Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the 2022 Qatar bid chairman, responded saying "the event has to be organised in June or July.
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Jacky Peeters Jacky Peeters (Dutch pronunciation: ]) (born 13 December 1969) is a retired Belgian football defender. He was selected to join K.R.C Genk in 1994, where he stayed until 1998. His last game with Genk was the winning match against Brugge (4–0) to see the team win the Cup Final. Peeters scored the fourth goal. He then joined Arminia Bielefeld to play in the German second division Bundesliga, where the team was successful in winning and being promoted to the first division. He then returned to Belgium to join K.A.A Gent, a first division team in Belgium. Peeters played with the Red Devils, the national Belgium team, where he played with them for Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup. His first international game was against the Netherlands on 4 September 1999, where the game was a five-five draw. One of the highlights of his career was playing for Belgium during the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea. Most memorable was the game against Brazil, where he assisted a goal by the captain Marc Willmots, which was not counted at the time, but later considered a legal goal. HIs last game with the Red Devils was a friendly match against Poland on 21 August 2002. Altogether he played 17 matches with the national Belgian team.
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He also stated precisely that the deputies of the social classes would sit together in the "Grand Conseil National". Verlooy became Vice President of the "Société Patriotique", founded to take the lead for democratic action, and signed immediately after Vonck, the famous "Adresse" from 15 March 1790 requesting better representation of the population in the States. This "Adresse" would force him to run away and leave Brussels for Namur in the footsteps of Vonck, and afterwards to seek temporary shelter in Givet, Rijsel and Dowaai where he tried to reconcile the two main factions of the Brabant Revolution: the rather conservative Statists and the rather liberal Vonckists. He also brought together the exiled democrats in a new secret society: "Pro Patria". Verlooy only returned to Brussels after the Habsburg governors were restored to power. Verlooy’s enlightened ideas facilitated his choice for collaboration with the French during their military occupation of the Southern Netherlands. The Battle of Jemappes reignited his revolutionary fervour and he passionately dedicated himself again to politics. He was elected a provisory Brussels Deputy and became one of those tasked with visiting prisons to liberate those detainees who could be regarded as victims of arbitrariness or "gothic and feudal laws". In the Treurenberg prison, Verlooy and the other investigators found only debtors. They also established that in the madhouses "several individuals were detained rather for inhumane reasons than any natural disability". In the prison of Vilvoorde, they discovered prisoners who were detained due to not well-founded verdicts. As a Deputy, Verlooy got into conflict with the majority of the provisory Deputies of Brussels, as he was anxious to establish a Belgian republic at once. Together with other radical democrats, he defended the immediate establishment of a central provisional government, whereas moderate democrats led by Cornet de Grez supported the election of a "Convention nationale". Both parties tried in vain to get the support of the French General Dumouriez, commander of the French army of occupation. When the foundation of a Belgian democratic republic seemed to be fruitless and as the policy of the French government proceeded from revolutionary intervention to annexation, Verlooy declared himself to be in favour of union with France. On 15 January 1793 he published a Dutch pamphlet of forty pages, "Zijn Geloof, Vryheyd en Eygendommen in gevaer ?"
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Athletic Ground (Scarborough) The Athletic Ground, latterly known as the McCain Stadium, was a football stadium located on Seamer Road in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It was the home of Scarborough F.C., a defunct football club who last played in the English Conference North before they were dissolved on 20 June 2007 with debts of £2.5 million. The venue was first opened in 1898, when Scarborough F.C. moved from playing at Scarborough Cricket Club. In 1988, under a sponsorship deal, the club sold the naming rights of the Athletic Ground to McCain Foods and, until its closure in 2007, the stadium was known as the McCain Stadium. The ground was the venue for twenty-four Scarborough fixtures, that had in excess of 6,000 spectators. The biggest attendance was in January 1938, vs Luton Town in the FA Cup, the crowd recorded was 11,162. The stadium also hosted games between Scarborough FC and illustrious names such as Arsenal, Chelsea (twice), Portsmouth, Southampton (twice), Bolton Wanderers, Middlesbrough, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Brighton and Hove Albion & Bradford City in cup ties, whilst also entertaining local rivals York City and Hull City more often in league fixtures. Scarboroughs' first game in the Football League vs Wolverhampton Wanderers, attended by a crowd of 7,314 on 15 August 1987, was sadly marred by crowd trouble. Scarborough played Red Star Belgrade in a friendly at the stadium in July 1990, which Red Star won 4-2. Red Star subsequently won the UEFA Champions League the following season. The arena had dual usage in the 1991-92, when the Scarborough Pirates (Rugby League) played at the ground, only four games had crowds in excess of 1,000. Baseball was another sport to play at the ground for a single season in 1936, the 'Scarborough Seagulls' attracted crowds of up to 1,500 people. The stadium also hosted a floodlit cricket match in September 1980, when a Brian Close XI defeated Scarborough by 26 runs, in front of a 2,000 crowd. Scarborough RUFC played its home games at the stadium, during the clubs' inaugural season of 1926-27. 1000+ attendances at matches persuaded the club to move away from the ground after just one season to the Old Showground, and ultimately Silver Royd, Scalby. Demolition of the stadium began in September 2011 and was completed in November 2011. The gates at the entrance to the ground are to be preserved and incorporated into a new sports village complex to serve as a lasting reminder of the former Athletic Ground/McCain Stadium.
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Barend van Someren Barend van Someren (1572–1632) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Van Someren was born in Antwerp. According to Karel van Mander, he married and "brought back" the daughter of Aert Mijtens after he returned from Italy. He was a good painter who arranged his subjects well. He was the brother of Paul van Somer I. According to the Dutch painter and biographer Arnold Houbraken he was the van Zomeren who took in Adriaen Brouwer after he fled Frans Hals' workshop to try his luck in Amsterdam. His son was the painter Hendrick van Someren. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History he was the pupil of Aert Mijtens in Rome and married his daughter Leonora Mijtens. His pupils were his son Hendrick, Daniël van den Bremden, and Willem Cornelisz Duyster. He is known for historical allegories and landscapes. Van Someren died in Amsterdam.
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There are uncertainties in the eruptive record in the first half of the 17th century due to the Mapuche and Huilliche uprising which led to the surrender or abandonment of Spanish settlements during the destruction of the Seven Cities. The volcano resumed eruptive activity in March 8, 1963. On March 12 a flank vent some 250 metres below the summit begun to pour lava that ended up making a 1000 m long and 150-meter broad lava flow. The lava flow had stopped by March 19. Concurrently with this the summit crater continued its strombolian eruption. Explosive eruptions begun once again on May 2, 1963, and the eruption had definitely turned effusive by May 21. The last consequences of this cycle of eruptions were lahars that flowed down the volcano in May 24. In the two last weeks of February 1964, Villarrica produced small, violent lava effusions and tremors. On 2 March, at 2:45 am, it began a strombolian eruption, and residents of Coñaripe, a wood-logging town, fled to the surrounding hills. At some point, the inhabitants of Coñaripe decided to return to their houses in search of shelter from the heavy rainfall. At midnight a new lava flow advanced downhill melting snow and ice triggering five lahars. Melting snow and ice from the Pichillancahue-Turbio Glacier combined with heavy rainfall to produce several lahars. This situation caught Coñaripe residents unprepared when one of the lahars overwhelmed the town killing 27 residents. The hamlet of Chaillupén was also destroyed by the lahar meaning 30 houses were destroyed, however, no human lives were lost. Other lahars that flowed north destroyed various bridges between Villarrica and Pucón before entering Villarrica Lake. The sudden inflow of lahars into Villarrica Lake caused the water level to rise, flooding some low-lying pastures. Some Mapuches blamed settlers for the disaster claiming they had provoked it by cursing the town of Coñaripe. Such view reflect the belief that nature was "allied with the Indians". On 29 October 1971, at 4:00 am, there were several explosions in the crater and a column of white and then black smoke appeared. One month later, at quarter to midnight on 29 November, Villarrica began a new eruptive cycle. Pyroclasts were ejected and the snow surrounding the crater melted. After a brief halt in activity lava poured from a new vent on the north-east side, melting considerable amounts of water and causing lahars.
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In Figure 1 this force (on a "positive" charge, not an electron) is outward toward the rim according to the right-hand rule. Of course, this radial force, which is the cause of the current, creates a radial component of electron velocity, generating in turn its own Lorentz force component that opposes the circular motion of the electrons, tending to slow the disc's rotation, but the electrons retain a component of circular motion that continues to drive the current via the radial Lorentz force. The flux through the portion of the path from the brush at the rim, through the outside loop and the axle to the center of the disc is always zero because the magnetic field is in the plane of this path (not perpendicular to it), no matter what is rotating, so the integrated emf around this part of the path is always zero. Therefore, attention is focused on the portion of the path from the axle across the disc to the brush at the rim. Faraday's law of induction can be stated in words as: where ΦB is the flux, and "d"A is a vector element of area of a moving surface Σ("t") bounded by the loop around which the EMF is to be found. How can this law be connected to the Faraday disc generator, where the flux linkage appears to be just the B-field multiplied by the area of the disc? One approach is to define the notion of "rate of change of flux linkage" by drawing a hypothetical line across the disc from the brush to the axle and asking how much flux linkage is swept past this line per unit time. See Figure 2. Assuming a radius "R" for the disc, a sector of disc with central angle "θ" has an area: so the rate that flux sweeps past the imaginary line is with "ω" = "dθ" / "dt" the angular rate of rotation. The sign is chosen based upon Lenz's law: the field generated by the motion must oppose the change in flux caused by the rotation. For example, the circuit with the radial segment in Figure 2 according to the right-hand rule "adds" to the applied B-field, tending to increase the flux linkage. That suggests that the flux through this path is decreasing due to the rotation, so "dθ" / "dt " is negative. This flux-cutting result for EMF can be compared to calculating the work done per unit charge making an infinitesimal test charge traverse the hypothetical line using the Lorentz force / unit charge at radius "r", namely = "Bv" = "Brω": which is the same result.
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Ron Phibun District Ron Phibun (, ) is a district ("amphoe") in the southern part of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, southern Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Thung Song, Lan Saka, Phra Phrom, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Cha-uat, and Chulabhorn of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. The district is divided into six sub-districts ("tambons"), which are further subdivided into 61 villages ("mubans"). There are three townships ("thesaban tambons"). Ron Phibun and Hin Tok both covers parts of the same-named "tambons", and Khao Chum Thong covers the whole "tambon" Khuan Koei. There are a further six tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
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Balfour, North Dakota Balfour is a city in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 26 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area. Balfour was founded in 1899 when the Soo Railroad was extended to that point. The city was named for Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A post office has been in operation at Balfour since 1899. Balfour is located at (47.951113, -100.533608). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Balfour is located on U.S. Highway 52 southeast of Minot. At the 2010 census there were 26 people in 14 households, including 6 families, in the city. The population density was . There were 18 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.2% White and 3.8% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.8%. Of the 14 households 7.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 28.6% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 57.1% were non-families. 50.0% of households were one person and 7.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.86 and the average family size was 2.83. The median age was 46 years. 15.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.7% were from 25 to 44; 42.2% were from 45 to 64; and 7.7% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. At the 2000 census, there were 20 people in 14 households, including 6 families, in the city. The population density was 41.2 people per square mile (15.8/km²). There were 21 housing units at an average density of 43.2 per square mile (16.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.00% of the population. Of the 14 households none had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.7% were married couples living together, and 57.1% were non-families. 57.1% of households were one person and 7.1% were one person aged 65 or older.
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Alberto Castagna Alberto Castagna (December 23, 1945 – March 1, 2005) was an Italian television host and journalist. Alberto Castagna started working as a journalist for the newspapers "Il Piccolo" and "Settimanale". In 1982, he debuted on TV in the Rai 2 news program TG2, initially as a reporter and then as a correspondent. In 1988, he collaborated with Pippo Baudo for one edition of the primetime show "Serata d'onore" and then hosted the morning shows "Mattina 2" and, in 1992, "I fatti vostri", both directed by Michele Guardì. After winning a Telegatto as "personaggio maschile dell'anno", in 1993 he left RAI network switching to Fininvest, where he hosted the afternoon quiz "Sarà vero?", aired by Canale 5. In 1994 he started hosting the primetime show "Stranamore", one of the most important TV shows in the 1990s, the talk show "Complotto di famiglia" and the summer primetime entertainment show "Cuori e denari", with Antonella Elia and Simona Ventura. In 1995/1996, Alberto Castagna presented the Canale 5 afternoon show "Casa Castagna", directed by Gianni Boncompagni In 1996 he was interrupted by "Ordine dei giornalisti" because of a violation of the rules about children on TV during an episode of "Stranamore". The year after has been radiated for repeating the same violation. It was reinstated in the "Ordine dei giornalisti" in 1999, after ricoursing In 1998 Alberto had a role as actor in the Retequattro's fiction "La villa dei misteri". In the same year he suffered a double aneurysm; because of this he stayed in the hospital from July 18, 1998, to March 1999, attracting the attention of the Italian media because of his critical state of health. Despite everything, he had to undergo dialysis and wait for a kidney transplant. In 1999 he also released for Arnoldo Mondadori Editore the biographical book "La mano sul cuore". He came back on TV with his most important show, "Stranamore", in April 2001, aired by Canale 5 on Sundays. In the following years he continued presenting this show, having quite success and being moved to Retequattro in 2004.
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Robert Henley (naval officer) Captain Robert Henley (5 January 1783 – 7 October 1828) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812, and the Second Barbary War. He was the brother of Captain John Dandridge Henley, USN (1781–1835), who served during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812. Born in Williamsburg, Virginia and educated at the College of William and Mary, Robert Henley was the son of Leonard and Elizabeth Dandridge Henley and the nephew of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington. Henley was appointed a midshipman on 8 April 1799. Midshipman Henley then participated in the engagement on 2 February 1800 between "Constellation" and "La Vengeance" during the Quasi-War with France. After service with Edward Preble's squadron in the Mediterranean and a cruise to the East Indies, Henley received his first command, "Gunboat No. 5", at Baltimore, Maryland on 9 April 1808. Henley was in command of two divisions of 15 gunboats which drove three British frigates from Hampton Roads on 20 June 1813. Reporting to brig "Eagle", he received the Thanks of Congress and a Congressional Gold Medal for valiant conduct in the Battle of Lake Champlain 11 September 1814. With the end of the War of 1812, Henley filled a variety of billets before commanding "Hornet" against pirates in the West Indies. He captured the pirate schooner "Moscow" off Santo Domingo 29 October 1821. After serving as commandant of the Naval Rendezvous at Norfolk 1822 to 1824, he reported for similar duty at Charleston, South Carolina. Captain Robert Henley died at Sullivan's Island, Charleston, after a short illness 7 October 1828. He was buried in St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina). See USS "Henley" for ships named in his honor.
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On 25 October 2009, in the primaries of the PD, Franceschini received over a million votes, representing 34% of the total, but was surpassed by Bersani, who then became the new secretary. That same evening, he acknowledged Bersani’s victory and said that beyond the results, he would strive to ensure the unity of the party. On 17 November, he was elected President of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives after Antonello Soro had resigned as deputy. After the defeat in the primaries, he rearranged all the forces that had supported his candidacy in a domestic component to the Democratic Party, Democratic Area, which is now seen as a benchmark. In the general elections of 2013 he was a candidate and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as head of the list of the Democratic Party in the constituency of Emilia-Romagna. From 28 April 2013 to 22 February 2014 was Minister for Relations with Parliament and the coordination of government activity in the government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta. On 22 February 2014 he was sworn in as Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism in the government of Matteo Renzi. He presided over the Council of European Ministers of Culture and the European Forum of Ministers of Culture and Tourism in the second half of 2014. On 12 December 2016, when Renzi resigned as Prime Minister after the constitutional referendum, Franceschini was confirmed as Culture Minister by the new Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. In 2006 he published his first novel "Nelle vene quell’acqua d’argento" ("That silver water in the veins"), which in 2007 won the Premier Roman in France Chambéry and, in Italy, the Opera Prima Prize of the City of Penne, Bacchelli Award. The novel was published by Gallimard in France in the series "L'Arpenteur", titled "Dans les veines le fleuve d'argent", and later reissued in the paperback series "Folio". In 2007 he published the novel "La follia improvvisa di Ignazio Rando" ("The sudden madness of Ignazio Rando"), adapted as a play by the Varese theatre group "Giorni Dispari Teatro" . In 2011 he released "Daccapo" ("Again"), a novel that features the son of a provincial notary who had 53 children by as many secret prostitutes. In 2013 he published his fourth novel "Mestieri immateriali di Sebastiano Delgado"("The intangible crafts of Sebastiano Salgado").
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Gimbach Gimbach is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Liederbach in Kelkheim.
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Renzi appealed to the Supreme Court but it also declined to hear his appeal so he was put on trial. On June 12, 2013, a jury convicted Renzi on 17 of 32 counts in his corruption case that accused him of using his office for personal financial gain and looting a family insurance business to help pay for his 2002 campaign. That October, Renzi was sentenced to three years in prison. Renzi appealed his conviction to the Ninth Circuit, but the court upheld the jury's verdict. The United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. On February 27, 2015, Renzi reported to Federal Correctional Institution, Morgantown West Virginia, to serve his 3-year prison sentence. He was Bureau of Prisons inmate 29375-208 and was released on January 6, 2017.
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The Lovers of Midnight The Lovers of Midnight (French: Les Amants de minuit) is a 1953 French drama film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Dany Robin, Jean Marais and Louis Seigner. In United Kingdom the film was known under the title "The Lovers of Midnight" (English), "De älskande vid midnatt" (Sweden), and "Keskiyön rakastavaiset" (Finland), . The film's sets were designed by Robert Dumesnil.
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The '79 touring line-up quickly fell apart with Leon taking over Randy Rhoads' spot in Quiet Riot and Holland joining Dante Fox, later known as Great White. A Michael Wagener-produced Hamburg recording of the '79 line-up surfaced in 1989 under the title "Back in the Streets", released by the German label Repertoire Records without the band's consent. Dokken toured Germany again in 1980, this time with Croucier back on bass. In early 1981, Don Dokken returned to Germany trying to get a record deal with a new band in tow, guitarist George Lynch and drummer Mick Brown, who had been playing in a band called Xciter at the time, with Croucier remaining on bass. After recording demos with Wagener and with the help of Accept's manager, Gaby Hauke, a deal was secured with Carrere Records. Recorded between July and September 1981 at Studio Stommeln with Wagener and Dieter Dierks, "Breaking the Chains" was initially released under the name "Don Dokken" before it was changed to simply Dokken on subsequent pressings. While in Germany, Don would also demo songs with the Scorpions for their "Blackout" album as the band's vocalist Klaus Meine was forced to undergo surgery on his vocal cords and his return was uncertain for a time. Dokken did eventually perform backing vocals on the album. Meanwhile, Lynch, Brown and Croucier ended up working as studio musicians for German singer Udo Lindenberg on his 1982 album "Keule", playing on four songs: "Urmensch", "Ratten" (both co-written by Lynch, Brown and Lindenberg), "Zwischen Rhein Und Aufruhr", and "Gesetz". Promotional activities for the European release of "Breaking the Chains" included a German TV appearance as Dokken performed a 40-minute live set on the Beat-Club as part of a Musikladen Extra which aired on January 4, 1982. Back in the United States, Dokken were now managed by Cliff Bernstein who got the band signed to Elektra Records for a stateside release of "Breaking The Chains", remixed for the American market. The band did an arena tour in the U.S. supporting Blue Öyster Cult in 1983, but when the tour was over the band was left with little money and was nearly dropped from the label due to the album's lack of success.
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Lake Rotoroa Lake Rotoroa (Māori: "long lake") may refer to the following New Zealand lakes:
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A given epoxygenase may therefore convert DHA to 4,5-EDP (i.e. 4,5-epoxy-7"Z",10"Z",13"Z",16"Z",19"Z"-DPA), 7,8-EDP (i.e. 7,8-epoxy-4"Z",10"Z",13"Z",16"Z",19"Z"-DPA), 10,11-EDP (i.e. 10,11-epoxy-4"Z",7"Z",13"Z",16"Z",19"Z"-DPA), 13,14-EDP (i.e. 13,14-epoxy-4"Z",7"Z",10"Z",16"Z",19"Z"-DPA), 16,17-EDP (i.e. 16,17-epoxy-4"Z",7"Z",10"Z",13"Z",19"Z"-DPA, or 19,20-EDP (i.e. 19,20-epoxy-4"Z", 7"Z",10"Z",13"Z",16"Z"-DPA. The epoxygenase enzymes generally form both "R"/"S" enantiomers at each former double bound position; for example, cytochrome P450 epoxidases attack DHA at the 16,17-double bond position to form two epoxide enantiomers, 16"R",17"S"-EDP and 16"S",17"S"-EDP. The 4,5-EDP metabolite is unstable and generally not detected among the EDP formed by cells. Enzymes of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) superfamily that are classified as epoxygenases based on their ability to metabolize PUFA, particularly arachidonic acid, to epoxides include: CYP1A, CYP2B, CYP2C, CYP2E, CYP2J, and within the CYP3A subfamily, CYP3A4. In humans, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2J2, and possibly CYP2S1 isoforms appear to be the principal epoxygenases responsible for metabolizing arachidonic acid to EETs (see Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid#Production).
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The premiere episode of "Night Shift" ranked as the SOAPnet's "most viewed telecast ever" with total viewers and in its target demographic, women age 18-49. The show was also SOAPnet’s most watched premiere with those groups and with women 18-34. According to Nielsen Media Research, the series averaged 1 million total viewers, "posting 63% audience growth over its lead-in," and ranking as "the second most viewed cable program for the hour with women 18-49." "Broadcasting & Cable" notes the significance of this fact considering "only 64 million homes carry the network, compared to the 94 million that carry USA, the top network in the demo that night." "Night Shift" doubled SOAPnet's time-period viewership from 2006 in total viewers and the women 18-49 demographic. The series averaged 833,000 viewers (and 381,000 among women 18-49) during its first season. In 2007, soap opera critic Marlena De Lacroix noted the initially high ratings but called the series an "incoherently written and produced mess," going on to declare that ""Night Shift"'s only redeeming aspect and its real legacy to daytime is its bravura casting. Casting directors Mark Teschner and Gwen Hillier introduced a group of new actors who are universally talented and interesting. No brainless hunk or hunkette models typically hired en masse." In 2008, Ed Martin called the first season "a perfectly putrid spin-off of a soap opera that is now a mere shadow of its fantastic former self." Martin called the second season "a sophomore series that embodied almost everything that was sublime about its mother-ship back in its heyday." Michael Logan of "TV Guide" wrote in October 2008 that although he did not enjoy the premiere episode of season two, "then the show got good. "Really" good." He ranked the spin-off above "General Hospital" itself, saying "it's indisputably superior to the mob-infested soap that spawned it." Logan added that "This late-night SOAPnet series is refreshingly retro, focusing as "GH" once did on the lives of doctors and their patients. (Imagine that!) The pleasures are many, from the frisky interplay of interns Claire and Kyle (she's straight, he's not) to the profoundly moving performances of Finola Hughes and Tristan Rogers as Anna and her cancer-stricken Robert." Michael Fairman called Rogers' performance "poignant" and noted that "if it could have been in Emmy contention this year, it would stand among the best."
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Tom Bruggere Tom Bruggere (born February 18, 1946 in Berkeley, California) is an entrepreneur and onetime candidate for the U.S. Senate in the state of Oregon. He founded the company Mentor Graphics and has been involved with several other startup companies. Tom Bruggere was born in Berkeley, California. He stated of his early life that he "grew up with a picture of Jack and Bobby Kennedy over [his] bed." He has a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a Masters of Science in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, and a Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. He served in the Army in the Vietnam War, from 1968-1970. Prior to running for office, he served on several government boards, including the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. Bruggere was an engineer with Burroughs Corporation Medium Systems Plant in Pasadena, California in the early to mid-1970s, then with Tektronix, Inc. in the late 1970s. He is Protestant. Bruggere founded Mentor Graphics, a Tektronix spinoff, in 1981. A 1991 article in "Oregon Business" magazine stated: "One of [Tektronix'] main contributions to Oregon has been the many companies that spun off from former employees," citing the success of Bruggere and a number of other creative former Tektronix employees with Mentor Graphics as the prime example. He was one of the people credited with founding the Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education and served as chairman of the center in the early 2000s. Mentor Graphics is credited with having established the industry of electronic design automation. He resigned as president and CEO in October 1993, and was succeeded in both roles by Wally Rhines. Upon leaving Mentor Graphics, he cited a desire "to do something else, something in public policy." Bruggere won the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat vacated by the retiring Mark Hatfield in 1996. Spending $800,000 of his own money in the primary race, he was one of 134 candidates for the U.S. Congress to finance their own elections in excess of $50,000 in that cycle. Bruggere's Republican opponent, Gordon Smith, was also heavily self-financed, having spent $2.5 million of his own money earlier that same year in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Democrat Ron Wyden in the special election to replace Bob Packwood, who had resigned.
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Heinz Magenheimer Heinz Magenheimer (born January 21, 1943) is an Austrian military historian known for advancing the now discredited theory of a preemptive strike by the Wehrmacht against the Soviet Union. Magenheimer joined the Austrian Army as an officer candidate in 1961 after his "matura" at the Bundesrealgymnasium Wien V in Margareten. From 1962 to 1965, he was enrolled in officer's training at the Theresian Military Academy but did not graduate with a degree. Magenheimer then enrolled at the University of Vienna in 1965 and, four years later in 1969, wrote his dissertation at the Department of Contemporary History under and Heinrich Appelt as his advisers. In October 1972, Magenheimer became a Referent at the Vienna 's Institute for Basic Strategic Research and, until 2000, became a "Hofrat" and deputy head of the Institute's research department. In 1982 he became a lecturer of military policy at the University of Salzburg, where he would complete his habilitation in 1991. That same year, Magenheimer became a professor of international relations and contemporary and military history at the University of Salzburg's Department of Political Science and Sociology. Since 1975, Magenheimer has published articles in various history periodicals such as the "Austrian Military Journal", where since 1985 he has been on the editorial board. He is the author the history series "Deutsche Geschichte - Europa und die Welt", published by right-wing publishing company . Magenheimer has argued that the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 was disadvantageous to Germany, a view that Austrian historian Alexander Pollack criticized in his 2002 book "Die Wehrmachtslegende in Österreich". In his 1959 work "Kriegswenden in Europa 1939-1945" Magenheimer contended that, until the summer of 1940, the Nazi Party had "developed a suitable recipe for the political and economic reorganization of Europe in the sense of a universally satisfactory understanding between nations," that Germany's attack on the Soviet Union had "opened the door to the unknown," and the Battle of Moscow could have been won if the Wehrmacht had attacked ten days before the Soviet counterattack. An observer in the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" criticized Magenheimer for welcoming more lasting German victories and for regarding it as a "European law enforcement agency" despite its invasions of Poland, France, and the Low Countries in 1939 and 1940.
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Price fixing Price fixing is an agreement between participants on the same side in a market to buy or sell a product, service, or commodity only at a fixed price, or maintain the market conditions such that the price is maintained at a given level by controlling supply and demand. The intent of price fixing may be to push the price of a product as high as possible, generally leading to profits for all sellers but may also have the goal to fix, peg, discount, or stabilize prices. The defining characteristic of price fixing is any agreement regarding price, whether expressed or implied. Price fixing requires a conspiracy between sellers or buyers. The purpose is to coordinate pricing for mutual benefit of the traders. For example, manufacturers and retailers may conspire to sell at a common "retail" price; set a common minimum sales price, where sellers agree not to discount the sales price below the agreed-to minimum price; buy the product from a supplier at a specified maximum price; adhere to a price book or list price; engage in cooperative price advertising; standardize financial credit terms offered to purchasers; use uniform trade-in allowances; limit discounts; discontinue a free service or fix the price of one component of an overall service; adhere uniformly to previously-announced prices and terms of sale; establish uniform costs and markups; impose mandatory surcharges; purposefully reduce output or sales in order to charge higher prices; or purposefully share or pool markets, territories, or customers. Price fixing is permitted in some markets but not others; where allowed, it is often known as "resale price maintenance" or "retail price maintenance". In neo-classical economics, price fixing is inefficient. The anti-competitive agreement by producers to fix prices above the market price transfers some of the consumer surplus to those producers and also results in a deadweight loss. International price fixing by private entities can be prosecuted under the antitrust laws of many countries. Examples of prosecuted international cartels are those that controlled the prices and output of lysine, citric acid, graphite electrodes, and bulk vitamins. In the United States, price fixing can be prosecuted as a criminal federal offense under Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Criminal prosecutions must be handled by the U.S. Department of Justice, but the Federal Trade Commission also has jurisdiction for civil antitrust violations. Many state attorneys general also bring antitrust cases and have antitrust offices, such as Virginia, New York, and California. Further, where price fixing is used as an artifice to defraud a U.S. government agency into paying more than market value, the U.S. attorney may proceed under the False Claims Act.
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