Geography of Hunan

Zi River

Zi River has two headwaters, the Fuyi River (夫夷水) and the Hao River (郝水). It is 630 kilometres (390 mi) long and drains an area of 26,738 square kilometres (10,324 sq mi) in Hunan. The river rises in Xinning County and flows generally north through Wugang, Longhui County, Shaoyang, Lengshuijiang and then northwest past the counties and cities of Anhua County, Taojiang County, and Yiyang, where it flows into the Wanzi Lake.

Yuan River

Yuan River is the longest river in Hunan, begins in southeastern Guizhou, is 568 kilometres (353 mi) and has a drainage basin of 51,066 square kilometres (19,717 sq mi) in Hunan. It has two headwaters, the Longtou River (龍頭江) and the An River (安江). It flows northeastwards through Suining, Huitong County, Huaihua, Xupu County, Chenxi County, Luxi County, Yuanling, Changde to join the Dalian Lake in Dingcheng District of Changde.

Lishui River

Lishui River rises in Sangzhi County in northwestern Hunan, and flows generally northeast, passing through Zhangjiajie, Cili County, Shimen County, Li County and joining the Wanzi Lake in Yuanjiang.

Lakes and reservoirs

Main article: List of lakes of Hunan

Dongting Lake is the largest lake in Hunan and the 3rd largest lake and the 2nd largest freshwater lake in China covering a total of 2,740 square kilometres (1,060 sq mi).

Major reservoirs in Hunan are the Fengtan Reservoir, Huangshi Reservoir, Tuoxi Reservoir, Shuihumiao Reservoir, Shuangpai Reservoir, Ouyanghai Reservoir, Qingshanlong Reservoir, and Jiubujiang Reservoir.

Climate


Geography of Hunan

Climate

Hunan has a humid subtropical climate influenced by the East Asian Monsoon, with an average annual temperature of 18.2 °C (64.8 °F), total annual rainfall of 1,215-millimetre (47.8 in), a frost-free period of 253 to 311 days and annual average sunshine hours in 1521 hours. Summers are wet with high temperatures, high humidity and a high heat index. Winters are relatively dry and chilly with cold wind.

Protected areas

Hunan has 23 National Forest Parks, 17 Provincial Forest Parks, 4 National Natural Reserves and 22 Provincial Natural Reserves.壶瓶山), Mount Badagong (八大公山) and Mount Mang (莽山). Some of the most frequently visited parks include Mount Dawei (大围山), Tianmen Mountain, Taohuayuan (桃花源), Mount Yangming, Jiuyi Mountains, Mount Liang (崀山).

Ecology

Fauna

There are 81 species of mammal, 379 species of birds, 75 reptiles and 42 amphibians in Hunan, including 90 species of national protected animals. There are 17 national first-level protected animals and 73 national second-level protected animals in Hunan. Among them the first rank has Baiji, South China tiger, Clouded leopard, Asian golden cat, Chinese sturgeon, Spot-billed pelican, White stork and Red-crowned crane and the second rank has Rhesus macaque, Stump-tailed macaque, Asian black bear, Pangolin, Finless porpoise, Whooper swan, Tundra swan, Masked palm civet, Mandarin duck, Eagle and Chinese giant salamander.

Flora


Geography of Hunan

Flora

Hunan is known as the "hometown of tung tree" and "hometown of China fir". In Hunan, vast forests of China fir constitute the largest proportion of the province's forest growth. There is also an abundance of tea-oil tree, Pinus massoniana, Phyllostachys edulis, Populus, Cinnamomum camphora, Taxus chinensis, Vernicia fordii. There are 112 national first-level protected plants: Isoetes sinensis, Davidia involucrata, Cycad, Ginkgo, Cathaya, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Scaly-sided merganser, Bretschneidera and Brasenia.

Mineral Resources

Hunan has been hailed as the "hometown of non-ferrous metal" and "hometown of nonmetallic minerals". There are more than 141 species of minerals in Hunan. Antimony of Hunan is ranked No. 1 in the world. Bismuth, rubidium, anthracite, realgar, fluorite, sepiolite, baryte are ranked No. 1 in China. Manganese, vanadium, rhenium, mirabilite, arsenic and kaolinite reached number 2 in China. Zinc, aluminium, tin, tantalum, graphite and diamond peaked at number 3 in China. Mount Xikuang of Xinhua County is honoured as the "Capital of Antimony in the World".

  * Zhu Xiang (2014). 《湖南地理》 [Geography of Hunan] (in Chinese). Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press. ISBN 978-7-303-14646-8.
  * Zhang Hong, ed. (2018). 《中国分省系列地图册：湖南》 [Maps of Provinces in China: Hunan] (in Chinese). Xicheng District, Beijing: SinoMaps Press. ISBN 978-7-5031-8949-4.


Entezami

Entezami (Persian: انتظامی, adjective form of Persian/Arabic انتظام (intiẓām) meaning "discipline", "order") is a Persian surname and may refer to:

  * Ali Akbar Entezami (1943–2015), Iranian chemist
  * Ezzatolah Entezami (1924–2018), Iranian actor
  * Majid Entezami (born 1948), Iranian musician, composer, conductor, and oboist
  * Entezam


Jay R. Hinckley

Jay Reed Hinckley (April 23, 1840 – March 25, 1914) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Hinckley was born on April 23, 1840; sources have differed on the location. He attended Whitestown Seminary.River Falls, Hudson and Tomah. Hinckley's professions included schoolteacher, school principal and newspaper editor and publisher.

In 1868, Hinckley married Sarah A. Chamberlain. They had three children.

Political career

Hinckley was a member of the Assembly in 1883, representing the 2nd District of Monroe County, Wisconsin.St. Croix County, Wisconsin in 1872 and 1878. He was a Democrat.

  * Jay R. Hinckley at Find a Grave


2023 European Karate Championships – Women's 50 kg

Main article: 2023 European Karate Championships
2023 European
Karate Championships

                      Men          Women
                      Kata         Kata
                      60 kg        50 kg
                      67 kg        55 kg
                      75 kg        61 kg
                      84 kg        68 kg
                      +84 kg       +68 kg
                      Team kata    Team kata
                      Team kumite  Team kumite
  * v
  * t
  * e

The Women's 50 kg competition at the 2023 European Karate Championships was held on 23 and 25 March 2023.

Results

Finals

  Semifinals                                        Final

  [Germany] Shara Hubrich   5

  [Italy] Erminia Perfetto  3
  [Germany] Shara Hubrich   1

                            [Turkey] Serap Özçelik  0
  [Spain] Nadia Gómez       2

  [Turkey] Serap Özçelik    6

Repechage

  Repechage                 Bronze medal

  [Serbia] Tamara Grčić  0

  [France] Niswa Ahmed   2
  [France] Niswa Ahmed   7

                            [Italy] Erminia Perfetto  7

  Repechage                        Bronze medal

  [Montenegro] Anja Jović       3

  [Azerbaijan] Fidan Teymurova  5
  [Azerbaijan] Fidan Teymurova  0

                                   [Spain] Nadia Gómez  9

Top half

Section 1

  Round of 32                                          Round of 16                 Quarterfinals

  [France] Niswa Ahmed        4

  [Romania] Andreea Cucu      2
  [France] Niswa Ahmed        2

                              [Cyprus] Irene Kontou    0
  [Greece] Styliani Tzilia    1

  [Cyprus] Irene Kontou       1
  [France] Niswa Ahmed        2

                              [Germany] Shara Hubrich  6
  [Serbia] Tamara Grčić       1

  [Hungary] Dalma Jakubovics  0
  [Serbia] Tamara Grčić       0

                                                       [Germany] Shara Hubrich  0

Section 2

  Round of 32                                              Round of 16                  Quarterfinals

  [Slovakia] Lucia Mrázová       2

  [Bulgaria] Kristina Svilenova  1
  [Slovakia] Lucia Mrázová       1

                                                           [Croatia] Jelena Pehar    7


[Croatia] Jelena Pehar         4

                                 [Italy] Erminia Perfetto  4
  [England] Niamh Cosgrove       6

  [Latvia] Aleksandra Mihailova  2
  [England] Niamh Cosgrove       3

                                                           [Italy] Erminia Perfetto  4

Bottom half

Section 3

  Round of 32                                                   Round of 16                  Quarterfinals

  [Slovenia] Urša Haberl                   2

  [Israel] Coral Amos                      5
  [Israel] Coral Amos                      3

                                                                [Ukraine] Kateryna Kryva  5

  [Ukraine] Kateryna Kryva                 5

                                           [Spain] Nadia Gómez  6
  [Spain] Nadia Gómez                      5

  [Bosnia and Herzegovina] Adnan Rebronja  1
  [Spain] Nadia Gómez                      8

                                                                [Austria] Bettina Plank   2

Section 4

  Round of 32                                                   Round of 16                      Quarterfinals

  [Portugal] Catarina Rodrigues         1

  [Poland] Maria Depta                  1
  [Portugal] Catarina Rodrigues         1

                                                                [Azerbaijan] Fidan Teymurova  1

  [Azerbaijan] Fidan Teymurova          1

                                        [Turkey] Serap Özçelik  2
  [North Macedonia] Teodora Cvetkovska  0

  [Montenegro] Anja Jović               6
  [Montenegro] Anja Jović               2

                                                                [Turkey] Serap Özçelik        4

  * Draw


Englehart River

The Englehart River is a river in Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a right tributary of the Blanche River.

Its watershed is about 1,110 square kilometres (430 sq mi) in size105 kilometres (65 mi) long.

Geography

The Englehart River begins at Fallduck Lakes in Terry Township. It flows southeast, and after passing under Highway 66, it flow through a swampy river corridor with several oxbow lakes and backwater sloughs. The silty clay river banks have shrub thickets with some black ash and balsam poplar. The higher banks support stands of old growth white cedar and white spruce.

The river enters Long Lake in the northwest and exits the lake in the southeast, heading east, passing over one of two dams and under Ontario Highway 573 at the community of Charlton (in the municipality of Charlton and Dack), then heads under Ontario Highway 560. The river passes over a series of waterfalls and rapids (Sunday Creek Falls, Horseshoe Falls, Hell's Gate, High Falls, and Nuisance Rapids), turns north, flows under Ontario Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway mainline at the town of Englehart, then reaches its mouth at the Blanche River at Marter Township. The Blanche River flows via the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.

Tributaries

  * Crocodile Creek (left)
  * St. Jean Baptiste Creek (right)
  * Sunday Creek (right)
  * Long Lake
      + Tamarac Creek (right)
      + Aidie Creek (left)
      + Driftwood Creek (right)
  * Teepee Creek (right)
  * Flavelle Creek (right)
  * Middleton Creek (right)
  * Burt Creek (left)
  * Kenaja Creek (right)
  * Rib Creek (left)

Provincial parks

The Englehart River Fine Sand Plain and Waterway Provincial Park protects a (nearly) contiguous portions of the Englehart River between Highway 66 and the northwestern part of Long Lake, as well as noncontiguous sections on the southeastern portion of Long Lake. The park, created to protect a recreational canoe route, is 48 kilometres (30 mi) southwest of the Town of Kirkland Lake and 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the Town of Englehart.


Englehart River

The park includes, as its name indicates, an area with fine sandy ground moraine till on the west side of the Englehart River. Other notable features are two Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI):

 1. The Teepee Creek Gap ANSI has a small 20-metre-deep (66 ft) gorge through which the Teepee Creek flows before draining into Englehart River. Its vegetation is characterized by a mix of coniferous and intolerant hardwood species.
 2. The Kushog Lake Dune Complex ANSI contains several linear dune ridges that are remants of postglacial conditions in the glacial Lake Barlow basin area. The dominant tree species there are poplar, jack pine, black spruce, and larch.

The Englehart River Fine Sand Plain and Waterway Provincial Park is a non-operating park. There are no facilities or services provided. Permitted activities include canoeing and hunting. The canoe route is recommended for intermediate to advanced-level paddlers.

Englehart River at Kap-Kig-Iwan Park

Another small portion of the Englehart River is protected in the Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park, located on the river between the communities of Charlton and Englehart.

Geology

The river's course through Englehart River Fine Sand Plain and Waterway Provincial Park is in the Cross Lake Fault, the northeast facing escarpment of which is the southwest boundary of the Lake Timiskaming Rift Valley.

  * List of rivers of Ontario

Other map sources:

  * Map 15 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014
  * Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006

Media related to Englehart River at Wikimedia Commons


Dora Hernández

Dora Hernández (born 15 July 1948) is a Mexican diver. She competed in the women's 10 metre platform event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

  * Dora Hernández at Olympedia


Chamanto

APEC leaders wearing chamantos during the 2004 summit

A chamanto (Mapudungun chamall, woolen fabric)Chile, similar to a poncho and woven in silk thread and wool. Its entire contour is finished with ribbon edging. Traditionally, Chilean festive ponchos incorporate colors such as grey, brown, red, black, and white. The difference between a chamanto and other ponchos is their reversibility, as both sides — one light, one dark — are fully finished. Traditionally, the dark side of the poncho is used during the day, while its light side is mostly worn at night.

The chamantos gained world attention when they were worn by the 21 leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation during the 2004 summit's official photo.

The making of a chamanto demands great diligence, because of the exquisiteness involved in the weaving of the silk and wool, plus the intricacy of the design sketched by crossing the threads.

The figures embellishing the chamantos include copihues, Chile's national flower, barley and wheat ears, blackberries, bunches of grape, fuchsias, pansies and various birds representative of the national fauna.

  * Culture of Chile
  * Jill Condra (9 April 2013). Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing Around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-313-37637-5.
  * (in Spanish) Museo Rancagua (with photos)


Euciroidae

Euciroidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Verticordioidea.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Euciroidae include:

  * Euciroa Dall, 1881
      + Euciroa crassa Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931
      + Euciroa eburnea (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
      + Euciroa elegantissima (Dall, 1881)
      + Euciroa galatheae (Dell, 1956)
      + Euciroa granifera (Cotton, 1931)
      + Euciroa lamprelli M. Huber, 2010
      + Euciroa millegemmata Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, 1952
      + Euciroa pacifica Dall, 1895
      + Euciroa queenslandica Lamprell & Healy, 1997
      + Euciroa rostrata Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931
      + Euciroa spinosa Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931
      + Euciroa subspinosa Okutani, 2006
      + Euciroa trapeza Poutiers, 1982


Kermia maculosa

Kermia maculosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 6 mm; its diameter 2½ mm.

(Original description) The oblong-ovate shell is white, shining and sparsely blotched with dark chestnut-brown. It is longitudinally ribbed and transversely elevately striated. The whorls are convex. The aperture is less than one-half the length of the shell.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

  * Shasky D.R. (1997). Reinstatement of Kermia maculosa (Pease, 1862) (Gastropoda: Turridae). The Festivus. 29: 11-13
  * Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kermia maculosa.


George Brydges Harley Dennett Rodney, 7th Baron Rodney

George Brydges (28 February 1857 - 29 December 1909) was a British Army officer notable for his service in the Egyptian and Nile campaigns of the 1880s.Rodney Barony in 1864 and was succeeded by his son George Bridges Harley Guest Rodney (1891-1973).

Life

He was a captain in the 1st Life Guards from 1886 to 1888, serving with them in the Egyptian and Nile campaigns before moving to the Reserve of Officers at the same rank in 1889. He exhausted his considerable inherited fortune on bloodstock and gambling.St Leger Stakes with Kilwarlin and the Cesarewitch Handicap with Humewood.Devonshire House Ball of 1897 as King Arthur.

He also held the rank of captain in the Shropshire Imperial Yeomanry from 1890 to 1897 before becoming lieutenant colonel of the 16th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers in 1898. He was the last of his family to live at Berrington Hall, selling it and its estate to Frederick Cawley, MP in 1901.24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's) soon after the formation of the London Regiment and took an active interest in cadet corps in south London, dying in Camberwell and being buried at Camberwell Old Cemetery.

Marriage and issue

On 24 January 1891 at St James's Church, Piccadilly he married Corisande Evelyn Vere Guest (4 July 1870 – 1 September 1943), second daughter of Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill and her husband Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne.John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough and thus a great-aunt of Winston Churchill. George and Corisande had issue:

 1. George Bridges Harley Guest Rodney, later 8th Baron Rodney
 2. James Henry Bertie Rodney (1893-1933)
 3. Charles Christian Simon Rodney (1895-?)
 4. William Francis Rodney (1896-1915)

Almost immediately after the marriage he began physically abusing his wife and after he struck her in the eye on 21 April 1899 she ceased living with him.lady's maid Annie Turner and his wife filed an initial petition of divorce on grounds of cruelty and adultery, though this was abandoned at his request in favour of a deed of separation.decree nisi and custody of their children were granted to Corisande in 1902.


On 28 January 1903 George married Charlotte Eugenia Probyn, daughter of Charlotte Seymour Jones and her husband Edmund Probyn. She survived him, though this second marriage had no issue.


Giuseppe Murnigotti

Giuseppe Murnigotti (Martinengo,1834 – 1903) was an Italian inventor of the motorcycle. He died in Nice, France.

Over the course of his life, Murnigotti filed patent applications for five inventions. Of these, the third, filed in 1879, described the design of a motorcycle running on gaseous combustion (suggesting the use of hydrogen) and a tricycle with the same engine and the ability to carry two passengers. Murnigotti never built a prototype, but a model can be found in the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan.

Works

Sistemazione della fossa interna di Milano (1878)

  * Murnigotti, Giuseppe (1878). Sistemazione della fossa interna di Milano. Milano: Premiata tip. e lit. degli Ingegneri.
  * Murnigotti, Giuseppe (1890). Il drenaggio per la città di Milano. [Milano]: [Premiata Tipo-Litografia degli Ingegneri].


Barbarofusus kobelti

Barbarofusus kobelti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern California.

  * - Callomon P. & Snyder M.A. (2017). A new genus and nine new species in the Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) from southern California and western Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 165(1): 55-80


Dare ga Sono Kane o Narasu no ka?

"Dare ga Sono Kane o Narasu no ka?" (Japanese: 誰がその鐘を鳴らすのか?, lit. "who will ring the bell?") is the ninth and final single from Japanese idol group Keyakizaka46. The single was released on August 21, 2020, the group's five-year anniversary, as a digital download only.

Background and Release

Since the release of "Kuroi Hitsuji" in early 2019, Keyakizaka46 has gone through major changes to its roster. The group saw the arrival of fifteen new members (known as the "second generation")Neru Nagahama, a prominent member of the group.B-sides to all of Keyakizaka46's singles so far, became an independent group known as Hinatazaka46.

On September 8, 2019, Keyakizaka46 held an senbatsu (member choosing) on Keyakitte, Kakenai?, a weekly television show featuring the group. The senbatsu featured Yurina Hirate at the center position.

In February 2020, a Japanese retail company AEON released a new advertising campaign for their credit card that featured Keyakizaka46 in the commercials. At the end of the commercials, a short excerpt of "Dare ga Sono Kane o Narasu no ka?" was played.live streamed a concert titled Keyakizaka46 Live Online, but with YOU!, where they performed the song for the first time. Instead of using the senbatsu results from earlier, all of the 28 members were featured in the song. The group confirmed that this would be the last single released under the Keyakizaka46 name, and the group would be renamed and reorganized in the future.

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Dare ga Sono Kane o Narasu no ka?"
Chart (2020)           Peak
                       position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)  14


Eta Doradus

The Bayer designation Eta Doradus (η Dor / η Doradus) is shared by two stars in the constellation Dorado:

  * η1 Doradus
  * η2 Doradus


Afro Blue (Harold Mabern album)

Afro Blue is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was released by Smoke Sessions Records.

Background

Mabern frequently worked with vocalists in the 1960s, but this recording was the first album of his to feature singers.Gregory Porter at the Smoke jazz club in December 2011, and the idea for the album came out of that and Mabern commenting to the club (and Smoke Sessions Records) proprietor that he would like to record with vocalists.

Recording and music

The album was recorded over two days.John Webber and drummer Joe Farnsworth on all of the tracks except "Don't Misunderstand", which is a Mabern-Norah Jones duet. The duet was suggested by the vocalist; the song is played in A-flat major.Peter Bernstein is added to the trio for one instrumental number.Eric Alexander plays on 10 of the tracks on the album; trombonist Steve Turre plays on six tracks and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt on four. The guest vocalists appear separately: Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, and Jane Monheit for two tracks each; Kurt Elling for three tracks; and Alexis Cole for one.

The opening track – "The Chief" – is a Mabern tribute to saxophonist John Coltrane.Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. "The Man from Hyde Park" refers to Herbie Hancock, with whom Mabern developed a friendship when they were both in Chicago in the 1950s.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source         Rating
Down Beat

Afro Blue was released by Smoke Sessions Records.Down Beat reviewer wrote: "The band feels restrained and often the arrangements don't feel challenging enough, but throughout Mabern's piano is strong."Jazziz concluded that: "Throughout a set that encompasses various voices, moods and styles, Mabern and this stellar band provide consistent excellence."

Track listing


Afro Blue (Harold Mabern album)

Track listing

 1. "The Chief"
 2. "Afro Blue"
 3. "The Man from Hyde Park"
 4. "Fools Rush In"
 5. "Don't Misunderstand"
 6. "I'll Take Romance"
 7. "My One and Only Love"
 8. "Billie's Bounce"
 9. "Portrait of Jennie"
10. "You Needed Me"
11. "Such Is Life"
12. "Do It Again"
13. "Mozzin'"
14. "Bobby, Benny, Jymie, Lee, Bu"

Personnel

  * Harold Mabern – piano
  * John Webber – bass (tracks 1–4, 6–14)
  * Joe Farnsworth – drums (tracks 1–4, 6–14)
  * Eric Alexander – tenor sax (tracks 1–4, 6–11)
  * Jeremy Pelt – trumpet (tracks 2, 4, 6, 11)
  * Steve Turre – trombone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11)
  * Peter Bernstein – guitar (track 12)
  * Gregory Porter – vocals (tracks 2, 3)
  * Norah Jones – vocals (tracks 4, 5)
  * Jane Monheit – vocals (tracks 6, 7)
  * Kurt Elling – vocals (tracks 8–10)
  * Alexis Cole – vocals (track 11)


Dora II

Dora I (foreground with blue upper levels) and Dora II (background with only a partial roof). Dora II is a more open and incomplete structure than Dora I.

Dora II (Dora 2) is an unfinished German submarine base and submarine pen or bunker in Trondheim, Norway, which is next to Dora I (Dora 1). Construction of the bunker (designated by the Germans as DORA II) was undertaken during the Second World War, but the complex was never finished unlike Dora I. Trondheim was traditionally referred to as Drontheim in German, and the name DORA is the letter "D" in the German phonetic alphabet.

History

Further information: Nordstern (city)

Background

Diagram showing locations of the submarine bunkers

Following the occupation of Norway in 1940, it was soon realised that the country only had limited facilities for minor naval repairs. More extensive work usually meant a return to Germany. The capitulation of France two months later overshadowed the strategic importance of Norway to some extent, but it was still regarded as a better location for access to the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans than Germany. Nevertheless, better protection for U-boats from aerial attack was required so a bunker-building programme was instigated.

German U-boat bases in occupied Norway operated between 1940 and 1945, when the Kriegsmarine (German navy), converted several naval bases in Norway into submarine bases. Trondheim was an important U-boat base in Norway during the war. It was the home of the 13th flotilla and it had 55 U-boats assigned to the flotilla during its service.

Construction

The German civil and military engineering group, Organisation Todt, started constructing the facility as a submarine base as they were finishing Dora I (completed in June 1943).

Construction of Dora II began in 1942168 feet (51 m) long by 102 feet (31 m) wide,U-boats.3 m (9 ft 10 in) thick, and the roof is 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) thick (only a quarter of the roof was completed).

After World War II

Inside of Dora 2 (2016)

In 1947 and 1948 the port authority conducted cleanup and blasting on Dora II. Part of the walls on the uncompleted sides were blasted away.


Dora II

Dora II is used as a shipyard

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dora 2.
  * UBB Dora II
  * U-Boot-Bunker (UBB) DORA I + II , Trondheim

63°26′28″N 10°25′11″E / 63.44111°N 10.41972°E


Chamani-ye Pain

Chamani-ye Pain (Persian: چماني پايين, also Romanized as Chamanī-ye Pā’īn, Chamanī Pa‘īn, and Chamānī-ye Pā’īn; also known as Chamān)Kuhsarat Rural District, in the Central District of Minudasht County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 132, in 36 families.


Eucithara abbreviata

Eucithara abbreviata is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

(Original description) The shell of this very rare species is small, abbreviate, sub-rhomboidal, solid and, white. The spire is short, pyramidal, the outline flattened, the apex subacute. It contains 7 flat whorls, the body whorl very large, ventricose, depressed beneath the suture, subangulated on the shoulder and rapidly tapering to the base. The surface is cancellated by small close longitudinal ribs and five transverse raised lines. The aperture is narrow and sub-elliptical, a little more than half the length of the shell. The sinus is semicircular. The peristome is trenchant, stoutly ribbed externally, and the inner margin callous. The columella is slightly concave, smooth, thinly callous.

Its most obvious character is its short subrhomboid contour, short body, and its cancellated surface.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Paumotus, Polynesia, and off the Philippines

  * Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  * "Eucithara abbreviata". Gastropods.com


Kermia margaritifera

Kermia margaritifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

The whorls are rounded or very slightly shouldered, reticulated by longitudinal and revolving fine ribs and lines. The color is yellowish brown, tinged with chestnut, sometimes forming an indistinct central band.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Persian Gulf and off India.

  * Reeve, L.A. 1843–1846. Monograph of the Genus Pleurotoma. Conchologia Iconica, or Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Vol. 1. London: Reeve Brothers, pls 1–18 (1843), pl. 19 (1844), pls 20–33 (1845), pls 34–40 + index and errata (1846)
  * Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  * Kilburn, R. N. (2009). Genus Kermia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae: Raphitominae) in South African Waters, with Observations on the Identities of Related Extralimital Species. African Invertebrates. 50(2): 217-236


George Buchan

For author and church elder, see George Buchan of Kelloe.

George Buchan (born 2 May 1950) is a Scottish former footballer. Born in Aberdeen, his regular position was as a forward. He played professionally for Aberdeen,Manchester United and Bury. While at Manchester United, he played briefly alongside his brother, Martin. Buchan later played non-League football in North West England, listing Mossley, Ashton United and Glossop among his clubs.

Career statistics

Club               Season   League  FA Cup  League Cup  Other  Total
Apps               Goals    Apps    Goals   Apps        Goals  Apps   Goals  Apps  Goals
Manchester United  1973–74  3       0       0           0      1      0      0     0      4  0
Total              3        0       0       0           1      0      0      0     4      0

  * Profile at MUFCInfo.com


Giuseppe Nuvolone

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery by Giuseppe Nuvolone, private collection

Giuseppe Nuvolone (1619–1703) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Milan, Brescia, and Cremona. Born in San Gimignano. He was the brother of the painter Carlo Francesco Nuvolone and son and pupil of Panfilo. He painted St Dominic resurrecting the dead for the church of San Domenico in Cremona.

  * Champlin, John Denison (1887). Charles Callahan Perkins (ed.). Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, Volume III. New York: Scribner and Sons. p. 355.
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Barbarito Torres

Barbarito Torres and Carlos Calunga performing with Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club in 2012.

Bárbaro Alberto Torres Delgado (born 1956), better known as Barbarito Torres, is a Cuban musician best known for his work with the Afro-Cuban All Stars and the Buena Vista Social Club since 1996.laúd, a traditional Cuban instrument of the lute family that is most associated with the punto guajiro genre. He continues to tour with Buena Vista Social Club as one of the last surviving original members and has recorded several solo albums, the last of which, Vámonos pa'l monte, was released in 2016.

Biography

Torres was born in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1956. He played in a series of military bands during the 1970s, before settling in Havana and becoming a permanent member of Orquesta Cubana de Cuerdas. He became musical director for Celina González's Grupo Campoalegre and worked with some of Havana's most prominent musicians.

In March 1996, Torres began working the Afro-Cuban All Stars which led him to be included in the Buena Vista Social Club ensemble. Torres went on to play a prominent role playing on both records and performances for the group, featuring in the 1999 movie also titled Buena Vista Social Club. Barbarito has since released solo works including Havana Café, which featured a number of the players that had been featured in his previous ensembles, including Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo.

He has become renowned for his virtuoso solos on the laúd, which often include playing the instrument behind his back.

Discography

  * Havana Café (1999)
  * Barbarito Torres (2003)
  * Vámonos pa'l monte (2016)
  * AmeriCuba (2017; collaborative album)
  * Compay Segundo
  * Manuel Galbán
  * Papi Oviedo


Dare You to Be Happy

"Dare You to Be Happy" is a song by Australian singer Tina Arena. It was recorded for her fourth studio album, Just Me (2001), and was released as the second single on 21 January 2002. The single was a moderate success, peaking at number 43 in Australia. "Dare You to Be Happy" received high rotation on Channel [V] in early 2002.Greatest Hits 1994–2004.

Music video

The video was released in January 2002 and sees Arena at a house party, playing air hockey, before leaving in a car with some friends to a games parlour.

Track listing

The single was released with four versions of "Dare You to Be Happy" and the non-album track "I Hope".

Australian maxi-CD single

 1. "Dare You to Be Happy" – 4:14
 2. "Dare You to Be Happy" (James Ash radio edit) – 4:10
 3. "Dare You to Be Happy" (Sgt Slick's "North Face" radio edit mix) – 3:51
 4. "Dare You to Be Happy" (Big Club vocal) – 6:10
 5. "I Hope" – 4:27

Charts

Chart (2002)      Peak
                  position
Australia (ARIA)  43


Eta Kaize

Eta Kaize (born 5 July 1974) is an Indonesian beach volleyball player.women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

  * Engel Berta Kaize at FIVB beach volleyball database
  * Engel Berta Kaize at Beach Volleyball Database
  * Engel Berta Kaize at Olympedia


AfroNubians

The AfroNubians (also known as Tarig Abubakar & The Afro Nubians) was a world music band based in Toronto. They played newly-composed and traditional pan-African-style music, blended with Latin, reggae, rock sounds.

History

The AfroNubians came together in 1992. The group's founders included Sudanese immigrant Tarig Abubakar (1964-1998)Adam Solomon, lead guitarist Joe Szilagy (aka Joe Slant), keyboardist Wail Hajelamin, drummer Kofi Acka, saxophonist Bruno Hedman and bassist Mohammed Hajelamin.

In 1993, the AfroNubians toured western Canada,Tour to Africa.The Great Africans and were named Band of the Year at the Toronto African Music Awards.Hobey Laik.

In 1998, shortly before the band was scheduled to embark on its first U.S. tour, Abubakar took a trip to Sudan and was killed in a motor vehicle accident.

In 2005, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation released a CD, produced by Todd Fraracci, of two of the band's live concerts.

Discography

  * 1994: Tour to Africa
  * 1995: The Great Africans
  * 1997: Hobey Laik
  * 2005: Tarig Abubakar & Afronubians Live
  * "Tarig Ahmed Abubakar: He was my friend", obituary by Opiyo Oloya
  * Afropop Worldwide: AfroNubians
  * CBC Shop: Tarig Abubakar & Afronubians Live (with band background)


John Power (Carrickshock hurler)

This article is about the Carrickshock hurler. For the John Locke's hurler, see John Power (John Locke's hurler).

John Power (born 26 August 1992) is an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.

Born in Carrickshock, County Kilkenny, Power first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Kieran's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2014 championship. Since then he has become a regular member of the team and has won two All-Ireland medals and two Leinster medals.

At club level Power plays with Carrickshock.

His father, Richie Power Snr, and his brother, Richie Power Jnr, are also All-Ireland medallists with Kilkenny.

Playing career

Colleges

During his schooling at St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny, Power established himself as a key member of the senior hurling team. In 2010 he won his first Leinster medal following a 3-13 to 1-11 defeat of Dublin Colleges.Ardscoil Rís in the All-Ireland decider. Power's side trailed by five points as the game entered the final quarter, however, St. Kieran's staged a magnificent comeback, hitting 1-5 without reply including a Michael Brennan goal in the 51st minute, to claim a 2-11 to 2-8 victory.All-Ireland medal.

Power added a second successive Leinster medal to his collection in 2011, as St. Kieran's recorded a 3-7 to 0-7 victory over Castlecomer Community School.Thomas O'Hanrahan goal deep into stoppage time secured a 2-10 to 1-11 victory for St. Kieran's and a second All-Ireland medal for Power.

Minor and under-21


John Power (Carrickshock hurler)

Minor and under-21

Power first played for Kilkenny in 2009 when he joined the minor side. He won his first Leinster medal that year following Kilkenny's 1-19 to 0-11 trouncing of Wexford in the provincial decider. Galway provided the opposition in the subsequent All-Ireland decider on 5 September 2010. A devastating second quarter display was pivotal in powering the Westerners to a 2-15 to 2-11 victory.

In 2010 Power won a second Leinster medal following a 1-20 to 0-10 trouncing of Dublin.Clare. "The Cats" were made to work hard before securing a narrow 2-10 to 0-14 victory, giving Power an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship medal.

Two years later Power was a key member of the Kilkenny under-21 team. He won his sole Leinster medal that year following a 4-24 to 1-13 trouncing of Laois.Clare in the All-Ireland decider on 15 September 2012. A powerful second-half display, in which they outscored Kilkenny by 1-10 to 0-4, saw Clare take their second ever All-Ireland title in the grade.

Senior

In 2014 Power established himself on the senior team. He subsequently collected his first National Hurling League medal, as Kilkenny secured a narrow one-point 2-25 to 1-27 extra-time victory over Tipperary.Leinster medal, as a dominant Kilkenny display gave "the Cats" a 0-24 to 1-9 defeat of Dublin.All-Ireland medal.

Power won a second successive Leinster medal in 2015 following a 1-25 to 2-15 defeat of Galway in the provincial decider.T. J. Reid goal and a dominant second half display, which limited Galway to just 1-4, saw Kilkenny power to a 1-22 to 1-18 victory.Ger Aylward and collected his second All-Ireland medal on the field of play.

Career statistics

Team      Year  National League  Championship  Total
Division  Apps  Score            Apps          Score  Apps  Score
Kilkenny  2014  Division 1A      3             2-01   3     1-02   6  3-03
2015      4     0-03             4             0-02   8     0-05
2016      5     1-05             3             0-01   8     1-06
2017      0     0-00             0             0-00   0     0-00
Total     12    3-09             10            1-05   22    4-14


John Power (Carrickshock hurler)

Honours

Team

St. Kieran's College
  * All-Ireland Colleges Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2010, 2011
  * Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2010, 2011
Kilkenny
  * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2014, 2015
  * Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 2014, 2015, 2016
  * Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2012
  * All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2010
  * Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2009, 2010

Carrickshock Club Intermediate County champions 2016 Leinster Intermediate Club champions 2016 All Ireland Intermediate Club Champions 2016 Senior Hurling Shield 2017


Centro Iqueño

Centro Iqueño is a Peruvian football club, located in the city of Lima. It was founded on October 12, 1935 and play in the Copa Perú which is the third division of the Peruvian league.

History

The club was 1957 Peruvian Primera División champion.

The club have played at the highest level of Peruvian football on twenty four occasions, from 1942 Peruvian Primera División until 1969 Torneo Descentralizado when was relegated.

Honours

National

  * Peruvian Primera División:
Winners (1): 1957
  * Peruvian Segunda División:
Winners (1): 1948 Runner-up (1): 1970

Regional

  * Liga Mayor de Fútbol de Lima:
Runner-up (1): 1991
  * Liga Provincial de Lima:
Winners (1): 1975 Runner-up (1): 1939
  * Liga Regional de Lima y Callao:
Runner-up (1): 1941
  * Tercera División Provincial de Lima:
Winners (1): 1936 Zona Rímac

Statistics and results in First Division

League history


Centro Iqueño

Statistics and results in First Division

League history

Season  Div.  Pos.  Pl.  W   D   L   GF  GA  P   Notes
 1949   1st    8    21   3   6   12  27  54  12  8/8 Regular season
 1950   1st    7    18   6   5   7   33  39  17  7/10 Regular season
 1951   1st    6    18   7   2   9   29  32  16  6/10 Regular season
 1952   1st    5    18   8   3   7   38  34  19  5/10 Regular season
 1953   1st    4    18   7   6   5   26  27  20  4/10 Regular season
 1954   1st    4    18   7   6   5   25  22  20  4/10 Regular season
 1955   1st    3    18   10  3   5   23  13  23  3/10 Regular season
 1956   1st    6    18   6   3   9   23  28  15  6/10 Regular season
 1957   1st    1    22   10  7   5   38  23  27  1/10 Regular season
 1958   1st    6    22   10  3   9   37  32  23  6/10 Regular season
 1959   1st    3    22   11  5   6   43  36  27  3/10 Regular season
 1960   1st    5    18   7   6   5   35  30  20  5/10 Regular season
 1961   1st    3    18   9   2   7   35  34  20  3/10 Regular season
 1962   1st    4    18   8   5   5   39  33  21  4/10 Regular season
 1963   1st    5    18   7   4   7   25  27  18  5/10 Regular season
 1964   1st    6    22   10  5   7   24  24  16  6/10 Regular season
 1965   1st    8    22   4   8   10  24  37  16  8/10 Regular season
 1966   1st    5    26   13  4   9   31  27  21  5/14 Regular season
 1967   1st    10   26   5   11  10  28  41  21  10/14 Regular season
 1968   1st    13   26   5   4   17  24  56  14  13/14 Regular season
 1969   1st    13   20   3   7   10  19  33  13  13/14 Regular season

Notable managers

  * [Uruguay] Roberto Scarone (1957)

Notable players


Centro Iqueño

Notable players

  * [Peru] Roberto Drago (1939)
  * [Peru] César Socarraz (1945–1946)
  * [Peru] Guillermo Delgado (1948–1949, 1951)
  * [Peru] Adolfo Donayre (1954–1955, 1957–1958, 1966–1967)
  * [Peru] Juan Biselach (1959–1965)
  * [Peru] José del Castillo (1960)
  * [Peru] Ramón Mifflin (1963–1964)
  * [Peru] Roberto Challe (1964–1965)
  * [Peru] Félix Salinas (1965)
  * [Peru] Moises Barack (1966–1967)
  * List of football clubs in Peru
  * Peruvian football league system


Eucithara arenivaga

Eucithara arenivaga is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The shell length varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

(Original description) The solid shell has a biconical shape and is slightly constricted around the upper part of each whorl. It contains 9 whorls. Its color is lavender-gray, with a broad peripheral band of buff descending the spire, and on the body whorl underlined by a single or double chocolate line. The lip is buff. The interior is ochraceous brown.

The protoconch consists of two small helicoid whorls. Sculpture:—The first whorl is keeled, and develops small radial ribs. On subsequent whorls the ribs amount to about ten, not continuous from one whorl to the next, bent, and thickened on the shoulder, thence quickly tapering to the suture, continuing in the opposite direction to the base of the body whorl. The whole shell is over-run by microscopic spiral threads, alternately larger and smaller. Aperture :—The mouth is narrow, oblong, protected by a stout varix which ascends the previous whorl, and in which is excavated a shallow semicircular sinus. The outer lip has a very narrow free margin, within which are about eight small inconspicuous teeth. The columella is overlaid by a thick callus sheet with a definite margin, across it extend ten plications. The siphonal canal is a mere notch.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland ), and off the Philippines.

  * Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  * "Eucithara arenivaga". Gastropods.com
  * Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. An illustrated checklist of marine shelled gastropods from Phuket Island, adjacent mainland and offshore islands, Western Peninsula, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 21: 1-22, 259
Wikispecies has information related to Eucithara arenivaga.


Kermia canistra

Kermia canistra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

(Original description) The subulate shell is rather solid. The adult shell contains seven whorls. Its colour is irregularly disposed ; on a ground of buff are broad white vertical stripes, a few narrow distant chestnut stripes, and a narrow white peripheral belt. The sculpture consists of eighteen spiral cords and twenty-two radial riblets. Within the outer lip are ten small and short plications.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Queensland, Australia; also off the Philippines

  * Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
  * Kay, E.A. & Johnson, S. 1987. Mollusca of Enewetak Atoll. pp. 105–148 in Devaney, D.M., Reese, E.S., Burch, B.L. & Helfrich, P. (eds). The Natural History of Enewetak Atoll, Volume 2. Biogeography and Systematics. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division 343 pp.
  * Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  * Gastropods.com: Pseudodaphnella canistra


George Brumwell

George Brumwell

George Brent Brumwell CBE (22 October 1939 – 8 November 2005) was a British trade unionist. He was General Secretary of the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) from 1991 to 2004.

Brumwell was born in Hartlepool, and was apprenticed as a joiner to the local shipbuilding firm of William Gray before moving into the construction industry. He joined the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, and became a full-time district official in Sheffield in 1971, the year that it joined the amalgamated organisation of UCATT. In 1974 he became the regional secretary in Leeds, and from 1984 represented the Midlands and Yorkshire on the union's executive council. His term as General Secretary was noted for increasing the membership and saving the union from division and financial chaos. He served on a number of construction industry bodies and on the Health and Safety Commission. He initiated and chaired the Construction Skills Certification Scheme and helped to negotiate the industry's first contributory pension scheme.

He was at the same time a Labour councillor and was leader of the council in Doncaster from 1980 to 1982.

He left a son and four daughters.


Bogotá rail

The Bogotá rail (Rallus semiplumbeus) is a Vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is endemic to Colombia.

Taxonomy and systematics

The Bogotá rail was first described in 1856 by the American ornithologist Philip Sclater, based on a specimen sent to him by the French collectors Jules and Édouard Verreaux.generic name Rallus is thought to derive from the name for these birds in French (Rale) or German (ralle). The specific epithet semiplumbeus comes from the Latin plumbum (lead), suggesting that the bird is somewhat the color of lead.

The Bogotá rail has two known subspecies:

  * R. s. semiplumbeus (Sclater, 1856)
  * R. s. peruvianus (Taczanowski, 1886)

R. s. peruvianus is known from a single specimen thought to have been collected in Peru; it is now considered to be extinct. Some authors have suggested that it represents a distinct species.

The taxonomic relationships among the Rallidae species are complex and not fully resolved, but phylogenetic analysis has determined that this species is one of eight members that form a clade (a monophyletic group). It is most closely related to the plain-flanked rail (R. wetmorei), mangrove rail (R. longirostris), Virginia rail (R. limicola), king rail (R. elegans), and austral rail (R. antarcticus) of the New World (Nearctic and Neotropical realms ), and the African rail (R. caerulescens), water rail (R. aquaticus), and brown-cheeked rail (R. indicus) of the Palearctic and Afrotropical realms.

Description


Bogotá rail

Description

The Bogotá rail is a typical member of the genus Rallus, with a long and slightly decurved bill, a plump body, and a short tail. It is 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 12 in) long. Its bill is dull red, shading to dusky black on the culmen and tip. Its eyes are red with a black pupil and its legs are dull coral red. The sexes are alike. Adults have a sepia brown crown and nape and plumbeous gray face, breast, and belly. Their back, tertials, secondaries, and the upper side of the tail are dull brown, with black streaks on the back. Their primaries are black with chestnut fringing, and a rufous patch is usually evident on the wing coverts. The rear parts of their flanks are black with fine white vertical barring and their undertail coverts are white. There is a small patch of white on the throat just below the bill. Juveniles are similar to adults with the addition of sooty tips on the breast feathers and a whitish throat.

Distribution and habitat

The Bogotá rail is a scarce species endemic to the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá in the Eastern Andes of Colombia. It inhabits wetlands, ponds, and wet meadows on montane slopes and in the páramo, at elevations ranging from 2,000 to 4,100 m (6,600 to 13,500 ft) meters. The species is typically found in dense reedbeds dominated by the sedge Schoenoplectus californicus, but also including emergent vegetation such as Juncus effusus, Polygonum punctatum, Rumex obtusifolius, Bidens laevis, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, and Carex acutata. Reedbeds bordered by dwarf Chusquea bamboo or other dense vegetation seem to be favored.

A study of Bogotá rails in the wetland of La Conejera found that they spent on average 84% of their time within this type of habitat. The birds were also observed in wet grasslands, although it seems that they mainly ventured into this more open (and predator-friendly) habitat while moving between patches of wetland. They were only occasionally seen on floating vegetation.

Behavior

Movement

The Bogotá rail's movements, if any, have not been recorded.


Bogotá rail

Feeding

The Bogotá rail forages mostly at dawn and dusk. It seeks prey at the edges of reedbeds and marshes, in flooded grassy areas, in shallow water with floating plants, and among waterlogged dead vegetation. Its diet is principally aquatic invertebrates including insect larvae, and also includes worms, molluscs, amphibians, and plant material.

Breeding

The Bogotá rail's breeding period is not well defined but appears to span from July to September. It is thought to be monogamous and territorial. Its nest and eggs are not known, but it is known that both parents care for the young.

Vocalization

The Bogotá rail calls only in daytime. Its vocalizations include "squeaks, grunts, and whistling and piping notes" that increase in volume and fairly abruptly end. When distubed it also makes a "brief, rapid 'titititirr'."

Status

The IUCN originally assessed the Bogotá rail as Threatened and then in 1994 as Endangered. In 2021 it was reclassified as Vulnerable. It has a very small range and its estimated population of 3700 mature individuals is believed to be decreasing. Its wetland habitat is under severe human pressure. "Drainage has caused massive habitat loss on the Ubaté-Bogotá plateau, and few suitably vegetated marshes remain because of pollution and siltation."

  * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr1BeL5zslg Bogotá rail
  * Bogotá rail- pictures


Gaetano Tacconi

Gaetano Tacconi was an Italian politician and physician. He was born on 4 December 1829 in Bologna and died on 5 September 1916 in Bologna.

Biography

Gaetano Tacconi was an Italian physician, politician,Farini Cabinet in 1859. In 1874, he was elected as a democratic deputy and in 1890 he was an independent. In 1876, he supported the Historical Right Party in the government of Farini. From 1873 to 1908, Tacconi was a municipal and provincial councilor serving as one of the longest mayors in Bologna. In 1910, he was appointed as the Senator of the Kingdom of Italy. Freemasonry, or masonry, started in 1860 in Italy, Bologna and in 1885 was affiliated to the Roman lodge "Propaganda Due" of the Grand Orient of Italy. In 1884 the Bolognese Freemasonry offered Tacconi the honorary presidency of the committee for establishing the monument of Ugo Bassi.


Jaroslav Starý

Jaroslav Starý may refer to:

  * Jaroslav Starý (fencer) (died 1989), Czech fencer
  * Jaroslav Starý (footballer) (born 1988), Czech footballer


The 2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships was held in Aire-sur-la-Lys, France, between 14 and 18 February 2023 and organised by Badminton Europe and French Badminton Federation. The host location was announced in December 2021 by Badminton Europe.2023 Sudirman Cup.

Qualification

Direct qualifiers

  * France (Host country)
  * Denmark (Reigning champion)
  * Germany (Highest ranked team)

Qualification stage

See also: 2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships qualification stage

The 2023 European Mixed Team Championships Qualification will be held from 15-18 December 2022. This time 26 countries are participating and will be divided into five qualification groups which will be played in five different locations. The winner of each group will qualify for the championships.

Group      Host City                Venue                       Qualified team  Teams failed to qualify
                                                                                Poland
    1      [England] Milton Keynes  National Badminton Centre   England         Norway
                                                                                Slovakia
                                                                                Estonia
    2      [Netherlands] Haarlem    Duijnwijck Hal              Netherlands     Israel
                                                                                Italy
                                                                                Spain
    3      [Switzerland] Oberkirch  Campus Sursee Sportarena    Ukraine         Switzerland
                                                                                Iceland
Hungary
Greenland
    4      [Scotland] Glasgow       National Badminton Academy  Scotland        Czech Republic
                                                                                Luxembourg
Sweden
Ireland
Portugal
    5      [Bulgaria] Sofia         Badminton Hall Europe       Bulgaria        Belgium
                                                                                Slovenia
Finland
Austria
Lithuania

Group stage

Group A

Pos  Team      Pld  W  L  MF  MA  MD   GF  GA  GD   PF   PA   PD    Pts  Qualification
1    Denmark   3    3  0  13  2   +11  28  6   +22  688  477  +211  3    Knockout stage
2    England   3    2  1  9   6   +3   21  14  +7   636  603  +33   2
3    Scotland  3    1  2  6   9   −3   13  21  −8   565  602  −37   1
4    Ukraine   3    0  3  2   13  −11  6   27  −21  459  666  −207  0

Source: TS

Denmark vs Ukraine


Source: TS

Denmark vs Ukraine

                                                                   Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 2
Denmark                                                            14 February 2023, 10:00 UTC+1        Ukraine
5                                                                                0
                                                      1   2   3
1  [Denmark]  Viktor Axelsen                          21  21
   [Ukraine]  Danylo Bosniuk                          6   13
2  [Denmark]  Line Christophersen                     21  21
   [Ukraine]  Anna Mikhalkova                         7   14
3  [Denmark]  Rasmus Kjær / Frederik Søgaard          21  21
   [Ukraine]  Glib Beketov / Ivan Druzchenko          4   15
4  [Denmark]  Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen       21  21
   [Ukraine]  Mariia Stoliarenko / Yelyzaveta Zharka  15  19
5  [Denmark]  Mathias Thyrri / Amalie Magelund        21  21
   [Ukraine]  Viacheslav Yakovlev / Polina Tkach      7   12

England vs Scotland

                                                                Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 1
England                                                         14 February 2023, 10:00 UTC+1        Scotland
4                                                                                1
                                                  1   2   3
1  [England]   Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith        21  21
   [Scotland]  Adam Hall / Julie MacPherson       16  16
2  [England]   Johnnie Torjussen                  21  21
   [Scotland]  James Robertson                    10  19
3  [England]   Abigail Holden                     7   8
   [Scotland]  Kirsty Gilmour                     21  21
4  [England]   Ben Lane / Sean Vendy              21  20  21
   [Scotland]  Alexander Dunn / Adam Hall         14  22  14
5  [England]   Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith         21  21
   [Scotland]  Julie MacPherson / Ciara Torrance  9   15

Denmark vs Scotland

                                                                     Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 1
Denmark                                                              15 February 2023, 10:00 UTC+1        Scotland
4                                                                                1
                                                       1   2   3
1  [Denmark]   Line Christophersen                     21  18  12
   [Scotland]  Kirsty Gilmour                          14  21  21
2  [Denmark]   Viktor Axelsen                          21  21
   [Scotland]  James Robertson                         8   7
3  [Denmark]   Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen       21  21
   [Scotland]  Julie MacPherson / Ciara Torrance       15  16
4  [Denmark]   Kim Astrup / Frederik Søgaard           21  21
   [Scotland]  Alexander Dunn / Christopher Grimley    17  12
5  [Denmark]   Mathias Christiansen / Amalie Magelund  21  21
   [Scotland]  Adam Hall / Julie MacPherson            11  16

England vs Ukraine


England vs Ukraine

                                                                    Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 2
England                                                             15 February 2023, 10:00 UTC+1        Ukraine
4                                                                                1
                                                      1   2   3
1  [England]  Abigail Holden                          15  24  19
   [Ukraine]  Polina Buhrova                          21  22  21
2  [England]  Johnnie Torjussen                       21  21
   [Ukraine]  Oleksandar Shmundyak                    14  14
3  [England]  Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith              21  21
   [Ukraine]  Mariia Stoliarenko / Yelyzaveta Zharka  6   9
4  [England]  Ben Lane / Sean Vendy                   21  21
   [Ukraine]  Glib Beketov / Ivan Druzchenko          16  9
5  [England]  Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith             21  21
   [Ukraine]  Viacheslav Yakovlev / Polina Tkach      18  17

Denmark vs England

                                                                Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 1
Denmark                                                         16 February 2023, 10:00 UTC+1        England
4                                                                                1
                                                  1   2   3
1  [Denmark]  Anders Antonsen                     21  21
   [England]  Harry Huang                         9   16
2  [Denmark]  Line Kjærsfeldt                     21  22  21
   [England]  Freya Redfearn                      12  24  18
3  [Denmark]  Rasmus Kjær / Frederik Søgaard      21  21
   [England]  Callum Hemming / Ethan van Leeuwen  11  14
4  [Denmark]  Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen   21  16  21
   [England]  Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith          16  21  15
5  [Denmark]  Mathias Thyrri / Amalie Magelund    18  21  14
   [England]  Gregory Mairs / Jenny Moore         21  9   21

Scotland vs Ukraine

                                                                     Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 2
Scotland                                                             16 February 2023, 10:00 UTC+1        Ukraine
4                                                                                1
                                                       1   2   3
1  [Scotland]  Kirsty Gilmour                          21  21
   [Ukraine]   Maria Ulitina                           10  9
2  [Scotland]  James Robertson                         11  15
   [Ukraine]   Danylo Bosniuk                          21  21
3  [Scotland]  Julie MacPherson / Ciara Torrance       21  21  21
   [Ukraine]   Mariia Stoliarenko / Yelyzaveta Zharka  23  15  13
4  [Scotland]  Christopher Grimley / Matthew Grimley   21  21
   [Ukraine]   Glib Beketov / Ivan Druzchenko          8   11
5  [Scotland]  Adam Hall / Ciara Torrance              15  21  21
   [Ukraine]   Danylo Bosniuk / Mariia Stoliarenko     21  19  9


Group B

Pos  Team         Pld  W  L  MF  MA  MD   GF  GA  GD   PF   PA   PD    Pts  Qualification
1    France (H)   3    3  0  13  2   +11  28  10  +18  753  619  +134  3    Knockout stage
2    Germany      3    2  1  7   8   −1   18  17  +1   626  592  +34   2
3    Netherlands  3    1  2  5   10  −5   14  22  −8   614  675  −61   1
4    Bulgaria     3    0  3  5   10  −5   10  21  −11  467  574  −107  0

Source: TS
(H) Host

Germany vs Bulgaria

                                                                  Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 2
Germany                                                           14 February 2023, 16:00 UTC+1        Bulgaria
3                                                                                2
                                                     1   2   3
1  [Germany]   Kai Schäfer                           21  21
   [Bulgaria]  Dimitar Yanakiev                      11  10
2  [Germany]   Yvonne Li                             15  18
   [Bulgaria]  Kaloyana Nalbantova                   21  21
3  [Germany]   Jones Ralfy Jansen / Marvin Seidel    21  21
   [Bulgaria]  Ivan Rusev / Iliyan Stoynov           9   16
4  [Germany]   Stine Küspert / Emma Moszczynski      10  10
   [Bulgaria]  Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva      21  21
5  [Germany]   Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Lohau           21  21
   [Bulgaria]  Iliyan Stoynov / Hristomira Popovska  4   11

France vs Netherlands

                                                                   Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 1
France                                                             14 February 2023, 16:00 UTC+1        Netherlands
4                                                                                1
                                                     1   2   3
1  [France]       Toma Junior Popov                  21  21  21
   [Netherlands]  Mark Caljouw                       14  23  14
2  [France]       Léonice Huet                       21  21
   [Netherlands]  Nadia Choukri                      13  11
3  [France]       Christo Popov / Toma Junior Popov  14  24  21
   [Netherlands]  Ruben Jille / Ties van der Lecq    21  22  17
4  [France]       Margot Lambert / Anne Tran         21  14  21
   [Netherlands]  Debora Jille / Cheryl Seinen       19  21  18
5  [France]       Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue     21  18  12
   [Netherlands]  Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek       19  21  21

Germany vs Netherlands


Germany vs Netherlands

                                                                 Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 2
Germany                                                          15 February 2023, 16:00 UTC+1        Netherlands
4                                                                                1
                                                   1   2   3
1  [Germany]      Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Lohau      21  21
   [Netherlands]  Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek     7   13
2  [Germany]      Fabian Roth                      21  17  14
   [Netherlands]  Mark Caljouw                     16  21  21
3  [Germany]      Yvonne Li                        21  21
   [Netherlands]  Nadia Choukri                    10  8
4  [Germany]      Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Seidel     21  21
   [Netherlands]  Ruben Jille / Ties van der Lecq  11  18
5  [Germany]      Stine Küspert / Isabel Lohau     17  21  23
   [Netherlands]  Debora Jille / Cheryl Seinen     21  10  21

France vs Bulgaria

                                                                Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 1
France                                                          15 February 2023, 16:00 UTC+1        Bulgaria
4                                                                                1
                                                  1   2   3
1  [France]    Qi Xuefei                          21  21
   [Bulgaria]  Hristomira Popovska                19  14
2  [France]    Alex Lanier                        21  21
   [Bulgaria]  Ivan Rusev                         13  10
3  [France]    Margot Lambert / Anne Tran         13  21  10
   [Bulgaria]  Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva   21  12  21
4  [France]    Christo Popov / Toma Junior Popov  21  21
   [Bulgaria]  Daniel Nikolov / Dimitar Yanakiev  10  12
5  [France]    Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue     21  21
   [Bulgaria]  Iliyan Stoynov / Gabriela Stoeva   10  15

Germany vs France

                                                              Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 1
Germany                                                       16 February 2023, 16:00 UTC+1        France
0                                                                                5
                                                1   2   3
1  [Germany]  Kai Schäfer                       12  9
   [France]   Christo Popov                     21  21
2  [Germany]  Yvonne Li                         22  14  15
   [France]   Qi Xuefei                         20  21  21
3  [Germany]  Marvin Seidel / Jan Colin Völker  21  16  22
   [France]   Lucas Corvée / Ronan Labar        18  21  24
4  [Germany]  Stine Küspert / Emma Moszczynski  13  21  14
   [France]   Margot Lambert / Anne Tran        21  19  21
5  [Germany]  Jones Ralfy Jansen / Linda Efler  15  14
   [France]   Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue    21  21

Netherlands vs Bulgaria


Netherlands vs Bulgaria

                                                                     Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 2
Netherlands                                                          16 February 2023, 16:00 UTC+1        Bulgaria
3                                                                                2
                                                        1   2   3
1  [Netherlands]  Joran Kweekel                         21  21
   [Bulgaria]     Dimitar Yanakiev                      13  17
2  [Netherlands]  Nadia Choukri                         19  10
   [Bulgaria]     Kaloyana Nalbantova                   21  21
3  [Netherlands]  Robin Tabeling / Ties van der Lecq    21  21
   [Bulgaria]     Ivan Rusev / Iliyan Stoynov           14  13
4  [Netherlands]  Debora Jille / Cheryl Seinen          12  16
   [Bulgaria]     Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva      21  21
5  [Netherlands]  Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek          21  21
   [Bulgaria]     Iliyan Stoynov / Hristomira Popovska  14  10

Knockout stage

  Semi-finals          Final

  Denmark      3

  England      0
  Denmark      3

               France  2
  Germany      1

  France       3

Semi-finals

                                                                         Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 1
Denmark                                                                  17 February 2023, 13:00 UTC+1        England
3                                                                                0
                                                      1   2   3
1  [Denmark]  Line Christophersen                     21  21
   [England]  Freya Redfearn                          5   15
2  [Denmark]  Viktor Axelsen                          21  21
   [England]  Johnnie Torjussen                       12  8
3  [Denmark]  Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen       21  21
   [England]  Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith              18  15
4  [Denmark]  Kim Astrup / Frederik Søgaard                      not
   [England]  Ben Lane / Sean Vendy                              played
5  [Denmark]  Mathias Christiansen / Amalie Magelund             not
   [England]  Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith                        played

                                                                     Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 1
Germany                                                              17 February 2023, 18:00 UTC+1        France
1                                                                                3
                                                 1   2   3
1  [Germany]  Yvonne Li                          16  21  11
   [France]   Qi Xuefei                          21  8   21
2  [Germany]  Fabian Roth                        13  13
   [France]   Toma Junior Popov                  21  21
3  [Germany]  Linda Efler / Isabel Lohau         21  21
   [France]   Margot Lambert / Anne Tran         17  10
4  [Germany]  Marvin Seidel / Jan Colin Völker   21  15
   [France]   Christo Popov / Toma Junior Popov  23  21
5  [Germany]  Jones Ralfy Jansen / Isabel Lohau              not
   [France]   Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue                 played


Final

                                                                    Complexe Sportif Regional - Court 1
Denmark                                                             17 February 2023, 13:00 UTC+1        France
3                                                                                2
                                                      1   2   3
1  [Denmark]  Mathias Christiansen / Amalie Magelund  17  22
   [France]   Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue          21  24
2  [Denmark]  Viktor Axelsen                          15  22  21
   [France]   Christo Popov                           21  20  14
3  [Denmark]  Line Christophersen                     21  21
   [France]   Qi Xuefei                               12  11
4  [Denmark]  Kim Astrup / Frederik Søgaard           19  19
   [France]   Thom Gicquel / Toma Junior Popov        21  21
5  [Denmark]  Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen       17  21  21
   [France]   Delphine Delrue / Margot Lambert        21  15  14

Final ranking

Pos                              Team         Pld  W  L  Pts  MD   GD   PD    Final result
[1st place, gold medalist(s)]    Denmark      5    5  0  5    +15  +28  +285  Champions
[2nd place, silver medalist(s)]  France       5    4  1  4    +12  +21  +124  Runners-up

[3rd place, bronze medalist(s)]  England      4    2  2  2    0    +1   −20   Eliminated in semi-finals
Germany                          4            2    2  2  −3   −2   +23

5                                Scotland     3    1  2  1    −3   −8   −37   Eliminated in group stage
6                                Netherlands  3    1  2  1    −5   −8   −61
7                                Bulgaria     3    0  3  0    −5   −11  −107
8                                Ukraine      3    0  3  0    −11  −21  −207

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Elnhauser Wasser

Elnhauser Wasser is a small river in Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Ohe near Hermershausen.

  * List of rivers of Hesse


John Powell (footballer, born 1936)

For the English goalkeeper, see John Powell (footballer, born 1892).

Brian John Edward Powell (10 March 1936 – 25 December 2017), known as John Powell, was an English semi-professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for York City and in non-League football for White Rose, Cliftonville, Scarborough, Goole Town and Boston United.


40°28′41″N 3°41′22″W / 40.477919°N 3.689488°W

Construction works (August 2011).

The International Convention Center of the City of Madrid (Spanish: Centro Internacional de Convenciones de la Ciudad de Madrid) was a skyscraper project in Madrid, Spain.

It was designed to be 119 meters tall and was scheduled to be opened in 2014.

Architects:

  * Emilio Tuñón Álvarez (Mansilla+Tuñón)
  * Luis Moreno Mansilla (Mansilla+Tuñón)
  * Matilde Peralta del Amo.

Media related to Centro Internacional de Convenciones de Madrid at Wikimedia Commons

  * Official website


Edgar Behr

Edgar Richard Behr (12 September 1910 – 2 March 1985) was a sailor from Germany, who represented his country in the Snowbird in Los Angeles, United States.

  * Edgar Behr at World Sailing
  * Edgar Behr at Olympics.com
  * Edgar Behr at Olympedia


Kermia granosa

Kermia granosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

The color of the shell is cinereous, with four or five revolving brown lines on the upper whorls and three near the base. The shell contains twelve ribs, rather stout. Tnterstices show small transverse ridges, which form nodules on the ribs. The sinus is large, rounded. The peristome is 6-7 toothed within.

Distribution

This marine species occurs widely in the Indo-West Pacific: off Taiwan; Tahiti; Samoa; Réunion; Queensland, Australia


Kermia granosa

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George Bryant

George Bryant may refer to:

  * George Bryant (actor) (1862–1943), Australian actor in the silent era
  * George Bryant (archer) (1878–1938), American Olympic archer
  * George Bryant (baseball) (1857–1907), American baseball player
  * George E. Bryant (1832–1907), American politician and general
  * George W. Bryant (1873–1947), American football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets, 1895–1896
  * George Bryant (New Zealand politician) (born 1938), New Zealand writer, politician and theologian


Bohumil Steigenhöfer

Bohumil Steigenhöfer (1 March 1905 – 6 June 1989) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he participated with the Czechoslovak team in the Olympic tournament.

  * Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
  * Olympic ice hockey tournaments 1928 (in Polish)


Formal sum

In mathematics, a formal sum, formal series, or formal linear combination may be:

  * In group theory, an element of a free abelian group, a sum of finitely many elements from a given basis set multiplied by integer coefficients.
  * In linear algebra, an element of a vector space, a sum of finitely many elements from a given basis set multiplied by real, complex, or other numerical coefficients.
  * In the study of series (mathematics), a sum of an infinite sequence of numbers or other quantities, considered as an abstract mathematical object regardless of whether the sum converges.
  * In the study of power series, a sum of infinitely many monomials with distinct positive integer exponents, again considered as an abstract object regardless of convergence.


Decimator

Decimator may refer to:

  * The collector or recipient of tithes
  * Heinrich Decimator (c.1544 – 1615), a German Protestant theologian, astronomer and linguist
  * Decimator (Farscape), a fictional race in the TV series Farscape
  * Decimator (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series
  * Decimator (signal processing), a component that reduces a digital signal's sampling-rate
  * Decimator (Star Wars), a fictional weapon in the game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  * Decimator, a fictional character from VR Troopers
  * Decimator, a fictional character in The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour
  * Decimator, a song by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from their 2006 album The New Black
  * Decimation (disambiguation)


Albert William Baker

Albert William Baker (May 4, 1918 – March 6, 2008) was a Canadian aviator and aeronautical engineer. He was inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 2000.

  * Oswald, Mary, They Led the Way, Wetaskiwin: Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, 1999. ISBN 0-9684843-0-1
  * Hall of Fame site


Abdul Bari Sarkar (politician)

Abdul Bari Sarkar (Bengali: আব্দুল বারী সরদার) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Pabna-11.

Career

Sarkar was elected to parliament from Pabna-11 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.


John Pourdehnad

John Pourdehnad, Ph.D.

John Pourdehnad (1950 (?)) is an American organizational theorist, and consultant. He is associate director of the Ackoff Center for Advancement of Systems Approaches (ACASA),Organizational Dynamics Graduate ProgramUniversity of Pennsylvania.

Biography

John Pourdehnad graduated in 1971 from the Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England as B.S. in Mechanical and Production Engineering. He received a Ph.D. in Social Systems Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.

In 1971 he started his career in British Leyland in Lancashire, England as Design Engineer. After one year he joined General Industrial Group in Teheran, Iran as Vice-President responsible for Manufacturing. After that he became Senior Consultant and project Manager in the Industrial Management Institute of Iran. For a short period he returned to the commercial setting in 1978-1979 as a President of Systems Development Company, called "Micro-Data", in Teheran.

In 1980 he becomes a System Research Associate and Project Manager in the Busch Center of The Wharton School in the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Since 2000 he has been a Professor and Associate Director of the Ackoff Center for Advancement of Systems Approaches (A-CASA) which is a part of the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering in the same university.

Since 1979, John Pourdehnad, mostly as associate of Russell Ackoff, worked as a consultant in a broad range of industries including aerospace, chemicals, computer equipment, data services and software, electronics, energy, food and beverages, healthcare, hospitality, industrial equipment, automotive, insurance, metals, mining, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, utilities, and transportation.

John Pourdehnad is a Member of the Editorial Board, Systems Research and Behavioral Science Journal, a John Wiley Publication and Member of the Academy of Management and journal of "Problems of Governance," Tomsk State University, Russia. He is an honorary member of the Society for Organizational Excellence.

Work

John Pourdehnad in seminar

John Pourdehnad, Ph.D.


John Pourdehnad

John Pourdehnad, Ph.D.

Pourdehnad primary areas of interest include implications of systems thinking in complex problem formulation, including complex project management, and systems redesign, knowledge development in creation of new products and services, and the development of socio-technical systems for learning and knowledge-to-wisdom management in complex adaptive systems.

Publications

Pourdehnad has written and edited a book and several articles and papers.

  * 1993. Internal markets : bringing the power of free enterprise inside your organization. With William E. Halal and Ali Geranmayeh. Foreword by Russell L. Ackoff. New York : Wiley, 1993.
  * 2005. Social Influence And Climate Change: Entertainment And Advertising. Instruments For Exploring The Training And Aesthetic Dimensions Of Edutainment: Case of the Heart Sense Game. With Barry Silverman at al. Technical Report. 2005, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Selected Articles and papers


John Pourdehnad

* 1995. "From Downsizing to Rightsizing to Selfsizing". With William Halal and Erwin Rausch. In: Total Quality Review, July/August 1995.
  * 1997. "The Irresponsibility and Ineffectiveness of Downsizing". With Russell L. Ackoff. In: Systems Practice, Vol. 10, No.1 1997.
  * 1999. "What Drives Organizational Learning at GM?" With Wendy Coles. In: Handbook of Business Strategy, Faulkner & Gray, 1999.
  * 2000. "Building Corporate ‘Black Boxes’: A Different Perspective on Organizational Learning." In: Proceedings, International Conference on Systems Thinking in Management, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, November 2000.
  * 2000. "On Misdirected Systems". With Russell L. Ackoff. In: Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Vol 18, Issue 3, May/June 2001, Pp: 199-205.
  * 2001. "Systems Approach to Knowledge Development for Creating New Products and Services". With Patrick Robinson. In: Systems Research and Behavioral Science Vol 18, 1, January/February 2001, pp 29-40.
  * 2002. "Beyond Knowledge Management". With Vince Barabba and Russell Ackoff. In: The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital and Organizational Knowledge: A Collection of Readings, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002.
  * 2002. "Redesigning the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA)". With Adele Hebb. In: Systems Research and Behavioral Science Vol 19, Issue 4.
  * 2002. "Re-Creating the Capital Project: A Social Systemic Approach". With Mark Steele. In: Proceedings, the 2nd International Conference on Systems Thinking in Management, April, 2002, University of Salford, Salford, UK.
  * 2002. "System Dynamics and Intelligent Agent-Based Simulation: Where is the Synergy?". With Kambiz Maani and Habib Sedehi. In: Proceedings for the Twentieth International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 28 – August 1, 2002, Palermo, Italy.


John Pourdehnad

* 2004. "Systems Thinking and Its Implications in Organizational Transformation". With Gnana Bharathy. In: Proceedings for the 3rd International Conference on Systems Thinking in Management. May, 2004, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
  * 2005. "User Interface Design -- An Experimental Study." With Barry Silverman et al. In: Proceedings for the American Society For Cybernetics (ASC) 2005 Conference. October 2005, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
  * 2006. "Social Systems Simulation For Group Learning: Adding Realism To Modeling," With Gnana Bharathy et al.. In: Systems Thinking and Complexity Science: Insights for Action. A Volume in ISCE Publishing's Complex Systems Series. 2006 ISCE Publishing, Mansfield, MA.
  * 2006. "Unlearning/Learning Organizations – The Role of Mindset". With Bruce Warren, Maureen Wright and John Mairano. In: Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA.
  * 2006. "Individual Consumer Differences and Design Implications for Web-Based Decision Support" (with Barry Silverman et al.), Ackoff Center for the Advancement of Systems Approaches (ACASA), University of Pennsylvania. Submitted for Publication to Erg Soc. J of Behavior and Info Tech.
  * 2007. "Synthetic (Integrative) Project Management" Business Strategy Series,Volume 8, Issue 8, Page: 426 – 434, Emerald Publications, New York, NY.
  * 2009. "A Useful Distinction Between Managers and Leaders" (with Russell L. Ackoff), Strategy and Leadership, 2009, Volume 37, Issue 3, Emerald Publications, New York, NY.
  * 2011. "Systems & Design Thinking: A Conceptual Framework for Their Integration" (with Erica R. Wexler, and Dennis V. Wilson), Organizational Dynamics Working Papers, Working Paper #11-03 and Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences
  * 2012. "Sustainability, organizational learning, and lessons learned from aviation" (with Peter A.C. Smith), Learning Organization, The, Vol. 19 Iss: 1, pp. 77–86.


John Pourdehnad

* 2012. "Translational Consulting," Ongoing Discussion "thought Piece," Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's InThinking Network, September 2012, http://www.in2in.org/od/thought/2012-09-ThoughtPiece-Pourdehnad.pdf
  * 2014. "Rethinking Executive Education: A Program for Responding to Sudden Disruptions Caused by Dynamic Complexity,” (with Larry M. Starr), December 2014, http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=od_working_papers
  * ACASA Ackoff Collaboratory for Advancement of the Systems Approach, center for the vanguard of systems approaches, since July 2000.
  * Ackoff Center Weblog Prof. John Pourdehnad is a co-author of the blog.
  * University of Pennsylvania The homepage of prof. Pouderhnad at the University of Pennsylvania


Centro Educativo Pavarotti

Centro Educativo Pavarotti (translated as Pavarotti Education Center; abbreviated as CEP) is a junior high school for children aged 12–16 located near Lake Atitlán in San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá Departement, Guatemala. The center is an initiative of the Rigoberta Menchú Foundation (specifically the Utizal Tijonikel Program

History

In 1999 the Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti hosted a charity concert, which goal it was to collect funds in order to found an institution that would provide education for the indigenous Maya children in Guatemala, mostly victims of the passed civil war in their country.

Due to the friendship between the Nobel Peace Prize recipient and promoter of indigenous rights, Rigoberta Menchú Tum and Luciano Pavarotti they started a collaboration. Rigoberta Menchú Tum came up with the idea of a school and she got commissioned the organisation and construction of the school, which started in 2000. The education institute started in 2003. The Luciano Pavarotti Foundation transferred the building and the administration of the school to the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation, along with an agreement to finance it until 2005. After 2005 the school had to be self-sufficient, which led to the fact that the school is running some other services in the touristic sector (little restaurant, room rental, tours to discover the Mayan culture) to finance their school operations.

Curriculum

Students attend a variety of classes including Spanish, English, mathematics, science, weaving, carpentry, computing, dancing, and art. They are also taught the indigenous Kaqchikel language and Kaqchikel math to preserve the traditional Mayan wisdom. The Utizal Tijonikel Program's purpose is to teach "doing good" " and this also means to teach the acceptance of gender equality and its implementation. The school´s vision includes sustainable education while maintaining respect for diverse cultures but also the respect and appreciation of their own Mayan culture. Their mission is to foster youth leaders who are pro-peace and pro-human rights and against racism.

Objectives of the Centro Educativo Pavarotti

  * to give children a high academic level education
  * to promote human values and rights and interculturalism
  * to contribute to the sustainable devolvement of the rural communities around Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer opportunities


Centro Educativo Pavarotti

Volunteer opportunities

The Rigoberta Menchú Foundation promotes "Intercultural Solidarity Tourism", a program which gives college students and educational institutions the opportunity to interact with the Mayan people and learn about the indigenous culture. Volunteers have many options to assist the persons in power. They can volunteer in classrooms by helping with lessons, teaching languages, but they can also take action and establish courses with educational purpose like one about environmental issues. Another big part of volunteers would be their engagement in establishing a tourism program, to help the Centro to finance itself and to create better conditions for their students. They will learn about the Mayan calendar, Kaqchikel language, culture, rituals, and the Guatemalan Civil War. The aim is interculturalism and solidarity between people of different cultures. Volunteers can also visit local communities and traditional tourist sites such as Antigua Guatemala and Iximche.

Gallery

  * [Centro Educativo Pavarotti main building]
    Centro Educativo Pavarotti main building
  * [Side building and basketball court]
    Side building and basketball court
  * [Mayan cult site in the CEP]
    Mayan cult site in the CEP
  * [Classroom in the CEP]
    Classroom in the CEP
  * Education in Guatemala


Ann Toth

Ann (Anna Dolores) Toth (1922–1991) was a Hollywood starlet and girlfriend of Mark Hansen, who operated the Florentine Gardens in Hollywood. She befriended and roomed at the Carlos Avenue, Hollywood residence with Elizabeth Short, prior to Short's sensational murder on January 15, 1947.

On January 2, 1947 Short wrote to Toth requesting money. A few days later two men and a woman visited the home of Dorothy French, where Short resided at the time. Short appeared scared and panicky because of the visit. French stated that she did not want to answer the door and declined to see the persons.

According to Toth, Short was promised extra work in motion pictures and a role in NTG's next revue at the Florentine Gardens. Hansen denied any intimacy with Short, although she was rumored to be among his numerous girlfriends. Toth informed a 1949 grand jury assembled in Los Angeles that when Hansen was not close by, Short made furtive outgoing phone calls on the house phone at the Florentine Gardens.

Toth said that the man Short called was Maurice Clement. He was located in Beverly Hills and was an associate of Bugsy Siegel and Mickey Cohen. Clement worked for the talent department at Columbia Studios. Los Angeles District Attorney investigator Frank Jemison placed Clement #7 on his suspect list, which was revealed among the Black Dahlia files. Clement was known to be a contact of Brenda Allen. He worked with the Los Angeles madame in procuring prostitutes for the Syndicate.

Toth remarked to actor Kevin Wilkerson that Short was going to return to the eastern United States. Another person told her that Short intended to go to San Diego.


Don't Let It Get You Down (Echo & the Bunnymen song)

"Don't Let It Get You Down" is a single by Echo & the Bunnymen which was released in November 1997. It was the third single released after Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson reformed the band. It was also the third single to be released from their 1997 album, Evergreen. It reached number 50 on the UK Singles Chart.

Overview

Like their previous two singles, "Nothing Lasts Forever" and "I Want to Be There", the single was released on London Records as a 7-inch single and as two separate CD versions – apart from the title track all three releases had different track listings and each with a different cover.

The B-side to the 7-inch single is a demo version of the title track and the extra tracks of both CDs are live tracks taken from their 1997 appearance at the Glastonbury Festival.

Written by Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch and Les Pattinson, the title track was also self-produced by the band. It was mixed by Clif Norrell.

Track listings

All tracks written by Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch and Les Pattinson except where noted.

7-inch release (London LON406 and 570 044-7)
 1. "Don't Let It Get You Down"
 2. "Don't Let It Get You Down" (demo version)
CD No. 1 release (London LONCD406)
 1. "Don't Let It Get You Down" – 3:53
 2. "Rescue" (live) (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson, Pete de Freitas) – 4:04
 3. "Altamont" (live) (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson, de Freitas) – 3:37
CD No. 2 release (London LOCDP406)
 1. "Don't Let It Get You Down" – 3:54
 2. "The Back of Love" (live) (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson, de Freitas) – 3:10
 3. "Over the Wall" (live) (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson, de Freitas) – 6:55

Chart positions

Chart (1997)      Peak
                  position
UK Singles Chart     50

Personnel

Musicians


Personnel

Musicians

  * Ian McCulloch – vocals, guitar
  * Will Sergeant – lead guitar
  * Les Pattinson – bass

Production

  * Echo & the Bunnymen – producer
  * Clif Norrell – mixed by
  * Norman Watson – photography


George Brunner

George Brunner may refer to:

  * George Brunner (bishop) (1889–1969), Roman Catholic bishop of Middlesbrough
  * George E. Brunner (1896–1975), American politician from New Jersey
  * George Brunner (composer), American composer and performer


Bohumil Rameš

Bohumil Rameš (4 March 1895 – 26 November 1974)cyclist.Bohemia at the 1912 Summer Olympics and for Czechoslovakia at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

  * Bohumil Rameš at ProCyclingStats
  * Bohumil Rameš at Olympedia
  * Bohumil Rameš at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)


Formal theory

Formal theory can refer to:

  * Another name for a theory which is expressed in formal language
  * An axiomatic system, something representable by symbols and its operators
  * A formal system
  * Formal theory (political science), the theoretical modeling of social systems based on game theory and social choice theory, among other interdisciplinary fields


Johann Friedrich Cartheuser

Johann Friedrich Cartheuser (1704–1777)

Johann Friedrich Cartheuser (September 29, 1704 – June 22, 1777) was a German physician and naturalist.

Biography

Cartheuser was born at Hayn. He studied medicine first at Jena and afterward at Halle, where he took the degree of doctor in 1731. He was appointed in 1740 professor of chemistry, pharmacy, and materia medica at the university of Frankfurt an der Oder, and shortly afterward to the chair of anatomy and botany. Still later he was named professor of pathology and therapeutics. He was also appointed rector of the university, and continued to hold his appointments till his death. He was made a member of the academy of sciences, Berlin, in 1758. He died at Frankfurt an der Oder, aged 72.

His chief merit consists in having introduced the method of submitting the various substances of materia medica to a strict ordeal of chemical analysis. He analyzed a great number of plants and other substances, and gave an exact account of the elements which enter into their composition.

Works

  * Elementa Chymiæ Medicæ Dogmatico-experimentalis (Halle, 1736)
  * Fundamenta Materiæ Medicæ Generalis et Specialis (2 vols., Frankfurt, 1749–50) Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  * De Morbis Endemicis Libellus (Frankfurt, 1772)
  * This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Cartheuser, Johann Friedrich" . The American Cyclopædia.
  * Alphons Oppenheim (1876), "Cartheuser, Johann Friedrich", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), vol. 4, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 36


Albert Widdowson

Albert Widdowson (31 March 1864 – 28 April 1938) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1894.

Widdowson was born in Bingham, Nottinghamshire and in 1881 was working on a farm.1894 season in July against Surrey in which he made one run.

Widdowson was identified as a scorer for Derbyshire in 1927. He died in Duffield at the age of 74.


Abdul Faisal

For the Indonesian Olympic windsurfer, see Abdul Malik Faisal.

Abdul Faisal (born March 27, 1986) is an Indonesian former footballer.

Club statistics

Club        Season   Super League  Premier Division  Piala Indonesia  Total
Apps        Goals    Apps          Goals             Apps             Goals  Apps  Goals
PSAP Sigli  2011-12  33            2                 -                -      33    2
Total       33       2             -                 -                33     2

  * "Abdul Faisal". soccerway.com


John Poulakos

John Poulakos (born 1948)

Biography

Poulakos received his MA from California State University, San Jose in 1972 with a thesis "Toward an existential theory of dialogue".University of Kansas in 1979 with a thesis "Gorgias on rhetoric".University of Pittsburgh.

Academic work

At Pittsburgh, Poulakos specializes in classical rhetorical theory, philosophy and rhetoric, and history of rhetoric. His publications have promoted the work and importance of the Sophists in Ancient Greece, who were often overlooked due to Plato's harsh criticism.

Main themes

Poulakos says that sophistry, as a rhetorical era, has been bogged down by philosophers like Plato, and deserves more respect and contemporary appreciation.kairos, which is the opportune moment, to prepon, also known as the appropriate moment, and to dynaton, meaning "the possible."

Published books

  * Possibility of Rhetoric's Early Beginnings: : the Van Zelst Lecture in communication, May 14, 1991 (1991)
  * Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece (1997) According to WorldCat, the book is held in 951 libraries
  * Classical Rhetorical Theory (1999) Co-writer with Takis Poulakos According to WorldCat, the book is held in 102 libraries
  * Classical Rhetorics and Rhetoricians:: critical studies and sources, ed. M Balif & MG Moran (2005) Wrote section on Gorgias
  * Official biography at the University of Pittsburgh


Centro Hospitalar

Centro Hospitalar may refer to:

  * China
      + Conde S. Januário Hospital (Centro Hospitalar Conde de São Januário) in Macau
  * Portugal
      + Centro Hospitalar Cova da Beira
      + Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central
      + Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra
  * São Tomé and Príncipe
      + Hospital Ayres de Menezes