The Avatar Series

"Avatar Series" redirects here. For the media franchises, see Avatar: The Last Airbender (franchise) and Avatar (franchise). For the novel series, see Avatars (series). For other uses, see Avatar (disambiguation).

The Avatar Series, originally The Avatar Trilogy, is a series of Dungeons & Dragons fantasy novels in the Forgotten Realms setting, covering the event known as the Time of Troubles.

The books were:

 1. Shadowdale by Scott Ciencin—originally under the pen-name 'Richard Awlinson' (April 1989)
 2. Tantras by Scott Ciencin—originally under the pen-name 'Richard Awlinson' (June 1989)
 3. Waterdeep by Troy Denning—originally under the pen-name 'Richard Awlinson' (August 1989)
 4. Prince of Lies by James Lowder (August 1993)
 5. Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad by Troy Denning (February 1998)

Novels

The covers of the novels were painted by Jeff Easley (Shadowdale), Clyde Caldwell (Tantras and Waterdeep), Brom (Prince of Lies), and Alan Pollack (Crucible).

The first three works center on the remaining members of the "Company of the Lynx" and the search for the Tablets of Fate, divine tablets that hold a listing of the Gods and their roles in the balance of Law and Chaos, during the Time of Troubles. The theft of these tablets was the actual cause of the Time of Troubles as all the gods with the exception of Helm were cast to Toril and faiths and magic ran wild.

The Company of the Lynx, as it was, consisted of Kelemvor Lyonsbane, Adon of Sune, Midnight (whose true name was Ariel Manx), and Cyric.

The last two books in the series account for what occurred after the Tablets were returned to Ao, including the aftermath of the ascension of several Company members to godhood (Midnight took the mantle of Mystra, Kelemvor became god of the dead, and Cyric took several vile deities' portfolios and went mad).

Role-playing modules


The Avatar Series

Role-playing modules

The original trilogy had its counterpart AD&D adventure modules, even though these three adventures did not aim to be a precise retelling of the novels and could also be played individually instead of in sequence.Ed Greenwood, the original creator of the Forgotten Realms line. The published adventures were:

 1. Shadowdale
 2. Tantras
 3. Waterdeep

The objective of this trilogy was to transition the Forgotten Realms scenario from the first to the second edition AD&D rules, much as the Fate of Istus adventure did with the Greyhawk campaign setting.dungeon crawling modules but this would end up becoming more common in published material from here onwards.


List of business schools in Uganda

The table below lists the accredited, university-based business schools available in Uganda as of August 2013. The list also includes the university that each school is affiliated with and whether the school is private or public. The schools are listed alphabetically.

List of business schools in Uganda
School                                                                       University                                                 City         Private/Public
Bugema University School of Business                                         Bugema University                                          Bugema       Private
Eastern and Southern African Management Institute                            Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI)  Kampala      Private
Business School - Kampala Campus
Gulu University Faculty of Business & Development Studies                    Gulu University                                            Gulu         Public
Kabale University Department of Business & Economics                         Kabale University                                          Kabale       Public
Kampala International University                                             Kampala International University                           Kampala      Private
School of Business & Management
Kyambogo University                                                          Kyambogo University                                        Kampala      Public
School of Management & Entrepreneurship
Makerere University Business School*                                         Makerere University Business School*                       Kampala      Public
Makerere University School of Business                                       Makerere University                                        Kampala      Public
Mbarara University Institute of Management Sciences                          Mbarara University of Science and Technology               Mbarara      Public
Mountains of The Moon University                                             Mountains of the Moon University                           Fort Portal  Private
School of Business & Management
Muteesa I Royal University Faculty of Business Management                    Muteesa I Royal University                                 Masaka       Private
Ndejje University Faculty of Business Administration                         Ndejje University                                          Mengo        Private
Nkumba University School of Business Administration                          Nkumba University                                          Entebbe      Private
St. Augustine International University School of Business & Wealth Creation  St. Augustine International University                     Bunga        Private
Uganda Martyrs University Faculty of Business                                Uganda Martyrs University                                  Nkozi        Private
Administration & Management
Uganda Management Institute                                                  Uganda Management Institute                                Kampala      Public
School of Business, Productivity and Competitiveness
Uganda Pentecostal University                                                Uganda Pentecostal University                              Fort Portal  Private
Faculty of Business Administration]
Uganda Technology and Management University                                  Uganda Technology and Management University                Kampala      Private

  * Makerere University Business School (MUBS), was formerly affiliated with Makerere University. It has been granted autonomy to separate from its former parent institution. A new name is under formulation.
  * List of universities in Uganda
  * Education in Uganda
  * 2013 Ranking of 10 Top Universities In Uganda
  * 2014 Rankings of Universities In Uganda At Webometrics.info


Shrinkwrapped (album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic
Robert Christgau  [(neither)]

Shrinkwrapped is the sixth studio album by Gang of Four.Castle Communications.Delinquent.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that the album "never overcomes the disappointment of hearing such former iconoclasts flaunt fairly conventional music, lyrics and (courtesy of Gill) production values."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Andy Gill and Jon King; except where indicated

 1. "Tattoo" - 4:08
 2. "Sleepwalker" 3:30
 3. "I Parade Myself" - 4:10
 4. "Unburden" (Gill) - 3:13
 5. "Better Him Than Me" - 3:49
 6. "Something 99" - 2:49
 7. "Showtime, Valentine" - 4:42
 8. "Unburden Unbound" (Gill) - 2:45
 9. "The Dark Ride" - 3:35
10. "I Absolve You" - 4:04
11. "Shrinkwrapped" - 3:25

Personnel

  * Andy Gill - guitar, vocals, (bass on some tracks?)
  * Jon King - vocals
  * Phil Butcher - bass on tracks 1, 3 and 9
  * Dean Garcia - bass on tracks 2 and 6
  * Steve Monti - drums on tracks 1, 3-5, 7, 9 and 11
  * Dave Axford - drums on tracks 2 and 6
  * Catherine Mayer - sex worker vocal on track 4
Technical
  * Andy Gill, Jon King - front cover artwork concept
  * Andy Gill, Hugh Gilmour - design


Voss Creek

Voss Creek is a stream in Franklin County in the U.S. state of Missouri.Bourbeuse River.

The headwaters rise just east of Missouri Route EE (at 38°23′07″N 91°07′39″W / 38.38528°N 91.12750°WNeier to its confluence with the Bourbeuse about 3 miles (5 km) east of its source (at 38°22′43″N 91°04′26″W / 38.37861°N 91.07389°W5 miles (8 km) southwest of Union and 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of St. Clair.

Voss Creek most likely was named after Dietrich Voss, the proprietor of a local mill.

  * List of rivers of Missouri

38°22′43″N 91°04′26″W / 38.378662°N 91.073755°W


Richard Augustine Hay

Father Richard Augustine Hay (1661-c.1736) was prior of St. Pierremont, France, and antiquary.

Life

Richard Hay was born in Edinburgh on 16 August 1661 and baptized in Tron Kirk. He was the second son of Captain George Hay; his paternal grandfather, Sir John Hay of Barra was the Lord Clerk Register of Scotland.Innerleithen, and Dysart.

When aged five his father died and his widowed mother, Jean Spottiswood, married James St. Clair of Rosslyn c.1667. Under the influence of his step-father, Hay became Catholic. At 13 he was sent to study at the Catholic Scots College at Paris. He also studied grammar at the College of Navarre. After four years he moved to Chartres and became a pensioner at St. Chéron's Abbey of Canons Regular and there completed his education in rhetoric.

In 1678 Hay became a Canon Regular at the Abbey of Saint Genevieve in Paris, adding the name "Augustine". He took his vows the following year and then went to Saint-Jacques de Provins staying two years during which he received the tonsure and the four minor orders. At the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Rillé at Fourères, Brittany, he studied philosophy and divinity being ordained sub-deacon and deacon in September 1683. Returning to Chartres he was ordained priest on 22 September 1685.

Two years later he was charged with re-establishing the Order of Canon's Regular in Scotland. He met King James at Windsor, and proceeded to Leith. However, the plan came to nought due to the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. Nonetheless, he found the opportunity to examine the documents held by the St. Clair family before being forced to return to France in June 1689. He became sub-prior at Hérivaux and then Essomes. In August 1694 he was appointed prior of Bernicourt, Champagne, and in January 1695 became prior of St.-Pierremont-en-Argonne.

The exact date of his return to Scotland is unknown but is likely to have been in the latter part of 1718. The following year he proposed a scheme to print John de Fordun's (c.1320-c.1387) Scotichronicon in which he was unsuccessful.

Hay and the St. Clairs of Rosslyn


Richard Augustine Hay

Hay and the St. Clairs of Rosslyn

The St. Clair family (variously spelled: SaintClair, Saint Clair, SantClair, and other variants in historical records) were staunch Roman Catholics throughout the Scottish Reformation and beyond. Hay's integration by marriage into the St. Clair family at a young age ensured that he was brought up with the traditions of a noble Scottish family - albeit one at complete odds with the dominant, Protestant, version of the Christian faith at that time. This interest in his adopted family's history led him to examine the Sinclair family records held within Rosslyn Castle. Hay had some form of a library or office in the crypt of Rosslyn Chapel as he records that he lost several books from there when the chapel was attacked by a mob on the evening of 11 December 1688.James Maidment in 1835.Latin and Scots language originals. In 2002 a new edition of Hay's (as printed by Maidment) 'Genealogie' translated these into modern English.

His copies of these documents, which were written in English, Scots and Latin have been used extensively by historians since the loss of the originals. The manuscripts, preserved in the National Library of Scotland, are the main source for the history of the Sinclairs and of Rosslyn Chapel.

Death

Hay died in poverty in the Cowgate, Edinburgh, 1736 the same year that the head of the St Clair family, William St Clair of Roslin, became the first Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland.

  * Genealogie of the Sainteclair of Rosslyn. 1835 Edition.
  * Information on the Canons Regular including some on the order in Scotland.


Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God

Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Guy Adams, originally published in 2011.

The novel is an account of a mystery involving the supernatural deaths of people. In the course of his investigation, Holmes meets Aleister CrowleyWilliam Hope Hodgson's supernatural detective Thomas Carnacki.

Reception

Peter Coleborn writing for the British Fantasy Society called it "well written, engrossing and effective".

Publishers Weekly, however, was more mixed saying "Holmes's hyper-rationalism never gels with the decidedly otherworldly plot line, though Adams does a better-than-average job in portraying him and Watson".

  * Guy Adams


Piotrowina

Piotrowina [pjɔtrɔˈvina] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kałuszyn, within Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.


Riverside Park (Baltimore)

Riverside Park is a nearly 17-acre (6.9 ha) public park located in the historic Riverside neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland.

Early in Baltimore history, the site of Riverside Park was often used as a lookout point because of the clear view it offered of the South Baltimore peninsula and the Patapsco River. Because of this, during the War of 1812 Major General Samuel Smith ordered Captain Samuel Babcock to build a circular battery at the location, called Fort Lookout. Commanded by Lt. George Budd during the Battle of Baltimore, the battery played a key role in the defense of Baltimore. Combined with the garrisons at Forts Covington and Babcock, the forces at Fort Lookout assisted in repelling a British attempt to assault the peninsula by land, saving the city. After the battle, the fort was renamed Fort Wood in honor of Colonel Eleazer Wood, and the site remained in limited use through the mid-1800s.

In 1854, Baltimore applied to condemn 3 acres for public use along Randall, Covington and Heath Streets and rename the property Battery Square. The city formally acquired the 3-acre square in 1862 from James Polk.

During the Baltimore Railroad Riots of 1877, the park served as an encampment for the 5th Regiment of the Maryland National Guard. After assisting with the riots downtown, the regiment marched to Riverside Park on July 30 to help guard the South Baltimore rail lines. On August 1, the regiment put on an exhibition for the local residents.

In the following years, the Public Park Commission made several improvements to the park: a large marble fountain in the center, a nursery, iron railings, and gas lighting.

Baltimore City Rec and Parks announced in 2019 that it has developed plans for athletic field improvements and a fieldhouse renovation at Riverside Park. Overall, field improvements will consist of new lights, backstops, dugouts, fencing, basketball court, field drainage, and grass. The fields will be reconfigured to incorporate the CSX property that the city acquired along Wells street. Plans have been developed for the fieldhouse to renovate the bathrooms, storage areas, concession area, and seating.

39°16′13″N 76°36′29″W / 39.27028°N 76.60806°W


Whiteford (surname)

Whiteford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  * Andy Whiteford (born 1977), Scottish footballer and manager
  * Blackie Whiteford (1889–1962), American actor
  * Derek Whiteford (born 1947), Scottish footballer and manager
  * Doug Whiteford (died 1979), Australian racing driver
  * Eilidh Whiteford (born 1969), Scottish politician
  * Hugh C. Whiteford, American politician
  * Joseph S. Whiteford (politician) (1859–?), American politician
  * Kate Whiteford (born 1952), Scottish artist
  * Peter Whiteford (born 1980), Scottish golfer
  * Robert Whiteford, Scottish mixed martial artist
  * Samuel M. Whiteford (1809–1889), American politician
  * William Whiteford, American politician
  * William M. Whiteford (died 1936), American politician
  * Whitford (surname)


Maestro (TV channel)

Maestro (Georgian: მაესტრო) is a Georgian television channel launched in February 1995, located in Tbilisi.

Satellite dishes' affair

On July 2, Maestro TV announced that one of its co-owners and its financial backer, Maka Asatiani, was planning significant investments for further development of the television channel. The TV channel is available through some cable providers mainly in Tbilisi and via satellite. As part of the efforts to broaden the scope of audience, Maestro TV said earlier that month, it was planning to launch a campaign ‘Maestro in Every Family’, involving “handing out” satellite dish antennas to households in the provinces. The satellite dishes were seized as part of an investigation into a vote-buying scheme allegedly orchestrated by Bidzina Ivanishvili and for which the billionaire opposition politician was fine with GEL 63.1 million. Though, Bacho Kikabidze, general director of Maestro TV, denied having links with Ivanishvili-affiliated companies or with the politics and said the allegation by the chief prosecutor's office was “absurd”.

  * Media of Georgia
  * www.maestro.ge
  * maestro live


The Mountain Lion

The Mountain Lion is a 1947 novel by Jean Stafford.

Overview

Eight-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother Ralph are inseparable. One summer they are sent from the Los Angeles suburb they call home to backwoods Colorado, where their uncle Claude has a ranch.


Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera

Passeig del Born, in la Ribera

Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsam ˈpeɾə ˈsantə kətəˈɾinəj lə riˈβeɾə]) is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). It is formed by the former neighborhoods of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina and la Ribera. The southeastern part of this area, just below Carrer de la Princesa, and leading to Barceloneta, is often referred to as "El Born."

A close subway stop for many staying in this neighborhood is Jaume I (primer), which is situated on the yellow L4 line.

41°23′4.59″N 2°10′57.78″E / 41.3846083°N 2.1827167°E


Shrink–swell capacity

The shrink–swell capacity of soils refers to the extent certain clay minerals will expand when wet and retract when dry. Soil with a high shrink–swell capacity is problematic and is known as shrink–swell soil, or expansive soil.montmorillonite and smectite, directly affects the shrink-swell capacity of soil.

Description

Cracked soil in Australia

Due to the physical and chemical properties of some claysLias Group) large swelling occurs when water is absorbed. Conversely when the water dries up these clays contract (shrink). The presence of these clay minerals is what allows soils to have the capacity to shrink and swell. Some of these clay minerals are: smectite, nontronite, bentonite, chlorite, montmorillonite, beidellite, attapulgite, illite and vermiculite.

This property is measured using coefficient of linear extensibility (COLE) values. If a soil has a COLE value greater than 0.06, then it can cause structural damage.Vertisols.

Damage

Parched earth in Bourne Woods

Clay groups with a high shrink–swell capacity tend to damage crops during dry spells, as the soil contracts, by pulling roots apart.

Shallow pipes, which are buried in the zone of seasonal moisture fluctuation, are put under stress by shrinking soils,

Expansive soils are the most problematic in regions with very defined wet and dry periods, as opposed to areas that maintain a certain level of moisture throughout the year, as this annual cycle causes the soils to expand and swell every year.

Identification

Property owners and prospective buyers may check for expansive soils by consulting a soil survey, many of which are created and maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS).

Mitigation

Many methods may be employed to mitigate or prevent the damage caused by expansive soils. When it comes to foundations, one solution is to extend building foundations to a depth where they are below the zone of water content fluctuation.soil stabilization, in which additional materials are added to the soil to limit its ability to shrink and swell.cement, resins, fly ash, lime, pozzolana, or lime-pozzolana mixture,


Shrink–swell capacity

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  * Argillipedoturbation


Voss District Court

Voss District Court (Norwegian: Voss tingrett) was a district court in the Voss region of Vestland county, Norway. The court was based in the village of Vossavangen. The court existed from 1919 until 2006. It had jurisdiction over the municipalities of Voss, Eidfjord, Granvin, and Ulvik. Cases from this court could be appealed to Gulating Court of Appeal.

The court was a court of first instance. Its judicial duties were mainly to settle criminal cases and to resolve civil litigation as well as bankruptcy. The administration and registration tasks of the court included death registration, issuing certain certificates, performing duties of a notary public, and officiating civil wedding ceremonies. Cases from this court were heard by a combination of professional judges and lay judges.

History

The court was originally created in 1591. In 1695, this court merged with the Hardanger District Court to form the new Hardanger og Voss District Court. In 1919, the old Hardanger og Voss District Court was split (back) into two courts: Voss District Court (which included Eidfjord, Ulvik, Granvin, Voss, Vossestrand, and Evanger) and Hardanger District Court (including the municipalities of Jondal, Kvam, Odda, Ullensvang, and Røldal). On 1 January 2006, this court was closed and Voss Municipality was moved to the Nordhordland District Court and Eidfjord, Ulvik, and Granvin became part of the Hardanger District Court.


Limonia marmorata

Limonia marmorata is a species of limoniid crane fly in the family Limoniidae.


Sherlock Films

Sherlock Films is a Spanish film production company.

Films

2011

  * Kerity, La Casa de los Cuentos (Eleanor's Secret) (Gaumont / Haut et Court / GKIDS)
  * L'Illusionniste (The Illusionist) (Pathé / Sony Pictures Classics / Warner Bros. France)
  * De Cintura para Arriba (From the Waist Up) (Intra Movies / Rai Cinema / O1 Distribution)
  * El Hombre Cerilla (Man Match)
  * La Bendición de la Tierra (The Blessing of Earth) (Real Port)
  * El Verano de Martino (Martino Summer) (Rai Trade / Rai Cinema / Moviemento Film)
  * Pánico en la Granja (Called Panic) (Gebeka Films / Made In Films)
  * Miradas de Amor (Looks of Love) (Intra Movies)

2012

  * Obsession (Gaumont)
  * Abbot y Costello Contra los Fantasmas (Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein) (Universal Pictures)
  * Don Gato y su Pandilla (Top Cat: The Movie) (Warner Bros. Mexico / Ánima Estudios / Illusion Studios / Motion Pictures S.A. / Vertigo Films)
  * Inmaduros (Immatures) (Intra Movies / Lotus Production)
  * Adam Resucitado (Adam Resurrected) (Bleiberg Entertainment)
  * Official Website


Piotrowice Nyskie

Piotrowice Nyskie [pjɔtrɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈnɨskʲɛ] (German Peterwitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Otmuchów, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Nysa, and 63 km (39 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole.

The village has a seventeenth-century former bishop's palace which is currently being restored by the author Jim Parton.

An inn run by Emanuel Otte, circa 1930. The town was then called "Peterwitz," having been part of Germany.


Riverside Park (Guelph)

Riverside Park is an 80-acre (32-hectare) park located by the northern part of Woolwich Street in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.Speed River that runs through Guelph.

[Riverside Park]

Riverside Park

History

Riverside Park opened in 1905 spanning 14.5 acres. Its development was related to the Guelph's now discontinued streetcar system. The park was a stop on one of the Guelph Radial Railway's (a precursor to the modern Guelph Transit system

The city had been encouraged to open a major park by prominent citizen James Walter Lyon, partly to increase volume for the streetcar operation. The property had been privately owned as the Lace Farm until it was acquired and modified by the city. The plan was successful for the radial railway. In early days, the park included an "ice-cream building, bandstand, swings, and zoo" according to records and public swimming by both sexes was encouraged. Dressing rooms were constructed.

Since its foundation the park has expanded to 80-acres, with many on-site features and has become a noted landmark and attraction in the city.

Features

Floral Clock

[The Floral Clock]

Riverside Park's Floral Clock

The floral clock of Riverside Park is mechanized and fully functional, showcasing over 6000 plants. The only mechanized components seen from the exterior are its hands. It is 28 feet in diameter and displays numeric floral patterns on its face, each number spanning 4 feet. Each year floral patterns are changed to celebrate different events or people, and in winter the Arabic numbers are replaced with illuminated Roman numerals. In the start of 2011, a floral arrangement commemorating St. Joseph's health centre was made. The clock also exhibits a floral calendar that is changed daily.

The floral clock was originally built in 1949 and rebuilt in 1955 according to the designs of John “Jock” Clark, the city's long-time park administrator. The floral clock at Riverside Park is the only patented floral clock in Canada.

The Model House

[The Model House]

Riverside Park's Model House


Riverside Park (Guelph)

Riverside Park's Model House

Near the west entrance to the park is a model of the first house built in the city of Guelph. John Galt built the original house in 1827 where he and his family held residence. The house, christened The Priory, was named after Charles Prior, one of the men that aided Galt in Guelph's founding. The Priory was a cabin made up of laterally stacked logs and served multiple purposes. It also functioned as a tavern, a post-office and in 1887 a railway station. A to-scale model of this house was built and is now on display behind a perimeter of fencing at Riverside Park. The model is scaled to a ratio of 1 ½ In. to the Ft.

The Speed River

[The Speed River]

The Speed River from Riverside Park

The Speed River runs alongside the parklands. The river provides many benefits to the ecosystem of the park. Such benefits include: filtration of the riparian zone, food and habitation, conservation, prevention of soil erosion, increases in aqueous oxygen levels and shade along the riverside which reduces water temperature. The use of chemical herbicides and pesticides is prohibited within the riparian zone in an effort to sustain this natural buffer. Riverside Park hosts activities such as paddleboat rides, fishing, dragon-boat races and ice skating by the Speed River. It also hosts non-profit charitable events.

Flora

The species of the plant life at Riverside Park include:


Riverside Park (Guelph)

The species of the plant life at Riverside Park include:

  * Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ – Giant Blue Hyssop
  * Andropogon gerardi – Big Blue Stem
  * Asclepias incarnata ‘Ice Ballet’ – White Swamp Milkweed
  * Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Weed
  * Aster × dumosus ‘Wood’s Purple’ – Hardy Aster
  * Coreopsis ‘Galaxy’ – Hybrid Tickseed
  * Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’ – Purple Cone Flower
  * Gaillardia × grandifloraa ‘Oranges And Lemons’ – Blanket Flower
  * Hypericum calycinum ‘Baby Lion’ – St. John's Wort
  * Liatris spicata ‘Alba’ –White Blazing Star
  * Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ – Blazing Star
  * Rudbeckia laciniata ‘Herbstonne’ –Green-headed Coneflower, Autumn Sun Cone Flower, Cut-leaf/Lance-leaf Coneflower
  * Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Blue Stem

Woody Plants

  * Amelanchier sp., likely A. canadensis – Service Berry
  * Aronia arbutifolia ‘Brilliantissima’ – Red Chokeberry
  * Cercis canadensis - Redbud
  * Cornus racemosa – Grey Dogwood or Cornus amomum – Silky Dogwood
  * Cornus stolonifera / C. sericea – Red Osier Dogwood
  * Lonicera involucrata – Twin Berry
  * Sambucus pubens – Red American Elderberry
  * Staphylea trifolia – American Bladder Nut
  * Symphoricarpos sp. – may be S. albus - Snowberry, or S. orbiculatus, or one of the S. x doorenbosii hybrids – Coral berry
  * Syringa vulgaris – Common Lilac

Activities

As of 2019, Riverside Park offers a leash free area, baseball diamonds, a playground, an area for disc golf, picnic tables, washrooms, a miniature train, walking trails, and a vintage carousel manufactured in 1919.

Riverside Park's walking trails are connected to the surrounding neighborhoods, and to the City Centre. Paddleboat and pedal boat rides are available along the Speed River.


Riverside Park (Guelph)

During the winter, Riverside Park offers activities such as cross-country skiing and outdoor ice skating on the Speed River.

Special Events

Canada Day

Riverside Park offers this annual event in celebration of Canada Day. The event involves carousel rides, train rides and pony rides. Riverside Park offers other activities during this event such as live music, a petting zoo, a bouncy castle, gigantic slides, face painting, duck races, art in the park, environment displays and food venues. At the end of the day, there is a display of fireworks.

New Year's Eve Fireworks

Riverside Park has a display of fireworks for its annual New Year's Eve celebration. Riverside Park allows everyone who attends the event to ride the carousal for free. When it begins to get dark outside, a Festive Light Display is turned on. Throughout the park, lights in the shape of Santa, reindeer, snowmen, and carolers are put on display. At midnight, fireworks are displayed.

Multicultural Festival

This annual free event has been held by Guelph at the Riverside Park for 25 years over a weekend in June.

Ribfest

Guelph has held an annual 3-day Ribfest at Riverside Park for over a decade. The event was started by the Rotary Club of Guelph-Trillium, with the proceeds going towards pre-applied charities. Guelph's Ribfest is generally sponsored by both local businesses and larger corporations like Sleeman Breweries.Guelph Storm.

Festival of Lights

The annual Festival of Lights takes place at Riverside Park and is entitled "Sparkles in The Park".

Pollinator Day

This event is spearheaded by an environmental advocacy group known as Pollination Guelph. Pollination Guelph is a non-profit, federally incorporated organization, devoted to the protection of the natural ecosystem. They use Pollinator Day to spread awareness and host workshops to educate attendees. Besides offering general knowledge about the process of pollination, they illustrate how to attract pollinating species of birds and insects, build bee nests, raise butterflies and differentiate between pollinating and non-pollinating plant species. At Riverside Park, participants of Pollinator Day also get to aid in the planting of dozens of pollinating species.


Riverside Park (Guelph)

* Riverside Park's Facilities

43°33′54″N 80°16′12″W / 43.565°N 80.270°W


Whitefriars, Coventry

The buildings known as Whitefriars are the surviving fragments of a Carmelite friary founded in 1342 in Coventry, England. All that remains are the eastern cloister walk, a postern gateway in Much Park Street and the foundations of the friary church. It was initially home to a friary until the dissolution of the monasteries. During the 16th century it was owned by John Hales and served as King Henry VIII School, Coventry, before the school moved to St John's Hospital, Coventry. It was home to a workhouse during the 19th century. The buildings are currently used by Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry.

The cloister walk that remains would have been one of four when the friary was in use and is constructed from red sandstone. The wooden roof of the building is not an original but thought to have been brought from a nearby building during the 16th century.

Little of the original buildings remain; only one cloister wing and the original gateway (which was used as a toy museum until 2008) still stand. Various institutions in Coventry are named after the friary such as Whitefriars Ale House and Whitefriars Housing Group.

History

Establishment

A carved stone heraldic shield painted with the coat of arms of the Ferrers family from Derby, excavated from Whitefriars

A misericord from Whitefriars, on display at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum


Whitefriars, Coventry

The friary was established on 14 February 1342 with the help of Sir John Poultney,mendicant religious order, dependent on charity from those they taught and on the gifts from pilgrims visiting their shrine of Our Lady of the Tower. According to Dugdale, 'This Chapell is in the tower of the Cittye Wall without New Gate, close by the roadway leading towards London. On the outside thereof was a picture of the blessed Virgin, richly painted, and within an image and her altar, whereat most travellers which passed by did offer more or lesse, out of confidence that their journey would be better blest'.King Edward III gave land to extend these buildings and a similar grant followed in 1352.Lord Basset of Drayton left the Carmelites £300 to enlarge the church, in 1419 the monastery was considerable enlarged with a gift from William Botener, of WithibrokeThomas Bonde of Coventry left them 20 marks to assist with the rebuilding of the cloisters. The coat of arms of the Ferrers family (Earls of Derby) was found during excavations of the church, suggesting that the family had also made bequests to the order.

The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was one of the longest friary churches in England and was one of the first buildings on the site. The church was, like the rest of the site, built from red sandstone blocks and the interior was painted white with decorative stonework. The floor was covered with locally-made patterned clay tiles. In the choir, the wooden seats and misericords were finely carved and some of these survived but were later removed to the Old Grammar School in Hales Street.

Tudor period

The Hospital of St. John the Baptist – the site of King Henry VIII School after 1558.

Whitefriars was closed on 1 October 1538 as part of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in England, with the 14 remaining friars signing the instrument of surrender.John Hales, who had bought much of the former monastic property in Coventry. Hales demolished parts of it, converted part of the cloister into a residence, calling it Hales Place, and the chancel of the church into a grammar school, using the choir stalls as seating for the boys.


Whitefriars, Coventry

In 1545, John Hales started King Henry VIII School, Coventry, a free grammar school, in the choir stalls of the Whitefriars church.

During the reign of Queen Mary (1553–1558), Hales, who was a Protestant went into religious exile in Frankfurt, Germany. In his absence, the Coventry Corporation moved the school from Whitefriars church to the Hospital of St. John the Baptist and claimed the church as a parish church.

The friary was also used to house a puritan printing press during Hales' spell abroad and despite his apparent ignorance of the matter, he was heavily fined.

Elizabethan period

The Whitefriars buildings in 1794.

In August 1565, on a state tour around her realm, Queen Elizabeth I made her one and only visit to Coventry, staying for two days at Whitefriars with John Hales,

Following John Hales' death on 5 January 1572, his estates passed to his nephew John Hales II. The Hales family moved to a newly built property elsewhere in Coventry, named "New House", and let Whitefriars to Lord Henry Berkeley of Caludon Castle.

Victorian era onward

The cloisters of Whitefriars, during its use as a workhouse in the 1800s.

All that remains of Whitefriars today is the gateway on Much Park Street and the Cloister wing, outside the Coventry ring road.

The residence passed through several owners before being sold to the Board of Directors of the Poor in 1801 and converted to a workhouse.

The cloister building was damaged during a bombing raid in 1940.Salvation Army hostel. Following extensive restoration in 1965

The building is currently owned by Herbert Art Gallery and MuseumHeritage Open Days.

In 1973, Whitefriars Gate which stands several hundred metres from the rest of the remaining building, was bought by Ron Morgan who used it as Coventry Toy Museum. It was closed in 2008 following his death.

Whitefriars Gate on Much Park Street and the cloister wing, outside Coventry ring road, are all that remain of the 14th century monastery.

Architecture


Whitefriars, Coventry

Architecture

The foundations of the friary church are all that remain of it.

The timber roof of the dormitory of the Whitefriars cloister building.

At the founding of the house in 1342, Whitefriars occupied a site of 10 acres (4 ha) in the south east of Coventry.

The remaining cloister walk (the eastern cloister range)

Accessible from an opening halfway along the cloister walk is the chapter house vestibule.50 ft (15 m).

The dormitory is located on the upper floor and is where the friars would have worked and slept.

Following John Hales' purchase of Whitefriars in 1544, he added a fireplace and the "Oriel window" to the dormitory.

The windows and ceilings in the cloister and chapter house are fine examples of mediaeval stonework.

The timber roof of the building is thought not to be the original. It is 16th century and locally-made.

Local influence

Whitefriars ale house in Coventry

Like the Greyfriars monastery in Coventry, Whitefriars is the namesake of local places and companies. The Grade II listed Whitefriars Ale House was named for the monastery, having been within its boundaries.

The Whitefriars Housing Group which is based in Coventry was also named after the friary.


Whitefriars, Coventry

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  * Grade II* listed buildings in Coventry (Whitefriars Gate)
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Maestro Curtis

Maestro Curtis, also known as Maestro Brian, is an American musician, composer, producer, arranger and music executive.

Biography

Curtis was born into a family of musicians. His mother, Lucille Wong Curtis Robinson (née Lucille Wong; 1937–1998), was a jazz and gospel singer who had performed across the Louisiana bayou and the San Francisco Bay Area. Her twin brother, Emile "Cy" Wong (1937–2019), was also a singer and songwriter, the latter of which connected to Nat King Cole's independent record label, K-C Records (1962–1963). Maestro eventually earned a scholarship to Grambling State University. While there he played in the Duke Ellington and Count Basie Orchestras. At Grambling State he went on to attain bachelor's degrees in music (piano and voice), speech and theatre, and radio and television production with a minor in English and foreign languages.

Grambling State University is home of the Grambling Tiger Marching Band under the direction of Conrad Hutchinson Jr. While matriculating at Grambling's music department, Maestro was a student of world-renowned classical organist and pianist Curtis Mayo and pianist Delmar Wykoff, whose students were such notables as Joe Sample and Ronnie Laws just to name a few. During his undergraduate studies, Maestro was a member of a gospel group, "The Father's Children", who traveled with the president of Grambling, Joseph B. Johnson, as ambassadors for the university. It was during this two-year period that he sang and performed with Reverend James Cleveland, Bobby Jones, Edwin Hawkins, Walter Hawkins, Reverend Daryl Coley, Carlton Pearson, Andraé Crouch, and The Staple Singers.


Maestro Curtis

Shortly after leaving, "The Father's Children", he scored the music for two off-Broadway plays, Laid to Rest I and II a dramatic musical comedy collaboration with writer Gary Flannigan that utilized all of his original Dixie and big-band compositions, which earned him the Louisiana Governor's Award. During this time at Grambling State University he was appointed the vocalist, pianist, and band leader for the University's jazz band (and a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia), affording him the opportunities to play with such jazz masters as Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Dizzy Gillespie, (all of whom appeared at black institutions such as Grambling State University, to teach, perform, and share their knowledge with young up and coming musicians carrying on the jazz legacy and tradition) and was one of the youngest pianists ever to play with the Count Basie Orchestra under Dr. Frank Foster. After completing his bachelor's degrees, Maestro earned his Master's degrees in orchestration & arrangement, and philosophy, and remained at the university 5 years after as a part of the teaching staff.

Curtis went on to play with musicians such as Phyllis Hyman, Will Downing, Lenny Williams, George Benson and the O'Jays and has produced with music producers such as Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire founder) and Hubert Eaves III (the other half of the hit-making duo D-Train).

Musical career

Maestro Curtis and his group, Xpression, was eventually signed to Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire's record label, Kalimba Records.Power, was released in June 2000 upon Kalimba.

Within the album's liner notes White exclaimed that:

The band is named Xpression because when all five members of the band come together to play it is a true expression of their musical cohesion. The music on this record is the result of the collaboration between very accomplished musicians, it is rooted in classic R&B with jazz undercurrents tailored for commercial appeal. It covers all the bases, it's energetic, sincere and sensitive. I hope you like it as much as I have enjoyed helping with its creation.


Maestro Curtis

As well Curtis sits on the executive board of Hitman Records as the vice president of A&R. Hitman is an independent record label whose roster of artists span throughout the US. Along with the company's CEO C. Michael Brae he was featured in the magazine Black Enterprise. This came in a 2005 article entitled "Topping The Charts" which entailed the varying means of navigating the music industry. As well the piece went on to illustrate techniques used by independent record labels to develop and establish new artistes.

Maestro as well holds private teaching sessions, workshops, and business classes based upon music and the music industry.

Maestro, his wife Nola, and their five children perform as a family band, "The Curtis Family C-Notes".America's Got Talent in 2021.

Author

Maestro Curtis and David Gibson are coauthors of the best selling book The Art of Producing published by Artist Pro. The book guides the reader through step-by-step processes on producing a record, utilizing various techniques, and most importantly, remaining technologically relevant.

Film

Maestro also starred in an independent Scifi feature film, "Origin", where he plays dual roles. The film was released in episodes upon YouTube during 2010.

Sound Healer

Maestro Curtis is an integral figure of the Sound Healing Community in North America. In addition to his private sound healing practice, he also teaches at one of the foremost sound healing institutes in the world, The Sound and Consciousness Institute, located in San Francisco.CA, he was one of the keynote speakers and musicians, amongst the leaders and pioneers in Sound Healing. During the final concert of the conference Maestro performed with legendary guitarist Stanley Jordan.

Maestro infuses his music with sound healing techniques, in fact, the Nutri Energetics System (NES), uses the music that he created alongside David Gibson in a project called, "Body Field Sound Healing",homeopathic, natural and non-invasive healing techniques that NES specializes in.

  * Maestro Curtis YouTube Channel
  * Maestro Curtis website
  * Curtis Family Cnotes web page


The Mountain Is Young

The Mountain Is Young is the fourth novel by Chinese-Flemish author Han Suyin. A love story set in Nepal, it was first published by Jonathan Cape, Ltd. London in 1958. It became a New York Times bestseller in Fiction that same year.Penguin Books in 1962, by HarperCollins in 1987 and by Rupa & Co. in 1999.

Origins

The novel is based on Han Suyin's experiences as an invited attendee of the 1956 coronation of the King of Nepal, an event which is described in the novel. In the preface, Han Suyin writes that the book, while being a work of fiction, endeavors to give as exact a picture as is possible of the time. The school at which Anne Ford teaches, many other institutions and places referenced in the book, and of all the named characters, are invented.

The Mountain is Young is written in the confessional style and is considered to reflect autobiographical details of the author's personal life, specifically the difficult ending of her second marriage with British officer Leonard Comber, and meeting the Indian army colonel, Vincent Ruthnaswamy, who would become her third husband.

Plot summary

The Mountain Is Young is set in Nepal in 1956. The protagonist, Anne Ford, is a writer whose husband is a retired colonial civil servant. She travels to Kathmandu after getting a job as an English teacher at a Girls Institute there. Then, she meets and falls in love with the engineer in charge of building the dam.

It is a story of rediscovering yourself after a long sleep of fitting in, boredom and misery. The reader of this story is inspired to discover the same self, become aware of the unseen rules of society and challenge the fact that they threaten to take away the joy of using our gifts and live our unique lives to the fullest, just as happens to lead character Anne when she awakens.

Reception

The book was described in The Rough Guide to Nepal 2002 as "the first—and still only—bestseller in English set in Nepal".Rough Guide says it shows how much has changed in Kathmandu 56 years later, and "somewhat surprisingly" how much has not changed since then.


The Mountain Is Young

In Forster and further: the tradition of Anglo-Indian fiction, Sujit Mukherjee writes "The novel appears to be a command performance because Han Suyin was specially invited to attend the coronation of King Mahendra and Queen Ratna in May 1956. This work, a direct outcome of that experience, is nearly as fabulous as the occasion it celebrates. The central fable combines resuscitation of a writer along with reawakening as a woman."


Sant Pere (La Vansa i Fórnols)

Sant Pere is a locality located in the municipality of La Vansa i Fórnols, in Province of Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 1.

Geography

Sant Pere is located 165km northeast of Lleida.


Shripad

Shripad may refer to:

  * Shripad Dabholkar (1924–2001), intellectual and activist from India
  * Shripad Mahadev Mate (1886–1957), (or Shri Maa MaaTe), a Marathi writer
  * Shripad Narayan Pendse (1913–2007), major Indian novelist of the post-Independence period
  * Shripad Shri Vallabha the first avatara (incarnation) of the deity Shri Dattatreya in Kali Yuga
  * Shripad Yasso Naik (born 1952), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
  * Shripad Supekar (born 1988)


Vospushka

Vospushka (Russian: Воспушка) is a rural locality (a village) in Petushinskoye Rural Settlement, Petushinsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 606 as of 2010.

Geography

Vospushka is located 23 km north of Petushki (the district's administrative centre) by road. Staroye Stenino is the nearest rural locality.


Limones River

The Río Limones is a river located in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.

  * List of rivers of Puerto Rico

18°03′44″N 65°52′50″W / 18.0621863°N 65.8804400°W

  * USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
  * Rios de Puerto Rico


Siąszyce Trzecie

Siąszyce Trzecie [ɕɔ̃ˈʂɨt͡sɛ ˈtʂɛt͡ɕɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rychwał, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Rychwał, 21 km (13 mi) south of Konin, and 97 km (60 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.


Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral

Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral may refer to:

  * Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, São Paulo, Brazil
  * Our Lady of Lebanon Procathedral, Bogotá, Colombia
  * Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral (Paris), France
  * Our Lady of Valvanera Cathedral, Mexico City, seat of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of the Martyrs of Lebanon in Mexico
  * Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral (Brooklyn), United States
  * Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral (Los Angeles), United States

For other churches named after Our Lady of Lebanon, see:

  * Shrine of Our Lady of the Cedars, Johannesburg, South Africa
  * Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon (North Jackson, Ohio), United States
  * Nuestra Señora del Líbano, Montevideo, Uruguay
  * Our Lady of Lebanon § Churches, schools, and shrines dedicated to Our Lady of Lebanon


Sanakanikas

The Sanakanikas were a tribe, who were subjugated by the powerful Gupta emperor Samudragupta along with other numerous tribes and clans.Bhilsa.

History

The Sanakanikas possibly lived in the neighbourhood of Bhilsa.Vidisha but he also locates Ganapatinaga's kingdom (one of the kings subjugated by Samudragupta) in Vidisha. Edward James Rapson argues they held eastern Malwa at the time when they were conquered.Gupta emperor Samudragupta.

They were one of the tribes who obeyed the commands of Samudragupta and brought to him all kinds of tribute, gifts and taxes.

They were allowed to rule as feudatories to the Guptas after their subjugation.Śanakanika Maharaja was a feudatory of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II.

  * Samudragupta
  * Śanakanika Maharaja
  * Malavas


Whitegate, Cheshire

Whitegate is a small village in Cheshire, England, located near the towns of Northwich and Winsford. It is situated in the civil parish of Whitegate and Marton, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester.

At its centre is an ancient Anglican church. Nearby Vale Royal Abbey was once the largest Cistercian abbey church in Britain.

The railway

Main article: Whitegate railway station
Main article: Winsford and Over Branch Line

Whitegate was once connected to the national rail network, although the station was some distance from the village centre.

The railway branched from the Chester to Manchester (via Northwich) line near Cuddington, with a single stop at Whitegate and terminated at Winsford and Over.

The line was principally used for freight to and from the numerous salt works in the Winsford area. Passenger services had a somewhat chequered history, being twice suspended for a number of years during the nineteenth century. After being restored in 1892, following a four-year break, passenger services continued until January 1931 when they were withdrawn for the final time. Whitegate station closed in to all traffic in November 1963, and the whole line in February 1968.

Whitegate Way

By the 1970s the course of the disused railway had been turned into a footpath and bridle way. It is now open from close to the original junction near Cuddington to the site of the Winsford and Over terminus near the River Weaver.

Primary school in Whitegate

  * Listed buildings in Whitegate and Marton
  * St Mary's Church, Whitegate
  * Vale Royal Abbey
  * Whitegate Way (Discovercheshire website)
  * Whitegate Way Cycling Route (Discovercheshire website)
  * Whitegate Way Riding Route (Discovercheshire website)
  * Official website of Cheshire West and Chester Council


Maestro (Moacir Santos album)

Maestro is an album by Brazilian composer Moacir Santos recorded in 1972 and released on the Blue Note label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 3½ stars stating "For his Blue Note debut, Maestro, Brazilian composer Moacir Santos assiduously avoids his homeland's familiar bossa nova and samba rhythms, instead reinventing lesser-known idioms like baião and frevo to create his own complex yet pulsating signatures and cadences".All About Jazz review by C. Andrew Hovan said "Without a doubt, Maestro established Santos as an artist to be reckoned with and while the record probably skirted just below the radar of the average jazz listener, two more Blue Notes would be in the offing".

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source         Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

All compositions by Moacir Santos except as indicated
 1. "Nanã" (Santos, Mario Telles, Yanna Cotti)
 2. "Bluishmen"
 3. "Luanne" (Santos, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
 4. "Astral Whine (An Elegy to Any War)"
 5. "Mother Iracema"
 6. "Kermis"
 7. "April Child" (Santos, Livingston, Evans)
 8. "The Mirror's Mirror"
  * Recorded at A&R Studios in Los Angeles, California on September 29 and October 10 & 18, 1972

Personnel

  * Moacir Santos – baritone saxophone, vocals, percussion, arranger
  * Oscar Brashear – trumpet
  * Frank Rosolino – trombone
  * David Duke – french horn
  * Ray Pizzi – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  * Don Menza – tenor saxophone, flute
  * Hymie Lewak – piano
  * Clare Fischer – organ
  * Bill Henderson – electric piano
  * Joe Pass – guitar
  * John Heard – bass
  * Sheila Wilkinson – vocals (Wilkerson)
  * Reggie Andrews – arranger (track 1)
  * Harvey Mason – drums
  * Carmelo Garcia – percussion


The Mountain Daily

The Mountain Daily was an English language newspaper published in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia between 1919 and 1920. It was published by Charles Gordon Buchanan.

History

The Mountain Daily was first published in 1919. Microfilm copies of only two issues are held by the Blue Mountains City Library: 26 July 1919 and 7 February 1920. The July 1919 issue was printed and published by Charles Gordon Buchanan at premises in Main Street, Katoomba. Buchanan had previously worked for the Echo. By February 1920 the paper was in the hands of J. M. Bennett.

Digitisation

The Mountain Daily has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.

  * List of newspapers in New South Wales
  * List of newspapers in Australia
  * The Mountain Daily at Trove


Sant Pere de Torelló

Sant Pere de Torelló is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain.

Interesting places

  * Santuari de Bellmunt
  * Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
  * Government data pages (in Catalan)


Shrinking generator

In cryptography, the shrinking generator is a form of pseudorandom number generator intended to be used in a stream cipher. It was published in Crypto 1993 by Don Coppersmith, Hugo Krawczyk, and Yishay Mansour.

The shrinking generator uses two linear-feedback shift registers. One, called the A sequence, generates output bits, while the other, called the S sequence, controls their output. Both A and S are clocked; if the S bit is 1, then the A bit is output; if the S bit is 0, the A bit is discarded, nothing is output, and the registers are clocked again. This has the disadvantage that the generator's output rate varies irregularly, and in a way that hints at the state of S; this problem can be overcome by buffering the output. The random sequence generated by LFSR can not guarantee the unpredictability in secure system and various methods have been proposed to improve its randomness

Despite this simplicity, there are currently no known attacks better than exhaustive search when the feedback polynomials are secret. If the feedback polynomials are known, however, the best known attack requires less than A • S bits of output.

A variant is the self-shrinking generator.

An implementation in Python

This example uses two Galois LFRSs to produce the output pseudorandom bitstream. The Python code can be used to encrypt and decrypt a file or any bytestream.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Crypto4o functions start here
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Shrinking generator

class GLFSR:
    """Galois linear-feedback shift register."""

    def __init__(self, polynom, initial_value):
        print "Using polynom 0x%X, initial value: 0x%X." % (polynom, initial_value)

        self.polynom = polynom | 1
        self.data = initial_value
        tmp = polynom
        self.mask = 1

        while tmp != 0:
            if tmp & self.mask != 0:
                tmp ^= self.mask

            if tmp == 0:
                break

            self.mask <<= 1

    def next_state(self):
        self.data <<= 1

        retval = 0

        if self.data & self.mask != 0:
            retval = 1
            self.data ^= self.polynom

        return retval

class SPRNG:
    def __init__(self, polynom_d, init_value_d, polynom_c, init_value_c):
        print "GLFSR D0: ",
        self.glfsr_d = GLFSR(polynom_d, init_value_d)
        print "GLFSR C0: ",
        self.glfsr_c = GLFSR(polynom_c, init_value_c)

    def next_byte(self):
        byte = 0
        bitpos = 7

        while True:
            bit_d = self.glfsr_d.next_state()
            bit_c = self.glfsr_c.next_state()

            if bit_c != 0:
                bit_r = bit_d
                byte |= bit_r << bitpos

                bitpos -= 1

                if bitpos < 0:
                    break

        return byte


Shrinking generator

if bitpos < 0:
                    break

        return byte

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Crypto4o functions end here
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def main():
    prng = SPRNG(
        int(sys.argv[3], 16),
        int(sys.argv[4], 16),
        int(sys.argv[5], 16),
        int(sys.argv[6], 16),
    )

    with open(sys.argv[1], "rb") as f, open(sys.argv[2], "wb") as g:
        while True:
            input_ch = f.read(1)

            if input_ch == "":
                break

            random_ch = prng.next_byte() & 0xFF
            g.write(chr(ord(input_ch) ^ random_ch))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

  * FISH, an (insecure) stream cipher based on the shrinking generator principle
  * Alternating step generator, a similar stream cipher


Murphy Smith

Murphy Smith (born August 25, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2018 season.

Career

Smith attended Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park, New York, and Binghamton University, where he played college baseball for the Binghamton Bearcats. He was named All-America East Conference in 2009.

Oakland Athletics

The Oakland Athletics selected him in the 13th round (393rd overall) of the 2009 MLB draft.AZL Athletics, Vancouver Canadians, and Kane County Cougars. He spent the 2010 season with the Cougars and the Stockton Ports, and would also spend the 2011 season with Stockton. In 2012, he was assigned to the Midland RockHounds, where he would play the 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons. Despite being named a Texas League All-Star in 2012 and 2013, he did not receive a call-up and was released by the Athletics organization on April 2, 2015.

Toronto Blue Jays

On April 14, 2015, Murphy signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He finished 2015 with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and the Dunedin Blue Jays. He elected free agency on November 6, 2015. On November 18, he resigned to a minor league deal with Toronto and spent the 2016 season with New Hampshire and the Buffalo Bisons. That season, he earned his third career All-Star appearance, this time in the Eastern League. He elected free agency on November 7, 2016. He again resigned with the Blue Jays on a minor league pact on December 12. Smith spent the 2017 season between New Hampshire and Buffalo as well before electing free agency on November 6. On March 24, 2018, he again resigned with the Blue Jays organization. After pitching for the Buffalo Bisons in 2018, he was promoted to the major leagues on August 27,

  * Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)


Limonia yakushimensis

Limonia yakushimensis is a crane fly in the family Limoniidae. The species occurs in the Palearctic region. L. yakushimensis is known to rear its young in the fruit bodies of the fungus Lactarius volemus.


Siôn Cent

Siôn Cent (c. 1400 – 1430/45), (or 1367? – 1430?) was a Welsh language poet, and is an important figure in Medieval Welsh literature.

Similarity to other persons

He has also been called Sion Gwent by Gruffydd Robert and Sion Y Kent and Sion Kemp(t), Jacky Kent and Jack of Kent by others.

The reason(s) for the confusion regarding the name may stem from other similarly named, educated or religious people of the era, and additionally, that he is often mistakenly referred to as a Doctor in some surviving manuscripts. Other figures that add to the confusion are figures such as Dr. John Kent, of Caerleon, who was educated at Cambridge University at the end of the 15th century and famous for his wide-ranging educational accomplishments, or Dr. John Gwent, an erudite friar, buried at Hereford in 1348, a bishop John Kemp, later an Archbishop of York in 1426 and Canterbury in 1452, and a cardinal, who died in 1454, and John a Kent, a raider of the Welsh Marches in 1482/3, whose mischievous exploits were recorded by Anthony Munday in the late 16th century in Munday's 'John A Kent and John A Cumber'.

Placing him in time and space

From his surviving cywyddau it can reasonably be deduced that he wrote between 1400 and 1430. He is traditionally associated with Brecknockshire, and wrote a eulogy of Brecknock which reveals that he was well acquainted with the area and it held a place in his affections. He is also associated with the Archenfield area of west Herefordshire and the Ewias or Vale of Ewyas of eastern Monmouthshire.

He is believed to have died at Kentchurch Court in the River Monnow valley, but this may be a false tradition.


Siôn Cent

An oil painting, a portrait, hanging at Kentchurch Court and said to be dated to c.1400 by the National Gallery, is said to depict Siôn Cent. The portrait shows a man in late middle age, wearing monkish robes, holding an open book in his left hand and what is possibly a writing implement in the other. Behind him is a view towards a distant ruined castle on a hill and a fortified house approached via a bridge in the middle distance. A tall thin sapling grows in the garden between in the near middle distance.

The picture is said to have been painted by Jan van Eyck (1385–1441), the Flemish master portrait artist. The portrait has been shown on the cover of Alex Gibbon's book The Mystery of Jack of Kent & the Fate of Owain Glyndŵr.

It has been said to depict Sir John Oldcastle, Sir John Scudamore, Owain Glyndŵr or Siôn Cent.

Siôn Cent is said to have been a chaplain to the Scudamore family, secretary to Sir John Scudamore, tutor to his children, later joining a Franciscan order abroad and returning again several years later as chaplain once more. He was said to be highly educated, fluent in Welsh, Latin and English and he is also said to have translated the Bible into Welsh.

His verse

Siôn is most famous for using his poetry in the service of his Christian beliefs and standing outside the tradition of praise of Patron which was so important in Welsh poetry. He uses the cywydd meter for his work, but in order to attack the sins of this world. His pessimistic outlook is understandable in view of the mortality of the Black Death, wars abroad and at home and the Owain Glyndŵr rebellion which was in full flow in Wales during his lifetime.

His cywyddau have one unique feature that marks them out – they are divided into stanzas, the last line of each being the same, and acting as the 'burden' of the poem.


Siôn Cent

It has been said of him that his best and possibly the most accurately attributable of his work concerns the uncertainties of life, all that pertains to that and the inevitability of death and the Last Judgement. He described the world as he saw it, pessimistically, though with some optimism when regarding the possibility of an eternity in heaven.

In the 1420s he attacked the work of the bard Rhys Goch Eryri, suggesting that his praise of worldly values were lies prompted by the Devil.

Perhaps his most famous poem is "I wagedd ac oferedd y byd" ("In praise of the vanity and wantonness of the world"). He turns his back on the praise of nobles, which he sees as flattery and falsehood, and sets his eyes on the blessedness of heaven. Siôn Kent's verse became very popular and he started a vogue for more religious Welsh poetry.

In later tradition he was connected to the Marches folklore figure John of Kent or Jack of Kent but this figure is likely to be a combination of several people rather than just him.

  * Jack o' Kent
  * Medieval Welsh literature
  * Owain Glyndŵr
  * "Kent, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  * Charles Williams, The History of Literature in Wales.
  * Siôn Cent at Wikisource


Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kanajar

Our Lady of Lourdes Church is a historic Roman Catholic Church dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes situated at Kanajar near Karkala, India. The church was built in 1938.Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi.

History

Before 1930 the faithful residing at Kanajar as well from the surrounding villages Ninjoor, Palli, Kowdoor and Bailoor had to travel to churches in the distant parishes of Attur Church or Moodubelle. Fr. Cashmere Fernandes, the priest at Moodubelle parish, thought of establishing a parish in this area; his assistant vicar Fr. William Antony Lewis took over the responsibility of the project. At the time, the villages of Kowdoor and Bailoor were affiliated to Attur Church, while the villages of Kanajar, Ninjoor and Palli were affiliated to Moodubelle parish. Lewis had chosen sites near Ninjoor and near Palli. He acquired a site near a place called "Madmalkal", which means Bride's Rock. The land measured 4 1/2 acre and was purchased from Das Hegde for an amount of Rs.240 in the year 1932. The amount was raised during the Confraternity feast of Moodubelle parish.

A well was dug and cemetery was formed on the land during this time. Fr. Salvadore D'Souza, the vicar of Attur parish, suggested that the parish be devoted to Lady of Lourdes, which was subsequently sanctioned by Bishop Victor Rosario Fernandes.

In the 1933 a shelter was built by Lewis out of wooden pillars, with a thatched roof. Every Sundays Lewis use to walk from Hangarakatte to celebrate the mass. The first mass was performed on 25 April 1933. On weekdays the structure was used for the primary schooling of the children. On 24 April 1934 the parish feast was celebrated for the first time. Fr. Julian D'Souza presided over the mass, while the sermon was given by Fr. Denis Lewis. In October of subsequent years a caucus used to take place for the discussions on the parish feast and to decide its precentor. As the expense of luncheon for the priests attending the feast, ten families from each ward had to owe 8 annas. At the time the annual due towards the church was 1 rupee.


Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kanajar

After two years, Fr. Lewis planned to build a chapel and a priest's house. A caucus was held, which was attended by the heads of several families. On 25 February 1934, the foundation stone was laid and was blessed by the bishop.

Demographics

The parish has 395 families with a population of 1117 members.

Significance

Madmalkal, or the Bride's Rock, has its own legend. In olden days, if a bride prayed at the rock by offering flowers to it, the next day she would get enough jewelry at the rock for her wedding. With the wedding over, the jewelry had to be returned to the rock. But once a selfish lady had kept a trinket for herself from the jewelry while returning it back to the rock. So the miracle ceased to happen from that day. Also the legend has it that a big seven headed shining serpent used to appear around the rock during nights. To overcome this belief, Fr. William Lewis built a cross over this rock in the year 1932.

In the year 1958, on the occasion of the centennial celebrations of the apparition of Lady Lourdes, our church was declared as a pilgrimage center.

Current structure

In 1943 the foundation stone for the new church was laid and blessed by Rev. V R Fernandes. Stonemasons who hailed from Coimbatore built the belfry. The altar was constructed at Jeppu workshop. During the construction, Fr. Buthelo from Belman used to visit here and give his advice. The building was completed within five years. On 26 April 1948, the church was inaugurated and was blessed by the bishop. The altar was consecrated the next day. Grand celebration of the titular feast took place on every 11 February, in the subsequent years.

Administration


Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kanajar

Administration

  * Fr. Francis D'Souza, who came from Attur, became the parish priest for the period 1957-58
  * Fr. Ligory D'Souza was the next priest for the period 1958-59
  * Fr. Santhan Fernandes was the next priest to reign for the period 1959-67.
  * Fr. Charles Saldanha was the next priest for the period 1967-74.
  * Fr. Norbert Fernandes came as new priest in the year 1974.
  * Fr. Francis Serao was the next priest to reign the parish for the period 1975-77.
  * Fr. Jose Menezes became the new priest for the period 1977-86.
  * Fr. Albert Menezes was the next parish priest for the period 1986-91.
  * Fr. Alex Aranha was the next parish priest for the period 1991-98.
  * Fr. Remigius Aranha became the parish priest for the period 1998-2004.
  * Fr. Alwyn D'Cunha took over reigns for the period of 2004-2011.
  * Fr. Dr. John Mendonca became the parish priest for the period 2011-2014.
  * Fr. Alexander Lewis is the current parish priest.
  * Roman Catholicism in Mangalore
  * Goan Catholics
  * Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi
  * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore
  * St. Lawrence Shrine, Attur, Karkala


Sanakeithel

Sanakeithel (English: Golden Market) is a 1983 Indian Meitei language film directed by Maibam Amuthoi Singh (M. A. Singh)National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri at the 31st National Film Awards.

The film was invited to the Singapore International Film Festival, 1984 and screened in Indian Panorama of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), 1984.

Synopsis

Nungshi, a righteous young widow rears up her only infant son Mobi. Although life is hard, she maintains her pride. On returning home long after a shopping trip, she is way laid and gang raped. The shock and trauma of bring criminally assaulted by men in succession have one immediate result. She becomes completely insane and her relation with her son becomes a memory thrown down a fathomless pit. Mobi is taken in by Nungshi's brother and is thoroughly exploited by his wife as a domestic servant. Mobi later became a scape goat for their martial discords and soon fled for the Sanakeithel with a flicker of hope for survival.

At Sanakeithel, he is picked up by Ebai, a psychopathic small time mafia don who introduces him to the rest of his gang of petty thieves. Two incidents in Mobi's foray the meeting with Babu, the tramp, from whom he realizes what a mother means: the meeting with a mad woman who often looks deep into his face trying to recollect something, arouses his yearning for his mother's love. He also starts discovering the various social and economic inequalities that typify contemporary Manipur. A chance encounter in which he hears his uncle trying to talk to the mad woman makes him realises that she is his mother. He starts doubling his efforts to make her happy and win her affection. He eventually saves her from Ebai. Knowing fully well that he will get no replay, he cries out, "Why were you made, mother?"

(MSFDS, 50 Years of Manipuri Cinema, Golden Jubilee Publication)

Cast

  * A. Memi as Nungshi
  * Master Tony as Mobi
  * Somorendra
  * Manaobi
  * Upen
  * Lalit
  * Sahnawaz Khan
  * Anwardi
  * Holkhomang

Accolades


Sanakeithel

Accolades

Sanakeithel won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri at the 31st National Film Awards.For the sympathetic portrayal of a human relationship in the context of a social tragedy".

Award                               Category                       Winner's name             Result
31st National Film Awards           Best Feature Film in Manipuri  Thoudam Doren (Producer)  Won
                                                                   M.A. Singh (Director)
1st Manipur State Film Awards 1984  Best Director                  M.A. Singh                Won
Best Editor                         M.A. Singh                     Won

  * Sanakeithel at IMDb


Whiteford

Whiteford may refer to:

Places

United Kingdom
  * Whiteford House, Cornwall
  * Whiteford Sands, Wales
      + Whiteford Lighthouse
      + Whiteford National Nature Reserve
United States
  * Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site, Kansas
  * Whiteford, Maryland
  * Whiteford Township, Michigan
      + Whiteford Agricultural Schools

Other uses

  * Whiteford (surname)
  * Whitford (disambiguation)


Sokhom So

The native form of this personal name is So Sokhom. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
In this Cambodian name, the surname is So. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Sokhom.

Sokhom So is the Vice President of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, an anti-communist militant organization that operates primarily in the United States.

So once said, the "U.S. overthrew Saddam Hussein's government. If I'm a terrorist, then George W. Bush is a terrorist too."

In 1997, he became a born-again Christian after a failed coup d’état attempt against the Cambodian government.

So has served as President of Dominique Jewelry Incorporated, a jewelry store in Arlington, Virginia, since 1990.


The White Slave (1927 film)

This article is about the 1927 film. For the 1939 film, see The White Slave (1939 film). For the 1985 film, see White Slave (film).

The White Slave (German: Die weisse Sklavin) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Liane Haid, Vladimir Gajdarov and Harry Hardt.Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

Cast

  * Liane Haid as Lady Mary Watson, die weiße Sklavin
  * Vladimir Gajdarov as Ali Benver Bey
  * Harry Hardt as Brefont
  * Charles Vanel as Dr. Warner
  * Renée Héribel as Fatme, Alis Frau
  * Anatol Potock
  * Lucille Barns
  * Oreste Bilancia
  * Nino Ottavi
  * Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
  * The White Slave at IMDb


Sant Pere de Riudebitlles

Sant Pere de Riudebitlles is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Penedès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

  * website of Catalonia. Penedès region.Cava production
  * Government data pages (in Catalan)


MIT Center for Digital Business

The 'MIT Center for Digital Business' is an industry-funded research center headquartered at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy

In 2013, the Center for Digital Business organized and launched the Institute-wide MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, to address the impact of digital technologies on the world,Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee.

  * Digital Transformation (Business)
  * Center for Digital Business Official site
  * MIT Sloan Management Review web site


Niklas Hörber

Niklas Hörber (born 14 May 1991) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.

  * Niklas Hörber at DFB (also available in German)
  * Niklas Hörber at kicker (in German)


S-Nitrosotriphenylmethanethiol

S-Nitrosotriphenylmethanethiol is the organosulfur compound with the formula (C6H5)3CSNO. It is a rare example of a nitrosothiol derivative that is robust solid at room temperature. The green compound can be produced by the reaction of triphenylmethanethiol with nitrous acid:

(C6H5)3CSH + HONO → (C6H5)3CSNO + H2O

According to X-ray crystallography, S-nitrosotriphenylmethanethiol features a conventional trityl group appended to a bent SNO substituent. The S-N=O angle is 114°, while the S-N and N=O distances are 1.78 and 1.79 Å. Other S-nitrosothiols, e.g. MeSNO and SNAP have characterized by similar structures.


Siôn Ceri

Siôn Ceri (fl. early 16th Century) was a Welsh language poet. His bardic teacher was Tudur Aled and among his surviving work are poems to his patrons from north Powys.

  * A. Cynfael Lake (ed.), Gwaith Siôn Ceri (Aberystwyth, 1996). The standard edition of his poems, in Welsh.


Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes or Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral may refer to:

  * Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, Daegu, South Korea
  * Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, Florencia, Colombia
  * Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, Maradi, Niger
  * Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes (Canela), Brazil
  * Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes (Spokane, Washington), United States
  * Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral, Thrissur
  * Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
  * Our Lady of Lourdes Church (disambiguation)


Sanam (yacht)

Sanam is a super-yacht launched 2015 at the Palmer Johnson shipyard in Sturgeon Bay and delivered the next year.

Sanam has two sisterships named DB9 and Bliss.

Design

The length of the yacht is 52.2 m (171 ft) and the beam is 9.5 m (31 ft). The draught of Sanam is 2.44 m (8.0 ft). Both the materials of the hull and the superstructure are made out of Aluminium with teak laid decks. The yacht is classed by Lloyd's Register and flagged in the Cayman Islands. The main engines are two MTU 16V 4000 M93L, which propel Sanam to a maximum speed of 32 knots (59 km/h).

  * Bliss
  * DB9
  * Luxury yacht
  * List of motor yachts by length
  * List of yachts built by Palmer Johnson


Necklacepod

Necklacepod is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

  * Sophora tomentosa
  * Styphnolobium


Sokk

Sokk is an Estonian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  * Rein Sokk (born 1959), Estonian sport coach and track and field athlete
  * Sten-Timmu Sokk (born 1989), Estonian professional basketball point guard
  * Tanel Sokk (born 1985), Estonian professional basketball point guard
  * Tiit Sokk (born 1964), Estonian professional basketball point guard


The Best There Is (Dolly Parton album)

The Best There Is was released in 1987 and is a compilation of Dolly Parton's major hits that RCA Nashville issued after she left the label. The compilation included some of her early 1970s country hits, as well as some of her later 1970s and early 1980s pop hits.

Track listing

 1. "9 to 5"
 2. "Here You Come Again"
 3. "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"
 4. "Think About Love"
 5. "Coat of Many Colors"
 6. "Jolene"
 7. "I Will Always Love You"
 8. "Appalachian Memories"
 9. "But You Know I Love You"
  * The Best There Is at AllMusic. Retrieved 14:29, 30 April 2021 (UTC).


Sant Pau de Segúries

Sant Pau de Segúries (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsam ˈpaw ðə səˈɣuɾiəs]) is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

  * Government data pages (in Catalan)


Smoke hole

For other uses, see Smoke Hole (disambiguation).

A tipi of the Nez Perce tribe, c. 1900. The excess fabric at the top of the structure is the smoke hole and smoke flaps.

A smoke hole (smokehole, smoke-hole) is a hole in a roof for the smoke from a fire to vent.chimney, many dwellings had smoke holes to allow the smoke from the hearth to escape. Pre-modern English homes with unglazed windows or thatch roofs required no special vent for smoke. These structures typically had only one story for living spaces, and inhabitants made do with a band of relatively clear air near the ground.

Smoke holes in buildings

Smoke holes were often built in a way such they would not leak water such as with a covering or in the gables. In the Native American long house, smoke holes occur in intervallic square openings along the roof.

Smoke holes for tents

In Native American plains style tipi, the smoke hole consisted of one easily accessible smoke flap vent which was positioned around the apex of the interior beams and the flaps were extended outward on poles to open the vent. In modern ceremonial tipis this vent is in the traditional fashion.

Sami tents called a lavvu also have a smoke hole from which smoke from a campfire is vented out the top. Unlike the Native American tipi however, there are no smoke flaps, just a round hole at the top of the tent.

Gallery

  * [A large "open chimney" in a longhouse on Orkney.]
    A large "open chimney" in a longhouse on Orkney.
  * [The smoke hole at the top of the gable in a reconstruction of a longhouse from the Middle Ages in Germany. Image: LepoRello (Wikipedia)]
    The smoke hole at the top of the gable in a reconstruction of a longhouse from the Middle Ages in Germany. Image: LepoRello (Wikipedia)
  * [A "smoke outlet" in a reconstruction of a Viking longhouse at the Ancient Technology Centre, Cranborne, England]
    A "smoke outlet" in a reconstruction of a Viking longhouse at the Ancient Technology Centre, Cranborne, England

In popular culture


Smoke hole

In popular culture

In the book It by Stephen King, the members of the losers club build a pit in their club, which they fill with green branches and set them on fire to create smoke. One of them talks about the ritual use of smoke-holes by Native Americans.

New York State Museum. "A Mohawk Iroquois Village". Archived from the original on Dec 6, 2011


Niklas Ekstedt

Niklas Peter Ekstedt (born November 28, 1978) is a Swedish chef and restaurant manager.

After attending the gastronomic high school of Racklöfska in the skiing resort of Åre in central Sweden, Ekstedt worked for Charlie Trotter in Chicago.

Soon thereafter, at age twenty-one, Ekstedt started his first restaurant, 'Niklas', in the harbor town of Helsingborg, Sweden. Niklas was listed the best business restaurant in Sweden by newspaper 'Dagens Industri' in 2003 and the fifth best restaurant in Sweden by the restaurant guide 'White' in 2005.

In 2003 Ekstedt opened a second restaurant, 'Niklas i Viken', a summer restaurant located in the village of Viken, a few kilometers north of Helsingborg. Simultaneously, Ekstedt's cooking show, 'Mat' (Food in Swedish), began airing on Sveriges Television (Swedish national television).

In autumn 2008, Ekstedt and his staff moved to Stockholm to manage Restaurant 1900. In April 2009, the fifth season of Ekstedt's cooking show began airing. Since then Ekstedt's Television Career has continued with several shows, including a cooking show aimed at a children audience.

In 2011, Ekstedt opened his second restaurant in Stockholm, simply named 'Ekstedt'. Here, the concept is to first and foremost cook all raw ingredients over an open fire.

Ekstedt furthermore completed short internships at several three-star Michelin restaurants, including El Bulli, Spain.

In 2020, Ekstedt appeared as a judge in the Channel 4 series 'Crazy Delicious.' The show took place on an 'edible set' and was hosted by British comedian Jayde Adams alongside chefs Heston Blumenthal and Carla Hall.

  * Niklas' Personal homepage


S-PLUS

"S+" redirects here. For the non-free extra material of the Spiegel magazine, see SPIEGEL+.

S-PLUS is a commercial implementation of the S programming language sold by TIBCO Software Inc.

It features object-oriented programming capabilities and advanced analytical algorithms.

Due to the increasing popularity of the open source S successor R, TIBCO Software released the TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R (TERR) as an alternative R interpreter.

Historical timeline

1988: S-PLUS is first produced by a Seattle-based start-up company called Statistical Sciences, Inc. The founder and sole owner is R. Douglas Martin, professor of statistics at the University of Washington, Seattle.

1993: Statistical Sciences acquires the exclusive license to distribute S and merges with MathSoft, becoming the firm's Data Analysis Products Division (DAPD).

1995: S-PLUS 3.3 for Windows 95/NT. Matrix library, command history, Trellis graphics

1996: S-PLUS 3.4 for UNIX. Trellis graphics, nlme (non-linear mixed effects) library, hexagonal binning, cluster methods.

1997: S-PLUS 4 for Windows. New GUI, integration with Excel, editable graphics.

1998: S-PLUS 4.5 for Windows. Scatterplot brushing, create S-PLUS graphs from within Excel & SPSS.

1998: S-PLUS is available for Linux & Solaris.

1999: S-PLUS 5 for Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX, and DEC Alpha. S-PLUS 2000 for Windows. nlme 3.3, quality control charting, new commands for data manipulation.

2000: S-PLUS 6 for Linux/Unix. Java-based GUI, Graphlets, survival5, missing data library, robust library.

2001: MathSoft sells its Cambridge-based Engineering and Education Products Division (EEPD), changes name to Insightful Corporation, and moves headquarters to Seattle. This move is basically an "Undo" of the previous merger between MathSoft and Statistical Sciences, Inc.


S-PLUS

2001: S-PLUS Analytic Server 2.0. S-PLUS 6 for Windows (Excel integration, C++ classes/libraries for connectivity, Graphlets, S version 4, missing data library, robust library).

2002: StatServer 6. Student edition of S-PLUS now free.

2003: S-PLUS 6.2 New reporting, database integration, improved Graphlets, ported to AIX, libraries for correlated data, Bayesian methods, multivariate regressions.

2004: Insightful purchases the S language from Lucent Technologies for $2 million.

2004: S+ArrayAnalyzer 2.0 released.

2005: S-PLUS 7.0 released. BigData library for working with larger-than-memory data sets, S-PLUS Workbench (Eclipse development tool). Insightful Miner 7.0 released.

2007: S-PLUS 8 released. New package system, language extensions for R package compatibility, Workbench debugger.

2008: TIBCO acquires Insightful Corporation for $25 million.

  * R programming language


Someone to Somebody

"Someone to Somebody" is a song by Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, which was released in 1985 as the third single from his self-titled debut album. It was written by Geraldine L. Gooden, Michael Torrence, Thomas Gordy and Daniel Kane, and produced by David A. Stewart. The song reached No. 64 in the UK and No. 30 in Ireland.

A music video was filmed to promote the single. The B-side, "Coldwater", was exclusive to the single and is an instrumental written by Sharkey.

Reception

On its release, William Shaw of Smash Hits commented: "Extraordinary really. Through anyone else's vocal cords, this song would remain a corny, overblown bit of nonsense, full to the brim with too many lead guitars and pompous string arrangements. But [Sharkey's] quavering tones have a strange power to change an average song into something out of the ordinary."Record Mirror stated: "Can one actually classify Fearg as A Bona Fide Pop Star? Dash it, why not. Can't say how long it'll last in the light of this yawn-a-second angst ridden epic, which is doubtless a solid track for the album, but hardly a single."The Sydney Morning Herald wrote: "As a soloist, one fears that Sharkey could easily sink into mush. "Someone to Somebody" teeters on the edge of this. While the song has some tasteful flute and saxophone solos and terrific harmonies, the howling of "I'm so alone" at the song's end is a bit too much to take."

Formats

7" single
No.  Title                  Written by                                                        Length
1.   "Someone To Somebody"  Geraldine L. Gooden, Michael Torrence, Thomas Gordy, Daniel Kane  4:10
2.   "Coldwater"            Feargal Sharkey                                                   3:24

12" single
No.  Title                                     Written by                     Length
1.   "Someone To Somebody (Extended Version)"  Gooden, Torrence, Gordy, Kane  5:21
2.   "Coldwater"                               Sharkey                        4:02

Chart performance

Chart (1986)                   Peak
                               position
Australia (Kent Music Report)  64
Irish Singles Chart            30
UK Singles Chart               64

Personnel


Someone to Somebody

Personnel

  * Feargal Sharkey - lead vocals, producer of "Coldwater"
  * David A. Stewart - producer of "Someone to Somebody"


The Premios 40 Principales for Best Guatemalan Act was an honor presented annually at Los Premios 40 Principales between 2007 and 2011. It was then discontinued due to the creation of Los Premios 40 Principales América, reemerging in 2014 as part of them.

Year                                Winner                 Other nominees
Los Premios 40 Principales España
                                                             * Viento en Contra
2007                                Malacates Trébol Shop    * El Tambor de la Tribu
                                                             * Sabrina
                                                             * El Clubo
                                                             * Viento en contra
2008                                El Tambor de la Tribu    * Sabrina
                                                             * Sofía
                                                             * Tavo Bárcenas
                                                             * Duo Sway
2009                                Fabiola                  * Bohemia Suburbana
                                                             * Viento en Contra
                                                             * El Clubo
                                                             * Francis Dávila
2010                                Duo Sway                 * Malacates Trebol Shop
                                                             * El Clubo
                                                             * Viento en Contra
                                                             * Daniela Carpio
2011                                Los Reyes Vagos          * Malacates Trébol Shop
                                                             * Gaby Moreno
                                                             * El Tambor de la Tribu
Los Premios 40 Principales América
                                                             * Pedro Cuevas
2014                                Piva                     * Flaminia Villagrán
                                                             * Tijuana Love
                                                             * Ale Mendoza


Sanakuy

Sanakuy is a town in the Solenzo Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso. As of 2005 it had a population of 2,327.


Necklaced laughingthrush

Necklaced laughingthrush may refer to:

  * Greater necklaced laughingthrush, a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae
  * Lesser necklaced laughingthrush, a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae


Tepidibacter thalassicus

Tepidibacter thalassicus is a bacterium from the family Peptostreptococcaceae.


Thomas Heath

Thomas Heath may refer to:

  * Thomas Heath (classicist) (1861–1940), British civil servant, and historian of ancient Greek mathematics
  * Thomas Heath (cricketer) (1806–1872), cricketer
  * Thomas Kurton Heath (1853–1938), vaudeville actor
  * Tommy Heath (born 1947), musician
  * Tommy Heath (baseball) (1913–1967), American catcher, scout and baseball manager
  * Thomas Heath Haviland Sr. (1795-1867), Canadian land owner and banker
  * Thomas Heath Haviland (1822–1895), Canadian lawyer and politician
  * Thomas Heath Robinson (1869–1954), English illustrator
  * Thomas Heth (or Heath) (fl. 1583), English mathematician


Sant Pere de Graudescales

Sant Pere de Graudescales

Sant Pere de Graudescales is a Romanesque Benedictine monastery in La Valldora, in the municipality of Navès, Solsonès, in the Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It lies to the north of Navès and west of Berga. It was consecrated in 913 by the Bishop of Urgell.

  * Monestir de Sant Pere de Graudescales - Monestirs de Catalunya (in Catalan)

42°06′08″N 1°41′21″E / 42.10222°N 1.68917°E


Social fluency

Social fluency is the concept of demonstrating proficiency in social situations and/or inter-personal relations. Social Fluency is frequently discussed in the academic areas of social interaction, psychological anthropology and social development. Various schools of philosophy, chiefly virtue ethics, compare social fluency to wittiness and clearly illustrate it as a desirable personality trait.

Social fluency has also been declared a synonym for social processing speed.

American academic M.J. Packer illustrated the importance of Social Fluency in his 1987 work Social interaction as practical activity: Implications for the study of social and moral development.

Literature

  * Cottingham, John (1998). Philosophy and the good life: reason and the passions in Greek, Cartesian, and psychoanalytic ethics. (pp. 154) Cambridge University Press
  * Bellini, Scott (2006). Building Social Relationships: A Systematic Approach to Teaching Social Interaction Skills to Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Social Difficulties. (pp. 46) Autism Asperger Publishing Company
  * Packer, M.J. (1987). Moral Development Through Social Interaction (Wiley Series on Personality Processes). (pp. 267) Wiley Interscience


Nissan Nuvu

Nissan Nuvu

The Nissan Nuvu is a compact all-electric city car with 2+1 seating, with solar panels shaped like tree leaves on the roof that channel the sun's power through a "tree trunk" conduit in the center of the vehicle. The concept car can reach about 75 mph (121 km/h) and travel up to about 80 mi (129 km) on an electric charge.

More information

Rear view

Nissan's vision for the future of urban transportation is encapsulated in Nuvu, literally a 'new view' of the type of car we will be driving in the middle of the next decade. Compact – it's just 3 metres long – Nuvu is a concept vehicle with unique 2+1 seating. It is aimed at urban dwellers who don't want to compromise on their personal freedom or their comfort, yet who appreciate that there is a need for a dramatic change in the way we move around our cities.

Nuvu is an electric vehicle, is agile, easy to drive and even easier to park. It represents Nissan's commitment to electric vehicle technology, considering that Nissan has already announced that it will present a production-ready EV at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, with sales due to start in Japan and North America in 2010. Whilst Nuvu is not that car, it does share some of the technology that will feature in the planned production vehicle.

The vehicle shown at Paris Motor Show incorporates a witty representation of its green credentials: across its all-glass roof are a dozen or so small solar panels. Shaped like leaves on a branch, the power they generate is fed to the battery using a 'tree trunk' within the car as a conduit. Nuvu also uses natural, organic and recycled materials within the cabin.

Nuvu is compact on the outside yet roomy on the inside. Built on a unique platform, it's just 3 metres long and sits on a wheelbase of 1980 mm but is 1700 mm tall and 1550 mm wide to create a large and airy cabin.


Nissan Nuvu

These dimensions provide all the interior room needed for the vast majority of city journeys. Nuvu has two regular seats and a third occasional chair that can be folded down when required. But, unlike some two-seater city cars currently on the market, it is a thoroughly practical proposition with an integral luggage area providing sufficient space for a typical supermarket or shopping expedition.

"Nuvu is a concept car, for sure, but it is an entirely credible vehicle," says Francois Bancon, General Manager, Exploratory and Advanced Planning Department, Product Strategy and Product Planning Division, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

"It is light, clean and easy to drive. It is practical and a sensible size, yet it also embodies an element of fun: the future doesn't look so bad, after all."

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S-TADIL J

S-TADIL J, or Satellite TADIL J, is a real-time Beyond Line-of-Sight (BLOS) Tactical Digital Information Link (TADIL) supporting the exchange of the same J Series message set that is implemented on Link-16 via the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS). S-TADIL J provides for robust continuous connectivity between Navy ships that are beyond JTIDS line-of-sight (LOS) transmission range. S-TADIL J is designed to support and significantly improve long-range TADIL connectivity between widely dispersed fleet operational forces. With the deployment of S-TADIL J, operational units will have three possible data link paths that can be used to support multi-ship data link-coordinated operations. S-TADIL J supports the same levels of surveillance and weapon coordination data exchange provided by Link-11 and Link-16. The TADIL J message standard is implemented on S-TADIL J to provide for the same level of information content as Link-16.

Change of terminology

In the US, the term Tactical Digital Information Link (TADIL) is obsolete (per DISA guidance) and is now more commonly known as Tactical Data Link (TDL).

  * Tactical Data Links (TDLs)
  * Standard Interface for Multiple Platform Evaluation (SIMPLE), allows (Beyond Line of Sight) transmission of M-Series and J-Series messages over IP-based protocols.
  * Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol (JREAP), allows transmission of M-Series and J-Series messages over long-distance networks.
  * Federation of American Scientists article: Tactical Digital Information Links (TADIL)


Skomer Volcanic Group

The Skomer Volcanic Group is a Silurian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The name is derived from the island of Skomer off the west coast of Pembrokeshire. It was traditionally known as the Skomer Volcanic Series. The rocks are exposed across the island of Skomer and along the northern half of the nearby Marloes peninsula as far east as St Ishmaels.

Lithology and stratigraphy

The Group comprises around 1000m thickness of lava flows and associated strata including felsite, albite-trachyte, keratophyre etc laid down during the Silurian Period.