Spells (novel)

Later, Laurel is packing to go home and shows Katya a photo of her and David. Katya mistakes David for an Unseelie faerie, but Laurel tells her he is a human, and that he loves her. Katya warns her that relationships between humans and faeries never end well—such as King Arthur and Guinevere. Jamison arrives to escort Laurel to the gate and tells her that Yeardley is very pleased by her progress. He adds that the activity of the trolls around the gate means Laurel will have to take a more active role in defending it, and she must be especially careful after sundown. Back home, Laurel worries that she'll never be able to catch up to her faerie peers, and David comforts her. He catches her up on everything that's happened whilst she was in Avalon; her mother's new apothecary store has opened (bought with the money from Jamison's diamond) and Chelsea is dating another student named Ryan. Laurel's father has taken the news about her being a faerie very well, but her mother has become distant. Laurel is unbothered by the demands of her human school after how intensive the Academy was, and tries to reconnect with her mother. It goes well until Laurel, forgetting that she is a plant and humans are animals, gives incorrect recommendations to a customer at the apothecary store, which sparks an argument between her and her mother about how they don't talk anymore.

Fall arrives and Laurel blossoms. Chelsea asks Laurel what she wants to do after graduating, and invites Laurel and David to a house party Ryan is throwing the following week. They enjoy themselves, but Laurel spots a troll and abruptly realises that she is out very late past sundown; the perfect time for Barnes to attack her. She leaves with David, yelling to attract the trolls away from the party, then drive off. They're caught, with one of the trolls ripping out several of Laurel's petals, but are saved by a woman called Klea Wilson. Laurel and David pretend not to know what the trolls really were, and Klea tells them she has been hunting Barnes. She offers them both bodyguards, but Laurel refuses, worrying they might discover the sentries guarding her or the gate. Klea also gives David a gun, which Laurel is displeased by.


Spells (novel)

The next day, Laurel tells Tamani and Shar—another sentry—about the trolls and Klea. Tamani warns her not to trust Klea, even if she did save Laurel's life. He helps her clean the cabin, which has become dusty from months of inoccupancy, and they almost kiss. David is absent from school the next morning, and Laurel panics until he shows up and suggests they skip their afternoon classes, and takes her for a picnic. When she comes home, she finds an invitation to the festival of Samhain and a note from Tamani saying he'll escort her. On the morning of November 1, Laurel lies to David about going to Chelsea's and meets Tamani in the forest. He takes her to a ballet performed by Summer faeries and Laurel insists Tamani join her in the box for Fall faeries, which he agrees to, despite his discomfort. Laurel is dismayed to see that all the other Fall faerie women are still in bloom. The ballet is, Tamani explains, the ‘original' version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. When the ballet is over, Laurel stands to clap, but Tamani tells her that since Summer faeries are below her station, she should clap sitting down. She ignores him. After the ballet, Tamani takes Laurel to a green, where everyone sits around to chat, eat and engage in revelries—which Tamani explains are essentially just hook-ups and orgies. Marriage—called ‘handfasting'—only exists in Avalon to raise seedlings.


Spells (novel)

Tamani asks Laurel if she would like to ask him to dance, as he cannot ask her outright, and though annoyed by the continued social barrier between them, does ask him. They dance, and Tamani kisses her. She kisses him back for a moment before pushing him away, and he refuses to apologise, instead saying he loves her. He accuses Laurel of not wanting him in her human life and she demands he take her back home. At the gate, Shar tells them that they have a visitor: David. Tamani learns Laurel lied to David about where she was that day and exclaims he feels special. When Laurel becomes angry, he tells her to say she doesn't love him, and when she can't, asks her to simply love him instead. David approaches them, at which point Tamani kisses Laurel again so David sees. Laurel, furious, yells at Tamani to leave. David, angry that Laurel lied, and suspicious of what exists between her and Tamani, says he doesn't want to see her for a while.

Back home, Laurel finds a note from Barnes saying he has kidnapped Chelsea. She begs David to come help her save Chelsea and he agrees, driving to the specified meeting point—a lighthouse—as Laurel mixes potions in the passenger seat. At the lighthouse, Barnes tells Laurel he will release Chelsea in return for Laurel taking him to the gate. Or, he will kill her, Chelsea and David. He is interrupted by the arrival of someone else; Klea. Barnes is shocked to see her, and she shoots him in the head, killing him. Laurel unties Chelsea, and Chelsea asks Laurel what's going on—and not to lie, because she already knows about her blossom, that Laurel is a faerie, and that trolls are hunting her. Klea assures David and Laurel that she will take care of the trolls (calling them 'specimens') and that it's just as well she ignored Laurel's refusal about having bodyguards, or she wouldn't have known they were in danger. Laurel offers to make Chelsea forget about everything with a potion, but Chelsea says she prefers knowing.


Spells (novel)

After dropping Chelsea home, Laurel tells David she'll go to Tamani tomorrow and explain she cannot see him anymore, at all—she chooses David entirely. He kisses her and they reconcile. Laurel goes home and tells her parents everything that has happened, including telling them about the trolls, which she omitted six months ago, and reconciles with her mother. The next morning, Shar tells Laurel that Tamani has left for a new assignment already. He also makes clear how much he dislikes the way Laurel treats Tamani. Laurel tells him—after he demands she be honest—what happened with the trolls and Klea. After she leaves, Tamani steps out from where he was hidden. Shar asks if Tamani is ready for what he's about to do, and Tamani assures Shar that he is.

Critical reception

Spells met with critical acclaim prior to its release. Booklist gave Spells a starred review and wrote, "Mixing a little bit of Harry Potter and a lot of Twilight ... Pike has hit on a winning combination. Yet it is her own graceful take on life inside Avalon that adds a shimmering patina sure to enthrall readers."Romantic Times awarded Spells a "Top Pick," noting that "[s]urprises and suspense abound, making Spells harder to put down than Wings. Laurel is blossoming into an intriguing woman. Her conflict of heart won't come as a surprise to others who have been torn between two things they love dearly."Salt Lake City Weekly found that "...Pike's tale is more than another derivative hero-quest narrative. While telling a fanciful story about faeries and trolls, she cleverly interweaves an effective teen coming-of-age yarn".Spells was endorsed via a cover blurb by Carrie Jones, who said, "Spells is brilliant and lovely. Aprilynne Pike's talent just continues to bloom and I am almost afraid to see how awesome her next book will be."

  * Aprilynne Pike – Author Website


United Nations Security Council Resolution 2516 was adopted in 2020.

  * List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2501 to 2600 (2019–2021)
  * Text of the Resolution at undocs.org


Lee Nelson

Lee Nelson may refer to:

  * Lee Nelson (American football) (b. 1954), retired American football player
  * Lee Nelson (cricketer) (born 1990), Irish cricketer
  * Lee Nelson, a comedy character created by Simon Brodkin
      + Lee Nelson's Well Good Show, a 2010 British television comedy show
      + Lee Nelson's Well Funny People, a 2013 British television comedy show
  * Lee Nelson (poker player) (b. 1943), New Zealand doctor and professional poker player
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Shoichiro Sakai

Shoichiro Sakai (境 正一郎, Sakai Shōichirō, born 1928 in Kanuma, Tochigi) is a Japanese mathematician.

Life

Sakai studied mathematics at the Tohoku University (Sendai). He there received the B. A. degree in 1953 and a doctorate at the same University in 1961. From 1960 to 1964, he was a faculty member of Waseda University. He then went to the University of Pennsylvania, where he became a professor in 1966 and remained until 1979. He then returned to Japan and went to the Nihon University. In 1992, he received the Japanese Mathematical Society Autumn Prize.American Mathematical Society.

Sakai's main field is functional analysis and mathematical physics. His textbook published in the Springer series in C *-algebras and W *-algebras, in which W *-algebras as C *-algebras are introduced with a predual, is widely used. That fact the W *-algebras may be defined in this way is known as a theorem of Sakaitheorem of Kadison-Sakai.)

Works

  * C *-algebras and W *-algebras, Springer-Verlag 1971, Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete, Volume 60, ISBN 3-540-63633-1 (republished in 1998 in Classics in Mathematics)
  * Operator algebras in dynamical systems, the theory of unbounded derivations in C*-algebras, Cambridge University Press (1991), ISBN 0-521-40096-1


Peter Nott

Peter John Nott (30 December 1933 – 20 August 2018) was an English Anglican bishop:Bishop of Norwich.

Nott was educated at Bristol Grammar School, Dulwich College and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.curate at Harpenden after which he was chaplain at Fitzwilliam College and then Rector of Beaconsfield.suffragan Bishop of Taunton;Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.translated to be the Bishop of Norwichconfirmation of his election on 12 November 1985.assistant bishop in the Diocese of Oxford.


Kevin Keene

Kevin "Captain N" Keene, is the titular fictional character in the toyline and animated television series, Captain N: The Game Master (1989–1991), which is part of the Nintendo franchise, the character additionally serving as a former mascot of Nintendo of America.love interest for Samus Aran, both united against their archenemy Mother Brain.

In both series, Kevin is summoned to Videoland from the real world by the Ultimate Warp Zone as the fabled Game Master known as "Captain N", to serve as a warrior of the Videoland royal family, using his outside knowledge of their universe (which in his own are various video games) to protect it from invasion.

In the toyline, he is the principal hero.

In Captain N: The Game Master (1989–1991)

Main article: Captain N: The Game Master

The character Captain N first appeared in Nintendo Power magazine, created by a Nintendo staff member and magazine editor named Randy Studdard (who presented Nintendo with a formal proposal that included the character as a company spokes-character, the origin and premise and the Saturday morning cartoon as part of the entire marketing campaign). The original concept involved Captain N (originally known as "Captain Nintendo") as a Nintendo employee and the Mother Brain as piece of programming from a Nintendo game pak (that was infused in an explosion with experimental "organic" ROMs) that went rogue. Captain N had the power to temporarily give life to characters and items from Nintendo games.

The story left a door open for a sequel (Mother Brain is temporarily defeated but her return was said to be inevitable and Captain N vows to stop her when the time comes). Nintendo of America, Inc. later decided to follow Studdard's ideas and create a cartoon series, opting neither to credit nor to compensate its creator. DIC Entertainment was shopped as the animation studio and changed various aspects of the original idea while keeping the main premise of the Captain opposing Mother Brain as he interacted with a number of video game characters.

Fictional character biography


Kevin Keene

Fictional character biography

In DIC Entertainment's Captain N: The Game Master cartoon series, Kevin Keene, while playing Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, is sucked through his television (alongside his dog Duke) by the Ultimate Warp Zone, fulfilling the Legend of Videoland, that a young warrior from another land would be warped to their world and lead Princess Lana (the ruler of Videoland) to victory. Kevin is selected to lead the N-Team, which consists of Lana, Simon Belmont, Mega Man and Pit "Kid Icarus", none of whom show any confidence in Kevin's ability in the beginning. However, after Lana is kidnapped by shortly after Kevin's arrival, the reluctant group puts their differences aside to go on a rescue mission where Kevin eventually gains the others' confidence. During the second season, a sentient human-sized supercomputer known as "Game Boy" additionally joins the team.

The protagonist of the series, Kevin is a reluctant hero and is often found at odds with the rest of the N-Team; in many episodes, he tries to foster a big-brotherly role to characters suffering from a particular plight. He is most often called Captain N by the other cast members, except Princess Lana who regularly addresses him by his first name. His last name is only ever mentioned in two episodes. He wears light denim jeans, a yellow shirt and a red letterman jacket with white sleeves. The varsity letter "N" on his jacket is for swimming.

Duke

Kevin is also the owner of a Golden Retriever named Duke, who jumps into the Ultimate Warp Zone immediately after Kevin was sucked in and ends up in Videoland as well. Duke is usually with Kevin through all the action in a given episode and sometimes sees his own independent bouts of action. Duke wears a bandanna around his neck, and is voiced by Tom Wright.

In Videoland, Duke takes on an appearance more resembling a beagle than a Golden Retriever, while his intelligence levels are increased a hundredfold. Nonetheless, he shows occasional uncontrollable typical dog behavior, like the chase reflex. He also appears in the Captain N: The Game Master comic series, where-in he befriends Samus Aran.

Powers, abilities and equipment


Kevin Keene

Powers, abilities and equipment

In the first series, Kevin is armed with a belt and holster equipped with a Power Pad and a NES Zapper, respectively being a device which can stop time, allowing him to leap over objects or give him super-speed over short distances and a raygun which destroys his enemies and shoots Tetris blocks.

In the second series, he has technopathic abilities as in the original character pitch, as well as an interest in spacefaring.

Adaptions

Comics

Main article: Captain N: The Game Master (comics)

The Captain N comic book was published by Valiant Comics as part of the Nintendo Comics System in 1990. Despite being based on the television cartoon of the same name, it had a more serious tone, delving into the wider effects of the N-Team's conflict with Mother Brain against the galaxy at large, and including serial storytelling. Following an older Kevin, leading the N-Team following the departure of Simon Belmont and Mega Man, the groups meet famed bounty hunter and hero Samus Aran, who falls in love with Kevin, and becomes Lana's rival for his affections. When asked by a fan why Samus did not appear in the television series, Jeffrey Scott said that he never heard about her.1UP.COM describes Samus as "rambunctious, reckless, and gets into @#!*% contests with Lana over Kevin's affections, which makes for some of the most entertaining situations in the series". The reviewer added: "Not to say that the deadly quiet, contemplative Samus who fights for truth and justice in the more recent Metroid games isn't awesome, but there's something compelling about a Samus who's greedy and conniving – and is proud to admit it".

Potential film

In April 2020, Noel Clarke expressed interest in developing a live-action Captain N: The Game Master film, as the next project that he intends to pursue.

Reception

Rolling Stone and Variety listed the original incarnation of the character as a "testamant to the 80s [and] marketing" and a "capture [of] the imaginations of many Nintendo fans".advertisement and propaganda for Nintendo merchandising.LRMonline


Namok

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MRSM FELDA

MRSM FELDA or MJSC FELDA is a college in Sungkai, Batang Padang District, Perak, Malaysia. It is one of the MARA Junior Science College group of co-educational boarding schools. The school was named Kampus Tun Abdul Razak after Tun Abdul Razak, the founder of FELDA. The school is built on an 86.06-acre area within Feldajaya Utara. The school is the most expensive and the second-largest MRSM school in Malaysia, and can currently can accommodate up to 1000 students from the age of 13 (Form 1) to 17 (Form 5). Some of the local refer the school as MRSM Trolak after the nearest township.

History

MARA Junior Science College FELDA is the 37th college established by the Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) and the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA), from an idea by the Y.A.B. Dato' Sri Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak who admired the college's accomplishments in the SPM and PMR. Following the signing of the agreement, which was named the "Perjanjian Kerjasama Antara MARA Dan FELDA on 30 March 2007. MJSC FELDA was the fifth MJSC built in Perak.

The college officially began operations on 1 December 2007, led by the Principal Saleh bin Osman, assisted by the Deputy Principal of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs Deputy Principal and 19 teachers and 16 employees. The college has received a total of 210 pilot group of students who are Form 1 students on 18 February 2008.

The new building, developed on a site measuring 86.06 acres in North Feldajaya, became fully operational on January 4, 2010. Students from Form 1 were called back to continue their studies at the MJSC FELDA. The building was named of "Kampus Tun Abdul Razak" on July 7, "Hari Peneroka Kebangsaan" 2010.

MJSC FELDA has appeared in the Malay drama Aku Mahu Terbang, in a scene showing that the main character stays at Aspura Block.

Alumni


MRSM FELDA

Alumni

The alumni group of the college, MRSM Felda KTAR or ALFA, was established in 2012 by MRSM Felda's SPM leavers of 2011, by nine co-founders consisting of the first SPM Batch who later became the core members and committees. As of 14 August 2013, the Alumni is registered under the Malaysian Registrar of Societies. The first President of ALFA was Rifhan Hafiz, who was also the head of the Student Representative Council of 2010/2011.

MARA Junior Science College

  * Official website


Market price support

Market price support (MPS) is an indicator, developed by the OECD,Producer and Consumer Subsidy Equivalents (PSE/CSE). The PSE and CSE acronyms were changed in 1999 to Producer and Consumer Support Estimate. MPS is the annual monetary value of gross transfers from consumers and taxpayers to agricultural producers arising from policy measures creating a gap between domestic market prices and border prices of a specific agricultural commodity measured at the farm gate level. Conditional on the production of a specific commodity, MPS includes the transfer to producers associated with both production for domestic use and exports and is measured by the price gap applied to current production. The MPS is net of producer levies on sales of the specific commodity or penalties for not respecting regulations such as production quotas (price levies). In the case of livestock production MPS is net of the market price support on domestically produced coarse grains and oilseeds used as animal feed (excess feed cost).

  * [Public Domain] This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition. Congressional Research Service.


Running on Climate

Running On Climate is a feature documentary by Robert Alstead and Joanna Clarke of icycle.ca productions Ltd. The film focuses on the election campaign in 2013 of climate scientist Andrew J. Weaver as the first Green Party Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia, Canada.

Running on Climate premiered at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver in May 2015.

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Willem Saris

Willem Egbert (Wim) Saris (born 8 July 1943) is a Dutch sociologist and Emeritus Professor of Statistics and Methodology, especially known for his work on "Causal modelling in non-experimental research"MTMM analyses and development of the Survey Quality Predictor (SQP) program).

Biography

Saris was born in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, in 1943. He finished his study of Sociology at the Utrecht University in 1968 and earned his PhD from the University of Amsterdam in 1979. He became full professor in political science, especially the methodology of the social sciences in 1983. Till 2001, he was working at the University of Amsterdam. In 1984, he created the Sociometric Research Foundation in order to improve social science research by the application of statistics. In 1998, he became member of the methodology group that facilitated the creation of the European Social Survey (ESS). As a consequence, he was also member of the Central Coordinating Team of the ESS from 2000 until 2012.

In 2001, he moved to Barcelona where he was granted a position as ICREA professor at ESADE. From 2009 to 2012, he was also director of the Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM) at the Pompeu Fabra University. He was also one of the founders and first chairman of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA).

Academic career

Studies

Political decision making

Over a long period, Saris was involved with Irmtraud Gallhofer in an applied research project studying political decision making on the basis of governmental meeting minutes and notes of advisers. After developing reliable instruments for analysis, the team applied their approach on varied decisions of the Dutch government as well as major decisions in world history, such as decisions concerning the start of the First and Second World War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the use of the atomic bombs in 1945. The first phase of the study was directed on the argumentation of individual decision makers. In a later phase, the research was extended to the study of collective decision making by the same governmental groups. The result was that the decision makers were making relatively simple arguments with respect to serious and far-reaching outcomes of war and peace.

Statistical aspects of structural equation models (SEM)


Willem Saris

Statistical aspects of structural equation models (SEM)

Worried about the testing procedures of structural equation modelling, Saris worked together with Albert Satorra to improve these procedures. They together developed different procedures to evaluate structural equation models. The final product was a procedure for detecting misspecification in these models taking into account the power of the tests. A program (JRule) was developed for these tests by William van der Veld.

Improvement of measurement in survey research

Application of SEM showed how large the errors were in survey data. Therefore, he directed his research on procedures to improve the measurement instrument such as the application of continuous response scales instead of category scales. In doing so, he detected that people could provide responses in very precise but different ways. This variation in response functions would be perceived as measurement error if it was not detected. In order to prevent this problem he suggested to use two fixed reference points on a scales points where there could be no doubt what they meant. Also studies were undertaken to improve measurement by use of computer assisted data collection, especially in order to remove the effect of the interviewer in the data collection. The latter research led to the development in 1986 of the Telepanel a procedure comparable with the Web survey procedure but at a time before the web existed. Given the well known fact that most people do not know much about many problems discussed and inspired by the decision theoretical approach discussed in a previous project a research line was developed to develop a decision aid for people to participate in decision making with respect to complex issues. In this context a decision aid, the Choice questionnaire, was developed by him in cooperation with Peter Neijens and Jan de Ridder. In this procedure the respondents had to evaluate necessary information about the issue before they were asked to make their choice. Because of the lack of validity of the proposals for measurement instruments specified even by experts in the different fields, he created together with Irmtraud Gallhofer the three steps procedure for designing survey questions. The suggestion is that use of this procedure guarantees the validity of the proposed questions.

Evaluation of survey measurement instruments with respect to reliability and validity


Willem Saris

Evaluation of survey measurement instruments with respect to reliability and validity

When he realized that one could indeed improve survey measures but one could never reduce the errors to zero, he decided to change his research in the direction of estimating the size of the systematic and random errors in the measures in order to be able to correct for measurement error. Inspired by the work of Frank Andrews (1984) a research program has been developed in cooperation with 11 different research groups in Europe from different countries. First the approach to evaluate measurement instruments, the so-called Multitrait-Multimethod (MTMM) experiment has been evaluated and a new model for MTMM data was developed in cooperation with Frank Andrews. This so-called True Score model allows for the separation of random and systematic errors. Also a new design, The Split-ballot MTMM design, for MTMM experiments was developed in order to reduce the number of repetitions of the same questions in cooperation with Albert Satorra and Germa Coenders. Next, data have been collected with this design within the telepanel and the ESS and the data were analysed by members of his research group in RECSM to determine the reliability (complement of random errors) and validity (complement of systematic errors) of measures.

Prediction of the quality of surveys


Willem Saris

Prediction of the quality of surveys

Probably the most important development in his research took place when he realized that one could never study the reliability and validity of all questions. This would be too expensive and time consuming. The alternative he suggested was to develop a coding system for characteristics of the questions and do a meta analysis trying to predict, on the basis of the coded characteristics of the questions, the reliability and validity of these questions. If these predictions were good enough the prediction procedure could also be used for other questions that were not studied so far but of which the same characteristics were coded. It turned out that the prediction of the quality of question, determined in the MTMM experiments, on the basis of the characteristics of the questions, was quite good. This led him to the idea to design a computer assisted expert system which uses all available information of data quality to predict the quality of new questions. This program, called Survey Quality Predictor or SQP was first developed by him in MS-DOS and later transformed in a Windows version. At present there is a new version (SQP 2.0) made by Daniel Oberski based on 3700 questions evaluated in MTMM experiments (SQP). Users can add their own questions in the data base and receive evaluations of the quality of the questions with respect to reliability and validity. Users get also information about possible improvements of the questions. The importance of this program is that the evaluation is not limited to the questions that have been evaluated but can be used for any questions for which the characteristics are coded in the system. All these questions and quality predictions are available to all users free of charge. In this way the knowledge base of questions and quality predictions is growing day by day. Momentarily the program contains already 67.000 questions introduced by more than 2000 unique users of the program.

Awards


Willem Saris

Awards

As a member of the CCT of the European Social Survey he became laureate of the Descartes Prize 2005, for the best collaborative research. In 2009, he received the Helen Dinerman award by the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) in recognition for his lifelong contributions to the methodology of public opinion research. In 2011, he received a doctor honoris cause of the University of Debrecen (Hungary). In 2013, he received the important service to survey research prize of the ESRA. In 2014, he was awarded together with Daniel Oberski by the American Association for Public Opinion Research with the Warren J. Mitofsky Innovators Award for the Survey Quality Predictor (SQP 2.0) and his contribution to the improving questionnaire design.

Notable contributions

  * Test for misspecifications in SEM (JRule)
  * Variation in response functions (VRF)
  * Fixed reference points
  * Telepanel
  * Choice questionnaire
  * Three steps procedure
  * True score MTMM model
  * Splitt Ballot MTMM design and model (SB-MTMM)
  * Survey quality predictor (SQP)
  * European Survey Research Association (ESRA)
  * Simple procedure to correct for measurement errors

Most relevant publications

Saris has authored and co-authored numerous publications.


Willem Saris

Books
  * W.E. Saris, I.N. Gallhofer (Eds) (1987) Sociometric Research II: data analysis. London. MacMillan Press.
  * W.E. Saris, I.N. Gallhofer (1987) Sociometric Research I: data collection. London. MacMillan Press.
  * Gallhofer I.N. and W.E. Saris (1996) Foreign Policy Decision Making: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of political Argumentation. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.
  * I.N. Gallhofer & W.E. Saris. (1997) Collective choice processes. A qualitative and quantitative analysis of foreign policy decision-making. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.
  * Saris W.E. & P. Sniderman (2004) Studies in Public Opinion: Attitudes, nonattitudes, measurement error and change. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
  * Saris W.E. and I.N. Gallhofer (2007) Design, evaluation and analysis of questionnaires for survey Research. Hoboken, USA. Wiley.
  * Saris W.E. and I.N. Gallhofer (Second Edition, 2014) Design, evaluation and analysis of questionnaires for survey Research. Hoboken, USA. Wiley.
Political decision making
  * Gallhofer I.N. and W.E.Saris (1996) Foreign Policy Decision Making: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of political Argumentation. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.
  * I.N. Gallhofer & W.E. Saris. (1997) Collective choice processes. A qualitative and quantitative analysis of foreign policy decision-making. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.
Structural Equation models
  * W.E. Saris, L.H. Stronkhorst (1984) Causal Modelling in non-experimental research. Amsterdam: Sociometric Research Foundation.


Willem Saris

* Satorra, A.; Saris, W.E. (1986). "Power of the likelihood ratio test in covariance structure analysis". Psychometrika. 50: 83–90. doi:10.1007/bf02294150. S2CID 122574513.
  * Saris, W.E.; Satorra, A.; Sörbom, D. (1987). "Detection and correction of structural equation models". Sociological Methodology. 1987: 105–131. doi:10.2307/271030. JSTOR 271030.
  * Saris, W.E.; Satorra, A.; de Pijper, W.M. (1991). "A comparison of several approximations to the power function of the likelihood ratio test in covariance structure analysis". Statistica Neerlandica. 45 (2): 173–185. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9574.1991.tb01302.x.
  * Saris, W.E.; Satorra, A.; van der Veld, W.M. (2009). "Testing Structural Equation Models or Detection of Misspecifications?". Structural Equation Modeling. 16 (4): 561–582. doi:10.1080/10705510903203433. hdl:10230/46205. S2CID 56293445.
Improvement of measurement
  * W.E. Saris, C. Bruinsma, W. Schoots, C. Vermeulen (1977) The use of magnitude estimation in large scale survey research. Mens en Maatschappij, 369–395.
  * Saris, W.E. (1988). "A measurement model for psychophysical scaling. In". Quality & Quantity. 22 (4): 417–433. doi:10.1007/bf00171631. S2CID 121292822.


Willem Saris

* Saris W.E. Words are sometimes not enough to express the existing information. In Fennema M., C.v.d.Eijk and H.Schijf In Search of Structure. Amsterdam, Het Spinhuis. 63–73, 1998.
  * W.E. Saris (1987) Variation in Response Functions: a source of measurement error in survey research. Amsterdam. Sociometric Research Foundation.
  * Saris, W.E; Revilla, M.; Krosnick, J.; Schaefer, E.M. (2009). "Comparing questions with agree/disagree response options to questions with item specific response options". Survey Research Methods. 16: 561–582.
  * Neijens, P.; de Ridder, J.A.; Saris, W.E. (1992). "An instrument for collecting informed opinions". Quality and Quantity. 26 (3): 245–258. doi:10.1007/bf00172428. S2CID 122986326.
  * Saris, W.E.; de Pijper, W.M. (1986). "Computer assisted interviewing using home computers". European Research. 14: 144–150.
  * W.M. de Pijper, W.E. Saris (1986) The formulation of interviews using the program Interv. Amsterdam. Sociometric Research Foundation, pp. 168
  * W.E. Saris (1991) Computer-assisted interviewing. In: Sage Series Quantitative applications in the social sciences, nr. 07-080
  * W.E. Saris CASIP: A complete automated system for information processing in family budget research, Eurostat report, 230, 1993
  * Saris W.E. Ten years of interviewing without interviewers: The telepanel. In Couper M.P., R.P.Baker, J.Bethlehem, C.Clark, J.Martin, W.L.Nicholls II, J.M. O’reilly (EDS) Computer assisted survey information collection. New York Wiley, 409–431, 1998.
Multi trait Multimethod research


Willem Saris

Multi trait Multimethod research
  * W.E. Saris, A. van Meurs (eds.): Evaluation of measurement instruments by meta-analysis of multitrait multimethod studies. North-Holland.
  * W.E. Saris, F.M. Andrews(1991) Evaluation of measurement instruments using a structural modeling approach. In: P. Biemer, R. Groves, L. Lyberg, N. Mathiowetz, S. Sudman (eds.): Measurement errors in surveys. John Wiley & Sons.
  * W.E. Saris and A. Münnich (Eds) (1994) Multitrait Multimethod approach to evaluate measurement instruments. Budapest, Eötvös University Press, 280.
  * Scherpenzeel, A; Saris, W.E. (1997). "The validity and reliability of survey questions: a meta analysis of MTMM studies. In". Sociological Methods and Research. 25: 341–383. doi:10.1177/0049124197025003004. S2CID 122375500.
  * Saris, W.E.; van Wijk, T.; Scherpenzeel, A. (1998). "Validity and reliability of subjective social indicators: the effect of different measures of association". Social Indicators Research. 45: 173–199. doi:10.1023/A:1006993730546. S2CID 142109857.
  * Corten, I.W.; Saris, W.E.; van der Veld, W.M.; Aalberts, C.E.; Kornelis, C. (2002). "Fit of different models for Multitrait-Multmethod Experiments". Structural Equation Modeling. 9 (2): 213–232. doi:10.1207/s15328007sem0902_4. S2CID 13749533.


Willem Saris

* Saris, W.E.; Aalberts, C. (2003). "Different explanations for correlated disturbance terms in MTMM studies". Structural Equation Modeling. 10 (2): 193–214. doi:10.1207/s15328007sem1002_2. S2CID 122262960.
  * Saris, W.E. (2004). "A new approach to evaluating the quality of measurement instruments: the split-ballot MTMM design". Sociological Methodology. 2004: 311–347. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.484.3241. doi:10.1111/j.0081-1750.2004.00155.x. S2CID 37588358.
  * Revilla, M.; Saris, W.E. (2013). "The Split-ballot Multitrait-Multimethod Approach: Implementation and Problems". Structural Equation Modeling. 20 (1): 27–46. doi:10.1080/10705511.2013.742379. hdl:10230/28329. S2CID 121064182.
The development of a procedure to predict the quality of survey questions
  * Gallhofer, Irmtraud (2004). "Operationalization of social science concepts by intuition". Quality and Quantity. 38 (3): 235–258. doi:10.1023/B:QUQU.0000031328.25370.e9. S2CID 143523418.
  * Saris W.E., W.vander Veld and I.Gallhofer (2004) Development and improvement of questionnaires using predictions of reliability and validity. In Presser et al. (Eds) Methods for testing and evaluating survey questionnaires. Hoboken, Wiley, 275–299.
  * Saris W. E., and I.N. Gallhofer 2007. Estimation of the effects of measurement characteristics on the quality of survey questions. Survey Research Methods, 1, 31─46.
  * Saris W.E. and I.N. Gallhofer (2007) Design, evaluation and analysis of questionnaires for survey Research. Hoboken, USA. Wiley.


Willem Saris

* Saris W., D. Oberski, M. Revilla, D. Zavala, L. Lilleoja, I.Gallhofer and T. Gruner (2011) The development of the program SQP 2.0 for the prediction of the quality of survey questions, RECSM Working paper 24
  * Saris W.E. and I.N. Gallhofer (Second Edition, 2014) Design, evaluation and analysis of questionnaires for survey Research. Hoboken, USA. Wiley.
  * Saris, W.E; Revilla, M. (2016). "Correction for measurement errors in survey research: necessary and possible" (PDF). Social Indicators Research. 127 (3): 1005–1020. doi:10.1007/s11205-015-1002-x. hdl:10230/28341. S2CID 146550566.
  * Willem E. Saris Google Scholar profile
  * Willem E. Saris Research Gate profile
  * Sociometric Research Foundation


Redouane Bouchtouk

Redouane Bouchtouk (born December 19, 1976) is a boxer from Morocco who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. At these games he was stopped in the first round of the Light Flyweight (48 kg) division by Colombia's Carlos José Tamara. He then qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he lost to Ugandan fighter Jolly Katongole.

At the first qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics he lost to Japhet Uutoni. At his second try he qualified for the Beijing Games, too, even though he lost in the final round to Thomas Essomba. In Beijing he lost his only bout to Paulo Carvalho.

  * First qualifier results
  * 2nd Qualifier


Sewallis Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers

Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers KStJ (24 January 1847 – 26 July 1912), styled Viscount Tamworth until 1859, was a British peer. He was the son of Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers and Lady Augusta Annabella Chichester.

Ferrers was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a B.A. in 1867 and an M.A. in 1871. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of DerbyshireStaffordshire.Staffordshire Yeomanry cavalry on 8 February 1868.

He was appointed a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (K.St.J.)Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Derbyshire.

On 24 October 1885, at St George's, Hanover Square, he married Lady Ina Maude Hedges-White, daughter of William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry and Jane Herbert.

The 10th Earl Ferrers died at age 65; his marriage was childless. He was succeeded by Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers.

  * Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Ferrers


Peter O'Brien (Gaelic footballer)

Peter O'Brien was a Gaelic football goalkeeper from Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. He played with the Dr. Crokes club and the Kerry intercounty team.

He played with the Kerry senior team for one season in 1995.

After playing underage football, at a senior club level, O'Brien won Kerry Senior Football Championship titles in 1991 and 2000. The 1991 title was the first win since 1914 for Dr. Crokes. O'Brien also won two Munster Senior Club Football Championship titles in 1990 and 1991 and an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1992. He now has 3 kids Ross,Lauren,Keelan.

He is credited with giving Colm Cooper his nickname, The Gooch.

  * http://munster.gaa.ie/history/sfclub_teams/
  * http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/131/Peter-OBrien
  * http://www.drcrokes.com/


Lagarde Park

Lagarde Park is a public park in Djibouti City, the capital of Djibouti. It is situated near the city's center. The park sits at an altitude of about 11 m (36 ft), making it one of the settlement's highest points.


Namo language

Namo (or Kaunje, Mari, Na, or DorroYam language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.


MRPS21

28S ribosomal protein S21, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPS21 gene.

Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and assist protein synthesis within the mitochondrion.ribosomes (mitoribosomes) consist of a small 28S subunit and a large 39S subunit. They have an estimated 75% protein to rRNA composition compared to prokaryotic ribosomes, where this ratio is reversed. Another difference between mammalian mitoribosomes and prokaryotic ribosomes is that the latter contain a 5S rRNA. Among different species, the proteins comprising the mitoribosome differ greatly in sequence, and sometimes in biochemical properties, which prevents easy recognition by sequence homology. This gene encodes a 28S subunit protein that belongs to the ribosomal protein S21P family.Pseudogenes corresponding to this gene are found on chromosomes 1p, 1q, 9p, 10p, 10q, 16q, and 17q.splice variants that differ in the 5' UTR; both transcripts encode the same protein.


Market halls in Berlin

By the year 1900, there were 14 market halls (or market houses) in Berlin.


Market halls in Berlin

Name                                           Location                                                                                Built (date)         Sales area (in m²) / Number of stands  Remarks                                                                                Image
                                                                                [Markthalle I, 1896]
I, Zentralmarkthalle Berlin (I and II)         Berlin-Mitte, on both sides of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße (now Karl-Liebknecht-Straße) near Alexanderplatz      1884–1886 and –1893  0016.079/1336                          The Central Market Hall I (as it was first called) was the first shopping center built according to the municipal building program. It had ice-cold storage rooms in the cellar area and its own railway connection to deliver goods. Until 1893, the extension of the central market hall was built on the opposite side of the street (Central Market Hall Ia or II). The Central Market Hall parts survived the First World War and the economic crisis to a large extent without damage, only in 1944 it was ruined. The Hall I, rebuilt in need of help, helped provide the East Berlin population. Hall Ia was dismantled. In the 1960s the first market hall was also destroyed. Some parts were integrated into a new building at the same place.
                                                                                0013.281/776                                                                                More pictures

II, Lindenhalle                                Friedrichstadt, Berlin-Mitte, Lindenstraße 97/98 / Friedrichstraße 18                                      1884–1886            009114/746                             This market hall is located north of the Mehringplatz and has access from the Friedrichstraße and the Lindenstraße. All buildings along with the market hall fell into ruins at the end of the Second World War. While the residential buildings were replaced by new ones, the market hall was only rebuilt in 1962 and 1965 in its original form but with new materials. Until 2010 it served as the Berlin Flower Market.                                                                                [Schnittdarstellung der Markthalle II]
III, Zimmerhalle                               Friedrichstadt, Berlin-Mitte, Zimmerstraße 90/91                                                           1884–1886            004843/409                             In 1910, it was closed down as a market place due to a decline in the number of retailers and leased to the catering firm Hoffmann & Retschlag. In 1942, the former harket hall also served as an internment station for arrested jews. After 1945, the building was converted into a business building.                                                                                [Erhaltenes Fassadenelement]


Market halls in Berlin

IV                                             Dorotheenstadt, Berlin-Mitte, Reichstagufer corner of Dorotheenstraße                                      1884–1886            003778/364                             The hall had a tunnel entrance to neighboring buildings. It was closed as a market hall in 1913. Parts were integrated into the new post office building at the same place.
V                                              Berlin-Tiergarten, Magdeburger Platz                                                                       1886–1887            002538/231                             In the Second World War, the hall was damaged and finally dismantled in 1956.                                                                                [Seitenfassade Markthalle V]
                                                                                [Ackerhalle, Eingang Invalidenstr.]
VI, Ackerhalle                                 Berlin-Mitte, Invalidenstraße corner of Ackerstraße                                                        1886–1888            003546/344
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VII                                            Berlin-Kreuzberg, Dresdner Straße / Legiendamm                                                             1887–1888            004700/410
VIII                                           Berlin-Friedrichshain, Andreasstraße / Krautstraße                                                         1886–1. Mai 1888     005070/532
IX, Eisenbahnhalle                             Berlin-Kreuzberg, Pücklerstraße 34 / Eisenbahnstraße 42/43                                                 ?–1891               003296/300                                                                                [Markthalle IX]
„Markthalle Neun
X, Arminiushalle                               Berlin-Moabit, Arminiusstraße/Bremer Straße/Bugenhagenstraße/Jonasstraße                                   1890–1891            004810/425                             The only one-storey market hall, also known as the Moabiter Hall , has been without any major interruptions since its opening.                                                                                [Markthalle X, Fassade von der Seite Jonasstraße] More pictures
from 2010 Zunfthalle, now again Arminiushalle
                                                                                [Fassadenzeichnung zum Marheinekeplatz]
XI, Marheinekehalle                            Berlin-Kreuzberg, Zossener Straße / Bergmannstraße                                                         1891–15. März 1892   002808/278                             Although severely damaged during the Second World War, in the summer of 1945, a new market activity began in the cellar. The upper surface served as a depot of a rubble railway until 1950.


Market halls in Berlin

[Halle XI anno 2017]
XII                                            Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, Grüntaler Straße / Badstraße 16a                                                     1890–1892            004198/273                             After a dramatic decline in the number of retailers (below 50), and due to inefficiency, the Berlin administration closed the hall in 1898.                                                                                [Markthalle XII, Fassade]
XIII                                           Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, main engrance Wörther Straße 45                                                    1890–1892            005095/393                             The indoor market was surrounded by Franseckystraße (north), Treskowstraße (east), Wörtherstraße (south) and Schönhauser Allee (west). After the number of leased market stalls had declined to around 100 by 1910, market hall was closed.                                                                                [Markthalle XIII, Fassade]
XIV                                            Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, Dalldorfer Straße 21/22 (from 1919 Schönwalder Straße 19) east of the Wedding-Platz  1890–1892            004057/352                             In 1910 this market hall is listed in the address book on Dalldorfer Straße, owned by the City of Berlin.                                                                                [Hauptfassade der Markthalle XIV um 1892]


Running from the Deity

Running from the Deity (2005) is a science fiction novel by American writer Alan Dean Foster. The book is the tenth chronologically in the Pip and Flinx series.

Plot summary

Continuing his pursuit of the alien weapon's platform, the Krang, Flinx finds himself heading into the Blight—where the Krang has presumably gone—but is informed by his ship, Teacher, that repairs are necessary before they can continue. The repairs can be simply done by Teacher’s autonomic controls, but the need for raw materials force Flinx to land the entire KK-drive ship on the world of Arrawd.

Arrawd is classified by the Humanx Commonwealth as a Class IVB world, placing it technologically at 19th century Earth levels, the initial development of the steam engine. Because the planet is at such a low technology level, first contact with aliens is forbidden, a rule that Flinx once again ignores.

On an excursion from his ship while it is repairing itself, Flinx falls and injures his ankle, leading to his discovery by two members of the Dwarra, a married couple Storra and Ebbanai. They assist the human to their home where he is able to heal himself with some simple Commonwealth technology. His use of such magical technology and his physical prowess—the gravity of Arrawd is much lower than Terran standard—quickly leads Storra to spread stories of his abilities. The couple takes advantage of Flinx's good will and begin to profit from the human's agreement to help heal those who come to the couple's farm. When this is discovered by Flinx he resolves to leave the planet, but too late it seems for his presence has started a war between three of the local governments, all seeking to control the new god that has come to their world.


Running from the Deity

Flinx, despite his troubles on Arrawd considers staying there for the rest of his natural life simply to be away from his troubles with the rest of humanity and the Humanx Commonwealth. Part of his reasoning is that during his time on the planet he doesn't have any of the headaches that have plagued him most of his post-adolescent life. The reason for the headaches disappearing is unclear, though it is indicated that the empathic ability innate in each Dwarra might be the reason. In the end, he knows staying is an impossibility because of his responsibility to track down the Krang.

Despite his protestations that he is as mortal and common as the Dwarra, the members of the native race pay Flinx little attention. A three-way war erupts and ends only when Flinx brings Teacher to the stronghold where the battle is raging and uses his ship's weapons to separate the combatants. During a conference after the war, Flinx attempts to convince the various political leaders he is not a deity, to limited success. Before the conference can be concluded Flinx is the target of an assassination attempt. His Talent once again saves him, but kills the assassin and several co-conspirators in the process. Flinx's headaches return after the assassination attempt. Disgusted at his poor choice of actions in dealing with the Dwarra, and the alien race's insistence at seeing him as a god, Flinx finally leaves Arrawd.

As he leaves the system Flinx is contacted by an alien intelligence that pulls him away from his search for the Krang.

In the epilogue, Clarity Held has been taken to the safety of the thranx homeworld, Hivehom where she is shown the interstellar devastation known as The Great Emptiness. Thranx galactographic astronomers have been able to track the destruction of a galaxy known as Poltebet-MH438A. The destruction is accelerating and headed directly for the heart of the Humanx Commonwealth.

  * Running from the Deity title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  * Alan Dean Foster homepage


Sir Robert Pollock, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Pollock, 1st Baronet (c. 1665 – 22 August 1735), of Pollok, was a British Army officer and Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1700 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1722.

Early life

Pollock was the eldest son of Robert Pollock of Pollok and his second wife, Jean Crawford, daughter of Cornelius Crawford of Jordanhill, Renfrewshire.

Career

In 1689 Pollock was a lieutenant in an independent troop of horse. He was a captain in the 7th Dragoons by April 1690 and a major of foot in Lord Murray’s regiment from 1694 until 1698 when he went onto half-pay. In 1700 he was elected to the Parliament of Scotland as a Shire Commissioner for Renfrewshire and sat until the Union. He was created baronet on 30 November 1703 and became a major of Dragoons in the Earl of Hyndford’s regiment under the first and second Earl until 1710.

At the Union in 1707 Pollock became a representative of Scotland in the first Great Britain Parliament. He had difficulty finding a seat at the 1708 general election and ended up standing unsuccessfully at Linlithgow Burghs. At the 1710 general election, he was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire. Also in 1710 he became a lieutenant-colonel and was a colonel in 1712. He was returned unopposed again at Renfrewshire at the 1713 general election. From 1713 to 1715, he was on Army half-pay. He was appointed Governor of Fort William on 25 February 1715 and was returned again as MP for Renfrewshire at the 1715 general election. He lost his support by 1722 and consequently his seat at the 1722 general election.

Personal life

He married firstly by contract dated 25/30 January 1686, Annabella (née Maxwell) Cathcart, widow of John Cathcart of Carleton, Ayr and daughter of Sir George Maxwell, of Nether Pollock, Renfrew. She died without issue before 15 May 1691. He married, secondly, Annabella Stewart, daughter of Walter Stewart, of Pardovan, Linlithgow.Pollock Castle and rebuilt it as a large stately house in 1686. He had four sons whom he outlived and three daughters, including:


Sir Robert Pollock, 1st Baronet

* Elizabeth Pollock, who married Laird Alexander Hamilton of Grange in 1730.
  * Jean Pollock.
  * Annabella Pollock.
  * Walter Pollock, who became father of the 2nd baronet.

Sir Robert died on 22 August 1735. His second son, Walter, had a son Robert who succeeded by to the baronetcy, but with whose death, in 1783, the baronetcy became extinct.

Descendants

Through his daughter Elizabeth, he was grandfather of James A. Hamilton (1718–1799) and great-grandfather of Alexander Hamilton, 1st Secretary of the Treasury in the United States.


Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সংবাদপত্র মালিক সমিতি) is an industry trade association of newspaper owners in Bangladesh.AK Azad, publisher of the daily New Age and chairman of Ha-Meem Group.Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Parishad together represent the interest of the print media industry in Bangladesh.

History

In 2017, Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh section 57 of Digital Security Act which it believed would encourage censorship of the press.

In 2019, Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh tried to stall the 9th wage board, which significantly increased the minimum wage of newspaper employees. This was protested by Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists and Dhaka Union of Journalists.Bangladesh Supreme Court against the implementation of the 9th wage board following a Bangladesh High Court verdict for the implementation of the 9th wage board.

The Association has campaigned against the import duty on newsprint and reduce the corporate tax from 35 percent. It has also called for the government to increase the rate for government advertisements.

Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh announced on 25 March 2020 that newspapers do not spread COVID-19.Matiur Rahman, editor of the daily Prothom Alo.


Réunion cuckooshrike

The Réunion cuckooshrike (Lalage newtoni) is a passerine bird in the cuckooshrike family. It is endemic to the island of Réunion, where it is restricted to two areas of mountain forest in the north of the island. Males are dark grey above and pale grey beneath, while females have dark brown upper parts and a streaked breast. The population has been declining and the range contracting, being currently about 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the species as "critically endangered", with the possibility that the bird could be wiped out by a tropical storm. Conservation efforts are being made by attempting to control the cats and rats which prey on the chicks, and this seems to have resulted in the population stabilising.

Taxonomy

Dutch naturalist François Pollen described the Réunion cuckooshrike in 1866.

Description

The Réunion cuckooshrike is a small arboreal bird. The plumage is dimorphic between the sexes. The male is grey coloured with a darker back and lighter underside; the face is darker and has the impression of a mask. The female is quite different, being dark brown above and striped underneath with a white eye-line. The call of the species is a clear whistled tui tui tui, from which is derived its local Réunion Creole/French name, tuit-tuit.

Distribution and habitat

The species is restricted to the forest canopy, with a distribution limited to two small patches of Réunion's native subtropical mountain forests in the north of the island. Although it once ranged across Réunion in suitable habitat, its stronghold is the Plaine des Chicots – Plaine d'Affouches Important Bird Area near the island capital of Saint-Denis.insects, though fruit are also taken.

Status and conservation

The Réunion cuckooshrike is a critically endangered species and is currently the focus of conservation efforts. Its range has declined significantly and is currently an area of just 16 km2. The population of the species is currently stable but at the low number of around 50 adult birds, and is very vulnerable to localised disasters such as forest fires or habitat degradation. Introduced cats and rats prey on the species (particularly on young birds), and introduced herbivores such as deer degrade what little habitat remains.


Réunion cuckooshrike

Formerly classified as an endangered species by the IUCN,critically endangered status in 2008 as it is in immediate danger of extinction, numbering so few birds that it might be entirely wiped out by a single catastrophic event such as a tropical cyclone.

Pilot studies have shown that controlling rat and cat numbers around nesting sites leads to increased survival of chicks, and the test programme of trapping and poisoning is going to be expanded. The species' survival plan also includes recommendations to translocate some individuals to suitable habitat in other parts of the island.

  * BirdLife International (BLI) (2006a) Species factsheet: Coracina newtoni. Retrieved 9 October 2006
  * BirdLife International (BLI) (2006b) Road to recovery for rare cuckooshrike. Retrieved 9 October 2006
  * BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. Retrieved 23 May 2008


Seward & Kissel

Seward & Kissel is an American law firm with offices in New York City and Washington, D.C. that was founded in 1890. Its primary expertise is in the financial services industry. The firm's clientele includes commercial banks, investment funds, institutional investors, and shipping and transport companies.

History

Seward & Kissel began as Smith & Martin and has been headquartered in downtown New York City since its founding. In 1949, the firm advised in the formation of the first hedge fund. It opened its Washington office in 1977 and its transportation and shipping practice in 1992.

Seward & Kissel takes the first half of its name from George Seward, who became a partner at Meyer, Kidder, Matz & Kissel, one the previous iterations of the firm, in 1953. He remained an active partner until 1983 and continued working at the firm until 2011. He held many leadership positions at the American Bar Association, founded the business law section of the International Bar Association, and was the honorary life president of the International Bar Association. He died in 2012 at the age of 101.

In September 2015, the firm celebrated its 125th anniversary by burying a time capsule outside its Battery Park offices. The plan is for the capsule to be recovered 125 years later. Managing Partner John Tavss expressed the hope “that Seward & Kissel will still be thriving in the year 2140, when this time capsule is to be opened.” Among the items placed in the time capsule were a BlackBerry, a business card, a Zagat guide, and a New York City Subway map.

While presiding over the environmental case brought by Ecuadorian Native groups against Texaco-Chevron, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan appointed Seward & Kissel to prosecute environmental lawyer Steven Donziger.

Lawsuits


Seward & Kissel

Lawsuits

On February 27, 2012, ruling in favor of a group of plaintiffs represented by Seward & Kissel, the Delaware Court of Chancery enjoined the sale of BankAtlantic by BankAtlantic Bancorp (BBX) to Branch Bank & Trust, agreeing that the sale would violate the contractual rights of holders of BBX trust securities. “This decision is significant,” stated one report, “because it sends a message to all Banks with trust preferred securities (TruPS) that they cannot infringe on the rights of the TruPS holders when trying to restructure.”

In May 2016, Gray Financial Group sued Seward & Kissel in a Georgia federal court for $12 million. Gray charged the firm with malpractice, saying that it had been negligent in advising Gray to sell funds to a state pension, thus rendering Gray “vulnerable to federal investigations.” In response, Seward & Kissel called the allegations “meritless and sanctionable.”

Ratings

Chambers USA 2019: 4 practices (Investment Management, Corporate/M&A, Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Maritime Finance)

Legal 500 US 2018: 2 practices (Hedge Funds and Corporate/M&A) and 4 lawyers ranked.

25 lawyers ranked as SuperLawyers.

The U.S. News - Best Lawyers: 4 practices nationally ranked and 5 additional practices ranked regionally.

J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge

In 2014, two Seward & Kissel lawyers, Denise Mazzeo and Dave Knowles, won the women's and men's races respectively in the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge.

  * Official website [Edit this at Wikidata]


Peter Nourse

Peter Nourse (October 10, 1774 – March 25, 1840) was an American clergyman and librarian.

Nourse, born October 10, 1774, at Bolton, Massachusetts, was the son of Jonathan and Ruth (Barret) Nourse. He graduated from Harvard College in 1802, received the A.M. in course, and was Harvard College Librarian for three years from 1805 to 1808.

In 1810, he and his wife Polly, daughter of Rev. Caleb Barnum of Taunton, moved to Ellsworth, Maine, where, 9 September 1812, he was ordained over the newly established Congregational church. The ordination sermon was by Rev. Samuel Kendal and the charge by Ezra Ripley. Here he lived as pastor and at least part of the time as schoolmaster, until 1835, when he either was dismissed or resigned.

His wife had died previously to this, and, as he had no children, he went to live, first with his brother, Dr. Amos Nourse, at Bath, and then with his nephew, Dr. Thomas Childs, at Phippsburg, Maine. At this place he died at the age of sixty-five, March 25, 1840. He was buried at Ellsworth.

[Public Domain] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Potter, Alfred Claghorn; Bolton, Charles Knowles (1897). The librarians of Harvard College 1667–1877. University of California Libraries. Cambridge, Mass., Library of Harvard University.


Salai (needle)

A salai (Punjabi: ਸਲਾਈ) also known as a baaj (Punjabi: ਬਾਜ) is a specially-designed needle for turbans that is used by Sikhs for tucking hair from inside the turban and is also used for smoothing out folds.

  * Dastar


Nyaungbin

Nyaungbin may refer to the following places in Burma:

  * Nyaungbin, Kawa, a village in Bago Region, Myanmar
  * Nyaungbintha, Mohnyin


MRPL55

39S ribosomal protein L55, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPL55 gene.

Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and help in protein synthesis within the mitochondrion. Mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) consist of a small 28S subunit and a large 39S subunit. They have an estimated 75% protein to rRNA composition compared to prokaryotic ribosomes, where this ratio is reversed. Another difference between mammalian mitoribosomes and prokaryotic ribosomes is that the latter contain a 5S rRNA. Among different species, the proteins comprising the mitoribosome differ greatly in sequence, and sometimes in biochemical properties, which prevents easy recognition by sequence homology. This gene encodes a 39S subunit protein. Multiple transcript variants encoding two different isoforms were identified through sequence analysis.


Swing, Sister, Swing

Swing, Sister, Swing is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Charles Grayson. The film stars Ken Murray, Johnny Downs, Kathryn Kane, Eddie Quillan, Ernest Truex and Edna Sedgewick. The film was released on December 16, 1938, by Universal Pictures.

Plot

Press agent Nap Sisler joins up with Snookie Saunders and Satchel Lips Peters to make a new dance "The Baltimore Bubble" a national hit.

Cast

  * Ken Murray as Nap Sisler
  * Johnny Downs as Johnny Bennett
  * Kathryn Kane as Snookie Saunders
  * Eddie Quillan as Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters
  * Ernest Truex as Prof. L. Orlando Beebee
  * Edna Sedgewick as Nona Tremayne
  * Nana Bryant as Hyacinth Hepburn
  * Esther Howard as Miss Fredericks
  * Clara Blandick as Ma Sisler
  * James Flavin as Pilot
  * Emmett Vogan as Les Murphy
  * Ted Weems as himself
  * Herbert Heywood as Mr. Beagle
  * Fred Santley as Photographer
  * John Ward as Nate Raymond
  * Alan Davis as Jack Stafford
  * John Hiestand as Radio Announcer
  * Clara Blore as Dancer
  * Eddie Fetherston as Photographer
  * Lloyd Ingraham as Station Agent
  * Alice Weaver as Dancer
  * Joe Niemeyer as Dance Instructor
  * Swing, Sister, Swing at IMDb


Running man (dance)

Not to be confused with Running Man Challenge.

Running Man Dance

The running man is a street dance, consisting of "shuffling" and sliding steps, imitating a stationary runner. The dancer takes steps forward, then slides the foot placed in front backwards almost immediately, while moving their fists forwards and back horizontally in front of them. The fad dance was said to have been started in the mid-1980s.

Notable performers of the dance were MC Hammer, Janet Jackson, Five Star, Selena, Milli Vanilli and Vanilla Ice during their live concert shows and in music videos.

Dance history

The running man is one of the most recognizable hip hop dances. According to Essence magazine, Paula Abdul created the dance and taught it to Janet Jackson when she was working as her choreographer during Jackson's album Control (1986).The Running Man.Rhythm Nation".

Others sources claim MC Hammer developed the party dance.Hammer pants. Bobby Brown also popularized the Roger Rabbit dance (similar to a "backwards" running man),Every Little Step" (1989).

The running man achieved a meme revival during the 2000s, being performed in a similar manner as the Melbourne shuffle dance style.Britney Spears performed it during her The M+M's Tour,Scarlett Johansson claimed "I do a great running man" in an interview with Seventeen.

In 2008, "Something Good" by the Utah Saints was re-released. The video, set in 1989, comically suggests that the running man craze started in Cardiff, Wales. It features many people dancing the running man and ends with the "rights" to the dance being signed over to MC Hammer under duress.

The pop duo LMFAO brought the running man back into the mainstream with their song "Party Rock Anthem", which was named the 2011 song of the summer by Billboard.

  * Hip hop dance
  * Melbourne shuffle
  * Novelty and fad dances
  * Running Man Challenge
  * Street dance


Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet

For other people named Robert Thomas, see Robert Thomas (disambiguation).

Sir Robert Thomas

Sir Robert John Thomas, 1st Baronet (23 April 1873 – 27 September 1951) was a Welsh businessman and Liberal Party politician, who was twice elected to Parliament.

Thomas was a ship and insurance broker.Baronet, of Garreglwyd in the County of Anglesey.

Politics

He was elected at the 1918 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the new constituency of Wrexham. Standing as a Liberal, with the official backing of the David Lloyd George led Coalition Government, he faced only a Labour Party opponent and won 76% of the votes.

General election 1918: Wrexham
Party     Candidate    Votes          %       ±%
          Liberal      Robert Thomas  20,874  76.3  n/a
          Labour       Hugh Hughes    6,500   23.7  n/a
Majority  14,374       52.6           n/a
Turnout                69.7           n/a
          Liberal win

At the 1922 general election he stood as a National Liberal Party candidate for Anglesey, losing by a margin of 9% to the sitting Labour MP Sir Owen Thomas.

1922 General Election: Anglesey
Party     Candidate         Votes          %       ±%
          Labour            Owen Thomas    11,929  54.2  +3.8
          National Liberal  Robert Thomas  10,067  45.8  -3.8
Majority  1,862             8.4            +7.6
Turnout                     80.5
          Labour hold       Swing          -3.8

However, Owen Thomas died in January 1923, and at the resulting by-election in April Robert Thomas won a 3-way contest with 53% of the votes, and a 23% majority over the second-placed Labour candidate.

1923 Anglesey by-election
Party     Candidate                 Votes                 %       ±%
          Liberal                   Robert Thomas         11,116  53.3  +7.5
          Labour                    Edward John           6,368   30.5  -23.7
          Unionist                  Richard Owen Roberts  3,385   16.2  n/a
Majority                            22.8
Turnout                             76.4
          Liberal gain from Labour  Swing                 +15.6

He was returned unopposed at the general election in December 1923. He was returned by a majority of 28% over his Labour opponent at the election in 1924.


Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet

General election 1924: Anglesey
Party     Candidate     Votes          %       ±%
          Liberal       Robert Thomas  13,407  63.9
          Labour        Cyril O Jones  7,580   36.1
Majority  5,827         27.8
Turnout                 74
          Liberal hold  Swing

He stood down from Parliament at the 1929 general election.

Arms

Coat of arms of Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet
Crest On the waves of the sea Proper between two anchors Sable a ship in full sail Proper. Escutcheon Per pale Gules and Azure on a chevron Argent between in dexter chief a sower scattering seed and in sinister chief on eagle displayed both Or and in base a garb of the last three fleurs-de-lis Sable. Motto Fac Recte Et Nil Time

  * Richards, Emlyn. Syr Robert John Thomas, y Garreglwyd (Sir Ifor Williams Memorial lecture.) Given in Anglesey, 31 October 1997
  * Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Robert Thomas


Newspaper National Network

Not to be confused with National Network (newspaper).

Logo of the Newspaper National Network.

The Newspaper National Network LP (NNN) was a marketing partnership of the top 25 newspaper companies in the United States and the Newspaper Association of America. NNN provided major advertisers with planning and placement support across over 9,000 newspapers for print and online. The group was headquartered in New York City.

NNN was formed in 1994 by a cross-industry effort to reverse a long-term decline in national advertising in newspapers. Former New York City School Chancellor Cathie Black was instrumental in NNN's inception.

After careful study, the leading newspaper companies in America and the Newspaper Association of America financed the creation and launch of NNN. NNN was initially targeted on a highly selective set of advertiser categories, which did virtually no advertising in newspapers. Its scope expanded, and since 1994 NNN has placed over $2 billion in newspaper advertising campaigns.

NNN's shareholder companies owned most all major market newspapers, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post. NNN's is focused on 16 vertical categories of advertising where newspapers receive less than 10% of total media spending. In 2003, the NNN shareholder partners collectively reaffirmed their support of NNN by adopting a new mission and operating principles.

NNN ceased operations on June 30, 2016.

NNN official site


Réveil Sportif

Réveil-Sportif is a football club of Martinique, based in the eastern town Gros-Morne.

Founded in 1938 as Gros-Morne Club,Martinique Championnat National.

Achievements

  * 2007/2008 Club info – Antilles-Foot
  * Club info – French Football Federation


Saurabh Kumar

saurabh kumar gaya may refer to:

  * Saurabh Kumar (cricketer) (born 1993), Indian cricketer
  * Saurabh Kumar (engineer) (1983–2015), Indian Railways engineering officer and whistleblower
  * Saurabh Kumar (ambassador) (born 1966), Indian civil servant and Indian ambassador to Iran


Operation Cobra (disambiguation)

Operation Cobra was a 1944 World War II battle in Normandy.

Operation Cobra may also refer to:

  * Operation Cobra (Timor), an Australian 1944 military operation in Timor
  * Inferno (1997 film) or Operation Cobra, an American/Indian film
  * Operation Cobra (web series), a 2019 Indian web series starring Gautam Gulati
  * "Operation Cobra", a campaign in Company of Heroes
  * Operation Cobra Sweep and Operation Cobra Strike, coalition military operations of the Iraq War


Salahuddin Tirmizi

Lieutenant General Syed Salahuddin Tirmizi HI(M) SBt TBt (Urdu: صلاح الدین ترمذی ; born 1 May 1943) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Narcotics Control, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He had been a member of the Senate of Pakistan, representing Pakistan Muslim League (N) from March 2015 to March 2021.

Early life and education

He was born on 1 May 1943 in Mansehra. He studied at Cadet College Hasan Abdal before attending Pakistan Military Academy Kakul from where he received B.A degree. He received his B.Sc. Honours degree from Balochistan University in Quetta and completed his M.Sc. in War Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University in 1984.

He belongs to the noble Syed family of Kaghan and is also referred to as the 'Chief of Kaghan' after his father. His father was Syed Mehmood Shah, Member of the Legislative Assembly and Chief of Kaghan.

Military career

He was commissioned in Pakistan Army, Armoured Corps in October, 1964. His major assignments in Pakistan Army were Instructor at the National Defence College, Islamabad (now National Defence University), Commander 3rd Independent Armoured Brigade Group, Chief of Staff IV Corps, General Officer Commanding First Armoured Division, Director General Armoured Corps, GHQ.

Director General Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Chairman Pakistan Narcotics Board (PNCB) and later, on merger of the two departments, the first Director General of Anti Narcotics ForceANF), he also held additional appointment of Secretary Narcotics Control Division during the period of merger of ANTF and PNCB, raising the force as well as framing its laws.

He was also Corps Commander II Corps, also known as II Strike Corps and Commandant National Defence College, Islamabad (now National Defence University) from 25 Oct 1998 - 2 Mar 2000.

He has visited various countries of Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Australia as Leader / Member of Pakistani Delegation on Study Tours, Conferences and Courses.

Political career


Salahuddin Tirmizi

Political career

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan from constituency NA-20 Manshera-I in 2002 Pakistani general election. He was declared unsuccessfulrigged by General Musharraf's regime, with concerns about their legitimacy raised by international watchdogs.

He joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 2006 and ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan from constituency NA-20 Manshera-I as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He was declared successful, however, a re-poll was allowed by the courts in the losing candidate's home constituency, enabling the result to be overturned in the losing candidate's favour. "The winning candidate from NA-20, Mansehra, Lt-Gen (retired) Salahuddin Tirmizi of PML-N challenged the order of the Chief Election Commission (CEC) in the Peshawar High Court's Abbottabad bench regarding re-polling at two polling stations of the constituency on March 13."

He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 2015 Pakistani Senate election.

Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet.

Awards and decorations


Salahuddin Tirmizi

Awards and decorations

Hilal-e-Imtiaz
                          Sitara-e-Basalat        Tamgha-e-Basalat            Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War
(Military)
                          (Star of Good Conduct)  (Medal of Good Conduct)     (War Star 1965)
(Crescent of Excellence)

                          Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War                              Tamgha-e-Baqa
Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War                            Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War
                          (War Medal 1965)                                    (Nuclear Test Medal)
(War Star 1971)                                   (War Medal 1971)
                          With Imtiazi Sanad                                  1998

10 Years Service Medal    20 Years Service Medal  30 Years Service Medal      35 Years Service Medal
                                                                              Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-

                                                                              Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam

10 Years Service Medal    20 Years Service Medal  30 Years Service Medal      (100th Birth Anniversary of

                                                                              Muhammad Ali Jinnah)

                                                                              1976

                                                  Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha  Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan
Hijri Tamgha              Jamhuriat Tamgha
                                                  (Resolution Day             (Independence Day
(Hijri Medal)             (Democracy Medal)
                                                  Golden Jubilee Medal)       Golden Jubilee Medal)
1979                      1988
                                                  1990                        1997


Nyaungbin, Kawa

Nyaungbin (Burmese: ညောင်ပင်) is a village in Kawa Township, Bago Region, Myanmar.


Mansbridge (disambiguation)

Mansbridge is a suburb of Southampton, England.

Mansbridge may also refer to:

  * Albert Mansbridge (1876–1952), British educator
  * Jane Mansbridge (born 1939), Harvard professor
  * John Mansbridge (artist) (1901–1981), British artist
  * John B. Mansbridge (1917–2016), American art director
  * Peter Mansbridge (born 1948), Canadian journalist and anchor of The National
  * Ronald Mansbridge (1905–2006), publisher, author and wit


Swing (boxing)

The swing is a type of hook, with the main difference being that in the swing the arm is usually more extended.

  * [right hook in attack]
    right hook in attack
  * [right hookcounter punch]
    right hookcounter punch
  * [right hook(in corner)]
    right hook(in corner)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boxing.
  * BoxRec.com


Running in board

Not to be confused with Running board.

A Running in board at West Runton railway station

Minobu station board

A running in board is a large sign showing the name of the railway station on which it is found. The signs are intended to inform passengers of their location when on a train entering the station, possibly while still moving at speed. Some signs display the names of the previous and following stations on the line.

In normal circumstances a two-platform station has one running in board on each platform situated near that end of the platform to which trains serving the platform run in - hence 'running in board'.

During the Second World War, running in boards in the United Kingdom were removed or obscured to prevent enemy spies or paratroopers from easily discovering their location.

  * Running In Boards - Southern e-group.

Media related to Running in boards at Wikimedia Commons


Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet

Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1627–1678), was a politician in Wales.

He was a Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire, 1656–1658, and for Caernarvon Boroughs in 1659. He was one of the Williams-Bulkeley baronets; he became a baronet in 1663.


Yvonne Bernard

Yvonne Mercedes Bernard (born March 6, 1959) is an American film, television, and commercial producer.

Life and career

Yvonne M. Bernard was born in Tarrytown, New York to Bob and Prudy Bernard. She is the sister of Dan Bernard, who is the SVP of Development and Production at Lookout Entertainment and frequently collaborates with her as a producer on several features and commercial projects. Yvonne has four siblings, Bob Bernard, Daphne Broudy, and the Lynne Bernard. She attended the University of Iowa and graduated with a degree in Journalism and Theater Arts.

Yvonne represents and produces all content for her friend, author R. L. Stine for film and television. She became one of the first women to 100 per cent own a production company in the United States.

After working on a Stine film in Morocco in the early 1990s, Bernard started an import/export business in California. At the time, she was the only American importing Moroccan goods into the United States.

In 1996, Bernard founded Lookout Entertainment Inc., a film, TV, digital media and commercial production company located in Hermosa Beach, California. Bernard/Lookout has gone on to produce commercials, feature films, and television shows. In addition, she has also produced a number of short films that have been used on rides in prominent theme parks including SeaWorld, San Diego and Busch Gardens.

Bernard has served as an producer for films including ”Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?(2008)”, Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?(2014), ”Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House”.Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2016). Throughout her career, she has also been credited an executive producer for the short film Haunted Lighthouse (2003), MTV series Eye Candy (TV series) (2015),Ross Stores, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., Mercury Insurance, Smart and Final, Anna's Linens and Shoe PavilionShe is currently working with Warner Bros., Fox, Disney and Lions Gate.

Bernard currently resides in Hermosa Beach, where she lives with her partner Henry, her two children and their two golden retrievers, Gracie and Porter.

Filmography


Yvonne Bernard

Filmography

  * 2003: Haunted Lighthouse (executive producer)
  * 2008: Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?
  * 2014: Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (executive producer)
  * 2015: Eye Candy (TV series) (11 episodes, executive producer)
  * 2016 Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House (executive producer)
  * Yvonne Bernard at IMDb


Kyotorphin

Kyotorphin (L-tyrosyl-L-arginine) is a neuroactive dipeptide which plays a role in pain regulation in the brain. It was first isolated from bovine brain, by Japanese scientists in 1979.Kyoto, Japan and because of its morphine- (or endorphin-) like analgesic activity. Kyotorphin has an analgesic effect, but it does not interact with the opioid receptors. Instead, it acts by releasing met-enkephalin and stabilizing it from degradation. It may also possess properties of neuromediator/neuromodulator. It has been shown that kyotorphin is present in the human cerebrospinal fluid and that its concentration is lower in patients with persistent pain.


Saurashtra (Unicode block)

Saurashtra is a Unicode block containing characters used up to the late 19th century as a primary script for the Saurashtra language. The Saurashtra Unicode encoding supports both traditional and modern Saurashtra orthographies.

Block

Saurashtra
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
                                                                                0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   A   B   C   D   E   F
U+A88x                                                                                ꢀ  ꢁ  ꢂ  ꢃ  ꢄ  ꢅ  ꢆ  ꢇ  ꢈ  ꢉ  ꢊ  ꢋ  ꢌ  ꢍ  ꢎ  ꢏ
U+A89x                                                                                ꢐ  ꢑ  ꢒ  ꢓ  ꢔ  ꢕ  ꢖ  ꢗ  ꢘ  ꢙ  ꢚ  ꢛ  ꢜ  ꢝ  ꢞ  ꢟ
U+A8Ax                                                                                ꢠ  ꢡ  ꢢ  ꢣ  ꢤ  ꢥ  ꢦ  ꢧ  ꢨ  ꢩ  ꢪ  ꢫ  ꢬ  ꢭ  ꢮ  ꢯ
U+A8Bx                                                                                ꢰ  ꢱ  ꢲ  ꢳ  ꢴ  ꢵ  ꢶ  ꢷ  ꢸ  ꢹ  ꢺ  ꢻ  ꢼ  ꢽ  ꢾ  ꢿ
U+A8Cx                                                                                ꣀ  ꣁ  ꣂ  ꣃ  ꣄  ꣅ                                  ꣎  ꣏
U+A8Dx                                                                                ꣐  ꣑  ꣒  ꣓  ꣔  ꣕  ꣖  ꣗  ꣘  ꣙
Notes 1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.0 2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Saurashtra block:


Saurashtra (Unicode block)

Version      Final code points         Count                                                                                L2 ID      WG2 ID  Document
5.1          U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9  81                                                                                L2/03-098  N2549   Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2002-12-03), Proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
L2/03-147                              Bhaskararao, Peri (2002-12-03), Comments on L2/03-098
L2/03-225                              McGowan, Rick (2003-07-15), Saurashtra Character Properties
L2/03-245                              Jeyakumar, C. K. (2003-08-12), Saurashtra "AAYTAM" character information
L2/03-231    N2607                     Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2003-08-13), Revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
L2/03-253                              Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals
L2/03-256                              Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Saurashtra Script
L2/03-277    N2620                     Bhaskararao, Peri (2003-08-21), Comments on Proposal to Encode the Saurashtra Script in the UCS
L2/03-313    N2619                     McGowan, Rick (2003-09-17), Saurashtra Script Encoding
L2/04-352    N2875 (html, doc)         McGowan, Rick (2004-09-15), Saurashtra Linebreaking and Other Properties
L2/05-232                              Everson, Michael (2005-08-11), Comments on Saurashtra


Saurashtra (Unicode block)

L2/05-222R2  N2969R2                   Everson, Michael; Krishnamoorty, J. C. (2005-09-21), Final revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
L2/05-270                              Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "K. Saurashtra", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
L2/05-279                              Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Consensus 105-C32", UTC #105 Minutes
             N2953 (pdf, doc)          Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
L2/06-091    N3058                     Everson, Michael (2006-03-23), Correction of a Saurashtra character name in PDAM3
L2/06-122                              Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script
             N3076                     Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script (N2969R2)
L2/06-108                              Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "Consensus 107-C32", UTC #107 Minutes, "Accept the name of U+A8B4 SAURASHTRA CONSONANT SIGN HAARU."
L2/06-251                              Ganesan, Naga (2006-07-28), Saurashtran Haaru consonants in Named Sequences list
L2/06-252                              West, Andrew (2006-07-28), Comments on Capital R Rotunda
             N3103 (pdf, doc)          Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.4", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27


Saurashtra (Unicode block)

9.0          U+A8C5                    1                                                                                L2/14-170          Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), "4", Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals
L2/14-163    N4590                     Rajan, Vinodh (2014-08-07), Proposal to encode Saurashtra Sign Candrabindu
L2/14-177                              Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Saurashtra Candrabindu (D.5)", UTC #140 Minutes
L2/16-052    N4603 (pdf, doc)          Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.11o", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63


Operation Chopper (commando raid)

Operation Chopper was a British Commando raid by No. 1 Commando during the Second World War.

The raid, over the night of 27/28 September 1941, targeted Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay in France; a troop of No. 1 Commando spent a day ashore.


Salahuddin Sardar

Salahuddin Sardar is a Bangladeshi Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Satkhira-3.

Career

Sardar was elected to parliament from Satkhira-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988.


Zad al-Ma'ad

Zad al-Ma'ad Fi Hadyi Khair Al 'Ibaad (Arabic: زاد المعاد في هدي خير العباد) is a 5-volume book, translated as Provisions of the Hereafter in the Guidance of the Best of Servants, written by the Islamic scholar Ibn al-Qayyim. The word 'Zad' in Arabic is used to refer to the food one would take when embarking on a journey, and the book was written highlighting guidance from the life of Muhammad that Muslims could benefit from in their journey of life. Additionally, Ibn Al Qayyim wrote the book while he was also traveling.

The book is made up of a number of topics, with the author starting off the book talking about the characteristics of Muhammad, detailing his worship and personal life, then moving on to his biography, covering early Islamic history, and then on to medicine, where the author brought together prophetic medicine with Greek medicine, covering medical treatment of various diseases as well as going over some of the debates that were being had among the medical professionals of his time. In the final chapter of the book, the author touches upon various topics in Islamic Jurisprudence, including rulings relating to transactions, marriage, and divorce.

  * List of Sunni books

External resources

  * PDF of abridged version of Zad al-Ma'ad


Manscape

Not to be confused with Manscaping.

Manscape is the seventh studio album by the British post-punk group Wire, released in May 1990 by Mute Records. It was produced by David M. Allen, mostly recorded and mixed at RAK Studios, engineered by Roy Spong, and published by Dying Art Ltd.

Background

Manscape saw Wire exploring electronica more deeply than on previous works. Bass and drums were mostly sequenced, and a 1990 UK and European tour saw the band performing live without drummer Robert Gotobed.dance music informed the record, while lyrically it remained part cut-up and part obliquely referential.

"The Morning Bell" is about the British public school system, while "Small Black Reptile" is about the political system. The record's centrepiece, "You Hung Your Lights in the Trees/A Craftsman's Touch", spans over ten minutes.Graham Lewis's wife, Liv Elvander, co-wrote the lyrics for "What Do You See?".

"Life in the Manscape", which was recorded at Worldwide Studios after the album sessions at RAK Studios, was added to the CD version of the album when the RAK sessions had failed to produce a single.

The original vinyl release has a significantly different running order and omits "Life in the Manscape", "Stampede" and "Children of Groceries".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source                Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly  B+

In a contemporary review, Entertainment Weekly wrote that the music is "wonderfully crafted, amounting to a textbook in evocative synthesizer sound. It's expressive, too, oscillating between pain and meditations. No matter what discomfort the lyrics might indicate, the music is strangely beautiful."AllMusic's retrospective review said, "taken for what it is, Manscape is edgy, brainy dance music, but taken as part of the largely brilliant Wire oeuvre, it's a disappointment."Trouser Press thought the album was soulless and called it "Wire's absolute nadir."


Manscape

In their 2015 "Wire Albums from Worst to Best" list, Stereogum ranked it 14th out of 15, writing, "There are flashes of intriguing material, like "Sixth Sense" ... "Small Black Reptile" is a fun slice of atmospheric pop, and "Torch It" even approaches Nine Inch Nails, if Trent Reznor sounded like a more distinguished British punk. But beyond these few highlights, so much of the album gets lost in meandering MIDIscapes that remove both the edge and the character from the band's songwriting. Add to that the slap-bass keyboard patches and flanger-heavy fuzz guitar, and for all of the things that Manscape does right, it's still an album that sounds hopelessly trapped in the early '90s."

Track listing

All tracks written by Bruce Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Graham Lewis and Colin Newman, except as indicated.


Manscape

1. "Life in the Manscape" – 3:28
 2. "Stampede" – 4:35
 3. "Patterns of Behaviour" – 4:33
 4. "Other Moments" – 3:50
 5. "Small Black Reptile" – 3:14
 6. "Torch It!" – 7:31
 7. "Morning Bell" – 4:22
 8. "Where's the Deputation?" – 3:51
 9. "What Do You See?" (Liv Elvander, Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman) – 6:47
10. "Goodbye Ploy" – 3:50
11. "Sixth Sense" – 4:19
12. "Children of Groceries" – 3:03
13. "You Hung Your Lights in the Trees/A Craftsman's Touch" – 10:03
UK Vinyl Version (Mute STUMM 80)
 1. "Patterns of Behaviour" – 4:16
 2. "Goodbye Ploy" – 3:47
 3. "Morning Bell" – 4:19
 4. "Small Black Reptile" – 3:12
 5. "Torch It!" – 7:25
 6. "Other Moments" – 3:47
 7. "Sixth Sense" – 4:18
 8. "What Do You See? (Welcome)" (Elvander, Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman) – 6:46
 9. "Where's the Deputation?" – 3:46
10. "You Hung Your Lights in the Trees / A Craftsman's Touch" (edited) – 7:19

Personnel

Wire
  * Colin Newman
  * Graham Lewis
  * Bruce Gilbert
  * Robert Gotobed
Production
  * David M. Allen – production
  * Roy Spong – engineer on [2-13] (at RAK Studios)
  * Paul Kendall – engineer on [1] (at Worldwide Studios)
  * Joe Gibb – engineer on [1] (at Konk Studios)
  * Jon Wozencroft – design
  * Neville Brody – design
  * Neate, Wilson (2013). Read and Burn: A Book About Wire. London: Jawbone. ISBN 978-1-908279-33-0.


Swing, Swang, Swung

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source         Rating
AllMusic

Swing, Swang, Swung is the fourth studio album of Christian rock band Guardian. It was released in 1994 by Pakaderm Records.

The album takes the band into experimental grounds in folk and acoustic music. However, it was harshly criticized by fans for leaving behind their rock and metal roots.

Track listing

All songs written by Tony Palacios except where noted.

 1. "The Way Home Back" – 4:32
 2. "Endless Summer" (Bach) – 4:30
 3. "C'mon Everyone" – 4:58
 4. "Like the Sun" (Bach) – 5:18
 5. "Rich Man Over the Line" – 4:04
 6. "Your Love" (Rowe) – 4:46
 7. "Don't Say That It's Over" (Bach) – 4:47
 8. "See You in Heaven" – 4:38
 9. "Let the Whole World" – 5:02
10. "Preacher and the Bear" (Traditional, arranged by Guardian) – 3:14
11. "Still on My Mind" – 3:48
12. "Why Don't We" (Ney) – 1:29

Personnel

adapted from liner notes:

Guardian

  * Jamie Rowe – lead vocals
  * Tony Palacios – guitars, vocals
  * David Bach – bass, vocals, rhythm guitar (7)
  * Karl Ney – drums

Additional musicians

  * John Elefante – Mellotron, assorted digital claviers, drums
  * Michael W. Smith – acoustic piano
  * J.R. McNeely – Nashville guitar, bass
  * Jon Knox – drums (1, 3-6)
  * Matt Davich – clarinet
  * Bill Huber – trombone
  * David Balph – trumpet
  * The Nashville String Machine – strings
  * Tom Howard – sting arrangements and director

Production

  * John Elefante – producer
  * Dino Elefante – producer
  * Mark Maxwell – A&R
  * J.R. McNeely – engineer, mixing
  * Ken Love – mastering
  * Diana Barnes – art direction, design
  * David Bach – design
  * Michael Wilson – photography
  * Marc Whitmore – management

Studios


Swing, Swang, Swung

Studios

  * The Snack Bar (Brentwood, Tennessee) – recording location
  * Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee) – mixing location
  * MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
  * Album review in Christian Music Online


Running on Empty (2006 film)

Running on Empty (German: Der Lebensversicherer) is a 2006 German drama film directed by Bülent Akinci. It was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where Jens Harzer won the award for Best Actor.

Plot summary

Cast

  * Jens Harzer as Burkhard Wagner
  * Marina Galic as Carolin Wagner
  * Anna Maria Mühe as Heike
  * Christian Blümel as Charlie
  * Mehdi Nebbou as Rachid
  * Tom Jahn as Walter Rösler
  * Running on Empty at IMDb
  * Running on Empty at AllMovie