Nyaruko: Crawling with Love

Opening themes
  * "Taiyō Iwaku Moeyo Chaos" (太陽曰く燃えよカオス, The Sun Says "Burn, Chaos") by Ushiro kara Haiyori-tai G (Kana Asumi, Miyu Matsuki and Yuka Ōtsubo) (Season 1)
  * "1, 2, 3, As Mumias." (恋は渾沌の隷也, 1, 2, 3, As Mumias, Love is a Servant of Chaos) by Ushiro kara Haiyori-tai G (Season 2)
  * "Haiyore Once Nyagain" (這いよれOnce Nyagain) by Ushiro kara Haiyori-tai G (F OVA)
Ending themes
  * "Suki, Suki, Daisuki." (好き、好き、大好き。, Like, Like, Love.) by Kana Asumi (Haiyoru! Nyaruani)
  * "Koisuru Otome no Catharsis" (恋する乙女のカタルシス, Loving Maiden's Catharsis) by Lisp (Kana Asumi, Azusa Kataoka and Sayuri Hara) (Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft)
  * "Zutto Be With You" (ずっと Be with you, Always Be with you) by RAMM ni Haiyoru Nyaruko-san (Kana Asumi) (Season 1, eps 1-11)
  * "Magamagashiku mo Seinaru kana" (禍々しくも聖なるかな, The Evil and Young are Holy too) by Ushiro kara Haiyori-tai (Kana Asumi, Miyu Matsuki and Yuka Ōtsubo (Season 1, ep 12)
  * "Yotte S.O.S." (よってS.O.S) by RAMM ni Haiyoru Nyaruko-san (Season 2, eps 1–2, 6, 11)


Nyaruko: Crawling with Love

* "Wonder Nanda? Kataomoi" (Wonderナンダ？片思い, What's a Wonder? One-sided Love) by RAMM ni Haiyoru Jashin-san (Kana Asumi, Miyu Matsuki and Rie Kugimiya) (Season 2, eps 3, 8)
  * "Kirai na Wake Lychee" (嫌いなワケLychee, I Hate Lychee) by RAMM ni Haiyoru Tamao-san (Yuka Ōtsubo) (Season 2, eps 4, 7)
  * "Sister, Friend, Lover" by RAMM ni Haiyoru Kūko-san to Kūne-san (Miyu Matsuki and Ryōka Yuzuki) (Season 2, eps 5, 9)
  * "Ai Crusader's†Striver" (愛クルセイダース†ストライバー, Ai Kuruseidāsu Sutoraibā) by RAMM ni Haiyoru Mahiro-san to Yoichi-san (Eri Kitamura and Wataru Hatano) (Season 2, ep 10)
  * "Kimi no Tonari de" (キミのとなりで, Right Next to You) by RAMM ni Haiyoru Nyaruko-san (Kana Asumi) (Season 2, ep 12)
  * "Kitto Engage" (きっとエンゲージ, Surely Engage) by RAMM ni Haiyoru Nyaruko-san (F OVA)


Nyaruko: Crawling with Love

Manga

A manga adaptation titled Haiyore! Nyaruko-san illustrated by Kei Okazaki was serialized in Shueisha's Miracle Jump magazine from May 6, 2011 to April 10, 2013 and was compiled in two volumes.four-panel comic strip manga titled Haiyore! Super Nyaruko-chan Time (這いよれ！スーパーニャル子ちゃんタイム) illustrated by Sōichirō Hoshino was serialized in Flex Comix's Flex Comix Blood from October 5, 2011 to November 12, 2014 and was compiled in five volumes.anthology volume was published by Holp Shuppan on November 11, 2012.

Video game

In December 2012 5pb. announced the development of a visual novel, titled Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Meijōshigatai Game no Yōna Mono (這いよれ! ニャル子さん 名状しがたいゲームのようなもの) in which the player assumes the role of Mahiro Yasaka.PlayStation Vita on May 30, 2013, in both regular and limited editions.

Reception

The series has received mixed reviews. Aiden Foote from THEM Anime Reviews gave the first season (Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos) a 3/5 star rating. In his review, Foote says that the anime "should have been a whole better [sic] and could well have been" citing the over-pandering as an issue. He went on to say that a character as well-liked as Nyaruko deserved more when it came to a love interest.

  * Call of Cthulhu - The major source of gags; characters from the R'lyeh Antique books also appear in this series.
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  * Light novel official website (in Japanese)
  * Flash anime official website (in Japanese)
  * Anime official website (in Japanese)
  * Video game official website at 5pb. (in Japanese)
  * Haiyoru! Nyaruani (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia


Parkstein (hill)

The Parkstein, also called the Hoher Parkstein and Basaltkegel Hoher Parkstein is a well-known local hill and tourist destination in the Steinwald Mountains of central Germany. It lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of Weiden in der Oberpfalz in the district of Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab and is one of the most popular walking and daytripper destinations in North Upper Palatinate. Around the volcanically-formed hill, which is 595 metres (1,952 ft) above sea level (N.N.), is the village of the same name, Parkstein. At one time a castle (Parkstein Castle) stood on the summit.

Basalt columns on the Parkstein

The Parkstein is famous for its impressive basalt outcrop. This basalt formation consists of pentagonal and hexagonal columns, up to one metre high, whose shafts extend into the earth to a depth of up to 30 metres. It is part of an old stream of lava that has been exposed at the surface after the softer rock above it had been weathered away over the course of millions of years. The wall of basalt measures 38 metres.

Alexander von Humboldt viewed the Parkstein as the "most beautiful basalt cone in Europe".

In 2004 it was entered by the Free State of Bavaria as No. 20 on the list of the 100 "most beautiful geotopes in Bavaria".

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  * Hoher Parkstein at Geopark Bayern (in German)
  * Detailed description of the geotope on the home page of VFMG Weiden (in German)


One Gallant Rush

One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment (1965) is a book by Peter Burchard, based on letters written by Robert Gould Shaw, white colonel of the first black regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. They were the first of what became the United States Colored Troops. Nearly 200,000 African Americans fought in the war.

Legacy

The book was adapted for the film Glory, released in 1989 and starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman. The 54th established a standard of loyalty and heroism. The book was re-issued in 1990 as a tie-in to the movie, which won several Academy Awards and other recognition.

  * Internet Movie Database pn Peter Burchard


Headseed

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Headseed is the second studio release from the jam band Moe, released on their own label, Fatboy Records. This was the first album to feature Jim Loughlin, and the only one on which he is the drummer. A re-recording of "St. Augustine" would also appear on the band's 1996 major label debut, No Doy, while the version of "Yodelittle" heard here is a re-recording of a song from Fatboy, the band's 1992 debut. The majority of the songs on this album became standards of the band's live-set rotation and have seen frequent performances throughout the band's career.

In 1995, Moe unveiled a "rock opera" centered around the song, "Timmy Tucker". The opera features several exclusive pieces of music and narration as well as songs such as "Queen Of The Rodeo" and "Jazz Wank", which became well known in future stand-alone performances. Timmy has been performed in full on three known occasions, the last of which occurred in Providence RI on April 22, 2001.

Track listing

 1. "Akimbo" (Garvey) – 5:18
 2. "Mexico" (Schnier) – 6:50
 3. "Timmy Tucker" (Derhak) – 7:09
 4. "St. Augustine" (Derhak) – 3:50
 5. "Recreational Chemistry" (Schnier) – 6:49
 6. "Time Again" (Schnier) – 3:42
 7. "Yodelittle" (Schnier) – 8:25
 8. "Brent Black" (Derhak) – 6:06
 9. "Threw It All Away" (Schnier) – 4:21
10. "Time Ed" (Derhak) – 10:30

Personnel

Moe

  * Rob Derhak – bass, songwriter, vocals, producer, mixing
  * Chuck Garvey – guitar, songwriter, vocals, producer, mixing
  * Jim Loughlin – drums, vocals, producer, mixing
  * Al Schnier – guitar, songwriter, vocals, producer, mixing

Production:

  * Andrew Buscher – engineer, mixing
  * Coulter Young – Cover Art


Joaquín (footballer, born 1982)

For other footballers named Joaquín, see Joaquín.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Espinar.

Joaquín Rodríguez Espinar (born 28 November 1982 in Paradas, Seville, Andalusia), known simply as Joaquín, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward.

  * Joaquín at BDFutbol
  * Joaquín at Soccerway


Smoke generator

Smoke generator may refer to:

  * Smoke bomb, used in fireworks or pranks
  * Smoke grenade, used for signaling and concealment, especially in military contexts
  * Smoke testing (mechanical)
  * Theatrical smoke and fog
  * A device on a military vehicle which generates a smoke screen
  * Smoke testing (disambiguation)


Sarah Mercer

For the British Olympic gymnast, see Sarah Mercer (gymnast).

Sarah Jane Mercer (born 1974) is a British linguist. She is currently the head of the Department of English Language Teaching at the University of Graz, Austria.applied linguistics, with a special focus on psycholinguistics from a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory approach.

Career

Mercer attended the Bolton School, Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in European Studies (French, German & Politics) at Royal Holloway, University of London. She received a Master of Arts degree in Teaching English as a second or foreign language (TEFL) at the University of Reading and a PhD degree in Applied Linguistics at Lancaster University.

Between 1998 and 2015 Mercer was a lecturer at the University of Graz. In 2013 she became the co-editor of the journal 'System'. Between 2012 and 2018 she became the Deputy Head of the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Graz. Between 2015 and 2017 she was the joint co-ordinator for the Research SIG at IATEFL.

In 2012 she was awarded Habilitation at the University of Graz. The title of her submission was Emerging complexity in language learning psychology.

Research

In 2011 Towards an Understanding of Language Learner Self-Concept was published by Springer Publishing. In this book, Mercer investigates the nature and development of language and learner self-concept. The book provides a deep insights into how learners view themselves, and how these self-beliefs can develop and affect the progress of an individual's language learning process.

In her most-cited journal article entitled Language learner self-concept: Complexity, continuity and change, published in System in 2011, Mercer investigated the nature and dynamics of self-concept in language learning. She found that self-concept is perhaps best conceived of as a complex, multilayered, multidimensional network of interrelated self-beliefs.

Publications

Mercer has published in several major journals such as System, The Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly, ELT Journal, Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching and Language Learning Journal.

Books


Sarah Mercer

Books

  * Vaupetitsch, R., Campbell, N., Mercer, S. Reitbauer, M. & Schumm, J. (Eds.) (2009). The Materials Generator: Developing Innovative Materials for Advanced Language Production. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
  * Mercer, S. (2011). Towards an Understanding of Language Learner Self-Concept. Dordrecht: Springer.
  * Mercer, S., Ryan, S. & Williams, M. (2015). Exploring Psychology in Language Learning and Teaching. Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  * Mercer, S. & Kostoulas, A. (Eds.) (2017). Teacher Psychology in SLA. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
  * Mercer, S. & Dörnyei, Z. (2020). Engaging Language Learners in Contemporary Classrooms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Articles


Sarah Mercer

* Mercer, S. (2008). Key concepts in ELT: Learner self-beliefs. ELT Journal 62(2): 182–183. doi:
  * Mercer, S. & Ryan, S. (2010). A mindset for EFL: Learners' beliefs about the role of natural talent. ELT Journal 64(4): 436–444. doi:
  * Mercer, S. (2011). The beliefs of two expert EFL learners. Language Learning Journal 39(1): 57 - 74.
  * Mercer, S. (2011). The self as a complex dynamic system. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 1(1): 57–82. doi:
  * Mercer, S. (2011). Understanding learner agency as a complex dynamic system. System 39(4): 427–436. doi:
  * Mercer, S. (2011). Language learner self-concept: Complexity, continuity and change. System 39(3): 335–346. doi:
  * Mercer, S. (2012). Dispelling the myth of the natural-born linguist. ELT Journal 66(1): 22 - 29.
  * Kostoulas, A. & Mercer, S. (2016). Fifteen years of research on self and identity in System. System, 1–7. doi:
  * Mercer, S., Glatz, M., Glettler, C., Lämmerer, A., Mairitsch, A., Puntschuh, S., Seidl, E., Tezak, K. & Turker, S. (2017). Moving between worlds: Teaching-based PhD identities from an ecological perspective. Journal of Adult Learning, Knowledge and Innovation.
  * Kostoulas, A., Stelma, J., Mercer, S., Cameron, L. & Dawson, S. (2017). Complex systems theory as a shared discourse space for TESOL. TESOL Journal 9(2), 246–260. doi:


Sarah Mercer

* Mercer, S. (2017). Positive psychology in SLA: An agenda for teacher and learner wellbeing. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 40(2), 100–122.
  * Irie, K., Ryan, S., & Mercer, S. (2018). Using Q methodology to investigate pre-service EFL teachers’ mindsets about teaching competences. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 8(3), 575–598.
  * Talbot, K., & Mercer, S. (2019). Exploring University ESL/EFL Teachers’ Emotional Well-being and Emotional Regulation in the United States, Japan and Austria. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics, 41(4), 410–432.
  * MacIntyre, P., Gregersen, T., & Mercer, S. (2019). Setting an agenda for Positive Psychology in SLA: Theory, practice and research. The Modern Language Journal, 103(1), 262–274. doi:
  * MacIntyre, P., Ross, J., Talbot, K., Mercer, S., Gregersen, T., & Banga, C.-A. (2019). Stressors, personality and wellbeing among language teachers. System, 82, 26–38.
  * Official website


Pulipalupula

Pulipalupula is a village and a Gram panchayat of Munugode mandal, Nalgonda district, in Telangana state.


Tallkrogen

Tallkrogen.

For the metro station, see Tallkrogen metro station.

Tallkrogen (Swedish for the "Pine Inn") is a suburban city district located south of central Stockholm, Sweden, but within the Stockholm Municipality.

History

In Stockholm, construction of small cottage areas intended for working-class families began at Olovslund and Pungpinan in 1927, a municipal initiative which quickly proved a success. About 90% of the construction costs, at the time roughly SEK 10,000, could be financed by loans from the city, while the rest could be covered by the builder's own work. Soon, construction works had spread across various peripheral parts of the city, including Enskede and Åkeshov, and in 1931 the former of these saw its thousandth cottage.

Construction works at Tallkrogen started in 1933. Its plan contrasted both to the organic street networks of earlier garden cities and the straight avenues in the recently completed similar area Norra Ängby in Bromma. At Tallkrogen, the small buildings are aligned along curved streets forming the shape of a stadium, the streets consequently named after athletics pioneers P H Ling and Viktor Balck and the blocks named after various Athletics events. Approximately 950 houses were built: Instead of the previously preferred one and a half-floor buildings, single-floor buildings were built at the centre of the area, while the peripheral buildings were made two floors. The building were delivered to the site as prefabricated elements — windows and doors already in place, chimneys made of concrete blocks with channels, and trusses assembled.

When completed in 1943, Tallkrogen as a result of prefabrication suffered of a lack of variation throughout, a problem since solved by later additions. The city, on its part, tries to limit changes to the backside of the houses it once helped to realise.

  * Andersson, Magnus (1997). Stockholms årsringar - En inblick i stadens framväxt (in Swedish). Stockholmia förlag. ISBN 91-7031-068-8.
  * Wærn, Rasmus (1999). Guide till Stockholms arkitektur (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Arkitektur Förlag. ISBN 91-86050-41-9.


Tallkrogen

59°16′10″N 18°05′19″E / 59.26944°N 18.08861°E


Mill Hill station

Mill Hill station may refer to:

London

  * Mill Hill (The Hale) railway station, a disused railway station
  * Mill Hill Broadway railway station, opened as "Mill Hill"
  * Mill Hill East tube station, opened as "Mill Hill"

Other

  * Mill Hill railway station (Lancashire)
  * Mill Hill railway station (Isle of Wight)
  * Mills Hill railway station
  * Mills Hill railway station


Painted Rock

Painted Rock or Painted Rocks may refer to:

Geographic locations

United States

  * Painted Rock (San Luis Obispo County, California), rock formation
  * Painted Rock (Tulare County, California)
  * Painted Rocks State Park, a Montana state park
  * Yakima Indian Painted Rocks, state park in Washington
  * Painted Rock Petroglyph Site, archaeological site and BLM facility near Theba, Arizona, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, formerly part of Painted Rock State Park
  * Painted Rock Mountains, a mountain range in Maricopa County, Arizona
  * Painted Rock Dam and associated reservoir, Arizona

Australia

  * Painted Rocks (Western Australia), a rock in Western Australia
  * Paint Rock (disambiguation)
  * Painted Desert (disambiguation)
  * Petroglyph
  * Rock Art or Petrographs
  * Rock Painting, the Finnish music album
  * The Kindness Rock Project, a viral rock painting trend


Judah Aryeh ben Zvi Hirsch

Judah Aryeh Loeb ben Zvi Hirsch of Carpentras (Hebrew: יהודה אריה לייב בן צבי הירש מקארפינטראץ, romanized: Yehuda Aryeh Leib ben Tsevi Hirsh mi-Karpintrats; fl. early 18th century) was a French Hebraist.

Biography

Judah was born in Krotoschin, and lived at Avignon and Carpentras.Ohole Yehudah, a Hebrew dictionary, in which special attention is paid to proper names and their etymology, and Geza' Yehudah, a short concordance. In his introduction to the former work he mentions two other works of his: Pene Aryeh and Ḥeleḳ Yehudah, both on the Pentateuch. The grammatical essay which preceded the Ḥeleḳ Yehudah was published with a German translation under the title Yesod leshon ha-ḳodesh.Bodleian Library contains a grammatical poem, beginning, and a commentary by Judah, to which are added the paradigms of the verbs, with a Hebrew-German translation, and some grammatical rules.

Publications

  * Ohole Yehudah (in Hebrew). Jessnitz: Yisrael Avraham. 1719.
  * Geza' Yehudah (in Hebrew). Offenbach. 1732.
  * Yesod leshon ha-ḳodesh (in Hebrew). Wilmersdorf: Hirsh ben Ḥayim mi-Fiyorda. 1724.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Toy, Crawford Howell; Seligsohn, M. (1904). "Judah Aryeh ben Ẓebi Hirsch". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 339–340.


Oara

Oara is a village in Pärnu municipality, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia. It has a population of 114 (as of 1 January 2011).administrative reform of local governments, it was located in Audru Parish.


Oana Ban

Oana Mihaela Ban (born 11 January 1986 in Cluj-Napoca)Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic gold medalist with the team and a world silver medalist on beam and with the team. Her best events were the floor and the balance beam.

Early career

Oana Ban started to train for gymnastics in her hometown at "Viitorul" Gymnastics Club with coaches Rodica Câmpean and Anton Ciupe.floor exercise event in the junior division. The following year, she was invited to join the Romanian national team, and began working with coaches Octavian Belu and Mariana Bitang at the elite training facility in Deva.Belgium in 1999

Senior career

2002-2003

With her early January birth date, Ban missed the eligibility cutoff for the 2001 World Championships by 11 days.2002 World Championships in Debrecen, Ban won a silver medal on the balance beam, one of Romania's only victories of the competition, and placed fourth on the floor finals.Oana Petrovschi)2003 World Championships and placing sixth in the all-around final.Cătălina PonorAndreea Munteanu and Svetlana Khorkina.Marian Drăgulescu.

Athens 2004

Oana's career highlight came at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she, along with teammates Monica Roșu, Alexandra Eremia, Cătălina Ponor, Daniela Șofronie and Silvia Stroescu, won the gold medal in the team competition. Ban contributed heavily to the Romanian victory, competing on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor in the team finals.

Post retirement

Ban retired from gymnastics after the Olympics; she is currently a coach in her hometown of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She participated in the 4th televised competition of Kunoichi in Japan. She made it past the First Stage of the competition, but failed on the Floating Bridge of Stage 2.

Skills


Oana Ban

Skills

During her career, Ban specialized on floor exercise and beam. Her favorite event was floor; she was renowned for her difficult tumbling and fast-paced, playful, crowd-pleasing choreography. As many of her Romanian teammates, her weakness was the uneven bars. In spite of her powerful tumbling skills and strength, Ban was not an especially strong vaulter. Nonetheless, she was able to perform as an all-around gymnast for the Romanian team, and posted scores that frequently placed her in the top ten at major competitions. She qualified in third place for the Olympic all-around in Athens and would have been a medal contender had injury not prevented it.

  * Oana Mihaela Ban at the International Gymnastics Federation
  * Oana Ban's routines at Routine Archive at the Wayback Machine (archived August 17, 2011)
  * "Following in Vanda Hadarean's Footsteps" at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)


Joaquin Miller Cabin

Not to be confused with Joaquin Miller House.

The Joaquin Miller Cabin is an historic structure situated in Washington, DC's Rock Creek Park. Built by the American poet, essayist and fabulist Joaquin Miller, it represents the only known example of late 19th century Rustic-style log cabin in Washington, D.C.Rock Creek Park.

History

Joaquin Miller

In 1883, Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) moved to Washington, DC to get involved in politics, which proved unsuccessful.Meridian Hill Park to find rustic peace and "find his muse".

Preservation

Dedication of Miller Cabin, June 12, 1912, Library of Congress

In 1911, the area near Meridian Hill Park was being developed and Henry White, the former ambassador to France, was building an estate on land that included the cabin.Columbia Historical Society sought to save the structure from demolition and have it moved to Rock Creek Park. The board of the National Park Service refused the request but Senator John D. Works, and Joseph R. Knowland of California successfully intervened to force the Park Service to move the cabin to its present location near the east bank of Rock Creek one half mile north of Military Road.

In acquiescing to the public campaign to save the cabin the Board of Control for the Park insisted that they be allowed to use the cabin as a shelter and reserved the right to remove the cabin at any time.Weldon B. Heyburn of Idaho.

In 1931, the cabin was leased to the poet's niece, Pherne Miller, who sold beverages and food and conducted art classes in the cabin until the mid-1950s.

Architecture

Miller Cabin at Meridian Hill

Miller built the cabin as a replication of his early home in Shasta County, California, and as he later wrote, "to teach that a log cabin can be made very comfortable, with content at hand".vernacular architecture and a rare log cabin structure in the nation's capital. The exterior of the L-shaped cabin was constructed of split logs and chinking with a fieldstone fireplace at the center of the cabin. The cabin was painstakingly deconstructed and moved in 1911.

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series


Joaquin Miller Cabin

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series

From 1973 to 2011 the cabin hosted the oldest continuous reading series in Washington through the Miller Cabin Poetry Series run by nonprofit literary and educational organization Word Works. In 1978 the series was held inside the cabin, until audiences outgrew the space. The readings were then held outdoors on the cabin grounds. In 2011 the reading series was relocated to the Rock Creek Nature Center and dropped the "cabin" from the series name, changing it to the Joaquin Miller Poetry Series. The series has been documented in two anthologies of the participating poets, Whose Woods These Are and Cabin Fever: Poets at Miller's Cabin.The Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine by David Wolinsky. The final reading for the series was held on June 9, 2022, and included a tribute to Jacklyn Potter, who ran the series for 22 years.

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  * Joaquin Miller House - Oakland, California
  * Joaquin Miller Cabin essay at Beltway Poetry Quarterly
  * Miller Cabin Poetry Series - Word Works
  * National Register of Historic Places listings in the District of Columbia


MIT Daedalus

The MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department's Daedalus is a class of three human-powered aircraftDaedalus 88 – which, on 23 April 1988, flew a distance of 115.11 kilometres (71.53 mi) in 3 hours, 54 minutes, from Heraklion on the island of Crete to the island of Santorini. The flight holds official FAI world records for total distance, straight-line distance, and duration for human-powered aircraft.

The class was named after the mythological inventor of aviation, Daedalus, and was inspired by the Greek myth of Daedalus' escape from Crete using manmade wings.

The three aircraft in the class are:

  * Light Eagle (originally Michelob Light Eagle): a 42 kilograms (93 lb) prototype.
  * Daedalus 87: Crashed during testing at Rogers Dry Lake (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center) on 17 February 1988, and was rebuilt as a backup.
  * Daedalus 88: Flew from Crete to just off the beach on Santorini.

Both Daedalus 87 and Daedalus 88 weighed 31 kilograms (68 lb).

All three aircraft were constructed at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Flight Facility at Hanscom Field outside Boston, Massachusetts, by a team of undergraduate students, faculty, and recent graduates of MIT.

History

The MIT Daedalus project was the follow-on to several earlier human-powered aircraft flown at MIT, and was designed by veterans of the Chrysalis, Monarch A and Monarch B HPA projects.Aurora Flight Sciences company.

Aircraft

Light Eagle

Light Eagle (known to the flight crew as MLE, or Emily) set a closed-course distance record with Glen Tremml as the pilot, as well as straight-line, closed-course, and duration women's records with Lois McCallin as pilot. These record flights took place at Edwards AFB (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center) in January, 1987.

Light Eagle had been in storage in Manassas, VA, but in 2009 was restored and adapted for use as an unmanned solar-powered aircraft testbed by Aurora Flight Sciences.

Daedalus 87

Daedalus 87 aircraft on display in the Dulles International Airport Terminal B transportation concourse


MIT Daedalus

Daedalus 87 was the first of the two Daedalus airplanes constructed, and was flight tested extensively at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California.Daedalus 87 was damaged in a crash caused by spiral divergence, with the rudder not able to supply enough control authority to recover from a disturbance-initiated right turn. The aircraft suffered damage to the right wing, fuselage, and propeller. Daedalus 87 was repaired and returned to service to act as a backup airplane to Daedalus 88.

Daedalus 87 was on display in the lobby at the Museum of Science, Boston until 2009, and is now on display above the tram stop for Terminal B at Dulles Airport outside Washington, DC.

Daedalus 88

The final aircraft in the MIT Daedalus series, Daedalus 88, was used in the flight from Crete. Pieces of Daedalus 88 are now in storage at the Smithsonian's restoration facility.

Both Daedalus aircraft were constructed with a framework of carbon fiber tubes. Airfoil shape for the wing and tail elements was maintained with a thin polystyrene foam leading edge, polystyrene ribs, and a Kevlar trailing edge. Wing skin was Mylar plastic of approximately 0.3 mil (8 μm) thickness. The bottom portion of the fuselage and majority of the pilot seat were made of Kevlar as well. Horizontal and vertical stabilizers were "all-moving" control surfaces.

Airfoils

Mark Drela had recently written the program XFOIL, which enables the design of aerofoils and accurately predicts performance at a wide range of Reynolds numbers. The wing sections never existed on paper, either as lists of numbers or as drawings. The information came out of the design program onto disc, and this guided the cutter. The spar of the MLE (Michelob Light Eagle) was three tubes aligned vertically.

This scheme was abandoned for the final Daedalus design where the more usual single tube was used. Construction of Light Eagle took 15,000 hours work by 18 members of MIT. The airfoils which were used are: DAE11, DAE21, DAE31, and DAE51.

Record-setting flight

The record-setting flight of Daedalus 88 had as pilot Olympic cyclist Kanellos Kanellopoulos of Greece.


MIT Daedalus

The flight ended in the water (7 meters from Perissa Beach on Santorini, according to the official record), when increasing gusty winds caused a torsional failure of the tail boom. Lacking control, the airplane then pitched nose-up, and another gust caused a failure of the main wing spar. The pilot swam to shore.

The pilot used a hydration drink during flight. This feat was equivalent to two back-to-back marathons.

  * Dorsey, Gary (1990). The Fullness of Wings: The Making Of A New Daedalus ISBN 0-670-82444-5
  * NASA's page about Daedalus
  * New York Times: Daedalus Flies From Myth Into Reality
  * FAI human powered flight world records
  * Daedalus drawing: TIF, PDF
  * Light Eagle (Daedalus prototype): TIF , PDF
  * "Aurora Flies Large Solar-Powered Aircraft"
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  * Langford, John S. (August 1988). "Triumph of Daedalus". National Geographic. Vol. 174, no. 2. pp. 190–199. ISSN 0027-9358. OCLC 643483454.


Samantha Wallace

Samantha Wallace may refer to:

  * Samantha Wallace (netball)
  * Samantha Wallace, a character on the reality series Love & Hip Hop: New York
  * Sam Wallace (disambiguation)


Pulin Mitra

Pulin Mitra (born 15 December 1926) is an Indian former cricketer. He played one first-class match for Bengal in 1947/48.

  * List of Bengal cricketers
  * Pulin Mitra at ESPNcricinfo


Tallinna narrid ja narrikesed

Tallinna narrid ja narrikesed (Estonian for Big Fools and Little Fools of Tallinn) is a satirical 1892 series by Eduard Bornhöhe depicting cranks in their daily activities. Particularly famous is the first part, Kuulsuse narrid (Fools of Fame), whose protagonists Jaan Tatikas and Saalomon Vesipruul have become well-known stereotypes in Estonian culture.

Composition

The series consists of two parts, Kuulsuse narrid (Estonian for Fools of Fame) and Raha narrid (Fools of Money). The first part is widely known; the second part was suppressed as inconvenient during Soviet occupation and is consequently little known.

Characters

Saalomon Vesipruul

Saalomon Vesipruul, one of the protagonists of the first part, is a talentless aspiring writer.

Jaan Tatikas

Jaan Tatikas, one of the protagonists of the first part, is an incompetent and uneducated aspiring inventor.

One of the most famous failed inventions of Tatikas was a man-powered device supposedly capable of moving over land and water and flying in air (and interplanetary space). Tatikas named the device Kallewipoegk, a horribly misspelt but recognisable reference to Kalevipoeg.

The first part ends with Jaan Tatikas accidentally blowing up his house while trying to invent a machine to convert dolomite into pork, but surviving due to being away during the explosion.

Adaptations

Kuulsuse narrid was adapted for TV in 1982 by Ago-Endrik Kerge. A musical humoratory on the motifs, heavily influenced by modern culture, was prepared in 2005 by Jüri-Ruut Kangur and Tõnno Piigli.


Mill George

Mill George (foaled April 12, 1975) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who is known for his stud career.

Career

Mill George is the foal of Mill Reef, a racehorse with multiple stakes wins, and Miss Charisma.

His first race was on February 5, 1978, where he came in 7th place at Santa Anita.

Mill George raced three more races, two of which were wins at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park, because suffering a fracture. The injury ended his career and he was exported to Japan as a stallion.

Stud career

Mill George had a successful stud career, where he was the leading sire of Japan in 1989. He retired from stallion duties in 1999. His descendants include:

c = colt, f = filly


Mill George

c = colt, f = filly

Foaled  Name               Sex  Major Wins
1980    Mill Top           c    Oka Sho
1981    Ebisu George       c    Tokyo Shimbun Hai
1981    Rocky Tiger        c    Teio Sho, Tokyo Okan Sho, Diolite Kinen, Tokyo Kinen
1982    Super Gura Third   c    Niigata Daishoten
1982    Mill Koji          c    Tokyo Derby
1982    Subic Maggy        c    Tokyo Sansai Yushun Himba
1982    Yukino Rose        c    Flora Stakes, Nakayama Himba Stakes
1984    Daitaku Genius     f    Tokyo Princess Sho, Urawa Kinen, Kiyofuji Kinen
1984    Mogami Yashima     c    NHK Cup
1983    Shinano George     c    Tokyo Kinen, Kuroshio Hai, Nihon TV Hai, Hakusan Daishoten
1984    George Rex         c    Tokyo Derby
1984    Inari One          c    Tenno Sho
1985    Mr. Cyclennon      c    Naruo Kinen, Diamond Stakes
1985    Honin Megohime     c    Nihon TV Hai, Queen Sho
1985    George Monarch     c    Sankei Sho All Comers
1985    Yuwa Forte         c    Niigata Daishoten
1986    Osaichi George     c    Takarazuka Kinen
1986    Happy Guinness     c    Negishi Stakes
1986    Mill Yuji          c    Zen Nippon Nisai Yushun Himba, Heiwa Sho
1986    Rosita             c    Tokyo Derby, Haneda Hai, Tokyo Daishōten, Kawasaki Kinen, Oka Sho, Tokyo Okan Sho, Keihin Hai
1987    Center Shokatsu    c    Kobe Shimbun Hai
1987    Eishin Sunny       c    Yushun Himba
1987    Uto George         c    NHK Cup
1988    Rinden Lily        c    Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Rose Stakes
1989    Tsukino Ichiban    c    Kinpai, After 5 Star Sho
1991    Yashima Sovereign  c    Radio Nikkei Sho
1991    Noble Grass        c    Hakodate Sprint Stakes
1992    George Taisei      c    Tokyo Derby
1993    Yusei Top Run      c    Copa Republica Argentina, Diamond Stakes
1996    Swing By           f    Twinkle Lady Sho, First Lady Sho

Pedigree


Mill George

Pedigree

Pedigree of Mill George (USA), 1975
Sire                Never Bend (USA)
Mill Reef (USA)     1960              Nasrullah    Nearco
1968
Mumtaz Begum
Lalun               Djeddah
Be Faithful
Milan Mill (USA)    Princequillo      Prince Rose
1962
Cosquilla
Virginia Water      Count Fleet
Red Ray
Dam                 Ragusa (IRE)
Miss Charisma (GB)  1960              Ribot        Tenerani
1967
Romanella
Fantan              Ambiorix
Red Eye
Matatina (GB)       Grey Sovereign    Nasrullah
1960
Kong
Zanzara             Fairey Fulmar
Sunright


Painted Sky

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Painted Sky is a live album by Acoustic Strawbs.

Track listing

 1. "Oh How She Changed" (Dave Cousins, Tony Hooper)
 2. "Autumn" "Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken) "Deep Summer Sleep" (Cousins) "The Winter Long" (Cousins)
 3. "Cold Steel" (Dave Lambert)
 4. "New World" (Cousins)
 5. "The Antique Suite" (Cousins) "The Reaper" "We Must Cross the River" "Antiques and Curios" "Hey It's Been a Long Time"
 6. "Hard Hard Winter" (Cousins, Robert Kirby)
 7. "Midnight Sun" (Chas Cronk, Cousins)
 8. "Grace Darling" (Cousins)
 9. "If" (Cousins)
10. "Hero and Heroine" (Cousins)

Personnel

  * Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, banjo
  * Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  * Chas Cronk – acoustic bass guitar, acoustic guitar, bass pedals, vocals

Recording

Recorded live at Painted Sky Studios, Cambria, California.

  * Steve Crimmel – producer, engineer

Release history

Region     Date  Label  Format  Catalog
Worldwide  2005         CD

  * Painted Sky on Strawbsweb


Judah Cassuto

Judah Cassuto (1808, Amsterdam—March 10, 1893, Hamburg) was hazzan (cantor) of the Portuguese-Jewish community of Hamburg. In 1827 he was elected chazan of the Portuguese-Jewish community, a post which he held until his death. Cassuto was not only cantor, but also spiritual chief of the congregation, and was entitled to act as rabbi at the solemnization of marriages among its members. He was a very learned man, and possessed a thorough knowledge of many modern languages. His lay occupation was that of teacher and translator. In 1843 Cassuto was appointed sworn interpreter and translator to the city of Hamburg. As a teacher he was active up to the hour of his death, which occurred suddenly. Until 1894, when a successor to Cassuto was chosen, the Portuguese congregation had no spiritual chief, marriages being solemnized by the rabbi of the German congregation.

  * The Jewish Chronicle, London, March 17, 1893
  * This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer and Alfred Feilchenfeld (1901–1906). "Cassuto, Judah". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.


Oan Schylge

Oan Schylge is the anthem of Terschelling, one of the West Frisian Islands in the northern Netherlands. The lyrics were written in 1854 by Jacob Sijbrands Bakker in the West Frisian dialect spoken on the island. "Schylge" is the name of Terschelling in local Frisian, and "Oan Schylge" means "To Terschelling". The origin of the music is uncertain: It was perhaps composed by Hendrik Rotgans (1851–1910), but could also have been borrowed from an older folk song. At most occasions, only the first and the last verse are sung.

Original text

Oan Skîllinge. (Skîlger tongslag.) O Skîlge mîn lândje Wat hab ik di jeaf, O wa di net prîset Di fînt mi toch deaf; Dan slût ik mîn eeren, Of geet it te bont, Dan kan ik net swîje, Mar straf se terstont. O Skîlge mîn lândje! Soa droeg en soa heag, Wat leisto dir frolik De Noardsé în 't eag. Hoa trots bin dîn dunen Hoa wît is dîn sân, Hoa grien bin dîn helmen Mîn jeaf Skîlgerlân. O Skîlge mîn lândje, Do leist mi oan 't hart, Wa di net ris prîset, Di dogt di te kort. Soa lang asto steetste, Soa fest op dîn sân, Wæs fol brave minsken Mîn jeaf Skîlgerlân! J. S. Bakker.

Some other text and translation


Oan Schylge

Some other text and translation

O, Schylge, myn lântse,
wat hab ik dy jeaf,       O, Terschelling my little land,
Al wa dy net priizet,     how much do I love you
dy fynt my toch deaf.     All who do not praise you,
                          will just find me deaf
Dan slút ik myn earen,
of geet it te bont,       Then I close my ears,
Dan kan ik net swye,      but if it goes to far
mar straf se terstont.    Then I can not remain silent,
                          and punish them immediately
O Schylge, myn lântse,
sò droeg en sò heag       O, Terschelling my little land
Wat leisto dir froalik,   so high and so dry
de Noardsee yn't eag      You happily lie there
                          facing the North Sea
Hò trots bin dyn dunen,
hò wyt is dyn sân         How proud are your dunes,
Hò grien bin dyn helmen,  how white is your sand
myn jeaf Schylgerlân      How green is your beachgrass,
                          my beloved Terschellingerland
O Schylge, myn lântse,
do leist my oant hort     O Terschelling, my little land,
Wa dy net ris priizet,    you are embraced in my heart
dy dogt dy te kort        Who does not praise you from time to time,
                          is not worthy of you
Sò lang asto steeste,
sò fest op dyn sân        For as long as you remain standing,
Wês fol brave minsken,    so steadfast on your sand
myn jeaf Schylgerlân      Be full of honest people,
                          my beloved Terschellingerland


Oamaruia deleta

Oamaruia deleta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Description

Distribution


John Miles

John Miles may refer to:

Politicians

  * John Miles (Australian politician) (1930–2010), Australian politician and member of the Victorian Legislative Council
  * John E. Miles (1884–1971), U.S. Representative from New Mexico
  * John George Miles (1838–1884), New Zealand politician
  * John Miles (MP for Bristol), British member of parliament for Bristol
  * Jack Miles (political activist) (1888–1969), Scottish-born Australian communist leader
  * John Miles (fl. 1404), British member of parliament for Great Grimsby

Sports

  * John Miles (footballer) (born 1981), English footballer
  * John Miles (racing driver) (1943–2018), British former Formula One driver
  * John Miles (baseball) (1922–2013), baseball player
  * Johnny Miles (1905–2003), Canadian marathon runner
  * Johnny Miles (footballer) (born 1945), Australian rules footballer

Others

  * John Miles, developer of the Miles Sound System
  * John Miles (businessman) (1816–1886), English bookseller and major North London landowner
  * John Miles (actor) (1923–2006), American actor
  * John Miles (musician) (1949–2021), English vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player
  * John DeBras Miles, Indian agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation
  * John 'Smoaker' Miles (1728–1797), Brighton bather to the Prince Regent
  * John W. Miles (1920–2008), professor in theoretical fluid mechanics
  * John Myles (minister), also known as "Miles", the founder of the earliest recorded Baptist Church in Wales
  * Jack Miles (born 1942), American author
  * John Campbell Miles (1883–1965), Australian prospector and pastoral worker
  * John Miles (microbiologist), New Zealand microbiologist and epidemiologist
  * John Myles (disambiguation)
  * Jack Miles (disambiguation)


Social finance

Social finance serves as a middle ground between traditional business, whose main driver is to achieve financial value and traditional charity, whose main driver is to achieve social value.

Social finance is a category of financial services which aims to leverage private capital to address challenges in areas of social and environmental need.social value are not new, however, social finance is conceptually unique as an approach to solving social problems while simultaneously creating economic value.social enterprises who in turn, by investing borrowed funds in socially beneficial initiatives, deliver investors measurable social returns in addition to traditional financial returns on their investment.

Consensus has yet to be established on a formal definition of social finance due to lacking clarity around its scope and intent,impact investing, socially responsible investing and social enterprise lending.charitable foundation, retail investors and institutional investors.Social Impact Bonds and Social Impact Funds.

Since the 2008 Financial Crisis the social finance industry has been experiencing a period of accelerated growth as shifts in investor sentiment has led to greater demand for ethically responsible investment alternatives by retail investors.

New research in the field calls for increasing the role of government in social finance to help overcome the challenges which the industry currently faces including the struggle to produce desirable returns for investors, high start-up and regulatory costs, neglect from mainstream banks and lacking access to retail investors.

Origin

The history of social finance has its origins in 20th Century neoliberal economics and the ideas that it proposed, such as an emphasis on the role of the free-market in society.Community Reinvestment Act provided the impetus for financial institutions to invest in under-served local regions and marginalised sectors of the economy, furthering state transfers of wealth to the private sector. This spawned a plethora of community Development Financial Institutions which deployed significant amounts of capital in affordable housing, renewable energy and financial inclusion across the United States. Furthermore, many prominent foundations including the Ford, Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations have actively invested their endowments in a manner that aligns with this practice of mission-related investing.

Some scholars contest that social finance has its origins in Islamic finance, which was practiced by the sharia-compliant Islamic economies of the 1960s and which is characterised by socially responsible investment.

Market structure

Capital flows in the social finance marketplace.

The social finance ecosystem is composed of four key groups.


Social finance

The social finance ecosystem is composed of four key groups.

 1. Investors: Investors, or capital providers, serve as the initial and primary source of capital in social finance. Examples include retail investors, high net worth individuals, pension funds, charitable foundations and private foundations.
 2. Social enterprises: Social enterprises represent the demand for investment in social finance. They absorb the capital invested by group 1, reinvest this money in various socially beneficial initiatives, or social investments, and finally deliver investors twin social and financial returns on their investment.nonprofit organisations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
 3. Social finance institutions: Social finance institutions act as financial intermediaries by linking the supply and demand of capital. They are responsible for raising funds from the investors of group 1, pooling these funds and redistributing them to the social enterprises of group 2.
 4. Intermediaries: Intermediaries facilitate and oversee the myriad of connections between groups 1-3. They include regulators, trade groups and service providers.

Scale of operations

Research reveals that the term social finance is familiar mainly to people working in the niche sector of the financial services industry.Global Financial Crisis of 2008, however, the social finance industry has been experiencing a period of accelerated growth and institutional uptake. For example, in 2011 Deutsche Bank became the first commercial bank to raise a social investment fund, in 2012 Goldman Sachs floated Social Impact Bonds in the USA and in 2012 the European Investment Fund made a direct investment into the UK social finance marketplace.

Explanation of the post-GFC popularisation of social finance is the subject of extensive academic research. Social theorist Bill Maurer explains it as the result of shifts in investor sentiment in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis. Social finance, through its innovative approach to solving social problems while creating economic value, has met the need of disaffected retail investors who seek ethical investment alternatives following revelations in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of widespread unethical business practices by mainstream corporations in pursuit of profit. As a result, Maurer suggests, mainstream corporations looking to rebuild their reputations are now entering the market, bringing with them significant inflows of capital and investment.

One study, which provides a statistical analysis of participation, satisfaction and retention rates in the European social finance market, suggests that the GFC came and went at a time when social finance organisations were beginning to develop track records that demonstrated their market feasibility.


Social finance

Proponents of social finance Kent Baker and John Nofsinger claim that these trends of institutionalisation will lead to the legitimisation of the social finance industry, give way to the widespread institutional uptake of social finance and ultimately embed social finance as a mainstream asset class of financial investments among the likes of stocks and bonds.

Examples

Social Impact Bonds

A caregiver teaches mothers with small children about nutrition at a hospital in Jinja, Uganda as part of a program funded by the Social Innovation Fund.

Of all forms of social finance, the most used and developed is the Social Impact Bond (SIB).financial instruments that raise private capital to fund prevention and early intervention programs in areas of pressing social need, reducing the need for expensive safety net services down the line. Investors provide upfront capital to fund these programs and receive a prearranged amount of money (including the principal plus some financial return) if performance results are achieved.

Funds from SIB’s are spent on services like counselling, health care and detention with the aim of reducing the need for these services in the first place. Proceeds from the savings are used to reward investors for facilitating the process.pay-for-performance basis in which bondholders are repaid only if the program’s outcome targets are achieved.

Social Investment Funds

Social Investment Funds (SIFs) pool funds from investors to provide not-for-profit organisations with “patient working capital” (funding with a longer-term repayment schedule).Social Innovation Fund is a well-known example of a SIF. Through a competitive process, it awards grants of up to $10 million per year to organisations with strong track records of effective social service.

Comparisons with other forms of social welfare enhancement

Efforts to create mechanisms to allocate capital for combined social and economic value creation are not new.neoliberal markets (in creating a profit and financial return) with taking care of the social need of society (in the way that a charity would), social finance secures its own sustainability by being profitable for those who fund these organisations.blended’ social and financial returns are a defining characteristic of social finance and distinguish it from related practices such as not-for-profit investing, charity and philanthropy.

Comparison with Corporate Social Responsibility


Social finance

Comparison with Corporate Social Responsibility

Leading scholars in the field of social innovation such as Stephen Sinclair, Neil McHugh and Michael Roy question the need for social finance given extensive existing frameworks that govern corporate social responsibility in capital markets.

Proponents of social finance concede that while its intent overlaps with that of corporate social responsibility, social finance provides a means for greater direct investment in addressing social challenges whereas existing corporate governance frameworks work at the fringe.Alex Nicholls reaffirm these claims by suggesting that social finance provides the greater direct investment required to address various social challenges and fill the capital gap that currently exists given that many problems in these areas of social need have increased in severity, complexity and scale, while charitable donations are on the decline.

Challenges and future direction

The social finance industry faces several headwinds including the struggle to produce desirable returns for investors, high start-up and regulatory costs, neglect from mainstream banks and lacking access to retail investors, an area which is believed to have perhaps the most demand.

Consensus of experts in the field maintains that the role of government in social finance will be central to addressing the challenges that the sector currently faces.


Social finance

* Legislative reform: Recast legislation from a for-profit/not-for-profit framework to a sustainable and effective framework
  * Tax incentives: Offer tax incentives to encourage investments in social finance
  * Capacity building: Create a framework that permits organisations to build capacity through capital retention
  * Community investment: Create an enabling environment for trustees to consider community investments consistent with their fiduciary duty
  * Regulatory reform':' Create a permissive framework for foundation to support social finance
  * Formalised sustainability plans: Negotiate an allocation from the New Deal for Cities for the articulation of environmental, social, cultural and economic goals into municipal sustainability plans and checklists
  * Social enterprise
  * Impact investing
  * Microfinance
  * Social impact bond
  * Socially-responsible investing
  * Canada, Department of Employment and Social Development. Harnessing the power of social finance. 2 May 2013, pp. 10–26.
  * Canada, Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network. “Exploring new sources of investment for social transformation.” Social Capital Market Roundtable. By Coro Strandberg, 13 Mar 2006, pp. 6–8.
  * Emerson, Jed, and Nicholls, Alex. “Social finance: Capitalizing social impact.” Social Finance, edited by Jed Emerson, et al., Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 1–45.
  * Geobey, Sean, and Harji, Karim. “Social Finance in North America.” Global Social Policy, vol. 14, 2014, pp. 274–77.
  * Kramer, Mark, and Porter, Michael. “The big idea: Creating shared value.” Harvard Business Review, vol. 89, pp. 2–14.
  * Lehner, Othmar M. “The Architecture of Social Finance.” Routledge Handbook of Social and Sustainable Finance, edited by Gadaf Rexhepi, Routledge, 2017, pp. 35–49.
  * Maurer, Bill. “The Disunity of Finance: Alternative Practices to Western Finance.” The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Finance, edited by Karin Cetina, et al., Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 413–431.


Social finance

* Mulgan, Geoff. “Measuring social value.” Stanford Social Innovation Review, vol. 38, pp. 38–43.
  * Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. “New investment approaches for addressing social and economic challenges.” Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers. By Karen Wilson, 1 Jul 2014, pp. 41–81.
  * United States, Center for American Progress. Social Finance: A Primer. Understanding Innovation Funds, Impact Bonds, and Impact Investing. 5 Nov 2013.
  * "What is Sustainable Finance?: The Economist Explains." The Economist, 17 Apr 2018, pp. 23–26.


Schwanenwerder

View of Schwanenwerder

View from Schwanenwerder over the Havel river

Schwanenwerder (German pronunciation: [ˌʃvaːnənˈvɛʁdɐ] (listen); English: "Swan Ait") is an island in the locality of Nikolassee in southwestern Berlin, located in a wider stretch of the Havel close to the eastern bank and adjacent to the Großer Wannsee to the south of it. The neighbourhood is considered an affluent residential area and was home to known people such as Alexander Parvus, Joseph Goebbels, Gustav Fröhlich, Ernst Udet, and Axel Springer.

History

The river island, with an area of about 62 acres (25 ha), was first mentioned as Der Sandtwerder ("Sand Ait") in 1704. Also called Cladower Sandwerder after the opposite village of Kladow, the island in the mid 19th century was a deserted place, overgrown with shrubs and a few trees. In 1882, the island was purchased by Wilhelm Wessel, a wealthy inventor and manufacturer of kerosene lamps, for a sum of 9,000 Marks. He ordered extensive landscaping, built an access ringroad, subdivided the area and offered the lots for sale. The intention was for wealthy buyers like himself to build cottages with access to the river. He himself had a mansion, called Villa Schwanenhof (Swan Court), erected in the centre of the isle. Its continued existence makes it the oldest building on the island. For convenient access, a small bridge was built which up to today remains the only way onto the island.

Aerial view


Schwanenwerder

Aerial view

In 1896, a charter was drafted that banned inhabitants from setting up disturbing venues like factories and shops. Even a pier for river steamers was prohibited. In 1901, Emperor Wilhelm II granted the official use of the name Schwanenwerder, a more illustrious name than the old "Sand Ait". By then, only three villas had been erected, nevertheless the mansion colony quickly developed as a refuge of the wealthy Berlin bourgeoisie, among them Berthold Israel and Rudolph Karstadt, both owners of large department stores, the entrepreneur Leo Maximilian Baginski, the entrepreneur Waldemar Lohse, the entrepreneur Hans Quilitz, the entrepreneur Walter Sobernheim, the physician Fedor Krause, the banker Oscar Schlitter, the banker Oscar Wassermann, the banker Eduard Mosler, the banker Arthur Salomonsohn and the banker Georg Solmssen.Monopoly game.

After World War I more rich inhabitants built villas on Schwanenewerder, among them were the banker Samuel Goldschmidt, the economist Werner Feilchenfeld, the entrepreneur Alfred Guggenheim, the judge Herbert Gidion and the publisher Leo Goldstaub.

After the Nazi seizure of power in January 1933, many of the Jewish property owners were driven off or forced to sell their real estate because of the racial policy of Nazi Germany. After the elections of March 1933, SA officers from nearby Zehlendorf swarmed over the island, and a Nazi flag was hoisted prominently over the water tower.Joseph Goebbels, who in 1935 bought the villa formerly owned by the Oscar Schlitter for a very modest sum,aryanized" neighbouring property of the Jewish banker Samuel Goldschmidt. In a similar manner Hitler's personal physician Theodor Morell acquired the premises of Georg Solmssen (the uncle of author Arthur R.G. Solmssen). Minister Albert Speer bought the property of one of the Baronesses Goldschmidt-Rothschild for only 150,000 marks, only to sell it in 1943 at a hefty premium to the Deutsche Reichsbahn. In 1937, Reich Women's Leader Gertrud Scholtz-Klink had a SS Bride School established on Schwanenwerder, where young women were indoctrinated in Nazi ideology and educated in housekeeping skills.


Schwanenwerder

After World War II, disseized properties were returned to their rightful owners, if those could be found, but none of them returned. The buildings stood empty and derelict and property was sold, mostly to the community of Berlin, which at times owned up to 40% of the land. Since the late 1940s the island housed a large summer camp for children, which was closed in 2002. Until 2010 a station of the Berlin Wasserschutzpolizei was located near the Schwanenwerder bridge. The neighbouring premises formerly owned by Goebbels were leased to the Berlin Aspen Institute for several years.

Tuileries column, re-erected on Schwanenwerder

Over the second half of the 20th century, most old mansions were torn down to be replaced with new private buildings.Tuileries in Paris, which was bought by Wessel in 1882 and placed on Schwanenwerder as part of a mock ruin, typical of the spirit of Romanticism in late 19th-century Germany. It is still on the island and protected as a historic monument.

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Julia Ramos

Julia Damiana Ramos Sánchez (born 12 April 1963) is a Bolivian nurse and politician. She was a Plurinational deputy from 2006 to 2009, and Minister of Land and Rural Development from 2009 to 2010, during the first government of Evo Morales.

Biography

Julia Ramos was born in the city of Tarija on 12 April 1963. Her primary and secondary studies took place in her hometown. She continued with her education, studying nursing at the Universidad Juan Misael Saracho (UJMS), where she became a member of the executive committee of the Local University Foundation (Federación Universitaria Local; FUL).

Political career

Julia Ramos began her political career in small community posts. Between 1985 and 1989, beginning when she was 22 years old, Ramos held the positions of secretary of education and then secretary of health of the Single Trade Union Federation of Peasant Workers of Tarija (Federación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Tarija; FSUTCT).La Paz, reaching a position where her leadership could emerge at the national level.

After returning to Tarija, Ramos founded the first departmental section of the Bartolina Sisa Federation in that city, and became its main leader. She was re-elected twice, in 2000 and 2007. Ramos joined the militant Movement for Socialism (Movimiento al Socialismo; MAS), a party for which she was a candidate for deputy in the 2002 general election, but was not elected.

Three years later, in the following 2005 general election, Ramos was once again a candidate for deputy for MAS. This time she won, taking office on 24 January 2006.Plurinational deputy, Ramos presided over caucuses of indigenous South Americans (an initiative of the United Nations).

On 2 February 2009, President Evo Morales appointed her Minister of Land and Rural Development. On 24 January 2010, Julia Ramos was replaced in her position as minister by Nemesia Achacollo, a Chapare union leader.

Five years after leaving the ministry, in 2015, Julia Ramos was linked by the courts to the Indigenous Development Fund (Fondo de Desarrollo Indígena; FONDIOC) corruption case.


Sorauren

For other uses, see Sorauren (disambiguation).

View of Sorauren, looking north through the water gap created by the Rio Ulzama.

Sorauren is a small village close to Pamplona in Navarre, Spain. It is surrounded by the mountains "Ezkaba", "Lanzador" and "Txaraka". There can be found the famous romanic stone bridge.

There are several young associations that work to improve the cultural scene like ezkabartepuntotaparte. Every September and during the summer months, there are plenty of concerts and a film festival.

Battle

The Battle of Sorauren took place here between the Duc de Dalmatie and the Duke of Wellington. Legend has that both armies slept with less than 2 km (1.2 mi) between them.

A residential street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is named Sorauren Avenue, after the 1813 battle, because the owner of the land concession in the area, Colonel Walter O'Hara, was a participant in the battle.

42°52′3″N 1°36′31″W / 42.86750°N 1.60861°W


USS Sylph

USS Sylph may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

  * USS Sylph (1813) was launched on 18 August 1813 and sold in 1824
  * USS Sylph (1831) was launched at Fell's Point in 1831 as Sarah Ann; the US Navy purchased her and renamed Sylph on 26 April 1831. She was lost at sea the same year
  * USS Sylph (PY-5) was purchased in 1898; commissioned the same year serving as the Presidential Yacht until sold in 1929
  * USS Sylph (PY-12) was acquired by the US Navy in 1940 and sold in December 1946


Painted bush quail

The painted bush quail (Perdicula erythrorhyncha) is a species of quail found in the hill forests of India. They move in small coveys on hillsides and are distinguished by their red bills and legs. They have a liquid alarm call and small groups will run in single file along paths before taking flight when flushed.

Description

Female (left) and male.

This quail is darkish brightly colored with a deep red bill and legs, eye-catching even in flight. The female has brick-red underpart and lacks the white throat and head stripe of the male. The male has a black face with a white supercilium and throat. These quail are typically found in a covey of 6 to 10 birds. They come out in open grassy patches or on forest roads and cart tracks to feed on seeds or grain (and small insectskirikee-kirikee-kirikee.

It is 6.6–7.5 in (17–19 cm) long and weighs roughly 2.4–3.1 oz (68–88 g).

Distribution and habitat

This species is mainly found in the hill forests of peninsular India. There are two apparently disjunct populations. Subspecies blewitti is found in the Satpuras and extends into the northern Eastern Ghats (East to LammasinghiHume and named after F.R. Blewitt who sent him specimens from Raipur. The male has the frontal black band narrower and the white band around it being broader. The chestnut on the belly is paler.blewitti is smaller and paler than the nominate subspecies of the Western Ghats (south of Pune. Sykes described the nominate form based on specimens from the valley of "Karleh",Nilgiris and hills of southern India including the Biligirirangans and Shevaroys.

Behaviour and ecology

Head of male


Painted bush quail

Behaviour and ecology

Head of male

These quails are usually seen in small groups of 8 to 10. When flushed they scatter in different directions and then begin rally calling to reunite. Males are believed to be monogynous.kirkee..kirkee and other calls include soft whistles which rises and falls in pitch.nesting season varies locally, but is said to breed mainly in December to March. Nests are typically found in the ground at the root of a bush or grass clump, sometimes thinly lined with grass. The female lays 4 to 7 eggs at a time, which are incubated by the female alone for 16–18 days before hatching. Females are said to defend their young often by attacking dogs and even humans that intrude.

A flagellate parasite Hypotrichomonas avium (Parabasalia: Hypotrichomonadida) was described from a specimen found in the intestine of a painted bush quail.

  * Photos and videos


Polyptychoides erosus

Polyptychoides erosus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from highland forest in Kenya and Tanzania, east of the Rift Valley.

The length of the forewings is 35–41 mm for males and about 53 mm for females.


Non-fullerene acceptor

Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are types of acceptors used in organic solar cells (OSCs). The name Fullerene comes from another type of acceptor-molecule which was used as the main acceptor material for bulk heterojunction Organic solar cells. Non-fullerene acceptors are thus defined as not being a part of this sort of acceptors.

Research in non-fullerene acceptors did not show promising results starting up when being compared to fullerene based organic solar cells. However, recent developments in this field launched a series of new opportunities for the NFA based OSCs. The most important breakthrough was the development of the small molecule acceptors (SMAs). These acceptors are showing promising results to be better alternatives for Fullerene acceptors because of their properties. The property that makes these SMAs such a big research topic is their tunability. SMAs can be modified to a much greater extent than Fullerene acceptors. There are, however, still many improvements to make on the design of the SMAs in order become profitable to use in OSCs.

Recent research on designing NFA-OSCs showed an efficiency of 15% with a so-called tandem solar cell which made use of Non-fullerene acceptors as well as fullerene acceptors. With a good chance that researchers will be able to boost this percentage up to 18%, it is clear that NFA-OSCs have a great potential in becoming a profitable photovoltaic in commercial application.

NFA Potential

Advantages

Fullerene acceptors (FAs) have been used extensively in OSCs. This is rationalized by several characteristics of fullerenes. The three-dimensional character causes them to be suitable materials for bulk heterojunction structures. Additionally, its electronic configuration (delocalized LUMOs) allows for efficient percolation and high electron mobility. Another consequence is that they are easily coupled to compatible donor polymers. However, fullerene acceptor organic solar cells (FA-OSCs) encounter a limited efficiency. The energy levels in fullerene compounds are relatively constant and difficult to alter. Moreover, they employ weak absorption in the visible spectrum and the near-infrared spectrum and low thermal instability and photochemical instability.


Non-fullerene acceptor

The organic NFAs, in the form of small molecular acceptors (SMAs), can be used to overcome these fullerene deficiencies. They have more structural degrees of freedom, allowing higher electron affinity tunability; they absorb incidental visible-NIR radiation more strongly; they are more stable; they are compatible with donor polymers and they are (in general) easier to synthesize. NF-OSCs with power conversion efficiencies (PCE) of over 13% have been reported,

Disadvantages

One of the downsides of using SMAs is the fact that, under atmospheric conditions, they tend to engage in disordered (anisotropic) states as a result of their planar structures. They are often planar as aromaticity is required for sufficient electron mobility. The lack of order may diminish electron transport and effective extraction routes that lead to induced current.

Physics

Schematic of energy states in organic solar cells

The mechanism of current induction in organic solar cells involves a charge transfer. After electromagnetic absorption and exciton formation in the electron donor polymer, the excited electron is moved towards the acceptor conduction band (LUMO) as a result of the lower energy value than the donor LUMO. This process is called a charge separation, and the corresponding energy value [{\displaystyle E_{CS}}] satisfies [{\displaystyle E_{CS}=E_{LUMO}^{A}-E_{HOMO}^{D}}] where CS denotes charge separation, A denotes the acceptor and D denotes the donor molecule. Along with the Coulombic potential that needs to be surpassed, the maximum energy obtained from the process is defined as the Charge Transfer energy, [{\displaystyle E_{CT}}]. The difference between the optical excitation energy (the optical band gap energy, [{\displaystyle E_{g}^{opt}}]) and the charge transfer energy is the driving force of the system.


Non-fullerene acceptor

An advantage of NF-OSCs over current fullerene-based OSCs is that the SMAs used are relatively compatible with donors, as a result of their electronic affinity tunability. Their compatibility originates from their LUMO-energy value similarity. The driving force is minimized to solely Coulombic contributions (<0.3 eV) with negligible charge separation loss. This results in low potential spillage, [{\displaystyle V_{loss}}], which depends explicitly on the value of the driving force, along with radiative and non-radiative losses during the current induction process. Thus, for NF-OSCs, [{\displaystyle E_{loss}=qV_{loss}}], with q the electron's charge, is minimized, leading to a higher useful energy output. The result is a high open-circuit voltage [{\displaystyle V_{OC}}] of the solar cell compared to fullerene counterparts, with reports of values as high as 1.1V.[{\displaystyle J_{SC}}] and the fill factor (FF) are decreased. [{\displaystyle EQE_{EL}}] is highest for donor-acceptor blends with lowest driving force.

Types

One of the main advantages of the non-fullerene acceptors is their ability to be tuned and customized by chemical modification. This in contrary to fullerene acceptors. It also immediately creates a bottleneck because of the huge amount of possibilities there are which could be applied as an SMA. A wide variety of SMAs are tested to be a successful acceptor, but two classes of SMAs have proven to give the best results concerning Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) and have made the greatest attribute to the recent development in NFA-OSCs.

Rylene diimides


Non-fullerene acceptor

Rylene diimides

Rylene diimides are, as said, one of the two main subclasses which are a basis for acceptor-molecules in modern NFA-OSCs. Rylene diimides are industrial dyes and can be divided into, once again, two subclasses: Perylene Diimides (PDIs) and Naphthalene Diimides (NDIs). Rylene diimides consist of a planar rylene framework and numerous constructions can be made by attaching certain subgroups and by using more PDI molecules in one acceptor. The mono-PDI molecule is shown in the figure on the right.

The basic structure of perylene diimides.

Rylene diimides are considered good acceptors because of their favourable properties. Rylene diimides usually have high electron mobility values [{\displaystyle \mu _{e}}] due to intermolecular π-stacking.[{\displaystyle V_{oc}}])crystal structure. This greatly enhances the domain size, larger than the preferred 20 nm, in the bulk heterojunction which leads to a lower charge transport ability. Researchers have tried to reduce this aggregation by three structure adaptions, all focused on enhancing the mobility of Rylene diimides molecules. The first approach is to link two PDI molecules with a single carbon bond, to form a so-called twisted dimer. The second synthesis forms highly twisted 3D-structures of PDI molecules and the third approach forms a fused-ring structure.

Three PDI based SMAs constructed using three different synthesis to decrease the domain size in the BHJ

Fused-ring electron acceptors

Fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs) are completely different from Rylene diimides. They consist of two electron withdrawing groups in between of a donor group. This donor group is a π-bridge of fused aromatic rings.[{\displaystyle \mu _{e}}] similar to those of fullerene acceptors and have a wide absorption range.

Future development


Non-fullerene acceptor

Future development

In current research, rylene diimides (for small band-gap energy donors) and FREAs (for large band-gap energy donors) have shown the most potential for becoming commercially viable solar cell materials for bulk heterojunction blend cells. Wide band gap donors are known to enhance voltage and diminish current density, but in combination with FREAs both values can be relatively high.

There are still a lot of improvements to be made before an NFA-OSC can be commercially profitable. First of all, the PCE should be increased to at least 15% since this is the minimal value for commercial application.[{\displaystyle 3.3\cdot 10^{-4}cm^{2}V^{-1}s^{-1}}] for the best NFAs compared to [{\displaystyle 7.0\cdot 10^{-4}cm^{2}V^{-1}s^{-1}}] for the best FAs).

Besides these theoretical research aspects, implementation in a life size commercial solar cell also brings a lot of challenges, such as easy and sustainable device fabrication methods and long-term stability of the organic compounds. Studies also show that with upscaling, the PCE in general drops.

  * Rylene dye


Oana Avasilichioaei

Oana Avasilichioaei is a Canadian poet and translator.

Her poetry work includes Expeditions of a Chimæra (2009), a collaboration with Erín Moure,We Beasts (2012), which won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. As a translator, she is most noted for winning the Governor General's Award for French to English translation in 2017 for Readopolis, her translation of Bertrand Laverdure's Lectodôme.

Her poetry collection Eight Track was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2020 Governor General's Awards. In the same year she also received her second nomination for French to English translation for The Neptune Room, her translation of Laverdure's La chambre neptune.


John Micklethwaite

For the English architect and archaeologist, see John Thomas Micklethwaite. For the journalist, see John Micklethwait.

John Micklethwaite.

Sir John Micklethwaite M.D. (1612–1682) was an English physician, who attended Charles II. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians.

Life

John Micklethwaite was the son of Thomas Micklethwaite, rector of Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, and was baptised, 23 August 1612, in the church of Bishop Burton, three miles from Beverley. He entered at the University of Leyden as a medical student in 1637, and took the degree of M.D. at the University of Padua in 1638. He proceeded M.D. by incorporation at Oxford 14 April 1648.

On 26 May 1643, Micklethwaite was appointed assistant physician at St. Bartholomew's Hospital to Dr John Clarke, whose eldest daughter he married, and he was elected physician 13 May 1653. The Long Parliament, 12 Feb. 1644, had recommended him for promotion, "in the place of Dr. Harvey, who hath withdrawn himself from his charge and is retired to the party in arms against the Parliament." He was elected a fellow of the College of Physicians 11 November 1643, and delivered the Gulstonian lectures in 1644. He was elected censor seven times, was treasurer from 1667 to 1675, and president from 1676 to 1681.

When Charles II in 1681 was taken ill at Windsor, Micklethwaite was sent for by Order in Council, and attained much repute by his treatment of the king, on whose recovery he was knighted. He was physician in ordinary to the king. He died of acute cystitis 29 July 1682, and was buried in the church of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, where his monument, with a long inscription, still remains. His death and achievements were celebrated in a broadside, An Elegy to commemorate and lament the Death of the most worthy Doctor of Physick, Sir John Micklethwaite. His portrait, representing him in a flowing wig, was given to the College of Physicians by Sir Edmund King, and hung in the dining-room.


John Micklethwaite

* This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Micklethwaite, John". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 37. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  * Royal College of Physicians website


List of teams and cyclists in the 1968 Vuelta a España

For the 1968 Vuelta a España, the field consisted of 90 riders; 51 finished the race.

By rider

Legend
 No.    Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta
 Pos.   Position in the general classification
 Time   Deficit to the winner of the general classification
 DNF    Denotes a rider who did not finish


No.  Name                        Nationality    Team              Pos.  Time          Ref
1    Jan Janssen                 Netherlands    Pelforth-Lejeune  6     + 5' 43"
2    Bernard Van de Kerckhove    Belgium        Pelforth-Lejeune  DNF   —
3    Willy Monty                 Belgium        Pelforth-Lejeune  44    + 1h 08' 29"
4    Jean-Pierre Ducasse         France         Pelforth-Lejeune  12    + 12' 42"
5    Édouard Delberghe           France         Pelforth-Lejeune  47    + 1h 14' 10"
6    Fernand Etter               France         Pelforth-Lejeune  42    + 1h 04' 45"
7    Johny Schleck               Luxembourg     Pelforth-Lejeune  26    + 31' 47"
8    Jean-Claude Lefebvre        France         Pelforth-Lejeune  DNF   —
9    Jean Vidament               France         Pelforth-Lejeune  DNF   —
10   René Chtiej                 France         Pelforth-Lejeune  DNF   —
11   Eduardo Castelló            Spain          Ferrys            DNF   —
12   Ventura Díaz                Spain          Ferrys            15    + 15' 04"
13   Juan Daniel Perera Ruiz     Spain          Ferrys            DNF   —
14   Ramón Sáez Marzo            Spain          Ferrys            32    + 38' 21"
15   José Antonio Pontón Ruiz    Spain          Ferrys            DNF   —
16   Ángel Ibáñez                Spain          Ferrys            DNF   —
17   Gabino Ereñozaga Lejarreta  Spain          Ferrys            DNF   —
18   Esteban Martín Jiménez      Spain          Ferrys            DNF   —
19   Salvador Canet García       Spain          Ferrys            31    + 36' 42"
20   Sebastián Fernández Dueñas  Spain          Ferrys            DNF   —
21   Erik De Vlaeminck           Belgium        Goldor-Gerka      DNF   —
22   André Planckaert            Belgium        Goldor-Gerka      DNF   —
23   Paul Konings                Belgium        Goldor-Gerka      DNF   —
24   Raymond Steegmans           Belgium        Goldor-Gerka      DNF   —


25   Willy Vekemans              Belgium        Goldor-Gerka      DNF   —
26   Etienne Sonck               Belgium        Goldor-Gerka      DNF   —
27   Edouard Ernst               Belgium        Goldor-Gerka      DNF   —
28   Edouard Weckx               Belgium        Goldor-Gerka      DNF   —
29   Jan Cools                   Belgium        Goldor-Gerka      DNF   —
30   Gilbert Verlinde            Belgium        Goldor-Gerka      DNF   —
31   José María Errandonea       Spain          Fagor             4     + 5' 19"
32   Francisco Gabica            Spain          Fagor             13    + 13' 23"
33   Eusebio Vélez               Spain          Fagor             3     + 5' 08"
34   Luis Santamarina            Spain          Fagor             28    + 33' 55"
35   José Manuel López           Spain          Fagor             16    + 17' 16"
36   Domingo Perurena            Spain          Fagor             24    + 27' 51"
37   José Antonio Momeñe         Spain          Fagor             17    + 17' 23"
38   Luis Ocaña                  Spain          Fagor             DNF   —
39   Jesús Aranzabal             Spain          Fagor             33    + 39' 17"
40   Luis Otaño                  Spain          Fagor             11    + 10' 39"
41   Lucien Aimar                France         Bic               9     + 6' 42"
42   Arie den Hartog             Netherlands    Bic               DNF   —
43   Cees Haast                  Netherlands    Bic               20    + 20' 09"
44   Siegfried Adler             West Germany   Bic               DNF   —
45   Anatole Novak               France         Bic               49    + 1h 30' 07"
46   Michel Grain                France         Bic               37    + 47' 55"
47   Paul Lemeteyer              France         Bic               43    + 1h 07' 58"
48   Jean Milesi                 France         Bic               DNF   —
49   Jean Graczyk                France         Bic               DNF   —
50   Michael Wright              Great Britain  Bic               14    + 14' 57"
51   Carlos Echeverría Zudaire   Spain          SD Kas            8     + 6' 00"
52   José Pérez Francés          Spain          SD Kas            2     + 2' 15"


52   José Pérez Francés          Spain          SD Kas            2     + 2' 15"
53   Antonio Gómez del Moral     Spain          SD Kas            7     + 5' 55"
54   Gregorio San Miguel         Spain          SD Kas            36    + 46' 51"
55   Vicente López Carril        Spain          SD Kas            34    + 40' 28"
56   Sebastián Elorza            Spain          SD Kas            25    + 30' 52"
57   José Manuel Lasa            Spain          SD Kas            27    + 32' 25"
58   Aurelio González Puente     Spain          SD Kas            DNF   —
59   José Luis Errandonea        Spain          SD Kas            DNF   —
60   Andrés Gandarias            Spain          SD Kas            19    + 19' 54"
61   Rudi Altig                  West Germany   Salvarani         18    + 18' 43"
62   Tommaso de Pra              Italy          Salvarani         DNF   —
63   Giancarlo Ferretti          Italy          Salvarani         30    + 36' 36"
64   Felice Gimondi              Italy          Salvarani         1     78h 29' 00"
65   Pietro Guerra               Italy          Salvarani         46    + 1h 12' 20"
66   Mario Minieri               Italy          Salvarani         50    + 1h 35' 00"
67   Pietro Partesotti           Italy          Salvarani         DNF   —
68   Wilfried Peffgen            West Germany   Salvarani         22    + 24' 41"
69   Roberto Poggiali            Italy          Salvarani         35    + 45' 01"
70   Dino Zandegù                Italy          Salvarani         DNF   —
71   Fernando Manzaneque         Spain          GD Karpy          21    + 21' 54"
72   Manuel Martín Piñera        Spain          GD Karpy          40    + 59' 26"
73   José Manuel Mesa Fernández  Spain          GD Karpy          DNF   —
74   Juan María Uribezubia       Spain          GD Karpy          29    + 35' 55"
75   Juan José Sagarduy          Spain          GD Karpy          41    + 1h 01' 39"
76   José Goyeneche              Spain          GD Karpy          48    + 1h 18' 55"


77   Bruno Sivilotti Pidutti     Italy          GD Karpy          DNF   —
78   Andres Incera Paradelo      Spain          GD Karpy          DNF   —
79   Domingo Fernández           Spain          GD Karpy          51    + 1h 46' 09"
80   Jesús Isasi Aspiazu         Spain          GD Karpy          DNF   —
81   Antonio Bailetti            Italy          GD Faema          DNF   —
82   Victor Van Schil            Belgium        GD Faema          23    + 24' 50"
83   Jozef Spruyt                Belgium        GD Faema          10    + 7' 50"
84   Martin Van Den Bossche      Belgium        GD Faema          38    + 53' 07"
85   Mino Denti                  Italy          GD Faema          DNF   —
86   Luciano Soave               Italy          GD Faema          39    + 55' 35"
87   Vittorio Adorni             Italy          GD Faema          5     + 5' 26"
88   Julien Delocht              Belgium        GD Faema          DNF   —
89   Lino Farisato               Italy          GD Faema          45    + 1h 10' 55"
90   Pietro Scandelli            Italy          GD Faema          DNF   —


By nationality


Sergei Gorbok

Sergei Valeryevich Gorbok (Russian: Сергей Валерьевич Горбок; born 4 December 1982) is a retired Belarusian-born Russian handball player.

  * Sergei Gorbok at the European Handball Federation


KKCH

KKCH (92.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Hot AC format. Licensed to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States, it serves the Aspen area. The station is currently owned by Patricia MacDonald Garber and Peter Benedetti, through licensee AlwaysMountainTime, LLC.

The radio station is rebroadcast on 94.1 MHz in Eagle, Colorado and 95.3 MHz in Aspen, Colorado and Vail, Colorado.

  * Corporate Website
  * KKCH in the FCC FM station database
  * KKCH on Radio-Locator
  * KKCH in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

39°25′08″N 107°22′08″W / 39.419°N 107.369°W


Market profile

A Market Profile is an intra-day charting technique (price vertical, time/activity horizontal) devised by J. Peter Steidlmayer, a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), ca 1959-1985. Steidlmayer was seeking a way to determine and to evaluate market value as it developed in the day time frame. The concept was to display price on a vertical axis against time on the horizontal, and the ensuing graphic generally is a bell shape--fatter at the middle prices, with activity trailing off and volume diminished at the extreme higher and lower prices. In this structure he recognized the 'normal', Gaussian distribution he had been introduced to in college statistics (3).

The Market Profile graphic was introduced to the public in 1985 as a part of a CBOT product, the CBOT Market Profile (CBOTMP1) (2). CBOTMP1 included the new Liquidity Data Bank (LDB) data; end-of-day clearings, all trade was categorized and identified by the class of trader in the pits ( (1) local, (2) commercial, (3) members filling for other members and (4) members filling orders for the public). The Profile was proposed as a visual organizing methodology in addition to these new data. CBOTMP1 advertised the Profile/LDB as the way to 'Improve Performance'. It is described as "the only variable-cost ticker service in the commodities industry."

The promotional material says the Profile is to be the link between the CBOT data and the market. A Profile graphic is to be used to tell "what the market is doing"; the LDB data is for finding the market's 'condition'. As a part of the data-display connection in CBOTMP1, the price of the peak cleared volume is identified as the Point of Control (POC). Following the normal distribution analogy, the central seventy percent of trading activity about POC (+/- one standard deviation) is termed the 'Value Area'.

Section Headings for "CBOT Market Profile, 1986" are:

  * Using the CBOT Market Profile to Improve Performance
  * The Profile: The link Between CBOT Data and the Market
  * Part I What the Market is Doing: The Market Profile Graphic
  * Part II The Condition of the Market: Liquidity Data Bank
  * Appendix


Market profile

In 1987, Professor Thomas P. Drinka of Western Illinois University launched the first Market Profile® course in academia. As of 2010, Western remains as the premiere and only academic institution to offer such a course as part of curriculum.

A new and expanded 335 page CBOT Market Profile manual, CBOTMP2, was released in 1991, (5). In this volume the first five sections are devoted to profile analysis. The last section discusses LDB data. Unlike CBOTMP1, there is no emphasis on a Market Profile ticker product. In the period 1985 - 1991 the profile concept caught on with the public (in one Chicago Tribune article Steidlmayer was identified as "the man who knows where the market is going").

In early 1986 Steidlmayer and Kevin Koy started Market Logic School to teach profile trading. Around the same time the CBOT gave up on marketing the Liquidity Data Bank directly to the public (CISCO Futures became their vendor). Public access to tick data increased greatly so that profiles could be constructed real-time intra-day (whereas the LDB data breaking out the category of participant at price was still generated at the end of day). It was becoming increasingly clear that pit trading's days were numbered. By 1991 it was obvious that the focus was on the profile technology and less on the database used to support the calculations. Hence the change in emphasis on the Profile vs the LDB data in CBOTMP2.

In both CBOTMP1 and CBOTMP2 'Market Profile' occurs in the name, but it is hard to find a definition of exactly what a Market Profile is. Many, many examples are given in both publications. A working definition from Mind Over Markets (9) is: "the market's price activity recorded in relation to time in a statistical bell curve". Added to this would be a definition of the price and the marker, a 'TPO' (time-price opportunity), with TPO defined in CBOTMP1 as: "opportunity created by the market at a certain price at a certain time". For example:

101150 A      A = 08:00 to 08:29
101125 AB     B = 08:30 to 08:50
101100  B     C = 09:00 to 09:29
101075  BC


Market profile

Letters identify time, as does position (A's in one column, B's in the next, etc. A, B, C are TPO's (that price occurred).

Section Headings for "CBOT Market Profile, 1991"

  * Reading the Market Profile Graphic
  * Profiles for Long Term Trends
  * Perception of Value Fuels Market Activity
  * Market Profile Data and the Distribution Process
  * Market Profile Tools to Support Trading Decisions
  * Liquidity Data Bank Volume Analysis

Volume is said to identify signs of continuation or change, to infer the directional facilitation of trade, but "volume data, by itself, is meaningless". The reason given is that "it is essential to know what market participants are doing". Many 'profile readings' are shown in both CBOTMP1 and CBOTMP2, inferring who is trading what and what message they are sending. One method, apparently, is to see if volume is increasing to the upside or downside intra-day. The LDB data discussed here is end of day. Some time later the CBOT began releasing clearings during the day on the half hour. These clearings when compared to tick data indicate an approximately half hour delay. It is not explained just how reading trade facilitation with delayed data is effected.

At the beginning of the day the first hour of trading creates a range (the Initial Balance). Then, as additional information on the day's trading continued, certain chart formations, called day types, are recognized. These formations have names (1), (2), such as 'neutral day', non-trend day, trend day, etc. Another concept, the 'third standard deviation' or Steidlmayer Distribution has been discussed (1) possibly in support of day types. The Steidlmayer Distribution begins as the current, equilibrium, distribution moves out of equilibrium (1, p 175).

Objective and Subjective Elements in a Market Profile

The objective part of a Market Profile is the profile display. This comes directly from the data itself, creating TPO's (either from LDB or tick data (11)). A key element is the Initial Balance, the range and price location of the first hour of trading.


Market profile

Subjectively, Steidlmayer recognized a few behavior patterns or 'Day Types' in the early part of the day (tied to the Initial Balance), defining 3 types (CBOTMPG1, Pg 12) and later, 4 (CBOTMP2, PG 4, 12). Each type developed certain characteristics, telling which sort of trader is in control (short term traders, longer traders, etc.). Mind Over Markets lists 9 day types (9). See reference 10 for a discussion of this point.

Day types, of course is chart reading and forecasting. The well known problem with interpreting charts is the multitude of potential interpretations for most any chart. Mastery theory offers some hope for traders who are willing to spend the time and effort in understanding the auction market environment. But that path can well take 10,000 hours of training. A large part of CBOTMPG1 and more particularly, CBOTMPG2, is devoted to 'reading' the profile as it develops throughout the day. CBOTMPG1 suggests that it will take six months to a year to learn the Market Profile methodology.

Limitations on Market Profile

1. The primary condition for a valid profile is a normal, equilibrium distribution. If the market is not in equilibrium there is no valid POC or standard deviation. A simple visual examination will often be enough to certify that the distribution is abnormal: the day may have two distributions (two peaks) or the trading may be directional, etc. Although unfit, non-equilibrium data can still be operated on as usual by a computer program, the results are likely meaningless or misleading. Most traders who use Profiles seem oblivious to the requirement for normality.

2. Even in overall equilibrium markets there can be days in which the market prices jump out of bounds (false breakouts) and then return later in the day or the next day. A single day's Profile does not provide a reliable measure of market condition (3). Research indicates that a three-day measure is the minimum preferred (4).


Market profile

3. Markets have changed since 1985/1991. Pits are approaching extinction. In 1985 and earlier, trading by members in the pits was by open outcry; commercial traders were in view and the 'trade' dominated the markets. Today (2011) there are few pits and public traders dominate the trading volume. Certainly, an intelligent and alert trader like Steidlmayer in the pit had much more to go on than just the Profile graphic available today.

4. Profiles were defined to use LDB data. Point of Control is the price at maximum cleared volume. Few traders today have access to LDB data. Research on cleared volume being substituted by TPO's found the TPO's were reliable in locating the Point of Control (6, 7). The Meta-Profile Point of Control from TPO's is not an exact duplicate of the Market Profile Point of Control (13). Users of the Meta-Profile need to be aware of the differences and their potential differences in trading.

5. The time which is spent on individual prices does not necessary imply that the same amount of volume took place there. For more precise results, it is sometimes


Market profile

* 1. Steidlmayer on Markets, J.P. Steidlmayer, Wiley 1989
  * 2. CBOT Market Profile manual, 1985, published by CBOT, 115pg
  * 3. The Normal, Gaussian Distribution, Wikipedia
  * 4. The Three Day Balance Rule for Profile Value Area, Nov 11, 2007**
  * 5. CBOT Market Profile manual, 1991, published by CBOT, 335pg
  * 6. Determining the TPO Value Area, D. Jones, The Alumni Letter, Market Logic School April 13, 1987
  * 7. Estimating the Market Profile Value Area, D. Jones, Technical Analysis, September 1987
  * 8. Market Profile/Meta-Profile History, 1985–2004, Nov 18, 2004**
  * 9. Mind Over Markets, Dalton, Jones, Dalton, Probus, 1991, paper 1993
  * 10. Profit with the Market Profile, Dr. John Keppler, Marketplace Books Inc., 2011
  * 11. Dialog on Two Systems
  * 12. Market Profile MetaTrader Indicator
  * 13. Market Profiles/Meta-Profiles Develop Market Structure
  * 14. Auction Market Theory
  * 15. Market Profile, Meta-Profile and Market Condition
  * 16. Market Profile® and Volume Profile trading indicators designed for MultiCharts (professional electronic trading platform)
  * 17. Volume Profile trading Konzept und Anwendung
  * Value Based Trading Research

** Located on CISCO Futures


Mar Jawan Gur Khake

Mar Jawan Gur Khake is a 2010 Punjabi film directed by Aditya Sood and produced by Jagdish Sahota. The film was released on 3 December 2010.

Plot

Jimmy (Jimmy Sharma) and Rocky (Tarun Khanna) are two enemies who are involved in fights / brawls daily. They both fall in love with Mehak (Gunjan Walia) who is already in love with a secret-gangster Karan (Aman Verma). When Karan gets arrested and put in jail by Inspector (Gurpreet Ghuggi), Mehak's father, a bigger don that Karan asks Rocky and Jimmy to rescue him, although the two lovers do not know that Mehak and Karan would get married. When they rescue him and take him back, they seem to find out the truth and Meha also finds out about Karan's real crime identity. When Karan shoots Jimmy, he survives but goes to the hospital. That is when Mehak tells him that she actually loves Rocky. Karan then gets arrested.

The film ends with Rocky and Mehak getting married, as Jimmy comes to wish them.

Cast

  * Jimmy Sharma as Jimmy
  * Tarun Khanna as Rocky, Mehak's Husband
  * Gunjan Walia as Mehak, Rocky's wife
  * Gurpreet Ghuggi as Sr. Inspector
  * Shakti Kapoor as Don
  * Sanjay Mishra as Professor Mishra
  * Upasana Singh as Harleen Madam
  * Aman Verma as Karan
  * Mehar Mittal as DJ Walia
  * Gopi Bhalla as Gopi
  * Bobby Darling in a special appearance.
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P17

P17 may refer to:

  * p17 protein, a protein of the HIV virus
  * Papyrus 17, a biblical manuscript
  * 17P (disambiguation)


Polyptychus baxteri

Polyptychus baxteri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern and western Africa.

The length of the forewings is 26 mm for males, females are somewhat larger. The body and forewings are greyish purple. There is a dark median streak on the head and thorax and a dark streak from the costa (near the base) to the tornus, widening at the tornus. The hindwings are pinker, specially near the base. The inner marginal streak and tornal spots are variable and sometimes almost absent.

The larvae feed on Thespesia species.

Subspecies

  * Polyptychus baxteri baxteri (Braehystegia savanna and woodland in Tanzania and Zambia)
  * Polyptychus baxteri jansei Clark, 1936 (Zimbabwe and western Mozambique)


Isla Mayor

Isla Mayor City Hall. (May 2016)

Isla Mayor is a municipality located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2009 census,

Geography

The main village is Isla Mayor, about 45 km south west of Sevilla, The small village of Poblado de Alfonso XIII is in the same municipality. Isla Mayor separated from the municipality of Puebla del Rio in 1994.

Isla Mayor is situated in the Las Marismas (marshes) of the Bajo Guadalquivir River, of which one part forms part of the Doñana National Park. The land is formed from sediment at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river. It is crisscrossed by canals, and the land dedicated primarily to the cultivation of rice.

Previously just a seasonal settlement for workers in the rice harvest, it became a permanent settlement in 1956 with the establishment of a paper factory by the Instituto Nacional de Colonización. The village and municipality were known as Villafranco del Guadalquivir, in honour of the dictator General Franco. In 2000 the name was changed to Isla Mayor by popular vote.

  * Guadalquivir Marshes
  * Isla Mayor - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía

37°08′N 6°10′W / 37.133°N 6.167°W


Oarba

For the village in Mureș County, see Iernut.

The Oarba is a right tributary of the river Horincea in Romania.Rogojeni. Its length is 17 km (11 mi) and its basin size is 48 km2 (19 sq mi).