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Volunteer Network

Spells is supported by a network of volunteers which includes authors, journalists, poets, teachers, documentary filmmakers, attorneys, PHDs and MBAs. The volunteer staff as of October, 2012 includes, Christina Rose Dubb, Executive Director and Elizabeth Encarnacion, Programming Director.

Spells has attracted support in the form of sponsors, Board of Directors and Advisory Board support from local literary and cultural superstars such as New York Times bestselling authors Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love), Lisa Scottoline, Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes) and Buzz Bissinger (Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream). Additional support comes from other notable public figures such as Tigre Hill (filmmaker), Christina Pirello (author and TV personality), Carol Saline (author), Lori L. Tharps (author), Diana Rodriquez Wallach (author), and Seth Williams (District Attorney). Spells provides college level internship/co-op programs through Ursinus College, Drexel University, Haverford College, Temple University and urban public high school students. These internships provide apprenticeship-style opportunities with local literary professionals through personalized interactions and mentorship.

Spells Writing Lab board of directors as of October 2012

  * Perri Shaw Borish, MSS, LCSW;
  * Erin Cambeiro, Writer/Educator;
  * Jonathan C. Dunsmoor, Esq.;
  * Christina Rose Dubb, Ed. D.;
  * Cara Levinson, MBA, Secretary;
  * Zachary Pappis;
  * Denise Saugling;
  * Roxanne Patel Shepelavy, Writer;
  * Erec Smith, Ph.D.;
  * Emil Steiner;
  * Adam Twersky, MBA;
  * Steven Wittenberg, JD, MBA, LLM, President, Treasurer

Advisory board as of October 2012

  * Joshua Freely, Ph.D.;
  * Stephen Fried;
  * Elizabeth Gilbert;
  * Tigre Hill, Film-maker;
  * Jenn McCreary;
  * Carol Saline;
  * Jill Schiller, Esq.;
  * Lisa Scottoline;
  * Lori L. Tharps;
  * Caroline Tiger;
  * Jared Von Arx, Ph.D.;
  * Diana Rodriguez Wallach

References


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1. ^ "Creative Writing Centers Help Students Become Published Authors". U.S. News & World Report. https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2011/09/23/creative-writing-centers-help-students-become-published-authors.

2. ^ "Writing Program Supplements US Public Education". Voice of America. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Writing-Program-Supplements-US-Public-Education-134436248.html.

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4. ^ "How Dave Eggers Is Making Learning Fun". Inc. Magazine. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20110501/social-entrepreneurs-how-dave-eggers-is-making-learning-fun.html.

5. http://www.elizabethencarnacion.com/category/spells/

6. http://www.jenniferweiner.com/

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8. http://www.dianarodriguezwallach.com/

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13. http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/

14. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peak-johnson/a-writing-gem-in-north-ph_b_1590302.html

15. http://www.foxbookshop.com/event/spells-writing-lab-lisa-scottoline-save-me


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16. http://www.foxbookshop.com/event/spells-writing-center-elizabeth-gilbert-and-catherine-gilbert-murdock

17. http://www.phillyfunguide.com/event/detail/440799267/Quizzo_for_Cheaters_Benefit_for_Spells_Writing_Lab

18. http://villagearts.org/community

19. http://www.philaculture.org/image/6002

20. http://calendar.phillymag.com/philadelphia_pa/events/show/252142924-spies-like-us-writing-workshops

21. http://www.gse.upenn.edu/features/urban/spells

22. http://www.prlog.org/10520108-spells-writing-center-celebrates-community-open-house-with-new-name-logo.html

23. http://likeminded.org/project/spells-writing-lab-creative-writing-for-the-community

24. http://www.generocity.org/news/421

25. http://aigaphilly.org/events/2012/my-philly-call-student-volunteers

26. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/celebrities_gossip/148277256.html

27. http://beth-kephart.blogspot.com/2012/04/see-buzz-bissinger-talk-about.html

28. http://www.hotlist.com/event/217440495029505/Being-Buzz-Bissinger-Fundraiser-to-Support-Spells-Writing-Lab

29. http://www.paigewolf.com/newsletters/2012-04.html


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30. http://germantownavenueparents.com/2009/06/philly-spells-writing-center-presents-write-your-own-fairy-tale/

31. http://www.phillyfunguide.com/event/detail/49549/The_Zombie_Talent_Show_Fundraiser


Rifle troops

The rifles troops (Russian: стрелковые войска, English transliteration - strelkovie voiska) often called rifle troops in English, is the Russian infantry combat Arm of Service that, since 1857, had been armed with rifles (currently assault rifles) as their primary firearm. The name applies equally to the Arm of Service and its individual units (rifles Russian: стрелки) or an individual soldier (Russian: стрелок).

Imperial Rifles troops

By the First World War the Imperial Russian Army had a large number of territorially based rifle corps (not to be confused with the corps as a formation), including:

  * Leib-Guard Rifles - four regiments (The Life-Guards Yegersky Regiment, although a light infantry unit in name, was numbered among the guard and not the rifles regiments)
  * Dismounted rifles regiments of the Guard cavalry divisions (three)
  * The Rifles Corps (32 regiments and the Rifles officer school regiment)
  * Finnish Rifles Corps (24 regiments) - consisted of Russians living in Finland
  * Caucasus Rifles Corps (24 regiments)
  * Siberian Rifles Corps (88 regiments, and 4 combined rifles regiments)
  * Turkestan Rifles Corps (40 regiments)
  * Dismounted cavalry rifles (17 regiments)
  * Caucasian cavalry rifles regiment
  * Trans-Amur mounted rifles regiment (Russian: Заамурский конный стрелковый полк)(This was a Cossack border guard regiment)
  * Polish Rifles (six battalions)
  * Czechoslovak Rifles (four regiments)
  * Armenian volunteer rifles druzhinas (six battalions)
  * Latvian Rifles (eight regiments)
  * Georgian volunteer rifles druzhinas (two battalions combined into a regiment)

Soviet rifles troops

During the Soviet Army period the name was amalgamated with the new mode of motorised manoeuvre capability by the Soviet Red Army to create motor-rifle troops (Russian: мотострелковые войска) as the most numerous of all types of ground forces.


Verkhospassky Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Savior of the Holy Face (Russian: Собо́р Спа́са Нерукотво́рного О́браза, tr. Sobor Spasa Nerukotvornogo Obraza), commonly known as Verkhospassky Cathedral (Russian: Верхоспасский собор, tr. Verkhospasskiy sobor), is an Orthodox church and the cathedral of the Grand Kremlin Palace. It was built from 1635 to 1636 by Bazhen Ogurtsov, Antip Konstantinov, Trefil Sharutin and Larion Ushakov. It is part of the complex of house churches of Russian tsars at the Terem Palace. The church is closed for free visits and services are not performed there.

Terem Churches

Verkhospassky Cathedral is part of the complex of house churches at the Terem Palace. They end with eleven gilded domes, which are visible from the Cathedral Square to the right of the Palace of Facets. On the ground floor of the building is the church of St. Catherine, above it is the Church of the Resurrection of the Word. Five northern domes belong to these temples. At the level of the second floor is the Verkhospassky Cathedral, which includes five southern domes. Church of the Crucifixion of Christ (Exaltation of the Holy Cross) belongs to the central chapter.

The Church of the Great Martyr Catherine is located in the second tier of the Terem Palace opposite the Tsarina's Golden Chamber. It was built in 1627 by Englishman John Thaler on the site of a burnt wooden church. It was restored after the Trinity fire in 1737, when only a few icons of the lower tier of the iconostasis were preserved. In 1843, according to the project of Dmitry Chichagov, the interior was completely redesigned, the new iconostasis was made by Fedor Solntsev.


Verkhospassky Cathedral

The Church of the Martyr Evdokia was built over St. Catherine Church in 1654, in 1681 it was re-consecrated in honor of the Resurrection of the Word. It is located at the level of the Verkhospassky Cathedral, to the north of it. The Church of the Crucifixion of Christ was built over the Ioannovsky chapel of the Verkhospassky Cathedral between 1679 and 1681.

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The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life

The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life is a 2005encyclopedia featuring 111 of the prehistoric animals from the Walking with... series, as well as an additional one (Homo floresiensis). It was published in 2005 by Firefly Books, and written by Tim Haines with Paul Chambers. It accompanies all of the main programs in the Walking with... series, including specials The Ballad of Big Al, The Giant Claw and Land of Giants but excluding Walking with Cavemen.

Contents

The book opens with an introduction by the authors reflecting on the making of the TV series. The book is then divided into three parts by era, first of which is The Rise of Life, which covers the Precambrian and the Paleozoic Era. The second part, The Age of Reptiles, covers the Mesozoic Era. The third and final part, The Age of Beasts, covers the Cenozoic Era. The book concludes with a timescale of life on earth, tree of life diagrams.

Reception

Stuart Sumida, writing in The Quarterly Review of Biology, stated that "The authors make a valiant attempt to clear locality and phylogenetic perspectives, but it is a mixed bag. They are properly up to date on the theropod origin of feathers and birds, yet they are a quarter century behind on mammalian ancestors, still calling them mammal-like reptiles as opposed to Synapsida." He also noted that "a survey of colleagues generated a list of errors in virtually every section of the book" but concluded that the book is "a visual tour de force, confirming that computer generated (CG)-based reconstructions have justifiably joined the more traditional disciplines of sculpture, drawing, and painting in paleobiological art. In the end, it is visually impressive, but its textual potential remains unrealized."


The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life

Joanna K. Kowalewska and Michał Kowalewski writing in Palaeontologia Electronica found that "The compendium’s encyclopedic scope makes the guide necessarily akin to a cookbook. That is, you don’t read it for its plot. But, as with all successful encyclopedic renderings, its value resides in its detailed, beautifully illustrated, and lucidly organized descriptions. In this case, descriptions pertain to the most exciting topic of all: the fossils." They conclude, "All in all, The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life is a great encyclopedic compendium, especially for those who are interested in spectacular fossils or happen to have pre-college family members. The book also has a potential to evolve into a valuable teaching reference for K-12 educators, who develop courses that include aspects of paleontology and evolution."


Nuevo River (Puerto Rico)

The Nuevo River is a river of Puerto Rico.

  * List of rivers of Puerto Rico

18°24′53″N 66°16′11″W / 18.4146701°N 66.2696129°W

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


Lankaran District

Lankaran District (Azerbaijani: Lənkəran rayonu, Talysh: Lankon rəyon) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-east of the country and belongs to the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Astara, Lerik, Masally, and Neftchala. Its capital and largest city is Lankaran, although the city is technically not part of the district and is subordinate to the Republic. As of 2022, the district had a population of 232,000.

History

Archaeological excavations indicate that people have lived in the region since at least the Bronze Age (3rd or 2nd millennia BC). The area around Lankaran has fertile soil, rich water reserves and a humid subtropical climate with a maximum annual precipitation of 1,600 to 1,800 mm, the highest precipitation in Azerbaijan, leading to abundant agriculture, cattle-breeding, gardening, fishing, bee-keeping and silk production. Blacksmith, copper-smith, pottery and other trades have long been well established too. The area's development was also aided by its location as a point of communication between ancient empires, leading to caravan trade funnelled along the Caspian Sea coast.

Between 1747 and 1813, Lankaran was the main city of the Talysh Khanate. Following the 1813 Gulistan Treaty, the northern area of the khanate was occupied by Russia, and the remainder was seized in the final Russo-Persian war of 1826–1828. The 1828 Treaty of Turkmenchay left the area within the Russian empire and the khanate was abolished. During the 19th century, Lankaran exported rice, silk, vegetables, wood and fish to Russia. During the 20th century, the tea-cultivation and processing industry became important in the district.

The area was briefly the centre of a Bolshevik-inspired Mughan Soviet Republic during 1919. A similar separatist autonomous region was briefly created in 1993 again, with the capital being Lankaran. During the period of instability that followed Azerbaijan's 1991 independence from the USSR, Lankaran and surrounding districts were briefly declared the Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic, but this only survived between June and August 1993. Today the region is an integral part of the Azerbaijan Republic.


Lankaran District

Lankaran district was established as an administrative district on August 8, 1930. The district's tea industry struggled post-independence due to increased competition from exports and the results of land redistribution: the break-up of Soviet-era collective farms into small personal plots having rendered most tea-cultivation unprofitable. The district also suffered severely from the rising level of the Caspian Sea, most notably at Narimanabad where many waterfront properties were washed away.

Geography

The region has a vast area of national parks, where a variety of fauna and flora are preserved. Gizil-Agach State Reserve hosts over 250 kinds of plants, 30 species of fish and more than 220 kinds of birds. Lankaran is also known for Parrotia persica, or ironwood. It is naturally grown in the region and could be seen in Hirkan National Park. Local myth has it that it is the only wood that sinks in water, hence the name (ironwood). Historically it has been used for heating since it burns for a long time and is not easily extinguished. The Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolous) subspecies of the leopard, lives in the national park as well.

Climate


Lankaran District

Climate

Climate data for Lankaran
Month                              Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec     Year
Average high °C (°F)               6.2     6.7     9.6     15.2    21.3    26.3    29.0    28.4    23.7    18.6    13.7    8.5     17.3
                                   (43.2)  (44.1)  (49.3)  (59.4)  (70.3)  (79.3)  (84.2)  (83.1)  (74.7)  (65.5)  (56.7)  (47.3)  (63.1)
Average low °C (°F)                1.0     1.5     4.1     9.4     14.2    18.1    20.8    20.5    17.8    12.8    7.4     3.4     10.9
                                   (33.8)  (34.7)  (39.4)  (48.9)  (57.6)  (64.6)  (69.4)  (68.9)  (64.0)  (55.0)  (45.3)  (38.1)  (51.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  79      86      102     55      39      28      19      54      147     189     134     87      1,019
                                   (3.1)   (3.4)   (4.0)   (2.2)   (1.5)   (1.1)   (0.7)   (2.1)   (5.8)   (7.4)   (5.3)   (3.4)   (40)
Source: Climate-Data.org

Water and sewerage

Some measures have been undertaken to improve the drink water supply of the city and to reconstruct the city's sewage system. The reconstruction of the Lankaran water supply and sewerage system began in August 2011,1 Water Purification System, 1 water reservoir with a capacity of 10000 m3, 252 km of water lines with different diameter, 12,000 Smartcard water meters, 21 km of sewer line have been installed and 12 km of micro tunnel layout are planned in Khanbulan village of Lankaran by the company.

Power supply


Lankaran District

Power supply

10 Smartcard electricity meters, 154 electronic single-phase electricity meters were installed and 191 defective meters were changed during 3 months of 2017 in the Lankaran district. Totally 16892 Smart card electricity meters have been installed in the district. Currently[data unknown/missing], government carry out work of energy sales and exploitation to settlements and villages of the district including 47,914 individual subscribers, 46 refugees, 3052 trade and services, 891 productions, transport and construction, 155 budgets and 157 other consumer groups.

Gas supply

During the three months of 2017, some measures have been undertaken for providing residential areas and companies with gas supply in the city. Thus, 43,565 people were provided with natural gas, 252 km of water lines with different diameter were set up, 426 gas problem detected and eliminated 153 gas meters were replaced, 291 defective meters were changed with new ones. At present, 65 settlements including Lankaran and Liman city have been provided with gas, which means 90.1% of the total people of the district.

Districts

  * Separadi
  * Liman (city)
  * Narimanabad
  * Garmatuk
  * Ashagi Nuvadi
  * Hirkan
  * Haftoni
  * Isti Su
  * Balighcilar

Population

  * Total population: 232.000
  * Percentage urban population: 39%
  * Percentage rural population: 61%

The vast majority of the district's population is talysh, the rest are azerbaijanis and other nationalities. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were 422 Muslim homes in the city. After the Gulustan contract in 1813, the number of population of Lankaran decreased. This is related to the colonial policy of Tsardom of Russia. After the occupation of the Talysh Khanate, Armenians began to come for living here. In 1832 there were 168 Armenians living in Lankaran. In the year 1849, there were 1999 residents including 125 Bey(King), 20 Mirza, 46 Sayyids, 56 Mullahs, 92 temporary residents, 699 maafs, 168 ethnics, 66 Armenians and 114 Russians in 1849. According to official information on January 1, 2012, the population of Lankaran is 52,581 people.


Lankaran District

According to the State Statistics Committee, as of 2018, the population of city recorded 226,900 persons, which increased by 35,600 persons (about 18.6 percent) from 191,300 persons in 2000.

The population of the district by the year (at the beginning of the year, thousand persons)
Region            2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020   2021
Lankaran town     191,3  192,5  193,6  194,8  196,0  197,8  199,6  201,4  203,1  205,2  207,5  209,9  213,2  215,8  218,2  220,8  223,1  225,2  226,9  228,7  230,2  231,1
urban population  77,5   77,6   77,7   77,9   80,2   80,6   80,8   81,1   82,3   82,7   83,3   83,9   84,7   85,3   85,8   86,5   87,2   87,8   88,2   88,6   89,1   89,3
rural population  113,8  114,9  115,9  116,9  115,8  117,2  118,8  120,3  120,8  122,5  124,2  126,0  128,5  130,5  132,4  134,3  135,9  137,4  138,7  140,1  141,1  141,8

Lankaran district is the largest Talysh region in terms of population. The total population is 230,300 people, The majority of the district's population is talysh. It includes the cities of Lankaran and Liman, as well as six other cities and eighty-five villages. These are large centers of trade and culture among the talysh.

Education

There are 51 kindergartens, 81 educational institutions, pedagogical, medical and musical schools in Lankaran. 87 clubs, 94 libraries, State Drama Theater, museum, branch of Azerbaijan Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries and Subtropical Crops operate.

Since 1992 Lankaran State University, Azerbaijan National EA Regional Science Center since 2006 have been established. Lankaran branch of Azerbaijan Research Institute of Horticulture and Subtropical Crops of ANAS, Zona Experimental Station, Lankaran branch of the Institute of Improvement of Teachers, Lankaran Humanitarian College, Medical School, Children's Art School operate in Lankaran.


Lankaran District

Press and mass media

"Lankaran" newspaper belonging to Lankaran City Executive Authority has been operating since 1991. Independent newspapers such as "Prizma" (2004), "Şəfəq" (1992), literary magazines such as "Söz" (1994), "Məşəl" (1999), radio broadcasting editing since 1957, Lankaran television has been operating since 2004.

Culture

cultural and educational institutions in Lankaran operate under the direction of the Lankaran Regional Culture and Tourism Department. At present, there are 1 Heydar Aliyev Center, 2 museums (History Museum, H.Aslanov's house museum), 1 Central Library and its 70 branches, City Cultural Center named after Q.Valiyev and 66 cultural institutions, 2 children's music schools, 1 children's art school, 1 State Painting Gallery. Based on the No.132 Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 21 mainly archaeological monuments, 53 local architectural monuments, 2 sculpture monument are registered and protected by the government.

The Lankaran History and Ethnography Museum

The Lankaran History and Ethnography Museum consist of 3 floors and 12 rooms. The museum is located in the house of Mir Ahmed Khan, now a historical monument built in 1913.

Hazi Aslanov House Museum


Lankaran District

Hazi Aslanov House Museum

The house-museum of the Hero of the Soviet Union, a prominent military commander and the major general Hazi Aslanov, was opened on May 9, 1969(on Victory Day of Azerbaijan). The first director of the museum was Khaver Aslanova who is H.Aslanov's wife. In 1983 the exposition of the museum was expanded and reconstructed. The exposition consists of five rooms. In 2011, the museum was completely renovated. The museum consists of 5 sections and rooms. The first room is the ethnographic room reflects the environment where he was born and dying. The things in this room belong to the mother of H.Aslanov. His sister Asiya Aslanova gave them to the museum. The second room is dedicated to years of education and military service. The third room is dedicated to the fights for Moscow and Stalingrad (1941-1943). The fourth room is dedicated to the fight for the Primorye and Belarus (1944-1945). The last room is a commemorative hall, Different presents to the house, the battle clothes on the day of his death, souvenirs, his albums and books are protected in this room.

Notable natives

  * Samad bey Mehmandarov
  * Hazi Aslanov
  * Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Sheikh ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus
  * Lankaran Lowland
  * Official District webpage
  * (English version)

38°45′00″N 48°51′00″E / 38.7500°N 48.8500°E


J. Bernard Hogg

J. Bernard Hogg (1908–1994) was an American labor historian.

Hogg was the first chairman of the former Shippensburg State College's history/philosophy department and also taught at Indiana University.

Hogg graduated from Slippery Rock University and the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago.

Publications

Hogg's Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Chicago in 1943 was “The Homestead Strike of 1892."

"Public Reaction to Pinkertonism and the Labor Question," published in Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 11, no. 3 (July 1944), pages 171—199.

The Presbyterian Church of Shippensburg, 1798-1984 : a changing church in a changing world, published 1984

The Allegheny Society of American Foresters : a seventy-five year history, 1922-1997 / J Bernard Hogg; Ronald J Sheay, 1997

Honors

The class of 1949 at Shippensburg University established a Dr. J. Bernard Hogg Memorial Scholarship fund.

  * The Homestead Strike
  * The Pinkerton National Detective Agency
  * Labor spies


Orange wine (disambiguation)

Orange wine is a style of wine made from white grapes fermented with the grape skins, giving the wine an amber or orange color

Orange wine may also refer to:

  * Fruit wine, made from orange juice rather than grape juice
  * Vino de naranja, a sweet white wine macerated with orange fruit peel
  * Orange wine region of New South Wales, Australia


Khodiyar Dam

The Khodiyar Dam is a dam built on Shetrunji River in Gujarat in western India. The primary purpose of the dam is to provide water for irrigation. It was completed in 1967 and a canal off the reservoir's right bank was completed the next year. The 36.27 m (119 ft) tall earthen dam has a concrete gravity section which serves as the service spillway and an emergency spillway is located on its right bank.


Sênh tiền

Sanh Tiền (or Sênh Tiền)

The sênh tiền is a Vietnamese musical instrument.clapper, rasp, and jingle made from three pieces of wood and old Chinese coins.Muong people.

The Sistrum is a similar instrument from Ancient Egypt.


Spelobia clunipes

Spelobia clunipes is a species of fly belonging to the family of the lesser dung flies.

Distribution

Canada, United States, Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Montenegro, Serbia.


Rifleman (disambiguation)

Look up rifleman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A rifleman is a soldier in a rifle unit of infantry.

Rifleman may also refer to:

  * A member of the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) or any of the brigades and regiments that derive their heritage from the original unit (see The Rifles)
  * Rifleman (bird) or Titipounamu (Acanthisitta chloris), a New Zealand bird
  * The Rifleman, a U.S. television program starring Chuck Connors
  * The Rifleman, a 2019 Latvian war drama
  * ST Rifleman, a British tugboat
  * Rifleman (arcade game), a 1967 Sega arcade game


Verkhoshizhemsky District

Verkhoshizhemsky District (Russian: Верхошижемский райо́н) is an administrativeraion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,415 square kilometers (932 sq mi).administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Verkhoshizhemye.9,483 (2010 Census);2002 Census);12,849 (1989 Census).


Verkhoshizhemsky District

* Законодательное Собрание Кировской области. Закон №203-ЗО от 4 декабря 2007 г. «О реестре административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Кировской области», в ред. Закона №350-ЗО от 11 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные Законы Кировской области». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вятский край", №227(4115), 11 декабря 2007 г. (Legislative Assembly of Kirov Oblast. Law #203-ZO of December 4, 2007 On the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Kirov Oblast, as amended by the Law #350-ZO of November 11, 2013 On Amending Various Laws of Kirov Oblast. Effective as of the day following ten days after the day of the official publication.).


Verkhoshizhemsky District

* Законодательное Собрание Кировской области. Закон №284-ЗО от 7 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Кировской области и наделении их статусом муниципального района, городского округа, городского поселения, сельского поселения», в ред. Закона №350-ЗО от 11 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные Законы Кировской области». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вятский край", №233–234 (3401–3402), 21 декабря 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Kirov Oblast. Law #284-ZO of December 7, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Kirov Oblast and on Granting Them the Municipal District, Urban Okrug, Urban Settlement, Rural Settlement Status, as amended by the Law #350-ZO of November 11, 2013 On Amending Various Laws of Kirov Oblast. Effective as of after 10 days from the day of the official publication.).


Tricentennial Park (Albany, New York)

Tricentennial Park is an urban park in Albany, New York built to commemorate that city's three hundredth anniversary as an incorporated city and is the site of several statues and monuments. The park encompasses the entire block bounded by Broadway to the east, Columbia Street to the north, James Street to the west, and Steuben Street to the south. First proposed in 1914 it was built in 1986 as part of the tricentennial celebrations of Albany's incorporation as a city in association with the renovation of the Albany Union Station.

History

A park was first proposed on this site in 1914 as part of architect Arnold W. Brunner and landscape architect Charles Downing Lay's master plan for the city as published under the name of Stvdies for Albany. It was intended to be a gateway for visitors to the city arriving by train at the Albany Union Station across the street.

The park was built in 1986 on a 150–car surface parking lot as part of the celebrations of Albany's 300th anniversary of becoming a city incorporated under the Dongan Charter.City Hall was to carry the Tricentennial Park name, but that was dropped in favor of dedicating it to Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd who had died in 1982. The park cost $378,000 at the time, only $2,000 over budget; with Norstar Bancorp paying for the statuary to be placed in the park.Broadway from the park into the bank's headquarters. A time capsule was placed in the park, to be opened in 2086.

The official opening of the park was delayed to coincide with the grand opening of Norstar's new headquarters at Union Station on September 19, 1986, which was renamed Norstar Plaza (now Kiernan Plaza). Fireworks, a laser show, and a performance by Up with People were among the highlights of the dedication. In attendance were Governor Mario Cuomo, Mayor Whalen, Norstar Bancorp President Peter Kiernan, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy.

Less than a year after the park's official opening the statue was defaced with the removal of the Native American's earring and the bending of his feather headdress. Credit for the vandalism was taken by a woman claiming to be representing the "Albany Tea Party", protesting property assessment increases.

Time capsule


Tricentennial Park (Albany, New York)

Time capsule

The time capsule placed in the park is a 100-pound (45 kg) box that is 1-foot (0.30 m) deep, 2 feet (0.61 m) wide, and 3 feet (0.91 m) long. The box was built, paid for, and designed by the Tebbutts family, owners of a funeral home in Albany since 1850.Thomas Whalen III and the chairman of the Tricentennial Committee,Empire State Plaza constructed by students at Catholic Central High School in Troy, New York, along with various objects suggested by a write-in competition.First Church in Albany, William Kennedy's novel O' Albany, and master development plans for the city to be compared to the realities on the ground at the opening of the capsule in 100 years.

Monuments

Memorial of Mayor Thomas Whalen III and his dog Finn McCool

Albany–Tula, Russia commemorating the two sister city's 20th anniversary

The first monument to be placed in Tricentennial Park was the 6 foot, 4 inch (1.9 m) bronze replica of the official Albany city seal. The sculpture was designed and created by Hy Rosen, a cartoonist for the Albany Times Union, a regional daily newspaper.sloop on the Hudson River to the more specific Half Moon of Henry Hudson fame, the generic tree became a birch, and the Native American's bow does not have a string.

In 2005 a bronze statue of Albany's 73rd mayor Thomas Whalen III (served 1983-93) and his golden retriever named Finn McCool was installed in the park. The statue is seated on a park bench with his right hand on top of the dog's head.16 feet (4.9 m) long and 15 feet (4.6 m) wide, it was designed by Hy Rosen.

A metal sculpture in the shape of a globe with representations of the United States (US) and Russia displayed on it, was dedicated in the park in 2011. Each country has a large star marking the spot of Albany in the US and of Tula in Russia, with a bridge linking the two. Designed by Steve Kroeger, the sculpture entitled Albany–Tula, Russia, commemorates the 20 year anniversary of the two as sister cities.

Activities


Tricentennial Park (Albany, New York)

Activities

Tricentennial Park hosts several special events, such as in 2006 the Knight in the Park chess tournament sponsored by the Eastern New York Chess Association.Business Improvement District (BID) hosts a Garden Party fundraiser in the park in connection with the annual Sculpture in the Streets event.

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Nuevo Zoquiapam

Nuevo Zoquiapam is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 74 km². It is part of the Ixtlán District in the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca region.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1,486.


Lepidochrysops anerius

Lepidochrysops anerius is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.

Both sexes feed from the flowers of herbaceous plants. Adults are on wing from November to December, while adults of subspecies kiellandi have been recorded on wing in November and April.

Subspecies

  * Lepidochrysops anerius anerius (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, north-eastern Zambia)
  * Lepidochrysops anerius kiellandi Stempffer, 1972 (Tanzania: eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika)
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Patrick de Graham

Coat of arms of Patrick de Graham Lord of Kincardine, Argent, on a chief Sable, three escallops Or.

Sir Patrick de Graham, Lord of Kincardine (c. 1235 – 27 April 1296) was a 13th-century Scottish noble and soldier.

Patrick was born around 1235, the son of David Graham of Dundaff.Alexander of Scotland and Margaret of Flanders in 1281. He sat in the Parliament of 1284 and acknowledged Margaret, Maid of Norway as heir to the throne of Scotland.

He was Sheriff of Stirling by 1289 and was one of John Balliol's auditors in 1292 during the competition for the Scottish crown. Patrick swore fealty to King Edward I of England in 1292. He served Edward I in France in 1294. He died at the Battle of Dunbar in 1296.

Family and issue

Patrick married Annabella, widow of John of Restalrig, she was the daughter of Robert, Earl of Strathearn and had the following known issue:

  * David de Graham of Kincardine and Old Montrose, had issue.
  * Margaret de Graham, married firstly Hugh, Earl of Ross, and secondly John de Berkeley of Gartley, had issue.
  * Barron, Evan Macleod (1914). The Scottish war of independence; a critical study by Evan Macleod Barron. J. Nisbet.
  * Burke, Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. United Kingdom, Burke's Peerage Limited., 1885.
  * McAndrew, Bruce A.. Scotland's Historic Heraldry. United Kingdom, Boydell Press, 2006.


Isostyla picata

Isostyla picata is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Warren in 1900. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

  * Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.


Khodovarikha

Khodovarikha (Russian: Ходовариха) is a point in the coast of the Pechora Sea located on a landspit projecting eastwards over the bay. Latitude: 68° 57' Longitude: 53° 45'

Khodovarikha belongs to the Nenets Autonomous Okrug administrative region, which is an autonomous okrug of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

History

There is a lighthouse at Khodovarikha that used to be an important beacon for the Russian convoy route coming from the Yugorsky Strait in World War II. It was shelled in 1942 by the Kriegsmarine during Operation Wunderland. The lighthouse ceased operation in 1996.

There was a small populated place close by that has been abandoned. However, there is still a functioning weather station in Khodovarikha.

Khodovarikha was the subject of a 2015 RT documentary Arctic Limbo, chronicling the isolation of the weather station staff in August of that year.

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Síle Burns

Síle Burns (born 1985 in Cork) is a camogie player and a physiotherapist, winner of All Ireland camogie medals in 2008, when she scored two goals in the final, and 2009camogie All Star award winner in 2008.

Family background

She is the daughter of former Cork Senior hurler Denis Burns, who won All-Ireland medals.

Career

Síle is the holder of All-Ireland Minor, Intermediate and Senior medals as well as Sciath na Scoil honours. She won a Senior county championship medal with divisional side Muskerry in 2007 and captured a Junior championship title with her club. She scored two late points to earn a dramatic draw for Cork in the 2010 All Ireland semi-final.

  * Official camogie website
  * Denise Cronin’s championship diary in On The Ball official camogie magazine
  * https://web.archive.org/web/20091228032101/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_camogie_oduffycup.html Fixtures and results] for the 2009 O'Duffy Cup
  * All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour
  * Video highlights of 2009 championship Part One and part two
  * Video Highlights of 2009 All Ireland Senior Final
  * Reports of 2008 All Ireland final in which Síle Burns scored two goals Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Reaction in Irish Examiner
  * Report of 2009 All Ireland final in Irish Times Independent and Examiner


Spellman Lake

Spellman Lake is the name for two small lakes (North and South Spellman Lake), located 8 miles south of Clarkfield in Normania Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. The lakes and much of the surrounding area are designated as federal waterfowl production areas. There are also state owned public hunting grounds near the lakes. Nontoxic shot is required for all shooting in the area. The use of airboats on North and South Spellman Lakes is prohibited by law at all times.Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Hunters should be careful not to shoot protected birds such as bald eagles and swans that frequent the area.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources began a drawdown of the lakes on November 28, 2006.carp and bullheads. The water was drained through the summer of 2007, and allowed to refill through precipitation after enough vegetation had grown. There were no plans to stock fish into the lakes and they are managed as a fish-less system. The shallows depths of the lakes make the survival of game fish unlikely.

  * "Public Water Access, Lac qui Parle & Yellow Medicine Counties" (PDF). (1.00 MB)


Kola, Mali

Kola or Kola-Sokoro is a village and commune in the Cercle of Bougouni in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. In 1998 the commune had a population of 2,568.


Verkhnyaya Yentala

Verkhnyaya Yentala (Russian: Верхняя Ентала) is a rural locality (a selo) in Yenangskoye Rural Settlement, Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 197 as of 2002.

Geography

Verkhnyaya Yentala is located 75 km southeast of Kichmengsky Gorodok (the district's administrative centre) by road. Vasino is the nearest rural locality.


Tricentroscelis

Tricentroscelis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

  * Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


Nuevos

Nuevos is Orquesta El Arranque's sixth album.Clásicos, a collection of tango classics, and Maestros, which featured the compositions of the intermediate generation of tango composers.

There are two versions of the album: a plain one with an acrylic case and a lyrics booklet and a deluxe version with a board game that is a cross between Trivial Pursuit and snakes and ladders.

It received a nomination for the Premios Gardel in 2009.

Track listing

No.  Title                                      Music                                 Length
1.   "Enigmático"                               Camilo Ferrero
2.   "Nuevo y vivo"                             Andrés Linetzky / Ignacio Varchausky
3.   "A pique"                                  Juan Quintero
4.   "Ni lo uno ni lo otro, todo lo contrario"  Martín Vázquez
5.   "Y permanece"                              Ariel Rodríguez
6.   "Milonga de mis adioses"                   Martín Vázquez
7.   "Nino"                                     Ramiro Boero
8.   "El balsamo"                               Martín Vázquez
9.   "Sin lamentos"                             Martín Vázquez
10.  "Celebración"                              Ramiro Gallo
11.  "Candombinho"                              Abel Rogantini / Fernando Lerman
12.  "Quinquela"                                Ramiro Boero
13.  "Ida y vuelta"                             Sonia Possetti
14.  "Mivalsonga"                               Camilo Ferrero
15.  "El sur del sur"                           Jorge Drexler
16.  "Insomnios"                                Ariel Rodríguez

Personnel

  * Camilo Ferrero (First Bandoneon)
  * Ramiro Boero (Second Bandoneon)
  * Guillermo Rubino (First Violin)
  * Osiris Rodríguez (Second Violin)
  * Martín Vázquez (Electric Guitar)
  * Ignacio Varchausky (Double Bass)
  * Ariel Rodríguez (Piano)
  * Noelia Moncada (voice)


Lepidochrysops chloauges

Lepidochrysops chloauges, the jade blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the southern part of the country to Shaba), Zambia, eastern Angola, northern Zimbabwe and Botswana.

Both sexes feed from the flowers of herbaceous plants growing amongst grass. Adults are on wing from September to April.

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Patrick de Maré

Patrick Baltzar de Maré (also De Mare, de Mare, /də ˈmɛər/; 27 January 1916 – 17 February 2008) was a British consultant psychotherapist with a special interest in group psychotherapy. He published several works on psychotherapy.

Maré was born in London, the third son of Bror Eric August de Maré, a timber broker of Swedish origin,Eric de Maré. He was educated at St Cyprian's School, Wellington College, and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He trained for a medical career at St George's Hospital and qualified as a doctor in 1941. He enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1942, and was trained for Army psychiatry by Rickman and Wilfred Bion at Northfield Hospital. It was an interesting time to work as a psychiatrist: the First World War had seen ground-breaking work in diagnosing and treating trauma, and with battle casualties arriving home, Patrick de Maré had plenty of patients to look after and study. He ran an Exhaustion Centre throughout the European campaign,Northfield Hospital, where he joined S. H. Foulkes and Tom Main in the Northfield experiment. Northfield became the centre of a series of experiments led by these eminent physicians, which studied how to deal with trauma caused by war.

After the Second World War, Maré became a Consultant Psychotherapist at St George's Hospital. In 1952 he set up the Group Analytic Society with Foulkes, and later he participated in setting up the Institute of Group Analysis and the Group Analytic Practice. He also worked with Benaim and Lionel Kreeger at Halliwick Hospital, the short-lived therapeutic community.

Maré devoted his skills to the practice of group psychotherapy, starting in the traditional small group psychotherapeutic setting, but progressing towards the experience and application of large groups, and later still developing his main interest of the median group.

In 1960, Wilfred Foulkes and Patrick de Maré established a private clinic, the Group-Analytic Practice. From this work sprung the Group Analytic Society and then, in 1971, the Institute of Group Analysis.

In 1972 he published Perspectives in Group Psychotherapy and in 1974 Lionel Kreeger and he published Introduction to Group Treatment in Psychiatry, which was dedicated to the patients and staff at Halliwick Hospital.


Patrick de Maré

In 1975 he started a large group under the auspices of the Institute of Group Analysis; in 1976 he was joined by Robin Piper. That 'large' group settled down to a steady membership of about twenty members and became a 'median' group. In 1984 he launched a weekly seminar on large groups that, in 1986, became part of a recognised large group section of the Group Analytic Society. He worked for many years at the Group Analytic Practice in London.

David Bohm underwent psychotherapy with Maré and was heavily influenced by his work.

Patrick de Maré was an accomplished player of the accordion, banjo and ukulele. He would play his accordion at bars and cafés in Hampstead. He also had a love of opera, and would play music at his practice in Baker Street.

After a long and debilitating illness resulting from a street accident he eventually died from pneumonia at the age of 92, survived by his wife, two daughters, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Publications


Patrick de Maré

Publications

  * Perspectives in Group Psychotherapy, Allen & Unwin 1972
  * Introduction to Group Treatment in Psychiatry, Butterworth 1974 — with Lionel Kreeger
  * La historia del grupo grande y sus fenómenos en relación a la psicoterapia de grupo analítica / The History of Large Group phenomena in relation to group analytic psychotherapy, Spanish and English. Two columns side by side. Grup d'Anàlis Barcelona, 1988, 40 pgs & Bibliogr.
  * Koinonia: From Hate through Dialogue to Culture in the Larger Group, Karnac Books 1991
  * '"A Case for Mind", Group Analysis, Vol 37; NUMB 3, September 2003 — with Roberto Schollberger
  * Blackwell, Dick (1 March 2008). "The Median Group: An Appropriate Setting for the Negotiation of Hatred. An Elaboration of Ideas from the Work of P.B. de Mare". Group Analysis. 41 (1): 34–49. doi:10.1177/0533316407088410
  * Lyndon, Piers (March 1997). "The Median Group: An Appropriate Setting for the Negotiation of Hatred. An Elaboration of Ideas from the Work of P.B. de Mare". Group Analysis. 30 (1): 131–137. doi:10.1177/0533316497301013
  * Lyndon, Piers (March 2000). "The Telos of Patrick de Maré: A Survey of Ideas and Implications". Group Analysis. 33 (1): 119–141. doi:10.1177/0533316400331014
  * Pines, M. (2000). Shepherding Group Analysis: Shepherds Past, Present and Future. Group, Volume 24, Number 1, pp. 49–57.
  * Pines, Malcolm (March 2000). "Shepherding Group Analysis: Shepherds Past, Present and Future". Group. 24: 49–57. doi:10.1023/A:1007555221199
  * The DuVersity


Isotenes mesonephela

Isotenes mesonephela is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on New Guinea.

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Khoder Nasser

Khoder Nasser is an Australian sports agent and boxing promoter who currently represents Sonny Bill Williams and Quade Cooper.

Background

Nasser is of Lebanese descent, hailing from the village of I’aal, south-east of Tripoli. He graduated from the University of Wollongong in New South Wales with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in economics and politics.Australian Federation of Islamic Councils. He is married and lives near his parents in Sydney.

Sports agent

Nasser met Anthony Mundine in the 1990s and the two connected, with Nasser eventually falling into a role as his manager.rugby league, becoming a professional boxer that same year. Nasser and Mundine ended their business relationship in July 2012.

In 2008, Nasser became the manager of Sonny Bill Williams. Later that year, Williams left rugby league club the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs mid-season in controversial circumstances and transitioned to rugby union.

In 2011, Nasser became the manager of Quade Cooper. He also manages Cory Paterson.

In 2013, Williams returned to rugby league. However, his contract was delayed as Nasser was not an accredited National Rugby League player agent.

In February 2013, a fight Nassar promoted between Williams and Francois Botha was marred in controversy over the scheduled length of the match, WBA accreditation, match-fixing claims and a failed drugs test.


Stephan Dupuis

Stephan Dupuis is a Canadian make-up artist who won at the 59th Academy Awards for Best Makeup for the film The Fly. The win was shared with Chris Walas.

Selected filmography

  * A Dangerous Method (2011)
  * 300 (2007)
  * I Am Legend (2007)
  * A History of Violence (2005)
  * Jason X (2002)
  * The Man Without a Face (1993)
  * Stalin (1992)
  * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  * The Fly II (1989)
  * Poltergeist III (1988)
  * RoboCop (1987)
  * The Fly (1986)
  * Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
  * Quest for Fire (1982)
  * Scanners (1981)
  * City on Fire (1979)
  * Stephan Dupuis at IMDb


Maxwell Lake

Maxwell Lake is a tarn located in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of Northeastern Oregon. It is situated near the North Minam MeadowsLostine, Oregon. It is known for its two small islands and typically successful fishing, which make it a popular day hiking and overnight backpacking destination.Eagle Cap Wilderness.

Trail

Maxwell Lake is one of the few lakes in the Eagle Cap Wilderness that has an exclusive trail. The trail, which is named after the lake, has the trail number 1674. It is 4 miles long (one way) and the U.S. Forest Service lists it as "More difficult".switchback for several miles, crossing Maxwell Creek. Here the trail has no bridge and the climber is forced to find another means to cross. Though somewhat shallow in the summer and fall, Maxwell Creek can be fairly deep in the spring time.

Images

  * [The West Side of Maxwell Lake]
    The West Side of Maxwell Lake
  * [Maxwell Lake]
    Maxwell Lake


Kola Alkaline Province

Outskirts of the town Apatity where mining of apatite ore from the Kola alkaline Province is the main economic activity. In the background is the Khibiny Mountains, a giant and protruding body of nepheline syenite.

The Kola Alkaline Province or Kola Alkaline Carbonatite Province is a discontiguous group of unusual igneous rocks centered in the Kola Peninsula of Russia and with ouliers in nearby areas of Finland and in Arkhangelsk Oblast across the White Sea. The province is made up of alkaline-ultramafic rock complexes often associated to carbonatites and stand-alone dykes and pipes made up of carbonatites, kimberlites and similar rocks. To this it adds the large nepheline syenite bodies of the Lovozero Massif and the Khibiny Mountains. km3.

The more mafic silicate rocks of the province originated from small degrees of partial melting in a source region in Earth's mantle made up of garnet-bearing peridotite. The lithosphere had thicknesses similar to present-day (200 km) conditions when magmas originated in the Devonian. Prior to Devonian magmatism the Kola and Karelia region had experienced a long history of low-frenquency alkaline and carbonatite volcanism.

The Permian rocks of the Kola Alkaline Province is commonly presumed to represent an igneous hotspot created by a mantle plume.Permian Dnieper-Donets Rift while others have considered it as part of a much larger a "North Atlantic Alkaline Province".

  * Alnö Complex
  * Apatit, company that mines ores from the Kola Alkaline Province
  * Fen Complex
  * Norra Kärr


V.G. Karnad

V.G. Karnad (1925 - 7 September 2020) classical flautist who plays the bansuri.

Early life

He was born in 1925 in South Kannara, Karnataka, where bamboo grows abundantly. During his youth he played flute and harmonium.

Career

He was influenced by P. Sanjivrao a renowned flutist of that time. He began to learn flute under Pannalal Ghosh the best known flutist of the 20th century. Like his guru Pannalal GhoshAll India Radio. In 1960 and 1982 he performed in several European countries. Today Karnad is one of the most acclaimed flutists of India. He is one of the last flutists who learned under the legendary flutist Pannalal Ghosh. In 1986 he performed at a concert in Dhaka, Bangladesh in the honour of his guru. He also performed at the 100th birth anniversary of Pannalal Ghosh in 2011. Today he continues to perform at various festivals and in various cities of India.

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Magliaso

Magliaso is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

History

Magliaso is first mentioned in 769 as de Maliacis. In 854 it was mentioned as de vico Maliaci.

During the Lombards era the monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia possessed a farm in Magliaso. The origin of the old church of S. Quirico (mentioned in 1033) and the San Giorgio Castle is not known. It was the home for nearly two decades (1098–1117) for the schismatic bishop of Como, Landolfo Carcano, who was appointed by Emperor Henry IV against Pope Gregory VII's bishop.Como and the fate of Landolfo, is uncertain (possibly deported or murdered). This caused the ten-year war between Como and Milan. The romanesque fresco on the south tower dates from around the same time and is one of the few secular romanesque works in Switzerland. In the 13th century the castle passed into the possession of a branch of the Rusca family of Como. Carlo Corrado Beroldingen, Chancellor of the bailiwick of Lugano, acquired the sovereign rights over the village in 1668. He had the parish church built and replaced the decaying ruins of the castle with an ornate palace.

There used to be many isolated farms and mills along the irrigation canal, which is typical for the pre-industrial economy. The municipality experienced a strong migration into Lombardy, South America and up through the 2nd World War into Central Switzerland. The always meager possessions of Vicinanza were sold in 1863. At the beginning of the 21st century, large swathes of the valley and along the lake were covered with new, primarily residential, developments. While the services sector is the major industry in Magliaso, the tourist infrastructure has remained modest. The landscape is dominated by the lake, and in an area at the foot of the mountain, a golf course was built.

Geography

Aerial view (1950)


Magliaso

Geography

Aerial view (1950)

Magliaso has an area, as of 1997, of 1.09 square kilometers (0.42 sq mi). Of this area, 0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi) or 67.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.1 km2 (0.039 sq mi) or 9.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi) or 70.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 48.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 9.2%. Out of the forested land, 4.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 12.8% is used for growing crops, while 5.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 48.6% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.9% is in lakes and 1.8% is in rivers and streams.

The municipality is located in the Lugano district, north of the Magliasina delta. It consists of the villages of Magliaso, below the church and castle, and Castellaccio, on the lake shore.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Quartered or in first and fourth two mullets of the same on an orb azure with a cross sable and in second and third also or a lion rampant sable scarfed azure.

Demographics

Magliaso has a population (as of December 2020) of 1,600.As of 2008, 19.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals.


Magliaso

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks Italian (77.4%), with German being second most common (15.2%) and French being third (2.2%).as of 2000), 206 speak German, 30 people speak French, 1,052 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh. The remainder (70 people) speak another language.

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 46.8% male and 53.2% female. The population was made up of 514 Swiss men (35.0% of the population), and 173 (11.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 643 Swiss women (43.8%), and 137 (9.3%) non-Swiss women.

In 2008 there were 3 live births to Swiss citizens and 4 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 12 deaths of Swiss citizens and 5 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 9 while the foreign population decreased by 1. There were 4 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 6 non-Swiss men and 3 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 3 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.0%.

The age distribution, as of 2009, in Magliaso is; 136 children or 9.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 157 teenagers or 10.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 118 people or 8.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 203 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 223 people or 15.2% are between 40 and 49, and 214 people or 14.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 193 people or 13.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 141 people or 9.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 82 people or 5.6% who are over 80.


Magliaso

As of 2000, there were 553 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.In 2000 there were 389 single family homes (or 80.4% of the total) out of a total of 484 inhabited buildings. There were 44 two family buildings (9.1%) and 27 multi-family buildings (5.6%). There were also 24 buildings in the municipality that were multipurpose buildings (used for both housing and commercial or another purpose).

The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2008, was 0.57%. In 2000 there were 658 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 227. There were 22 single room apartments and 198 apartments with five or more rooms.As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 10.2 new units per 1000 residents.

The historical population is given in the following chart:

Heritage sites of national significance

The S. Giorgio Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 23.85% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (23.35%), the Ticino League (19.01%) and the SP (16.73%). In the federal election, a total of 418 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.8%.

In the 2007 Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 966 registered voters in Magliaso, of which 504 or 52.2% voted. 6 blank ballots were cast, leaving 498 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PLRT which received 103 or 20.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PPD+GenGiova (with 92 or 18.5%), the PS (with 87 or 17.5%) and the PS (with 87 or 17.5%).


Magliaso

In the 2007 Consiglio di Stato election, 7 blank ballots were cast, leaving 497 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the LEGA which received 113 or 22.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT (with 96 or 19.3%), the PLRT (with 96 or 19.3%) and the PS (with 87 or 17.5%).

Economy

As of 2007, Magliaso had an unemployment rate of 4.24%. As of 2005, there were 6 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 105 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 11 businesses in this sector. 238 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 47 businesses in this sector.

In 2000, there were 433 workers who commuted into the municipality and 467 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 24.0% of the workforce coming into Magliaso are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.4% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work.

As of 2009, there were 2 hotels in Magliaso.

Religion

From the 2000 census, 979 or 72.0% were Roman Catholic, while 159 or 11.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. There are 152 individuals (or about 11.18% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), and 69 individuals (or about 5.08% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Magliaso about 71.9% of the population (between age 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).


Magliaso

In Magliaso there were a total of 226 students (as of 2009). The Ticino education system provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten and in Magliaso there were 35 children in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the municipality, 72 students attended the standard primary schools and 2 students attended the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education. There were 47 students in the two-year middle school, while 35 students were in the four-year advanced program.

The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student).

The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There were 2 students in the professional program.

As of 2000, there were 78 students in Magliaso who came from another municipality, while 127 residents attended schools outside the municipality.

Transport

Magliaso is served by Magliaso station and Magliaso Paese station, on the metre gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway that connects to Lugano. Both stations are served by regular trains, operating every 15 minutes during weekday daytime, and every half-hour at other times. Magliaso station is also served by Autopostale buses to Novaggio.

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  * Inventory of Cultural Heritage - Castello di San Giorgio (in Italian)


Jacques d'Amboise (medical doctor)

Jacques d'Amboise (1559–1606) was a French medical doctor and surgeon.

Life

He was the son of Jean d'Amboise, ordinary surgeon to the king and was himself surgeon to Henry III, and got himself noticed when he dissected a woman before Ambroise Paré and several grand-masters of surgery aged only 20. He then became a doctor of medicine, then doctor to king Henry IV of France. In 1594, he was elected rector of the université de Paris. In 1596, he was made professor at the Collège royal, where the medicine chair is named after him.

The university's oath of loyalty to Henry IV and the trial that brought it under the Jesuits fell under his rectorate. As rector, he pronounced bloody harangues against the Jesuits to the parlement on 12 May and 13 July 1594.

Jacques d'Amboise was also the brother of François d'Amboise, king's advocate to the parlement de Paris, and of Adrien d'Amboise, almoner of Henry IV and bishop of Tréguier.

  * Pierre Bayle, Dictionnaire historique et critique, p. 177
  * J. Balteau, Dictionnaire de biographie française, vol II


Lepidochrysops coxii

Lepidochrysops coxii, the Cox's blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.

Adults have been recorded on wing in October.

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Patrie

Look up patrie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Patrie (French "fatherland") or La Patrie (The fatherland) may refer to:

Patrie

  * Patrie!, 1869 play by Victorien Sardou about the rising of the Dutch Geuzen at the end of the 16th century
  * Patrie!, a popular 1886 opera by Paladihle based on the play
  * Patrie (1917 film), based on the play
  * Patrie (1946 film), also based on the play
  * Patrie (airship), 1906
  * French battleship Patrie, launched in 1903

La Patrie

  * La Patrie, Quebec, a municipality of about 750 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada.
  * La Patrie (Canadian newspaper), Montreal newspaper 1879-1978
  * La Patrie (French newspaper), Parisian financial newspaper 1841


Pankaj Singh

Pankaj Singh may refer to:

  * Pankaj Singh (cricketer) (born 6 May 1985) is an Indian cricketer.
  * Pankaj Singh (politician) (born 12 December 1978) is an Indian politician who is BJP's General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh.


Priest Jovica's Rebellion

Priest Jovica's Rebellion (Serbian: поп-Јовичина буна, romanized: pop-Jovičina buna) was a Christian peasant rebellion that broke out in the Derventa and Gradačac nahiye, in Bosnian Posavina, in 10–13 March 1834, organized by Orthodox priest Jovica Ilić from Banja Luka, stationed in Derventa at the time. The rebels were predominantly Orthodox (Serbs), but some Catholics (Croats) also joined.

Jovica Ilić corresponded with other Serbian Orthodox leaders and also sent letters to Serbian Prince Miloš Obrenović.Pavle Tvrtković,Milo VitkovićPodnovlje.Požarevac with Prince Miloš whom they asked to take up the side of the Christians in Bosnia at the Porte.Šabac a rebellion in the nahiye of Banja Luka, Bijeljina, Tuzla and Derventa.

The rebellion broke out in the nahiye of Derventa and Gradačac in Bosnian Posavina. Odžak was set on fire by the rebels.bey soldiers were killed.Slavonia, part of the Habsburg monarchy.Habsburg monarchy.the Porte due to the atrocities and penalties which had caused the uprising, and unrest not only in Bosnia but in Serbia also.Podrinje and Šumadija.Bosanska Krajina, where the Second Mašići Rebellion broke out. A similar peasant rebellion broke out in Niš.

In Majevac, near Doboj, a Serbian Orthodox convocation was held which marked 170 years since the rebellion.


Priest Jovica's Rebellion

* Jančić's rebellion
Books
  * Ćorović, Vladimir (1989). Istorija Srba. Vol. 3. Beogradski izdavačko-grafički zavod. pp. 75–. ISBN 9788613003816.
  * Dušanić, Svetozar St. (1959). Spomenica povodom osamdesetogodišnjice okupacije Bosne i Hercegovine: 1878–1958 : pedesetogodišnjice anekcije, 1908–1958 i četrdesetogodišnjice oslobođenja i ujedinjenja, 1918–1958. Srboštampa.
  * Ekmečić, Milorad (1989). Stvaranje Jugoslavije 1790–1918. Prosveta. ISBN 9788607004324.
  * Ljušić, Radoš (2004). Кнежевина Србија, 1830–1839. Завод за уџбенике и наставна средства. ISBN 9788617116147.
  * Potkozarac, Jovan (1969). Srbi u. Vol. 2. p. 12.
  * Stojančević, Vladimir (1971). Južnoslovenski narodi u Osmanskom Carstvu od Jedrenskog mira 1829. do Pariskog kongresa 1856. godine. Izdavačko-štamparsko preduzeće PTT.
  * Tutnjević, Staniša (2007). Поп Јовичина буна [Priest Jovica's Rebellion]. Едиција: Векови. ISBN 978-86-7396-156-9.
Journals
  * Ivić, Aleksa (1919). "Устанак попа Јовице Илића". Zagreb: 3–14. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


Priest Jovica's Rebellion

* Stojančević, Vladimir (1959). "Политички погледи кнеза Милоша Обреновића". Историјски часопис. Научно дело. 9–10: 345–362.
  * Stranjaković, D. (1931). "Буна Срба хришћана у Босни 1834. године". Godišnjica Nikole Čupića. Državna štamparija. XL (40): 129, 154, 155.
  * Stranjaković, D. (1939). "Pop Jovičina buna u Bosni 1834 godine". Kalendar. SPKD Prosvjeta.


Straighthead Creek

Straighthead Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

Straighthead Creek has the name of Straighthead, a local member of the Sioux tribe.

  * List of rivers of South Dakota

44°34′16″N 101°41′19″W / 44.57111°N 101.68861°W


Sir Robert Slingsby, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Slingsby, 1st Baronet (1611–1661) was an English baronet, author and Naval commander, and in his last years a much-loved colleague of Samuel Pepys.

He was born at Bifrons near Canterbury, the second son of Sir Guylford Slingsby, Controller of the Navy, and Margaret Walter.Scriven, near Knaresborough, and thus a first cousin of Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet, who was executed in 1658 for his part in a conspiracy to restore Charles II. Robert's eldest brother Guildford Slingsby was a promising young politician and lawyer who was killed early in the English Civil War.

Early career

He entered the Navy as a boy and when he was only 22 was given his first command, the Eighth Lyon's Whelp; in 1636 he commanded the Third Lyon's Whelp, and then the Expedition, in which he transported arms from the Tower of London to Edinburgh in 1640. He then commanded a small squadron in the English Channel, and in 1642 he escorted the Portuguese Ambassador to Lisbon in the Garland.

On the outbreak of the Civil War, he declared for Charles I, but his men mutinied and he was imprisoned. On his release he joined the King at Oxford and in 1644 he went to the Continent to raise funds for the Royalist cause. He returned to England: he and his brother Walter were with Prince Rupert when he surrendered Bristol, then they went to Brussels to join their brother Arthur, who in 1658 was created the first of the Slingsby baronets of Bifrons.York.

Restoration

At the Restoration he was given his father's old office of Comptroller of the Navy, and was created the first and last of the Slingsby baronets of Newcells. He had already presented the King with his book "The Past and Present State of His Majesty's Navy" which argued for regular payment of sailors' wages, prohibition of private trading in goods by Naval officers and the encouragement of merchant shipping. Samuel Pepys praised the great efforts Slingsby had taken over the book, but added drily that he had too high an opinion of his own work.


Sir Robert Slingsby, 1st Baronet

Despite such occasional jibes, a warm friendship sprung up between Slingsby and Pepys: Slingsby invited Pepys regularly to his house, read him his verses, and drew on his own experience of the Navy in Charles I's time to explain how Pepys' own office, the Clerk of the Acts, had been performed then. Bryant remarks that Pepys respected Slingsby as he could never respect most of his other colleagues like Sir William Batten.

Death

Slingsby did not enjoy office for long: on 22 October 1661 Pepys noted that he was sick with ague and fever (an intermittent fever which killed several thousand people in London in 1661–4),William Penn, who in Pepys' opinion had regarded Slingsby's integrity as a check on their own greed and ambition. Both Batten and Penn professed grief at Slingsby's death, but Pepys dismissed them as a pair of hypocrites.

Marriage

Dilston Castle, the family home of Slingsby's second wife, Elizabeth Radclyffe

He married firstly Elizabeth Brooke, only daughter and heiress of Robert Brooke of Newcells, Hertfordshire and Joan Prannell. He married secondly Elizabeth Radclyffe, daughter of Sir Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Baronet of Dilston Castle, Northumberland and Elizabeth Barton; Lady Slingsby was the sister of Francis Radclyffe, 1st Earl of Derwentwater and widow of Sir William Fenwick of Meldon. Pepys praised Slingsby's second wife as a "good woman".


List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Japan is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Japan, and is the head of the UK's diplomatic mission there.

The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in Japan from 1859. Before 1905, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador. Before 1859, there was no treaty and no diplomatic relations, because Japan was isolated from the world by the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of national isolation called sakoku (literally locked country).

List of heads of mission

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

Head of mission                 Tenure  Tenure  British monarch  Japanese emperor
                                begins  ends
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin  1858    1858    Queen Victoria   Kōmei
Sir Rutherford Alcock           1859    1865
Sir Harry Parkes                1865    1883    Meiji
Sir Francis Plunkett            1884    1887
Hugh Fraser                     1889    1894
Power Henry Le Poer Trench      1894    1895
Sir Ernest Satow                1895    1900
Sir Claude MacDonald            1900    1905    Edward VII

Ambassadors

Head of mission       Tenure  Tenure  British monarch  Japanese emperor
                      begins  ends
Sir Claude MacDonald  1905    1912    Edward VII       Meiji
Sir Conyngham Greene  1912    1919    George V         Taishō
Sir Charles Eliot     1919    1925
Sir John Tilley       1926    1931    Shōwa
Sir Francis Lindley   1931    1934
Sir Robert Clive      1934    1937
Sir Robert Craigie    1937    1941    George VI

No representation (1941–1946, due to World War II)

Political Representative

  * Sir Alvary Gascoigne (1946–1951)
  * Sir Esler Dening (1951–1952)

Ambassadors

Head of mission        Tenure  Tenure  British monarch  Japanese emperor
                       begins  ends
Sir Esler Dening       1952    1957    Elizabeth II     Shōwa
Sir Daniel Lascelles   1957    1959
Sir Oscar Morland      1959    1963
Sir Francis Rundall    1963    1967
Sir John Pilcher       1967    1972
Sir Fred Warner        1972    1975
Sir Michael Wilford    1975    1980
Sir Hugh Cortazzi      1980    1984
Sir Sydney Giffard     1984    1986
Sir John Whitehead     1986    1992    Heisei
                                       (Akihito)
Sir John Boyd          1992    1996
Sir David Wright       1996    1999
Sir Stephen Gomersall  1999    2004
Sir Graham Fry         2004    2008
Sir David Warren       2008    2012
Tim Hitchens           2012    2016
Paul Madden            2017    2021
Julia Longbottom       2021            Elizabeth II     Reiwa
                                       Charles III      (Naruhito)


* British Embassy, Tokyo
  * Embassy of Japan, London
  * Japan–United Kingdom relations
      + Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty
      + Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce
      + Anglo-Japanese Alliance
      + Treaty of San Francisco
  * Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  * Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
  * Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. ISBN 9780700705122; OCLC 42645589
  * Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. ISBN 9781901903515; OCLC 249167170
  * Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
  * "UK and Japan". gov.uk.
  * "Previous ambassadors to Japan". British Embassy Tokyo. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013.
  * "History of the Embassy". British Embassy Tokyo. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013.


V.B.Z.

V.B.Z. d.o.o. is a Croatian publishing company including bookstores and online sale.

About

The publishing company was founded in 1991 and includes bookstores and online sale with branches in Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 2003), Slovenia (since 2002) and Serbia (since 2007). The headquarters is located in Zagreb. The publishing assortment consists of publications on health, alternative medicine, esoteric literature, popular psychology, cooking, household and garden, popular science, natural science, economics, informatics, atlases, dictionaries, travel guide books, linguistics, literary theory, poetry as well as prose of contemporary authors and English-speaking editions. Currently, the Croatian company is owner of bookstores in Zagreb, Velika Gorica, Rijeka, Slavonski Brod, Čakovec, Split, Solin and Zadar. The founder and proprietor of the publishing house was the well respected entrepreneur Boško Zatezalo who died in 2014.

V.B.Z. Award

The publishing house encourages, supports and promotes young or partially unknown writers with this literary prize, which has been awarded annually (excepting 2012, 2013 and 2017) for the Best Unpublished Novel of the Year since 2002. The submitted manuscript must be written in Croatian or Shtokavian as well as the Chakavian and Kajkavian literary language.

Laureates


V.B.Z.

Laureates

  * 2002 Josip Mlakić for Živi i mrtvi.
  * 2003 Jelena Marković for Escajg za teletinu and Marinko Koščec for Wonderland.
  * 2004 Davor Špišić for Koljivo.
  * 2005 Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar for Kad je bio juli.
  * 2006 Hrvoje Šalković for Pravi se da ovo nisi vidio.
  * 2007 Svjetlana Gjoni for Nula nemo.
  * 2008 Predrag Crnković for Beograd za pokojnike.
  * 2009 Dragan Pavelić for Proljeće u Karolinentalu.
  * 2010 Aleksandar Novaković for Vođa.
  * 2011 Ankica Tomić for Naročito ljeti.
  * 2014 Ivica Prtenjača for Brdo.
  * 2015 Marina Vujčić for Susjed.
  * 2016 Lada Vukić for Specijalna potreba and Ivica Ivanišević for Knjiga žalbe.
  * 2018 Marina Šur Puhlovski for Divljakuša.
  * 2019 Olja Raičević-Knežević for Katarina, velika i mala.


Maglia tricolore

Filippo Simeoni with the tricolor jersey in 2008

The tri-colour jersey is the distinctive jersey worn by the "Champion of Italy" in a particular discipline of cycling. The mesh is composed of three horizontal coloured bands around the chest. From top to bottom the colours are: green, white and red.

Other popular jerseys are the distinctive yellow jersey, worn by the leader of the Tour de France, the pink jersey, worn by the leader of the Giro d'Italia, and the red jersey worn by the leader of the Vuelta a España. These jerseys are worn but only during the relevant competition, while the national champion of a discipline wears the champion's jersey in all races in that discipline.


Jacques a dit

"Jacques a dit" is a 2007 song recorded by the French singer Christophe Willem. It was released on 5 October 2007 as the third single from his debut album Inventaire. It was a great success, particularly in Belgium, where it topped the chart, but its sales were less spectacular than that of his previous single, "Double Je".

Background and writing

The title "Jacques a dit" refers to a children's game called Simon says in the English-speaking world. This song is "a moving nursery rhyme that appeals to the collective imagination and that reveals a new facet of the artist : "A hidden melancholy..."" According to Willem, "Jacques a dit" was the first song that Zazie has composed for him.

While the musical arrangements were made by Jean-Pierre Pilot and Olivier Schultheis, the text was written by Zazie, who also covered the song on her 2007 tour. She also performed the song as a duet with Willem in several French TV shows. "Jacques a dit" features on Willem's album Inventaire as first track in the original version, and as 15th track in a remix version.Inventaire, tout en acoustique, as third track.

Chart performances

In France, the single debuted at a peak of number four, on 13 October 2007, and reached this position for three non-consecutive weeks. It stayed for 13 weeks in the top ten, then almost did not stop to drop, totaling 19 weeks in the top 50 and 26 weeks in the top 100.
"Jacques a dit" appeared for 21 weeks on the French Digital Download, peaking at number seven for two not consecutive weeks

In Belgium (Wallonia), the single charted for 26 weeks on the Ultratop 40, from 13 October 2007. It entered the chart at number 32 and climbed quickly and finally topped the chart for one week, on 1 December. It remained for 14 weeks in the top ten.

Track listings


Jacques a dit

Track listings

  * CD single
 1. "Jacques a dit" – 3:49
 2. "Élu produit de l'année" (live acoustic) – 4:16
 3. "Double Je" (live acoustic) – 4:47
 4. "Sunny" (live acoustic) – 4:52
  * Digital download
 1. "Jacques a dit" – 3:49
 2. "Jacques a dit" (remix) – 3:56
 3. "Jacques a dit" (acoustic) – 4:05

Charts and sales

Peak positions                              End of year charts

Chart (2007)                      Peak      End of year chart (2007)          Position
                                  position  Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart     24
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart     1      French Airplay Chart                 43
French Digital Chart                 7      French TV Music Videos Chart         63
French SNEP Singles Chart            4      French Digital Chart                 31
Swiss Singles Chart                  35     French Singles Chart                 22
                                            End of year chart (2008)          Position
                                            Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart     25

  * "Jacques a dit", lyrics + music video


Lepidochrysops cinerea

Lepidochrysops cinerea is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.Brachystegia woodland and montane grassland at altitudes between 1,000 and 2,000 meters.

Adults are on wing from August to September in montane grassland and from November to December in woodland.

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John Brodhead Beck

John Brodhead Beck (18 September 1794 Schenectady, New York – 9 April 1851 Rhinebeck, New York) was a New York physician who was an authority on miscarriage, abortion, infant physiology, and associated forensic issues.

Biography

He was the third son of Caleb Beck and Catharine Theresa Romeyn, only daughter of Rev. Theodorick Romeyn, D.D., long principal of the Academy of Schenectady, and one of the founders of Union College.

While yet a child, in 1798,Theodorick Romeyn, Nicholas, Lewis Caleb, and Abraham, rested chiefly with his mother.

At the age of 7, John left his home to reside with his uncle, John B. Romeyn, then pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church in Rhinebeck, New York. Here he began his classical studies. In 1804, Romeyn moved to New York City, his nephew accompanying him, and the young man's education continued. In 1809, Beck entered Columbia College, of which his uncle was a trustee, and where John M. Mason was provost.

At Columbia, Mason was Beck's mentor throughout his college career. In 1813, Beck graduated with the highest honors of his class, and he was later appointed a trustee of the College. Immediately after his graduation, Beck accompanied his uncle in a voyage to Europe, and spending some time in London, he there applied himself to the study of Hebrew, under the instruction of a Rev. Mr. Humphries, a grandson of Doddridge. Beck learned enough to later take an intelligent interest in Biblical criticism.

On his return from England, having determined to study medicine, Beck joined the office of David Hosack. Later medical politics would estrange them, though each always retained a high estimate of the learning and ability of the other. In 1817, Beck graduated from the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. His thesis was a treatise entitled "On Infanticide." The treatise was subsequently incorporated into his brother T. Romeyn Beck's noted work on medical jurisprudence, and became the standard work on infanticide in the English language.


John Brodhead Beck

In 1822, Beck, in company with Drs. Dyckman and Francis, established the New York Medical and Physical Journal. Beck devoted a large portion of his time to this journal, and published many of his own articles in it. Among Beck's papers may be specially mentioned his paper on laryngitis and several reviews on the contagiousness of yellow fever. Beck continued as the chief editor of the Medical and Physical Journal for seven years, in later years associated with Dr. Peixotto.

In 1826, he was elected professor of materia medica and botany in the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. His appointment stemmed from the simultaneous resignation of all the previous faculty. This mass resignation, the crowning act of a long series of dissensions, threw upon the successors a weight of responsibility difficult to bear. Beck was prompt to take on his share of this weight, and his ability as a controversialist was too well known, and had been too sorely felt, not to insure to him a full share in any odium which the friends of the old could throw on the leaders of the new organization. Beck did well as a teacher, and also served the College as a zealous promoter of its interests, and a ready defender of its policy.

In 1835, Beck was appointed as a physician of the New York Hospital, a situation which he filled for ten years. His services at the Hospital had a very favorable effect on Beck's reputation as a practitioner. Hitherto, his brethren had known him only as, for his age, a learned physician, a practised and able writer, and a judicious and attractive lecturer. At the Hospital, he proved himself sagacious in investigating disease at the bedside, and skillful in the application of remedies. Beck aimed to be judicious in the use of a few remedies, rather than to overwhelm disease by a multitude of cures.

As a practitioner, he did not lose the opportunity of giving to the students and young physicians connected with the establishment clinical lessons. His was distinguished by great simplicity of language, clearness, and a devotion to utility rather than show. In 1843, he collected together, and published in a volume, a few of the most important of his contributions to periodical medical literature. In 1849, his work on infantile therapeutics appeared, and was received well both at home and abroad.


John Brodhead Beck

When a very young man, Beck was elected trustee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and censor of the County Medical Society. He later held the offices of vice president and president of the County Medical Society, vice president and then president of the State Medical Society, before which he delivered an inaugural address on the history of American medicine before the Revolution, which was afterwards published. He took an earnest interest in the organization of the New York Academy of Medicine, and was early elected one of its vice presidents, and, subsequently, orator. Failing health compelled him to decline the latter duty.

For the last few years of his life he was a martyr to neuralgia and spasmodic disease from which his sufferings were most intense. He continued to visit patients and to lecture in the College till the beginning of the session of 1850–51. His funeral, two days after his death, was attended by almost all the more eminent members of the profession in the city. An address was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Knox, an old friend.

Beck's intellect was characterized by energy: an end being set before him, he pursued it with a vigor, a steadiness of purpose, and a force of will which rarely failed to command success. He also had a clarity of perception: he saw the object presented to his "mind's eye" with all the distinctness of the most perfect physical vision. This quality was undoubtedly the secret of much of his success as a practitioner of medicine, and a medical writer and teacher. He saw disease just as it was; theories never distorted, nor did prejudice obscure it: all was clear and perfectly distinct from every other object. Having this quality in so eminent a degree, and being both in English and the classics a thorough scholar, he could not fail, as a teacher, to communicate in words a just and accurate idea of the object before him. So in argument and controversy, he saw the question to be discussed, or the point in dispute clearly; it was perfectly definite to his apprehension, and consequently his arguments neither fell short of, nor flew beyond the point.


John Brodhead Beck

Beck's success as a teacher has already been noticed. He united qualities often seen apart, that made him both useful and popular. His lectures were clear, precise, and singularly practical: no merely specious theories, no rash generalizations, no loose assertions, found place there; all was logical, accurate, true. When the lecture was over, with a ready courtesy he answered the questions and solved the doubts of his pupils, and removed, by repeated and varied illustration, the difficulties in the way of their perfect comprehension of a subject.

In regard to personal character, Beck exhibited a steady adherence to principle, an ardent love of truth, an unhesitating, unwavering, almost instinctive preference of the right over the expedient. He was a member of the Reformed Dutch Church, the church of his forefathers.

Writings

In addition to his thesis treatise, his major publications include:

  * Medical Essays (1843)
  * Infant Therapeutics (1849)
  * Historical Sketch of the State of Medicine in the Colonies (1850)

Family

Beck's mother lived to be 85 and survive four of her sons. In 1831, John Beck married Anne Tucker, eldest daughter of Fanning C. Tucker, who, with five children, survived him. Two of Beck's brothers, Theodoric Romeyn Beck and Lewis Caleb Beck, were distinguished physicians.

  * C. R. Gilman (1861). "John B. Beck 1794–1851". In Samuel David Gross (ed.). Lives of Eminent American Physicians of the 19th Century. pp. 605–613. ISBN 9780608421261.
  * Kelly, Howard A.; Burrage, Walter L. (eds.). "Beck, John Brodhead" . American Medical Biographies . Baltimore: The Norman, Remington Company.
  * Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Beck, Theodoric Romeyn" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  * G. Alder Blumer (1928–1990). "Beck, John Brodhead". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  * "Beck, Theodoric Romeyn" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.


Jean-Yves Riocreux

Monsignor Jean-Yves Riocreux (born 24 February 1946 at Marlhes) is the French Roman Catholic Bishop of Basse-Terre.

Mgr Riocreux was appointed Bishop of Pontoise on 5 May 2003 and consecrated on 29 June 2003. He was appointed Bishop of Basse-Terre on 15 June 2012, leaving Pontoise on 16 September, and was installed on 30 September 2012.

  * Catholic Church in France
  * List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of France
  * Catholic Hierarchy: Jean-Yves Riocreux


Priest River Lamanna High School

Priest River Lamanna High School is a high school in Priest River, Idaho.

Its former building, currently used by Priest River Junior High School,National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Official website


Straightening theorem for vector fields

In differential calculus, the domain-straightening theorem states that, given a vector field [X] on a manifold, there exist local coordinates [y_{1},\dots ,y_{n}] such that [{\displaystyle X=\partial /\partial y_{1}}] in a neighborhood of a point where [X] is nonzero. The theorem is also known as straightening out of a vector field.

The Frobenius theorem in differential geometry can be considered as a higher-dimensional generalization of this theorem.

Proof

It is clear that we only have to find such coordinates at 0 in [\mathbb {R} ^{n}]. First we write [{\displaystyle X=\sum _{j}f_{j}(x){\partial \over \partial x_{j}}}] where [x] is some coordinate system at [{\displaystyle 0}]. Let [{\displaystyle f=(f_{1},\dots ,f_{n})}]. By linear change of coordinates, we can assume [{\displaystyle f(0)=(1,0,\dots ,0).}] Let [{\displaystyle \Phi (t,p)}] be the solution of the initial value problem [{\displaystyle {\dot {x}}=f(x),x(0)=p}] and let

[{\displaystyle \psi (x_{1},\dots ,x_{n})=\Phi (x_{1},(0,x_{2},\dots ,x_{n})).}]

[\Phi ] (and thus [\psi ]) is smooth by smooth dependence on initial conditions in ordinary differential equations. It follows that

[{\displaystyle {\partial \over \partial x_{1}}\psi (x)=f(\psi (x))}],


Straightening theorem for vector fields

and, since [{\displaystyle \psi (0,x_{2},\dots ,x_{n})=\Phi (0,(0,x_{2},\dots ,x_{n}))=(0,x_{2},\dots ,x_{n})}], the differential [d\psi ] is the identity at [{\displaystyle 0}]. Thus, [{\displaystyle y=\psi ^{-1}(x)}] is a coordinate system at [{\displaystyle 0}]. Finally, since [{\displaystyle x=\psi (y)}], we have: [{\displaystyle {\partial x_{j} \over \partial y_{1}}=f_{j}(\psi (y))=f_{j}(x)}] and so [{\displaystyle {\partial \over \partial y_{1}}=X}] as required.

  * Theorem B.7 in Camille Laurent-Gengoux, Anne Pichereau, Pol Vanhaecke. Poisson Structures, Springer, 2013.


Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Luton Hoo

Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet (1560 – 22 April 1637), of Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire, also referred to as Robert Sandy, was an English merchant.

Origins

He was the second son of Alexander Napier (alias Sandy) of Exeter, Devon, by his wife Anne Birchley, daughter of Edward Birchley of Hertfordshire. Alexander was a son of Sir Alexander Napier of Scotland, and was a brother of Sir Archibald Napier. He had left Scotland during the reign of King Henry VIII (1509–1547) and settled in the city of Exeter. The Napier family claimed descent from the Scottish Earls of Lennox. Sir Robert's younger brother was Rev. Richard Napier (1559–1634), a noted astrologer and Rector of Linford, Buckinghamshire.Argent, a saltire engrailed between four roses (cinquefoils) gules.

Career

He lived in Bishopsgate Street in the City of London, was a member of the Grocers' Company and was a Turkey Merchant, and through trade with Turkey amassed a fortune and purchased the estate of Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire. He was knighted in 1611 during the progress from Scotland through England of King James I, who subsequently created him a baronet "of Luton Hoo" on 25 November 1612. He served as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1611. In 1613 he was elected Sheriff of London but declined to serve, for which he was fined 400 marks.

Marriages and children

He married three times:


Marriages and children

He married three times:

  * Firstly to Elizabeth Staper, without children
  * Secondly to Margaret Barnes, daughter of Richard Barnes, a Citizen of the City of London and member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers, without children.
  * Thirdly to Mary Robinson, daughter of John Robinson, merchant, by whom he had three sons and four daughters as follows:
      + Sir Robert Napier, 2nd Baronet (c.1603 –1661), eldest son and heir.
      + Sir Richard Napier of Linford
      + Alexander Napier
      + Mary Napier, wife of General Sir Thomas Myddelton (1586 –1666) of Chirk Castle, Wales, a Parliamentarian commander during the Civil War.
      + Christiana Napier, wife of Sir Thomas Eversfield of Sussex.
      + Sarah Napier, wife of Sir Walter Leach (1599-pre-1637) of Cadeleigh, Devon, son and heir of Sir Simon Leach (1567–1638) of Cadeleigh, Sheriff of Devon in 1624.
      + Margaret Napier, wife of General Thomas Mytton (c.1597 –1656) of Halston, Shropshire, a Parliamentarian commander during the Civil War.
  * Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
  * Dictionary of National Biography
  * Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies (2nd edition, London: John Russell Smith, 1844)


Kleinwallstadt

Kleinwallstadt is a market community in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the like-named Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community).

Geography

Location

Kleinwallstadt lies in the Bavarian Lower Main (Bayerischer Untermain) Region.

The community has the following Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Hofstetten, Kleinwallstadt.

History

Kleinwallstadt was already settled quite early on. Archaeological finds from Hallstatt times bear witness to the prehistoric settlers. At a find in 1980, not only were some female skeletal remains unearthed, but also some lovely grave goods from Alamannic times (4th-5th century).

In Kleinwallstadt, then also known as Bischofswallstadt, which was converted to Christianity as early as the early 8th century, the Archbishop of Mainz established in 1023 a Vogtei and a tithe court over a great expanse of the Spessart (range). In the 12th and early 13th century, the Lords of Waldenberg were enfeoffed with the place. About 1185 they built a castle on a crag east of the community, but this had already been destroyed by the mid 13th century. (The remains of the Altes Schloss were explored by archaeologists in 2006 and 2007). From the 16th century, the Focke von Wallstadt family were resident in the community. Their seat, the “Ingelheimer Hof” next to the town hall, and all appurtenances passed in 1587 to the Echter von Mespelbrunn family, and thereafter to the Imperial Counts (Reichsgrafen) of Ingelheim.