Duple Metsec

A Duple Metsec-bodied Dennis Dragon operated by Citybus, Hong Kong. All but four of a total of 1649 Dennis Dragons/Condors built were bodied by Duple Metsec.

KMB's Dennis Trident 3 with Duple Metsec DM5000 body

SBS Transit's Dennis Trident 3 with Duple Metsec DM5000 body

SBS Transit's Dennis Dart with Duple Metsec body (Scrapped)

SBS Transit's Mercedes-Benz O405 with Duple Metsec body

SBS Transit's Volvo B10M Mark III with Duple Metsec body (Scrapped in mid-2012)

SBS Transit's Volvo B10M Mark IV with Duple Metsec body

SBS Transit's Volvo B10M Mark IV with Duple Metsec DM3500 body

Duple Metsec was a bus bodywork builder based in West Midlands of England in the United Kingdom. It usually supplied body kits for bus assembly overseas.

It was originated from the bus body manufacturing business of Metal Sections, known as TI Metsec in the late 1970s, the present day Voestalpine Metsec plc. Metal Sections, as the name suggests, produced prefabricated sections of metal for customers for a variety of products. In the early days, Metal Sections was not involved in the bus body business, however, after supplying framing sections for other bus body builders, they decided to get into the business themselves.

The business was acquired by Duple Coachbuilders in 1980/1981. Duple Metsec became a subsidiary of Hestair Group in 1983 and then subsidiary of Trinity Holdings in 1989.

When Duple Coachbuilders was closed by Trinity Holdings in 1989, Duple Metsec was not closed and its business was retained. In October 1998, it was acquired by Mayflower Corporation.

The factory of Duple Metsec was closed after the formation of TransBus International in 2001, And after that TransBus International still manufacture DM5000 body until 2002, than the previous Duple Metsec body department is merged with previous Walter Alexander Coachbuilders and Plaxton, which are also acquired by Transbus International, and finally Transbus International remerged into Alexander Dennis since 2004.


Duple Metsec

Duple Metsec "R" bodywork

The Duple Metsec "R" bodywork was built for various types of single-deckers including Volvo B10M for Singapore Bus Services from 1988 to 1995, and Mercedes-Benz O405.

Duple Metsec "W" bodywork

The Duple Metsec "W" bodywork was built for "full-front" double-deckers. Production of this bodywork was started by Metal Sections as early as the 1970s and it had been built on some exported Daimler/Leyland Fleetline and Leyland Atlantean for Hong Kong and Singapore, etc. In the late 1970s, the bodywork was modified with rubber mounted windows.

After the formation of Duple Metsec, this bodywork redesigned and had been built on Leyland Atlantean, Dennis Jubilant, Leyland Victory Mark 2, Dennis Dominator and almost all the Dennis Dragons/Condors (3-axle) built. Duple Metsec "W" bodywork was built until circa 1998.

Duple Metsec Dragons and Condors

The first Duple Metsec "W" bodywork built for Dennis Dragons/Condors was built in 1982, which was built on one Dennis Condor prototype with China Motor Bus (CMB), Hong Kong. But CMB finally chosen the complete MCW Metrobus to meet its demand of 3-axle buses. The "W" bodywork was modified and supplied to a number of Dennis Dragons for Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB), Hong Kong. After the MCW Metrobus ceased production in 1989, CMB began to receive Dennis Condors with Duple Metsec "W" bodywork.

In 1989, the first Duple Metsec "W" bodywork for air-conditioned Dennis Dragons/Condors was built on a prototype air-conditioned Dennis Dragon for KMB. The body pillars had been re-located and the air ducts for the air-conditioning system were fitted on the ceilings of both saloons, near the side windows. Subsequent non-air-conditioned "W" bodywork built also had similar body design and were supplied to CMB (one batch in the early 1990s), KMB and two batches for Africa.


Duple Metsec

CMB was the first to buy air-conditioned Dennis Condors with Duple Metsec "W" bodywork due to competition from Citybus and they specified gasket glazing with openings on side windows (the gasket glazing on the prototype air-conditioned Dennis Dragon for KMB had no openings on both sides). The specification of these remained the same for subsequent batches until the then chief engineer in 1996 managed to specify gasket glazing without opening vents in them. The order for the following year went further and specified bonded glazing and 2+2 seating.

KMB started to acquire air-conditioned Dennis Dragons with Duple Metsec "W" bodywork, after the first batch for CMB on Dennis Condor chassis. All had fixed bonded glazing. Starting from 1993, KMB also acquired the unique 9.98-metre Dragons with Duple Metsec "W" bodywork.

After Citybus took over 28 routes from China Motor Bus in 1993, they were looking to dual source their vehicles rather than solely rely on one supplier. Dennis Specialist Vehicles in partnership with Duple Metsec were the obvious if not only choice at that time as they were already supplying air-conditioned double deckers to the other two franchised operators. However Citybus had slightly different needs compared to the other two operators, and they also had no space or inclination to assemble their own vehicles. Duple Metsec therefore had to find a third party who would be willing to assemble their body kits on the Dennis Dragon chassis and eventually Salvador Caetano in Porto, Portugal were chosen. The bodies also had new fronts designed for them which would accommodate the same size of windscreens that were fitted to the Alexander R-type bodies in the Citybus fleet. The front dash and cab area were also quite different as Caetano applied their coach styling skills to design a better cab area. The Citybus Dragons were unique in being the only 10.3-metre single-door Dragons built, and the 12m Dragons were the first air-conditioned examples for Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited received four Dennis Dragons with Duple Metsec "W" bodywork in 1996. The body design was similar with Citybus examples.

Duple Metsec DM3500


Duple Metsec

Duple Metsec DM3500

Duple Metsec DM3500 was a bus body which was built for Volvo B10M for SBS Transit from 1997 to 2000.

Duple Metsec DM5000

Duple Metsec DM5000 was a bus body which was built for Dennis Trident 3. These buses operate with New World First Bus, Citybus, Kowloon Motor Bus of Hong Kong and SBS Transit of Singapore, etc. They are equipped with Cummins Euro II or Euro III engines and all of them are air conditioned.

Duple Metsec bodied two of the pre-production batch of Dennis Trident chassis for Citybus. One was finished as a normal service bus while the other was finished as a prototype airport coach. Both had non-standard interior colour schemes for Citybus to consider for their future orders.

Duple Metsec were quite proactive in working with Dennis Specialist Vehicles to develop a body for a short 10.6-metre version of the Dennis Trident, and they bodied the first two short Trident chassis. Along with the two original 12-metre prototypes, these buses were unique in being assembled by Duple Metsec themselves at their Birmingham premises. Normally Duple Metsec only produced body kits for assembly by either third parties or by the bus operators themselves. Later Duple Metsec also developed a 10.3-metre low height version for New World First Bus of Hong Kong.

After the transfer of production of DM5000 bodywork to Alexander factory in Falkirk, it was still offered on the left hand drive version of the Dennis Trident chassis. In 2001, when New World First Bus wanted to place a repeat order for their special low height Dennis Trident, TransBus offered to produce another batch of this Duple Metsec design to win the order. The TransBus batch is almost identical to the original Duple Metsec design, with the main difference being the fitment of circular indicator lights on the rear of the body, rather than the curved corner units used by Duple Metsec.

Production of the Duple Metsec DM5000 body continued until 2002.

  * Dennis Specialist Vehicles
  * Alexander Dennis
  * Metsec
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Edwin Hughes

Edwin Hughes may refer to:

  * Edwin Hughes (footballer) (1885-1949), Welsh footballer
  * Edwin Hughes (musician) (1884–1965), American pianist, teacher, music editor, and composer
  * Edwin Hughes (politician) (1832–1904), English solicitor and Conservative politician
  * Edwin Hughes (soldier) (1830–1927), last survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade
  * Edwin Holt Hughes (1866–1950), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
  * Hughes (surname)


Karatala Kamala Kamala Dala Nayana

Karatala Kamala Kamala Dala Nayana (Assamese: কৰতল কমল কমল দল নয়ন, "Thy palm is like the lotus; Thine eyes are like the lotus petals."Srimanta Sankardeva of Assam.

Writing

This poem is of great significance as it is one of the first writings by Sankardeva,Vaishnavite movement in Assam.

This poem was written by Sankardeva just after learning the Swarabarnas and the Byanjanbarnas.অ, i.e. o) following a consonant sound in a word in Assamese is denoted by a swarasihna, but it goes that since Sankardeva had not learnt them by the time of writing Karatala Kamala, the poem contains no swarasihnas.

Lyrics

In Assamese script

কৰতল কমল কমল দল নয়ন।
ভব দব দহন গহন-বন শয়ন ॥
নপৰ নপৰ পৰ সতৰত গময়।
সভয় মভয় ভয় মমহৰ সততয়॥
খৰতৰ বৰ শৰ হত দশ বদন।
খগচৰ নগধৰ ফনধৰ শয়ন॥
জগদঘ মপহৰ ভৱ ভয় তৰণ।
পৰ পদ লয় কৰ কমলজ নয়ন॥

In Latin script

Karatala kamala kamaladala nayana |
Bhavadava dahana gahana vana sayana ||
Napara napara para satarata gamaya |
Sabhaya mabhaya bhaya mamahara satataya ||
Kharatara varasara hatadasa vadana |
Khagachara nagadhara fanadhara sayana ||
Jagadagha mapahara bhavabhaya tarana |
Parapada layakara kamalaja nayana ||

English translation

LOTUS IN THINE PALM

Behold I the lotus in thine palms,

Lotus petal-like thy paired eye curves,

O extinguisher of all worldly pain,

O serene reposer in slumber garden!

Thou art -- from me -- never apart,

O ye super ego hiding in abyss!


Karatala Kamala Kamala Dala Nayana

O ye super ego hiding in abyss!

Forever thou dost clear -- anxieties and fear,

Giveth me solace and peace.

O the wielder of weapons potent and swift,

O the slayer of ten-headed demon in conflict,

O the rider of Garuda the giant,

O the lifter of Govardhana the mount,

Thou art shielded in thine eternal rest

By Shesha the coiling hooded serpent.

O my saviour from earthly strings,

O the dispeller of worldly sins,

I pray thee, O the lotus-eyed one,

O the giver of ultimate bliss.

  * Karatala Kamala on Youtube
  * Karatala Kamala on Assamese Wikisource


Nasciturus pro iam nato habetur, quotiens de commodis eius agitur is a Latin legal maxim that refers to a law that grants or protects the right of a fetus to inherit property. The maxim translates, "The unborn is deemed to have been born to the extent that his own benefits are concerned". "Nasciturus" literally translates to "one who is to be born" and refers to a conceived foetus: a living child who has not yet been born. Pursuant to the legal principle, the fetus is presumed to have been born for the purposes of inheritance. The principle was reified in Roman law and continues to be implemented today in most European nations, in the Americas (where the fetus is sometimes legally considered to be a person), and in South Africa.

When considered a legal exception, it is thought to apply exclusively for the purposes of inheritance and that conditions must be satisfied for it to be valid, primarily that the fetus has to be born.

Historical instances

Notable cases of the application of the maxim include the following monarchs:

John I, the short-lived, posthumous son of King Louis X, who inherited the throne of France in utero and, upon birth, he reigned for the five days of his post-natal life in 1316.

In 1439, king Albert II of Germany died and next year his son Ladislaus the Posthumous succeeded him in Bohemia and Austria. In 1444, he was proclaimed King in Hungary and Croatia after the interim King Vladislaus I Jagiellon died at the Battle of Varna. Germany went to Albert's second cousin, who became Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, due to its elective monarchy.

In 1650 and 1711, William II and John William Friso, Princes of Orange died before their sons and heirs William III and William IV were born.

When Victoria inherited the British throne in 1837, her proclamation of accession specified that she inherited it from her uncle "saving the rights of any issue of his late Majesty King William IV, which may be born of his late Majesty's consort, Queen Adelaide", because any such unborn progeny would have had a prior claim to the throne under primogeniture. They would have ipso facto displaced her as British monarch at birth.


In 1885, king Alfonso XII of Spain died And was provisionally succeeded by his daughter María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias until his wife's pregnancy turned out to be a boy, who became Alfonso XIII of Spain upon birth.

  * En ventre sa mere
  * Law of persons in South Africa


Orange ribbon

The orange ribbon is a symbol adopted for a very wide variety of uses in different places.

Worldwide

The orange ribbon is used for the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This is held in March and coincides with Australia's Harmony Day. The ribbon shows awareness of racial tolerance, or cultural diversity.

Orange ribbons raise awareness of malnutrition and its consequences.

It was recently used worldwide to promote awareness of self-harm on March 1, 2012. March 1 is designated as Self-injury Awareness Day (SIAD) around the world.awareness ribbon to encourage awareness of self-harm.

Multiple sclerosis and complex regional pain syndrome (formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) awareness both use orange ribbons.

Kidney cancer and leukaemia both use orange awareness ribbons.COPD Awareness Month.

Australia

In Australia, orange ribbons are worn annually on March 21 to support Harmony Day and the message of a harmonious multicultural society. First organized in 1996, by the next year the 'Orange Ribbon' was embraced by thousands of people across Australia and was worn by members of the all sides of politics at the 1997 Australia Day celebrations in capital cities Australia-wide.

Canada

See also: Orange Shirt Day

In Canada, orange ribbons are worn as an awareness ribbon symbolizes Addiction Recovery. The campaign was launched on October 1, 2004 by the non-profit group R.A.F.T. for their first “Walk for Recovery”. It has since been adopted by a number of other support groups who battle addictions.

In the province of New Brunswick in Canada, orange ribbons are worn in response to the New Brunswick government's plan to sell many of the assets of New Brunswick Power (NB Power) to Hydro-Québec. The ribbons serve many purposes including making the public aware of the proposed sale, and making the government aware of the public opposition to the deal.

After the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at residential schools across the country, orange ribbons have begun to signify acknowledgement of unmarked graves,

Human rights in Tibet


Orange ribbon

Human rights in Tibet

As part of the International Tibet Support Network, Friends of Tibet (NZ) and the Tibetan community will launch the ORANGE RIBBON Campaign 8 August 2008, which is the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympics. This is to remind China that we have not forgotten the illegal occupation of Tibet while China enjoys world attention.

“Light Candle4tibet and wearing of Orange Ribbon on Friday and during the term of the Olympics are reminders that, all is not as harmonious as China is promoting, and that the people of Tibet will not be forgotten “ said Thuten Kesang, the Chairman of Friends of Tibet (NZ).

Israel

In Israel, orange ribbons indicate opposition to the Israel "disengagement" plan of 2004 which involved withdrawal from the Gaza strip (blue ribbons indicate support).

Japan

In Japan, the orange ribbon is promoted as a symbol of Child Abuse Prevention. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has designated November as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Nigeria

In Nigeria the Orange Ribbon Initiative

Northern Ireland and UK

Orange ribbons are used in Northern Ireland (also known as Ulster) and some parts of the UK to show support for British rule in Northern Ireland, and loyalists who support it - in opposition to the unionists who want an end to British rule and for Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland to be united.Protestant religion, the Orange order and Orangemen, which derive their names from William of Orange, a former king of England.

Singapore

In Singapore, the orange ribbon is promoted as a symbol of racial and religious harmony, including friendship and kinship.

Sweden

In the 1920s, an orange ribbon was used for the national association of overallklubbar, clubs promoting a radical change in fashion meaning everyone should wear jumpsuits.

In Sweden, the orange ribbon was the common symbol for a change of government in the national election in September 2006. The orange ribbon is an initiative from the Young Conservatives, the Young Liberals, the Young Christian-Democrats and the Young Center.

Ukraine

It is a symbol of the Ukrainian Orange Revolution of 2004. The orange color denotes the color of the opposition party of Viktor Yushchenko.

United States


Orange ribbon

United States

In the United States, the orange ribbon has become a support color for:

  * Those affected by Leukemia, a type of cancer that affects blood cells. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society organizes awareness campaigns for leukemia during September. Leukemia accounts for 35% of all blood cancer diagnoses in the United States.
  * Infertility Awareness, USA National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) is an annual event during the last week of April.
  * Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), a rare lung disease
  * Gun violence protests
  * At-risk animal awareness. The orange ribbon has been officially registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as the Animal Guardian Ribbon. It was created in 2003 by Rational Animal, a nonprofit media animal advocacy group in conjunction with the Mayor's Alliance for New York City's Animals. At-risk animals are defined as those "non-human animals who suffer from neglect or abuse or whose very lives and well-being are in jeopardy".
  * Work zone safety awareness. A reflective orange ribbon is used by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation to promote awareness and to honor roadway construction workers who have died at work.
  * Multiple sclerosis awareness month. The month of March has unofficially been deemed multiple sclerosis awareness month and the color orange was widely adopted by the supporters. It was never officially announced as the color of choice by major organizations, like many other illnesses that use orange, but it is used by all members to express support and awareness.


Jobson's Luck

Jobson's Luck is a 1913 British comedy film, directed by H.O. Martinek and starring George Foley, Hal Charlton and M. Gray Murray.

Cast

  * George Foley - Jobson
  * Hal Charlton - Gilbert Fanshawe
  * M. Gray Murray - Mr. Fanshawe
  * Violet Graham - Girl
  * Lettie Paxton - Girl
  * Jobson's Luck at IMDb


Lady (album)

Lady is a compilation of songs from the band Styx's early recordings under the Wooden Nickel Records label. It is very similar to the contemporary Best of Styx compilation, consisting of the same tracks as that album (albeit in a different sequence) minus the song "Winner Take All", which does not appear on this album.

The album was also issued with different artwork and a new subtitle, Lady: ...Encore Collection.

Styx's second album, Styx II, was also temporarily released under the title "Lady", but that recording differs from this one.

Track listing

 1. "Lady" (Dennis DeYoung) – 2:56
 2. "Best Thing" (James Young, D. DeYoung) – 3:13
 3. "Southern Woman" (J. Young, R. Brandle) – 3:10
 4. "Man of Miracles" (J. Young, D. DeYoung, R. Brandle) – 4:55
 5. "You Need Love" (D. DeYoung) – 3:44
 6. "I'm Gonna Make You Feel It" (E. DeYoung) – 2:23
 7. "What Has Come Between Us" (Mark Gaddis) – 4:53
 8. "Rock & Roll Feeling" (J. Young, John Curulewski) – 3:02
 9. "The Grove of Eglantine" (D. DeYoung) – 5:00
10. "Witch Wolf" (J. Young, R. Brandle) – 3:57

Personnel

  * Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, vocals
  * James Young - guitar, vocals
  * John Curulewski - guitar, keyboards, vocals
  * Chuck Panozzo - bass
  * John Panozzo - drums


Leucophlebia muehlei

Leucophlebia muehlei is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Rwanda.


Nature's Garden

Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors (1900), republished as Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors (1901), is a book written by nature writer Neltje Blanchan and published by Doubleday, Page & Company.Sprengel's theory that orchids produce no nectar.Bird Neighbors, the photographs (by Henry Troth and A. R. Dugmore) were taken directly from nature.

Iris versicolor, one of the flowers described in the book.

In discussing the Larger Blue Flag (Iris versicolor), to take one example, Blanchan notes botanical characteristics of the flower, and a preference for marshes and wet meadows, but also quotes the poet John Ruskin, mentions anecdotes involving Napoleon, and continues by discussing the pollination process:

But even in the meadows of France Napoleon need not have looked far from the fleurs-de-lis growing there to find bees. Indeed, this gorgeous flower is thought by scientists to be all that it is for the bees' benefit, which, of course, is its own also. ... The large showy blossom cannot but attract the passing bee, whose favorite color (according to Sir John Lubbock) it waves. The bee alights on the convenient, spreading platform, and, guided by the dark veining and golden lines leading to the nectar, sips the delectable fluid shortly to be changed to honey. Now, as he raises his head and withdraws it from the nectary, he must rub it against the pollen-laden anther above, and some of the pollen necessarily falls on the visitor....

On publication, monthly journal The Plant World described the book as "charming in its language, instructive and entertaining in its descriptions, and above all, fascinating in its wealth of beautifully executed illustrations,"The New York Times wrote that "this kind of a popular flower book has long been wanting in America."

In 1917, Asa Don Dickinson reorganised and substantially adapted the book as Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. The original book was republished by the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation in 2002.


Nature's Garden

* Blanchan, Neltje (1916): Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors. HTML or TXT fulltext at Project Gutenberg
  * Blanchan, Neltje (1900): Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors. First edition from archive.org (includes full-color illustrations)


Dick Richards

For other uses, see Dick Richards (disambiguation).

Dick Richards (born 1936) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Known as a storyteller and an "actor’s director", Richards worked with Robert Mitchum, Gene Hackman, Martin Sheen, Blythe Danner, Catherine Deneuve, Alan Arkin, Wilford Brimley, and many others.

Career

Photography

Born and raised in New York, Richards rose to prominence during the 1960s advertising revolution, becoming a world-renowned photographer and commercial director with clients including Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, Polaroid, General Motors, Hertz, Pepsi, etc.

His celebrated advertising work won every major industry award including the Cannes Lion for best worldwide commercial, as well as multiple Clio’s and New York Art Director Awards. Pauline Kael referred to Richards as "a photographer who became a whiz at TV commercials [before directing movies]".

Film

After years in the New York commercial world, Richards moved to Hollywood and directed his first feature film, The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972), which was praised for its historical accuracy and period atmosphere. The film won Richards the WGA's Screen Writer's Annual Story Award and earned Jerry Bruckheimer his first film credit as associate producer.

After seeing his directorial debut, Universal Pictures producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown hired Richards to direct the film Jaws. They soon grew irritated by Richards's habit of describing the shark as a whale and dropped him from the project, replacing him with Steven Spielberg.

Richards' next film, Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975), starring Alan Arkin, McKenzie Phillips and Harry Dean Stanton, opened to positive reviews. In her book, Reeling, Pauline Kael calls Richards "A real southpaw" and said that, "Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins sneaks up on you-you discover it like a ‘sleeper.’ I found it a funny, velvety film, with the kind of tenderness you can almost feel on your fingertips."


Dick Richards

That same year Richards directed Robert Mitchum and Charlotte Rampling in the Raymond Chandler adaptation, Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Roger Ebert said the movie "Never steps wrong" and called it "a totally assured piece of work".Sylvia Miles earned a Best Supporting Actress Nomination. Sylvester Stallone also appears on screen in an early, pre-Rocky role. Film critic Rex Reed said, "Farewell, My Lovely is the kind of movie Humphrey Bogart would have stood in line to see."

Richards went on to direct the British war drama March or Die (1977), starring Gene Hackman, Catherine Deneuve, and Terence Hill; the horror film Death Valley (1982); an adaptation of Erich Segal’s book by the same name, Man, Woman, and Child (1983), starring Martin Sheen and Blythe Danner; and Heat (1986), starring Burt Reynolds.

In 1983 Richards won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Comedy for Tootsie (1982), which he optioned, developed and produced with Sydney Pollack. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards (including a Best Picture nomination for Richards and Pollack). Roger Ebert gave the film 4 out of 4 stars praised the film as "the kind of Movie with a capital M that they used to make in the 1940s, when they weren’t afraid to mix up absurdity with seriousness, social comment with farce, and a little heartfelt tenderness right in there with the laughs."United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Filmography

Year                 Title                             Director  Writer  Producer  Notes
1972                 The Culpepper Cattle Company      Yes       Yes     No        Also cinematographer
1975                 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins  Yes       No      No
Farewell, My Lovely  Yes                               No        No
1977                 March or Die                      Yes       Yes     Yes
1982                 Death Valley                      Yes       No      No
Tootsie              No                                No        Yes
1983                 Man, Woman and Child              Yes       No      No
1986                 Heat                              Yes       No      No        As R.M. Richards

Works cited

  * Brode, Douglas (1995). The Films of Steven Spielberg. New York: Carol Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8065-1951-7.
  * Dick Richards at IMDb
  * Personal website


Duplex aarviki

Duplex aarviki is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2008. It is known from north and north-west Sumatra, southern West Malaysia and south-western Thailand.

Adults have been found in February, June and July, suggesting multiple generations per year. The habitat consists of lowland forests.

The wingspan is 7.5-9.5 mm. The forewing is relatively narrow, with a bright, ovoid, yellow reniform stigma. All crosslines are present and black. The antemedial line is prominent, sharply angled subcostally, then slightly curving. The postmedial and subterminal lines are also prominent and slightly waved. The terminal line is marked by tight black interveinal spots. The hindwing is dark grey, without a discal spot. The underside of the forewing is dark grey and the underside of the hindwing is light grey, with a discal spot.

  * Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.


Kontan

Kontan (lit. 'Cash') is a business and financial regular publication in Indonesia published by PT Grahanusa Mediatama,Kompas Gramedia. Kontan consists of two distinct publications: daily newspaper (as Kontan) and weekly tabloid-kind newspaper (as Tabloid Kontan), as well as an online portal.

Kontan was first published on 30 September 1996 as a weekly newspaper, covering Astra International ownership at its front page.Kontan launched its e-paper version a year later.

  * Official website


Janie (2006 film)

JanieChristine Shin.Janie was selected as the 2005 Charles and Lucille King Finishing Fund.Janie was first released in the United States on February 26, 2006 as a part of the East Lansing Children's Film Festival, which is an offshoot of the East Lansing Film Festival. It stars Blaine Saunders, Tanner Maguire, Deborah Quayle, John Miailovich, and Katrina Feickert.

Synopsis

Janie, a 9-year-old girl, has a perfect life as an only daughter in a loving family. Her life, however, gets completely shattered when Ben, the little brother she never knew existed, unexpectedly shows up to live with her family.

Cast

  * Blaine Saunders as Janie
  * Tanner Maguire as Ben
  * Deborah Quayle as Grace
  * John Miailovich as Richard
  * Kabrina Feickert as Ben's Mother

Festivals and awards

Janie has received various awards and has been invited to screen at many festivals such as:


Janie (2006 film)

* Cine ser Para - Argentina (November 2009)
  * Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival - Israel (May 2008)
  * Monaco Charity Film Festival - Europe (May 2008)
  * Korean American Film Festival - New York (February 2008)
  * Pensacola International Film Festival (October 2007)
  * LA Femme Film Festival (October 2007)
  * Amador Film Festival (September 2007)
  * Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival (September 2007)
  * Riverside Multicultural Youth Festival (April 2007)
  * First Look Film Festival (April 2007)
  * Delray Beach Film Festival (March 2007)
  * Riverside International Film Festival (March 2007)
  * Big Muddy Film Festival (February 2007)
  * International Family Film Festival (February 2007) - FINALIST: Best Student Drama Category
  * Water Tower Screening at Warner Bros. Lot (December 2006)
  * Northampton Independent Film Festival (November 2006)
  * Ohio Independent Film Festival (November 2006)
  * New Voices Across the Pacific Screening at USC East Asian Studies Center (November 2006)
  * Heartland Film Festival (October 2006)
  * TV Premiere on KCET - 2006 Fine Cut Series (October 2006)
  * FAIF International Film Festival (October 2006)
  * Los Angeles Korean International Film Festival (September 2006)
  * Goyang International Children's Film Festival (September 2006)
  * Los Angeles International Short Film Festival (September 2006)
  * Danceswithfilms Festival (July 2006) - WINNER: Fusion Short Audience Award
  * KIDS FIRST! Film & Video Festival (July 2006)
  * Cine Golden Eagle Award - WINNER (July 2006)
  * Asian American International Film Festival (July 2006)
  * Danville International Children's Film Festival (May 2006) - WINNER: Best Short Award
  * Cannes Short Film Corner (May 2006)
  * USA Film Festival (May 2006) - FINALIST: National Short Film & Video Competition
  * Maryland Film Festival (May 2006)
  * VC FilmFest (May 2006)


Janie (2006 film)

* VC FilmFest (May 2006)
  * Rochester International Film Festival (May 2006)
  * Arizona International Film Festival (April 2006) - SELECTED: BEST OF FEST
  * Newport Beach Film Festival (April 2006)
  * Worldfest Houston Independent Film Festival (April 2006) - WINNER: Gold Remi Award in Short Film for Family & Children Category
  * Palm Beach International Film Festival (April 2006)
  * Tiburon International Film Festival (March 2006)
  * East Lansing Children's Film Festival (February 2006)
  * Cinequest Online - Viewers' Voice (February 2006)
  * Clermond-Ferrand Short Film Market (February 2006)
  * The Caucus for Television Producers, Writers, & Directors Foundation Grant - WINNER (January 2006)
  * Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Grant - WINNER (August 2005)
  * Fotokem Student Filmmaker Grant - WINNER (September 2004)
  * Janie at IMDb
  * Janie official website


Naschenweng

Naschenweng is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  * Katharina Naschenweng (born 1997), Austrian footballer
  * Melissa Naschenweng (born 1990), Austrian singer and musician


Orange production in Brazil

Orange in Avaré

Brazil is a major producer of oranges,Portuguese around 1530.

Production

Orange in Avaré

According to the statistical database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 702,200 hectares of oranges were harvested in 2013; this is down from 836,041 hectares in 2003.

Brazil is also the world's largest exporter of orange juice.United States Department of Agriculture, the country shipped 1.2 million metric tons of orange juice in 2012—twelve times more than the United States, the world's 2nd-largest exporter.

In 2013, it was reported that many Brazilian orange-growers were giving up on oranges and other citrus fruits and turning instead to sugarcane and other crops.bumper crops in Brazil during the two previous growing seasons, which increased global supply and led to a 31% decline in world market prices.

The state of São Paulo is the biggest producer in Brazil.orange. São Paulo production is equivalent to 78% of Brazilian production of 17,073,593 tons, exceeds the production of China (2nd largest orange producer in the world) of 2019 (which was 10,435,719 tons) and was equivalent to 16.84% of world production of orange in the same year (78,699,604 tons). Other states that are large orange producers are Minas Gerais (989,032 tons), Paraná (694,424 tons), Bahia (574,211 tons) and Sergipe (364,766 tons).

Three Brazilian companies dominate the orange-juice export market: Citrosuco SA Agroindústria, Sucocitrico Cutrale Ltda, and Louis Dreyfus Commodities Brasil SA.

According to the Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics at the University of São Paulo, the average price per box of oranges offered by industrial buyers in Brazil fell almost 60% from January 2007 to May 2013, from 15.46 Brazilian reals to 6.50 Brazilian reals.

Human rights violations

A recurrent issue in agricultural large-scale production are human rights violations, in which the orange sector has been involved as well.


Orange production in Brazil

In 2015 for example, the German NGO Christliche Initiative Romero and Austrian NGO Global 2000 reported that workers on a plantation in Brazil supplying orange juice giant Cutrale had not been paid for several weeks. Furthermore, the debts of the workers were increasing daily due to the high costs they were being charged for transport to the plantation, accommodation and food, which was provided by the local labour contractor at extortionate prices. The workers were thus unable to leave the plantation as they were heavily indebted to the contractor and could not afford the bus journey back home.

The authors of the report call this a modern system of slavery and they are not alone in doing so. The Brazilian Ministry of Labour and Employment itself has put Cutrale on their “dirty list” of slave labour.Louis Dreyfus Company and 50 times for Citrosuco the other two big orange juice traders. Some probes have also resulted in lawsuits and others in settlements. For example, in March 2014 a tribunal ordered Cutrale and two other companies to pay 113 million reais (USD 43 million) in penalties and to stop irregular subcontracting of orange pickers.


Jobu Morita

Jobu Morita (森田 丈武, Morita Jōbu, born November 29, 1980) is a former baseball utility player who played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball from 2009 to 2011.

Morita attended Yamanashi Gakuindai Fuzoku High School. Before playing professionally in Japan, Morita played for the Elmira Pioneers of the independent Northeast League in 2004, hitting .271 with 55 hits in 68 games. He returned to Elmira - now of the Can-Am Association - for 2005, and hit .263 with 65 hits in 71 games. During his time with Elmira, he played all over the diamond, but spent considerable time at second base and in the outfield. Overall, he hit .267 with 120 hits in 139 games.

He joined the Kagawa Olive Guyners of the independent Shikoku-Kyūshū Island League in 2006, where he remained through 2008. The Golden Eagles took him as their first pick in the 2008 developmental draft. He made his NPB debut in 2009, hitting .300 with 6 hits (including 4 doubles) in 9 games. He played a total of four games with the Golden Eagles in 2010 and 2011 and went hitless in 7 at-bats. Overall, he hit .222 with 6 hits in 13 games.


Electromechanical coupling coefficient

The electromechanical coupling coefficient is a numerical measure of the conversion efficiency between electrical and acoustic energy in piezoelectric materials.

Qualitatively the electromechanical coupling coefficient, k, can be described as:

[{\displaystyle k^{-2}={\frac {1}{\mbox{ energy converted per input energy}}}}]
  * "Electromechanical coupling coefficient". Medcyclopaedia. GE. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04.
  * Vilnius University, Laboratory of Physical Acoustics


Ernst Bergmann

Ernst Bergmann may refer to:

  * Ernst David Bergmann (1903–1975), father of the Israeli nuclear program
  * Ernst Bergmann (philosopher) (1881–1945), German philosopher and supporter of Nazism
  * Ernst von Bergmann (1836–1907), German surgeon


Nature's Gentleman

Nature's Gentleman is a 1918 British silent romance film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring James Knight, Madge Stuart and Arthur M. Cullin.

Cast

  * James Knight as James Davis
  * Madge Stuart as Lady Harcourt
  * Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Herbert Waring
  * Cameron Carr
  * Frank Petley
  * Edna Moore
  * Frank Gerrard
  * Diane Moncrieff
  * Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film 1914-1918. Routledge, 2005.
  * Nature's Gentleman at IMDb


Dick Radatz

Richard Raymond Radatz (April 2, 1937 – March 16, 2005) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "The Monster", the 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), 230 lb (100 kg) right-hander had a scorching but short-lived period of dominance for the Boston Red Sox in the early 1960s. He got his nickname by striking out several New York Yankees in a row at a game in Fenway Park in 1963.

Early years

Born in Detroit, Radatz attended Berkley High School. He was a star basketball and baseball player at Michigan State University before signing with the Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1959.starting pitcher when he began his professional career, Radatz compiled a 16–10 record and 3.48 earned run average in his first two seasons in the Red Sox farm system.

A sore arm led Seattle Rainiers manager Johnny Pesky to convert him into a reliever in 1961 against Radatz's will.spring training the following season as a non-roster invitee.

Sporting News "Fireman of the Year"

Radatz was immediately dominant at the major league level, as he pitched 18.1 innings and recorded six saves before surrendering his first earned run on May 15, 1962 against the Yankees (a game which the Red Sox won, and Radatz earned his seventh save).American League in saves (24), games (62) and relief wins (9), while posting a 2.24 ERA in 124.2 innings his rookie season, earning the AL's Fireman of the Year by The Sporting News.

Yankee manager Ralph Houk, who said, "For two seasons, I've never seen a better pitcher,"1963 AL All-Star squad after a 33 scoreless inning streak saw his ERA dip to 0.88 on June 14. He gave up one earned run in two innings pitched, but impressed with strikeouts of Willie Mays, Dick Groat, Duke Snider, Willie McCovey and Julián Javier.


Dick Radatz

The Red Sox toyed with the idea of converting Radatz back into a starter for the 1964 season.bullpen, and earned his second Fireman of the Year award in 1964 for his league-leading 29 saves with 16 wins and a 2.29 ERA in 79 games. Most notably, he fanned 181 batters in 157 innings, setting a record that still stands for most strikeouts by a relief pitcher in a single season.All-Star Game pitching staff again in 1964, and struck out the first two batters he faced when he entered the game in the eighth inning. He was, however, unable to hold onto the AL's 4–3 lead, as he surrendered four runs in the ninth, including a game ending three-run home run by Johnny Callison.

Boston Red Sox

Radatz, circa 1965

Radatz got off to a poor start to the 1965 season, blowing three save opportunities and posting a 7.54 ERA through May 14.Kansas City Athletics' Jesse Hickman on June 5, 1965.Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1997.

Radatz was mentioned in trade rumors with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves and Minnesota Twins during the off-season, but eventually returned to the Red Sox. He was 0–2 with a 4.74 ERA before being dealt to the Cleveland Indians on June 2 for Don McMahon and Lee Stange.

Overall with Boston, Radatz saved 104 games (a team record later broken by Bob Stanley) with a 49–34 record and 646 strikeouts in 576.1 innings pitched. With the other four teams, he went only 6–20 with 26 saves in 117.2 innings.

Cleveland Indians

Radatz went 0–3 with a 4.61 ERA in Cleveland. He earned a combined 14 saves between his two teams in 1966, marking the first time in his career he failed to reach 20. He also failed to win a game as he ended the season with an 0–5 record.

Chicago Cubs


Dick Radatz

Chicago Cubs

Nine games into the 1967 season, Radatz was dealt to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. On June 9, Radatz pitched a scoreless ninth inning against the New York Mets at Wrigley Field to earn his first career win since September 14, 1965.hits, 23 walks and hit five batters. He was sent down to the minors to work on his control, but was unable to regain it. In 34 innings pitched in the minors, Radatz surrendered 25 hits and 40 walks and hit eight batters.

Detroit Tigers

The Cubs released Radatz during spring training of 1968. He signed with his hometown Detroit Tigers shortly afterwards, and spent the 1968 season with their Triple A affiliate Toledo Mud Hens.Montreal Expos at the June 15 trade deadline.

Later life

After leaving the game, Radatz worked at a number of jobs, had his own weekly radio show, and was a frequent guest on other sports talk radio shows. Radatz frequently suggested that contemporary relievers weren't durable enough and that his own experience was that when he didn't get used as much, he lost his edge. A resident of Farmington Hills, Michigan, Radatz moved back to the Greater Boston area in 1984, living in Easton, Massachusetts, where former teammate Jerry Moses had found him a job at a corrugated packaging company, Triple P Packaging. "I felt I had formed a love affair with this town, that I was appreciated by the fans here." Before his death in 2005, Radatz worked as pitching coach for the North Shore Spirit, an independent league team based in Lynn, Massachusetts. The team was managed by former Red Sox infielder John Kennedy who was expecting Radatz to return for the 2005 season.

Radatz died on March 16, 2005, after falling down a flight of stairs at his home in Easton, Massachusetts.

  * List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders
  * Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
  * Dick Radatz at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
  * Dick Radatz Archived 2020-02-05 at the Wayback Machine at The Deadball Era
  * Dick Radatz at Find a Grave


Duplantier

Duplantier is a surname. People with the surname include:

  * Adrian G. Duplantier (1929–2007), United States District Judge
  * Armand Duplantier (1753–1827), French cavalry officer in the American Revolutionary War
  * Joe Duplantier (born 1976), French-American musician
  * Jon Duplantier (born 1994), American baseball player
  * Mario Duplantier (born 1981), French-American musician, brother of Joe


Konthoujam (disambiguation)

Konthoujam may refer to:

  * Konthoujam, a Meitei ethnic family name
  * Konthoujam Tampha Lairembi, a Meitei goddess
      + Konthoujam Lairembi Stone Inscription, a stone inscription in the sacred place of the goddess
  * Konthoujam Assembly constituency, a Legislative Assembly constituency in Manipur State, India


Diamond Crowned Queen

"Diamond Crowned Queen" is a song recorded by American drag queen Raja, which was released on May 3, 2011, through the record label Citrusonic Flavor Recordings. This was shortly after he was crowned winner of the third season of the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race. Raja and Anthony Garza wrote the single in collaboration with its producers Eddie Amador and Josh Peace. Raja said that he recorded the song due to the close connection between drag and music and his desire to experiment in the medium. Backed by an electronic beat, it is a neo-pop track with lyrics revolving around sexuality. The song was noted by music critics for its combination of pop music, techno, and electro music.

Critical response to "Diamond Crowned Queen" was mixed. Although its composition divided music critics, these commentators generally agreed that the song is one of the better tracks released by a RuPaul's Drag Race alumni. The single peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart, making Raja the only RuPaul's Drag Race season three contestant to appear on a Billboard chart. Austin Young directed the song's music video, which featured Raja in various outfits both in and out of drag. American drag queen Raven makes a cameo appearance in the video. It received positive attention from media commentators for its style and Raven's inclusion. To further promote the single, two remix extended plays (EPs) were released and Raja performed it on the RuPaul's Drag Race tour.

Background and composition

After winning the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race,Raja released his debut single "Diamond Crowned Queen" on May 3, 2011, through the record label Citrusonic Flavor Recordings.Disc jockeys Eddie Amador and Josh Peace produced the three-minute, 51-second track,electronic beat.

Raja said that he recorded a single as he felt that music was closely connected to drag, explaining: "[I]n this day and age, it’s like everybody has to put out a song. It’s kind of the next step: You were on a reality show, now you have to put out a song." He said that he felt a personal connection with the recording process as he had "[his] own soundtrack to [his] life that [he] play[s] everyday".


Diamond Crowned Queen

Adem Ali of Forté Magazine identified the song, along with Raja's subsequent releases, as exemplifying the singer's "blend of club-kid neo-pop" combining elements of pop, techno, and electro music.electro house and disco.electronics.Rolling Stone's Lyndsey Parker described Raja's vocal performance as a "whole lot of groaning",Bustle's Anneliese Cooper classified it as an example of "crazy shit shouted to a beat".chorus, Raja sings "Follow me, follow me, I’m a diamond crowned queen. Come with me, to my pretty, pretty palace, Gonna lick on your trigger, every inch will make you quiver."

Reception

"Diamond Crowned Queen" received mixed reviews from music critics on its release. Lyndsey Parker listed it as one of the eight listenable singles by a RuPaul's Drag Race contestant, describing it as "a deliciously trashy track". Comparing the song to The Normal's "Warm Leatherette" (1978), Parker wrote that "Diamond Crowned Queen" contained elements of "'70s sleazefeasts [...] '80s industrial, and mid-'90s house music".Yahoo! Music, Parker included the single on her list of the seven "actually great singles" by RuPaul's Drag Race contestants.

Several media commentators were divided on the single's composition. In his review of Raja's entire music catalog, Adem Ali observed that his sound was "an acquired taste".MuuMuse wrote that the song was too "erratic for [his] taste", but was more positive to the remix done by Prince Vince. Stern described the remix as "nothing but pure sweat and sex (for dinner!)".Dallas Voice's Rich Lopez wrote that the song lacked a strong or memorable hook, but appreciated Raja's decision to experiment with music. He compared it to the early work of Nine Inch Nails and Jeffree Star.BuzzFeed described the single as "unexpectedly more gothic" than fellow drag queen Sharon Needles' music and "club-friendly", but criticized the lyrics as a "hodgepodge of boasts". of NewNowNext.com, who felt it suffered from a "sludgy club beat".


Diamond Crowned Queen

"Diamond Crowned Queen" debuted at number fifty on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart on the week of July 2, 2011.RuPaul's Drag Race season three contestant to appear on a Billboard chart.

Promotion and music video

[Two men with plastic pink wigs embrace one another. The man on the right is whispering into the left man's ear. The left man is mostly shirtless, except for some straps.]

The cameo appearance from Raven (pictured on the left) was praised by critics.

During a press release after the single's debut, Raja said that he planned to perform it while serving as a headliner on the RuPaul's Drag Race tour.remix extended plays (EPs) were released on June 28, 2011, and July 12, 2011.

A music video, directed by Austin Young, for the original version of the song premiered on June 17, 2011.Raven.

The music video received mostly positive feedback from media commentators. Patrick of Homorazzi.com described the video as a mixture of Lady Gaga, Marilyn Manson, and singer Peter Breeze. as one of the three fiercest releases by a RuPaul's Drag Race contestant, describing Raja's fashion as "slutty-fabulous". He commended Raja for "challenging us to look, to lust, and then deal with it when shit gets crazy".

Raven's cameo appearance was identified as one of the music video's highlights by Jjannise of Out and a writer from Queer Me Up.Out felt both repulsed and attracted by the image of Raven "[p]ainted like Raja's Leather Drag Barbie twin and gazing blankly at the camera".

Track listings

Digital download
No.  Title                               Length
1.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Original)  3:51


Diamond Crowned Queen

Remixes, Pt. 1
No.  Title                                                         Length
1.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (DJ Irene Sex Express Remix)          8:19
2.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Ian Nieman Club)                     6:07
3.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Prince Vince Remix)                  5:46
4.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Timmy Loop's Night Disco Remix)      5:04
5.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Automatic Panic Crowned King Remix)  6:22
6.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Tom Napack Club)                     6:59
7.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (IGomi Remix)                         4:46
8.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Prince Vince Edit)                   4:32
9.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Tom Napack Radio)                    3:39

Remixes, Pt. 2
No.  Title                                                       Length
1.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Josh Peace Remix)                  5:52
2.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Eddie Amador's QueenWurk Dub)      8:05
3.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Casey Alva Vox Dub)                7:08
4.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Automatic Panic Crowned King Dub)  6:30
5.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (DJ Irene Long Live The Queen Dub)  6:51
6.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Gomi Dub)                          4:46
7.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Ian Nieman Dub)                    6:13
8.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Prince Vince Dub Mix)              6:25
9.   "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Tom Napack Dub)                    7:02
10.  "Diamond Crowned Queen" (Tommy Loop's Prime Rib Dub)        5:18

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from a PR Newswire article on "Diamond Crown Queen".

Management
  * Citrusonic Flavor Recordings
Personnel
  * Lyrics By – Raja, Anthony Garza, Eddie Amador, Josh Peace
  * Produced By – Eddie Amador, Josh Peace

Charts

Chart (2011)                         Peak
                                     position
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)  35

  * Raja – "Diamond Crowned Queen" music video on YouTube


Grant table

A grant table is an interface which grants access to memory pages to Virtual Machines that do not own the pages.Xen hypervisor.

Applications

Grant tables are generally used in inter-virtual machine communication, when one of the communicating VM's requires pages owned by the other VM.


Isostyla biquadrata

Isostyla biquadrata is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1918. It is found in central Colombia.

  * 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. doi:10.1206/321.1. hdl:2246/5978. S2CID 86824329.


Joburg Art Fair

Joburg Art Fair 2008

Joburg Art Fair 2008, Gallery MOMO and SMAC stands on the right

Goodman Gallery stands at Joburg Art Fair 2008

Joburg Art Fair is a contemporary art fair held annually in Johannesburg, South Africa. The first show took place from 13 to 16 March 2008.

The Joburg Art Fair which is sponsored by First National Bank aims to address the gap between prices attained by living African artists behind those from developed countries and Asian emerging markets. FNB's aim is to bring contemporary art to a broader, upper-income local market, including black business people with new-found wealth.

Joburg Art Fair 2008

The 2008 event, which was the first of its kind in Africa, included 22 galleries from Africa, Europe and North America, showing work by contemporary, predominantly African, artists.

The first Joburg Art Fair was held in the Sandton Convention Centre and covered a total area of 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft). The fair represented the single largest collection of African and South African contemporary art for sale thus far.Zwelethu Mthethwa, William Kentridge, Guy Tillim, David Goldblatt, Peter Hugo, Minnette Vári and Moshekwa Langa.

Participating Galleries included:

  * Johannesburg, South Africa: Goodman-gallery, Everard Read-gallery, David Krut, Warren Siebrits, Art on Paper, Rooke-gallery, Gallery MOMO, Art Extra.
  * Cape Town and Stellenbosch South Africa: Joao Ferreira-gallery, Michael Stevenson, SMAC, Whatiftheworld, Bell Roberts.
  * Cairo, Egypt: Townhouse-gallery
  * Rabat, Morocco: L’Appartement 22
  * Addis Abeba, Ethiopia: ASNI -gallery
  * Strasbourg, France: Gallery Ames d’Afrique
  * New York City, United States: Jack Shainman, Perry Rubenstein
  * London, United Kingdom: October Gallery

The fair included a show curated by Simon Njami from artists throughout Africa who are not represented by galleries on the fair. Njami had previously acted as chief curator of the Africa Remix exhibition and the Africa pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale.

Joburg Art Fair 2009


Joburg Art Fair

Joburg Art Fair 2009

The second Joburg Art Fair is scheduled for 3 – 5 April 2009. Twenty-four galleries will participate in the 2009 fair, including two new South African galleries (Afronova and iart) and four new international galleries (Seippel Gallery; Galerie Beatrice Binoche; Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos and Emerging World Art).

The galleries that will take part in 2009 are: Gallery MOMO, Galerie Ames d’Afrique, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Goodman Gallery, David Krut Projects, Art on Paper Gallery, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Whatiftheworld, October Gallery, Seippel Gallery, Warren Siebrits, Michael Stevenson, Brodie/Stevenson, CCA Lagos, Everard Read, SMAC, KZNSA, Rooke Gallery, iArt, Erdmann Contemporary, Afronova, Townhouse Gallery, ARTCO, Galeriebeatricebinoche, Emerging World Art.

The Featured Artist for 2009 will be Jane Alexander exhibiting Security, an installation originally commissioned for the 27th São Paulo Biennale and hosted by the Gordon Schachat collection.


Electromagnetism uniqueness theorem

The electromagnetism uniqueness theorem states the uniqueness (but not necessarily the existence) of a solution to Maxwell's equations, if the boundary conditions provided satisfy the following requirements:

 1. At [t=0], the initial values of all fields (E, H, B and D) everywhere (in the entire volume considered) is specified;
 2. For all times (of consideration), the component of either the electric field E or the magnetic field H tangential to the boundary surface ([{\displaystyle {\hat {n}}\times \mathbf {E} }] or [{\displaystyle {\hat {n}}\times \mathbf {H} }], where [{\hat {n}}] is the normal vector at a point on the boundary surface) is specified.

Note that this theorem must not be misunderstood as that providing boundary conditions (or the field solution itself) uniquely fixes a source distribution, when the source distribution is outside of the volume specified in the initial condition. One example is that the field outside a uniformly charged sphere may also be produced by a point charge placed at the center of the sphere instead, i.e. the source needed to produce such field at a boundary outside the sphere is not unique.

  * Maxwell's equations
  * Green's function
  * Surface equivalence principle
  * Uniqueness theorem
  * L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz (1975). The Classical Theory of Fields. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). Butterworth–Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-7506-2768-9.
  * J. D. Jackson (1998). Classical Electrodynamics (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-30932-1.
Specific


Ernst Beetschen

Ernst Beetschen (born 4 September 1953) is a Swiss skier. He competed in the Nordic combined event at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

  * Ernst Beetschen at FIS (Nordic combined)
  * Ernst Beetschen at Olympedia


Nature's Best (disambiguation)

Nature's Best is the name of various music releases:

  * Nature's Best - a compilation album of the top 30 New Zealand songs of the APRA 75th anniversary Top 100 New Zealand songs list, released 14 January 2002. Often referred to as Nature's Best 1.
  * Nature's Best 2 - a compilation album of the songs numbers 31-65 of the top 100 songs list, released 4 October 2002
  * Nature's Best 3 - a compilation album of the songs numbers 66-100 of the top 100 songs list, released 12 May 2003
  * Nature's Best DVD - a compilation DVD of music videos to sixty songs from the Nature's Best albums, released 22 March 2004
  * Nature's Best Box Set - a limited-edition box set release of the above three albums and DVD, released 29 November 2005
  * More Nature - a compilation album of twenty notable New Zealand songs more recent than the APRA 75th anniversary list, released 25 January 2006


Dick Reynolds (politician)

Richard Floyd Reynolds (September 21, 1927 – February 17, 2014) was an American politician.

Life

Born in Flint, Ohio, Reynolds served in the United States Army. Reynolds moved to Richardson, Texas in 1960. He served on the Richardson City Council. Reynolds then served in the Texas House of Representatives, as a Republican, from 1974 to 1977.

Death

Reynolds died in Fort Worth, Texas.Texas State Cemetery, Section:Patriots' Hill, Section 2 (A) Row:F Number:6. He was preceded in death by a son, Christopher. He is survived by his wife, Donna Reynolds; six children, Brad Reynolds of Austin, Guy Reynolds of Dallas, Jack Reynolds of Frisco, Eric Reynolds of Mansfield, Ann Marie of Boulder, Colo., and Holly Job of Stephenville; 11 grandchildren; brother, Jack Reynolds of Canal Winchester, Ohio; and sister, Marilyn Lawless Worthington, Ohio.


Liaoxia station

Liaoxia Station (Chinese: 寮厦站) is a metro station in Dongguan, China. It opened on 27 May 2016.

Station platform

Ground level
              Entrance

(B1)                                          Hall                                               Vending machine, Customer service
(B2)                                                                                ← Line 2 toward Dongguan railway station (Chenwu)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
                                              → Line 2 toward Humen railway station (Shanmei) →


Kontigi

Side view of a kontigi. The lute has a elongated or oval half-calabash soundbox. It is small, about 12 inches long, with a high pitch.

A kontigi or kuntigi is a one-stringed African lute played by the Hausa, Songhai and Djerma.teharden is used among the Tamashek.

The instrument is used in Hausa music, primarily in northern Nigeria and Niger,Hausa minorities in Benin, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Cameroon. It is also found among Islamized peoples throughout West Africa (see Xalam). The best-known player of the kontigi is Dan Maraya.

Characteristics

Kontigi, bottom row, third from left.

The instrument uses a calabash gourd as the body of the instrument, covered by skin, with a stick for a neck.

Performance

The instrument is used to perform "praise songs" by professional musicians or by Griots in Nigeria.Dan Maraya, who recorded albums.

Sample recordings

  * Kidan Kashewa by Dan Maraya Jos
  * Wakar Keren Mota III by Dan Maraya Jos
  * Page with photo of Dan Maraya holding a kontigi. Maraya was well known for playing the instrument and recorded albums.
  * Dan Maraya holding a kontigi


Diamond Cut (Tia Fuller album)

Diamond Cut is an album by Tia Fuller,

Track listing

No.            Title                            Music                               Length
1.             "In the Trenches"                Tia Fuller                          6:18
2.             "Save Your Love for Me"          Buddy Johnson, arr. by Warren Wolf  5:40
3.             "I Love You"                     Cole Porter, arr. by Tia Fuller     6:22
4.             "Queen Intuition"                Tia Fuller                          6:01
5.             "Joe'n Around"                   Tia Fuller                          4:15
6.             "Crowns of Grey"                 Tia Fuller                          5:55
7.             "The Coming"                     Tia Fuller                          6:59
8.             "Soul Eyes"                      Mal Waldron, arr. by Tia Fuller     5:40
9.             "Delight"                        Tia Fuller                          5:02
10.            "Fury of Da'mond"                Tia Fuller                          4:00
11.            "Tears of Santa Barbara"         Tia Fuller                          4:25
12.            "Joe'n Around" (Alternate Take)  Tia Fuller                          3:07
Total length:  1:03:44


Grant Young

Grant Young may refer to:

  * Grant Young (footballer) (born 1971), New Zealand international association football player
  * Grant Young (musician) (born 1964), drummer with Soul Asylum
  * Grant Young (rugby league) (born 1970), New Zealand rugby league player


Isostyla zetila

Isostyla zetila is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1870. It is found from Costa Rica north to Guatemala.

  * 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.


Penrose Pegasus

The Penrose Pegasus was a 1930s high-wing, single-seat, wooden glider from the UK. Designed, built and flown by Harald Penrose until the start of World War II, only one was built at the time though a reproduction was constructed in the 1990s.

Design and development

In 1932 Penrose, Chief Test Pilot at Westland Aircraft from 1931–53, ft 6 in (3.81 m) long in order for it to leave the workshop.

The wing of the Pegasus had the same spar and planform as the unbuilt Cloudcraft Junior. It was constructed around a single box spar of spruce and plywood and had three sections, a parallel-chord centre section and two slightly longer, tapered outer panels with ailerons along the whole of their trailing edges. It was fabric covered and braced with lift struts to the lower fuselage longerons. Both rudder and elevator were all-moving surfaces, fabric covered and with rounded trailing edges. The rudder extended to the lower fuselage so the elevator, mounted on the upper fuselage, had a cut-out to allow its movement.

The Pegasus had a rectangular-section, ply-covered fuselage, which tapered towards the tail. The wing was braced above the fuselage by the struts and the open, unscreened cockpit was under the leading edge; fabric-covered, inverted V-shaped decking tapered from the lower wing surface rearwards. There was a short, curved landing skid fixed at the nose and joined to the lower longerons at the same point as the lift struts by a V-form pair of telescopic compression struts. Initially the Pegasus had a tailskid but flight trials showed that both skids were easily broken, so the main skid was replaced with a stiffer one and the tailskid by a rubber tailwheel.

Operational history

The Pegasus flew for the first time in 1935 and gained its British Gliding Association certificate of airworthiness no. BGA 232. Early test flights with the improved undercarriage were made in July and August at Maiden Newton, home of the Dorset Gliding Club.Sutton Bank in late August 1935 as no.20.Kimmeridge, on the Dorset coast, at weekends.World War II and afterwards underwent modifications, never completed, to enlarge the cockpit. This, the only example built, was later burnt.


Penrose Pegasus

A reproduction of the Pegasus, called the Pegasus 2, flew in 1993 and is now on display at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum.

Specifications

Data from British Gliders and Sailplanes 1922-1970

General characteristics

  * Length: 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
  * Wingspan: 34 ft 4 in (10.47 m)
  * Wing area: 91.8 sq ft (8.53 m2)
  * Aspect ratio: 13
  * Airfoil: Modified Göttingen 535
  * Empty weight: 135 lb (61 kg)
  * Gross weight: 275 lb (125 kg)

Performance

  * Rate of sink: 162 ft/min (0.82 m/s) minimum
  * Lift-to-drag: 20.5 maximum
  * Wing loading: 3.0 lb/sq ft (15 kg/m2)

  * Göttingen 535 airfoil


Lea Thau

Lea Thau (born 1971) is a Peabody Award-winning producer and director. She is the host and producer of the podcast Strangers and the former Executive and Creative Director of The Moth.

Biography

Originally from Aarhus, Denmark, Thau moved to Paris at the age of 18, and then to New York at the age of 23 as a visiting scholar in Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

While living in New York as a graduate student, Thau discovered the then-fledgling live storytelling show The Moth. She began working for the organization in 2000 as a part-time employee, starting the organization's Community Outreach Program.Moth Podcast in 2008 and The Moth Radio Hour in 2009 with a broadcast launch to more than 70 public radio stations.

In 2011, Thau created the podcast Strangers, which she describes as "stories about people we meet, the connections we make, the heartbreaks we suffer, the kindness we encounter, and the frightful moments when we discover we aren't even who we thought we were".Strangers was started with the support of KCRW's Independent Producer Project in 2012, and it joined the Radiotopia podcast network in 2014.Radiotopia in December, 2017, to go independent.

Thau lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Awards and honors

  * In 2014, Slate included Strangers on its "25 Best Podcast Episodes Ever" list.
  * In 2014, Los Angeles named Strangers one of its "15 Podcasts to Add to Your Permanent Playlist"
  * In 2015, Strangers won the Public Radio March Madness Bracket Contest, beating out shows such as This American Life and Radiolab.


Limbuda

Limbuda is a village in Junagdh District in the state of Gujarat, India. As of 2001 India census,

Temples in Limbuda

1. VEER VACHHRAJ TEMPLE

2. Navneet Priyaji's Haveli

3. Mahaprabhuji's Bethak

4. Hanuman Temple

5. Gadheshwari-Limboshwari Mataji Temple

6. Swaminarayan Temple

7. Anandashram (Nathuram Sharma's)

8. Shiva temple

9. Fuletra Patel Samaj

10. Trambdiya Patel Samaj

11.Madan Mohanji's Haveli (Ram Mandir-Choro)

Gallery

  * [Madan Mohanji's Haveli, Limbuda]
    Madan Mohanji's Haveli, Limbuda
  * [Shiva Temple, Limbuda]
    Shiva Temple, Limbuda
  * [Gadheshwari-Limboshwari (Limbodi) Mataji Temple, Limbuda]
    Gadheshwari-Limboshwari (Limbodi) Mataji Temple, Limbuda
  * [Hasmukhaa Hanumanji Temple, Limbuda]
    Hasmukhaa Hanumanji Temple, Limbuda
  * [Harshad Mataji Temple, Limbuda]
    Harshad Mataji Temple, Limbuda
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Hesketh, Alberta

Hesketh is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Kneehill County.25 km (16 mi) west of Drumheller.

The community has the name of J. A. Hesketh, a railroad official.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hesketh had a population of 10 living in 6 of its 6 total private dwellings, a change of 0% from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of 0.13 km2 (0.050 sq mi), it had a population density of 76.9/km2 (199.2/sq mi) in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hesketh had a population of 10 living in 5 of its 5 total private dwellings, a change of -33.3% from its 2011 population of 15. With a land area of 0.13 km2 (0.050 sq mi), it had a population density of 76.9/km2 (199.2/sq mi) in 2016.

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  * List of designated places in Alberta
  * List of hamlets in Alberta


Dick Richards (American football)

Richard Orville Richards (November 17, 1907 – November 13, 1996) was an American football player. He played college football at Kentucky and professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a fullback and wingback for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He appeared in nine NFL games, four as a starter, during the 1933 season.


Liaoxi Commandery

Liaoxi Commandery (Chinese: 遼西郡) was a commandery in imperial China from the Warring States period to Tang dynasty. It was located in modern eastern Hebei and western Liaoning, to the west of the Liao River.

The commandery was created by the state of Yan on its northern border during the Warring States period. In Western Han dynasty, It administered 14 counties, including Qielü (且慮), Haiyang (海陽), Xin'anping (新安平), Liucheng (柳城), Lingzhi (令支), Feiru (肥如), Bincong (賓從), Jiaoli (交黎), Yangle (陽樂), Husu (狐蘇), Tuhe (徒河), Wencheng (文成), Linyu (臨渝) and Lei (絫). In 2 AD, the population was 352,325, in 72,654 households.Beiping Commandery during Northern Qi.

Liaoxi Commandery was reestablished in Sui dynasty, and later became an alternative name of Ying Prefecture (營州). It was conquered by the Khitans in 696, but was restored in 717. Liucheng was the only county in the commandery, and the population was 3,789, or 997 households.


Kontik Kamariah Ahmad

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Ahmad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Kontik Kamariah. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Tan Sri Datin Sri Cempaka Kontik Kamariah binti Ahmad (5 August 1911 – 17 August 2006)Malaysia.

Life

Born in Kampung Seputih, Kuala Lumpur on Aug 5, 1911, Kamariah was educated at a Malay school in her village and then Methodist Girls School Kuala Lumpur (MGSKL) where she emerged as the first Malay girl in Malaysia to pass the Senior Cambridge examination in 1928. Her father was businessman-politician Ahmad Panglima Garang Ishak.

She had her teacher training at Victoria Institution (VI) before she was made supervisor of Malay schools in Selangor in 1932-45 and 1948-56 – the first woman to hold the post.

She also excelled in the cooperative movement and was the chairman of the Co-op Union of Malaya (now Malaysia) – the only woman to hold the post.

In 1948, when teachers could not get loans, she helped set up the Selangor Co-op and Thrift and Loans Society. She later helped set up the Selangor Government Officers Housing Co-operative which built a housing project in 1954 and named it Taman Kamariah in her honour.

For her contributions to the cooperative movement, she was awarded a British Empire Medal.

In politics, she was active in UMNO's Kaum Ibu wing, the forerunner of Wanita Umno, and served as Kampung Baru branch secretary and Gombak Setia Umno committee member. She was also active in Pertiwi, an Islamic women's activist group.

The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah appointed her as Orang Kaya Maha Bijaya (a traditional title for a native overlord) for the Gombak district in 1979 – the first woman so honoured.

In 1996, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong conferred on her the Panglima Setia Mahkota, which carries the title Tan Sri.

Death


Kontik Kamariah Ahmad

Death

Kamariah died on 17 August 2006 at the age of 95 and was buried at the Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur. She is survived by a son and a daughter.

Honour

Honour of Malaysia

  * Malaysia : Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) (1996)


Diamond Cove

Diamond Cove may refer to:

  * Diamond Cove, Calgary, a small residential neighbourhood
  * Diamond Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, a small settlement
  * Diamond Cove, a ferry stop on Great Diamond Island, Maine


Monumento a los Niños Héroes (Guadalajara)

Not to be confused with Monumento a los Niños Héroes.

The Monumento a los Niños Héroes is a monument in Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.intervened by activists, who symbolically renamed it as the Glorieta de las y los desaparecidos.


Isotenes thaumasia

Isotenes thaumasia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Java in Indonesia.

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Penrith and Eden Museum

Penrith and Eden Museum is a museum in Penrith, Cumbria, England. The museum aims to collect, preserve and display material reflecting the history and culture of Penrith and Eden. The museum is owned and managed by Eden District Council. The museum is based in a former school building, known as Robinson's School, which first opened in 1670.

Exhibits

Museum interior

Some of the museum's exhibits include a fossil dinosaur footprint from the sandstone of the Eden Valley; objects from the Stone Age and the Roman period, including a coin hoard of over 600 bronze coins dating from about AD 320-340 found at Newby near ShapPenrith and the old market toll measures; a gold posy ring found on the outskirts of Penrith and inscribed Kepe Faith Till Death;Percy Toplis, the ‘Monocled Mutineer’; and an elephant's tooth excavated from the bottom of the moat at Penrith Castle.

More recently, the Museum has acquired new finds from the Eden area discovered with metal detectors and declared treasure under the Treasure Act (1996) which are now on display in the Museum. These include a Charles 1st medallion from Kirkby Stephen, a medieval coin hoard from Crosby Ravensworth and a gold and amethyst gemstone ring from Waitby.Wetheriggs pottery was given to Penrith and Eden Museum in January 2019.

Fine art collection

The museum's fine art collection Jacob Thompson such as The Druids Cutting Down the Mistletoe.Lorna Graves, David Boyd and William S. Cowper.

In December 2019 a picture added to the museum's collection was ‘A Corner of Old Time Penrith’ painted by William Jackson and left to the museum in the will of Mary Laycock Newman of Christchurch. Painted in oils on canvas the subject is dated 1909 and shows shops at the corner of King Street and Market Square, Penrith – including a butcher’s, a fishmonger’s and the premises of John Turner, watchmaker who also traded as a jeweller and gunsmith.


Penrith and Eden Museum

Several items, found by metal detectorists, were acquired by the museum in February 2020 through the Portable Antiquities Scheme. They were valued by the Treasure Valuation Court at the British Museum with the reward shared between the finders and landowners. The finds include a medieval silver finger ring from Kirkby Thore (dating from around AD1150-1250), a medieval gold stirrup-shaped finger ring (dating from around the 13th century AD) which was found at Waitby near Kirkby Stephen and a medieval silver 'teardrop' brooch (made between AD 1200 and 1400).

Accreditation and awards

Penrith and Eden Museum is an accredited museum (No. 153) under the Scheme administered by the Arts Council

In the media

In July 2018 Penrith and Eden Museum featured on the BBC TV series, the Antiques Road Trip with the show focussing on William Jameson (1837-1888), Penrith’s famous Cumberland & Westmorland wrestling champion. The Museum houses a large collection of memorabilia including championship belts and trophies relating to William Jameson.

  * Eden District Council: Penrith and Eden Museum


Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianáin

Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianáin or The Book of Adhamh Ó Cianáin, now G 2-3 NLI (National Library of Ireland), is a book written in or about the 1340s by Adhamh Ó Cianáin by and for himself, and out of the book of his teacher, Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin.

Kenneth Nicholls has suggested that Adhamh wrote the book's genealogies between 1328 and 1350, which occur in the first half of the manuscript, which also contains the metrical Banshenchas. It is also important as the earliest surviving post-Norman Gaelic genealogy, which Ó Cianáin - as he implies himself - probably derived from Ó Dubhagáin's book.

Unusually for a late medieval Irish manuscript, it is illustrated, including human portraits. It is believed to have been part of a movement to revivify Irish culture by antiquarism.

  * The Learned Family of Ó Cianáin/Keenan, by Nollaig Ó Muraíle, in Clougher Record, pp. 396–402, 2005.


Duple Dartline

The Duple Dartline was a single-decker bus body built on the Dennis Dart chassis by three manufacturers - Duple Coachbuilders of Blackpool, Carlyle Works of Birmingham and Marshall Bus of Cambridge - between 1989 and 1993.

Duple

The Dartline was unveiled by Duple at the 1988 British International Motor Show in Birmingham, along with the Dennis Dart chassis.destination sign with an arched top.

Four pre-production vehicles were built at Duple's Blackpool factory in 1989, and were used as demonstrators. Of these, three were 9 metres long, while the fourth was for London Buses Limited and measured 8.5 metres.

Production commenced at the end of 1989, with 27 8.5-metre versions for the London United subsidiary of London Buses Limited, and 34 9-metre versions. Of the latter, 14 were for another London bus operator, R&I Tours, while five were for Southampton Citybus, three were for Great Yarmouth Transport, another three were for Rossendale Transport, and two were demonstrators for Hong Kong (and were eventually purchased by Kowloon Motor Bus).

With the closure of Duple, the Dartline design rights were sold to Carlyle Works, and many of these 61 buses were completed by the Birmingham manufacturer and badged accordingly, although they retained their Duple body numbers.

Carlyle

A further 199 Dartlines were built in Birmingham between the middle of 1990 and the beginning of 1992, of which 140 were 8.5 metres (coded C25 by Carlyle), 16 were 9 metres (coded C26), and 43 were to a longer length, 9.8 metres (coded C27 and C28).

All the 8.5-metre versions were for London Buses Limited, going to its London United, Metroline, Selkent and South London subsidiaries.Warrington Borough Transport and one each to Southampton Citybus, Isle of Man Transport, and Yeomans Canyon Travel of Hereford.

Of the 22 C27-coded 9.8-metre versions, eight were ordered by London Country North West and delivered after that company's takeover by Luton & District, while the remaining 14 went to numerous small operators.China Motor Bus in Hong Kong.

Marshall


Duple Dartline

Marshall

Carlyle closed in early 1992, and the rights to all of its designs, including the Dartline, passed to Marshall Bus.Bedford JJL, but to no success, due to low market demand. The Cambridge manufacturer built a final five Dartlines, all to the 9.8-metre length and coded C27, in late 1992 and early 1993, of which two went to Mayne Coaches of Manchester and one to Epsom Coaches.C37, with a symmetrical windscreen and a more substantial front bumper.

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Heskin Hall

Heskin Hall is a manor house in Heskin, Lancashire, England. Construction began on the present hall in 1545 making it a Tudor building which has been designated a Grade I listed building by Historic England.

History

In 1506 the lands were sold to Edmund Dudley who was Minister for king Henry VII. Dudley was executed by the king for treason and the land passed to his widow Elizabeth who later married Arthur Plantagenet. The land passed to John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, in 1511, who was later executed by Queen Mary, and his son Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, was a favourite of Elizabeth I. In 1556 the estate was bought by Richard Molyneux who also bought lands from Mary Seymour, the widow of Thomas Seymour who was the father of Jane Seymour (wife of Henry the VIII).Lord Lilford was the last person to occupy the house with Lady Lilford (his fourth wife) who was an ex-dancer and actress. They divorced in 1969 and Lady Lilford gained the Heskin Estate as part of the divorce settlement.Blackburn College as a training centre, followed by Moben Kitchens as offices and sales training purposes, before its present use as an antique centre which opened in 1995.

Architecture

The present house although has a date of 1670 on the front wall, was first constructed in 1545 of red brick with blue diapering and sandstone dressings.gables, and is asymmetrical.

The house has been designated a Grade I listed building on the National Heritage List for England database since 1952.Pevsner (2009) describe it as "a very interesting house".

Ghosts

There are said to be numerous ghosts that inhabit the hall.English Civil War, which took place in the local area, with several battles taking place near to the hall. It is also believed that Oliver Cromwell rested at the Hall overnight as a guest of the then owner John Molyneux who had declared for Parliament after the siege at Lathom House. The ghosts are of a young Roman Catholic girl who was hanged by a priest as evidence of his conversion to Protestantism. Cromwell's soldiers were not convinced and hung him on the same spot as the girl at Heskin Hall. Lady Lilford reported that on one occasion her guests departed due to their experience of the ghosts.


Heskin Hall

* Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire
  * Listed buildings in Heskin
Bibliography
  * Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911), "Townships – Great Harwood", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, Constable, OCLC 270761418
  * Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-12667-0
  * Media related to Heskin Hall at Wikimedia Commons


Kermia cylindrica

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

(Original description) The cylindrically fusiform shell is shining. The apex is very blunt. The shell is very longitudinally strongly ribbed and very transversely ornamented with raised striae, forming deep cancellations. The whorls are very slightly convex and angulated at the sutures. The aperture is very oval. The colour of the shell is very white.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and the Tuamotus.

  * Kermia cylindrica in different colours
  * "Kermia cylindrica". Gastropods.com
  * Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)
  * Tröndlé, J. E. A. N., and Michel Boutet. "Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia." Atoll Research Bulletin (2009)
  * Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  * Gastropods.com: Kermia cylindrica


Liaoyang East Road station

Liaoyang East Road (Chinese: 辽阳东路) is a station on Line 2 and Line 4 of the Qingdao Metro. It opened on 10 December 2017.

Gallery

  * [Entrance A]
    Entrance A
  * [Concourse]
    Concourse
  * [Line 4 platform]
    Line 4 platform


Konteb

Konteb was one of the 77 woredas (districts) in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Hadiya Zone, Konteb was bordered on the south by Soro, on the west by the Omo River which separates it from the Yem special woreda, on the north by the Gurage Zone, and on the east by Limo. Towns in Konteb included Geja, Hamecho, Kose, Morsito and Sera. Konteb was divided for Gibe and Misha woredas.

Demographics

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 408,422, of whom 204,566 were males and 203,856 were females; 15,844 or 3.88% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.1%. With an estimated area of 1,225.00 square kilometers, Konteb has an estimated population density of 333.4 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 378.7.


Konteb

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 287,430 of whom 143,587 were males and 143,843 were females; 8,743 or 3.04% of its population were urban dwellers. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Konteb were the Hadiya (80.98%), the Soddo Gurage (6.15%), the Silte (5.27%), the Sebat Bet Gurage (1.96%), and the Amhara (0.79%); all other ethnic groups made up 4.85% of the population. Hadiya was spoken as a first language by 89.22%, 4.33% Silte, 3.51% spoke Soddo Gurage, 1.48% Sebat Bet Gurage, and 0.95% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.51% spoke all other primary languages reported. 46.81% of the population said they were Protestants, 22.23% embraced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 22.14% were Muslim, 5.38% Catholic, and 0.42% practiced traditional religions.education, 35.42% of the population were considered literate, which is more than the Zone average of 33.01%.sanitary conditions, 43.84% of the urban houses and 19.3% of all houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census; 34.52% of the urban and 4.97% of all houses had toilet facilities.

7°45′N 37°45′E / 7.750°N 37.750°E


Diamond Corner, Minnesota

Diamond Corner is an unincorporated community in Burke Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States.


Henry Dixon (priest)

The Ven. Henry Thomas Dixon, D.D. (b. Millom 6 October 1874 – d. Hereford 28 July 1939) was an Anglican priest: he was Archdeacon of Ludlow from 1932

Dixon was educated at St Bees School and Merton College, Oxford.ordained in 1898.curacy at Blundellsands he was appointed Vicar of Taynton.Taunton (1911–1915); Christ Church, Clifton (1915–1920; St Mary, Bridgwater (1920-1923);Church Stretton from 1923 until he became a Canon Residentiary of Hereford Cathedral in 1936.


Isotenes anisa

Isotenes anisa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Sumatra in Indonesia.

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Penrose Gold Medal

This article is about the academic prize in economic geology awarded by the Society of Economic Geologists. For the academic prize awarded by the Geological Society of America, see List of Penrose Medal winners.

The R.A.F. Penrose Gold Medal was established in 1923 and is awarded by the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) to recognize a full career in the performance of "unusually original work in the earth sciences".Richard A.F. Penrose Jr. At the time of its donation, Penrose was explicit in his desire that the medal be awarded for achievements in pure geological science, rather than in the application of science to the discovery of mineral deposits.

Recipients

Source: SEG


Penrose Gold Medal

Recipients

Source: SEG

  * 1924 Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
  * 1928 Johan Herman Lie Vogt
  * 1928 Waldemar Lindgren
  * 1931 David White
  * 1933 Louis de Launay
  * 1935 Charles Kenneth Leith
  * 1939 Reno H. Sales
  * 1942 William H. Emmons
  * 1944 Walter Curran Mendenhall
  * 1947 Bert S. Butler
  * 1950 Louis Caryl Graton
  * 1952 Paul Fourmarier
  * 1956 Donnel F. Hewett
  * 1959 John S. Brown
  * 1962 Alan M. Bateman
  * 1965 Thomas S. Lovering
  * 1968 Guilbert H. Cady
  * 1971 Haddon King
  * 1974 Charles A. Anderson
  * 1976 Harold L. James
  * 1978 Paul Ramdohr
  * 1982 Charles Meyer
  * 1985 Eugene N. Cameron
  * 1987 Duncan R. Derry
  * 1988 Edwin W. Roedder
  * 1989 Desmond A. Pretorius
  * 1991 William C. Kelly
  * 1992 Donald E. White
  * 1993 Richard L. Stanton
  * 1994 Paul B. Barton
  * 1995 Heinrich D. Holland
  * 1997 Spencer R. Titley
  * 1998 John M. Guilbert
  * 1999 J. Julian Hemley
  * 2000 Alberto Benavides de la Quintana
  * 2001 Hubert L. Barnes
  * 2002 Anthony J. Naldrett
  * 2003 J. David Lowell
  * 2004 Richard W. Hutchinson
  * 2005 Minze Stuiver
  * 2006 Stephen E. Kesler
  * 2007 Michael Solomon
  * 2008 Marco T. Einaudi
  * 2009 David Groves
  * 2010 David L. Leach
  * 2011 Robert J. Kerrich
  * 2012 Robert O. Rye
  * 2013 Noel C. White
  * 2014 James M. Franklin
  * 2015 Richard H. Sillitoe
  * 2016 Steven D. Scott
  * 2017 Christoph A. Heinrich
  * 2018 Anthony E. Williams-Jones
  * 2021 Lawrence M. Cathles III
  * 2022 Ross Large
  * 2023 Richard J. Goldfarb
  * List of geology awards
  * Prizes named after people
  * Gold medal awards


Lea Valley Academy

Lea Valley Academy (formerly Lea Valley High School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Bullsmoor area of Enfield, England.

History

The school was founded in 1977 as Bullsmoor School, a purpose-built comprehensive school.

Lea Valley High School became the first specialist sports college in Enfield in September 2002.

Previously a community school administered by Enfield London Borough Council, in May 2018 Lea Valley High School converted to academy status and was renamed Lea Valley Academy. The school is now sponsored by the EdAct Trust.

Notable former pupils

  * Paul Rodgers - footballer
  * Josh Scowen - footballer
  * Lady Phyll - Political Activist
  * Lea Valley Academy official website


Duple

Duple may refer to:

Musical measure

  * Metre (music) the rhythmic structure of music
  * Duple and quadruple metre a musical metre characterized by a primary division of 2 beats to the bar

Coachbuilding

  * Duple Metsec former British coachbuilders acquired by Duple Coachbuilders
  * Duple Coachbuilders a coachbuilder that acquired Duple Metsec, later to become Hestair Duple
  * Duple Dominant an intercity coach bodywork design
  * Duple Dartline a single-decker bus body
  * Duple 425 a coach design built by Hestair Duple in the late 1980s
  * Dennis Dart a bus designed by Hestair Group, the owner of Duple and Dennis
  * Hestair Group who absorbed Duple Coachbuilders and Dennis


Heskathoor

Heskathoor is a village in the Kundapur taluk of Udupi district.

Demographics

In 2011, Heskathoor had a total population of 980 people consisting of 505 male and 89 female residents. The village occupies a total area of 288.42 hecatres with a population density of 3.398 people per hectare. In 2011, the total literacy rate was 73.67% which was higher than the national average of 59.5%.

In 2011, Heskathoor had an employment rate of over 38.67%, 90.77% of whom are employed over 183 days in a year.

Education

The Heskathoor High School, a government funded institute provides education to the village's residents.

  * Udupi
  * Kundapura


Kermia

Kermia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.

This genus is closely related to Pseudodaphnella Boettger, 1895. They form together a genus-complex with a highly underestimated diversity, leading to intermixed clades. The lack of morphologic criteria requires the generic assignment of several species clearly to be reconsidered.

Description

The elongate, fusiform shell has a narrow aperture that is nearly half the length of the shell. The protoconch consists of two whorls. But only in a few species the sculpture of the protoconch is coarsely diagonally reticulate. The shell structure is reticulate with glossy nodules on the intersections of the ribs and lirae. The siphonal canal is short and wide. The U-shaped or linguiform anal sinus is deep, located near the suture and is surrounded by a thick outer lip. The outer lip is denticulate within. The columella is smooth.

Distribution

This marine genus is widely distributed in the Indo Pacific, from the Red Sea to Easter Island; off Queensland, Australia

Species

Species within the genus Kermia include:


Kermia

* Kermia aegyptiaca Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
  * Kermia aglaia (Melvill, 1904)
  * Kermia albicaudata (Smith E. A., 1882)
  * Kermia albifuniculata (Reeve, 1846)
  * Kermia alveolata (Dautzenberg, 1912)
  * Kermia aniani Kay, 1979
  * Kermia apicalis (Montrouzier in Souverbie, 1861)
  * Kermia benhami Oliver, 1915
  * Kermia bifasciata (Pease, 1860)
  * Kermia brunnea (Pease, 1860)
  * † Kermia bulbosa Harzhauser, 2014
  * Kermia caletria (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
  * Kermia canistra (Hedley, 1922)
  * Kermia catharia (Melvill, 1917)
  * Kermia cavernosa (Reeve, 1845)
  * Kermia chichijimana (Pilsbry, 1904)
  * Kermia clathurelloides Kilburn, 2009
  * Kermia crassula Rehder, 1980
  * Kermia cylindrica (Pease, 1860)
  * Kermia daedalea (Garrett, 1873)
  * Kermia drupelloides Kilburn, 2009
  * Kermia episema (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
  * Kermia eugenei Kilburn, 2009
  * Kermia euryacme (Melvill, 1927)
  * Kermia euzonata (Hervier, 1897)
  * Kermia felina (Reeve, 1843)
  * Kermia geraldsmithi Kilburn, 2009
  * Kermia granosa (Dunker, 1871)
  * Kermia harenula (Hedley, 1922)


Kermia

* Kermia harenula (Hedley, 1922)
  * Kermia informa McLean & Poorman, 1971
  * Kermia irretita (Hedley, 1899)
  * Kermia lutea (Pease, 1860)
  * Kermia maculosa (Pease, 1863)
  * Kermia margaritifera (Reeve, 1846)
  * Kermia melanoxytum (Hervier, 1896)
  * Kermia netrodes Melvill, 1917
  * Kermia producta (Pease, 1860)
  * Kermia pumila (Mighels, 1845)
  * Kermia punctifera (Garrett, 1873)
  * Kermia pustulosum (Folin, 1867)
  * Kermia sagenaria Rehder, 1980
  * Kermia spanionema Melvill, 1917
  * Kermia subcylindrica (Hervier, 1897)
  * Kermia tessellata (Hinds, 1843)
  * Kermia thespesia (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
  * Kermia thorssoni Chang, 2001
  * Kermia tippetti Chang, 2001
  * Kermia tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1895)
Species brought into synonymy
  * Kermia anxia Hedley, 1909 : synonym of Exomilus edychrous (Hervier, 1897)
  * Kermia barnardi (Brazier, 1876): synonym of Pseudodaphnella barnardi (Brazier, 1876)
  * Kermia chrysolitha (Melvill & Standen, 1896): synonym of Kermia punctifera (Garrett, 1873)
  * Kermia clandestina Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Kermia pumila clandestina (Deshayes, 1863)
  * Kermia edychroa (Hervier, 1897):Exomilus edychrous (Hervier, 1897)


Kermia

* Kermia gracilis de Folin, 1879 : synonym of Exomilus edychrous (Hervier, 1897)
  * Kermia hirsuta (de Folin, 1867): synonym of Microdaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919)
  * Kermia margaritifera Reeve, 1846: synonym of Kermia foraminata (Reeve, 1845)
  * Kermia mauritiana Sowerby, 1893: synonym of Kermia producta (Pease, 1860)
  * Kermia oligoina Hedley, 1922: synonym of Pseudodaphnella oligoina Hedley, 1922
  * Kermia picta Dunker, 1871: synonym of Philbertia felina (Reeve, 1843)
  * Kermia pyrgodea (Melvill, 1917):Kermia producta (Pease, 1860)
  * Kermia receptoria (Melvill & Standen, 1901): synonym of Daphnella receptoria Melvill & Standen, 1901
  * Kermia rufolirata (Hervier, 1897):Pseudodaphnella rufolirata (Hervier, 1897)
  * Kermia semilineata Garrett, 1873 : synonym of Kermia granosa (Dunker, 1871)
  * Kermia spelaeodea (Hervier, 1897):Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata (Garrett, 1873)
  * Kermia subspurca (Hervier, 1896):Hemilienardia subspurca (Hervier, 1896)
  * Kermia thereganum Melvill & Standen, 1896: synonym of Kermia lutea (Pease, 1860)
  * Kermia violacea Pease, W.H., 1868 : synonym of Kermia pumila (Mighels, 1845)
Species that are nomem dubium
  * Kermia foraminata (Reeve, 1845)


Kermia

* Kermia foraminata (Reeve, 1845)
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Liaoyangaspis

Liaoyangaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Cambrian Period,