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Braggville, Massachusetts
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Braggville is a former postal village located in Massachusetts, now within the towns of Holliston in Middlesex County, Medway in Norfolk County and Milford in Worcester County. Though people had settled the land long before the incorporation of the town of Holliston, Braggville's unofficial history began on March 8, 1785 when Alexander Bragg purchased farmland there. The village itself however, would be named for his nephew, Colonel Arial Bragg, Holliston's first shoe and boot maker as well as the agrarian community's first wholesale manufacturer. After a century of economic prowess, the village fell into decline following the First World War. Decline and obscurity With the emergence of the Post–World War I recession much of the town's business came to a standstill. By March 1919, the Boston and Albany Railroad had ceased providing passenger service to the Braggville station, as well as all freight service. Although its schoolhouse would remain standing for several more decades, the end of Braggville as a would-be town came in June 1919, when the U.S. Mail shuttered its post office. Geography Braggville does not have official borders defined by the United States Census Bureau, and throughout its history has held nebulous boundaries. The U.S. Geological Survey places it as a populated place solely in the town of Holliston, however historical accounts describe it as partially extending into Milford and Medway It is located west of Boston and is adjacent to Interstate 495. Massachusetts Route 16 passes through the village, bisecting it almost evenly. Adjacent towns Braggville is located in eastern Massachusetts, and bordered by: Holliston on the north Medway on the south and east Milford on the west Notes References See also Kampersal Field Metcalf, Holliston, Massachusetts Holliston, Massachusetts Medway, Massachusetts Milford, Massachusetts Category:Holliston, Massachusetts Category:MetroWest Category:Villages in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Category:Villages in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Category:Villages in Worcester County, Massachusetts Category:Villages in Massachusetts
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1895 St. Louis Browns season
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The 1895 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 14th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 4th season in the National League. The Browns went 39–92 during the season and finished 11th in the National League. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts External links 1895 St. Louis Browns 1895 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis
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When I Looked at Him
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"When I Looked at Him" is a song recorded by American Latin freestyle vocal group Exposé for their second studio album What You Don't Know (1989). It was released on August 19, 1989 as the second single from the album. It was written and produced by the group's founder, Lewis Martineé and lead vocals on the track were sung by Jeanette Jurado. The song is a pensive ballad closer in form and structure to the group's number-one hit "Seasons Change" than to many of their more dance-oriented songs. Still, an extended "Suave Mix" appeared on the CD version of What You Don't Know, and an acoustic version of this mix was included as the B-side to the single. Chart performance Released as the follow-up single to "What You Don't Know", "When I Looked at Him" became Exposé's sixth consecutive top-ten single on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number ten in October 1989. The single also reached number three on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Track listing U.S. 7" (vinyl and cassette) A - "When I Looked at Him" (4:17) B - "When I Looked at Him" Suave Mix acoustic version (5:19) Tracks Top positions Annual Positions References External links U.S. 7" single info from discogs.com Category:1989 singles Category:Exposé (group) songs Category:Pop ballads Category:Songs written by Lewis Martineé Category:Arista Records singles Category:1989 songs
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Pre-echo
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Pre-echo, sometimes called a forward echo, (not to be confused with reverse echo) is a digital audio compression artifact where a sound is heard before it occurs (hence the name). It is most noticeable in impulsive sounds from percussion instruments such as castanets or cymbals. It occurs in transform-based audio compression algorithms – typically based on the modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) – such as MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, and Vorbis, and is due to quantization noise being spread over the entire transform-window of the codec. Cause The psychoacoustic component of the effect is that one hears only the echo preceding the transient, not the one following – because this latter is drowned out by the transient. Formally, forward temporal masking is much stronger than backwards temporal masking, hence one hears a pre-echo, but no post-echo. Mitigation In an effort to avoid pre-echo artifacts, many sound processing systems use filters where all of the response occurs after the main impulse, rather than linear phase filters. Such filters necessarily introduce phase distortion and temporal smearing, but this additional distortion is less audible because of strong forward masking. Avoiding pre-echo is a substantial design difficulty in transform domain lossy audio codecs such as MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, and Vorbis. It is also one of the problems encountered in digital room correction algorithms and frequency domain filters in general (denoising by spectral subtraction, equalization, and others). One way of reducing "breathing" for filters and compression techniques using piecewise Fourier-based transforms is picking a smaller transform window (short blocks in MP3), thus increasing the temporal resolution of the algorithm at the cost of reducing its frequency resolution. See also Compression artifact Print-through Bleed-through References External links Pre-echo at Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase Pre-echo detection & reduction, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994 Category:Acoustics
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Witoldów
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Witoldów may refer to the following places: Witoldów, Kutno County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) Witoldów, Biała Podlaska County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) Witoldów, Chełm County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) Witoldów, Łask County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) Witoldów, Gostynin County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) Witoldów, Radom County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) Witoldów, Sochaczew County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) Witoldów, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
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Astragalus clevelandii
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Astragalus clevelandii is an uncommon species of milkvetch known by the common name Cleveland's milkvetch. It is endemic to northern California, where it grows in moist areas of the North Coast Ranges. It is a member of the serpentine soils flora. Description Astragalus clevelandii is a bushy perennial herb growing up to a meter tall. Its plentiful leaves are up to 14 centimeters long and are made up of many oval-shaped leaflets. The plant is mostly hairless, but the leaves may have rough hairs on the undersides. The large inflorescence is a spike of up to 100 small pealike flowers, each under a centimeter long. They are white or off-white in color. The fruit is a legume pod less than a centimeter long which dries to a thick papery texture. External links Jepson Manual Treatment - Astragalus clevelandii The Nature Conservancy USDA Plants Profile: Astragalus clevelandii Astragalus clevelandii - Photo gallery clevelandii Category:Endemic flora of California
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Prue Yai
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Prue Yai is a sub-district of Khukhan District, Sisaket Province in Cambodia. Its name means "Great Forest" because in the past, this area was the great forest before. History 1907 Prue Yai was a sub-district of Huai Nuea District (Khukhan District), Khukhan Provine (Sisaket Province) 1986 Na Lawia Village and Sawai Pheng Village were divided from Prue Yai in order to establish Nikhom Phatthana Sub-district and Khok Tan Sub-district was divided from Prue Yai. 1988 Takhian Ram Sub-district was divided from Prue Yai 1990 Dong Rak Sub-district was divided from Khok Tan Administration The sub-district is divided into 20 villages (Muban), arranging by village number (Mu) as follows: Mu 1 Prue Yai Mu 2 Lak Mu 3 Ta Bo Mu 4 Makham Mu 5 Prue Khan Tawan-ok Mu 6 Non Sombun Mu 7 Prue Khan Tawantok Mu 8 Pho Sawang Mu 9 Khlong Lamchiak Mu 10 Ket Na Kho Mu 11 Noen Saeng Mu 12 Saen Suk Mu 13 Na Charia Mu 14 Prue Khan Tai Mu 15 Bang Krawan Mu 16 Nong Asen Mu 17 Thung Chai Mu 18 Noen Seri Mu 19 Nong Sim Mu 20 Na Kho Public health Prue Yai Health Promoting Hospital Prue Khan Health Promoting Hospital Tabtim Siam 06 Health Promoting Hospital Education Primary Prue Khan School Makham School Lak School Non Sombun School Tabtim Siam 06 School Primary and middle Prue Yai School Middle and High Prue Yai Witthayabanlang School Religion People are mostly Theravada Buddhists, there are seven temples in the sub-district Maha Nikaya Prue Khan Temple (The temple of Khukhan district monk dean) Prue Yai Temple (The temple of Phu Sing district monk dean) Ta Bo Ket Mongkhon Temple Pho Sawang Temple Non Sombun Temple Dhammayuttika Nikaya Sa Phong Cave Temple Pa Mamuang Temple without royal bound Buddhist stone (leave) Tourist attractions Tabtim Siam 06 Royal Project Chulabhorn Wildlife Breeding Center Sa Phong Cave Temple Morakot Cliff References Category:Populated places in Sisaket Province
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SAM at 8Q
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SAM at 8Q is the annexe of Singapore Art Museum - Singapore's contemporary art museum. Located at the heart of the city, it derives its name from the museum's location at No. 8 Queen Street near Bras Basah Road. SAM at 8Q is also approximately 88 steps away from Singapore Art Museum. History The 4-storey building was formerly the primary school wing of the Catholic High School. When the School relocated to their current location in 1987, the 3,500 sq m space gave home to the Kim Yan Cantonese Methodist Church. In September 2007, the Church ended its tenancy and the building was repossessed by the Singapore Land Authority. Launch With new interest on contemporary art by the young, the National Heritage Board (NHB) took up tenancy of the building from the Land Authority. The Board also spent $5.8 million on renovations, and converted the classrooms in the 4-storey building into six galleries to showcase contemporary installation works, video and photography installation, performance art and sound art. A lift was also installed, and the galleries, staircases and parts of corridors have also been air-conditioned and humidity-controlled. There are also spaces to house two restaurants on the ground floor which are currently occupied by Love Pal Cafe and Standing Sushi Bar. SAM at 8Q was officially opened on 15 August 2008 with an inaugural 8-man art exhibition titled 8Q-Rate: School; a name pun from the word 'curate'. 8Q-Rate featured the works by young contemporary artists such as :Jahan Loh, Donna Ong, Grace Tan, Chong Li Chuan, Jason Wee, Tan Kai Syng, Phunk and sculptor Ahmad Abu Bakar. SAM at 8Q is currently home to changing contemporary art exhibitions, including a popular annual children's contemporary art exhibition. Location and facilities Situated in the centre of Singapore’s major shopping district and Waterloo Street Arts Belt, SAM and SAM at 8Q are located alongside Singapore’s major performing arts and visual arts institutions: such as the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, LaSalle College of the Arts, the Stamford Arts Centre, the Selegie Arts Centre, Singapore Calligraphy Centre, YMS Arts Centre, Dance Ensemble Singapore, Sculpture Square and Action Theatre as well as the School of the Arts: an institution that offers an integrated arts and academic curriculum for youths aged 13 to 18 years of age. SAM at 8Q is accessible by major public transportation systems such as the public buses, the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines and cab services. The nearest MRT station would be Brash Basah MRT station, on the Circle Line. See also Singapore Art Museum Gallery References External links Singapore Art Museum Facebook Singapore Art Museum Twitter Singapore Art Museum YouTube channel Speech By Radm (Ns) Lui Tuck Yew, Senior Minister Of State For Education And Information, Communications And The Arts, at the official launch of 8Q sam, 15 August 2008, 7.00 pm at 8Q sam 8Q SAM - formerly Catholic High Primary School, in Yesterday...today...tomorrow blog Category:2008 establishments in Singapore Category:Art museums and galleries in Singapore Category:Art museums established in 2008 Category:Contemporary art galleries Category:National museums of Singapore
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The Wizard (nickname)
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The Wizard or Wizard is a nickname for: People nicknamed The Wizard Gary Crowton (born 1957), American football coach Jeff Farmer (footballer) (born 1977), Australian rules footballer Bobby Hoff (1939–2013), American poker player Jeff Mills (born 1963), American techno DJ and producer Japhet N'Doram (born 1966), Chadian retired footballer Erik Rasmussen (footballer) (born 1960), Danish former footballer and manager Jacob Schaefer, Sr. (1855–1910), American billiards player Ozzie Smith (born 1954), American Major League Baseball player Vassilis Stravopodis (born 1948), Greek former footballer Simon Whitlock (born 1969), Australian darts player Ray Whitney (ice hockey) (born 1972), Canadian former National Hockey League player Gus Williams (basketball) (born 1953), National Basketball Association player Bogdan Wołkowski (born 1957), Polish professional billiards trick-shot artist and entertainer People nicknamed Wizard Lars Bo (1924–1999), Danish artist and writer See also Welsh Wizard (disambiguation) The Magician (nickname), a list of people Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park" Warren Buffett (born 1930), American business magnate nicknamed the "Wizard of Omaha" Frankie Carle (1903–2001), American pianist and bandleader nicknamed the "Wizard of the Keyboard" Ron Fraser (1933–2013), American baseball coach, the "Wizard of College Baseball" Momosuke Fukuzawa (1868–1938), Japanese businessman, the "Wizard of the Money Markets" Jørgen Kristensen (born 1946), Danish former footballer, "Troldmanden" ("the Wizard") Stanley Matthews (1915–2000), English football player, the "Wizard of the Dribble" Shiv Nadar (born 1945), Indian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist, nicknamed Magus (Old Persian for "Wizard") Roy Smeck (1900–1994), American musician, the "Wizard of the Strings" Bert le Vack (1887–1931), British motorcycle racer, the "Wizard of Brooklands" Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and physicist, the "Wizard of Tuorla" Murray Wier (born 1926), American former basketball player, "Wizard Wier" John Wooden (1910–2010), American member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a college basketball head coach and player, nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood" El Mago (Spanish for "the Magician"), a list of people El Brujo (disambiguation) (Spanish for "the Wizard"), includes a list of people Darío Verón (born 1979), Paraguayan footballer nicknamed "Hechicero" ("The Wizard") Raymond Goethals (1921–2004), Belgian football coach nicknamed "le sorcier" ("the Wizard") Category:Lists of people by nickname
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Aeron
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Aeron is used in several ways including: People Given name Aeron Clement (1936–1989), American science fiction author Fictional characters Aeron Azzameen, only daughter of the Azzameen family from the video game, Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance Aeron Greyjoy, character from the novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire Places Aeron (kingdom), early Brythonic kingdom in northern Britain Ciliau Aeron, small village near Aberaeron in Ceredigion, Wales Nova Aeron, an Austrian paraglider design River Aeron, small river that flows into Cardigan Bay Ystrad Aeron, small village between Lampeter and Aberaeron, Wales Other uses Aeron (Celtic mythology), aka Agronā, Welsh river, possibly named for an ancient female spirit or goddess of battle and slaughter Aeron chair, product of Herman Miller designed in 1994 Aeron Express, hand powered cable ferry in the Welsh coastal town of Aberaeron Alejandra and Aeron, artists based in Oslo, Norway Category:Welsh unisex given names
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Strays (1997 film)
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Strays is a 1997 American drama film written, directed, produced by, and starring Vin Diesel, which follows a drug dealer and hustler who is fed up with the repetitious life style he leads and begins looking for meaning in his life. It marked Diesel's feature film directing debut and takes a hard look at his own adolescence and upbringing in New York City. Synopsis Frustrated by the repetitious grind of one-night stands and aimless hustling, drug dealer Rick (Vin Diesel) is looking for meaning in his life. Like his testosterone-tweaked buddies, Rick is a stray looking for a traditional family structure and wrestling unconsciously with his own father's absence. When he meets Heather (Suzanne Lanza), the girl next door, he suddenly perceives a new avenue and an opportunity for a new, committed relationship. Trying to assimilate into Heather's world, Rick takes heat from his perpetually adolescent cohorts whose ambitions are restricted to riding fast, toking slow, and ditching hard. Though the chemistry between the couple is immediately charged, Rick's street chic and volatile aggression threatens to extinguish their relationship before it has ever begun. Cast Vin Diesel as Rick Suzanne Lanza as Heather Joey Dedio as Fred F. Valentino Morales as Tony Mike Epps as Mike T.K. Kirkland as Rodney Darnell Williams as Keith Mihaela Tudorof as Danielle Eugene Osborne Smith as Willie Temple Brooks as Amy Loni Sabrina Stuart as Nicole Deangela Parrish as Suzanne Marko Kalfa as Chris Joey Iovino as Kenny Louis Albert von Steidl as Jerry Saperstein Sean M. Silverstein as Timothy (voice) Helen M. Mitchell as Bookstore Clerk Freddie Pendavis as Arthur Denise Carrasco as Tanya Taquana Harris as Melba Marlo Morales as Kiki Rudy "Rush" McCallum as Sevon External links Category:1997 films Category:1997 drama films Category:American drama films Category:Films directed by Vin Diesel Category:American films Category:1997 directorial debut films
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Workum
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Workum (, ) is a town located in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân in Friesland, Netherlands. It received city rights in 1374 and is one of the eleven cities of Friesland. It had a population of 4,435 in January 2017. Overview Nowadays, Workum is probably best known for having a museum dedicated to the very popular artist Jopie Huisman. There are four windmills in Workum; De Nijlânnermolen, De Snip, Het Heidenschap and Ybema's Molen. Notable people Aeint Herman de Boer, Dutch businessman who was the owner of Hotel de Boer in Medan, Dutch East Indies Hotze Koch, 22 October 1867, founder of the Quanah Tribune-Chief newspaper Kim H. Veltman (born 1948), Dutch-Canadian historian of science Sybrand Buma (born 1965), Dutch politician Gallery References External links Category:Cities in the Netherlands Category:Cities in Friesland Category:Populated places in Friesland Category:Súdwest-Fryslân
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World Jazz (album)
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World Jazz is the sixth album released by the flamenco-influenced Latin guitar instrumental duo Lara & Reyes. This album was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2001 in the category of Best Instrumental Pop Album. Track listing "Leona" – 6:11 "Nuevo Mundo" – 5:23 "Sandia Fresca" – 6:55 "Danielle's Waltz" – 4:44 "Los Flamingos" – 5:25 "Que Boquita" – 6:04 "Amor de Lejos" – 5:19 "10 to 6" – 4:27 "Neila" – 7:44 "La Barranca" – 3:07 References Category:2000 albums Category:Lara & Reyes albums Category:Higher Octave albums
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Margaret Williams
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Margaret Williams may refer to: Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960), Welsh artist Maggie Williams (born 1954), American campaign manager for Hillary Clinton Peggy R. Williams (active 1997–2008), American college president Margaret Vyner (1914–1993), actress and playwright Maisie Williams (born 1997 as Margaret Williams), British actress Margaret Williams (film director), British film and television director
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Zerbini
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Zerbini is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Luciano Zerbini (born 1960), Italian discus thrower and shot putter Therezinha Zerbini (1928–2015), Brazilian attorney and feminist
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Law enforcement in Finland
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Law enforcement in Finland is the responsibility of several agencies. The Police of Finland, a national police agency, is responsible for most tasks. The two other main agencies are the Finnish Border Guard and the Finnish Customs. Examples of other agencies with limited policing powers are the Finnish Defence Forces, municipal parking inspectors and railway staff. Law enforcement agencies Police of Finland The Police of Finland is subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and divided into the National Police Board, two national units and 11 local police departments. Within departments, there is a division between uniformed patrol police (järjestyspoliisi, "order police") and criminal investigation (rikospoliisi, "criminal police"). The function of each police department is to maintain general law and order, prevent crime, investigate crime and other events that threaten public order and safety, carry out traffic control and surveillance, and promote traffic safety. The Police University College (Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu, Polamk) is the national university-level unit responsible for general police training, research and development. The National Bureau of Investigation (Keskusrikospoliisi, KRP) is the national unit tasked with fighting international, organised and serious crime. Finnish Security Intelligence Service The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Suojelupoliisi, Supo) specializes in the prevention of security threats of the State, such as counterintelligence and terrorism. Supo was an agency under police administration, but was transferred under the direct control of the Ministry of the Interior in 2016. Border Guard and Customs The Finnish Border Guard have police powers in border zones; likewise, Finnish Customs have police powers when dealing with arriving persons and goods. Within their fields of work, the Customs and Border Guard officers have most police powers. In the Customs, the power to arrest is delegated to the level of senior customs inspectors. In the Border Guard, the power to arrest is delegated to the level of border control detachments commander. The Border Guard is also responsible for search and rescue and maritime search and rescue. The Customs may utilize all investigative police powers, with the exception of the use of deep-cover personnel and sting operations. The Border Guard may use almost all investigative powers. The Customs also occasionally enforces laws such as fuel taxes and vehicle traffic-worthiness, without connection to imported goods. PCB (police, border guard and customs) is a scheme for cooperation between the police, border guard and customs. In a PCB patrol, there is a patrol from two of the agencies: For instance, two officers from customs and two from police – who then get acquainted with each other's tasks and expertise. Another form of PCB cooperation is in criminal intelligence – whereby the different disciplines share the same intelligence and situation centers. Finnish Defence Forces The Finnish Defence Forces have provost duties and jurisdiction within military installations. The Defence Forces also have the right to investigate all military crimes and most crimes committed by service-men against non-civilians. In addition, the Defence Forces have the right to conduct counter-espionage and counter-sabotage activities related to national defence. However, the Finnish Security Intelligence Service conducts actual criminal investigations of state security-related crimes within the Defence Forces.
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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya
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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya (formerly Bon Hooghly College of Commerce), established in 1965, is a general degree college in Baranagar, Kolkata. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University. Accreditation The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) visited the college in 2008 and accredited it with 'B' grade. History Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya (Formerly Bon Hooghly College of Commerce) was established in 1965 as a private evening Commerce College affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Academic departments Science Chemistry Mathematics Computer Science Food and Nutrition Arts Bengali English Geography Sociology Philosophy Economics Education Commerce Accountancy See also Education in India List of colleges in West Bengal Education in West Bengal References External links Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya Category:Universities and colleges in North 24 Parganas district Category:Colleges affiliated to West Bengal State University Category:Educational institutions established in 1965 Category:1965 establishments in India Category:Baranagar
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Human sacrifice
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Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans, usually as an offering to a deity, as part of a ritual. Human sacrifice has been practiced in various cultures throughout history. Victims were typically ritually killed in a manner intended to please or appease gods, spirits or the deceased, for example, as a propitiatory offering or as a retainer sacrifice when a king's servants are killed in order for them to continue to serve their master in the next life. Closely related practices found in some tribal societies are cannibalism and headhunting. By the Iron Age, with the associated developments in religion (the Axial Age), human sacrifice was becoming less common throughout the Old World, and came to be looked down upon as barbaric in classical antiquity. In the New World, however, human sacrifice continued to be widespread to varying degrees until the European colonization of the Americas. In modern times, even the practice of animal sacrifice has disappeared from some religions, and human sacrifice has become extremely rare. Most religions condemn the practice, and modern secular laws treat it as murder. In a society which condemns human sacrifice, the term ritual murder is used. Evolution and context The idea of human sacrifice has its roots in deep prehistory, in the evolution of human behaviour. From its historical occurrences it seems mostly associated with neolithic or nomadic cultures, on the emergent edge of civilization. Human sacrifice has been practised on a number of different occasions and in many different cultures. The various rationales behind human sacrifice are the same that motivate religious sacrifice in general. Human sacrifice is intended to bring good fortune and to pacify the gods, for example in the context of the dedication of a completed building like a temple or bridge. In ancient Japan, legends talk about hitobashira ("human pillar"), in which maidens were buried alive at the base or near some constructions to protect the buildings against disasters or enemy attacks, and almost identical accounts appear in the Balkans (The Building of Skadar and Bridge of Arta). For the re-consecration of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan in 1487, the Aztecs reported that they killed about 80,400 prisoners over the course of four days. According to Ross Hassig, author of Aztec Warfare, "between 10,000 and 80,400 persons" were sacrificed in the ceremony. Human sacrifice can also have the intention of winning the gods' favour in warfare. In Homeric legend, Iphigeneia was to be sacrificed by her father Agamemnon to appease Artemis so she would allow the Greeks to wage the Trojan War. In some notions of an afterlife, the deceased will benefit from victims killed at his funeral. Mongols, Scythians, early Egyptians and various Mesoamerican chiefs could take most of their household, including servants and concubines, with them to the next world. This is sometimes called a "retainer sacrifice", as the leader's retainers would be sacrificed along with their master, so that they could continue to serve him in the afterlife. Another purpose is divination from the body parts of the victim. According to Strabo, Celts
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Nobuki Station
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was a railway station in Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Nobuki Station was served by the 108.1 km Sankō Line from in Shimane Prefecture to in Hiroshima Prefecture, which closed on 31 March 2018. Adjacent stations History On 16 October 2015, JR West announced that it was considering closing the Sanko Line due to poor patronage. On 29 September 2016, JR West announced that the entire line would close on 31 March 2018.The line then closed on March 31, 2018, with an event hosted by JR West. See also List of railway stations in Japan References External links Category:Railway stations opened in 1956 Category:Railway stations in Hiroshima Prefecture Category:Railway stations closed in 2018
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Orano Canada
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Orano Canada (formerly AREVA Resources Canada Inc.) is a uranium mining, milling, and exploration company headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Orano is a subsidiary of the Orano Group, an international nuclear energy company headquartered in Paris, France with 16,000 employees worldwide. History Orano and its predecessor companies have been active in Canada since 1964, primarily operating within northern Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin. The company's first major activities began with the exploration and development of the Cluff Lake project. The first Cluff Lake uranium orebody was discovered in 1969 and by 1980, operations began at the newly built mine and mill. The mine was shut down in 2002 and has since been decommissioned. In 1993, Orano acquired majority interest and operational control of the McClean Lake and Midwest projects in the eastern Athabasca Basin. By 1995, Orano began mining at the McClean Lake site while also starting construction on its uranium processing mill. By 1999, uranium concentrate (yellowcake) production began at the newly finished mill. From 2010 to 2014, the McClean Lake mill was placed under care and maintenance and by 2012, upgrade and expansion construction work began at the mill. In October, 2014, the McClean Lake mill restarted with the processing of all ore from the newly opened Cigar Lake mine. Operations McClean Lake mine Cluff Lake mine Cigar Lake Mine McArthur River mine and Key Lake mill. See also Uranium Uranium mining Nuclear power Nuclear power in Canada References External links Category:Areva Category:Uranium mining companies of Canada Category:Companies based in Saskatoon Category:Mineral exploration
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Orani
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Orani may refer to: Orani, Bataan, Philippines Orani, Italy See also Orani Church in Orani, Bataan
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Treasure Island Next Mall
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Treasure Island Next Mall or TI NEXT Mall is recently opened shopping mall in the city of Indore in India. It was earlier known as Central Mall but underwent renovations and some parts were re-organised in 2017 and was re-branded and re-launched on 26 February 2018. It is owned by Nexus Malls group and is part of large network of malls including Elante Mall etc. Facilities Stores and Mini departmental stores H&M opened its first store in Indore here. Multiplex The mall features an INOX multiplex. See also Treasure Island Mall C21 Mall, Indore Malhar Mega Mall The Blackstone Group References Category:Shopping malls in India
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Anthony Laciura
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Anthony Laciura (born September 27, 1951) is an American operatic tenor, noted for his abilities as a comprimario, and actor. Born in New Orleans, he studied voice there with Charles Paddock, also the teacher of Ticho Parly. Career As a boy soprano, Laciura made his operatic debut in a small role in Louise, in March 1965, at the New Orleans Opera Association, opposite the last performances in this opera of Dorothy Kirsten and Norman Treigle. As an adult, he would give many performances with that company, and would earn music degrees from Loyola University of the South and Tulane University. On the Opening Night of the 1982-83 season, the tenor debuted with the Metropolitan Opera, where he appeared well over 800 times. That first role was the Major-domo in Der Rosenkavalier, with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. In fact, that production was televised, as were Laciura's performances in La forza del destino (directed by John Dexter, 1984), Francesca da Rimini (with Renata Scotto and Plácido Domingo, 1984), Tosca (1985), Le nozze di Figaro (opposite Ruggero Raimondi, and produced by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, 1985), Die Fledermaus (1987), Carmen (in Sir Peter Hall's production, 1987), Turandot (conducted by James Levine, 1987), Les contes d'Hoffmann (1988), Ariadne auf Naxos (with Jessye Norman, 1988), La fanciulla del West (1992), Falstaff (with Paul Plishka, Mirella Freni, and Marilyn Horne, 1992), I lombardi alla prima crociata (opposite Luciano Pavarotti, 1993), Billy Budd (1997), Le nozze di Figaro (1998), and Wozzeck (2001). Several of these productions have been published on DVD. The tenor's final appearance at the Met was in The Gambler (2008). In October 2011, he returned to the New Orleans Opera, for Emperor Altoum, in Turandot. Laciura has also appeared with companies in Geneva, Amsterdam, Montreal, Mexico City, Tokyo, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and, especially, Santa Fe. In recent seasons, he has turned to stage direction, as well. From 2010 to 2013 he was seen in the HBO television series, Boardwalk Empire, which is produced by Martin Scorsese. He portrayed Eddie Kessler, butler to Nucky Thompson, played by Steve Buscemi. He has lived in Teaneck, New Jersey, with his wife, Joel, since 1986. Discography Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Studer, Domingo, Pons, Ramey; Marin, 1990) Deutsche Grammophon Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Te Kanawa, Upshaw, Hampson, Furlanetto; Levine, 1990) Deutsche Grammophon Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Freni, Berganza, Carreras, Pons; Sinopoli, 1988) Deutsche Grammophon Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Freni, Pavarotti; Levine, 1993) Deutsche Grammophon Puccini: Tosca (Freni, Domingo, Ramey; Sinopoli, 1990) Deutsche Grammophon Verdi: La traviata (Studer, Pavarotti, Pons; Levine, 1991) Deutsche Grammophon Verdi: Il trovatore (Millo, Domingo; Levine, 1991) Sony Wagner: Parsifal (Norman, Domingo; Levine, 1991) Deutsche Grammophon References McLellan, Joseph, "Spoleto's Clown Prince of Opera; Tenor Anthony Laciura As a Triumphant 'Platee'", Washington Post, 26 May 1987 (accessed via subscription 28 March 2010) Morgan, Brian, "From Loyola to the Metropolitan and City Operas," programme note for Loyola at the Met, October 1, 1999. External links with Agnes Baltsa, Myra Merritt, etc.: Category:American operatic tenors Category:American people of Italian descent Category:Musicians from New Orleans Category:Singers from New Jersey Category:People from Teaneck,
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Very Small Array
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The Very Small Array (VSA) was a 14-element interferometric radio telescope operating between 26 and 36 GHz that is used to study the cosmic microwave background radiation. It was a collaboration between the University of Cambridge, University of Manchester and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Tenerife), and was located at the Observatorio del Teide on Tenerife. The array was built at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory by the Cavendish Astrophysics Group and Jodrell Bank Observatory, and was funded by PPARC (now STFC). The design was strongly based on the Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope. The telescope was comparable in terms of capabilities to several other CMB experiments, including the balloon-based BOOMERanG and MAXIMA, and the ground-based DASI and CBI. Design The telescope consists of 14 elements (yielding 91 baselines), each of which have a horn reflector antenna focusing astrophysical signals into individual receivers (pseudomorphic HFET amplifiers, with a system temperature around 25 K and a physical temperature of 12 K, based on an NRAO design). The separate elements are combined using a correlator to form an aperture synthesis array. The elements are mounted on a tip-table, which is capable of tracking the sky and can tilt up to 35 degrees from the zenith. The telescope has been used in three different configurations – "compact", "extended" and "super-extended", each of which differ in the separation distance between the elements (the difference between compact and extended is a factor of 2.25), and the size of the antennas. While the compact array has antennas 143mm in diameter, the extended array uses 322mm diameter antennas. This means that the compact array has a primary beam of 4.5 degrees, and a resolution of 30 arcminutes (multipoles between 100 and 800), while the extended array has a primary beam of 2 degrees, a resolution of 12 arcminutes and can hence observe multipoles between 250 and 1500. The extended array is also a factor of 5 more sensitive than the compact array. The super-extended array will be able to measure multipoles up to 3000, and has 550mm antenna mirrors. The front-end amplifiers were also upgraded. The telescope can be tuned to frequencies between 26 and 36 GHz, with 1.5 GHz bandwidth, meaning that the telescope can carry out observations at different frequencies. It also includes two 3.7m radio telescopes, also working at 30 GHz, which are dedicated to monitoring foreground sources. These source subtraction dishes were upgraded to more accurate ones following the first series of observations, to allow the monitoring of much weaker sources than previously. Both the source subtractor dishes, and the VSA itself, are surrounded by large metal ground shields. As the VSA is an interferometer, it directly measures the angular power spectrum of the CMB, rather than having to construct a map of the sky first. Results The fields observed with the VSA were chosen to minimize the amount of bright radio sources and large clusters in the field (the latter to avoid the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect), as well as to avoid contamination by emission from our galaxy. The radio point sources present in the VSA fields
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Electoral results for the district of Frankston
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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Frankston in Victorian state elections. Members for Frankston Election results Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s References Category:Victoria (Australia) state electoral results by district
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S. M. Holden
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Servetus Mortimer Holden (29 August 1862 – 1 December 1943) was a British journalist and political activist. The only Parliamentary candidate ever put forward by the National Prohibition Party, he was associated with the labour movement and campaigned on old age pensions throughout his career. Early life and journalism Born in Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire to family involved in trade unionism in the cotton industry, Holden left school at the age of seven to deliver newspapers. Over time, he worked as a newsagent, journalist and owner of the Accrington Advertiser. He claimed to be a founder member of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), and certainly organised a large meeting in Accrington which led to the creation of a local branch, although shortly before Holden's death, Francis Johnson denied that Holden was in fact a founder member of the party. In 1899, Holden launched a national weekly newspaper, the British Socialist News, although this was not a success. During 1906, Holden briefly worked for two national newspapers, being appointed as Parliamentary Labour correspondent for the Daily Mail, and contributing a "Labour Notes" column for Reynolds' News. He lost a court case in 1910 against the Accrington Observer and Times, which accused him of copying its stories. Cricket In his twenties and thirties, Holden was a keen cricketer, playing for Accrington Cricket Club and occasionally for other teams in the Lancashire League. Political activism At the 1906 general election, Holden stood in Accrington. He described himself variously as the official Parliamentary Labour Party candidate, and as an ILP candidate, but he did not actually receive the backing of either the party and so funded his own campaign as an independent. His campaign focused on introducing old age pensions and a minimum wage of 30 shillings per week. He took third place in the election, with 619 votes. Holden did not oppose British involvement in World War I, but was strongly against conscription. He also supported women's suffrage, and so joined Sylvia Pankhurst's Workers' Suffrage Federation. The group planned to stand him as their candidate in Accrington at the 1918 general election, but he did not ultimately appear on the ballot paper. Pankhurst's group became part of the Communist Party of Great Britain early in the 1920s, but this did not appeal to Holden, who instead joined the National Prohibition Party. This party had been in existence since 1887, but maintained only a low level of activity, and had not previously stood in any Parliamentary election. Holden became its first and only candidate when he stood in the 1923 Whitechapel and St George's by-election. He took only 130 votes and lost his deposit. Holden stood again for election at the 1929 general election in Preston, receiving 2,111 votes and describing himself as the candidate of the "Preston Progressive Labour Party". He stood again in the Preston by-election, later that year, but took only 410 votes. Following his defeats, he called a meeting in Preston, which he described as founding the "Progressive Labour Party" as a national organisation. He was the party's president, and announced that it
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Glogovac
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Glogovac () or Gllogoc (in Albanian), is a town and municipality located in the Pristina District in central Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Glogovac had 6,143 inhabitants, while the municipality had 58,531 inhabitants. Geography and population Glogovac municipality is located in central Kosovo, between the Čičavica mountains in the east and the Drenica hills in the north and west. The main road from Pristina to Peć crosses the municipality. At a junction at Komorani village, a smaller road extends north from the highway, passing through Glogovac town and continuing to Skenderaj. There are a total of 36 villages in the municipality, including the town of Glogovac. The municipality's population prior to the 1999 bombing was approximately 58,579 made up almost entirely of Albanians, with a small number of Serbs and others only in the Glogovac town. No minorities remained in the municipality, thus Glogovac today reflects a mono-ethnic environment. History The municipality of Glogovac was established before World War II. During Yugoslavia economic growth was low. Lately, there has been a gradual improvement in economic, agricultural, educational, medical and industrial growth. Municipal development has affected the construction of network-educational system, health and service network intensifying agricultural development has become especially after the construction of the irrigation system "Iber Lepenci", while a positive movement for the economy of Glogovac is marked by complex building "Ferronikeli". Prior and during the Kosovo War (1998–99), the ethnic Albanian separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had a strong level of influence and during the war controlled large areas of the municipality. Drenica, including the Glogovac municipality was consequently badly affected. During the war, there were instances of massacres carried out by Yugoslav forces. Mass graves were later exhumed in an attempt to conceal crimes. Services, media and organizations Internet services The strongest local Internet providing company at the area at the time is KUJTESA.Other companies like:Sky Net,Galaktika and others were established after the war at 2002 and are some of leading companies at the region. Local and international NGOs The presence of the international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the municipality remains unchanged. The number of international NGOs is reduced, while their activity level can be described as modest. Only the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) continues to be based in Glogovac while the few other international NGOs working in Glogovac are mainly based in Pristina. These include Swiss CARITAS and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC). The most prominent local NGOs are Mother Theresa Society (MTS), the ‘Council for Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms’, Shpresa, Aureola, Gresa, Nora, and Handikos. The KLA War Veterans Association, KLA Invalids Association, Friends of KPC, Pensioners Association, Glogovac Hearing Impaired Association, Union Fund of the Republic of Kosova (UFORK) or the so- called "Bukoshi Fund" are active in the municipality as well. Local media There are no local newspapers, except two temporary magazines "Realiteti" (a youth magazine) and "Spektri" (local magazine). However, there are four correspondents residing in Glogovac working for major newspapers based in Pristina. There are two Radio Stations, "92.1 Capital FM" broadcasting on a
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Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard
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Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard (21 August 1814 – 7 June 1881) was a French composer and teacher. Savard was a teacher at the Paris Conservatory in tonic solfa, harmony and figured bass. Among his pupils were Jules Massenet, Cécile Chaminade, Eduard Reuss, and Edward MacDowell. Massenet describes him fondly in his memoires. His works include the following: Kyrie (1860) (Niedermeyer) Messe solennelle (1865) He also published books on music theory and a compilation of plainsong chants. These include: Cours complet d'Harmonie théorique et pratique (1853) and Principes de la musique et méthode de transposition (1865), Librairie Hachette et cie., Paris The latter work was approved by L'Académie des beaux-arts of the Institut de France under such notables as Daniel Auber, Ambroise Thomas, Hector Berlioz and Fromental Halévy. He was the father of Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard. References External links Image of Augustin Savard pêre on a medallion at the Cité de la Musique Category:1814 births Category:1881 deaths Category:Academics of the Conservatoire de Paris Category:19th-century French composers
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Agelasta marionae
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Agelasta marionae is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Karl-Ernst Hüdepohl in 1985. It is known from the Philippines. References Category:Mesosini Category:Beetles described in 1985
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Divo Airport
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Divo Airport is an airport serving Divo in Côte d'Ivoire. Category:Airports in Ivory Coast Category:Buildings and structures in Gôh-Djiboua District Category:Lôh-Djiboua
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Plan V (film)
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Plan V is a Mexican film directed by Fez Noriega. The film is stars Natasha Dupeyrón, María Gabriela de Faría, and José Pablo Minor, and premiered on 17 August 2018. Principal photography began on 19 December 2016, and concluded on 21 January 2017. Plot Paula (Natasha Dupeyrón) prepares to give an anniversary surprise to her boyfriend Chema, a famous telenovela actor. But the surprise is hers, however, when she finds him cheating on her with his agent Marcelo( David Alegre) . Paula, in the company of her friends Fernanda (María Gabriela de Faría) and Jennifer (Stephanie Gerard), comes to the conclusion that what she needs to get rid of disappointment is a virgin man who will surely value her. The three friends come up with Plan V (virgin), that introduces them in the fascinating and, until then, unknown world of the university, in which they will find a series of endearing characters, among them Luis (José Pablo Minor), a handsome and intelligent virgin that will change their lives. Cast Natasha Dupeyrón as Paula María Gabriela de Faría as Fernanda José Pablo Minor as Luis Stéphanie Gérard as Jennifer Arath de la Torre as Profesor Limón Kevin Holt as Malcom Tamara Vallarta as Laurentina José Carlos Femat as Chema References External links Category:2018 films Category:Mexican films Category:Mexican romantic comedy films
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Gyarmat
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Gyarmat is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary. It is situated in the southeast of its county on the connecting road between the city of Győr (30 km away) and the town Pápa (15 km). History It was first mentioned in written sources in 1153. Most of the inhabitants were wine growers and tree fellers. Throughout the history Gyarmat had changed its face. In the times of Ottoman Turkish reign most inhabitants fled because of the beg's oppression. New settlers came from Austria in 1695. During the Rákóczi's War of Independence between 1703 and 1711 the village sustained a great tragedy when an imperial general burned down the village with all its people. Therefore Gyarmat was destroyed again. In 1720 German catholic settlers came from Rhineland-Palatinate. As a consequence, till today a lot of surnames are not Hungarian. During the First World War the majority of the people were part of the infantry regiment. Between the years 1920 and 1930 about 380 people emigrated to America. World War II hit twice. First came the German troops in March 1944, then followed the Russians in March 1945. Sights Statue of John of Nepomuk Calvary Roman Catholic Church wine-press houses References External links Street map Category:Populated places in Győr-Moson-Sopron County
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Rain (Anthony Callea song)
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"Rain" is the second song released by Australian Idol series two runner-up Anthony Callea, and features on his self-titled debut album Anthony Callea (2005). It was released as a double A-side set features the song plus his recording of Simon & Garfunkel's song "Bridge over Troubled Water", which he performed on Australian Idol. The CD single for the song was released as a three-track standard version with the B-side "Don't Tell Me". It was also available for a short time as a limited edition collector's 2CD tri-gatefold set with a second B-side, "Wanna Be the One". Track listing Rain / Bridge over Troubled Water "Rain" "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Don't Tell Me" Rain / Bridge over Troubled Water 2CD Disc 1 "Rain" "Wanna Be the One" Disc 2 "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Don't Tell Me" Charts "Rain" / "Bridge Over Troubled Water" debuted at #1 in Australia and remained at #1 for two weeks. Certifications Ola Svensson version In early 2006, Swedish singer Ola Svensson covered the song and released it as his debut single. Following his participation in Idol 2005, the single debuted at #1 on the Swedish singles chart and remained there for three consecutive weeks. Track listing "Rain" – 3:38 "Rain" (Instrumental) – 3:47 Chart positions References External links Category:2005 singles Category:Anthony Callea songs Category:Number-one singles in Australia Category:Number-one singles in Sweden Category:Songs written by Savan Kotecha Category:Songs written by Andreas Romdhane Category:Songs written by Josef Larossi Category:Ola Svensson songs Category:Australian pop songs Category:Sony BMG singles Category:2005 songs
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David Amerson
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David Amerson (born December 8, 1991) is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Oakland Raiders and Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at North Carolina State University. Early years Amerson was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended James B. Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, and played for the Dudley Panthers high school football team. According to Rivals.com, he was a four-star college football recruit. College career Amerson enrolled in North Carolina State University, where he played for the NC State Wolfpack football team from 2010 to 2012. As a true freshman in 2010, he started nine of 13 games and recorded 50 tackles. Through 11 games of his sophomore season in 2011, Amerson had 51 tackles and led the nation in interceptions with 13. The 13 interceptions beat Dré Bly's record for the most interceptions in a season in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) history. Following the 2011 season, he received the Jack Tatum Trophy for the best college defensive back, first-team All-American honors from the Walter Camp Football Foundation and ESPN, and first-team All-ACC honors. At the inaugural Belk Bowl held in Charlotte on December 27, 2011, Amerson broke the record for the most interceptions in a season by an Atlantic Coast Conference competitor. This record of 13 interceptions also led the Football Subdivision during the 2011 season. He finished the game with five tackles, two interceptions, and one touchdown. Professional career Prior to his junior year, Amerson was widely projected to be a top-10 selection in the 2013 NFL Draft. However, his draft stock dropped after a mediocre junior season. Coming out of North Carolina State, the majority of analysts and scouts projected Amerson as a second or third round pick. He was ranked the ninth-best cornerback by NFLDraftScout.com. Amerson was invited to the NFL Scouting Combine and completed most of the workouts and drills before injuring his groin that inevitably kept him from doing the three-cone drill and short shuttle. He also participated at NC State's Pro Day and made up the three-cone drill and short shuttle while also improving on his combine numbers in the vertical and broad jump. The Washington Redskins selected Amerson in the second round (51st overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft. He was the highest selected North Carolina State defensive back since Dewayne Washington in 1994 and was the seventh cornerback selected. Washington Redskins On May 7, 2013, the Washington Redskins signed him to a four-year, $3.85 million contract with a signing bonus of $1.10 million. 2013 He entered training camp competing with DeAngelo Hall, E. J. Biggers, and Josh Wilson. The Washington Redskins named him the third cornerback on the depth chart behind veterans Hall and Wilson to begin the season. He made his professional regular-season debut and started the Washington Redskins' season-opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, making four combined tackles and a pass deflection in a 33–27 loss. The following week, he made a season-high
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Lavra Babič
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Lavra Babič (born 1 January 1987 in Brezje) is a freestyle swimmer from Slovenia, who participated for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. References Slovenian Swimming Federation sports-reference Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Female freestyle swimmers Category:Slovenian female swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers of Slovenia Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:People from the City Municipality of Novo Mesto
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List of political movements named after dates
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Albania - Communist Party of Albania 8 November Colombia - Movimiento 19 de abril Cuba - 26th of July Movement Faroe Islands - Red 1 May Group Germany - Movement 2 June Greece - Revolutionary Organization 17 November Guatemala - Revolutionary Movement 13th November Nepal - Communist Party of Nepal (15 September) Spain - GRAPO (Spanish acronym for "First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups") Spain - National Alliance July 18 Turkey - 10 September Turkey - 16 June Movement See also Demonym Movements named after dates Named after dates
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1932 College Football All-America Team
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The 1932 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1932. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1932 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA); (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) Liberty magazine, and (8) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA). Consensus All-Americans For the year 1932, the NCAA recognizes eight published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received. All-American selections for 1932 Ends Paul Moss, Purdue (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PD; PM) Joe Skladany, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; FWAA; TR-1) Ted Petoskey, Michigan (UP-3; WC-1; AAB-1; INS-3; NYS-2) Jose Martinez-Zorilla, Cornell (AP-1) David Ariail, Auburn (NEA-2; CP-1) Richard King, Army (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; NYS-1) Dave Nisbet, Washington (AP-3; CO-1; INS-2; LIB) Clary Anderson, Colgate (NEA-3; NYT-1) Frank Meadow, Brown (AP-3) Edwin Kosky, Notre Dame (UP-2) Virgil Rayburn, Tennessee (NYS-2) Red Matal, Columbia (UP-2; NEA-3; PM) Francis "Hands" Slavich, Santa Clara (INS-3) Sid Gillman, Ohio State (PD) Ivy Williamson, Michigan (CP-2) Ford Palmer, USC (CP-3) Madison Pruitt, TCU (CP-3) Tackles Joe Kurth, Notre Dame (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PM) Ernie Smith, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-2; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PD) Edward Krause, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-2) Fred Crawford, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; CP-3) Raymond Brown, USC (AP-3; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-3; NYS-1; PM) Howard Colehower, Penn (AP-3; UP-2; NEA-3; INS-3; CP-2) L. Brown, Brown (NEA-3) Ted Rosequist, Ohio State (INS-3) John Wilbur, Yale (NYS-2) Irad Hardy, Harvard (PD) Guards Milton Summerfelt, Army (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; FWAA; NYT-1; TR-1; PD; PM) Bill Corbus, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; CP-2; NYS-1; WC-1; TR-1) Robert Smith, Colgate (AP-2; UP-2; AAB-1; NEA-2; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-2; WC-1; LIB; PD) Aaron Rosenberg, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; INS-2; FWAA; LIB) Johnny Vaught, TCU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; INS-3; CP-3; NYT-1) Joseph Gailus, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-3; NYS-2; PM) Mike Steponovich, St. Mary's (AP-3; NEA-3) James Harris, Notre Dame (NEA-3) Greg Kabat, Wisconsin (INS-3) Thomas Hupke, Alabama (CP-2) Centers Clarence Gracey, Vanderbilt (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-2; INS-2; NYS-2; NYT-1; TR-1, CP-3; LIB; PD) Lawrence Ely, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; AAB-1; INS-3; NYS-1) Chuck Bernard, Michigan (AP-3; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; FWAA) Cap Oehler, Purdue (NEA-3) Tom Gilbane, Brown (CP-1) Art Krueger, Marquette (WC-1; PM) Joe Tormey, Pitt (UP-3) Quarterbacks Harry Newman, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PD; PM) Cliff
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Chtonobdella limbata
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Chtonobdella limbata is a species of blood sucking leech, found in New South Wales, Australia. It occurs in moist forest areas, being noticeable after rain. Often encountered on the forest floor or on low foliage. A hungry leech is responsive to light or movement. Scientific Study There are many types of leech found in eastern Australia. This group of organisms is not well studied by scientists, and the current taxonomic state is not well determined. This species was described in 1866 by the German naturalist Adolph Eduard Grube. The name Gnatbobdellida libbata sometimes appears as the name for the “Australian Bush leech”. Bite Generally the bite is harmless. There will be bleeding, and possible irritation and itching after the bite. There is no evidence that the leech can transmit disease. However, some people have an allergic reaction or infection. Medical advice should be sought if the bite doesn't clear up within a short period of time. Bites may be prevented by protective clothing such as gaiters, stockings and several pairs of socks. Repellents, creams and other chemical treatments have been used with varying degrees of success. References Category:Leeches Category:Taxa named by Adolph Eduard Grube
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Matthias Paul (actor)
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Matthias Paul (born 15 July 1964 in Frankfurt (Oder)) is a German actor, singer and director. Life and career Matthias Paul has been living in Berlin since 1972. After school, he completed an apprenticeship as an aircraft mechanic at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport. Later he went to the television of the GDR and worked as the first camera assistant. From 1987 to 1991 he studied at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, Berlin. In 1996, he attended the Actors Workshop with Eric Morris in Los Angeles. Paul works as an actor and presenter. He also speaks audiobooks and was on stage as a singer of chansons and love ballads. In 1999, he played a major role in the action series "". Since 2009 he works as a director for television, increasingly for soap operas, and has directed some 300 episodes (up to 2019). He is married since September 2006 and lives in Pritzwalk and Berlin. Theatre 1994: Romeo & Julia (Kleist-Theater Frankfurt (Oder)) 1993: Michael Kohlhaas (Kleist-Theater Frankfurt (Oder)) 1993: (Kleist-Theater Frankfurt (Oder)) 1993: Exekutor 14 (Kleist-Theater Frankfurt (Oder)) 1992: Leonce & Lena (Theater Kampnagel Hamburg) 1992: Der Cassernower (Kleine Bühne Das Ei at Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin) 1992: Penthesilea (Kleist-Theater Frankfurt (Oder)) 1992: Frühlingserwachen () 1991: Das Wintermärchen (Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz Berlin) 1989: Der Lohndrücker (Deutsches Theater Berlin) Filmography Actor 1991: 1992: Zorc-Tim 1993: Fahrschule Kampmann 1994: Feuerbach 1995: Coeur pour coeur, dent pour dent 1995: 1995: Eine Frau wird gejagt 1995: Kinder der Nacht 1996: Boom Baby Boom 1996: 1996: Hollister 1997: 1997: Lisa Falk, Anwältin 1997: Ritter der Lüfte 1998: Einfach Klasse… 1998: Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt: 1998: SK-Babies (television series): Der Ausbrecher 1999–2000: (television series, 23 episodes) 1999: In aller Freundschaft (television series, 5 episodes, ) 1999–2002: Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (television series, 3 episodes, including Vater und Sohn) 2003: Der Zauberstein 2003: Ei verbibbsch 2003: Die Rosenheim-Cops (television series): Die sündige Sennerin 2004: 2004: Sabine! (television series, 7 episodes) 2004: Sharia-Gods Law 2004: Siska (television series): Zuerst kommt die Angst 2006–2007: Schmetterlinge im Bauch (soap, 82 episodes) 2007: Spielzeugland 2007–2008: Rote Rosen (soap, 16 episodes, ) 2008–2009: Rosamunde Pilcher: (series, 6 episodes) 2010–2011: Schloss Einstein (television series, 53 episodes, ) 2014–2015: 2015: : 2017: Professor T.: Der perfekte Mord 2017: 2017–2018: Tatort: 2018: Happiness is a warm gun (short film) Director 1998: The Real Psycho (short film) 1997: Schrei leise (short film) 2009: Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (soap, RTL) 2009–2010: Verbotene Liebe (soap, ARD) 2010–2011: Anna und die Liebe (soap, Sat.1, 14 episodes) 2010–2013: Alles was zählt (soap, RTL, 107 episodes) References Further reading External links Category:German directors Category:German singers Category:German male stage actors Category:German male television actors Category:German male actors Category:Male actors from Berlin Category:20th-century German male actors Category:21st-century German male actors Category:German television presenters Category:1964 births Category:Living people
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Ken Swilling
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Jerry Kenneth Swilling (born September 25, 1970) is a former college and professional American football player who played Defensive Back for one season for the Cleveland Browns. Ken played high school football at Stephens County and college football at Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech Swilling played Defensive Back for the Yellow Jackets from 1988 through 1991. He was an All-American and member of the 1990 National Championship team. Ken had a nickname of "Captain America" while at Tech. "If you were to draw a picture of a football player in a uniform, you'd draw Ken Swilling," said Coach Bobby Ross in a Sports Illustrated interview; "He's the guy you want to get off the bus first when you go visiting." Swilling is said to have called an undefeated season during before the 1990 schedule began after supposedly having a dream that it would happen. Records and accomplishments 1990 National Championship Team 1990 AP All-American 1989 and 1990 All-ACC ACC 50th Anniversary Team References Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:All-American college football players Category:American football safeties Category:Cleveland Browns players Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players Category:Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state) Category:People from Toccoa, Georgia
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Pseudocrossotus
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Pseudocrossotus is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species: Pseudocrossotus albomaculatus (Breuning, 1938) Pseudocrossotus pujoli (Teocchi, 1991) References Category:Crossotini
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Mohammed Aman
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Mohammed Aman Geleto (Amharic: መሀመድ አማን; born 10 January 1994) is an Ethiopian middle distance runner. Born in Asella, he is the winner of the 800-meter final at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. Aman also won consecutive 800 m titles at the 2009 and 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships. Running career Aman was the inaugural winner of the 1000 metres race at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore. He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, finishing behind Leonard Kirwa Kosencha who set a world youth best. He ran an Ethiopian record to win his semi-final heat at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but finished last in the event final. In September he improved his Ethiopian record to 1:43.37 minutes (establishing the world youth best that remains today) behind David Rudisha at the Rieti Meeting, then ended Rudisha's 34-meet winning streak at the Notturna di Milano, beating him by seven hundredths of a second in a time of 1:43.50 minutes. He won 800 m final in the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul as the youngest gold medalist athlete. He finished 6th in the 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships held in London. Competition record Personal best References External links Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Ethiopian male middle-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Oromia Region Category:Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Category:World Athletics Championships medalists Category:Diamond League winners Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Category:World Athletics Championships winners
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Ramonkodogo
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Ramonkodogo is a town in the Ramongo Department of Boulkiemdé Province, in central western Burkina Faso, with a population of 1,583. References External links Satellite map at Maplandia.com Category:Populated places in Boulkiemdé Province
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Judicial system of Finland
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Under the Constitution of Finland, everyone is entitled to have their case heard by a court or an authority appropriately and without undue delay. This is achieved through the judicial system of Finland. The Finnish judicial system is mostly organized under the Ministry of Justice, and consists of the independent courts of law and administrative courts the prosecution service the enforcement authorities, who see to the enforcement of judgments the prison service and the probation service, who see to the enforcement of custodial sentences, and the Bar Association and the other avenues of legal aid. Background The Finnish legal system originated during the period before Swedish rule. The traditional system of tings for criminal cases and civil disputes continued after conquest and the country's first court of appeals was established at Turku in 1634. Olaus Petri's The Rules for Judges unified legal system since the 1530s and the law concerning the judicial procedure, the Code of Judicial Procedure (), was instituted as part of the legal codification of 1734. Since then, the Code has undergone numerous changes. Nowadays, the Finnish courts are divided into two main branches — general courts dealing with civil suits and criminal cases, and administrative courts regulating the actions of the administration and litigations between individuals and the administration. This division dates back to the administrative procedure of the 18th and 19th centuries. This division was formalized in 1918 when two sections of the Senate became the newly independent country's two highest courts. The Senate Department of Justice became the Supreme Court, and part of the Senate Finance Department was the basis of the Supreme Administrative Court. The two court systems are entirely separate, and they have no jurisdiction over one another. The establishment of the two courts was confirmed by the Constitution Act of 1919. Overseeing the system of justice are the Chancellor of Justice and the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Although these two officials have largely parallel functions and each is required to submit an annual report of their activities to Parliament, the Chancellor of Justice is appointed for life by the President and is a non-voting member of the Government, whereas the Parliamentary Ombudsman is chosen for a four-year term by the Parliament. Both officials receive complaints from citizens about the conduct of civil servants, and on their own may investigate all public officials and may order prosecutors to proceed against them. The Chancellor of Justice also supervises advocates. Both officials may call any Finnish authorities to render such assistance as they deem fit. As in the other Nordic countries, there is no constitutional court. Issues dealt with by a court of this kind elsewhere are handled by the Parliament's Constitutional Committee. Principles of criminal justice Finnish thinking on criminal policy, as it was evolved by the 1980s, regards the punishment of offenders essentially as society's reproach to the criminal. In the abstract, the type and the length of punishment prescribed by law are considered indicative of the norms of society regarding the seriousness of the offense and the potential threat posed to society by the offender.
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Parasequence
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A parasequence is a fundamental concept of sequence stratigraphy. Parasequences are not directly related to sequences. Definition A parasequence is defined as a genetically related succession of bedsets that is bounded by marine flooding surfaces (or their correlative surfaces) on top and at the bottom. The succession is supposed to be relatively conformable in the sense that breaks in deposition within the parasequence are much shorter than the time of deposition of the parasequence itself. Most parasequences show a shallowing upward, which is sometimes also included into the definition. Properties Since parasequences are relatively conformable, so Walther's law applies within a parasequence. This is not necessarily the case for transitions from one parasequence to another. They are also typically of the size of one up to tens of meters. References Category:Sequence stratigraphy
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Jasper Independent School District
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Jasper Independent School District is a public school district based in Jasper, Texas (USA). Jasper ISD serves the city of Jasper. In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. Schools Secondary schools High schools Jasper High School (Grades 9-12) Junior high schools Jasper Junior High School (Grades 6-8) Primary schools Parnell Elementary School (Grades 4-5) Jean C. Few Primary School (PreKindergarten through Grade 3) Former schools Rowe High School (A segregated all-African-American school) References External links Jasper Independent School District Category:School districts in Jasper County, Texas Category:School districts in Texas
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Crispy Ambulance
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Crispy Ambulance are an English post-punk band, formed in Manchester in late-1977 by Keith Darbyshire (bass), Robert Davenport (guitar), Alan Hempsall (vocals), and Gary Madeley (drums). They had been inspired by the Sex Pistols' second gig in the Lesser Free Trade Hall, in addition to the bands Magazine and Hawkwind. Career The band played their first gig on 1 January 1978 at the Spurley Hey Youth Centre. Following a self-released debut single, "From the Cradle to the Grave" (1980), the band joined Factory Records. Singles "Unsightly and Serene" and "Live on a Hot August Night" (produced by Martin Hannett) preceded their album The Plateau Phase and final single "Sexus". The Plateau Phase was given a five star review by Sounds. In April 1980 singer Alan Hempsall also appeared on stage with Joy Division at Derby Hall, standing in for Ian Curtis who had suffered an epileptic fit, a performance which ultimately descended into a riot. This scene is depicted in the Joy Division biopic Control. During 1981–1982, Crispy Ambulance played several dozen live dates in the UK, as well as a short European tour with Section 25. They also recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in January 1981. Crispy Ambulance disbanded in late 1982, leaving behind Fin, a live album of late period songs. A further posthumous album, Frozen Blood, included their 1981 BBC radio session for the John Peel programme. The four members carried on for a short time as Ram Ram Kino, releasing one single "Advantage" on Temple Records. The original line-up of Crispy Ambulance reformed in 1999, and went on to release two studio albums, Scissorgun in 2002 and The Powder Blind Dream in 2004, as well as a live album, Accessory After the Fact. All these later recordings were produced by Graham Massey of 808 State. The group also undertook a short tour of North America in November 2002. They reformed again in 2014 and are back touring. In the commentary for the 2002 film, 24 Hour Party People, Tony Wilson of Factory Records stated that while he liked the band, he felt that their name was the worst band name of all time. Crispy Ambulance released an almost entirely instrumental album in 2016, entitled Random Textures. The double CD edition, released by Factory Benelux, came with an expanded version of the Record Store Day album Compulsion. The Half Man Half Biscuit song "Running Order Squabble Fest" (on the album "This Leaden Pall") references the band with the line: "You're going on after Crispy Ambulance!". It is a play on the football chant "You're going home in a St John Ambulance!". Discography Studio albums The Plateau Phase (1982), Factory Benelux FBN-12 – UK Indie # 23 Expanded CD reissue as Comprising : The Plateau Phase, Live on a Hot August Night, Sexus Scissorgun (2002), LTM The Powder Blind Dream (2004), LTM Compulsion (2015) Factory Benelux Record Store Day release Random Textures (2016) Factory Benelux (double CD with Compulsion expanded Compilations The Blue & Yellow (of the Yacht Club) (1983), C.A. Tapes Frozen Blood (2000),
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Phenylpropanoid
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The phenylpropanoids are a diverse family of organic compounds that are synthesized by plants from the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine. Their name is derived from the six-carbon, aromatic phenyl group and the three-carbon propene tail of coumaric acid, which is the central intermediate in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. From 4-coumaroyl-CoA emanates the biosynthesis of myriad natural products including lignols (precursors to lignin and lignocellulose), flavonoids, isoflavonoids, coumarins, aurones, stilbenes, catechin, and phenylpropanoids. The coumaroyl component is produced from cinnamic acid. Phenylpropanoids are found throughout the plant kingdom, where they serve as essential components of a number of structural polymers, provide protection from ultraviolet light, defend against herbivores and pathogens, and mediate plant-pollinator interactions as floral pigments and scent compounds. Hydroxycinnamic acids Phenylalanine is first converted to cinnamic acid by the action of the enzyme phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL). Some plants, mainly monocotyledonous, use tyrosine to synthesize p-coumaric acid by the action of the bifunctional enzyme Phenylalanine/tyrosine ammonia-lyase (PTAL). A series of enzymatic hydroxylations and methylations leads to coumaric acid, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, 5-hydroxyferulic acid, and sinapic acid. Conversion of these acids to their corresponding esters produces some of the volatile components of herb and flower fragrances, which serve many functions such as attracting pollinators. Ethyl cinnamate is a common example. Cinnamic aldehydes and monolignols Reduction of the carboxylic acid functional groups in the cinnamic acids provides the corresponding aldehydes, such as cinnamaldehyde. Further reduction provides monolignols including coumaryl alcohol, coniferyl alcohol, and sinapyl alcohol, which vary only in their degree of methoxylation. The monolignols are monomers that are polymerized to generate various forms of lignin and suberin, which are used as a structural component of plant cell walls. The phenylpropenes, including eugenol, chavicol, safrole and estragole, are also derived from the monolignols. These compounds are the primary constituents of various essential oils. Coumarins and flavonoids Hydroxylation of cinnamic acid in the 4-position by trans-cinnamate 4-monooxygenase leads to p-coumaric acid, which can be further modified into hydroxylated derivatives such as umbelliferone. Another use of p-coumaric acid via its thioester with coenzyme A, i.e. 4-coumaroyl-CoA, is the production of chalcones. This is achieved with the addition of 3 malonyl-CoA molecules and their cyclization into a second phenyl group. Chalcones are the precursors of all flavonoids, a diverse class of phytochemicals. Stilbenoids Stilbenoids, such as resveratrol, are hydroxylated derivatives of stilbene. They are formed through an alternative cyclization of cinnamoyl-CoA or 4-coumaroyl-CoA. Sporopollenin Phenylpropanoids and other phenolics are part of the chemical composition of sporopollenin. It is related to cutin and suberin. This ill-defined substance found in pollen is unusually resistant to degradation. Analyses have revealed a mixture of biopolymers, containing mainly hydroxylated fatty acids, phenylpropanoids, phenolics and traces of carotenoids. Tracer experiments have shown that phenylalanine is a major precursor, but other carbon sources also contribute. It is likely that sporopollenin is derived from several precursors that are chemically cross-linked to form a rigid structure. See also Apiole Asarone Chavicol Dillapiole Elemicin Estragole Eugenol Methyl eugenol Myristicin See also Eleutherosides References *
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John Gunnell House
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John Gunnell House, also known as the George Coleman House, is a historic home near Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia. It was built in 1852, and is a two-story, five bay, "T"-shaped frame dwelling in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has an English basement, attic, and intersecting gable roofs with brick chimneys at each of the three gable ends. Also on the property is a contributing outbuilding, now used as a tool shed. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. References Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Category:Greek Revival houses in Virginia Category:Houses completed in 1852 Category:Houses in Fairfax County, Virginia Category:National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia Category:1852 establishments in Virginia
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Typhoon Nando
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The name Nando has been used in the Philippines by PAGASA in the Western Pacific, after Typhoon Lingling (Nanang) was retired in 2001. Typhoon Lingling (2001) (T0123, 27W, Nanang)- A disastrous storm which struck the Philippines and China, which led to its retirement. Typhoon Kirogi (2005) (T0520, 21W, Nando) Typhoon Koppu (2009) (T0915, 16W, Nando) – struck China. Severe Tropical Storm Kong-rey (2013) (T1315, 14W, Nando) Tropical Depression 22W (2017) (Nando) Succeeded by: Typhoon Odette Category:Pacific typhoon disambiguation pages
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Xuchang railway station
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Xuchang railway station () is a station on Beijing–Guangzhou railway in Xuchang, Henan. History Construction of the station started in May 1903 and the station was opened in December 1905. The station was renovated during 1988-2000. Station layout The station has 3 platforms (1 side platform and 1 island platform) and 10 tracks. The station building, which houses the waiting rooms, ticket office and stores, is located on the east side. The island platform (Platform 2) is connected to the station building by a footbridge for entering the platform and a tunnel for leaving it. To the west of the platforms is the freight yard. See also Xuchang East railway station References Category:Railway stations in Henan Category:Stations on the Beijing–Guangzhou Railway
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Grant Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa
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Grant Township is a township in Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA. References Category:Poweshiek County, Iowa Category:Townships in Iowa
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The Way We Were (2018 TV series)
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The Way We Were () is a 2018 Chinese romance drama directed by Liu Jiang and starring Tiffany Tang and Luo Jin. The series airs on both Dragon Television and Beijing Television from 14 May 2018 to 10 June 2018. The series centers on the life of the Chinese overseas students in the United States. Synopsis The story follows six students studying abroad, chasing their dreams and becoming the elites of their respective majors. Shu Che and Miao Ying were originally a couple, but Shu Che's father forced them to separate, seeing how her family doesn’t benefit his side at all. He then meets Xiao Qing, a smart and independent girl who rises to the top based on her own efforts. The two fall in love but a crisis comes their way. Shu Che becomes involved in exposing his dad's criminal activity and Xiao Qing is caught in between as a witness. Ultimately, the culprit is revealed and there’s a heavy price to pay. Everyone grows up in the process, understanding humanity and the value of life, returning to the path of justice. Cast Main Tiffany Tang as Xiao Qing () An aspiring law practitioner. Luo Jin as Shu Che () Son of a politician, and a law practitioner. Yu Jiwei as Ning Ming () A guy with an ordinary background. His crush on Miao Ying spurs him to work hard in life. Xu Lingyue as Miao Ying () Shu Che's ex-girlfriend. A woman of outstanding family background and appearance. Wang Tianchen as Cheng Ran () Miao Ying's younger brother. A rebellious youth who has lacked familial love. Ma Chengcheng as Lü Ka () Cheng Ran's "wife", who conned him into a fake marriage due to her crush on him. Supporting Wang Zhiwen as Shu Wang (), Shu Che's father. An ambitious politician with grey areas of income. Shi Ke as Yu Wen (), Shu Che's mother. Zhang Xilin as Cheng Wei (), Miao Ying's father. Shi Jingming as He Yan (), Xiao Qing's father. An honest and upright prosecutor. Zhang Kaili as Xiao Yun (), Xiao Qing's mother. Qu Shanshan as Liu Caiqi () Gao Liwen as Monica (), Xiao Qing's landlord. Lily Ho as Catherine (), Xiao Qing's roommate and Benjamin's girlfriend. Kent Leung as Benjamin (), Xiao Qing's roommate and Catherine's boyfriend. Shan Mingkai as Assistant Wang (), Shu Wang's assistant. Wang Ji as Monica's mother Xu Kaicheng as William () Soundtrack Production The series is directed by Liu Jiang (The Battle of Dawn) and written by Gao Xuan and Ren Baojia (My Youthfulness, Farewell Vancouver). Principal photography began on 20 June 2017 and took place in various locations in the United States including Stanford University, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. Filming also took place in Beijing, Cambodia and Canada. The series wrapped up on December 6 of that same year. Awards and nominations References External links Category:Dragon Television shows Category:2018 Chinese television series debuts Category:2018 Chinese television series endings Category:Chinese romance television series Category:Television series by Perfect World Pictures Category:Television series by
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John Andrew (rugby union)
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John Andrew (born 6 May 1993) is an Irish professional rugby union player who currently plays for Ulster. Born in Ballymena the hooker has come through the Ulster development system and made his debut in the senior side in September 2015 against Ospreys. An athletic and intelligent forward who leads from the front row, he further cemented his place in the squad with some formidable displays for the Ulster ‘A’ side. John's form at the end of 2018 as well as a minor injury saw him fall out of favour in the first team. He has slowly made his way back to contention for a place on the bench. He is also known for his acting turn in the 2018/19 season online promo for Liam Connolly freight which featured the first recorded instance of his now trade mark finger point, short delay then exclamation of “Forward”! References External links Ulster Rugby Profile Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Irish rugby union players Category:Rugby union hookers Category:Ulster Rugby players Category:Sportspeople from Ballymena
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Dash Kasan, Meyaneh
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Dash Kasan (, also Romanized as Dāsh Kasan) is a village in Owch Tappeh-ye Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Meyaneh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 88, in 16 families. References Category:Populated places in Meyaneh County
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Geography of Finland
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The geography of Finland is characterized by its northern position, its ubiquitous landscapes of intermingled boreal forests and lakes, and its low population density. Finland can be divided into three areas: archipelagoes and coastal lowlands, a slightly higher central lake plateau and uplands to north and northeast. Bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, as well as Sweden, Norway, and Russia, Finland is the northernmost country in the European Union. Most of the population and agricultural resources are concentrated in the south. Northern and eastern Finland are sparsely populated containing vast wilderness areas. Taiga forest is the dominant vegetation type. Size and external boundaries Finland's total area is . Of this area 10% is water, 69% forest, 8% cultivated land and 13% other. Finland is the eighth largest country in Europe after Russia, France, Ukraine, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Germany. As a whole, the shape of Finland's boundaries resembles a figure of a one-armed human. In Finnish, parallels are drawn between the figure and the national personification of Finland – Finnish Maiden (Suomi-neito) – and the country as a whole can be referred in the Finnish language by her name. Even in official context the area around Enontekiö in northwestern part of the country between Sweden and Norway can be referred to as the "Arm" (käsivarsi). After the Continuation War Finland lost major land areas to Russia in the Moscow Armistice of 1944, and the figure was said to have lost the other of her arms, as well as a hem of her "skirt". Relief and geology Geology The bedrock of Finland belong to the Baltic Shield and was formed by a succession of orogenies in Precambrian time. The oldest rocks of Finland, those of Archean age, are found in the east and north. These rocks are chiefly granitoids and migmatitic gneiss. Rocks in central and western Finland originated or came to place during the Svecokarelian orogeny. Following this last orogeny Rapakivi granites intruded various locations of Finland during the Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic, specially at Åland and the southeast. So-called Jotnian sediments occur usually together with Rapakivi granites. The youngest rocks in Finland are those found in the northwestern arm which belong to Scandinavian Caledonides that assembled in Paleozoic times. During the Caledonian orogeny Finland was likely a sunken foreland basin covered by sediments, subsequent uplift and erosion would have eroded all of these sediments. Relief and hydrography About one third of Finland lies below 100 m, and about two thirds lies under 200 m. Finland can be divided into three topographical areas; the coastal landscapes, the interior lake plateau also known as Finnish lake district and Upland Finland. The coastal landscapes are made up mostly of plains below 20 m. These plains tilt gently towards the sea so that where its irregularities surpasses sea-level groups is islands like the Kvarken Archipelago or the Åland Islands are found. Åland Islands is connected to the Finnish mainland by a shallow submarine plateau that does not exceed 20 m in depth. Next to the Gulf of Bothnia the landscape of
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Phonographic Performance Ireland
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Phonographic Performance Ireland CLG (PPI) controls the public performance, broadcasting, and other rights in hundreds of thousands of different recordings on thousands of different labels in Ireland. These include not only Irish recordings but also most recordings available worldwide. A "public performance" occurs whenever recordings are played to anyone outside the family or domestic circle for profit. The list of recordings in PPI's repertoire is constantly increasing as new titles are released. External links RAAP website Category:Music organisations based in the Republic of Ireland Category:Music licensing organizations
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Complement 2 deficiency
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Complement 2 deficiency is a type of complement deficiency caused by any one of several different alterations in the structure of complement component 2. It has been associated with an increase in infections. It can present similarly to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). References External links Category:Complement deficiency
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Stoneyford, County Kilkenny
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Stoneyford, officially Stonyford () is a small town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It lies on the N9 Waterford road some 14 km south of Kilkenny City. Stoneyford is a part of the parish of Aghaviller in the Diocese of Ossory. Two small streams run through the village, one to the west and the second to the north of the village. Both streams join the north of the village and continue northwards as a tributary to the King's River, which is less than 500 metres North of the village. It is an important salmonid river which merges with the River Nore to the east of Stoneyford. The King’s River is used regularly for fishing. Architectural heritage Stoneyford has a number of buildings which are listed on the Record of Protected Structures for County Kilkenny. These include the early 19th century Catholic Church, the old two-storey school house and the pub-front of “O’Grady’s" premises with its marbleised lettering. Population The 2016 Census recorded Stoneyford with a population of 376 persons, up from 355 in 2011. There are two new housing estates in the area; Chapel View, which is in the middle of the village, and Lawcus Fields on the road to Kells. Education Stoneyford is served by one primary school, Scoil Chiaráin Naofa, which was opened in 1948. The school consists of four classrooms and a staff room. There is a concrete yard to the front and to the back of the school with a grassed area to the side. In 2014, a small grass playing field was developed and opened at the back of the school. Services Stoneyford's amenities include a food store, public house, a take away restaurant, a café, and a closed Garda Station. There is no resident Garda in Stoneyford. Stoneyford is in the area covered by the Thomastown Garda station. Stoneyford also has a community center building which hosts a number of classes and activities. The Church of Ireland faith is served by St. Peter's Church, Ennisnag, Kilkenny, just outside Stoneyford. Sport Carrickshock Gaelic Athletic Association is the local hurling club. They have been County Kilkenny senior hurling champions seven times: in 1931, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, and 1951. A number of underage sports exist within the village. Stoneyford Football Club has teams covering the U4-U14 age groups. They also have a men's team. There is an underage athletics club which is run once a week next to the community centre. See also List of towns and villages in Ireland References Category:Towns and villages in County Kilkenny
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Loraine Township, Henry County, Illinois
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Loraine Township is one of twenty-four townships in Henry County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 290 and it contained 122 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Adjacent townships Portland Township, Whiteside County (north) Prophetstown Township, Whiteside County (northeast) Yorktown Township (east) Alba Township (southeast) Atkinson Township (south) Geneseo Township (southwest) Phenix Township (west) Cemeteries The township contains these three cemeteries: Bowman, Kemmis and Loraine. Major highways Illinois Route 92 Airports and landing strips Christmas Forest Airport Demographics School districts Annawan Community Unit School District 226 Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 Political districts Illinois's 14th congressional district State House District 90 State Senate District 45 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Category:Townships in Henry County, Illinois Category:Townships in Illinois
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Deep Web Technologies
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Deep Web Technologies is a software company that specializes in mining the Deep Web — the part of the Internet that is not directly searchable through ordinary web search engines. The company offers a search technology solution that enables users to find important sources without limitations. The company produces a proprietary software platform "Explorit" for such searches. It also produces the federated search engine ScienceResearch.com, which provides free federated public searching of a large number of databases, and is also produced in specialized versions, Biznar for business research, Mednar for medical research, and customized versions for individual clients. References Further reading External links Category:Companies based in Santa Fe, New Mexico Category:Data mining and machine learning software Category:Technology companies of the United States
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Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
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Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is a private, non-profit, animal sanctuary in Uganda. Location The sanctuary is located approximately , by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. This location is near Nakitoma Village, Nakasongola District, in the Kafu River Basin, off the Kampala–Gulu Highway. Overview Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is a collaborative effort between the Uganda Wildlife Authority, the Rhino Fund Uganda, a Ugandan NGO committed to the restoration of Uganda's rhinoceros population and Ziwa Ranchers Limited, a private land management company. The sanctuary offers a secure place where rhino populations can be expanded by breeding, protected from human and non-human predators and gradually re-introduced into Uganda's national parks, while at the same time, allowing the public to enjoy these majestic animals, as the project moves forward. A team of approximately 78 park rangers and security guards keep a 24-hour watch on the rhinos to ensure their safety. The sanctuary is surrounded by a electric fence to keep the rhinos in and the intruders out. The sanctuary is home to at least 40 mammal and reptilian species including monkeys, antelopes, hippopotamuses, crocodiles and numerous bird species Tourist facilities at the sanctuary include a safari lodge, guest house, budget accommodation, and camp grounds. The accommodations are two separate businesses and both have restaurants that offer meals to tourists. In addition to on foot rhino trekking, tourist activities include birding, canoe rides and nature walks. History Both the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) and the Northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), are indigenous to Uganda. However, due to a number of factors, including prolonged armed human conflict, poaching and the mismanagement of their natural habitat, by 1982, both species had been wiped out in the country. Ziwa Rhino sanctuary was established in 2005 to reintroduce the southern white rhinoceros to Uganda. The long-term goal of the sanctuary is to "build a sustainable rhinoceros population and relocate rhinos back to their original habitat in Uganda's protected areas". As of January 2010, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is the only location in Uganda, where rhinos can be observed in their natural habitat. Starting with a total of six animals, four that were bought from Solio Ranch in Kenya and two donated from Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, in the United States, the rhino population had grown to thirteen as of June 2013. Following the birth of another calf in April 2014, the total rhino population at Ziwa Ranch rose to 15. As of March 2018, the rhino numbers at the sanctuary had increased to twenty-two animals. See also Uganda National Parks References External links Rhino Fund Category:Animal sanctuaries Category:Nakasongola District Category:Protected areas of Uganda Category:Dairo Air Services Category:2005 establishments in Uganda
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Tiszaszentmárton
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Tiszaszentmárton is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 1130 people (2015). History Founded in 1067. The Gothic church from the 14th century in the place of early Roman St. Martin chapel. References Category:Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
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Hong Seung-yeon
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Hong Seung-yeon (born 17 April 1992) is a South Korean tennis player. Hong has a WTA singles career high ranking of 587 achieved on 19 September 2011. She also has a WTA doubles career high ranking of 602 achieved on 8 September 2014. Hong made her WTA tour main draw doubles debut at the 2010 Hansol Korea Open where she partnered Han Sung-hee, losing in the first round. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 12 (6–6) External links Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:South Korean female tennis players
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A Dinner Date
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Maowid ala Ashaa (; ) is a 1981 Egyptian romance film starring Soad Hosni and Ahmed Zaki. The life story of a beautiful and pure woman, interested of the very little things with a great sensibility. Cast Souad Hosni as Nawal Ahmed Zaki as Shoukry Hussein Fahmy as Asad Zouzou Madi Plot This movie revolves around the story of an innocent girl (Nawal) who was married to a rich and possessive man who still wants her back after their divorce; however she meets a hair stylist (Shoukry) and falls in love with him. They get married but her first husband starts torturing Shoukry so he can leave Nawal but he refuses. Eventually, he is murdered by her first husband. So Nawal arranges a dinner date with her ex-husband telling him that she wants to get back to him and after they finish eating dinner, she tells him that she had put poison food and that both of them don't deserve to live after the death of the love of her life, Shoukry. Award 1981: Best Actress, Souad Hosni, by Egyptian Film Association. Egypt. See also Egyptian films of the 1980s List of Egyptian films of 1981 References “Cinematechhaddad”, " Maowid ala ashaa”, (“A Dinner Date”),(موعد على العشاء)), (1981), " Maowid ala ashaa”, "سعاد حسني", :ar:سعاد حسني Category:1981 films Category:Egyptian films
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Anathema (song)
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"Anathema" may refer to: The song by Twenty One Pilots from Regional at Best. The song by Anathema from the album Distant Satellites.
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1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains
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The 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains was the expedition led by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth, which became the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales by European settlers. The crossing enabled the settlers to access and use the land west of the mountains for farming, and made possible the establishment of Australia's first inland settlement at Bathurst. Background The European settlement at Sydney Cove, established in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, grew rapidly. By the early 19th century, the Blue Mountains had become a barrier to the expansion of the colony, which required more farming land to meet its needs, particularly after the droughts of 1812 and 1813. The local indigenous people knew at least two routes by which to cross the mountains. The first was along Bilpin Ridge, later followed by Archibald Bell with the assistance of the local Darug people (now the location of Bells Line of Road), and the second was along Coxs River. Until 1813 however, the settlers remained unaware of how to cross the mountains despite several attempts, including two by Blaxland himself. Early in 1813 Blaxland, who wanted more grazing land, obtained the approval of Governor Lachlan Macquarie and approached Lawson and Wentworth to secure their participation in a new exploratory expedition following the mountain ridges. Gregory Blaxland Gregory Blaxland was born Sunday, 17 June 1778 in Kent, England. He sailed for Australia on Wednesday, 1 September 1805 with his wife, three children, two servants, an overseer, a few sheep, seed, tools, groceries and clothing. When he reached Sydney he sold many of these items and made a profit which enabled him to buy eighty head of cattle so that he could breed cattle and sell the meat. He located 1,600 hectares of land that the government had promised to new settlers as well as forty convict servants and established his farm. He was also one of the first people to plant grapes in Australia and make wine, for which he was awarded a silver medal and later a gold one from the Royal Society of Arts, London. The town of Blaxland in the Blue Mountains is named after this man. William Lawson William Lawson was born in England where he later trained to become a surveyor. He then migrated to Sydney, Australia, arriving in year 1800. He was an officer in the New South Wales Corp and owned land where he then raised many cattle and sheep. He was invited to join the 1813 expedition with Gregory Blaxland. The town of Lawson in the Blue Mountains is also named after him. William Charles Wentworth William Charles Wentworth was born in Australia to his two Irish parents. In the year of 1802, he was sent to school in England and returned to Sydney in year 1810, where he worked for the governor, Lachlan Macquarie, and was given a land grant of on the Nepean River. The town of Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains is named after him. The Departure and Crossing of the
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Gustav Spörer
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Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer (23 October 1822 – 7 July 1895) was a German astronomer. He is noted for his studies of sunspots and sunspot cycles. In this regard he is often mentioned together with Edward Maunder. Spörer was the first to note a prolonged period of low sunspot activity from 1645 to 1715. This period is known as the Maunder Minimum. Spörer was a contemporary of Richard Christopher Carrington, an English astronomer. Carrington is generally credited with discovering Spörer's law, which governs the variation of sunspot latitudes during the course of a solar cycle. Spörer added to Carrington's observations of sunspot drift and is sometimes credited with the discovery. The Spörer minimum was a period of low sunspot activity from roughly 1420 to 1570. Life From 1833 to 1840 Spörer attended Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin and afterwards studied mathematics and natural history at Berliner Universität until 1843. He gained his doctorate on 14. December 1843 with a work on a comet of 1723 – his supervisor being Johann Franz Encke. From 1844 he worked at the New Berlin Observatory, whose first director was Encke. In 1885 he was awarded the Valz Prize from the French Academy of Sciences for his work on sunspots. References External links Gustav Spörer (1822–1895) at the High Altitude Observatory site. Category:1822 births Category:1895 deaths Category:19th-century astronomers Category:German astronomers
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Judgement 2010
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Judgement 2010 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on March 14, 2010, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. It was the fourteenth event under the Judgement name. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai. Storylines Judgement 2010 featured six professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Event The first match was Kazuki Hirata's DDT debut in which he failed to defend the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship against Keisuke Ishii. The third match was the "Tiger Toguchi Challenge Handicap Match" where he and Hoshitango took on the team of Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Gota Ihashi and Soma Takao. In the next match, Harashima faced Togi Makabe from New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Next was the "KO-D Openweight Championship Contendership & Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere + α Contention Rumble", a Rumble rules match in which the winner would receive a title match against the KO-D Openweight Champion on April 4 at a Shinjuku Face live event. Additionally, five envelopes were suspended above the ring. Each envelope had a symbol printed on it (Clubs, Hearts, Spades, Diamonds or Skull and Crossbones) and contained a prize. The prizes included a one-day date with joshi wrestler , a one-day date with idol and model Aika Ando, a one-year DDT contract, the right to become DDT's CEO and the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere contract, giving the right to their holder to challenge for any title at any moment in the next year. Whenever someone grabbed an envelope, all the participants still in the match had to freeze until the prize that had just been won was announced. Failing to do resulted in a disqualification. Grabbing an envelope also resulted in being eliminated from the match. Results KO-D Openweight Championship Contendership & Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere + α Contention Rumble Footnotes References External links The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website 2010 Category:2010 in professional wrestling Category:Professional wrestling in Tokyo
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Devil's Garden (disambiguation)
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Devil's Garden is an area of Arches National Park (Utah, U.S.) that features a series of rock fins and arches formed by erosion. Devil's Garden or Devils Garden may also refer to: Places Devils Garden (Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument), Utah Devils Garden volcanic field, southeast of Newberry Caldera, Oregon Devils Garden, a desert nature area, and nature trail, in Riverside County, California Novels The Devil’s Garden (book), a 1913 novel by W. B. Maxwell The Devil's Garden (novel), a 2011 novel by Edward Docx Devil's Garden, a 2009 novel by Ace Atkins Other Devil's garden, a large stand of trees in the Amazon Rainforest Devil's gardens, a term used by German Commander Erwin Rommel in World War II The Devil's Garden, a lost 1920 American silent drama film produced by Whitman Bennett
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Clarkia rostrata
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Clarkia rostrata is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name beaked clarkia. Distribution The wildflower is endemic to California, where it is known from the California oak woodlands of the Sierra Nevada foothills around the Merced River in Mariposa County. Description Clarkia rostrata is an annual herb that grows erect to about in maximum height. The lance-shaped leaves are up to about long. The inflorescence bears opening flowers below closed, hanging flower buds. The reddish or purplish sepals stay fused together as the flower opens from one side. The fan-shaped petals are lavender-pink, lightening to nearly white at the bases, where it turns reddish purple. There are 8 stamens, some tipped with large lavender anthers and some with smaller, paler anthers. External links Calflora Database: Clarkia rostrata (Beaked clarkia) Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Clarkia rostrata UC CalPhotos gallery rostrata Category:Endemic flora of California Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Category:Natural history of Mariposa County, California ~ Category:Plants described in 1970
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Filip Suchý
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Filip Suchý (born 16 December 1997) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with HC Plzeň of the Czech Extraliga. Suchý made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Plzeň during the 2014–15 Czech Extraliga season. References External links Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Czech ice hockey forwards Category:HC Plzeň players
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Axel Timmermann
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Axel Timmermann is a German climate physicist and oceanographer with an interest in climate dynamics, human migration, dynamical systems' analysis, ice-sheet modeling and sea level. He served a co-author of the IPCC Third Assessment Report and a lead author of IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. His research has been cited over 18,000 times and has an h-index of 70 and i10-index of 161. In 2017, he became a Distinguished Professor at Pusan National University and the founding Director of the Institute for Basic Science Center for Climate Physics. In December 2018, the Center began to utilize a 1.43-petaflop Cray XC50 supercomputer, named Aleph, for climate physics research. Education He received a B.S. in physics and M.S. in theoretical physics in 1992 and 1995, respectively, from the University of Marburg in Germany. He worked as a research assistant for several years at the Max Planck Institute of Meteorology before completing a Ph.D. in meteorology in 1999 at the University of Hamburg. Career Timmermann worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Netherlands and Hawaii before becoming a principal investigator of the DFG Research Group at the Institut fuer Meerskunde in Kiel. In 2004 he moved to Hawaii and worked as an Associate Professor and later Full Professor in the Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii. In 2017, he relocated to Busan, South Korea to head up the new IBS Center for Climate Physics in Pusan University. He has been a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in the cross-field category in 2018 and 2019. Honors and awards 2020: Commendation for Center for Climate Physics, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning 2018: Scientist of the Year Award, Korea Science Journalists Association 2017: Milutin Milankovic Medal of the European Geosciences Union 2015: Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union 2015: University of Hawaii, Regents' Medal for Excellence in Research 2007: Rosenstiel Award of the Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), Miami 2006: Rosenstiel Award for Outstanding Achievement and Distinction in Oceanographic Science, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, Florida References External links International Pacific Research Center - Axel Timmermann IBS Center for Climate Physics - Axel Timmermann Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Category:University of Hawaii faculty Category:University of Hamburg alumni Category:Institute for Basic Science Category:Highly Cited Researchers Category:German earth scientists Category:Living people Category:Earth scientists
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Valnæsgård
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Valnæsgård is a manor house and estate located on the northwestern tip of Falster, 20 km northwest of Nykøbing Falster in southeastern Denmark. History The farm Egensegaard traces its history back to the 13th century and was then owned by the Crown. In the beginning of the 18th century it was included in Falster Cavalry District. In 1766, Falster Cavalry District was sold in public auction. Valnæsgaard was acquired by the merchant Hans Bergeshagen Hincheldey. The manor comprised 55 tønder hartkorn of land and its tenant farms an additional 641 tønder hartkorn of land. In 1795, Hincheldey renamed the estyate Valnæsgård in connection with passing it to his son Edvard Hincheldey. Edvard Hincheldey sold many of the tenant farms back to the Crown. The rest of the estate was in 1806 sold in public auction. The buyer was Frantz Thestrup. His brother Peter Thestrup was later made a co-owner of the estate. In 1835, Valnæsgård was once again sold in public auction. The new owner was Heinrich Hansen. He initiated extensive land reclamation reclamnation projects to increase the size of the estate. Heinrich Hansen's widow in 1874 sold Valnæsgård to Carl Wilhelm Grandjean Hansen. In 1899, he sold it to the merchant Alexander Andersen. Over the next decades, Valnæsgåård changed hands a number of times. It was for a while owned by count Christopher Adam Valdemar Knuth. In 1932, Valnæsgaard was acquired by Th. Fleron Dahl, whose father, Christian S. Dahl, took it over just two years later. In 1947, he ceded it to a limited company managed by Th. Fleron Dahl. List of owners ( -1766) Kronen (1766-1795) Hans Bergeshagen Hincheldey (1795-1806) Edvard Hincheldey (1806-1835) Frants Thestrup (1808-1835) Peter Thestrup (1835-1862) Heinrich Hansen (1862-1874) Enkefru Hansen (1874-1899) C. V. Grandjean Hansen (1899-1903) Alexander Andersen (1903-1918) Christopher Adam Valdemar Knuth (1918) Steen Giebelhausen (1918-1922) J. Diderichsen (1922-1930) L. du Plessis de Richelieu (1930-1932) E. Lauesen (1932-1934) Th. Fleron Dahl (1934-1947) Christian S. Dahl (1947- ) Valnæsgaard A/S References Category:Manor houses in Guldborgsund Municipality Category:Houses completed in 1910
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Dave Lemonds
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David Lee Lemonds (born July 5, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher who played in the Major Leagues in and for the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. Lemonds appeared in 33 Major League games, all but two of them for the 1972 White Sox. He started 19 games, and in 99⅓ innings recorded 69 strikeouts and allowed 92 hits and 43 bases on balls. He retired after the 1974 minor league baseball season. Lemonds played on the Charlotte Post 9 (American Legion) team that advanced to back to back championship games, in 1964 and 65. Post 9, coached by his father Jack, won the Legion national championship in 1965. Lemonds, then went on to play for the University of North Carolina, where he was named first team All American, and Sporting News Player of the Year in 1968. UNC retired his number. He was traded along with Roe Skidmore and Pat Jacquez by the Cubs to the White Sox for Ossie Blanco and José Ortiz on November 30, 1970. References External links Category:1948 births Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Chicago Cubs players Category:Chicago White Sox players Category:Raleigh-Durham Phillies players Category:Tacoma Cubs players Category:San Antonio Missions players Category:Iowa Oaks players Category:Wichita Aeros players Category:Tucson Toros players Category:Living people Category:Baseball players from North Carolina
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Horbów-Kolonia
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Horbów-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zalesie, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. References Category:Villages in Biała Podlaska County
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Moe Mantha Sr.
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Maurice William "Moe" Mantha (December 13, 1933 – September 18, 2015) was a Canadian ice hockey player and a politician. Born in North Bay, Ontario, Mantha played minor league hockey for several teams in the American Hockey League, the Quebec Hockey League and the Western Hockey League (minor pro) from 1954 to 1970. He subsequently returned to Sturgeon Falls and operated his own business (Laurentide Golf Club) for a number of years before entering politics, serving as the Reeve of Springer Township. In the 1984 federal election, Mantha ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Nipissing. He won the seat, defeating Liberal incumbent Jean-Jacques Blais. In the 1988 election, however, Mantha was defeated by Liberal candidate Bob Wood. Mantha ran again in the 1993 election, but lost to Wood again. Mantha's son, Moe Mantha Jr., played in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1992, and subsequently became a coach for several teams in the AHL. His grandson, Ryan Mantha, was drafted by the New York Rangers in the fourth round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, and was assigned to the Bakersfield Condors of the AHL. Mantha died on September 18, 2015 at the age of 81 after a brief illness. References External links Category:1933 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen Category:Canadian sportsperson-politicians Category:Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Category:Providence Reds players Category:Quebec Aces (AHL) players Category:Seattle Totems (WHL) players Category:Sportspeople from North Bay, Ontario
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Gerry Hart (American football)
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Gerald L. Hart (January 31, 1935 - April 27, 2011) was an American football coach. He was the 15th head football coach at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, serving for five seasons, from 1972 to 1976, and compiling a record of 26–27–1. Head coaching record References Category:2011 deaths Category:1935 births Category:Illinois State Redbirds football coaches Category:People from West Frankfort, Illinois Category:Coaches of American football from Illinois
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Network Abuse Clearinghouse
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The Network Abuse Clearinghouse, better known as abuse.net, maintains a contact database for reporting network abuse. It makes entries from the database available (via Web, DNS, and WHOIS), and provides an intermediary service for registered users to forward complaints by e-mail. In 1997, abuse.net started as an experimental service for users to send complaints to [email protected] for clearing. See also Anti-spam techniques (e-mail) Hacker (computer security) news.admin.net-abuse.email Phishing Spamming Cyberbullying References External links
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Andrew Morgan
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Andrew Morgan may refer to: Andrew R. Morgan (born 1976), NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan (musician) (1901–1972), American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Andrew D. Morgan (1859–1934), lawyer and president of Ilion, New York Andrew Price Morgan (1836–1907), American botanist Andrew Morgan (cross-country skier) (born 1934), British Olympic skier Andrew Morgan (cricketer) (born 1945), English cricketer Andrew Morgan (director) (born 1942), television director
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Padawan (federal constituency)
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Padawan was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1999. The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. History It was abolished in 1999 when it was redistributed. Representation history Election results References Category:Defunct Sarawak federal constituencies
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Pascal Koupaki
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Pascal Irénée Koupaki (born 18 May 1951) is a Beninese politician who served as Prime Minister of Benin from May 2011 to August 2013. Koupaki worked as an official at the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and he was Director of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister from 1996 to 1998. Under President Yayi Boni, Koupaki was Minister of Finance from 2006 to 2007 and then Minister of State for the Exploration, Development, and Evaluation of Public Policy from 2007 to 2011. Under President Patrice Talon, Koupaki has been Secretary-General of the Presidency since 2016. Career Koupaki worked in Dakar at the BCEAO from September 1979 to December 1990, holding a series of high-level posts. Beginning in December 1990, he worked as Deputy Director of the Cabinet of Alassane Ouattara, the Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire. After Ouattara left office, Koupaki took a position at the IMF in September 1994; he then served as Director of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Benin, Adrien Houngbedji, from April 1996 to May 1998. Following Houngbedji's resignation in May 1998, Koupaki worked at the BCEAO again; he was Director of the Research Department at the BCEAO and then Special Adviser to the Governor, as well as Director of the Department of Research and the Mint. He left the BCEAO when Yayi Boni took office as President of Benin and appointed Koupaki to the government as Minister of Finance in April 2006. A year later, Koupaki was moved to the post of Minister of State for the Exploration, Development, and Evaluation of Public Policy on 17 June 2007; he remained in the latter post until his appointment as Prime Minister on 28 May 2011. Having already been ranked second in protocol, after Boni, it was observed that Koupaki had already effectively been a prime minister and that the appointment merely formalized the situation. Koupaki was viewed as a potential successor to Boni, but beginning in 2012 there was speculation in the press that he had "fallen out of favour". President Boni dismissed Koupaki and the rest of the government on 9 August 2013. When he appointed a new government on 11 August, it did not include the post of Prime Minister; Boni apparently intended to personally coordinate the government's work. Koupaki stood as a candidate in the March 2016 presidential election. He was unsuccessful in the first round of voting and backed Patrice Talon for the second round. Talon won the election, and when he took office on 6 April 2016, he appointed Koupaki as Minister of State and Secretary-General of the Presidency. References Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Prime Ministers of Benin Category:Finance ministers of Benin Category:People from Cotonou Category:Candidates for President of Benin
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Rick Johnson (musician)
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Richard Henry "Rick" Johnson (born April 18, 1980 in Muskegon, Michigan) is an American musician who is best known as the bass player of Grand Rapids, Michigan's Mustard Plug. He has also worked with Bomb The Music Industry! and released solo material as The Rick Johnson Rock And Roll Machine. Early life Rick Johnson grew up on the west side of the state of Michigan in the city of Muskegon. Johnson attended the Mona Shores School where he was active within their band program. During high school, he was part of the Mona Shores High School award winning marching band in which he played trombone and electric guitar. He also played bass guitar in the Jazz band, trombone in Symphonic band and upright bass in a school organized bluegrass band. Career Starting around 1998 Rick started a constant touring with his then band Wack Trucks. In 2003 when the Wack Trucks went on hiatus he started touring under a solo project dubbed The Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine. During a tour in 2004 he was asked by Mustard Plug guitarist Colin Clive to join up with Mustard Plug to the present. Rick has also been seen playing bass with the likes of Bomb The Music Industry!, The Stitch Up, Cheap Girls, and more. In 2007, Rick began producing select groups the first being Cheap Girls from Lansing, Michigan. In 2015, Rick had the privilege to serve as live sound engineer for Lee Hartney & The Smith Street Band. In 2016, at the Microsoft Nova concert hall, the opening act claimed Rick was the live sound engineer for Streetlight Manifesto. Discography Full length albums Wack Trucks - Crabbage in Your Mouf Biatch (1994) Wack Trucks - Council Records (1995) Temple of Doom - Pictures of the Redneck Community (1996, Cyberland Records) Presidents Of the USSR - Presidents Of the USSR (1996, Cyberland Records) Skeptics - Basement Tapes (1996, Cyberland Records) Skeptics - Delta 88 (1997, Skeetone Records) Skeptics - One For the Road (1998, Skeetone Records) Wack Trucks - Hows About Smash Rockin''' (1998, Dr. Larry Records); (2000, Pocket Records) Skeptics - Live at Baker College (1998, Pocket Records) Wack Trucks - Shake This (2000, Offsite Records) Wack Trucks - I Blow Up (2002) Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine - Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine (2003, Rastan Records) Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine - Emotional Fascism (2004, Rastan Records) Wack Trucks - Original Hits (2005, Rastan Records) Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine - Remember Forever and Ever and Ever (2006, Rastan Records) Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine - Six Crappy Months Pt. 1 (October 2006, Quote Unquote Records) Manic Sewing Circle - Summer Spins (2007, Bouncing Betty Records) Bomb The Music Industry! - Get Warmer (2007, Asian Man Records/Quote Unquote Records) Mustard Plug - In Black and White (2007, Hopeless Records) Bomb The Music Industry! - Scrambles (2009, Asian Man Records/Quote Unquote Records) Lenin/McCarthy - ART (2011, Bermuda Mohawk Productions/Quote Unquote Records) Sharkanoid - Have A Great Summer (2014, Community Records) EPs Rick Johnson Rock and Roll
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Sachi Tainaka
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is a Japanese singer who is best known for her vocals in the opening songs of the anime version of Fate/stay night. She has a 3½-octave vocal range. Although her name was written in katakana, her birth name is written in kanji. However, as of December 2010, she chose to write her first name in Kanji. Discography Singles Albums Cover albums DVDs – Ranked No. 93 – Ranked No. 151 Notes Sachi admitted that Aitai yo is actually a song that she wrote to express her feelings when she had to leave the person she loved during the summer of 2006. She also admits that her lyrics was soaked with tears by the time she was finished writing them, and that the greatest thing about singers is that they can express their true feelings honestly through melody and voice. References External links Official Site Blog Oricon Profile Official Shop Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:People from Kakogawa, Hyōgo Category:Japanese female singers Category:Japanese female singer-songwriters Category:Musicians from Hyōgo Prefecture Category:NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan artists Category:Anime musicians Category:21st-century Japanese singers Category:21st-century women singers
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Willard Huyck
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Willard Miller Huyck, Jr. (born September 8, 1945) is an American screenwriter, director and producer, best known for his association with George Lucas. Career Huyck and Lucas met as students at the film school of the University of Southern California, and became members of Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope group of filmmakers. Along with his wife Gloria Katz, Huyck worked on writing the screenplays of films including American Graffiti, Lucky Lady, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Radioland Murders, and performed uncredited work on the original Star Wars. He also directed four films he co-wrote with Gloria Katz: Messiah of Evil, French Postcards, Best Defense, and Howard the Duck. The latter film is considered to be one of the worst films ever made and earned Huyck a Razzie nomination for Worst Director at the 7th Golden Raspberry Awards, though it has since become a cult classic. Personal life Huyck married Katz in 1969. They remained married until her death in 2018. They had one daughter, Rebecca, born in 1983. Filmography References External links Category:Living people Category:1945 births Category:American male screenwriters Category:American film producers Category:Film directors from Minnesota Category:USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni
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Kaohelelani
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Kaʻōhelelani or Kaohele was a Hawaiian chiefess in the early Kingdom of Hawaii. Life She was born in the District of Hāna on the island of Maui in the mid to late 18th century. Her mother was High Chiefess Kaloiokalani of the royal family of Kahikinui and Honuaula (southern Maui). Her father was Kalokuokamaile, older half-brother of Kamehameha I who later unified the Hawaiian Islands in to found the Kingdom of Hawaii; both were sons of Keōua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui. Her father was the High Chief of Hāna, Kipahulu and Kaupo. Her parents named her Kaʻōhelelani, and she was their only child. She was verging into maidenhood when her father died. His people showed their affection for him by making his grave on the highest peak of their country, Kauwiki. Upon news of his death reaching his brother Kamehameha, he immediately assembled a retinue of followers and retainers to accompany his brother Kealiimaikai to bear his request to Kaloiokalani to permit her daughter Kaʻōhelelani to take up her residence at his court, and to have his brother take charge of the vast patrimonial estate until Kaʻōhelelani should reach her majority. As Kaʻōhelelani approached maturity Kamehameha was looking for a matrimonial alliance for his niece. As the Waimea people, under the rule of their high chief Hinai, had shown reluctance to submit to him, Kamehameha united the ruling families through an offer of the hand of his niece to Nuhi, the eldest son of Hinau. This offer was accepted and soon Kaohele was transported to her new home in Waimea. Kamehameha was sorely disappointed in his expectations. Kaʻōhelelani became attached to her new home and family, but the anticipated peace between the two families was not realized. Possibly she felt resentment toward Kamehameha, since after he conquered Maui king Kalanikupule, he gave her former land to the chiefs who aided him. Nuhi and Kaʻōhelelani had a daughter Kekaikuihala and then a son Gideon Peleioholani Laanui. Family tree References External links Category:Royalty of the Kingdom of Hawaii Category:House of Kalokuokamaile Category:Year of birth missing Category:Year of death missing
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The Improper Duchess
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The Improper Duchess is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Yvonne Arnaud, Hugh Wakefield and Wilfrid Caithness. The film is based on the 1931 play of the same name by J. B. Fagan in which Arnaud had starred. It was shot at Elstree Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director David Rawnsley. It was made by the independent City Film Corporation, and released by the newly-established General Film Distributors. Cast Yvonne Arnaud as Duchess of Tann Hugh Wakefield as King of Poldavia Wilfrid Caithness as Reverend Adam McAdam Arthur Finn as Senator Corcoran Gerald Barry as Baron Kamp Finlay Currie as Milton Lee James Carew as Montgomery Curtis Annie Esmond as Baroness Kamp Felix Aylmer as Count Seidel Honorine Catto as Miss Cutting Andreas Malandrinos as Garcia Davis Smith-Dorrien as Captain Olven Cynthia Stock as Gunning Ben Welden as Macabe References Bibliography Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. External links Category:1936 films Category:1930s comedy films Category:British films Category:British comedy films Category:English-language films Category:Films directed by Harry Hughes Category:Films shot at Elstree Studios Category:British films based on plays Category:British black-and-white films
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Ad Hoc Liaison Committee
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The Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) is a body whose primary function is to coordinate the delivery of international aid to Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority. It normally meets twice a year usually in New York or Brussels. The AHLC was established in November 1993. The entities that provide such aid are categorized into seven groups: the Arab nations, the European Union, the United States, Japan, international institutions (including agencies of the UN system), European countries, and other nations. In July 2018, Australia ceased providing direct aid to the PA, saying the donations could increase the PA's capacity to pay Palestinians convicted of politically motivated violence, and that it will direct its funds through United Nations programs. Structure The AHLC has 15 members: United States, European Union, United Nations, IMF, World Bank, Russia, Norway, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Palestinian Authority, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia. The AHLC receives reports from UNSCO, the Quartet as well as the World Bank, the latter acting as the AHLC Secretariat. Chairmanship Meetings of the AHLC are chaired by Norway, a role for which it was nominated by Saudi Arabia when the US and the EU were at odds over which of them should be chair. Meetings While in recent years meetings have been held biannually, in 2018, there were 3 meetings at ministerial level. References External links UNSCO reports to AHLC Quartet Reports to AHLC Local Aid Coordination Secretariat (LACS) Category:Economy of the State of Palestine Category:Humanitarian aid Category:Palestinian politics Category:Foreign relations of the State of Palestine
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Cyprinodontiformes
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Cyprinodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising mostly small, freshwater fish. Many popular aquarium fish, such as killifish and live-bearers, are included. They are closely related to the Atheriniformes and are occasionally included with them. A colloquial term for the order as a whole is toothcarps, though they are not actually close relatives of the true carps – the latter belong to the superorder Ostariophysi, while the toothcarps are Acanthopterygii. The families of Cyprinodontiformes can be informally divided into three groups based on reproductive strategy: viviparous and ovoviviparous (all species give live birth), and oviparous (all species are egg-laying). The live-bearing groups differ in whether the young are carried to term within (ovoviviparous) or without (viviparous) an enclosing eggshell. Phylogenetically however, one of the two suborders – the Aplocheiloidei – contains oviparous species exclusively, as do two of the four superfamilies of the other suborder (the Cyprinodontoidea and Valencioidea of the Cyprinodontoidei). Vivipary and ovovivipary have evolved independently from oviparous ancestors, the latter possibly twice. Description Some members of this order are notable for inhabiting extreme environments, such as saline or very warm waters, heavily polluted waters, rain water pools devoid of minerals and made acidic by decaying vegetation, or isolated situations where no other types of fish occur. They are typically carnivores, and often live near the surface, where the oxygen-rich water compensates for environmental disadvantages. Scheel (1968) observed the gut contents were invariably ants, others have reported insects, worms and aquatic crustaceans. Aquarium specimens are invariably seen eating protozoans from the water column and the surfaces of leaves, however these are not apparent as stomach contents. Many members of the family Cyprinodontidae (the pupfishes) eat plant material as well and some have adapted to a diet very high in algae to the point where one, the American Flag Fish, is a renowned algae eater in the aquarium, in spite of belonging to an order of fishes that do not generally consume any plant material. In addition, killifish derive some of the carotenoids and other chemicals required to make their body pigments from pollen grains on the surface of and in the gut of insects they eat from the surface of the water; this can be simulated in culture by the use of special color enhancing foods that contain these compounds. Although the Cyprinodontiformes are a diverse group, most species contained within are small to medium-sized fish, with small mouths, large eyes, a single dorsal fin, and a rounded caudal fin. The largest species is the cuatro ojos (Anableps dowei), which measures in length, while the smallest, the least killifish (Heterandria formosa), is just long as an adult. Systematics CYPRINODONTIFORMES Suborder Aplocheiloidei (all oviparous) Family Aplocheilidae Asian killifishes Family Nothobranchiidae African killifishes Family Rivulidae New World killifishes Suborder Cyprinodontoidei Superfamily Funduloidea Family Profundulidae – Central American killifishes (oviparous) Family Goodeidae – splitfins (largely viviparous) Family Fundulidae – topminnows and North American killifishes (oviparous) Superfamily Valencioidea (oviparous) Family Valenciidae – Mediterranean killifishes Superfamily Cyprinodontoidea (oviparous) Family Cyprinodontidae – pupfishes Superfamily Poecilioidea Family Anablepidae – four-eyed fishes and relatives (largely ovoviviparous) Family
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Eric Batchelor
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-Eric Batchelor DCM & Bar (29 August 1920 – 10 July 2010) was a New Zealand soldier who was twice awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous bravery in Italy during World War II. He was the only New Zealand soldier of just nine British Commonwealth soldiers during the World War II to receive the DCM and bar. He was also Mentioned in Despatches, and fought at El Alamein in Egypt. Eric Batchelor was born at Waimate and educated at Waimate Main School. He joined 5th Reinforcements in 1941. He later served with 23 NZ Battalion in North Africa and Italy. He also took part in the battles of Monte Cassino. He was twice wounded. Batchelor's first DCM was awarded for gallantry, while in command of a forward platoon, during a fierce close quarter fight in a small house behind German lines at San Donato, on 21 July 1944, in the advance to Florence. He was awarded his second DCM for gallantry, while serving as a platoon sergeant in a forward company, during an assault on Celle, south-west of Faenza in Italy, on 14 December 1944. He was demobilised in 1946. Batchelor's ability to work quickly and quietly through the black of night earned him the nickname 'the ferret' and the 'waimate warrior'. Batchelor later ran a taxi business then a delicatessen and after that a wine shop. Batchelor died in his hometown of Waimate in New Zealand on 10 July 2010. A biography titled 'The Ferret' was published in 2017 about Batchelor's tales from the war. References External links A very special man profile in NZ Army News, Sep 9 2008 Category:1920 births Category:2010 deaths Category:New Zealand military personnel of World War II Category:People from Waimate Category:New Zealand recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal
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Cadomin
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Cadomin is a hamlet in the west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located along the McLeod River in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, approximately south of Hinton near the Bighorn Highway. It is served by a spur of the Canadian National Railway. Statistics Canada recognizes Cadomin as a designated place. It is located in census division No. 14 and in the riding of Yellowhead. It is administered by Yellowhead County. History Cadomin's name is an acronym for 'Canadian Dominion Mining', and the town gives its name to the Cadomin Formation, which forms a prominent outcrop near the settlement. Cadomin is one of many towns in the Alberta Coal Branch area that thrived from the 1920s to the 1950s. During the early 1930s, Cadomin's population peaked at 1,800. Other Coal Branch towns included Mountain Park, Luscar, Mercoal, and farther to the east, Robb, Embarras, Coalspur, Coal Valley, Lovett, and Foothills. Mining The Cadomin Coal Company began operations in 1917 and four underground mines were eventually developed, as well as a surface mine that operated from 1944 to 1950. The main coal seam, called the No. 1 Seam, averaged in thicknesses. The strata in the area are strongly folded and faulted, and the seam is strongly inclined to overturned, so a variety of methods were employed to work it. The coal was sold primarily as steam coal for railroad use, and the Cadomin coal mines closed in 1952 due to declining markets as the railroads replaced steam locomotives with diesel. Cadomin Quarry, operated by the Lehigh Cement Company (formerly Inland Cement), continues to employ a small number of local residents. Demographics As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cadomin recorded a population of 40 living in 21 of its 92 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 36. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. In the 2011 Census, Cadomin had a population of 36 living in 22 of its 96 total dwellings, a -35.7% change from its 2006 population of 56. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2011. Attractions Cadomin Cave, located several kilometres to the south, used to attract a number of tourists during the summer months, although it remains undeveloped. The caves have been closed for the past 5 years or so due to the fungus growth the bats developed. In the area around Cadomin, there are extensive trails for horse back riding, all terrain vehicles and dirt biking. Mountain biking is becoming increasingly popular as well. Bird watching is a popular hobby and there are also regular butterfly counts every year. The scientific and naturalist communities spend a great deal of time studying the extensive wildlife including bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, moose, elk, and other mountain species. The fall provides numerous big game hunting opportunities for deer, moose and bighorn sheep. See also List of communities in Alberta List of designated places in Alberta List of hamlets in Alberta References Category:Designated places
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Stanislav Fajstavr
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Stanislav Fajstavr (born 6 May 1943) is a Czech biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1972 Winter Olympics. References Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:Czech male biathletes Category:Olympic biathletes of Czechoslovakia Category:Biathletes at the 1972 Winter Olympics Category:People from Semily District
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Kathleen Belew
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Kathleen Belew is a research fellow at Stanford University, "an assistant professor of history at the University of Chicago and an international authority on the white-power movement." She has written a book: Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America (2018). Academic career Belew graduated with a degree in the "Comparative History of Ideas" from University of Washington in 2005, and both a master's degree in 2008 and doctoral degree in 2011 in "American Studies" from Yale University. She is currently an assistant professor [lecturer] of "U.S. History and the College" at the University of Chicago. Her "teaching centers on the broad themes of race, gender, violence, identity, and the meaning of war." She is currently on research leave studying "gun violence and the history of the 1990s." Between 2011 and 2019, there 16 high-profile attacks linked to white nationalism around the world; 175 people were killed in these attacks. According to Belew: "Too many people still think of these attacks as single events, rather than interconnected actions carried out by domestic terrorists. We spend too much ink dividing them into anti-immigrant, racist, anti-Muslim or antisemitic attacks. True, they are these things. But they are also connected with one another through a broader white power ideology." In September 2019, Belew was a witness at a congressional hearing on confronting white nationalism. In her witness statement, Belew described the "white power movement" as a "threat to our democracy", said that it was "transnational", and "connected neo-Nazis, Klansmen, skinheads, radical tax protestors, militia members, and others." She advocated forming something like the 2005 Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a step towards a solution to the problem. Congressman Jim Jordan criticised Belew for refuting fellow witness Candace Owens characterization of congressional testimony on violent right-wing extremism as partisan and "hilarious." Works Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America Harvard, 2018. , References External links Kathleen Belew, C-SPAN Why alleged New Zealand mosque killer represents a broader 'social movement', PBS, March 15, 2019 The White Power Movement and The Christchurch Massacre, KPFA 03.19.19 Category:Living people Category:University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni Category:Yale University alumni Category:University of Chicago faculty Category:21st-century American women writers Category:21st-century American historians Category:American women historians Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Far-right politics in the United States
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Effortel
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Effortel SA is a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) providing a platform-based transaction processing and management services for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO), and acts as an MVNO itself in partnership with Carrefour. MVNE Services: voice, SMS, roaming, voicemail, billing and invoicing, payment handling, financial reporting, sales and marketing, customer care and self-care support. The subsidiary Effortel Technologies provides MVNE services to Effortel subsidiaries and to other MVNOs and MNOs. Effortel Technologies are headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, and employs 60 people. Effortel is offering technical solution that is designed taking into consideration CAPEX and OPEX cost controls: Single and centrally managed platform; Integrated and able to support numerous Mobile Network Operators across the globe; Each MVNO can have its own service logic, tariffs, setup and processes. Projects Effortel is operating its own MVNO in partnership with an international retailer Carrefour in 4 countries. Projects sequence: Carrefour Mobile (Belgium), launched in February 2006, network Base (KPN); Uno Mobile (Italy), launched in June 2007, network Vodafone Italia; Carrefour Mova (Poland), launched in April 2008, network Polkomtel; Carrefour Telecom (Taiwan), launched in November 2008, network Chunghwa Telecom. Effortel Technologies is also serving three other MVNOs - Daily Telecom in Italy, FM Group Mobile in Poland, and Samatel in Oman. Total number of Effortel customers is over 1 million. Platform Architecture Effortel Technologies platform provides the elements required for technical operation of MVNO - real time billing for both prepaid and postpaid, reporting, monitoring, invoicing, dunning, reconciliation, order management, Subscriber Identity Module management, Mobile number portability support, Customer relationship management, web self-care. Effortel Technologies owns Point of sale tools, enabling full POS-based postpaid signup process - ID check, number choosing, credit check, document management. The platform can work with GSM, UMTS, CDMA, WiMax networks and is compliant with ETSI and NEBS standards. The platform is open in terms of 3rd party integrations over web API’s or SOAP/XML. The platform is hosted in Level3 top-security hosting facility in Brussels, Belgium. Network Architecture: Integration with Mobile Network Operators Effortel Technologies platform is integrated with 6 mobile operators: KPN in Belgium, Vodafone in Italy, Polkomtel in Poland, Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, Nawras in Oman and Bouygues in France. The platform in Brussels is performing call control functions over SS7 signaling. Subscriber accounts, balances, data, call records are held and managed on the platform in Brussels. IVR and Voicemail systems are installed locally to avoid high-bandwidth voice traffic between the platform in Belgium and MVNOs in other countries. Effortel is able to launch MVNO in approximately 6 months. Currently the platform has been integrated with networks built on elements from Nokia Siemens, Ericsson, Motorola, Huawei. References External links Category:Companies based in Brussels Category:Telecommunications companies of Poland Category:Companies of Italy
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Old Road Subdivision
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The Old Road Subdivision was a railroad line owned & operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The line is now operated by RJ Corman. The line runs from Anchorage, Kentucky, to Winchester, Kentucky, for a total of . At its west end the line branches off of the LCL Subdivision and at its east end the line connects to the CC Subdivision. See also List of CSX Transportation lines References Category:CSX Transportation lines Category:Transportation in Jefferson County, Kentucky Category:Transportation in Clark County, Kentucky
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Merrill (town), Wisconsin
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Merrill is a town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,979 at the 2000 census. The City of Merrill is located to the south of and adjacent to the town. The city has incorporated a portion of land that had been part of the town. The unincorporated community of Otis is also located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 53.4 square miles (138.2 km²), of which, 52.0 square miles (134.8 km²) of it is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²) of it (2.45%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,979 people, 1,125 households, and 895 families residing in the town. The population density was 57.2 people per square mile (22.1/km²). There were 1,210 housing units at an average density of 23.2 per square mile (9.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.69% White, 0.10% Black or African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. 0.34% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 1,125 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.4% were non-families. 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 2.96. In the town, the population was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.9 males. The median income for a household in the town was $48,875, and the median income for a family was $51,892. Males had a median income of $33,309 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,677. About 1.2% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.5% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over. References Category:Towns in Lincoln County, Wisconsin Category:Towns in Wisconsin
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Iron Eagle
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Iron Eagle is a 1986 military action film directed by Sidney J. Furie, co-written by Kevin Alyn Elders and starring Jason Gedrick and Louis Gossett Jr. While it received mixed reviews, being unfavorably compared to the similarly-themed Top Gun released the same year, the film earned $24,159,872 at the U.S. box office. Iron Eagle was followed by three sequels: Iron Eagle II, Aces: Iron Eagle III, and Iron Eagle on the Attack, with Gossett being the only actor to have appeared in all four films. The basis of the fictional story in the film relates to real life attacks by the United States against Libya over the Gulf of Sidra, in particular the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident. Plot Doug Masters, son of veteran U.S. Air Force pilot Col. Ted Masters, is a hotshot civilian pilot, hoping to follow in his father's footsteps. His hopes are dashed when he receives a notice of rejection from the Air Force Academy. Making matters worse is the news that his father has been shot down and captured by the fictional Arab state of Bilya while patrolling over the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the incident occurring over international waters, the Arab state's court finds Col. Masters guilty of trespassing over their territory and sentences him to hang in three days. Seeing that the U.S. government will do nothing to save his father's life, Doug decides to take matters into his own hands and come up with his own rescue mission. He requests the help of Col. Charles "Chappy" Sinclair, a Vietnam veteran pilot currently in the Air Force Reserve, who, while not knowing Col. Masters personally, had a favorable run-in with him years prior to meeting Doug and "knew the type." Chappy is skeptical at first; but Doug convinces him that, with his friends, he has full access to the airbase's intelligence and resources and can give him an F-16 fighter for the mission. To Doug's surprise, Chappy had already begun planning a rescue operation himself after he learned the outcome of Col. Masters' trial. The combined efforts of Chappy and Doug's team result in a meticulously planned mission and the procurement of two heavily armed F-16B jets, with Doug flying the second unit. On the day of Col. Masters' scheduled execution, Doug and Chappy fly their jets to the Mediterranean Sea and cross into Bilyan airspace. The Bilyan military responds, and in the ensuing battle Doug and Chappy take out three MiG-23 fighters and destroy an airfield, with Chappy's plane being hit by anti-aircraft fire. He tells Doug to climb to a high altitude and play the tape he made him the night before, then his engine fails and Doug listens as Chappy's fighter goes down. Chappy's recorded voice gives Doug encouragement and details that help him to complete the mission and rescue his father. Making the enemy believe he is leading a squadron, Doug threatens the enemy state into releasing his father for pickup. Before Doug lands his F-16, Col. Masters is shot by a sniper, causing Doug to destroy the airbase and engulf the
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Resort of Kamchiya
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The Resort Complex of Kamchia, (Bulgarian Курортен Комплекс Камчия), is a Black Sea coastal resort on the northern length of the coast of Bulgaria. It is located 25 km south of the Provincial Centre of Varna in the municipality of Avren and lies north of the mouth of the river Kamchia. It is mainly made up of "rest bases", (Bulgarian, Почивни Бази) which are mini-resorts made up of individual villas and bungalows. There is also a functioning fishing village, and the remains of a military outpost, (now defunct). The resort has a transitional population which only remains for the summer season beginning in May and finishes at the end of September. History It was most built during the period in which Bulgaria was communist, (although there used to be a village beforehand). Many of the 'rest bases' (Bulgarian почвни станций) would have originally been national institutions, most of which would have been run by individual ministries, (for example the Transport-Constructional Army had a base). Today, although some of the rest bases have been retained by the government, most are owned by private concessionaires while the standard of the sub-complexes ranges from relatively low to high. Gallery See also Kamchia (disambiguation) References External links http://www.kamchia.com/ http://www.kamchia.net/ http://www.bulgariansearesorts.com/resorts/kamchia/ Category:Seaside resorts in Bulgaria
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2009–10 Beşiktaş J.K. season
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The 2009–10 season was the 106th year of Beşiktaş' existence, as well as its 50th season in the Süper Lig. The club also competed in the Turkish Cup and UEFA Champions League. Beşiktaş entered the season as the defending champion of the both the Süper Lig and Turkish Cup. During the pre-season, the club also participated in the Peace Cup, finishing second in their group behind Porto and ahead of Lyon. The first transfer of the January window was goalkeeper Ramazan Özcan. Team kit The new season kits of Beşiktaş were introduced on 19 July on the season jersey and fall/winter fashion clothing show at Nevzat Demir Facilities. The kit supplier of jerseys is Adidas and the main jersey sponsor is Cola Turka for the season, as it is since 2004. Players First team squad According to official club website as of 31 July 2009: Transfers In Out Statistics Süper Lig Standings Results by round Team record Top scorers Friendly matches Peace Cup Beşiktaş participated in the 2009 "Peace Cup". Beşiktaş was placed in group D, along with Porto (Portugal) and Lyon (France). Beşiktaş finished 2nd place missing the knockout round by 2 points. Turkish Super Cup Beşiktaş played the 2008–09 Turkish Cup finalist Fenerbahçe for the Turkish Super Cup. Beşiktaş previously defeated Fenerbahçe 4–2 in the Turkish Cup final. Turkish Super League As the defending Super League champions, Beşiktaş started the 2009–10 Turkish Super League season with a 1–1 draw with İstanbul B.B. First Half Second half 1Ankaraspor was regulated to the Bank Asya 1. Lig. 3–0 default win. 2Due to heavy snowfall this match was postponed to 10 March 2010. Final standings Turkish Cup Beşiktaş J.K. participated in the Turkish Super Cup as the defending champions. By finishing the Turkish Super League in 1st place last year, Beşiktaş automatically qualified to the group stages. After losing their first 3 games Beşiktaş was eliminated from the cup. Group stage UEFA Champions League Beşiktaş qualified for the UEFA Champions League by becoming the champion of the Turkish Super League last year. Beşiktaş was seeded in group D along with Manchester United (England), CSKA Moscow (Russia) and Wolfsburg (Germany). Group stage References Category:Beşiktaş J.K. seasons Beşiktaş
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Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology
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The Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology is a freely accessible encyclopedia composed mainly by graduate students of Boston University's Modern Western Theology seminars. It focuses on Christian theology, mainly from the Western world and is edited by Wesley J. Wildman, a professor at Boston University School of Theology. Several entries were consolidated from the work of multiple students by Derek Michaud. See also Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy List of online encyclopedias External links Boston Collaborate Encyclopedia of Western Theology Category:Encyclopedias of philosophy Category:Online encyclopedias Category:American online encyclopedias
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