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Adam Rennocks
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Adam Paul Rennocks (born 29 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Rennocks is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Rennocks represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Northamptonshire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, and the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. Both matches were held in 2001. His third and final match came against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with best figures of 1/23. References External links Adam Rennocks at Cricinfo Adam Rennocks at CricketArchive Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Leicester Category:English cricketers Category:Leicestershire Cricket Board cricketers
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Rondel (armour)
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Not to be confused with the rondel, a dagger used to defeat armor of the same period. A rondel () is a circular piece of metal used for protection, as part of a harness of plate armour, or attached to a helmet, breastplate, couter or on a gauntlet. Rondels most commonly hang off breastplates and cover the armpit, which is a vulnerable point. They may also have been used to steady the jousting lance. In this instance they are commonly known as besagews. They also appear on the back of a type of late medieval helmet known as the armet. Their purpose for this is unknown, though it has been surmised that they may protect strapping, or just be some sort of added protection. Rondels also appear uncommonly on the metacarpal parts of some historical gauntlet designs, and appear in some period illustrations protecting the side of the head, and the point of the elbow (where a fan may normally be). See also Besagew—a kind of rondel for armpit protection Mirror armour—oriental armour developed from local types of polished rondels, called as "mirrors" References External links Leg Harness (1400 - 1620) description of historic developments in leg armour Category:Western plate armour
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Black Metal (Dean Blunt album)
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Black Metal is an album by Dean Blunt, released on Rough Trade Records in November 2014. The album features vocals from Blunt and frequent collaborator Joanne Robertson. Musically, Black Metal features more traditional pop song structures than Blunt's previous work, but is diverse in instrumentation and genre. The album includes elements of indie pop, folk pop, Americana, dub, ambient, grime, drone, and dancehall. Critics have also noted the prose of Blunt's lyrics as being similar to contemporary hip hop lyrics, which often reflect that of dark subjects like infidelity and alcoholism. Blunt has stated that the album was inspired by what he sees as black artistic liberation away from the appropriation of 'existing/old white images' (a la names like Black Elvis, Black Cobain) toward 'something that is undefined and is new'. Critical reception Black Metal currently has a score of 79 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Critics praised Blunt's emotional range and directness on the album. In a review for The Observer, Killian Fox wrote that Blunt had created "some of the most achingly beautiful music recorded this year." Writing for Pitchfork, Colin Joyce called the album "disjointed" but praised the album for its sound and for Blunt's clearer, more pop-oriented style compared to his previous work. However, AllMusic's Andy Kellman criticised the album for being "quantity-over-quality" and for what Kellman saw as a derivative sound. Michael Hann characterised the album in The Guardian as a needlessly difficult listen that was sometimes repetitive, but nonetheless praised it as "extraordinary." Accolades Black Metal placed first on Tiny Mix Tapes and Crack Magazines lists of best albums from 2014. Track listing References Category:2014 albums Category:Rough Trade Records albums
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Brick Factory 3
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Brick Factory 3 is a mixtape by American rapper Gucci Mane. The album serves as the third installment in his popular Brick Factory series. The mixtape was released on February 12, 2015, by 1017 Records and 101 Distribution. The album features guest appearances from Peewee Longway, Young Thug and Lil B. Track listing References Category:2015 albums Category:Gucci Mane albums Category:Sequel albums Category:Albums produced by Zaytoven Category:Albums produced by Nard & B Category:Albums produced by Metro Boomin
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Rachkovsky
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Rachkovsky or Rachkovski (Russian: Рачковский) is a Russian language surname. The feminine form is Rachkovskaya (Russian: Рачковская). It corresponds to Lithuanian surname Račkauskas and Polish Raczkowski. The surname may refer to: Pyotr Rachkovsky (1853–1910), Russian Empire police official Igor Rachkovsky (born 1968), Belarusian statesman, Chief of the State Committee of Border Guards, Belarus Category:Russian-language surnames
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Greg VanWoerkom
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Greg VanWoerkom is a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives. Before being elected as state representative, VanWoerkom was the district director for United States Representative Bill Huizenga. VanWoerkom also served as the senior policy adviser to United States Representative Pete Hoekstra. VanWoerkom is a member of the Covenant Life Church. References External links Greg VanWoerkom at gophouse.com Greg VanWoerkom at ballotpedia.org Greg VanWoerkom at votesmart.org Category:Living people Category:Calvin University alumni Category:Eastern Michigan University alumni Category:Members of the Michigan House of Representatives Category:Michigan Republicans Category:21st-century American politicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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Medal of Pushkin
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The Medal of Pushkin () is a state decoration of the Russian Federation awarded to its citizens for achievements in the arts and culture, education, humanities and literature. It is named in honour of Russian author and poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. History The Medal of Pushkin was established on May 9, 1999 by Presidential Decree № 574, its statute was amended on September 7, 2010 by Presidential Decree № 1099 which completely revamped the awards and honours system of the Russian Federation. Award statute The Medal of Pushkin is awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation with at least 20 years in socio-humanitarian activities for achievements in the arts and culture, education, humanities and literature, for great contributions to the study and preservation of the Russian cultural heritage, in the rapprochement and mutual enrichment of cultures of nations and peoples, for the creation of highly artistic images. The Russian Federation order of precedence dictates the medal is to be worn on the left breast with other medals immediately after the Medal of Nesterov. Award description The Medal of Pushkin is a circular 32mm diameter silver medal with raised rims on both the obverse and reverse. The obverse bears a self-portrait (line drawing) of Pushkin's left profile. On the reverse center the horizontal relief signature of Pushkin himself. The signature takes most of the total width of the medal. Under the signature near the lower rim of the medal, the letter "N" in relief and a line reserved for the award serial number. The medal hangs from a standard Russian pentagonal mount by a ring through the medal suspension loop. The mount is covered by an overlapping 24mm wide azure silk moiré ribbon with a 2.5mm golden stripe situated 5mm from the ribbon's right edge. Award recipients Number of awards of the Medal of Pushkin to date: Natalia Y. Borodin, director of the Pushkin school in Novomoskovsk, Tula Region, received two Medals of Pushkin - 1999 and 2000. The Medal of Pushkin was also awarded to citizens of the following states: Abkhazia, Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, South Ossetia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, USA, and Vietnam. Many heads of state were also awarded the Medal of Pushkin. See also Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation References External links The Commission on State Awards to the President of the Russian Federation Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Russia Category:Civil awards and decorations of Russia Category:Russian awards Category:Awards established in 1999
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Keine Sorgen Arena
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The Keine Sorgen Arena (eng.: "No Worries Arena"), formerly Fill Metallbau Stadion, is a football stadium in Ried im Innkreis, Austria. It is the home ground of SV Ried. The stadium holds 7,680 spectators and was built in 2003. The stadium was renamed in "Keine Sorgen Arena", after the main advertising slogan of the sponsor "Oberösterreichische Versicherung", an insurance company. Gallery References Category:Football venues in Austria Category:Sports venues in Upper Austria
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Spain–Albania Friendship Association
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Spain–Albania Friendship Association () was an organization based in Spain. The association was recognized by the government of Socialist Albania. The organization was linked to the Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist). In 1979 the organization began publishing Drita Albania (La Luz de Albania). References Category:Albania friendship associations Category:Spanish friendship associations Category:Albania–Spain relations
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Ivan Miljković
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Ivan Miljković ( ; born September 13, 1979) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team in 1998–2012, Beijing 2008), Olympic Champion 2000, European Champion (2001, 2011), medalist of World Championship, World Grand Champions Cup, World Cup and World League. Career Clubs After this success he changed his club and started playing for Italian Lube Banca Macerata. In 2001 the Yugoslav team won the European Volleyball Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic. With his club, Lube Banca Macerata, he also won the Champions League (2001), twice the Italian Cup (2001, 2003) and three times the CEV Cup (2001, 2005, 2006). On July 18, 2007, he signed a contract with the M. Roma Volley. The following year, on July 5, 2008, Olympiacos, announced that he will be continuing his career in Greece. In 2009 he won the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup and in 2010 the championship. On June 30, 2010, he signed a two-year contract for Fenerbahçe SK of Turkey. With Fenerbahçe he won 2011 and 2012 Turkish volleyball league, 2012 Turkish Cup, 2011 and 2012 Turkish Super Cup and 2014 European Challenge Cup. Miljković played for Fenerbahçe Grundig in 2010–2015. Miljković in 2015 sing in Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova. Miljković in 2016 back to Turkey League. He ended up his career after achieving gold medal of Turkish Championship in May 2017 with Halkbank Ankara team. National team He played in the national team of FR Yugoslavia for the first time a year later (on October 4, 1998, in a game against Turkey). In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Andrija Gerić, Goran Vujević) won the Olympic gold medal. In the final match against Russia Ivan Miljković scored the last point and after that fell on his knees. In March 2012, has officially retired from the Serbian National Team after 14 years and 288 played matches. The only player to win MVP of the FIVB World League 3 times in a row (2002, 2003, 2004) and only player to win 4 MVP awards during the FIVB World League (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006). Style of play Miljković is regularly on the top of the best spikers list in the tournaments and has a great jump serve. He is very well built and extremely strong opposite hitter who has variety of different shots; he can swing the ball away with a power or using his good technique. For an extremely big player Miljković moves surprisingly well. He has a good footwork and is quick from his feet; therefore he is able to generate good speed for his approach from any distance to the ball. Sporting achievements Clubs CEV Champions League 2001/2002 – with Lube Macerata 2015/2016 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova CEV Challenge Cup 2000/2001, 2004/2005, 2005/2006 – with Lube Macerata 2013/2014 – with Fenerbahçe CEV Cup 2007–2008 – with M. Roma National League Champions Italia – 2005–2006 Champions Greece – 2008–2009, 2009–2010 Champions Turkey – 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2016–2017 Champions Qatar – 2009, 2010, 2012 Individually 2001 World
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Vôge Plateau
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The Vôge plateau is a sandstone plateau in north east France, straddling the departments of Vosges and Haute-Saône, between Vittel, Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse and Remiremont. It covers approximately 700 km² of Lorraine and Franche-Comté, and includes the towns of Xertigny, Darney, and Bains-les-Bains. The region is predominantly agricultural, dotted with valleys and mixed forests, such as oak, beech, and pines. The Faucilles mountains represent the dividing line between the drainage basins of the Mediterranean and the North Sea. The area is irrigated by the river Saône and its early tributaries, and there are many lakes in the region. Vôge is known for its many thermal spas, such as the towns of Bains-les-Bains and Plombières-les-Bains. The architecture is charactertised by the use of sandstone as a construction material, notably for garden walls, and flagstone roofing. Sources and further reading This article incorporates information from the equivalent article in the French Wikipedia, consulted during July 2009. References Category:Landforms of Vosges (department) Category:Landforms of Haute-Saône Category:Plateaus of Metropolitan France
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Dirk Boonstra (born 1920)
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Dirk Boonstra (2 September 1920 – 18 August 1944) was a member of the Dutch resistance in Groningen during World War II. He was captured and taken to Herzogenbusch concentration camp, where he and 12 other captives were executed on 18 August 1944. External links "Boonstra, Dirk" at nmkampvught.nl Category:1920 births Category:1944 deaths Category:Deaths by firearm in the Netherlands Category:Dutch people executed by Nazi Germany Category:Dutch people of World War II Category:Dutch people who died in Nazi concentration camps Category:Dutch resistance members Category:Executed Dutch people Category:People executed by Germany by firing squad Category:People from Groningen (city) Category:People who died in Herzogenbusch concentration camp Category:Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany
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Return to Grace
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__NOTOC__ "Return to Grace" is the 86th episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 14th episode of the fourth season. It marks the first appearance of the recurring character Damar (played by Casey Biggs), and Dukat's daughter Ziyal, played by Cyia Batten returns. The narrative between Kira and Dukat picks up from "Indiscretion" earlier in the season. "Return to Grace" had a Nielsen rating of 6.5 when it was broadcast on television in 1996. This episode features interior and exterior shots set on the Star Trek franchise famous "Bird of Prey" starship which was introduced in 1984 with the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and featured throughout one of the most popular Star Trek films up to that time Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. This also depicts a Cardassian space freighter design including a bridge and cargo bay sets. Plot Major Kira is shocked to find out that Dukat will be captaining the freighter transporting her to a conference regarding the Klingon Empire. Dukat was recently stripped of his rank and title because of the revelations surrounding his daughter, Ziyal, and he now works in a dreary job flying an unremarkable trading ship. When they arrive they find the conference site obliterated, and a Klingon Bird of Prey leaving the area, not even bothering to attack what it considers a lowly freighter. Kira suggests that they adapt the planet's defences for use on the freighter, turning it into a Q-ship, and then they head after the Bird of Prey. They soon find it, and after tricking the Bird of Prey into thinking they are carrying valuable cargo, use its new weaponry to cripple the Klingon vessel. After commandeering the Bird of Prey and transporting the Klingons to the freighter, Dukat mercilessly destroys the freighter. Hoping that the capture of the Klingon ship would regain some respect, and spur the Cardassians into fighting the Klingons, Dukat is disgusted by the apparent wishes of his superiors to reach a peaceful solution to the problem instead. Dukat vows to fight the whole Klingon Empire if he has to, and offers Kira a place on his crew. She declines, taking Ziyal back to Deep Space Nine with her until Dukat's personal war is over. Reception In 2015, Geek.com recommended this episode as "essential watching" for their abbreviated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine binge-watching guide. In 2018, SyFy recommend this episode for its abbreviated watch guide for the Bajoran character Kira Nerys. This episode features Kira and Dukat, and also introduces the character Ziyal. Time magazine rated Gul Dukat the seventh best villain of the Star Trek franchise in 2016. References External links Category:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 4) episodes Category:1996 American television episodes
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WRZK
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WRZK (95.9 FM, "95.9 The Hog") is a radio station broadcasting an active rock format. Licensed to Colonial Heights, Tennessee, United States, it serves the Tri-Cities TN / VA area. The station is owned by Glenwood Communications Corporation, through subsidiary Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation. The station was assigned the WRZK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 21, 1997. Programming Weekdays Nicole 10 AM-2 PM Scott Highland 2 PM-6 PM References External links WRZK official website Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation RZK Category:Active rock radio stations in the United States Category:Radio stations established in 1997 Category:1997 establishments in Tennessee
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Abyssicoccus albus
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Abyssicoccus albus is a Gram-positive, aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Abyssicoccus which has been isolated from deep sea sediments from the Indian Ocean. References Category:Rhizobiales Category:Bacteria described in 2016
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Lothrop Hall
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Lothrop Hall is a major student dormitory at the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lothrop Hall is located adjacent to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) on Lothrop Street near Fifth Avenue, this hill is often referred to as "cardiac hill" due to its steep grade and its accessibility to medical care. The Hall is made up of 14 floors, some of which are segregated by sex in each wing (north and south). Most rooms in the hall are single occupancy (with sinks), with some double occupancy as well, and even some tripled on floors 2-10. The dorm houses 723 men and women, in addition to a resident director and 15 resident assistants. History Previously known as the Nurses' Residence, Lothrop Hall originally served as a 650-room residence hall for University of Pittsburgh nursing students. Construction was begun in 1950 and completed in May 1953 at a cost of $4.5 million ($ million today). The residence was officially dedicated on May 11, 1953 which intentionally corresponded to the 133rd anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. During the dedication, a brick from the Florence Nightingale Home was presented. During financial hardships of the university in the early 1960s, it was one of five buildings mortgaged as security in 1963. By 1976 its name had been changed to the Lothrop Street Residence. By 1979, it was known by its current moniker, Lothrop Hall. Lothrop Street itself is named for Sylvanus Lothrop, a prominent engineer and businessman who constructed the first locks and several major bridges on the Monongahela River in the 1830s and 1840s. During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, Lothrop Hall was opened to house UPMC doctors and nurses who were working long hours. Facilities There is a fitness center, laundry room, student mail center, and e-mail kiosks in the lobby, as well as a lounge on every floor. Soon there will also be a communal kitchen built. The Hall also contains the Gender and Sexuality Living Learning Community and the Nursing Living Learning Community of the University of Pittsburgh. Lothrop Hall is directly connected, via a skywalk, to the School of Nursing in the Victoria Building and adjoining University of Pittsburgh Medical Center facilities. The Hall is appreciated for its mostly single rooms and the sinks in most rooms. The Hall is criticized, however, by its residents for a lack of air conditioning and for its distance from most main Pitt facilities (such as the Cathedral of Learning and the Dining Facilities). In addition, for many years Lothrop Hall contained medical offices on its lower floors. In 2010, Pitt announced that it had allocated $1.56 million ($ million today) to convert existing office space into 47 additional beds for undergraduate housing in Lothrop. Because of a student housing overflow in 2010, the lounges were converted into 4-person rooms for a total of 52 new beds. In recent years, however, the lounges have been restored to pre-2010 conditions. References External links Lothrop Hall on Pitt's virtual Campus Tour Lothrop Hall on Housing Services Category:University of
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Calum MacGregor
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Calum MacGregor (born 11 January 1962) is a former rugby union player and is now a director at Müller Wiseman Dairies. Born in Scotland, he played for the Glasgow District side, and after professionalism was sanctioned in rugby played for Glasgow, now named the Glasgow Warriors. MacGregor regularly played District rugby but then had a gap of five years when he was not selected, only to be recalled in 1993 by Glasgow District in 1993 for a match against Munster. He also played in Glasgow's victory over Connacht in 1995. When the district side turned professional in 1996, MacGregor turned out for the fledgling Glasgow Warriors. He was Glasgow's top points scorer in competitive games for the season 1996-97 scoring 34 points. He also played in European competition for the club in the 1996-97 Challenge Cup, where he turned out against Welsh side Newbridge RFC and scored six conversions in the game; the 62-38 victory for Glasgow was their only European win that season. MacGregor was dropped for the following European match against Sale Sharks, but did play in all three Scottish Inter-District Championship matches in 1996-97. The team's second place qualified Glasgow for the Heineken Cup the next season. MacGregor started his rugby career with Glasgow Academicals but moved to Aberdeen in 1983 for work. He then played for Gordonians RFC for a year before commuting to Boroughmuir RFC for three years. He then moved again and returned to Glasgow Academicals. In a derby match against Glasgow High Kelvinside in 1989 he scored 17 points in a 21-13 win for the Academicals. By 1995, the side were playing in Division 3 but MacGregor was still scoring points for the club and he was still getting selected for Glasgow District. After playing professionally for Glasgow Warriors in their first season, MacGregor retired from rugby in 1997. He gave a tribute to his Glasgow coach Kevin Greene: "Kevin Greene, the Glasgow coach, is the kind of man who makes the players think for themselves, like Ian McGeechan, and I prefer that to the blood-and-thunder approach. I have enjoyed playing for Glasgow this year more than any other. I look around at the young guys in the team and they are keen and excited and that makes me feel good about the game. The players have a belief in it and a desire to win and I like that." Whilst playing rugby he worked for Wiseman Dairies and remained there when his rugby career ended. In 2005 he joined Wiseman's board as their Quality Director. References External links Accies v Boroughmuir 1990 Accies v West of Scotland 1992 Category:Scottish rugby union players Category:Glasgow Warriors players Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Gordonians RFC players Category:Glasgow Academicals rugby union players Category:Glasgow District players Category:Boroughmuir RFC players
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Saar mark
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The Saar Mark was a currency issued on 16 June 1947 by the French government for use in Saar. It was at par with the German Reichsmark, and composed of six denominations of banknotes, 1, 2, 5, 10, 50 and 100 Mark. The aim of its introduction was to prepare an economic union of the Saar with France. In addition, the exchange enabled the French administration to get an overview of the total amount of capital available in the Saar region. It also served to prevent speculative capital transfers between the Saar and the rest of Germany in view of the introduction of the franc. However, the Saar Mark notes were soon replaced following the integration of the Saar into the French currency area. The Saar franc was the currency of the Saar Protectorate and, later, the state of Saarland in the Federal Republic of Germany between 20 November 1947 and 6 July 1959. It was valued at par with the French franc, and French coins and banknotes circulated alongside local issues. References Die SAAR-MARK-Scheine External links Images of Saar mark notes Category:Modern obsolete currencies Category:Currencies of Germany Category:History of Saarland Category:Currencies introduced in 1947 Category:1947 disestablishments Category:1940s economic history Category:1947 in France Category:1947 in Germany
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Spinalis
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The spinalis is a portion of the erector spinae, a bundle of muscles and tendons, located nearest to the spine. It is divided into three parts: Spinalis dorsi, spinalis cervicis, and spinalis capitis. Spinalis dorsi Spinalis dorsi, the medial continuation of the sacrospinalis, is scarcely separable as a distinct muscle. It is situated at the medial side of the longissimus dorsi, and is intimately blended with it; it arises by three or four tendons from the spinous processes of the first two lumbar and the last two thoracic vertebrae: these, uniting, form a small muscle which is inserted by separate tendons into the spinous processes of the upper thoracic vertebrae, the number varying from four to eight. It is intimately united with the semispinalis dorsi, situated beneath it. Spinalis cervicis Spinalis cervicis, or spinalis colli, is an inconstant muscle, which arises from the lower part of the nuchal ligament, the spinous process of the seventh cervical, and sometimes from the spinous processes of the first and second thoracic vertebrae, and is inserted into the spinous process of the axis, and occasionally into the spinous processes of the two cervical vertebrae below it. Spinalis capitis Spinalis capitis (biventer cervicis) is usually inseparably connected with the semispinalis capitis. Spinalis capitis is not well characterized in modern anatomy textbooks and atlases, and is often omitted from anatomical illustration. However, it can be identified as fibers that extend from the spinous processes of TV1 and CV7 to the cranium, often blending with semispinalis capitis See also Iliocostalis Longissimus Semispinalis muscle References External links - "Intrinsic muscles of the back." Dissection at ithaca.edu Category:Muscles of the torso
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1942 Qantas Short Empire shootdown
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The 1942 Qantas Short Empire shoot-down was an incident that occurred in the early days of the Pacific War during World War II. A Short Empire flying boat airliner, Corio, operated by Qantas was shot down by Japanese aircraft off the coast of West Timor, Dutch East Indies, on 30 January 1942, killing 13 of the occupants. Aircraft history Corio, named after Corio, Victoria, was built as an S.23 Empire by Short Brothers and entered service with Qantas in October 1938 registered as VH-ABD then was sold to Imperial Airways in September 1939. The airliner, after being re-registered in the UK as G-AEUH, was then leased back to Qantas. Air attack On 30 January 1942, G-AEUH, captained by A. A. (Aub) Koch, left Darwin at dawn, for Kupang, West Timor, en route to Surabaya, where it was to pick up refugees from the Japanese invasion of Java and transport them to Australia. When it was from West Timor, travelling at a height of , Corio was fired on by seven Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters. Koch immediately increased the speed of the aircraft and dived it towards the coast, attempting to evade the attack; the aircraft reached its maximum speed – possibly – and flew a zig-zagging course, so low that the airliner's wing floats were bouncing off the sea. Nevertheless, the Zero pilots soon achieved numerous hits, perforating the fuselage and killing some passengers. Following a sudden loss of power when two engines caught fire, Corio hit the sea at high speed, nose first, from the mouth of the Noelmini River; the impact breaking the fuselage in half. Out of a total of 18 passengers and crew, 13 were killed in the attack. Koch, wounded in an arm and leg, was thrown out of the wreckage by the impact. However, he managed to swim ashore, a feat which took him three hours. Koch and the other survivors were later rescued by a Dornier Do 24 flying boat of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Three passengers and two crew were saved. Koch later survived another attack by Japanese aircraft and the crash of another Empire flying boat. On 19 February 1942, while he was recuperating in Darwin Hospital, the town experienced two major air raids. On 22 April 1943, Koch was piloting Camilla, another Qantas Short Empire, on a flight from Australia to New Guinea, when it crashed in the sea off Port Moresby in bad weather. See also List of Qantas fatal accidents 1942 KNILM Douglas DC-3 shootdown References Notes Bibliography Cassidy, Brian. Flying Empires: Short ‘C’ class Empire flying boats. Bath UK: Queens Parade Press, 2004. Access date: 11 July 2010. Gunn, John. Challenging Horizons: Qantas 1939–1954, St Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1987 Category:Airliner shootdown incidents Category:Dutch East Indies Category:1942 in Australia Category:Mass murder in 1942 Category:1942 in Indonesia Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1942 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia Category:Qantas accidents and incidents Category:20th-century aircraft shootdown incidents Category:January 1942 events
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The Lost Empire (1984 film)
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The Lost Empire is a 1984 American fantasy adventure film directed by Jim Wynorski. It was the first feature Wynorski directed. It stars Melanie Vincz, Raven De La Croix, Angela Aames and Angus Scrimm. Its general release was in February 1985 after a limited release on June 22, 1984 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Plot The film opens at a jewelry shop in Chinatown, which contains a statue with one glowing red eye. Three masked figures kill the store's owner, then try to pry the eye free. The police arrive, and after a bloody fight, all of the intruders and all but one of the policemen are dead, with the lone survivor being seriously wounded. The next day, children are being held hostage in an elementary school. A black-clad figure enters and takes on the terrorists, killing all three before revealing that she is Inspector Angel Wolfe (Melanie Vincz) of the L.A.P.D. A man enters the school room and Angel strikes him, breaking his nose and knocking him down, before realizing that the newcomer is Federal Agent Rick Stanton (Paul Coufos), an old friend. The two spend the night together. The next morning, Angel receives a phone call telling her that her brother Rob (Bill Thornbury), is in the hospital after the jewelry shop confrontation. Angel and Rick rush to his side, and Rob gives Angel a strange star-shaped object and a cryptic message that "the Devil exists, and the Eye knows where." Rick recognizes the star and tells Angel about the legend of Lee Chuck (Angus Scrimm), who gained immortality at the price of giving the devil a new soul every day. Angel pays a visit to the crime scene. As she gazes sadly at the spot on which her brother was wounded, the glowing red eye drops, unnoticed, from the statue into her handbag. Angel is startled by the sudden appearance of a mysterious Chinese man, who turns out to be Inspector Charles Chang (Art Hern). Chang tells Angel and Rick about the Eyes of Avatar, into which the Dragon-God placed enough power to allow anyone possessing them both to rule the world; and about his belief that Lee Chuck is both real, and in possession of one of the Eyes. He further tells them that Dr Sin Do (Angus Scrimm, in a dual role), the leader of a religious cult, is somehow involved with Lee Chuck. After learning that Rob has died from his injuries, a grief-stricken Angel forces Rick to tell her more about Sin Do, who is recruiting women for an army of terrorists, luring them to his island by promising them fabulous wealth. When she hears that Sin Do only accepts women in trios, Angel travels to an Indian reservation to see Whitestar (Raven De La Croix), an old friend, and asks her to join the mission, to which Whitestar agrees. The third recruit is Heather McClure (Angela Aames), a criminal who Angel promises a parole in exchange for her help. The three sign on, and are flown by plane to Sin Do's mysterious island fortress of
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Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy
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Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy or ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometry (UV–Vis or UV/Vis) refers to absorption spectroscopy or reflectance spectroscopy in part of the ultraviolet and the full, adjacent visible spectral regions. This means it uses light in the visible and adjacent ranges. The absorption or reflectance in the visible range directly affects the perceived color of the chemicals involved. In this region of the electromagnetic spectrum, atoms and molecules undergo electronic transitions. Absorption spectroscopy is complementary to fluorescence spectroscopy, in that fluorescence deals with transitions from the excited state to the ground state, while absorption measures transitions from the ground state to the excited state. Principle of ultraviolet–visible absorption Molecules containing bonding and non-bonding electrons (n-electrons) can absorb energy in the form of ultraviolet or visible light to excite these electrons to higher anti-bonding molecular orbitals. The more easily excited the electrons (i.e. lower energy gap between the HOMO and the LUMO), the longer the wavelength of light it can absorb. There are four possible types of transitions (π–π*, n–π*, σ–σ*, and n–σ*), and they can be ordered as follows :σ–σ* > n–σ* > π–π* > n–π*. Applications UV/Vis spectroscopy is routinely used in analytical chemistry for the quantitative determination of different analytes, such as transition metal ions, highly conjugated organic compounds, and biological macromolecules. Spectroscopic analysis is commonly carried out in solutions but solids and gases may also be studied. Solutions of transition metal ions can be colored (i.e., absorb visible light) because d electrons within the metal atoms can be excited from one electronic state to another. The colour of metal ion solutions is strongly affected by the presence of other species, such as certain anions or ligands. For instance, the colour of a dilute solution of copper sulfate is a very light blue; adding ammonia intensifies the colour and changes the wavelength of maximum absorption (λmax). Organic compounds, especially those with a high degree of conjugation, also absorb light in the UV or visible regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The solvents for these determinations are often water for water-soluble compounds, or ethanol for organic-soluble compounds. (Organic solvents may have significant UV absorption; not all solvents are suitable for use in UV spectroscopy. Ethanol absorbs very weakly at most wavelengths.) Solvent polarity and pH can affect the absorption spectrum of an organic compound. Tyrosine, for example, increases in absorption maxima and molar extinction coefficient when pH increases from 6 to 13 or when solvent polarity decreases. While charge transfer complexes also give rise to colours, the colours are often too intense to be used for quantitative measurement. The Beer–Lambert law states that the absorbance of a solution is directly proportional to the concentration of the absorbing species in the solution and the path length. Thus, for a fixed path length, UV/Vis spectroscopy can be used to determine the concentration of the absorber in a solution. It is necessary to know how quickly the absorbance changes with concentration. This can be taken from references (tables of molar extinction coefficients), or more accurately, determined from a calibration curve. A UV/Vis spectrophotometer may be used as a
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Jhajha Public School, Jhajha
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Jhajha Public School is an English-medium school in Jhajha, a town in Jamui district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located in the heart of Jhajha, near Nagar Panchayat office. The school's director is Surendra Kumar Nirala, who is also president of Nirala Children “Little Step”. The school follows the curriculum of the Central Board of Secondary Education. Category:Schools in Bihar
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Thomas B. Wilson
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Thomas Burrell Wilson (December 12, 1852 in Hall, Ontario County, New York – January 11, 1929 in Hall, Ontario Co., NY) was an American politician from New York. Life He attended the district schools and Canandaigua Academy. Then he worked on the family farm. In 1878, he married Margaret Ann Scoon, and they had three children. He was Supervisor of the Town of Seneca for seven terms, and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Ontario County for two terms. Wilson was a member of the New York State Assembly (Ontario Co.) in 1911 and 1912; and was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture in 1912. He was a member of the New York State Senate (42nd D.) from 1913 to 1916, sitting in the 136th, 137th, 138th and 139th New York State Legislatures. He was also a Trustee of Cornell University from 1909 until his death in 1929. Sources Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 360) THOMAS B. WILSON, 76.; Ex-State Senator and Agricultural Leader Dies at Hall, N.Y. in NYT on January 12, 1929 Obit transcribed from the Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of the New York State Horticultural Society (1929, pg 240f) Category:1852 births Category:1929 deaths Category:New York state senators Category:New York (state) Republicans Category:People from Ontario County, New York Category:Members of the New York State Assembly Category:Town supervisors in New York (state)
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Thomas J. H. Trapnell
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Thomas John Hall "Trap" Trapnell (November 23, 1902 – February 13, 2002) was a United States Army lieutenant general. He was a career officer who served in World War II and the Korean War. Trapnell survived the Bataan Death March and the sinking of two transportation ships during World War II, put down a rebellion of prisoners of war in the Korean War, was the top US advisor to the French during the French Indochina War, and advised against US involvement in Vietnam. He rose to the rank of three-star general before his military retirement and, at the time of his death, was the oldest living member of the Philippine Scouts. Early life Thomas Trapnell was born on November 23, 1902 in Yonkers, New York, to Joseph Trapnell and Laura Kennedy. The Trapnells are a prosperous and distinguished family originally from the Chesapeake area whose roots stretch back to early Colonial America. One brother, Walter Scott Kennedy Trapnell, rose to the rank of commander in the United States Navy during World War II, while another brother, William Holmes Trapnell, was a prominent attorney. A cousin, Frederick M. Trapnell, was a famous naval test pilot who retired from the navy as a vice admiral. Several other cousins also served as commissioned officers in the armed forces. Military career After graduating from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1923, Trapnell attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Known as the "warhorse of the West Point backfield," he was an All-America halfback in football—where he teamed with future Hall of Famer Chris Cagle. In 1926, in one of West Point's best years, Trapnell participated in a memorable game against Navy that tied at 21–21. The match was played at Soldier Field in Chicago- the only time either team has played that venue. Army suffered only one loss that entire season (to Notre Dame). Trapnell was also a top rated lacrosse player who rose to the captaincy of the Army team His first brush with public notoriety came when his crew defeated the highly rated team from Hobart College captained by his younger brother, William. The characteristically athletic and competitive Trapnells did their best to outshine each other as evidenced by one report: Trapnell graduated in 1927 and was commissioned as a platoon leader in the 11th Cavalry Regiment. During this time, he served under two future generals Jonathan Wainwright and George Patton. In 1937, he was promoted to captain; two years later he was assigned to the Philippine Scouts. While in the Philippines, Trapnell was instrumental in recruiting Sofia Adamson, future founder of the Pacific Asia Museum in Los Angeles and co-founder of Adamson University in Manila, to the staff of General Douglas MacArthur. He also became a star polo player. Trapnell was promoted to major and was made XO of the 26th Cavalry Regiment. World War II In 1941, the Japanese invaded the Philippines, routing combined U.S.-Filipino defensive forces. During their withdrawal into the Bataan Peninsula in December, Trapnell, commanding a unit of the 26th Cavalry, fought a desperate
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Les Burns
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Les Burns (23 February 1920 – 21 June 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links Category:1920 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Category:St Kilda Football Club players
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2004 African Women's Championship
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The 2004 African Women's Championship was the sixth edition of the African Women's Championship (now known as the Africa Women Cup of Nations), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. It was held in South Africa between 18 September and 3 October 2004. Nigeria won its sixth title, after defeating Cameroon 5–0 in the final. South Africa were elected as hosts on 12 December 2003. Qualification South Africa qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from May to July 2004. From this tournament onwards, the defending champions does not receive automatic qualification. Format Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played). The seven winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament. Qualified teams Algeria appeared for the first time in the tournament. 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. 2 Mali qualified as lucky loser after both DR Congo and Gabon (who were due to play each other) withdrew. Format The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The top two teams in the groups advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). Results Group stage Group A Group B Knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played. Semi finals Third place match Final Awards Statistics Team statistics Goalscorers Perpetua Nkwocha was the top scorer of the event with nine goals. In total, 48 goals were scored by 27 players. 9 goals Perpetua Nkwocha 4 goals Cynthia Uwak 3 goals Séraphine Mbida 2 goals Nabila Imloul Françoise Bella Stéphanie Mekongo Belay Tutu Akua Anokyewaa Bernice Asante Vera Okolo Nomsa Moyo 1 goal Naima Laouadi Farida Sedhane Marceline Mete Feleke Addis Birtukan Gebrekirstos Anita Amenuku Adjoa Bayor Gloria Foriwa Fatoumata Diarra Man Keita Ajuma Ameh Effioanwan Ekpo Felicia Eze Portia Modise Veronica Phewa Marjory Nyaumwe References External links Tables & results at RSSSF.com Tables & results at BBC Online CAF Category:Africa Women Cup of Nations tournaments Category:International association football competitions hosted by South Africa Women Category:September 2004 sports events in Africa Category:October 2004 sports events in Africa Category:2004 in South African women's sport
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5. Liga (Slovakia)
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The 5. Liga is the fifth-tier football league of Slovakia. It currently consists of 16 groups. Bratislava region: Oblastný futbalový zväz Bratislava-mesto – V. liga Oblastný futbalový zväz Bratislava-vidiek – V. liga ZsFZ: V. liga Juh V. liga Stred V. liga Východ V. liga Sever V. liga Západ SsFZ: V.liga skupina A V.liga skupina B V.liga skupina C V.liga skupina D VsFZ: V. liga Košicko-gemerská V. liga Zemplínska V. liga Vihorlatsko-Dukelská V. liga Šarišská V. liga Podtatranská References 5 Slovakia
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Philip H. Hoff
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Philip Henderson Hoff (June 29, 1924 – April 26, 2018) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He was most notable for his service as the 73rd Governor of Vermont from 1963 to 1969, the state’s first Democratic governor since 1853. Life and career Hoff was born in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, the son of Agnes (Henderson) and Olaf Hoff, Jr. His father worked in the insurance industry and served two terms in the Massachusetts General Court. Philip was a star high school football player, scoring the winning touchdown in Turners Falls High School's 1942 annual game against rival Greenfield High School. Hoff attended Williams College, where he studied English, but postponed graduation for two years in order to serve in World War II. He saw combat action during World War II aboard the submarine, USS Sea Dog, which took part in combat patrols throughout the Pacific Ocean theater. He attained the rank of Seaman First Class with the rating of quartermaster (the Navy's term for a navigator), and was discharged in 1946. He met his wife, Joan Brower, during his naval service and they were married in 1948. He later attended Cornell Law School, graduating in 1951. The Hoffs moved to Burlington, Vermont, in 1951, where Hoff began a law practice. He also became involved in local politics as a Democrat, and was a founder of the activist group Vermont Democratic Volunteers. In addition to serving as a justice of the peace, he was also chairman of the city zoning board. Hoff was also an officer of the Chittenden County Bar Association and a member of the Burlington-Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce board of directors. Career Hoff was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1960, and served one term, 1961 to 1963. As a legislator, Hoff was a member of the "Young Turks," a bipartisan alliance of progressive and reform minded representatives and senators that included Republicans Franklin S. Billings Jr. and Ernest W. Gibson III. In 1962, Hoff was elected Vermont's first Democratic governor since the Vermont General Assembly selected John S. Robinson after no candidate obtained a popular vote majority in 1853. Hoff waged an energetic campaign against incumbent Republican F. Ray Keyser Jr., and capitalized on local factors including a split between Vermont's conservative and progressive Republicans (the Proctor Wing and the Aiken-Gibson Wing). Rather than support the conservative Keyser, many of Vermont's liberal Republicans opted to support Hoff on a third party line, which contributed to his narrow margin of victory. Hoff was also aided by national factors, including the popularity of incumbent Democratic President John F. Kennedy, to whom Hoff was often compared. Hoff won reelection in 1964 and 1966. During his governorship, he pioneered unprecedented environmental, development, and social welfare programs, including the creation of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. Concerned about racial justice, he joined with New York Mayor John Lindsay to co-found the Vermont-New York Youth Project, which brought minority students from the city together with Vermont students to work on joint summer projects at several
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Michael Hutcheon
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Michael Hutcheon is a Canadian medical doctor and author. In addition to his medical specialization in respirology, Hutcheon has published widely, predominantly with Linda Hutcheon, on the subject of the representation of medicine in cultural texts. Select bibliography Four Last Songs: Aging and Creativity in Verdi, Strauss, Messiaen, and Britten (2015) (with Linda Hutcheon). Opera: The Art of Dying. Harvard University Press, 2004 (with Linda Hutcheon). Bodily Charm: Living Opera. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000 (with Linda Hutcheon). Opera: Desire, Disease, and Death. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996 (with Linda Hutcheon) References External links Linda and Michael Hutcheon at the University of Toronto's website Category:Living people Category:Canadian pulmonologists Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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Are You Ready? (Abraham Mateo album)
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Are You Ready? is the fourth studio album by Spanish singer Abraham Mateo. It was released on 13 November 2015, through Sony Music. The album peaked at number 3 in Spain and at number 7 in Mexico. In Spain, a Deluxe Edition was released in digibook (hardback book), including three Bonus Tracks, a poster, and 24 pages with exclusive photos. A 2-CD special edition of the album was released on October 7, 2016 containing ten bonus tracks. It includes the singles "Mueve", featuring Argentinian singer Lali, and the ballad "Mi Vecina". Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Notes References Category:2015 debut albums Category:Abraham Mateo albums Category:Spanish-language albums
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Ingerophrynus parvus
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Ingerophrynus parvus is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in southern Myanmar, southwestern Thailand, southwestern Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, and Java and Sumatra (Indonesia). Its natural habitats are primary and regenerating rainforests where it is found inhabiting streams. Breeding takes place in pools and slow-moving streams. It is common in the mainland but uncommon in Indonesia. References External links Amphibian and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia - Ingerophrynus parvus parvus Category:Amphibians of Myanmar Category:Amphibians of Cambodia Category:Amphibians of Indonesia Category:Amphibians of Malaysia Category:Amphibians of Thailand Category:Amphibians described in 1887 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Arthur Lazarus Jr.
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Arthur Lazarus Jr. (August 30, 1926 – July 27, 2019) was an American attorney primarily known for his work with American Indian tribes and Alaska Native corporations. His clients included the Blackfeet, Tuscarora, Seneca, and Navajo. His best-known case was the Black Hills Land Claim on behalf of the Sioux. Biography Arthur Lazarus was born August 30, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York and attended Poly Prep. He was graduated from Columbia University in 1946 and Yale Law School in 1949. At Columbia, he was editor of the Columbia Daily Spectator, although publication was not daily to conserve resources for the war. Future beat poet Allen Ginsberg was one of his roommates at Columbia. His entrance to the bar was, however, delayed by his conscientious objector status during the Korean War. Eventually he joined the Washington office of the law firm of Riegelman, Strasser, Schwarz & Spiegelberg (now known as Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson) as an associate, where he worked with Felix S. Cohen, then the preëminent lawyer for Indian tribes. Lazarus and Richard Schifter took over the firm's Indian law practice when Cohen died in 1953 at the age of 46. In his first appearance before the Supreme Court, he represented the Tuscarora Nation in its unsuccessful attempt to stop eminent domain seizure of reservation land for a reservoir. Lazarus was also the attorney for the Seneca Nation in its fight against the Kinzua Dam and the Southern Tier Expressway. He was the final attorney of record in United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, the longest-running case in American legal history, and the largest Indian claims judgment ever awarded against the United States. He was also responsible for drafting the Native Alaskans’ proposed version of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Black Hills Case The legal struggle for the Black Hills land claim began in the early 1920s under tribal lawyer Richard Case where he argued that the 1877 Act of February was illegal and that the United States never made a legitimate purchase of the land. Tribal Lawyers Marvin Sonosky and Arthur Lazarus took over the case in 1956 until they won in 1980. The United States Court of Claims on June 13, 1979, in a 5-2 majority, decided that the 1877 Act that seized the Black Hills from the Sioux was a violation of the Fifth Amendment. On July 31, 1979 the Sioux were awarded $17.5 million with 5 percent interest totaling $105 million. However, the victory was short lived. The Indians residing in the Black Hills feared the notion that if they accept the award their land would be officially sold. This led many Sioux to believe that they would lose their land, culture and identity. Furthermore, the two lawyers continued to work with the government to provide the tribe with just compensation for violating the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. In September 1979, Sonosky and Lazarus offered the tribe $44 million as a settlement for the violation in 1868, but were met with hostility. On October 17, 1979 Solicitor General Wade McCree of the Justice Department
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State Games of America
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The State Games of America is a biennial amateur multi-sport event held in North America. It is organized by the National Congress of State Games. Athletes qualify for the Games by earning a medal in their respective State Games in the previous two years. Typically, over 12,000 athletes compete in the Games each time they are held. History Sports contested In 2011, athletes participated in 24 different sports in San Diego, California: Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball BMX Bowling Figure Skating Gymnastics Judo Jr. Lifeguards Karate Power Lifting Skateboarding Soccer Softball (Girls Fast Pitch) Surfing Swimming Synchronised swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Track and Field Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling References External links Category:Multi-sport events in the United States United States State Category:Senior sports competitions Category:Under-20 sports competitions Category:North American youth sports competitions Category:Youth sport in the United States Category:Children's sport Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1999 Category:1999 establishments in the United States
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DK Holland
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DK (Deborah Katherine) Holland (born March 26, 1947, Metuchen, New Jersey) is a writer and educator and an American graphic designer, who writes, and teaches about civics, design thinking and ethics. Holland was named Hallmark Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Kansas in 1995 and taught in the masters program at Syracuse University and was Visiting Professor of Ethics and Writing at Pratt Institute in 1990 and 2011. She also taught Ethics in the MFA Design in Social Innovation program at the School of Visual Arts in 2013. She wrote for Communication Arts Magazine from 1990 - 2013 mainly in her column Design Issues. She was awarded a lifetime achievement from The Graphic Artists Guild for her work in professional practice. She helped create the National Graphic Artists Guild 1979–83 and developed its handbook Pricing and Ethical Guidelines. She is included in Richard Saul Wurman's book Who's Really Who: The 1000 Most Creative Minds in America. Holland is co-founder and president of Inquiring Minds USA, a national consultancy which collaborates to bring democratic processes and practices into the classroom. This includes initiatives developed and led by 4th and 5th graders like Cafeteria Busters, Peacekeepers, and Kids' Council. Holland lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York where she is a community activist and co-founder of the Greene Hill Food Co-op, a 100% working co-op in 2008. She also co-founded and ran The Hill, the Journal of Fort Greene Clinton Hill and Wallabout which she and her neighbors published for 25 years and which is archived at the Brooklyn Historical Society. She is an active Quaker and a member of Brooklyn Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Her older sister Cecelia Holland is a historical novelist. Education Holland graduated from Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, Connecticut in 1965, Dean Junior College in 1967 and Parsons School of Design/ The New School in 1970. Books by DK Holland Branding for Nonprofits: Developing Identity with Integrity (Allworth Press, 2007) Design Issues, editor, Writer and Art Director (Rockport/Allworth, 2002) Marketing By Design, Author and Art Director, with Cheryl Lewin (Rockport/Allworth, 1995) Graphic Design: New York (Volumes 1 and 2), Organizer and Co-Art Director, with Michael Bierut and William Drenttel (Rockport/Allworth, 1992, 1995) Graphic Design: America (Volumes 1 and 2), Organizer and Co-Art Director, with Michael Bierut and William Drenttel (Rockport, 1992, 1995) Looking Closer (Volumes 1 and 2), co-Editor, with Steven Heller, Michael Bierut and William Drenttel (Rockport/Allworth Press, 1992, 1995) Design in Depth, Co-Organizer and Co-Art Director, with Roger Whitehouse (Rockport/Allworth, 1993) Great Package Design (Volumes 1 and Volume 2), Author and Art Director, with Cheryl Lewin (Rockport/Allworth, 1991,1993) Signs and Spaces, Organizer and Co-Art Director, with Roger Whitehouse (Rockport/Allworth, 1992) Articles by DK Holland Can we effectively integrate our NYC public schools? Medium, 2016 Designing Women, parts 1 and 2 Communication Arts, 2013 Cooperative, parts 1–3 Communication Arts, 2012 Boogie Men Communication Arts, 2011 Tiny Miracles Communication Arts, 2012 Uncommon Sense Communication Arts, 2012 Learning to be Happy (parts 1 and 2) Communication Arts, 2011 "Tiny Miracles" Communication Arts, 2011
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Joe L. Hayes Jr.
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Joe L. Hayes Jr. (born May 1, 1970) is an American businessman and politician. Elected to the Alaska House of Representatives from Fairbanks, Alaska, in November 2000. He was the only African American in the Alaska House during his term. A distinguished alumnus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (B.A. 1997), he was elected student body president and as a student appointed by the Alaska Governor to the Statewide University of Alaska board of regents. Hayes worked for a decade as executive director of the UAF Alumni Association. Early life Born Joe L. Hayes Jr. to Brenda Ann Lee, a nurse assistant in Manhattan, New York, he was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, with nine other siblings without a father in the home. Hayes graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1998. Public service Hayes enlisted in the United States Air Force after high school graduation. During his four years of service, Hayes advanced to the E-4 (rank) of sergeant, earning the Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. His first and last duty station was Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Alaska. After his honorable discharge Hayes enrolled in the Political Science concentration of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in 1992, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1997. His student service included seats on the Sun Star publication board, KSUA media board, budget council, and the governance coordinating committee. He was elected to the office of a student body senator, receiving the Senator of the Year award in 1994. In 1995, he was elected UAF's first Black student body president, serving two terms. Hayes was on the 1994 dean's list. He was the recipient of the 1995 Blue and Gold Award and was inducted into the National Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha. From 1995–97, Hayes was the first African American on the University of Alaska board of regents. Appointed by Gov. Tony Knowles, he served as the student regent. The UA regents' seat for a current student began in 1973. Student Regents are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Alaska Legislature after first being elected by students for nomination from his/her campus. Student regents serve a two-year term. Joe L. Hayes Jr. is not related to James C. Hayes, the former mayor of Fairbanks Alaska. Legislative service After graduation from UAF Hayes worked as a legislative Aid, then as chief of staff for Rep. Tom Brice(D) of the then College, Alaska/Fairbanks House 30th District before winning that seat vacated by Brice when he decided not to run again. In 2000 Joe Hayes ran as a Democrat, winning 62.06 percent of the vote against write-in candidates. In Alaska write-in campaigns are not taken lightly. Incumbent Lisa Murkowski lost the Republican Party primary nomination for Alaska U.S. Senator. Still, Murkowski ran as a write-in candidate, defeating both the Republican and Democrat on the ballot in the 2010 General Election, with 39.5 percent of the vote. Hayes served as a member of the 22nd legislature in the Alaska House of Representatives, on the Labor and Commerce, State Affairs
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Pawęzów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
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Pawęzów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oksa, within Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Oksa, north-west of Jędrzejów, and west of the regional capital Kielce. References Category:Villages in Jędrzejów County
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Curtley (given name)
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Curtley or Curtly is a male given name and may refer to one of the following: Curtly Ambrose, Antiguan cricketer Curtly Hampton, Australian rules footballer Curtley Louw, South African cricketer Curtley Williams, English cricketer Category:Masculine given names Category:English masculine given names
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Fog Warning
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Fog Warning is a 2008 independent physiological thriller horror film written and directed by Christopher Ward in New Haven, Connecticut. Plot When a series of gruesome murders start plaguing a small New England town, people suspect it's a vampire. Ronny (Michael Barra), manager of a local comic book store and, decides to kidnap Anna (Elise Rovinsky), a woman who he believes is with Satan. He locks her up in the attic of the historical home. He's joined by two thugs, Karl (Cuyle Carvin) and Eddie (Joe Kathrein), who enjoy tormenting the woman until she confesses that she's the vampire. All they want is a confession Ronny can record to sell to the media, however the captive alarms them with odd behavior. Their dreams of becoming rich and famous turn into a violent nightmare. Cast Michael Barra as Ronny Elise Rovinsky as Anna Cuyle Carvin as Karl Alice Snow Johnson as Linda Joe Kathrein as Eddie Madeline Reed as Detective Powell Marty Lang as Detective Jacqueline Shea as Trudy 'Trippy' Miller Additional cast Ashley Bates as Woman in Car, David Michaels as Art Gallery Waiter Gary Ploski as Gas Station Attendant Lou Ursone as Wino Reception Although the film has not had its theatrical release, it has been shown at film festivals and has received a mostly positive response. Nic Brown of B Movie Man wrote, "Writer/director Christopher Ward has brings an interesting twist to the vampire tale...", and "If you are looking for an intelligent thriller that will keep you guessing, then check out Christopher Ward’s FOG WARNING", while after its screening the Fright Night Film Festival, while praising Christopher for being a 2001 Emmy winner. References SortEnd Magazine, August 20, 2007, by Marty Lang, "Real Meanings of "Indie" Film" External links Official Website Fog Warning at Abando Moviez Fog Warning at Movie Station Category:2008 films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:2008 horror films
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McCalla Field
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McCalla Field was a U.S. military airfield located at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The airfield was named for Bowman H. McCalla, who was a United States Navy admiral in charge of the Battle of Guantánamo Bay. The current field was expanded in 1941 when the original grass runway was replaced. Aviation facilities in the area first appeared in 1913 with a naval aviation camp . Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. The airfield was de-activated in the 1970s but has been used to house refugees beginning in the 1990s and lasted until 2007. The USN aviation assets are now located across the bay at Leeward Point Field. References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20130514230435/http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1978/dec78.pdf Category:Airports in Cuba Category:Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
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Free Forum
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The Free Forum (, ; "Free" in the sense of "freedom") is a political party in Slovakia, founded in 2004 by dissident parliamentarians from the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ). Zuzana Martináková is the leader of the party. The Free Forum was founded in January 2004 by Ivan Šimko and other Slovak Democratic and Christian Union MPs. Two months later, Zuzana Martináková was elected party leader, and Šimko left later that year. In the 2006 parliamentary election, the party won 3.47% of the vote: falling short of the 5% threshold to join the Slovak Parliament. In the 2010 parliamentary election, the party formed part of Union – Party for Slovakia, which won only 0.7% of the vote. History 13 January 2004 – Ivan Šimko and a group of MPs left the SDKÚ, after frictions with Mikuláš Dzurinda 27 March 2004 – Zuzana Martináková was elected the party leader October 2004 – Ivan Šimko left the party and founded a new political party named Mission 21 (Slovak: Misia 21) 17 April 2009 – became an observer member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (until 2011) References External links Official site Category:Liberal parties in Slovakia
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Coastal minehunter
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Coastal minehunters are ships that are designed to find, classify, and destroy moored and bottom mines from vital waterways. Coastal minehunters are generally smaller and with lower sea-keeping and endurance than oceangoing minehunters. They are usually tasked with keeping fixed high-value choke points clear of mines, such as the approaches to military ports and harbours. In a Cold War context it was especially important to protect those ports used by a nation's ballistic missile submarines. Operation Minehunters differ from minesweepers in that minesweepers are used against older magnetic mines that are moored just below the surface. Minehunters are designed to seek out mines and destroy them individually, particularly against more advanced modern mines, which sit on the seabed and can be programmed to target specific vessel types (see CAPTOR mine). To do this they have mine-hunting sonar and can act as motherships and support craft for ROVs and combat divers. However, in some circumstances many minehunters can also destroy less advanced magnetic moored mines in the traditional manner. Coastal minehunter classes The US Navy coastal minehunters. The Royal Navy See also Western Approaches Category:Ship types
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Jade Sylvan
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Jade Sylvan (born September 9, 1982, Chicago, Illinois) is an American poet, author, performer, producer, and performing artist living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They are the author of Kissing Oscar Wilde and The Spark Singer, a collection of poetry. They have been called a "risque queer icon" by the Boston Globe. Their most recent book, Kissing Oscar Wilde (Write Bloody Publishing), a novelized memoir about the author's experience as a touring poet in Paris, was a finalist for the New England Book Award and the Bisexual Book Award. Sylvan has had pieces published in The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, The Toast, PANK Magazine, and elsewhere online about polyamory, queer identity, and LGBT issues. They have toured extensively, performing their work to audiences across the United States, Canada, and Europe. They are heavily rooted in the literary and performance community of Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts. Over the past decade, Sylvan has produced and performed in acclaimed stage-shows and workshops in collaboration with entities such as The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Harvard University, and Mass Poetry. Jade Sylvan published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg in the Washington Post in 2014, which addressed concerns of gender equality. It focused on concerns regarding damages to the LGBT community brought about by Facebook policies regarding real-name assignments, as the policies limit authentic self-expression and endanger those who maintain multiple identities for safety reasons. In 2012, Sylvan co-wrote and starred in the feature-film TEN (awarded "Runner-Up" for Best Screenplay and Best Genre Film at the Imaginarium Film Festival), and was also commissioned to write the official novelization of the film. In Spring of 2015, there was fundraising and a public read-through for Spider Cult: The Musical, an "apocalyptic lesbian fringe sci-fi horror musical" that Sylvan wrote with burlesque performer Fem Bones and musician Catherine Capozzi. Works Kissing Oscar Wilde () The Spark Singer () References Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Writers from Chicago Category:American women poets Category:21st-century American writers Category:American performance artists Category:Writers from Cambridge, Massachusetts Category:21st-century American women writers Category:21st-century American poets
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Thomas Woods
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Thomas Ernest Woods Jr. (born August 1, 1972) is an American author, historian, and libertarian who is currently a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Woods is a New York Times Best-Selling author and has published twelve books. He has written extensively on subjects including the history of the United States, Catholicism, contemporary politics, and economics. Although not an economist himself, Woods is a proponent of the Austrian School of economics. He hosts two podcasts, The Tom Woods Show and Contra Krugman. Since completing his doctorate in history from Columbia University in 2000, Woods has mostly written for political and popular audiences. He first received media attention for writing the highly controversial Politically Incorrect Guide to American History in 2004, which promoted a paleolibertarian interpretation of American history and was a New York Times bestseller. His subsequent writing has focused on promoting libertarian economics and political philosophy, and libertarian political figures such as former Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul. His 2009 book Meltdown, which attempted to exonerate capitalism from blame in the 2008 economic crisis, also became a New York Times bestseller. Woods is a controversial figure in the libertarian movement, owing to his alignment with paleoconservatism, the ideas and legacy of Murray Rothbard, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute. His role as a founding member of the League of the South—an organization currently devoted to promoting white supremacy, neo-Nazism and conspiracy theories about Jews—has repeatedly engendered criticism. In his defense, Woods argues that the League has changed its politics over the years, and claims that the League was not at all racist or anti-semitic when he co-founded it in 1994. Woods has also provoked controversy for his past writings for the League of the South's journals, which defended the position of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War and condemned the 19th-century abolitionist movement (positions from which Woods has more recently distanced himself). Education and affiliations Woods holds a B.A. from Harvard University, and M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia University, all in history. He is a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama and a member of the editorial board for the Institute's Libertarian Papers. Woods was an ISI Richard M. Weaver Fellow in 1995 and 1996. He received the 2004 O.P. Alford III Prize for Libertarian Scholarship and an Olive W. Garvey Fellowship from the Independent Institute in 2003. He has additionally been awarded two Humane Studies Fellowships and a Claude R. Lambe Fellowship from the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. His 2005 book, The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy, won the $50,000 first prize in the 2006 Templeton Enterprise Awards. Woods was a founding member of the League of the South, which is currently a white supremacist and neo-Nazi organization. Woods is frequently criticized for his role in the League; in his defense, he argues that the League has changed its politics over the years, and claims that the League was not at all racist or anti-semitic when he co-founded
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Ghost rockets
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Ghost rockets (, also called Scandinavian ghost rockets) were rocket- or missile-shaped unidentified flying objects sighted in 1946, mostly in Sweden and nearby countries. The first reports of ghost rockets were made on February 26, 1946, by Finnish observers. About 2,000 sightings were logged between May and December 1946, with peaks on 9 and 11 August 1946. Two hundred sightings were verified with radar returns, and authorities recovered physical fragments which were attributed to ghost rockets. Investigations concluded that many ghost rocket sightings were probably caused by meteors. For example, the peaks of the sightings, on the 9 and 11 August 1946, also fall within the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. However, most ghost rocket sightings did not occur during meteor shower activity, and furthermore displayed characteristics inconsistent with meteors, such as reported maneuverability. Debate continues as to the origins of the unidentified ghost rockets. In 1946, however, it was thought likely that they originated from the former German rocket facility at Peenemünde, and were long-range tests by the Soviets of captured German V-1 or V-2 missiles, or perhaps another early form of cruise missile because of the ways they were sometimes seen to maneuver. This prompted the Swedish Army to issue a directive stating that newspapers were not to report the exact location of ghost rocket sightings, or any information regarding the direction or speed of the object. This information, they reasoned, was vital for evaluation purposes to the nation or nations performing the tests. Descriptions and early investigations The early Soviet origins theory was rejected by Swedish, British, and U.S. military investigators because no recognizable rocket fragments were ever found, and according to some sightings the objects usually left no exhaust trail, some moved too slowly and usually flew horizontally, they sometimes traveled and maneuvered in formation, and they were usually silent. The sightings most often consisted of fast-flying rocket- or missile-shaped objects, with or without wings, visible for mere seconds. Instances of slower moving cigar shaped objects are also known. A hissing or rumbling sound was sometimes reported. Crashes were not uncommon, almost always in lakes. Reports were made of objects crashing into a lake, then propelling themselves across the surface before sinking, as well as ordinary crashes. The Swedish military performed several dives in the affected lakes shortly after the crashes, but found nothing other than occasional craters in the lake bottom or torn off aquatic plants. The best known of these crashes occurred on July 19, 1946, into Lake Kölmjärv, Sweden. Witnesses reported a gray, rocket-shaped object with wings crashing in the lake. One witness interviewed heard a thunderclap, possibly the object exploding. However, a 3-week military search conducted in intense secrecy again turned up nothing. Immediately after the investigation, the Swedish Air Force officer who led the search, Karl-Gösta Bartoll (photo right), submitted a report in which he stated that the bottom of the lake had been disturbed but nothing was recovered and that "there are many indications that the Kölmjärv object disintegrated itself...the object was probably manufactured in a lightweight material, possibly a
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Military Knights of Windsor
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The Military Knights of Windsor, originally the Alms Knights and informally the Poor Knights, are retired military officers who receive a pension and accommodation at Windsor Castle, and who provide support for the Order of the Garter and for the services of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. They are commanded by a senior retired officer as Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor. History The Alms Knights of St. George's Chapel were constituted by King Edward III following the Battle of Crécy (1346), when many knights captured by the French were forced to liquidate their estates to raise ransom money in order to secure their release. At the original establishment of the Order of the Garter and its chapel at Windsor (1348), veteran warriors were called to "serve God continually in prayer". In the statutes of the College of St. George's, a community of twenty-six bedesmen, called Alms Knights or Poor Knights, were appointed. Their duties included attending four services per day and praying for the sovereign and the knights of the Order of the Garter and rooms. The Alms Knights were a chantry, a religious foundation organized to pray for its patron. Poor Knights were originally impoverished military veterans. They were required to pray daily for the Sovereign and Knights Companions of the Order of the Garter; in return, they received 12d per day and 40s per year, and were lodged in Windsor Castle. Poverty was an important attribute of bedesmen, and indeed if any Poor Knight were to acquire assets with annual income of £20 or more, he would be removed from the college. King Henry VIII halved their number to thirteen, Elizabeth I re-founded the order in 1559. At his restoration, King Charles II increased the number to eighteen. King William IV renamed them the Military Knights of Windsor in 1833. Today, the Military Knights, who are no longer necessarily poor, but are still military pensioners, participate in the Order's processions, escorting the Knights and Ladies of the Garter, and in the daily services in St. George's Chapel. They are not members of the Order itself, nor are they automatically a knight of any chivalric order. Governor The office of Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor is part of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, and dates from the mid-sixteenth century. From 1905 it has been controlled by the Constable of Windsor Castle, having formerly been responsible to the Dean of Windsor. Since 1906 the Governor has always been a senior retired officer. List of Governors of the Military Knights of Windsor to 1771: Sir William Wittewronge c.1820: Colonel Thomas Bassett 1842: Captain John Jonstone Cumming 1843: Major Charles Moore 1867: Major Sir John Paul Hopkins 1892: His Grace The Duke of Argyll, KT GCMG GCVO PC 1892-1906 1906: Major-General Edward Henry Courtney 1913: Major-General Carteret Walter Carey 1932: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Kavanagh, KCB KCMG CVO DSO 1951: Major-General Sir Edmund Hakewill-Smith, KCVO CB CBE MC 1978: Major-General Sir Peter Gillett, KCVO CB CBE 1989: Major-General Sir Peter Downward, KCVO CB DSO DFC 2000:
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Sant'Ilario dello Ionio
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Sant'Ilario dello Ionio is a local municipality in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about east of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,346 and an area of . Sant'Ilario dello Ionio borders the following municipalities: Antonimina, Ardore, Ciminà, Locri, Portigliola. Three different communities are found in this municipality: the ancient borgo di Condojanni, Sant'Ilario centro and la Marina. In the municipality act a Youth municipality committee an autonomous organism based on an open and informal model of free youth participation recognized in the statute of the municipality and supported by European Commission. Demographic evolution References Category:Cities and towns in Calabria
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Tennis at the 2007 Games of the Small States of Europe
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Tennis competitions at the 2007 Games of the Small States of Europe in Monaco were held from June 5 to June 9 at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Monte Carlo. The tournament took place on Clay courts. Events Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles References Category:2007 in tennis Category:2007 Games of the Small States of Europe 2007
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Hill House School
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Hill House School is a preparatory day independent school based in the Knightsbridge district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. It was founded in September 1949 by athlete and Liberal Party politician Lt-Col Stuart Townend, initially in Switzerland, but has since also established primary branches across the Royal Borough in South West London. It is the largest preparatory school in London and was originally a boys-exclusive school, turning fully coeducational in 1981. The school is known for its distinct uniform, which includes thick mustard cable-knit jumpers (known as 'golden jumpers'), burgundy corduroy knickerbockers, knitted hats, and bags in British racing-green. History The school was founded in Switzerland in 1949 and in London in 1951 by Lieutenant-Colonel Townend. Townend chose his pupils solely on the basis of his approval of their mothers, and women teachers were preferentially chosen according to the height of their skirt's hemline. His son, Richard Townend, is the school's current Headmaster. The school remains a family concern. Prince Charles went to Hill House, following advice from Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister at the time. It was his first school and was the first time that an heir to the British throne had been to a civilian school, as princes were educated either by tutors or at a military or naval academy such as Osborne. As of 2012, there were 989 pupils at the school from the ages of 4 to 13. In 2015 The Guardian reported that "School inspectors have handed down a damning verdict on the inadequacies of the private prep school Hill House in London, once attended by Prince Charles, which could result in it being closed over serious and significant safety concerns." By 2018 the number of pupils had reduced to 690. Hill House pupils are often seen on the move around Knightsbridge, Sloane Square, and Chelsea, and are known in the area for their distinct uniforms, which entail burgundy knickerbockers, tan shirts, and grey v-neck jumpers, more often than not accompanied by mustard-coloured "gold" round-neck jumpers. The uniform was designed by the founder's wife and is notable for its bright colours. It was designed to be used for sport as well as lessons, lacking a tie, therefore. However, there is a cravat to be worn in and between lessons and around town. The Colonel's wife once said, "a grey uniform produces grey minds, grey boys". House and Year Group systems From entry into the school each boy and girl joins a 'house,' with each house being named after one of the mountains in view or reach of the school's Switzerland boarding house. Houses regularly compete in inter-house sporting competitions such as the inter-house swimming gala or the field-day 'gun run'. The houses are: Grammont (blue), named after Le Grammont Midi (red), named after the Dents du Midi Naye (green), named after the Rochers de Naye Rosa (yellow), named after Monte Rosa The school is also known for the names of year groups, using a system based on the Greek alphabet. The school is spread out over the Royal Borough in four buildings, separating
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Plexaure
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Plexaure may refer to: Plexaure ("twisting breeze") is one of the Nereids in Greek mythology Plexaure or Plexaura is also one of the Oceanids in Greek mythology Plexaure Endl. is a plant taxon synonym with Phreatia, an orchid genus Danaus eresimus plexaure is a sub-species of the butterfly Danaus eresimus
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Siam Philharmonic Orchestra
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The Siam Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 2002 in Bangkok, Thailand, under the name "Mifa Sinfonietta". At that time it was a small chamber ensemble devoted to bringing the discipline of the classical style to Thailand's classical musicians. It performed mostly the works of Mozart and Haydn. In 2003, the orchestra gained its autonomy from MIFA, the music academy where it was born, and was renamed the Bangkok Sinfonietta. However, later, in 2004, it became clear that the orchestra was no longer a sinfonietta since it was now performing large-scale orchestral works by Brahms and Mahler; to reflect this expansion in repertoire, it assumed the name Siam Philharmonic Orchestra. The Siam Philharmonic Orchestra is the resident orchestra of Opera Siam, formerly under the royal patronage of Princess Galyani Vadhana. The current artistic director is S.P. Somtow, guest conductors have included Leo Phillips and Linda Cummings. The current resident conductor is Trisdee na Patalung. The orchestra regularly performs at the Thailand Cultural Centre. The Siam Philharmonic Orchestra's recording of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, with soprano Nancy Yuen, appears under the Orchid label. It received second place in the independent JPF Awards in the opera category in 2006. In 2009 it began an initiative to perform the complete Mahler symphonies. External links Siam Philharmonic Orchestra official site Siam Philharmonic Orchestra's Mahler on Youtube Category:Thai orchestras Category:Musical groups established in 2002 Category:2002 establishments in Thailand
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Croats of Serbia
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Croats are a recognized national minority in Serbia, a status they received in 2002. According to the 2011 census, there were 57,900 Croats in Serbia or 0.8% of the country's population. Of these, 47,033 lived in Vojvodina, where they formed the fourth largest ethnic group, representing 2.8% of the population. A further 7,752 lived in the national capital Belgrade, with the remaining 3,115 in the rest of the country. Croatian, a standard variety of Serbo-Croatian, is listed as one of the six official languages of Vojvodina, autonomous province located in the northern part of the country which traditionally fosters multilingualism, multiculturalism and multiconfessionalism. Some people of Croat ethnic descent have held high positions in Serbia, such as prime minister, deputy prime minister and speaker of the National Assembly. History During the 15th century, Croats mostly lived in the Syrmia region. It is estimated that they were a majority in 76 out of 801 villages that existed in the present-day territory of Vojvodina. During the 17th century, Roman Catholic Bunjevci from Dalmatia migrated to Vojvodina, where Šokci had already been living. According to some opinions, Šokci might be descendants of medieval Slavic population of Vojvodina where their ancestors might lived since the 8th century. According to other opinions, medieval Slavs of Vojvodina mainly spoke ikavian dialect. Between 1689, when the Habsburg Monarchy conquered parts of Vojvodina, and the end of the 19th century, a small number of Croats from Croatia also migrated to the region. Before the 20th century, most of the Bunjevac and Šokac populations living in Habsburg Monarchy haven't been nationally awakened yet. Some of their leaders (like Ivan Antunović, Blaško Rajić, Petar Pekić, Pajo Kujundžić, Mijo Mandić, Lajčo Budanović, Stipan Vojnić Tunić, Vranje Sudarević, etc.) worked hardly to awake their Croatian or Yugoslav national feelings. According to 1851 data, it is estimated that the population of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, the historical province that was predecessor of present-day Vojvodina, included, among other ethnic groups, 62,936 Bunjevci and Šokci and 2,860 Croats. Subsequent statistical estimations from the second half of the 19th century (conducted during Austro-Hungarian period) counted Bunjevci and Šokci as "others" and presented them separately from Croats (in 1910 Austro-Hungarian census, 70,000 Bunjevci were categorized as "others"). The 1910 Austro-Hungarian census also showed large differences in the numbers of those who considered themselves Bunjevci and Šokci, and those who considered themselves Croats. According to the census, in the city of Subotica there were only 39 citizens who declared Croatian as their native language, while 33,390 citizens were listed as speakers of "other languages" (most of them declared Bunjevac as their native language). In the city of Sombor, 83 citizens declared Croatian language, while 6,289 citizens were listed as speakers of "other languages" (mostly Bunjevac). In the municipality of Apatin, 44 citizens declared Croatian and 7,191 declared "other languages" (mostly Bunjevac, Šokac and Gypsy). In Syrmia, which was then part of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, according to the 1910 census results Croats were a relative or absolute majority in Gibarac (843 Croats or 86.46% out of
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National Centre for Advanced Studies
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The Standing Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences of the University Grants Commission, Chaired by Prof. Senaka Bandaranayike moved for the establishment of an Advanced Centre on Humanities and Social Sciences (NCAS) after studying similar centres in Princeton and Harvard in 2004. Harvard Lawyer, Hemamal Jayawardena was recruited to draft the Cabinet Policy Paper, Concept Note and NCAS Ordinance in May 2004, driven by a steering committee. After over 10 meetings attended by many deans of the government faculties of social sciences, humanities and arts, the steering committee came up with its final report and Ordinance. The NCAS is a National Centre in Sri Lanka was finally set up by Ordinance in October 2005 under Section 24A of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978 for the purpose of promoting advanced studies and research mainly in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences. The NCAS is home for research and intellectual interaction. It would promote reflective thinking, innovative ideas, creativity and originality among the academics. Category:2005 establishments in Sri Lanka Category:Educational institutions established in 2005 Category:Government agencies of Sri Lanka
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Mudcat Grant
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James Timothy "Mudcat" Grant (born August 13, 1935) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians (1958–64), Minnesota Twins (1964–67), Los Angeles Dodgers (1968), Montreal Expos (1969), St. Louis Cardinals (1969), Oakland Athletics (1970 and 1971) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1970–71). He was named to the 1963 and 1965 American League All-Star Teams. In 1965, he was the first black pitcher to win 20 games in a season in the American League and the first black pitcher to win a World Series game for the American League. He pitched two complete game World Series victories in 1965, hitting a three-run home run in game 6, and was named The Sporting News American League Pitcher of the Year. Career Grant signed with the Cleveland Indians in 1954 as an amateur free agent and made his big league debut with the Indians in 1958. His best season in Cleveland was in 1961 when he had a won-loss record of 15-9 and a 3.86 earned run average. In June 1964, he was traded to the Minnesota Twins and had a record of 11-9 for the remainder of the season. In 1965 Grant had the best year of his career. He was 21-7 for the Twins, helping to lead the team to the 1965 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1965, Grant hosted a local Minneapolis variety television program, The Jim Grant Show, where he sang and danced. He finished 6th in voting for the 1965 American League MVP for leading the league in wins, won-loss percentage (.750), and shutouts (6). He also started 39 games and had 14 complete games, 270 ⅓ innings pitched, 252 hits allowed, 34 home runs allowed, 107 runs allowed, 99 earned runs allowed, 61 walks, 142 strikeouts, 8 wild pitches, 1,095 batters faced, 2 intentional walks issued, and a 3.30 ERA. Grant's home run in the 6th game of the 1965 World Series was only the second by an American League pitcher during a World Series game. 1966 was Grant's last year as a full-time starting pitcher. He spent his next five seasons in baseball as a reliever and occasional starter for five different big league clubs. He and Zoilo Versalles were traded by the Twins to the Dodgers for John Roseboro, Ron Perranoski and Bob Miller on November 28, 1967. Grant was the starting pitcher for the Montreal Expos in their first ever game on April 8, 1969. He pitched 1.1 innings while allowing six hits and three runs, starting his season off with a 20.25 ERA, although the Expos would later win the game in an 11-10 shootout that had nine combined pitchers in the game. In 14 years, he had a 145-119 record in 571 games, while starting in 293 of them and throwing 89 complete games and finishing 160 of them, 18 shutouts, 53 saves, with 2,442 innings pitched on a 3.63 ERA. Grant's home run during Game 6 of the 1965 World Series was the only one he hit that season and one of only seven he hit in
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Boroštica
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Boroštica is a village in the municipality of Tutin, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 379 people. References Category:Populated places in Raška District
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Francesco Sbarra
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Francesco Sbarra (19 February 1611 – 20 March 1668) was an Italian poet and librettist. Born in Lucca, he spent most of his career in Austria where he wrote the librettos for entertainments and operas at the courts of Archduke Ferdinand Charles in Innsbruck and Emperor Leopold I in Vienna. Librettos Alessandro vincitor di se stesso (opera in a prologue and 3 acts), set by Antonio Cesti, Venice 1651 Venere cacciatrice, set by Antonio Cesti, Innsbruck 1659 La magnanimità d'Alessandro, set by Antonio Cesti, Innsbruck, 1662 Nettuno e Flora festeggianti (azione teatrale), set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1666 Le Lachrime di San Pietro (azione sacra), set by Giovanni Felice Sances. Vienna. 1666 Le disgrazie d'Amore, set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1667 La Germania esultante , set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1667 Il pomo d'oro (opera in a prologue and 5 acts), set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1668 References External links Complete librettos and other works by Sbarra on archive.org Category:1611 births Category:1668 deaths Category:Italian opera librettists Category:17th-century Italian poets Category:People from Lucca
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License Fee (horse)
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License Fee (1995–2001) was a chestnut Thoroughbred racehorse mare, by Black Tie Affair and out of the Deputy Minister mare Star Deputy. She was bred by Pedigree Farms in Ontario, Canada, and went on to win four graded stakes races. License Fee was initially trained by Stanley Hough. After being sold for to WinStar Farm in November 1999, she was trained by W. Elliott Walden. License Fee had 16 wins out of 43 starts, with total earnings of . Her wins include: 2000 Ballston Spa Handicap (), won by one and a half lengths, ridden by Pat Day. 2001 Gallorette Handicap (), won by half a length, ridden by Pat Day. 2001 Just a Game Stakes (), won by a short head, ridden by Pat Day. 2001 Sixty Sails Handicap (), won by five lengths, ridden by Larry Melancon. In June 2001, License Fee broke her right front leg during the Molly Pitcher Stakes, and was euthanized at the Monmouth Park Racetrack. References Category:1995 racehorse births Category:2001 racehorse deaths Category:Racehorses bred in Canada Category:Thoroughbred family 4-m
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Kizirian's slender gecko
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Kizirian's slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus kiziriani ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Laos. Etymology The specific name, kiziriani, is in honor of herpetologist David A. Kizirian. Geographic range H. kiziriani is known only from the type locality in Luang Prabang Province, northern Laos. Description The average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of males of H. kiziriani is . Females are slightly larger, with an average SVL of . References Further reading Nguyen, Truong Quang; Botov, Andreas; Le, Minh Duc; Nophaseud, Liphone; Zug, George; Bonkowski, Michael; Ziegler, Thomas (2014). "A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos". Zootaxa 3827 (1): 045–046. (Hemiphyllodactylus kiziriani, new species). Category:Hemiphyllodactylus Category:Reptiles described in 2014 Category:Endemic fauna of Laos Category:Reptiles of Laos
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Siadak, Hirmand
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Siadak (, also Romanized as Sīādak and Sīyādak; also known as Seyāhdak, Sīāhdag, and Sīāhdak) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 115, in 31 families. References Category:Populated places in Hirmand County
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Lying Lips
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Lying Lips is a 1939 American melodrama race film by Oscar Micheaux, starring Edna Mae Harris, and Robert Earl Jones (the father of James Earl Jones). Lying Lips was the thirty-seventh film of Micheaux. Plot Elsie, a popular nightclub singer, refuses to go out with the customers at the request of the white owner of the club. The owner decides to get Benjamin, the black manager of the club, to talk to Elsie and try to persuade her to cooperate. Benjamin refuses and quits his job. Benjamin tells Elsie of his conversation with the owner and persuades Elsie to stay on because she is popular and can make a lot of money, but he warns her to be careful. Elsie stays, but still refuses to date the customers. Later, the owner hires John and Clyde, Elsie's uncles, to replace Benjamin. One evening, after the club closes, Elsie goes home and finds at her horror that her aunt, who lives with her, is dead. She calls the police and they discover that her aunt has been murdered by a single blow in the head. The police question Elsie and do not believe her story, so they arrest her for the death of her aunt. John and Clyde testify that they saw Elsie on the night of the murder leaving the club for a short time and later returning. Mrs. Green, the sister of Clyde and John, tells the police that Elsie bought a large life insurance policy on her aunt, with herself as the beneficiary. With this evidence, Elsie is convicted of the crime and sent to prison. Benjamin, who has now become a detective on the police force, and Detective Wanzer, who is a close friend of Elsie's, do not believe that she is guilty and set out to find the real killer. After some investigation, they learn that Mrs. Green's husband was actually in love with Elsie's aunt. With jealousy as a possible motive, Benjamin and Wanzer now suspect that Mrs. Green and her two sons are connected with the crime. One night they confront John and accuse him of the murder. John refuses to confess, so Benjamin and Wanzer take him to Tolston's Castle, which is supposed to be haunted. There they threaten to tie him up and leave him at the mercy of the ghosts. Terrified, John decides to tell all. He reveals the story of his sister's family, and tells them how her husband was tricked into marrying her. He told them that Mrs. Green's husband was in love with Elsie's aunt when they lived in the South. The husband, after realizing the trick, ran north, but Mrs. Green pursued him, and her two brothers threatened him to get back together with her. Although he stayed at home after that, Mrs. Green's husband continued to see Elsie's aunt and threatened to leave Mrs. Green. John continues, and admits that he and Clyde lied about seeing Elsie leave the club on the night of the murder. Furthermore, he tells that early in the evening on the night of the
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Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of America and Canada
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The Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of America and Canada () is one of 13 dioceses of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Operating a total of 22 churches in Canada and the United States, the diocese is headed by Metropolitan Methodius. Footnotes External links Official website of the Macedonian Orthodox Church Category:Macedonian Orthodox dioceses Category:Eastern Orthodox dioceses in Canada Category:Eastern Orthodox dioceses in the United States Category:Macedonian American history Category:Macedonian-Canadian culture
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Robert Davidson
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Robert, Bob or Bobby Davidson may refer to: Robert Davidson (photographer), British rock photographer Robert Davidson (educator) (1750–1812), United States educator, clergyman and composer Robert Davidson (poet) (1778–1855), Scottish poet and labourer Robert Davidson (inventor) (1804–1894), Scottish inventor who built the first known electric locomotive in 1837 Robert Davidson (artist) (born 1946), Alaska-born Canadian artist Robert Lee Davidson, American guitarist Robert Davidson (theologian) (1927–2012), Professor Emeritus in the University of Glasgow Robert H. M. Davidson (1832–1908), U.S. Representative from Florida Robert Davidson (composer) (born 1965), Australian composer and double bassist Robert Davidson (Canadian politician) (1875–1948), Canadian member of Parliament Robert Davidson (Australian politician) (1856–1931), New South Wales politician Robert Davidson (fencer) (born 1958), Australian Olympic fencer Robert Harold Davidson (1919–1982), United States Marine officer Robert William Davidson (1904–1982), American sculptor Robert Davidson, a pseudonym used by writer/director Riccardo Freda for the 1963 film The Ghost Bob Davidson (footballer) (born 1986), football player from Scotland Bob Davidson (ice hockey) (1912–1996), Toronto Maple Leafs Bob Davidson (umpire) (born 1952), baseball umpire Bob Davidson (pitcher) (born 1963), baseball pitcher Bob Davidson (rugby union) (1926–1992), Australian rugby union footballer of the 1940s and 1950s Bobby Davidson (1928–1993), Scottish soccer referee See also Robert Davison (disambiguation)
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Thomas Elek
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Thomas Elek, also known as Tamás Elek and KERPAL (born 7 December 1924, Budapest - d. 21 Feb 1944, Paris) was one of 22 members of the French resistance convicted and executed at the fort of Mont Valérien as one of the Manouchian Group, part of the French liberation army FTP-MOI. After the executions, the Vichy government sought to discredit the resistance members, and widely distributed and posted thousands of copies of the Affiche Rouge. Named for its red background, the poster featured ten of the Manouchian group, including Elek. It identified him as "Elek Juif Hongrois 8 déraillements" (Elek, Hungarian Jew, 8 derailments). Elek had immigrated as a child with his family from Hungary to France in 1930, when they settled in Paris. After France fell to Nazi Germany in 1940 and enemy forces occupied Paris, he dropped out of the lycée and became involved in underground resistance movements. He was credited with armed attacks on German soldiers, including a train derailment in July 1943 that resulted in the death of 600 men. Biography Early years Thomas Elek was born in Budapest, Hungary on the 7 December, 1924 to a family of communist intellectuals. The Elek family (Thomas, his father Sandor, his sister Marthe and his mother Hélène, then pregnant with his brother, Bela) emigrated to France in 1930. They settled in Paris, where his mother, after various minor jobs, became a restaurateur in 1934 Second World War Elek left the Lycée Louis-le-Grand at the age of 16, to become involved in the underground movement after Nazi German forces defeated France and occupied Paris. He joined a group of students at the Sorbonne who were linked to the Groupe du musée de l'Homme, wrote and distributed tracts, and stuck papillons (butterflies - flyers) to walls. In August 1942, sympathising with the Jeunesses Communistes (Communist Youth), he became involved with the FTP-MOI (Francs-tireurs et partisans - Main-d'œuvre immigrée) and took up the armed struggle of resistance. His nom de guerre was KERPAL. Shortly after, Elek was assigned a solo attack on the Rive Gauche German bookstore, in which he used a booby-trapped copy of Marx's Capital. In March 1943, along with the young Czech, Pavel Simo, he made a grenade attack on a restaurant reserved for German officers at Asnières. Simo was arrested, and executed on 22 May 1943 at the Stand de tir de Balard. On 1 June 1943 in a spontaneous attack, Elek threw two grenades into a group of 70 Germans in front of the Jaurès metro station. He was promoted and named head of the group at the center of the 4th detachment of the FTP-MOI Paris region; they were known as des dérailleurs and commanded by Joseph Boczov. Elek participated in several railway derailments, notably that of 28 July on the Paris-Château-Thierry line. This derailment is said to have caused the death of 600 German soldiers. In 1943 Elek was arrested with others of the Manouchian Group and tortured by the Vichy Brigades Spéciales. He was transferred to the Germans and detained in Fresnes Prison. All but
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Jakub Smrž
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Jakub 'Kuba' Smrž (born 7 April 1983 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He currently competes in the Superbike World Championship, aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1. For 2017 and 2018 he rode a BMW S1000RR in the British Superbike Championship, but in June 2018 he suffered a serious shoulder injury when guest-riding for Czech BMW team Mercury Racing in the Oschersleben eight-hour event in Germany. Luke Hedger rode Smrž' machine in his absence. For 2015 Smrž was contracted to ride a Ducati Panigale in the British Superbike Championship for Moto Rapido Racing, but after a crash and injury in the fourth round at Snetterton, was replaced mid-season by John Hopkins. For the last three races of 2015, Smrž was drafted-in by Shaun Muir Racing to compete aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1. Race career He first entered the 125cc World Championship in . He was 17th overall in , then divided his time between 125cc and the 250cc championships in . He remained in the 250cc World Championship until , finishing 12th overall with a best of 7th that year. For he was the surprise choice to replace Roberto Rolfo at the formerly race-winning SC Caracchi Ducati team in the Superbike World Championship. On a customer Ducati 999 F05 he frequently troubled the top sixteen in qualifying. He finished the season 14th with a best race result of 8th. For he rode a customer Ducati 1098 RS 08 for the Guandalini Racing by Grifo's team. He finished the 2008 season in 13th place in the championship. For Smrž continued with the Guandalini Racing Team, gaining his first podium finish (3rd) in the fourth round of the season at Assen and first pole position in the eighth round at Misano Adriatico. This time he finished 10th overall. Smrž remained with the team in 2010, running under the B&G moniker after a partnership deal with the former Sterilgarda Ducati team. After a string of mechanical failures midseason, the team switched to an Aprilia bike, marking the first time Smrž had ridden anything other than a Ducati in the class. He was the fastest Aprilia in qualifying at Silverstone. Smrž lives in Zlín. Career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season By class Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Superbike World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) British Superbike Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) References External links fansofsmrz.cz Official website Profile on MotoGP.com Profile on WorldSBK.com Category:Superbike World Championship riders Category:British Superbike Championship riders Category:FIM Superstock 1000 Cup riders Category:125cc World Championship riders Category:250cc World Championship riders Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Czech motorcycle racers Category:Sportspeople from České Budějovice
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Michael Tabor (activist)
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Michael Aloysius Tabor (December 13, 1946 – October 17, 2010) was an American member of the Black Panther Party who was charged and tried as part of an alleged conspiracy to bomb public buildings in New York City and kill members of the New York Police Department. Four months into the trial Tabor and another defendant fled to Algeria. Despite his ultimate acquittal on all charges, Tabor remained in exile in Africa until his death, never returning to the United States. Tabor was born on December 13, 1946, in Harlem and joined the Black Panther Party while in his teens. He took the name Cetewayo, a 19th century Zulu king. In 1969, he authored the pamphlet Capitalism Plus Dope Equals Genocide. In 1970, Tabor and 12 other members of the Black Panthers were charged for allegedly plotting to kill police officers and to plant bombs in New York City commercial and public buildings, including the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Support for the prosecution's case came from undercover officers who claimed that the defendants had developed plans for a series of bombings and had conducted classes to instruct those participating in the plot how to construct explosive devices. Together with fellow defendant Richard Moore, Tabor failed to appear at their trial in February 1971, forfeited $150,000 in bail and were declared fugitives. Blank Panther leader Huey P. Newton called Moore and Tabor "enemies of the people" for evading justice while on trial and putting the other defendants and the party at risk. Connie Matthews, Newton's former secretary and Tabor's wife, also left the country and was said to have taken valuable records with her. The two finally surfaced in Algeria the following month together with Eldridge Cleaver. The New York Times published a lengthy letter from Moore on the day before the verdicts were read explaining that they had fled the U.S. because they feared that their lives were at risk. On May 13, 1971, after an eight-month-long trial, the jury in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan delivered an acquittal on all 156 counts. In a statement issued from Algiers, Tabor stated that the trial represented "an attempted railroad and that the defendants' rights were flagrantly violated" and said that he was "overjoyed that the brothers are free". Algeria expelled Tabor and he and Matthews moved to Zambia in 1972, where Tabor wrote about politics and hosted a radio show. Despite repeated requests, Tabor refused to return to the United States. He died at age 63 in Lusaka, Zambia, on October 17, 2010, due to complications of multiple strokes. He was survived by his second wife, Priscilla Matanda, as well as by a daughter and three sons. References Category:1946 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Members of the Black Panther Party Category:People from Harlem Category:American emigrants to Zambia
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Vittorio Hösle
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Vittorio Hösle (; born June 25, 1960) is an Italian-born German philosopher. He has authored works including Hegels System (1987), Moral und Politik (1997, trans. as Morals and Politics, 2004), and Der philosophische Dialog (2006). He has been in the United States since 1999, at the University of Notre Dame where he is the Paul Kimball Professor of Arts and Letters (with concurrent appointments in the Departments of German, Philosophy, and Political Science). Since 2008, he has also served as the founding Director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Academic career Hösle completed his doctorate in philosophy about the "Hegels System" at age of 21, and earned his Habilitation at the age of 25, both from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Because of his speed in accomplishing these feats, he was called a “Wunderkind” and “the Boris Becker of philosophy,”. As of July 2009, Hösle has written or edited 32 books (in at least 16 languages), and written over 125 articles. In Europe he has become “something of a celebrity, the subject of two documentaries shown on TV stations throughout Europe and even Korea.” On 6 August 2013 Pope Francis appointed him ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Hösle personally estimates that he, conservatively, can communicate in at least seventeen different languages, listing German, Italian, English, Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, and French; passive knowledge of Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Pali, Avestan, Portuguese, Catalan, Modern Greek, Swedish, and Danish.” Morals and Politics Hösle’s magnum opus is his approximately 1,000 page Morals and Politics (trans. 2004). In it, he claims to present “a comprehensive vision of all the knowledge needed to answer the difficult question of what constitutes moral policies in the various fields of politics such as foreign policy, domestic policy, economics, ecology and such.” To do so it offers a normative foundation of the relation between ethics and politics, a descriptive theory of the objects of political philosophy (including anthropology, sociobiology, the virtues, the principles of power, and the theory of the states), from both of which premises he derives “a concrete political ethics” appropriate for the twenty-first century. Morals and Politics attempts to overcome the complete decoupling of politics from ethics which begins with Machiavelli, and finds its most horrifying ultimate expression in Carl Schmitt. Hösle argues that only objective moral reason itself can criticize excess moralism in politics because “it is only a self-limitation of the moral that can be taken seriously, not a limitation of the moral by something external to it—for this something external would itself have to appear before the tribunal of moral judgment.” Hösle defends not just universalism, but maintains that the increase of universalist ethical consciousness in Christianity is an undeniable form of moral progress. Hösle states that his greatest concern is that "in the historical cataclysms that face us, we will abandon not the self-destructive aspects of modernity, but rather precisely its universalism.” Hösle believes that Carl Schmitt, like Friedrich Nietzsche before him and the related movement of National Socialism, all illustrate the “artificial atavism” of those who attempt to repudiate universalist
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Nam Hkam Hka Dam
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Nam Hkam Hka is a dam in Burma. The project was initiated by the Chinese firm Yunnan Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Co. (YMEC). References Category:Dams in Myanmar
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Derek Hayes
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Derek Hayes (born 8 December 1977 in Dungannon) is a British former race driver from Northern Ireland who competed in various series including Formula Palmer Audi, Formula 3 Euroseries, NASCAR Busch Series and British Formula 3. In the latter, he won one race at Brands Hatch on 8 July 2001. He also took part in the 2001 Masters of Formula 3 race. Hayes stopped racing full time after 2004 but returned to karting for the Dan Wheldon Memorial Kart Race in 2011. References Category:Racing drivers from Northern Ireland Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:McLaren Autosport BRDC Award nominees Category:ASCAR drivers
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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round
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The CAF first round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 4 to 10 September 2019. Format A total of 28 teams (teams ranked 27–54 in the CAF entrant list) played home-and-away over two legs. The 14 winners advanced to the second round. Seeding The draw for the first round was held on 29 July 2019 at 12:00 EST (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2019 (shown in parentheses below). Teams from Pot 2 would host the first leg. Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round. Summary The first legs were played on 4–7 September, and the second legs on 8 and 10 September 2019. Matches 1–1 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on away goals and advanced to second round. Zimbabwe won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to second round. Namibia won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round. 2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won 3–0 on penalties and advanced to second round. Djibouti won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round. Malawi won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round. Angola won 3–1 on aggregate and advaced to second round. Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to second round. Mozambique won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round. Guinea-Bissau won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round. Equatorial Guinea won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round. Togo won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round. Sudan won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round. Rwanda won 10–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round. Goalscorers Notes References External links Qualifiers – Africa Matches: Round 1, FIFA.com 1 Qual FIFA World Cup qualification, CAF Round 1
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Holley Rubinsky
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Holley Rubinsky (1943 – 2015) was a fiction writer who lived in Kaslo, British Columbia, Canada. Born in Los Angeles, California, she came to B.C. in 1976 with her daughter, the artist and children's book writer, Robin Ballard. The title story of Rubinsky's first book, Rapid Transits and Other Stories (Polestar, 1991), won the first $10,000 Journey Prize (1989), as well as the Canadian National Magazine Awards Gold Medal for fiction and a nomination for the Western Magazines Award. At First I Hope for Rescue (Knopf Canada, 1997; Picador, 1998) was shortlisted for B.C.'s Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and was chosen for the Barnes & Noble Booksellers "Discover great new writers program". Beyond This Point was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2006. Her collection of short fiction, "South of Elfrida" (Brindle & Glass) was published in 2013. From 2006-2008, Rubinsky was host of The Writers' Show produced by CJLY-FM, Kootenay Coop Radio, a weekly program about the process of writing and experiences in publishing. Rubinsky died in August, 2015. Since 2016, Rubinsky has been memorialized by the Holley Rubinsky Blue Pencil Sessions at the annual Elephant Mountain Literary Festival in Nelson, B.C. Bibliography Rapid Transit and Other Stories. Vancouver: Polestar, 1991. At First I Hope For Rescue. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1997; New York: Picador, 1998. Beyond this Point. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2006. South of Elfrida. Victoria: Brindle & Glass, 2013. External links Holley Rubinsky's website Holley Rubinsky at Random House of Canada Publisher's website for Beyond This Point Publisher's website for "South of Elfrida" References Category:1943 births Category:2015 deaths Category:American emigrants to Canada Category:Writers from British Columbia Category:20th-century Canadian novelists Category:21st-century Canadian novelists Category:Canadian women novelists Category:Place of birth missing Category:Canadian women short story writers Category:20th-century Canadian women writers Category:21st-century Canadian women writers Category:20th-century Canadian short story writers Category:21st-century Canadian short story writers
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Vasyl Kobin
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Vasyl Kobin (; born 24 May 1985) is a retired Ukrainian football midfielder and manager of Mynai. Career He played for the club Zakarpattia Uzhhorod before joining Karpaty Lviv. On 19 June 2009 Shakhtar Donetsk officially signed the right wingback from Karpaty Lviv, he left Lviv after three seasons with 131 appearances and 11 goals in the league. On 7 February 2018, Kobin signed for FC Tobol. Kobin played 9 games for Tobol before being released by mutual agreement on 30 June 2018. Statistic {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2" width="100"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Super Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !width="40"|Apps !width="40"|Goals !width="40"|Apps !width="40"|Goals !width="40"|Apps !width="40"|Goals !width="40"|Apps !width="40"|Goals !width="40"|Apps !width="40"|Goals |- |rowspan="1"|Zakarpattia-2 |2001–02 |15||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||15||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !15!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!15!!1 |- |rowspan="4"|Zakarpattia |2002–03 |6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0 |- |2003–04 |21||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||21||1 |- |2004–05 |27||2||1||0||0||0||0||0||28||2 |- |2005–06 |20||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||21||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !74!!3!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!76!!3 |- |rowspan="3"|Karpaty |2006–07 |28||2||1||0||0||0||0||0||29||2 |- |2007–08 |27||4||0||0||0||0||0||0||27||4 |- |2008–09 |28||3||1||0||0||0||0||0||29||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !83!!9!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!85!!9 |- |rowspan="7"|Shakhtar |2009–10 |24||1||2||1||7||1||0||0||33||3 |- |2010–11 |9||0||3||0||2||0||0||0||14||0 |- |2011–12 |7||0||2||0||1||0||0||0||10||0 |- |2012–13 |5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0 |- |2013–14 |3||0||2||1||0||0||0||0||5||1 |- |2015–16 |6||0||4||1||1||0||0||0||11||1 |- |2016–17 |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !56!!1!!13!!3!!11!!1!!0!!0!!80!!5 |- |rowspan="1"|Metalist |2014–15 |9||0||2||0||6||1||0||0||17||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !9!!0!!2!!0!!6!!1!!0!!0!!17!!1 |- |rowspan="1"|Shakhtyor |2015 |11||1||4||0||0||0||0||0||15||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !11!!1!!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!15!!1 |- |rowspan="1"|Veres |2017–18 |16||2||2||0||0||0||0||0||18||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !16!!2!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!18!!2 |- !colspan=2|Career total !254!!17!!25!!3!!17!!2!!0!!0!!306!!22 |- |} International HonoursZakarpattya Uzhhorod Ukrainian First League: 2003–04Shakhtar Donetsk''' (16) Ukrainian Premier League (6): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup (5): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17 Ukrainian Super Cup (5): 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 References External links Profile on the Karpaty Lviv Official Website Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:People from Mukachevo Raion Category:Ukrainian footballers Category:Ukraine international footballers Category:Ukraine under-21 international footballers Category:Ukrainian people of Hungarian descent Category:FC Karpaty Lviv players Category:FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players Category:FC Shakhtar Donetsk players Category:Ukrainian Premier League players Category:FC Metalist Kharkiv players Category:FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players Category:NK Veres Rivne players Category:FC Tobol players Category:FC Mynai players Category:Ukrainian expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Belarus Category:Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Category:Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Category:Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Category:Association football midfielders
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1993 NHK Trophy
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The NHK Trophy was held in Chiba from December 9-12 in 1993. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing External links 1993 NHK Trophy Nhk Trophy, 1993 Category:NHK Trophy
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Bedford Colliery disaster
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The Bedford Colliery disaster occurred on Friday 13 August 1886 when an explosion of firedamp caused the death of 38 miners at Bedford No.2 Pit, at Bedford, Leigh in what then was Lancashire. The colliery, sunk in 1884 and known to be a "fiery pit", was owned by John Speakman. Explosion On the day of the disaster 159 men and boys were underground working a shift that started at 6.00 a.m. and would have ended mid afternoon. The disaster took place at about 10.45a.m. in the Crombouke mine (seam) at a depth of about 530 yards and 700 yards from the pit-eye (shaft bottom). The miners in other areas of the pit were wound to the surface. One man working at the seat of the explosion, John Woolley a "dataller", (day wage man) survived and, though burned, managed to get to the bottom of the shaft. When the alarm was raised, the pit manager W. Horrobin, underlooker James Calland and the mine owner's son, Harry Speakman led a rescue party to investigate but were impeded by the presence of afterdamp. According to Calland the afterdamp was "very strong and makes the men very dizzy. When they have this feeling they have to come up quickly to the fresh air". The Mines Inspector, Joseph Dickinson of Pendleton was contacted by telegraph. The explosion occurred before the formation of mines rescue teams but assistance arrived from nearby collieries and an exploring party of men from Bickershaw Colliery, Astley and Tyldesley Collieries and the Wigan Coal and Iron Company went underground but considered there would be no survivors. The underground fires were eventually extinguished and bodies brought to the surface. Aftermath News of the explosion travelled quickly, by 11 a.m. a crowd of women had arrived at the pit and in the evening a crowd estimated to be between eight and ten thousand had gathered at the pit head. The burned and mutilated bodies were wrapped in tarpaulins and taken to the wheelwrights shop and the joiners shop was used as a mortuary. The youngest victim was 15 years old and the oldest 65. The average age of those who died was 32 and 48 children were left fatherless. Some families lost more than one member. The colliery subscribed to the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Permanent Relief Society whose officials attended at the colliery. A committee of local dignitaries was formed to raise monies for the "Relief of Widows, orphans and others placed in distress by the explosion" and an appeal advertised in The Times newspaper. Inquest The coroner's inquest was not heard until 23 September 1886 so that John Woolley, who had survived the explosion, could give evidence. The coalface where the explosion occurred was being worked on the retreating principle. Headings had been driven into the coal and a working face established between them. As the coal was worked back along the headings, waste material accumulated in the goaf or gob behind it. Pit props were progressively removed and the roof was allowed to subside into the goaf a short distance behind the
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Nguyễn Thế Anh
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Nguyễn Thế Anh is a Vietnamese goalkeeper who plays for Vietnamese V-League club XSKT Cần Thơ. He was also a member of Vietnam national football team. References Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Vietnamese footballers Category:Vietnam international footballers Category:Song Lam Nghe An F.C. players Category:Bình Dương F.C. players Category:V.League 1 players Category:People from Nghệ An Province Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Category:Navibank Saigon F.C. players Category:Asian Games competitors for Vietnam
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Dancing with the Devil
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Dancing with the Devil is the name of the second full-length recording from the band Mother Mercy. Recorded at “For The Record” studios in Orange County, California by the band's third lineup consisting of RJ Blaze (vocals), Randall Justice (bass), and Seann Scott (drums) with several guitar players throughout the CD. It was originally released in a limited production on drummer Seann Scott's record company "SS Records" in 2001 and later re-mastered and released by Perris Records in 2003 with several bonus tracks added and one song, "Rock City Boys", removed. That song was instead released by Perris Records on a compilation CD “Hollywood Hairspray Vol. 2”. The cover artwork between the two versions was also changed slightly. Musical style Described as Mötley Crüe meets Love/Hate, this recording continued the band's glam metal sound found on their first CD ‘’Love at First Bite’’, albeit somewhat heavier sounding. The song "Waste of Skin" did receive slight airplay on the Internet-based heavy metal radio station KNAC, and other similar online radio stations. The added tracks on the Perris Records release were recorded later and are said to sound more like Godsmack or early 80’s Metallica. The album never charted in the U.S. and the sales statistics were disappointing. There was a small amount of international attention received in Europe (most notably in Germany and Italy) but the band did not travel to Europe to promote the CD. Track listing – (2001) SS Records Thunder, Perfect Mind [Intro] – 1:15 Dancing with the Devil – 3:43 Waste of Skin – 4:06 Ragman – 6:05 Mercy’s Law – 4:47 Machine Gun – 2:30 Blood [Intro] – :40 Creatures of the Night – 3:22 Devil Child – 5:03 Chosen One – 3:54 Rock City Boys – 3:15 Little Nikki – 3:27 Track listing – (2003) Perris Records Thunder-Perfect Mind [Intro] – 1:13 Dancing with the Devil – 3:38 Waste of Skin – 4:03 Mercy's Law – 4:41 Machine Gun – 2:29 Blood [Intro] – 0:37 Creatures of the Night – 3:17 Devil Child – 5:00 The Sideshow [Intro] – 0:20 Ragman – 6:00 Little Nikki [Live] – 3:25 Chosen One – 3:51 Invisible – 4:19 Don't Bury Me [Intro] – 0:18 Kicking N' Screaming (Out of the Grave) – 4:29 Mercy Killing – 3:29 Line up RJ Blaze: Lead Vocals JD Raven: Guitar Randall Justice: Bass and Vocals Seann Scott: Drums and Vocals Additional recording musicians Damien Winter: Guitar Jon Chakerian: Guitar Solos References Category:2001 albums Category:2003 albums
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Mondli Gungubele
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Mondli Gungubele was the Deputy Minister of Finance in South Africa from 27 February 2018 until 25 May 2019. See also African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Constitution of South Africa History of the African National Congress Politics in South Africa Provincial governments of South Africa References Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Government ministers of South Africa Category:Mayors of Ekurhuleni
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The Terminator Decoupling
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"The Terminator Decoupling" is an episode of the American comedy television series The Big Bang Theory. It first aired on CBS in the United States on March 9, 2009. It is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the series and the thirty-fourth episode overall. The episode features guest appearances by actress Summer Glau and cosmologist George Smoot. Plot Leonard (Johnny Galecki), Sheldon (Jim Parsons), Howard (Simon Helberg) and Raj (Kunal Nayyar) are heading to San Francisco to attend a conference, where cosmologist George Smoot is giving a keynote address. On Sheldon's insistence, they travel on the Coast Starlight train. On board the train, they learn that Summer Glau (played by herself) is riding the same train. Raj and Howard debate on who should approach her first. With Raj unable to talk to women except when under the influence of alcohol, he departs to find alcohol on the train. As Howard is trying to figure out the best opening line, Raj swoops in and starts talking with Summer (even using the same line Howard planned to use: "It's hot in here, it must be Summer"). Their conversation is going very well (Howard commenting, "Normally around women, he has the personality of a boiled potato. Put one beer in him, and he’s M. Night Charmalarmalon.") However, Howard then points out to Raj that he is drinking non-alcoholic beer, after which he realizes he was under a sort of placebo effect, and quickly departs the scene, unable to talk anymore. Howard tries to strike a conversation but is unable to create an impression; instead he just comes off as annoying. Finally he asks to have his picture with her to which she agrees until he gets annoying again and she breaks his phone. With the failure of both Raj and Howard, Leonard musters the courage to approach Summer, but she gets off the train as he is introducing himself. During the train ride, Sheldon realizes that he has forgotten the flash drive containing the paper he wanted Smoot to read. Reluctantly, he resorts to asking Penny (Kaley Cuoco) to actually enter his bedroom and locate his flash drive so she can email him the paper. When Sheldon eventually presents the paper to Smoot (appearing as himself) and proposes joint research on the subject, Smoot rejects his idea, leaving Sheldon to think Smoot is a diva. Production George Smoot had written to the producers of the show and requested to appear on an episode of the series. Smoot, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work which cemented the Big Bang theory, is an admitted fan of the series. The scene involving Smoot was shot at the Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California on February 18, 2009. Summer Glau also appeared as herself in the episode. Glau was part of the cast of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles which, along with The Big Bang Theory, was produced by Warner Bros. Television. Bill Prady, a co-creator of The Big Bang Theory, presented the script of the episode to Josh Friedman, creator
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1953 Montana Grizzlies football team
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The 1953 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1953 college football season as a member of the Skyline Conference. The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Ed Chinske, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of three wins and five losses (3–5, 2–4 Skyline). Schedule References Montana Grizzlies Category:Montana Grizzlies football seasons Montana Grizzlies football
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Kalpak
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Calpack, kalpak, or qalpaq (from ; , , both ; ; (); ; , ) is a high-crowned cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey, Ukraine, the Balkans and throughout Central Asia and the Caucasus. The kalpak is used to keep the head warm in winter and shade out the sun during summer. There are different kalpaks for different seasons, with kalpaks used in winter being thicker and the ones used in summer being thinner but broader for shading purposes. There are many styles of kalpak. They usually can be folded flat for keeping or carrying when not being worn. The brim can be turned up all the way around. Sometimes there is a cut in the brim so that a two-pointed peak can be formed. Plain white ones are often reserved for festivals and special occasions. Those intended for everyday use may have a black velvet lining. In the Turkic cultures of central Asia, they have a sharp tapering to resemble a mountain, rather than the cyndrical kalpaks of Turkey. The word kalpak is also a component of the ethnonym of a Turkic group of uncertain relatedness: the "Karakalpak" (literally "black kalpak" in Karakalpak). In Russian, Persian and Polish, the word is also used for hubcap (for a car wheel's hub; see also the Wiktionary entry hubcap). See also Bashlyk Kolpik Phrygian cap Kurhars (:ru:Курхарс) List of headgear Notes References External links Category:Caps Category:Turkish clothing Category:Turkish words and phrases Category:Ethnic Kyrgyz culture Category:History of Asian clothing
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Jet force
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Jet force is the exhaust from some machine, esp. aircraft, propelling the object itself in the opposite direction as per Newton's Third Law. An understanding of jet force is intrinsic to the launching of drones, satellites, rockets, airplanes and other airborne machines. Jet force begins with some propulsion system; in the case of a rocket, this is usually some system that kicks out combustible gases from the bottom. This repulsion system pushes out these gas molecules in the direction opposite the intended motion so rapidly that the opposite force, acting 180° away from the direction the gas molecules are moving, (as such, in the intended direction of movement) pushes the rocket up. A common wrong assumption is that the rocket elevates by pushing off the ground. If this were the case, the rocket would be unable to continue moving upwards after the aircraft is no longer close to the ground. Rather, the opposite force by the expelled gases is the reason for movement. Thrust, Lift, Weight, and Drag The jet force can be divided into components. The "forward" component of this force is generally referred to as thrust. The upward component of jet force is referred to as lift. There are also two other forces that impact motion of aircraft. Drag, which is also referred to as air resistance, is the force that opposes motion. As such, it acts against both components of the jet force (both the thrust and the lift). The fourth and final force is the weight itself, which acts directly downward. Thrust To analyze thrust, we take a mathematical perspective. First, an aircraft takes off at some angle with respect to the ground. For a rocket traveling straight "up", this angle would be 90°, or at least close to 90°. For airplanes and most other aircraft, this angle will be much less, generally ranging from 0° to 60°. We shall define this angle as θ. θ is constantly changing as the aircraft moves around. At any given moment, however, the cosine of this angle θ will give us the component of the force that is acting in the forward direction. Multiplying the total force by this cosine of θ would yield the thrust: Because θ ranges from 0° to 90°, and the cosine of any angle in this range is 0 ≤ cosθ≤ 1, the thrust will always be either less than or equal to the jet force- as expected, as the thrust is a component of the jet force. Lift Similar to our analysis of thrust, we begin with a mathematical look: We define angle θ the same way we did in step 1 for thrust. Again, this angle θ is different at any given time. For lift, however, we are looking for the vertical component, rather than the forward component. The sine of angle θ will give us the component of the force acting in vertical component. Multiplying the jet force by the sine of θ will yield the lift: Similar to cosine, the sine of an angle ranging from 0° to 90° will always between
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Portuguese-language countries
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Portuguese-language countries may refer to: Community of Portuguese Language Countries Countries where Portuguese is an official language
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Shaded-pole motor
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The shaded-pole motor is the original type of AC single-phase induction motor, dating back to at least as early as 1890. A shaded-pole motor is a small squirrel-cage motor in which the auxiliary winding is composed of a copper ring or bar surrounding a portion of each pole. When single phase AC supply is given to the stator winding, due to shading provided to the poles, a rotating magnetic field is generated. This auxiliary single-turn winding is called a shading coil. Currents induced in this coil by the magnetic field create a second electrical phase by delaying the phase of magnetic flux change for that pole (a shaded pole) enough to provide a 2-phase rotating magnetic field. The direction of rotation is from the unshaded side to the shaded (ring) side of the pole. Since the phase angle between the shaded and unshaded sections is small, shaded-pole motors produce only a small starting torque relative to torque at full speed. Shaded-pole motors of the asymmetrical type shown are only reversible by disassembly and flipping over the stator, though some similar looking motors have small, switch-shortable auxiliary windings of thin wire instead of thick copper bars and can reverse electrically. Another method of electrical reversing involves four coils (two pairs of identical coils). The common, asymmetrical form of these motors (pictured) has only one winding, with no capacitor or starting windings/starting switch, making them economical and reliable. Larger and more modern types may have multiple physical windings, though electrically only one, and a capacitor may be used. Because their starting torque is low, they are best suited to driving fans or other loads that are easily started. They may have multiple taps near one electrical end of the winding, which provides variable speed and power by selection of one tap at a time, as in ceiling fans. Moreover, they are compatible with TRIAC-based variable-speed controls, which often are used with fans. They are built in power sizes up to about output. Above , they are not common, and for larger motors, other designs offer better characteristics. Types Squirrel-cage induction motor: The most common type of shaded-pole motor in fractional horsepower use is the squirrel-cage induction motor. This has a rotor that consists of a laminated steel cylinder with conductive copper or aluminum bars embedded lengthwise in its surface, connected at the ends. See also Shaded-pole synchronous motor References Category:Induction motors
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Howick Local Board
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Howick Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is overseen by the council's Howick Ward councillors. The board's administrative area includes the suburbs Pakuranga, Howick, Flat Bush, and East Tamaki, and covers much of east and south-east Auckland. The board is governed by nine board members, with three elected from each of the boards three sub-divisions. The inaugural members were elected in the nationwide 2010 local elections, coinciding with the introduction of the Auckland Council. 2019–2022 term The board members, elected at the 2019 local body elections in October 2019 are: 2016–2019 term The 2016–2019 term ran from the 2016 local body elections to the local body elections in 2019. The board members were: Lucy Schwaner, Vision and Voice - Botany, was elected at the 2016 election but resigned during the first board meeting following the re-election of David Collings as chairperson. See also Howick Youth Council East Auckland Howick Pakuranga Flat Bush References Category:Local boards of the Auckland Region
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Erasmus Habermehl
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Erasmus Habermehl, also Erasmus Habermel (ca. 1538 – 15 November 1606 in Prague) was a major watchmaker and maker of astronomics and geodesy instruments of the 16th century, who last worked as a court instrument maker at the court of Emperor Rudolf II. in Prague. He probably originated in southern Germany and probably reached Prague via Nuremberg, the centre of watchmaking art at the time. A brass box signed "Erasmus Habermel Pragae 1576" is considered his earliest known work. He married a Susanna Solis there in 1593 or 1594. In the same year he was appointed "Kay: Mt: Astronomischer und Geometrischer Instrumentmacher". He received commissions from Tycho Brahe and Francesco Padua di Forli, the personal physician (and at the same time alchimist) of the emperor. In addition to their outstanding technical precision, his instruments were at the same time artistic, objects of the highest order designed in the style of the Renaissance. reported 1782 in the Illustrations of Bohemian and Moravian scholars and artists together with short news about their life and work of instruments at the imperial court in Prague: "Of Habermel, a Bohemian mechanicus, are here still present 1) - Tycho Brahe's sextant. 2) - some sundials. 3) Some astrolabes, where the former magnetic declination for which in 1558 four pieces decreases quite exactly 10° to the east -[...]" (141 and 142). External links Erasmus Habermel. Epact Habermehl, Erasmus. UhrenLexikon Das Astrolabium von Erasmus Habermel. Deutsches Museum, Munich; accessdate 5 November 2018 Sonnenuhren von Erasmus Habermel und Markus Purmann. Deutsches Museum, München; accessdate 5 November 2018 Theodolite. Museo Galileo (englisch) Erasmus Habermehl. The Princely Collections References Category:German clockmakers Category:Scientific instrument makers Category:1530s births Category:1606 deaths
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Hong Kong women's national cricket team
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The Hong Kong women's cricket team is the team that represents the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong in international women's cricket. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Hong Kong women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. Hong Kong made her Twenty20 International debut against Indonesia on 12 January 2019 at Bangkok during the Thailand Women's T20 Smash. History They made their international debut in September 2006, playing against Pakistan in a three match series of one-day games to decide which country would represent the Asia region in the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Ireland in 2007. They lost the series 3-0 after a series of heavy defeats, two by more than 200 runs. In 2009, the Hong Kong women's team won the ACC Women's T20 Championship Trophy, then defended their title and won the tournament again in 2011, narrowly defeating Chinawith three balls to spare. In 2010 Asian Games, Hong Kong team lost to Nepal as they finished 7th in the tournament at Guanggong Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou. In 2014 Asian Games, Hong Kong team reached quarter-finals where they lost to Sri Lanka at Yeonhui Cricket Ground in Incheon. Tournament History Women's Asia Cup (T20I format) Asian Games (T20I format) Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup Records and Statistics International Match Summary — Hong Kong Women Twenty20 International Highest team total: 120/5 (20.0 Overs) v South Korea on 21 January 2019 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon. Highest individual score: 43*, Mariko Hill v South Korea on 21 September 2019 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon. Best individual bowling figures: 5/7, Kary Chan v China on 19 September 2019 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon. Most T20I runs for Hong Kong Women Most T20I wickets for Hong Kong Women T20I record versus other nations Records complete to WT20I #767. Last updated 22 September 2019. Current squad This is a current 2016-17 Hong Kong National Women's Squad: Ishitaa Gidwani (c) Mariko Hill (vc) Kary Chan Betty Chan Lemon Cheung Yasmin Daswani Jenefer Davies Keenu Gill Ho Sin Yee Natural Yip Sin Yee Ho Amanda Kwok Marina Lamplough Emma Lai Sidra Nasreen Chan Sau Ha Shanzeen Shahzad To Yee Shan Ruchitha Venkatesh See also List of Hong Kong women Twenty20 International cricketers Hong Kong men's cricket team Cricket Hong Kong References External links Hong Kong Cricket Association Cricket.com Hong Kong tour of Pakistan scorecards Category:Cricket in Hong Kong Cricket, women's Category:Women's national cricket teams Women Category:Women's sport in Hong Kong
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Gülsüm Güleçyüz
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Gülsüm Güleçyüz (born November 16, 1993 ) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Muratpaşa Bld. SK, and the Turkey national team. She plays in the right back position. Playing career Club Gülsüm Güleçyüz plays right back for Muratpaşa Bld. SK, which competes in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League. Her team became league champion two consecutive seasons in 2012–13, 2013–14. In the 2014–15 season, her team lost the champion title in the play-offs. Güleçyüz played in the Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup matches of 2013–14, at the Women's EHF Champions League of 2013–14 as well as at the Women's EHF Cup games (2014–15 and 2015–16). In June 2015, she renewed her contract with Muratpaşa Bld. Sk for one year. International Gülsüm Güleçyüz is part of the Turkey women's national handball team. She played at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification, and 2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification matches. Honours Turkish Women's Handball Super League Winners (2): 2012–13, 2013–14. Runner-up (1): 2014–15. References Category:1993 births Category:People from Çorum Category:Turkish female handball players Category:Muratpaşa Bld. SK (women's handball) players Category:Turkey women's national handball players Category:Living people Category:Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
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Samolus valerandi
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Samolus valerandi is a species of water pimpernel native to a very wide area across Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Common names include seaside brookweed, brookweed, thin-leaf brookweed, water cabbage, and water rose. Description It is a small perennial, growing to around 35 cm (13.8 inches) high. Its inflorescence is a raceme, with small white flowers on long stalks. Its corollas have five lobes. It can produce flowers throughout the growing season, from spring to fall. Its fruits are capsules that are green and globose. Taxonomy Although some floras recognize the North American populations of S. valerandi as a separate species (S. parviflorus) or subspecies (S. valerandi ssp. parviflorus), a 2012 investigation based on molecular and morphological data indicated that S. vagans and S. parviflorus should not be regarded as separate species but as part of a widespread "S. valerandi species complex". Ecological aspects This species is found in a variety of wet habitats, including stream banks, tidal marshes, and seeps. It can be found in both degraded and intact natural communities. Cultivation The plant can be grown in ponds, bog gardens, and damp areas in the garden. S. valerandi prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy), and heavy (clay) soils, preferably neutral or basic (alkaline) soils. It cannot tolerate shade and likes a bright, sunny position. It requires moist or wet soil and can even grow in water. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure and is self-fertile. S. valerandi is sometimes grown in aquariums, although they seem to last only a limited time when grown fully submersed. References External links Fora of North Central Texas Flora of Missouri - illustrated Illinois Wild Flowers valerandi Category:Flora of Europe Category:Flora of Africa Category:Flora of Asia Category:Flora of South America Category:Flora of North America Category:Flora of Australia Category:Freshwater plants Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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Chris Bowers (disambiguation)
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Chris Bowers is a blogger with OpenLeft . Chris Bowers may also refer to: Chris Bowers, actor in American TV series Rescue Me and Bionic Woman Chris Bowers (Wealden), Liberal Democrat candidate for Wealden, England See also Kris Bowers, composer and pianist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, English organist and composer
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Load (computing)
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In UNIX computing, the system load is a measure of the amount of computational work that a computer system performs. The load average represents the average system load over a period of time. It conventionally appears in the form of three numbers which represent the system load during the last one-, five-, and fifteen-minute periods. Unix-style load calculation All Unix and Unix-like systems generate a dimensionless metric of three "load average" numbers in the kernel. Users can easily query the current result from a Unix shell by running the uptime command: $ uptime 14:34:03 up 10:43, 4 users, load average: 0.06, 0.11, 0.09 The w and top commands show the same three load average numbers, as do a range of graphical user interface utilities. In Linux, they can also be accessed by reading the /proc/loadavg file. An idle computer has a load number of 0 (the idle process isn't counted). Each process using or waiting for CPU (the ready queue or run queue) increments the load number by 1. Each process that terminates decrements it by 1. Most UNIX systems count only processes in the running (on CPU) or runnable (waiting for CPU) states. However, Linux also includes processes in uninterruptible sleep states (usually waiting for disk activity), which can lead to markedly different results if many processes remain blocked in I/O due to a busy or stalled I/O system. This, for example, includes processes blocking due to an NFS server failure or too slow media (e.g., USB 1.x storage devices). Such circumstances can result in an elevated load average which does not reflect an actual increase in CPU use (but still gives an idea of how long users have to wait). Systems calculate the load average as the exponentially damped/weighted moving average of the load number. The three values of load average refer to the past one, five, and fifteen minutes of system operation. Mathematically speaking, all three values always average all the system load since the system started up. They all decay exponentially, but they decay at different speeds: they decay exponentially by e after 1, 5, and 15 minutes respectively. Hence, the 1-minute load average consists of 63% (more precisely: 1 - 1/e) of the load from the last minute and 37% (1/e) of the average load since start up, excluding the last minute. For the 5- and 15-minute load averages, the same 63%/37% ratio is computed over 5 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. Therefore, it is not technically accurate that the 1-minute load average only includes the last 60 seconds of activity, as it includes 37% of the activity from the past, but it is correct to state that it includes mostly the last minute. Interpretation For single-CPU systems that are CPU bound, one can think of load average as a measure of system utilization during the respective time period. For systems with multiple CPUs, one must divide the load by the number of processors in order to get a comparable measure. For example, one can interpret a load average of "1.73 0.60 7.98" on a single-CPU system
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Moctezuma River
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The Moctezuma River (Río Moctezuma) is a river in Mexico that drains the eastern side of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Sierra Nevada). It is a tributary of the Pánuco River and flows through the Mexican states of Mexico, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Veracruz. Course The Moctezuma arises on the Anahuac Plateau and drains the Valley of Mexico, receiving effluent from Mexico City. It is impounded by the Zimapán Dam, a hydroelectric dam about 15 km southwest of the town of Zimapán. At Tamazunchale it receives the Amajac River. Below the town of Tanquián de Escobedo it forms the border between the states of San Luis Potosí and Veracruz. It receives the Tempoal River at El Higo. It ends at its confluence with the Tamuín River (Tampaón River) where together they form the Pánuco River. See also List of rivers of Mexico Notes and references Sources Atlas of Mexico, 1975 (https://www.webcitation.org/689BebJNR?url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_mexico/river_basins.jpg). The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. Category:Rivers of the State of Mexico Category:Rivers of Hidalgo (state) Category:Rivers of Querétaro Category:Rivers of San Luis Potosí Category:Rivers of Veracruz Category:Tributaries of the Pánuco River
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Media Go
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Developed by Sony Network Entertainment, Media Go is a discontinued free multimedia management application that runs on Microsoft Windows. Media Go manages content on Sony family products including Sony Mobile phones, the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Walkman, and Sony Tablet. Similar to iTunes, Media Go can organize, play, and transfer a wide variety of content including videos, photos, music, and podcasts. Media Go also had a storefront that allowed users to purchase movies and TV shows, PSP or PS Vita games, and PSP or PS Vita Comics. Media Go is a replacement for the Sony Creative Software "Media Manager" applications, used by the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Sony Xperia and Walkman products in the past. Sony has announced the discontinuation of the software by December 2017. Features Media Go has many features that can be used to manage and synchronise content. Advanced functionality allows music to be tagged with SensMe metadata, and support for track ratings and purchases that can be made from the PlayStation Store, Sony Xperia's PlayNow Arena or select partner stores (such as BigPond Music, for Telstra customers). Where applicable, Media Go will also automatically download and/or convert certain content (e.g. a podcast) into a suitable format. Media Go can also purchase, backup, and restore PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) games and other content, including digital comics; the ability to shop for and purchase PSP or PS Vita content from the PlayStation Store without a PSP or PS Vita connected to the host computer is now supported in current versions of Media Go. As of 2014, the PlayStation Store (except the Download List) is no longer available from Media Go, as it redirects to the PlayStation Store website. Game download and activation was completely disabled on October 24, 2016. Like iTunes and Windows Media Player, Media Go is also able to "rip" music from a CD and automatically download missing metadata (album artwork in particular) via Gracenote. , Media Go cannot "rip" video from a commercial DVD or BD. Media Go also provides "drag from" behaviour: most multimedia files that are displayed can be dragged from the Media Go application to a Windows Explorer folder, an e-mail message or browser drop target. Like most competing programs though, one of Media Go's primary functions is as a computer multimedia organizer and player/jukebox, with a choice of large or compact/mini interface modes; Media Go also acts as a fully functional picture manager, similar to Microsoft's Windows Media Player. On Media Go, you are also able to copy the media and put it on third party devices (i.e. devices not made by Sony) such as handheld game consoles, smartphones, and MP3 players. To do this you cannot copy from Media Go, you must use a different method unless you are using a PSP, PS Vita, Sony Xperia Smartphone, Sony Xperia Tablet, or Sony WALKMAN. This software can 'watch' selected folders on a computer that a user selects, such as an iTunes folder and any changes in the designated folder will be matched in Media Go. The program also allows
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George Baer
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George Baer may refer to: George Frederick Baer (1842–1914), American lawyer and railroad president George Baer, Jr. (1763–1834), United States Representative from Maryland George A. Baer (1903–1994), German/Swiss/American bookbinder
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Laurel Farm Meadow
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Laurel Farm Meadow is a 1.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Halesworth in Suffolk. This mesotrophic grassland site has diverse flora, and it is a type of meadow which is rare in Britain and not found in mainland Europe. The soil is chalky clay which is seasonally waterlogged. There are eleven species of grass, herbs such as fairy flax and cowslip, and many green-winged orchids. A public footpath from St James Road goes through the site. References Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk
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Physeter Rocks
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Physeter Rocks () is a small group of rocks lying west of Ohlin Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The rocks were photographed by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956–57, and mapped from these photos. They are named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after the sperm whale, Physeter catodon. Category:Rock formations of the Palmer Archipelago
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Chee (surname)
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Chee is a Chinese surname. It may refer to the Min Nan/Hokkien pronunciation of the Chinese surname pronounced Xú (徐) in Mandarin. Notable people with the surname include: 徐 Chee Kim Thong (1920–2001), Chinese martial artist Chee Soon Juan (born 1962), Singaporean politician Chee Hong Tat (born 1974), Singaporean politician 朱 Jason Chee Weng Fai (born 1983), Singaporean para table tennis player 齐 Pamelyn Chee, 21st century Singaporean actress Chee Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977), Canadian painter Chee Wan Hoe (born 1971), Malaysian footballer Alexander Chee, 21st century American writer Karen Chee (born 1995), American comedian and essayist Fictional characters Jim Chee, Navajo Tribal Police detective in the novels of Tony Hillerman
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Uravugal Sangamam
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Uravugal Sangamam is a Tamil soap opera that aired on Raj TV. The show premiered on 14 October 2013 and aired Monday through Saturaday at 9:30pm and the show was shifted to 8:30pm time Slot. The show starring by Yuvarani, Vadivukkarasi, Shyam Ganesh, Durga, Pooja, Devikiruba, Nagalakshmi, S.Kavitha, Dev, Abser, Ajay Rathnam and Pandu. The story revolved around the families, especially, the three families, which were considered as main in the serial. The serial is produced by Bharathi Associates and directed by Vijay. S.Kumar. The serial had the privilege of actress Sukanya lending her voice to the title song, for the music scored by Babu Ganesh. The show last aired on 13 September 2014 and ended with 375 episodes. Plot The story was beautifully knitted in a way , that it made the viewers ,feel like the events had happened in their own families. Cast Srithika Bharathi Yuvarani Vadivukkarasi Shyam Ganesh Venkat Durga Pooja Devikiruba Nagalakshmi S.Kavitha Dev Ajay Rathnam Pandu Azhagu Nithya Abser Sujatha Kumaresan Shanthi Williams Rajsekar Shobana Ramya International broadcast It also aired in Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Nethra TV. References External links Raj TV Official Site Raj TV on YouTube Raj Television Network Category:Raj TV television series Category:Tamil-language television soap operas Category:Tamil Nadu drama television series Category:2013 Tamil-language television series debuts Category:Tamil-language television programs Category:2014 Tamil-language television series endings
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GD Maputo
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Grupo Desportivo de Maputo, usually known as Desportivo de Maputo, Desportivo Maputo or by the acronym GDM, is an association football club from Maputo, Mozambique. History The club was founded on May 31, 1921, as Grupo Desportivo de Lourenço Marques by Professor Sá Couto, José Maria Rodrigues, Alfredo Fragoso, Américo Costa, Martinho Carvalho Durão and Professor Cabanelas. In 1976, after Mozambique's independence from Portugal, the club was renamed to Grupo Desportivo de Maputo. The club's logo was also changed. 1925 Desportivo won the District Championship of Lourenço Marques, a competition held between 1922 and 1961. A further eleven wins followed. In 1957 Desportivo achieved its first of altogether eight Mozambican championships 1956, which was held first in 1956. The club won its last national championship in 2006. In 2012 Desportivo was relegated for the first time. Most famous of all players from Desportivo is Mário Coluna, who won with Benfica amongst others the European Champion's Cup of 1961 and 1962 and achieved with Portugal the third place in the 1966 World Cup. Stadium The club plays their home matches at Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto, which has a maximum capacity of 42,000 people. Club colors The club colors are black and white. Achievements Football Championship of Mozambique: colonial era (2): 1957, 1964. after independence (6): 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2006. District Championship of Lourenço Marques: (12) 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1959. Cup of Mozambique: (2) 1981, 2006. Honour Cup of Maputo: (2) 2007, 2008. Roller Hockey Championship of Mozambique: (15) 1976, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010. Championship of Portugal: (3) 1969, 1971, 1973. Performance in African competitions CAF Champions League: 1 appearance 2006–07: Last 32 - Lost against Mamelodi Sundowns (3–1 on aggregate) CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance 1989–90: Semi-finals - Lost against BCC Lions (7–3 on aggregate) Current squad Other sports Besides football, Desportivo de Maputo also has other sports sections, such as athletics, basketball, five-a-side football, rink hockey, and swimming. References Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Portuguese-language Wikipedia article (retrieved June 12, 2006). External links Desportivo de Maputo's official website Category:Association football clubs established in 1921 Desportivo Category:Sport in Maputo Category:1921 establishments in Mozambique
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Richard Rothstein
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Richard Rothstein is an American historian and academic. His research focuses on the history of segregation in the United States with regards to education and housing. Career He is a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Rothstein is also a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow, Emeritus at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Previously, he was the National Education Columnist for The New York Times from 1999 to 2002. His most recent work is The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. The book explores Rothstein's contention that racial housing segregation is in fact the result of government policy, both federal, state, and local. Rothstein's argument is in contrast to the prevailing view, held by Supreme Court in the 1973 decision Miliken vs. Bradley and a subsequent 2007 decision: that housing segregation is primarily the result of private racism and decisions. The book was positively received; a review in The New York Times said that there was "no better history" of housing segregation, while Rachel Cohen of Slate called The Color of Law "essential." Bibliography The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement (1998) Class and Schools (2004) Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right (2008) Critical studies and reviews of Rothstein's work The Color of Law References Category:1939 births Category:Living people Category:Harvard University alumni Category:21st-century American historians Category:Writers from Philadelphia Category:Historians from Pennsylvania
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Bromley Cemetery
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Bromley Cemetery is a cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand. It occupies approximately 10 hectares to the east of the city centre, on the corner of Keighleys Road and Linwood Avenue. The Christchurch City Council maintains and administers the cemetery. History The Christchurch City Council searched for additional cemetery land beginning in 1913, and opened Bromley Cemetery for burials in July 1918. Later that year the cemetery became the main burial place for fatalities of the 1918 flu pandemic from the eastern side of the city. The cemetery has two rows of Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association (RSA) interments, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has records of 109 burials at Bromley, 15 from World War I and 94 from World War II. In addition, the CWGC commemorates 33 Commonwealth service personnel cremated at Bromley Crematorium during World War II. On the eve of Anzac Day 2008, over 160 headstones of veterans were painted over for maintenance to improve the inscriptions, which received criticism from visitors and the RSA due to the timing. The cemetery is full and only accepts burials to existing plots or ash interments. Notable burials John Beanland (1866–1943), 36th Mayor of Christchurch Ted Howard (1868–1939), Labour Party MP Mabel Howard (1894–1972), Labour Party MP Arthur Rhodes (1859–1922), member of parliament and 24th Mayor of Christchurch William Trethewey (1892–1956), sculptor and monumental mason References External links Bromley Cemetery on the Christchurch City Council website Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database Category:Cemeteries in Christchurch Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries
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Chynna Clugston Flores
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Chynna Clugston Flores (born August 19, 1975) is a freelance American comic book creator known for her manga-influenced teen comedy series Blue Monday. Based in Coarsegold, Chynna has been drawing comics since 1994 and has worked with Oni Press, Dark Horse Presents, Double Feature, Action Girl Comics, DC Comics and several digital comics as an editor, penciler, writer, inker, colorist, letterer and cover artist. Early life Clugston Flores grew up in Fresno, California and attended the Roosevelt School of the Arts. After her freshman year, she moved to Oakhurst, California and attended Yosemite High School, where she would take inspiration for Blue Monday. Career Shortly after graduation, Clugston Flores submitted some of her minicomics to Fantaco, which signed her to write and draw the vampire miniseries Bloodletting. Clugston Flores followed Bloodletting with one-pagers and shorts in Sarah Dyer's Action Girl and Dark Horse Presents, eventually following editor Jamie S. Rich to Oni Press. At Oni, Clugston Flores produced her manga-influenced comic book 'series, Blue Monday, which debuted in 1999 in Oni Double Feature #11. In 2000 Oni published the first Blue Monday miniseries, Blue Monday: The Kids Are Alright. She was assistant editor for CMX Manga, assistant editor for DC Comics' Wildstorm division until 2011, and an assistant editor for DC Comics working on various titles, editing Looney Tunes, co-editing Tiny Titans, as well as several digital comics in La Jolla, CA until 2011. She eventually moved Blue Monday and Scooter Girl to Image Comics to be re-released and later produce a new segment in 2017an/Scooby-Doo Halloween ComicFest as an editor. Awards Clugston Flores has been nominated for three Eisner Awards for Best Limited Series for Blue Monday (2001), and her participation on Hopeless Savages (2002), and Best Writer/Artist-Humor (2002); The Russ Manning award (2000); and a Harvey Award. Clugston Flores was also nominated for the 2001 Lulu of the Year Award by Friends of Lulu for Blue Monday. Personal life Clugston Flores started her career as Chynna Clugston-Major, before her divorce from Guy Major (a colorist and toner on most of her books to this day), and is currently billed under her married name, Chynna Clugston Flores. Clugston Flores holds an interest in Japanese, Irish, and British culture, including mod fashion, britpop, and film. She lives in San Diego, California, with her husband, Jon Flores. Selected works In addition to Blue Monday, Clugston Flores's other notable works include: Bloodletting — Fantaco/Tundra (1995–1996) Hopeless Savages — Clugston Flores illustrated the flashback scenes. Oni Press (2001), . Scooter Girl — a miniseries telling the story of two contemporary mods living in California. Oni Press (2003), . Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #11 — a story about Peter Parker running into the Ultimate X-Men in a mall. "Anew" — a 1940s romance short story in the anthology Four Letter Worlds. Image Comics (2005), . Queen Bee — a middle school drama. graphix /Scholastic Press (2005), . Strangetown — about a ten-year-old girl named Vanora Finnar who mysteriously washed onto the Oregon shore in 1973. Oni Press (2006) Legion Of Super-Heroes In The 31st Century — based
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