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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace%20of%20Clubs%20%28musical%29
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Ace of Clubs (musical)
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Ace of Clubs is a musical written, composed and directed by Noël Coward. The show is set in a 1949 London nightclub called "Ace of Clubs". Nightclub singer Pinkie Leroy falls in love with a sailor. Pinkie and her lover get mixed up with gangsters, a lost package and a missing diamond necklace. In the end, the police arrest the perpetrators, and Pinkie gets her man.
The musical premiered at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, on 16 May 1950, followed by more tryouts at the Liverpool Empire Theatre and the Birmingham Alhambra Theatre. It transferred to the Cambridge Theatre, London, on 7 July 1950, where it ran for 211 performances until 6 January 1951. The cast included Pat Kirkwood, Sylvia Cecil, Graham Payn, Jean Carson and Myles Eason. Mantovani was the musical director. Stage and costume designs were by Gladys Calthrop.
Despite its modest run, Ace of Clubs contained several songs that survived independently, in Coward's later cabaret acts and elsewhere, including "Sail Away" and "I Like America". A CD of the original London cast recording was released in 2004.
Background
After the Second World War Coward strove for a time to regain his pre-war popularity. His 1945 revue Sigh No More ran for only 213 performances in the West End, and the failure of his musical Pacific 1860 in 1946–47 was in contrast to the success of the show that followed it at Drury Lane, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, which ran for more than ten times as long. Ace of Clubs was one of several other less successful Coward works of the period.
Cast
Elaine – Bubbly Rogers
Rita Marbury – Sylvia Cecil
Benny Lucas – Raymond Young
Sammy Blake – Robb Stewart
Felix Fulton – Myles Eason
Ace of Clubs Girls:
Dawn O'Hara – Sylvia Verney
Doreen Harvey – Margaret Miles
Sunny Claire – June Whitfield
Ruby Fowler – Erica Yorke
Greta Hughes – Pamela Devis
Betty Clements – Lorna Drewes
Mimi Joshua – Vivien Merchant
June April – Lisbeth Kearns
Baby Belgrave – Jean Carson
Hercules Brothers – Victor Harman, Ronald Francis, Stanley Howlett
Joseph Snyder – Elwyn Brook-Jones
Gus – Patrick Westwood
Pinkie Leroy – Pat Kirkwood
Harry Hornby – Graham Payn
Clarice – Eileen Tatler
Eva – Renee Hill
Yvonne Hall – Jean Inglis
Mavis Dean – Gail Kendall
Detective-Inspector Warrilove – Jack Lambert
Policeman – Michael Darbyshire
Mr Price – Philip Rose
Mrs Price – Stella White
Juvenile delinquents – Peter Tuddenham, Colin Kemball, Norman Warwick
First plain-clothes Man – Manfred Priestley
Second plain-clothes Man – Christopher Calthrop
Drummer – Don Fitz Stanford
Waiters – George Selfe, Richard Gill, Jacques Gautier
Night club habitués and visitors
Source: Theatrical Companion to Coward.
Synopsis
Benny runs the Soho nightclub "The Ace of Clubs" for the owner, Rita. Felix, the compère, introduces the club's girls, who perform their opening number. Benny plans the pickup of a parcel with a gangster, Smiling Snyder. The parcel is in the cloakroom wrapped in a raincoat. When Snyder forcibly steals a kiss from Pinkie Leroy, the club's star, in the middle of her act, a sailor named Harry punches Snyder, who draws his gun and fires. Pinkie takes the raincoat to cover her skimpy costume and escapes with Harry.
Harry and Pinkie discover the parcel in the raincoat, but it falls out and Harry finds it after Pinkie goes back to the club. Benny is already looking for the missing parcel, and Rita, who is in love with him, realises that Benny is involved with the gangsters. At rehearsal the next afternoon, Harry comes by to see Pinkie. Detective-lnspector Warrilove arrives to investigate a jewel robbery and shooting. He suspects Snyder. Benny discourages Pinkie from becoming involved with Harry. That evening Snyder and his associate, Guy, kidnap Harry during the show, but he escapes. Pinkie, afraid for Harry's safety, promises Benny that she will get the parcel. Harry is hidden, and after Benny leaves, he and Pinkie meet.
The next day, Harry return with the parcel, suggesting that they give it to the police. Pinkie disagrees, and they argue. That evening, one of the girls mistakes the parcel for her birthday present and opens it, finding the purloined necklace. Snyder and Gus pick up the parcel in exchange for cash. Rita hears that the stolen necklace has been traced to the club. She asks the gangsters to leave. In the club, Warrilove notices the necklace, which the birthday girl is wearing, and he follows her. Snyder and Gus open the parcel to find the birthday present, a pair of falsies. They return to the club, and Warrilove catches them. All ends happily for Benny and Rita as well as Pinkie and Harry.
Musical numbers
Act 1
"Top of the Morning" – Baby and Ace of Clubs Girls
"My Kind of Man" – Pinkie
"This Could be True" – Pinkie and Harry
"Nothing Can Last For Ever" – Rita
"Something About a Sailor" – Harry
"I'd Never, Never Know" – Pinkie
"Three Juvenile Delinquents" – Juvenile Delinquents
"Sail Away" – Harry
"Josephine" – Pinkie
Reprise: "My Kind of Man" – Pinkie
"Would You Like to Stick a Pin in my Balloon?" – Ace of Clubs Girls
Act 2
"In a Boat on a Lake with My Darling" – Sextet
"I Like America" – Harry and Ace of Clubs Girls
"Why Does Love Get in the Way?" – Pinkie
"Three Juvenile Delinquents" Juvenile Delinquents
"Evening in Summer" – Rita
Reprise: "Sail Away" – Harry
*Time for Baby's Bottle" – Baby, Yvonne, Mavis
"Chase Me, Charlie" – Pinkie
Reprise: "Nothing Can Last For Ever" – Rita
Reprise: "My Kind of Man" – Pinkie
Source: Theatrical Companion to Coward.
Critical reaction
The Times thought that Coward had striven too hard for popular success with his score: "In spite of the mixed reception it is possible that Ace of Clubs, for all its crudity and its slightly old-fashioned air, will give a great many people what they consider lively entertainment. But Mr Coward’s usual public will feel that he has temporarily deserted them." The Manchester Guardian was more favourable, calling the show "essentially a good-tempered frolic ... unlikely to knock spots off Oklahoma but it is in essence not only more genial, but more intelligent." It praised Coward's protégé Graham Payn, who "dances with consummate grace ... singularly fresh and boyish", adding, whether innocently or not, "Benevolent Uncle Noel has found a first-class nephew".
Notes, references and sources
Notes
References
Sources
1950 musicals
British musicals
Musicals by Noël Coward
Musicals set in London
Musicals set in the 1940s
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Telipna sheffieldi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda.
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Endemic fauna of Uganda
Butterflies described in 1926
Poritiinae
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List of plants used in Indian cuisine
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South Asian cuisine encompasses a delectable variety of sub-cuisines and cooking styles that vary very widely, reflecting the diversity of the Indian subcontinent, even though there is a certain centrality to the general ingredients used. Terms used the recipes of varied Indian and other South Asian sub-cuisines sometimes tend to be multi-lingual and region-specific, mostly based on the author's specific sub-ethnicity, the popularity of a given vegetable/spice in a given sub-cuisine within South Asia, etc.
Indian cuisine is overwhelmingly vegetarian friendly and employs a variety of different fruits, vegetables, grains, and spices which vary in name from region to region within the country. Most Indian restaurants serve predominantly Punjabi/North Indian cuisine, while a limited few serve a very limited choice of some South Indian dishes like Dosa. But for the connoisseurs, India offers a complex and eclectic array of sub-cuisines to explore, which are equally vegetarian friendly and a delight to the taste buds.
Even for South Asian people, this wide variety of vegetables, fruits, grains and spices used in various Indian sub-cuisines can be mind-boggling because of the variety of region-specific names used for identifying the food items. Indian vegetable markets and grocery stores get their wholesale supplies from suppliers belonging to various regions/ethnicities from all over India and elsewhere, and the food suppliers/packagers mostly use sub-ethnic, region-specific item/ingredient names on the respective signs/labels used to identify specific vegetables, fruits, grains and spices based on their respective regions of origin. This further aggravates the confusion in identifying specific items/ingredients, especially for international consumers/expatriates looking to procure vegetables, fruits, grains and spices specific to Indian sub-cuisines.
This article attempts to centralize, compile and tabulate the various vegetables, fruits, grains and spices that are commonly employed in various South Asian sub-cuisines to help reduce this confusion in identifying and procuring various South Asian food ingredients, especially in the cross-regional, international markets/contexts.
The following is a list of common South Asian ingredients, as well as their names in various local languages spoken.
Pulses and dry legumes
Cereals
Spices
Cucumbers, gourds, and squashes
Leaf vegetables
Root vegetables
Other vegetables
Nuts
Legumes
Flour
Fruits
Other
See also
South Asian cuisine
List of foods
Plants
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Lists of plants
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Mendy is a given name and can refer to:
People
Mendy Rudolph (1926–1979), professional basketball referee
Mendy López (born 1973), Dominican baseball utility player
Mendy Pellin, Hassidic comic
Mendy Samstein (1938–2007), American civil rights activist
Mendy Commanda a 1998 World Series of Poker champion in $1,000 Ladies - Limit 7 Card Stud
Mendy Fry (born 1969), American dragster and funny car driver
Emanuel Weiss (1906–1944), nicknamed "Mendy," professional hitman
Fiction
Mendy and the Golem, comic book featuring Jewish characters
See also
Mendy (disambiguation)
Mendy (surname)
Feminine given names
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Żabieniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Parysów, within Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Parysów, north of Garwolin, and south-east of Warsaw.
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Villages in Garwolin County
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Eulophonotus stephania is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Zeuzerinae
Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Irma Karmol (April 13, 1923 – April 24, 1979) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. She was elected in November 1974, and died in office on April 24, 1979, in a car accident on her way to Columbus, Ohio, the state capitol.
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External links
Profile on the Ohio Ladies Gallery website
1923 births
1979 deaths
Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Ohio
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American women politicians
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Typhoon Mike
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Typhoon Mike, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ruping, of 1990 was the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since Typhoon Irma in 1981 and Typhoon Nina in 1987. Forming from an area of persistent convection over the Caroline Islands, Mike was first designated on November 6, 1990 and moved generally westward. Later that day, the depression strengthened to Tropical Storm Mike near Yap. Mike became a typhoon early on November 9, and subsequently entered a period of rapid deepening. Late on November 10, the typhoon reached its maximum intensity of , as estimated by the Japanese Meteorological Agency. After weakening slightly, Mike made landfall in the central Philippines. The storm weakened considerably due to land interaction, only to briefly re-intensify on November 14. Typhoon Mike turned west-northwest and later north-northwest, avoiding land interaction with Vietnam. Vertical wind shear increased, and on November 15, Mike weakened below typhoon intensity. Early the next day, the storm passed over western Hainan Island, and degraded to a tropical depression that night. After briefly emerging into the Gulf of Tonkin, Mike passed over Northern Vietnam and southern China, where it dissipated on November 18.
During its formative stages, Mike passed just north of Palau. There, one person was hurt and around 90% of the banana and coconut crops were leveled. A total of 1,035 houses and 10 businesses were damaged. Damage on the island totaled $2 million, including $1.3 million in property damage. After striking the Philippines, the typhoon brought widespread damage and was considered the worst typhoon to hit the country since Typhoon Ike in 1984. In Cebu City, 88 ships sunk, the most ships ever sunk at the Cebu City harbor during a tropical cyclone. Power and phone lines were downed and the city lost access to drinking water for two days. Approximately 60% of all buildings were demolished and 28 people perished in the city. Nationwide, 748 people were killed while 1,274 others suffered injuries. A total of 1,900,000 t (2,094,390 short tons) of sugar crops were destroyed. A total of 630,885 homes were damaged and 222,026 houses were demolished, resulting in 1,110,020 people displaced. Offshore, 159 vessels sunk and 28 others were washed aground and damaged. Monetary damage was estimated at $446 million (₱10.8 billion), including $46.1 million (₱1.12 billion) from crops, $350 million (₱8.52 billion) from public infrastructure, and $49.9 million (₱1.21 billion) from private infrastructure. At the time, Mike was the costliest tropical cyclone listed in the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council's database, and as of 2014, is the seventh costliest typhoon to strike the country since independence in 1947. Elsewhere, 68 people were killed in Vietnam, but no damage was reported in China.
Meteorological history
Typhoon Mike originated from a persistent area of convection that was first monitored by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) early on November 6. At midday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) followed suit. At 15:03 UTC on November 6, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert, after a rapid improvement in the system's convective structure and Dvorak estimates of T1.0/. Following an increase in the storm's convection and an expansion of its outflow, the JTWC upgraded the system into a tropical depression at 12:00 UTC on November 7. Several hours later, the JMA classified the system as a tropical storm. At 00:00 UTC on November 8, the JTWC upgraded the depression into Tropical Storm Mike.
After becoming a tropical storm, Mike tracked west-northwest under the influence of a subtropical ridge. The JTWC initially forecast Mike to track northwest over the Philippine Sea. Later in the morning hours of November 8, the JMA classified Mike as a severe tropical storm. Shortly thereafter, Mike entered a period of rapid deepening, aided by two dual outflow channels and a trough to the northeast. Due to the formation of an eye, the JTWC declared Mike a typhoon at 00:00 UTC on November 9, with the JMA following suit six hours later. Midday on November 10, Dvorak intensity estimates reached T7.0/ and satellite imagery indicated a diameter eye and good upper-level outflow. Based on this, the JTWC raised the intensity of Mike to , making Mike a super typhoon. At 18:00 UTC, the JTWC increased the winds to , marking a increase in wind speed, or a barometric pressure drop of in a two-day time period. Early on November 11, the JMA estimated that Mike attained its peak intensity, with winds of and a minimum pressure of .
After turning west-northwest in the general direction of the central Philippines, Mike leveled off in intensity. Land interaction took toll on the typhoon on November 12 as cloud top temperatures surrounding the eye warmed and the eye became increasingly cloud-filled, coinciding with a weakening trend. Later that day, the typhoon made landfall on the Cebu province, with the JTWC and JMA reporting winds of respectively. The system maintained typhoon intensity over the island chain. After Mike entered the South China Sea, the JTWC and many tropical cyclone forecast models anticipated that the typhoon would strike into Vietnam, but this did not occur. Slight re-strengthening occurred over the open waters in the South China Sea. On November 14, the JMA reported that Mike reached a secondary peak intensity of while the JTWC estimated a secondary maximum intensity of . The next day, Typhoon Mike turned north-northwest in response to a weakness in the subtropical ridge. Increased vertical wind shear induced a weakening trend, and midday on November 15, the JMA downgraded Mike to a severe tropical storm. Twenty-four hours later, the JTWC downgraded Mike to a tropical storm as its structure became less organized. Later on November 16, Mike passed over the western portion of Hainan Island, and after briefly tracking through the Gulf of Tonkin, Mike moved inland over Quảng Ninh, Vietnam as a tropical depression. Overland, Mike rapidly dissipated; both the JTWC and the JMA ended tracking the system on November 18.
Preparations
Maximum storm alerts were raised across the central Philippines, with lower warnings issued for the southern tip of Luzon. Authorities advised coastal residents to move to higher ground in Samar, and Leyte islands, as well as the northern region of Mindanao. The Philippine Airlines cancelled 59 domestic flights from Manila and Cebu, but international flights were unaffected. Schools were called off in northern Mindanao and domestic shipping services were temporarily cancelled.
Impact
Caroline Islands
During its formative stages, Mike caused minor damage in Yap. The storm passed north of Koror, the capital of Palau. The local National Weather Service office recorded winds of , of rain, and a minimum sea level pressure of . Power, water and telephone services were knocked out and streets were blocked by fallen trees. Many roofs were lost and extensive damage occurred to boats, greenhouses, agriculture projects, fruit trees and vegetable gardens. The heaviest damage occurred in the states of Ngaraard, Ngarchelong, and Kayangel. In Ngaraard, 50% of houses were destroyed and the other 50% were damaged. Across the state of Kayangel, situated just to the north of the island of Babelthuap, most trees were uprooted and a majority of residents lost everything. Nationwide, around 90% of the banana and coconut crops were leveled. In all, one person was wounded but no fatalities were reported, but the area the storm struck was sparsely populated. A total of 1,035 homes and 10 businesses were damaged. Damage on Palau totaled $2 million, $1.3 million of which was property damage. Until Typhoon Bopha in December 2012, Mike was the most recent typhoon to hit Palau.
Philippines
Typhoon Mike was the strongest typhoon to strike the Philippines since Typhoon Irma in November 1981. Mike was also the most severe typhoon to hit the Philippines since Typhoon Ike during September 1984, which killed over 1,000 people. The typhoon destroyed a television broadcast tower, radio towers, electric cables and bridges, which resulted in widespread power outages and several radio stations briefly went off air. Hundreds of villages were also rendered impassable.
Twenty-five crewmen and passengers of the commercial vessel MV Dona Roberta were reported missing after it sank from strong waves in the southern quadrant of the typhoon. Two sailors were also rescued. Eighty-eight ships sunk at the Cebu City harbor, the most ships ever sunk at the harbor, eclipsing the previous record set by Typhoon Amy of the 1951 season. Of the 88 ships that sunk, at least 12 were passenger ships and at least 3 were navy ships. Rainfall peaked at at the port of Cebu City; this was the fourth highest total ever observed by a tropical cyclone in Cebu City. Furthermore, a storm surge of was reported. Power and phone lines were downed and the city lost access to drinking water for two days. Approximately 60% of all buildings were demolished and 28 people perished. Throughout the Cebu province, 40 fatalities were reported and 90% of all wooden homes were damaged or destroyed.
Elsewhere across the Philippines, six individuals perished due to drownings in the Leyte province. Across Leyte island, more than 50,000 people fled their homes. In the Negros Occidental province, five casualties occurred, including three that drowned in floodwaters. A total of 27 people perished in a landslide in Isabela. Throughout Negros island, 35 people were killed, with 61 others reported missing. In six towns across the island, 9,500 people were evacuated to shelter. Nevertheless, the typhoon's inner core spared Manila's metropolitan area. A tornado was spawned by Mike near Cagayan de Oro, which destroyed 160 houses and left thousands homeless. On Panay Island, seven people were killed, including a 10-year-old boy that was hit by a tree. Offshore, seventeen people, including six Americans, were rescued on an oil rig, and sixty-eight other workers were evacuated. Three bridges were crushed in Misamis Oriental, on Mindanao. Three people died due to rough seas offshore Misamis Oriental. In the nearby Surigao del Norte province, 32 people drowned. Offshore Mindoro Island, six ships were run aground. Another ship called the Iligan Flores was missing off the coast of Mindanao but there were no reports about the fate of the passengers and crew. In the Bohol province, 20 individuals were killed while floods up to high submerged roofs of cars and houses in the towns of Loboc and Loay.
Overall, 748 people were reported killed, with an additional 1,274 people hurt. Nearly 5.5 million people sought shelter in schools. Thousands of hectares of agricultural crops, including of sugar crops, were destroyed. A total of 630,885 homes were damaged and 222,026 houses were destroyed, leaving 1,110,020 people homeless. One hundred fifty-nine vessels sunk and 28 others were washed aground and damaged. Two-thirds of all damages occurred in Negros Occidental and Iloilo provinces. Monetary damage was estimated at $446 million (₱10.8 billion), with $46.1 million (₱1.12 billion) from crops, $350 million (₱8.51 billion) from public infrastructure, and $49.9 million (₱1.21 billion) from private infrastructure. At the time, Mike was the costliest tropical cyclone listed in the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council's database. However, this mark was eclipsed by Typhoon Fengshen in June 2008. As of 2014, Mike is the seventh most damaging Philippine typhoon since independence in 1947.
Elsewhere
Although Typhoon Mike recurved north before striking Vietnam, the storm was responsible for the lives of 68 individuals in the Central Vietnamese province of Nghệ Tĩnh. Many fishing boats also sunk. Mike was rapidly deteriorating by the time it moved onshore China and as a result, no damage was reported.
Aftermath
On November 28, the Republic of Palau was declared a disaster area. After Mike traversed the Philippines, President Corazon Aquino declared a state of calamity in 29 provinces and 24 cities in the Visayas region. Thirty-nine provinces in the Philippines were declared a disaster area, twenty-nine of which were exempted from government cuts in oil deliveries and energy conservation measures. Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos offered $3.6 million for victims of the typhoon. However, she only ended up writing a check of $125,000 and even that check bounced. A total of $9.3 million was released by Aquino from a calamity fund to rehabilitate devastated areas. Around 86,840 families received food from the government, valued at $106,983. The health department sent of medicine to Iloilo City for distribution to provincial health offices in affected provinces. The defense secretary ordered 150 tents to be airlifted to five affected cities. A total of of relief supplies were provided by the local government. Philippine navy vessels were utilized to transport rice from nearby island provinces. As a result of the typhoon, authorities projected annual economic growth in the Philippines would be less than 2% – down from 2.3% earlier in the year. The typhoon also prompted PAGASA to expand its warning system.
Typhoon Mike's damage to the infrastructure of Cebu forced local authorities to rethink governmental priorities, where a food shortage was observed and water was rationed. Lines for gasoline and fuel was long. However, the city quickly recovered, and by the end of the decade, it was experiencing rapid economic growth, dubbed CEBOOM.
The United States provided $25,000 to Philippine Red Cross for immediate disaster relief needs. The United States Agency for International Development distributed of food in Leyte and eastern Samar, and by November 28, the country was granted $432,000 worth of supplies and cash. The United Kingdom provided $38,000 in medicine. France loaned the country $36 million that was expected to be paid back within three decades. Belgium provided $90,252 in relief assistance. Sweden granted nearly $18,000 worth of relief items. Denmark awarded $25,950 in cash. Germany added $132,450 in tents and medicine. Japan also contributed $400,000. Catholic Relief Services provided $25,000 in relief. Caritas Internationalis donated nearly $250,000 in cash. Save The Children contributed $10,000. World Vision donated $25,000. Within the United Nations, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and United Nations Development Programme offered $25,000 and $50,000 in emergency grants respectively. The United Nations Children's Fund donated $28,710 worth of medical supplies.
Due to the severity of damage and loss of life caused by the storm, the name Mike was retired and replaced with Manny. PAGASA also retired the name Ruping, which was replaced with Ritang, which was first used in the 1994 season.
See also
Typhoons in the Philippines
Typhoon Rai (Odette, 2021) – a late-season Category 5 super typhoon which took a similar path and ravaged through the same areas in Visayas and northern Mindanao
Typhoon Son-Tinh (Ofel, 2012) – took a similar path
Other similar November Philippines typhoons
Typhoon Irma (Anding, 1981)
Typhoon Nina (Sisang, 1987)
Other tropical cyclones that have struck the Central Philippines and claimed more than 1,000 lives
Typhoon Ike (Nitang, 1984)
Tropical Storm Thelma (Uring, 1991)
Typhoon Fengshen (Frank, 2008)
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda, 2013)
Notes
References
External links
JTWC Mike Report
Deadly Philippine History
Retired Pacific typhoons
1990 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoons in the Philippines
Typhoons in China
Typhoons in Palau
Typhoon Mike
Typhoon Mike
Typhoons
Retired Philippine typhoon names
Typhoons in Vietnam
1990 in Vietnam
1990 disasters in Vietnam
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Emile Doo's Chemist Shop
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Emile Doo's Chemist Shop is an exhibition at the Black Country Living Museum in England. It was originally situated at 358 Halesowen Road, Netherton, before being rebuilt on the museum site.
History
Before the National Health Service was formed, local chemist shops like Doo's played an important part in the health of the local community. They offered services such as free medical advice, basic First Aid and weekly weighing of babies.
Doo's was originally built in 1886 as a tailor's shop. James Emile Doo traded from 1882 in a building across the road from 358, the business being taken over by his newly qualified son Harold Emile Doo, in about 1918. In 1929 Harold moved trading to their new premises at 358. The move was so carefully planned that dispensing was carried out until 10:00 p.m. on Saturday night in the old premises, and then started trading in the new premises the next morning at 9:00 a.m. Harold traded as a chemist until ill health forced his retirement in May 1968.
Exhibition
The shop lay untouched from 1968 to 1973, when the fittings and stock were donated to The Black Country Living Museum. The shop now located in The Black Country Living Museum is built using bricks reclaimed from two houses which were demolished in Pearson Street, Old Hill. The original shop front was also rescued and forms part of the exhibit today. The shop exhibition is much tidier than the shop would have been in real life. It would have been cluttered with hampers full of deliveries often leaving little room for customers.
With guidance from Emile Doo's daughter Betty, the shop has been laid out as it was shortly after the move across the road in 1929.
Items on display
Wafer machine
This was used for making thin soluble wafers for customers who needed medication dissolved in water. The prescribed ingredients were mixed to a paste with a binding agent and milk sugar. The mixture was then smeared over the top plate, which was flipped up so the wafers would slide into the bottom tray and could be dispensed via the extended section at the corner.
Paper folder
Before pills and tablets became widespread, prescribed medicine was mainly dispensed in the form of powders.
The practice continued in this century for things such as headache powders and infant teething powders. The ingredients were mixed together in a mortar and then individually wrapped in separate doses. The paper squares in which the powders were folded all had to be folded to the same dimensions so that they would fit neatly together into a box for the customer. The width of the paper could be adjusted using the ratchet mechanism on the side. The dose of powder was placed in the middle of a rectangular piece of white demi paper. The two edges were folded over to the width of the box, and then the paper strip was pressed over the folder to form two sharp creases. The two ends were brought together and one end pushed into the other forming a secure package. The folded doses were then put in a box or tied together to form a neat bundle.
Suppository mould
The ingredients for the suppositories were melted into a base of cocoa butter or glycerine, and the mixture was brought to the boil and poured into the moulds. When the preparation was set (after about 30 minutes in cool weather) the two halves were unscrewed to release the suppositories.
Emile Doo
Known locally as Jack, he was a well-known figure in Netherton, both through his work at The Chemist, and also for his involvement in amateur theatricals. He was a member of The 'Blue and Whites', a Pierrot troupe and did make up for other groups.
In the main, his life was dominated by the shop which was a focal point for local residents who needed minor treatment but could not afford doctors' fees. He had a considerable reputation for his own remedies. People came from far and wide to visit the shop. If you lived too far away to visit the shop, you could have your medicine delivered by post. He kept a book with all his remedies listed in, which his daughter still keeps today.
He qualified as a pharmacist in 1908. When he took the exam there were 133 candidates. 95 failed, with only 38 candidates achieving a pass. His certificate, and his father's, are on display.
Mr Doo suffered badly from arthritis, so could not move around easily. This may help explain why there was so much untouched stock in the cellar of the shop.
Locals who remember him, described him as a white haired gentleman who whistled constantly through his teeth as he worked in the shop.
His dog Pip was a character too. The dog would come along to visit him during opening hours, having travelled alone by tram from Kinver to reach the shop.
References
Black Country Living Museum
Relocated buildings and structures in the United Kingdom
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Eryngium pendletonense
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Eryngium pendletonense (sometimes spelled E. pendletonensis) is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Pendleton button-celery. It is endemic to northern San Diego County, California, where it is known from four occurrences along the coastline between Oceanside and the Orange County border, including land within Camp Pendleton. It grows on vernally moist coastal grassland and coastal sage scrub habitat with clay soils. It was first described as a species in 1999.
This is a squat perennial herb with spreading stems up to 20 centimeters long with a basal rosette of leaves at the base. The leaves are long and very narrow with abrupt, pointed lobes extending out nearly perpendicular. The leaves may extend out from the base of the plant up to 25 centimeters. Plants may be colonial, with two or more plants growing in a bundle that appears to be one plant at first glance. The inflorescence is a cyme of up to 19 flowers with sharp triangular or lance-shaped bracts around the base. Each flower has white petals measuring 1 millimeter long and sepals which are slightly larger.
This rare plant is threatened by introduced plant species, changes in the hydrology of the habitat, and military activity at Camp Pendleton.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
Photo gallery
pendletonense
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of San Diego County, California
Plants described in 1999
Critically endangered flora of California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Lafourche%20High%20School
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Central Lafourche High School
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Central Lafourche High School (CLHS) is a public high school serving students in grades 9 through 12 in Mathews, unincorporated Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, about southwest of New Orleans. The school, which has a Raceland postal address, is one of three high schools in the Lafourche Parish Public Schools district.
It serves the communities of: Mathews, Raceland, Lockport, Lockport Heights,. and Gheens as well as the Lafourche Parish section of Des Allemands.
History
The school is a consolidation of the former Raceland High School and Lockport High School. It was established by the Lafourche Parish School Board in 1965 as a three-year, co-educational senior high school. It was built at a cost of almost $4,000,000. The school became a reality with the 1966-1967 school session. Until the building was completed, the school was housed in temporary facilities on the campus of the former Lockport High School. The ninth grade and Pre G.E.D./Skills Option Programs were added to the Central Lafourche Curriculum in the 2001-2002 school year.
In 1968 the high school for black students, C.M. Washington High School, was dissolved due to racial integration. Therefore black students now attended the previously all-white school.
Between 2015 and 2016, according to the Louisiana State Department of Education rankings, this school's rank increased from a "B" to an "A".
Athletics
Central Lafourche High athletics competes in the LHSAA.
The school competes interscholastically in several sports, including:
The Trojan Lancer Marching Band
Dance Team (Trojanettes)
Football
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
Varsity cheer
Junior varsity cheer
Cross country
Fishing
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and field
Volleyball
Notable alumni
Tommy Hodson - LSU and NFL quarterback; four-time All SEC Team
Andrew Simoncelli - Nicholls State University associate professor; WWL-TV producer
Larry Wilson - Nicholls State basketball player and NBA draft pick
References
External links
School website
School district website
Public high schools in Louisiana
Schools in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
1965 establishments in Louisiana
Educational institutions established in 1965
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choire%20Sicha
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Choire Sicha
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Choire Sicha ( , born November 19, 1971) is an American writer and blogger. In June 2021, he became an editor-at-large at New York; he had been the editor of The New York Times Style section since September 2017. Previously, he served as Vox Media's director of partner platforms, co-editor at Gawker, and a co-founder of The Awl.
Career
Sicha began his writing career as an editor for Gawker, The New York Observer, and Radar Online. He launched The Awl in April 2009, with Alex Balk and David Cho, out of his East Village apartment, after Radar magazine folded. The website, described as a "irreverent, all-purpose, media/culture/politics/think-piece/bear-video clusterfuck" by GQ, was based in downtown Brooklyn. Sicha published his first book, Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City in 2013.
In February 2016, Vox Media hired Sicha as its director of partner platforms to oversee the media company's approach to platforms like Facebook's Instant Articles, Snapchat's Discover feature, and Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages initiative.
Sicha became the editor of The New York Times Style section in September 2017. On June 7, 2021, New York announced that Sicha had left The New York Times, and would join the magazine as an editor-at-large.
See also
Fashion editor
LGBT culture in New York City
Literature review
Media relations
New Yorkers in journalism
References
External links
1971 births
Living people
American bloggers
American online publication editors
American male journalists
Writers from the East Village, Manhattan
American male bloggers
American male non-fiction writers
21st-century American journalists
21st-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American male writers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20Lake%20Township%2C%20Susquehanna%20County%2C%20Pennsylvania
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Forest Lake Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
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Forest Lake Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,121 as of the 2020 census.
History
Forest Lake Township was formed from parts of Bridgewater, Silver Lake, and Middletown Townships on May 4, 1836.
In the 1900s, there was an art camp for girls on the lake itself called Camp Sylvania.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.43%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,193 people, 474 households, and 355 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 634 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.7% White, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.8% of the population.
There were 474 households, out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the township the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 62.3% from 18 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years.
The median income for a household in the township was $47,500, and the median income for a family was $53,846. Males had a median income of $43,167 versus $25,515 for females. The per capita income for the township was $22,251. About 5.4% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.6% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.
References
Townships in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Populated places established in 1799
Townships in Pennsylvania
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magura%20District
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Magura District
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The Magura District () is a district in south-western Bangladesh, situated 176 kilometers from Dhaka. It is a part of Khulna Division. The main mode of transportation is by bus, and no train transport is available.
Administration
Magura district has 4 upazilas. They are:
Magura Sadar Upazila
Mohammadpur Upazila
Shalikha Upazila
Sreepur Upazila
Geography
Magura District (Khulna Division) with an area of 1048 km2, is bounded by Rajbari district to the north, Jessore and Narail districts to the south, Faridpur district to the east and Jhenaidah district to the west. The district is flat plain in the heart of the Ganges Delta.
Climate
Demographics
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Magura District had 254,154 households and a population of 1,033,115, 18.9% of whom lived in urban areas. The population density was 994 people per km2. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 72.1%, compared to the national average of 74.7%.
Muslim population is 82.01% of the population while Hindus are 17.92% of the population. The Hindu population has stayed constant since 1981.
Education
Government Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Magura
Arpara Government Ideal High School, Arpara, Shalikha Upazila
Magura Govt. High School,Magura Sadar, Magura
Magura Govt. Girls' High School,Magura Sadar, Magura
Govt. H.S.S Collage, Magura Sadar, Magura
Notable residents
Farrukh Ahmed, poet
Amir Hamza (poet)
Shamsun Nahar Ahmed, Member of Parliament, was from Magura District.
Syed Ali Ahsan, poet
Mir Hasem Ali, elected as an MLA of East Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1954.
Syed Ator Ali, elected as an MPA of East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in 1970, a Political Convenor of Sector No. 8 and 9 during Liberation War.
M Yousuff Ali, fisheries biologist, policy planner, administrator and advocate for protecting the open water fishery resources.
Mohammad Asaduzzaman, elected as an MP of Jatiya Sangsad for 3 times.
Shakib Al Hasan, all-rounder, Bangladesh National Cricket Team
Muhammad Sohrab Hossain, twice MNA Pakistan, Prominent Minister holding 8 ministry in Sheikh Mujib's cabinet. One of the founding fathers of Bangladesh and President of the first ever meeting in the Jessore District after the Liberation of Bangladesh.
Kamrul Laila Jolly, former Member of Parliament
Kazi Salimul Haque Kamal, two-term Member of Parliament for Magura-2
Kazi Kader Newaj, poet
Gangadhar Sen Roy, Ayurveda physician and Sanskrit scholar
Biren Sikder, former State Minister of Youth and Sports
Saifuzzaman Shikhor, current MP of Magura-1
Notes
References
Districts of Bangladesh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trike
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Trike
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Trike may refer to:
Vehicles with three wheels and seated
Drift trike, a type of recreational tricycle with no pedals
Electric trike
Motorized tricycle
Three-wheeler
Tricycle (non-motorized)
Ultralight trike, a type of powered hang glider
Music
Trike (album), by Bob Log III
Trike (EP), by You Am I
Other uses
Triceratops, a dinosaur with three horns
Trichloroethylene, a chemical compound commonly used as a solvent
See also
Tricycle (disambiguation)
Trikke, a three-wheeled scooter-like vehicle powered by shifting bodyweight
Twike, a three-wheeled hybrid velomobile
Autocycle (disambiguation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Public%20Eye%20%28film%29
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The Public Eye (film)
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The Public Eye is a 1992 American crime thriller film produced by Sue Baden-Powell and written and directed by Howard Franklin, starring Joe Pesci and Barbara Hershey. Stanley Tucci and Richard Schiff appear in supporting roles.
The film is loosely based on New York Daily News photographer Arthur "Weegee" Fellig, and some of the photos in the film were taken by Fellig.
Plot
In the 1940s, Leon "Bernzy" Bernstein is a freelance crime and street photographer for the New York City tabloids, dedicated to his vivid and realistic work and his unique ability to capture shots that nobody else can. He is very confident of his skills, declaring at one point, "Nobody does what I do. Nobody".
With a police radio under the dashboard of his car and a makeshift darkroom in his trunk, he quickly races to the scene of horrific crimes and accidents in order to snap exclusive photographs. He is so good at his job that he becomes known affectionately as the "Great Bernzini".
Bernzy meets a sultry widow, Kay Levitz, who owns a fancy nightclub. It seems the mob is muscling in on her due to some arrangement with her late husband. Kay asks if Bernzy could investigate an individual she considers troublesome. Generally unsuccessful with women, Bernzy agrees to help Kay, and he slowly begins to fall in love with her.
After talking to his contacts, including journalist friend Arthur Nabler, he tracks down Kay's man, only to find him murdered. But when he calls the police, he becomes a suspect in the man's death. The police and the FBI are also very interested in this case. Bernstein makes a connection with a local gangster, Sal, uncovering a conspiracy involving a mob turf war about illegal gas rationing, and the Federal government. His activities get Sal killed and place Bernzy's life in great danger as he waits in hiding at an Italian restaurant where a mob hit is about to take place.
Cast
Joe Pesci as Leon "Bernzy" Bernstein
Barbara Hershey as Kay Levitz
Stanley Tucci as Sal
Jerry Adler as Arthur Nabler
Dominic Chianese as Spoleto
Richard Riehle as Officer O'Brien
Max Brooks as Teen At Thompson Street
Richard Schiff as Thompson Street Photographer
Christian Stolte as Ambulance Attendant
Jack Denbo as Photo Editor
Timothy Hendrickson as Richard Rineman
Del Close as H.R. Rineman
Lisa Christakis as Young Bride With Soldier Husband
Production
Joe Pesci took this role right after his Oscar-winning performance in Goodfellas. It was an attempt to capitalize on his popularity at the time and help elevate Pesci from respected character actor to star status.
Director and writer Howard Franklin was unable to secure the rights to Arthur "Weegee" Fellig's story. Franklin, then, wrote the story of a Weegee-like photographer who smokes cigars and he named him Leon "Bernzy" Bernstein. In the film, like Weegee, cops wonder if Bernzy uses a ouija board to snap his photographs and find the stories.
According to journalist Doug Trapp, Franklin was inspired to write the screenplay after seeing a show of Fellig's photos in the 1980s at the International Center of Photography in New York City. And Weegee did, in real life, have a "soul-mate" named Wilma Wilcox, who was the woman in charge of his estate. But, Franklin has always denied that the film was about their relationship.
As the film is loosely modelled on Weegee, but the story is not, several photographers' pictures, along with some by Weegee, stand in for his work, including those of Lisette Model, Mickey Pallas, Wilbert H. Blanche, Irving Haberman, Ray Platnick, Roger Smith and Charles Steinheimer. Director Franklin says he was looking for "edgy, modern, high-contrast 40's" lighting and compositions with the “stark, rather lurid effects of flash, which pick out the central subject while everything around falls off rapidly into darkness”
Filming
The Public Eye began filming on July 24, 1991 and completed October 28, 1991.
Even though the film takes place in Manhattan, it was shot in Chicago, Illinois, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Los Angeles, California.
Release
The producers used the following tagline when marketing the film:
Murder. Scandal. Crime. No matter what he was shooting, "The Great Bernzini" never took sides he only took pictures ... Except once.
The film premiered at the Toronto Festival of Festivals in September 1992. The film also was shown at the Venice Film Festival and the Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain.
It opened on October 14, 1992 in New York City and Los Angeles and expanded to 635 theatres two days later.
The film's box office performance was a disappointment. The film grossed $1,139,825 for the weekend and the total receipts after 12 days were $3,067,917.
Home media
The film was released in video format on April 14, 1993 and in LaserDisc on April 21, 1993.
In September 2007 an Unbox Digital Video Download was made available. The movie is also available at Amazon.com as digital Video on Demand.
It was released on DVD on January 31, 2011 in the Universal Vault Series. It was released on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber on July 28, 2020.
Reception
Critical response
Chicago Sun-Times film critic, Roger Ebert, was especially complimentary of the film and of actor Joe Pesci, and wrote, "One of the best things about the movie is the way it shows us how seriously Bernzy takes his work. He doesn't talk about it. He does it, with that cigar stuck in his mug, leading the way with the big, ungainly Speed Graphic with the glass flashbulbs. In the movie's big scene of a mob assassination, he stares death in the face to get a great picture." Ebert said the film made him "think" a little bit of Casablanca (1942).
Time Out magazine liked the acting and the script, and wrote, "The main virtue of screenwriter Franklin's debut as director is Pesci's portrayal of Weegee, the famous low-life tabloid photographer of urban disaster, lightly concealed as Bernstein, 'The Great Bernzini'... good dialogue, nice period recreation, great performances."
Desson Howe, film critic for The Washington Post wrote, "Public wants to be taken for an atmospheric film noir, full of intrigue, romance and street toughness. But it's all flash and no picture. Despite the usual quippy, perky performance from Pesci, as well as cinematographer Peter Suschitzky's moodily delineated images, the movie is superficial and unengaging. It's as if Life magazine decided to make an oldtime gangster movie."
Soundtrack
The original score for the film was written and recorded by Jerry Goldsmith, but he was replaced by Mark Isham at a late stage. As such, Isham had a lot of work to do and in a short time. He later noted that he found working with director Franklin a wonderful and educational experience.
A motion picture original soundtrack was released on October 13, 1992 under the Varèse Sarabande label. The CD contained nineteen tracks in total, with one by Shorty Rogers. Mark Isham crafts a dark melody focusing on piano, string, and trumpet parts, while mixing in symphonic, jazz, and electronic music.
While originally thought lost or incomplete, Jerry Goldsmith's original score was later released by Intrada Records in 2021. Goldsmith's score features 22 tracks and a run time of just over 40 minutes, proving its completion prior to the change.
References
External links
The Public Eye shooting screenplay draft for educational purposes
1992 films
1992 crime thriller films
1990s American films
1990s English-language films
American crime thriller films
American neo-noir films
Biographical films about photojournalists
Cultural depictions of journalists
Cultural depictions of photographers
Films about tabloid journalism
Films about organized crime in the United States
Films directed by Howard Franklin
Films scored by Mark Isham
Films set in the 1940s
Films shot in Chicago
Films with screenplays by Howard Franklin
Universal Pictures films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triamcinolone%20hexacetonide
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Triamcinolone hexacetonide
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Triamcinolone hexacetonide (brand name Aristospan; also known as triamcinolone acetonide 21-tebutate) is a synthetic glucocorticoid corticosteroid.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.
References
Acetonides
Secondary alcohols
Corticosteroid esters
Fluoroarenes
Glucocorticoids
Fluorinated corticosteroids
Pregnanes
Diketones
World Health Organization essential medicines
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graciella%20brunneomaculata
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Graciella brunneomaculata
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Graciella brunneomaculata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hintz in 1912.
References
Tragocephalini
Beetles described in 1912
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman%20Willemse
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Herman Willemse
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Herman "Flying Dutchman" Willemse (22 May 1934 – 7 July 2021) was a Dutch long-distance and marathon swimmer. In 2008, he was inducted to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
Willemse started his career as a freestyle swimmer, winning 13 national titles and setting 19 national records in the 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m events between 1952 and 1958. In 1959, he switched to marathon swimming and became the second Dutchman to cross the English Channel, with a time of 12h49. Later in the 1960s he dominated the world marathon swimming. For three years after 1964, when the point system was introduced, he was ranked world number two, after Abo Heif. His clean sweep of the Around-the-Island Marathon Swim in 1960–1964 brought the organizers to a problem that spectators lost interest in the race. The race was discontinued in 1965.
A school teacher by profession, Willemse was known for his academic approach to swimming. He would often travel around the place before the competition and measure the water temperature, to optimize his racing strategy, or even withdraw from a potentially disastrous race if the temperature was too low. He retired from competitive swimming around 1970 and published a book titled Marathonzwemmen (Marathon Swimming).
International competitions
St. John Lake Swim (1961, Canada, 30 km) – 1st place, 10h 7min
St. John Lake Swim (1962, Canada, 30 km) – 1st place, 9h 3min
St. John Lake Swim (1963, Canada, 30 km) – 1st place, 8h 32min
Around-the-Island Marathon Swim (1960, Atlantic City, USA, 36 km) – 1st place, 10h 30min
Around-the-Island Marathon Swim (1961, Atlantic City, USA, 36 km) – 1st place, 11h 14min
Around-the-Island Marathon Swim (1962, Atlantic City, USA, 36 km) – 1st place, 11h 35min
Around-the-Island Marathon Swim (1963, Atlantic City, USA, 36 km) – 1st place, 10h 31min
Around-the-Island Marathon Swim (1964, Atlantic City, USA, 36 km) – 1st place, 10h 08min
National Exhibition race (1961, Canada, 24 km) – 1st place, 6h 54min
National Exhibition race (1962, Canada, 24 km) – 1st place, 6h 38min
la Descente ou remontée du Saguenay (1966, 37 km) – 1st place, 6h 15min
Tois Riviere (1961–1963 and 1965, Canada, 16 km) – 1st place (4 times)
Santa Fe-Coronda (1963, Argentina, 58 km) – 1st place
Santa Fe-Coronda (1964, Argentina, 58 km) – 3rd place
Santa Fe-Coronda (1966, Argentina, 58 km) – 3rd place
Hernandaras-Parana (Argentina, 88 km) – 1st place
See also
List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
Bibliography
1934 births
2021 deaths
Dutch male freestyle swimmers
Dutch male long-distance swimmers
English Channel swimmers
Sportspeople from Utrecht (city)
20th-century Dutch people
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Ien Chi
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Ien Chi (born June 1, 1991) is a Korean American filmmaker, speaker, and the former Creative Director of Jubilee Media. He is the director of the short film "Tick Tock", which won the Best Picture and Best Director awards at Campus MovieFest 2011, the world's largest student film festival. It is currently the most viewed and highest rated film of Campus MovieFest of all time. The film went viral and collectively has approximately 1.7 million views online and has been featured on Gizmodo and The Guardian, among other publications. Chi has led the team at Jubilee Media to create several YouTube shows such Middle Ground that has collectively gotten over 750 million views online.
References
External links
youtube channel
"Crippled" film
"Tick Tock" film
Living people
American people of Korean descent
American filmmakers
1991 births
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phan%20Martens
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Stéphan Martens
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Stéphan Baziel Martens (born 15 December 1931) is a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the men's sprint event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1931 births
Possibly living people
Belgian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
People from Deinze
Cyclists from East Flanders
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Sevier, Utah
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Sevier ( ) is an unincorporated community in southwestern Sevier County, Utah, United States. It lies in the valley of the Sevier River along U.S. Route 89 southwest of the city of Richfield, the county seat of Sevier County. Its elevation is 5,584 feet (1,702 m).
Description
Although Sevier is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84766. It has a population of approximately 80 people. Sevier has many farms.
Sevier has experienced rapid population growth in the 1990s and 2000s, and seasonal migrant laborers, mostly of Mexican and other Hispanic nationalities, made the population transfluid over the course of the year.
Climate
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sevier has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.
See also
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Sevier County, Utah
Unincorporated communities in Utah
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArtCyclopedia
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ArtCyclopedia
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Artcyclopedia is an online database of museum-quality fine art founded by Canadian John Malyon.
Information
The Artcyclopedia only deals with art that can be viewed online, and indexes 2,300 art sites (from museums and galleries), with links to around 180,000 artworks by 8,500 artists. The site has also started to compile a list of art galleries and auction houses.
See also
The Artchive
Web Gallery of Art
WebMuseum
References
External links
of Artcyclopedia – the fine art search engine
Art websites
Virtual art museums and galleries
Scholarly search services
Arts databases
Online databases
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20European%20countries%20by%20average%20wage
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List of European countries by average wage
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This is the map and list of European countries by monthly average wage (annual divided by 12 months) gross and net income (after taxes) average wages for full-time employees in their local currency and in euros. The chart below reflects the average (mean) wage as reported by various data providers. The salary distribution is right-skewed, therefore more than 50% of people earn less than the average gross salary. Thus, the median figures provided further below might be more representative than averages.
These figures will shrink after income tax is applied. In certain countries, actual incomes may exceed those listed in the table due to the existence of grey economies. In some countries, social security, contributions for pensions, public schools, and health are included in these taxes.
Maps
Net average monthly salary
The countries and territories have a net average monthly salary of:
Gross average monthly salaries
The countries and territories on the map have gross average monthly salaries (taxable income) of:
Net average monthly salary (adjusted for living costs in PPP)
The countries and territories on the map have a net average monthly salary (adjusted for living costs in PPP) of:
European and transcontinental countries by monthly average wage
a Excluding social and private benefits
Average monthly gross wage (1998–2018)
Gross, net and PPS (2000–2018)
See also
List of countries by wealth per adult
List of European countries by minimum wage
List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
European countries by electricity consumption per person
European countries by health expense per person
European countries by percentage of urban population
List of European countries by life expectancy
List of US states by minimum wage
List of U.S. states and territories by median wage and mean wage
List of American countries by average wage
List of Asian countries by average wage
References
External links
Salary Survey
Salary in Germany
Eurostat: Wages and labour costs
Eurostat: Minimum wages August 2011
FedEE;Pay in Europe 2010
Wages (statutory minimum, average monthly gross, net) and labour cost (2005) CE Europe
Wages and Taxes for the Average Joe in the EU 27 2009
Moldovans have lowest wages in Europe
UK Net Salary Calculator
Database Central Europe: wages in Central and Eastern Europe
Spain net salary calculator
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USS Massachusetts
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Eight ships of the United States Navy and Revenue-Marine have been named USS Massachusetts, after the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
, a topsail schooner, was the first Revenue-Marine cutter of the United States, sold in 1792.
, a sloop built to replace .
, was a wooden steamer that saw action during the Mexican–American War and in Puget Sound.
, was an iron screw steamer that saw action during the American Civil War.
, was the never-launched monitor Passaconaway renamed first to Thunderer then to Massachusetts before being scrapped in 1884.
was an commissioned in 1896 and the second battleship procured by the United States Navy, saw action in the Spanish–American War, scuttled in 1921.
, was purchased by the U.S. Navy as SS Massachusetts from the Eastern Steamship Co. in 1917; commissioned 7 December 1917 and renamed Shawmut 7 January 1918.
would have been a battleship of the first South Dakota class, canceled by the Washington Naval Treaty in 1923.
is a battleship of the second South Dakota class, commissioned in 1942 and which saw action in World War II, now a museum ship in Fall River, Massachusetts.
is a laid down in 2020.
United States Navy ship names
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catajapyx%20singularis
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Catajapyx singularis
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Catajapyx singularis is a species of forcepstail in the family Japygidae.
References
Diplura
Articles created by Qbugbot
Animals described in 1983
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In grammar, the ablative case (pronounced ; sometimes abbreviated ) is a grammatical case for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in the grammars of various languages; it is sometimes used to express motion away from something, among other uses. The word "ablative" derives from the Latin , the (irregular) perfect, passive participle of auferre "to carry away".
The ablative case is found in several language families, such as Indo-European (e.g., Sanskrit, Latin, Albanian, Armenian), Turkic (e.g., Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar), Tungusic (e.g., Manchu, Evenki), Uralic (e.g., Hungarian), and the Dravidian languages. There is no ablative case in modern Germanic languages such as German and English. There was an ablative case in the early stages of Ancient Greek, but it quickly fell into disuse by the classical period.
Indo-European languages
Latin
The ablative case in Latin (cāsus ablātīvus) appears in various grammatical constructions, including following various prepositions, in an ablative absolute clause, and adverbially. The Latin ablative case was derived from three Proto-Indo-European cases: ablative (from), instrumental (with), and locative (in/at).
Greek
In Ancient Greek, there was an ablative case ( ) which was used in the Homeric, pre-Mycenaean, and Mycenean periods. It fell into disuse during the classical period and thereafter with some of its functions taken by the genitive and others by the dative. The genitive case with the prepositions "away from" and "out of" is an example.
German
German does not have an ablative case but, exceptionally, Latin ablative case-forms were used from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century after some prepositions, for example after von in von dem Nomine: ablative of the Latin loanword Nomen. Grammarians at that time, Justus Georg Schottel, Kaspar von Stieler ("der Spate"), Johann Balthasar von Antesperg and Johann Christoph Gottsched, listed an ablative case (as the sixth case after nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and vocative) for German words. They arbitrarily considered the dative case after some prepositions to be an ablative, as in ("from the man" or "of the man") and ("with the man"), while they considered the dative case after other prepositions or without a preposition, as in , to be a dative.
Albanian
The ablative case is found in Albanian; it is the fifth case, rasa rrjedhore.
Sanskrit
In Sanskrit, the ablative case is the fifth case (pañcamī) and has a similar function to that in Latin. Sanskrit nouns in the ablative often refer to a subject "out of" which or "from" whom something (an action, an object) has arisen or occurred: pátram taróḥ pátati "the leaf falls from the tree". It is also used for nouns in several other senses, as for actions occurring "because of" or "without" a certain noun, indicating distance or direction. When it appears with a comparative adjective, (śreṣṭhatamam, "the best"), the ablative is used to refer to what the adjective is comparing: "better than X".
Armenian
The modern Armenian ablative has different markers for each main dialect, both originating from Classical Armenian. The Western Armenian affix -է -ē (definite -էն -ēn) derives from the classical singular; the Eastern Armenian affix -ից -ic’ (both indefinite and definite) derives from the classical plural. For both dialects, those affixes are singular, with the corresponding plurals being -(ն)երէ(ն) and -(ն)երից .
The ablative case has several uses. Its principal function is to show "motion away" from a location, point in space or time:
It also shows the agent when it is used with the passive voice of the verb:
It is also used for comparative statements in colloquial Armenian (including infinitives and participles):
Finally, it governs certain postpositions:
Uralic languages
Finnish
In Finnish, the ablative case is the sixth of the locative cases with the meaning "from, off, of": pöytä – pöydältä "table – off from the table". It is an outer locative case, used like the adessive and allative cases, to denote both being on top of something and "being around the place" (as opposed to the inner locative case, the elative, which means "from out of" or "from the inside of"). With the locative, the receding object was near the other place or object, not inside it.
The Finnish ablative is also used in time expressions to indicate times of something happening (kymmeneltä "at ten") as well as with verbs expressing feelings or emotions.
The Finnish ablative has the ending -lta or -ltä, depending on vowel harmony.
Usage
away from a place
katolta: off the roof
pöydältä: off the table
rannalta: from the beach
maalta: from the land
mereltä: from the sea
from a person, object or other entity
häneltä: from him/her/them
with the verb lähteä (stop)
lähteä tupakalta: stop smoking (in the sense of putting out the cigarette one is smoking now, lit. 'leave from the tobacco')
lähteä hippasilta: stop playing tag (hippa=tag, olla hippasilla=playing tag)
to smell/taste/feel/look/sound like something
haisee pahalta: smells bad
maistuu hyvältä: tastes good
tuntuu kamalalta: feels awful
näyttää tyhmältä: looks stupid
kuulostaa mukavalta: sounds nice
Estonian
The ablative case in Estonian is the ninth case and has a similar function to that in Hungarian.
Hungarian
The ablative case in Hungarian is used to describe movement away from, as well as a concept, object, act or event originating from an object, person, location or entity. For example, one walking away from a friend who gave him a gift could say the following:
a barátomtól jövök (I am coming (away) from my friend).
a barátomtól kaptam egy ajándékot (I got a gift from my friend).
When used to describe movement away from a location, the case may only refer to movement from the general vicinity of the location and not from inside of it. Thus, a postától jövök would mean one had been standing next to the post office before, not inside the building.
When the case is used to refer to the origin of a possible act or event, the act/event may be implied while not explicitly stated, such as : I will defend you from the robber.
The application of vowel harmony gives two different suffixes: -tól and -től. These are applied to back-vowel and front-vowel words, respectively.
Hungarian has a narrower delative case, similar to ablative, but more specific: movement off/from a surface of something, with suffixes -ról and -ről.
Turkic languages
Azerbaijani
The ablative in Azerbaijani () is expressed through the suffixes -dan or -dən:
Ev – evdən
House – from/off the house
Aparmaq – aparmaqdan
To carry – from/off carrying
Tatar
The ablative in Tatar () is expressed through the suffixes -дан or -дән or -тан or -тән or -нан or -нән:
Өй - өйдән
House - from/off the house
Turkish
The ablative in Turkish (-den hali or ayrılma hali) is expressed through the suffix -den (which changes to -dan, -ten or -tan to accommodate the vowel and voicing harmony):
Ev – evden
House – from/off the house
At – attan
Horse – from/off the horse
Taşımak – taşımaktan
To carry – from/off carrying
Ses – sesten
Sound/volume – from/off sound/volume
In some situations simple ablative can have a "because of" meaning; in these situations, ablative can be optionally followed by the postposition dolayı "because of".
Yüksek sesten (dolayı) rahatsız oldum. / I was uneasy because of high volume.
Tungusic
Manchu
The ablative in Manchu is expressed through the suffix -ci and can also be used to express comparisons. It is usually not directly attached to its parent word.
Evenki
The ablative in Evenki is expressed with the suffix -duk.
See also
Allative case
Delative case
Locative case
Further reading
References
Grammatical cases
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Robert Lorenzo Dozier, Jr. (born November 6, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
College career
In the 2007–08 season, Dozier started in all games with Memphis, along with the Memphis Tigers' future NBA players Derrick Rose, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Joey Dorsey, and Antonio Anderson. He was a key part in the Tigers' 2008 success, which ended in a loss to the Kansas Jayhawks in the championship game of the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
Professional career
Dozier was the last player drafted in the 2009 NBA draft, selected 60th overall pick by the Miami Heat. He then signed a contract with the Greek League club Colossus Rhodes. In November 2010 he signed with PAOK B.C. In July 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Cholet Basket.
Dozier played for the Miami Heat in the 2012 NBA Summer League.
Dozier signed with the Miami Heat on September 27, 2012 but was waived by the team on October 21, 2012. Three weeks later, on November 7, 2012 he signed a one-month contract by Spanish squad Cajasol.
Dozier joined the Alaska Aces as its designated "import player" for the 2013 Commissioner's Cup season in the Philippine Basketball Association. Providing size and rebounding relief, he spurred an impressive postseason run for the Aces which culminated in a 3-game Finals sweep of the Barangay Ginebra Kings for the 2013 Commissioner's Cup Title. During Games 1 and 2 of the Finals, Dozier collected 42 combined rebounds and posted a game-high 27 points in the clincher while outdueling fellow American import Vernon Macklin in the championship round. He was named Best Import of Commissioners Cup on Game 3. He came back on the league for the same team at 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup but they failed to defend their title.
In October 2014, he signed with Al Shabab Dubai of United Arab Emirates for the 2014–15 season.
On October 23, 2015, he signed with Le Mans Sarthe Basket of the French LNB Pro A. On December 28, 2015, he left Le Mans. On January 2, 2016, Dozier signed again with Alaska Aces as the team's import for the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup.
In August 2016, Dozier signed with SAN-EN NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League.
See also
List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 145 games played
References
External links
Draftexpress.com Profile
NBADraft.net Profile
NBA.com Draft Profile
Memphis Tigers Profile
1985 births
Living people
Alaska Aces (PBA) players
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Japan
American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
American expatriate basketball people in the United Arab Emirates
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
Real Betis Baloncesto players
Cholet Basket players
Greek Basket League players
Iwate Big Bulls players
Kolossos Rodou B.C. players
Le Mans Sarthe Basket players
Liga ACB players
Memphis Tigers men's basketball players
Miami Heat draft picks
P.A.O.K. BC players
People from Lithonia, Georgia
Philippine Basketball Association imports
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters players
Power forwards (basketball)
San-en NeoPhoenix players
Sportspeople from DeKalb County, Georgia
American men's 3x3 basketball players
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Auchecranon is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Auchecranon elegans, is found in Kenya. Both the genus and species were first described by Emilio Berio in 1979.
References
Acronictinae
Monotypic moth genera
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Anthurium holm-nielsenii is a species of plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
Endemic flora of Ecuador
holm-nielsenii
Near threatened plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Maurice Heenan (8 October 1912 – 26 September 2000) was a New Zealand-born barrister and solicitor, who served as Attorney General of Hong Kong and as a senior lawyer for the United Nations.
Early life
Born to David Donnoghue Heenan (died 1942), and Ann Heenan (née Frame; died 1976), Heenan attended Ashburton High School and then the Canterbury College, University of New Zealand, earning an LLB. Heenan was a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand from 1937 through 1939. From 1940 to 1946 he was a major in the 2nd NZEF and saw active service in the Western Desert, Libya, Cyrenaica and Italy and was mentioned in dispatches. In 1944, he was selected to attend Staff College, Camberley in the UK where he was awarded the Staff College Award.
It was in London that he met his future wife, Claire Gabriela Stephanie (née Ciho), daughter of Emil Ciho (died 1975) and Irene (née Rotbauer; died 1950) of Trenčín, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Claire Ciho, who was attending a summer course for foreign students at Oxford, was one of the first students permitted by the Czechoslovakian government to attend a foreign college after the war. . The couple wed in 1951; they had two daughters.
Overseas legal career
In 1946, Heenan was appointed to British Overseas Civil Service and was Crown Counsel for the Palestine Mandate in Jerusalem until 1948. He was transferred to Hong Kong in 1948 and in 1952 was appointed Senior Crown Counsel. He acted as Solicitor General of Hong Kong and Attorney General of Hong Kong at various times. In 1961 he was appointed, first Solicitor General of Hong Kong and then, two months later, Attorney General of Hong Kong. He served as Attorney General until 1966. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1962 while serving as Attorney General.
In 1966, he became the Deputy Director of the General Legal Division (United Nations Office of Legal Affairs), Offices of the Secretary General, United Nations. On his departure from Hong Kong Michael Gass, the Acting Governor, thanked Heenan for his service at the last meeting of the Legislative Council he attended.
Heenan served as Deputy Director of the General Legal Division until 1973, when he was named General Counsel for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian Refugees in Beirut, Lebanon.
Awards
In 1966 he was inducted into the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) at Buckingham Palace in London.
Clubs and recreations
In Hong Kong, he was a member of the Hong Kong Club, the Hong Kong Cricket Club and Hong Kong Lawn Tennis Association. He was also a voting member of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He was a member of the Country Club of New Canaan in America.
His recreations included rugby, tennis, squash, skiing and golf.
Last years and death
In 1977, he retired to his home in New Canaan, Connecticut. He died in 2000, aged 87, and was survived by his wife, two daughters and several grandchildren.
References
Sources
Debrett's Distinguished People of Today; edited by David Williamson & Patricia Ellis. Debrett's Peerage Ltd.: 1988, p. 497
Who's Who U.K.–An Annual Biographical Dictionary published annually since 1849. A & C Black: London, England, 2000, p. 928
Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966; site visited 2 August 2009.
Who is Who in the United Nations and Related Agencies. Arno Press/A New York Times Company: New York, U.S., 1975, p. 247; site visited 2 August 2009
Debrett's Handbook (eds Suzanne Duke, Dawn Henderson, Antonia Gaisford-St. Lawrence), Debrett's Peerage Ltd.: London, England, 1984, p. 904
1912 births
2000 deaths
New Zealand Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
20th-century New Zealand lawyers
British officials of the United Nations
New Zealand Army personnel
New Zealand emigrants to the United States
New Zealand people of World War II
University of Canterbury alumni
Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
Hong Kong civil servants
Attorneys General of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Queen's Counsel
People from Wyndham, New Zealand
People educated at Ashburton College
New Zealand officials of the United Nations
Solicitors General of Hong Kong
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Fekišovce () is a village and municipality in the Sobrance District in the Košice Region of east Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1391.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 121 metres and covers an area of 4.758 km2.
It has a population of about 300 people.
Culture
The village has a public library.
Local Politics
Despite its small population, the village became well known in Slovakia after the inaugural municipal council meeting on 10 December 2018. During the meeting, the local mayor Miloslava Fedorová was very strict to her colleagues and treated them like incompetent children. The council meeting was seen by many third parties as chaotic and absurd; her interactions with her council members were highly antagonistic, with her forcing the council members to sing the national anthem, overriding their unanimous decisions, or refusing to accept their oath of office unless they've recited it standing up.
The YouTube video of the council meeting went viral on the Slovak internet. The story was covered in major Slovak media outlets, and started a discussion about the political culture in the country. The incident spawned a number of jokes and memes. Slovak Lines, a company operating bus transport, even offered a special trip to Fekišovce for the next municipal council meeting. The offer was posted on the company's Facebook page, and encouraged people to sign up for the trip.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Štátny archív in Prešov, Slovakia"
Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1805–1937 (parish B)
See also
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
External links
http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/fekisovce/fekisovce.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
http://www.fekisovce.sk
Surnames of living people in Fekišovce
Villages and municipalities in Sobrance District
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Sampang language is a subgroup of Central Kiranti languages.
Geographical distribution
Sampang is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue).
Khotang District, Koshi Province (Khotang dialect): Tap Khola river villages, Baspani, Khartamcha, Phedi, and Patheka
Bhojpur District, Koshi Province: in Okharbote around the Lahure Khola river headwaters
Syam Khola area: Kimalung, Nigale, Talakharka, and Surke
Dingla Bazaar: a few elderly speakers use the Phali dialect in Bhojpur District, Koshi Province
Sampang language more
The different branch of Sampang people
Tomiha sampang
Rana Sampang
Samaru Sampang
Bhalu Sampang
Wakchalee Sampang
Repsona Sampang
Rangkham Sampang
Rodu sampang
Herang Sampang
Maremlung Sampang
Damrewa Sampang
Bali Sampang
samring sampang
References
Languages of Nepal
Kiranti languages
Languages of Koshi Province
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Gladkino () is a rural locality (a village) in Arkhangelskoye Rural Settlement, Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 3 as of 2002.
Geography
Gladkino is located 21 km northwest of Sokol (the district's administrative centre) by road. Savkino is the nearest rural locality.
References
Rural localities in Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast
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Brian Ainscough is a soccer coach, who last coached the men's soccer team at Northeastern University from 2005 to 2014. He compiled a 79-80-33 overall record, including a 27-16-12 mark in conference play. He transformed the Huskies soccer program into one of the best in the CAA, posting four straight top 5 finishes in conference play. His best success came in 2009, when the team went 10–8–1, including an 8–3–1 mark in conference play. He has led the team to back-to-back finals appearances in the CAA tournament, narrowly missing the NCAA tournament both years.
He was previously the head men's soccer coach at Providence College, where he coached the Friars for four years. He turned around the Friars program, which was then considered one of the worst in the Big East, and guided them to a 9–9–1 record his final year. In 1998, his Friars made the Big East tournament for the first time in over a decade. He started his coaching career as an assistant at Villanova University in 1991. From 1992 to 1994, he coached under Ed Kelly at Boston College.
External links
http://www.gonu.com/coaches.aspx?rc=80&path=msoc
Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Association footballers from Dublin (city)
Men's association football midfielders
Boston College Eagles men's soccer coaches
Northeastern Huskies men's soccer coaches
Providence Friars men's soccer coaches
Villanova Wildcats men's soccer coaches
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Republic of Ireland association football managers
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's soccer players
New Jersey Eagles players
Penn-Jersey Spirit players
Bowdoin Polar Bears men's soccer coaches
Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers
Republic of Ireland expatriate association football managers
Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
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Victor Manuel Herrera Piggott (born 18 April 1980) is a Panamanian football midfielder.
Club career
Herrera played for several clubs in Panama as well as abroad. In July 2002 he joined Colombian side Millonarios but in October 2002, he was fired by the club for underperforming. He also had a spell in El Salvador with Luis Ángel Firpo and in Puerto Rican football with Puerto Rico Islanders and Sevilla PR.
International career
Herrera has been a member of all the youth processes of the Panama national team.
Nicknamed el Negro, he made his debut for Panama in a January 2000 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 32 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country at the 2007 and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cups.
His final international was a December 2010 friendly match against Honduras.
International goals
Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
Personal life
Herrera is a nephew of former Panama international player Percival Piggott. He was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2013.
Honors
Club
ANAPROF (2): 2000, 2006
Puerto Rico Soccer League (1): 2008
National team
UNCAF Nations Cup Runner-Up (1): 2007
UNCAF Nations Cup Champions (1): 2009
References
External links
Profile - PR Islanders
highlights
1980 births
Living people
Footballers from Panama City
Men's association football wingers
Panamanian men's footballers
Panama men's international footballers
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Panamá Viejo F.C. players
Sporting San Miguelito players
Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
Club Necaxa footballers
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers
Millonarios F.C. players
San Francisco F.C. players
Puerto Rico Islanders players
Sevilla FC Puerto Rico players
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador
Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico
Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico
USL First Division players
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Beyblade Burst Evolution, known in Japan as Beyblade Burst God (ベイブレードバースト神, Beiburēdo Bāsuto Kami (Goddo)), is a 2017 anime series and the second season of Beyblade Burst. The series was produced by D-rights and TV Tokyo and animated by OLM, and it premiered on all TXN stations in Japan on April 3, 2017. An English dub of the anime premiered on Teletoon in Canada on November 4, 2017 and on Disney XD in the United States on December 4, 2017. The opening theme is "Evolution Burst!" The ending themes are "Beyxercise" for the first 26 episodes and "Beyxercise 2" for the remainder of the series.
Episode list
References
Burst Season 2
2017 Japanese television seasons
2018 Japanese television seasons
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The S-IVB (pronounced "S-four-B") was the third stage on the Saturn V and second stage on the Saturn IB launch vehicles. Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, it had one J-2 rocket engine. For lunar missions it was fired twice: first for Earth orbit insertion after second stage cutoff, and then for translunar injection (TLI).
History
The S-IVB evolved from the upper stage of the Saturn I rocket (the S-IV) and was the first stage of the Saturn V to be designed. The S-IV used a cluster of six RL-10 engines but used the same fuels as the S-IVB – liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. It was also originally meant to be the fourth stage of a planned rocket called the C-4, hence the name S-IV.
Eleven companies submitted proposals for being the lead contractor on the stage by the deadline of 29 February 1960. NASA administrator T. Keith Glennan decided on 19 April that Douglas Aircraft Company would be awarded the contract. Convair had come in a close second but Glennan did not want to monopolize the liquid hydrogen-fueled rocket market as Convair was already building the Centaur stage of the Atlas-Centaur rocket.
In the end, the Marshall Space Flight Center decided to use the C-5 rocket (later called the Saturn V), which had three stages and would be topped with an uprated S-IV called the S-IVB featuring a single J-2 engine, as opposed to the cluster of 6 RL-10 engines on the S-IV. Douglas was awarded the contract for the S-IVB because of the similarities between it and the S-IV. At the same time, it was decided to create the C-IB rocket (Saturn IB) that would also use the S-IVB as its second stage and could be used for testing the Apollo spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
12 200-series and 16 500-series S-IVB stages were built, alongside 3 test stages. NASA was working on acquiring 4 additional 200-series stages (as part of 4 new Saturn IB rockets, SA-213 to 216), but funding never materialized and the order was canceled in August 1968 before S-IVB hardware was assembled. Similarly, an order for two additional 500-series stages (for Saturn V rockets 516 and 517) was canceled around the same time.
Configuration
Douglas built two distinct versions of the S-IVB, the 200 series and the 500 series. The 200 series was used by the Saturn IB and differed from the 500 in that it did not have a flared interstage and it had less helium pressurization on board since it did not have to be restarted. In the 500 series, the interstage needed to flare out to match the larger diameter of the S-IC and S-II stages of the Saturn V. The 200 series also had three solid rockets for separating the S-IVB stage from the S-IB stage during launch. On the 500 series this was reduced to two, and two small Auxiliary Propulsion System (APS) thruster modules were added as ullage motors for restarting the J-2 engine and to provide attitude control during coast phases of flight.
The S-IVB carried of liquid oxygen (LOX), massing . It carried of liquid hydrogen (LH2), massing . Empty mass was
Auxiliary Propulsion System
Attitude control was provided by J-2 engine gimbaling during powered flight and by the two APS modules during coast. APS modules were used for three-axis control during coast phases, roll control during J-2 firings, and ullage for the second ignition of the J-2 engine. Each APS module contained two thrusters providing thrust for roll and pitch, another thruster for yaw, and one thruster for ullage. Each module contained its own propellant tanks of dinitrogen tetroxide and monomethyl hydrazine as well as compressed helium to pressurize its propellants.
Uses
A surplus S-IVB tank, serial number 212, was converted into the hull for
Skylab, the first American space station. Skylab was launched on a Saturn V on May 14, 1973, and it eventually reentered the atmosphere on July 11, 1979. A second S-IVB, serial number 515, was also converted into a backup Skylab, but this one never flew.
During the missions of Apollo 13, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17, the S-IVB stages were crashed into the Moon to perform seismic measurements used for characterizing the lunar interior.
Stages built
(* See List of artificial objects on the Moon for location.)
Derivatives
The second stage of the Ares I rocket and the proposed Earth Departure Stage (EDS) would have had some of the characteristics of the S-IVB stage, as both would have had an uprated J-2 engine, called the J-2X, with the latter performing the same functions as that of the Series 500 version of the stage (placing the payload into orbit, and later firing the spacecraft into trans-lunar space).
The MS-IVB was a proposed modification of the S-IVB that would have been used on a Mars flyby, but it was never produced.
See also
S-IC
S-II
S-IV
Saturn IB
Saturn V
Apollo (spacecraft)
List of artificial objects on the Moon
References
Marshall Space Flight Center, Apollo Systems Description Volume II - Saturn Launch Vehicles, 1 February 1964. (Archived copy, pdf)
External links
NASA New Reference: Saturn third stage
Apollo program
Rocket stages
Impactor spacecraft
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List of Chi Psi members
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Following is a list of Chi Psi members that includes notable initiates of Chi Psi.
Academics and museums
Stephen Ambrose, historian, author, and professor of history at the University of New Orleans
William Miller Collier, President of George Washington University, United States Ambassador to Spain, United States Ambassador to Chile
Kirk Johnson, paleontologist, author, curator, museum administrator, and Sant Director of Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Art and architecture
Temple Hoyne Buell, architect
Charles Luckman, architect of Madison Square Garden, among other projects
Business
James Ford Bell, founder of General Mills
Mark Bingham, public relations executive and one of the members of Flight 93 credited with trying to thwart September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by overpowering the hijackers.
Clarence Birdseye, inventor of frozen food products
Daniel Burke, former President and Chairman of the RT French Company (i.e., "French's Mustard"
Steve Culbertson, President and CEO, Youth Service America
Robert Hugh Daniel, founder of Daniel International Corporation
David Gardner, founder of The Motley Fool
Richard Jenrette, founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr. – Former President of S.C. Johnson & Son
Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr. – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of S.C. Johnson & Son from 1967 – 1988.
Herbert Fisk Johnson III – Current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of S.C. Johnson & Son
Edmund C. Lynch, Jr., son to co-founder of financial services firm Merrill Lynch
Paul Mellon, banker, philanthropist, and thoroughbred racehorse owner
Charles Edward Merrill, co-founder of financial services firm Merrill Lynch
Hubertus van der Vaart, Rhodes Scholar, and co-founder/Chairman of SEAF (Small Enterprise Assistance Funds)
Kemmons Wilson, founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels
Clergy
Joshua Young, D.D. (1823–1904), Unitarian minister of national renown, abolitionist
Entertainment
Eddie Albert, actor known for his role on Green Acres
Buddy Ebsen, actor known for The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones
John Gavin, actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild, and United States Ambassador to Mexico
Allan Jones, movie producer
Paul Lieberstein, actor best known for his role on the American version of The Office
Jerry Mathers, actor best known for his role on Leave It To Beaver
Steve Miller, musician known for the Steve Miller Band
Boz Scaggs, musician
Fred Weller, movie, television, and stage actor
Government
Nicholas F. Brady, United States Secretary of the Treasury
Richard Helms, 8th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Stansfield Turner, 12th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and United States Navy Admiral
Law
Albert S. Bard, lawyer and civic activist, 4th president of Chi Psi
Melville Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States
William Henry Gates, Sr., attorney, philanthropist, and father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates
Elbridge Thomas Gerry, lawyer, reformer, and second president of Chi Psi
Randolph D. Moss, former United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; established the legal justification for the targeted killing of terrorist leaders in foreign lands.
Thomas Tongue, Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
Military
Captain Morris Brown, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient
James Chatham Duane, United States Army Brigadier General, one of Chi Psi's national founders; US Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers from October 1886, to June 1888
Ross T. Dwyer, United States Marine Corps Major General
Daniel W. Hand, U.S. Army brigadier general
Robert E. Kelley, United States Air Force General and former Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
Henry Martyn Porter, Colonel in the Vermont Infantry and Provost Marshal for the city of New Orleans
Philip Spencer, a Chi Psi's national founder and the center of the alleged incident of mutiny aboard the USS Somers; hanged at sea without a court-martial.
Stansfield Turner, United States Navy Admiral and director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Politics
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Horatio C. Burchard, United States Congressman from Illinois, 13th Director of the United States Mint, and father of the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Arne Carlson, 37th Governor of Minnesota
Sean Casten, United States Congressman from Illinois
William Miller Collier, United States Ambassador to Spain, United States Ambassador to Chile, and the president of George Washington University.
Roy A. Cooper, North Carolina Attorney General and later Governor of North Carolina
Jim Cooper, United States Congressman from Tennessee
Orville Freeman, 29th Governor of Minnesota
John Gavin, United States Ambassador to Mexico, actor, and president of the Screen Actors Guild
H. John Heinz III, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
John Newton Hungerford, United States Congressman from New York
Richard Lamm, Governor of Colorado
John S. Pillsbury, 8th Governor of Minnesota
William Proxmire, United States Senator from Wisconsin
Thomas Brackett Reed, 36th and 38th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
William Scranton, Governor of Pennsylvania and 38th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Edward S. Walker, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt, and the UAE; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
Sports
Bill Belichick, National Football League Head Coach, New England Patriots
Buzz Calkins, IRL driver
Russ Francis, National Football League tight end, New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers, 3-time Pro-Bowler
Buckshot Jones, NASCAR driver
Eric Mangini, National Football League Head Coach, Cleveland Browns
Waite Hoyt, New York Yankees pitcher, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
Hugh McElhenny, NFL running back, Hall of Famer
Rob Oppenheim, PGA TOUR Professional Golfer
Augie Pabst III, race car driver
Vic Seixas, professional tennis player, Davis Cup winner
Jeff Torborg, Major League Baseball catcher and manager
Van Earl Wright, sportscaster
Riley Davis, college basketball writer
Paul Arthur Sorg, famous horseman of the early 1900s, multi-millionaire, banker, paper mfg.
Edwin W. Lee, college football player and coach, attorney, state court judge
Literature and journalism
Stephen Ambrose, historian, author, and professor of history at the University of New Orleans
Taylor Branch, magazine editor and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy chronicling the life of Martin Luther King
Lee Hawkins, author, journalist, musician
Kenneth Roberts, historical novelist
Clinton Scollard, poet and writer of fiction in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Richard Wilbur, poet, two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
References
Lists of members of North American Interfraternity Conference members by society
Chi Psi
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Northeast Iowa Community College
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Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) is a public community college with two main campuses in Iowa, one in Calmar and one in Peosta. The college serves the Iowa counties of Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek, Dubuque, and Delaware counties. It also includes sections of Bremer, Buchanan, Jones, Jackson, and Mitchell counties. NICC also has a satellite campus in downtown Dubuque.
Originally, the school was known as Northeast Iowa Technical Institute (NITI). The school became a community college in 1988 and was renamed. The school is authorized by the Iowa Board of Education to award the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degrees as well as the GED. It offers programs in a number of vocational fields, as well as transfer programs for students wishing to continue their education at four-year institutions. The school had worked with the University of Dubuque to provide a transfer option for students looking to transfer to four-year programs. The Peosta Campus houses the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS), a nationally accredited agricultural training center.
As part of a three-day Midwestern bus tour, President Barack Obama traveled to the college with members of his cabinet to host the White House Rural Economic Forum on August 16, 2011. The college also hosted President Donald Trump for an economic roundtable in July 2018.
References
External links
Education in Winneshiek County, Iowa
Education in Dubuque County, Iowa
Community colleges in Iowa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976%20Swedish%20Open
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1976 Swedish Open
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The 1976 Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts held in Båstad, Sweden. It was a Three Star category tournament and part of the Grand Prix circuit. It was the 29th edition of the tournament and was held from 4 July through 11 July 1976. Unseeded Tonino Zugarelli won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Tonino Zugarelli defeated Corrado Barazzutti 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Doubles
Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart defeated Wojciech Fibak / Juan Gisbert 6–3, 6–4
References
External links
ITF tournament edition details
Swedish Open
Swedish Open
Swedish Open
July 1976 sports events in Europe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadkill%20%28Kill%20the%20Drive%20album%29
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Roadkill (Kill the Drive album)
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Roadkill is the first full-length studio album by Israeli punk band Kill the Drive, released on December 6, 2006.
It is the band's only album with guitarist Lavy Josephson who left the band in 2007, though he also appeared on the band's earlier demo Short Notice, which was released in February 2006.
Track listing
Personnel
Eyal Reiner - lead vocals, bass
Lavy Josephson - guitar, backing vocals
Gideon Berger - drums, percussion
References
2006 albums
Kill the Drive albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nithya%20Das
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Nithya Das
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Nithya Das is an Indian actress who works prominently in Malayalam cinema along with Malayalam and Tamil television series.
Career
Das was active in the film industry during the early-2000s. She started her career with the 2001 film Ee Parakkum Thalika, directed by Thaha and starring Dileep. After this successful film, she acted with Kalabhavan Mani in Kanmashi. Her other films in Malayalam include Balettan, Choonda, Hridayathil Sookshikkan, Nagaram, Soorya Kireedam and Nariman. She was selected from many applicants in a talent search program of the film industry. She acted in television serials in Surya TV, Kairali TV, Sun TV and Jaya TV. She makes a comeback to the Malayalam film industry after fourteen years through the movie Pallimani which will be released in 2023.
Personal life
Nithya Das married Arvind Singh Jamwal. Nithya met him in 2005 when she was traveling to Chennai on Indian Airlines and Arvind was a member of the flight crew. The couple have two children. Initially, they settled in Kashmir and then moved to Kozhikode.
Filmography
All films in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted
Television
Series
Shows
References
External links
Nithya Das at MSI
Living people
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Indian film actresses
Actresses from Kozhikode
21st-century Indian actresses
Indian television actresses
Actresses in Tamil television
Actresses in Malayalam television
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses in Tamil cinema
1981 births
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCll%C3%BCbah%C3%A7e%2C%20S%C3%B6ke
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Güllübahçe, Söke
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Güllübahçe is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,324 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).
References
Neighbourhoods in Söke District
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Anna Amalia Bergendahl
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Anna Amalia Bergendahl (1827–1899) was a Dutch author, publisher, philanthropist and abolitionist. She played a significant part in the Dutch Abolitionist movement, known for her public campaign and funding for the issue at the time of the abolition of slavery in the Dutch colonial empire.
In 1856, she founded the abolitionist society 'Dames-Comité ter Bevordering van de Evangelieverkondiging en de Afschaffing der Slavernij', an association for women with the purpose of the abolition of the slavery in Dutch Surinam.
References
Dutch abolitionists
19th-century Dutch businesspeople
19th-century Dutch writers
Dutch philanthropists
Dutch publishers (people)
19th-century publishers (people)
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1899 deaths
19th-century philanthropists
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Zamri-Gora
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Zamri-Gora () is the highest point of Moscow Oblast, standing at above sea level. It is located near the village of Shapkino, Mozhaysky District and is also the highest point of the Moscow Uplands.
Zamri-Gora is a sacred mountain of the Early Slavs, with which their legends and traditions are associated. On Kupala Night, buffoons from all over Muscovy were drawn to Zamri-Gora. They arranged their performances, and the Magi made fires and performed rituals. The buffoons kept a silver mask in a treasured hiding place.
On 25 November 2017, the grand opening of the Zamri-Gora memorial stone, installed on the initiative and at the expense of members of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society, took place. The weight of the stone is five tons, it has a commemorative plaque.
See also
List of highest points of Russian federal subjects
References
Landforms of Moscow Oblast
Mountains of Russia
Highest points of Russian federal subjects
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotosh%C5%8Dh%C5%8D%20Yoshinari
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is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kashiwa, Chiba. He made his debut in November 2017 and reached the top makuuchi division in May 2020. He wrestles for Sadogatake stable. His highest rank has been maegashira 3. He was runner-up in the January 2023 tournament, also winning the Fighting Spirit prize.
Career
He began sumo in the first grade of elementary school, and won the national junior high school championship in his third year of junior high. He went to Saitama Sakae High School, famous for its sumo program, and was classmates with Naya and Tsukahara. After graduating from high school he joined Sadogatake stable, recruited by ex-sekiwake Kotonowaka, to whom he had a connection as Kotonowaka's eldest son was a fellow member of Kashiwa City's boys sumo club. He made his professional debut in November 2017, using the shikona of , based on his own name. In his first tournament on the banzuke in January 2018 he took part in a playoff with Tsukahara for the jonokuchi division championship after both finished with a 6–1 record. He reached the makushita division in September 2018 and although he was unable to secure a winning record he returned to makushita in January 2019 and five straight winning records saw him reach elite sekitori status after the September 2019 tournament. To mark the occasion he changed his shikona to Kotoshōhō Yoshinari.
Kotoshōhō won the jūryō division yūshō or championship with a 12–3 record in March 2020, only his third tournament in the division, and this earned him promotion to the top division for the Natsu tournament scheduled for May 2020. He has been praised by commentators for his calm demeanour and his maturity in the dohyō despite being only 20 years of age at the time of his promotion. Three further winning records brought him to the joi-jin rank of maegashira 3 for the January 2021 tournament, where he managed only two wins facing top-ranked opposition. He missed several days of the March 2021 tournament due to injury, only managing to record one win, and he was demoted back to jūryō for the May 2021 tournament. He won his second jūryō division championship in January 2022 with an 11–4 record, and returned to the top division for the March 2022 tournament.
He secured a winning record of 9–6 there, but then had losing records in the next four tournaments. From the rank of maegashira 13 in January 2023, he entered the final day level with ōzeki Takakeishō on 11–3, and fought him for the championship in the final match of the tournament, the first maegashira to be in such a position since 15-day tournaments were established in 1949. Although he was defeated and missed out on the Outstanding Performance award, he did receive the Fighting Spirit award for his 11–4 performance, the best of his career. Kotoshōhō withdrew on Day 10 of the May 2023 tournament due to a patellar subluxation in his left knee, after having suffered eight consecutive defeats. He also had sprained his right ankle during the spring jungyō. He nevertheless expressed his desire to return to the competition and was later scheduled to return on Day fourteen.
Fighting style
According to his Japan Sumo Association profile, Kotoshoho prefers a migi-yotsu (left hand outside, right hand inside grip on his opponent’s mawashi and his most common winning kimarite are yori-kiri (force out) and oshi dashi (push out).
Personal life
Kotoshōhō has a younger brother who also wrestles as a professional in the same stable under the ring name Kototebakari, a shikona inspired by both brothers' real surname.
In June 2023, Kotoshōhō held a press conference at Ryōgoku Kokugikan to announce his engagement to a woman of the same age, living in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, to whom he proposed after the May 2023 tournament. Although he and his wife don't plan to live together until August of the same year, it was announced in July that the couple were expecting their first child, a boy.
Career record
See also
List of active sumo wrestlers
List of sumo tournament top division runners-up
List of sumo second division tournament champions
Glossary of sumo terms
References
External links
1999 births
Living people
Japanese sumo wrestlers
Sumo people from Chiba Prefecture
Sadogatake stable sumo wrestlers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czerniewo
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Czerniewo
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Czerniewo may refer to the following places in Poland:
Czerniewo, Masovian Voivodeship
Czerniewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship
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Michigan Supreme Court
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The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is Michigan's court of last resort and consists of seven justices. The Court is located in the Michigan Hall of Justice at 925 Ottawa Street in Lansing, the state capital.
Operations
Each year, the Court receives approximately 2,000 new case filings. In most cases, the litigants seek review of Michigan Court of Appeals decisions, but the Supreme Court also hears cases of attorney misconduct (through a bifurcated disciplinary system comprising an investigation and prosecution agency – the Attorney Grievance Commission – and a separate adjudicative agency – the Attorney Discipline Board), judicial misconduct (through the Judicial Tenure Commission), as well as a small number of matters over which the Court has original jurisdiction.
The Court issues a decision by order or opinion in all cases filed with it. Opinions and orders of the Court are reported in an official publication, Michigan Reports, as well as in Thomson West's privately published North Western Reporter.
Administration of the courts
The Court's other duties include overseeing the operations of all state trial courts. It is assisted in this endeavor by the State Court Administrative Office, one of its agencies. The Court's responsibilities also include a public comment process for changes to court rules, rules of evidence and other administrative matters. The court has broad superintending control power over all the state courts in Michigan.
Article 6, Section 30 of the Michigan Constitution creates the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission. This is an agency within the judiciary, having jurisdiction over allegations of judicial misconduct, misbehavior, and infirmity. The Supreme Court is given original, superintending control power, and appellate jurisdiction over the issue of penalty (up to and including removal of judges from office).
History
The Michigan Supreme Court can be dated back to the Supreme Court of Michigan Territory, established in 1805 with three justices. These justices served for indefinite terms. In 1823, the terms of justices were limited to four years.
The Michigan Supreme Court was the only court created by the first Michigan constitution in 1835. It had three members and each also oversaw one of the three judicial circuits, located in Detroit, Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo. The court needed a quorum of two to operate and members were appointed to seven-year terms by the governor with the consent of the senate. In 1838, Justice William A. Fletcher proposed a new plan for the court that the legislature approved. This increased the number of circuits to four and thus expanded the bench to four justices, but left the quorum at two.
In 1848, the court was expanded to five justices and the 1850 Michigan constitution provided that they be elected for six-year terms. In 1858, the Circuit Courts were split from the Supreme Court, so justices now only served on the Michigan Supreme Court and reduced its size to only four justices, one of whom was the Chief Justice.
In 1887, the court was expanded to five justices each serving for ten years. The court was again expanded in 1903 to eight justices serving terms of eight years. In 1964, the new state constitution provided that the next justice to leave the court would not be replaced to reduce the court to seven members, which was achieved when Justice Theodore Souris declined to run for re-election in 1968, leaving the court with seven members since January 1, 1969.
Composition
The Supreme Court consists of seven justices who are elected to eight-year terms. Candidates are nominated by political parties and are elected on a nonpartisan ballot. Supreme Court candidates must be qualified electors, licensed to practice law in Michigan for at least five years, and under 70 years of age at the time of election. Vacancies are filled by appointment of the Governor until the next general election. Every two years, the justices elect a member of the Court to serve as Chief Justice.
The Michigan Constitution allows vacancies on the state Supreme Court to be initially filled by the Governor, with that appointee serving until the next general election, at which time the elected winner is seated to fill the remaining portion of the vacated term.
Current justices
Following the 2012 election, the court had a 4–3 conservative Republican majority, with Robert P. Young Jr. serving as Chief Justice. After the resignation of Justice Diane Hathaway and appointment of David Viviano in 2013, there was a 5–2 Republican majority. After the 2018 election, the court reverted to a 4–3 conservative Republican majority with the election of Megan Cavanagh.
In 2020, Bridget Mary McCormack was re-elected as Chief Justice and Elizabeth M. Welch was elected as Justice, giving the Democrats a 4–3 majority on the court starting January 1, 2021. This also made the court majority female for the fourth time in state history.
The current justices of the Michigan Supreme Court are:
See also
Judiciary of Michigan
References
Further reading
External links
Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court Commentary
Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society
Michigan state courts
Buildings and structures in Lansing, Michigan
1837 establishments in Michigan
Legal history of Michigan
Michigan
Courts and tribunals established in 1837
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Man and Culture
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Man and Culture: An Evaluation of the Work of Malinowski is a 1957 book dedicated to the life and work of Polish anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski, edited by Raymond Firth and published by Humanities Press International.
References
1957 non-fiction books
Bronisław Malinowski
Books about scientists
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Cap-Rouge trestle
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The Cap-Rouge trestle () is a railway trestle bridge inaugurated in 1908 and still in use in the community of Cap-Rouge, part of the borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was commissioned in 1906 as a section of the National Transcontinental Railway to span the Rivière du Cap Rouge valley and connect the eastbound railway with the newly built and nearby Quebec Bridge. It was built as a steel structure by the Dominion Bridge Company at a total cost of 800 000 Canadian dollars.
At , it is one of the highest structures on which trains are operated in the province of Quebec and as such, has become over the years an attractive location for trespassers. As a response, its points of access have been fenced and a video surveillance system installed. , it is only used by freight trains, at the relatively slow speed of approximately .
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Railway bridges in Quebec
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRA
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ISRA
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ISRA or Isra may refer to:
Al-Isra, 17th chapter of the Quran
Islamic Sciences and Research Academy of Australia
Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles, the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research
International Society for Research on Aggression, a psychology organization
International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance, a financial research institute in Malaysia
Isra and Mi'raj, the journey out and home, an Islamic belief
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babi%C4%8Dka%20Gora
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Babička Gora
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Babička Gora (Бабичка Гора) is a mountain in southern Serbia, near the city of Leskovac. Its highest peak, Kriva buka has an elevation of 1,059 meters above sea level.
Gallery
References
Mountains of Serbia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaza-Escota
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Artaza-Escota
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Artaza-Escota is a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain.
Populated places in Álava
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%20with%20a%20Plan%20%28film%29
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Man with a Plan (film)
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Man With A Plan is an independently produced satire released in 1996, starring dairy farmer and actor Fred Tuttle as himself in a fictional story that finds him running for the U.S. House of Representatives. Since its release, it has remained a local cult classic in Vermont.
Many details of the film can be read as poking fun at certain public figures and groups in Vermont; for example, Fred describes himself as being affiliated with the "Regressive Party," a clear reference to the Vermont Progressive Party. The fictional incumbent Representative William Blachly also bears a definite resemblance to Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. Parts of the film also satirizes American politics in ways that the voice-over narration makes explicit—for example, it is made very clear at the beginning of the film that Fred's main reason in running for office is that he lacks the skills, strength, and education for any other job that would be lucrative enough to pay his father's costly medical bills. It is also made obvious during the campaign section of the film that Fred's victory is entirely the result of his charisma and charm, rather than of any amount of political savvy or wisdom.
Tuttle would go on to run for a seat in the United States Senate in 1998. He won the Republican nomination but was defeated by Democratic incumbent Senator Patrick Leahy, whom Tuttle famously endorsed.
References
External links
BBC News Article: Fred Tuttle
New York Times review
American political comedy films
American political drama films
American mockumentary films
1996 films
Films set in Vermont
Films shot in Vermont
Films about elections
1996 comedy-drama films
American comedy-drama films
1990s English-language films
1990s American films
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Grismore, Indiana
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Grismore is an unincorporated community in Perry Township, Noble County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Geography
Grismore is located at .
References
Unincorporated communities in Noble County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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William Mercer Green
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William Mercer Green (May 2, 1798 – February 13, 1887) was the first Episcopal bishop of Mississippi.
Early life
Green was born in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1798. He was the son of William Green, a North Carolina rice planter, and Mary (Bradley) Green, a woman of Quaker extraction. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1818 and was ordained deacon April 29, 1821. Two years later, on April 20, 1823, Green was ordained priest. He became the rector of St. John's Church in Williamsboro, North Carolina, where he remained for four years. He then moved to Hillsborough, where he was rector of St. Matthew's Church until 1837. In that year, he was appointed chaplain and professor of belles-lettres at the University of North Carolina. He received the degree of D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1845.
Bishop of Mississippi
Green was elected in 1849 as the first bishop of the diocese of Mississippi. He was the 51st bishop in the ECUSA, and was consecrated in St. Andrew's Church, Jackson, Mississippi, February 24, 1850 by Bishops James Hervey Otey, Leonidas Polk, and Nicholas Hamner Cobbs. He consecrated the Chapel of the Cross in 1852. He was among founders of the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1860 and became its chancellor in 1867.
The Episcopal Church in Mississippi grew under Green's leadership, increasing to thirty-three parishes by 1855. During the American Civil War, Bishop Green allied with the Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America. The Battle of Jackson forced Green from the city, and he found the Church destroyed upon his return.
In 1882, in ailing health, Green requested the aid of a coadjutor bishop, and Hugh Miller Thompson was elected to the position.
Green printed a few sermons on "Baptismal Regeneration" and "apostolic succession," as well as an oration on "The Influence of Christianity upon the Welfare of Nations" (1831). He also published a brief "Memoir of the Right Reverend Bishop Ravenscroft, of North Carolina" (1830). His "Life of the Right Reverend Bishop Otey, of Tennessee" (1886) was published posthumously.
Family
Green was twice married: firstly, to Sarah Williams, who died in 1832, leaving five children; and secondly to Charlotte Fleming, who bore him eight more children. Through one of his sons, he was grandfather to William Mercer Green (July 12, 1876 – November 12, 1942), fourth bishop of Mississippi.
Notes
References
External links
Documents by and about Green from Project Canterbury
1798 births
1887 deaths
19th-century Anglican bishops in the United States
People from Wilmington, North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Sewanee: The University of the South administrators
Episcopal bishops of Mississippi
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Scaduto
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Scaduto is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Al Scaduto (1928–2007), American comic strip cartoonist
Anthony Scaduto (1932–2017), American journalist and writer
Antonio Scaduto (born 1977), Italian sprint canoeist
Italian-language surnames
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Inspectors%20General%20of%20the%20Ministry%20of%20Defence%20of%20the%20Russian%20Federation
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List of Inspectors General of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
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The Office of Inspectors General of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ( is a constituent part of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Created in 2008, it numbers around thirty retired senior members of the Russian Armed Forces, usually those with the ranks of marshals of the Soviet Union, generals of the army, admirals of the fleet, marshals of artillery, marshals of aviation, and colonel generals. The membership changes as members die, and new members are appointed. Though members remain retired from the military during their service, they receive a salary.
The original members were presented with their credentials by Deputy Defence Minister at an official ceremony at the Central House of Officers of the Russian Army on 30 December 2008. Among this original group were Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Yazov, army generals Anatoly Betekhtin, Filipp Bobkov, Makhmut Gareev, , Ivan Yefremov, , , Vladimir Lobov, Mikhail Moiseyev, Stanislav Postnikov, , Viktor Samsonov, Vladimir Shuralyov, and , Admirals of the Fleet Ivan Kapitanets, Konstantin Makarov, Vladimir Chernavin and Alexey Sorokin, Marshal of the Artillery , Marshal of Aviation and Colonel General .
Current members
Former members
References
Ministry of Defence (Russia)
Inspectors General
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SCOFF questionnaire
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The SCOFF questionnaire utilizes an acronym in a simple five question test devised for use by non-professionals to assess the possible presence of an eating disorder. It was devised by Morgan et al. in 1999. The original SCOFF questionnaire was devised for use in the United Kingdom, thus the original acronym needs to be adjusted for users in the United States and Canada. The "S" in SCOFF stands for "Sick" which in British English means specifically to vomit. In American English and Canadian English it is synonymous with "ill". The "O" is used in the acronym to denote "one stone". A "stone" is an Imperial unit of weight which made up of 14 lbs (equivalent to 6.35 kg). The letters in the full acronym are taken from key words in the questions:
Sick
Control
One stone (14 lbs/6.5 kg)
Fat
Food
Scoring
One point is assigned for every "yes"; a score greater than two (≥2) indicates a possible case of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.
See also
Body Attitudes Questionnaire
Body Attitudes Test
Eating Attitudes Test
Eating Disorder Examination Interview
Eating Disorder Inventory
Minnesota Eating Behavior Survey
References
External links
Adapted questionnaire online
Eating disorders screening and assessment tools
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Ward No. 24, Kolkata Municipal Corporation
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Ward No. 24, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 4, covering parts of Jorabagan and Pathuriaghata neighbourhoods in North Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
Attempts were made to establish a municipal corporation at Kolkata from the middle of the 19th century. The electoral system was introduced for the first time in 1847, and 4 of the 7 board members were elected by the rate payers. In 1852 the board was replaced by a new one and in 1863 a new body was formed. As per old records, in 1872 there were 25 wards in Kolkata (spellings as in use at that time) – 1. Shyampukur, 2. Kumartuli, 3. Bartala, 4. Sukea Street, 5. Jorabagan, 6. Jorasanko, 7. Barabazar, 8. Kolutola, 9. Muchipara, 10. Boubazar, 11. Padmapukur, 12. Waterloo Street, 13. Fenwick Bazar, 14. Taltala, 15. Kalinga, 16. Park Street, 17. Victoria Terrace, 18. Hastings, 19. Entali, 20. Beniapukur, 21. Baliganj-Tollyganj, 22. Bhabanipur, 23. Alipur, 24.Ekbalpur and 25. Watganj. A new municipal corporation was created in 1876, wherein 48 commissioners were elected and 24 were appointed by the government. With the implementation of the Municipal Consolidation Act of 1888 the area under the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation was enlarged. Certain areas were already there but more parts of them were added (current spellings) - Entally, Manicktala, Beliaghata, Ultadanga, Chitpur, Cossipore, Beniapukur, Ballygunge, Watganj and Ekbalpur, and Garden Reach and Tollygunj. The Calcutta Municipal Act of 1923 brought about important changes. It liberalised the constitution along democratic lines.
The state government superseded the Corporation in 1948 and the Calcutta Municipal Act of 1951 came into force. Adult franchise was introduced in municipal elections in 1962. With the addition of certain areas in the southern parts of the city, the number of wards increased from 75 to 144.
Geography
Ward No. 24 is bordered on the north by Nimtala Ghat Street; on the east by Rabindra Sarani; on the south by Kalikrishna Tagore Road; and on the west by Baisnab Sett Street, Prasanta Kumar Tagore, Jadulal Mallick Road.
The ward is served by Jorabagan police station of Kolkata Police.
Amherst Street Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division of Kolkata Police, i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Ward No. 24, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, had a total population of 19,824, of which 12,264 (62%) were males and 7,560 (38%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,073. The total number of literates in Ward No. 24 was 13,719 (73.16% of the population over 6 years).
Kolkata is the second most literate district in West Bengal. The literacy rate of Kolkata district has increased from 53.0% in 1951 to 86.3% in the 2011 census.
See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate
Census data about mother tongue and religion is not available at the ward level. For district level information see Kolkata district.
According to the District Census Handbook Kolkata 2011, 141 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation formed Kolkata district. (3 wards were added later).
Election highlights
The ward forms a city municipal corporation council electoral constituency and is a part of Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
References
Municipal wards of Kolkata
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Illaena
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Illaena is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Illaena albertisi Breuning, 1956
Illaena dawsoni Breuning, 1970
Illaena exigua (Gahan, 1893)
Illaena exilis Erichson, 1842
Illaena nigrina (Pascoe, 1866)
Illaena occidentalis Breuning, 1974
References
Desmiphorini
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Margaret Wallace
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Margaret Wallace (born May 30, 1967) is an American entrepreneur, gaming and media professional. In 2009, she co-founded Playmatics with Nicholas Fortugno in New York, New York. The company focuses on bringing new kinds of immersive experiences to casual gamers. In 2006, she was named one of the hundred most influential women in the game industry.
Education
While in high school, Wallace participated in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship, which allows students to study a year abroad in Germany. Under the scholarship, she attended a one-month language and cultural preparation course at The Experiment in International Living (now World Learning) in Brattleboro, Vermont and spent her final year of high school at the Gymnasium Mellendorf in Mellendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany.
As an undergraduate, she attended Boston University, where she studied Communication and Philosophy and received a Bachelor of Science with Distinction in 1989. Wallace subsequently studied Communication and Cultural Theory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, earning an MA in 1996.
Career
After Boston, Wallace moved to San Francisco, California, where she became professionally involved in the Internet and gaming, particularly casual games.
PF.Magic
In 1996, Wallace joined PF Magic, a video game developer founded in 1991 and located in San Francisco, CA. Though it developed other types of video games, PF.Magic was arguably best known for its virtual pet games, such as Dogz, Catz, and Oddballz; Wallace participated in the development of:
Catz II: Your Virtual Petz (1997)
Dogz 2: Your Virtual Petz (1997)
Oddballz: Your Wacky Computer Petz (1996)
The Petz Web Fun Pack
Mindscape
After Mindscape, Inc.’s acquisition of PF.Magic in early 1998, Wallace continued employment with the company’s online content group. The Learning Company (TLC) acquired Mindscape, Inc. in March 1998 for $150 million. Mattel soon purchased TLC in 1999 for $3.8 billion, renaming it "Mattel Interactive".
The copyright on the Petz, Oddballz and Babyz titles was eventually acquired by Ubisoft. Currently, Petz is Ubisoft's number six top-selling brand, having sold over thirteen million units to date.
Shockwave.com
In 1999, Wallace joined Shockwave.com—then operating under its early name, Shockrave.com. There she produced some of the company's most popular titles, including Shockwave Tetris, Blix, Shockwave Jigsaw Puzzles, and content for Photo Greetings and Jigsaw Puzzle Maker.
For the 2000 Shockwave Tetris game, Wallace worked closely with Blue Planet Software on staying true to the Tetris brand. She also incorporated a techno soundtrack to this version of Tetris, having a techno version of the Tetris theme song composed. She also worked with Astralwerks Records who provided a track from Q-Burns Abstract Message called "Feng Shui" for the game. Beatnik, Inc. was the primary music provider for this version of Tetris. The game had a unique sonified accompaniment that is customized to a player's individual gameplay and skill level.
Skunk Studios
In 2001, Wallace went on to Co-Found and become chief executive officer of Skunk Studios. Formed by all former employees of Shockwave.com, Skunk Studios was one of the first to call itself a casual game company. Skunk Studios is best known for titles including:
Varmintz
QBeez
QBeez 2
Gutterball
Gutterball 2
Tennis Titans
Tennis Titans 2
Mah Jong Adventures
Spelvin
Word Up
Sveerz
Tamale Loco: Rumble in the Desert II
Rebel Monkey
In 2007, Wallace cofounded and become chief executive officer of Rebel Monkey Inc., a New York City-based entertainment company focused on providing new kinds of real-time immersive play for casual gamers. The company was cofounded with Nicholas Fortugno, lead designer behind the original Diner Dash game brand. In October 2007, the company secured an initial round of investment from Redpoint Ventures. In early 2009, Rebel Monkey announced the launch of casual Massively multiplayer online game CampFu and the Monkey Wrench gaming platform on which it is built.
CampFu
CampFu is an online virtual world with a summer camp theme. Emphasizing collaborative team play and aimed at the teenaged demographic, CampFu officially launched on March 17, 2009, after a beta stage that began in February of the same year. CampFu is free to play, but users can access premium content by purchasing in-world currency called FuCash and/or a VIP membership subscription. Users can also earn Tickets, which can be exchanged for clothing items, by playing CampFu games. Games currently playable include:
Veg-Out
WordMob
Fungeez
Critter Smackdown
Rebel Monkey Inc. closed permanently after it failed to secure subsequent funding during the economic downturn in Summer 2009.
Playmatics
In September 2009, Wallace and Nick Fortugno started a new company focused on game design and development called Playmatics, LLC. In 2010, Playmatics created the Fortugno-designed interactive comic "The Interrogation" for the television series Breaking Bad. The game went on to be recognized for a CableFAX Best of the Web award. Other titles by Playmatics include Disney's The Kingdom Keepers "Race to Save the Magic."
Shadow Government, Inc.
In 2011, Wallace and Fortugno co-founded Shadow Government, Inc along with Philippe Trawnika. Shadow Government, Inc. is dedicated to bringing new forms of social gaming based on gamifying real countries, systems, and worldwide events.
Public speaking
Wallace is a frequent speaker on the state of the industry, business and casual and online games at conferences such as the Game Developers Conference/San Francisco, GC Developers Conference (Leipzig), Casual Connect, The Austin Game Conference, and the LA and NY Games Conference. She delivered a keynote on gamification at nextMedia Toronto. She was also a keynote speaker at the ICEC 2006.
In print
Co-Editor, IGDA Casual Games White Paper 2006
Data Collection, The Social and Cultural Aspects of VCR Use
Interviewee, Creating Casual Games for Profit and Fun
Memberships and affiliations
Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
Steering Committee member for the International Game Developers Association Casual Game Special Interest Group (2005–2008)
Adjunct Faculty of Parsons the New School of Design
Screen Burn Advisory Committee
External links
Playmatics
Shadow Government, Inc.
Rebel Monkey, Inc.
CampFu
Rebel Monkey raises $1M Investment
More details on Rebel Monkey project as it hires CTO
Gamasutra's coverage of Wallace's talk at the Austin Game Developers' Conference 2008—"If You Build It, Will They Come?"
Margaret Wallace interviewed in Gamasutra
Interview with Margaret Wallace in Business Week
Radio Interview with Margaret Wallace for National Association for Women in Technology
Radio Interview with Margaret Wallace on Shift Radio
Interview in Edge Online
Interview with Margaret Wallace in Edge Online
References
Video game businesspeople
1967 births
Living people
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Rank 1 is a Dutch trance group, formed in the Netherlands in 1997. Widely regarded as one of the originators of the Dutch trance sound, the group have produced a number of dancefloor hits since their conception. Although the two members of the group (Benno de Goeij and Piet Bervoets) had worked together before, Rank 1 (a name first used in 1999) was their first project with commercial success.
History
The first Rank 1 release was an EP containing "The Citrus Juicer" and "Black Snow". Their biggest hit commercially was the 1999 track that followed up to that EP called "Airwave", which reached No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 25 in the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. This was later re-released by Rank 1 remixed with added vocals as "Breathing (Airwave 2003)", Rank 1 followed it up 11 years later with a modern style remix of Airwave in 2014 bringing the trance juggernaut into the 21st century. They also provided the base for a mash up with Donna Williams, as "True Love Never Dies", which was later vocally re-recorded using Kelly Llorenna, by Flip & Fill. In 2011, Airwave was voted the number 1 Trance Classic of all time in the Trance Top 1000 poll. In 2013, Airwave reached number 7. Later in 2021, Airwave was ranked #15 in the A State of Trance Top 1000 list.
In September 2000, they performed the track "Many Miles Too Soon" live at Trance Energy as a tribute to the late Miles Stutterheim, younger brother to Duncan Stutterheim, one of the founders of the Dutch event organiser ID&T. A year later this track was released as "Such Is Life", with added vocals by Shanokee and chosen as the anthem of Sensation 2001, the first edition where visitors were asked to appear dressed in white.
A year later they released "Awakening" as the single preceding their debut album "Symsonic". The album was released with a CD containing downtempo versions of Airwave and Such Is Life as well as a some brand new tracks including the title track, a short version of "The Citrus Juicer", "T.T.C.", "Passage To The Unknown", "Still In My Mind" and more. The album also included a DVD with a few videoclips of their singles up till then as well as their live performance at Trance Energy 2002.
2003 saw the re-release of Airwave with vocals by Aino Laos which were written by Jan Lochel. In a recorded interview, Benno explained that Breathing was released to back up the album release in Germany. By the end of the year, Rank 1 finally released their single Symsonic under the new title "It's Up To You", with added vocals by Shanokee. Unlike the classically inspired Album version, these mixes were produced in the more typical 4x4 driven uplifting Trance style, especially the "Instrumental Dub" and "Dub Vocal Mix".
The next year saw the release of the Symsonic album sampler titled "Unreleased Tracks" which contained extended mixes of "Conspiracy", "Cosmomatic" and "Down From The Deep". Shortly thereafter, Rank 1 radically changed their trademark euphoric sound and released an EP containing "Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom", a brand new Tech Trance record which ID&T would later pick up as the Trance Energy 2005 Theme. The flipside contained "After Me", a breaks driven string-laced track. The male vocals on this track were rumored to have been performed by Benno de Goeij himself. This would be the start of Rank 1's radical sound shift every few years which would lead to some genre-blending releases.
In February 2005, Rank 1 performed live at Trance Energy for the third time. During this live show they performed a track which was only made for the event. However, the crowd's reaction to it was so immense that Piet and Benno decided to release it as an official track called "Top Gear". This would happen over the summer with another two-track EP: "Opus 17" was present at the flipside and was a moody Trance track unlike its unique heavy Techno-Techtrance influenced B-side.
In February 2006, Piet was interviewed for a WiLDCHiLD event. In this interview he stated that their second album was in progress and that they had made quite some diverse tunes for it, including a breaks track with the potential title "2 Drunk 2 Funk". As of 2017, this track has not been revealed yet. Piet also clarified about the mysterious unreleased and untitled "Rank 1 vs. Marco V" collaboration track that was also mentioned in the FAQ section of their old website.
There were no official single releases during 2006 but in 2007 both "This World Is Watching Me" (with Armin van Buuren and Kush) and "Life Less Ordinary" (with Alex M.O.R.P.H.) were released. Both tracks mixed Electro-driven beats with Trancey strings and saw yet another sound shift from Rank 1. Life Less Ordinary also received an experimental Rank 1 interpretation in the guise of "A Less Ordinary Rank 1 Remix".
Early 2008 saw them release another Electro-style collaboration, this time it was a collaboration with Jochen Miller, titled "And Then...". Rank 1 made an own version of the track which they titled "Rank 1's Minimal Progressive Techno Electro Trance Mix". It was darker and heavier than the original and had a more Techno-driven twist.
The duos' track: "L.E.D There Be Light", was chosen as the Trance Energy 2009 Anthem, as well as the background track to the 2009 Electric Daisy Carnival commercial. This track combined the soft-loud synth dynamic from And Then with sweeping strings and more Trancey elements. It leaked out in late 2008, which led to the early release of the "Special Download Mix". The track was officially released in February 2009, with remixes by Wippenberg, Marcel Woods as well as an alternative "Laserlight Rework" by Rank 1 themselves. In 2010, the song was formally remixed by Cold Blank. It is the most successful remix to date, reaching No. 10 on Beatport's Top 100 Electro House Chart. It also landed a release on Ministry Of Sound's Trance Nation 2010 compilation. There were also released some another remixes by tyDi & Trent McDermott, Yvan & Dan Daniel and LoKo. Their next track, "Symfo," was the self-titled Sunrise Festival Theme 2009 and was released only five months after L.E.D. There Be Light. This track received remixes by Marcus Schossow and The Prime Sins, as well as a more House-driven "Rank 1's That Side Mix".
In 2010, Rank 1 and Miller released another collaboration which was chosen as the theme to the Polish Entrance 2010 event called "The Great Escape". Armin van Buuren even played it during his short satellite-connection gig during Trance Energy 2010. On February 11, Benno tweeted there would be an alternative non-Trance Rank 1 Remix of The Great Escape but as of 2017, this version has not been revealed yet. Whether it has been cancelled or not remains unclear. Two weeks later, Benno tweeted that they would start their own radioshow. Indeed, April 6 saw the start of their monthly one-hour radioshow "Rank 1's Radio Rush" on Afterhours FM, which is aired every first Tuesday of the month between 20:00 - 21:00 CET. A forum on the Rank 1 Hyve contains an updated track list of all the episodes, as well as a list of the (old) Rank 1 Classics played so far. As the summer approached, another collaboration saw the light of day, this time Rank 1 teamed up with Nic Chagall and Wippenberg to release "100", the self-explanatory track to celebrate High Contrast Recordings reaching the 100th milestone release. The vinyl release of the track was a limited edition pressed on gold.
Similar to 2006, 2011 saw no official single releases.
The two singles to follow this "radio silence" were released in February and March respectively, with the Trouse driven "Wild And Perfect Day" providing their third collaboration with Jochen Miller (with vocal support by Sarah Bettens) whilst "Witness" was their vocal Trance collaboration in tandem with Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren. On April 23 the guys announced they had almost finished a brand new track, so far without vocals. After various cryptic Facebook and Twitter updates alike, on the 15th of October they finally revealed that their third 2012 release would be a Rank 1 solo track called "7 Instead Of 8". The single's title refers to its 7/8 time signature.
On December 21, they revealed a 30-second snippet of their collaboration 'Elements Of Nature' with Belgium Trance artist M.I.K.E. This collaboration was initiated by a Twitter user under the name 'Ramballo'. This single was released by the end of January 2013 and received much positive feedback for its Classic Trance vibe and was even rated an 8.5/10 by the DJ Mag. On March 13, Conjure One revealed that a Rank 1 Remix for his new single "Under The Gun" would debut during Rank 1's set at ASOT #600 in Mumbai. Just one day later, Rank 1 themselves announced a brand new single 'Floorlifter' to debut on the very same event. A month later the Rank 1 Remix for Italian Trance artist Giuseppe Ottaviani's single 'Love Will Bring It All Around' was released. Over the course of the summer, Rank 1 announced to be working on a third single. As October passed by, they revealed their new single titled '13.11.11' which combined the track's duration with its release date and tempo.
Their first 2014 single was released on March 17, a collaboration with the German producer Dennis Sheperd titled 'Freudenrausch'. On August 8, their track Airwave was re-released in a modern 129 BPM rework to celebrate 15 years of the Rank 1 project: 'Airwave (21st Century Mix)' peaked at #4 in the BeatPort Trance Top 100 chart. On December 16, DI.FM aired the 56th Radio Rush episode, which was also the radioshow's finale.
Early 2015 saw M.I.K.E. share an instagram picture of a project he was working on: the title of the project read "MIKEPush vs Rank1 - #JUNO Tracks". On June 18, this collaboration was revealed as the guys' newest collaboration "Juno". It debuted on episode #718 of Armin van Buuren's A State Of Trance Radioshow as 'Tune Of The Week'. On September 13 both Rank 1 and M.I.K.E. tweeted the same cryptic message: a google search of the sentences they both used seemed to be referring to zenith. A couple of weeks later it turned out that the guys had indeed teamed up again for a third collaboration which they named "Zenith": it was premiered by Markus Schulz on his Global DJ Broadcast radioshow. It would go on to garner massive support from Markus throughout the next few months.
At the end of May 2016, Rank 1 used a cryptic tweet to reveal a new single: it merely read "03.06.2016" and was accompanied by coverart depicting a highway at dawn. In the following days, they revealed they had finished a brand new rework of their old 2000 Remix for Cygnus X - Superstring. Armin van Buuren granted them Tune Of The Week status once more on ASOT #766 and during the episode, Benno gave a short background story on the track: the piano they used in Superstring was the same one that Armin used to play as a child.
A month later, Torsten Stenzel, better known as York, released his album Traveller which featured a collaboration with Rank 1 titled "This World Is So Amazing", alongside vocals by Lola Grover, The collaboration was officially released on November 1. The package included remixes by Maglev and Dreamy alongside the original mix.
A few silent months followed. Then, on July 7, 2017, Rank 1 revealed that they would be part of the Dreamstate SoCal line-up, a multi-day Trance event that would take place in the final weekend of November. On Saturday November 25th their first live performance in 4,5 years time took place and the guys seized the opportunity to showcase four brand new tracks alongside the untitled track they performed over various festivals during summer '12. As of December 9, no new material has been released.
On July 27, 2018, Cosmic Gate released their remix of L.E.D. There Be Light, but other than that there were no new releases that year.
When 2019 had got underway, the guys released a brand new single at last: for this occasion they finally delivered a collaboration with Marco V which they titled "We Finally Met". It was premiered on ASOT episode #902 on February 21 and was made Tune Of The Week by Armin. It was the only release they put out in 2019.
For the celebration of the 950th episode of his radioshow, Armin decided he wanted to do something special so he asked Piet & Benno if they were interested in doing a liveshow at the Jaarbeurs to which they agreed. Two and a half years onward from Dreamstate the guys went live again, albeit this time they combined the live playing with some mega-mixing tricks to fit 11 tracks into 30 minutes: they played two brand new untitled tracks, as well as two tracks from their Dreamstate show. On July 31, the live set was released on Spotify and with it, the previously untitled tracks finally received names. In order of appearance, these were: "Transatlantic Communication", "Predictive Memory", "No Name" and "Paris Nice Cannes".
Over the course of July 2021, 15 years after This World Is Watching Me, Armin and Rank 1 released a second collaboration titled 'The Greater Light To Rule The Night'. It was premiered on A State Of Trance #1027 as Tune Of The Week.
Around mid-April 2022, Armin announced his upcoming mix compilation A State Of Trance 2022 which would premiere Aly & Fila and JES - Sunrise (Rank 1 Remix). It was the first Rank 1 Remix in nine years, the last one being Love Will Bring It All Around in 2013.
Discography
Albums
2002 Symsonic including "Symsonic", "Cosmomatic", "Conspiracy", "T.T.C.", "Down From The Deep", "Equilibrium", "Passage To The Unknown" and "Still In My Mind"
2020 Live at ASOT 950 including "Transatlantic Communication", "Predictive Memory", "No Name" and "Paris Nice Cannes"
Singles
As Rank 1
1999 "Black Snow / The Citrus Juicer"
1999 "Airwave" (Innercity Theme 1999)
2001 "Such Is Life" (with Shanokee) (Sensation Anthem 2001)
2002 "Awakening" (with Olga Zegers)
2003 "Breathing (Airwave 2003)" (with Aino Laos)
2003 "It's Up To You (Symsonic)" (with Shanokee)
2004 "Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom (Trance Energy Anthem 2005) / After Me"
2004 "Unreleased Tracks From The Album Symsonic" (inc. Extended Mixes for "Conspiracy", "Cosmomatic" and "Down From The Deep")
2005 "Opus 17 / Top Gear"
2007 "This World Is Watching Me" (with Armin van Buuren and Kush)
2007 "Life Less Ordinary" (with Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Fragma)
2008 "And Then..."(with Jochen Miller)
2009 "L.E.D There Be Light" (Trance Energy Anthem 2009)
2009 "Symfo" (Sunrise Festival Theme 2009)
2010 "The Great Escape" (with Jochen Miller) (Entrance Theme 2010)
2010 "100" (with Nic Chagall and Wippenberg)
2012 "Wild And Perfect Day" (with Jochen Miller and Sarah Bettens)
2012 "Witness" (with Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren)
2012 "7 Instead Of 8"
2013 "Elements Of Nature" (with M.I.K.E.)
2013 "Floorlifter"
2013 "13.11.11"
2014 "Freudenrausch" (with Dennis Sheperd)
2014 "Airwave (21st Century Mix)"
2015 "Juno" (with M.I.K.E.)
2015 "Zenith" (with M.I.K.E.)
2016 "Superstring"
2016 "This World Is So Amazing" (with York and Lola)
2019 "We Finally Met" (with Marco V)
2021 "The Greater Light To Rule The Night" (with Armin van Buuren)
As R.O.O.S.
1997 "Instant Moments (Skyline Mix)"
1997 "Instant Moments (Waiting For)" (with Evelyne Derks)
1998 "Living in a Dream"
1999 "Body, Mind & Spirit"
2002 "Instant Moments 2002"
As Pedro & Benno
1997 "Scream For Love"
1998 "Talkin' To You"
1999 "Speechless"
As A.I.D.A.
1999 "Far And Away"
1999 "Far And Away/Merit"
1999 "Remember Me/Corvana"
Other aliases
1997 "Human Beast", as Simplistic Mind
1997 "Baby Freak", as Precious People
1997 "Reflections of Love", as Precious People
1998 "To the Church", as Two Disciples
1998 "I Know You're There", as Tritone (with DJ Misjah)
1998 "Ssst... (Listen)", as Jonah (with DJ Misjah)
1998 "Subspace Interference", as Control Freaks (with DJ Tiesto)
1998 "Play it Rough", as System Eight (with Michel Keyser)
1999 "Human Planetarium", as Gualagara
2000 "Yeah... Right", as Jonah (with DJ Misjah)
2000 "Straight to the Point", as SPX (with DJ Misjah)
2003 "The Anthem 2003", as Sensation
2003 "Perfect Blend / Deep Ranger", as Mac J
2004 "Womanizer / Nightware", as Mac J
2005 "Dreamchild / Flash", as Johan Gielen
Remixes
1999 "Reachers Of Civilization", by York
2000 "Blue Lagoon", by Tunnel Allstars
2000 "Cry", by System F (with Saskia Lie-Atjam)
2000 "Perfect Moment", by Mary Griffin
2000 "Superstring", by Cygnus X
2000 "Let Me Be Your Fantasy", by Baby D
2000 "It's My Turn", by Angelic (with Amanda O'Riordan)
2000 "Home", by Chakra (with Kate Cameron) (Unreleased)
2001 "Far Away", by Ayumi Hamasaki
2001 "Underwater", by Delerium (with Rani Kamal)
2002 "Ligaya", by Gouryella (Unreleased)
2002 "Dreamland", by Nu NRG
2002 "Dearest", by Ayumi Hamasaki
2002 "Sound Of Love", by Marc Aurel
2002 "Mind Made Up", by Jam X & De Leon
2003 "Journey Of Life", by Push
2004 "Touch Me", by Angel City (with Lara McAllen)
2005 "Lyteo", by Mr Sam (with Kirsty Hawkshaw)
2005 "Humanity", by ATB (with Tiff Lacey)
2006 "This Way", by Ronald van Gelderen
2006 "Love Kills", by Freddie Mercury
2007 "Analog Feel", by Cosmic Gate
2007 "The Future", by JOOP
2007 "Touch The Sun", by Alex Bartlett and Andy Guess (with Anthya)
2008 "Undone", by Anton Sonin & AMX (with Sari)
2008 "On Fire", by Marcel Woods (with MC Da Silva)
2008 "Embrace Me", by Ronald van Gelderen
2008 "Lost Luggage", by Leon Bolier and Jonas Steur
2010 "Safe (Wherever You Are)", by Velvetine
2010 "24 Hours", by Mat Zo
2010 "Fire Wire", by Cosmic Gate
2011 "My Enemy", by Super8 & Tab (with Julie Thompson)
2013 "Under The Gun", by Conjure One (with Leigh Nash)
2013 "Love Will Bring It All Around", by Giuseppe Ottaviani (with Eric Lumiere)
2022 "Sunrise", by Aly & Fila (with Jes Brieden)
DJ compilations
2013 A State Of Trance 600: The Expedition (CD4 mixed by Rank 1) (Armada)
2011 Trance Nation: Rank 1 (Ministry of Sound UK)
2010 EnTrance presents High Contrast (CD1 mixed by Rank 1) (High Contrast Recordings)
2009 Trance Energy 2009 (CD2 mixed by Rank 1)
2008 Talla 2XLC In Touch With Rank 1 - Techno Club Vol. 28 (CD2 mixed by Rank 1)
2008 High Contrast presents Rank 1 (High Contrast Recordings)
2005 Rank 1 ? Live Mix @ Castle Dance (Dance Planet Ltd)
2004 Matt Darey & Rank 1 - Ultimate Trance (Central Station)
2004 Rank 1 - A Trip In Trance 4 (Hi Bias Records Inc.)
2004 ID&T presents Rank 1 (Universal TV)
References
External links
Discography
Official site
Discography (Including 350+ (all) soundsamples)
Myspace
Dutch DJs
Dutch trance music groups
Remixers
Musical groups established in 1997
Dutch dance music groups
Dutch techno music groups
Electronic dance music DJs
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Cristoforo Moro
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Cristoforo Moro (1390 – November 10, 1471) was the 67th Doge of Venice. He reigned from 1462 to 1471.
Family
The Moro family settled in Venice in the 5th century when Stephanus Maurus, a great-grandson of Maurus, built a church on the island of Murano. Cristoforo was the eleventh person from the family to be elected doge. His dogaressa was Cristina Sanudo.
Life
After graduating from university, Moro held various public offices. He was the Venetian ambassador to the Popes Eugene IV and Nicholas V. Saint Bernardino of Siena was said to have prophesied that Moro would one day become doge, and as the fulfillment of a solemn vow Moro had the Church of Saint Giobbe built and dedicated to Bernardino's memory. He bequeathed his fortune to various charitable organizations and foundations, including the Church of Saint Giobbe.
Doge
Moro's reign was marked by the beginning of a long war between Venice and the Turks. In 1463 Pope Pius II sent Moro a consecrated sword with the intention of convincing Venice to join the anti-Turk alliance. The reaction in Venice was initially hesitant as the Republic's main priority was their economic interests.
In April 1463, 10 years after the conquest of Constantinople, Turkish troops occupied the Venetian fortress of Argos in Greece. The Latin Patriarch Cardinal Johannes Bessarion traveled to Venice to call on the Republic to join the "defense of the faith"; i.e. join the war against the Turks. That same year a coalition was formed between Venice, Hungary and the Albanian prince Skanderbeg with the blessing of the Pope to counter the threat of Sultan Mehmed II's aggressive policy of conquest. The coalition succeeded in temporarily halting Turkish expansion; however, the new territorial limits acquired by the Turks in their conquests had by and large been accepted.
In 1469 the Venetian fleet commander Niccolò Canal retook the town of Ainos in Thrace, but he was not able to defend the island of Negroponte (Euboea), a major granary of Venice, from Turkish attack. Euboea was conquered by the Sultan while inflicting enormous losses on the Venetian forces.
The Republic faced further threats from the northern Italian cities who coveted Venetian land, as well as from the French king Louis XI who was seeking to expand Lombardy at the expense of Venice.
Tomb
Moro's tomb is located in the sanctuary of the Church of Saint Giobbe. The tomb is above ground, covered with a marble tombstone.
References
Bibliography
1390 births
1471 deaths
15th-century Doges of Venice
Ambassadors of the Republic of Venice to the Holy See
Medieval Italian diplomats
Republic of Venice people of the Ottoman–Venetian Wars
15th-century diplomats
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Jericho (given name)
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Jericho is a masculine given name whose bearers include:
Jericho Brown (born 1976), American poet and writer
Jerricho Cotchery (born 1982), American National Football League player and coach
Jericho Cruz (born 1990), Philippine Basketball Association player
Jericho Nograles (born 1981), Filipino politician
Jericho Petilla (), Filipino politician, management engineer and businessman
Jericho Rosales (born 1979), Filipino actor
Jericho Shinde (born 1959), Zimbabwean football coach and former player
Jericho Sims (born 1998), American National Basketball Association player
Masculine given names
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Mount Morgan (Montana)
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Mount Morgan is an mountain located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It is situated along the Continental Divide. Oldman Lake is immediately east of the peak.
Geology
Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, Mount Morgan is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the Lewis Overthrust fault pushed an enormous slab of precambrian rocks thick, wide and long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F (-23 °C) with wind chill factors below −30 °F (-34 °C). Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.
See also
Mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
References
Mountains of Flathead County, Montana
Mountains of Glacier County, Montana
Mountains of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Lewis Range
Mountains of Montana
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William Reid (civil servant)
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Sir William Kennedy Reid KCB (born 15 February 1931) is a retired civil servant who was Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman) between 1990 and 1996.
Reid was born in Aberdeen in 1931 and was educated at Robert Gordon's College and George Watson's College. He studied at Edinburgh University and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he achieved first-class honours in Classics.
Between 1952 and 1954, Reid did national service in the British Army before joining the Ministry of Education in 1956. He moved to the Cabinet Office in 1964 and served as Secretary to the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Burke Trend. During this time, Reid played a modest role in helping to develop the Office of Parliamentary Ombudsman.
In 1967, he became secretary of the Council for Scientific Policy in the Department of Education and Science, becoming Under Secretary in 1974 and then Accountant-General in 1976. Reid moved to the Scottish Office in 1978 as Deputy Secretary of Central Services and then Secretary of the Scottish Home and Health Department between 1984 and 1990.
He was Chairman of Governors of the Scottish Police College between 1984 and 1990. Reid received an Honorary Doctorate from [Aberdeen University in 1996, from Reading University in 1998 and from Napier University in 1998.
Ombudsman
Parliamentary investigations
In 1990, Reid was the first civil servant to be appointed to the post of Ombudsman since Sir Idwal Pugh. He came to the Office when it was flushed with the success of the Barlow Clowes investigation, which crowned an otherwise quiet decade in which fewer MPs were referring cases. Reid oversaw a dramatic upswing in caseload during his tenure - from 704 complaints in 1990 to 1,920 in 1996, the largest annual total in the history of the Office. Yet the Office did not keep up with this growth, and the number of outstanding cases grew considerably. The remit of the Ombudsman extended appreciably, to incorporate administrative actions of persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor as a member of court administrative staff. The Office also had numerous tribunals brought within its jurisdiction, as well as bodies such as the National Lottery, the Coal Authority, The Environment Agency and the Rail Regulator.
Reid chose to expand on the meaning of the term maladministration, a term given no definition in the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 in his annual report of 1993. He observed that to define maladministration is to limit it and extended the 'Crossman catalogue' (as set out in 1966) to include
rudeness; an unwillingness to treat an individual as a person with rights; a refusal to answer reasonable questions; neglecting to inform an individual on request of his or her rights or entitlement; knowingly giving advice which is misleading or inadequate; ignoring valid advice or overruling considerations which would produce an uncomfortable result for the person overruling; offering no redress or manifestly disproportionate redress; showing bias whether because of colour, sex, or any other grounds; an omission to notify those who thereby lost a right of appeal; a refusal to inform adequately of the right of appeal; faulty procedures; the failure to monitor compliance with adequate procedures; cavalier disregard of guidance which was intended to be followed in the interest of the equitable treatment of those who use a service; partiality; and failure to mitigate the effects of rigid adherence to the letter of the law where that produces manifestly inequitable treatment.
Reid's addendum made apparent his belief that maladministration should be interpreted very broadly and that it should not be interpreted in a way that disadvantaged the complainant.
Some notable cases were investigation during Reid's time as Ombudsman. A widely publicised statement by the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health, Edwina Currie, that "most of the egg production" of the country was "sadly... infected with Salmonella" sparked a collapse in the price of eggs and confidence crisis in the industry in December 1988. The Government introduced a compensation scheme and a farmer complained that the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) had changed the basis of awarding compensation after giving him what he regarded as an unsatisfactory amount. Reid found that MAFF had not made its decisions on the basis of evidence, had been evasive when questioned about the basis on which compensation was determined and had unreasonably concluded that the complainant's case was closed. In consequence, MAFF apologised and agreed to pay compensation to the complainant.
Reid received many complaints of maladministration by the Child Support Agency, which had been set up in 1993 to assess, collect and enforce child support maintenance. Such was the volume of complaints that Reid took the unprecedented step of not investigating individual complaints unless they involved an aspect of the Agency's work which was previously unknown or involved actual financial loss. Reid uncovered a litany of administrative woes when he reported in 1995: mistaken identity, inadequate procedures, failure to answer correspondence, incorrect or misleading advice, delay in the assessment and review of child support maintenance, and in its payment to the parent with care. Complaints about the Agency continued to reach the Office, making up a third of all cases admitted for investigation. Reid reported again in March 1996, finding that shortcomings continued to occur. The Select Committee criticised the Agency for failing to heed the advice of Reid's reports.
It was necessary for Reid to lay a report under s10(3) Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 when the Government refused to accept his findings in respect of complaints about blight caused by the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Residents in Kent complained that the handling of the project by the Department of Transport had caused the value of their properties to depreciate to the extent that they could not sell them.
In February 1995, Reid issued his report, finding that the Department had maladministered in not considering the effects of its policy on those affected by it. Reid commented that the project had been kept in limbo, increasing uncertainty and blight. The Government did not accept the findings but after the Select Committee intervened on the side of the Ombudsman, it decided to reconsider whether to establish a compensation scheme out of respect for the PCA Select Committee and the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner. Nevertheless, the Government refused to admit fault or liability and ultimately, 28 applicants received £10,000 in compensation.
Health investigations
Reid was Health Service Ombudsman at a time of significant organisational change for the National Health Service on the basis of the internal market principles introduced by the Government. After 1994, the work of the Office under Reid was dominated by the decision of the Government to establish a unified complaints system for the National Health Service and to extend the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman to encompass matters of clinical judgment.
Successive Ombudsmen had expressed misgivings that such a large proportion of complaints received about health authorities concerned clinical judgment. Although there was often a thin line between clinical and administrative decisions, Reid undertook to press his jurisdiction as far as he could. In 1993, the Wilson Committee recommended that the Government carefully examine whether the Ombudsman ought to consider complaints about clinical judgment. In 1995, the Government published its proposals which incorporated the suggestion of the Wilson report. The subsequent Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Act 1996 which enabled the Ombudsman to investigate clinical judgment received all-party support. Reid oversaw the Office's adaptation to the new legislation. The task was complicated considerably by its unpredictable effects on caseload. Precise figures for extra workload arising from my wider jurisdiction observed Reid, are impossible to predict. Reid also undertook to recruit and train the additional staff necessary to cope with the increased workload and extended remit. Reid laid down that the Office's clinical advisers would be expected to have due regard to all professional guidance in determining what a reasonable and responsible clinical decision and reach their conclusions on the balance of probabilities. When Reid departed the Office, it was well placed to handle the dramatically increasing workload which would soon be dominated by matters of clinical judgment.
Reid also undertook an investigation of the complaints handling system of the Salford Royal Hospitals Trust. Reid described Salford as useful peg on which a whole report about the NHS could be hung upon. An unprecedented number of complaints had been received about Salford. Reid concluded damningly that Incoming and outgoing letters went astray. Doctors did not always respond to requests... as quickly as they should have done. It took too long to reply to complaints... no real thought appeared to have been given to measures which might improve service and reduce the pressure on staff. The Select Committee recommended that Reid's report be used throughout the NHS for the training of new staff in the complaints procedure.
Overview
Although the period of Reid's tenure as Health Service Ombudsman was one in which there was enormous changes within the National Health Service (what Reid called a state of flux), it has been observed that the Office came through the state of flux and emerged not only intact but significantly strengthened.
Reid's elaboration on the meaning of maladministration served to remind public authorities that the interpretation of the term would not be to the disadvantage of the complainant and that the Office expected the highest standards of public administration. He cultivated relationships with ombudsmen overseas, becoming a director of the International Ombudsman Institute between 1992 and 1996.
Post-Ombudsman
Following his service as Ombudsman, Reid was appointed Chairman of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland in 1997. He was also appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards for doctors and dentists. He served in both roles until 2000.
Reid's book, Resolving complaints and promoting openness: Can the ombudsman help?, was published in 1998.
Reid was Sydenham Lecturer of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London in 1994, the Crookshank Lecturer of the Royal College of Radiologists in 1994 and the John Hunt Lecturer of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1996.
Classical and modern languages, verse and hillwalking are among his leisure pursuits. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
References
Military personnel from Aberdeen
20th-century British Army personnel
British Army soldiers
Ombudsmen in the United Kingdom
People from Aberdeen
People educated at Robert Gordon's College
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
1931 births
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Nice (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Nice (Ancient Greek: Νίκη means 'victory') was a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede, daughter of Arneus (or by one of his many wives). She bore Nicodromus to the hero Heracles.
Mythology
When the Cithaeronian lion was harassing the kine of Thespius, the latter asked Herakles to kill the lion. The son of Zeus hunted it for fifty days and finally slayed the beast. The Thespian king entertained him as a guest in a brilliant fashion during that span of time. Heracles was drunk and slept unwittingly with each of the king's fifty daughters, including Nice, thinking that his bed-fellow was always the same. Thespius intended this to happen because he strongly desired that all his daughters should have children by Hercules. In another version of the myth, the latter had an intercourse with Nice and her siblings for one week; seven laid with Heracles each night.
In some accounts, Heracles bedded in a single night with Nice and her sisters except for one who refused to have a connection with him. The hero thinking that he had been insulted, condemned her to remain a virgin all her life, serving him as his priest.
Notes
References
Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com
Princesses in Greek mythology
Women of Heracles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%20%28English%20automobile%29
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Queen (English automobile)
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The Queen was an English automobile produced from 1904 to 1905. "The car for the million or the millionaire", it was sold by Horner & Sons of Mitre Square, London. Models of 12 and 16 hp were offered; prices ranged from 235 guineas to 275 guineas.
See also
List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom
References
David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles.
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England
1904 establishments in England
Cars of England
1905 disestablishments in England
Cars introduced in 1904
1900s in London
British companies disestablished in 1905
British companies established in 1904
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Naturally occurring silver (47Ag) is composed of the two stable isotopes 107Ag and 109Ag in almost equal proportions, with 107Ag being slightly more abundant (51.839% natural abundance). 40 radioisotopes have been characterized with the most stable being 105Ag with a half-life of 41.29 days, 111Ag with a half-life of 7.43 days, and 112Ag with a half-life of 3.13 hours.
All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than an hour, and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 3 minutes. This element has numerous meta states, with the most stable being 108mAg (half-life 439 years), 110mAg (half-life 249.86 days) and 106mAg (half-life 8.28 days).
Isotopes of silver range in atomic weight from 91.960 u (92Ag) to 132.969 u (133Ag). The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 107Ag, is electron capture and the primary mode after is beta decay. The primary decay products before 107Ag are palladium (element 46) isotopes and the primary products after are cadmium (element 48) isotopes.
The palladium isotope 107Pd decays by beta emission to 107Ag with a half-life of 6.5 million years. Iron meteorites are the only objects with a high enough palladium/silver ratio to yield measurable variations in 107Ag abundance. Radiogenic 107Ag was first discovered in the Santa Clara meteorite in 1978.
The discoverers suggest that the coalescence and differentiation of iron-cored small planets may have occurred 10 million years after a nucleosynthetic event. 107Pd versus 107Ag correlations observed in bodies, which have clearly been melted since the accretion of the Solar System, must reflect the presence of live short-lived nuclides in the early Solar System.
List of isotopes
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| rowspan=2 | 92Ag
| rowspan=2 | 47
| rowspan=2 | 45
| rowspan=2 | 91.95971(43)#
| rowspan=2|1# ms[>400 ns]
| β+
| 92Pd
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
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| p
| 91Pd
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| rowspan=3 | 93Ag
| rowspan=3 | 47
| rowspan=3 | 46
| rowspan=3 | 92.95019(43)#
| rowspan=3| 228(16) ns
| β+
| 93Pd
| rowspan=3|9/2+#
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
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| p
| 92Pd
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| β+, p
| 92Rh
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| rowspan=2| 94Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2| 93.94374(43)#
| rowspan=2| 27(2) ms
| β+ (>99.8%)
| 94Pd
| rowspan=2| 0+#
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
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| β+, p (<0.2%)
| 93Rh
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| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 94m1Ag
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 1350(400)# keV
| rowspan=2|470(10) ms
| β+ (83%)
| 94Pd
| rowspan=2|(7+)
| rowspan=2|
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| β+, p (17%)
| 93Rh
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| rowspan=4 style="text-indent:1em" | 94m2Ag
| rowspan=4 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 6500(550)# keV
| rowspan=4| 400(40) ms
| β+ (~68.4%)
| 94Pd
| rowspan=4| (21+)
| rowspan=4|
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| β+, p (~27%)
| 93Rh
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| p (4.1%)
| 93Pd
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| 2p (0.5%)
| 92Rh
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| rowspan=2|95Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 48
| rowspan=2|94.93569(43)#
| rowspan=2|1.78(6) s
| β+ (97.7%)
| 95Pd
| rowspan=2|(9/2+)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
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| β+, p (2.3%)
| 94Rh
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 95m1Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 344.2(3) keV
| <0.5 s
| IT
| 95Ag
| (1/2−)
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 95m2Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 2531.3(15) keV
| <16 ms
| IT
| 95Ag
| (23/2+)
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 95m3Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 4860.0(15) keV
| <40 ms
| IT
| 95Ag
| (37/2+)
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| rowspan=2|96Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 49
| rowspan=2|95.93074(10)
| rowspan=2|4.45(3) s
| β+ (95.8%)
| 96Pd
| rowspan=2|(8+)
| rowspan=2|
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| β+, p (4.2%)
| 95Rh
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| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 96m1Ag
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 0(50)# keV
| rowspan=2| 6.9(5) s
| β+ (85.1%)
| 96Pd
| rowspan=2| (2+)
| rowspan=2|
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| β+, p (14.9%)
| 95Rh
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 96m2Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 2461.4(3) keV
| 103.2(45) μs
| IT
| 96Ag
| (13-)
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 96m3Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 2686.7(4) keV
| 1.561(16) μs
| IT
| 96Ag
| (15+)
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 96m4Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 6951.8(14) keV
| 132(17) ns
| IT
| 96Ag
| (19+)
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| 97Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 50
| 96.923881(13)
| 25.5(3) s
| β+
| 97Pd
| (9/2+)
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 97mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 620(40) keV
| 100# ms
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| (1/2-#)
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| rowspan=2|98Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 51
| rowspan=2|97.92156(4)
| rowspan=2|47.5(3) s
| β+ (99.99%)
| 98Pd
| rowspan=2|(6)+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
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| β+, p (.0012%)
| 97Rh
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 98mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 107.28(10) keV
| 161(7) ns
| IT
| 98Ag
| (4+)
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| 99Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 52
| 98.917646(7)
| 2.07(5) min
| β+
| 99Pd
| (9/2)+
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 99mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 506.2(4) keV
| 10.5(5) s
| IT
| 99Ag
| (1/2−)
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| 100Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 53
| 99.916115(5)
| 2.01(9) min
| β+
| 100Pd
| (5)+
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| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 100mAg
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 15.52(16) keV
| rowspan=2|2.24(13) min
| IT
| 100Ag
| rowspan=2|(2)+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
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| β+
| 100Pd
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| 101Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 54
| 100.912684(5)
| 11.1(3) min
| β+
| 101Pd
| 9/2+
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 101mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 274.1(3) keV
| 3.10(10) s
| IT
| 101Ag
| 1/2−
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| 102Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 55
| 101.911705(9)
| 12.9(3) min
| β+
| 102Pd
| 5+
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| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 102mAg
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 9.40(7) keV
| rowspan=2|7.7(5) min
| β+ (51%)
| 102Pd
| rowspan=2|2+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
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| IT (49%)
| 102Ag
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| 103Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 56
| 102.908961(4)
| 65.7(7) min
| β+
| 103Pd
| 7/2+
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| style="text-indent:1em" | 103mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 134.45(4) keV
| 5.7(3) s
| IT
| 103Ag
| 1/2−
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| 104Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 57
| 103.908624(5)
| 69.2(10) min
| β+
| 104Pd
| 5+
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 104mAg
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 6.90(22) keV
| rowspan=2|33.5(20) min
| β+ (>99.93%)
| 104Pd
| rowspan=2|2+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| IT (<0.07%)
| 104Ag
|-
| 105Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 58
| 104.906526(5)
| 41.29(7) d
| β+
| 105Pd
| 1/2−
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 105mAg
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 25.468(16) keV
| rowspan=2|7.23(16) min
| IT (99.66%)
| 105Ag
| rowspan=2|7/2+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β+ (.34%)
| 105Pd
|-
| rowspan=2|106Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 59
| rowspan=2|105.906663(3)
| rowspan=2|23.96(4) min
| β+
| 106Pd
| rowspan=2|1+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β− (rare)
| 106Cd
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 106mAg
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 89.66(7) keV
| rowspan=2|8.28(2) d
| β+
| 106Pd
| rowspan=2|6+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| IT (rare)
| 106Ag
|-
| 107Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 60
| 106.9050915(26)
| colspan=3 align=center|Stable
| 1/2−
| 0.51839(8)
|
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 107mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 93.125(19) keV
| 44.3(2) s
| IT
| 107Ag
| 7/2+
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|108Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 61
| rowspan=2|107.9059502(26)
| rowspan=2|2.382(11) min
| β− (97.15%)
| 108Cd
| rowspan=2|1+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β+ (2.85%)
| 108Pd
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 108mAg
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 109.466(7) keV
| rowspan=2|439(9) y
| β+ (91.3%)
| 108Pd
| rowspan=2|6+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| IT (8.96%)
| 108Ag
|-
| 109Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 62
| 108.9047558(14)
| colspan=3 align=center|Stable
| 1/2−
| 0.48161(8)
|
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 109mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 88.0337(10) keV
| 39.79(21) s
| IT
| 109Ag
| 7/2+
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|110Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 63
| rowspan=2|109.9061107(14)
| rowspan=2|24.56(11) s
| β− (99.7%)
| 110Cd
| rowspan=2|1+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| EC (.3%)
| 110Pd
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 110m1Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 1.112(16) keV
| 660(40) ns
| IT
| 110Ag
| 2−
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 110m2Ag
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 117.59(5) keV
| rowspan=2|249.863(24) d
| β− (98.67%)
| 110Cd
| rowspan=2|6+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| IT (1.33%)
| 110Ag
|-
| 111Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 64
| 110.9052968(16)
| 7.433(10) d
| β−
| 111Cd
| 1/2−
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 111mAg
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 59.82(4) keV
| rowspan=2|64.8(8) s
| IT (99.3%)
| 111Ag
| rowspan=2|7/2+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β− (.7%)
| 111Cd
|-
| 112Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 65
| 111.9070485(26)
| 3.130(8) h
| β−
| 112Cd
| 2(−)
|
|
|-
| 113Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 66
| 112.906573(18)
| 5.37(5) h
| β−
| 113mCd
| 1/2−
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 113mAg
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 43.50(10) keV
| rowspan=2|68.7(16) s
| IT (64%)
| 113Ag
| rowspan=2|7/2+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β− (36%)
| 113Cd
|-
| 114Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 67
| 113.908823(5)
| 4.6(1) s
| β−
| 114Cd
| 1+
|
|
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 114mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 198.9(10) keV
| 1.50(5) ms
| IT
| 114Ag
| (6+)
|
|
|-
| 115Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 68
| 114.908767(20)
| 20.0(5) min
| β−
| 115mCd
| 1/2−
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 115mAg
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 41.16(10) keV
| rowspan=2|18.0(7) s
| β− (79%)
| 115Cd
| rowspan=2|7/2+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| IT (21%)
| 115Ag
|-
| 116Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 69
| 115.911387(4)
| 3.83(8) min
| β−
| 116Cd
| (0-)
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 116m1Ag
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 47.90(10) keV
| rowspan=2|20(1) s
| β− (93%)
| 116Cd
| rowspan=2|(3+)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| IT (7%)
| 116Ag
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 116m2Ag
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 129.80(22) keV
| rowspan=2|9.3(3) s
| β− (92%)
| 116Cd
| rowspan=2|(6-)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| IT (8%)
| 116Ag
|-
| 117Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 70
| 116.911774(15)
| 73.6(14) s
| β−
| 117mCd
| 1/2−#
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 117mAg
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 28.6(2) keV
| rowspan=2|5.34(5) s
| β− (94%)
| 117mCd
| rowspan=2|7/2+#
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| IT (6%)
| 117Ag
|-
| 118Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 71
| 117.9145955(27)
| 3.76(15) s
| β−
| 118Cd
| (2-)
|
|
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 118m1Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 45.79(9) keV
| ~0.1 µs
| IT
| 118Ag
| 1(−) to 2(−)
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 118m2Ag
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 127.63(10) keV
| rowspan=2|2.0(2) s
| β− (59%)
| 118Cd
| rowspan=2|(5+)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| IT (41%)
| 118Ag
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 118m3Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 279.37(20) keV
| ~0.1 µs
| IT
| 118Ag
| (3+)
|
|
|-
| 119Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 72
| 118.915570(16)
| 6.0(5) s
| β−
| 119mCd
| 1/2−#
|
|
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 119mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 20(20)# keV
| 2.1(1) s
| β−
| 119Cd
| 7/2+#
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|120Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 73
| rowspan=2|119.918785(5)
| rowspan=2|1.52(7) s
| β− (>99.997%)
| 120Cd
| rowspan=2|4(+)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (<.003%)
| 119Cd
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 120m1Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 0(50)# keV
| 940(100) ms
|
|
| (0−, 1-)
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 120m2Ag
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 203.0(10) keV
| rowspan=2|384(22) ms
| IT (68%)
| 120Sn
| rowspan=2|7(−)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β− (32%)
| 120Cd
|-
| rowspan=2|121Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 74
| rowspan=2|120.920125(13)
| rowspan=2|777(10) ms
| β− (99.92%)
| 121Cd
| rowspan=2|7/2+#
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (.076%)
| 120Cd
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 121mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 20(20)# keV
| 200# ms
|
|
| 1/2-#
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|122Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 75
| rowspan=2|121.92366(4)
| rowspan=2|529(13) ms
| β− (>99.814%)
| 122Cd
| rowspan=2|(3+)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (.186%)
| 121Cd
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-indent:1em" | 122m1Ag
| rowspan=3 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 80(50)# keV
| rowspan=3|550(50) ms
| β−
| 122Cd
| rowspan=3|(1-)
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| β−, n (rare)
| 121Cd
|-
| IT (rare)
| 122Ag
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-indent:1em" | 122m2Ag
| rowspan=3 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 80(50)# keV
| rowspan=3|200(50) ms
| β−
| 122Cd
| rowspan=3|(9-)
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| β−, n (rare)
| 121Cd
|-
| IT (rare)
| 122Ag
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 122m3Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 171(50)# keV
| 6.3(1) μs
| IT
| 122Ag
| (1+)
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|123Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 76
| rowspan=2|122.92532(4)
| rowspan=2|294(5) ms
| β− (99.44%)
| 123Cd
| rowspan=2|(7/2+)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (.56%)
| 122Cd
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 123m1Ag
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 59.5(5) keV
| rowspan=2|100# ms
| β−
| 123Cd
| rowspan=2|(1/2-)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (rare)
| 122Cd
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 123m2Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 1450(14)# keV
| 202(20) ns
| IT
| 123Ag
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 123m3Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 1472.8(8) keV
| 393(16) ns
| IT
| 123Ag
| (17/2-)
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|124Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 77
| rowspan=2|123.92890(27)#
| rowspan=2|177.9(26) ms
| β− (98.7%)
| 124Cd
| rowspan=2|(2-)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (1.3%)
| 123Cd
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 124m1Ag
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 50(50)# keV
| rowspan=2|144(20) ms
| β−
| 124Cd
| rowspan=2|9-#
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n
| 123Cd
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 124m2Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 155.6(5)# keV
| 140(50) ns
| IT
| 124Ag
| (1+)
|
|
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 124m3Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 231.1(7)# keV
| 1.48(15) μs
| IT
| 124Ag
| (1-)
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|125Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 78
| rowspan=2|124.93074(47)
| rowspan=2|160(5) ms
| β− (88.2%)
| 125Cd
| rowspan=2|(9/2+)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (11.8%)
| 124Cd
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 125m1Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 97.1(5)# keV
| 50# ms
|
|
| (1/2-)
|
|
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 125m2Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 97.1(5)# keV
| 491(20) ns
|
|
| (17/2-)
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|126Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 79
| rowspan=2|125.93481(22)#
| rowspan=2|52(10) ms
| β− (86.3%)
| 126Cd
| rowspan=2|3+#
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (13.7%)
| 125Cd
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 126m1Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 100(100)# keV
| 108.4(24) ms
|
|
| 9-#
|
|
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 126m2Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 97.1(5)# keV
| 27(6) μs
| IT
| 126Ag
| 1-#
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|127Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 80
| rowspan=2|126.93704(22)#
| rowspan=2|89(2) ms
| β− (85.4%)
| 127Cd
| rowspan=2|(9/2+)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (14.6%)
| 126Cd
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 127m1Ag
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 20(20)# keV
| 20# ms
|
|
| (1/2-)
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 127m2Ag
| rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 1938(17) keV
| rowspan=2| 67.5(9) ms
| β− (91.2%)
| 127Cd
| rowspan=2| (27/2+)
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| IT (8.8%)
| 127Ag
|-
| rowspan=2| 128Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 81
| rowspan=2| 127.94127(32)#
| rowspan=2| 60(3) ms
| β− (80%)
| 128Cd
| rowspan=2| 3+#
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (20%)
| 127Cd
|-
| rowspan=2| 129Ag
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 82
| rowspan=2| 128.94432(43)#
| rowspan=2| 49.9(35) ms
| β− (>80%)
| 129Cd
| rowspan=2| 9/2+#
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−, n (<20%)
| 128Cd
|-
| style="text-indent:1em" | 129mAg
| colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 20(20)# keV
| 10# ms
|
|
| 1/2−#
|
|
|-
| 130Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 83
| 129.95073(46)#
| 40.6(45) ms
| β−
| 130Cd
| 1-#
|
|
|-
| rowspan=3| 131Ag
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 47
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 84
| rowspan=3| 130.95625(54)#
| rowspan=3| 35(8) ms
| β−
| 131Cd
| rowspan=3| 9/2+#
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| β−, n
| 130Cd
|-
| β−, 2n
| 129Cd
|-
| 132Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 85
| 131.96307(54)#
| 30(14) ms
| β−
| 132Cd
| 6-#
|
|
|-
| 133Ag
| style="text-align:right" | 47
| style="text-align:right" | 86
| 132.96878(54)#
|
|
|
| 6-#
|
|
References
Isotope masses from:
Isotopic compositions and standard atomic masses from:
Half-life, spin, and isomer data selected from the following sources.
Silver
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan%20MacGregor%20Crerar
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Duncan MacGregor Crerar
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Duncan MacGregor Crerar (4 December 1836 – 11 March 1916) was a Scottish poet who spent much of his adult life in western Ontario and New York City, writing sentimental poetry commemorating places and friends in Scotland. A native Gaelic speaker, he wrote primarily in English, with Gaelic phrases and diction. He was referred to by some contemporaries as "The Breadalbane Bard" or "Bard of Amulree". In his book Scottish Poets in America (New York, NY, 1889), John D. Ross described him:
In conclusion, we would state that Mr. Crerar is one of the most genial of men, kind, sympathetic, and generous in all his actions. In his own quiet, unobtrusive way, and unknown to the world, he has rendered assistance to many when they found the clouds of adversity hovering over them: and there are few men similarly circumstance who can boast of so large and so sincere a following of friends.
Parents
Crerar was born in Amulree, Glenquaich, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of Alexander Crerar (or MacKintosh) (1801 – before 1861), a mason and shepherd, and Janet MacGregor (1810 – 15 August 1885). His son eulogized him in his poem "Mementoes of My Father's Grave", written on 1 November 1878 in New York, and dedicated to Duncan's brother Alexander M. Crerar (born 9 July 1849) (published in the Celtic Magazine, Inverness, January 1883):
Mementoes of My Father's Grave
Soft, silky leaves of freshest green,
Which grew upon my father's grave;
Mementoes hallowed of a man
Whose heart was warm, sincere, and brave.
Of humble sphere, but noble aims,
He calmly stemmed life's stormy sea;
Upright and manly, frank and pure,
A trusty friend, and true was he.
A loving husband, faithful, kind;
A tender father, wise, discreet;
Our weal his chief concern, delight,
His happy home made labour sweet.
His words were few; for well he weighed
Each thought and subject ere he spoke;
In humour rich; and oft essayed
A simple, pleasant, harmless joke.
My father! thy blest memory
I dearly cherish day by day;
And for its sake I'll prize these leaves,
Which grew about thy sacred clay.
And when life's course with me is run --
When, soon or late, I must resign
This earthly frame-oh, may it rest
Beneath a turf as green as thine!
He eulogized his mother Janet in the poem, "S'Rioghal Ma Dhream" ("My Race is Royal"—Motto of Clan MacGregor), "In Affectionate Remembrance of My Beloved Mother. Died at Amulree, Dunkeld, Scotland, August 15, 1885", written 25 August 1885 in New York City:
"Mother is dead!" heart-rending news to me.
Dead my belovèd! Oh how keen my pain!
On earth, alas! we ne'er shall meet again:
"Mother is dead!" sent o'er the cold, deep sea!
"My Race is Royal," motto of thy line;
If Royal here, they welcome Royal there,
Where, free from every sorrow, trouble, care,
Thou dwellest in the light and love Divine!
To me henceforth this life will lonesome be.
Deep was thy love, self-sacrificing, kind.
Now do I feel all that thou wert to me,
Since thou art gone and I am left behind.
In gloomy sadness mourns for thee thy son.
Father, forgive: Thy will, not mine, be done!
Birth
Duncan MacGregor Crerar was born at Amulree, Glenquaich, Perthshire on 4 December 1837 [Perth Pamphlets, v.18]. He received a good education, studying under Robert Sinclair, and was destined by his parents to join the Presbyterian ministry. He abandoned these intentions, however, on the death of his father.
Emigration to North America
In 1857 he went to Canada, where he worked “in mercantile pursuits”. There he met many former friends from Amulree. Soon after his arrival, he entered the Active Militia as a member of Company "A" of Perth, Ontario, and served on the frontier during the Fenian Raids of 1865. John Ross states that "...in recognition of his valuable services, the Canadian Government, when under the direction of his warm friend, the Honourable Alexander Mackenzie, gazetted him Honorary Lieutenant of the company with which he served." [John Ross, Scottish Poets in America, 37]. It is probable that Crerar had known Mackenzie, a future Canadian Prime Minister, for a long time, as both came from Dunkeld, Perthshire.
After his military service, Crerar wrote for The Stratford Beacon, in Stratford, Ontario. He went to Toronto and studied for a short session. He then left for New York City, where he furthered his journalistic career. At the time of his marriage in 1869 he was the Assistant Manager of the Scottish American Journal of New York.
He returned to Scotland to wed. On 4 August 1869, he married Jessie Anderson Campbell (born circa 1842 - died before 1916) at the Free Church Manse, of Bridge of Perth, Kilmadock, Perth. Jessie Anderson Campbell was the 27-year-old daughter of Donald Campbell, a hotelkeeper of Langton, and Mary Campbell.
Crerar resided in New York until around 1905. Poems written after 1905 indicate that he returned to Scotland to live out his life. He dedicated several of these later poems to citizens of Crieff, where he spent his final years.
In religion, he was a liberal Presbyterian, attending regularly the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, led by the Reverend Dr. Hall. In Canada he joined the Free Masons, and was an officeholder in the Blue Lodge and Royal Arch. He was also a founding and active member of the Burns Society of New York City.
Death
Crerar died in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland at age 78. He was found in his bed at home at Westview, Burrell Street at 8:30 in the morning. It was recorded that he was the widower of Jessie Campbell. His occupation was recorded as poet, and an annuitant of an Andrew Carnegie Trust. His brother Donald of Aberfoyle reported the death.
Poetic works
Crerar is perhaps best remembered for his Robert Burns, an Anniversary Poem, (London, M. Ward, 1885), which "... was read before the Burns Society of New York at the celebration of the 126th anniversary of the birthday of the Scottish National Bard":
Excerpt from “A Poem Commemorating Robbie Burns”
He touched our country’s ancient harp
With truest patriotic fire;
Forth thrilling came soul-stirring strains,
Man’s nobler actions to inspire.
The cottar’s fireside, ‘neath his spell,
Becomes at once a hallowed shrine;
His hymn to Mary swells the heart,
And fills the eye his Auld Lang Syne.
* * * * * *
Not to his native land alone
His genius and his fame belong,
In other climes is treasured dear
His matchless legacy of song.
His melodies have echoing gone
To continents and isles afar;
They cheer and gladden hearts alike
‘Neath Southern Cross and Polar Star.
In 1890, he published Whistle Blinkie: A Collection of Songs for the Social Circle (Glasgow: David Robertson & Co., 1890).
Another poem receiving some further reference was "My Bonnie Rowan Tree", dedicated to his brother John Crerar, and written in New York on September 25, 1876:
“Thrice welcome sweet green spray
Culled from my Rowan Tree,
By loved ones far away,
In Bonnie Amulree.
In Boyhood’s days thy root
Was planted by my hand;
Just ere I left my dear,
My Scottish fatherland.
Thou but a sapling then,
Though now a sheltering tree,
While warblers in thy boughs,
Sing sweetest melodies.
One boon for which I pray,
A home in Amulree,
Where friends of yore I'd meet,
Beneath thee, Rowan Tree.
The Freuchie wimpling by,
In cadence soft and slow,
Graig Thullich tow’ring high,
The fragrant woods below.
The old Kirke on the Knowe,
The graveyard mossy green,
The mossy birks, Lubchuil,
The Streamlet’s silvery sheen.
With warm Breadalbane hearts
‘Mong those romantic braes,
I happily could spend,
The gloaming of my days.
The memories of Langsyne,
Bright days of gladsome glee,
We fondly could revive,
Beneath the Rowan Tree.”
[in History of the Pioneers of North Easthope; Alex. Muir Mackenzie, Taketties & Tyres in Strathbraan: at 28; the Celtic Magazine (Inverness), Nov. 1882)]
“Caledonia’s Bonnie Blue Bells”, written in New York, September 23, 1881, recounts his visit to his family's now-deserted croft, and discovering his father's bed now exposed to the Scottish elements:
Hail, bonnie Blue Bells ! ye come hither to me
With a brother’s warm love from far o’er the sea;
Fair dowerets ! ye grew on a calm, sacred spot --
The ruins alas ! of my kind father’s cot
Caledonia’s Blue Bells, O bonnie Blue Bells !
What memories dear of that cot ye recall,
Though now there remains neither rooftree nor wall !
Alack a-day ! lintel and threshold are gone,
While cold ‘neath the weeds lies the hallowed hearthstone !
Caledonia’s Blue Bells, O bonnie Blue Bells !
‘Twas a straw-roofed cottage, but love abode there,
And peace and contentment aye breathed in its air;
With songs from the mother, and legends from sire,
How blithe were we all round the cheerie peat fire!
Caledonia’s Blue Bells, O bonnie Blue Bells !
Our sire long asleep, his fond mem’ry endeared;
The mother still spared us, beloved and revered;
Sweet Blue Bells with charmed recollections entwined
Of scenes in my childhood forever enshrined.
Caledonia’s Blue Bells, O bonnie Blue Bells !
[Celtic Magazine, February 1882; Alex. Muir Mackenzie, Taketties & Tyres in Strathbraan, at 26]
A stanza of Caledonia's Bonnie Blue Bells is quoted in William Black's 1894 novel Stand Fast, Craig Royston. The reciter, George Bethune, a "garrulous" elderly Scotsman expatriate, states of the author:
"That was written by the Bard of Amulree, your lordship...and a truer Scotchman does not breathe, though America has been his home nearly all his life..."
Music for Crerar's poem "The Eirlic Well" (“Inscribed, with sincere esteem, to the Edinburgh Breadalbane Association, New York, September 1880”) was composed by Archibald Menzies, S.S.C. Edinburgh. The Eirlic Well pours a rill into Girron Burn at Amulree. Girron Burn flows into the Fraochie (Braan), which merges with the Tay at the foot of Birnam Hill, Dunkeld. [Alexander Muir Mackenzie, Taketties & Tyres in Strathbraan, page 27]
Published poems included the following. To Alma, Marchioness of Breadalbane (New York, October 29, 1880) [From the Perthshire Advertiser September 11, 1882]; To-Morrow (New York, September 5, 1882) [from Celtic Magazine, October 1883]; A Spray of White Heather (Inscribed, with Esteem and Gratitude, to Mrs. William Black, New York, September 29, 1882) [Celtic Magazine, March 1883]; In Memoriam Hugh MacGregor, Born at Amulree, Perthshire July 12, 1812; died at Brucefield, Ontario, Canada, July 25, 1883; A Birthday Greeting, Inscribed with Sincere Regard, To the Right Honourable, The Marquis of Breadalbane, on his Birthday, April 9, 1884 (New York, 1884); To Robert Gordon, Esq., on the occasion of his Departure from New York, May 17, 1884 (concerning a prominent banker in New York who returned to Scotland upon his retirement); Eadal Gu La! ("Sleep on till day")(dedicated to Duncan's brother John (b. 1829 - d 30 May 1886, age 57, Amulree, Glenquaich), and written in New York on 14 June 1886); Sung Into Heaven! (Occasioned by the death of David Kennedy, the Scottish vocalist, who died at Stratford, Ontario on 13 October 1886); “The Black Watch Memorial at Aberfeldy”, (The Highland Monthly, March 1890, No. 12 Vol. I); 'Lonely Strath Naver' [The Celtic Monthly, vol. VIII 1900. pp. 170 & 171]; Sithchaillion (“Inscribed, with sincere regards, to my beloved fellow-Canadian, Donald Cameron, esq., formerly of Windsor, Canada, now of Drimfern, Bridge of Allan, Perthshire, Crieff, Scotland, July 7, 1905”); The Golden Gloaming's Calm (“Inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Crerar, Crieff, on the occasion of their Golden Wedding, July 1, 1907”); Saoghal fada sona Dhuibh ! (Long life and happiness be thine!) (“To Alexander Maclean, esq., Inspector of Police, Crieff, on his birthday, November 8th, 1907”); Glad Hearts be Round thy Cheerie Fire (“Inscribed to William P. Thomson, esq., Crieff, January 14, 1909”); and Glenquaich [from the Celtic Magazine; in Mary Louise McLennon, History of the Pioneers of North Easthope]
Other poems include: “To William Black, Poet and Novelist”, “A Christmas Greeting to Mr. and Mrs. James Brand,” “My Hero True Frae Bennachie,” “A Guid New Year,” addressed to Mr. Thomas Davidson Brown, “To Mr. William Drysdale, of Montreal,” “The Victory Won,” “In Memoriam: Jane Jardine Marsh,” “A Full Blown Flower,” “A Bridal Greeting,” and “The Orange Wreath for Heaven’s Crown,” these last three bound together and issued privately as an “In Memoriam Souvenir” of the late Mrs. Fuller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Watson [Ross, 36]. and “In Memoriam: Lieutenant T.J. Graham-Stirling, who fell at Tel-el-Kebir”.
Sources
John D. Ross, Scottish Poets in America (New York, NY, 1889)
Duncan MacGregor Crerar, Whistle Blinkie: A Collection of Songs for the Social Circle (Glasgow: David Robertson & Co., 1890)
Alexander Muir Mackenzie, Taketties & Tyres in Strathbraan
Mary Louise McLennan, History of the Pioneers of North Easthope
Scottish poets
1836 births
1916 deaths
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Ressia is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
Ressia auriculata Zhang & Li, 2010
Ressia didesmococcusphaga (Yang, 1977)
Ressia quercidentella Sinev, 1988
Ressia tonkinella Sinev, 1988
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Discovery of the Genus Ressia Sinev (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) in China, with Description of One New Species
Cosmopteriginae
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Alice Abigail Corkran was an Irish author of children's fiction and an editor of children's magazines. Born in France to Irish parents, she grew up in the stimulating environment of her mother's literary salon. She was a playmate of Robert Browning's ageing father, and still had his workbooks in her possession when she died. As well as writing a number of well received novels, she edited first the Bairn's Annual and then The Girl's Realm, being the founder of that magazine's Guild of Service and Good Fellowship, which maintained a cot at the Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, among other charitable works.
Early life
Alice Corkran was born in Paris, France to John Frazer Corkran (18081884) and Louisa Walsh (18231892). She was the second oldest of five children: three girls, and two boys. Her father began life as a dramatist and had a play, The Painter of Italy, well received at the Theatre Royal, Dublin on 9 March 1840, but by that time he was already in Paris. He was the Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald and the Evening Standard.
John was in Paris for all the excitement of the 1848 revolution and he wrote a book: History of the National Constituent Assembly from May, 1848 (1849) that was said to be still the standard text on the constituent assembly more than 30 years later.
Louisa Corkran married her husband in Dublin in June or July 1839. They were soon in Paris where their five children were born; the first, Henrietta, was born on 21 October 1841.
Louisa's salon in Paris was frequented by M. Vigny, and by the whole literary group that acknowledged him as the leader. The poet Robert Browning was a friend, and his wife travelled twice a year to Paris to visit Louisa.
Thackeray, then writing Vanity Fair, was also a friend of the family and almost acted as a fairy godfather to the children. When the family returned to London, her house in Bloomsbury became a rendezvous for many eminent men and women of letters.
Alice Corkran grew up in a stimulating environment. She was the playmate of Robert Browning's father, and she used to accompany the old man on his rambles along the quays in search of subjects to sketch. She was the old man's favourite. She published some of his sketches to illustrate an article about the Brownings in The Girl's Realm in 1905. She still had his old notebooks with their sketches when she died.
Corkran was educated at home and studied art in Paris until the family had to leave Paris following some reverses of fortune. They moved to Bloomsbury in London.
Works
Longer works
Corkran's fame rested in particular on her first novel Bessie Lang as well as her other novel Down the Snow Stairs. These works were cited occasionally to reference the author. Both attracted very positive critical attention on first publication. Of Bessie Lang reviewers said:
"so sweet, so simple, and at the same time so strongly descriptive is the style in which this tale is told that it seems to have caught some feature of merit from each part in the telling."The Examiner
"If Miss Corkran is a novice in fiction, as her title-page would seem to indicate, she is a writer who may well have a future before her, for the pretty and touching tale she here gives us is told with a simplicity and absence of straining after effect which bespeak a true feeling for her art, whilst the beauty and pathos of many touches in it are unquestionable."The Graphic
"Indeed, so many the principal elements of a high-class work are undoubtedly to be found in " Bessie Lang," that the authoress may claim to have stepped at once into foremost place amongst contemporary writers of fiction. The reader will probably not have perused many pages without being agreeably reminded of such writings as those of Mrs. Gaskell, Mrs. Oliphant, Mrs. Craik, Miss Thackeray, whose works edify and interest by their purity and power rather than any perceptible straining after effect."Birmingham Daily Gazette
Down the Snow Stairs also attracted a favourable critical response:
"It is quite as enthralling as "Alice in Wonderland," but much more human and real. At the same time, every page is bathed in the golden and undying light of romance, without which a child's story-book is as uninteresting to little folks as an auctioneer's catalogue."Sheffield Independent
"We have rarely read anything better of its kind than "Down the Snow Stairs"."The Scotsman
"one of the most charming children’s stories imaginable, and will assuredly be very popular"John Bull
"We have to place this book alongside of Carrol's Alice in Wonderland...A better and brighter book we have not read for a long time."Aberdeen Press and Journal
After 1890, all of Corkran's longer works were non-fiction. Her non-fiction works were also well received by critics, and one of her obituaries referred to her book on Leighton as an excellent critical biography.
The source for the following data is the British Library Catalogue (BL Cat.), supplemented and cross-checked against Kirk, Sutherland, Watson, Library Hub Discover, and the Circulating Library database, supplemented by searches of the used book trade. The year of publication has been corrected from the nominal year, where necessary, by checking for reviews of the books in newspaper archives.
Legend for the column headings:
Cat.: Found in the Catalogue of the British Library
BL: Digital copy online at the British Library
IA: Digital copy online at the Internet Archive
HT: Digital copy online at Hathi Trust
Margery Merton's Girlhood is available online at Google Books, and Meg's Friend as a Gutenberg eText.
One work stands out on the list as being very dissimilar from the others, The Fatal House. This is a cheaply-priced (one shilling) melodrama completely unlike Corkran's other output, and there are no references on the title page to her other works. As noted in the table above, it is available as an online text at the British Library. The Morning Post said of the book: "Miss Alice Corkran has written a tale sufficiently full of mystery and horror to satisfy the most voracious appetite. "The Fatal House" exercises a baneful influence on all who reside under its roof. The history of its owners is one of crime, vice, and debauchery ; nothing but evil survives within its sin-tainted walls. Such ample evidence of this is adduced, that the unhappy wife of the last owner, in a state bordering on delirium, burns the house and its contents to the ground, thus lifting the curse which she feels has been laid upon it. It is an un- canny story from beginning to end, and its tone is morbid and unpleasant."
Anthologies
Corkran published three anthologies of her stories:
The Adventures of Mrs. Wishing-To-Be and Other Stories (see within longer works above) contained the title story, plus "Willie and Mary in Search of Fairy Land" and "Wish-Day".
Mischievous Jack and Other Stories contained "Mischievous Jack and the Old Fisherman" and "A Little King" which had both appeared in the first volume of The Bairn's Annual in 1885; and "Boppy's Repentance".
The Young Philistine, and Other Stories contained the title story, previously published as "A Young Philistine" in Merry England in 1885; "Pere Perrault's Legacy", which had first appeared as "How Pere Perrault Spent his Legacy" in Belgravia in July 1882; "A Village Genius" first published as "Mademoiselle Angele" in The Gentleman's Annual for 1881; and the lead story of the collection "The English Teacher at the Convent", which Sutherland said was notable among the short stories of Corkran, which "have some charm". The story is a version of "Miss Martha's Bag", which appeared in the first number of Merry England. The Athenaeum said of this collection that: "We find in Miss Corkran’s work a delicacy of touch, a fine humour, and a pathos which give to these little stories something of the charm and finish of a miniature."
The Young Philistine and other stories is available online at Google Books. Other anthologies that Corkran contributed to were:
The story "Pea Blossom" in Stories Jolly: Stories New: Stories Strange & Stories True. A Series of New and Original Tales For Boys and Girls, From Six to Fourteen Years Old (1889), edited by H. C. Adams, and published in London by Skeffington & Son
"The Adventures of a Would-Be King of the Giants" in The Children's Hour. A collection of stories & poems, (1896), edited by May Bateman and published in London by Simpkin & Marshall. This publication was sold in aid of the Princess May's Invalid Children's Aid Association.
An unnamed story in the anthology 52 Stories for the Little Ones (1902), published in London by Hutchinson & Co. as part of their "52" series
Editing and shorter works
Corkran edited the Bairn's Annual from 1885 to 1890 and contributed articles to it at the same time. The 1885 Annual is available online at Google Books. The annual was well received with the Freeman's Journal saying: "This is one of the most well-arranged and interesting children's books that we have seen for a long time, containing little stories of almost every class, and an original song with music. There is an etching as a frontispiece entitled "In Disgrace", which is worth all the money the book costs." That front-piece was by William Luker jnr.
The first issue of The Girl's Realm was published in 1898 with Corkran as both a contributor and editor. The first edition of the magazine, with 140 illustrations, was well reviewed. In the advert for The Girl's Realm in the London Daily News of 26 October 1898, the following reviewer comments about the magazine are quoted:
"far out-distances anything of the kind hitherto offered"World
"The variety in this number is extraordinary. . . The public reflects great credit on all concerned in its production..."Daily News:
"appears to mix all the desirable ingredients of a girl's reading in happy proportion."Queen
The Girl's Realm ran for 17 volumes from November 1898 to November 1915. It then seems to have been folded into The Woman at Home, where Corkran was the editor for three years, resigning in early 1902. She remained involved with the magazine, not only as a contributor, but also as the founder and guiding spirit of the Guild of Service and Good Fellowship, one of the leading features of the magazine.
The guild was founded in April 1900 by Corkran and charged a nominal subscription to members. The guild supported a cot at the Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, and also provided a scholarship to the Royal College of Music. Other activities included providing Christmas treats, one in Bethnal Green for 117 children and one in Kensal Green for 360 children, with the Guild members themselves providing the presents. The guild had over 2,300 members by 1905.
Kirk, who wrote in 1891, reported that Corkran "is now a journalist, contributing to many London papers." Corkran contributed stories and pieces to a range of publications, including the magazines:
The Gentleman's Annual for 1881 - "Mademoiselle Angele". Available at Google Books.
Belgravia - "How Pere Perrault Spent his Legacy". Available at Google Books.
Merry England - "Miss Martha's Bag", "A Face in the Window" (Aug 1883), "The Doctor's Guest" (Mar 1884), "A Young Philistine", "Pere Perrault's Legacy", "A Village Genius". Also articles. Available at Internet Archive.
The Bairn's Annual - "Mischievous Jack and the Old Fisherman" and "A Little King". Available at Google Books.
The Gentleman's Magazine - "Doctor Gregory", (Mar 1892). Available at Google Books.
Aunt Judy's Magazine
The Girl's Realm
The Lady's Realm
Atalanta
The Scottish Art Review
The Leeds: Mercury Supplement
Jabberwock
In 1902, after leaving the editorship of The Girl's Realm, Corkran was a literary reviewer in the Daily News and was also contributing articles to various London papers.
Later life and death
Corkran's mother, Louisa, died in 1882. She had been in declining health for some time and in her final years she depended largely on her daughter Alice's care. Corkran's father died in 1884 and her parents are buried together at Brompton Cemetery.
Corkran had a health scare in October 1892 when she was run over by a brougham in Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London. Her leg was badly injured and she suffered from shock, and recovered only slowly, so that it was the end of the year before she could resume literary work.
In 1901, Corkran was living in Mecklenburgh Square with her sister Harriet and Richard Whiteing. She was still living with Whiteing (who had separated from his wife) at the time of the 1911 census where she described her position in the house as inmate, which the enumerator corrected to the approved term boarder.
Both her sisters died in 1911. Henrietta, who died on 17 March 1911, had never married. Her sister Mary had married Barclay V. Head of the British Museum and had one daughter, Alice Augusta Louisa, who was living with her father at the time of the 1911 census (immediately after her mother's death on 30 March 1911). The dates of the deaths of the two brothers is uncertain, but Whiteing says that Alice was the last remaining survivor of her branch of the family, and one death notice referred to her being the last surviving child of her late father.
Corkran was plagued by poverty in her later years and also suffered from declining health. She died suddenly, but not unexpectedly, on 2 February 1916. Her niece, Alice Augusta Louisa Head, was an executrix of her will.
Notes
References
External links
Works by Alice Corkran at the Internet Archive
Works by Alice Corkran online at the Hathi Trust
Works by Alice Corkran online at the British Library
1843 births
1916 deaths
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19th-century Irish women writers
20th-century Irish women writers
Irish women children's writers
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Nadine de Klerk (born 16 January 2000) is a South African cricketer. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against India in the 2017 South Africa Quadrangular Series on 9 May 2017. She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for South Africa against India on 13 February 2018.
In February 2019, Cricket South Africa named her as one of the players in the Powerade Women's National Academy intake for 2019. In September 2019, she was named in the F van der Merwe XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa. In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.
In March 2020, she was awarded with a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2020–21 season. On 23 July 2020, de Klerk was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.
In February 2022, she was named as one of three reserves in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. In June 2022, de Klerk was named in South Africa's Women's Test squad for their one-off match against England Women. She made her Test debut on 27 June 2022, for South Africa against England.
In July 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. In March 2023, it was announced that de Klerk had signed for The Blaze for the upcoming English domestic season.
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Cricketers from Pretoria
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Western Province women cricketers
Brisbane Heat (WBBL) cricketers
The Blaze women's cricketers
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Visual approach
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A visual approach is an approach to a runway at an airport conducted under instrument flight rules (IFR) but where the pilot proceeds by visual reference and clear of clouds to the airport. The pilot must at all times have either the airport or the preceding aircraft in sight. This approach must be authorized and under the control of the appropriate air traffic control (ATC) facility. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) definition adds that the visual approach can commence when "either part or all of an instrument approach is not completed", varying only slightly from the Federal Aviation Administration regulation and is essentially identical.
Purpose
The visual approach allows a pilot to fly to the runway without having to perform an instrument approach.
This can greatly reduce pilot and controller workload, and expedite traffic by shortening flight paths to the airport.
Taking a shorter route to the airport in lieu of flying a complicated instrument approach procedure (IAP) can increase pilot safety, as the critical tasks of approach and landing occur when pilots are most fatigued. Controllers also benefit from visual approaches, for whom a visual approach is an essential tool in the effort to maximize traffic flow (especially at busy airports). Visual approaches dramatically reduce controller workload—ATC's IFR separation requirements may be reduced, under specific rules and circumstances, which relieves controllers of the burden.
Visual approaches can also result in additional risks such as the misidentification of the landing runway, which resulted in an Atlas Air Boeing 747 LCF landing at the small Colonel James Jabara Airport rather than McConnell Air Force Base where it intended to land. Other similar incidents have occurred. Particularly in congested airspace, visual approaches can increase pilot workload due to the high situational awareness required. This is because when a pilot accepts a visual approach, the pilot accepts responsibility for establishing a safe landing interval behind the preceding aircraft, as well as wake-turbulence avoidance and to remain clear of clouds.
According to ICAO Doc. 4444, (def., 6.5.3 + 6.5.4.3 + 8.9.5) an approach by an IFR flight when either part or all of an instrument approach procedure is not completed and the approach is executed in visual reference to terrain. The pilot shall maintain visual reference to terrain and the reported ceiling shall be at or above the approved initial approach level. Metrological conditions is such that a visual approach and landing can be completed. For radar vectors, a clearance for visual approach shall only be issued if the pilot has reported the aerodrome or preceding aircraft in sight, at the time where vectors would normally cease.
Part-NCO.OP page 27: A visual approach is not permitted when runway visual range (RVR) is less than 800 metres.
See also
Contact approach
Instrument approach
Night VFR (NVFR)
Special visual flight rules (SVFR)
(CVFR)
References
Air traffic control
Types of final approach (aviation)
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Alf Harbitz (1 January 1880 – 23 December 1964) was a Norwegian journalist, writer, critic and translator.
He was born in Flekkefjord. During his career he worked in newspapers such as Verdens Gang, Aftenposten, Morgenbladet and Drammens Tidende. He also published several novels, plays and works of prose. He was a member of the board of the Riksmål Society from 1929 to 1938, and chaired the organization from 1936 to 1937.
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1880 births
1964 deaths
Norwegian literary critics
People from Flekkefjord
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This is a list of castles and chateaux located in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
B
Benátky nad Jizerou Chateau
Bečváry Chateau
Bezno Chateau
Bělá pod Bezdězem Chateau
Blahotice Chateau
Bolechovice Chateau
Bon Repos Chateau
Brandýs nad Labem Chateau
Brnky u Prahy Chateau
Březnice Chateau
Březno Chateau
Budenice Chateau
Buštěhrad Chateau
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Cerhenice Chateau
Chlukov Castle
Chlum (u Čáslavi) Castle
Chlum Castle
Chlum Chateau, Mirošovice
Chlumín Chateau
Chotýšany Chateau
Chvatěruby Castle
Čechtice Chateau
Čejchanov Castle
Čelina Chateau
Červené Janovice Chateau
Červený Hrádek u Sedlčan Chateau
Český Šternberk Castle
Církvice Chateau
Cítov Chateau
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Diblíkov Chateau
Dobrohošť Chateau
Dobrovice Chateau
Dobřejovice Chateau
Dobřichovice Chateau
Dobříš Castle
Dobříš Chateau
Dolní Beřkovice Chateau
Dolní Břežany Chateau
Domousnice Chateau
Drahenice u Březnice Chateau
Drábské světničky Castle
Dražice (Benátky nad Jizerou) Castle
Drštka Castle
Dymokury Chateau
Džbán Castle
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Filipov Chateau
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Harasov Castle
Hlavačov Castle
Hlavenec Chateau
Hlízov Chateau
Hluboš Chateau
Hodkov Chateau
Hodkovice Chateau
Horky nad Jizerou Chateauou
Horoměřice Chateau
Hořelice Chateau
Hořín Chateau
Hořovice Chateau
Hospozín Chateau
Hostivice Chateau
Hrad u Čtyřkol Castle
Hrad u Úval Castle
Hradištko Chateau
Hradové Střimelice Castle
Hrádek u Lovčic Castle
Hrádek Castle in Kutná Hora
Hrochův Hrádek Castle
Hynšta Castle
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Jablonná Chateau
Jemniště Chateau
Jenčov Castle
Jenštejn Castle
Jetřichovice Chateau
Ježov Castle near Senohraby
Jince Chateau
Jirny Chateau
Jivno Castle
Josefův Důl Chateau
K
Kačina Chateau
Kamenice Chateau
Kamýk nad Vltavou Castle
Karlík Castle
Karlštejn Castle
Kazín Castle
Kácov Castle
Kladno Chateau
Klamorna Castle
Klášter Hradiště nad Jizerou Chateau
Klášterní Skalice Chateau
Klecany Chateau
Klemperka Castle
Kluky Chateau
Kňovice Chateau
Kokořín Castle
Koleč Chateau
Kolešovice Chateau
Kolín Castle
Komorní Hrádek Chateau
Konárovice Chateau
Konopiště Chateau
Kornhauz Chateau
Kosmonosy Chateau
Kosova Hora Chateau
Kost Castle
Kostelec nad Černými lesy Chateau
Košátky Chateau
Kounice Chateau
Kovanice Chateau
Kozí Hřbet Castle
Krakovec Castle
Králův Dvůr Chateau
Krásná Hora Chateau
Krnsko Chateau
Krušovice Chateau
Křinec Chateau
Křivoklát Castle
Křivsoudov Castle
Kuncberk Castle
Květnice Castle
L
Lány Chateau
Leontýn Chateau
Lešany Chateau
Levý Hradec Castle
Liběchov Chateau
Liběhrad Castle
Liblice Chateau
Libouň Chateau
Liteň Chateau
Líšno Chateau
Lobeč Chateau
Lobkovice Chateau
Loděnice Chateau
Lojovice Chateau
Loučeň Chateau
Loukovec Chateau
Louňovice pod Blaníkem Chateau
Luštěnice Chateau
Lužce Chateau
Lysá nad Labem Chateau
M
Malkov Castle
Martiněves Chateau
Mcely Chateau
Mělník Chateau
Měšice u Prahy Chateau
Měšice Chateau
Michalovice Castle
Miličín Castle
Mladá Boleslav Castle
Mnichovo Hradiště Chateau
Mníšek pod Brdy Chateau
Modletice Chateau
Molitorov Chateau
Mrač Chateau
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Načeradec Chateau
Nalžovice Chateau
Nebřenice Chateau
Nedamy Castle
Nedrahovice Chateau
Nelahozeves Chateau
Neuberk Chateau
Neuberk Chateau
Neustupov Chateau
Niměřice Chateau
Nižbor Chateau
Nové Dvory Chateau
Nový Ronov Chateau
Nový Stránov Chateau
Nymburk Castle
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Obříství Chateau
Odlochovice Chateau
Odolena Voda Chateau
Okoř Castle
Oráčov Castle
Osečany Chateau
Ostromeč Castle
Ostředek Chateau
P
Pakoměřice Chateau
Panenské Břežany Chateau
Pašinka Chateau
Pirkštejn Castle
Poděbrady Castle
Pravonín Chateau
Předboř Chateau
Přemyšlení Chateau
Přerov nad Labem Chateau
Přistoupim Chateau
Příbram Castle
Průhonice Chateau
Pyšely Chateau
R
Radim Chateau
Radíč Chateau
Radlík Chateau
Radovesnice Chateau
Rataje nad Sázavou Chateau
Ratměřice Chateau
Rácov Castle
Roudnice nad Labem Castle
Roztoky u Prahy Chateau
Rožďalovice Chateau
Rožmitál pod Třemšínem Chateau
Rtíšovice Chateau
Řepín Chateau
Říčany Castle
S
Sazená Chateau
Sion Castle
Skalsko Chateau
Slabce Chateau
Smečno Chateau
Smilkov Chateau
Smolotely Chateau
Sobín Castle
Sovínky Chateau
Stajice Castle
Stará Dubá Castle
Staré Hrady Castle
Starý zámek Castle
Statenice Chateau
Stříbrná Skalice Castle
Střížkov Chateau
Studénka Chateau
Suchdol Chateau
Suchomasty Chateau
Svatý Hubert Chateau
Svinaře Chateau
Šember Castle
Škvorec Chateau
Šprymberk Castle
Štětkovice Chateau
Štiřín Chateau
T
Talmberk Castle
Tehov Castle
Tetín Castle
Tloskov Chateau
Tochovice Chateau
Točník Castle
Třebešice Chateau
Třebešice Castle
Třebnice Chateau
Třebonín Castle
Třemšín Castle
Tři trubky Chateau
Tuchoměřice Chateau
Tupadly - Slavín Chateau
Týnec nad Sázavou Castle
Týřov Castle
U
Uhy Chateau
Unhošť Chateau
Úholičky Chateau
Úmonín Chateau
V
Valdek Castle
Valečov Castle
Včelní hrádek Chateau
Velké Všelisy Chateau
Veltrusy Chateau
Vidim Chateau
Vidlákova Lhota Chateau
Vidovice Chateau
Vinařice Chateau
Vlastějovice Chateau
Vlašim Chateau
Vlašský dvůr Castle
Vlčí Pole Chateau
Vlčkovice Chateau
Vlkava Chateau
Vlkov nad Lesy Chateau
Vojkov Chateau
Vraný Chateau
Vrchotovy Janovice Chateau
Všenory Chateau
Vysoký Chlumec Castle
Vysoký Újezd Chateau
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Zásadka Castle
Zásmuky Chateau
Zbenice Chateau
Zbořený Kostelec Castle
Zbraslav Chateau
Zbraslavice Chateau
Zdonín Chateau
Zduchovice Chateau
Zlenice Castle
Zlonice Chateau
Zruč nad Sázavou Chateau
Zvěřinec Castle
Zvěstov Chateau
Zvířetice Castle
Zvoleněves Chateau
Žáky Chateau
Žebrák Castle
Žehušice Chateau
Žleby Chateau
See also
List of castles in the Czech Republic
List of castles in Europe
List of castles
External links
Czech Republic - Manors, Castles, Historical Towns
Hrady.cz
Central Bohemia
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Nicklas Mouritz Mouritsen (born 15 March 1995) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Danish Superliga club OB.
Club career
B.93
At the age of just 16, Mouritsen already got his first team debut for B.93 in the Danish 2nd Division. He played 10 league matches.
FC Nordsjælland
Mouritsen joined FC Nordsjælland in 2012, where he played 2 years on the youth teams. He was permanently moved to the first team squad in the summer 2014, at the age of 19.
On 24 September 2014, Mouritsen got his first team debut for FCN, when he played in a Danish Cup match against SC Egedal, who FCN lost 4-5. He got his Danish Superliga debut against Hobro IK on 28 February 2015, where he played the whole match.
FC Roskilde
On the last day of the summer transfer market, Mouritsen got his contract with FCN terminated, and joined FC Roskilde. After playing for the club in two seasons, FC Roskilde announced on 3 June 2018, that Mouritsen alongside two other teammates, would leave the club this summer.
Lyngby BK
Mourtisen signed for Lyngby Boldklub on 11 July 2018. He left the club at the end of the season.
Return to FC Roskilde
On 7 September 2019, FC Roskilde announced that Mouritsen had returned to FC Roskilde. He left the club again at the end of the year. However, on 31 January 2020, he signed a new contract for the rest of the season.
Skive IK
On 15 October 2020, Mouritsen moved to Skive IK.
FC Helsingør
After only three months at Skive, Mouritsen joined fellow league club FC Helsingør on 28 January 2021.
OB
On 18 August 2023, Mouritsen was bought free by Danish Superliga club OB, signing a deal with the club until June 2026.
References
External links
1995 births
Living people
Danish men's footballers
Danish Superliga players
Danish 1st Division players
Boldklubben af 1893 players
FC Nordsjælland players
FC Roskilde players
Lyngby Boldklub players
Skive IK players
FC Helsingør players
Odense Boldklub players
Denmark men's youth international footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Footballers from Copenhagen
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Qianhai
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Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone () is a commercial development in Shenzhen, Guangdong that is also known as Qianhai New District. Located in Nanshan District and encircled by the Shuangjie River, Yueliangwan Boulevard, Mawan Boulevard and Qianhai Bay, Qianhai covers an area of approximately , comprising almost entirely reclaimed land. The project is expected to be completed by 2020.
Strategic positioning
According to plans made by the Qianhai administration, as the pilot district for cooperation between mainland China and Hong Kong and innovation in the service industry, Qianhai undertakes four functions:
An area that will aim to facilitate innovation in the modern service industry
An area that will aim to become a hub of modern services and modern service development
A pilot area for closer cooperation between mainland China and Hong Kong
A facilitator in the industrial reform and sustainable economic development of the Pearl River Delta
Features
Location
Qianhai is situated in the Pearl River Delta. With the completion of railways and roads by 2020, Qianhai will be within a one-hour commuting radius of the Pearl River Delta and within a 30-minute commuting radius of Hong Kong. The main arteries of traffic in the region, including the Shenzhen-Zhongshan corridor, Shenzhen Western Port, Shenzhen North Station and Guangzhou-Shenzhen Yanjiang Highway all pass through Qianhai.
Industrial support
The city of Shenzhen, where Qianhai is located, is one of the most economically developed regions in the Pearl River Delta and mainland China. As one of the most economically productive cities in China, Shenzhen has the highest GDP per capita, foreign export volume, the number of patent applications and the number of patents owned per capita among all major cities in China.
Special policies
The following policies were approved by the State Council on June 27, 2012.
Financial policies
Qianhai shall experiment with the expansion of offshore RMB fund flow-back channels. Qianhai will support the development of Hong Kong as an offshore RMB settlement centre and establish a cross-border RMB innovation zone in order to facilitate the development of RMB financial services.
Qianhai shall support the issuance of RMB loans from local banking institutions to international projects, and from Hong Kong-based banking institutions to Qianhai projects under the stipulations of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA).
Qianhai shall be supported in its efforts to establish an equity investment parent fund in Qianhai.
Hasten the internationalization of Qianhai's financial market by opening up to Hong Kong under the stipulations of CEPA
Qianhai supports the development of innovative financial instruments, and financial products that support the development of the real economy.
Hong Kong and international banking institutions shall be encouraged to establish their headquarters in Qianhai in order to quicken the pace of the internationalization of Qianhai's financial industry.
Taxation policies
Eligible companies registered in Qianhai are subject to a 15 percent preferential corporate income tax rate.
Eligible professionals who are employed in Qianhai are exempt from personal income tax.
Legal policies
Qianhai shall support Hong Kong arbitration agencies' establishment of affiliated agencies in Qianhai.
Qianhai shall support the joint operation of mainland and Hong Kong law firms under CEPA and its supplementary agreements.
Human resource policies
Qianhai's human resource management mechanism shall be innovated and relevant policies and measures shall be formulated to attract a professional, international workforce, including but not limited to professionals from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, as well as Chinese professionals who are currently working or studying abroad or those who have returned to China.
Professionals with certification from Hong Kong shall be permitted to provide professional services, the boundary of which is confined to Qianhai and to the enterprises and residents of Qianhai. The specific policies, measures, and regulations of such services shall be formulated by relevant regulatory departments.
Professionals from Hong Kong with the certificates of Certified Public Accountant of China shall be permitted to serve as partners of mainland Chinese accounting firms. The pilot trial procedures will be formulated by Shenzhen and will be implemented in Qianhai upon the approval of the Ministry of Finance.
Education and health care policies
Hong Kong education service providers are permitted to set up international schools invested by Hong Kong investors in Qianhai upon approval.
Hong Kong health care service providers are permitted to establish hospitals invested by Hong Kong investors in Qianhai.
Telecommunications policies
Hong Kong and Macau telecom operators are permitted to establish telecom joint ventures with mainland Chinese operators in Qianhai under the stipulations of CEPA.
Qianhai will establish a dedicated telecommunications channel in order to provide a better and faster channel for telecom businesses as well as other firms in Qianhai.
Future leading industries
As a modern service industry cooperation zone, Qianhai's administration has planned to focus on finance, modern logistics, information services, technology services, and other professional services.
Finance
The Qianhai administration plans to promote innovation and partnership within the financial industry by relaxing currency flows between Qianhai and Hong Kong, reinforcing Hong Kong's position as an offshore RMB settlement centre. This initiative is meant to spearhead the internationalisation of Shenzhen's capital market, as well as strengthen the partnership between securities markets in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Qianhai's financial services will aim to complement that of Hong Kong's, in a conscious effort to avoid direct competition and create a win-win situation.
More specifically, Hong Kong banks will be allowed to extend commercial RMB loans to Qianhai-based onshore mainland entities. The People's Bank of China has also indicated that such loans will for the first time not be subject to the benchmark rates set by the central bank for all other loans in the rest of China. The beginning of this "cross-border yuan loan program has opened a new channel for the back flow of overseas yuan funds, which will increase the yuan’s global liquidity and promote its internationalisation,” according to Linan Liu, a senior strategist for greater China at Deutsche Bank AG.
Qianhai Equity Trading Centre
The Qianhai Equity Trading Centre will provide loans to Qianhai enterprises by launching RMB-denominated wealth management products (WMPs) on the Hong Kong capital market.
Modern logistics
Qianhai has implemented preferential policies which will effectively allow logistics providers to offer improved and more flexible services across mainland China and globally.
Qianhai Bay Free Trade Port Zone
The Qianhai Bay Free Trade Port Zone is one of the vital components of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone. The construction of 7 warehouses with a total area of 400,000m² has been completed, among which are for refrigerated bonded warehouses.
Information services
The Qianhai administration will promote the development of software and information technology services, as well as facilitate the cooperation between mainland and Hong Kong telecom operators.
Technology and other professional services
Qianhai will give priority to the development of innovative technologies, creative design services, as well as professional services such as consulting and management. As industrial reform is now underway in the Pearl River Delta, Qianhai's strategic positioning includes the plan to provide manufacturers with new technologies and other professional services to support their reforming efforts and facilitate a smoother transition.
Urban planning
With a planned area of and total construction area of 26-30 million m2, Qianhai is expected to create 650,000 jobs and house 150,000 residents by 2020. According to the city blueprint, Qianhai's residents will have access to a park and greenery within , the ability to reach public transportation within , shopping malls, restaurants, and hotels within , and education and health care services within of any given point in the city. In order to attract and retain a creative workforce, the Qianhai administration has claimed that it will aim to establish an internationalised education system, as well as a Hong Kong-standard health care system.
The Qianhai administration has stated that it will prioritise public transportation and sustainable development. All Qianhai buildings will meet international environmental standards, and the energy consumption of buildings will be closely monitored and controlled. There is a planned 150 million yuan investment in reforestation, and investments in clean energy, water and waste recycling as well as sustainable urban management.
Current projects
Qianhai Enterprise Dream Park
An example of Qianhai's future work environment, the Qianhai Enterprise Dream Park is modelled after the Silicon Valley, with 58 office buildings and a multi-purpose building that can be used as a conference and exhibition hall and an exchange platform. Companies who are planning to move in or have already moved in include the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), Hang Seng Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China Mobile, etc. Although some companies have moved in, there is still ongoing construction. The area will be completed by the end of 2014.
Qianhai Youth Entrepreneur Innovation Hub
The Qianhai Youth Hub is an area that will become a community dedicated to the facilitation of innovation in young entrepreneurs, providing them with sources of venture capital, the advantage of starting up in one of the most active economies in China, and the opportunity to network with companies as well as like-minded individuals from abroad, particularly Hong Kong youths. The cost of research and startup in the Qianhai Youth Hub will be partially subsidised.
The prioritised industries in this area are consistent with Qianhai's overall blueprint, including innovative technology, information technology, modern logistics, and cultural and artistic innovation. The development of professional services such as finance, accounting, and law, as well as computer science, e-commerce, statistical analysis, animation, new media, 3-D printing, design, virtual reality, and clean energy are strongly supported by the Qianhai administration. The Hub will have facilities that help youth entrepreneurs obtain funds from venture capital, public funds, and subsidies from the Qianhai administration, providing them with the resources to either initiate an idea or continue developing their innovation. In addition, the Qianhai Youth Hub is situated beside the Qianhai Enterprise Dream Park, giving the youth entrepreneurs a chance to network with companies, offers for careers, and venture capital.
In addition to a lab area with facilities such as recording studios and 3-D printing labs, participants in the Qianhai Youth Hub will have access to the facilities in most public labs for free. There is an instructional building where professors and professionals give seminars, career advice, or provide professional guidance to youth entrepreneurs, and an exhibition hall for the participants' work and ideas. International and Hong Kong youth participation in this hub is strongly supported by the Qianhai administration. This community will be managed by the Qianhai administration, the Hong Kong Federation of Youths, and the Shenzhen Youth Federation. This project will be completed by the end of 2014.
References
External links
Official Chinese Website
Regulations on Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industrial Cooperation Area of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
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Baby colic
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Baby colic, also known as infantile colic, is defined as episodes of crying for more than three hours a day, for more than three days a week, for three weeks in an otherwise healthy child. Often crying occurs in the evening. It typically does not result in long-term problems. The crying can result in frustration of the parents, depression following delivery, excess visits to the doctor, and child abuse.
The cause of colic is unknown. Some believe it is due to gastrointestinal discomfort like intestinal cramping. Diagnosis requires ruling out other possible causes. Concerning findings include a fever, poor activity, or a swollen abdomen. Fewer than 5% of infants with excess crying have an underlying organic disease.
Treatment is generally conservative, with little to no role for either medications or alternative therapies. Extra support for the parents may be useful. Tentative evidence supports certain probiotics for the baby and a low-allergen diet by the mother in those who are breastfed. Hydrolyzed formula may be useful in those who are bottlefed.
Colic affects 10–40% of babies. Equally common in bottle and breast-fed infants, it begins during the second week of life, peaks at 6 weeks, and resolves between 12 and 16 weeks. It rarely lasts up to one year of age. It occurs at the same rate in boys and in girls. The first detailed medical description of the problem was published in 1954.
Signs and symptoms
Colic is defined as episodes of crying for more than three hours a day, for more than three days a week for at least a three-week duration in an otherwise healthy child. It is most common around six weeks of age and gets better by six months of age. By contrast, infants normally cry an average of just over two hours a day, with the duration peaking at six weeks. With colic, periods of crying most commonly happen in the evening and for no obvious reason. Associated symptoms may include legs pulled up to the stomach, a flushed face, clenched hands, and a wrinkled brow. The cry is often high pitched (piercing).
Effect on the family
An infant with colic may affect family stability and be a cause of short-term anxiety or depression in the father and mother. It may also contribute to exhaustion and stress in the parents.
Persistent infant crying has been associated with severe marital discord, postpartum depression, early termination of breastfeeding, frequent visits to doctors, and a quadrupling of excessive laboratory tests and prescription of medication for acid reflux. Babies with colic may be exposed to abuse, especially shaken baby syndrome.
Parent training programs for managing infantile colic may result in a reduction in crying time.
Causes
The cause of colic is generally unknown. Fewer than 5% of infants who cry excessively turn out to have an underlying organic disease, such as constipation, gastroesophageal reflux disease, lactose intolerance, anal fissures, subdural hematomas, or infantile migraine. Babies fed cow's milk have been shown to develop antibody responses to the bovine protein, and some studies have shown an association between consumption of cow's milk and infant colic. Studies performed showed conflicting evidence about the role of cow's milk allergy. While previously believed to be related to gas pains, this does not appear to be the case. Another theory holds that colic is related to hyperperistalsis of the digestive tube (increased level of activity of contraction and relaxation). The evidence that the use of anticholinergic agents improve colic symptoms supports this hypothesis.
Psychological and social factors have been proposed as a cause, but there is no evidence. Studies performed do not support the theory that maternal (or paternal) personality or anxiety causes colic, nor that it is a consequence of a difficult temperament of the baby, but families with colicky children may eventually develop anxiety, fatigue and problems with family functioning as a result. There is some evidence that cigarette smoke may increase the risk. It seems unrelated to breast or bottle feeding with rates similar in both groups. Reflux does not appear to be related to colic.
Diagnosis
Colic is diagnosed after other potential causes of crying are excluded. This can typically be done via a history and physical exam, and in most cases tests such as X-rays or blood tests are not needed. Babies who cry may simply be hungry, uncomfortable, or ill. Less than 10% of babies who would meet the definition of colic based on the amount they cry have an identifiable underlying disease.
Cause for concern include: an elevated temperature, a history of breathing problems or a child who is not appropriately gaining weight.
Indications that further investigations may be needed include:
Vomiting (vomit that is green or yellow, bloody or occurring more than five times a day)
Change in stool (constipation or diarrhea, especially with blood or mucous)
Abnormal temperature (a rectal temperature less than or over
Irritability (crying all day with few calm periods in between)
Lethargy (excess sleepiness, lack of smiles or interested gaze, weak sucking lasting over six hours)
Poor weight gain (gaining less than 15 grams a day)
Problems to consider when the above are present include:
Infections (e.g. ear infection, urine infection, meningitis, appendicitis)
Intestinal pain (e.g. food allergy, acid reflux, constipation, intestinal blockage)
Trouble breathing (e.g. from a cold, excessive dust, congenital nasal blockage, oversized tongue)
Increased brain pressure (e.g. hematoma, hydrocephalus)
Skin pain (e.g. a loose diaper pin, irritated rash, a hair wrapped around a toe)
Mouth pain (e.g. yeast infection)
Kidney pain (e.g. blockage of the urinary system)
Eye pain (e.g. scratched cornea, glaucoma)
Overdose (e.g. excessive Vitamin D, excessive sodium)
Others (e.g. migraine headache, heart failure, hyperthyroidism)
Persistently fussy babies with poor weight gain, vomiting more than five times a day, or other significant feeding problems should be evaluated for other illnesses (e.g. urinary infection, intestinal obstruction, acid reflux).
Treatment
Management of colic is generally conservative and involves the reassurance of parents. Calming measures may be used and include soothing motions, limiting stimulation, pacifier use, and carrying the baby around in a carrier, although it is not entirely clear if these actions have any effect beyond placebo. Swaddling does not appear to help.
Medication
No medications have been found to be both safe and effective. Simethicone is safe but does not work, while dicyclomine works but is not safe. Evidence does not support the use of cimetropium bromide, and there is little evidence for alternative medications or techniques. While medications to treat reflux are common, there is no evidence that they are useful.
Diet
Dietary changes by infants are generally not needed. In mothers who are breastfeeding, a hypoallergenic diet by the mother—not eating milk and dairy products, eggs, wheat, and nuts—may improve matters, while elimination of only cow's milk does not seem to produce any improvement. In formula-fed infants, switching to a soy-based or hydrolyzed protein formula may help. Evidence of benefit is greater for hydrolyzed protein formula with the benefit from soy based formula being disputed. Both these formulas have greater cost and may not be as palatable. Supplementation with fiber has not been shown to have any benefit. A 2018 Cochrane review of 15 randomized controlled trials involving 1,121 infants was unable to recommend any dietary interventions. A 2019 review determined that probiotics were no more effective than placebo although a reduction in crying time was measured.
Complimentary and alternative medicine
No clear beneficial effect from spinal manipulation or massage has been shown. Further, as there is no evidence of safety for cervical manipulation for baby colic, it is not advised. There is a case of a three-month-old dying following manipulation of the neck area.
Little clinical evidence supports the efficacy of "gripe water" and caution in use is needed, especially in formulations that include alcohol or sugar. Evidence does not support lactase supplementation. The use of probiotics, specifically Lactobacillus reuteri, decreases crying time at three weeks by 46 minutes in breastfeed babies but has unclear effects in those who are formula fed. Fennel also appears effective.
Prognosis
Infants who are colicky do just as well as their non colicky peers with respect to temperament at one year of age.
Epidemiology
Colic affects 10–40% of children, occurring at the same rate in boys and in girls.
History
The word "colic" is derived from the ancient Greek word for intestine (sharing the same root as the word "colon").
It has been an age-old practice to drug crying infants. During the second century AD, the Greek physician Galen prescribed opium to calm fussy babies, and during the Middle Ages in Europe, mothers and wet nurses smeared their nipples with opium lotions before each feeding. Alcohol was also commonly given to infants.
In past decades, doctors recommended treating colicky babies with sedative medications (e.g. phenobarbital, Valium, alcohol), analgesics (e.g. opium) or anti-spasm drugs (e.g. scopolamine, Donnatal, dicyclomine), but none of these are now recommended because of potential serious side-effects, including death.
References
External links
Ailments of unknown cause
Crying
Pediatrics
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Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 9–10
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The Men's Individual Class 9-10 table tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held between 7 September and 11 September at the Peking University Gymnasium.
Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment had on an athlete’s ability to compete.
The event was won by Ge Yang, representing .
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Competition bracket
References
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Corrigin is a town in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, east-southeast of the state capital, Perth, Western Australia, along State Route 40. It is mostly a farming community focused on crops and sheep, and holds the world record of "the most dogs in a ute".
History
The name "Corrigin", of Noongar Aboriginal origin, was first recorded in 1877 relating to a well in the area. The meaning of the name is unknown.
Before 1908 Corrigin's only connection with the rest of the state was the railway track that ran to Merredin and it was difficult to get anyone to take up land near the rabbit proof fence. Most of the land was once held by George Walton on a pastoral lease, which he ran from his homestead at Wogerlin rock. The first settlers to the area were Mr A. W. Goyder (the son of the South Australian Surveyor General), who took up the area on which the town now stands. He was followed by Jack Crossland then by Messrs Gayfer and Jose Bros.
In 1909, the Government planned to build a railway from Brookton on the Great Southern Railway to the town of Kunjin, 17 km west of Corrigin. Some time after, a line from Wickepin was also proposed, and the Government decided to locate the crossing point at Corrigin.
A storm swept through the area in 1913 lashing the area with hailstones over in diameter. The town was also deluged with over of rain in a few hours. Standing crops were flattened, fences in low-lying areas were washed away and most of the town was submerged under at least of water.
In 1913, a railway siding was built, and named "Dondakin" by railway authorities due to conflict with the name elsewhere. However, after much local protest, the siding was renamed Corrigin and gazetted on 15 May 1914. The railway line from Wickepin, Western Australia opened a month later, and the main office of the local Road Board moved to the town. In 1915, a school was built.
In 1932 the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding. The bulk handling facility had been installed by November the following year and the first trial load of wheat was satisfactorily loaded.
By 1937 the town boasted a hall that cost £8,000 to build, a large state hotel, commercial buildings, bowling green, tennis course, golf course and one of the best showgrounds in the state. The town still had no adequate water scheme, there was no lack of well water but the water drawn was very hard.
The wheatbelt was struck by drought for much of 1939 and nearly all of 1940, described at the time as "the worst in the states history" until heavy rains arrived in December of that year. Corrigin received of drought-breaking rain over a couple of days.
The town was lashed by a violent storm on New Year's Day in 2013. Destructive winds and of rain tore through over the course of an hour leaving behind fallen powerlines, uprooted trees, sheds torn apart and roofs ripped from homes.
Present day
Corrigin has a population of 903 and is a key agricultural centre for a district focused mainly on wheat and sheep farming. It is the location of a CBH management zone office, and in 1973 was the location of a "type B" wheat bin.
It contains a district high school (originally opened 1915 as a primary school), National Australia Bank branch, shopping facilities, accommodation (hotel, motel, caravan park), council offices and a telecentre. Each year, it hosts an agricultural show.
The town is a stop on the Transwa bus service to Esperance via Kulin/Hyden.
A large rocky outcrop just to the east of town is Corrigin Rock.
About 5 km west of town is the Corrigin dog cemetery, containing over 80 buried dogs.
In popular culture
Corrigan, the fictional town in which the 2009 Craig Silvey novel Jasper Jones and the subsequent film are set, derives its name from Corrigin.
Climate
References
External links
Shire of Corrigin
Dog in a Ute – includes photos and history of the event.
Corrigin dog cemetery
Towns in Western Australia
Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
Grain receival points of Western Australia
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The Ven. Henry Francis Bather (8 February 1832 – 10 September 1905) was Archdeacon of Ludlow from 1891 to 1904.
Bather was born in Shrewsbury, fifth and youngest son of John Bather, a barrister who was lord of the manor of Meole Brace and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Reverend George Gipps of Ringwould, Kent, and sister of Sir George Gipps, Governor of Australia.
He was educated at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1856 and M.A. in 1859. He ordained by the Bishop of Lichfield deacon in 1855 and priest in 1856 and was the incumbent at Meole Brace near Shrewsbury from 1858 to 1897, and of nearby Sutton from 1887 to 1897, and Rural Dean of Pontesbury from 1883 to 1892. At Hereford Cathedral he was Prebendary from 1878 to 1893, Canon Residentiary from 1891, and Chancellor of the Choir from 1896 until his death in 1905.
He married in 1857 Elizabeth, daughter of the Reverend T.D. Atkinson, Vicar of Rugeley, Staffordshire, but the couple had no children.
He died at his residence in the Cathedral Close at Hereford on Sunday 10 September 1905 aged 73 and was buried on 13 September in Meole Brace churchyard.
Notes
Clergy from Shrewsbury
People educated at Marlborough College
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Ludlow
1832 births
1905 deaths
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The 2019 Bretagne World RX of France was the eighth round of the sixth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Lohéac in the Lohéac commune of Bretagne.
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Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
Semi-Final 2
Final
Standings after the event
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Note: Only the top six positions are included.
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According to a "Global Driver Satisfaction" survey conducted by the navigation app Waze in 2015, Metro Manila had the "worst traffic on Southeast Asia". Emerson Carlos, MMDA assistant general manager for operation has mentioned that in 2015, motor vehicle registrations in Metro Manila peaked at around 2.5 million.
Causes
Infrastructure problems
One of the primary causes of traffic density within Metro Manila is the current transportation infrastructure. Overall, there is a lack of quality infrastructure thus insufficient modes of mobility. The Duterte administration has promised that the coming years will be the, "golden age of infrastructure", with a record $168 billion to be spent on 5,000 projects across the nation”.
Road network
The road network of Metro Manila consists of radial (R-1 to R-10) and circumferential (C-1 to C-5) roads. These are the principal arteries within the city, however given the density of vehicles within the metropolis the roads have become inadequate. "Metro Manila only has 1 km of road per 424 vehicles."
Furthermore, the roads are of poor quality and do not receive maintenance. For example, in the scope of the entire country, "Of the 31,400 km of national roads in the system, only about 45% (14,200 km) were assessed as being in good or fair condition in November 2011.”
The railway system
The current railways carry around 1.3 million passengers per day and spans in 4 different lines. In 1998, plans for a railway expansion were implemented however only of the planned was actually built. As such, there exists a lack of an adequate non-road-based public transportation system. This is made evident with the problem of overcrowding during peak hours, which is at 4:00pm to 5:00 pm.
Road-based Public Transport
In Metro Manila, a variety of road-based public transport, such as tricycles, taxis, buses, and jeepneys which are all privately owned "account for more than 50% of daily commuting trips, incur no subsidy, and with low productivity.” Meanwhile, "car travel accounts for 30% of person-km, but constitutes 72% of the road traffic in terms of PCU-km.” The high number of vehicles on the road, which could be attributed to the high population, is one of the contributors to traffic congestion.
Urban planning problems
According to renowned urban planner Felino Palafox Jr., Metro Manila used to be an example of good urban planning until the mid-1970s. Palafox cited gated communities within central business districts, and the decision of local government units within the metropolitan area to "throw away" the Metro Manila Zoning Ordinance in the 1990s, as contributors to Metro Manila's urban planning "mess".
Urban area expansion
The urban area of Metro Manila experiences a high growth rate in population, reaching a rate of . Within the period of 2000–2001, the city experienced a rate of 1.8%, resulting from the spillover of people from nearby towns, cities, and provinces. The urban planning of the city is not adequate vis a vis the high population density. Statistics show that the city must "accommodate about an additional two million to six million by 2030.”
Traffic congestion
"Today, traffic demand is at 12.8 million trips in Metro Manila. Most of these trips are made using the public transport owing to its 69% share of total trips. The lesser share of the trips is done by private mode and yet it is this mode that takes up 78% of road space.” At the current state, the traffic volume within the metropolis already exceeds the capacities of existing roads.
Economic theories
The Roadmap for Transport Infrastructure for Metro Manila and its Surrounding Areas (Region III & Region IV-A) study by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in response to the National Economic Development (NEDA) request for assistance in creating a guide for transport development in Metro Manila, the two regions of Central Luzon and CALABARZON. The guide was made to help NEDA deliberate on the contents of a short-term (2014 - 2016) and a medium term (2017 - 2022) transport investment program (TRIP).
For the short-term transport investment program (TRIP), it takes the goals of the Philippine Development Plan for 2011 to 2016 and makes it into projects in the transport sector. It has invested as much as 5% of the GDP in infrastructure as one of the five key strategies to achieving the TRIP. A huge difference from the previous investing rate, which was as low as 2% of the GDP.
Same study has also found that during their research period, the Metro Manila traffic was costing the city and the people Php 2.4 billion per day in the year 2012. And, if no measures are undertaken, this transport cost can rise up to Php 6.0 billion per day in 2030. This is will be worst-case scenario in the increase of transport costs in Metro Manila and the areas of Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite if there will be no improvements done on the transport infrastructure of these areas and the Philippines overall.
High population
In Busina: Current State, Alternatives and Emerging Filipino Values on Metro Manila Traffic, Metro Manila is classified as a global power city. This is because of majority of the industries present in the Philippines have located their offices in the National Capital Region (NCR). The city is also where all the foreign consulates and embassies are situated. This makes NCR the home of finance and commerce, hence the allure of in-migration from Filipinos from the provinces. Although this is not the main cause of road traffic in the city, the influx of people adds to it.
Yves Boquet, in his paper Battling Congestion in Manila: The EDSA Problem, quotes Robert Cervero in saying globalization, outsourcing and relocating much of the manufacturing activities are just some of the other causes that add to the high population in Metro Manila. These activities are mainly responsible for the influx that was previously mentioned. These activities are creating the job that appeal to people in the province to make the move.
Growing car ownership
Another cause of heavy traffic in the cities is the increase of the purchasing power of most people in Metro Manila. According to Euromonitor's Consumer Lifestyles in the Philippines (2015), young professionals in the Metro tend to buy small cars such as Toyota Wigo, Mitsubishi Mirage, and Honda Jazz that adds to road congestion. This is due to the affordability of the said cars, which gives them reason not to use public transport.
Referring back to the study that dubs EDSA as the main passageway of the Greater Manila area, the city accounts for 35.7% of the Philippines’ economic output, 18% of its population and 28% of its motor vehicles. All of which are accommodated on barely 0.2% of the country's land area.
According to the study of MMDA, in EDSA alone, there are 247,527 private 4-wheel vehicles that ply every day. It has the highest number compared to motorcycles, taxi, bus, and trucks.
Public transportation system
The main modes of public transport in the Philippines are jeepneys, buses, taxis, trains and tricycles, all of which are readily available in Metro Manila. The introduction of transportation apps Grab and Uber came in 2013 and 2014, respectively, further widening the options of public transport. The Philippine traffic was considered the world's 9th worst in 2015 by Numbeo despite this range of public transport options. Although there is a wide array of choices, the public still spend an average of 45.5 minutes before reaching their workplace. This is why most Filipinos still find travelling via public transport inconvenient due to the high vehicle density and the unavoidable traffic congestion, according to Euromonitor's Consumer Lifestyles in the Philippines (2015).
Road accidents
According to Metro Manila Accident Reporting and Analysis System (MMARAS) data from 2008 to 2011 and a study of the severity of road crashes in Metro Manila, accidents that involved heavy and multiple vehicles, and an elderly pedestrian (60 years old and above), as well as those that occurred during the evening (7 pm to midnight) and late at night (1 am to 5 am) had significantly higher odds of resulting in a fatal outcome. But when the crash involves a female pedestrian and when the road surface is wet the odds of a fatal outcome are lower.
The study found that most accidents involving pedestrians happen on high-speed, high-traffic-volume, multilane roadways, that are surrounded by land uses that generate a mix of heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic. It was also found that fatal crashes involving pedestrian happen close to different types of transit stations.
Effects
Societal
The congestion of vehicles on the road is not entirely unhealthy for the society. In a more specific viewpoint, the congestion between vehicles within a particular region, allows the circulation of other vehicles. Congestion occurs inevitably in highly urbanized sectors where the ratio between the population of people and the given area is not proportional and when the demand is high. In some cases, it is even desirable up to a certain point since getting rid of it imposes higher costs than allowing it to persist. The main social effects that occur due to the congestion of vehicles are namely: wasting of time (non-productivity; opportunity cost), delays, frustrated drivers/motorists/passengers, encouraging road rage.
Economic
Congestion on the road, from an Economic viewpoint suggests that higher levels of congestion are related to faster economic growth. However, above a certain limit, congestion starts to become a detriment to economic growth and the overall welfare of society, rather than an asset. This is due to the cost of the alleviation of congestion in some cities would be higher than the cost of congestion itself.
Loss of Revenue for Public Transport
Public transport, trucks and other services are also affected by the traffic in Metro Manila. Instead of being able to do three or four round trips, they usually end up doing less; which means a significant loss in revenues, and ultimately leading to a failing business. Public transportation also suffers in that the available schedules become less frequent and the time spent waiting is longer.
Environmental effects
Traffic congestion has massive effects on the environment, specifically its contribution to air pollution. Air pollution has affected the lives of a number of Filipinos. The WHO said that air pollution is killing millions worldwide, including those in developing countries like the Philippines. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) noted that dirty air threatens the lives of 12 million residents.
The effects of pollutants found in vehicle exhaust include the following:
High levels of nitrogen oxide are toxic to humans
Sulfur dioxide is the primary cause of acid rain
Carbon dioxide contributes to climate change by insulating more heat from the sun
Ozone can impair lung function
According to the National Emissions Inventory, last 2012, 71% of the air pollution in the Philippines comes from vehicles on the road. The situation is much worse in the National Capital Region (NCR), wherein 85% of the air pollution comes from vehicles. Also, based on data gathered from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Metro Manila's air quality situation has worsened in terms of total suspended particulates. There was a rise from 106 µg/Ncm in July to December 2014 to 130 µg/Ncm in January to April 2015, which are both above the maximum safe level of 90 µg/Ncm.
The more cars there are on the road, the more pollution is emitted into the air. This is because motor vehicles are one of the main sources of pollution in the world. On the other hand, there is an inverse relationship between the moving speed of traffic and air pollution. The slower the traffic moves, the more pollution is emitted into the air. This is due to the fact that cars burn the most fuel when accelerating to get up to speed. More gas is used up whenever there is an on and off pressing on the gas and break pedals during traffic jams.
There have been efforts to lessen the number of vehicles on the road and the production of fuel-efficient green cars with reduced emissions, but air pollution remains to be a problem. The Guardian said that “despite all the promises of green growth and reduced emissions, traditional car sales are accelerating, while efforts to shift towards ‘greener’ hybrid and electric vehicles are stuck in neutral, particularly in the place where it matters most.”
Countermeasures
Department of Transportation
In August of 2016, The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has moved towards a more integrated approach to managing traffic on Metro Manila’s roads. The department divided the metropolis into 10 traffic sectors so as to be able to share assets among other government agencies involved in traffic management such as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the highway Patrol Group of the Philippine National Police (HPG-PNP), the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB). According to the DOTr, by combining forces and coming up with a single chain of command, the agencies will be able to collaborate for better traffic monitoring, uniform implementation of penalties and joint training for traffic personnel.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) services include urban development planning, solid waste disposal, flood control and sewerage management, urban, renewal and zoning, health and sanitation, urban protection, pollution control, public safety during calamities and/or disasters and transport and traffic management; the latter acting as the MMDA’s most visible function.
The Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP)
The Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) is what is more commonly referred to as the “color coding” or “number coding” system implemented by the MMDA. It is a travel demand management program meant to ration road space based on the license plates of vehicles; by regulating the number of vehicles using the roads, the program thereby reduces volume and eases traffic congestion.
The scheme was intended to be a temporary solution of the traffic congestion caused by infrastructure projects in the 1990s. It is still being used and remains to be one of the MMDA's most well-known traffic initiatives.
The first version of the UVVRP was implemented in 1995. During the 1990s, there were many road and railway infrastructure projects being built throughout Metro Manila; in order to address the resulting increase in congestion, the MMDA issued Regulation No. 95-001 or the “Odd-Even Scheme.” The scheme banned private vehicles with less than three passengers from passing restricted roads during AM and PM peak periods on particular days. Vehicles in use for public transportation, emergencies, police and military, school buses, diplomatic matters and official media were exempted from this regulation.
On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, vehicles with license plates that ended in odd numbers were restricted from use; while those that ended in even numbers were restricted from use on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. The peak periods during which the vehicles were banned were defined to be from 7:00-9:00 am and 5:00-7:00pm. Per violation, there was a P300 penalty charged to offenders.
Regulation 96—or the "Modified Odd-Even Scheme"—was then issued in 1996. This scheme applied to public utility vehicles such as taxis, buses, public utility jeepneys, etc., which are banned from all streets of Metro Manila on particular days of the week from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm based on the plate number ending of each vehicle, as follows: 1 and 2 on Mondays, 3 and 4 on Tuesdays, 5 and 6 on 7 Wednesdays, 7 and 8 on Thursdays, 9 and 0 on Fridays. This regulation took effect February 19, 1996 and covered all roads in Metropolitan Manila.
1996 was also the year the MMDA, adopted Regulation 96-005 entitled the “Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program” as a replacement of Regulations Nos. 95-001 and 96-004. This program aimed to regulate the operation of certain motor vehicles on all national, city and municipal roads in Metropolitan Manila. Under this scheme, private vehicles are banned for longer hours (i.e., between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm).
In 2003, the UVVRP was modified to allow for a window time between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm, which was considered to be the off-peak period within the day when restricted vehicles could travel along the specified roads. This scheme, however, was not uniformly adopted in all cities and municipalities throughout metropolis due to differing traffic conditions.
In 2010, the UVVRP included both public transportation and private vehicles under the scheme.
Today, the provision of the UVVRP are as follows: vehicles cannot drive around Metro Manila based on the last digit of the license plate. 1 and 2 are banned on Mondays, 3 and 4 on Tuesdays, 5 and 6 on Wednesdays 7 and 8 on Thursdays and 9 and 0 on Fridays. The period of the UVVRP is from 7 am to 8 pm without window hours and it applies to national, circumferential and radial roads in the metropolis.
The plate numbers restrained from driving within Metro Manila are summarized into this table:
Truck Ban Ordinance
The truck ban is a scheme meant to address the perception that freight vehicles are the main culprits in congesting Metro Manila roads. Under this scheme, trucks are prohibited from traveling along major road networks for most of the day, depending on the type and weight of truck. It has been in place since 1978 and restrains large trucks to designated routes in order to give way to other road users. Infractions of the ban carry a fine of P2000.
For trucks weighing more than , the truck ban is implemented accordingly:
From 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. and from 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. every day except Sundays and Holidays, no cargo truck shall be allowed to travel or pass along:
España Boulevard through Quezon Avenue from Echague Street to the intersection of West and Timog Avenues;
Claro M. Recto Avenue from Legarda Street to Del Pan Street;
Quirino Avenue from Osmeña Highway to Roxas Boulevard;
Padre Burgos Street through Ayala Boulevard, Legarda Street, Magsaysay Boulevard, and Aurora Boulevard, from Roxas Boulevard to Boston Street;
Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue through Bonifacio Avenue from Welcome Rotonda to Shoe Avenue;
Osmeña Highway through Nagtahan Bridge and Alfonso Mendoza Street from EDSA to Dimasalang Street;
Taft Avenue through Quirino Avenue from Redemptorist Street to Plaza Lawton, to include MacArthur, Quezon and Jones Bridges;
Bonifacio Drive through Roxas Boulevard and NAIA Road to Aduana Street to Ninoy Aquino International Airport;
Rizal Avenue through Rizal Avenue Extension from Carriedo Street to the Bonifacio Monument;
Reina Regente Street through Abad Santos Avenue from Reina Regente Bridge to Rizal Avenue Extension;
Makati Central Business District;
Ortigas Center; and
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
For trucks weighing a total of or lower, the ban applies as follows:
From 6 am to 10 am, Monday through Saturday, cargo trucks are prohibited from passing these certain roads
EDSA southbound
Shaw Boulevard (from Mandaluyong and Pasig)
From 5 pm to 10 pm, Monday through Saturday, cargo trucks are prohibited from passing these certain roads
EDSA northbound
Entire stretch of Shaw Boulevard
The ban was first applied in 1978 in recognition of the critical state of traffic congestion being experienced in Metro Manila through the Ordinance No.78-04. This act prohibited cargo trucks with a gross vehicular weight of over from driving along eleven major roads in Metro Manila during peak traffic hours (6:00 am – 9:00 am, and 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm) daily except on weekends.
The Department of Transportation and Communication issued Memorandum Circulars No. 90–367 in 1990 which repealed the previous truck ban schedule and changed it to the following:
7:00 am – 10:00 am on weekdays
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm Monday-Thursday
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm on Fridays
In 1991, in response to the appeal for an alternate route and reduction of the truck ban, the MMDA issues Ordinance No. 19, amending the original Ordinance No. 78-04. This provided alternate routes to those included in the truck ban and allowed a 2-hour reduction of the truck ban period resulting in these effects:
7:00 am – 9:00 am on weekdays
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Monday-Thursday
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm on Fridays
This was further amended when Ordinance No. 5 Series of 1994 was issued. As a result, trucks were banned from the major arterial road Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue. This was an “all-day” ban that lasted from 6:00 am – 9:00 pm and was implemented Monday through Friday. It also restricted trucks from passing along 10 major routes between these particular hours:
• 6:00 am – 9:00 am (daily with the exception of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
• 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm (daily with the exception of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
Since then, the MMDA has issued Regulation No. 96–008 in 1996 thus extending truck ban to Saturdays; leaving only Sundays and holidays as the exception. This was done in desire to further reduce traffic congestion experienced throughout the week. The gross capacity weight of trucks was also changed from to by the issuance of Regulation No. 99-002.
U-Turn scheme
The U-turn Scheme was implemented by the MMDA in 2002 primarily to account for roundabout operations on the road. This entailed the creation of median opens along busy arterial roads and was composed of two originally separate schemes: the “Big Rotunda Scheme” and the “Clearway Scheme”.
Big Rotunda Scheme
Construction of median opening pairs
Closing intersection by use of temporary barriers
Clearway Scheme
Promote uninterrupted flow along arterial roads
Meant to speed up congestion along clogged roads
Essentially, the scheme resulted in the closing of many road intersections as well as the suspension of traffic signal operations in order to allow for the system of median openings. The set up of the U-turn scheme caused lanes of vehicles approaching an intersection to converge and thus be diverted into a single stream towards the U-turn.
The U-turn scheme was first applied along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City and Marikina–Infanta Highway in Pasig and Marikina. Later on, the scheme was also implemented in other areas on Metro Manila including various intersections along EDSA.
Social Media Platforms
Since 2010, the MMDA has tapped into the use of social media such as Twitter, in an effort to alleviate the traffic situation. Through such platforms, the MMDA is able to broadcast live updates to their followers, send out and respond to tweets 24 hours a day. The Twitter feed is mostly used to relay information regarding traffic, accidents and number coding (UVVRP) updates.
Mobile Application: MMDA Traffic Navigator
The MMDA Traffic Navigator was a mobile application launched in 2011 for android and iOS meant to give users quick access to traffic situations surrounding the Metro Manila's major routes. It delivers real-time traffic updates in specific roads and highways by relying on CCTVs to assess the congestion in particular areas. In areas where there are no available CCTVs, reports are instead collected from traffic enforces. The application may be accessed via system view or line view; and provides indicators as to whether the current traffic is considered light, moderate or heavy.
See also
Traffic congestion
Transportation in Metro Manila
Transportation in the Philippines
Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program
References
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Lyle Krewson (born October 27, 1943) is an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1977 to 1985.
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A dive briefing or pre-dive briefing is a meeting of the diving team or dive group before the dive to allow the supervisor, dive leader or dive boat skipper to inform the attendees of the dive plan, contingency plans and emergency plans for the dive. The amount of detail presented should be appropriate to the dive, but there are several topics which are considered standard components of a dive briefing. The topics may vary depending on context.
On some occasions an expert or specialist may present part of the dive briefing, particularly aspects relating to specialised tasks, or vessel safety and procedures, but the overall responsibility is with the person responsible for the safety of the group.
Purpose
Each member of the dive team needs to understand the objectives of the dive, and their and the other members of the dive team's roles in the dive. The dive briefing allows exchange of this information. A competent professional diver already knows how to dive and carry out the routine and standard emergency diving procedures for the equipment and conditions in which they been trained. The divers may not be familiar with the dive site environmental details or the dive boat in use, or specific details of the objective of the dive, and the specific contingency and emergency response plans for the dive, so the briefing is an opportunity to inform them of relevant information they may not already know which might affect their safety and successful completion of the objectives of the dive. The briefing usually ends by soliciting questions to ensure understanding of task and assignments, and clarification of any uncertainty.
Recreational divers may not be familiar with each other, or with local procedural details, such as the method of keeping track of who is in the water or back on the boat, buddy separation procedures, conditions for terminating the dive, recall signals, where to sit, water entry and exit procedures specific to the boat or site, how to stow their gear, and where the on-board safety equipment is kept, so this information forms part of the briefing, along with a description of the dive site, known local hazards, local rules and regulations, environmental concerns and the planned route if the dive is to be guided. In some cases allocation of buddy pairs is included in the briefing.
Audience
The dive briefing targets all personnel involved with the safety of the dive and particularly the divers.
Topics
As a general rule the topics of a dive briefing are those things the team members need to know to carry out the planned dive safely and effectively, at the specific site, using the equipment provided, in the conditions as they appear to be on the day of the dive. It is not a necessary part of a dive briefing to inform the team of things that they are expected to know already as competent and qualified divers. A dive briefing for a training dive may include more skill, background and review information, but the briefing should be restricted to information that is likely to be necessary or useful on that specific dive. Additional information can be counterproductive if it distracts attention from the core material, or reduces the likelihood of the important information being remembered and used correctly during the diving operation.
Scientific diving example:
Standard topics:
Objectives of the dive
Responsibilities of the dive team members – for a professional diving team this generally means their job designation for the dive
Review of specific underwater tasks for the dive
Planned dive profile – Maximum depths and bottom times for the dive
Geographical extent and features of the dive site
Review of communications: hand or line signals relevant to the planned dive and foreseeable contingencies.
The presence and location of emergency equipment
Diver recall signals available and the procedures to be followed.
Buddy separation procedures
Contingency plans in case conditions become unfavourable
Any known hazards specific to the dive site
Significant risks and safety issues identified in the risk assessment
Other topics that may be relevant in some cases:
Planned and alternative methods of entry and exit into the water
Use of emergency signalling equipment
Use of special tools or equipment
Lost diver and diver rescue procedures appropriate for the site and dive plan
Procedures for reducing the risk of developing decompression illness.
The PADI checklist for dive briefings for recreational diving lists 10 points:
The name of the dive site
A description of the dive site. This should cover the layout and topography, points of interest and how to navigate between them, hazards specific to the site, sea conditions, general and maximum depth.
The role of the divemaster in the planned dive. How the divers can recognize the dive leader underwater, where the divemaster will be relative to the group during the dive and also what they will do to attract attention.
Entry and exit techniques to be used for the dive
The planned procedures for the dive. This includes the suggested course, avoiding problems that may be caused by site hazards and sea conditions, recommendations for safety stops and air reserves, and the planned control of the group.
Emergency procedures, which should include local protocols, buddy and group separation, low on air and out of air procedures, diver recall and surface signaling devices.
Review of signals, in case some of the divers do not know the standard signals, and to inform them of local variations.
Roster and buddy check.
Orientation on the local environment. This includes informing the divers about the importance of not touching corals and other marine life and to be aware of their proximity to fragile organisms and their buoyancy and trim.
Pre-dive safety check
Some of these cover things every trained diver should know, but experience has shown that entry level divers who only dive a few times a year tend to lose their knowledge and skills due to lack of practice, and need to be reminded.
Legal status
A dive briefing may be required in terms of statutory law, regulation, code of practice or organisational operations manual, for diving where there is a duty of care to employees or customers, or it may be merely recommended. In jurisdictions where recreational diving is unregulated, private recreational divers are generally not required to conduct or attend a briefing when they are diving solo or in independent buddy pairs and taking responsibility for their own safety and dive planning. Clubs will often provide a briefing for groups on club outings by an experienced diver who knows the area relatively well.
References
Underwater diving procedures
Underwater diving safety
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1929 South African general election
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General elections were held in South Africa on 12 June 1929. The National Party under James Barry Munnik Hertzog won an outright majority in the House of Assembly. Hertzog had the opportunity to form a government without the aid of the Labour Party. In fact the Pact government continued, with two ministers from the Creswell Labour faction remaining in office. The National Party remained the dominant party, for its second consecutive term.
Due to the split in the Labour Party, just eight MPs were elected for the party, of whom only four sat on the government benches. The leadership disputed between Colonel Frederic Creswell (of the Creswell Labour faction) and Walter Madeley (from the National Council Labour faction) following the split.
Delimitation of electoral divisions
The South Africa Act 1909 had provided for a delimitation commission to define the boundaries for each electoral division. The representation by province, under the fifth delimitation report of 1928, is set out in the table below. The figures in brackets are the number of electoral divisions in the previous (1923) delimitation. If there is no figure in brackets then the number was unchanged.
Results
See also
1929 in South Africa
References
Bibliography
South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, published by Chris van Rensburg Publications
The South African Constitution, by H.J. May (3rd edition 1955, Juta & Co)
General elections in South Africa
South Africa
General
South Africa
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Nootaikok
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In Inuit mythology, Nootaikok was a god who presided over icebergs and glaciers.
Inuit gods
Water gods
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Lepidaploa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere.
It is a relatively large genus, formerly subsumed in the genus Vernonia.
Species
References
Asteraceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Mukunda is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Srikanth Addala. The film was produced by Tagore Madhu and Nallamalapu Srinivas (Bujji) under the banner Leo Productions. It stars debutuant Varun Tej and Pooja Hegde with Prakash Raj, Rao Ramesh, and Nassar in supporting roles. Mickey J Meyer composed the film's soundtrack and background score. Marthand K. Venkatesh edited the film.
Production began on 27 February 2014 in Hyderabad. Principal photography commenced on 24 March 2014 in Cochin and was completed on 16 December 2014 in Hyderabad. The film was initially titled Gollabhama. Apart from Hyderabad, the film was predominantly shot in Andhra Pradesh at places like Rajahmundry, Bhimavaram, and Amalapuram as well as in Cochin and Alleppey in Kerala and at Kanyakumari, Pollachi in Tamil Nadu. The film released worldwide on 24 December 2014. The film received mixed reviews from critics praising the cast performances (particularly Varun Tej and Pooja Hegde), dialogues, songs and background score besides criticizing the screenplay, editing and slow pace of the film. Later the film was dubbed into Hindi as Dushman No. 1 and it was also dubbed in Tamil and Malayalam in the same title.
Plot
Mukunda is a college-going student who goes to any extent for his friends. One day, his best friend falls in love with the daughter of a powerful municipal chairman. Things take an ugly turn when Mukunda enters the scene and decides to go against the chairman and his power. The rest of the story is about how he wins and inspires others.
Cast
Varun Tej as Mukunda
Pooja Hegde as Gopika
Prakash Raj as Jaya Prakash
Rao Ramesh as Municipal Chairman
Nassar as DSP Mohan Krishna
Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Mukunda's father
Abhimanyu Singh as Ranga
Ali as Veeraraju
Raghu Babu as Chairman's assistant
Praveen as Sathish, Mukunda's friend
Satya Dev as one of chairman's gang
Krishna Teja as Mukunda's friend
Deepti Sirdesai
Sekhar Kammula (cameo appearance) as Mukunda's uncle
Production
Development
C. Aswini Dutt approached Puri Jagannadh to prepare a script and direct the debut film of Naga Babu's son Varun Tej. The project failed to materialize and subsequently, Puri Jagannadh produced and directed that script which was titled Heart Attack starring Nithin and Adah Sharma. Srikanth Addala was confirmed to direct the film in late January 2014. The film was announced to be shot in the locales of Kerala and East Godavari. The film was formally launched at Hyderabad on 27 February 2014. The film was confirmed to be produced by Nallamalapu Srinivas and Tagore Madhu jointly on Leo Productions banner. Mickey J. Meyer was announced as the film's music director while V. Manikandan was announced as the Director of photography. The film's opening ceremony was aired live on MAA TV which was the first time ever for a Telugu film. Pooja Hegde confirmed the film's title as Gollabhama in early June 2014. The film's title was changed in early August 2014 with Mukunda Murari being the possible title. However, on Janmashtami, the makers renamed the film as Mukunda.
Casting
Prior to this film, Varun Tej underwent training in acting skills under the supervision of Satyanand who trained Varun's uncle Pawan Kalyan. Either of Akshara Haasan and Parineeti Chopra was rumored as the film's female lead. Pooja Hegde was finalized as the film's female lead later. Prakash Raj, Brahmanandam, Rao Ramesh and Nassar were confirmed to appear in crucial roles during the film's launch. Varun Tej was reported to be seen as a volleyball player in the film in late March 2014. Allu Arjun was reported to make a cameo appearance in the film in mid June 2014. The film's unit confirmed those reports as rumors later. Sekhar Kammula was reported to make a cameo appearance in the film.
Filming
Principal photography was supposed to start from 15 March 2014 in Kerala. The filming began on 24 March 2014 at Cochin. The film was reported to be shot in the locales of Alleppey. Varun Tej suffered a fracture during the filming of an action sequence at Alleppey and shooting resumed after his recovery. On its completion, the next schedule began in Konaseema. The film was shot in places like Rajahmundry, Bhimavaram, Samalkota and adjoining areas for four weeks. The film was also shot in areas like Pollachi, Kanyakumari and Yanam in early June 2014. The schedule ended almost after 33 days on 4 July and the team returned to Hyderabad. A new schedule began at Hyderabad on 29 July on whose completion, the filming continued in Amalapuram from 5 August.
By then, the film entered dubbing phase. Varun Tej began dubbing for his role in late August 2014 and by then, filming neared completion except for few songs. At Amalapuram, a crucial scene featuring Varun Tej, Rao Ramesh and Pooja Hegde was shot where Varun Tej was seen taking part in a municipal election campaign visiting several houses in the locality to create awareness among the people. After shooting the film there for 10 days, a song was shot on the lead pair in Switzerland. The schedule ended on 16 September 2014. In mid November 2014, Srikanth Addala said that the remaining part of the film would be shot in Hyderabad and a big set is being planned for a song. The last song was shot in a special set erected at Nanakramguda in mid December 2014. Pooja Hegde confirmed that the filming came to an end on 16 December 2014.
Music
Mickey J Meyer was selected to compose the film's soundtrack and background music continuing his association with Srikanth Addala after Kotha Bangaru Lokam (2008) and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2012). The soundtrack features 6 songs and a Theme music whose lyrics were penned by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri. Aditya Music acquired the soundtrack rights in mid August 2014 for an undisclosed high price.
The soundtrack was expected to be launched in September 2014 initially. The release was postponed to November 2014. The release date was later finalized as 3 December 2014. Shilpakala Vedika was announced as the venue on 2 December and also, a song teaser was unveiled as a part of promotion. Chiranjeevi attended the audio launch along with Allu Arjun as the chief guests and unveiled the soundtrack.
Reviewing the soundtrack, Karthik of Milliblog wrote "Chaala baagundi, with its brilliant vocal plus guitar interplay, is the soundtrack’s best, with Haricharan proving his value again! Mickey on top of his game, again!". The Times of India stated that the soundtrack has some peppy and melodious tunes, calling "Dumdaredum" and "Chala Bagundi" as the best songs of the album. IndiaGlitz wrote "Mickey J Meyer's imprint is write over the album. It's a mix of melody and youthfulness. Sirivennela writes all the songs to a profound effect. Getting choicest of singers on board, Mickey delivers a music lover's album." Avad M of 123telugu selected "Nandalaala" and "Chaala Bagundi" as the picks of the album and wrote "Mickey J Meyer once again proves that he is a class apart and provides a chart topping romantic album which is quite soothing and melodious".
Release
The film's overseas theatrical distribution rights were acquired by Asian Movies and CineGalaxy, Inc. The film was initially scheduled for a Sankranthi release i.e. in mid January 2015. However, the film's release was advanced to 25 December 2014 as a Christmas release to avoid clash with Gopala Gopala. The film was awarded an 'U/A' certificate by Central Board of Film Certification on 19 December 2014 and the release date was locked as 24 December 2014. The film released in 75 theaters across United States and premiere shows were held on 23 December 2014. The film however clashed with Chinnadana Nee Kosam which released in equal number of theaters across the world.
It was later dubbed in Hindi as Dushman No.1.
Marketing
The film's first look posters featuring Varun Tej were unveiled on 21 August 2014. The first look teaser was unveiled by Varun Tej on 2 September 2014. A video teaser of the song Chesededo featuring Varun Tej was unveiled a month later on 2 December 2014. A new trailer was unveiled on 6 December 2014.
Reception
The film received positive reviews from critics praising the cast performances (particularly Varun Tej and Pooja Hegde), dialogues, songs and background score besides criticizing the screenplay, editing and slow pace of the film. Y. Sunitha Chowdary of The Hindu wrote "Since most of the story centres on the debate and dialogue, rather than an expected logical ending, it is likely that many regular cine goers will go home dissatisfied. But for those who appreciate truth, facts of life and intelligent conversations, this is a film smartly interspersed with action and village politics for today’s youth".
Hemanth Kumar of The Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5 and wrote "Every once in a while there comes a film, which stands apart from the rest in terms of the subject it explores and the tone of narrative, although the nuances might not be blatant. You know it's different because it tries to break free from the template of an action comedy, a genre that has become synonymous with Telugu cinema these days. Mukunda is exactly that kind of film and much more. It's a film which is so aware of the milieu that it's exploring that you get sucked into the narrative to have a ringside look at the complex characters that inhabit the canvas the story unfolds on." Suresh Kavirayani of Deccan Chronicle rated the film 3 out of 5 and stated "Finally it’s not a regular commercial film, a typical Srikanth Addala kind of film, without the double meaning dialogues and vulgarity".
In contrast, IndiaGlitz wrote "Sans loudness and crassness, Mukunda has a scent of SVSC. But it lacks a good story and barring less than four scenes, it hardly has anything to keep up our interest" and rated the film 2.75 out of 5.
Accolades
References
External links
Indian drama films
Films shot in Hyderabad, India
Films directed by Srikanth Addala
Films scored by Mickey J Meyer
Films shot in Alappuzha
Films shot in Kochi
Films shot in Pollachi
Films shot in Switzerland
Films shot in Andhra Pradesh
Films set in Andhra Pradesh
Films shot in India
2010s Telugu-language films
2014 romance films
2014 romantic drama films
2014 films
Indian romantic drama films
Films set in Konaseema
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Index of infrared articles
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This is a list of infrared topics.
A
ADONIS: ADaptive Optics Near Infrared System
ALICE (accelerator)
Accretion disc
Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System
Afocal system
Air-to-air missile
Anti-ship missile
Applied spectroscopy
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
B
Bipolar outflow
Blackbody infrared radiative dissociation
Black silicon
Blue Sky navigation pod
C
Calorescence
Camera trap
Capnography
Carbon dioxide sensor
Ceramic heater
Charge-coupled device
Chemical imaging
Chemical laser
Circular dichroism
Circumstellar dust
Civil Aircraft Missile Protection System
Cloud albedo
Cloud feedback
Cold shield
Color confinement
Combat Identification Panel
Common Infrared Countermeasures program
Computed tomography laser mammography
Conveyor belt furnace
Cooled infrared detector
Coreshine
Cosmic background radiation
Cosmic dust
Cutoff (physics), infrared cutoff
D
Dangerously irrelevant operator
Dark nebula
Dazzler (weapon)
Dichroic filter
Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment
Digital ICE
Digital infrared thermal imaging in health care
Disco ball
Draper point
Driver's vision enhancer
Driver Monitoring System
E
Electric eye
Electromagnetic spectrum
Electro-optical MASINT
Event-related optical signal
Exozodiacal dust
F
Fast INfrared Exoplanet Spectroscopy Survey Explorer
Femtolab
Fiber focus infrared soldering
Filter (optics)
Forward looking infrared
Free-space optical communication
Functional near-infrared imaging
G
Galileo (spacecraft)
Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector
Gas detector
Gas laser
Glow stick
Greenhouse
Greenhouse effect
H
H band (infrared)
HDRi (data format)
Headlamp
Heat therapy
Hot mirror
I
Infra-red search and track
Infrared
Infrared Astronomy
Infrared beam
Infrared blaster
Infrared camera
Infrared cirrus
Infrared cleaning
Infrared countermeasure
Infrared cut-off filter
Infrared dark cloud
Infrared Data Association
Infrared Data Transmission
Infrared decoy flare
Infrared detector
Infrared divergence
Infrared dye
Infrared excess
Infrared fixed point
Infrared gas analyzer
Infrared grill
Infrared heater
Infrared homing
Infrared horizon-scanning
Infrared interactance
Infrared lamp
Infrared laser
Infrared light
Infrared mammography]
Infrared microscopy
Infrared multiphoton dissociation
Infrared open-path detector
Infrared photography
Infrared Physics and Technology
Infrared point sensor
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
Infrared reflective coating
Infrared remote sensing
Infrared sauna
Infrared sensing in snakes
Infrared sensing in vampire bats
Infrared sensor
Infrared Sightings
Infrared signature
Infrared slavery
Infrared smoke
Infrared soldering
Infrared sources
Infrared spectroscopy
Infrared spectroscopy correlation table
Infrared stealth
Infrared telescope
Infrared Telescope in Space
Infrared vision
Infrared window
Interlock (engineering)
Interplanetary dust cloud
Intervalence charge transfer
Ionic crystal
Iris recognition
J
J band (infrared)
K
K band (infrared)
Kodak High-Speed Infrared
L
L band (infrared)
LaserSoft Imaging
Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization
Laser pointer
Lazer Tag
LIDAR detector
Light gun
Linux infrared remote control
List of largest infrared telescopes
List of astronomical interferometers at visible and infrared wavelengths
Littoral Airborne Sensor/Hyperspectral
Loreal pit
Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night
Luminous infrared galaxy
Lyman-break galaxy
M
MPB mine
Man-portable air-defense systems
Mercury cadmium telluride
Metamaterial cloaking #Invisibility cloaking at infrared frequencies
Meteosat visible and infrared imager
Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser
Minimum resolvable temperature difference
Mistral (missile)
Mobile Infrared Transmitter
Modulation transfer function (infrared imaging)
Molecular cloud
Molecular vibration
N
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Nanoshell
Near Field Infrared Experiment
Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
Near-infrared signature management technology
Near-infrared spectroscopy
Near-infrared window in biological tissue
Negative luminescence
Net radiometer
Non-ionizing radiation
Nondispersive infrared sensor
O
OH-Suppressing Infrared Integral Field Spectrograph
Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS)
Optical properties of water and ice
Optical window
Opto-isolator
Outgoing longwave radiation
P
PASS device
Photometer
Photon upconversion
Photosynthetically active radiation
Photothermal therapy
Planetary Fourier Spectrometer
Polariton
Projection keyboard
Q
Quantum cascade laser
R
RAPTOR
Radiative flux
Raman spectroscopy
Reststrahlen effect
RG equipment
RIAS (Remote Infrared Audible Signage)
Roboraptor
S
Shiva laser
Signal transfer function
Slide projector
Soft-collinear effective theory
Solar gain
Space-Based Infrared System
Space-Based Infrared Systems Wing
Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey
SPRITE infrared detector
Stratoscope
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
Structured light
Super Scope
Super black
Surface plasmon polaritons
Susceptor
T
Tail-chase engagement
Television Infrared Observation Satellite
The Infra-Red Traffic Logger
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Thermal emittance
Thermal imaging camera (firefighting)
Thermal infrared spectroscopy
Thermofax
Thermographic camera
Thermophotovoltaic
Thermopile
TrackIR
Transferability (chemistry)
Transparency and translucency
Trombe wall
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer
Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy
Two-Micron Sky Survey
U
UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey
Unidentified Infrared Emission (UIE)
V
Van der Waals molecule
Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-laser
Vibrational circular dichroism
Vibronic transition
Visible and near-infrared
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
VS-17
W
Wood's glass
X
Y
Z
Infrared technology
Infrared
Infrared
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2014–15 Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey season
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The 2014–15 Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey team represented Boston University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team is coached by David Quinn, in his 2nd season with the Terriers. The Terriers play their home games at Agganis Arena on campus in Boston, Massachusetts, competing in Hockey East.
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Roster
As of end of season.
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Schedule
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References
Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey seasons
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
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Robert Miller (American football)
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Robert Miller is a former professional American football player who played running back for six seasons for the Minnesota Vikings. Miller played high school football at Jack Yates High School from 1968 through 1971.
References
1953 births
Living people
American football running backs
Kansas Jayhawks football players
Minnesota Vikings players
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Giordano Damiani
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Giordano Damiani (27 June 1930 – 13 March 1999) was an Italian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1930 births
1999 deaths
Italian men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Italy
Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Trieste
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Kobe Golf Club
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The is Japan's first golf course, built on Mount Rokko in 1903 by English expatriate Arthur Hasketh Groom. The club began as a nine-hole course on May 24, 1903, but quickly expanded to eighteen the following year.
Strict rules are enforced to maintain the course's pristine condition such as a prohibition of golf carts and a limit of eight clubs per player. As the course was literally carved out of a mountain, it can be quite demanding and clubs are carried in canvas bags to reduce the strain on caddies.
Scorecard
Gallery
References
External links
Official Site
Sports venues completed in 1903
1903 establishments in Japan
Golf clubs and courses in Japan
Tourist attractions in Kobe
Sports venues in Hyōgo Prefecture
Merrell Hitotsuyanagi buildings
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Mika Norja
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Mika Norja is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Jukurit in the Finish Mestis.
Career
He started his pro career in the 2. Divisioona with Ankat before moving on to play for Ketterä in the Suomi-sarja league. Mika played in this league until 2009-10 when he moved to RoKi in the Finnish Mestis.
In 2011-12 he signed with HIFK of the SM-liiga and played a total of 18 SM-liiga games over 2 seasons. He was loaned out to several teams during his time with HIFK.
In 2013-14 he signed with Timrå IK in the HockeyAllsvenskan.
Career Stats
updated 20 November 2013
References
Living people
Timrå IK players
Finnish ice hockey goaltenders
1984 births
People from Lohja
Ice hockey people from Uusimaa
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Delphia, Kentucky
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Delphia is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. It still maintains a U.S. Post Office with the zip code 41735.
References
Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
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Eugene Station (Lane Transit District)
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Eugene Station is the primary bus station and terminus in Eugene, Oregon, United States, serving the buses of the Lane Transit District (LTD). Construction began with the official groundbreaking in 1996 and the station opened in April, 1998. The station covers most of a city block, and includes a clock tower featuring glass pyramids and arches inset with colorful glass blocks created by local glass artist John Rose. Bus lines include LTD's EmX service.
References
External links
Lane Transit District (official website)
Eugene Station page
Photos Of Eugene Station on bcx.news
Bus transportation in Oregon
Buildings and structures in Eugene, Oregon
Transportation in Eugene, Oregon
1998 establishments in Oregon
Transportation buildings and structures in Lane County, Oregon
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