title: Somewhere Under Wonderland

text:
Somewhere Under Wonderland is the seventh studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released on September 2, 2014 by Capitol Records. The album is the band's first album of original material in six years since 2008's Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings and is their first release on Capitol. The release has received positive reviews from critics.

Background, recording, and release
After parting with original label Geffen Records of 18 years in 2009, the band released two live albums and a studio album of cover songs independently. In 2013, while touring in the "Outlaw Roadshow"—a traveling festival show sponsored by the band in part with the music blog Ryan's Smashing Life—the band began to write new material. Duritz explained in concert that "God of Ocean Tides" was the first new song he'd written in years, and was inspired by leaving Nashville on their tour bus at two in the morning. After recording independently, they shopped the album around to eight or nine labels and finally signed with Capitol.

The album was promoted with a nationwide event that involved the band posting sidewalk chalk art by Chris Carlson onto their Facebook profile and rewarding the first fan to show up at that location with a copy of the album or concert tickets. The lead single from Somewhere Under Wonderland, entitled "Palisades Park", was released on July 8, 2014. It was followed by a second single, "Scarecrow". A concert tour followed.

Critical reception

Somewhere Under Wonderland has received mostly positive feedback from music critics. At Metacritic, they assign a "weighted average" rating out of 100 to selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, and the album has received a Metascore of a 74, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."

Fred Thomas of AllMusic rates the album four stars, calling "Somewhere Under Wonderland distinctively Counting Crows. Duritz's raspy voice and lucid, lyrical stories always hold just a hint of desperation, and even decades into a staggered career, these new tunes can’t help but feel like part of a larger narrative that began during the band’s '90s glory days but finds further, greater refinement here." In a three stars review on behalf of Rolling Stone, Jon Dolan writes how "Adam Duritz is still the same dreadlocked dreamer you remember from the Nineties, channeling Van Morrison, R.E.M. and Bruce Springsteen into word-zonked ballads that reference Jackie-O., Elvis, Johnny Appleseed and more." Helen Brown of The Daily Telegraph calls the album "their best collection of songs since their debut."

Track listing

Personnel
Counting Crows
Jim Bogios – drums, percussion, harmony vocals, hand claps on "Earthquake Driver"
David Bryson – guitar, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
Adam Duritz – lead vocals, piano, harmony vocals
Charlie Gillingham – keyboards, piano, Hammond B3 organ, Mellotron, harmony vocals
David Immerglück – guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, vocals, harmony vocals
Millard Powers – bass guitar, harmony vocals
Dan Vickrey – guitar, 12-string guitar, harmony vocals

Additional musicians
Brian Deck – glockenspiel on "Palisades Park" and "God of Ocean Tides", hand claps on "Earthquake Driver", production, mixing at The Magic Shop in New York City in April 2014
Eric Hillman – backing vocals on "Cover Up the Sun"
Brian Holl – backing vocals on "Cover Up the Sun"
John Paul Roney – backing vocals
Chris Watson – trumpet on "Palisades Park"

Technical personnel
Jason Butler – assistant engineering
Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound in New York City
Shawn Dealey – engineering
Kabir Hermon – assistant engineering, engineering
Albert Hernandez – assistant engineering
Eric Hillman – vocal engineering
Felipe Molina – art conception, paintings

Chart performance and sales
Somewhere Under Wonderland debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 32,000 copies in its first week. It marks the band's sixth top 10 album.

In Canada, the album debuted at No. 10 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 1,500 copies.

Release history

References

External links

2014 albums
Counting Crows albums
Capitol Records albums
Albums produced by Brian Deck
Virgin EMI Records albums
Roots rock albums


title: School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo

text:
The School of Communications and Arts (Portuguese: Escola de Comunicações e Artes) at the University of São Paulo is an institution of higher education and research in the field of Arts and Communication located in São Paulo, Brazil. It was established on June 15, 1966 as School of Cultural Communication.

Majors
University of São Paulo's undergraduate courses are spread over 36 Schools, each school with its own departments. Students that choose majors in communication and arts will have the great majority of classes in the School of Communications and Arts - although they may take subjects in different schools. ECA offers majors in all the following areas:

Dramatic Arts
Plastic Arts
Audiovisual Arts
Library Sciences
Editorial Business
Journalism
Music
Marketing, Advertisement and Publicity
Public Relations
Tourism

In total, University of São Paulo School of Communications and Arts has 22 undergraduate courses, from which 15 are devoted to Arts: Scenic Design, Theater Direction, Theater Acting, Theory of Theater, Sculpture, Engraving, Multimedia, Inter-media, Painting, Chant and Lyrical Art, Musical composition, Musical Instruments, Conducting and graduation in Art Education, Acting Performances, Fine Arts and Music; five are devoted for Social Communication, there are four options: Journalism, Publishing, Advertising and Public Relations; besides the courses of Librarianship, Tourism and Audio-visual.

Furthermore, ECA operates the School of Drama (EAD), a traditional school of theater known for its "Actor Performance" course.

Departments
Department of Acting Performances – CAC
Department of Fine Arts – CAP
Department of Librarianship and Documentation – CBD
Department of Communication and Arts – CCA
Department of Journalism and Publishing – CJE
Department of Music – CMU
Department of Public Relations, Advertising and Propaganda and Tourism – CRP
Department of Cinema, Radio and Television – CTR
School of Drama – EAD (technical school)

Reputation

The school is currently ranked in the 46th position  worldwide for the communication subject according to QS University Rankings - information from the 2014 ranking.

Student organizations

CALC
CALC (Centro Academico Lupe Cotrim) is the Student Union responsible for representing the school's students in the university system.

Ecatletica
Organization responsible for providing training in a variety of sports for ECA students. It was created in 1971 within the Student Union but in 1990 it became an independent organization.

ECA Junior
ECA Junior is an Advertising company ran by students of the Department of Public Relations, Advertising, Propaganda and Tourism. It was created in the 1990s by students in the major of Social Communication Advertising and Publicity. The organization is supported by major Brazilian companies like Petrobras and it aims at providing advertising services to small companies unable to afford the high cost of traditional advertising.

See also

 Renata Pallottini
 Lupe Cotrim

References

University of São Paulo
Art schools in Brazil


title: Analekta

text:
Analekta is Canada's largest independent classical music recording label.

The label, which takes its name from the Greek word analekta ("a collection of the finest works"), was founded in 1988 by the Canadian music industry manager and entrepreneur François Mario Labbé, who is its owner and president. It is based in Montreal, Quebec, and has released more than 500 classical albums in the past 26 years.

Its first three CDs were an album by the Canadian violinist Angèle Dubeau, the first digital recording of the Red Army Choir, and a recording of the soundtrack of The Music Teacher starring José van Dam.

History
In 1988, while François Mario Labbé was producing shows around the world, he had in mind three recording projects, including one from violinist Angèle Dubeau. The multinationals at the time rarely agreed to produce music from Canadian artists, hence Labbé's motivation to create a recording company that would be focused on them.

The label's initial CD was by Angèle Dubeau, followed by the world's first digital recording of the Red Army Choir, and the soundtrack to The Music Teacher starring José van Dam.

The success of these three recordings, both nationally and internationally, led to more signings, and in 1995 the company released 40 albums.

In April 2022, Outhere, a Belgian classical music and jazz publisher, acquired Analekta.

Founder
Labbé is the founder and CEO of the Canadian classical recording label Analekta. He was honored in 2010 with the title of Knight of National Order of Quebec for his contribution to the cultural development of Quebec.

Artists
Its catalogue includes recordings from major Canadian artists such as Angèle Dubeau, Alain Lefèvre, Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Anton Kuerti, Gryphon Trio, Ensemble Caprice, Stick&Bow, I Musici de Montréal, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec.

References

External links
 Official website

Classical music record labels
Canadian independent record labels
Record labels established in 1988


title: Agrothereutes

text:
Agrothereutes is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.

Species
 Agrothereutes abbreviatus
 Agrothereutes adustus
 Agrothereutes albovinctus
 Agrothereutes algericus
 Agrothereutes alutarius
 Agrothereutes aterrimus
 Agrothereutes australis
 Agrothereutes bicolor
 Agrothereutes cimbcivorus
 Agrothereutes ferrieri
 Agrothereutes fumipennis
 Agrothereutes grandis
 Agrothereutes grapholithae
 Agrothereutes hospes
 Agrothereutes lanceolatus
 Agrothereutes leucoproctus
 Agrothereutes leucorhaeus
 Agrothereutes longicauda
 Agrothereutes lophyri
 Agrothereutes macroincubitor
 Agrothereutes mandator
 Agrothereutes mansuetor
 Agrothereutes minousubae
 Agrothereutes montanus
 Agrothereutes monticola
 Agrothereutes neodiprionis
 Agrothereutes pallipennis
 Agrothereutes parvulus
 Agrothereutes pilosus
 Agrothereutes pumilus
 Agrothereutes pygmaeus
 Agrothereutes ramellaris
 Agrothereutes ramuli
 Agrothereutes rufofemoratus
 Agrothereutes saturniae
 Agrothereutes subovalis
 Agrothereutes thoracicus
 Agrothereutes transsylvanicus
 Agrothereutes tunetanus

References
 Catalogue of Life
 Biolib

Cryptinae
Ichneumonidae genera
Taxa named by Arnold Förster


title: John D. Terry

text:
John Darling Terry (September 3, 1845 – March 4, 1919) was a United States Army soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Terry received the Medal of Honor for bravery during combat. Terry's medal was won for "extraordinary heroism" during the Battle of New Bern in North Carolina on March 14, 1862. He was honored with the award on October 12, 1867.

Terry was born in Montville, Maine. He joined the Army from Boston, Massachusetts, in September 1861, and was discharged due to the loss of his leg in March 1863. While recovering in Manhattan, New York he volunteered for service during the draft riots.  He commanded a body of convalescent soldiers in July 1863 and on day three of the riots he received word that he was re-entering service as a lieutenant in the 1st North Carolina Colored Volunteers (later known as the 35th U.S. Colored Infantry), a regiment he fought with until the war's end.  On May 23, 1865, after the official end of the war, Terry was promoted to captain.  However, in the aftermath of the war's end and due to prejudice against officers working with the former slaves, his promotion was withdrawn.  In September of 1865 Terry was assigned to the Freedman's Bureau and while there was brevetted promotions to captain and major before his discharge.   He died in Manhattan on March 4, 1919,  and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York), Butternut Plot, Section 141, Lot 14454.

His official rank remained lieutenant until 2013, almost 150 years later, when his great-grandson and other family members petitioned the ABCMR to reinstate his official rank of captain. After careful review the board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient and corrected the record reinstating Terry's permanent rank to captain.

Medal of Honor citation

See also
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z

References

1845 births
1919 deaths
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
American amputees
People of Maine in the American Civil War
People from Montville, Maine
Union Army officers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients


title: Nala (Ramayana)

text:
In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Nala (Sanskrit: नल, IAST: nala, lit. lotus), is the vanara (monkey), who is credited as the engineer of the Rama Setu, a bridge across the ocean between Rameswaram (Tamil nadu) and Lanka, identified with modern-day Sri Lanka, so forces of the god Rama can pass over to Lanka. The bridge is also known as Nala Setu, the bridge of Nala. Along with Nala, another vanara who is his twin brother called Nila is also credited as the builder of the bridge. Nala is described as the architect of the vanaras. He is described as the son of the architect-god Vishwakarma. Nala is also described to have fought in the battle between Rama and Ravana, the king of Lanka.

Builder of the bridge

The Ramayana narrates that Sita - the wife of Rama, prince of Ayodhya and avatar of the god Vishnu - was kidnapped by Ravana, the rakshasa (demon) king of Lanka. Rama, aided by an army of vanaras (monkeys), reached the end of land and wanted to cross over to Lanka. Rama worships the god of the ocean, Varuna and requests him to make way. When Varuna does not appear before Rama, Rama starts shooting various weapons at the sea, which starts drying up. A terrified Varuna pleads to Rama. Though he refuses to give way, he gives Rama a solution. He tells Rama that Nala, the son of Vishwakarma - the architect of the gods, is amongst his vanara army; Nala has the necessary expertise of an architect, owing to a boon from his divine father. Varuna suggests that Rama construct a bridge across the ocean to Lanka, under the supervision of Nala. Nala volunteers for the task and also comments that the arrogance of the Ocean (Varuna) was tamed by Rama with a threat when love had failed. The vanaras fell mighty trees, and collect logs of wood and giant boulders and cast them in the sea. With the help of the vanara army, Nala completes the  (ten yojana) bridge in just five days. Rama and his army pass over it and reach Lanka, where they prepare to fight Ravana.

Commentaries on the Ramayana elaborate the event. Nala is said to have been born when Vishwakarma embraced Nala's vanara mother and has an ejaculation. While some commentaries say that other monkeys merely collect the building material, Nala is the one who constructs the bridge; others says that the monkeys build the bridge under his directions. The Kamba Ramayana also solely credits Nala as the architect and builder of the bridge, the Ramacharitamanasa credits Nala and his brother Nila for the creation.

In some versions, Nala is said to have the power to make stones float and, thus, easily makes the sea-bridge. In other versions, another vanara called Nila is also said to have this power and both Nala and Nila are described as builders of the bridge. The tale justifying this power states that in their youth, these monkeys were very mischievous and used to throw the murtis (holy images) worshipped by the sages in the water. As a remedy, the sages decreed that any stone thrown by them in water will not drown, thus saving the murtis. Another tale narrates as assured by Varuna, the stones dropped by Nala and Nila float, but they drift in the sea and do not form a continuous structure, Hanuman, Rama's devotee and monkey lieutenant suggests that the name of Rama be written, so they stick together; the remedy worked.

Telugu and Bengali adaptations of the Ramayana as well as Javanese shadow plays narrate about an argument between Nala and Hanuman. Hanuman feels insulted that Nala takes stones Hanuman fetches with the "impure" left hand and uses the "pure" right hand to place them in the ocean. Hanuman is pacified by Rama who explains him that is the tradition of workers to take from the left hand and place the object by the right.

The Ananda Ramayana, an adaptation of the Ramayana, says that Rama worships nine stones installed by Nala as the Navagraha deities before commencing the bridge.

The battle

The Kamba Ramayana portrays Nala also in charge of creating living quarters for the army of Rama in Lanka. He creates a city of tents of gold and gems for the army; but builds a simple house of bamboo and wood and grass beds for himself.

Nala fights in the battle led by Rama against Ravana and his rakshasa army. Nala is described to be seriously wounded by the arrows shot by Ravana's son Indrajit. Nala kills a rakshasa called Tapana in battle. The Mahabharata describes him fighting a giant called Tundaka.

Jain Version

According to Jain texts, Nala took Jain Diksha and attained Moksha from Mangi-Tungi.

Notes

References

Vanara in the Ramayana


title: Digital notary

text:
Digital notary may refer to

 an eNotary, a notary or notary public who is able to perform notarial acts electronically.
 Trusted timestamping, an electronic method to create permanent evidence that a document or other electronic information existed in a certain form at a particular point in time.


title: Globba

text:
Globba is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains about 100 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Queensland.

Species

Plants of the World Online includes:

 Globba acehensis A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
 Globba adhaerens Gagnep. - Indochina
 Globba albiflora Ridl. - Indochina
 Globba albobracteata N.E.Br. - Sumatra
 Globba andersonii C.B.Clarke ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - eastern Himalayas
 Globba angcorensis Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam
 Globba annamensis Gagnep. - Laos, Vietnam
 Globba argyrocycnos Sangvir. & M.F.Newman
 Globba arracanensis Kurz - northern Myanmar
 Globba atrosanguinea Teijsm. & Binn. - Sumatra, Borneo
 Globba aurantiaca Miq. - Sumatra
 Globba aurea Elmer - Palawan, Busuanga
 Globba bicolor Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam
 Globba brachyanthera K.Schum. - Sumatra, Borneo
 Globba bracteolata Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - Bangladesh, Assam, Myanmar
 Globba brevifolia (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Luzon
 Globba cambodgensis Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand
 Globba campsophylla K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler  - Philippines
 Globba candida Gagnep. - Cambodia
 Globba cernua Baker in J.D.Hooker - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
 Globba chekiangensis G.Y.Li, Z.H.Chen & G.H.Xia - Zhejiang
 Globba clarkei Baker in J.D.Hooker - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh, Thailand
 Globba colpicola K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Thailand
 Globba corneri A.A.Weber - Malaysia
 Globba curtisii Holttum - Malaysia
 Globba emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu - Sichuan
 Globba fecunda A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
 Globba flagellaris K.Larsen - Thailand
 Globba flavibracteata A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
 Globba fragilis S.N.Lim - Thailand, Langkawi
 Globba franciscii Ridl. - Sabah, Sarawak
 Globba garrettii Kerr - Thailand
 Globba geoffrayi Gagnep. - Cambodia
 Globba glandulosa Ridl. - Sarawak
 Globba globulifera Gagnep.  - Thailand, Vietnam
 Globba gracilis K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Mindanao
 Globba hasseltii Boerl. in A.L.van Hasselt - Sumatra
 Globba holttumii S.N.Lim - Malaysia
 Globba insectifera Ridl. - Myanmar
 Globba integra Ridl.  - Thailand
 Globba × intermedia S.N.Lim - Malaysia (G. cernua × G. patens)
 Globba keithii Ridl.  - Thailand
 Globba kerrii Craib  - Myanmar, Thailand
 Globba laeta K.Larsen - Myanmar, Thailand
 Globba lancangensis Y.Y.Qian - Yunnan
 Globba latifolia Ridl. - Philippines
 Globba leucantha Miq. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
 Globba leucocarpa Ridl. - Philippines
 Globba macrocarpa Gagnep. - Indochina
 Globba macroclada Gagnep. - Nepal, eastern Himalayas
 Globba maculata Blume - Java
 Globba marantina L. - widespread through the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia (Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.) as well as Yunnan, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Mer ( = Murray Island in Queensland)
 Globba menglianensis Y.Y.Qian - Yunnan
 Globba merrilli Ridl. - Luzon
 Globba mogokensis W.W.Sm. & Banerji - Myanmar
 Globba multiflora Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar
 Globba multifolia A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
 Globba muluensis R.M.Sm. - Borneo
 Globba nawawii Ibrahim & K.Larsen - Terengganu
 Globba nisbetiana Craib - Thailand
 Globba nuda K.Larsen - Thailand
 Globba obscura K.Larsen - Thailand
 Globba orixensis Roxb. - Bangladesh, eastern India, Myanmar
 Globba paniculata Valeton - Sumatra
 Globba parva Gagnep. - Indochina
 Globba parviflora C.Presl - Philippines
 Globba patens Miq. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
 Globba pauciflora King ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
 Globba pendula Roxb. - Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indochina, western Indonesia, Malaysia, Andaman Islands
 Globba platystachya Baker in J.D.Hooker - southern India
 Globba praecox K.J.Williams & Paisooks. - Thailand
 Globba propinqua Ridl. - Borneo
 Globba pumila Ridl. - Sarawak
 Globba purpurascens Craib - Thailand
 Globba pyramidata Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam, Mindanao
 Globba racemosa Sm. - Himalayas, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
 Globba radicalis Roxb. - eastern Himalayas
 Globba rahmanii Yusof - Bangladesh
 Globba ranongensis Picheans. & Tiyaw. - Thailand
 Globba reflexa Craib - Thailand
 Globba rosea Gagnep. - Laos
 Globba schomburgkii Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Indochina
 Globba sessiliflora Sims - India, Myanmar, Thailand
 Globba sherwoodiana W.J.Kress & V.Gowda - Assam, Myanmar
 Globba siamensis (Hemsl.) Hemsl. - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
 Globba spathulata Roxb. - eastern Himalayas
 Globba subscaposa Collett & Hemsl. - Myanmar
 Globba substrigosa King ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - Myanmar, Thailand
 Globba talangensis A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
 Globba tembatensis Y.Y.Sam & Julius - Malaysia
 Globba thorelii Gagnep. - Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia
 Globba tricolor Ridl. - Borneo
 Globba unifolia Ridl. - Malaysia, Thailand
 Globba urophylla K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler  - Maluku
 Globba ustulata Gagnep. - Balabac, Vietnam
 Globba variabilis Ridl. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
 Globba wardii (B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.) K.J.Williams - Mizoram, Myanmar
 Globba wengeri (C.E.C.Fisch.) K.J.Williams - Assam, Myanmar
 Globba winitii C.H.Wright - Thailand, Myanmar
 Globba xantholeuca Craib - Thailand
 Globba yeatsiana Craib - Thailand

References

External links

 Pacific Bulb Society, Globba photos of several species
 Floridata, Globba winitii, Common Names: dancing ladies ginger, dancing girls ginger
 Dave's Garden, PlantFiles: Dancing Girl Ginger Globba schomburgkii
 National Tropical Botanical Garden (USA), Globba atrosanguinea

Zingiberoideae
Zingiberaceae genera


title: Wayne Hankin

text:
Wayne Hankin is an American musician, conductor and composer. He is known for his performance in early music, theater, and creation of musical compositions for unusual instruments.

Early life
Hankin was born in  Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Sheldon James Hankin was a salesman and his mother Bette Jane Hankin was a mezzo-soprano with the Baltimore Opera Company where she apprenticed under Rosa Ponselle. Hankin received secondary education from The Park School, obtained his bachelor's degree in Music History at the Hartt College of Music and master's degree in Early Music Performance Practice at the New England Conservatory. His principal teachers were Jack Ramey, Shelley Gruskin, Daniel Pinkham, Nancy Joyce, David Hart, Michael Schneider, and Mattius Maute.

Career
In 1980 Hankin made his way to Europe settling in West Berlin and performing in concert halls, radio, television, and theater. He served with several early music ensembles. He collaborated with several instrument makers commissioning obscure instruments such as string drums (used alongside the tabor pipe) and chromatic jaw's harps. Over the next 20 years, he expanded his instrument collection to over 400 items composing music specifically for them.  It was in Berlin he first worked with Meredith Monk at the Schabühne am Lehliner Platz (Dir. Peter Stein) and became her music director for over 15 years.

During 1986 he resettled in New York performing with artists Arif Mardin and Julie Taymor, and a soloist with numerous period ensembles most notably Early Music New York and Piffarro.  In 1991 Hankin made his conducting debut with the Houston Grand Opera performing Ms. Monk's Atlas and continued to conduct in Europe and America. Throughout the 1990s he directed music at several regional theaters such as Long Wharf Theater, Center Stage, and the Alley Theater. In 2001 Hankin joined Cirque du Soleil and toured for over four years, after which he continued to work for the organization in other departments and film and television.

Hankin has written more than 300 pieces of music. His best-known compositions included "Salmon Springtime", composed for 18 chromatic trumps (Jews harps), and "The Spirit Shall Return" for two sopranos and a chamber ensemble. Other works utilized lesser known instruments including shawms, dulcians, crumhorns, rauspfieffes, renaissance flutes, recorders, gemshorns, western bagpipes and other period instruments.

The Striking Voice
Displaying talent on a wide variety of instruments he had a particularly lasting influence as a Jews' harp and bagpipe player. He has also worked on non-musical alternatives beyond the field of music. In 2008, he was given a pilot program at Johns Hopkins Medical Center under the direction of Dr. Joseph Califano and speech therapist Kim Webster to work with mostly throat cancer patients and eventually developed the Striking Voice, a method recreating speech by way of a musical instrument (trump). It is the lowest-cost method of speech replication known.

Filmography

External links
http://www.waynehankin.com

Musicians from Baltimore
Living people
American male musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Achilus

text:
Achilus is the type genus of planthoppers of the family Achilidae. This may be a monotypic genus containing the type species Achilus flammeus.Kirby, 1818: which is the "red fingernail bug" and found in Australia. The placement of A. cixioides Spinola from Chile, is uncertain, but it may belong in Mnemosyne Stål, 1866 (Cixiinae}. The genus described by William Kirby in 1819.

References

Further reading

External links

Auchenorrhyncha genera
Achilidae
Hemiptera of Australia
Monotypic Hemiptera genera


title: Nord's 3rd constituency

text:
The 3rd constituency of Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 3rd constituency covers the south eastern corner of the department around the town of Maubeuge. The seat is wedged between Belgium to the north and Picardie to the south.

Following the 2010 redistricting the seat is now in a completely different place compared to his previous incarnation. The previous 3rd constituency covered the city of Lille. Any historical therefore needs to be made with the now defunct 23rd and 24th constituencies one of which was held by the UMP and one by the Socialist Party prior to 2012. The defeated UMP candidate at the 2012 election Christine Marin had previously represented Nord's 23rd constituency.

Historic Representation

Election results

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Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

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title: Hurricane Arthur

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Hurricane Arthur was the earliest known hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of North Carolina during the calendar year. It was also the first hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Isaac in 2012. The first named storm of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, Arthur developed from an initially non-tropical area of low-pressure over the Southeastern United States that emerged into the western Atlantic Ocean on June 28. After sufficiently organizing, developing a well-defined circulation and deep convection amid a favorable environment, it was classified as a tropical depression on July 1. The system continued to strengthen and was declared a tropical storm later that day. Drifting northward, the storm reached hurricane status early on July 3 and curved toward the north-northeast. Further structural organization resulted in additional intensification, and by 01:00 UTC on July 4, the system attained its peak winds of  as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. Arthur made landfall at 03:15 UTC over North Carolina's Shackleford Banks, positioned between Cape Lookout and Beaufort, and intensified slightly further, with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 973 mbar (hPa; 28.70 inHg). The storm then trekked swiftly northeast, weakening as it passed by Cape Cod and Nantucket, before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone and coming ashore at Weymouth, Nova Scotia, on July 5. The remnants continued generally northeastward through Atlantic Canada before ultimately dissipating on July 9 over the Labrador Sea.

Numerous tropical cyclone warnings and watches were issued for areas along the East Coast of the United States. A state of emergency was declared for 26 North Carolina counties, and both mandatory and voluntary evacuations were imposed along the state's coast. Several hundred government personnel were deployed to assist in evacuation and preparation efforts, along with heavy equipment capable of removing sand and debris. Due to the hurricane's timing, many Independence Day activities in the U.S. were cancelled or rescheduled. Damage was limited to strewn debris and inundated roads, and though 44,000 power outages were reported and widespread flooding occurred along northern sections of the coast, no deaths or serious injuries were reported. In New England, Arthur brought flash flooding and caused additional power outages, resulting in widespread road closures and suspension of ferry service. Losses in the country amounted to US$10 million.

In Atlantic Canada and Quebec, hurricane-force gusts associated Arthur's remnants produced widespread damage. Countless trees and power lines fell across the region, leaving more than 300,000 without electricity. Damage to the power grid in Nova Scotia was regarded as the worst since Hurricane Juan in 2003. Efforts to restore and repair infrastructure were prolonged, with thousands still without power 10 days after the storm. Efforts to restore and repair damage to the electrical grid cost C$8.4 million (US$7.9 million). Reviews of Nova Scotia Power (NSP) and New Brunswick Power (NBP) were called upon due to numerous complaints from customers and politicians alike. A communication breakdown between NSP and the public exacerbated problems, and Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil condemned the company's response as "inexcusable." Similarly severe impacts were felt by NBP which suffered a record-breaking C$23 million (US$21.6 million) in damage from the storm.

Meteorological history

On June 25, 2014, an area of showers and thunderstorms developed over the northern Gulf of Mexico ahead of a shortwave trough in Texas. That day, National Hurricane Center (NHC) began monitoring the possibility of tropical cyclogenesis off the Southeast United States over the following week as the system was expected to encounter favorable environmental conditions. An area of low-level vorticity consolidated within the system on June 26 as it moved northeast across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The following day it became intertwined with a frontal boundary over Georgia and South Carolina before emerging over the far western Atlantic Ocean early on June 28. An area of low-pressure soon formed within the system just off the coast of South Carolina. Generally favorable environmental conditions fostered further organization of the low, though convection remained minimal for several days. During the latter half of June 30, a United States Air Force weather reconnaissance mission into the system confirmed the presence of a well-organized circulation; however, displacement of showers and thunderstorms from its center delayed its classification. Subsequent organization of convection into a banding feature along the system's southern flank, as depicted by radar imagery, prompted the NHC to designate the low as Tropical Depression One at 00:00 UTC on July 1. Situated  east-southeast of Fort Pierce, Florida, the newly christened depression moved slowly westward within an area of weak steering currents. A turn northward was forecast as a mid-level ridge built over the Atlantic.

Throughout July 1, steady structural organization ensued. Around 15:00 UTC winds of  were measured at Settlement Point on Grand Bahama, prompting the NHC to upgrade the depression to a tropical storm and assign it the name Arthur. Though environmental conditions surrounding the cyclone favored development, moderate wind shear and intrusions of dry air into the circulation prolonged organization. The effects of the shear showed clearly on WSR-88D radar imagery from Melbourne, Florida which depicted a mid-level eye feature displaced  from the low-level center. By July 2, Arthur acquired a steady northward track as previously forecast. Throughout the day, convection consolidated around a developing eye as wind shear abated and the storm neared hurricane strength, with winds reaching .

Early on July 3, data from hurricane hunters flying in the storm indicated that Arthur attained hurricane-status about  south-southwest of Cape Fear, North Carolina. At this time, the hurricane began turning slightly to the north-northeast as it approached a weakness in the subtropical ridge ahead of a deep-layer trough over the Eastern United States. Continued improvement of the storm's convective structure fostered intensification as the storm neared the North Carolina coastline. At 00:00 UTC on July 4, Arthur reached its peak winds of , ranking it as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. It was the first hurricane to reach such strength since Hurricane Sandy in the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm featured a well-defined  wide eye at this time. Thereafter, the hurricane made landfall at 03:15 UTC over the Shackleford Banks of North Carolina, located between Cape Lookout and Beaufort. Upon doing so, it became the earliest instance of a hurricane making landfall in the state during a calendar year, surpassing the previous record of July 11 set by an unnamed hurricane in 1901. Slight deepening of the cyclone occurred as it moved over Pamlico Sound, with its barometric pressure bottoming out at 973 mbar (hPa; ). Continuing across Pamlico Sound, Arthur's eye brushed the coastline of Dare County before striking just north of Oregon Inlet at 07:00 and 08:00 UTC, respectively.

After re-emerging over the Atlantic Ocean on July 4 Arthur began to weaken. Though its eye remained well-defined, winds aloft in the storm failed to effectively mix down to the surface. Traversing decreasing sea surface temperatures and amid increasing shear, Arthur began transitioning into an extratropical cyclone later that day. Cloud tops associated with the system warmed and its structure became asymmetric. Reconnaissance continued to indicate strong flight-level winds of  but surface winds at the time did not exceed . Accelerating ahead of the trough over the East Coast, Arthur's eye dissipated early on July 5; the storm passed within  of Chatham, Massachusetts around 03:00 UTC. Convection became increasingly displaced to the northeast as dry air entrained into the western portions of the circulation. Surface winds decreased below hurricane-force by 06:00 UTC, and Arthur completed its conversion to an extratropical system at 12:00 UTC as it moved over the Bay of Fundy. The NHC subsequently issued its final advisory on the storm and shifted warning responsibility to the Canadian Hurricane Centre.

The remnants of Arthur re-intensified somewhat as it traversed The Maritimes; a sting jet with gusts of  developed along the storm's backside. The former hurricane made an additional landfall in the region near Fundy National Park by 18:00 UTC. By July 6, the sting jet had dissipated, and steady weakening of the cyclone resumed as only a split jet provided upper-level support to the storm. Turning back to the northeast, Arthur moved through Labrador later that day. Once over the Labrador Sea, Arthur turned northwest while weakening before doubling back to the southeast. After weakening below gale-force strength, the extratropical system dissipated late on July 9.

Meteorologists noted to improved accuracy in the  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting models in predicting the intensity and track of Hurricane Arthur.

Preparations

Multiple tropical cyclone warnings and watches were posted along the East Coast of the United States in advance of Arthur's impacts in Florida, the Carolinas, New England, and Atlantic Canada. Upon developing into a tropical cyclone early on July 1, a tropical storm watch was issued in Florida from Fort Pierce to Flagler Beach. At 09:00 UTC the next day, the tropical storm watch was discontinued south of Sebastian Inlet, while another one was posted from the Santee River in South Carolina to Bogue Banks in North Carolina. Additionally, a hurricane watch was issued for Oregon Inlet to the North Carolina–Virginia state line. Later on July 2, a tropical storm warning became in effect from the North Carolina side of the Little River Inlet to the state line with Virginia. Simultaneously, the tropical storm watch in Florida was removed.

At 21:00 UTC on July 2, a hurricane warning was posted in North Carolina from Surf City to Duck, including Albemarle and Pamlico sounds. Additionally, a tropical storm warning was issued from the Santee River to Surf City, while another one became in effect from Duck to Cape Charles Light in Virginia, including the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. A tropical storm warning was posted in Massachusetts at 21:00 UTC on July 3, stretching from Provincetown to Chatham along Cape Cod including Nantucket, in addition to a tropical storm watch between Port Maitland and Point Aconi issued by Environment Canada. Around 01:00 UTC on July 4, the hurricane watch was discontinued south of Surf City, while the tropical storm warning was discontinued south of Little River Inlet. Two hours later, the tropical storm warning was canceled south of Cape Fear, North Carolina, and tropical storm watches in Canada were expanded to encompass New Brunswick from the Canada–United States border to Grande Anse, including Cape Breton Island, and Prince Edward Island.

The tropical storm warning from Surf City to Cape Fear was discontinued at 05:00 UTC on July 4. A few hours later, the portion of the hurricane warning south of Bogue Inlet was removed. At 09:00 UTC on July 4, the tropical storm warning in Massachusetts was extended westward to Woods Hole. Around that time, areas west of Cape Lookout in North Carolina were no longer under a hurricane warning. In North Carolina, the hurricane warning was canceled for areas south of Ocracoke Inlet at 11:00 UTC. All hurricane warnings in the state were discontinued four hours later, as was the tropical storm warning at Albemarle Sound; in addition, all tropical storm watches issued by Environment Canada were then converted to tropical storm warnings. By 18:00 UTC on July 4, the tropical storm warning on the east coast of Virginia, including the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, was discontinued. After passing by Nantucket and Cape Cod, the remaining tropical storm warnings in New England were rescinded.

Governor of North Carolina Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency for 25 counties in advance of the hurricane's arrival. Fourteen shelters were opened, and the deteriorating North Carolina Highway 12 Bonner Bridge was closed as a precaution. Mandatory evacuations were declared for Hatteras Island and Richland Township in Beaufort County while voluntary evacuations were announced for Ocracoke Island, Aurora, Pamlico Beach, and Belhaven. Approximately 4,300 individuals fled from Ocracoke Island via ferry despite only being under a voluntary evacuation, and while a mandatory evacuation had been encouraged by Hyde County's emergency management director, other officials turned down the request. Tornado watches were issued for 10 North Carolina counties. In preparation for the possibility that Arthur's storm surge would make North Carolina Highway 12 and Hatteras Island inaccessible, local officials deployed heavy equipment capable of removing sand and other debris.

To assist in storm preparations, 105 North Carolina National Guard members and 400 state highway patrol officers helped facilitate evacuations and storm preparations along the state's coastline. Pamlico Sound ferry service was suspended, and various Independence Day activities rescheduled. Meanwhile, in Ocean City, Maryland, a celebratory fireworks event was postponed to July 5, and in Boston, a Fourth of July Boston Pops concert and fireworks display were rescheduled to July 3. Fireworks displays were also postponed throughout Rhode Island. National Weather Service and Coast Guard officials warned of the potential for rip currents along the East Coast resulting from Arthur. The National Park Service-operated Wright Brothers National Memorial and Cape Lookout National Seashore were closed in anticipation of the storm. Several airlines waived change fees for travelers in areas affected by Arthur. Officials at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base sent more than 54 aircraft to Dayton, Ohio to prevent the occurrence of potential wind damage. In Nantucket, Massachusetts, a school was converted to a temporary shelter in anticipation of Arthur's arrival.

In anticipation of Arthur's arrival, Nova Scotia Power prepared and collected resources in case of power outages and other impacts in the region. Numerous weekend events were called off throughout the Canadian Maritimes, including the Stan Rogers Folk Festival. Multiple boat-owners and fisherman took extra precautions by battening down hatches and tying extra lines to wharves to keep ships and boats from coming loose in the storm. Environment Canada officials issued high wind warnings in addition to earlier tropical storm warnings for the Maritimes and considered imposing rainfall warnings for western portions of Prince Edward Island as well. Province-managed parks in Nova Scotia, including beaches and camping grounds, were shut down prior to Arthur's arrival, and several airlines waived transfer fees. Officials in Moncton stated that city personnel would be prepared to respond to potential issues caused by Arthur, such as flooding or fallen trees, while the Canadian Red Cross readied volunteers in case of the need for emergency assistance. The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station took precautionary measures against the storm, with Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission employees deployed to the site.

Impact

Bahamas

Between June 30 and July 1, the outer bands of Arthur produced light rain over the northwestern Bahamas, with  measured in Freeport. Winds at Settlement Point on Grand Bahama peaked at  with gusts to .

United States
Total damage in the United States was estimated at more than $10 million.

Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina
Although Arthur remained offshore, large scale northerly flow from the west side of the cyclone sparked scattered severe thunderstorms across Florida for several days. Effects from these storms were generally minor with damage amounting to only $23,000. On July 3 however, one storm produced straight-line winds estimated at  and caused two barns to collapse near Elkton. Similar effects were felt in coastal Georgia with scattered thunderstorms causing minor damage. Farther north in South Carolina, Arthur produced wind gusts up to  along coastal areas, resulting in scattered power outages. Heavy rains also fell in and around Myrtle Beach, with a peak of  measured just outside the city; this was the highest total observed in relation to the storm throughout the country.

North Carolina

Hurricane Arthur was the earliest recorded landfalling North Carolina hurricane, coming onshore at 03:15 UTC on July 4. At Cape Lookout, a peak wind gust of  and 1-minute maximum sustained winds of  were recorded. A United States Coast Guard station in Cape Hatteras observed a peak gust of . An EF1 tornado touched down in Duplin County, damaging two structures and many trees, while a funnel cloud was sighted within the vicinity of Elm City. Another EF1 tornado was reported in Martin County, which knocked a tree onto a house. The highest rainfall total measured as a result of Arthur in North Carolina, , was recorded at Kinston. High tides were reported along the coast, with a peak storm surge of  at Oregon Inlet.

Arthur caused power outages impacting at least 44,000 customers, of which 16,500 were in Carteret County; another 1,000 outages each occurred in Craven and New Hanover counties. As a result, Duke Energy deployed over 500 personnel to restore electrical service, while Tideland EMC handled more than 2,000 outages in Pamlico, Hyde and Craven counties. Strong winds toppled trees and power poles in Hyde County and Ocracoke Island, and flooding occurred just south of downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. On other areas along the coast, flood waters reached  deep; with widespread coastal erosion observed in many areas. Meanwhile, at Wrightsville Beach, the hurricane tore off shingles and partially defoliated palm trees, and in Manteo,  of water inundated several businesses. Nearby, Kill Devil Hills experienced flooding to numerous residences and roads. Copious rainfall and strong winds were reported along the Outer Banks; at least one additional county was added to the North Carolina's state of emergency declaration, and while officials in Dare County initially intended to cut off access to the county while potential destruction was being surveyed, the curfew ended just after sunrise. Emergency officials announced the intention to begin damage assessments throughout the state as sunrise approached and Arthur departed the region.

After experiencing a "communication failure" with Ocracoke Island officials, a generator and communication equipment were delivered via ferry there. North Carolina Highway 12, the only road linking Hatteras Island to the mainland, remained closed after Arthur's passage, covered under water and sand. The repair cost for the road was less than $1 million. In Manteo, parts of U.S. Route 64 were shut down due to flooding, and northern portions of the North Carolina coastline also experienced significant flooding. Few flight cancellations were made necessary by Arthur's approach along the East Coast, as the storm's impacts were primarily offshore, and damage was limited to strewn debris and inundated roads. Overall, damage along the North Carolina shoreline was slight, and no fatalities or severe injuries were recorded. Throughout the county a total of 161 structures sustained damage, 16 of which had major damage, while none were destroyed. Damage in North Carolina amounted to $2.35 million, almost entirely in Dare County alone. The low damage across the state was largely due to the storm's fast motion.

Mid-Atlantic and New England

Owing to Arthur's somewhat large size, strong winds and light rains impacted portions of the Delmarva Peninsula. In Virginia, sustained winds peaked at  at Rappahannock Light with gusts up to . Tropical storm force winds were mostly confined to coastal areas of Delaware and Maryland. Maximum storm surge was  in Money Point, Virginia and  in Lewes, Delaware. Notable storm tides also occurred in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, peaking at  in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Sustained winds of  and gusts to  were reported near Nantucket Island in Massachusetts as Arthur passed just offshore. Flooding was reported within the vicinity of Broad and Easy streets on Nantucket Island, and heavy rains induced widespread flooding elsewhere as well, with up to  of rain measured at New Bedford,  at Plymouth, and  at Fairhaven. The accumulation at New Bedford ranked Arthur as the ninth wettest tropical cyclone on record in the state. Massachusetts State Police shut down access to parts of Interstate 195, Massachusetts Route 18, and U.S. Route 6 as a precaution. Nearby in Fairhaven, Adams Street was inundated and inaccessible, while the heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding at New Bedford; as a result, a flash flood emergency was imposed by the National Weather Service. In addition, ferry service to and from Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket was suspended. Minor flooding also led to road closures around Boston, including the Interstate 93 tunnel near Leverett Circle. The New Bedford Whaling Museum was also flooded, inundated under  of water. Several boats were beached, and some flooding occurred at Cape Cod. NSTAR reported 8,451 outages, 7,500 of them on Cape Cod, while National Grid recorded 1,900, of which 1,400 affected customers in Middlesex County. Moisture from Arthur also aided in the development of damaging thunderstorms across western Massachusetts. Total losses in the state amounted to $889,000. Heavy rain forced a postponement of a game between the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles.

In Maine, tropical storm-force wind gusts downed numerous trees and power lines across eastern portions of the state. Winds on the mainland gusted to  while Machias Seal Island observed . Outages in Maine affected 20,000–25,000 residences, primarily in Hancock and Washington counties. About 2,800 Central Maine Power customers and 4,390 Emera Maine patrons lost power, mostly due to overturned trees and branches throughout the state. Locally significant damage took place in Aroostook County where heavy rains enabled winds aloft to mix down to the surface. Alongside the winds heavy rainfall affected the state, with a maximum of  near Whiting. Effects from the rains were negligible, with only minor stream flooding reported in Hancock and Washington Counties. Further inland in Vermont, 1,600 customers lost power.

Atlantic Canada and Quebec

Powerful winds gusted up to  across much of Nova Scotia, with a confirmed peak value of  in Greenwood and an unconfirmed value of  in Yarmouth. Arthur knocked out power to more than 290,000 individuals in the Maritimes; 144,000 of those were customers of Nova Scotia Power (NSP), and 1,500 of Maritime Electric on Prince Edward Island. In New Brunswick, power outages affected upwards of 140,000 individuals, of which 52,000 were situated near Fredericton, forcing the closure of the local University of New Brunswick campus. Copious rainfall was recorded in southwestern parts of New Brunswick, with  measured at Gagetown. Flooding at Saint John, New Brunswick made two local streets inaccessible, while winds downed electrical poles in Fredericton. In Onslow, Nova Scotia, firefighters rescued a man trapped under a tree limb, while a sailboat capsized at Charlottetown harbor and another was washed out to sea. The hurricane forced temporary suspension of the MV Nova Star ferry service between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Portland, Maine. The storm caused flight delays and cancellations at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, while LaHave and Tancook Island ferries were shut down; in addition, access to the A. Murray MacKay Bridge was restricted to smaller vehicles. In Stratford, Prince Edward Island, a woman died after being struck by a door that was caught by a gust of wind, and in Woodstock, New Brunswick, a man died when his oxygen support was cut off during a power outage. In some parts of Nova Scotia, damage to the electrical grid was reported to be the worst since Hurricane Juan in 2003. Damage throughout New Brunswick amounted to at least C$12.6 million (US$11.8 million).

Effects from Arthur extended as far away as Quebec, where topographic wind enhancement occurred. Gusts of  affected the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. Locally heavy rains fell in some parts of the province, with maximum amounts reaching . The heaviest damage took place along the Chaleur Bay. Numerous trees and power lines were downed by the storm, leaving 23,000 Hydro Québec customers without electricity. A portion of Quebec Route 132 near Carleton-sur-Mer was temporarily shut down due to fallen debris. Severe flooding impacted Mont-Louis, with 40 homes affected, culverts washed away, and roads rendered impassable. A portion of Quebec Route 198 near the area was washed away. In nearby Marsoui, water and sewer service was disrupted with damage estimated in excess of C$4 million (US$3.75 million).

Aftermath

Power outages across Nova Scotia lasted for a week after the storm's passage. This prompted numerous complaints from residents and officials, both criticizing NSP for their slow response. On July 9, NSP President and CEO Bob Hanf issued a public apology for the communication breakdown between his company and customers. By July 11, 2,400 customers remained without electricity with 187 crews working to restore it. The delay in restoration prompted numerous complaints from residents and Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil condemned NSP's response as "inexcusable." McNeil ordered a review of the company to be made by provincial regulators. He and Energy Minister Andrew Younger agreed that there was a total failure of communication, namely through their website, between NSP and residents. One resident in Annapolis Valley stated that the company continuously told her power would be restored soon, when it ultimately took five days for it to return. NSP stated that in the four years prior to Arthur, C$70 million (US$65.7 million) had been spent on improving the electrical infrastructure; however, the storm was of a severity beyond any other since Hurricane Juan.

Similar issues occurred in New Brunswick where 18,000 customers remained without power through July 11. More than 310 crews remained deployed throughout the province with electricity expected to be fully restored by the following week. Costs to repair the power grid were estimated in excess of C$12 million (US$11.3 million). There was criticism that New Brunswick Power did not appropriately prepare for the storm and actually requested assistance from other public power companies and private contractors after the storm had struck. Two public buildings in Fredericton were utilized as recharging centers for residents to charge their phones and shower. An estimated 6,000 people took advantage of this through July 10. Shaved ice was later distributed from the Grant-Harvey Centre in the city while several waste disposal sites were opened for residents to get rid of spoiled food from power outages. Gaëtan Thomas, president and chief executive officer of NB Power, likened the effects of Arthur in the region to Hurricane Katrina along the United States Gulf Coast in August 2005. He referenced that during Katrina, 50 percent of the affected region lost power, while in the wake of Arthur 57 percent of New Brunswick was in the dark over a similar geographic area. Earlier cuts to the company's tree-trimming budget were cited as a possible cause in the scale of damage. As such, their budget for trimming in 2015 was increased from C$6 million to C$8 million.

Emergency management officials in Fredericton stated that it could be years before the city fully recovered from the storm. Power restoration in the province reached over 99 percent on July 16 with only 750 customers still out. However, a thunderstorm that evening revealed the weak nature of the power grid as outages jumped back over 4,000. The following week, Energy Minister Craig Leonard rebutted claims that a public review of NB Power was necessary, despite the longevity and severity of the power outages. New Brunswick's Liberal and Green parties both supported an independent review of the company, while Leonard claimed only an internal review was necessary. The total cost to restore and repair damage to the power grid wrought by the storm amounted to C$8.4 million (US$7.9 million). This ranked it as the second-costliest event for Nova Scotia Power from a tropical cyclone, only behind Hurricane Juan. New Brunswick Power reported even greater losses from Arthur with damage amounting to C$23 million (US$21.6 million). This marked the costliest disaster in the company's history, surpassing the December 2013 ice storm. In light of the severe damage, NB Power allocated an extra C$5.1 million (US$4.8 million) for tree trimming during the 2014–2014 fiscal year.

By July 9, 11 municipalities across Quebec were declared disaster areas and made eligible for federal funding. Ten more municipalities were placed under this declaration on July 11 following further damage assessments. The Canadian Red Cross provided residents in Marsoui with food and aid. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard allocated C$100,000 in aid for the affected areas and promised further funding.

A few weeks after the storm, a severe outbreak of fire blight, a bacterial infection, occurred in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, affecting as many as 80 percent of the Valley's apple orchards. The storm was blamed for causing microscopic cracks in leaves, which allowed airborne bacteria to enter the plants.

See also

Hurricane Juan
Similar tropical cyclones that struck the Outer Banks of North Carolina
Hurricane Dorian
1945 Outer Banks hurricane
Hurricane Barbara (1953)
Hurricane Diana (1984)
Hurricane Gloria
Hurricane Emily (1993)
Hurricane Irene (1999)
Hurricane Ophelia (2005)

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title: Kroghfjellet

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Kroghfjellet is a mountain in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located west of the bay of Mohnbukta and south of the glacier of Hayesbreen. The mountain has a length of about five kilometers. It is named after a German consul in Tromsø in the 1870s. The glacier of Usherbreen is located between Kroghfjellet and Domen.

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title: Odense City Hall

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Odense City Hall () houses the administrative offices of Odense Municipality in the city of Odense on the Danish island of Funen.

Today's building was designed by Johan Daniel Herholdt and Carl Lendorf in the Historicist style, inspired by Italian buildings such as the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena which it closely resembles. Completed in 1885, tts red masonry bears sandstone decorations, stepped gables and a saw-tooth course. It stands on the site of a smaller building from 1480. In 1937, Bent Helveg-Møller won the competition for the building's enlargement. The tower over the main entrance was torn down in 1942 but was not rebuilt. As work was delayed during the war, the extension was not completed until 1955. In conjunction with Hans Christian Andersen's 200th anniversary in 2005, comprehensive renovation work was completed on the building's interiors, including the entrance halls, meeting rooms, banqueting hall and council chamber.

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title: Dorothy Stevens

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Dorothy Stevens  (2 September 1888 – 5 June 1966) was a Canadian etcher, portrait painter, printmaker, illustrator and teacher, perhaps the most accomplished Canadian etcher of her day. She is known for the prints she made of factory workers during World War I. She exhibited in Canada, the United States, England and France.

Early years

Dorothy Stevens was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 2 September 1888.
In 1904 she left Canada to study at the Slade School of Fine Art in London under Henry Tonks, Philip Wilson Steer and Walter Westley Russell. She also studied in Paris at the Académie Colarossi and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière under Lucien Simon. Stevens returned to Canada in 1911, and began a successful career as a painter and etcher. In 1912 she joined the Chicago Society of Etchers. Around 1913 she shared a studio in Toronto with Estelle Muriel Kerr.

War artist
Stevens continued her career as an etcher during World War I (1914–1918), alternating between Toronto and New York. Her personality was unconventional and exuberant. She said that at one time in New York she went to so many parties that she saw no daylight for three weeks. Late in 1918 she heard of a program to commission works from Canadian artists depicting home-front subjects, led by Eric Brown, Director of the National Gallery of Canada, when her friends Frances Loring and Florence Wyle were given commissions. She sent a letter to Brown offering to make a series of etchings, and he agreed to accept two, one on shipbuilding and the other on women in a munitions or airplane factory.
The etchings were to be sold to raise money for war relief.

Stevens insisted on doing four more plates. One was of the Toronto airplane factory, two were of the British Forgings munitions plant in Toronto and one was of construction of a freighter in Toronto Harbour. Brown seems to have resented her pushiness, and only allowed her to print twenty-five editions of her etchings, although Arthur Lismer had printed one hundred and Charles William Jefferys had printed fifty. Her prints were among the best produced under the program, vividly depicting the "hustle and forced pace" of the work. Her pictures showed both women and men working, including women making shells and men in a steel plant. Her picture of a heavy-shell factory shows both men and women working on the assembly line. Stevens made draft plates of Montreal factories, but the program ran out of funding before approval could be given for the work. The proofs have been lost.

Later career

After World War I Stevens won a traveling scholarship to Europe to continue her art studies, where she sketched the cathedrals of Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, and Brussels. She made several portraits of gypsies in the 1920s. She submitted La Gitana to the 1922 art show at the Canadian National Exhibition. Her exhibitions received excellent reviews, she won many awards and was given many commissions to paint portraits. She was known for her etchings, but was also a painter, portraitist, printmaker, illustrator and art teacher. In 1922 Stevens joined the Society of American Graphic Artists, then known as The Brooklyn Society of Etchers, and exhibited her etching Alhambra, Granada in the 7th Annual Exhibition in 1922 and her etching Segovia, Spain (for $18) in The Second International Exhibition of Etching (1923) sponsored by The Brooklyn Society of Etchers at the Anderson Galleries in New York City.

Stevens married in 1930 and became Mrs. Reginald de Bruno Austin. She became president of the Toronto-based Women's Art Association. Helen McLean recalls studying under her as a child at an art class arranged by the Women's Art Association in 1940.
Stevens wore trousers and chain smoked. When the weather allowed she took her students over to the Toronto Islands to draw whatever they saw in the park. She told stories of the past, such as a costume party she had gone to with Frederick Varley of the Group of Seven. He was Anthony and she was Cleopatra, wearing a bodice made out of copper wire.

Stevens joined various other artists' associations in Canada including the Federation of Canadian Artists, the Ontario Society of Artists and the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers.
During World War II (1939–1945) she arranged dances for soldiers at the Heliconian Club to raise money for the war effort. In 1949 she was elected a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Her paintings were shown in the United States and Canada, and in the London and Paris salons. She died in hospital in Toronto on 5 June 1966. The National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario and Art Gallery of Alberta hold her paintings.

Illustrations
Publications illustrated by Stevens include:

Hale, Katherine. (cover design) The White Comrade and Other Poems Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart, 1916
MacKay, Isabel Ecclestone. The Curtain Canadian Magazine 48.2 (Dec. 1916)
Macbeth, Madge. The Mind of the Family Canadian Magazine Jan. 1917
Bayne, Edith G. The Double Intriguer Canadian Magazine 50.2 (Dec. 1917):129-38
Lugrin, Nora de Bertrand. The East in the West Canadian Magazine 52.2 (Dec. 1918)
Bayne, Edith G.  Honour To Whom Canadian Magazine 53.5 (Sept. 1919)
Toronto Publicity Bureau. Toronto: The Canadian Metropolis and Convention City. Toronto: Toronto Publicity Bureau, 1922
Grant, George Monro. Ocean To Ocean: Sandford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872 Toronto: Radisson Society of Canada, 1925 [revised edition]
Hale, Katherine. Canadian Houses of Romance Toronto: Macmillan, 1926
Hale, Katherine. Canadian Cities of Romance. Toronto McClelland and Stewart, 1933
Hale, Katherine. Historic Houses of Canada Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1952

References

Bibliography

1888 births
1966 deaths
Canadian etchers
Canadian women painters
20th-century Canadian painters
Académie Colarossi alumni
20th-century Canadian women artists
Women etchers
Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art


title: Speaking of Murder

text:
Speaking of Murder is a 1957 French crime film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin. The original French title is Le rouge est mis, which means "the red light is on". The screenplay is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton.

Plot
Louis Bertain (Gabin) is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer.

Cast
 Jean Gabin as Louis Bertain / Louis le Blond
 Paul Frankeur as Frédo
 Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierre Bertain
 Lino Ventura as Pepito
 Annie Girardot as Hélène
 Albert Dinan as Inspector Pluvier
 Antonin Berval as Zé
 Jean-Pierre Mocky as Pierre
 Thomy Bourdelle as Inspector
 Serge Lecointe as Bébert

References

External links

  Speaking of Murder at “Cinema-francais“ (French)
 Speaking of Murder movie review at The New York Times Last accessed: July 3, 2014.

1957 films
1950s crime thriller films
French black-and-white films
Film noir
French crime thriller films
Films set in Paris
1950s French-language films
French gangster films
Films about organized crime in France
Films based on French novels
Films based on works by Auguste Le Breton
Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard
1950s French films


title: Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet, of Minto

text:
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet, (of Minto) (16 April 1766) was a Scottish lawyer, politician and judge from Minto in the Scottish Borders. From 1763 until his death 3 years later, he was Lord Justice Clerk, the second most senior judge in Scotland.

Early life
He was the oldest son of the judge Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto (–1718).  Elliot studied law at the University of Utrecht and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1715.

Career
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburghshire from 1722 to 1726 He was an eager agriculturist, and was one of the members of an Edinburgh "committee of taste for the improvement of the town." He was a keen supporter of the Hanoverian succession, in opposition to Jacobitism.

In June 1726, he was made a judge of the Court of Session, taking the judicial title Lord Minto. He became a Lord of Justiciary in 1733, and, in 1761, Keeper of the Signet. In 1763, he was promoted to Lord Justice Clerk.

Personal life
In 1718, Elliot was married to Helen Stewart, the daughter of Sir Robert Steuart, 1st Baronet, who had been a member of the pre-union Parliament of Scotland. Together they were the parents of :

 Eleanor Elliot (1719–1797), who married John Rutherfurd in 1737.
 Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722–1777), who married Agnes Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound, a daughter of Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound.
 Jean Elliot (1727–1805), a poet who never married.
 Andrew Elliot (1728–1797), a trader in British North America who served as acting colonial governor of the Province of New York in 1783; he married twice: Eleanor McCall in 1754; and after her death in 1756, to Elisabeth Plumsted, daughter of William Plumsted, in 1760.
 John Elliot (1732–1808), an admiral in the Royal Navy who never married.

Sir Gilbert died on 16 April 1766 and was survived by nine children.

Descendants
Through his eldest daughter Eleanor, he was a grandfather to John Rutherfurd, MP for Roxburghshire (who married Mary Ann Leslie, the only child of Maj.-Gen. Alexander Leslie), Elizabeth Rutherfurd (who married Andrew St Clair of Herdmanston, de jure 12th Lord Sinclair, parents of Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair) and Jane Rutherfurd (who married William Oliver of Dinlabyre).

Through his son Andrew, he was a grandfather of Eleanor Elliot (–1830), who married James Jauncey Jr. and Admiral Robert Digby, Agnes Murray Elliot (1763–1860), who married Sir David Carnegie, 4th Baronet, and
Elizabeth Elliot (–1847), who married William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart.

References

1693 births
Year of birth uncertain
1766 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
British MPs 1722–1727
Utrecht University alumni
Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Lords Justice Clerk
People from the Scottish Borders
Minto 2
Members of the Faculty of Advocates


title: Deforestation in Nepal

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Deforestation in Nepal has always been a serious issue, which has a severe effect on the lives of poor people. In the past, Nepal was a widely forested nation. However now with the requirement for the extension of rural areas, migration of hills people to the plains, the developing regional interest for timber, and the local residents dependence on firewood as the essential source of energy, less than 30% of the nation's forest cover remains. Due to the continuous deforestation in Nepal, many people and creatures are dying. Around 70 percent of the people in Nepal work in agriculture, even if it is difficult to farm in the prevailing unfavourable weather conditions.

Rate of deforestation
Between 1990 and 2000, Nepal lost an average of 91,700 hectares of forest per year. This amounts to an average annual deforestation rate of 1.90%. However, between 2000 and 2005, the rate of deforestation decreased by 28.9% to 1.35% per year. In total, between 1990 and 2005, Nepal lost 24.5% of its forest cover, or around 1,181,000 hectares. 42,000 hectares of its primary forest cover was last during that time. Deforestation rates of primary cover have decreased 10.7% since the close of the 1990s. Measuring the total rate of habitat conversion (defined as change in forest area plus change in woodland area minus net plantation expansion) for the 1990-2005 interval, Nepal lost 7.9% of its forest and woodland habitat.

Smuggling of timber
Nepal has fallen victim to illegal timber processing in many of Nepal's forests. These timber operations illegally smuggle wood into India. Sources say that the smuggling is being done on both major roads and back roads. Nepal's forest administration has confiscated many trucks and tractors laden with timber from Nepal's forests.

Biodiversity effects of Nepal

Biodiversity and Protected Areas are at risk due to deforestation. The country of Nepal has 1240 known species of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles according to figures from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Of this population 2.9% are endemic, meaning they exist in no other country, and 5.6% are threatened. In addition, Nepal is home to at least 6973 species of plants, of which 4.5% are native to the country itself. Not to mention, Nepal's bamboo forests are home to the Red Panda, a threatened species, found very few places in the world. These animals are even more prone to extinction with the high level of deforestation occurring.

Government regulation
In the past, a government decision to nationalize and take over popular management of what were perceived as private forests in 1957 proved disastrous, partly because protectionist practices undercut indigenous management systems. The state faced rampant deforestation and degradation, and consequently devastating floods, according to Ghan Shyam Pandey, coordinator of the Global Alliance of Community Forestry (GACF), a Nepal-based network representing forest communities. It wasn't until the mid-1970s that those in power realized peoples' participation was key for conservation and securing livelihoods, and started the first forays into community-based forest management. Community Forestry Users Groups (CFUGs) were established with the aim of stewarding the land and using its resources sustainably.

Economic impact of deforestation in Nepal
Climate change, deforestation and land grabbing don't only threaten Nepal's rich biodiversity, but the economic well-being of millions of its citizens. These community based forests that are falling victim to deforestion through smuggling and other industries hold potential economic value to its natives. With around 40 percent of the country covered in forest and shrubland, millions of rural Nepalese rely on forest biodiversity for subsistence, and as a source of income. Agriculture, including forestry, employs around 80 percent of the population.

Government and civil society in Nepal have been working to insure conservation by giving communities a share of the spoils helping steward the land.

The process of marketing local products has become difficult. When community forestry produces local food or local products, they find it difficult to compete on local and national markets. Big companies dominate over local products. The stability and fertility of the agricultural land depend absolutely on the maintenance of a healthy forest. It has been estimated that a forest area three times the arable area may be necessary for the maintenance of the agricultural system as a whole.

Yet over the last decades the forest area has declined dramatically, and the trend is continuing. The problem of deforestation in Nepal is not one of exploitation by outsiders; there are almost no roads in the Hills, and logging on a commercial scale would not be feasible. The problem stems rather from the acute and increasing pressure on the land. The Hill population is now estimated at 1,500 people per square kilometer of cultivable land, with livestock numbers comparable to the human population.

Throughout the Hill districts of Nepal the cycle of environmental degradation  is clear. Land that once supported healthy regenerating
forest is now covered with scrubby, largely unpalatable bush vegetation in which continuous overgrazing and lopping for fodder has prevented any regeneration and gradually removed the valuable edible species. Women have to walk farther and farther to collect fuel and fodder for the family's needs; in many parts of the district the round trip takes a full day. In local markets and centers of population a backload of wood may sell for the equivalent of two days' wages.

As the productivity of the forest declines through relentless overcutting, its ability to provide nutrients to the arable fields, through fodder and leaf litter, is also reduced, and crop yields start to fall. This, combined with direct population pressure, pushes cultivation on to steep and marginal land, greatly increasing the risk of landslides and soil erosion. In Doti, a district typical of the remote far west of the country, monsoon floods in 1983 did unprecedented and permanent damage to the land. Old farmers remembered similar rains, but the recent imbalance between forest and cultivated land makes the effects this time far more severe.

See also

 Environmental issues in Nepal

References

Nepal
Environment of Nepal
Forestry in Nepal
Forests of Nepal


title: Donald Mathieson

text:
Donald Mathieson, Donald Matheson, Don Mathieson, or Don Mathesonmay refer to:

 Donald Mathieson (cricketer) (born 1931), Australian cricketer
 Donald Mathieson (businessman), chairman of the Caledonian Railway
 Don Matheson (1929–2014), actor
 Donald Matheson (politician) in 1870 Manitoba general election
 Donald Matheson (missionary) on list of Protestant missionaries in China
 Donald Matheson of Shin, of Clan Matheson
 Donald Macleod Matheson (1896–1979), Secretary to the National Trust
 Donald Matheson, British Army officer, see 1887 Golden Jubilee Honours
 Don Mathieson (lawyer), New Zealand Queens' Council


title: Lisa Hopkins

text:
Lisa Hopkins may refer to:
 Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller, American classical singer and actress
 Lisa Hopkins (politician), American politician from West Virginia


title: 1967 Australian Championships – Men's doubles

text:
Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle were the defending champions but only Roy Emerson did compete this year.

John Newcombe and Tony Roche won the final 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–8, 8–6 against William Bowrey and Owen Davidson

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Draw

Final

Top half

Bottom half

References
 1967 Australian Open Men's Doubles Draw

1967 in Australian tennis
Men's Doubles


title: Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg

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Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 169. It is located in northern Hesse, comprising the Werra-Meißner-Kreis and Hersfeld-Rotenburg districts.

Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Michael Roth of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography
Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg is located in northern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Werra-Meißner-Kreis and Hersfeld-Rotenburg districts.

History
Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Hersfeld and Werra-Meißner. In the 2002 election, it was named Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld. It acquired its current name in the 2005 election. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 171 in the numbering system. In the 2009 election, it was number 170. Since 2013, it has been number 169. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members
The constituency has been represented by Michael Roth of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since its creation.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

Notes

References

Federal electoral districts in Hesse
2002 establishments in Germany
Constituencies established in 2002
Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Hersfeld-Rotenburg


title: The Lady of Death

text:
The Lady of Death (Spanish:La Dama de la Muerte) is a 1946 Chilean thriller film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen for Chile Films S.A. and starring Carlos Cores, Judith Sulian and Guillermo Battaglia. The film is based on the short story The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Cast

References

Bibliography
 Rist, Peter H. Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

External links

1946 films
Chilean thriller films
1946 horror films
1940s thriller films
1940s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen
Chilean black-and-white films
Films based on works by Robert Louis Stevenson


title: KBM-7 cells

text:
KBM-7 cells are a chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cell line used for biomedical research. Like all cancer cell lines, it is immortal and can divide indefinitely. A unique aspect of the KBM-7 cell line is that it is near-haploid, meaning it contains only one copy for most of its chromosomes. Human chromosomes are typically diploid, meaning that there are two copies of each chromosome.

Origin
KBM-7 cells were derived from a 39-year-old man with chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis. The original cell line contained both near haploid and hyperdiploid clones. Subsequent subcloning yielded a pure near-haploid cell line. Genome analysis has revealed that besides the disomic chromosome 8, a 30 megabase fragment of chromosome 15 is present in two copies. Like other CML cells lines (e.g., K562) KBM-7 cells are positive for the Philadelphia chromosome harboring the BCR-ABL oncogenic fusion. KBM-7 cells have been reprogrammed to yield the HAP1 cell line which is also monosomic for chromosome 8.

Cultivation and applications
KBM-7 cells grow in suspension and are maintained in Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium (IMDM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. They divide approximately every 24 hours.

KBM-7 has found applications in a variety of genomic research studies; the cell line has been examined in gene silencing experiments, been reprogrammed to become a stem cell line, and served as a test model for novel drug candidates.

Significance
One method of studying gene function involves "knocking out" the gene by inducing a mutation. This causes the resulting gene product to be nonfunctional, and researchers can then see how this effects the cell's function as a whole. Many gene editing procedures have very low efficiency, and often both copies of mammalian chromosomes must be knocked out in order to see a phenotypic effect. Having a near-haploid cell line such as KBM-7 greatly increases the efficiency of these studies because there is only one gene that must be knocked out.

References

External links
Cellosaurus entry for KBM-7

Human cell lines


title: Bibinagar railway station

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Bibinagar railway station (station code:BN) is located in Bibinagar, Bhuvanagiri district which lies on the – and –Secunderabad.

Services
MEMU service starts at Bibinagar railway station and ends at the Falaknuma railway station.

References

Railway stations in Nalgonda district


title: Wangfenglou

text:
Wangfenglou () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China.

References

Township-level divisions of Shandong


title: Obcina Mestecăniș Mountains

text:
The Obcina Mestecăniș Ridge is a range of mountains in Romania. Geologically they belong to the Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians group of the Outer Eastern Carpathians subprovince. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians (Carpații Orientali) into three geographical groups (north, center and south) instead. The Romanian categorization includes Mestecăniș Ridge within the northern Carpathians of Maramureș and Bukovina (Grupa Nordică, Munții Carpați ai Maramureșului și Bucovinei).

The Suceava River emerges from these mountains. The highest peak is , at . The mountain range is part of the Ridges of Bukovina (Obcinele Bucovinei).

See also
 Divisions of the Carpathians

Mountain ranges of Romania


title: Qiancao

text:
Qiancao () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China.

References

Township-level divisions of Shandong


title: Encheng

text:
Encheng () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China.

References

Township-level divisions of Shandong


title: Wangmiao, Dezhou

text:
Wangmiao () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China.

References

Township-level divisions of Shandong


title: Wanggaopu

text:
Wanggaopu () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China.

References

Township-level divisions of Shandong


title: Zhanghua, Shandong

text:
Zhanghua () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China.

References

Township-level divisions of Shandong


title: Marathon du Mont Blanc

text:
The Marathon du Mont Blanc (Mont Blanc Marathon) is an annual marathon distance (42.195 km) alpine trail running event held in Chamonix, France. The Marathon du Mont Blanc race is the titular event but the name also refers to the group of longer and shorter distance races one or more of which competitors can compete in over a three-day period starting on the last Friday in June.

The marathon was first run in June 2003, however the shorter distance 23 km du Mont-Blanc, which utilizes part of the same route as the marathon, has been run annually since 1979.

Overview
The 23 km du Mont-Blanc (formerly the "Cross du Mont-Blanc") was founded by Georges Costaz, the President of the Club alpin français Chamonix (CAF) in 1979. In 2003, on the 25th anniversary of the first running, the Marathon du Mont Blanc event was added to the race schedule. The following year the 10 km du Mont-Blanc event was added and in 2011 the KM Vertical (3.8 km) was also included. In order to meet the requirements for hosting the Skyrunning World Championships in 2014 the 80 km du Mont-Blanc was added to the race schedule as a test event in 2013 (90 km since 2018). The event also offers the "Mini Cross" (800 m to 3 km) for 7 to 15-year-old competitors.

The race is currently administered by Club des sports de Chamonix.

Races

KM Vertical du Mont-Blanc
Distance: 3.8 km
Total Ascent: 1,000 m
Start Time: 14:00
Course cut-off: N/A
Number of entries: Unknown

10 km du Mont-Blanc
Distance: 10 km
Total Ascent: 325 m
Start Time: 13:00
Course cut-off: Unknown
Number of entries: 1,500

23 km du Mont-Blanc
Distance: 23 km
Total Ascent: 1,665 m
Start Time: 08:00
Course cut-off: 5 hours
Number of entries: 1,000

Marathon du Mont-Blanc
Distance: 42 km
Total Ascent: 2,730 m
Start Time: 07:00
Course cut-off: 9 hours
Number of entries: 2,000

90 km du Mont-Blanc
Distance: 92 km (2023)
Total Ascent: 6,330 m
Start Time: 04:00
Course cut-off: 24 hours
Number of entries: 1,000
Course Description: Starting on the Place de l'Église in Central Chamonix the route climbs via Refuge de Bel Lachat to Le Brévent (2,525 m), the runners then descend to Plan Praz. From Plan Praz the course traverses the Aiguilles Rouges to La Flégère and via Lac des Chéserys and Col de Montets to Le Buet (1,330 m).
From Buet the trail climbs around 1,300m to the Col du Corbeau (2,602 m) and then descends via Col du Passet and Chalets de la Loriaz to Vallorcine (1,260 m).
From Vallorcine the route climbs steeply via Col des Posettes to Aiguillette des Posettes (2,201 m) before descending just as steeply via Le Tour and Argentière to Les Bois (1,083 m).
The trail then makes the last major ascent via Les Mottets and Gare du Montenvers to Signal (2,200 m) where the runners traverse to Refuge du plan de l’aiguille (also 2,200 m) before descending to the finish in Chamonix.

Duo étoilé
Distance: 21 km (2023)
Total Ascent: 1,450 m
Start Time: 19:30
Course cut-off: 6:00 hours
Course Description: Starting from the center of Chamonix, the first kilometers will lead you to the Arveyron before taking the path of the crystalliers to join the Planards and the path leading to the alpine pastures of Blaitière. From there you will continue in direction of the refuge of the Plan of the Aiguille (2,207 m) before descending on Chamonix by the same way as the 90 km of the Mont Blanc.

Results

The winners of the Mont Blanc Marathon have been as follows.

See also
Trail running
Ultramarathon
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc

References

External links

 Official web site - (main language: French, but also available in English)
 Press kit on the official web site (PDF)

Trail running competitions
Marathons in France
Mont Blanc
Skyrunning competitions
Skyrunner World Series
Mountain marathons
2003 establishments in France
Recurring sporting events established in 2003
Sport in Chamonix
Golden Trail Series
Athletics competitions in France
Vertical kilometer running competitions


title: Jiaozhan

text:
Jiaozhan () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China.

References

Township-level divisions of Shandong


title: P-20 longitudinal data systems

text:
P-20 longitudinal data systems are state-level educational databases in the United States created to "capture, study and use student data from preschool into future workforces.”

Description
These databases are developed on different models in different states.

Twelve elements are required:
 A special pointer for every student that does not give permission to a student to be individually identified (except by giving special permission by federal and state law);
 The school enrollment history, demographic traits and program participation record of every student;
 Information on when a student enrolls, transfers, drops out, or graduates from a school;
 Students' scores on tests required by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act;
 Information on students who are not tested, by grade and subject;
 Students' scores on tests measuring whether they're ready for college;
 A way to identify teachers and to match teachers to their students;
 Information from students' transcripts, specifically courses taken and grades earned;
 Data on students' success in college, including whether they enrolled in remedial courses;
 Data on whether K-12 students are prepared to succeed in college;
 A system of auditing data for quality, validity, and reliability;
 The ability to share data from preschool through post-secondary education data systems.

Privacy and data mining concerns
Under the Obama Administration, over 1 billion dollars were spent developing databases designed for improving the educational system, including P-20 longitudinal data systems. Although these databases do contain extensive personally identifiable information, much of this information is "not kept in a format that allows officials to easily extract the complete file on a specific child." , parents started protesting at the state level against the data mining being done on student's privacy & information, saying:
"We don't know what they're tracking, and we don't know what the implications are going to be for these children in the future... Going for jobs in the future, trying to get into college — we're in uncharted territory and we just don't know the implication it's going to have for the children. We need to slow down."

See also
Longitudinal study
Liability and Student Records
Common Education Data Standards
Data Quality Campaign

References

External links
Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems, National Center for Educational Statistics

Education in the United States
Education reform


title: Kasr al-asnam al-jahiliyyah

text:
Kasr al-asnam al-jahiliyyah fi dhamm al-mutasawwifin (Demolition of the Idols of Ignorance in Blaming those who Pretend to Sufism) (A.27; C.16; D.P.28). The word "mutasawwifin" referred to here is not used according to its usual meaning of one who follows Sufism but means one who pretends to follow it. In this treatise, Mulla Sadra criticizes the excesses of those in his day who, pretending to be Sufis, disregarded the Shari'ah and its teachings.

Subject
This book is one of the Molla Sadra’s works and writings, in Arabic. As the name of this treatise shows, had been written about the rejecting of false “Sufism”(tasavoof) and blaming the ignorant and hypocrite “Sufis”(Motesawefän). The content of the book, contrary to its new name, is old, and in it, the new word or subject that has not been related in Sadra’s former works are not seen. The basis of the Sadra’s action in this treatise is the criticism of false Sufis that have long precedente.

Author
Muhamrnad ibn Ibrahim ibn Yahya Oawarni Shirazi, entitled Sadr al-Din and also Mulla Sadra (in the Indo-Pakistani subcontinent simply Sadra) as well as Sadr al-muta'allihin, "foremost among the theosophers", or called simply Akhund by his disciples, was born in Shiraz in 979-980/1571-72 into an influential and well known family, his father having been the governor of the province of Fars. The date of his birth has not been specified in any of the traditional sources devoted to him and in fact it was discovered only a few years ago when'Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei, a foremost contemporary sage or hakim of Iran, was correcting the new edition of the Asfar and preparing it for publication. On the margin of a manuscript copied in 1197/1703 but based on acopy autographed by Mulla Sadra and with certain marginal notes by the author himself, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei discovered the following sentence in the section devoted to the question of the unity of the intellect and the intelligible: "I received this inspiration at the time of sunrise of Friday the seventh of Jumadi al-ula of the year 1037 A.H. [corresponding to January 14, 1628] when already 58 lunar years had passed from the life of the author." Since then other sources have confirmed this information. But because it is not possible to know whether the 58 years is a period of between 57 and 58 years or 58 complete years, one cannot determine the exact date of his birth beyond setting it between the years 979/1571 and 980/1572. He was wealthy and influential and with great effort trained his son. Mullah Sadra’s life can be divided into three periods:
- The periods of seminarian, studentship, discussion, studying of the old books and viewpoints of philosophers in Shiraz and Isfahan. In this period, he studied viewpoint of philosophers, kaläm, "Aristotelian" (mash-shäi) and Illuminative (eshräghi) philosophers.
- The stage of "self-discipline" (tahzibe nafs), "asceticism" (riyazat) and "mystical disclosure" (mokashefeh) in "kahak" village (near the Qom) that finally led to "unveiling of Lordly truths" (kashfe haghäyegh rabäni) and "theological sciences".
- The stage of writing and teaching in Shiraz in the school that Allahverdy Khan, the governor of "Fars", built it. During this period, Mulla Sadra almost wrote all his works. Mulla Sadra caused the "Divine Wisdom" (hekmate ellähi) and Islamic Philosophy enters into the new stage. He, in what is called "supreme knowledge" (elme a’lä) or universal science or "prime philosophy" or "Divine Wisdom" (hekmate elähi), [and it is the only part that really is "philosophy" and called "Real philosophy"], overshadowed the former philosopher position, changed the principles and first foundations of this science and strengthened it on a steadfast principle. Mullah Sadra, till end of his life, composed and instructed, and in this times, seven times walked to “Mecca” that in returning from the seventh journey, died in "Basra" in 1640 A.D. (1050A.H).

Structure
This book contains one introduction and four articles, each consisting of chapters, and a conclusion:
 The first article: Asceticism does not need knowledge (science).
 The second article: The result of worship is knowledge.
 The third article: The characteristics of "the righteous or the pious" (Abrär).
 The fourth article: The advice and blaming the world.

 The first article: about the person who has started the asceticism.
about being untrue of the boasting those who claim to the "Sufism" (soofigari).
about looking to the facts of creatures.
 The second article: about the ultimate goal of worship.
"The Divine Sciences" (ma’äref elähi) is the real purpose of "Man" existence.
The benefit of any "attributes of perfections" (sefät kamäli) is that to make "Man" ready for getting the "Divine Science" (ma'äref elahi).
The difference between "mystical disclosure" (mokäshefe)- the best "mystical discloser" is "the knowledge of God" (ma'refate God).
The difference of Man's mood.
The difference of Man's actions.
"Divinely inspired knower"( ä'lam rabbäni) is the main aim of creation.
Bad ending of the life.
Some features of God’s friends.
 The third article: The features of ""(pakän) and scholars.
The way of access to the position of "pure ones" (honest and innocent persons) and scholars.
Studying the feature of love and enthusiasm.
The origin of Man's actions.
The advantage of worship in attaining to spiritual benefits.
Studying the relation between healthy "literal meaning" with healthy "inward aspect" and also unhealthy "literal meaning" with unhealthy "inward aspect".
The purpose of Man's deeds in worship.
The reason of non-recognizing the good persons with bad ones.
 The fourth article: About wise preaching, intellectual advice and spiritual speeches about badness of the world and "worldly people" (ahle donyä).
About forbidding from attention to the world's goods.
Prophet’s recommendations about unwillingness to the world and worldly people.
Some recommendations from prophets and "friends of God" (oliyä of God).
Some recommendations from "Pythagoras" (fisaghoores)
Some advice and recommendations from philosophers.
and
 Conclusion.

Publication and translation
This book has been printed and published by "Jame'e Tehran" publishers in Tehran in 1961 A.D: Edited in a critical edition by M.T.Danechepazhuh, Tehran, 1340 (A.H. solar) and also has been published by "Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute" in Tehran in 2002 A.D. (1381). Its correction, research and introduction has been done by Dr. Hossein Jahangiri. In the end of the book, has been related the list of quranic verses, Persian and Arabic poems, persons' name, places, groups, books' name, terminology and explanations and the list of references. It has also appendixes, traditions, resources and explanations. (This book has been translated by Mohsen Bidarfar that has been published by the name of “mysticism”(Gnosticism) and "Gnostic pretenders" (who pretend to be Gnostic) in 1961 A.D. (1340) and 1992 A.D. (1371).

References

External links
 http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/madkhal2.php?sid=7229
 کسر اصنام الجاهلیة
 http://tahoor.com/en/Article/View/117857

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