title: Physics education research

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Physics education research (PER) is a form of discipline-based education research specifically related to the study of the teaching and learning of physics, often with the aim of improving the effectiveness of student learning. PER draws from other disciplines, such as sociology, cognitive science, education and linguistics,  and complements them by reflecting the disciplinary knowledge and practices of physics. Approximately eighty-five institutions in the United States conduct research in science and physics education.

Goals

One primary goal of PER is to develop pedagogical techniques and strategies that will help students learn physics more effectively and help instructors to implement these techniques. Because even basic ideas in physics can be confusing, together with the possibility of scientific misconceptions formed from teaching through analogies, lecturing often does not erase common misconceptions about physics that students acquire before they are taught physics. Research often focuses on learning more about common misconceptions that students bring to the physics classroom so that techniques can be devised to help students overcome these misconceptions.

In most introductory physics courses, mechanics is usually the first area of physics that is taught. Newton's laws of motion about interactions between forces and objects are central to the study of mechanics. Many students hold the Aristotelian misconception that a net force is required to keep a body moving; instead, motion is modeled in modern physics with Newton's first law of inertia, stating that a body will keep its state of rest or movement unless a net force acts on the body. Like students who hold this misconception, Newton arrived at his three laws of motion through empirical analysis, although he did it with an extensive study of data that included astronomical observations. Students can erase such as misconception in a nearly frictionless environment, where they find that objects move at an almost constant velocity without a constant force.

Major areas
The broad goal of the PER community is to understand the processes involved in the teaching and learning of physics through rigorous scientific investigation.

According to the University of Washington PER group, one of the pioneers in the field, work within PER tends to fall within one or more of several broad descriptions, including:

 Identifying student difficulties
 Developing methods to address these difficulties and measure learning gains
 Developing surveys to measure student performance and other characteristics
 Investigating student attitudes and beliefs as relating to physics
 Studying small and large group dynamics analyzing student patterns using framing and other new and existing epistemological methods

"An Introduction to Physics Education Research", by Robert Beichner, identifies eight trends in PER:

 Conceptual understanding: Investigating what students know and how they learn it is a centerpiece of PER. Early research involved identifying and treating misconceptions about the principles of physics. The term has since evolved to "student difficulties" based on the consideration of alternative theoretical frameworks for student learning. A difficulty with a concept can be built into a correct concept; a misconception is rooted out and replaced by a correct conception. The PER group at the University of Washington specializes in research about conceptual understanding and student difficulty.
 Epistemology: PER began as a trial-and-error approach to improve learning. Because of the downsides of such an approach, theoretical bases for research were developed early on, most notably through the University of Maryland. The theoretical underpinnings of PER are mostly built around Piagettean constructivism. Theories on cognition in physics learning were put forward by Redish, Hammer, Elby and Scherr, who built off of diSessa's "Knowledge in Pieces". The Resources Framework, developed from this work, builds off of research in neuroscience, sociology, linguistics, education and psychology. Additional frameworks are forthcoming, most recently the "Possibilities Framework", which builds off of deductive reasoning research started by Wason and Philip Johnson-Laird.
 Problem solving: It plays an important role in the processes that advance physics research, featured in high numbers of exercises in conventional textbooks. Most research in this area rests on examining the difference between novice and expert problem solvers (freshmen and sophomores, and graduate-level and postdoctorate students, respectively). Approaches in researching problem solving have been a focus for the University of Minnesota's PER group. Recently, a paper was published in PRL Special Section: PER that identified over 30 behaviors, attitudes, and skills that are used in the solving of a typical physics problem. Greater resolution and specific attention to the details are used in the field of problem solving.
 Attitudes: The University of Colorado developed an instrument that reveals student attitudes and expectations about physics as a subject and as a class. Student attitudes are often found to decline after traditional instruction, but recent work by Redish and Hammer show that this can be reversed and positive attitudinal gains can be seen if attention is paid to "explicate the epistemological elements of the implicit curriculum."
 Social aspects: Research has been conducted into gender, race, and other socioeconomic issues that can influence learning in physics and other fields. Other research has investigated the impacts on learning physics of body language, group dynamics, and classroom setup.
 Technology: Student response systems (clickers) are based on Eric Mazur's work in Peer Instruction. Research in PER examines the influence, applications of, and possibilities for technology in the classroom.
 Instructional interventions: PER's curriculum design is based on more than two decades of research in physics education. Notable textbooks include Tutorials in Physics, Physics by Inquiry, Investigative Science Learning Environment, and Paradigms in Physics, as well as many new textbooks in introductory and junior level coursework. The Kansas State University Physics Education Research Group has developed a program, Visual Quantum Mechanics (VQM), to teach quantum mechanics to high school and college students who do not have advanced backgrounds in physics or math.
 Instructional materials: For undergraduates, publishers now emphasize a PER basis for their physics textbooks as a major selling point. One of the earliest comprehensive physics textbooks to incorporate PER findings was written by Serway and Beichner. Apart from textbooks, instructional material for pre-college physics students now include PhET (Physics Education Technology) simulations. This is made possible through advances in personal computer hardware, platform-independent software such as Adobe Flash Player and Java, and more recently HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. According to Wieman, PhET simulations offer a direct and powerful tool for probing student thinking and learning.

Journal association
Physics education research papers in the United States are primarily issued among four publishing venues. Papers submitted to the American Journal of Physics: Physics Education Research Section (PERS) are mostly to consumers of physics education research. The Journal of the Learning Sciences (JLS) publishes papers that regard real-life or non-laboratory environments, often in the context of technology, and are about learning, not teaching. Meanwhile, papers at Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research (PRST:PER) are aimed at those for whom research is conducted on PER rather than to consumers. The audience for Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings (PERC) is designed for a mix of consumers and researchers. The latter provides a snapshot of the field and as such is open to preliminary results and research in progress, as well as papers that would simply be thought-provoking to the PER community. Other journals include Physics Education (UK), the European Journal of Physics (UK), and The Physics Teacher. Leon Hsu and others published an article about publishing and refereeing papers in physics education research in 2007.

See also
Teaching quantum mechanics

References

Physics education
Educational research


title: 2014–15 Israel State Cup

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The 2014–15 Israel State Cup (, Gvia HaMedina) was the 76th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 61st after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

The competition began on 10 September 2014, with a fifth-round match between Hapoel Katamon and Hapoel Migdal HaEmek. The final was held in Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa on 20 May 2015.

The competition was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv, who had beaten Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6–2 in the final.

Format Changes
On 2 July 2014 the IFA approved a change of format so that the quarter-finals would be played as two-legged, home and away ties.

Preliminary rounds

First to fourth rounds
Rounds 1 to 4 double as league cup competition for each division in Liga Bet and Liga Gimel. The two third-round winners from each Liga Bet division and the fourth-round winner from each Liga Gimel division advance to the sixth round.

Liga Bet

Liga Bet North A

Hapoel Kafr Kanna won the district cup; Hapoel Kafr Kanna and Ahva Arraba qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Bet North B

Hapoel Baqa Ironi al-Gharbiyye won the district cup; Hapoel D. al-Karmel and Hapoel Baqa Ironi al-Gharbiyye qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Bet South A

Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda won the district cup; Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda and Beitar Petah Tikva qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Bet South B

Bnei Eilat won the district cup; F.C. Be'er Sheva and Bnei Eilat qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel

Liga Gimel Upper Galilee

Maccabi Bnei Nahf won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Lower Galilee

F.C. Tzeirei Tamra won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Jezreel

Ihud Bnei Baqa won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Shomron

F.C. Haifa won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Sharon

Beitar Tubruk won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Tel Aviv

Hapoel Kiryat Shalom won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Center

F.C.Holon won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel South

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

Notes

References

External links
 Israel Football Association website

Israel State Cup
State Cup
Israel State Cup seasons


title: Stella, Harris County, Texas

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Stella, in Harris County, Texas was formerly an unincorporated area located approximately 10 miles southwest of downtown Houston. It existed there during the late 1800s through the 1920s and then it disappeared from area maps. During the 1950s the area was annexed into the City of Houston

Over the years various railroad lines went through, crossed, and connected with the area.  A railroad timetable from the era shows Stella as a stop with access to connecting trains.  The identifier "Stella" is affixed to the signal bungalow located next to the tracks along Holmes Road about 1/4 mile west of Kirby Drive.

The modern day Stella Link Road in Houston gets its name from Stella, Texas.  It began as a rural road running parallel to the railroad that linked West University, Texas to Stella.  Today Stella Link Road is a busy urban street that still makes that link to the locale formerly known as Stella.

References

External links
1895 Rand McNally Atlas map of Harris County
1897 Rand McNally Atlas map of Harris County
pre-1911 Harris County Map  Harris County Archives
1922 Harris County Soils Map  Harris County Archives

Geography of Harris County, Texas
Former populated places in Texas


title: African Geodetic Reference Frame

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The African Geodetic Reference Frame (AFREF) is a project designed to unify the many geodetic reference frames of Africa using data from a network of permanent Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) stations as the primary data source for the implementation of a uniform reference frame.

See also

 European Terrestrial Reference System 1989

References

Geodetic datums


title: Anthony Hawles

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Anthony Hawles DD (1609 – 16 January 1664) was a Canon of Windsor from 1660 to 1664 and Archdeacon of Salisbury.

Career

He was born in Winterborne Monkton, Dorset and educated at Queen's College, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1627, MA in 1630 and DD in 1660.

He was appointed:
Chaplain to King Charles II in his exile
Archdeacon of Salisbury 1658 – 1664
Prebendary of Bitton in Salisbury 1660 – 1664
Rector of Great Knoyle, Wilshire 1660
Rector and Vicar of Bishopston, Wiltshire 1662

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1660 and held the canonry until 1664.

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1609 births
1664 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford
Archdeacons of Salisbury
17th-century English Anglican priests
Clergy from Dorset


title: 2003–04 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2003–04. The team participated in Second League Category A for 2nd time in the league's 3rd season. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2003–04 season in 15th place in Second League Category A. Mersin idmanyurdu participated in 2003–04 Turkish Cup and eliminated at second round.

Macit Özcan was club president. MİY started to season with Yücel İldiz as the head coach. After 4th round Mehmet Şahan became the head coach. In the mid-season Levent Eriş took over the management of the team. Ufuk Talay was the most appeared player (33), while top goalscorer was Taner Demirbaş (15).

2003–04 TFF First League participation
In 2003–04 season Mersin idmanyurdu has participated in Second League Category A (the league has been played under the name of "Second League Category A" between 2001–02 and 2005–06; "TFF League A" in 2006–07; and "TFF First League" since 2007–08. Also sponsor names have been included in various seasons.). 18 teams attended in the league. Winners, runners-up and play-off winners were directly promoted to 2004–05 Süper Lig. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2003–04 TFF Second League.

Results summary
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season league summary:

Sources: 2003–04 Turkish Second Football League pages.

League table
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season place in league table.

Three points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tie-break; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. In the score columns first scores belong to MİY.
(C): Champions;  (P): Promoted to 2004–05 Süper Lig;  (R): Relegated to 2004–05 TFF Second League.
Source: 2003-04 TFF First League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Results by round
Results of games MİY played in 2003–04 Second League Category A by rounds:

First half
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season first half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Sources: 2003–04 TFF First League pages.

Second half
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season second half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

In the half season, player Ahmet Arslaner (Elazığspor) left the team, Volkan Öztürk (Adanaspor) was transferred in.

Sources: 2003–04 TFF First League pages.

2003–04 Turkish Cup participation
2003–04 Turkish Cup was played for 42nd time as Fortis Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship purposes. This season Cup was played by 48 teams in one-leg elimination system in 3 elimination rounds prior to quarter-finals. Trabzonspor won the cup for the 7th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in the cup and eliminated at first elimination round.

Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2003–04 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Source: 2003–04 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management
Macit Özcan, then mayor of Mersin city was president of the club.

Coaching team
Yücel İldiz was head coach at the start of the season. He took over the team in the mid of previous season. But, after 4th round he was replaced with Mehmet Şahan. In the mid-season Levent Eriş became the head coach. He coached the team until the end of the season.

2003–04 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches

Note: Only official games were included.

2003–04 squad
Appearances, goals and cards count for 2003–04 Second League Category A and 2003–04 Turkish Cup games. 18 players appeared in each game roster, three to be replaced. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in order of appearance.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.

See also
 Football in Turkey
 2003–04 TFF First League
 2003–04 Turkish Cup

Notes and references

2003-04
Turkish football clubs 2003–04 season


title: Josef Mařatka

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Josef Mařatka (21 May 1874, Prague – 20 April 1937, Prague) was a Czech sculptor.

Life
His father, Wilhelm Mařatka, was a shoemaker. From 1889 to 1896, he studied at the School of Applied Arts under Celda Klouček, who was a paleontologist as well as a sculptor. In 1899, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied with Josef Václav Myslbek. The following year, he went to Paris and was briefly employed in the studios of Auguste Rodin. His first exhibition was held in Prague in 1902. He married Zdeňka Procházková (1890–1980) in 1912. Their son, , became a prominent gastroenterologist.

He began by responding to the influences he had absorbed from the expressionist movement, incorporating elements of symbolism and Art Nouveau. His most important work from this period is the Opuštěna Ariadna (Abandoned Ariadne, 1903). He later came under the influence of Antoine Bourdelle. After World War I, he returned to the styles he had learned from Myslbek, combining Neoclassicism with a bit of early Socialist Realism; for example, Praha svým vítězným synům (Prague's Victorious Sons) at the Emmaus Monastery. The monument was destroyed during the German Occupation and restored in 1998. After 1920, he worked as a Professor at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design.

Between 1921 and 1926, he created thirteen monuments of various sizes, honoring Czech President, Tomáš Masaryk, one of which is in San Francisco. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

References

Writings/Further reading
 Josef Mařatka: Vzpomínky a záznamy (Memories and Records), introduction by Petr Wittlich, Prague,  Karolinum, 2003,
 Josef Mařatka : 1874-1937, exhibition catalog, Gottwald Regional Art Gallery, 1989
 Josef Mařatka, introduction by Jaromír Pečírka, Prague, Mánes Union of Fine Arts, Melantrich, 1942

External links

 Events of the Day (Událost Dne) Brief Biography with comments from Mařatka's grandson, the composer
 Muzeum Moderního Umĕní, Mařatka's "Deserted Ariadne" (in English)
 Galerie Plastik Hořice Mařatka's memorial for the actress Hana Kvapilová. An appreciation by Jana Cermanová.
 List of works relating to Mařatka in the National Library of the Czech Republic

1874 births
1937 deaths
Czech sculptors
Czech male sculptors
Artists from Prague
20th-century Czech sculptors
Olympic competitors in art competitions
Sculptors from Austria-Hungary


title: Jean Baptiste Molinari

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Jean Baptiste Molinari (born 25 April) is a French head chef, who worked as an executive chef at Dromoland Castle in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland, and now is chef de cuisine at Compass Group, a British food contracting service. He won a Michelin star in 1995.

Biography
Molinari was born into a culinary family: his grandfather worked in the kitchens of Auguste Escoffier, and his father was also a well-known chef, who worked, amongst others, in England and Scotland.
Molinari started his career in Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo in Monaco, where he was quickly promoted from 3rd commis chef to chef de partie. There he was selected by head chef Alain Ducasse for a promotion to chef de cuisine in Ireland. In 1988, he moved to Dromoland Castle, working his way up the ranks to executive chef/head chef. In that capacity he earned the Michelin star for 1995.

In 1995, Molinari left Dromoland Castle and moved to the Beau-Rivage Hotel in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He stayed here until 2012, when he moved to Mader SA to work as pâtissier and traiteur. In 2013, he moved to his present job as chef de cuisine at Compass Group (Suisse) SA.

During his time in Dromoland Castle, "Lobster Fricassee" was his speciality dish.

Molinari was featured in two episodes of the World Class Cuisine TV series. In one episode he made "Brown-Bread Souffle", in the other episode "Lobster with cabbage".

Awards
 Michelin star: 1995.

References

Living people
French chefs
Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants
Year of birth missing (living people)


The Alliance of the Christian Democratic Popular Front (, AFPCD) was a political alliance in Moldova.

History
The alliance was formed to contest the February 1994 elections, and consisted of the Christian Democratic Popular Front (FPCD), the Christian Democratic Youth Organisation (OTCD) and the Moldovan Volunteers' Movement (MVM). It received 8% of the vote, winning 9 of the 104 seats and becoming the fourth-largest faction in Parliament.

Prior to the 1998 elections the alliance broke up, with the FPCD joining the Democratic Convention of Moldova.

References

Defunct political party alliances in Moldova


title: El Manaqil District

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El Manaqil (also known as El Managil, Al Manaqil and Al Mahagil) is district of Al Jazirah state, Sudan. The capital is also called El Manaqil. The population is 906,216. It is one 7 districts in Al Jazirah.

References
 http://www.statoids.com/ysd.html
 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sudan_district_map_Al_Managil.svg
 Districts of Sudan

Districts of Sudan


title: Samuel Hoard (politician)

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Samuel H. Hoard (May 20, 1800 – November 25, 1881) was an American publisher, merchant, judge and politician from Massachusetts. Originally a student of law, Hoard became partner at a mercantile firm until his election as a magistrate in New York. In 1828, he began to focus on publishing, managing two New York papers. Hoard moved to Illinois to manage a farm and quickly became an important local political figure. He served a term in the Illinois Senate and was later appointed postmaster of Chicago. Hoard co-founded the original University of Chicago and served on its board of trustees.

Biography
Samuel Hoard was born in Westminster, Massachusetts on May 20, 1800. He was orphaned at the age of six and grew up with relatives. Hoard attended public schools and attended an academy. Hoard studied law, but decided instead to pursue mercantile interests. He rose at a trading house from clerk to a partner. When the trading house failed, Hoard entered politics. He was elected as a magistrate, then later as Judge of the County Court of Franklin County, New York. In 1828, Hoard co-founded the Franklin Republican with James Long. Seven years later, he assumed control of Preston King's St. Lawrence Republican following King's election to the New York State Assembly.

In the late 1830s, Hoard headed west to Cook County, Illinois to manage a farm. Hoard oversaw a committee to select members of the Illinois General Assembly in 1838. In 1840, he was appointed to take a county census. In 1842, Hoard was elected to the Illinois Senate, serving one two-year term. When his term expired, Hoard was appointed clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, moving to Chicago, Illinois. Originally managing real estate, Hoard formed a partnership with J. T. Edwards to form a jewelry house.

The partnership continued until the outbreak of the Civil War, when Hoard left to become the secretary of the Union Defense Committee. Hoard was then appointed postmaster of Chicago, filling the position until the end of the war. Hoard then served on the Chicago Board of Health. He was named secretary of the Chicago Orphan Asylum when it was founded.

Personal life
Hoard married Sophronia Conant, the sister of Thomas Jefferson Conant, in 1827. He co-founded the (Old) University of Chicago in 1857 and served on its first board of trustees. Hoard also served on the Chicago Board of Education. Hoard lost most of his holdings in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

He died at his home in Chicago on November 25, 1881, and was buried at Oak Woods Cemetery.

References

1800 births
1881 deaths
Illinois state senators
People from Westminster, Massachusetts
19th-century American politicians
Members of the Chicago Board of Education
Clerks of the Circuit Court of Cook County


title: Philip Brownstein

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Philip Brownstein (May 17, 1906 – February 11, 1999) was an American basketball coach, scout, and general manager at the prep school and professional levels. He was the interim head coach for the Chicago Stags, an early National Basketball Association team, for 11 games during the 1948–49 season, and went 10–1 while head coach Harold Olsen was out. Brownstein then took over as the Stags' head coach for the 1949–50 season and led them to a 40–28 record.

Brownstein earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and his master's from DePaul University. From 1929 to 1971, Brownstein served as a basketball coach and assistant principal at Kelvyn Park High School in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. He also served as a scout for the Harlem Globetrotters and as a general manager for the Chicago Majors of the American Basketball League.

He died on February 11, 1999, in Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie, Illinois.

References

1906 births
1999 deaths
Basketball coaches from Illinois
Chicago Stags coaches
DePaul University alumni
High school basketball coaches in Illinois
Sportspeople from Chicago
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni


title: Tribal people in Chittagong Hill Tracts

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The Chittagong Hill Tracts lies in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh adjoining international boundaries with Myanmar on the southeast, the Indian states of Tripura on the north and Mizoram on the east. The Chittagong Hill Tracts, formally a single unified district was divided into three separate districts: Khagrachari, Bandarban, and Rangamati during the administrative reorganization in 1984.

Tribes in CHT
In Bangladesh there are many tribal people living in Sylhet, Dinajpur, Cox's Bazar, Mymensingh, Rajshahi etc. But the majority of tribal people live in Chittagong Hill tracts. It is the home of eleven tribes, the most beautiful indigenous people of Bangladesh. In this hilly area of immense beauty, eleven ethnic groups such as Chakma, Marma, Tripura, Tanchangya, Lushai, Pankho, Bawm, Mro, Khyang, Khumi and Chak live in harmony with nature. Among all of them the Chakma are the largest ethnic group in Bangladesh. The majority of them are Buddhists and the rest of them are Hindus, Christians etc. Also a good number of mainstream Bengali live in this area but their appearance, language and cultural traditions are markedly different from other Bengali-speaking people living in this area.

The tribal people of CHT lead an extremely interesting and attractive but simple life.
The tribal families are matriarchal and female is the head of a family. In their community the women are more hard-working than the male and basically they are the main productive force. The tribal people are extremely independent and self-confident. They grow their own food by Zum cultivation. Their girls weave their own cloths and they are very skillful in making beautiful handicrafts also. By selling the cloths and the handicrafts they earn some money and helps their family. The common feature is their way of life, which still speaks of their main occupation. Some of them still take pride in hunting with bows and arrows.

Culture
The culture of this tribal people is also very colorful. The greatest cultural festival of this people is the "Baisabi utsab". In Chittagong hill tracts all the tribal communities celebrate the festival in the same way. The only difference is the name. The Chakma  calls it 'Biju', Tanchangya calls it Bishu, the Tripura calls it 'Baisu' and the Marma 'Sangrai' and the first 2-3 words of all the three names form the word 'Baisabi'. They celebrate the day from April 12 to 14 to say goodbye to the outgoing Bangla year and to welcome the New year.

In Chittagong Hill Tracts each tribe has its own dialect, distinctive dress, rites and rituals. But despite of these distinctive features there are strong bonds between them. They are generally peace-loving, honest, and hospitable.

References

Social groups of Bangladesh


title: Christian Democratic Youth Organisation

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The Christian Democratic Youth Organisation (, OTCD) was a political party in Moldova.

History
The party contested the February 1994 elections as part of the Alliance of the Christian Democratic Popular Front, alongside the Christian Democratic Popular Front (FPCD) and the Moldovan Volunteers' Movement (MVM). The alliance received 8% of the vote, winning 9 of the 104 seats and becoming the fourth-largest faction in Parliament.

Prior to the 1998 elections the alliance broke up, with the FPCD joining the Democratic Convention of Moldova. The OTCD did not contest any further elections.

References

Defunct political parties in Moldova


title: Hedonic hunger

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Hedonic hunger or hedonic hyperphagia is "the drive to eat to obtain pleasure in the absence of an energy deficit." Particular foods may have a high "hedonic rating" or individuals may have increased susceptibility to environmental food cues. Weight loss programs may aim to control or to compensate for hedonic hunger. Therapeutic interventions may influence hedonic eating behavior.

Background

Although hunger may arise from energy or nutrient deficits, as would be expected in the set-point theories of hunger and eating, hunger may arise more commonly from anticipated pleasure of eating, consistent with the positive-incentive perspective. Gramlich distinguished the overeating responses to these stimuli as homeostatic hyperphagia and hedonic hyperphagia respectively. Accordingly, hunger and eating are subject to feedback control from  homeostatic, hedonic, and cognitive processes. Although these mechanisms interplay and overlap to some extent, they can nonetheless be individually separated. Thus, the positive-incentive perspective suggests that eating is similar to sexual behavior: humans engage in sexual behavior, not because of an internal deficit, but because they have evolved in a way that makes them crave it. High calorie foods have had intrinsic reward value throughout evolution. The presence of desirable (or "hedonic") food, or the mere anticipation of it, makes one hungry.  The psychological effects of hedonic hunger may be the appetitive equivalent of hedonically driven activities such as recreational drug use and compulsive gambling. Susceptibility to food cues can lead to overeating in a society of readily available calorie dense, inexpensive foods. Such hedonistic eating overrides the body's ability to regulate consumption with satiety. While there is a breadth of evidence for hedonic hunger, this topic is not without controversy. For example, recent evidence suggests that there is no relationship between milkshake liking and body mass index (BMI).

A related phenomenon, specific appetite, also known as specific hunger, is conceptually related to, but distinct from, hedonic hunger. Specific appetite is a drive to eat foods with specific flavors or other characteristics: in usage, specific appetite has put greater emphasis on an individual who adaptationally learns a particular appetite behavior rather than an evolutionarily innate, hedonic appetite preference.

Food variability

A "hedonic rating" of foods reflects those individuals are more likely to eat even though they aren't hungry. For example, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning suggests that fed rats show a high preference for a mixture of fat and carbohydrate in the form of potato chips compared to their standard chow or single macronutrient foods. When binge eating occurs without the presence of energy deprivation, researchers think it is due to frequent exposure to palatable food. Another study evaluated how hedonic ratings of individual foods aggregate into the food components of particular types of meals, and related preferences to overall dietary intake.

Interpersonal variability

Individuals may have increased hedonic hunger susceptibility to environmental food cues. Genetic variability may influence hedonic hyperphagia. Variation in hedonic hunger levels from person to person may be key in determining success in weight loss tactics and a person's ability to cope with tempting foods that are readily available. To assess this, a Power of Food Scale (PFS) has been developed that quantifies a person's appetitive anticipation (not consumption). Binge-eaters, obese individuals and those with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa  scored higher than restrictive type and normal weight college students. A decrease in PFS score leads to better success in weight loss.

Food reinforcement
The reinforcing value of food refers to how hard someone is willing to work to obtain food.  Food reinforcement is influenced by several factors including food palatability, food deprivation, and food variety. It is also motivated by concerns about fullness (expected satiation) and the hunger that might be experienced in the intervening period between meals (expected satiety). The effector mechanisms of food reinforcement depend on dopaminergic activity in the brain.

Treatment
Conceptually, weight loss programs might target control of hedonic hunger. Specific research to determine what diet techniques would be most beneficial for those with an increased hedonic hunger would help people modify their immediate availability of food or its palatability. For example, whole grain popcorn may be a better choice than potato chips due to a lower calorie load and an increased sense of satiety. Adding dietary fiber to foods and beverages increases satiety and reduces energy intake at the next meal. Low-energy-density foods with high satiating power may be useful tools for weight management. Satiety has been found to be greater with yogurt beverages than fruit juice, and was equal with low-energy-density yogurt with inulin and high-energy-density yogurt. People with high PFS scores may do better with meal replacement products.

Medications may affect hedonic eating behavior. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) agonists, such as exenatide and liraglutide, which are used for diabetes, may help suppress food reward behavior. Inhibition of dopamine transport within the brain increases dopamine concentrations, which can reduce energy intake.  Despite theoretical underpinnings, opiate antagonists as single agents have generally not shown substantial clinical benefit. However, preliminary data has suggested synergistic effects with concurrent targeted therapy of opiate receptors and either dopamine or cannabinoid receptors.

Bariatric surgery of various types may influence hedonic hunger particularly if accompanied by counseling interventions that reduce automatic hedonic impulses. These surgeries may work in part by modifying the production of gastrointestinal hormones, particularly by increasing glucagon-like peptide-1 and peptide YY (PYY); reduction of ghrelin has been inconsistent.

The physiological mechanisms
Hedonic hunger show a positive correlation between plasma of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG) and ghrelin during hedonic, but not nonhedonic, eating and the consumption of food for pleasure is characterized by increased peripheral levels of both peptides. And this two endogenous rewarding chemical signals influences food intake and, ultimately, body mass.

See also
 Eating disorder
 Emotional eating
 Ghrelin
 Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist
 Melanin-concentrating hormone
 Peptide YY
 Specific appetite

References

Hedonism
Hunger
Motivation
Neuropsychology
Limbic system


title: Moldovan Volunteers' Movement

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The Moldovan Volunteers' Movement (, MVM) was a political party in Moldova.

History
MVM was registered on December 25, 1992. The party contested the February 1994 elections as part of the Alliance of the Christian Democratic Popular Front, alongside the Christian Democratic Popular Front (FPCD) and the Christian Democratic Youth Organisation (OTCD). The alliance received 8% of the vote, winning 9 of the 104 seats and becoming the fourth-largest faction in Parliament.

Prior to the 1998 elections the alliance broke up, with the FPCD joining the Democratic Convention of Moldova. The OTCD did not contest any further elections.

References

Defunct political parties in Moldova
Political parties established in 1992


title: Kenneth N. MacKenzie

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Kenneth Norman MacKenzie (26 November 1897 – 29 September 1951) was an officer in the merchant fleet known for his role in the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, for which he was awarded a Polar Medal.

Early life

MacKenzie was born in Oban, Argyllshire on the west coast of Scotland in 1897. His father, Duncan, worked in the town's legal administration. Kenneth was the third of four sons – eldest was William (born 1893) who emigrated to be with his mother's family in New Zealand. He was killed at the age of 22 in 1915 whilst fighting with the ANZACS at Gallipoli. Second was Hamish (born 1895) who emigrated to Canada. He served the Canadian Bank of Commerce and was the bank's Chief Inspector at the Toronto head office until he died of a heart attack in 1949, aged 54. Kenneth was third and Douglas (born 1903); the youngest; was fourth. Douglas spent almost his entire career with the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company and spent his last eight years out of Southampton as Master of the express mail liner Arundel Castle – a famous ship built with four funnels. He died of a heart attack in 1969.

MacKenzie's parents divorced in 1904 when his mother, Catherine MacKenzie, took her four sons to her father's home in Baugh on the Inner Hebrides island of Tiree. Her father, Duncan MacFarlane, served as the minister in the Baugh Church. Duncan was one of a family of four brothers, all of whom became parish ministers in Scotland (in Tiree, Elgin, Greenock and then in Glenorchy and Tobermory) and all of whom were born on Tiree. Their schooling in Tiree was considered unsatisfactory, being only a small island, so the four MacKenzie sons were sent to stay for their school days with their maternal uncle, Dugald MacFarlane, parish minister for 51 years of St Columba's Church in Kingussie, in Inverness-shire in the heart of the Scottish Highlands. From 1938 to 1939 Dugald was the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The Kingussie Public School would seem to have served the boys well and Kenneth MacKenzie learnt to play the bag pipes. In his subsequent life, he was often in demand to write and to give lectures on his experiences.

First World War
Following the outbreak of the First World War, MacKenzie was the first recruit from Tiree. He joined the army by falsifying his age with his mother's connivance. The army quickly identified his correct age and engaged him as an underage soldier, keeping him under training for two years, until he was 18. He was then dispatched to the Western Front to help fill the gaps in the front line of the 2/8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders before the Battle of the Somme. He was posted for promotion in-the-field as an officer but, immediately before, he was captured, gassed and buried. Soon, he was rescued and repatriated in a broken condition. He spent over a year in a recuperation hospital in Ripon, emerging grey haired and gaunt.

Shipping career

Having been honourably discharged from the army, he joined the merchant fleet for a year long training as a radio officer. With the war by now drawing to a close, he went to sea in a variety of ships. Shortly after, with his first class Marconi certificate, he was sailing to the far east as Chief Radio Officer in the Blue Funnel liner Titan. However, without any prospect for further promotion, his career was stalled when he resigned to take up employment in the Union Castle Line as an ordinary seaman sailing aboard their cargo liner Dromore Castle, mostly between the USA and South Africa till he was promoted Bosun. Subsequently he sat his certificates as a Watch Officer and then as Master whilst sailing with Glasgow tramp ships and then with liners of the Ellerman City Line.

Whilst berthing in London's West India Docks, MacKenzie, as 2nd Officer of the City of Valencia on an inward voyage from South Africa, saw the wooden sailing ship Discovery. Inquiring of the docking pilot, his enthusiasm was fired; immediately he went aboard, seeking employment for her forthcoming voyage of scientific research and exploration in Antarctica. Shortly after, he was appointed as the ship's Chief Officer when the City Line granted him 'leave of absence with full promotion'.

Expeditions, marriage and children
Kenneth MacKenzie sailed as first officer on the Discovery'''s first voyage of Antarctic research and exploration. She sailed from London on August 1, 1929 under the command of Captain John Davis, a well-known Antarctic explorer and shipmaster. He had to train his crew, as they were unfamiliar with the ways of a sailing ship. He did this well, and the first voyage of exploration was a success. The ship sailed on and off the Antarctic coastline between 80 and 45 degrees east with the sighting of Kemp and Enderby Lands and the discovery and naming of Mac. Robertson Land. The ship returned to Melbourne from the Antarctic where MacKenzie took command during November 1930 whilst Captain Davis returned to the service of the commonwealth government as Director of Navigation.

On the Discovery's second Antarctic voyage (from 1930 – 1931), she navigated along the Antarctic Coast from 178 to 62 degrees east with sightings and landings on King George V land and the discovery and naming of Princess Elizabeth Land and Banzare Land. The name "Princess Elizabeth Land" was selected on MacKenzie’s suggestion. And the newly discovered 'MacKenzie Sea' in 72 degrees east was named after him. Again the voyage went well; she returned to Hobart and then Melbourne in March 1931. With her scientific and exploration work completed, MacKenzie sailed the ship back to London by way of Wellington and the Cape Horn arriving back in London’s East India Dock in August 1931. She was found to be in an excellent condition and undamaged. Subsequently MacKenzie was awarded the Polar Medal inscribed "Antarctica 1929–1931", by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London.

The MacKenzie Bay, located on the edge of the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica, is named after him.

MacKenzie returned to the service of the City Line who appointed him as Chief Officer of their steamer City of Dieppe. On one of her voyages to Australia, MacKenzie met Lillian Green, an Australian farmer's daughter whom he subsequently married.

Then, in 1933, MacKenzie was invited by the committee of the John Murray Expedition to take command of the new research ship Mabahiss'', an Egyptian naval vessel. She was to conduct voyages of oceanographic research of the north western Indian Ocean with scientific staff from Cambridge and Cairo Universities. Again MacKenzie was granted "leave of absence with full promotion" by the Ellerman City Line, whilst he was gazetted into the Egyptian Navy with the rank of "Bimbashi" (commander). He then sailed in command from Alexandria in September 1933 making continuous voyages of research in the Indian Ocean until the ship's safe return to Alexandria in May 1934.

On his return to London, MacKenzie was appointed as Assistant Marine Superintendent of the Ellerman Lines based in the firm's London head office. Shortly after, he resigned to join the London, Midland and Scottish Railways, subsequently British Railways, as Assistant Marine Superintendent in their London Euston head office in the administration of the railway's fleet of cross channel steamers and mail ports. In 1935, he was promoted to Harbour Master and Marine Superintendent at Holyhead in Anglesey serving the express London to Dublin mail route.

MacKenzie and his wife had two daughters, born in 1934 and 1943 and a son, born in 1938. His later life was troubled by ill health but he greatly enjoyed his family life and his work managing the port of Holyhead, its fleet of express mail and cargo steamers, its dry docks and shipyard and its major port of refuge.

His health, never really good after his experiences in the First World War, had a sharp setback when he suffered a heart attack in 1938. He never recovered but worked on under increasing debility and strain till he died in 1951, still only 53 years of age.

References

External links
Staff and crew of BANZARE
Australian Antarctic Data Centre – MacKenzie Bay Details
Dundee Heritage Trust
Australian Government, Dept of the Environment, Australian Antarctic Division
National Library of Australia, B.A.N.Z.A.R.E Expedition Photographs
The John Murray – Mabahiss Expedition to the Indian Ocean, 1933–34

Further reading
Savours, Ann (2013), THE VOYAGES OF THE DISCOVERY: An Illustrated History of Scott's Ship. Seaforth Publishing; Reprint edition.

People from Oban
Explorers of Antarctica
Scottish explorers
1897 births
1951 deaths
Recipients of the Polar Medal
British Army personnel of World War I
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers
British World War I prisoners of war
World War I prisoners of war held by Germany


title: Wayne of Gotham

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Wayne of Gotham is a novel by Tracy Hickman and is about the fictional superhero Batman. The book was published on December 4, 2012. A GraphicAudio audiobook was recorded in 2013.

Plot
In 1957, Thomas Wayne meets Martha Kane and wonders why she can't love him like he loves her. Thomas' father, Patrick, mocks Martha and her society friends and demands that Thomas learn to be the predator and not the prey. Thomas meets with Dr. Ernst Richter at Arkham Asylum and they begin creating a virus against human evil. Over the next year, they kidnap four prominent Gothamites to use as test subjects. The four become Gotham City's vigilante group, The Apocalypse.

During a masquerade ball held at Wayne Manor, Thomas is confronted by one of the test subjects: Denholm Sinclair, AKA Disciple. Thomas leads him to the cave underneath Wayne Manor in hopes of trapping him. He finds Patrick Wayne's old shotgun and fires all six shots at Disciple, killing him. Disciple's blood spills into the Gotham River.

Over 50 years later, a middle-aged Batman investigates a case where various people are committing crimes under the influence of mind control. During this investigation, he finds a witness report by Dr. Ernst Richter's daughter, Marion Richter, claiming Bruce's parents were killed due to their business with her father. Intrigued, he reopens the case of his parents' death.

Bruce tracks down Marion's sister Amanda and discovers the two "sisters" are multiple personalities of the same woman, under the care of Nurse Ellen Doppel. As Batman, Bruce unearths a series of documents detailing the full story of the Apocalypse experiments. When Nurse Doppel attempts to steal some of the documents, Batman gives them to her willingly, knowing she will lead him to her controller. Doppel heads to the home of Gotham City kingpin Lewis Moxon and his daughter, Mallory, Bruce's childhood friend.

Mallory tells Bruce the Apocalypse isn't something to speak to her father of, while taking a call that she got the book. Bruce checks who called her and is surprised to hear Alfred's voice. Bruce confronts Alfred at the manor, and Alfred reveals that he has known about Apocalypse for years and that the Richters have been blackmailing the Waynes about it ever since.

Batman goes to the condemned Kane Mansion, formerly the home of his mother's family. He fends off an ambush, rescues a captured Marion/Amanda, and obtains an audio recording of Thomas Wayne's testimony regarding what happened on the night of the 1958 costume party. Back in the Batcave, Batman finishes the tape and learns the rest of the story. Bruce answers a call from Nurse Doppel about Marion/Amanda and suddenly wakes up alongside Amanda at the Academy Theater, where his parents were murdered. He heads outside, where Nurse Doppel shoots him. Doppel reveals to Bruce that she is Marion and that "Amanda" is the real Nurse Doppel, with the late Amanda's memories implanted. She explains she wants him dead as his family took everything from hers, and she took control of any villain she could catch to show him his family's dark past. The real Nurse Doppel arrives and, remembering who she is, kills Marion.

Six months later, Alfred and Commissioner Gordon talk about the funeral held for Bruce and what kind of man he was. Once Gordon leaves, Batman reveals himself to Alfred, deciding to stay dead as he always felt he was when his parents were killed. He asks if people ever truly know their parents and Alfred believes its best to know them from how we remember them, not for who they truly were.

Reviews
Eric Garneau wrote that "there are a few nice things to be said about Hickman's writing. The story alternates between the present and the past, and it does so in a way that we see events unfold for Thomas and Bruce in a parallel fashion; one timeline colors the other. It's a common device, but Hickman uses it well".

Robert Silva said that "Wayne of Gotham is not a bad book", writing that the novel was not the story he was expecting. He wrote: "When I buy a book with Batman on the cover I expect to read about Batman for a majority of the book, which was not the case with WOG. Although Thomas is a great character to follow, Batman is why I'm here and I felt that his story fell a bit flat". Silva gave the book six out of 10 points.

USA Today gave a generally favorable review, saying: "Wayne of Gotham might be a Batman story, but by the end of it, the only guy you want to spend extra time with is the Dark Knight's dear old dad". The review praised the novel's insight into Bruce Wayne's thoughts, saying that "Hickman gives him little smirks and shows insight into his problem-solving mind-set", but said that the real strength of the book is fleshing out the character of Bruce's father.

Salt Lake City's Deseret News had a more negative view, criticizing the book for "veering off in a direction that is seemingly completely unsupported by current comic book arcs". The novel is mostly focused on new characters, rather than familiar faces from the comic book: "A risky move, this stands to earn him praise from those who find the new territory refreshing and interesting, but criticism from fans who pick up a Batman book with certain expectations". Ultimately, the review found that "this novel doesn't satisfy as much as other Batman novels, comics and films and is too distracted by a newly crafted history, slightly cheesy 1950s dialogue and somewhat repetitive exposition".

References

American detective novels
American science fiction novels
DC Comics novels
2012 American novels
Batman novels
Novels by Tracy Hickman


title: Leiostracus vittatus

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Leiostracus vittatus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Simpulopsidae.

References

Simpulopsidae
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Leiostracus
Gastropods described in 1827


title: Anastasia Brown

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Anastasia Brown is an American music supervisor who has worked on major motion pictures, TV series, and film soundtracks, most notably "August Rush", "Billy: The Early Years", and "Footloose (2011 film)". In 2021, Brown is based in Nashville, Tennessee where she has been appointed the Chief Content Strategist at Visionary Media Group. Her most recent work as a music supervisor includes the 2018 Facebook Watch Series "Queen America" and upcoming show in 2021 on Amazon Prime titled "Tell Me Your Secrets". She is also known for her work as a life coach, public speaker, columnist, and film producer connecting the Nashville Film Industry to the Los Angeles film scene.

Career
When she began working in the music industry in the 1990s, Anastasia Brown was one of a few female managers in Nashville. She worked as head of the Nashville division of Miles Copeland's management company and served as an A&R consultant for his label Ark 21. She worked with Sting, Peter Frampton, Leon Russell, Waylon Jennings, Junior Brown, John Berry and Keith Urban, who became co-manager in 1994. She secured a record deal for Urban and his band "The Ranch" with Warner Bros. Records and Capitol Records.

In the early 2000s, she wanted to continue to expand her horizons working within the entertainment industry and began working with combining music and television. This desire, along with a deep passion for sharing Nashville’s impeccable musicianship, is what led her to begin her first music supervision role with Steven Spielberg on his Emmy-winning 2002 Sci-Fi series titled "Taken". She continued to pursue this passion in music supervision where, in 2007, she was responsible for overseeing the musical production of the film August Rush. This film earned her an Academy Award and GRAMMY Nomination for “Best Achievement in Music Written for Pictures, Original Song.” Gaining the attention of prominent film studios, she soon became a highly desired music supervisor for films relating to music or including many musical performances. After completing the Paramount Pictures re-make of Footloose directed by Craig Brewer and ABC’s series G.C.B. Brown supervised The Americans for FX, the feature film Tumbledown and consulted on the Sony Pictures feature Paper Wings, aka Final Go. In 2014 she is also developing a new music driven TV show as executive producer along with Matthew McConaughey and Nigel Lythgoe titled American Troubadours.

In 2015, Brown served on the board of directors of the Nashville Film Festival.

Brown co-music supervised the New Regency 3D Sci-Fi thriller, "The Darkest Hour". She also completed work as music supervisor on the feature films Road To Nowhere, directed by Monte Hellman; as well as Nancy Meyer’s romantic comedy, It’s Complicated (Universal). In 2017, Anastasia Brown worked with Lionsgate to produce the award-winning Christian film known as The Shack where she was responsible for producing the soundtrack that featured artists such as Devin Dawson, Dan + Shay, Lady A, Hillsong UNITED, and so many more. Following her work on this film, she decided to get back into television where she has most recently music supervised the Facebook Watch Television Series Queen America starring Catherine Zeta-Jones which became one of the network’s most popular shows of 2018. Currently, Anastasia is working on the Amazon Prime drama titled Tell Me Your Secrets working with Harriet Warner and Bruna Papandrea. The show is set to release in 2021.

In her free time, she is passionate about serving the Nashville community and connecting with her peers to discuss new content being created, rising artists, and to help Nashville artists get sync placements in advertisements, films, tv shows, and video games. Some of her recent placements in Film & TV have been films such as Dream House In Time, Cold Light of Day, Magic Mike, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 and American Girl.

In addition to her supervision work, Brown is widely recognized as one of the public faces of Nashville’s creative community and often serves as an unofficial liaison between Hollywood, New York and Nashville projects. Brown served as a judge on Nashville Star for three years. She also wrote a book, Make Me A Star, which offers guidance for aspiring artists, writers and musicians, and is currently being used as a textbook in music colleges. Brown also wrote a chapter for the Simon & Schuster published book Live and Let Love along with widow Marie Tillman, actor Maria Bello and Lee Woodruff. She also writes a monthly column, “Girl Crushes,” for the magazine Nashville Edit highlighting stellar women who are taking the lead within the music industry and inspiring the next generation. As an entertainment consultant, she advises musicians, labels, publishers and corporations on how to increase profits in the film and television industry.

In 2021, Anastasia is currently working for Visionary Media Group  as Chief Content Strategist. Anastasia will now direct content across platforms for Visionary Media Group's Music, Television, Film and scoring projects.

Awards

Grammy nomination; Music consultant, FOOTLOOSE, best song written for a film
Grammy nomination; Music supervisor, AUGUST RUSH, best soundtrack
Oscar nomination; Music supervisor, AUGUST RUSH, best original song
Emmy win: Best TV mini-series, STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS: TAKEN
Dove nomination; Music supervisor/producer, BILLY GRAHAM: the Early Years, best soundtrack
Women of Influence Award, inspiration
Trailblazer Award from the  Women in the Workforce Forum.
GMA Dove Award Winner, Inspirational Film of the Year

References

External links

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American music managers


title: List of hotels in Uganda

text:
This is a list of notable hotels in Uganda.

Gulu
 Acholi Inn

Chobe (Murchison Falls National Park)
 Chobe Safari Lodge

Entebbe
 Imperial Golf View Hotel
 Imperial Resort Beach Hotel

Kampala
 Grand Imperial Hotel
 Hilton Garden Inn Kampala
 Imperial Royale Hotel
 Kampala Hilton Hotel
 Kampala Intercontinental Hotel
 Kampala Protea Hotel
 Kampala Serena Hotel
 Kampala Sheraton Hotel
 Kampala Speke Hotel
 Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort
 Speke Resort and Conference Center
 The Pearl of Africa Hotel Kampala

Lweeza, Wakiso District
 Lake Victoria Serena Resort

Masindi
 Masindi Hotel

References

External links
UTB starts classification of hotels
 Hospitality industry struggles to meet world standards

Hotels in Uganda
Tourism in Uganda
Uganda
Hotels


title: Charles Sonibancke

text:
Charles Sonibancke DD (1564 - 12 October 1638) was a Canon of Windsor from 1598 to 1638

Career

He was educated St Mary Hall, Oxford and Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1586, MA in 1589 and DD in 1607.

He was appointed:
Official of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1596
Rector of Wrotham, Kent 1597
Rector of Wittenham, Berkshire 1597
Rector of Great Haseley, Oxfordshire 1610

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1598 and held the canonry until 1638.

Notes

1564 births
1638 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford


title: Democratic Convention of Moldova

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The Democratic Convention of Moldova (, CDM) was a political alliance in Moldova.

History
The CDM was formed in 1997, in order to contest the March 1998 elections, and included the Party of Rebirth and Conciliation of Moldova, the Christian Democratic Popular Front, the Ecologist Party of Moldova "Green Alliance", the Democratic Christian League of the Women of Moldova and the Christian Democratic Peasants' Party of Moldova (PŢCD). The alliance received 19% of the vote, winning 26 of the 101 seats and becoming the second-largest faction in Parliament. It formed the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms coalition together with For a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova and the Party of Democratic Forces, which was able to form a government led by Ion Ciubuc.

Following the resignation of Ciubuc's government in 1999, the Christian Democratic Popular Front withdrew from the CDM. The 1999 local elections saw the alliance receive around 14% of the seats. They were the last elections in which the CDM participated. Prior to the 2001 parliamentary elections the alliance broke up, with the Party of Rebirth and Conciliation and Christian Democratic Peasants' Party running independently and the Democratic Christian League of the Women of Moldova (now renamed Christian Democratic League of Women) having its candidates on the National Liberal Party list.

References

Defunct political party alliances in Moldova
Political parties established in 1997


title: Odd Man (comics)

text:
The Odd Man is a fictional comic book hero created by Steve Ditko. The character was intended to first appear in Shade, the Changing Man #9 but instead first appeared in Detective Comics #487 in December 1979.

Fictional character biography
Clay Stoner is a private detective living in River City. He has blue eyes and blond hair which changes to black hair when he acts as a vigilante wearing mismatched clothing under the name the Odd Man. He uses his wits and an elaborate series of gadgets to disorient and confuse his opponents. These include a weighted extended tie, a spray he developed which melts certain plastics, gloves that emit powder or smoke when he claps his hands together, and a slippery oil spray. He also has the ability to make his enemies black out, presumably through the use of one of his sprays or concoctions.

Origin
"He came from nowhere, garbed in a confused costume that would make a carnival clown blush with . His weapons were absurd -- impossible! But somehow he became the terror of criminals, and everyone began to wonder ... who is the Odd Man?" (from "The Odd Man" by Steve Ditko, published in Detective Comics #487).

Publication history
The Odd Man was introduced in an eponymous story that had him pitted against the supposed reincarnation of the first Nile Queen and her Pharaoh consort:
 Detective Comics #487 (the Odd Man—debut, originally intended for Shade, the Changing Man #9) (December 1979 – January 1980)
 Superboy (vol. 4) #65 (August 1999)
 Mother Panic #3 – 6 (2016–2017)

References

External links
Clay Stoner (New Earth) at the DC Comics Database

Characters created by Steve Ditko
Comics by Steve Ditko
Comics characters introduced in 1979
Fictional private investigators
Superheroes


title: Besirin

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Besirin ()  is a Syrian village located in the Hama Subdistrict of the Hama District in the Hama Governorate.  According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Besirin had a population of 4,697 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

References

Bibliography

Populated places in Hama District


title: James Rowlandson

text:
James Rowlandson DD (1577 – 9 May 1639) was a Canon of Windsor from 1638 to 1639

Career
He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1602, MA in 1605, BD in 1614 and DD in 1636.

He was appointed:
Chaplain to Bishop Bilson of Winchester
Vicar of Southampton St Cross and Holyrood 1611
Rector of Bramdean 1615
Rector of East Tisted, Hampshire 1615
Master of the Hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Winchester
Chaplain to King Charles I

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1638 and held the canonry until 1639.

Notes

1577 births
1639 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford


title: Ambrose Thomas (artist)

text:
Ambrose Thomas (21 June 1880 – 11 December 1959), alias Amand Edouard Ambroise Marie Lowis Etienne Phillipe d'Sant Andre Tournay, Marquis d'Oisy was an English artist. After a period as an Anglican Benedictine monk under Aelred Carlyle on Caldey Island, Thomas worked as a designer for the vestment-design firm of Louis Grossé. He moved in 1917 to Pledgdon Green, where he died after a career in which he received several commissions by Conrad Noel for work in the parish church at Thaxted.

References
 Julian W. S. Litten, The Marquis d'Oisy: Aesthete, Exotic and Enigma (London: Anglo Catholic History Society, 2013).
 Saffron Walden Historical Journal, Autumn 2012

1880 births
1959 deaths
English artists


title: John Wolward

text:
John Wolward MA (d. 1598) was a Canon of Windsor from 1574 to 1598

Career

He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge where he graduated BA in 1561 and MA in 1564.

He was appointed:
Conduct-Fellow of Eton College 1565
Rector of Puttenham, Surrey 1567 - 1598
Prebendary of Rochester 1575 - 1585
Rector of Windlesham, Surrey 1588

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1574 and held the canonry until 1598.

Notes

1598 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Fellows of Eton College
People educated at Eton College
Year of birth unknown


title: Odd Man

text:
Odd Man may refer to:
 Odd Man (comics), a comic hero created by Steve Ditko
 The Odd Man, the first in a trilogy of police series produced in the 1960s by Granada TV
 Odd Man (film), a 1998 short film featuring Shon Greenblatt

See also
 Odd Man Out (disambiguation)


title: Tobias Walther

text:
Tobias C. Walther is the chair of the cell biology program at Sloan Kettering Institute in New York City and a professor at Weill Cornell School of Medicine, where he co-directs the Farese and Walther lab.  He has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 2015. His primary responsibilities are to provide leadership in research and teaching in the scientific fields of metabolism, membrane biology and lipids.

Walther's laboratory research seeks to understand the mechanisms that regulate lipid metabolism, lipid storage, and lipid function in membranes or as signaling molecules. Walther's research is focused on the mechanisms by which cells regulate their lipid content and the impact of intracellular lipids on cellular functioning. The laboratory also investigates lipid metabolism in human pathologies, such as cancer and neurodegenerative disease.

Walther was an associate professor of cell biology at the Yale School of Medicine. While at Yale, Walther positioned his laboratory at the forefront of the rapidly growing field of lipid droplet biology. His group extensively studied proteins required to adjust lipid droplet size and composition according to the cellular state. Additionally, his research focused on organelle biogenesis and membrane biology. At Yale, Walther also oversaw the High Throughput Cell Biology Center at Yale's West Campus. Moving to Harvard, Walther is working in a scientific partnership with Robert V. Farese, Jr., on the biochemistry, cell biology, and genetics of lipid metabolism and homeostasis. For their research, Farese and Walther have been using a variety of state-of-the systems biology approaches, such as mass spectrometry-based proteomics and high-content screening.Á

From 2014 to 2022, Walther was a professor at Harvard and the Executive Director of the Harvard Chan School Analytics Center and Director of the Harvard Chan Research Center on Causes and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.

Walther was selected as an American Society for Cell Biology Fellow in 2020. He also is the recipient of the 2021 ASBMB-Merck Award for outstanding contributions in biochemistry and molecular biology (together with Robert Farese, Jr.) 2022 ASBMB awards

Education

Walther received his PhD in biology from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich in 2002. Walther then joined the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, to complete his postdoctoral studies. After completion of his postdoctoral training, Walther became group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany. In 2010, Walther relocated his lab from Germany to the United States and was appointed as an associate professor of Cell Biology at the Yale School of Medicine, and in 2014 to Harvard Cell Biology  and Harvard Molecular Metabolism.

References

External links
 HSPH Faculty Page for Tobias C. Walther

Living people
Harvard Medical School faculty
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni
University of California, San Francisco alumni
Yale School of Medicine faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty


title: Cleylton

text:
José Cleylton de Morais dos Santos (born 19 March 1993), or simply Cleylton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Chapecoense.

Career
Cleylton began his career in Ferroviário, where he played the Copa Fares Lopes, a Ceará state competition, in 2012  and the Campeonato Cearense in 2013. In that same year, he joined Grêmio on loan.

Inter de Lages
Between 2014 and 2015, Cleylton joined clubs such as Cuiabá, Icasa and Novo Hamburgo. In 2015, he played the Campeonato Catarinense for the first time in his career after joining Inter de Lages.

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
Footballers from Fortaleza
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Primeira Liga players
UAE Pro League players
Brazilian men's footballers
Ferroviário Atlético Clube (CE) players
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo players
Esporte Clube São José players
Esporte Clube Internacional (SC) players
Sport Club São Paulo players
Mirassol Futebol Clube players
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players
C.F. Os Belenenses players
B-SAD players
Hatta Club players
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Men's association football central defenders


title: John Somer

text:
John Somer BD (d. 28 November 1573) was a Canon of Windsor from 1554 to 1573

Career

He was appointed:
Rector of Stanlake, Oxford 1542
Rector of Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire 1565
Prebendary of Lincoln 1546

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1554 and held the canonry until 1573.

Notes

1573 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Year of birth unknown


Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the toxicological and pharmacological effects of environmental contaminants. It is published by Elsevier and was established in 1992 as the Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology Section of the European Journal of Pharmacology, obtaining its current name in February 1996, when it was founded by Jan H. Koeman (Agricultural University, Wageningen) and Nico. P. E. Vermeulen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Vermeulen was editor-in-chief until 2017, when he retired and Michael D. Coleman (Aston University) took over. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.860  The journal is included in the Index Medicus and in MEDLINE.

References

External links

Toxicology journals
Environmental health journals
Academic journals established in 1992
Elsevier academic journals
Bimonthly journals
Pharmacology journals
English-language journals


title: Geoffrey Wren

text:
Geoffrey Wren (died 5 April 1527) was a Canon of Windsor from 1514 to 1527

Career

He was appointed:
Vicar of Brantingham 1486 - 1496
Rector of St John the Evangelist's Church, Carlton in Lindrick 1501
Rector of Boldon
Master of Sherburn Hospital
Rector of All Saints Church, Loughborough 1509 - 1527
Rector of St Margaret, New Fish Street
Prebendary of York 1508
Prebendary of Howden 1510
Prebendary of Corborough in Lichfield 1512
Clerk of the Closet 1510

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1514 and held the canonry until 1527.

Notes

1527 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Year of birth unknown


title: James Maloney

text:
James Maloney may refer to:
James Maloney (Canadian politician) (born 1964)
Jim Maloney (politician) (1901–1982), Australian Labor politician and diplomat
James H. Maloney (born 1948), United States congressman
James Maloney (unionist) (1870–1960), American labor union leader
James Maloney (Ontario politician) (1905–1961), Canadian politician
James W. Maloney (1909–1984), American racehorse trainer
Jim Maloney (born 1940), American baseball player
James Maloney (rugby league) (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballer

See also
James Mahony (1810–1879), Irish artist and engraver
James Malone (disambiguation)
James Moloney (born 1954), Australian children's author


title: Robert Fisher (priest)

text:
Robert Fisher (fl. 1490s – 1510s) was a Canon of Windsor from 1509 to 1510

Career

He was educated in Paris where he was taught by Desiderius Erasmus.

He was appointed:
Chaplain to the King
Vicar of Warkworth 1495
Rector of Chedzoy, Somerset 1508

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1509 and held the canonry until 1510.

Notes

Canons of Windsor


title: Leak (surname)

text:
Leak or Leaks is the surname of:

Leak:
 Bill Leak (1956–2017), Australian cartoonist and painter
 Bill Leak (sportsman) (1917–2007), Australian rules footballer and cricketer
 Bruce Leak, American inventor and entrepreneur
 Chris Leak (born 1985), American former football quarterback
 Hector Leak (1887–1976), British statistician
 James Leak, 19th century English bare-knuckle prize fighter
 John Leak (1892–1972), Australian First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross
 Maysa Leak (born 1966), American jazz singer better known simply as Maysa

Leaks:
 Manny Leaks (born 1945), American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association player
 Roosevelt Leaks (born 1953), African-American college football and National Football League player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame

See also
 Leek (surname)


title: David Gilbert (author)

text:
David Gilbert (born 1967 in Paris) is an American author known for the novels & Sons, The Normals, and for Remote Feed, a collection of short stories.

Early life and education

Gilbert's father was S. Parker Gilbert, the Chairman of Morgan Stanley during the 1980s and his grandfather was Seymour Parker Gilbert, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and the Agent General for Reparations to Germany, from October 1924 to May 1930. He grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, graduated from Middlebury College, and earned an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Montana.

Career
His published work includes the novels & Sons, The Normals, and Remote Feed, a collection of short stories. His writings have appeared in periodicals such as GQ, Harper's and The New Yorker.

Personal life

Gilbert lives in New York City and has three children.

Bibliography

Novels

Collections

Short fiction

References

External links
 David Gilbert explores fatherly bonds in '& Sons'
 New Yorker Interview July 4, 2014
 www.davidgilbertauthor.com
 New Yorker Interview July 22, 2013
 New Yorker Interview November 5, 2012
 A Conversation Between David Gilbert and Amor Towles
 David Gilbert, Minding the family business, BookPage Interview by Alden Mudge

Living people
21st-century American novelists
Middlebury College alumni
1967 births
American male novelists
University of Montana alumni
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from New York (state)
Auchincloss family
Writers from the Upper East Side


title: Dübendorf Air Base

text:
Dübendorf Military Airport ()  was a military airfield of the Swiss Air Force northeast of Dübendorf in Switzerland, located east of Zürich.

History

The search for a suitable site for an airfield started in 1909. On 1 August 1910 improvement of the swamp started and on 22 October 1910 the first airshow was held on the Airfield Dübendorf. Since 1914, Dübendorf has been used as an air base by the Swiss Air Force. From 1919 on Dübendorf was also an airport for civil airlines, first for the predecessor of Swissair, the Ad Astra Aero, and from 1932 on for Swissair.

During World War II there was virtually no civil flying activity. Any foreign military aircraft that was interned by Switzerland was held at Dübendorf, including about 120 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers, together with one Luftwaffe Me 262 jet fighter. From 1943, Switzerland shot down USAAF and Royal Air Force aircraft, mainly bombers, overflying Switzerland during the war: six aircraft by Swiss Air Force fighters and nine by anti-aircraft cannons; 36 American and British airmen were killed. Repaired by USAAF technicians, on 7 September 1945, around 60 U.S. aircraft took off from Dübendorf to return to their bases, where they were scrapped. The backbone of the Swiss Air Force during this time consisted of Bf 109E and Morane-Saulnier M.S.406.

In 1948, civil aviation moved to the newly opened Zurich Airport and Dübendorf became a purely military airfield. Dübendorf had been considered for expansion as Switzerland's primary international airport, but the Federal government reportedly preferred the development of a new Zurich airport for dedicated civil use for technical reasons including the difficulties inherent in a shared military and civil facility.

During the Cold War, Dübendorf was the home of Aérospatiale Alouette II and Alouette III helicopters and jets such as the de Havilland Vampire, de Havilland Venom, Hawker Hunter, Dassault Mirage III and Northrop F-5 Tiger II while it was not a war base. Dübendorf was the home base for the Patrouille Suisse aerobatic team until they moved to Emmen Air Base. With the move of Fliegerstaffel 11 (Fighter Squadron 11) Tigers with the F/A-18C Hornet to Meiringen AB in 2005 the history of fighter aircraft in Dübendorf ended. The air base was equipped with retractable arresting gear devices at both ends of the runway, which were used by the F/A-18. This was removed after 2005.

On 26 June 2009, the long-range experimental solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 1 was first presented to the public at Dübendorf Air Base. Following taxi testing, a short-hop test flight was made on 3 December 2009, piloted by Markus Scherdel. In August 2013, after setting several records including a cross-U.S. flight, the aircraft returned to Dübendorf to be placed in storage. Solar Impulse also caused the second landing of the largest aircraft to land at the airport, when a Boeing 747-400F belonging to Cargolux brought Solar Impulse back. A Swissair Jumbo had once landed empty at Dübendorf.

On 22 September 2015, the Airbus A310 Zero-G reduced gravity aircraft flew from Dübendorf Air Base, in the first operational flight of a Zero-G Airbus outside France. The first public parabolic flight took place on 22 October 2016.

Today

Today Dübendorf AB is the home of Lufttransport Staffel 3 and Lufttransport Staffel 4 (Air Transport Squadron 3 and 4) with Eurocopter EC635, Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma, Eurocopter AS532 Cougar, De Havilland Canada Twin Otter, Beechcraft 1900 and Beechcraft Super King Air. Dübendorf is, together with Locarno AB, the home base of the PC-7 Team and the Super Puma/Cougar Display Team. Other Swiss military aircraft such as the Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porter and Pilatus PC-9 are often seen in Dübendorf, less often the Dassault Falcon 900, Cessna Citation Excel or the Armasuisse Diamond DA42 and Pilatus PC-12. Under supervision of the Swiss Air Force, Dübendorf is also used by friendly nations in the context of exercises or joint missions (e.g. Austrian C-130 or German CH-53). Dübendorf acts also as parking space for private business jets and government jets during the WEF at Davos.

Also located at Dübendorf AFB is:
The Swiss Air Force Command (AOC)
Air Defense & Direction Center (the peacetime air defense C3 airops center)
Skyguide National (military air traffic control)
Skyguide (civil air traffic control for Switzerland (except western part of Switzerland, which is monitored by skyguide Geneva) and southern Germany)
Berufsfliegerkorps

Other users

Skyguide (see above)
Police Helicopter Unit
JuAir Operating 3 historical Ju 52
Base 1 of the Rega (air rescue)
Solar Impulse 1 (HB-SIA) was built, tested and is now stored at Dübendorf Air Base.
Touring Club Suisse  Anti skid driving ranch.
Flieger-Flab-Museum

Future
Current plans are that from 2016 on, only the Swiss Air Force will use helicopters at Dübendorf and that the Rega and the Kantons Polizei will have to move their helicopters to the opposite side of the airfield (next to the military helicopter hangars). The government has allowed a mixed civil/military use of Dübendorf AB and the joint use of aircraft maintenance companies such Jet Aviation is hoped to ensure the continued existence of the fixed wing aircraft operating in Dübendorf.

Since the capacity of Zurich Airport will (according to the Monitoring Report published by FOCA ) hit a limit wall, Dübendorf Air Base has been proposed as a future relief airport, preferable to Linate Airport.

Otherwise the use of the Dübendorf Air Base has been proposed as "the 4th runway of Zurich Airport".

As far as the Dübendorf Airfield seems to be one of the oldest worldwide still existing, it is proposed to be evaluated as UNESCO World Heritage.

One part of the property will be used to build a so-called Innovationspark (factory, office rooms and apartments for start up enterprises). The further development of the airfield area was judged to be inadmissible by the administrative court of the canton of Zürich in July 2020 and the cantonal design plan “Innovation Park Zurich” was repealed. The Zurich government council referred the judgment to the federal court.

Books
 Fliegermuseum Dübendorf, VFMF, Dübendorf 1989 (ISBN none).
 Ernst Frei: Erlebter Aktivdienst 1939–1945. Novalis, [Schaffhausen] 2010, .
 Max Hügli: Fliegermuseum –  BAMF, Dübendorf 1981 (ISBN none).
 Uno Zer Zero Aero Publications 2013,
 Menschen Maschinen Missionen Geschichten vom Militärflugplatz Dübendorf 1914–2014, published by Schweizer Luftwaffe 12014

Notes and references

See also
 Swiss Innovation Park

External links

 Homepage LSMD
 Air Force Museum and JuAir
 Taskforce Flugplatz Dübendorf
 Flugplatz Dübendorf AG

Airports in Switzerland
Dübendorf
Buildings and structures in Zürich
Transport in Zürich
Military airbases in Switzerland


title: Damir Zhafyarov

text:
Damir Ravilevich Zhafyarov (; born 17 March 1994) is a Russian professional ice hockey player for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career
Undrafted, Zhafyarov made his Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) debut playing with Metallurg Novokuznetsk during the 2012–13 KHL season.

Following parts of two seasons with Admiral Vladivostok, Zhafyarov left as a free agent in signing a one-year contract with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on May 25, 2018.

Zharyarov developed into an integral part of the offense, during his four season tenure with Torpedo, and produced 173 points through 219 games. As a free agent following the 2021–22 season, Zhafyarov left the club to sign a lucrative two-year contract with SKA Saint Petersburg on 27 May 2022.

Zhafyarov played the 2022–23 season with SKA Saint Petersburg before he was traded in the off-season to Ak Bars Kazan in exchange for the rights to Filip Gustavsson and Dmriti Osipov on 1 June 2023.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Admiral Vladivostok players
Ak Bars Kazan players
HC CSKA Moscow players
Krasnaya Armiya (MHL) players
Kuznetskie Medvedi players
Metallurg Novokuznetsk players
Ice hockey people from Moscow
Russian ice hockey left wingers
HC Sibir Novosibirsk players
SKA Saint Petersburg players
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players


title: Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

text:
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster is a 2013 American documentary film about the career of film poster artist Drew Struzan. It is directed by Erik Sharkey and premiered on July 19, 2013 at the San Diego Comic-Con International.

Synopsis
The documentary features interviews with a number of people, including Struzan himself, his wife, Dylan Struzan, his son, Christian Struzan, directors Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro and George Lucas, and actors Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox. The film follows Struzan's career painting movie posters for films such as Star Wars, The Thing, Back to the Future, the Indiana Jones franchise, and the Harry Potter franchise.

The film delves into Struzan's art for Alice Cooper's album Welcome to My Nightmare, and also how his artwork for Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and Pan's Labyrinth, though greatly admired by del Toro, was rejected by the studio in favor of more photographic posters. This leads the documentary in a direction about how film studios are interested more in profit rather than quality, how film posters are more often photographs of the actors rather than paintings of them.

The documentary concludes with footage of Struzan at the San Diego Comic-Con International in 2010, wherein he receives the Inkpot Award for his illustrations. This is then followed by footage of Struzan talking about and showing his personal paintings not related to film, and how he spends his time painting not for someone else, but for himself, and how he often plays outside with grandson, Nico.

Critical reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 50% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 5.75/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Andy Webster of The New York Times wrote that the film "becomes a mildly taxing torrent. And Mr. Struzan, while an agreeable presence, is not an especially engrossing speaker". Peter Debruge of Variety called the documentary "sophomore effort [that] is no masterpiece", although noting that he owned a Struzan poster himself and admired Struzan's "impressive oeuvre". Nick Schager of The A.V. Club appreciated that the documentary "makes a valid case for the artist as not simply an all-time great, but as a casualty of a business that prizes bottom-line cost management above unique creativity"; however, he disliked the film's focus on "lavishing adulation on Struzan".

Awards

References

External links

 Drew: The Man Behind The Poster at Rotten Tomatoes
 Drew: The Man Behind The Poster at Metacritic

Documentary films about visual artists
American documentary films
2013 films
Documentary films about Hollywood, Los Angeles
Films scored by Ryan Shore
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


title: Kevin Kauber

text:
Kevin Kauber (born 23 March 1995) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Vaprus.

Club career
In 2018 he joined Welsh Premier League club The New Saints and left the club in August 2018 to play first-team football in Finland.

International career
Kauber started his international youth career in 2010. He was called up to the senior national team squad for a friendly against Andorra on 1 June 2016, but didn't make an appearance.

Honours

Club
Jelgava
Latvian Cup: 2015–16 1st place
Virsliga: 2016 2nd place

Levadia
Meistriliiga: 2016 2nd place

The New Saints
2017–18 Welsh League cup winner
2017–18 Cymru Premier League Champion

Paide
Meistriliiga: 2020 2nd place

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Estonian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Veikkausliiga players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Turun Palloseura footballers
NK Krka players
Estonian expatriate men's footballers
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Expatriate men's footballers in Wales
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Wales
FK Jelgava players
FCI Levadia Tallinn players
Meistriliiga players
Footballers from Tallinn
Åbo IFK players
The New Saints F.C. players
Cymru Premier players
Ykkönen players
FC Puuma Tallinn players
Ekenäs IF players
Paide Linnameeskond players
Pärnu JK Vaprus players


title: Hinterau valley

text:
The Hinterau valley (Rear Meadow Valley, German: Hinterautal) is a valley crossing the Karwendel range from east to west. The Isar has its official source in the Hinterau valley.

The valley stretches from its western end at Scharnitz to its upper eastern end called Rossloch over 14 km from west to east. Starting from Scharnitz the mountain ranges of the Northern Karwendel range and the Hinterautal-Vomp chain limit the valley to the north, just interrupted by the Karwendel valley. To the south the Gleisch-Hall chain limits the valley.

From the western side the valley first is deeply cut into by the waters of river Isar, after that part the valley follows more smoothly to the source of river Isar. After that the valley ends at an alpine bowl called Rossloch.

Huts
After the farms of Scharnizer Alm and Wiesenhof at the western part of the valley there are no more huts until the Kastenalm at the eastern part. From here only the Halleranger hut offers accommodation. All other huts require at least alpine hikes to be reached.

Activities
The valley is closed to public traffic. Due to its length and small average inclination the route to the Kastenalm is a classic Karwendel mountain-bike tour. From the eastern end many Karwendel peaks can be reached, for example the Birkkarspitze from the south. Mountaineers often use mountain-bikes for fast access through the valley.

Kayaking is also common at river Isar in the valley.

Gallery

Valleys of the Alps


title: Artyom Gareyev

text:
Artyom Gareyev (born March 4, 1992) is a Russian professional ice hockey player of Tatar descent. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played with Admiral Vladivostok of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Gareyev made his Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) debut playing with Salavat Yulaev Ufa during the 2012–13 KHL season.

References

External links

1992 births
Tatar people of Russia
Volga Tatar people
Tatar sportspeople
Living people
Admiral Vladivostok players
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg players
Metallurg Novokuznetsk players
Russian ice hockey forwards
Salavat Yulaev Ufa players
Severstal Cherepovets players
Ice hockey people from Ufa


title: Conophytum stephanii

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Conophytum stephanii is a small South African species of Conophytum succulents named after German plant collector Paul Stephan, who tended the succulent collection at the Hamburg Botanic Garden in Hamburg, Germany. The plant was first described by Dr. Schwantes in 1929 and published in "Die Gartenwelt" 33:25.

Description
Plants are small and mat forming, with clusters measuring between  in diameter, though old plants may sometimes reach . Bodies are obconical in shape, papillate, and greyish green to deep green in colour. Flowers appear in late autumn, and are nocturnal, strongly scented and off-white to yellow in color.

Distribution
Conophytum stephanii grows in Namaqualand, South Africa, mainly between the towns of Steinkopf and Port Nolloth. Two subspecies are currently recognized: ssp. stephanii and ssp. helmutii.

References

Further reading
Hammer, S.(2002) Dumpling and his wife: New views of the genus Conophytum EAE Creative Colour Ltd. .
Hammer, S.(1993) The genus Conophytum : A Conograph Succulent Plant Publications, Pretoria. .
National Botanical Institute of South Africa.(1993) List of Southern African Succulent Plants Umdaus Press.
Hammer S. 1998 A note on Conophytum pellucidum Schwantes and C. terricolor Tischer. Mesemb. Stud. Group Bull. 13. (4): 74-75 (1998) - En Geog=5 Systematics: ANGIOSPERMAE (AIZOACEAE: CONOPHYTUM) South Africa (, 199804669).
Wagner GF. 1996 Conophytum N.E. Br.: Variabilitat der Populationen in der Sektion Pellucida (Schwantes) Tischer ex S.A. Hammer. Teil 2. And. Sukk. 14no.28. (2): 1–4, 12-15 (1996) - col. illus. Ge (En) Icones, Maps. Geog=5 Systematics: ANGIOSPERMAE (AIZOACEAE: CONOPHYTUM) (, 200101181).

External links

stephanii
Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
Namaqualand


title: Jake Smolinski

text:
Jacob Michael Smolinski (born February 9, 1989) is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics, and in the KBO League for the NC Dinos.

Amateur career
Born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, Smolinski attended Boylan Catholic High School where he also starred in football as a quarterback. In baseball, Smolinski was a shortstop and pitcher. As a senior, Smolinski batted .441 with 13 home runs and 49 RBIs.

Professional career

Washington Nationals
Smolinski was drafted as a left fielder and third baseman by the Washington Nationals in the second round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, out of high school.

Florida Marlins
On November 10, 2008, he was traded to the Florida Marlins along with Emilio Bonifacio and P. J. Dean for Josh Willingham and Scott Olsen.

Texas Rangers
He signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers in December 2013. Smolinski was called up to the majors for the first time on July 7, 2014.

Oakland Athletics
Smolinski was claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics on June 21, 2015. He declared free agency on October 15, 2018.

Tampa Bay Rays
On November 15, 2018, Smolinski signed a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. On July 2, 2019, Smolinski was granted a release from Triple-A Durham to pursue  options in Korea.

NC Dinos
On July 2, 2019, Smolinski signed with the NC Dinos of the KBO League. He became a free agent following the season.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Rockford, Illinois
Baseball players from Illinois
Major League Baseball left fielders
Texas Rangers players
Oakland Athletics players
Gulf Coast Nationals players
Vermont Lake Monsters players
Hagerstown Suns players
Greensboro Grasshoppers players
Jupiter Hammerheads players
Jacksonville Suns players
Gulf Coast Marlins players
New Orleans Zephyrs players
Frisco RoughRiders players
Round Rock Express players
Nashville Sounds players
Durham Bulls players
American expatriate baseball players in South Korea
NC Dinos players
Yaquis de Obregón players
American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Stockton Ports players


title: List of American sandwiches

text:
This is a list of American sandwiches. This list contains entries of sandwiches that were created in, or commonly eaten in the United States. A sandwich is a food item consisting of one or more types of food placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein two or more pieces of bread serve as a container or wrapper for some other food. The sandwich was originally a portable food item or finger food which began its popularity primarily in the Western World, but is now found in various versions in numerous countries worldwide.

American sandwiches

See also

 American Sandwich: Great Eats from All 50 States
 List of bread dishes
 List of sandwiches
 List of submarine sandwich restaurants
 List of American foods
 List of foods
 List of hamburgers
 Sandwich bread
 Sandwiches That You Will Like

References

External links

Sandwiches